text:
Rangers reshaping team identity without Young
Versatile infielder provided leadership, All-Star production in 13 years with Texas
By Richard Justice |2/15/2013 7:33 P.M. ET
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Michael Young did more than just produce on the field during 13 seasons with the Texas Rangers. He did produce, and in a huge way, making seven American League All-Star teams and winning a batting championship. But he contributed in other important ways, saying what needed to be said and helping create a winning environment.
His stature among his teammates, the stature achieved during 13 seasons of solid production and leadership, is one of the more interesting things the Rangers will be attempting to replace in this season of change.
"It's documented what Michael meant to the community, to the team and to his teammates," manager Ron Washington said. "We wish him well in Philly. He's a tremendous person and baseball player and leader."
He was also about to celebrate his 36th birthday when last season ended, and his numbers were down dramatically from 2011. Rangers general manager Jon Daniels wasn't sure how much productive baseball Young still had left. He also was not sure he would accept a diminished role. And he believed the club would have better options.
So he made the kind of cold, tough decision that only the best executives make, the kind he has made frequently during the eight years in which he has constructed one of baseball's best franchises.
He decided the time had come to end Young's tenure with the Rangers and worked out a trade with the Phillies. Young agreed to waive his no-trade protection, and Daniels agreed to pay $10 million of Young's $16 million salary.
"Teams lose leaders all the time," Washington said. "We've always been a group that's been able to adjust to whatever is thrown at us, and we'll adjust now. I think we'll have a very good club. We've still got a very good nucleus. We certainly added some winning pieces in [A.J.] Pierzynski and [Lance] Berkman. They've won the World Series. They've always been winners wherever they are. Nothing will change here. We'll go about our business. We'll make sure we get to work on the things we need to improve upon. We'll continue to stress the things we feel we need to stress."
Change may be inevitable, but in the last few months, it has been dramatic for the Rangers. Josh Hamilton signed with the Angels, Mike Napoli with the Red Sox. Daniels replaced them with free agents Berkman and Pierzynski and believes one of baseball's best Minor League systems could dramatically impact the big league club before this season is over.
Now, though, how good are these Rangers? How will Young's leadership be replaced? Can Berkman come close to replacing Hamilton's offensive thunder? Has the balance of power in the American League West shifted toward Anaheim?
"I get it," Daniels said. "We lost some good players. We're very confident in the group we have here. We just have to play out on the field. It doesn't do any good to talk about it."
Actually, the Rangers believe they're going to be more than competitive. They believe they've got one of baseball's best rotations and a very solid bullpen. They also think that if Berkman stays healthy he'll do for the Rangers what Carlos Beltran did for the Cardinals in 2012 after Albert Pujols' departure.
In other words, don't overlook them.
"People seem to have focused on the negatives all offseason," outfielder David Murphy said. "But you also need to look at it from a positive perspective. We got some great players, and we were able to hold on to our prospects and give ourselves financial flexibility for the future. If you just look at the team, this is the best starting rotation going into a season that we've had since I've been here. You look at our lineup one through nine, and there are a lot of All-Stars, and there's a lot of depth."
As for that leadership thing, well, don't get them started.
"We've got a lot of guys in here who don't just have the ability to lead," Daniels said. "They HAVE been leading. I'm not worried about that. I'm pretty confident our clubhouse dynamics will continue to be a strong one. We keep getting the question of who's going to step up. I think in some ways that's an insult to guys like Adrian Beltre and Ian Kinsler and Elvis Andrus and Joe Nathan and David Murphy and Matt Harrison."
The Rangers will tell you they loved Michael Young and respected him. They will also tell you that leadership is something that's hard to define. Beltre has had a huge impact, both in the way he has played -- he's arguably the best third baseman in the game -- and in the way he welcomes young players into the clubhouse. Kinsler has been more vocal than Young at times. Murphy's quiet professionalism impacts everyone.
"I want to be the guy that's respected and that people will come to," Beltre said. "But I don't think it's going to be one guy. Many guys will step up."
Kinsler, Murphy, Andrus, Nelson Cruz and Beltre all started Game 1 of the 2011 World Series, and as Kinsler said, "I don't think determining who is the face of the franchise is going to win us games. I think it's a little blown out of proportion. We're going to miss [Young]. He was obviously one of our leaders. But baseball is a game of change. It's inevitable. We're going to have to move on and try to do the best we can."


text:
1-3 of 3 results
- 1
- View All
- Title
- Description
- Organization
This website for kids tells you cool stuff about how your body works, how eating right helps you play better and feel good, and how staying active is lots of fun! En español
ChooseMyPlate.gov from the USDA illustrates the five food groups that are the building blocks for a healthy diet and provides tools for diet/calorie tracking and information on weight management, physical activity, and healthy eating. Some materials available in Spanish.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This toolkit assists parents in helping their children make healthy food choices and start healthy habits to prevent diabetes. The materials use Sesame Street characters to teach lessons on nutrition and healthy activities. En español
1-3 of 3 results
- 1
- View All
Filter Results
- Help Me Select one:
I Am A
- Family member, friend, or caregiver Remove
- Child Remove
- Type of Resource Select one:
- Language Select one:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A permanent adhesive in an easily refillable dispenser. These glue runners are smooth-rolling, archival safe, and acid-free. They come in three styles: a solid line, horizontal strips, and a dot pattern on a 5/16 in. x 32 ft. roll. The strip line glue runner is on a 16 ft roll.
The snap-in refills for each style are sold separately.
The snap-in refills for each style are sold separately.
Ask a question about This to That Glue Runners Ask a question about this product
Be the first to write a review on this product!
Please wait...
You May Also Like...
How to get VIP Club Prices
Anyone can be a VIP Member with:
Only $25/year
Your email will not be shared. We will only use your email address to respond to your question. When asking your question, please be as descriptive as possible, it will allow us to give you the most accurate answer possible.
Please wait...
Please wait...


text:
O'Reilly put the focus on Edwards: he lacks the judgment to be President, he would allow "Christian-haters" to serve in his administration, etc. There were two guests on the show, one represented Democrats (and agreed that Edwards showed poor judgment) and the other was Michelle Malkin. Malkin was given one opportunity to speak and impressively nailed her position. Man, that was crisp! (Watch the video at the first link. It's a nice lesson in how to do TV.)
I particularly liked the way Malkin helped TV viewers understand the difficult relationship Democratic candidates have with the left blogosphere. The story must look quite weird to people who don't spend time reading blogs. For them, it might seem that Edwards made an odd mistake, followed by some strange indecision. The big picture is that the Democratic candidates have to interact with and please or at least appease the raging force that is the left blogosphere. No one has yet shown that they know how to do that well.
But some folks are learning faster than others. Look at this, from Kos, noting that a top adviser to an Edwards opponent told Slate's John Dickerson: "Apparently they're more afraid of the bloggers than they are the Catholics." Kos is desperate to find out which Democrat -- Dickerson confirms that it was a Democrat -- took that shot at the lefty bloggers:
[I]t's telling that whoever offered that blind quote to Slate was clearly more afraid of the bloggers than the Catholics that his or her campaign would supposedly win over by bashing Edwards....Ooh, everyone's afraid of the bloggers. I mean, the Democratic candidates are afraid of the lefty bloggers. I don't think the Republican candidates are afraid of the righty bloggers. Think that's a problem?
[I]t's hypocritical to attack the Edwards campaign for "being afraid of bloggers" when this person was obviously too afraid of bloggers to put his or her name on the quote.
You can really tell that Kos wants the candidates to be afraid of him. It's an interesting dynamic. There's a real paradox to this lefty blogger power. They are so powerful that they are able to hurt the Democratic candidates in all sorts of strange new ways. Meanwhile, the non-lefty bloggers will amuse themselves watching and describing it all.
Who's the extra-quick learner out there? My guess: Hillary!


text:
Every child's development is a continuous journey…
What started with one child, has changed the lives of millions.
LeapFrog creates award-winning tablets for kids, gaming systems, reading systems and kids' educational toys
that delight, engage and inspire children to reach their potential.
Please check the subscribe box.
Please enter an email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
Emails do not match. Please re-enter.
Please enter a country selection.
Stay tuned for the latest news & exclusive offers
We use cookies to provide you with services, offers and targeted advertising adapted to your centre of interests. Carry on browsing if you accept such use, or click here to find out how to manage and modify cookies.


text:
Battlefield 3 will boast single-player and co-op campaigns in addition to its trademark multiplayer, DICE revealed. Built upon DICE's new engine Frostbite 2, it'll also see jets and prone return to the series, not to mention 64-player multiplayer in the PC edition. According to Game Informer magazine, which has BF3 as its March cover game, the console editions will only support multiplayer with up to 24 players.
BOOM video 7944
Hopefully mention of 64-player multiplayer will be of some comfort to PC gamers, after DICE announced yesterday that the PC editions of Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2's 'Onslaught' DLC had been cancelled so it might focus on BF3 instead.
Battlefield 3 is slated to launch on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall, published by Electronic Arts. You can, if you fancy, pre-order the $50 PC version of its Limited Edition now, though curiously its actual contents won't be revealed until "late February."


text:
What does CT mean in Latin?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand CT in the International field in general and in the Latin terminology in particular.
Find a translation for CT in other languages:
Select another language:
What does CT mean?
- Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT(noun)
- a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
Popularity rank by frequency of use
How popular is CT among other acronyms?
Discuss this CT abbreviation with the community:
Use the citation below to add this abbreviation to your bibliography:
"CT." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2018. Web. 27 May 2018. <https://www.abbreviations.com/term/518710>.


text:
Former Oklahoma Christian University president J. Terry Johnson will be on the OC campus Thursday to sign copies of his latest book, Be of Good Cheer.
He and former OC first lady Marty Johnson will be available to greet friends in the Payne Athletic Center lobby before the women's and men's basketball games against Mid-America Christian University. The games start at 6 and 8 p.m., respectively.
Although the official release date for Be of Good Cheer is in early 2013, copies are available now from the Oklahoma Christian Women's Association for $20 (a 20 percent discount off the retail price). All proceeds from Thursday's book sales will go toward the OCWA Student Scholarship Fund.
Be Of Good Cheer features 366 daily devotionals, each designed to stimulate the reader's personal spiritual growth.
Every entry includes Bible chapters that can be read that day, allowing a full read-through the Bible during the course of the year. A single verse taken from that day's reading is also featured for those who prefer not to cover multiple chapters each day. A prayer thought, intended to expand the scope and depth of one's daily prayer life, and a faith-in-action activity suggestion are included for each day of the year.
The 200-page publication also is filled with thoughtful essays written by Johnson and 48 full-color photographs featuring scenes from the Texas Hill Country. Ben Friberg, a professional cameraman for an Austin television station, shot most of the photos during the 2012 bluebonnet season.
Thursday's basketball games also will feature a "Dunks for Diapers" fundraiser for Lilyfield Christian Adoption and Foster Care. Admission to the doubleheader is free to anyone bringing a baby item such as diapers, wipes, baby lotion, bath items, etc.
Saturday's basketball doubleheader will feature the 23rd-annual Toys for Tots Drive sponsored by OC's Delta Gamma Sigma social service club. Admission is free to anyone bringing an unwrapped toy to the games. The Lady Eagles play Southern Nazarene University at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Eagles' game against Southwestern Christian University at 7:30 p.m.


text:
Loading product details ...
Reviews (0)
Need Help?
Product Description:
Women's Brooks® LSD Lite Vest :: You'll only notice this vest when it's protecting you from the elements. So light and comfortable, the LSD Lite Vest packs up conveniently in its own pocket, but you may never want to take it off.
Features & Benefits:
Your Help Is Here
Shop with confidence knowing your team of Fit Experts is waiting to answer all your questions. You can always find your perfect product and your perfect fit. Your Road Runner Sports Fit Experts will make sure you get exactly what you want and have tons of fun in the process! Give us a call, chat, or email!
Call 800-743-3206 to
You May Also Like


text:
Security & Loss Prevention Degrees and Programs Offered in Maine (ME)
Showing schools in your area
Matching School Ads
EducationConnection , Campus
- Education Connection is a 100% Free College Matching Service used by 50,000 People Daily.
- Get Matched to the Right Forensic Science, Law Enforcement, Policing, Homeland Security and National Defense, and Criminal Justice Degree Program for YOU.
- Affordable and Flexible Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Degree Programs from Top Colleges Across the Nation. Both Online And Campus!
- Just Fill Out a Few Questions and You Can Find Your Perfect Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Degree Program Within Minutes.
- Start Using our Fast, Free, and Easy Matching Service Right HERE and Right NOW!


text:
Want to remind yourself or a friend about this program? Fill out this simple form and klru will email you a reminder on the day that it will air.
New York's Southern Italian
series: Lidia's Italy In America
air date: 4/15/14 7:00 PM
Lidia makes cannelloni, explores pasta making traditions in Italy and makes a Brooklyn discovery in Frankie's Spuntino, two men cooking Italian-American food with a modern twist.
WARNING: Email reminders for this program have already been sent out. Your reminder may not reach the intended address in time for this program's airing.
Back to TV Schedule


text:
Interchange is an advanced e-commerce platform. It enables you to build completely customized and flexible online shops, while utilizing the knowledge gathered in more than a decade of active development. It offers high level e-commerce functions, support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle, templating, a complete shopping cart functionality, payment processing, inventory, tax and shipping calculation, discounts, Web-based administration, localization, event routing, SOAP-based RPC, a custom tag language, and the full power of Perl.
ePoint HotSpot is a firmware for wireless routers based on OpenWRT with some ePointy extensions and an ePoint-branded UI theme. It is distributed as a stand-alone flashable firmware-image, as a set of extension packages for OpenWRT, pre-installed on wireless routers, and in source code. It is aimed primarily at catering businesses, Internet cafés, and medium-sized communities (e.g. residential co-ops) wishing to share their Internet connection on a fair basis. The primary target hardware is WRT54GL by Linksys.
CAMSEG SCM is an application designed to manage sales campaigns. It contains all the features required to manage the campaign data (customers, products, etc.) and sales, including powerful stock management functionalities. A very extensible report system is also included, allowing almost unlimited report possibilities.
Avactis Shopping Cart is an online store software. It can be customized for any design with no programming skills, and is easy to integrate with an existing Web site through a unique tag-based technology. It is SEO optimized, secure, and easy to upgrade. One of the major advantages of Avactis is the use of unique technologies that, unlike other shopping cart software, provide for fast and easy integration of an on-line store into an existing Web site, thus minimizing the time-to-market for our customers and partners. The software has no logical limitations on the number of products. The code is optimized for smooth performance with up to 35,000 products and more. A free version is available. Special discounts are given for developers and Web designers.
mCommerce WebKit UI is a mobile commerce UI for WebKit-enabled mobile devices. It features intuitive searching and browsing, a streamlined sales funnel, conversion-friendly color scheming, easy customer support via native device functions (phone, SMS, and email), a touch-friendly minimal-click interface, accessible font and text rendering, and universal header and footer navigation.
FreePHPShoppingCartSoftware includes many features that you would expect to find in expensive e-commerce software. Beyond all of the features is a design template system that makes creating a quick "template look" or a complete custom design very easy. The layout design is handled by a single file that keeps the design in one spot. This file can be edited in a WYSIWYG HTML editor such as Adobe Dreamweaver or others, so no special coding knowledge is required to create a complete custom Website design.
A simple WebDAV 1.0 server.
An OpenGL library for image-based CSG rendering.


text:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on shell scripting. This comprehensive book, the equivalent of 1,000+ print pages, covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 382 profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. Included scripts are the Game of Life, a Perquackey variant, a Morse code trainer, and an implementation of the Gronsfeld Cipher. This book is suited for both individual study and classroom use. It covers Bash, up to and including version 4.2. Note that users of miniaturized single-board computers running Linux, such as the Raspberry Pi and the Beagle Bone, would find this Guide useful for learning and running Bash scripts to explore and expand the capabilities of these small, but powerful machines.
AML is an implementation of a basic register machine coded in C++. It provides all of the rudimentary features of any machine language like basic I/O and arithmetic but provides a very easy syntax and its own portable binary compression scheme for storing files. AML is currently distributed on SunOS 5.5, Linux 2.2, and Win32 console.
Arad-OneTable-Editor is a set of perl modules to manage and display a dialog for a single-table SQL query. It can verify types, and scroll between the records. The data handling is separate from the dialog class, so it is possible to write different generic dialogs for the same query. A Perl/Tk dialog and a GNU/readline (or plain text) dialog are included in the distribution.
A multi-threaded scripting language targeting logic embedding and interface development.
A modern platform independent OO language with a native JIT compiler.


text:
GWI's Jacksonville, Fla. operations headquarters and Rochester, N.Y. administrative headquarters remain the same.
GWI owns and operates shortline and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, GWI operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola to Darwin rail line, which links the Port of Darwin with the Australian interstate rail network in South Australia.


text:
July 13, 2006
That Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad.
(I'm just being honest. Go ahead and insist that Bill Clinton is contemptible, but you'll be missing the point. )
UPDATE: The DCCC has pulled the ad for the reason chezDiva brings up in the fourth comment here: the use of the flag-draped coffins of soldiers.
53 comments:
- Simon said...
" The series of images is so clearly meant to make you think yes, everything really is terrible.... and it's the Republicans' fault that the manipulation is easy to resist. A hurricane map? As if forces of nature are part of a big plot!"
Are you implying that Bush does not, in fact, control the weather? Stop being part of the Repugnican spin-cycle lie machine, you proto-fascist tyranny-denier!
(I miss Quxxo enough to mock him, but if this were one of his posts, it would be followed by paragraph after paragraph of links and quotes to stories on far left sites priving that Bush does, in fact, control the weather).
- Ann Althouse said...
To be fair, the hurricane image is defensible as a shorthand reminder of the mismanagement after Katrina. (Not that the Democrats in a position to deal with the Katrina aftermath showed better management skills.)
- Bissage said...
What was it we "really loved about Bill Clinton."? Is Clinton the new Reagan?
No snark. I really don't know.
If someone provides a hint I'll keep Googling until I find a satisfactory answer. Honest.
- chezDiva said...
Our personal perceptions and experiences contribute to how we view and interpret this commercial.
The only part of the commercial that bothered me was the flag draped coffins - but I am an Army wife.
I felt that the ad used the flag draped coffins image as a political statement that backs up the views of some of those who think "Bush Lied...". Using the image of our fallen troops on their final voyage home as a political tactic sickens me. They could have gotten their message across without that image.
- Simon said...
"(Not that the Democrats in a position to deal with the Katrina aftermath showed better management skills.)"
That's the key point. From which party's ranks were the people who were most directly responsible for the failures to act drawn? Well, so far as New Orleans is concerned, Katrina was first and foremost a failure of the city and state authorities to plan, prepare and react. That is not to excuse FEMA's failures; yes things went wrong at the Federal level, yes that is Bush's responsibility (not necessarily his fault, indisputably his responsibility), but the real scandal with the Katrina response, as far as I'm concerned, is the failure of the local and state authorities, virtually all of whom are democrats. It is a sign of how much has gone wrong with the federal system that all eyes turn to Washington when a crisis needs a response, and in any event, is the D3C sure it wants to be throwing those stones in that pretty glass house it's in? Desparation is such an unattractive trait.
- Bissage said...
On another thread, Editor Theorist said that Clinton projected optimism. That sounds about right to me.
- Sloanasaurus said...
The Republicans should come out with their own commercial. They can blame everything on Clinton. They can blame 9-11 on clinton. they can blame Enron on Clinton and all the exhuberance. The tag line would be that all democrats do is make everything artificially rosey and then set us up for a big fall
Democratic policies led to the folowing:
Bin Ladin
A Nuclear North Korea
Corporate Scandels
Irrational Exuberance
Excessive taxation
If you want all this again, Elect democrats.
- John(classic) said...
I think it overall effective, but I think they erred in one respect-- including Pelosi.
I think she is overwhelmingly regarded as ineffective, and she blunted the impact.
Please note that an old advertising study found that those most affected by ads were those that thought they were most resistant.
I also was struck by my son's reaction-- "They going to haul Clinton out of retirment to run? Repubs out to run Teddy Roosevelt against him.". Tempus fugits and Clinton's impact is little among the young.
- Icepick said...
Another thing that was good about Clinton was that he always projected a sense of confident knowledge when speaking publically. Watching the current President stumble about in front of a podium can be nerve wracking.
And here's a crazy idea. Why doesn't (Bill) Clinton pick a House seat occupied by a Republican in Arkansas and run for the House. Make it clear he would be the next Speaker. That might give Dem congressional hopes some punch.
- Todd said...
Icepick, I think it's because he'd have to establish some sort of residency there (I don't know Arkansas's laws on the matter, but he'd probably at least have to rent an apartment in the district) and that's going to raise a lot of questions about if this means they're separating; just answering in the negative would take time and energy HRC wouldn't want to use up if she's preparing a White House run.
- HaloJonesFan said...
It does seem as though one aspect of the 2004 election was that Bill Clinton got a bigger Democratic response than any of the potential candidates.
- monkeyboy said...
The democrats went high and right when President Bush's re-election campaign used an image of him on the phone that was taken on AF1 on 9-11. (Something I don't think people knew until it was pointed out) They accused him of politicizing 9-11.
So whats the difference now? Why the images of dead soldiers, who, ststistically, were mostly not Democrats?
- Al Maviva said...
What I take away from that.
1) Steam billowing out of operational nuclear power plants - bad. Nuke power, bad. Republicans, bad.
2) Troops in combat doing hard stuff, bad. Dead troops, bad. Republicans to blame.
3) Bad weather - caused by Republicans. Bad.
4) Roads are failing - caused by Republicans. Bad. (Good thing they didn't show the Big Dig...)
5) The economy is failing, caused by Republicans. Bad.
6) Tom Delay and some guy in a black trenchcoat and fedora - bad. Corrupt. Unlike the Dems.
7) Dick Cheney is a demon in human form, or perhaps Orwell's big brother. Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Scary bad!!!
A) Wind farms (currently unable to operate due to Sierra Club litigation, but who's counting...) Good! ;-)
B) Troops training and giving thumbs up - well out of harms way, which is where troops belong. Good! :-)
C) There are really, really photogenic Black people in the Democratic Party, and the while males are blue collar. Good! :-))
D) Democrats are really, really really patriotic. Good! Really good!
E) Bill Clinton will lead us back to good times. Good!
Yeah John C, I'm really affected by that. I think I'm ready to vote Democratic after seeing it. The message is clear - Republicans - really bad, perhaps just plain evil. :-( Democrats - really good. :-)
- PatCA said...
It looks like he's running again! Is this the only popular Democrat left?
But we only loved Bill Clinton after he left--sort of like when you eventually forget what a rat your ex was. I worked for Clinton's campaign even though I thought he was a phony, the kind of guy who talked about women's rights and then groped you in the xerox room. Hey, I was right, too.
Americans are buying gas and going on vacation. They're working. They're not overly worried about "climate change," which Clinton suggested at Aspen could be a winner for Dems. They revere, not pity, our volunteer military. Corruption? How about Jefferson's freezer--much cooler image than Abramoff's fedora. They are, however, worried about the assault on our culture and economy by illegal immigration, which was NEVER mentioned in the ad! (Substitute "we" for "they" in most of this.)
Grade: A for images ala Michael Moore, F for content. Save some dough and go back to "America can do better."
- Simon said...
Regardless of what anyone thinks of global warming and what causes it, I wasn't aware that it had been conclusively linked to the increase in hurricaines. Certainly, I've read papers suggesting the link, and it has that sort of truthiness feel to it (after all, global warming is climate change, increased frequency and scale of hurricaines are changing weather, so it stands to reason that climate change drove this weather change, right?), but I've read equally serious papers - from scientists who 100% buy into global warming and who 100% buy into the "industry is doing it" argument for global warming - who simply don't believe that the two are linked, and that hurricaine production is a cyclical function of north atlantic and carribean weather conditions. And, naturally, then there are also scientists who dispute the "men cause global warming" thesis who also question the link. So in any event, with such a vigorous debate underway, and so few concrete conclusions, to paint it as being settled beyond doubt that bush = global warming = katrina is little short of absurd. Even scientists on your side dispute the link.
It is so far from being established that even NPR ran interviews from scientists on both sides of the argument.
- Henry said...
Icepick -- That's a fantastic idea.
What strikes me about the Bill Clinton bit, is that the current democratic minority repudiates his best ideas: free trade, welfare reform, a growth-based economic policy.
I also love the "Republicans control the weather" theme and the dissonance of "Nuclear power: bad; Global warming: bad." Someone tell me, where are all those Republican Nuclear Power plants being built? In my dreams.
- Simon said...
"I also love the "Republicans control the weather" theme and the dissonance of "Nuclear power: bad; Global warming: bad." Someone tell me, where are all those Republican Nuclear Power plants being built? In my dreams."
Not to mention the dissonance between the claim that global warming is bad, but that the widely-deployable power source with the lowest emissions is ALSO bad. So let's get this right: no to fossil fuels, but no to nuclear power? Presumably we should line our costs with wave power, convert arizona and texas into solar farms, pave over New England for wind farms, and then turn off enough electricity to make up the shortfall. They really don't think this stuff through.
- retired randy said...
I thought it was a powerful vision. At a time when you must get the most bang for the ad dollar, this will make a powerful impression on real Americans who see it. Of course, Fascist republicans will have a hard time figuring out real American values.
- Paul Zrimsek said...
Isn't the ultimate message of the ad supposed to be that there's nothing wrong with America that can't be cured by getting more Democrats in Congress? Bill Clinton's not exactly your go-to guy for that.
- Kirk Parker said...
I just don't get the fascination with Clinton. Sure, he was good at talking, but do those of you who like really think there's a there there? Really? I'm not referring to his intelligence, mind you, but rather having something one actually stands for.
Put me down in George Will's column--Clinton was far from a bad president (lots of stuff, like NAFTA, welfare reform, etc was good albeit not necessarily his ideas) but quite possibly the worst man to ever be president.
- Hecla Ma said...
I don't get the fascination, either. Nothing about the ad "moved" me - the weather map made me laugh..and Clinton in the end just made me think the Democrats are tired. Unrelenting negativity followed by one positive thought, uttered by a voice from the past. Even though, to many, Clinton never left. I found the whole thing bleak and unconvincing.
- Mark Daniels said...
I'm minded of a book review once reportedly given by Abraham Lincoln. To paraphrase: "If you like this sort of book, this is the sort of book you'll like."
My guess is that Democrats will view this advertisement with approval. Its nearly hagiographic treatment of Pelosi, Emanuel, and Hoyer, not to mention Clinton, is not intended to win new converts to the Democratic Party. Both parties have, in fact decided that they're not in the business of expanding their bases and thereby, adding to their capacity to govern. Instead, they believe in throwing meat, sound bites, and selective imagery at the already-convinced or to the easily-convice-able in order to ensure financial and other forms of support to their party.
This ad seems specifically designed to elicit financial support for Dem candidates and to energize the base. So, I don't think they care if this ad offends or turns off Republicans and independents.
By the way, I didn't react to the ad in the same way as you did, Ann. I didn't find Clinton's voice and image such a jarring thing that I couldn't remember the rest of the ad's images, etc. In fact, I sort of laughed when I heard and saw Clinton.
It was, as they say, deja vu all over again. In 1993, when he left office, George H.W. Bush was sort of the crazy uncle Republicans didn't want to talk about and who the nation dismissed. But eight years later, people were downright nostalgic for him, a feeling that no doubt contributed greatly to the Year 2000 success of his son. I sense that there are similar sentiments for Clinton these days, although he will always be a somewhat controversial figure. Not to Democrats, though. For them, he's Saint Bill, the keeper of the flame. That's why he's so effective in getting Dems charged up.
- Seven Machos said...
What one thing that hardcore, "Kos" Democrats wanted did Bill Clinton succeed in doing?
Not a rhetorical question...
- dklittl said...
Don't get the fascination with Clinton? Well, that's amusing coming from people so steadfastly fascinated with this current trainwreck of a President. I don't personally believe that Clinton was one of our top 10 presidents, but he accomplished a hell of a lot more than the current one. And he left this country in far better shape than he found it, which looking at the news doesn't seem to be the case with W.
And the whole coffin controversy is rich from Republicans who had no problem showing picture after picture of the smoldering mound that used to be the Twin Towers. I'm not saying that it's in good taste, but Republcans drew this battleground. It's to late to start whining about unfairness now.
- Seven Machos said...
Groups dklittle claims NOT to be a member of: "people so steadfastly fascinated with this current trainwreck of a President."
- Anthony said...
This ad seems specifically designed to elicit financial support for Dem candidates and to energize the base. So, I don't think they care if this ad offends or turns off Republicans and independents.
I thought this as well.
Clinton-love: Liberals generally loved him, not because of his policies which they ordinarily would have found repugnant from someone with an (R) after their name, but because he drove convervatives batsh*t crazy.
Independents at least approved because of low gas prices, low unemployment, and a soaring stock market.
- Henry said...
Simon -- You spelled out exactly what I was thinking.
The image of the nuclear power plant is not just incoherent in terms of a party that claims to want a sound national energy policy, but so oddly anachronistic. There just aren't any nuclear power plants being built these days (though there should be).
Why not show an open pit coal mine? My guess is that the Democrats know they've already alienated blue-collar Ohioans enough, without also threatening their livelihoods.
I want to see the Republicans respond with pictures of wind farms killing baby song birds. That would really advance the debate.
- Simon said...
"Liberals generally loved him, not because of his policies which they ordinarily would have found repugnant from someone with an (R) after their name, but because he drove convervatives batsh*t crazy."
If that is true, David Frum was right - the democratic party "has rendered itself unfit for and incapable of wielding political power." Anyone who is so foolish as to embrace someone they disagree with for no better reason than because the other side hates them deserves the minority status that they appear to have voluntarily relegated themselves to. Vote for them because they're better than the other guy, sure - but to give them accolades just because it drives the other guy nuts? That's not politics, that's kindergarten. And they have the nerve to suggest that the GOP has demeaned political debate in this country.
- Simon said...
"Why not show an open pit coal mine? My guess is that the Democrats know they've already alienated blue-collar Ohioans enough, without also threatening their livelihoods."
Not just Ohio, but particularly West Virginia, where coal mining is an absolutely vital part of the economy, and houeshold incomes are already the lowest in the country. This in a state with two Democratic Senators (one of whom is up for re-election this year) and a Democratic Governor. Say what you like about Rep. Emmanuel, but he's not a moron, and he therefore must surely understand that their agenda doens't play well with the voters they need. So I suspect that it isn't an oversight that the Dems refuse to adopt something like a contract with America, as many have urged; it's because if Democrats wrote down what they actually believed in one place that people could read and consider definitive, they'd lose every seat outside of the coasts and Illinois.
- the pooka said...
Vote for them because they're better than the other guy, sure - but to give them accolades just because it drives the other guy nuts? That's not politics, that's kindergarten.
Well, in fact, some of us had it both ways. I voted for Clinton twice because he was a lot closer to me on the issues than his opposition. The fact that he drove the wing-nuts to fits of apoplexy was just the delicious creamy filling on the deal.
- Elizabeth said...
Simon, if you want to drop all the blame at the feet of local Democrats, you're out of touch with what happened in the aftermath of Katrina. Stripping FEMA of experienced management and packing it with political friends guaranteed a sluggish, inadequate response. Those actions are Bush's responsibilily; he was irresponsible and acted to put personal attachments over the safety and security of U.S. citizens. Placing it under Homeland Security was another bad choice, and congressional Democrats and Republicans both signed off on that.
The disaster, of course, wasn't the hurricane, it was the failure of the levees and canals, and those are federally designed, built and maintained. That goes to straight to the Army Corps of Engineers and likewise is the responsibility of both parties, who have overseen, funded and come up with the mandates for the COE. Local officials are responsible for poor input into those designs, including insisting on locating pumps too far away from the lake to do any good, and on resisting the use of floodgates.
There's much blame to go around. Looking for a simplistic partisan target is foolish.
- Henry said...
Elizabeth -- I think the point is that the Democrats, in their ad, are trying to create a "simplistic partisan target."
- Walter said...
The ad still continues to have the problem that the Democrats have had for years... Specifically, why should I vote for the Democrats?
It showed some depressing/tough pictures and then butressed the point/emotion by moving to pictures of Republicans getting arrested while telling you that they have sold out.
Then they show happy pictures of children, military and Democrats and have one of the Most Popular recent Democrats tell you that what is wrong with the country can be fixed by what is right with the country.
I think this ad only works for the Democrats if you are predispostion to blame all of the problems in the recent 5 years on Bush and/or the Republicans. It also requires that you believe that things are going to hell in a hand basket, rather than getting better.
I agress with the Ad's ending point "There is nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what right with America", but replacing the current Republican leadership with the current Democrat leadership will not help us along that direction. I'd give odds that it would move us backwards (assuming the Democrats managed to get their act together after the election).
- Coco said...
"This ad seems specifically designed to elicit financial support for Dem candidates and to energize the base. So, I don't think they care if this ad offends or turns off Republicans and independents."
I don't think there is any doubt about that. This is a run-up for congressional elections and getting the base overall - rather than for a particular candidate - is the goal of the DCCC. Thus, its not geared towards converting Republicans across the aisle - just getting Democrats to come out. I think its also geared, however, at independents as well. As Fox's most recent poll shows (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203346,00.html). 55% of Independents are less likely to vote for a candidate if Bush campaigns for him/her whereas only 7% are more likely to vote for a candidate if Bush does campaign for them. In fact, the whole article suggests that the advertisement is pretty well tailored for its target audience - in essence - the 55% of Americans who disprove of the Bush administration.
- Coco said...
"Elizabeth -- I think the point is that the Democrats, in their ad, are trying to create a "simplistic partisan target."
Is there a political ad that does NOT try to create a "simplistic partisan target?"
Other than Ross Perot's pie chart ads, I can't think of any. Its a marketing add...which by definition is trying to sum things up into a tidy partisan message.
- Al Maviva said...
Me: Ever heard any George Clinton? Heck of a musician.
Dems: Why can't you people shut up about Bill Clinton? Clinton was one of our best presidents evur. It doesn't cover up the abject failure of YOUR evil fascist president Bush.
Me: Oh, you were talking about that Clinton? I see he's in your latest ad. That's an interesting part of your "For a Better Future" campaign.
Dems: There you go again! You said Clinton! This is so infuriating. I'm tired of your endless panty sniffing. Leave Bill alone, you obsessed Wingnut!
Me: Um, yeah. I think I'll go catch the latest news clips on CNN or something. Seeya.
Dems: AAAARRRRGGGGHHH! YOU ALMOST SAID CLINTON AGAIN BUT YOU SAID CLIPS AT THE LAST SECOND! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU SICK EXTREMIST FREAK!?!
Me: Whatever.
Dems: AAAIIIIEEEII! WHATEVER WAS THE NAME OF ROBERT REICH'S CHIEF OF STAFF'S APARTMENT DOORMAN'S DOG...
- Seven Machos said...
Coco -- It all reminds me of 2004.
- Coco said...
"Liberals generally loved him, not because of his policies which they ordinarily would have found repugnant from someone with an (R) after their name, but because he drove convervatives batsh*t crazy."
Simon: - "If that is true, David Frum was right - the democratic party "has rendered itself unfit for and incapable of wielding political power." Anyone who is so foolish as to embrace someone they disagree with for no better reason than because the other side hates them deserves the minority status that they appear to have voluntarily relegated themselves to. Vote for them because they're better than the other guy, sure - but to give them accolades just because it drives the other guy nuts? That's not politics, that's kindergarten. And they have the nerve to suggest that the GOP has demeaned political debate in this country."
I expect that the Democrats would say the same thing about conseratives, wouldn't they? That many Republicans believe that Bush has abandoned conservative principles but still support him and his policies mostly because he drives liberals nuts. Actually, I think the Democrats would probably have the better argument on this score. (I wonder all the time how other Republican libertarians can support Bush...but some do.) Not that I think its a score worth tallying.
- David said...
So Bush has alienated both his base and the Democrats by spending heaps of dough the Democrats would have spent anyway had they been in office? And Bush did this so he could retain power while the Democrats are complaining because they can't do the same thing?
This poor guy can't please anyone!
- Coco said...
WHich is why I said it wasn't a score worthy of tallying. However, there is some truth therein...I'm not so sure that the Democrats could have gotten the Medicare bill passed. Conversely, I'm not so sure that the Republicans could have pushed through welfare reform.
- tcd said...
What do you mean by "I'm not so sure that the Republicans could have pushed through welfare reform." Was it not a Republican control Congress that got welfare reform passed? Am I forgetful or are you trying to rewrite history?
- The Drill SGT said...
One of Bill Clinton's biggest problems, one that manifests itself through everything that he has ever done, is that the man is in love with himself.
For example at his high point, maybe 97 or 98, he had huge positives, refused to spend a single iota of that political capital doing anything useful like work on Social Security. That was a task that a Democrat had to tackle.
Give Bush credit, whether you agree with his attempt to reform SS or not, he had the balls to try. Low on capital he tried.
SS and medicare are huge problems and the Dems and the NYT are in denial. why? because Bush says there is a problem...
- charlotte said...
al maviva,
Your 3:15 was twisted and delicious! (That's twisted in the right direction, of course.)
- Jack said...
I can't easily put myself into the mind of Ann's hypothetical uncommitted voter, but I do like the ad's second half. If the Democrats could make this their predominant message, it would be a good thing for them and for the country.
But the presence of the various manipulative images in the first half of the ad suggests to me that they won't be able to stick to the positive. Clinton understood Reagan's success well enough to be able to reproduce it. But I think that the current batch of Democratic leaders understand neither Reagan nor Clinton.
- Simon said...
A question for Ann, in response to this comment (from Jack):
"I can't easily put myself into the mind of Ann's hypothetical uncommitted voter"
On that topic, I wonder what our Hostess thinks about the potential nomination candidates in '08 on the GOP side, since the field of candidates now seems to be settling. Are there any that could keep you in the fold? Are there any you're certain would push you out? Or does it all depend too much on who the Democratic candidate is to say?
- Elizabeth said...
Elizabeth -- I think the point is that the Democrats, in their ad, are trying to create a "simplistic partisan target."
Henry, I'll be looking for you to step up and point that out when the GOP ads targeting the Democratic governor for her response to Katrina come out. Bush has things to be held accountable for regarding Katrina. The Dems will aim at that. Locally, that will be true for Democrats in charge at the time.
- Johnny Nucleo said...
This has already been covered, but I'll add a hear, hear: It's not that people don't like politicians who are phony - they actually do. It's that they are turned-off by politicians who are incompetently phony. Hillary's phoniness is charmlessly transparent - and maybe it's me but it also seems tinged with contempt. Bill was full of shit, but we loved him (some of us) because he also seemed so full of love and joy. Hillary does not seem full of love and joy. She seems like Nixon. But Nixon did win. Twice.
Here's a nightmare I keep having. The Dems purge their wackos, and a tough-talking Hillary gets the nod. The Repubs hold their noses and give it to Rudy. Then health problems force Rudy out of the race. Despite our pleas, Condi refuses her rendevous with destiny. And presto! Hillary becomes 44.
- Art said...
Consider where the ad is placed..on a Democratic website...not out in the general view (though with the web, I'm not sure there's much difference anymore)
This is raw meat to fire up the party hardcores.
But it's not that far off from an ad you might see in Canada, England or some other country with a parliamentary system. Imagine the spot ending with Vote Liberal/Vote Labor/vote today's NDP.
- downtownlad said...
I can't see past the Clinton part. He's just so sleazy. Looking back - the country actually did very well then. But that's because there was gridlock with the Republican Congress.
We need gridlock again.
- Johnny Nucleo said...
Yikes! My comment was intended for the Hillary post. This is the wrong post!
- johnstodderinexile said...
I know I'm jumping in kind of late, but...
As others have said, this ad is aimed at Democrats, specifically at getting Democrats to part with their money. I think the point of all the negative images is to encourage Democrats to believe a campaign contribution would be a good investment. It's saying: "No way we're losing to the GOP this time. Look at all the baggage they have to carry!"
It's noteworthy, of course, that they don't ever say why Democrats would be any better, or what they would do differently. But in this context, the reason is that they don't want to offend anyone in their own party. The Democrats have the same problem as the Republicans; half their agenda offends half their base.
So, the ad-makers figured, keep it simple. Katrina. War. Culture of corruption. We got 'em right where we want 'em.
I think including Clinton was a mistake, however. Not that he isn't exciting and all that, but he's a man of the past. Where was Obama?
- Simon said...
"I think including Clinton was a mistake, however. Not that he isn't exciting and all that, but he's a man of the past. Where was Obama?"
That juxtaposition implies that Obama is a man of the future to Clinton's man of the past, something I think is far from clear.
- JP said...
Geez, so I just listened to the game of Who Deserves a Raise for nothing?


text:
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Red Grooms: The Blue and the Gray opens October 8 at the Hudson River Museum. The Civil War, America's story, is told by Red Grooms, who for 50 years has brought city and country life to sculpture and canvas with a truth that he inflects with compassion and humor.
The artist brings his colorful, expressionist style to these interpretations of Civil War battles and personalities from both sides of the conflict. Growing up in Tennessee, Grooms was fascinated with military history and the Civil War and delved into primary period research, such as the photographs of Mathew Brady, for imagery on which to base his portraits and battle scenes, painted on wood panels and even on the face of sliced logs. To display each work of art, Grooms collaborated with his wife Lysiane Luong Grooms, an artist and architect, to fabricate unique frames or mounts.
This exhibition will be accompanied by the scuplto-pictorama Lincoln on the Hudson, created by Red Grooms especially for this occasion, as well as Who Fought to Save the Union, Civil War material from the Museums collection.
Event Location and Ticket Information
Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Times: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: Hudson River Museum
Presenter Phone: 9149634550
Presenter Website: www.hrm.org


text:
"New Normal Catastrophe" was mixed by J. Robbins (of Jawbox & Report Suspicious Activity [a collaboration between J. Robbins and AOF's Vic Bondi]) in Baltimore, MD.
This 5-song 12" is released in time for the return of the original lineup to the stage at Chicago's annual RIOT FEST from October 6-October 10, 2010. This lineup has not played live together since July 1985!
Vic Bondi: Vocals, Guitar
Dave Shield: Bass, Vocals
Dorian Taj: Guitar, Vocals
Joe Scuderi: Guitar
Virus X: Drums
"The one-two punch of the October 2010 Riot Fest reunion gigs and the release of this 12" EP on the same weekend elicited the thrill & immediacy of the early hardcore days; recorded on the 4th of July and available an efficient 3 months later, these 5 new tracks also belie the fact that over two decades have passed since AOF were a working band. The musicianship is as incredible as ever, with Virus X and Dorian Taj shining in particular... "With A Vengeance" could've fit on the "Give Thanks" LP; "Coming Off The Rails" has a souped up Really Red feel; the moodier "New Normal Catastrophe" recalls "Every Man For Himself." Vocally gruffer and lyrically as angry as ever (although "the internet is the opiate of the masses" seems a bit disingenuous from a Microsoft employee), this is way better than it should have been!"- Rocktober
"The original lineup is back with a 5-song EP, its first new music in 25 years. Singer Vic Bondi's voice -- always great -- has evolved into a raspy punk classic. And, musically, it's fierce but melodic, varied and intelligent. It's as strong as anything they've done.
Inspirational verse: 'If I had a hammer, I'd smash your American Idols. They all ring so hollow, we need something vital.'"- Reno Gazette-Journal
"While the beginning of the year saw the new legion of hardcore punk bands such as Ceremony and Fucked Up pushing the genre in interesting new directions, it seems that in response, the old dudes have stepped up their own game to assert their importance--if not dominance--over hardcore.
... Now, Chicago legends Articles of Faith have reformed and have released the exciting New Normal Catastrophe EP.Before the break-up of the original lineup in 1985, AoF wrestled together straight-up hardcore thrashers with post-punk textures. On this new five-song release, the band continues this trend. But, on this release, they make the interesting choice of making both their hardcore side and experimental side distinct from each other.
For instance, opener "With a Vengeance" floats in almost like a psychedelic jam session only to snap out into an old-school screamer, finally to revert back to the stranger pulse. Likewise, the band experiments with standard song harmony throughout the EP between passages of hardcore that made AoF stand out in the first place.In contrast to the way the music flits between the nasty and the nice, it appears that the last 25 years has made vocalist Vic Bondi even angrier. His voice has become a harsh growl coated in barbwire that makes his admonitions even more forceful--throughout the EP, the group rails at how things like big oil, too much interconnectivity, and stupid reality television are making Americans more complacent than ever.What makes the album stand out particularly is the clever wordplay throughout, such as when Bondi takes the traditional line "If I had a hammer...," and instead of listing things he'd build with the tool, he runs down a litany of things to smash.Most interestingly, instead of simply lamenting the state of the world, the group seems to focus inward. At the end of the album, Bondi asks the titular Brother John in a combination of desperation and rage, "Are you sleeping?! Are you sleeping?!"
I don't think Brother John is the only person that he's telling to wake up, though..."- punknews.org


text:
You are now viewing modern young girls bedroom design ideas, picture size 1438x966 posted by Delib at December 21, 2016. We hope you enjoy it. As you know from the web content, blogdelibros.net are blog specialized in delivering the best home and garden concept and decor as well as the best choice of furniture for the best experience in bringing the most convenient yet with affordable prices for your house. This blog also tries to explore more by posting the newest home decor trend and also the popular house decor ideas to you. Don't forget to browse another wallpaper in the related category or you can browse our other interesting wallpaper that we have. Please also read our Privacy Policy and DCMA for the copyright of the images.
Recent Posts
- Cheap coffee grinder manual and automatic
- Rustic living room decor trend
- Deluxe Interior of Modern Mansion
- Open plan house decor trend
- Cheap small kitchen table
- Amusing Contemporary Resort with Outdoor Palm Garden
- Modern kitchen wall decor trend
- Living room decor trend for modern house
- Kitchen Pendant Lighting For Beautiful Area
- Kids Bedroom Furniture Set Ideas For Cool Bedroom
- DIY White modern kitchen decor trend 2017
- Cheap unique stone bench for backyard
- Unique playfull bedroom ideas for kids
- Small Warm Bathroom Designed for Basement
- Purple girl bedroom decor ideas


text:
Doesn't it feel great when you complete a major project for a client on time and without any huge hang-ups? Of course it does. But what do you do with clients who come back from the dead? Just so that […]
Doesn't it feel great when you complete a major project for a client on time and without any huge hang-ups? Of course it does. But what do you do with clients who come back from the dead? Just so that […]
Your income doesn't have to be a guessing game every month. Let 4 thriving solopreneurs show you how in our free guide.
Master the stuff that actually matters in your business.Browse our guides
Chat with thousands of solopreneurs who've been in your shoes.Join us for free!
Access 1,100+ articles & videos from people who've walked your path.Read our best posts
These aren't your average business interview shows.Listen now
Put your freelancing business on autopilot with this all-in-one solution for the world's best creatives.
Get one free month
Millo uses Bench and couldn't be happier. They pair you with a team + great tech to take all the stress out of bookkeeping.
Save 20% on your first 6 months
WP Engine
Premium hosting for your high-traffic wordpress site. Free automated site migration with every account. Try it risk-free for 60 days.
Get 2 months free
This passive timekeeping app is a must-have! It captures your time for you as you work which results in 20% more billable hours while working less.
Try it free for 30 days
Design Cuts
Save as much as 99% percent (yes, really) on premium design elements including fonts, vectors, brushes, elements, and more.
Click here & save over 90%
The #1 invoicing software for freelancers. Create invoices in less than 30 seconds and send automatic email reminders to clients who forget to pay.
Try it free for 30 days
Get paired with a real human being and awesome technology to manage your freelance business.
Sign up 100% free today
Get a free domain, one-click wordpress installs, and 24/7 customer support.
Get started for $3.95/month
See more top tools…
©2009-2018 Millo and Preston D Lee. • All Rights Reserved. Millo is proudly hosted by Squidix. Meet the Millo team.
Like most blogs, we have several affiliate partners who share revenue with us when we send them new customers or leads.
These payments do not negatively affect the editorial integrity of our content. For more information, please read our Affiliate Policy.


text:
You can use the image absolutely FREE for personal and commercial work.
This includes web, presentations, brochures, Templates, T-Shirts, Posters, sites, Etc
You can not sell these image or add to your free images gallery.
Author / Artist
Photo by Jingoba / Public Domain
Permanent link
http://en.freejpg.com.ar/free/info/100010582/lamborghini-sports-car-for-wallpaper 100010582
Views 1628
Downloads 138


text:
He will oversee the operations for three zones; Albany, Wagin and Geraldton. He will also be responsible for ensuring excellent relationships with all below and above rail providers are maintained.
Thompson joined the WWAR team in December 2011 as the operation zone manager for Albany and Wagin. He was the general manager for Watco's Arkansas Southern, Vicksburg Southern and Mississippi Southern railroads prior to moving over to Australia.


text:
ok so i finally gave in and decided to post some pictures.... right know they are non-nude ones but if i get some suggestions I can post some more on here
ok so i finally gave in and decided to post some pictures.... right know they are non-nude ones but if i get some suggestions I can post some more on here
You look great Welcome to JUB
Lovely face and slim bod! The only thing missing was you cock hanging out of your pants. Maybe in the future...? Welcome!
Loving the low riding pants. Maybe some fun pics with you in your boxers, some tease shots beofre you show it all off.
Nice trim body on you!
Hello my name is Gary...
...the "R" is silent
Very nice pics.....you are just too sexy!!!!
nice pics look forward to some more. Welcome - you have lots of beauty to brighten up the day at JUB
Nice pics, welcome to JUB
Luv ya,
UrbanBoys - My Blog of Hotties
Welcome to JUB. You will find out that we are very blunt around here. Take off your clothes!
Welcome! Whatever you post, when you are ready-so are we. Have fun here.
Looks good--you are making us all wish for more. Thanks for sharing
please post more pics your hot!!
Nice pics, post some more when you are ready
"Life's a nude beach"
ok so here are o few nude pics of myself. yeah i got the balls to put them on here.
Oooh! Nice one!
Hello my name is Gary...
...the "R" is silent
Thanks for the pix! And welcome to JUB!!
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact.
My, you have got the BALLS!! Great set. Can you make your pictures a bit bigger. My eyesight is going from you know what!!
*bump* thanks a lot guys for liking my pictures if you all have any requests i'll ise my digital camera instead of my webcam to take the pics.
Great pictures - thanks for sharing
I hope you are enjoying the JUB!
awed by the power of words
Nice set of Balls
Nice! Can't wait to see more!
dude your fucking hot, love your balls
Welcome to JUB. but the nude photo's are very poor quality next the others...can you do better with the photo's...we certainly like what we CAN see of them....great face and body too....
Very good indeed. Can't wait for more. Perhaps some dirty sleezy pic's next time huh?
You are awesome........so good looking, fantastic body and one
lovely set of big balls. Sure love to see more..Your hot...
Wow you are one sexy boi. Love to see more mabe some more chest/happy trail pics but anything you want to share is amazing thanks
Sir Ron would love to see more pictures!
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
ok guys so i was doing some camming but no one wanted to cam so i was horny and decided to show you all i hope you all enjoy..
Liking the new frontal noodles.
Hello my name is Gary...
...the "R" is silent
with each post i'm falling more in love. thanks for sharing
I like the photos, just wish they were better quality and bigger. I want to see you not fill in the blanks. I THINK you look very handsome.


text:
Business Refinery Java Barcode Generator Suite is a Java library and Jar that makes it easy to create linear 2D barcodes in Java applcations such as JSP, J2EE, Servlet, Web services, Java beans, J2SE, or Jasper Report, iReport, BIRT, and Oracle Report. Multiple barcode types are supported, including QR Code, PDF-417, Code 39, Code 128, EAN/UPC, Interleaved 2 of 5, and so on. Users can easily adjust barcode settings like width, height, resolution, orientation, image format, etc.
A 3D game engine for Object Pascal focused on X3D and beautiful graphic effects.
A MS Excel spreadsheet component for Android.


text:
Demon Brothers - Page 33
Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Demon Brothers
A duo of Mist ninja who work for Zabuza, the Demon Brothers specialize in assassinating their targets with their shuriken chain. Using their weapons and teamwork, the Demon Brothers can gang up on one enemy, disable him, and then kill him.Requirement to unlock: Mission: Mist Ascendant
Chain Wrap
One of the Demon Brothers throws his chain around one enemy, stunning their non-mental skills for 1 turn. The following turn, 'Chain Shred' will be usable on that enemy and this skill will be replaced by 'Chain Shred'.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant
Bladed Gauntlet
One Demon Brother attacks with his gauntlet, dealing 30 damage to one enemy. If this skill is used on an enemy affected by 'Chain Wrap', it will deal an additional 10 damage.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant
Water Melding
The Demon Brothers hide in water, gaining 20 points of destructible defense and 1 taijutsu chakra.
Cooldown: 1
Chakra required:
Classes: Chakra, Instant
This skill makes Demon Brothers invulnerable for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Instant
Related subjects:
page 33,
demon brothers,
demon bros,
NARUTO © 2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Chinnici joins FEC following 29 years with CSX where he served in a series of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as vice president purchasing and materials.
"I am pleased to welcome Fran to this new position with FEC. His many years of experience with CSX makes Fran the ideal candidate to lead these two important functions at FEC," said President and CEO Jim Hertwig. "The increased engineering projects and capital plan with purchasing will produce positive synergies for FEC.
"Bob has been a driving force in FEC's expansion efforts during the past few years and instrumental in guiding the development of South Florida Port infrastructure projects for the FEC," said Hertwig. "Bob has left the FEC capital projects in great shape for Fran to continue. We wish him well in his retirement at 38 years in the rail industry and the past six years at FEC."


text:
ck-jsf-editor is an editor component for JSF 2 that uses the popular browser editor, CKEditor. Most JSF editors lack the functionality of CKEditor and require using an entire component library. ck-jsf-editor is a standalone rich text editor component that requires no real configuration or setup. The ck-jsf-editor.jar file can just be dropped into your project and used in your JSF pages.
tagls is a tool that matches file names using boolean expressions made of tags and regular expressions. It handles searching in file lists with word boundaries for "tags", stemming and synonym expansion for both tags and regular expressions, and boolean expressions over lists of tags or regular expressions. It can match against either the file name or the file's content. The output can be unsorted, sorted by name, or sorted by relevance.
StupidZombie is a tool that can be used to "ping" several directories to notify then about a blog update. It does not need to be run from a Web page like Blogger or Wordpress. You can run StupidZombie from a cron job or using Java WebStart. Also, StupidZombie has a simple tag generator from directories that support it.
A high performance Web load balancer.
Software to build and execute shell command lines from standard input in parallel.


text:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Just pick somebody already
But why are they so worried? I thought anybody could do it.
I mean, wasn't that the knock on Lloyd? That with the talent the Wolverines always had, the weak Big Ten, the melting of the polar ice caps and really cool helmets, any sap who ever watched Madden Football on an XBox could lead the maize and blue to just five Big Ten titles and one national title in 13 years. Anybody.
So what does it matter who we get, as long as it's not someone on Lloyd's staff, right? I mean, if fucking Lloyd Carr - you know, Lllloyd - can never have a losing season, why are Michigan fans losing sleep. The good news is, whoever we get, it'll be ABC - Anybody But Carr. Good Christ, don't these people understand that simply by being ABC, we're guaranteed 9 wins next season?
So why all the sky is falling articles in the Detroit papers and panic on the Michigan websites? Just replace Carr and get on with it. The hard part is over. Sheesh. Any idiot can take it from here.
52 comments:
- Katie said...
You sound a bit frustrated my friend. I can understand that. I hope that things in your world are simply just busy and not anything serious. You are in my thoughts! Peace.
It will be quit interesting to see the comments on this post! Gentlemen, start your engines!
- December 10, 2007 7:02 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
- This comment has been removed by the author.
- December 10, 2007 7:19 AM
- Katie said...
It didn't 93, things are just in mayhem and "the sky is falling" routine is really getting old to me. As with any elite program, there are those (particularly in the media) who are relishing in making every step in this process look bad for Michigan. It just makes one shake their head. The implosion of the fan base just adds fuel to the fire. meh. Don't get me on that soap box again today....ha!
- December 10, 2007 7:29 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Perhaps the forum can help me out. I was away from the net, working on papers, and I see the scuttlebutt about Schiano. Why are some folks so bent about this guy? I thought Schiano is holding out for State Penn (when JoePa steps down)?! If Schiano has no intention of leaving RU right now, how could he have supposedly spurned Michigan?
- December 10, 2007 7:30 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Katie... I promise not to get you going. But I have to wonder, what the hell would have happened in A2 if the internet was around when Bo was hired?
- December 10, 2007 7:31 AM
- Katie said...
LOL, I am just that good, that I could answer 93 before he even posted a comment. ROFL!
- December 10, 2007 7:32 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
In fact, I think I'm going to stay the hell away from the internet. It's finals time, I'm tired of election 2008 crap, all the news sucks, and the shots at Michigan weak at best... well except for the shots at Martin, I have no problem with those.
- December 10, 2007 7:33 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
oops... I had a deleted post in there. It's hard to edit at 5:30 AM. My dogs refused to left me sleep last night.
- December 10, 2007 7:34 AM
- Katie said...
I hear you 93! I think that is partly my issue, trying to get through the end of the term and then listen to the load of crap that continues to be plastered around the net about my beloved Michigan. I think it is sad really. You might have a good plan of action, just stop reading it! Good luck with your finals!
- December 10, 2007 7:37 AM
- TitleIX said...
You all will be happy to know that BM was hiding out at the Women's B-ball game Saturday night.
Guess the hockey game would have been too dangerous??
- December 10, 2007 8:36 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Thanks for the scoop T9... I didn't think BM got out at all. BTW, props to the volleyball team for making the sweet 16. They were bounced from the tourney by a #1 State Penn squad. nevertheless congrats ladies on a fine season!
- December 10, 2007 8:56 AM
- Exley said...
It'll all work out in the end... wasn't Tressel like OSU's third chocie?
- December 10, 2007 10:13 AM
- Devil said...
"So what does it matter who we get, as long as it's not someone on Lloyd's staff, right? I mean, if fucking Lloyd Carr - you know, Lllloyd - can never have a losing season, why are Michigan fans losing sleep. The good news is, whoever we get, it'll be ABC - Anybody But Carr. Good Christ, don't these people understand that simply by being ABC, we're guaranteed 9 wins next season?"
Substitute "Willingham" for "Carr," and I think I've read this before.
- December 10, 2007 10:31 AM
- Buck4aReason said...
Many (on a National level) are saying Michigan's arrogance is what is keeping them from landing a top coaching prospect. Because of the NAME and TRADITION, they feel they don't have to pay their coaches comparably (like other TOP programs).
Notre Dame thought that too. They ended up with Charlie Weiss and Florida landed Urban Meyer. Which one paid off in the end?
I think there is some truth in this. Even though I'm a Bucks fan, I respect UM and DON'T want to see Michigan end up an embarrassment. like ND.
- December 10, 2007 10:42 AM
- Andy said...
Pete Carroll was USC's 4th choice. The Trojan fans wanted to execute AD Mike Garrett on the spot.
Chesty McSweaterVest was at least choice #2 for the buckeyes (behind Mike Bellotti).
Bo was Michigan's 2nd choice after Joe Paterno said "No thanks" to Don Canham.
We are going to be fine. Everyone just needs to chill.
- December 10, 2007 11:39 AM
- Jim said...
The whole "pay them less because we're Michigan" thing seems completely illogical to me. We should pay MORE because we're Michigan--bigger resources, more scrutiny, higher risk. Perhaps it's more likely that the administration is just used to getting the typical discount that comes from highering from within? Either way, they need to snap out of it. Since when is this program cash-poor?
Bottom line: you get what you pay for.
- December 10, 2007 11:59 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
you say: "Any idiot can take it from here."????
how lucky for us as that is exactly who we have handling for us.
the sky is not falling. we still have a lot of candidates available. some of the best ones might be people we haven't even thought of yet (someone who comments here keeps mentioning chuck martin of gvsu- good example). and yes, tosu (and other programs) had the same issues when they hired a coach.
however, all that said, we look f'ing stupid. we can't call Les' agent back because Martin didn't know that LSU said it was "ok" to talk to Bass? sorry but that's inexcuseable.
Martin "runs into" Shiano @ a banquet, talks to him for 5 hours, and makes him an offer (albeit a soft offer, but unless Shiano is lying, an offer all the same), w/ out even talking to Rutger's AD? sorry, but that looks like a double standard AND, the pick looks very random.
on some level, whoever we hire, the program will be "alright". even mike debord will be only marginally worse than lloyd. however, martin's actions (or inaction) and his stated reasons for those actions, look pretty stupid. no matter how successful the final coach ends up being.
- December 10, 2007 12:02 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
I've won 3 consecutive nat'l championships in NCAA 07. Just sayin'.
- December 10, 2007 12:04 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
feelin' blue,
if you are willing to keep the existing assistants? word is you could be in the running.
- December 10, 2007 12:08 PM
- Josey said...
I couldn't agree more. Carr was only one game under .500 against OSU. Yeah, he got "outcoached" several times by Jim Tressel but that isn't exactly a fair standard. Carr doesn't call plays, on offense, like Tressel does and isn't the offensive coordinator either. Carr isn't Spurrier or Tressel and shouldn't be judged by those standards. Programs get tied up too much with statements, and I think Carr was a statement by UM (mostly the fanbase) that WE ARE MICHIGAN, WE DONT LOSE TO APP STATE, someone has to go. Really it should have been Bill Martin to go for scheduling them. For the type of coach Carr was he was one of the best. Carr + English should have gone forward and Deboard should have gone. Most every UM fan I know is tired of Michigan's offense as much as anything. In this age of CFB no team should be firing a steady coach to face uncertainty. What's the cliche?, "The Devil you know is worse than the Devil you don't". Look at Notre Dame and Alabama. Actually look at Nebraska. They had a great coach, a solid one who was fired, then a complete failure. Michigan could do much worse than Carr, and they just might.
- December 10, 2007 12:45 PM
- Josey said...
I hope you guys CRUSH Florida.
- December 10, 2007 12:47 PM
- Buck4aReason said...
I just hope there is NO inclination to interview Bill Callahan. I hear he is still available.
The way Michigan fans clamor for more offense I'm worried BM might be tempted to extend an interview.
As a Buckeye myself, I'd be VERY fearful of him implementing his dreaded "spread offense" against my favorite team! Hee, hee.
- December 10, 2007 12:51 PM
- Buck4aReason said...
BTW, I hope your team can manage a win against Florida SO BAD. Those Gator fans are quite annoying with their 41-14 mantra.
They seem to forget about '95 when their team was clobbered 62-24 by Nebraska in the "NCG". They also seem to forget the SEC went 0-3 in the other Big Ten-SEC matchups last year.
I just wonder if the Buckeyes beat LSU this year if that gives tOSU fans the right to go on and on ad nauseam about that fact, regardless of how the other Big Ten teams do against the SEC.
Anyway, good luck this year!
- December 10, 2007 12:56 PM
- Mikoyan said...
So here's the solution...maybe we could do something like Last Starfigher (God...I'm dating myself here). Strategically place some Play Stations or X-Boxes out of likely places to find coaches. If one of them starts to play, award points like this:
+10 If he makes the running back go up the middle
+100 if he calls the wide reciever reverse at least once in the game
-10 if he uses the spread offense
-100 if he uses an option
+5 if he's passing on third down
+1000 for predictibly running on first down
-10000 if he does something other than punt on 4th down
- December 10, 2007 1:07 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Or maybe we can take a page from the Royal Navy of old and just club our favorite coach over the head. Put him on a ship and tell him has no choice but to coach for Michigan.
- December 10, 2007 1:08 PM
- SteveUofM said...
Michigan athletic director Bill Martin appears to be an extremely passive athletic director with a lax staff.
He has not aggressively pursued candidates for this football position.
Things are starting to add up in that office. If you look into the incident involving a player who was ineligible to play earlier in the year, you can see the "misinterpretation of the rules" was clearly incompetence by that office. No other Big Ten school had that problem.
This issue with U of M stadium not being accessible to handicap people was a national embarrassment. Even if the feds were wrong (and I'm not saying they were) you actively work with them so that a story like that doesn't get printed.
Last spring, the Michigan baseball team upset the number one team in the country -- Vanderbilt. Oregon also upset a number 1 seed. Michigan and Oregon were in the same bracket and Michigan was ranked higher. The team should have hosted its first super-regional in baseball history.
But the game was played at Oregon. Why? Because as Gary Thorne said on national television, Michigan's baseball stadium was being renovated.
The Big Ten baseball tournament was held in Battle Creek in the 1990s and was a success. There were a number of other in-state venues that could have been used to help the local economy and give the baseball team the home-field advantage it had earned with the higher rank.
But it would have taken some extra paperwork by the Athletic Director, who was probably taking an early summer vacation.
I would be reluctant to take a job at Michigan given the way the athletic department can't get its act together.
- December 10, 2007 1:19 PM
- James said...
My choices would be:
Bill Cowher (kids near college age, and Michigan is a great education)
Butch Davis (he has to want to move up from North Carolina)
Either one of those would be dynamite.
- December 10, 2007 1:52 PM
- TitleIX said...
seriously dude, you have no clue how the athletic dept works if you post a statement like that.
here's a clue:
First, the stadium as it existed for this season WAS ADA compliant, with exemptions. to say it's not handicapped accessible is just false.
the University's claim on the stadium renovation is that the ORIGINAL structure, ie the BOWL BUILT INTO THE GROUND, is not being touched/renovated/updated in any way, therefore it should be exempt from the ADA requirements. Any new structures being ADDED to the original ARE ADA compliant.
Why not renovate/upgrade the bowl?
Because to do so would require a complete and entire re-work of the base structure of the stadium: ie, building a whole new one.
The U has been in discussion with the DoE for over 2 years now trying to work thru the requirements/logistics and was already in continuous dialogue.
The reason why it's in the paper now? Because one of Sam Bernstein's kids (who qualifies for ADA coverage himself) filed suit against the university pushing the issue.
Don't know the name Sam Bernstein?
He's a huge med malpractice atty in SE Michigan and Florida.
The U was trying to work thru the ADA requirements, albeit to its own interests and advantages, as any builder would, when outside interests made it a political hot potato.
Baseball stadium renovation???
Have you been there???
Do you realize the risk to the public and the liability mess there would have been to hold a tournament there with active construction going on???
You couldn't play a game at The Big House today either, because the schedule for all stadium renovations is tight, and starts immediately after the season is completed--be it football, softball, or baseball...
no one could have predicted Michigan's run in the NCAA Baseball tourney. So what if you miss one year due to construction? If the team keeps winning next year, then I'll bet there will be a tourney game here---in a beautiful new stadium for all to see/praise.
but gosh, enough with the trashing of Michigan and the athletic dept.
as Andy says
- December 10, 2007 2:30 PM
- SteveUofM said...
You did not read my post or state the facts carefully.
It was people in the federal government itself that claimed Michigan was not complaint.
And my post stated simply that, even if they were wrong, Michigan should have been working with the proper people. Your claim that the people in the office were doing that is simply false.
With regard to the Michigan baseball stadium, I pointed out that the baseball team has played in other in-state venues other than on its own campus. And contingency arrangements should have been made even before the baseball season began. You make contingency arrangements even if certain teams are not exptected to be in the tournament at season's end.
At least you did not write about, but did ignore, the absolute incompentence in "misinterpreting Big Ten rules" for a freashman that could have cost Michgian a big ten footbll game and was highly embarrasing to say the least.
- December 10, 2007 3:06 PM
- WingRG said...
Tressel was not the first choice (behind Stoops, and some others), but he was never behind Bellotti. When Bellotti interviewed, he asked a question along the lines of:
"So, do you guys play Michigan every year?"
Needless to say (especially after Cooper's failure to beat UM) OSU wasn't going to hire a coach that didn't understand the importance of the OSU-UM game, or that didn't know that the rivalry was a yearly occurrence :-)
- December 10, 2007 3:15 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
- This comment has been removed by the author.
- December 10, 2007 3:30 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i realize some of the complaints about Martin, combined w/ the conspirarcy theories surrounding Lloyd have been over the top. i agree people, including myself, need to be balanced about this coaching search.
but "Chill"? altogether? sorry but i can't agree. even if you're not a fireman, shouting "fire" when you actually see a burning building is sometimes helpful nonetheless.
when former players give interviews in the mainstream press to complain about developments, i don't think commenting on a blog, or registering similar complaints is inappropriate. not complaining is tantamount to agreeing, and i can't agree w/ what Martin's done so far.
second, "trashing" Bill Martin for specific acts he has committed is NOT the same as trashing Michigan or the athletic department. he's a single person whose job happens to be exactly to handle things like hiring a coach. he's screwed up. no, that doesn't justify saying he's evil incarnate, but there's nothing wrong in pointing out that he's not handled his first couple of prospects well. don't see why alums shouldn't voice their opinion, here or anywhere else, as to the desire to see him handle things differently.
and yes, i do think complaining helps. if all the negative comments voiced so far accomplish nothing else, i'll bet he doesn't go sailing again for a while. that in itself is a benefit.
but, i'll try to be more patient. this could certainly turn out well. i switched my pic to that of a puppy, just so as to remind me of "happy thoughts" the next time i go to type. maybe Yost will supply us w/ pics of half naked attractive people or mustachioed tosu fans/players arrested for unspeakable crimes, and that will provide a distraction during this search.
i'll take any straw @ this point.
- December 10, 2007 3:31 PM
- Andy said...
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. (Winston Churchill)
Cooper was hired because it was believed that he could beat Michigan (like he did for Arizona State in the 1987 Rose Bowl). I believe that he understood the importance of the rivalry; his players just did not.
Unless you are Andy Geiger, I seriously doubt that you have any idea about the type of questions Bellotti asked during his January 2001 visit to Ohio. The Oregon Daily Emerald reported that Bellotti visited, interviewed, and withdrew his name from consideration prior to Tressell wandering into town and weaving his magic spell on the program.
- December 10, 2007 4:04 PM
- TitleIX said...
there's a difference between noting a fire and reporting it in a calm, rational manner
screaming there's a fire-breathing dragon on state street and it's heading this way.....
which is how some of these posts and media monologues are starting to sound.
- December 10, 2007 5:10 PM
- TitleIX said...
"I would be reluctant to take a job at Michigan given the way the athletic department can't get its act together."
good thing you weren't offered a position, huh?
- December 10, 2007 5:26 PM
- Joshua said...
(Or sneak the pizzas out of the Cottage Inn delivery truck, heard he left it unlocked when he went running....*cough*south quad*cough*.)
p.s. Don't make T-9 angry. You wouldn't like her when she's angry.
- December 10, 2007 7:29 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
You are absolutely correct- the media, bloggers, & commenters who have boot strapped the non hiring of Miles & refusal by Shiano into some overall comment on the program or general portent of doom are way off base. That said, what did we expect? We are one of the biggest names in football, a mere decade from our last MNC & Heisman winner, & all time winningest program. Our last 5-7 seasons have been blah, we lost to App St, & the world has speculated about Carr's retirement like he wa a Pope on his death bed. On top of all that, this still prestigous job is now open to the "public" for the first time since 1968. We're big news & every aspect of this process is going to be reported, analyzed, & discussed in detail, at least until the bowls start.
That's why Martin's performance to date is so upsetting. For the AD @ michigan, this the Heisman, MNC, & tosu game all rolled into one. And how has he started? He doesn't look like he "came to play", "started out flat", and "doesn't seem motivated".
He couldn't have thought that NOT landing Les, after all the hype, wasn't going to be news. He couldn't think that pitching the job to Shiano, a few days after Miles resigning w/ LSU, wasnrt going to make headlines. All of the "michigan aint what she used to be" stories are rooted, given a shadow of truth, by his sloppy handling of these two coaches. He looks like an amateur AD, who rather be sailing than watching football on Saturday. If he hadn't fumbled this so far, we wouldn't have the stories we have had.
Granted it's the first quarter. He has plenty of time to right the ship.
The sky may not be falling, but his stock as AD is.
- December 10, 2007 8:07 PM
- TitleIX said...
agreed re: the AD stock
ps--he was hanging out at the Women's BBall game again tonight with his wife.
Safest place in Ann Arbor I suppose. Unless you are the opposing team.
The Michigan Women's b-ball team destroyed USC tonight.
Leave it to the women to beat the big-named teams..... ;-)
- December 10, 2007 8:12 PM
- Katie said...
T9, perfect way to describe it, there is a huge difference in calmly reporting a fire and freaking out about a fire breathing dragon. You said what I have been trying to say here for the past 2 days. *sigh*
And leave it to Joshua to run screaming....LOL!
SIC, I love the puppy dog, he is so adorable!
- December 10, 2007 8:32 PM
- Joshua said...
Ok, where to start-
I feel your pain brother. Lloyd was a wonderful coach and the man's stewardship of the program was marked by integrity and class. If he is standing true to his ideals and values it would not surprise me in the least that he'd fight tooth and nail against certain candidates- the man is simply standing up for what he believes in.
That having been said, had he won more often in bowl games or against the Sweatervest he'd still be roaming the sidelines and this conversation would be moot. There are valid reasons he is gone, and though I hope that level of class continues with the next staff, it was simply time for him to move along. Given his previous post and reputation, anyone who thinks he doesn't have a significant voice in this hire is kidding themselves. But just as it was time for him hang up his whistle, I think he needs to realize the program is stale and needs an infusion of new blood and fresh thinking. Promoting from within will not bring that.
We are arrogant, but that's not to say we're poor sports. If the general consensus on this board does not say that we- as an institution- hold ourselves to a higher ideal than I'd be extremely surprised. Class is expected. Poor sportsmanship is not tolerated and we call out those around us who exhibit it. The very definition of arrogance is "an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions". Overbearing manner? Have you ever sat near the Bluehairs in the Big House? Or met an over 50 graduate of Michigan Law? I think we can check that one off the list. Presumptuous claims or assumptions? We've got that covered, too. We expect to be different, to be better, to be Leaders and Best. At least I know I do.
Oooh. Good point man. Precisely why we can't botch this hire.
as I said yesterday, I don't expect public disclosure of behind the scenes action- but when you have prominent former players wondering aloud what's going on then that is NOT a good sign. If BM screws this up both he and the next head coach will be looking for employment in a few years, and The Hat will be roaming the sidelines for sure, good thing or not.
If you know any women who are equally adept at talking both football AND finance on your level will you please ask them what cut of diamond they like? I can have a ring by the weekend.
Carr getting "outcoached" by the Sweatervest is a fair standard. It's his job to win, whether he makes the calls or hires the guy who makes the calls.
Florida whipped you, that gives them holy license to give you all the hell they want. Period. You can do the same if pull out a can on LSU. There's a reason the "Scoreboard" chant was invented. It's the same as my best friend marrying a girl I made out with while we were in college. For the rest of my life I have the ultimate comeback, and no matter what he says all I have to say is.......
"You do realize I made out with your wife, right?"
True story.
- December 10, 2007 8:35 PM
- Joshua said...
I usually only run screaming after tall brunettes. For brunettes of average height, redheads and blondes I simply race-walk. (Cause everyone knows race-walking is mad sexy.)
- December 10, 2007 8:41 PM
- Katie said...
Joshua, the question then becomes, do they go screaming running after you? :P
- December 10, 2007 9:29 PM
- WingRG said...
fair enough, i know a student who was on that search committee that interviewed Belotti, Mason, and Tressel (i'm pretty sure they didn't actually interview Stoops). I heard it second hand, and i try my source for his no reason to lie.
As far as Belotti withdrawing his candidacy, that doesn't mean that he was offered the job or was on the "wanted" list higher than Tressel. Just means he elected to stay where he was.
I loved the Churchill quote, though, that's very true.
- December 10, 2007 9:45 PM
- Breaston154LIFE said...
On a money comment from whoever posted it, I have heard that Les Miles was offered 2.9 million, but only 1.8 million was guaranteed. The 2.9 would be paid in full u could say if he got 10 wins every season, beat Ohio State, win Big Ten Championships, and National Championships. When Miles heard that, he decided not to coach. This information came from sources close to the program. Whether some of it's exaggerated I don't know.
- December 10, 2007 9:50 PM
- WingRG said...
that should be "trust my source", not "try" ... i'm not putting the guy on trial :-)
- December 10, 2007 10:22 PM
- Kurren said...
I say we just hire Lloyd back... lol
- December 10, 2007 10:26 PM
- TitleIX said...
Oh joshua. You have restored my faith in manliness. Too bad I can't do math for shit...
but, for all you guys wondering out there, cut refers to the way the facets on the stone are 'cut' allowing for the reflection of light and 'brilliance'. It depends on the depth and diameter of the stone as light going in to the flat facet of the stone (the table)will then bounce on the narrower back side--dependent of course, on the pavillion angle. (oh, physics!)Just like in billiards, a bad angle on the cut and all the light leaks out the back instead of bouncing back out of the stone's table in that dazzling way--or you scratch the cue ball instead of sinking the stripe.
Any shaped stone can have a particular 'cut'
The tricky part is that some people say 'cut', when they mean 'shape' such as round, square, emerald, pear etc. Personally, I'm a fan of ovals because they are symmetrical, and they look bigger because of the elongation without the pointy edges.
Don't forget about the set either, since if you set it too high off the hand, it's likely to catch on things or get in the way.....
mmmmmmm Diamonds
( I wonder if we could get that fire-breathing dragon to eat charcoal and poop diamonds??? )
- December 10, 2007 10:35 PM
- TitleIX said...
we now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging....
- December 10, 2007 10:42 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Katie, Katie, Katie... I said I wouldn't do it but this, IMHO, is some of the better news to he bounced around. The LA Daily news is reporting Steve Sarkisian is rumored to be a Michigan candidate.
This rumor has so many upsides... he coaches offense -- when was the last time we saw that in A2??? He knows how to recruit SoCal.
I would love to see Sarkisian in Maize and Blue. Blue may lose some games under him. But if Michigan is up in the fourth with 8 minutes to go, Sarkisian won't be trying to milk the clock and hope the defense can hang on for the win.
- December 11, 2007 1:00 AM
- blakeformichigan said...
Just sit right back and listen
to a tale of a fateful trip
that started in Key Largo
on Captain Billy's ship
on Captain Billy's ship
Billy was out sailing
the sun was getting dim
He was unaware that a southern hick
had out-maneuvered him
had out-maneuvered him
The Michigan Man tried to call him
but Billy was beyond approach
If not for his incompetence,
we might have a coach
U of M might have a coach
The search is a disaster
U of M looks like a joke
If things are not corrected
we might get Brady Hoke
we might get…..Brady Hoke
- December 11, 2007 1:52 AM
- Joshua said...
- This comment has been removed by the author.
- December 11, 2007 2:21 AM
- Jeff said...
Here's a late night thought -
Scrap the 200 Million in Big House renovations and lure Bill Belichick away from the Pats, for 10 million a year over the next 20 years instead -- and maybe Brady would get bored with winning everything at such a young age and return as QB coach to reign in young gun Mallet.
About as probable as lasting peace in Jerusalem, I know.....
- December 12, 2007 1:05 AM


text:
Link goes to the Daily Mail:
Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School... said: 'Now I need an adventurous female human. It depends on a hell of a lot of things, but I think it can be done.'So Drudge changed the quote, substituting "female human" for "woman," actually making the scientist seem less creepy.
He told German magazine Der Spiegel: 'Neanderthals might think differently than we do. They could even be more intelligent than us.'Clue to creepy scientists: When you've got a proposal for an edgy medical experiment on human beings — especially when it implies a dream of an improved species — don't use Germans to get your message out.
In fairness to Church... I'm going to assume he's just horsing around, cogitating about what is possible, and that he's certainly not currently seeking that adventurous female human.