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Salad fingers lust for rust. Character design by David Firth, Game Development by David Ellis. For anyone who likes salad fingers and wants to
waste some time!!
Please dont take this game to seriously. Firth is a friend of mine and I just wanted to put something together. ITS JUST TO MESS ABOUT WITH!!
Rated 5 / 5 stars April 21, 2007
ItZ GratE
I fInK DiS GaME Is GratE, OmG. It iS rATe Gud aNd FUL ov ActIoNS anD FIngS LIke DaT. My FrEnD Sed iTs RuBBiSh SO i Set HiS MUm oN FIrE And ThEN He SeD iT wAs Gud.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars February 20, 2006
Uh huh...
Repitive. Yup.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars June 27, 2006
its ok not great work though
uv stuck with original sound and graphics so ill give u that. the style was a little bleak though but i do like that uv takin pics from the series and put them in the game.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars May 27, 2006
You know,
I can't tell you that you're game is The Game Of The Year, but I must tell you that everyting that respect Salad Finger is something that I respect too... So, good game.
but you know that the "Orgasmic Sound" is a sound of confusing in the reals episodes and the "Pain Sound" is an orgasmic sound of Salad Finger ?
I like your game, great work
( when we lose, you should play the music : <<Somewhere, Over the rainbows , way up high ... >> )
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Small companies are particularly vulnerable to fraudsters, who are frequently operating from another jurisdiction within the EU. This makes enforcement difficult. The Commission therefore announced that it plans to beef up the existing legislation (the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 2006/114/EC) to explicitly ban practices such as concealing the commercial intent of a communication, while at the same time stepping up enforcement of the rules in cross-border cases.


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LONDON, England - It was a dangerous match-up but Venus Williams handled it beautifully, beating Ekaterina Makarova to reach the third round.
Makarova, who had won her last 18 sets - all on grass through the qualies and main draw of Eastbourne and the first round here - fell behind early against five-time Wimbledon champion Williams and never quite caught up, not even holding a game point until 60 10 and eventually losing in straights, 60 64.
"She's been playing really well. The grass suits her game," Williams said. "I was happy to get off to a good start and close it out at the end."
Williams' match was going on as John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were fighting it out on Court 18 - a match that was eventually suspended at an amazing 59-59 in the fifth set. The match has shattered all kinds of records, such as most games in a match, longest match time, most aces in a match...
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Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, the No.8 and No.17 seeds, respectively, took one step closer to a fourth round clash earlier in the day. Read more here.
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Will posting calorie information on fast-food menu boards really make people eat healthier? Some fast-food chains have resisted the idea, saying there's no evidence it would be effective.
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The online job search engine Juju.com has released its January index of the best and worst cities in which to look for a job. The Job Search Difficulty Index was calculated by dividing the number of unemployed workers in each metro area, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by the number of jobs in Juju's index of online jobs, compiled from thousands of employer career portals, recruiter Web sites and job boards.
She became fed up with big banks long ago.
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As Americans lose patience with the overweening greed on display at certain gargantuan banking institutions, a lot of people are talking about moving their money out of megabanks into small community banks or credit unions. I moved my money to a credit union years ago -- and thereon hangs a tale.
From the moment I graduated from college, I did business with banks. I'd never heard of credit unions, and when I did get wind of their existence, I didn't understand what they were. I imagined they had something to do with labor unions.
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Outlet malls have a reputation for big-name brands and low prices. Now, shoppers can add Bloomingdale's to their list of potential bargains.
Parent company Macy's announced last week that it will open four Bloomingdale's outlet stores before fall, in Paramus, N.J.; Miami; Sunrise, Fla.; and Woodbridge, Va., with more locations planned for 2011. The outlets will sell clearance items from the mainstream Bloomingdale's stores.
Considering that competitors Saks, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom already have booming outlet divisions (Off 5th, Last Call and Nordstrom Rack, respectively), Bloomingdale's move is more about opportunity than desperation, says Kim Picciola, a senior analyst for Morningstar who covers the retail sector. "They can really use outlet locations to unload excess inventory," she says. Bloomingdale's outlets will also expand the brand's customer base, because outlet malls tend to draw more value-oriented crowds.
But in the struggling economy, the eye-popping deals shoppers have come to expect don't always materialize, says Howard Davidowitz, the chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm and investment bank based in New York. Retailers and designers have scaled back inventory amid slumping sales, which leaves less overstock. Some of that may go instead to discount stores such as T.J. Maxx, sample sales and even charity.
Many brands -- including Coach, Ann Taylor and Brooks Brothers -- fill the gaps with outlet-only lines that they sell at full price.
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I got married last month. It was a bit of a whirlwind romance: At the beginning of 2009, we'd been talking about an engagement later in the year, with a wedding in 2010. Things being what they are, the engagement got moved up a couple of months, and we decided to plan a wedding for the end of the year.
The first question we had to ask ourselves was, "What size wedding do we want?" The next question was, "What can we afford?"
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Let's talk about our personal situation for a moment before I answer the questions in detail. My wife is finishing school and doesn't work. I finished grad school 18 months ago, and had a bout of unemployment for the last four months of 2008.
As I'd just gotten out of school, I hadn't yet amassed much of an emergency fund. I mostly lived off of credit cards during that period. After moving, paying rent for two months on two apartments, and a small weekend trip to Europe earlier this year (before the wedding was in the works ... if I had known we were getting married this year, we wouldn't have gone), I racked up more than $10,000 in credit card debt. I set a goal in April to have my debt paid off by the end of January 2010 -- a goal I'm quite pleased to say that I'll meet.
Basically, the takeaway here is that we didn't have much money for a wedding.
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Here's the find of the week: Carla Fried, a retirement blogger at CBS MoneyWatch, alerted readers to a new Web site that can tell you how much your 401k's are costing you in fees.
A San Diego company called BrightScope, which rates more than 30,000 401k plans, now has a Personal 401k Fee Report -- and it's free.
It's been said that 401k fees are one of the great mysteries of retirement planning. If you don't believe me, take a look at your statements. You may find some fees, but all might not be listed there. Can you easily determine what you're paying? Are you paying too much?
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50% of surveyed couples would take parental cash in lieu of financial help with a wedding, but how about taking a more frugal approach?
Nothing brings out our inner curmudgeon more than tales of Bridezillas and extravagant, expensive weddings. If we ruled the world, all weddings would be simple and inexpensive affairs. Are we showing our age if we suggest getting married barefoot in a field of flowers?
Free Money Finance brought our attention to a Brides magazine survey that says more than half the respondents would take money from their parents in lieu of a contribution to the wedding. Really? Who are these young slackers who expect their parents to pay for a wedding?
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I've had my car insurance through Nationwide for almost 30 years. My parents used Nationwide when I started driving, so that's who I used. Of course, back then there was no Internet or easy way to compare auto insurance quotes. You had to call agent after agent to get rates. Today, comparing auto insurance is a snap.
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Ruben Amaro suggested last week that Phillies fans might want to relax about the lack of lefties in the pen and further suggested that righty Jose Contreras and his splitter might be a big weapon against lefties this season. I actually feel pretty relaxed about the pen, but more because I feel confident that Amaro and the team can address the issues and less because I think that Contreras and his splitter are the answer to what ills the Phils.
Last week I mentioned that the Phillies have been improving steadily against left-handed batters over the past couple of years. In 2007, by OPS against for lefties, the Phillies were the worst pitching team in the NL. In 2008 they made it to the middle of the pack and last season only three teams in the league held lefties to a lower OPS. The table below compares how the OPS against for left-handed batters against Contreras and his new fellow righty Danys Baez stacks up against what the Phillies overall did against left-handed pitching over the past three seasons.
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Good news, bad news there, but I think there's a little more bad news. The worst news is that in 2007, when the Phillies allowed the worst OPS to left-handed batters in the NL, Baez and Contreras were both getting hit even harder than the Phils. The other bad news is that overall for the three year period, both pitchers have allowed a higher OPS overall that the Phils have.
The good news is that both pitchers had very good results against lefties in 2009. Lefties have a career line of 272/352/413 against Baez, but hit just 248/312/395 against him in '09. A tiny .232 BAbip for Baez last year adds a lot of question makes to his nifty 1.13 ratio for the season, but while his BAbip for righties was a paltry .198, lefties managed a more reasonable .269. Even if you're a total non-believer in batting average for balls in play, Baez still lowered his walk rate against lefties in '09 compared to his career levels. In 2009 he walked 7.8% of the 141 lefties he faced. Coming into the season he had walked about 10.8% of the lefties he faced.
I'm a little more wary of the success that Contreras had against lefties last year. First of all, it came off of the '07 and '08 seasons in which lefties combined to hit an ugly 316/376/488 against him. Second, despite the success against lefties, Contreras just didn't pitch very well last year. Between Chicago and the Rockies his ERA was up near five with a 1.47 ratio. While he did hold lefties to a snazzy .713 OPS against him, righties pounded away to a 292/350/450 tune. It's going to be a whole lot more important for him to be able to get out righties in 2010. So even if you could take his '09 success against lefties, if it comes with that kind of line from right-handed batters he's going to have some trouble being successful in 2010.
This says that JC Romero will throw off a mound on Saturday and that Bastardo is the front-runner for the job of lefty out of the pen. It also suggests that Rich Dubee thinks that Bastardo's future may be at the back of the bullpen.
The Phillies signed 32-year-old lefty Brad Wilkerson to a minor league contract. Wilkerson was an everyday player for the Expos/Nationals from 2002 through 2005 and hit 32 home runs for Montreal in 2004. He has a career 247/350/440 line over about 3,700 at-bats but has hit 226/311/411 in 1,063 plate appearances since the end of the 2005 season.
Lidge's prospects for being ready by opening day don't seem particularly bright.


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I'm sorry, but did the Big Ten — the Betamax of college football conferences — just enter the digital age? And become pals with the SEC in the process?
Big Ten officials fell in line with the SEC and the Big 12 Monday, declaring that the impending college football playoff should be comprised of the nations four best teams, regardless of their conference affiliation. Commissioner Jim Delany also endorsed the possibility of junking polls and computer rankings and forming a selection committee to pick those four teams — an idea that has been pushed in my disturbed little corner of the universe.
Quoting Delany from a Monday news conference with Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman and Indiana president Michael McRobbie: "Everybody recognizes the present poll system is not a good proxy. … It should be the four best teams."
Did that really happen?
The Big Ten and Pacific 10/12 conferences have long been obstacles in a playoff format, in part because of their respective allegiances to the Rose Bowl. So the fact that the Big Ten is not endorsing a model for change — albeit late — is significant.
A few weeks ago I proposed my plan for the four-team playoff. Here's the link. But let me recap a few bullet points:
• The four teams can come from any conferences, with no automatic bids and no cap on how many per conference. I don't care if the SEC gets zero or four. (Not surprisingly, SEC presidents favor this model, as you would expect from a conference that placed Alabama vs. LSU in the last BCS title game and has won six straight national championships.)
• The four teams should be picked by a selection committee, similar to the one used for the NCAA basketball tournament.
• The semifinals should be held at the campus stadiums for the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, with the championship game bid out to cities, similar to the Super Bowl.
• The bowls, the BCS, polls, computers, etc., should have absolutely no input on the four-team playoff. They all can come into play for the non-playoff postseason games. And yes, that means the Rose Bowl can still have its Big Ten-Pacific 12 match-up, as long as neither school is in a semifinal. Similarly, the Sugar, Orange, Fiesta and Cotton Bowls also can create closed or partially closed bowls, fulfilling their own marketing needs.
Delany's comments were significant Monday. I'm starting to believe many of the above criteria will be in place for a playoff.
By Jeff Schultz
June 4th, 2012
1:22 pm
Let me guess who the committee is going to be – Mike Slive, Jim Delany, Larry Scott and Bob Bowlsby. John Swofford and John Marinatto need not apply.
June 4th, 2012
1:23 pm
Jeff- what would be the expected timetable for the playoof system in all conferences agree?
June 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
Sorry- I meant "playoff"
June 4th, 2012
1:33 pm
Jeff, I would love to see a semifinal game in Death Valley but I think the bowls will be hosting those games with the title game being bid out.
Also, I prefer the best 4 concept too but some observers believe a 3 & 1 plan (3 conference winners and 1 at-large) will be adopted.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
June 4th, 2012
1:33 pm
A selection committee ~ that'll solve everything… & you best go undefeated two seasons in a row {if you are in the ACC} for that group to notice you…
It is a hell of lot LESS costly if you screw up who is the best 35th or 36th team {a.k.a. in the NCAA BBall Tourney} than who is 4th or 5th best.
Sounds unfair unless you are a SEC school {who has earned the benefit of the doubt} but is this a 'fairer' system???
June 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
4 teams playoff…. What a COMPLETE joke!
June 4th, 2012
1:46 pm
It really needs to be the top 8 teams. You don't hear people saying the 9th ranked team deserves a shot at the title but you do hear people talking about the 5th ranked team occasionally, i.e. UGA at the end of 2007. 8 teams would just result in 1 more game for the 2 final teams.
June 4th, 2012
2:00 pm
Funny how in all sports but college football, a large % of all the teams that play can make the playoffs. But college football it's 3% of the teams. What's the point in having conferences if winning it means little to nothing? I mean if you win the easter conf or eastern division or southern etc etc that matters. This playoff will be an absolute joke. Why not just do what makes sense and have the 6 conference winners and 2 at large.
June 4th, 2012
2:03 pm
Has to be based on Conference Champions….then a couple of wild-cards…(aka best-of-the-rest)otherwise, winning a conference championship means little or nothing.
June 4th, 2012
2:09 pm
Put me on the committee, I will be fair to the Dawgs.
June 4th, 2012
2:10 pm
Can someone explain to me how a selection committee is better than just using polls? Instead of having many biased writers and coaches making the decision, they are going to let a small handful of random biased people make the decision? College Football's mythical championship hasn't gotten any less mythical and is even more of a circus now.
June 4th, 2012
2:13 pm
JS – I hear ya but there would be a whole lot more arguments if the tourney were only 34 teams. And i don't think anyone really thinks a team that doesn't make the field of 68 would have a chance to win it all. But…many do think the 5th – 8th ranked football teams at year end have a chance at the title.
June 4th, 2012
2:14 pm
Why congratulate a guy(Delaney) that has stood in the way of progress for College Football?
If not for the Big 10, I refuse the new moniker B1G, and the Pac 12 & their precious Rose Bowl, College Football would already have a Playoff System in place.
Delaney finally figured out College Football fans across America could care less about the Big 10. They had no hand left to play, once the Big 12 correctly decided to a minimum 4 team playoff featuring the BEST 4 Teams!! Holding out for "their" plan again would have only made them look more foolish than they already do.
Face it Delaney, your Conference is 2nd tier to the SEC, when it comes to what matters most — $$$$$$$$$$$$.
June 4th, 2012
2:14 pm
EC Dawg — There are arguments on 68 basketball teams.
Every team in college basketball can make the tournament without relying on polls or selection committees. You can play your way in. In college football, its all a beauty contest, and you hope the old men think you are pretty.
June 4th, 2012
2:15 pm
Schultz plan is good except for the on campusd games. Those always fail as no one has planned to attend hat weekend as they would season tickets. I beliebe you should hold the semifinal games in the same city as the finals..
Play the semifinals fri and Sat nite in early Jan, champ game the next week in same city..makes it easy for teams , fans everybody.
June 4th, 2012
2:15 pm
Where would this leave us?
June 4th, 2012
2:18 pm
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June 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
Jeff I understand your logic here.I am for a plus-1.Ditch the BCS model and pick the best 2 teams after the bowls have been played. Rotate the sites for this game much like the BCS did.
June 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
Solution is easy :
-8 Team Playoff.
-AP & Coaches Poll still in effect throughout Season.
-BCS Poll comes out as usual — towards end of Year.
-BCS formula consists of AP & Coaches Poll — Harris Poll — throw in a couple of computer polls & some-type of BCS selection Committee.
-BCS Conference Champs automatically qualify if they finish in top 12 in final BCS poll.
-"Cinderella" Teams from non-BCS Conferences qualify if they finish un-defeated & in top 4 of final BCS poll.
-Notre Dame qualifies if they finish in top 8 of final BCS poll.
-the final Playoff qualifiers are the TOP remaining Teams in the final BCS poll.
-Quarter Finals are played on or around New Years Day @ the Orange, Fiesta, Sugar & Rose Bowls.
-Semi's are played at pre-designated sites around the Country, ex. GA Dome, JerryWorld, LA Coliseum, San Diego, Domes in Indy, Detroit….ect
-BCS Title Game held at a pre-determined site
Problem Solved – Case Closed — Roll Tide
June 4th, 2012
2:40 pm
Here's my idea: Do away with the polls, computers, BCS AND the selection committee — instead, pit the champions of the four strongest conferences against each other in a seeded format. You'd have to devise a formula for determining which are the strongest conferences in any given year, but that could be easily done based on the regular season results. That way you eliminate any and all subjectivity AND preserve the meaningfulness of the regular season. Any other method only preserves the status quo, which is that the teams with the strongest brand strength will always win out.
June 4th, 2012
2:40 pm
I say 8 teams instead of 4 for one simple reason. More meaningful games! If the NFL just took the top 4 teams based on record, then there would be only 3 games. Boring! How cool would that first weekend be if you had 4 games back-to-back! Awesome!
Selection committee > polls no matter who is on the committee.
June 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
@Cobb Dawg
I am sooooo sure Notre Dame and NBC would luv your idea…
June 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
Big Crimson, the B1G makes a lot more money collectively than the SEC. That's part of the reason Delaney has been such a stick in the mud for so long.
June 4th, 2012
2:57 pm
Delaney speaking with any kind of cognative good sense means that it's a very chilly day in Hell.
June 4th, 2012
3:07 pm
Jeff & All -
I hear what your saying about a committee, but really is this committee going to be better than the polling system?
What kind of cirteria will the committee use?
Is a committee of X# of prople not going to be influenced by the media and politics more so than the current polls?
I mean now we have the average of all the polls, computers, coaches, media, influenced by strength of schedules, head to head, common opponents, quality wins, ….. ….. …..
Go to a committe of some number of guys (girls) and it is strictly their opinions.
A committee to pick 64 teams in Basketball….. cant have much argument with that many teams getting in. hard to be wrong.
But the committee to pick 4!!! I actually think the BCS formula will be less biased than a few individuals. I really do.
Yes there will always be argument in picking such a small field. Diecriminating between 3-4 and 5-6 or 7-8 and 9-10 an knowone but god knows at the end of the regular season who the actual 4 or 8 best truely are; but I have confidence that the BCS polls, picking the top 4 or even better 8, would insure that the top and very best 2-4 teams or 6-8 teams for a playoff would get the best teams in the field and thats what I am all about.
Lets just insure that the best system we can use to determine WITH QUESTION of course who the top 4 to 8 teams are…. no there will be some bickering and questioning about the bubbles, but find comfort that the best team(s) is in the field somewhere and they can play it out.
Much as I hav disliked the BCS, I think it or a formula like ot would be lest biased in determining a 4-8 team playoff field.
June 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
Jeff common man!!! Yes the number 66 or 67 team in the BB NCAA might argue they shoud have gotten in the field, but it is nothing like who is 1-2…3-4…5-6-8 . That 66 -69 team can not say they deserved a shot at the title. Oureasonably comment.
June 4th, 2012
3:14 pm
Disagree. Delany is being self-serving by not wanting polls. If there is no poll to have a starting point for a committee, Big 10, for example, will lobby harder with a "Who's to say we're not top 4?" mentality. Can't act as if there is no credibility to, say, an AP poll. There is credibility by a large majority voting.
I'm just advocating that a committee has a credible poll to use as a tool in deciding.
The fans will always want polls throughout the year to see how they stand nationally by media and coaches.
Committees can be a BIG problem
June 4th, 2012
3:16 pm
Not liking committee thing
June 4th, 2012
3:18 pm
EC – Agree 100% – 8 is the correct number…. Yes…7-8-9-10 to 12 can have some argument as to who is better and should have gotten in but an unbiased fan or sportswriter can say with a pretty high level of confidence going into a playoff that the top 5-8 teams are in the field and a true champ will emerge. Not perfect but as good as we can expect given so many teams in the NCAA.
June 4th, 2012
3:19 pm
There are a few problems with a selection committee picking the teams. The first is the obvious one– regardless of the lip service being paid to the fact that the top four should be "the best four teams," there is going to be an inherent bias in favor of teams from different conferences being the 4. Any committee is going to be composed of (not comprised, mind you, but COMPOSED OF — sorry, old, old pet peeve of mine) equal representatives from the conferences, and the reps, while no doubt trying to be impartial (raised eyebrows on the "trying") will be under enormous pressure from their constituent respective conferences to put a team from their conference in the semi-finals.
Second, the reason a selection committee works just fine for basketball is… there are 68 entrants!! No one really cares if their team is seeded #2 instead of #1 or 3 instead of 4. Point is, it doesn't matter if they make a mistake; actually playing the games takes care of the mistakes. You won't have that here with just 4 teams.
So, no, I don't think a committee for picking 4 teams is a good idea. A poll is better. And a poll of non-affiliated persons (like the AP poll) would be best. But it's not going to happen. I guess we can be thankful to some degree that at least there will be SOME kind of playoff.
June 4th, 2012
3:19 pm
Committee will need some sort of check and balance system.
Polls can be used as a primary check and balance of their choices.
June 4th, 2012
3:20 pm
gbal — just saw you said basically what I just posted, so. Comment is: You're right.
June 4th, 2012
3:21 pm
You have to have conference champions, or conference and conference games will mean nothing. It could later mean the breakdown of conferences, period, much less realignment.
June 4th, 2012
3:24 pm
Hurry and build the new stadium so Atlanta can host the Super Bowl and the Nat'l Championship within a few weeks of each other. RIP Georgia Dome. Welcome to the WeedEater Home Depot Dome.
June 4th, 2012
3:25 pm
Let the fans pick the four, not like MLB allstar game, just set up a system where fans can register to vote once. After week 9,start doing weekly votes to see who is looking likely, and then have a big vote one Saturday after the season. Top four get in no whining. South would do well as our fans are true fanatics.
June 4th, 2012
3:25 pm
One things for sure…..There is gonna be a lot of outraged people after "top" 4 teams are selected.
Fans, media, coaches, players of 5th school on down.
June 4th, 2012
3:32 pm
Take top 2 teams from AP and coaches polls every year…they never differ more than one different team in top 2.
If they do, Super – Committee decides in that given year.
June 4th, 2012
3:33 pm
It's the end of college football traditions as we know them
June 4th, 2012
3:33 pm
The current proposals for a plus one game or a top four teams playoff as a remedy to the BCS (Big Cartel Syndicate) is basically no change at all. The simpliest way to determine a true undisputed chanpion on the field is to have a sixteen team competition just like the other division have had for decades. There should be no excuses since the FBS division claim to have the supposedly superior athletes.
June 4th, 2012
3:34 pm
8 teams in a playoff … and to give credibility to confrence champs…
The top 5 confrence champs are in IF they are ranked at the end of the season in the top 10… by a BCS type ranking system…..If not raanked in top 10… out….
If not ranked in the top 10, that slot in the playoffs along with three at large teams make the playoffs based on highest ranked teams.
NO COMMITTEE – Would be worse than the ranking system and more biased.
BOTTOM LINE _ Bet 8 make the field.
June 4th, 2012
3:34 pm
This aint your daddy's football
June 4th, 2012
3:36 pm
Big (L)East and ACC should get ZERO automatic bids.
Why do they even play football?
June 4th, 2012
3:43 pm
There will never be a fair system to determine the champion of D1 (or whatever they call it these days) football because D1 football isn't a level playing field. The football factory schools will always have the advantage of lower academic standards and bigger revenue sources to put them ahead of other schools in recruiting the best players. Every now and then a non-football factory school can buck the system and get into the picture (see Boise St recently or BYU/GT in the old days). But it is a rare event.
And as you stated Jeff, it's not surprising that the SEC didn't want a cap on the number of teams a conference can have in the playoffs.
OK, here's my idea, and I would like to know what "football factory" schools alums think of this.
Let the SEC grab 9-15 more schools of like interest (I'm guessing Vandy would drop out), secede from the NCAA altogether, admit that they really are semi-pro and go ahead with Spurriers idea of paying the players. They would have an all conference schedule (no more OOC cupcakes or cross conference rivalries – unless the cross conf team joined up). They could then have their own playoff system and crown their own champion. Their players could still take a few classes for some continued education, but the pretense that they are "student athletes" would be dropped.
And the universities that still want to play college football with real student athletes can continue to do so, playing in bowl games and crowning a champ in some fashion that nobody agrees on, just like the last 100 years.
My real question is what would alums of universities like Alabama, LSU, Texas, et al, think about their schools having semi-pro programs. There would still be great football games to pack those 90-100K stadiums, and you could have a system that would fairly crown a champion, even if it is just a new self contained league/conference.
June 4th, 2012
3:47 pm
dawg 8589 —- So you think Clemson, acc champ, ranked # 15 by the polls at the end of the regular season….. (then had 70 put up on them in the bowl) deserved to be in a playoff just because the won their confrence championship over Alabama? Sorry dude that would not have been much of a playoff.
June 4th, 2012
3:50 pm
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June 4th, 2012
3:53 pm
And I am not picking on the ACC here, it was just the example I could come up with. Im and SEC ACC fan alike. Also a fan that says a playoff should be the best 4 …actually 8 teams/
June 4th, 2012
3:58 pm
Deminish the regular season????
1) your playing to be confrence champ, whether you go further or not.
2) You know you have to win your confrence to have a chance to get in.
3) Your playing for the highest ranking you can get, which may mean in a weaker confrence you need to schedule quality non confrence games.
Regular season is always going to mean something. You think there are not some confrence champs who knew going into last season they hadl little chance of making the 2 team playoff??? Their fans still enjoy the season??? Yes, it ment something.
June 4th, 2012
4:06 pm
gbal, the regular season didn't mean anything last year. LSU beat Alabama but still had to play them again.
June 4th, 2012
4:07 pm
Boise ND — really should go join a confrence.


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Scars: none
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A variety of interesting exercises in each chapter helps students understand and manipulate the objects of linear algebra.
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The determinant-free proofs are elegant and intuitive.
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Celery Root and Fennel Rémoulade
I think I'll try this with the Addicted to Veggies raw vegan sour cream recipe I posted earlier.
When peeling celery root, skip the peeler entirely. Use a good sharp knife and just carve away the outside 1/2-inch of the root. It's so deeply creased that trying to peel it is an exercise in frustration. Sacrifice the small amount that's lost by using a knife and save your time and sanity. :-)
From Cooking Light.
Celery Root and Fennel Rémoulade
Use the grater attachment of the food processor to quickly shred celeriac and fennel for this slawlike side.
Yield: 10 servings (serving size: about 2/3 cup)Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded peeled celeriac (celery root)
- 2 cups shredded fennel bulb
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons Creole mustard
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Combine celeriac, fennel, and juice in a large bowl. Combine sour cream and next 4 ingredients (through pepper), stirring with a whisk. Add sour cream mixture, onions, and parsley to celeriac mixture; toss well. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes.
(Source: find.myrecipes.com)
Arugula, Carrot & Celery Root Salad with Almonds
Also from Fine Cooking.
Arugula, Carrot & Celery Root Salad with Almonds
This salad has everything going for it—spicy arugula, sweet grated carrots and celery root, crunchy almonds—all topped off with a vibrant honey-mustard vinaigrette.
Watch a video of Laurie Buckle demonstrating how easy it is to make your own vinaigrette.
Serves ten to twelve.
2 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
2 Tbs. honey
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
6 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 medium carrots (1 lb.)
1 medium celery root (3/4 to 1 lb.)
6 lightly packed cups baby arugula (about 6 oz.)
3/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
In a small bowl, whisk the vinegar, honey, and mustard. Whisk in the oil and season with 1/2 tsp. salt and a few grinds of pepper.
Peel and trim the carrots and celery root and then grate them in a food processor fitted with a medium grating disk. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the arugula, half of the almonds and half of the cilantro; toss with the vinaigrette. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the remaining almonds and cilantro and serve.
Make Ahead TipsYou can make the dressing and prep the almonds and arugula up to a day ahead. Grate the carrots and chop the cilantro an hour or two ahead, but grate the celery root shortly before serving, as it may oxidize and turn brown if done earlier.
Raw Garlic-Chive Mashed No-tatoes with Mushroom Gravy
One secret to success with celery root (aka celeriac) is peel, peel, peel — or rather, pare, pare, pare. Don't be surprised if you wind up taking off half an inch of the root, and possibly more. They have nooks and crannies in their skin that are a pain to clean — much easier to just get rid of them by going a bit deeper with the paring knife.
From the Raw Food Talk forums.
Here is the video link to the Notatoes and Mushroom Gravy.
Garlic and Chive Mashed No-tatoes - chef tina jo
These garlic and chive mashed no-tatoes are simply amazing. They are easy to make and absolutely delicious. Every mouthful is creamy, rich and oh, so heavenly. No need to wait until the holidays to have the perfect comfort food. These are great any time of year!
Recipe: (Deb's notes are blue colored)
Note: I changed them to bold since the blue color doesn't survive with this Tumblr theme.
2 1/4 cups celery root, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup cashews
1 Tbs white miso paste (I used yellow and it was fine)
1 tsp onion powder
2 tsp nutritional yeast
1 1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt (next time I'd use less - bit salty)
1/2 cup Irish moss paste
3/4 cup water (add more if necessary for creamy texture)
1 Tbs garlic, minced
1/4 tsp white pepper
1 Tbs chives, minced
Add all ingredients (except chives) into blender and blend on high until creamy and warm.
Blend chives in by hand, then serve.
These No-tatoes can be served warm by blending in your blender. Another way is to place them in the dehydrator for 1 hour.
(I didn't have chives so I left those out). I also added a bit more water as I felt I needed it to get it all moving in the blender. Next time I'll work with it and try not to add more water because mine were a tad runny because of that.
Servings: 8
Yield: 4 cups
Irish Moss Paste - I posted to her video above asking her how to make the paste:
Irish moss paste is very simple and you will wind up using it in a ton of different recipes:
8 oz soaked Irish moss seaweed
1 1/2 cups water
Rinse Irish moss in fresh water several times to remove the "fishy" smell. Remove any and all foreign matter. Soak the moss for 6-8 hours in the water, store in fridge. Rinse again and drain. Blend the Irish moss in 1 1/2 cups water until smooth. Store in fridge up to 2 wks in sealed jar.
Deb's note - I didn't weigh out the irish moss, I simply removed what I thought would be enough and soaked it in the fridge and proceeded.
Gourmet Blend Gravy - chef tina jo
Creamy, warm and oh-so-delicious! This gravy is a sure-fire hit! Add to your mashed no-tatoes, meatloaf or on top of noodles. Then stand back and watch it disappear!
1 cup re-hydrated gourmet mushrooms (or use your favorite mushrooms)
1 cup water, purified (add more if needed for creamy texture)
1/4 cup walnuts, soaked and dehydrated
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1 Tbs red onion, minced
2 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs tamari, wheat free
1 tsp garlic, minced
3 Tbs nutritional yeast
Re-hydrate mushrooms by soaking them in 2 cups purified water (or if using fresh mushrooms, use 1 cup firmly packed)
Place all ingredients into blender and mix until creamy and smooth. To serve warm, process in blender for a few minutes (be sure not to overheat). Enjoy!
Leftovers can be placed in a glass air tight container for up to 5 days.
(Source: rawfoodtalk.com)
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