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On a morning in 1836, a band of Comanche raiders stormed a compound in eastern Texas. Nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker saw her father, grandfather and uncle slaughtered before she was kidnapped.
Hunted by another uncle, driven by his obsessive hatred of Indians, Cynthia Ann was kidnapped once again 23 years later and returned to her white family. She had married a Comanche warrior and borne three children. She never saw her sons again, and her daughter died in childhood, followed shortly by the inconsolable Cynthia Ann.
Author Alan LeMay wrote a novel based on these events, which became the 1954 John Ford movie "The Searchers." This is the focus of Glenn Frankel's gripping book The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend (Bloomsbury, 340 pp., $18). He weaves together the stories of Cynthia Ann, LeMay, the explosive Ford and the lead actor he liked to bully, John Wayne.
Frankel's retelling of the raid and its aftermath is chilling, as is his examination of ethnic hatred. He aptly observes that while the conflict between white settlers and American Indians is in the past, racism is not.
Here are reviews of five other new paperbacks:
The Shining Girls
Lauren Beukes
(Mulholland, 368 pp., $16)
Beukes' thriller with sci-fi leanings caused a favorable stir when it was released last year.
The bad guy is sadist Harper Curtis, who preys on "shining girls" – "bright young women burning with potential" – in Depression-era Chicago. But we first meet him in 1974 as he approaches young Kirby Mizrachi. Curtis, it seems, has the ability to time-travel, spreading his evil across decades.
His encounter with Kirby does not go the way he wants. "I'll see you when you're all grown up," he tells her. "Look out for me, okay, sweetheart? I'll come back for you."
And he does – in 1989. When his attempt on her life fails, she goes after him, with the help of an ex-crime reporter who just might be falling for her.
Publishers Weekly said, "Beukes is particularly good at garnering sympathy for Harper's female victims, creating deep characterizations in only a few pages, so that they come across as more than just fodder for a psychopath's mission."
In her review for the Chicago Tribune, Julia Keller wrote, "Beukes takes a timeworn genre known for prettifying the ugliest thing in the world – the serial killer novel – and gives it a sci-fi twist while infusing it with bleak reality. From something horrific and inexplicable she makes delicate and redemptive magic."
Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution: Voices from Tunis to Damascus
Edited by Layla Al-Zubaidi, Matthew Cassel and Nemonie Craven Roderick
(Penguin, 208 pp., $17)
What often have been missing in the coverage of recent upheavals in the Middle East are the voices of eyewitnesses and activists on the ground. This collection of eight essays – from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Syria – seeks to fill the gaps with the words of those in the midst of the turmoil.
There's a tremendous amount of courage on these pages, as in the story of Malek Sghiri, a Tunisian student activist who was arrested and tortured by agents of the Ministry of the Interior, even as outside the prison walls crowds were cheering at the departure of President Ben Ali, who had fled the country.
Half of the voices here are women, such as Ghaania Mouffok of Algeria, who says of the women seeking their disappeared loved ones, "[T]hey'd uncovered a hidden geography, a new map of the place. They'd learned the way to the barracks where their children, sons, husbands, had been swallowed up, seized by night, and by day too, and who'd been missing ever since."
In its starred review, Publishers Weekly said, "Passionately vibrant accounts detail the fear, hurt, and frustration of people who have spent generations struggling to keep the spark of humanity alive in despairing conditions, and who, in moments of almost inconceivable bravery, put their lives at risk to change the world."
See Now Then
Jamaica Kincaid
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 182 pp., $13)
The reader knows from the first sentence that this novel – Kincaid's re-entry after 10 years without publishing a book – is no New England idyll: "See now then, the dear Mrs. Sweet who lived with her husband Mr. Sweet and their two children, the beautiful Persephone and the young Heracles in the Shirley Jackson house, which was in a small village in New England."
When "See Now Then" made its debut in hardcover just about a year ago, there was wide speculation among critics that the novel was autobiographical.
Mr. Sweet is a composer. So is Kincaid's ex-husband. Mrs. Sweet is a writer. So, obviously, is Kincaid. The Sweets live in New England. Kincaid and her husband lived together in Vermont. And the Sweets are living through a viscerally disintegrating marriage.
So it's natural to wonder how much Kincaid herself experienced – as Susan Grimm called it in her review for The Plain Dealer – this "vast tidal wash of longing and loathing and self-deception."
But, Grimm went on to observe, "writers use the materials of their lives. What else is there? But the great writers reshape and repurpose those elements. Kincaid has written a novel, not an accusation. How much is 'true' is immaterial to whether or not it's a good book. And it is."
Writing for the Chicago Tribune, Alan Cheuse called this "delicious," written "with the ferocity of Virginia Woolf."
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
(Hogarth, 379 pp., $15)
Marra's stunning debut novel is set in contemporary Chechnya, opening in the aftermath of a raid to arrest a suspected rebel. Eight-year-old Havaa, hiding in the woods by her village home, has watched as Russian soldiers abducted her father, accusing him of conspiracy.
Also watching is a neighbor, Akhmed, the village doctor, who rescues Havaa and takes her to the local hospital. The hospital is all but abandoned – itself a victim of war – except for one lone physician, Sonja, who remains to treat the stream of wounded fighters and refugees.
Though the novel moves forward and backward in time, its focus is these five days in 2004 when three lives intersect in surprising, complicated and ultimately hopeful ways.
In her review for The Plain Dealer, Tricia Springstubb called the book "remarkable" and commented that despite its grim topic, "This is, from first to last, a novel about love as much as war."
John Freeman, writing for the Boston Globe, said that while there are many reasons to read this novel, "the one I kept returning to . . . is that the story reminds us how senseless killing often wrenches kindness through extreme circumstances."
The New York Times Book Review named it a Notable Book of the Year for 2013.
Mary Coin
Marisa Silver
(Plume, 322 pp., $16)
Silver, who lived in Cleveland as a child, weaves her novel around the iconic 1936 photograph by Dorothea Lange – then working for the Works Progress Administration – called "Migrant Mother."
The photo of 32-year-old Florence Owens Thompson, mother of 10, shows her face furrowed into hopelessness and worry that make her look far older than she was. The encounter lasted only a few minutes before Lange got into her car and drove away. Neither woman knew that the image would become a symbol of the Great Depression.
Silver's fictional rendering fleshes out the few facts known about the photo and the two women, baring their desires, losses and disappointments. Thompson becomes Mary Coin, and Lange becomes Vera Dare. We meet them in the 1920s as young women. A third, entirely fictional character, Walker Dodge, moves the story forward 90 years, into 2010.
A social historian, Walker has discovered a secret connection between the photo and his family. Told by the three in alternating chapters, Silver's novel explores not only womanhood and motherhood but also the ways in which we interpret the past.
Claire Vaye Watkins, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, called the book "spare and stunning, throbbing with resonance."
In her review, Plain Dealer book editor Joanna Connors called this novel "piercing" and said, "Silver is a marvelous writer, capable of stirring profound emotions one moment, intellectual reflection the next."


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Scoring pins for Bay City John Glenn was Kyle Engel at 112 pounds, Logan Mlujeak (125), Dylan St. Martin (130), Tyler Murphy (135), Logan Post (140), Ethan Smith (160), Kyle Fournier (171), Justin Mlujeak (189) and Jake Shultz (215).
John Glenn is 24-10 this season.
Tawas Area's Luke Wistle (140) and Logan Pittsley (215) both secured pins, and Tyler Austin (119) defeated John Glenn's Corrie Hughes 15-5.
"I have to say it was a really fun time wrestling Tawas," John Glenn coach Jason Carmona said. "Being the only two teams we got to do a lot of moving people around and we really had a great time wrestling them. They're a great team, I know they're young, but they have a lot of potential."

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Abus Security Tech of Germany came out with their latest bicycle foldable lock, the Abus Bordo X-Plus 6500. It is a device made of special hardened lock body and closing bolt. The folding device is 5.5mm hardened steel bars and covered with anti-scratch plastic. Its massive links connecting the bars are saw resistant.
The Granit Bordo X-Plus 6500 foldable lock has an anti-sliding mechanism with a total length of 85cm. A transport bag goes along with it that has a flexible mounting feature integrated with rappel prevention. It could be easily mounted on any part of the bike frame as suited accessible to the rider.
The Bordo 6500 has a lighted key and a patented design X-Plus Cylinder. The lock itself is of high level resistance against picking from would-be bike thieves. It offers keyed alike solutions supplemented with a code card for replacement keys.
It is user friendly and easy to handle. Simply unlock and release the massive linked steel bars and loop it from the bike frame (tube) wrap across through the wheel rim around the solid bar fix parking post. Then lock it and retrieve the key. Works like an ordinary chain lock but provides maximum security for your bike. MSRP is $189.95.


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Yvonne writes, "Judy, do you remember a recipe for microwave pralines? A friend of mine cut it out of the paper years ago and has lost it. She said it works well. Hope you can help!"
This has always been a popular recipe. And your friend is right. The microwave is a great tool for making all kinds of candy.Be sure to toast the pecans first.
Makes 3 dozen
Butter for greasing pans
1 pound brown sugar
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Line two baking sheets with aluminum foil. Butter the foil.
Stir together the sugar and cream in an eight-cup glass measure or deep microwaveable bowl. Microwave on high for 13 minutes.
Stir in the 2 tablespoons butter and pecans. Beat by hand for 1 minute. Drop the mixture by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared pans.


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The increasingly severe recession is having a profound impact across America. The consequences of this economic meltdown are particularly difficult for children and low-income families who were already living on the edge of an economic disaster that may entail loss of livelihood, housing and health care. For children in particular, the unprecedented loss of stability and economic resources translates into a level of suffering not seen in recent times in the U.S.
And millions more will be facing chronic hunger, depending on government programs like school lunches and food stamps. One million children are now homeless and children are losing health insurance coverage at a rate of 3,000 each day since the recession began nearly 18 months ago. This translates to more than a million children newly uninsured, undermining some of the hard-won progress made in expanding federal programs aimed at reducing the number of kids without insurance in the U.S.
That means that many children with asthma will face serious complications, occasionally lethal, but frequently in the form of disabling attacks requiring hospital care and symptoms that greatly interfere with school performance. Undertreated ear infections may lead to unrecognized hearing deficits; and underappreciated developmental or emotional problems can become life-long burdens. And it's not just about health insurance.
Many families live in medical shortage areas with too few doctors and clinics; and nearly four million children can't get to care because affordable transportation is not available in their communities. This means delayed care and extreme overuse of emergency rooms where care is suboptimal and costs are passed on to taxpayers.
While it is presumed that the recession will eventually end and new government programs will bolster the nation's safety net programs, children remain extraordinarily vulnerable for the duration. Kids Can't Wait!


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February 21 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter
On Canada's win over the United States:
It was kind of what I said yesterday. It was a hell of a game. Quickie made some big saves, especially on Drew and Jeff in the first period.
On Jeff Carter's first period:
He's determined. He's a fast guy, he handles the puck. They're using him in lots of situations. They're using him on power play, killing penalties. That tells you he's playing well.
On the Kings playing for the United States:
Jonathan – they're going to say he's been their best player, and he has been. And Dustin plays a role on their team. They cut down to three lines, and so did Canada.
On where the team is at after three practices:
Today was a tough day for our guys. Everybody was watching the game this morning, so it took a while to get 'em going out there. [Reporter: It looked like yesterday, as you said, there were the down low drills. More of that today?] Just continue on. Just do it in special teams. Today we did some more coverage stuff, rush coverage stuff, which is harder to do as you go along. Work hard tomorrow and get a day off and then get two good practices in with elevation.
On whether the team is traveling to Denver a day early because of the elevation:
Not really. That wasn't the thought. The thought was we didn't know how many guys would be playing in the gold medal game. We knew we weren't going to get those guys until Colorado.
On Jamie Storr participating in practice for the third straight day:
Good for him. I had seen Brent Krahn in Calgary – he was going to go on with them. And then Aaron Miller – I just told him, 'What are you doing? We've only got five D.' We could use him. Six guys. Should be able to.
On former players filling in at practice:
You're seeing it around the league. Teams are short of guys, so there are guys that get the chance to do it again. It's special for them. A lot of the guys were out of contracts, right? It's not like they retired. They were out of contracts, and the way the game has gone. You know, they're not old guys.
On whether he had to tell the players to take it easy on Storr:
No, I mean guys are naturally going to do that. It's no different than when we played and a goalie was hurt and somebody else would come out, so you'd try and make sure you didn't hit him where you shouldn't.
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A chest ultrasound is an imaging test that uses sound waves to look at the structures and organs in your chest. It can help your health care provider see how well your lungs and heart are working.
A chest ultrasound can look at your lungs, heart, esophagus, mid-chest area (mediastinum), space between the lungs and chest wall (pleural space), and other structures in the chest. Your health care provider may also use ultrasound to see how blood flows through the organs in your chest.
The health care provider uses a device called a transducer to make the images of your chest. The transducer sends out sound waves that bounce off your organs and other structures. The sound waves are too high-pitched for you to hear. The transducer then picks up the bounced sound waves. These are made into pictures of your organs.
Your provider can add another device called a Doppler probe to the transducer. This probe lets your provider hear the sound waves the transducer sends out. He or she can hear how fast blood is flowing through a blood vessel and in which direction it is flowing. No sound or a faint sound may mean that you have a blockage in the flow.
Ultrasound is safe to have during pregnancy because it does not use radiation. It is also safe for people who are allergic to contrast dye because it does not use dye.
You may need a chest ultrasound if your health care provider thinks you have extra fluid in your chest. This is especially true if the amount of fluid is small. The ultrasound can tell your provider if the fluid may be caused by:
A chest ultrasound can also be used to:
Chest ultrasound may be used along with other types of imaging tests to diagnose chest conditions. These other tests include CT scans, X-rays, and MRI.
Your provider may have other reasons to recommend a chest ultrasound.
A chest ultrasound has no risk from radiation. Most people have no discomfort from the transducer moving across the skin.
You may have risks depending on your specific health condition. Be sure to talk with your provider about any concerns you have before the procedure.
Certain things can make a chest ultrasound less accurate. These include:
You may have a chest ultrasound as an outpatient or as part of your stay in a hospital. The way the test is done may vary depending on your condition and your health care provider's practices.
Generally, a chest ultrasound follows this process:
A chest ultrasound is not painful. But you may have some discomfort from having to remain still during the test. The gel will also feel cool and wet. The technologist will use all possible comfort measures and do the scan as quickly as possible to minimize any discomfort.
You do not need any special care after a chest ultrasound. Your health care provider may give you other instructions, depending on your situation.
Before you agree to the test or the procedure make sure you know:
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Kevin Wilson: PNT Managing Editor
Len Santi had a chance to be a professional baseball player, but the military draft intervened.
Nearly 60 years after the Japanese officially surrendered to bring an end to World War II, Santi says the intervention steered him to a life he never imagined for himself but enjoyed all the same.
Santi, 89, considers himself a Clovis native though his roots are in New York. It was there he was set to play baseball. He had signed a contract on Oct. 15, 1940, with the New York Giants to play for their minor league affiliate in Oswego, N.Y.
"That's all my job was, from the time I was 10, 12 years old," said Santi, a catcher. "I started in sandlot ball when I was about 10 years old."
The first day of Santi's professional baseball career would have been March 15, 1941, but he was drafted nearly three weeks before that day. Santi was one of 150 men brought down to start an operation called Clovis Army Air Field midway through World War II. He served from Feb. 26, 1941 to April 15, 1946.
Santi said he spent time in bases in Mississippi and Colorado, but most of his work came at the Clovis air field, which evolved into Cannon Air Force Base.
The field was under many renovations when Santi first arrived in 1942, and military housing back then was a local resident kind enough to take you in.
"Me and another military (member) shared a basement in a beautiful home," Santi said of a Connelly Street home where he paid $10 a month in rent. "I think that house is still there. I think I went by it a time or two."
Santi never fought in World War II, instead he trained other soldiers to be bomber pilots.
"They (soldiers) would train for three months and go to a bombing range," Santi said. "Every three months, we graduated a group."
And like clockwork, Santi had to account for the laundry every three months.
"Those bomb crews," he said, "they would write back to Uncle Sam and the Clovis Army Air Field training base, trying to advise the next group, 'Be dang sure to steal all of the pillows and the pillow cases and the sheets. There's nothing to sleep on here.'
"I lost a lot of material supplies through the years. In fact, they even tried to stick me for poor management. Those guys were flying away at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, and they'd take those things with them."
While his men took pillows and blankets, Santi stayed at the air field and took in the atmosphere of the Clovis area. It ended up with him having a wife, a family and a career.
"I met my wife in 1942, right after we opened up the base," Santi said of his wife Joyce. "She's a farm girl from Ranchvale just north of the base. We got married Oct. 8, 1943. It was through (her) family that I picked up some knowledge about farming while I was doing military work."
The knowledge turned into a livelihood. After he finished his time in the military in 1946, he bought a farm north of Grier and raised his family there until 1960.
While he was a farmer, he got a second chance at a baseball career as well with the Clovis Pioneers of the now-defunct West Texas-New Mexico league. For two years, he lived out his boyhood dream with a salary of $150 a month plus traveling expenses.
"They were a farm team for the St. Louis Cardinals," Santi said. "At 32 years old, while I was farming, I wanted to see if I could still do it. I made the dang team and played in 1947 and '48. At that age, the catching was hard on my knees. I was a pretty good hitter, not a home run hitter. I could hit a lot of line singles and doubles. I averaged pretty close to .300. I'm just sorry I didn't get my opportunity when I was 20."
After his baseball career ended, farming conditions took a downturn and Santi went to work back at Cannon in 1955 as a federal civil service employee.
Five years later, he was promoted to a job at George Air Force Base in California. But when he retired in 1979, he returned to Clovis.
More than a quarter of a century later, he found out that somebody had remembered his baseball career. It was Roy Walker, who had been Santi's landlord at one time and a Pioneer fan as well.
"Roy got this ball," Santi said. "He used to go to the ball games all the time. He got a signature from all the players on the ball team. (Roy's son, Gene) Walker presented it to me in the men's Bible class."
Now the baseball sits in a display case above his fireplace, a reminder of the life that might have happened with a backdrop of what has happened.
"I was a New Yorker that wanted to be a ballplayer," Santi said with a laugh, "but ended up as a farmer."


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In a ceremony that smacked of the Academy Awards, Ellen Robson, the school's 2007 princess, opened an envelope and read Zerework's name to cheers.
She walked to the front of the stage, a hand over her mouth, while a tiara was placed on her head and a red velvet cape across her shoulders.
"I love my school," she told the crowd. "I love you all. Thank you for selecting me, and I will represent you all with honor."
Zerework, 17, has many ambitions, serving as the school's Rose Festival princess is just a beginning.
"This is the first door of many to walk through in my pathway of success," she said.
Zerework attended Benson High School as a freshman but transferred to Franklin, drawn by its program of law courses. Being a lawyer has been, not a dream job or a career goal, but a calling, she said, since age 6.
She plans to major in psychology, go to law school and become a corporate attorney.
When Zerework changed schools, she saw a big difference in demographics with more racial and ethnic diversity at Benson. Zerework, president of the Black Student Union for three years, said it was an honor to be one of the few African American princesses from Franklin.
Zerework also has been active in the school's mock trial and advanced mock trial programs and won a "We the People" Unit 6 award.
She has helped organize a number of events, including the slam dunk contest at the school and districtwide for two years. She has been a S.T.A.R.S. (Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex), teen volunteer for two years. And she has a number of leadership positions representing students and the school.
She is the daughter of Donna Marshall and Solomon Zerework. She has two sisters, Tyeonna Ford and Daaiyah Allen.
The full text of Zerework's speech will be posted later at the Rose Festival Foundation's site at http://rosefestival.org/events/rosecourt/court_princesses.shtml.
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Posted on 01/21/2012 10:53:47 PM PST by gogogodzilla
I can confirm tonight from multiple sources that phone calls are in fact occurring between Republicans in Washington and among evangelical leaders to raise money for Rick Santorum rapidly.
The sources tell me that this is not for a Santorum win, though the evangelicals I spoke to continue to hope it is possible. This is to stop Newt Gingrich. One evangelical leader I spoke to said, If Newt wins, we wont be able to make family values an issue in the general. One lobbyist I spoke to said, They [the GOP leaders in DC] are really nervous about Gingrich and they think hed be a disaster. The best way to shut him down is to prop up Rick.
Florida is going to get interesting.
It looks like Santorum is playing spoiler because evangelicals want social issues to be the top priority.
Which is dumb. You can play the morality game all day long while you're starving to death.
They want to shut this down?
It's the economy, stupid!
(gogododzilla, stupid not directed at you :)
This sure can't be all Evangelicals, because Evangelicals right now are Newt's strength, and Romney's weakness.
80 percent of South Carolina GOP voters identified themselves as Protestants. Their vote breakdown was:
* 42% Gingrich;
* 27% Romney;
* 17% Santorum;
* 12% Paul.
13 percent of South Carolina voters identified themselves as Roman Catholic. Their vote breakdown was:
* 37% Gingrich;
* 29% Romney;
* 15% Santorum;
* 10% Paul.
When you split out the Evangelicals/born agains within the Protestant vote, they voted:
* 44% Gingrich;
* 22% Romney;
* 21% Santorum;
* 13% Paul.
Let's wait and see. What you are saying doesn't make sense. I am a Santorum fan but right now, Newt is running as a conservative, mentioning his family all the time. I don't think hurting Newt at this point will help conservatism or family values.
Some insiders might know other shoes to drop against Gingrich, but Newt has weathered the attacks very well so far.
Let the race continue fair and square. I'm glad Santorum did well. Let them campaign. No one is "closer to Gd than thee" so let's not have a religious war between them.
If it was just about the economy then we would have no problem voting for the business guy who supports gay pride and taxpayer supported abortions.
It looks like the RINOs in Washington want to use their cocktail party and country club money to try to blunt Mitt's main competition. It would not matter whether they were social conservatives or fiscal conservatives. Who ever can help Mitt by taking out his main competition (Gingrich) will be flooded with money.
The elites are afraid of Newt. But they know Romney is too weak a candidate to fight him off alone.
You would think that evangelicals would know better than to take the blood money.
You would think the elites would realize how weak this makes Mitt look.
Exactly. Family values take care of themselves, especially in a good economy.
This is from RedState and Eric Erickson. He's got an inside line into GOP politics.
Well, that's just nuts. Newt is a Christian. He's confessed his sins, repented, asked for forgiveness and seeks redemption. I have full faith in his sincerity. Torpedoing Newt at this time will deliver the nomination to Romney and the election to Obama. How great can that be?
Santorum won Iowa and came in only 10 points behind Romney in South Carolina. After what happened to Bachmann, then Perry, then Cain...it might be good to have one more parachute on hand in case Newt is next to stumble.
Any Evangelical who thinks family issues is going to be the driving force behind this election is an idiot.
It's going to be jobs, debt, economic performance, and the military.
All strong points with Newt.
We need to win over the santorum voters that can be won over and marginalize those that can not which means Rick Santorum needs to be mitigated, not eliminated. I want Santorum to stay in for a while. It gives us the opportunity to win over as many of his supporters as possible without immediately offending all of them and sending them teary eyed and angry into the Romney camp.
I agree but they shouldn't try to bring Newt down in order to help Santorum. They both agree on the same social conservative issues. The only reason why Newt would be a 'problem' for social conservatives is if his personal history was brought up in a destructive way, not because of his positions.
If Santorum were to take a rational hint and drop out, these primaries could pretty much be over and Newt could wrap up FL with ease.
Instead Santorum's being a sanctimonious POS and sticking in as the spoiler. I'm seriously beginning to hate Santorum for being so selfish.
Don't be silly. This has nothing to do with evangelicals. This is all beltway. Even the story is planted to stir up doubt among Newt's coalition. He has united low income workers, evangelicals and fiscal conservatives, the same way Reagan did. Now the elites are scared to death. So they have their media put out an article apparently showing the largest faction, the only faction with a candidate in the race besides Gingrich, working with the devil to defeat Newt.
These evangelicals are probably the same sell outs that told people to vote for Romney. They are trying to split the conservatives into small factions. Don't take the bait.
I don't have a horse in this race. They are all loaded with problems. I just know that Mitt and his slimy elite friends are the worse.
It *is* nuts. But if RedState and Erick Erickson are posting it, then it's safe to say that it is happening.
Which ought to make us think about the goal of evangelicals in this election.
For it's telling me that they honestly don't give a flying rat's @ss about a small-government... or a healthy, growing economy.
I wonder if what's really happening is that these "evangelical leaders" are being asked by the GOP establishment to be money launderers to funnel money to Santorum without it looking like he's getting money from the establishment, but getting it from evangelicals. While the launderers gets to keep part of this money for their role.
'One evangelical leader I spoke to said, If Newt wins, we wont be able to make family values an issue in the general.'
Pretty stupid logic. Christianity requires repentance and reform, not perfection. Even Jimmy Carter understood that. Pity this 'evangelical leader' does not.
"Instead Santorums being a sanctimonious POS and sticking in as the spoiler. Im seriously beginning to hate Santorum for being so selfish."
Well, everyone was upset at Huckabee for spoiling the race in 2008, handing the nomination to McCain instead of dropping out to support the true conservative in the race: Mitt Romney.
Elections are so strange.
icwhatudo wrote:
"it might be good to have one more parachute on hand in case Newt is next to stumble."
You do know what happens when two parachutes get tangled on the way down, do you not? That is what could easily happen if 2nd parachute Rick stays too long. There is nothing the left and DC insiders would like more than to see Newt and Rick plummet to the ground tangled up in each other while Willard lands safely in the middle of the bulls-eye they have taken so much time and effort to paint on the ground for him.
How is Rick a spoiler. Voters vote the way they want. Making veiled attacks at Social Conservatives is nonsense. Newt won tonight and that makes it a win for all candidates so far state wise.
I dunno. It's a possibility.
As it stands, I'm going to bed, for it's 0200 here. I figured I'd post this before I hit the hay as I saw it on RedState as I was winding down for the evening.
I'll get back to everyone tomorrow (or today, considering).
This evangelical agrees on all points with your post.
If he's actually a leader he can give his name, otherwise the whole report is nothing but hearsay.
What? People outside of South Carolina might not be open marriage fans?
Well, you can judge all evangelicals for the actions of a few. I think Newt did very well among evangelicals today.
Shrug. I supported Fred Thompson in '08.
Now in 2012, we have a real chance in Newtas evinced by his huge winning margin across the demographic board in SC tonight.
I don't want turds like Santorum spoiling this punch bowl.
I respect Santorum, though I believe and have believed that he cannot be elected president.
Something about his personality fails to inspire, that is just a reality. Something I learned from my younger brother is that he is also viewed as "too conservative" by some for whatever its worth.
People need to understand that this is about defeating Hussein Obama, and for that we need a fighter.
I do not believe that this is a time to die on the hill of idealogical purity and perfection.
This is the time to defeat our homosexual communist muslim racist president.
Let's roll!
Just nuts is right. Something about this does not add up. The only sense I can make of it is that it's like a "Monopoly" alliance, where two players team up hoping to take out the common threat (Newt), then duke it out later between themselves (Romney vs Santorum).
I find Evangelicals very level headed, most times.
But these bunch are very much misreading the American mood, in general and, if they think they can win on their pet issues.
I do agree with Evangelicals that wrong values is at the heart of America's problems. Their just not winnable values, unfortunately.
oops, that's "Can't judge."
"Well, thats just nuts. Newt is a Christian. Hes confessed his sins, repented, asked for forgiveness and seeks redemption. I have full faith in his sincerity. Torpedoing Newt at this time will deliver the nomination to Romney and the election to Obama. How great can that be?"
I wouldn't worry too much about it, this scheme is almost certain to backfire. Rush will likely talk about it along with many other talk radio shows. If voters believe (and even have reports) that Santorum is nothing more than a Romney stalking horse, they will rally to Newt in even greater numbers.
Santorum said tonight he plans to go after Gingrich hard on "character" issues.
Sounds like down and dirty to me.
Romney will be pleased.
I hope Newt smacks the snot out of both of them.
Good point. I ought to be more precise in my language.
The article makes it pretty clear that evangical leadership is prioritizing social issues in this election... and have come out saying so. (From the article: "One evangelical leader I spoke to said, If Newt wins, we wont be able to make family values an issue in the general."")
So it stands to reason that those who actively follow them at this point will have the same agenda this election.
Would not be surprised if it was a Romney front.
Santorum is done.
"Something about his personality fails to inspire, that is just a reality. Something I learned from my younger brother is that he is also viewed as too conservative by some for whatever its worth."
They are almost equally conservative. But like you said, Newt can inspire, he's a fighter and the other just meekly raises his hand and says "why not vote for me?"
"I do agree with Evangelicals that wrong values is at the heart of Americas problems. Their just not winnable values, unfortunately."
My view is that the culture war is not won through legislation. It is won principally through example and persuasion. Frankly, I find some of Gingrich's personal history inspiring. He is someone who was knocked down, and got up. That shows me another dimension than someone whose butt never forcibly connected with the earth.
Gingrich does not demonstrate perfection, but he does demonstrate resolve, resilience and analysis.
We are no longer at altitude, no stumbling, no ripcords
If you didn't see this article yet, I think it's interesting and provides a good counterclaim re: questions of Newt's integrity:
Yep. I think it's like speed skating in the Winter Olympics. You keep on skating, no matter how far behind you are, because the people who look like they are way ahead could take a tumble any second, and you will be the last one standing.
I definitely don't want Ron Paul to be the last skater in the race. Santorum should hang in there.
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As the missile officer I naturally rejoiced at his effusive commendation. I felt even happier when the ebullient admiral came to the missile house to praise the crew. His words were glowing and sincere. He concluded by saying, "Men of the King , I take off my hat to you." The admiral removed his gold-encrusted cap and with a flourish swept it before him as he bowed to the dumbfounded sailors.
The admiral's expressions of gratitude were perhaps overstated but nonetheless genuine. The Surface Navy had blundered into the missile age and was desperately attempting to recover. Since the end of World War II, the fleet had been vulnerable to air attack from modern aircraft, and its archaic gunnery systems were the equivalent of throwing rocks at eagles. Salvation was envisioned in three kinds of surface-to-air missiles—Talos, Terrier, and Tartar—which had entered the fleet in quantity at the beginning of the 1960s.
Little had been done to prepare for them. The fleet had neither specialized training facilities for the crews nor doctrine for their use. Fleet training centers were without a clue as to operating procedures, because none existed. Cobbled crash courses were so lacking that commissioning details were on their own when they reported aboard. They discovered that their dazzling new ships were equipped with elaborate weapon systems of baffling complexity and were supported with neither spare parts nor technical manuals. In short, they failed to work. While the warships were glamorous to behold at their commissioning ceremonies, few if any were able to track an aircraft or launch a missile.
The Navy had failed utterly to anticipate the risks and pitfalls of rushing quantities of unproved missile ships into the fleet. While components of the systems usually had been tested individually (computers, directors, fire-control radars, weapon direction systems, air-search radars, gyroscopes, switchboards, generators, telemetry, launching systems, and the missiles themselves), they had not been integrated and tested as an entity before being installed in the ships themselves. When for the first time all the wires had been connected and power applied, sparks flew and equipment fizzled. When the magnitude of the technological catastrophe ultimately became apparent, the remedy remained elusive. Meanwhile, the momentum of the shipbuilding program repeatedly incorporated unresolved defects into successive ships, until an entire generation of warships had entered the fleet with weapon systems unable to function.
A contemporary, retired Captain Fred Howe, recalled:
My view of the coming of missiles is the same as yours. It was a real watershed, a technical watershed. Suddenly, without fair warning, the ante was raised by perhaps an order of magnitude. The gun ordnance world was unceremoniously dragged into the age of the digital computer and large, multidisciplinary combat systems that had tiny tolerances for error. Gunners were being asked to shoot at targets they couldn't even see, at altitudes and speeds that were just difficult to comprehend with our existing mindsets. There were tracking, capture, and guidance systems for the beam riders and illuminators and rear-reference signals for the homers and, for success, everything had to point in the same exquisite direction. Dry air and chill water and stable power were critical, as was continuous, intense systems testing. The result of Daily Systems Operability Tests became a routine part of twelve o'clock reports in most ships. It was a whole new ball game.
The Bureau of Naval Personnel assigned its most talented officers and sailors to commission the new warships and hoped their initiative to some extent would permit the fleet to muddle through until the Navy Department fixed the problems it had created. As a consequence, each ship went her own way, relying largely on trial-and-error as standard operating procedure. The wonder to this day is that we did not kill ourselves, although close calls were countless. We did kill others.
Missile officers exchanged horror stories over beer at the "O" clubs. A classmate told me how a live Terrier had been lifted from the magazine and latched to the loading rail, where it remained suspended above the open magazine doors beneath it. As a technician adjusted the torque of the "suitcase" latch that connected missile and booster, the latch suddenly shattered. The missile separated from its booster, plunged 15 feet into the magazine, and buried its warhead into the bulkhead. (We thanked God that the warhead's safety and arming device had worked correctly and prevented a detonation. It was one thing we knew how to design.) An investigation revealed that the failed latch had been over-stressed in a shoreside test and then, fatally weakened, returned unaccountably to the supply system for reissue. The technician's torque wrench had been the final straw.
The Terrier had been installed on the newer carriers, and the launchers were mounted on sponsons on their port and starboard quarters. The missile rounds were loaded by ramming them along an overhead rail, through open doors, then onto horizontal launcher arms. Once the missile was latched in place, the launcher was ready to train and elevate for firing. A carrier was in drydock as the missile gang practiced loading a dummy missile on the launcher. Instead of stopping on the launcher, the half-ton missile continued on its way and descended in a graceful arc to the bottom of the drydock—which explains why the Brown-Shoe Navy removed the Terrier systems at first opportunity.
The much larger Talos had similar problems. A cruiser was about to leave her shipyard for homeport after an extraordinarily long and difficult conversion from guns to missiles. Dependents and shipyard workers alike cheered and waved, for she had seemed like a permanent building that would never again get under way. The weapons officer wanted to put on a show and had ordered the dummy Talos missiles to be loaded and elevated in a salute as the ship left the pier. While the mooring lines were being singled up, the huge dummies were rammed onto the launcher rails. One, however, continued on its way and crashed on deck among the terrified line handlers. The captain never blinked. "Double up all lines and secure engines," he said quietly, and he went to his cabin.
Certain ratings on board ship did not entirely understand the peculiarities of the new-fangled missile systems and indeed regarded them as annoyances. A converted light cruiser had her Terrier missile house located aft. A drain hole in its bulkhead emitted a steady drizzle of salt water, which discolored the otherwise immaculate teak deck. An exasperated boatswain's mate ostensibly solved the problem by inserting a wooden damage-control plug into the drain hole. Several hours later, the magazine's sprinkler system turned on and immersed all 120 missiles in salt water. Someone later discovered that the drain hole was part of the fire main pressure equalization system, and when it was plugged the increased pressure opened the main sprinkler valve. All 120 missiles on board had to be off-loaded and refurbished. With no spare missiles in the supply system (in the event of a war a missile ship could not expect replenishment), the unfortunate cruiser had been disabled by a ten-cent wooden plug.
Each Terrier frigate had two dummy missiles used for testing and display. Commanding officers could paint them as they wished, and we in the King chose gold missiles and blue boosters. The captain of a sister ship decided that his would be white, coincidentally the same color as a live missile. The gunner's mate at the launcher control console presumably knew the difference. Missile ships in southern California waters tracked civilian air transports routinely along the coastline as targets of opportunity. Part of the routine was to load the dummy missiles and simulate firing at the aircraft. Throughout the day, the white dummies had been loaded and unloaded repeatedly, and the safety gunner became complacent. Hence, he did not realize that a live Terrier had been loaded inadvertently on the launcher and was aimed at an airliner. The weapons officer in the combat information center pulled the trigger.
"I was standing near the launcher and heard a hissing sound," a bystander told me later. "I saw smoke coming out of the rear of the missile and knew it was from the APS (Auxiliary Power Supply, a small solid-fuel electrical generator). I realized I had perhaps two seconds to live, because the missile was about to launch, and I and everyone else on the fantail would be killed by the booster blast." Fortuitously, the launcher malfunctioned and the booster did not ignite. Shortly thereafter, the type commander ordered that all dummy missiles would be painted blue and gold.
The close calls got closer and closer. In the mid-1960s I had become weapons officer on the USS Brooke (DEG-1). As she was the lead ship of her class, we had the satisfaction of testing new, improved versions of the Tartar weapon system. One such series of tests took us to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, where we toured the firing range control center. The control officer proudly showed us the huge display screen that tracked the positions of all ships and aircraft within the firing area. "We'll know at all times the exact locations of your ship and the target drone and chase plane. When I say `Condition Green,' you are free to fire at the target. If I say `Condition Red,' do not fire." We were impressed.
On the range, we locked on the target—an F9F drone—and prepared to fire as it closed. "We have multiple targets," reported the fire-control radar operator. I relayed this to the range-control officer, who radioed back that the chase plane had broken away, so there could not be a multiple target. "Condition Green," he said. "We still have multiple targets," said fire control, but again range control insisted that the chase plane had left the area. "Condition Green," he said. "Fire at your discretion." I decided to wait until I could see the target on the TV monitor. Shortly, I saw the drone . . . and the chase plane on its wing tip. "There are two planes in my crosshairs," I reported to range control. After a long period of silence came the reply, "Condition Red."
Eventually, someone's luck would run out, as it did at the Point Mugu missile range in southern California, where the USS Preble (DLG-15) prepared to fire a warhead Terrier at a target drone. A target return came onto the radar screen that coincided with the anticipated time and flight path. Point Mugu control announced weapons free, and the Terrier lifted off. It was a clear day, and the crew watched the missile climb toward its target, a distant silver glint to the naked eye. "We got it," said the observers with satisfaction when they saw the explosion. The smoking wreckage of a navy A-4 aircraft spiraled into the ocean before the horrified crew. Its pilot had entered the firing range just ahead of the target.
The Navy tackled its technical crises with jury rigs and expediencies. Those of us from the early days will always remember the collimation towers, the missile-age equivalent of gun-battery alignment. The first Terriers were beam riders—that is, the missile attempted to stay in the center of an electromagnetic guidance beam, which in turn was focused on the target. If the Terrier stayed in the beam, it eventually would intercept the target. The problem was that the beams were unstable; the guidance beam and the radar tracking beam would diverge, and in some instances one or both beams would jitter. The result was a miss. Hence, before a scheduled missile firing, the Terrier ships would go pierside to collimate (align) the beams on the tower.
Collimation was a long, frustrating process, and I well remember seeing an exhausted fire-control technician holding a radar component on his lap connected to wires leading to the equipment cabinet, twiddling dials and reading a tattered technical manual, all in an attempt to prepare the system for an impending missile shoot. What we realized, of course, was that not a single Terrier ship was combat ready because we could not take the collimation towers to sea with us.
One of the culprits, we eventually discovered, was the erratic output of 400-hertz generators, which caused sensitive fire-control equipment to malfunction. Another was the switchboards, which distorted the electrical signals passing through them. As competing technical bureaus controlled the various pieces of equipment that comprised the total weapon system, each protected its own turf. Finger-pointing and accusations took precedence over cooperation and coordination.
The missile systems test (MST) was another glaring anomaly. These tests were predicated on the bogus assumption that repeated testing would improve the reliability of an unreliable missile. Hence, the technical bureau required that a given missile be subjected to an MST every 30 days, which required moving the missile from the magazine to a test stand, attaching a huge electrical cable, and testing the missile with an "automatic" test station. The need for repeated testing was never clear, as the missiles were stored undisturbed in a magazine with a controlled environment, and we wondered what could go wrong between tests under those conditions.
Compounding the uncertainty was the unreliability of the test equipment itself, a hodgepodge of sticking relays and flashing lights that rarely passed its own self test. Thus, the missile technicians rarely believed the MST results, whether they were "Go" or "No Go." As a consequence, the shipboard testing program was a farce, the most predictable result of which was a reduction in missile reliability and readiness.
As ships rarely carried sufficient spare parts, weapons departments had a special reverence for ingenious supply officers who seemingly could pull parts out of the air. For instance, the Brooke was scheduled for a critical missile shoot, but on the night before getting under way her sole air search radar suffered a casualty. Without it we could not shoot. As usual, no spares were on board, so we arranged to cannibalize the part from the contractor's plant in Los Angeles. The part wended its way onto the last Greyhound bus heading south that night. I went to the San Diego bus depot at 0200 to get the package and was forced to rummage through scores of parcels stacked on storeroom shelves. Eventually, I found what I was looking for; we slapped the part into place and the radar was made well shortly before under way time. Such experiences reinforced in our minds that the fleet was pathetically lacking in combat readiness.
The ship's officers were ambitious professionals who realized that getting hits during missile firing exercises was in their best interest. Hence, with no incentive to shoot at a difficult or elusive target with, say, a high bearing rate or at low altitude, the firing runs were planned for the greatest chance of success. Targets repeatedly flew straight in, at or about 30,000 feet, so that intercepts would be in the middle of the envelope. Given such easy conditions, hits were recorded now and then. In the Old Navy this was called gundecking, and the tradition had found its counterpart in the Missile Navy. The subsequent statistics indicated modest successes that masked the utter wretchedness of the entire surface-to-air missile program.
With the missile fleet about to go under, the Navy Department sought quick fixes with various "Get Well" projects headed by tough-minded officers whose names became legendary. My particular hero was Rear Admiral Eli T. Reich, who seemed a godsend to those of us in the fleet struggling to stay afloat by our bootstraps. His "Tiger Teams" always will be well-remembered. Remedies nonetheless came slowly, and years of toil passed before the Missile Navy approached respectability. I hope we are there now.
Recently, I went to sea on an Aegis cruiser, and I marveled at its capabilities, light years advanced over the missile ships on which I had served. I wonder now if these problems were endemic to the Surface Navy. Other Navy communities were able to master technological challenges of far greater magnitude, particularly the Polaris and the nuclear-propulsion programs. On the other hand, those programs had two giants in charge of them—Red Raborn and Hyman Rickover—whose budgets and spans of control gave them the wherewithal necessary for success. The Surface Navy had no counterparts; indeed, no one person was in charge. Instead, the responsibilities were so fragmented and the budgets so restricted that failure was preordained. In the overall scheme of things the Surface Navy was on the bottom of the pecking order, and the Robert McNamara era and the Vietnam War only worsened matters.
Now and again I see those once-handsome yet deeply troubled ships—the DLGs and the DDGs—moldering in remote places as they await their final journey to the breakers' yards. It is a depressing sight to a retired naval officer who remembers them with nostalgia and affection, when both he and the ships were young and filled with promise. Still, I reflect with pride that we did as well as we did, ships and crew together. For better for worse, those ships were all we had, and we who served in them pressed on as best we could. It was altogether a grand time, and I am glad I was there to enjoy it.
Commander Buell is Writer-in-Residence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books, the latest being The Warrior Generals (New York: Crown Publishing, 1997).


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...and my boyfriend's family will want us over for dinner. Their turkey is good and that's about it.
They make this NASTY sweet potato pie that's made with canned potatoes soaked in corn syrup, with more sugar added and marshmallow stuff on top. Seriously, I tried it last year before I was primal and I couldn't eat it because it was so sweet. They also do boxed stuffing, bagged/canned/jarred/whatever gravy. Blech. If I go there, all I'm going to want to eat is turkey and maybe roasted potatoes, if they don't use the pre-mashed shit that comes in a bag.
Even before primal I made (and still do) all my food from scratch, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce included. The stuff they eat in general is garbage (no real butter, tubs of "spread") and I don't like eating there anyway. His mom specifically doesn't like me because I'm "different" and I'm worried it will only cause another fight later if I don't eat the crappy food.
I thought about just spending time with my family, who at least makes their stuff from scratch still and I can justify eating it because its not garbage. I thought about using the excuse "my grandma is old, she doesn't have much time left", which is true, but still...What the hell do I do? Oh, I'm not allowed to bring food either. Maybe cranberry sauce which I did last year but no one liked it because it wasn't super sweet. I happen to be a fan of the bitter cranberry taste.


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Alabama ties with Kentucky for 10th place in the country for rate of injury deaths, according to a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and released by the Trust for America's Health.
New Mexico has the highest rate of injury death, the study said, with New York and New Jersey the lowest rates. The rankings were reached by using the number of injury deaths per 100,000 people in the state.
Also in the report, called "The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report," nearly half the states scored a five or lower on a set of 10 indicators of steps that can be taken to help prevent injuries.
The study concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented by adopting research-based injury prevention policies, according to the organization's press release.
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Thanks for checking out our latest mock draft! This three-round edition features five trades. Make sure to follow us on Twitter at @NFLDraft2K14!
-CLE trades No. 4 and No. 83 to STL for No. 2 and 2014 5th round pick
-ATL trades No. 6, No. 68, 2014 4th round pick and 2015 1st round pick to JAC for No. 3
-MIA trades No. 19 and No. 50 to MIN for No. 8
-SF trades No. 30 and No. 61 to PIT for No. 15
-STL trades No. 44 and 2014 4th round pick to OAK for No. 36
1. Houston Texans – Johnny Manziel*, QB, Texas A&M (6-0, 215)
It's trendy to lock Blake Bortles in at this pick because coach Bill O'Brien's coaching history included tall QBs like Tom Brady, Christian Hackenberg, Ryan Mallett and Matt Cassel. The 'Bill O'Brien Needs a Big QB' narrative is inconvenienced by the fact that he also coached QBs like George Godsey (6-foot-2), Thaddeus Lewis (6-foot-1), Brian Hoyer (6-foot-2) and Matt McGloin (6-foot-1). Manziel and Teddy Bridgewater are better than Bortles.
2. Cleveland Browns (from WAS via STL) – Teddy Bridgewater*, QB, Louisville (6-3, 205)
The Browns are consistently linked to Manziel, but they'd learn to love Bridgewater if necessary. They'd need to get ahead of Jacksonville to get him, though.
3. Atlanta Falcons (from JAC) – Jadeveon Clowney*, DE, South Carolina (6-5, 275)
Perhaps more than any other team in the league, the Falcons show a clear willingness to make big trades upward in the draft. Landing Clowney would be quite a consolation prize for Atlanta fans after getting blindsided by last year's wasted season.
4. St. Louis Rams (from CLE) – Greg Robinson*, OT, Auburn (6-5, 320)
The Rams need to add tackle talent in light of Jake Long's ACL tear and Rodger Saffold's expired contract.
5. Oakland Raiders – Sammy Watkins*, WR, Clemson (6-1, 205)
Even if the Raiders take Blake Bortles here, they won't be able to provide him with a No. 1 WR. They can take Watkins here and catch a QB in the second round.
6. Jacksonville Jaguars (from ATL) – Khalil Mack, DE/OLB, Buffalo (6-3, 250)
The idea of passing on Clowney isn't easily sold, but Mack is an elite prospect in his own right, and hauling in three more premium picks is a good idea for a Jacksonville roster that appears talent deficient at all positions other than perhaps WR.
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Blake Bortles*, QB, UCF (6-3, 230)
Mike Glennon wasn't really any more convincing as a rookie than Matt McGloin was for Oakland. There's no need to pass on Bortles if they think he can turn into a franchise QB.
8. Miami Dolphins (from MIN) – Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M (6-5, 305)
Minnesota wouldn't find a great prospect fit at eight in this scenario, but the Dolphins would have plenty reason to move up for Matthews, solidifying their own line while blocking the division rival Bills from getting a shot at him.
9. Buffalo Bills – Eric Ebron*, TE, North Carolina (6-4, 245)
The Bills should try hard to keep Jairus Byrd in town, which would mostly make Ha Ha Clinton-Dix a non-consideration here. The Bills have no comparable in-house talent at tight end, though, so snagging Ebron would provide an immediate upgrade at a need position.
10. Detroit Lions – Ha Ha Clinton-Dix*, S, Alabama (6-1, 210)
WRs, TEs and CBs can be found later on, but a safety prospect comparable to HHCD won't be.
11. Tennessee Titans – Anthony Barr, (3-4) OLB, UCLA (6-4, 250)
Barr is correctly receiving criticism for his lack of actual skill as a defender, but it's a forgivable shortcoming given the short amount of time he's actually played on defense. Defensive coordinator Ray Horton can show him the light.
12. New York Giants – Mike Evans*, WR, Texas A&M (6-5, 225)
Rueben Randle isn't fully convincing, and Victor Cruz and Jerel Jernigan are mostly slot targets. Evans can provide true WR1 potential.
13. St. Louis Rams – Kelvin Benjamin*, WR, Florida State (6-5, 235)
They'd rather have Evans, but the Rams would probably need to turn to Benjamin here if they have their hearts set on landing a big WR.
14. Chicago Bears – C.J. Mosley, MLB, Alabama (6-2, 230)
When you give up 5.3 yards a carry over a full season, you could probably use Mosley's assistance.
15. San Francisco 49ers (from PIT) – RaShede Hageman, (3-4) DE, MIN (6-6, 310)
Hageman should test very well at the Combine, and the 49ers could use a top prospect at end to groom as Justin Smith's eventual successor. Pittsburgh should want to trade down since they don't have a 3rd round pick.
16. Baltimore Ravens – Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas (6-5, 310)
Center was a liability for the Ravens last year, but they might not get a good replacement if they wait until the 2nd round to address the position.
17. Dallas Cowboys – Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh (6-1, 290)
Who knows whether Rod Marinelli, Monte Kiffin or anyone else will have any say in Dallas' draft process, but Donald is an on-paper fit for the scheme the Cowboys are misguidedly attempting to implement.
18. New York Jets – Jace Amaro*, TE, Texas Tech (6-5, 260)
Geno Smith just might look a little better in 2014 if he has even a single reliable target to throw to, especially if it's a big target. Amaro is a no-brainer pick if he goes this far.
19. Minnesota Vikings (from MIA) – Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State (6-2, 220)
Carr's footwork is very sloppy and his brother's shadow could weigh him down, but Minnesota's strong running game and competent WR duo of Greg Jennings and Cordarrelle Patterson would keep his burden manageable.
20. Arizona Cardinals – Dee Ford, (3-4) OLB, Auburn (6-2, 240)
Ford's speed off the edge would be a valuable addition to a defense that otherwise only has John Abraham turning the corner.
21. Green Bay Packers – Louis Nix*, DT, Notre Dame (6-2, 345)
There's a good chance that Nix would be an upgrade over the disappointing B.J. Raji, and at a much cheaper price.
22. Philadelphia Eagles – Calvin Pryor*, S, Louisville (6-2, 210)
Philadelphia is pretty much empty at safety, so Pryor should start immediately.
23. Kansas City Chiefs – Odell Beckham*, WR, LSU (5-11, 195)
Beckham would be an upgrade over Donnie Avery the second he stepped on the field. The Chiefs can't afford to give Jamaal Charles such a heavy burden as a receiver two years in a row.
24. Cincinnati Bengals – Bradley Roby*, CB, Ohio State (5-11, 190)
Roby had a rough junior year at Ohio State, but he should look better than corners like Justin Gilbert and Darqueze Dennard in a Combine setting.
25. San Diego Chargers – Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State (6-0, 200)
Gilbert would likely be an immediate upgrade over Derek Cox for San Diego.
26. Cleveland Browns (from IND) – Marqise Lee*, WR, USC (6-0, 195)
Bridgewater, Lee, Josh Gordon and Jordan Cameron would make for an elite long-term foundation on offense.
27. New Orleans Saints – Ryan Shazier, (3-4) ILB, Ohio State (6-2, 230)
The Saints should try to improve their run defense in 2014. Shazier would help there and provide an upgrade for the inside blitzing.
28. Carolina Panthers – Jarvis Landry*, WR, LSU (6-0, 195)
Landry has some of the best hands you'll ever see, and he's surprisingly good at getting open for a player without obviously blazing speed.
29. New England Patriots – David Yankey*, G, Stanford (6-5, 315)
Yankey would start at guard in this scenario, allowing New England to move Dan Connolly to center in order to replace Ryan Wendell.
30. Pittsburgh Steelers – Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State (5-11, 200)
Dennard isn't likely to wow at the Combine and he won't be able to use contact as much in the NFL as he did at Michigan State, but his hardnosed style of play would fit well in Pittsburgh.
31. Denver Broncos – Kony Ealy*, DE, Missouri (6-5, 275)
Ealy would replace Robert Ayers at the very least and could project as Shaun Phillips' long-term replacement.
32. Seattle Seahawks – Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan (6-7, 310)
Lewan would replace and eventually project as an upgrade over free agent Breno Giacomini.
Second round
33. Houston Texans – Zack Martin, OT/G, Notre Dame (6-4, 305)
34. Washington Redskins – Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt (6-3, 205)
Pierre Garcon could use some help, and Robert Griffin could use it even more.
35. Cleveland Browns – Pierre Desir, CB, Lindenwood (6-1, 195)
36. St. Louis Rams (from OAK) – Deone Bucannon, S, Washington State (6-1, 215)
37. Atlanta Falcons – Cyrus Kouandjio*, OT, Alabama (6-5, 310)
38. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Xavier Su'a-Filo, G, UCLA (6-3, 305)
39. Jacksonville Jaguars – Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois (6-2, 220)
If the Jaguars don't land one of Manziel, Bridgewater, Bortles or Carr, then Garoppolo or Zach Mettenberger would probably make the most sense in the 2nd round.
40. Minnesota Vikings – Trent Murphy, DE, Stanford (6-6, 260)
41. Buffalo Bills – Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU (6-3, 245)
42. Tennessee Titans – Devonta Freeman, RB, Florida State (5-8, 205)
Freeman charges through traffic better than most backs with 15 pounds on him. He'd be a major fantasy factor if he landed on a squad with a thin depth chart. Tennessee should qualify as such when/if they cut Chris Johnson.
43. New York Giants – Austin Seferian-Jenkins*, TE, Washington (6-6, 275)
Brandon Myers was a one-year, stopgap solution at tight end. Seferian-Jenkins can turn into a Martellus Bennett sort of player.
44. Oakland Raiders (from STL) – Zach Mettenberger, QB, LSU (6-5, 235)
Selecting Mettenberger would be a sneaky way for GM Reggie McKenzie to perhaps buy himself more time. Mettenberger might miss the first six weeks or so due to his late-season ACL tear, but if he can show promise in the second half of 2014 then it could put Oakland on the upswing.
45. Detroit Lions – Davante Adams*, WR, Fresno State (6-2, 220)
Adams could easily go sooner than this, so the Lions should grab him in a hurry if he lasts this long. Adams could be another Muhsin Muhammad.
46. Pittsburgh Steelers – Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia (6-6, 325)
47. Dallas Cowboys – Craig Loston, S, LSU (6-0, 215)
48. Baltimore Ravens – Allen Robinson*, WR, Penn State (6-3, 210)
Robinson probably wouldn't overtake Torrey Smith as Baltimore's top WR at any point, but he would likely establish himself as the team's No. 2 WR in a hurry.
49. New York Jets – Jimmie Ward, S, Northern Illinois (5-11, 195)
50. Minnesota Vikings (from MIA) – Marcus Roberson*, CB, Florida (6-0, 190)
51. Chicago Bears – Stephon Tuitt*, DL, Notre Dame (6-6, 310)
52. Arizona Cardinals – Tre Mason*, RB, Auburn (5-9, 205)
Rashard Mendenhall is a free agent (good riddance), and Andre Ellington hasn't shown the durability necessary to last long as a feature back. Mason and Ellington would be an excellent duo to build around.
53. Green Bay Packers – Marcus Smith, (3-4) OLB, Louisville
54. Philadelphia Eagles – Terrance Mitchell*, CB, Oregon (6-0, 190)
55. Cincinnati Bengals – Telvin Smith, OLB, Florida State (6-3, 220)
56. San Francisco 49ers (from KC) – Ed Reynolds*, S, Stanford (6-1, 210)
57. San Diego Chargers – Brandin Cooks*, WR, Oregon State (5-10, 190)
Eddie Royal isn't what you should strive for in your slot wideout. Adding Cooks would give San Diego a YAC threat it completely lacks at the moment.
58. New Orleans Saints – Lache Seastrunk*, RB, Baylor (5-9, 210)
Aside from Kenny Stills and Darren Sproles, the New Orleans offense doesn't have any standout speed these days. Changing that is necessary, and Seastrunk can come through on that front.
59. Indianapolis Colts – Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State (6-4, 300)
60. Carolina Panthers – Gabe Jackson, G, Mississippi State (6-4, 340)
61. Pittsburgh Steelers (from SF) – Chris Borland, (3-4) ILB, Wisconsin (5-11, 245)
62. New England Patriots – Dominique Easley, DT, Florida (6-2, 285)
63. Denver Broncos – Jason Verrett, CB, TCU (5-10, 180)
64. Seattle Seahawks – Jeremiah Attaochu, DE/OLB, Georgia Tech (6-3, 250)
Third round
65. Houston Texans – Jared Abbrederis, WR, Wisconsin (6-1, 190)
The Texans have no legitimate third WR after Andre Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins, so snagging Abbrederis here makes lots of sense. Abbrederis might be the best WR in this draft at burning defenses deep.
66. Washington Redskins – Terrence Brooks, S, Florida State (5-11, 200)
67. Oakland Raiders – Troy Niklas*, TE, Notre Dame (6-6, 270)
Oakland has a few projects at tight end in David Ausberry, Mychal Rivera and Nick Kasa, and there's a bit to like about all of them, but Niklas is a strong value at this point and a plausible immediate upgrade.
68. Jacksonville Jaguars (from ATL) – Scott Crichton*, DE, Oregon State (6-3, 265)
69. New York Jets (from TB) – Brandon Thomas, G, Clemson (6-4, 320)
70. Jacksonville Jaguars – Billy Turner, OT, North Dakota State (6-5, 320)
71. Cleveland Browns – Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State (6-0, 235)
Hyde would be a very strong fantasy prospect if he landed in Cleveland as the team's clear starting candidate.
72. Minnesota Vikings – Martavis Bryant*, WR, Clemson (6-4, 200)
Bryant had a lot of consistency issues at Clemson, so it will be interesting to see whether he falls beyond this spot, but he has major upside that could be worth gambling on. Minnesota lacks a WR with the downfield potential Bryant possesses.
73. Buffalo Bills – Aaron Lynch*, DE, South Florida (6-5, 245)
74. New York Giants – Jon Halapio, G, Florida (6-4, 320)
75. St. Louis Rams – Lamarcus Joyner, CB/S, Florida State (5-8, 190)
76. Detroit Lions – C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa (6-6, 260)
Like Brandon Pettigrew, Fiedorowicz is a big tight end who should be more than able to meet the blocking demands of an NFL starter. He might even be an upgrade over Pettigrew.
77. San Francisco 49ers (from TEN) – Brandon Coleman*, WR, Rutgers (6-5, 220)
Coleman doesn't have the short-area coordination to project as an obvious threat on short routes, but he's a big target with the speed necessary to burn defenses deep.
78. Baltimore Ravens – Justin Britt, OT, Missouri (6-6, 315)
79. Dallas Cowboys – Bruce Ellington*, WR, South Carolina (5-9, 200)
Ellington projects very well as a slot prospect, and Dallas has an urgent need at the position after wasting time with the likes of Cole Beasley and Dwayne Harris at the position a year ago.
80. New York Jets – Ka'Deem Carey*, RB, Arizona (5-11, 210)
The Jets wouldn't be an obvious choice for Carey's landing spot, but they'd have trouble passing on him in the 3rd round. Carey would be a Shane Vereen sort of complement to Chris Ivory's power running.
81. Miami Dolphins – Kelcy Quarles*, DT, South Carolina (6-3, 300)
82. Chicago Bears – Bashaud Breeland*, CB, Clemson (6-0, 185)
83. St. Louis Rams (from PIT via CLE) – Caraun Reid, DT, Princeton (6-2, 300)
84. Arizona Cardinals – Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech (6-0, 195)
85. Green Bay Packers – Richard Rodgers*, TE, California (6-4, 245)
Rodgers has the athleticism to threaten the middle of the downfield, which makes him a good theoretical fit in Jermichael Finley's role.
86. Philadelphia Eagles – De'Anthony Thomas*, WR, Oregon (5-9, 170)
Thomas would give Philadelphia a killer screen and sweep threat, and he could provide All-Pro returner production, too.
87. Kansas City Chiefs – DaQuan Jones, (3-4) DE, Penn State (6-4, 325)
88. Cincinnati Bengals – Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State (6-0, 315)
89. San Diego Chargers – Josh Huff, WR, Oregon (5-11, 210)
Huff doesn't really jump out on tape, but he's a rock-solid WR who would project nicely in the WR2 role while Cooks mans the slot.
90. Indianapolis Colts – Donte Moncrief*, WR, Mississippi (6-2, 225)
Moncrief had consistency issues at Mississippi, but his high points were quite encouraging. Indianapolis needs a big wideout like him.
91. New Orleans Saints – Antonio Richardson*, OT, Tennessee (6-6, 330)
92. Carolina Panthers – Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska (6-3, 215)
93. New England Patriots – Crockett Gilmore, TE, Colorado State (6-6, 255)
Gilmore is a well-rounded tight end with great size. He obviously wouldn't be any threat to the workload of a healthy Rob Gronkowski, but he might remain fantasy relevant even after Gronkowski's return.
94. San Francisco 49ers – Keith McGill, CB, Utah (6-3, 215)
95. Denver Broncos – TJ Jones, WR, Notre Dame (6-0, 195)
Jones is a very smooth WR who would project nicely as a potential replacement for Eric Decker.
96. Minnesota Vikings (from SEA) – Joel Bitonio, G, Nevada (6-4, 310)


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How have increased gasoline prices impacted your time on the boat?
How have increased gasoline prices impacted your time on the boat?
Though I live on the boat, the prices have made me more willing to sail slowly, rather than motor, to reach a destination. It also contributes to draining the cruising kitty that much faster. Walking through New Bern yesterday, pump prices were 50 cents a gallon more for diesel, than for regular unleaded.
My driving habits have changed, but not my boating habits.
I have not sailed her yet this season, but I do not intend to change anything. On the other hand, I don't drive my truck over fifty miles a day unless necessary.
There is some driving involved in getting to the water but gas is of minimal impact. That being said, I've definitely modified my driving habits to drive the least amount possible.
I'm even running or biking as much as possible when it's reasonable.
I sail a Tartan 30 with an Atomic Four. Gas prices can go through the roof and I still won't go broke buying gas for Avanti.
My use of the boat has not decreased due to fuel costs, but since I have a live-aboard I am moving to a marina closer to my job to decrease commuting costs. :D
INcreased my time on the boat, for 2 reasons:
(1) Like John, I'll sail slowly somewhere rather than motor fast
(2) We're staying home more and driving for entertainment less (home=boat for these liveaboards)
Hasn't changed anything- I still go to the shed every weekend and work on it as usual. :D
I have a 90 mile drive to get to my boat but, I stay on it for a week at a time so the impact is minimal, might make me want to stat even longer.
:-) and that's a good thing.
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Chapman and Ross devote a chapter to each of the love languages, and end each chapter with a list of kid-friendly suggestions for showing love. A child whose primary love language is touch, for example, might appreciate "a touch-oriented gift, such as a soft pillow, blanket, or sweater" in addition to the usual family hugs and kisses.
The book also suggests ways in which a child's love language can help a caregiver determine which forms of discipline will be most effective, and which forms ought to be used sparingly. Discipline, writes Chapman, is an act of love — and the more a child feels loved, the less he will usually need to be disciplined. Chapman offers common sense tips on how to use firm, consistent, loving discipline to teach children to be not just outwardly obedient, but also to love those around them as they should.
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Their achievement in Turin cannot be marked down after beating the outstanding team in Serie A. That said, credit must also go to Juventus, as what they have done in those 49 games rarely happens in the modern era of football.
Everybody loses—a reason why unbeaten runs are celebrated. However, the night belonged to Inter, and the result is a big one in the service of the revolution in the black-and-blue half of San Siro.
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