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Fellow Sharpie employee and guest blogger, Stephanie Markadonatos, is back to chat with Sharpie artist, James Schaffer. James keeps it all connected through his art and we are excited to continue the link and share him with all of you.
As we all know, Social Media is the new driving force to keep us connected and up to date with our friends, family, and interests. With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and all the many other social networks and blogs (even this one) floating around in cyberspace, we communicate to millions in seconds. The exposure of our thoughts, feelings, and ideas are put out there for all to see with a simple "Click". The influence of internet media and how we connect has become a new chapter in the communication world. What if the internet and the social media phenomenon weren't around? Would we still be able to feel connected to people at the level we are able to now?
Today's featured artist, James A. Schaffer, feels that we are all connected and the internet is one major media influence that can never fully be deleted. Get ready to learn how James uses both print and digital art to express our connectedness….
Can you give us a little background about yourself? I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, where I currently reside and work. I am a recent graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, with a bachelor in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting. I have been interested in art since I was around 5 years old. When I was young I often got sick, so I always had a sketchbook nearby to keep me busy. My mother always took me to art classes as I grew up which kept me interested in the Arts.
What attracts to the fine arts? Other than being exposed early in life, I suppose I like the idea of creating something, and then allowing viewers to experience that thing. Instead of expressing myself in front of a live audience, I do enjoy being "behind the scenes" in a sense.
Can you tell me your thoughts on being an Artist?
I am an artist in every aspect of my life. To me, there is no separation. Therefore, this is the life that I was determined to live. I paint in order to live. It provides a relief and gives a fulfillment that nothing else can.
Where does your inspiration to create come from? A lot of my inspiration comes from abstract expressionist artists such as: Rauschenberg, De Kooning, Kline, Pollock, Motherwell, and Basquiat. My ultimate go to are two documentaries on Jean Michel Basquiat: "The Radiant Child" and "Basquiat". Any time I see Jeans work ethic and the way he paints, it always forces me up and creating. I also like to travel and visit art museums.
How long does it take you to create your art?
The time it takes to create a painting varies from piece to piece. I generally work on mine for over a span of several weeks, dedicating a few hours each day until I am complete. It typically takes an average of about 25 hours to fully complete a piece of art.
Tell me about your favorite museums you visited and why they stood out from others? Two that I truly enjoy are The Warhol Museum, which is in my hometown and the Whitney Museum in New York. I always had a liking for Andy Warhol and it always has interesting contemporary artists. Whitney Museum is not overwhelming like many of the other institutions in New York. I do hope to make it back to New York soon to visit the Museum of Modern Art for the De Kooning show.
What attracted you to use Sharpie products in your works of art? There are several reasons why Sharpie markers are a favorite tool of mine. Most importantly, I feel quite comfortable and familiar with markers. Secondly, the ink and color of the ink drew me in. The colors are so bold and vivid, making it an easy choice for me as an artist.
What is your top Sharpie product?
I would say my favorite Sharpie product is the traditional blue Sharpie.
Can you explain how you feel everything is connected? I feel that nowadays, people's interests and lives are multi faceted. As well as with the mega presence of things like the internet, we are more aware of what is going on with other people's lives and other topics which before we may have not been exposed to.
What are your thoughts on communication, Internet and art – how are they linked?
We are all culturally closer than we have ever been before. Social interactions have been expanded in a way that would be impossible without the technology that we have at our fingertips. The goal of the internet is communication just like art. The two aren't so far apart as people might think. Both are used as tools to communicate a message.
How do you portray the media and connectedness in your art? By creating chaotic scenes. Media and our lives are all intertwined creating chaos. Once my art is complete, I will review and decide if any marks need to be deleted or pushed back into the background. I make these decisions based on my reaction to the visual and various aesthetic qualities. The internet comes into effect again on the idea "things are always present even if you try to cover them up". If a person posts a message, photo, or post, there's no telling on who will see it and where it will end up. Even if we try to delete something, search engines and other tools still can dig up old information. We are connected through the media in ways in which sometimes we are not even made aware of.
Any advice you would like to pass along? I believe as it was taught to me, that each painting (or whatever art you choose) should be better than the previous one. This supports the idea of growth as an artist.
Thank you to James A. Schaffer. For more on James and samples of his art visit his website at http://jamesaschaffer.com/ or follow him on Twitter at: twitter.com/jschaffer


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Men's Hoops Hosts Eastern Washington
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Southern Utah's men's basketball team plays the second game in its four-game homestand Saturday night when the Thunderbirds host Eastern Washington in the annual Hall of Fame game. The coaches will also participate in the 10th Annual Suits and Sneakers Weekend, wearing sneakers in support of Coaches Versus Cancer on Saturday night.
The Thunderbirds (6-12/4-5 Big Sky) will be looking to build some momentum after snapping a five-game skid with a 76-63 home win over Portland State on Thursday night. The win moved the Thunderbirds into a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Sky, along with Sacramento State, North Dakota and Northern Arizona. The Thunderbirds are now 3-2 at home in BSC play, with wins over Portland State, North Dakota (79-67) and Northern Colorado (51-50) and losses to Weber State (81-74) and Idaho State (54-53).
Eastern Washington (4-14/2-6 Big Sky), which is still looking for its first road win of the season, has lost three straight since posting an 82-59 home win over Northern Arizona on Jan. 10. The Eagles, who are playing their third straight road game, have been off since a 72-56 loss at Northern Colorado last Saturday. EWU began the skid with a 60-53 home loss to Sacramento State, then lost at North Dakota (65-57) and at UNC. Both of the Eagles conference wins have come at home, over NAU and Idaho State (57-54).
SUU will be honoring four former athletes during halftime of the game. The four, golfer Stuart Adams, women's basketball players Cherri Frandsen and Myndee Larsen, and football player Rick Robins will be inducted in ceremonies Saturday afternoon, then honored at the game. A fifth athlete, men's basketball player Davor Marcelic, was originally going to be honored as well, but he will not be able to attend and will be honored at the 2014 Hall of Fame Game.
Suits and Sneakers weekend is an annual event coordinated by the Coaches vs. Cancer program, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Wearing sneakers is a simple way to spotlight the fact that cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States-- exceeded only by heart disease, accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths-- and remind people about all the ways they can reduce their risk of cancer; like eating right, exercising, making healthy lifestyle choices and following the Society's recommended cancer screening guidelines.
This year, Coaches vs. Cancer is giving fans a chance to get in on the action and support the fight against cancer. Fans who donate $5 to Coaches vs. Cancer by texting the word "Coach" to 20222 any time between January 21 and April 9 will be entered for a chance to win one of several exclusive prizes. More information is available at the NABC website at www.nabc.org.
The Game: Eastern Washington (4-14/2-6) at Southern Utah (6-12/4-5), Saturday at 7:05 p.m. (MST) in the Centrum Arena.
The Series: Southern Utah holds a 3-1 edge in the series with the Eagles, including a 2-0 mark in Cedar City. The Thunderbirds came out on top of the first three meetings, but Eastern claimed a 69-65 win in Cheney, Wash., the last time the teams met, on Jan. 10, 1994. The Thunderbirds swept two games during the 1992-93 season, taking a 70-68 home win then an 87-67 win in Cheney, then made it three straight with a 71-50 win in December of 1993 before the Eagle win in Cheney.
TV: There will be no live television for Saturday's game.
Radio: All of Southern Utah men's basketball games are broadcast live by KSUU (91.1 FM) as well as on the internet at www.power91radio.com. Art Challis is in his 40th season as the Thunderbirds' basketball play-by-play voice. Dr. Challis - who also serves as the chair of SUU's Department of Communication - is joined on home and selected road broadcasts by former SUU standout and current SUU VP for University Relations Dean O'Driscoll.
On The Internet: Video web-streaming coverage of all of Southern Utah's home games and Big Sky road games is available on Big Sky TV, at www.bigskytv.org. Audio of all SUU games is available by logging on to the Thunderbird website at www.suutbirds.com or at www.power91radio.com.
Live Stats: Live stats of Southern Utah's home games are available on the SUU website at www.suutbirds.com. Real-time live stats of SUU's home games are available to working media, contact the athletic media relations office for access information.
Video Highlights: Video highlights of the Thunderbirds' home games is available to accredited media outlets via SUU's FTP site. For information on obtaining those highlights contact SUU Director of Athletic Media Relations Neil Gardner.
Practice Schedule: The practice schedule calls for the Thunderbirds to work out daily at 3:15 p.m. in the Centrum Arena.
Media Availability: Players and coaches will be available Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. unless travel schedules dictate otherwise. On weeks when the team is traveling on Tuesday the interviews will be held on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Next Up: Following Saturday's game the Thunderbirds begin the second half of the Big Sky round-robin, hosting Sacramento State (Jan. 31) and Northern Arizona (Feb. 2) before heading back out on the road for a game Feb. 7, at Idaho State.
Thunderbird Club Luncheons: The Thunderbird Club's weekly no-host luncheon is held Mondays at noon at the Cedar City Crystal Inn. The public is invited to attend the luncheons where Southern Utah's in-season coaches talk about their upcoming contests and review the past week's action.
Captains: This year's captains are seniors Jackson Stevenett and Tyson Koehler.
Heuir Named BSC Player of the Week: SUU's Damon Heuir was named Big Sky Co-Player of the Week, along with Weber State's Scott Bamforth, for his performance the week of Jan. 5. Heuir scored a Big Sky season-high 30 points to lead SUU to its first road win of the season, a 90-77 victory at Northern Arizona. Heuir started a 22-2 first-half run with a 3-pointer and he buried two more threes during the stretch that lifted SUU from a 9-7 deficit to a 29-11 lead. He went on to score 20 of his points in the second half, including a 3-pointer for the first basket of the period to lift SUU to a 45-30 lead and 5-of-6 free throws in the final 1:04 to keep the Lumberjacks at bay. He hit 6-of-11 shots, 4-of-6 3-pointers and 14-of-16 free throws in the game. The 14 made free throws are also the most in the Big Sky this season. In addition to his scoring, he pulled down four rebounds, dished out two assists, picked off two steals and blocked a shot.
The Coaches: Head Coach Nick Robinson (Stanford, 2005) is 6-12 in his first season at SUU and his first season as a head coach. Coach Robinson came to Southern Utah from LSU, where he spent three seasons on the staff. Prior to his time at LSU Robinson spent a season at William Jewell College and two seasons on the staff at his alma mater, Stanford. During his time as an assistant coach, Robinson helped guide his teams to a combined record of 87-47 and four post-season appearances, including two NCAA, one NIT and one NAIA Division I national tournaments. This is the first time Robinson has coached against Eastern Washington.
Robinson is assisted by Jared Barrett (Eastern Oregon, 1996), Todd Okeson (Nevada, 2005) and Drew Allen (Southern Utah, 2010).
Jim Hayford (Azusa Pacific, 1990) is 17-25 in his second season at Eastern Washington and 271-109 in his 14th season overall as a head coach. Prior to taking over at EWU, Coach Hayford spent two seasons at University of Sioux Falls and 10 at Whitworth, where he led his team to six NCAA Division III tournament appearances. Coach Hayford is 0-0 vs. SUU.
Affiliations: Southern Utah is in its first season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. All of SUU's sports except gymnastics and men's golf compete in the Big Sky. Gymnastics is an affiliate member of the WAC while men's golf competes in the American Sky Conference. Eastern Washington is also a member of the Big Sky.
The Schedule: The Thunderbirds have played nine non-conference games, three at home, four true road contests, and two neutral court match-ups. They have played four conference games at home and two on the road. SUU opened at #21 Gonzaga, then played three games in three days at the World Vision Classic, meeting Green Bay, Cal State Fullerton and host Nevada before opening its home schedule against Carroll College. SUU also played non-conference games at TCU, at Denver, and at home against San Diego Christian and San Diego. SUU has just one non-conference game remaining, a BracketBuster match-up at home on Feb. 23.
Last Time Out: Jayson Cheesman notched a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Jackson Stevenett scored 21 points and Damon Heuir added 19 and six assists as the Thunderbirds broke a five-game skid with a 76-63 win over Portland State on Thursday night. SUU jumped out to a 12-2 lead and never trailed, but the Vikings continued to rally throughout the game. SUU tied its season-low with 11 turnovers, combined for 13 assists and six blocks and out-rebounded PSU 33-32 in moving to 4-5 and into a tie for fourth place in the Big Sky standings. Jordan Johnson started his third straight game and gave the Thunderbirds a lift from the outset, getting steals on the Vikings' first two possessions of the game and a rebound on their third, then scoring four straight points to lift SUU to an 8-2 advantage. SUU went on to build a 13-point first half lead and was up 36-27 at the break. The Thunderbirds built the lead to 52-35 midway through the second half but PSU responded with a 9-1 run and eventually got back within 55-47 before SUU pulled away again down the stretch. Cal Hanks added a career-high nine points and blocked two shots.
T-Birds In The National Ranks: The Thunderbirds have two players ranked in the top-100 in the NCAA through Thursday's games, while the team ranks among the top 100 in three categories. Jayson Cheesman ranks 40th in the nation in blocks per game with an average of 2.28, while Jackson Stevenett is 57th in free throw percentage at .855. As a team the Thunderbirds are 24th in the country with 5.3 blocks per game, 69th in rebounding margin (plus 4.4) and 71st in free throw percentage (.724).
T-Birds In The Big Sky:
(As of Thursday) Cheesman leads the Big Sky in blocks per game with 2.4 when all games are considered and Stevenett is second in the league in scoring at 15.9 points per game while Damon Heuir is third in scoring at 15.3 ppg. Stevenett is also fourth in free throw percentage at .861 and is tied for seventh in rebounding with 6.1 per game, while Cheesman ranks 10th in rebounding with 6.0 rpg. Wade Collie is sixth in 3-point percentage at .455 and Cal Hanks is ninth in blocks per game with 1.1. The team is second in the conference in blocks with 5.2 per game, in rebounding margin (+4.6), in defensive rebounds (26.2 drpg) and in offensive rebounds (11.7 orpg).
When only conference games are considered Stevenett is second in the Big Sky with 18.6 points per game and Heuir is fourth at 16.6. Heuir is third in 3-pointers per game (2.7) and fifth in free throw percentage (.867) while Stevenett is sixth in free throw percentage at .842. Cheesman is seventh and Stevenett is eighth in rebounding with 6.9 and 6.8 caroms per game, respectively, with Stevenett seventh in offensive rebounds (2.3 orpg) and 10th in defensive boards (4.5) while Cheesman is sixth in defensive rebounds (5.0). Cheesman is also third in blocks per game (2.1), Cal Hanks is tied for seventh in blocks (1.3) and Collie is tied for sixth in 3-point percentage (.500). The team leads the league in offensive rebounds (12.4 pg), is second in 3-point defense (.300), defensive rebounds (26.4 per game), field goal percentage defense (.392), and free throw percentage (.764), and third in scoring margin (-0.1), blocked shots per game (5.5) and rebounding margin (+3.1).
Moving Up The Ranks:
Jackson Stevenett has 1,021 points in his three-plus seasons as a Thunderbird. He is currently 11th on SUU's career scoring list and needs 56 to tie Russell Otis (1984-86) in 10th place. He also has 419 career rebounds, which ranks 16th on the SUU career list. He needs three to tie Kerry Rupp (422, 1974-77) in 15th place and 44 to move into the top-10, where Davor Marcelic is 10th with 463.
Jayson Cheesman has 41 blocked shots this season, which ranks fifth on SUU's single-season list and ninth on the career list. He needs seven to tie Kenyatta Clyde in fourth place and 23 to tie Matt Hodgson (2009-10) atop the single-season list. He needs four to move into a tie with Richard Barton (1986-87, 1990-93) in eighth place and five to tie Fred House (1998-2001 in seventh on the career list.
Cleaning The Glass:
- The Thunderbirds have won the battle of the boards 13 times this season. They were out-rebounded in their first three games of the season then won the battle of the boards in nine straight contests before Sacramento State had a 41-38 edge on the boards and Weber State held a 46-41 advantage. SUU got back on the glass vs. Idaho State, however, and has out-rebounded every subsequent opponent. They out-boarded the Bengals 43-34, edged Montana 30-28, had a 37-33 advantage over Montana State and slipped past Portland State 33-32.
- SUU has reeled in 40 or more caroms eight times this season. Last year's team had a total of four 40-rebound games.
- SUU pulled down a season-high 51 rebounds vs. San Diego Christian. The team's high mark vs. a Division I foe was 45, against Northern Colorado.
- SUU averages 5.278 blocks per game, which ranks second in the Big Sky (behind Eastern Washington's 5.3). The Thunderbirds have rejected 95 shots this season, including 12 against North Dakota, SUU's highest total since the team combined for 13 rejections against Panhandle State on Dec. 14, 2010 and the highest total in the Big Sky so far this season. The Thunderbirds were in double-digits against San Diego as well, when they blocked 10 shots.
- Jayson Cheesman didn't take much time to break into the SUU record books. In his first game as a Thunderbird the junior transfer from Salt Lake Community College blocked five shots, which tied the sixth-highest single-game blocks total in SUU history. With 40 total blocks this season Cheesman is all alone in fifth place on the SUU single-season list.
- Cal Hanks tied Cheesman in sixth place on that single-game list when he came off the bench to block five shots against North Dakota. Hanks had three last week to give him 18 blocks on the season.
- SUU blocked six shots vs. Portland state, giving the team five or more blocks in a game 12 times this season.
- The Thunderbirds hit 15-of-25 shots in the second half against Portland State, 60.0 percent, it was their second-best second half of the season (behind .630 vs. San Diego Christian) and their third-best half overall (.625 in the first half at Northern Arizona) this season.
- SUU tied its season-low with 11 turnovers vs. PSU and had the fewest turnovers (the Vikings had 14) for just the third time this season.
- Jackson Stevenett scored 19 points at Montana to give him exactly 1,000 for his career. He is just the 11th player in SUU history to break the 1,000 point mark and just the third to cross that threshold since 1993. Jeff Monaco finished his career in 2001 with 1,568 points (second on SUU's all-time list) while Davis Baker finished his in 2010 with 1,205 (sixth on SUU's all-time list).
- Montana hit just two 3-pointers and attempted just seven, opponent season-lows for SUU. The Grizzlies also went without a blocked shot, marking the only time this season an opponent didn't reject at least one T-Bird try.
- Julian Scott, who missed five games with a foot injury, then played in the NAU, Sac State, Weber State and Idaho State games, was lost for the season with a knee injury suffered in practice January 18.
- The Thunderbirds had just four players foul out of the nine non-conference games (including two at TCU) but have had 12 disqualifications in the seven Big Sky contests so far, including two at both Northern Arizona and Sac State and three against Weber State and at Montana.
- SUU was the first team to win its first three Big Sky Conference games in its first season of play since Boise State started out 4-0 back in 1970-71.
- SUU shot .568 from the floor and .538 from 3-point range at NAU - both season-high percentages - and knocked down 78.6 percent of its free throws, including 10-of-12 in the final 1:08 to clinch the win.
- Stevenett has scored a career-high 29 points twice this season, at Gonzaga and again vs. Weber State. Stevenett's 29 points at Gonzaga was tied as the highest single-game point total in the Big Sky this season until Heuir scored 30 at NAU. Stevenett's 11 field goals made against the Zags is the highest total in the conference so far this season, while his 11-of-15 shooting night (.733) ranks second-best in the Sky, behind Northern Colorado's Connor Osborne, who hit 8-of-9 shots against University of the Southwest.
- Stevenett and Heuir are the only two players to lead the Thunderbirds in scoring this season. Heuir has led the 'Birds in nine games and Stevenett has paced the team eight times.
- Northern Arizona hit just 3-of-17 3-pointers against the Thunderbirds, 17.6 percent. It was the lowest percentage and tied for the second-fewest long-range baskets by the Lumberjacks this season.
- SUU had a season-high six players score in double figures against San Diego Christian. Stevenett led the way with 15, while Damon Heuir and Wade Collie each finished with 13. Jayson Cheesman finished with 12 points and both Jaren Jeffery and Jordan Johnson had 10. For Cheesman and Johnson the totals were career-highs while Collie's 13 were a season-high. Johnson was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor while Collie was 5-of-6 and Hanks, who finished with a then-career-high seven points, was 3-for-3 from the field as SUU finished with a season-best 55.9 field goal percentage.
- SUU combined for a season-high 18 assists vs. SDCC. Freshman A.J. Hess came off the bench to lead the squad with a career-high five dimes vs. the Hawks, while Collie had four and all but two Thunderbirds who saw action dished out at least one.
- SUU has nine lettermen, one squad member and one redshirt returning from last season's team that finished 8-10 (14-17 overall) and in sixth place in the Summit League.
- Nick Robinson is the eighth head men's basketball coach in SUU's 50-year history as a four-year institution.
- Nevada's World Vision Classic was the fourth in-season tournament for the Thunderbirds in as many years. Last year SUU competed at San Diego State's Basketball Travelers Classic, in 2010 SUU traveled to the Great Alaska Shootout and in 2009 the team was in Hawai'i for the Rainbow Classic.
- SUU and the University of North Dakota are in their first seasons in the Big Sky, making it an 11-team conference. The Thunderbirds had been members of the Summit League (nee. Mid-Continent Conference) for the past 15 seasons before joining the BSC. As members of the 10-team Summit League the Thunderbird men's basketball team qualified for the conference's eight-team post-season tournament 14 of 15 seasons, missing only in 2009-10 when the T-Birds finished ninth.
- Seven teams qualify for the Big Sky tournament, which will be hosted by the regular-season champion, March 14-16.
- SUU is in its 50th season as a four-year institution, its 25th at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to joining the NCAA Division I ranks the University spent two seasons at the Division II level and 23 as a member of the NAIA.

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Wonderful Creatures
The Noisy Cicada
The cicada is a noisy insect. It produces ticks, buzzes and whines by means of a system in its body. There is a pair of membranous organs at the base of the insect's abdomen. The cicada produces that well-known sound by vibrating these drum-like membranes. When these membranes are pulled and released by the muscles to which they are attached, a sound similar to that of an empty tin is produced. The insect repeats this pull-and-release process 500 times a second. Considering that you can only close and reopen your eyes once in a second, you can readily see how difficult it is to perform this task 500 times a second.
With the opening and closing of the extended part that exists on the lower part of the insect's thorax, the sound level may be increased or decreased. The human ear cannot perceive these openings and closings, which occur in a tenth of a second, so we do not notice that the sound is interrupted and we think that the buzzing song of the cicada is continuous.


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A cloaking barrier was a large energy field that encircled each of the Delphic Expanse spheres, used to keep the spheres completely invisible and hidden from outside observers.
The barriers were extremely energetic and hazardous to ships traversing them. The first time Enterprise NX-01 entered one of the barriers, it suffered power fluctuations and microfractures along the hull. (ENT: "Anomaly", "Exile", "The Forgotten", "The Council")


text: In 1999, a grand jury in Colorado voted to indict the parents of JonBenet Ramsey for actions that resulted in her death. According to Daily Camera, who spoke to members of that grand jury, they voted to charge the parents with child abuse resulting in death. The District Attorney refused to prosecute the case. The interesting thing is that the DA never said the grand jury returned an indictment that he refused to sign. He simply said the grand jury had ended. There was a lot of pressure on the DA to do something so he must have really felt the parents were not responsible if he was willing to just ignore the indictment. It would have been nice to know about it though and what led the grand jury to believe what they believed.


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Events Wrap Up At The Allstate Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
St. Paul's Episcopal of Alabama and Pearl High School of Mississippi earned the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl Track and Field Classic titles on March 25-26 at Tad Gormley Stadium. St. Paul's Episcopal claimed the girls' team title with 101 points and Pearl High School's 74 points earned the boys' team title.
McGill-Toolen (Mobile, Ala.) took home girls' team runner-up honors with 53 points while John Curtis Christian's 70 points landed them second in the boys' events. The 4x400 meter relay was the deciding factor for the boys' title as Pearl and John Curtis entered the final event tied.
The outstanding performer awards for the 2011 Classic went to four deserving Louisiana athletes.
John Curtis' Dalton Duvio vaulted to a new meet record of 17'01", the number two mark in the nation at this stage of the season, earning him the boys' Outstanding Field Performer award. South Plaquemines' Bradley Sylve took the 100m (10.24) in meet record time and the 200m (21.25) to claim the boys' Outstanding Track Performer award.
For the girls, Mandeville's Nichole Freeman captured both the javelin (137'10") and discus (105'05") titles to earn girls' Outstanding Field Performer. McDonogh 35 freshman Marcquita Stalbert was a triple sprint winner (100m, 200m, 400m), a first in the 18-year history of the event, earning her the girls' Outstanding Track Performer award.


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I have often written about summer, beach, vacation reading... what I am reading, asking what you are reading, the angst of having the wrong or not enough books along on a trip, how reading sometimes changes in the summer.
I recently read an essay in which the writer reflected on summer reading. He reminisced about the decision of what books to take along on a trip and the worry of making a bad choice or not having enough books along, especially if you were traveling to a remote area. He remembered vacation was not a time to challenge himself with a particularly heavy book, not in weight or tone.
Well, times have changed. Now books travel easily in a variety of formats and you can have hundreds of books practically in your pocket and definitely in your suitcase. No worry about the wrong title or not enough.
This is not a new idea of course, but like a lot of essayists, the writer said it well and gave me pause to reflect on the changing world of books yet again.
I hope you had a good summer of reading in your format of choice.
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February 17th- 10:00 PM- Tier 2 Signings announced
February 18th- 10:01 PM- Talent Agency Opens Tier 3
February 19th- 8:00 PM- Talent Agency Closes Tier 3
February 19th- 10:00 PM- Tier 3 Signings announced
February 19th- 10:01 PM- Talent Agency Opens Tier 4
February 20th- 8:00 PM- Talent Agency Closes Tier 4
February 20th- 10:00 PM- Tier 4 Signings announced
February 21st- 8:00 AM- Shark Tank Opens for ST/LB/DL/WR/TE/S/CB Position Groups
February 22nd- 10:00 AM- Shark Tank Opens for QB/RB/OL Position Groups
February 26th- 8:00 PM- Shark Tank Closes
February 27th- 8:00 AM- Draft Begins
Please Read the links below for the rules for FFMD '13. In this thread will also be links to important threads and topics.
Thank you;
EZ and the FFMD 13 Staff.
FFMD '13 Rules
1. General Rules and Notes
2. Staff Positions and Appointments
3. EFRA Rules
4. RFA Rules
5. Franchise Tag Rules
6. Tag and Trades/Extensions on Tags/Trade and Extend
7. Free Agency and Bidding Rules
8. Shark Tank Rules
9. Restructuring and Resigning
10. Trade Rules
11. General Manager Responsibilities
12. FFMD Staff
13. FFMD '13 Rosters and Cap Date
FFMD '13 Important Links
FFMD '13 Suggestion Thread
FFMD '13 GM Sign Up Thread
FFMD '13 Liaison Sign Up Thread
FFMD '13 General Discussion Thread
FFMD '13 GM Announcement Thread
FFMD '13 Trade Block Thread
FFMD '13 Trade Thread
FFMD '13 Cut/Trade/Sign/Restructure Thread
FFMD '13 Tag/Tender/Extend Thread
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:58 pm
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General Rules And Notes
Please Note that at all times
The Forum Rules are in effect
and must be followed. Additionally the following rules are in effect for the Footballs Future Mock Draft:
1. No Chatzy, off site forums, chats or communication methods.
Google Documents (Without chats or other communication methods) are allowed for the sake of record keeping and big boards.
Please Forward a link to your Google Document to me, Estonianzulu, for review.
This rule is not negotiable or up for debate. Any found violation of this rule will result in the following punishments.
1st Offense- 5 place drop of Current Round draft pick (ie: From pick 20 to pick 25, all other picks move up one spot) and immediate removal of guilty participant from position of authority.
2nd Offense- 10 place drop of Current and Next Round Draft Picks, and removal of guilty participant from FFMD
3rd Offense- Forfeiture of current draft pick, 10 place drop of next two round draft picks, and removal of guilty participants from FFMD.
Any further violation will invoke the 3rd violation punishment.
2. No Secret Threads
A secret thread is an old post in a long forgotten thread which is edited for the sake of private communication. This is not allowed and any violation will result in the following punishments:
1st Offense- Deletion of post and removal of guilty participant from position.
2nd Offense- place drop of Current Round draft pick and immediate removal of guilty participant from position of authority.
3rd Offense- 10 place drop of Current and Next Round Draft Picks, and removal of guilty participant from FFMD
4th Offense- Forfeiture of current draft pick, 10 place drop of next two round draft picks, and removal of guilty participants from FFMD.
3. Google Documents and Codes
Google Documents and Codes are allowed. A link to the Google document must be provided to the FFMD Commissioner (me) to ensure fair play and avoid rule violations. Any member of the staff of a team's FFMD board must be given access to the Google document and any code. Failure to meet these requirements can result in the removal from the team staff.
4. Have Fun
The objective of FFMD is to have fun and enjoy yourselves. It is not a perfectly realistic off season, it is not a total fantasy world. We are attempting to recreate and have fun. If you are not having fun, tell me, and we will work to make things better. Please remember this in all your interactions in the forum. There are no winners in this game, only participants.
Any member who wants to be involved, should be involved. Please avoid excessive use of PM's, this is what we have war rooms for. We all want to enjoy ourselves, so remember when you are interacting with other teams that this is about enjoyment, not profit.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:01 pm
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Staff Positions and Appointments
All members of a forum can be a part of the team's decision making process. No one who is a fan of a team should be prevented from participating. The following are considered official positions in for the FFMD teams.
General Manager
- The primary decision maker and point of contact for the team
Assistant General Manager
- The second to the General Manager who will make decisions when the GM is unavailable.
- This position will be responsible for the tracking, updating and review of the team's running cap space.
Other, Unofficial positions include: Head Coach, Assistant Head Coach, Offensive/Defensive Coordinator, Head Scout, Positional Coaches (QB, RB, DB, etc.) or any other title or job you wish to create.
Fans interested in a position as a General Manager will need to post in the GM Sign up thread. Once all 32 teams have had proposed GM's, the Moderating team will decide (based upon reputation, post frequency and familiarity) who is appointed General Manager for which team. If you feel you have pertinent information for the General Manager selection, please PM me and it will be taken into consideration.
The General Manager will then appoint an AGM and other positions as necessary. Only the GM and AGM can make trades, sign Free Agents or make draft picks. Unless otherwise appointed and approved by the moderating staff, no other staff member may make official decisions.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:10 pm
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EFRA Rules
An Exclusive-Rights Free Agent is an NFL player who is not under contract, but has only two years of NFL experience. If your team has an ERFA you may choose to offer these players the minimum contract of $615,000 or opt to release him from the team. At that point the player will become an unrestricted free agent. This period will coincide with the RFA period. You will either offer your ERFA player a contract or release them. Please keep all your ERFAs in one post so it is easier to follow for everyone involved. There will be no cap penalty for releasing a ERFA if signed to the 615k tender.
Please post only once for all of your ERFA's include both the players you are tendering and the players you are not tendering. You may edit your post freely until the deadline at which point the thread will be locked and all ERFA offers will be made official. Please include ALL ERFA's in your post. Any EFRA not included will be released.
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RFA Rules
A Restricted Free Agent is a player whose contract has expired but who can be tendered an offer by their previous team. RFA's will be assumed to sign their RFA contracts without hold outs. Tenders for RFA's can be in the following amounts:
1. $1.26 million or 110% of Salary (Tender based upon drafted round)
2. $1.927 million or 110% of Salary (2nd Round Tender)
3. $2.742 million or 110% of Salary (1st Round Tender)
Opposing teams then have the opportunity to offer a contract to the RFA. If the player accepts the contract, the player's old team has an opportunity to match the contract. If the contract is matched, the player remains on their previous team for their new contract. If the contract is not matched, the player joins their new team and compensation (see above) is given based upon the tender issued. For the third tender, the team must give up a draft pick equivalent to the round in which a player was drafted (So: if a player was a 3rd round pick, the new team would be forced to give 3rd round pick to sign the player). For 1st Tier Tenders, no pick higher than a 2nd round pick may be given.
Please post all of your RFA tenders (And non tenders) in one post. You may edit your post freely until the deadline at which point the thread will be locked and all RFA offers made official. Please include ALL RFA's in your post, any RFA not included will be released.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:12 pm
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Franchise Tag Rules
Any player who does not sign a contract extension may be given a Franchise Tag. A Franchise Tag is automatically accepted by the player and will count against the cap in full. Please see below for Franchise Tag Numbers. During the RFA signing period, all teams will have the opportunity to offer a contract to a Franchise Player. If the contract is accepted, the host team then has the opportunity to either match the contract or receive two first round picks in return and lose the player immediately to the opposing team.
If a team elects not to use a franchise tag, they may use a Transition Tag. The Transition tag works exactly like the Franchise Tag except that there will be no draft compensation if the player is signed by another team.
CB: Franchise: $10.668 Transition: $8.939
DE: Franchise: $10.984 Transition: $8.994
DT: Franchise: $8.306 Transition: $6.919
K/P: Franchise: $2.926 Transition: $2.654
LB: Franchise: $9.455 Transition: $8.216
OL: Franchise: $9.660 Transition: $8.560
QB: Franchise: $14.642 Transition: $12.845
RB: Franchise: $8.079 Transition: $6.851
S: Franchise: $6.798 Transition: $5.899
TE: Franchise: $5.962 Transition: $5.105
WR: Franchise: $10.357 Transition: $8.716
The Following Players received Franchise Tags last year and if tagged again will receive the following contracts:
WR Dwayne Bowe (KC): 11.28 million
WR Wes Welker (NE): 11.28 million
TE Fred Davis (WAS): 6.48 million
DE Cliff Avril (DET): 12.72 million
LB Anthony Spencer (DAL): 10.56 million
CB Brent Grimes (ATL): 12.34 million
S Dashon Goldson (SF): 7.77 million
K Mike Nugent (CIN): 3.24 million
K Phil Dawson (CLE):3.24 million
P Steve Weatherford (NYG): 3.12 million
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:13 pm
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Tag And Trade
Free Agents may only be traded if they resign. Tagged players can not be traded in the year in which they are tagged.
Extensions on Tags/Tenders
You will not be able to sign a franchise/transition tagged player, or a tendered free agent to an extension or restructure.
Trades and Extensions/Restructures
You may use your extensions/restructures on players you trade for. They could towards your total extension/restructure.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:14 pm
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Free Agency Bidding Rules
After re-signing, free agents will be open to receive bids from all interested teams. Free Agent bidding will take place in two parts. The first will be the Talent Agency where players are required to submit bids directly, and in secret, to the agents for the free agent in question. Bidding will work in the following manner:
Each Free Agent represented in the talent agency will have a certain contract offer which they are seeking. These contacts have been pre-determined and are based upon similar players in recent years and the contracts they have received.
Teams will submit contract offers in an attempt to match the contract numbers the player is seeking. All contracts within a given percentage of the target contract number will be kept.
All Contract offers should include a pitch including any relevant information as to why a player should select a given offer. This can include things such as playing time, play system, coaches, fellow players, etc. The agents will then determine which contract offer wins using both the pitches, and the accuracy of the contract offer.
The percentage of the desired contract you are able to go over or under will be broken down by tier of free agent in the following fashion:
1st Tier Free Agents: 10%
2nd Tier Free Agents: 15%
3rd Tier Free Agents: 20%
If no contract offer is within the percentage goal, the general managers will be given the opportunity to resubmit an offer in an attempt to match.
After all 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tier Free Agents have been either signed to contracts or passed up, the Shark Tank will be opened.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:19 pm
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Shark Tank Rules
Any free agent not represented in the Talent Agency will be placed in the Shark Tank. These players are available for any team to bid on. The Shark Tank will be broken down into the following positional groups for bidding:
Offensive Backs (QB, RB, FB)
Receivers (WR, TE)
Offensive Line (OT, OG, OC)
Defensive Backs (DB, FS, SS)
Line Backers (OLB, MLB)
Defensive Line (DT, DE)
Contract Information
The initial contract offer must match the minimum contract per year served requirement below. The number on the left is the years of accrued experience in the NFL, the number on the right represents the minimum contract that must be offered for the player's service. These numbers will be listed on the Free Agency database and must match for an offer to be valid.
0 - $405,000
1 - $480,000
2 - $555,000
3 - $630,000
4-6 - $715,000
7-9 - $840,000
10+ - $940,000
Please Note: Only General Managers and AGM's may post bids
Please submit a bid in the following format:
The Chicago Bears offer $465,000 for QB John Doe
Any team who wishes to counter that offer may do so by increasing the bid by at least $50,000. Any counter offers should quote the most recent (
and only the most recent
; please no massive quote trees) bid in the following way:
The Chicago Bears offer $465,000 for QB John Doe
The Carolina Panthers offer $565,000 for QB John Doe
All contract offers are considered per year deals and will count directly against the cap. Any team who fails to properly post their bid, or who does not have cap space available will have their bid disregarded and the next highest bid will be considered the current bid. Any bid which remains current for 12 hours from the post time of the bid will be considered locked and the team which bid will be awarded the player at the contract offered.
No post may be edited
. Any edited post will be ignored. If you make a mistake, re-post, do not edit. If you edit more than once on a single player, you will be unable to win that that player.
Once a player has received 8 bids or multiple bids valued at least 50% of the player's positional Franchise Tag Value (below) they will be sent to the talent agency and contract offers as well as bids may then be submitted to the TA representing that position group. After 12 hours, the winner will be announced.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:20 pm
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Free Agent Resigning
Teams will have an opportunity to resign one of their unrestricted free agents before they hit the free agency market.
Each team will have the opportunity to resign one unrestricted free agent.
If they fail to resign or chose to abandon a bid, they may move on to trying another free agent until a single free agent has resigned. Resigning free agents is treated exactly like other UFRA's, in that the interested team must submit a bid and contract to the player. Bids will be highly considered in the initial resigning process. Any free agent not resigned will be sent to the UFRA pool. Teams may continue to bid on free agents once they have been sent to the talent agency like any other available FA.
Resigning free agents must use the same contract rules as other Free Agents.
Contract Restructuring
Up to two contracts may be restructured by submitting a bid and contract to the Talent Agency for your currently signed player. These two resigning will be considered automatically, and will work in the following way: You will convert the player's current salary into a combination of a salary equal to or above the veteran minimum salary and a pro-rated signing bonus over the length of the contract. The difference between the player minimum and the previous salary will be extended equally among the remaining years as a guaranteed salary.
For example:
Player A: Salary- $5M, SB- $1M, Future SB- $1M/year for 3 years
Restructured to:
Player A: Salary- $1M (5-1=4- divided over the four years of the contract- SB- $2M, Future SB- $2M/year for 3 years
Each team will have the opportunity to extend one player. This will be done in the same fashion as Free Agent offers and will be issued to the Talent Agency representative for that position.
Cut and Resign
Players who are cut due to cap space concerns can be resigned in Free Agency. It is not guaranteed that the players will resign but the potential exist. Long term veterans who have spent their careers on a single team can be convinced to return at a reduced salary.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:23 pm
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Trade Rules
Trades are encouraged and desired, they help keep the game fun and active. However, there are some rules we will need to follow in order to avoid too much confusion or conflict. There will be a trade council, the job of the trade council is not to determine whether a trade is fair, or even, or 'good' but instead make sure that the trade is made in the spirit of the game.
All trades involving players must be sent through the Trade Council. No trade is official until approved by the Trade Council. Trades involving well known or highly paid players
must be discussed in detail with the entire staff
. If you want to trade an all-pro QB, you can do this, however it must be discussed among the staff in order to avoid inter-staff conflict.
If there is significant doubt about the discussion, or it appears that the trade was opposed by a large portion of the team's staff, the trade council will put the trade on hold until the following occurs: Either the GM or AGM (or the Trade Council) holds a vote of all listed staff members of a team. If 60% of the staff approves the trade, then the approval will be given.
Trades may either be posted in the trade forum or sent to the Trade Council via PM. Both team's must approve the trade for it to be discussed. Approved trades will be posted in the News and Trade Threads.
Draft Day Trades
During the Draft, trades will be far more common. Therefore the following rules will be in place for the draft. To expedite trades, we will use the
NFL Trade Value Chart
. Any trade that is within 100 points of equal is automatically accepted. Any trade not within 100 points must be reviewed by the trade council.
If a player is used in a draft day trade, their value (listed in the team's FFMD HQ) can be used in lieu of a draft pick, but it most also follow the 100 point rule.
Trade Format
Trade should be formatted in the following way when either posted in the trade thread or sent via PM.
The Houston Texans Trade QB John Doe, and 3rd round Pick #1 (Value=265) to the Baltimore Ravens for HB Jane Doe and 4th Round Pick #2 (Value=108)
Draft Pick value and number
Must be included for the trade to be accepted
Future Picks
Only 2014
Draft picks may be traded.
No team may trade more than 2 future draft picks.
Future picks will be valued at the
last pick
of the round
the original pick.
Example: A 2014 1st round pick will be valued as the final pick of the 2nd round, the 64th pick of the draft, or 270 points.
A 2014 5th round pick will be valued as the final pick in the 6th round, the 192nd pick of the draft, or 14.6 points.
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General Manager Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of the General Manager to keep and update a FFMD HQ thread. This thread must contain the following Information:
1. A link to the forum rules
Listed Here
2. A list of all staff including AGM and Capologist
3. A link to this thread.
4. A list of any trade block players including specific pick value (For draft day trades)
Additionally, the GM should include any important links, such as draft and free agency threads.
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FFMD Staff
- League Commissioner. Please PM me with any general questions not involving any of the mods below. If there is ever a serious complaint, rules violation or conflict, please bring them to my attention immediately. CWood21 will be the ultimate arbiter on on all punishments or conflicts which arise.
- Draft Moderator. Cwood21 will be running the draft , please direct any Draft Related questions or concerns to him.
- Free Agent Moderator. Chipperboy1 will be running the free agency, please direct any Free Agent related questions or concerns to him.
- Trade Moderator. tylerdouglass will be running trades, please direct any trade related questions or concerns to him.
- Capologist. scar988 will be in charge of the cap, updating cap numbers and ensuring accuracy in restructuring.
The FFMD is run by Mods, however this year we are asking for your help. We are asking for volunteers to serve as liaisons between the Moderators and the FFMD staff. We are asking for 8 volunteers, one from each division. These volunteers will not be the GM, AGM or Capologist of the a team.
The responsibilities of the liaisons will be two fold:
1st- They will serve as a way point for communication between the staff and the players. There are times when a player may feel that a mod has made a decision that is unfair or missed something important, we want to know. But, we know that this can be a difficult topic to bring up so the liaison can serve as a point of contact for your concerns.
2nd- They will serve as a form of disciplinary hearing board. If there is a reported rule violation, the 8 volunteers will advise the moderating staff as to whether the violation qualifies for the punishments listed above. If a member of the liaison team is from the team under review the member should recuse themselves from the discussion of the infraction. Additionally, if a punishment is issued and the receiving war room feels it was unwarranted, the liaisons will be able to take their complaints and propose to the moderating staff a reviewed punishment.
FFMD '13 Division Liaisons
AFC North
AFC East
AFC South
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AFC West
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NFC North
NFC East
NFC South
NFC West
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Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC South
Houston Texans
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Jacksonville Jaguars
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Philadelphia Eagles
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Roster, Cuts, Cap
The FFMD '13 Roster can be found here:
GM's may use
this link
to try edits and changes to your team's roster
To determine the gross loss to your cap from a trade or cut by viewing the "Cut Cap Hit" column. The net loss can be determined by subtracting the "Cut Cap Hit" from the "Cap Hit".
For example:
If Player A has a Cut Cap Hit of $5,000,000, and a Cap Hit of $7,000,000, the team would save a total of $2,000,000 off the cap.
If Player B has a Cut Cap Hit of $7,000,000 and a Cap Hit of $5,000,000, the team would lose a total of $2,000,000 off the cap.
Cap Space Deadline
You must be under the cap by the end of the tender/tag period. That gives you until February 8th, 10:00 AM to complete your cuts Please make sure that all cuts occur prior to this point.
Failure to do so will prevent you from signing any free agents or submitting any bids until you are under the cap. Any free agent targeted by bid by an over-the-cap team will be thrown out and that free agent will not sign even when the team is under the cap.
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On January 27, conservatives on FOX News distorted and attacked a speech that Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) delivered earlier that day, in which he called for the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq.
FOX News hosts John Gibson and Sean Hannity falsely claimed that Kennedy attacked the troops in his speech. In a discussion with The Nation magazine Washington editor David Corn on The Big Story with John Gibson, Gibson accused Kennedy of "equat[ing] the U.S. military and the insurgents." As Corn pointed out, Kennedy was "not morally equating the two." In fact, Kennedy was addressing Iraqi citizens' opposition to American occupation of their country.
From Kennedy's January 27 speech at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies:
We have the finest military in the world. But we cannot rely primarily on military action to end politically inspired violence. We can't defeat the insurgents militarily if we don't effectively address the political context in which the insurgency flourishes. Our military and the insurgents are fighting for the same thing: the hearts and minds of the people. And that is a battle we are not winning.
On Hannity & Colmes, Hannity accused Kennedy of issuing "attacks on our military" and "saying they're failures." In fact, Kennedy praised the troops' bravery while asserting that the Bush administration's Iraq policy is a "failure":
KENNEDY: President Bush's Iraq policy is not, as he said during last fall's campaign, a "catastrophic success." It is a catastrophic failure. The men and women of our armed forces are serving honorably and with great courage under extreme conditions, but their indefinite presence is fanning the flames of conflict.
Also on Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter suggested to co-host Alan Colmes that Kennedy's critique of the Iraq war was unpatriotic and that he doesn't love America. Coulter claimed that only MSNBC analyst and former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan's anti-war position is patriotic -- because he "loves America":
COLMES: [H]ow can Democrats like Ted Kennedy or anybody else stand up, respectfully oppose the policies that led us to this war, and oppose the war itself without being mocked by you?
COLMES: How can you oppose the war? Let's say you legitimately feel on principle --
COULTER: I can answer that, too.
COLMES: -- that you are against this war?
COULTER: I can answer that, too. There is one patriotic anti-war position.
COLMES: What? What is it?
COULTER: One person, and that is Pat Buchanan. You want to know how to take a principled, patriotic anti-war position, listen to Pat Buchanan.
COLMES: Because he's a conservative. Okay.
COULTER: No, because he loves America.
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Jake Owen ended his Fourth of July weekend with a bang - literally. The country star took part in a go-kart race Sunday with a couple of NASCAR drivers, and ended up in the hospital.
He posted a couple of photos from the emergency room, including one of him in a neck brace, and tweeted:
In the ER... What a way to end the weekend.. pic.twitter.com/wGj5uiGOzL— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) July 8, 2013
Got in a little go kart accident tryin to beat @KevinHarvick & @ClintBowyer . I'll stick to singing country songs pic.twitter.com/s6aQ2trym2— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) July 8, 2013
Pain level = through the roof right now. Thanks for all y'all's well wishes. I love ya....— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) July 9, 2013
He added that he knows his place, and he'll just "stick to singing country songs." The go-kart race was part of a birthday party for Harvick's wife, DeLana, and Jake apparently wasn't the only one injured. Harvick tweeted that they "put 2 in the hospital" at his wife's surprise party.
TasteOfCountry.com says Jake was part of the surprise, and performed for DeLana before the go-kart race.
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PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday marks the first official practice for the University of Pennsylvania men's and women's track & field programs and the official announcement of the 2013-14 team captains. Jake Brenza, Karl Ingram, Conner Paez and Mason Smith will lead the men, while Heather Bong, Chelsea Delaney, Kersie Jhabvala and Jenny Thompson will captain the women.
Brenza has qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put in each of the last two seasons. Ingram has led Penn in the javelin for each of the past three seasons and was All-Ivy as a sophomore. Paez, a consistent scorer for the cross country team, is also fifth all-time at Penn in the indoor 3,000 meters. Smith, who also serves as a return specialist and outside linebacker for the football team, has served as Penn's top sprinter in the 100 meters in each of his three seasons in the Red and Blue.
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Dear Mother and Father,
You have, by this time, received a letter mentioning that I am quartered in the concentration camp at Dachau. It is still undecided whether we will be permitted to describe the conditions here, but I'm writing this now to tell you a little, and will mail it later when we are told we can.
It is difficult to know how to begin. By this time I have recovered from my first emotional shock and am able to write without seeming like a hysterical gibbering idiot. Yet, I know you will hesitate to believe me no matter how objective and factual I try to be. I even find myself trying to deny what I am looking at with my own eyes. Certainly, what I have seen in the past few days will affect my personality for the rest of my life.
We knew a day or two before we moved that we were going to operate in Dachau, and that it was the location of one of the most notorious concentration camps, but while we expected things to be grizzly, I'm sure none of us knew what was coming. It is easy to read about atrocities, but they must be seen before they can be believed. To think that I once scoffed at Valtin's "Out of the Night" as being preposterous! I've seen worse
- Dachau, Germany
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sights than any he described.
The trip south from Ottengen was pleasant enough. We passed through Donauworth and Aichach and as we entered Dachau, the country, with the cottages, river, country estates and Alps in the distance, was almost like a tourist resort. BUt as we came to the center of the city, we met a train with a wrecked engine - about fifty cars long. Every car was loaded with bodies. There must have been thousands of them - all obviously starved to death. This was a shock of the first order, and the odor can best be immagined. But neither the sight nor the odor were anything when compared with what we were still to see.
Marc Coyle (?) reached the camp two days before I did and was a guard so as soon as I got there I looked him up and he took me to the crematory. Dead SS troops were scattered around the grounds, but when we reached the furnace house we cam upon a huge stack of corpses piled up like kindling, all nude so that their clothes wouldn't be wasted by the burning. There were furnaces for burning six bodies at once and on each side of them was a room twenty feet square crammed to the ceiling with more bodies - one big stinking rotten mess. Their faces
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purple, their eyes popping, and with a ludicrous (?) grin on each one. They were nothing but bones & skin. Coyle had assisted at ten autopsies the day before (wearing a gas mask) on ten bodies selected at random. Eight of them had advanced T.B., all had Typhus and extreme malnutrition symptoms. There were both women and children in the stack in addition to the men.
While we were inspecting the place, freed prisoners drove up with wagon loads of corpses removed from the compound proper. Watching the unloading was horrible. The bodies squooshed and gurgled as they hit the pile and the odor could almost be seen.
Behind the furnace was the execution chamber, a windowless cell twenty feet square with gas nozzles every few feet across the ceiling. Outside, in addition to the huge mound of charred bone fragments, were the carefully sorted and stacked clothes of the victims - which obviously numbered in the thousands. Although I stood there looking at it, I couldn't believe it. The realness of the whole mess is just gradually dawning on me, and I doubt if it will ever on you.
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There is a rumor circulating with says that the war is over. It probably is as much as it ever will be. We've all been expecting the end for several days, but were not too excited about it because we know that it does not mean too much as far as our immediate situation is concerned. There was no celebrating - it's difficult to celebrate anything with the morbid state we're in.
The Pacific theater will not come immediately for this unit; we have around 36,000 potential and eventual patients here. The end of the work for everyone else is going to be just the beginning for us.
Today was a scorching hot day after several raining cold ones. The result of the heat on the corpses is impossible to describe, and the situation will probably get worse because their disposal will certainly take time.
My arms are sore from the typhus shot so I'm ending here for the present. More will follow later. I have lots to write about now.
- Dachau, Germany
- 7 May 1945
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Photo #1 - A train at the camp.
Photo #2 - Piled clothes of prisoners
Photo #3 - Aerial photo of Dachau
Photo #4 - The gates of Dachau
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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College women's soccer team was honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for their sportsmanship on the field in the 2010 season. The Tornados were awarded with the Bronze version of the Team Ethics Award by the NSCAA.
The NCSAA Team Ethics Awards recognize teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and follow the Laws of the Game. These teams are chosen by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season. Just 73 teams across the nation received this prestigious honor, including all divisions and levels of intercollegiate soccer.
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Dr. Robert J. Wyatt, Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine has been Chief of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology since 1999. He is also the Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program Director, Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant program at the Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and Medical Director for Pediatric Nephrology at the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital. Dr. Wyatt will be stepping down as Division Chief and a national search for his successor is in progress.
Dr. Bettina Ault, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, is the Associate Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program Director. Dr. Noel Delos Santos, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, is director of the Pediatric Hypertension Program. Dr. Colleen Hastings, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, is the Director of Dialysis Services at the Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Dr. Russell W. Chesney, former Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and past Editor of Pediatric Nephrology actively participates in the divisions clinical and research conferences.
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Successful residentials architecture often involves meticulous, almost obsessive attention to every aspect of a house. The ideal commission comes with a substantial budget that allows architects to package the total concept, from a house's layout and proportions to the pattern on the curtains and the shape of a chair leg. For many architects, even that is not enough. In the last decade, big-name architects have broadened their artistic reach—and their revenue stream—by mixing markets; middle-class consumers now happily buy bathtubs designed by Philippe Starck and dustpans by Michael Graves. But architecture can also influence seemingly unrelated areas of design, and vice versa. An increasing number of architects, it seems, are getting paid to design Web sites and product packaging and to invent brand identities. Some are making narrative films about their ideas; others are putting their architecture to music. For a growing subset of architects, the office has become quite a versatile place, an atelier of modern technology and creative culture.
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Mixed Media Whether or not it's the wave of the future, architects with melting-pot practices say it enriches their professional lives. For Craig Bachellier, it's also a handy way to broaden his client base while he works toward an architecture license. Bachellier started his Manhattan firm Assemblages in 1998, a year after earning an architecture degree from Pratt. Trained as a classical cellist from age 3, he studied film and photography at Pratt, and along the way picked up Internet code programming. After setting up shop with three partners—an architect, a graphic designer, and another architect-in-training—an eclectic mix of projects began rolling in. Commissions from commercial clients often segued into requests for business branding, Web design, and residential work.
A serendipitous contact kicked off the business model by which the firm operates. While designing a house addition in Vermont, Bachellier was asked to create a Web site for the client's sister-in-law, Kerry Kennedy. Kennedy wanted a Web site to help publicize her book Speak Truth to Power, which tells the stories of 50 human rights defenders. That commission led to promotional pieces for several spin-off projects, including a multimedia presentation for a traveling photographic exhibit.
Unlike traditionally run large firms that compartmentalize their architecture and graphics divisions, charrette and crit sessions at these offices usually include everyone. "A lot of this is fluid, making connections in ways you wouldn't doing strictly residential work," Bachellier explains. "We've had some weird moments, talking about how we'll put a house together but having my programmers plugging in ideas for using a similar abstract language for Web projects and logo branding."
Big-picture thinking is second nature for students coming out of experimental schools, where traditional drafting and AutoCad are viewed as boring and outmoded. Eric Safyan, owner of Coney Island Architecture in Brooklyn, says PowerPoint presentations were banned at SCI-Arc because they are too linear. In one studio, students were required to create computer Flash sites for their presentations, showing how people move through and interact with space.
Safyan, who graduated in 2001, wants to attract multi-family housing clients who need not just construction drawings but a marketing concept that includes a Web site, brochures, and material samples. Currently, he's building a site for Terrence Blanchard, the Grammy Award–winning trumpet player and film score composer, which entails streaming music and video, message boards, and animation. For a friend who's a barbecue master, he's fashioning an identity for a new barbecue sauce. "A lot of this stuff just comes at me and I don't say no to a project, so I end up flipping back and forth," Safyan says. "Architecture is my first passion, so as soon as I get my license I'll be much more involved with building. But this other stuff will be an important part of my practice, putting a whole concept together that you can market in the built world and the virtual world."
How architects think is as important as what they build, and filmmaking can enrich the architectural imagination too. At Lightroom in Decatur, Ga., an architect, a graphic designer, and a multimedia designer (or expat architect, as Kevin Byrd calls himself on his Web site, lightroom.tv
As well as designing modernist houses, Web sites, and print media, Lightroom has explored filmmaking mostly for pleasure and self-promotion. A recent film, Insert Logo Here, looked at the relationship between consumers and the corporate image. The Cycle Theory, a short narrative film, was shown this spring at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts in Atlanta, part of an exhibition about the design process.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Whether your daily commute is by car, train or subway, the hours you spend getting to and from work can seem like wasted time. Most of us spend it listening to music, making phone calls or catching up on a novel or favorite podcast. While there's nothing wrong with using that transit time as a way to zone out, experts say there is a "smarter" way to commute that can help boost the career you have -- or give you a leg up on getting a new one. So sit back, enjoy the ride and take a look at our top five ways your morning commute can give you the career boost you've been looking for. 1. Think -- really think -- about what you're doing and where you want to go "There really isn't a whole lot of time left for thinking anymore," says Doug Brown, academic program manager for the online MBA program at the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University. "We live in a world where we're constantly getting information input, but we have very little processing time for all that information. At some point, it needs to process." For some people, "thinking" time, or "processing" time, can be a few minutes each day where they put relaxing music on in the background and find a quiet space to think -- and that can be done easily in the car, Brown says. "Commuting time can be very effective quiet time," he says. "If you're driving and your normal habit is to drive as fast as possible in the left lane, maybe you slow down, drive with traffic and let your mind focus on something else besides the road." Although everyone needs time for quiet reflection, Brown says it can really aid professionals looking to improve their career, because it allows them to take stock of what's going on in the workplace. "If you're having problems with a colleague, you can use that time to say, 'OK, I have this perspective, but what have I not thought about? What is the other person's perspective, and how can we approach this from a different angle?'" Brown says.


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Do you know the value?
Do you do do do?
It's not for sale but I may consider parting with it when I move in order to reduce the amount of belongings I need to drag along.
All comments welcome, even alpha sharky snarky ones:)