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Originally Posted by gridironguy: completely different scenario. that game as you know as at death valley in clemson, and auburn was taking 13 new starters out of 22, into that early season game. trotter was the QB, and while decent, this yr's group has more seasoning due to last year. it's completely different year to year. last year the team had so many new guys off the 2010 bcs title team. i made a huge wager on Clemson -3 over Auburn last year, but this year at a neutral site in atlanta, revenge on auburn's mind and a much more veteran group, i think it's gona be a very very close game either way. i'm curious to see how clemson's 3 new starters up front (2 of whom are soph's) will do, and how much they miss the explosive Mr. Watkins.my 2 cents
Maybe it's not too late for Auburn to coax Trotter out of retirement. He would be the best QB on the roster.
Originally Posted by gridironguy: wow, you are not taking into account how much the experience of starting one year translates into improvement the next year, most of the time
. . . and you're not taking into account that Auburn is a program that is in complete disarray. The inmates are running the asylum over there.
Furthermore, you are not taking into account that Auburn doesn't have a SEC caliber QB on their roster, have no playmakers on offense (except maybe their TE Lützenkirchen), have two new coordinators that are breaking into two new systems - one of which they don't have the personel to run.
Auburn's high water mark this season is probably 6 & 6, and betting on them in the first 5 weeks of the upcoming season would be financial suicide IMO.
Clemson had one of the youngest teams inthe entire nation last season with over 65% of their roster being freshman or sophmores. Personally I believe the gap between Auburn and Clemson has widen, not shrunk. Moreover, Clemson has plenty of weapons on offense even without Watkins. They'll win the game either way.
Originally Posted by Boom_Boom: As Jimmy said nobody was younger in the country then Clemson last season. Look, this Clemson team is absolutely loaded at the skill position. If this team had a SEC caliber defense right now, I think you could start talking national Championship. That's really whats is separating Clemson from taking that next step among the elite. Because offensively, not many are better.Let me add this. Dabo is addressing the defensive problems by going out and recruiting some of the best defensive players in the country. Just so you guys know............ We already have the 5* Nkemdiche kid. We are more then likely about to land 5*Montravious Adams.( if you haven't seen that kids film, go watch it..WOW ) Kendall Fuller the other *5 CB. And the other *5 CB, cant think of his name right now.... But point is, this sleeping Giant...is about to wake.
I pretty much agree with your entire post Boom.
247 Sports ranks Robert Nkemdiche and Montravius Adams as the #1 and #2 recruits in the nation respectively. That won't help them in the Auburn game though.
The CB you're talking about is Kendall Fuller out of Olney, Maryland (my old neck of the woods).
Originally Posted by gridironguy: Boom Boom, i consider Brent Venables to be one of the young stars in the defensive coaching ranks, but it will take some time, likely 5 games or more for the players to get really comfortable in his new schemes
. . . but the Auburn players will pick up their new offensive and defensive schemes in game 1???
Clemson ranked the most talented offensive team in the nation. Keep in mind this list based strictly on talent alone, not necessarily who the author thinks will be the top ranked offenses.
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Victims of stalking are a diverse group, but most individuals who are subjected to the persistent pursuit of a stalker, regardless of age, gender or socio-economic background, experience fear. Some suffer profound distress and lifestyle disruptions, and many experience a decline in their psychological and physical well-being. Stalking is not uncommon in today's society and there is evidence to suggest its incidence is increasing (Budd & Mattinson, 2000). It is therefore anticipated that the victims of these behaviours will be presenting to law enforcement and health professionals in ever-expanding numbers. The efficacy of the interventions they receive will determine whether they can reclaim their lives and premorbid functioning or whether, through ignorance, they are condemned to continuing torment and chronic disability, to the detriment of society as a whole.
In this paper, we will provide an overview of the range of interventions aimed at assuaging the suffering of stalking victims. Obviously, the most useful approach to the management of these individuals is likely to be the timely disposition of their stalkers and resolution of the harassment, but it will not be a sufficient or achievable strategy in all cases. Indeed, without appropriate intervention, morbidity among stalking victims can persist long after the stalking has abated. We will also discuss the phenomenon of false claims of victimisation and their management.
Victim types
Like stalkers, stalking victims are not a homogeneous group. It is useful to categorise them according to their relationship with their stalker and the context in which the stalking activities arose. These groups, which are not mutually exclusive, are briefly summarised below. Further details can be found in Mullen et al (2000).
In this group, the victim is typically a female pursued by a former boyfriend or spouse, although the victim may be a male stalked by a girlfriend or wife and in some cases the victim and his or her stalker will share the same gender (Pathé et al, 2000). These victims are subjected to the widest range of harassment for often protracted periods, and they are more likely than those in other categories to be threatened and physically assaulted (Mullen et al, 1999). They commonly harbour excessive guilt for their poor choice of partners, a sentiment that may unfortunately be reinforced by loved ones and helping professionals.
Casual acquaintances and friends
This is probably the most common category for male victims – the stalking generally arises following a casual social encounter. These victims are pursued for relatively briefer periods by stalkers with socially incompetent and intimacy-seeking motives, and they are much less likely to be exposed to violence (Mullen et al, 1999).
Professional contacts
All whose profession brings them into regular contact with people who are lonely or have a mental disorder are vulnerable to being stalked. Teachers, health care providers and lawyers appear to be at particular risk, attracting intimacy-seekers and socially incompetent, resentful and even predatory stalkers. Occasionally, the termination of a long-term therapeutic relationship can give rise to rejected stalking patterns.
Work contacts
Victims of stalking within the work environment are characteristically pursued by a socially incompetent fellow worker, employer or employee, or a resentful colleague, customer or employee. The latter usually arises in the context of major organisational change or disciplinary action against the perpetrator, such that he or she comes to believe he or she has been passed over in favour of the victim. Such cases have occasionally erupted in extreme violence that is not confined to the primary victim.
Stalkers from motivational categories other than the rejected can victimise strangers (although some, such as the intimacy-seekers, can become violent in the context of perceived rejection). While victims of predatory stalkers can be at significant risk of violence (usually sexual), most victims pursued by strangers are, on the available evidence, in less danger of being attacked than those who know their stalker, especially intimately (Mullen et al, 1999). However, for those targeted by strangers, confusion and alarm is common. One of our patients received a series of packages in the mail from an anonymous person. The initial offerings were relatively benign (a bouquet of flowers, then a tin of confectionery), but became more bizarre (fake tattoos, a bomber jacket) and offensive (human faeces, used condoms). The worst aspect for this woman was her inability to make sense of the harassment and the perpetrator's reason for targeting her. She became fearful of venturing out because she had no idea of her stalker's identity.
The famous
These include stars of television, radio and film, sports champions, writers, royalty, politicians and other public figures. They attract intimacy-seekers, social incompetents, the resentful and the predatory. Such is the extent of the problem that a whole industry has developed around protecting the famous, many of whom must contend with more than one stalker at any given time.
False victims of stalking
A small proportion of those claiming to be victims of stalking prove to be false victims, either as a consequence of conscious fabrications or serious psychopathology (Mohandie et al, 1998;Pathé et al, 1999) (see Box 1⇓). On occasion, stalkers accuse their victim of stalking them, often in retaliation but also to maintain contact with the victim through the legal system. Former genuine victims may falsely allege that they are again being stalked, ascribing malevolent intent to innocent situations. This arises in the context of the hypervigilance and distrust that is the legacy of genuine stalking victims, and – through increasing social isolation – limited opportunities for reality testing.
False claims of victimisation
Stalkers who claim to be victims
Delusions of being stalked
The previously stalked
The factitious disorder
The malingerer
Delusions that one is being watched and followed, typically by entire networks of people, can be encountered as part of a delusional system, usually of the persecutory or erotomanic type. These individuals tend to present in later life and to live an isolated existence, some having never married. Partition delusions, or the belief that people, electricity or some other force can pass through structures that would ordinarily pose a barrier to such passage (Howard et al, 1992), are not uncommon. One elderly woman believed that laser lights were being beamed through her bedroom wall at night by an unknown male who intended to rape her. These are tortured individuals, many of whom contemplate suicide or adopt extreme measures to protect themselves against their perceived persecutors.
In factitious disorders, individuals consciously simulate physical or psychological symptoms because of an intrapsychic need to assume the sick role (Janofsky, 1994). Similarly, factitious victims adopt the victim role to gratify their dependency needs. The remaining group are malingerers, who feign or exaggerate victim status purely for external incentives such as financial rewards. This group is uncommon in our experience, perhaps a reflection of the limited financial incentives for crime victims in our jurisdiction.
The impact of stalking
Victim studies consistently demonstrate the adverse impact of being stalked. There are several factors that contribute to the high levels of morbidity observed in stalking victims. First, stalking is not a single, circumscribed offence but a crime characterised by repetition, persistence and unpredictability. The behaviours evoke fear, hypervigilance and distrust, which have a destructive impact upon the victim's interpersonal relationships and support network. Feelings of abandonment and a loss of control over their situation are common themes among stalking victims. These may be reinforced by ineffectual or unsympathetic responses from the criminal justice system and helping agencies, usually born out of the ignorance that continues to surround stalking, even in professional circles.
Studies of stalking victims (Jason et al, 1984; Pathé & Mullen, 1997; Hall, 1998; Budd & Mattinson, 2000) have found that most are forced to adjust their daily routine in response to being stalked and for many there are major lifestyle disruptions. These include withdrawal from social activities, abandoning work or school, increasing security and altering one's physical appearance. One woman known to us withdrew from gym classes, obtained an unlisted phone number, resigned from her job, moved to a neighbouring suburb, changed her motor vehicle, radically altered her hairstyle and gained weight in a bid to escape her former boyfriend's harassment, to no avail. She ultimately moved to another state and the stalking has apparently stopped, at enormous personal and financial cost.
Victim studies and clinical experience have also shown that many stalking victims experience a deterioration in mental and/or physical well-being. The most common psychiatric diagnoses are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other anxiety disorders and depression. In a survey of 100 self-selected stalking victims (Pathé & Mullen, 1997), over 80% reported increased anxiety and arousal in response to the stalking. A third met the full DSM–IV criteria for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) with intrusive recollections of the stalking, symptoms of excessive arousal, often manifest in sleep disturbances, and hypervigilance, avoidance behaviours and feelings of estrangement from others. A quarter of the sample admitted they had considered or attempted suicide, regarding this as their only escape from a perceived life sentence of stalking. A quarter of the sample increased their cigarette and alcohol consumption in response to the stalking, and some said they had misused other prescription drugs to self-medicate intolerable symptoms of stress. Many of these victims experienced physical symptoms such as nausea and fatigue, and exacerbations of pre-existing medical conditions like asthma, hypertension and psoriasis.
Systematic assessment of stalking victim populations using standardised measures of psychological distress have lent further weight to these earlier studies. Westrup et al (1999) compared 36 stalking victims to 43 who had experienced less severe and frequent harassment ('harassed' group) and 48 controls, all subjects being female college students. Psychological impact was measured using the PTSD Scale (Foa, 1995), the Symptom Check List–90–R (SCL–90–R; Derogatis, 1977) and the Self-Report Interpersonal Trust Scale (MacDonald et al, 1972). Stalking victims had significantly higher scores on a number of subscales of the SCL–90, in particular depression, and they exhibited heightened interpersonal sensitivity. The PTSD Scale revealed significantly more post-traumatic symptoms and of greater severity relative to comparison groups.
Third parties may also be affected. The primary victim's family members, partner, children, friends, work colleagues and neighbours may be threatened and even assaulted, especially if they are perceived to be impeding access to the object of attention (Mullen & Pathé, 1994). As for primary victims, however, threats and violence are not a prerequisite for the development of distress and dysfunction. The elderly mother of a stalking victim under our care was subjected to repeated 'hang up' phone calls in the early hours and obscene messages scrawled in chalk on her driveway, such that her health deteriorated and she was forced to forfeit her independence and move to a retirement home. Her daughter maintains that it is all her fault for bringing the stalker (her ex-husband) into her mother's life.
How to combat stalking
Individuals who are being actively stalked may seek the advice of health professionals. In the first instance, the treating professional must ensure that there are strategies in place to protect the victim and others who might be at risk. It is essential that the victim and involved parties be apprised of strategies that discourage the stalker's intrusions. Where the stalker is known to be in treatment or under the supervision of a probation or parole officer, the victim's therapist should ensure that those charged with the stalker's care are alerted to any continuing transgressions. The following is a useful guide for stalking victims (see Box 2⇓ for a summary).
Strategies to combat stalking
Avoid contact and confrontation
Inform others
Document and retain evidence
Restraining orders (not a universal strategy)
Appropriate security measures
Avoid contact and confrontation
Victims should at the earliest juncture give a firm, unequivocal message to the stalker that their attention is unwanted, and that they do not want a relationship in those cases where the establishment or restoration of a relationship is the stalker's apparent goal. Thereafter, they should resist all contact with him or her, since pleading and negotiating is unlikely to dissuade the stalker. Their stalker is either unwilling or unable, by virtue of mental illness, to respect the victim's wishes and further contact will only reward and acknowledge his or her efforts.
Inform others
Victims, through shame, embarrassment or a failure to appreciate the potential seriousness of their situation, may try to 'go it alone'. They should be encouraged to notify the police and to advise family, friends and work colleagues and neighbours where appropriate. Informing significant others helps galvanise support and protection for the victim, prevents the unwitting disclosure of information to the stalker and enables others who may also be at risk to take necessary precautions.
Victims should document suspicious incidents and retain any evidence of stalking. Letters and other unsolicited material must be kept, not returned to sender, phone calls should be recorded on answering machine cassettes and police incident reports and other important documents (with copies) should be securely filed.
Restraining orders
These are protective injunctions, known in other jurisdictions as intervention orders, apprehended violence orders, or non-molestation orders. These should not be regarded as an automatic first-line approach to stalkers, as they are by no means universally effective. Indeed, Tjaden & Thoennes (1998) reported that 81% of male and 69% of female victims who obtained a restraining order claimed that it was violated by their stalker. These orders are a civil remedy and as such they pit the victim against the stalker and they can only be enforced once they have been breached.1 They have no provision for mandatory assessment and, if required, mandated treatment for the offender – the intervention that may most effectively bring an end to the stalking.
Restraining orders tend to be less effective in certain types of stalker. For ex-intimates, particularly those narcissistic individuals who have a deep emotional investment in the relationship, the personal humiliation of being rejected can be exacerbated by the perceived public humiliation of a restraining order, with occasional violent consequences. In the case of deluded stalkers, in particular the erotomanic, such orders are irrelevant or are regarded as a further test of their love and devotion. A woman with erotomania stalked her employer for months, convinced he was secretly married to her despite his wife and children and a restraining order against her. After repeated breaches of the order, a magistrate sentenced her to a prison term, but the woman was unfazed. She believed that her imagined 'husband' had orchestrated her incarceration to 'protect' her from the repeated intrusions of the police!
Stalking victims should be aware that not only can protective injunctions fail to resolve the harassment but they may in some cases exacerbate the problem. Victims would be well advised to consult a forensic expert before contemplating this course of action. It must be emphasised that stalking victims intending to apply for an order should do so as early as possible in the course of the stalking, and that the period immediately following the issuance of the order may be one of heightened risk of violence. Restraining orders do not bring with them any guarantees of safety nor of resolution of harassment.
Stalking via e-mail or the internet is most dangerous when it extends off-line. Individuals should remove themselves from any on-line situation that becomes hostile by logging off. They should not respond to provocation on-line ('flaming'), nor flirt or give out personal details. Those who harass in cyberspace must be told that their communications are unwanted. The victim should not respond further. All evidence must be logged and copies saved to disk. The victim can contact the site administrator of the stalker's internet service provider and, if the harassment persists, the police should be notified. Victims are advised to speak with an officer skilled in investigating computer crimes, and ensure that they provide concrete evidence of the cyberstalking (Deirmenjian, 1999).
Other security measures
There is a range of simple and inexpensive security measures available to victims (see Mullen et al, 2000, p. 237), but the therapist also has an important role in discouraging needlessly expensive or dangerous practices (e.g. buying firearms or turning the home into an inescapable fortress). Self-defence training in disabling techniques that do not require physical strength or years of practice can have an empowering effect.
Clinical management
The treatment of stalking victims aims to alleviate their distress and restore their interpersonal and occupational functioning (see Box 3⇓). This requires an eclectic approach that will in some cases extend well beyond the life of the stalking.
Clinical management of stalking victims
Safe and confidential therapeutic setting
Education and supportive counselling
Cognitive–behavioural therapies for anxiety and avoidance
Pharmacotherapy for psychiatric and physical morbidity
Substance misuse counselling
Family and partner counselling
Support groups
Support organisations
Many victims presenting to therapists will have previously sought the help of others, often with little if any success. Some have confronted reactions of disbelief, blame and trivialisation, reinforcing the victim's distrust and disillusionment, self-blame, anger, powerlessness and withdrawal. In order to avoid re-traumatising these individuals, therapists must at the outset adopt an empathic and non-judgemental attitude. They need to provide hope and to establish a trusting alliance by communicating an understanding of stalking and its impact. Above all, it is essential that they convey to the victim that they are not alone and they are not to blame.
It is essential also to provide these individuals with a safe therapeutic environment in which the victim can be assured of the confidentiality of the information imparted. Secretarial and clinical staff must be apprised of security issues and these will need to be reinforced periodically, especially with the appointment of new staff.
Education and supportive counselling
The provision of information on stalking, especially as this pertains to the victim's particular stalker, can emphasise the commonality of the victim's experience and diminish feelings of helplessness. Some victims think they may be losing their mind and it is necessary to assure them that their symptoms are a normative response to a serious crime. Educating victims helps them to make sense of their situation. It will also place them in a better position to protect themselves and discourage the stalker's advances. Many victims who feel abandoned by family and friends simply appreciate the opportunity for a supportive relationship with a trusted confidante.
Cognitive–behavioural approaches
From the outset, the therapist must allay unreasonable fears and acknowledge realistic ones. Cognitive–behavioural therapy is helpful in restructuring the victim's morbid perceptions of the world, in particular that the world is a malevolent place where nobody can be trusted. It is useful to explore issues such as the victim's sense of personal responsibility and feelings of powerlessness. Anxiety management techniques including deep muscle relaxation and breathing retraining can diminish disabling anxiety symptoms and pave the way for exposure techniques. The latter aim to overcome avoidance behaviours that threaten to isolate the victim and impair their social and occupational functioning. Of course, avoidance behaviours that have a legitimate survival value should not be discouraged.
These are an important adjunct to psychological therapies. Stalking victims may present with a range of stress-related symptoms and there is no 'gold standard' pharmacotherapeutic approach. It is important to explain the role of medication to victims and their loved ones, that even though their suffering has been caused by another person some biological changes have occurred that can be normalised by medication (Davidson & Connor, 1999).
Medications most commonly used are those with efficacy in the treatment of anxiety, depression and PTSD. We find the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) most useful with this patient group as they are effective in depression and anxiety disorders and they are generally well tolerated by this largely psychotropic-naïve population. SSRIs are also less toxic in overdose, an important consideration in a group with significant levels of suicidality. They have a broad spectrum of effect on all PTSD symptom clusters, especially hyperarousal (Friedman, 1998), and sertraline has now been approved in the US as a specific treatment for PTSD. In our experience, no particular SSRI is superior to any other in this population.
We would not advocate the prescription of benzodiazepine anxiolytics for victims of stalking, on the basis that dependence may develop where treatment is required for protracted periods. These cases cannot always be predicted at the outset. Furthermore, the disinhibiting potential of the benzodiazepines is cause for concern in a group that, in addition to having high levels of suicidal ideation, may harbour aggressive, if not homicidal, thoughts towards their stalker.
Substance misuse
As noted earlier, it is not uncommon for victims of stalking to increase their consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and other drugs. Adequate treatment of psychiatric symptoms will minimise the risk of substance misuse and dependence. Non-pharmacological approaches to insomnia should be provided, including advice on avoiding stimulants. Some victims may require referral to specialist drug and alcohol services.
Group therapies
Therapeutic support groups can play an invaluable role in the rehabilitation of stalking victims. These forums help diminish victims' sense of isolation and alienation, and provide them with an opportunity to vent their anger, loss and frustration in a safe and supportive environment. Such groups can also be a useful resource, with victims exchanging various strategies, reading material and security tips, as well as details of helpful agencies or individuals. Ideally, group facilitators should be mental health professionals well-versed in the practical and emotional issues confronting victims of stalking and in the complex psychological sequelae of this crime.
Family and partner therapies
It may be necessary to involve the victim's partner and key family members in treatment. This acknowledges the interpersonal disruption and estrangement consequent upon the stalker's intrusions, the helplessness and frustration significant others frequently experience and the unfortunate fact that families and partners are frequently targeted by stalkers. The primary victim's loved ones benefit from education, particularly in relation to the nature of stalking and its impact. This helps maintain the victim's key support networks and ensures the application of more effective and coordinated safety strategies. Some family members who are themselves harassed may require referral for individual counselling.
Support organisations
There are a few support organisations specifically for victims of stalking, mostly in the US and UK. They are generally community-funded non-profit organisations that provide a telephone helpline, support and educational material. CyberAngels provides online assistance to victims of cyberstalking. This is a network of thousands of volunteers in over 30 countries that monitors the internet, investigating harassment complaints and providing education and moral support to victims.
False victims
It is important to identify at the earliest opportunity and treat where possible the condition underlying false claims of victimisation. This will minimise the consumption of precious resources available to genuine victims and the distress such beliefs can generate for the complainant and those they falsely accuse. Delusional victims respond best to antipsychotic medication, although their limited insight makes them notoriously difficult to treat. Those who develop sufficient trust in their therapist may agree to medication on the basis that severe trauma, however subjective, creates high levels of fear and hypervigilance that affect the sufferer's perspective, and that reducing their anxiety will ease their discomfort and clarify the actual extent of the 'harassment'. Low doses of an antipsychotic (e.g. risperidone or olanzapine) are generally well tolerated in this predominantly older population, but the challenge lies in maintaining their compliance, especially when the 'stalking' and associated distress inevitably subsides.
A similar approach is taken with the previously stalked, although most do not require antipsychotics and will respond to cognitive–behavioural measures aimed at better managing their anxiety and re-establishing social networks. Anxiolytic medication, usually one of the SSRIs, is also appropriate in some instances.
Treatment of factitious victims is directed at the underlying personality disorder and accumulated life problems. As for all false victims, it is important to exclude them from victim support groups that will only validate and reify their victim status and expand their knowledge base.
While stopping the stalker may be the best treatment available to victims, effective management of victims at their earliest presentation reduces long-term morbidity and increases the chances that the stalker will desist. Treatment of stalking victims requires an individually tailored approach that considers the specific nature and context of the harassment as well as the effects upon the victim's significant others. The primary objective is the alleviation of the victim's distress and his or her return to premorbid levels of interpersonal, social and vocational functioning, through the appropriate mix of practical assistance, supportive psychotherapy, cognitive–behavioural treatment and pharmacotherapy. For victims who continue to be harassed, these approaches must always be accompanied by strategies that discourage the stalker's advances and which endeavour to protect the victim and vulnerable third parties.
Useful contacts for victims of stalking
Information – http://www.antistalking.com.au
CyberAngels – http://www.cyberangels.org
Stalking victim support – Survivors of Stalking (SOS) http://www.soshelp.org; Stalking Victims Sanctuary – http://www.stalkingvictims.com; The Suzy Lamplugh Trust – http://www.suzylamplugh.org.
Multiple choice questions
The stalking victim's recovery is likely to be complicated by:
continued stalking
a good support network
poor access to practical assistance
repeated attempts by the victim to reason with the stalker
early apprehension of the stalker and mandatory assessment.
Restraining orders are likely to be least effective for:
ex-intimates with a deep emotional investment in the victim
psychotic stalkers
stalkers who simply want a date with the victim
stalkers who have breached previous restraining orders without incurring any legal sanctions
cases where the victim continues to respond to the stalker's advances.
It is important to recognise false victims of stalking because:
police should arrest them
they consume precious resources available to genuine victims
they should be banned from psychiatric treatment facilities
many suffer and require psychiatric treatment
some pose a danger to themselves and others.
Victims stalked by a former intimate are:
stalked over a shorter period
at greater risk of threats and physical violence
likely to experience guilt and self-blame
are unlikely to suffer psychological symptoms
often regarded with scepticsim and criticism.
Stalking victims should:
understand they are not to blame
arrange a conciliation meeting with the stalker
contact the police only after a restraining order has been breached
return all unsolicited mail to the stalker
not suffer in silence.
↵1 In the UK, however, under the Protection from Harassment Act (1997), there are provisions for the linking of restraining orders and civil damages to the criminal offences of 'harassment' and 'putting people in fear of violence'. Courts can impose restraining orders as a condition of sentencing. Any subsequent prohibited contact with the victim constitutes a breach of the order, potentially punishable by a prison sentence with a substantial maximum penalty. This system may provide an incentive for some stalkers to discontinue their harassment and enable early intervention in those cases where the stalker fails to desist. Court-imposed restraining orders overcome the difficulties often encountered with the victim-initiated system, such as lengthy and potentially dangerous delays between the application and hearing and the expense to the victim of petitioning the court and obtaining legal representation. Furthermore, they may deflect some of the wrath and resentment that victims often incur from their stalker.
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There is this guy who has been in the gold industry for over 20 years. He recently retired and as the title might suggest, he made sure he was smart with his retirement money. He rolled over this individual retirement account to gold. He has so much knowledge about the industry it appears he was able to start up his own site. I always go on the Gold Point IRA website to see what else I can learn. I have been looking to rollover mine for many years. I just have no idea how to do it and even less of an idea where to start. After reading some advice I was and have been starting to feel more confident that this is the right choice for me. Fortunately I am way beyond the point of being unsure whether I have enough money or not to retire at my age. I work very hard and my employer is one of the few who actually contributes to my IRA on a monthly basis. Every now and then I also go and check out Gold Point IRA on Facebook. This is actually where I find out when there is new information on the website. I spend a lot of time on Facebook so I always see on my feed when there is something new. Every day I walk away with a new nugget of information. If any of what I just said piques your interest, you should go on his site and read. I con very well be the best choice to every make. I already know its the smartest thing I have done.
Crucial products for male health plus other things to consider
In the world of health, there are so many things you can do as a man to be in the best shape you can possibly be in. There are products out there that claim to offer big results. This is mainly prominent in the penis enlargement sector. Here are the results for PPAEP based on a very specific male enhancement product that we wont name. In their case, that particular product does have lots of great reviews by very famous doctors. So it is probably safe take it. Of course it would be best if you check with your main doctor. This is just to make sure its not going to interfere with anything you might already be taking. If you take a look at their wordpress, you will find all of the great research that proves the products they are promoting actually work. The male penis is a very important and magnificent body part that deserves to be taken care of properly. This means that you must be very careful with the products you take.


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Let's get right to the chase: two primary autofocus systems exist, contrast-based and phase detection. DSLRs use phase detection as their primary autofocus capability, while compact cameras use contrast as their sole autofocus capability. Mirrorless cameras can be either (and in some cases, both).
- DSLRs — one of the uses of the mirror contained in the traditional DSLR is that it splits off some light to a phase detect sensor. Phase detect sensors are interesting, because they can report not only which direction the focus is off (near/far) but also by how much. Thus, in a phase detect system, the camera looks at the focus sensor, sees direction/distance and tells the lens to "move there." It's very quick, and capable of following movement very easily.
- Compacts — compact cameras use the imaging sensor for everything. They look at a portion of the image and measure contrast. At the most simplistic level, high contrast means "in focus" and low contrast means "out of focus." But a contrast-based sensor has a vague notion of direction and distance the lens needs to move, so it iterates: it moves the focus a bit and re-evaluates and then uses that information to tell the lens more about where to go.
Phase detect sensors often operate with very high data streams (usually higher in a pro DSLR than in a consumer one, which is why the pro ones are better at focus on moving subjects). Contrast-based systems operate at (usually) the video frame rate of the camera, which is generally slower.
Mirrorless cameras are an interesting crossbreed, because we're seeing both types of systems evolve and get pushed in new directions. For example:
- The Nikon 1, Canon EOS M5/M6, Fujifilm X-T1 and X-T2, Olympus E-M1, and Sony A6xxx and A7 models — These cameras use phase detect sensors built into the imaging sensor. That usually means that some pixel positions on the sensor (73 for the older Nikon 1 models, more for newer ones) are dedicated to measuring focus information, not image data (Canon's approach is slightly different). It's easy enough to hide those focus positions because we've got millions of imaging positions and can easily interpret the imaging data that they might have gotten (Canon's approach still collects image data from the focus positions).
- The m4/3 cameras — While the Panasonic and lower-level Olympus cameras are mostly contrast-detect focus, these two companies pushed three things that were different into their mirrorless cameras compared to their compacts: (1) faster imaging frame rates for focus (now at least 120 fps and as fast as 240 fps); (2) faster lens focus motors; and (3) more sophisticated check-and-jump focus algorithms. Panasonic now also uses a lens characteristic table to determine where to move the focus based upon the blur the sensor sees.
There's strong demand for mirrorless systems to have focus performance more like DSLRs than compact cameras, thus there's a lot of R&D tackling the problem. The m4/3 cameras were better than we were used to from contrast-based focus systems when they first appeared, and have gotten better with each subsequent generation. But most of them are no real match for the Nikon 1's dedicated phase detect system in decent light, especially for tracking moving subjects.
The many phase-detect-on-sensor systems now appearing on mirrorless cameras are highly variable in nature. The Sony A7II is okay, but not close to DSLR performance, while the Sony A6xxx models come much closer. In order of performance, I'd call it this way from best to worst: Nikon 1 (all models), Sony A6500, Fujifilm X-T2, Olympus E-M1 II, Sony A6300 and A7rII, Sony A7II, and finally the Canon EOS M5/M6.
Where we stand today is here: almost all mirrorless cameras have focus performance somewhere between compacts and DSLRs, and the average is getting much closer to DSLR-type performance. The Nikon 1 cameras are very close and maybe even equal to DSLR performance in good light, while a few cameras—the older Canon EOS M3 comes to mind—are closer to the best compact cameras in focus performance.
Overall, here's how I'd characterize focus performance for mirrorless cameras today:
- Static subjects — Anywhere from very good to superb. Even the contrast-based cameras are getting very good and fast at focusing on static subjects. There's very little focus lag when you're in Single AF mode on any mirrorless camera. Worst performer: Canon EOS M3. Best performers: the Fujifilm X-T2, Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic GH4, and Sony A6xxx or A7 models.
- Moving subjects — Only the Nikon 1 cameras really get truly close to best DSLR performance, and then only in good light with 1 Nikkor lenses. The m4/3 cameras have certainly improved at Continuous AF, but frankly the "miss ratio" on erratic and fast moving subjects is still too high to rely upon them for this on anything other than the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and maybe the Panasonic GH5. Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony are all closing the DSLR gap, though, and set and handled properly are usable for many continuously moving subjects. Still, your "hit rate" probably won't match a good DSLR set properly. The laggard in autofocus is surprisingly Canon, and Continuous AF is unusable for motion on the EOS M3 in my opinion, and is still lagging a bit with the EOS M5/M6.
I expect these things to change (for the better) over time. But today the mirrorless cameras are pretty squarely between compacts and DSLRs in autofocus performance. Expect better than your compact camera (at least from the leading mirrorless cameras), expect worse than your DSLR (though the Nikon 1 may be an exception if you've got a very low end DSLR).


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Roseville and Rocklin Realtor Jen Klein, accompanied by special guest host Marc Heinzer, Manager Roseville/Granite Bay Coldwell Banker, review real estate statistics for January. Rocklin had a huge jump in average home sales price. This is due to tip in the luxury market. The average home sales price in Rocklin is $440,994.00. Price/ Sq ft in Rocklin is $185.43. The average home sales price in Roseville is $380,558.00 and average cost per square foot in Roseville is $189.43. For more local or national statistics please give me a call, I'm happy to help! Please CALL or TEXT Jennifer Klein today at 916-230-3880 or email email@example.com OR For more information check out www.JenKlein.com
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Hey, did you notice that 8 of the Top 25 ranked college basketball teams lost yesterday? If I knew it, I had forgotten. Or perhaps I was living in denial until I just received a pleasant telephone call from my bookie. Not only did #1 Memphis lose to #2 Tennessee in a thrilling game last night, but several other disasters to my personal economy occurred:
- #17 Washington St. 55, Arizona 65 – I'd enjoy being seduced by a cougar, but I guess I'd rather have sex with a wildcat.
- Kent State 65, #23 St. Mary's 57 – I assume the Catholics felt guilty for that fracas at KSU in 1970. We feel guilty for everything.
- #24 Kansas St. 86, Baylor 92 – Unmurdered ballers play much better. What? Too soon?
- Nebraska 65, #22 Texas A&M 59 – No, I didn't bet on the Aggies. Do I look that stupid? Don't answer that.
- Villanova 67, #13 UConn 65 – Too bad, had I woken up for Mass this morning I would have donated some money to the Augustinians.
- #16 Drake 71, #8 Butler 64 – Michael Vick would have liked this game.
- #4 Kansas 60, Oklahoma St. 61 – Memo to Bill Self: You owe me a knee cap sir.


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Martha's Mission gets boost from Big Rock Foundation. New freezer to help nonprofit stock up on perishable food for needy
MOREHEAD CITY — Martha's Mission Cupboard manager Ginger Wade was tired of dealing with a leaky freezer used to store perishable food that is given to needy families.
"I came into work one day and there was a big puddle in front of the freezer and I just about started crying," she said.
Ms. Wade will no longer face those unwanted puddles thanks to a recent $4,500 donation from the Big Rock Foundation Inc. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Wed, 2014-10-15 14:18
BIG ROCK Donates $32,000 to East Carteret High Band
East Carteret High School' Marching Mariners Band received a surprise Monday, October 3, 2014 when they were presented a $32,000 check from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
The school band had applied to the Big Rock for funds for new school band uniforms and received notification that $10,000 had been approved. When the members of the Big Rock Board of Directors arrived at the school, they surprised the band and its director, Ashley Wright with the entire amount needed, a whopping $32,000! These funds will provide new uniforms for the entire band. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Mon, 2014-10-13 13:23
KWLA Donates to Cancer Clinic
The Big Rock Board of Director's along with Keli Wagner Lady Angler Tournament Director Donna Hardy announced today a 2014 donation of $23,250.00 to the Carteret General Hospital Foundation Cancer Center. The donation was presented on the grounds of the new $55 million dollar Cancer Center located in Morehead City, NC which is slated for opening in the summer of 2015. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Mon, 2014-10-13 13:15
Pavers Still Available!
The next order of Big Rock Engraved Paving Bricks will be Friday, July 11th. This is your chance to be Part of History! To order, call the DMCRA at 252-808-0440, stop by the Train Depot or go the website www.downtownmoreheadcity.com to download an order form.Submitted by thebigrock on Tue, 2014-07-08 16:30
Charity First! Big Rock Donates Funds for Boy Scout Camp
On Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament Pirate Ship at BSA Camp Sam Hatcher near Newport, NC was dedicated. The ship was built through funding from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Fishing Tournament. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Thu, 2014-06-26 11:38


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PHOENIX — A federal appeals court on Monday refused to lift a stay blocking major parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect and said the federal government is likely to be able to prove the controversial law is unconstitutional.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down an appeal filed by Gov. Jan Brewer. She had asked the appeals court to lift an injunction imposed by a federal judge in Phoenix the day before the law was to take effect on July 29, 2010.
The U.S Justice Department sued to block the law, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution because enforcing immigration law is a federal issue.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton issued an injunction preventing four major parts of the law from going into effect pending a trial. Monday's ruling by the three-judge panel upheld that injunction.
The appeals court said the government is likely to succeed in its arguments that Congress has given the federal government sole authority to enforce immigration laws, and that the Arizona law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
Brewer's lawyers said the federal government hasn't effectively enforced immigration law and that the state law will assist federal authorities.
The bill's author, state Sen. Russell Pearce, issued a statement saying the appeals court ruling was "utterly predictable." "SB 1070 is constitutionally sound, and that will be proven when the U.S. Supreme Court takes up this case and makes the proper ruling," he said. "This battle is a battle of epic proportions. It is about a state's right to enforce the laws of this land and protect its citizens from those who break our laws." Parts of the law blocked from taking effect while the case works its way through the courts include a provision requiring police to question people's immigration status while enforcing other laws if there is a reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally. Other provisions on hold include: requiring all immigrants to obtain or carry immigration registration papers; making it a state criminal offense for an illegal immigrant to seek work or hold a job; and allowing police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants without a warrant.
In a separate opinion concurring with the panel's ruling, Appeals Court Judge John T. Noonan noted the intent of the state statute is clear and goes beyond what federal law allows.
"If we read Section 1 of the statute, the statute states the purpose of providing a solution to illegal immigration in the United States. So read, the statute is a singular entry into the foreign policy of the United States by a single state," he wrote.
Judge Carlos Bea would uphold two of the provisions — those allowing police to question people about their immigration status and to make warrantless arrests — and wrote a pointed dissent.
"As I see it, Congress has clearly expressed its intention that state officials should assist federal officials in checking the immigration status of aliens," he wrote. He also included a footnote that quoted Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" to criticize what he called the majority's convoluted reasoning.
The passage of SB 1070 last year reignited an immigration debate that has simmered in Arizona and across the nation for years.
Opponents of the law protested in the streets as it was about to take effect and called for a boycott of the state. Proponents called the law a long overdue effort by a state that has been overburdened by illegal immigration and a lack of federal action on the issue.


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LazyTown is a children's television program that originated in Iceland in 2004-2014, where it is known as Latibær.
Robbie Rotten[edit]
- Who wants a badge for ignoring the girl with the pink hair and the bad attitude?
- Have you ever heard the sound of a rubber ball breaking a window?
- I did it! I'm in the airship!
- Woof woof woof
He loves to howl
Woof woof woof
Oh what a growl!
Woof woof woof
Just watch him play
And chase those annoying brats away!
- They say that I should change
And wear a perky smile
But smiling makes my face hurt
And happiness is vile.
- Yeah, now to put my rotten plan in effect. Get the trophy and get rid of Sportacus forever.
- Three minutes. There won't be any concert. Uh. Ah. Come on, ducky. Let's fix our hair.
- Now kids, stand up, turn your book around, sit down AND.... Fall asleep.
- Sportacus' memory is as lost as a sock in a dryer.
- This will be as easy as stealing candy from a baby, and I should know.
- Sometimes I'm so mean, that I scare myself.
- (Deciding what to wear) Too girly. Too curly. Too pearly. Too fancy. (sheepishly) That didn't rhyme.
- We are number one!
- It's disguise time!
- Who'd you expect, Sportaflop?
- This mailbox is mine, and this triagonal sign.
- That blue balloon, the month of June.
- They're mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.
- Ziggy's sweets are mine.
- That birdie's tweets are mine.
- The city's streets, the both of your feet.
- They're all emphatically mine.
- It all belongs to me, everything that I see.
- North, south, east, and west.
- I caress it 'cause I possess it, I'm Stingy, and it's mine!
- And this instrumental break is also mine.
- The floor and ceiling are mine.
- All your feelings are mine.
- You always knew it, that's all there is to it.
- It's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.
- That's what I said, it's mine!
- Pixel: Robbie Rotten moves a lot. But that's only when he's sneaking around.
- Robbie Rotten: (disguised as Dr. Rottenstein) Isn't that the good-looking guy?
- Stephanie: No!
- Robbie Rotten: Yeah! In a "bad boy" sort of way.
- Sportacus: I'm Sportacus.
- Robbie Rotten: (dressed as Sportacus) No, I am Sportacus.
- Sportacus: No, I'm Sportacus.
- Robbie Rotten: Me, too!
- Pixel: Robbie Rotten, get out of my computer.
- Robbie Rotten: Not until after I rat your webpage.
- Robbie Rotten: (flailing arms about and prancing) Robbie doesn't move! Robbie doesn't move!
- Robbie-Robot: Robbie Rotten is moving now.
- Sportacus: Are you okay?
- Robbie-Mayor: Oh, why, yes, I'm fine, yes.
- Sportacus: But my crystal beeped.
- Robbie-Mayor: Oh, what? Well, obviously it's out of order. Why don't you just throw it away?
- Sportacus: It's okay, Ziggy, everyone's afraid of something.
- Ziggy: Even you, Sportacus?
- Sportacus: No.


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This is another recipe that I tested for the 'Cooking Class' section of Bethesda Magazine. (The first recipe was the strawberry tart.) We made the crab cakes and invited my parents over to enjoy them with us and they were a hit! My favorite dish of the meal (besides the crab cakes) ended up being the tomato-corn relish which made enough to last for several days as leftovers…it's great as a salad topper! If you want to see the actual article about this recipe click here.
Katryn's Wine Pairing: St. Michael's Winery Pinot Blanc
Rating: 8.0 out of 10
We thought it was only fitting to pair a St. Michael's Winery wine with our MD crab cakes. This is a light white wine with a delicate duality of sweet and dry. It was great with the crab cakes because the hints of grapefruit, pineapple, and apple complemented the natural sweetness of the crab and the faint spice of the wine blended with the savory notes of Old Bay, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Katryn especially liked this wine because it was on sale when we visited the winery…3 bottles for 30 dollars!!
Nathan's Wine Pairing: St. Michael's Ale, Eastern Shore Brewing
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
St. Michael's Ale is Eastern Shore Brewing's standard session beer. This ale has plenty of flavor but is still light enough to enjoy several or to drink with a meal. The beer has a nice balance between hops and malt that make it fairly balanced. As with the wine, it was only fitting to pair a beer from St. Michael's with our crab cakes, the place where both Katryn and I were introduced to true Maryland crab cakes as children.


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Near Yonsei & Ewha Univ Studio 8
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- Air conditioning
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- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
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Accommodation summary
|hongeundong, 120-100 Seoul, South Korea
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The main purpose of this building is for students who are in need of nice, clean, safe, and cheap places to live with everything private to use inside their room. If you're coming as exchange studetns, this is the right place to stay and for travelers who are looking for nearby Sinchon & Hongdae stations with cheap and safe place to stay are all welcome.
Although it's a small studio, there are private single bed, toilet, refrigerator, washing machine, TV, and a big kitchen to share in the floor and other facilities. Both WIFI and wired internet are available :) This is a very safe area with residence so it'll be good to take a rest and sleep after a long day in Seoul.
There's a building manager Mr.Kim who speaks fluent English to help you with any questions.
$550 for a month stay and no deposit.
*From Sinchon Station: Take Bus # 7611 and it will take 20-25 minutes.
*From Hongdae Station: Take Bus #7612 and it will take 15-20 minutes.
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|$ 41 HKD per guest/night extra
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Continued good! Nice area, great restaurants, a coffee shop and shops just around the corner. Nice small room with washing machine, kokplata and a fully functional tolett with shower. In addition, a very nice Mr. Kim (owner), help with everything you might need help! Is warmly recomended!
Fortsatt bra!
Trevligt område, mycket resturanger, coffee shop och affärer alldeles runt hörnet. Trevliga små rum med tvättmaskin, kokplata och en fullt fungerande tolett med dusch. Dessutom en väldigt trevlig Mr Kim (ägare), hjälper med allt du kan tänkas behöva hjälp med! Rekomenderas varmt!!!
A great place to say, long as well as short-term. 10-15 minutes to Hongdae with the bus and just a minute away to the closest seven-eleven and Lotte supermarket.
The Myongji area is mixed with many different kinds of restaurants and stores and has a pretty calm atmosphere.
The apartments are small but well planned. You might want to have a couple of extra blankets if you live here during the colder time of the year. I truly recommend a stay here and don't be surprised if Mr Kim invites you to a dinner or two – accept and enjoy.
Nice area, great restaurants and shopping just around the corner. Nice small room with washing machine, kokplata and a fully functional tolet with shower. In addition, a very nice Mr. Kim (owner), help with everything you might need help! Is warmly recomended!
Trevligt område, mycket resturanger och affärer alldeles runt hörnet. Trevliga små rum med tvättmaskin, kokplata och en fullt fungerande tolet med dusch. Dessutom en väldigt trevlig Mr Kim (ägare), hjälper med allt du kan tänkas behöva hjälp med! Rekomenderas varmt!!!
I want to thanks Mr. Kim for his care and his kindness. The room is small but it's a single one and there is almost everything.
The location was really good. Safe neighborhood, many restaurants and grocery stores right minutes away. It had great transportation, buses that brought you anywhere you needed and it was right next to a University, so there were many young people. The room had everything you needed, especially an air-conditioner right above your bed. The best part, Mr Kim the landlord. He was amazing, very helpful both with directions and with explaining everything on your first day. Definitely a huge plus as it made you feel more safe, comfortable and less stressed.
Mr. Kim is extremely friendly and goes out of his way to make you feel at home! You'll love it here.
this host is clean, functional and accueillant.Mr Kim is very friendly and offers support to any difficulty. The place is located in a quiet neighborhood. Ideal for long stays.
cette hôte est propre,fonctionnel et accueillant.Mr Kim est très aimable et propose son aide au moindre difficulté. L'endroit est bien situé dans un quartier calme. Ideal pour les long séjours.
I was in Korea for a 3week language program at Yonsei. Mr Kim, the building manager is very helpfull and contacted me in advance to help me find the place and settle me down!
The rooms were clean and tidy and the building well maintained.
Mr. Kim even took some of us on the same floor out for dinner on the second night!
Overall a very enjoyable and safe stay.
Place was very clean and Mr. Kim was a great help!
Everything you need in a room.
Will stay there again!
Mr. Kim was a great host. As a newcomer to Korea, I felt at ease because of his help. He explained the transportation system and even wrote down some handy instructions about the building and even instructions for taxi drivers to get me home! I could not have asked for a better bldg manager during my stay.
- Quality assured accommodation
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Still Haunted
Being such a proud man, it`s understandable that Sir Alex Ferguson has principles!
So it doesn`t come as much of a surprise to hear, via the official club magazine, that the 6-1 defeat inflicted upon United by City, at Old Trafford, still haunts him.
But it appears it`s not the actual score-line that has him sitting bolt upright in the night but more the manner in which we capitulated late on, with Sir Alex remarking about whether it is getting any easier living with that result,
"No, not at all. We`ve looked at that game so many times and it was suicide."
"We were our own worst enemy. We made a basic error of trying to win the game when we were 3-0 down, with 10 men."
"It`s drummed into the players to never give in but in injury-time we kept trying to attack and that left us exposed."
"Had we kept things simple, and not lost our heads, it could have been respectable."
Can any loss to our noisy-neighbours be deemed respectable?
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Help us out here, Pat. What's the right way? rdfs:comment ? Independent publications (such as ontology specs)? Are we already doing everything we can? Jonathan On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Pat Hayes wrote: > At 6:46 PM -0500 3/3/08, John Cowan wrote: > > Cutting to the chase, as philosophical debates are inappropriate to > this forum: > >> > RDF and OWL already have identity built into their model >> theories, so >> > we don't need anything new to have that. >> >> They have formal identity, but not grounded identity, and it's >> grounding >> that we need in order to be talking about anything. > > Indeed. Exactly. And one cannot get grounding by making purely > formal assertions, even if they are called 'declarations' and you > have to believe them, on pain of being very naughty. David wants to > get grounding, but he's going about it the wrong way. > > PatReceived on Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:28:58 UTC
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I am trying to connect my Proma THC SD, but I'm unsure where to connect the dir wires?
I try to look at the blog but I just don't understand where to connect the wires. I have the 6.0A motor driver and there are nowhere to connect the wires.
Do I have to buy another board to do this? Do I need the output board?


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Yet another perk to the Galaxy S III (like we needed more), Flipboard, a popular iOS app for aggregating and reading news feeds, is going to be an SGSIII exclusive for a short period, before landing on the Play Store. Just like the iOS reader, you can integrate various news feeds, as well as feeds from your social networks, and control them all with a gesture-based interface.
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These mats came in handy for my vintage inspired invitations!
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I love this die. It's no lie a must have. I love how they have fit max amount of dies per sheet of paper...everything I've made with this looks great.
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I used the A7 and the A2 Victorian die for my Star Wars themed baby shower. it was the perfect way to add a feminine touch to such a masculine theme!
The shape is beautiful, but the way it cuts card stock creates a rounded edge (as in it bends the edge of the shape downwards) so the front looks different from the flip side. This looks lovely if you are gluing your cut onto something else but I used it for a mini booklet and on the underside of each page it was noticeable.
Overall still a great product! I also used it to make a banner and it looked awesome!
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Used this die as the RSVP for my now "daughter-in-law's" wedding invitations using the template set up.....absolutely wonderful!
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Love this intricate die, makes a beautiful A2 card. So easy to cut multiple card layers at once, much easier than using metal dies.
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I use this die ALL the time. You can use it to make darling mini albums, wall hangings and notecards. They also make great "tags" to put in the pockets of your mini's. I've also trimmed off one end and bound them into my smash books as a little journal page......so many ways to use these!
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This die makes it so easy to make your A2 card very elegant.
An additional use:
Fold in half and have an awesome name card, hand write name on the blank mat, or with the help of the template, you can print on just the lower part of the template and it is in just the right place.
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I love being able to design~print~and then cut out as few or as many as I want with my GrandeMARK! And the design of this Victorian Card is so stunning!
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I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but somewhere over the last 50 years the majority of people in the world lost their mojo when it came to fighting for change. Didn't matter whether the issue was big or small, even bad customer service and poor quality flourished because of the divide and conquer realities of slow one to one and the high cost of mass communication.
People grew tired and weak from being browbeaten into submission to the point where apathy set in when it came to believing in, mobilizing and exercising their power as an individual within society.
The ability for people to communicate, organize and take action around an issue or idea had become very slow, difficult and costly. Even more significantly, the poor results often seen by those who actually made the effort led many to accept "Is it really worth the bother?"
So as long as you weren't trying to take their house, car or TV set many just accepted the status quo, letting the few rogue change agents, often branded as "wackos" fight the good fight for everyone else.
Enter the rapidly accelerating and soon to be pervasive use of social media and all of the above inertia and apathy is being blown away faster than you can say Michael Moore!
Just consider the below points:
- Social media has potential to connect all people in the world in the very near future on a one to one and more importantly one to many basis.
- Cost to communicate messages, organize, raise funds and take action on any issue or point of interest then becomes truly negligible.
- Major social media influencers then become the catalysts and facilitators of change.
- Ability to document and share in real time the positive impact and clearly demonstrate results, and actual ability for individuals to ignite change, will mobilize more and more to wake up from the slumber of apathy.
Right now social media driven change is just a snowball starting to roll from the top of the hill, set to increase in size dramatically and grow geometrically with every revolution in internet communications, social media tools and the rapid proliferation of fixed/mobile internet devices to the point of ubiquity.
So what are you going to try and change today?
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Rhino Poachers Get Thirteen Years in Prison
Two residents of Mozambique have been given prison sentences of thirteen years after they were convicted of illegal rhino poaching in Zimbabwe. They also entered Chipangali Game Park without legal permission. They used an AK-47 automatic assault rifle containing over fifty bullets. The two poachers were caught by police and game rangers who were tracking rhinos at the time they encountered the criminals.
Chipangali is located near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and was founded by Vivian and Paddy Wilson. It is a wildlife preserve, rehabilitation center and educational facility for the public to learn about local animals. It was supported in part by Diana Princess of Wales, when she was alive, and has received support from her trust. In the videos below you can see how a black rhino was being taken care of there, and one kept in a fenced area. These might have been the rhinos the poachers were stalking, or their relatives.
Zimbabwe resident Raoul du Toit was just given a prestigious environmental award for his years of black rhino conservation efforts in his homeland.
The false notion that rhino horn contains medicinal chemicals has driven demand for it beyond reason, so, tragically, rhino poaching continues and is even increasing in some parts of Africa. In the 1980s there may have been about 1,500 rhinos in the Zimbabwe area, but now they are down to just 440, and those are being illegally killed each year for their horns. Combine that trend with the fact that some local people generally don't care about the rhinos, and you have a recipe for a potential extinction. The magistrate who gave the thirteen-year sentences did so in part as a statement to poachers and potential poachers that they will face significant prison time. Some would argue thirteen years is not enough, however.
Image Credit: Ikiwaner
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Wonderful adventures
Memorable holidays begin in the beautiful Clarence Valley, with wide-open spaces, World Heritage rainforest, famous waves, splendid rivers and delicious Yamba prawns. Relax with your family or friends on pristine beaches and enjoy kayaking, bushwalking and fishing.
About the Clarence Valley
Discover the natural beauty of the Clarence Valley, from the spectacular Clarence River and more than 2,000 Jacaranda trees in elegant Grafton to World Heritage-listed Iluka coastal rainforest and white sandy beaches. The abundant national parks are ideal for camping, canoeing and bushwalking.
The Clarence River is the largest river on the eastern seaboard and perfect for fishing, sailing and kayaking. A popular town at the mouth of the river is Yamba, famous for its prawns. Savour the prawns and other fresh local produce and seafood at cafes and restaurants in this vibrant town.
Nearby is Angourie Beach, home to the world-famous right hand point break that was recognised as a National Surfing Reserve in 2007, the second site in Australia to be acknowledged for its significant heritage to surfing. You can learn to surf or hone your skills at Yamba-Angourie Surf School.
At Iluka, take the Rainforest walking track under tall canopies in this World Heritage area and spot many bird species. Visit the Iluka Bluff lookout for a chance to see resident dolphins or whales during their migration along the NSW North Coast. Whale-watching cruises depart from Yamba and Wooli, near the Yuraygir National Park. Wooli Deep Sea Tours explore the Solitary Islands Marine Park.
Inland along the Clarence River is Maclean, known as the 'Scottish Town in Australia' for its Highland Gathering festival every Easter for more than 110 years. A delightful drive southwest is Grafton, home to the Jacaranda Festival. Explore the many heritage buildings on the Grafton Heritage Walk.
Accommodation options in the Clarence Valley range from coastal resorts and hinterland retreats to riverside cottages, youth hostels and campgrounds. Check out the events calendar when planning your trip as you'll find plenty of festivals, markets and other things to do year-round.


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Social Media
Twitter (fan maintained)
Facebook groups
There is a very active one, called The Biggest Fans of The Legendary Pink Dots, and a newer one simply called The Legendary Pink Dots.
The Legendary Pink Dots related
Archive: www.brainwashed.com / cloud-zero.org
Bandcamp: http://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/
Mail order: www.terminalkaleidoscope.com
lyrics: http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Legendary_Pink_Dots
Edward Ka-Spel
EKS: Facebook
Book: Love and Loud Colours
Bandcamp: http://edwardka-spel.bandcamp.com/
Related projects
Mimir: http://brainwashed.com/mimir/people.php
The Tear Garden archive: http://brainwashed.com/teargarden/
Recommended by the Dots
The artists and albums listed here are from a segment that used to be part of the LPD newsletter, called 'Beautiful things that drifted our way', where the Dots recommended music they were listening to.
Beequeen: http://beequeen.bandcamp.com/
Can- The Lost Tapes: listen / order
Chanting Sheep: Titanium and Anthracyte special offer for Dots fans
Rhys Chatham- The Bern Project: listen/order
Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage: listen / order
Frans de Waard and Freek Kinkelaar from Beequeen: http://brunnen.bandcamp.com/
Hildur Gudnadottir- Leyfdu Ljosinu: listen / order
Robodop Snei- Strange Ongoings: listen/order
K-Salvatore- Tsar Ova Elk: http://decimus.bandcamp.com/album/tsar-ova-elk
Laughing Hands- vinyl box set: order
Richard Skelton: http://richardskelton.wordpress.com/
Laurie Spiegel- Expanding Universe
Surreal Funfair: listen / order / Bandcamp
Swans- The Seer: listen/order
Tapajawa- Of Unknown Origin
Orbit Service- http://orbitservice.bandcamp.com/


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Only thing you didn't mention was to not use GFI on single dedicated circuits used to power things like refs and freezers primarily for obvious reasons. Course the topic was lights.
When I built my shop in '05 the county had implemented laws requiring inspections of new construction. They required GFI circuits in the shop except as mentioned including the welder and 220 air compressor.....but those were separate special circuits also.
Well, as it turned out, in using the shop I am glad they are installed and over the 8 years I have had it they have only tripped accidentally a few times. I'll take it.
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Why does it matter what clothes you wear? The shoes you wear on your feet. The way you look. Why does that have to matter? Sometimes I think that's the only thing that goes through a person's mind. "Is that girl really wearing that?" girls say at my school. They don't relies we wear this cause it's an expression of our ideality. Not because we saw it at Holister and said " Hey that's cute." To the haters who read this Looks aren't everything why don't you shout up and go shopping and leave us all alone.
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Jason Bay shared a funny story of when he served as Jose Reyes' chauffeur and tour guide when they were minor-league teammates before Bay was traded to San Diego in 2002:
"We were in Port St. Lucie together. Jose was like 18, and I was about 23. He didn't speak one word of English, and I didn't speak one word of Spanish. We both got moved up to Double-A at the same time in Binghamton, staying at a hotel, and I remember our manager or somebody grabbing me and saying 'Hey, can you make sure Jose gets to and from the ballpark everyday?'
"So I would knock on his door and say 'Are you ready?' And he would go, 'Yep, yep, yep.' We'd walk to the ballpark and not say one word, because we couldn't. We'd play the game and shower and I'd say 'Are you ready?' And he'd say, 'Yep, yep, yep.' And we'd walk back without a word. Day in and day out, we would do that."
"To this day, every time I've played against him, he gives me that big smile and a big hug. I remember when (Boston) played those exhibition games here last year before the season, I talked to him and said, 'Man, your English has gotten a lot better.' And he said 'Yep, yep, yep."
When the Mets got Jason Bay, they got more than just a leftfielder, they got a much needed presence in the clubhouse that hasn't been tainted by the stigma of the last few years. He talked about what he believes is undeserved trashing by so-called experts, the media and even fans alike,
"I couldn't really understand where all the animosity was coming from," he said. "If you look at the team player to player . . . that's a pretty good team, and I think I offered a fresh perspective coming in as an outsider. I don't really get it."
I know about half of you don't believe in things like team chemistry, but I certainly do. I believe that a full season of Jeff Francoeur, coupled with the additions of Jason Bay, Frank Catalonotto, Mike Jacobs and Kelvim Escobar, transforms the dynamic in a clubhouse that hasn't changed much over the last few years. All those new faces plus the intensity and clubhouse presence of a Johan Santana can have a positive effect on this team that could possibly lead to finding new ways to win ball games as opposed to finding new ways to lose them.


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Bob Holmes, consultant
Early intervention could counteract the effect of an abusive childhood (Image: Oscar B. Castillo/Fractures Collective)
In The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine makes a strong case - often based on his own research - that distinct biological traits shape criminal behaviour
SUPPOSE you had to predict which kids in a roomful of 3-year-olds at your local preschool were likely to grow up to be violent criminals. How would you decide?
Most of us would probably round up the usual sociological suspects, and check whether a child comes from a broken or abusive home, is part of a family living below the poverty line, or has a parent who is a convicted criminal. But there's an easier way, says Adrian Raine: just measure their resting heart rate. His research shows that lower heart rates are a better indicator of criminal behaviour than smoking is of lung cancer.
In The Anatomy of Violence Raine, a criminologist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, uses this and other evidence - much of it unearthed by himself over decades of research - to build a convincing case that violent criminals are biologically different from the rest of us.


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Phil Plait, PhD
Phil is an astronomer, author, lecturer, and highly sought-after public speaker. He has written two books — Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies!, both of which are popular books about astronomy written for the public. He has appeared on many television shows, from "How the Universe Works" and "National Geographic Explorer", to his own Discovery Channel mini-series "Bad Universe", which he co-wrote and hosted. In 2011, he gave a TEDxBoulder talk about asteroid impacts which proved so popular that it was featured on the TED conference main page.
His blog, Bad Astronomy, hosted by Discover Magazine, is one of the most popular science blogs in the world, seeing 1.5 million page views per month. Phil is an engaging and enthusiastic speaker and a lifelong stargazer, always ready to take his telescope out on a clear night and show people the stars.
Holly Brunkal, PhD
Holly Brunkal was at a great vantage point, on a hill just 60 miles south, when Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. A childhood spent hiking and camping around the volcanoes, lava fields, and rugged coastline of Oregon (and punctuated by an impressive eruption!) set her up for a life full of interest in rocks and geologic landscapes.
Holly studied Earth Science as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and after some time traveling and teaching went back for a masters in Geology at CSU, Chico. After completing her master's degree Holly moved to Colorado to be a visiting professor of Geology at Adams State College, and then became an adjunct professor at Western State College in Gunnison, CO. Knowing that a professorship was what she wanted to pursue she went back to school to get a PhD in Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Holly's research is focused on debris flows, but she is interested in many aspects of geologic hazards (landslides, rockfall, avalanches, etc.) including the design of mitigation and protection systems for these events. She is an avid mountain biker in the summer and cross-country skier and snowboarder in the winter. Holly also enjoys hiking, especially with her two dogs, swimming, yoga and traveling. Holly has continued to seek out volcanoes in her travels including New Zealand, Hawaii, Ecuador, Italy, Alaska, Mexico, Costa Rica, and of course back in the Pacific Northwest.
Dave Armstrong, PhD
Dave Armstrong taught courses in ecology, evolution, zoology, environmental studies, "biology for poets," and the history of science at CU Boulder from 1971 to 2009. He received teaching awards from the CU Student Alumni Association and the Boulder Faculty Assembly and also the Joseph Grinnell Award for Excellence in Teaching from the American Society of Mammalogists.Dave was Museum Associate Curator (mammals) over his years at CU, and from 1987 to 1993 was Director of the University Museum.
In addition to teaching university courses, Dave has led field courses and workshops for the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, The Nature Conservancy, Cloudridge Naturalists, the Rocky Mountain Nature Association, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, the Gore Range Natural Science School, and a number of other educational organizations in Colorado and adjacent states.
An ecologist and biogeographer, Dave is particularly interested in the development (and conservation) of environmental patterns, and the origins and evolution of the mammalian fauna of interior western North America—the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Colorado Plateau. He is author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on mammals and their environments. He is author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on mammals and their environments, including a new edition of Mammals of Colorado. Dave is Resident Naturalist at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch west of Loveland, Colorado, where he helps to manage the Ranch's extensive conservation lands.


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Welcome to our website.
The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust is constructing a replica Great Eastern Railway steam locomotive of a type that could be seen throughout east London and east Anglia until 1957 when the last example was scrapped. Our locomotive GER 789 is one of two unique members of the F5 class that carried an F6 style cab.
GER 789 is undergoing construction at Tyseley Steam Locomotive Works, Birmingham and when completed will be available for use on any standard gauge preserved railway globally.
GER 789 components manufactured to date include cylinder block halves, star stay, tank supports, frame plates, buffer beams, bunker, chimney, smoke box, and a collection of sundry items. However to further progress the build we urgently need to raise more funds via monthly standing order contributions, donations, membership subscriptions or by clicking on the "Just Giving" link.
Membership, Standing Order and Gift Aid forms are available to download by clicking on "How you can help"


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As an English and Political Science Major I love storytelling, and two of the most underrated places we can find the best storytelling are at job interviews and first dates. Now sometimes they're not the most thrilling stories, but you never know until you take that leap of faith and put yourself out there. I'm sure my mother will read this, laugh, and think "what, in the name of Narnia and all that is good in this world, does my 22-year-old daughter know about dating?" My response: not much, but I like to think that my 20s are for going out, exploring, meeting new people, and having fun, and what better place to do all that, than on a date? Some of the most spectacular friends I have came from goofy dates, and vice versa, some of my favorite date nights were with my closest friends. Whenever I see there is an interesting event in town, I look for someone who I think would want to take part, and we go out!
I've met some incredible men, made some fantastic friends, and been on some superb adventures while on dates in the last few years, but there has been an unexpected result; I have fallen in love with Edmonton. There are so many incredible things to do and see in this city! Sadly, there are still times when I am at a loss for ideas on where to go on a date. I've had many of my friends ask me where they should go out so I thought I would make a list. I posed the question to my friends and family on social media: What are your favorite date places in #YEG? The result is this list of 50 amazing dates.
In order to organize this list of date ideas I have broken down the dates into four rough categories; hands-on outdoors dates, intimate quieter dates, thought-provoking "nerd" nights, and spectator dates where you can watch a show. Many of my suggestions could fit into multiple categories but for the sake of organization I put them into one. Before each date is a symbol indicating the price and the season when that date is available. Prices are approximate and are assessed on a per-person basis. Lots of the dates on this list are good for every season, but there are several which are specific to one so to help clarify they have been assigned a season abbreviation. If you want to quickly find all of the dates on a map, our resident map/stat/science whiz Michael Ross created this interactive Google Map with all of the date "hot spots" listed. I hope this list gives you some good ideas for your next date night! If my team and I missed an amazing date spot/idea in Edmonton that you think needs to be on this list, just comment below!
Check out pages 2,3, 4, and 5 for detailed descriptions and prices for all of the activities listed on the map.
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© St. Petersburg Times, published November 5, 2000
MIAMI -- At first glance, what it looked like was something glorious.
There on a field turned magical again, a football team danced as it did in days of old, and your eyes would swear the University of Miami had done something special.
There were oranges on the field, and the smell of citrus. A quarterback was being interviewed at midfield, and there was the winning scoreboard of a big game over his shoulder. The Hurricanes had beaten Virginia Tech, the team that had reminded them of their mortality for so many years, with ridiculous ease. It was 41-21, but even that sounds kind.
This, of course, is what your senses told you.
Whether it really happened or not, we wait for the mighty computer to speak.
It will happen Monday. We will gather around, like Dorothy and her street gang waiting for Oz, and we will see if the Hurricanes were really good, and if they really had fun, and if, maybe, that smell will turn out to be bananas. What are you going to trust? The computer, or your eyes?
This is the state of college football. You play on Saturday, then you wait 48 hours to find out what it all means.
"By the time the computer gets done with this," Miami running back Najeh Davenport said, "it'll be like we won by a point in double overtime."
Forgive the Hurricanes if they sound as if they have a computer chip on their shoulders. Not since Dave quibbled with Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey has there been such a grudge against a computer.
Frankly, it's hard to blame them after last week, when the Hurricanes woke up and saw the latest poll had them trailing Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, FSU, Ralph Nader, Magnus Norman and, for best new artist, Milli Vanilli. The one that stung was FSU, a team with the same record, a team Miami had beaten in their head-to-head meeting.
"FSU is America's favorite," Davenport said. "FSU is apple pie. We're the stuff you scrape off the bottom of your shoes."
And so it was that on a day the conversation should have been about whether the 'Canes really were back to their old form (answer: No, but they're close) and how mortal Michael Vick looked and what kind of flash Santana Moss has, they gathered into their tight little locker room and talked about ... computer class.
"Here's what (the people who operate the BCS computer) will do," Davenport said. "They'll put the victory into the computer, then they'll put all the stats in, and then they'll say, "Miami won, but Virginia Tech didn't have Michael Vick.' So it'll all cancel each other out, and we'll still be fifth."
By now, we all agree on two things. The BCS is flawed, and in its history, it has been lucky. Eventually, someone is going to get jobbed by it. With 11 teams entering November with one loss or no loss, this could be the year.
But perhaps the worst thing about the BCS is this: No one has a clue as to how it works. Not a bit. The guess is that you take a team's number of wins, the margin of victory and the total yardage, then you add the combined wealth of the three biggest alumni, the lyrics of the school fight song and the IQ of the drum major, and there you have it: The BCS ranking. Also, a recipe for Texas chili.
"How many people in the country understand it?" quarterback Ken Dorsey said. "About two. If you understand it, you're a smarter man than I am."
Ask Davenport, who stood in the corner of the locker room, shaking his shock of dreadlocks repeatedly when he was asked about the BCS.
So, Najeh. What would be easier for you to do? Learn to speak Chinese or explain how the BCS works? "Speak Chinese," he said.
What would be easier? To turn tin into gold, or to explain the BSC? "Tin into gold," he said.
What would be easier? To jump off the Empire State Building and fly? Or explain the BCS? He hesitated. "The BCS," he said. "Maybe."
It's a shame, because the Hurricanes played an exclamation point of a game, and then it ended with a question. Was what they had done good enough? Did it impress the system enough to restore the Hurricanes as the best once-beaten team in America? And will it keep them there? Who knows?
Where should Miami be? "How about second?" linebacker Dan Morgan said.
For now, that sounds about right. The Hurricanes have beaten a No. 1 and a No. 2 this year. What's the old saying? To be somebody, you have to beat somebody.
But, yes, Miami is going to have trouble holding off the Florida-FSU winner. You can understand why Miami's schedule, which includes McNeese State and Louisiana Tech, might bother voters. That's one of the main charges of the system: to try to encourage teams to play top teams.
So who's to say how good Miami is? Well, the computer. The rest of us can only argue about what bytes. "We're prepared for the worst," Davenport said. "But maybe if Gore is elected, he'll do something about the BCS."
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