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In coordination with the NBA's Live Healthy Week, the following is a special guest blog entry by the Warriors Director of Athletic Development JoHan Wang:
One of the most important parts of a professional athletes responsibilities, and mine being responsible for their athletic development, is to make sure they properly recover after any workout. Our players go through grueling workouts on a daily basis and need to make sure they take care of their bodies, not only before and during a workout, but after with the proper recovery program.
For our athletes, here is a simple three-step recovery program we suggest.
Step One: Recovery Drinks
One of the things our athletes do after a workout is to drink a recovery shake that contain a blend of two-to-one ratio of carbohydrates to protein. A post-workout nutrition shake helps replace glycogen they may have lost during their workout, so that their bodies recover faster and they can compete the next time out at much higher level.
Step Two: Stretch
The second thing they do is a post-workout stretch. We have our players do static stretching, emphasizing areas of tightness for their specific needs. For example, if a player has a tight hamstring, we will concentrate on stretching his hamstring. Stretching is obviously corrective, but after a workout is the best time to stretch since the muscles are loose and warmed up so we can actually increase the muscle length a lot easier than if they were cold.
Step Three: Cold Tub
The last thing is getting them into the cold whirlpool for 10-12 minutes. The cold tub itself actually works to drop the core temperature of the body and helping your body heal faster. With a short turnaround time for players in the NBA to their next game or practice, we need to be able to help heal their tightness or soreness as quickly as possible and the cold tub is one of the ways we do it.
At-Home Tips:
For those of you without access to a cold tub, a personal trainer and/or special recovery drinks, the biggest tips I can offer everyone are around diet, rest and proper workout programs.
Make sure your diet is right, because that's probably 80% of the equation. Making sure your diet is right and you're eating the right food is crucial in allowing your body to heal.
The second is rest. Make sure you get eight to ten hours of sleep every single night, especially if you are very active. Sleep is one of the most important parts of living a healthy lifestyle.
Lastly, I recommend following a workout program based on your individual needs. Everyone has different needs when they workout. None of our players follow the exact same workout routine as another because they all have different needs and it should be the same for you. Figure out what you need to strengthen or improve in your life and what you're able to do physically with your body and create a routine that works for you personally.


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The University of Montana Western men's basketball team will advance to the NAIA Elite Eight for the first time in school history after taking out the third-ranked Lee University Flames (Cleveland, Tenn.).
Will Barnes opened the game with a three-pointer for the Flames. Montana Western's Tyler Miller answered with his own. The first half continued this way as neither team went on a big run. The Bulldogs got their first lead, 16-15, at the 12:23 mark on consecutive Jordan Overstreet three-pointers.
Lee would gain the largest leads of the half, eight points, with 5:14 and 3:30 remaining. The Bulldogs closed out the half with a three pointer and two buckets compared to the Flames' two free throws to cut the deficit to three at 31-34.
The Flames again made the first shot of the half before Montana Western responded with a Maazin Butler basket and a Gabe Rucker long ball to tie it at 36. Lee kept a slight edge until Montana Western quickly scored seven straight to go up 54-51. With 10:19 remaining, the Flames reclaimed a two-point lead.
Then the Bulldogs took control, outscoring the Flames 10-2 to go up 67-61 with seven minutes to go. Lee would not get any closer as Montana Western sank seven of eight foul shots to pull off the 83-73 upset.
Montana Western proved Lee wrong with their 48 percent (28-58) field goal shooting as the Flames rank first in the NAIA for limiting opponents to 37 percent. The Bulldogs were also 33 percent (9-27) behind the arc and 69 percent (18-26) from the charity stripe. Lee shot 42 percent (25-60) in the contest, including seven of 19 (37 percent) from downtown. The Flames made 16 of their 24 (67 percent) foul shots.
Overstreet and Kris Castro led a balanced Bulldog attack with each putting up 14 points. Kris Collins and Butler followed with 13 apiece. Jake Owsley and Castro each had seven rebounds to help the Bulldogs edge the Flames 40-34 on the glass. Rucker dished four assists while Castro had three assists and two steals.
Lee was led by Chase Dunn with 17 points, Duran Blue with 15 and three assists and Jamorris Gaines with 14 points. Southern States Athletic Conference MVP Will Barnes (20.15 points per game) was limited to five of 12 shooting for 14 points and four turnovers.
Montana Western will now face the sixth-ranked Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) out of Waxahachie, Texas. The SAGU Lions finished the regular season with a 20-2 Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) record and ended up losing 51-67 to the University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas) in the conference championship. The Lions received an at-large bid after finishing in sixth place in the coaches' final regular season top 25 poll.
This is just the second time in school history that the Lions (31-4) have made it to the national tournament. They took out the University of Science and Arts (Chickasha, Okla.) 62-58 in the first round and Martin Methodist College (Pulaski, Tenn.) 72-68 in second round action.
Against Science and Arts, the Lions shot 35 percent (22-63) from the field, nine percent (2-23) from behind the arc and 64 percent (16-25) from the free throw line. Mike Nwelue had 19 points followed by Dominique Rambo with 12 and Tyler Guidry with 10. Rambo also had six assists and seven steals.
In their second round match-up with Martin Methodist, SAGU shot much better; 39 percent (22-57) from the floor, 44 percent (10-23) on three-pointers and 75 percent (18-24) from the foul line. Rambo led all scorers with 28 points (including 19 in less than five minutes) while Jonathan Walter had 22 and Caleb Gentry contributed 11. Rambo and Gentry had five steals apiece along with four and three assists, respectively.
Rambo, a 5'10" junior, leads the nation in both total steals (123) and steals per game (3.62). Rambo also leads the Lions with 19.32 points per game and 3.97 assists. Nwelue, a 6'5" junior, has a team-best 7.44 rebounds and 0.85 blocks per contest.
Montana Western will take the court with SAGU on Saturday, March 16 for the first quarterfinal game at 1 p.m. MST. An all-tournament pass to watch the broadcast games is still available for $29.95 while a single day pass can be purchased for $9.95. The winner will advance to the Final Four in a 5 p.m. game broadcast live on ESPN3 on Monday, March 18. The championship final will be televised live on CBS Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. on March 19. Visit www.NAIA.org for more information or a complete bracket.


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So the typical Martian was one ugly motherfucker, then? "Ain't got time to bleed!"
Props for realizing that a Mars covered with water would be blue, too. Such insight!
It is an interesting exercise.
But I notice the renderings show a lot of nicely circular lakes, suggesting meteor impact craters. If Mars at any time had this amount of water and a thicker atmosphere there would likely be less craters and those that did remain would probably have different shapes due to erosion. It would suggest the meteorite impacts happened after the water evaporated and the atmosphere thinned.
. If Mars at any time had this amount of water and a thicker atmosphere there would likely be less craters
No, craters of the size in the images would be caused by bodies big enough that they wouldn't even notice an atmosphere.
those that did remain would probably have different shapes due to erosion
No, not really. You can't erode something circular into something that's not circular - that's why we can find impact craters on Earth that are millions of years old.
Call me cynical, but this is pretty much a case of "Look, ma! We got some fancy 3D graphics now!". But it's not particularly interesting or novel from a technical viewpoint - even bad Hollywood movies have more professional graphics than this.
I mean, all he did was slap some Blue Marble textures onto a Martian height field globe. Wo-hoo, score one for physical simulation, and all that. As someone else has said, score one for the realisation that the planet would have been blue, if there had been large amounts of surface water. Wo-hoo!
Now if he had done some actual simulation on where large bodies of surface water have likely existed: seas are sort of obvious, but what about rivers and lakes - these are extremely important for life, due to being sources of fresh water, as opposed to the inevitable salt water in the oceans. That, coupled with a simulation how life could have spread. Parameterised by how advanced the lifeforms are - move a slider from "basically just slime in the ocean" to "higher plants", and watch the green spread into those regions that could sustain it... that would be news. But this? They cover texture mapping and in-painting in computer graphics 101 these days.
That having said, the images *are* pretty, so it's not all bad.
In Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, the northern ocean is filled with fresh water from the molten polar ice cap, while the rivers take up salt from the rocks they flow over, so there are salty rivers flowing into a fresh water ocean. I'm not sure how realistic that is, but it doesn't seem completely illogical.
As artist impressions go, I prefer this one [wikimedia.org], by Daein Ballard over the one in the article.
seas are sort of obvious, but what about rivers and lakes - these are extremely important for life, due to being sources of fresh water, as opposed to the inevitable salt water in the oceans.
Fresh water is important for terrestrial life. It's not exactly like the oceans on Earth are barren and lifeless.
People seem to forget that after its formation the sun was somewhat LESS bright than it is now so Mars would have been even colder in its current orbit. If there ever was large amounts of water on Mars I suspect that it would have spent most of its time locked up as ice sheets with the occasional melting due to impacts. Pretty much the way it is today.
All this warm wet life on mars stuff strikes me as nothing more than wish fulfillment - the same way people used to imagine Venus was a tropical paradise. Until the probes went there and proved those predictions to be some of the worst ever made in astronomical science.
Yes, I agree. James Lovelock pretty much told NASA why there was no life there back in the 1960's. No need to look for it as it isn't there. Sound, simple principles behind him saying that. Funny, how this fictional idea that there was life on Mars, along with some wishful thinking (I am looking at you Percival Lowell) can get lodged in the minds of so many people. And lead to billions spent on that faulty idea.
That's like claiming we should still believe the scientists mentioned by the grandparent who pred
I'm no planetary scientist, but I'd imagine this would depend greatly on the atmospheric composition at the time. If it was thick enough, liquid water should have been possible, especially with methane added to the mix.
When Mars still had its atmosphere, it was mostly CO2, so the greenhouse effect could keep it warm enough for liquid water.
People seem to forget that after its formation the sun was somewhat LESS bright than it is now so Mars would have been even colder in its current orbit.
And some forget that after Mars' own formation it was damn hot (molten, even, for a while) just from the energy of its own formation, just like every other planet. Although only a trace is left today, this would have lasted for some time. So it is incorrect to assume that "less bright sun" equals "colder planet" unless all other things were equal, which they were not.
Actually Mars might have been warmer, THEN colder. The planets maintained much internal heat left over from creation for millions of years. Mars once had an active core like the Earth still does (the now dead volcanoes on Mars are proof of this). With an active core Mars also once had a magnetic field that protected it's early thicker atmosphere. Mars might once had been a lot warmer and wetter, perhaps long enough for life to evolve there. In fact the early Earth might have been TOO HOT due to still
People seem to forget that after its formation the sun was somewhat LESS bright than it is now so Mars would have been even colder in its current orbit. If there ever was large amounts of water on Mars I suspect that it would have spent most of its time locked up as ice sheets with the occasional melting due to impacts. Pretty much the way it is today.
Insolation is only one part of the equation. While the sun may have been less bright, the Martian atmosphere would have been much, much thicker - more than o
"and that there were once considerable quantities of free flowing water for a long period."
No , there nothings showing it was there for a long period. All the signs of water could have been made by flash floods and lakes that lasted for a few decades at most.
"were working with the best information they had. (Unlike you.)"
Ooo, get you. Careful with that handbag!
... now so Mars would have been even colder in its current orbit.
Global warming should tell you that much of a planets temperature is a matter of its atmosphere.
So with a CO2 rich atmosphere nothing speaks against an ancient Mars with free floating water, forests and other life.
Keep in mind: mid day summer temperatures or at the equator on Mars are above zero regularly.
Many years ago the software Campaign Cartographer showed us this picture, of course with old mapping data but it was close.
I've been (very slowly) doing something a bit similar with the moon --- see here [google.com] --- although differently; I've been trying to render everything and producing ground-level views rather than producing a painted sphere like TFA. (His looks better from a distance. Mine looks better close up.) I've been trying to use procedural texturing and atmospheric effects. The pictures above are rather out of date; rendering your own from SVN will look better.
Unfortunately rendering things the size of planets from very close up runs into big problems with floating point precision. The only renderer I've found which will do it at all is Povray, and even then there are loads of bugs --- volumetric effects for things like clouds is well buggered at this sort of scale. See this picture [twitpic.com] for an example. Plus Povray's is really slow at procedural surfaces.
Right now I really need to start again from scratch using higher-resolution terrain and gravity data from some of the recent lunar probes, and I also probably want to switch to a different renderer which works at higher precision. Any suggestions of a fast raytracer that does procedural isosurfaces, volumetric effects and works at double precision will be gratefully appreciated...
I will also share this test render [twitpic.com] with you, which I think is delightfully surreal...
Kees Veenenbos' work is pretty spectacular: http://en.fishki.net/comment.php?id=88754 [fishki.net]
His website [space4case.com] has more, and he's been doing it since 2001.
Always room for beautiful visualisations of the natural world, IMHO.
It couldn't possibly look that way. Mount Olympus would be smaller or non existent, craters wouldn't have reshaped the terrain as much, and on top of that, it is thought that Mars might have briefly had some plate tectonics. It depends on the time period they want to depict, of course.
Show the nerds a beautiful picture and they'll totally miss the point and dissect it to death. Good thing this is not a beautiful naked woman. They'd be complaining that the angle of the elbow isn't quite right and prove it with a mathematical formula.
"No, no, I don't mind being called the smartest man in the world. I just wish it wasn't this one." -- Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, WATCHMEN


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Also, Anthony Davis is coming up on Jimmy Kimmel now
Also, Anthony Davis is coming up on Jimmy Kimmel now
I agree with the eleven warriors to a point. Though I chuckle at their reference to "noted Calipari hater" when it was noted by a UK blog.
I think the holier than thou critics are overly sanctimonious. But I also believe that college basketball would be a lesser product if every team was built on 1 and 2 year players. There are many fans(myself included) who love college basketball but are indifferent at best to the NBA. There are a lot of reasons for that, but one of them is no doubt the connection people feel to their university,(even if they didn't specifically attend), and when a player basically does a free agent one year contract, the connection is lessened.
It's not a big deal to the overall structure if you're talking about maybe one player per year. But if every team had even one player every year who was a one and done, it would not only drop the quality of play, but it would lower the connection.
Fortunately, there isn't that large of a supply of players both willing and able to go from high school to the NBA in one short year. Kentucky happened to have 3 of those along with at least one other player who was able but decided to come back for his sophomore year. Which gets to why everyone bemoans the supposed "lack of integrity." Everyone who's not Kentucky is jealous that Kentucky is getting a lion's share of these very talented players.
To take the ridiculous moralizing out of the argument; think of it this way. If the Reds decided to basically sign the top free agent players every year but the roster turned over 75% every year, the Reds might be a good team, but really the fans would lose some connection to the team. Part of the joy of being a sports fan is seeing a player grow and succeed. Part of the joy is being there through the down times and appreciating the successes that much more. If you bring in great players but they stay for only one year, you don't really get that.
So if you do that, the only solution is that you must win. And win big.
Congrats to UK. Great team. Great season.
Another coulda/shoulda/woulda/what if season for my Buckeyes. I'm used to it.
We have an undying loyalty to our school where we crafted four (or more) years of amazing (and sometimes hazy) memories. Our love and loyalty to the institution is almost always deep and our need for the institution as a gateway to the professional world is great. The students equation is very logical and makes sense. We provide the school with money and they provide us the the skills, maturity, and diploma needed to make make our way in the professional world.
But, the equation for a high profile football or basketball player is very different and much more lopsided (in favor of the school and fans). We fans get glory and hundreds of hours of entertainment out of the equation in return for our money. The coach can make millions of dollars a year. The school gets money and a much higher Q score.
What does the elite athlete get? What does Kentucky provide Michael Kidd Gilchrist? Fame? An education? The opportunity to make millions? Who got more out of his experience at UK, Gilchrist or the fans? He would make it into the NBA whether he went to college, played in Europe, went to the D League, or played for a year at a New Jersey YMCA (LeBron and Kobe did just fine without going to college.) So, how is that equation going to get better for Kidd Gilchrist if he has to stay two or three years? Would he improve more by staying at UK and playing inferior competition in college? Is Anthony Davis going to learn to score in the post by playing 6'8 centers? We complain that players should stay in college to improve their game. That seems like a highly flawed and selfish argument. Shouldn't we have sports academies instead? Shouldn't Anthony Davis be going to post player school instead of UK? What would happen if we had changed the basketball upbringing of Ricky Rubio and John Wall. Put John Wall on a team with J.C. Navarro, Jose Calderon, and the Gasol brothers at 16 instead of playing AAU. Put him on Barcelona with seasoned pros instead of DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Liggins and doesn't he have to become a different player? How is college benefitting these guys (even if it is 2 or 3 or even 4 years).
The final part of the equation is this. College sports are the gateway to the professional ranks (especially in basketball and football). Why? Is there any logical reason to connect higher education with a path to the pros? What do the two have to do with one another? Doesn't the connection lessen the both of them? Do we really believe that college sports are the best way to train athletes for the professional ranks? College sports are the means to get to the pros for two reasons.
1) They always have been
2) We (the fans) want it that way
What if our college sports looked like what they are purported to be? Actual Amatuer sports? What if we took all the pro prospects out of college hoops and college football and truly made it amateur instead of a means to an end? Would we watch? Would the product be so poor that we would lose interest?
Now, here is the dilemma. I love college sports. My arms still hurt from the amount of fist pumps I did during UK and OU's runs during the tournament. I am still furious with DJ Cooper for going 3 for 20. But here's the problem I run into: I'm not particularly sure why. It is an inferior product to the pros. I (and everyone else) knows that it is corrupt and flawed. But I still follow. Why? Is it loyalty to my schools? If so, then why am I drawn to games that have nothing to do with them? Is it the love of competition? Maybe... I don't know. All I know is that I'm basking in UK's title and I'm going to collect some money from my NCAA pool... I hate myself.
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One thing I'd disagree with is the idea that "fans" think the way alumni do. Even alumni-fans.
I love my alma mater, both as an athletic program and an academic institution. I think one issue is that there are so many fans (even alumni-fans) who could care less or care far less about their schools as academic institutions than as athletic programs. They care about w's and l's above all.
I have no problem with a kid like John Wall, who made the most of his time as a UK student-athlete both on and off the court. He had a college experience. He wanted a college experience. And he got a good one, even if it was only for 7-8 months. I will have no problem with John Jenkins leaving my alma mater after 3 years without a degree for the same reasons (although I hope he comes back for his senior season and I'm relatively certain he'll find a way to complete his degree). The kid wanted and worked for a quality college experience, on the court, in the classroom and as a place for growing into an adult. And there are many others we could point to who have left early who have done things the right way while they were enrolled in school.
My issue is that quite a few of the "one-and-doners" (not just UK kids at all) have no business near a college campus. They're going to college because, more or less, they have to. I think kids should be able to enter the draft after high school if they so desire.
The way I view my alma mater is this: We, as alumni and fans, deserve a competitive team on the field/court because the resources are there for the coaches to bring in kids who can compete at the appropriate level (can't have always said this about Vandy football, but that is changing). But at the end of the day, the school also has to get kids who will be capable and worthy of having the same degree us alumni have. I guess I can't get over the idea that that's the whole point of having the school in the first place. If my alma mater competes at a fairly high level while remembering that it's more important to bring in and turn out quality human beings who make the most of the opportunites given them in college, I have no issues. That does not sound like too much to ask.
I also agree with you that the fans and schools are getting more out of the student-athletes' time there than the kids are. Are schools really fulfilling their missions by using these kids and allowing themselves to be used to a certain extent?
When all is said and done more is said than done.
I see a few possible solutions.
1) Make the athletic department a "school" unto itself. Let the kids at Florida and OSU and the other schools participate, get paid some money, and get a "football" degree. That would loosen schools from having to treat the kids like regular students, which they are not (based on their schedule, not necessarily their acadmeic capabilities.) It would allow the schools to create "athletic/academic calendars" that work around their seasons (which would eliminate the BCS "finals" excuse as well). But, it can maintain some of the associations that draw people to the event in the first place. Also, if the kids want to participate in the regular education program at a school, then their "salary" can go to the education instead.
2) Create something similar to the Junior Hockey Leagues in Canada. They are a feeder to the NHL, have the same passionate fan base that many colleges do (the finals of the Juniors rival the Stanley Cup Finals in interest) and don't have the compulsory academic aspect, (although the do try to provide academic assistance to the kids if they do decide to go to college and not to the pros). It seems like a pretty nice solution.
3) Academies. Imagine if there was a USA Basketball program that took the top fifty 16 year olds into the program each year. It taught them the game without the pressures of recruiting, the inconsistency and fragmenting of talent of the NCAA and AAU, and taught them a more consistent game. How much better would American ballers be? How much better would the NBA be? In fact, this idea has me pumped up. We would be awesome. USA, USA, USA...
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Sorry to hijack the Uk thread. I'll get back to watching videos of Noel blocking 6'4 guys into the third row
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The first reliable report is leaking out from ESPNs draft expert. Chad Fords latest blog post claims that Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Anthony Davis, and Terrence Jones will declare for the NBA draft soon
Not surprised at all by Davis. Jones had a good tourney. MKG though I think he has alot of room for improvement as far as the next level, is projected as high # 2 so I dont blame him either.
Still no early rumors on what Lamb or Teague will do.
I would think coach Cal would want these guys to make their choices so guys like Shabazz, Noel and Bennett would know what was going on.
If Lamb or Teague came back it would be pretty huge.
UK is still in on a bunch of different guys, going to be really interesting to see how it shakes out.
1. Consider Harrison Barnes, who would have likely been a top 2 pick last year. He came back to work on his shot and improve his game and he is still a top 10 pick, but likely in the 5-10 range now. MKG is expected to go higher than Barnes.
2. MKG plays 100 mph and I don't think that will ever change (nor should it). The problem with a motor like his is that it leads to injury. Remember when we were all catching our breath after he took the spill against Kansas early in the game? With how hard MKG plays, it could happen. All it takes is one freak play in college and you've lost millions (DaSean Butler from WVU).
I'd like to see Teague or Lamb return. Either one is capable of running the point next season. I'd be fine with Harrow, but Teague could become that elite PG with a second season or Lamb could convert to a PG and likely improve his draft stock.
I think Lamb and Teague should both come back. When I see draft projections where the "experts" say they might be 1st round selections a red flag comes up in my mind.
...and this one belongs to the Reds.
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Come view the opening reception of the student group show Earth Days: Needs, Struggles, and Hope in the Food For Thought Student Art Gallery!
Enjoy food and music starting at 5:30 p.m. At 6:30 p.m. the Ecological Restoration Guild is hosting a design charrette for the Village Building Convergence sites on campus that include gardens, an orchard, and natural buildings. Add your voice in place creation and learn how to get involved!
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Wofford's football team, which has always taken pride in shortening games with long possessions based on its triple-option running game, is adding a new wrinkle.
Wofford's football team, which has always taken pride in shortening games with long possessions based on its triple-option running game, is adding a new wrinkle.
It's a hurry-up style with no huddles and, yes, a strong element of passing.
Wofford has been practicing it hard since last spring, a few months after being knocked out of the FCS playoffs by eventual back-to-back champion North Dakota State. Practice makes perfect, but there's no way to tell how far away from perfection a team is until it uses it in a game.
The Terriers didn't really want to do that in what turned out to be 69-3 season-opening loss at super-speed Baylor, giving the Bears even more possessions. In two games, they have 18 offensive touchdowns and the longest drive took two minutes and seven seconds.
"If you're not an up-tempo team, if you're not 100 percent and you're just dabbling in it, you're a different cat than somebody like Baylor," Wofford head coach Mike Ayers said. "As soon as they came out of the locker room, they were in fourth gear. It was pedal to the metal. They were going 120 mph on every snap."
So 16th-ranked Wofford, with No. 10 Georgia Southern coming into Gibbs Stadium this week for a 7 p.m. Saturday kickoff, gave the different offense a test run last week against The Citadel, a 21-10 victory, with mixed results. The Terriers were able to move the ball with some efficiency. They got down close enough for a field goal on the first try but missed the kick from 35 yards.
On take two, quarterback James Lawson threw a 33-yarder to Wade Francis, but the Terriers passed unsuccessfully on third-and-4 with the possession lasting 2:10 before a punt. Then it was four plays a punt. Then it was three plays a punt.
"There's a lot that's been talked about as far as tempo," Ayers said. "There definitely is an advantage if you're executing. If you're not, then all you're doing is putting stress on your defense. That's all you're doing. So you've got to be able to understand it and be efficient with it, productive, so you can move the sticks and get points.
"Just to say, 'Hey, we can go fast,' and then it's three-and-out and there's only 45 seconds taken off the clock is not really good for those guys who just came off the field."
Wofford got better, though, and quarterback Michael Weimer came off the bench to lead the Terriers to a 14-0 lead at halftime. For the game, he threw a pair of touchdown passes, a 30-yarder to Will Irwin to open the scoring and a 19-yarder to Will Gay, both on first downs.
"(Offensive coordinator Wade Lang) has done a great job," Weimer said. "He knows that without (all-time leading rusher) Eric Breitenstein, we can't just hand the ball off every single play. Donovan (Johnson) is a fantastic player. But we have to change things up. If defenses are giving us throws, we have to take advantage of it. We have players to do that and it's what we did."
The Terriers, Weimer and Lawson, threw for 141 yards, the most since 153 in an 82-0 rout of Division II Lincoln University last season. Getting two touchdowns through the air was the most since Brian Kass threw for three in the first quarter of that game. For the other 12 games in the season, the Terriers averaged 42.5 yards with three total TDs.
Later in the game, Wofford went back to basics. On the Terriers' final two drives, the second of which produced the game-sealing touchdown, they had a 13-play drive on which the only pass was returned 92 yards for a TD and a 15-play drive with only two passes, including the TD to Gay.
"When we took control, we definitely tried to manage the clock," Ayers said. "… We kind of realized what we needed in the game."


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Final Judge for the Idaho Prize 2013
The Final Judge for the Idaho Prize 2013 is poet / publisher, Sam Hamill.
Sam Hamill is the author of fourteen volumes of poetry including Almost Paradise: Selected Poems & Translations (Shambhala, 2005), Dumb Luck (2002),Gratitude (1998), and Destination Zero: Poems 1970-1995 (1995). He has also published three collections of essays, including A Poet's Work (1998), and two dozen volumes translated from ancient Greek, Latin, Estonian, Japanese, and Chinese, most recently, Tao Te Ching (2005), The Essential Chuang Tzu and The Poetry of Zen (with J.P. Seaton),Narrow Road to the Interior & Other Writings of Basho, and Crossing the Yellow River: Three Hundred Poems from the Chinese.
He is editor of The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press, The Erotic Spirit, Selected Poems of Thomas McGrath, The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth (with Bradford Morrow), and Selected Poems of Hayden Carruth.
Hamill has taught in prisons for fourteen years, in artist-in-residency programs for twenty years, and has worked extensively with battered woman and children. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, two Washington Governor's Arts Awards, the Stanley Lindberg Lifetime Achievement Award for Editing, and the Washington Poets Association Lifetime Achievement Award for poetry. He co-founded Copper Canyon Press with Tree Swenson and was editor from 1972 through 2004. In January 2003, he founded Poets Against War, editing an anthology with the same name, Poets Against the War (Nation Books, 2003). His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.


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Went to my first game of the season yesterday at GABP. Besides some sunburn I had a great time. The one major change I did notice (besides the Toyota Tundra truck and some new advertisements) was the brand-new gift shop in Left Field where the "gourmet" beer and dessert places used to be. It was pretty neat and, like the one upstairs, seemed to be air conditioned, so it would make a nice respite when the park gets really hot. There was also a big wall of TV's right next to it, where apparently, they will play all of the other MLB games (via Extra Innings) happening at the moment. Pretty cool!
I didn't see any replacement for the dessert place, though. My girlfriend and I were big fans of the fried cookie dough and fried twinkies available there. I hope they moved those delicacies somewhere else!


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Longevitology for Beginners & Intermediates
Age Group: Adults, Seniors & Teens
Special Program: Diversity AAPIHM
4/25/2014 • 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.Sahara West Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Flying in from Taiwan, Longevitology instructor and co-founder, Tzu-Chen Lin will be conducting this special class for beginning and intermediate students interested in the art of energy healing. All students will have their chakras open by Tzu-Chen and will be practicing the gift of Longevitology.
Classes run April 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, and 30.
Co-sponsored by Las Vegas Chinese Cultural Foundation
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (702) 507-3631.


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The USMMA track & field teams competed at the Osprey Open over the weekend, bringing a full team to an outdoor meet for the first time this season. Daniel Wolfer (Hebron, KY) ran away with the 5,000 meter race, crossing the line in 15:53.82, over 27 seconds faster than the nearest competitor.
USMMA Women Top Performances
Danielle Ciufia (Toms River, NJ) - 100m hurdles; 18.38 - 4th Place
Elizabeth Simmons - Javelin; 22.40m - 9th Place
Lorisabel Santos-DeJesus (Williamsburg, VA) - 800m; 2:35.44 - 12th Place
USMMA Men Top Performances
Daniel Wolfer - 5000m; 15:53.82 - 1st Place
Brendan Dooley (Hebron, KY) - 3000m Steeplechase; 10:46.76 - 2nd Place
Cameron Green (Lancaster, CA) - 1500m; 4:15.15 - 7th Place
Giovanni Sessoms (Alpharetta, GA) - Discus; 35.85 - 10th Place
Nathan Rodgers (South Bend, WA) - 800m; 2:06.79 - 15th Place


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Also at Nashoba Tech school committee's Feb. 5 meeting, members were:
-- Introduced to student of the month Rebecca Updyke of Townsend. A senior, Updyke is currently enrolled in the school's health program and intends to pursue a career in psychiatric nursing after graduation.
-- Learned that the school's robotics team came in 19th out of 54 at regional competitions held last year in Boston. For the 2013 competition to be held in March, the team has recruited 18 mostly new members and must design and build a robot that, among other things, must learn how to climb a wall.


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Friends and current teammates were practically raised around the football program
There are times when Wofford senior football players Michael Harpe and Paul Inclan, lifelong friends, look up into the stands from the field at Gibbs Stadium and see themselves as little kids.
Or they look over at the hill under the scoreboard and see themselves sliding down on pieces of cardboard boxes.
"Good memories," Harpe said. "Sometimes I wish we could still do that."
Harpe and Inclan, whose parents are Wofford graduates and have always had season tickets near one another, became pals during games at Gibbs Stadium at about age 4. They went to different schools, Harpe later to Spartanburg High and Inclan to Dorman, but were inseparable on those Saturday afternoons in the fall. The only thing they ever argued about was when Inclan would eat all the fruit snacks that Harpe's mom brought.
"We would always run over to the hill together or go play football, which wasn't that fair because Harpe was a huge kid and I was very small," Inclan said. "That never ended up well for me."
Harpe's father, Michael Harpe Sr., played wide receiver for the Terriers from 1974-78 when games were held at Snyder Field.
Inclan's father, Roberto Inclan, was more into law than sports and is now a Spartanburg County magistrate judge. But all of them, including the wives and mothers, Karen Harpe and Charlene Inclan, shared a love for Wofford football.
"Most kids around here dream of playing for Carolina or Clemson," Inclan said. "We both wanted to play for Wofford."
Inclan shared that story recently with his teammates after practice. He had a captive audience as the usually soft-spoken player poured out his emotions loudly and clearly.
"I just wanted to make sure that we all cherish this opportunity," Inclan said. "I wanted them to know that there are a lot of people who care so much about this program and put a lot of time and effort into it. I don't want anybody to just go through the motions at practice and not be excited about it. We should always be excited. We have four years, maybe five, to wear these gold helmets. We can't take that lightly."
There was a rousting cheer for Inclan when he finished his speech to that effect.
"That was pretty cool," Harpe said. "You don't hear things like that from Paul very often. But when he got a chance to speak his heart, it was great. I share those thoughts and feel the same way about Wofford football."
When Inclan was in grade school, playing football at all might have seemed farfetched. He had been a premature baby and was always small for his age. When he was 7, Inclan went with his father to watch Dorman play against Lexington for the state championship at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.
"I remember telling my dad," Inclan said, "that I was going to play football on that field someday."
Inclan paused for a few seconds.
"Sorry. I'm trying not to…I'm trying to collect myself. This is a special story for me and my dad," he said. "…He told me, 'OK, I believe you.' He was being a supportive dad, but I'm sure he was being realistic inside."
Inclan played soccer growing up. He said he always felt he was too small for football. But he tried out for football as a kicker in his senior year at Dorman and became the starter. Inclan did get to play at Williams-Brice, home field for the University of South Carolina, as the Cavaliers won another state championship. He returned last season when Wofford faced the Gamecocks.
"When we were growing up, I had no clue Paul was ever going to play football," Harpe said. "But he had a dream and he worked his tail off."
Harpe is Wofford's starting tight end and long-snapper, sharing another connection on special teams with Inclan, who is the holder on kicks in addition to being a back-up kicker and punter.
"It's great that we're teammates," Harpe said. "We've had a special relationship for a long time."


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MB&F releases the limited edition of HM5 with $82,000 price tag
We already had our tryst with MB&F's exalted Horological Machine in its fifth edition (HM5). And, now the luxury watch maker has unveiled their limited edition of the HM5, re-conceived in the opulence of 18k red gold. The retro essence of the watch design is inspired by automobiles and other 'futuristic' contrivances from the 1970's. Such assortment of influences is quite evident from the use of both titanium (replaces zirconium of the original design) and 18k red gold; while the verve is upheld by the glorious sapphire crystal prism that magnifies the hour and minute indicator discs from the trademark wedge shaped display.


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Long Manga
I've found myself ripping through hundreds of chapters of manga and I'd love to find another great one. I'm not looking for a specific genre, but action/comedy and sci-fi/psychological are my favorite types. (I've been more into the action/comedy lately)
Action/Comedy I've loved:
Kyou Kara Ore Wa!
Zippy Ziggy
Hareluya II Boy
(Note that the mains of all these are pretty twisted and strong with way too much confidence so please don't suggest any of the many ones that are about some kid that gradually becomes tougher after getting beaten multiple times and using their determination/morals)
Guardian Dog
Defense Devil
Other ones I've been enjoying:
Addicted to Curry
Gamble Fish
Arakawa Under The Bridge
Suggestions don't have to necessarily fit those genres. If its long you and you think its good enough to read through all the way then don't hesitate to suggest it. Thanks in advance for the help.
Don't bother suggesting the super popular ones that are now anime such as Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, FMA. I'm quite familiar with them already.
You're probably familiar with Ranma 1/2, but I'd suggest reading it if you haven't. It's entertaining all the way through, and 38 volumes should last you a bit.
More action comedy to be had with Angel Densetsu, one of my very favorite manga. Clocks in at 15 volumes.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - 14 volumes
Feels like literature in a sea of manga "genre fiction." Great slice-of-life science fiction.
Gokusen - 15 volumes
Hilarious, a josei take on delinquent manga.
Kanata Kara - 14 volumes
The best fantasy epic to be found in manga, and it's shoujo! *gasp*
Please Save My Earth - 12 volumes
I guess I'll throw some more shoujo out there while I'm at it. This definitely falls into the "sci-fi/fantasy/psychological" category... all three, actually.
You don't seem to have Toriko on your list, it is Shounen Jump's 4th most popular manga after One Piece, Naruto and Bleach and they've been heavily promoting it recently trying to get it to take over Bleach.
Its a manga set in a world that revolves around gourmet food, chefs and hunters who hunt for the best ingredients. But ingredients don't come easy, they are insanely strong monsters that even a normal human army couldn't take down, only super human 'Gourmet Hunters' can accomplish. Very entertaining and interesting read, side effect is that it usually makes people hungry for food.
And there's one of the greatest shounen series ever, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, which has been running since 1987. 7 parts has since been completed from 1987 to 2011, and a totally new part 8 has just been released this month.
Like its title suggests, it has some of the most bizarre and insane fighting scenes and plots you can find in any shounen. People try to kill each other with stuff from normal fists, a game of rock paper scissors, zippers to time manipulation and a whole ton of stuff normal human minds can't imagine. It's a shounen where fighters use their brains more than their muscles.
ReAcrylicMetal, pretty good manga you've listed. I read all of them and disliked only Denfense Devil (though you definitely should check out previous author's manhwa - Shin ANgyo Onshi, it's very good).
Here's what I would recommend, best 100+ chapters shounens I've read (mostly action/comedy):
Ghost Sweeper Mikami (complete)
Karakuri Circus
Konjiki no Gash!! (complete)
Mahou Sensei Negima
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (complete) - twisted MC.
Psycometrer Eiji
Sket Dance
Violinist of Hameln (complete) - twisted MC.
Ushio to Tora (complete)
Yanki-kun no Megame-chan
Yureka - twisted MC.
My personal Top 5 (among shounens only) are: Gintama, One Piece, Violinist of Hameln, Sket Dance and Rurouni Kenshin.
I 2nd Toriko, Yankee-Kun to Megane-chan and Ghost Sweeper Mikami
I'll recommend
ID - a fantasy fusion of elves, dragons etc and asian martial arts.
Theres world travel, time travel and battle siwth God like beings.
Great comedy and characters, altho the story kinda stales at times but still my favorite manhwa.
25 vol. still ongoing, with scans at vol.19.
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi - I recently got back into this series and it's well worth a look if you like a great shounen fight series.
Thing is this series has a MC thats like what you don't want to see but I have to say that you should really give it a chance.
It's one of the rare times where classic shounen hero done very very well.
43 vol. still ongoing, with scans up to date.
Fairy Tail - You haven't mentioned that, so I'll throw that in as well.
A great story of mages, action, comedy and epic GAR!(Highly recommend this one).
25 vol. still ongoing, with scans up to date.
Witch Hunter - my 2nd fav manhwa, epic tale of witches, magic and the sort.
Very funny and has a pretty good story IMO.
11 vol. still ongoing, with scans i think up to date.
Nurarihyon no Mago - More shounen fluff, the MC here is abit of both worlds, weak & strong.
13 vol. still ongoing, with scans I think up to date.
The World God Only Knows - something a little different from what I mentioned before.
A oddball series, thats def worth a look if you like comedy.
12 vol. still ongoing with scans up to date.
Seconding Toriko and Ghost sweeper Mikami, adding Until Death Do Us Part , Zetman, Wolf Guy - wolf's crest and Jesus (all with LOTS of violence and gore, be prepared). Also adding Lost+Brain, kind of a death-note feel to it although small, and Record of a fallen Vampire, amazing on many levels, but especially the characters and plot. If you have time for Manhwa, I'll suggest Witch Hunter, Yureka and The Breaker. Out of those three, the Breaker may seem to have a shounen approach of "get stronger and beat them" but looks can be very deceptive at times^^
Mx0 - school life, comedy, action, fantasy
Hoshi no Samidare - supernatural, action
RAVE - shounen, comedy, fantasy
Hoshi no Samidare.
Liar Game.
One Outs.
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia.
Shingeki no Kyojin.
Chrno Crusade.
World Embryo.
Cross Game.
Vampire Juujikai.
Most of these aren't that long.
Hmm, Hayate no Gotoku I guess ?
Seconding Until Death Do Us Part.
Hmmmm.... others you may like - they're mostly from action/drama/fantasy genres, my favourites :)
Hellsing - 10 volumes of awesome gory vampire action
The Breaker (haven't read this yet myself but is quite long and is a similar style to UDDUP)
Shin Angyo Onshi - Excellent fantasy/action Korean manhwa, one of my favourites. 17 volumes I think.
Vagabond - Epic samurai story of famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi. The art is amazing. I think it's nearing 30 volumes and is still going strong.
Gintama - Shounen Jump comedy/action/adventure manga, I personally find the anime to be better but still worth a shot :)
Kuroshitsuji - Might not be your type but is at 11 volumes I think, with nice occasional action, nice art and cool characters. Gothic fantasy/action/mystery
Monster - 18-volume psychological mystery epic. Quite dark in tone.
Pandora Hearts - I don't particularly love it but it seems quite popular and is also quite long. Fantasy/mystery.
pay no heed to my avatar :uhoh:
Mahou Sensei Negima is another. (Also 320+ chaps)
I would also second The World God Only Knows. ("Only" 140+ chaps atm)
Another vote for Fairy Tail as well. (230+ chaps)
The first three on the list have been good material for re-reading, but Fairy Tail did not "make the cut" for me for some reason.
Ranma 1/2 drove me up the wall, personally. Just could not finish that one for some reason.... But I tend to not enjoy other works by that mangaka as well....
Ahaha, all great suggestions, keep 'em coming. [Even though it seems I've already read many of them, i.e. The World God Only Knows, Fairy Tale, Ranma 1/2, Hayate no Gotoku, Hellsing, The Breaker, Gintama, Monster, Kuroshisuji, Liar Game, Nobless, One Outs, Cross Game, Yureka, Nurarihyion No Mango, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, ID, Karakuri Circus, Angel Densetsu, Please Save My Earth,Mx0]...
I'll be sure to check out the others, thanks again.
how about major and Kekkaishi, both have lots of volumes, Major ended at 72 (or 71). a baseball manga. And Kekkaishi ended at 35 or so. action fantasy manga.
I 2nd Gintama and Pandora Hearts also Katekyo Hitman Reborn its at 30+ vols I think, shounen fun for the first 7 vols then it gets good :D Rurouni Kenshin is 28 and finished also one of the best manga ever. If you dont mind ecchi, Sekirei is over a hundered chaps, good storyline, sadly tho on hiatus lots of times. Trigun is 15 vols (I think) and complete.
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8 & 9 Ball Pool Challenge, Perlman Student Center
Challenge Mr. Graves to a game of 8-Ball or 9-ball in the Student Center. If you win the first game you will receive a candy bar or soda from the College Store. If you choose to double (or nothing) and win the second game, you win a free Steak Dinner! (Brac's Steak House $10 Gift Certificate)
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After a nearly three-hour public hearing Wednesday night, Grand Junction City Council members voted unanimously to pass an initiative that would place more stringent restrictions on company's looking to explore energy development within the Western Slope's watershed.
A packed house was on hand at Grand Junction's City Hall Auditorium as dozens of residents weighed in on the issue and after about two hours of public comment, the city council debated the issue and decided.
After months of petitioning and public appeal, members of Western Colorado Congress, who sponsored the initiative, said it finally paid off.
"I'm so happy I can hardly stand, I hoped and prayed for this and it finally happened. It's a great day for the city," Western Colorado Congress member Peggy Rawlins said.
With the city voting for the initiative, amendments that may need to be made in the future will not have to be brought to a special public ballot.


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One of the major storylines of spring football practice at Florida has been finding a replacement for Joe Haden, who has left early and likely will be a first-round choice in the upcoming NFL Draft. While the void Haden left in the Florida secondary is still a bit of a concern, defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach Teryl Austin is breathing a little easier after true freshman Joshua Shaw stepped up at the Orange and Blue Debut Game Saturday, figuring in a game-high eight tackles (seven solo), along with an interception of Trey Burton, and an additional pass break-up. In doing so, Shaw has put himself squarely in the mix to grab the starting job at the field cornerback position opposite junior Janoris Jenkins this fall.
Arriving with considerable fanfare as one of the top defensive backs prospects in the country – and hailing from the backyard of major power Southern California – the 6-0, 189-pound Shaw was scheduled to bring a big, physical presence to the Florida secondary. Despite an up-and-down spring, he did not disappoint on Saturday. His position coach, Austin, was a little more reserved in his praise, although he has been happy with the freshman's contributions to date.
"Overall, I thought he did well," Austin said. "He competed, and that's really what I was looking for."
Despite getting beat on the very first play of the day – a 47-yard pass from John Brantley to Deonte Thompson down the left sideline – Shaw rebounded nicely to make an interception of Burton's first throw of the afternoon—another deep ball down the left sideline.
"That was nice," Shaw said of the play. "When the ball fell in my hands, all I was thinking was 'score.' It didn't happen—there's a lot of speed out there – but I tried."
Of course, that has been one of the big adjustments for Shaw moving on to the college level. There is a lot more speed on the field these day, as opposed to what he experienced just last fall at Palmdale (Calif.) High School where Shaw's play would eventually earn him Under Armour All-America honors. While the speed of the game is something he has had to adjust to, the fan support is also some a little different to Shaw. Something that really impressed the youngster as he took the field in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for the first time as a player.
"We don't get stuff like that for a spring game (in California)," he said. "Fifty-one thousand (51,000) fans? That's kind of unheard of for the West Coast. It was a great atmosphere, and I was amazed by that."
Simply by being at Florida for spring practice as a freshman is something that took a lot of hard work and sacrifice to accomplish. However, Shaw seems to make no bones about the fact he is happy with the decision he made.
"At first, it was rocky," Shaw said of his experience in Gainesville this spring. "But every day I see myself progressing. Today, I felt I was there, I just didn't make enough plays. I'm just going to continue to get better."
Tough adjustments are always helped along when there are good people around. Despite being recruited to Florida by former cornerbacks coach Vance Bedford (now at Louisville), Shaw has found his replacement to be quite the satisfactory replacement.
"Great mentor, great person, great coach," Shaw said of Teryl Austin, who replaced Bedford. "I've never been coached so well by someone. I love working under Coach Austin."
But Austin isn't the only one to help guide the young freshman through this process. Shaw has found another mentor to work with him in Jenkins, who knows a thing or two about enrolling early under heightened expectations.
"On the sideline, Janoris is the first one to come talk to me," Shaw said of Jenkins, one of the few players on the defense assured of a starting job heading into the fall. "He's a great mentor."
Now, the slate has been wiped clean, so to speak. Workouts began once again in earnest Monday as Mickey Marotti took over as the de facto head coach during the summer months. Shaw is looking forward to the challenge as he hopes to put himself in a position to win a starting job in fall camp.
"All I can do is learn from this, and go and watch film to see where I can improve," Shaw said of the final scrimmage of the spring. "I'm just going to do everything I can on my part to try, and hopefully things fall where they should."


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This sign is posted at the groomer I take Myndi & Sparky to. Too cute to not share......
Top 10 Reasons why it costs more to get your pet groomed - than your own haircut:
10. Your hairdresser doesn't wash and clean your rear end.
9. You don't go 8 weeks without washing or brushing your hair.
8. Your hairdresser doesn't give you a sanitary trim.
7. Your hairdresser doesn't clean your ears.
6. Your hairdresser doesn't remove the boogies from your eyes.
5. You sit still for your hairdresser.
4. Your haircut doesn't include a manicure or pedicure.
3. Your hairdresser only washes and cuts the hair on your head.
And the #1 reason:
1. The liklihood of you pooping on your hairdresser is pretty slim.


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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes it is down to England's clubs to stamp out the scourge of diving.
Stoke boss Tony Pulis called for retrospective action against divers following the game in which Liverpool's Luis Suarez recently admitted he deliberately cheated in an attempt to win his side a penalty. Ferguson confirmed he was forced to lecture Cristiano Ronaldo and feels it is down to the clubs rather than the Football Association to impose discipline.
"Do the sanctions come from the club or the FA?" said Ferguson. "The FA have a problem because is it legal? How can they prove a lad has purposely dived? It is very difficult. The FA have always said that. Does it go to the clubs? At the end of the day it probably does."
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To the Editor: Mr. Royer (Winergy CEO / April 29 letter, "In Support of RICL") states wind industry is at a critical crossroads. Any industry that depends on taxpayer subsidies on yearly renewal will always be in crisis.
In 2013, Mr. Royer was one of the 14 wind energy leaders who met with President Obama to request extending Productive Tax Credit (PTC). A stable industry doesn't need to beg for taxpayers' money.
Over 8 billion given the past 21 years amounts to only 3 percent of our nation's electricity. Now wind is seeking public support and more tax money for interstate transmission projects under the pretense this will improve productivity.
Mr. Royer said Rock Island "Clean Line" (RICL), a 500-mile HVDC line across Iowa and Illinois, is essential to supply the East Coast and Chicago with wind energy. An American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) map shows the best source of wind energy is the Great Lakes and the ocean coasts. There is no need to transmit electricity over half-way across the nation.
It is interesting that the four corners western states have not only a supply of wind, but a rich source of coal and natural gas. "Clean Line" has stated a certain percentage would come from wind.
Mr. Royer mentions, if not built, the wind industry would lose a lot of high-trained and well-paid people. Who are these people? Can't they be trained in other energy jobs? Well paid? Do you start with Mr. Royer?
Mr. Royer claims RICL "will provide energy security, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability." Wind is only reliable if these hig- trained people can make it blow at a steady rate for 24 hours daily. Economic prosperity means the already wealthy investor gets richer on the backs of taxpayers and consumers.
Environmental sustainability is counting the dead birds and bats under the turbine. RICL claims the increased number of childhood leukemia and adult brain tumors can not be traced to high DC voltage wires and substations. European studies show elsewise.
Mr. Royer, a supplier of turbine gearboxes, promotes RICL. As a farmer, I promote Delmonte vegetables and the products from our locally grown corn and beans. The difference is my products have a clear value, while the RICL project is debatable and fuzzy.


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Chaos Field Developer Milestone Has Closed, Company President ArrestedBy Spencer . March 21, 2013 . 5:30pm
Remember Ultimate Shooting Collection? UFO Interactive brought over that compilation which included shooters Chaos Field, Radligy, and Karous for Wii. That was from Milestone, the company that also made Tank Beat and the oddball eroge fighter Twinkle Queen.


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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agrees to meet families of men killed installing insulation
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he is willing to meet the parents of the young tradesmen who were killed while installing insulation under the Federal Government's program.
Mr Rudd on Thursday publicly apologised to the families of the four men killed in 2009 and 2010 while working on the scheme.
The apology came after Queensland Coroner Michael Barnes released findings into the deaths of three young men killed while installing the insulation as part of a financial stimulus program.
Mr Barnes found the dangers should have been foreseen and mitigated before anyone died.
In the wake of the findings of the inquest, the parents of one of the dead men, Matthew Fuller, said the Government had to be made accountable.
His father Kevin Fuller said the politicians responsible for the scheme - Mr Rudd, then deputy prime minister Julia Gillard and former treasurer Wayne Swan - never apologised for the loss of their son.
"We may now look at going and trying to get some accountability from someone," he said.
"People don't pay attention unless it either costs them in a position or costs them in money or costs them in making change."
Mr Rudd says if any of the parents wish to meet him, he will make himself available for a private meeting.
On the issue of compensation, he says there is a range of processes available for any applications that may arise.
But the Opposition says he owes more than an apology and should release all of the correspondence he received while Prime Minister warning of the dangers.
Mr Rudd says he released all the details he can about the warnings he received over the botched home insulation scheme with the exception of confidential cabinet documents.
Former Trade Minister Craig Emerson has warned the Opposition against trying to gain political mileage from the deaths.
"It is not really in my view a question about political impact on Kevin. It is those young boys who lost their lives," he told 7.30 Queensland.
"Kevin would not be worrying about the damage to him.
"He has apologised publicly for what is a terrible terrible tragedy. To lose a son is a terrible tragedy that's what matters and we are very sorry."


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CAIRO — Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Tahrir Square and several other Cairo streets Friday as clashes briefly broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take control of the iconic square.
With lines of armored vehicles and barbed wire, troops sealed off the square and diverted traffic after the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which ousted president Mohammed Morsi hails, called on its supporters to march there.
Thousands of Morsi's supporters followed suit from different parts in the city, chanting "El-Sissi is the enemy of God" and "Down with the murderer!"
Those were references to Defense Minister Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, who forced Morsi from power on July 3 after millions took to the streets demanding he step down.
In its statements, the Muslim Brotherhood called Tahrir Square "the capital of the revolution." It is the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that forced longtime president Hosni Mubarak from power and led to Morsi's short-lived tenure.
Since Morsi's ouster, nearly 2,000 Muslim Brotherhood members have been arrested, its top leaders referred to courts over charges of inciting murder and violence. Morsi himself has been detained incommunicado.
The Brotherhood appears to be angling to endure a crackdown that — while painful — also helps keep group cohesion under the pressure of a shared plight. It has publicly stuck to its most hard-line demands — the reinstatement of Morsi as president and the restoration of the Morsi-era constitution.
Some Brotherhood members recognize the possibility for that has passed, but the group uses the demands to energize its members and keep up street pressure as leverage in any eventual negotiations, which could bring concessions like easing the crackdown or releasing jailed members.
In an attempt to turn Oct. 6, a national holiday seen by Egyptians as a military victory in the 1973 war with Israel, into a milestone, the group called upon its supporters to converge into Tahrir Square in a show of force.
Meanwhile, state media and anti-Islamist private networks aired national songs around the clock along with documentaries of the war glorifying the military.
Protesters encircled security forces and army troops guarding Tahrir Square from two main entrances, one near the Egyptian museum and a second from the square's southern edge. That prompted riot police to fire volleys of tear gas to send the demonstrators away.
All the way to Tahrir Square, the protesters' chants against the military sparked clashes with civilians believed to be supporters of the military. Shots were fired and rocks were thrown.
An Associated Press reporter saw protesters pushed away by other Egyptians armed with sticks and bottles who chased them in the streets before the two sides started hurling stones just steps from the Egyptian museum.
"We will go protest and take all streets possible," said Mohammed Said, 45, during a march from the Dokki neighborhood to Tahrir. "We will get in Tahrir at any price."
There was little sympathy for the protesters among bystanders in the area.
"The Muslim Brotherhood won't be able to take the square. None of the people here stands with them," said Ahmed Youssef, a 59-year-old taxi driver. "I wish the state really enforces the state of emergency and outlaws all kinds of protests. We can't live normally this way. Is this the way to democracy?" he said.
In southern Cairo, residents holding wooden and metal sticks formed a human chain and closed a bridge leading to the district of Manial, where the pavement on the two sides of the main road was demolished and other streets were littered with stones and broken glass.
Another rally ended at a Defense Ministry building and a second at Rabaa el-Adawiyah mosque in eastern Cairo, where a pro-Morsi protest camp was violently dismantled on Aug. 14. Troops backed with armored vehicles beefed up security in the vicinity of the mosque, where protesters chanted slogans against the military.
Protesters flashed four fingers, their symbol in online and street campaigns for demonstrations.
By nightfall, hundreds of protesters hurled stones at troops guarding the Defense Ministry. It was unclear if they would try to remain in the street after the curfew starts at 7 p.m. local time.
Authorities declared a state of emergency in mid-August and imposed a night curfew in Cairo and several other areas to try to quell the violence.
Across the country, similar clashes broke out with police firing tear gas and gunshots in the air as residents and protesters clashed and threw stones at each other.
A Health Ministry spokesman, Khaled el-Khateeb, said that eight people were injured nationwide.
In the southern province of Assiut, a security official said 44 protesters were arrested in different towns following pro-Morsi demonstrations.
Earlier in the day, at least two Egyptian soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected militants on an army convoy east of Cairo.


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By getting a new OC players had to learn a new system by a coach that is a bull in a china closet.
Tebow is on Johnson or Tannenbaum? I'm not sure it wasn't to sell PSLs.
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|2008-12-22, 17:42
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But so far, Ami was just the mature big sister in this episode.
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But hey. I'm totally wrong and I recognize this. That was just my perspective from the novel spoilers I've read.
Wasn't passing opinion off as fact either. Everything in that post was opinion, not fact.
But roan pretty much summed up the books for me, so whatever. Doesn't really matter anymore anyway.
Sorry for causing a stir.
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|2008-12-22, 22:44
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And yes it does not develop to my liking, because it seems MISSING important issues from the novel. I do understand its a DRAMA episode, even drama does enhance the story/plot further. These one does not, it just feels leaving out many of the themes, Yet. that is why by leaving out of the themes, it seems disappointed at some aspects of it. THATS WHY I'M TAKING ROAN AND houkoholic, SUGGESTION TO WAIT FOR THE END OF THE ARC. That way I can get the whole jest of it, and understand it better.
JC-Staff did a wonderful job with Toradora! Don't get me wrong. But the problem herein it this episode does not bring many of the main themes on the table. By leaving them out, it is BAD on their part. Baka-Tsuki with their superb translation of the novel, does a wonderful job EXPLAINING those issues and themes, that would be even better if it was address in this episode. Which will further develop the plot, and thus making it more interesting. Only a few parts, were interesting.
Taiga on the other hand had a few interesting interaction but didnt really further the development as based on the novel, and there COULD be more. Once again check Baka-Tsuki translation on the novel. I understand for a 24 mins episode, not all can be address to, but leaving out the most important themes and character development on Taiga is not acceptable.
Ami and Minorin has more character developments, as well as Ryuuji. Many cue points of each character has given more insight based who they are. It seems Ami is is walking the path of "big sister" or onee-san towards Ryuuji.
There is however a contraction on Minorin, she seems the type of person that when there are problems or issues, she will always raise up against any adversities. Yet, by avoid Ryuuji, she is contracting who she is. However, its seems she knows more about the issues of Taiga's father, and the awkwardness of her feelings for Ryuuji. If, she was that type, maybe as a FRIEND, she could have explain better or even tell Ryuuji what are the issues. For herself personally, she would raise above any circumstances. Yet, she just leaves him hanging dry in the wind.
@BetoJR, I understand that Taiga wanted to show her "stuff" to her father. It only natural to do so, to show indirect affection to him. The concern between Ryuuji and Minorin sput, and trying to make get them to resolve the issue, is good. But, in the novel, there was more explanation and development based on those issues. They left lots of insight out. Thats is why it could have gone a DEEPER understanding. Its just my bitching about it thats all. The novel for this episode had more explaination, and they could have "squeeze" it in a bit more in this episode, at least making it more understandable. Instead of leaving it as such. I understand that it cannot be all address to, but leaving certain development is not good. Its still a watchable episode, only if they could have address more information, at least add a bit more from the novel. Maybe at the end of this arc, I will have a better understanding.
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|2008-12-23, 14:12
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In the beginning part Taiga is telling Ryuji that she is still pretending for his sake, when she says, "this is not enough to forget what he has done". There's a slight contrast, however, when she starts getting worried that she might be all sweaty and doesn't have time to change.
Then later in the episode, she frets over her father not being able to watch her perform.
Does this mean she's feigning to Ryuji that she still hates her father but really doesn't, or did she slowly accept her father throughout the episode?
|2008-12-23, 16:57
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The most logical guess is that she *wishes* her father were someone she could show off to and adore her..... but reality is a bit harsh. Life is full of young women looking for someone who echoes a kind of "daddy" they never had. (points to Ryuuji and Taiga)
|2008-12-23, 17:05
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The point here is that we do not know what Taiga's father does for a living, he seemed genuine in his wish to make up, but I don't think he has the willpower to follow through with it, just my 2 cents. As for him not showing up for the wrestling show, maybe he was busy busting kneecaps collecting on high interest loans. (though I can't see him as the loan shark type). As for Minori's connection to him, I can see how it would be thought that he did something to her family, but more likely its because he hurt her best friend and did not seem to care that he did.
|2008-12-24, 00:15
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Sorry that I get so passionate about it, I do adore Toradora! anime. Sometimes I get overworked, specially when certain key elements are left out from the nove,l that should have transcended in this episode. But I will wait and see how the final will play.
I couldnt have said it better then you. Totally agree with you on this one.
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Absent Taiga's father + Angry preview Ryuji = Exciting Ep13
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Background: Placed ninth at the 2009 Maryland State Cross Country Championships and was named to the Baltimore Sun Girls' Cross Country First Team… Ran sprints during the track and field seasons, placing second in both the 300- and 400-meter dashes at the 2010 Maryland Track and Field Championships… Placed third in the 200-meter dash in 2009 and fifth in the 100-meter in 2008… Honored with the Scholar Athlete Award all four years at South Carroll High School… Named to the All-County First Team three times in both indoor and outdoor track and field… Earned numerous academic accolades including the Senatorial Scholarship, the U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award and the U.S. Armay National Scholar-Athlete Award.
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Last year's memories of a brief appearance at the state tournament are still very much alive with Colfax-Mingo's Jimmy Abell and Dylan Albright.
Making their second consecutive trips to Wells Fargo Arena, Abell and Albright have the simple goals of improving on their two-and-out performances last year. Although, simply improving might not be enough on the second go-around.
"It's a great feeling, but hopefully this year I don't go two and out," said Abell, a sophomore 106-pounder. "I'm still hoping for a state title."
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that the pair is returning to state. Abell, ranked No. 5 at his weight in Class 1A, and the 170-pound Albright reached state with second-place finishes in last weekend's district meet at Pleasantville. Abell enters state with a nearly-unblemished record of 41-1, while Albright stands at 21-6.
"We went in thinking they both had a pretty good chance to make it back, and as the year went on, we were more in belief of that," C-M coach Bryan Poulter said. "Any time you go into sectional and district competition, anything can happen, so you're always glad to get a few people through there."
Despite their other accolades, such as sectional championships and a Heart of Iowa Conference title for Abell, the experience of losing both of their matches last year still doesn't sit well with either wrestler. However, both will be quick to tell you that those first-year jitters could've had a lot to do with that.
"Any time you get this far into the tournament you've got nerves, whether you've been there or not," Albright said. "But it's a different year with a lot of different people going, so there should be plenty of competition."
With another year and plenty of wins under their belts, Abell and Albright are expecting better results this year. That seems to be the case historically, although Wells Fargo Arena is hardly the place to expect wins to just show up out of nowhere.
"I think for both of them, and when you follow the state tournament, you'll see the majority of state placers don't place until they've been there at least once," Poulter said. "That goes to show how difficult and rigorous state competition is, so for both of them to go back after making it last year is invaluable. They both have things to call on now that they didn't have prior."
Abell pinpoints his issues last year to not wrestling enough quality matches. Although he feels this season was a similar situation, at least knowing what to expect at state should help his cause. Wilton freshman Tanner Greenwald (29-12) will give Abell his first challenge at state this year.
"I kind of have that feeling again because I didn't really have that many tough matches," Abell said. "But I also kept wrestling the same kids over and over, so I got a few more matches at least."
For Albright, there is some peace in the chaotic few days he'll spend at state. The senior has the opportunity to end his high school wrestling career at the highest possible level, and that fact certainly isn't lost on him. He will square off with Marcus-Meridien-Cleghorn senior Jacob Meehan in the first round, who is sporting a stout 41-1 record.
"It's a great feeling knowing that I'm a two-time state qualifier," Albright said. "It's a major accomplishment for me and everyone in my family, and it's just a great feeling that I'm going out with that under my belt in high school."
Abell and Albright's recent success has sent waves through the Tigerhawk wrestling program. Besides sending four wrestlers to districts this season, Poulter has noticed a change in the team's demeanor in the past two years.
"Both of them really lead by example, and we have a lot of kids in our room that don't practice wrestling outside of the season," Poulter said. "I think we see the examples they bring are starting to rub off. The kids see what the extra work that goes into it can do, in terms of the weight room and extra athletic commitment. We think there will be some other kids that could make it to state in a year or so, largely through the leadership these two have brought to us."
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Jose A. Regalado, 70, of Big Spring died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Big Spring. Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Myers & Smith Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with burial at Mt. Olive Memorial Park.He was born Aug. 31, 1941, in Floresville, Texas, to Francisca and Ignacio Regalado. He was a window installer at Big Spring Auto Glass for 20 years. He was a resident of Big Spring for 45 years and was a Catholic.He is survived by seven daughters: Linda Palacios and Margaret Castillo, both of Poth, Cynthia Ann Mize of Big Spring, Yvette Delgado of Round Rock, Mimi Kramer of Delaware, Elizabeth DeLeon of San Antonio and Jennifer Regalado of Big Spring; three sons: Jose A. Regalado Jr., of Elmendorf, Ernest Regalado of Floresville and Richard Regalado of Arkansas; two sisters: Anita Regalado and Jovita Rangel; seven brothers: Genaro Regalado, Ruben Regalado, Leonard Regalado, Geronimo Regalado, George Regalado, Geraldo Regalado and Ray Regalado; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, Tomasa "Tommie" Regalado, on Feb. 21, 2011.Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com