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Saturday, May 18, 2002Johnson City, Tenn. (May 18, 2002) - The Furman Paladins scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to take the lead and held on to defeat East Tennessee State, 4-3, in baseball action Saturday afternoon from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn. The Buccaneers (21-33, 13-15 Southern Conference) grabbed the lead early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the second. Senior right fielder Kirk Keithley (Peoria, Ill.) led the inning off with a walk and advanced to second on a single by freshman third baseman Mike Giroud (St. Petersburg, Fla.). Keithley scored and Giroud went to third as senior catcher Scott Rose (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.) reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on an error. Giroud scored the second ETSU run as senior designated hitter Ryan Hyder (Erwin, Tenn.) laced a single to left field. Furman (22-32, 13-16 SoCon) tied the game as they plated two runs of their own in the top of the fifth. Third baseman Jon Stallsmith led the inning off with a double to left center. With one out, second baseman Clint Hill hit a double of his own to score Stallsmith. The next batter, center fielder Nick Wajda, singled to bring home Hill. East Tennessee State wasted no time in regaining the lead, scoring another run in the bottom of the fifth. To lead off the inning, senior center fielder John Gorton (Hinsdale, N.H.) singled, freshman left fielder Matt Traylor (Knoxville, Tenn.) walked and senior shortstop Jeremy Terry (Cumberland, Ky.) singled. But Gorton was gunned down at the plate on Terry's single, leaving runners on first and third. Senior second baseman Brandon Cross (Bluff City, Tenn.) then singled to bring Traylor home and give ETSU the lead, 3-2. The Buccaneers carried their lead until the top of the eighth, when Furman would grab the advantage. Shortstop Danny Rueckel led the inning off by reaching on an error. After advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt by Stallsmith and to third on a single by right fielder Cole Hubka, Rueckel scored on a single by Hill. Then with two outs, designated hitter Drew Latora singled to score Hill. The Paladins could have put more runs on the board, but the Buccaneer defense stepped up and recorded the last two outs of the inning by cutting down runners at the plate. ETSU's last threat came in the bottom of the eighth. The Buccaneers had runners on first and third with two outs, but Rueckel, who had come on to pitch to begin the inning shut the door on the Bucs. Rob Purvis (1-2) picked up the win for Furman, pitching one-third of an inning, closing out the seventh with a strikeout. Rueckel picked up his second save of the season, pitching two innings, allowing just one hit and striking out one. ETSU sophomore starter Tim Turner (Marietta, Ga.) took the loss (3-6), pitching 7.1 innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on 10 hits and striking out three. The Buccaneers were led by Giroud, who went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Hill again had a solid game for the Paladins, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. The Buccaneers and the Paladins square off again for the final game of the regular season, Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn.
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Grab a spoon—it's National Ice Cream Month! It's really no surprise that many of us love to spoil our pets with bits of our tasty summer treats, but pet parents please beware: Ice cream is just one of many summer goodies that could double as serious health hazards to our pets!
Ice cream
Just say no to the cone. One lick or two (no chocolate, please!) is fine, but because pets do not possess significant amounts of lactase—the enzyme that breaks down lactose in milk—milk and other milk-based products can cause them diarrhea or other digestive upset.
Chicken Bones
Feeding your pet raw bones may seem like a natural option, but chicken bones splinter easily and can cause choking or may become lodged in your pet's digestive tract.
Potato Chips
Who doesn't like to crunch? While one or two plain chips may not pose a threat, large amounts of salt can produce excessive thirst and urination or even sodium ion poisoning in pets. Signs that your pet may have eaten too many chips include vomiting, diarrhea, depression, tremors, elevated body temperature, seizures and even death. In other words, keep those salty snacks to yourself!
A little sweet, a little tart—and a lot hazardous! Citrus plants contain citric acid, limonin and oils that can cause irritation, and possibly even central nervous system depression, if ingested in significant amounts. Clinical signs of central nervous system depression include vomiting, diarrhea, depression and potential photosensitivity.
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We know they're tasty, but any beveragecontaining alcohol can cause vomiting, diarrhea, decreased coordination, central nervous system depression, difficulty breathing, tremors, abnormal blood acidity, coma and even death in our animals. So please, keep you summer cocktails out of your pet's reach.
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October 10, 1998. After a magnificent season, the San Diego Padres made it back to the NLCS for the first time since 1984. Despite being heavy underdogs, the Pads swept games 1 & 2 in Atlanta, and have returned home for Game 3 at Qualcomm Stadium. It's a magnificent fall afternoon, the stands are packed, and Sterling Hitchcock delivers to second inning leadoff hitter Andruw Jones. SNAP! The moment is preserved for all-time, and is now available for your wall!
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again strong performance for Head swimmers and several medals during the 3rd World Cup in beginning of second part of the season.
Bronze medal for Konrad Czerniak in 100m fly, 50"66 and 100m free style 47"34.
Two medals also for George Bovell with 3rd position in 50m free style, 21"49 and 3rd position in 100 medley 52"88.
Steffen Deibler in 50 fly, bronze medal, with time 22"86.
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What qualities and features do you look for in a bag? I am helping design a unique and new style of disc golf bags that is in the prototype stages. It is a shoulder-sling style. The weight is offset from the shoulder and back, to the center of the body. It will be endorsed by a chiropractor (pending) and have additional and highly customizable features to be included. Please tell me what you look for and why in a disc golf bag. List what you look for first to last if you can thank you!
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Currently here is the bag where it stands in its prototype phase. It has a water bottle holder on the bottom (Is going to be moved and placed elsewhere.) As i said, this bag is still in need of a lot of improvements. Right now I have 15 discs in the bag from bottom up: 3 drivers in 1st pocket, 3 drivers in 2nd pocket, 2 fairways and 1 driver in 3rd pocket, 2 mid ranges in 4th pocket, 2 putters in 5th pocket, and 2 mids in the 6th (Note the mid in the 6th pocket includes a scorpion) The straps are 2" wide with option of wearing it either on your Left shoulder or Right shoulder. The water bottle holder itself also holds a 1L Naglegene or 32 oz water bottle
I like the idea of new designs, but this is just too far outside the box for me. I don't like to have my discs exposed, and how do you set it down at the tee pad? I've seen a "sleeved" bag similar to your pic's, called a Wallaby Bag . See link - http://www.discndatonline.com/item.cfm?itemid=35496
The best design on the market today is "Golf Mahal" by Mystery Ranch in my opinion. It has plenty of disc storage, has extra room for other stuff, compresses if you don't want to carry a lot of stuff, yoke support is easy on the back. The down side is that it is very expensive.
Again, I appreciate new designs but function, price, and weight are my primary concerns.
My opinion is old school, but honest.
PS - I just bought a VooDoo-Mojo and find it to be fantastic.
Good luck with your endeavor, you may be on to something. It certainly is different.
Looks a lot like like a hip/leg bag sold by Gotta Go Gotta Throw. I think it held about 10 discs. Having it on your shoulder is a new twist.
There was a "Throw and Go " waist bag,Tommovations was the company's name.perhaps back in the mid 80-90's.
Where do I put water, mini, rain coat, long sleeve shirt, beer, wallet, phone, keys, sunglasses, hat, towels, flash light, baseball, other mini...
Keep working at it my friend, there will always be room for improvements for bags. Looks like an excellent concept
I think that is what I was trying to remember!
we are continuously working hard on the designs and the feedback for you all really helps. There is a water bottle pouch on the bottom of the bag but that is going to be modified. I have been taking extensive notes from people who comment on it and so far things are looking good. I am positive that a higher end design that will fit more needs of you the player will absolutely enjoy. This is still a 2 month old project that needs more dedicated people like myself to gain support of the local club, then on the regional to national level where a finished design with different options will be offered to you and others.
balancing the water storage is one key to having a balanced bag
im working on that as well storage for you tournament junkies :)
i certainly am as this design has a lot of potential...that is why i took my time out to meet the owner when i first saw this design. I cannot wait to see it finished and ready for the consumers :)
also as you walk antying that bounces back and forth will ad extra force making the bag feel heavier.
just something to think about i cant wait to see the finnnished product
so far nothing bounces back and forth next to a camp stool i clipped on. The plastis is nice and snug as well as the drinks. But yes more modifications will be done and who knows it may be available soon for your uses kevin!
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The microphone and custard pie parts have been included only once before in the Collectible Minifigure series. They feature for the first time in a set in the Friends line.
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Fresh oysters must be alive just before consumption. There's a simple criterion: The oyster shell must be tightly closed. Oysters that are already open are dead and must be discarded (not because of poison, as is often thought; but because when it dies, the oyster secretes an enzyme that impacts the flavor of the meat).
*When oysters are fattening up, they load up on glycogen, a polysaccharide that is the principal storage form of glucose. This sugar is greatly depleted when oysters spawn, diminishing the quality of their flesh. If oysters don't spawn, they grow plump and sweet, and can be harvested year-round," says Michael Kirkpatrick in his article, "Duxbury Pearls: Island Creek Oysters," in Edible Boston, Spring 2007. But, if the oysters don't spawn, won't the colony die out? We contacted Michael, who advises: "Oyster colonies naturally die out all the time, which is one reason why many, if not most, commercial oyster beds are re-seeded on a regular basis (another reason: to ensure a reliable harvest)." Reseeding involves obtaining oysters from hatcheries and adding them to the beds. Thanks, Michael! If you visit the Cooperstown, New York, area, visit Michael's farm and B&B.
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Although the official response from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges will not be available until July, board members, staff and administration heard good reviews from the visiting officials.
"With the continued efforts of all in our college community, Lassen Community College will soar. We all know that there will be challenges and barriers; right now our college is in good shape," said superintendent/ president Dr. Marlon Hall at the Tuesday, April 8 board of trustees meeting.
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Aug. 21, 2015
Defense Sec Ashton Carter says Obama administration is considering transfer of some detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina; both military bases have prison facilities that can accommodate detainees. MORE
Aug. 8, 2015
Obama administration officials are divided over what to do about Guantanamo Bay detainee Tariq Ba Oda, who has been on hunger strike since Feb 2007 and now weighs less than 75 pounds; some say that government should not oppose his release, citing his medical condition, while others say releasing Ba Oda would create incentive for other detainees to model his tactics. MORE
Jul. 31, 2015
Federal District Court Judge Royce C Lamberth rules military can continue to hold Guantanamo Bay detainee Muktar Yahya Najee al Warafi, accused of being Taliban fighter, even though Pres Obama has declared end to United States' war in Afghanistan; ruling hinges on continued fighting between United States and Taliban. MORE
Jul. 30, 2015
Editorial cites ongoing detention of Yemeni man Tariq Ba Odah at Guantanamo Bay as stark example of Obama administration's unacceptable failure to move forward with prison's closure; presents several options for how administration could move to secure release of prisoners like Ba Odah who have been determined not to present risk; argues that judges should be free to approve legal challenges without ruling on merits of case or government's detention authority. MORE
Jul. 22, 2015
Pres Obama is struggling to shut down prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, stated imperative of his administration, and some fear task will not be accomplished before he leaves office in 2017; Defense Sec Ashton B Carter has been slowed by many of same problems that bedeviled his predecessor Chuck Hagel, including intricacies surrounding prisoner transfers. MORE
Jul. 1, 2015
Lee Wolosky is named as State Dept envoy for negotiations of transfers for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detainees by Obama administration. MORE
Jun. 18, 2015
Editorial praises federal appeals court decision reversing domestic terrorism conviction of Ali al-Bahlul by military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; observes court found tribunals lack Constitutional power to prosecute cases outside of war crimes, amounting to major rebuke; argues federal courts are far more capable of prosecuting such crimes than tribunals, and that remainder of inmates at Guantanamo Bay should now be tried in civilian courts. MORE
Jun. 14, 2015
United States transfers six lower-level detainees from prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Oman, reducing prison population to 116; six men, all Yemenis, had been held at prison under indefinite detention since 2002; releases complete deal begun with Oman in 2014. MORE
Jun. 13, 2015
Federal appeals court, in 2-to-1 rulling, throws out conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo detainee Ali al-Bahlul, saying government can only prosecute him in civilian court if it wants to bring domestic-law charge like conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism against the Yemeni man. MORE
Jun. 8, 2015
Op-Ed article by British Parliamentarians Jeremy Corbin, Andy Slaughter, David Davis and Andrew Mitchell recounts lengthy efforts of British government to obtain release of permanent resident Shaker Aamer, detainee at Guantanamo Bay who has been unjustly imprisoned for 14 years; calls Obama administration's indifference toward one of America's greatest allies, along with its disrespect for justice and rule of law, incomprehensible and insulting. MORE
Jun. 6, 2015
Editorial holds declassified statements from Majid Khan, prisoner affiliated with Al Qaeda who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, show CIA's torture of terrorism suspects after September 11 attacks are worse than previously suspected; contends accounts like Khan's will do far more to reveal extent of abuses than reports from federal government invested in cover-up; adds transferring terrorism cases out of military tribunals and into federal courts may help as well. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Former Guantanamo detainees who were released as part of controversial deal securing safety of Taliban prisoner Sgt Bowe Bergdahl are unlikely to depart Qatar soon despite expiration of one-year travel ban; American officials have pressed for extension of ban, citing security risks, and neighboring countries appear reluctant to let them in; deal has continued to generate political criticism from leading Republicans in Washington. MORE
May. 8, 2015
Canadian court frees former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr on bail after 13 years in prison for murder of American soldier Sgt Christopher Speer during battle in Afghanistan. MORE
Mar. 28, 2015
Op-Ed article by Morris D Davis, retired Air Force colonel and chief prosecutor of Guantanamo Bay military commissions, condemns military commissions' numerous failures of justice; says slow and dysfunctional courts have only convicted and sentenced six detainees since their establishment in 2001; calls for Guantanamo's remaining cases, particularly high-profile cases of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, to be turned over to federal courts. MORE
Feb. 19, 2015
Military appeals court overturns terrorism conviction of Australian David Hicks, who was detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for years, accused of training with Al Qaeda; sentenced to nine months in prison in 2007, Hicks's case was one of few successes of the tribunal structure at Guantanamo, and decision is another setback for the system. MORE
Jan. 23, 2015
Defense Sec Chuck Hagel announces dismissal of Capt John Nettleton, officer who has commanded the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base since 2012; does not detail reasons but cites conduct investigation. MORE
Jan. 21, 2015
Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi, held at prison for 14 years, publishes book Guantanamo Diary about his experiences there; was arrested in Mauritania in 2001 but was never charged with terrorism; his family is using book to start campaign for his release. MORE
Jan. 20, 2015
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column offers reaction to Guantanamo Diary, manuscript by Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi that is being offered in redacted form following legal battle; says diary documents Slahi's long, unjust detention, during which he suffered torture, sexual abuse and humiliation so severe that he finally offered a false confession. MORE
Jan. 18, 2015
Editorial criticizes Republican Sens Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsey Graham for co-sponsoring bill that will bar Obama administration from releasing detainees from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base prison facility; argues that shutting down facility will be good for United States international image and will save government money; notes that recidivism rate of detainees who have been released has dropped sharply. MORE
Jan. 15, 2015
United States transfers five Yemeni detainees from prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, releasing four men to Oman and one to Estonia; move inflames conflict between Obama administration and Republicans over Pres Obama's push to reduce population of Guantanamo and ultimately close prison. MORE
Jan. 6, 2015
Pentagon memo; Obama administration is advancing toward president's goal of emptying military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with number of secret night flights over past two months; 127 prisoners are at prison currently, down from 680 in 2003, and two more groups of prisoners are poised to be released. MORE
Jan. 6, 2015
Op-Ed article by Cliff Sloan reflects on his tenure as State Department's special envoy for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison; holds reasons for closure are more compelling than ever, and path remains clear, though it will require intense and sustained action; examines three fundamental misconceptions that have impeded process, such as danger posed by freed detainees, especially among some members of Congress. MORE
Jan. 2, 2015
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base continues to be issue of contention with Cuba, despite thaw in relations, and Cuban negotiators renewed oft-repeated demand for return of base during talks that ended with re-establishment of full diplomatic relations; many Cubans feel base is on land that is rightfully theirs, but it is unlikely that it would be returned to Cuba in near future even if Guantanamo is closed. MORE
Dec. 31, 2014
Three Yemeni and two Tunisian detainees are released from Guantanamo Bay military prison and transferred to Kazakhstan; officials do not disclose how Kazakhstan intends to prevent men from joining fight against American troops in Afghanistan; move brings number of detainees sent to other countries in 2014 to 28. MORE
Dec. 23, 2014
Cliff Sloan, State Dept envoy who handles detainee transfers for prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is resigning; denies he is leaving over frustration with Defense Dept's slow pace of transferring detainees; resignation may complicate efforts to close facility. MORE
Dec. 21, 2014
Defense Dept announces that United States has transferred four Afghan detainees from prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan; transfer is latest in series of detainee releases and reflects quickened pace, as Pres Obama tries to make good on his goal of shutting the prison. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Editorial applauds Uruguay's decision to take six Guantanamo Bay detainees, granting them refugee status; notes that transfer of prisoners marks largest reduction in number of inmates at Guantanamo Bay since 2009; contends that move may encourage other Latin American countries to welcome detainees, hastening shutdown of prison and drawing contemptible chapter of American history to close. MORE
Dec. 8, 2014
Defense Dept announces transfer of six detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Uruguay, including Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, Syrian man who has been on prolonged hunger strike; release of largest single group of inmates since 2009 ends long delay that was contributing to tensions between military and White House in light of Pres Obama's 2013 vow to close Guantanamo. MORE
Dec. 8, 2014
Editorial again calls for public release of video tapes documenting force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay inmates who have been on prolonged hunger strike; argues that Americans should be able to see conditions of prison for themselves in order to form an opinion. MORE
Nov. 23, 2014
Muhammed Murdi Issa al Zahrani, Saudi citizen who spent 12 years detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is released as part of effort to decrease prison population there; will return home and take part in program to rehabilitate militants. MORE
Nov. 21, 2014
United States government transfers five low-level Guantanamo Bay inmates, four of whom are Yemenis, to Slovakia and Republic of Georgia; resettlement is major policy change in Obama administration's ongoing effort to close prison. MORE
Nov. 20, 2014
Case of Navy medical officer who refused to force-feed Guantanamo Bay prisoners on hunger strike results in American Nurses Assn petitioning Defense Dept for leniency; it is latest flash point in heated debate over military medical workers' role in interrogation and torture. MORE
Nov. 6, 2014
Fawzi al Odah, Kuwaiti man held by United States without trial for nearly 13 years in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is released; he is only the second low-level prisoner to be released in 2014, and is the first transfer under a new system of parole-board-like hearings to periodically review cases. MORE
Nov. 1, 2014
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column revisits question of whether force feeding endured by inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can be classified as torture; notes new developments in case of Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, Syrian man who has been detained at prison since 2002 and who has engaged in hunger strikes, may bring answer to question. MORE
Oct. 21, 2014
Military parole-style board says Muhammad Murdi Issa al Zahrani, Saudi detainee who has been held for more than 12 years without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be repatriated; says it is no longer necessary to imprison him. MORE
Oct. 7, 2014
Testimony begins in trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, Syrian who is challenging the military's procedures for force-feeding prisoners who are on hunger strike; force-feeding procedure involves strapping a detainee into a restraint chair and inserting a tube though his nose, though which a liquid dietary supplement is poured. MORE
Oct. 5, 2014
Op-Ed article by lawyer Eric L Lewis examines how Supreme Court's consideration of criteria for personhood has led to some strange results; questions why corporations are worthy of court protection and Muslims held in indefinite detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay are not; contends Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr has yielded record on issue that is anything but consistent. MORE
Oct. 4, 2014
Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States Court for the District of Columbia orders Obama administration to unseal 28 classified military videos showing forced cell extraction and force feeding of hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab; Kessler, citing First Amendment, rejects Obama administration's arguments that publicly showing videos would endanger national security. MORE
Sep. 7, 2014
Editorial decries indefinite plight of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, arguing that decaying prison should have been closed years ago; holds that ongoing imprisonment of low-level detainees is particularly egregious; enumerates additional problems that are likely to arise if program continues. MORE
Sep. 1, 2014
Tensions are mounting over whether Pres Obama can keep campaign pledge to close military prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, even as structure decays and inmates age; government is bracing for a wave of new habeas corpus lawsuits after American combat operations in Afghanistan come to an end in December, raising issue of whether legal basis for wartime detentions at Guantanamo Bay has expired. MORE
Jul. 26, 2014
Military Judge Col James Pohl rules that Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay naval base charged in the Sept 11 attack, should be tried separately from his co-defendants. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Defense Sec Chuck Hagel secretly notifies Congress that the military intends to transfer six low-level Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay, possibly as soon as August 2014; group would be largest to depart the prison since 2009, and transfer would reduce Guantanamo Bay inmate population to 143. MORE
Jul. 15, 2014
United States Appeals Court reinstates 2008 conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ali al-Bahlul without establishing any clear principle applicable to other detainees. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Lawyers for six low-level detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whom Uruguay has offered to resettle send letter to Obama administration urging it to act on deal; also, military judge overseeing a war-crimes tribunal issues order that generates new dispute over how much classified information Central Intelligence Agency must give defense lawyers. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Federal District Court Judge Rosemary M Collyer rejects request by Shaker Aamer, high-profile detainee at Guantanamo Bay, that the judge order his release because he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding Sept 11 terrorist attacks are seeking further delays; argue that defense teams have faced more scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation than had previously come to light, and need to determine possible conflicts of interest. MORE
Jun. 8, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Ramzi Kassem describes how detainees at Guantanamo Bay empathize with Sgt Bowe Bergdahl and his family; notes that inmates find controversy over Bergdahl's release incomprehensible, and believe that American public should question whether detention and abuse at Guantanamo are lawful; calls on Pres Obama to resettle and repatriate as many Guantanamo inmates as possible and give fair trials to those that remain. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Obama administration argues that 'unique circumstances' presented by opportunity to return prisoner of war Sgt Bowe Bergdahl gave Pres Obama authority to lawfully bypass federal statute requiring Pentagon to notify Congress month before the transfer of Taliban detainees; White House is forced by turns to defend its decision not to notify Congress and to send important aides to apologize to angry lawmakers. MORE
May. 30, 2014
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is under pressure from Obama administration to step up pace in approving transfer of low-level Guantanamo Bay detainees, tells reporters he will decide soon whether to accept a months-old offer to resettle six prisoners in Uruguay. MORE
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Classified Files Offer New Insights Into Detainees
Classified assessments of detainees at Guantánamo Bay prison obtained by The Times give the fullest public picture to date of the prisoners held there.April 25, 2011 worldNews
Obama Clears Way for Guantánamo Trials
President Obama reversed his order halting new military charges against detainees, implicitly admitting failure for now of his pledge to close the camp.March 8, 2011 worldNews
Obama Issues Directive to Shut Down Guantánamo
President Obama on Thursday signed orders shutting the network of secret prisons and closing the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.January 22, 2009 usNews
The Battle for Guantánamo
Inside the struggle between prisoners and guards for influence, power and control at the prison.September 17, 2006 magazineNews
Military Prisons Considered for Guantánamo Detainees
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that the White House was assessing two military bases as possible places to bring detainees from Guantánamo Bay.
August 21, 2015, Friday
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U.S. Is Poised to Oppose Freeing Guantánamo Hunger Striker
The Pentagon argues that if the government does not oppose any court-ordered release of Tariq Ba Odah, other detainees may go on hunger strikes.
August 15, 2015, Saturday
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Administration officials are divided over what to do about a detainee who has been on a hunger strike since 2007.
August 8, 2015, Saturday
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U.S. Psychologists Urged to Curb Questioning Terror Suspects
The proposal came after a report that members colluded with the Pentagon and the C.I.A. in justifying harsh questioning of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.
July 31, 2015, Friday
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U.S.-Taliban Fight Goes On, So Guantánamo Detainee Stays, Court Says
A judge found that an accused Taliban fighter may still be held even if the administration considers the United States' war in Afghanistan to be over.
July 31, 2015, Friday
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While Guantánamo Logjam Endures, Some Prisoners Could Be Freed
Legal challenges allow the Obama administration to reduce the prisoner population at Guantánamo Bay.
July 30, 2015, Thursday
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Obama's Plan for Guantánamo Is Seen Faltering
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter has not committed to administration proposals to send prisoners to other locations.
July 22, 2015, Wednesday
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New Envoy for Prison Transfers
The Obama administration on Tuesday named Lee Wolosky as the State Department's envoy for negotiating transfers of detainees from the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
July 1, 2015, Wednesday
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A Rebuke to Military Tribunals
After a recent court ruling, almost no one who remains at Guantánamo can be constitutionally prosecuted by military tribunals.
June 18, 2015, Thursday
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6 Guantánamo Detainees From Yemen Are Transferred to Oman
The move of the Yemenis, who were lower-level prisoners held for 13 years, reduces the number held at prison in Cuba to 116.
June 14, 2015, Sunday
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The Guantánamo Docket, an Interactive Database
By reviewing government documents, court records and media reports, The Times was able to compile an approximate list of detainees currently at Guantánamo.
The Guantánamo Files
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Jovan Island Gardenia is my favorite daytime fragrance; I've worn it for many years an received many compliments. The scent is not overwhelming yet lasts throughout the entire day. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing a light floral cologne.
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If you love the scent of gardenias .... this is the fragrance for you! This is the perfect summer scent for the office and not overpowering. I love the true gardenia fragrance.
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Living on Maui I can get all kinds of gardenia fragrances but I have been using Island Gardenia by Jovan since I was 20...I am 64 now! Unfortunetly, its very hard to get this perfume here so I am pleased to be able to get it from Fragrances!
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Guest speaker to discuss genetically modified foods
UPDATE: Watch Greg Jaffe's presentation from April's event here.
Are genetically engineered foods as risky as some people claim?
Some say engineered crops and animals will solve the world's agricultural constraints and eliminate food insecurity. Others claim GMOs are risky, too risky for wide-spread use and consumption.
Tuesday, Greg Jaffe, the director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Project on Biotechnology, will share his thoughts on the benefits and risks of engineered crops.
What: "Genetically Modified Foods: The raw truth"
A talk by Gregory Jaffe, the director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Project on Biotechnology
When: 4:10 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 26
Where: Room 3001, Plant and Environmental Sciences building, UC Davis campus
Speaker bio: Prior to joining the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Jaffe was a trial attorney for the U.S. Dept of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division. He also served as senior council with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Enforcement Division, and was a member of the Secretary of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture from 2003 to 2008.
Sponsors: Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, the Department of Plant Pathology and the Department of Plant Sciences.
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For much of the campaign, until this week really, Mitt Romney's good fortune has been hailed among his chief assets: a feeble collection of rivals, their inability to disparage him effectively, economic conditions playing to his strengths.
But what about Newt Gingrich? Lost amid Gingrich's jeremiad Thursday night against those who would question his marital choices was what Gingrich registered as his biggest regret of his campaign: "I would skip the opening three months where I hired regular consultants and tried to figure how to be a normal candidate."
That's it? Not excoriating Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare plan as "social engineering"? Or turning his back on New Hampshire after the Union-Leader buss?
That the former House speaker's regrets boil down to hiring a few consultants, that he's on the cusp of maybe winning South Carolina after a hellacious pounding—some of his own making—says much about what kind of race it has been, and suggests that perhaps Gingrich is the lucky one after all.
Romney's camp moved quickly on Friday to tamp down the long-held assumption that South Carolina would crown the former Massachusetts governor the GOP standard-bearer. Now, Romney appears resigned to falling back on what is still a sturdy strategy (See: Obama, Barack, 2008): assiduous courting of down-calendar delegates through a careful and concentrated strategy.
"What I can tell you is, this is a campaign that is gonna go the distance," Romney said on Friday.
That's not luck, or if it is, it's the self-made kind. Expect Romney to trot out more of the self-made talk. Combating the silver-spoon image, he has a strong case to make that he made his own way through hard work. It might be one way for Romney to solve the long-running discomfort he evidently feels about discussing his wealth.
Tomorrow in South Carolina—and, after that, in Florida and perhaps beyond—Romney and Gingrich find out whether it's better to be lucky or to be good.
How To Spend Your Saturday Night
National Journal's Reid Wilson has some tips for the key areas to watch as the Palmetto State numbers roll in Saturday night.
Gingrich Playing the Media He Loves to Hate
Gingrich has been ducking the media today because the image he wants to linger in the minds of voters as they go to the polls Saturday is his soon-to-be-historic takedown of a debate moderator, as National Journal's Jackie Koszczuk writes — not the one Marianne Gingrich painted of the candidate for ABC.
Sununu Predicts 'Long Slog' for Romney After South Carolina
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu told reporters this morning that the Romney campaign is ready for a "long slog," a possible sign that the Romney campaign is preparing for a South Carolina loss on Saturday, the Huffington Post reports.
The Race is Still Romney's
Even if the wake of Gingrich's surging momentum in South Carolina, the fact remains that Romney is the overwhelming front-runner for the Republican nomination — and Saturday's primary won't do anything to change that, National Journal'sReid Wilson writes.
Romney Camp Calls Gingrich 'Granddaddy of Earmarks'
On a conference call with reporters Friday, the Romney camp launched a new attack on Gingrich's record in Congress, calling the former House speaker the "granddaddy of earmarks."
Colbert and Cain: Absurdist Politics in South Carolina
Welcome to the freak show. The absurdities of the trail reached a peak — or nadir — when Colbert descended on the College of Charleston campus for what was billed as a "Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally."


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Spend the money and outrun any squirter on the water!!!
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12-21-2008, 08:12 PM #11Be safe
Give more than you get and
you will get more than ya need.
This is true for the good and bad
that life puts out.
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Maybe, depends on the race.
Surface piercing drives have "NO" holeshot. Takes forever to get a boat on plane with those drives.
Boat handling sucks with SP drives.
Safety is a major issue, particularly if you boat in an area where there are swimmers in the water. Jet drives are about as safe as you can get.
SP drives cost a "fortune" compared to more conventional drives.
How many more negatives would you like to hear?
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The last 65' Viking Convertible I brought down from New Gretna, NJ had the 16 cyl Series 2000 (2000 hp each--2 engines--4000 HP) Detroit/MTU engines.
As we're coming into the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic I like to open her up to get some base numbers (speed) prior to installing the tower, electronics, etc. She was pretty impressive. Topped out at 44.7 Knots. (just a shade over 51 MPH in a 65' Convertible). I was pretty happy til I looked down at the flowscan. Was burning 278 gallons/hr. Glad she carries a little over 2000 gals.
Doesn't seem to bother the guys who can spend upwards of 3M on a fishing boat. Big boys have big toys.


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The idea of launching one symbol for vegetarianism world-wide has been around for quite a while. William Pick, founder and President of the Jewish Vegetarian Society, tried to spread a universal vegetarian symbol in 1976.
The current 'V'-label was created by the Italian artist Prof. Bruno Nascimben (Castenaso) and was presented for world-wide use at the EVU Congress 1985 in Cervia, Italy. Many vegetarian and vegan societies have since adopted the 'V'-label and it has become the most widely used vegetarian symbol world-wide.
The market for vegetarian products and meat alternatives is growing rapidly and there is obviously a need to help consumers identify these products. The legal registration of the label started in 1996 in Switzerland and has been used since then on products from the biggest Swiss super-market-chain.
The logical consequence was to have the label registered all over the Europe, and this started in 1997. The 'V'-label is registered in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Poland; Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and many others...
Since then, a lot of work has been done for the elaboration of rules, conditions and many other requirements for the use of the symbol. A portal for all information about the label can be found here: www.v-label.info


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Installation of Landfill Gas Generators at West Camden Sanitary Landfill
Benton County, Tennessee
On October 31, 2011 TVA completed an environmental assessment (EA) and issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for a proposed power purchase agreement for electricity generated at the West Camden Sanitary Landfill.
Waste Management Renewable Energy LLC is planning to construct and operate three landfill gas-fueled generators, with a total capacity of 4.8 megawatts at the facility. The new generators would be installed in a previously disturbed area adjacent to the existing landfill. The EA evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the construction of the new generators and associated auxiliary systems and the operation of the generating facility.
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|Women's Cross Country » News » Schedule » Roster » Coaches » Statistics
Men Take Third, Women Seventh at Furman Invite
Saturday, October 11, 2003GREENVILLE, S.C. (October 11, 2003) - The East Tennessee State men's cross country team finished third, while the women's team placed seventh at the Furman Invitational held in Greenville, S.C. In the 8K race, Brad Yewer (Newbury, England) and David Haefner (Hamburg, N.Y.) finished first for the Buccaneers (second and third overall) with times of 25:48 and 26:00, respectively. Peter Dalton (Dublin, Ireland) also had a solid race finishing with a time of 27:08. "This is a definite improvement over our last couple of races," commented head coach David Walker. "We ran well in the front, the key is we need to run better in the back. We need to figure that part of the race out collectively." In the women's 5K race, Emily Chaney (Maryville, Tenn.) showed improvement and led the Bucs with her 10th place finish in a time of 19:18. Kim Simmons (Knoxville, Tenn.) had a strong race finishing with a time of 20:31. The race was the first of the season for Jennifer Habbestad (Tampa, Fla.). Habbestad finished with a time of 20:39. "Today was our best race so far this season," said assistant coach Michelle Byrne. "We had a strong team effort and we continue to get better every time we race. Walker concluded, "Overall we are moving in the right direction, and hope we can continue this improvement." The next meet for the Buccaneers is the Pre-NCAA National Meet in Cedar Fallls, Iowa next weekend October 18th. 2003 Furman Invitational Men's Results / 8K 2. Brad Yewer 25:48.84 3. David Haefner 26:00.52 20. Peter Dalton 27:08.53 40. Greg Kenny 27:43.46 43. Joshua Hicks 27:50.09 Women's Results / 4,000 meters 10. Emily Chaney 19:18.15 37. Kim Simmons 20:31.18 40. Christine Ward 20:36.50 41. Jennifer Habbestad 20:39.21 61. Katie Marshall 21:31.35
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MACON, Ga. (Aug. 27, 2012) – After recording three straight double-doubles to start the season and guiding the ETSU volleyball team to a 3-1 start over the weekend, junior outside hitter Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) was recognized for her efforts as the Atlantic Sun Conference named her Player of the Week on Monday.
Devine – who was named to the Gamecock Invitational All-Tournament Team – finished the four matches with 72 kills and 50 digs, along with tallying 10 block assists.
The Atlantic Sun Preseason Player of the Year selection began the campaign with a 20-kill, 15-dig performance in the 3-2 win over UNC Asheville on Friday, while finishing with her third straight double-double on the year with 25 kills and 15 digs in the 3-1 victory over Akron on Saturday. The 25 kills and 15 digs were one shy of tying career highs for Devine, while also posting an attack percentage of .385 in those two matches.
The physical education major has now won two career weekly honors, and currently leads all A-Sun players with 72 kills on the year.
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Leaving Iowa
By Tim Clue and Spike Manton
Directed by John E. Buranosky
September 7-9, 14-16, 20-23, 2012
It is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Don's existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center of the United States. Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth.
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It has begun. The Obama administration's permanent embrace of "targeted killings" – what used to be called assassination – is setting a precedent for other nations, whose leaders are beginning to establish this as policy. Exhibit A: Israeli officials openly announced on Wednesday that their forces had targeted Ahmed al-Jabari, military chief of Hamas, in a "surgical strike" and killed him.
Although the Israelis did not cite the U.S. policy as a precedent, and Obama did not mention it at his first postelection news conference, on Wednesday, Israeli President Shimon Peres called Obama to tell him about the operation, calling Jabari a "mass murderer" who organized many terrorist activities. Jabari was killed by a pinpoint attack as he drove along a Gaza street, much as a U.S. drone strike in 2011 hit Anwar al Awlaki, the U.S.-born radical cleric identified as "chief of external operations" for al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula, who was killed in Yemen as he rode in a convoy.
The Israelis have used targeted killing for years, but usually covertly and under a moral cloud. Human-rights activists and legal scholars fear that by aggressively ratcheting up its drone and special-ops targeted killing program, and acknowledging a "kill list," the Obama administration is running a morally murky foreign policy of its own, one that could be cited by, say, Russian or Chinese officials who want to rid themselves of political enemies. Taliban and other anti-American Pakistanis recently even sought to justify the shooting of a 14-year-old school girl, Malala Yousefzai, as the moral equivalent of U.S. drone strikes inside Pakistan that kill innocents as "collateral damage."
"We've long expressed concern that if the limits on the president's authority to conduct targeted killings aren't very clearly and carefully delineated, the U.S. practice could provide justification to other countries to employ those same tactics," says Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch. "One could imagine the Russian saying that under a version or a caricature of the U.S. theory, they have the right to kill Chechens, including those living in France or the United States, on the ground they are somehow linked to terrorists. The Chinese could do the same with the Uighurs."
The Obama administration, in making the case that this is a new permanent way of war, has gingerly sought to offer up a legal and moral justification for what remains nominally a covert policy. In a remarkable moment last April, John Brennan—a leading candidate to succeed David Petraeus as head of the CIA—for the first time publicly acknowledged the program: "Yes, in full accordance with the law, and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives, the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qaida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones. And I'm here today because President Obama has instructed us to be more open with the American people about these efforts."
Yet some senior U.S. officials are resisting even these efforts at discussing the policy. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently said that his "jaw dropped" when he heard Brennan that day. Brennan said such killings are both legal and ethical. "In this armed conflict, individuals who are part of al-Qaida or its associated forces are legitimate military targets. We have the authority to target them with lethal force just as we target enemy leaders in past conflicts, such as Germans and Japanese commanders during World War II."
But critics say that, quite unlike the declared war of that era, the U.S. is now engaged in a more or less permanent war. Although the Obama administration has sought to alleviate that problem by discarding the Bush administration's old concept of a "global war on terror" and dramatically narrowing its focus to al-Qaida, new Qaida-style cells are incubating in the extremist groups enfranchised by the Arab Spring, and America just lost its first ambassador in the line of duty since 1979 in a terrorist attack. Critics say that the U.S. is not only putting itself in permanent violation of its most fundamental values but it is also extinguishing itself forever as a beacon for universal human rights. "We don't know how many hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed in these attacks, each one approved by the highest authorities in Washington. This would have been unthinkable in previous times," former President Jimmy Carter wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times last June.
Ironically, there seems to have been more of a moral controversy over the detention and interrogation policies of the George W. Bush administration than there has been over the harsher policy of killing, rather than merely torturing, suspects.
Much of the debate has swirled around Obama's order in 2011 to assassinate Awlaki, whose teenage son was also killed. The strikes were the first known to be launched against an American (Awlaki had dual Yemeni-U.S. citizenship). His and his son's deaths raised legal and moral issues about the evidence against him, whether he was given due process of law, and the constitutional basis of the administration's covert strike program. Last summer the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit alleging that that killings of Awlaki and his son violated their constitutional rights because "the United States was not engaged in an armed conflict with or within Yemen" and "these killings rely on vague legal standards, a closed executive process, and evidence never presented to the courts."
John Bellinger, the State Department chief counsel during the Bush administration, said the Obama administration is benefiting from constitutional ambiguities about the nature of due process against an enemy, even if he is an American citizen. Under the administration's legal reasoning, Awlaki and other suspected Qaida terrorists could be targeted either because they are deemed to pose an "imminent threat" or because they are identified as part of an enemy army. "The requirements of due process to kill an American outside the United States as part of an enemy army are really not clear," Bellinger said. "We know under the Constitution there must be due process to deprive Americans of life or liberty, but the requirements of what process is due is not clear."
What is becoming clearer, however, is that by committing itself permanently to these policies, America is setting a new precedent, one that it may not be proud of in the long run
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Obama's targeted-killing program may be setting a dire precedent. Exhibit A: The Israeli killing of Jabari.
It has begun. The Obama administration's permanent embrace of "targeted killings" – what used to be called assassination – is setting a precedent for other nations, whose leaders are beginning to establish this as policy. Exhibit A: Israeli officials openly announced on Wednesday that their forces had targeted Ahmed al-Jabari, military chief of Hamas, in a "surgical strike" and killed him.


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Several weeks ago, when I wrote about my excitement for the start of the college football season, I had no idea that in a just a few short weeks, I would be attending my first Air Force Falcons football game.
And yet, there I sat Saturday afternoon, in section 11 row 9 of "The Big House", Michigan Stadium, experiencing my very first Air Force football game.
It was a moment I had long waited for, and while I had always dreamed to see them play in Falcon Stadium, if I had to watch them play on the road, seeing a game in "The Big House" was a nice alternative.
Friday afternoon, diehard Michigan fan Doug North and I hopped in my car and headed east, stopping at the Clarke versus Albia football game, before moving on to Iowa City, where we picked up Marc Coenen.
We stayed in Iowa City just long enough to eat dinner at midnight, and then we hit the road for Ann Arbor, rolling into town at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Even though I wore my Air Force jersey, no Michigan fan was disrespectful toward me, while several stopped and wished my team good luck.
Somehow, the three of us were the first people in the stadium to enter the seating area, getting to see the entire 110,000-plus capacity stadium entirely empty, which was a cool sight.
The Falcons came into the game as a 21.5-point underdog to the much more talented Wolverines, but I knew Air Force's triple option offense could put points up on Michigan's defense. My biggest concern was could the Falcons contain Denard Robinson?
Turns out, aside from two long touchdown runs – one on the second Michigan play from scrimmage, and one on the first play of the second half – they did contain him.
Unfortunately, that ended up being one Denard Robinson touchdown too many, as Michigan held on for a 31-25 win.
But, every Wolverine fan in the stadium was sweating it out in the final quarter as Air Force cut the lead to three at one point, and twice had the ball in the final 8:00 of the game trailing by just six.
Why was such a heavy underdog in that position against a much more talented team, and on the road, no less?
Execution. Execution. Execution.
The Air Force "triple option" attack is a thing of beauty to watch. (I put it in quotations, because it is not entirely triple option).
The Falcons have a solid base of about four or five plays they execute to perfection, and they run each of those plays out of a variety of formations. So, while the defense knows exactly what is coming, Air Force disguises the plays in such a way that it is still difficult for the defense to stop them.
Then, just when you think you've got the offense figured out, they mix in an option play-action pass. The Falcons will lull a defense to sleep with the option, and then suddenly throw a deep route and pick up a large chunk of yardage.
As if running the triple option wasn't enough, they also run it no huddle, and do hockey-style line shifts in between plays to keep fresh bodies in the game. At several points, they subbed in new players, and still were lined up and ready to go before the officials were even ready to continue play.
But, perhaps the biggest reason the Falcons were so successful against Michigan, is the fact they didn't back down from a far superior team. They fought tooth and nail to the bitter end, showing a lot of heart and desire.
How else would 5-7, 175-pound running back Cody Getz rack up 180 yards and three touchdowns against Michigan, especially running behind an offensive line that was dwarfed by the Michigan defensive line?
And that is why I am glad to see these are the same young men who are defending our country after their graduation.
It was nice to see the Michigan fans applaud Air Force after the game, in a sign of respect.
I had one Michigan fan seated near me tell me after the game, "I think that's the first time I've ever cheered for both teams. How can you root against Air Force?"
The same can be said of either of the other service acadamy football teams. The level of heart and determination that Army, Navy and Air Force play with should be commended.
Watching how they compete on the football field against much bigger, faster, stronger, more talented teams, always makes me feel comfortable knowing that they are the next wave of young men to defend our country.
I leave with one final note. The Air Force uniforms did not have player names on the back of the jerseys. Instead each player's jersey said either "Freedom" or "Service" on the nameplate.
With this week marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, let us all take a moment to remember that freedom isn't free, and thank those who serve our country.
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Have you heard the latest news on social security? The social security trust fund will be short on funds three years earlier than last projected. The retirement and disability fund is now projected by the Social Security Board of Trustees to be short on funds starting in 2033. By law this means that all of those who receive benefits will have their benefit payments cut by an amount necessary to restore the fund to solvency. This is
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Last November American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection. Many of American's employees are in a defined-benefit pension plan, which means American Airlines promised them a certain amount of money each year in retirement, regardless of what the markets do. But promises such as this are fleeting, as can be seen by the infighting going on now between employees of the airline and executives.
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It is never too early to start thinking about how you might prepare for your retirement years. Unfortunately, many people don't really sit down and go through any sort of analysis until they're in their 50s or even later. For those who would like to plan ahead, there are multiple ways to help set yourself up for a secure retirement later. There are also traps that many fall into Here are three of them to avoid.
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