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2012 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview & Predictions
As many of you know, I am from Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Pirates are my team. As such, I've decided to dedicate an entire blog entry to their 2012 preview, rather than lumping them in with a division preview. In case you missed my division previews, you can read my AL East Preview, AL Central Preview, AL West and NL Central preview by clicking on the links provided.
I've decided to post this preview now, on the eve of the Pirates first grapefruit league game – tomorrow vs Toronto.
The Pirates were in first place in late July last year before everything fell apart. A blown call by Jerry Meals at the plate in the 19th inning of a game in Atlanta seemed to trigger a monumental collapse, as the Pirates finished the season with a 19-43 record.
The National League Central is a weaker division in 2012, having seen the departures of its two best hitters via free agency; Albert Pujols from the Cardinals to the Angels and Prince Fielder from the Brewers to the Tigers.
Let's see what the Pirates have heading into the season.
The catching position was a bit of a mess last year for the Pirates. They used EIGHT different catchers last year. Michael McKenry received the most at bats, but struggled by and large, hitting .222. Ryan Doumit, Chris Snyder, Jason Jaramillo, Dusty Brown, Eric Fryer, Matt Pagnozzi, and Wyatt Torregas also saw time at catcher in 2011.
To add stability, general manager Neil Huntington added catcher Rod Barajas during the offseason.
Barajas has been a durable major league catcher throughout his career and brings power to the table. His troublesome spot is hit batting average and on base percentage. On the whole, this is an upgrade over what the Pirates had last year.
The backup catcher job will probably go to Michael McKenry,
although Jake Fox was also signed during the offseason to be a viable option if McKenry falters or is injured.
Fox has seen time in the majors before, playing most recently with the Orioles last year. He is a career .237 hitter in the big leagues with 20 home runs in 489 at bats. He's got some power. He has also had years in the minor leagues where he's hit 21, 24, 25, and 31 home runs. He's got more pop, so I personally hope that he makes the team over McKenry, just from a batting practice perspective. I've seen the guy hit in BP in Baltimore. He does very well in BP. He can also play first base.
Last year at first base, the Pirates had Derrek Lee for the last two months, who took over for an inept Lyle Overbay, who was ultimately released. Lee broke his wrist and missed time, but did have a good month with the Pirates, hitting .337 with 7 homers in 101 at bats. The Pirates wanted him back, but Lee snubbed the city of Pittsburgh and turned down the Pirates arbitration offer, hoping to play for a 'better' team or get more money. He's still currently unemployed, which should please many Pirates fans.
So without Lee, the Pirates are turning to plan B. At first base this year, there will be a platoon situation with Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee.
Garrett Jones does very well against right handed pitching, but looks foolish against lefties, hitting just .147 against them in 2011.
When looking at the splits, McGehee, acquired by the Pirates for Jose Veras over the winter hit just .169 against lefties in 2011. That defies convential wisdom, since he is a right handed batter. In his career, he is a .261 hitter vs lefies, so hopefully '11 was an aberration.
Both Jones and McGehee are coming off of down years. McGehee hit .223 with 13 home runs last season. In 2009 he hit .301 with 16 homers, and .285 with 23 homers and 104 RBIs in 2010. He has reported to camp much lighter than last season, which could result in better athleticism and a better season.
Jones burst onto the scene in 2009 with 21 homers in 314 at bats and followed it up with another 21 homer season in 592 at bats in 2010. Last year he lost his way a bit, hitting 16 in 423 at bats. Hit batting average was also a career low .243.
My thoughts about this platoon? I think it's a slight upgrade over last year. Overbay was just terrible for the first three months of the season. If the Jones/McGehee tandem can hit .260/30/100 while they play the 1B position collectively – it'll be huge.
Neil Walker had a breakout year for the Pirates in 2011. He was one of the Pirates more consistent performers.
Third base was a major problem area for the Buccos last year. Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates #1 draft pick, and #2 overall was a complete bust. He looked completely lost at the plate and his season was a disaster. He was hurt with a strained quad, and then was demoted to the minors. The Pirates once envisioned Alvarez as a guy that could hit 30-40 homers by taking advantage of the short porch in right field at PNC Park. Alvarez certainly has the power – I've seen him launch bomb after bomb over the right field wall in batting practice, but has had problems mentally and with conditioning.
Last season the Pirates relied on Josh Harrison to fill the void at third while Alvarez was out. Harrison was a good replacement, but he is just that – a replacement level player.
During the offseason, the Pirates let Ronny Cedeno walk, disappointed that the shortstop never reached his full potential. Cedeno was often distracted and not always focused on the game. As a result, he often had lapses on both sides of the ball and often times found himself in the manager's doghouse.
Huntington signed Clint Barmes to take Cedeno's spot as the starting shortstop. Barmes is a sound defender and an okay hitter. He hit .244 last year with 12 homers – no where near his career high of 23 homers in 2009. However, 12 actually was his second best home run season. A lot of fans are expecting a lot of power from Barnes. I would advise them not to be too optimistic. If Barnes can give the Pirates .250 with 15 homers, we should all take it. By the way, Cedeno hit 2 homers with a .249 average last year, so Barmes represents a slight upgrade.
In the outfield, the Pirates are set in left field with Alex Presley in left, Andrew McCutchen in center, and Jose Tabata in right. The fourth outfielder position will go to Nate McLouth. Last year, the Pirates had Ryan Ludwick/Jose Tabata/Alex Presley in left for most of the season, and a failed Garrett Jones/Matt Diaz platoon in right field.
Presley will bring top of the order speed to the Pirates. He hit .298 last year and missed time with a thumb injury.
McCutchen is the face of the franchise. Last year he hit just .259 with 23 homers – perhaps pressing a bit to jump start the anemic offense. McCutchen has a new stance in 2011 – an open one – and hopes that it will help him stay on the ball better.
Jose Tabata was signed to a six year contract during the 2011 season despite playing just a year in the big leagues. Many fans question his age – he is listed as 23 – and power – career high in the big leagues is 4 (in the minors his best HR year was 8).
Nate McLouth will receive plenty of at bats as the team's fourth outfielder. He was an All Star for the Pirates in 2008 before being traded away for Charlie Morton, Gorkys Hernandez, and Jeff Locke (all of whom are still with the Pirates.) McLouth was awful in Atlanta. He hit .198 and .228 there with virtually no power. Even seeing him in batting practice was painful. It was like watching a high schooler hit.
The Pirates most important part of their team in regards to their success will be their starting pitching. Last season, the Pirates were in first place or in contention for much of the first half because their starting pitching was over achieving. The second half, the starting pitching crumbled, as did the Pirates season.
This year, the Pirates brought in AJ Burnett to be the ace. They are paying him $13 million over 2 seasons. Fans in Pittsburgh were excited. It's been a long time since we had a big name starting pitcher, even if Burnett had struggled a bit the last few seasons. Burnett's arrival was going to bump one of the Pirates pitchers from the rotation and create a competition for a rotation spot – likely between Kevin Correia and Jeff Karstens. However, it never happened, as Burnett bunted a ball off of his face, breaking an oribital bone.
He's now out for 8-12 weeks, and the Pirates don't expect him back until June. Terrible luck.
Without Burnett, the Pirates will look to another new starter in their rotation to help right the ship. Erik Bedard was brought in via free agency to give the Pirates depth. Bedard has had some success in his career, but is often injured. He's only pitched over 150 innings in his ten year career twice. Last season he went a combined 5-9 with a 3.62 ERA and 125 K's in 129 innings for the Mariners and Red Sox. He brings the strikeout to a rotation that often pitched to contact last year.
James McDonald was acquired two years ago from the Dodgers for Octavio Dotel. McDonald was 9-9 with a 4.21 ERA last year with 142 K's for the Pirates last year. He struggled at the outset of the season, but was one of the Pirates better starters late in the season. I think he is the most likely to have a breakout season in 2012.
Charlie Morton was a complete surprise in 2011. He was 2-12 with a 7.57 ERA in 2010. Last year, he was ace-like. He went 10-10 with a 3.83 ERA and induced ground ball after ground ball. He became nicknamed 'Ground Chuck.' He LED the National League in home run ratio – allowing just 0.3 homers per nine innings. Morton had hip surgery in the offseason, and is participating in Spring Training, but is a few days behind the other Pirates pitchers. It stands to reason that he likely will open the season with the club, but may start out as the team's fifth starter just as a precaution.
Jeff Karstens was another complete surprise last year. Karstens bounced back and forth between the bullpen and rotation in 2009 and 2010, posting losing records and ERA's of 5.42 and 4.92. When an injury to Ross Ohlendorf gave him a chance last year, Karstens ran with it. He never stopped. He was the Pirates ace last season, often among the top 5 in the National League in Earned Run Average. He finished up the season at 3.38. It will be very interesting to see what Karstens does to follow up his breakout campaign.
Kevin Correia was an All Star in 2011, but the completely tanked. He finished with a 4.79 ERA, but tanked it in the second half, becoming injured and posting a 7.23 ERA. He also could not perform at PNC Park. His ERA at home was 7.71 with a 2-8 record. To me, if Burnett would've stayed healthy, he was most likely to be demoted from the rotation to a long relief role in the bullpen. However, Correia gets a chance to prove that he belongs in April and May in 2012.
Brad Lincoln, the Pirates #1 pick in 2006 serves as insurance if a starter gets hurt. He has a minor league option left and will likely begin the season in the minors. I know hindsight is 20/20, but guess who was taken after Brad Lincoln in the draft? Clayton Kershaw, Tim Linecum, Max Scherzer, Ian Kennedy, and Chris Perez.
The bullpen looks pretty set. Joel Hanrahan will close games.
Evan Meek, returning from an injury in 2011, will likely be the set up man. Meek's injury hurt the team last year, as the team struggled to find someone to be successful in the set up role.
Chris Resop could serve as the 7th inning guy if he can be consistent. Rounding out the bullpen would be Jason Grilli, Daniel McCutchen, and Tony Watson. Daniel Moskos or Chris Leroux could also be in the mix.
The bullpen was very solid last year for the Bucs. It looks to be the same in 2012.
So now it's time for a prediction.
Taking into account the losses and using the stat WAR (wins above replacement):
Paul Maholm, Ronny Cedeno, Derrek Lee, Ryan Ludwick, Jose Veras, Xavier Paul, Matt Diaz and Ryan Doumit are attributed with 6.6 wins. Meaning that they were worth 6.7 wins more than a typical replacement player. Maholm was most valuable with a WAR of 2.6.
The Pirates have 6 new players:
AJ Burnett, Erik Bedard, Rod Barajas, Casey McGehee, Nate McLouth, and Clint Barmes . Those six are worth 7.1 wins. Clint Barmes was most valuable at 2.9 WAR in 2011. McGehee was -1.0. Burnett was worth 1.1, although he had a down year.
On paper, the Pirates look like they should go 73-89, a one win improvement from 2012.
That's not what you want to hear though. That's not what I want to hear. So, I'm going to get away from the stats and project that Andrew McCutchen improves over a bit of a junior slump, and that Evan Meek returns to his dominant 2010 self, and that Pedro Alvarez finally breaks out.
My prediction is 81-81, which will bring an end to 19 seasons of losing, and mark the Pirates first winning season since 1992.
2012 Statistical Projections (from baseball yearbook. Avg-HR-Rbi)
C Rod Barajas .233-21-63
1B Garrett Jones .247-18-66
2B Neil Walker .278-11-68
3B Pedro Alvarez .219-5-32 (Alvarez isn't even a starter in the BY projections)
3B Casey McGehee .243-16-74
SS Clint Barmes .253-14-5
LF Alex Presley .291-9-43
CF Andrew McCutchen .262-20-77
RF Jose Tabata .278-5-32
SP Jeff Karstens 10-12, 3.77 ERA, 177 IP, 110 K
SP Charlie Morton 9-13, 4.57 ERA, 167 IP, 130 K
SP James McDonald 10-12, 4.14 ERA, 185 IP, 159 K
SP Erik Bedard 6-8, 3.35 ERA, 116 IP, 115 K
SP Kevin Correia 10-10, 5.01 ERA, 147 IP, 92 K
SP AJ Burnett 12-12, 5.19 ERA, 186 IP, 163 K
RP Joel Hanrahan 2.81 ERA, 35 saves, 67 IP, 74 K
RP Evan Meek 2.54 ERA, 3 saves, 64 IP, 55 K
The season basically rests on if Alvarez can finally perform or not. No pressure Pedro.
What are your thoughts on how the Buccos will finish? I think they'll finish 4th.
There's only 34 days until opening day, and 1 day (TOMORROW) until the first broadcasted game on MLB TV (Yankees vs Phillies). And, just 2 more days to win this LA Dodgers shirt.


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Canada's Homeless World Cup team got a big send-off on Tuesday before a journey of a lifetime to Paris, France, and members of Vancouver Whitecaps FC were on hand to show their support.
The Homeless World Cup began in 2003, with a tournament in Graz, Austria, with the aim of giving homeless people worldwide a chance to reintegrate into society through sport.
Whitecaps F players Jay DeMerit, Bilal Duckett, Shea Salinas and Jeb Brovsky attended the sending off ceremony for Canada's 2011 team to put their weight behind the initiative, which is changing lives.
"To see homelessness and how it affects all ages … there's 54-year-olds on this team who are getting their lives back through this game," midfielder Brovsky told MLSsoccer.com at a community centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, which is infamous for its poverty levels. "It's inspiring and it shows you that you're never too old to make a change."
Peter Chow is a perfect example of what this tournament and homeless soccer initiatives can do for turning a life around.
Leading up to last year's Homeless World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Chow was living in a homeless shelter in Vancouver following struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues. While staying at the shelter, he noticed a posting for a homeless soccer initiative run by the Portland Hotel Society and signed up, eventually getting the chance to represent Canada at last year's tournament.
"It was surreal," Chow said. "We had the entire city behind us, and it became a reality when we stepped on the pitch for our first game and got smoked by Ireland.
"My best memory was the last day, the finals between Brazil and Chile," he added. "Just seeing the tears streaming down from all the players [was incredible]. Now, I'm passing the torch - a couple of the players I took under my wing made it this year, and I practice with them every week and keep their minds focused and clean, and let everything fall into place."
Chow now has his own place and has been what he describes as "stable" for the past year. Chow credits the tournament and playing soccer multiple times a week for helping him get his life back on track.
"I'm not overwhelmed by stress anymore," Chow explained. "I take everything one day at a time. If I have any problems, the support network of people that I trust is vast. Every day, more people are showing up to lend a hand - it's awesome to know that all you have to do is be at the right place at the right time, and the sky's the limit."
Whitecaps FC, for their part, showed their encouragement for the team by practicing with Canada's squad last week. The 'Caps men's and women's teams presented signed jerseys as mementos to Canada's team at the send-off ceremony.
"I looked up to soccer players my whole life, and now that I'm in that position, I feel it's part of my duty and role to talk to people and be a support to people," Salinas said. "I get just as much out of it as they do."
Salinas had a long chat with a member of the team, Hector Valle, on Tuesday evening. The two formed a bond after the practice last Wednesday after Valle complimented Salinas on his skill with the ball.
"I appreciated that these guys took time out of their free time to play with us," Valle said. "I can't tell you how good this feels like. They're professionals - Salinas is an excellent player and I had a chance to speak with him. He encouraged me to keep doing what I'm doing."
Canada's team departs on Wednesday, and the 64-team tournament runs from August 21 to 28 beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Martin MacMahon covers Vancouver Whitecaps FC for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on Twitter: @martinmacmahon

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This is the post from a fellow Original Primal Carnage player I found in the Primal Carnage Steam forums and I'm going to post it here it along with my reply too. ↓ ↓ ↓
So I finnaly get into the game but when I play multiplayer my dinosaur both glitches and lags. I teleport randomly into things when I run and my jump, roar, and right click pounce either wont work or they lag about 3 seconds after I click them. On boats I glitch into the ocean all the time and in Forest gap I keep glitching into the river rappids trying to get across the bridge. Dinosaur's all around me glitch into different positions so I either cant kill them or I run myself into a death zone or they kill me before I can make a scratch.
This is ruining Primal carnage for me, can ANYONE help me out...?? I only experience this in multi player...
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The same thing is constantly happening to me and I have high speed internet and I always have good pings of 60 or 80 depending on the servers, my ping is usually 60 on low ping servers and 80 on higher ping servers and my ping never goes higher than 110.
This teleporting seems to have nothing to do with ping. I have also noticed that some servers have more teleporting than others. For example MPQC's No Kill RP server always has more teleporting than Docks 24/7 or Rex Rampage these other severs have teleporting it's not always as frequent than in the No Kill server but it still occurs and is a big impact on game play.
The teleporting stops me from being able to fly as a ptera, causes my attacks or shots to miss, and costs me my kills and often gets me killed whether it be from missing all my shots because of teleporting, not being able to doge at the correct time, not being able to take off as a ptera, or simply causing me to walk off into the ocean it's a problem.
These teleporting issues with Primal Carnage 1.3 seem to have started for most everyone months ago and it still continues.
Btw, I have played primal carnage for two years and I have never had such bad teleporting until this year and it's not just me who also has this bad teleporting. I have chatted with quite a few players in-game and they also have the bad teleporting so it has nothing to do with my internet, ping, or computer.
~ I hope that this teleporting issue can be addressed because it's a major problem that impacts gameplay and overall ruins the experience of this game for new players and longtime players alike.
~ Anyway thanks for reading. Happy hunting!


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Associated Press: The Big Story
October 2013
by Mike Silverman
She's one of the most prodigiously gifted singers of her generation, but Jamie Barton has yet to tackle the leading operatic roles she was born to perform. Instead, for now she's playing a "waiting game."
Barton, who just turned 32, has a gorgeous mezzo-soprano voice, a force-of-nature-sized instrument that is centered in the middle of the female vocal range, just below soprano. In her case, that range has extensions at either end — down to contralto territory and up to high C (a note she laughingly refers to as "my trick pony").
"It's a rare voice, the kind we don't hear much anymore," said Stephen King, chair of vocal studies at Rice University who first worked with Barton when she joined the Houston Grand Opera's young artists program. "It's not only powerful, it's beautiful, and those don't necessarily go together in the opera world."
The hitch is that for her type of voice, 32 is still young and her sound is still settling in and maturing. To start performing full-throttle Verdi mezzo parts like Amneris in "Aida" or Azucena in "Il Trovatore" too soon could cause lasting damage and make her what King calls "one of those rocket ships that burn out in 10 years."
"It's difficult for people who have larger voices," Barton acknowledged in an interview at the Metropolitan Opera last week. "I want to have this career where I get to sing all the fun, meaty, juicy roles. But the name of the game is a waiting game at this point."
So Barton has stuck to smaller roles, "where I can kind of build my way up." She made her Met debut in 2009 as the Second Lady in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and has dipped her toe into Verdi at other houses with Emilia in "Otello," Annina in "La Traviata" and Giovanna in "Rigoletto."
This season, however, marks a step forward. Later this month she will sing Adalgisa in a revival of Bellini's "Norma" at the Met. It's a big part, but lighter than Verdi. Next spring she debuts as Fricka in Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in Houston, and there is an as-yet-unannounced prominent role upcoming at Chicago's Lyric Opera.
These higher profile engagements come on the heels of her triumph this past summer in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in Wales, where she won both the overall prize and also the prize for song recital. It was only the second time one person had won both in the event's 30-year history.
One aspect of Barton's artistry that critics have consistently noted is her interpretive gift, an ability to imbue her words with heartfelt meaning, whether in the Witch's Song from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" or Dido's lament from Berlioz's "Les Troyens."
Barton credits her early experience performing musical theater during her high school days in rural Georgia. She said she was especially influenced by listening to albums of songs performed by Audra McDonald.
"To me she's the perfect communicative artist," Barton said of McDonald. "You have somebody who can give you the story right there on a platter, you understand exactly where she is emotionally with the text, and it's beautifully produced."
Barton remembers when she discovered Verdi. She was 25, in the young artists program at Tanglewood, when James Levine — music director at the Met — assigned her the role of Amneris in the second-act duet from "Aida."
"At this point of my life, all I had ever heard about Verdi and Wagner was stay away until you're above 30 at least," she said.
But when she started rehearsing, Barton said, "it was the first time I had sung music where I was like, 'This is home. This is what I'm supposed to do. This fits my voice, and fits my body and fits me in a way I had never experienced before.'"
Levine had much the same reaction — with a strong caveat.
"He smiled and said, 'I want you to promise me you won't sing that Amneris in the car, in the shower, for five years," she recalled. "'I want you to put it down. I don't want you to touch it. And then after five years you're allowed to start learning it.
"'And then after eight years, I maybe want to hear you try it.'"
Opera fans all over the world will be looking forward to that day as well.


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The road to a playoff bye is rarely a smooth one. The top teams in the NFC were reminded of that in Week 10.
The Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Giants all failed to come away with wins on Sunday. (The 49ers kissed their division sisters.)
A four-part series on player health and safety with reporter Andrea Kremer aired Tuesday through Friday on NFL Network:
Tuesday: Football's safety issues
Wednesday: Virginia Tech's helmet technology, The "Hit System"
Thursday: Inside Darrelle Revis' rehab
Friday: The lack of common safety standards in youth football
» For more information on player health and safety, visit NFLEvolution.com.
Concussions suffered by quarterbacks Jay Cutler and Alex Smith loom especially large. We could see a matchup of backups Colin Kaepernick and Jason Campbell on "Monday Night Football" next week.
With their easy schedule and great play at home, the Falcons can survive their slip-up in New Orleans. The 49ers remain two up in the loss column on Seattle in the NFC West and don't rely on their quarterback play that much. They can live without Smith. The Giants are used to second-half drama. It's what they do.
The Bears are the team to worry about most here. They have the Packers coming fast in the rearview mirror and a brutal schedule coming up, with five straight games against winning teams. Chicago relies on Cutler's big arm to overcome inadequacies on its offensive line. Cutler's concussion hurt the Bears' chances to beat Houston on Sunday night, and it could have repercussions in the NFC playoff race for weeks to come.
So you're saying there's a chance
1. The Cowboys are far from out of the NFC East (despite the appearance of owner Jerry Jones batting eyelashes at Mike Holmgren) after Dallas' win against Philly. Dallas has a chance to be only half a game behind the Giants before New York gets back on the field after its bye week. The Cowboys host the Browns before facing the Redskins on Thanksgiving.
2. The Bengals have looked lousy nearly all season, but they won a game convincingly against the Giants when they absolutely needed to. A record of 4-5 is not out of it in the AFC. You can't rule out a Colts collapse down the stretch, which would mean that 8-8 or 9-7 could be enough for the last Wild Card spot in the AFC this season.
3. The sledding is tougher in the NFC, which is why Saints fans shouldn't go too crazy making Super Bowl plans just yet after beating Atlanta. New Orleans' margin for error remains perilously thin, but at least they are giving their fans something to enjoy this season. Games against the 49ers, Falcons and Giants still loom.
They're real and spectacular
1. Denver's defense is a legitimate weapon. Von Miller just finished one of the most dominant two-game stretches I've ever seen from a pass rusher. Robert Ayers is coming on strong. The Panthers had eight three-and-outs against Denver. The Broncos' front manhandled Carolina.
2. It's probably time to throw Adrian Peterson's hat in the MVP ring. It is totally ridiculous the guy might have a career season after tearing his ACL.
3. The Ravens put up a 50-burger against Oakland. I don't have much to say about it, but fans complain when I don't mention their team after winning. So, thank you Baltimore for appropriately setting the table for Steelers-Ravens next week. Well-timed by NBC!
4. The Seahawks have a good chance to go undefeated at home. Week 16 against the 49ers should be a classic.
The more things change ...
1. Yes, the Patriots have a running game and Chandler Jones. But the more this season wears on, the more their team resembles the 2011 squad. That's a bad thing. This team should have more potential. Then again, the 2011 Patriots were a couple of plays away from winning a title.
2. The Falcons lost another rivalry game to the Saints because they couldn't convert in short-yardage. The difference between this year and last: Mike Smith only tried to run once in three plays against New Orleans. Smith knows the team can't win up front.
Don't panic
1. The Giants are making life hard again. That's what they do. The road to a playoff bye is going to be much tougher, but they have a chance to get healthy during their bye week. The key part here: Do you really trust Dallas to make a run in the second half?
2. This may sound obvious, but tying the Rams is so much better than a loss for the 49ers. Teams always want to "control their fate." The loss column is about controlling fate. San Francisco remains two up on Seattle in the loss column, which is a significant edge past the midway point of the season. Marc Sessler had a great recap of the madness.
3. To all the AFC teams at five or six losses: You are only out of it if you believe the Colts can't stumble down the stretch.
Fork preview
Each week, the Around the League crew sticks a fork in teams we eliminate from true playoff contention. We don't intend this to be predictive, just a statement that their seasons are legitimately over.
Six teams were forked before Week 10. The Philadelphia Eagles are obviously next. It's over. (The Fork Committee will discuss the Raiders, Bills and Jets a little more in-depth. The AFC is bad enough for someone to rise from the ashes.)
Some panic is acceptable
1. Some stereotypes are stereotypes because they are true. Philip Rivers' two fourth-quarter interceptions were brain-farting back breakers. Robert Meachem was essentially benched in this game. Rivers played very well until the final frame, but he contributed greatly to the Chargers' loss.
When Norv Turner nearly has a Dennis Green moment, you know the end is near.
2. I've seen the Jets come back from the dead so many times that I'm hesitant to say it's all over, but the Jets aren't even competitive when they lose. That's four losses by at least 17 points. They have been outscored 58-16 in the last two weeks against the Dolphins and Seahawks.
3. The Dolphins have quietly been showing cracks for a while. The Rams dominated the line of scrimmage against them, but the Dolphins found a way to win. The Colts blew the doors off the Dolphins last week. The Titans led Miami 24-3 at halftime. At the time, Jake Locker was 4-for-14 for 34 yards.
Losing 37-3 to Tennessee dims the expectation level for this Dolphins team.
4. The Lions made strides to get to 4-4, but they are buried deep in the NFC North after losing to the Vikings again. It's hard to see Detroit recovering now, not that Calvin Johnson's fantasy owners mind. (207 yards. Hello!)Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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The Undertaker recently did an interview with the Houston Chronicle to promote SpurRaffle.com. Undertaker was asked why he continues to wrestle despite his injury history.
"Honestly, I love it, that's why," Undertaker said. "I've got 26 years in the business and all these injuries, but WrestleMania has become so huge, it's just hard to walk away from it. I want the audience leaving the stadium going 'Wow!' It's a responsibility I have being a top dog in this business. The crowd will let me know when it's time to leave. They haven't yet."
Taker also hinted at feeling a sense of obligation to work WWE's biggest pay-per-view of the year.
"If I didn't perform at WrestleMania, in some strange weird way, I'd feel like I was letting Vince McMahon down."
Undertaker notes that his down time is spent healing up, spending time with family and working on his "horrible golf game."
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Deaf and a diplomat
It wasn't something I'd ever considered before, disability in the diplomatic service, because I unfortunately, like most people, have quite entrenched images of what a diplomat looks like. So I marveled when I heard that a female diplomat who was deaf had risen through the ranks.
But unfortunately whilst the story starts there, it isn't where it ends.
Jane Cordell worked in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2001 and in 2010 was offered the post of deputy head of mission in Kazakhstan, only to have the offer revoked when the FCO decided that making adjustments for her disability would be too expensive. They deemed the cost of her posting was beyond the "reasonable adjustments" which employers are obliged to make for disabled staff.
But I wonder if they've overlooked the value they'll be missing out on, given the extra abilities and commitment Cordell's disability generates.
Here's what Cordell said about the role of diplomacy and her disability:
"I find that diplomacy requires, as you say, the ability to read people. And interestingly I think people with hearing loss develop the ability to read people, so I think in some ways being a deaf diplomat brings you an advantage.
When I walk into a room, I pick up immediately a sense of what the atmosphere is, whether there is going to be a rapport with the speakers, what's going on. You read people's faces, their gestures, and you can pick up messages that possibly people who aren't deaf couldn't. "
Now perhaps reading body language may seem like a fairly slender added contribution, given the high calibre people we believe most diplomats to be. But I think this different contribution is fascinating in an environment where so many subtleties of culture, politics, language, conflict, agreement and personality come into play. As Cordell said:
"It brings each meeting automatically on to a more human level as I have to explain a little, at first, who the lip speaker is and what they do. Many say working with me has opened their eyes to the possibilities for deaf people. "
Having someone around who spots the unspoken as much as they understand words said, might be very useful indeed in many a negotiating environment.
But beware your feet! In the same interview Cordell shares how much information she thinks can be given away by the lower half of our bodies. She explains how the top half of us learns how to lie better. But feet tapping and toe curling really give the game away!
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15. His interest in activism also extends to world music in general. He has featured increasing world music on his albums over the years, and this culminated in him being the driving force behind the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) movement. He also created the Real World Studios a record label devoted to the creation and distribution of various world artists.
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What is rock 'n' roll, one may ask upon seeing the names Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens and Peter Gabriel on this year's list of finalists for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Do any of them truly rock, let alone roll? Or is their music more likely to be filed in the "popular" section of your imaginary record shop?
That's one reflexive thought that popped up after seeing the list of nominees for the 2014 induction ceremony. Sixteen acts that make/made music in subgenres including grunge, rap, funk, art pop, neo-soul, guitar rock, progressive rock, soft rock and blues rock, the list offers way more questions than it does answers.
For example: Why is Ronstadt the only woman on the list? Where are, for example, the Go-Gos or the Runaways? What about Janet Jackson? Or is she less "rock 'n' roll" than Stevens?
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More questions: Does rock 'n' roll thrive on bloated tales from topographic oceans, as prog rock band Yes would indulgently suggest? Does it live within the comic book glam rock band KISS's songs about pulling triggers on love guns or doctors named Love who have the cure you're thinking of? (Shouldn't writing and recording the song "Lick It Up" automatically disqualify a band from inclusion?)
As with last year, fans have a vote. Specifically, as Randy Lewis explained in his news of the announcement, fans can vote from Oct. 16 and through 2 p.m. Pacific time Dec. 10 at the websites of the Rock Hall, Rolling Stone and USA Today. The top five vote-getters will constitute the "fans' ballot" that will be counted among the other 600 votes from members of the Rock Hall to be cast.
Below is an overview of the roster of nominees, along with their highly unscientific odds of making it into the hallowed halls when a final inductee list is announced, likely in December.
Sure things
Nirvana: This is Nirvana's first year of eligibility, and they'll easily enter despite the fact that lead singer Kurt Cobain would likely hate the honorarium. The group shifted the direction of rock in the late '80s and early '90s, even if during their formation a whole movement of underground rock acts were making music as vital and transformative as Nirvana. The most notable, of course, are the Pixies, who are not, and have never been, nominated.
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Linda Ronstadt: Ronstadt's a virtual shoe-in, even if her work hardly rocks. It's already bad enough that she's the only non-man in the bunch, so for political reasons, she'll get in, even if Joan Jett inspired way more young musicians to pick up instruments and rock out than Ronstadt did. 4:1 odds
Yes: The induction of power trio Rush last year was a game changer. All of the sudden progressive rock, long the realm of finicky geeks, had a way in. Yes, after all, were one of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s, and in this, their first nomination, the group seems likely to bring their complicated time signatures and cinematic structures into the hall. 5:1
LL Cool J: A rapper who helped bring hip-hop into the mainstream (and, eventually, into candlelit bedrooms), LL Cool J has been nominated a few times before, which makes his chances tough to handicap. But if you consider that the Hall of Fame would look pretty bad if it didn't induct a single rap artist this year, and it normally errs on the side of New York-based music (see N.W.A below), LL seems likely to finally pass the threshold. 7:1
The Zombies: The Zombies are a surprise on this year's ballot, even if they shouldn't be. Why now? Maybe as a way to appeal to a youth culture in the middle of a zombie (as in, undead human) zeitgeist? Cynically, perhaps. But the British Invasion band's hits are stone-cold classics: "She's Not There," "Time of the Season" and "Tell Her No" being the best known. 8:1
On the fence
Peter Gabriel: Genesis is already in the Rock Hall, but that was as much a result of their success after lead singer Peter Gabriel left the band. His work in the late 1970s, three amazing self-titled solo albums, is beautiful, and after he broke into the mainstream with "Sledgehammer," he achieved near-superstar status. Add in his early, innovative music video work and Gabriel seems likely to make the cut. 10:1
KISS: Big, dumb rock by men in high-heeled boots and silly comic-book makeup: That's what KISS is, at times wonderfully so. Throw in fake blood and balls of fire and you've got a party. A band whose ridiculous concept helped deliver them a level of fame that bitter critics still can't get over (at least if you listen to Gene Simmons), KISS was also nominated in 2010. They didn't get in then (but ABBA did, which hopefully sticks in Simmons' craw). I'd wager they're in this year. 10:1
Cat Stevens: The soft-rock wordsmith was on the roster in 2006, but to no avail. His second appearance comes amid continued appreciation of and nods to his music, most prominently by songwriters such as Jack Johnson, Amos Lee and Jason Mraz. 13:1
Hall & Oates: The great blue-eyed soul group might be considered a bit too "lite" for the guitar lovers in the world, but Hall & Oates' collection of smooth, powerful hit singles in the '70s and '80s can't be denied. Their dance-pop influence continues to echo, as well, in the music of Chromeo, Daft Punk and Haim, among others. 14:1
N.W.A: N.W.A is way more culturally important than LL Cool J, but the Rock Hall's passion for treacle, and fear of danger, may shun West Coast rap pioneers N.W.A again. Prove me wrong. 15:1
Deep Purple: Did Deep Purple matter? Yes: "Smoke on the Water" is a rite of passage for every budding bassist. Will the British proto-metal band gain induction? Odds are against it. Their popularity remains mired in the memories of an avid (mostly male) fanbase -- though anyone who's heard "Machinehead" understands their influence. 16:1
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Long shots
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Their second nomination in as many years, the important Chicago blues rock band helped spawn harder acid-rock sounds after making a dent in San Francisco. So on paper, the Butterfield Band has certainly earned its place. The problem: few hits, and the harmonica isn't the most sexy instrument. 18:1
Link Wray: This is the primal guitarist's first nomination. Best known for his menacing instrumental "Rumble," which some argue is the first punk-rock song, Wray's way with guitar distortion and tone helped guide the instrument in wild new directions. Despite its lack of lyrics, the song was banned in some places due to the degenerate nature of its sound. That alone earns him induction, even if it's unlikely to happen on his first try. 20:1
Chic. This is Chic's eighth nomination since 2003, and if they can't do it this year all bets are off. After all, co-founder/guitarist Nile Rodgers was propelled to prominence once again in 2013 through his work on Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories." Whether that cosign helps them sneak in this year is less certain. After all, it's not like the Rock Hall has too much tolerance for either disco or electronic dance music. (Evidence: The seminal German group Kraftwerk, nominated last year but not inducted, fell off the ballot, and remain outside the gates.) 24:1
The Replacements. A band whose best work came out before they signed to a major label, the Replacements created great punk-rock songs and on some nights were the best rock band on the planet. But they never achieved fame similar to their critical acclaim, a truth that will hinder their chances. That said, their return to the limelight this year may positively affect their chances. Though a long shot, any band who built from scratch the songs "Androgynous," "I Will Dare" and "Color Me Impressed" can't be counted out. 25:1
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The Meters. The tight New Orleans instrumental funk band has been nominated two other times. Alas, outside the serious soul and funk communities, where they're rightfully considered one of the funkiest instrumental guitar bands, the group is less known. Ziggy Modeliste's rhythms have been sampled to death, though, and the group's highlights have certainly withstood the test of time. The band, though, remains unlikely to enter the imaginary room this year. 37:1
Embarrassing oversights
These oversights need to be rectified in order for the Rock Hall to be considered a legitimate curator: Slayer. Motorhead. X. Sonic Youth. DEVO. Black Flag. The Pixies. Boogie Down Productions. The Smiths. The Smiths. The Smiths.
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When Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano was asked this week who will be his starting quarterback come September, Schiano left nothing to chance.
"We only have one," Schiano told NFL Network. "It's Josh Freeman."
Schiano's gone out of his way to squelch speculation that Freeman might be replaced by rookie Mike Glennon, but that assumes the fifth-year pro passer avoids another wildly erratic campaign. ESPN's Ron Jaworski, cycling through his annual quarterback review, said he saw more questions than answers in Freeman's play, summing him up as "an enigma."
During a midseason stretch that saw the Buccaneers go 5-1 last season, "Freeman played with a swagger," Jaws said. "He was always willing to pull the trigger, attacking all levels of the defense. What I really love was the anticipation."
Then Freeman tumbled off a cliff. "He was erratic with his accuracy. He had many communication issues with his receivers," Jaws said.
Jaworski pointed out a disturbing figure: Only Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets had a lower passer rating when facing pressure. That's when we saw Freeman mightily struggle at reading coverages and making split-second decisions.
Case in point: This ugly interception against the St. Louis Rams in Week 16, in which Freeman was picked off by James Laurinaitis.
"When you go play-action, you still have to locate your underneath defenders," Jaworski noted. "You can't assume they will not be a factor in coverage. ... Freeman threw this ball as if the linebacker wasn't even there. Freeman is an enigma. He has a lot of talent, but he should be a better quarterback after 56 NFL starts."
I have high hopes for this year's Bucs, but that's contingent on Freeman taking the next step. If he isn't a better passer by midseason, I wouldn't be surprised to see Tampa Bay explore what they have in Glennon, no matter what the team says today.
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Clarence Albert Devaney, born May 5, 1923, age 88, of Rockwood, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Roane Medical Center.
He was a World War II U.S Navy Veteran. He was formerly a chemist with Tennessee Products & Chemical Corp. and later worked as a truck driver for Scandlyn Lumber Co. He retired from Chamberlain Memorial Hospital as a maintenance worker.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Sallie Stricklan Devaney; his wife, Julia Mae Roddy Devaney; and a son, Ronald David Devaney.
Tommy Fox, 60, of Rockwood, died Friday, March 9, 2012, in Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William George "Red" Fox and Mildred Naomi "Omi" Barnes Fox.
Funeral services were at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in Evans Mortuary chapel, Rockwood, with William F. Fox and Butch Evans officiating. Burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery, Rockwood.
April Leigh Murray, 34, of Cookeville, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at her home.
She was born in Knoxville on April 16, 1977, a daughter of David Lee Letzinger and Jaymee Ruth Murray. She was a member of Harriman First Christian Church and Washington Avenue Baptist Church, Cookeville. She worked with food services at Cookeville High School. She was a loving, devoted mother, daughter, sister and friend.
Anna Marie Reeder, 82, of Oliver Springs, died Monday, March 12, 2012, in NHC of Oak Ridge.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Reeder; and her parents, Samuel Nelson and Clara Gray Nelson.
Survivors include two sons, David Reeder, Texas, and Randy Reeder, Livonia, Mich.
Fred White Jr., 90, of Oliver Springs, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at his home while surrounded by his family.
He was born Sept. 22, 1921, in Briceville. He grew up in Lake City and moved to Oliver Springs 60 years ago. Before his retirement, he was employed by Union Carbide for five years as a firefighter and a guard. He drove a coal truck for Walls and Coker for more than 30 years, and he retired from West Coal Co. of New River in Anderson County.
Benjamin Thomas "Benny" Walls, 88, of Oliver Springs, died Monday, March 12, 2012, in Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Mae Halburnt Walls; and his parents, Algie Walls and Pearl Giles Walls.
Survivors include a daughter, Clara Crooks, Mohawk, Tenn.; and two sons, John Walls, Farmington, Minn., and Leroy Walls, Chattanooga.
Jeffery Tracy, 53, of Kingston, died Friday, March 9, 2012.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Jane Marie Tracy, Kingston; and his mother, Shirley Slicker, Kingston.
Memorial services are planned. Click Funeral Home, Lenoir City, is in charge of arrangements.
David A. Bertoli, 73, of Oliver Springs, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Renaissance Terrace Care and Rehabilitation Center, Harriman.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Eleanor Hurt Bertoli.
Survivors include a daughter, Candy Rae Bertoli, San Rafael, Calif.; and a son, Leon Roy Bertoli, Carroll, Iowa.
Service was between 4 and 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, at 212 Burney Drive, Oliver Springs, with Pastor Mark Bass officiating. Sharp Funeral Home, Oliver Springs, was in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Cora Lane, 91, of the Frost Bottom community in Anderson County, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at her home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Roy Lane; her parents, Edward and Annie Hoskins Lively; and a daughter, Delores Gail Lane Johnson.
Survivors include a daughter, Diane Lane, Frost Bottom; and four sons, Douglas Lane, David Lane and Darrell Lane, all of Frost Bottom, and Dwight Lane, Oak Ridge.
Bernice K. Remley, 87. of Kingston, died Friday, March 9, 2012, in Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Remley Sr.
Survivors include four children, Gilbert Remley, Jo Ann Criste, Karen Lemons and Bryan Remley.
Funeral service was at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in Kyker Funeral Home chapel, Kingston. Burial was at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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At 11 a.m. the opening ceremony will include an invocation by Rodney Harris and the singing of the National Anthem by the Rock Springs Choir. It will immediately be followed by the beginning survivor lap.
The Rock Springs Choir will sing again at 11:30 a.m. At 12:30 p.m. the Southern Stars Twirling Team will perform.
The elementary school chorus will come on at 4 p.m., followed by the middle school chorus at 4:30 p.m. and the middle school step team at 5 p.m.
The high school band takes the stage at 5:30 p.m.
Gordon State College performers will put on a show at 6:30 p.m. followed by Zumba with Ashleighanne Cowart at 7 p.m. and the Barnesville United Methodist Praise Choir at 7:30 p.m.
Mackenzie Dyer and Biscuit (Junior Humphries) will perform together at 8:30 p.m. before Dyer leads the luminaria ceremony at 9 p.m.
There will be line dancing with a DJ at 9:30 p.m. and the popular Miss Relay Contest at 10 p.m.
Closing ceremonies will begin at 10:30 p.m.
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Adobe recently released a FAQ regarding its Creative Suite and the suite's compatibility with the upcoming Snow Leopard update. Like the recent announcement that future versions of the Creative Suite would only support Intel-based Macs, what has been announced has drawn some controversy. Adobe is only supporting CS4 on Snow Leopard.
Does that mean CS3 or CS2, which many folks are still using, won't work with Snow Leopard? That remains to be seen (and we'll do our best to check on that for you come this weekend—some of us in Orbiting HQ use one or the other). What Adobe is really saying, though, is that the company worked with Apple to test and make sure that CS4 works, and it does. What Adobe isn't going to do is take away resources currently going toward supporting CS4 and working on CS5 in order to fix issues for two-and-a-half-year-old software. Adobe already doesn't provide any new Camera Raw updates to CS3, for instance, and hasn't for some time.
CS2 works in Rosetta on Leopard, so there's a pretty good chance that it will continue to work in Rosetta on Snow Leopard. CS3 has been rock solid for us in Orbiting HQ under Leopard, so there's a pretty good chance it will also continue to work just fine on Snow Leopard. That said, Adobe's policy might disappoint some users hoping to get the benefits of Snow Leopard but weren't ready to upgrade their Adobe software. If incompatibility is a concern, though, it might be worth holding off for a while and see if any major show-stoppers turn up.
UPDATE: Adobe's John Nack has posted a note saying that the limited testing that has been done suggests that Photoshop CS3 should run just fine on Snow Leopard. This jibes with some early reports we've seen 'round the 'Net. It confirms our own suspicions, though not everyone in Orbiting HQ has gotten Snow Leopard installed, so we haven't been able to verify this for ourselves.
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Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced a $180 million boost over 5 years to Australia's National Reserve System
On 30 March, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced a $180 million boost over 5 years to Australia's National Reserve System, as part of the Government's $2.25 billion Caring for our Country initiative. This is in addition to the $%) million already allocated to boost Indigenous Protected Areas Given that the figure had fallen to a profoundly inadequate level of some $6 million for 07-08 this is a very significant boost in this critical program for building our national system of protected areas. The NRS assists states and territories purchase land, offers very attractive 2:1 funding for the private protected area trusts and funds the Indigenous Protected Areas sector.
It was very satisfying that at the announcement the efforts of WCPA ANZ and WWF Australia in achieving this goal were acknowledged. In truth there has been a profound collaborative effort between WWF Australia, particularly Andreas Glanznig, Martin Taylor and Paul Sattler and WCPA. While all achievements have many contributors WCPA has worked steadfastly to stress the key role of the NRS and to underscore its inadequate funding in many forums. We have taken this message to many levels and it was the key message of both organisations' substantial Senate Inquiry Submissions. The WWF NRS audits Building Nature's Safety Net I & II have provided crucial objective data.


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I would thank the people at Universal and Focus, except there's so many people trying to take credit for this I wouldn't know where to beginBill Murray's joking speech - or not? Jan 29, 2004
I fired my agents a couple months ago. My trainer, my physical trainer, killed himselfBill Murray's joking speech - or not? Jan 29, 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'American Splendor' top film by LA Critics Jan 08, 2004
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearGolden Globe nominates top comedies Dec 18, 2003
It's a really unattractive sight to see an actor or actress who really wants an OscarBill Murray lacks interest in Oscar Dec 17, 2003
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). Murray gained additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and a series of films directed by Wes Anderson, including Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
Murray was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, a lumber salesman. Murray's father died in 1967 from complications of diabetes when Bill was 17 years old. Murray, along with his eight siblings, grew up in an Irish Catholic family. Three of his siblings are actors: John Murray, Joel Murray, and Brian Doyle-Murray. His sister, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican Sister in Michigan, traveling around the country portraying St. Catherine of Siena.
The family did not have much money, and Lucille Murray pressed her children to work. As a youth, Murray read children's biographies of American heroes like Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickok and Davy Crockett. He attended St. Joseph grade school and Loyola Academy. During his teen years, he worked as a caddy to fund his education at the Jesuit High School. One of his sisters had polio and his mother had several miscarriages. During his teen years he was the lead singer of a rock band called the Dutch Masters and took part in high school and community theatre. Murray also conducted the George Mason University pep band, Green Machine, during the Charleston Classic.


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Prominent Algerian singer Warda stressed that she will not stop singing as long as she is able to do so even if she is forced to do it for free. Warda angrily stated during an interview with an Algerian newspaper that she will sing till her last breath and no one can stop her from doing so.
Warda said that the negative criticism she has been receiving with regards to ending her singing career do not affect her in any way.
According to the internet website MBC.net, Warda stated that singing is her life and her audience is the air she breaths without them life will be meaningless. The singer added that audiences around the Arab world still insist on listening to her and appreciate her music and it brings her great joy when she sees how her fans are so attached to her.
Warda expressed her surprise and shock at the large number of rumors circulating around her with regards to her resignation and wearing the hijab a matter that she denied.
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Eulogies sometimes tell us more about their authors than about their subjects. The nearly universal acclaim for John Stott following his July 2011 death revealed evangelical longing for a unifying leader of grace and conviction. The disputes and disappointments of Stott's career gave way to the memory of a gentle intellectual giant.
Lauded as the closest thing to an evangelical pope, Stott was the leader we wish our theological opponents would emulate. Frustrated that women are still restricted from serving in pastoral ministry? Then you wish more evangelicals would take after Stott, an open-minded biblical exegete who changed with the times. Disappointed that substitutionary atonement has come under attack by some pastors and professors? Then you wish more Bible teachers would write books like The Cross of Christ, which locates Jesus' self-substitution at the center of redemption.
Indeed, Stott transcended divisions like few others in post-war, trans-Atlantic evangelicalism. He belonged to the British aristocracy but disbursed much of his considerable royalties to finance seminary education for majority world pastors. He labored to reform the Church of England while building a massive following in the North American parachurch movement, particularly through the Urbana conference of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He owed much of his prestige to Billy Graham, who convened the Lausanne Congress in 1974, but he pressured the famous evangelist by threatening to resign due to disagreement over social action.
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Just wanted to share a few images of the outfit I wore to Nanette Lepore SS13 fashion show, in addition to some of my favorite looks from the show and of course the after party, which was an absolute blast! I got to pick my outfit for the show, and fell in love with this dress and heels from the moment I saw them! I mean, what can I say, I love colorful, feminine pieces!
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AZEVEDO, Ana Lucia Martins de y COSTA, André Monteiro. The narrow entrance door of Brazil's national health system (SUS): an evaluation of accessibility in the family health strategy. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1414-3283.
This study has the purpose of analyzing users' perception of the accessibility to Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF - Family Health Strategy) in its geographical, organizational, socio-cultural and economic dimensions. Process evaluation with qualitative approach through open interview, direct observation and documental analysis was performed in the city of Recife, northeastern Brazil. The main problems were: the deficient referral and counter-referral system; delayed return of laboratory test results; excessive number of families per team; difficulties in scheduling medical consultations; expenditures on medicines. Facilities were observed in the professional-user relationship, as well as in the geographical proximity of the health unit. ESF proved to be a narrow entrance door to Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS - Brazil's National Health System). Therefore, it deserves to be evaluated with a more critical look that takes into account, as a starting point, the needs of individuals who request its actions, as well as the reasoning which guides the actions of the subjects involved in care.
Palabras clave : National Health System (SUS); Healthcare quality, acess, and evaluation; Family Health Strategy; User satisfaction; Primary healthcare.


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PHILADELPHIA — Porter McConnell gave up on pay TV last summer after noticing that monthly rates kept creeping up.
Now with no satellite or cable TV, she watches her trusty old TV set with an antenna or she goes online to catch her favorite programs. Once in a while, she buys shows from Apple Inc.'s iTunes service. McConnell also upped her subscription to Netflix Inc.'s movies-by-mail service so she gets two DVDs at a time instead of one, for $15 a month.
"Part of it is, I've got to economize," said the 30-year-old Washington, D.C., resident who works at a nonprofit.
McConnell is the kind of consumer who makes cable and satellite TV operators lose sleep. While a weak economy invariably makes people pinch pennies, this is the first time that viewing shows online has become a viable competitor to pay TV, making cutting the cord easier.
Cable operators are starting to notice. Glenn Britt, chief executive of Time Warner Cable Inc., voiced his concern Wednesday in a quarterly earnings discussion with analysts.
"We are starting to see the beginning of cord cutting," he said. "People will choose not to buy subscription video if they can get the same stuff for free."
It's tough to pin down how many people actually have given up cable — most of the evidence remains anecdotal — and which customers moved to a competitor.
Still, Time Warner Cable, the nation's second-largest cable operator, lost 119,000 basic video customers in the fourth quarter, even after excluding subscribers it gave up from the sale of some cable systems. The company also posted slower growth in new digital cable TV, Internet and phone subscribers.
More details will emerge as other cable and satellite TV operators report earnings in the coming weeks.
This is not to say that the cable business is in trouble. It's a mixed picture in this economy. While there will be some people who will completely give up their pay TV service, many folks will keep the subscription but cut back instead on going out to the movies. They also might give up a movie channel or two and buy fewer pay-per-view shows.
But pay TV providers are right to be alarmed. Not only has a flood of TV shows and movies become available online, but the video quality has gotten better. Netflix is expanding its service that lets subscribers stream movies and shows from the Internet at no additional cost. And more and more people have home broadband — 57 percent of American adults, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Throw in the worst economic slowdown in nearly a century and people question whether they still want to pay for cable or satellite. As of January 2008, the average monthly home cable bill was $84.59, up 21 percent from two years earlier, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
"You've got these factors aligning at the right time," said Bobby Tulsiani, senior analyst at Forrester Research. "This time there is a real, viable alternative" to cable.
To be sure, there can be drawbacks to canceling pay TV. Watching shows on a PC still isn't as comfortable as watching TV while relaxing on a couch. The quality of Internet video, while improving, still isn't as good, especially for live events, in which video and audio might not be in sync. While some game consoles, Blu-ray players and other devices enable video to be seamlessly delivered over the Internet to a TV, hooking up a computer to the TV to watch the full gamut of online shows on a big screen can take some technical savvy.
These downsides mattered to 36-year-old Peter Tierney, who lost his job two weeks ago as a Web producer for a New York advertising agency.
With a wife and son to support, he called Time Warner Cable to cut his premium Japanese channel and whittle down his $180 monthly cable bill.
Tierney ended up saving nearly $70 a month, after Time Warner Cable gave him discounts good for two years and he canceled the premium channel.
"It's hard for two people to watch shows on the computer at the same time," Tierney said. "I can't sit on the comfy couch. I have to go to my desk and sit on my chair."
Indeed, a Forrester survey to be released in about a month found out that most people aren't planning to ditch their cable subscriptions soon.
But the Internet is coming on strong as a new way to watch video, especially for the younger set.
Tulsiani noted that the success of Hulu.com, a joint venture NBC and Fox that officially launched last year and offers free TV shows and movies, has attracted other entrants. Perhaps to hedge its bets, Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. — the nation's largest cable company — runs a similar site called Fancast.com, while full TV episodes now are available through the networks' Web sites. YouTube made deals last November to carry full shows in an alliance with CBS and MGM.
(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
This is what worries Time Warner Cable's Britt. He warned that if cable networks keep moving content online for free, it would hurt them and cable operators like Time Warner. Because with fewer subscribers, cable operators will pay less money to programmers for the right to air their content.
But the networks' hands largely are tied. People are illegally swapping files of shows and movies over the Internet already, so the networks might as well make money off it with advertising and take some control over their content.
While cable and satellite TV companies worry about any consumers cutting service, it would appear younger people pose the biggest threat, given the wide generation gap in online TV viewing. About 72 percent of people ages 18 to 29 have watched a video online, compared to 34 percent of people ages 50 to 64, according to Pew.
Consider Thomas Senger and his family.
The 23-year-old security officer decided not to get cable recently after moving out of his parents' house and into his own apartment in Bayonne, N.J. He doesn't watch that much TV anyway and prefers playing video games or viewing DVDs with friends.
"It's pointless to pay for something that I watch over the Internet," he said.
But that's not an option for his grandparents, who don't know how to use a computer and watch a lot of TV. His parents are more savvy about the Internet, but not enough to change their viewing habits. Senger said his mother likes to watch the QVC shopping channel live. She and his stepfather also watch TV while eating dinner — a tough proposition over a PC screen.
"Both of them will still need TV," Senger said.
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In late January, Gov. Pat Quinn's budget office sent a letter to the four legislative leaders asking their support for a bill to pay back wages owed to union employees. Part of that letter, though, touted progress made in reducing the state's backlog of bills.
In late January, Gov. Pat Quinn's budget office sent a letter to the four legislative leaders asking their support for a bill to pay back wages owed to union employees.
Part of that letter, though, touted progress made in reducing the state's backlog of bills.
"Thanks to the priority that Governor Quinn and (lawmakers) have placed on making the tough choices to pay down the backlog of bills, the total amount of bills outstanding has come down from a high of $9.9 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion (in December)," acting budget director Jerome Stermer wrote.
Moreover, he said, the backlog should be down to $5.6 billion by June 30, the end of the state's current fiscal year.
Although voters might not know it from listening to candidates for state office from both parties, some Republicans and Democrats in the legislature agree that the state has made progress in whittling down the backlog of bills waiting to be paid. They agree that the job isn't yet finished, but insist things are better now than they were or would have been had paying down the backlog not become a priority.
"Had they not done what they did the last three years in dedicating money right off the top in a significant amount, we would be looking at $13 billion or more in actual old bills," said Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley, of work done by budget negotiators. "As it sits right now, we have about $5 billion that are out there."
"The governor at the end of January put out a letter saying (the backlog) is much better," said Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights, ranking Republican on the House Revenue Committee. "I don't think they're that good, but I do believe that the backlog is getting slightly better. It's getting slowly better. Slowly."
One reason is that lawmakers agreed to devote money each year to paying down a portion of the backlog. That will continue in the new budget lawmakers will draft this spring, even though the loss of some of the income tax increase will mean cuts in most state programs. The House and Senate have agreed on broad budget outlines that show cuts of nearly $2.4 billion will have to be made, including $867 million to elementary and secondary education, $719 million to human services and $303 million to public safety.
"What we've done the past couple of years is to appropriate a certain amount of revenue for payment of back bills," Harris said. "I think we are going to do that again this year."
Rep. Patti Bellock, R-Hinsdale, said she's seen the practical effects of reducing the backlog. Bellock is a House Republican budget expert, particularly in human services programs. She said Republican lawmakers were just talking about the volume of calls they've received from hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and other providers desperate for payment.
"I'm getting very few now compared to a year and a half ago. I would probably get 25 a week," she said. "You had people going out of business in two weeks because they couldn't meet payroll. That has subsided a lot. Now I'm down to very few (calls) a week. We feel there's been big progress made."
But lawmakers agree the bill backlog needs to get smaller before the state will be considered current with its payments.
"The backlog of bills is never going to be zero," Harris said. "You are always going to have back bills in the pipeline. The question is how long do people have to wait to be paid."
In the corporate world, he said, paying a bill in 45 to 60 days is considered acceptable.
"Whether it is $1 billion or $5 billion, if you can pay it all within 45 to 60 days, that's darn good," he said.
On Feb. 20, Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka's office said it had just over $2 billion in bills on hand that were less than 60 days old. Another $2 billion in bills was more than 60 days old, with $1.3 billion of them over 90 days. The figures did not include an estimated $2 billion in bills being held in state agencies, nor $1.3 billion in backlogs to schools.
"The goal is to get down to $2.5 billion to $3 billion (total), which for us is a 30-day payment cycle," Mautino said. "I don't think we can get it done this year, but I think they will get it done next year if we show the same restraint."
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Homefield Backpackers
Welcome to Homefield Backpackers, Bundorans only Irish Tourist Board approved Youth Hostel. Recommended by The Lonely Planet, Lets Go and Routard. Exp
New Owners, completely renovated rooms reopened Jan '09 -brand new beds and linen. Part of the Donegal Adventure Centre, Homefield now offers surfing, kayaking, climbing, archery etc at discounted rates to all staying here.Groups, stags, hens welcome but all groups pay returnable damage deposit.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Bicycle parking
- Free Breakfast
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- DVDs
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Vending Machines
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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By Car
Coming from Sligo direction: (N4)
Take Bundoran road from Sligo and drive for about 30 minutes. Continue through roundabouts into town centre.
Drive past Allingham Arms Hotel (right) and past seafront terrace - take next right onto Bayview Ave, and hostel is 200m on right.
From Ballyshannon /Eniskillen (N3)
Follow singns to Bundoran and drive through town past Holyrood hotel (on left) and Bridge Bar (on left). Take 2nd turn left after Bridge Bar onto Bayview Ave,
and we are 100 m up on the right
By Bus
Regular buses from Sligo to Bundoran, depart from Sligo bus station.
Feda O' Donnell servise travels from Galway to Bundoran.
The bus eireann no. 30 expressway service has regular buses from Dublin city centre and Dublin Airport to Ballyshannon (8 km away) and taxis are easily available to Bundoran. Customers can also call and book shuttle service.
There is a train service from Dublin to Sligo, and Aer Arann operate flights twice daily to Sligo Airport.
Located Near
Sligo, Donegal, Enniskillen. Bundoran is a busy surf town right on the North-West Coast. It is a lively town, with ample services and amenities, including hotels, leisure centres, cinema, pubs, waterpark, funfair, restaurants, surf schools & stores. It is close to Yeats country and the gateway to scenic north Donegal.


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there has been many SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown Error 132 but i managed to solve that with a simple script
there is also another error of ioctl(SIOCSIWMODE) failed: Device or resource busy error where i had to change the chipset mode from managed to monitor
so after solving all this i was able to find my own house wep key and one of my friends even though the channel is different! and even active injections work!
however, after it worked, i left it on and the computer put it to sleep. i mistakenly pulled the usb wifi out. Now when i plug it in, the computer doesn't even respond, and because the computer does not respond to the card, the Vmware won't detect.
the weird thing is that if i try it on a computer with xp, it will always work after a quick automatic installation. however, when i try with my windows 7 computer, it will work only ONCE. after i unplug and replug, it will do the same, not even detecting nor responding. there is nothing in the device manager so i can't even see the problem on windows 7
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2. the usb is in the "virtural mode" and is locked there?
3. Because my drive was automatically installed, could that driver not work. i can't find the driver anywhere so i can't uninstall/install it again
4. i have an internal wlan, so is it conflicting with it?
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Ciarus, right in the centre of Strasbourg, offers a unique and complete accommodation service...
Accommodation at CIARUS occupies 4 floors with 101 rooms ranging from single and double rooms with twin or bunk beds, to larger rooms with 3-4 beds or 6-8 bunk beds. All rooms are equipped with a private shower, toilet and washbasin. Beds are made every day, rooms are cleaned, towels are furnished.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Age Restriction
- Air Conditioning
- Bar
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Children's Play Area
- Common Room
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Currency Exchange
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Late check-out
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meeting Rooms
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Reception (limited hours)
- Restaurant
- Safe Deposit Box
- Taxes not included
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels Included
- Vending Machines
- Wake-up calls
- Wheelchair Friendly
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Please note that that the cancellation policy is 72 hours prior to check in. The first night of stay will be deducted if the cancellation is made after the 72hours.
Please note: Visitors tax of 0.55 per night & per person are not included in the price online.
- Starting January 1st, 2019, the city tax is Eur 1.59 per person/night. All will be due on arrival. Please note, charges can vary based on the room you book.
Please note: check-out time: 9 am during the week.
Check-out time: 10 am during the weekend.
Guest under 18 can not stay alone in the property, they must be accompanied by an adult
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How to get to CIARUS
By bus from train station :
Take bus no.10 towards 'Brant Universit' from in front of the railway station, and get off at the 3rd stop ('Place de Pierre').
On foot from train station :
Follow the Rue Maire Kuss, which leeds away from the train station, just opposite the main entrance. When you reach the end of the street, take a left and follow the canal (lIll) until you see the Palais de Justice. From here, CIARUS is indicated by street signs. Take a left on Rue Finkmatt and you will see the CIARUS sign above our door, about 200 meters down, on your left; about 15 minutes in total.
By air:
Take the local train directtly from the airport, arrival at the main railway station.
From the motorway:
Coming from Haguenau, take 'Place de Haguenau' exit then follow signs for CIARUS
Coming from Colmar/Mulhouse, take 'Wacken' exit, then 'Avenue des Vosges' then follow signs for CIARUS.
Coming from Paris, take 'Place de Haguenau' exit and follow signs for CIARUS
For more information, please contact us directly.
Located Near
• Arrivée en train : Depuis la gare, prendre le bus n°10 ou 2 direction 'Brant Université' et descendre au 3ème arrêt 'Place de Pierre'.
• Arrivée en avion : Un train vous conduit depuis l'aéroport d'Entzheim jusqu'à la gare de Strasbourg (passerelle et liaison piétonne sécurisée directe).
• Arrivée en voiture, par l'autoroute : En venant du Sud (Colmar/Mulhouse), prendre la sortie 'Wacken', direction 'Avenue des Vosges' et suivre les panneaux de signalisation 'Ciarus'.


text: Pakistani police officers and residents gather at the site of a bomb blast that targeted paramilitary soldiers in a commercial area in the city of Quetta, killing 11 people. Later in the day, twin blasts at a snooker club in the city killed at least 80 people. Arshad Butt/AP hide caption toggle caption Arshad Butt/AP The Two-Way Deadly Day In Pakistan: Dozens Killed In Multiple Blasts In Quetta January 10, 2013 Back-to-back bomb blasts at a snooker club in the city killed at least 80 people. A Sunni extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack on the predominantly Shiite area. Earlier in the day, a blast at a city market killed 11. A separatist group said it was behind the explosion.


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if you're easily amused or in need of entertainment, read other stories shared in comments. one of my favorites is the following on page 4:
OK … I could tell you one about me and Art Linkletter when I was on his show … you know, the kind you never never forget. But let me go for another … for one of my many secrets is that I am absolutely addicted to tennis — always was, always will be. Quite a long time ago, Australian Ken Rosewall was the biggest name in tennis, bringing home trophy after trophy and still mentioned now with awe.
One day a call came in — I practically can state the time down to the hour. It was a friend, pretty famous in his own right, saying that Ken Rosewall was flying in from Australia to stay with him in Palm Springs. While I was still recovering from hearing this, he then stated that "Ken", knowing I loved tennis, invited me to come out to play tennis with him during his stay. Shaking, I said there was no way that the #1 player in the world would play with the #1 novice of all time. No way … period. But I was begged, cajoled, promised dinners with Rosewall by my friend. You can imagine the lines: like 'Ken would really like to meet me' (like "Ken" would give a hoot!!) But this dream man was there, and racket in hand, I booked a flight, got to LA airport and - you guessed it — chickened out big time. I lied. I told the biggest whooper of my life, in fact. Rosewall would have fallen on the court laughing the first time I served. You know it, I knew it. I told my lie and flew back home.
NOW for the best part: A few days later, two packages arrived from Palm Springs - return address: Ken Rosewall. One was an 8x10 photo of Rosewall in his tennis sweater holding a very large sign that said: WHERE'S JOAN?????? and attached was a small real tennis racket.
The other package held — Rosewall's tennis racket~~~~~ telling us all that dreams can come true.
And so — prominently displayed on my fridge door is the photo of Ken, obviously missing me badly to take his disappointment that far. And with it, attached with magnets is THE tennis racket. If Rosewall is reading this, I still adore the man. (And if Joni Evans would ever let us show photographic proof that this really happened, you too could revel with me!! Do you know what heaven is like? This is my kind of heaven!!)


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