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Let us travel back in time to when South Africa was banned, not in one sport, but across sports - not by one country, but by the entire world for Apartheid. The wiki link on the same is very instructive. And while at it, a related link on sports diplomacy is an entertaining read in itself. (see below)
Not only was the country banned, but sportspersons from other countries who maintained sporting contacts with SA were also banned - sometimes for life, by sporting associations across countries.
Before we move ahead - terrorist attacks are not about politics - they are about something more. Terror attacks are motivated by people who in turn are motivated by hatred - in this case of a country and its population and religion. They strive to kill in order to achieve their so called objective. Therefore, those who talk about mixing sports and politics are quite wrong. A better word to use would be to mix sports and terrorism.
But I digress. Pakistan has had a role in fomenting terrorism in India for over the last 60 years. Most of the bigger terrorist attacks in India have had a footprint originating in Pakistan. The last one and perhaps the most dastardly one yet, the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai had live instructions from Pakistan. The attack resulted in the death of more than a 183 innocent people including brave policemen and army officers. And Pakistan has been dragging its feet on it for over 3 years now while we send dossiers. And chasing this in Pakistan courts will be about as fruitful as locating Martians on Venus.
And for all those who say that cricketing ties are a great idea - please take a look at Imran Khan. Once a cricketer, he recently declared that he could declare jihad to wrest Kashmir. Imran, ironically is a product of Pakistans more liberal times which seem as real as the Yeti today. And all those peaceful, sporting encounters did not make Imran share any good words for India. Of course you may argue that many other cricketers are silent - but that is precisely my point. Why are his contemporaries not asking this ex-sportsman to shut up? Playing cricket with a nation that sponsors terrorism is useless. That Pakistan is in no hurry to take a liberal turn any time soon is all too evident from the events in that country. Is there any merit in engaging with an extremist nation?
And do not forget they also harbour, among other worthies, a certain Dawood Ibrahim - who is on a designated global terrorist and on a Red Corner notice from Interpol.
And by the way we are also issuing visas to 5000 odd visitors from that country. Guess which neighbouring spy agency will make the most of this event - as they have done many times before. Atleast 2000 of them are overstaying in Nagpur itself from previous visits - spreading peace in this country no doubt.
In balance, not only should India not have sporting ties with Pakistan - India also should influence the world to renounce their sporting and other artistic ties with a country that has its fingers in most terror attacks across the globe.
And by the way, various 'peaceful and just' Muslim countries that are extremely equitable and democratic refuse to have sporting ties with Israel. That list of countries includes the country that we are planning to play with cricket with. How is that for mixing sports with politics? Ever heard our liberals condemn that?
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A Fantastic Woman
Throughout "A Fantastic Woman," you wonder just when its titular character - a trans-woman from Santiago, Chile - is going to break. Marina (the sensational Daniela Vega) has lost her partner Orlando (Francisco Reyes), a middle-aged businessman when he has an aneurysm in the middle of the night. She is a waitress and singer who had just moved in with Orlando, yet his death leaves her homeless days later when his son angrily throws her out of their apartment. That is just one of the many indignities that Marina faces in the days following Orlando's death: the police humiliate her by refusing to acknowledge her gender; Orlando's family bans her from attending the memorial service; even a seemingly sympathetic female detective proves transphobic, treating Marina as a suspect in some undefined crime.
Yet throughout she endures the abuse with poise and dignity, never exploding until (spoiler alert) she is denied a visit to Orlando's graveside; and that outrage is short-lived, almost comic. If this were an American film, she'd likely take out an Uzi and wipe out the offending family; yet "A Fantastic Woman" is rooted in the real world where Marina remains a marginalized person barely tolerated by many she comes in contact. It is a testament to the power of Vega's performance that Marina's journey is so compelling, and to Sebastián Lelio's direction that keeps the film from being overly melodramatic or didactic. While there are flashes of color and surrealism throughout, Lelio's style is clean and forthright -- more Dardenne brothers than Pedro Almodovar, which makes his film disturbingly real.
What Lelio and his co-writer Gonzalo Maza do extraordinarily well is show how ingrained transphobia is in a patriarchal society, in this case, Chile, but it is easy to transport the story to anywhere in the United States, or at least the numerous red states that don't offer protections to its LGBTQ population. Throughout the film, Marina is victimized, but is never a victim, largely because she never allows herself to be one. Throughout the film she shows extraordinary grace under pressure, never compromising on her values, in this case, her love for Orlando, and finding her peace with his death despite the abuse of his family and the indifference of the world at large.
It is also to Lelio's credit that the family members, who include an angry wife and a sympathetic, though weak brother, are just caricatures of societal prejudices. Her anger feels more of the wife vs. mistress variety (a meme right out of some 1950s Hollywood melodrama). It is only Orlando's hot-headed son feels a bit two-dimensional, though he is the catalyst of a frightening sequence in which Marina is physically abused. As harrowing as this moment is, replete with a horrifying image of disfigurement inflicted on Marina, she calmly moves forward reclaiming her sexuality (and well-being) in the dark of a nightclub's back room.
While the film's dynamic, an account of the indignities Marina faces during an emotionally fraught period in the life, seems repetitive, it is Vega's performance that gives it an edge and its mystery. She has an enigmatic calm that's beautifully captured in her determined stare. Lelio draws some suspense in the story as Marina defiantly seeks a level of respect denied her. Hers has been a life lived being marginalized and her response to that gives "A Fantastic Woman" its steely spine. And when she's seen singing a Baroque aria in the film's final moments, the story ends with a beautiful sense of release. Marina is a survivor and a fantastic one at that.
A Fantastic Woman
InfoRuntime :: 103 mins
Release Date :: Feb 02, 2018
Language :: Silent
Country :: Chile
CastMarina Vidal :: Daniela Vega
Orlando :: Francisco Reyes
Gabo :: Luis Gnecco
Sonia :: Aline Küppenheim
Bruno :: Nicolás Saavedra
Adriana :: Amparo Noguera
Gaston :: Néstor Cantillana
Doctor :: Alejandro Goic
Alessandra :: Antonia Zegers
Singing Teacher :: Sergio Hernández
CrewDirector :: Sebastián Lelio
Director :: Sebastián Lelio
Screenwriter :: Gonzalo Maza
Producer :: Juan de Dios Larraín
Producer :: Pablo Larraín
Producer :: Sebastián Lelio
Screenwriter :: Gonzalo Maza
Cinematographer :: Benjamín Echazarreta
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The euro currency also has seemed very strong this month, rallying to the key resistance level of 1.34. We see 1.35 as the next key technical resistance level on the charts, and we also see a potential bullish "reverse head and shoulders" pattern, with a potential upside target all the way at the 1.42-43 area. The markets wait for no one. This analysis may surprise a lot of people, but divergent viewpoints sometimes make for the most interesting action. Nevertheless, our next key level to watch for the euro is 1.35.
In the commodities world, we view sugar as being in a very bearish pattern. Sugar has now been holding below the key level of $.19, and is trading today at $.1821. We would not be surprised at all to see sugar slide down to its key support level at $.15 this year. Strong production and export data from Brazil has dampened sentiment on the sweetener.
We focus more on Natural Gas futures today. Natural gas has bounced very hard off the key $3.10 level, and has been climbing rapidly in the month of January, probably supported by the fear premium induced by the plant takeover in Algeria. We believe the tone of natural gas futures is now bullish, and would not be surprised to see a continued rally to the key level of $3.75. Our two major support points are $3.49 and $3.35.
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Often mods for minecraft are based around a single idea to produce a single, basic product. However the sometimes a mod will make a name for itself by creating a spectacular mod, still based around a singular idea. However the finished product is nothing close to simple, or basic. These types of mods have been developed by someone who is usually experienced, or knows enough to make the mod intelligent, yet fun to use. Often mods have a simple or basic idea how ever the mod has been created to be technical or complex to enhance the mod both for the player sake, and also for future development. The BuildCraft mod for Minecraft 1.7.4 introduces a wide variety of different features; however these features are very unique and intelligent. Features used inside this mod are only found in few mods available today; even so, the BuildCraft mod implements these features beautifully into the game of minecraft. In such a way, this separates it from every other mod out there.
The Buildcraft Mod for Minecraft 1.7.4, introduces many unique features that conclude of constructional items, blocks and also new natural spawning materials, ores and even liquids. This mod contains the widest variety of features I have ever seen in a mod that are actually relevant to the game, daily life and also to the rest of the mod. Each newly implemented item must be used together to form the next item in the chain. For example, when making electrical equipment cables must be crafted for the process. However cables also require another crafted item for the process to work successfully. This process occurs in most of the implemented crafting recipes for the new item and blocks.
BuildCraft Mod For Minecraft 1.7.4 Features
By introducing new and unique features into the game such as rigging, electricity and technical processes; the BuildCraft mod makes minecraft a much more technical and complex place to live in. No longer are the players of minecraft restrained to living in a medieval world, now its users are able to the simplistic and savage minecraft world. Now, with the Buildcraft mod for minecraft you are able to develop factories, generators and new kinds of weapons, blocks and useful items that will aid you in your quest for survival. However now this mod will introduce a new goal to minecraft, research, you now can explore the finer details of the spectacular minecraft world by using science and mechanics!
This mod is very complicated and takes a lot of knowledge to fully understand and memorise each individual block usage, not to mention how things work and what they do. Also, seeing as each unique block, machine and item holds its own crafting recipe; it may take a long time to memorise them. However, a helpful wiki page has been created to aid new users to allow them to gain confidence when using the BuildCraft mod. Also, the forum page and official Buildcraft website are both equally helpful, stating upcoming updates, download links and also fine detailed features. All the implemented machinery can be used to make life easier and also help develop hard to get items already available in the default, vanilla version of minecraft. The introduced, craftable features are the following:
- Multiple gears
- Wrenches
- Pipe waterproof (an item used for crafting waterproof piping)
- Multiple pipes (used for transport, and much more.)
- Automatic Crafting table
- Mining well
- Quarry
- Tank (used for storing liquids.)
- Pump
- Refinery
- Land Mark
- Filler
- Template
- Builder
- Engines
Each individual piece of machinery contains its own recipe. And usually cost a fortune to create. Even so, the outcome truly is magnificent and worth its cost. Machines, if used correctly can benefit the user significantly. Each piece of machinery is used for their own things. Some machines allow the usage of redstone to power them, however these machines cannot be charged simply by raw redstone dust. Redstone must be soon crafted into cables and wires to connect correctly with the machine. When using machinery such as a quarry; this piece of machinery requires a long process of crafting, however once the quarry has been crafted and set up correctly; it will begin to mine through the earth down to bedrock. Transport pipes can be transported to chests or any other machinery that a player could use to work alongside the quarry.
Tools and Materials Recipes
Can be found at the BuildCraft's original site here
BuildCraft Mod For Minecraft 1.7.4 Usage
Using complicated mods can be very difficult. However one important thing to remember when using the BuildCraft mod is to make sure you don't break a piece of machinery that cannot be reclaimed like usual blocks. Some pieces of machinery cannot be mined if placed in the wrong place. On breaking of the machine, you will not be resulted with it being given back to you. Instead wrenches must be crafted, wielded and then used to obtain the machine block once placed. Make sure you always have a wrench on you just encase you want to move some machinery. Even so, this procedure does not have to be used for every individual piece of machinery. Items such as pipes and blocks such as the automatic crafting table can be broken and placed as usual.
Each machine introduces its own GUI and usage system. These systems are very efficient and well made. Simply by understanding these unique GUI's, the mod you have complete capability of using the mod correctly and efficiently. Both the machinery and also the systems/GUI's can change your world significantly if used in the right way. However your world is your own, obviously and it is completely up the user of how he/she decides of using the mod.
How to Install BuildCraft Mod 5.0.0 for Minecraft 1.7.4
- Download and install Minecraft Forge for minecraft 1.7.4
- Download the BuildCraft mod for minecraft 1.7.4
- Browse to %appdata%/roaming/.minecraft/bin and open your "mods" folder. If this folder does not exist, simply create the folder.
- Drag the entire downloaded mod zip file into your "mods" folder. (do not unzip)
- Finished.
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So, just to state this, I am no infosec expert. I work as a sysadmin (windows obviously). I've been dealing with malware for a long time and a few years ago I noticed the game has definitely changed. They run in Safe mode, start up in new places, encrypt themselves, block known tools from running, redirect websites etc. I That and other resources helped me see why malware was changing, and being on the frontline, I getto see it everyday.(ugh)
So today I'm dealing with a fake AV product. WIndows_*_ AntiVirus200Whatever. So this malware is really trixie, I can't get it to die, I'm having to rename tools to run them (I.E. HijackThis, ComboFix, ProcExplorere, etc). I am going to beat this one, but the question I have is, are there any other tools or places to look in the OS to fix this, other than Malware Bytes, SuperAnti-Spyware, Hijack This, ComboFix, and all major AV software, etc that will not be brought down by things like this new baddy?
More importantly, since I like to learn where things live, how in the hell is it redirecting every browser that I install? I see no proxies set in any browser. Is there a hidden, proprietary proxy these things run, or am I missing something in the OS that can be changed to beat this thing blocking ALL access to anti-malware websites, which is pissing me off. That is a big one, since I want to know where is it redirecting the sites from? It is reminiscent of WindwosAntiVirus2008, but fresher and better written.
I couldn't even run certain EXEs until I ran a registry fix for EXEs that... well, I've had to do that before, someone wrote and published that, I got that reg file last year, sorry author don't remember your name. I am pretty fluent in WMI/VBS scripting, and the registry so if someone can point in the direction of where this thing is blocking sites from, I'll write my own tool. I used Autoruns to check and could find nothing out of the ordinary, I also pulled a BHO from Hijakc this, but that hasn't stopped it. Nothing in AppInit, Run Runonce, Winlogin, Startup, etc. I checked the HOSTS file too, no joy.
Tried SDFix, Fix Wlechia, FixVundo, FixVirtumonde, ConfikerFix, etc.
I plan on slaving the drive to get rid of the thing tomorrow, so I am not worried about beating it, I just want any help pointing me towards real time tools that I might be missing, whether they are written tools or just some part of the OS/Registry that I can edit/hack to stop this crap in the future I don't care, either would be great, but I would prefer a whole understanding of how this is happening.


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Mona, Yasmina, Kimberly, Anita, Surallan, Lorraine, Kate, Paula, Debra
Karren Brady, the managing director of Birmingham City, explaining why women wear the trousers now, was quoted last week as saying:
"The women who did so well on The Apprentice are further evidence that we not only do better in exams ... Maybe men really will become extinct".
Now it is understandable that Mrs Brady may be a tad distracted, given that her elegant collar has been felt a couple of times by officers from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, whose investigations into conspiracy to defraud and false accounting are described as ongoing. However, can she really believe that the women on The Apprentice provide evidence that women will do better in business ? Let us review the lady apprentices from the current series:
- Anita - a qualified lawyer and "business strategist" (whatever that is). Forehead like an old-fashioned number 9. Also hopes to complete a chick-lit novel and launch her own business providing emotional, psychological and spiritual therapy. Despite this plethora of talents, she was unable to understand that when you are given a budget, the objective is not really to spend all of it, but to "keep the bloody costs down".
- Paula - a human resources consultant. Fired for making a slight error on the numbers, when her team calculated the cost of their sandalwood soap as £5, when it actually worked out at £700. If you ever wondered what use HR consultants could possibly be, this Crystal Tipps lookalike would have left you none the wiser.
- Kimberly - a marketing consultant from New York. The self-proclaimed "rough tough cream puff" made a complete hash of, ironically, a marketing task, first with the suicidal decision to advertise breakfast cereal with the completely bizarre Pants Man, then by running out of time to prepare more than one side of the box. Did herself no favours in the board room by scrunching up her face and shrieking like a demented munchkin.
- Mona - aptly named senior business manager. Never got behind her team's plan to re-brand Margate for the gay market, instead suggesting the smallest re-brand of all time - the family market. Refused to believe that there were any gays in Kent and missed some obvious slogans: Wish You Were Queer, Glad To Be Margay, All The Fun Of The Fairy, Suck My Rock, etc.
- Lorraine - a national accounts manager and the only single mum in the country. Believed that she had a special skill, but did not use it to find the word to describe this great asset (intuition). Mystic Meg also failed to notice that she had lied on her CV about the time spent at her current job, though it probably "felt" longer.
- Debra - a senior sales consultant. Although she possesses a face that looks like it was crayoned in by a 5 year old, by far the most unpleasant (female) candidate. A very scary, shouty lady who was roundly savaged in the references that she herself had provided: "people either love her or hate her. Most people hate her".
- Kate - a licensing development manager. Fell at the final hurdle, which is appropriate, as her constant toothy grin made me feel like feeding her a sugar lump. Seemed to be assured of victory until she showed some desperately poor judgment by getting cosy with Philip, the complete cock of a non-selling salesman, then launching into air guitar on the shopping channel like your aunt at a wedding, sprinting towards the dance floor as she hears the first gruesome notes of "Dancing Queen".
- Yasmina - a restaurateur. The Finance Director who does not know the difference between gross and net profit. The entrepreneur who launched a restaurant funded entirely by her mother (who had to re-mortgage her house). The team leader who insisted her team call her "Chef", while she slopped tomatoes over discus-sized bruschetta. The one who continually told us that business is a simple formula, make more than you spend (really ?), then helped screw up the pricing of the sandalwood soap. The one who stuttered and gurned her way through the shopping channel test. The one who delivered a pitch as embarrassing as the new Wembley. The winner. Obviously.
Seriously, it is clear that women are just as capable as men at managing organisations (equally good or indeed equally bad) and the male candidates on The Apprentice were, if anything, even worse.
A personal favourite of mine is Anne Mulcahy, who lead the transformation and turnaround at Xerox. A 25 year veteran, when she was interviewed by the ubiquitous, kerb-crawling consultants in a bid to identify the company's culture, her response was, "You're looking at it". You go, girl.


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My "memories" of my grandmother came from a couple of of stories told at family get-togethers and a few photographs. I do recall that we went to Murphy family reunions when I was young but that was more about having a picnic and playing with cousins than learning anything about our family. I don't recall anyone in our family being interested in genealogy with the exception of my Aunt Doreen. Sadly she died in Nov 2000 before I started this "journey," and most of her work has not been shared. When my cousin Meagan put up that draft family tree at our 2005 Keough family reunion, she mentioned the existence of a Murphy Family booklet that was given to family members in 1982. At my request, my mother found their copy and gave it to me. The stories and photos in that booklet began my Murphy family research and helped me learn about my grandmother's people. On the anniversary of her birth, I thought I would share the information I have gathered so far by following the paper trail.
Dora Josephine Murphy [Keough]
(19 Jan 1899 – 23 Jul 1953)
My grandmother was born on 19 Jan 1899 in Burlington, Skagit County, Washington, the eighth child of Lawrence Edward Murphy & Catherine Matilda Murphy (that's right a Murphy marrying a Murphy ~ but no relation). She was one of 12 children (4 boys and 8 girls). Dora's father was born in Nebraska; her mother was born in New York. Dora's parents met and married in Nebraska, where both their families had settled. Dora's grandparents James Joseph Murphy & Eleanor Kieley and Michael Daniel O'Murphy & Honora Agnes Butler all emigrated from the South of Ireland (Counties Carlow, Cork and Kerry) to the United States.
|My Murphy Tree ~ A Work In Progress
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Dora was born eight years after her parents moved to Washington from Nebraska. The family homesteaded near Port Angeles, logged, and later owned a hotel at Maple Falls (at the end of the railroad at the foot of Mount Baker). Dora appeared with her family on the 1900 US Census for Avon, Skagit, Washington. The six oldest children (2 boys and 4 girls) were named after Lawrence and Catherine's parents and Catherine's grandmothers (a common Irish naming pattern).
|1900 US Census - page 1, Ancestry.com
|1900 US Census - page 2, Ancestry.com
The abstracted census entry reads as follows:
(1) Lawrence Murphy - head, Apr 1862, 38, married 14 years, born in Nebraska, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland, engineer sta, rents house.
(2) Catherine Murphy - wife, Aug 1864, 35, married 14 years, borne 8 children, 8 children living, born in New York, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland.
(3) Eleanor K. Murphy - daughter, Sep 1886, 13, born in Nebraska, attends school.
(4) Nora A. Murphy - daughter, May 1888, 12, born in Nebraska, attends school.
(5) James Murphy - son, May 1888, 12, born in Nebraska, attends school.
(6) Michael D. Murphy - son, Apr 1890, 10, born in Nebraska, attends school.
(7) Mary Murphy - daughter, Aug 1892, 7, born in Nebraska, attends school.
(8) Margaret Murphy - daughter, Nov 1894, 5, born in Washington.
(9) Catherine Murphy - daughter, Dec 1896, 3, born in Washington.
(10) Dora J. Murphy - daughter, Jan 1899, 1, born in Washington.
|Lawrence & Matilda Murphy's Family, circa 1900
That is my grandmother Dora in her mother's arms
One year later (1901) the twins Angeline and Adeline were born. Two years later a brother Lawrence Edward (named for his father) was born (1903) and four years after another brother Francis was born (1907). As was often the case in the early 1900s and in the space of six years, siblings Adeline (Dec 1902), Lawrence (Aug 1907) and Francis (Sep 1907), together with their mother Catherine (Jun 1907) all died, leaving Lawrence to raise the eight remaining children who ranged in age from 6 to 20. My grandmother was 8 when her mother died. Catherine's parents took the train from Nebraska to Washington for their daughter's funeral (and to take the youngest grandchildren back to Nebraska, or so the story goes). Lawrence not only refused their request/demand but soon thereafter moved his family to Vancouver, Canada.
The family appeared on the 1911 Canada Census. They were listed as immigrants to Canada and I especially appreciated that their religion and tribe were listed as Roman Catholic and Irish!
|1911 Canada Census, Ancestry.com
The abstracted entry reads as follows:
(1) Lawrence E. Murphy - 1342 Harris Street, head, Apr 1864, 47 years, born in USA, [immigrated] 1908, [racial or tribal origin] Irish, American, Roman Catholic, logging contractor, [employed] in woods, yes [can read], yes [can write] english [language(s) spoken].
(2) Ella K. Murphy - daughter, Sep 1886, 24 years, born in USA, stenographer, in real estate office.
(3) James J. Murphy - son, May 1888, 23 years, born in USA, fireman, by Railroad Co.
(4) Michael Murphy - son, Apr 1890, 21 years, born in USA, fireman, by Railroad Co.
(5) Mary A. Murphy - daughter, Aug 1892, 18 years, born in USA, stenographer, in law office.
(6) Margaret C. Murphy - daughter, Nov 1894, 16 years, born in USA, stenographer.
(7) Catherine T. Murphy - daughter, Dec 1896, 14 years, born in USA, student.
(8) Dora J. Murphy - daughter, Jan 1899, 12 years, born in USA, student.
(9) Angeline C. Murphy - daughter, Aug 1901, 9 years, born in USA, student.
The family returned to the United States after 1915 and settled in Seattle, Washington. Dora's father died in September 1918 when she was 19. I can't imagine what it must have been like to lose both your parents at such a young age and I am sure this was why Dora and her siblings were so close and very involved in each other's lives. When Lawrence Murphy died, he apparently left each of his children a small legacy which the Murphy girls (as they were always known) pooled to purchase a home on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington. Interestingly I grew up on Queen Anne Hill and after college lived about ten blocks from where my grandmother lived with her sisters in 1920.
|1920 US Census, Ancestry.com
Dora and her sisters appeared on the 1920 Census and the abstracted entry reads as follows:
(1) Margaret C. Murphy - head, owns, mortgage, 25, single, born in Washington, stenographer, lawyer's office.
(2) Kathleen Murphy - sister, 23, single, born in Washington, bookkeeper, telephone company.
(3) Doris Murphy - sister, 20, single, born in Washington, none [she kept the house but did not work outside the home].
(4) Angeline Murphy - sister, 18, single, born in Washington, stenographer, lawyer's office.
(5) A.L. McDonnell - brother-in-law, 37, married arrival in USA 1911, born in Canada, father born in Canada, mother born in Canada, laborer, shipyard.
(6) Elinor McDonnell - sister, female, white, 33, alien [because she married a non-citizen, she lost her citizenship], born in Washington, none.
Apparently at this time there were always parties/socials for the Irish Catholic singles and my Aunt Peggy told me that my grandmother and grandfather met at one of these socials. My grandfather's best friend (they emigrated from Newfoundland together) Richard Tracey met my great aunt Kathleen (Dora's sister) at one of these same socials. Each married a Murphy girl!
|The Murphy Girls - Dora, Angie, Margie & Kate
circa 1950
In Jul 1925 Dora married Andrew Francis Keough in Cordova, Alaska. They remained in Alaska for a few years but returned to Seattle, Washington in 1928.
|Andrew & Dora's Memorial of Marriage
9 Jul 1925
Dora and Andrew appeared on the 1930 Census and the abstracted entry reads as follows:
(1) Andrew Keough - head, owns, house, 37, married at 32, born in Canada, father born in Canada, mother born in Canada, arrived in USA 1918, citizenship pending, ironworker, iron works.
(2) Dora Keough - wife, 31, married at 26, born in Washington, none.
(3) Gordon Keough - son, white, 3, born in Alaska.
(4) Dorin Keough - daughter, 1, born in Washington.
|1930 US Census, Ancestry.com
My grandparents went on to have four more children and were married for 28 years until my grandmother's death on 20 Jul 1953, after a lengthy illness (cancer). She was 54 when she died, leaving behind six children between the ages of 13-27.
|One of my favorite photos of my grandmother (what a great outfit!)
Andrew & Dora with two of their daughters, Peggy & Doreen
|The Keoughs at Home
Andrew on the far left and Dora on the far right
Dora's obituary published in The Seattle Daily Times and The Ballard News-Tribune, stated that she died in a Seattle hospital after a long illness. She was a member of St. Alphonsus Church. She was survived by her husband, her six children, five sisters (Mrs. Eleanor McDonnell, Mrs. Catherine Tracey and Mrs. Angeline Wink, all of Seattle; Mrs. Duncan Johnston, Langley, B.C., and Mrs. Margaret McMillan, Olympia) and a brother (Michael Murphy, Seattle), and six grandchildren.
The paper trail is just a small part of my grandmother's story, but it has provided me with a wealth of information I otherwise would not have known.
- I was unaware that the family immigrated to Canada and had the opportunity to research in the Canadian census which was new to me.
- I also learned that one of Dora's sisters married and remained in Vancouver, and was able to research in the British Columbia vital statistics for various marriage, birth and death certificates for that family.
- My grandmother's marriage certificate (the religious ceremony) contained the names of witnesses to her marriage.
- Her probate file gave the value of her estate, the expenses associated with her hospitalization, listed all her property (real and personal), identified her spouse and gave her children's full names, relationship and ages. The names and dates of service of the hospitals, doctors, funeral home, and cemetery were listed, together with the bills and receipts, which proved useful in finding additional information from those sources.
- Her obituary provided additional family information, as well as information about her rosary, funeral and burial.
As a result of the paper trail, I have researched Dora's extended family in Canada, Nebraska and Washington. I have corresponded with new-found Murphy relations and plan to visit Nebraska this summer to see Dora's grandfather's original homestead (which remains in the family) as well as meet some of our extended Murphy relations. The 1982 Murphy Family booklet provided a number of beautiful remembrances of the Murphy family from children and grandchildren as well as gave me clues for further research. If you are a Murphy descendant, please contact me so we can update this booklet in 2012!
I have the luxury of sitting down with my grandmother's 4 remaining children (my father, two of his sisters and one brother) to find out more about Dora, but I need to follow through and not take the time for granted. One of my goals/resolutions this year is to interview them and update this entry by this time next year (19 Jan 2013).
In addition to the paper trail, here are a few things I learned about my grandmother.
- Dora is fondly remembered by her daughters as a wonderful cook. My Aunt Peggy told me that she made great stews, soups and chilis. My Aunt Kathleen mentioned that she enjoyed baking and made amazing pies and cakes.
- Dora's hair went completely white in her mid-twenties but she never colored it ~ my Aunts told me it was beautiful (we all inherited this tendency but do our best to thwart mother nature!).
- My Aunt Doreen told me that her mother enjoyed writing letters, which came in handy because my Aunt Doreen lived away from Seattle during the early years of her marriage ~ Dora regularly sent letters filling her in on life at home.
- Dora was also the taskmaster in the family (as Irish mothers are wont to be). One story they all mentioned was that they were playing football in the house with a bag of sugar and it broke ~ this was during WWII when many items were rationed. My father recalls that there was no sugar for any of the children for a long time after that incident and my grandmother shared her "disappointment" with each of them!
- My father also recalled that he was rather shy and quiet as a child and there was a particular boy who bullied him. When my grandmother found out she encouraged him to fight back with the proviso that if he didn't she would beat him up! My dad said he was more afraid of his mother than the boy so he fought him, and that was that ~ no more bullying. Talk about tough love, but my father said he learned to stand up for himself from that point on!
- My grandparents were quite devout and I was told that every Friday night when the rosary began, anyone there at that time got down on their knees and joined the family in praying the rosary (Catholic or not!).


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Act of the Virginia General Assembly Establishing the Town of Buffalo
Late-Nineteenth Century Description of Buffalo
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Front Page of 1858 Issue of The Wreath of the Kanawha Valley, Published by the Students of Buffalo Academy (Sc91-39)
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The world record for fastest run around the bases is held by Evar Swanson, who did it in 13.3 seconds back in 1929. Peter Bourjos of the Angels came within a second of that tonight, and he thought he might've flied out to the warning track. Instead, Josh Willingham took a tumble and Bourjos came around in an astonishing 14.26 seconds, for the first inside-the-park HR of the 2012 season.
Even the estimable Larry Granillo of Baseball Prospectus, a man who tracks these things for a living, puts it as the third-fastest in recent memory. Last August, Tony Campana of the Cubs hit his first career HR in a time of 14.21 seconds. Bourjos actually had a faster time last season, at 14.02 seconds, though that was (technically) ruled a single and three-base error.


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The actress, mother and wife chatted with People magazine about her controversial parenting style.
"I think that old-school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work," she recently told People magazine. "What I establish with my children is a partnership," says Jada, whose two younger kids are in show business. Her stepson, Trey, hasn't expressed any Hollywood aspirations yet.
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'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples.
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Easterlings were Men who lived in the east of Middle-earth, and were enemies of the Free Peoples.
Easterlings of the First Age
During the First Age, the term was applied to the sons of Bór and Ulfang, or the Swarthy Men, who came into Beleriand much later than the Edain, and who were for a part secretly in league with Morgoth.
The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the Ered Luin, and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from Eriador, rather from the further east in the Wilderland of the area of the Sea of Rhûn.
Sons of Bór
Bór was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were Borlach, Borlad and Borthand. Bór was welcomed by Maedhros, who gave him and his followers land north of the March of Maedhros, and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of Caranthir. All of them were wiped out during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"
Ulfang also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of Ulfast, Ulwarth, and Uldor. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of Fëanor, and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the Eldar and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the Treachery of Men.
The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to Hithlum. After the War of Wrath, those that survived fled back over the Ered Luin to Eriador and beyond.
Easterlings of the Third Age
In the third age, the Easterlings were a significant threat to Gondor; they were a more regimented force than the Orcs or even the Haradrim. It is likely that Sauron drew much of his inspiration for his Orc armies from these wicked men. Sauron suffered a harsh and heavy defeat from the Last Alliance, who vanquished his numerically superior Orcs with a ranked and ordered army. The Easterlings were all this and more, so Sauron greatly valued his alliance with the men of Rhûn.
The weapons that the Easterlings used were primarily jagged spears, making them especially effective against cavalry, as well as a shorter, odd, glaive-like version used for close combat. They also were known to run their foes down in great Wains, or wagons.
- Main article: Wainriders
The Wainriders were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king Narmacil II. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of Rhovanion, destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of Anduin to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, Calimehtar son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the Field of Celebrant, buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the Haradrim of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king Ondoher and both his sons, but instead of riding on to Minas Anor and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general Eärnil of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim Mordor while Gondor's watch was diverted.
- Main article: Balchoth
The Balchoth were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of Dol Guldur. In 2150 they overran the plains of Calenardhon and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward Cirion, but were defeated by the Éothéod under Eorl the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.
- Main article: Variags
The Variags (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from Khand, and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the Third Age, fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the Pelennor Fields. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the Rohirrim, although they were fiercely loyal to Mordor.


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Exactly 349 days ago, the following was written about Herb Sendek and Arizona State basketball by Eamonn Brennan in a Bottom 10 column on ESPN.com:
To his credit, Herb Sendek did something few coaches in Arizona State history have ever done, especially in the last 20 years: He made the Sun Devils nationally relevant. Still, James Harden's 2008-09 All-American campaign was the first and only time Sendek has taken ASU to an NCAA tournament, and following last season's 12-19 finish, his program desperately needed a step back toward the light. Instead, things have only worsened. Touted freshman Jahii Carson never suited up after being ruled ineligible by the NCAA, and halfway through an already bad season, leading scorer Kaela (sic) King was suspended and eventually dismissed for a variety of reasons, most of them to do with attitude. As such, the Sun Devils are 8-17 overall and 4-9 in one of the worst editions of the Pac-12 we've seen in decades. They sport losses to Pepperdine, Northern Arizona, Fresno State and a 64-43 drubbing at the hands of Utah (it's true). Sendek was always underappreciated at NC State, but if the fans in Tempe start to become restless, well, they have their reasons.
What a difference nearly a year makes, huh?
After last Saturday's 78-60 drubbing of a UCLA team that had been 12-1 in its previous 13 games, Sendek's Sun Devils are creating some buzz around the nation.
Senior Carrick Felix was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the third time this season for his role in ASU's sweep of the Los Angeles schools.
Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports Network believes that the Devils are indeed an NCAA Tournament team.
Jahii Carson is garnering attention as a possible Freshman of the Year, and Dickie V himself proclaimed ASU center Jordan Bachynski a star after he ran roughshod over UCLA with 22 points, 15 boards and six blocked shots.
A STAR IS BORN- ask Ben Howland about 7'ft Canadian Jordan BACHYNSKI-dominated UCLA 22 -15 reb 6 b/s 4 ASU – Herb Sendek 16-4 @dshulman_espn
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 27, 2013
The man at the center of the turnaround isn't Felix, or Bachynski or Carson — sure they've all helped.
It's Sendek.
Remember the nearly collective groan from Tempe when soon-to-be former athletic director Lisa Love gave Sendek a contract extension last December when the Sun Devils were 3-5 with losses to Pepperdine, Fairfield and DePaul already on their ledger?
Remember the criticism of Sendek's seemingly vanilla coaching style after another losing campaign was punctuated with the departures of a handful of players from the 2011-12 squad including team leader Trent Lockett and starting forward Kyle Cain (not to mention King)?
Remember how late in the offseason Sendek filled out his coaching staff with former NBA assistants Eric Musselman and Larry Greer? It was September.
Pac-12 media members thought the losing would continue in Tempe, as they picked the Sun Devils to finish 11th in the conference in their annual preseason poll.
Consider the success ASU has had to this point, and it leads to one conclusion: Herb Sendek and his staff are coaching their rear ends off. And a big part of that has to do with the flexibility Sendek has shown in changing his style. For years, you knew what you were going to get when you watched ASU play — a tough, matchup zone defense and a deliberate offense that struggled without elite talent.
With Carson in the fold, Sendek promised an uptempo style of offense, and his team has delivered. Last season, the Sun Devils' 61 points per game ranked 304th in the nation. This season, despite a severe lack of depth, the Devils are averaging 73.3 points per game — good for 50th in the nation.
On the defensive end, the switch to a man-to-man defense should not only quiet critics who say elite high school players who want to get to the NBA won't consider ASU because nobody plays a matchup zone at the pro level.
Having two coaches with NBA experience on their résumés doesn't hurt things, either.
This is not a proclamation that Arizona State will win the Pac-12 or that they're definitely an NCAA Tournament squad — there is a lot of basketball left to be played.
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Overcoming a pair of dreary economic reports, the Dow drifted slightly higher on Tuesday to land at a new 28-month high, but failed to drag the Nasdaq Composite along for the ride.
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Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20.51 points, or 0.18%, to 11575.54, the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 0.97 points, or 0.08%, to 1258.51 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 4.39 points, or 0.16%, to 2662.88. The FOX 50 added 1.48 points, or 0.16%, to 899.31.
The mixed close largely kept the markets' bullish trend intact and left all three major indexes up more than 5% a piece in December.
Trading volume remained very light as Wall Street continues to dig out of the huge snow storm and traders dribble out the clock on what has been a positive 2010. In fact, Tuesday marked the 17th-straight session that the Dow swung in a range of less than 100 points -- the longest streak since 1996.
"This year has been over for weeks, if not months for most folks. The lines of least resistance continue to be up," Ted Weisberg, a veteran NYSE trader at Seaport Securities, told FOX Business. "We're probably just going to continue to drift higher. We're probably going to close right on the highs of the year."
The blue chips reached the finish line on Tuesday at their highest level since August 2008. The majority of the Dow's 30 stocks made headway, led by energy titan Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and tech giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ). The index's weakest links were Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and American Express (NYSE:AXP).
The Nasdaq Composite slipped slightly lower as tech stocks like BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) and Chinese search engine Baidu.com (NASDAQ:BIDU) retreated.
Wall Street also landed in a stalemate after Monday's snow-blanketed session, which saw the New York Stock Exchange's lowest full-day composite volume since the last day of 2009.
After having no major economic or earnings reports to analyze on Monday, traders received a pair of disappointing economic indicators to digest on Tuesday.
Consumer discretionary stocks like Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) were among the biggest drags on Wall Street, sinking after the Conference Board said consumer confidence unexpectedly declined in December. The private research group's confidence index slid from a revised 54.3 reading in November to 52.5 this month. Economists had been calling for a rise to 56.0.
Wall Street pays close attention to confidence figures, especially during the crucial month of December, because consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. gross domestic product.
At the same time, housing-related stocks such as Pulte (NYSE:PHM) and Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) lost ground as the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index fell 0.8% in October from the year before, the fourth consecutive decline. Economists expected a more modest decline of 0.6% in October. On a month-over-month basis, home prices were down 1.3%, twice as much as Wall Street expected.
Meanwhile, the euro reversed an early rally and turned solidly negative, falling 0.35% to $1.3118. Traders focus on the euro's relationship with the greenback because a stronger dollar hurts commodities and exports.
On the commodities front, crude oil added 49 cents a barrel, or 0.54%, to $91.49. Gold added $22.80 a troy ounce, or 1.65%, to $1,405.20.
Corporate Movers
General Motors (NYSE:GM) rallied 2% after a slew of Wall Street brokerages began coverage of the bailed-out auto maker with bullish calls. Analysts at JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup all reportedly started GM at their highest rating. Morgan Stanley was the most bullish, setting a $50 price tag on GM.
AllState (NYSE:ALL) is suing Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo and others over Countrywide's sale of mortgage securities. AllState said it suffered "significant losses" after buying more than $700 million of Countrywide mortgage-backed securities in reliance on misrepresentations and omissions.
Nasdaq OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) is pondering a return to Japan as early as 2012, according to local reports. Nasdaq would return to Japan by establishing a new market with Osaka Securities Exchange and offering after-hours and small lot trading.
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) failed to win dismissal of a lawsuit over the design of its Nook electronic reader, Reuters reported. A U.S. judge said it is premature to conclude the bookseller did not steal trade secrets.
Global Markets
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 was closed but, Germany's DAX inched up 0.02% to 6972.10 and France's CAC 40 slipped 0.09% to 3858.72.
Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.61% to 10292.60, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.93% to 22621.70 and China's Shanghai Composite tumbled 1.74% to 2732.99.


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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Feels Like a Must Win Game
I know the Giants have lost 4 straight. But they come into the game with a lot of confidence after going toe to toe with the defending Super Bowl champions last week and nearly coming away with a win. Eli Manning is on fire. And the defensive line can be scary good when they are motivated. They will be this week.
I don't want to make it sound like the Cowboys can't win this week. They can and I think they will. But the running game is going to have to be great this week so the Cowboys can keep control of the ball and keep this game from turning into a shootout. Thankfully Tony Fiammetta will be back at fullback after missing the last few games with an inner ear infection. Hopefully his presence will get the running game back on track.
And, just as importantly, Miles Austin will finally be back on the field for the offense. It was painfully obvious last week that the Cowboys missed his speed on the outside last week as the Cardinals put 8 men in the box and dared Dez Bryant and Laurent Robinson to beat them deep. They couldn't and they allowed the Cardinals to shut down the running game of the Cowboys all game long. With Austin back the offense gets a deep threat that helps prevent the defense from selling out against the run.
My biggest concern heading into the game is whether the defense can contain the explosive passing game of the Giants. Eli Manning has been playing very good football this season. As usual with a hot quarterback the key is getting pressure in his face. Eli is similar to Tony Romo in that most of his errors happen when there is pressure right in his face. He'll make a few bad passes every game that can be picked off if he is under pressure. Rob Ryan needs to attack and stay aggressive all game long. I'm tired of seeing the three man rush show up in critical situations. The defense needs to dictate the pace of the game to the offense. That means they need to be attacking.
Sean Lee having use of his hand is going to make a big difference. He probably isn't going to be back to picking off passes with a partial cast on his wrist, but at least he'll be able to wrap up with two hands when he tackles. The Cowboys can't afford to let the Giants have success running the ball because they'll have enough trouble stopping the pass without worrying about the run. The defensive line needs to control the line of scrimmage so we don't have to see Brandon Jacobs steamrolling anyone. I don't want to have to watch that idiot running his mouth. If they keep him moving sideways he becomes a terrible running back. That can only happen if the Cowboys are winning at the point of attack.
The secondary needs to have a good game covering Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks, Jake Ballard and Mario Manningham. But I think they can only be successful if Anthony Spencer, Jay Ratliff and Demarcus Ware are keeping Eli Manning from getting comfortable in the pocket. I don't think the Cowboys can win if they are planning to sit back and let Eli Manning survey the field.
Dez Bryant on punt returns could be the X-factor in the game. Of course that can only be the case if there aren't yellow flags flying every time he returns the ball. Dez is a dangerous returner and the blockers need to be smart about avoiding penalties.
I'm fired up for this game. I'll be at the stadium doing my part to help the Cowboys win. A victory in this game would nearly wrap up the NFC East. A loss could spell doom for the season. The stakes are high. And that is what makes this game so exciting to think about. I'm picking the Cowboys to win the game 27-26.
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I am nervous about this game. This IS a must win game. I have confidence (for a change in Romo. He has shown that he can get this team in a winning position), but I have absolutely ZERO confidence in Jason Garrett.ReplyDelete
I hope that Bailey can shake off his performance last week, because I have a feeling he'll be a big part of this game.
This game will either be a close win for the boys, or its going to be a blow out for the Giants...it all comes down to Jason G-airhead-tt and the game he calls.
I agree with Frank, I am nervous, but excited for this game. This is a must win game for both teams. I think the difference in this game comes down to the running game. I think you ever runs the ball better wins this game. I think the BOYS' win a tight game and Murray has a huge game. I hope we win this game because I am going to Tampa next week and it will feel alot better knowing they won on Sunday and still hold their own destiny.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 9:39 AM
I think everyone needs to ease up on Garrett a little bit. He has had a hard time recovering confidence in the offense. Nothing wrong with that. Since he has been playing conservatively we have had more wins then when we were slinging balls all over the defense and just expecting 1st and 10 every time or 3rd and 24.ReplyDelete
People criticized him for lack of running. Well with Felix Jones i've said on here previously counting on him to get you anywhere on second down is just idiotic. He has a few good runs a year and the rest of the time he isn't even making it to the line of scrimmage.
Murray is probably the best running back since Emmit Smith. We have a real chance with him. Because he pushes hard and plays like he has a chip on his shoulder.
Now Garrett has made his share of mistakes, but ask yourself this again. Where would we be without him? He turned a lazy entitled group of players into hard working players. We are leaps and bounds compared to where we were last season at this time. Name one other coach with that type of turn around. Most of the time you wait 2-3 years to see that type of return.
Finally we have everyone healthy. I honestly liked Laurent Robinson more than Austin (check the stats yo :P). Robinson just needs more reps and experience.
With all this said I see an absolute blowout of a score of 13-10 dallas wins in the last few seconds of the game by a field goal from our star kicker.
LETS GO COWBOYS !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 3:47 PM
I feel like they rarely perform well in big games, but this will tell us a lot about this team. I also agree with WBF that everyone needs to let up a bit on Garrett. Sure, last week was a mistake, but the franchise is moving into a positive direction and he's a huge reason why.ReplyDelete
Let's go punch Eli, and that douchebag Brandon Jacobs in the mouth and win this division!
Go easy on Garrett?!?! Are you kidding me? I remember when everyone was yelling to get rid of Wade Phillips...JJ did, but do you really think that solved any problems? Do you know who the OC was for Wade? Thats right, Boy Wonder was...have you noticed that the offense is still lackluster and making the same idiotic mistakes that it has been making since Wade got here? Not to mention the stupid plays that are still being called.ReplyDelete
I dont know how many times the boys have been in 3rd and long just for Garrett to call a stupid 2 yard passing play...same crap that was happening when Wade was HC.
At least Wade didnt try to overthink the game calls, unlike Mr. Princeton, who thinks he is soooo smart, but in reality, the dude is a football moron.
As long as he is HC and OC, the boys will never go anywhere...
- Vince GreyDecember 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Cowboys got younger and quicker on O-line to handle D-lines like Giants have. This game is big test to see if it worked.ReplyDelete
Also, Less Obvious Game Key: Murray's touches. 25 or more, Cowboys should win. Further under 20, more likely Dallas loses.
Patently Obvious Game Key: Win the turnover battle of course, but that's every week.
Prediction: Murray has 125+ total yards and Dallas wins 27-17.
- Vince GreyDecember 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Hey Frank, how about we give Garrett at least ONE full season to fix this team, okay?ReplyDelete
And last time I checked, we were in FIRST PLACE.
BTW, Tom Landry was 4-20-2 his first two seasons and Jimmy was 8-24. Good thing we didn't run those two off so fast.
Comparing Garrett to Landry? WOW.ReplyDelete
The only reason we are in first place is because the Giants are having a meltdown, not because of Garrett and his awesome game calling.
Although Jimmy and Tom had a few bad seasons early in their career, there was always a sense that great things were coming. With Garrett, there is nothing but doom and gloom. Tom and Jimmy were great game callers and made everyone accountable, even during their losing seasons. Garrett has nothing but excuses and the same old line, "We have to get better". Excuse my language, but no shit.
Garrett panics when things don't go exactly as planned. Murray doesn't get 10 yards a carry, lets abandon the run!!! 3rd and 10 situation, lets throw the ball for 1 yard, 3rd and 22, lets run the same draw play that we have run already without success, hey, let's call an idiotic time out so we can ice our own kicker...thats a great move.
As far as having one whole season....he has already more than one seasons worth of games under his belt and he hasn't changed a bit. Still calling the same BS plays that he was calling as OC under Wade, but at least Wade didn't make bone head decisions like red head wonder.
nope, Garrett doesn't need a break, he needs to be gone...
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 10:58 PM
111 yards rushing, 400 yards passing against our defense, or should i say our poor excuse of a defense. No way, No how are we even close to being a playoff contender. Rob Ryan who? I don't give a shiit if people think Tony should have made that 1 throw where he over through Robinson. Tony should have NEVER been in that position to begin with. Right now, we won't beat the eagles and we won't beat the Giants at the meadow lands.ReplyDelete
Our defense lost this game. I think i have finally had enough. I love Newman to death, he is not a cover corner anymore. He just can't cover man on man.
From this point on, i have no expectations for this team the rest of the year.
I think I have finally come to terms that we are average at best.
Just venting.
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Yea so angry right now at the defense. Everyone is going to bag Romo for over throwing but honestly i'm glad he did. Sure a completion would have been best. But if the defense had just kept the 11 point lead with under 5 minutes of game time left or at least force the offense to use their remaining time out instead of allowing them to save it for a time out.
I don't know who to be mad at right now. Everyone quit. Everyone though the game was won and they quit playing. Now we fans have to endure the rest of the season on pins and needles because they want to quit playing?
Seriously makes me want to not watch Cowboy football.
Just venting,
WBF (and I agree with Mike)
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 11:15 PM
OH and to make matters worse we lost Demarco Murray for the season.ReplyDelete
Also to bring up another 'funny' moment was anyone else cheering 'JUST LET THEM SCORE' at the end of the game instead of running down our own chance of a comeback. I know me and my friends were.
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Anon - From this point on you have no expectations? And you're only now realizing that this team is average? Be glad that you got through 13 games before realizing what most fans have known since week 3. This loss is the same as the early season losses that stung so much. They should've won the game. The team could honestly be 10-3 at this point and the only reason they'd have that record is that they have the easiest schedule in the league. The schedule has been full of the worst teams in the league and they couldn't capitalize. Even if they make the playoffs, whoever gets them in the first round will be dancing because they'll be able to beat the Boys by three touchdowns. A 12-point lead with 5 1/2 minutes left. Unbelievable.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Not true anon. Green Bay has had the easiest schedule. :O Blaspheme the Green Bay I do :). Look at their schedule every team they have played has been on a losing streak at the time. I think an ESPN blog said that last week and if you look it's true.ReplyDelete
Yea I think this one is going to sting the Fan base more than usual because it is an homage to why we are average. Sure we have some of the best talent. But it just never comes together. And Red Bull Garrett was supposed to be the teeth kicker that kept them playing in times like this. However that seems to be incorrect. Instead he let them hang up their boots and then watch the Giants run away(quite literally) with their prize.
Goodbye Garrett, goodbye Ryan, goodbye DeCamillis...don't let the door hit you on your ass on your way out...or let it, I don't care.ReplyDelete
Romo played great and has earned my trust big time this year.
What a let down our D has been.
So sad for my family, though. We spent a pretty penny to plan a family trip to Dallas to see the boys play the Eagles...
p.s. I was screaming for garrett to let the Giants score so we'd get the ball back with a little bit more time and to save the time out. Well, Garrett is a moron and can't manage a game...
- Vince GreyDecember 12, 2011 at 7:31 AM
Frank, I wasn't comparing them as coaches, only their records in the early season. And, while I wasn't around for the early Landry years (Well, I was around, but still in diapers) I WAS here for JJ's time, and let me tell you not many had any faith in him those first couple of seasons. Of course, there wasn't so much hate media around to stoke the fires either.ReplyDelete
Now, on to the debacle of last night, I totally agree Romo played great and shouldn't get blamed in any way for this loss.
The defense was just pitiful. Bad play, bad coaching, no pass rush, and no coverage. Gawd, I wish we'd go back to the 4-3, but either way we gotta get some playmakers in here that have a streak of meanness in them.
Where was Ware? No Ware, that's where. I think he's so overrated. Get's his 1-2 sacks but disappears for most of the game otherwise.
I, for one, am willing to cut Garrett and Ryan some slack because they haven't had a full off-season/training camp to fix things. I'm fine with giving them one more season to get things right and run off some more no-guts players we have right now.
Joe D's a different story. Blocked kicks like that simply should NOT happen.
It'll be a miracle if we make the playoffs, but right now I'm not sure we even deserve to get in no matter what.
Romo deserves to play on a team with a better defense than this.
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I know I harped on this issue last year, but I still wholeheartedly believe it's still missing, and that's passion.ReplyDelete
Do you think a Brandon Jacobs wouldn't have gotten up for this game or the fourth quarter? Or a Ray Lewis allowing this melt down? Or Troy Polamalu not getting in someone's face?
I do not question leadership because I think there is leadership on the team. I question the heart. All too often do we come out soft. End the game soft. And noone seems to step into the role of the emotional leader. Maybe Brookings, but you also have to be a key contributor which he is not.
Football is a game of emotion, and when you play it without emotion and only focus on the professionalism of the game, then you will lose. Maybe not every game, but you will lose a game like this one. and the Jets. and Patriots.
People get up to play us. Especially on national television. Especially with all the hype.
My two cents. I would vent about the game, but it's early and I'm tired.
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM
I feel the pain I live in NJ everyone had Giants shit on today. I still wore my Cowboy hat today but it was hard. Is there any chance Chris Collinsworth can die soon He made it more painful. No playoffs for us our dreams die again in DecemberReplyDelete


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What Ganishka did wasn't a sacrifice. And what you propose doesn't sound very likely -- Griffith would rule over the... what, 5% left of the planet's population? That doesn't sound like a doable endgame for Berserk.I think it would be very limiting, if not misleading, to subscribe to that way of thinking about these supernatural beings in a fantasy story. Were they once human? Certainly, but I think their lack of empathy for others doesn't weigh as heavily on their motivations as all the other factors at play.Meaning... what? That he has to abide by that character's arc?
If Falconia, and thus its residents, are merely a stepping stone for him transcending the God Hand, then why would they make valid sacrifices...? Particulary if you regard him as a sociopath (he's not -- he's a demigod who shed his emotions), it wouldn't work by the rules of what makes a sacrifice.
Also Griffith is a God Hand, he's the most powerful being in the world, what would he have to gain by transforming again?
Griffith, like many conquerors of history, is not satisfied after accomplishing his initial aims
My theory is that his goal now is to use Falconia as a giant sacrificial altar to achieve even greater power; sacrificing almost the entire rest of the human species (and maybe even his army of Apostles) during a third eclipse event in order to transcend the God Hand, to become a true "god" himself that can wield omnipotent power over reality and magic.
Also if he kills almost all of mankind, the idea of evil (if it's even still a thing) would become massively diminished. A spiritual power vacuum could potentially happen that Griffith sees himself as filling...
I mean I think that the very existence and ruling of humans is probably inconsequential to him compared to his new goals in the long run. New "subjects" would be trivial to create if he transcends to a state of borderline omnipotence. If you are God, does it really matter that you banish countless millions of Angels and souls to Hell?
Perhaps becoming something similar to the Idea of Evil, but not reliant upon the emotions of humans to exist.
The Tree of Life/Helix Tree
it binds all the worlds together, but if it's too strong it pulls them too close together so they overlap and create chaos. Is this how it works?
Does the Tree itself called the Dragon's Road? Or it has the Dragon's Road somewhere at it's base similar to how Elfin Forrest was illustrated?
Did I understood correctly that the Dragon's Road is a separate phenomenon and could appear or be opened not only via Beherit activation or Helix Tree appearance?
The concept of the Dragon's Road kind of makes the creation of the first Godhand member a bit more comprehensible. The first Godhand member could have found the entrance or was able to open the Dragon's Road and had the first contact with IoE (either became an apostle straight away as a result, or the entrance was "weak" enough to just receive the crimson Beherit).
Maybe closing or opening a fissure like that was the reason behind the Gaiseric's Empire Capital destruction.
I wonder if Guts will ever go down the Dragon's Road to the Abyss at some point, to meet with the Idea personally? We saw in ep 83 that Griffith appeared before the Idea as his ego body, so I wonder if the Beast of Darkness could get a nice little chat with the Idea at some point?
If the Helix Tree's power could be drained by the Spirit Trees, could some other entity do something similar? I mean feed on it's power. We saw Moonlight Child's ability to enter into the Tree and travel within it and we saw his extraordinary powers. I wonder if he has such abilities because he's just using Femto's powers, or he has a special access to the Tree and this is what gives him his abilities? Could the Tree provide the combined ultimate power from all the worlds that it's connected to? Something like this could be a "deus ex machina" type of thing with the Moonlight Child.
I hope Griffith won't turn out to be "more power because power" type of stereotypical villain and he will have some twist to his goals and motivation in the end. I guess we'll know a bit more about it once he will get married to Charlotte and his wish will be "officially" granted. Hope he will not betray his dream, as he said.
If there are beings in the Astral world which are opposite to the Idea of Evil in some sense, magic users are tapping into it a bit like the Apostles with the Idea of Evil. What we are going to get now is a new reality where the manifestations of evil grow stronger and dominate.
He's not chosen by fate, seemingly. He's 'the struggler.'
His goals changed when he became Femto, which is only natural
That he doesn't just want a kingdom is nothing new
No, it's not. The tree goes through the worlds, and it is like a crack in the corporeal world from which the astral world spilled.
The first member of the God Hand became an apostle?
I also don't think learning of the name "road of dragons" changes all that much regarding what we understand of the world. By that I mean that traveling deep within the Astral World wasn't considered impossible before.
What of the branded corpses, for examples?
Uhhh... The Beast of Darkness isn't Guts' ego
The "Boy in the Moonlight" (the proper name) already had those powers before the World Spiral Tree appeared
When it comes to Griffith's new goal, one thing above creating your own kingdom or even ruling the world to me seems to be the creation of an entirely new one. Which seems to be what the story is getting at for some time. There is a new age dawning - one of darkness - created by Griffith. The reality that people have known for at least 1,000 years is being undone and recreated by Griffith who in turn is making the humans that remain dependent upon him for their safety. That all really ties back into one of the major themes of Berserk - being strong enough to make your own way, live your life as you please, rather than just being dependent or clinging to others.
If the Holy See is worshiping the Idea of Evil or some version of it, it served the purpose first of weakening the belief in the spirit world and magic which, as we now know, was protecting people from the Astral world.
If there are beings in the Astral world which are opposite to the Idea of Evil in some sense, magic users are tapping into it a bit like the Apostles with the Idea of Evil.
I wonder if the origins of the Holy See don't trace back to those of Void somehow. He has always been something of the prophet type character with even the other God Hand.
I don't know if I'd rule out the ability of a sacrifice, though. If the original city served as a sacrifice, I would think that Falconia could, as well.
Another angle may be that the Idea of Evil is something in the Berserk world that people turn to in their despair. The Apostles and God Hand are all somewhat tragic villains whose lives came apart somehow. The Idea of Evil was what provided at least a chosen few an answer. Its tough to base an entire theory off a now recanted chapter of the story, but what if the Idea of Evil sees as its purpose removing despair, and the means to accomplish that is the creation of a new seemingly utopian world - the one created by Griffith? The world would appear perfect to the ignorant white sheep inhabiting it, but would be pretty empty. You'd be a pathetic, dependent creature with little purpose. Life is easier and seemingly without suffering for those who give in and accept Griffith as their savior. Those who refuse are forced to live in the unstable outside struggling against the monsters who now roam freely.
It would lead to the other odd contrast in Berserk between good and evil. Evil is rarely wholly so, and appears almost magnificent within it. Griffith being the perfect manifestation of that. He is offering salvation, albeit from a disaster he himself created. Whereas Guts is this brutish man who at times comes off more like a monster. He's not chosen by fate, seemingly. He's 'the struggler.'
I don't have great story predictions as much as a general theory of what the goals of Griffith may be and how he serves the Idea of Evil. It is more inline with the ideas above that Griffith is doing his part in its plan. That doesn't preclude destroying the other God Hand. I would imagine that once their purpose has been filled they may all become expendable. The other four may have simply been tools paving the way for Griffith rather than his equals, depending on what you think they represent compared to Griffith. Is he simply the fifth and final one in a line or were the other four prerequisites for his role and whatever he may represent? Griffith is the ruler. Perhaps the others are merely other manifestations of things that lead people to despair and Griffith is the ultimate answer.
But where was this stated? Griffith said himself (in episode 180 which is actually called "Unchanged") that nothing has changed and that he will not betray his dream. Pretty much everything he did so far was done for sake of achieving his dream.
If you mean that IoE probably has different goals than a kingdom and Femto/Griffith will have to obey and follow, then his words about not betraying his dream will mean that he will oppose IoE if it comes down to it. We know it's possible to go against something that's way above you, as this is one of the main themes of the manga.
I would love to see something like that happen because it would make Griffith not simply a pure evil as Slan said, but a determined strong character that he was the whole time before he was broken by Guts' influence. He went through some revealing experience and now he's renewed and (almost) flawless, but, again, unchanged.
Crack is something that happens, I got an impression that the Tree always existed and it is what binds worlds together. Binds meaning holds together. I mean Spirit Trees were existed before World's Tree appeared and they drained it's power from the very beginning of the manga, right? And the term "overlapping" came up previously when Schierke talked about astral beings that aren't supposed to exist in the physical world.
I don't really understand how a crack (a break in the matter) could be made weaker or have power at all, let alone having a parasites on it's body. I could understand a concept of three dimensional crack though. But it sounded like the Tree is the reason why all the chaos is happening, but it's not the actual source of the astral "spillage" like Qliphoth was. Sure, this all might not supposed to be understandable by human, but come on.
Um, up to this chapter I always thought that it's unreachable from the physical world, without the Beherit activation, and even Beherit does not take you straight down to the Abyss. Daiba's man-made Beherit is probably the closest thing, but we know that regular people weren't able to visit hell, only Ganishka. And I guess we saw that the Sword of Actuation could cut through the layers of existence straight to the Vortex, but it was more like a rupture rather than a way that one could just enter.
I think I saw somewhere on this site a scheme of the astral world layers and it was stated that it's possible to go down only 3 layers down from where you're originally stand. Not sure if I remember it correctly or how true it was.
They could be the people that took part in a ritual that actually opened the fissure.
It's not an evil spirit of any kind - Beast was present inside dwarf's cave in vol 17.The episode 190 in which Guts goes into the beast mode and bites Casca called "Fangs of Ego".When Schierke entered Guts' conscious for the first time she saw the Beast and Guts' actual ego inside of it. And Guts' ego acted just like the Beast before Guts remembered himself. It's an ego of his rage maybe, but it's not like it doesn't belong to Guts' ego. Unless he'll go completely towards a multiple personality disorder. But even then they're inseparable.
Shouldn't the proper name be in Japanese?
As I said before, my impression was that the World's Tree always existed and now it appeared because it got a lot more power than it had before.
I wouldn't bet my money on the Boy feeding off the Tree at this point, but since it was established that the Tree could act as a power source (because it has some immense power that could be drained), it opens an opportunity to utilize such mechanics in the future. Maybe Griffith will be using it instead (to oppose IoE, for example).
By the way could it be that those human trees we saw in the previous chapter are man-made Spirit Trees that were created from the mages in order to compensate for destruction of the Spirit Trees? We have seen that there is a very few adults and the village is kind of empty (at least, so far), so maybe that's where most of them went?
WOW! What an episode! This is some amazing stuff. Definitely what we've all been waiting for and then some. This is a big moment in Berserk history guys!
We all know that time is not flowing the same on the island and although I do not expect a huge time difference (several years) I do believe there will be plenty of significant changes. Rakshas is still out for satisfaction and Im sure Griff has already established his next move towards dominating mankind. Wouldnt be surprised if hes already tied the knot at the very least.
Also I feel we are in line for another full moon although as cool as it would be to see an appearance on the island I am not quite sure how it would fit the storyline considering the king would be keen to who the boy actually is.
Perhaps there could be a meeting during their return trip although I am hoping that it wont involve another lengthy sea voyage.
I wonder if Griffith is interested in becoming God as well.
Griffith has to remember his own original motivations that made him human, even though he is now fempto.Or he could become the thing that he was fated to be. Which i believe is unrevealed, but is alluded to in the discussions following Guts and Griffith's first fight with zodd. (the one that the new anime also centers on.)
It feels inevitable to me that we'll get a full moon on the island. Hell, for all we know, maybe there are only full moons there as a result of the time flow difference. Each day is 28 days in the real world.
I think it's a given that we won't get to see another long sea journey. Miura used that one opportunity to tell the things he wanted to, and I expect the return trip to either not be by sea, or to happen mostly off-screen. That being said, if you only count the episodes showing Guts' side of the story, the entire trip took up 30 episodes in total, and only 10 of those were actually spent on the ship itself (17 were spent on the Solitary Island, 3 were a flashback of Guts' childhood). Personally I was a big fan of the Sea God story, of the little flashback as well as of the actual stuff we saw on ship, so I really have no complaints.
Since we're on that topic though, there are two things everyone should wonder about. The first is obvious: what will happen to the Sea Horse? Assuming there is another way to leave the island (like by traveling through the World Spiral Tree's branches like the Moonlight Boy does), would it make sense for Roderick to abandon his ship on Skellig and leave it in his men's hands? The second is obvious as well but people never mention it: what about the merrows? Miura has used the confrontation with the Sea God to introduce us to Isma and to her people, the merrows. That wasn't done for no reason, and the fact they're still around means they have a role to play. So what is that role? Will they help defend the island against a threat coming from the sea? Will they accompany the group on a return trip (by sea) and encounter trouble on the way? Food for thought.
I wonder if Griffith is interested in becoming God as well. Like he's fated to in some way.
i see it as coming down to a point where Griffith has to remember his own original motivations that made him human, even though he is now fempto.
Or he could become the thing that he was fated to be. Which i believe is unrevealed, but is alluded to in the discussions following Guts and Griffith's first fight with zodd. (the one that the new anime also centers on.)
I must have missed this as I do not recall a specification on how time flows on the island. This is a very important detail and I'm surprised I didn't catch it.
Perhaps our team will get split, some traveling by boat and the rest by some magical means?
I think it will be/might be a cool/neat idea if we have the chance to experience a travel through the World Spiral Tree's branches with the Sea Horse floating/flying through it imbued by magic (ofc.). Maybe a little bit too far off for a fantasy and it goes into the sci-fi direction, but in terms of visual presentation it can potentially create amazing vistas (a lonely ship gracefully drifting into the night sky, while full moon illuminates the crew on the deck and thousand little stars glitter distorted by the luminescent matter of the tree's essence).
I think it will be/might be a cool/neat idea if we have the chance to experience a travel through the World Spiral Tree's branches with the Sea Horse floating/flying through it imbued by magic (ofc.).
Can't seem to find an answer on this but will there be an episode next month?


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MACON, Ga. – For a tune-up before the conference championships, the Lipscomb track and field teams did pretty well last weekend.
The Lady Bisons swept the weekly Atlantic Sun awards, with sophomore Katie Bunker (800m run) and freshman April Terry (throws) taking track and field honors, respectively. Freshman thrower Houston Ward was named men's field athlete of the week.
Bunker won the 800m run at last weekend's Tennessee State Boston Moon Classic with a personal-best 2:14.28s mark, better than her next closest competitor by more than half a second. The award is her first career weekly A-Sun honor.
Bunker enters this weekend's A-Sun championships ranked third in the conference in the 1500m run and seventh in the 800m event.
Terry was runner-up in the hammer throw (school-record 44.25m; 145' 2") and shot put (12.13m; 39' 9.75") at the Boston Moon, extending her school hammer throw record by nearly five feet. She enters the weekend ranked sixth in the hammer throw and seventh in the shot put, and leads all conference freshmen in both events.
This is the second weekly award for Terry in her freshman season. She won the Feb. 15 weekly award after breaking the school shot put record at the Hoosier Hills Classic.
Ward won the shot put with a 13.80m (45' 3.50") toss and followed it up with a third-place hammer throw mark of 40.17m (131' 9") at TSU. Ward enters this weekend's championships ranking fourth in the discus, fifth in the shot put and sixth in the hammer throw.
This is Ward's first weekly A-Sun award and the first for a Lipscomb field athlete since Alex Jerkins in 2010.
North Florida's Cameron Dickerson earned the men's track honor this week.
The Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships begin Friday at North Florida's Hodges Stadium.
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