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The NFL will unveil its version of a street fight on Sunday. Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers. They should hold it in an alley. A dark one.
|Check out the best photos from this classic rivalry.
It seems the AFC North always goes to one of these teams, and the Sunday night showdown will go a long way in dictating the division this year. Remember that in 2011, Baltimore won both battles, helping land the Steelers in wild-card weekend and, eventually, Tebow Hell.
What will make the 2012 debut of this rivalry different? Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to miss it with an injured shoulder. Ravens-Steelers simply won't look the same without Ravens defenders hanging all over Big Ben while he throws downfield.
And yet, that only marginally dampens my enthusiasm for this game. Because the Steelers' burly group of running backs will still pound it. And big-armed replacement quarterback Byron Leftwich will still fling it. And in the end, the NFL's bullies will still go at it. And not even Big Ben's absence can get in the way of all that.
Here is your Week 11 primer, with games ranked in order of intrigue, from 1 to 14:
Baltimore at PittsburghSun 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 1:Both sides have suffered through key injuries while listening to doubters tell them they're over the hill. It was that way when the Ravens lost linebacker Ray Lewis and cornerback Lardarius Webb, allowing boatloads of rushing yards in the process. It was that way for the Steelers when their offensive line began to crumble and their running backs were injured -- and it's that way again now that their quarterback is down. But when you're tough-minded, sometimes adversity doesn't really matter. That's been the case with the Ravens and Steelers. On the field, the most intriguing battle will be between Baltimore's offense and Pittsburgh's defense. That high-flying no-huddle look has kept the Ravens winning, but will it pass the stiffest test? In unfriendly Heinz Field, against the No. 1 defense, can quarterback Joe Flacco still come out firing? These are all the reasons -- even with Roethlisberger sidelined -- this is must-see TV. #BALvsPIT
- Watch: Game Preview
Green Bay at DetroitSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 2:Is it just me, or are the Detroit Lions the strangest team in football? They're talented, have plenty of big names and can spark all sorts of fireworks in the fourth quarter with quarterback Matthew Stafford. And yet, they do things like lose to a vulnerable Minnesota Vikings team just when it seemed like they were perfectly set up to begin a late-season run. The Lions have another big-time chance Sunday against another rival from the NFC North, one of the NFL's most intriguing and surprising divisions. In come the Green Bay Packers, bringing their precision-based offense to the loud environment in Detroit, ready to face a Lions defensive line that should be more disruptive than it is. Oh, and did we mention that the Packers are fresh off a bye, likely having cleared up many of those nagging injuries? If the Packers win, the Lions will have to bid good night to their hopes of pulling themselves out of a season-long malaise. There are a lot of X's-and-O's reasons to like this game, like seeing how the Packers cover Calvin Johnson. But the real reason to watch is that the outcome of this one will have far-reaching consequences for both teams. #GBvsDET
- Watch: Game Preview
Indianapolis at New EnglandSun 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 3:Just like old times, right? Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots, a former No. 1 pick at quarterback vs. Tom Brady. Kicking off in the coveted 4:25 p.m. ET time slot, so most of America can watch it. If this was Brady vs. Peyton Manning, it'd be ranked No. 1. But rookie Andrew Luck still has a ways to go before he earns such lofty status, or can be expected to duel with Brady. In fact, while there are plenty of facets that make this game interesting, this core question is at the top: Can Luck engage Brady like Manning has? Can he walk onto the field at Gillette Stadium knowing that his own offense had better score and keep scoring? Against the in-progress Patriots defense, Luck will have a chance. The feel-good story of the NFL has been that of the Chuckstrong Colts. Indianapolis has thrived to the tune of a 6-3 record -- same as the Patriots. The Colts have taken down the Packers and put themselves in position to have a real chance at the playoffs. But how real are they? How ahead of schedule are they? That's what we should get to see. That, and some aesthetically pleasing passing heroics. #INDvsNE
- Watch: Game Preview
Arizona at AtlantaSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 4:This is an upset-alert special. Why? Because the Atlanta Falcons are coming off a stinging loss to the Saints that ruined their undefeated season. And they're trying to recover from the insulting way New Orleans dispatched of them -- turning them away three straight times after they got to the 1-yard line. At home against the reeling Arizona Cardinals, this is another chance for Atlanta to show it can hang physically. Easier said than done. The Cardinals' offense is bad, mostly because of their quarterback play. But if their defense takes it to Atlanta, this has a chance to be interesting. The main challenge for any team facing Atlanta is disrupting Matt Ryan, keeping him from having the time to find receivers Julio Jones and Roddy White deep. Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell and his front seven, coupled with impressive cornerback Patrick Peterson, have a chance to do just that on Sunday. #AZvsATL
- Watch: Game Preview
San Diego at DenverSun 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 5:The last time these teams met, the enduring image was of San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers kneeling on the sideline, waving coach Norv Turner's instructions off after throwing a game-changing pick. It was ugly. In the first sign that San Diego was meltdown city, the Chargers coughed up a 24-0 lead in a flurry of miscues, poor defensive play and turnovers. San Diego has lost four of its last five games (including that epic choke job), while Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos have emerged as one of the NFL's most electric teams. The Broncos, it seems, are off and running to a cushy seed in the playoffs. A loss would be a bump in the road for them. But if desperate San Diego can somehow win, that would be the kind of victory that could turn around its season. A stellar Chargers showing would exorcise some demons. #SDvsDEN
- Watch: Game Preview
Philadelphia at WashingtonSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 6:If you believe in schadenfreude, this is the game for you. Two intensely devoted fan bases with such high hopes entering the season, yet both teams are looking into the abyss at campaigns that have fallen apart. And yet, in the rugged NFC East, drama never dies. Both teams have a chance to kick a rival when it's down. For the Washington Redskins, coming off a bye that followed three straight losses, Sunday's game is the first of three straight against NFC East opponents. For the Philadelphia Eagles, the matchup is almost certainly a chance to get a good look at rookie Nick Foles, with starter Michael Vick (concussion) likely out. Can the Eagles' would-be savior actually become one? In the unfriendly atmosphere of FedEx Field, Foles' task won't be easy. But if he thrives, all bets are off regarding the Eagles' starting quarterback job. #PHIvsWAS
- Watch: Game Preview
Miami at BuffaloThur 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL NETWORK Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 7:At one point, this looked like it would be a battle between AFC East teams duking it out for a wild-card spot. Now? Not so much. Instead, Miami and Buffalo represent a long line of long shots, with both teams hoping to elbow their way into the playoff mix. At the least, this figures to be a high-scoring matchup, with Dolphins running back Reggie Bush hoping to erase a bout of fumble-itis and the humiliation he found recently on the bench. As for the Bills, they'll have to do it without their veteran running back, Fred Jackson. Given the prominent stage provided by NFL Network, this might be the world's opportunity to see C.J. Spiller, one of the league's most underrated superstars ... if, that is, he can run against Miami's stingy D. #MIAvsBUF
- Watch: Game Preview
Chicago at San FranciscoMon 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 8:The Backup Bowl? It might be. If a pair of concussions hadn't struck last week, this matchup might have been at the top of the list, or at least in the discussion for that spot. Now, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith might not be the starters on Monday, and that makes this one lose its luster. "Jason Campbell vs. Colin Kaepernick" doesn't get the juices flowing. Still, this is a big game, and there is some intrigue. If Kaepernick is the starter, watching that nasty Bears front try to chase him around will be fun. On the other side, can the Bears gain any traction running the ball against Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman and company? #CHIvsSF
- Watch: Game Preview
Cleveland at DallasSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 9:On paper, this looks like a dud. And the Dallas Cowboys, suddenly full of life, need to hope it is. After blowing out the Eagles in Philly last week, Dallas stands at 4-5 with a fairly open schedule. A playoff push, unbelievably, does not seem crazy. And yet, the Cowboys need the win. They should get it against Cleveland, but the Browns won't be pushovers. They lack talent and they might not always play smart. But they play rugged and hard. When Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson hits you, it hurts. And one of the few cornerbacks who can cover Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is Joe Haden, the emerging Browns star. I'll love watching those two tussle. #CLEvsDAL
- Watch: Game Preview
New York at St. LouisSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 10:What began as a game last week between NFL royalty and an unknown upstart nearly served as the St. Louis Rams' coming out party. Instead, they ended up tying the 49ers. But the Rams nonetheless proved they're growing up faster than we thought they were. Veteran runner Steven Jackson looks rejuvenated, quarterback Sam Bradford's got game, and the Rams nearly pulled it off. Having gathered up all that momentum, they'll host ... the New York Jets. No momentum there. The calls for Tim Tebow will grow louder the more Mark Sanchez struggles, and there is no greater storyline surrounding Gang Green than that. If the Jets' offense is woeful again on Sunday -- and there's no reason to think it won't be -- watch the Rams' sideline for shots of former Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer (who has the same job with St. Louis) ... just to see if he's smiling. #NYJvsSTL
- Watch: Game Preview
New Orleans at OaklandSun 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 11:How long does it feel like it's been since the New Orleans Saints were 0-4? Roughly one million years, from this view. Last week, in their reintroduction to the NFL's land of relevancy, the Saints took down the previously perfect Falcons. Hello again. At 4-5, the Saints are dealin'. If only their schedule didn't look so difficult down the home stretch. But the Raiders game shouldn't be tough, even if it is in Oakland. Don't be surprised if the Saints are back at .500 after this. #NOvsOAK
- Watch: Game Preview
Tampa Bay at CarolinaSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 12:The fall of sophomore-slumper Cam Newton and the hapless Carolina Panthers has been well-documented. It's time to document a team headed in the other direction. Like Carolina's opponent on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won three in a row, and we're long past the days of debating coach Greg Schiano's use of the victory-formation defense. Because now the Bucs are the ones kneeling, after all. Can Tampa Bay make it four in a row? Per usual, the Bucs will look to establish some deep connections between quarterback Josh Freeman and receiver Vincent Jackson. Can the Panthers corral that pair? #TBvsCAR
- Watch: Game Preview
Jacksonville at HoustonSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 13:Fresh off a nationally televised win over the Bears last Sunday night, the Houston Texans return home to take a deep breath. The Jacksonville Jaguars come to town without a healthy Maurice Jones-Drew or any idea as to where they're headed. All quarterback Blaine Gabbert has to do is throw over or through the massive arms of star end J.J. Watt and his collection of fly-swatting friends. Good luck. Even with the extra emotion that often comes with a divisional game, there's no reason to believe this AFC South battle will be close. Expect the Texans to move to 9-1, inching closer to a No. 1 seed in the playoffs. #JACvsHOU
- Watch: Game Preview
Cincinnati at Kansas CitySun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 14:The Kansas City Chiefs took to dancing and celebrating when things were going well against Pittsburgh last Monday. Coach Romeo Crennel said he'll stamp that out, which takes away much of the reason to watch Kansas City. Instead, we'll merely glance at this game to see if anyone has covered Cincinnati receiver A.J. Green yet, and to figure out if the Bengals are as real as they seemed to be when taking down the New York Giants last Sunday. A win here -- coupled with the injury to Roethlisberger -- gets the Bengals back into the playoff picture in the AFC North. #CINvsKC
- Watch: Game Preview
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Ahoy, Critterfolk!
New entry Dec 07
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How to Write SF
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Treble Cone
This expansive mountain has the longest vertical rise in the Southern Lakes with far reaching boundaries spread over two large basins. Mother Nature has taken care of the terrain sculpting fun gullies, wide faces and exciting undulating runs. Treble Cone is a mountain that welcomes all snow lovers. Friendly faces and top notch service allow visitors to take control of their day and make it truly memorable. Full base lodge facilities include a café and bar, childcare, rental centre, accessory shop, ski and snowboard school and medical centre.
Scheduled season dates: 28 June - 23 September 2019*
1,359 acres
6 seater express chairlift
Saddle quad chairlift
Nice and easy platter
Magic carpet
TC Cat Club for five to fourteen year olds
Licensed cafe and mountain restaurant
Coffee shop
Beer bar
Kitty Cat Club child minding
Racers Edge accessory shop
Snow sports school
Ticketing and guest services
Medical Centre
Rental services
While Treble Cone is known for its amazing intermediate and advanced terrain, they pride themselves in providing a friendly environment and genuine service that allows visitors of any level and age to enjoy their time on snow and create memories to remember. The TC Cat Club offers children from 5 to 15 year olds group lessons. With other kids of a similar level and age they will be matched with an awesome Snow Sports Instructors. For those smaller members of the family (3 years minimum) they offer The Kitty Cat Club which gives a fun and safe one-on-one lesson to give your child the best start ever! Their childcare facility caters for children over three years and gives then a warm, safe and supervised area to relax while you fit in a few more runs.
Bella Vista Motel Wanaka
Wanaka Edge Apartments
The Moorings Wanaka
Edgewater Resort Wanaka
*Scheduled season dates are indicative only and dependant on weather and snow conditions.


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So my kid sister wants to be a doctor.
What should I say?
I mean, on one hand, she's very smart, and has the gentlest of hearts and has the compassion to care for the sick.
But on the other hand, would I subject a family member to the torture my peers and I had to endure? Standing for 20 hours. Awake for 36. Having to stick large needles into bellies of cirrhotic, dying patients? Having patients crash (not in the literal sense) in front of you, spewing blood everywhere, while you watch helplessly as she drifts away. Or having drug addicts harrass you for Oxycontin?
I did what I felt was right; I tried to talk her out of it. But, like her brother, she's stubborn. And she seems to be doing well in her first year.
I pray that the training doesn't brainwash her into an insensitive, mindless patient-training machine.
And she's got my support 100% now (although I do try to talk her into choosing an easy specialty like pediatrics! :)).


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Full-Time Employee vs. Business OwnerI've worked for other companies, and I've owned my own business. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence, no matter which side you're on. Here's a typical day in both lives.
Full-Time Employee
6:00 am: (Alarm) Crap, 6:00 already? Tonight I'm going to bed early. I can't make it on seven hours of sleep. Stupid CSI: Miami.
6:25: Shower. Shave in the shower to save time. I'm going to be late.
6:50: Toast and OJ. No time for a real breakfast. I can make up for it at lunch.
7:00: Leave the house. I hate rush hour.
7:20: I've been creeping along for 15 minutes. Probably an accident up ahead.
7:40: Finally got past it. A little fender bender everyone had to gawk at.
8:00: Barely made it. Check emails — 50 since I left last night, 10 of them marked urgent.
8:55: Urgent emails answered. Your poor planning doesn't not make it my problem. Need to get work done.
9:00: Staff meeting. Everyone talks about their progress since our last meeting, two days ago.
10:00: Committee meeting. Have to sit through a third discussion about our mission statement. I suggest we don't need one, which is met with stony stares from everyone else.
11:55: Urgent press release request from my boss. Grab a burger and work through lunch.
1:30: My boss wants me to sit in for her at some department meting. I said I had to finish the press release, but she says it can wait. She has a lunch meeting that's going to run late.
2:00: Turns out my boss had all the information everyone needed. Sitting in for her helps no one.
3:00: How can anyone stretch a meeting to one hour when the main person doesn't even show up? Glad I don't work for that guy.
3:30: Press release is finally done. Boss griped about it taking so long, but she took two hours for lunch?
3:35: 60 more emails, 20 of them marked urgent. None of them are.
5:05: Walk to the car, and realize I never got my regular work done.
5:45: Not even halfway home. Cop pulled some speeder over, and everyone had to gawk. Crawled along for 25 minutes just to move three miles.
6:00: Home again. Glad the day is over. Time to forget about work, spend time with the family. Wish I owned my own business. That life must be so easy.
11:00: Bed time. Wanted to get to bed early, but stupid Criminal Minds was on.
Small Business Owner
8:00: (Alarm). Crap, 8:00? I need to go to bed early tonight. No meetings until lunch, so I don't have to rush.
9:00: Great thing about leaving now? No rush hour. Get to work in 25 minutes.
9:25: Check email — 90 of them, 20 of them from clients, 10 of them urgent.
10:30: Urgent emails answered. Put out several client fires. Need to get some work done — crap, I have to write that sales proposal.
11:15: Emailed the proposal. Need to balance Quickbooks before lunch meeting with accountant — crap, I have to finish a client's web copy before lunch.
12:00: Lunch meeting isn't until 1:00. Need to balance Quickbooks — crap, I have to write that book review. Promised the publisher he'd have it today.
12:30: Still have to write a chapter for the book, write a new presentation, and edit 12 articles. Wish I didn't have that lunch meeting now. Never did balance Quickbooks. Looks like I need to pay accountant to do it.
2:30: I really need to quit having lunch meetings. They always run too long. I should have canceled and worked through lunch.
3:00: Coffee meeting with prospective client. Pack up work and I'll head home from there.
4:00: Got an email on my mobile phone. Writer flaked out on me, can't meet deadline for two articles. Needed them by tomorrow. Last time I use that guy.
4:30: Traffic was smooth. I love not driving during rush hour. Answer new emails before dinner.
6:00: Dinner time with the family.
7:00: Wife and kids are watching TV. I need to work on the book chapter.
10:00: Tuck the kids in bed. Worked enough on the chapter, but I need to write the presentation.
11:00: Need to write first draft of missed articles. Stupid flaky writers.
12:00: Have to edit those 12 articles. I really should do this during the day, I'm not at my sharpest.
2:30: Bed time. I wish I had a regular job so I didn't have to work so much.
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For several years the Board of County Commissioners has examined alternative revenue streams to address essential services.
For several years the Board of County Commissioners has examined alternative revenue streams to address essential services.
Come Tuesday commissioners will provide themselves flexibility to seriously consider those alternatives in 2014 when they hold a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET in the BOCC meeting room.
During that hearing the board will consider a resolution which would put commissioners in position to pass during 2014 any measure to create a taxing mechanism for several pressing issues: mandatory garbage and the landfill, beach nourishment, road paving or stormwater problems, said county administrator Don Butler.
The resolution, which must be passed by Jan. 1 or by March 1 provided approval from the Tax Collector and Property Appraiser, would put in place the process for creating a Municipal Services Taxing Unit (MSTU) or Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU).
The difference is in the levying.
An MSBU is based on a uniform fee � each property owner pays the same amount for a benefit, for example to have mandatory garbage pickup.
The MSTU is assessed on property value.
The local bonding mechanism for the beach nourishment project during the prior decade was through a series of MSTUs, with owners of gulf front property assessed a higher rate based on value than owners of inland property.
The resolution would provide commissioners � who already have a voter referendum on mandatory garbage assessment scheduled for November 2014 � the ability to act in 2014 � or not.
�I think it fits in our looking for added sources of revenue,� said Commissioner Warren Yeager, who added that he would only favor the additional revenue if balanced by a reduction of county property taxes.
Yeager has long stated a desire to place less of a burden on ad valorem taxpayers and more on the users of services.
Commissioner Ward McDaniel related a story about winemakers and wine drinkers and how those who drink the wine don�t stomp the grapes.
�It is time some of those tasting the wine to stomp some of the grapes,� McDaniel said. �We should at least draft it and have it on hand.�
County attorney Jeremy Novak and Butler noted that the resolution would only map the process and intent. It would be up to commissioners to formally pursue any option with due diligence and public input required.
�The resolution will lay out the steps to be taken,� Novak said. �There will be plenty of time for additional public input.�
Commissioners have considered a variety of ways to raise additional revenue in a time of declining property values and rising costs associated with the landfill and law enforcement.
Those have included additional gas taxes, increases in bed taxes and service fees.
None have found consensus among at least three commissioners.
Beacon Hill sign
The old Beacon Villa sign at the entrance to Beacon Hill Park Veterans� Memorial Park finally came down last week, much to the relief of residents (see A5) and District 3 Commissioner Joanna Bryan.
�It was quite a project,� Bryan said. �I�ve had a lot of calls thanking us for bringing that eyesore down.�
The sign is to be stored at the Public Works yard and can only be reclaimed by owner Bill Williams after he reimburses the county for the costs of removal.
Americus Ditch
Butler said he had two recent meetings with Preble Rish Engineers, Inc. president/CEO Ralph Rish about the ditch project and reported to commissioners that Rish would craft a plan of action for submittal to the BOCC.
Butler said the plan should be �forthcoming� in a matter of days and he would bring the matter back to the board at its next meeting in January.
Agenda/Information packet
Commissioners approved a policy for information to be included in the bi-weekly Information Packet that accompanies each agenda, essentially establishing a work flow from public through staff to commissioners as final arbiters of what stays or goes.
The Information Packet will continue to be provided to the public with the agenda.
However, those items will no longer be sent out to the Clerk of Courts email blast list, Clerk Becky Norris said.
Since the files can be voluminous and are already posted on the county website, Norris said beginning in January that her office would no longer be disseminating the agenda and information packet by email.


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Look at me I can write short fiction too, people! LOVE ME
You are probably wondering how this simple story has unearthed so much sarcasm from me. I understand. It's because Randall is trying to prove that he knows a lot about a topic he doesn't actually know much about. I don't want to bore you, but I will anyway - let's take a look at the fictional Mr. Bernanke's thoughts here:
"Damn these subprime lenders...We can't afford more debt...When the country owes trillions and is asking for more, its shadowy creditors start calling in favors."
The problem is that the subprime mortgage crisis has nothing to do, really, with the debt that we owe as a country. The US doesn't take out subprime mortgages, poor homeowners do. The US's problem with debt, on the other hand, has nothing to do with the current crisis. No one is calling in "favors," in fact, other countries have basically nothing to do with it.
Summary for people who don't care: Randall completely does not understand the financial situation and is just using the names and concepts he keeps hearing to pretend he does.
This was exactly the problem with comic 476 - which I guess he decided he liked enough to flesh out into a full vignette - it pissed me off then, and it pisses me off now. Stick to what you know or learn something new but at least learn it. Talk about how complicated the crisis is and how you don't understand it - which is completely acceptable, it's complicated - how you wish it were more like a computer science problem or something like that. As it is it's going to sound as fake as a story I wrote that starts "Linus Torvalds turned on the computer, desperately searching the linux files for and hint of the decrypted the ascii information which could stop the partitioned hard drive from deploying the nuclear bomb! BUT COULD COREY DOCTOROW STOP HIM IN TIME???"
Even I want to smack myself after that.
So now you understand the problem.
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- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Brilliant analogy with the Linux bit!ReplyDelete
I am a self-styled writer and pretentious hack. I haven't read the story yet, but there is a reason I usually stay away from current events. It is because I will probably come off sounding like a dumbass.ReplyDelete
I wrote a screenplay called "Four Weddings and a Credit Crunch". It didn't happen.ReplyDelete
have you read the comments on the story? i'm not sure it could be any more of a wankfest...ReplyDelete
The only thing I tend to agree with on this post at all, is that the comments on his story on xkcd are a wankfest, well said greg.ReplyDelete
However, honestly, it sounds like you don't understand the financial market. The story on XKCD is off the wall, silly, stupid, annoying, and hardly about the financial market at all.
It did point out some of the personality and views of Bernanke, Greenspan and even Ron Paul. In particular their varying views on the politics of money. This can easily be corroborated by looking up the numerous public speeches of these men.
On the topic of creditors, the sub-prime lending market and who's fault it is, it is hard to blame this on the borrower. Seeing as the 700 Billion Dollar bailout plan has quite a bit to do with the trillions of dollars of national debt, I would disagree highly that the sub-prime mortgage crisis has nothing to do with the debt we owe as a nation. The sub-prime issue is really a derivative market issue which goes back to those shady investors (ok, not really the lenders) who have been using those derivatives as investment vehicles and now need some big time cash to stay alive. Don't believe me? Ask AIG, Lehman Brothers or Merrill Lynch (or one of the numerous other high end derivative investors that haven't gone under yet, who need that bailout).
So anyway, it seems like you don't like xkcd, which is fine. However, it may be best to be honest about your criticism. Something like "Hey that xkcd guy made a stupid, off the wall, no sense at all story about the Fed that caused a huge XKCD fan wankfest, and I hate it," instead of trying to debase it with commends that show you understand the financial market just about as well as Munroe does.
oh my I can't believe we are getting into this -ReplyDelete
You can say the debt is relevant to anything because if we have to spend money we will have to borrow it. But the story made it sound like our debt was a cause of the problem, which I don't believe is true.
The creditors about whom Munroe discusses is clearly the United States' creditors, such as China, and not American investors. Surely you agree that the sentence I quoted makes no sense at all. I don't think I know that much about this issue but I know enough to know that.
Vlad - I like that title. Just like I like the title of Randall's book.
Greg - I am not sure I want to. I guess I should look....
I read the story finally! It was kind of mediocre. I didn't feel like he was trying to make a comment on anything. It reminds me of my attempts at delving into comics: kind of amateurish.ReplyDelete
This brings up a good point - for satire to work it has to point to a truth about the subject it is mocking. This is just trying to make fun of something random, a broader point (like, in theory, the comic about youtube comments being stupid) would have made it much deeper and higher quality.ReplyDelete


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Beautifully restored photographs of the founders and charter members of Denver chapter of The Links, Inc., have been hung at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library. They were unveiled at a reception that was part of the chapter's 60th anniversary celebration.
Charter member Rosemary Berry, the daughter of founder Fairfax B. Holmes, had the honor of unveiling the portrait of her mother. Charter members Mary Cruter and Lula Jacobs also were present for the event chaired by Charleszine "Terry" Nelson and Wilma Webb. Vivian Smith, also a charter member, was represented by her daughter, Link Sylvia Jackson.
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A new report released Tuesday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows a mismatch between the cost of rental housing and the wages people earn day-to-day.
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Despite the immense need, the supply of low-cost rental units is actually shrinking, as more units are converted to serve higher income tenants or fall into disrepair. According to recent ACS [Census] data, the number of units renting for $500 or less fell by one million from 2007 to 2010, and during that same time period, the number of units renting at $1,250 or more grew by two million units.
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I realize that some of you are about to get extremely upset with me, so allow me to apologize in advance for any sudden peaks in blood pressure or massive coronaries this post causes. You see, judging by some of the e-mails/comments I've received in the past, apparently every time I publish a post without a cake in it lovers quarrel, birds fall from the sky, and another angel dies. Or something like that - I couldn't really tell through all the trollish grunting.
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Yes, folks, much as I hate/love to admit it, Cake Wrecks has been nominated on another awards site. And yes, I will now ask you - with what I hope is an appropriate amount of humble self-loathing - to consider voting for it. If you can see past the blinding hatred this request has incurred, that is. I mean, sure, there's no cake in this post, BUT, what if I promise to flog myself most vigorously later this afternoon? Could we call it even then?
What's that? The award thing? Oh, right.
It's the famous Bloggies, and Cake Wrecks has been nominated in three categories: Best New Blog, Best Writing, and Best Food Blog. As I said in my sidebar notice which no one has noticed: if you don't agree with my being nominated for Best Food Blog, please, don't vote for me there! All of the other nominees are fantastic blogs, and well deserving of the win.
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Live Chat This year's annual Mobile World Congress marks a major departure, with machines battling the usual line-up of handset-makers for control.
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Trustees approve new music degree offering, restructuring of academic program, honor of university historian
PLAINVIEW – In its regularly scheduled fall meeting, the Board of Trustees of Wayland Baptist University approved two changes to the academic program at the university and bestowed a special honor on a longtime member of the faculty
The board's first action was to approve a recommendation from the program committee adding a Bachelor of Music degree in performance to its repertoire for musical studies. Currently, the music department offers the B.M. in music education and church music and the Bachelor of Arts in music, but has not had a formal performance offering. The new degree will offer students tracts in instrumental, keyboard and vocal performance studies. Some restructuring was also done to the B.A. in music to add emphases in theory and composition, music industry and church music and worship.
Trustees also approved a measure that will align Wayland's academic program more with current higher educational practices in terms of structure and naming, set to go into effect with the new academic year in July 2008. Wayland's eight current academic divisions will be replaced by eight schools, with some changes in makeup occurring with the change. The Division of Fine Arts will now become two separate units, the School of Music and the School of Fine Arts, encompassing art, mass communications, speech and theatre. The Division of Exercise and Sports Science will be combined into the new School of Education, a common practice at most institutions.
The other divisions will be renamed as follows: School of Behavioral and Social Sciences; School of Business; School of Languages and Literature; School of Mathematics and Sciences; and School of Religion and Philosophy. Additionally, the titles of division chairpersons will be changed to academic dean. To avoid confusion with the external campus leadership title of dean, those individuals will now become "executive directors" of the campuses.
Probably the most heartily supported action item for the trustees was a motion to officially name Dr. Estelle Owens as university historian for Wayland. As professor of history at WBU since 1974 and chair of the Division of Social Sciences for many years, Owens has played a key role in preserving and researching the university's history. Over the past two years, she has been deeply imbedded in the task as she compiles a history book for the upcoming centennial celebration.
The board motion comes with an official board resolution of appreciation and commendation for her outstanding work in the historical preservation at Wayland. Trustees unanimously approved the measure, several speaking fondly of Owens and her passion for the university that is also her alma mater.
In other board action, the trustees approved renewal of leases for farm and ranch land owned by the university and set the rate for payment for weed control. They also reaffirmed the university mission statement and approved a slate of candidates for graduation in the upcoming months.
Trustees elected new leadership for the board, choosing Gen. Edgar Murphy of Lubbock as chairman, Don Jackson of Amarillo as vice chair, George Meriwether of Plainview as secretary and Dr. Gene Meacham of Plainview as assistant secretary. Outgoing trustees recognized included Dr. Vernon Stokes of Midland, after 10 years of service, the last two as board chair; Rev. Gene Hawkins of Lubbock after 25 years of service; Joe Cargile of Crosbyton after 18 years of service; and Bruce Julian of Perryton after 18 years of service.


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An exhibit about Bernie Madoff, the nation's biggest financial fraudster, opened this week at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, DC.
The world's biggest Ponzi schemer who was convicted after an estimated $65 billion fraud is serving a 150-year sentence in a North Carolina prison.
His display includes objects such as his office building master key, an apology note to his surviving son, Andrew Madoff, and a wooden snake from his yacht "Bull," according to a press release.
Madoff had a residence in Palm Beach, and about 2,000 of his 13,000 victims lived in South Florida.
Another exhibit with Florida ties: the Volkswagen of serial killer Ted Bundy, who murdered two female Florida State students and was executed here in 1989.
Calling crime "America's favorite subject," the museum's exhibits include Unabomber Ted Kaczynsky and Frank Abagnale, Jr., whose life inspired the movie "Catch Me If You Can," starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.
It also has interactive ways to learn about crime fighting, in a crime lab, forensic workshops and a library.
You can find more on the museum's Facebook page.


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Panic attacks: Voters unload at GOP rallies
The unmistakable momentum behind Barack Obama's campaign, combined with worry that John McCain is not doing enough to stop it, is ratcheting up fears and frustrations among conservatives.
And nowhere is this emotion on plainer display than at Republican rallies, where voters this week have shouted out insults at the mention of Obama, pleaded with McCain to get more aggressive with the Democrat and generally demonstrated the sort of visceral anger and unease that reflects a party on the precipice of panic.
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The calendar is closing and the polls, at least right now, are not.
With McCain passing up the opportunity to level any tough personal shots in his first two debates and the very real prospect of an Obama presidency setting in, the sort of hard-core partisan activists who turn out for campaign events are venting in unusually personal terms.
"Terrorist!" one man screamed Monday at a New Mexico rally after McCain voiced the campaign's new rhetorical staple aimed at raising doubts about the Illinois senator: "Who is the real Barack Obama?"
"He's a damn liar!" yelled a woman Wednesday in Pennsylvania. "Get him. He's bad for our country."
At both stops, there were cries of, "Nobama," picking up on a phrase that has appeared on yard signs, T-shirts and bumper stickers.
And Thursday, at a campaign town hall in Wisconsin, one Republican brought the crowd to its feet when he used his turn at the microphone to offer a soliloquy so impassioned it made the network news and earned extended play on Rush Limbaugh's program.
"I'm mad; I'm really mad!" the voter bellowed. "And what's going to surprise ya, is it's not the economy — it's the socialists taking over our country."
After the crowd settled down he was back at it. "When you have an Obama, Pelosi and the rest of the hooligans up there gonna run this country, we gotta have our head examined!"
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Such contempt for Democrats is, of course, nothing new from conservative activists. But in 2000 and 2004, the Republican rank and file was more apt to ridicule Gore as a stiff fabulist or Kerry as an effete weather vane of a politician.
"Flip-flop, flip-flop," went the cry at Republican rallies four years ago, often with footwear to match the chant.
Now, though, the emotion on display is unadulterated anger rather than mocking.
Activists outside rallies openly talk about Obama as a terrorist, citing his name and purported ties to Islam in the fashion of the viral e-mails that have rocketed around the Internet for over a year now.
Some of this activity is finding its way into the events, too.
On Thursday, as one man in the audience asked a question about Obama's associations, the crowd erupted in name-calling.
"Obama Osama!" one woman called out.
And twice this week, local officials have warmed up the crowd by railing against "Barack Hussein Obama."
Both times, McCain's campaign has issued statements disavowing the use of the Democrat's full name.
A McCain aide said they tell individuals speaking before every event not to do so. "Sometimes people just do what they want," explained the aide.
The raw emotions worry some in the party who believe the broader swath of swing voters are far more focused on their dwindling retirement accounts than on Obama's background and associations and will be turned off by footage of the McCain events.
John Weaver, McCain's former top strategist, said top Republicans have a responsibility to temper this behavior.
"People need to understand, for moral reasons and the protection of our civil society, the differences with Sen. Obama are ideological, based on clear differences on policy and a lack of experience compared to Sen. McCain," Weaver said. "And from a purely practical political vantage point, please find me a swing voter, an undecided independent, or a torn female voter that finds an angry mob mentality attractive."
"Sen. Obama is a classic liberal with an outdated economic agenda. We should take that agenda on in a robust manner. As a party we should not and must not stand by as the small amount of haters in our society question whether he is as American as the rest of us. Shame on them and shame on us if we allow this to take hold."
But, if it were up to them, such hard-edged tactics are clearly what many in the party base would like to use against Obama.


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By Dr. Timothy Coetzee, Chief Research Officer at the National MS Society
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease involving immune-system attacks on the central nervous system. Research into MS involves questions that dovetail many fields of science, including immunology, neuroscience, psychology and more. Promoting and funding collaborative research is one piece of the puzzle, receiving a great deal of media attention of late. However, it is even more important to apply a multi-faceted, rather than a singular approach, if we are going to speed solutions to complex biological problems that will result in stopping MS, reversing its damage and ending the disease completely.
Finding therapeutic targets, validating qualified biomarkers for disease activities, and most importantly initiating clinical trials with effective outcome measures are all pivotal issues that require the entire community of researchers.
We believe that a holistic strategy of supporting individual researchers along with multinational academic and commercial research teams will lead us to new treatments and ultimately cures faster than selecting a singular funding model. This year the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will commit $40 million to MS research that includes discovery research to advance knowledge; translational research to move initial academic and small biotech research discoveries through "the valley of death;" and clinical trials to advance breakthrough treatments that can change the lives of people living with MS.
Realizing that translational research was one of the most vulnerable links in speeding needed treatments to people with MS, the Society established Fast Forward in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary to spearhead research in this area. Fast Forward is already supporting projects in six young biotech firms, two of which have leverage that funding to secure pharmaceutical company support for phase 1 clinical trials. It has also entered into a $19 million collaborative research project with a major pharmaceutical company targeting neural repair and protection research, funding four drug development projects in its first year.
Understanding the need to leverage assets and knowledge in pursuit of a common goal is leading to whole new levels of collaboration among MS researchers. The National MS Society funded a $15 million international collaboration of more than one hundred researchers in the area of nerve repair and protection. This initiative has led to a critical first clinical trial repurposing an old drug phenytoin as a possible neuroprotective agent. Founded with the help of Society funding, the International Consortium of MS Genetics is now composed of top research facilities that were once rivals in the race to identify all common gene variants that make people susceptible to MS. These are just two examples of the highly collaborative approach that embodies biomedical research today.
Another example is the Society's Collaborative MS Research Center Awards. These five-year grants provide flexible funding to bring together scientists and physicians from diverse fields fosters cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques to propel progress. The Society has 12 active Centers focused on questions such as what causes MS damage and how to stop it (Yale, UCLA), searching for new therapies to stop MS (Dartmouth, University of Alabama), and how can the nervous system be repaired (Mayo Clinic, New York University).
This is not to say that much more needs to be done in the realm of collaboration and building stronger, effective pathways from laboratory discoveries to new treatments for people with MS. However, it is unrealistic to think that solutions to the complex problem of speeding therapies to people with MS rests with one particular organization or model. All of the MS therapies we have today resulted from contributions of academic researchers, non-profit, governmental, and private efforts. Progress comes faster through an approach where all of the necessary "players" are involved in the solution.
We've started bringing together what may formerly have been considered unlikely allies: researchers from academia and pharmaceutical/biotech companies, along with leadership from research-active MS societies from around the world. For example, the Society convened such a group for a think tank in Boston in December 2010, focusing on the challenges associated with progressive MS, for which there are few therapeutic options.
The discussion reinforced the timeliness of the Society's new Strategic Response to MS which is focusing on progressive MS. Advances in pathology and imaging are yielding new information about progressive MS. We now know that progressive MS features "diffuse" or "smoldering" inflammation, rather than the acute immune attacks that are seen in relapsing MS. This inflammation appears to be driven by cells called microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain. More work is needed to understand their role, but they are already being targeted by therapies in the MS pipeline, another example of multi-faceted collaboration at work.
Also, non-conventional brain imaging techniques are offering new windows to see the nervous system injury that occurs during the course of MS. These techniques, such as DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), may be helpful for detecting whether the nervous system is being repaired or protected by experimental therapies.
Think tank participants noted recent findings suggesting that a proportion of individuals with progressive MS who shows signs of active inflammation on MRI scans are likely to respond to the disease-modifying therapies currently available for treating relapsing forms of MS. This makes it clear that we need to re-evaluate the clinical definitions of progressive types of MS and identify biological underpinnings that can improve treatment today, and also help determine whom to enroll in clinical trials.
As a follow-up to this think tank, we are now holding talks with MS Societies internationally to lay the groundwork for a consortium on progressive MS research. And in May 2011 the Society and the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis are convening an international workshop aimed at developing more sensitive outcome measurements for MS progression. We need new ways – the quickest, most efficient ways – to determine if therapies are stopping MS symptoms from getting progressively worse.
The Society is committed to pursuing all promising avenues; connecting people, resources and ideas; speeding development of treatments; and identifying and filling gaps – until we have found a way to stop MS in its tracks, restore lost function, and ending this disease forever by identifying its cause.
To learn more about grant and other funding opportunities for academic institutions or young biotech companies that might be working on innovative research projects that could lead to new or better therapies for people with MS, please visit www.nationalMSsociety.org.
In recognition of World MS Day, BIOtech Now interviewed Dr. Timothy Coetzee, Chief Research Officer at the National MS Society, about what the Society is doing to accomplish its goal of a world free of MS and how we can help meet this goal. Dr. Coetzee explained how the Society funds research, invests in companies doing early-stage research, convenes conferences with scientific leaders and clinicians, and helps to recruit patients for clinical trials. Listen to the podcast to learn more!


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Pertaining to birds.
[L. avis, bird]
avian/avi·an/ (a´ve-an) of or pertaining to birds.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
Pertaining to birds.
[L. avis, bird]
pertaining to or emanating from members of the class Aves. See also bird.
avian air sacs
see air sacs.
avian broodiness
the desire to sit on eggs and hatch them is very strong in birds after they have laid a few eggs at the beginning of a new egg laying season. The procedure is a disaster for the commercial egg producer because egg laying ceases. Temporary measures are available to discourage hens from going broody but the long-term practice has been to select against it so that modern egg laying strains of birds do not show broodiness.
avian diseases
diseases affecting birds. For individual diseases see under etiological or pathoanatomic keyword, e.g. avian arizonosis, myeloblastosis (2).
avian hepatitis B-like virus
see avihepadnavirus.
avian incubation periods
quail hatch in 16-18 days, chickens in 21, ducks in 28 days (Muscovies are an exception—33-35 days) and turkeys in 28 days. In some wild species hatching is synchronized by communication between the eggs.
infectious avian nephrosis
see infectious avian nephrosis.
avian influenza
a highly contagious disease caused by influenza A virus, affecting fowl, turkeys, pheasants and some wild birds, but rarely waterbirds or pigeons. Clinically there is a short course and very heavy mortality; birds that survive have a nasal discharge, white necrotic spots on the comb and wattles, and edema of the head and neck. Called also fowl plague. Some strains, notably H5N1 and H7N7, have emerged as the cause of fatal, but relatively rare, human infections.
avian leukosis
see avian leukosis.
avian lymphoid leukosis
see lymphoid leukosis.
avian malaria
a disease affecting most species of birds and caused by Plasmodium spp. (P. gallinaceum in fowl, P. juxtanucleare in fowl and turkeys, P. durae and P. griffithsi in turkeys). The disease is characterized by anemia which may be fatal. Transmission is by mosquitoes. See also plasmodium.
avian molt
see molting.
avian nesting
a strong biological urge to prepare a nest and lay eggs in it occurs in only some domestic birds. The building of a nest is stimulated by the previous laying of an egg.
avian oogenesis
the process from the time that the oocyte leaves the ovary until is produced with the typical avian flourish as a finished egg takes 25-26 hours. The yolk is added to the oocyte in the ovary and over a period of 60-70 days before the ovum is released. The oocyte is enveloped with albumen in the albumen-secreting section or magnum of the oviduct. The two shell membranes are added to the egg as it passes through the isthmus of the oviduct. The shell is added during a stay of about 15-20 hours in the shell gland, the last stop before the vagina. See also egg (4).
avian pox
see fowlpox.
avian reticuloendotheliosis virus
pathogenic avian retroviruses that are antigenically and genetically unrelated to avian leukosis/sarcoma retroviruses.
avian tuberculosis
see Mycobacterium aviumtuberculosis.
avian type C retroviruses
includes avian leukosis viruses and avian sarcoma viruses.
avian vibrionic hepatitis
see avian vibrionic hepatitis.
Patient discussion about avian
Q. If the bird flu were to reach North America, how many people would it kill? How do you protect yourself & others? What can we do to protect ourselves against the Avian Flu which has officially begun to infect humans? How many will die?
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T move around, so I wouldn't worry too much. the chances of that happening is the same as a meteor hitting earth and destroying it, same as a nuclear war in the middle east that will wipe out half of humanity, same as all big disasters that can happen.
Unless it's your job to worry about it (world health organization) – just try to live peaceful life.
T move around, so I wouldn't worry too much. the chances of that happening is the same as a meteor hitting earth and destroying it, same as a nuclear war in the middle east that will wipe out half of humanity, same as all big disasters that can happen.
Unless it's your job to worry about it (world health organization) – just try to live peaceful life.


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Small Talk Six: A DIY Brag
Saturday, June 13, 2009
This is my 2nd time participating in this meme, Small Talk Six, from MomDot. I saw it at The Eclectic Element while I was awarding her with the Loyal Commenter award.
Since I'm procrastinating scheduling posts for my upcoming Summer Soiree', I'm browsing blogs, catching up on reading, and commenting to people that I've needed to visit since earlier this week.
Back to the Small Talk Six...
Today's topic is "6 things you've made during your lifetime that you were proud of (can be a craft, a dish, . . . anything)." You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .
Here's mine:
1. My first homemade Lasagna... mmmmm gooey cheese, pasta, spaghetti sauce, Italian Sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, onions... oh, it was soo good! I can't remember when I first made it but I'm sure I was under 20 since I've been on my own since I was 16.
2. About two years ago I began papercrafting. (click the link to see some of my creations.) I love making cards and just in the two years since I've been doing it, you can see how I've gotten better. I've never been creative (I suck at drawing) so making cards is a great way to be creative. Granted, I don't get (MAKE) much time for making cards anymore between being a single mom, working fulltime, having a boyfriend, blogging, and all the other stuff that I do, but I love it!
3. Back when I lived in the women's shelter, one of our things we had to do was take a HUGE piece of poster board and write on it significant events in our life that led us to that day. Even though I didn't necessarily MAKE it, I did make the timeline, and God, I wish I had that thing now, to add to it, and hang it up and see how far I've come!
4. Since I made them, I'm including my children here. Without them I probably would be dead.
5. I remember being in school and making those ornaments. (Remember that?!) My mom probably still has those ornaments! Every year our handmade ornaments were on the tree and that always made me feel so special.
6. Last thing that I'm proud to have made was this past Christmas. I MADE time to make 9 different kinds of cookies FROM SCRATCH and gave some out as gifts. I don't make time to bake from scratch too often anymore, so it felt really good to do this again!
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara continued its dominant play at home on Wednesday night, making quick work of visiting No. 13 Cal State Northridge in a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-19, 25-16) at Rob Gym.
The Gauchos improved to 7-3 overall and 6-1 on their home court. The team is off to their best start to a home schedule since 2001, when they started the year 5-1 in home contests. They currently maintain a 6-3 MPSF record. The struggling Matadors slipped to 3-7, 2-6.
UCSB controlled the match from start to end, hitting a collective .298 to CSUN's .068. The Matadors were held to a .000 clip or lower in two of three sets.
Outside hitters Matt Hanley and Austin Kingi were the go-to offensive options for the Gauchos on Wednesday. Kingi led all players with 12 kills on an extremely efficient .474 hitting percentage – a new career high – while Hanley finished with 11 kills, taking over the match after entering early in the second frame.
Senior libero Chad Kingi was a big part of the UCSB's defensive success, matching a season high with 13 digs despite playing just three sets and being on the sideline often as UCSB controlled the serve the majority of the night.
Falling behind 5-2 at the start of the first set, junior outside hitter Weston Nielsen keyed the Gauchos to five consecutive points from the service line, putting the team up for good at 7-5. He would contribute five kills in the game to lead all players. Reigning MPSF Player of the Week Jonah Seif had his best statistical game of the match in the first, recording 11 of his 29 assists.
The middle frame was all about Matt Hanley. The senior outside dominated the Matadors to a tune of 10 kills – the most in a single set by a Gaucho this season – on 15 swings. The Malibu, Calif. native saved his best for when the Gauchos really needed him, as eight of his kills – including a smash of a CSUN over pass to clinch the set – came in the second half of the frame as CSUN had made the score relatively close at 10-9.
UCSB's serving and blocking came to the fore early in the third, delivering an early lead of 4-0. Ryan Hardy recorded blocks on each of the first two points, then Hardy and Evan Licht dealt the first two aces of the night for the Gauchos to push the score to 7-3. UCSB coasted from there before Hanley authored a 5-0 run with the serve to give his team an insurmountable 21-14 lead.
Hardy ended up leading the UCSB blocking corps on Wednesday night with five total blocks, including one solo effort. Junior middle Jake Staal had three on the night, while Seif and Licht both recorded a pair.
CSUN was led by setter Travis Magorien, who had a double-double with 21 assists and 10 digs. Bradley Sakaida, Sam Holt, and Greg Faulkner each had seven kills to pace the squad.
The Gauchos will look to continue their strong play this Friday night, when they host sixth-ranked Long Beach State at 7:00 p.m.


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November 2011: Sports Scandal Returns to Penn State! Find out more.
Training Rules examines how women's collegiate sports, caught in a web of homophobic practices, collude in the destruction of the lives and dreams of many of its most talented athletes.
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