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|March 13th, 2013, 07:26 PM
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Anybody ever book a vacation using Priceline.com?
Looking into booking a vacation to Vegas through Priceline. More specifically, a vacation package, including hotel and airfare. The current price I'm getting for round trip nonstop flight and staying at the Excalibur in September is $411, including taxes and fees. I know that doesn't include baggage fees or ground transportation. I've never booked a vacation through Priceline, just wondering if anyone else has and what their experience has been? Thanks!
|March 13th, 2013, 11:50 PM
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Fuck priceline. I recently booked a hotel through them. Drove to kentucky and arrived at the hotel to find them overbooked. Priceline dicked me around for about 5 hours "finding" me a new hotel. I finally arrived at the new hotel which was 20 miles away around midnight and it didnt have the two beds as promised.
To make matters worse, the hotel was very clear that they do not have to honor priceline if they have direct reservations.
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Maybe I've been doing it wrong but every time I have booked a hotel whether for a spring break trip or on a trip for business, I've found booking through the hotel is the same price or less than priceline/kayak/expedia give you and you get their rewards points.
|March 14th, 2013, 07:45 AM
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I booked a trip with orbitz for st Thomas and it was easy. They emailed me before each flight any changes to gates or delays. Maybe check them out.
If you can afford to dont stay at Excalibur. It sucks. Hard. It's at the end of the strip so lots of walking or cabs and its old and weird themed, also not a lot to do in the hotel itself and the buffet wasnt very good
|March 14th, 2013, 08:15 AM
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I've booked hotels, cars, and flights though priceline. No problems as of yet. I have also done hotels though hotwire and got a 4 star $189 a night for $89. I guess it depends a lot on where you are planning on staying.
Oh and don't forget sometime there are resort fees that the hotel in vegas will charge that's not on the total on priceline.
|March 14th, 2013, 08:18 AM
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check out hotels.com, they will price match any deal on the internet, X-calaperpooooo, dont stay there, overpriced and the food sucks. Been there a few time to vegas, for the best price, best food, best beer prices $2 bucks stay at Bills Saloon, you can eat steak and eggs 24hrs a day for 6.99 and the rooms are nice for under $50 a night, but who sleeps when you go to vegas
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if you do book, dont take any shuttle busses, they will RAPE you, airports 5min. away, take a cab, same price, and the cabs are on time. when your leaving vegas, give yourself a extra 2 hours in that airport, its tram-buss hell to get to your gate for the plane
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5 or 6 years ago I would always book through Priceline, Expedia, Orbitz, Hotels.com, etc. for flights and/or hotels and the prices were almost always better than going directly through the airlines or the hotels.
The past few years I've ALWAYS found the same or better prices by going directly to the hotel or airline. When my wife and I went to Florida last month, the airfare was about $150 cheaper (even after adding in all the fees) per person through Delta.com than it was through Priceline and the hotel we stayed at for a few nights was also cheaper than (and nicer) than any of the similar ones coming up on the travel websites.
Even when the price works out the same, at least by booking directly through the airline or hotel I am guaranteed that I can add up my rewards points or frequent flyer miles.
|March 14th, 2013, 11:26 AM
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I travel a LOT for work, and always book hotels online.
Flights, I use a travel agent. But that's only because I sometimes have to extend a stay, and one phone call to the agent takes care of flights, rental car, hotel- no problems.
We did priceline once- never again. Hotel was crap, rental car was 'gone' because flight was delayed, two frickin layovers......
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I used Cheaptickets.com to book my honeymoon years ago. I searched just about every option online and even a few local travel agents. Cheaptickets was by far the cheapest. The also are owned by Orbitz
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|March 14th, 2013, 01:26 PM
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I've never used Orbitz personally, but the people I've known using them have not had major issues, usually just issues with hotel room not being as nice as they expected. Even that's pretty rare.
If you are ok with whatever leftover rooms are available, and don't need a specific (example: 2 bedroom smoking suite handicap accessible) room Orbitz should be ok
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I go overseas a couple times a year and almost always check the cheap rate places. I have never seen any prices cheap enough to book though any one but the airline direct. And I am pretty much a cheap ass. I do sometimes wait till the last minute to book though and will on occasion get better prices that way. I did Vegas 2 years ago in early Dec and booked everything myself and it was cheap.
|March 14th, 2013, 06:12 PM
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I just did a quick check on Uniteds web site and it looks like you can book direct there for $450 and up depending on hotel choices. And that was just a quick look.
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Wow, thanks for all the info guys! I'm really going to do my homework on this one, not planning on going until September, but want to book early to get a good price. I've been to Vegas 3 times, but never actually booked a trip specifically there and back. I've always flown to my cousins in Phoenix for vacation, then drove to Vegas for a few days, reserved a hotel on the strip direct with the hotel, via phone from my cousins a few days prior to going.
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Www.travelbyjen.com has the best vacation prices I've found. I always go Caribbean, so I don't know how they are with Vegas.
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I'm a bit of a Hermione (first impulse is to read a book)... but some preliminary digging on Amazon and at my local ceramics supply house hasn't been too successful. Are there any good books that I'm not seeing on this topic?
Alternatively, has anyone used the services offered by the Arts Business Institute (consulting or the online course)? Are there any other similar options (online or DVD) that I should look into?
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Also, Wendy Rosen offers advice in seminars although she is running for public office I believe.
More contemporary info should be available for selling on etsy or other. Venues. Guild.com was a big one a decade ago.
Chris Campbell also offers some advice sometimes at NCECA formal and informal venues.
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Also......... ANY book on business and marketing really pretty much applies to what we do. Business is business. Each business has to take the general principles involved and then adapt them to its own specific needs and product. What works for one business (potter) does not necessarily work for another.
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I learned everything I know about wholesaling by attending the Visiting Artists Program, which was provided by the Arts Business Institute at the Buyers Market of American Craft. (ABI and BMAC are run by the same organization, The Rosen Group.) I was just looking at the BMAC website and it looks like they are not offering the Visting Artist Program at the 2013 BMAC. Anyhow, I thought the program was excellent and did indeed provide me with the knowledge I needed to enter the wholesale marketplace. So if ABI is now offering workshops and online courses on the same subject, I would tend to believe they are worthwhile.
Cool. I'd never heard of the ABI until a few days ago, but I'm intrigued by both their online course and their individual consults. The course runs (I believe) $165- while the consults are $95. Too much for me to want to carve out without talking to someone who's tried it (but not a bad price if either one delivers). So- if anyone has the inside scoop...
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Kind of, this sia recent one. You can make out the sides of his backpack
Very cool. What are you using to light up the visor? Again, awesome job!!
Cool. I like the DC-17's!! I see the sniper and AA attachments too.
Hi Sven.
I was there yes I was a TK with a spaceback on my back.
Serving tea and coffee lol
Excellent work as always, Sven!
I'm truely jealous.
Where can you get the basics for armour like this?
This is something I'd like to be doing on the side of my Mando Armour.
And I love the fact most of teh RCs here are from the UK or Europe. Hehe show those yankees :P
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Hi and thanks for all the compliments.
The Armour Kit is made by PA.
I think the trimming of the armour parts is most important besides the weathering.
The ground colour of the whole armour is not white; its a mix of ivory-like-colour and vanilla white. The "Rust-Effect" is real rust, made with 2 component-oxydation-colours. Here are some pictures of each costume part by itself.
Thanks for all.
The weathering looks fantastic! I love the rusted effect, you've done a superb job.
Awesome work, something for me to aspire to
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It does look amazing! Thanks for the close ups!!
Would Katarn armor rust though?? Not trying to start a debate, just curious.
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Man I wish I had one of these growing up. I had a LOT of legos, and it looks like there is a lot of room to build and expand with this thing. Plus an easy place to store everything is a huge bonus.
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Train???? this is a video of the activity table that you are selling.
http://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-Lego-Compatible-Activity-Table/dp/B001FVRS0I 4 stars out of 56 reviews, the cut out on the side looks slightly different, but I think it's the same table
conanthelibrarian wrote:Train???? this is a video of the activity table that you are selling.
That also comes with a train.
ThunderThighs wrote:That also comes with a train.
OH!! my mistake! my apologies @Thunderthighs!
This has sold multiple times last year, from $59.99 to $79.99, but last time and this time $69.99.
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ARGH! Wish these would ship to Hawaii. My kid would love this. :/
Bought one of these last time around for my 5 yr. old.
A few quick insights:
1. Assembly/setup very easy.
2. The table is very solid and can sustain some abuse.
3. Lego base works great with both included and original lego pieces.
4. Lego "compatible" pieces are not as nicely build as the original legos, I guess they are made of material that is a bit tougher or are not as accurately measured, so it is somewhat a challenge to connect/disconnect some pieces (while others work fine). But that said, they do work with original Lego: kids mixed them up already and use all.
5. The train tracks are again a little bit lesser quality than Thomas (I had to file one of the pieces a bit before the connection fit), but they are compatible with original Thomas tracks: you can kind of see the "switch" when move from one to another - but they do connect and the trains can easily move between them.
6. The train works very well with original Thomas train pieces.
7. Overall the table itself is more useful for the Lego than for train set, because if you have any tracks other than included, the assembly won't fit on it, but you can do several Lego projects at a time on it.
8. Kids love it (both 5 yr old and 9 yr old play with it!)
9. All in all a good buy. Even though some pieces build quality is a bit lesser - you can't beat the price. You get all three: A table, a "Lego" set and a train set for just a bit more than the store price of any one "original" component.
I bought one of these the last time they came up for my kids at Christmas, ages 3 and 6. I had some concerns before ordering due to complaints about sturdiness and construction quality, but many of these reviews read something like, "My four year old stood on the table, and it broke. What gives?" It received enough good reviews to make me feel comfortable ordering, however, and when I gave it to them at Christmas, I made sure they knew not to sit or stand on the table.
My family has been so happy with this purchase. As mentioned above, putting the table together took only minutes and included the allen wrench needed for assembly. It's actually more sturdy than I expected, and just the right size for the kids. We haven't used the train tracks or train side, so I can't comment on that use, but the LEGO surface works great with all the LEGO bricks I saved from when I was young. We also don't really use the storage inside, since you have to lift the LEGO surface, bricks attached, to get inside. Instead, we just keep all the bricks in a Rubbermaid bin that fits perfectly underneath.
My 6 year old daughter also received a Kindle Fire for Christmas, but most days would rather sit down and play LEGOs at this LEGO table. I absolutely love it.
I bought one of these for my kids last spring and they just got it for Christmas. My kids are 3 and 1.5 years old. They really love the train set. It is compatible with thier other wood train pieces (Nuchi and Ikea brand pieces). You can only set up a small track on the table, but it is still great for storing all the pieces in one spot.
Bought one last year for my kids. 4yo Girl and 6yo boy.
They love it. They play with this more than any other toys in the house. More than Disney princesses and Iron Man toys. We paired this up with one of those city/road rugs and they get to incorporate Match Box cars as well.
The included bits work well with Lego and Thomas brands.
Oh, and this is the easiest "assembly required" there is. I think it's 8 screws. Cinch.
I got this for my son and it's pretty good. I did glue the tracks that come with it to the train side so they'd stay in place and then he can't lose the tracks. The Lego side gets used more often and I took away the pieces that come with it (all junk) and use original Legos which work very well on the table. Both the normal Legos as well as Duplo ones.
The trains that come with it are also on the cheap side but the tracks will take Thomas trains just fine.
Very easy to put together as well.
And I thought all the kids were playing Minecraft these days.
I am seriously considering buying this for my daughter.
On another note.... Has anyone noticed the color and orientation of the squares for the lego top? Looks very familiar.
I bought this one last time it was up for my son's room. He is too little now but I have other Kid Kraft products and knew that someday this would be a hit so I snagged it. I guess I could have waited until now but happy I have it either way!
Bought this as a Christmas present for 2 year old triplets. They all love it. The quality is excellent. Two of them have sat on it at the same time and there was no buckling of the top board (45 lbs). Very happy with the quality of the table & train set. I give this a strong 10!
Okay, you guys have single-handedly convinced me! Some of the reviews on Amazon had me waivering, but everyone on here was so positive, I decided to take the plunge. I hope my girls love it!
We got one of these and expected great things.
This uses a Lego imitation that does not work. Our grand-daughter was excited at first, but soon realized it was virtually worthless. The wood is nice as a piece of furniture, but as a play-item -- don't waste your money.
rlamson wrote:We got one of these and expected great things.
This uses a Lego imitation that does not work. Our grand-daughter was excited at first, but soon realized it was virtually worthless. The wood is nice as a piece of furniture, but as a play-item -- don't waste your money.
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And so, if a breeder is making it seem like the fact that their dog is a therapy dog and so it should be bred because of that...its false advertising because I know 100% that they are using the lack of knowledge on the customer's side to make their dog seem greater than it truly is.
The conformation breeder who produced my MIL's poodle touted that the sire was a therapy dog, but it wasn't her dog, she didn't put the certification on him, and she didn't seem to know what it actually entailed.
In that circumstance it didn't really bother me, because I'd steered them toward a conformation breeder and away from performance breeders on purpose. But it was pretty funny.
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meanwhile in Holland , thinking the malinois bred for work , don't concern themselves with titles , many of the dogs not even having "pedigrees" as in being registered. This does not mean they are unknown , most likely somewhere along the line some "other" breed was slipped in.
The dogs are thoroughly evaluated and very critically evaluated for what they are producing .
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my error, when I said "therapy" I meant "service" in my initial post.
That's why I made sure to say therapy...I would never ever put down the work for a true service dog or even emotional support animal.
I would love to see more GSDs as service dogs, and those lines to be used in breeding programs to produce more dogs with those types of solid temperaments and work ability.
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|my error, when I said "therapy" I meant "service" in my initial post.
|A TD isn't a dog that's passed a test. A dog that's passed the test is just that: trained well enough to pass. A TD is an actual gift to those who want the interaction with a dog (or other animal) and this is how it happens. Just passing the test means a foot in the door - the dog needs much more than that to be a worthwhile TD. Not that I think this is any indication of breedworthyness. But if the dog has what it takes to be a TD, chances are good that it has what it takes to go beyond that as well. If people mix up therapy and service, it's either an honest mistake or it's intentional.
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I find your "therapy dog seriously" remark, quite offensive, maybe you should tell that to people who have service dogs for mental/emotional/physical support.
People don't know those distinctions. They see "therapy dog" and think that's is a service dog. And its not. MY DOG IS A THERAPY DOG. It means he's passed a few tests (not unlike the CGC) that have proven that he's "safe" around people and is obedient enough that if something does happen, he's more likely to listen to me, than attack a "surprise" of some sort.
I think people with service dogs should take offense when other people are making it seem like their therapy dogs are equal to their service dogs and therefore are "above pets." And so, if a breeder is making it seem like the fact that their dog is a therapy dog and so it should be bred because of that...its false advertising because I know 100% that they are using the lack of knowledge on the customer's side to make their dog seem greater than it truly is.
I removed all of the posts that contained the childish and petty bickering.
gsdsar's warning still stands!!
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there you go . Police service and SAR must search on multiple surfaces, temperature , and aged and contaminated .
Birch-Bark Hill , go , find , Spook TDX (Kilo daughter ) Trust one of the first to achieve Urban Tracking Dog Excellent , and Blast Urban Tracking Dog Excellent , at 2 years of age.
When you can go out for an evaluation with a barely 7 month old dog to a location 50 miles from home , that you have never been to , get out of the car and immediately without pause do a 1/2 mile stranger track , high wind , chilly day , repeat with another dog 6 weeks older and nail it then you can talk about tracking . These are skills inherent to the dog . Deep , bred-in-the-bone . Unfortunately "titles" give little information as the skills necessary to trial and title can be nurtured along , and have multiple tries to achieve success.
You go out to present a dog for service and you have ONE chance to make that impression. The door doesn't close , it slams shut.
Then from there you hand over the leash and the dog was put through a test evaluation as close to the Swedish mentality test as I have seen with one exception and that was that you handed over the leash. NO support or comfort being close to familiar handler. Off to the woods they go for the separation and friendly and hostile stranger approaches.
Article indentification.
Retrieves, hunt drive , friendly fire, fire at distance .
A portion you endure sitting in your vehicle while the dog is gone , driven to another location.
At the end yet one more evaluation . Clearing a dark building , walking up stair case in a dark windowless building . Lastly being put into busy factory type mechanical commotion .
That was part of the test for Stark -- who was successful and ended up in Buffalo , and that was part of the test for Silva , who a year later became a bomb detection dog for Toronto.
Both of them , ironically from two sisters Rachel and Case . Each one of those untitled dogs produced for Customs, narcotic, Personal protection , and Case several first , second and now third generation dogs in service . Case produced Journey IPO 1 , who is just starting her journey. In the future she will produce a generation of dogs for service.
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Ah, I'm so relieved to have finished weeks 10 and 11 of the Live Fit program. That means I am on the FINAL WEEK!!! Yay! And I'm exhausted and ate too much during the Superbowl! I did work out yesterday even though I didn't feel like it, but sometimes you just have to push through. I'm anxious to get measured and weighed again so I can share the results with you. I'll do a full recap with pics soon!
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Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. In general, radiation therapy is not useful for treating kidney cancer. However, it may be used before surgery to shrink cancer tissue, after surgery to try to make sure all cancer cells are destroyed, or as an alternative for people who can not tolerate surgery. Radiation therapy may also be used to ease pain or other symptoms caused by tumors in other areas of the body.
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Jon Krakauer's bestselling nonfiction book about the life of Chris McCandless is finally brought to the big screen in INTO THE WILD. Directed by Sean Penn, the film opens in 1992, when Chris (Emile Hirsh) is a promising college graduate. Shortly after graduation, Chris gives his life savings to charity, burns all of his identification, and begins hitchhiking across America, his ultimate goal being Alaska. Citing passages from his heroes, Thoreau and Jack London, he is determined to escape society and get back to nature. He blows from town to town like a tumbleweed, hopping trains, camping with aging hippies (Catherine Keener and Brian Dierker), working briefly with a farmer (Vince Vaughan), and befriending a widowed leather worker (Hal Holbrook). He revels in his newfound freedom, but meanwhile, his parents (Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt) have no idea where he is, and are sick with worry. While their relationship with Chris was already troubled, they are nonetheless devastated by his disappearance. Chris's sister, Carine (Jane Malone), narrates much of the film, offering her reflections on the effect Chris's absence has on his family. Chris finally makes it to Alaska, where he hikes out to a remote campsite and discovers an abandoned bus. He manages to survive there for a few months living off the land, but he eventually runs out of supplies and becomes trapped, leading to his tragic end.
INTO THE WILD bounces around chronologically, jumping back and forth from the start of Chris's journey to his final few weeks living aboard the bus. This works to great effect as the storylines begin to merge and the tension and dread mount, and we see the fate that will eventually befall Chris. Penn obviously had great admiration for his subject, and while the film appears to differ from the book in places, it nevertheless paints a heartbreaking portrait of this young man's short but fascinating life.
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"[T]hough the film's structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but. It is infused with an expansive, almost giddy sense of possibility, and it communicates a pure, unaffected delight in open spaces, fresh air and bright sunshine."
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier, captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that makes you catch your breath."
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4 stars out of 5 -- "Penn has evidently soaked up his Terrence Malick. But with its thoughtful pace and loose structure, his depiction of the McCandless odyssey also recalls Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY."
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Swimming & Diving Teams Set to Begin 2013-14 Seasons
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's and women's swimming and diving teams get their 2013-14 seasons underway this week, traveling to Ohio for a trio of Horizon League dual meets.
Head coach Jim Merner's squads open the schedule on Thursday afternoon at Wright State (4 p.m.) before heading to Youngstown State on Friday (4 p.m.) and Cleveland State on Saturday (11 a.m.). Thursday's and Friday's meets will be broadcast live on the Horizon League Network.
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Green Bay at Wright State - 4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 25
Green Bay at Youngstown State - 4 p.m.
The Phoenix teams are coming off another successful campaign in 2012-13, as the men's and women's squads combined to win five individual conference titles, break five school records, take home multiple awards and turn in countless standout performances.
By design, much of the teams' success came at the 2013 Horizon League Championships, held Feb. 27-March 1 at the UIC Flames Natatorium in Chicago. The women's squad finished the four-day meet in third after a tight race for the team title, while the men's squad moved up a spot to fourth place after finishing fifth in each of the last five seasons.
The men's team returns sophomore Willem Poelmans (Hasselt, Belgium), who was selected as the Horizon League Men's Newcomer of the Year after picking up a pair of individual conference titles in record-breaking fashion. The newcomer first won the 200-yard IM with a Horizon League and school-record time of 1:49.06, and then claimed the 400 IM in 3:52.85 while shattering another school record. Both swims were also good enough for NCAA B-cuts.
Senior Kendra Rottier (Green Bay, Wis.) is back for the Phoenix women. Rottier successfully defended her titles in the 1000 freestyle (10:07.32) and 1650 freestyle (16:50.94) races, and also placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:55.80) at last year's Horizon League meet. She posted season-best times in all three events.
For much more on Green Bay's 2012-13 season, click here.
Merner added a total of 16 newcomers to his 2013-14 rosters, including 10 women and six men. Tom Stover (diving coach) and Dana DeWitt (assistant coach) return to Merner's staff, while former Phoenix standout Jonathan Lesniak has been added as a student assistant.


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Radio host Bud Hedinger, who tried out during the week of May 3 to be anchor of MSNBC's daytime news program MSNBC Live, told the Orlando Sentinel that he was "flabbergasted" by a May 3 Media Matters for America report detailing his right-wing radio background.
As Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell wrote in his May 6 "Taking Names" column, Hedinger responded to Maxwell's query about the Media Matters for America report as follows: "Do I often see things from the conservative side of the ledger? Yes. But I welcome, even beg, for the opposing viewpoint," Hedinger said. "I'm not a right-wing ideologue."
While Maxwell wrote that he thought Media Matters for America's labeling of Hedinger as a "shock jock" was "pretty far-fetched" given that "[Hedinger's] shticks include reading government transcripts as old-timey radio dramas and singing his own songs, karaoke-style," he also wrote, "Hedinger is definitely an outspoken conservative who may be as big a Bush booster as you'll find. He has railed against Democrats, liberals and Hillary Clinton with regularity. And that's what Media Matters is seizing upon, casting doubt about whether he could fairly cover something like the 2004 presidential election."
Hedinger first co-anchored MSNBC Live on Monday, May 3, from noon to 1 p.m. (ET). By Wednesday, May 5, Hedinger's airtime had increased to several hours. According to Maxwell, "A spokesman for MSNBC would not comment on Hedinger's trial run."
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CHAPEL HILL - Third-seeded North Carolina got five goals and two assists from Kara Cannizzaro and four goals and two assists from Abbey Friend, defeating 11th-ranked and unseeded Loyola, 19-9, on Sunday at Fetzer Field in the NCAA Tournament second round. UNC out-scored the Greyhounds, 12-4, in the second half.
With the victory, Carolina (15-3) advances to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season. Loyola's season ends at 11-9.
"It was the type of game I expected against a good, feisty, young Loyola team," Tar Heel head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "We had to adjust to their style after they fought back when we led 5-1 early in the game. They challenged us to do some different things, and I'm really happy we came out in the second half and broke it open a little."
Carolina improved to 11-1 all-time in NCAA Tournament first round games, winning its 11th first-round contest in a row. UNC also improved to 14-1 at home in NCAA Tournament play and has won 13 home NCAA games in a row.
Cannizzaro tied her career high with five goals and seven points. She also reached the 50-goal plateau for the first time in her career. She has career highs of 50 goals, 17 assists and 67 points in 2013.
Friend tied her career high with six points. Carolina got multiple goals from six different players overall. Taylor George (three goals), Aly Messinger (two goals, one assist), Morgan Rubin (a career-high two goals, one assist for a career-high three points) and Brittney Coppa (two goals) all had multiple goals in addition to the output of Cannizzaro and Friend. Jessica Griffin added a goal and Kelly Devlin had her first career assist.
Loyola got four goals and an assist from Annie Thomas and three goals and an assist from Marlee Paton in a losing effort. Taryn VanThof and Joanna Dalton each also scored once for the Greyhounds.
The first half was closely contested. The Tar Heels jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first 12:35 of action, only to see Loyola go on a 4-1 run to pull within a goal at 6-5 with 7:05 to go in the half. Coppa scored a free position goal with 45 seconds left before the break to put Carolina ahead 7-5 at the break.
The Tar Heels broke the game open in the second stanza with a 12-4 scoring edge after the half. Carolina opened the second half with a 3-0 run in the first 4:02 to take a 10-5 lead. Cannizzaro, Friend and George during UNC's run, but Loyola responded with back-to-back goals of its own to make it 10-7. Cannizzaro and Messinger replied with back-to-back goals of their own for a 12-7 UNC lead with under 20 minutes to play, forcing a Greyhound timeout.
Carolina scored seven of the next eight goals to put the game out of reach. UNC held just a 34-28 edge in shots, but the Tar Heel goalies played well and recorded 13 saves. Freshman Megan Ward (4-2) started and played the first 55:02, making a season-high 12 saves. Senior Lauren Maksym came in off the bench and made a save in her 4:58 of action. Molly Wolf (11-9) took the loss for Loyola, making four saves in 47:45 of action.
The Tar Heels will return to action on Saturday May 18 at 1 p.m., when they host an NCAA quarterfinal game against Virginia in Chapel Hill. The unseeded Cavaliers won 10-8 at Georgetown on Sunday. Carolina beat Virginia 8-7 on March 9 in Chapel Hill earlier this season.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by LA Dre, Nov 21, 2008.
ESPN - Daily Dime: LeBron looks comfy in New York - NBA What an attention whore. Seriously.
I do not take negativism here to lebron very seriously: 2010 1st July is lebron free man and can go anywhere. Yes, you do not have to like lebron as Knick prospect but complaining about it is still extremely pathetic. Consider this: Knicks are out of sync and possibility lebron as Knicks is the only thing what causes attention in Knicksland and "big" media milks it. It's not lebron's fault that he has EVERY DAY answer to questions what happens after July 1st 2010. Lebron is highly likely ultimately bored from questions like such but he still tries to answer. I, for instance, found that quote from previos pretty witty - lebron did not say that July 1st 2010 will be big day for Knicks...
I could really care less where he ends up, i give the Pistons a 1 percent chance to get him (if that) so it really doesn't effect Detroit directly..... what bothers me is that its going to be overshadowing the NBA for the next 18 months.... It will make the brett farve drama seem like a short TV break.
Lebron can make this go away simply by saying "I'm a Cavalier right now" Nothing to talk about; Next question". He feeds the media frenzy with his cryptic answers and loaded open ended statements. He likes the attention. Everybody knows it even the Cavalier fans know it. It's disrespectful to his teammates if nothing else esp when he does an interview saying he does not believe the Cavs can win the champisonship along with this gem. If you watch the way he said it; he basically did the "wink wink" things afterwards. He's not being "witty". He's being a ja. He is thinking about his "brand" It's why he perpetuates all this; besises his incessant need for attention (his NY Yankees hats; his new NY Knick Shoe, his "dying" to live in NY) In 2010, LBJ is a free man. Last i checked it wasn't 2010 yet.
So? Shouldn't you be happy how lebron distracts from his current team? Especially if you don't care much of Cavs?
Yes LOL, but that's not the point.
The NY media is always looking for a frenzy. Now they see the owner has solved nothing with the handling of Starbury. D'Antoni can't even talk to Star'. Knicks suck and that's how I love it.
Looks like LeBron doesn't like being called out for his unprofessional nonsense regarding the Knicks: I'm not sure that going after Charles is going to get anyone off LeBron's back about this.
That's actually the worst way he could have handled it. Charles wasn't even the only one. Kenny has been going off about it as well.
Hopefully someone will get LeBron to listen to them. I'm not sure who could do it...Kobe? LOL, the model teammate and citizen. Actually, Wade might be the guy who could talk LeBron down on this. He's in that same free agent class, and he has even more reason to leave because his team sucks, but as far as I know he hasn't said much of anything about wanting to go to this city or that city in 2010.
Has it occurred to anyone that LBJ wins no matter where he plays? Of course he doesn't care about the fans. His next contract will make him insanely rich, regardless of where he plays, and no matter what, people will cheer him and he will be the toast of the league. LBJ is playing a game, and being very manipulative. I don't think he is naive about what he is doing. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't part of a larger marketing strategy.
This is true, but does he care about his teammates? Or on the flip side do his teammates even care about this? However, it's a little strange that he doesn't have any loyalty to CLE or the fans there. It's not just some random place he was drafted too. He grew up there.
Maybe the only thing that could get him to shut his yap is if some backlash really started kicking in, with him being tarred as a selfish player or a bad guy of some sort, which could hurt his marketability.
There are some prerequisites that need to be taken, regardless of channeled outcomes. If you want to be an organizational player than the first step is cap room and an equally binding option of flexibility to add supporting links. Little is mentioned about career ending (or on hold) injuries happening to any player. Little is mentioned about other big market cities and not all are in New York. Little is mentioned on an accompanying cast and what the Owner, GM and Coach can make happen. Money availability does not make you smart and fronting that handicap in hiring brains is what got this country in such a mess.
But with the Knicks roscoe? That team has talent, but it has never translated to wins.
Nothing is constant.
Change is.
What about the Detroit Lions.
Unbelievably, I long for the days of Joey Blue Skies, when there was a 20% chance of winning in the ugliest possible fashion.
I miss the passion of Charlie Batch. He was never afraid to whip a bullet to a triple covered Johnnie Morton. Robert Porcher sacked alot of quarterbacks. That was cool.
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The Calcium Conundrum
There's a calcium craze going on right now in this country. In order to fulfill the lofty calcium RDA of about 1 gram per day, women everywhere are eating dairy like it's their job. On top of that, people are supplementing extravagant amounts of the stuff in the form of sugary, chocolatey calcium candies and pills. Despite all this, osteoporosis rates are not decreasing. Here's another paradox. The U.S. has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis and one of … Continue reading


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A former Army pilot who fought in the Gulf War has discovered his name is now on the terrorist list as a potential dangerous individual who might do harm to his nation. Erich Scherfen said unless his name is removed from the list he will have difficulty obtaining a job and his career might well be over. Scheferfen spent 16 years in the armed forces and attributes his presence on the list as stemming from his decision to convert to Muslim religion in 1994. His Pakistan born wife is also a Muslim and has never had any connection with terrorists or belonged to any organization that is on the list. Scherfen discovered he was a "positive match" on a list maintained by the TRansportation Security Administration which led his employer to suspend him and he will lose his job unless his name is removed from the list.
Mr. Scherfen is now suing the government which he loyally served and risk his life to defend because some bureaucrats apparently believe if an American Christian converts to the Islamic faith there is something suspect in their loyalty to America. The American Civil Liberties Union is working with Scherfen to uncover the reason why his name is on a terrorist list. Gee, if someone converts from the Muslim religion to Christianity do they also get placed on a terrorist suspect list?


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The Canisius College women's soccer team will play its final road contest of the regular season at Siena (7-6-1, 3-2-1 MAAC) on Wednesday.
Smith's Now Second
• Senior forward Brianna Smith moved into sole possession of second on the Griffs all-time goal scoring list with her goal against Fairfield on Saturday.
• Smith has eight goals on the year and 37 in her career, passing school points leader Kelly Reinwald.
• Smith has 81 career points, placing her fourth in school history.
A Lock for the Lineup
• Senior midfielder Katie Griffin is expected to play in her 40th-straight game on Wednesday.
• Griffin has been in the starting lineup for 38 of her 39-straight appearances.
• She has started 21 straight contests for the Griffs dating back to Oct. 7, 2012.
Scouting the Saints
• Siena is led offensively by forward Brittany Pfaff, who has a conference-leading 27 points this season.
• Pfaff has earned MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors on three separate occasions this season.
• The Saints have used three different net-minders this season, but Taylor Booth has seen the most action with 10 starts. Booth has made 43 saves and holds a 1.38 goals against average.
Series History
• The Griffs are 9-14-1 all-time against Siena.
• Siena took the last meeting by a score of 5-3 on Sept. 30, 2012.
• The teams tied at 1-1 in the last meeting in Loudonville in 2011.
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Arsenal take on Chelsea in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
With Stats Zone, you can brush up on the facts and figures behind every Gunners match this season, brought to you by Opta and the Official Matchday Programme.
In this week's edition, we focus on Arsenal's pass masters and compare Premier League new boys Santi Cazorla and Eden Hazard.
- We are five games into the season and Arsenal have already attempted 2,916 and completed 2,513 passes, more than any other side in the top flight
- Saturday's opponents, Chelsea, are seventh overall, having tried 2,487 passes and completed 2,105 of them (Figure 1)
- Individually, Arsenal also lead the way in terms of overall touches so far this term. Mikel Arteta has taken more (555) than any other player in the league
- Arsenal also have Santi Cazorla (482) and Carl Jenkinson (456) in the top four, while Kieran Gibbs is 10th on 416 touches (Figure 2)
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PLAYER COMPARISON - CAZORLA v HAZARD
Two of the biggest stars of the new Premier League season have been two new boys - Cazorla and Hazard. Both have easily adjusted to the rigours of English football and become key attacking outlets for their respective teams. Now they go head to head at the Emirates on Saturday.
Spain international Cazorla has been utilised as the most advanced member of Arsenal's midfield trio and his creativity, vision and silky passing have already seen him described as the 'new Fabregas'. "He has that quality," Arsène Wenger says. "He is a good link between midfield and the final third. He gives you availability always to turn the game forward and he has an exceptional technical level." The Spaniard has attempted 367 passes already this season, of which 90.7 per cent have been successful. And despite his diminutive height, Cazorla has won a surprising 40 per cent of his aeriel duels.
Hazard, meanwhile, has been similarly effective since moving to Chelsea from Lille this summer. The Belgian schemer has had a direct involvement in seven of Chelsea's nine league goals, scoring one and claiming six assists. "He has been voted best player of the French league for two consecutive years," Wenger says. "You need some quality to do that at his age. I'm not surprised at all that he goes to Chelsea and straight away is one of their stars because everybody knew about him." Hazard may have an inferior pass success rate to Cazorla, but he has won more of his duels (54.2 per cent to 51.9 per cent).
It promises to be a mouthwatering contest between the pair this Saturday lunchtime.
- In the last 33 Premier League games between Chelsea and Arsenal, the Blues' record with Didier Drogba playing is W7 D3 L1, while without him it is W0 D9 L13
- Theo Walcott has scored in two of his last three Premier League starts against Chelsea
- After winning nine and losing none of the first 12 Premier League home matches against Chelsea, Arsenal have won just two of the last eight home Premier League games against the Blues (W2 D3 L3)
- The Gunners have scored just six goals in their last seven Premier League games at home to Chelsea
- Only Vito Mannone (91 per cent) has a better saves to shots ration this season than Petr Cech (88 per cent
- Only Norwich City (one yellow) have picked up fewer cards than Arsenal in this season's Premier League (two yellows, no reds)
- Chelsea and Arsenal are the only teams in the Premier League yet to concede a second-half goal this season
- The Blues have kept four clean sheets in the Premier League this season, more than any other side
- The Gunners are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League games but have drawn six of those
- Mikel Arteta has averaged 111 touches per game this season, more than any other player in the Premier League
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If you are running Pro Tools LE with the Digi 001 or Audio Media III card on OSX 10.3.9, don't do anything involving Quicktime that didn't run on OSX 10.3.8 or earlier. I just installed OSX 10.3.9 and was running nicely when I got the idea to try the Flip 4 Mac WMV plug-in for Quicktime. Major conflicts. Major. Stay away from it.
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J4 will be releasing their first Stacked Tube Spool at PB Extravaganza at the end of this month...
sounds like it will have some neat features...
Barrel Threads:
Autococker 'Quick' threaded
Feedneck type:
Solid Mount to KEE 'Sniper' specs, with cam lock tightener
Bolt style:
Standard stacked tube pull pin style, with an Exalt bolt tip. This places the ball perfect in the stack for loading purposes, and works really well with our detent system
Ball detent:
We have a specific to J4 ball detent that is soft and durable while being very low profile. It is a dual detent style.
Toolless Breakdown:
For the spool and bolt, yes. To take off the grips you still need an allen wrench, but every contact point that will need oil, and every movement o-ring you can access in a few seconds.
Hoseless gun:
Yes. Bottom mount ASA reg with cam on/off.
Can I put on an upgraded reg:
Not at this time. The reg recharges for easy 20+bps cycling, and looks good on there, so it isn't as important as it used to be.
Firing Modes:
We are finalizing that, but Semi, PSP, NPPL, Ramping and a few others will be standard.
Dwell Adjustment:
This marker is Auto-timed, partially because the valve design is self-controlling, mechanically. A long dwell doesn't produce any more velocity (fps) then a short one. The dwell is adjusted with a Hall Effect sensor that notes the position of the bolt and times the marker accordingly, only to make sure the cycle has been completed before returning the bolt.
What adjustments will there be then:
There will be 3 settings for bolt pressure, including one being a 'Soldier On' setting that allows the marker to shoot in all conditions; freezing cold, gooped with paint, full of rain. Due to the internals, there is no effect on velocity by having a longer dwell, so in conjunction with the HE sensor there will not be a FSDO issue. This is not a finicky system, but very robust and capable. Set to 'Soldier On' you should be able to shoot through any bad paint, nasty back of the field situation in any weather and still get a ball out with enough velocity to do some damage. Set to 'Delicate' the gun should stop on most paintballs, and 'Normal' should set you up for regular everyday play.
What type of eyes:
Break beam, with a removable second board so you can change out with a color you might prefer.
Trigger type/style:
Right now a blade type trigger is being included. We will finalize a layout by the time we ship, but at the moment it could be interchangeable with a LUXE or similar.
The trigger Switch:
We have a leaf switch on the board
Initially on the standard version we will have an LED board and 9V, the upper level design will have an OLED with a Li-po battery, with nearly 100,000 shots possible. All parts will be upgradable between the two platforms.
Operating pressure:
125-150psi, though it can be ran higher for extreme ROF – using a de-volumizer in the system. The solenoid is good for 200+psi
How many shots on [insert tank here]:
Right now we are working on tweaking the internals a bit, but 1600-1800 on a standard 68/4500 with a not quite full fill is easy, with the possibility of it being higher with a few adjustments, and actually trying to run a tighter bore barrel. That is average, loose barrel, average paint, consistent performance.
How loud is it:
It is actually quite quiet from our testing, 2 decibels lower than comparable spools with the same barrel, and even more so than most poppets.
and before anyone starts the whole ___ had sex with ___ and this is the result... J4PB already claimed it was the love child of an Ego and Quest...
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Two fabulous young activists from Egypt, will visit HKS.
An informal session not to be missed if you are interested in
what's going on in Egypt these days. See bios below, who speak for
themselves. Esraa Abdelfattah, already a leading activist
prior to 2011, played a major role in the January 2011 Egyptian
revolution. She has been a political activist since 2008, when she
created the April 6 Strike Group on Facebook, which grew to 70,000
members and resulted in her arrest. She is currently Vice-Chairman
of the Egyptian Democratic Academy, a non-profit youth organization
that promotes democracy, human rights, and political participation.
For her efforts during the revolution, she was nominated for the
2011 Nobel Peace Prize, selected as the "2011 Woman of the Year" by
Glamour Magazine, nominated for an Atlantic Council Freedom Award,
and named as one of the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" by the
Arabian Business Magazine. Abdelfattah also won a New Generation
Democratic Activist Award from Freedom House in June 2010, and
founded the Free Egyptian Women Group, which seeks to empower women
to participate in social and political
Bassel Adel represented Nasr City as a Member of Parliament before it was dissolved last June. He is also a political columnist for Youm 7 and Al-Watan daily newspapers. He co-founded the Free Egyptians Party in April 2011, a party of the Egypt Bloc, and serves as a member of its executive committee. Since co-founding the El-Ghad Party with Ayman Nour in 2004, Adel has advocated for broader political participation in Egyptian politics, and he has run for parliament twice on a liberal-secular platform. He was also a co-founder of the Misryatona Amana campaign to raise citizen awareness of the December 2012 Egyptian Constitution. In 2011 he was ranked among the most active Egyptian parliamentarians, and in January 2013 he was appointed to serve as a steering committee member of Mohamed Al-Baradei's Dostour Party.


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If we end up with the offense to human decency that a Notre Dame/Alabama title game would represent, I will hold Rob and Erik personally responsible. I mean, is getting 17 regulation time points against Stanford too much to ask?
If we end up with the offense to human decency that a Notre Dame/Alabama title game would represent, I will hold Rob and Erik personally responsible. I mean, is getting 17 regulation time points against Stanford too much to ask?
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The way we're going, how 'bout a Florida-Georgia rematch?
I think the big 1-loss team winner today was Kent State.
Their earlier win over Rutgers is looming large now.
The loss to Kentucky is damning.
That was before Kent State peaked.
I think Oregon got enough breaks today to score another 17-21 points on top of the 14 they scored.
To Stanford's defense's credit, that didn't happen.
Cheer cheer for old Notre Dame
Wake up the echoes cheering her name
Send a volley cheer on high
Shake down the thunder from the sky
Just think of the Irish as the only thing preventing a title game
featuring two 1 loss SEC teams
I'm preferring the SEC matchup to a team that limped across the finish line against mighty Pitt (4-6) in OT and almost dominated Boston College (2-9) and played so poorly against Stanford that it took a bad call at the goal line and a 2 interception performance by the soon-to-be-replaced Nunes to keep them in the game for OT.
Here's hoping USC stomps them by a point on a bad, blown call at the goal line.
Oregon may have it's hands full with Oregon State next week as will Stanford with UCLA.
Depending on results, Stanford-UCLA could be the PAC-12 championship game right after they each other play next week. That would be very weird.
I hate ND, and they have three barely wins (Michigan, Pitt, Stanford) but being in the Stanford game means more now, and the OU win looks halfway decent at this point. I just don't like how every other team that loses a late in the year game is automatically out, but Alabama can always stay in. SEC is strong this year, but Alabama has had the weakest schedule of the top SEC teams because it didn't play a strong SEC East team in its regular schedule, it never gets retroactively dinged by the voters for a win over an OK Michigan team that was overrated at the beginning of the year (though I suspect the computers will give Michigan credit for slim losses to ND and Nebraska). The SEC is very stratified this year. 6 teams dividing their losses relatively equally and all of them beating everyone else. Florida and SCa have both played tough SEC West games and will get to go against the top 1 loss teams from the ACC, but it doesn't matter- Bama is the anointed. And they have two wins of note, Michigan and LSU. I feel if UCLA beats Stanford and then Oregon beats UCLA we have a situation. Why would Alabama be the anointed one? Ugh. Note that the computers like Florida better than Alabama (remember computers are only allowed to look at who you beat and other stuff, but not margin of victory) so computers have Gators higher than Bama, and with the Gators having FSU…too much to think about.
They've definitely turned the old adage "It's better to lose early than lose late" on its head.
The problem is the SEC's pretenders get the advantage of the conference rep, but the schedule doesn't always expose those pretenders until the second half of the season. So Miss. St. starts 7-0 and gets all the way up to #11, while beating exactly nobody. When Alabama beats the crap out of them, it solidifies in the minds of the voters that Alabama is #1 (before this game, Oregon was still getting a top vote in the coaches' poll; afterwards Bama had all the votes). But when it turns out that teams like Michigan and Miss. St. weren't actually that good, do the voters readjust in light of this new information? No. If FSU beats Florida and Clemson beats SCar this week, will that cause a wholesale downward shift of the SEC teams in the polls? Of course not.
Oklahoma's only losses have been to number one ND and previous number one KSU.
Well let's see.
Yesterday, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, and Texas A&M all burnished their BCS credentials by beating mighty 1AA teams. In late November. Every damned one of them ought to be docked two places in tonight's ratings (but won't be, because, well, mighty SEC or something.
At least ND (about which i don't care much one way or the other) played legit 1A teams.
That is how the SEC schedules- they all have non-conference dates in November. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it is to whet appetites early in the season with conference games before anyone else is really into their conference schedule (i.e. A&M vs. Florida in week 2. It might also be do to rearrangement due to incorporation of two new teams into the conference.
Out of conference is one thing. 1AA teams is something else entirely. That's like NC or KY in hoops scheduling the cupcakes they played the last few weeks, in late February. I'd like the strength-of-schedule algorithm to punish them for it.
This may be true, but if you don't realize that every football team does this you should look again.
The SEC just does it in November. Don't know why, don't care.
In other sports injustices, Melky gets a 2 year $16M contract to play 112 games for the Blue Jays in 2013.
Why 112 games? He served his suspension this year, didn't he? (He was eligible to play in the World Series, so he must have finished it.)
He did serve the suspension. Perhaps we're anticipating another positive test after the all-star break?
Now that I see so many heads exploding and the potential for so many more I really want to see Notre Dame win out.
Your Oregon bluster has been adorable all season.
It wasn't exactly bluster; they've been stomping a lot of face.
Against whom?
Be glad you don't root for Kansas State.
That loss was so terrible I'm beyond upset. Now going to sleep. Cheers
How about some love for Stanford? Luck leaves, and they still play great football – came close to beating ND, beat Oregon, and they play a redshirt freshman at QB. Has anyone played Oregon better on defense recently?
Has anyone played Oregon better on defense recently?
Just checked, today was the lowest Oregon score since Sep 3 2009.
Boise State?
The good news for Notre Dame is that either KState or Oregon lost last night.
The bad news is that they both did.
That was my thought last night. I didn't want both of them to lose! I didn't want the SEC to have a rep in the title game. Ah well. Go Irish!
I tuned in to the Oregon-Stanford game and got a B1G game instead. By the way, OSU-Wisconsin total points > Oregon-Stanford. Whooda thunk?
I was really hoping Oregon would make it to NC game (they may yet) because Oregon would clobber Big Ten representative in Rose Bowl. Assuming they get by UCLA, of course.
Stanford's record = Oregon's record; Cardinal have the head to head & they're in the same div. I'm a Big Ten guy by geographic accident, but on current trajectories (obviously a loss by either would change things) don't these facts make Oregon's path back to the Pac 12 championship game & thus the Rose Bowl, err, strewn with obstacles?
Obviously Stanford decided to win one for Susan Rice. Powerful mojo there.
You may mean Condi Rice. If so, not powerful mojo.
Were it not for Tressel's coverup, the country would be staring at the real possibility of Notre Dame-Ohio State. YMMV on whether that would be better or worse than Alabama-Notre Dame.
Man, Jim Tressel. What a horrifying scandal, where Ohio State players were…doing…something. Getting free tattoos?
What a moral monster. Tressel's failure to, um, prevent his players from getting free tattoos (?) is probably the worst moral failing ever from a Big Ten Coach.
The scandal was that Tressel, who should have been doing his goddamn job by disciplining the students involved instead directed a cover-up to hide what they'd done. Despite the fact that his cover-up scandal was "not as bad as" one that broke shortly after it, it still doesn't change the fact that the idiot decided to look at the regulations on what he was supposed to do and decided to ignore them and hide what his players did. That was stupid.
Having said that – Ohio State would not have had the season they've had this year if Tressel were still the coach. They might have had a winning season anyway, but there's no freaking way a coach as conservative as he was would have had games full of stupid wins like the ones we've had this year. There have been many games where we just should not have won but either the other team was even more inept than we were or we got damn lucky. The Big 10 this year just kind of sucks all around when it comes to football, and Ohio State gets to be the least sucky team in a whole crowd of suckage.
Everything you say about performance could also apply to Notre Dame. Perhaps there is a Touchdown Jesus, on ND's side for Stanford and Pitt..and in the Stanford/Oregon game.
Tebow isn't playing much, and Jesus has got to do something with all that mojo he pre-ordered in the off-season.
No we wouldn't. Tressel wouldn't have this team where it is this season. Nice try, though.
I was referring more to the penalties than to the actual coaching (whether or not he'd have kept his job without the coverup is moot).
Tressel wouldn't have this team where it is this season.
To be fair, Tressel probably wouldn't have had this team either. His team would have been a different one, just like his coaching style would have been a radically different one.
Yeah, it turns out that Urban Meyer is a pretty good coach.
33 posts on minor-league football.
Which is more interesting than the NFL.
Exactly. I often spend an entire Saturday watching college games, but an NFL game rarely holds my attention for a full game.
Maybe if the Ducks had rolled out these unis their receivers could have gotten some more separation.
Well, that's what the Ducks get for playing in a conference where the average offensive production (even including Stanford in the stats) is 396 YPG. I thought their offense would have trouble against Stanford; they haven't played anybody with a half decent D all year and they just weren't ready for what that required. (Hint: What it requires is a good kicking game, in case you Pac 12 types were wondering.)
For all that, I think that if those two teams played 10 games, the Ducks would win 8 of them. They're a real good football team, but they have simply got to get over the idea that you can win the MNC by outscoring everybody. Sooner or later you have a close game and D decides it.
(even including Stanford in the stats)
You may not be aware that last night Stanford gained both more yards than Oregon and more yards than the average offensive production you cite.
Dude, read the post. Slowly this time.
I was saying that Stanford was the only team in the Pac 12 that played D. If they are left out of the stats, the league offensive average goes above 400 (!) YPG. Nobody out there seems to be interested in playing defense.
I'm agreeing with you, iow.
And, btw, good as Stanford is, they wouldn't be able to duplicate their result last night consistently. The Ducks are simply too talented on O.
I read it slowly, did move my lips however.
We'll have to just disagree on the 8/10 speculation. I'm willing to wait to see how the next 2 or 3 years with Hogan play out.
I think that if those two teams played 10 games, the Ducks would win 8 of them.
As a counter to that prediction, I think by game 5, Kevin Hogan would be establishing the expectation that he would be turning pro before game 8 ever happened.
Oregon had their one chance to beat him while he's still a talented, but somewhat inexperienced red shirt freshman and they couldn't do it.
Forgot to note Oregon was at home as well.
I hope for his sake that Chip Kelly is learning the fundamental truth that even Air Coryell learned in St Louis after going 4-9-1 in his first year in the pros (roughly):
'I expected we could outscore everyone, but you can't expect to outscore everyone and win consistently at this level. You need a defense to compete.'
For Oregon that means winning the national championship.
I hope for his sake that Chip Kelly is learning the fundamental truth that even Air Coryell learned in St Louis after going 4-9-1 in his first year in the pros (roughly):
'I expected we could outscore everyone, but you can't expect to outscore everyone and win consistently at this level. You need a defense to compete.'
Some of those 4th down decisions are looking a bit questionable in retrospect as well.
I'm not following the hate on the SEC.
2011 National Championship: (2) Alabama 21, (1) LSU 0
2010 National Championship Game, Phoenix, (1) Auburn 22, (2) Oregon, 19
2009 National Championship Game, Pasadena: (1) Alabama 37, (2) Texas 21
2008 National Championship Game, Miami: (2) Florida 24, (1) Oklahoma 14
2007 National Championship Game: (2) LSU 38, (1) Ohio State 24
2006 National Championship Game: (2) Florida 41, (1) Ohio State 14
That's 6 consecutive national championships by 4 different SEC teams. Only Auburn had a close game in that string – thanks to Oregon.
If you want the SEC rep to fall all someone has to do is beat them. If it's an Alabama – Notre Dame NCG, that aint gonna happen.
That's certainly a strong statement on behalf of the SEC, but they haven't had 4 title contenders every year. They usually have 1 or 2 while other conferences have 0 or 1. But the rest of the their conference isn't any better than anyone else's in your typical year. If you look at the rest of their bowl matchups, they generally have a fine but not overwhelming record. It's pretty clearly the case that the polls overrate the middle of the pack SEC teams.
Whether a 1-loss Bama teams is obviously a shoe-in for the title game I think is a lot harder to say.
I think that's an excellent rationalization for any non-SEC conference supporter for why they haven't been as good as the SEC.
Of course, most of this discussion is about who the best team in the BCS is likely to be, not which conference has the strongest 6th best team of 14.
Until some team beats them in the NCG, it all just sounds like a bunch of whining.
The fate of Western Civilization is in the hands of Lane Kiffin.
If that doesn't make you queasy, nothing ever will.
Which way will Kiffin save the world as we know it?
1. If SC wins, it could be another all SEC NCG.
2. if they lose, it's likely ND vs the 1-loss SEC conference champ (Alabama or Georgia).
Kiffin has a powerful force behind him: USC is the only team with an all time winning record against top 10 opponents
1938 – ND undefeated ranked #1 – USC 13, Notre Dame 0
1964 – ND undefeated ranked #1 – USC 20, Notre Dame 17
1970 – Notre Dame was 9-0 and ranked #2 – USC 38, Notre Dame 28
Any similarly notable Notre Dame wins in the series have been edited out due to space considerations.
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Okay, so, you're in MS Excel and you've got a piece of data. You're about to use the fill handle to get Excel to copy and paste the data down the column.
That's a good idea and as we all know, just dragging the fill handle will copy the data item exactly into all the other cells. But, if we also hold down the Ctrl key while we use the fill handle, Excel will continue the data pattern.
At this point, I must ask: Have you tried this with dates, months or days of the week?
If you have, you've probably noticed that the rules have been switched. No, you're not crazy! Excel doesn't behave the same with this type of data as it does with numbers.
In fact, Excel behaves with the exact opposite behavior.
Simply using the fill handle will prompt Excel to fill the data by continuing the list.
So, if you want an exact copy, you've got to add the Ctrl key to your fill handle work.
Yep, that's right. The fill handle works different for different types of data. Now, all you have to do is remember which one is which!
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The one-day class will include a defensive driving course, a first-responder and trauma patient reenactment and a tour. Participants will have a discussion with a motor vehicle crash survivor about rehabilitation and daily limitations.
The cost is $100 per student. The class is scheduled for Saturday, April 27. Space is limited.
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Canisius (8-4, 2-0 MAAC) at Notre Dame (8-4, 0-0 ACC)
Date: Sunday, December 29, 2013
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Notre Dame, Ind. | Purcell Pavilion
TV: ESPNU and WatchESPN
Talent: Mike Couzens (p-x-p) and LaPhonso Ellis (color)
Live Audio: AM-1400 (Buffalo) & GoGriffs.com
Talent: Jay Moran (p-x-p)
Live Stats: Available through UND.com
Twitter: @Griffs_MBB | #Griffs; #MAACHoops
The Canisius College men's basketball team will travel to Notre Dame Sunday, Dec. 29, for the Golden Griffins' final non-league games of the 2013-14 slate. The Griffs have won two straight and five of their last six, dating back to Dec. 6.
• Canisius plays its final non-conference game of the 2013-14 regular season this evening when the Golden Griffins travel to play at Notre Dame.
• The Griffs are coming off an 87-74 win over Lamar at home Dec. 21. Canisius hit the Christmas break with a winning record for the second-straight season and for just the fourth time since 2000-01.
• The Griffs come into tonight's game with an 8-4 overall record. The 8-4 mark through the first 12 games of the 2013-14 season matches the program's second-best start through a dozen games since 2000-01. Last year's team was also 8-4 after 12 games. The 2000-01 team went 9-3 in its first 12 contests of the season.
• Canisius comes into tonight's game winning record in non-conference games for the second-straight season, the first time that has happened since the school joined the MAAC before the 1989-90 campaign.
• As a team, Canisius has scored 80-plus points in five games this season (5-0 in those contests) and 15 times in 46 games under second-year head coach Jim Baron. The Griffs are 12-3 when reaching 80-plus points in a game under Baron's direction.
• This game is a homecoming of sorts for Jim Baron, who spent six years as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under former head coach Digger Phelps from 1981-87. Baron needs three more wins to pass Phelps' career win total of 419 victories.
• Notre Dame enters this evening's contest with an 8-4 record this season. The Fighting Irish lost to Ohio State Dec. 21, by a score of 64-61 in the feature game of the BlackRock Gotham Classic in Madison Square Garden.
• The Irish are 7-2 at home this season, where the team is averaging 80.1 points per game.
• Senior guard Jerian Grant leads the Notre Dame offense with his 19.0 points per game, but it was announced Dec. 22, that he has left the school for academic reasons.
• Senior center Garrick Sherman ranks second on the team with his 14.3 points per game, and his 7.4 rebounds per contest is tops on the Notre Dame roster.
• Senior guard Eric Atkins is posting 11.8 points and 4.3 assists per game for Notre Dame. Atkins joins with Canisius senior guard Billy Baron on the 2013-14 Bob Cousy Award Watch List.
• Notre Dame is shooting 47.6 percent from the field this season through 12 games and ranks 53rd in the nation with its 79.5 points per game scoring average.
• This will be the 24th all-time meeting between these two schools in a series that began Feb. 15, 1937 in Buffalo.
• Notre Dame has won six straight over Canisius, with the Griffs' last win coming Feb. 4, 1961 in Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium.
• Canisius is 0-7 on the road against the Fighting Irish and 0-4 in the Joyce Center.
• The first 13 games in this series were played in Buffalo, with Canisius making its first trip to Notre Dame, Ind., during the 1957-58 season. Since the 1960-61 campaign, Notre Dame has played just once in Buffalo, with that game coming in First Niagara Center on Dec. 22, 2001.


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First, I am really glad to see so many people having the same interrogations, 2 weeks before starting this new experience. A lot of your messages are already helping me!
The fact is that Im going in Central China to teach to Uni students ( supposed to be beginner and pre intermediate) and I do not have certificate or major in English (And they know it). My major is in International Studies and Modern Languages.
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Discussion in 'G8orbill's GatorTail Pub' started by Solari, Dec 7, 2010.
This thread is useless without MORE female Gator GC members
Yea... Go ahead and send em our way! Lol
Well??? Lol
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Haha, how much rep is it worth? Jk. I couldn't do it.
umm Dallas... Wow... umm...
All the rep I can give ya, and then some! I'll trade you some of mine for some of yours? Lol
Anything?? Lol
Nah man. Just can't do it.
It'll be a private trade! lol
What, you cut the guy out standing to the right of you? :grin:
is that better you big baby?
Even better for anstro if you look back at Page 1. Can definitely tell a big difference
thanks 5220 the first 60 was easy, now it slowed but it wasn't about the weight loss but just feeling healthier. thank you disc golf!
Cool pic,Jugger...


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I'm not just talking about the abuse of the 15-year-old, and the utter moral depravity of William D. Jones. William D. Jones sucks. If you don't get why he sucks, you're on the wrong website.
Let's look at it again, with some helpful MS paint:
"Sex with"? Really? They're saying he "having sex with" right before saying that he would not LET her leave? If you're being forced, how are you doing any action "with" anyone? Something is being done TO you, not WITH you.
Isn't the whole point of jailing and punishing Jones is that the girl in question could not consent? That she was drugged and given alcohol to ensure that Jones could coerce her into intercourse? That even if she weren't drugged, her understanding of sex may be too limited to consent? That even if she weren't disabled, it'd still be statutory...
Sex is consensual. The phrase "having sex with" implies that there is some action or enthusiasm on the part of the other party - not a lack of ability to consent. There's no "with" there. She wasn't agent in that. That's why he's in jail, because it's not consensual. It's RAPE.
It's not sex. Sex is something between two people, both of whom are fully agent and having a good time. I have sex with my boyfriend. When one party is not able to consent - because of a form of non-neurotypicality, immature understanding of intercourse, age disparity, physical force, or drugs/alcohol - it's never sex. It's RAPE.
I'm going to turn it over to Cara of the Curvature for a more articulate explanation:
On the surface, "sex" refers merely to a physical act – an act that not all of us share the same definition of, but a physical act all the same... The dictionary definition of sex may refer to a physical act, but the connotation is one that we all understand to imply consent...we already have a word for sex that is not consensual. It's "rape."...
What incorrectly using the word "sex" in cases of rape does is cast a shadow of doubt over the accusation. The phrase "the defendant had sex with the woman" does indeed assume innocence for the defendant, but does not afford the alleged victim the same courtesy. Her version of the events is entirely erased – and it also presents the "sex" as an objective fact, though the victim certainly might not view it as such. As far too many people don't get, rape is not merely sex, but an act of violence – and this wording erases that as well.
By contrast, the phrase "the defendant is accused of raping the woman" assumes innocence for the defendant while correctly outlining the allegations of the victim and giving her side of the story equal credence. It seems that by any objective standard, this is therefore the truly neutral language – and yet, we see the first example used time and time again under the name of neutrality and fairness. Even though I never see the similarly, supposedly "neutral language" "the defendant obtained possession of the car" to describe an alleged robbery.
By using the language of consensual sex to describe what is rape on a number of different levels, the AP is shaming the girl, undermining the state's case, and persuading people to see rape as sex, as consensual, as not that bad. It implies that the abuse of disabled individuals is no worse than the consensual sex you have with your loving partner. This is why victims of rape are slut-shamed. This is why rapes are rarely successful prosecuted.
When it's not consensual, when someone's not awake, when someone doesn't understand, when it's done to a child, it's not sex. It's never sex. It's rape. Calling it anything else trivializes and dismisses it.