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I'll be the first to admit that playoff fantasy football doesn't
appeal to me quite as much as the usual 16-week animal, but that
doesn't mean I don't still enjoy it. And coming off my most profitable
fantasy season yet, I'm looking to make a great season even better.
For better or for worse, I want to share my experience with you
(no matter which category mentioned in the first paragraph you
may fall under) in hopes that some of you can end this season
on a definite high note.
For the first time in my "fantasy career", I'll be
taking part in multiple playoff leagues this year. I will compete
in one free league with CBS Sportsline and two money leagues with
Fuzzy's Fantasy Football. My goal over the next four weeks will
be to help each of you through your decision-making process as
you attempt to boost your bottom line.
Offensive Statistics
All TDs = 6 points
Passing Yards - 1 point for every 25 yards
Rushing/Receiving Yards - 1 point for every 10 yards
Two-point conversion = 2 points
Interception - 2 points
Fumble Lost - 2 points
Field Goals 0-49 yards = 3 points; 50+ yards = 5 points
Extra Point = 1 point
Defensive/Special Teams Statistics
Touchdown = 6 points;
Safety = 2 points
Interception = 2 point
Fumble Recovery = 2 points
Sack = 1 point
Points Allowed
0-6 = 8 points
7-13 = 6 points
14-20 = 4 points
21-27 = 2 points
28+ = 0 points
Yards Allowed
0-49 = 12 points
50-99 = 10 points
100-149 = 8 points
150-199 = 6 points
200-249 = 4 points
250-299 = 2 points
300+ = 0 points
The Rules
Choose a starting lineup of eight NFL players. You will have
300 units (or salary cap dollars) to "spend" assembling
your team. You will be able to change your lineup, without penalty,
until the lineup setting deadline for the Wild Card Playoff Round.
Once your lineup locks for the Wild Card Playoff Round, you will
have eight lineup moves to make for the remainder of the postseason.
You may use as many of the moves allotted in any round as you
would like, however, you will not be able to exceed the eight
moves allotted for the remainder of the postseason. In case
there was any doubt, the number listed by each player is their
"cap number".
What this means for you: Pick
as many winners (team, not individual) as you can for your lineup
this week. For the most part, it's not good strategy to use any
more than three players from any one team simply because an upset
or two can severely hamper your ability to make roster moves later.
Of course, you are also trying to score the most points each week,
so there is a delicate balance between the present and the future.
Generally speaking, if you can get at least four players on your
Wild Card week roster that you would be willing to keep on your
roster all the way through to the Super Bowl, you'll probably
be in good shape. Ideally, I'll need about three roster moves
next week, two for the AFC and NFC Championship Games and the
last three for the Super Bowl. But at least for this week, the
goal is to get the highest-scoring lineup out there that the cap
will allow and contemplate the future when this week's games are
Position Requirements: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K,
1 Defense/Special Teams
Wild Card Weekend Results - 136
Divisional Round – 42 points
Before I start, a few words about the playoffs up to this point:
Unpredictability is good for the NFL, good for the fans and especially
good for TV ratings, but, unfortunately, the 2009 playoffs have
produced one game for the ages and seven contests that have boggled
the mind. This last weekend was especially perplexing. Let's take
a quick look:
1) ARI-NO: It's become almost
commonplace for teams and/or to say they need to "start fast"
if they hope to win on the road in a hostile environment. For
Arizona, it couldn't have started much better than a 70-yard run
on the first offensive play of the game. From that point on, the
Cardinals ran 14 more times for 31 yards...huh? Larry Fitzgerald
had a mere four first-half targets, with half of those coming
during the final two minutes of the half. Certainly, Jerheme Urban's
first-quarter fumble contributed heavily to Arizona's early 14-7
deficit, but instead of the Cards building off their initial quick
start, they pretty much showed none of the mental fortitude it
took the week before to defeat Green Bay. If the coverages were
confusing Kurt Warner - as the commentators suggested - why did
Arizona not stick with the run a bit longer? It's not hard to
understand why the Cards' pass defense got burned vs. Green Bay
and New Orleans (injuries in the secondary), but it was hard to
watch an Arizona offense - that had its way the week before against
an above-average defense - show very little toughness six days
later against a defense that is, at best, a ball-hawking unit
that is merely average at stopping the run and pass.
2) BAL-IND: This was the one
game that went about the way I expected it, although the point
differential was a bit surprising. Teams that have struggled on
defense for years would be wise to watch the Colts play. I know
I have a high opinion of the eye for talent Indy GM Bill Polian
has, but at some point, other teams have to wonder how the Colts
are able to field a competent defense just about every year with
four total starters selected in the first four rounds of the NFL
draft. (Let it be known that you read it here first: the Colts
do a great job of playing fundamental defense, staying on their
feet and maintaining their fits vs. the run.) Certainly, Indianapolis
will be known as an offensive team for as long as Peyton Manning
is playing, but the truth of the matter is that his offense rarely
needs to score more than 20 points to win a game.
3) DAL-MIN: Despite each team's
propensity to explode on offense, I wasn't overly surprised that
Minnesota's defensive line was able to get pressure on Tony Romo.
The real shocker was the Dallas offensive line playing so poorly
against a front four that didn't run too many stunts (or games,
as some in the NFL call them) one week after facing an Eagles
defense that was unable to get consistent pressure on Romo despite
blitzing him with more regularity. As much as people will write
this game up to the incredible homefield advantage Minnesota enjoys,
the Cowboys simply got whipped up front - including three times
by Ray Edwards. Jared Allen's one sack came when he was left one-on-one
with TE Jason Witten while Chad Greenway and Jimmy Kennedy (three
combined sacks between them in 2009) accounted for the other two
sacks. Additionally, while Sidney Rice stayed healthy for the
first time in his career in 2009 and displayed his incredible
talent this year, it's tough to excuse any quality defense for
allowing a 141-yard, three-TD performance to any single player.
I'll give Brett Favre and Rice credit on the first TD pass - which
could not have been a more perfect pass just over the shoulder
of S Gerald Sensabaugh on a failed disguise of a Cover 2 - but
how often are linebackers going to jump at a Favre pump fake when
they have him in the open field? And after two scores and 16 games
worth of game tape at your disposal, how does Rice draw single
coverage once again for his third and final TD against Mike Jenkins?
4) NYJ-SD: This one was simple
for me. While this game will probably be remembered as another
postseason game in which Nate Kaeding couldn't deliver, the Chargers
lost almost from the start as they rarely took the same deep shots
that had served them so well during their 11-game winning streak.
On several of the blitzes in which we were allowed a replay to
see the coverage down the field, there were a handful of times
where as many as three receivers were in single coverage. Now
assuming that Darrelle Revis was guarding Vincent Jackson on those
plays (tough to say as Revis was assigned to Malcom Floyd and
Antonio Gates at various points of the contest), getting one-on-one
coverage vs. Floyd down the field or Gates anywhere on the field
is a plus-plus matchup for San Diego. Combine the lack of taking
deep shots with the decision to onside kick after the Chargers
narrowed the Jets' lead to 17-14 was what ended the Chargers'
season. San Diego did well to hold on to one time-out in that
situation, which made the decision to onside even more confusing.
Kicking away vs. the "hands team" would have resulted
in poor field position for the Jets and would have forced New
York to kick on fourth down rather than going for it on the Chargers'
side of the field. (In all honesty, I would have asked my kicker
to pop it up - say to about the 25 or 35-yard line - in order
to get the best of both worlds - a loose ball and modest field
With all that said, the Saints and Colts would have likely won
regardless as Arizona's injured defense and Baltimore's lackluster
offense were going to cost each team at some point. But Dallas'
sorry exhibition on Sunday was just another example that, a lot
of times, a QB and offense is only as good as the offensive line
blocking for them. In the case of the Chargers, it's hard to understand
how a team with a squad of basketball-sized receivers who made
a living on the deep ball in 2009 didn't bother to stretch the
field - horizontally or vertically - with their play-calling in
the team's most important game of the season.
Anyway, I had a pretty good idea my fantasy weekend was going
to end poorly when Kurt Warner couldn't manage a TD against a
middle-of-the-road defense, less than a week after scorching an
above-average defense. What I could not have foreseen was losing
seven of my eight players one week after losing just one, which
will ultimately result in my fielding two empty spots on my roster
this week and perhaps several more next week. However, I am fully
to blame for this as I made unnecessary roster moves last week
and didn't play the odds of the top seeds advancing. In this business,
it is fun when you are right and dreadful when you are wrong,
but I am required to approach both sides with the same amount
of humility, so here goes nothing…
Drew Brees, vs ARI 86
Peyton Manning, vs BAL 82
Brett Favre, vs DAL 74
Mark Sanchez, @BAL 36
First Cuts: Manning, Sanchez
The Final Choices: Brees, Favre
Drew Brees > Moore & Cutler.
The Call: Brees. Take a look
at the point totals the Vikings' defense has allowed away from
home over their last five road games: 27, 26, 30, 26 and 36. The
competition? Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Arizona, Carolina and Chicago.
While the first three are excusable due to the quality of offensive
talent each of those teams have, the Vikings gave themselves next
to no chance against the Panthers and Bears. Whether or not Minnesota
benefits THAT much from the home crowd is a matter of some debate,
but going 2-3 and surrendering nearly 30 points/game in the five
aforementioned road games has me believing that another poor defensive
performance may be on the horizon. Thus, I want the QB playing
at home facing the secondary that allowed seven passing scores
to the likes of Matt Moore and Jay Cutler the last time they left
the state of Minnesota. I believe Favre is a bit riskier than
Brees, if only because Adrian Peterson should see enough carries
to expose the Saints' average run defense (more on that later).
Manning and Sanchez are both weak picks this week in what should
be a low-scoring game, meaning that either player may only give
you one great fantasy performance instead of the two very solid
games that Brees or Favre should give you.
Running Backs
Adrian Peterson,
vs DAL 63
Thomas Jones, @SD 50
Joseph Addai, vs BAL 47
Pierre Thomas, vs ARI 37
Reggie Bush, vs ARI 27
Chester Taylor, vs DAL 19
Donald Brown, vs BAL 15
Shonn Greene, @SD 13
First Cuts: Jones, Thomas,
Taylor, Brown
The Final Choices: (RB1) Addai (RB2) Greene, Peterson, Bush
The RB2 Call: Greene. I've been
burned twice with the reports (or lack thereof) on Thomas Jones'
knee, which is supposedly the reason why Greene was given a chance
to shine now as opposed to, say, Week 14. To be fair, though,
I thought Felix Jones - who was in this slot last week –
and his team had a better chance to advance than Greene did. Regardless,
Greene has shown what he can do with the feature-back role and,
at this point, I'd be silly not to use him when he's a better
bet to produce than Peterson (I didn't just say that, did I?).
I can't say I blame HC Rex Ryan for going with the young buck
at this point, but I always feel a bit betrayed as a fantasy owner
when a player "realizes" his potential in the playoffs
when I "realized" his potential even before the season
began, but I digress. The fact of the matter is that in either
2010 or 2011, we will likely be talking about Greene in much the
same way we talked about Michael Turner in 2008.
The RB1 Call: Addai. Unfortunately,
my one holdover must stay on my roster by default as he was the
only player to survive the divisional round carnage that struck
my team. I knew the Colts were a poor running team, but when the
worst rushing team in the league feels the need to go three-deep
at RB, I'd be foolish to say that I wouldn't change this pick
if I could. I'd really love to play Peterson instead - despite
another sorry performance by his standards - against an average
Saints run defense who will likely give up yet another big run
early in the game. It is my opinion that in the NFL, most teams
don't perform optimally unless they know they need to. Case in
point: up until this season, the Vikings knew if they wanted to
win, they would need to block well for Peterson. Since the 49ers
game in Week 4 really marked Minnesota's transition from a running
team to a passing team, the urgency to hold up in running game
has gone way down while the pass protection has increased greatly.
What this means for you this week is that while the 2008 version
of AP would have gone off for 150 and two TDs this Sunday, his
owners should be thrilled to get 100 total yards and one score
this week from the 2009 edition. All that aside, let's remember
that Peterson's "down year" is one in which he
rushed for nearly 1,400 yards and leading the lead with 18 rushing
TDs, so bear in mind that he isn't really struggling.
Wide Receivers
Reggie Wayne, vs BAL 43
Marques Colston, vs ARI 37
Sidney Rice, vs DAL 37
Robert Meachem, vs ARI 32
Percy Harvin, vs DAL 29
Austin Collie, vs BAL 26
Pierre Garcon, vs BAL 24
Jerricho Cotchery, @SD 23
Braylon Edwards, @SD 21
Devery Henderson, vs ARI 22
Bernard Berrian, vs DAL 19
First Cuts: Meachem, Harvin,
Garcon, Cotchery, Edwards, Henderson, Berrian
The Final Choices: Wayne, Colston,
Rice, Collie
Marques Colston: Two games are better than
The WR2 Call: Colston. At this
point, I want players who I believe are going to give me two more
games instead of one. For the most part, I don't think the Vikings
will take their show on the road and prevail in New Orleans, meaning
I stand to fare better with a Saints' WR. Despite some disturbing
inconsistencies late in the season, Colston is still the main
target for Brees in the passing game. And frankly, if New Orleans
can execute the same kind of game plan that enabled it to make
Larry Fitzgerald a non-factor for most of last week's game, I
don't see why Rice is going to explode. Getting back to Colston,
I can't imagine the Saints' offensive line having the same issues
(crowd noise, assignment errors) the Cowboys' OL did last week
in Minnesota, so New Orleans' wideouts should have the necessary
time to run their patterns or free themselves down the sidelines
against the questionable DBs of the Vikings. I'm anticipating
something along the lines of six catches for 80 yards, with 1-2
scores a definite possibility.
The WR1 Call: Wayne. I normally
would not recommend a WR about to face Darrelle Revis for the
next four quarters, but I'm angling for a Saints-Colts Super Bowl
in which Wayne can make up for the production he doesn't give
me this weekend (or at least that is the plan). In all honesty,
if I thought any of the other available WRs could give me two
decent games as opposed to one great one, I'd be inclined to use
them instead of Wayne. Rice could be a strong one-week play, but
I don't see how Minnesota changes its road stripes now after losing
critical games away from home down the stretch against inferior
opponents. Collie is the most likely player (other than Dallas
Clark) to benefit from the Revis-Wayne showdown, so he could be
a definite wild-card in CBS leagues. However, I just can't stomach
the idea of plugging a rookie WR in my two-receiver lineup when
I can't feel any degree of certainty as to whether he or Garcon
will be the Colts' best WR this weekend.
Tight Ends
Dallas Clark, vs BAL 40
Visanthe Shiancoe, vs DAL 25
Jeremy Shockey, vs ARI 18
Dustin Keller, @SD 15
David Thomas, vs ARI 10
First Cuts: Shockey, Keller,
The Final Choices: Clark, Shiancoe
The Call: Clark. If I had to worry about the cap this week, Shiancoe
may get my vote. But since I will be playing two empty spots the
rest of the way, that's not going to be a problem. Unlike San
Diego with Antonio Gates, Peyton Manning and the Colts aren't
going to go a full-quarter-plus without throwing the ball to Clark.
If it wasn't for the third quarter in which the Chargers completely
forgot about their TE, Gates could have easily registered a 12-14
catch game for 150 or so yards. Don't expect a repeat of that
"silent period" from Manning and Clark. Indianapolis
won't be moving the ball up and down the field all that often,
but it would be a shocker if Clark didn't post a pretty healthy
stat line this week because the Jets simply don't have a good
size or speed matchup for him. And because so many of the Colts'
routes are less than 10 yards and Manning unloads the ball so
quickly, New York's blitzes aren't likely to affect this offense
near as much as they seem to destroy other teams. While many in
the media will say the key to this game is how well and how efficient
the Jets' offense plays keep-away from the Colts' offense
and manages the clock, it is really all about Indy's ability to
be efficient with its own ball-control passing game. Because the
Colts are the league's worst rushing team, they have spent most
of the season using Clark and Collie (and even Wayne sometimes)
as an extension of the running game in order to possess the ball
and keep the defense fresh. The running game's woes was a big
reason why Clark joined Wayne in the 100-catch club this season
and one has to expect that to continue until Indy starts running
the ball better (which isn't likely to happen this season).
Ryan Longwell, vs DAL 29
Jay Feely, @SD 26
Matt Stover, vs BAL 14
Garrett Hartley, vs ARI 8
First Cuts: Stover
The Final Choices: Feely, Stover, Hartley
The Call: Hartley (empty spot). I made the choice to go empty
at K and DST as I am out of roster moves, but I would opt for
the cheapest kicker if I had a move to make at this position.
It just so happens he plays for the best offense in the league.
But if the cap wasn't an issue and I was simply targeting the
kicker most likely to put up a big game this week, I'd be tempted
to go with Feely. While the Colts-Jets game should be low-scoring
and no team should be too far ahead of the other, New York is
going to bog down between the 10 and the 30 more often than not.
And in case you haven't noticed, the 2009 Jets aren't the boldest
or most imaginative offensive team. If New York is going to win
or even remain competitive, Feely is going to need to hit on at
least two field goals, if not more.
Saints D/ST
vs MIN 40
Jets D/ST
Vikings D/ST
MIN vs DAL 26
Colts D/ST
IND vs BAL 24
First Cuts: Saints, Vikings
The Final Choices: Colts, Jets
The Call: Colts (empty spot). The New Orleans-Minnesota game may
not approach the Cardinals-Packers game in terms of scoring, but
it's a near certainty that it will eclipse Indianapolis-New
York in terms of points scored. This leaves us with either the
Colts or the Jets defense and I rarely ever put my fantasy defense
up against Indy willingly. Manning just doesn't make many
mistakes and his offense usually scores at least 20 points, meaning
I would be counting on the Jets to either force a lot of fumbles
or score on a return. Both are bad bets and I just can't fathom
New York posting a lot of fantasy points on defense in this game
or against the winner of Saints-Vikings. Thus, I feel the Colts
are the best bet to post one respectable fantasy point total on
defense of the four teams remaining.
Fuzzy's Playoff Leagues
(Two leagues)
Wild Card Weekend Results - 174
points (both leagues)
Divisional Round - 130 points ($25
team), 94 points ($50 team)
Fuzzy's playoff format is much more streamlined than Sportsline's.
Fuzzy's uses traditional PPR scoring (all TDs worth six points)
with no salary cap, no limit on roster moves between rounds and
no yards allowed bonuses for the defenses. In short, your goal
is to pick the highest-scoring lineup each week with no strings
attached. The main difference outside of the ones I've already
mentioned is that Fuzzy's leagues contain no more than 50 teams
whereas Sportsline employs a one-man-against-the-world approach.
As a result, 20% of the entrants into Fuzzy's playoff leagues
will - at the very least - recoup their entry fee, with first
through ninth place receiving a nice bonus for their troubles.
Position Requirements: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K,
1 Defense/Special Teams
(Because the players/matchups are same as they are above, I'll
skip the step of mentioning each player again and get right to
my choices.)
QB: Brees. As I've already stated
a few times, I can't imagine the Colts-Jets game accounting for
anything more than a 20-13 score, so my choice comes down to Brees
and Favre. Favre's QB rating was 20 points lower on the road this
season than it was at home, but that is far from the only reason
I'm choosing Brees. Minnesota has scored 17 points or less in
three of its last five road games. And this week, it will be Favre
- not Brees - who will play the role of Tony Romo in terms of
feeling the impact of his line being unable to hear his cadence
or the line calls, which should serve the Saints' defense well
when DC Gregg Williams sends one of his trademark blitzes. And
believe me, if Williams was able to show Kurt Warner some unusual
looks, he'll probably be able to confuse Favre on occasion as
well. I will probably use Favre as my tiebreaker option this week
simply because yards and points should be aplenty, but expect
New Orleans to succeed this week where Dallas was unable to succeed
last week - namely attacking the Vikings' average secondary. Unlike
most QBs (like Romo), Brees does not wait for his receivers to
separate, he "throws them open", as he is fond of saying.
That trait should come in handy this week.
RB: Peterson and Greene/Bush. In
my opinion, there are only three RBs worth consideration this
week - and they aren't the same ones I would have predicted from
these four teams last week. The idea of using a 10-touch RB like
Bush almost sickens me, but he warrants consideration after the
way he ran last week. As for Greene, I'm still a bit leery of
him as Rex Ryan keeps referring to him as the "hot hand",
a completely idiotic concept that is greatly overused in the NFL
(I believe I covered my disdain for this during the regular season
in detail). And then, there's Peterson, which isn't as much as
a no-brainer pick as he used to be. However, a talented 20-plus
carry back vs. an average run defense makes him a must play. Typically,
Addai would be another easy pick, but Indy gets absolutely no
push in the run game and I'm not exactly feeling all that optimistic
about his ability to score or put up five catches for 40 yards
vs. the Jets. I would have liked to use Pierre Thomas again, but
he's a 50-50 bet at best to stay healthy long enough to contribute
WR: Colston, Rice and Collie/Harvin.
Much like last week, I feel pretty good about two of my three
choices. As for my WR3, I'm having a very difficult playing my
gut feeling over an established fantasy player, but in this case,
I believe I am justified. Obviously, Reggie Wayne is a WR1 almost
every day of the week, that is, until he draws Darrelle Revis
in coverage. Since the Jets' wideouts do not inspire confidence
in me with their 40-rushes-per-game offensive approach, I'm forced
to go elsewhere. Therefore, my $25 team will employ Collie as
its WR3. We already know about Revis, and Lito Sheppard - even
if he isn't playing his best football this season - should be
good enough to hang with Garcon for most of the game. However,
the Jets lack a quality third CB capable of consistently staying
with Collie. While he's never a great bet for a score, I could
easily see a 7-8 catch game for nearly 80 or so yards for the
In my mind – for this week anyway – Harvin is a bit
more of a wild-card than Collie, and that was before the news
that he missed practice on Thursday due to the return of his troublesome
migraine headaches. Going forward, fantasy owners may have to
treat the rookie like a poor man's version of Anquan Boldin
– an immensely talented and physical WR who will have difficulty
making it through a 16-game schedule, albeit for a much different
reason. Back to this week's contest, I will assume he plays
and, if he does, he may thrive where Steve Breaston and Early
Doucet could not last week. While Rice will produce somewhat,
he isn't going to come close to his monster game last week,
allowing Harvin, Visanthe Shiancoe and Chester Taylor to all join
in the fun. I just have a feeling Harvin will find the end zone
this week, so if he can combine that with 20 rushing yards and
four catches for 60 more yards, I'll be feeling pretty good
about myself.
In the event Harvin cannot play, I'll likely turn my attention
to Devery Henderson. Robert Meachem and Jeremy Shockey don't
appear to be in great shape to start and/or finish Sunday's
game, leaving the trio of David Thomas, Lance Moore and Henderson
to pick up Colston's scraps. Opponents have enjoyed a great
deal of success with the deep ball vs. Minnesota this year and
Colston isn't always going to be the target on those throws.
Furthermore, the CB trio of Cedric Griffin, Bennie Sapp and a
less-than-100% Antoine Winfield isn't likely to keep the
New Orleans' WRs in check very long. However, if there is
any fantasy owner that shudders at the thought of using Henderson
in an important fantasy game more than I do, I'd like to
meet that person. In short, I'm hoping Harvin is active.
TE: Clark. Even though Keller has
scored in each of the Jets' first two playoff games, he's
a poor bet to outproduce Clark. The same goes for Shiancoe, who
is rarely good for a high-catch, high-yardage day - even on the
days he does catch a TD pass from Favre. I believe I have already
made the case for Clark above and he's pretty much a lock for
a double-digit fantasy point performance in PPR leagues.
K: Feely/Hartley. I covered this
already in the Sportsline portion, but I expect a high percentage
of the few scoring opportunities the Jets will get will stall
just inside or just outside the red zone, meaning Feely should
have a shot at 2-3 FG opportunities. As for Hartley, I'm projecting
a healthy point total for the Saints, so hopefully he will get
a long FG attempt or two to go along with 4-5 extra points.
D/ST: Colts. With Fuzzy's scoring
system (as is the case in most non-Sportsline leagues), the majority
of consistent fantasy points for defense/special teams units come
from points allowed, sacks and turnovers. Sure, maybe the Saints
get another return score from Bush or the Vikings get lucky with
Harvin, but I'm not going to count on it. Despite their offensive
success and low turnover total so far in the postseason, the best
bet for a low point total and a few turnovers is still the Jets'
offense. I'll even go so far as to say that I predict Robert Mathis
to have a huge game in the sack department should the Colts jump
out by 14 points at some point in the second half, as he is not
a good matchup for Jets RT Damien Woody.
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It's a muggy midsummer morning and campus seems quiet, unless you're in the right place at the right time.A young woman stands alone at her easel near a wooded area. She's working on her final project for BIMA, the Brandeis Institute for Music and Arts: a landscape. A few of her classmates are scattered around indoor studio space. Some are getting advice from an instructor; others are deep in the zone, buds in ear and paintbrush or pencil in hand. Nearby at the Slosberg Theater, students sit in a semi-circle around a piano. The instructor is excited. He stops for a moment and notes, "We're doing some groovy stuff!" Some of the students are looking over sheet music, one holds a guitar and another picks up drumsticks. Together, they sing.
"It's a really great program where you can build yourself artistically," says Rebekah Scheiner, a rising high school senior who has returned for a second summer at Brandeis.
Growing numbers of teenagers are coming to Brandeis seeking a more sophisticated experience than summer camp. The university offers three primary summer programs for teenagers: BIMA, Genesis and Impact Boston.
"It's for teens who want to see what Brandeis is like, or what college is like," says Dvora Goodman, director of Genesis, who adds that in recent years there typically have been between 70 to 80 alumni of the programs enrolled at Brandeis as undergraduates. "The idea is 'How can we come together and learn as much as we can about ourselves and each other through these studies?' A lot of them are used to doing their art over here and their Judaism over there.
While exploring Judaism is a component of all the programs, BIMA, which requires demonstrated artistic ability, offers students from around the world intense summer study of their chosen art form, be it film, music, visual art, theater, writing or dance."We don't turn a lot of teens away," says Rachel Happel, director of BIMA. "It's very self-selecting."
The Genesis program draws students from around the world to study topics like legal issues and advocacy, medical ethics and health policy, and journalism and responsibility. Impact Boston, a new two-week collaboration with BBYO, focuses on voluntarism.The programs are housed in the Office of High School Programs and have grown briskly since their founding. Genesis was founded in 1997 with support from Steven Spielberg's Righteous Persons Foundation, and has grown from an initial 15 students to 78 this year. BIMA, founded in 2004 but not moved to campus until 2007, has grown from 42 students to 97.
The growth, staff says, is mostly due to word-of-mouth recommendations.
Scheiner first heard about BIMA from a friend who had attended and, attracted to both the artistry and the company, Scheiner says she continues to improve her skills the second time around. Though she lives in The Bronx, New York, she finds her neighborhood very homogenous, and she appreciates the diversity of her classmates.Also a New Yorker, Aaron Kohl, a rising high school junior who sings in a choir and plays violin, has a similar take.
"I've learned different styles, really gone outside of my comfort zone," he says. "The people are great. Everyone has different interests but we all have something in common."In addition to their major areas of study, workshops, visits from artists and lecturers, students in the programs leave campus for field trips.
None more so than students in the Impact Boston program, through which they spend about 40 hours volunteering in groups at a variety of sites that range from Horizons for Homeless Children, Senior Hebrew Life and the Waltham Police Department."Our first visit shook my expectations," says Marissa Finkelman, who volunteered at women's shelter. "They just needed us to be present and listen."
Likewise, her group leader, Miriam Farber, shared her surprise. "I'm always surprised by the teens," Farber says. "Their ability to find something good and learn something from a day I thought was dreary or not as exciting."
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The ECU department of biology is committed to providing education and outreach regarding the living world to the larger community. Below are just a few of the projects that are currently occurring. If you are interested in visiting our department or having us come visit you please contact, Heather Vance-Chalcraft, Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Outreach for the Center for Biodiversity.
Center for Biodiversity: The Center for Biodiversity (CB) is a unit within Biology and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University which promotes and supports research, education, and outreach associated with global biodiversity. Dr. David Chalcraft is the Center Director and Dr. Heather Vance-Chalcraft is the Director of Outreach.
Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Education (C-STEM): The goals of C-STEM are to improve the quality and quantity of K-12 science and math teachers, provide strong experiences in science and math for all students, create a supportive environment for multidisciplinary research between educators and STEM professionals, and encourage community engagement. Dr. Mary Farwell is currently the Director of the Summer Ventures program. Dr. Vance-Chalcraft and Dr. Gardner currently serve as the Biology Department liaisons to the center.
A Time for Science: A Time for Science is a nature and science learning center dedicated to advancing science literacy and competency by encouraging and supporting student participation in science, engineering, and mathematics competitions. Dr.'s Chalcraft and Vance-Chalcraft volunteer their time to facilitate and support student participation in a variety of nature and science projects. A Time for Science activities calendar can be found here.
High School STEM Day: This is an annual event meant to showcase STEM fields at ECU. It is intended to familiarize high school juniors from eastern North Carolina with ECU STEM programs and the campus. Most recently, in 2013, The department of biology was one site that hosted about 100 of these students from approximately 20 area high schools.
North Carolina Student Academy of Science: The North Carolina Student Academy of Science (NCSAS) is an organization for students in grades 6-12 in alliance with the North Carolina Academy of Science. Each year, ECU Biology and the Center for Biodiversity hosts the District meeting at which students have the opportunity to share their research in competition. Winning students are invited to compete at the annual state meeting at the North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham. Dr. Heather Vance-Chalcraft is the district co-director, along with Nancy Bray from A Time for Science.
North Carolina Northeast Regional Science and Engineering Fair: For the last several years East Carolina has hosted winners of school science fairs from eleven counties in the northeastern region of North Carolina. In this regional fair students compete by presenting posters to local expert judges for a chance to compete at the state level. Dr. Mary Farwell and Dr. Grant Gardner have co-directed the fair for the last two years.
Camp Seagull/Camp Seafarer Outreach Education Day: The YMCA camps, Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer, provide three summer camp sessions for children and teens (age 6 to 16). Each camp hosts approximately 800 campers per camp session and some of the activities the campers can participate in include seamanship, fishing, and other water activities. Since 2011, during the third week of each camp session, the Kimmel lab travels to each camp to conduct an 'Outreach Education Day.' With the campers and camp staff's participation, Dr. Kimmel and his students conduct zooplankton tows, water quality measurements and collect a variety of estuarine animals to show the campers. They use microscopes to view the animals and also use this opportunity to talk about the importance of estuarine organisms collected.
Bertie Early College High School Project: Dr. Ed Stellwag and Dr. Bruce Boller are developing a project for students that involves the isolation and characterization of extremeophile microbes for the development of cellulolytic enzymes for the biofuels applications.
JH Rose High School Outreach: Dr. Ed Stellwag is working with a team of 10 biology, chemistry and forensic science teachers at JH Rose High School in Greenville to implement laboratory exercises for DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and DNA sequencing for their students.
Noyce Grant: ECU Noyce Scholars prepares the next generation of STEM educators with significant financial support for science or math teaching licensure and the Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Drs. Claudia Jolls and Heather Vance-Chalcraft are co-principal investigators on this National Science Foundation grant to the ECU College of Education, along with Drs. Ron Preston (PI), Anthony Thompson, Frank Crawley (co-PIs), and Rose Sinicrope (external evaluator), all of ECU Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology Education (MSITE).
Nerd Nite: Nerd Nite is a monthly event held in more than 50 cities across the globe during which several folks give 18-21-minute fun-yet-informative presentations across all disciplines. Imagine learning about everything from math feuds or the science of the Simpsons, to the genealogy of Godzilla or debunking beer myths.


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Attorney-Guise Mod Fraud
Feb 17, 2014
Loan modification scams aren't new, in fact we've reported on them previously. But to reach new victims and steal more of their money, scammers continually try new approaches—one involves using an attorney (real or imagined) as their front.
"What makes these frauds unique is that they claim to have a lawyer involved and their documents and websites look very legitimate and official," explains Yolanda D. McGill, an attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national non-profit monitoring mortgage modification scams.
The scammer might offer a "second look" to homeowners turned down for a modification by their mortgage company and guarantee results. In reality, most of these victims will never actually speak to or meet an attorney. All communication will be through an intermediary or 'processor' who sets up monthly draws from the victim's bank account or credit card to cover the fees.
It Can't Happen to Me
That's what struggling homeowners across the U.S. thought last year when over $90 million* was lost to mortgage scammers (and that's just counting the scams that were reported).
According to McGill, attorney-related scams can cost more and go undetected longer (sometimes months and even years) because people are reluctant to question an attorney's authority. Whereas the average homeowner loses $3,000 to a modification scam, those falling prey to attorney-related scammers lose $4,000 or more.
Protect Yourself!
According to McGill, it's important that homeowners in danger of foreclosure realize they are scam targets and only work with trusted sources, such as their mortgage company (the company that collects their monthly mortgage payments) or a HUD-approved housing counseling agency.
Also, there are a few red flags. You might be a scam victim if you are:
- Being asked to pay anything upfront or provide your bank account or credit card information. "This is one instance where free help from a HUD-approved housing counseling agency is really the best way to go," advises McGill. If you need help, contact the Homeowner's HOPE™ Hotline at 888-995-HOPE or find a HUD-approved housing counseling agency using HUD's website.
- Being contacted by an out-of-state firm. Check an attorney's credentials with your state bar; attorneys who work with struggling homeowners must be licensed to work in the state where you reside (or where your property is located).
- Being told to pay the scammer and not pay your mortgage. "Despite what a scammer will tell you, you should never send a mortgage payment to anyone other than your mortgage company," says McGill.
- Being pressured to sign over the deed to your home or sign any paperwork you haven't read, don't understand, or has blanks.
- Being asked to provide personal financial information by fax, online, or over the phone. You should only give this type of information to companies that you know and trust, like your mortgage company or a HUD-approved counseling agency.
Reporting Scams
If you think you've been victimized or have information about suspected scamming operations, use the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network online complaint form or call the Homeowner's HOPE Hotline. Some state bar associations also have online forms to file a grievance against a lawyer who has not adequately represented you to try and get your money back.
Attorney-related scams work because they target people who need help and feel they have nowhere to turn. "They are targeting people who may have already heard 'no' from their lender (for a loan modification), they are selling promises and fantasies, and downright lying to people," notes McGill. "It's hard for these homeowners to understand that someone lied to their face and stole their money."
*Editor's Note: Mortgage scams amounted to $90 million last year, not $90 billion as previously reported. Please accept our apologies.


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Monday, April 19, 2010
Clark Bar (Get Real - Milk & Dark)
Necco is re-evaluating much of their classic candy line. It started with the Necco Wafers, which went to all natural ingredients last year. Then early this year Sweetheart fans were in for a shock when they went for more intense flavors and colors. The newest development is for a product that isn't what Necco is known for, candy bars. The Clark Bar is now all natural and uses real chocolate.
The new Clark bar now has no preservatives, no artificial flavors or colors and most importantly, they use real chocolate to coat the crunchy molasses and peanut butter center. They've also created a dark chocolate version.
The Clark Bar was introduced around 1916-1917 by D.L. Clark of Pittsburgh who already had a thriving candy business, but needed something in bar form, especially for soldiers that had lots of portable energy. Like many candies created during wartime, this one stuck around after when the veterans sought out the familiar and satisfying flavors. The candy company made many different kinds of bars over the years but the only other to survive to the present is Zagnut (now made by Hershey's).
In 1955 the Clark family sold the business to Beatrice Foods. In 1983 Beatrice foods spun off their confectionery division to Leaf. However, Leaf ran afoul of the locals when they wanted to move the candy factory so they sold it the local Pittsburgh Food and Beverage Company in 1991 (along with Slo Pokes & Black Cows which were part of the Holloway company before being bought up by Beatrice along with a separate deal for Iron City Beer). I lived in Pittsburgh at the time, this was huge news. What happened after that was more than mismanagement or miscalculation, it was a fraud worthy of a feature film. Finally Necco swooped in 1999 to rescue the closed factory and abandoned bar.
Throughout the years and many owners the Clark bar has changed. While I can't say that new formula is a return to the original, it's certainly on paper an improvement over the others from my lifetime.
For those of you not as obsessed about these sorts of things, skip on down to the present day Clark Bar photo area for the current review.
Ingredients in the 1950s (source) - made by D.L. Clark
Ingredients in the 1970s (source) - made by D.L. Clark a division of Beatrice Foods Co.
Ingredients in the 1980s (source) - made by Switzer Clark, division of Leaf, Inc.
Ingredients in the 1990s (source) - made by D.L. Clark and Clark Bar America
Ingredients in the 2000s (source) - Made by Necco
Ingredients in 2010 (from the wrapper) - Made by Necco
It certainly sounds like Necco has reverted to a more wholesome recipe. But all the marketing in the world is no good if the product is inferior.
The first change is the wrapper, it's bold and masculine; it reminds me more of Matchbox cars than candy. The second is the size. The previous version of the bar was 1.75 ounces, and now it's 2.1 ounces. This not only puts it on par with other candy bars of its type (Butterfinger is also 2.1 ounces) but also edges out bars like Snickers.
The bar his handsome with a beautifully rippled chocolate coating. The plank is substantial at 5.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. It smells sweet and peanutty, just what I like in my crunchy molasses peanut butter bars. The crunch is great, mostly flaky and easy to chew without sticking to my teeth or descending into taffy. It's buttery without being greasy. It's a little salty without being savory.
There were hints of smoke sometimes in the bars that I didn't care for, I wasn't sure what that was. But they were definitely fresh, no hint of rancid or off peanut oil flavors. The milk chocolate did an excellent job here of pulling it together with a creamy texture. The cocoa flavors weren't intense, but felt kind of like "I'm having chocolate milk with my peanut butter sandwich."
The Clark Dark Bar has similar ingredients, in this case the dark chocolate is called Sweet Chocolate. It lists sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, butter oil, soy lecithin and vanilla extract. It's really too bad about that butter oil in there, otherwise this would be an excellent vegan bar - maybe if enough folks write in they would change. The one thing I noticed though that was refreshing was that the weight of the dark bar is the same as the milk chocolate one. In most other milk/dark duets the dark is lighter (Snickers Dark, Special Dark, M&Ms Dark).
The dark chocolate is sweet, and without the milk to mellow it out, it's noticeable. The good thing is that there's a light bitterness to it that hooks into the molasses and earthy roasted peanut flavors. I preferred the Dark version ultimately.
The texture of the bars varies as I've found with most candies of this type. Sometimes the center was flaky and nicely layered, but at least one (the milk one in the close up) was a little less layered and more hard-candy solid. The flavor profile remains the same. The molasses and peanut butter flavors go well together. It's a deeply flavored bar with sweet and salt, smoke and toasted sugar all backed up by the rib-sticking satisfaction of peanuts.
Read more about the history of the Zagnut from the Bewildered Brit.
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When I got a diagnosis of syringomyelia back at the end of July, I went away and did my internet research. I worked out who seemed to be the most knowledgable neurosurgeon in the UK, saw my GP in mid-August, and arranged an NHS referral.
I finally had the appointment in Birmingham this week, and it was worth the wait.
The NS recommended conservative managment - and explained why, going through MRI pictures with me. He flagged up future managment options if this doesn't work out, and some short-term options around drug treatment. He didn't tell me I was imagining my symptoms, and was explicit that the syrinx isn't an 'incidental' finding. He gave careful information around CSF flow and the concept of a 'crowded hindbrain' - stuff that neurologists, when I've asked, have told me not to go chasing off after. And, happily, he was reasonably optimistic about the prognosis - not with bland reassurance, but again with a clear and careful rationale.
I've still got a thoroughly nasty condition that makes me feel rotten sometimes, and that I'm likely to have for the rest of my life - but I feel more positive than I have done at any point in the last year, when symptoms really kicked off. This was the NHS at its very impressive best.


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On 17 December 2010 the luxury hotel resort Shangri-La opened a new destination, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris [Shangri-La Hotel Paris]
Built in 1896 as the private home of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's grand-nephew, Prince Roland Bonaparte, the Sahngri-La Paris offers 81 rooms including 27 suites with for the majority unobstructed views of the Eiffel Tower and the River Seine.
The 16th arrondissement is one of the city's premier residential districts, but it is also surrounded by a bit of Parisian No man's land. Sure, it's like a 10 minutes walk maybe from Avenue Montaigne and its expensive shopping experience (but how many times can you go to YSL and Dior!?) the "rest" of the city and by "rest" I mean the cool cafes, restaurants and a more vibrant life would require "travel arrangements" and something tells me that the one week metro pass may not be the first option if you stay at the Shangri-La Paris a chauffeur seems more appropriate to drive you around ;-)
One thing that other luxury hotels in Paris will have hard time delivering is the view ... you can't beat the view! It does not get closer and better than that! You will be able to enjoy from your room or terrace, perfect sunsets and the hourly sparkling of the most beautiful monument on the planet, the Eiffel Tower.
As for the prices, bien sur it will depend on the season but let's say you are planning a trip to Paris for August 1st 2011, then you will need to save (per night) EUR 750 ($985) for a superior room (superior is another word for "basic" room, but there is nothing basic in Luxury mes amis ;-) and EUR 995 ($1,300) for a room with the Eiffel Tower view.
A suite will cost you between EUR 1,565 ($2,053) for a Deluxe all the way up to EUR 4,955 ($6,500) for the two-level Eiffel Duplex Terrace, which I have to say is THE room you want to have if you go to the Sahngri-La Paris, I mean go big or stay home right!?


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A tale of two health laws
Two hearings in the Congress on Wednesday morning about the Obama health law showcased the continuing partisan divide on that issue, as Republicans railed against recent increases in health care premiums and the law in general, while Democrats maintained those reforms are working, and that rate hikes are less than originally anticipated.
"Some of your comments in your opening remarks defy reality," Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), an Obama health law opponent told one supporter at a House hearing.
"I'm expecting Toto in the land of Oz," added Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), as the GOP assailed those who see the health care glass as half full.
In one hearing, supporters of the health law opened by telling lawmakers that despite recently announced premium increases for those who buy their insurance through healthcare.gov, that things are still headed in the right direction under the Affordable Care Act.
"Even after the correction, premiums will still be about 11 percent lower than premiums would have been in the absence of the Affordable Care Act," said Topher Spiro, with the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
Democratic lawmakers did their best to buttress those type of arguments, and noted the empty seats in the audience as evidence that the GOP push to overturn the Obama health law isn't working.
"They're not getting the political impact they hoped for," said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), who jabbed at the GOP over what they would do differently on improving access to health care.
"There still is no substitute, Republican plan," Cooper said.
But Republicans read notes from people back home who made clear they want something else.
"I'm still looking for the affordable part of health care," read an email to Rep. Jimmy Duncan (R-TN).
At another hearing room, the basic arguments were much the same as two panels of the Energy and Commerce Committee gathered.
At that hearing, a lead investigator for the Government Accountability Office took flak from Democrats over an undercover effort to get fictitious people registered for health insurance and special tax credits.
Democrats denounced the GAO review as a "farce" and "deeply flawed," arguing no one is going to sign up for health care, get credits and then never use the plan.
"Are there any actual cases of real people who did this?" asked Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO).
"No," was the answer from Seto Bagdoyan, of the GAO, who still stuck to his findings that there were some flaws in the signup process that could lead to fraud.
For the Republicans, that was just another dose of evidence that the Obama health law is a disaster, a plan that they argue could be collapsing before our eyes.
For Democrats, it's a big success, and one that the GOP should help to improve, not attack.
One health law. Two very different views.
And no one seems to be budging one inch on it.


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I was so very happy to receive an invitation to participate in a new e-course called the Five Spheres of Waldorf Education. The class is offered by Little Acorn Learning and taught by Dr. Rick Tan. I am spending much of time these days planning out the homeschool year for my children, I think it will be good for me to be continuing my studies as well.
The class begins August 15th and includes 5 full weeks of lessons, videos and assignments.
In their words...
The Five Spheres of Waldorf education encapsulates the sweeping themes of this educational movement: Self, Relationships, Balance, Rhythm, and Course. In the five-week seminar offered at Little Acorn Learning, Dr. Rick Tan will discuss one sphere per week and the relevant topics in anthroposophy and Waldorf that are connected with the sphere.
Dr. Rick Tan is an artist, musician, and graphic designer. He was a homeschooling parent and currently is the seventh grade teacher at Davis Waldorf School.
Week 1 - The Self Sphere:
The topic of Anthroposophy as the human being's inner striving to understand oneself will be reviewed. Here, the many natures of the Self: ego, astral, etheric, and physical bodies will be discussed.
Week 2 - The Relationships Sphere:
We will touch on the synergy of our connections with each other.
Week 3 - The Balance Sphere:
This week will present us with a foundation for the three fold social order, and the three fold human being as thinker, feeler, doer.
Week 4 - The Rhythm Sphere:
We will cover the four-part main lesson, and the four temperaments: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic, and melancholic.
Week 5 - The Course Sphere:
This lesson will touch on the curriculum of Waldorf education.
You can visit Little Acorn Learning for details on enrollment.
Goodness, now I am adding studying to the list of home, lesson planning, cardigan knitting, garden, kitchen... Well, I do love it all!
Happy weekend to all, see you in the new week...
Friday, August 12, 2011
Five Spheres of Waldorf Education
Posted by renee ~ heirloom seasons at Friday, August 12, 2011
Labels: homeschool, waldorf
4 comments:
- a little crafty nest said...
Renee, This sounds so interesting! I am excited for you to be stretching your mind in a different diretion. No matter that your plate sounds so full...a little indulgence in your own direction sounds so worthwhile. I look forward to hearing more about it. Have a wonderful weekend!
xo Jules
- August 12, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- Melanie~Our Ash Grove said...
Oh Renee, I know you are going to have so much fun! I am so happy for you!
- August 13, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Kelly said...
this looks fabulous!
- August 13, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- www.theevolvinghomemaker.com said...
i wish i could take this class. busy paying off surgery and concussion bills! tell them to offer it again in the fall! lol
- August 13, 2011 at 8:36 AM
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- 1862
In camp with Elisha Hunt Rhodes
On this day in 1862, Union soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes visits Washington, D.C.,during a typical week in winter quarters. Although combat was the main job of a soldier, most men serving in the Civil War spent very few days each year in actual combat. Rhodes kept a diary during his four years in the Union Army, and his notes reveal the monotony of the winter monthsfor the Army of the Potomac. A member of the 2nd Rhode Island, Rhodes fought in every campaign from First Bull Run to Appomattox, androse from private to colonel in four years.
The winter months were usually quiet for the soldiers. The wet, cold weather made movement difficult, and there were few major battles fought during this time. Days were spent drilling, and Rhodes wrote that other days were spent sleeping and smoking. Many troops gambled among themselves, and others drank or visited the prostitutes that plied their trade near the camps. Picket duty could be a welcome respite to the boredom, and Rhodes' unit built a road during one winter encampment. On another winter occasion, he wrote: "One day is much like another at headquarters."
Rhodes spent most of his winter months in or near Washington, and the capital city provided many more diversions than those available to soldiers in more remote locations. On February 26, 1862, Rhodes went to hear Senator Henry Wilson from Massachusetts speak on expelling disloyal members of Congress. After listening to the speech, Rhodes and his friend Isaac Cooper attended a fair at a Methodist church and met two young women, who the soldiers escorted home.
Like other soldiers, Rhodes welcomed the departure from winter quarters and an end to the monotony. "Our turn has come," he wrote when his unit began moving south to Richmond, Virginia,in 1864.


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Is there a separate ladies coach in Godan Express?
@Rahul_Kharwar1 No, there is no ladies coach in Godan Express. However, you could choose to avail the ladies quota reserved for the sleeper class (SL) in the train.
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Can I book a ticket in train 12249 after charting?
Charting done can I book a ticket now from anywhere?
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Hi can any one tell me is this train catch kakinada LTT 172201 at Rajamandry
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Is train- 13240 cancelled on 24 Feb?
Is train cancel or not
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When will ICF coach change to LHB coach in 12617?
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When will chart get prepared for Devagiri Express train?
@pawan18 The chart for your PNR will be prepared around 08:00 in the morning and it is most likely to get confirmed.
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LITTLE ROCK � The family of man shot and killed by off-duty police officers in his apartment asked the U.S. Justice Department on Monday to investigate possible civil rights violations in the shooting and within the Little Rock Police Department.
LITTLE ROCK � The family of man shot and killed by off-duty police officers in his apartment asked the U.S. Justice Department on Monday to investigate possible civil rights violations in the shooting and within the Little Rock Police Department.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, lawyers for the family of the late Eugene Ellison allege a �troubling pattern of police conduct� at the department and charged that internal investigations into allegations of misconduct are intended to �exonerate police officers who have committed excessive force, illegal warrantless entries and other unlawful acts in the course of their duties.�
Ellison, 67, who was black, was fatally shot in December 2010 in his Little Rock apartment during a confrontation with two white off-duty police officers, Donna Lesher and Tabitha McCrillis, who were working security at the apartment complex. The officers said they went to check on Ellison and that he reacted violently when they entered his open apartment. An internal police investigation determined the shooting was justified.
Members of Ellison�s family filed suit in October 2011 against the officers, the police department and the Chateau Apartment complex.
One of Ellison�s sons is a Little Rock police sergeant and another is a former detective with the department.
The family contends the police department�s internal investigation was tainted since it was conducted within the homicide division that was supervised by Donna Lesher�s husband.
LRPD spokeswoman Sgt. Cassandra Davis did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
In a statement released Monday, Davis said the police department complied in 2011 with Department of Justice requests for information and/or records in the investigation of Ellison�s death.
�Since the case � is still in litigation, the department will not make any comments as they relate this case,� the statement said.
The Ellison family alleges that the officers� account of the shooting are inconsistent with the evidence of the case.
The family�s letter seeks a meeting with Holder at the Justice Department, an �objective, professional criminal investigation� of the shooting of Ellison and a Justice Department probe into prior internal investigations conducted by the LRPD.


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Hey, just because you're a vampire it doesn't mean you can't dream about dancing! We were so excited to get our copy of Anne Marie Pace's newest book — at one time or another, each of my girls have had the ballerina bug, and anything pretty, sparkly and twirly is right up our alley. At the same time, the girls are also not strangers to using the occasional spooky costumes to enhance their tiaras.
Little Vampirina is adorable — so what if she doesn't look like the other dancers? So what if her family's a little…unusual? I love the way Vampirina keeps trying her hardest, no matter what happens (like when her pets scare the class or when she trips over her cape). At first, her classmates regard her with fear and frank judgement, but as Vampirina presses on, they come to accept and even applaud her. The text itself is series of wonderful advice for all aspiring ballerinas (drink plenty of water and always get a good day's sleep), and the accompanying pictures deftly apply those rules to little Vampirina.
The illustrations by the super-talented LeUyen Pham are fabulous and truly take advantage of extending the story, which is what picture books ought to do. The color scheme — with Vampirina dressed in black and gray, of course, and the ballet scenes depicted in soft pinks and whites — plays up the idea that Vampirina is out of place, at least, until the final image where Vampirina is surrounded by her smiling classmates and they all blend together (except for Vampirina's fangs, of course.) My girls really loved picking out the small details throughout, and one of the favorites is the way that Vampirina turns into a bat whenever she's embarrassed or upset (I mean, isn't that how we all feel?). I loved the vintage feel to the book, which is probably appropriate for an immortal character.
In the end, the story is about never giving up on your dreams, and, after all her hard work, this plucky, adorable vampire ultimately earns the coveted status of Ballerina.
With Halloween just days away, you'll want to add this book to your holiday library — but pick up a pair of plastic fangs for your little one. You might be facing a last-minute change from Cinderella to Vampirina.


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WordGirl "Cherish Is The Word/Granny's Intuition" Cherish is the Word - It's Valentines Day! All of the kids at school are making special valentines to share with their special friends. But when Victoria Best runs off with all of the cards, will she ruin Valentine's Day for everyone? It's up to WordGirl to swoop in and save the day. Granny's Intuition - According to the local news Granny May seems to be figuring out who's been committing the latest crime sprees that are sweeping the city. D
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Outdoor Idaho "Summit Idaho" Cameras capture four groups of mountain climbers who reach the summits of four Idaho mountain peaks - Vienna Peak in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Gilmore Peak in the Lemhi Mountain Range, He Devil in the Seven Devils Mountains, and Scotchman Peak in Scotchman Peaks of the Panhandle. The steep assents in winter and summer culminate in magnificent views of four different Idaho terrains.G
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Chef's Life "Muscadine Time" Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of this native grape. Vivian visits Mike and Gator, her grape suppliers, and makes homemade wine. Back at the restaurant, Vivian makes a pizza with mulled muscadines, and Ben tests this new creation during their first stressful pizza night in the wine shop. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "Paper It" Katie's inspiring projects and recipes utilize many colors, styles and types of paper available. Recipes: parchment potatoes and parchment fish. Projects: paper-wrapped moss boxes and a post-it note board. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "A Farmer's Icon, Part 2" Jerry continues blocking in the barn, roof, silos and trees while establishing the contrast and values of the painting. He uses a variety of greens with to demonstrate beautiful meadows, while complementing and creating a contrast with the red barn. At the completion of this segment, the blocking in is finished and Jerry begins the intermediate stage of highlights for the trees. D
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Essential Pepin "Shell-Ebration" Crab Cakes With Avocado Sauce; Oysters Madison; Mussels Poulette; Mussels Gratinee; Clam Fritters. D
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On Story "Re-Imagining The Classics" The writers of re-imagined classics and popular franchises such as GHOST, CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, TWINS and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN deliberate how to keep stories fresh while remaining faithful to the original version. Accompanied by Spencer and Lloyd Harvey's short film JACK & JILL, a fresh take on the classic nursery rhyme that follows a young Australian girl who finds an inventive way to contact her father, a soldier stationed in New Guinea during WWII. In this episode: Bruce Joel Rubin, John August, Herschel Weingrod, Evan Daugherty. D
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Dialogue "Miss Representation" Filmmaker Jennifer Seibel Newsom talks with host Marcia Franklin about making the documentary, Miss Representation, which explores how inaccurate portrayals of women by the media are connected to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence.G
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Chili and Stew Go Vegetarian" Host Christopher Kimball travels to Foxy Farms in the Salinas Valley to see where the nation's produce is grown. Then he heads into the test kitchen with test cook Becky Hays to learn how to make the Best Vegetarian Chili. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for vegetable peelers in the Equipment Corner. D
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Crafting at the Spotted Canary "Things That Recycle Paper" How many times have you started to put paper into recycling and instead of letting go, you think, I can make something with this? This show will teach you how to make a decorative, paper mache bowl, decoupage pages from recycled book paper onto a frame, and turn maps, books and unusual paper like old player piano rolls into rosette decorations. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Detroit, Hour Three" Highlights include a Charles Schulz-signed letter and drawing of "Peanuts" character Linus, and letters from Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud discussing Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Two etchings, one by Edward Hopper and one by John Sloan that were a surprise to the owner in the 1970s, are now valued at $105,000. Part 3 of 3G
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Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe A sophisticated and down-home blend of Memphis and Nashville in live performance at the Loveless Barn, featuring The Dirt Daubers, The Owsley Brothers, The Memphis Dawls and upbeat folk with gypsy and Celtic touches from Humming House. D
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Austin City Limits "Arcade Fire" The alternative rock superstars perform hits and tunes from their Grammy Award-winning album The Suburbs.G
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Great Performances "National Theatre: 50 Years On Stage" Founded in 1963, London's Royal National Theatre serves as a wellspring of talent and creativity. This gala performance welcomes National Theatre alumni to perform excerpts from productions. Alumni appearing on stage include Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Hugh Jackman, Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton.G
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Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe A sophisticated and down-home blend of Memphis and Nashville in live performance at the Loveless Barn, featuring The Dirt Daubers, The Owsley Brothers, The Memphis Dawls and upbeat folk with gypsy and Celtic touches from Humming House. D
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Austin City Limits "Arcade Fire" The alternative rock superstars perform hits and tunes from their Grammy Award-winning album The Suburbs.G


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Candice Swanepoel is the newest Victoria's Secret Angel to don the lingerie brand's Fantasy Bra, which this year is said to be worth $10 million.
The 23-year-old South African model will strut down the New York runway wearing the jewel-encrusted Royal Fantasy Bra designed by jeweler Mouawad. She'll also be featured wearing the bra in the Victoria's Secret Dreams & Fantasies Catalog, according to the Daily Mail.
"4200 gemstones. 1 royal fantasy. Your 1st look at this year's #VSFantasyBra, worn by @angelcandices. See it on the runway at the #VSFashionShow, Dec. 10 at 10/9c on CBS," the company posted on Instagram with a picture of Swanepoel modeling the bra.
The garment's enormous price tag comes from its materials and craftsmanship. The bra is adorned with 4,200 precious gems including rubies, diamonds and yellow sapphires that were hand-set in an 18-carat gold setting. A 52-carat pear-shaped ruby hangs from the middle of the bra, which, get this, comes with a matching belt and two bodyguards. (Because every bra needs a belt and bodyguards!)
"I've never worn anything this pricey, and we have to put gloves on when we put it on," Swanepoel told People. "It's kind of a big ordeal. The bra comes with two bodyguards and we have to handle it with a lot of care!"
The model said it was quite a feat just to make the encrusted bustier.
"They had to mold my body to be able to make [the bra], and I was really excited," she said. "I tried to imagine after they'd done the mold, how would they make it, how it would look. My imagination didn't do it justice. My favorite part is this beautiful 52-carat pear-shaped ruby. Every part of it is exquisite."
Swanepoel, who previously appeared in the show six times and was No. 9 this year on Forbes' list of the world's top-earning models, walks the runway in the wake of Angels Tyra Banks, Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Claudia Schiffer, the Mail reported.
Last year, Ambrosio, who had given birth just five months before the show, was selected to wear a $2.5-million Fantasy Bra, which was made by London Jewelers and encrusted with more than 5,000 sapphires, rubies, diamonds and other stones, and features a 20-carat diamond as a centerpiece. It too had a matching belt.
The first-ever Fantasy Bra was made for Schiffer in 1996; however, top-earning supermodel and former Victoria's Secret Angel Gisele Bündchen holds the honor of modeling the most expensive fantasy bra ever made. The Brazilian model, who left the mega-brand in 2007, wore the Ruby Fantasy Bra in the 2000 show. The hand-made garment rang up at a whopping $15 million.
But Swanepoel knows that $10 million is no small chunk of change.
"Definitely being the Fantasy Bra model is more nerve-wracking [than shooting swimsuits] because it's a one-time thing," she told People. "Walking around wearing $10 million does seem to make me a little bit nervous."
The fashion show will air Dec. 10 on CBS.
[For the record, 4:45 p.m. Oct. 17: A previous version of this post said Swanepoel walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show three times and was 10th on Forbes' list of highest-earning models. In fact, she has been in the show six times and was ninth on the list.]
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Blurry wrote:UrGod wrote:
But a human society that placed the value of a cow as equal to...the value of a human would be irrational...
Because a human society must put human value on top of the value hierarchy. That is what it means to be rational as a human society. It would make no sense for a society of beings to elevate as highest something else other than themselves and their own good -- such a society would simply degrade for lack of self-valuing consistency.
This is the historical struggle of human societies: they are attempting to learn how to posit humanity itself, its goods and its needs and its values, as the highest value. "Society" doesn't mean anything except this.
We eat, as all life eats. You are free to choose to eat meat or not, that is up to you, since we are omnivores. Or you can subsist entirely on Soylent if you prefer. But meat is very good for us, it nourishes us deeply. Both in body and in mind. Countering this for the sake of some weird morality of "eating life is bad!" makes no sense, because you are required to eat life in order to... live. Even plants have existence, life, self-value. It comes down to how you are able to value some other lifeform: in what ways does it present itself to you to be valued by you? I have asked here in this topic in what greater ways does a cow present itself to us to be valued other than as our meal? So far I have not received any answers to what question, which is not surprising since I do not think there are any answers to be found. As I said, if you value a specific cow as a pet for some specific reason, then you will not want to eat it, and that's just fine. But the cow on my plate was not my pet, was not my friend and did not present itself to be valued by me in any way other than to nourish me with its meat. That sounds harsh, sure, but that is how it works.
All life dies, and is ultimately eaten.. by other life. It is not a question of some silly moralizing of "it is bad that life must die!". Only cowards and religious moralists would feel that way. Anyone who feels this strong aversion to eating meat is a coward and/or a religious moralist. And cowardice and religious morality are stupid (un-philosophical). But most people cannot handle working with multiple levels of value and ranking them into a hierarchy, they can only make determinations in black and white, namely if one value is upheld then others must be rejected; this is the only way they are able to assert a single value, because they cannot deal with the contradictions between differing values-systems. And then they must find and follow a mere morality to stabilize this weakness of theirs into something livable, as a mode of life over time.
I fully acknowledge my respect for animal life, including for cows. Animals are alive, they self-value, they are sentient, they have thoughts and feelings. They do not want to suffer and die. These are all true statements. But what is forgotten is that there are no universal values, every value flows from a self-valuing, from a being itself who posits values to and for itself, in terms of itself. Religious moralists believe in universal values, therefore they are black and white thinkers who must state as Kant tried to do that if a value is good then it must be absolute-universal, and from this follows how they must reject any value that is at odds with whatever they think of as the universal value. In most cases the supposed universal value is "life is good" or "suffering/death is bad"; this is the position from which vegetarians and vegans come, although it is funny how they do not count plant life as being alive or as being able to suffer.
What do you think happens to a cell when it is damaged? It reacts. It tries to repair itself if possible, and if not possible then its components are violently torn apart and reconstituted by other cells -- the cell dies. Every cell, including plant cells, acts to remain alive and structurally stable. Why do you think cells have cell walls that are configured to only allow certain molecules in while rejecting others? Why do you think cells pump out their waste products? Oxygen is a waste product of plant cells. CO2 is a waste product of animal cells.
All values exist only because a specific being produces them, values them. No value exists in a vacuum without the valuer. So the only question is: what is your value, and why? If you feel emotionally damaged and fragile enough to be so bothered by the concept of eating meat, then your value will be as a vegetarian or vegan. That's perfectly fine, as your valuing. But such a valuing is by no means universal. It is not my own valuing, nor that of countless other humans not even to speak of all the carnivorous animals in nature who live only because they eat meat.


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Women writing,
and participating in the literary field
This part of the website presents women authors and their writing activities. On the basis of documentation entered by NEWW-participants into the database WomenWriters, we show these women - using quantitative and qualitative approaches - as members of groups and sub-groups, and in some cases as individual outstanding figures. The objective is to present the writers in their context - allowing discussion of the place and role of female celebrities, and also of hitherto completely unknown or unnoticed women.
As clearly the database WomenWriters is not "complete", any interpretation or conclusion based upon it must be considered as provisional, and in need of check and further reflection. This is what this website is meant for.
In this project the word "author" is used in its broadest sense: a woman who wrote and published either fiction or non-fiction, books or contributions to the periodical press, her own texts or translations of writings by others, comments on others' writings, etc. Therefore, "intermediaries" are being classified here as "authors".
This large definition is not wholly unproblematic. For example: what about oral literature? What about women, like Madame de Sévigné, who did not write for publication, but still exerted considerable influence, when the letters written to her daughter were published some 40 years after her death? These questions have been addressed during the first of the annual "NEWW November meetings": 22 November 2007, and will be further discussed.
Authors can be classified - for the sake of their easily being found - according to the women's national identities. Here also problems arise, because of possible confusion or contradiction between nationality and language. This is equally under discussion.
Dutch authors are over-represented, for the moment. This has to do with the fact that the first phase of the digitizing project focused on the reception of women's writing in the Netherlands: while looking for traces of foreign authors finding Dutch readers, we found not only the names (or pseudonyms) and works of many non-Dutch authors, but also an astonishing number of Dutch women, who commented, translated, adapted the foreign texts. Instead of the average dozen women that appear in current Dutch literary historiography (concerning the periods before 1900), we found more than 700 Dutch names (19th century: 400; 18th: 175; 17th: 100; earlier: 25). This sounds incredible; analyses of the data and detailed study of the reception documents themselves will have to explain our findings and may account for the discrepancy between the numbers of lost and surviving authors.
For the other countries, the numbers of authors mentioned in the database WomenWriters are much smaller. Entry of data has not taken place in a systematic way: it depended on the writers' being received and read in the Netherlands and on individual interest of NEWW collaborators or occasional information being found by chance. In a next phase of the collaborative research much work is to be done here. For the moment these are the numbers per nationality, and an indication of the period concerned:
- 790 Dutch authors, the first being born 1200
- 622 French authors, from 1101
- 368 English authors, from 1445
- 221 authors active in Germany, from 1098
- 90 authors active in the United States, from 1612
- 81 authors active in Italy, from 1314
- 69 authors active in Sweden, from 1303
- 50 authors active in Belgium (before 1830: Southern Netherlands), from 1177
- 31 authors active in Russia, from 1714
- 28 authors active in Denmark, from 1610
- 24 authors active in in Ireland, from 1613
- 22 authors active in Norway, from 1780
- 17 authors active in Switzerland, from 1694
- 16 authors active in Spain, from 1515
- 10 authors active in Austria, from 1633
- 9 authors active in Greece, from 1799
- 9 authors active in Slovenia, from 1818
- 7 authors active in Hungary, from 1779
- 7 authors active in Czechia, from 1687
- 6 authors active in Portugal, from 1458
- 5 authors active in Poland, from 1700
- 5 authors active in Turkey, from 1725
- 4 authors active in Bulgaria, from 1835
- 3 authors active in Scotland, from 1755
- 3 authors active in colonies of European countries, from 1856
- 3 authors active in Rumania, from 1828
- 3 authors active in Finland, from 1840
- 2 authors active in Canada, from 1820
- 2 authors active in Croatia, from 1812
- 2 authors active in Mexico, from 1648
- 2 authors active in Argentina, from beginning of 19th century
- 2 authors active in Serbia, from 1349
- 2 authors active in Egypt, from 1840
- 1 author active in Slovakia, from 1855.
These figures will have to be compared to those concerning male literary production, and serve as starting points for further research and analysis.
Other classifications than by nationality/language are possible, and may be no less usefull. For example:
by place of birth:
- women born or/and living in Utrecht,
- or elsewhere;
by genre or type of writing activity:
- translators,
- journalists,
- etc....
or by "authors' intentions", for example:
use of irony
- Benoist, Charriere
(female) education
- Epinay, Genlis, LPB
conditions for women's authorship
role of parents
- Stael, Genlis
Suzan van Dijk, 5 February 2009
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