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Friday, Sept. 25
Project Sprout: The Story and Impact of One School Garden
By Sam Levin
A junior at Monument High School in Great Barrington, Mass., Sam Levin is one of three co-founders of Project Sprout, an organic, student-run, 12,000-square-foot garden on the grounds of his school. Project Sprout supplies the school cafeteria with fresh fruits and vegetables, helps feed the hungry in the community and serves as a living laboratory for students of the Monument school system.
Sunday morning, Sept. 27
Feeding the People
By Mark Guzzi
One of the region's most successful young farmers, Mark Guzzi has been growing and direct marketing produce through farmers' markets since 1993, when he started working on farms. A former MOFGA apprentice and a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine Sustainable Agriculture program, Guzzi now owns Peacemeal Farm in Dixmont, one of the area's oldest organic farms.
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 27
Small Farms Conservancy: Solving World Problems through Family Farming
By Lynn Miller
Lynn Miller, editor of the
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gave a surprise speech – accompanied by Vaudevillian entertainers – at the 2009 Common Ground Country Fair. Miller said that he has "taken the draft horse and small farm community around the country, pulled them together, and now embarked on a new adventure trying to get us all to work together to save what's good, valued and important." Small farms, that is.
MOFGA's Public Policy Teach-Ins
Reversing the Obesity Epidemic: Partnering for a Healthier Future
According to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Department of Health and Human Services, nearly three out of every five Mainers are obese or overweight. Obesity rates in Maine have risen 100 percent in 17 years. Between one and five people die every day in Maine from causes related to being obese or overweight. A MOFGA Public Policy Committee teach-in at the Common Ground Country Fair addressed this issue.
Sandra Steingraber on Rescuing Complex Agroecosystems
By Sharon Tisher
What if we paid as much attention to our global ecological crisis as we do to our global financial crisis? With this provocative opener, renowned environmental writer Sandra Steingraber treated an audience of more than 300 to a wide ranging but well integrated talk that revealed common threads in the history of her family farm in Illinois, the deterioration of Americans' health and the threats to the health of our global ecosystems.
Amy Goldman: A Pumpkin Devotee Graces Common Ground
Amy Goldman is a passionate gardener, seed saver, author and well-known advocate for heirloom fruits and vegetables. At the Common Ground Country Fair, Goldman spoke eloquently about pumpkins, squashes and gourds of unsurpassed beauty, exceptional flavor and rare form. "I'm delighted to be at the Common Ground Fair," she said, "where heirloom vegetables are the rule, not the exception."
From Elderberries to a Nutraceutical Cluster of Fruits and Farmers
By Rebecca Goldfine
Edie Johnston is the kind of entrepreneur who doesn't just focus on one idea. Instead, she's cultivating several visions at once: a farm, a fruit revival, a medical breakthrough and a revitalized economy. But at the center of all Johnston's plans lies the same object: a small, dark-purple elderberry.
Successful First Conference on Organic Plant and Animal Breeding
By Terry Allan
Breeding Diversity, the first IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) international conference on Organic Plant and Animal Breeding, was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in August 2009. Participants included organic farmers, farmer-breeders, public and private sector breeders, university researchers, activists, and representatives from local, national and international organizations.
Bringing Back the Bees by Official Sanction
By John Koster
Many people don't know that they've ever seen Allendale, New Jersey, but the borough turns up all the time as a backdrop to movies and television shows because Allendale embodies an eastern suburb that's tastefully affluent without being unduly ostentatious. Allendale, however, was until recently one of only two municipalities in northern New Jersey's Bergen County that banned bees.
Garden Tips: Despite Wet Summer, Optimism Reigns
By Roberta Bailey
Congratulations on surviving one of the roughest go-rounds with Mother Nature that most Maine gardeners can remember. The fact that you are reading an article on gardening tips indicates that you are not ready to give up. The seeds of hope for next year are already sprouting – hope for a blight-free summer, for an abundant tomato crop, for more cucumbers, or winter squash, for doing a better job of weeding or getting cover crops planted or perfectly timing the late plantings of greens.
A Dozen Storage Crops for Homegrown Food Security
A demonstration plot planted last summer at MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center highlighted storage crops – vegetables that are easy to store over winter indoors without canning or freezing and, in some cases, can even be left in the ground over winter for an early spring harvest. Here are 12 crops to try, along with comments by Jack Kertesz, MOFGA's demonstration gardens coordinator.
Becoming a Master Food Preserver
By Merry Hall
"Be sure to wear gloves while handling the jalapeno peppers and avoid touching your face and eyes," Kathy Savoie, our teacher, warns us. Following a brief lecture on processing tomatoes, our master food preserver class is about to make tomato salsa in the family and consumer science room of the Gorham Middle School.
Garden Planning with Google
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Last spring, whenever I looked up from the mud while trying to outrun the rain to plant two peach trees, one Nanking cherry bush, three highbush blueberries, 100 strawberry plants and a new raspberry hedgerow, I was madly envisioning where the rest of our food would go. The tomato and pepper seedlings, the greens waiting in flats, and the pumpkins, gourds and corn all needed fertile homes too.
Tips for Starting a Community Supported Agriculture Farm
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From 1995 to 2005, my husband, Peter Garrett, and I ran a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) garden in Winslow, Maine. Once a hayfield, our land was perfect for growing vegetables: It was flat, cleared and had never been treated with pesticides.
Farm Blogs: A Timely Link Between Farmers and Customers
By Polly Shyka
When people think of a farmer's tools, most conjure images of hoes, spades, seed packages and maybe tractors. They don't readily associate computers with the farming profession, yet many farmers spend hours "at the desk" each week, speaking and e-mailing with customers, taking orders, researching, communicating with CSA members, bookkeeping. Some are even blogging.
Raising Rabbits on Pasture
By Diane Schivera, M.A.T.
Raising rabbits on pasture allows the animals to exercise, engage more easily in natural behavior, and improve their overall quality of life, while giving the farmer a way to move or manage rabbit housing easily. Rabbits raised on pasture produce more meat and meat of nicer quality, with more omega-3 fatty acids in the limited amount of fat contained in the carcass.
Local Organic Food For All: Farmers and Food Stamps
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Being largely self-employed and self-sufficient, diversified farmers as a whole may be faring better than average in this harsh economic climate. But numbers don't lie – it's tough out there for many Americans, and Maine is no exception. According to the most recent data available from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the number of Mainers enrolled in the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, has risen nearly 19.7 percent in the last year to almost 212,000.
Harvest Kitchen: Juicing … Again
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My mother always said that things cycle back into fashion every 30 years or so. Usually she was talking about the clothes in the attic. I am not sure if it is an age thing, but I am starting to believe her. Maybe I had to let enough years pass to actually see the cycles for myself. I've hit my 50s and all I see around me are cycles.
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Women's Holiday Shopping Secrets Revealed: Women Shopping Early -- Even Year-Round -- for Holiday Gifts and Finding Creative Ways to Cut Back, According to Women & Co./Real Simple Survey
Majority of women surveyed buy presents for at least 10 people and spend more than $700 on holiday expenses, with 1 out of 3 spending $1,000 or more
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Nov. 14, 2012 09:52 AM
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Women & Co., Citi's personal finance resource for women, and Real Simple, the leading women's lifestyle brand, today released results from their 2012 Women's Holiday Shopping Report, providing an in-depth look at how women across the U.S. are approaching holiday shopping this year. According to the national survey of 750 women, most are willing to spend significantly on what matters to them during the holidays, with the majority spending at least $700 on holiday expenses, and 1 out of 3 spending $1,000 or more. At the same time, they are finding creative ways to cut back on expenses – by exchanging homemade gifts, bargain-hunting at several retailers, using coupons, and shopping year-round.
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Is Black Friday for slackers?
Only 11 percent of women surveyed say they start shopping on Black Friday. Instead, the majority of women are shopping early – with 41 percent starting their holiday shopping before Thanksgiving and 22 percent shopping all year long for the holidays.
Holiday budget: What they're spending on
The majority of women admit to spending at least $700 on holiday expenses – between gifts (almost half – 48 percent – spend at least $500); travel (56 percent spend at least $100); food/entertainment (51 percent spend at least $100); holiday cards (73 percent spend $50 or less); charity (57 percent spend at least $50); and more.
Where they're cutting back
While the majority (60 percent) say they have no regrets when it comes to holiday spending, forty percent called themselves bargain-hunters who visit several retailers and clip coupons to get the best price. They are also looking for creative ways to prioritize and save.
"The results of this survey paint a very interesting picture of women's priorities during the holidays," said Linda Descano, CFA®, President and CEO of Citi's Women & Co and Managing Director and Head of Digital Partnerships, Content and Social for North America Marketing at Citi. "Women are willing to spend money – without complaints or regrets – to ensure that their families have a happy holiday, but we're finding creative ways to spend wisely, prioritize, and be smart about the way we shop."
"With our increasingly hectic world, we've long known that women are focusing on what matters in their lives. They are simplifying in some areas to find time for what's most important," says Kristin van Ogtrop, Managing Editor of Real Simple. "The holiday season is no exception. They are shopping early, making gifts at home, giving to charity, and putting time with family over exchanging gifts with everyone."
Who they're spending on
The majority of respondents say they buy gifts for at least 10 people, with 1 of 4 purchasing gifts for more than 15 people during the holiday season.
The season of giving: Majority of women donate $50 or more
For most women, holiday prep is not solely focused on buying gifts and holiday entertainment – 57 percent spend at least $50 or more on charity during the holidays. Thirteen percent say they spend $300 or more on charitable holiday donations.
Holiday budgeting: Is it worth the debt?
The survey also explored women's attitudes towards budgeting for the holidays and their willingness to go into debt to have a happy holiday.
Visit Women & Co. at www.womenandco.com for money-saving holiday shopping tips and tricks, and RealSimple.com for ideas for homemade gifts and checklists to simplify the process. For detailed results from the 2012 Holiday Spending Report, visit the Women & Co. blog and RealSimple.com.
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Obese in Middle Age? You May Suffer Faster Cognitive Decline Later On
Increasingly, research suggests that obesity is bad for your brain. Maintaining a normal weight in midlife may be a good way to keep your brain healthy as you age
Can Logging On Help You Lose Pounds?
If you can't get face-to-face counseling for weight loss, will a computer-based program do? An independent review of previous research by the Cochrane Library suggests that it's a useful second choice.
Can Laws Against Junk Food in Schools Rein In Child Obesity?
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A weight-control coach — even it's only a peer, not a professional — can help you stick to your plan and shed those pounds, a new study suggests
We Burn as Many Calories as Hunter-Gatherers, So What Makes Us Fat?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, detailed energy measurements show that while hunter-gatherers may be more physically active than the rest of us, they don't burn more calories thanks to their lower metabolisms
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Supersized debate: opinions flowed over at the public hearing on New York City's proposed ban on large-sized sodas, on which the Board of Health is set to vote on Sept. 13
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Severely Obese Kids Have Heart Disease Risk Factors as Early as Age 2
A Dutch study finds that high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar are the norm, not the exception, among severely overweight children and adolescents
Why Having a Large Baby May Raise Your Risk of Breast Cancer
New research shows that women who have larger babies have more than twice the risk of breast cancer, compared with mothers who give birth to smaller infants.
Lack of Exercise as Deadly as Smoking, Study Finds
When it comes to being couch potatoes, Americans aren't alone. Physical inactivity has become a global pandemic, say researchers in a series of related papers published in the journal Lancet.
Qsymia: What You Need to Know About the New Diet Pill
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Qsymia, the second new diet drug in a month, and the most effective of the weight-loss pills that the agency has considered in recent years.
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Its as if more than 34,000 petition signers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced!
The White House announced that they were rejecting a petition for the government to build a Death Star class space station as a means of stimulating the economy and replacing nuclear weapons as the ultimate national security deterrent. At a price tag estimated around $852 quadrillion and the need for a work force in the millions to build and man it the project is a Keynesian infrastructure stimulus dream!
Build a Death Star' petition clears threshold for Obama response"The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense," writes Paul Shawcross, chief of the science and space branch of the White House's budget office. But "the Administration does not support blowing up planets."
Plus, Shawcross points out: "Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?" (Cue speculation that China has built an X-Wing fighter).
And with the price tag estimated to run at least $852 quadrillion, Shawcross says, "we're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it." (Hmmm, so the stimulative impact of government infrastructure spending does not balance out its cost? That might come up again as Obama clashes with Republicans this Spring over how best to reduce the national debt.)
White House answers Death Star petition: No.


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|2011-11-19, 11:06
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Speaking of drones, how about that Garden of Time?
Precia was apparently finacially well-off, but there's no way she had the money or the inclination to create an entire space station for a home. To say nothing of how the TSAB probably doesn't allow single civilians to create space-stations equipped with robot defense forces.
(Not unless the TSAB is privately funding the civilian, anyway.)
I wonder if the Garden of Time isn't a Midchildan remnant of the Sankt Kaiser Reunification era; a space station that was created to guard Midchilda from its enemies.
That would help explain why it looks so damn old, settled and overgrown in the movie manga, and in Fate's dream of "what if my sister never died". I'm guessing the fortress was damaged and got scuttled on planet.
As for why Precia is allowed to live there, perhaps her ancestors were nobility and the Garden of Time was their domain. So, as long as she abided by TSAB requirements to disable or disarm certain weapon systems, the TSAB would not evict her and scrap the whole thing for parts.
Yet she somehow got her hands on a Lost Logia capable of powering the whole place back up*, and when she was declared a Dimensional Criminal, she decided to take the Garden of Time and hightail it into the Dimensional Sea to avoid capture and continue working on Alicia's resurrection.
*That non-Jewel Seed gem thing that Nanoha sealed in the Garden of Time, after splitting up with Fate.
The drones might have been an old Midchildan invention to counter Belkan AMF technology.
For that matter, the Midchildan Magic System's focus on long-range attacks might have been in response to Belkan AMF technology.
Both of the close-combat mages among the Forwards were Subaru and Erio, but they were using Belkan System, which might work better for fighting directly inside Anti-Magilink Fields. For one thing, Belkan system places more demands on the body than the Linker Core, which is compensated by a greatly increased diet.
Further, Erio was an Artificial Mage, and Subaru was the combat cyborg daughter of a strong mage. Therefore, they were both powerful exceptions on top of Belkan mages.
Teana, by contrast, is a fairly traditional Midchildan mage without a great deal of power, and she was able to deal with AMF conditions by attacking from range using the Variable Shell technique. Thus supporting the idea that the Midchildan System evolved to its current state as a response to the technology of Belkan enemies.
Perhaps also in response to the Marriage, who can kill close-quarters combatants by exploding when they die. The safest way to take them out is from a distance.
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|2011-11-19, 14:31
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Thus, the robots were made to engage the enemy at close range while the mages stayed back and provided firesupport. So the robots didn't generally need long range weapons.
As for poor quality, Chrono IS an Ace himself, so I don't imagine that rank-and-file Belkan mages fighting in AMF conditions would do as well against those robots as he did, especially since he generally fought them at long-range, which is the range they were not designed to handle.
It's also possible that Precia couldn't get enough quality parts to put them all back in proper working order.
Not to mention how noteably tilted the darn thing is. And how the bottom features the exact same spikes that the top does.
|2011-11-19, 21:55
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Or he might have found those stealth-drones from something else, and there happened to be more in the Cradle. Which makes sense -- you can find the same jets stationed on more than one naval aircraft carrier.
Did we ever learn why they attacked Vita and Nanoha; or rather, what those two were doing when they got attacked?
Complete AMF is enough to shut down flight magic, but not barrier jackets (though that may have been because the writers simply forgot BJs are spells, too).
But Devices still functioned in total AMF conditions, even if they couldn't actually do much of anything, right? So a Device with arms and legs could move and attack.
|2011-11-19, 21:57
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EDIT: Scratch that, I don't remember whether it was Jewel Seed or Relic.
And wouldn't the distinction between golems and drones be more on whether they have machinery inside or not instead of what powered them?
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|2011-11-19, 22:14
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Please tell me that those were fake, knock-off Jewel Seeds.
The idea that the much-less-than-the-original-21 world-devastingly-powerful Jewel Seeds recovered from the Precia incident would be used to power much-more-than-21 rank and file disposable drones is insulting.
It would have been a much better use for those damned Relics that ended up being completely unimportant.
|2011-11-19, 22:23
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|2011-11-19, 22:39
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Or maybe pinnacle creations like the Jewel Seeds represented a gross excess and waste of resources even to the Al Hazardians, most of whom considered gadget drones to be more efficient tools.
Especially when they were supplementing a virtually invincible battle fortress with total AMF cability.
The individual robots of its teeming defense force wouldn't need to be particularly world-shaking on their own. Especially if they were only meant to support Al Hazardian mages.
Wait... did they all stop moving when Nanoha and Lindy were done sealing the place? (Also, if Nanoha was sealing the Garden's powersource, what did Lindy seal?)
But then, so much of StrikerS is like that.
|2011-11-19, 22:47
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The difference is rather vast.
Yeah, she's that awesome.
|2011-11-19, 23:23
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Anyway, my main point is that it would be inaccurate to call Precia's base guards as golems because they're magic-powered. A water clock is still a clock, and an electric car is still a car.
The difference between golem and gadget drone IMO is the insides - golems, as shown in Vivid, are wholly created by their base materials and have their shapes sustained and their movements coordinated by magic. Drones, OTOH, only use magic as a source of power; they are assembled in factories and their movement depends on the little machines inside them.
And then there's the fact that the only thing ever confirmed to be a golem is directly controlled by the magic of its creator.
AFAIK, right now there are too few things we know about the mooks in the Garden of Time to decide whether they're golems or drones.
|2011-11-20, 17:15
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PS. Also AMF don't affect direct energy transfer, but constructions from said energy.
|2011-11-20, 18:10
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The Arthra was perfectly capable of leaving Earth to go to the TSAB HQ, right after dropping off Nanoha and Yuuno, but they weren't able to take Yuuno back home to Mid.
A machine is designed to need all of its parts to work, or else it woudn't have all of those parts. Especially when someone went to the trouble (or felt a necessity) to make the device in the form of a crystal.
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|2011-11-20, 21:24
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AMF is an AoE zone that hamper the ability to perform mana-linking and work with any magic that come into the area covered by it. Even if it results to be a "spell" and thus able to be casted by a mage i'm pretty sure some conditions must be applied, like the caster not being properly able to use magic during the duration of the spell or casting a protective core-like barrier that protects itself from the effects of the AMF.
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Women's Tennis returns under the direction of Ron Huber
August 10, 2011
2011 HCAC Pre-season Coaches Poll
After a two-year absence, tennis is back as a varsity sport at Bluffton University. J. Ronald Huber, who is also a member of the athletics halls of fame at both the university and Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio, will direct the women in 2011. Coach Huber has a young team with no seniors, but plenty of enthusiasm.
The six courts are newly resurfaced and players are looking forward to the challenges of a conference that saw few graduations from last year's rosters. Five players enter the program with high school varsity playing experience and they will form the base of the team that will include four incoming players.
Juniors include Shahad Aldoori (Damascus, Syria), Melissa Hostetler (Goshen, IN/Goshen) and Hilarie Severt (St. Marys/Memorial). The lone sophomore is Ashley Jones (Fayette/Evergreen). Freshman players for 2011 are Alexia Fox (Berne, IN/South Adams), Kelly Helton (Clarksville/Clinton Massie), Tyler Jennings (Archbold) and Caitlyn Nearhood (Clyde).
The Beavers kick off the conference portion of their schedule with a trip to Rose-Hulman on Saturday, September 10. Four days later, Bluffton welcomes Mount St. Joseph for their first home conference tennis match in nearly three years. The Beavers renew their long-standing rivalry when they go to Defiance on October 5.


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The auditing process officially began on Tuesday, and will continue for the next five to six months, per Jackson. Such will include auditing field work, the write-up of the audit report, and reviews of the report (up to, and including, such by State Auditor Tom Schweich, Jackson said).
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Homily for the 26th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Today's scriptures
I'm not going to begin by speaking of slicing off body parts
and why Jesus uses such strong language to caution his followers
who are so ready to exclude good people
from the community of disciples --
except to caution you not to try those things at home!
Let's look at some of the other imagery in these scriptures
which may, at first glance, seem removed from our experience
but which, on closer inspection, may be right up to date.
Consider these images:
- a vision of God appearing in the clouds
- the spirit of Moses anointing a group of elders
- someone driving demons out of the possessed.
Some of the most difficult questions I deal with as a pastor
are precisely the questions these images raise.
As people speak to me of their struggles with the Church
and making choices and decisions,
their underlying questions are these:
- Whose vision of God is the true vision
and who's to judge what is true and what is false?
- Who is anointed to announce the truth?
- Is there a common, shared truth
or is every individual a prophet of his or her own truth?
- And the business of driving out demons?
What does this mean in an age where one and the same spirit
might be considered a demon by some, an angel by others?
A culture in which the same reality
is understood by some to be a blessing
and by others to be a curse?
Questions like these rise up in our struggles as a Church
just as they do in the social and political struggles of our nation.
Not unlike Joshua in the first reading and John in the gospel,
we are inclined to be jealous and defensive
of our own notions of truth and authority
and dismissive of any who appear to rival or threaten us.
That happens in politics and in religion;
in our church and in our parish;
in our marriages and homes and families;
in our neighborhoods and schools and where we work;
- and even within ourselves.
So, some more questions:
- How is God present in our lives
and who is anointed to speak for God?
- What is true and what is false in the choices and decisions we make?
- What spirits tempt and guide us?
Where are today's demons and where are today's angels?
- How are we to know a blessing from a curse
if we're unsure of what's right and wrong?
These aren't easy questions
and most of us will not be easily satisfied by simple answers.
Finding the right answers will demand a certain humility on our part:
a recognition that each of us is not a font of truth and wisdom.
The search for truth has its starting point in our relationship with God
and in our trust that God's Spirit will waken us to wisdom
and invite us to see and understand our lives through it.
If we begin by acknowledging
that God's truth is deeper and more reliable than our own,
then we will be better prepared to discern
true from false, demon from angel, blessing from curse.
Any other path will likely lead and leave me to my own devices
and the chaos bound to ensue when my pride and jealousy
limit my vision to my own logic and imagination.
The search for truth begins right where I am
and at the moment I ask:
- What is my vision of God?
And how does my vision of God shape my heart,
my marriage, my family, my work, my faith?
- What are the truths by which I live?
How do I test the depth and strength of what I claim to be true?
What wisdom greater than my own
do I invite to critique my own ideas of what is true?
- What demons and angels compete for my attention?
my time, my energy? my imagination?
Which spirits lead me closer to God
and which spirits lead me away from God?
- Of blessings and curses we all know many.
Are what I name as curses sometimes blessings in disguise?
And what I name as blessings -
might they sometimes be stumbling blocks along my path?
So many questions – and I have no easy answers.
But there is an ever-increasing need for us to ask the questions
– and to work on answering them honestly
until we have arrived at the truth that truly sets us free.
It is so important, then, that every week
we gather here to open our hearts to the Lord's Word
to the spirit of his truth,
and the blessing of his presence in our prayer
and especially in the sacrament of the this altar.
May Jesus who remained faithful to the truth of God's love
through death into life
guide us on our search for God's truth
and give us the blessings promised us in that search.
Posted by Concord Pastor at 1:14 PM
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- michelleSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:42 PM
...yes, so many questions...ReplyDelete
you don't have any easy answers and I am afraid that I don't have ANY answers...
but, I do believe... and I pray that Jesus will help me, guide me...
thank you.
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Father Fleming,ReplyDelete
I'm late to this entry, but don't you think you should let people know that the Catechism of the Catholic Church does, in fact, answer many questions of this type in a straightforward way? That as a basis of discussion, one cannot go wrong consulting that text?
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Punya Kaal Muhurta is from 12:27 to 19:16, Duration is 6 hours and 49 minutes
Sankranti moment is at 04:11 on 17th July 2015
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Dakshinayana is a period of six months in which Lord Surya undertakes his southern journey. Karka Sankranti marks the beginning of this period. It is named Karka Sankranti because Sun enters the Southern hemisphere by entering into Karka (cancer) rashi (zodiac) and leaving the Gemini zodiac. It is also known as Karkataka Sankranti and it is believed that in this period, Gods go to sleep. Lord Vishnu, especially, takes rest in this phase. This period ends during Makar Sankranti in the month of January.
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This phase is considered very auspicious for worshipping Vishnu. Chanting and reciting his thousand names can bestow happiness and prosperity. Lord VarahaVarahaVaraha is the third incarnation of Vishnu who came on earth to rescue the it from the bottom of a sea. As all the other forms of Vishnu, Varaha too had the purpose of restoring Dharma and ending the rule of evil and maleficence. Swamy, who is the third incarnation of VishnuVishnuVishnu is one of the Supreme Gods of Hindus and is a part of Hindu Trinity,.. is particularly paid regards and prayed to on this day. Worshipping Surya is also a part of the ritual in which water is offered to the sun and that brings luck to the devotees. They will also stay healthy and away from any illness or the chance of an early demise.
Only vegetarian food should be consumed. One should also detest from sensual pleasures. People should perform a lot of charity work on this day. Donating food grains and clothes prove very beneficial. One can gain peace of body and mind.
Dakshinayana period is considered very lucky and many major festivals like Naga Chaturthi, It is a festival dedicated to Lord Shiva on which prayers are offered to snakes, a symbol closely associated with Shiva Krishnashtami, A festival celebrated as the birthday of Krishna GaneshaGaneshaThe guardian deity of Hindus, also known as the Ganapati (The God of all groups) is the son of Lord Shiva ... Chaturthi Vijayadasami, Festival to celebrate the death of King of Lanka, Ravana Deepavali It is also known as the festival of lights and is celebrated on the return of Lord Rama back to his abode, Ayodhyaetc, become a part of this phase.


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different wedding. that was close to a year ago. the pictures i posted earlier are from about a month ago.
speaking of THIS wedding though, yeah, she was one of my closest friends. we never actually got a chance to date, despite both of us always being open to it. weird...
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Tonight marks a coming home party of a different kind. A long road home with several different twists. It looked like all was lost when he committed to Houston, then conference realignment struck and the basketball gods decided….it will be. Tonight people will cry out Chicken, Chicken, Chicken and not mean it as an answer to what they want for dinner. Tonight Danrad "Chicken" Knowles will step foot into the KFC Yum! Center and play a game versus the Louisville Cardinals that will be like no other he will ever play. We sat down with him last night to see what his thoughts were. We very rarely profile a visiting player but this is one we just couldn't miss. So excited that #ChickenWillBeInTheBucketTonight. Hope you enjoy.


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Please do not try to confuse people with facts and logic. We all know MPIAA knows best. Right? Right?
If you use facts, the terrorists win!
The direct damage to ticket sales is NOT the reason the industry hates piracy. This is a very common misconception.
Piracy undermines the concept of ownership of data. If data cannot be owned, then it is not an asset.
One important key to being wealthy is asset diversification. It isn't just about having money, but also having gold bars, land, vehicles, businesses, and intellectual property. You own all of these things because their value can remain high even when the value of the dollar shrinks.
So, "owning" a movie is vastly more important than maximizing rent profits. Piracy tickles rent profits, but completely destroys the ability to own the asset, and hence reduces the wealth of everyone who has a large ownership stake in IP.
Of course....the fact that data cannot be owned because the laws of physics just don't support the concept is a non-issue. That is exactly what the force of law is for: to make poor people obediently buy in to the systems of ownership that keep them poor.
The unwelcome truth to the MPIAA, piracy isnt killing the movie industry. Crap movies are killing the movie industry.
Or how much piracy helped Hollywood gain? Of those 100,000 or so Americans that downloaded it, I'd be willing to bet a fair number of them did go see it in theaters simply because they liked the crappy version they downloaded and wanted the full cinematic experience.
I don't go to theaters often, but this is the first I've heard of TSA screening before the movie starts.
I see the overpriced food and drink.
The rest don't happen at our local theatre.
What it does have is mind piercing volume. We are talking 120db, nearly weaponized volume you can hear outside the building.
We asked that they turn it down last night and they did. We stopped doing business with the theatre which will not lower the volume.
And that was a for a light romantic comedy. Not even an action film. For some ungodly reason it was set to 7th row rock concert volume.
You can't duplicate the huge screen.
You can't duplicate the crowd effects of mass laughter, mass "ooing", mass "screaming"-- i.e. the crowd interacting with the film as a group.
I can see a comedy at home and its
For action films, the huge screen has an impact that my 55" at home lacks.
If you put cam quality dark, with theatre noises and occasional random shakes up against a real DVD 3 months later and the theatre during 1st run, it's no contest.
Cam is a novelty and helpful to poor students.
My problem with DVD's (and entertainment in general) is that there is more than I can watch. I'm overwhelmed. So I usually go with the cheapest. But for Avengers, I did go see it in 3d. The 3d sucked and the glasses were uncomfortable after 2 hours.
I paid 7.25 which seems very reasonable.
mmmm, this is interesting.
Imagine if someone implemented some sort of:
"Watch the first 10 minutes of this movie for free" and then you have the option to buy the ticket "for your nearest cinema" (or purchase the movie online if it has already been released in that medium).
Although it seems unlikely because it offers almost no incentives in the business side of things (unless it was a paid subscription system).
What makes you so sure that it actually causes a loss? You don't think that maybe some of the downloaders flicked through it, watched a bit of it or perhaps even the whole thing and thought to themselves "Hey that was pretty damn good, I want to go see it in the cinema and get the full experience!"?
Maybe if it wasn't for piracy, Avengers would have made $5million less.
Or maybe, just maybe, it would not have made a difference at all.
Well, according to the article, and the summary too, actually, about 0.5%, maximum. But the article goes on to say this is in the U.S.
But does this mean that piracy is not an issue for the movie industry at all? Well not so fast.
A recent study showed that the US box office is not suffering from movie piracy, but that there is a detrimental effect on international box office figures. The researchers attribute this impact to the wide release gaps, which sometimes result in a high quality DVD copy being available on pirate sites while a movie is still showing in theaters.
I think he meant to say that the percentage is meaningless, it is the actual dollar amount that matters. 0.5% may sound small, but $1,000,000 is a lot of money. Not relatively large, but that is still $1,000,000 more that should go to those investing in the movie and movie theatres, not people trying to get something for nothing.
Then again, that 0.5% is completely made up. For all I know, the pirating could have helped them make more money from free advertising ("Hey, I saw this awesome movie on Bittorrent, you should go see it this weekend").
What that tells us is that, just as we saw in the music industry, the primary driving reason for piracy is not cost, but rather unavailability. Not everybody likes the "full cinematic experience"—sticky floors, overpriced food, little b**tards throwing popcorn at your head, etc. However, lots of folks still would like to see the movie at the same time as everyone else so that they can talk about it with their friends.
Thus, the very act of trying to prop up the theaters through protectionist tactics
Well, according to the article, and the summary too, actually, about 0.5%, maximum. But the article goes on to say this is in the U.S.
But does this mean that piracy is not an issue for the movie industry at all? Well not so fast.
A recent study showed that the US box office is not suffering from movie piracy, but that there is a detrimental effect on international box office figures. The researchers attribute this impact to the wide release gaps, which sometimes result in a high quality DVD copy being available on pirate sites while a movie is still showing in theaters.
Then fix the release gaps, and stop whining. The rest of the world is tired of being reduced to second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth class [wikipedia.org] US citizens...
If you want our money, start treating us like equals, and release the damn movies at the same time everywhere.
With digital releases, it shouldn't be that hard.
Look, this is important to us.
We have to be first at something you know. Show a little love.
The summary is asking the wrong question. It's not whether piracy prevents blockbusters. It's how much does piracy reduce the box office receipts of new releases.
That's not even the right question because the answer is inconsequential. The real question is how do bootlegs affect BD/DVD/VOD sales/rentals. I go to the theater to get the full effect. I only go to the theater for movies I truly want to see. I knew 2 years ago I was going to go to the theater to see The Avengers. For all of the "I'd like to see it if..." titles I can wait and see them at home. That's where a bootleg would cut into sales and where I'd like to see the numbers. I'd say in the US it's still
With ticket prices way up (at least from the last time I paid to see a movie in a theater) of course even a bomb is going to have high $ sales.
What percentage of seats available were sold? I think that would be a better metric than gross dollars worth of tickets sold...
A slightly better indicator is to compare opening weekends against the inflation of ticket prices.
http://boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm [boxofficemojo.com]
By these measures. Titanic's inflation adjusted opening was only ~$50,000,000, inflation adjusted.
I also looked at Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and Gone with the Wind. Adjusting for inflation, none of them even came close to the Avengers.
I live in US, downloaded a cam rip, and still bought three tickets to see it. Hell, I'll probably pay to see it again.
That logic falls apart when you consider that the last Twilight movie made $300.5M [rottentomatoes.com] at the box office.
I really don't understand downloading the cam rip, especially if you knew you were going to go see it. What is the appeal?
You forgot to apply the Hollywood Multiplier. Each of those pirates would actually watch the movie at least 800 times apiece. In 3D. And buy tons of merchandise. If only the option to download it outside of the system wasn't available. So it's actually a 400% loss, not a *potential* 0.5% loss.
Yar. Though we be pirates brave and true, our great guns and carronades only reach about 1 mile inland - and that be with good harborage. Thar be no way we can conduct the required cannonades to plundar all movie theatres for thar treasure chests of delicious popcorn with non-dairy liquid.
How do we know those 100K downloads didn't ALSO buy a ticket?
Also, how many of those 100K downloads bought a ticket because of the download?
And how many of the 300 million that didn't download it also didn't go to see it because they couldn't justify $15 for a movie that they only might like?
Another important metric: How many of those 100k downloads were from people who wouldn't have bought a ticket even if they couldn't pirate it?
People actually watch those camcordered versions? Really? I torrented one once. I thought it was a joke. Is there a market for pirated ebooks with blurry fonts or MP3s reduced to monaural sound at 16 Kbps, too?
You have three alternatives for seeing the Avengers in the near future:
$15 - watch it in crowded theaters at high def, pay gobs more for concessions
$0 - watch it at home at low def in your underwear with your own snacks
$0 - don't watch it (or wait until it comes out on DVD and watch it as often as you want for the price of a single theater viewing)
The second and third option cost the same and there are a lot of people that still get as much or more enjoyment from the low def movie in their own home. I chose
I didn't even know there was a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie opening.
The thing about Piracy is, the people who pirate are not people who would have paid for it in the first place.
That's what they don't get. It's not stealing, because there are no lost sales.
People pirate because it is convenient, or because they want to see it and don't think it is worth paying for, or can't pay for it (students/unemployed as well as other regions). That is why Piracy makes no dent, because people are happy to pay for things worth paying for. All of the super hero movies. Good comedies. Shit like Contraband or MIB3 is simply going to do marginally well because it is tripe. Popcorn entertainment that is only worth paying for if there is nothing better to see and you still want to go to the movies.
I pirate a lot, because I can't afford to go to the theaters for most movies. Conversely most movies are not worth paying for and if I could not download them, I would be absolutely fine with that. The avengers is worth seeing in a cinema, which is why I will make sure I see it in one.
If studios, artists and programmers get rid of this idiotic concept that piracy is stealing and they are losing money, and just start making stuff worth paying for at a price people are willing to pay, then they will reap a profit. It's that simple, folks.
The thing about Piracy is, the people who pirate are not people who would have paid for it in the first place.
I've already read 2 other posts of people that did pirate the cam version and then went to go see the movie. Piracy has a lot of use cases. The only one that costs the content producers money is when a person was going to pay for the content, but pirated instead and decides that is all they need. What % of pirated copies falls into this use case is a big unknown. I have a feeling it isn't very high and a lot of pirates wouldn't have been paying customers like you said, but I don't believe that 100% of p
The thing about Piracy is, the people who pirate are not people who would have paid for it in the first place.
That's not true. People who downloaded High Definition movies to watch on their big screen TV do it to save them the cost of buying it. Someone might see a BluRay movie they want, but don't want to spend the cash getting it, or rather try downloading it first. If a person can't get the movie for free, but really wants it, they'll pay for it. I bet some people who want to see this movie will wait till it's out on BluRay and download it, vs going to see at the cinema.
If I just want to see a movie, I'll watch it at home.
Piracy shouldn't affect new-releases at all. People go to the cinema for the whole experience which is really something that can't be pirated, can it? Unless you install full projection equipment and a three story screen in your own home.
The rude interruptions from phone callers will come regardless.
We saw this 10 year ago with "The Eminem Show". That album was everywhere online before it went on sale. It was like a virus--it was hard to be online during the Spring of 2002 and NOT download a copy.
Then it was released, debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, sold over 1 million copies the first week, and was the best selling album of 2002.
I guess a story like this is good as another example to drive the point home. But really, not news.
..because of cancer was the reason we got the torrented copy. She was able to watch while we were at the theater, so it was almost like she went with us. She in NO way would count as a lost ticket sale, and I expect this wasn't a unique occurance.
I didn't bother to read the article obviously, but to compare opening weekend results directly with CAM downloads ignores many aspects. The most obvious to me is the people who did NOT go out to the theatre and who WILL NOT download the CAM, but who WILL wait two months for a high-quality free Blu-Ray rip to appear online. These are potentially lost sales for the theatres.
(Having said that, after going back to a theatre for the first time in a couple years specifically to see Avengers, I still believe the root of their problem does not lie with piracy, it lies with the appalling rudeness found in your average public gathering. For the same price, two months later, my living room is infinitely more comfortable and better equipped to show ME the movie in a manner I will enjoy and not be distracted by phones, screaming children, and poor sound).
If all of those pirates paid to see the movie instead, that would increase sales by 0.5%... However:
Some pirates may have downloaded it for multiple people to watch.
Some may have downloaded it but also paid to see the movie, perhaps using the pirate copy to decide if the movie is worth watching or not, then going to see a full quality copy.
Some of those who downloaded it might never have watched it at all had a download not been available.
Some who watched the downloaded copy may have told others it was worth watching, who then went and paid to see it.
What the box office record does say however, is that piracy is not responsible for low sales... If a movie bombs, the poor sales are more likely to do with the movie being garbage (and there have been a LOT of crap movies released lately) than down to piracy.
Piracy is a scapegoat, used as an excuse for crap movies and as justification for implementing even more draconian restrictions on paying customers.
Ofcourse its a self fulfilling prophecy, if you release crap movies and enforce draconian restrictions on legitimate customers, then people will flock to the pirate copies which lack those restrictions (and a shit movie might be worth watching for free if your bored, while not being worth the time and expense to see it legitimately).
Joss Whedon he generally does not make junk films. The movie did not suffer because it did not suck.
Q: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record?
A: Because They Never Intended To.
Claiming a camcorded copy of a movie seriously impacts box office attendance is the same as arguing that concert bootlegs stop people from seeing artists on stage
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· UD has also held an opponent to nine or fewer goals in nine contests this season.
· The Hens are 6-0 at home this season, but just 2-4 on the road.
· Junior Caitlin McCartney has tallied at least one point in 41 consecutive games.
· Senior Chelsea Fay has scored at least one goal in 38 straight contests.
· In her first season at Delaware, sophomore Casey Lyons leads the team with 45 points on a team-best 17 assists and 28 goals.
· Tori Zorovich is making a statement in her senior season, as she is 7-1 with 7.73 goals allowed per game and 63 total saves in 535 minutes played.
· Delaware leads the all-time series, 17-10, over Hofstra since the inaugural matchup in 1979.
· The two teams have traded victories in the last four contests, with each squad winning on its home turf.
· The Hens are 7-6 against the Pride on the road and last won in New York during the 2008 season.
· Last season, UD narrowly defeated HU, 7-5, at Delaware Stadium.
· Delaware head coach Kateri Linville is in her fourth season with her alma mater and currently holds a career record of 31-31.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
GUEST POST: The Final USA TODAY Coaches' Poll
The Coaches' Poll (I Guess it Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time)
This year's final coaches poll included—for the first time—how the coaches voted. I was curious to see if there were any anomalies in the voting. There are seven Michigan opponents on the Board of Coaches, two coaches apparently felt Michigan was indeed better than its record, Terry Hoeppner voted Michigan at 14 and Randy Walker voted Michigan at 16. Maybe Terry Hoeppner is just trying to make sure Michigan continues it's tradition of not running up the score against Indiana and playing the second string in the second half.
What was kind of interesting to me concerned Oregon. They are at 5 in the final poll, but three Big Ten coaches voted them somewhat lower. I think this is interesting since the Big Ten as a conference stood to gain from Ohio State getting the BCS at large bid instead of Oregon. Jim Tressel—whose team was pretty much "competing" with Oregon for that at large bid—voted Oregon at 9. Also, Barry Alvarez and Randy Walker—who through a domino effect also gained from Ohio State getting a BCS at large bid—also voted Oregon lower at 8 and 9 respectively.
Charlie Weis apparently knew—like everyone else in the country—that Notre Dame was getting an at large bid, he had Oregon at 6. Lloyd Carr voted with the average and had Oregon at 5. I can only guess that his integrity might be even greater than we think or that he feels the season's a wash and isn't too worried about getting into a "better" bowl game.
Now, I don't think Oregon is more "deserving" or that they've been cheated out of something and definitely don't want to listen to them or anyone else from the PAC-10 whine about the "east coast bias" anymore. Besides, PAC-10 coaches did the exact same thing! Notre Dame was 6 in the final poll, but Mike Bellotti voted them 9, Jeff Tedford Voted them 10, Bill Doba voted them 12 and Tyrone Willingham voted them 9. Of course, since Washington is 2-9, Willingham's vote may be for more personal reasons.
Now it shouldn't be any surprise to anyone that this sort of thing is happening. The coaches poll has always struck me as a bit suspicious, yes, I'm looking at you Phillip Fulmer. I can even understand the logic behind getting the gentlemen who know the most about college football to vote. But, it's called CONFLICT OF INTEREST people! Plus, the coaches are asked to vote during the busiest time of the year for them. I don't have enough time to watch enough college football games to make me feel comfortable picking the best 25 teams, I know coaches during the season have even less.
Although the Big Ten coaches don't look so hot, I do find it suspicious that that PAC-10 coaches all picked on the same team, Notre Dame. Personally, I think that was a tactical mistake, Notre Dame was getting into BCS game this year, PAC-10 coaches might have been more successful targeting Ohio State. So, was there collusion on the part of the PAC-10 coaches as to which team to try to drop in the polls? And, was it Ty Willingham who suggested Notre Dame?
What's really shocking to me is that there's barely a mention of this in the sports media. What's the point of freedom of the press—and yeah, I know it's just football and not really that important—if the press doesn't go after a story about how college coaches vote in the polls to benefit their teams. Right now, the sports media is too busy gushing about the USC-Texas match-up in the Rose Bowl. It makes me wonder, are these guys in journalism or are they in marketing? It seems like the relationship between ESPN and the NCAA is as incestuous as the relationship between coaches and the Coaches Poll.
Anyway, I still think Notre Dame-Ohio State is a better matchup for college football even though I view it like the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, I can't say I really want either side to win.
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- BaggyPantsDevil said...
A couple of additions to this. First, you can go here:
to view the coaches ballots.
Second, a couple of guys with far more time on their hands did a much more thorough statistical analysis of the voting patterns. Go here to see their work.
Yeah, I know they're Notre Dame guys, sorry about that.
And, finally, these voting patterns have finally merited some mention in the sports media. Stewart Mandel at SI.com briefly discusses it here:
The thing is, he references the above mentioned Notre Dame blog and is pretty much just parroting what they wrote. How is it that bloggers have more time to do a fairly thorough analysis of voting patterns, while the people whose day job is to write about sports can't?
- December 07, 2005 1:24 PM
- Yost said...
As usual, good stuff. I wrote a very lengthy comment to your post but *&^% didn't go through so I probably won't put up whole thing again. But, in a nutshell...
I think ND should be much lower than they are b/c their best "win" is a close LOSS to SC. And that loss to MSU at home now looks terrible. The only ranked team they beat was us. Put it this way, if they wore "Minnesota" jerseys and had same schedule, they'd be #12ish.
Re: some votes...
* Gary Barnett didn't even rank us. Wonder if that has something to do with his old NW days.
* Larry Blakeney at Troy State (I didn't know HS coaches voted) didn't rank us but did rank Nevada, Toledo and our Alamo opponent, Nebraska
* Also giving Michigan no love were Pat Hill, Houston Nutt, Bob "Where my secret plane" Petrino and Frank "Get me a drink" Solich
* Most telling to me was Tressel voting us 21 but Iowa 20 even though they crushed Iowa and just snuck past us. I think this says a lot about what he thinks of the program these days.
- December 07, 2005 1:42 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
The bluegraysky analysis is excellent. It just shows how bogus all these polls are and the fact that college football uses polls to determine its championship contenders is the single worst thing in all of sports.
What it doesn't mention is how these coaches likely don't even fill out the ballot. It's most likely done by a staff memeber who actually has the time to do it. I believe the coaches are too busy with game planning and practice to worry about whether Louisville is better than Texas Tech.
Finally, the reason why this analysis wasn't performed by an actual sports reporter is the same reason why a comedy show - "The Daily Show" - is the only TV program out there documenting the hypocrisy in Washington. CNN, Fox, MsNBC - they just take everyone at their word and that's because reporters are incredibly lazy and are satisfied to just take whatever is given to them and spew it out.
- December 07, 2005 1:43 PM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Benny, you are dead on balls accurate about the state of journalism in America today. Apparently, only a "fake" news show satirizing the news is capable of providing any real news commentary and it takes bloggers and fans to look beyond the hype of the sports world.
Stewart Mandel even admitted his own analysis was "informal" and said the Blue-Gray Sky guys have "significantly more time on their hands." They shouldn't have more time to devote to this, Stewart, this is YOUR job!
We should be doing the informal analysis, while the professionals should be digging deeper.
- December 07, 2005 3:35 PM
As to the Pac-10's voting down of Notre Dame, I don't think it had anything to do with them trying to get a better BCS spot, as it did with the fact that the Pac-10 plays ND the most out of all the conferences, so they know best as to how well they play. The coaches may not watch some tape of all of the schools in the country, but I guarantee you they look at tape of the schools in their conference. They probably just saw ND for what they are this year, overrated. As yost said, put them in any other jersey, and they'd finished 12ish. Their most notable victory is against you guys, and since then, they haven't done anything except lose to MSU, choke in the 4th quarter against USC, and barely squeak out victories against sub-500 teams like Syracuse and Stanford. They clearly aren't as strong as a team like Oregon, Auburn, or Ohio State. In the end, they'll be exposed for the weak team they are, as Ohio State will roll all over them.
- December 07, 2005 8:14 PM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Actually, Notre Dame played the identical number of Big Ten teams with the identical result, two wins and one lose. I too think Notre Dame is overrated. I also think that the people running college football want them to succeed and want them in a BCS bowl game. Consider all that LSU has gone through this year—real life stuff, not football field stuff—and that they finished at 10-2, yet the feel good story of the year is that Notre Dame is back.
I also think it's a little naive to believe that with the entire country—to include college coaches—jumping on the Notre Dame bandwagon, PAC-10 coaches are the only ones who actually watched tapes of all the Notre Dame games and see them for what they are.
The three PAC-10 coaches who did not play Notre Dame ranked them the lowest (9, 10, and 12). Tyrone Willingham also ranked them 9, but Walt Harris—who just lost to them—ranked them 5 which is higher than the poll ranking.
It's pretty obvious, considering the significant differences in voting by conference and how those differences would benefit each coach, that both PAC-10 coaches and Big Ten coaches ranked teams so either Oregon or Ohio State respectively would get the at large bid and their team would then get into an upgraded bowl game.
- December 08, 2005 12:39 AM