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Three remain hospitalized after Sunday crash in Hooksett
May 20. 2014 10:22PM
HOOKSETT — The two men who were airlifted following a head-on crash in Hooksett early Sunday remain hospitalized in Boston.
Ryan Dawson, 31, of Chichester is in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, while 70-year-old John Wayne Beard of Little Rock, Ark., is in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to hospital officials.
A passenger in Beard's vehicle, 67-year-old Gloria Jean Beard, was transported to Concord Hospital, where she remains in good condition.
A preliminary investigation indicated that Dawson may have crossed the double yellow line in his black Saab and collided with Beard's Chevy HHR.
The accident, which occurred around 5:22 a.m. Sunday, closed Hooksett Road north of College Park Drive for nearly five hours.
The New Hampshire State Police Accident Reconstruction Team continues to investigate the circumstances associated with the crash.


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Can Israel Take Out Iran's Nuclear Facilities?
In the past week, competing analyses have appeared in the German daily Die Welt and the New York Times, supporting vastly different conclusions about how much the Israeli military might be able to set back Iran's nuclear drive.
On Monday, New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller took a grim view the Israeli military might be able to set back Iran's nuclear drive. Quoting former U.S. military officials that in light of the distance between Israel and Iran, and Iran's dispersal of nuclear facilities across its territory, she wondered whether the Israeli air force would be able to accomplish the task
"[S]ome analysts question whether Israel even has the military capacity to carry it off. One fear is that the United States would be sucked into finishing the job — a task that even with America's far larger arsenal of aircraft and munitions could still take many weeks, defense analysts said. Another fear is of Iranian retaliation," Bumiller wrote.
An Israeli mission to destroy Iran's nuclear infrastructure could require 100 fighter jets to make the 1,000-mile trip into Iranian airspace and return to Israel, she contended.
In reading the Times's take, the Jerusalem Post military correspondent Yaakov Katz responded that "the Americans seem to be taking a new approach – trying to undermine Israel's confidence in its military capabilities."
Interestingly, in his own analysis in Die Welt, Hans Rühle, who directed the planning department of the German Defense Ministry from 1982 to 1988, expressed almost supreme confidence that Israel's air force could decimate Iran's principal nuclear installations.
Rühle argued that a comprehensive Israeli bombing campaign could set back Iran's nuclear program by a decade or more. To do that, Israel would need to destroy only six of the 25 to 30 facilities the Iranians are thought to use for their nuclear program: the nuclear enrichment plant at Natanz, the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, the heavy water reactor at Arak, the weapons and munitions sites in Parchin, the deep underground enrichment facility in Fordo, and the operational nuclear plant at Bushehr.
Rühle argues that with only 25 of its 87 F-15 fighter planes and a smaller deployment of F-16s equipped with GBU-28 bunker busters and additional bombs, Israel could wipe out most of Iran's primary nuclear complexes.
Bumiller writes, "Israel would have to use airborne refueling planes, called tankers, but Israel is not thought to have enough." Rühle, however, notes that the Israeli air force has expertise in the "buddy refueling" process that allows F-15s and F-16s outfitted as tankers to serve in midair refueling capacities. Israeli jets might also make a temporary landing to refuel in Turkey or Iraq.
Although some seem ready to write off the Israelis, it is worth remembering that a number of folks with operational know-how are not ready to do just that.
Benjamin Weinthal is a Berlin-based fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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There's been a lot of talk about tank shortages, especially in pick up groups or PuG's. And at times it can be hard to understand why tanks are so reluctant to run in such groups. Luckily, Primula, a mage on Rexxar decides to help explain this all to us by starting an epic thread on the forums. Sadly, Primula's original post was deleted (by Primula), but forum poster Montar helps us understand by quoting it in his reply.
Apparently Prim was upset at the guild Steady Hand (a horde guild on Rexxar) because after a heroic Magister's Terrace run they called her a ninja for rolling on and winning an epic trinket that dropped off of Priestess Delrissa (who I always call Princess for some reason). Now, you may be thinking "Hey, Timbal's is pretty good for fire mages" but let me stop you. The trinket in question wasn't Timbal's. It was, rather, Commendation of Kael'thas.
To paraphrase one of my favorite films, that sound you hear is the sound of ultimate suffering. I made that sound when the rogue outrolled me on The Sun Eater on my tenth heroic Mech. There is a tank on Rexxar who makes that sound now. Anyway, Primula decided to post on the forums about how the tank was awful, in all blues, and therefore didn't deserve the trinket and she was going to use it for PvP. And thanks to quick witted responses, and a fast tipster, I got to read the thread and lose my mind this morning. Supposedly Primula took the trinket for PvP. Well, I hope you're done PuGging, because I can't imagine a druid, paladin or warrior who'll tank for you on that realm for fear of losing some other bit of tanky goodness to your PvP set.
There's been a lot of talk about tank shortages, especially in pick up groups or PuG's. And at times it can be hard to understand why tanks are so reluctant to run in such groups. Luckily, Primula, a mage on Rexxar decides to help explain this all to us by starting an epic thread on the forums. Sadly, Primula's original post was deleted (by Primula), but forum poster Montar helps us understand by quoting it in his reply.
It's things like this that make you stop PuGging. I absolutely will not step into an instance with people I don't know anymore. When I get tells from people looking for a tank for the daily heroic, I make up an excuse unless I am guilded with or have been guilded with/have known that person. And if the rest of the group ends up being people I don't know, I'll bail at the slightest provocation. Rude to me? I'm gone. Racist? Bye. Homophobic? I left my oven on. Bad loot behavior, looting in combat, rushing pulls? I have something else I could be doing.
There are plenty of good players in the trenches trying to get through a heroic who I would be happy to tank for, if there wasn't always at least one guy who makes it an unendurable nightmare. The hunter who does less damage than the tank and freaks out once damage meters are posted. Oh yes, and it was this same hunter who demanded that they be posted. Or the fury warrior who keeps taunting mobs off of the bear tank and then wondering why he dies every pull. Let's not forget that guy. The guy who rolls on every plate drop in the instance even if it's tanking gear, even if it has +spell damage or +healing, totally ignoring the ret pally who has stated up front that he intends to respec prot and is trying to put together a tanking set. The warlock who takes an epic BoE healing cloak and equips it right there on the run.
I know you've had these experiences too, the problem for me (and a lot of other tanks I've talked with about it) is that the toxicity that these experiences engender seems to linger in the tanking mind. Perhaps it's because PuG's usually seem to expect me to lead the run, making me some sort of nanny when loot bs or other personality issues comes into play. Maybe it's just the stress of tanking and then seeing someone like Primula outroll me on a piece of tanking gear that is basically the only thing on the run I would even want. I wouldn't say that tanking is harder than DPSing, but it's stressful in a different way because, like a healer, you feel like the entire run is on your shoulders and that everyone is watching you the whole time. Compounding that issue with groups that make the experience unpleasant just isn't worth a tanks limited play time.
When I tank, I tank for people I know won't treat me poorly, and so unfortunately that leaves a lot of perfectly good players I haven't met yet looking for a tank. Yes, there are greedy tanks, bad tanks, and tanks with unpleasant personalities, but the fact is that every single class in the game can come to a run and DPS. Only three of them can come tank. Every single DPS class has more than one DPS spec, but the three tanking classes have one tanking spec and two other specs (two DPS specs for warriors, a DPS spec and a Healing spec for paladins, and even more variety for druids) and so, not every member of the three classes that can tank can tank him or herself. There are less tanks to start with, so even though you only need one, you notice when no one wants to do it. I assume it's much the same for healers, but since I don't heal as much anymore I won't make a claim.
I hope Primula enjoys that new PvP trinket, especially as one poster pointed out, when she drops below 35% health standing next to an arms warrior with a Stormherald. That 2k overpower crit is brought to you by the Commendation of Kael'thas.


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And on the third week, she fell of the wagon with three glasses of Pinot, seventeen potato chips and four salted caramels. I consumed them with my detox support group so it doesn't really count, right? Seriously though. My indescrections paled in comparison to the pan of lasagna I fantasize about. And they tasted all the more sweeter because it was a special treat. Like a vacation after the worst week ever. I felt guilty, but not terribly. Then it was back to business with a day of juicing and nuts and seeds. It's so much easier now that Suja raw organic juices are available at Whole Foods (looks like the locations haven't been updated). Juicing at home will always be freshest, but it's also incredibly messy and time-consuming. These are cold-pressed beauties are perfect in a pinch or if you are serious about doing a 3 or 5 day cleanse. I like every flavor but Glow is, unsurprisingly, my favorite.
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WHEATON – The body of a man who was struck by a train was discovered on the tracks in Wheaton, temporarily halting Metra service for morning commuters.
At about 7:45 a.m. Aug. 29, an eastbound freight train reportedly struck a pedestrian near North Hale Street and the Union Pacific railroad tracks, according to a news release from the Wheaton Police Department. There is no railroad crossing at the location of the crash.
The body of a 37-year-old man was discovered on the middle tracks between North President and Chase streets, the release said. The victim was determined to be dead at the scene and the crash remains under investigation.
The tracks were closed for more than an hour due to police activity, according to Metra spokesperson Tom Miller. Trains are now operating through Wheaton, but are running are behind schedule.
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Max Eliot earned his first All-CWPA honor (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Max Eliot and Evan Ramsey were named to the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) All-Conference second team Friday. The announcement came at the CWPA awards banquet following the first day of action at the CWPA Eastern Championship. It is the first All-CWPA honor for each student-athlete.
Eliot has led the Crimson in scoring since the begining of the season as he has netted 41 goals in 2011. The junior was named the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week for Sept. 12 after scoring seven goals in four games at the Princeton Invitational. Eliot had five goals, including the game-winner in overtime, against George Washington to open the tournament.
Ramsey has provided a defensive lift since his first collegiate game for the Crimson. The freshman opened the year by contributing at least one steal in the team's first 11 games and leads the squad with 50 steals thus far. Ramsey was selected as the CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Week Oct. 17, while also being picked to the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week Honor Roll for tallying six goals, including five against Connecticut College, three assists and four steals in three games during the week. The Irvine, Calif., native was placed on the CWPA Northern Division Defensive Player of the Week Honor Roll Oct. 31 after making ten steals in three games to lead the Crimson to a third-place finish at the Ivy Championships.
The Crimson take on Bucknell tomorrow at 3 p.m. in a consolation match at the CWPA Eastern Championship at Blodgett Pool. For the complete tournament schedule click here.


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Gosh, I rather dislike TOM. Mine is a regular flow. The second day is the heaviest, then a bit lighter.
Bless some divine spirt, that I have only had cramps twice in my whole life time. I hate though that I feel constantly light-headed when I have it.
Here's an embarassing story. If I can't laugh now, I wouldn't post it. So go right ahead and laugh.
I was in seventh grade, it was lunch time. I had just gone in the a la carte line to buy a bottle of water and cookie. I was sitting next to this guy I had a major crush on, it was great. I was having fun and laughing at his jokes and talking with my friends from then. I was laughing so hard that I could feel my flow running a bit faster from the pressure I was creating on my abdomen, but didn't think anything of it. A few minutes later, I figured I should go to the bathroom and change. The bathroom was empty and I went into a stall only to discover half of my back end was... red. Then I discovered I had forgotten to pack any feminne products in my bag. Quickly I left the stall, no one was in the bathroom checked the mirror and it was just awful. As I was about to scurry out from the bathroom and to the nurse's office, which was thankfully close by. I saw a girl was friends with and asked her to walk me to the nurse's office covering me from behind so no one else would have the chance to see. Once I was in the nurse's office I learned that she didn't have any feminne products either. I then had to call my dad, to come to school with some and another pair of pants. After he got there, my next class had already started and I was late. I rushed out of the office only to run into my crush. After looking me over and noticing my changed bottoms told me he had saved my water bottle (that I never opened) and the cookie (that I never took a bite of) that I had bought earlier. I took the water and quickly went to my class with my backpack the nurse had graciously gotten for me while I was waiting for my dad.
That would be my worst story. Not including when I had to buy my first feminne products.
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Actually my biggest issue is of verbiage. Way too many people (I see it on these boards A LOT) call "tights" "leggings". "Leggings" are pants. They have a seem along the inner leg and often one along the outer leg as well. They have a separate piece of elastic sewn into the waistband. They are totally opaque. "Tights" are undergarments. They are knit tubes with usually just a seem up the front and back torso part holding the two sides together. They sometimes have feet and are sometimes footless. Usually the waistband is just a ticker, tighter knit of the same fabric, perhaps some elastic is knit in, but its not a wholly separate piece of elastic sewn in. They are vaguely opaque but also at least some what see-through.Its completely fine to wear leggings as pants because they are pants. They are not universally flattering pants, but they are pants. Its not ok to wear tights - even if the package was mislabeled and called them "leggings" erroneously - as pants as one can see through them.
So 20+ girls who I asssume were 18-21 years old, showing me their underwear on a Sunday afternoon. I just plain do not get it.
I remember as a kid the style of wearing a tunic style shirt over leggings, actually I think I probably had a lot of outfits like that.
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The story starts after Edward and Bella are married, and he has changed her into a vampire. Carlisle gave her sedatives so she was asleep all through the transformation. She wakes up in the cullens house.
1. Chapter 1
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Chapter One-Bella's POV
I was up at the window the moment I heard the velvet voice. I might not have been a vampire (yet) but I could still get quite a good speed as long as it was Edward I was running towards.
As he slipped in through my window, I felt the familiar heart-stopping sensation at his loveliness. It was inconceivable that such a god could be meant for me, no matter what he said to the contrary.
"I keep waiting for it end" I confessed, as he sat down, silently of course, on my low bed.
"What?" My heart did that jumping-up-and-down thing, yet again. Would I ever get used to it? Somehow I doubted it.
"For you to wake up, and realise that I'm nowhere near good enough for you"
He chuckled, sending shivers down my spine.
"I'm serious! You must be delusional."
He raised one perfect eyebrow.
"Have I ever told you that you don't see yourself clearly?"
"I think so… Have I ever listened?"
His easy crooked smile set my heart off on a new series of acrobatics.
"I doubt it" He stood up, slowly for him, and put his ice-cold arms around me. I shivered pleasurably, and wondered if I would ever enjoy being warm again.
"I love you." He whispered, and bent his head to kiss me, inhaling deeply.
My world was complete.
When I woke up, his arms were still around me. I knew they were Edward's, I knew every contour of his body, I knew even his fingerprints by heart. But there was one crucial difference. They no longer seemed cold.
Something else was different too. My heart didn't start beating overtime at his touch. In fact, it didn't seem to be beating at all.
It wasn't.
My eyes were still closed, as if I was trying to hang on the last sleep I would ever have. But that was stupid. I had what I wanted. I was a vampire now, and Edward and me would be together forever. But still, the nagging doubt stuck in my head. What if we aren't? It said. What I I'm too changed? What if he doesn't want me anymore?
I forced my eyes open, wondering distantly what colour they were, and gazed up into Edward's golden ones. And then I knew that all my doubts had been for nothing. He would always want me, just I like I needed him. The minor matter of me changing species was nothing to us. He could have been an armadillo and I a sloth, and it would have still meant nothing. We were Edward and Bella. Romeo and Juliet had nothing on us.
Edward's POV
She was beautiful; even more beautiful than she had been before. Her eyes were a rich burgundy colour, and her face, now as pale as mine, stood out against her dark hair. If my heart had been beating, it would have speeded up. I didn't know what to say, the words seemed stuck in my throat. How ironic that I should feel so human, in the first moment that neither of us were.
I let go of her cold hand, and reached up to stroke her face. It was so glorious no longer to have to be careful, to be able to touch her as much as I wanted, and never fear for her again.
She stood up, still moving as if in a dream.
"Oh Bella"
"Am I still me? I fell so different"
She tried to walk towards me, and tripped over Carlisle's stethoscope.
"Oh crap! I was hoping to escape the clumsiness once I was a vampire!"
We looked at each other then, I mean, really looked, and burst out laughing.
Bella's POV
We ran to the meadow. I was still revelling in my newfound speed, realising that Edward had never run anywhere near as fast as he could when carrying me before. My hair streamed horizontally behind me. Branches whipped past in a blur. All I could think about was the sheer exhilaration of the speed… and the fact that Edward was running beside me. For the first time ever, I could keep up. I was even drawing ahead slightly. Soon, sooner than before, I saw the glow of the meadow through the trees, and then we burst out of the forest. When we left the house, I had been too dazed to notice the weather, and since then we had been running in the thick gloom of the forest. But it was sunny, for once in Forks, and I could see my skin sparkling like diamonds in the light. It still didn't look as beautiful as Edward's. But it was much, much closer.
The meadow was still beautiful, but it paled next to his magnificence. Our magnificence. We slowed, moving as one now.
Edward POV
For a while we just sat staring at each other. After all, I had her new, changed face to memorize, and she had new eyes with which to memorize mine. After a while I spoke.
"You still smell the same."
She laughed, an easy, carefree sound. Obviously she did not feel damned.
"Yes?" She was looking past me, at the trees that swayed in the wind.
"Do you still think we've lost our souls?" She said it casually, but I could tell how serious she was. My face twisted involuntarily as I tried to think through the euphoria of being with her. But it didn't take long.
"No, Bella. I changed my mind about that the moment you opened your eyes as a vampire. How could someone as alive as you, as fresh and loving, not have a soul?" And it was true. While I could doubt my own deep humanity, no one who had ever seen Isabella Marie Swann, could doubt hers. It blazed from every pore that this was a person of who was so alive that she could even stay like that even when she technically wasn't. I wondered if this was how she had felt about me, and that was why she had argued so vehemently that I still had a soul.
"That reminds me" she said, a weight obviously lifted off her shoulders. She was all playful now.
"What?" I smiled in response.
"You haven't kissed the new me yet…"
"Oh yes" I chuckled and reached over to plant my lips on hers.
Bella POV
The kiss was the same, perfect. It was nice to know that some things hadn't changed. Well one thing had-it was no longer cold. It was as if he had become warm, even though I knew it was me who had changed. But now we could do whatever we wanted, without being bound by fear of what he could do. He but his arms round me, and I could do the same, without any fear of overpowering his self-control. And the best thing was that this day would never end. It could stretch on and on, an eternity together. I remembered our wedding night, the first time he had touched me like this.
Edward POV
We stayed in the meadow for hours. Talking, laughing, kissing, just being together, never getting bored. There was no reason ever to leave, but we had to at some point.
I stood up, and she followed, faster than she had ever moved before.
"Come on" I said. "Alice will want to see you."
"Oh my god. I forgot all about Alice!" She took my hand in mine, and together, we danced through the forest. I glanced down, and saw the setting sun glimmer off her wedding ring, the diamonds sparkling gold. We were running faster and faster, and I saw her raise her head and laugh in exhilaration at the speed, faster than we had ever run before. The trees around us became a blur of green and gold and black, the slight breeze became a tornado. A human would have been killed by the force of the rushing air. I was overwhelmed by the sheer power, and the fact that, finally, the one person I truly loved was sharing it with me. After all we'd been through, we were safe, and free. And fast and strong and immortal, and all the things I'd hated being were suddenly the greatest of privileges, because she was like that too.
It was over; too soon we were at the house. Alice was waiting on the driveway- of course- and instantly started screaming at me for rushing Bella off before she'd even seen her.
"… I mean, you're not the only one who loves Bella you know! She's my friend, and I think I have as much right to see her on her first day vampire hood!! Hello? Does that penetrate your skull you moron!?!"
Her rant over, she flung her arms round Bella, and hugged her long and tightly. Bella hugged her back, just as happily, until-
"I made you a party."
Bella let go quickly.
"You did what?"
"Bella! Let me have my fun!"
"No way! That wedding reception was bad enough! The flyby airplane with the banner?"
"Well obviously, I couldn't do that this time. I mean, an aeroplane saying- 'Happy Vampire Day' might not be very inconspicuous…"
While they argued, I carefully slipped away to inspect how bad it was. I didn't have to go far. I the main room, chaos reigned. Balloons, black and gold this time, festooned every surface. A tumble of presents covered the table and, worst of all, a giant banner stretched between the two walls. It read-Happy Vampire Day Bella.
I tiptoed back to Bella. She heard me coming and turned to me at once.
"How bad is it?"
"Very bad. I'm sorry" She sighed.
"Ah well. At least she couldn't get a cake now. Let's get it over with." She grinned, stoically, making me laugh.
"No. No cakes."
Bella POV
The next few days passed quickly. Beating Emmett at arm wrestling, to her great chagrin, my first hunt, a mountain lion, which I found rather sticky, but quite satisfying, a game of base ball in the clearing during a storm, which my team won, due almost entirely to my newborn strength. Edward said the smell of my human blood was waning, which worried me a bit.
"That won't stop you loving me right?"
"Bella darling, he said, stroking my back-we were lying together on the huge bed in his, no, our room. "It's been a very long time since your smell has even been a factor in how I feel about you. Stop being so paranoid."
Sure, I missed Charlie. But I had never once regretted my choice to become a vampire. I was the happiest I'd ever been.
There was only one thing that worried me, and that was the blood thing. So far, I had avoided coming into contact with humans, but it had to happen sooner or later. And that was when I would find out how strong I was. I was dreading it.
Suddenly, I turned towards Edward.
"Edward, I want you to promise me something."
"Anything" My heart might not be beating anymore, but his voice could still send shivers up my spine.
"If… If I'm not… strong enough…when the moment comes… I need you to hold me back. Don't let me become a killer. Please, Edward. Do whatever it takes."
"I won't hurt you."
"I know, but please, try and hold me back."
"You're stronger than me though."
"Then get Emmett to help. You two together are stronger than me, right?"
"Probably" he admitted.
"Ok then." I smiled at him.
"You don't… regret this do you?"
I couldn't believe that he could think something like this!
"Never. Not Once."
"I mean, I could understand if you did…"
I touched his face, kissing his lips gently.
"Now I'm a vampire" I tried to explain "I miss my mum and dad" And Jacob, but I didn't tell him that "But when I was human, I was missing you. And that was far worse. Now you'll never leave me, not even when I die."
Another good thing about this was that I could no longer doubt Edward's love for me. We were equals now, I wasn't inadequate anymore. I would never get older, and neither would he. An eternity of being young and together stretched out before us.
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Everton's top goalscorer Marouane Fellaini believes that Everton can overtake both Arsenal and Tottenham to finish fourth in the Premier League.
The Belgian international has asked the club's fans to get behind the manager and his team for the final five fixtures, as the race for Champions League football heats up.
"Playing the Champions League would be great," the 25-year-old told reporters. "We have a good team and I don't think we are far from it. But we have to work hard and win our games."
Everton face trips to Liverpool and Chelsea in the coming weeks, as well as Saturday's visit to a resurgent Sunderland side. They currently lie four points adrift of the Gunners and two points behind their other north London rivals, though Spurs have a game in hand.
Fellaini remains assured that his club can qualify for Europe's premier competition, despite being held to a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, due to his evident confidence in David Moyes.
"In ten years he has made the club stronger and has positioned us just outside the top four or five clubs," he said of the manager.
Fellaini added that the Scot is doing a good job competing with bigger clubs, with Everton punching above their weight in comparison to the budgets of their rivals.
"We don't have the same budget as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Tottenham either yet we are still doing well."
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That's One Giant Caterpillar
Despite the fact that I've spent quite a bit of time in North Carolina, I've never stumbled into one of these creatures. (Thank god!) Apparently, it's called a hickory horned devil, and is completely harmless despite its monstrous 5 inch length. Of course, with such an ugly duckling presence you'd expect it to blossom into something gorgeous. Unfortunately, it ends up looking like this. Learn more at TheCellar.


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- There is a sharp debate among parents about homework
- The National PTA recommends 10 minutes of homework per night per grade level
- The research on the benefits of homework is mixed
- Giving students homework time at the end of school day helps, say students
And I thought Miley Cyrus' performance at the VMAs generated a ton of opinions.
Ask parents how they feel about homework, as we did on CNN's Facebook page, and the response is immediate and intense. So many parents from all over the country sounded off passionately, saying we expect too much, too little or the wrong things from young students.
As children go back to school and parents negotiate balancing family time and take-home assignments, parents shared that their children are stressed out and exhausted by the volume of homework they receive (so, too, are parents who say they've had to become drill sergeants in their own home to get it all done).
Other parents said their kids aren't getting enough or any homework at all and they've had to create their own to keep their kids challenged. Some parents complained that their kids' homework is more busy work than helpful work to improve academic performance, while others said their kids' homework is just right -- and critical to competing in a global economy.
Lisa Morguess, a mom of seven in Fullerton, California, who is against any homework in elementary school, started a blog called Hometown Homework Chronicles. It chronicles her dealings with her children's school and school district to limit the amount of homework.
"I feel that, especially in elementary school, spending six to seven hours a day in school is enough," said Morguess in an interview via e-mail. "Kids are tired after that and need to unwind and engage in nonacademic activities -- many of which are just as valuable in creating a well-rounded person as academics are."
That said, Morguess concedes it's next to impossible to get her children's school or any school to begin a no-homework policy.
"The concept of homework is so ingrained in our culture that people can't and won't think about what it might be like if we just stopped making our kids do homework," said Morguess. "So I've put my foot down and refused to enforce more than 10 minutes of homework per grade level for each of my elementary school kids, which is the guideline recommended by both the National PTA and the National Education Association." (Her kids' teachers this year so far seem accepting of her policy.)
On the other side of the debate is Ann Gunty, a mom of four in Flagstaff, Arizona, who doesn't understand -- or support -- the notion that children should have less homework or no homework at all.
"I just don't think it's the right thing to say, 'Oh, they don't need any homework. It's just too much. They should be out playing. They should only go to school,' " Gunty told me. "Making it less and less and less is contributing to us being less competitive worldwide."
Gunty's kids, who attend a school that runs from grade 5 through 12, get between one to two hours of homework, including 30 math problems every night, which she feels is appropriate, beneficial (her kids' school enjoys high test scores and strong college placement) and not intrusive on their ability to still be kids or enjoy family time.
Mozart Saint Cyr, a father or two in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, takes it bit further: He doesn't think kids today get enough homework and are so distracted by video games and social media that they're going downhill. He says parents should demand more from their kids: "If the school provided extra homework, some parents would force their kids to do (it)."
For many parents, the beef about homework is not whether it's too much or too little but the type of work the kids are bringing home.
"I am not an advocate for homework for the sake of homework," said Francesca Price, a pregnant mom of two sons who aren't yet school-age. "This does nothing but waste time for the student who has yet to complete it, as well as for the teacher who has to grade it, giving both of them what everyone calls 'busy work.' "
Dr. Tish Howard, a newly retired elementary school principal who continues to work with ailing schools as CEO of Edu-Linx Consulting, has never been a proponent of what she calls "tedious homework."
"If a child is struggling, homework is not the key to improvement," she said, noting how few children have parents at home to help them if they're having trouble with their homework. "Our schools need to embed intervention time at the end of each day to support the learning of that day and ensure conceptual understanding before new learning is added the next day."
Rachel Dueker, now a college sophomore in Ottawa, Kansas, says she benefited from a high school seminar class at the end of the day where she could do her homework in school -- a tremendous stress reliever.
"I always did my math homework during my seminar class and went to my math teacher and sat side by side with her and got that help, and I didn't have to put in any extra time. It was given to me," Dueker said during an interview.
Rhonda Lochiatto, a 16-year teaching veteran who currently teaches fourth grade in Volusia County, Florida, came up with a unique homework policy after she realized as a parent herself how little time there is for homework once you factor in after-school activities and life in general.
"I don't require homework. In my class, I see homework as my opportunity to provide guidance to parents and offer ways for them to help their children at home," said the mom of two, who gives her students a "suggestion calendar" with optional interactive activities such as read-aloud time and topics to discuss.
"If a child has mastered a skill, there is no reason to waste time drilling it over and over, especially when they are struggling in other areas," said Lochiatto.
One thing I heard repeatedly from parents on both sides of the debate is the impact homework has -- or does not have -- on academic performance.
Allie Eleuther, a single mom of two in Hilton Head, South Carolina, said it has been proven there is little value in homework. "More is not always better and does not result in kids getting a better education and doing better on standardized tests."
Shay Hardin, a single mother of two, believes the movement away from homework is hurting our children's performance and the United States overall. "This is why many countries are already beginning to exceed the U.S. in terms of educational rank," she said.
Who's right?
If only it were a black and white issue, but it's not.
A 2012 study found no relationship between the amount of time spent on homework and grades, but did find a positive link between homework and performance on standardized tests. A 2006 analysis of homework studies found a link between time spent on homework and achievement, but found it was much stronger in secondary school versus elementary school. That analysis also found that for junior high school students, homework reaches the point of diminishing return at around 90 minutes, and between 90 minutes and 2.5 hours for high schoolers.
"We just need to figure out what the right dosage is," said Erik Entrikin, a father of three whose girls sometimes get up earlier than their normal 5:30 a.m. wake-up time just to finish their homework. "Currently, it is much too high."
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President Pranab Mukherjee has returned seven mercy petitions, including that of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, for consideration of the Union Home Ministry.
Official sources said it was a normal procedure for the President to refer all pending mercy petitions for consideration to a new Home Minister after he takes charge.
Since Shinde took charge as a Home Minister on August 1, the seven mercy petitions, including that of Guru's, were sent to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for consideration, they said.
All these seven mercy petitions were earlier sent to the President, incorporating the concerned state government's opinion and the Home Ministry's recommendation, for final disposal.
Both the Delhi government and the Home Ministry had recommended that Guru's mercy petition, filed by his wife, be rejected by the President, the sources said.
Apart from the seven, five other mercy petitions of different convicts are being processed by the Home Ministry.
The sources said two other mercy petitions are pending for consideration by the President.


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CAIRO (AP) — Clashes erupted Friday between several hundred opponents and supporters of Egypt's Islamist president during a rally by his allies calling on him to "cleanse the judiciary" of alleged supporters of the old regime.
Such violence has become an entrenched feature of Egypt's stormy politics. In recent weeks, several marches and rallies by the various camps in the deeply polarized nation have devolved into street battles, fueling the bitterness on all sides.
Thousands of supporters of President Mohammed Morsi — mostly backers of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists — held rallies outside the High Court building in Cairo and in the coastal city of Alexandria, demanding the "cleansing of the judiciary." The marches come as the Islamist-dominated legislature announced plans to begin debating a bill regulating the courts.
The bill's supporters present it as a way to ensure the judiciary's independence. But opponents fear the Islamists aim to purge judges and install new ones supportive of their agenda to consolidate their hold on power. A senior Brotherhood figure has suggested a new law would force as many as a quarter of Egypt's over 13,000 judges and prosecution officials into retirement.
As some Islamists at the rally moved toward Cairo's Tahrir Square, they were met by anti-Morsi youth a few blocks from the square, some of them in masks. It was not clear who started the clashes, but it led to both sides pelting each other with stones. One bus was seen set on fire. The sound of birdshot cracked through the air in the clashes, and tear gas was fired — even though there were no police nearby.
Some of the masked youths and some Islamists were seen with homemade pistols. Others wielded iron bars and tree branches and broke up street pavements to throw the chunks of asphalt and concrete. At least 39 people were injured, according to the state news agency MENA.
Ahmed Hamdi, a Muslim Brotherhood supporter at the scene, blamed the anti-Morsi protesters for the violence, calling them "thugs" and saying they set the bus on fire.
"The whole story is they see that Islamists are now in power. They can't swallow this, that Islamists rule them. It's a battle with the old regime. The president must intervene to stop all this," he said.
Police later moved in trying to break up the clashes, but the fighting moved into side streets. The Interior Ministry appealed to "all political forces" to withdraw from the street.
Egypt has been deeply divided for months over Morsi's rule and the political dominance of his Islamist allies, leading to repeated violence even as the country's economy continues to deteriorate.
Morsi's opponents accuse the Islamists of monopolizing power, pushing through their own agenda, and allowing human rights abuses. The president, the Brotherhood and Islamist politicians say the opposition is using street violence to topple elected Islamists and destabilize the country.
The judiciary has been frequently dragged into the political confrontation.
Judges accuse Morsi of trampling on their authority, while the president's allies charge that the judiciary is controlled by supporters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak trying to undermine Morsi and derail Egypt's transition to democracy.
In November, Morsi infuriated many in the judiciary by issuing decrees that made his decisions immune from judicial challenge for a time, protected a constitutional assembly from being dissolved by the courts and unilaterally installed a new prosecutor.
The prosecutor remains in place despite a court order last month annulling his appointment.
The judiciary has dealt the Islamist camp several setbacks. Courts dissolved the Islamist-majority lower house of parliament last year, saying the law governing its election was invalid. This year, a court forced a delay in elections for a new parliament when it ruled that a new election law drafted by Islamists had to be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court.
The election had been due to start this month but they have been put off with no new date set. In the meantime, the upper house of parliament — the Shura Council, a normally powerless body elected by no more than 6 percent of voters and where Islamists hold an overwhelming majority — is serving as the legislature.
The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, also criticized the courts over several recent acquittals of former officals from Mubarak's regime as well as a court order to release Mubarak himself, who is being re-tried over charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.
Mubarak remains in detention on other charges and is unlikely to be freed.
The courts are the sole branch of government not under the dominance of Morsi's Islamist allies, although he does have some backers among the judges.
Revolutionary groups have long called for reforming the judiciary, the Interior Ministry and other institutions to remove Mubarak holdovers. But they fear the Islamists will only purge the institution to install their own supporters.
Hamdeen Sabahi, an opposition leader, said Islamist claims about "cleansing" the courts are a prelude to "a new massacre of the judiciary."
"We will support the independence of the Egyptian judiciary against any attempts by the executive to encroach on it.," he wrote on his Twitter account.
On Friday, the head of the Brotherhood political party Saad el-Katatni denied the group was trying to monopolize power. The Brotherhood party "does not seek to govern alone, excluding other parties. Brotherhoodization of the state is a blatant lie."
Friday's rallies, which the Brotherhood backed, appeared aimed at showing popular support for Islamist moves to regulate the judiciary in the name of "the revolution."
The Brotherhood's secretary-general, Mahmoud Hussein, said earlier that the marches are pushing for implementation of "the demands of the revolution," including legislation on the judiciary and "revolutionary measures" to purge state institutions of corrupt officials.
"Go for it Morsi and we are behind you. Cleanse the judiciary," thousands of Morsi supporters chanted outside the High Court building in Cairo. "Hey, judge, who are you protecting, justice or the corrupt?"
In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida this month, Mahdi Akef, the former supreme leader of the Brotherhood, said the judiciary "was corrupt" and has been antagonizing his group and Morsi.
"This is a sick judiciary," he said in an audio recording that the paper put out from the interview. He said a new judiciary law "will toss out over 3,500 counselors and judges because they are over 60 years old."
One proposal for reforming the judiciary has been to lower the retirement age for judges to 60 from the current 70 as a way to introduce new blood.
Nasser Amin, the head of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary, said reforming the judiciary does not mean purging it. Egypt is not Iraq where being a member of Saddam Hussein's ruling party was a requirement for joining state institutions, so a purge is un necessary, he said.
"We all call for reforming the judiciary, not controlling it," he said. The aim of getting rid of so many judges at once would be "to control the whole system and use it against opponents."
Apparently after an angry response from judges over the proposal, Justice Ministry spokesman Ahmed Rushdi said the ministry position is that the age of retirement is up to the judges to decide.
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Post count isn't a very good gauge of how much one is on the forum.
Very true, you never know what the person does in the real world... or answers questions/asks questions in real life, person to person (That's generally where I get my help/info from)
For me i know nobody in the real world that knows what a microcontroller does...Everything i know i have learnt from this site...


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First off, it is great to hear from you again.
Secondly, Craiger is right. Your demons only have power if you let them. I know it is hard thing to work through. I have been down the road before. I lost the desire to live once. But I realized that I have something to live for. The people that I love and care for. They are the ones that kept me from doing something stupid. I would never be here if it wasn't for them.
Look deep inside yourself and find that one thing that you cling to, the one place that you go to make your self feel better. Focus on that one thing. It will help you come out of this. Only you can find that one thing. You may not know what it is yet. Think of something or someone that you love. Use that and just think that you will get out of it.
I believe in you, Even though I dont know you at all. I love you. I care about you. We all do here. Good luck in your search for peace. It may not come over night, but it will come. Don't give up hope.


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Summer trip in some kayaks
Summer trip in some kayaks
Thanks for that Lepmeister, great little spot for a mid week adventure.
We have had total fire bans and all sorts of issues down here(had to evacuate for 24 hours!)
What sort of kayak do you own? I have a Hobie revo.
Sure has been a crazy week down in Tas with the fires, hope you all ok down there.
The red one i had was a loaner for the weekend but i have a pescador 12 which is a sit on top type that i use mostly for fishing. It has enough staroge for a overnighter but i didnt use it in the vid.
I have done a review on it that you can find on my youtube.
Nice Video, Thanks. Looks like a great place for Yak-n-camp.
The Older I get, the Faster I use to be.
Great to see someone paddling. Looked like challenging friction fire method. All the best to you folks in OZ and Taz with all the fires and such.
" The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it."
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. ~Wayne Dyer
Looked like a good trip, thanks for sharing.
Free advice worth what you paid for it. ;-)
Great report, Lepmeister
With the temperatures this weekend on the eastern half of North America we had spring/early summer like conditions in what is supposed to be proper winter.
I do have to ask what make of kayak that your buddy used. The blue and black one. At the beginning of the video it looked like it was inflatable as the deck of it seemed to flex a fair amount.
Hopefully the weather down in Oz calm down temperature wise and you get some much needed rain to help with the wildland fires you are getting.
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Hammock kayak camping is my passion here in Tennessee neo
the matrix has you
Feathercraft are a top of the line kayak and have a price to match.
" The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it."
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. ~Wayne Dyer
My old stomping ground....or is that paddling ground.
Spent many happy times on the Hawkesbury through the '70s and '80s, it's the main thing I miss from Sydney.
So thanks for the vid.


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High School: Competed at the varsity level all four years at Charles H. Flowers High, Colbert, and was named to the All-County tennis team for Prince George's from 2008-11...Was on the honor roll all four years of high school.
Personal: Full name is Kenya Colbert...She is the daughter of Derek and Cynthia Colbert, and has one sibling, Imani...Was born on March 26, 1993 ...Majors in sports science and fitness management ...Is a member of the Dean's List... Plans to be a doctor of physical therapy...Her favorite book is A Piece of Cake...Says the best thing about North Carolina A&T is the Aggie Pride everyone shows.


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Hey John,
Ive been going through some live changes, moving and some other things. Had to pull back a little from writing and the things that had to do with it. I have been doing little bits here and there, but I think im ready to jump back into it. Have been working on a re-write of one of the stories. I have been getting emails about "Tide" so I will have to do that one aswell.


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Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Klay Thompson paced seven Warriors in double figures with 21 points as Golden State took care of the Sacramento Kings, 102-69, on Friday in dominating fashion.
Harrison Barnes scored 16 points off the bench and Stephen Curry and Jermaine O'Neal donated 13 apiece for Golden State, which led 59-27 at halftime and was never really threatened.
Marreese Speights and Jordan Crawford poured in 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Warriors, who were coming off a 21-point loss to the Western Conference leading Spurs. Speights and Draymond Green had 10 rebounds apiece.
"We understood what we had to do tonight and the guys did exactly that," said Warriors coach Mark Jackson. "Guys needed rest and guys got rest tonight. We took care of business."
Golden State won despite playing without starting big men David Lee (hamstring) and Andrew Bogut (pelvis).
DeMarcus Cousins was the lone bright spot for the Kings, tallying 19 points and 11 boards in the lopsided defeat. Ray McCallum matched a career-high with 10 assists but shot just 2-of-14 as Sacramento's brief two-game winning streak came to an end.
"A very tough night all the way around for us," said Kings coach Michael Malone. "Hopefully we can respond against Dallas on Sunday."
Cousins made his only field goal attempt of the first quarter, while the rest of the Kings starters shot 0-for-8 in the period. The Warriors made only 37 percent of their shots, however, and led 25-14 through 12 minutes.
The hosts won the game in the second quarter. Crawford's 3-pointer 1:23 into the frame made it 32-14. Barnes and Curry then hit triples around a Jason Thompson tip-in, and at 7:02 of the stanza the margin reached 21 points, 38-17.
Later in the second, a pair of Rudy Gay free throws had the Kings within 19, but the Warriors finished the half on a 13-0 run to take a 32-point lead into the halftime break.
Sacramento shot just 4-of-23 in the second, missing its last nine attempts.
The margin reached 42 points in the second half.
Game Notes
Golden State outscored Sacramento 54-28 in the paint and 17-8 in transition ... The Warriors had their best defensive game of the season, holding the Kings to an opponent season-low in points, field goals (25) and field goal percentage (32.1 percent) ... The Kings won the fourth quarter, 19-18 ... Golden State swept all four games from the Kings this season.


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The Superiority or Integrity of Natural Law for Our Time
The idea of the two laws, one resting solely on human authority and the other claiming divine or natural origin and therefore entitled to supremacy over mere human law, has a long and chequered history, and still possesses vitality in the 21st century. Human rights infringements by positive law, under the enactments of the Choice of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 and the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996, have led to a revival of natural law thinking. The aim of this paper will be to explore briefly the significance of natural law thinking in the past, to establish the forms in which it manifests itself in the present day, and to attempt to evaluate the contribution it may be capable of making to the problems of law in the modern world. Primarily, a theory of natural law needs to be undertaken to assist the practical reflections of those concerned to act, whether as judges, statesmen, citizens. The principles of natural law are traced out not only in religion, moral philosophy, and/or ethics and "individual" conduct, but also in political philosophy and jurisprudence, in political action, adjudication, and the life of the citizen. They require that authority be exercised, in most circumstances, according to the manner conveniently labelled as the Constitution or the "rule of law" and with due respect for human rights which embody the requirements of justice.
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Today's digital revolution isn't the first to take the world of texts by storm. The formative years of printing in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance changed the way texts were produced, transmitted and received, and according to Florida State University senior Jacob Gibbons, has a correlation to the textual revolution of the 21st century.
"I think that one of the crucial perspectives on the phenomenon of the digital revolution is a historical one," Gibbons said.
As the recipient of a Florida State Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award, Gibbons spent time during the summer of 2012 researching the history of media and the effects of the digital revolution in the Netherlands at Leiden University and the Dutch Royal Library.
"In Leiden, I studied the evolution of early printing," Gibbons said. "Going to Leiden gave me a priceless opportunity to access primary resources. It is hard to find artifacts from that period in this country. Leiden University had a lot of texts that were very relevant to my research in its special collections."
One of the texts that Gibbons handled in Leiden has since become the focus of his Honors in the Major thesis, which he began after returning to Tallahassee. In addition, one of the professors he met at Leiden University is now serving on his thesis committee.
Gibbons' is writing his thesis, "From Rubrication to Typography: Die geesten of geschiedenis van Romen and the History of the Book in the Low Countries," under the director of Florida State English Professor David F. Johnson.
"There are a number of adjectives that seem to have been invented for Jacob Gibbons: driven, focused, assiduous, curious and inspired are among them," Johnson said. "He is a careful and meticulous writer and researcher, with a fine-tuned eye for detail.
"I think everyone who has worked with him expects great things from him, and justifiably so," Johnson said. "The kind of initiative he has shown in designing and carrying out his research project is on a level one expects from an advanced graduate student, not an undergraduate."
Johnson added, "En hij spreekt ook een aardig mondje Nederlands!" (And he speaks the Dutch language well!)
Another professor whom Gibbons met at Leiden University is sponsoring him for a Fulbright fellowship, which would allow Gibbons to return to the Netherlands in 2014 to continue his studies after he graduates from Florida State. The U.S. Fulbright Committee has named Gibbons a finalist for the fellowship.
"I love the Dutch language and culture, and I love research, so it would be wonderful to combine the two at Leiden and in some of the other collections in the Netherlands," Gibbons said.
Aside from his coursework, Gibbons has served his fellow students as the leader of a Freshman Interest Group, helping young English majors in their transitions into college, both socially and academically.
"In teaching these 'FIG' colloquiums, I get to know some spectacular students," he said.
Gibbons also helped create the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program through the university's Office of Undergraduate Research. The program, which launched in fall 2012, allows freshmen and sophomores to serve as research assistants to Florida State faculty members.
"So far, the program has been great," said Gibbons, who contributed substantial ideas and content to the program. "Ninety-four students are participating, and we've received an unbelievable number of rave reviews from the faculty members who are involved."
In addition, Gibbons is serving the program as one of six leaders who teach a one-credit colloquium to the students over two consecutive semesters.
"I teach the humanities colloquium, and I like the fact that I get to work with the same students for a whole year," he said. "During the first semester's colloquium, I focused on what humanities research is and why it matters, and this semester I'm teaching practical skills that will benefit the students as they prepare to present their research at the university's Undergraduate Research Symposium."
Gibbons expressed satisfaction in being able to positively affect the Florida State community during his years as an undergraduate.
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I don't know how you live, but we have lots of things of value in our home that burglars would want.
Besides, how would a burglar know you have no cash or other valuables until the break in?
Did they get your home videos of you and the bf having make-up sex?


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Submission is very clearly a troll. Please don't post this kind of crap.
I was thinking the same thing... "This cannot be for real"
First off, how the hell do you get a job teaching even gradeschool computer science without knowing a single programming language? There are people I know who will pick up VBA or PHP over a couple of weekends who are working as technical writers or assembling O&Ms because the high level IT landscape is so competitive. This guy likes Microsoft products and wants to set up email servers? You know who can set up an Exchange server? Any functional hu
Somewhere in Oklahoma there is a school district that needs to review its hiring practices.
I have been having thoughts about switching careers and focusing more on technology in the private sector.
I'm wondering if those thoughts were prompted by others.
I've changed directions in the generic "IT" field a few times, and it all boiled down to "What do I actually WANT to be doing? What am I doing in my spare time in IT that is distracting me from my day job?" I then enter that field, already having experience and connections in the sub-field that I want to be working in.
So for him, I think the ques
I've changed directions in the generic "IT" field a few times, and it all boiled down to "What do I actually WANT to be doing?
Hey, it's never too late really, if you are quick to pick up things, and smart enough. It doesn't have to be confined to only ONE field.
I'm over the mid 40's, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
My degree was in chemistry, never worked in that field, almost did medical school, shy of that I fell in to medical research, started learning databases for that way back in the stone age, did some grad school in IT to try to bring my gpa up (I had a great party life in college)...from there fell into GUI design with a company that was primarily mainframes, but moving interfaces to windows, fell into learning Oracle, and did some DBA work at places, I've designed database driven web apps, played with a few languages, but never really mastering any one. I've worked in restaurants, been a head chef, sold retail, and frankly, I'm looking maybe at some point to see what I can do in the arts maybe. I dunno yet.
I have mostly been a jack of all trades but likely master of none. However, doing that, learning enough to get through anything (fake it till you make it), having some people skills, I've just gone in different directions where the wind took me and my interests.
I think Aerosmith said it best "Life's a journey, not a destination".
I still don't know what I wanna be when I grow up...it can be a lifestyle and philosophy that you go with. I keeps life from being boring, and yes, you can make a VERY comfortable living doing it if you're smart, and do what you set your mind to and don't let things get in the way.
Wow, mod parent up.
The only other advice I have to give, is check out the free tools that surround the areas you are interested in. Expanding closed source software is still a money pit, and perhaps always will be.
Whatever you love doing, do more of it. Then just be sensitive, and maybe a little aggressive, about pursuing leads that naturally arise from your avocation
But first, read this article: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/12/rejection-via-advice.html [overcomingbias.com]
Working on a cs undergrad at 27 has taught me a thing or two. The difference between older people trying to learn and younger people trying to learn is that older folks are stuck using the same skills and techniques and young folks are ready to adopt new tools, techniques and ideas very readily. If you maintain an open mind you are never too old to get a new career.
You're talking about breaking into the IT industry, not politics.
You have any suggestions for breaking out of the IT industry at 30 and getting elected to office, such as senator or president?
Sell your soul to the devil. Seems to work for the people that try it.
What I have seen is that software development generally has two career paths: One stays with the code tree and becomes the head dev guy, or one moves into management. Of course, one can start transitioning to another role, be it training, QA, or make the jump from dev to IT.
Of course, a lot of people move out of the dev industry entirely. If you can write code, you can become an HVAC person, electrician or plumber... and even though those may not be desk jobs... you always will have work regardless of th
If Spring is the worst you've had to deal with, you're lucky.
Try any of the frameworks that come from IBM or from companies acquired by IBM. Your soul will be crushed in no time.
The era of coding still exists in embedded software. You can't run elaborate frameworks on memory limited systems and performance limitations will dictate the use of C or assembly.
Get a job in a less stressful software development environment. Not all are like that. Some are particularly bad like game development. Not everything is like that though. If you get a job doing maintenance of a piece of software in a bank, or some other place like that, it can be positively sedating sometimes.
Me neither. However the opposite, e.g. working for a consulting company, can be even worse. Just make sure you ask to view the workplace *before* you get on board. If they don't let you view the workplace just don't go work there at all. Avoid.
I can't handle 40 hours of sedation every week for the rest of my life. I chose to work in the defense industry specifically because I thought it would afford me opportunities to work on exciting high-tech shit. That bubble's been burst for some time now.
So a bank or similar isn't what you need. Fine. The GP's point is still valid: it sounds like your problem isn't software development, it's your job. There are plenty of really enjoyable software jobs around, for whatever your definition of "enjoyable" is (assuming you actually like coding, and you probably do otherwise you wouldn't have liked it in the past). You just need to find one, which means you first need to figure out what kind of environment will fulfill your needs.
Personally, I'm in my mid-40s,
At 42, I can tell you it gets worse. The idiocy of management is boundless, as is their energy in pushing their ideas and their inability to absorb any information.
Look for industries where you can be a systems analyst instead of a software engineer.
Software engineer is working on the same products/problems/frameworks day in and day out. Sure new problems/challenges are fine, but it gets old and boring. There's constant pressure to churn out code, meet unrealistic deadlines and perform up to some management made up performance levels.
System analysts take a look at problems and systems and create solutions. Whether the solutions are tools/utilities, products or anyt
Quit the soul-crushing job as soon as you are able. If you use phrases like soul-crushing to describe what you do for 40+ hours of work, you need a change.
I'm 40 and struggling with the aftermath of a similar situation. My last job as director of tech for a school division came to an end when a new superintendent came in with strong opinions about what technology in a school should be (Apple TVs and Ipads) but didn't have a clue what it took to support those technologies (like a secure network) or an understanding of the regulations we worked under. Being thrown under the bus was pretty painful. Can't say that I have fully recovered, physically or emotionally.
One thing is for sure, I never want to be stuck in a job where my supervisor is an opinionated moron again. Not unless the job has a short time-frame. This pretty much rules out working directly for government. Even if you are lucky to get in with a good group, it can change in a hurry.
Now, I'm doing tech consulting, raising sheep, building a green home, and being a dad again. Two months in and I can't see myself ever going back.
Look for a consulting gig.
I've done a lot of work that boiled down to "tell us if and how this will work for us, before we spend all this money"
Sounds like you still want to teach so why not teach in the private sector? http://www.microsoft.com/learn... [microsoft.com]
Sounds like you still want to teach so why not teach in the private sector? http://www.microsoft.com/learn... [microsoft.com]
This fellow is a teacher, but it's not clear what his depth is. He says he is "intrigued by topics like setting up e-mail servers, reading about cloud stuff like Office 365, and looking at information on collaborative technology" [emphasis mine].
It sounds to me like he needs to learn more before he can teach. But he has time -- I mean, he's only 30 years old FGS.
hadoop, cloudera, etc
email and traditional databases have peaked out long ago. the future is having to search huge amounts of non-relational data. its still in the early stages where the software is immature and you need to do lots of legwork to search the data.
System Administration needs people the customer can understand. But do you really want to compete with 22 year old junior sysadmins? Have you been running a data center out of your basement they way they have?
There's also value in the sales engineer. But do you have enough of the engineer part? The customer has to be able to understand the sales engineer, that's pivotal, but the sales engineer also has to rough out the system design with the correct company products and come up with a credible cost estimate
If I was in your situation given your experience and passion, I would focus more on private home and SMB side of things. Consulting, sales, and perhaps some end-user support. I doubt system and network infrastructure administration is your thing. Perhaps later on, but now.
Bwha ha ha ha ha!!!
Just how old do you think you *are*, sonny boy? 30 is just barely dry behind the ears! Truth is that there is lots of room for anybody in the tech field who is *competent*. So be competent!
It does help to be somewhat charismatic and hygienic.
That was my thought too. He is worried about being 30? WTF dude, just learn something else and move on.
Now, if you were 50, we might have something to talk about as there is discrimination going on at that level especially if you are changing fields. but 30? Umm, no.
30 is far far too late to be learning a first programming language.
That tells me he's, at best, a mouse clicker install monkey.
How do you have 'a passion for computers' and not write one lame little flash game for fun?
Think about the fate of dinosaurs that were replaced by smaller more agile mammals when difficult times came...
But I do know
It's easier at 30 than at 40.
Which is easier than at 50.
Which is easier than at 60, since no one has done it at 60 yet.
they changed the name of the mcse to make it harder for joke acronyms to be created.
" Is your job running? You'd better go catch it!"
Maybe become a gigolo who specializes in masochism. If you like setting up Exchange servers, you'll love it the first time a woman steps on your balls.
makes me wonder what you are teaching these kids if you have to ask us how to get a job in the tech-world. I hope your pupils won't have to ask that same question.
That seems unfair. Would you expect a music teacher to lecture kids about recording contracts?
It strikes me as unfortunate that a technology teacher doesn't know how to code, because that seems like a basic part of the subject matter. But I wouldn't expect a schoolteacher to be an expert on private sector job hunting.
Some people just like to play dumb and ask for external opinions. Kind of like when someone asks you something that they could Google in 3 seconds.
When people ask specific questions, I try to understand their skill level when answering. When people ask very general questions, I assume they're just interested in conversation.
I like Microsoft products
... Is it too late for me ...?
Man, there is no hope for you!
At 30, you're young enough to do pretty much anything. But I'd caution against tying yourself too closely to a specific software vendor. You may still be in the workplace 30 years from now, so try to cultivate skills that will remain relevant.
It sounds like you're working in the field already. Have you tried applying for private sector jobs?
If once you start down the Microsoft path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will...
Seriously, Microsoft is in decline, and already has a bunch of people trained up in it. You should consider learning mobile development for Android, iOS, or both. If you want to learn server-side stuff I would learn the open stack: Linux, MySQL and/or Postgres, maybe Hadoop.
Most hiring is by or at least through people who have absolutely no clue about the technology of the job they are hiring for.
Consequently, the only way they have of judging your ability is by a piece of paper that says you can do something.
The good news is that there are many 2 or 3 day seminars/certification courses that you basically just have to pay one or two grand and basically as long as you show up and demonstrate a level of intellegence that puts you anywhere above clinically braindead you will get
I switched technology careers at 30 myself; I went from help desk technician and system administration to web development, and I'm quite satisfied with the results. Of course, it probably helps that I'd already been trying to get into web development for the better part of the preceding decade... but that's not the point. The point is that it can indeed be done, if you have the skills and the drive to get where you want to be. Most jobs outside of the education field and higher sciences aren't nearly as d
IMO, at 30, you're right in the "zone" as far as the age group companies like to hire for computer support or network/server administration.
(Honestly, I think there's greater interest in hiring younger for software development, due to the mentality that you can hire talent cheap if you catch them shortly after they're out of school. Plus, they haven't been in the field long enough to be "old dogs that know a bunch of tricks you have to get them to un-learn" for your particular environment.)
It sounds like part of your question relates to which technologies you should focus on learning? One trend I have noticed is that mail servers are becoming more and more centralized. Most growing companies want to eliminate the in-house mail server(s) and sub-contract that out. With the growth of mobile devices that get attached to corporate email, it's nice to offload that bandwidth usage to a 3rd. party, among other things. This has the side-effect of making knowledge of setup/configuration/maintenance of mail servers (like Exchange) a skill-set that gives you a full-time job working only with email. If you really like email and mail servers, great. Go this route and get hired on at one of the cloud-based email services out there! Otherwise, I'd only worry about knowing it from the client side.
Every company I've ever worked at could stand to have more I.T. people on staff with good training skills and an interest in doing it. The "gotcha" there is that usually? It boils down to a situation where you won't really get to do as much of that as you and your co-workers would like because management has other ideas about what's the most valuable use of your time and company resources. (Remember, if you decide to schedule a "training session" for a big group in one of the conference rooms? Now the productivity of ALL of those people attending just dropped to 0 during the time you've got them as a captive audience in there. You're also occupying the room, which may also pose at least some level of inconvenience -- especially if employees regularly book the room to pitch a service or product your company makes to its clients. You'll probably also find that without providing some food and drink, it's tough to get people to show up for such things... so again, another expense for the company.)
I've always found that good communication skills and ability to teach the software is a really valuable skill, but you'll primarily wind up using it randomly, when assisting people by phone or "one on one" at their desks with issues. If you're lucky, a hiring manager will give you more consideration than "the next applicant" because of a background teaching technology. But it will become "just another thing you do that's kind of taken for granted" once you're hired.
Especially if you're getting hired via a recruiting firm, they're overly fixated on industry "buzzwords". Certain items are considered "hot" at any given time. For the last couple years or so, "virtualization" was a big one. If you could say you had experience using VMWare ESXi or any of the other products allowing virtual servers, it was a big plus. "Cloud" knowledge is another one. IMO, this is really a bunch of nonsense, because almost ALL the cloud-based services have easy to use web based control panels. Anyone with good general I.T. skills and knowledge can master any of them in short order. Mastering virtual server products is a little more difficult and useful as a real skill
Is it too late for me to think about this?
It is never too late. I have known people that have jumped into unrelated careers, successfully, at 35, 40, 52, and 65.
How much effort are you willing to put forth? Are you willing to temporarily forgo some of the pleasures in your life to which you've become accustomed?
Are you willing to immerse yourself in the new career, both at work and after hours? Ask yourself and answer truthfully: do you truly want to make a change, or are you just thinking... "wouldn't it be nice if"? The answer may be painful, and sometimes you won't know until you're there- Are you willing to take that risk?
Are you willing to risk the possibility of having to start at a lower level on the pay scale in your new field? I have a cousin that graduated from the Air Force Academy, flew F-15's for almost 10 years, and after accepting an engineering job at a defense contractor, quickly realized that he couldn't stand that type of job. With a wife and 3 daughters to support, he left to start a career at an airline.... at the time (mid-80's), he had to start as a flight engineer, at about 20k / year. With his love of flight focusing his resolve, and with the support of his wife (she took a second job), he persevered in a boring, low-paying job, staring at a panel of guages in a jet... but he stuck to it, and over a number of years ended up as a 747 long-haul pilot for Northwest, making just under 200k / year.
You must decide if you're ready to commit, with all that that implies. If you feel drawn to whatever it is you're thinking of doing, and you're ready to commit, there are few legitimate reasons to hold back- I would say that if you have no legs and desire to win a ballroom dancing championship, you may have a legitimate reason not to compete, but you could still find a way to excel, in some role, in this activity if you truly had the desire.
I lied, I'm not speechless, but if you think you're too old at 30 you need an attitude adjustment. Or to hang out with some olds who aren't as limited in their vision as you are.
Consulting. 10 hour work weeks (plus meetings). Couple hundred an hour billable at 40hours/week.
Did the same thing when I turned 30; switched from Aerospace Engineering to Structural Engineering (i.e. buildings). I got a masters in the field I wanted to switch to and applied for jobs based on the new degree. Took me 2 years of evenings. And a 50% pay cut. Hey, I didn't say it was easy. (Oh, 15 years out I now gross 3-3.5x what I made when I left Aerospace, run my own consulting firm, and get to post on
A lot of people are assuming this is a troll or some sort of joke. That says a lot about how helpful people are! It sounds like you have familiarity with a number of software products, most likely all Microsoft. To strengthen that, you could take some courses at a community college. You could also volunteer some of your services for your local church or other nonprofit to build a resume.
However, you might want to consider that instead of IT support, in the private sector, going the training route. With your teaching background, many corporations would hire you. In addition, with your current computer background, they could hire you to teach software classes to their employees. Even if you are wanting to get out of teaching and into support, such a path would get your foot in the door and allow you to establish connections, gain experience and pick up additional skills before making the switch.
30 you say? Well that's hardly over the hill now is it?
I have to say there are some pretty poor responses in the comments, many are very discouraging. Don't listen to them. Let's look at some factors:
- There's an IT skills shortage, worldwide.
- As a teacher you must have a degree so you've a proven ability to learn.
- As a teacher you've proven that you can train people, and speak to groups confidently.
- As a non-geek originally, people should be able to relate to you better than your average Slashdot troll (sorry, couldn't resist)!
- You don't need to learn to program to be a sysadmin. Scripting skills would be a big advantage though.
- Tech is a wide and varied area, you have lots of options for entry, from going back to school through to starting with a small business and doing helpdesk stuff to work up to sysadmin duties.
- It will take time and effort (be prepared to 'live' IT for several years). But I've seen other teachers do it (I work as an IT Manager at a school).
Finally, like I said, you can do it, you're by no means over the hill. I wonder if a side-step might be a best first move. Buddy up with some companies that do tech in schools at the same time as doing some out of hours study and you might find you can move over as an educational tech. consultant or a techie with a welcome educational background, and then use that as the foot in the door.
Anyway, best of luck. Like I say, I've certainly seen teachers do this, I know a former school teacher who works for Microsoft.
My final words of advice.... prepare to give up the long holidays, forever!
I like Microsoft products and would head in that direction, probably.
There goes your odds of getting much in the way of help from this crowd...
After college I worked in retail management for a few years. At age 30 I left that field and took a job working in tech support for a large software firm which shall remain nameless. Using that as a springboard, I launched into a career which has included both support and operations type positions and coding positions. I'm currently a senior level software developer/architect leading distributed teams on major projects, and am tracking toward management as I get older and can see where the bread is buttered. It was a bumpy ride getting it going, but some of that was due to macro-economy events outside my control, and some was due to not having all the right buzzwords and HR search terms on my resume at first.
The one bit of advice I can give for sure is this: work your tail off becoming really freaking good at both what you do, and what you want to do next. If you don't have the depth of resume, you'd better be able to perform in an interview in a way that leaves no doubts that you know your stuff. Then when you land that gig, hit the ground running, and never let up.
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Rest that heel, hammer.
Ryan hopes sleep cures Gangs woes
Jets coach Rex Ryan was unhappy with the way his team practiced last week, feeling it contributed to a 27-10 loss to the Steelers.
This week, he made some changes.
Ryan pushed the teams schedule back 90 minutes, The Post has learned, to give the players more time to sleep in the morning so they would be more well rested.
I guess he just wanted guys to get a little more rest and sleep in a little bit, guard Brandon Moore said. Theyve had some people come in and help figure out the best things to play at optimum levels. Rest is one of them and recovery. He just tinkered it a little bit to give us an extra hour of sleep and push things back a little bit.
Ryan also cut practice and meeting times down so the players would not have to spend as much time at the teams training facility. The Jets have also stressed to their players to focus on hydration this week, facing hot temperatures in Miami on Sunday.
Quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh, speaking to the media for the first time this season, said Mark Sanchez knows hes a damn good quarterback and he welcomed Tim [Tebow].
Cavanaugh said having Tebow as a backup has been a learning experience for Sanchez and he predicted the fourth-year starter will have a successful year.
Asked if he had specific statistic targets for Sanchez to hit, he said no.
Cavanaugh said he told Sanchez: Just win, Mark, and everybody will recognize you as a great quarterback.
Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons told reporters in Pittsburgh he was fined $21,000 for his helmet-to-helmet hit last week on Sanchez.
Safety LaRon Landry has drawn three personal fouls in two games, but said he wont change the way he plays.
That all comes with my style of play, Landry said. I got to be more cognizant of where Im at on the field and play a little smarter, but I wont slow down.
Landry has gotten two penalties for hitting players out of bounds. He did not practice Thursday because of the team resting his heel that he injured last year.
There was a lot of attention on cornerback Antonio Cromartie possibly playing wide receiver this season, but Cromartie said the coaches have not talked about it since training camp. Cromartie pronounced he was the second-best wide receiver on the team early in camp.
Weve got everybody healthy, Cromartie said about the wide receivers. There hasnt been any discussion.
Cromartie gave up a crucial touchdown to the Steelers Mike Wallace last Sunday, but refused to discuss it. Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said Cromartie simply misplayed the ball.
Early on, I thought he was in good position, and then I dont know whether he lost it, Pettine said. It was just one of those situations where he didnt play the ball and Wallace did. We say its a game of inches, you could say it was a game of centimeters on that one. It was very close to being a long foul ball.
OLB Bryan Thomas (hamstring), FB John Conner (knee) and CB Ellis Lankster (back) did not practice. TE Dustin Keller (hamstring) and S Eric Smith (hip/knee) were limited in practice after not practicing Wednesday.
Rest that heel, hammer.
Jeez. Less practicing with the new CBA. Less contact. Less meetings. And now they need more sleep?
This team will never beat the Steelers, Ravens or 49ers. We just aren't tough enough.
If I am the Dolphins I am taking this as a slap in the face. Looks to me like the Jets are taking their foot off the gas.
What will be the excuse on Monday?
letting players sleep in?, cutting down practice and meeting times?? Is this a joke?? Sleeping in and decreasing preparation time is supposed improve the team??
NFL warns all 32 teams about confronting replacement officials
What's the deal with Keller? This was a minor injury where they kept saying he would play week 1 to now being out for a 3rd week????
...and the usual morons are b!tching again. What else is new?
Thanks for doing these CMart
Manish Mehta @MMehtaNYDN
Jets ran only 51 offensive plays last week vs. Steelers. Third fewest snaps taken in 56 games under Rex Ryan
of useless morons who don't take a QB out of the game
after he gets crushed and can't think.
Too bad we don't have a back up with a history of
crushing the Steelers under high pressure on their
home field, oh wait, we do.
Glad everythings honkey dorey for those with no standards.
it's such a vague measuring stick ... toughness. I think Mark Sanchez is good enough; as much as people criticize Rex Ryan, for most of his coaching tenure this team is coached well enough (... how easily we forget the Herman Edwards, Kotite, Coslet experiences)
The reality is we fall short of the Steelers, Ravens and 49er's because this team as a complete entity is not good enough, specifically, there is not enough talent on this team. Our drafting has been okay but not spectacular.
Each of those three teams you mentioned are significantly better than the Jets in one important factor, enough to mean that they are more likely to accrue more wins in a given season. The Steelers had some luck along with good drafting in selecting a QB good enough to carry a team. The Ravens in the past have been significantly overall better at drafting than the Jets (and like all good teams had some drafting luck along the way). The Niner's are very well coached and have accrued enough talent despite having average QB play.
The reason the Jets are on the outside looking in is talent. It's a team game, Darelle Revis cannot play right tackle, he can only cover so much of the defensive field. The Jets have drafted some decent football players but you need enough of them at enough positions to compete at the highest level.
Luck plays a role, it could be much worse - we could be Cleveland.
To me you have to take some chances in coaching and drafting. Two examples. I am sure many are glad I do not coach the Jets because I would not have kneeled down with thirty seconds on the clock before the half against a team like the Steelers. Sure it might have been intercepted and returned for a touchdown but we are not good enough to play a conservative game against a roster that has significantly better talent. My second example is the Redskins. I like what Shanahan did in drafting RG3. Of course it could have blown up in his face, but he realizes that he, Mike Shanahan as head coach has little to loose. Without drafting a significantly better QB, all the best coaching in the world will not get him back to the Superbowl. This was his last shot at steering his franchise back to where he might relive his glory days with Elway and he took it.
This Board after a win- "Noone can beat us. We are the best! Rex is the man Sanchez is awesome...D awesome!
This board after a loss-"Sanchez sucks.....Fire Rex and Tanny...trade Revis...everything the team does is a mistake.....we are not tough enough...gonna be a long season"
Meanwhile we are 1-1 and in first place....I love Jets fans...*sigh*


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How dare you get me excited for antelope hunting with so many months to wait for the season.
Just finished loading up some 110 NAB this morning....
How dare you get me excited for antelope hunting with so many months to wait for the season.
I love that 110 Accubond! Always had good success with the 115 Partition but I switched to the Accubond. Gives a bit better accuracy in my rifle and has been a reliable performer with quick knock down results.
Any body know how the antelope are doing around Thermoplis this spring?
I just got back from a trip to NW Nebraska and saw quite a few antelope out there. Saw a few in the Sandhills but more in the Ogala National Grassland. Saw a stud east of Crawford. I was surprised to saw one that big this early in Nebraska.
"Elk don't know how many feet a horse has!"
Any info on the Douglas area, it's still a month before the draw but I can't wait to start the planning!
I guess I haven't been down to Douglas in a little while, but I am starting to see babies around and it is really green all over the PRB. The Big Horns look great and green. Still snow on top, so some good runoff yet to come. It seems like it was a fairly mild winter overall, just wet, so I would say the whole area is in good shape. Wyoming is not on the drought map yet right now, so that is really good news. I feel bad for those that have the drought problems, there are lots of big ugly red spots on the map. Anywhoo, things seem to look pretty good in the area at the moment IMO.
Thanks for the info againsttgewind.
To tag along here, I spent a couple days in the central part of the state (Areas 106 & 67) camping and what-not this weekend.
The current grass growth out there is some of the best I can remember so this should bode well for horn growth and fawn survival. Overall, I think the total animal numbers are still below average, but they were pretty spread out due to the abundance of moisture. I think these will be good hunts for those people lucky enough to draw tags in this region with the quota cuts.


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Following every Baltimore Ravens game this season, Ryan Chell and I will take to the airwaves Tuesdays on "The Reality Check" on AM1570 WNST.net with a segment known as "The Five Plays That Determined The Game."
It's a simple concept. We'll select five plays from each game that determined the outcome. These five plays will best represent why the Ravens won or lost each game.
This will be our final analysis of the previous game before switching gears towards the next game on the schedule.
Here are the five plays that determined the Ravens' 43-13 loss to the Houston Texans Sunday at Reliant Stadium…
(Note: not all pictures are always of actual play)
Glenn Clark's Plays…
5. Glover Quin intercepts Joe Flacco after Whitney Mercilus tip (2nd quarter)
4. Whitney Mercilus downs Donnie Jones punt at Ravens' 3 yard line (1st quarter)
3. Joe Flacco pass intended for Anquan Boldin incomplete on 3rd & 5 (2nd down)
2. Connor Barwin sacks Joe Flacco in endzone for safety (1st quarter)
1. Jonathan Joseph 52 yard TD return of Joe Flacco interception after JJ Watt tip (2nd quarter)
(Ryan's Plays on Page 2…)