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NFF Announces 2012 Football Bowl Subdivision
College Football Hall of Fame Class
14 Players and Three Coaches to Enter College Football's Ultimate Shrine
- OTIS ARMSTRONG – HB, Purdue (1970-72)
- STEVE BARTKOWSKI – QB, California (1972-74)
- HAL BEDSOLE – SE, Southern California (1961-63)
- DAVE CASPER – TE, Notre Dame (1971-73)
- TOMMY KRAMER – QB, Rice (1973-76)
- ART MONK – WR, Syracuse (1976-79)
- GREG MYERS – DB, Colorado State (1992-95)
- GABE RIVERA – DT, Texas Tech (1979-82)
- MARK SIMONEAU – LB, Kansas State (1996-99)
- SCOTT THOMAS – S, Air Force (1982-85)
- JOHN WOOTEN* – OG, Colorado (1956-58)
* Selection from the FBS Veterans Committee
- PHILLIP FULMER – 152-52-0 (74.5%); Tennessee (1992-08)
- JIMMY JOHNSON – 81-34-3 (70.0%); Oklahoma State (1979-83) and Miami (Fla.) (1984-88)
- R.C. SLOCUM – 123-47-2 (72.1%); Texas A&M (1989-02)
"We are extremely proud to announce the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Class," said Manning, a 1989 College Football Hall of Famer from Ole Miss. "Each year the selection process becomes increasingly more difficult, but Gene Corrigan and the Honors Court do an amazing job of selecting a diverse group of the most amazing players and coaches in our sport's rich history. This class is certainly no exception, and we look forward to honoring them and celebrating their achievements throughout the year ahead."
The 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Class will be inducted at the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 4, 2012, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. They will be honored guests at the National Hall of Fame Salute at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on January 2, 2013 and officially enshrined in the summer of 2013.
Today's announcement was made from The NASDAQ OMX MarketSite in Times Square, which has hosted the event for the past four consecutive years. XOS Digital produced the NFF web streams for the second consecutive year, and the Orange Bowl and the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP participated as the supporting sponsors of the announcement.
- 11 consensus First Team All-Americans (Alexander – 2x, Armstrong, Bartkowski, Bedsole, Casper, Detmer – 2x, Kramer, Myers, Rivera, Simoneau, Thomas)
- ONE unanimous First Team All-American (Ogden)
- THREE multi-year First Team All-Americans (Alexander – 2x, Detmer – 2x, Myers – 2x)
- TWO members of national championship teams (Bedsole, Casper)
- ONE Heisman Trophy winner (Detmer)
- THREE winners of college football major awards (Detmer – Maxwell, O'Brien; Myers – Thorpe; Ogden – Outland)
- FIVE conference player of the year honorees (Alexander, Armstrong, Detmer, Kramer, Simoneau)
- FIVE members of conference championship teams (Bedsole, Detmer, Myers, Ogden, Thomas)
- TWO NFF National Scholar-Athletes (Casper, Myers)
- TEN offensive players (Alexander, Armstrong, Bartkowski, Bedsole, Casper, Detmer, Kramer, Monk, Ogden, Wooten)
- FOUR defensive players (Myers, Rivera, Simoneau, Thomas)
- SEVEN first-round NFL draft selections (Alexander, Armstrong, Bartkowski – 1st overall, Kramer, Monk, Ogden, Rivera)
- FIVE decades represented: 1950s (1) – Wooten; 1960s (1) – Bedsole; 1970s (6) – Alexander, Armstrong, Bartkowski, Casper, Kramer, Monk; 1980s (2) – Rivera, Thomas; 1990s (4) – Detmer, Myers, Ogden, Simoneau
- TWO national championships (Fulmer, Johnson)
- SIX conference championships (Fulmer – 2, Slocum – 4)
- 33 bowl berths (Fulmer – 15, Johnson – 7, Slocum – 11)
- 28 Top 25 finishes (Fulmer – 13, Johnson – 5, Slocum – 10)
- 45 First Team All-Americans coached (Fulmer – 19, Johnson – 12, Slocum – 14)
- SEVEN major award winners coached (Fulmer – John Henderson, Peyton Manning, Michael Munoz; Johnson – Bennie Blades, Russell Maryland, Vinny Testaverde; Slocum – Dat Nguyen)
- FOUR NFF National Scholar-Athletes coached (Fulmer: Peyton Manning and Michael Munoz. Johnson: Doug Freeman. Slocum: Lance Pavlas)
2. A player becomes eligible for consideration by the Foundation's Honors Courts ten years after his final year of intercollegiate football played.
3. While each nominee's football achievements in college are of prime consideration, his post football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and fellow man. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether or not the candidate earned a college degree.
4. Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years*. For example, to be eligible for the 2012 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1962 or thereafter. In addition, players who are playing professionally and coaches who are coaching on the professional level are not eligible until after they retire.
5. A coach becomes eligible three years after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age. He must have been a head coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage*.
* Players that do not comply with the 50-year rule may still be eligible for consideration by the Football Bowl Subdivision and Divisional Honors Review Committees, which examine unique cases.
- Including the 2012 FBS class, only 914 players and 197 coaches, have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame from the nearly 4.86 million who have played or coached the game over the past 143 years. In other words, only two one-hundredths of one percent (.0002) of the individuals who have played the game have been deemed worthy of this distinction.
- Founded in 1947, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame inducted its first class of inductees in 1951. The first class included 32 players and 19 coaches, including Illinois' Red Grange, Notre Dame's Knute Rockne, Amos Alonzo Stagg and Carlisle's Jim Thorpe.
- 288 schools are represented with at least one College Football Hall of Famer.
- Induction for this class of Hall of Famers will take place December 4, 2012 at the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City's historic Waldorf=Astoria.
Louisiana State University
Tailback, 1975-78
One of the truly great runners of his era, Charles Alexander dominated the Southeastern Conference in the late 1970's. He becomes the eighth Tiger to enter the College Football Hall of Fame and third running back in the last five years, following Billy Cannon in 2008 and Jerry Stovall in 2010.
Nicknamed "Alexander the Great", he left Baton Rouge as the most accomplished rusher in SEC history, holding the league's career records for rushing attempts, yards and touchdowns. He became the first back in SEC history to break the 4,000-yard barrier and record 40 rushing touchdowns. Alexander earned consensus All-America honors and was named team MVP in 1977 by setting school and league records with 311 attempts for 1,686 yards and 17 touchdowns. His carries and yards marks remain single-season records at LSU. Alexander followed that up by again receiving consensus All-America accolades in 1978 by rushing 281 times for 1,172 yards and 14 touchdowns. His stellar efforts as a junior and senior helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back bowl games, rushing for a combined 330 yards in the 1977 Sun Bowl and the 1978 Liberty Bowl.
The Missouri City, Texas, native was chosen in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He amassed 2,645 rushing yards and 1,130 receiving yards during seven seasons in Cincinnati, helping the Bengals reach Super Bowl XVI.
A former member of the Tiger Athletic Foundation Board of Directors, Alexander worked with the Louisiana State Youth Opportunities Unlimited. He also regularly volunteered with the United Way in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a member of the Bengals. He was named to the LSU Modern Day Team of the Century and is also a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team and the Houston Area All-1970's Team.
Purdue University
Halfback, 1970-72
One of the top runners of his era, Otis Armstrong left school owning Big Ten MVP honors, First Team All-Conference accolades and the league's all-time rushing record. He becomes the sixth Boilermaker to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
The eighth-place finisher in 1972 Heisman Trophy voting and a consensus All-American, Armstrong's 3,315 career rushing yards set school and conference records and placed him sixth in NCAA history at career's end. Armstrong's senior campaign in 1972 remains the best in Purdue history. He earned the Swede Nelson Award for great sportsmanship and team MVP honors by rushing 243 times for 1,361 yards, accumulating 1,868 all-purpose yards (all of which set single-season school records at the time). Armstrong led the Big Ten in rushing that season, and his 276-yard effort versus Indiana remains a school best. His 670 career carries remain a school record.
A first round selection by the Denver Broncos in the 1973 NFL Draft, Armstrong played eight seasons with Denver. He led the NFL in rushing in 1974, earning First Team All-Pro honors and appearing in his first of two Pro Bowls. The Englewood, Colo., native helped the Broncos appear in Super Bowl XII. Armstrong is an active church member, and he frequently helps young children stay out of trouble by teaching football skills. He was inducted into the Purdue Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.
University of California
Quarterback, 1972-74
Another legend in a long line of prolific Pac-12 passers, Steve Bartkowski becomes the 16th California Golden Bear to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bartkowski earned consensus All-America honors by leading the nation in passing with 2,580 yards in 1974. The gunslinger also set school single-season records during his senior campaign by attempting 325 passes and accumulating 2,387 yards of total offense. He was universally named the best quarterback in the West following his senior year after being named team MVP, First Team All-Pac-10, an All-Coast Team selection and the NorCal Player of the Year. His four 300-yard passing games set a school record and still rank among the top five in Golden Bears history.
The first pick of the 1975 NFL Draft, Bartkowski played 11 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and one year with the Los Angeles Rams. He was named the 1975 NFL Rookie of the Year, appeared in two Pro Bowls and compiled 24,124 career passing yards.
In addition to his football exploits, Bartkowski was an All-American first baseman for the Golden Bears baseball team in 1973. He became a member of the California Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. Bartkowski also hosted the outdoors shows Backroad Adventures with Steve Bartkowski on TNN and Suzuki's Great Outdoors with Steve Bartkowski on ESPN. The Atlanta native serves on the board of directors for multiple organizations and is a member of the Christian Sportsmen Fellowship.
University of Southern California
Split End, 1961-63
Ahead of his time as a long, big-play threat, Hal Bedsole helped College Football Hall of Fame coach John McKay and USC win the 1962 national championship. He becomes the 30th Trojan to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bedsole set school single-season receiving records during his consensus All-America 1962 campaign, corralling 33 passes for 827 yards and 11 touchdowns. He became the first player in USC history to top 200 receiving yards in a single game on Oct. 20, 1962 in a win over California. He capped the record-setting year with a huge game in the 1963 Rose Bowl, leading top-ranked USC over No. 2 Wisconsin with two touchdown passes in a 42-37 Trojans victory. The two-time All-Pac-8 honoree led the Men of Troy in scoring in 1961 and 1962 and set a school record by averaging 20.94 yards per reception for his career. He caught 82 passes for 1,717 yards with 20 touchdowns during his years on campus.
Drafted by the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs in 1964, Bedsole played three seasons in Minnesota. Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001, Bedsole retired after a long career as a radio broadcast sales manager.
University of Notre Dame
Tight End, 1971-73
Cited by College Football Hall of Fame coach Ara Parseghian as perhaps the greatest athlete he ever coached, Dave Casper earned All-America honors on the field and in the classroom. He becomes Notre Dame's 44th player to be selected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Serving as Notre Dame's co-captain and offensive MVP during his senior season of 1973, Casper led the Fighting Irish to a national championship while earning consensus All-America honors. He was also named an NFF National Scholar-Athlete, a CoSIDA Academic All-American, and an NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner. Casper was a proficient tight end, catching three passes for 75 yards in No. 5 Notre Dame's 24-23 win over No. 1 Alabama in the 1973 Sugar Bowl. A versatile asset, he also saw action at split end, as an offensive tackle and along the defensive line during his career.
Taken in the second round of the 1974 NFL Draft, he played 11 seasons for the Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and the Minnesota Vikings. The Alamo, Calif., resident was named a First Team All-Pro performer five times, appeared in four Pro Bowls and was chosen to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
A long-time member of the NFF Chicago Metro Chapter, Casper sat on the Ronald McDonald House's board of directors beginning in 1986. He founded the Dave Casper Celebrity Golf Tournament in 1985 to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Casper also supports the Big Brother/Big Sister Organization and Rotary International. He received the GTE Academic Hall of Fame for Outstanding Career Achievement and Contributions to the Community award in 1993, and he was one of six people to receive an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for living a life of distinction in 1999.
Brigham Young University
Quarterback, 1988-91
With a Heisman Trophy, a Maxwell Award, two Davey O'Brien Awards and 59 NCAA records, Ty Detmer left BYU as one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in college football history. His accomplishments led him to become a College Football Hall of Fame inductee, and the sixth Cougar to enter the sport's ultimate shrine.
Twice named a consensus All-American, Detmer won national player of the year awards from organizations such as UPI, CBS, Scripps Howard and the U.S. Sports Academy. His 15,031 career passing yards and 121 touchdowns were NCAA bests at the time, and the gunslinger still holds nine NCAA records. A three-time First Team All-WAC performer, Detmer led College Football Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards' teams to three conference championships, four bowl games, three AP top 25 finishes, a 28-21 win over top-ranked and defending national champion Miami on Sept. 8, 1990 and a 37-13-2 overall record. The NCAA Today's Top VI Award recipient still holds 10 school records, including the season and career marks for total offense, passing yards and 400-yard games.
A ninth round selection of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, Detmer played 14 seasons with the Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons.
The founder of the Ty Detmer Charitable Foundation, he regularly holds the Ty Detmer Youth Football League in Grants, N.M. He remains involved in the Davey O'Brien Foundation and the Children's Miracle Network, and he makes yearly appearances at numerous fundraising events for youth organizations. A 2000 inductee of the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame, Detmer is currently the head coach at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas.
Rice University
Quarterback, 1973-76
One of only two quarterbacks in college football history to earn consensus All-America honors for a sub-.500 team since 1970, Tommy Kramer proved his worth by finishing fifth in Heisman Trophy voting in 1976. Kramer becomes the sixth Owl to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
A consensus All-American in 1976, Kramer led the nation with 3,317 passing yards and 3,272 yards of total offense. Both marks ranked second in NCAA single-season history at the time. The 1976 Southwest Conference Player of the Year became the first player in league history to top 3,000 yards of total offense in a single season while also recording four of the top eight passing performances in SWC history. The San Antonio native held every career and single-season school record for passing and total offense for more than 30 years, and he led the Owls in passing all four years on campus.
Chosen by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1977 NFL Draft, Kramer compiled nearly 25,000 career passing and 159 touchdowns yards during 14 NFL seasons. He was named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year and earned his only Pro Bowl berth during the 1986 campaign.
Kramer was chosen to the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame and also the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. He earned the nickname "Two-Minute Tommy" for executing multiple late-game comebacks. A Kiwanis Club member, Kramer is still active with the Rice football program, returning to campus annually for the Huddle Up football reunion and serving as the Owls' honorary captain on numerous occasions.
Syracuse University
Wide Receiver, 1976-79
The winner of the Lambert Trophy as the top college football player in the Eastern U.S. in both his freshman and senior seasons, Art Monk became the mark of consistency during his remarkable career with the Orange, earning First Team All-America honors in 1979. Monk is the ninth Syracuse player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
As a senior in 1979, Monk hauled in 40 receptions for 716 yards (17.9 yards per reception) with three touchdowns. He set a school record in 1977 for most receptions and receiving yards by a sophomore, catching 41 passes for 590 yards and four scores. With 1,644 career receiving yards in 35 games, Monk set a school record with a 47-receiving yards per game average. He also recorded the greatest game by a receiver in Syracuse history on Nov. 5, 1977 against Navy, catching 14 passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. A versatile playmaker who entered college as a running back, he posted 31 kickoff returns for 675 yards and 44 punt returns for 430 yards. Monk ranks sixth in school history with 3,899 career all-purpose yards. The last player to lead Syracuse in receiving for three consecutive seasons, Monk led Syracuse to its first bowl victory in 13 years with a 31-7 win over McNeese State in the 1979 Independence Bowl.
Chosen in the first round of the 1980 NFL Draft, Monk played for the Washington Redskins from 1980-93 and the New York Jets in 1994. He set an all-time single-season receiving mark in 1984 by catching 106 passes. Monk broke Steve Largent's all-time career receiving record with 819 career receptions, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
An active member of the NFF Central New York Chapter, Monk sits on the board of trustees at Syracuse. The co-founder of the Good Samaritan Foundation, he has worked with the Leukemia Society, Project Harvest and I Have a Dream.
Colorado State University
Defensive Back, 1992-95
The personification of "student-athlete" and the winner of the 1995 Thorpe Award, Greg Myers claimed as many decorations off the field as he did for his stellar on-field performance. Myers becomes the second Ram to enter the College Football Hall of Fame, following 1981 inductee Thurman McGraw.
The first player in WAC history to earn All-WAC honors four times, Myers holds the league record with seven all-conference selections, four as a defensive back and three as a return specialist. A two-time First Team All-American, Myers led the NCAA with 555 punt return yards and three punt return touchdowns. He also set the WAC record with 1,332 career punt return yards, and he posted Colorado State records with three punt return scores and a 15.9-yard average. As a defensive back, he totaled 295 tackles and 15 interceptions. Myers helped guide the Rams to back-to-back WAC titles and Holiday Bowl berths.
A 1995 NFF National Scholar-Athlete, he was also named the Honda Scholar-Athlete of the Year that fall. Myers was named a two-time Academic All-American and a four-time Academic All-WAC honoree. The 1996 Nye Trophy recipient as CSU's most outstanding male athlete in academics, he was named to the NCAA Today's Top VIII. He earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences in 1996 and a M.D. from the University of Colorado in 2006.
A fifth round pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, Myers played five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys. A 2001 Colorado State University Sports Hall of Fame inductee and a 2012 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame member, Myers has sponsored the Greg Myers Scholarship Golf Tournament to raise money for student-athletes. He has worked with Shriners Hospitals; made numerous appearances at inner-city schools; and participated in Doug Pelfrey's Kicks for Kids. He is a member of the Groupsmart Community Outreach Program.
University of California – Los Angeles
Offensive Tackle, 1992-95
A unanimous All-American and the winner of the Outland Trophy in 1995, Jonathan Ogden was a cornerstone left tackle all four years he spent as a Bruin. He becomes the 11th UCLA player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Ogden won the Morris Trophy as the Pac-10's top offensive lineman, the UPI Lineman of the Year award and shared the Henry "Red" Sanders Award as the Bruins' most valuable player as a senior in 1995. The four-year starter allowed just one sack as a senior.
Ogden experienced success early during his years in Westwood, earning the John Boncheff, Jr. Memorial Award as UCLA's top freshman and a Freshman All-America nod from The Sporting News. Playing for College Football Hall of Fame coach Terry Donahue, he also helped the Bruins win the Pac-10 title in 1993. Ogden's No. 79 jersey is one of eight to be retired by UCLA. A two-sport athlete, he earned two top-five finishes in shot-put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and also placed fourth in shot-put at the 1995 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The fourth overall pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, Ogden played 12 seasons for the Baltimore Ravens. He started 176-of-177 games; earned First Team All-Pro honors four times; and appeared in 11 Pro Bowls. Ogden helped the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV.
He founded the Jonathan Ogden Foundation, which aims to assist inner-city students through athletics, and the foundation supported the NFF's Play It Smart program at Patterson HS in Baltimore for many years. The Henderson, Nev., resident also established the Ogden Club, which hires tutors to work with Baltimore City high schools, and in turn enlists high school athletes to tutor at local elementary schools. Ogden stages the Jonathan Ogden Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament, benefitting youths in Las Vegas and Baltimore.
Texas Tech University
Defensive Tackle, 1979-82
The most accomplished defensive lineman in Texas Tech history, Gabe Rivera was a consensus All-American as a senior in 1982. He becomes the fourth Red Raider to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
Carrying the nickname "Señor Sack", Rivera averaged 80 tackles per season from his defensive tackle spot. He compiled 62 solo tackles, 43 assists, 10 TFL, five sacks, 25 quarterback pressures and eight pass breakups during his All-America campaign in 1982. He was named an Honorable Mention All-American in 1980 and 1981, and earned First Team All-Southwest Conference honors in 1982 and Second Team All-SWC accolades in 1981.
Chosen with the 21st overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft, Rivera played six games for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rivera had his career cut short when he was left a paraplegic by injuries suffered in a car accident midway through his rookie season.
Rivera was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also a member of the Texas Tech Hall of Honor. He has volunteered as a tutor with Inner City Development in San Antonio, and he has worked with Gridiron Heroes, a nonprofit that aids high school football players that have suffered spinal cord injuries.
Kansas State University
Linebacker, 1996-99
A two-time All-American, Mark Simoneau stands as possibly the greatest defender in Kansas State history. He becomes the second Wildcat to enter the game's ultimate shrine following Gary Spani a decade earlier.
A three-time team captain, Simoneau holds a school record with 251 career unassisted tackles, ranks third in school history with 400 total tackles, 52 TFL and eight forced fumbles. The 1999 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year also notched 15.5 sacks and seven fumble recoveries. A 1999 Butkus Award runner-up and a three-time First Team All-Big 12 selection, he led Kansas State to one of the greatest stretches in school history. With Simoneau on the roster, the Wildcats earned a 42-7 record, a 28-4 record in Big 12 play, a claim to two Big 12 North titles, three AP top 10 finishes, the first No. 1 ranking in school history, and wins in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl and the 1999 Holiday Bowl.
Drafted in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Simoneau played 11 seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs. He recorded 370 total tackles in 124 career NFL games.
Simoneau has participated in service events with local children's hospitals, retirement homes and the United Way of New Orleans. Simoneau's high school was the center piece of the book Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen by Joe Drape.
United States Air Force Academy
Safety, 1982-85
A driving force in one of the most successful four-year runs in the history of Air Force football, Scott Thomas earned consensus All-America honors his senior year in 1985. He becomes the third Falcon player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
Playing for 2011 Hall of Fame coach Fisher DeBerry, Thomas notched 221 career tackles with four TFL, 10 interceptions, 22 pass breakups while averaging 28.8 yards per kickoff return. He returned a punt, kickoff and interception for a touchdown during his 1985 All-America campaign. A two-time All-WAC honoree, Thomas led the Falcons to the first conference title in program history with a 12-1 record and No. 5 final ranking in 1985. He also guided Air Force to a 38-12 overall record, four consecutive bowl wins, four wins over Notre Dame, the first top 10 finish in academy history and three Commander-in-Chief's Trophies with a 7-1 record against storied rivals Army and Navy.
Thomas also was a four-year letterman for the Air Force basketball team, and he logged more than 4,100 hours of military flight time. He gained national attention during the first Gulf War after his plane went down over enemy territory in 1991. Thomas currently serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force reserves while working as a commercial pilot.
A regular keynote speaker for nonprofit organizations, he volunteers with Young Life youth ministries and as a little league coach. He is also a Kiwanis Club member. Thomas served as the guest picker during ESPN's College GameDay visit for the Army game on Nov. 7, 2009. Thomas is a 2011 United States Air Force Academy Athletic Hall of Fame inductee.
University of Colorado
Offensive Guard, 1956-58
Described as a "quick, agile tackle who provided bone-crunching lead blocks" by Colorado historian Fred Casotti, John Wooten blazed a path for others to follow, becoming one of the first African-Americans to earn All-America honors as a lineman. The 1958 All-American will join five other Buffalo players as College Football Hall of Fame inductees.
Wooten paved the way for one of the most powerful rushing attacks in college football, driving the Buffaloes to rank 12th nationally in 1956 with 252.1 yards per game, first in 1957 with 322.4 yards per outing and fifth in 1958 with 249.5 yards per game. In 1957, Colorado finished second in the country with 415.2 yards of total offense per game, and running back Bob Stransky ranked second nationally with 1,097 rushing yards. The 1957 All-Big 7 performer also saw action on the defensive line where he recorded half a dozen fumble recoveries. Wooten aided Colorado to a 20-9-2 overall record with a 27-21 victory over Clemson in the 1957 Orange Bowl.
Chosen in the fifth round of the 1959 NFL Draft, Wooten played 10 seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins, appearing in 136 games. A two-time All-Pro, he participated in two Pro Bowls. He is a 2010 inductee to the Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor.
After retiring from football, Wooten had a long administrative career with the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens before retiring in 1998. He was named to Colorado's All-Century Team in 1989, the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wooten serves as the chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation, which works to promote diversity in NFL coaching, front office and scouting staffs.
University of Tennessee
Head Coach, 152-52-0 (74.5%)
Tennessee's head coach from 1992-2008, Phillip Fulmer led the Volunteers to the school's sixth national championship in 1998. Under Fulmer's leadership, Tennessee finished in the AP top 25 in 13-of-17 seasons and appeared in 15 bowl games.
The 1998 National Coach of the Year achieved 137 wins in his first 15 campaigns, tying for the fourth-most in a 15-year span in college football history. Fulmer owned two SEC championships, a piece of seven SEC East Division titles, an impressive 5-0 record when playing the nation's No. 1-ranked team, an 88-19 home record and nine 10-win seasons. He trails only College Football Hall of Fame coach Gen. Robert Neyland on Tennessee's all-time wins list. Fulmer's teams appeared in two BCS games, winning the first national title in the system's history with a victory over Florida State in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl.
Fulmer coached two William V. Campbell Trophy winners in Peyton Manning and Michael Munoz. Nineteen players earned First Team All-America honors under Fulmer, and 70 Volunteers were named First Team All-SEC during his tenure. He also coached nine 1,000-yard rushers and six 1,000-yard receivers.
A co-captain of the 1971 Volunteers football team, Fulmer is the national spokesperson for the Jason Foundation, an educational organization aimed at preventing teenage suicide. A member of the board of directors for Alzheimer's Tennessee, Inc., he is active with Boys and Girls Club, Team Focus, and Child and Family Services. The 2003 American Football Coaches Association president, Fulmer is the co-chair for the Ride for Prostate Cancer event and the vice-chair for Boy Scouts of America. He contributed $1 million to the University of Tennessee to be split evenly between athletics and academics. Fulmer was inducted to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Oklahoma State University, University of Miami
Head Coach, 81-34-3 (70.0%)
The Oklahoma State head coach from 1979-83 and Miami head coach from 1984-88, Jimmy Johnson continuously led his teams to victory, earning numerous coaching honors along the way and the national title with the Hurricanes in 1987, capped by a 20-14 victory over Oklahoma in the 1988 Orange Bowl.
Johnson began his head coaching career in Stillwater, Okla., leading the Cowboys to a 29-25-3 mark. He won Big 8 Coach of the Year honors his first year after taking Oklahoma State to a 7-4 record. Under Johnson, the Cowboys won the 1981 Independence Bowl and the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl. He coached 15 First Team All-Big 8 performers during his five seasons with the Pokes.
At Miami, Johnson enjoyed a 52-9 mark in five seasons with five New Year's Day bowl appearances. During his final four seasons in Miami, he posted a remarkable 44-4 record, including four top 10 finishes and two national title appearances. He earned two National Coach of the Year distinctions while coaching 12 First Team All-Americans. Johnson's star pupils included future College Football Hall of Famers Bennie Blades and Russell Maryland as well as the school's first Heisman Trophy winner in Vinny Testaverde. Johnson's tenure was the genesis of an NCAA-record 58 home-game winning streak, which lasted from 1985-94.
A member of Arkansas' 1964 national championship team, Johnson became the only person to win a college national championship as a player and coach and lead a team to a Super Bowl victory when he guided the Dallas Cowboys to victories in back-to-back Super Bowl victories following the 1992 and 1993 seasons. In the NFL, he held the Cowboys head coaching job from 1989-93 and with the Miami Dolphins from 1996-99.
A member of the University of Arkansas, University of Miami, State of Texas and State of Florida Sports Halls of Fame, Johnson supports charities such as The Children's Health Fund, Malaria No More, City of Hope, and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Johnson, who works as an NFL analyst on FOX, has donated his time visiting troops overseas and hosting a fundraiser for the Gridiron Greats Foundation, which raises money for former NFL players in need of medical assistance.
Texas A&M University
Head Coach, 123-47-2 (72.1%)
The head coach at Texas A&M from 1989-2002, R.C. Slocum is the winningest coach in Texas A&M and Southwest Conference history. A four-time national coach of the year honoree, Slocum's Aggies experienced reigns of dominance over the SWC, including a 22-game league winning streak, a 28-0-1 conference record from 1991-94, and three SWC titles. He also led the Texas A&M to one of the school's landmark victories on Dec. 5, 1998, with a 36-33 double-overtime upset of Kansas State, which gave the Aggies their only Big 12 championship and only win over a No. 1-ranked team.
Slocum led the Aggies to 11 bowl games in 14 seasons, five New Year's Day bowl appearances and 10 AP top 25 finishes. He retired as college football's sixth-winningest active coach. Under Slocum's leadership, 14 players earned First Team All-America status. Linebacker Dat Nguyen submitted one of the finest seasons in school history in 1998, winning the Bednarik and Lombardi awards.
Slocum, a standout receiver and defensive lineman for at McNeese State, holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from his alma mater, and he was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2001. He currently works as a special assistant to President R. Bowen Loftin at Texas A&M.
A Texas Sports Hall of Fame and Texas A&M University Athletics Hall of Fame member, Slocum served as the chairman of the Children's Miracle Network in Central Texas as well as the Cattle Baron's Association, which raises scholarship money for young people in ranching. He is active with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Scotty's House home for abused children. A former AFCA Board of Trustees member, he served as grand marshal at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade.


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|A Zeppelin over Cuffley, county Kent
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Great to learn more about the Zeppelin raids as it ties in so well with my contribution on the Christian name Zeppelina at http://scotsue-familyhistoryfun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/z-is-for-zeppelina-zetland-zeal-and-zest.html. Thank you for all your fascinating entries in the challenge.ReplyDelete
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I never knew about the zepplin raids. It must have been very frightening. That poster may have been good for recruiting but pretty bad when you think they would be leaving their families behind to face those same bombs. Great Z post!ReplyDelete
Thank you for your comments and support throughout the Alphabet Blog Challenge Kristin. Glad I was able to teach you something new on this one! xxDelete
I'm have to agree with Kristin, I hadn't heard of the Zepplin Raids before, so thankyou for such an enlightening post.
And CONGRATULATIONS on reaching the end of the Alphabet Challenge. Thank you for participating, and for each of your contributions. It's been a great having you join us. Very well done ;-)
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Devta is able to distill the history of a thousand years of metalworking into each piece of his contemporary jewelry. In his words, "I want my work to be direct. It's all about color. I use 22 karat gold that's as rich and lush as the color of the stones. I want there to be minimal intervention on my part. The work is about the color provided by the gold and stones working in powerful harmony."
Devta Doolan began a relationship with jewelry in 1974. Primarily self-taught, aside from brief studies with the Swiss goldsmith Max Frolich, he quickly developed a passion for the medium. Forty years later Devta's work is known and admired world wide for its beauty, elegance and simplicity. He is influenced in his work by the primal beauty of his native New Zealand. Devta's jewelry is not only deliberate and thoughtful in design but meticulous in its execution. He works primarily in 22K gold and gemstones, the matte-finished gold highlighting the deeply saturated colors of gemstones such as peridot, fire opal, moonstone and lustrous pearls. Interested in the transformative properties of jewelry and adornment, he creates each piece with the notion that it can change and affect the wearer for the better.


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BIG B has been an underground heavyweight (literally) since he first debuted on the scene with 'High Class White Trash' in 2004. However, he made his presence known in the mainstream this past summer when his single "Sinner", which featured Scott Russo from Unwritten Law, exploded in the Alternative Rock radio format and became the anthem for that summer, garnering heavy airplay from the world-famous KROQ amongst others. Now, BIG B is back with his most well rounded album yet – 'Good Times and Bad Advice' will see this American underdog transcend genres and create a catchy album of outlaw hip hop and alternative rock melodies that will have you singing along all summer! BIG B has become known for his raw and honest style, likening him to a modern day Johnny Cash yet blending in his own elements, namely hip-hop, alternative rock, country and even a laid-back reggae vibe. 'Good Times and Bad Advice' sees the Las Vegas rebel build upon the success of his smash previous effort 'American Underdog' and touts some of the industry's biggest names as featured artists – Everlast, Cisco Adler (Shwayze, Whitestarr) and another epic pairing with Scott Russo! Continuing to expand his image to diverse audiences, BIG B has even entered into a partnership with Madison Square Garden to feature the album's title track in the legendary venue's entire summer advertising campaign. BIG B has also been a regular cast member on the A&E hit television series INKED, focusing on his work at the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company in Las Vegas alongside his friend and freestyle motocross icon Carey Hart. INKED became one of the most viewed television shows in A&E's history and brought BIG B an entirely new fan base. BIG B has unleashed four previous studio efforts, worked with underground royalty OPM, toured the world alongside icons such as Pennywise, Pepper, Kottonmouth Kings and more AND starred on a hit television show. In 2010, the Suburban Noize Outlaw will continue to expand his career and push musical boundaries while also staying true to his underground roots. With touring already planned alongside groups such as The Expendables, Hed PE and Kottonmouth Kings, BIG B also plans to remain a road dog and bring his high-energy live show to fans across the globe. The hard-hitting lyricism, anthemic choruses and catchy guitar-infused beats of this record will captivate fans of such diverse artists as Eminem to Sublime and Unwritten Law to Willie Nelson. This fall, make sure you turn to BIG B for plenty of 'Good Times and Bad Advice'!


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Expressing your love on Valentine's Day can be a subtle or OTT affair, depending on your romantic persuasion. Here are some fun, heartfelt gift ideas to help celebrate February 14.
10ct gold stacker rings, $189-$449 each. A beautiful trio of rings that have been reduced in price until February 14, as part of Michael Hill's Valentine's Day promotion. michaelhill.com.au
Gold martini glass, $87. Fill it with bubbly and toast to your love. neueblvd.com.au
I Love Vivier heels, $1110. What women wouldn't love to receive these shoes this Thursday? rogervivier.com
Cocolips in Ruby, $19.95. Pucker up with this lip gloss that's packed with organic oils and vitamins. saltbyhendrix.com
Valentine's Day love donut heart balloon, $10. A fun gift to give your love if you want to acknowledge the day simply. Accompany it with the real deal though. Available at Big W.
Saint Laurent minaudiere, $1811. At the other end of the scale is this small designer handbag, guaranteed to be swooned over. matchesfashion.com
The Hug by Eoin McLaughlin, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, $12.99. If your child is all wrapped up in the notion of Valentine's Day, gifting a book is a lovely idea. This flipbook centres around a good old hug. allenandunwin.com
Georgia contour bra, $69.95. For some, it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without the giving of lingerie. This bra comes with matching pants and ranges in size from 14 - 24. citychic.com.au
Cinderose coconut and beeswax candle, $50. Quality scented candles are a wonderful present, this one a heady blend of rose, orange blossom and jasmine, combined with smoke, cedar, and birch tar. gluestore.com.au
The Fan Fave, $99.95. Stuck for ideas? Why not give the gift of lotions and potions. au.balibodyco.com
Zoe Karssen T-shirt, $93. Instead of just thinking it, why not say it on a T-shirt?! orderofstyle.com.au
Halo Top, $10. Indulge your sweetheart with ice cream that's not too sweet. Ranging from between 280 - 360 calories for the entire tub, it's available in numerous dairy and non-dairy flavours. Available from Coles, Woolworths and independent supermarkets.
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Welcome to Ohio's natural crown jewels, where unsurpassed beauty takes eco adventure seekers along miles of trails, waterfalls, prehistoric caves and spectacular cliff-top vistas. The surrounding natural wonders inspire a robust artist community. Galleries pepper the hills and antique malls delight treasure hunters. Music fills the hills May through September at family friendly festivals celebrating the history and Appalachian culture of the region. Let the official website of the Hocking Hills Tourism Association be your guide for your Ohio getaways, and help you and your family find amazing places to visit and things to do in Hocking Hills, Ohio.
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So fine and soft, so elegant and light, so warm and snug, caressing the skin. Pure luxury by Oui that is also extremely comfortable to wear. Being production specialists, our collections focus on knitwear. Innovations in knit and decades of experience and expertise in this field have been carefully cultivated and are continually being developed. Our design team is constantly working on shapes, colours, stitching and patterns. There's a lot of knitting going on and new things being tested. Mood boards are developed jointly, resulting in colours, shapes and patterns.
Ideas are followed by sketches, sketches are followed by prototypes, which are followed by knitted samples, which in turn are made into the outfits themselves. It's always the details that form the whole. Clear lines meet soft, three-dimensional knitting patterns. Feminine cuts, contemporary colours, surprising details and materials, which all create unexpected effects thanks to the layering trend. Always made with love.
Prints brighten up the collection. They unite colours, inspirations and passions of the season. They are the ultimate expression of playful femininity. They combine sensual silhouettes and clear lines with cool, glamorous details, reflecting the zeitgeist with style and class. Oui combines elegant design with quality and a feel for shapes. Designing prints is the ultimate in creative freedom and art. Our team creates many of these prints by hand. Sometimes photos are turned into something completely different, sometimes patterns are created out of thin air. We also work with world-famous studios, which create exclusive prints that can only be found at Oui.
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Internet Governance Forum to tackle child porn, digital citizenship & other global issues
I'm in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to serve as a panelist at the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF). I'm not sure what will be accomplished, but it's an opportunity for "multi-stakeholders" from around the world to talk about important Internet-related issues such as child protection, cybercrime, privacy, censorship, managing critical Internet resources and making sure that the Internet is accessible in developing countries. The conference starts Tuesday and ends Friday.
One major issue at IGF is child protection. In addition to workshops on protecting youths against exploitation and exposure to pornography, there will be some on "digital citizenship," to explore how we can protect children's rights online while encouraging responsible behavior and making sure children have a meaningful voice. The issue has come to the forefront lately with increased attention to cyberbullying and sexting. But in addition to adults pressuring children to behave, at least some of us at IGF will be focusing on ways to reinforce the role of children and youths as active participants, which is what "citizenship" (digital or otherwise) is supposed to be about.
There will also be conversations about child pornography. Many countries have laws that prohibit trafficking in sexually explicit images of children but the laws are far from universal or consistent. Because of the Internet, images produced in one country can easily find their way to others, regardless of local laws.
The Internet Governance Forum doesn't have any power, but it does have influence because it brings together people from around the world who help set the agenda for further discussions and, possibly, regulations. Its origins date back to the 2005 meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society. Unlike most U.N. bodies, IGF consists not just of government representatives, but people from industry and nonprofit organizations.
I'm going as a representative of ConnectSafely.org, a nonprofit Internet safety organization where I serve as co-director along with Anne Collier, who is chairing an IGF panel on digital citizenship. Although it's mainly an adult-oriented event, London-based Childnet International is bringing young people to participate in the dialogue. There will also be young people from Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
The fact that IGF has no formal power is actually a good thing because it serves as an alternative to international regulations that — if some had their way — could be draconian. There are governments, including China, Iran and Brazil, that have called for strict laws regarding what is acceptable on the Internet. Here in the United States, we've had a history of robust debate about regulations, including several laws to "protect children" against pornography that have been struck down by courts because they would have also limited adults' rights to access legal content.
If we can't all agree on what's acceptable in the United States, there is no way we can reach global consensus. China, for example, famously restricts access to Facebook and other social networking sites and numerous countries prohibit so-called adult pornography that is legal in the United States and many western countries.
Even issues like hacking don't necessarily lend themselves to international regulations. I'm pretty sure that most governments would agree that people who break into websites and servers should be prosecuted, but there is no global agreement on what constitutes cybercrime. It gets even hazier when we talk about issues such as copyright enforcement, which engenders vigorous debate even within the borders of many countries.
Having said that, there is a role for greater international cooperation because — unlike physical objects — data can travel between countries in the blink of an eye and typically without detection. That's mostly a good thing, but not when it comes to child porn, malicious software or schemes to steal money or intellectual property.
John Carr, who serves as an Internet security adviser to the British government, argues that "Individual countries can and should be doing a lot more, particularly when it comes to stopping online child pornography." Interpol, which coordinates law enforcement actions for numerous countries, does have procedures to intercept "the worst of the worst" images that show sexual exploitation of pre-pubescent children but, said Carr, "Many countries don't have any laws in place."
The National Center for Missing &Exploited Children (where I serve as a board member) reports that 19 percent of identified (child pornography) offenders had images of children younger than 3; 39 percent had images of children younger than 6; and 82 percent had images of children younger than 12.
There will be some at IGF who clearly want to emphasize the "G" in its initials by working toward some type of world governance system for the Internet, but many at the event, including representatives from the U.S. delegation, will want to encourage its role as an international forum where people can talk about the issues without the pressure or presumption of having to craft laws to actually control what happens between borders.


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Williams is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. He will visit UW Bothell to present Building a Healthier Future: What Every American Can Do. In this talk, Williams will critically analyze the current public education reform movement that is sweeping the country, as well as offer some examples of challenges to those same reforms.
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has been developed by O.I.E. (Observation, Impacts, Energy). This is a common laboratory (or structure) of MINES ParisTech and ARMINES. ARMINES, a structure created in 1967, is based on the concept of research-orientated towards the industry. With more than 600 employees at ARMINES (teaching scientists, research engineers, doctoral candidates, postgraduates, technicians, administrative personnel), they support research together with their colleagues from the schools in joint research centres from ARMINES/ Schools.
TRANSVALOR S.A. has been created by ARMINES in 1984 to transfer and valorize toward industry the results of the research centers managed by ARMINES. ARMINES is a shareholder of Transvalor at 49.9%. It was mainly involved in the developement and commercialization of a tool for material forming simulation named FORGE. Since Apr. 2009, TRANSVALOR is in charge of the commercialization and exploitation of SoDa, and participates to a few other innovative research projects. This introduction of new manpower (womanpower as well :o) ) is the opportunity for our Customers to have a large panel of high-skill services.


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For INEOS Styrolution, sustainability is not just about safeguarding our license to operate. We go one step further: To us, it is a lever for growth and will enable us to tap into new and emerging business models. As an essential next step, we have committed to further improving our resource efficiency and promoting sustainable operations throughout our entire value chain.
How we define sustainability
INEOS Styrolution intends to operate and develop its business in a way that balances our current and future needs, taking into account economic, environmental and social factors so that we can sustain and further grow our business in the long term.
Our global sustainability programme
As the global market leader in styrenics, we aspire to drive sustainable styrenics solutions for our customers. Plastics are one of the most versatile materials in modern society and contribute to every facet of our daily lives. Due to their versatility and capacity for innovation, plastics have a crucial role to play in delivering a more sustainable future. Through their unique combination of light-weight, durability and other intrinsic properties, they contribute to addressing global challenges, such as environmental and climate protection, resource efficiency, and rising living standards in emerging countries.Click here to read more about our global sustainability programme.
Determining what is material
We regularly engage with our stakeholders to understand the sustainability issues that are of relevance to them and important to our business. To ensure we prioritise these issues, we periodically conduct a formal materiality assessment. In accordance with the reporting framework of the new GRI Standards, we undertook a focused materiality assessment in 2017 involving key internal and external stakeholders.
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are essentially a materiality assessment of our planet and lay out a path to end extreme poverty, address inequality and injustice, and protect the earth. These goals provide guidance and direction on sustainable development for both industry and society. We strongly believe that we can contribute positively to these goals through our concerted sustainability actions. We have indicated below where we are focusing our sustainability efforts towards meeting these goals.
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Promoting the well-being of our workforce as well as the people living in the communities we operate in
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Stakeholder dialogueEngaging stakeholders and developing meaningful partnerships with them over time is essential for our long-term business success. We realise that regular, open and proactive dialogue with all relevant stakeholders helps us to understand their perspectives, expectations, key issues and needs. In this way, we are able to integrate them into our business decision-making processes wherever possible, ensuring that our strategy addresses the issues that are important to them. At the same time, a dialogue with stakeholders gives us the opportunity to explain our clear and committed approach to sustainability as well as the value of our work, and our products and services for society.
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It happens all the time to female politicians regardless of their political party -- being called a "she-devil," "beauty queen," "mean girl," or whatever misogynistic label the media, pundits, bloggers, and other politicians use to describe them. And, with so many women campaigning for office in the upcoming mid-term elections, sexist coverage is at an all-time high.
The number of renegade attacks on women politicians is alarming, especially in light of a new study showing that sexist comments actually hurt women in the polls.
Don't we want more women in positions of power in the government? You wouldn't know it after reading through the top 50 most sexist quotes on the campaign trail:
1. "I think she's hot .... She's tiny, she's short. She's got a banging little body on her. Facial-wise, I give her about a seven. Body-wise, I give her about an eight-and-a-half. Tight, little butt. I endorse Karyn Polito." ~ Bill Cooksey (WRKO)
2. "I think I'm going to send Sotomayor, and her club, a bunch of vacuum cleaners to help them clean up after their meetings." ~ Rush Limbaugh about Sonia Sotomayor
3. "I'll say something else about Christine O'Donnell. You ready? I'd rather look at her than Mike Castle. I think she's kind of cute. I think she's kind of refreshing. She's a conservative. What's the problem?" ~ Rush Limbaugh
4. "Many senators are known for many things .... We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member." ~ Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
5. "Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when she's menstruating or something, or just before she's going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then." ~ Gordon Liddy about Sonia Sotomayor
6. "I hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I hope it's a woman with kids." ~ Peter Beinart (The Daily Beast) about Elena Kagan
7. "Sam, I want to ask a question all the men in this room have been dying to ask you: Just what are your measurements?" ~ Meeting chairman to Congressional candidate Siobhan "Sam" Bennett during her first stump speech
8. "This violates the very basic laws of nature: hot women do not have affairs with ugly guys unless those guys are rich." ~ Erick Erickson (Red State blogger) about South Carolina Governor candidate Nikki Haley
9. "I think Kirsten Gillibrand is an attractive woman, I think she's bright, and I think she's probably a good mom herself." ~ Bruce Blakeman (Republican U.S. Senate candidate) on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
10. "Iron my shirt!" ~ Audience member to Hillary Clinton during campaign event
11. "God, what is that hair? So yesterday." ~ Carly Fiorina about Barbara Boxer
12. "She put on rouge and lipstick for the formal White House announcement of her nomination, but mostly she embraced dowdy as a mark of brainpower." ~ Robin Givhan (The Washington Post) about Elena Kagan
13. "Blacker, who is gay, wanted to show his partner how tight her [Condoleezza Rice's] behind is; he postulated that if he aimed a quarter at her butt, it would bounce off like a rocket. He was right. Rice, who was dancing, didn't realize what he had done until everyone began laughing hysterically. She was flattered -- and proud." ~ Glenn Kessler (The Washington Post) about Condoleezza Rice (and Coit Blacker)
14. "I was looking at the Sturgis schedule ... and noticed that you had a beauty pageant, so I encouraged Cindy to compete. I told her with a little luck, she could be the only woman to serve as both the first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip." ~ John McCain about his wife, Cindy McCain
15. "I'm going to treat you like a lady ... now act like one." ~ Sen. Arlen Specter to Rep. Michele Bachmann
16. "When Barack Obama speaks, men hear, 'Take off for the future.' And when Hillary Clinton speaks, men hear, 'Take out the garbage.' " ~ Marc Rudov
17. "That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig..." ~ Barack Obama about Sarah Palin
18. "We're with a high class prostitute. That's what we're with .... You're not sittin' there in a back alley and sayin' hey what do you say, five bucks? No, no, no this comes to your Four Seasons hotel room and does it right. There's nobody that's going to look at her and say oh my gosh you're with a whore ..." ~ Glenn Beck about Sen. Mary Landrieu
19. "What's the difference between selling out your party's values and the oldest profession?" ~ Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller about Sen. Lisa Murkowski
20. "Take home point for the moms in the audience: how likely is it that a hot woman would want to have an 'inappropriate physical relationship' with this guy when, according to his timeline, she would have had very small children at the time and more likely than not wanted sleep above all other things?" ~ Erick Ericson (Red State blogger) about South Carolina Governor candidate Nikki Haley
21. "That may be folks, that may be, the most expensive prostitute in the history of prostitution, and she's bragging about it. Mary Landrieu bragging about a $300 million payoff from Dingy Harry to get her vote on this healthcare scam on Saturday night." ~ Rush Limbaugh
22. "Jan Brewer has the cojones that our President does not have to look our for all Americans in this desire of ours to secure our borders and allow legal immigration to help build this country as was the purpose of immigration law." ~ Sarah Palin
23. "How do we beat the bitch?"~ A John McCain supporter about Hillary Clinton (McCain replied by laughing)
24. "They had a wonderful time ... The toughest part of her visit was keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter." ~ David Letterman about Sarah Palin
25. "[During her trip to New York, Sarah Palin] bought makeup from Bloomingdale's to update her 'slutty flight attendant' look." ~ David Letterman (from his Top 20 list)
26. "Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'" ~ John McCain
27. "For anyone watching around the country, [my daughters] are both available." ~ Sen. Scott Brown, during his victory speech
28. "To the connoisseur of American political theater, the most entertaining aspect of the 2010 election season has been the rise of the right-wing cuties -- political celebrities whose main qualification is looking terrific on television. From where I sit, in a comfortable chair in front of the tube, the GOP Cupcake Factor has enlivened an otherwise dreary campaign season." ~ Gene Lyons (Salon) about Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Christine O'Donnell
29. "She's running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she VALUES the Second Amendment -- she's talkin' like she's Annie Oakley." ~ Barack Obama about Hillary Clinton
30. "If Nancy Pelosi's failed economic policies are any indicator of the effect she may have on Afghanistan, taxpayers can only hope McChrystal is able to put her in her place." ~ National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman
31. "You're likable enough, Hillary." ~ Barack Obama
32. "Hold on one second, sweetie .... We'll do a press (availability), thanks." ~ Barack Obama to a Michigan TV reporter
33. "Will Americans want to watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis? And that woman, by the way, is not going to want to look like she's getting older because it'll impact poll numbers, it'll impact perceptions." ~ Rush Limbaugh about Hillary Clinton
34. "Does Chick Mate Spell Check Mate for McCain?" ~ Headline in WorldDailyNet.com announcing that Sarah Palin had been picked as candidate for VP
35. "Will Women Pols Clean House?" ~ Headline in Newsday during the campaign of 1992
36. "In one political campaign of '92, the race between two prominent women [Elizabeth Holtzman and Geraldine Ferraro] could be called the cat fight of the New York corral." ~ Suzanne Fields (Washington Times)
37. "Another Angry Woman Wins Senate Nomination." ~ Headline in The New York Times during the campaign of 1992
38. "The reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around." ~ Chris Matthews about Hillary Clinton
39. "When she reacts the way she reacts to [Sen. Barack] Obama with just the look, the look toward him, looking like everyone's first wife standing outside a probate court," ~ Mike Barnicle (MSNBC) about Hillary Clinton
40. "I have often said, when she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs." ~ Tucker Carlson about Hillary Clinton
41. "[L]et's be honest here, Hillary Clinton is Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. She's going to keep coming back, and they're not going to stop her." ~ Ken Rudin (NPR)
42. "Good heavens! I'm sorry I just looked up at Madeleine Albright and she's ... No, normally it burns our eyes out ... and look at the neck skin on her ... does she kind of look like a turkey? .... Look at her eyes and her nose. She looks like a turkey." ~ Glenn Beck
43. "At her victory party, Hillary was like the heroine of a Lifetime movie, a woman in peril who manages to triumph." ~ Maureen Dowd
44. "Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking on Obama's Baby Mama" ~ Caption on FOX News
45. "There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton .... There wasn't an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable ... To display cleavage in a setting that does not involve cocktails and hors d'oeuvres is a provocation." ~ Robin Givhan (The Washington Post)
46. "The high-sheen lip gloss, the 'Naughty Monkey' brand red pumps, the black leather outfits, the winking, for heaven's sake. She's the original 'Mean Girl' -- the head honcho of Orwell's 'Junior Anti-Sex League' dressed to kill. You want her, but you can't have her. ~ Gene Lyons about Sarah Palin
47. "There's also this issue that, on April 18, she gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome... The baby is just slightly more than 4 months old now. Children with Down syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of vice president, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?" ~ John Roberts about Sarah Palin
48. "We want to have her over for dinner. I trust her. I want her watching my kids. I want her laying next to me in bed. That's the way people vote." ~ Donny Deutsch about Sarah Palin
49. "What could have John Edwards' motivations been to have the affair with Rielle Hunter, given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk." ~ Rush Limbaugh
50. "[Hillary Clinton] is not called a B-word because she's assertive and aggressive; she's called a B-word because she acts like one." ~ Mark Rudov
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text: Molly Skobba: In Yokohama, Japan With Shige and His Family (Part II) By Molly Skobba Shigenori Iwasaki is a remarkable being. Sorry, just had to get that out there. Taki and I spent two-and-a-half days with Shige, his adorable family (beautiful Chisato, plus cute-as-a-button Ayaka) and a family friend nicknamed 'Mister'. We started out the mini but extremely action-packed adventure at the famed Yellow Blaze Studio... I will tell you one thing about Yellow Blaze: It is a world in and of itself, a niche carved out of the universe by Shige and Chisato, who are the perfect complement to one another! Yellow Blaze is compact and packed with objects from their travels; knickknacks of interest like Buddhist relics and antiques, real human and animal skulls, colorful paintings. They all mingle with the smell of incense, mixing with the sounds of a tribal-ish trance-like soundtrack. It is an exotic studio and one can see the many memories, travels and philosophies of importance in this world of the Iwasaki's. I was lucky enough to photograph Shige at work, outlining a Buddhist goddess on a client's leg. Everyone that has seen or been tattooed by Shige knows how fast he works. The music seems to calm him, put him in almost a trance, gliding the machine effortlessly leaving yet another one of his marks on the world. After taking some photos of the client I mentioned earlier, I also took a photo of the first ever back piece tattooed by Shige. I finished the photo session with a newer back piece that is on his friend, 'Mister'. Thank you again to the clients for letting me take photographs of them!! After the photo session and getting to view Shige's private art studio, we went downstairs to a yaki niku restaurant for a late dinner. Yaki niku is Korean BBQ, one of those grill-at-the-table joints. It was an amazing diner; everything was very delicious, the salt and green onion rice was the best! The next two days went by like a whirlwind of adventure. Shige, Chisato, Ayaka and Mister were the perfect hosts. The four of them took us out to a beautiful temple, where Taki and I witnessed an Esoteric Buddhist ceremony. The taiko drumming was powerful and brought tears to my eyes for some reason. The ceremony was very moving, I think in part because Taki and I had submitted requests to be sent to the Gods. After the temple, they took us to the ramen museum where we ate different types of ramen in a wartime Japan themed 'town' that had different ramen from all over Japan. It looked like a movie set, complete with air raid sirens and all. It was really fun. We tried a couple delicious styles of ramen and we will definitely be back to try the rest… super freaking yum! After that we went ice-skating at an outdoor park, Taki was the funniest while Ayaka was the cutest. As Ayaka put it, it was a great day. We ended our Yokohama extravaganza with a trip to a beautiful park the next day, but it was closed for the holidays so we went to Chinatown and ate a birthday for Taki/farewell to us lunch with the crew, then said our goodbyes at the train station and we took off headed back to Kyoto. It was the best few days I've ever had in Yokohama, especially being the first person ever to be able to photograph Shige's private art studio where he houses his most serious antiques, very impressive and the kind of artifacts you would see at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. I feel honored and I appreciate every kindness and all the generosity Shige and his beautiful family showed Taki and I. Thank you Shige, Chisato, Ayaka and Mister for the extraordinary days in Yokohama! (Shige can be found at Yellow Blaze Tattoo Studio in Yokohama, Japan.)


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Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday in the Zone
* Don't mess with Snoop Dog's football team
4 comments:
Does anybody know where I can find web-pics of all the UM sorority girls?
- January 28, 2006 2:17 AM
- Kyle King said...
This is largely unrelated, but I am trying to get all the Georgia and Michigan webloggers on board for a home and home series between the Bulldogs and the Wolverines.
I have been discussing this at length at Kyle on Football, where I have provided the contact information for the two schools' athletic directors and explained why the series makes sense.
Your support would be appreciated.
- January 28, 2006 11:39 AM
- Yost said...
I know Benny here on our site was familiar with your idea, supported it and was thinking of doing a post on the subject.
I also think it would be great to see those two teams play. However, in the era of the BCS, with Michigan already playing an out-of-conference game each season against tradition power ND, I think it would be very to get the them to schedule another potential top 10 team as well...unless it's a year we don't have ND.
Not saying I agree, just saying that's my opinion.
- January 28, 2006 12:57 PM
- Kyle King said...
That's a fair point, Yost.
For whatever it might be worth, I offered the following reasons why the Michigan-Notre Dame series should not be an impediment to a home and home between the Wolverines and the Bulldogs.
Your willingness to give consideration to the idea is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- January 28, 2006 1:52 PM