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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Mar. 18, 2011) - After getting off to a strong start by winning the doubles point, the ETSU men's tennis team could not fend off No. 20 San Diego in singles play as the Toreros earned a tough 4-3 victory, Friday afternoon at the Aztec Tennis Center in round two of the Hilton Mission Valley Spring Classic.
"The guys fought extremely hard against a tough team" said ETSU Director of Tennis Yaser Zaatini. "The guys fought with all they had and they should be proud, but they are heartbroken for getting so close and coming up just short. I think this will make us stronger and we will have to pick ourselves up because we have to play again tomorrow."
San Diego got out to the quick start by winning at No. 3 doubles, but the Bucs (9-6) picked up a tough win at No. 2 as Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) and Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) defeated Clarke Spinosa and Thibaut Visy, 9-7. Then, the Bucs picked up a crucial victory at the No. 1 position when seniors Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) and Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) defeated Nikola Bubnic and Nils Schive, 8-6, to clinch the doubles point and put ETSU up 1-0.
The Bucs rode the momentum from doubles play into singles play as Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) earned a quick 6-3, 6-3 victory over Schive at the No. 6 position to put the Bucs in front 2-0.
The Toreros won the next three matches to move in front 3-2, with just two matches still in progress. USD won at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 1.
The see-saw battle continued as the Bucs knotted the match back up after Bottoni knocked off Emilio Mora, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 5 spot.
The match would come down to the No. 4 position with ETSU's Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and San Diego's Visy battling it out. Visy took a hard fought first set by a slim 7-6 score, but Ramirez forced a third set by winning the second, 6-4. However, Visy was able to hang on in set number three, 6-4, to clinch the match for the Toreros.
San Diego moves to 13-2 on the season after the victory, while earning its 10th consecutive victory. The Bucs, meanwhile, snapped a five-match winning streak.
"I am just proud of the effort the guys put forth because it was extremely gratifying but at the same time sad," added Zaatini. "But that is what happens when you play sports, you win and lose, and we lost with pride today. Again, I thought we played extremely well."
ETSU moves on to face the loser of the Purdue/SDSU match at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) in the third place match at SDSU. The Toreros will face the winner of the Purdue and San Diego State match for the championship, taking place Friday afternoon on Saturday, March 19th at the Aztec Tennis Center at SDSU at 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
For more information on the ETSU men's tennis team please go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's tennis link. Also, be sure to follow ETSU Athletics on Facebook and Twitter.
#20 San Diego 4, ETSU 3
(1) Teraz/Bottoni (ETSU) def. Bubnic/Schive (USD) 8-6
(2) Gille/Bandres (ETSU) def. Spinosa/Visy (USD) 9-7
(3) Jackson/Mora (USD) def. Ramirez/Akser (ETSU) 8-5
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
ETSU wins doubles point.
(1) #30 Dean Jackson (USD) def. Grega Teraz (ETSU) 6-4, 7-5
(2) Nikola Bubnic (USD) def. Sander Gille (ETSU) 7-6(2), 6-4
(3) #83 Clarke Spinosa (USD) def. Jesus Bandres (ETSU) 6-4, 6-3
(4) Thibaut Visy (USD) def. Juan Ramirez (ETSU) 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-4
(5) Charles Bottoni (ETSU) def. Emilio Mora (USD) 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-1
(6) Jeremy Bonnevalle (ETSU) def. Nils Schive (USD) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4*
*Clinching match
Match Notes:
San Diego: 13-2


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Originally published on Fri December 27, 2013 7:15 pm
It could rightly be called the most massive debate of the year: Physicists are locked in an argument over what happens if you fall into a black hole.
On one side are those who support the traditional view from Albert Einstein. On the other, backers of a radical new theory that preserves the very core of modern physics by destroying space itself.
Regardless of who's right, the new take on black holes could lead to a better understanding of the universe, says Leonard Susskind, a physicist at Stanford University. "This is the kind of thing where progress comes from."
Black holes are regions of space so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape.
There's a long-standing view about what would happen if you fell into one of these holes. At first, you're not going to notice much of anything — but the black hole's gravity is getting stronger and stronger. And eventually you pass a point of no return.
"It's kind of like you're rowing on Niagara Falls, and you pass the point [where] you can't row fast enough to escape the current," Susskind says. "Well, you're doomed at that point. But passing the point of no return — you wouldn't even notice it."
Now you can't get out. And gravity from the black hole is starting to pull on your feet more than your head. "The gravity wants to sort of stretch you in one direction and squeeze you in another," says Joe Polchinski, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He says the technical term for this stretching is spaghettification.
"It'd be kind of medieval," says Polchinkski. "It'd be like something on Game of Thrones."
In Einstein's version of events, that's the end. But Polchinski has a new version of things: "Our hypothesis is that the inside of a black hole — it may not be there," he says.
So what's inside the black hole? Nothing, Polchinski says. Actually even less than that. "Probably that's the end of space itself; there's no inside at all."
This "no inside" idea may sound outrageous, but it's actually a stab at solving an even bigger problem with black holes.
According to the dominant theory of physics — quantum mechanics — information can never disappear from the universe. Put another way, the atoms in your body are configured in a particular way. They can be rearranged (radically if you happen to slip inside a black hole). But it should always be possible, at least in theory, to look at all those rearranged atoms and work out that they were once part of a human of your dimensions and personality.
This rule is absolutely fundamental. "Everything is built on it," says Susskind. "If it were violated, everything falls apart."
For a long time, black holes stretched this rule, but they didn't break it. People thought that if you fell into a black hole, your spaghettified remains would always be in there, trapped beyond the point of no return.
That is, until the famous physicist Stephen Hawking came along. In the 1970s, Hawking showed that, according to quantum mechanics, a black hole evaporates — very slowly, it vanishes. And that breaks the fundamental rule because all that information that was once in your spaghettified remains vanishes with it.
This didn't seem to bother Hawking. ("I'm not a psychiatrist, and I can't psychoanalyze him," Susskind says.) But it has bothered a lot of other physicists since.
And in the intervening years, work by another theorist -- Juan Maldacena, with Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study — seems to show that Hawking was wrong. Information has to get out of the black hole ... somehow. But nobody knows how.
So Polchinski took another look. "We took Hawking's original argument," he says, "and very carefully ran it backwards."
And Polchinski and his colleagues found one way to keep things from vanishing when they fall inside a black hole — they got rid of the inside. By tearing apart the fabric of space beyond the point of no return, the group was able to preserve the information rule of quantum mechanics.
In this version, anything falling into a black hole is instantly vaporized at the point of no return, in a fiery storm of quantum particles. Particles coming from the hole collectively carry away any and all information about the object that's falling in.
So in Polchinski's version, when you fall into a black hole, you don't disappear. Instead, you smack into the end of the universe.
"You just come to the end of space, and there's nothing beyond it. Terminated," Susskind says. All the information once contained in your atoms is re-radiated in a quantum mechanical fire.
This new version seems too radical to Susskind. "I don't think this is true," he says. "In fact, I think almost nobody thinks this is true — that space falls apart inside a black hole."
Even Polchinski still feels that black holes should have insides. "My gut believes that the black hole has an interior," he says. But, he adds, nobody's been able to disprove his hypothesis that it doesn't.
"Every counterargument I've seen is flawed," Polchinski says.
Susskind agrees: "Nobody quite knows exactly what's wrong with their argument — and that's what makes this so important and interesting."
And as crazy as it sounds, this is progress. In the year ahead, Susskind hopes someone can find the flaw in Polchinski's argument, just the way Polchinski found a flaw in Stephen Hawking's argument. But it will be awhile before we understand black holes inside and out.
This year we've covered debates on everything from health care to gun control. And we're going to add one more to the list today, black holes. There are regions of space so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape. There's a long-standing view about what happens when things fall into these holes. But new research suggests that that may be wrong. NPR'S Geoff Brumfiel reports on what could be called this year's most massive argument.
GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: All right. Let's say you're falling into a black hole.
LEONARD SUSSKIND: How big is a black hole?
BRUMFIEL: Stanford researcher Leonard Susskind. I guess size matters. Big, big. Let's make it...
SUSSKIND: All right. Really, really big.
BRUMFIEL: Sure.
SUSSKIND: A black hole a billion masses of the sun, like in the center of some galaxies.
BRUMFIEL: So you're falling into this huge black hole. According to the traditional version of things, at first you're not going to notice much of anything. But the black hole's gravity is getting stronger and stronger. And eventually you pass a point, a point of no return.
SUSSKIND: It's kind of like you're rowing on Niagara Falls and you pass the point where you can't row fast enough to escape the current. Well, you're doomed at that point. But passing the point of no return, you wouldn't even notice it.
BRUMFIEL: But now you can't get out. And gravity from the black hole is starting to pull on your feet more than your head. Joe Polchinski is a physicist at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
JOE POLCHINSKI: The gravity wants to sort of stretch you in one direction and squeeze you in another.
BRUMFIEL: There's a technical term for this stretching.
POLCHINSKI: It's called spaghettification.
BRUMFIEL: And as the black hole spaghettifies you, it's going to hurt.
POLCHINSKI: It'd be kind of medieval. It would be like something on "Game of Thrones."
BRUMFIEL: The old theory says that's the end of you and the story. But Polchinski's got a new version of things, a version that is so radical, it set the field of black hole physics aflame.
POLCHINSKI: So our hypothesis is that the inside of a black hole, it may not be there at all.
BRUMFIEL: Wait, so black holes don't have an inside?
POLCHINSKI: Well, the final outcome of the story may be something more interesting still, but that's where things stand now.
BRUMFIEL: Right. Do holes have to have insides? This is starting to get deep. But if you're struggling, don't worry. Leonard Susskind, that whiz from Stanford is having trouble with it, too. He thinks it sounds crazy, but he can't put his finger on why.
SUSSKIND: Nobody quite knows exactly what's wrong with their argument and that's what makes this so important and interesting.
BRUMFIEL: You see, Susskind says this no inside idea tries to solve a really big problem with black holes. There's this rule in physics. In the simplest terms, it's this: Stuff just can't disappear from the universe. This rule is really fundamental.
SUSSKIND: Everything is built on it. If it were violated, everything falls apart.
BRUMFIEL: For a long time, people thought that when you fall into a black hole your spaghettified remains would always be in there somewhere, but for decades, there's been a problem. Back in the '70s, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking clearly showed black holes evaporate. Very slowly, they vanish. And that breaks the fundamental rule because your spaghettified remains vanish, too.
SUSSKIND: The black hole evaporates, they're gone.
BRUMFIEL: Why don't you think Hawking was sort of bothered by this?
SUSSKIND: I don't know. I'm not a psychiatrist and I can't psychoanalyze him.
BRUMFIEL: But it did bother Joe Polchinski. He reanalyzed Hawking's equations.
POLCHINSKI: What we did is we took Hawking's original argument and very carefully ran it backwards.
BRUMFIEL: And Polchinski and his colleagues found one way to keep things from vanishing when they fall inside a black hole. They got rid of the inside. Instead the point of no return becomes kind of a cosmic manhole cover with nothing behind it.
POLCHINSKI: Probably that's the end - we're not sure, but probably that's the end of space itself. There's no inside at all.
BRUMFIEL: So in Polchinski's version, when you fall into a black hole, Leonard Susskind says you don't disappear. You smack into the end of the universe.
SUSSKIND: You've just come to the end of space and there's nothing beyond it. Terminated.
BRUMFIEL: So you're just gently falling in and then all of a sudden...
SUSSKIND: And then you're gone.
BRUMFIEL: It sounds very like "Looney Tunes," you know. Like, you're just...
SUSSKIND: Yeah, right. Right, right. You can imagine a cartoon where he just goes zip, he's gone. That's got to be wrong.
BRUMFIEL: In fact, even Joe Polchinski still feels instinctively like black holes should have insides, but nobody's got a better theory and as crazy as it sounds, this is progress. In the year ahead, Susskind hopes someone can find a flaw in Joe Polchinski's argument, just the way Polchinski found a flaw in Stephen Hawking's argument. But it will be awhile before we understand black holes inside and out. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Instead of garlic powder, I used half a bulb of homemade roasted garlic. This was off the charts delicious. NO leftovers, we ate the whole thing.
it was very good,it had a great taste,I had to omit the parsley because I did not have any on hand and used sliced bread instead of french and it turned it into something like garlic toast,but,all in all,it was great and yes I would use this recipe again,thank you for sharing.
My 94 year old father-inlaw had 3 pieces! This was really yummy. Next time I will open more to allow it to get more crispy.
Very good- it is simple & quick- I used day old bread & sliced into pieces and buttered and then topped put seasoning mixture and toasted in oven for 8 mins.
I needed to use up half of a hoagie roll so scaled this down. I sliced it in half lengthwise, spread on the butter and sprinkled on the rest. It was I then put the halves back together, wrapped in foil and baked on the top rack of the grill. It was simple and tasty this way.
My entire family loved this recipe!!! My 4 year old & 2 year old kept asking for more. I followed the recipe exactly, with the exception of the baking time (just 10 minutes) & it came out perfectly.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 410
Calories from Fat: 234
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Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu's golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification.
Dotée de la prestigieuse université coranique de Sankoré et d'autres medersa, Tombouctou était aux XVe et XVIe siècles une capitale intellectuelle et spirituelle et un centre de propagation de l'islam en Afrique. Ses trois grandes mosquées (Djingareyber, Sankoré et Sidi Yahia) témoignent de son âge d'or. Bien que restaurés au XVIe siècle, ces monuments sont aujourd'hui menacés par l'avancée du sable.
كانت تمبوكتو التي تتميّز بالمسجد الجامعي المدهش الواقع في سانكوري وبمدارسَ أخرى، في القرنَيْن الخامس عشر والسادس عشر، عاصمةً فكريّةً وروحيّةً ومركزًا لنشر الاسلام في أفريقيا. فمساجدها الثلاثة (جينقري بير وسانكوري وسيدي يحي) تشهد على عصرها الذهبي. وبالرغم من ترميمها في القرن السادس عشر، تُعتبَر هذه النصب الأثريّة مُهدّدةً اليوم بفعل تقدّم الرمال.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Исторический город Томбукту
Томбукту, место нахождения престижного университета Кораник-Санкоре и других медресе, являлся интеллектуальной, духовной столицей и центром распространения ислама в Африке в XV-XVI вв. Его три больших мечети – Джингеребер, Санкоре и Сиди Яхья – напоминают о «золотом веке» Томбукту. Несмотря на постоянно осуществляемые работы по консервации, эти памятники находятся сегодня в угрожающем положении из-за наступления пустыни.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Sede de la prestigiosa universidad coránica de Sankoré y varias madrazas, Tombuctú fue durante los siglos XV y XVI una de las capitales intelectuales y espirituales del Islam y un foco de propagación de esta religión en África. Las tres grandes mezquitas de Djingareyber, Sankoré y Sidi Yahia son testigos de su edad de oro pasada. Pese a los continuos trabajos de restauración realizados, estos monumentos se ven amenazados hoy en día por el avance de la arena.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Timboektoe staat bekend om de prestigieuze Koranuniversiteit van Sankore en andere madrassas (moskeescholen). Timboektoe was een intellectuele en geestelijke hoofdstad en een centrum voor de verspreiding van de islam door Afrika in de 15e en 16e eeuw. De stad – gesticht in de 5e eeuw – kende toen haar economische hoogtepunt en werd met haar universiteit en talrijke scholen een belangrijk centrum van de volgens de Koran gevormde cultuur. Geleerden, technici, architecten en geestelijken trokken er samen op. De drie grote moskeeën Djingareyber, Sankore en Sidi Yahia herinneren aan de Gouden Eeuw van Timboektoe. Ze worden bedreigd door het gewapend conflict in de regio en daarnaast door woestijnvorming, ondanks voortdurende restauraties.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Located at the gateway to the Sahara desert, within the confines of the fertile zone of the Sudan and in an exceptionally propitious site near to the river, Timbuktu is one of the cities of Africa whose name is the most heavily charged with history.
Founded in the 5th century, the economic and cultural apogee of Timbuktu came about during the15th and 16th centuries. It was an important centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture with the University of Sankore, with 180 Koranic schools and 25,000 students. It was also a crossroads and an important market place where the trading of manuscripts was negotiated, and salt from Teghaza in the north, gold was sold, and cattle and grain from the south.
The Djingareyber Mosque, the initial construction of which dates back to Sultan Kankan Moussa, returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, was rebuilt and enlarged between 1570 and 1583 by the Imam Al Aqib, the Qadi of Timbuktu, who added all the southern part and the wall surrounding the cemetery located to the west. The central minaret dominates the city and is one of the most visible landmarks of the urban landscape of Timbuktu.
Built in the 14th century, the Sankore Mosque was, like the Djingareyber Mosque, restored by the Imam Al Aqib between 1578 and 1582. He had the sanctuary demolished and rebuilt according to the dimensions of the Kaaba of the Mecca.
The Sidi Yahia Mosque, to the south of the Sankore Mosque, was built around 1400 by the marabout Sheik El Moktar Hamalla in anticipation of a holy man who appeared forty years later in the person of Cherif Sidi Yahia, who was then chosen as Imam. The mosque was restored in 1577-1578 by the Imam Al Aqib.
The three big Mosques of Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, sixteen mausoleums and holy public places, still bear witness to this prestigious past. The mosques are exceptional examples of earthen architecture and of traditional maintenance techniques, which continue to the present time.
Criterion (ii): The mosques and holy places of Timbuktu have played an essential role in the spread of Islam in Africa at an early period.
Criterion (iv): The three great mosques of Timbuktu, restored by the Qadi Al Aqib in the 16th century, bear witness to the golden age of the intellectual and spiritual capital at the end of the Askia dynasty.
Criterion (v): The three mosques and mausoleums are outstanding witnesses to the urban establishment of Timbuktu, its important role of commercial, spiritual and cultural centre on the southern trans-Saharan trading route, and its traditional characteristic construction techniques. Their environment has now become very vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change.
The three mosques and the sixteen mausoleums comprising the property are a cliché of the former great city of Timbuktu that, in the 16th century, numbered 100,000 inhabitants. The vestiges of urban fabric are essential for their context. However, as indicated at the time of inscription of the property, rampant urbanization which is rife in Timbuktu, as in Djenne, is particularly threatening to the architecture, and the large public squares and markets. Contemporary structures have made irretrievable breaches in the original parcelling and obviously exceed the scale of the traditional buildings. This process is ongoing and most recently a new very large institute was built on one of the public squares, compromising the integrity of the Sankore Mosque. Urban development pressures, associated with the lack of maintenance and flooding, resulting from the heavy rains, threaten the coherence and integrity of the urban fabric and its relation to the property.
The three mosques are stable but the mausoleums require maintenance, as they are fragile and vulnerable in the face of irreversible changes in the climate and urban fabric.
The three mosques retain their value in architectural terms, traditional construction techniques associated to present-day maintenance, and their use. However, the Sankore Mosque has lost a part of the public square that was associated with it following the construction of the new Ahmed Baba Centre. Following this construction, the status of the mosque in the urban context and part of its signification have been compromised and require review and reconsideration.
Overall, because of the threat from the fundamental changes to the traditional architecture and the vestiges of the old city, the mosques and mausoleums risk losing their capacity to dominate their environment and to stand as witnesses to the once prestigious past of Timbuktu.
Protection and management requirements
The site of Timbuktu has three fundamental management tools: a Revitalization and Safeguarding Plan of the Old Town (2005), and a Strategic Sanitary Plan (2005), that are being implemented despite certain difficulties; and a Conservation and Management Plan (2006-2010) is being implemented and which shall be reassessed shortly.
The management system of the property is globally appropriate as its legal protection is jointly assured by the community of Timbuktu through management committees of the mosques, the cultural Mission of Timbuktu and the Management and Conservation Committee of the Old Town of Timbuktu. This mechanism is strengthened by two practical functioning modalities, initiated in consultation with the World Heritage Centre: the Town Planning Regulation and the Conservation Manual. The specific long-term objectives are the extension of the buffer zone by approximately 500 m to assure the protection of the inscribed property ; the development of the historic square of Sankore to integrate corrective measures proposed by the Committee at its 33rd session and by the reactive monitoring mission of March 2010 ; the extension of the inscribed property to include the entire Timbuktu Medina ; the development of an integrated conservation and sustainable and harmonious management project for the site, in the wider framework of development of the urban commune and in close cooperation with the elected members of the Territorial Communities of Timbuktu and the development partners ; the active conservation of the mausoleums.
Long Description
The three great mosques of Timbuktu, restored by the Qadi Al Aqib in the 16th century, bear witness to the golden age of the intellectual and spiritual capital at the end of the Askia dynasty. They played an essential part in the spread of Islam in Africa at an early period.
Timbuktu is thought to have been founded towards the end of the 5th century of the Hegira by a group of Imakcharen Tuaregs who, having wandered 250 km south of their base, established a temporary camp guarded by an old woman, Buktu. Gradually, Tim-Buktu (the place of Buktu) became a small sedentary village at the crossroads of several trade routes. Quickly converted to Islam (the two great mosques of Djingareyber and Sankore appeared during the Mandingue period), the market city of Timbuktu reached its apex under the reign of the Askia (1493-1591). It then became an important centre of Koranic culture with the University of Sankore and numerous schools attended, it is said, by some 25,000 students. Scholars, engineers and architects from various regions in Africa rubbed shoulders with wise men and marabouts in this intellectual and religious centre. Early on, Timbuktu attracted travellers from far-away countries.
Although the mosques of El-Hena, Kalidi and Algoudour Djingareye have been destroyed, three essential monuments - the mosques of Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia - fortunately still stand as testimony to the grandeur of Timbuktu.
The Mosque of Djingareyber was built by the sultan Kankan Moussa after his return in 1325 from a pilgrimage to Mecca. Between 1570 and 1583 the Qadi of Timbuktu, Imam Al Aqib, had it reconstructed and enlarged, adding the whole southern part and the wall enclosing the graveyard situated to the west. The central minaret dominates the town and is the most visible landmark of the urban landscape. A smaller minaret on the eastern facade completes the profile of the Great Mosque which has three inner courtyards.
Like Djingareyber, the Mosque of Sankore, built during the Mandingue period, was restored by the Imam Al Aqib between 1578 and 1582. He had the sanctuary demolished and rebuilt according to the measurements of the Kaaba at Mecca, which he had taken with a rope during his pilgrimage.
The Mosque of Sidi Yahia, south of Sankore, was probably built around 1400 by the marabout Sheikh El Moktar Hamalla in anticipation of a holy man who appeared 40 years later in the person of Cherif Sidi Yahia, who was then chosen as Imam. It was restored in 1577-78 by the Imam Al Aqib. Apart from the mosques, the World Heritage site comprises 16 cemeteries and mausolea, essential elements in a religious system as, according to popular belief; they constitute a rampart that shields the city from all misfortune. The most ancient mausoleum is that of Sheikh Abul Kassim Attouaty, who died in year 936 of the Hegira (1529) and was buried 150 m west of the city with 50 ulemas and holy persons from Touat. Equally noteworthy and from the same general period are the graves of the scholar Sidi Mahmoudou, who died in year 955 of the Hegira (1547) and of Qadi Al Aqfb, the restorer of mosques, who died in year 991 of the Hegira (1583).Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
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- Director-General praises the people of Timbuktu for the reconstruction of the city's mausoleums Saturday, July 18, 2015
- Reconstruction of Timbuktu mausoleums nears completion Tuesday, June 30, 2015
- #Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad Friday, March 27, 2015
- Bamako conference urges emergency action to safeguard manuscripts Thursday, January 29, 2015
- Safeguarding Mali's ancient manuscript collections, an international conference in Bamako Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Events (3)
- International Conference on Ancient Manuscripts of Mali Jan 28, 2015-Jan 30, 2015
- Charity auction for the safeguarding of Timbuktu manuscripts May 24, 2014-May 23, 2014
- Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting Mar 15, 2006-Mar 16, 2006


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Test ID: BTKFP
Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Genotype and Protein Analysis, Full Gene Sequence and Flow Cytometry
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Preferred test for confirming a diagnosis of X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in males with a history of recurrent sinopulmonary infections, profound hypogammaglobulinemia, and <1% peripheral B cells
In females, this is the most useful test for identifying carriers of XLA.
By including protein and gene analysis, this test provides a comprehensive assessment and enables appropriate genotype-phenotype correlations.
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a humoral primary immunodeficiency affecting males in approximately 1 in 200,000 live births. XLA is caused by mutations in the Bruton tyrosine kinase gene (BTK),(1) which results in a profound block in B-cell development within the bone marrow and a significant reduction, or complete absence, of mature B cells in peripheral blood.(2) Approximately 85% of male patients with defects in early B-cell development have XLA.(3) Due to the lack of mature B cells, XLA patients have markedly reduced levels of all major classes of immunoglobulins in the serum and are, therefore, susceptible to severe and recurrent bacterial infections. Pneumonia, otitis media, enteritis, and recurrent sinopulmonary infections are among the key clinical diagnostic characteristics of the disease. The spectrum of infectious complications also includes enteroviral meningitis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, and empyema, among others. The disease typically manifests in male children younger than 1 year of age.
BTK, the only gene associated with XLA, maps to the X-chromosome at Xq21.3-Xq22 and consists of 19 exons spanning 37.5 kb genomic DNA.(4) BTK encodes a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase of the Btk/Tec family. The Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) protein consists of 5 structural domains (PH, TH, SH3, SH2, and TK). Mutations causing XLA have been found in all domains of the BTK gene, as well as noncoding regions of the gene. Missense mutations account for 40% of all mutations, while nonsense mutations account for 17%, deletions 20%, insertions 7%, and splice-site mutations 16%. Over 600 unique mutations in the BTK gene have been detected by full gene sequencing and are listed in BTKbase, a database for BTK mutations (http://bioinf.uta.fi/BTKbase).(5) Genotype-phenotype correlations have not been completely defined for BTK, but it is clear that nonsense mutations are overrepresented 4-fold compared to substitutions, which indicates that the latter may be tolerated without causing a phenotype. The type and location of the mutation in the gene clearly affects the severity of the clinical phenotype. Some mutations manifest within the first year or 2 of life, enabling an early diagnosis. Others present with milder phenotypes, resulting in diagnosis later in childhood or in adulthood.(5) Delayed diagnoses can be partly explained by the variable severity of XLA, even within families in which the same mutation is present. While the disease is considered fully penetrant, the clinical phenotype can vary considerably depending on the nature of the specific BTK mutation.(5) Lyonization of this gene is not typical and only 1 case of XLA in a female has been reported so far due to skewed lyonization in a carrier female. Therefore, females with clinical features that are identical to XLA should be evaluated for autosomal recessive agammaglobulinemia when deemed clinically appropriate(6) and for XLA, if a male parent is affected with the disease.
A flow cytometry test for intracellular Btk in monocytes using an anti-Btk monoclonal antibody was developed by Futatani et al, which was used to evaluate both XLA patients and carriers.(7) In this study, 41 unrelated XLA families were studied and deficient Btk protein expression was seen in 40 of these 41 patients, with complete Btk deficiency in 35 patients and partial Btk deficiency in 5 patients. One patient had a normal level of Btk protein expression. The 6 patients with partial or normal Btk expression had missense BTK mutations. Additionally, the flow cytometry assay detected carrier status in the mothers of 35 of the 41 patients (approximately 85%). In the 6 patients where the Btk expression was normal in the mothers of XLA patients, it was noted that all these patients were sporadic cases without previous family history of the disease.(7)
It appears, therefore, that most BTK mutations result in deficient expression of Btk protein, which can be detected by flow cytometry in monocytes.(7,8) Also, the mosaic expression of Btk protein in the monocytes by flow cytometry is potentially useful in the diagnosis of female carriers.(8) The flow cytometry test therefore provides a convenient screening tool for the diagnosis of XLA with confirmation of the diagnosis by BTK genotyping.(7,8) In the rare patient with the clinical features of XLA but normal Btk protein expression, BTK genotyping must be performed to determine the presence of a mutation.
A diagnosis of XLA should be suspected in males with 1) early-onset bacterial infections, 2) marked reduction in all classes of serum immunoglobulins, and 3) absent B cells (CD19+ cells). The decrease in numbers of peripheral B cells is a key feature, though this also can be seen in a small subset of patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). As well, some BTK mutations can preserve small numbers of circulating B cells and, therefore, all the 3 criteria mentioned above need to be evaluated. Patients should be assessed for the presence of Btk protein by flow cytometry, although normal results by flow cytometry do not rule out the presence of a BTK mutation with aberrant protein function (despite normal protein expression). The diagnosis is established or confirmed only in those individuals who have a mutation identified in the BTK gene by gene sequencing or who have male family members with hypogammaglobulinemia with absent or low B cells. Appropriate clinical history is required with or without abnormal Btk protein results by flow cytometry.
It was shown that there are XLA patients with mothers who have normal Btk protein expression by flow cytometry and normal BTK genotyping and that the mutation in the patient is a result of de novo mutations in the maternal germline. In the same study, it was shown that there can be female carriers who have normal Btk protein expression but are genetically heterozygous and they do not show abnormal protein expression due to extreme skewed inactivation of the mutant X-chromosome.(6) Also, the presence of 1 copy of the normal BTK gene and associated normal Btk protein can stabilize mutant protein abrogating the typical bimodal pattern of protein expression seen in female carriers. Therefore, female carrier status can only conclusively be determined by genetic testing, especially if the Btk protein flow test is normal.
It is important to keep in mind that the mere presence of BTK gene mutations does not necessarily correlate with a diagnosis of XLA unless the appropriate clinical and immunological features are present.(9,10)
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
BTKSP: An interpretive report will be provided.
BTK: Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) expression will be reported as present, absent, partial deficiency, or mosaic (carrier).
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A patient-specific interpretive report is provided.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Some XLA patients may have higher B cells than 1% but still be below the reference value for age and, also, immunoglobulins may be low or normal, initially. If family history, age, clinical and immunological history raise the suspicion for XLA, this test can be ordered.
Patients who have received a heterologous blood transfusion within the preceding 6 weeks, or who have received an allogeneic blood or marrow transplant, can have inaccurate genetic test results due to presence of donor DNA.
Rare polymorphisms could potentially lead to false-negative or false-positive results. If results obtained do not match clinical findings, additional testing should be considered. Any error in the diagnosis or in the pedigree provided to the laboratory could lead to an erroneous interpretation of results.
This method will not detect mutations that occur in intronic (other than exon-intron boundaries) and regulatory regions of the gene or large rearrangement-type mutations (which could cause a false-negative result).
Btk protein and genetic tests are not meant for patients with hematological neoplasias on kinase inhibitor therapy, including but not restricted to the selective Btk inhibitor, Ibrutonib. This test is only meant for the assessment of patients with a suspected monogenic primary immunodeficiency, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, caused by germline mutations in the Bruton tyrosine kinase gene.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Tsukada S, Saffran DC, Rawlings DJ, et al: Deficient expression of a B cell cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase in human X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Cell 1993;72:279-290
2. Noordzij JG, de Bruin-Versteeg S, Comans-Bitter WM, et al: Composition of precursor B-cell compartment in bone marrow from patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia compared with health children. Pediatr Res 2002;2:159-168
3. Conley ME, Broides A, Hernandez-Trujillo V, et al: Genetic analysis of patients with defects in early B-cell development. Immunol Rev 2005;203:216-234
4. Lindvall JM, Blomberg KEM, Vargas L, et al: Bruton's tyrosine kinase: cell biology, sequence conservation, mutation spectrum, siRNA modifications, and expression profiling. Immunol Rev 2005;203:200-215
5. Valiaho J, Smith CI, Vihinen M: BTKbase: The mutation database for X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Hum Mutat 2006;27:1209-1217
6. Takada H, Kanegane H, Nomura A, et al: Female agammaglobulinemia due to the Bruton's tyrosine kinase deficiency caused by extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation. Blood 2004;103:185-187
7. Futatani T, Miyawaki T, Tsukada S, et al: Deficient expression of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in monocytes from X-linked agammaglobulinemia as evaluated by a flow cytometric analysis and its clinical application to carrier detection. Blood 1998;91(2):595-602
8. Kanegane H, Futatani T, Wang Y, et al: Clinical and mutational characteristics of X-linked agammaglobulinemia and its carrier identified by flow cytometric assessment combined with genetic analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;108:1012-1020
9. Graziani S, Di Matteo G, Benini L, et al: Identification of a BTK mutation in a dysgammaglobulinemia patient with reduced B cells: XLA or not? Clin Immunol 2008;128:322-328
10. Fleisher TA, Notarangelo LD: What does it take to call it a pathogenic mutation? Clin Immunol 2008;128:285-286


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Rainbow Reads :: April 26
This month's Rainbow Reads features three hot new selections of erotica, two for the boys and one for the ladies. Also featured is the similarly saucy debut novel about a gay man running with the New York gay running club, and an "Occupy" handbook that will teach you how to stay and fight.
"The Dirty Boys' Club: The Soap Opera Murders" (Simon Sheppard)
Imagine a porn film with a sustained plot, and you'll have a good idea of Simon Sheppard's new offering. Building on the 88 episodes of "The Dirty Boys' Club" he wrote for Marcus Cook in 2003, Sheppard writes of the exploits of three gay hustlers: redheaded Bobby, longhaired blond Adam, and Southern brunette Will. After the boys are hired to be high-end hustlers in San Francisco, they are drawn into the seedy world of rich older men, retired soap opera stars, and closeted Oscar-winning actors. They start out with a lusty goodbye bash for Trey, a gay Marine who is short, but well endowed. When they ask, he tells, and he soon joins the boys as a hustler. The book features naughty sex scenes every few pages, with the boys involved in every imaginable pairing with everyone from rich cocksucker Carter Berenson, to a suburban son and his kinky father, to a stinky bike messenger named, predictably, Crash. Sheppard does a good job with both the erotica and the plot development, which finds Bobby discovering that closeted actor Ben Keyser has killed soap opera star Lance Clarke's boyfriend Michel, who is trying to blackmail him with S/M footage of him with his boyfriend Butch, who he also knocks off. Sheppard also does a fine job placing the novel in the gay world, with frequent references to events like the Folsom Street Fair, Bill O'Reilly, Jerry Falwell's critique of the Teletubbies, the marriage equality movement, and Mountain Dew Code Red. By the end, Trey saves Bobby, who has been tied to a chair by the murderous Keyser. "The Dirty Boys' Club" is a perfect read for those who like their erotica super dirty, and with a bit of a story line and the occasional joke on the side. (Lethe Press)
"Say Please" (edited by Sinclair Sexsmith)
Editor Sinclair Sexsmith presents a collection of 23 stories of lesbian BDSM covering everything from whips and chains to water sports, domination and submission, Daddy play, topping, and gender play. As Sinclair notes in her introduction, "the stories explore the depth and breadth of experiences that this kinky queer world has to offer." In Wendi Kali's "First Ride," a femme hops on the back of her butch's motorcycle and finds herself chained to it in a clearing, with her fantasies of a hard ride coming true. Rachel Kramer Bussel finds a slap in the face to be tantalizing in her look at a couple's side-alley hookup, and Gigi Frost goes "Mad Men" with her submissive spanking scene in "Housewife." Tough Jake Six gets her comeuppance by a butch daddy in "Call Me Sir: A Smutty Pulp Fiction Tale," and a sex worker finds her partner is her next client in Amelia Thornton's "All of Me." In Vie La Guerre's "Taking Direction," a femme who hits on Latina butch Angel in a nightclub finds her own butch partner teaming up with the woman to share her joint -- and her femme. Sassafras Lowry (an EDGE contributor) drops "Black Hanky," a hot tale of a flagging butch who forgoes a room full of femmes to bring home a butch boi bottom, who takes it like a man and earns the right to her own black flag. Dusty Horn's "Spanking Booth" chronicles a charity drive kink tent, where a feisty femme gets her come-uppance over the lap of a dirty butch, who beats poor Beth with her own belt. Kiki de Lovely's "Cruelest Kind" is a sadistic back-alley rape fantasy between a butch and her femme, culminating in bondage and anal sex. And Elaine Miller goes hi-tech in "Going the Distance," when a butch sends her girl a willing young boi to play with, while she watches via webcam. "Say Please" is a stunning collection of lesbian BDSM erotica that may not meet everyone's tastes, but will certainly satisfy those lovers of kink.
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As for the D, I think GAC handled that one.
As for the D, I think GAC handled that one.
Here's some trivia to put a ribbon on yesterday's win:
NUMBERS:@ Ohio State won its 19th consecutive Big Ten game on Saturday, tying the conference record while adding to the school mark. Michigan won 19 league games in a row from 1990-92. The Buckeyes have also won a school-record 27 straight regular-season games dating back to a loss at Penn State in 2005. The previous Ohio State mark for regular-season wins in a row was 21, set from 1967-69.
PAST ... @ Here's one more shot across the bow of Ohio State's schedule: Of the nine teams the Buckeyes have played, 8 of them lost on Saturday. And the only winner was Purdue, which beat ANOTHER Buckeyes opponent (Northwestern).
AND FUTURE:@ The Buckeyes' final three opponents (Wisconsin, Illinois, at Michigan) all won on Saturday. They are a combined 20-7, a winning percentage of .741. The previous nine victims have an aggregate record of 37-41, a .474 success rate.
Here's a few tidbits as well:
Penn State had won 18 of their last 19 games at home before last night.
Going into last night, Penn State was 7th in the nation in total defense and 4th in scoring defense.
From Pat Forde:
"Stat of the day: Against a team that had forced 60 punts this year, Ohio State never kicked it away once.
Runner-up stat of the day: A Penn State team that came in leading the nation in sacks at 4.4 per game got one -- and it didn't record that one until the fourth quarter.
Third-place stat of the day: Opposing offenses were converting 32 percent of their third downs against Penn State. Ohio State converted 12 of 16 Saturday night."
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"panic" only comes from having real expectations
My original post had three points:
1.) The OSU defense isn't overpowering, except on scoreboard
2.) I like this offense a lot, with a few exceptions--and it's much better than the 2002 unit
3.) Last year's team was a less-than-perfect match between the coach and talent; this year it's a much better fit
Note that I didn't say anything about Tressel's formations or play calling.
Regarding my first point:
I like defenses that dominate the line of scrimmage. I haven't seen that consistenly from OSU. They allowed 6 yards per carry against Penn State, and if PSU hadn't fallen behind, that would have been a serious problem in the 2nd half. Kinlaw, et al., pounded it up the gut for several scary long runs in the first half (PSU yards per carry was around 8 in the first half). That is the definition of a bend-not-break defense. The OSU defense is a collection of opportunists--they get a key sack, they gamble and get a pick. But they still have the hallmark of a unit that will give up a lot of yards (and points!) to good offenses.
My impression of the Buckeyes is that they are undefeated team that has been untested by a soft schedule. According to Sagarin, OSU's schedule is only the 68th hardest in the country, and they haven't faced any Top 10 teams, only one in the top 30. I can only imagine what Dennis Dixon, Sam Bradford, or Tim Tebow could do against this defense, and it wouldn't be pretty.
Regarding my second and third points:
I like the 2007 offense a lot, but it doesn't have the weapons (and unique characteristics) of the 2005-2006 squads. Last year, Tressel had a very talented QB with mobility and a cannon arm. But he was short. It took Tressel a year and a half (not until the 2006 Iowa game, by my count) to have Smith lead the offense out of the shotgun on most downs. I don't know why it took Tressel so long. That struck me as the optimal approach in, say, early 2005. When OSU moved away from the shotgun in the Florida game, that spelled doom for OSU's chances.
In addition, Tressel had the fastest player ever to wear a Buckeye uniform, and didn't know how to use him optimally. In a given game, Tressel generally sent Ginn on several down and outs, a few deep routes, and one or two screens/reverses. I would have like to see an offense that was (1) built around Ginn or (2) played more to his strengths (e.g., plays designed to get Ginn the ball in the open field with blockers to assist). This strikes me as a series of missed opportunities with a highly talented player. These are a few examples of a coach that didn't seem to mesh with the talent he had on the field.
This year, Tressel doesn't have the unique features and talents of the 2005-2006 squad, and that's a probably a good thing. I like Boeckman a lot, probably more than any other OSU QB I've seen. He is good at spreading the field, and he can hit the deep man in stride. But he does make mistakes, like the INT against PSU when he threw into double coverage. But there is no doubt, this is a run-first team. The offense is predicated on a powerhouse running attack, and that is the way Tressel prefers it.
I agree with your point about play calling. This year, it is better because it is a more optimal fit between coaching preferences and talent on the field. The nail in the coffin in last year's National Championship Game was at the end of the first half, when Tressel went for it on 4th and 1 from his own 20. That was a desperation move. Instead, the team came up short and was three scores behind at half, rather than two. That killed *any* hope the Bucks had of winning the game. That decision was pure hubris, and it showed a lack of flow between the team and coach. Contrast that with how Tony Dungy had the Colts take a knee at the end of the half in the AFC Championship vs. the Pats, down by two scores.
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My point is that the OSU defense will be exposed when it faces a good offense. And it isn't like the Big Ten is brimming with offensive talent this year. Wisconsin and Michigan are two of the more talented Big Ten offenses, but that isn't saying much.
But hey, I'm just a guy who doesn't watch football games, so I have no idea what I'm talking about. . .
As GAC already pointed out, Purdue and MSU offenses were rolling and were barely getting first downs. These were not due to turnovers or sacks, they were due to three and outs. How many three and outs were there in a row in the Purdue game, who was at home on a Saturday night? Penn State gets shut down, oh, Morelli is replacement level.
The analysis borders on hypercritical to dismissive, which is fine, it is your opinion, but don't expect it to fly by unchallenged, even to the point of wondering if we have been watching the same games.
Wisconsin has been able to run the ball, but again, against who? Have they even played against a defense as formidable as OSU's this year? No.
The game is in Columbus.
And they are going to do the same versus Illinois the following week too. Mendenhall is a solid running back, but Illinois is one dimensional with Juice Wiliams at QB.Code:OSU Wisconsin Points/Game 8.9 (1) 30.1 (81) Rush Yards/Game 70.9 (6) 205.4 (44) Pass Yards/Game 143.7 (5) 213.0 (127) Total Yards/Game 214.6 (1) 418.4 (64) Third Down Pct. 29.7% (20) 47.7% (19) Fourth Down Pct. 62.5% (200) 63.6% (139) Sacks 27 (12) 22 (195) Sack Yards -169 (27) -152 (200) Rushing TDs 2 (2) 21 (30) Passing TDs 3 (1) 12 (122) Carries/Game 265 (18) 409 (15) Yards/Carry 2.4 (8) 4.5 (69) Completion Pct. 53.4% (138) 58.6% (108) Yards/Pass Attempt 4.5 (1) 7.7 (49) Pass Rating 87.4 (2) 132.0 (78) Avg. NCAA Ranking 20.1 60.9
The test is gonna come in the last game at Michigan.
And people are saying the SEC is one tough conference and that the teams in that conference are beating up on each other. I agree. And while I don't believe the Big Ten is as strong as the SEC, can't the same be said of the teams in the Big Ten beating up on each other? I don't think it's as weak as some contend. OSU and Michigan are the elite teams in the Big Ten. Who are the elite teams in the SEC? LSU, Georgia, and possibly Alabama. After that, who?
There are 5 SEC teams in the top 25. The Big Ten has 3 (4 until OSU knocked Penn State out last week).
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"panic" only comes from having real expectations
Are you saying that my assessment is out of touch with "reality"? Like, noting how allowing 6 yards per carry is a bad thing--and THAT is "the exact opposite of reality"?
Regarding Morelli--if PSU had Bradford or Dixon QBing, I'm suggesting the results would have been dramatically different.
But given that we've only seen eight football games thus far, college football fans are left to thin-slice every aspect of the season. That's precisely what I have been doing.
Last year, thin-slicing would have told us a whole lot more about the Buckeyes than the record books and scoreboard, particularly the defense. The Michigan game left the defense exposed. The defense looked flat-footed in the fourth quarter against Illinois and its mobile QB. Perhaps you believe those thin slices are "hypercritical" or "dismissive", but I think it's more illuminating, instructive, and (perhaps) predictive than scoreboard watching.
My counter to your thoughts are, what do you think we are likely to see from here on out? Given your post above, I assume you believe everything is peachy. If so, I wish you the best.
I have a healthy dose of skepticism, and rightfully so, given the finish to last year's season and the tepidness of the Big Ten (a distant sixth in terms of BCS conferences, according to Sagarin). I was thoroughly bummed beyond belief for two days in January after the National Championship debacle. I don't want to go through that again.
[Aside: If OSU does go to the title game, Tressel better be hoping that the media plays up the "unproven Buckeyes" angle. I'm beginning to believe that how the story is shaped leading up to the title game plays a key role in the outcome. ]
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I forgot to add it to the comparison above, but that "head to head" is OSU's defense vs Wisconsin's offense.
"panic" only comes from having real expectations
And you bring up valid points about the OSU defense, and I said the very same things about them last year. I was very skeptical. But I am not so much this year.Last year, thin-slicing would have told us a whole lot more about the Buckeyes than the record books and scoreboard, particularly the defense. The Michigan game left the defense exposed. The defense looked flat-footed in the fourth quarter against Illinois and its mobile QB. Perhaps you believe those thin slices are "hypercritical" or "dismissive", but I think it's more illuminating, instructive, and (perhaps) predictive than scoreboard watching.
But I also look at it this way too- the team they may end up playing (if OSU gets in) will also have it's "weaknesses", as well as their strengths. For instance,if it turns out to be BC, their running game is mediocre,and their pass defense is so-so.
That's when it comes down to solid coaching, and having a game plan.
I agree. And I stated so on one of these threads about 3 weeks ago when OSU was ranked #5. I saw the teams ahead of them suffering at least one loss (California has had two),mand OSU moving up to #2 and ends up facing an another SEC teamin LSU, and we have deja vu all over again. Then LSU got beat by Kentucky.I have a healthy dose of skepticism, and rightfully so, given the finish to last year's season.....I was thoroughly bummed beyond belief for two days in January after the National Championship debacle. I don't want to go through that again.
But I understand your trepidation, and agree with you.
We first have to get by Michigan though.
[Aside: If OSU does go to the title game, Tressel better be hoping that the media plays up the "unproven Buckeyes" angle. I'm beginning to believe that how the story is shaped leading up to the title game plays a key role in the outcome. ][/quote]
"panic" only comes from having real expectations
Jeepers creepers...didn't the Buckeyes just go into Happy Valley and win by 20?
I can't imagine the discussion if they'd only won by, say, 7.
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
Oh well, take it for what its worth.
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These "Mosaic" table covers resemble intricate inlaid tile, but are actually wipe-clean vinyl tablecloths! Transform a tired table instantly with a lovely mosaic tablecloth cover that's perfect indoors or outside. There'll be no more tablecloths to wash, or spills and stains to mar surfaces. The tablecloth has a flexible vinyl top and elastic edging that stretches to fit most round or multi-sided tables from 36" to 48". USA and Imported.
"Wow! The vinyard print is perfect for our glass table, especially with my 7 month old son. I have had this 1 month now....and he can't pull it off like, place mats or regular hanging table cloths. Friends have said they thought I got a new table - that the print and tight fit is so cool." -Customer in CA
Welcome to Harriet Carter - Distinctive Gifts Since 1958. Find a large selection of products for organizing your life, as well as As Seen On TV products, household gadgets and problem solvers, unique gifts and gift ideas. Buying online is the fastest and most convenient way to shop! We have created this website just for you; everything is arranged by product category for quick, easy selection. In addition to our selection of gift ideas, you'll find products for organizing, As Seen On TV items, New Arrivals, Web Exclusive Gifts, Household Gadgets and products for your Pets.
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