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One day, several years ago, I took our dog Kai for a walk. Just outside our home in Mill Valley, California, next to our steep driveway, was a flume where water ran in the rainy season. Halfway down the driveway, Kai stopped, fascinated by a little waterfall in the flume. The water poured, steady, smooth, and shining, over a crack in the cement. Kai tried to grab it with his teeth and play with it. He could not accept that it was not a solid chew-toy. Every time he put his teeth around it, all he got was wet.
I was fascinated by Kai's comical perception of the solidity of the flowing water. But my observation of Kai led me to reflect on my own perception. The little waterfall was not a solid object: neither Kai or myself could chew it. But what was it? What was I seeing? I didn't see the individual water molecules pouring over the cement. All I could see was the slightly-wavering reflection of light from the surface of the otherwise invisible water. I saw the secondary effects of a flow, without fully perceiving what was flowing.
I lead a meditation group for students at the University of Southern California every Wednesday at noon. My meditation practice is simple but challenging. I try to watch my thoughts and feelings as they arise and fade, without judging or directing them. I try to observe carefully what I am experiencing, with love and acceptance. Today as we sat in our circle in silence, the memory of that moment with Kai (whose name means "water" in Hawaiian) came to me. I realized that my emotions and sensations are not isolated, discrete things. They are constantly changing and inter-relating. If I try to grasp any particular thought or feeling, it has already begun to move on or into something else. I can wrap neither my teeth nor my brain around these experiences as they move through my mind. At most, I can observe the shimmering signs of the flow.
Meditation is much like watching a stream tumble over rocks. It's an awakening to the inter-related nature of all things, the lack of tidy boundaries between now and then, the fundamental lack of predictability in the cosmos. In contemplation, we see signs of reality more than we see reality itself. But being left with mere hints of what is, rather than certainties, points to the very nature of reality. Meditative practice gets us closer to the raw root of things, as it liberates us from our assumptions. It's okay that we can't get a handle on reality. Knowing that we can't is as close as we can get to chewing on a waterfall.
Falling water is a beautiful mystery for humans and dogs alike. So the flow of the mind is an alluring mystery to appreciate in prayerful silence, whether or not we ever can apprehend its contents.
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These days most women want orgasms. That wasn't always the case. A couple of generations or so ago, many adult females simply didn't have climaxes – and a lot of them weren't bothered about it. Probably a lot of them didn't actually know what an orgasm was.
And some doctors claimed that, for a huge proportion of women, it was 'normal' to have no experience of orgasm. Indeed, as late as the 1970s there were still some who maintained that the female orgasm didn't exist – and was simply a myth made up by the media.
All that has changed now. These days, medical opinion is that every woman should be able to have orgasms – if she wants to. Furthermore, the view of most sex experts is that the majority of women are capable of multiple orgasms – if they wish to have them. In general, the ability to have multiple orgasms is greater in more mature women.
What is a female orgasm?
We're writing this explanation in the assumption that you – the reader – are male. This 'orgasmic moment' is characterised by surges of contractions in the sex organs, occurring almost every 0.8 seconds.
Men are well aware that these throbs of pleasure are accompanied by the pumping out of spurts of seminal fluid. Obviously this doesn't happen in women.
A few females do produce some fluid at orgasm, but the impression given in so many erotic stories that most women 'ejaculate' is not correct. Only a minority of females do this.
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The other big difference between male and female orgasm is this: after the first climax, many women can 'come' again, often within a minute or two.
This ability is extremely rare in males. Relatively few young women can achieve multiple orgasm, because it's an ability that usually has to be learned. But with the help of a skilled lover, most women can eventually achieve the capacity for multiple orgasms – if they so desire.
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For men perhaps the most important thing to realise about female climaxes is that with women, it's not a mechanical thing – as it generally is with men.
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a partner who they really like
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a skilled partner who knows how to stimulate the clitoris.
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Manchester United winger Nani is ready to talk with AS Monaco about leaving Old Trafford this summer.
According to the Express, the Portugal international has been heading for the exit door at Manchester United for some time and big-spending Monaco head the queue to snap him up.
The report claims former manager Sir Alex Ferguson lost faith in Nani and was ready to let him leave when a new contract couldn't be agreed.
Ferguson's successor, David Moyes, was reportedly ready to give the 26-year-old another chance to shine, but this latest story would suggest it was a chance not taken.
Manchester United are ready to part ways with Nani and it claims they will be willing to accept an offer in the region of £8.5million.
However, he is reportedly demanding £6million a season from any potential new club, which could make finding a new club quite difficult.
The report claims he has also been tracked by Anzhi Makhachkala, as well as Monaco, so the wages on offer are unlikely to be paltry.
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Loving father, brother and friend
Shane Cassidy Green, son of Bill Clay and Brenda Kay Hicks Green, was born, August 3, 1977 in Rockford, Illinois. He departed this life, December 17, 2013, in Camdenton, Missouri at the age of thirty-six years, four months and fourteen days.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, Greg Vyborny and wife Donna of Taneyville, Missouri; a sister, Lisa Shoudel of Ligonier, Indiana; two daughters, Laressa Smith of Macks Creek, Missouri and Cassidy Green of Scottsboro, Alabama; a nephew, Matt Webster of Angola, Indiana; a niece Alisha Jones of Taneyville, Missouri and a host of other nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Shane was raised in Camdenton, Missouri and as a teen moved to Indiana. He returned to Lake of the Ozarks two years ago. He owned and operated his own tree service for several years. He worked in maintenance, was a bounty hunter and was currently a supervisor at Robin's Resort.
In his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He looked forward to time spent drinking beer and playing pool. Most of all, he enjoyed time spent with his family and friends.
He was a loving father, brother and uncle and a caring neighbor and friend. He left us too early and we will treasure the memories he created for his family and friends.
A gathering will be held from 4-8 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2013 at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Building A, Parasol 2.
Memorial donations may be made to the family.
Online condolences may be made at www.alleeholmanhowe.com.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton.


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If Steve Jobs were still in charge, would he have thought it was a good idea to put Hal the computer from 2001 on your iPhone as a primary feature?... but I watched the video about it, and... wow! I love it!
And yes, I know, some article in the NYT said brain-imaging shows people literally love their iPhone.
I can tell you the point in the video when I fell in love: 0:50. A woman putting a cupcake batter in the oven tells the iPhone to set the timer.
On second viewing, I was struck by the low-key introduction of a blind woman: We see hands on Braille. She receives a spoken-word message and responds with speech. And that's the end of the video, the music comes up, and it's Ray Charles — he too was, of course, blind — singing "What'd I Say." Perfect!


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Summer retreats, casual dressing and summer time-off habits can be minefields if you make missteps.
Joanna Stiegler pondered what to wear to her company's beach party, finally settling on a sporty bikini that wouldn't reveal too much during the volleyball game.
"Even though it was a beach day, it was still a work day," Stiegler says. "You just have to make sure what you're wearing is tasteful."
For some, wearing a bathing suit to a summer work outing is more terrifying than prying off the office lush at the holiday party. But shun the event and risk no longer being considered a team player.
Summer traditionally is a time when workplaces and attitudes become laid back. But it's also when thorny issues arise that can impede one's career. Everything from corporate retreats to summer vacations to casual dressing can open the door to taboo behavior.
Here are some of summer's work/life traps and how to avoid them:
During summer, some offices go casual or declare Friday the day to dress down. But participate with caution. Rosa Fernandez, an advertising account executive, admits to a misstep in the past. On one of her first jobs, she wore sandals and a white cotton shirt on a hot summer day. Her boss pulled her aside. "She said my shirt was see-through and that I looked like I was still in college."
Etiquette experts say almost regardless of where you work, leave your flip flops at home. An Adecco survey shows 71 percent of Americans view them as inappropriate at work — even more so than mini-skirts or strapless tops.
The recent heat wave has made casual dressing this summer more complicated. Wearing your jacket to a business lunch and arriving soaked in sweat doesn't come off as impressive. One South Beach banker I spoke with told me he recently arrived for a business lunch at a patio cafe in a suit: "My client looked at me like I was crazy and asked why I had on a heavy jacket in 100 degree heat."
Even when casual dress is a policy, gauge your boss's lead. Shane Soefker, senior managing director of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, says his workplace has declared Fridays as casual. However, he doesn't feel comfortable trading slacks for jeans and he's not really fond of his brokers doing it either. "We have lots of clients that roll through here and we still need to come across as professional," he says.
"Regardless of what you can wear, it's really about what should you wear," says business etiquette expert Barbara Pachter, author of "Greet! Eat! Tweet!" "Clothes need to fit, you shouldn't overemphasize body parts and casual doesn't mean sloppy."
Work events during the summer come with their own set tricky scenarios. Showing up at the company picnic in a revealing halter top or wearing a Speedo to a law partner's palatial beach home can cost you credibility.
Of course, snubbing the event or being the sweaty nerd in jeans standing around when everyone else is splashing in the pool can brand you a loner. Stiegler, an IT staffing recruiter with Signature Consultants, recognizes the benefit of showing social skills and bonding with a boss during beach volleyball or with a client during a company clam bake. "Some people didn't show up for the beach party and I think they lost out."
Pachter agrees. If the boss organizes a summer softball game, participate and be a good sport. "You never know who you may meet or bond with. The person at the softball game from another department could be the one who interviews you for a position months later."
Summer outings at law firms typically involve cocktail parties, golf outings and formal dinners and can be a trap for the unwary, says Vivia Chen, author of The Careerist blog on Law.com. "They pose situation where you can not only dress inappropriately, but also give hints of how you don't fit in socially." Chen's advice: Stay away from anything revealing and don't hang out at the bar alone.
When asked to choose the three workplace perks Americans most want in the summer, only 42 percent chose wardrobe flexibility, compared to 60 percent who listed flex time, such as Summer Fridays.
Many workplaces do shut early on Fridays. But Pachter recommends tuning into the protocol in your department before taking advantage. Head to the beach on a Friday afternoon when the rest of the team is working on a major presentation and you might as well not come back on Monday, she says.
It's the same for vacation. Every workplace has its own etiquette, culture and policies for time off. Take off at an inopportune time, fail to check in or leave your post without coverage and risk getting fired.
Most offices today run with smaller staffs and frown on anyone who takes off more than two weeks in a row. Michael Fichtel, managing partner of the law offices of Kelley Kronenberg in Fort Lauderdale, says his firm has a policy that prohibits lawyers from taking more than two weeks consecutive and requires they check in no less than twice a day. "Fortunately or unfortunately, there's no longer an uninterrupted vacation in the legal profession."
Finding low-cost activities during summer to keep kids occupied for your full work day can challenge even the most organized parent. But even the most generous boss has limits on bringing kids to the office or calling home too often. "If you get stuck and need to bring your kid to work one day, it happens and people accept it. But if it's every day and your wild and kid is running around that's a problem," Pachter says.
The bottom line with summer etiquette, Pachter says: be a team player and look to your manager to set the tone.
(Cindy Krischer Goodman is CEO of BalanceGal LLC, a provider of news and advice on how to balance work and life. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read her columns and blog at http://worklifebalancingact.com/.)
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Parades and rodeos, street dances and pie auctions, hmm, it must be time for Durango Fiesta Days. This year, Fiesta Days organizers are honoring a family that has a long and distinguished heritage of both ranching and participating in the festivities. With numerous branches on the family tree and members ranging in age from 2 to 86, the Herrera family will be here for generations to come.
The Herrera patriarch, Tomas Herrera, came to Southwest Colorado in the early 1880s via Española, N.M. He was working for a local sheep man, who paid him in sheep rather than cash.
To have a place to put his sheep, Tomas Herrera homesteaded 160 acres in Long Hollow near Marvel, and by 1907 was purchasing another ranch in Long Hollow. The story from here mainly concerns his son Marcelino, known for, among other things, showing off his golden palomino in Fiesta Day parades.
His children remember a two-day trip by wagon into town to come to Fiesta Days, called Spanish Trails Fiesta Days back then. (It became the Navajo Trail Fiesta Days in the 1960s and arrived at its current name in the 1980s.) Unlike today's crowded community calendar, it was one of only a few big events in La Plata County, and it was much anticipated and enjoyed.
Since Marcelino Herrera also helped build the La Plata County Fairgrounds in the 1930s, one might say he had a vested interest in the festivities, since that's the center of activities for the week.
While the family was hit hard by the Great Depression, the Herreras held onto quite a bit of their ranch properties. Marcelino's brother, Fernando, also known as "Fred," had three children, and Joe Herrera is still living. Marcelino's children said Joe spent so much time at his Uncle Marcelino's house, he was more like a brother than a cousin to them.
At 86, Joe's the ranking member of the Herrera clan. He is still an avid horseman who never misses a chance to help with gathering or branding cattle with his excellent roping skills. He enjoyed competing in the Fiesta Days Rodeo in his younger days and also loves to dance, so you can imagine he finds it difficult to choose his favorite event at Fiesta Days.
Later generations have continued in the family tradition of horsemanship. Marcelino's youngest son, Pete, became the first jockey to win a $1 million purse at the "All American Futurity" Horse Race at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico in 1972. Marcelino's sons Thomas, Levi and Tony also competed in the Fiesta Days Rodeo.
Rodeo champions abound in the younger generations. Brad Herrera was the Colorado Bareback Riding Champion and All-Around Cowboy in 1973. Tommy Baker was the Colorado Bull Riding Champion in 1988.
A big year for the clan was 2003 when Stetson Herrera was the National High School Rodeo Bareback Riding Champion, and Kacey Kobza was the Breakaway Roping Champion at the International Youth Finals Rodeo. Wow!
Continuing the streak, Keylie Herrera-Tatum won the title of Women's Professional Team Roping Header Champion in 2008.
The youngest generation is off to a strong start. Rickie Baker was the Durango Fiesta Days junior princess in 2008 and princess in 2010.
If you've never attended a Fiesta Days, make this the year you participate in one of our community's great traditions. And if you didn't understand any of those rodeo categories, you'd better go the rodeo (1 p.m. and 7 p.m. today and 1 p.m. Sunday at the fairgrounds). But before you head over there, go downtown for the parade, which starts at 10 a.m. today.
The Snowdown Parade is full of crazy floats and costumes – this one is old-style Western, with horses, marching bands, and in my childhood, a lot of kids. That was one of my favorite summer activities growing up, figuring out what to "be" in the parade. One year, when I was about 8, I went as Miss America in the swimsuit competition. (I know, it was as ridiculous as it sounds. I was so enamored of the sash my dad, Charlie Butler, made, I insisted on reprising the outfit for Halloween and just about froze my patootie off.)
Also on the agenda are a pancake breakfast, Cowboy Church, Chuckwagon Cook-off and other assorted activities.
Visit www.durangofiestadays.com for the complete schedule.
Thanks to President Cindi Brevik of the Durango Fiesta Days Organizing Committee for telling me more about the Herreras. Whether you see them in the parade or introduced at an event, now you know they're a family that can truly say they helped build La Plata County.
Join me in giving them a big round of applause.
Folks are dancing in the street for the birthdays of Lea Leach, Annelore Miller, Baden Dickson, Jamie Dickson, Dianna Hassett, Merl Goff, Mike Thompson, Wanda Greve, Linda Jernigan, Piper Johnson,Parker Norvell, Kelly Somsen, Scott Atchison, Sheena Carswell, Hal Emrich, Willow Schultz, Carla Branson, Carol Gunderson, Wanda Ellingson, Levi Tichi, Betty Carroll, Janey Silver, Carolyn Brown and Harlan Steinle. No, wait, that's for Fiesta Days, but you can still celebrate.
Special 50th birthday greetings go to Music in the Mountains favorite David Korevaar.
School may be out for the summer, but the good our students did in raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through its Pennies for Patients lives on.
They joined students from 463 schools throughout the state in raising more than $390,000. It's amazing how that pesky spare change adds up.
Local schools that participated included Durango and Animas high schools, Escalante and Miller middle schools and Ignacio elementary, intermediate and junior high schools.
Kudos go out to school coordinators Colleen Dunning, Brian Geisinger, Michelle Fletcher, Keri Ostergard, Jennifer Diethrich and Dayna Talamante-Montoya for working with their students on reaching out to other kids.
The LLS works toward cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, the so-called "blood" cancers. The cure rate for childhood acute leukemia has now reached 90 percent, but there is still work to be done, particularly on minimizing the side effects that can have an impact on survivors' health for the rest of their lives.
Schools can register for the 2012-13 Pennies for Patients at www.schoolandyouth.org/rm or by calling (720) 440-8628.
Celebrating their anniversaries with a day out – maybe at the rodeo? – are Paul and Cathy Duggan, Bob and Betsy Morris, Jerry and Carol Hanes, Gary and PatRussell, Mark and Barb Ugai, Ed and Sonya Willmett, Bob and Mary Sieger and Dan and Judy Harris (50!).


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WARRENSBURG, MO (Oct. 28, 2013) – The University of Central Missouri's 2013 Homecoming King and Queen were crowned during the Saturday, Oct. 26 celebration, "Great MOments."
The Homecoming King and Queen were crowned during halftime of the Saturday afternoon football game in Audrey J. Walton Stadium.
Sydney Swinicki, a senior from Olathe, Kan., and Jazz Lane, and junior from Kansas City, Mo., were crowned the 2013 Homecoming King and Queen during halftime of the Homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 26.
Sydney Swinicki, a senior public relations major from Olathe, Kan., sponsored by Sigma Sigma Sigma, was crowned 2013 Homecoming Queen, and Jazz Lane, a junior French major from Kansas City, Mo., sponsored by Alpha Kappa Lambda, was crowned Homecoming King.
The annual Homecoming Day of Service set a new record for the number of hours served with 989 student volunteers peforming 1,746 hours of community service for 68 area agencies. The community services were expanded beyond Warrensburg this year to include the communities of Centerview, Holden, Concordia and Higginsville and Powell Gardens.
UCM also announced the results of the Homecoming competitions that took place during the annual event. Taking first place in the Campus Floats category in the Homecoming parade was the Sigma Sigma Sigma/Sigma Phi Epsilon entry, with Alpha Sigma Alpha/Sigma Pi receiving second and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers third. The UCM Aggies received first in the Campus Walking Entry category, with the UCM Players/Theta Alpha Phi taking second.
In the Community Float category, the Warrensburg Animal Shelter took first place; the First Assembly of God earned second; and Center Stage Academy received third.
First place in the Spirit Window Competition went to the Nu Society/LIV; second went to Sigma Phi Epsilon/Sigma Sigma Sigma; and third to Sigma Pi/Alpha Sigma Alpha.
Sigma Sigma Sigma/Sigma Phi Epsilon claimed first placed in the Donation Creation competition. Sigma Kappa/Tau Kappa Epsilon received second, and Delta Zeta/Lambda Chi Alpha third. A total of 5,688 cans of food weighing 5,187 pounds were collected for the Warrensburg Food Center.
Nu Society place first in the bowling tournament, with Delta Sigma Pi/Theta Chi receiving second and Sigma Tau Gamma third. The annual blood drive yielded 605 units of blood collected, with Sigma Sigma Sigma/Sigma Phi Epsilon taking first place, Alpha Sigma Alpha/Sigma Pi second, and Delta Zeta/Lambda Chi Alpha third.
In the marching band competition, Warrensburg Middle School placed first in the Middle School category.
In the 1A category, Leeton High School placed first, Calhoun High School received second, and Bunceton High School placed third.
In the 2A category, Windsor High School placed first, Archie High School placed second, and Smithton High School placed third.
In the 3A category, Knob Noster High School earned first place, with Lafayette County C-1 placing second and California High School placing third.
In 4A competition, Warrensburg High School placed first, Eldon High School earned second, and Clinton High School received third.


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Monmouth EMS Worker Charged With Arson
An EMS worker is accused of setting fire to a first aid building, where he was a squad member.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office says Hazlet police arrested 43-year-old Ronald Schroeder on Monday and charged him with aggravated arson.
The 43-year-old Union Beach man is accused of torching the Hazlet Township First Aid Unit 1 building on Sunday night.
Authorities say an investigation determined that Schroeder was the only squad member inside the building at the time of the fire. He was also seen leaving the building.
Prosecutors say Schroeder has only been a member of the volunteer organization for a "short period of time."
He's being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution on $100,000 bail, with no 10 percent option.
It's unclear if he has an attorney.
(Copyright 2014 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Last Piece of Theory on Present Participial Phrases
But in all our talk about these pesky phrases, it occurs to me that we've never given you the final piece of theory. We explained that these phrases are adjective phrases. We talked about the nature of modifiers and how present participial phrases sometimes indicated weakness in the sentence's main clause. And, most recently, Alicia talked about using present participial phrases to signal concurrent actions.
Maybe you've already read these posts and drawn the conclusion I'm about to present. But just in case, and just so we're all clear on how these different bits of advice and theory work together, let's take a look at why these phrases must be concurrent and relevant to the main clause.
In the simple sentence,
The orange cat leaped onto the windowsill
we can all see that orange modifies cat. The cat's orange quality exists at the moment of leaping. In fact, we can assume the cat is orange at all times, barring unfortunate accidents with dye pots. Easy enough so far. But what happens when we replace that simple adjective with a present participle used as an adjective?
The hissing cat leaped onto the windowsill.
The act of hissing still describes the cat, and the act of hissing is still concurrent with the main action verb. Hissing is a state of being that exists during the totality of the leap. Hissing is not a discrete action all on its own. Or, I should say, it's not presented as such. If it were, it would be presented differently, perhaps,
The cat hissed and leaped onto the windowsill.
Then we would be describing a compound action (hissed and leaped) instead of describing a state of being (hissing) of a noun (cat) at the moment an action (leaped) occurs.
You with me so far? Verbs are actions. Adjectives describe qualities or states of being of a noun. And -- this is the main point -- the description of the noun must be simultaneous with the action. If the hissing and leaping occurred in sequence, one first and then the next, you would have to separate them in the sentence, perhaps with an adverb,
The cat hissed and then leaped onto the windowsill.
(Then is an adverb modifying leaped.)
Or you might shift the hissing into an adverb phrase,
After hissing at the dog, the cat leaped onto the windowsill.
While hissing at the dog, the cat leaped onto the windowsill.
These phrases are adverbial in nature because they describe the time elements involved with the actions. They don't qualify the essential nature of the cat. They qualify the timeline. Because adverbs modify verbs, right? Verbs usually lay out the timeline for prose actions, so any time you need to clarify sequencing, you might need adverbs or adverb phrases. And these adverb phrases are not the same as,
Hissing at the dog, the cat leaped onto the windowsill.
Because this doesn't tell us diddly-squat about the sequencing. All we've done in this sentence is elaborate on an adjective (which modifies a noun, not a verb). (Forgive me if this sounds like harping. I'm trying to make this as clear as I can, and this seems to require some repetition of concepts.)
Remember that in the sentence,
The hissing cat leaped onto the windowsill.
the adjective hissing modified the noun cat. All we have done here is add a prepositional phrase to provide more information about the hissing. It's not just any hissing. It's hissing at a dog. But it still describes the essential nature of the cat.
The hissing at the dog cat leaped onto the windowsill.
This sentence is structurally awkward for a whole lot of reasons we won't get into here. But leaving aside all that awkwardness (and the punctuation issue, also a separate matter), the point is that hissing still modifies cat, and at the dog still modifies hissing, and modifiers still go next to the words they modify. You could use punctuation to get around the awkwardness,
The hissing-at-the-dog cat leaped onto the windowsill.
Or you could shift the phrase into an introductory position,
Hissing at the dog, the cat leaped onto the windowsill.
The cat's hissing-at-the-dog nature exists at the moment of the leap. And this is why present participial phrases, which are adjectival in nature, are simultaneous with the main actions of the sentence.
When Alicia was talking about causal and other connections between the present participial phrase and the main verb, I think she was mainly trying to make a point about relevance. We could describe the cat in lots of different ways.
Staring with its blue eyes and hissing at the dog, the cat leaped onto the windowsill.
Now there's a craptastic phrase for you. I had to use one that talked about what the cat is doing with its eyes, because these are generally weak phrases, far less meaningful than dynamic actions like hissing and leaping. Using less meaningful (or even irrelevant) phrases will dilute the impact of the sentence. The cat may very well have staring blue eyes for the duration of the leap. But so what? The fact that it's eyes are blue doesn't give us important information about the actions underway. And the staring -- well, anyone who has been around a cat knows they are champion starers. They stare because they're bored, content, hungry, etc., etc. But hissing only happens in response to a threat, so hissing gives us a more clear description of the cat's state of being at the moment of the jump.
Do we all understand this? Any questions? Got any sample sentences with participial phrases you want us to tackle? Post them in the comments if you do.
tempted to bore us further with another similar post on past participial phrases
27 comments:
- Edittorrent said...
Ben (my orange cat) thanks you for making him the Edittorrent participial mascot.
- July 11, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- green_knight said...
I'm just marvelling at 'leaped' because any cat I've ever had leapt. That aside, I thought it was perfectly clear that 'hissing at the dog' happened in the moment of description - which is why you have so much fun with dangling modifiers.
'Staring with its blue eyes' is almost there. Because staring implies sitting still and fixating the object of displeasure. Unless the cat is jumping down onto the windowsill (not what I first imagined) and the dog is sitting outside the house, what happens during the leap is that the cat takes its eyes off the dog and concentrates on not hitting the wall/windowsill/window. So, 'staring, the cat leapt' is such an unusual sequence of events, that I would emphasize it more.
But that's just me ;-)
- July 11, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Edittorrent said...
If it's an American cat, it leaped.
- July 11, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- green_knight said...
Two nations divided and all that. Websters actually has both, but I felt insecure enough to look it up.
- July 11, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Edittorrent said...
I did a post, yeah these many years ago, about why we often have both the -ed and the -t verbs still in the language.
Kneeled and knelt, I think were the ones we were dealing with then.
The Britishism I marvel at is "Whilst." We NEVER say that ('cept maybe in legal documents). And yet I see it all the time in Brit-prose.
- July 11, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Edittorrent said...
And I for one want to read your post on past participles, Theresa.
Maybe I'm the only one, but I Doubt It. The others are just too shy to step forward and admit it.
- July 11, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- Murphy said...
Okay, here's a convoluted son of a gun -if ever there was one:
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided, wincing as the gates creaked and moaned, puncturing the oppressive quiet and causing a group of crows which dotted the lace canopy of trees that stretched out overhead, to burst from their perches and fly away.
This should probably be revised at the puncturing point (no pun intended) with a new sentence break and insert the mention of a concrete subject to be specific to the'noise', right?
And as for the Brit v.s American discussion? Years ago, I had a heated discussion with my father-in-law, who told me that pontificating wasn't a word. So, I carted the old Webster dictionary in my purse - to the next family gathering and he took one look at it and smugly quipped: "It's no wonder you're misusing words." (he's British btw, so he does 'smugly quip' but I've generously decided that I won't hold this fact against him) and to this day I dream up ways I can work pontificating into my dialogue during the holidays. Thankfully, I have a pompous brother in-law who makes that word work for me with surprising regularity.:D
- July 11, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- Murphy said...
Hokie doodle! I forgot to mention that I loved your use of the word craptastic! It says so much doesn't it?
- July 11, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Edittorrent said...
I think it's more likely that the others are sick of my pontificating than that they're too shy. Shyness has never been a big issue around here. :)
We have authors from all over the globe, so we've had to learn a few things about non-American standards. The one that always gets me is the single quote/double quote reversal. My eyes tend to float right over them during line edits.
- July 11, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- Edittorrent said...
Murphy, may I use your sample sentence on our front page? Might be a good little post.
- July 11, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Murphy said...
Of course.:) I like things interesting.
- July 11, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Jami G. said...
Yes, please share your past participles post. We are a semi-captive audience after all. :)
That is a humdinger of a sentence, isn't it? What about:
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided, wincing as the gates creaked and moaned, puncturing the oppressive quiet and causing a group of crows to burst from their perches dotting the lace canopy of trees stretching overhead and fly away.
It's still not great, but it has less clauses for the reader to trip over.
Jami G.
- July 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Jami G. said...
Of course, the more I think about it, the more it seems that the final "and fly away" isn't absolutely necessary to get the idea.
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided, wincing as the gates creaked and moaned, puncturing the oppressive quiet and causing a group of crows to burst from their perches dotting the lace canopy of trees stretching overhead.
But, yeah, it still needs work... :)
Jami G.
- July 11, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- Deb Salisbury said...
Here's a simpler sentence than Murphy's. It modifies. It dangles. Does it work?
She stared into the rain, past the thrashing ocean, searching for another glimpse of the seawall.
- July 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Murphy said...
Hey Jami G!
I like your second one, thanks. I do think I would be more inclined to break it up into two sentences. Putting a period at moaned and starting the next sentence with-um, with...what the hell?! I need the creaking and moaning to puncture the silence, right? You see? This is where the backspace button on my computer comes in handy.;)
And Deb? Are you showing off? Posting and flaunting your simpler sentence that dangles and modifies better than my humongous monstrosity ever could? So short and clean - I'm jealous!;)
- July 11, 2009 at 8:28 PM
- Jami G. said...
If you're going to split it into 2 sentences (not a bad idea, BTW), you could start the second sentence with "The noise":
The noise punctured the oppressive quiet and caused a group of crows...
What I, personally, would do is split the two descriptions of the sound:
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided, wincing as the gates creaked. The moaning sound from their hinges punctured the oppressive quiet and caused a group of crows...
How's that?
Jami G.
- July 11, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- Murphy said...
How's that? TOTALLY AWESOME! I like it. (and don't tell anyone but I'm really hard to please).:D Hey, do you think it would be too much to add rusty in front of hinges?
- July 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Jami G. said...
I think you could do rusty if you simplified it even more:
The moans from their rusty hinges...
Jami G.
- July 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM
- Murphy said...
Okay, I think I like moaning instead of moans - don't know why but, I'll forgo 'rusty' (I bet, if Alicia were looking at this she'd probably say: The fact that the hinges are moaning indicates that they're rusty so, the word is really not needed). And in terms of story or scene? It makes no difference one way or another.
Sold! To the edit without the addition of rusty.
- July 11, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- Deb Salisbury said...
I'm into simplicity tonight. ;-) Or lots of short sentences.
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided. She winced as the gates creaked and moaned, puncturing the oppressive quiet. A group of crows burst from their perches in the lacy canopy of trees and flew away.
My theory here is that she doesn't know for certain what caused the crows to fly away.
- July 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM
- Edittorrent said...
She stared into the rain, past the thrashing ocean, searching for another glimpse of the seawall.
The final phrase is a cumulative modifier, so that works as it is. I'm not wild about the middle phrase because I'm not sure it's possible to stare past an ocean. How about across the ocean instead?
And you might consider phrasing it so you have only one comma separating the cumulative modifier from the rest of the sentence. Otherwise, you have that interrupting modifying clause separating the main clause from the cumulative modifier, and that's not ideal. It's not a technical error, but it could be improved. Maybe,
She stared through the rain across the ocean, searching etc.
Something like that.
- July 11, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Deb Salisbury said...
I'm trying to show how bad the storm is in the fewest (and strongest) words possible. Is this better?
She stared across the thrashing ocean into the rain, searching for another glimpse of the seawall.
For some reason, tonight I can only come up with present participles to describe the ocean. :-)
- July 11, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- Edittorrent said...
Yes, that's better, but now that you've explained your goal, I want a better verb than stared. Stared is sort of vacant and passive. What about something that implies effort? Peered. That would work. Anyone have any other ideas for a more dynamic verb there?
- July 11, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Deb Salisbury said...
Good point! This is stronger, but I don't think 'above' is quite right.
She squinted into the rain, searching for another glimpse of the seawall above the thrashing ocean.
Thanks for your help.
- July 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Murphy said...
You must have read my mind;).
She stared across the thrashing ocean into the rain, searching for another glimpse of the seawall.
Okay Deb:
I like this one. But, if I were going to write it with the phrase into the rain, I would want to use a word that conveys actually looking into the rain. I mean, if she were staring she'd be really uncomfortable with the drops pelting her eyeballs, right? Peered, is good because it indicates that her eyes are straining and narrowed - squinted, maybe? I don't know because both of these words seem too hard to pair with the rest of your prose. Humm...? Nope, if I were going to write this I would take out the word 'across'.
My take: She scanned the thrashing ocean, through the driving rain, desperately searching of another glimpse of the seawall.
My thoughts? She was purposely looking for the seawall, hence the term scanned and she'd really want to be seeing that seawall, if she were out in a heavy storm - so desperate may work.
As for your take on mine? I liked the simplicity of it, but it would stick out like a sore thumb amongst all my other 13 word sentences:). Haven't you noticed how long winded I am in comments? It's a curse, I'm afraid, but one that I must live with.
- July 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Babs said...
Murph, that was a long one. I think that you guys worked it out. If I had anything to add from the original I would have:
Hollywood could have a field day filming horror movies here, she decided, wincing as the gates creaked and moaned, puncturing the oppressive quiet and causing a group of crows (which dotted the lace canopy of trees overhead), to burst from their perches and take to flight.
I do get a good picture from the words and I think they are correctly grouped and I like the combination of them. If I think about spliting this into two sentences, I think you would lose the rythm. Only my humble opinion. What do you think? Is this posted somewhere else? I see where Theresa was going to have a look at it. I'd be interested to see what she has to say. Keep it long or make it short, that is the question.;)
- July 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Murphy said...
Shhhh, I've managed to fly (like the above mentioned crows) under the radar, thus far. But like my heroine opening those gates - I'll be wincing if Theresa gets a hold of this one.:D
- July 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM


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ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College has announced the appointment of James Simpson as interim dean of the School of Business. Following a lengthy teaching and administrative career at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Simpson retired in 2011 and is currently distinguished professor emeritus and principal research scientist in the university's College of Business Administration.
He will begin his term at Ithaca College on July 1, replacing Mary Ellen Zuckerman, who was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York College at Brockport.
"We are fortunate to have Dr. Simpson join us as an established senior administrator who brings faculty experience along with innovative and entrepreneurial success to the School of Business," said Linda Petrosino, interim provost and vice president for educational affairs. "He is well-positioned to work with the school's students, faculty, and alumni during the coming year."
Simpson began his teaching career at Huntsville in 1990 and progressed through the academic ranks to become the first distinguished professor in the College of Business Administration. He also held positions as chair of the Department of Management and Marketing and as director of the Center for the Management of Science and Technology. Simpson has published his research in the leading academic journals in his field and has secured over $3 million in research grants and contacts. He has served as a visiting professor and scholar at leading universities in Ireland, Taiwan, China, France, Russia, Romania, and England. He also served as president of the American Marketing Association's Technology and Innovation Special Interest Group.
From 2008 to 2010 he served as interim dean of the college, during which time he developed and implemented a new strategic plan, created programs that established formal relationships with Tsinghua and Hohai Universities in China, and obtained reaccreditation from AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Prior to joining the Huntsville faculty, Simpson had served as executive director for university advancement and executive assistant to the president at UAH.
Simpson earned his Ph.D. in marketing and applied statistics from the University of Alabama and holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also an alumnus of the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard University and College Business Management Institute at the University of Kentucky.


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The rise of anti-Anglicanism
In its Credo column on March 29th, James Mawdsley touched on a dimension of Cranmer's very raison d'etre, in his assessment of 'The proper place of the Church in debates of state'. It is worth reading, not only because His Grace holds Mr Mawdsley in the highest regard, but because of one crucial paragraph:
Politicians listen to scientists, to the military, even to economists. If politics is to play its role in overcoming evil, then it must also listen to the Church. For 2,000 years the Church has grown as an "expert in humanity", notably thanks to her patient listening in the confessional, in her apostolate with the sick and the poor, and in her experience of persecution. Therefore if politics would truly serve Man, and is to be an agent in reaching the common good, then politics has to open its ears to the Church.
Cranmer could not agree more. But what was profoundly saddening was the overt anti-Anglicanism which permeates the piece. Consider the opening paragraph:
Anglicanism and Islam were both founded by men who wielded total power. Under Henry VIII, politics swallowed religion. Under Muhammad, religion swallowed politics. Consequently, Anglicans struggle to defend their religious identity against a political agenda and Muslims struggle to defend their political rights against a religious agenda. Roman Catholics believe that the boundary between religion and politics is no less essential than the bridge.
It is a purposely provocative juxtaposition of Anglicanism with Islam, and it is a grotesque caricature of the foundations of both religions.
If ever anyone dared to compare Roman Catholicism with Islam, there would doubtless be cries of anti-Catholic bigotry (especially from the aforementioned more robust Catholic media), but the Church of England is deemed to be fair game. Anti-Anglicanism has not entered the vernacular, but it is, sadly, becoming increasingly pervasive.
Only a profound ignorance of 7th-century Arabia would assert that Mohammed in any sense 'wielded total power'. Any cursory reading of the Qur'an and the Hadith would establish that Mohammed acted in different ways in diverse situations because he was politically forced to do so: he understood his complex religio-political context and agreed a number of compromise treaties with people of diverse religious beliefs. Of course there were acts of barbarism, but there was also much diplomacy. While Henry VIII may have had little patience for diplomacy and compromise, neither, it has to be observed, did Queen Mary (as Cranmer is all too aware).
Any impartial analysis of the history of the Church of England will establish that it opted for a via media on the complex Church/State relationship. For The Times to convey the notion that Rome and Rome alone now has this in perfect balance and that Anglicanism is hopelessly compromised is to ignore both historical fact and present reality. It is sad indeed that when Cranmer questioned Mr Mawdsley on this, he responded that Roman Catholics can remedy their past wrongs 'by returning to their roots'. He continued: 'I am afraid that Islam and Anglicanism offer no service when they return to their roots (persecutors).'
The reiteration of the juxtaposition is confirmation of his anti-Anglican sentiment.
Yet it is not the Church of England that lays claim to theocracy: it does not believe that it uniquely holds the keys to salvation, and neither do any of its leaders claim to be infallible. It also insists that it is part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, even if other Christians of another denomination insist that it is not.
'Ut unum sint' is not remotely aided by comparing Anglicanism with Islam. Henry VIII was no saint, but he was certainly no Mohammed. And if he were, what does that make the Papacy?
And an apt PS:
It was on this day in 1533 that Cranmer was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury as a consequence of the requisite papal bulls. His Grace was the last Archbishop of Canterbury to be appointed with papal authority.


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EREvo with MM 2650 System !
will it work good
as a matter of fact i m stuck with it ask my brother to order a 2200kv system and he ordered 2650 !
what will be the best gearing for it !
One mans garbage is another mans ungarbage" -Ricky
HEHEHEH !!! thanks ! my worries r over !
but mine is with Proline 40 series 3.8 tires
Last edited by reddy; 10-24-2012 at 01:23 PM.
lower the kv the more torque....
On 2/2S lipo with the 2650kv motor:
18/68 = 35mph
18/62 = 38mph
18/58 = 41mph
18/54 = 44mph
20/54 = 49mph
Would you go flip my truck back over??
i think i will go for 20/54
with my old e-maxx tires (5.75's) and a 24t pinion, the speed calculator says i'm doing 64mph. with the 22T, 59mph.
here's the variables:
Enter Front/Rear Differential Gear Ratio:
Traxxas E-Revo - 2.85:1
* Enter Transmission Gear Ratio:
Traxxas E-Revo - 1.83:1
†† Enter Additional Gear Ratio :1
* Enter Spur Gear tooth count :
Traxxas E-Revo/3905 E-Maxx - 54T
* Enter Pinion Gear tooth count:24T
* Enter total battery voltage :
4.2v Lipo max
4 cells
* Enter kv rating of brushless motor :
Castle Creations 1512/1y 2650kv - 2650kv
* Enter tire diameter in inches :
Traxxas Maxx (old) - 5.75"
Spur/Pinion Reduction Ratio :2.25 : 1
Total Reduction Ratio :11.74038 : 1
Tire Circumference :18.06 inches (458.83 mm)
Rollout :1.54:1
Total Motor Speed :44520 RPM
Theoretical Maximum Vehicle Speed :64.87 mph (104.2 km/h)
One mans garbage is another mans ungarbage" -Ricky
* Enter total battery voltage :
4.2v Lipo max 4 cells
I figure the Volts at 3.7v nom = about 5 mph difference
20/54 2/2s 48.86 mph 3.7v
20/54 2/2s 55..47 mph 4.2v
copy paste in link above ~ import
change cell count & gearing
Differential Ratio: 2.8461538461538463
Transmission Ratio: 1.8333333333333333
Other Ratio: 1
Spur Tooth Count: 54
Pinion Tooth Count: 21
Total Voltage: 22.20
Motor KV: 2200
Tire Diameter (inches): 5.9
Tire Ballooning (inches): 0
Motor Current Draw: 0
Motor Coil Resistance: 0.006
Spur/Pinion Ratio: 3 : 1
Total Ratio: 15.65385 : 1
Tire Circumference (inches): 18.54 inches (470.8 mm)
Rollout: 1.18:1
Total Motor Speed: 48840 RPM
Vehicle Speed: 54.76 mph (87.97 km/h)
Effective KV Value: 2200
KT constant: 0.61 oz-in/A
Last edited by 87 GN; 10-27-2012 at 02:30 AM.
Would you go flip my truck back over??
I'm wondering why you chose 3.7? My lvc i set at 3.6. Now i understand your variables as to how you calculated your speed. Perhaps a mid range voltage would also be a good representation since we were calculating both ends of the spectrum of possibility.
Last edited by vxlrocket; 10-28-2012 at 03:18 AM.
One mans garbage is another mans ungarbage" -Ricky
my MM system came with M 0.8 pinion can i use this with erevo ?
Technically speaking under load lithium batteries provide approximately 3.7V (nominal voltage).
Realistically using 3.7V as a battery voltage for those calculators is far more accurate than full charged voltage as there is serious sag under the loads the power system draws.
at last it arrives time to go monster mad !
picture not working, let me know how this motor perform i might consider getting this for my build.
Would you go flip my truck back over??
on my merv and neu 1110 1/y i was seeing drops below 3.4 and with the 9000kv motor to 3.2v
when i do some testing with the erbe with my eagle tree v4 /gps i will post some numbers running stock motor stock gearing and spc 5000 50c batteries


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A proposal to increase Ohio's speed limit to 70 mph on rural interstate highways has cleared the state Senate.
Wednesday's 27-6 vote comes after a legislative panel worked out differences between House and Senate versions of the transportation bill.
Under the measure, Ohio's transportation department would set the maximum speed limit for interstate freeway outerbelts in urban areas at 65 mph and on freeways in congested areas at 55 mph.
The bill also sets in motion Gov. John Kasich's plan for a $1.5 billion Ohio Turnpike bond sale that would raise money for highway and bridge projects.
A compromise provision guarantees that 90 percent of the turnpike bond sale would go to northern Ohio projects.
The measure now heads to the House for its likely passage on Thursday.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Drivers in Ohio will probably have to adjust their speed when traveling down the interstate.
An Ohio Senate panel is considering increasing the speed limit from 65 to 70.
Some drivers don't mind the possible change.
"I think it's a great idea. We just drove all the way from Ohio down to Florida and Florida back to where it's been 70-75 primarily all the way down once we're in West Virginia and frankly, I don't see the need that we need to keep it at 65. 70 seems rather consistent," says Donald Friedlein.
"I think it's a good idea. I do a lot of driving back and forth from North Carolina to Ohio and every state in between is 70 and then when you get to Ohio and it's 65 and it seems like it's a lot slower," added Amy Verspor.
However, not everyone agrees.
"The easier for drivers to be speeding along, however it waste gas. they already know that the slower you go, the less gas you use and we already have trouble having enough gas," replied Jeanie Waller.
If the proposal passes, this would also set the maximum speed limit for interstate outerbelts in urban areas at 65 and freeways in congested areas at 55.
Some people think the increase will be an easy transition.
"I think it will make it easier. a lot of states are 70 and I think Ohio needs to change and go to 70 also," Verspor said.
"Ohioans travel all the time, we travel every year. as far as the speed limit change going up, it will be rather easily change for us
to be very honest," says Friedlein.
A change that can help keep the highways running smoothly.
The panel is expected to vote on the speed limit switch sometime this week.


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The new Credit Card Act of 2009 is meant to protect you from the various tactics credit card companies use to separate you from your money.
- They have to give 45 days' notice of a rate hike;
- They can't impose increases in the first year of a new account; and
- Promotional rates have to last at least six months.
The law also restricts interest-rate increases on old balances, and limits fees and penalty interest.
Unfortunately, the Act doesn't resolve everything. Beware: You won't get advanced warning of a rate increase if it's based on a variable rate, such as the prime rate. And much to our dismay, the law didn't impose an interest-rate ceiling. Now might be a good time to start weaning yourself off the little buggers and become a cash-only woman.
Interested in learning more about credit card reform? Check out CreditCardRreform.org, a website sponsored by the Consumers Union — an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization serving only consumers.


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Goodness Outshines Violence
By: Legacy Staff
5 years ago
One week after the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, the name Sandy Hook is one we all know, a part of our nation's consciousness alongside Columbine and Virginia Tech. We've learned the names of the 26 adults and children who were killed, and we've looked at their photos again and again while mourning so many young lives lost.
It's a tragedy that will go down in history not only for its magnitude, but also because it came at the end of a year that seemed to be filled with tragic stories of deadly mass shootings – so much so that the Associated Press has named the mass shootings of 2012 the top story of the year.
On February 28, we were shocked by a smaller but no less horrible school shooting. Ohio's Chardon High School mourned the deaths of three students after a fellow student opened fire in the cafeteria.
Six college students and a secretary were killed on April 2 at Oikos University in Oakland, California, shot by a nursing student who had been expelled.
With the next deadly shooting coming just a week later, we wondered what more could go wrong in 2012. Three adults were killed on April 9 in an apparently random attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
On July 20, the nation reeled at the news of a shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Twelve moviegoers were killed during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Six were killed at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple on August 5. A possible hate crime, it prompted anger and grief throughout Wisconsin and the country.
Not three months later, Milwaukee suffered further when three were shot and killed at a spa in suburban Brookfield on October 21. Police also found an improvised bomb on the scene.
Just a few days before tragedy struck Connecticut, we watched the horrifying news of a shooting at a mall in suburban Portland, Oregon on December 11. Two were killed while holiday shoppers filled the mall.
And then, of course, came Sandy Hook. It was a horrific bookend to a year that sometimes seemed filled with violence and grief.
But as we continue to watch coverage of the Newtown tragedy and a nation's response, we're reminded that while this kind of violent act comes occasionally, gestures of goodness happen every day. We see that in #26 Acts of Kindness going viral on Twitter…
…in the relief funds that strangers have set up for the families of those who were lost…
…in the tens of thousands of condolence messages sent from a grieving nation to those same families…
Violence may always be a part of our world, but goodness can outshine violence… if we let it.


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This Darkrai is a Legendary Mythical Dark-type Pokémon owned by Tobias.
According to some people, Tobias had defeated all of Sinnoh's Gym Leaders using only Darkrai. The Legendary Pokémon defeated almost every opponent it faced in the Lily of the Valley Conference and was considered to be virtually unbeatable.
During their battle, Darkrai faced off against Ash and his Heracross first, while the latter was able to turn Dark Void to its advantage by using Sleep Talk to use a super effective Megahorn. Darkrai managed to endure the blow and knocked out the still sleeping Heracross with a single Dream Eater. It then used its superior Special Attack power to overwhelm Torkoal's Flamethrower, and Torkoal itself, with a single Dark Pulse. Gible managed to land a Rock Smash and avoid Ice Beam before firing a Draco Meteor but with an impressive display of Speed, Darkrai avoided every single meteor and defeated Gible with Dark Pulse. Having lost three of his Pokémon, Ash used his extremely powerful Sceptile, who endured Darkrai's Ice Beam and woke up remarkably quickly after being hit by Darkrai's Dark Void although it had to endure a Dream Eater in the process. Sceptile was notable for being the only one of Ash's Pokémon that endured two of Darkrai's attacks despite one of those attacks being super effective against him. Sceptile finally managed to defeat Darkrai with a devastating Leaf Blade. Despite this loss, Tobias' next opponent was no match for Darkrai, who defeated all six of his Pokémon single-handedly.
Known moves
|Ice Beam
|The Semi-Final Frontier!
|Dark Void
|The Semi-Final Frontier!
|Dream Eater
|The Semi-Final Frontier!
|Dark Pulse
|The Semi-Final Frontier!
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.


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For the last five or six years, I've been riding a 1965 Allstate scooter, which was originally sold through the Sears catalog.
It's the same as a Vespa VBB from that year, but the Allstates featured a 125cc engine and no shock on the front suspension in order to keep the Vespa dealers in business.
When I restored it in my basement, it had about six layers of Sears Weatherbeater on it, which I credit for saving the sheetmetal underneath.
I installed a 150cc engine, since the 125's piston was permanently attached to the cylinder, and there's no point in rebuilding a stuck 125 if 150s are around for next to nothing.
Here's what it looks like today:
It's got a two-port, two-stroke engine, which means that no performance parts really exist for it. Back when I used to weigh 230 pounds, that old two-port wouldn't get me past 35 mph. Now that I'm a little more svelte, I can see speeds of up to 50.
But on the hills, it just dies. My other scooter buddies ride Lambrettas and they'll leave my bike sucking wind in the first 100 feet. So I've got to get some more power under the cowl.
I've basically got two alternatives: I could go the easy way and pick up a new engine like they use in the cool new Stella scooters, which would fit just fine. It comes standard with a 12-volt electrical system, and prices out at about a grand.
Or, I could go vintage, which I did. I picked up a three-port 150 for $90, which came from a Vespa Sprint from the 1970s.
You know it's a project, since I've already suffered my first injury:
These Sprint engines use a 10-inch wheel, which means I can move up from the 8-inchers on the bike now, which can get swallowed up by a crack in the road. I'll just have to change the fork up front, which is a weekend project in itself.
While I'm at it, I think I'll upgrade to 12-volts, since I'm sick to death of having to bumpstart it. The boost in power to the headlight will be much appreciated, too.
I'll keep you posted as I go along.


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Record to See North American Release Next Tuesday!
In celebration of the upcoming release of their new full-length, Nemesis, Melodic Metal legends STRATOVARIUS are offering up sound/video snippets of its eleven tracks. Produced and mixed by guitarist Matias Kupiainen and mastered by Mika Jussila (Finnvox Studios), Nemesis will be released in North America via earMUSIC in conjunction withArmoury Records next Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
From the signature power of "Abandon," and the aggressively energetic "Stand My Ground," to the folkish elements of "Out Of The Fog," and the title track "Nemesis," which boasts medieval melodies and double bass drumming, Nemesis delivers new elements fused with the traditional melodic power metal for which STRATOVARIUS is known.
In an early review of the record, Metal Underground dubs Nemesis, "one of the finest releases in the band's history," while Metal Reviews gushes, "… Nemesis is pure epic! It is grandiose, majestic, melodic yet heavy when it needs to be. It's an unexpected return to form for STRATOVARIUS. It's what power metal should sound like, period! It is without the shadow of a doubt STRATOVARIUS' best album in ages… Album of the year award? You betchya! If you are a fan of this band, you can't afford to miss this incredible album."
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How could anyone argue with this advice? I would say also that there are many choices that we all have to make not just for ourselves. With respect to this, a life enhancing choice would always be to respond to another in a positive manner, and not to diminish that person. I just witnessed the birth of my grandson. It was a home birth and totally beautiful. Now this was a life-enhancing experience for me and yet, when I told a friend about this, she didn't stop to listen to the magic, the miracle of all of this, before launching into, How could THEY do this? All the blood. All the gore... etc etc. So I was truly offended because she stopped me from continuing with the magic and it seemed this was so totally not life enhancing. So yes, we should all think about this very important issue in addressing not only ourselves and our needs but others.


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New SOCA chief battles Yes, Minister jibes from MPs
Pen-pusher turns pusher-basher
The new boss of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, which has responsibility for policing international e-crime, has been forced to battle suggestions from MPs that his background in senior government bureaucracy is unsuitable experience to run a front-line crimefighting agency.
Sir Ian Andrews, a 34-year veteran of the MoD, faced the Home Affairs Select Committee yesterday. MPs contrasted his background in administration with that of his predecessor as SOCA chairman, Sir Stephen Lander, who became the "British FBI's" first boss after leading MI5.
David Winnick, a Labour member of the Committee, said: "Some people might cynically say your appointment is a sort of Yes, Minister scenario, having done this senior [MoD] appointment you've been found a slot as chair of this organisation [SOCA] without any direct police experience?"
Andrews rejected the suggestion, saying he had been "very active in the national security space over much of the last couple of decades".
His experience in the upper reaches of the MoD included running part of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (he left before the privatisation that created Qinetiq, and some very wealthy former Mandarins), and charge of the Defence Estates Agency, which manages the Department's huge property portfolio.
Andrews told the Committee: "I don't think being chairman of a large organisation does require strategic expertise in one field. What it requires is a track record in leadership."
With 3,900 staff and an annual budget of £430m, SOCA certainly counts as a large organisation. But it has failed to convince many politicians of its impact on organised crime since it was founded in 2006. Under Lander it was also frequently criticised for excessive secrecy.
Labour's Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, voiced such concerns yesterday. "This [SOCA] is an organisation that is causing concern. If you look at the recent history it is not as effective as I think ministers would expect."
As well as international e-crime and other fraud, SOCA main responsibilities are policing drug and people trafficking. It also has a role in the UK intelligence community, particularly tracking the proceeds of crime.
Regardless of his background, it appears Andrews and SOCA have much to prove. ®
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SOE honor one of their bravest players in the launch of Everquest: Rain of Fear
SOE Live was a special time for me this year, most of all due to meeting the wonderful Veturika.
The story that has affected me the most since becoming EIC of ZAM, I had the privilege to write about Vet's incredible fight against MS and how EverQuest and her guild has made a huge difference in her life.
The response from everyone at SOE Live was an incredible reminder of just how important the gaming communites we are part of can become to us. And that game studios are a part of that community.
I had been told how much Veturika had inspired the team at SOE and along with their original response as I mentioned in the first article, they have made absolutely sure her name will be indelibly etched into the game.
Veturika's Perseverance is a spell now available in EverQuest: Rain of Fear.
I can't think of a more appropriate symbol of a person's bravery and her inspiration to those who know her.
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UNICEF is committed to putting children first and widening access to vaccines. During the 1970s and 1980s, UNICEF helped quadruple global immunization rates to around 80 percent of the world's children — and progress continues to be made. Measles deaths, for example, have been cut more than 70 percent since 2000. Polio, has also declined dramatically, with cases falling into the hundreds each year from the hundreds of thousands in prior decades. The disease remains endemic in only three countries — Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan — down from more than 125 in 1988.
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Japanese at Yamato? Cool. Baked out and hopped on a moto. Blitzed. Floated through the door and damn near face planted into a carp pool. Cool. Nobody saw it.
Diver and his significant sitting poolside. Nice place. A long sushi bar, a yakitori grill, and teppanyaki tables. Private rooms in the back. The carp pool a nice touch. Good feed, too. Sushi and sashimi a win and some pretty cute waitresses. A feast to remember. Mainly because the bill for 3 people came to $134.
But to be fair, we could have gone easy instead of kicking into medieval banquet mode. But that's not why you meet people for Jap food. Either way,
Next time Suzume.
10:30pm. Only ones left. Tired, angry looking staff wanted us out. I commiserate. Besides, 2 1/2 bottles of sake in us and then some. Should call it a night but...it's only 10:30.
Sharky Bar:
Sharky's good lately. Chicks on the post-New Year $$ hunt. Time to pay for all that New Year gambling and drinking their boyfriends, husbands, brothers got into. A pretty full house. Some new faces on the prowl and the boys all out on the town. All thinking the same thing. Hours of talk, drink, flirt.
Zeppelin called. The staff recovering from the night before. Plied them with monster B-52s all night. They drank until they group-puked behind the bar. 3am - Good tunes. Drunken banter and cheap booze. Teeth sauntered by. Thinking home. But the devil on my shoulder...
Someone said the Heart was full of action. I wondered....Doubting. Hate the Heart. Denizen of queers, African scammers, and tourists without imagination...And Dredge's decided it's his favorite late night pull-party. Publisher jumped on the bandwagon....
People raving about the renovations they made. "It's changed....better than before," Publisher assured, "Security is cool now." I Headed to the pat-down. Junior Hitler at the door grabbed my dick, squeezed my pockets and grabbed the rig in my back pocket. Hands on hips, he heroically declared:
"You Cannot Use Drug in My Bar!! Cannot Be Bring Illegal Drug into Heart Da'kness!!"
I thought about a response. Like, "...Your bar is packed with Nigerian coke dealers and meth-addled weirdos.." but... Why argue? Many reasons not to spend my hard-earned cashish here. Douchebag security guard is just one more.
A lot to be said about the Heart and the people who love it, but the photo sums-up the place up better than anything I can write:
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The University of Nevada softball team had its bats kept in check for the second straight day on Saturday, falling to the San Diego State Aztecs 8-1 at Hixson Park.
The Wolf Pack is now 22-18 (1-4 MW), while the Aztecs are 25-12 (5-0 MW).
Megan Fincher hit her team-leading ninth home run of the season to account for Nevada's run. Other than the big fly, hit in the third to tie the game at one, Nevada had three hits in seven innings against Danielle O'toole.
Sara Parsons, Lauren Lastrapes and Chelsea Barilli each had one hit in the game.
San Diego State's eight runs came on 13 hits and three errors from the Wolf Pack. Karlyn Jones pitched all seven innings, allowing only five earned runs. She struck out three and did not walk a batter. The loss drops Jones to 13-8 on the year. O'toole is now 10-5 on the year.
The Aztecs scored twice in the fourth, three times in the fifth and twice in the seventh.
Jasmine Jenkins did not reach base, ending a streak of 22 straight games in which she had reached safely.
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If someone asked you to design a college course based around one debatable issue in politics, and to do it in the most comprehensible way possible, how different would that be than what you actually have researched about that topic?
Just kind of curious with what kind of shortcuts people are willing to take when it comes to educating themselves about important issues. I know I'd be sort of ashamed in most cases if I had to compare these two lists with complete honesty.
(This question is bought to you in part by pot)
Sidenote: Also, one time my friends recommended me this book, http://thepoliticalbrain.com/videos.php. It's called "The Political Brain" and it's about the role of emotion in taking in information in an unbiased way. Apparently, it shows how people have a tendency to reject any information that weakens or disproves their current beliefs. This whole concept is another way that hampers many people's decision making process.


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– After signing Brock Lesnar to a one-year deal, it's also believed that WWE signed The Rock to another one-year deal that will carry through WrestleMania 29 next year.
With Lesnar and The Rock headlining next year and the history of the New York market, it's possible that WrestleMania 29 will be an immediate sellout – something that WWE hasn't done since 2007.
Regarding Lesnar's deal, it's said that Vince McMahon was agreeable on the money side but the number of dates that Lesnar would be working was an issue. Both sides ended up giving a little and Lesnar will be appearing for between 30 and 40 dates leading up to WrestleMania 29.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The weekly Tennessee Tech Basketball
Sidelines Lunch begins Tuesday in the Eagles Nest of Eblen Center,
featuring Golden Eagle coaches Jim Davis and Steve Payne. The lunch
is open to the public.
Each weekly lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and the coaches begin speaking at 12:10 p.m. They will discuss upcoming games as well as take a look back at recent action for their teams. The coaches use video highlights to help illustrate their comments. Each week's lunch is wrapped up before 1 p.m.
The cost of the event is $10 per person, which includes lunch, beverage and dessert.
The women's team will play at home later that night, hosting
Alcorn State at 7 p.m. in the Golden Eagles' fifth consecutive home
game to open Davis' tenure as head coach. The men's squad will be
on the road later Tuesday for it's games at Loyola Chicago on
Wednesday and Lipscomb on Friday.
The lunch is scheduled for each Tuesday throughout the basketball season, with a break on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 for the holidays.
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Several groups including Michigan State Police and Michigan's Mothers Against Drunk Driving are urging lawmakers to maintain the state's 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content driving threshold.
Michigan's House Criminal Justice Committee took up a package of bills Wednesday that would keep the limit at 0.08 percent. It is scheduled to rise to 0.10 percent in October.
State police Legislative Liaison Dwayne Gill says studies show 0.08 laws contribute to a reduction in alcohol-related deaths.
Sherry McGee of Mothers Against Drunk Driving says a person's critical driving skills become impaired when they reach the 0.08 percent threshold.
If the bill isn't passed, Michigan could lose $50 million in federal funding for violating federal safety standards.
Republican Andrea La Fontaine of Columbus Township who sponsored one of the bills called it "common sense."


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Senior attacker Wilton Megargel (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne's-Belfield) found the net with just 18 seconds remaining in the contest to help lead the No. 15 Washington and Lee women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 victory over Stevenson University at the Caves Athletics Complex on Sunday afternoon.
Stevenson (1-1) struck first in the contest when senior attacker Lisa Baker scored a goal just 1:44 into the action. However, the Generals (3-0) responded with three consecutive goals, including two from senior midfielder Emmy Mathews (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr), to take a 3-1 lead at the 20:42 mark.
The Mustangs answered with a goal from junior midfielder Emily Gartrell to leave the score at 3-2 with 14:50 remaining. Megargel then went on to notch three of the contests' next four goals to give the Generals a 6-3 edge with 3:34 remaining in the opening half, and the team took a 6-4 advantage into the break.
Stevenson started the second half where it left off in the first, scoring a man-up goal to pull within one point, 6-5, with 28:43 left in the contest. The Generals pushed their advantage back to two points off an unassisted goal by Mathews (7-5), however the Mustangs came back to tie the game at 7-7 with 20:11 remaining off two goals by senior attacker Megan Weiss.
Junior attacker Maddie McKaig (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) and first-year attacker Margaret Klein (North Andover, Mass./Brooks) recorded consecutive goals to put the Generals back on top (9-7) at the 17:47 mark, but Stevenson once again knotted the contest (9-9) with 11:07 remaining off of consecutive goals by Weiss and Baker.
Neither team was able to find the net over the next 10:49 of the game, with senior keeper Katharine Farrar (Lexington, Va./Episcopal) recording several key saves to maintain the score. With the clock winding down, Megargel netted her game-winner with just 18 seconds on the clock to improve the Generals to 3-0 on the season.
Megargel paced W&L, finishing the contest with five points (4g, 1a), while Mathews chipped in three goals, four ground balls and two draw controls.
The Mustangs were led by Baker's four goals and three assists, while Weiss added three goals, all in the second half.
Farrar played all 60:00 in net, stopping 12 shots en route to the win. Stevenson keepers Jenny Schroeder and Alyssa Russell shared time in net, with Schroeder playing 27:04, recording one save while allowing six goals. Russell took the loss, appearing in 32:56 and finishing with four goals-against and four saves.
The Generals return to action on Saturday, hosting No. 3 Franklin & Marshall for a 1:00 pm contest at Watt Field.
W&L goals:Wilton Megargel 4, Emmy Mathews 3, Alex Van Horn 1, Maddie McKaig 1, Margaret Klein 1
W&L assists: Wilton Megargel 1, Margaret Klein 1, Greta Witter 1
Stevenson goals: Lisa Baker 4, Megan Weiss 3, Emily Gartrell 1, Leah Warner 1
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|4 years 2 days ago
|Start hammering us?
We are 2-11 vs Ohio State in the past 13 years and 1-5 vs MSU the past 6 and expected to lose to both again this year. I think it's already started.
|4 years 3 weeks ago
|Not desperation just smart roster building
from a smart head coach. Beilein didn't originally anticipate this staff would start churning kids out to the league after 2 years. He doesn't want to get caught with a bare roster again. And as much as we all get caught up in the recruiting hype because we see the instant impact it has in bball, it is unrealistic to think that we are going to real in a 5 man class full of studs. Most of the elite kids aren't recruitable because one way or another they are getting something we won't offer. There will still be plenty of scholarships available but not we also have a good base of kids who should be here to fill out the roster, like spike, and possibly overlooked kids who can really blossom under this staff, like Caris. Who by the way was a May committ.
|4 years 4 weeks ago
|I love the in denial Michigan fan
I know in response I'll just get called a clost sparty because that's how the world of tough internet guys works but the idea that the only reason they are a force on defense is because they cheat is beyond ridiculous. Coaches areamongst the most competitive people in the world. If MSU's schemes and defenders weren't elite and it was just clutching and grabbing every other school would be doing this. It's like the people that try to say Beilein and company aren't elite and we just jack 3s, Give credit to coaches who are elite at what they do. It's embarrassing to try to make excuses instead of tipping your hat.
|4 years 4 weeks ago
|Show me the seniors on the o-line that can play
like the seniors on the d-line did in 2011 and I'll believe
|4 years 5 weeks ago
|I would agree if
they hadn't weakened the starting rotation while also not upgrading the bullpen. Good news is the division is embarrassingly awful and the tigers have elite talent so they will easily win it and from there the playoffs are a crapshoot and they have verlander and scherzer to potentially ride to a ring. But they need to add some bullpen pieces and sign stephen drew after the summer draft or find a ss elsehwere for the whole defense/baserunning upgrade to really show from last season in my opinion.
|4 years 7 weeks ago
|I think players should be able to benefit
but it becomes tricky because if players can take money from boosters then recruiting becomes even messier than it already is. Sign here and we guarantee a booster will buy your autographed picture fo x dollars
|4 years 10 weeks ago
|One unlucky 1 seed is going to get OK State on their 8/9 line
Hope it's not us
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|It's my fault
I've been stocking that for good memories a lot recently. Watched sweet 16 Kansas game last night. I appreciate it man.
|4 years 17 weeks ago
|I thought it was common knowledge every team in the country
Is 100% healthy every season except Izzo's?
|4 years 18 weeks ago
|2012 Buckeye game
|4 years 19 weeks ago
|I didn't realize they hang banners for "getting nothing"
If this is how you honestly feel about the best basketball season the program has had in 20 years I feel extremely sorry for you
|4 years 20 weeks ago
|That's the equivalent of saying you can't play prevent defense
in football when the other team has the ball at midfield with time for one play left because it isn't how you would normally defend a play. Interesting idea but I don't agree.
|4 years 29 weeks ago
|No fake punt fear in the special teams section?
I mean we gave one up to them last year in the 4th quarter when that was pretty much the only way they could come back and score
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|Mods on rivals
posted that they told campbell they were full at wr after not knowing who he was which amused him and the only interest they had in scott is at db
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|They weren't there for Campbell
Still seems weird you wouldn't know about a recruit that talented but it's not like they suddenly forgot why they were there. They wanted to see if Cole was solid or if there was still a chance.
|7 years 4 days ago
|It says 141
For the MSU game. But that can't be right either because there can't be 39 days in between the opener and MSU. It has to be a multiple of 7
|7 years 18 weeks ago
Good early win over ND 26-22, tough win on the road over Wisconsin, terrific comeback down 10 at Penn St in the 4th, Brady to Quise with about 5 minutes left to beat OSU, OT win over Bama for our only BCS win, not bad...
|7 years 19 weeks ago
|I don't think
anyone is on the hokey pokey bandwagon here except in a "screw you we aren't going to sink to the level of the freep and other quasi michigan fans who actively tried to get RR fired" sort of way
we all want michigan to win big, this seems like a win medium move but whatever we'll see how it goes
|7 years 21 weeks ago
I made the same mistake because i didn't trust rodgers staying in if he got hit again. Even better i ALSO had freeman on my bench as an option and went kitna.
|7 years 24 weeks ago
|Don't Forget
|7 years 24 weeks ago
|He's Not
Going to be back. Not my personal feelings it just makes no sense for DB not to announce he is coming back while all the speculation builds and recruits jump ship. And if DB is too dumb to realize that then we have a whole new set of problems.
|7 years 25 weeks ago
|I'm Not
Rooting one way or another since at this point i am confused and can rattle off a lot off good reasons to keep RR and a lot of good reasons to bring in Harbaugh. But isn't it pretty obvious that DB wants Harbaugh? It doesn't make any sense not to say RR is staying if he wants him to stay. Either he wants Harbaugh but doesn't know if he can get him or he knows Harbaugh is coming but they didn't want to blow things up before Stanford's first big bowl in over a decade.
|7 years 25 weeks ago
|National Championships
Can we please stop using national titles as the criteria by which to determine whether you are rooting for a change or want RR to stay. We won a title in 97. That was our first in 50 years. We are not a powerhouse program that rolls of national titles left and right and we never have been. We need a coach who can consistently compete for big ten titles Whoever that is is who we need whether you think that is RR or Harbaugh but to say you don't want Harbaugh because that will condemn us to going 9-3 and 10-2 all the time but never 12-0 is just stupid. I don't know if you have been under a rock the last 3 years but i would kill for 9-3 right about now.
|7 years 26 weeks ago
|I don't think
RR doesn't emphasize the game or understand its importance. I just think he is fully aware of how outmatched we are and that it would have a negative impact on the kids and the program to go into these games shouting off about hating OSU and having to win this game and then get blasted.
|7 years 28 weeks ago
Is a moron. Everything he has said in the past 5-10 years I remember ever accidentally hearing him speak is stupid. I am amazed he can monkey a keyboard well enough to cobble together columns that would be embarrassing for an 8th grader to turn in. I don't think Tressell is concerned about coaching a specific way to beat us and make sure RR doesn't get fired. It's not like he was struggling before RR took over. Things like that really make me scared to live in a world where people like that are allowed to do anything that would possibly influence people. I don't think I am overstating that.
|7 years 28 weeks ago
|It's based off current
It's based off current standings and MSU hasn't had its off week yet so they have a half game on OSU and Wisc and Iowa at 5-1 compared to the 4-1 conference records of the other 3
|7 years 28 weeks ago
|If OSU
beats Iowa then Wisc and OSU will go to the BCS and sparty can enjoy their one breakthrough year landing them in the capital one bowl
|7 years 28 weeks ago
|Not That Many Choices This Week
The week of THE GAME also features Oregon-Zona and Auburn-Bama
|7 years 29 weeks ago
It would be embarrassing to give an extension to a guy who is 13-19 in 2+ seasons at a school used to competing for conference championships. If you are saying it still leaves the out to fire him after the season then what is the point? A lot of recruits will decommit if he is fired even if the quasi 2 year extension made them feel better right now. And if you believe he can turn it around with help from a whole new d coaching staff then the move is simply to not fire him.
|7 years 29 weeks ago
The defense is terrible and RR seems like he may have been a step behind in realizing that and addressing it in recruiting as he focuses on the offense. If Brandon doesn't think RR can turn the defense around he should fire him. If he does then he should keep him.
But please don't waste time trying to make the argument that RR should have tried to run an offense he is not familiar with, with 2 bad QBS, a terrible O-Line, no WRS and no healthy RBs. That 2008 offense was going to be terrible regardless, and in case you hadn't noticed, Michigan is averaging 35 points a game and 30 in Big Ten Play. Offense is not the problem.