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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Did Rodriguez Pull an Enron?
Oh boy.
Naturally, there is a difference of opinion as to just what R2 was shredding in his office the day after he was announced as the new Michigan head coach.
Mountaineer officials are in an uproar, claiming the documents are nothing short of an original copy of the Magna Carta and an autographed lyrics sheet of John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads; Coach Rod's agent said the papers were simply personal files belonging to the ex-WVU coach and a copy of the final BCS rankings of the 2007 season sent by Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt.
65 comments:
- whetstonebuck said...
What did he know and when did he know it?
- January 16, 2008 7:16 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
People have got to know whether or not their head coach is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.
- January 16, 2008 8:38 AM
- goat7ed said...
RR's agent: I'll swear you were taking great care of the Mountaineers' playbook...but last night, you left it on the shredder. And this morning when you woke up, it was gone. The new head coach, writes the Mountaineers...a new playbook.
RR: Do you think that will work?
RR's agent: It's gotta work better than the truth.
- January 16, 2008 9:14 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
good lord. hasn't anyone else ever changed jobs? i suppose if you work in a cube, or don't have an office, you don't accumalate as much. but if you do have your own office (walls & a door), it's real easy to just let stuff pile up in a drawer.
when i cleared out my office the last time i took another position, i had a stack of papers, ranging from old check book registers to letters from an insurer concerning a claim for car repairs on a vehicle i hadn't owned for 5 years. the pile must have been 4 ft high. none of it was "work" related.
i didn't want to keep it but i didn't want anyone else reading it. guess what? i shredded it.
before this is over, WVU will not only demonstate that R2 did something nefarious w/ his paper work, they'll also find those WMDs Bush was looking for in Iraq- they'll have been in R2's office this time, along w/ his autographed pic of Osama Bin Laden, the missle launcher he used to down TWA FLT 800, the gun from the grassy knoll he used to shoot Kennedy, and the book of matches he used to light the Hindenburg.
- January 16, 2008 9:24 AM
- Jim said...
Exactly. Gee, he cleaned out his office? Shocking. All this breathless reporting on this is absurd. Are they seriously trying to sell that RR had ALL the recruiting and student files AND they were all in hardcopy ONLY?
What, did he take the typewriter, too? How will they function? What's next? Did he leave the toilet seat up on the way out of town? Bastard!
- January 16, 2008 9:38 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
Let's not overlook this quite hilarious tidbit
"...and a copy of the final BCS rankings of the 2007 season sent by Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt."
That's just funny. I think R2 should send TresseLL a copy of the last two NC programs. Just to tweak the nipple a little and start the rivalry going.
- January 16, 2008 9:44 AM
- Joshua said...
"...but if you do have your own office (walls & a door), it's real easy to just let stuff pile up in a drawer."
This is so true. Just last week I opened up a drawer and thought to myself "Oh, so that's where that stripper went."
- January 16, 2008 10:16 AM
- Nathan said...
If every coach did this it wouldn't be posted on the front page of ESPN.com. Rumors among players in Morgantown is that this may just be the tip of the iceberg.
SIC- When I change jobs I just tell the boss to shove it all up his ass....I'm out!!!
- January 16, 2008 10:28 AM
- CrimeNotes said...
I keep the strippers alphabetized in a filing cabinet.
Let it play out. Dismissing this out of hand is as premature as calling for his firing because of it. It's concerning. Someone in his position (whether it's a CEO or high-ranking government official) doesn't keep files the way lower-level employees keep files, and a lot of places (even ones that should know better) do not have great records management. SiC sounds like a Domer rationalizing Weis. (I'm just kidding! [Sort of.])
On the other hand, this all could be nonsense.
- January 16, 2008 10:35 AM
- wolverine425 said...
this is such a joke...come on mountaineers, let it go...rrod is gone, he's moved on...he has no ill will towards you but you seem to want to pin something on him before he is officially GONE which he IS ALREADY...i don't think Michigan would hire a guy so stupid as to destroy documents at his old school...also, how outdated is the WVU system?? don't you keep everything on file in computers now like EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD???
- January 16, 2008 10:36 AM
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- January 16, 2008 10:51 AM
- vetterlp said...
The suits in AA have to be a little concerned about Hot Rods character and what actually may be uncovered during this mess. Whether he was within his right to destroy all the documents in his office or not, its clearly not a common practice for departing coaches and is undoubtedly going to smell a little fishy. I think the last thing the UM brass want him focusing on his a pending lawsuit with his old university when he should be focusing on securing his first recruiting class and preparing for September.
- January 16, 2008 10:58 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
okay, you got me, that was very funny.
i doubt that anyone in A2, including R2, is worrying much about this. "tip of the iceberg"? it's not likely even an ice cube.
everyone (coaches, too) cleans out their office when they leave. somethings get kept, somethings get thrown away (not sure which applies to filed strippers). nothing odd about that.
if you actually read the Gazette article, it sounds even lamer than the second party translations or retellings. someone saw R2 shredding something on 12/18. then, a week before the Fiesta Bowl, they couldn't find files (some of which R2 says didn't exist anyway) that were supposed to be in R2's old office.
first, if these files were so f'ing real, what idiot left them in R2's office after he quit anyway? again, anyone else ever change jobs? even under "good" circumstances, management has a process by which your personal items are "inspected" before you go.
WVU's story is they let R2 back in after he quit, gave him unsupervised access to the facility, and let him remove or destroy items w/ out any review of what he was doing? if that's true, what this story reveals is that WVU's AD is the stupidest, most unprofessional bunch of morons to ever run a DI school (and folks, i was born in wva & raised nearby- this isn't a "hillbilly" slam).
if the "security" around that facility is that lax, how do you keep track of anything?
then, a couple of weeks later they can't find some of the files, so they assume that what's missing must be what R2 was shredding? again, wtf? how important could any of this be if they were so loosely handled and they were the only copy.
finally, why? why would R2 destroy the only copy of anything of value? to cover up past misdeeds while coach at wvu? if so, the wvu ad should shut the f up and let this go. the best thing could happen is we'd fire R2 AND wvu you would get the "smu" treatment from the ncaa.
or is it, as the "source" suggests, R2's "plot" to harm wvu on his way out the door??? he shredded all this info out of spite and meaness? yeah. that doesn't make it sound like a paranoid vendetta.
if there are files missing, there's no way of knowing who took them. and from what the "source" describes them as, i'm not anyone is going to miss them.
and i still think no one other than bitter wvu fans is going to care.
- January 16, 2008 11:51 AM
- Nathan said...
Have you ever had a job in an office, and if so do you have every single document that you possess also saved on a computer? I know I sure as hell don't. Also don't you think that if he was going to go to the trouble of shredding documents he would also delete any files he did have from his computer.
He went back to his office the same day he held is UM press conference which was also only one or two days after he announced he was leaving. Did you want them to change the locks before he returned and take an inventory of every document in his office? I'm sure they didn't expect that he would come back and begin shredding documents. Your insinuation is that this happens every time a coach (or anyone) changes jobs. If it did, then this would not even be a story. When I resigned from my last job I threw stuff away but didn't take the time to begin shredding.
Having said all of that, I don't see this going anywhere, and if you look at www.wvgazette.com today their writers pretty much state the same thing, so its not like they're out to get RR. This is news to some degree and I think you should wait to see how it plays out before dismissing it.
- January 16, 2008 12:21 PM
- CrimeNotes said...
I think there's a legitimate reason to be more concerned, even though I don't think this is at the level of a scandal.
First, you're analogizing this to a corporate culture, which isn't quite right. Even a lot of major employers don't have the kind of oversight system you're describing. Also, a big part of your argument seems to be that, assuming wrongdoing, it's WVU's fault for not having a stricter procedure in place, which is kind of like saying, "Well, they asked for it." Assuming that's true, it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence that this was a routine housecleaning episode.
Second, a lot of employers (even sophisticated ones) have less-than-perfect document retention and storage policies. But I also think this is a variation on, "Assuming he was engaged in a cover up, it was WVU's fault for not having a different structure." Aside from medical records, it's pretty plausible that WVU didn't have an established system. It does not seem to be the most sophisticated operation.
This story is irrelevant only if 1.) none of it happened at all, 2.) he discarded duplicates and the originals are maintained elsewhere, or 3.) it was personal material not related to the program. Each of these things is plausible.
On the other hand, I think you're right that WVU is on a suicide mission if this is a scorched-earth tactic. The NCAA punishes institutions, not coaches, and if they're trying to dig up evidence of RR wrongdoing and actually find something, WVU gets penalized. The AD shouldn't want this; low-level staff and affiliates may not understand the implications of what they're saying.
I also doubt that (assuming this happened) RR did it to spite the program; more likely that he worried about something damaging in the documents, either truly serious (use your imagination) or just embarrassing (minor things that maybe made him look like a jerk).
My own reaction was along the lines of holy shit; this sounds terrible; I hope it's wrong. Also, while the WVU crowd may just be a pack of angry, vengeful hillbillies, Deliverance shows why you shouldn't just shrug at the angry, vengeful hillbillies.
He really needs to settle that lawsuit, even if it means ponying up the full $4 million.
- January 16, 2008 12:33 PM
- Nathan said...
Well put Crimenotes.
From a conspiracy perspective, assume there is wrongdoing that both the admin and RR knew about (which this has been a strong rumor in WV for over a year). If the admin launches an investigation and "surprisingly" turns up something, then they would likely receive less or no punishment, but in the process would make RR look like the culprit and thus make it very difficult for UM to keep him or for him to find a job elsewhere at least for a few years (think Rick Neuheisel).
- January 16, 2008 12:40 PM
- Joshua said...
Just for the record, you keep the strippers. It's the dead hookers you have to throw out.
I'll be interested to see what page this story gets buried on if their investigation turns up absolutely nothing.
Hey Jim- you want those t-shirt to read "University of Florida: Easier...."
or simply "Florida:...."
Sorry I don't have the site up yet- been hella-busy.
- January 16, 2008 12:42 PM
- Joshua said...
I also find it interesting that the rumors of his wrongdoing began to surface about the same time he showed interest in the Bama job. Those people have a serious inferiority complex. They make State fans look arrogant by comparison.
- January 16, 2008 1:00 PM
- Nathan said...
Not much worse that the belief that a "superior" school such as UM could ever hire someone with a fishy background
- January 16, 2008 2:10 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
keep the strippers? good to know.
the entire headline, and the indication that this is a story at all, is predicated on the notion that "shredding" documents is inherently wrong. excuse me, but that's nuts. ask anyone that has ever had to comply w/ HIPPA or any of the other emerging privacy statute.
do you toss credit card statements into the dumpster? bank statements? social security updates?
enron aside, shredding information is perfectly normal and very prudent.
i keep copies of my expense account (w/ receipts), my performance evaluations, my performance evaluations of subordinates, and a host of other, unofficial documents in files in my desk. if i leave, i'm either taking those w/ me OR i'm shredding them before i go. that sort of information must be handled properly and i could get sued if i left a copy of my adm asst's review just lying in a desk drawer for someone else to find (even if the "official" review is in the "official" file down @ HR).
and i don't think anyone would think it odd for me to shred that type of info when i left.
and in this instance, this isn't just "anyone" changing jobs. he's the head coach of a major program leaving for another job. people are likely to go dumpster diving.
shredding material that contains any information that you wouldn't want to read in the paper- from you driver's license to your kids' birthdays- just makes sense.
finally, ask yourself this- if instead of wvu and R2, this was about lloyd? say Lloyd was seen shredding a box of documents a week after the bowl game. someone asked him about it and he told martin he was cleaning out his office and he got rid of a bunch of old papers he didn't want to keep and didn't want to have floating around.
then a few weeks later some files turn up missing. does this even become a story? the fact that lloyd cleaned out his office and around the same time, some "files" went missing would be seen as maybe a coincidence. it wouldn't even sound bad, unless you assumed shredding anything is somehow sinister. and you have an axe to grind.
this is a story solely because wvu wants it to be.
- January 16, 2008 2:15 PM
- Nathan said...
I don't think anyone has a problem with RR shredding personal items but if he shredded information that related to school finances or player information, I think that's a different story.
I found this on a WVU board. Look at the last page and the resignation letter. Not the classiest looking resignation, hell even I did better than that when I quit part time jobs in college.
- January 16, 2008 2:30 PM
- mclovin said...
This has nothing to do with shredding documents. The point that he was shredding docs is a mute point. No one cares what he did with his own personal paperwork. The problem is paperwork that belongs to the University is missing. If you want to compare this to the corporate world and HIPAA, etc; if you were to leave a company and your entire office was emptied out, your ex-company would want to know exactly what you did with all of that information that was in your office. For the exact reasons of HIPPA and other compliance regulations. The last thing they want is for the documents to disappear. In fact a company would not leave the shredding up to the departing employee. They would do it themselves. Hot Rod would do himself and the UM program a service buy paying his $4M buyout and moving on.
- January 16, 2008 3:24 PM
- wolverine425 said...
nathan-are you kidding me? no i don't have everything on file, but the type of files they are talking about were surely not just paper files. anything that important would be on a computer. wvu looks lame for continuing to go after coach rod.
- January 16, 2008 3:45 PM
- mclovin said...
Everyone will just have to see how this plays out...However, regardless the outcome, I'm sure the people in East Lansing and Columbus are loving the fact that there is an obvious credibility issue with Hot Rod. The roles have been reversed as this is no longer Lloyd's program.
- January 16, 2008 3:55 PM
- Joshua said...
The idea that some of these documents are the sole copy of certain information is either a)ludicrous or b)an endictment of WVU as a whole. Booster info? The athletic department should have that. Class attendance- compliance office. Contact info for players on the roster- what, did they pass out a sign up sheet like it was a book club or something?
Now the Barwis S&C stuff could be true, and maybe the recruiting info- which the shredding of, while sketchy and underhanded- would not be illegal. This whole thing will blow over. Just pay the $4 mill and move on. Yes, it's a fair amount of beans, but I'm fairly confident there's a few accountants in A2 that R2 could employ.
- January 16, 2008 4:00 PM
- TitleIX said...
THANK YOU for the HIPPA reference. Let's see--I gotta bunch of paperwork with students' names, times, grades, evals etc piled up in my office and before I leave I gotta clean it up.
SHRED IT PEOPLE. jeebuz
I'm betting that there was likely a firesale over at Schembechler too--you know, take that picture from that game, keep that trophy, need that book, etc. You think the guys are giving back all their Michigan gear??? not so much.
granted, they probably aren't shredding sweat pants tho...
reminds me when the Clinton admin left and took all the W's off the keyboards-----
- January 16, 2008 4:10 PM
- Nathan said...
If there were multiple copies, why would you even waste your time shredding one copy. Just throw the shit out. That argument doesn't make much sense. There's going to be a credibility issue with this guy for years.
- January 16, 2008 4:21 PM
- Joshua said...
"If there were multiple copies, why would you even waste your time shredding one copy. Just throw the shit out. That argument doesn't make much sense."
Riiiiiight. Because you want personal information about other people- which was under your protection and is your responsibility-just floating around. doesn't make much sense? Please tell me you're not really that stupid and just had a idiot moment.
- January 16, 2008 4:34 PM
- Joshua said...
As I remember it there was such a huge story about the Clinton staffers destrying property and it turned out none of it was true. but the "none of it is true" story almost zero press. I see that happening here if it turns out to be nothing. And I make a dead hooker reference and don't even get a reaction?! You guys are getting spoiled. ;)
- January 16, 2008 4:40 PM
- Nathan said...
You're making my argument for me. If you have personal information about other individuals then you should not be destroying it in the first place, unless you know for a fact that there are multiple copies. The whole reason this is news is that obviously no one had a copy but RR or the files wouldn't be missing (or everyone in the WVU admin is lying).
- January 16, 2008 4:42 PM
- TitleIX said...
I figured she died waiting on you and Mr. Happy......
sorry j but you put that softball out there. BOO-YAH. Home run.(double entendre intended)
- January 16, 2008 4:45 PM
- Joshua said...
Ok, so the compliance office doesn't have records of class attendance? That would make them morons and completely non-compliant. This story is a non-story intended to smear R2 and his reputation. It is not his job to make certain compliance is doing their job, it is his job to take care of the documents in his charge. We don't know yet that there aren't other copies, and btw- your argument was completely different in your other post until I called you out on it. Keep trying though.
Only if she'd died of anticipation darling- only if she died of anticipation. And how did you know Mr. Happy's name? Have you been stalking me again? Remember what the judge said young lady- 500 feet away.
- January 16, 2008 5:13 PM
- Joshua said...
"This story is a non-story intended to smear R2 and his reputation."
Ok wait, I rescind that because we don't know if it is true. All we know right now is that an anonymous source has made allegations and the WV administration is looking into them. For this reason I don't think they could all be "lying" as they haven't made a statement as to the truth of the claims one way or another.
- January 16, 2008 5:59 PM
- Jim said...
I think we're overlooking the obvious: shredded paper makes good packing material and his family did have a big move coming up. Kudos to RR for reducing, reusing and recycling.
And Joshua...I think "Florida" should cover it.
- January 16, 2008 7:35 PM
- mclovin said...
All of this will more then likely blow over soon enough. I do however find it humorous how all of the Michigan people are so quick to proclaim Hot Rod as a wrongly accused victim and the WVU people crazy rednecks. This is the first time in our lifetimes and maybe ever that a UM football coach may be a slight fraud bending the rules. If this was a new hire at tOSU, MSU, or anyplace else for that matter the Michigan people would be all over said coach and screaming how everyone else cheats to win. With Hot Rods reputation it looks like the UM program will no longer be squeaky clean, which will create some fun banter for everyone else.
- January 16, 2008 7:58 PM
- Jim said...
What reputation? Other than some worthless Intenet scuttlebutt and the WVU sour grapes, there IS no reputation. Yeesh.
- January 16, 2008 9:03 PM
- Joshua said...
And I think he'll find soon enough that squeaky clean is the only acceptable option in Ann Arbor. And with the kind of talent he can pull here there's no reason for any shenanigans, so I'm not all that worried about reputation.
- January 16, 2008 9:22 PM
- phil said...
Why just do a routine investigation when conspiracy theories can make this whole thing a lot more fun?
For instance FACT #01:
The WV governor and WVU president were seen coming out of the athletic department together before the shredding report hit the papers. Coincidence? I think not.
FACT #02: Last months electric bill for the athletic department was the same as the month previous. If all that shredding was really done, why didn't it show up on the electric bill?
FACT #03: Isn't it curious that the word Mountaineers ends in "s" while the word shredder begins with "s". Notice the word "file" or "Enron" doesn't have an "s" in it?
All these facts add up to an WVU conspiracy.
- January 17, 2008 9:20 AM
- Vadatripp said...
Leave it to West Vagina...er, Virginia to start running ads skewering RR.
This stuff was entertaining at first but it's getting a little tiresome now.
- January 17, 2008 9:51 AM
- Nathan said...
Joshua, you're right, RR would never ever do anything shady at Michigan b/c the fans would just not accept it. With such a superior program to everyone else in the nation, I mean why would they have to. Look at USC, similar tradition, better weather and location, and there are never any shady rumors about them. The annual rumors of their players being paid are all obviously true b/c shady behavior is just not an option in Los Angeles, CA.
- January 17, 2008 10:03 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
all good things come to an end. the bitter wvu fan thing was entertaining for awhile. however, i have the feeling it's jumped the shark by now.
the "missing files" incident is beginning to take on the feel of the "missing strwaberries" incident from "the caine mutiney". wvu's governor sitting w/ a handful of ball bearings, clacking them in his hand as he says: "and i would have found those missing files, if it hadn't been for disloyal assistant coaches..."
- January 17, 2008 12:20 PM
- Nathan said...
I think WVU just wants their $4 mil. Can you blame them? I think if RR just paid or settled this would all go away
- January 17, 2008 1:18 PM
- Joshua said...
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- January 17, 2008 1:38 PM
- Joshua said...
And I think you're totally correct on them wanting the $4 million, that'd definitely go a long way toward ending it from an institutional standpoint.
- January 17, 2008 1:39 PM
- Joshua said...
First, have you ever, EVER heard a rumor about recruiting impropriety coming out of Ann Arbor and our football program which turned out to have merit? Has our QB been suspended for accepting money from boosters like Troy Smith was? Or had arguably the best player to play for us in years suspended for driving a "loaner" car like Maurice Clarrett? Or had a star player's family living in a home which didn't belong to them like Reggie Bush's? Or been dismissed from the team like Rhett Bomar at OU? No, you haven't. This is true for two reasons: First the program and our head coaches will not tolerate it or look the other way, and secondly you're correct- our fan base wouldn't tolerate it. We hold ourselves to a higher standard. Maybe that makes us arrogant, but it's true.
I guarantee R2 has been made aware of what is acceptable behavior when you wear the Maize and Blue. And as for the recruiting angle, my point was that he'll now be able to attract top level talent unlike what he had at WVU. It had nothing to do with other top programs and the fact that we're superior, but thanks for giving me a reason to bring it up, it was fun!
"The annual rumors of their (USC) players being paid are all obviously true b/c shady behavior is just not an option in Los Angeles, CA."
Sarcasm aside, wouldn't the players being paid constitute shady behavior? Did you mean "not true?" Look, do yourself a favor and take an argumentative writing course, or at the very least learn to proofread your arguments.
yeah bro, it's just getting old, but something tells me they're far from letting it go.
- January 17, 2008 1:43 PM
- Nathan said...
Sorry I don't proofread comments I post on blog websites, really I apologize. As to the argument you were making, you made it seem that even if RR was shady at WVU there's no way that would be tolerated at UM. I have never heard any rumors from UM, however, you have had the same coach throughout my lifetime. I never heard rumors come from WVU until RR got there, so the question is was it an honorable coach or an overall honorable program? It seems that if a program is so honorable they would be hesitant to hire someone with integrity questions in the first place, but that's just my opinion. At least we can agree that someone should just pay the damn money and both sides leave each other alone. Didn't UM boosters even offer to pay the buyout in the first place?
- January 17, 2008 2:11 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
sorry, but this is not about the money. this about anger, embarrassment, and trying to save face. if someone @ wvu really wanted the cash, they would have waited for the mandated time (30 days?) for paying any of the penalty to pass before doing anything. filing, let alone trying to negotiate, before that only insures that the money will be LATER in coming, not sooner. being sued by someone is the BEST excuse not to pay them.
no, the lawsuit and everything else is about the AD & Co trying to shift focus from the allegations of wvu booster that they mishandled the situation to casting rocks at R2's behavior. it makes them look better and keeps the anger of wvu fans on him, not them.
if R2 wrote'em a check tomorrow, none of this would go away any faster. there'd still be this lame investigation on the files. there'd still be the car commercials in Beckly mocking him. there'd still be hate mail to his kids.
face it- given stewart's paltry salary, wvu is saving nearly $4 million over the next couple/three seasons w/ this coaching change. this will only die off when wvu (& fans) feels they've made enough noise to cover up their embarrassment of having Michigan poach a 2nd coach in 12 months time. not a minute (or dollar) before then.
- January 17, 2008 2:46 PM
- Nathan said...
Slightly more interesting:
- January 17, 2008 2:50 PM
- Nathan said...
I don't think WVU fans are too embarassed about the poaching of Beilein
- January 17, 2008 2:51 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
that article proves that someone in wva is either lying, or filled w/ idiots.
"quiet" and "dead" periods for recruiting bar personal meetings w/ recruits. phone calls are still allowed.
as for it being "wvu's" phone? wvu is ABSOLUTELY entitled to receive reimbursement for the cost of those call charged to their cell phones. hell, i might volunteer to pay the $38 myself.
like i said- they've jumped the shark. they're a day or two away from over playing this to the point of the press flopping on them and talking about what a bunch of loose screws they are.
- January 17, 2008 3:02 PM
- Joshua said...
"I never heard rumors come from WVU until RR got there..."
Most likely because they weren't too successful before he got there. They were ok, but not great. Notice how you never hear rumors about the mass of impropriety at Northwetern? Or even Michigan state or Purdue for that matter?
"It seems that if a program is so honorable they would be hesitant to hire someone with integrity questions in the first place..."
Exactly. Bingo. You win the prize for stating my point better than I could.* With a reputation for integrity and a multi-million dollar program do you think the coach, and any "issues"- real or imaginary- wouldn't have been properly vetted? All we have so far on this document bru-ha-ha is an "anonymous source" claiming a bunch of things, some of which have already been refuted by officials at WVU. Then whispers of impropriety by somebody's neighbor's pilates instructor's dog's groomer about "things" that are going to come out. And a couple of guys with character issues (Pacman and Chris Henry) who were associated with the program but didn't get into trouble when there. The idea that he had to take talented yet questionable character guys makes sense as he was building a program and didn't have access to the type of player a Michigan, Osu or Texas may have access to.
*Prize being a beer or drink of choice bought for you by me, provided we ever end up in the same general vacinity. Offer not valid in all states.
- January 17, 2008 3:33 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
funny how wvu fans didn't see R2 as having any character issues until after he changed jobs.
it's like getting a divorce. the one side doesn't want you anymore, but they can't stand the thought of you going on w/ your life (and worse yet, enjoying yourself) w/ out them.
- January 17, 2008 3:42 PM
- Nathan said...
"With a reputation for integrity and a multi-million dollar program do you think the coach, and any "issues"- real or imaginary- wouldn't have been properly vetted?"
Didn't the interview and the hiring take place within basically one weekend? How much vetting can be done in three days?
Look we're going in circles. I am a WVU fan, but I have made it known on this site that I was happy when RR left, b/c I frankly just don't think he's that great of a coach. I just get annoyed with the high and mighty attitude of fans of other schools who think they're above the seediness of college football and college football coaches. Of course you're not above throwing out stereotypical references to hillbillies and rednecks.
- January 17, 2008 4:04 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
well, if you were looking to be annoyed by high & mighty fans who have a superior attitude, you came to the right place.
- January 17, 2008 4:08 PM
- Nathan said...
SIC- WV fans have known about his personal character issues for years, but just ignored them b/c he was winning games. You guys have already stated that you won't put up with them so RR better be good or he will be fired at the first rumor.
- January 17, 2008 4:09 PM
- Nathan said...
I always came here in the past b/c I enjoyed the trashing of Ohio State. Still enjoy the site just think there is some naivety from some people on here if they think UM is almighty clean program of America.
- January 17, 2008 4:11 PM
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- January 17, 2008 4:29 PM
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- January 17, 2008 4:36 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
(Bad day at the ol' keyboard. Let me try this one more time)
I was rooting for you until the "trashing Ohio State" comment. You're just a wiener with a superior attitude. I shall call you Oscar.
- January 17, 2008 4:44 PM
- Nathan said...
Whetstone- I should have phrased that differently. I enjoy the jokes about Ohio State and think this blog author (whoever it is) is a pretty clever blog writer. I actually a very small soft spot for OSU b/c your former strength coach gave me a tour of all the football facilities there. They were being renovated though so not much to see, but did enjoy seeing the BCS trophy.
- January 17, 2008 4:57 PM
- Nathan said...
P.S. Can you be on my side again, I need help around here?
- January 17, 2008 4:58 PM
- Joshua said...
Thinking that Bill Martin and his evil minions didn't do their homework before they interviewd R2 is silly in and of itself. Not saying you are, just the notion.
"Still enjoy the site just think there is some naivety from some people on here if they think UM is almighty clean program of America".
Well either we're really, really good at cheating or we're clean. I prefer to think we're clean, and the things I've witnessed personally and the ties I have to the program (extended family) lead me to believe so as well. When Tyrone Wheatley- arguably the best running back in the nation at the time- is driving around in an old station wagon that doesn't have a working driver's side door but Vince Young drives around in an Escalade and nothing is ever said, well, that says a lot to me. Our guys know that no one within the program will be looking the other way. Rumors are always floating arouond, but the first time someone shows up in a "loaner" car you can bet Lloyd will have his foot up R2's ass.
"if you were looking to be annoyed by high & mighty fans who have a superior attitude, you came to the right place."
Hey, I didn't ask that we be better than everyone else, it just happened that way!
- January 17, 2008 5:01 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Well either we're really, really good at cheating or we're clean."
What time do the polls close?
- January 17, 2008 5:08 PM
- Joshua said...
And you don't want to ask Whets for help, everyone knows he's nothing but a crazy Arizonian blowhard.
Serioulsy, that's like Mother Theresa asking the the Pope for sex advice.
- January 17, 2008 5:09 PM
- Joshua said...
or "seriously".
Who needs proof reading classes NOW Bitch!!!!????
(thought i'd beat you guys to the punch)
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Mickey Kaus, via Instapundit — who also takes a shot at Herman Cain:
I think that Herman Cain hurts himself by joining in on these attacks. His big appeal is that he's not just another black race-card-playing politician. Climbing on board with the Post's hit piece suggests that actually, he is. It reminds me of Tim Pawlenty's weak and opportunistic reaction to the attacks on Sarah Palin. I think that's what killed his campaign. If you side with the media establishment against other Republicans, you won't help yourself in this election cycle.But you know who really benefits? Obama. And I don't mean because it's about race. Obama benefits whenever any subject other than the economy captures the public's attention.
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The new Rhythm & Brews (R&B) concert organizers are setting the bar pretty high for future events in Hendersonville. On the third Thursday of every month throughout the summer, they are hosting concerts that will generate very little waste.
The new Rhythm & Brews (R&B) concert organizers are setting the bar pretty high for future events in Hendersonville. On the third Thursday of every month throughout the summer, they are hosting concerts that will generate very little waste.
The Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO) got involved when we heard about their eco-friendly intentions. We agree that throwing a party on the back of the environment is not OK. Disposable single-use plates, utensils and beverage containers are the norm for outdoor parties, but the R&B concerts are showing us a different way.
Why did the organizers pay extra to hire Danny Keaton, owner of Danny's Dumpster, to handle their waste stream (unwanted resources)? It was because one of their sponsors said, "Low-waste events are important." The organizers won't say who pressed for the eco-friendly events.
According to his web site, dannysdumpster.com, back in 2007, Keaton started hauling trash and recycling for the residents of Madison County with a laid back motto: "Danny's Dumpster — You Make It, We Take It." But when North Carolina passed legislation in 2008 requiring businesses with alcoholic beverage permits to recycle their containers, he soon realized the future lay in responsible disposal, not mass disposal.
Composting makes Danny's, an Asheville-based company, different from other waste handlers. He operates a large-scale commercial composting facility permitted by the state.
Most people don't understand that very little decomposition happens in a modern-day landfill. I often refer to it as putting our waste in a giant zip-lock bag! Landfill construction requirements protect us from groundwater contamination and air pollution, but they also restrict the amount of air and water that gets to the waste, so the microorganisms (decomposers) can't do their work. Even though we think we're doing a good thing by buying compostable containers, unless they end up in a commercial composter (or a hot and fast home composter), they won't break down.
At the R&B events, ECO volunteers will stand at some of the waste stations to help people understand the sorting. Here's the drill: Unwanted food, paper products and compostable cups (the only kind sold at the event) go in the can with the green liner. All of the recycling goes in the can with the clear liner, and the small amount that's left over goes to the landfill (third can, black liner).
The waste stations have signs on them, so the ECO volunteers don't really have to stand there, but it's an educational opportunity to talk to people who are not used to this kind of sorting.
At the May R&B concert, as I stood pointing out the proper cans, I talked to Danny about my home composting, where I failed to get those compostable cups to break down. Danny told me the plant-based cups, which look amazingly like plastic, need the proper conditions to decompose. They quickly break down in his commercial composter, taking three days at 160 degrees. My cold and slow home composting method just doesn't work on these cups.
Plant-based compostable plastics have been causing havoc in the recycling stream because their makeup is very different from petroleum-based plastics. N.C. House Bill 315, introduced by Rep. Chuck McGrady, requires degradable plastic products to be clearly labeled to prevent contamination of plastic recycling feedstocks. This recent bill is a good first step and points out the need for better labeling on all packaging so consumers can understand what to do. And, as always, more education is needed to promote recycling.
Why should we care about composting? It's because the 33 million tons of food Americans waste every year is a crime. The EPA estimates that by weight, food is more than 14 percent of our total disposal.
I recently asked a produce worker at local grocery store where all of the unsellable fresh food goes, hoping he would say Manna Food Bank or the Mission, or at least to a hog farmer. Unfortunately, he said that they tried, but people obtained the food to sell at flea markets, so now they put it in the dumpster with the trash.
Our community has come a long way in waste reduction, but we still divert less than 20 percent. Not long ago, ECO asked the city of Hendersonville to require recycling at all street festivals, but the permits were never changed to reflect our request. Instead, the city opted to purchase permanent recycling bins for Main Street, and for that ECO says thank you.
We also remember a day when the Apple Festival, our largest street party, produced a staggering amount of waste over three days. Now, thanks to hardworking advocates and good leadership, the Apple Festival is not only recycling, it's experimenting with a new composting system in 2013.
So look for me at all of the R&B concerts this summer as I'll be manning a waste station. Come by and say hello. Also, please help keep ECO strong by donating and/or becoming a member. You can reach ECO at 828-692-0385 and www.eco-wnc.org.
For local recycling questions, contact Megan Piner, the county's recycling expert, at 694-6524 or go to www.hendersoncountync.org/engineering/solidwaste/recyclingindex.html.


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Defense Attorney Greg Newman told the court Friday morning that he would not put on a case in the defense of Jermaine Deprie Glover, accused of killing his roommate, Misty Carter, in 2009.
Defense Attorney Greg Newman told the court Friday morning that he would not put on a case in the defense of Jermaine Deprie Glover, accused of killing his roommate, Misty Carter, in 2009.
Glover has declined to testify.
The prosecution presented new witnesses along with new evidence during Glover's second murder trial, which began April 24 — a month and a half after his first trial ended with a hung jury.
The prosecution rested its case at 10:40 a.m. Closing arguments are expected to start at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Henderson County Superior Court.
Glover took the stand in his own defense in his first trial, telling the court he did not see Carter the day she was murdered and had nothing to do with her death.
A new witness, brought in by the state Friday, testified to fitting Glover for prosthetic limbs before and after the murder. Shaun Dolen, a certified prosthetist with Skyland Prosthetics and Orthotics, said Glover "was an active amputee" before Carter's death.
Dolen said that when he visited Glover for a fitting at the Henderson County Detention Center, Glover told him, "You know I couldn't have done this." He was emotional, Dolen said.
He testified to knowing that Glover had a problem with infections that would come and go in his amputated leg. The infections would make his leg bleed. Glover argued in his first trial that blood found inside his Hendersonville home may have come from the infections.
Kelly Foster, a branch manager for American General Financial Services, said she noticed a "major change... a major limp" in Glover's gait after the murder. She testified that he came into her office weeks before Carter's death, concerned about keeping his 2005 Dodge truck from being repossessed. She said he walked without difficulty at the time.
Foster contacted Buncombe County detectives, she said, after Glover started talking about the crime and how the police suspected him. She testified that he told her he would not be able to hoist a "200-pound-plus person" over his shoulder and put her in a "car." She said that after saying "car" he corrected his statement and said, "truck."
Foster told the court that Glover "would get irritated" with Carter "because he'd buy her lighters and she would always lose them" and have to use matches.
"He was upset that he had spent the money on Misty... to help her get a job in Asheville," she said.
In the last trial, Glover testified to spending nearly $1,400 on Carter the week she was murdered, two days after she told him she was pregnant with his baby. He said he helped her with a down payment for a car, paid for beauty treatments and bought her clothes for a new job she said she was starting Friday — "clerical work at Merry Maids."
Glover said she never went to work on Friday and that was the last day he saw her alive.
A medical examiner from Raleigh said Carter died of a chop wound to the head. Her nude and charred body was spotted by a passerby along the Blue Ridge Parkway on the morning of Oct. 19, 2009.
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EA Sports announced a limited Anniversary Edition of Madden 25 today. The $99 set comes with a one year subscription to DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket, which usually costs a few hundred bucks by itself.
If you don't already have DirecTV, the special edition includes a $10 off per month promo code to get the service, which will let you use the "NFL Sunday Ticket Max" too. If you already are a DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket subscriber, you can access it with your computer and mobile devices as well. Finally, if you're out of range of DirecTV service, you can at least get a code for a trial of the regular 17-week season to watch on your computer, tablet, or mobile device.
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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.
AFD is a program to automatically distribute files either locally or to remote hosts. The files are distributed by using FTP or SMTP, and can be sent in parallel and with priority. It provides a GUI to monitor and control the distribution and extensive logging of all activities.
Alkaline is a full-featured standalone search and index server. The spider is a fully remote indexing daemon which includes support for all standards like robots.txt and "skip" meta tags, and allows multiple distinct configurations and search groups (searching many different sites from your server), including complex regexp indexing paths, authentification, filters for various document formats, XML-based online management and statistics, mrtg-compatible perf numbers, and more.
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Aphid (the Apache/Perl HTTP Installation Daemon) provides a quick facility for compiling and installing the Apache Web server with support for SSL via mod_ssl, and with the embedded Perl interpreter provided by mod_perl. It downloads, compiles, and installs the software into the directory of your choice. Aphid places emphasis on providing an intuitive, browser-based interface and keeping a tiny distribution footprint. To date Aphid has been tested on Rehat Linux 6 and 6.2, FreeBSD 4.0, and Solaris 2.6 and 7.
Apsfilter is a magic printfilter, allowing you to print different document types "automagically" without having to convert them manually into something which is understood by your printer. Apsfilter is a mature and powerful printing solution for any flavor of Unix running lpd or LPRng. It supports the latest GhostScript version and 3rd-party printer drivers (such as hpijs, ijs, hpdj, pcl3, and gimp-print). It autodetects lots of file, archive, and compression types. It supports printing on local as well as on Appletalk, Unix, and Windows remote printers. General and "per printer-queue" based config files allow you to configure the printer for your needs. The lpr command line options allow you to change printing parameters like print quality, orientation, duplex mode, etc. "on the fly" without having to edit any config file. A SETUP script helps you to test various supported ghostscript drivers prior installation, makes the necessary entries in /etc/printcap, creates spool directories, and creates apsfilter default config files as needed. A handbook in HTML is available. Several tools are also included: "aps2file" allows you to print to a file via apsfilter, "apspreview" previews files as generated by apsfilter using gv and friends, and "apsfilter-bug" assists you in doing bug and problem reports.
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Audition Day with Jane Frisby
Start:15 July 2013
LocationSpotlight - 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7RJ
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We have the pleasure of welcoming Jane Frisby (casting director) to run an audition day for us.
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That's Katha Pollitt over at The Nation, reacting to Douthat's reaction to the plummeting birthrate in the United States, which we were talking about here. I'd asked:
If it is an emergency, what could be done? Is there a role for government? What if government wanted to get involved, really deeply involved? Suggestions? Don't violate any rights. This is a government of laws, in which women have reproductive freedom. But there is the taxing power and the spending power and so forth.So I agree with Pollitt on where the solution to the problem lies... except that she's not ready to see how it's a problem.


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Our receiving department does its best to verify and then enter the correct expiration dates for all incoming products. However, discrepancies do occur from time to time. This being said, the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures that our inventory is among the freshest in the industry.
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"Ball", the Byzantine Askemos Language Layer, is an intrusion resistant and incorruptible, autonomous distributed operating system. It provides application programmers with continuations, messages, and rights management on top of a peer-to-peer network resisting byzantine failures of network nodes. The API significantly raises the level of abstraction in comparison with other operating systems: there are very few system calls, and these are expressed in XML. An alternative understanding of Askemos is that of an XML object database with stored procedures.
BasicLinux is a mini-Linux distribution designed specifically for old PCs. It provides a slim 2.2.26 kernel, a user-friendly shell and a good assortment of utilities. It includes a Web browser, a comm program, an email client, a telnet client, wget, DHCP, and dial-up PPP. It also includes a small footprint GUI, and is able to run remote X (via network) with as little as 4 MB RAM. BasicLinux is particularly suitable for old laptops: it comes with PCMCIA capability and includes the MagicPoint presentation program.
Coyote Linux is a mini distribution designed for setting up network utility services such as Internet connection sharing, firewalling, or wireless access points. The goal is to make it as quick and easy as possible to set up a Linux system with only a minimal amount of Linux knowledge.
eCos (Embedded Configurable OS) is an open source, configurable, portable, and royalty-free embedded Real Time Operating System. It is written in C++, provides all the usual OS things. You configure the OS so that the parts you don't need aren't loaded to the embedded system. eCos is released under a modified GPL that allows for its use in embedded systems without having to GPL the embedded application.


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A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.
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In the midst of a debate about an experimental drug's early approval, the US Food and Drug Administration requests that full trial results be released.
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Shrieking Sisters
Start:3 May 2013
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Written by Maggie Cronin and Carol Moore and performed by Maggie Cronin, Carol Moore and Laura Hughes,this rehearsed reading of Shrieking Sisters is being performed in the Island Arts Centre on Friday 3rd May.
"Before researching the Ulster suffragettes I was unaware of a suffrage movement in the north, let alone a militant campaign. It's a fascinating story of bravery, persistence, perseverance and stubborn determination of women who were prepared to serve prison sentences and go on prolonged thirst and hunger strikes to achieve the vote and they need to be written back into the history books. Mrs Metge and the three other accused women proved their metal at the two court hearings in Lisburn, disrupting proceedings by shouting and attempting to leave the court with Lilian announcing "For five years I have used every constitutional means to enable women to obtain the vote and you would not listen!. IT IS YOU MEN THAT HAVE MADE US MILITANT"."
By 1912 women in Ireland and England had already gone on prolonged hunger and thirst strikes to highlight the question of votes for women, but in Ireland this quest was thwarted by another struggle – that of home rule. Irish nationalists and Ulster Unionists were bitterly opposed with the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in 1912 and so the campaign for Irish women's enfranchisement was compromised because of it.. Although it began as something of a middle class movement, suffragettes attempted to share their message at big open air meetings in places like Ormeau Park, Carlisle Circus and Methodist College, the Grand Opera House and the Ulster Hall. They also stood outside factory gates, trying to enlist the support of the mill workers and attempting to bring together unionist and nationalist women.
As women stepped outside of the traditional gender roles of the era, men of orange and green persuasion for once found something to agree about: opposition to the female vote. Unionists wanted an independent Ulster and stated that women would get the vote in this dispensation. But soon after Edward Carson came out and said no, he did not support votes for women and suffragists declared war on the Ulster unionists.In March 1914, at a time when the Ulster Volunteer Force where drilling troops at Abbeylands House in Whiteabbey, suffragists burnt the building to the ground. They were furious that they were being imprisoned while the UVF, led by Sir Edward Carson, were gun running and preparing for civil war but were unpunished. Other places targeted included the grandstand at Newtownards Race Course, the teahouse at Bellevue Zoo and Cavehill Bowling and Tennis Club and protesters also poured acid on the greens at Fortwilliam Golf Club. These were seen as places of male entertainment and power and therefore, worthy targets.
Notable figures in the Ulster movement were Margaret McCoubrey, a Scot married to an Irish trade unionist from the Ormeau Road, Dr Elizabeth Bell who attended suffragists on hunger strike, Margaret Robinson and Lilian Metge from Lisburn, a moderate, turned militant, who was jailed for her part in an attack on Lisburn Cathedral. Lilian Metge was descended from a prosperous Quaker family. Her father, Richard Cambridge Grubb came from, Co. Tipperary and married Harriet Richardson, daughter of Jonathon Richardson who was MP for Lisburn in the 1850s. Lilian married R.H. Metge from Co. Meath, but on his death in 1900, Lilian found herself widowed before the age of 30. Despite her establishment links with a grandfather an MP and a husband a lawyer she became an activist in the movement founding the Lisburn Suffrage Society. She lived in Seymour Street, a short distance from Lisburn Cathedral and along with 3 other women attempted to blow up Lisburn Cathedral in the early hours of August 1st, 1914.
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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.
Utakata (S)
Utakata (S) is a missing nin from the Hidden Mist Village and the jinchuuriki for the six tailed slug Rokubi. A distant person most of the time Utakata (S) is a kind shinobi who uses bubble line ninjutsu in many ways.Requirement to unlock: Mission: The Elusive Six Tails
Soap Bubble Ninjutsu
Utakata (S) uses his specialized Soap Bubble Ninjutsu to target one enemy. The target of this skill will lose all destructible defense and then take 15 piercing damage.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Chakra, Ranged, Instant, Unique
Drowning Bubble Technique
Utakata (S) uses Drowning Bubble Technique on one enemy dealing 10 affliction damage permanently. Soap Bubble Ninjutsu will deal an additional 5 damage to any enemy affected by this skill. This skill cannot be used on an enemy currently being affected by it. This skill ends when Utakata (S) dies.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Chakra, Ranged, Unique, Instant, Affliction
Rokubi Transformation
Utakata (S) uses Rokubi Transformation effortlessly to heal himself for 25 health points and gain 50% unpierceable damage reduction for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 3
Chakra required:
Classes: Chakra, Instant, Unique
Bubble Dome
This skill makes Utakata (S) invulnerable for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 4
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Bristol Construction will continue its work on Segment 1, the first five miles of the rail embankment. In October 2012, earthmoving was completed to the wetlands boundary.
Granite Construction was awarded the contract for Segment 6 near Houston. Segment 6 is 1.8 miles long. It will create a new "Y" rail connection on the north-eastern end of the project, as well as a new siding adjacent to the Alaska Railroad mainline to Fairbanks. The "Y" will enable freight service between Port MacKenzie and Fairbanks to the north and Anchorage/Kenai areas to the south.
QAP was awarded the contract for Segment 3. The segment is 6.5 miles long and will run from Ayrshire Road to Papoose Twins Road near Susitna Parkway. Clearing of the rail extension right-of-way has begun.
Segment 4, approximately 7.4 miles from Papoose Twins Road to north of Horseshoe Lake, will be awarded in late summer. State general obligation bonds recently sold and are funding the project.
The 32-mile rail project will connect the mainline of the Alaska Railroad near Houston to the deep draft dock at Port MacKenzie. The the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has secured $116 million in state legislative appropriations and state voters approved $30 million for a General Obligation bond for the project. To complete the entire project, this year, the borough is requesting $126 million in state appropriations. The project is expected to be completed by 2016.


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Red Sox steadily on rebound in beastly AL East
Cherington's offseason moves, hiring of Farrell steer Boston in right direction
By Hal Bodley
Somebody wrote the other day that the Red Sox have nowhere to go but up in 2013. Considering the disaster of 2012, not to mention 2011's September collapse, that's an understatement at best.
The good news for Red Sox Nation, however, is that there will be noticeable improvement, but predicting Boston will be a contender in the rugged American League East is a stretch.
The Red Sox's 69-93 finish was their worst since 1965. Even though general manager Ben Cherington has had a busy offseason, climbing out of last place seems like a Herculean task.
Defending division champion New York will obviously contend, Wild Card winner Baltimore should be even stronger and Toronto is loaded. The Blue Jays have put together such a strong team with offseason additions that they should be the consensus favorite to win the East -- and return to the postseason for the first time since 1993.
Where does that leave Boston?
Veteran MLB.com reporter Ian Browne predicts the Red Sox have been reduced to a sleeper role at best, and I have to agree.
Cherington was finally able to land slugger Mike Napoli on Thursday for a one-year, $5 million contract, according to sources. That comes six weeks after a three-year, $39 million deal fell apart when Boston's medical staff discovered a hip issue.
There were reports the Red Sox had interest in Michael Morse, but when the Nationals traded him to Seattle in a three-team deal on Wednesday, the one-year contract with Napoli was worked out.
Napoli is just the latest Cherington move, none of which have jarred the baseball world.
I believe prying John Farrell away from Toronto to be the Red Sox manager will turn out to be the GM's best.
The Red Sox haven't been to the postseason for the past three years.
Terry Francona, who won two World Series, was at the controls when the Red Sox became the first team in history to blow a nine-game lead in September and lose their grasp on the 2011 AL Wild Card.
The Bobby Valentine experiment was a disaster. Despite all the fanfare and optimism a year ago, Bobby V opened and closed in one -- just one dreadful season.
The ruins of 2012 are still smoldering, and on top of that, Francona's new book paints an unkind portrait of the team's inner circle.
Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, GM Theo Epstein, Valentine, Francona, et al., are gone from the old regime.
That brings us to Cherington and Farrell.
In talking to the folks close to Farrell in Toronto, they say he's the perfect person to mesh the remaining players -- many with outstanding pedigrees -- and the newcomers into a cohesive unit.
Farrell, the Red Sox pitching coach in 2007-10, has an uncanny ability to unite the clubhouse, and there's no question his forte with pitchers should bode well in returning Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and John Lackey (back from Tommy John surgery) to the form that once made them elite starters.
If the Red Sox are to be a sleeper, starting pitching will be key. That's a huge reason why Farrell will be so important to the turnaround.
Add to that the addition of reliever Joel Hanrahan, who was mostly under the radar as Pittsburgh's closer.
Jonny Gomes and Shane Victorino are newcomers in the outfield, there's Stephen Drew at shortstop and starter Ryan Dempster in the new mix.
Three-time Gold Glove winner Victorino was a favorite with the Phillies and a key to their five consecutive division titles (2007-11). However, his inconsistency at the plate the past two years probably was the reason the Phillies dealt him to the Dodgers at the July 2012 Trading Deadline. Because he was a potential free agent, the Phillies were opposed to the multiyear deal Victorino sought.
The Red Sox weren't reluctant; they gave him a three-year, $39 million contract. Fenway Park should be the perfect venue to give Shane a new beginning. He'll certainly add energy to the clubhouse.
Victorino, Hanrahan and Napoli are typical of the Cherington deals: They aren't superstars but proven players who should contribute.
"We're trying to add to the team and improve the team in as many areas as we can without being as focused on the headline," Cherington told Browne. "We want to be as focused as we can on improving the team and building the roster in as many areas as we can.
"We're trying to build as deep a team as we can and filling the clubhouse with guys we can believe in -- building the team that way. We're going to continue to try to do that. The proof will be in the pudding. We'll see if we can execute it enough."
Fenway should be perfect for Napoli, a powerful right-handed pull hitter who's batted .306 with seven homers and 17 RBIs in Boston.
The Red Sox's mission in 2013 is rebuilding their credibility in one of Major League Baseball's most prestigious divisions.
That should be the first step before their often crazed fans envision their team returning to the top perch in the AL East.
Baby steps, if you will.


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Hodge a recipient of Presidential Award
Whitney Hodge, 11, is the recipient of the Presidential Award and will travel to Washington, D.C. from June 29 until July 4. She was nominated by previous elementary school teachers.
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"I am looking forward to meeting new people and learning some things that will help me become a better leader in life," Hodge said.
Four Seasons vice president steps down
Tina Gentry, CFRE, submitted her resignation as Four Seasons vice president of Patient Access and Sustainable Resources, which was effective Feb. 8.
Gentry, who joined Four Seasons in 2003, has had an invaluable impact on the organization, according to a news release from the organization. In 2008, Gentry led Four Seasons through a successful rebranding that aided the nonprofit in becoming a regional provider of hospice and palliative care. Under her leadership, Four Seasons achieved an 80 percent Death Service Ratio in the local area.
Gentry led the $5.2 million capital campaign to expand the Elizabeth House and build Greatrex Place Clinical and Administrative Services Building, the largest capital campaign in the history of Henderson County, the release says.
"Tina Gentry is leaving Four Seasons setup for incredible success for the future," Four Seasons President and CEO Chris Comeaux said. "Our donors, volunteers and staff are committed to our mission and vision, and Tina has played a large part in helping us get to that level of commitment."
Gentry will return to her hometown of Beaufort, S.C. to serve as president and CEO of United Way of the Lowcountry.
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TD Charitable Foundation donates $7,500 to center
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The Children & Family Resource Center aims to improve children's lives through parent education, quality childcare resources, and leadership on children's issues throughout the community. Funds from the foundation will be used to support The Adolescent Parenting Program and will allow parent educators to serve first-time pregnant and parenting teenagers in Henderson County.
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Family Education & Support Coordinator Summer Stipe said she "is thrilled to have received the Community Grant from the TD Charitable Foundation for the Adolescent Parenting Program. With the state pulling the funds for the Dropout Prevention Grants, we are looking locally to fill the gap. This grant will help us do that for the 2013-2014 program year."
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Rules for Fat People at Sporting Events
Tough shit.
After years of silently suffering at the Big House (as well as many other sporting events) when, shall we say, "large" fans sit around me, next to me and sometimes overlapping me, it's time somebody spoke up for the rest of us.
As such, below are the MZone approved Official Rules for Fat People at Sporting Events.
1. Believe it or not, I'm not a heartless dick. However, unless you paid for two seats or half of mine, I shouldn't have to be wedged into my seat like a convict trying to fit through a drainage pipe during a prison break.
Look, if your ticket is for seat 28, the crack of your ass should be splitting the "2" and the "8" and any ass spillover should not be touching the "7" to your left or the "2" to your right. I shouldn't be punished for four quarters because I took gym class seriously.
2. The same general principle applies if you're sitting in front of me at a stadium with benches ala Michigan Stadium. Your seat does not extend behind you to infinity like airspace over a sovereign nation. Thus, I'd prefer not to spend the entire game with my knees wedged into my chest as though I'm preparing for a crash landing because your backside has forced me to choose between three very unpleasant options for my legs: a) the above-mentioned pilot episode of LOST position b) the side-to-side shift where I must carefully position both my knees to either your left or right each quarter like a downhill skier silently practicing for the slalom or c) the legs open postion where your back is wedged between my thighs like a tandem sky dive gone horribly, horribly wrong.
3) If you're a "larger" fan, you have an obligation to get to the game on time. Don't come strolling into a sold-out stadium eight minutes into the first quarter (usually with two other "husky" fans to boot) and then expect everybody to suddenly halve themselves in order to accomodate your seating requirements (see Rule #1 above). Furthermore, such late arrivals also cause the rest of us to miss a number of plays while this game of human Tetris plays out, the entire section trying to refit itself without blood flow loss to major body parts.
4) Please wait until halftime for any food runs (or at least the end of a quarter). From the looks of it, you'll survive.
5) Watch the sudden standing cheers. I know football is a game where things can turn on a dime making such moments unavoidable. But I would prefer to leave the game without it looking like I was the one attempting to evade Michigan's pass rush all afternoon.
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Preach on brother Yost, preach on. I have a buddy who is a nutritional overachiever and he always says to kick him around if he gets in the way. on bus trips in high school we would always sit together and he would always tell me to move his "fat ass" if it got in the way. I loved him for it, he understood that us lil' guys are only so little and still need some room. and why in the hell would you ever be late to a michigan game. i have never been to one and if there are people out there taking that privelege (not a right) for granted then give me their f'ing ticket, i'd drive from seattle every friday and never miss a minute. Please, if you see people stroll in late tell them that there is a kid in washington who would gladly kick his ass and take his seat for his tardiness. sorry for the rant, but i just took a break from a late night mid term paper and pot of coffee I just drank is kicking in, but I can't believe some assholes are late to a game.
- October 23, 2006 2:09 AM
Every time I land in a US airport, I immediately think there must be a fat person's convention -- or unlocked doors at the local Dunkin' Donuts. It truly is a plague.
The best billboard I have ever seen was in SF for a local gym, which stated: "WHEN THE ALIENS COME, THEY'LL EAT THE FAT ONES FIRST." . . . Unfortunately, a herd of fat people waddled to the city council and complained of intentional infliction of emotional distress, thereby forcing the gym to remove the ad and -- I swear this is true -- the San Francisco City Council to enact an ordinance to specifically ban discrimination based on obesity.
- October 23, 2006 2:48 AM
- TitleIX said...
not to mention on airplanes....
but, I disagree with the standing cheer rule, since that is really your only chance of reclaiming your seat real estate. when the fatties get up, you slide back over and let the yahoos down the bench worry about making room.
and, another tactic involves the lamest of inventions---seat cushions. yes, they are embarrassing to a true fan, but they are required equipment when trying to stake out protected territory from the fatties.....
and, last but not least, is the knees in the back/butt maneuver. do not yield leg space to the fatty in front. keep your knees in tight (no, not Rocky Horror style) and apply pressure to the fat rolls in your leg space. Eventually this will force fatty to move forward in order to avoid your knees, thereby displacing their substantial mass forward to the rows ahead....
Human Tetris indeed!
- October 23, 2006 4:42 AM
Boy, you're really reaching for things to bitch about.
- October 23, 2006 5:19 AM
I hate fatties
- October 23, 2006 8:03 AM
- Kraut said...
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- October 23, 2006 8:46 AM
- Kraut said...
allaha, that's why I couldn't live in California ... that's just lame.
- October 23, 2006 8:46 AM
This is the best thing I have read yet.
Totally true. I can feel for the larger folks (even though I am 5'9" and 115 lbs AFTER 3 kids thank you very much), but do hate trying to do all of the mentioned human tetris tricks at the games.
I suggest fruit plates at tailgates & a good purging before entering the stadium.
Side note: the cheerleaders looked like cheerleaders saturday. Thank goodness,
- October 23, 2006 9:14 AM
- Tom said...
I'm a larger fan who totally agrees with rule #3. I was at Kyle Field just last week when midway through the first quarter two large people showed up wanted their exact seats. That was a disaster. As a rule I always try to get to games at least 15 minutes before kickoff.
I really enjoy sitting (actually standing) in the student section because these issues rarely come up.
As for the ordinance in SF, its actually illegal in the state of Michigan to discriminate based on weight (same clause as sex and race I believe). Of course, that it almost impossible to enforce and I don't think that it would cover an (admittedly funny) gym advertisement.
Perhaps instead of getting angry at fat people you should work with them to try and make everybody more comfortable. When at a sporting event, I don't want my largeness to put anybody out. A few years ago, we were lucky enough to get front row seats at Yost for the season in a part of the student section that was mixed with regular season ticket holders and therefore didn't stand. I was able to switch things around and get the aisle seat with gave everybody much more room (the famous half-cheek-hang).
- October 23, 2006 9:16 AM
What I find sad is that I do not consider myself slim (athletic and well built yes), but quite a few people consider me skinny. But that is no surprise since I live in the state that has the two most obese cities in the United States, Texas. What shocks me is that people that are in their early twenties and teen years are also quite chunky. As an ethnic minority I must state that this political correctness bullshit is going way too far. If you are fat you are fat.
- October 23, 2006 9:22 AM
There should be a surcharge for every inch that a flabby ass hangs over standard seat width. If it is over 20" you should just have to buy 2 tickets to accomodate your bulk. It is manifestly unfair that someone who has ALREADY been eating extra food for 15 years should get free extra seat space also.
- October 23, 2006 10:09 AM
- srudoff said...
i hear what your saying but didn't i read something last year that said that the Big House has the narrowest seats in the Big Ten, if not the country? the report i saw compared michigan's seat space to ohio state's and concluded that if both teams allowed the same length per seat, they'd have almost the exact same seating capacity but Michigan keeps their seats narrow to be able to say they put 110,000 plus in the stand.
it sounds like i'm trashing you guys there but honestly I read an analysis comparing the seat sizes maybe last year.
if true, it might be a contributing factor.
- October 23, 2006 10:45 AM
Must you compare EVERYTHING to OSU's? Player's IQ, bands, seats, etc. Honestly, the pissing contest is getting old.
- October 23, 2006 11:05 AM
Sorry Srudoff, but with that avatar, everything you say comes over as you trashing us. Try again once you grow up a little.
- October 23, 2006 11:31 AM
Amen to all this but let's face itthough, we are mostly Americans and we are all to f-ing fat!!! Last year at the M-OSU game my wife had to sit on my lap. We had no room because of all the bundled up truckers wearing red in our row. Cold games require more room. I can't get over the people that have to sit with legs spread leaning back and elbows out to be comfortable. I guess it's the only way they can breath. I'm not small but I can fit in the size "box". If you want to sit like your at home, stay at home..or go to Lansing with your seatback.
- October 23, 2006 11:35 AM
Yost, why are you complaining about standing cheers? Why are you not standing all of the time? Can you make noise sitting down? Wow, sounds like you are the epitomy of all those quite fans that you despise so much. Can't say I'm that surprised. People usually seem to hate what they are.
- October 23, 2006 11:47 AM
- harry hasselhoff said...
Americans are fat. This isn't just a Michigan Stadium thing, it's a you're-too-fat-and-gonna-die-at-45 thing. Lose weight people!
- October 23, 2006 11:51 AM
So the message I'm getting here:
Don't shake your keys even though they add noise! Instead, just yell -- but only while sitting down! Standing up and getting into the game gives us less to complain about!
- October 23, 2006 11:54 AM
- srudoff said...
uhh i wasn't trying to compare them to osu's seats. my point was to state that michigan's seats are more narrow than MOST stadiums and might be a contributing factor to yost's rant
michigan chose to have the seats this narrow and, due to feedback from the fans, will increase their width to the standard 18 inches when the renovations are made. currently they are 17 inches - only an inch shorter but i'm sure YOU can relate
- October 23, 2006 12:04 PM
Not much of a problem at Cal, despite wickedly thin seats that were numbered in the 1920s. When there are some fat people, we just roll with the paunches.
- October 23, 2006 12:07 PM
What I really find stupid is that the stadium renovation is going to lose so many seats because we're widening them by 1-inch. 1-inch isn't going to do anything. For the people that don't fit in a seat, they need a whole foot, not just an inch.
- October 23, 2006 12:39 PM
With all the complaining about seating in Mich Stadium, you should finally tear down that hole in the ground. Wait, how do you "tear down" something that is in the ground already?
- October 23, 2006 12:54 PM
- The King said...
Doug in SF, I grew up in Berkeley and I know that Cal doesn't have this problem because no one goes to Cal games.
- October 23, 2006 1:23 PM
well, king, Cal is over 50K for 16 games in a row now. We had a 73K sellout for Oregon. It isn't Michigan, but it isn't any longer what you remember either (i.e. 2001).
- October 23, 2006 4:38 PM
I think the answer is to have UM come play a home game or two at Stanford's new stadium. No bench seating...and currently not home to a Div I football team either...
- October 23, 2006 4:45 PM
- TitleIX said...
srudoff's right....
exceptionally small seating space allotment in The Big House relative to the large, corn-fed crowd (and other football venues)
worse with layers, but equally disgusting when the sweaty smelly fatty is stuck on you like velcro......
Yost--how on earth did you come up with this topic?????
- October 23, 2006 6:56 PM
Hey I have a thyroid problem.....
- October 23, 2006 7:10 PM
- John Candy said...
I swallowed a lot of agression as a youngster... along with a lot of pizzas
- October 23, 2006 8:29 PM
- Mike said...
Oh man that is some funny s**t. We go through the same thing in Beaver Stadium. I hate when I have to sit to some 400 lb guy who thinks my lap is his personal arm rest. Although I am jealous when they can rest their nachos and beverage on their stomach shelf.
- October 23, 2006 9:56 PM
Just another reason (along with soft murmurs from the fans) why the Big House is one of the worst college stadiums in America. Ann Arbor is such a whore.
Jim Tressel owns your asses.
- October 23, 2006 10:13 PM
Aren't there high school football teams in Texas, Alabama, and Florida that pride themselves for having over 50k fans each and every home game? Since when did that become a barometer of prowess?!?
- October 23, 2006 10:48 PM
- Yost said...
Anon 7:13,
Yeah, you so "burned" us there with your comment -- because folks from Ohio are known for being so svelte. You're right. No "girthy" folks in the 'Shoe. It's like Project Runway down there.
- October 23, 2006 10:55 PM
- Andy said...
Brilliant post Anon 7:13
Thanks for your contribution.
I hope the librarian doesn't catch you spending all this time on the computer.
- October 23, 2006 10:57 PM
- Andy said...
Do you think that Anon 7:13 = Holly Mangold ????
- October 23, 2006 11:01 PM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Yost, Why do I get the feeling you spent the Iowa game wedged in next to Benny's old Valentine's Day hookup?
- October 23, 2006 11:40 PM
Ann Arbor may be a whore...
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- October 24, 2006 10:08 AM