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FRIDAY HOMILY: Hard Sayings, Hard Work
By Fr. Randy Sly
3/15/2013 (5 years ago)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
Looking beyond the lectionary reading for today (John 7:1, 2, 10, 25-30), there is a lot of important information that was left out from this chapter. That's why it's always a good idea to study the readings in your Bible and include the empty spaces you'll find.
By Fr. Randy Sly
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
3/15/2013 (5 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Jesus, teaching, Messiah, Catechism.
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - "Context is everything. A text without a context is a pretext!" I can still remember Dr. Robert Traina, my seminary professor, saying that regularly during class. We would end up saying it with him. An he was right.
Looking beyond the lectionary reading for today (John 7:1, 2, 10, 25-30), there is a lot of important information that was left out from this chapter. That's why it's always a good idea to study the readings in your Bible and include the empty spaces you'll find.
There has been a dip in our Lord's popularity. It really began after the feeding of the 5,000 - an amazing miracle - when Jesus began to expound more completely on the heavenly provision for the Jews during their wilderness wanderings as well as the 5,000 men (along with women and children) who heard him teach at the Sea of Galilee. He contrasted God-given manna with the sustenance of eternal bread that will come through his life.
In John 6:49-58 we read: Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."
The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"
Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven-not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever."
Unfortunately, after this teaching, many began to fall away, declaring, "This is a hard saying, who can understand it?"
St. John goes on in Chapter 6: From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?"
But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." (vs. 66-69)
The twelve continued to follow but there was great disillusionment.
In today's Gospel from Chapter 7, in the verses left out of the lectionary, Jesus' relatives told him that they were going to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, also called the Feast of Booths, which is held in late September or early October. This is a festival that last seven days, recalling the Exodus wanderings of Israel as well as celebrating the autumn harvest.
They encouraged him to go along and word miracles in Jerusalem. They felt he needed to get a bigger and better crowd with more exposure. They told him he needed to go public, although John adds that they really didn't believe in him.
He refused saying that, as he did at the wedding in Cana, his hour had not yet come. Once they left however, he changed his mind in accordance with the will of the Father and heads to the Feast, but on God's terms not his relatives.
The Jews were already looking for him, according to verse 11, and he was being talked about a lot by those at the Feast.
Quite different from his triumphal entry, which will come later. This visit to Jerusalem takes place in secret, both coming and going from the feast.
While in Jerusalem, however, he continued his teaching ministry in the temple, where many began to believe.
Eventually Jesus was discovered and confronted by some of the people who opposed him. The words they share become a blinding indictment that their opposition to him is based on faulty information - for example, they claimed to know where he came from and that this information would not be known about the real Messiah.
Two schools of thought actually existed among the rabbis of the time. One said that the Messiah's appearance would actually come in adulthood, that his origin would remain a mystery. The other school said that he would be born in Bethlehem, according to the prophecy of Micah.
Ironically, both of these are actually true about Jesus; however, the crowd thinks they know him as a Nazarene from Galilee. He challenges them at this point, using another hard saying.
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."
This really upset the crowd, as he claimed to "know" the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob intimately and that he came from him.
Obviously, the crowd was not interested in further dialog on the subject, taking time to discover what he meant by what he said. It simply offended their sensibilities and they were ready to have him arrested.
Since becoming a Catholic, I have encountered many from the world I left behind - Protestantism - who approached me with the same confidence that they really knew what we believed.
Many want to challenge me on "the Mary thing" or "praying to saints," etc. Most often, it seems, they are not looking to step into a time of dialog but merely challenge me on the basis of their perceptions.
In a few cases, after explaining the actual Catholic position (sometimes even from our Catechism), they have said, "Oh no, that's not true. That's not what Catholics believe."
Hard sayings call for hard work in seeking for the truth.
My journey into the Catholic faith was not an emotion based knee-jerk reaction because they have cooler vestments and better buildings. It took a time of asking, seeking and knocking where the teachings of the Church could be encountered and learned.
By an honest and earnest study of Scripture and Church tradition with respect to Roman Catholic teaching, I became convinced of two things. First, my assumptions were quite wrong. I had held on to thoughts, ideas and convictions about Catholic thought that had no place in reality. They were things I had heard from others or misunderstood in my own pursuit.
There was also the problem of language. Often there were words, phrases and concepts that had a completely different meaning when you take time to explore usage. There are so many examples, but one that quickly comes to mind is the difference in Catholic thought between worship and veneration. The former belongs only to God, while the latter can, in fact, be offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saints.
Second, the fullness of faith is found in the Catholic Church. As it states in the Catechism, "This Church, constituted and organized as a society in the present world, subsists in (subsistit in) the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him." (CCC 816)
This conviction did not arise from simply reading that passage in the Catechism and agreeing with it. Rather, a fresh view of the Church began to emerge and take shape particularly in reading the Church Fathers.
I recently taught two sessions on the "First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians" for the Institute of Catholic Culture in Northern Virginia. The oldest document outside of the New Testament, Pope St. Clement not only addresses the issues at Corinth in a pastoral way but, through this epistle, gives us a window into the world of the New Testament church.
In those early days, we see that the church is already lead through the orders of Bishops, Priests and Deacons while maintaining a certain liturgical and seasonal approach to ministry. There is also a sense of relationship and primacy with the Church of Rome that is a key factor to why the letter was really written in the first place.
Today, we are living in a world of spin, where the sound byte is everything, not the context. While this may be a generalization, it does seem that most people want to believe something that sounds good rather than something you have had to dig out through exercising the mind.
Once more we are confronted with crowds who want easy "believism." I'm reminded of that commercial on television now where a girl makes the comment, "They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true." The guy responds, "Where'd you hear that?" She replies, "The internet."
Does the Church have some hard sayings? Absolutely. Sometimes they look like ugly hard rocks. Split them open and you will be surprised and blessed by what you find. There are wonderful and powerful insights to come when you invest some hard work and crack open each nugget of teaching and find a beautiful gem of truth inside.
Father Randy Sly is the Associate Editor of Catholic Online and a priest with the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (http://usordinariate.org) established by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, through the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. He is currently the chaplain of the St. John Fisher Ordinariate Community, a priest in residence at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church and Director of Pro-Life Activities for the Ordinariate. He is a popular speaker for parishes, apostolates and organizations.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Be wary of Aussie customs
It seems to have something to do with customs (the second dog has apparently detected something smelly), but the connection is fuzzy… much like Aussie customs.
Over three years ago, I wrote an article entitled Rambo caught with his pants down [display] on the subject of zealous customs officers in Australia. I still laugh whenever I think of my friend Geoff getting all his precious cans and jars of foie-gras confiscated. "Jeez mate, you don't realize what you're doing: the possible harm you could have caused. French shit like that could kill our local farmers and poison the Australian food and agriculture industries."
Back in 2006, when I last visited my native land, I took my MacBook with me, which enabled me to remain in contact with my French family through emails. (I didn't start my Antipodes blog until a few months later.) Today, in the unlikely event of my deciding to revisit Australia, I would be wary of entering the country with my portable computer, because the nation seems to have gone all wowserish in a "Big Brother" fascist fashion. The customs people would be capable of finding undesirable stuff on my hard disk: I don't know what (since I don't collect child porn), but I wouldn't trust them. Maybe they would find rude references to Stephen Conroy, or shit of that kind. In other words, they could easily decide to "do a Goossens" on me.
Click the banner to read an article on this subject in yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald. Prying into a visitor's computer is a shocking example of the abuse of civil liberties, which I find intolerable. Every nation ends up with the kind of society it deserves. But I wouldn't wish to live in such a degenerate society.
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Bill, I wonder if you might find some interest in these, about an internet censorship panel at the Sydney Writers Festival yesterday and a talk about blogging at my local library last night:ReplyDelete
Ron: Unfortunately, those links don't throw much light upon the terrifying Aussie situation highlighted in my blog. This new state of affairs is grim, and it must be resisted urgently, to preserve traditional Australian values of personal freedom.ReplyDelete
Among your links, only the writer's festival was vaguely pertinent, but we don't know who was there nor what they said. The Mosman talk was trivial stuff that every blogger knows, and has nothing to do with censorship, etc. As for the genealogical blog, I've known about it for ages, but find it uninteresting. Sorry to be so negative!

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Two Bryan Firefighters severely burned in the line of duty are talking on camera for the first time. Each suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over their bodies after a fire at the Knights of Columbus Hall near Downtown Bryan in February.
This story can be found inside a book of coins collectively worth more than you can imagine.
Lt. Chris Framsted and A.J. Jarrett with the South Brazos County Fire Department started this collection, but not for themselves.
"To own one is an honor, to give one up is a much higher honor to give your challenge coin to another firefighter," said Framsted.
The challenge coin started in WW I. A US squadron of pilots used it as a way of identifying themselves on foreign soil.
"After 9/11, fire departments around the country and around the world started making their own challenge coins. It's a sign of dignity. It's a sign of respect," said Framsted.
A collection was sparked by a February fire at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bryan. Two Bryan firefighters died from their injuries.
Ricky Mantey Jr., Mitchel Moran along with Lt. Greg Pickard entered the hall to save Lt. Eric Wallace, who was in distress.
Pickard died from his injuries, as did Wallace.
Mantey and Moran suffered burns on 50% of their bodies. They are recovering in Galveston.
Meanwhile Framstead and Jarrett are busy making rounds to the post office collecting coins sent to them from all over the world.
"When we are able to deliver these to Ricky and Mitch it is just going to be one of those moments you can't describe," said Framsted.
All 298 coins for them have been divided and carefully placed in two books
We took the trip to Galveston when it was time for the special deliveries. First stop was Ricky.
"We got about 150 coins," said Framsted.
"Wow," said Mantey.
"They were sent anywhere from Afghanistan to the UK , NASA," said Framsted.
"It's amazing. Words can't describe how I feel right now with all of this. The coins...they are amazing," said Mantey.
Delivery number two, less than mile away, where Mitch Moran has been recovering at the burn unit.
"It's an honor. I'm shocked; it's an honor to get what I am getting right now," said Moran.
It was hard for both firefighters to talk, but their message was clear.
"It's going to be a long road ahead but it's going to be good," said Mantey.
The coins keep coming in. The fire department hopes to make another coin delivery soon. Both firefighters Mitch Moran and Ricky Mantey still have months of recovery.


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The Witcher: Versus Review
On the surface, The Witcher: Versus is an online fighting game. In it, you and other real-life people engage in one-on-one combat, trying to knock each other out. In reality, however, you'll spend most of your time looking at menus. Oddly enough, this isn't a bad thing.
The reason for all this menu-gazing is that this is an asynchronous online game, meaning that you and your opponents don't have to be online at the same time to fight each other. Normally sticking a bunch of dry menus in a fighting game would take all the fun out of it, but The Witcher: Versus is more about using RPG elements to build your character into a veritable wrecking ball.
When you first boot up The Witcher: Versus, you're blocked out of doing anything until you sign up for an account. This is an off-putting way to start a game– particularly since it requires an e-mail address. But once you jump through the hoops, you can select your character and get started. Unfortunately, there are only three character models to choose from, so you'll be fighting the same characters over and over again.
You've been critically cut. Call 911!
The gameplay is a lot like rock, paper, scissors. It goes like this: After you select an opponent from a list, you pick a series of attacks to place in a timeline. These are the attacks you're going to use, in order, during the fight. Then you pick a series of defensive moves, and press the "fight" button to send your challenge to your opponent. The next time your opponent plays the game, he'll be prompted to select his moves, after which the battle plays out. The actual fight looks basically like Street Fighter IV, except that the characters take turns attacking, and you have no further control over the fight.
The moves at your disposal are based in three different classes: Strong, Fast, and Magic. During the fight, if your character does a Magic attack when your opponent defends against a Magic attack, you deal no damage. But if you use a Fast attack when your opponent defends against a Strong attack, she takes the hit and loses health points. Just like in rock, paper, scissors, lots of luck is involved.
It starts to get interesting when you level up. With each level you gain, you get skill points that you can use to learn new moves or upgrade your existing ones. For instance, if you pump skill points into a Fast defensive move, you might be able to block a portion of the damage from Strong attacks. On top of this, you can spend both in-game currency and real-life money on items to make your character more powerful.
Menu, menu, menu… Menu.
We love the freedom that comes from asynchronous online gameplay, but it's something of a double-edged sword here. It's great that you don't have to be online at the same time as your opponent, but sitting idly by as a fight plays out can be a snooze. Also, tapping through menus to plan more than a couple of matches in a row quickly becomes repetitive.
The game also contains a number of other small annoyances. In the shop, it's often unclear why some moves and items are unavailable to you at any given time. Do they cost too many skill points? Are you not at a high enough level to use them yet? Also, the 'New Challenges' list mixes all of your fights together. Shouldn't the ones that require your attention be separate? Lastly, the app crashed on us several times.
Despite its considerable flaws, we found ourselves enjoying The Witcher: Versus. The trick, it seems, is to play it in small doses. If you check in on your character a couple times a day, play a few matches and buy upgrades when necessary, then you'll probably have a decent time with the game. But if you're looking for action, or for a highly polished experience, search elsewhere.


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The Oakland Press (http://www.theoaklandpress.com)
Sunday, July 6, 2014
A Waterford charter school is offering a summer program to prepare 4-year-olds for kindergarten at the right price: free.
Enrollment is open for the four-days-a-week Great Start Readiness Program at Jefferson International Academy. Principal Elizabeth Ruff said it's the first time the state legislature has authorized funding for the program over the summer.
"It will start them on that path to being a good student, to know what's expected and have exposure to literacy and numeracy," Ruff said. "It's going to be expected when they get to the classroom that they have some of these skills."
The federally-funded Great Start program runs Monday through Thursday at the Waterford charter school, with before-school care beginning at 7:30 a.m., the core program beginning at 9 a.m. and running to 4 p.m. and after care from 4-5:30 p.m.
Ruff said that expectations for kindergartners have grown, and that the summer program's reading, writing, math, art, science and social development components can help get 4-year-olds ready for the fall.
Children must turn 5 on or before Oct. 1, 2014 to be eligible.
There are two teachers in every Great Start classroom at the school and class sizes are capped at 16 for the program.
Jefferson International Academy, chartered by Central Michigan University, opened last summer in the building that was previously home to Notre Dame Marist Academy, on Lynn Street between M-59 and Voorheis. The building was once the St. Benedict School.
Grades kindergarten through sixth grade are offered this fall, with a maximum class size of 25. Nearly all of the school's 200 students live in Pontiac and Waterford.
"We want to be a school that's in the neighborhood that provides a really rigorous education for any student," Ruff said.
In the school's first year, "we saw significant (student) growth across the board in reading and math," Ruff said.
The school plans to add grade levels each year as it continues.


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ODU Lacrosse to Play in Williamsburg Tourney
October 15, 2013
By ODU Athletics
By ODU Athletics
Williamsburg, Va. - The Old Dominion women's lacrosse team travels to Williamsburg Va. this Saturday the 19th to play in a multi-team event.
The Lady Monarchs will compete against The College of William & Mary at 9 a.m. and then will face the University of Richmond at 10:30 a.m. The contests will be played at Busch Turf Field.
ODU continues its Fall Schedule next Saturday in the James Madison University tournament. The Lady Monarchs begin the season Feb. 21 at home against the University of Louisville.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news regarding ODU Lacrosse on Facebook; as well as follow @ODULacrosse on Twitter!


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Sam Wyche worked the room before the start of the 2014 American Legion state tournament banquet showing three rings — one of them being his Super Bowl ring from the 1981 season.
Sam Wyche worked the room before the start of the 2014 American Legion state tournament banquet showing three rings — one of them being his Super Bowl ring from the 1981 season when he was the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers.
As for the rings, Wyche had a story to tell as he addressed the assembled teams and coaches while they dined on barbecue and chicken wings.
"If you won the game you got a Super Bowl ring," Wyche said. "But if you didn't win the game you still got a ring."
The other two rings Wyche had were for conference championships — one from the NFC for the 1972 Washington Redskins as a player and one from the AFC as a head coach with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1988.
"In 1972 we lose to the Miami Dolphins the year they had a perfect 17-0 season," Wyche said. "We went out to Los Angeles and lost to them in the Coliseum."
That netted Wyche an NFC championship ring.
The next one hurt a little more.
"In 1988, after the 1988 season in Jan. 1989, we lost to the 49ers with 34 frickin seconds left in the game," Wyche said. "Joe Montana hit John Taylor in the corner of the end zone and they win the game. I usually don't wear all three rings. The others are called 'losers rings' by the players. Cris Collinsworth, who played for me in '88, won't wear his ring."
Wyche regaled his audience at the J. Smith Young YMCA with a humor-accented presentation in which he sought to teach the players lessons they could apply as athletes and later on in life. He said he would show they were "smarter than you think, better than you think and more important than you think."
For the first of the three, Wyche told a story in which he described things such as a green elephant with three legs. At the end of the story, he asked his audience to recall each of the descriptions he gave.
And they did.
"The difference is you paid attention because you found it interesting," Wyche said. "You're smarter than you think you are."
In the next part, Wyche used Davidson County Warriors outfielder Christian Dix as a prop, purposely misidentifying Dix as "Steve" as the crowd laughed. Wyche asked Dix if he thought he was a good player.
"I am a good player," said the college-bound Dix to oohs from his fellow players.
Wyche had Dix sit in a chair and raise his hand as high as he could. Dix complied. Then Wyche jokingly spoke of making a $20 bet that Dix could raise his hand even higher. So he had Dix stand on the chair and raise his hand again.
"Give me a 20," Wyche said.
The third part had Wyche addressing that painful 20-16 loss to the 49ers again.
Cincinnati had won a league-high 14 games that year, had the top offense in the NFL and was fired up about the prospects of winning the franchise's first Super Bowl. He spoke of the festivities the night before and the confidence in the room. But there was someone missing — running back Stanley Wilson. The Bengals fullback was caught using cocaine the night before. He was left off the roster and subsequently banned for life from the NFL because it was his third offense.
And Wyche rued the absence of the running back he referred to as "Steamer."
"We were up by three points in one of the best games ever played in the Super Bowl," Wyche said. "Chunks of the field were getting torn up. Stanley could have run right through that. With 34 seconds to go in the game, we lost a world championship ring and got an AFC championship ring. It's a game of inches and we got beat."
Wyche said he didn't want to end the evening on the Wilson story and a lost Super Bowl.
"I wish all of you good luck tomorrow," Wyche said to a standing ovation.
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|High School:
|Martin Luther King, Jr.
|Previous College:
|Science and Management
Area of Greatest Academic Interest: Public Health Policy
Favorite Class in College so Far: Gender and Epic with Professor Rentz
Why She Chose CMS Softball: When I visited, I was struck by the incredible girls who comprise the team; I knew everyday I would spend with them would not only make me a better athlete but also a more effective leader, a more ambitious student, and a better person.
Club Softball Team: Tennessee Ballhawks
Favorite Book: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking; The Great Gatsby
Favorite Movie: Mean Girls
Favorite Quote: "My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger." -Aldous Huxley
Person She Admires Most: My family and my best friend
One Dream She Cherishes: To live a life in which I never stop learning with a career that allows me to improve people's lives


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hey whats up peeps, i was wondering if anyone knows of any site that sell day z hacks without detection, better free if not a paid one ?
i got banned for someone hacking my account ... not ideal !
thinking about paying for a new one since its 40% off in steam atm,
*note have tried scripting but no luck think they have updated it and the cheat engine can detect it no im pretty sure
thaks for your time to look at this and ill most prob only really take referrals from mods if they look at this off topic post .. thanks again


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UH Honors 2008 Regents and Presidential ScholarsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Associate VP for Student Affairs
The University of Hawai'i will honor and recognize 30 students awarded with the prestigious Regents and Presidential Scholarships at an annual awards dinner in their honor on Thursday, July 31, at the Japanese Cultural Center in Moiliili. The UH Board of Regents established the Regents and Presidential Scholarships to support students with a record of outstanding academic achievement.
Regents Scholarships are awarded to 20 outstanding incoming freshmen enrolling at any campus of the University of Hawai'i who received at least a 1,950 combined score on all three sections of the SAT, or combined score of at least 29 on the ACT. They also need to have maintained at least a 3.5 GPA in academic subjects for grades 9 through 11, and have displayed evidence of superior academic achievement in co-curricular activities and/or involvement in community service activities.
Presidential Scholarships are awarded to 10 college juniors who have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 for all college level work, a record of sustained progress in academic courses, and evidence of superior academic achievement or creative endeavor. They must also be full-time undergraduate students entering their junior year who are seeking a degree in any course of study at a baccalaureate campus of the University of Hawai'i and have a record of academic and co-curricular and community service activities in college.
Students meeting the above criteria, including a Bona fide resident of Hawai'i at time of application, may be eligible for scholarship consideration.
Regents Scholars selected receive a full tuition waiver or four years of undergraduate study, and Presidential Scholars receive a full tuition waiver for two years of undergraduate study. All scholars receive a tuition waiver and $2,000 stipend each semester, plus a one-time travel grant of $2,000. The program is administered by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.


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COUNTY MEETINGS HELD IN GRIDLEY - Butte County Association of Governments and Butte County Air Quality District held their monthly meetings at Gridley City Hall last week. (Photo by Lisa Van De Hey)
As part of the $138 million approved for 34 Butte County projects as part of the four year Federal Transportation Improvement Program, $679,000 has been earmarked by the Butte County Association of Governments (BCAG) to use on Hazel Street in Gridley in the Downtown area. The project is part of the 2012-2013 funding for BCAG who held their monthly meeting in Gridley last week at City Hall.
The BCAG meeting preceded the meeting of the Butte County Air Quality District (BCAQ) meeting which included several Public Hearings. The first public hearing was held to consider adopting the 2012 PM2.5 Emission Inventory Submittal to the State Implementation Plan for the Chico, CA/Butte County (partial) Planning Area. In December 2009, most of Butte County was designated by the EPA as non attainment for the 2006 Federal 24-hour fine particle standard, referred to as PM2.5. The non-attainment area now meets the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 standard using the most current quality-assured three year period of monitoring data, 2008-2010, and continues to meet the standard of 2011.
Board members received the AB 2588 Air Toxics "Hot Spots," program pursuant to the requirements of the California Health and Safety Code Section 44300 et. seq. Certain emitters of airborne toxic compounds submit toxic emissions inventory reports and updates as required by AB 2588. The goals of the AB 2588 program are to collect emission data, to identify facilities having localized impacts, to ascertain health risks, and to notify nearby residents of significant risks.
The voluntary "Check Before You Light" program was approved with the 2012-2013 staff report given by James Wagoner, Air Pollution Control Officer.
"Check Before You Light" will run from November 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013, the fifth year for this program, replacing the "Don't Light Tonight," Program, emphasizing checking air quality status anytime before using wood burning devices, not only at night. The voluntary program requests residents to voluntarily curtail using wood burning stoves and fireplaces on poor air quality days.
The program focuses on educating the public to check air quality through various media before lighting a residential wood fire.
BCAQ Program has been selected to participate in a wood-burning appliance change-out program required by a consent decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Powertrain, et. al.
The anticipated funds that would be allocated for this project could be up to $100,000 per year for a total of three years with a provision for administrative fees of 10 percent of the allocation associated with implementation of the project.
Senior Air Quality Compliance Specialist Stephen Ertle presented a report regarding the upcoming aboveground gasoline storage tank vapor recovery requirements. He gave a detailed, informative power point presentation explaining vapor recovery (EVR) in aboveground gasoline storage tanks and enhanced vapor recovery in regards to implementing the program in Butte County.
Vapor Recovery started in the late 1980's to control benzene emissions with enhanced vapor recovery in 2000 to reduce emissions further as part of the State Implementation Plan. EVR systems are now being certified for aboveground storage tanks use and will be phased in over time. It was agreed a letter would be sent to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to request suspension of any new requirements for the use of vapor recovery equipment that is already in widespread use sufficient to meet Federal Standards.


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Might want to check your history a little better friend. The Linux EEE PC did not disappear because "MSFT pulled on the chain" but because the company went out of business that was supplying the version they were using and Asus didn't want to build their own distro, not to mention that the tab UI that the EEE was using was proprietary and owned by the company in question, which was Xandros BTW.
Oh and just FYI but the "Windows tax" is in actually a "Windows tax break" because you are taking a machine which OEMs like Asus are paid to put trialware on and then wiping. Have you contacted Asus about writing them a check for the cost difference between what the system would have cost without trialware and what it cost with? didn't think so, but its pretty common knowledge that thanks to companies like Symantec paying to have Norton trial junk installed that Win 7 Start and HP don't cost the OEMs anything, in fact that make money per unit which they use to lower the cost of the system.


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The Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act will extend insurance coverage to more than half a million North Carolinians, while also saving the state and its taxpayers billions of dollars, according to a new report.
With the implementation of health reform, the first year of the Medicaid expansion alone is expected to reduce the number of uninsured persons in North Carolina by 64 percent, said a new report from the Budget and Tax Center, a project of the North Carolina Justice Center, with the number moving from 1.3 million uninsured individuals in 2013 to 475,185 in 2014. Over 95 percent of new Medicaid enrollees under the expansion are expected to be previously uninsured, the report said.
Determining the cost of Medicaid expansion to North Carolina involves considering not only the direct costs of providing coverage, but also the money that would be saved from having fewer uninsured residents and an overall healthier population, the report said.
Under current law, hundreds of thousands of low-income working parents and adults aren't eligible for coverage through North Carolina's Medicaid program, as a full-time working parent earning minimum wage exceeds the income requirements for Medicaid eligibility and non-disabled adults without dependent children aren't eligible at any income level. Under the expansion, however, parents in families at or below $25,400 in annual income for a family of three will qualify for health insurance, and low-income adults earning at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty limit (FPL) will also be eligible for Medicaid. Without the expansion, these low-income, working adults will continue to be cut off from access to health insurance, the report added.
The first year of the expansion will require the state to spend 2 percent more on the Medicaid program than was budgeted for FY2012-13 but will provide health coverage for almost half a million working adults and children, the report said, many of whom were previously uninsured. Across the country, people who will become eligible for Medicaid under the expansion are younger and healthier than the current population enrolled in Medicaid, meaning they will be less costly to insured through Medicaid.
In fact, cost savings from the reduction in uncompensated medical care in North Carolina is expected to reach between $1 and $2 billion from 2014-2019. As a result of the expansion, existing Medicaid payments that supported care for the uninsured can be reduced, the report said, and there will be less need to shift the cost of uncompensated care to private insurers and health care providers.
"Having roughly one in five Americans uninsured is a drain on the American workforce and the American economy," said Brenna Burch, a policy analyst with the Budget and Tax Center and author of the report. "Implementing the Medicaid expansion quickly, effectively, and responsibly will not only improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of struggling North Carolinians through greater access to coordinated care – it will also save the state, and its taxpayers, a great deal of money."
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|Monday December 26, 2011 @07:56PM
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|Tuesday August 09, 2011 @08:10PM
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|Are Streaming Media Players a Passing Fad
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Sara Fritz, an award-winning journalist who covered politics on Capitol Hill for more than three decades, including 14 years at the Los Angeles Times, died Wednesday in Washington, D.C. She was 68.
Fritz developed a lung infection after successful hip surgery and was hospitalized for more than month, said her husband, James A. Kidney. She was removed from life support at George Washington University Hospital after her family and doctors agreed she would not recover from the debilitating infection.
Known as a determined and energetic reporter, Fritz joined the Washington staff of The Times in 1983 and rose to investigative editor a decade later.
In 1989, she won the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for best reporting on Congress for "What's Wrong with Congress," a series of four articles examining the failures and foibles of the legislative branch.
She was also a member of a Times team that won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from Harvard University for stories on foreign donors to 1996 Democratic campaigns.
"Sara had a sharp eye, a deep sense of perspective and a Rolodex full of sources who trusted her judgment and integrity," Washington Post political correspondent and former Times correspondent Karen Tumulty said Thursday. "There was no subject that she couldn't master — from healthcare to foreign policy to the sources of dysfunction and the corruption in our political system."
The daughter of an advertising executive, Sara Jane Fritz was born in Pittsburgh on Dec. 16, 1944. After graduating from Denison University in Ohio in 1966 with a degree in English, she began her career at the Pittsburgh Press as a copy editor.
In 1969, she moved to United Press International in Pittsburgh as a night editor. Over the next decade, she was promoted to UPI bureau chief in Harrisburg, Pa., weekend news editor in the Washington bureau and national labor reporter. She covered Watergate and the resignation of President Nixon.
In 1978, she was hired at U.S. News & World Report and covered the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981 as the magazine's chief White House correspondent.
Among the major stories she covered at The Times were the Iran-Contra hearings and the Whitewater controversy.
After leaving The Times in 1997, she was managing editor of Congressional Quarterly and Washington bureau chief for the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.
In 2000, her 12-year-old son, Daniel, committed suicide. She wrote a moving story about his struggles and the broader issues of child suicide and survivors' grief that was published in the St. Petersburg Times in 2003.
She and her husband created a website, depressedchild.org, to share information with other parents about the symptoms and treatment of depression in young people.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mary, of Chicago; and two sisters, Marjorie Henderson of Loveland, Ohio, and Judy Farr Demitras of Pittsburgh.


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I would like to think that all of our ancestors look kindly upon us as we remember them in our research and share their history on our blogs.
A special thank you to Leah of The Internet Genealogist and Cheryl of Heritage Happens for sharing this recognition with Tangled Trees.
Now I am to list 10 things that have surprised, humbled or enlightened me and then pass the award on to 10 other genealogy bloggers who I feel are doing their ancestors proud.
1. How many children can one woman bear? Sometimes I am quite amazed.
2. That French-Canadians are so prolific and luckily have some of the best records to research.
3. How quickly ancestor trees can grow once you make the right connections. The internet certainly helps with plenty of leads but everything must be followed up with valid research.
4. Connecting with 'cousins' as a result of blog postings.
5. The kindness of strangers - a gift I am always grateful for
6. How generation after generation of some families lived in the same small village before one ancestor finally decides to venture away
7. That we finally found an Irish ancestor - and she came from our French-Canadian line!
8. The amount of 'cousins' involved in WWI & WWII
9. Reading military records of relatives and ancestors always inspires me.
10. I am most amazed at how addicting this whole genealogy thing is - after nearly 20 years of researching my drive hasn't waned!


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Raikkonen regrets limited racing opportunities
Kimi Raikkonen admits he would jump at the chance of racing in other series' alongside his commitments in Formula One if it was a viable option to today's drivers.
Raikkonen took a two-year hiatus from F1 at the end of 2009, during which time he competed in the World Rally Championship and NASCAR Trucks. He also tested a GP3 car belonging to Koiranen GP in August last year. This week F1 mourned the loss of three-time world champion Sir Jack Brabham and Raikkonen believes drivers today are missing out on the freedom to compete elsewhere enjoyed by previous generations.
"Obviously I read and it was sad to hear that he passed away," Raikkonen said when asked about Brabham's passing. "Obviously these days are different than the days that they used to race and they could do different categories, different races. I think it would be very nice if we would be able to do different things at the same time and different races and try different things.
"But the problem is everything just gets so much more expensive these days and obviously people are more scared that you get hurt and they try to limit everything what you do. So it's a shame because I think it would be more fun for everybody and the other sports would also benefit from it, and F1. It would be nice to do stuff like that."
Raikkonen was otherwise in typical form in Wednesday's FIA press conference, saying simply "no" when asked whether he would repeat last year's gimmick of wearing a James Hunt helmet around the streets of Monaco.


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In her speech, Sowing the Seeds of Hope, Dr. Goodall, will bring her audience into the world of the Gombe chimpanzees―from her early observations and experiences to the latest news and stories from the field.
Dr. Goodall will also share information about the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, which continues her pioneering research and celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2012. Today, the Institute is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. It also is widely recognized for establishing innovative community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, the Institute's global environmental and humanitarian youth program.
In Sowing the Seeds of Hope, Dr. Goodall will provide insight into the person behind the globe-trotting international icon: a UN Messenger of Peace, Dame of the British Empire, and the subject of countless articles and television programs around the world. She will also discuss the current threats facing the planet and her reasons for hope in these complex times, encouraging everyone in the audience to do their part to make a positive difference each and every day.


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Transfer news: Everton are plotting a swoop for former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon
Sky Sports understands Everton are lining up a move for former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
By Pete O'Rourke - Follow me: @skysportspeteo
Last Updated: 26/11/12 2:33pm
Scotland international Gordon is available on a free transfer after leaving Sunderland in the summer.
Everton boss David Moyes admitted after Saturday's draw with Norwich that a lack of competition was harming Tim Howard's form at Goodison Park and he is now thought to be ready to bring in Gordon to add to his goalkeeping options.
Moyes is keen to bring in a new goalkeeper with Howard's deputy Jan Mucha out of contract at the end of the season and he has had several trialists in over the last few weeks to cast an eye over possible reinforcements.
Gordon joined Sunderland from Hearts in 2007 for £9million but his time at the Stadium of Light was blighted by a series of injuries.
A number of clubs have been linked with Gordon, but Everton are now ready to offer the keeper the chance to get his career back on track.


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Mike Bose is filling the watering vessels in a secondary barn on his turkey farm, preparing for that morning's arrival of thousands of day-old hatchlings.
As he pads through the fresh, sweet sawdust, he talks about his favourite topic: Surrey.
Bose's Surrey is just a few kilometres from the gleam of the new downtown core, the city's sprawling suburban neighbourhoods and the gritty toughness of the Whalley neighbourhood.
Bose's Surrey is a place of astounding fertility, fields of hay, silage corn, dairies and poultry barns, and most of all, blueberries.
One third of the land in Surrey — about 9,300 hectares — is devoted to the agricultural economy, about 4,300 hectares in food production. Most of it is protected, locked into the Agricultural Land Reserve.
"With only one per cent of the province's agricultural land, Surrey produces five cent of B.C.'s agricultural output," said Bose, vice chair of the Agricultural Advisory Committee to Surrey city council. Bose helped create the committee — the first in Metro Vancouver — and served as its chair for 16 years.
Farms in Surrey produce about $167 million in direct revenue each year, providing more than 4,470 jobs. Agriculture dollars tend to be stay-at-home dollars, meaning they tend to be spent in the community on equipment, supplies and wages (dollars that, in turn, are also likely to be spent locally).
The generally accepted economic multipliers on agri-dollars and agri-jobs suggest the sector generates almost half a billion dollars in economic activity in Surrey.
So entrenched is farming in Surrey's self-image, that all discussion of the future is framed around the notion of duality, a natural partnership of urban and rural interests.
The agricultural economy is big and diverse, with vegetable and berry production, dairy, poultry, herbs, flowers and two million square feet of greenhouse production, said Surrey Coun. Linda Hepner, chair of the agriculture committee.
Surrey is also an integral part of a Fraser Valley agricultural economy that is among the most intensively productive food-producing regions in North America, she said.
Surrey-based Honeybee Centre is the region's biggest honey producer and pollinates more than $100 million worth of fruit every year.
The City of Surrey is planning an overhaul of its agricultural strategy, due to be presented to council this spring.
Among the goals of the strategy are the creation of a centre for innovation for agriculture to keep local farmers at the cutting edge of technologies and skills that enhance productivity.
"We need to make this industry can sustain itself within a global environment of high technology," she said.
The city is already engaged in joint projects with the Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Institute of Sustainable Horticulture, a fast-growing source of qualified young farmers.
Surrey also hopes to attract new packaging and processing capacity by making marginal agricultural lands available for agriculture-related business development, said Hepner.
Balanced against encouraging related uses is a need to get nearly 2,000 hectares of agricultural land not under crops back into production, she said.
Surrey — the fastest growing city in Canada — has shown considerable resolve in the face of development pressure on farmland. Council requires two acres be added to the Agricultural Land Reserve for every acre removed for housing or commercial enterprise.
Despite the city's best efforts there is a large and growing non-farmer residential community on agricultural land and manor-sized houses dot the verdant landscape. Only 14 per cent of the 10,576 people living on ALR land in Surrey's are farmers, according to a recent report from Kwantlen researchers.
The Bose farm is model for the future, employing environmental controls to optimize growth indoors and using every bit of field space for crops and an engaging recreational space for the community.
Mike Bose's barns produce about 424,000 kilos of turkey each year — 72,000 birds — for Lilydale in Abbotsford.
He grows corn silage for a local dairy farm with the remaining 110 acres of the farm. The Bose corn maze is well known to many of the locals, who come to the farm by the thousands each summer to get lost among the towering stalks.
He is the fourth generation to work this land since 1890, the first to raise turkeys.
Like most farmers, the Bose family has changed principal crops many times over the years, chasing profits in changing market conditions and evolving public taste. What began as a dairy farm later produced hay, grains, carrots and peas. Then potatoes for Nalley's to make chips, romaine lettuce and finally turkeys.
Three computers control nearly every aspect of the flock's existence, so there is little need for staff.
The same can be said of many field crops, especially hay and feed. Farms are businesses and the margins range from thin to non-existent. Right now, farmers are betting on the darling of the berry world.
"I think the biggest transformation that has taken place is the growth of the blueberry industry. It's replaced a lot of the vegetable production," he said.
Actively farmed land in Surrey is divided three ways, between blueberries, market vegetables and animal-based agriculture such as poultry, eggs and dairy. About 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) are used to grow animal feed.
In the past 10 years, blueberry production has expanded and now also covers about 1,200 hectares, much of it at the expense of vegetable production.
"We used to be the salad bowl of Western Canada, with lettuce, potatoes, carrots, celery, cole crops (such as cabbage and broccoli) and cauliflower," Bose said. "We used to produce 80 per cent of the lettuce in the province and today we produce almost none."
"Blueberries have outstripped everything else," he said.
Most of the blueberries are machine harvested and frozen. Only about 10 per cent are hand-picked for the fresh market and very few farms offer U-pick blueberries. By contrast, strawberries and raspberries have a thriving U-pick trade and support an agri-tourism business model that brings thousands of people on to farms to pick berries, buy preserves and wander corn mazes and other amusements.
Mixed vegetable and berry farms generate additional revenue selling value-added products and market vegetables direct to the public. Some, such as Surrey Farms on 152nd St., bring in Okanagan fruit to offer a more complete food buying experience to their customers.
"We've been very fortunate in having councils that have understood the value of agriculture within the city," said Bose. "One third of the city is protected agricultural land, so they needed ways to deal with the frictions between agricultural and urban land and that's what our committee has done."
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When the user does the search and waits for the result, an animated image such as an hourglass will appear on the middle of the screen so that the user will know the process is still going on.
I went to this site:http://loadinggif.com/ and downloaded #3, and saved it to my server's WebContent/images directory. I gave it a name: dial.gif.
Next I tried to used it in a popup
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Now, I tried to use the download image, dial.gif to replace the swf file, something like:
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - relationship.... Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in relationship.... Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message emeJoined: 05 Oct 2004Posts: 32 Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject: relationship.... hello.... I want to ask you about your relationship with your pearnts.... I mean if you have a problem , would you like to speak with your mother or father or your friends? and why? Back to top starfishJoined: 23 Dec 2004Posts: 36 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:11 am Post subject: hi, i think i have very good relationship with my patents, they just like my best friends! if i have some trouble i will speak to my parents, they always give me some useful advices. what about you? Back to top BhumikaJoined: 11 Feb 2005Posts: 6 Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:47 am Post subject: Hi Ihave a friendly relation with my mum. When I was in problem,I always talk with my mum and i feel better. I am always worried about my dad. Back to top fa_upJoined: 14 Feb 2005Posts: 13Location: UAE Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: hi I have a good relationship with me parents and specialy my mum... If I have and problem I try to solve it by myself and somtimes with my younger sister or my best best friends Aisha, Ola, Sadyiah_________________If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep Back to top fa_upJoined: 14 Feb 2005Posts: 13Location: UAE Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: hi I have a good relationship with me parents and specialy with my mum... If I have any problem I try to solve it by myself and somtimes with my younger sister or my best best friends Aisha, Ola, Sadyiah _________________If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep Back to top BhumikaJoined: 11 Feb 2005Posts: 6 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:11 am Post subject: About relationship Hi When I have problems, I always talk to my mum. She always inspire me how to slove problems. I am very close to my mum. Sometimes i also spoke to my friend Kinjal. She is my best friend. Back to top flowerJoined: 11 Nov 2004Posts: 186 Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:50 am Post subject: When I have problems, I always discuss them with my parent!!!! But if I had a serious problem I prefer to tell my father. He understands me!!! Back to top stellaraJoined: 02 Apr 2005Posts: 583Location: germany Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:35 am Post subject: oh, poor guy.. - shouldn't be commiseration, I personnally can't stand being pitied. but I think it's not good to have all your problems in your own mind and not sharing them with friends! at first maybe friends (or parents) can have really useful aspects which you haven't thougth about yet or, on the other hand you can just talk about your problems. don't you have friends who don't care about 'renown' ??? because it's normal to have problems so I think it's stupid not to like s.o. only because he's got problems he wants to talk about! I have a very good relationship to my mum. I don't talk to her about all my problems - rather with friends - but I can talk about nearly everything with her and I don't argue too often. my father just got divorced from my mum so I don't have so much contact to him. it's ok for me because we often argued and I don't get along so well with him.. greets, Sarah _________________Don't cry because it's over - smile because it happened! MOKEY ROCKS!!! Back to top anlong2810Joined: 31 Mar 2005Posts: 14Location: Virginia, USA Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: HI! You know, people are different from each other. So the way they keep the relationships with their parents are also different. For me, to keep the relationships with my parents I have to obey them as the way they obey their parents, which my grandparents. Anyways, the point I want to talk about is sometimes you would like to share some problems with your parents, sometimes you don't. 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Good game so far.
No surprises yet.
Moderators: Three Stars, dagny, pfim, netwolf
Bowser wrote:I swear, I just started watching the game.
looks pretty even to me.
ExPatriatePen wrote:Good Good game.
Goalie wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:Good Good game.
Admittedly I have not seen as much college basketball as I would have liked to this year but I hope for the sake of college basketball that no one believes either of these teams are very good. Unless these teams have another gear they are not showing tonight these are average teams at best.
To be fair Gansey was obviously limited due to injury tonight but something tells me that does not change the 5 men outside the 3 point line offense West Virginia is running. They snuck up on everyone late in the year last year I really do not think that is going to happen again.
It is tough to pick on Pitt because I really think the whole is greater than the sum of the parts in their case this year. Jamie Dixon has probably coached as much out of this team as their was to get this year.
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WVU's big advantage is that they're unlike pretty much any team out there, so a team that hasn't seen them before will have a hard time dealing with them. Also, because they shoot so many 3s, it puts a lot of pressure on the other team to be efficient on offense. Those advantages are somewhat negated against Pitt- the Panthers are familiar with that style, and they have a veteran PG in Krauser (even though he's nuts) who can run an offense. On the flipside, WVU's not beating anyone if they're having an off-night shooting. They don't rebound at all, and they aren't good enough on defense to rely on shutting the other team down. That's not a good combination. On the right night, they can beat anyone...but it's hard to see them going 6 games against good competition without a bricklayer's convention one game ending their run. Then again, they could catch fire like last year. Who knows this year- when people are seriously talking about a Texas team with 4 double-digit losses as a #1 seed, it's a strange year.
WVU's big advantage is that they're unlike pretty much any team out there, so a team that hasn't seen them before will have a hard time dealing with them.
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It was as if the world had turned upside down.
Arsenal, perennial members of the domestic and continental elite, were scrapping for their lives at the Liberty Stadium while Swansea City, still relatively new kids on the block, could sit back and relax, their Premier League safety and European qualification already guaranteed.
Football often fails to make sense but therein lies its inherent beauty. As 2012-13 nears its conclusion, Arsenal face not only an eighth campaign without silverware but also a torrid struggle for a top-four finish and a place in the Champions League for a 16th successive season.
In contrast, Swansea continue to purr along under the guidance of Michael Laudrup, the latest manager to embrace the pass-and-go philosophy at the South Wales club. They can laugh at anyone who suggested that they might be relegated, succumbing to the so-called "second-season syndrome", and point to the Capital One Cup, the first major trophy in their 101-year history.
Such diverse emotional baggage produced a predictably up-and-down game in the teeming rain but Arsenal's greater hunger, perhaps desperation, tipped the balance. After the high of beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League three days earlier, and the low of going out in the last 16 on the away-goals rule, it was a tribute to their mental fortitude.
"Our commitment and determination, it is something special," Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, said. "We dug in when our legs were heavy. I'm very pleased with our spirit, our solidarity. I see it every day. We are ready for the fight until the last day of the championship. We know what it takes."
Knowing what it takes is easy. Delivering consistently, especially as the pressure mounts, is the tough part. Arsenal had to wait, growing more anxious by the minute, until late goals from Nacho Monreal, his first for the club, and Gervinho eased their anxiety. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had twice skimmed the top of the home crossbar in the first half.
However, what has long been assumed as rightfully theirs, a Champions League slot, could yet prove elusive. The Arsenal fans expect regular trips to the Bernabéu, Camp Nou and San Siro as a bare minimum; they would mourn the lack of that usual seat at the top table as they would a loss in the family. For Laudrup, the raising of the bar at the Liberty is his only concern.
"It's a problem, not just in football, but in life too," he said. "When you have success, one of the most difficult things is getting expectations back to a reasonable level. We can't go too high but not too low, either. We have to find a level that is reasonable and realistic. That has to start not so much for this season but certainly next season."
Still, Swansea are bound for the Europa League. And Arsenal, if they miss out on the big prize, are likely to join them. The topsy-turvy world of football holds a fascination for everyone.
Man of the match Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
This article was written by Russell Kempson at Liberty Stadium, for The Guardian on Sunday 17th March 2013 22.59 Europe/London
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