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Kimkins PR Director rebuts fraudulent claims.
Please note, DietsInReview.com does not recommend the Kimkins diet program. Kimkins has completely misrepresented itself and the information it presents to customers, and in doing so, has endangered the lives of many of those people.
UPDATE 10/10 Kimkins Diets Founder Heidi Diaz is found guilty of fraud and false advertising
UPDATE 11/09: Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit Filed
Kimkins broke into the diet scene in 2000 selling itself as the one sure thing to end your dieting chaos. She said she had been an obese 300 pounds and like so many others, struggled to find a diet that worked for her. So she created her own solution- a low-carb/low-calorie diet that she says works incredibly fast. Not only would Kimkins help you lose weight quickly (198 pounds in one year in her case), but the plan would set you up for success for life. Kimkins also excitedly promotes that you won't have to do a single stretch, sprint or sit-up as exercise isn't necessary to achieve these amazing results.
Unfortunately, none of it is true. Kimkins is being investigated for fraud after many customers became seriously ill. Kimkins is an excruciatingly low-calorie diet and none of the information presented as fact as any medical or scientific support. Kimmer herself does not have a nutritional background and her advice is strictly from what appears to be fake experiences.
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There is a laundry list of reasons why you should not follow the Kimkins diet. Currently the creator, Heidi Diaz, who operates under the alias Kimmer, is the possible subject of a potential class-action lawsuit and under investigation for fraud. Many of the Kimkins customers are becoming dangerously sick from following the Kimkins program. While Kimmer markets the diet as being a quick solution that will last for life, and losing 200 pounds in one year herself, she currently is morbidly obese- not at all what her ads claim.
- No research or healthcare endoresements
- Plan contradicts sound medical research
- Dangerously low caloric intake
- No exercise
- Suggested to take laxatives regularly
- Creator under investigation for fraud
- Creator does not have any nutrition or medical experience
Additionally, many followers of Kimkins have reported frightening side effects, including:
- Constant nausea
- Hair loss
- Fainting
- Heart palpitations
- Fatigue
- Bone and/or joint pain
- Constipation
The proposed Kimkins diet is made up mainly of lean protein, very little fat or carbs and no fiber. The diet is said to be based on Atkins, but with Kimmer's personal twist. The average user consumes about 1200 calories a day; many users admit to only about 500 calories a day.EXERCISE
Kimkins advertises that you will not need any exercise to achieve your desired goals.CONCLUSION
Mom always said "If it's too good to be true, it probably is". And in the case of Kimkins, it sounded so much better than it actually turned out to be. This is one rapid weight loss fad that turned out to be a rapid weight loss scam. Consumers have been raising flags of concern about both the legitimacy of Kimkins and the health risks linked with the program. Heidi Diaz "Kimmer" is currently under investigation for fraud. It's unfortunate that so many men and women were duped by this convincing and charming sales woman. But it appears that this scam produced nothing more than a very lucrative eating disorder that has left a lot of people hurting.
Common misspellings: Kimmer, KimKens, Kemkins, Kemkind, Kimkins deit reviewUPDATE
In October 2007 Diets in review received a rebuttal to our review (below letter) from Jeannie Baitinger - Kimkins PR Director. In January 2008, Kimmer sent a rebuttal and Jeannie responded letting us know that she had left Kimkins and severed all ties with the lawsuit-ridden program.
Dear Jim,
Thank you for giving Kimkins.com the opportunity to present our side of the story.
First please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jeannie Baitinger and on the website I am known as Tippy Toes. I am employed by Kimkins.com as PR Director and as management.
We know we are under attack from various sources. But many of these sources are coming from people who have only heard about our diets and have not actually tried them. The effect has been much like a snowball effect of people who genuinely mean well but are not actual members. Much is based on hear say and negative publicity.
Moreover, we offer no calorie limits on any plan. There are no 500 calorie per day plans. No plan is 100% fat free. We do allow the individual to use common sense when adding healthy fats and we term this as "just enough fat to make it work". We do not promote starvation of any kind and we never will. We encourage members to stick within the plan guidelines and further, we encourage them to add extra protein and possibly extra salads if they are still hungry or not feeling well.
We do not encourage or promote laxative abuse. However, it is not at all uncommon for a low carb diet plan to cause constipation. When a member complains we have recommended gentle stimulants such as M.O.M. or 100% physillium husks. There is also a tea which is helpful in relieving symptoms. We will never recommend laxatives as part of weight loss plans. Never!
Additionally we do encourage our members to have their Doctor's review the plans and monitor their progress. Many, many members report excellent lab reviews and Doctor's blessings. On our website I have never seen anything but positive reviews. On other websites I read the negatives but without offered proof. What I do read are stories of hair loss. This seems common on a lot of diets. Even the Atkins diet can cause this. When I did Atkins it happened to me. Oddly, I never lost hair doing Kimkins though. But again, hair loss is easily corrected and people who have their Doctor's monitoring progress can address the issue and get help. I would find it rather bizarre to lose huge chunks of my hair and still continue with any diet WITHOUT seeing my Doctor immediately. So I must question why there are no medical claims based on proof...
I am personally a Kimkins success story. I began my weight loss journey at 263 lbs. I am a female of 5' 7". I began losing weight with the Atkins diet (also quite con-traversal) and did well on it for about a year. I lost approximately 50 lbs on Atkins and then it stopped working. For the next 6 months I lost no further weight or inches. A dear friend told me about the Kimkins diet and I decided to give it a try. The weight came off just as promised! EXACTLY as promised! I made a personal choice to begin alternating Kimkins diet with Atkins. On Kimkins I could lose the weight and on Atkins breaks I could easily maintain it. Today my current weight is 152. Maintaining my weight has never been so easy thanks to a low carb lifestyle.
Our website is full of happy success stories much like mine. Many people have no trouble doing only Kimkins straight to goal. I have seen amazing losses--as much as 100lbs in 5 months. These big losses are quite common at Kimkins. Side effects appear minimal and as stated previously we do encourage everyone to have their Doctor's monitor them every step of the way.
Our members are not uneducated people being mislead. We just completed a Teacher's Challenge and the entire group lost an unbelievable amount of weight. The teacher's group had planned to make a public donation to fund teachers but with all the negative publicity they have opted for private donations instead. It is not at all uncommon for Internet users to wish to remain private. That is why many choose a nickname rather than using a real name.
As far as the founder of Kimkins.com is concerned and with all due respect, most members really don't care who she really is or is not. We believe the founder has every right to privacy and further we believe she is entitled to such. Her real name and weight is not an issue to people who are serious about weight loss and finally are able to make it happen. People buy a membership for their own weight loss and that is what they get. Weight loss. Our claim "there is no faster weight loss plan" is very accurate.
I will be more than happy to issue you a temporary site pass if you would like to come in and see what is really happening for yourself. Just let me know if you are interested in the real truth. It's pretty amazing!
Jeannie Baitinger, PR
end of Kimkins rebuttal
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I have been on this diet for about a year now, and let me tell you al this...this diet is no way to live by...you lose the weight at first and everyting seems all fine until you start experiencing the health effects...all i can say is that I have gone from being an energetic and out-going person to now being a very tired and bitter person....THINK AGAIN BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT!
I don't think the argument here is that the diet doesn't work in terms of loosing weight. do iThe problem is that it is not necessarily a healthy way to loose weight. It is based on the low carb Atkins diet, and although that is controversial (or as the Kimkins PR Rep says - it's "Con-traversal" - in her letter above!), there is emphasis on health and the science behind it, not just losing weight. This plan is taking Atkins to the extreme with no scientific or medical basis. This random woman with no medical or health credentials created it, who clearly can't even stay on the diet herself! It gives the low carb lifestyle a bad name! Although I see there are success stories, it may end up damaging your health if you continue to eat like this. I hope they take this time of controversy to revise the plan with the help of health professionals.
Here is the link to the story that was on The Mike and Juliette Show on Monday, November 12: http://www.mandjshow.com/videos/online-diet-scam/
Quote: "We do not encourage or promote laxative abuse. However, it is not at all uncommon for a low carb diet plan to cause constipation. When a member complains we have recommended gentle stimulants such as M.O.M." Hello ladies & gentlemen.. MOM is a laxative! Do not use magnesium hydroxide (MOM) as a laxative if you have stomach (abdominal) pain, nausea, or vomiting, unless directed by a doctor. "Symptoms of an magnesium hydroxide overdose include nausea, vomiting, flushing, low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, drowsiness, coma, and death." Losing 100 # in 5 months with no exercise is too fast. Your organs are shutting down. A diet with no exercise is a death wish! Why would you do a diet when the owner/CEO/President doesn't follow her own plan???
First point: I'm willing to bet fully 80% of those posting positive reviews above have by now changed their minds and realized how unhealthy Kimkins is. Not to even mention the well-documented fraudulent activities of Heidi Diaz, the diet founder who couldn't follow her own advice! Second point, I did the diet and I know for a fact and can prove the less than 800 calorie per day standard advice given. Third, yeah, the diet works.....STARVATION WILL MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT. Think, people think!!!! This diet is insanity, pure and simple. It WILL ruin your metabolism and your health. Is it worth it?
I too have a lifetime membership to KimKins, Joined way back before the Women's World article. After several months of deliberating on whether to start (there was no maintenance to speak of, I was assuming that information would be in the forthcoming ebook that was part of the membership. Never happened.) Anyway, I did try it for 3 weeks, yes, I lost 15Lbs by the end of week two. I went off for some reason and it came back on just as fast with an additional 5lbs. When Heidi finally publicly admitted she was Kimmer and was overweight, I was questioning her about giving advice when she had no credibility and there are no LONGTERM successes as of yet. I was banned. So yes lifetime if you "play nice" and be "positive" . All these people losing the weight, it will be interesting to see how that plays out over the next few years and months.
I thin there is too many people here telling people what to do, we have the facts now let us make up our own minds. I intend to keep my kimkins membership and continue with this way of eating and thats my right. I dont tell you how to eat or what to think so i expect you to give me the same courtesy.
Is Woman's World ever going to come forward with a comment regarding the most recent news regarding Kimkins--the fact that she isn't who she claimed to be. I still have that article, but since learning that she really isn't the endorsement she claims to be for her product, I am leary about this "diet". I also know that people who have had gastric bypass live on less than 500 calories a day and succeed, but of course this is medically supervised. Today is the day I heard that Heidi is suppose to appear in court. Can't wait to see if she shows.
OK..yes I have been on this diet..yes I am loosing weight..but come on people..you can mix up ANY diet..you pick and choose what you can and can't do..get real about your life..if you are reading this and follow ANYTHING 100% you can do harm to yourself. My Doctor DID look at this diet, we worked out what would and would not work for me..and loosing 35 pounds has helped a lot of my medical problems..so with that said..just read..people have stopped doing that..but we are VERY fast to jump on the band wagon to blame others for our OWN problems..look at the diet, make it your own..and NO I am not a "plant" for Kimkins..they would have no idea even who I am...read it, use what you can and if it is a scam..well this scam has helped me..take it for what it is worth..READ
Folks, check out the Kimkins Survivors Blog, to hear the true stories of what Kimkins can do to you. kimkinssurvivors.wordpress.com Please do not cut your calories below 1200. Please do not cut your fat so low that you will get sick. It isn't worth it. You can lose weight without risking your health. A sensible Low Carb Way of Eating is fine for weight loss. You don't have to pay $79.95 for a diet that is just going to make you sick. Join any of the free Low Carb Forums for support in losing weight. Check out Low Carb Friends www.lowcarbfriends.com or Active Low Carbers to start with forum.lowcarber.org Don't be sucked in to the Kimkins Diet Scam.
The kimkins diet as written is deficient in EFAs and everyone following the plan is doing long term harm to their body. Like a diebetic who didn't control their blood sugars in their youth it will take time to show up but it will. there are no health studies to support kimkins. Please read about the plan here and don't trade a lifetime of health for a quick weight loss today.
This is one of the key players in the fight against Kimkins and I think you should read her blog...don't foget to search the webring too and see the other great info about this SCAM! http://honeybeesblog.wordpress.com/
I did email the site and instead of "owning" the wrong-doing....they just made excuses and signed themselves as "Kimmer" I think this would have gone over much better had the woman "admitted" to wrong-doings and just corrected it...rather than making these excuses...the diet of so obviously NOT safe.
Please include another update to reflect the fact that the rebuttal by Jeannie Baitinger may no longer be valid as she is now the FORMER Kimkins PR Director. Also, I think the anonymous poster above actually meant to say that Jeannie lost the majority of her weight on Atkins, not Kimkins, as she has claimed to only have used Kimkins to cycle when she would be stalled on Atkins. Hopefully, that should clear things up a bit. But the key point here is that the only rebuttal from the Kimkins camp may be totally invalid now since the former PR director is no longer affiliated with Kimkins. Folks, no matter what else is going on in the Kimkins Controversy, please remember that the diet itself is dangerous. So stay away from it.
I began using the basic principles behind the Kimkins Diet in June of 2007 and lost 40# in four months. By basic principles I mean high protein from varying sources, low fat, and low carbs (it is almost impossible to eliminate all carbs from your diet, but if you choose your carb sources intelligently I believe that those carbs are beneficial to you). My doctors (my primary, cardiologist, and chiropractor) all have applauded my weight loss and one actually told me that he was jealous. I tried to walk four to five times a week for exercise because the weather was nice. However, there were stretches where my schedule would not allow for that and I still lost weight. I did experience a little hair loss for a time period, but that passed. I know that I did not follow the Kimkins diet in its strictest form, but by eating healthy carbs, high protein, low fat diet foods, I was not hungry and rarely craved foods that were not good for me which easily enabled me to continue loosing weight. Most cravings were satisfied by drinking more water or eating something crunchy. The bottom line is that you have to be intelligent about what you put in your body. I have moderated my use of the principles behind the Kimkins Diet for a couple of month now, but plan to go back to them right after the holidays to lose the remaining 30# to my target weight. I am very pleased with the results as are my doctors. I hope to achieve these results by June. 70# in one year works for me. People, you made the choices about what you put in your body to get you to that weight in the first place. Be intelligent about how you are going to take it off. Life is about choices, you have to make the ones that are going to work for you.
Friends don't let friends do Kimkins! Remember that cover girl on the WW Mag? Well, she learned the hard way about Kimkins and it's dangers!! Read her blog and decide for yourself. http://the-journey-on.blogspot.com/
This diet is so very dangerous I hope people never use this as a way of eating, your life is to important. The funny thing is about these positive reviews most of these women don`t even exist there are made up, just like everythinbg Heidi does. And as far as TippyToes she does not even folloe this diet most of the time. Here is a quote from dear Tippy;Since Kimkins is such a fast weight loss program, would you say the thyroid would be at LESS risk than prolonged dieting? Whatcha think? I know for sure Kimkins didn't cause this since I never stayed on continually but perhaps I should have...Did not follow the diet !!!!! LOL
FYI Jeannie Baitinger - former Kimkins PR Director, has left Kimkins due to differences in opinion over the Kimkins Diet and the extreme very low calorie aspect of it. Jeannie has long been a fan of the Atkins Diet and admits that she lost the majority of her weight on Kimkins. Her new pay for membership diet website is more along the lines of Atkins. So how valid is her rebuttal? One can presume that she said what she said for this rebuttal only because she was on the Kimkins payroll. :
The problem with the *positive* reviews is one of the same problems on the forums; Kimmer/aka Heidi Diaz (check out her photos on slamboard) is that she and her admins post as new members and made up names and were currently caught using a dead woman's identity in her fake testimonials. If you want to get some inside information, check out the following blogs from former Kimkin's Admins..one being from Christin who was on the cover of Woman's World and now may have heart damage. http://winningweight.blogspot.com/ http://the-journey-on.blogspot.com/ http://www.openbench.blogspot.com/ http://kimkinsdangers.blogspot.com/ http://kimkinsexposed.wordpress.com/ and the list goes on. Check out the Low Carb forums...there are literally hundreds of people who have been banned for asking questions now seeking help and health elsewhere. She's a fraud and a fake and so are the positive testimonials here. Go to the BBB and the petition to shut her down and the class action lawsuit. Thank you to dietsinreview for having another outlet to warn people against paying $60 to learn how to get anorexia.


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Number 4: The youth picture of Eko and Yemi was found in a Bible book on chapter 4.
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"Is he following?"
In this episode, Ben claims that two days after he found he had a tumour, a spinal surgeon dropped out of the sky (in reference to the crash). However, in "One of Us" Juliet tells Ben he has a tumour one day before the crash.
The gesture the altar boy made to Eko when he appeared in the middle of the jungle is exactly the same Walt made several times to Shannon while appearing to her also in the early Season 2.
Island events in this episode take place on December 1st and December 2nd 2004.
Jack asks Ben if he is having symptoms of numbness and tingling to his fingers and toes, yet the tumor on his X-ray is assessed to be over the L4 vertebra and is clearly lumbar. Ben would only have paraesthesis in upper extremities if it was a cervical tumor.
The Number 23: Before the Smoke Monster grabs and kills him, Mr. Eko said the first verses of the 23rd Psalm. This would also be a reference to the episode of the same title in season 2.
In Juliet's tape, she is wearing the same outfit she was wearing in the flashback in "A Tale of Two Cities". She is also standing in her house in Otherville.
This episode takes place on Day 71 on the island--a Thursday.
Yemi: You speak to me as if I were your brother!
Daniel: Are you a bad man? My mum said you're a bad man.
Eko: Only God knows.
Juliet: You want to guess what's for lunch?
Jack: I'm not... I'm not big on mysteries.
Desmond: Would you mind if I asked you a question, Brother?
Locke: Shoot.
Desmond: Are we off to poke at a computer, or are we going after your man Eko?
Locke: Two birds, one stone.
Locke: When you pulled him out of the tent, did he say anything?
Charlie: Nothing coherent. Just mumbling 'My brother, my brother.'
Locke: Sayid, pack your gear. We're going to that computer.
Charlie: Wait! What about Eko?
Locke: We'll catch up to him. We're all going to the same place.
Ben: (Speaking quietly about Jack) Why did you show him my x-rays?
Juliet: I didn't tell him they were yours. But I guess you did!
Ben: I'm telling you this, Jack, because my wonderful plan got shot to sunshine when you saw my damned x-rays and figured out I was dying.
Jack: All of this, you brought me here to operate on you. You, you want me to save your life.
Ben: No, I want you to want to save my life. But we're beyond that now, so, all I can ask is that you think about it.
Locke: Everybody, we're heading out to the Pearl station. There's a computer there that might help us find our people. Anybody want to come along?
Hurley: What do you mean, 'Anybody want to come along?'
Locke: I mean, if you'd like to join us, it's a free island.
Hurley: Yeah, see, Jack would go and do stuff alone. Or he'd take Sayid or Kate.
Locke: Yeah, well. I'm not Jack. The more the merrier.
Desmond: The computer in the hatch wasn't only for pushing the button. I'm pretty sure it could be used to communicate with other stations.
Sayid: This is fascinating. But you just told me the hatch exploded!
Jack: Does it hurt?
Ben: Sorry?
Jack: Your neck, does it hurt? Any numbness in your fingers and toes, like pins and needles when your foot falls asleep, but permanent.
Jack: Why are you asking me these questions, Jack?
Jack: Because, Ben, you have a tumor on your spine. An aggressive tumor that ... is going to kill you. I don't know when those x-rays were taken that I saw, but unless they were very recent ... you're not going to be taking walks much longer.
Ben: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Jack: Ok. My mistake then.
Locke: Oh, Eko.
Eko: (Whispering)
Sayid: What did he say, John?
Locke: He said... we're next.
Locke: I saw a very bright light...it was beautiful.
Eko: That is not what I saw.
Ben: We had such a wonderful plan to break you, Jack.
Jack: Break me?
Ben: Wear you down till you were convinced we weren't your enemies. Get you to trust us. And then of course we'd lead you to believe that you were choosing to do whatever we asked you to do. All of this of course as soon that you would get invested.
Jack: Invested in what?
Ben: Has it not occurred to you that Juliet bears a striking resemblance to your ex-wife?
Hurley: No luck, dudes. We've looked everywhere. Eko's gone.
Charlie: There's no trail.
Hurley: Not like we know what a trail looks like.
Ben: Good evening, Jack.
Jack: Good evening, Ben.
Ben: I was hoping you wouldn't mind joining me for a walk.
(Jack laughs.)
Ben: What?
Jack: Well, you say that like you're not just gonna throw a bag over my head and drag me outta here if I say no.
Ben: (smiles) Then don't say no.
Eko: I ask for no forgiveness father, for I have not sinned. I only did what I had to do to survive. A small boy asked me once if I was a bad man. If I could answer him now, I would tell him that when I was his age, I killed a man to save my brother. I am not sorry for this... I am proud of this. I was not asked for the life that I was given, bit it was given none-the-less... and with it, I did my best.
Jack: I'm fine with her being here.
Ben: And I'm thrilled that you're fine Jack, but it's private. Doctor-Patient confidentiality.
Desmond: That's quite a coincidence.
Locke: Don't mistake coincidence for fate.
Juliet: He let you out?
Jack: Gave me a new shirt too.
Locke: I think I know how to find Jack, Kate, and Sawyer.
Sayid: (about Desmond) Can I ask why he is being included in the conversation?
Desmond: Is that supposed to hurt my feelings?
Jack: You people have cheeseburgers?
Juliette: You have no idea what I went through to make this for you. I killed the cow, processed the meat, baked the bun, and the fries... Try rendering animal fat.
Jack: No ketchup?
Sayid: (about Eko) What happened to him?
Charlie: Before or after we saved him from the polar bear cave?
Nikki: Projects. Maybe some of these TVs are connected to the other hatches.
Locke: Well, suddenly I feel very stupid.
Ben: Do you believe in God, Jack?
Jack: Do you?
Ben: Two days after I find out I have a tumor on my spine that will kill me, a spinal surgeon falls out of the sky. If that's not proof of God, I don't know what is.
The song that is played when Eko goes to the disco bar is called "Eko Lagos" by Femi Kuti. This song is from the album Fight to Win.
Emilie de Ravin, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim and Evangeline Lilly do not appear in this episode.
International Air Dates:
The Netherlands: March 30, 2007 on Net 5
Finland: September 13, 2007 on Nelonen
The Czech Republic: September 30, 2007 on TV Nova
Spain: Monday September 17, 2007 on FOX TV Spain
Germany: Monday November 13, 2007 on Pro7
Macedonia: Thursday October 18, 2007 on A1
Denmark: January 3, 2007 on Kanal 5
The song that is played at Colleen's funeral is 'I Wonder' by Brenda Lee.
An Eko-centric episode.
In Neil Gaiman comic book series, "The Sandman" the image of red flowers, always meant a death was near. Before Eko's death, he stands in a field of red flowers.
Pushing a dead body out to sea on a wooden raft, then setting the raft alight is a Viking burial custom.
Mr. Eko's tent is set alight straight after having a vision of Yemi; this could have been an allusion to Moses and the burning bush...
Locke and Eko pushing the large rock off of the entrance of the crashed plane to find that Eko's brother's body is missing, is a religious Christian allusion to the large rock removed from the tomb at Calvary to see that Jesus' body was missing.
Juliet: Is To Kill a Mockingbird.
She's referring to the Robert Mulligan film from 1962. Based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, it starred Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Phillip Alford. It received several Oscar Nominations, including Best Picture (although it lost to Lawrence of Arabia), it is considered the 34th best film of all time by the American Film Institute (AFI) and Peck's character, Atticus Finch is considered the "Greatest Hero of American Film", also by the AFI.
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The Buckeyes are where they are because of their defense. How good are they? Try 1st in adjusted defensive rating (per Ken Pomeroy's ratings) by a whopping 2.7 points at 87.3 points per 100 possessions, 2nd in field goal percentage defense (40.1%), and 1st in 3-point defense at 23.2%. Aaron Craft and Shannon Scott are the best defensive backcourt in the nation. Amir Williams is proving to be a more consistent presence in the paint blocking shots, and the Bucks may have the most solid nine-deep group of defenders that they've had under Thad Matta. Even when that offense struggles, Ohio State can make that pale in comparison by holding teams without a field goal for four or six or eight minutes at a time. At times, it's not a pretty brand of basketball, but it does get the job done nearly all of the time.
They have leadership. Craft and Smith Jr. are three-year starters1. Scott, Williams, and Thompson have played significant minutes for two seasons. Of their nine rotation players, six of them played at least 16 minutes per night during last season's Elite Eight run. Sure, the Bucks lost their leading scorer in Deshaun Thomas and a quality big in Evan Ravenel, but this team is still largely intact.
That's why Ohio State's ranked as high as they are. That and their 11-0 record. But, if they hope to stay up there, they need to continue to find offensive success easier. A big part of that is going to be the roles of LaQuinton Ross past and LaQuinton Ross present. The present is the junior stretch forward that needs to be the scarlet and gray's leading scorer for this team to be at its best. In the first five games of the season, he had fans terrified with an anemic 31 points on 10-of-44 shooting (23%). Since then, however, Q has been much more of the guy that gave the Buckeyes a key boost in the second half of last year. He's missed double figures just once in the last six games, averaging 17.7 points on 40-of-70 (57.1%) shooting. Ross is the one of the team's three legit three-point threats (along with Smith Jr. and Amadeo Della Valle), and he's the best at creating his own shot on the drive, pulling up, and finishing in traffic with contact. To go anywhere, the Buckeyes need Q to take them there on offense and help beat the near-constant zone defenses they'll face.
Then, there's the now-vacant role that Ross filled off the bench of lightning in a bottle scoring. Thad Matta had both Deshaun Thomas and Ross both fill this role early in their OSU careers, and now he has another player capable of doing it, freshman Marc Loving. The Toledo St. John product was a Top 100, 4-star recruit coming into the year, and with fellow Top 100 recruit shooting guard Kam Williams contracting mono and setting him back, Loving's the only palpable addition to the OSU squad to this point. In just under 13 minutes per game, Loving is averaging 6.6 points on 46.7% shooting. In the last three contests, Loving has 27 points in just 39 minutes. He also happens to be the best free throw shooter on a pretty bad foul shooting team (24-of-29). If Loving can fill that consistent bench firepower role, it will really help the Buckeyes out as they hit the Big Ten grind and beyond.
Sticking with teh bench, if there's a player that I didn't expect much from at all, it's sophomore Amadeo Della Valle. Last night's performance, however, showed that ADV is far from a one-dimensional shooter. Della Valle joined four other Buckeyes in double digits, scoring 10 points on 3-of-7 shooting, grabbing 3 boards and blocking 2 shots in 15 minutes. The play that really struck me was one in which Della Valle was knocked to the floor trying to take a charge to no avail. He hurried to his feet, grabbed a defensive rebound, and took the ball coast to coast for a layup while drawing a foul. Amadeo's strength will remain outside shooting, but being able to keep defenders honest by attacking the bucket and then making things happen on the defensive end will earn him consistent bench minutes.
Finally, I've already seen the role players grow in the offseason and early season. Shannon Scott, Amir Williams, and Sam Thompson all seem to have more confidence in their games. Scott continues to hang neck-and-neck with Craft in the team lead for both assists and steals while pushing the ball effectively in the open court. Thompson's high-flying act is always open for business, but he continues to improve on D and in mid-range shooting. I've already mentioned Amir's defense, but his offense is a real aspect this year. A poor rebounder for his size in the past, Amir posted his 3rd double-double of the season against Delaware last night.
Is Ohio State overrated? Probably, but I also don't think they're leaving the Top 10 anytime soon. Defense, coaching, experience, and talented stretch fours all play their part in that determination. Ohio State's already passed early season tests at Marquette and versus Maryland. Notre Dame provides one more on Saturday in New York City before the daunting Big Ten slate begins.
(Photo: Greg Bartram/USA Today)
- Craft is basically a four-year starter. Dallas Lauderdale started the games in 2010-2011, but Craft played 30 minutes per night as the super sixth man on that short Matta bench. [↩]


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ATLANTA -- Once you get through the stress of traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, it's all about giving thanks and traditions.
One of Atlanta's great traditions is now in its 40th year.
The Hosea Feed The Hungry gathering of 30,000 at Turner Field is uniquely Atlanta. Like the city itself, this charity in motion has evolved and grown and offered help to those in need.
It is staggering to see how many people in this city are in need and how many are children.
Estimates put the gathering as the biggest ever.
On this Thanksgiving, the plates were as full as the lines who sought them.
"Let's keep it going," a man dressed as the Rev. Hosea Williams said over a bullhorn.
The Rev. Eric Terrell knew Rev. Williams well.
They marched together at civil rights protest rallies.
He told 11Alive's Jeff Hullinger, "His spirit lives here and Rev. Williams, I believe, is looking down smiling on us, and we are still carrying on his legacy."
And his legacy has grown and evolved in the 10 years and nine days since his passing.
Elizabeth Omilami is one of Rev. Williams eight children -- four girls and four boys.
She now heads up Hosea Feed The Hungry.
Under her leadership, the HFTH organization has become an Atlanta success story.
"He is definitely walking among us," she said. "He would be proud that we were able to pull so many different kinds of people together - the Koreans, the East Indians, the corporate, and the churches."
The Koreans were a major part of the day at Turner Field.
Korean churches in Metro Atlanta provided food and volunteers this Thanksgiving.
The Korean impact could be seen on the Thanksgiving plate.
What was sitting next to the turkey and stuffing?
"We have spring rolls, kimchee, Korean barbeque, seaweed and rice," Omilami answered quickly.
Hullinger asked the HFTH Director, "Are you eating that?"
"Yeah, I'm eating it alright," she said.
Yount Lee was working the buffet line, and said, "Korean churches and leaders in the community were looking for volunteers, and that's how we all got together."
Among those helping was Dr. Samuel Song, a Duluth pediatrician.
"You know I was shocked when I first found out about this event," Song said. "You always know there are people in need, but I had no idea there were so many people looking for help."
That is exactly what the Rev. Williams had in mind when he first began feeding the homeless.
The 40th anniversary event also offered health care, a barber, clothing, bus tickets, and legal aid.


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Remember your first 'dumb' phone? It's probably been quite a long while and I bet that a lot has changed since. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that nearly all aspects in how we use our mobile devices have changed from that time. I remember in the mid-90s, strutting around with a 'brick' phone in my knapsack, challenging my friends to beat my record in that 'snake game' and even sending my first text message correspondence.
How time does fly. What are some of your best and earliest memories of owning a cellphone? How has your relationship with your mobile device changed since then?
Waypharer is a web-based smartphone recycling company. They've put together a cool infographic about smartphone usage, from the time they were originated, to when they hit the mainstream and all the way up until smartphones in society today. Actually, they didn't stop there — there's some predictions included that will make you think. Microprojectors? Life-size holographs? Sign me up!
Please check it out below (click to expand): It's interesting to see how the first cellphone and PDA combination, the SPC by IBM (1994) was circulated with a two-year contract. When it comes to smartphones, it seems like locking yourself into a financial commitment has been commonplace from the start.
Also, the first basic smartphone concept was patented in 1974? Learning this nugget is similarly of interest to me — a personal, portable device used "for generating and transmitting digital information" has been conceived for nearly 40 years. Now knowing that, there's no wondering why smartphones today are updated and innovated faster than ever before.
Are Waypharer's predictions viable? What mostly makes me feel uncomfortable is the idea implanted smartphones. That's some 'Blade Runner'-type stuff that downright scares me.
Let's hear your thoughts in the comments section below.


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"My Joy," the first narrative feature from documetarian Sergei Loznitsa, takes a free-wheeling approach to studying the desolate Russian landscape. Deeply sorrowful and drenched in ambiguity, "My Joy" adopts a patient rhythm that departs from reality while studying it in depth. In the absence of narrative cohesion, it contains a beguiling patchwork of incidents intended to represent a people, a place and the strange entity that results from their combination.
However, the story begins with a simple trajectory. Affable truck driver Georgy (Viktor Nemets) heads down an empty country road with a cargo full of flour. Randomly pulled over by an unnecessarily cruel police officer, he finds himself briefly detained for curious purposes. While the cop seems distracted, Georgy decides to continue on his way, at which point he finds that a mysterious elderly man has entered the vehicle and decided to hitch a ride. That begins a series of oddball encounters: Sitting in traffic, Georgy encounters an adolescent prostitute and tries to save her, only to discover that she likes her job. In the woods, a trio of homeless men initially offer a Georgy a spot at their campfire before knocking him unconscious and stealing his load. Waking up an amnesiac, Georgy enters into the second hour of "My Joy" as a blank slate, wandering from one household to another in the snow-encrusted world without any sense of purpose behind his journey.
A disquieting experience that lacks any soundtrack or conventional exposition, "My Joy" moves between moments of incredible cinematic intrigue and frustrating elusiveness. Georgy's wanderings, and those of the various people he encounters, unravel with the eerie tangents of your average David Lynch enigma, while Loznitsa's roaming camera (aided by Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu, who shot "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days") gives the impression of the open world often crafted by the Dardenne brothers. Mostly, however, "My Joy" plays like Richard Linklater's "Slacker" if it had a bleak, existential twist; the collage of stories, characters and mentalities come to represent a Russia dominated by lost and jaded souls.
At times, the concept holds more interest than the execution. Drifting between two periods, beginning with the World War II flashback that Georgey's elderly passenger shares, Loznitsa conjures plenty of images and voices but lacks a precise means of tying them together.
Still, the movie contains a mesmerizing visual appeal. The road is the main engine and metaphor, a kind of apocalyptic no-man's land. According to the director in one interview, the winding path is intended to represent "this hierarchic structure where you only have one point of truth and everything else is totally subordinate." One of the characters calls it "an accursed dead end." That same lack of direction prevents "My Joy" from successfully holding onto the national mindset it occasionally nails down. However, Loznitsa supports the ironic title with a dark societal portrait too disconnected for any semblance of joy to sneak in.
criticWIRE grade: B
HOW WILL IT PLAY? Among the last Kino acquisitions made by the late Donald Krim, "My Joy" was picked up after it premiered in competition at Cannes last year. That prestige factor, coupled with some strong reviews, should help it see a decent turnout during its weeklong run at New York's Cinema Village beginning this Friday.


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Not sure if this is really classic or vintage, but anyhoo...
I have a friend who is willing to sell me a 2003 Fuji Marseilles, and we're looking for a reasonable price (neither too low, nor too high as we've been friends for a while).
He's told me that it's stock except that the crank was changed from the Ritchey Pro to an Ultegra triple and the saddle was changed to another titanium rail light seat (don't recall the brand) that he found to be more comfortable. There's probably less than 1000 miles on it as he's been in and out of the country since he bought it.


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I generally use the rep dropdown to keep track of how well my posts are doing. Unfortunately, this doesn't work once you've hit the repcap. Also, it's completely useless on metas.
Could we have a way to see (recent) votes sorted by time?
Yes, I can see the obvious decline reason: What use is "keeping track of your posts"? Many times I post something which I'm not sure of, and I indicate this. Looking at the votes helps me realise that what I posted is in/correct. Also, on meta posts, I can guage the community opinion via votes (pretty useful, since you then have a better idea of what the community likes/does not like). I do not like having to trawl through lists of my posts, checking for changes.


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7 Signs You're the Mom of a Toddler
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Being the mom of toddlers is no joke. It will test your patience, while simultaneously filling your heart with pride, joy and a love you couldn't possibly have imagined.
I am a mom of three, two of which are twins in the thick of the toddler years. I don't recall it being so hard the first time around through the 2's and 3's; perhaps there is truth to that "mommy-brain" theory.
Once you enter the toddler years, you start to realize a few resounding truths, some of which I've compiled here – the 7 Signs You're the Mom of a Toddler (or, in my case, two toddlers)…
Side note: I will take survival donations of chocolate and wine… please and thank you.
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I am a physician and I cannot over-emphasize how important it is for women to take care of their cardiovascular health seriously. Being too busy is NEVER a good excuse. Even if you don't have a family history of cardiovascular disease, YOU can be the first one in your family if you don't live a heart-healthy life. If I had a 100 pins to give out, I would pass all of them out in 2 days! The heart is such an amazing organ. Please, everyone, take care of this miraculous organ that has been given to you. Do you know that when a baby is conceived, the heart is the first organ that lets us know that a new life has been created? Please celebrate your life!


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I can find any document say about that problem.So who can answer for me.
I can find any document say about that problem.So who can answer for me.
What question are you actually asking ? How many people can ZCS support ? If so 1 too 100k+ due to the scalable architecture. Sizing of the hardware is important aswell, so if you said I need to support 100 staff, we would say well are they going to use the Ajax client or standard HTML ? Is IMAP or POP3 being used etc ...
As Uxbod says, Zimbra will support enough users in all situations.
How many users do you want it to support? If you want 1million active accounts using the web inteface, then you'd need to speak with Zimbra Tech team to find the best way to deploy such an installation as it's not going to work running on a standard desktop machine!
If you want to have 100 staff using a mix of web client, remote sync and pop3/imap, then that'll run on any decent server with a few gigs of ram.
Yeah,I want to use Zimbra to manager a server with the number account is a about millions.So I want to know what is the ability of zimbra such as:
how many account it can manager with single server?
when we use multi server,how it can share their jobs together?
thank you
If you want to run Zimbra for a million accounts I would highly recommend that you contact Zimbra pre-sales for their input.
Some of the info in this thread may also be of interest: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbra-...eployment.html
My boss request our server must service with about a thousands account.so I want to know in fact that the open source version can service how much(not commercial version)because our system is using this version and now want to extend the number of accounts.
The Open Source version also supports a multiple-server setup. It all depends on how hard your servers are going to be hit and how many people are going to be using it at a given time. Expanding the open source edition is a little tricker since it doesn't come with the utility to move accounts from one server to another if you need to add another mailbox server. But you can have an open source Zimbra setup handle > 1 million accounts if you so desire. If you're not sure how to set it up, you may wish to invest in some time to read the forums and documentation, or invest in an knowledged engineer to help you get it going.
Also bear in mind that if you are going to have millions of account how are you going to back it all up ? NE version comes with a online backup facility whereas the community edition does not.
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Professor of Political Science Darrell West has accepted a position at the Brookings Institution and will be leaving Brown after this semester. West, who currently serves as the director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, will join the Washington think tank as vice president and director of governance studies.
"They made me an offer I couldn't refuse," West said of the bid, adding that the position will give him the opportunity to engage in high-level dialogue about a variety of American policy issues.
West will be leaving Brown after 26 years at the University, though he said he will continue to work with a number of doctoral students whom he advises.
"It feels great," West said of returning to Brookings, where he was a research fellow from 1980 to 1981. "I've always had very positive feelings about Brookings because that place helped get my professional career off to a really terrific start," he said.
Brookings president Strobe Talbott said yesterday in a press release that West will help the think tank tackle issues like political polarization, electoral systems, congressional processes and civil discourse.
"We feel that under Darrell's leadership, we are poised to have even greater impact in helping our political institutions address the major challenges facing the nation," Talbott said in the statement.
Despite his excitement about the new position, West said he will retain fond memories of Brown students.
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I was working away on my computer when it suddenly blue screened. It's maybe done that once many months ago. Upon Reboot it began running checkdisk, moving orphaned files and then it got to this line:
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It proceeded to run this on 275k files -- it took about 4 hours.
Now when I attempt to boot to windows it says 'booting to windows' and then dumps me to a black screen in which the mouse cursor and a black desktop are the only things available. No hotkeys respond and nothing else is visible, but you can move the mouse. Does the exact same in safe mode.
I found a QA on microsofts website where the person had the same black screen result as me that suggested resetting all the file permissions to give everyone access and then resetting the default security settings:
I ran this command I had to modify because I had icacls instead of cacls:
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the command seemed to response, went to the next line, now i'm staring at it. Anybody have any other suggestions on this?


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College Hockey:Christie, Guerin Key Miami Past Michigan State
OXFORD, Ohio — Matt Christie had a goal and a pair of assists while Marty Guerin scored the game-winner and added a helper as sixth-ranked Miami took game one of a CCHA set from Michigan State, 5-2, Friday.
MSU falls to 11-8-1 on the year and 7-6-1 in conference play, while the RedHawks improve to 16-6-1, 11-3-1 in CCHA action.
"We allowed two goals off of faceoffs, and looked tired and sluggish at times," admitted MSU head coach Rick Comley. "We have to bounce back and respond with a good effort tomorrow. We knew it would be a tough series down here, so we need to separate the games from one another, and come back and be a better team tomorrow night."
Both teams took the ice with a high-energy, up-tempo approach, and the Spartans had the first great scoring chance four minutes in when Tim Crowder — playing at less than 100 percent as he was fighting a flu bug — corralled his own rebound and moved out to the top of the right circle. He ripped a slapshot that rang low off the right post and was smothered by goaltender Charlie Effinger.
The RedHawks countered with a breakaway chance by Matt Christie at the 6:03 mark, but Jeff Lerg was up to the task and turned away the chance with relative ease to keep the game scoreless.
Jeff Lerg came up big again with seven minutes remaining in the opening frame, stifling a two-on-one break by Gary Steffes and Bill Loupee. Steffes brought it up the right side, and passed off to Loupee in the low slot; Lerg recorded the pad save at the left post.
A wild final four minutes sent the RedHawks into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead. Miami finally broke through solved the MSU sophomore netminder at the 16:09 mark, when Christie beat Lerg glove-side off a faceoff deep in the Spartan zone.
Michigan State countered in the final minute of play on a Jim McKenzie tally, his fourth of the season. Bryan Lerg began the sequence when he carried the puck across the offensive blue line and stickhandled around the first defender; a second stepped up to poke the puck away from the centerman, but Tyler Howells corralled the puck on the half-wall and sprinted through the left dot almost down to the goal line.
Howells put a pass onto the stick of McKenzie, who was camped at the top of the crease and lifted the puck over the glove hand of Effinger.
The Spartans fell behind on a goal with just six seconds remaining in the frame. Christie won the faceoff in the MSU zone back to Jarod Palmer at the left point, and the standout first-year player threw the puck through traffic over the glove hand of Lerg for his eighth of the season.
The Miami lead increased to 4-0 with a pair of goals less than four minutes into the middle frame. Just 1:05 into the period, the RedHawks kept the puck in the zone at the half-wall on the right side with a heads-up move, and cycled the puck low.
Christie found Marty Guerin at the left post, where the winger found space between the leg pad of Jeff Lerg and the left post. Three minutes later, a cross-slot pass from Ryan Jones caromed off Bryan Lerg's stick and past his cousin to push the home team lead to 4-1.
The Spartans had a chance to crawl back in when Miami was whistled for back-to-back infractions less than a minute apart, but MSU could do little on the five-on-three and the RedHawks successfully iced the puck several times during the remaining minute of man-advantage, and Michigan State could not set up anything to generate scoring chances.
Bobby Jarosz spelled Lerg (20 saves) for the third period, making his third appearance of the season. He faced an immediate challenge, making three saves in the opening minutes of the period as the RedHawks had the balance of a power play which carried over from the end of the second frame.
The Spartans cut the lead to 4-2 with a Crowder tally at 12;24. Dan Vukovic chased down a puck dumped deep in the zone by Tim Kennedy, and threw it out into a scrum in front of the net, where Crowder laid a stick on it and beat the netminder with the soft shot stick-side.
Nathan Davis iced the victory for Miami with an empty-net tally with 11 seconds remaining in the game. Jarosz recorded 14 saves in the final period, while Effinger made 22 saves in the victory.
The teams will face off again on Saturday in Oxford in a 7:05 game which will be televised on FSN Detroit.
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Given that many of us have fantasy football drafts coming up, I thought it'd be appropriate to give a brief overview of the prime fantasy prospects on both the Raiders and the 49ers.
I've compiled projections from Football Outsiders (FO), ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS Sports. What I've found might come as a surprise to some: Neither the 49ers nor Raiders have much in the way of draftable players. Shocker, I know.
I should note that projections can't really capture the uncertainty of the season. Two seasons ago, I drafted Arian Foster, thinking, "Why not?" His contributions helped me win both the leagues I participated in that year. Last season, in an attempt to find that "lighting-in-a-bottle" type player, I selected Peyton Hillis — in both my leagues — and was utterly disappointed. I've concluded that fantasy football success is something of a crapshoot. I mean, who could have predicted the success of the 49ers defense? Or of Matt Forte?
If you think you can, you're lying to yourself. If you're citing your intuition as proof, you're delusional. Sure, your intuition might be right on occasion, but, more often than not, it's wrong. You're just not keeping an accurate count. This is what the scientific community calls "confirmation bias."
Anyway, on to the distilled fantasy projections:
Carson Palmer
Palmer's projections are all over the place, which is to be expected. I see Palmer as something of a wild card. He's certainly got plenty going for him: A wealth of speed at receiver and a dynamic running back to keep defenses honest. Still, Palmer's bugaboo is his interception rate. He'll probably throw quite a few touchdowns, but he'll likely match those touchdowns with interceptions. Depending on your league's scoring rubric, the interceptions might be too costly to chance picking Palmer late. In any case, he's worth keeping an eye on.
Alex Smith
I'm not sure I believe Smith's projections. Unlike Palmer, it is clear that Smith doesn't have much touchdown potential. The 49ers don't seem ready to abandon the run-first offense just yet. The 49ers added two running backs this offense and have also installed some sort of option-game with back-up quarterback Colin Kaepernick. These facts alone make Smith undraftable. I know, they signed Randy Moss and Mario Manningham, and drafted AJ Jenkins. But last year, they signed Braylon Edwards and promised to use Delanie Walker more. If Dennis Green were here, he'd say the 49ers offense is who we think they are: Pass anemic.
Running Backs
Darren McFadden
McFadden is easily the most intriguing player on either team. He has the biggest potential, especially now that Raiders head coach Dennis Allen has declared McFadden his goal-line/short-yardage back. Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp even went so far as to mention Foster's name when discussing McFadden's goal-line potential. "I've always had a belief that the No. 1 back can still be the goal-line back, doesn't have to necessarily be a bigger, stronger guy," said Knapp. "My experience tells me so, last couple years it was Arian Foster (who) had a lot of success. Warrick Dunn was one the best inside-tackle runners I've ever been around as a coach. It's not just the back that requires the execution of the play. So it didn't bother me to have him in there, we just didn't get it executed across the board."
McFadden has the potentially to carry a fantasy football team; however, like Palmer, McFadden comes with great risk–injury risk, that is. McFadden's injury history should remove him from the first three rounds or so, but it won't. His average draft position is the middle of the first round, according to CBS Sports. Proceed with caution.
Frank Gore
Gore is an enigma–he has been much of his career, actually. He's never been one to get many touchdowns, but he has been a consistent yard-getter (am I making that term up?). He's averaged over 1,000 yards per season for his career –rushed for 1,000 or more in all but two of his seven career seasons. Still, with Gore, there are a number of concerns, most of which would be his age. As crazy as it sounds, at age 29, Gore is primed for regression. Many of the more prolific runners in NFL history have seen precipitous drops in production after the age of 28. Gore could be among them.
Another concern with Gore would be the company he shares in the 49ers' backfield. With Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James, and Brandon Jacobs, carries are going to be difficult to come by, which doesn't bode well for the aging Gore. In all, I wouldn't be comfortable drafting him.
Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
Darrius Heyward-Bey / Denarius Moore / Brandon Myers
Heyward-Bey (DHB) practically redeemed his "bust" status last season, accumulating 975 yards on 64 receptions. Not surprisingly, no major publication, aside from CBS, has much faith in DHB to continue last season's success. And I don't really blame them. A second season with Palmer certainly helps DHB, but I'm just not a believer. I wasn't when the Raiders drafted him, and I still wasn't after realizing he's been statistically more productive than Michael Crabtree. That said, he might be worth a late-round selection, as he'll definitely get a good amount of targets this season — especially if Denarius Moore's injury issues persist.
Speaking of Moore, he's got a lot in common with McFadden, insofar as Moore is a boom or bust type selection. If he builds on last season, Moore could be a top-15 wide receiver in the league — maybe even better. Still, the risk is very real. According to ESPN's KC Joyner, Moore was the AFC's most overrated wide receiver. "The problem for Moore is that he has yet to display any type of ability to beat tough competition," Joyner writes. "As noted in my 2012 fantasy football guide, when Moore was covered by red- or yellow-rated cornerbacks (the two best cornerback ratings), he was a non-factor. His 4.0 YPA against that coverage level was 46th out of 47 wide receivers with at least 30 targets under the same circumstances." This is obviously cause for concern. The Raiders certainly don't have another receiver who can take the pressure of Moore — well, unless you count DHB.
Brandon Myers
What is there to say about Myers that he hasn't already said himself? "Definitely," said Myers when asked if he was the starter. There you have it, Raiders' fans. Myers is the starter. How much potential does he have? Well, it's dubious. But if you ask him, he's got a good chance at making a difference. "There's a lot of different formations and so many opportunities to make plays," Myers said. "I'm not going to line up wide but I'm an all-around tight end. I can run block, pass block and catch passes across the middle" (my emphasis).
Michael Crabtree / Mario Manningham / Vernon Davis
Crabtree might have all the tools — speed excluded — to be a productive wideout, but he doesn't have the track record. In fact, Crabtree's track record is one of underachievement. Whether this is the result of the offense in which he plays or his own issues with motivation, I can't say. What I can say is don't draft him. Crabtree might get yardage, but he won't get touchdowns. He had only four touchdowns last season, one of which was thrown by David Akers — or was it Andy Lee? This season, he'll have to compete with the likes of Randy Moss for passes. It's a recipe for fantasy disaster.
Everything I wrote about Crabtree could be written about Manningham. As a college player, his skills were so pronounced that he was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2007, a season in which he accumulated 72 receptions for 1,174 yards and 12 touchdowns. But, as a pro, he has yet to translate his physical skill into production. Even last year, despite playing in a prolific offense, Manningham recorded only four touchdowns. In this offense, we can expect even less.
Vernon Davis might be the only 49ers' receiver we can expect production from. He is a staple in the 49ers offense, having a pretty clear chemistry with Alex Smith. He should lead the team in targets this season. He is also a huge mismatch for opponents, which means he'll likely have more opportunities to score. While I don't love the 49ers' offense, I love Vernon Davis. Somebody is bound to score; so why not Davis?
Davis and McFadden aside, it is difficult to endorse any Bay Area player. There are just too many unknowns. Sure, neither the 49ers or Raiders are unique in this uncertainty. But neither team has produced a true fantasy star of the past decade or so, kickers notwithstanding. Because of that, I am more inclined to look elsewhere in my fantasy draft–perhaps Seattle.


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Just because a rookie hasn't done it doesn't mean it will never happen. Marquez will finish higher than Rossi I'm putting money on that. I would not be surprised if he is contending for the crown towards the end. Still think dani or Jorge but I'm not writing him off.


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Bachelor in Paradise
Chris Bukowski and Elise Mosca Are Already Over — Has He Moved On?
Why are we not surprised? Chris Bukowski, who left Bachelor in Paradise with showmantic partner Elise Mosca in Episode 3, is back on the market. How do we know? Well, the three-time — four, if you count that totally his idea move of crashing Bachelorette Season 10 — Bachelor franchise star recently had an unlikely source on his side on his hunt for a new gal.
Fashion blogger extraordinaire Dana Weiss, aka Possessionista, took to Facebook not too long ago to help fellow Chicagoan Chris track down a girl named Abby. According to Possessionista, the bar owner met a 20-something who lives with her parents nearby. Sadly, he failed to snag her number.
Dana then posted to her site, "Do you know a 20-something girl named Abby from Deerfield … who met Chris Bukowski last week in Chicago and is looking to start a long term relationship of selling stories about one another to Wetpaint and maybe getting to sit in the audience of an upcoming Men Tell All." (Thanks for the shout out, g-fry, but we get our stories au natural, FTR.)
After a ton of people joined in on the brainstorm on both on Facebook and Dana's site, the gal was located. But here's the kicker: Her friend then wrote a nastily-worded email to Dana demanding the trendspotter take down the post immediately — if not sooner. Come to find out, this gal is taken and wasn't looking for a former Bachelorette star boyfriend. Whomp.
So Possessionista took the post down, but the dream lives on.
So how did the romance between Chris and Elise encounter such a rapid demise that he was looking for love on the Internet so soon after his stint on Bachelor in Paradise came to an end? According to Chris, he and the sparkly one were just in different places in their lives.
If you're sad Chris and Elise's love wasn't one for the ages, tune in to tonight's finale of BiP to catch one last sight of the happy pair together. Rumor has it they return to Paradise to rub their forever feelsies in the faces of the surviving couples; however, since the segment was filmed before the lovebirds flew the coop on each other and have since publicly broken up, it stands to reason ABC may cut their final cameos. We'll just have to tune in to find out!
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American Idol: Makeover Secrets From Season 9
March 24, 2010 11:10 AM by Nancy Floyd
American Idol is all about making stars! Season after season, audiences have the privilege of watching regular people morph into singing superstars. And anyone who faithfully watches the show knows that the physical makeovers for the contestants are just as fun and shocking to watch as their vocal performances. Clay Aiken anyone? American Idol stylists, Soyon An and Miles Siggins, talk about season 9′s Top 11 contestants and the secret to their new looks…
American Idol stylists, Soyon An and Miles Siggins, are responsible for transforming the Top 11 contestants in season 9 from average, everyday wannabes to fashionable singing superstars. And these two certainly have the experience needed for the job! Soyon An recently designed the fashions for Carrie Underwood's tour, while Miles Siggins has styled for stars like Brad Pitt, Ice Cube, and Michael Buble. Now the pair is taking on American Idol's season 9 contestants.
For the females of American Idol's season 9, Soyon An says, "we're taking steps, not leaps.†For Katie Stevens, An wants to keep things "young, fresh and bubbly,†but for Siobhan Magnus, it's all about being "quirky and different.†An describes Didi Benami as "the southern, country girl with a bohemian folk twist†and says that Crystal Bowersox is "my sentimental girl†who only wears things with sentimental meaning. For contestant Paige Miles, An says she helped the young Idol hopeful incorporate color into her wardrobe. Miles showed up to the show with only black clothes, but "now she's into blue and green,†An says.
As for the guys of American Idol's season 9, Miles Siggins is enjoying changing up their looks and wardrobes. For contestant Michael Lynche, Siggins is looking to hip-hop for inspiration. "I love the way the hip-hop world is dressing up a bit more,†he says. "It's like they're Wall Street rappers.†With cutie Casey James, Siggins is trying to "refine his style a bit." Siggins says he thinks Tim Urban will "end up being a bit of chameleon." He calls Lee Dewyze "our little rocker†and likens Aaron Kelly to David Archuleta. And Siggins says, Andrew Garcia's glasses "suit him" but the rest of his wardrobe needs to be shaken up.
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Daniel Rizzie, costly Clemson error help keep Xavier's college baseball season alive
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Daniel Rizzie doubled and drove in a pair of runs to lead Xavier to their second ever NCAA baseball tournament victory, 6-4 over Clemson on Saturday in an elimination game.
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The Musketeers (30-28) took control after a nearly 2-hour weather delay, scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh, highlighted by Rizzie's RBI single that slipped under left fielder Garrett Boulware's glove and rolled to the fence. Mitch Elliott added another run on the error to make it 6-2.
The Tigers (36-25) got a two-run homer to deep right by Steve Wilkerson in the eighth to close the gap but couldn't get any closer.
Rizzie was sensational at the plate for the Muskies, collecting three hits in his four at-bats. He also scored two runs.
Xavier starting pitcher Scott Klever was excellent on the mound before being forced from the game in the sixth when play was halted. He allowed two runs on six hits to improve to 7-6 on the year.
Clemson's run of 26 tournament appearances with a win ended. The Tigers hadn't gone two-and-out in the tournament since 1981.
The Musketeers will face No. 2 Oregon, which lost to tournament host Vanderbilt, 7-2, on Saturday.
The XU-Oregon game is scheduled for a noon Sunday start and will be carried on one of the channels in the ESPN family of networks.