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HBO's Bill Maher insulting the Pope and calling Catholicism a "cult" that promotes "organized pedophilia".
Jesse Heim
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this is of course why I don't reward him with any form of income... Idon't watch his youtube channel or watch any of his shows.
It's never a bad idea to vote with your feet. Or in this case, aremote control.
Bill Mayer was right. The Church literally promoted the priests theyknew were sexually abusing children. Promoted and protected them.
You all are in the dark. This message may be influenced by Catholicrage, but look beyond. Bill Mayer is simply a dirt bag who beleiveshis party can do no ill. I have watched the show, he has been shown upconstantly by republican pundits. He attacks Christians but neverJudiasm, and if you say he does your only lying to yourself on thematter. He attacks Catholism EXPONENTIONALLY compared to otherorganozed religions. As far as free speech of course he shoul not bemuted, but such a blatant hypocrite is disgusting. If you watch hisshow and tell me half the stuff hes saying about Obama being attackeddoes not parrallel his vicous attacks on Bush and Palin then I am at aloss of words.(Not a Palin fan, but come on hes attacks are down rightmalicious,)
My name is Romero Rodriguez, I live in Tampa Fl and have been a socalled catholic most of my life, in all about 58 years. Anybody whobelieves that little children, boys mostly who have been abused by ourso called priests and believes Bill Maher should be firedd should havehis head examined. The catholic church can tell you not to eat meaton friday cause it's a sin, but not if you contribute to theirbullshit. The Pope eats steak seven days a week if he desires and hasno pity on those who donate to the church and can't afford it. Mottois stareve your children , but give to the church. GOOD WORK BILL KEEPIT UP.
How about you just change the channel? Have you ever really watchedhis show, or are you just complaining about what some watchdog grouptold you to complain about? I can't stand Sean Hannity, but do Iscream for his firing? No, I simply don't watch him. Hmm...novelconcept huh?
There's this thing called Freedom of Speech. ..The same law that letsyou put your comments and beliefs on here. Look into it.
Also, Maher is what, one of 3738327282989822 people who's made acomment like that?
Do you have a better way of describing the Pope??? You can't denythese things happened in the church that he is the leader of.....I'mnot saying it's his fault but some of the responsibility certainlyfalls on him. I need to get me a copy of that South Park episode. lol
This letter writer is obviously:
a) a nutjob
b) a far-right conservative
Hey letter writer - it's called FREEDOM OF SPEECH. You know, it's thefirst amendment to the Constituion in the Bill of Rights?
If you can't handle it:
a) move to a more repressive nation, like Saudi Arabia, Iran or China
b) turn off the program and don't watch it!
Just because you can't deal with reality doesn't give you the right toinsist that someone be fired?!
What part of (1) moving child abusers around to differentparishes/diocese, (2) covering up their behavior, and (3) notreporting them to the authorities doesn't qualify as promoting"organized pedophilia"?
Uh yeah...all the multi-million dollar legal judgments against theCatholic Church must be completely based on rumors, innuendo andlies...yeah that's it, that's the ticket...all those kids...all thosevictims...they're all lying....yeah...that's it...
They aren't ?
My question is why is this still on here? It should have been put torest a long time ago.
I don't like Bill Maher either but he does have a right to hisopinion.That being said,why do people get so bunged up over somethingthey see on tv?you aren't being forced to watch it.If I don't care forsomething I see on tv I change the channel.Seriously...just changethe channel and chill out.
So, the Pope and organized religion is above criticism? Look, I'vemet Bill Maher. He's not pleasant. However, he has his opinions andif he wishes to express them on his television program he has theright to do so, just as you have the right to express your opinionshere on this website. It's called "freedom of speech". If you don'tlike it, don't watch his show.
I HATE Bill Maher. I am absolutely disgusted with that little pig headof a creepy man who is a womanizing, pompous jerk. You know what I do,I don't watch him. I change the channel or the station.
All organized religions are cults especially the Catholic Church, who,by the way has a history more bloody than any world war. If you wantcomments like that to stop, then keep your preists from SCREWING OURCHILDREN!
Chill Jesse. Sure its hateful and disgusting what the man said, but wehave free speech in this nation. I am an ex-catholic now BaptistChristian, im not gonna shove my views of the RCC on you but, if thiscomment were made about the Baptist Church, i would STILL realize thatMr. Maher has the right to say his piece.
look at Howard Stern, Don Imus, and so on, they deeply offend me but ichoose to tune them out, not go on a crusade
Remember that thing called America? He can say what he thinks. If youdon't like hearing it, don't listen to it.
If you dont like him then dont watch it.Simple enough...?
Free speech. Period. He's a comedian. Making a joke. That some peoplefound off color and some found funny. You don't have to like it, agreewith it or repeat it. If you know the truth and you are at peace withwhat you believe why does Bill Maher figure into it?
It would help to elaborate on this a little bit.
Just so you all know...Bill Maher made a joke about the "petition" tofire him on his show Friday night.
To put a rest to this, to all those who want to fire Bill for what hesaid (because you don't know how to change the channel when someonesays something you disagree with); how about a petition to fire BillO'Reilly - he ate in a predominately African American restaurant andwas surprised at how civilized everyone was (you know not yelling "heyMF, pass the salt")...and that's not offensive!
Just remember, there's something in this country called free speech(and also, there's a way to change the channel when something offendsyou)
Bill Maher needs to be fired but not for this.He has said so manystupid things I can't believe he's still on.Does anyone remember himsaying how brave the 911 attackers were because they were willing todie for what they believed and he called the US cowards for "lobbingmissiles from thousands of miles away".People were still roaming thestreets of NY looking for their loved ones that were no doubtvaporiaed in the towers
As for Catholicism,no where does it say for a man not to marry.Itsays just the opposite but because their church has ordered thatpriests don't marry they become consumed with desires that in essenceturn into perversions,men are still men.
The worship Mary as a co-redemptress with Chris tand the Bible saythat although she was blessed among women she was just a woman full ossin like the rest of us.Mary even speaks of her need for a Savior inLuke.
One part of their translation says that Jesus was an only child but afew pages over it says that he had brothers that were also conceivedof the Spirit,then what makes him so special?
They claim Mary was also conceived in "Immaculate Conception" andthat is nowhere to be found.
The Catholic church is famous for slaughtering those that take astand against their false doctrine,that is not my opinion it's historyso for those that get offened please research it as I have and youwill see for yourself.
They violate all commandmennt beggining with "Make no graven imagesof anything in heaven nor on the earth" but they worship statues andcan't seem to function without them.
You are to confess to Christ alone not to a man as all men a sinnersbut that is based on money and every man has his price.
I come from generation after generation of Boston Irish Catholics andbegan to realize something was terribly wrong so I studied religionsof the world.
It is a cult in every sense of the word and if anyone thinks for asecond that God winks at the molestation of children,there will be"hell to pay" Christ says himself "woe to him that offendeth a littleone"
Everything of Catholicism comes from the false idol worship ofBabylon.The Madonna and child they think is Mary and Jesus is theexact replica of Semiramis and her son Nimrod who were violentpagans.The wafer they use in Communion is the moon god wafer ofEgypt,it even has "IHS" on it which stand for the three moon gods ofEgypt.Isis,Horus and Seb"
Before you attack me,please see for yourself,there are dozens ofhistory books at the library that will confirm all of this.
Because they teach that a sinful man can forgive you and they willpay these priests lots of money,they Mafia has always clinged toCatholicism.Who else is going to tell you it's okay to rape,infest ourcountry with drugs and prostituion for your personal gain and evenmurder?(Hmm,could it be satan?)God will forgive anything but with thatcomes repentance which means to be sorry and don't do it again.
You don't have to believe like I do but this religion(and witchcraftis a religion so don't let that term fool you) but these differentsects claim to be based on the Bible and so if it contradicts that, itcannot be okay.
Over the centuries people were killed for pointing out these grossdiscrepancies so don't kill the messenger please! and I was'ntstarting a big "religious discussion" the thread was already here I'mjust pointing out the facts according to history. "it is what it is"
My Catholic family is shocked that I have pointed this out to themand just like the rest of the world,they argue even though they do notknow the truth and won't pick up a history book to informthemselves.They believe that if they don't like what they hear theycan refuse to believe it and that makes it not true.
It intersting to note what God says about a man that calls himselfGod ie. the Pope.Has'nt it occured to anyone that the "god' of theCatholic church is Crippled with arthritis and other physical ailmentsas the ones before him? nd they continue to die needing a replacement?The real "GOD" cannot die!!!!
Research it for yourself.Peace
Let's see... for literally DECADES, the Catholic Church knew aboutrampant pedophilia committed by its priests. And for literallyDECADES, they not only did not stop the abuses, they effectivelyencouraged such abuse by "relocating" the priests when allegationsbegan to surface.
This sounds to me like "actively promoting organized pedophilia".
Offensive as it may be to you and your religion, it is what it is.
I find it far more disturbing and offensive that you're more concernedwith the image of your religion, than you are with the victims ofpedophilia. That kind of thinking is at the very root of the problem.
He's not any more controversial than Glenn Beck or most of the othersout there. You dont like it?? Turn the damn channel.
Dear Ms. Naegle,
We are writing to express our outrage with commentator Bill Maher'offensive anti-Catholic rant on this past Friday' Real Time program onHBO. Mr. Maher crossed the line of decency by insulting the Pope,mocking the Catholic religion and Catholics and diminishing theimportance of the Catholic faith. In a word, Mr. Maher' commentary wasvulgar.
Pope Benedict XVI' historic visit to the United States is meant tobuild bridges to people of all faiths and spread goodwill in ournation and around the world. He has taken historic steps to bringpeople of all faiths together, unite them in the cause of common goodand break down the barriers that separate us. The Pope has also usedthis opportunity to acknowledge mistakes of the past and heal thewounds they have caused. We believe individuals guilty of these crimesshould be brought to justice, and we appreciate the Pope' apology forthese events.
While we do not dispute that Mr. Maher has an absolute right toexpress his opinions, what good can really be achieved with suchoffensive and divisive language? It was disgusting to hear Mr. Maherrefer to the Pope as an individual who not only operates outside thebounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wears funny hats.Mr. Maher went on to call the Catholic Church a child-abusingreligious cult and concluded his diatribe with the statement that'what the Catholic Church is, the Bear Stearns of organizedpedophilia.
On behalf of the millions of Catholics in the United States andthroughout the world, we are appalled by Mr. Maher' statements and thego-along attitude of his guests, who laughed and clapped through hisanti-Catholic tirade. We are also disappointed in HBO for failing todenounce Mr. Maher' ranting and to ignore the fact that his hurtfulwords offended Catholics in the United States and across the world.Therefore, we call upon HBO to acknowledge the offensive nature of Mr.Maher' remarks and to apologize for playing a role in spreading hisanti-Catholic commentary.
Mr. Maher has had a long record of mocking religion in general and theCatholic Church in particular. At this time when people of all faithswant to hear a message of peace and of healing, Mr. Maher attempted tocast a dark cloud over the Pope' visit. Regardless, the Catholicreligion will continue to foster faith, forgiveness and goodnessthroughout our world a" and maybe that' a lesson Mr. Maher needs tolearn.
Sens. Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza, City Councilmen James Oddo andVincent Ignizio and Assemblyman Lou Tobacco
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Catholics and Muslims are what seems to be walking down the same path. You both get so offended when crap talk occurs about either. Sorrysome of the cathlic church officials have been cought red freakinghanded screwing little boys and girls. Maybe HBO shouldn't be whereyou go to get serious news. America is a place where multiple typesof people have to live together. Your behavior is unAmerican. Get alife. Wishing bad upon someone else, isn't that a sin? Are you goingto go to confession and tell the guy you wished someone to befired?....while the church daycare "takes care" of your children.
This is an OP who likely believes:
1. Al-Quada is an Iraqi organization.
2. The 9/11 hijackers are Iraqi (all but one, I believe, were SaudiArabian).
3. The Bush Misadministration really believed there were WMDs in Iraq,as opposed to just lying about it to have an excuse to go to war there(and now hinting at invading Iran).
Then wouldn't that argument imply that networks should also cancel anyPRO catholic programming for those who disagree with it?
I know there is plenty I'd rather watch on a Sunday morning than JoelOsteen.
I'm sure someone posted the actual quote (can't seem to find it),below...
If not, here's what it was: "If you have a few hundred followers andyou let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. Ifyou have a billion, they call you 'pope.' "
He also said (in an "apology"): "And the main point I was making wasthat if the pope, instead of a religious figure, was the CEO of achain of nationwide day care centers who had thousands of employeeswho had been caught molesting children and then covering it up, hewould have been in jail."
Jesse, if you're going to complain, at least get the quote correct. What you present here is actually NOT what was said. He didn't say itwas a cult, he didn't say "promotes," and he didn't say "organizedpedophilia."
I do not agree with anything Bill Maher says, however I agree that hehas a right to say it. I just don't watch him.
I wonder if all those who hate Catholics like Bill Maher doessupported firing Don Imus who insulted 14 girls while Bill Most Likelya Rapist Maher insulted millions of people?
Remember this is the same guy who considers the 19 9/11 hijackersbrave and not the troops.
Anyone who watches his show dances every time an american soldierdies.
What's the difference between Bill Maher and his hate of catholics andAdolph Hitler's hate of Jews?
Fire Bill Here!
You will feel better for it.
Bill maher is just a pathetic intelectual midget. Should not be paidattention to
I have researched this topic abit, and found all walks of preachers,pastors, priest,bishops, to be guilty of this very same offense.I evenwent and made a video today about this topic here>
Just copy and paste, if you wish.
If you don't like what you are watching on TV, then I have a verysimple solution for you. Ready? CHANGE THE CHANNEL!!!!
Instead of sweeping yet another religious problem under the rug, whydon't we attempt to fix the problem!?
Ignoring it won't make it go away. And by ignoring it, one essentiallyallows it to happen.
Mr. Maher has a right to voice his opinion. You have the right to turnthe channel.
P.S. All religions are "cults" by their very definition.
Not all churches run the same way, of course, but apparently ENOUGH dohave a problem with pedophilia that it has gotten a ton of mediaattention! There is a center for preists to go to near my oldneighborhood that was a help center for preists who have gotten caughtwith "pedophilia tendencies" Which I guess is great that they helppeople, but it doesnt address the problem because they dont face REALconsequences for their actions that way, like jail. (The only reason iknow about the center is that my sister is a therapist... Otherwiseyou would have no way of finding out.)
Ok tangent aside, You may not like what the man says, but you cantdeny him his right to say it, or feel the way he does about it.
have you ever insulted anyone?
we all have.
so you want bill fired, you want to destroy his way of life forinsulting someone. That sounds so Roman.
crucify the messenger cause his words are insulting your belief.
Stand back and look at this again.
God has no respect of person: so because he insulted You by insultingthe pope (who is what exactly) we as an American society, Home of freespeech should take this Bill Maher, and publicly flog him, nail him toa tree?
what part of Mr. Maher's comments had no hint of truth?
Here is the full quote for anyone that wants to read it:
During his April 11, 2008 live broadcast, Maher said of the CatholicChurch:
In fact, whenever a cult leader sets himself up as God's infalliblewingman here on earth, lock away the kids. Which is why I'd like totip off law enforcement to an even LARGER child-abusing religiouscult. Its leader ALSO has a compound, and this guy not only operatesoutside the bounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wearsfunny hats! That's right, the Pope is coming to America this week, andladies: he's single!
Now, I know what you're thinking. "Bill, you can't be saying theCatholic church is no better than this creepy Texas cult. For onething, altar boys can't even GET pregnant!" But really, what trippedup the little cult on the prairie was that they only abused hundredsof kids, not thousands all over the world. "Cults" get raided;"religions" get parades. How DOES the Catholic church get away withall of their buggery? Volume, volume, volume! If you have a fewhundred followers, and you let some of them molest children, they callyou a "cult leader." If you have a billion, they call you "Pope." It'slike, if you can't pay your mortgage, they call you a "deadbeat," butif you can't pay a million mortgages, you're "Bear Stearns" and webail you out.
And that's who the Catholic church is. The "Bear Stearns of organizedpedophilia." When the current Pope was in his previous Vatican job, asJohn Paul's Dick Cheney, he wrote a letter instructing every Catholicbishop to keep the sex abuse of minors secret until the statute oflimitations ran out. And that's the church's attitude: "We're here,we're queer, get used to it."
Which is fine -- far be it from me to criticize religion. But justremember one thing: if the Pope was, instead of a religious figure,merely the CEO of a nation-wide chain of day care centers, wherethousands of employees had been caught molesting kids and thencovering it up, he'd be arrested faster than you can say, "Who wantsto touch Mr. Wiggle?"
I havent seen that, we dont have HBO here. I however do think that heis entitled to his opinion. He did not tell you that you have toagree.
fire that old hag Mother Angelica. I don't like her view either!!!
first, i don't like bill maher. i think he's profane and annoying. but, that doesn't give me the right to demand that he be fired. partof being a christian is being tolerant to differences. the wholeworld isn't going to have your views and that's okay. since i don'tlike mr. maher, do you know what i do, or rather, what i don't do? idon't watch his show or any show he appears on. i had no idea he hadeven made these remarks. you know far more about him. he is anamerican and he has the right to express his views.
How come it's always the most religious people who seem to be theleast tolerant of people who aren't? Ever hear of freedom of speechand freedom FROM religion? Cancel your own cable service and watchnothing but EWTN.
Be very careful with regards to religious opinions. To be acurate,you must know that of the Seven Major religions in theworld...."Christianity" of which Catholicism is a sect of, is the"Youngest".
What makes it the correct religion?
Before professing that "Catholicism" is the way to go, respect thereare other opinions than yours.
You know, jabbing yourself in the arm with a knife hurts. If youstart doing it, you should stop.
Just like, if you don't like what is on TV, you can stop and changethe channel.
What are you watching Bill Maher for in the first place? Use yourremote, there's better shows on Pay Per View, believe me, you'llforget Bill Maher ever existed!
Fr Guido Sarducci
Dish Network Subsciber and Tivo Owner
It's called freedom of speach!!! I'm Catholic and I agree 100% withhim!!!
Bill Mayer's father was a Catholic and Bill thrives on Politicalsatire.
Lighten up on him, seriously, TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
As someone who is religious, I am going to say this; every religion isa cult. You can argue all you want, but that's what it is.
Good to know I wasn't the only one drunk last night. Cheers, Jesse!
Because of free speech you are permitted to write a letter such asthis just as Bill Maher is permitted his opinions on any subject.
Otherwise we would not be the United States of America now would we?
Do you really want to live in a country where someone can be fired forsaying something that you don't agree with, that is his opinion? Scarythought to me.
Wow. Yet another person who believes that HIS opinion is the only onethat matters, and such, everyone else should believe exactly the samething. The Taliban is calling your name for recruitment, Jesse.
To paraphrase the great George Carlin: "Did anyone ever tell youthere are 2 knobs on the TV? One turns the TV off, the other changesthe station! Imagine that, Jesse! You can actually change thestation! Of course, you may not be too comfortable with anything thathas 2 KNOBS on it..." (cough cough)
Adding to what I said earlier....
I also find it hilarious that with all the sex and adult-orientedprogramming aired on HBO, you choose to attack and seek the removal ofsomeone who you probably think is an idiot. Just ignore the guy anddont watch his show.
P.S. Real Sex 274 is on at 11 pm tonight, right after Taxicabconfrssions.
Let's talk about this...
I am not a Catholic and every few days I have some people from thelocal church come over to try to get me to convert. They get me bookson how things are bad in other religions and all that stuff.
I listen to them and politely decline. I am always surprised that theynever seem to talk about the problems that their own religion faces(pedophiles, etc, irrespective of the number).
One when I asked about that, the person said "no comment".
Amazing is it not!
Bottom line is we need to show respect for all religions and faiths.Unfortunately that does not happen.
Well, I'm a Catholic and I say that everyone is entitled to theiropinion. Yeah, it bothers me when someone says that about my religionand I'm tired of dealing with stereotypes and being insulted by otherChristians because of my faith.
The amount of pedophiles who happen to be priests is rather low,though that doesn't make it any less acceptable. This has been aproblem for as long as priests have been restricted from marrying andfinally the Church is owning up to its past. But I'm just tired ofpeople villifying the entire Church on the actions of a few. We stillhave a long way to go, though, in paying for our mistakes.
I personally think that priests should be allowed to marry. Then wewould have more priests and I think the overall "mood" of the Churchwould lighten. I think people don't like us because we are so big. Upuntil a few weeks ago, we were the largest body of organized religion.Now, it's Islam that is the largest.
I do agree with many of his views, but when it comes to his hate oforganized religion, I really think he pushes the boundaries. It's onething to be critical...he just seems to promote overall hate. Wheneverhe starts into religion, I just change the channel.
If you're a regular on this site you are aware that I am a Christianperson. That being said I hate when people make comments like thisbecause it puts a bad light on all religious people; making us appearfanatical. If you do not agree with Mr. Maher's opinion there is asimple fix. Turn the channel! This is America and he has the right toexpress his opinion, as do you, but what you do not have is the rightto silence someone because they do not believe as you do. God givesall of us a choice, we do not have to follow him, that's what makesChristianity (or any other denomination for that matter) great.Freedom to choose.
God Bless
If you are so concerned about Mr. Maher's remarks you should cancelyour HBO subscription. His show is on paid TV. There are no sponsors,except the viewers. If enough viewers cancel, HBO would likely drophis show.
I do have a man-crush on Bill Maher though. His views on many thingssuch as religion, healthcare, and foreign policy are very refreshingcompared to the out-of-touch politicians and political commentators ontv today. Im going to go out on a limb and say you have neveractually watched his show. You are most likely relaying some talkingpoints you read from whatever right-wing christian website you love.
His statement though is a bit of an exaggeration. I wouldnt say thechurch promotes pedophillia, but they certainly have not done much tostop or prevent it from going on.
So do you want to ban everyone from expressing an opinion, or justthose opinions that don't agree with yours?
It is ok for you to write a letter on here with your opinion, but itis not ok for Bill Maher to give his opinion?
How does that not make you a hypocrite?
While we're at it, let's fire Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews, NancyGrace, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, the anchors on the WeatherChannel, and any one else who has an opinion we don't like. Then T.V.can be nice, safe, and boring and everyone can sit around and watchEverybody Loves Raymond reruns.
Or, even easier, we can just turn the program off and vow never towatch it again.
He is who he is, and welll....ummmm...what he said is pretty muchtrue.
Here's an idea, change the channel. He has every right to say what hewants as do you.
My mom is Catholic, but even she admits there are things wrong withthe Church. It really hurt her when it came out that her priest hadonce covered up the rape of a young woman committed by one of theyounger priests.
I don't like organized religion, I'll be honest, so I have no problemswith Maher's remarks about the Church. In fact, I like Maher, though Idon't always agree with him.
God knows there are loads of blowhards on TV that I don't agree with -I just don't watch them.
I'd be hot for Sir Maher, but that nose! Geeze! Isn't he a littleyoung to have whiskey nose? (any fellow irishmen out there?)
sounds just about right. Why should he be fired if he spoke thetruth?
Bill Maher is an intelligent fellow who asks the right questions. Ihave always enjoyed his critical thinking, but I won't shell the moneyout for HBO.
Would you like to make a counter-argument?


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When I ran the script again I did not find a single AP.
I tried to run airmon-ng manually and I find
So yeah, if I abort wiffy script, I need to reboot my system in order to find WLAN's again, re-plugging wlan-card would not make a difference.Code:root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 Interface Chipset Driver wlan0 RTL8187 r8187 (monitor mode enabled) *** REBOOTED *** root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 Interface Chipset Driver wlan0 RTL8187 rtl8187 - [phy0] (monitor mode enabled on mon0) root@bt:~#
I tried wiffy #9 and the problem was not in that version of the script.
Anything I'm doing wrong?


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Canvassing board certifies Florida voting results
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 10:21 a.m.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott and the other Republican members of the state canvassing board have certified Florida's voting results that gives President Barack Obama the state's 29 electoral votes.
Obama carried Florida a second time on Nov. 6 and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson easily won a third term. Democrat Patrick Murphy's victory over incumbent Republican tea party favorite Allen West in a Palm Beach area congressional race was also certified Tuesday.
Secretary of State Ken Detzner says only unofficial returns from St. Lucie County were recorded since its official results were not received by Monday's deadline.
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text: I think for simplicity, because it makes sense and because UCMMA were pretty much nearly there with the medical procedures before SAFE MMA, UCMMA have rolled out the SAFE MMA procedures to everyone competing on the night. It was not a requirement of SAFE MMA, but if you have competitors that are not medically assessed to at least SAFE MMA standards then you would need to administer a clinical wash to the cage, so that medical safety is maintained. I'm guessing its easier (and preferred) if all atheletes are cleared to the same level.


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Friday, July 20, 2007
This is a traditional Palestinian dish, little known in Western circles. I've been wanting to try it for some time, and this week, busy with a lot of different things, it seemed like an easy meal-- and it was! I've seen this recipe here and there on the 'Net, and I didn't change it, but I was little more exact with the measurements. It is simple and homey, not terribly attractive, but we really liked it. The browned onions really make the dish, visually and taste-wise. I've noticed that many Middle Eastern home-style dishes utilize browned onions as a topping. I think it was, and still is, an inexpensive and clever way to add flavor and color to otherwise very simple dishes. The recipes seem to indicate that this dish is served at room temperature, but we ate it hot. Do try this!
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RISHTAYE (RED LENTIL AND PASTA RAGOUT WITH BROWNED ONIONS) (WW Core Plan-compatible)
Serves 3
1 cup red split lentils (orange lentils)
100 gms (about 3 1/2 oz.) egg-free tagliatelle or linguine pasta (flat)
4 cups (1 qt.) water
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cumin
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
1 Tbs olive oil
1 tsp. sumac (organic here) (see notes about this lemony-tasting spice here) (link to sumac on amazon.ca here)
Place the lentils and the tagliatelle in a deep pan (I used a stir-fry pan) with 3 cups of the water. Add the salt and cumin. When the water starts to boil start stirring, adding the last cup of water whenever the water level becomes minimal, until the mixture turns into a homogeneous thick broth-like mixture. This process should take about 15 minutes of stirring the mixture over medium heat of and on-- but keep an eye on it.
Before cooking
While it cooked I browned the onions in a large nonstick skillet in the olive oil over medium heat, stirring often. You want them to be deep brown and a little crispy (see photo below).
Pour the mixture into 2 flat pasta bowls. Top with the onions, and then sprinkle the sumac on top. Serve with green olives, salad, or spring onions and radish.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 421.1 calories; 13% calories from fat; 6.6g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 643.6mg sodium; 553.8mg potassium; 71.3g carbohydrates; 8.9g fiber; 3.5g sugar; 62.4g net carbs; 21.1g protein; 8.2 points.
6 comments:
- jocelyn said...
mmmm, this reminds me of the palestinian lentil soup you've posted a long time ago, which i love to the last drop. even my onion-hating friends were asking for more! i'll have to try this one out!
- Sat Jul 21, 03:20:00 PM PDT
- Julie said...
Hi! I just wanted to let you know I LOVE the Everyday Dish DVD. Come check out my review on my blog: http://kindkitchen.wordpress.com/
- Sun Jul 22, 09:39:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks so much, Julie!
- Mon Jul 23, 08:21:00 AM PDT
Do you think I could sub the tagliatelle with brown rice pasta? That dish looks like awesome comfort food. I'm going to have to try it! Thanks for posting it.
- Fri Jul 27, 08:15:00 PM PDT
Hi Bryanna,
Is there any difference between tagliatelle pasta and fettucini pasta?
- Sun Jul 29, 12:17:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
I think fettucine is a bit thicker, Brenda.
- Sun Jul 29, 12:32:00 PM PDT


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One of my first jobs as a new home owner was to mow the lawn. As it happens, we had a friend with a lawn mower that was no longer using it, so he gave it to us. When I went to pick it up, he was using words like, 1992, and "never maintained", so I knew it wasn't going to be a super awesome lawn mower. Still, I love to get something for free, and a lawn mower is a couple hundred dollars, so I was very happy with his gift … until I used it for the first time. Granted, with all the renovations at the house and moving in, the lawn was overdue for a cut. Plus it was just after the rainy season here in the bay area, so the grass was thick, long and wet. How long? In some spots it was taller than the lawn mower wheels. The issue I had with this 1992 lawn mower was it was a mulcher. I've never used this type of lawn mower before, but the idea sounded great. You cut the grass, and the clippings are put back to the lawn so you don't lose the nutrients. Sometimes an idea is better in theory though. It's not that I had to pull start this mower every couple feet that left me with such a bad opinion of my new used lawn mower. It's all the dead grass that resulted. You see, it seemed to get clogged up with the wet grass, and once it started to stall, it would cough up a bunch of wet grass phlegm clumps all over the place. On the sidewalk, driveway, my car, … but mostly back into the lawn. The thing was, these clumps were wet and heavy and big, so they sunk to the bottom of the lawn, and even after raking, many were missed causing dead patches all over my lawn. I decided to do some analysis on this lawn mower, to see if there was a design flaw with this mulching type of lawn mower. Luckily, I found an already built, free 3D CAD file of a generic mulching lawn mower on one of the CAD user community websites (3dcontentcentral.com). I used our FloEFD software, which is our general purpose, CAD embedded CFD tool. I had the CAD geometry so my time commitment to this analysis was greatly reduced. Any designer wanting to do an analysis in FloEFD would be in similar shoes, having 3D CAD model and wanting to use that model without having to do any importing/geometry clean up or creating a "fluid" part. All these steps are avoided when using FloEFD.
As I'm not a lawn mower designer, I'm not familiar with all the details that are required for an analysis, so I had to do some research on typical RPM (~4000), and estimate the airflow resistance for the grass. Once I had analyzed the airflow, I seeded the solution with particles of grass to see where they went. I used fairly big particles for the grass, as my grass was quite long when I had my issues. Here are the results of my analysis.
First, you can see from the above image how the blades cause a lot of swirling air, similar to the airflow around helicopter blades. We can also look at the velocity contours and velocity vectors inside the lawn mower (shown below). You can clearly see that at the blade tips the velocity is highest. This is because the blade is spinning, and the rotational velocity multiplied by the radial distance provides the velocity at that spot, so in general the airspeed will be highest near the blade tips.
Next, I injected the particles at the outer edge of the blade, as only that first bit of the blade will do any cutting (you aren't walking fast enough for a long piece of grass to make it towards the center of the blade). From this animation, you can see that the grass particles hit the top of the lawn mower "dome", than impact a second time along the outer "rim" before going back into the grass. What you can also see, is that the particles slow down a lot after being impacted by the lawn mower blade. I think this is the key, in that the slower grass clipping is moving, the more likely it will be to stick/accrete to the top of the dome or to the side rim. Once some grass starts to stick, the surface becomes rougher, and this promotes more grass to stick, leading to a buildup of grass on the interior.
After sanding some rust off to find the model number of my lawn mower, I was able to dig up a user manual online (a huge surprise). In it, I found that there are "kick plates" at 4 spots along the top outer part of the "dome". From my results, it made perfect sense why those were there. To try and push down the clippings back into the grass or back into the lawn mower blade, before they could impact the top of the dome and collect. So I emptied the gas tank and did some searching on my lawn mower, and after removing a BUNCH of hardened, blackened grass, I did discover my kick plates. I'm not sure if it's mowing better now because those kick plates are exposed, or that my grass has never been let to grow for more than a week or two. It still does seem to leave clumps of grass instead of evenly dispersing fine mulch though, so I do think some design improvements could be made, but I'm not sure if this company wants to hear how they could improve their 1992 model.
One other discovery during my research was that most mulching lawn mower blades have a wing type shape in the interior to create suction to make the grass stand straight up, kind of like that suck-vac haircut machine in the original Wayne's World movie. A problem with this though, is this suction can also cause pebbles and other debris to fly up and hit the top of the dome, leading to erosion and holes. This would also be a perfect analysis opportunity for FloEFD. As I got my CAD for free on a website, it didn't have this airfoil shape so it will have to wait for a future installment of my blog. Still, I think this was an enlightening exercise into another household application where CFD can be used to gain better insight and improve a design.


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|Public Law 90-584
|Indians. Southern Paiute Nation. Judgment funds, disposition.
|Public Law 90-584
|Sec. 2
|Sec. 3
|Sec. 4
|Redeposit and disposition.
|Sec. 4
|Sec. 5
|Equal shares.
|Sec. 6
|Minor enrollees, protection.
|Sec. 7
|Sec. 8
|Tax exemption.
|Sec. 9
|Rules and regulations.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of disposing of the sum of $7,253,165.19 appropriated April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81, 108, 109), to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission entered in its dockets numbered 88, 330, and 330-A on January 18, 1965, on behalf of the Southern Paiute Nation, the bands and groups of Southern Paiute Indians named in the petitions and the Las Vegas Band, together with interest accruing thereon, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the following requirements for eligibility: (a) they were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act and are (b) enrolled or entitled to be enrolled as members of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Reservation, Arizona, or (c) enrolled or entitled to be enrolled as members of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Reservation, Nevada, or (d) whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the final rolls of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Indian Peaks Bands of Paiute Indians which were prepared pursuant to the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1099), or (e) Southern Paiute Indians whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the January 1, 1940, census roll of the Cedar City, Utah, Indians, or (f) Southern Paiute Indians whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the January 1, 1940, census roll of the Las Vegas Colony, Nevada, or (g) Indians living elsewhere who can establish Southern Paiute lineal descent to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, however, That no enrollee shall have elected or shall elect to participate in the judgment awarded by the Indian Claims Commission in its dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80-D, and 347, granted to "Certain Indians of California" or in dockets numbered 351 and 351-A granted to the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians. Any person qualifying for enrollment as a member of more than one of the named Indian groups shall elect with which group he shall be enrolled for the purpose of this Act.
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona, in the manner and within the time limits prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose. The Secretary's determination on all applications for enrollment shall be final.
The cost of preparing the Southern Paiute Indian roll, and of disposing of the judgment funds, and the deduction of attorneys' fees and expenses and the cost of litigation, shall be deducted from the judgment fund. The balance of said fund, together with accrued interest, shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior among
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the groups of persons entitled to enrollment on the Southern Paiute Indian roll as provided in section 1 of this Act. Apportionment among said groups shall be on the ratio that the number of enrollees in each group shall bear to the total number enrolled on the Southern Paiute Indian roll.
The total amounts apportioned to the groups enrolled in section 1 (b) and (c) shall be redeposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the respective bands, and may be advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested in any manner authorized by the governing body and approved by the Secretary.
The funds apportioned to those Southern Paiute Indians enrolled under sections 1 (f) and (g) shall be available for distribution in equal shares to the enrollees except as provided in section 6 of this Act.
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary determines will best protect their interests, including the establishment of trusts.
All funds, including interest, of the adult members of any group enrolled pursuant to sections 1 (d) and (e) of this Act may be advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested in any manner pursuant to a plan agreed upon between the governing body thereof or by the members thereof, at a meeting called in accordance with rules approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the Board of Indian Affairs of the State of Utah, subject, however, to the previous approval of such plan by the Secretary of the Interior. However, the Secretary of the Interior shall not be charged with any responsibility in the administration of the funds.
No part of the per capita distributions made under authority of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income tax.
The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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Photos and interview by Nathan Myers
Rizal Tanjung calls Marlon's board the "Money Maker." (I basically forced Marlon to throw the #1. He didn't even know how.)
Marlon Gerber doesn't have time to celebrate. It's 8 a.m. Monday morning in Kuta and there's just enough time for one victory beer before he heads to the airport. Breakfast of champions.
He's just secured the 2011 Indonesian Surfing Championship on Rote Island, but he's bailing his own award ceremony for Thailand, where he'll compete for the Asian Surfing Championships. Just one quick Bintang before it's back to the heat.
All this rushing around and jersey-wearing stuff is very un-Marlon. Here's a man who appreciates his beauty sleep, chilling for hours on The Balcony veranda, and walk-able afternoon sessions at Kuta Beach. Marlon likes to cruise.
He does it well, too. And with a style that's every photographer's wet dream, Marlon's become one of Indo's best-known photo pros, with cover shots, Taylor Steele video parts and more coverage in the international mags than most of the local boys. This is the good life…and he's passed up modeling and acting offers to keep it that way. Simple. Pure. Cruise-y.
But winning contests? Not so much.
Until the end of last year, Marlon had never really won anything. Then this year, he pretty much gutted the tour wide open…winning the ISC title before the season was even over.
So what changed? It's clearly not a dietary thing…
Normally pretty reserved, Marlon was still a bit giddy with his competitive success this year. We've barely started the breakfast victory party and it's already time to go. "People keep asking how it feels to be champ," says Marlon, sliding the Money Maker board into his boardbag, "but I haven't even had time to think about it. I don't feel anything, really."
SURFING: The press release from Rote said you were "taking it one heat at a time" — did you read line that off a cue card or what?
MARLON GERBER: You know, I don't think I even said that. I think they just pick those quotes from a list sometimes.
Yeah, I've got that list in my wallet. So how did it really go down?
Well, that's pretty much how I approached it. That's how you've got to do it. Not get too far ahead of yourself.
After you won the first event this year you told me you were planning on winning the title this year.
Did I say that?
You did. But after that, it was like, "Let's never speak of it again."
Totally. There's always that fear of jinxing it. But I really felt like I could win it this year.
What changed to make you start winning?
Just believing in myself. I always knew I had the ability. I just didn't have the confidence to win.
Simple as that?
Rizal [Tanjung] was also a big part of my winning. He's been kind of like a coach to me this year. Right before my heat he texted me and said, "Just surf. Don't think about anything else. Just surf." I remembered that in the water and it helped.
Riz has a lot of experience. He's a former Indo champ himself, right?
Yeah. He's a really smart competitor. So much experience. And he's my brother. The board I won on was his. I liked it and he said, "Take it." He calls it my Money Maker board. Always says, "Save your Money Maker for the contest."
A lot of top surfers are using coaches these days.
Yeah, Taj, Parko…lotta guys. There are so many good surfers around now that's it's almost more of a mental game. Anyone can win on the right day, but to put it all together in a heat for 25 minutes with the pressure on…it's not easy.
How did it go down in Rote?
I almost lost my first heat because it was four-man and not many waves came through. I was just really nervous, too. Even the head judge came up and said, "Man, you were sucking out there." I appreciated his honesty. The next day was a totally different story. I feel more comfortable in the man-on-man heats.
How was the final?
The final was with Cabul [Raditya Rondi]. He's really good in any conditions. I pretty much won it in the last ten seconds. I needed an 8 and I got the score.
With an air?
Couple turns, an air, then two more turns.
That's what it takes to get an 8 on the ISC, right? Full-on combo waves.
Oh yeah. It's harder than the WCT. Lee [Wilson] was boosting something on every single wave. One wave he did a turn, a straight air, then an air reverse and scored a 9.5.
If you took the bottom 15 guys from the WCT and put 'em on the Indo Tour, you think they'd get smoked?
Yeah, probably. For sure we'd have a good chance of beating them. The surfing on this tour is really good.
Do you watch the WCT events?
Not really. I watched some of New York to study how guys were winning heats, but I didn't really learn anything. I already knew what I had to do. I just keep it simple. Try to get two good waves.
Did you realize that winning this event would secure the title for you?
No. I hadn't done any calculations. I didn't even want to think about it like that.
Just taking it one heat a time?
For some people, it just takes a while to set it. For others, being champ isn't really a defining experience. For Marlon, it's never been a matter of points or fame or titles…it's just the best life in world. Traveling. Surfing. Chilling.
It's nice to know you've left a mark somewhere, but my suspicion is that in a few months you'll have to remind Marlon that he was ever Indonesian Champion at all. He'll be cruising up at The Balcony or chasing peaks down on Kuta Beach and someone will be like, "Hey, remember when you were The Champ?"
Marlon will pause for a second, think about it, then smile that easy-going, money-maker grin and say, "Oh yeah, that was pretty cool."
And then he'll go back to cruising. —Nathan MyersCongratulations, Marlon. Check out www.isctour.com for photos, video and made-up press release quotes from the event.


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|Chap. 930
|Indians. Vocational training.
|Sec. 2
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to help adult Indians who reside on or near Indian reservations to obtain reasonable and satisfactory employment, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to undertake a program of vocational training that provides for vocational counseling or guidance, institutional training in any recognized vocation or trade, apprenticeship, and on the job training, for periods that do not exceed twenty-four months, transportation to the place of training, and subsistence during the course of training. The program shall be available primarily to Indians who are not less than eighteen and not more than thirty-five years of age and who reside on or near an Indian reservation, and the program shall be conducted under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. For the purposes of this program the Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental agency, or with any private school which has a recognized reputation in the field of vocational education and has successfully obtained employment for its graduates in their respective fields of training, or with any corporation or association which has an existing apprenticeship or on-the-job training program which is recognized by industry and labor as leading to skilled employment.
There is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act the sum of $3,500,000 for each fiscal year, and not to exceed $500,000 of such sum shall be available for administrative purposes.
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Migrating WLAN Controller 2125 to 2504
Hello everybody,
I will migrate a Cisco WLAN Controller 2125 to 2504,
So I have one question?
I need to make all configuration into the new Wlan Controller or I can migrate with one tool or something else?
Best Regards
Okay, the ER image is an emergency release and it requires 7-0-235-0.aes. Most likely I'm guessing you uploaded 7-0-235-0.aes rebooted the wlc and then uploaded 7-0-235-0-ER.aes then rebooted again.
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Was the firmware (AireOS) on the 2100 the same as what was in the 2504?
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Okay... well I think Cisco doesn't support it, but it does work. To easiest way to get one config to the other is to take the config from the existing and putting it on the new wlc. Now the new one will be offline, so when you do this, you can always verify that the configuration is identical. Of course the part of the configuration that you will have to change is the hostname, mobility information, maybe ip address. Now you can change this after you upload the config file or you can change it in the gui after the new wlc has the config. All the other configurations should be the same, especially if you are going to and from the same code. I have tested this with the 2100 to 2504 and 4400 to 5508.
So above is how to get the configuration over not migrating over. Now its up to you if the new wlc will have a different ip address so you can setup mobility between the two or just swap it out. Or setup mobility and move the ap's to the new wlc and then change the ip address of the new wlc and remove the old one.


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October 30, 2001
Contact: Deborah K. Ruiz, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. General Services Administrator Stephen A. Perry today announced his appointment of Lea J. Uhre as the agency's Chief of Staff for its Public Buildings Service. Her position is effective October 30, 2001.
"We are fortunate to have the opportunity to appoint Lea to this post in GSA's Public Buildings Service." said Mr. Perry. "Her commitment, ability and experience show her to be the ideal choice for PBS Chief of Staff."
As the number three official within PBS, one of the three service branches at GSA, Ms. Uhre will primarily focus on advising the PBS Commissioner in the planning and implementation of PBS policy and programs. She will also provide leadership and guidance in the conduct of special long- and short-range management studies of major concern to the Commissioner.
PBS is responsible for the operation and management of 1,800 government-owned buildings and 6,500 leased buildings.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Uhre previously worked as Manager of Library Services for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Office of the Clerk, a position she held for more than four years. Ms. Uhre has extensive experience in strategic planning and project management gained from her tenure in public and private sector organizations, including various positions within the Departments of Justice, Treasury, Interior and the Office of Personnel Management. She has also worked as the executive director for both the USA Foundation for Senior Studies and the Legislative Studies Institute.
"It is an honor and a pleasure to be asked to serve President Bush and the Administrator of GSA. I look forward to working with the entire GSA team in completing that part of our mission dedicated to providing quality work environments for Federal employees," Ms. Uhre said.
Ms. Uhre attended Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science. She later attended Catholic University of America and graduated with a master's degree in Library and Information Studies.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property management agency created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies, and services. GSA, comprised of 14,000 associates, provides services and solutions for the office operations of over 1 million federal workers located in 8,300 government -owned and leased buildings in 1,600 U.S. communities.


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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:11 pm
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New to the board and I have a question regarding the draft?
Do you guys know if Seattle has any interest in Matt Jones from Arkansas? The guy could offer Seattle a lot of opportunities on offense. He could be a credible backup for Hassleback and a viable wr or tight end option. He's projected to go 4th or 5th round, maybe the Seahawks need to give him a look.
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Matt is an odd duck. He's too big to be a WR. But he's too small to be an NFL TE. And he's rocket fast and tall.
Based on his raw skills and versatility, he's worth something there on potential alone. I'd be surprised to see him slip beyond the bottom of the third or the top of the fourth round...more likely he'll be an early 3rd round pick...he might even slide up to the second if someone has a need for his skills.
An innovative offensive coordinator would try to get him involved in the running game. He's big enough to punish CBs with his blocks.
And he's tall enough and fast enough to be a deep threat.
I think the knock on him is that larger WRs sometimes lack a little in the "nimble" category...the ability to really change directions quickly and get seperation quickly. That might limit his ability to be a short threat on anything but a slant, etc. He might be okay on outs and hooks against slower CBs because they will need to give him some cushion or he's going to run by them.
My thought is that he would be a good fit on a team that uses the WCO and has a QB that can also throw deep. He might also fit well on a team like the Raiders who have a more specialized deep game.
Seattle does use the WCO but we're not much of a deep throwing team so that would negate part of his advantage. Hass is good but he's not exactly the best deep passer in the NFL.
If somehow he slipped to the 4th round, I think it would be well worth the risk in my view to take him. Might be good value for us in the 3rd. I wouldn't risk a second rounder on him because I don't think he's that great of a fit for our offense.
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Thanks for the honest opinion. I must admit, i'm a homer for Matt. Being a Seahawks fan in Arkansas is difficult. I do agree with you on when he would be a viable pick for the Seahawks. There is a need for WR but there are better receivers out there at the 2nd and maybe even the 3rd round. I haven't seen his results from the Arkansas pro day, but I do know that there has been 2 coaches that are interested in him, one of them likes him as a qb.
I think he would make a dangerous threat as at the rb position. I've watched him run out of the backfield for 4 years and that is how he won games for the Hogs. He isn't built like a typical rb, but he has speed and he will run over you as well as make you miss. The only thing is that he hasn't got any experience at that position. He played wr all through highschool until his senior year and then moved to qb. He learned the qb position pretty quickly and I think that he could do the same in any position.
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:08 am
Post subject: KR, gunner, S?
Can Jones return kicks? Mo Morris works there, but a kick returner wouldn't hurt and it sounds like Matt has the skills to do that. He also looks like the prototypical special-teams gunner.
To me Jones is sounding eerily like an Eric Crouch in-waiting. With his size and speed, safety seems like a logical position for him to land in and the Seahawks don't have a need there.
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jones is too tall to return kicks...too much body...and fast, not quick like u need a kick returner...i hope the hawks dont draft him...i dont want a guy that we dont know exactly what to do with...
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I don't really expect him to go to Seattle but as an arkansas native I would love to be able to continue cheering for him. It looks like he may go to Dallas or Tampa Bay. Gruden spoke very highly of him at the Senior Bowl and the Dallas fans feel he is a homer seeing as how he is from the region. No one has mentioned him on the defensive side of the ball, but why not he can run and he's not afraid to hit someone.
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First-round pick Michael Wacha had a very successful professional debut and was named The Cardinal Nation's Relief Pitcher of the Year. As you will see below, there were many impressive performances, not only from the higher draft picks, but from late round finds as well. The number in parentheses following the players name is the round in which he was selected.
Michael Wacha (1)
Wacha was one player in this draft expected to be selected higher but fell to 19th overall for reasons uncontrollable by him. Like Shelby Miller and Zack Cox before him, the Cardinals showed a willingness to jump. Wacha immediately repaid the organization.
Limited because of a high innings load at Texas A&M, Wacha racked up 40 strikeouts and only four walks in 21 innings of work spread over three levels. The right-hander posted an ERA of just 0.86 and held opponents to a .114 average. In the hitter-friendly Texas League, Wacha racked up an eye-catching 17 strikeouts in only eight innings of work.
Cooney was a quick sign after being drafted out of Wake Forest. That enabled him to get a lot of work at Batavia. The southpaw went 3-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 55.2 innings. The 21-year-old made 13 appearances including 11 starts. Cooney gave up 56 hits including four home runs while walking only eight. The former Deamon Deacon struck out 43 and posted a 3.5-to-1 groundball-to fly ball ratio.
Cory Jones (5)
The big right-hander (6-foot-5, 220 pounds) made only five appearances at Johnson City before being shut down at the end of July. In 17.1 innings, he allowed 14 earned runs and a .296 batting average against. He did manage 15 strikeouts but allowed 11 free passes.
Kurt Heyer (6)
The former Arizona Wildcat logged a lot of innings during the spring season, one in which he helped lead his team to the College World Series. For this reason, Heyer was limited to only six innings in his professional debut in the Gulf Coast and New York-Penn Leagues.
Kyle Barraclough (7)
Barraclough made four appearances at Batavia before being promoted to the Quad Cities to finish the season. While in the New York-Penn League, the St. Mary's product made four appearances including three starts, finishing with a 2.00 ERA and 12 strikeouts. Once at the Quad Cities, he made 11 appearances out of the River Bandits' bullpen. In 17.1 innings, he racked up an impressive 21 strikeouts but struggled with his command, leading to 13 walks.
The highly regarded Florida prep left-hander was knocked around in his limited professional debut in the Gulf Coast League. Foody made eight appearances, which included six starts. In 16.1 innings, the 19-year-old was tagged for 26 hits and 16 walks which led to 21 earned runs. Opponents hit .356 against him during this stretch. On a positive note, he did strike out 18 and did not allow a home run.
Joe Scanio (16)
The St. Louis native made 19 appearances out of the Batavia bullpen, racking up two saves along the way. In 29 innings, he logged 15 strikeouts and posted an almost 3-to-1 groundball-to-fly ball ratio.
Chris Perry (17)
After throwing 92.2 innings this spring for Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., the right-hander developed inflammation in his lower back shortly after starting his workouts in July with the Gulf Coast Cardinals in Jupiter. He has yet to make his official professional debut.
Steven Gallardo (19)
The California juco player made only two appearances at Johnson City before being sent to the GCL. Once at the Cardinals' complex in Jupiter, he did not make any more appearances in 2012.
Assigned to Batavia, the Missouri native was overpowering in his pro debut. In 34.1 relief innings, the lefty racked up 49 strikeouts while allowing only seven free passes. His walk total matched his save number. Overall, he posted a miniscule 0.79 ERA while holding the opposition to a .183 batting average against.
Stoppelman was named The Cardinal Nation Rookie Reliever of the Year.
Dixon Llorens (25)
The right-hander totally overpowered the Appy League circuit during his professional debut. In 15.2 innings, he struck out 28 while holding opponents to a .098 average.
Llorens was then challenged with a jump to full-season baseball at Quad Cities. He proved to be up to the challenge and more than held his own against the more advanced Midwest League hitters. In 11 games covering 20.1 innings, he posted 34 strikeouts and held the opposition to an average of .189.
Steve Sabatino (26)
The ex-Notre Dame southpaw only made four appearances covering 7.1 innings. Sabatino finished with seven strikeouts and an ERA of 4.91.
Joey Cuda (27)
The undersized right-hander finished third in the New York Penn League with a team high seven wins. Cuda finished with a 4.15 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 60.2 innings.
The left-hander finished with a record of 4-2 to go with a solid 3.42 ERA while making 10 starts for Batavia. Helisek posted a 33-to-18 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 55.1 innings of work.
Joey Donofrio (31)
The late-round selection made a strong professional debut for the Cardinals. Donofrio pitched 2/3 of an inning at the Gulf Coast League before being sent to Johnson City. Most Appy League hitters wish he would have stayed in Florida because he really found success in Eastern Tennessee. Donofrio went 4-2 with a 1.26 ERA in 13 appearances out of the Baby Birds' bullpen. In 28.2 innings, he racked up 31 strikeouts while allowing 10 walks and 22 hits.
Ronnie Shaban (33)
The former Virginia Tech Hokie served as the closer at Johnson City where he dominated the Appy circuit. Shaban notched 16 saves while striking out 31 in 20.2 innings.
Ben O'Shea (35)
O'Shea started his pro career at Batavia where he found his groove in the Muckdogs rotation. The left-hander went 3-3 with a 3.12 ERA in 12 starts. O' Shea showed great control with only five walks in 60.2 innings. He finished the season with 43 strikeouts while allowing 61 hits including six home runs.
Javier Machuca (38)
Drafted out of Puerto Rico, Machuca made 17 appearances out of the Gulf Coast Cardinals' bullpen. The 19-year-old was credited with three wins while posting an ERA of 5.16. In 29.2 innings, the southpaw struck out 22 while walking nine. The competition hit .265 against him which included allowing left-handed hitters a .391 batting average against.
Mike Aldrete (39)
The son of the Cardinals' bench coach struggled to find his way at Johnson City. In 15 appearances working out of the bullpen, he managed 24 strikeouts but allowed opponents to hit .320 which led to an ERA of over seven. He finished the season at Batavia where he appeared in four games with mixed results.
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Beginning April 1, the university will begin a project to improve pedestrian safety on Assembly Street ahead of the opening of the new Darla Moore School of Business building.
The project will target the thoroughfare from Blossom to Pendleton streets and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The project will begin at the intersection of Assembly and Pendleton streets.
It will shorten crosswalks, widen the median, improve sidewalks and add emergency call boxes and street lighting, eliminate parking in the median area, and eliminate left-hand turns at Greene Street. These efforts will create a pedestrian-friendly environment while preserving Assembly Street's role as a major thoroughfare.
The project is a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the Central Midlands Council of Governments, the County Transportation Committee, the Federal Transit Administration, the City of Columbia and the university. The Transportation Department is handling construction.
The project will cost about $4.65 million, which will be split between university and federal funds with USC contributing $2.7 million.
The university, mindful of the people and events that will be affected, recommended that construction be scheduled to reduce disruption as much as possible. The construction schedule is currently under final review and will be subject to changes as the project progresses.
The university encourages all faculty, staff and students to cross Assembly Street through the overhead bridge at Wheat Street or the tunnel between the School of Law and the Coliseum. Drivers may opt to use Main and Huger streets in lieu of the affected area.
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The newly created "Cyber Command" Now controls the Air Force Network Operations Center and bans blog content.
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China, Turkey, Pakistan ... the U.S. Air Force? The Air Force adopts strict new anti-blog computer policy
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has adopted an alarming new censorship policy that effectively
bans blogs and blogging by troops using Air Force computers and networks
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The Army reviews its soldiers blogs to be redacted for sensitive information before soldiers can publish them. This is meant to protect
U.S. secrets from accidentally being exposed
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The Air Force feels differently, and states that blogs and various other news entities are "not legitimate new sources."
The new policy is partly due to new leadership. Before the Air Force's internet issues were handled individually by each major command. These separate units had the right to control their users' access as they saw fit, according
The Air Force Times
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The new ban by the AFNOC's new leadership eliminates access to all sites hosted by popular provider
. Other blogs and news sites, not containing "blog" in their URL are
additionally blocked
based on "content reviews performed on the base, command, and AFNOC level" according to
The Air Force Times
. AFNOC utilizes the Blue Coat Software to categorize sites by content and speed the blocking process. Says Tech. Sgt. Christopher DeWitt, a Cyber Command spokesman, "Often, we block first, and then review exceptions."
Maj. Henry Schott, A5 for Air Force Network Operations, tried to clarify the stance, stating, "The idea isn't to keep airmen in the dark -- they can still access news sources that are primary, official-use sources. Basically ... if it's a place like
The New York Times
, an established, reputable media outlet, then it's fairly cut and dry that that's a good source, an authorized source."
Many, though feel that such decisions are highly subjective and that some blogs can provide as good or better news coverage, in some cases, than that of major news outlets. These people will likely point to the recent court rulings that have granted bloggers journalistic protection, legitimizing their profession, at least from a legal standpoint. Others take offense with the new policy as it blocks materials that could be valuable for training and preparedness.
One Air Force officer, who wished to remain unnamed,
the following story
: "A couple of years back, I fought this issue concerning the
Counterterrorism Blog
. An [Air Force] professional education course website recommended it as a great source for daily worldwide [counterterrorism] news. However it had been banned, because it called itself a blog. And as we all know, all blogs are bad!"
Content filtering is relatively widespread in the military, though not on this scale. Previously YouTube and MySpace were banned by the armed forces for taking up too much bandwidth. The Army has also been concerned with the large amount of leaked pictures, video, and information appearing online. Still many including Gen. David Petraeus, who commands U.S. forces in Iraq, have commended military bloggers and state that they're performing a vital function.
Many in the Air Force are furious at the new policy. Writes one senior officer, "When I hear stuff this utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream ... Piles of torn out hair are accumulating around my desk as we speak. I'm certain that by blocking blogs for official use, our airmen will never, ever be able to read them on their own home computers, so we have indeed saved them from a contaminating influence. Sorry, didn't mean to drip sarcasm on your rug."
While the Air Force spends $81M USD to publicize its new advances, an Air Force officer states that the regulation of blogs has undermined "some of their most credible advocates." He points to such sites as
In From the Cold
, a right-leaning military, intelligence and political affairs blog written by "Nathan Hale," the pseudonym for a former journalist and Air Force intelligence officer, who served for over two decades in the armed forces.
He states, "The Air Force
isn't getting the planes that they want
because they are incapable of communicating their usefulness and applicability in this new war. Because Air Force officers talk more like corporate bureaucrats than cocky war fighters, no one is inspired or convinced of their pressing (and quite legitimate) need to modernize the force. Air Force bloggers spoke the lingo of someone heavily invested in the fight, because they operate outside the survival-minded careerist world of public affairs, with many of them penning blog posts from theater."
U.S. has been highly critical of other nations
, such as
China's internet censorship efforts
, particularly
attempts to silence bloggers
. The new policies by the United States Air Force are certain to strike many as a bit hypocritical in this regard.
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