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Do you remember 1984?
The film "Amadeus" was nominated for 11 Oscars and won eight, including Best picture, but the Academy Awards were stolen by Best Actress winner Sally Field ("You like me – you really like me!") Twenty-five years later, Field is still winning awards for her work in the TV series "Brothers & Sisters."
The top single on the Billboard charts for 1984 was "When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution. Prince, now a member of the Rock and Roll hall of Fame, is still going strong – not sure what happened to the Revolution…
In the news, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space, and Ronald Reagan trounced Walter Mondale in the U.S. presidential elections. Meanwhile, in a stark reminder of how things worked before the internet age, Vanessa Williams had to give up her Miss America crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
The world of sports also had plenty of star power in 1984. While Walter Payton was becoming the NFL's all-time rushing leader and Kareem Abdul Jabbar took over as the NBA's all-time scoring champion, Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup.
And there were other sports stars waiting in the wings that would get their first taste of the international spotlight in 1984. In Boston, a smallish college quarterback emerged on the scene by completing a Miracle Hail Mary to beat the unbeatable Miami Hurricanes. It would be the first of many great passes by future CFL star Doug Flutie. And in June, the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted a big kid from the Laval Voisins by the name of Mario Lemieux.
In Canada, the sports landscape changed forever on September 1, 1984 with the launch of TSN, The Sports Network. For Canadians, watching sports has never been the same since!
Tell us about your own personal TSN Turning Points - the games, the plays, or the players, that you remember seeing on TSN! Give us your favourite TSN memories by using the Your Call feature below!


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Jan 02 2013
On New Year diets
It is the New Year and time for resolutions, chief among them the annual promise to lose weight and get in shape. Having invested my share of brain cells to the topic of diet, and finding myself a bit of an amateur evangelist for reforming one's health following my physical breakdown in 2006 following my bike vs. automobile incident, I thought I'd succinctly offer some unsolicited advice to those of you thinking about turning over a new leaf. My credentials? I went from a whopping, life-threatening 280 pounds in August 2010 to 228 in February 2012 by going on a disciplined regimen of paleo diet on Zone block calculated portions with vigorous Crossfit training. This is not a "diet" but a life style change.
1. Log: You can't manage what you don't measure so start a food log. Be religious about logging everything that enters your stomach. I use Livestrong's "MyPlate" -- it has a great database for calculating the caloric content of nearly every food imaginable.
2. Weigh: Treat food like medicine -- a drug you administer to yourself five times a day. You need to know your "dosage" so weigh your portions. After a while you'll learn to eyeball it. Get a decent digital food scale.
3. Study: nutritional theory is being turned on its head. The old FDA "Food Pyramid" is under attack and it is very likely that your doctor doesn't know what he or she is talking about any more. Ignore the diet books -- you need to stop thinking in terms of "diets" as in plans or gimmicks. Get off the yoyo cycle of South Beach, Atkins, etc. and instead aim for a sustainable approach to eating for the rest of your life.
- Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes. This is the most important book to come along in years.
- It Starts With Food, Melissa and Dallas Hartwig. These authors of the Whole30 challenge offer a good intro to kicking off a "paleo" regimen.
- Enter the Zone, Barry Sears. The Zone was one of the big "low-carb" diets of the last decade. It's formula of apportioning food into "blocks" of protein, carbs and fats calculated againt your lean body mass is the best method for determining how much you should eat. Combine it with the paleo principles of whole foods omitting dairy, sugar, grains, and legumes and you wind up with what the Crossfit community considers the A-1 best diet model for the rest of your life.
- Robb Wolf: one of the "deans" of the paleo movement.
- YouTube series of Crossfit and the Zone/Paleo Combination. This is very useful.
4. Understand: To do that you need to understand the science behind nutrition and accept certain new emerging truths:
- Eating fat doesn't make you fat
- Grains are not good for you
- Hormonal response to food dictates where that food's energy is stored. Timing of meals is important.
- Eating clean doesn't mean eating organic, it means eating "whole" unprocessed food whenever possible
- Finally -- this is all quantifiable and comes down to the simple truth of all diets -- to lose weight you need to expend more calories than you consume.
5. Exercise: figure out something that will burn a few hundred calories and keep you interested. If you're really off track, just get into a routine of walking and work up to something more aerobic. Just get moving. Crossfit is not the answer for most people. It's expensive, it's a commitment, but it is effective for former athletes and type-A personalities. Just make daily movement and creating a calorie deficit as much a plan as the menus you build.
6. Commit: Dive into the Whole30 January challenge. Purge your refrigerator, buy a scale, find a farmer's market and load up on the essentials. Detox yourself for a week, then settle into a routine that can stay with you forever. There's no weirdness -- no cleansing, no grapefruits, bacon and steak -- just a logical routine that once learned will help shape your most important contribution you can make to your health: your diet.

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— John Fowles, Author
— Stanley Kunitz, poet
— James A. Michener
— Kurt Vonnegut
I shone a light.
Aren't you satisfied?
The land and the sea
Are these not good?
Food grows on trees.
You are still hungry.
I made you a world.
You want to transcend it.
I gave you a body
You want to deny it.
I gave you a life.
You want life everlasting.
Is this not enough?
Aren't you satisfied?
— Laura Lee, Where Souls Grow Warm
— William Anderson, poet
— Anthony Burgess, British author
— Graham Greene, author
— John Updike


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Surrogacy Defined
Whether you deem it as a social family building trend or simply the scientific ability to navigate around Mother Nature, "traditional" surrogacy is not a new concept. As a matter of fact, it is the only form of assisted reproduction that dates back to biblical times. The story of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis chapter 16, is the most notable example.


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Thank you
great post Ronen!
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I clicked on one of the buttons above but the DL link remains locked. How can I go past that? Thanks.
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"Last weekend… a guest of a guest visited our patio for a quiet drink. And a few quiet drinks were exactly what he had!
Had this young man had drinks in any of the local pubs or clubs in the entertainment district, he might have attracted a lot of unwanted attention. He's a local athlete; he's the first baseman with the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team who just recently signed a four-year contract worth $24,000,000!
Since most our our guests are foreigners, and hence know little of the game of baseball, Lyle Overbay went largely unnoticed among those enjoying a summer evening on our patio. That's just the way he likes it!
So Lyle is among the most famous guest to grace our hostel although he went largely unrecognized by the Soccer, Rugby and Cricket fans who make up the majority of our residents.
As well as being among the most famous guests, he's definitely the wealthiest!"
(via the Canadiana Lodging Blog)
A guest of a guest, hey? Well played, Lyle, well played.
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Threatening Letter Sent to NYC Council Members' Offices
Stefan Ringel, the media relations director for Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, passed along this threatening letter that he says has been received today by at least three New York City Council members' offices.
After Williams' office got the letter today, Ringel said that he also reached out to two other Council members' offices — those of Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Queens Councilman Jim Gennaro — and both had also received it.
The letter to Williams was stamped on Feb. 5 by the postal service in Charlotte, NC, according to Ringel.
— Chris Bragg
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***Editor's Note — this is part 1 of a two part look at the defensive side of the ball***
To be nice, the Atlanta Falcons defense has not lived up to expectations in a long time. To be blunt, the Falcons defense has been downright atrocious pretty much for the entirety of the Smith and Dimitroff regime. Faults lie vast and wide in a defense that doesn't look much different from the one in 2008. Some has been coaching. Some has been drafting. Other parts has been scheme, while still other parts has been development. But all involved are to blame. 2010 saw a defense that finished top 5 in points allowed in the NFL, only to completely collapse vs. Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers in the second half.
2012 saw the Falcons defense do pretty good overall against the pass and do a very good job at creating turnovers, but were horrid vs. the run and even worse against tight ends in the playoffs. After nearly blowing one lead up 27-7 vs. Seattle, the Falcons did fall apart against the Niners and lose after being up 17-0 and later 24-14. It appeared as though once the defense or scheme was figured out, that was it, and the onslaught couldn't be stopped. The playoffs were just the icing on the cake on the downright pitiful nature of the Falcons defense the last four years. It's hard to argue against completely imploding most of this defense in some form or fashion. Whether it be personnel, scheme, development, drafting, or all of the above.
The Falcons under Thomas Dimtiroff have invested heavily on the defensive side of the ball with little to no avail. 1st round draft picks have included DT Peria Jerry and LB Sean Weatherspoon. William Moore was drafted in the second round, along with recently departed Curtis Lofton. They have used plenty of lower round picks on defensive players as well, including Thomas DeCoud, Kroy Biermann, Lawrence Sidbury, Chris Owens, Dominique Franks, Vance Walker, Cliff Matthews, Jonathan Massaquoi, Travian Robertson, Charles Mitchell, Akeem Dent, and Robert James, all of which either start or are on the team as depth. They drafted a handful of other defensive players that are no longer with the team including Spencer Adkins, William Middleton, Wilrey Fontenot among a handful of others. Julio Jones and Matt Ryan may be the most notable draft picks, but plenty have been used for defense as well.
Not only has TD & Co. used a bunch of picks on defensive players, they've also spent in free agency or acquired players via trade as well. The most obvious is Dunta Robinson who got an eye-poppingly enormous contract in 2009. They signed Mike Peterson to a decent contract. They re-upped Biermann, Stephen Nicholas, Jonathan Babineaux, and John Abraham. They signed Ray Edwards to help the pass rush and that will go easily go down as Dimitroff's biggest free agent bust. He also traded for All-Pro cornerback Asante Samuel. So where has this defense gone so wrong? It depends how long you have to listen. In all seriousness, this post is meant to look at the past errors and look to the future.
The most obvious one that comes to mind is one DT Peria Jerry, easily Dimitroff's worst pick. He seemingly reached for a player that fell just because the Falcons had a need at DT. Jerry was slotted to go high in the first round and he started to sink fast, likely due to his major injury history. He got hurt in the first game played and just has never gotten back his collegiate form. Clay Matthews was picked one spot later. It still smarts to have to type those words.
Even worse of a decision was the idea to draft Jamaal Anderson out of Arkansas with the #8 overall pick. One Patrick Willis was picked just a few spots later. Not only did Rich McKay miss on all-world LB Willis, but there were 9 more players selected in the first round that went on to become a Pro Bowler (Darelle Revis, Marshawn Lynch, Michael Griffin, Joe Staley, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Meriweather, Jon Beason, Anthony Spencer, and Ben Grubbs). There's a saying that when you miss very poorly on a 1st round draft pick (especially an early one) that it will set your franchise back almost 5 years. How long has this defense been struggling again?
This was mentioned in a previous post about the wide indictment on the lack of pass rush, seemingly forever. The Falcons have drafted plenty of "talented projects" that, if developed correctly, could conceivably become a starter or at the very least contribute on a regular basis. There's many examples to choose from over the last five years, but a few stick out: Lawrence Sidbury and Chris Owens.
Sidbury was a beast at the combine and in college with his amazing pass-rushing skills. He was one of the fastest defensive ends to come out in the draft that year and just seemed to have a knack for getting after the quarterback. He came on late in 2009 and notched a sack, fumble, and a defensive touchdown vs. Buffalo. The future was bright. The next year either saw him get injured or captured by a gang of soccer hooligans, because he only made appearances in 6 games. Many just scratched him up as a good talent that couldn't convert to the NFL.
Then the 2011 season came. It's unsure of exactly how many limited snaps he got, but it was enough to set career highs in tackles (9) and sacks (4). Fans expecting a huge breakout with the addition of Mike Nolan and his use of edge rushers were in for extreme disappointment and bewilderment. He was only active for 10 games and notched a whopping 1 tackle on the season. When Ray Edwards was cut out, Sidbury was leapfrogged by both Cliff Matthews and rookie Jonathan Massaquoi. It's one of the most frustrating mysteries ever involving the Atlanta Falcons. Sidbury is a free agent and there's fear that he will go on to another team and blow up.
Another example is Chris Owens. The former San Jose State cornerback shocked almost all Falcons fans when he was drafted in the 3rd round and everyone went "who?" Owens wasn't the most highly rated, but he came on to start at the end of the year for the Atlanta Falcons, needing three straight victories to rid themselves of the "never-winning-back-to-back" curse, two of which were on the road. Owens held his own and did very well. Thomas Dimitroff goes out and gets Dunta Robinson in free agency and it seems Owens has regressed ever since, (even though he seemed to do much, much better in Mike Nolan's scheme). It's one thing for fans to speculate on potential that's never actualized, but it's quite another to see it with their own eyes either during the preseason or regular season, only either to regress or never be heard from again. Along with being one of the most frustrating things to fans, it's also hindered production in not having younger prospects ready to take over for aging or unproductive veterans.
Some believe that the Falcons don't have the personnel to convert to a 3-4 and would need a ton of infusion to make it work, from a big-bodied DT to 5-techniques DEs, and even inside linebackers. The counter argument is, can the Falcons afford to NOT convert to the 3-4? The Falcons have a ton of players that just don't seem to fit in Smith's preferred 4-3 alignment. Kroy Biermann, Cliff Matthews, Jonathan Massaquoi, and several others seem more likely to flourish as outside linebackers in a 3-4, rather than true defensive ends in a 4-3. Stephen Nicholas looked pretty bad in his role as a 4-3 OLB trying to cover Vernon Davis and Zach Miller. Akeem Dent played in a 3-4 in college under Todd Grantham. Nolan even moved Jonathan Babineaux to defensive end to try and assist to stop the run.
Not only does Nolan prefer the 3-4, but there's also an argument that it's much more conducive to find players that are suitable for the 3-4, as opposed to true defensive ends in the 4-3. In fact, almost all the best defenses in the NFL run the 3-4. The Falcons have obviously shown they can not develop their own effective defensive ends in the 4-3 (see Jamaal Anderson) or even pick them out in free agency (see Ray Edwards). And that leads into the next argument.
Regardless of schemes, personnel, or players, the best reason to move to a 3-4 is that the 4-3 under Mike Smith is just not working. The 4-3 worked for Smith in Jacksonville, but it helped to have two behemoths at defensive tackle in John Henderson and Marcus Stroud. For whatever reason, the Falcons front office have seemed almost averse to getting bigger defensive tackles, which has resulted in the no pass rush and recently weak vs. the run. Above all, five years of draft picks, free agents, and even a change in coordinators has resulted in a defense that just isn't good and nowhere near dominant. In fact, this defense looks indistingiushable from the 2008 defense that both Smith and Dimitroff vowed to fix. That's the most damning statement of all.
Pitiful Punt Returner
1) Quick Pick 6 – what should be the Falcons plan to get this defense right?
2) What's been the biggest problem with this defense for the past 5 years?
3) Should the Falcons look at any defensive free agents?
4) What should the Falcons focus on in the draft?
5) What positions need a major overhaul?
6) What positions need minor adjustments?
7) Biggest issue: bad picks, poor development, scheme, or coaching?
8.) Should Falcons move to the 3-4?
9) WILL the Falcons move to the 3-4?
10) Is TD or Mike Smith more indicted on the defensive issues?
11) Can the defense be fixed quickly or is it a long road?
February 10th, 2013
9:30 pm
Read the headline only and the answer is NO.
February 10th, 2013
9:31 pm
Ohhhhh, this is going to be good.
Buckle up, Cage family. Defenders of CFA Smith are not going to like what the TeePee has to say.
February 10th, 2013
9:41 pm
Drastic is the key word.
February 10th, 2013
9:51 pm
What's been the biggest problem with this defense for the past 5 years?
Simple. This defensive unit has lacked a vision and lacked leadership. CFA Mike Smith and his previous boss, Jack Del Rio got considerable credit for their defensive efforts in Jacksonville. What goes undocumented to most is that the core of that defense was cosntructed/acquired when Tom Coughlin was the head coach in Jacksonville. Players such as Marcus Stroud, John Henderson, Mike Peterson, Akin Ayodele, Paul Spicer, and Rashean Morris were drafted or signed as FA while Coughlin was in the driver's seat. The core was in place; when it came to time to keep it in tact and take it to the next level, CFA Smith was gone and Del Rio, well, we know what happened there.
Mistake one for CFA Smith was to make a linebacker coach with TWO years of NFL experience his defensive coordinator shortly after his hiring in ATL. In both places, he was basically a caretaker as there were skilled, solid LBs in place. Jax had Peterson, Darryl Smith, and Ayodele while ATL had Brooking, Boley, and Demarrio Williams. All were accomplished talents with Pro Bowls or Pro Bowl alternate status on their resumes.
February 10th, 2013
9:53 pm
Going to work on this one carefully. Stay tuned.
JBF, will grant you drastic….I favor significant.
February 10th, 2013
9:59 pm
Can the defense be fixed quickly or is it a long road?
Simply put, the TeePee says no. Why? The amount of money tied up in aging, often injured, and inconsistent players will restrict our ability to go out and be effective in free agency.
The inability to show any element of player development also raised some doubt on the capacity of the staff to create a viable, consistently performing defense. As I have noted many times, this team has THREE defensive coordinators on the staff as well as a veteran defensive line coach. And each aspect of the defense seems to be in a state of regression. Depth is an issue as is quality and constant performance. Against the rush, they are anemic at best. Against the pass, they are pathetic too often.
No, there is no band aid fix to this. There is no scheme; just a mix of zones and shifts that will, from time to time, produce an exciting play. But this defense does not frighten anyone nor does it serve as a threat to challenge an OC or coaching staff that understands innovation.
February 10th, 2013
10:07 pm
JB — Will have to respectfully disagree on this one. Regarding the secondary, I do agree that minimal changes are needed. The front 7, however, is a whole different ballgame. We're going to have clear major space just to do anything this off-season, even re-signing our own guys. I think Abe and Babs may both be gone. The biggest supporting argument on major changes needed is that is just has not worked the way they've been doing things the past 5 years. Secondary is in good hands for now. Two older vets with DRob and Asante. Two young guys with McClain and Owens and a chance to add more. The front 7? Major overhaul needed.
SW — So, tell me about Brandon Jenkins. I had some queries, but I thought I'd come to the best FSU source. Seemed to have huge production as a sophomore and then a major dip since.
February 10th, 2013
10:10 pm
Biggest issue: bad picks, poor development, scheme, or coaching?
The TeePee places most of the failures squarely on the lack of an effective scheme, very poor depth and development of players, and a total failure of "coaching". Even the so-called "impact" free agents that have been brought into the mix under the CFA Smith regime have regressed or been disappointments. Robinson was SEVERELY overrated as was Edwards.
"Not versatile at nose tackle, 1-technique, or 5-technique … Struggles against bigger linemen … Overwhelmed against run occasionally … Injury history. "….this was the verbage from the NFL Combine brief on Peria Jerry. And we STILL took him. Are you kidding me? WASTED PICK!!!
Add to that he was some 30 pounds LIGHTER than Grady Jackson, the player he replaced. And tell me?
What in the hell happened to Trey Lewis? He came back from injury never to heard from again. Playe well in two games in 2009, then became a victim of the Smith WPP until he was cut in 2011.
February 10th, 2013
10:15 pm
D3, Brandon Jenkins is the latest in a line of FSU defensive ends that have tried to live off the legacy instead of making their own mark. He has immense talent if he can keep his head in the game. He could dominate at times and then look lost. He took plays off at times and it hurt him. And of course this season, he injured his knee and was lost for the season.
If he comes to play, he could be something special. Great talent but yet to see him put it all together.
February 10th, 2013
10:21 pm
As absent in ATL as players in the WPP. Again, with THREE defensive coordinators and a veteran DL coach on staff, why in the hell is this defense as pathetic in big games as it is? Why is there the inability to cover tight ends? Why is the interior rushing defense constantly blasted for an average of 4 to 6 yards so often? And do not even raise the issue of consistent pass rush?
When you have to move a defensive tackle outside to attempt to generate a pass rush, a DT that happens to be your BEST interior pass rusher mind you, you KNOW you have issues on the front.
When you have five defensive ends on your roster (Abe, Bier, Matthews, Sid, and Mass) and you STILL struggle to get into double digits for the season in terms of sacks, you have an issue.
Coaching? Non-exists. Care taking….aplenty in ATL.
February 10th, 2013
10:21 pm
Smith's famed 4-3 at Jax
John Henderson – 6′7, 335
Marcus Stroud – 6′6, 310
Smith's weak @ss 4-3 in ATL
Babs – 6′2, 300
Jerry – 6′2, 295.
What gives?
February 10th, 2013
10:25 pm
WILL the Falcons move to the 3-4? Simply put, as much as most of us want them to, the Falcons will never move to a 3-4 as long as CFA Smith is in charge. To do so would mean he would have to admit that his master scheme, a smaller, attacking defense, has failed.
We know it has…but he, CFA Smith, has not come to that realization yet. It can not stop the run on a consistent basis, it can not cover tight ends or intermediate pass routes, it consistently fails to stop third down conversions, and gives up big pass plays with regularity. The safeties, the free safety especially, is often out of positon, and the strong safety (who I love) is often injured. The corners take too many gambles and can be burned with ease. They lack fundamentals in tackling, often opting for the SportCenter highlight instead of consistent play. And those soft coverages…I mean, damn. Enough is enough.
February 10th, 2013
10:26 pm
Trey Lewis? He was a 6th round who worked his way into the starting lineup (So much for the WPP theory) by the end of his first year if I remember….he tore up an ACL, then re-injured it and missed about a season in a half, he came back, played a few games, but disappeared
He never surfaced anywhere else, my guess he knee was never the same..
February 10th, 2013
10:32 pm
Smith's famed 4-3 at Jax
John Henderson – 6′7, 335
Marcus Stroud – 6′6, 310
Smith's weak @ss 4-3 in ATL
Babs – 6′2, 300
Jerry – 6′2, 295.
What gives?
Easy, my brother. He inherited that defense in JAX; He ignored the ability to build one in ATL. He has had his chances to build it here and FAILED.
For instance, in the same draft in which he fell in love with Hip Hip Peria, he could have pick a big DT in the form of Ron Brace (330), Terrance Knighton (330) and Roy Miller (315) to pair with Babs.
February 10th, 2013
10:37 pm
MB, you may be right. But Hip Hip's production was nothing to get excited about ( and still is not). But you may correct. I would assume the emergence of Walker and Peters resulted in the release of Lewis. Yet, we kept adding DTs and expanding the WPP.
February 10th, 2013
10:40 pm
Lewis was a starter in 2007 for the Pig Farmer/Motorcycle Jock. CFA Smith arrived after the injury and used Lewis sparingly, even after his rehabilitation and return.
February 10th, 2013
10:41 pm
Yall crack me up with the WPP….Who is Hip Hip?
February 10th, 2013
10:46 pm
No need for drastic change of players. The change will come from the coordinators. Falcons need someone who can see potential on every player and very good vision of the playoff games.
February 10th, 2013
10:47 pm
Hip Hip….Got it…..He was a miss, plain and simple…..
February 10th, 2013
10:50 pm
Even last FA season, knowing that the defensive front was a liabiity, we could have made a move on free agent Red Bryant of Seattle. At 325 pounds, he could have been the catalyst around which Nolan could have transitioned to the 3-4 when he took over.
February 10th, 2013
10:53 pm
What's been the biggest problem with this defense for the past 5 years?
"Falcons need someone who can see potential on every player and very good vision of the playoff games." Love the Bird
Preach brother….preach!!
February 10th, 2013
10:58 pm
Should the Falcons look at any defensive free agents?
Due to our fiscal issues, we can not afford any FAs that would be worth a look.
February 10th, 2013
11:02 pm
What positions need a major overhaul?
Should have started with "coaching changes". Tim Lewis, Glenn Pires, and maybe even Sugar Bear Hamilton need to be looked at and possibly, replaced.
Perhaps it would help Nolan to bring in his own defensive team….not one that he inherited from Smith and one that has shown regression at their respective areas of "expertise".
February 10th, 2013
11:14 pm
SW — You and I are on the exact same page on this one. The regression our defense has taken (or at the very least the flatline) the past 5 years is astonishing.
February 11th, 2013
2:30 am
I wouldn't be too quick on switch to the 3-4. Remember when we tried it before and it blew up in our faces because we didn't have the personnel to make it work? That same DEF coordinator moved on to San Diego and immediately turned them into a top 5 DEF because they had the personnel he needed.
February 11th, 2013
5:08 am
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February 11th, 2013
7:33 am
1) Quick Pick 6 – what should be the Falcons plan to get this defense right? Switch to the 3-4 as the base defense, get a monster NT, draft a fast, hard-hitting LB
2) What's been the biggest problem with this defense for the past 5 years? No pass rush from the front 7 and guys not playing fundamentally, disciplined football. OL constantly get to our LBs and take them outta the picture.
3) Should the Falcons look at any defensive free agents? Only if they're a proven game changer.
4) What should the Falcons focus on in the draft? NT/DT, LB, RB
5) What positions need a major overhaul? DT (too small and can't get push up the middle)
6) What positions need minor adjustments? Safety
7) Biggest issue: bad picks, poor development, scheme, or coaching? Some bad picks and poor development. Coaching has been an issue at times.
8.) Should Falcons move to the 3-4? Definitely!
9) WILL the Falcons move to the 3-4? I believe so
10) Is TD or Mike Smith more indicted on the defensive issues? Both. Smitty is just as involved in player selection and he should know what type of player will excel in his defensive scheme. We saw zero creativity with the defense before Nolan's arrival. Smitty was with him in Baltimore. Why couldn't he have helped BVG design better defenses?
11) Can the defense be fixed quickly or is it a long road? I think if Nolan is involved and selects one or two key missing pieces that the defense can rebound quickly.
February 11th, 2013
8:44 am
The bottom line with this defense is they still have the same issues that they did in 2008–lack of pass rush, cannot stop the run consistently, and safety play is sporadic. CBs have improved but not by much. Dunta is still chasing players by taking bad angles and just lacks speed. Dunta may be better off in the nickle position and let some younger, bigger, faster corners fight it out whose names isn't Grimes. Even Asante is on the back end of his career and we need quality behind him for the future. Nicholas is a liability in our LB corp and we need bigger, faster LBs to cover today's TEs & RBs.
February 11th, 2013
8:57 am
Watching the collapse of the defense in second halves requiring the incredible comebacks what struck me time and time is the poor tackling of the team. The db s hit hard but fail to wrap them up. Over and over again.
February 11th, 2013
10:00 am
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February 11th, 2013
10:47 am
moving to a 3-4 would be a good idea. Put Abraham and Babineaux at the ends and rotate Walker and Peters in the center. Throw Nicholas, Weatherspoon, Bierman, and Dent in the linebacker spots and you're looking at a very talented defense.
February 11th, 2013
11:06 am
ketchup — Agreed. It's almost impossible to think about us STAYING in the 4-3, because it is way worse. We essentially have 3 to 4 defensive ends that are just not your standard 4-3 defensive ends (Biermann, Massaquoi, Matthews, and Sidbury if we keep him). Matthews would be the closest, but not sure he's the answer in the 4-3. Biermann is just not an every down DE, despite what the coaching staff have tried to convert him. Not only that, but we'd essentially have to find TWO defensive ends in the 4-3 since Abe will 35 in a few months. Whereas, if we convert to the 3-4, we would need way less, since Biermann, Mass, Matthews, and maybe even Sidbury and / or Nicholas could be rush OLBs. We obviously would have to get a few big NTs (1 draft, 1 FA) and one or two 5-techniques, but it wouldn't be nearly as impossible as trying to find two stud 4-3 DE's, which clearly we can't find or develop.
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Corey Peters
1st rd draft pick (John Jenkins, Jesse Williams, John Hankins)
1 FA big boy like Sammie Lee Hill
5-Technique DE's
Babs (if we keep him)
Travian Robertson
Vance Walker
Corey Peters
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Abraham (if we keep)
Sidbury (if we keep him)
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February 11th, 2013
11:09 am
I don't think switching DEF schemes is the answer. Regardless of what DEF front we choose to employ, we'll still need DLinemen & LBs. LB & DE are the biggest DEF priorities that need to be addressed.
We need another SWeatherspoon type LB & a hybrid DE/LB like KBierman, but with better pass rushing skills. DT VWalker really excelled in Nolan's system. I believe with a healthy CPeters, we'll see much better DT production, even if we release Babs.
As long as Nolan plays his 5 DB 2 LB scheme, we'll always have some difficulty stopping the run, especially up the middle. I'm not ready to call DT PJerry a bust just yet. Besides his injuries, he's had 2 DCs with entirely different systems & philosophies.
If he doesn't show noticable improvement this yr, then it'll be time to declare him a bust. Bottomline, we need to add a LB & hybrid LB/DE or 2 with pass rushing skills. Improving our pass rush will work wonders towards improving our overall run & pass DEF.
An improved pass rush will help keep teams in 3rd & long situations, which will limit their willingness to run on 3rd downs.
February 11th, 2013
11:47 am
I do agree that our defense over the past 5 years has been average at best, and the reason we did not go to the SB had more to do with our defense than anything else, (although, when you turn it over on half your 2nd half possessions of the NFC championship game…. your asking a lot from your defense regardless of an early lead).
However, the majority of our resources have been spent on offense….In 5 years of drafting, we have invested 2 first round picks, and 1 second round pick on D.
So out of 10 first and 2nd round picks, only 3 went to defense….and one of those guys gets hurt early and may never play to potential. another has had his share in injury issues, not to mention we let one of our more productive defensive players walk, then our top 10 mil guy goes out for the season before his first play…..And you have what we got.
Sure we can point to a guy or two in the roster and ask why aren't they difference makers, but I see it being more of a cap driven strategy, and some injury issues as more than a glaring incompetence, after all, it has served us pretty well, especially when you figure where we started, and we were one mistake ridden half of football, a back no-call and 10 yards away from the SB.
Again, in the NFL, you almost have to make a conscience decision where you are going to ham and egg it, and TD has chosen the defense.
February 11th, 2013
11:52 am
MB, I will give you your point on the defensive draft pick total. Which is why I think that this year should be a heavy focus on defense.
As a matter of fact, I would allocate five of the seven picks we officially have at this time to defense. The only two I would make on offense are for a running back (Taylor) and a slot WR (stay tuned).
February 11th, 2013
12:01 pm
Falcons are not asking, "Would we be better with a 3-4?" They are asking, "How do we beat Drew Brees?" We will move to the 3-4 if they feel it gives them a better shot.
February 11th, 2013
12:07 pm
Many a team have developed third and fourth round talent into effective starting personnel. Did not one Russell Wilson just take the football world (not the TeePee, though) by storm as he lead Seattle to with a drive of the NFC title game and a stunning upset of the Falcons? Did not the Saints pay fourth rounder Jahri Evans the largest contract ever awarded to a guard in FA?
Did not New England (and TD) find Ellis Hobbs in the third round? Did not TD and his scouts find Asante Samuel in the fourth round? How about the Eagles and Trent Cole in the fifth? Denver foudn Elvis Dumervil in the fourth and Tennessee got Courtland Finnegan in the seventh.
I do recall the Falcons finding a pretty good LB named Michael Boley in the fifth round.
Ohhhhh no my friend. There is an inability of this staff to develop players to its full potential. Too many guys have too many question considering the time they have been Falcons under this regime.
February 11th, 2013
12:11 pm
I agree, we need to go D on this draft, I would love a stud RB, but we have other needs, I don't think we can go RB until the 4th pick at its earliest….It depends on if we have to figure out a way to replace TGs productivity. I think that is why they want TG to say so bad, so they don't have to think slot, or spend a high pick on a RB, and upgrade the talent on D, then take a shot in the 7th on some offensive guys to see if we can strike gold.
February 11th, 2013
12:12 pm
"…and we were one mistake ridden half of football, a back no-call and 10 yards away from the SB. "
It goes deeper than this. This MO has been a staple of games too often for the Falcons. Recall the pathetic effort given as we closed out the season against Tampa. Carolina pushed us around like there was nothing we could do defensively. As far as those mistakes, where were the adjustments from the staff. When it was clear, crystal clear that Turner was ineffective, why did we not use Snelling more if we had concerns about Rodgers and the workload?
Oh no. It keeps coming back to the football administrator and weaknesses, some glaring, that have been more persistant that we would like to see, especially on defense.
February 11th, 2013
12:17 pm
MB, the TeePee is convinced that if Chase Coffman is fully healthy, he can fill that gap and be a real surprise to many. The team has to look forward and stop trying to apply these band aids seeking one time glory.
Even if TG88 is brought back, the cost of keeping one man is not wise when you take into consideration the need to address so many other needs.
February 11th, 2013
12:20 pm
The bottom line with this defense is they still have the same issues that they did in 2008–lack of pass rush, cannot stop the run consistently, and safety play is sporadic. CBs have improved but not by much. Dunta is still chasing players by taking bad angles and just lacks speed. Dunta may be better off in the nickle position and let some younger, bigger, faster corners fight it out whose names isn't Grimes. Even Asante is on the back end of his career and we need quality behind him for the future. Nicholas is a liability in our LB corp and we need bigger, faster LBs to cover today's TEs & RBs…
Chop, the TeePee totally concurs with your assessment.
February 11th, 2013
12:25 pm
Massaquoi seems to be a favorite of a lot here in the Cage.
I liked his hustle and aggressive play at Troy but I also saw a lot of undisciplined, sometimes wreckless play as well. I certain hope that he has shown signs of maturity in his play as well as his approach to the game. Personally, I see him as a special teamer at best.
February 11th, 2013
12:25 pm
Ken Strick — You and I rarely disagree my friend, but we'll have to on this one. I think that a scheme change is needed for us to be successful. I think the current personnel is well more suited for the 3-4, rather than the 4-3. My main point is the defensive ends we have on our roster. Bier, Mass, Cliff Matt, Sidbury, and even Abe (now that he's getting older) would prosper more as rush OLBs in a 3-4, but the biggest reason is simply that we've not been able to develop one single pass rusher, NOT ONE! Abe and Babs were here before Smith and TD. And Nolan does better with the 3-4 anyway.
February 11th, 2013
12:31 pm
SW, all your criticism is valid in a vacuum, but we were a 13-3 team if I recall. Picking and choosing games, or even points in games is not really too valid in reality.
the 49ers got hammered by the Giants AND Seattle, they looked really really really bad….but in the moment, they damn near won the SB. In the NFL, it just happens, you can find a million examples….it defies the logic you are using.
I did not see anything familiar in our loss to the 9ers, I did not recall us turning the ball over like we did at critical times. I liked our 2nd half playcalling, we moved the ball all over the place, but we shot ourselves in the foot….very very un-Falcon like, going back and trying to compare that to the Carolina game just does not connect to me.
February 11th, 2013
12:34 pm
Hello everyone,
I'm not a defensive expert / specialist; however, the Falcons do not have the right personnel in place to be a very effective defense (SF does). Schemes can oftentimes mask vulnerabilities but they will eventually get exposed. To be fair, we did not have a great defense but a very good one especially in the red zone last season (I remember the year before teams being 4th and 20+ and being confident that they could go for it and get it and they usually would.) Seattle supposively had the no. 1 defense and look what we did to them. Also, we put a pretty good licking on SF. We definitely need to work at better penetration (we did better in the playoffs than we did in the regular season as great teams do) and another good corner. Nicholas was a disappointment in the playoffs but it is hard to find cover LB(s). I believe Akeem Dent will be a beast in years to come (Go Georgia.) Tight ends are getting faster and the more time a QB has, the worse it gets, this is why Brees & Rodgers were so effective against us. We will be fine, we have a great management, a great organization, great coaches and excellent players! I loved seeing Dunta in shock when the game was over (after the SF game) b/c it shows passion / concern / desire / determination (something I truly questioned over the years) and he'll be hungry next year. We have to be patient and let this thing develop. We finally have an organization we can be proud of. The 80s were brutal for us in every aspect. I am glad for the tough schedule next season (for experience purposes!) I wonder what the attitudes will be like next season. In all honesty, we have only gotten better each of the last 5 seasons, I do not see us taking a step back next season!!!
February 11th, 2013
12:46 pm
I personally prefer the 4-3 to the 3-4 because I feel the type of players needed for the 3-4 doesn't allow for truly innovative schemes on defense. You aren't going to have a 300 lb end dropping back in coverage or playing special teams. The benefit to the 3-4 is that you can rush the QB with different looks, but if you don't have the elite talent, you aren't going to be successful. Mike Nolan has shown that he can beat elite offenses with the talent on board, which is scarce. With a slight infusion of talent at the DE and LB positions, this defense can be MUCH better.
Also, injuries played a big role this season – can you image what this defense would have done with Brent Grimes playing all year? Do you think we still would have lost to SF? What if we had waited on Lofton and gotten him at the price the Saints paid vs. what we thought he wanted? Would we had still lost to SF? I say no. That game was so close that an upgrade in either position would have been a game changer.
Draft a DE and a LB or sign one or two of these in free agency. Let Brent go (can't afford whatever he is asking now), let Peterson go (he was still on the team?), find some guys that can rush the QB and we'll be fine.
Though if we do go to the 3-4, I won't be too upset, because it might mean less downs in the nickel, which we are probably in more than a base 4-3 anyway. We'll just need to do a better job of bulking up the lineman to be strong enough to do the job. I am hesitant at trying to teach a completely new defense and still be able to make the playoffs and go far.
February 11th, 2013
12:59 pm
MB, we can agree to disagree, friend.
There is a record, one that we certainly do not like and that many want to not accept, of ineptness, lack of flexibility and aggression, poor scheme adjustments, and a lack of quality player development on this staff. This team has underachieved on too many big stages. Yes we won 13 games and I understand that you have to win ugly sometimes to achieve the goals.
But this is a pattern that this team seems to find itself in too many times. And that responsibility is clearly that of CFA Smith. He has to lead from the top.
My logic is that the 49ers may have lost badly to those teams. But the 49ers made adjustments when it mattered the most. Like the Seahawks the prior week, they assassinated a weak defensive effort that we had no adjustments for.
In both cases, leads of 17 points or better were surrendered. Why?
The same offense was on the field….it moved the ball well times. Why did it go conservative when tempo was needed the most….a trend that I remind you goes BACK to Mad Mike and the two playoff losses we had during his tenure in ATL. The common thread….the conservative nature of CFA Smith.
The Falcons had no defensive answers to the mobility of Newton, Wilson, or Kaepernick. The latter two assasins shreaded a secondary and linebacker coverage like clockwork, just like we saw Aaron Rodgers do three years ago.
Defensively, the more things change, especially in the playoffs, the more they stayed the same.
February 11th, 2013
12:59 pm
SW, all your criticism is valid in a vacuum, but we were a 13-3 team if I recall. Picking and choosing games, or even points in games is not really too valid in reality. — MB
Here's validity:
2013 Playoffs
3rd Qtr: Atlanta Falcons – 27, Seattle Seahawks – 7
4th Qtr (32 secs) Atlanta Falcons – 27; Seattle Seahawks – 28
1st Qtr: Atlanta Falcons – 17, San Francisco 49ers – 0
End of Regulation: Atlanta Falcons – 24; San Francisco 49ers – 28 (ball game)
Argue for the sake of arguing.
February 11th, 2013
1:23 pm
But this is a pattern that this team seems to find itself in too many times.
I did not disagree that we have seen patterns, in many losses, and in some wins as you point out.
These patterns have been TW carries, and guys getting in Ryan face, a lot of 3 and outs….. BUT I did not see anything familiar on the offensive side of the ball it in NFC championship game….or the Seattle game for that matter…But I did saw critical turnovers, I saw defensive meltdowns. Hell, in the 49ers game we threw the ball 66% of the plays, how is that going into turtle mode?
I just go by what I see….agree to disagree.
"You'd argue with a d@mn 3 year old, I swear"….And sometimes, I feel like I am…DOH….Sorry, you teed that one up.
February 11th, 2013
1:35 pm
Again, arguing for the sake of arguing. I'll go back to my ignore mode now. Don't worry about any more engagement from me.
Just talk to yourself, like you always do anyway.


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Fiscal cliff takes aim at your wallet
It's the crisis no one wants to face. But the fiscal cliff is looming -- and it will hit your finances hard if Congress doesn't act soon.
At least the fiscal cliff is aptly named. If we reach it, our economy could plunge off a precipice.
On Dec. 31, a raft of tax cuts will expire, and a bunch of automatic federal spending cuts will kick in. If you haven't heard much discussion about it, that may be because many people don't realize yet what's at stake.
"There hasn't been a lot of talk" among regular people about the fiscal cliff, said CPA and attorney Mark Luscombe, the principal federal tax analyst for tax research firm CCH. "People could start complaining when they see their first paycheck in January."
What's expiring includes some $500 billion in tax cuts. According to CCH, here's what that means:
● Higher tax brackets: The lowest 10% bracket would disappear, and the highest would rise from 35% to 39.6%.
● Higher payroll taxes: The "payroll tax holiday" of the past two years will expire, raising workers' Social Security contributions to 6.2% of their paychecks from the current 4.2%.
● Higher rates on capital gains (from a current 15% maximum to a 20% maximum) and dividends (from a current 15% to as high as 43.4%).
● Significantly lower child and dependent care tax credits.
● The return of the so-called marriage penalty.
● The end of temporary fixes that keep nearly 30 million families from having to pay the dreaded alternative minimum tax.
● Dramatically lower gift and estate tax exemptions (the limits will plunge from $5.12 million to $1 million) and higher tax rates on transfers in excess of those limits (from a maximum 35% to a maximum 55%).
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The Tax Policy Center estimates that the end of virtually every tax cut enacted since 2001 would boost taxes an average $3,500 per household. Middle-income families would see an average annual tax increase of almost $2,000, the center said.
The $100 billion in automatic spending cuts -- which include $30 billion in cuts to the defense budget -- are a result of Congress' previous failure to come up with a workable compromise to cut the deficit.
Our wobbly-kneed economy doesn't need to have billions of dollars pulled out from under it right now. The Congressional Budget Office has warned the fiscal cliff will trigger a "significant" recession, throwing an additional 2 million people out of work.
OK, that's bad, but simply taking a U-turn could be worse. The CBO warns that if the tax cuts are all extended and the spending cuts averted, the deficit will explode. As a result, the national debt -- which is now a worrisome 70% of our gross national product -- would rise to 90% of GDP within 10 years.
The money we spend paying interest on that accumulated debt wouldn't be available for more productive uses, like investing in businesses that could provide jobs. The economy could slowly strangle. Other government services likely would have to be sacrificed to pay the tab. Those who buy our debt might decide we're not all that creditworthy and demand higher interest rates. In fact, Moody's ratings service has already threatened to cut the nation's credit rating if Congress doesn't come up with a plan to cut spending.
In short, keeping everything as it is now -- tax cuts in place but no spending cuts --"would improve the economic outlook in the short run but would boost deficits and debt significantly and would place the budget on a path that is ultimately unsustainable," the CBO wrote in its August report. (Italicized emphasis added.)
CBO uses the word "unsustainable" to describe this trajectory three more times in its report, just so we get the point.
Clearly, a lot is at stake, and some hard choices have to be made. The uncertainty is already a drag on the economy and interfering with people's ability to plan their finances. So it should be no surprise that Congress has dithered. No one knows whether lawmakers will be able to put together a deal to avert the fiscal cliff or to soften its effects.
Oh, yeah, and we're also scheduled to hit our debt ceiling again at the end of the year. Last time that happened, the political theatrics spun so far out of control that we almost defaulted on our debt.
Since the Nov. 6 election, there have been a few signs that a compromise may be possible as pressure mounted on Congress to act. The CBO repeated its warnings in a Nov. 8 report, but also indicated that letting taxes rise only on wealthier people—as President Obama has advocated—would not hurt the economy much. The CBO estimated tax hikes for households that make $250,000 or more would cost 200,000 jobs in the short run, rather than the 700,000 claimed by Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner.
Boehner, for his part, has indicated he would be open to "new revenue sources" and a "fairer, cleaner, simpler tax code" but not necessarily tax hikes. Both sides have been trying to parse his remarks, with some concluding that certain tax deductions, like those for mortgage interest and state and local taxes, may be targets for reduction or elimination.
It's also possible that the lame-duck Congress will punt, at least until next year, by passing measures that put off the fiscal cliff for now. Then newly-elected lawmakers could wrestle with a longer-term compromise on taxes and deficit reduction.
Mirage Guy said: Eventually parasites kill off the host... We need to kill off the parasites before that happens. What do we do with the democrats?
Boy, does Matt Taibi's latest column in Rolling Stone have the time on you! Here you are, pinned and wriggling:
"[Modern Republicans] have so much of their own collective identity wrapped up in the belief that they're surrounded by free-loading, job-averse parasites who not only want to smoke weed and have recreational abortions all day long, but want hardworking white Christians like them to pay the tab. Their whole belief system, which is really an endless effort at congratulating themselves for how hard they work compared to everyone else (by the way, the average "illegal," as Rush calls them, does more real work in 24 hours than people like Rush and me do in a year), is inherently insulting to everyone outside the tent – and you can't win votes when you're calling people lazy, stoned moochers."
What's the problem? All of the Bush-era tax rate cuts should have disappeared long ago. The Social Security contributions should not have been reduced. Defense is bloated at half its size. The teahadist contingent in the Congress needs to learn they have no blackmail program that will work.
First, New Year's Eve. WooHoo. Then down the cliff New Year's Day.
I suspect there will be a powerful concentration of the mind for the treasonous weasels that heretofore have been able to sing just two songs: "Job One Is You're Gone," and "If It Ain't Got A Gun It's A Program to Shun."
In 2011 US govt collect $2.3 trillion in revenue. They spent $3.6 trillion. This added $1.3 trillion to the deficit. Obama and Congress have done this each of the last 4 years, thus, he has added about $5 trillion to the deficit which now totals $16 trillion or about 107% of TOTAL GDP of $15 trillion.
Tumbleweed, shorting is dangerous. I prefer to buy overseas stocks, and specie. Far safer.
You course see the market being up as a sign the economy is recovering. I see the stock market up 64% (of course a little less now) as an adjustment for the 58% increase in M2 over the last 4 years. After you factor in inflation and taxes, you actually can buy less.
Still, without all the massive Printing, the market likely would not have moved at all. If you see that as a massive recovery, you are entitled to your opinion.
Next you will tell me employment is improved also. We can get a HUGE improvement in unemployment by going over the fiscal cliff. With the end of all th extended unemployment benefits and no longer counting them as unemployed Unemployment will drop to 7.4% only a few points higher than when Obama took office. Of course almost 4 million less people will be working that 01/20/2009.
We can call it the 4 annual recovery Xmas!
What does abortion and the death penalty have to do with compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff? You completely changed the subject. I assume you are a republican bringing up these two subjects. Due to the fact that most republicans are against all abortion, and are for the death penalty, I am curious, how do you stand on these two subjects?
Eventually parasites kill off the host... We need to kill off the parasites before that happens. What do we do with the democrats?
I give the host just a few years... certainly not 4... We will be in a depression that will make the 1930's look like a walk in the park.
We have already inflated 56% since Obama has been in office, eventually that newly printed money will show up in prices of everything, including stocks and gold. Did your pay check go up during Obama's first term? It needed to increase 56% just to stay even. Pepole are already expecting trouble, hence the huge (650%) increase in guns, and ammo sales... WHY become an armed camp, if you don't expect trouble and economic collapse? The bulk of America is pretty good at looking out for themselves.
Keep telling yourselves everything is fine... Buy foreign stocks, guns/ammo, gold/silver, and prepare. Obamanomics is coming full force.
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Betsy Shaw, mother of a three-year-old, suggests letting children decorate paper place mats made from large rectangles you've cut out of poster board. Supply them with yarn, bits of fabric, crayons, and—if you're feeling especially brave—finger paint. When the place mats are complete, date them and put the artist's name on each masterpiece. Then laminate the mats and use them throughout the holiday season. Your Picassos-in-training will be proud to see their family using something they created.
If you celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, cut out paper candles and let your child paste them to the menorah or the Kinara. Each night of the holiday, your youngster can paste an additional yellow light on the candles.
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You don't need to make a playhouse fancy for it to be fun. Stacey DeBroff, author of The Mom Book: 4,278 Tips for Moms, advises putting a sheet over a card table or chairs and letting kids amuse themselves in this secret fort. Add some costumes—old nightgowns, hats, shirts, and jewelry—and have a holiday parade with recorded marching music in the background.
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Dr Kevin O'Sullivan BA Ph.D
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| My main research and teaching interests are in the history of decolonisation, the social, cultural and political legacies of imperialism, post-imperial European identities, international politics, and modern Irish history. I currently teach undergraduate modules on globalisation, humanitarianism, Irish identity and the development of the Irish state in a global context, while I also contribute to the postgraduate programme on the same subjects.
My work on decolonisation and its consequences has led me to take a particular interest in two fields in particular: the history of humanitarianism, and the history of NGOs. My first book, Ireland, Africa and the End of Empire: Small State Identity in the Cold War was published in 2012 by Manchester University Press. I am currently working on another project, provisionally titled 'The Humanitarian International: Aid, NGOs and Western Society, 1968-85', which examines the cultural, social and political phenomena that inspired the rapid expansion of the NGO sector in Western Europe, including case studies of Britain, France and Ireland. As part of that project, I am currently co-investigator on an international research network titled Non-state humanitarianism: From colonialism to human rights that draws together academics and stakeholders from the humanitarian sector to develop a strongly collaborative and mutually beneficial framework for the study of non-state humanitarianism. The network, funded by a British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) research networking grant, consists of four workshops hosted by each of its key institutional partners (NUI Galway, University of Birmingham, University of Manchester, ZZF Potsdam) over the course of 2013. I am also one of the founding members of 'Transnational Ireland', an international research network concerned with exploring the history of modern Ireland using a transnational approach.
As well as being a member of faculty at NUI Galway, I am also an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham, where I spent a year as a visiting fellow (2011-12). I was previously an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at UCD School of History and Archives (2009-2012) and completed my PhD at Trinity College Dublin in 2008. In 2011 I was seconded to Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority to work on their joint 'Programme of Strategic Co-operation Between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes'. I have also worked as a researcher for KMF Productions on RTÉ's What in the World? television series, including documentaries on oil wealth in Angola and the legacies of the South-East Asian wars of the 1960s and 1970s on contemporary Laos.
Research Interests
| Core research interests:
The history of decolonisation; the social, cultural and political legacies of imperialism in Europe; humanitarianism; NGOs; post-imperial European identities; international politics; globalisation; modern Irish history.
Current research:
My first book, Ireland, Africa and the End of Empire: Small State Identity in the Cold War, 1955-75 (Manchester University Press, 2012), analyses how the shifting fortunes of a distant continent - Africa - played a vital role in shaping the policies and identities of a group of small Western states in a crucial period for the history of the Cold War. It shows how African voices and African concerns re-shaped the international agenda and with it radically re-shaped the role played by small and middling powers like Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
More recently, my research focus has turned to the history of humanitarianism, aid and development assistance. Having published several articles on different aspects of the official aid system, my current project, titled 'The humanitarian international: Aid, NGOs and Western society, 1968-85', explores the rise of humanitarian NGOs in Europe. Focussing on case studies of the aid sector in three European states - Britain, France and Ireland - that project is driven by a series of important questions: Why did this period provide such fertile ground for the emergence of the humanitarian sector? What factors drove its expansion? And what can the NGO experience tell us about the history of globalisation and its impact on Western society?
In addition to my academic work, I have also been engaged in a number of other research projects. In 2011 I produced a review of Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority's university research capacity building programme, Programme for Strategic Co-operation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes. I have also appeared on Newstalk and RTÉ to discuss aspects of my research and have previously worked as a researcher for KMF Productions' RTÉ television series, 'What in the World?', including documentaries on Angola (which I visited in 2007) and Laos.
Research Projects
Project: NON STATE HUMANITARIANISM FROM COLONIALISM TO HUMAN RIGHTS KEVIN O SULLIVAN ( RCS1150)
Start/End Dates: 01-NOV-12 / 31-JUL-14
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) Ireland, Africa and the end of empire: Small state identity in the Cold War, 1955-75. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
Peer Reviewed Journals
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) 'Humanitarian encounters: Biafra, NGOs and imagining the Third World in Britain and Ireland, 1967-70'. Journal Of Genocide Research, 16 (2-3):299-315. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) 'Ah, Ireland. The caring nation: Foreign aid and Irish state identity in the long 1970s'. Irish Historical Studies, . [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2011) 'History and the development aid debate in the Republic of Ireland'. Policy And Practice: A Development Education Review, 12 :110-123. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) 'Irish diplomatic history in the twenty-first century: After the gold rush'. Irish Economic And Social History, 37 (1):105-116. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2007) 'Biafra to Lomé: The evolution of Irish government policy on official development assistance, 1969-75'. Irish Studies In International Affairs, 18 :91-107. [Details]
Book Chapters
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) 'A global nervous system: The rise and rise of European humanitarian NGOs' In: Marc Frey, Soenke Kunkel and Corinna Unger (eds). International organizations and development, 1945-1990. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) 'EC membership, development aid and Irish foreign policy' In: Thorsten Olesen and Helge Pharo (eds). Saints and sinners: official development aid and its dynamics in a historical and comparative perspective. Oslo: Oslo University Press. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2005) 'The cause of nationality is sacred in ... Africa as in Ireland: Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa at the United Nations, 1960-75' In: Michael Kennedy and Deirdre McMahon (eds). Obligations and responsibilities: Ireland at the United Nations, 1955-2005. Dublin: IPA. [Details]
Other Journals
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) 'Across the gaping earth blasted by hatred: Concern in Bangladesh' History Ireland 18 (4) :46-49. [Details]
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2006) 'The wind of change: Decolonisation in British West Africa' History Ireland 14 (4) :40-45. [Details]
Book Review
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Review of Daniel P. L. Chong, Freedom from poverty: NGOs and human rights praxis (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010). Book Review [DOI] [Details]
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2013.
Title: PI, 'Sources and Uses of Humanitarian History'
| Year: 2013.
Title: Co-investigator, International Research Network: 'Non-State Humanitarianism: From Colonialism to Human Rights'
| Year: 2011.
Title: IRCHSS CARA Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship
| Year: 2011.
Title: Honorary Research Fellowship, University of Birmingham
| Year: 2005.
Title: IRCHSS Postgraduate scholarship
| Year: 2009.
Title: IRCHSS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
|Association: Irish Historical Society, Function/Role: Member
|Association: Development Studies Association of Ireland, Function/Role: Member
|Association: Development Studies Association, Function/Role: Member
|Association: Voluntary Action History Society, Function/Role: Member
Conference Contributions
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) Dislocating Ireland: teaching twentieth century Irish history through a transnational lens. [Conference Paper], Latitudes: Irish Studies in an International Context (ACIS/CAIS Conference 2014), University College Dublin , 13-JUN-14 - 13-JUN-14.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) Fighting for justice or feeding the world? NGOs and the New International Economic Order. [Oral Presentation], The New International Economic Order and the Global Interregnum of the 1970s, Remarque Institute, New York University (Kandersteg Workshop) , 30-APR-14 - 03-MAY-14.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) Common Humanity? Humanitarianism as Globalisation in the NGO moment (1968-85). [Invited Lecture], History of International Organisations Network Seminar, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva , 10-APR-14 - 10-APR-14.
|Kevin O'Sullivan, Matthew Hilton and Juliano Fiori (2014) Co-investigator of network. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Between the global and the local in humanitarian action: Workshop 4 of 'Non-state Humanitarianism: From Colonialism to Human Rights' Network, Save the Children UK offices, London , 07-APR-14 - 08-APR-14.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2014) Progressive pragmatists: Ireland, the 'like-minded' states and the search for a new international economic order, 1974-82. [Oral Presentation], The Neutrals and Non-Aligned in the Global Cold War, University of Lausanne , 13-MAR-14 - 15-MAR-14.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Diplomacy of the stomach: humanitarianism, NGOs and the Cold War. [Invited Oral Presentation], Trinity College Dublin War Studies Seminar, Trinity College Dublin , 12-DEC-13 - 12-DEC-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan and Matthew Hilton (2013) Co-investigator of network. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Humanitarianisms in Context: Workshop 3 of 'Non-state Humanitarianism: From Colonialism to Human Rights' Network, ZZF Potsdam , 28-NOV-13 - 29-NOV-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Developing a transnational Irish history syllabus. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Teaching Transnational History: Transnational Ireland research network, Workshop 4, National University of Ireland Galway , 31-AUG-13 - 31-AUG-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan and Matthew Hilton (2013) Co-investigator of network. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Sources & Uses of Humanitarian History- Workshop 2 of 'Non-state Humanitarianism: From Colonialism to Human Rights' Network, National University of Ireland Galway , 20-JUN-13 - 21-JUN-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Humanitarian Encounters: The legacy of Biafra for our understanding of the global south. [Invited Oral Presentation], Sources & Uses of Humanitarian History- Workshop 2 of 'Non-state Humanitarianism: From Colonialism to Human Rights' Network, National University of Ireland Galway , 21-JUN-13 - 21-JUN-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Historicising NGO humanitarianism: What we need to learn from the past, and why. [Invited Oral Presentation], RIA International Affairs Conference 2013: The Changing Face of Africa, Royal Irish Academy , 31-MAY-13 - 31-MAY-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) NGOs and the globalisation of Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Voluntary Action History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London , 20-MAY-13 - 20-MAY-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) Doing Transnational History: Roundtable Discussion. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Transnational Ireland: Network Workshop, Trinity College Dublin , 26-APR-13 - 26-APR-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2013) All kinds of everything: NGOs and the globalisation of Ireland, 1960-2000. [Oral Presentation], TCD Contemporary History Research Seminar, Trinity College Dublin , 20-MAR-13 - 20-MAR-13.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) 'Feed the World' or start a revolution? NGOs, rights, aid and development, 1968-85. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies Seminar, Queen's University Belfast , 13-DEC-12 - 13-DEC-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) History, IR Theory and Small State Identity in the Long 1970s. [Invited Oral Presentation], Transnational Ireland: Methodologies Workshop, University of Edinburgh , 07-DEC-12 - 07-DEC-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) From the 'search for justice' to 'Feed the World': NGOs, rights and development, 1968-85. [Oral Presentation], Humanitarianism: Past Present and Future, University of Manchester , 08-NOV-12 - 10-NOV-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan and Matthew Hilton (2012) Non-state humanitarianism: From colonialism to human rights. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Saving Humans: An inter-disciplinary workshop, University of Birmingham , 14-JUN-12 - 14-JUN-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) Of rice and men: Writing the history of non-governmental aid in the post-1945 era. [Invited Oral Presentation], Beyond the island: Transnational approaches to history, National University of Ireland, Galway , 20-APR-12 - 21-APR-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) Of rice and men sans frontieres: Aid, NGOs and Western society since 1945. [Invited Oral Presentation], Making connections: Transnational histories of welfare workshop, Oxford Brookes University , 21-MAR-12 - 21-MAR-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) Roundtable discussion on histories of non-state humanitarianism. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Non-state humanitarianism: Networking meeting, University of Manchester , 16-MAR-12 - 16-MAR-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) Transnational welfare history: where next? (panel discussant). [Invited Oral Presentation], Making connections: Transnational networks in European welfare history workshop, Oxford Brookes University , 29-JUN-12 - 29-JUN-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2012) A global nervous system: The rise and rise of humanitarian NGOs. [Invited Oral Presentation], Transnational Ireland Workshop, Trinity College Dublin , 08-SEP-12 - 08-SEP-12.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2011) Ah, Ireland. The caring nation: Foreign aid and Irish identity. [Invited Lecture], Irish Studies seminar series, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin , 08-MAR-11 - 08-MAR-11.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2011) The challenges of contemporary history in Ireland - roundtable discussant. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Historical Society seminar series, Boston College, Dublin , 25-JAN-11 - 25-JAN-11.
|Kevin O'Sullivan, Juliana Adelman, Lisa-Marie Griffith, Christina Morin (2011) A symposium on web legitimacy. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Honest to blog, Trinity College, Dublin , 04-MAR-11 - 04-MAR-11.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2011) Small states, foreign aid and the Cold War. [Oral Presentation], War Studies seminar series, Trinity College Dublin , 17-FEB-11 - 17-FEB-11.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) People are dying NOW. Give us the money NOW. Foreign aid and Irish identity. [Oral Presentation], Contemporary Irish history seminar, Trinity College Dublin , 17-FEB-10 - 17-FEB-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) From Biafra to Vietnam: Towards a history of Irish foreign aid. [Invited Oral Presentation], Development Studies Centre seminar series, University College Dublin , 19-FEB-10 - 19-FEB-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) In need of assistance? The EC and Irish foreign aid. [Invited Oral Presentation], Aid norms and aid realities workshop, University of Copenhagen , 05-MAR-10 - 06-MAR-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) Postcolonial humanitarians? A history of Irish aid. [Invited Oral Presentation], Development Studies Association Ireland, annual conference, Trinity College, Dublin , 13-SEP-10 - 13-SEP-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan, Ciara Meehan (2010) Roundtable discussion on the practice of oral history. [Conference Organising Committee Member], In their own words, University College Dublin , 29-APR-10 - 29-APR-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) Concern for Africa: NGOs and the humanitarian response. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ireland and Biafra conference, National University of Ireland, Galway , 30-SEP-10 - 01-OCT-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) Born missionaries? Geldof, Robinson, aid and the Irish. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Ireland since 1966: New perspectives, University College Dublin , 11-NOV-10 - 11-NOV-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) Postcolonial humanitarians? A history of Irish foreign aid. [Invited Lecture], Trocaire internal staff seminars, Trocaire offices, Maynooth , 01-DEC-10 - 01-DEC-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) Ireland, Africa and the end of Empire. [Invited Lecture], St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, History Society seminars, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra , 15-DEC-10 - 15-DEC-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2010) While the actors are still on stage: Interviews and the history of the recent past. [Invited Oral Presentation], Private stories: Public histories, University of Limerick , 23-APR-10 - 23-APR-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan, Juliana Adelman, Lisa-Marie Griffith, Christina Morin (2010) A symposium on arts, culture, heritage and humanities online. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Blogging the humanities, Trinity College Dublin , 03-JUN-10 - 03-JUN-10.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2009) Unmistakably European: Irish state identity and the decolonisation of Africa. [Oral Presentation], The ends of empire conference, National University of Ireland, Maynooth , 18-JUN-09 - 20-JUN-09.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2008) Two way street: Ireland, EC membership, and development aid. [Invited Oral Presentation], Foreign aid: projects and policy in a historical and comparative context, University of Aarhus , 09-OCT-08 - 12-OCT-08.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2008) Like a colossus? Ireland and the emergence of independent sub-Saharan Africa. [Oral Presentation], History research seminar, National University of Ireland, Galway , 16-JAN-08 - 16-JAN-08.
|Kevin O'Sullivan (2007) Aid to developing countries: Irish official development assistance in the 1970s. [Invited Oral Presentation], Who gives aid to whom, and why (and how much)?, University of Leiden , 09-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07.
|Committee : International reference group for www.humanitarianhistory.org
|Committee : Voluntary Action History Society, Executive committee
| Employer: University of Birmingham
Position: Honorary Research Fellow (Visiting Fellow, 2011-2012)
| Employer: Irish Aid / Higher Education Authority
Position: Secondment
| Employer: University College Dublin
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
| Year 2008 Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Qualification: PhD Subject: History
| Year 2004 Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: History and Political Science
Community Engagement
|History at Galway
|Humanitarian and Leadership Academy
|'Talking History' (Newstalk)
|The History Show (RTÉ Radio 1)
|What in the World? (KMF Productions/RTÉ)
|Pue's Occurrences: The Irish history blog
Teaching Interests
| Areas of specialisation
History of decolonisation; social, cultural and political legacies of empire; humanitarianism; Ireland and the wider world; construction of modern European identities; history of NGOs.
Areas of interest
Africa since 1870; twentieth century Ireland; globalisation; human rights; Britain since 1945; France since 1945.
Recent Postgraduates
Modules Taught
|HI3100 : Brave New World: Globalisation since 1945
|HI3101 : Of Rice and Men: Aid and Humanitarianism since 1945
|HI2100 : Ireland in a Global Context, 1922-2002
|HI2101 : The "global Irish": Irish identity, 1968-98
Internal Collaborators
| Member, Geopolitics and Justice research cluster.
Member, Power, Conflict and Ideologies research cluster.
External Collaborators
| Professor Matthew Hilton (PI; University of Birmingham), Professor Bertrand Taithe (University of Manchester), Dr Maren Mohring (ZZF Potsdam), Dr Eleanor Davey (Overseas Development Institute, London) - key partners on AHRC-funded 'Non-state humanitarianism: From colonialism to human rights' network.
Dr Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh), Dr Sarah Roddy (University of Manchester), Dr Ciarán O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Niall Whelehan (University of Edinburgh), Dr Jonathan Wright (Queen's University Belfast) - co-founding members of the 'Transnational Ireland' research network.


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Daley vs. Daley
For much of the past half century, a mayor named Daley has towered over Chicago. We compare the reigns of father and son, assessing their triumphs and failures, their impact on the city—and what their enduring dominance at the polls says about us
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Like father? Richard M. Daley shares more than a hint of his dad's features. Richard J. Daley (left) in 1964
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Our special report
On a blustery morning early in March, Mayor Richard M. Daley was running late for a constituent's birthday party. A very important constituent, practically family: the City of Chicago. One hundred seventy-one years old this year, Chicago was being feted at the History Museum in Lincoln Park, and the second-floor banquet hall was decked out for the occasion—there were hot dogs, balloons, and a cake decorated with the stars and stripes of the city flag. By the time the mayor walked in, 20 minutes behind schedule, the Marist High School Jazz Band was playing an impromptu recital of the school fight song to fill the dead air for the few hundred guests.
Waiting to be introduced, the mayor fixed his windswept comb-over and straightened his blue pinstripes. When it came his turn to speak, he read his prepared remarks in a robotic monotone. Rattling on about the founding father Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, the city charter, and world's fairs past, the mayor seemed bored—like a man who has spent six long terms schlepping to untold thousands of such ceremonial events.
About halfway through, the mayor paused. Perhaps he sensed his lackluster performance, because he looked up at the audience and started speaking off the cuff. He riffed about the visit he'd made earlier that morning to an eighth-grade class in the tough Back of the Yards neighborhood on the city's South Side—at a school named for his late father, Mayor Richard J. Daley. With passion in his voice, he mused about how many of these young, mainly Hispanic and black students were succeeding in the classroom despite the daily scourge of gangs, guns, and drugs they faced. Then, in one of his characteristic non sequiturs, he segued into a story about the meeting he'd had the day before with the former British prime minister Tony Blair and how the city must meet the vast and varied challenges of the global economy. His face flushed as he stressed the need for safer neighborhoods, better schools, new libraries, and vibrant cultural attractions. His boyish enthusiasm spoke better than words of his love for the city and for a job he gives no indication of ever leaving.
Like father, like son.
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Richard Michael Daley, who turned 66 in April, is the country's longest-serving big-city mayor—at presstime, 7,059 days as "The Man on Five" in City Hall. If he serves out the rest of this term ending in 2011, he will have surpassed by four months the 21 years and 8 months his father, Richard Joseph Daley, spent in office before suffering a fatal heart attack. Together, the Boss and Son of Boss have ruled the city for 40 out of the last 53 years and nearly a quarter of Chicago's history. The marks of their tenures are everywhere—from the big stuff like the mass of highways and towering skyscrapers, O'Hare International Airport and Millennium Park, to the smaller things, such as bicycle lanes, wrought-iron fences, and well-illuminated streets.
Over the years, they have inspired many Chicagoans with a feeling that the city works, even when it sometimes doesn't. In the process, their overwhelming popularity with voters has brought stability to a city government that, by tradition, has been politically unruly. (Consider: Chicago went through five mayors in the 13 years between the reigns of Daley I and Daley II.)
But there are other, deeply troubling marks, too: the numerous scars of corruption and scandal; the perpetuation of one-party rule—make that one-man rule; and the ugly results of racism and segregation, which are still felt in the city's downtrodden neighborhoods.
Daley I's legacy is by now more or less a closed book—or a shelf full of books. To many Chicagoans, he was a city savior who kept Chicago from plunging into the downward spiral of urban failure that ravaged other Midwestern industrial cities. To others, he was an intolerant despot who saved only half of the city, the white half. He built lasting monuments, but could not handle the political and social upheaval of his times. The jury is still out on Daley II's legacy. His career, in some respects, has surpassed his father's, and over the years he has both atoned for some of his father's past sins and repeated others. Granted, the two men confronted different generations, different cultures, and different political eras. "It's like comparing A-Rod to Babe Ruth," says the Cook County state's attorney, Dick Devine, who worked as an administrative assistant to Daley I and served as first assistant under the son when the latter was state's attorney.
Our goal here is not to determine who was a "better" or "worse" mayor, but to examine the two administrations across a range of issues to see what the similarities and differences tell us about the men, the city, and ourselves. We tried to focus on areas where there are strong and illuminating contrasts or similarities without delving into the Oedipal complexities between father and son.
In compiling this report I interviewed more than 30 people—from Daley allies and critics (several of whom bridge the father-son generational gap) to former staffers, journalists, and academics. Some of the sources were reluctant to criticize the Daleys too harshly for fear of jeopardizing their relationship with the mayor or with other members of his clout-heavy family.
Daley II himself is fiercely loyal to his father. In March, I met with the mayor in his fifth-floor conference room. He was genial, yet slightly on edge. "I don't compare myself," he said tersely, when asked to line up his mayoral legacy against his father's. As the mayor's youngest brother, Bill Daley, explains it: "You're not going to get a lot of self-psychoanalysis by Rich Daley—neither [would you] with my dad."
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Photography: (Daley I) © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis; (Daley II) Kevin Banna; (Father and son) Chicago Tribune photograph by James Quinn


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Amazing in the bedroom (Sexual realm), each time she has sex with the same person it gets better and better, never reaching a plateau but forever continuing to climb.
This Girl Megan from NAU total Sexual Dynamo, im converting her to a Sun Devil, I need her down here right away.
by LoRy April 30, 2012


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Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature
Winner of Muhr AsiaAfrica / Feature /Special Mention : Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Producer)
Using religious grounds, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his village in rural Bangladesh. The ban on television, and even mobile phones, proves a challenge for the community, particularly its younger members. The Chairman is faced with revolt and the town becomes bitterly divided. A stirring reflection on modernity and tradition in the age of mass media, TELEVISION uses humour, romance and drama to deliver a powerful message.
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Social
Cast & Credits
- Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
- Producer: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
- Scriptwriter: Anisul Hoque, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
- Cinematographer: Golam Maola Nabir
- Editor: Rajon Khaled
- Composer: Ayub Baccu
- Cast (in alphabetical order): Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Shahir Kazi Huda