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Since returning to the NFL in 1999, the Cleveland Browns have been a laughingstock and an example of how not to run any sports team. And yet somehow they have found a way of reaching new levels of being a dysfunction franchise.
In 1995 then Browns owner Art Modell relocated his historic 4-time championship winning NFL franchise to Baltimore. During the same off-season Modell fired then Browns' Head Coach Bill Belichick. By 2000 the Baltimore Ravens were Super Bowl champions lead by an all-time great defence. The foundation was set for the Ravens championship team at 1996 NFL draft when the Ravens, selected Hall of Fame left tackle Jonathan Ogden with what would have been the Browns' fourth overall pick. Thanks to Belichick, the Ravens had an additional first round pick after a trade at the previous year's draft that saw the San Francisco 49ers traded up from 30th overall to 10th overall to select wide receiver J.J. Stokes. In addition to the 30th pick the Browns received the 26th overall pick in 1996. With that pick, the Ravens selected University of Miami linebacker and future first ballot Hall of Famer Ray Lewis.
From 1996 season until 1998 the Cleveland Browns franchise was officially a suspended operation. As part of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the NFL, the city was allowed to keep the name, logo and colours associated with the franchise and a promise that if a new stadium was built the Browns would return as an expansion franchise. In 1998 Al Lerner paid a then record fee for the Browns franchise to return. The Lerner family would continue to own the Browns until 2012, despite Al's death 2002.
The rebooted Browns started operations in February 1999, with an expansion draft. Despite not having a single player on the roster, the Browns under General Manager Dwight Clark were only able to select two players who would end as starters the first season. The team hired Chris Palmer as their head coach. In the 1999 draft, the Browns selected Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch first overall, hoping for him to be their franchise quarterback. With the second overall pick the Philadelphia Eagles selected Syracuse quarterback Donovan McNabb. Despite selecting six players who would be starters in their initial season, none would have long or impactful careers. Bad drafting is a recurring theme that has plagued the franchise since the 1999 return.
In 2000 the Browns would yet again have the first overall pick, and predictably selected the wrong player. Penn St defensive lineman Courtney Brown was picked and would last just five years in Cleveland. Brown would be traded to Denver in 2005, and retired after just one season with the Broncos.
However, it would be Belichick who would come away the biggest winner of the 2000 NFL draft, in his first season as Head Coach of the New England Patriots. With the 183th overall pick the Browns selected Texas St. quarterback Spergon Wynn. Wynn would be out of the NFL following the 2001 season. Wynn would go on to play a few seasons in the CFL before retiring. Wynn's career NFL quarterback rating is 39.5. That is only noteworthy because that if he were to drop back and throw the ball directly into the ground every play, his quarterback rating would be 39.6. The next quarterback drafted, 199th overall, was some guy from the University of Michigan you may have heard of, Tom Brady.
In 2001, Belichick and Brady would win their first of four Super Bowls. The Browns meanwhile hired University of Miami head coach Butch Davis, to be their general manager and replace Palmer who went 5-27 in his two seasons as the Browns' head coach. Under Davis the Browns improved to 7-9 and 9-7 in 2002, making the playoffs for the first and only time since the franchise return in 1999. The Browns would travel to division rival Pittsburgh losing 36-33. However, there was reason for optimism in Cleveland. The sense of optimism around the team would be brief.
Despite experience some minor success the Browns draft picks continued to be horrible. In their first four seasons, the Browns would select just four players who would spend more than 6 seasons as starters in the NFL (Daylon McCutcheon, Gerard Warren, Anthony Henry and Andre Davis). Former first overall pick Tim Couch would be cut following the 2003 season as the Browns search for a franchise quarterback continued to go unfulfilled.
Davis was fired near the end of the 2004 season. After making the playoffs in 2002, Davis went 5-11 in 2003 and started the 2004 season 4-7 before being fired. 2003 would mark one of Cleveland's best drafts, selecting Chris Crocker and Jeff Faine. Both Crocker and Faine would each be starters in the NFL for more than six seasons.
It is the career of Faine that best illustrates some of the bad luck the Browns have also suffered. In 2006, the Browns would make a big splash in free agency signing the best available player, center and Cleveland native LaCharles Bentley to a 6 year $36 million dollar contract, from the New Orleans Saints. The Browns would then trade incumbent starting center Jeff Faine to New Orleans. On the first play of training camp, Bentley suffered a serious knee injury and tore his patella tendon. Bentley would undergo multiple surgeries and nearly lose his leg to a staph infection. Bentley would never end up playing a single snap for the Browns. While Faine would go on to make the Pro Bowl with the Saints.
In 2004 the Browns would again find two starters of six plus season, Kellen Winslow Jr., and Sean Jones. Again bad luck would haunt the Browns. In the second game of his rookie season, Winslow broke his leg. In the off-season, Winslow would crash his motorcycle and tear his ACL. Despite recording over 1100 yards in 2007 season, Winslow would be traded after the 2008 season, after feuding with then General Manager Phil Savage after Winslow contracted a staph infection at the Browns' facilities.
The 2004 off-season the Browns attempted to solve their quarterback problem by signing former three time Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia from the 49ers. Garcia signed for $25 million over four years. Garcia was 34 at the time of his signing, lasted just one season in Cleveland before being released. Garcia started just ten games in 2004, going 3-7. Garcia would spend the rest of his career bouncing from team to team as a backup, before retiring in 2011.
In 2005, the Browns looked to the coaching tree of Belichick for their next head coach. The Browns hired Patriots defensive coordinator and former Browns' assistant Romeo Crennel. In the four previous seasons, Crennel won three Super Bowls as the defensive coordinator for the Brady and Belichick lead Patriots. By the time Crennel was hired, the Browns had started 7 different quarterbacks. By the end of Crennel's tenure in 2008 the Browns would be up to 13 different starting quarterbacks. In four seasons Crennel's record would be 24-40. That record looks even worse considering the Browns nearly made the playoffs in 2007 with a 10-6 record. In the other three seasons the Browns were 14-34 under Crennel. Crennel's tenure was tied to Savage who served as the Browns general manager from 2005 until 2008.
The Crennel era would again be plagued with disastrous drafts and free agent signings. In the first six years of the rebooted Browns, the team drafted in the top 6 four times. Crennel would begin his tenure with the third overall pick selecting Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards. Edwards like Winslow before him would be plagued by knee injuries and a staph infection. Edwards produced one fantastic season for the Browns, recorded 1289 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2007. After four games into the 2009 season, Edwards was traded to the New York Jets.
The Browns once again made a big splash in free agency, signing cornerback Gary Baxter away from division rival Baltimore Ravens for $30 million and six seasons. The Browns gave Braxter a $10.5 million signing bonus. In his first season in Cleveland Baxter missed 11 games after tearing his pectoral muscle. The following season, Baxter tore his patella tendon in both of his knees just three games into the season. Baxter spent the entire 2007 season on injury reserve as he recovered from his injury. In total, Baxter played in just eight games for the Browns and was released prior to the 2008 season.
The Browns drafted two starters of 6 or more seasons in the 2006 draft (Kamerion Wimbley and D'Qwell Jackson). In 2007, the Browns drafted Wisconsin Left Tackle Joe Thomas. Thomas is easily the best player the Browns have fielded since their return in 1999 and will a future Hall of famer. In addition to Thomas, the Browns drafted another 6 year plus starter in cornerback Eric Wright. Unfortunately in the same draft the Browns mortgaged most of their 2008 draft in a trade to select Notre Dame quarterback and Ohio native Brady Quinn 22nd overall. The Browns' 2008 draft was a complete write off. With just six picks and none until the fourth round Browns came away with almost nothing.
Surprisingly the Browns' were successful when they entered the free agent market in 2007. Unfortunately, for the Browns the 2008 off-season would again be disastrous. In 2007 the Browns lured Eric Steinbach away from in state rival Cincinnati. Steinbach would team with Thomas to form one of the best left sides of an offensive line in football for several seasons. The Browns also successfully signed former 2000 yard rusher Jamal Lewis from the Ravens. Lewis would produce two 1000 yard seasons for the Browns before retiring after the 2009 season.
In 2008 the Browns had perhaps their worst off-season since their return. The Browns first traded for Green Bay Packers franchise tag defensive lineman Corey Williams. The Browns would extend Williams with a six year $38.6 million contract. After just two seasons, Williams was traded to Detroit for virtually nothing. A week later, the Browns signed former Saints wide receiver Donte Stallworth to a seven year $35 million contract. In his first season Stallworth recorded just 17 catches and 170 yards. During the off-season Stallworth was charged with DUI manslaughter and suspended the entire 2009 season. Upon being reinstated the Browns terminated Stallworth's contact.
For the second straight head coaching hire, the Browns looked to the Belichick coaching tree, hiring Eric Mangini. Mangini was fresh off a three year stint as the head coach of the New York Jets, where he made the playoff once and went 23-25. Mangini would last just two seasons with the Browns, as the same themes continued throughout his tenure.
For the first ten seasons of the Cleveland Browns reboot, the lack of success could be attributed to poor draft results, bad luck and playing in a division dominated by the Ravens and Pittsbugh Steelers, who combined to win three Super Bowls. However, in 2009 the Browns dropped to a new level of being a dysfunction, poorly run franchise. The Browns hired George Kokinis to replace Savage as the general manager. After a 1-7 start to the season, Kokinis was fired and escorted out of the building by security.
In his lone draft as General Manager Kokinis selected center Alex Mack in the first round. Mack continues to be the starting center of the Browns through the 2015 season. However, every other pick made by Kokinis provided little value and only special teams player Don Carey still in the league by 2015. The Browns would start 1-11 before winning their final four games to finish the season.
After the unmemorable tenure of Kokinis, the Browns provided their fans with optimism, by hiring former Packers and Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren to be the team's president. Holmgren won a Super Bowl with the Brett Favre lead Packers, leaving to become the head coach and general manager of the Seahawks. After a few seasons in both roles for the Seahawks, Holmgren was removed as the general manager, but remained the head coach leading the Seahawks to a Super Bowl appearance. Holmgren's first move for the Browns was hiring with former Eagles general manager Tom Heckert Jr. to replace Kokinis.
Heckert had a successful first draft with the Browns, selecting three starters of four seasons in Joe Haden, T.J. Ward and Shawn Lauvao. Heckert successfully dipped into free agency to sign tight end Ben Watson to a three year $12 million contract that Watson would actually fulfill unlike most Browns signings. However, Heckert signed quarterback Jake Delhomme to a two year contract. Delhomme lead the Carolina Panthers to a Super Bowl appearance but lost to Belicheck and Brady. Delhomme was paid $7 million for the 2010 season before getting released and not playing out the second year of his contract.
The 2010 season would be the last for Eric Mangini who was fired after consecutive 5-11 seasons. By the end of the Mangini tenure, the Browns starting quarterback count was up to 16.
Heckert and Holmgren would hire former Eagles offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur as the new head coach. In his first season as head coach the Browns started 2-2, and would only win two more games the rest of the season. The Browns finished with a 4-12 season.
Heckert followed up his first draft was a second, solid but unspectacular draft. Heckert traded back from sixth overall pick to 27th with the Atlanta Falcons picking up additional picks. Heckert then traded up from 27 to 21 to selected mammoth defensive lineman Phil Taylor. Taylor would spend four seasons as a starter for the Browns but missed the majority of two seasons with injuries. Taylor would be cut prior to the 2015 season, and spent the year out of football.
In the second round Heckert selected Jabaal Sheard. Sheard spent three seasons as a starter in Cleveland before leaving for New England as a free agent, recording 31 sacks in his first five seasons. On the third day of the draft Heckert selected tight end Jordan Cameron and versatile defensive back Buster Skrine. Both Cameron and Skrine left the Browns as free agents following the 2014 season after two seasons of starting for the Browns.
From 1999 to 2011 the Browns went 68-140.Yet somehow the Browns managed to become even more dysfunctional. The story of the Cleveland Browns took a turn that very few could have seen coming. The Browns became even more of a comedic joke that even the best Hollywood comedy writers could not have come up with.
The 2012 off-season started with the team not making any mistakes in free agency, but that is more due to the team not making any major signings. Six weeks later, the draft arrived and general manager Heckert was extremely active.
At the 2012 draft, the Browns held the third overall pick. Heckert traded down to fourth picking up three extra day three picks. In total the Browns held 11 picks, including two in the first round. The Browns appeared to be moving in the right direction.
With the fourth overall pick, the Browns selected Alabama running back Trent Richardson. At the time the pick was praised as a selecting a "can't miss" prospect. Richardson played 17 games for the Browns before being traded to the Indianapolis Colts for a first round pick. Richardson would be out of football for the entire 2015 season.
With the 22nd overall pick, the Browns selected former New York Yankees pitching prospect and Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden. Weeden was already 28 years old when the Browns drafted him, leaving him little room to improve. Like Richardson, Weeden was traded after two seasons and 20 starts with the Browns.
The remaining nine picks for the Browns produced similar success as their first two picks. Of the 11 picks the Browns had in 2012, only three players remain on the Browns through the 2015 season. Guard Mitchell Schwartz has proven to be a four year starter for the team replacing Steinbach at left guard, next to Thomas. Defensive lineman John Hughes has been a depth defender for the team. Receiver and return man Travis Benjamin has improve each year as a pro has emerged as an elite returner and starting receiver.
As part of the supplemental draft, the Browns selected troubled Baylor wide receiver Josh Gordon with a second round pick. At Baylor, Gordon had been suspended twice for drug related offenses. With the Browns, Gordon was very productive. In 2013, Gordon was suspended for the first two games of the season due to violating the NFL substance abuse policy. Despite the suspension, Gordon finished the season with 87 catches for 1646 yards and nine touchdowns. The following season, Gordon would be suspended 10 games for violating the substance policy again. Gordon would be suspended the entire 2015 for yet another substance abuse policy violation.
During the middle of the season, the Browns were sold. Jimmy Haslem purchased the franchise from the Lerner family for just around a billion dollars. Haslem earned his fortune through owning the Pilot Flying J truck stop empire. Haslem was a seemingly unknown figure, but as information surfaced the optimism that ownership changes usually bring sports franchise was quickly gone. In 2008, Haslem purchased a minority share of Brown rival the Pittsburgh Steelers. Haslem was forced to sell as part of his agreement when buying the Browns.
Predictably, as is the case when a new owner takes over the Browns cleaned house and fired executives Holmgren and Heckert. Like Mangini before him, Shurmur was fired after just his second season. By the end of the Shurmur, Heckert and Holmgren era the Browns had reached 18 different starting quarterbacks.
Haslem hired former Browns and Belichick director of pro personal Michael Lombardi. Lombardi worked for Bill Walsh's 49ers dynasty in the 80s before being hired by the Browns in 1987 and staying with the team until 1996. From 1998 to 2007 Lombardi worked for the Oakland Raiders. Lombardi was qualified for to be the General Manager, but had spent the previous six seasons working in the media.
Lombardi hired former Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski as the head coach. Lombardi would then turn his focus to free agency where he hoped to rebuild the Browns' defense. Lombardi spent a large portion of his available cap room on five year contracts for defensive lineman Desmond Bryant ($34 million) and edge defender Paul Kruger ($40 million). The moves both proved to be good, but neither proved to be anything to brag about. Lombardi would also sign Gary Barnidge to a bargain contract. In 2015, out of no where Barnidge caught 79 passes for 1043 yards and nine touchdowns. Barnidge's 2015 stat line exceed his combined stats for the previous six seasons.
The Browns continued to reach new comedic levels in April 2013. Prior to the NFL draft it was revealed that Haslem's truck stop business was being investigated by the FBI for fraud. Haslem and his company agreed to pay $92 million as part of a criminal enforcement agreement.
The 2013 draft proved to be nearly as terrible as their 2012 draft. With just five picks, the Browns hoped yet another top six pick would help their defence. The Browns again held a top six pick and elected to take LSU pass rusher Barkevious Mingo. Lombardi expected Mingo to team with Kruger to provide the Browns with a dynamic pass rush. However after three seasons, Mingo has struggled to even establish himself as a starter. Mingo has started 16 of a possible 48 games recording just seven sacks. The only other player from the 2013 draft class on the roster is seventh round pick Armonty Bryant a depth defensive lineman who has got 8.5 sacks in his three seasons.
The 2013 Browns got out to a better than expected start, going 3-2 in their first five games. However like Browns teams before them, the 2013 version would win just one game of their remaining 11. For the second straight off-season, Haslem cleaned house, firing both Lombardi and Chudzinski after just one season. The Browns starting quarterback reached 20 since 1999.
Again looking for a new general manager and head coach, Haslem looked within for a general manager. Haslem decided to promote former player Ray Farmer to general manager. Prior to joining the Browns organization, Farmer had worked for both the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons. After a month long search, Haslem hired former Bills and Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine as Head coach.
Like Lombardi before him, Farmer made an early splash in free agency by signing several high profile players with the aims of improving the defence. Farmer signed 29 year old strong safety and Cleveland native Donte Whitner to a four year $28 million. Farmer followed by giving 33 year old linebacker Karlos Dansby four years and $24 million. Farmer added to the offense by signing receiver Andrew Hawkins and running back Ben Tate. Expected to be the feature back, Tate was cut by the Browns after 8 games and play on both the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers before the end of the 2014 season. Hawkins signed for four years and $13.6 million from the Bengals as a restricted free agent. Hawkins had a productive first season, before missing half of the 2015 season.
At the draft, Farmer looked to improve on the 2012 and 2013 drafts, which was not a hard accomplishment given how horrible those drafts were for the Browns. Although early the 2014 draft is on pace to be just as bad as the two previous drafts. Farmer started with the fourth overall pick, but made a trade with the Bills for the pick. As part of the return, Farmer received the ninth overall pick and Buffalo's first round pick in 2015. Farmer would then trade up from nine to eight in a deal with Minnesota.
With the eighth pick, Cleveland selected Oklahoma State cornerback Justin Gilbert, despite the fact he was not the consensus best player at his position. Gilbert has struggled badly at corner his first two seasons, struggling to see the field and often being left as an inactive. Gilbert has even flirted with a position change.
As part of the Richardson trade with Indianapolis, the Browns had an extra first round pick. Farmer traded up from 26th to 22nd with the Eagles to select the draft's highest profile player, Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. After two seasons, Manziel has lost back to back training camp battles for the starter's job. In eight career starts Manziel's play has been far from impressive and puts him on a similar career path as former Browns' quarterbacks selected 22nd overall Brady Quinn and Brandon Weeden. Despite the disastrous play of Quinn and Weeden, Manziel's off-field issues have made him even more disappointing. After his first season, Manziel went to rehab. As the 2015 season ended, reports surfaced that Manziel who was injured with a concussion skipped his concussion protocol meeting at Browns headquarters on a Saturday to party in Las Vegas. Making the story even more ridiculous, reports have stated that Manziel was in Vegas wearing a blonde wig and moustache referring to himself as "Billy," but as much as it seems plausible with the Browns is difficult to believe.
The only saving grace from the 2014 draft for Cleveland is Joel Bitonio. The Nevada offensive line product was excellent as a rookie before injuries ended his 2015 season prematurely. If there is anywhere the Browns can have any hope it is on the offensive line where stalwarts Thomas and Mack are teamed with young talents in Bitonio and Schwartz.
At the end of the season, Farmer suspended the first four games of the 2015 for violating NFL rules regarding texting the Browns coaching staff during the middle of games. The Browns were $250,000 for the violations.
The Browns also elected to introduce new jerseys and logo during the off-season. The jersey's were universally panned and criticized by fans and media members.
After finishing 7-9, owner Jimmy Haslem surprisingly showed a little patience with his general manager and head coach, allowing both to return for a second season. For the second straight season, Farmer went into free agency with lots of cap space available.
Farmer looked to improve his offense by signing quarterback McCown to a three year $14 million contract. Looking to give McCown some receivers to make his life easier, Farmer signed two year contracts with former 1000 yard receivers Dwayne Bowe ($13 million) and Brian Hartline ($6 million). As with his signings the year before, Farmer signed older players. McCown was 36, Bowe 30 and Hartline 28.
All three moves turned into disasters, as none of Farmer's signings played the entire season. McCown played well in eight games. Bowe was a disaster, looking completely shot as many could have predicted following his last three seasons with the Chiefs. Bowe finished the season with just five catches for 53 yards. Hartline played 12 games before a season ending injury.
On defence Farmer signed 32 year old corner Tramon Williams to a three year $21 million dollar contract, to play the corner that former eighth overall pick Gilbert proved unable to play. In addition to Williams, Farmer signed 31 year old Randy Starks to a two year contract worth $8 million.
The best move made by Farmer, trading for punter Andy Lee, who continued to be one of the league's best punters of the past decade. Outside of the trade for Lee, Farmer's off-season can be described as a disaster and the reason why the 2015 Browns regressed after the 2014 seven win season.
The Browns entered the 2015 with 12 picks, including two in the first and third rounds. With the eleventh pick the Browns selected athletic giant defensive lineman Danny Shelton. Shelton proved to be good but not great, and a work in progress. With the 19th pick the Browns selected versatile Florida State offensive lineman Cameron Irving. Irving started just four games and was viewed as a pick made for 2016 when he will likely replace a departing lineman in either Mack or Schwartz. Second round pick Nate Orchard started 11 games, while third round pick Duke Johnson started 7. Although early, the returns are at least better than the three previous drafts. However, it is nearly impossible to be worse.
The Browns regressed to 3-13. As history has shown, Haslem's patience ran out for Farmer and Pettine and both were fired at the end of the season. The Cleveland quarterback graveyard grew to 24.
As the 2016 off-season begins, Haslem is searching for his fourth general manager and head coach since buying the team in 2012. Although still searching for a new general manager, Haslem made an extremely interesting front office hire.
Paul DePodesta is best known for his tenure as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. For those who may be confused, you read that right, Haslem hired a baseball executive to be the Browns' "chief strategy officer." DePodesta will report directly to Haslem himself.
DePodesta gained fame through the Michael Lewis book Moneyball that looked at the analytically approach of Oakland Athletics' General Manager Billy Beane. DePodesta was portrayed by Jonah Hill in the film adaptation of Moneyball under a different name. As a general manager, DePodesta tenure with the Dodgers is considered a failure, by many as the team failed to improve from when he took over. Then Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, fired DePodesta after two seasons, and in many ways McCourt is very similar to Haslem as he nearly destroyed the Dodgers franchise.
As inexperienced as DePodesta appears on the surface, this is not his first time working as a football executive. DePodesta played for Harvard in college and worked for the Baltimore Stallions of the CFL. DePodesta was not hired to scout players. DePodesta was hired to bring analytical thinking to the Browns. Adding an additional set of information and data to every decision the Browns make. Logically thinking, immediate impact from the DePodesta will be on the current roster and free agency. Immediately, people should expect players under performing their contracts to be gone. In free agency, analytics should help prevent the Browns from signing old declining players.
Following the DePodesta hire, Halsem lured former Oakland Raiders Head Coach and Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson to be the Browns Head Coach. Jackson's tenure as Raiders head coach lasted just the 2011 season, finishing 8-8. Normally that would be good enough to keep your job, but Jackson was in an unusual circumstance.
In the middle of the 2011 season, Raiders hall of fame owner and general manager Al Davis died the day prior to the Raiders week five game against the Houston Texans. The Raiders would win to start 3-2. The Raiders would play the Browns the following week, winning but losing starting quarterback Jason Campbell. In response, Jackson traded a first and second round pick for then retired quarterback Carson Palmer a day after beating Cleveland.
The trade was a disaster for the Raiders, setting them back two years and would eventually lose their division lead to the Tim Tebow lead Denver Broncos. Jackson would be fired by Mark Davis who cleaned house. Jackson would be hired by the Bengals working directly with quarterback Andy Dalton improving his play steadily over his tenure with the team.
For the Browns, franchise to have any success, Haslem will have to give Jackson time to install his offense with a quarterback of his choosing. Reports suggest Jackson and ownership are ready to move on from troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel. For Jackson, it will be an interesting test to see how he will use the analytics generated by DePodesta. Once again, Cleveland has reason to be optimistic about the Browns.
Since the Browns returned to Cleveland in 1999, the team has gone 87-185, averaging a 5-11 record annually. The team has had seven different head coaches, seven different general managers and one interim head coach (Terry Robiskie, 2004). The Browns have selected in the top 8 of the NFL draft ten times and started 24 different quarterbacks. At least for Browns fans, it can not get any worse. However, under Haslem's ownership there is little reason for optimism as the owner continues to be a self-destructive force to his billion dollar franchise. But at the very least, Haslem has burned his franchise down to the ground so he can rebuild in a new analytical approach.


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Meet the brilliant fictional characters who have become timeless classics in the world of children's books
Born 1964
Definining moment "Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate. The whole family saved up their money for that special occasion, and when the great day came, Charlie was always presented with one small chocolate bar to eat all by himself."
Why we love Charlie
* He's a sweet-natured, unpretentious lad from a poor working class family - the sort of folk that Dickens would consider the "deserving poor."
* In Dahl's world of brilliantly eccentric crazies, Charlie shines like a beacon of sanity, good sense and normality.
* When compared to the gross greed of spoilt brat, Verruca Salt, anyone can appear in a good light...
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is published by Puffin.
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Fibre-mediated physiological effects of raw and processed carrots in humans.
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- The British journal of nutrition
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- Oct 01, 1994
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Fibre-mediated physiological effects of raw and processed carrots were investigated in twenty-four young women under strict dietary control in two randomized crossover studies. For 3 weeks between 405 and 688 g of either raw frozen, blanched or canned carrots (first study), or raw or raw frozen carrots (second study) were consumed in addition to a low-fibre basal diet. Carrots provided 15 g dietary fibre (DF)/d. Total DF intake was 16.0 to 19.0 g (control periods) and 31 to 34 g (experimental periods). Faecal bulking effects of raw and processed carrots were similar (between 2.4 and 3.7 g additional stool/g carrot fibre in the diet). Faecal excretion of dry matter, fibre, and protein also increased significantly during carrot consumption. Fermentability of carrot fibre constituents was high (91-94%) and independent of processing, in spite of differences in the distribution of soluble and insoluble fibre and in the texture of raw and processed carrots. There was no effect of either type of carrot on serum total and high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol or on faecal bile acid excretion.


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Director: Bennett Miller
With: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Runtime: 114 min
Capote is a nuanced study of one of America's most intriguing and celebrated authors. Director Bennett Miller explores American writer Truman Capote's fascination with the brutal murder of a Kansas family by two men in the 1960s. Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) develops a growing obsession with the trial and subsequently forms a close friendship with one of the men, Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.).
Capote's friendship with Smith is honestly presented, and the unravelling of the truth behind the murder is thrilling to watch. Capote, however, had an underlying motive: to increase his own literary reputation. Indeed, the author loved celebrity – he coveted attention and was the darling of New York's literary society. Miller explores, through Capote's personality, two central aspects of American life: celebrity and an obsession with violence.
The film is visually stimulating. Miller creates a powerfully atmospheric composition, through monotone colours that emphasise the pathos of its subject and leave us locked in Capote's world until long after it ends. Kansas is presented in an isolated and claustrophobic Texan landscape, resonating American Gothic and, interestingly, contrasting with Capote's distinctive character.
The film also explores Capote's close matter-of-fact friendship with Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), the intensely private author of the classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Keener impresses as Lee, bringing to life an intriguing woman and enlivening certain dinner conversations with a fantastic, startling laugh. Miller presents a fascinating and contradictory friendship that greatly affected Capote's struggles in writing In Cold Blood. It was interesting to see how much influence Lee had on him, and I wish the film could have gone into more depth.
Inevitably, the film rests largely on the intensity of Philip Seymor Hoffman's performance. He embodies Capote entirely, inheriting all his mannerisms in a passionate and believable performance that leaves us with a true sense of the man, who was not particularly likeable. Hoffman's true skill emerges through his conquering of Capote's unusual voice, and one of the best scenes in the film is when Capote gives a reading in front of American critics – it is the voice that we remember.
At first Capote appears to be more about the novel than the author, yet by the end, you emerge with the realisation that the creation of In Cold Blood allows for a detailed reflection; for that is all Miller can hope to achieve in an on-screen reworking of Truman Capote himself, his vivid personality, and his annoying, child-like and sometimes incomprehensible voice. As I watched Capote, I realised that Miller presents a unique vision of America through the eyes of an intriguing man, who changed the face of American literature.
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BEST VALUE IN BEECH GROVE!!! Quality and affordability come together at last!!!! Maintenance free living at Beech Meadow! Enjoy the comfort of a small town complete with a Main Street full of shops, while having the facilities of a larger city.
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Lived here for over 25 yrs and so far the worse maintenance and management team ever.
August 27, 2018
I've lived in this complex for 16 years, in a 3, 2 and 1 bedroom apt. I've always been happy here. Location Read Moreto local stores and restaurants is awesome.
July 09, 2015
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January 22, 2015
i have lived here for 30+years so this is my home. there is bad along with the good but over all i like it her Read Moree. its close to stores since i'm disabled its hard to go to the big stores so i use churchman plaza alot. i think they could be a little easier on long time residents as far as increasing rent every time you sign a new lease.they also charge extra for alot of things that should be included in the rent. such as suckening up water for a small 2by2 foot space on the carpet it cost me 65.00
January 20, 2015
Many neighbors that have moved in don't show any consideration for others, and throw trash on the grounds, and Read More make lots of noise at night. If it wasn't for these things, I would rate my satisfaction as excellent.
January 19, 2015
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My Italian class started up again this week - we have THIRTEEN members. unfortunately we are doing more 19th century stories which are LONG.
We had the launch party for Princess Grace in a downstairs room at a restaurant in Soho serving Italian tapas - very nice. I was staying at a weird hotel on Gower Street where lots of things were got wrong and I was on the very top floor - no lift. Must have been good for my heart, especially when I chose the wrong staircase (there were 5) after the Grace party!
Then to a wonderful prep school in Dulwich early next morning, where the IT didn't work properly but the boys were lovely. They are obviouslt taught history well well and got the di Chimici/de' Medici parallel straightaway.Then on to the Guardian award party, where I didn't get the prize but there were only four books on the shortlist. And I had a huge group of supporters from Bloomsbury, bless them.
Sunday was the Cheltenham Festival and a panel on historical fiction with Sally Gardner and Julia Golding. The very good green room provioded not only tea and scones before but a proper hot meal afterwards.
I saw the film of Atonement with two friends, since Stevie didn't want to go. It was a pretty faithful rendering of the book - which I did not particularly admire - and visually exquisite. Wonderful performances by James McEvoy and, briefly, Vanessa Redgrave. Even old Keira Knightly wasn't too bad. One of my friends had been to drama school with Benedict Cumberbatch, who played the villain. But the trouble with McEwan is that he isn't complicated enough for me - the plots always hinge on one event. And I simply didn't believe in the switched letters or the crudely expressed one.
I at last finished La Storia, which was both impressive and depressing. Reading the introduction afterwards I found that La Morante invented the whole thing as back story from a newspaper cutting. Also read L'Assedip di Tortona (The siege of Tortona) by Niccolo Tommaseo, this week's 19th century story. Only it wasn't a story really - more of a historical account of a terrible piece of cruelty by Frederick Barbarossa.


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I'm psyched yet again for another trip up North, this time to the Mountain Province. After spending a great deal of time traveling this fourth quarter–mostly for work and at a rate of two cities per week–I thought I reached my quota. But a friend threw the idea of going out again after Christmas (and I wasn't really that hard to convince), so–
What just happened? There is one city that I remember fondly, though, and that's Tacloban. I visited it for the first time late October and came back November 8 in time for the first anniversary commemoration of Typhoon Haiyan. You'd be surprised. I don't think there's a superlative form for the word resilient, but if the gods of morphology would care to invent one, it has to be attributed to the Taclobanons first.
View from the plane. I think, what most people are looking for is a return to normalcy. We alighted from a small aircraft in the afternoon of November 8, saw that the conveyor belt wasn't working just yet, but we were greeted by a small group of Taclobanon airport personnel, all smiling as if to say 'Welcome, you have to see how far we've gone.'
What struck me the most is the feeling that people here did not really commemorate a tragedy. I think it was more a celebration of heroism, courage, calidad humana.
Roadwork. I hate road work and the traffic it usually causes, but I could not bring myself to complain when I was in this city. These were the most encouraging signs. In the course of my stay, I interviewed a handful of people, mostly women micro entrepreneurs, who all said permutations of the same inspiring story: they lost all they had, relied on relief for about a month or two, and then decided, it was time to rebuild their lives and move forward.
During the second visit, I was very much inclined to think that the sky is always blue in Tacloban.
See, this is the view from my colleague's room at the Leyte Park Hotel.
Here too is a shot from the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport. Maybe in about a year I'll go back there for leisure.
I almost got stuck in Tacloban for two weeks because I got really sick, but that's another story. It is however, a precursor to my second trip to the Ilocos region (the first one was as far back as 2010). Will write about it another time. Happy Holidays!


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Stewart is the Community Manager for the Internet of Things Developer Program for users of the Intel® Galileo and Edison products, but he started his career developing hardware and software for embedded projects ranging from Dishwasher Controls to Space Station Motor Drives. When development became too tiresome, he helped run an embedded software tools company. Since moving to Intel 14 years ago, Stewart has continued his involvement with all things embedded, and has worked with the Intel® software tools ecosystem and was responsible for JTAG enabling, RTOS porting, and Compilers and Debuggers. After all this time he is now finally getting paid to work with robots, servos, sensors and software and hardware developers who use them
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Enjoy an overview of the multiple ways to connect JavaScript and IoT devices with particular details of the I/O, sensors and actuators. With the advent of low cost Linux hobbyist boards capable of running nodeJS several different libraries have been developed that support digital and analog input and output peripherals. We will present on overview of these somewhat divergent high level API's, with examples of real use cases developed to take advantage of the new NodeJS support in the Intel XDK Tools. And there will be robots


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Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
DASNR App Listing
Faculty within the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources have created several web-based and mobile applications. These decision support tools assist clientele in making calculations, assessing environmental impact, and predictive modeling using existing conditions. If you have questions about an app or If you are a DASNR faculty and would like an app to be included in this list, please contact Dwayne Hunter for more information. DASNR's "Mobile Application Development Guidelines and Best Practices" is available for project leaders and app developers.
GreenSeeker N-Rate Calculator
Cost: FREE!
This application hosts sensor based nitrogen recommendation algorithms which have been developed by researchers in each respective region. The calculations are based upon NDVI values retrieved from the GreenSeeker Sensor. The GreenSeeker is an active light sensor. It would be expected the NDVI from other actives sensors would be similar, but potentially not exactly the same. NDVI from passive sensors or cameras should be used with caution as the same level of calibration that can come from an active sensor is more challenging.
Released: December, 2017; Updated March, 2018, version 2.0
OSU Crop Budgeting App
Cost: FREE!
This app allows users to quickly develop and save crop budgets for common Oklahoma field crops. Users can download templates from Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics as starting points.
Updated: September, 2017, version 1.1
Plot Calculator
Cost: FREE!
This app was designed to aid small plot researchers. This app contains a unit converter, area calculator and rate calculator. In this app there are multiple ways to preform unit conversion. The app also calculates the amount of fertilizer material needed per plot, rep, and trial. This is done through the input of the fertilizer nutrient concentration, plot size, number of treatments and reps. This project is supported by Oklahoma Fertilizer Checkoff, Oklahoma Agriculture Experiment Stations and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension.
Updated: September, 2017, version 1.2
GreenSeeker Data Logger
Cost: FREE!
The Trimble GreenSeeker handheld crop sensor is an affordable, easy-to-use measurement device that can be used to assess the health - vigor - of a crop in order to make better nutrient management decisions on your farm. Use the GreenSeeker handheld to instantly take a reading of your crop health. Readings can be used to make non-subjective decisions regarding the amount of fertilizer to be applied to your crop, resulting in more effective use of fertilizer - a benefit to your financial bottom line and the environment.
Released: January, 2017, version 1.0
Sugarcane Aphid Decision Aid
Cost: FREE!
This app uses the cost of application versus potential loss due to not applying insecticide based upon past research to determine if an insecticide application is economical.
Released: February, 2017, version 1.0
Cost: FREE!
Managing livestock demands accurate and fast decisions for a successful operation. Nowadays, managers rely on either inaccurate visual inferences or expensive tools for acquiring fast answers to in-farm issues. GrazeOK is a user friendly electronic version of the Oklahoman grazing stick which allows fast and proper estimation of stock density, number of pastures, grazing and rest days by simply measuring plant height and canopy cover with a yard stick and inputting them in your phone. An accompanying YouTube video explaining the app and how to collect data is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYNVwx9Rb4.
Updated: April, 2017, version 1.2
Cattle Management in Limited Forage
Cost: FREE!
Beef production can be influenced by widespread drought, record high and low grain and feed prices, and economic uncertainties. Capturing value, managing returns and least-cost production is crucial for beef cattle operators. This application is designed to help producers identify management practices for cow-calf operations when pasture is limited. There is a list of questions in this application intended to help beef producers determine appropriate management practices for cow-calf operations when pasture is limited. Answer the series of questions to determine a possible management practice.
Released: October 11, 2016; Version: 1.0
Grazing Management Toxic Plants
Cost: FREE!
This application was developed for livestock producers interested in grazing forage crops. Plants listed have been evaluated for safety in regards to metabolic or toxicity issues for multiple classifications of livestock species. All plants will have a score for the usefulness of the plant as grazing forage for livestock. The ranking is based on a 0-4 scale where 0 is not recommended to 4 being highly recommended. The rankings are based on safe consumption of the plant, forage quality, and yield potential.
Released: July 28, 2016; updated June, 2017; Version: 1.1
Grain Drill Calibration Calc
Cost: FREE!
This application is designed to aid in the calibration of a grain drill or planter for canola seeding rates. Canola seeding rate can be calibrated via volumetric (mL) measures. All other grains and granular fertilizer rates can be calibrated through weight measures (grams, ounces, or pounds).
Released: May 31, 2016; Version: 1.0
Growing Degree Days Calculator
Cost: FREE!
This application is designed for winter wheat and winter canola producers outside of Oklahoma to use to calculate the number of growing days since the crop was planted (GDD>0). This calculation can be used for Sensor Based Nitrogen Management strategies that utilize the GreenSeeker Sensor and N-Rich Strip. Also included in this application is a cumulative Growing Degree Day (GDD) calculator. Crops included in this calculator are: Wheat, Grass hay, Alfalfa, Corn, Cotton, Peanut, Sorghum, and Soybean. The application uses user zip code to identify where temperature data is collected from.
Released: May 31, 2016; Version: 1.0
Soil Sample Barcode Reader
Cost: FREE!
This app is designed to aid those who use the Oklahoma State University Soil Water Forage Analytical Laboratory. With this app, users can utilize the internal GPS of their mobile device to log the location that a soil or tissue sample is collected as well as add an ID and description to the site. The app can also access the camera in the device to capture an image of the SWFAL bar code to link a sample number to each sample which can be done at the time of collection or later.
Updated: May 25, 2016; Version: 1.1; Requires iOS 8.4 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Return on Nitrogen Investment
Cost: FREE!
This app is designed as a tool in determining economic nitrogen (N) rates. This calculator determines the return on investment (ROI) of N fertilizer for multiple crops under two different scenarios. The first scenario is that yield fertilized for is not realized. The other scenario is if the producer under fertilizes for the environment.
Updated: April 12, 2016; Version: 1.1; Requires iOS 8.4 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Poinsettia Care Tips
Cost: FREE!
Poinsettia Care Tips is designed to assist homeowners with care of their potted poinsettias. General care, including reblooming, tips are provided and are applicable to any cultivar or pot size.
Release: November 9, 2015; Version: 1.0; Requires iOS 8.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Cost: FREE!
RxBurnTracker allows the user to monitor fire effects and keep track of prescribed burns.
Release: June 29, 2015; Version: 1.0; Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Wildlife Food Plots
Cost: FREE!
This app identifies food plot forages that can be planted for wildlife management. For each plant species proper seeding rate and planting recommendations are provided. Lists of desirable plants can be created, saved and sent via email.
Updated: March 31, 2016; Version: 1.13; Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
N Rate Calculator
Cost: FREE!
Using this app, you can enter GreenSeeker sensor data into the calculator tailored for many different crops and regions, and get reliable mid-season fertilizer N rates that will optimize farmer profits.
Updated: Jul 16, 2013; Version: 1.1; Requires iOS 6.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Cost: FREE!
Canopeo is a rapid and accurate green canopy cover measurement tool. Use this app to quantify the percent canopy cover of live green vegetation for any agricultural crop, turf, or grassland based on downward-facing photos taken with your mobile device. Replace the traditional visual scoring or the sometimes expensive desktop programs with this powerful and portable quantitative tool.
Canopeo is based on research conducted at Oklahoma State University and allows you to accurately determine the percent canopy cover in real-time, so that you can precisely monitor crop progress and make informed management decisions. Potential applications include: quantifying canopy cover of small grains and row crops; measuring crop damage by freeze, hail, or herbicide; evaluating turf grass stands.
Released: Jan 11, 2015; Version: 1.0; Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Canola Starter
Cost: FREE!
This App calculates the maximum amount of fertilizer that should be applied with winter canola seed at planting based upon row spacing and fertilizer source. This app is just a general guide and sounds agronomics should be used in all situations.
Released: Jul 20, 2014; Version: 1.0; Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Crop Nutrients in Irrigation Water Calculator
Cost: FREE!
Irrigation water is never without minerals and nutrients. With the input of laboratory results and an expected seasonal irrigation by the user this app will provide an estimated amount of nutrients delivered with every acre in of water applied and total pounds per acre per season. These results can then be used to adjust fertilizer management plans and strategies. Nutrients included in this app are: Nitrate, Sulfate, Iron, Ammonium, Chloride, Boron, Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium.
Updated: April 1, 2016; Version: 2.1; Requires iOS 8.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5, 6, and 6 Plus.
Ammonia Loss
Cost: FREE!
Accurate estimates of ammonia volatilization losses from surface applications of urea in agriculture. Estimates are in percent of the total N rate applied.
Updated: Nov 24, 2013; Version: 1.1.0; Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Wheat SBNRC
Cost: FREE! Description:
Sensor based nitrogen rate calculator for winter wheat. Active normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) sensors are highly accurate in predicting plant biomass. By utilizing biomass produced per day, yield levels of cereal crops can be predicted. By using the predicted yield level, accurate N rates can then be determined from the mid-season NDVI readings.
Released: Nov 14, 2013; Version: 1.0; Requires iOS 6.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Plant Nitrogen Recommendations
Cost: $1.99.
This app contains a database of SPAD, atLEAF, and Leaf N concentration values for various horticultural crops to be used as a reference for determining plant nitrogen status based on chlorophyll sensor or foliar analysis values.
Updated: Feb 29, 2016; Version: 1.2; Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
IPAD Apps
Field Guide
Cost: FREE!
Oklahoma Nutrient Management Field Guide App is a mobile version of a printed handbook. Within this App users have access to nutrient removal values, a nutrient deficiency identification tool, fertilizer calculations for all of the major crops grown with Oklahoma and information on fertilizer sources and using the N-Rich Strip and GreenSeeker Sensor.
Updated: Sep 29, 2014; Version: 1.1.0; Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPad.


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It may also very well be the Hyundai financing offers available to customers who shop with Wilkins Hyundai. With these auto loan and car lease options, shoppers feel at ease, worry-free, and extra satisfied with their purchase.
Wilkins Hyundai isn't only a place for those in the market for a new Hyundai car. We're also the go-to spot for those already behind the wheel. Customers find our car service and maintenance center, also located in Elmhurst, Illinois, both convenient and competent.
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Coming this Spring, Marvel is offering collections of some of the greatest X-Men stories ever written, from the classics of Chris Claremont and John Byrne along to the instant classics of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
For the first time ever, you can hold in your hands one oversized volume of the first 5 years of Chris Claremont's trail-blazing run of Uncanny X-Men in the Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 HC. Shown here is the all-new variant cover to the omnibus by new artist John Watson.
Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol.1 HC also features the original letters page, newly remastered coloring, and tons of other extras. It collects the introduction of the all-new, all-different X-Men from Giant-Size X-Men #1 plus X-Men #94-131 and Annual #3.
Switching gears from classic to instant classic, Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's first year on Astonishing X-Men appears in one deluxe hardcover. See what many are calling the best X-Men in years as everybody's favorite mutants must deal with the news of a mutant cure, the return of an X-Man thought long gone, and an unexpected threat from within the mansion. Astonishing X-Men Vol.1 HC collects the first twelve issues of this astonishing run.
The Ultimate Universe has grown to be a force of creative and commercial success in the comics industry, thanks in large part to the launch of Ultimate X-Men. Now you can own the first 12 issues of Ultimate X-Men as well as the rare ¿ issue in the Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 1 TPB, written by Mark Millar (Wolverine, Ultimates 2) with an all new cover by Leinil Francis Yu, including art by industry greats Andy and Adam Kubert and others.
No fan of the X-Men should be without X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga TPB, a new printing of the classic X-Men tale that is arguably THE greatest X-Men story ever told. Chris Claremont and John Byrne solidified their marks as legends with this arc of X-Men Vol.1 #129-137 where the X-Men have to decide what to do when one of their own members, Jean Grey, becomes a threat powerful enough to destroy entire galaxies.
One of the definitive X-Men creative teams of the 1990s, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee, launched an all-new X-Men title in 1991 to enormous success. X-Men: Mutant Genesis TPB collects the first 7 issues of that series featuring the X-Men going toe-to-toe with some of their greatest foes including Magneto, the Acolytes, Sabretooth, and Omega Red.
Before she was an Avenger or a New Warrior, Firestar had to contend with the current X-Man the White Queen back in her villainous days. X-Men: Firestar Digest collects Firestar #1-4 and guest-stars the New Mutants as the teenage mutant learns how to be the hero that eventually made her one of Earth's Mightiest.
This Spring, be on the lookout for these X-Men trade paperbacks, digests, and hardcovers collecting some of the greatest X-Men stories of the last four decades.


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A Corporate Golf Hospitality package at one of the major Golf tournaments throughout the World is a real treat for your corporate guests. Tournaments we can source official packages for include The Open Championship, the Ryder Cup and the PGA Championship.
12 degrees also offer Corporate Golf Days at many of the UK's leading courses. Golf is still considered one of the most important marketing tools for UK companies, whilst spring time in the UK traditionally sees the start of the Corporate Golf Day season.
Let 12 degrees create a Company / Industry or Charity Golf Tournament specific to your bespoke requirements.
12 degrees can design a unique, innovative and new event designed to give your company and possibly organisations involved in your industry sector the opportunity to entertain clients or reward employees at a high profile and prestigious corporate event.
Quality time with clients - a Corporate Golf Day allows you several hours in a relaxed environment to strengthen your relationship with existing clients and the opportunity to convert prospective clients into actual clients.
Professionalism - By making sure your golf day is run professionally, this re-enforces the service and quality levels of your brand, especially to prospective clients.
Distinguish your company from your competition - do they thank their existing clients in such a way? Is their golf day as memorable as yours? Make sure that your golf day is the one that your clients and prospective clients want to attend .
Brand exposure and awareness - this is an invaluable opportunity to establish your brands position in the market place. This can be achieved through on course branding (pop-up banners on the golf course and across the grounds), promotional merchandise (golf balls, clothing etc), industry press releases (results announced with a brief report of the day) and company newsletters.
Social Media exposure - Consider setting up a Facebook page, a Twitter profile and a company Blog where invited participants can follow the most recent progress in your preparations. Participants could see who has registered to attend and can contribute to the pages.
Thanking your clients / Client recognition - Golf days are seen as an important tool in thanking existing clients for their loyalty and business.
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Our team can assist with the whole event process and will happily come up with some creative ideas to make your Golf Tournament a little bit different.
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CHRISTMAS has come early for one lucky Birmingham Mail reader.
Jennifer Court plans to cook up a storm in her new kitchen after she won a £5,000 home makeover.
Mrs Court, aged 70, saved up five Homeserve tokens, attached them to a coupon, sent it off and crossed her fingers.
And she could not believe her luck when she heard that she had won the competition.
The grandmother-of-five lives in Parkfield Road in Coleshill, with her husband Desmond aged 72.
The couple want to re-do their kitchen after refurbishing other rooms in the house themselves.
Mrs Court, a former factory worker, said: "We couldn't believe it when we won. We have never won anything in our lives.
"I felt that my house needs a makeover, so I had a go.
"We did our bathroom ourselves and have gone through the house.
"My kitchen was the last room which needed attention. It isn't bad but it was last done about 11 years ago and it's tired-looking and the appliances are old."
She added: "I do like cooking and do spend a lot of time in there.
"We would like some new units and a new stove and will put our suggestions to a surveyor when he comes on Thursday.
"We're so happy. A new kitchen for 2009."


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SEO Tools Website – Select tools from the SEO Tools suite are available for free. They're embedded on this page and you can run them as many times as you'd like. Below are 50 free SEO tools that help you test, analyze and boost your SEO strategy, from Article Rewriter to Page Authority Checker, to diagnostic server-level reports.
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A woman has been robbed near Preston bus station.
The incident happened between 1pm and 2pm on Monday when the 21-year-old woman was walking from Lord Street through the pathway across the grass towards Tithebarn Street.
A man approached her from behind and snatched her wallet out of her hand, causing her to fall over.
The man then ran back on to Lord Street. The wallet contained cash and personal cards. The victim was left shaken and was helped by members of the public.
The man is described as Asian, around 25, with short dark brown hair. He was around 6ft, of medium to large build, and was wearing blue jumper and blue tracksuit bottoms.
DC Azam Khan from Preston CID said: "This robbery was carried out in broad daylight and left the victim extremely shaken.
"An investigation is underway to find the man responsible and we are checking CCTV in the area. I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened to contact us."
Call Lancashire police on 101, quoting incident 0851 of April 18.


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DFA Productions and Contemporary Ballet Dallas present Apollo's Flight
Apollo, in Greek and Roman mythology, was the god of light, music, truth, the sun, and prophecy, so it seems fitting to name this multi-media concept after such an expressive character and one who is at the center of all the same ideas and mediums.
Apollo's Flight is a concept that will blend original electronic music by key composer, Mr. Marek Eneti, Jonathan Jones, Radu Cernat, and Francine Thirteen, magnificent media projection by Joao Beira, electronic progressive live instrumentation by all the composers, contemporary dance presented by Contemporary Ballet Dallas, vivid costume design by Jesse Thaxton, and spacey film footage. It is a concept that will take an audience member on a journey using most of the senses and even illicit the imagination, memory, and beyond.


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My friend, Ionie Ince, is the creator and editor of PIYE and she let me edit some of the short stories of issue #2. It's available for £4 from http://partyinyoureyesocket.tumblr.com/ where we are currently accepting submissions for issue #3. It's a new anthology for short prose mainly in black comedy, science fiction, fantasy, thriller genres.
It's available from News From Nowhere on Bold Street, Liverpool as well.
"'I've got older, you haven't aged a bit,' Sally said.
'I'm ageing. Just slower, I guess.'
'But you look exactly the same. Have you found the fountain of eternal youth?'
'How's life.'
'Boring. How's yours?'
'Okay. I'm so happy I'm an actress. Are you proud of me?'
'I've just turned thirty.'
'I know. I remember your birthday. Would have sent you a card but to be honest I didn't think we'd see each other again.'
'Would you like some more coffee?'
Sally ordered more coffee. There was a silence for a moment. Then she said, 'I've been thinking about you, Catherine. That's why I called. And now I see you, I'm glad I did.' She sipped her coffee. She tore a paper sachet of sugar and slowly tipped it in. She stirred it with a wooden stirrer. She did this very methodically as if so practised in the art of coffee drinking. She sipped it again and gave a vague, sub-conscious smile. 'How old are you now?' she said.
'I'm forty-four,' Catherine said, somewhat embarrassed.
'But you look twenty-four. Why is that?'
'I don't know.'
'I wanted to ask you if you had a secret to your looks. Your skin. Your eyes. What is it you do?'
'I don't do anything.'
'Oh.' Sally sipped the coffee again and left a red lip-print on the cup.
'Sometimes,' Catherine said, 'I think I'm not going to die. Why is that?'
'I don't know.'
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Catherine sipped her coffee. It tasted good. They ordered some more. The rain stopped and the sun shone and reflected off the raindrops on the window. The light lit them both up.
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'Some hotel.'
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They got up to leave. Some people took a photograph of Sally as they walked out."


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I love new beginnings. Lucky for me… I celebrate them about every three months.
I am a crazy woman around the New Year… I have whole rituals around reviewing last year's journals to glean important themes, to reflect on what I've learned, to consider what I want to leave behind. To set a course for the year ahead.
In March I celebrate my birthday month… where I look again at my past year, consider the milestones, celebrate victories, and put away things that no longer work for me.
During a New England summer… I feel the need to mark my life by considering where we were last summer, what has changed? what should? I spend time outside feeling the wind blow and the trees sway as I consider where I want to be next summer.
But it is Fall that holds my heart for new beginnings. September marks the beginning of the school year. There have only been a couple of years in my life when September did not send us back to school, to routines, to order and reorder our lives. I remember my first September after High School and the emptiness of a summer that seeped into fall without a new start.
This Fall, finds me thinking again about endings and beginnings. Now that I work at a college, September is a true start year after year. A reminder to stop and realign my life. This year I am feeling a bit wobbly. I recently walked through fire which did more than scorch my life, it reshaped me in important ways. In the calm that comes after this storm, I am making room, slowing down, taking time to wonder, to think, to wait.
The past few years have been a whirlwind of activity and change… our children left the nest, we moved, we lost a parent, we grew into a new stage in our lives. I am no longer defined by my children. I'm not the mother of littles, instead my littles are now moving into the world with growing momentum and confidence. My husband and I moved into our careers with renewed vigor and took on additional challenges and responsibilities. We have faced trials and we've seen great victories. But we are both sure our careers aren't the thing we want to define our lives. This feels like a moment to notice the calm and to use it well.
So, I am withdrawing a bit… not to make a huge change, but to realign my heart, to listen for that still small voice. I long to find quiet and to refill the cup that brings creativity and vitality. To gather my thoughts, to pray, to rest, to be restored. I want my life to overflow from the bounty of God's blessing but lately feel like I'm pouring out the dregs. My cup is dry and my heart is faint. The thing I am learning here, is that it isn't really about the details of my days… but about the way my heart approaches my minutes and hours. It's about my striving and straining to reach, to gain, to prove, to show. I need to step back and take a breath.
The thing I am learning here, is that it isn't really about the details of my days… but about the way my heart approaches my minutes and hours.
I am a leaner in… I lean into conversation, to people, to responsibility, and to life. When I was a little girl I hated to go to sleep when I could hear people talking because I didn't want to miss anything. I still do. I love being in the center of the action and I hate to miss out on anything. But there is a price to this way of being and right now I am paying it. I need to learn how to lean in and then lean out, regularly… this is not easy for me. Instead I tend to live my life like a perpetual three-year-old running until I am exhausted and suddenly fall asleep in my soup.
So, I start by looking at my commitments and I am dealing ruthlessly with those right now… but it isn't enough to just cut things out. I need to learn to be different in the places I remain. To take my foot off the throttle just a little bit… everywhere. To learn how to rest my soul. To stop. To take a lap and get my wind back. To allow my heart to be restored by beauty, friendship, prayer, and solitude. I am digging in to the scriptures to see what God has to say about restoration and I am bringing my weary soul to Him daily.
What are the practices that restore your soul?


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"When we get impatient because something is taking too long, we should remember that Life waits on us a thousand times more than we wait on Life."
― Laura Teresa Marquez
― Laura Teresa Marquez
They finally arrived this afternoon, our long anticipated Diva/Dempsey puppies and I am just tickled with them. Michelle jokingly says that "Little Eden Girls whelp during the day" and she was right on the money on this one. Just before bed last night Diva's temperature dropped and she started showing the early signs of labour. Not knowing how long it would be before she whelped I decided to sleep in the whelping room, on the floor, and keep an eye on her. She seemed to really enjoy the company as she would begin to bark after about 30 seconds if I left the room and become quiet again on my return. I remained at my "post" all night and through the following morning until a little after 1pm when the first puppy made it's appearance. The next hour and a half was all a blur to me as by 2:30 pm we had welcomed 6 new terriers into the world which is quite a frantic pace for whelping by any standard. Thankfully Diva is a wonderful mom and left little for me to do but watch and enjoy the appearance of each new addition. Things went by so quickly that it wasn't until it was all over that I was able to pick up each individual puppy and determine how many of each gender we actually had. We ended up with 2 girls and 4 boys which is particularly thrilling for me as I intend to keep a male from this litter and there will hopefully be plenty to choose from. Almost 12 hours old all the puppies are nursing and settling into life outside the womb and Diva is quite pleased not to feel so much pressure on her insides and celebrated with a couple of fine meals. She, understandably, has had little appetite these last couple of weeks but made up for it today in spades. I can not wait to watch these puppies grow, mature, and develop but for now I will try to get some sleep even though I would prefer to just sit outside the whelping box and look at them for another 12 hours.


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2) Cut out your model/subject, I used photos from fashiongonerogue. Move it to the middle of the document. Paste this texture on your documen; you may need to resize it. Select the heart then go to select>modify>expand and change your settings to 3 then invert your selection and delete the rest of the background. Cut out another smaller image of the same model/subject and position it over the right side of the heart.
3) Paste this texture on your document and set the layer mode to 'soft light'. You should be able to see the first texture you added to the document and the checkered pattern should be gone. Paste this texture onto the document and set the layer mode to 'Color Burn'.
4) Take this photo and resize it and then change the layer mode to 'Screen'. You can erase parts of it to your liking but this is how I did it:
5) Take this texture and desturate it and change the layer mode to 'Soft Light'.
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Set the layer mode to 'Soft Light' and change the opacity to 20%.
I used this psd by pocketjud on deviantart
7) Add text or anything else and you are finished


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This crochet pattern will instruct you on how to make my original Kitten patterns. I have included lots of photos to help you along the way. The sitting grey kitty measures 6 inches tall and the siamese kitten measures 6 inches long (not counting tall). This pattern is worked single crochet in a spiral, you will need to be able to increase and decrease in single crochet and increase in Half double crochet stitch. Size G crochet hook Worsted weight yarns 9 mm cat safety eyes Yarn needle thread stuffing
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Soap and Glory Peaches and Clean - £8.00
Soap and Glory's Peaches and Clean is something I have seen doing the rounds lately on the blogging front, but I can understand why. I received this product in Soap and Glory's Yule Monty Christmas set, and for some reason I don't know why its took so long to use. It was love at first use that has helped to keep skin feeling clean and refreshed.
If you own the original Peaches and Clean you may notice that the brand have revamped their skincare packaging, and honestly I really adore the new look. Whilst they have opted for the minimal approach compared to their bright and retro packaging, yet the brand look very clinical and quite grown up - a combination I like.
Peaches and Clean is described as a 3-in-1 daily face cleanser which helps to remove makeup and impurities in one clean sweep, and is designed to remove makeup whilst re-engerising your complexion instantly. This deep purifying cleanser helps to de-clog the t-zone whilst boosting circulation and cell respiration.
I find this cleaner really simple and easy to use, and tend to use it whilst in the shower as a way of cleaning my skin after a day of wearing makeup. All you need to do is simply pop a couple of pumps into your hand and then massage into your skin and neck, whilst doing this you will feel it melt into the skin. I have heard you can leave this on a bit longer and use as a face mask but if like me you want to just clean your skin you then just rinse with water after a minute or two. The cleanser claims to be balanced for all skin types, however does contain parfum and alcohol so it may not be the best choice for those with dry skin. However from the view of oily/combination skin I find this a dream.
You have to give Soap and Glory props for acknowledging one the most common beauty slip ups - sleeping in your makeup - which they mention on the bottle, making this the perfect product to clean your skin the morning after.
One thing that I instantly noticed about this product was the inviting scent, it definitely lives up to its peaches name due to its peach and goji berry extracts, which doesn't only smell divine but is rich in antioxidants and vitamins A and C. You get a burst of an almost yoghurt like peach scent which seems to have a minty bite and you can definitely smell and feel the minty side when applied to the skin (or is that just me?). I absolutely love this scent and you can always count on Soap and Glory to give their products gorgeous scents. Despite having a strong scent I find that this doesn't irritate the skin at all, which is a major bonus as I tend to have issues with stronger scented products.
For £8 this is a great product especially if you don't want to splurge out on higher alternatives. It's a bit more expensive that my trusty micellar water but I don't mind due to its deep cleansing properties. I will more than likely repurchase this in Boots 3 for 2 offer as you can never have enough Soap and Glory skincare.
Overall Peaches and Clean is a lovely product, it doesn't always remove all traces of my makeup but I can feel it cleaning deep into my pores. My skin is always left feeling clean and refreshed and is such a soft product to use on the skin. I find that it helps to keep the skin cleaner if that makes sense, and my breakouts are fewer and farer which I can't say whether it's down to just this one product or my current routine. And most importantly will leave your skin smelling gorgeous.
Have you tried Peaches and Clean? I'd love to know your thoughts!


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Inside North Korea. Watch Nick Kristof's tense interview with a North Korean and read Nick's Sunday column based on his recent visit to the country.
Athletes and police. Social media creates a lot of incentives for doubling down on an argument. People who agree will tell you that you've made your case beautifully. People who disagree shower you with the sort of insults that don't inspire reflection. The brevity of Twitter and Facebook crowd out nuance.
All of which causes honest disagreements to turn nasty.
If you've been reading this newsletter, you'll know that I've been in a debate with Ta-Nehisi Coates about athletes kneeling during the national anthem. He and I both agree with the players' cause — protesting police mistreatment of African-Americans — but he thinks the athletes' form of protest is more effective than I do.
Yesterday, Coates did something that probably shouldn't be remarkable but is: After I wrote a tweet that he found especially questionable, he passed up a chance to make me look bad. Instead, he wrote me a private note, through Twitter, and explained his objection. In particular, he suggested I spend more time studying the athletes' demands.
Doing so didn't change my mind about our original debate. But it did make me grateful. It also gave me some ideas about where the issue of athlete protests can go from here.
In addition to the visible on-field protests during the national anthem — the source of my disagreement with Coates — several athletes have made detailed arguments about what needs to change. Among them, four N.F.L. players who wrote a long memo to Roger Goodell, the league commissioner, asking for the league's help in advocating for police oversight and less incarceration. The memo goes into detail on eight different areas, such as juvenile sentencing and bail reform.
The details have the potential to be the most promising and productive part of this whole debate.
The athletes would be the first ones to say that they're not protesting for the sake of it. The memo, for example, asks league executives to help them find ways to "counter the vast amount of press attention" on "the 'national anthem protests.'" The athletes' goal is to effect change — to stop African-Americans from dying at the hands of police or needlessly sitting in jail.
Whether you think the anthem protests are an effective cri de coeur or a problematic distraction, you can support many of the athletes' detailed proposals. Given my own views, I hope the athletes can find some attention-grabbing forms of protest that make everyone understand exactly what they want.
Their ideas are serious and thoughtful. They would save innocent lives.
For more on how to save those lives, I recommend a series of columns in The New York Daily News by Shaun King. The series has 25 parts, which I realize sounds daunting, but each column is not long.
Trump scandals. I asked readers yesterday to help complete a list of personal-enrichment scandals involving the Trump administration, and you responded with:
• Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, promoted Ivanka's fashion line on television.
• Despite Trump's spending only eight days in Trump Tower as president so far, the government has spent $130,000 per month since April to lease space in the building for a military office that supports the White House.
• And there are likely some scandals we don't know about because, unlike other modern presidents and candidates, Trump has refused to release his tax returns.
Mnuchin update. The Treasury Department's inspector general concluded yesterday that Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, broke no laws when he spent $800,000 to travel on military planes. But the inspector general also criticized Mnuchin's insufficient explanation for why he needed to spend so much taxpayer money.
"What is of concern is a disconnect between the standard of proof called for," the inspector general wrote, "and the actual amount of proof provided by Treasury and accepted by the White House in justifying these trip requests."
The full Opinion report from The Times follows, including Rachel Shabi's prediction that the British left is about to have its moment.