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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Auburn Charts
(HT: Jen)
39 comments:
- TideDruid said...
As a Bama fan, I would normally say I'm insulted by the Heisman chart. But to be honest, I really don't care since that trophy is the modern day equivalent to the 'Best In Show' award at your local dog show.
- June 27, 2007 3:32 AM
- RTBDTHRTR said...
There you have it folks - the famous Bammer capitulation... whether it's being snubbed by a coach from West Virginia University (LOL), losing a blue-chip recruit (anybody remember Wittle Mikey begging Tebow to come to Bammer - for DAYS? LOL), or having produced no Heisman trophy winners, it's always the same...
"We didn't really want him/it anyway."
- June 27, 2007 7:32 AM
- RTBDTHRTR said...
Also note what tidedruid didn't say - "Bammer grad". tidedruid has to go with "Bammer fan".
Another chart that would be interesting (old news in the SEC) would show "percentage of SEC school's fans that actually graduated with a four-year degree from the school". Bammer would be bringing up the rear on that one, too... I'd guess under 1%.
"That's OK, we really don't care about that".
And, a few years from now, when the inevitable Saban-induced scandals and corruption have landed Bammer in the NCAA doghouse again, and the City of Birmingham has to post a round-the-clock guard to keep the Bammers from digging up Bourbon Bryant, what will The Mullet Nation say about Saban?
"That's OK, we didn't want him anyway."
- June 27, 2007 7:45 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
In relation to the Y axis, Ole Miss is too low, and Miss. St. is too high - in my experience. But for an Auburn man to bow to Florida on the X axis? Truly shocking.
The Heisman graphic is nothing but the facts, 'mam.
- June 27, 2007 7:52 AM
- Out of Conference said...
I agree with BiB for sure on all three of his conclusions. As a homer SoCar engineering graduate, Miss St's position in relation to SoCar on the X-axis is baffling. I'd like to think we're alos a little closer to Auburn and LSU than that as well.
The Heisman chart is pretty freaking funny.
Funny posts Rtbdthrte - keep the hammer down!
- June 27, 2007 8:46 AM
- Reggie said...
anyone else notice the third chart on the actual website.
Auburn fans are bashing Bama fans for living in Trailers...yet in the chart there is a huge spike for Auburn in the college years...so apparently all SEC fans spend some point in there life in a Trailer.
- June 27, 2007 9:51 AM
- Auburn Andrew said...
^^That was the point Reggie...
The point of the chart was because many Bammers like to comment on the fact that a lot of AU students live in trailers and they do, no one is denying that. At least once we graduate though we get to move into a house.
The sustained high percentage of Bama fans that live in trailers is a direct result of them not ever actually ATTENDING the university and earning their wage starring in Deliverance...
I agree some of the placements were a little off on the X-Y graph... But I think the overall trend is the important part. The hotness of your girls is inversely proportional to the quality of your engineering school. This is not the case at Auburn where the two go hand in hand. Don't believe me? I defy you to come for a visit you will be astounded. The level of Auburn girls has actually ruined other areas of the country for me. I am in Austin, Tx right now and I have yet to see a girl that would even get a date in Auburn.
- June 27, 2007 10:03 AM
- Andy said...
I am in Austin, Tx right now and I have yet to see a girl that would even get a date in Auburn.
Now that is saying something!!!
I grew up and went to school in Michigan. I have lived in Austin for 10 years now - and find the local female population to be very inspiring.
If Auburn is as good as you say, I don't think I could take it.
- June 27, 2007 11:40 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Auburn's good - but it ain't beating Austin in this category.
If you're just window shopping, Oxford's the place to go (per capita). But there's also a Stepford factor at that place that's extremely troubling.
Rice would be ahead of Ga. Tech on the X, underneath them on the Y, so I agree with the overall corollary.
- June 27, 2007 12:03 PM
- Joshua said...
Grammar nerd alert:
Shouldn't it be "Percentage of.....WHO haven't stabbed....?"
- June 27, 2007 12:22 PM
- TideDruid said...
If it makes you feel better RTBDTHRTR, I'm a bama STUDENT (AKA future grad).
- June 27, 2007 1:01 PM
- TideDruid said...
Also RTBDTHRTR, you seem to be taking this a bit too seriously. I'd love to have a Heisman trophy... from 20-30 years ago. Heck, I'd take the trophy that Jay Barker was nominated for in 1994 (even though he didn't deserve to win it).
But I don't see how you can deny that this has turned into a popularity vote based on who looks the best and who gets sold the best. Why should I care about that thing anyways? It used to mean something before mass media ruined it for me.
But you're a flamer, not an actual debater. Go home and pray that Tuberville gives Blackmon an 18th chance to play football so he can win his Heisman.
- June 27, 2007 1:10 PM
- Auburn Andrew said...
Andy and BiB...I assure you that I am in Austin right now.. It may be because its the summer (and I really hope it is) but 6th street is extremely disappointing and I have yet to see a girl that I would even consider dumping my girlfriend for.
And tidedruid I think everyone deserves a 2nd chance... He messed up, served his suspension and then left school to better himself. You cannot fault someone for trying to get back on track.
- June 27, 2007 1:47 PM
- TideDruid said...
I agree everyone deserves a 2nd chance. He's had his second chance already, this probably his 3rd chance.
- June 27, 2007 2:26 PM
- Auburn Andrew said...
He served his suspension as a 2nd chance... There has been no messing up since then. He left school in the spring to better himself. You cannot fault or punish a guy who seeks help. If you knew the actual story you wouldn't be talking. So, take my advice and not talk.
- June 27, 2007 3:39 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
where is ASU?
me = double fail
- June 27, 2007 3:42 PM
- TideDruid said...
All we can base it on is what we read sir:
My reasoning is this: two suspensions = now on his 3rd chance .
as for the 18th chance embellishment, I just did that to tick on the guy who felt like he needed to be a flamer.
- June 27, 2007 5:39 PM
- intellidouche said...
Does anyone here know if Albertson's is gonna have blueberries on sale for the 4th. I need to get some but I don't want to spend too much.
- June 27, 2007 6:22 PM
- RTBDTHRTR said...
It's funny how the Bammers can overlook their own national scandals to pick on one Auburn football player. But that's no surprise... their obsession with Auburn ("Big Brother") will never end.
Say - didn't Juwan Simpson get arrested for (a) possession of marijuana and (b) possession of a stolen handgun? SPUAT did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING re: Citizen Simpson. Sounds like gun totin', drug dealing thugs are family at Bammer...
And, of course, the hapless Bammer tidedruid continues to take shots at the Heisman Trophy (and, by association, a former Auburn football coach) - but ONLY because Bammer doesn't have any Heisman Trophy winners. I wonder why they don't just make up some Bammer Heisman winners like they make up NCs? (BTW, the Bammers claims to have already won the 2007-8 and 2008-9 NCs. If you don't believe it, just ask one of them.)
You Bammers are collectively the most dishonest, morally-relativistic bunch of LOSERS on the planet. There's no set of unfavorable circumstances that can't be twisted around to become a positive, is there? What a joke.
Ten bucks says you never "graduate" from Bammer, whatever that entails.
- June 27, 2007 8:27 PM
- Auburn Andrew said...
Whatever...if thats what you want to think go ahead...I'm telling you right now from what I've heard from those who know Trey personally you cannot fault him for his reasons behind leaving school in the Spring.
It wasn't "Driving around with marijuana and a handgun that wasn't his". I'm sorry if you feel that people should be just kicked to the curb even after trying to better themselves but I just don't agree with you even if it were JPW that got pulled for DUI (he did). These kids should be given every opportunity to succeed and should not be just "cut loose".
- June 28, 2007 1:30 AM
- Out of Conference said...
This has the makings to become a real good Auburn - Bama hate thread. I'm pulling up a lawn chair, cracking a cold one and watching this shit, ya'll!
- June 28, 2007 8:45 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
hear hear OOC... rtbdthrtr really got his panties in a knot. I predict someone will dust off the ol "War Tiger" thread again.
- June 28, 2007 9:28 AM
- Auburn Andrew said...
^^ love that thread...there is nothing cuter than that tigeager
- June 28, 2007 9:40 AM
- AUTiger97 said...
Alabama fans love to brag about 12 national championships. Most national championships in football are so biased and ludicrous than most anyone could find a way to claim one. But Bama has taken claiming national titles to a new level. It is some kind of innate lack of self esteem that they are born with in T-town. Winning is everything. They'll do anything to win as proven over the past two years. Their entire history is based on cheating and delusional dreams of grandeur. They are very similar to Blanche Dubois in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Blanche was a washed-up Southern Belle who lived in a fantasy world of delusions. She thought that she was still the belle of the ball. Bama is very similar. Although rich in tradition, Bama stretches it enough to make themselves believe it.
Alabama claims 12 national titles...>Let's give them a closer examination.....
1925 National Championship- Alabama claims they share this one with Dartmouth. Who awarded the NC? Houlgate and Helms. Houlgate started his system in 1927. So Bama won their 1925 NC using a formula that didn't exist until 1927? Helms Athletic Foundation started in 1941. Another incredible retroactive NC.
The Associated Press Poll has been active since 1936. The AP took their final poll prior to bowl games from 1936 - 1964 and in 1966 and 1967. They took their final poll after the bowl games in 1965 and from 1968 - Current.
1926 National Championship- Alabama claims they share this one with 3 other teams with equal or better records! Once again it is the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1941 that awards it!
1930 National Championship- The Davis poll says that Bama tied Notre Dame for NC this year. This was the only one to award it to Bama. Notre Dame was named NC in 6 polls! Parke Davis is another retroactive system! He (an individual, not an organization) did his in 1933!
1934 National Championship- Alabama says they share this with two other teams. The awarders are Dunkel, Williamson, and Football Thesaurus. Dunkel was an individual who came up with his own system. Williamson was a geologist who came up with his own system. Football Thesaurus first appeared in 1946!
1941 National Championship- This is a complete joke. The AP ranked Alabama 20th in the nation with 14 teams with better records in the top 20. Once again it is the Football Thesaurus that retroactively awards it. Alabama finished 3rd in the SEC that year. Mississippi State won the SEC title..yet Bama claims a National title!
1961 National Championship- Finally a legitimate NC. .
1964 National Championship- While the AP did award the NC to Bama (10-1-0), Arkansas had the better record, 11-0. Alabama played Texas in their bowl and LOST. The AP final poll was before the bowl.
1965 National Championship- The AP gave this to Bama. That year there were three teams with better records than Bama. Bama 9-1-1, Michigan St 10-1-0, Arkansas 10-1-0, Nebraska 10-1-0.
1973 National Championship- AP puts Bama 4th after their bowl game loss. Bama claims a NC from the UPI poll that was taken before they met Notre Dame in the bowl game and lost. There were 3 teams with better records than Bama that year. The embarrassment of naming Alabama number one caused the UPI to name champions after bowl games. Yet Bammer has no shame in claiming it of course.
1978 National Championship- AP gives this to Alabama(11-1-0) even though USC (12-1-0) had the better record Guess who Alabama lost to that year? USC!!!!!!!!!. UPI gave the NC to USC.
1979 National Championship- Their second legitimate NC. Their first Unanimous NC.
1992 National Championship- Their third legitimate NC. Their second Unanimous NC,
.You can see why people ridicule Bama fans when they talk about 12 NCs. The early ones were awarded by individuals years after the games were played. These weren't consensus polls but NCs awarded by people that had their own formula for determining champions. Some NCs where given before bowl games that Bama lost. How silly. The NCAA recognizes 6 NCs for Bama and there are only two NCs that Bama has unanimously.
Debunking the Alabama National Championship myths.
- June 29, 2007 4:22 PM
- Purple said...
Bama national championships and who awarded them:
1925 Alabama: Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling
(Bama also won the Rose Bowl 20-19 over Washington.)
1926 Alabama: Billingsley, Football Research, Helms*, National Championship Foundation*, Poling
(Bama tied Stanford 7-7 in the Rose Bowl)
1930 Alabama: Football Research, Parke Davis*
(Bama beat Washington St. 24-0)
1934 Alabama: Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, Williamson
1941 Alabama: Houlgate (This is one Bama should not claim)
1961 Alabama: AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
(Bama's first AP title)
1964 Alabama: AP, Berryman, Litkenhous, UPI
(Bama won this one under the system that was in place at the time. Bama's 2nd AP title and second UPI title)
1965 Alabama: AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW*, National Championship Foundation
(Bama's 3rd AP title)
1973 Alabama: Berryman, UPI
(Bama won this title under the system in place at the time. To say it's not legit is silly)
1978 Alabama: AP, FACT*, Football Research, FW, Helms*, National Championship Foundation*, NFF
(USC was not ranked no. 1 or 2 going into the bowl games. Bama was. Bama won the game and the title. Bama's 4th AP title)
1979 Alabama: AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sporting News, UPI
(Bama's 5th AP title and 3rd UPI title...seems to be adding up here.)
1992 Alabama: AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NY Times, Sporting News, UPI/NFF, USA/CNN
(Bama's 6th AP title and 4th UPI title)
I count 11 titles that Bama can rightfully clima. The exception is the 1941 title. I have heard some Barners say Bama should only claim titles given by the AP (of which Bama has 6) and now accord to this thing you cut and pasted from the 'Net Bama shouldn't claim some of the AP titles. You all need to make up your mind!
Also, There are also five additional years in which the NCAA's official record book recognizes the Crimson Tide as national champion: 1945, 1962, 1966, 1975, and 1977. But, Bama does not claim any of those. (Although they should drop the 1942 claim and add the 1966 claim...much stronger case in that one). Bama could also make a strong case for claiming the 1945 title they were awarded.
Here is Auburn's national titles (actually, that would be API's title as Auburn was then known):
Auburn: AP, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Williamson
One and done. Get over it.
- June 30, 2007 2:21 AM
- Newspaper Hack said...
Ending the debate:
Of all the Auburn fans I've met in my life, they are so obsessed with hating Alabama that I wonder if they have any love for Auburn, or just hate the Tide.
I think this thread has proved that. Hey, Tiger fans – talk about your own team for a change. I know it's hard, what with all that jealousy, but it could make for better fan relations.
- June 30, 2007 11:56 PM
- Auburn Andrew said...
You do realizing that loving something and hating something else is mutually exclusive right?
It is entirely possible to post "Bama sucks" and post "I love Auburn" five seconds later.
You don't understand the nature of the hatred of Alabama because you aren't a part of this. You don't understand what its like to have a state media of hypocrits.
Case: Two Auburn signees had their grades changed when they were Juniors before they were committed to Auburn. The Mobile Press-Register (newspaper) could not write fast enough not only the student's names but also that they're playing for Auburn. I think there are privacy laws about releasing people's names in this situation.. Does that stop the red journalism? no.
But maybe they would handle such a situation if it happened to Bama in the same way... We have no way of knowing because its never happened, right? Wrong... 2 weeks later a similar situation occoured in Hoover, Al where a student's grade was changed as a Senior and after he signed an LOI... Surely the paper put his name and what school he was going to right? Nope... No mention of the still "unnamed player" and the fact he's playing at an "unnamed school"
If there is one thing in this world I hate most its hypocrisy and that is why we want you to hate Alabama too.
- July 01, 2007 11:13 AM
- RTBDTHRTR said...
Joseph Goebbels is most often credited with this statement: "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it." This concept is the cornerstone of the foundation upon which the so-called Bammer "tradition" is built, and I propose that lies and propaganda are the Bammer tradition.
The Bammers rely on six things to keep their fraudulent "tradition" alive:
(1) A lack of accurate information.
When Bammers repeat the "12 NCs Lie", they will never talk about specifics, for one of two reasons: (a) they don't know the underlying facts [about 70% of all Bammers fall into this category], or (b) they know the facts, but are unwilling to acknowledge them. The only thing a Bammer can or will discuss concerning the "12 NCs Lie" is which years they claim (which are conveniently printed on the silk-screened t-shirts that comprise over 80% of the average Bammer's wardrobe).
(2) Help from friends.
Sports writers, sportscasters, and authors all have a stake in building up the subject at hand to make it a more interesting or compelling read (or show, in the case of radio and television). Bammers are routinely assisted in the propagation of the "12 NCs Lie" by people who have at least a temporal reason for self-gain.
(3) Our agreement with their illogical assertion that there are multiple national champions in a given year.
This is a particularly insidious variation on the liberal's utopian world view - "Everyone's a winner". (Also, see #2.) Of course, this happens in no other organized sport in the history of man - that is, except in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. If you have any common sense at all, you'll laugh long and hard.
(4) Our agreement that claiming NCs decades after the games were played is "OK".
This is some of the most redneck, most ridiculous behavior ever promoted by adults. Imagine, at some point (the 1960s?), some athletic director somewhere deciding to promote his school by getting a professor to "engineer" a goofy poll ("Dr. Dizzle-Switch is the first on campus to have a Texas Instruments calculator, by God!"). When others hear of it - the modern Gold Rush is on! If you can come up with some warped, tortured mathematical model, you can claim literally dozens of national championships! It's like they're just lying around on the ground, waiting for someone to "find" them - THE RACE IS ON!
(5) Honor among thieves.
The schools that are best at fabricating a history of NCs will be the least likely to call others out for their fraudulent behavior. Did you hear any uproar when USC decided two years ago to claim the 1939 football NC - 65 years later?! What a joke. Even USC asserts its claim rather sheepishly (click here). Note that the Unuversdy of Ayallerbayammer was deathly silent; they were probably scouring the books one MORE time to dredge up some more NCs somehow...
(6) If "they" do it, Bammer can, too.
When backed into the corner about their "12 NCs Lie", Bammers will often point to some other school: "Well, they did it! What about them? Why don't you call them out, too?" - revealing the utter childishness of the logic that has led to this behavior... and I say childishness because it proves their severe underdevelopment of character and of fundamental moral principles. Only a child could not see that if Bammer and Bammer fans feel they must rely on unethical people for their values and morals, they have none.
Liars and propagandists like Bammer, its fans, its sycophants within the press, and its publicity machine never anticipated the Internet, of course. They want as little truthful information available as possible. It's up to the rest of us to bring the truth forward, into the light of contemporary discussion, and to relegate this group of liars and propagandists to the ash heap of sports history.
- July 01, 2007 11:03 PM
- Purple said...
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- July 01, 2007 11:53 PM
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- July 01, 2007 11:58 PM
- Purple said...
It is amazing the lengths that Barners will go to just to delude themselves. Pretty pathetic. They are so obsessed with Bama's NCs that they can not stand it.
So, what to they do? They post comments and try their best to tear down all of Bama's NCs. But they just make themselves look pretty petty and foolish. Bama has 11 legit NCs (and more they could claim), 21 SEC titles, the most bowl appearances of any team, the most bowl wins of any team, and had one of the best coaches in college football. I can see why they are jealous.
But really, Auburn has a lot to be proud of themselves. The have a NC, they have 6 SEC titles, 2 Heisman winners, a really good coach in Shug Jordan, they had one of the best RBs in college footbal (Bo Jackson), they have a football team that is a SEC power and has recently been a national power. The have won the Iron Bowl the last 5 times and they got a pretty good coach there now.
But, do they talk about this? Nooooo! It's all Bama! Bama! Bama! Maybe Auburn is the Jan Brady of college football?
Little brother is still so jealous and obsessed with big brother than it is not even funny anymore!
- July 02, 2007 12:00 AM
- AUTiger97 said...
An Alabama fan asked why our rivalry was so bitter..and will it change?? That's too funny.
This was my response:
This rivalry did recently become bitter. I've always hated Alabama, and it happened long before now. And there is nothing that is going to happen that will change that. This all started when Auburn was founded in 1856. Alabama tried everything to get the doors of Auburn closed, even going as far as placing Bama grads on the Auburn Board of Trustees in order to run Auburn into the ground.
Then there is the little matter of The Bear buying all of the players, even though he knew that they would sit on the bench...just to keep them from going to Auburn. It was he that coined the phrase, 'Every time Alabama gets investigated, Auburn goes on probation." He saw to it. He was a hateful, evil man who wasn't in Shug Jordan's league as far as class or character.
Then there is your fans. You have the worst fanbase in America. ..delusional, arrogant, and uneducated. If you go to Webster's, and look up the word, "REDNECK," the definition is Alabama Fans. Your fans have no regard for any other team besides Alabama. They have never given any other team credit, and no team will ever win anything but Alabama. Most of your fans never graduated high school...much less college. Most of them couldn't find their way to Tuscaloosa with a map. Every player that you sign is the next Heisman winner. Every player that you do not sign means that Alabama didn't want them in the first place. Every year you speak of winning the national championship. EVERY YEAR, without fail, you preach the fact to everyone that will listen. After beating MTSU, your fans were ready to claim mythical championship # 432. When Auburn went undefeated, all we heard was that we didn't win the national championship "because we're Auburn." Yet another example of your arrogance and stupidity. Yet you claim a championship in a year when you lost two SEC games and didn't even win the SEC.
Auburn fans cannot even pay for their gas in a convenience store, be waited on by a Bammer fan at a restaurant, pay some Bammer fan to cut their grass...without a sly remark about Auburn. I have simply found myself unable to have a simple conversation with ANY Alabama fan in ANY location without a diatribe of how they'll win every game and nobody is as good as Bama. It is kind of like some "Stepford Wives" club where they must sit in a room and repeat answers until they are memorized. Alabama could be 0-4 in the SEC, like they were in 2000, and 90% of their fanbase would be exclaiming that "Bama was about to turn the corner." And then, as they did in 2000, point out that Bama will still be in the SEC Championship because blank and blank will happen.
Then there's always the comments of "Auburn doesn't have any tradition." You throw that word around like you invented it. You do not have any idea what tradition is. I have news for you. Tradition is much more than winning, and Auburn people are as proud of our traditions as any other school is as proud of theirs. Part of your tradition is that deep down, your fear of Auburn's success has made it necessary for you to do whatever it takes in order to keep Auburn down. And you did it for decades. You dictated who would be on Auburn's Board of Trustees. You dictated where we would play our football game with you. You dictated the tickets..the terms. ...and usually the officials as well. When we wanted to move our home game to Auburn, you cried like spoiled children saying, "Well we just won't play. We never wanted to play Auburn anyway." Ray Perkins said, "It will never happen." Your radio announcers in the 1970's, showed true class by saying, "Auburn takes the field in their purple pj's and pink slippers". Your total lack of regard for our program is what has caused this rivalry to be so bitter.
Only Alabama would go on probation and say, "HOW DARE YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE?" Every other team takes their punishment and moves on....NOT Alabama. It is your divine right to cheat if you want to. You weren't the least bit sorry that you cheated..]just that you got caught. And in true Alabama fashion, you've tried to blame everyone except yourselves...the real problem! Only Alabama would try to get even with the NCAA by scheduling their own bowl game in Hawaii. You've been cheating so long that it is all that you know. Not small scale cheating like giving some steaks out to a player you already have!! I'm talking large scale mafia-like cheating! You have a win at all cost attitude...and you still do..and always will.
And now that Auburn is successful, you simply cannot stand it. You don't have your old cronies on the NCAA anymore to invent some trumped up charges like you did for decades. The new generation isn't as fascinated by the old drunk as the ones before them. This rivalry became more fierce because everything was fine for you as long as you dictated the terms of it. But now that Auburn is on equal footing, it is our fault that it is heated? I don't think so. You can't treat your fellow citizens like that for years and think that there are going to be warm and fuzzy feelings between us. It will never happen.
I despise Alabama..not only the football team and its fans..but everything that the University of Alabama has stood for since it opened. I will never wish anything but MISERY on the University of Alabama
- July 02, 2007 9:19 PM
- Joe said...
Auburn football: its simple:
It's bitching about how much better Bama is.
You Barners are pretty funny...and pathetic.
- July 02, 2007 10:23 PM
- Joe said...
Now go find something else to cut and paste Barners. LOL!
- July 02, 2007 10:24 PM
- Purple said...
One way to deal with Auburn fans who are obsessed with criticizing our NC's is just put the numbers out there. I posted the following information on an Auburn Board just a few days ago:
1920 10-1
1925 10-0 1926 Rose Bowl Beat Washington 20-19.
1926 9-0-1 1927 Rose Bowl Tied Stanford 7-7.
1930 10-0 1931 Rose Bowl beat Washington State 24-0.
1931 9-1
1934 10-0 1935 Rose Bowl beat Stanford 29-13
1936 8-0-1
1945 10-0 1946 Rose Bowl beat Southern California 34-14.
1952 10-2 1953 Orange Bowl beat Syracuse 61-6.
1961 11-0 1962 Sugar Bowl beat Arkansas 10-3.
1962 10-1 1963 Orange Bowl beat Oklahoma 17-0.
1964 10-1
1965 9-1-1 1966 Orange Bowl beat Nebraska 39-28.
1966 11-0 1967 Sugar Bowl beat Nebraska 34-7.
1971 11-1
- July 02, 2007 10:29 PM
- AUTiger97 said...
Ok I will.
Here is a typical bama fan post that just well...you read.
Look, I'm just an average Joe, a poor working stiff. I can't just drop a dime CrimsonTider904 2006-11-19 22:28:24
and influence events like some of you people. So take this for what it is, the loan voice of Mister Nobody in a sea of has-beens and never-weres.
I'm a lunch-pail kinda guy. I work a dead-end job and look forward to Saturday. On Saturdays, I follow the Tide... have ever since I bounced on Grandpa's knee as he recreated Bama's Rose Bowl victories... the Notre Dame box... Bryant and Hudson ... a grim Frank Thomas pacing the side-lines.
We keep a bit of change in and old Florsheim box in the bedroom closet. Been saving for twelve years for our first vacation. Yes, that's right, our first vacation. I've never even been able to afford to take my wife on a single vacation. The woman who helped me raise our six children has never had so much as a weekend away. And if you don't think that keeps me awake some night... well, you just don't know.
Anyhow... something happened at the end of the game last night that sort of stirred me. The clock was ticking down, and Tubby was looking like he was going to raise that thumb... and from the kitchen I heard my wife say the words that tore my heart out ...
"You recon Bama could use the Florsheim money to get help get a new coach? Those kids deserve better than that."
I choked back a tear and ran to the kitchen and kissed her hard. We held each other tight and all I could think to do was whisper in her ear..
"Roll Tide baby."
"Roll Tide," she whispered back.
It was then that I knew... Shula had to go.
- July 02, 2007 10:53 PM
- Purple said...
NC's on the Plains...
Alabama Polytechnic Institute...1
Auburn University...............0
"Auburn" has never won a National Championship.
- July 02, 2007 10:58 PM
- Purple said...
This is Alabama Football:
# It is Wallace Wade. It is Bear Bryant. It is not Bill Curry.
# It is the Rose Bowl.
# It is hearing Keith Jackson call an Alabama game.
# It is watching George Teague running down Lamar Thomas in the 1993 Sugar Bowl then rewinding it and watching it again.
# It is hearing the first notes of Sweet Home Alabama.
# It is the desire to beat Auburn at any competitive event that exists.
# It is a houndstooth hat.
# It is having enough pride to fight for your school but having enough class not to.
# It is cheering the same amount for a first down on second and 6 as on fourth and 1.
# It is watching Cornelius Bennett give Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein a concussion on that October day in Birmingham in 1986.
# It is determining who you are going to date & marry by which team they swear allegiance to.
# It is watching The Bear on the jumbotron before a game in Bryant-Denny Stadium and almost seeing him leaning against the goalpost in the end zone.
# It is spending a day at The Bryant Museum and still not seeing everything.
# It is cool crisp autumn Saturdays where you can smell football in the air and feel it whenever there is a slight breeze.
# It is watching The Bear get number 315 against Auburn.
# It is watching The Bear get number 323 against Illinois.
# It is hearing Paul Kennedy do the play-by-play when Van Tiffin kicked the 52-yard field goal against Auburn in 1985.
# It is knowing how many days until the start of a season year around.
# It is driving down Colonial Drive to see Bryant-Denny Stadium not the sorority girls.
# It is getting chills up and down your entire body whenever you hear anything about the 1993 Sugar Bowl and the pride you feel because that night tradition ruled.
# It is hearing The Bear's voice and having all the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up because you know no matter he said, it was something special.
# It is hearing The Million Dollar Band play "Yea Alabama" and knowing it just does not get any better.
# It is imagining hearing Penn State Quarterback Chuck Fusina ask Alabama linebacker Barry Krauss "How close is it?" and hearing Krauss say "About an inch, you'd better pass" right before fourth down during The Goal Line Stand in the 1979 Sugar Bowl.
# It is almost coming to tears whenever Alabama loses to Auburn or Tennessee.
# It is The Kick. It is The Goal Line Stand. It is The Desperation Block.
# It is purposely not wearing any clothes with the colors orange and blue.
# It is the Third Saturday in October.
# It is not needing an alarm clock on game days, you sit bolt upright in the bed long before the alarm goes off because you know that it is a gameday, you can sleep after the bowl game.
# It is walking into a stadium and knowing Alabama will win the game no matter who they are playing because is just the way it is supposed to be.
# It is the saying "Offense wins games, Defense wins national titles."
# It is the Bear Bryant 'A'.
# It is getting to the stadium hours before the game just to be there.
# It is walking into another team's stadium and having those fans hate you because you are from Alabama.
# It is the pride that a father has when he brings his children to a game so they may cherish the tradition.
# It is beating LSU in Baton Rouge.
# It is hearing the crunch as a linebacker dressed in crimson and white hits a running back dressed in orange and blue.
# It is the pride you take in being every team's rival.
# It is pulling for any team that is playing Auburn.
# It is pulling for any team that is playing Tennessee.
# It is hoping for the stadium to blow up when Auburn plays Tennessee.
# It is knowing that the SEC Championship is a birthright.
# It is being respected and feared at the same time.
# It is holding up four fingers at the end of the third quarter.
# It is knowing what "Mama Called" means.
# It is whipping Auburn 31-7 in Jordan-Hare Stadium when nobody picked you to win.
# It is NOT "The Jungle"
# It is having 21 Southeastern Conference Titles.
# It is having 12 National Titles.
# It is more than I can ever mentioned in this list.
# It is class.
# It is tradition.
# It is Alabama Football.
- July 02, 2007 11:02 PM
- Purple said...
Alabama's football program was honored by Lindy's Southeastern Football 2000 when the Crimson Tide was selected as that magazine's SEC "Program of the Century" and the 1979 squad was selected "Team of the Century".
In addition, Bama's 1966 team was chosen the century's No. 3 team and the 1925 and 1992 teams were tied for fifth place.
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant was Coach of the Century and Don Hutson, Ozzie Newsome, John Hannah, Billy Neighbors, Lee Roy Jordan, Cornelius Bennett and Antonio Langham were first-team, All-Century selections. Landing on the second team were Dwight Stephenson, Marty Lyons, Derrick Thomas and Don McNeal.
Jimmy Hyams, writing for Lindy's, said the 1979 team was "the best of Paul Bryant's teams - which is really saying something, considering "The Bear" won six national championships in his quarter century at Alabama. The '79 team rolled to a 12-0 record behind a balanced attack that closed out its national championship season with a 24-9 victory over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. The Tide shutout five of its opponents during the 1979 season and outscored foes by a combined 300 points. In fact, the Crimson Tide never allowed an opponent to score more than 18 points during a single game.
Hyams went on to write that "you could argue that Alabama isn't just the program of the century in the SEC, but in all of college football. The Crimson Tide claims 12 national championships. It has played and won more bowl games than any college team. It has won 21 SEC championships, eight more than any other team. You can thank "Bear" for much of the Crimson Tide's success."
The Tide '66 team didn't win a national title, but should have, Hyams wrote. Bama allowed just 44 points in 11 games that season.
The '25 team was the first southern team to play in the Rose Bowl as the Tide went 10-0 and won a national championship.
Under Gene Stallings in 1992, the Centennial of Alabama football, Alabama went 13-0, won the first-ever SEC Championship game and then beat Miami in the Sugar Bowl to ice the unanimous national championship. That team led the nation in rushing defense, allowing just 55 yards per game on the ground.
- July 02, 2007 11:04 PM


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Podget is a simple podcast aggregator optimized for running as a scheduled background job (i.e. cron). It features support for downloading podcasts from RSS and XML feeds, for sorting the podcasts into folders and categories, for importing podcast URLs from iTunes PCAST files and OPML lists, automatic M3U and ASX playlist creation, and automatic cleanup of old podcasts. It also features automatic UTF-16 conversion for podcasts hosted on Windows servers and includes the ability to handle authentication for premium podcasts.
Pride combines bash scripts, zenity, ant, ImageMagick, and the Android tools to create a fast and simple POSIX alternative for Android development. It provides all the basic commands (clean, build, release, etc.) of other Android IDEs. But it is primarily a robust and simple injection framework. Injections from methods to clusters of activities are easily created from existing code and can then be injected into any project. Pride can also be used to batch build, load, or release multiple projects and can update class and resource files among projects that use the same objects or resources.
wview is an application that controls a supported weather station to retrieve archive records and current conditions. Archive records may optionally be stored in a relational database (MySQL or PostgreSQL). At a user-defined interval, wview will use the archive history and current conditions to generate weather images (buckets and graphs) and Web pages based on configurable HTML templates. It supports serial and USB data loggers, as well as connectivity with a terminal server or serial server via TCP sockets.
Video Contact Sheet *NIX creates a contact sheet (preview) from videos by taking still captures distributed over the length of the video. The output image contains useful information on the video such as codecs, file size, screen size, frame rate, and length. It requires MPlayer or FFmpeg and ImageMagick. It is confirmed to work on Linux and FreeBSD, and possibly other POSIX/UNIX systems.
pts-console-hu is a collection of fonts, keyboard layouts, and scripts that provide a good font (in several sizes) and several good keyboard layouts with the Euro key for the Linux virtual console (text mode and framebuffer). The package also provides Hungarian keyboard layouts for X11.
Lokiwall is a firewall script for Linux. In addition to the standard function of easily limiting network traffic, it features dual routing (using two Internet connections simultaniously), connection fail-over, load balancing, traffic control, advanced masquerading, advanced DNAT, and advanced marking (to direct specific traffic to a certain interface). The advanced features require some kernel patches. The standard features will work on a default Linux system with iptables and iproute2.
A flexible cellular automaton editor.
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Upcoming Park Ridge Health events
Park Ridge Health is hosting the following events:
u 1-3 p.m. Sunday: Brother Wolf "Run for the Paws" 5K blood pressure and body composition screening at Fletcher Park. Free.
u 12:30 p.m. Tuesday: Eating for a healthy heart class in the private dining room at Park Ridge Health.
U.S. News and World Report's annual "Best Diets" list ranked the DASH diet as best overall and top for healthfulness.
The DASH eating plan has been proven to lower risk for high blood pressure.
The event is for those with blood pressure and cholesterol numbers where they do not want them to be.
The event is free.
Please call 855-PRHLIFE to register.
Nia dance celebration fundraiser for sanctuary
Nia Carolina will host a "Spring into Joy" dance and movement celebration from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday at Om Sanctuary, 87 Richmond Hill Drive, Asheville.
Proceeds will benefit the renovations and growth of Om Sanctuary, at the former Richmond Hill Inn. The suggested donation is $20.
The Joy of Movement is at the heart of Nia, a blend dance, martial arts and healing arts such as yoga.
With a focus on moving with comfort, pleasure and joy, Nia energizes, balances, heals and conditions the body. It is beneficial for all ages and abilities. No previous Nia experience is needed.
Om Sanctuary (www.
omsanctuary.org) is a nonprofit responding to the increasing number of people seeking to bring balance, health and inspiration into their personal and professional lives.
With the insight, vision and help of generous donors and supporters, a sanctuary is being created for renewal, integrative lifestyle practices, holistic education, and connection with nature. Call 828-255-2770, 828-697-7449 or visit www.niacarolina.com for more information.
Morrow joins Park Ridge surgery team
Dr. Robert Morrow, FACS, a board-certified general surgeon, has joined the team of providers at Park Ridge Health.
Morrow joins Dr.
David Price at Park Ridge Health General Surgery.
As a general surgeon, Morrow specializes in operative and perioperative management of illnesses and cancers affecting many areas of the body, including the chest, abdomen, digestive tract, skin, breast and difficult wounds. His most common procedures are colonoscopy, gallbladder surgery, breast biopsy and hernia repair..
Park Ridge Health General Surgery is on the campus of Park Ridge Health, 80 Doctors Drive, Suite 1, in Hendersonville. Call 855-774-5433 to request appointments.
Parkinson's exercise program on Tuesday
Pardee Hospital's physical and speech/language therapists will host a program on "Parkinson's Disease: Why We Need to Exercise" at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday during the Brevard-Hendersonville Parkinson's Support Group meeting at the Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Main Street in Brevard.
The public is welcome.
Lucy Butler, SLP, and Chloe Roderick, PT, experienced therapists from the Pardee Rehab & Wellness Center, will explain how exercise and individually tailored speech and movement therapy can prevent newly diagnosed patients from losing basic abilities, and might help others regain some of the mobility they've lost. The presentation will cover topics such as maintaining mobility, balance and fall prevention, speech volume, stuttering and swallowing. The presentation will include a demonstration of the center's new Gait Lab, used to help patients stabilize and maintain an effective walking gait.
"Parkinson's is now a disease we can do everything about," Roderick said. "Patients without treatment can lose their movement pattern; it becomes laborious to get in and out of a car, walk 50 feet and get out of bed.
Exercise therapy can evoke what we call neuroplasticity, allowing us to 'remap' the brain. This can keep those skills well ingrained so that those with Parkinson's do not lose health and mental function."
TRH named to Top 100
Transylvania Regional Hospital was recently named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.
"Transylvania Regional Hospital is proud of the efforts of our physicians and staff who have contributed to our hospital achieving this national recognition," said Bob Bednarek, president and CEO of Transylvania Regional Hospital. "Our entire health care team is dedicated to providing outstanding care to patients in this community when they need us."
The HealthStrong Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals, including Transylvania Regional Hospital, scored best among critical access hospitals on the iVantage Health Analytics' hospital strength index.
The 2013 Top 100 CAH announcement is the second release of this important designation.
Transylvania Regional Hospital is also one of only 244 hospitals nationwide to be named a Top Performer for Quality two years in a row by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Transylvania Regional Hospital earned the national recognition for both pneumonia care and surgical care.
Visit www.ivantagehealth. com/his for more information.
TRH to host skin cancer education
Transylvania Regional Hospital at 260 Hospital Drive in Brevard will host a skin cancer education program at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Carlson Conference Room at the Hospital.
Skin cancer most often develops on skin exposed to the sun but can also occur on areas of the skin not ordinarily exposed to sunlight. Odds are that most people know at least one person who's had skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, but it's also one of the most curable when detected early.
As part of the "Dessert with the Doc" series to educate the community, Dr. Paul S. Cabiran will give a presentation about skin cancer.
Call 877-4777 to register or visit www.trhospitalfoundation. org for more information.
Joint health talk set for April 23
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr.
Greg Motley of Southeastern Sports Medicine will host an educational session on joint health at 6 p.m. April 23 at the Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park.
Space is limited at the free event. Registration is required. Call 855-774-5433 or visit www.
parkridgehealth.org for more information.
Pardee participates in cancer prevention study
Pardee Hospital's nationally recognized Comprehensive Cancer Center has opened a prevention study to those who have had recent, surgical removal of early-stage cancerous colon polyps or tumors and who are not already taking a statin, a class of drug that lowers cholesterol.
Polyps can lead to colon cancer if left untreated, and those who have been diagnosed with cancerous polyps are at high risk for recurrence of the disease.
The National Cancer Institute- sponsored study will evaluate whether the cholesterol drug rosuvastatin (Crestor) may kill remaining tumor cells after surgery, prevent polyps from forming and/or keep colon cancer from returning.
Those interested in participating in the polyp prevention trial can call Pardee's Cancer Research Department for more information at 828-696-4716.
Free Clinics fundraiser at Salon Blue Ridge
Salon Blue Ridge will host the seventh annual Spring Salon from 5 to 8 p.m. April 26 to support the efforts of The Free Clinics to bridge critical gaps in health care in Henderson and Polk counties.
At the event this year, savory delicacies will be provided by chefs from Square Root, Laurie Bakke's Kitchen, West First Wood-Fired Pizza, Sol Y Luna, Hubba Hubba Smokehouse and Top Star Sushi Catering. Guests can tour Salon Blue Ridge while enjoying wines coordinated by Blue Water Seafood, local craft beer from Southern Appalachian Brewery and foods prepared by Cuisine Team. Dan Keller will offer jazz guitar in the tented area, and Jeff Michels will entertain with folk guitar and song in the warehouse area. A new restaurant, Dandelion, will premier its dessert pastries for guests. According to the latest data available, more than 17,000 residents of Henderson and Polk counties are uninsured and low-income. Tickets to TFC's Spring Salon are $60 per person and are required for entry.
To purchase a ticket, send a check for $60 per person to The Free Clinics, 841 Case St., Hendersonville, NC 28792 or order online at www.thefreeclinics.org.
Call 828-697-8422 for more information.
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SaVi is satellite visualization software that lets you create, run, examine, and modify satellite orbits in two and three dimensions. Simulations of Iridium, Globalstar, Galileo, GPS, and other satellite constellations are included. SaVi requires Tcl and Tk on a system with Unix libraries. SaVi works well with the 3D renderer Geomview. Geomview is optional, though recommended for its 3D rendering capabilities.
Xplanet was inspired by Xearth, which renders an image of the earth into the X root window. All of the major planets and most satellites can be drawn, similar to JPL's Solar System Simulator. A number of different map projections are also supported, including azimuthal, Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, and rectangular.
INDI is an instrument-neutral distributed interface control protocol that aims to provide backend driver support and automation for a wide range of astronomical devices (telescopes, focusers, CCDs, etc.). Current supported devices include many telescopes, CCDs, filter wheels, focusers, and video cams. INDI is used in popular astronomy suites like Xephem, KStars, DCD, and Cartes Du Ciel.
TRIP is a general computer algebra system dedicated to celestial mechanics. It includes a numerical kernel and has interfaces to gnuplot and xmgrace. Computations can be performed with double, quadruple, or multi-precision. Users can dynamically load external libraries written in C, C++, or Fortran. Parallel computations on multivariate polynomials can be performed.
Cactus is a general, modular, parallel environment for solving systems of partial differential equations. The code has been developed over many years by a large international collaboration of numerical relativity and computational science research groups and can be used to provide a portable platform for solving any system of partial differential equations.
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"I have to start by saying, I'm tired of answering the question, what does SNFU mean? It doesn't mean a thing. At one point it meant, Societies No Fucking Use".
The band was born in 1981 on the eye of the great Edmonton Oilers hockey dynasty. Three high school skate punks, Marc & Brent Belke and Mr. Chi Pig decided that they wanted to paint their names on the punk rock wall of fame. Having been immersed deep into the local skate scene, the guys decided that they wanted to fuse the energy of skateboarding and the aggression of punk rock into what later became skate punk. Many people over the years have described SNFU as one of the originators of skate punk. Time has not caught up with the band.
Like many other bands, there have been personnel changes. Brent Belke left the rigours of touring behind so he could work on a degree in music composition. The core of SNFU has always been Mr. Chi Pig, the lyricist and Marc Belke, the composer. The core is still solid.
The current SNFU line up has Mr. Chi Pig (vocals), Marc Belke (guitar), groove master, Starbuck (bass) and the new fire on drums, Corporal Ninny of Edmonton's legendary hard-core act, LAMS.
SNFU have been writing a load of new material. This ep contains 5 songs to show you where they are at, and should tie you over until the next full-length comes out in 2000.
It comes out close on the heels of their live album "Let's Get It Right The First Time" , which came out in 1998.
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"Russell Fong brings a wealth of public and private sector financial management experience to the California High-Speed Rail Authority," said Jeff Morales, CHSRA CEO. "In putting together an experienced management team we are continuing to move this project forward and start construction this summer."
Fong comes from CalPERS, where he served as the acting CFO and acting deputy executive officer of operations. He previously served as a division chief for CalPERS' Fiscal Services Division and was the deputy director of the Administrative Services Branch at the California Department of Technology Services.
Dennis Trujillo, chief deputy director of CHSRA, has been acting CFO up until the appointment of Fong.


text: Yves Saint Laurent is that world famous fashion house that was founded in 1961. In fact, the designer brand was the first fashion house to launch the ultra-modern concept in luxury dressmaking in 1966. Down the huge historical background, the revolutionary collections and styles from the brand have garnered much acclaim on international platform. The lavish range of accessories like sunglasses designed by YSL has rightfully become popular cultural and artistic references around the world. Presently, Hedi Slimane is appointed the Creative Director of the designer house in March 2012.


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In one narrative, Bradley rushed Prosser with her fists up and Prosser managed to touch her neck while defending himself. It is, my colleagues in the press now say, a classic "he said/she said" controversy. No, it's not. It is a controversy only if Prosser's hands were nowhere near Bradley's neck. I mean, come on!There follows a tirade about what we teach our sons about violence against women, as if, in a face to face physical encounter, the man is always wrong. So, as a woman in the work place, can I get right up in any man's face, get as angry as I want, shake my fist right by his big old glasses, and the moment he flinches, if his hand touches me, I get to shout "violence against women" and he's the one who's screwed? As a feminist, I would just love to have power like that. That's sarcasm, I hope you're not too far gone to realize.
What I want, and what I think good feminists should want, is to be treated as an equal in a sane workplace, where nobody gets in anybody's face, and nobody thinks they can taunt or threaten or hit — or choke! — anybody. Ironically, Wineke is spouting sexism. If men and women are really governed by such different standards, that would be sex discrimination. And on the whole, it would hurt the advancement of women in the workplace. We are not fragile flowers in need of old-school chivalry. If we were, it would justify discrimination.
You would tell your own son that if his hands touched the neck of a girl -- no matter what the cause -- he would be in big, big trouble. Big, big trouble.He's right that the boy would be in trouble, but that doesn't make it obvious that the boy would always be wrong. In fact, most men are so familiar with that form of trouble that they resist responding physically to any physical aggression by a woman. It's one thing to warn a man in advance that he'd better be aware of the trouble that may follow if he's laid hands on a woman, quite another to enthuse over punishing any man who is accused. What matters is the truth.
And if your son's defense was that he wasn't trying to choke the woman but just defending himself by putting his hands around her neck? You know what you would say.He doesn't link to the post or quote it. Not surprising, considering how much he distorts it. (When did I say Bradley should be "perhaps arrested"?!) (Here's the post he didn't bother to represent with any precision. Here's my follow-up post which he also might be referring to.)
Of course, that's not what everyone says.
For example, Professor Ann Althouse, of the University of Wisconsin Law School, a distinguished, tenured, named professor on the Madison campus, published a blog entry over the weekend suggesting the real culprit here is the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism for publishing the story in the first place and for not discovering the alternative narrative.
In fact, she says, it may be Bradley who should be investigated, perhaps arrested, perhaps thrown off the bench.
Notice the sleazy sleight of hand in that question above. He's got "your son's... hands around her neck" — not merely making contact with the neck of a woman who thrust herself into the place where he'd flung his hands defensively. Wineke is assuming a set of facts — hands around her neck — and saying in that situation, you wouldn't defend your son. Actually, there are some situations in which you clearly would defend your son, even if his hands were "around" her neck. Picture a woman larger than your son, pinning him down, choking him.
Her comments are being picked up by all sorts of "conservative" blogs around the country and are surrounded by comments suggesting Prosser's only problem is that he didn't squeeze harder.My "comments" are "surrounded by comments"? I have a long blog post, below which are hundreds of comments that you have to click to see. These comments are not around me, like hands around a neck.
What did Wineke do, comb through the comments, looking for the meanest ones? He found many that said "Prosser's only problem is that he didn't squeeze harder"? How many? He doesn't link or quote. There are 362 comments on that first post, and I'm not finding the word "squeeze" or "harder" in any of them. And there are plenty of great comments (along with snark). Wineke shamelessly mischaracterizes the conversation he doesn't have the decency to link to. How embarrassing!
I don't blame Althouse for that, but I do kind of shudder to think we have people in this country who advocate murdering those with whom they disagree.Oh, bullshit! No one seriously advocated murder. What, did one guy snark in bad taste? Why don't you you shudder at your own propensity to misstate what people say and mean?
But even the sane commentary on the right insists this is a two-side story and that it shouldn't be reported until a full investigation is completed.Again, misstated! Who said nothing should be reported "until a full investigation is completed." I said that the story was obviously a snapshot of a moment in a longer incident that needed context and that Lueders looks biased and/or inept in not probing with the kinds of questions that would have turned up the more complex narrative that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel managed to discover within a few hours after the Lueders story came out.
Who knows? Perhaps Althouse is right. If it turns out that Bradley did attack Prosser -- fists raised -- that wouldn't be very judicial.What? First of all, once again, you shift from "touching" her neck to "around" her neck. I've agreed all along that if Prosser throttled Bradley, he should resign. But his misdeeds wouldn't eradicate hers. If she initiated the physical aggression and behaved in the manner described in the worst version of the allegations, then she too should resign. Why would his bad action undo hers?
I'll leave that question up to the official investigators. I'm still stuck on that "alternative", the one that has Prosser raising his arms in self defense and accidentally touching Bradley's neck.
If his hands were around her throat, I don't care who charged whom. If that is the case, there are not two sides to this story.
If women and men are equal, both are governed by the same standards of behavior.


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LiVES is a simple to use yet powerful video effects, editing, conversion, and playback system aimed at the digital video artist and VJ. It runs under Linux, BSD, Mac OS X/Darwin, IRIX, and openMosix. It is frame and sample accurate, can handle almost all types of video, and is fully extendable through plugins and the included plugin builder tool. It can also be controlled remotely using OSC.
Garbure is a collection of dedicated distributions. Each distribution provides carefully selected tools for a specific target domain, and is completed with examples and documentation. The set of distributions forms an entity, but each distribution works also on its own. All elements are arranged in the same way for each distribution.
Tiny Linux-specific utilities.
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Huma (Institute for humanities in Africa)
University of Cape Town
Since the start of this week there are reports about the destruction of library buildings and book collections in Timbuktu. It sounds as if the written heritage of the town went up in flames. According to our information this is not the case at all. The custodians of the libraries worked quietly throughout the rebel occupation of Timbuktu to ensure the safety of their materials. A limited number of items have been damaged or stolen, the infrastructure neglected and furnishings in the Ahmad Baba Institute library looted but from all our local sources – all intimately connected with the public and private collections in the town - there was no malicious destruction of any library or collection.


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Nutrition for cancer patients after gastric bypass surgery
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My friend has stage II ovarian cancer (OC) and is currently undergoing chemotherapy - 2nd treatment following debulking surgery. Prior to her diagnosis, she had stomach reduction surgery. She is having an exceptionally hard time with dehydration and low potassium levels after her chemo treatments.
I am an OC Survivor myself, and know the "excitement of chemo", but without [the additional problem of] reduced stomach capacity. What should she be eating/drinking to maximize essential nutrients during this difficult time?
Katrina Claghorn, MS, RD, Registered Dietitian at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
This is tough, but with the right support, she will be ok. The post- gastrectomy (stomach removal for cancer) diet would be appropriate for your friend, since her bariatric surgery is so similar to the roux-en-Y and Whipple surgeries used for cancers of the stomach and pancreas.
Patients who have had these surgeries have to monitor their tolerance for simple carbohydrates initially, so the guidelines recommend using low-sugar supplements. She should certainly be followed by a dietitian at her cancer center. She needs to know what her nutrition needs are for maintaining her weight and how to maximize her intake. This can be especially very difficult for somebody who has a weight-loss mind set. I tell patients that they have to do "reverse dieting", meaning they have to do the opposite of what they are used to doing. Their nutritional markers need to be carefully followed. It may be difficult for your friend to meet her fluid needs, since she is limited on how much she can tolerate to drink. Also, we do not want her drinking so much she that she fills up on fluid and then can not eat, so she may need regular IV fluids. Also, if she can't maintain her weight, nutrition support may need to be considered. I have patients who have undergone bariatric surgery and then been treated for cancer, and most have done well, but they do need a lot of nutritional support.


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We cannot think of a more appropriate company to celebrate the centennial of Igor Stravinsky's landmark work Le Sacre de Printemps than Compagnie Marie Chouinard, making a long-awaited return to White Bird. Marie Chouinard has explored the poetics of the body in immediate and provocative ways, exemplified by bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS, the work that White Bird previously commissioned and presented. Unlike most choreographic treatments, Chouinard has constructed her Rite around solos, seeking to awaken in strong, clear movement the intimate mystery of each dancer.


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The plan comes during budget challenges for SEPTA. For the third straight year, SEPTA has been forced to defer dozens of improvement projects due to funding cuts. SEPTA's capital budget of approximately $300 million represents a 25-percent reduction compared to funding levels of three years ago. These cuts have forced SEPTA to do more with less and to pursue alternative approaches of investing in infrastructure. Energy offers one such pathway.
The Energy Action Plan builds on existing energy saving initiatives already implemented through SEPTA's overall Sustainability Program. A no-cost switch to daytime cleaning at its headquarters building has reduced energy consumption in the building by 10 percent, saving SEPTA more than $250,000 a year.
A wayside energy storage device, funded by a state grant and installed at a power substation on the Market-Frankford Line, is projected to save SEPTA up to $190,000 a year on energy costs and generate thousands more in new revenue as the stored power is resold on the energy market. A newly installed propulsion control system on the Broad Street Line has made subway operations more efficient and cut power costs nearly 13 percent.
The Energy Action Plan will expand upon these initiatives with a series of new energy saving measures to reduce SEPTA's overall power consumption, saving an estimated $2.2 million a year. The plan also aims to leverage these savings to help finance much-needed capital improvements, many of which are on hold indefinitely due to funding cuts.
"The benefits of advancing these plans will benefit SEPTA in the short- and long-term," said SEPTA General Manager Joseph Casey. "The steps outlined in the Energy Action Plan will help ensure SEPTA is prepared to serve customers now and for generations to come."


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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.
Juugo (S)
Juugo (S) is the origin of the cursed seal and now follows Sasuke. He can either be a calm natured person or a psychotic lunatic. Original Designs: ZelostheHero and oreacharoundRequirement to unlock: Mission: Gentle Lunatic
Compression Blast
Juugo (S) deals 40 damage to 1 enemy and stuns their physical or melee skills for 1 turn.
Cooldown: None
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Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant, Unique
Killer Impulse
Juugo (S) enters a killing rage. He gains 75% damage reduction for 3 turns and deals 25 piercing damage to 1 random enemy each turn.
Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Action, Unique
Juugo (S) heals 1 ally for 20 health and that ally gains 20 destructible defense permanently. Each time this skill is used Juugo (S)'s cooldowns will increase by 1 turn for 4 turns.
Cooldown: 1
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Classes: Chakra, Instant, Unique
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What is Mod Lab?
The Mod Lab is a regular meeting of artists and technologists at the Artengine lab. The group meets every second Wednesday to share ideas and work on projects together. The Mod Lab is open for anyone to come and check out, even if you just want to see what kind of projects people are working!
The Mod Lab formed in the winter of 2010 out the Ottawa Hacker Society and Artengine Producing Members. It is designed to create new connections between all kinds of people engaging creatively with technology, and also to provide an access point for those interested in our electronics lab.
The Mod Lab is extended into the virtual world through the lab mailing list. This list is both an organizing and discussion tool to further extend the open atmosphere of the lab. If you would like to sign up for the list you will receive regular updates on the activities of the Mod Lab and production activities of Artengine in general. You can also post questions, both technical and general, about projects you are working on.
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M70 Lab: Enter Arts Court from the front entrance, up all those stairs. Pass through the first two sets of doors to enter the foyer and walk straight to where the front hallway ends at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Turn LEFT and walk through two sets of doors. The Artengine Lab is on your RIGHT just after you pass through that 2nd set of doors.
SAW Studio: The studio is at the back of SAW- the entrance is on the side of the arts court nearer to the hostel. Walk straight through the SAW office area, turn left and walk straight down the hall to the back room.
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- BP plc, sometimes referred to by its former name British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest energy company by market capitalization, fifth-largest company in the world measured by 2012 revenues, and the sixth largest oil and gas company measured by 2012 production. It is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". BP is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels and wind power. As of December 2012, BP had operations in over 80 countries, produced around 3.3 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, had total proved reserves of 17 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and had around 20,700 service stations. Its largest division is BP America, which is the second-largest producer of oil and gas in the United States. BP owns a 19.75% stake in the Russian oil major Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index; it had a market capitalisation of £85.2 billion as of April 2013, the fourth-largest of any company listed on the exchange. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
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This will mark the first full service rush hour for the LIRR since Sandy hit six weeks ago.
In replacing the severely-damaged signal system in one of the tunnels, combined with an increase in speed on a loop track connecting the East River tunnels with the Sunnyside storage yard, Amtrak restored sufficient train capacity to allow for the increased levels of service during the LIRR's rush hour. Amtrak is continuing its work to replace the damaged signal system in the other remaining tunnel to restore full train capacity to the East River tunnels. LIRR signal workers are assisting Amtrak in that effort by rewiring one of Amtrak's five new signal cases for the tunnels.
The LIRR's off-peak service continues to operate on a regular schedule throughout the LIRR system, even while one of Amtrak's damaged tunnels is still at reduced capacity.
"Restoring full LIRR rush hour train service will provide relief to those customers that endured crowded conditions during peak periods due to the loss of tunnel capacity from the flooding effects of Superstorm Sandy," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. "I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak in restoring this crucial LIRR service."
In bringing back one of the two damaged tunnels to full service, Amtrak replaced all the signal system cases, including the parts and all the intricate wiring within the cases that were destroyed by the flood waters. Installing the new signal cases in the tunnel also required new signal control wires to be fitted in the tunnels. Amtrak's cutover to the new signal system, combined with the speed adjustment to the track connecting the East River tunnels with its Sunnyside storage yard, allows all LIRR rush hour train service to be restored.
In the one remaining flood-damaged tunnel, Amtrak will be installing three new signal cases for the new permanent signal system and the new signal equipment is expected to be installed and tested on the weekend of Dec. 15-16, so that full train capacity in the East River tunnels can be restored by the Christmas holiday.


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Currently, about one-fourth of Pacific Harbor Line's 150 employees are veterans or active duty guardsmen and reservists, according to PHL President Otis Cliatt II , himself a U.S. Army veteran.
"We're very pleased to receive this award recognizing our efforts hiring veterans," he noted. "Their military background increases safety and security and lessens the chance of accidents while working outdoors."
CEAC Veterans Committee Chair Dr. Cal Farmer said, "The award is presented each year to honor employers who consistently demonstrate positive policies toward U.S. veterans and go the extra mile to hire, retain and promote them, providing training and benefits."
PHL will join eight other employers at an award luncheon May 9 in Ontario, Calif., which is co-sponsored by CEAC and the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
PHL is a subsidiary of Anacostia Rail Holdings, a shortline railroad holding company. Its railroads operate in seven states and include the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad, Gulf Coast Switching Company, Louisville & Indiana Railroad, New York & Atlantic Railway, Northern Lines Railway, LLC, and Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.


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Multiverse Miner is a sci-fi RPG that aims to combine an incremental experience with rich crafting and questing experiences. Since unlocking the true potential of the elements, wormholes have been created and mastered, space travel occurs at the speed of light, and the elements in the universe can be manipulated at your whim. Fascinated with the advancements in geology, physics, and time travel, you decide to pick up your pickaxe, build yourself a ship, and explore the farthest reaches of the universe.
Crossfire Extended Release is an extended version of Crossfire, a rogue-like 2D RPG, simulation, and graphical online chatroom. It features vast expanses and numerous cities, each with its own theme, deeply hidden worlds that very few ever venture to, flatworlds peeled off from the earth through hidden seas, and underground expanses. People can buy and build houses, towns, towers. There is a post office, banks, guilds. Boats one can own, castles one can rule over, forever, as a king. There is a weather simulation.
EPIC is a multiplayer strategy roleplaying game in which you are pitted against or work with real people in various fantasy settings called modules. It starts with Conan and Malazan modules. Third parties can create new modules. The system supports adventures, armies, characters, assassins, guilds/buildings, very rich magic (over 400 spells) and over 2,000 items, in a realistic fantasy world . The game focuses on minimum game time but the maximum amount of time thinking about the game and your cunning plans with your allies. There's no farming or repetition. The game format encourages the creation of epic fantasy tales. Part of a player's turn is in real time, but movement and military orders are done as submitted orders which are processed as your turn.
Government Sanctioned is a custom-developed text-based RPG (i.e., MUD). New players enter the world of Government Sanctioned as covert agents working for a super-secretive government organization colloquially known as "the agency". Players have a choice of six different roles spanning 19 unique professions. Whether you like stealthy, clandestine operations, the use of subterfuge and guile to infiltrate enemy organizations, or full-blown military actions, the agency has a spot for you. Players are empowered to deeply customize their character through numerous differentiation mechanisms. Character backgrounds lay the foundation for character abilities and are further defined through their cover occupation and agency department affiliation. To put a fine point on character customization, the skill and feat system provides an extensive array of options to tweak the character to suit your style of game play. The skill system boasts over 35 different skill families with around 50 different skills and checks. Skill points are gained upon professional level advancement and can be spent any way the player chooses. With 19 feat trees and over a hundred diverse feats (with new feats being added regularly), your capability for customization is endless.
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