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really nice work (thumbsup)
where can i find the download link ?
where I can get the Document??thanks
really nice work (thumbsup)
where can i find the download link ?
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is where you can download the file from.
I like the bleeding edge, but I don't like blood loss
Still not underestimating the power...
There is no such thing as bad information - There is truth in the data, so you sift it all, even the crap stuff.
I thought I edited every post that had a link in this thread. If I missed one just my me a link and Ill fix it.
I think the first post should be edited to contain this link.
Thanks pureh@te for being so kind to host this document and also big thanks to all those that have played a part to contributing to this document.
Good subject to write something about.
but could at least have someone spell check it for you.
gonna read rest of it now
Getting headaches when reading!
Just look at section 220.127.116.11, in 188.8.131.52 point 8 in the first line you have two /mnt/XXX/blablabla where there onyl should be one (atleast that's what I think). Within the same point the last line on the page it says syskey.txt at the end. But you just said it isn't needed with samdump2. so in one point (6 lines) you already made 2 faults. Seems you didn't review the document..not even once.
still an interesting subject but you kinda f*cked it up
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First let me get the rules out of the way. Do not double post.
Now You really got some nerve coming here a telling someone who freely spent their time and energy to compile a great resource for beginners to use.
Not only that but you complain about spelling and yours is not much better. To wit: words highlighted in red above and grammatically incorrect in bold.
On the second point you are right I do have an unnecessary syskey.txt at the end of the line and I am missing the path to system. I will update the guide.
If you find any other mistakes please let me know.
I like the bleeding edge, but I don't like blood loss
thank you very much, I watch and learn


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From Taylor Branch's controversial article about college sports for The Atlantic to the tragic scandal uncovered at Penn State, the relationship between higher education and college athletics has provided some of the most heated controversies of the year. But why do sports even exist at colleges and universities?
As the nation readies itself for another round of football championships, college bowls – and of course March Madness and Final Fours – BackStory seeks historical perspective. The American History Guys unpack the origins of college sports, and the ways universities have justified athletics on campus. Peter, Ed, and Brian take us to Amherst College in the 19th century, where the first collegiate Phys. Ed. program blossomed. They also recount a little-known story about the integration of the University of Alabama's football team.


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40And the king will answer them, Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,* you did it to me.
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Quincy Indiana Memorial Weekend
Memorial Weekend 3 Day Shoot
Nancy's Broken Arrow will be hosting a 3 day Bear Hunt shoot Saturday May 28th, Sunday May 29th and Monday May 30th. Half of our 40 targets will consist of grizzly, black, brown, polar and panda bears. Bears maybe walking, climbing, standing and even swimming. Targets range in size from 18 inches to 15 feet tall.
There will be separate ribbon winners for each day of the shoot. The door prize for this weekend is a New Rinehart Bear Target. Winner will be drawn Monday @3pm, you need not be present to win. We will call they winner to make arrangements to pick up the prize.
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OMG!!! I think Jasmine is behind this. Trey is going to flip! No Essence fam about to go nuts. It's about to be a show down. I hope Essence stick with Trey because if it was me that may be the end . Somebody trying to take her out and this is not cool.
omg!! is all i can say that made my heart stop 4 a quick sec nxt post please
love your story to keep up the good work :)
E u need to chill dude is jus concerned bout u for u need to be worried bout trey and this marco situation


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I am currently watching Voyager's Basics, Part 1 and there was a brief sequence where voyager was fighting off two Kazon ships with phasers. judging by how the stars were flying past it looked like they were at warp. I couldn't tell if voyager's nacelles were in the raised position though. what was going on there? --User:18.104.22.168
- They were firing phasers at warp. We see the Jem'Hadar do this as well, in DS9: "Valiant", and likely other episodes. --Alan del Beccio 00:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- The USS Prometheus (Prometheus class) and USS Bonchune do the same thing in VOY: "Message in a Bottle". It's a common error in Trek. - Enzo Aquarius 00:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- ...which probably makes it not an error at all. ;) -- Cid Highwind 11:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- The USS Prometheus (Prometheus class) and USS Bonchune do the same thing in VOY: "Message in a Bottle". It's a common error in Trek. - Enzo Aquarius 00:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, why would this be an error? Is there some canon source that says phasers at warp are impossible? -- Captain M.K.B. 16:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Probably due to Willard Decker's comment in Star Trek: The Motion Picture in regards to phasers at warp while the Enterprise was stuck in the wormhole effect. - Enzo Aquarius 16:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- ...which in the next scene, Decker explained was because phaser power on the ship had recently been funneled through the engines in a new design -- phasers were unable to operate when engines went offline. There was nothing said about warp space inhibiting their function, just the ships own power failure. Kirk's order was erroneous because he was unfamiliar with the refit redesign, not because the phasers would not function in warp space. -- Captain M.K.B. 16:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- It is possible this concept is being confused with the "Faster than light, no left or right." But there are obviously circumstances that can supersede this "rule"-- as it was clearly seen happening in TNG: "The Wounded". --Alan del Beccio 22:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps the little Kazon ships were inside Voyager's warp slipstream at the time, so phasers could work within the warp field only? Maybe it's firing them at a target outside the warp field that isn't possible. The Kazon ships did seem very close. --User:220.127.116.11
- Evidently you missed the part where we said that it wasn't an error, and was in fact common practice... secondly, what is a warp slipstream? --Alan del Beccio 04:03, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
ok, as i understand it, phasers, either beam or pulse, are a form of coherent light, essenailly. As such, phaser fire cannot travel any faster then warp 1 (i suppose firing from the aft arreys would still work). As for the warp slipstream, i think you mean warp bubble, and yes, i suppose that one 'could' fire phasers within the bubble, but once the phaser fire exited the warp bubble, it would be spread across millions of kilometers. i dont think a captain would want to fire directly ahead while at warp lest he hit his own phaser fire.
in my opinion, it IS a mistake that the production staff made, probably intentionally, so that there could be high speed chases and firefights


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- Slides from the town hall on restructuring: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/PSD-RandA/
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Planetary Science Decadal Survey
Download Visions and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 (PDF - 9.7 MB), this document sets out priorities for which planetary missions should be undertaken in the next ten years. For links to presentations on this subject from the LPSC meeting, presentations on this subject by Jim Green, and the Decadal Survey town hall schedule across the nation see http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/2013decadal/.
The Planetary Science Decadal Survey is organized by the National Research Council at the request of NASA and NSF. Its objective is to set clear priorities for solar system exploration for the coming decade. NASA and Congress and the Office of Management and Budget highly value the decadal survey process for establishing NASA's science priorities.
The distinguishing characteristic of the decadal survey process is that it is based on broad input from the science community. The goal is to establish a true community consensus regarding the key science questions for the next decade, and the suite of missions that should address them.
What makes the decadal a powerful document is the strong science focus and commitment by the community to follow it. It is the guide we use at NASA Headquarters, the current Administration and Congress. It is that important!
For more information and to download white papers and view presentations follow this link to http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412.
Strategic Goal:
Advance scientific knowledge of the origin and history of the solar system, the potential for life elsewhere, and the hazards and resources present as humans explore space.
The Intellectual Foundation
Solar system exploration is a grand human enterprise that seeks to discover the nature and origin of the celestial bodies among which we live and to explore whether life exists beyond Earth. The scientific foundation for this enterprise is described in the NRC's Decadal Survey in Planetary Science New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy (NRC, 2003). The quest to understand our origins is universal. How did we get here? Are we alone? What does the future hold? Modern science, and especially space science, provides extraordinary opportunities to pursue these questions. The tools that are available and that will become available in the coming years will enable us to develop an astoundingly vast range of mission opportunities. We are at the leading edge of a journey of exploration that will yield a profound new understanding of our home, the Earth, and of ourselves. Robotic exploration is the key precursor for the expansion of humanity into our solar system.
These grand themes are captured in five fundamental science questions in the planetary science community's 2006 Solar System Exploration Roadmap that form the basis for NASA's approach to the exploration of the solar system:
- How did the Sun's family of planets and minor bodies originate?
- How did the solar system evolve to its current diverse state?
- What are the characteristics of the solar system that led to the origin of life?
- How did life begin and evolve on Earth and has it evolved elsewhere in the solar system?
- What are the hazards and resources in the solar system environment that will affect the extension of human presence in space?
The theme guiding these questions is habitability - the capacity of an environment (which could cover an entire planet) to support life. This concept includes the existence of liquid water as well as the availability of energy and organic molecules. There is also a temporal component since these clement conditions must exist long enough for life to originate, evolve or migrate to the environment (from, perhaps, another environment). Beyond local conditions, habitability also encompasses issues related to the architecture of planetary systems (e.g., how does planetary architecture influence impact rates on planets close enough to the parent star to support liquid water?), and, to a lesser extent, stellar physics (e.g., is high metallicity a prerequisite for habitable planets to form?), and galactic structure (e.g., can habitable planets exist in environments near gamma-ray bursts or supernovae?).
The fundamental science questions transcend the traditional boundaries of astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. To address them requires multi-disciplinary approaches and NASA has pioneered this by providing crucial, early support for planetary science (in the 1960s and 1970s) and astrobiology (in the 1990s). As described in the Research and Analysis (R&A) section below, however, funds available for multi-disciplinary research over the next five years are less than expected one year ago.
In order to progress in addressing the five fundamental science questions, NASA relies on a balanced program of R&A, technology development, data and sample curation programs, and missions of various sizes. The R&A programs not only leverage NASA's investments by analyzing the data and samples returned by missions, but also serve as the wellspring for new science questions and new mission concepts. These concepts are realized through the development of new technologies. Data and samples returned to Earth by missions are carefully curated and disseminated to researchers and the results of NASA-funded research are communicated to the public through a vigorous program of public outreach, and both formal and informal education.
NASA seeks regular input from the scientific community in developing its approach to addressing these questions. Input is provided through chartered bodies such as the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council, the Committee on Planetary Exploration (COMPLEX), advisory committees and community-led groups (e.g., Mars Exploration Program Assessment Group, MEPAG). All of their comments and recommendations have been considered in light of budgetary realities, and the resulting plan for the exploration of the solar system is described here. Additionally, the science community has been deeply involved in the creation of New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy (hereafter called the NRC Decadal Survey), the 2003 Solar System Exploration Roadmap, the 2006 Solar System Exploration Roadmap and the 2006 Mars Architecture. The earlier documents had a profound influence on the Vision for Space Exploration which stated that NASA will: (1) conduct robotic exploration of Mars to search for evidence of life, to understand the history of the solar system, and to prepare for future human exploration; and, (2) conduct robotic exploration across the solar system for scientific purposes and to support human exploration. In particular, explore Jupiter's moons, asteroids and other bodies to search for evidence of life, to understand the history of the solar system and to search for resources. Recommendations from all of these documents have been incorporated into this plan.
Science Objectives and Outcomes: Solar System Destinations and Missions
Planetary Science missions are grouped by their respective targets of investigation. Missions to Mercury, Venus, and the Moon are considered to be Inner Solar System Missions. Missions to Mars are also considered Inner Solar System Missions but are described in a separate section since the Mars Exploration Program is an integrated campaign of exploration, technology development and public engagement. Missions to the other planets (Jupiter and beyond) and their moons are classified as Outer Solar System Missions. Finally, missions to comets and asteroids are described as Small Bodies Missions.
In exploring any particular solar system object, NASA has followed a general paradigm of "flyby, orbit, land, rove, and return." This prescription has been followed most completely for investigations of the Moon and Mars. In contrast, the first flyby of Pluto and its large satellite, Charon, will be performed by the New Horizons mission and will not occur until July 2015. A complete campaign may not be performed for each interesting object in the solar system; not all scientific questions can be studied at all objects and there are high technological and financial hurdles to overcome for some missions and certain destinations. Moreover, a healthy program of solar system exploration requires a balance between detailed investigations of a particular target and broader reconnaissance of a variety of similar targets.
In addition to a description of the missions themselves, each sub-section here presents specific goals that are addressed by the various missions that investigate that area.
Program Elements
A strong scientific and technical community is required to envision, develop and implement solar system exploration missions, and to interpret and apply results from these missions for the benefit of society. The data and samples returned from missions must be archived and curated and the results widely disseminated. In this section, the elements of the Planetary Science program that nurture and support missions are described.
Figure 5.1: A sketch of the relationship between the various crosscutting elements and missions. Basic research and analysis lead to new science questions about the solar system. New instruments and technologies provide new technical capabilities. Combined, the capabilities and questions generate new mission concepts, some of which are developed into flight missions. Flight missions, in turn, generate new data and, possibly, new samples. They also prove new technologies. The data and samples become the object of new research and analysis.
Research and Analysis
Discoveries and concepts developed in the R&A Program are the genesis of scientific priorities, missions, instrumentation, and investigations. The R&A Program is the primary interface with NASA for university faculty and graduate students; it allows training of the next generation of mission team members, principal investigators, and project scientists. Although not always tied to specific missions, the tasks funded by the R&A Program add value to missions in the form of post-mission data analysis, observations required for mission design, mission observation support, and joint scientific campaigns. Increasingly this support has expanded to include international, multi-disciplinary campaigns in conjunction with spacecraft observations, greatly increasing the value of data from all platforms through combining current observations and comparing different data types. A recent example is the massive campaign organized to support observations and characterization of the Deep Impact encounter with comet Tempel 1. Computational and theoretical resources were devoted to the problem and a large fraction of the available Earth and space-based observational assets of the world's scientific community supported the campaign, included networks of amateur astronomers. Funded at less than 10 percent of the total funds expended annually on the robotic exploration of the solar system, R&A Program greatly leverages NASA's significant investment in missions.
Due to the broad nature of the fundamental science questions addressed by the exploration of our solar system, the various elements of the Planetary Science R&A program cover an extraordinarily broad range of scientific investigations. In particular, the R&A program supports two, necessary multi-disciplinary sciences: planetary science and astrobiology. Planetary science grew from the discoveries of the space missions of the 1970s and forms the foundation for the scientific exploration of the solar system. NASA remains the primary funding source for planetary science research. Astrobiology is a new field, started by NASA a decade ago, that brings together scientists from diverse disciplines including Earth and planetary science, astrophysics, heliophysics, microbiology, evolutionary biology, and cosmochemistry to develop the scientific foundation needed to pursue the search for evidence of life and habitability in the solar system and beyond. Astrobiology and the missions it supports bring modern science to bear on questions that, in one form or another, are as old as humanity itself: How does life begin and evolve? Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?
In addition to planetary science and astrobiology, the R&A Program also the study of the origins of the solar system and the interrogation of those materials left over from the birth of planets: asteroids, meteorites, comets and interplanetary dust particles. An additional component is the analysis of data returned and archived by missions.
Recent changes to NASA's budget, including cuts to the R&A Program, however, have adversely affected NASA's ability to analyze data and materials returned from missions and to lay the foundations for future missions. These cuts have also reduced NASA's financial support for astrobiology research by about half. As part of the budget formulation process, NASA will annually reassess the balance of investment among R&A, missions, and technology development.
Data Curation, Dissemination and Analysis
The outcomes of planetary exploration missions are of two sorts: data recorded and transmitted to Earth by spacecraft, and samples that are returned to Earth by various means. The curation, dissemination and analysis of these require rather different approaches.
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is the active data archive for NASA's Planetary Science Division. It is a distributed archive, with datasets archived at a number of Science Discipline Nodes (Atmospheres, Geosciences, Imaging, Planetary Plasma Interactions, and Small Bodies). The Science Discipline Node Principal Investigators maintain a strict set of PDS compliance standards to ensure the integrity and long-term usability of the datasets, and to determine the appropriate formats for data product deliveries from NASA and International flight projects.
Support functions (Engineering, Navigation Ancillary Information Facility, and Radio Science) assist the Science Discipline Nodes through infrastructure development and flight project support. In addition, a number of Science Subnodes and Data Nodes interface with the Science Discipline Nodes to provide access to specific sets of data, often for short periods of time. Geographically dispersed mirrors of data are maintained within the PDS to ensure continuity of operations and a "deep archive" is held at NASA's National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).
Data from particular ESMD missions, such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, will also be archived by the PDS by agreement between SMD and ESMD.
The Johnson Space Center (JSC) Astromaterials Curation Facility provides services for all returned planetary materials that do not require planetary protection laboratories. This facility has been in operation since the Apollo lunar samples were returned. Later, meteorites collected by U.S. teams in Antarctica and interplanetary dust collected in the stratosphere were added to the collections. In 2004 and 2006 the Genesis and Stardust missions returned the first solar system materials from outside Earth's atmosphere since Apollo. Special new clean-room laboratories were constructed for both the Genesis solar wind samples and Stardust comet samples. These samples are currently being studied in laboratories worldwide.
In the next decades we anticipate missions to collect samples from the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids. Each of these new sample collections will require new curation laboratories, while the facilities for the older collections will require routine maintenance and upgrades. Samples to be returned from Mars pose even greater challenges due to special planetary protection requirements. It is imperative that attention be paid to curation facilities to assure that new samples will be available for analysis in laboratories around the world and that the remaining samples are available for further investigations with new advanced instruments for many years to come.
Planetary Protection
Planetary protection refers to the practice of protecting solar system bodies from biological contamination from Earth, and protecting Earth from possible life forms that could be returned from elsewhere. Planetary protection practices preserve our ability to study other worlds as they exist in their natural state-avoiding contamination that would obscure our ability to find extraterrestrial life, if it exists, while ensuring prudent precautions to protect Earth's biosphere. NASA's planetary protection policy also is a component in the U.S. adherence to the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, which requires that states party to the treaty "shall pursue studies of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, and conduct exploration of them so as to avoid their harmful contamination," and also to avoid "adverse changes in the environment of Earth resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter."
For NASA, planetary protection requirements for each mission and target body are based on the advice of the National Research Council's Space Studies Board for strategic issues and with the NASA Advisory Council's Planetary Protection Subcommittee for implementation issues under NASA and international guidelines. Each mission is categorized according to the type of encounter it will have (e.g., flyby, orbiter, or lander) and the nature of its destination (e.g., a planet, moon, comet, or asteroid). If the target body has the potential to provide clues about life or prebiotic chemical evolution, a spacecraft going there must meet a higher level of cleanliness, and some operating restrictions will be imposed. Spacecraft going to target bodies with the potential to support Earth life must undergo stringent cleaning and sterilization processes, and greater operating restrictions. Missions returning samples to Earth may be either "unrestricted" in their return phase, or may be subject to stringent precautions to protect the Earth's biosphere if it is thought that life could exist on the target body.
The NRC decadal survey offered several recommendations on the need for ongoing improvements in the ability to respond to planetary protection requirements to solar system exploration missions. Missions to outer satellites were considered a challenge due to the presence of subsurface oceans potentially containing life as well as organic compounds and potential prebiotic chemistry. In preparation for future Mars sample-return missions, it was recommended that a sample-analysis program be established with a suitable investment well in advance of the mission. Clearly, the challenges of implementing planetary protection constraints for solar system exploration missions are only beginning.
The NRC has recently (2005) provided recommendations about planetary protection requirements to prevent Mars forward contamination, taking into account new results from the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Exploration Rover missions. This report emphasized the importance of a strong research program for planetary protection in understanding microbial diversity, spacecraft sterilization, and Martian environmental conditions conducive to life-while emphasizing the need for additional resources to be invested in adopting molecular microbiological methods to account for potential biological contamination. The report also endorsed the concept of "special regions" on Mars that may support Earth life (as put forth by NASA and COSPAR), and recommended that NASA explicitly define conditions and data sets that describe these regions, while maintaining strict spacecraft cleanliness standards to avoid their contamination during future Mars missions.


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ANTHONY HAMILTON's voice just keeps getting better with time. The Grammy Award winner's arresting voice—a favorite staple on the scene since 2003—recently hailed at No. 1 for 4 weeks on Billboard's Urban Adult Contemporary chart with his soul-stirring single, "Pray For Me". The Babyface-produced track is the second single from his fourth studio album, Back to Love. Hamilton's "Pray For Me" and his Back To Love album were both nominated for Grammy Awards (Best R&B Song/Best R&B Album).
Back To Love is the follow-up to his 2008 gold-certified, No. 1-debuting album, The Point of It All (So So Def/Zomba Label Group). Recently achieving platinum status in South Africa, the Back To Love album marks Hamilton's first album with the newly restructured RCA Records—and signals the eagerly anticipated next chapter in the multi-talented singer/songwriter's evolving career.
Leading up to Back To Love's release, Hamilton provided the perfect accompaniment to Jill Scott's earthy vocals on the captivating duet "So in Love." Their dynamic pairing also set a record: 18 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Urban Adult Contemporary chart, tying with Maxwell for the most consecutive weeks atop the tally. The single, in turn, helped propel Scott's album, The Light of the Sun, to a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Among the Hamilton-described "firecrackers and life-reflecting songs" comprising Back to Love are the OutKast-influenced "Sucka For You" and "Best of Me" – both invigorating examples of the singer's rejuvenation. His reflective nature is embraced on "Never Let Go," a duet with singer/songwriter Keri Hilson and "Life Has a Way," originally written for the movie "Pursuit of Happyness." While "Pray for Me's" emotional lyrics about a lost love ("Dear God/If you're listening now/I need you to do a thing for me … I need you to bring her back to me") and gospel-influenced melody are signature Hamilton.
Overall, Back to Love showcases Hamilton's distinctive, multi-faceted voice. "There are different tones in my voice that people have fallen in love with; I can sing hard or real soft," says the singer. "I pay attention to that."
Fans began paying attention to Hamilton in 2002, when he sang the infectious hook on the Nappy Roots' "Po' Folks." That performance netted the singer the first of 12 Grammy nominations for best rap/sung collaboration. After signing with So So Def, Hamilton scored a platinum debut with Coming From Where I'm From in 2003, featuring the chart-topping hit "Charlene." Two years later, he returned with gold-certified sophomore set Ain't Nobody Worryin', which spun off the No.1 hit "Can't Let Go." Then in 2008 came The Point of It All, which elicited USA Today's declaration that Hamilton is "one of the genre's rare singers." Hamilton won his first Grammy Award in 2009 for his collaboration on Al Green's "You Got the Love I Need."
Singing in church since he was 10 years old, Hamilton's natural talent— rich, soul-steeped vocals breathing sonorous life into emotion-packed lyrics—has earned him a reputation as an "artist's artist." He counts guest stints on a diverse roster of projects from Dr. Dre, Tupac, and Young Jeezy, to Josh Turner, Santana and John Rich (Big & Rich). Between his own album sales and collaborations, Hamilton has sold more than 20 million albums.
Being a voice for others is what this singer-songwriter considers some of his most important work. Hamilton hosts the annual "Anthony Hamilton Big Payback Week" in his hometown of Charlotte during CIAA Week. With additional support from the Jordan Brand (Hamilton is an ambassador for the brand), he distributes food, backpacks, shoes, and presents checks to shelters and family centers throughout the city. "There are many families in Charlotte that need our help, and working with these organizations, serving the men, women and children here, I will continue to do anything I can to help strengthen our community", Hamilton says. As a national spokesperson for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), Hamilton works to recruit African American male volunteers for the national nonprofit organization. He represents CASA at national child welfare conferences to raise awareness of the growing number of African American children in the foster care system.
Hamilton's 18-city national headlining Back To Love Tour with special guest Estelle kicked off last winter. Says Hamilton, "the immense reception to the tour, "So in Love", "Pray For Me", and now "Best Of Me" (his latest single)—shows that "R&B is about to be the new mainstream. Real music is coming back."
And who better to deliver that message than Anthony Hamilton?


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By Gary Cutrer
September 2010
Sometimes an idea is as good as gold. At least, if the idea is feasible, there is always the potential to make a little gold. That's why new ideas and new ways of doing things continue to hold our interest. New income streams make it possible for us to keep our ranch and farm operations or even our small acreage homesteads profitable and give us the means to preserve and improve the land, its wildlife and natural features. In other words, a healthy income from the land supports good land stewardship.
It amazes me that remote places and ranching pasttimes that I take for granted could be so attractive to some folks that they would pay a lot of money to view the same vistas or take part in the same endeavors. But, people will pay for a ticket to the wilderness, so to speak. Thus was born nature tourism. Sometimes it works for the entrepreneur, sometimes it doesn't.
Successful nature tourism enterprises include Dan and Cathy Brown's Hummer House hummingbird sanctuary and observatory near Christoval, Texas, where for a small fee visitors can view rare hummingbirds as they flit from flower to flower.
Another is the Meador family's Xbar Ranch, 15 miles south of Eldorado, Texas, where visitors can stay in a rock "Roundhouse" and experience a working ranch while enjoying the natural world.
Hand in hand with nature tourism is the desire of some urban dwellers to live the cowboy or country life. Dude ranches like those in the Bandera area or the Prude Ranch near Fort Davis allow would-be cowboys to rise early, saddle up and ride horseback to their heart's content.
One "new" idea that's been around a few years is stocking your ranch with exotic hoofstock and inviting hunting enthusiasts to pay to hunt them. We take a brief look at the exotics industry in an article in this issue. Because exotics species like gemsbok, sika deer and blackbuck antelope are now economically important to U.S. landowners, their future survival is ensured regardless of how endangered their existence becomes in their habitat of origin.
Following are the puddles left from a recent brainstorm. The ideas are provided free with no warranty or guarantee of success. You agree to hold me free of liability if you choose to use one of my ideas and have problems. Here they are:
- Raise an additional livestock. For example: poultry, quail, pheasant, fish, shrimp.
- Capture and market live feral hogs to abattoirs that ship to Europe where the beasts are served as "wild boar" in restaurants. One such facility is Frontier Meats in Fort Worth.
- Raise grasshoppers for food or worms for bait. Yep, I said it.
- Take an agricultural product that is abundant and inexpensive locally and produce an end product with it. Examples: wool into sweaters, mohair into fashions, hides into shearling jackets, pecans into cookies pies and candies, mesquite wood into furniture or saddle trees, prickly pear fruit into jams and candies, goat meat into Internet marketed cuts.
- Grow a specialty crop in addition to your livestock operation or other crops. Examples, depending on climate: grapes, olives, jojoba, herbs, garlic, figs, dates.
- Invent a use for ripe mesquite beans, caliche dust or coyotes.
- Quarry/gather rock by hand or machine and sell as building material.
- Produce and sell adobe or rammed earth building blocks.
- Collect rainwater and UV treat it, bottle it and sell as drinking water.
- Offer the use of your ranch, for a fee, for movie production. See how at Texas Film Commission website, http://www.governor.state.tx.us/film.
- Turn your ranch into a fat farm, beauty spa or celebrity retreat.
- Convert 20 acres into an outdoor music venue and hold monthly concerts.
- Use a home HD video camera to produce how-to videos on whatever subject you know or skill you have. Examples: train horses, grow specialty crops, construct adobe barns, talk about history.
- Host European, Japanese or Chinese tourists who are dying to live the Western Life. Did you know country music is huge in Europe?
- Construct a micro brewery and sell beer or a winery and offer wine tasting of your own stock.
I hope one or two of these ideas will help you spark an idea of your own, a successful one. And remember, in the words of one of my dear departed grandparents, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."


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Coming to the scene in an attempt to make controlling our iDevices simpler is a jailbreak widget dubbed NCSwipe by Ron Melkhior. The widget is intended to be a control center for iOS located in Notification Center. This permits you to use Notification Center to perform actions such as respring, control volume, control brightness, play and pause music, and much more. Obviously, this is more convenient to do than scavenge through applications to do these things.
Everything starts with pre-judgment. After first-looks, the cosmetic appearance of the widget is frankly disturbing and doesn't feel like it has any place in Notification Center. Strangely enough, even though the icon in the widget gives the appearance that it can be swiped in all four directions, NCSwipe only has settings for swiping right and left. I was unable to get NCSwipe to work until I uninstalled IntelliScreenX – pointing out an obvious incompatibility and a large one at that.
The preferences for NCSwipe are rather simple, however they are also extensive. Beginning with the first pane, we can choose to enable or disable gestures for swiping left and right or for tapping the widget. Below the switches are areas that we can actually select what we want NCSwipe to do subsequent to invoking the gestures. Tapping on one of them brings up the long list of options we can make that gesture do:
Many of the features that we discover in this section of NCSwipe's settings are things that we can find SBSettings toggles for. You can enable more than one of these features per NCSwipe action that you invoke from the widget. For instance, if you turn on both increase brightness and increase volume for swiping to the right, then both the brightness and volume will increase when you swipe right. The whole list of features is as follows:
- Respring
- Reboot
- Open URL
- Toggle Wi-Fi
- Increase volume
- Decrease volume
- Toggle mute
- Increase brightness
- Decrease brightness
- Toggle airplane mode
- Toggle music
- Next track
- Previous track
- Lock device
While it seems to work fine, the appearance of the widget has a lot to be desired, which makes the whole point in using it nearly pointless for many. Someone will find the functionality to be beneficial to them, but with growing popularity for Siri extensions and great toggle platforms such as SBSettings and IntelliScreenX, I find this class of control for iOS to be unnecessary. In addition, Notification Center can only handle so many widgets before it starts to slug down and lag, so widgets should be chosen selectively and carefully.
NCSwipe requires iOS 5 and will install a dependency called WeeLoader. You can enable and disable the widget at any time, like all widgets, by going to the Notifications preferences in the Settings application and dragging the widget in and out of Notification Center. NCSwipe is free, so give it a try.
Name: NCSwipe for Notification Center
Price: FREE
Version: 1.0.0-1
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: Ron Melkhior
Editor's Rating: 3/5
Sources: Ron Melkhior


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I just threw BT4 R1 on my second hard drive, and now I'm looking for a way to cascade encrypt both drives, and utilize the truecrypt boot loader.
I'm currently using GRUB, after removing the truecrypt bootloader by decryption of my Windows drive.
I absolutely hate GRUB, due to the issues I've had with all of my systems after removing GRUB.
Does anyone know a way to accomplish my goal without screwing up my system and having to re-install windows and all that great crap?


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Woman rescued from Ashley River
From our News Partners at WCBD-TV:
A woman was rescued from the Ashley River Sunday afternoon after being swept away by the current.
According to officials, two women jumped into the river to cool off. The current began pulling both women away from the shore. One of those women was able to pull herself out of the water and called 911 to help her friend.
Shortly after 3:00 Sunday afternoon, authorities from the Coast Guard, Charleston County Rescue and other agencies reported to Devereaux Street in downtown Charleston.
Jaydan Raybin was near the incident when noticed the woman who was able to escape from the water run for help.
"She happened to get out, call 911 and then came and ran down our dock to look for her friend," Raybin said. "Then we saw her running back and then police started coming here. It was about an hour until they found her."
Crews located the missing swimmer in a marsh just a few docks down from where the currents took her.
Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard say these type of incidents happen too often in Charleston.
"It is probably one of the most important things here," Lieutenant Commander Derek Beatty said. "We've had a number of cases where people have been either injured, killed or rescued because of the currents."
Currents can become difficult to swim in because of changing tides. Beatty is urging people to be water aware before jumping in.
"People need to be cognizant of when the tides is coming in or going out," he said. "As the tide shifts, that's when you usually have the strongest currents and that's probably the most important thing: pay attention to the currents."
On average, the Coast Guard handles 600 water rescues a year. So far this year, they are on track to have fewer rescues than average.
Image courtesy of WCBD-TV.


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This JVC HIFI system is a little old fashioned now that every one's using iPods and iPads and no ones buying Cd's anymore. I still like to hold a CD in my hand rather than download it.
That's why I still use one of these.
This is a silver bodied sky blue screened display wooden speakered system.
It's main selling point is the fact that you can load five Cd's into it. It has a five Cd changer. This is great as some Cd's only have a few tracks on them or mane you only want one song off of a CD and lots off another. With this machine you can switch from one to the other but can't program it to shuffle between the Cd's. You can however do that when listening to only one CD.
It has AM and FM radio and the channel name will be displayed on the bright blue screen.
The remote control is silver and nice and small. It matches the over all look of the sound system.
It has a reasonably load 60 watt output and the sound sounds better if you remove the grey mesh covers from the speakers. They are fully removable and easy to put back on. You can play Cd's, CD-Rs, CD RW in this machine and it also supports MP3. So you get the best of both worlds.
Yes it's a bit old fashioned but I thick it's the best way to listen to music.
The main feature of this system is that has a 5 cd changer as standard. This works very well as you can load 5 cds and the system will play them through back to back although, unfortunately, it is not possible to use a random shuffle feature across the 5 cds although it can be done over individual cds. It is also able to load a cd whilst another is playing which is a very useful attribute. The system also supports MP3. The sound quality is very good but I have had trouble using the FM AM radio part of the Hi Fi as it struggles to pick up a good signal so I would not recommend buying this if the radio is a main feature of what you need it for. It also comes with a remote which is simple and easy to use. Aesthetically it very pleasing, with a nice modern, sharp look and bright blue LED screen with the track number, radio frequency etc presentation. It also has other useful features such as the ability to set the system as an alarm which will play one of your chosen CD's to wake you up in the morning as well as a sleep mode.
I have had this JVC hifi system for just over 3 years. As soon as it went out of warrenty I have had no end of problems with it. A) the volume seems to have a mind of its own, one moment is is playing at a plesant 10 on the volume scalem the next it shoots up to 30 with out warning, which can give you a startle! However the main problem is with the cd player, it has just stopped working, it will not read any cd, I have 3 cd's stuck in the machine, it is now useless..all it says is no cd inserted.. none of the 5 cd doors will open. This unit was not cheap, and I didn't expect to need to replace it after just 3 years! this is the 2nd JVC product we own, that has just stopped working (again just after the warrenty runs out) My advice would be to avoid JVC, their customer service is as useful as their products. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. (unless you have plenty of money to waste)


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The Colangelo College of Business, a private, Christian business school in Arizona, offers leading-edge degrees that address the demands of contemporary business environments. We nurture the startup spirit, propelling your entrepreneurial visions on a powerful platform with opportunities to help you thrive. Our philosophy is Lopes First, which means that we embrace a student-centric culture with an emphasis on higher purpose and academic success. From a bachelor's degree in business information systems to a master's degree in accounting to an MBA with an emphasis in sports business, our business school programs encompass specializations to help today's students become tomorrow's leaders.
Since our university's founding in 1949, Grand Canyon University (GCU) remains committed to providing students with a values-based education centered on Christian principles. We believe the higher ethics inspired by our Christian worldview are as integral to the workplace as the proper skillset. In the application of both, graduates of our business school stand out in entrepreneurial and business landscapes.
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Servant Leadership. Ethics. Entrepreneurism. These are the pillars that guide our student experience, challenging you to become a values-driven business leader. GCU's Christian worldview guides our educational approach, instilling within graduates the professional ethics necessary to benefit both industry and the global community.
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Welcome to the Colangelo College of Business
Welcome to the Colangelo College of Business. We are very excited that you are part of our growing business school. Our foundation is based upon servant leadership, ethics and entrepreneurism - three attributes that move us forward as tomorrow's business college for today's student.
We take great pride in helping you find your purpose via our Lopes First approach. Our faculty get to live and work on this beautiful campus because of you. Consequently, we strive to be accessible and accountable to you in all that we do. We aim for you to graduate with an innovative mindset to help create, improve and grow businesses. Our faculty members combine their solid academic pedigrees with extensive industry experience to help you thrive. We are teachers here to teach - and we look forward to working with you.
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Colangelo College of Business
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Jerry Colangelo is one of the most influential and caring sports entrepreneurs in American history. Colangelo has delivered top athletic teams to Arizona, with more than 50 years of experience in sports business management and franchise ownership, as well as dozens of other business organizations.
Among his many accomplishments, Colangelo has owned the NBA Phoenix Suns, built two state-of-the-art sports facilities, won an MLB World Series title with the Arizona Diamondbacks and led USA Basketball to four consecutive gold medals in international competition. Colangelo's achievements in Arizona, professional sports and the study of leadership are remarkable. As a dynamic community leader and committed Christian, his activities transcend the world of sports and serve as an inspiration for future generations.
Jerry Colangelo represents the best of what it means to be a Christian university from a standpoint of conducting business with strong character, integrity and servant leadership. We want to instill those same characteristics into every one of our students.
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Grand Canyon University
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GCU participates with community and national leaders, schools and organizations to help young students and working professionals take the next step toward finding their purpose through higher education and advanced career opportunities. We value our diverse network of alliances, working together to provide college-focused programs and career development opportunities for all students. Learn about the participants behind our efforts to elevate educational standards and improve student outcomes.


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By Kim Cook Associated Press
Perhaps to alleviate the dreariness of long northern winters, which are not unlike the gray of the Northwest, Scandinavian style tends toward folk-art florals, crisp checks, plaids and stripes, and wood furniture left natural or painted in colors that evoke the region's natural beauty.
The look is casual and easy, with playful touches and a simple yet refined vibe.
If all that sounds appealing as you shake off winter's gloom, you'll find many pretty, Scandinavian-inspired decor options for spring.
Scandinavian style is typically anchored by whites and creams, which provide a light-filled canvas on which berry red, sky blue, forest green and ochre offer pops of cheerful color.
But there are also soothing faded pinks, soft stone grays and dusky purples in the palette.
This spring, Ikea honors its Scandinavian roots. The Hemnes furniture collection really nails the Swedish look with a linen cabinet in a deep red, a bed frame in gray and a shelving unit in blue.
An airy, pared-down version of neoclassical design was the hallmark of 18th-century Gustavian design, which has become popular outside Sweden in the last 20 years. Ikea's Isala side table is a great example, in clean white or forget-me-not blue.
Anthropologie's got the Amora bedding set with a colorful graphic on snowy white. While South American in origin, the folk pattern is similar enough to those of northern design that it reads Scandinavian.
The same is true of the retailer's Fesi throw pillow from the Philadelphia-based design house Mushmina. It's a Moroccan-embroidered pattern, yet looks like a snowflake or ski haus motif.
And at www.finnstyle.com, find Oiva Toikka's plump little glass birds, made by the Finnish glass house Iittala.


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|18 mpg
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- Electric front windows with one touch facility for driver and front passenger
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- Brakes
- Roll stability control
- Side wind mitigation
- Bulkhead/Partition
- Full width unglazed steel bulkhead with through load hatch
- Driver Aids
- Driver Convenience
- Adjustable steering column
- Easy fuel capless refuelling system
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Front and rear parking sensors + Front fog lights
- Second remote keyfob
- Driver Information
- Ford Eco mode
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- Alternator - 150A
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- Daytime running lights
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- Rubber floor covering
- Interior Lights
- Courtesy light
- Illuminated footwell
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- Half height load compartment trim boards
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- Underseat storage compartment
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- Drivers airbag
- Front seatbelt pretensioners
- Height adjustable drivers seatbelt mount
- Passenger seatbelt height adj
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- Drivers seat with lumbar adjust
- Height adjustable front headrests
- Split folding backrest in passenger seat
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WATCH: Thirty Seconds to Mars releases music video for 'City of Angels'
Listen to Thirty Seconds to Mars on iHeartRadio
Thirty Seconds to Mars has released its epic music video "City of Angels" — featuring Selena Gomez, Kanye West, Lindsay Lohan, Olivia Wilde, James Franco, and other stars talking about their love for Los Angeles.
The famous faces — along with celebrity impersonators from Hollywood Boulevard, musicians, and other strivers — are interspersed throughout the video, talking about their hopes and dreams, fears and disappointments.
Band frontman Jared Leto directs the short film and also traces his own history, explaining how Los Angeles shaped his destiny.
It's poignant and worth watching.


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Thursday, December 3 2009 - Research/Evidence
Digital Tools to Sift Through WikiLeaks' 9/11 Messages
Interesting that this story's author/editor felt the need to include the last line, "... full of early misinformation. One message repeated a false report that the military had brought down United Airlines 93 in Somerset County, Pa., ..."
– Ed.
City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
Jeff Clark used pager message data released by WikiLeaks to created a visualization of the events of the day. The words, which are sized to their overall frequency over a 24-hour period starting from 3 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, brighten and fade in the video depending on how often they were used.
Programmers are introducing tools to analyze the hundreds of thousands of pager messages, supposedly dating from Sept. 11, released last week by WikiLeaks, an organization that releases sensitive documents and materials.
More than half a million messages were released by WikiLeaks, which has not disclosed who turned over the messages. Jeff Clark, a data visualization research who is not involved in WikiLeaks, interpreted the data in the aggregate, creating a video that shows the most commonly used terms that day, like "complex has evacuated" or "possible terrorist act." The words grow brightest when they hit their peak and are sized by how frequently there were used.
"I recognize the pager data was very much like Twitter data, because it's basically a time stamp with a bit of text," said Mr. Clark, who had done work with Twitter.
He also created small time lines showing when certain key phrases hit their peaks, and then ordered the phrases by the peak time to create a moving narrative of the day.
Over the weekend, another programmer, Colin Keigher, created a searchable database of the messages, which makes them much easier to parse than the original 40-megabyte file. "I made it in a format that was easier for everyone else," he said.
There is no way to verify the authenticity of the messages, and the programmers say their data comes entirely from WikiLeaks.
Daniel Schmitt, a spokesman for WikiLeaks, said that the organization would not reveal the source of the intercepted messages, but that the messages represented the traffic on the top four pager services at the time. The pages were identified by message number, but it was not clear from most of the messages who was the sender and who was the recipient. The messages come from a program that was monitoring such messages before Sept. 11 attacks even took place, and Mr. Schmitt said the organization believed it had been given the information to raise awareness around issues of privacy and data retention.
The search tools allow people to find the individual messages, which are chilling -- especially ones from the front lines of the emergency personnel and airline employees who were watching everything unfold in real time. Of the voluminous mass of messages, a few stood out. (The messages cited below are quoted verbatim, including errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.)
After the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, crashed at 8:46 a.m. into the World Trade Center's north tower, the initial impression at 8:50 a.m. was that the explosion may have been a bomb:
The first, spartan message sent out by New York police officials was no more alarming than numerous emergencies that the police had dealt with before:
But it soon became clear that it was a plane crash, and news organizations from NBC to CNN began reporting the story -- initially described by many as an accident involving a small plane. But a message sent at 8:58 a.m. -- four minutes before the second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, hit the World Trade Center's south tower -- apparently revealed that someone understood that American Airlines 11 had been hijacked.
Another message at 9:02 a.m. showed that the news was traveling.
Minutes later, at 9:04, one of the first reports of the second plane crash was sent, though many were watching on television at the time.
At that point, terrorism started being raised as a possibility.
But one of the most chilling messages was one apparently sent at 9:12 a.m. as internal United Airlines communication:
By 9:16 a.m., both airplanes had been identified:
Within a minute of the 9:37 a.m. plane crash into the Pentagon, pager messages trickled out, many from Defense Department employees or visitors: "Explosionat Pentagon too," "anexplosion at the Pentagon Bldg. This bizzare!" "PENTAGONMAY HAVE HAD TROUBLE," "Blast@ Pentagon|Just a few ago."
At 10:01 a.m., reports of the south tower collapse appeared: "Southerntower collapse," "Oneof the towers has now collapsed," "heENTIRE Tower has collapsed. All 110 floors GONE!!!"
And by 10:02 a.m., the possibility of a fourth hijacked plane was raised: United Airlines 93, which crashed 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh just seconds before the message below was sent.
Within hours of the initial attacks, some messages raised the possibility that Osama bin Laden might be behind the attacks: "Ben Laden most likely responsible," "Justchecking in. They don't know who is responsible yet (they think Laden)," "Osama bin Laden top of suspect list for Robyn" and "OsamaBin Louden gave a report to an Arabic newspaper that the US was going to suffer attacks."
The messages were also full of early misinformation. One message repeated a false report that the military had brought down United Airlines 93 in Somerset County, Pa., while others echoed reports of a fire on the Washington Mall.
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my background is striking and i was thinking of entering a amateur comp. but with no headshots its unlikely to win by knockout or tko, so to win you'd have to slog it out until the end of the match and hope to win by decision. Fighters must know this (if it is the case) and so just go to ground in order to work for the submission so they can win straight out. henceforth turning it into a jj comp. i know you can GnP a bit but to the body isn't going to win you the fight and will make you easier to submit.
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10-31-2006, 06:17 PM #1Regular 1st Stringer
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Looking at the big questions for the next 9 games
The profootball outsiders week 9 rankings just came out -- which give IMHO a better view of rankings than the traditional NFL stats.
Our defense is # 1, our special teams is # 6 and our offense is # 24 making us overall in the top 5. Suspect the Aikman ratings will have us near the same level. If we can beat Cincinnati this week we will be at the halfway mark with 6-2 ; In short a far better performance than any of us could have hoped for at the beginning of the season.
So would like to have a discussion on the big issues that we think the team needs to address for the remainder of the season. Here's my list.
Defense -- high risk, high reward. I don't think we're as good as 2000 but its probably more fun to watch this crew. Key question -- Can we cut down on the number of big plays we give up while maintaining the high number of turnovers?
Offense -- I personally think that our new offensive coordinator is going to make a HUGE difference. While I said last week that he would increase point production by 25%, I now think its going to be more like 30-40%. Key question -- Can we figure out a way to bolster up the running game and get more than 4 yards / carry (team is currently averaging 3.5) -- name your favorite way of doing it. I think if that happens, the passing game will follow and we will get our offense in the top half of the league.
Special Teams -- Koch and the new players have worked better than expected. Key question -- can we cut down on the yards given up on the kickoff?
Here's hoping we solve all of those issues -- its great to be in contention -- looking forward to a classic game this Sunday
Re: Looking at the big questions for the next 9 games
Defense I think this Defense is quicker than the 2000 squad, but not quite as tough mentally. When that 2000 squad decided to shut the door IT WAS SHUT !! Right now, most of the big-play problems seem to be communication oriented which can only improve. On several of Rolles blown coverages, it appeared as if he was expecting help on the deep ball from Ed Reed. I think Ed needs to make Samari his Primary Concern in coverage since its obvious now that teams are going to constantly try to pick on him. The only other thing I would tinker with on the Defense, is to rush at least 5 men every play. Mix it up, so they never know which 5 are coming, but we definitely need a little more pressure on the Quarterback.
Offense I agree with you on the new OC. I was also encouraged by his comment about leaving a significant amount of rushing yards on the field, saying we should have had about 160. Hopefully, this was a direct challenge to Jamal. I still think we need to run Anderson between the 20s, with Musa as the third down back, although both of them together on third down could prove interesting. Save Jamal for inside the 20s and short yardage much the same way as the Squeelers used Bettis last year. I dont think he has the vision to be truly effective in this offense, only adequate. His whole career hes always followed the fullback to the hole and made his cut off of the fullbacks block, even going back to his days at Tennessee. I just dont think he sees the field very well and cant find the holes the way Mike Anderson can. Without someone to lead him to the hole he just cant find it! The Ravens just need to let Mike Anderson have a chance to be the feature back with Musa giving him breathers and playing more on third down, where I would like to see them both out there together.
Special Teams This is also my primary concern about the Special Teams. We just cant continually let teams start at their own 30 at the worst. It just seems like, most times, they dont even get hit until they reach the 30! The rest of the special teams look great, its just the kickoff coverage that looks pathetic! Im not really sure what to do about it other than bring in another leg that can consistently put the ball in the end zone. Billick did say, however, that Koch might be able to assume the kickoff duties, but that right now he has a small quadriceps problem that he doesnt want to further aggravate since hes doing such a fabulous job punting the ball.... They shall mount up with wings as Eagles;
11-01-2006, 02:26 PM #3Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Looking at the big questions for the next 9 games
I think our run defense is outstanding, but the pass defense has been iffy. It will be very interesting to see how they do against the Bengals passing game.
On offense, I liked the dedication to the running game that Billick brought against the Saints, but I continue to wonder why Mike Anderson doesn't get more playing time. It's not as if Jamal was tearing it up against the Saints. He was okay but not great. Anderson is too good to just sit on the bench all the time.
Regarding the passing game, this is the best group of receivers we've had in a long time, maybe ever, so I feel pretty good regardless of whether it's McNair or Boller at QB. The problem, as has been the case for several years, is the pass protection, but I think we've discussed that enough.
On special teams, I'm impressed with Koch, and Stover has been great, but our kickoff coverage sucks.
Re: Looking at the big questions for the next 9 games
DEFENSE: This unit is very good, but definitely a notch below the 2000, giving up too much in the run game (remember how well the Chargers ran on them) as well as too many long passes. still an elite unit.
OFFENSE: has a chance to be pretty good. has more weapons now (Heap, Jamal), esp at WR (Mason, Clayton & Demetrius much better than Qadry, Patrick J, Stokely, KJohnson, etc the last few years). The line looks much, much better, recently.
SPEC TEAMS: Koch has a chance to be special, and they do well at the inside - the - 10 punts, but coverage is average.
PREDIC: If the O continues to improve, they could/should go deep in the playoffs.
11-01-2006, 06:43 PM #5Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Looking at the big questions for the next 9 games
By the way, the Aikman efficiency ratings came out today and have us as # 3 in the league
#1 defense, #23 offense
We are better than we give ourselves credit for


text: RGIII had his MRI last night and nothing has leaked out yet. That tells me it has to be bad news. Last time they leaked the results almost immediately. This tells me its likely a torn ACL and its in the hands of the PR people right now trying to come up with the least damaging explanation of how this was allowed to happen. Any other player on that team with the same exact injury sits the full 4 or 5 weeks to get 100% healthy. The whole world could see he was not healthy. He re-injured his knee twice yesterday and both times he wasn't even touched. Both times he tried to make somewhat of an awkward move and the knee gave out because it was unstable to begin with. I like the kid as a player but this was a very bad decision from the entire group, RGIII, Shanahan, and the team doctors.


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|Fish Francaise
|Chicken Francaise is always a favorite
Every Christmas Eve its a tradition to make 7 kinds of fish and we usually have more varieties than that. Since Chicken Francaise is a favorite in our house or Veal, I decided to make both, just make sure you fry the chicken first! Otherwise the oil will taste like fish and so will the Chicken. We were not disappointed with the fish, it was wonderful. So, this year I will be adding Fish Franchese to the menu of seafood dishes. I made 4 pretty large pieces and two of us ate it all. The best results are with fresh ingredients.
1 pound of white fish suggestions I used: Flounder, Perch, Haddock, Tilapia, Sea bass or other like Mahi Mahi white fish filet's( use frozen or fresh)
For Chicken or Veal you must pound the slices for tenderness first Using one pound of either on
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup corn starch
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 to 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
Vegetable oil for frying the herbs
1/2 cup mixed fresh parsley leaves, rosemary leaves, and small thyme sprigs ...(a wonderful flavored butter will be created.)
Additional kosher salt
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
4 tablespoons white wine
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, or to taste
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Additional freshly ground black pepper
By adding the below, these are other Regions Styles of making this dish:
Canned Artichokes optional (Roman Style Dish )
Chopped Fresh Tomatoes optional (Roman Style Dish)
Capers (by pounding chicken or veal thinly becomes a Picatta) optional ( Bari Style Dish )
Lemon slices for garnish optional
Suggestion to serve with: 1/2 pound boiled pasta linguine or bow ties
Pat fish dry if frozen in paper towels.
Beat the eggs with the cheese in a large bowl to blend. Mix the flour with the salt and pepper in a shallow pie plate. Place the fish in the flour, cornstarch and turn to coat on all sides. Dip into the egg mixture and lift to let the excess drip off. Return to the flour and turn again to coat on all sides.Note: (When dipping the chicken, I dip in egg again and back into the flour, so it's double dipped)
Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Transfer to a large platter, cover loosely with foil, and continue with the remaining fish filet's. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil, if needed.
Heat about 2 inches vegetable oil in a small deep saucepan over medium-high heat . Working in batches, add the herbs, patted very dry, a small handful at a time and fry until crisp, about 10 seconds. They will bubble up furiously. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt.
Add the butter, wine, lemon juice, and chopped parsley to the skillet and heat until bubbling. Season with salt and pepper. Add capers if using. Spoon a small amount of the sauce over each piece of fish, top with the fried herbs, and serve at once. Serve with linguine or bow ties with the extra sauce.


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