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Historic Trails Award
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Love of America and devotion to our country depend upon a thorough appreciation of the ideals, principles, and traditions that have made our country strong. Historic Trails Award requirements emphasize cooperation between historic societies and Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturer units. A unit should establish a close relationship a local society as soon as possible when planning a historic activity - most communities have such societies.
Reports from many units indicate that these societies have been eager to offer their cooperation by
- Suggesting trails or sites that are suitable for unit historic activities and exploration
- Providing units with historic information about the trails or sites
- Offering guidance to units during restoration and marking projects
- Financing the cost of materials used by units for restoration and marking projects
- Staging historic pageants and ceremonies with unit participation
- Directing public attention to unit historic activities through newspapers, television, and radio
If the trip is five hundred miles or more from homes of group members (local council camp excepted) or crosses national boundaries and into the territory of other nations, a National Permit Application, No 34419, is necessary For trips and overnight camps less than five hundred miles, use a Local Tour Permit Application, No 34426.
The Historic Trails Award is available as a Cloth or Leather Patch or a Decal. It is NOT worn on the Uniform, but may be attached to equipment, jackets, backpacks, patch vests or blankets, etc.
Award requirements
To Earn this award, members of your unit must plan and participate in a historic activity. A unit historic activity requires members to:
- 1. Locate a historic trail or site and study information relating to it. (The information may be obtained from an adult historic society, public library, or people living near the trail or the site.)
- 2. Hike or camp 2 days and 1 night along the trail or in the vicinity of the site.
- 3. Cooperate with an adult group such as a historic society to restore and mark all or part of this trail or site. (This may be done during the hike or overnight camp.) Or cooperate with such a group to plan and stage a historic pageant, ceremony, or other public event related to this trail or site -- such event should be large enough to merit coverage by the local press.
- 4. Your unit leader must then file the Historic Trails Award application with your council service center.


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A new documentary about the last decade of horror films.
I'm really mixed on the directors featured, so it'd be interesting to hear their views on the industry today versus the industry during the golden age of Horror (hopefully they actually DO discuss that topic, and it's not just each director's self-lovefest).
Click below for the trailer (features some gore):
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Splat Pack
A new documentary about the last decade of horror films.
5 comments:
- Mantan Calaveras said...
You know, you'd make an excellent art director on a modern horror movie rot.
- July 9, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks : )
- July 9, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Sara said...
i got irritated watching that trailer. i think i am just irritated because i am actually irritated at the slasher films of today. i fear i may rant, so i'm done now, lol.
i miss classy horror. *sad face*
- July 9, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Rot said...
- July 9, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
That documentary looks disappointing. I can't think of any worse "horror" director than Eli Roth, and yes Rot, it does seem like it will end up being a self-lovefest.
- July 9, 2010 at 5:52 PM

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xcrazydx- There is no excuse for the missing cinch cord. While some on here are correct, that "new elves" are working, the quality control is signed off before it goes in the bag. I will be speaking with our staff about this protocol. We cannot apologize enough, but if you would rather go elsewhere, I completely understand. I will be emailing you in the next few minutes. If anyone else has issues, please do not hesitate to contact us. We stand behind our products. We are determined to catch every email and call we can, but dozens come in every day, and we only trust the two of us to answer, and sometimes we never get it at all, for some reason. Again, my apologies, and we'll make it right, however you want us to. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
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We get it. You feel burned. They're trying to make it right and have offered to refund your money if you'd like. Jenny addressed the communication issue and said they'll be looking into what happened. It's a free market so vote with your wallet.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued drought disaster designations for Weld County and 29 other Colorado counties on Wednesday, allowing operators of farms in those counties to be considered for assistance such as emergency low-interest loans.
Vilsack wrote Gov. John Hickenlooper that the 30 counties had suffered severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions during the recent growing season.
Farmers and ranchers in 13 other Colorado counties, including Boulder and Larimer, also can be considered for federal Farm Service Agency assistance because they're contiguous to one or more of the 30 counties the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated as primary natural disaster areas.
Farmers in those counties who meet federal eligibility requirements have eight months to apply for Farm Service Agency emergency loans.
Local Farm Service Agency offices -- including one at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite D, Longmont, and one at 4302 W. Ninth Street Road, Greeley -- can provide drought-affected farmers with more information, USDA officials said.
According to online information from the USDA and the Farm Service Agency, the emergency loans can help finance restoration or replacement of essential property damaged in the drought disaster, to finance production losses to crops and livestock, to fund essential family living and farm operating expenses, or to refinance certain debts.
Agricultural producers can borrow up to 100 percent of the actual production or physical losses, minus any compensation they get from insurance, up to a maximum of $500,000. Loans for crop, livestock and non-real estate losses are normally repaid within one to seven years.
U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet both issued news releases welcoming the USDA announcement. Both said, though, that the ongoing severe drought shows why Congress needs to pass a five-year farm bill and renew critical drought-assistance programs as soon as possible.
Farmers can go to usda.gov/drought for the latest information about USDA's drought response and assistance programs.
Last year, the USDA issued drought-disaster declarations for 2,245 counties in 39 states, or 71 percent of the United States, officials said.
That included a July 3 designation of all but two Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought, excessive heat and high winds that began Jan. 1 and continued through mid-2012.
John Fryar can be reached at 303-684-5211 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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|Courtland, Minn.
|High School:
2014 Season (Sophomore): Competed in the 1,500-meter run, the mile, the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs...INDOOR: Competed at five events...Ran a PR in the 3,000-meter run at the NACC Indoor Championships (Mar. 1), placing 12th with a time of 9:22.73...Posted a PR in the mile, finishing seventh at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22) with a time of 4:43.64...OUTDOOR: Competed at four meets...Finished third in the 5,000-meter run at the Beloit Relays (Apr. 25-26) with a time of 16:48.46...Ran a PR in the 5,000-meter run at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 2-3), finishing the race in 16:38.23...Placed sixth in the 5,000-meter run at the Carroll University Invitational (Apr. 5) with a time of 16:44.97.
2013 Season (Freshman): Competed in the one mile and 3,000-meter runs as well as the distance medley relay during the indoor season...INDOOR: Ran a personal-best 3,000-meter run at the Wisconsin Red & White Open (Feb. 15) in 9:43.67...Earned a personal record in the mile at the Carthage Tadd Metzger Invitational (Jan. 25) with a time of 4:57.87...Competed in the distance medley relay at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23).
High School (Nicolett): Helped the track & field team win a Gopher Conference title four times...Helped the football team win a sectional championship his senior year...Named All-GC in cross country...Named All-Valley Conference in basketball and track & field...Earned varsity letters in cross country, football, basketball and track & field.
Personal: Son of Wayne and Donna...Has six brothers, Jonathan, Josh, Joe, James, Jeremiah and Samuel...Has two sister, Becky and Ruth.


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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Consider Yourselves Genii
9 comments:
- Lesley said...
By the way, if you do this for your own blog, take out the last bit of html. Otherwise, you'll end up with a nasty ad for cash loans.
- 22 November, 2007 14:09
Listened to an American called John Breen yesterday on bbc:
American computer programmer John Breen has come up with a website that is making a difference in reducing hunger around the world. Freerice.com is an online game where for every word correctly guessed, 10 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme. The total so far stands at over 2 billion! Find out more at www.freerice.com
What a genius!
- 22 November, 2007 19:55
Doh... back to elementary school for me! I am leaving now to go peruse freerice and be both beneficiary and philanthropist. That is when I can actually leave my comment. Genius!... I have forgotten my Google login and password AGAIN.
Anyway, with my blog rating it's probably better to remain anonyme.
- 22 November, 2007 20:08
- Lesley said...
There's was an exchange of e-mails recently on a professional listserv I subscribe to about the free rice website. Some say it's just big business cashing in (the site apparently makes money through advertising) and that in any case problems of hunger are not due to a lack of rice. Others say it can't do any harm.
- 22 November, 2007 20:15
A suivre!
so far I haven't checked out the advertisers at the bottom of the page, have been too busy feeling pleased with myself whenever I see
Correct what better way of feeding the world's poor, feeling pleased with oneself ...
however now a bit of guilt thrown in, all those greedy big business crooks are making money at the same time ...
- 22 November, 2007 22:09
and I suppose in the end it will all go the way of the hoolah hoop, the yo-yo and the twist ... burn itself out!
Where do you go from here?
(what happened to that site the million pound thingummy) by the way
- 22 November, 2007 22:23
- Lesley said...
Deborah: Yes, I wonder what he did with the million.
- 23 November, 2007 09:02
I've googled it and found his name, Alex Tew ... he has found another wheeze called pixelotto but haven't read on to see how he has spent the money!
- 24 November, 2007 01:00
- Lucy said...
I've yet to see a blog whose readoing level isn't genius...
- 29 November, 2007 18:56


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Pa. youth suspended, cited for shooting classmate with BB gun
WEST CHESTER (AP) — Police say a suburban Philadelphia high school student was cited and suspended after a classmate was shot with a BB gun in homeroom.
Investigators in Chester County allege that the 16-year-old student brought the gun to Rustin High School on Thursday and other students encouraged him to fire it at a friend.
Westtown-East Goshen police said in a statement that the victim was uninjured by the plastic pellet except for a "minor red mark" on his chest.
Police said school officials learned about the matter from an anonymous note from another student.
Police said the student will be cited for the summary offenses of disorderly conduct and sale and use of air rifles.
School district officials said he had been suspended, citing a "zero-tolerance" policy on guns in school.
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National Pet Adoption Event at Petsmart on Saturday
If you've been considering adopting a new four-legged family member, please come to PetSmart this Saturday during the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Event!
This special adoption weekend will be held at more than 1,210 PetSmart stores nationwide. When you adopt during this event you will receive free food for your new pet as well as coupons for savings up to $250!
Several local dog rescues will be joining Texarkana Animal League at this event. Save a pet's life and enrich your own with the pure joy that only a tail wag can bring. Make it extra-special when you adopt.
Whether you want a cat, dog, puppy or kitten, a purebred or mixed breed, you're bound to find the perfect match among the pets up for adoption during this event.
Your pet adoption this Saturday will benefit the Texarkana Animal League. TAL will receive $35 in adoption-reward grants from PetSmart Charities for every pet they adopt in stores during this event.
"Adoption is one of the key ways to save pets and end pet homelessness, not to mention enrich our own lives with a loving companion," said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc. "Thanks to generous donations from our wonderful supporters, PetSmart Charities funds hundreds of adoption events and awareness programs each year that help find homes for thousands of lovable and healthy pets."
"In the Texarkana area the only way we can help reduce the number of unwanted animals is by helping people to adopt their next pet and showing people how they can get help to have their pets spayed or neutered. It's up to us as a community to be responsible pet owners and help to educate each other," said Melissa Cook, President of Texarkana Animal League. "There will be multiple groups at the event Saturday the 15th, with various animals from cats to kittens to large and small dogs. Adoption fees will vary from animal to animal. We encourage people who may be just looking to add an animal to their family to stop by and educate themselves about any breeds they find interesting. This is not simply an adoption event but also a meet and greet where everyone can learn from one another."
Animal-welfare organizations in all 1,210 PetSmart stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico will participate in the National Adoption Weekend. These events are proudly sponsored by Purina® Pro Plan®, Tidy Cats® (MAXX Scoop® in Canada) and PetSmart.
Since 1994, PetSmart Charities has led pet-adoption efforts across North America; helping nearly 5 million pets find homes through the PetSmart Charities adoption centers. PetSmart Charities is also the leading funder of companion animal welfare efforts and has provided more than $165 million in grants and funding.
Texarkana Animal League (TAL) is a group of volunteers that is dedicated to improving the welfare of animals in our shelter & the community. The Texarkana Animal League exists to provide protection and care for abandoned, abused, neglected and unwanted companion animals. We also want to promote animal welfare through programs and services that mutually benefit animals and people. To learn more about TAL visit our website at www.TexarkanaAnimalLeague.org or call 1-877-525-4825.


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First Preview Clip of Oprah Interview with J. K. Rowling Online
Sep 29, 2010
J.K. Rowling
The Oprah Show YouTube channel has been updated with this 41 second video teaser from Friday's interview with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. In the teaser, topics such as Ms. Rowling's quick rise to fame, her depression, and day-to-day life are touched on.
If you are able to capture any additional previews or commercials showcasing the interview, please do email us at [email protected] Any readers who are able to capture the video are also encouraged to email!
To see when The Oprah Winfrey Show airs in your area, please click here.


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When a competitor copies somebody else's product, is that a good thing or bad?
Very, very, very bad, said a federal grand jury in Apple vs. Samsung. It found Samsung owed Apple damages in excess of $1 billion for, among other things, making phones and tablets whose features and rounded corners aped too closely those of Apple's.
The court's decision, said David Hsu, professor of management at Wharton, will have the effect of strengthening the branch of patent law that protects design (as compared to functionality). "There seems to be," he told a Wharton interviewer, "a broadening of the protection of design elements."
That's exactly the wrong direction the law should be heading, say the co-authors of a new book.
In "The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation," Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman argue copying is the wellspring of innovation. And more innovation, they say, is what the U.S. has to have in order to keep competitive in the world economy.
"Copying has unappreciated upsides, as well as the downside we're all familiar with," Raustiala, a professor of law at UCLA, tells ABC News.
People's view of the lone inventor (or lone dress designer, or comic, or any kind of creator) is wrong, the authors argue: Edison's light bulb may have contained a vacuum; but it was not created in one: Edison drew on the work of rival inventors who had created other bulbs. By tweaking theirs, he arrived at his—and immortal success. "It's freedom to copy," says Raustiala, "that enables incremental innovation."
He and Sprigman, a research professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, believe that to restrict the freedom to copy any further than it already is restricted under U.S. law, would be an economic error.
"It's not that we're against copyright or patent," says Raustiala. "It's that we don't think more is better."
To make their case, the two cite a wide and surprising variety of fields where copying is both common and generally legal, yet where innovation nonetheless flourishes.
In women's fashion, Raustiala says, there is nothing that legally prevents Forever 21 to copy, if it wanted to, a Gucci dress, provided Forever 21 put its own label (not Gucci's) in it. Gucci's label, he explains, is protected under trademark. In the dress-making business, this kind of copying goes on all the time.
In the restaurant business, a chef legally can knock off a competitor's molten chocolate cake, so long as he doesn't steal the recipe. No law prevents football coach 'A' from copying the plays of 'B.'
In these fields and others, say the authors, creators rely on extra-legal means to protect their innovation long enough to profit from it. In the world of comedy, for instance, the exact wording of a joke is protected under copyright (though its premise is not). What constrains one comedian from stealing another's act outright, is a professional understanding that ripping off someone else's act (Milton Berle notwithstanding) is wrong.
Raustiala allows as how an individual creator may sometimes suffer harm by having his work knocked off, but that the upside is an industry where innovation thrives. "It's a public policy issue," he says. "We do not need to create more protections. The issue ought to be: How do we get more innovation?"
Apple vs. Samsung, he thinks, "swung way too far" in the wrong direction by strengthening protection for a product's shape.
Much of Apple's profit, he and Sprigman say, derives from its success at tweaking other people's innovations. Steve Jobs himself they call one of the all-time great tweakers—and someone who had no compunction about borrowing (legally) the idea for the mouse and graphical interface from Xerox.


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Facebook, MOL Sign Deal for Pre-Paid 'Credit' Purchases in Asia
Facebook has teamed up with MOL Global to provide users in Asia with an easier way to take advantage of the social-networking site's Credits program.
The strategic partnership will make MOL's Access Portal a Facebook Credit payment provider. Users in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, India, Australia, and New Zealand will be able to buy prepaid Facebook Credits on MOL.com and at MOL outlets in 7-Eleven stores and cyber cafes.
Cobranded gift cards that can be redeemed for Facebook Credits will also be sold in Malaysia in Singapore, Facebook said.
The deal will facilitate participation in Facebook Credits for users in the region, many of whom rely heavily on prepaid cards rather than credit cards, the companies said.
"Working with MOL means we can offer the benefits of Facebook Credits to millions of people in Asia using a payment system that is already widely used and trusted," Vaughan Smith, director of business and corporate development at Facebook, said in a statement. "We're investing in the long-term future of Facebook Credits and we view this agreement as a major opportunity to broaden the availability of a simple, unified currency that can be used in games and applications across Facebook."
Facebook Credits can be used to purchase more than 150 applications on Facebook. An alpha test of the system started in May 2009, and it moved into the beta phase earlier this year, adding major developers like Crowdstar, Playdom, Playfish, RockYou, 6waves, and Zynga. In February, Facebook added the ability to purchase Credits via PayPal.


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HOLLENBECK: Internet a great tool for research, but also can perpetuate inaccurate accounts
The Internet is both wonderful and wacky. It's great to have instant access to information that previously had to be searched out from various sources in a time-consuming — and often frustrating, sometimes unsuccessful — manner.
That's the wonderful part.
Then there's the wacky.
Many people believe anything that circulates through this medium, which is frightening. I don't know if the word "myth" is the appropriate one, but I do know that falsehoods and rearrangements of truth are perpetuated through forwarded accounts that go all over the world. So many people read something — not knowing if it's truth of fiction — but by the time the numbers get high enough, they are absolutely certain of its veracity.
"It must be so," one will say. "I saw it on the Internet."
An example occurred recently in a church service. As far as I know, I was the only person aware that the story being shared was not true. As far as I know, the individual told it in the name of truth; his style would not be to perpetuate a falsehood. He was simply giving some illustrative information about a favorite gospel hymn, "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
There, printed for all to see, in the composer's space on the song in the hymnal was the name Thomas H. Dorsey.
The speaker pointed out the Dorsey name and asked if it were familiar to anyone in the congregation.
"Aren't there some folks here who remember hearing Tommy Dorsey's music?" was the question.
Of course, there were those who had, particularly the ones of the older generation.
And I think it's pretty safe to assume that the famous Big Band leader — and probably brother Jimmy, too — played that familiar old hymn many times. It lends itself beautifully to the brass sound that was an integral part of the two band leaders' music.
But the fact is that the hymn writer was not the more familiar Tommy Dorsey. This Dorsey hailed from Georgia and earned the title "the father of black gospel music." Earlier in his life he had been a leading blues pianist known as Georgia Tom.
As formulated by the songwriter Dorsey, gospel music was combined with Christian praise with the rhythms of jazz and the blues.
Dorsey was the music director at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago from 1932 until the late 1970s. "Take My Hand ... ," his best-known composition, was performed by Mahalia Jackson and reportedly was a favorite of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Another of his songs, "Peace in the Valley," was a hit for Red Foley in 1951 and has been performed by dozens of other artists, including Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.
In 2002, the Library of Congress honored his album "Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey" (1973), by adding it to the United States National Recording Registry.
In any event, the right Dorsey needs to be credited with writing a beautiful, moving gospel hymn that has touched millions and will continue to do so.
The other "myth" I feel compelled to cast aside through this column concerns Stuart Hamblen, composer of "It Is No Secret," also a favorite religious song. It's one I've sung many times myself.
The story claimed that Hamblen, a Hollywood celebrity from the 1950s, was converted to Christianity as the result of a young evangelist holding a meeting in Los Angeles. Hamblen was said to have showed up drunk at the evangelist's hotel at 2 a.m. asking for prayer, but the evangelist refused to pray for him, although he invited him in to talk.
As a result, Hamblen accepted Christ and it turned his life around, but he was rejected by Hollywood and went through hard times until a friend asked him if he missed his old life. Hamblen replied by saying "It is no secret what God can do."
The friend thought that was a good song title and Hamblen went on to write it and it became a hit. The popular account says the evangelist who refused to pray for him was Billy Graham and the friend who suggested the song was John Wayne.
When I read about this through an Internet message, I was instantly doubtful about the part claiming Billy Graham would refuse to pray for him. I don't believe Billy Graham would refuse to pray for anyone, no matter what the circumstances. So I set out to find the "real" truth, which came from an account by Cliff Barrows, Mr. Graham's longtime associate and crusade songleader.
According to Barrows, Dr. Graham was scheduled to make an appearance on Hamblen's radio show, which was tied into publicity for the crusade, not because Hamblen wanted to poke fun at Graham. Although Hamblen was known for his hard living and drinking, he had been reared as the son of a Methodist minister and warmly welcomed the evangelist as a guest.
It was at this interview that Dr/ Graham extended an invitation to Hamblen to attend the crusade and he accepted. According to Barrows, Hamblen later contacted Graham at his hotel and asked to talk. The result was that he "surrendered his life to Christ."
He was not drunk and Graham did not refuse to pray for him, according to Barrows.
Hamblen's became the first publicized conversion from the 1949 crusade and contributed to the decision to extend the event, which lasted for eight weeks and put Billy Graham on the map.
Barrows said that it was on a street in Hollywood that Hamblen later ran into John Wayne, who asked him about the rumor around town that he'd changed his ways. Hamblen told Wayne that it was no secret what God had done for him and that he could do it for Wayne, too.
Wayne told him that "sounded like a song" and suggested he write it.
The result was one of Hamblen's best-known tunes, "It Is No Secret What God Can Do." It was a crossover song that is regarded as the first to have been No. 1 in the gospel, country, and pop categories. The original manuscript is buried in the cornerstone of one of the Copyright Buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
After his conversion, Hamblen announced that he was going to devote his time to "serving Christ" and he started a new radio program titled "The Cowboy Church of the Air," which became nationally syndicated.
A confrontation developed with his sponsors, however, when he told them that he would refuse to advertise alcohol. His much publicized departure from the program resulted in a draft to run for president of the United States in 1952 under the banner of the Prohibition Party. He accepted the challenge, but ran fourth to Republican Dwight Eisenhower.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Lynda Hollenbeck is associate editor of The Saline Courier.


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?Hi, I?m a caddis larva. Pardon me if I can?t talk right now but I just hatched out of this gelatinous egg mass that my mother placed under this rock just a few days ago. The water is really racing through here and I have to get myself attach to something or I?m going to be washed away.?


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Sunday, February 3, 2008
High-speed tra-la-la
Need I say more? Or more exactly: Am I capable (even though I understand the French language) of explaining things to any greater extent? Well, I can at least provide you with a few superficial clues, but I wouldn't claim that they'll help you in understanding the profound sense of this website.
— First, the website has been created by folk who call themselves iDTGV. Here, the final three letters stand, of course, for train à grande vitesse: high-speed train. This acronym is so familiar now that it even exists in the standard English dictionary of my Macintosh. The first two letters, iD, would appear to be an Apple-inspired way of evoking the French word idée: idea. So, iDTGV is no doubt a group of creators with ideas for marketing train travel to adolescent clients. And the website and its animated videos starring Zen and Zap are probably their first major production.
— The hero Zen is a young male, and the heroine Zap a young female. They happen to be traveling in the same high-speed train, but it goes without saying that they would have never met up personally were it not for the creative efforts of the nice and thoughtful iDTGV folk.
Well, that's as much help as I'm going to give you [as I'm able to give you]. You should be able to take it away from there. I vaguely suspect that, through iDTGV, adolescents on train trips will be able to make their presence known, get in contact with other adolescents on the same train, and participate in all kinds of high-speed tra-la-la during their brief time in the TGV. Awesome, no? Let me know if you've understood the situation differently or better than I did.
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On the homepage of the site, they say: "Attention, destiné à un public averti." It seems that I'm not a "public averti" and therefore not able to provide further explanations either...ReplyDelete
I used to imagine trains as interesting environments for random encounters. That was back in the days of compartments, corridors and cigarettes. These days, of course, there is no such atmosphere in a TGV. The presence of portable phones and computers is an additional alienating factor. A voyager uses these devices to create a cocoon in which he/she travels, as if attired in a spacesuit. Maybe the iDTGV folk think it's possible to transform a high-speed train, at least for adolescent clients, into an espace convivial. I wish them luck.ReplyDelete
On studying this one, I had hoped perhaps for the "Zentagues and the Zapulets"ReplyDelete
As it was the frightful racket I endured simply reminded me of one of the very negative aspects of my regular TGV trips to Paris!
Naturally I couldn't understand a word!


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...Well deserved and a long time coming.
By Mike Wilkening
Forty-five years summers ago, the Denver Broncos tried Curley Culp at offensive guard. Tonight, he joined 32 other defensive linemen in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Finally. A five-time Pro Bowler whose playing career ended in 1981, Culp waited nearly three decades to make it to Canton. The Hall's seniors committee, which considers players… Read more…


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thrifted Gap shirt, $6; necklace via sample sale, $5; vintage skirt, $5; Target shoes, $25
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thrifted Gap shirt, $6; necklace via sample sale, $5; vintage skirt, $5; Target shoes, $25
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- TaeshabaldridgeJanuary 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM
LOVE that skirt! So girly and cute!ReplyDelete
I LOVE this look! You are so good at seeing colors and which ones look good together, but still being creative!ReplyDelete
- Elegantly AcademicJanuary 13, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Ha, ha ... I have the same issue with clothes. They look fine in the mirror but look so wrinkled in photos. Oh the shame!ReplyDelete
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oh, ah! love those loafers - and Target? who'd'a thought? i will promptly head to my Target tomorrow. love this bright look!ReplyDelete
Love the bright pink skirt!ReplyDelete
You look beautiful I these photos!ReplyDelete
Loving the colors in your outfit!!!ReplyDelete
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I like this so much! And your hair looks SO good! It's probably way too easy too. That makes me jealous.ReplyDelete
- Melissa | I Still Love YouJanuary 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Love the outfit, Elaine!! Looks like you need a steamer. Way easier than an iron & works on all of your frail jersey stuff, too.ReplyDelete
My mother-in-law bought me a steamer for Christmas this year & I'm in LOVE!! It just hangs out in our closet & I plug it in & use it on my clothes as I'm getting dressed in the morning. LOVE it.
I agree with Melissa...a steamer is soooo awesome! It has almost replaced ironing for me! It's especially nice when you're not sure if something can be ironed or not, or it's a weird, hard fabric to iron...steam away baby! Love the color combo!ReplyDelete
Good one girl! Blue and pink work so well together.ReplyDelete
You can do another post on your new necklace :O)
- JessicaMakinJanuary 13, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Ironing just isn't fun! Love the pink skirt.ReplyDelete
I love this skirt! :)ReplyDelete
Hate ironing, love gingham.ReplyDelete
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Love this outfit! Super cute and colourful.ReplyDelete
And I'm with Melissa—steamers are the bomb. That's what we used when I worked at Giant Retail Company: super fast and much easier than ironing. Just don't burn yourself on the steam. It's hot, and that hurts. (Duh.)
It is! And what! You have amazing hair too! I am jealous of YOUR hair!ReplyDelete
I have a shirt like that, and jeans that pink color, and I've only worn them together once because I felt a little self-conscious. You look great. Guess I just need some courage. :)ReplyDelete
it's so pretty! :O) i love the skirt its so brightReplyDelete
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- jewelknitsJanuary 14, 2012 at 3:29 PM
You are so chic and gorgeous! My daughter showed me your site once to "help" me figure out what to buy for her from now on, and every now and then, I can't resist coming over and taking a peek!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much!! And your daughter has excellent taste. ;)ReplyDelete
- Katie_quartermanJanuary 14, 2012 at 4:16 PM
I love the combonation of the pink and different blues, it's very happy looking. The shoes are crazy cute, one thing I really enjoy about your style is how at ease you are with pairing colors.ReplyDelete
A great place for cheap jewelry? Sears! Ive found some great necklaces and braclets over there that have lasted for years, and they look nicer than claires or F21 jewelry. (And yes, steamers-best thing ever! I hate ironing and steamers are super fast.)
How about those sprays that you use instead of ironing? They can work really well! =)ReplyDelete
So darling. And I can tell the necklace is very cute too.ReplyDelete
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Love this color combo - you look so cute :)ReplyDelete
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Love the pink!ReplyDelete
- Seeking StyleJanuary 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM
At least you are brave enough to wear color! I need to start doing that hahaReplyDelete
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The Florida Gators are moving closer to landing the fifth and final piece of their basketball recruiting class of 2008. With four in the fold and the Gators looking for one more big man, all eyes have been focused on Eloy Vargas (6-10, 220, Plantation, FL American Heritage). Coach Billy Donovan did an in-home visit with Vargas' parents in Santiago, Dominican Republic last week.
The gap between a commitment for the Florida Gators from big man deluxe Eloy Vargas (6-10, 220, Plantation, FL American Heritage) seems to have narrowed considerably to the point that it would surprise no one if the commitment happens between now and October 1. Gator Country sources in both South Florida and the Dominican Republic seem to be in agreement that Coach Billy Donovan has become the dominant figure in this recruiting battle.
After Vargas made his official visit to Florida on the September 1 weekend, word leaked out that the big man was blown away by the visit but wanted approval of his parents back in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Apparently Donovan has secured the okay from Mr. and Mrs. Vargas.
"Coach Donovan did his in-home visit with me and my parents last week and then he flew down to Dominican Republic to meet with Eloy's mom and dad," said Florida commitment Ray Shipman (6-5, 205, Opa-Locka, FL Monsignor Pace), a good friend of Eloy Vargas.
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Colorado's Emma Coburn is one mile away from her first indoor NCAA title.
The senior advanced to the women's mile final at the NCAA Indoor Championships by winning her qualifying heat in 4 minutes, 37.47 seconds. Florida State's Amanda Winslow won the second heat in 4:36.48.
Coburn will be the favorite in Saturday's 5 p.m. final as she has the top time in the NCAA this year (4:29.86).
In the sprints, CU senior Joe Morris missed advancing to the 60-meter finals after he placed fifth in the first heat in 6.70. The first heat had a false start, with Marvin Bracy from Florida State being disqualified for leaving the blocks too early. After the field was reset, Morris had a good start, but unfortunately wasn't able to hang on and finished .05 seconds out of the last spot. Overall he placed 11th. D'Angelo Cherry (Mississippi State) had the top time of the day in 6.53.
Besides Coburn running the finals of the mile, Colorado senior Aric Van Halen will compete in the 3,000-meter finals at 6:55 p.m. MT. The meet in Fayetteville, Ark., can be viewed live on ESPN3.
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Heat 1: 1. Emma Coburn, CU, 4:37.47Q; 2. Anne Kesselring, Oregon, 4:37.69Q; 3. Becca Friday, Oregon, 4:37.80Q; 4. Rebecca Tracy, Notre Dame, 4:37.88Q; 5. Kelly Williams, West Virginia, 4:38.18q; 6. Rachel Schneider, Georgetown, 4:38.29q; 7. Shannon Osika, Michigan, 4:43.43; 8. Jillian King, Boston College, 4:45.40
Heat 2: 1. Amanda Winslow, Florida State, 4:36.48Q; 2. Carly Hamilton, Georgia, 4:37.33Q; 3. Agata Strausa, Florida, 4:37.56Q; 4. Amanda Mergaert, Utah, 4:38.56Q; 5. Cory McGee, Florida, 4:39.05; 6. Vicky Fouhy, Virginia, 4:41.29; 7. Christine Babcock, Washington, 4:41.55; 8. Laura Roxberg, 4:45.66
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Heat 1: 1. D'Angelo Cherry, Mississippi State, 6.53Q; 2. Darrell Wesh, Virginia Tech, 6.57Q; 3. Marcus Rowland, Auburn, 6.58q; 4. Brent Lee, Jackson State, 6.68; 5. Joe Morris, CU, 6.70; 6. Prezel Hardy, Jr., Texas A&M, 6.71; 7. Leshon Collins, Houston, 6.77; Marvin Bracy, Florida State, DQ
Heat 2: 1. Charles Silmon, TCU, 6.60Q; 2. Harry Adams, Auburn, 6.63Q; 3. Bryce Robinson, Tulsa, 6.64q; 4. Tevin Hester, Clemson, 6.64q; 5. Markesh Woodson, Missouri, 6.65q; 6. Clayton Vaughn, Texas Arlington, 6.66; 7. Broderick Snoddy, Georgia Tech, 6.75; Dentarius Locke, Florida State, DQ


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Hi everyone! I had a previous post in here (http://www.cavaliertalk.com/forums/s...from-San-Diego) but my circumstances have changed and I thought I would re-introduce myself.
I've been in-active for a while but thought I would get on again. I am now living in PA, with only one cavalier, Charlie. My ex kept the other two that we had. I have met one other person in town with a Cavalier (a little blenheim girl named Lucy), and have heard of a few others that I have yet to meet. I'd be interested if there are any local to me on the boards here. Look forward to getting back in touch with the community!
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Julie Ellerton met Iraq war veteran John Stubbs by chance. He dropped by her Malibu, California, home one afternoon to spray for termites.
Amid friendly conversation, Ellerton discovered that Stubbs served in the Army and began asking him about life after Iraq. She grabbed her video camera, and the near-strangers talked for a half-hour.
Ellerton was one of several citizen journalists to take the iReport.com challenge to find and interview a veteran about his or her biggest concerns. Ellerton, a frequent contributor to the site, hoped to speak with a veteran but wasn't sure where to meet one.
When Stubbs arrived on her doorstep, she found the ideal subject. "John's voice needed to be heard," Ellerton wrote on iReport.com. "I began to wonder who else is amongst us, as we pass along the streets, in the grocery store, or at our work place, who might also have a similar story."
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Good Tuesday morning, everyone! The new challenge is up over at the Cardalicious blog, and it's time to share. This week, you are to make a shaped card. The card can be any shape you want, except for a square or rectangle. So time to start thinking out of the box at all the possibilities that are out there and have a little fun. Here is what I did.
A pumpkin! Of course! 😉 I made this cute card using Melissa Francis patterned paper and a chipboard leaf from our September 2007 Paper-Playground kit. I am not very good at free-handing shaped objects, so I decided to overlap three oval cut-outs to get the basic form of a pumpkin. I downloaded several oval shapes from the internet and adjusted their size in an editing program to get the approximate dimensions that I wanted. The fun thing is that you can make this be any size that you would like. My ovals are about 3″ x2.5″. I pieced my ovals onto some folded over cardstock so that the left edge of my pumpkin was around 1/4″ from the fold of the cardstock. That allowed me to cut around the patterned paper, leaving a small section of the fold un-cut so that the card does not fall apart. I wanted to emphasize the ovals in the design, so ran a simple machine stitch around the edges of each piece. Then I covered the chipboard leaf with more paper and inked it to give it a touch of green tint. A torn cardstock stem, some floral wire wrapped around a paintbrush, a piece of ribbon, and a small jeweler's tag finish off the card.
You will really be amazed at what the other designer's did for their projects. And it seems that I am not the only one with pumpkins on the brain. Hope you will all go check it out and play along!
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Our panel of Pocono area voters weighs in on the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.
The line of the night came from Paul Ryan when he said, "The vice president knows that the words don't always come out the right way. Paul Ryan presented his case with the truth and common sense throughout the debate.
Paul Ryan was calm and confident, while Joe Biden was desperate and panicky, nervously laughing and interrupting like Arnold Horshak...OOH OOH...Martha! Joe Biden presented the usual party line of blaming others and the packaged talking points we've heard since '08: "We inherited the Bush economy...Blah, Blah, Blah...Republicans want to kill your grandmother..."
I hope Joe had a good breakfast today, because Paul ate his lunch.
Aside from the silly, condescending smiles from both debaters, both were doing OK. Ryan won the first 20 minutes, Biden won the rest (as far as I was able to watch). Ryan was very weak in defending his position on his proposed changes to Medicare.
The question is did Ryan extend the momentum that Romney engendered last week? Did Uncle Joe put the kibosh on the mo? We will know from next week's polls.
Meanwhile Biden was defensive and condescending. He laughed, snorted and scoffed at Ryan's position. He constantly interrupted Ryan. He characterized Romney-Ryan positions rather than defend administration policies. He looked in the camera and said "trust me." This will probably sell his supporters but will it convince fence sitters? He was disrespectful.
Ryan sounded reasonable and gave specifics. He looked like a financial advisor you could rely on. Probably a draw. Back to the big kahunas.
This debate was much more feisty than last week's debate. If this debate was a football game, Biden won by 10 points. The vice president was on offense during the entire debate, had solid facts, gave the Democratic base excitement and showed why he is a senior statesman. Thus, the debates are now tied 1-1 going into next week's debate.
The issues addressed in tonight's debate are very serious to the American people and I was disappointed in the lack of statesmanship by Vice President Biden. There were many instances of laughing on his part, obviously trying to undermine the comments of Congressman Ryan, and he made numerous clich�s and comments such as, "I've had it up to here". He interrupted and pointed his finger, going from angry to mocking. The American people deserve to have serious answers to critical questions. I would have liked to have seen dignity and respect coming from the Vice President of the United States.
Ryan showed he's up to the job of vice president. Biden looked desperate, like he had to perform. Ryan had a great closing.
All I had to say was, I don't think Biden satisfactorily answered the intelligence question about Libya.
However I do feel that by stating the administration's accomplishments in regard to terrorism he was right on the money, though most never seem to want to acknowledge that these were promises made and not unbroken by the administration, namely the pulling out of troops in Afghanistan, the end to the war in Iraq and yes the killing of Osama bin Laden.
I feel comfortable that Obama is on the right track in this and the Iran nuclear arms problem, the way Ryan spoke it was like, we're going to shoot first. I don't think Romney-Ryan have a clue as to how to go about dictating foreign policy on these matters.
Last thing, intelligence failures have happened in many presidencies, was not the training of Middle Eastern pilots on U.S. ground, you know the ones who wanted to learn only how to fly, but not land an intelligence failure by the bush administration???
Great debate but still feel Joe won.
"TRUST ME" is the theme I picked up tonight. But who can we trust??? On one side, a man with an annoying smile apparently meant to show disgust with his opponent and the answers put forth. Or, on the other side, a man with new and untried potential solutions to the growing problems of the USA.
Do we want more of the same as promised by the man with the smile! Do we believe what we see, no real progress in the last four years! Do we want to trust a man who might take us in a hoped-for new and better direction! "TRUST ME". What a choice!!


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when I Start my vb5,I get this error messages:
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Are you using win 95. This is a very common problem on win95 because the Ole automation files on your computer are not of correct version. Try downloading OleUpdates from Microsoft windows 95 web site.
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Thank for your help!Yes,I am using windows95.after I reinstall the windows95,I got that error messages!
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if thats the case, then you will have old components loaded, you do need to download the newer ones
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Thr schedule (or lack thereof) doesn't follow the event standard. Since there are very few details as to when everyone is responsible to complete exchanges by, it's very difficult for me to help enforce.
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Conference championships aren't supposed to come easily, so Northeastern's 76-74 overtime loss to Delaware on Wednesday night at Matthews Arena might end up as simply a speed bump on the road to the program's first Colonial Athletic Association title.
The Huskies (17-9, 12-2), needing a win to clinch at least a share of the CAA regular-season crown, seemed poised to get it in front of their home fans, taking a 5-point lead with 2:02 left in the extra session on a driving layup by Jonathan Lee.
But those would be the last points NU would score. A rushed shot and a turnover opened the door just wide enough for Delaware, which cut the deficit to 74-73 on a dunk by Jamelle Hagins and two free throws from Jarvis Threatt with 1:04 left. Following a travel call against Lee, the Blue Hens got the ball back with 45 seconds left, trailing by 1.
Not for long. Threatt buried a deep 3-pointer with 10.2 seconds left, putting Delaware up, 76-74.
The Huskies called a timeout with 4.0 seconds left, and ran a play designed to get the ball to Lee, who scored a game-high 23 points. It was knocked out of bounds with 0.5 seconds left, and Lee's eventual heave from 30 feet was well off the mark, and may have come after the buzzer.
Not that it mattered. Delaware (14-12, 9-4), which lost to NU at home Jan. 19, spoiled the Huskies' party, and drew within 2½ games of first place with 2½ weeks left in the regular season.
"I thought we had the game won on a couple of occasions. We really mismanaged a couple of possessions late in the game," NU coach Bill Coen said. "Give Delaware credit: They made a big, big shot to win the game."
It would have been an impressive win for NU because the Huskies played shorthanded. Senior captain Joel Smith, twice the CAA player of the week and a strong candidate for conference player of the year, missed with an ankle injury, and his absence was felt.
Smith injured his ankle late in Monday's win at William & Mary, and brought a team-leading 17.0 points per game to the NU bench, where he watched with his uniform on. He didn't participate in warmups — briefly riding a stationary bike during a second-half timeout, and asking Coen a few times if he could go in — but never saw the court during the game, ending two notable streaks. Smith had made 71 straight starts, and had appeared in 92 consecutive games.
"We're not going to use that as an excuse," Coen said. "It was an opportunity for someone else to step up."
What a game Smith missed. There were 12 ties and six lead changes in the second half alone. Neither team led by more than 3 points for the final 17:40 of regulation, and both had a chance to win at the end of the second half. The Huskies had the better opportunity, coming out of a timeout with 13.1 seconds left and the score tied at 67. But Lee had the ball stripped on a drive to the basket, the ball winding up in Devon Saddler's hands. His 70-foot heave at the buzzer nearly went in, hitting the front of the rim.
The Huskies went more than seven minutes of the second half without a field goal, but were outscored by only 4 points during the stretch, making all 11 of their free throws during that span. NU (second in the CAA in free-throw shooting) stayed in it by going 17-for-20 from the line. Delaware, which leads the conference at 76 percent, made just 15 of 24.
Threatt led Delaware with 20 points, one of three Blue Hens in double figures. NU had two, with Quincy Ford adding 21.
It was a game Delaware had to have if it wanted any chance at winning the regular-season CAA title. NU still controls its fate, but there's more meaningful games to play.
"We didn't panic when we got down 5 in overtime," Delaware coach Monte Ross said. "We got stops on the defensive end, and we took good shots on the offensive end. That was the difference."Michael Whitmer can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeWhitmer.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - While red is a color loathed by Kentucky Wildcat fans, Coach John Calipari says he will wear the color for one or more basketball games this season in honor of the late railroad magnate R.J. Corman.
The 58-year-old Nicholasville native lost his battle Friday to multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.
In 2009, Corman -- whose company is known for its signature red -- took his private jet to Memphis to bring newly-named University of Kentucky basketball Coach John Calipari and his family to Kentucky. The two remained friends ever since.
"I always said I would never wear red, but in honor of my friend, I'm going to wear a Rick Corman red jacket to one or more games this season," Calipari said in a blog on his website. "It's the second color I said I would never wear but ended up doing (brown was the other), but I promise I will never wear orange. Oh, and it won't be for the Louisville game either."
Most people probably know Corman from his company's signature red that now cover overpasses in Lexington, his rail yard near Rupp Arena, and his headquarters in Nicholasville that often hosts charity events in one of his two airplane hangers.
After high school, Corman started working in the railroad business with one piece of equipment. Now, the company he founded in 1973 works on derailments from the East Coast to the Rockies and operates in 21 states.
"There are some of us who were born on third base who think we've accomplished something when we run to home plate. When I look at how blessed I am to not only coach basketball but to do it at the University of Kentucky, sometimes I feel that way. I've worked hard to get to where I am, but I've also been fortunate," wrote Calipari. "Rick, on the other hand, started outside the stadium. He was the guy selling hot dogs. He not only got inside the stadium, he rounded the bases, touched home, and ended up owning the stadium and the team. It's amazing where he came from."
Corman was diagnosed with multiple myeloma when he was 45 years old.
"I asked him this question more than once: 'Why don't you just sell your company? You have cancer. You may not have that long. You don't need to be doing all this. Sell your company,'" wrote Calipari. "His comment was always: 'I don't know what someone else would do with my people.' He was offered hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars but he would always turn it down because he was too worried about and too invested in his employees."


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Animal Planet has you covered with its ninth annual airing of the cutest TV show of the year: the Puppy Bowl!
[Related: Watch Puppy Bowl IX on Super Bowl Sunday with Yahoo!'s IntoNow]
Once again, dozens of energetic pups will be set loose on a fake football field to romp around aimlessly for our amusement. This year's edition features a squad of hedgehog cheerleaders and the usual kitten halftime show. But the real stars are, of course, the puppies. Get to know the starting lineup with these puppy profiles:
Biscuit was rescued from Dead Dog Beach, a place where unwanted and abused dogs are dumped. The 12-week old Puerto Rican Sato is ready to rise to the occasion at this year's Puppy Bowl.
Aurora is a 10-week old Siberian Husky-Retriever mix. She loves her toys and, like most pups, loves to play, play, play! Don't let her fluffy fur fool you. Aurora is ready to win at Puppy Bowl IX.
This Labrador Retriever-Australian Shepherd mix is named Chestnut. The 9-week old puppy loves to snuggle.
Elias comes to this year's Puppy Bowl oozing charm and star power. The 12-week old Pit Bull was born in a Los Angeles animal shelter.
Slipper-stealing Sally, a 12-week old Dachshund-Basset Hound mix, hopes for a dazzling performance in the Puppy Bowl.
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There are 2 inquiries from the same company on my reports that I have never worked with and I want to get them deleted. I noticed Equifax allows me to dispute that information online, but the other 2 bureau's I can not find any easy way to do it. Is through the mail the only way?
There is a rule, NEVER dispute Inq's through a CRA
I would send the person reporting the Inq a letter directly to them
Is it a creditor or a collection agency?
If it is a CA send them a DV for an UNKNOWN debt
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Why should you never dispute an inquiry through a CRA?
You'll get hit with a fraud alert. IMO, I'd dispute via mail if I suspected identity theft, but if there's a TL reporting as a result of that inquiry, then there's a chance that TL will either be deleted or the account closed.
"If it is a CA send them a DV for an UNKNOWN debt"
What is this? I just had something show up on my credit report for the first time that isn't mine, and have no idea how to proceed. Any detailed steps? Totally confused. Anderson Financial is the one trying to collect.
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"If it is a CA send them a DV for an UNKNOWN debt"
What is this? I just had something show up on my credit report for the first time that isn't mine, and have no idea how to proceed. Any detailed steps? Totally confused. Anderson Financial is the one trying to collect.
DV = debt validation letter
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I'd suggest reading the following:
Common Abbreviations
Credit Scoring 101 - great for knowing what is in your credit score and to see how your score is impacted.
What Steps Do I Take - great for learning the repair process.
and Example letters - PFDs, GWs, DVs, etc.
If you wish to dispute an inquiry direclty with the person who submitted the inquiry, they can simply dismiss it without any need to respond on the merits.
Issues relating to credit inquiries are specifically exempt from the direct dispute process. 16 CFR 660.4(b)(iii). Disputes of inquiries are only provided by way of a dispute with the CRA.
Disputing inquiries through the CRA is difficult, primarily because of the way the inquiry process works.
When a party makes a request for a consumer's credit report, they must provide a certification under FCRA 604(f) and 607(a), providing one or more of the permissible purposes set forth in section 604.
The CRA accepts the truthfulness of such self-certifications, so has their behind covered in providing them your CR. To challenge the permissible purpose, you must find out what was provided to the CRA, and then challenge its accuracy. If the CRA simply relies on the submitted certification, they can verify under their own reinvestigation authority.
A real catch-22.
You can submit a request for the certification provided to the CRA by sending the CRA an information request under section 609(a)(1) and (2), which entitles the consumer to any information in their credit file. Then you would have factual information upon which to challenge accuracy of the inquiry.
Its a long process, and by the time concluded, the inquiry will most likely no longer be included in credit scoring.


text: The AD8200 is a single-supply difference amplifier for amplifying and low-pass filtering small differential voltages in the presence of a large common-mode voltage. The input CMV range extends from 2 V to +24 V at a typical supply voltage of 5 V. The AD8200 is offered in die and packaged form. Both package options are specified over wide temperature ranges, making the AD8200 well suited for use in many automotive platforms. The SOIC package is specified over a temperature range of 40C to +125C. The die is specified from 40C to +150C.


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In this Church history series we´ll first examine the fifth and sixth centuries.
During this time period we had twenty-six popes.
399-401 -- St. Anastasius I
401-417 -- St. Innocent I
417-418 -- St. Zosimus
418-422 -- St. Boniface I
422-432 -- St. Celestine I
432-440 -- St. Sixtus III
440-461 -- St. Leo I (the Great)
461-468 -- St. Hilarius
468-483 -- St. Simplicius
483-492 -- St. Felix III (II)
492-496 -- St. Gelasius I
496-498 -- Anastasius II
498-514 -- St. Symmachus
514-523 -- St. Hormisdas
523-526 -- St. John I
526-530 -- St. Felix IV (III)
530-532 -- Boniface II
532-535 -- John II
535-536 -- St. Agapetus I
536-537 -- St. Silverius
537-555 -- Vigilius
556-561 -- Pelagius I
561-574 -- John III
575-579 -- Benedict I
579-590 -- Pelagius II
590-604 -- St. Gregory I (the Great)
The year 410 marks the downfall of Rome to the barbarian Goths who looted and burned it. Many Pagans blamed Christianity for this fall of Rome, stating that the God of Christianity did not protect the empire like their pagan gods did. Christians even wondered why God would let such a disaster happen. This was the premise for St. Augustine´s greatest work - The City of God. He wrote this book over a period of about twelve years.
With this fall of Rome also came a growing importance in the role of the pope. Leo the Great (Leo I) stands out in bringing the papacy into a leadership force of the Western world. The pope was expected to wear many hats, including not only spiritual leader, but also statesman, administrator and scholar. During Leo I´s papacy is the first time the title Pontifex Maximus (Supreme Pontiff) was used. In Latin this is translated to "highest bridge maker" and Roman emperors had previously used this title to signify their role as high priests in the Roman religion. Also during his papacy, after traveling two hundred miles north of Rome, Leo the Great negotiated face-to-face, unarmed, with Attila the Hun. Though there´s no record of the conversation between these two, the Huns turned back and did not attack Rome.
In 451 the Council of Chalcedon met and ruled that Jesus has two natures - human and divine. This was in response to a couple heresies (more on heresies later) of the time, one being Arianism. Arians claimed that Jesus was not divine. Another group from the East believed Jesus had a divine nature but not a real human one. Some bishops of Ethiopia and Syria disagreed with the Council´s decision and left the main Christian body. The results of this division are still visible today in the Jacobite and Coptic churches.
432 marks the year St. Patrick was made bishop and was sent to Ireland to preach the Good News to the Celts. Near the end of Patrick´s life, a woman named Brigid was born in Ireland in 453. Later she founded Kildare, a double monastery - one for women and one for men. Kildare was self-sufficient; it was its own little city. Kildare and other monasteries were the main centers for the spread of Christianity in Ireland.
Clovis, king of the Franks, converted to Christianity in 496 after marrying a Catholic princess and, according to legend, during a battle that he was losing he prayed to his wife´s God, resulting in a victory. Many of his soldiers converted as well and gradually all Franks embraced Christianity.
Read Church History: Dark Ages - Part 2.
Peace in Christ,
Melissa Knoblett-Aman


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|Arrange pieces so that every square has 4 identical symbols.
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A difficult packing-style puzzle by Siebenstein-Spiele founder Jürgen Reiche. The puzzle consists of two layers of pieces; each layer has five pieces for a total of ten pieces. The objective is to arrange these pieces so that, when viewed from the top, each square in the 5x5 grid has four identical symbols.
Made in laser-cut acrylic and wood by Siebenstein-Spiele. Based in Munster, Germany, Siebenstein-Spiele was founded in 1992. Although the company is mainly known for board games, Siebenstein-Spiele also makes many wooden puzzles, several of which have been designed by company founder Jürgen Reiche.
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Seattle SeahawksSidney Rice: 10-6-5-BYE-5-14-8 (48), Doug Baldwin: 4-6-9-BYE-3-8-6 (44), Ben Obomanu: 2-4-10-BYE-2-4-2 (36), Justin Forsett: 3-4-1- BYE-1-1-3 (21), Mike Williams: 1-5-dnp-BYE-4-dnp-3 (21), Zach Miller: 3-6-0-BYE-dnp-5-0 (20), Marshawn Lynch: 3-4-6-BYE-dnp-0-2 (19), Golden Tate: 3-0-3-BYE-1-4-1 (19)This team is maddening to say the least and that is mainly because they don't have any consistency at quarterback. Tarvaris Jackson has flashed ability throughout his career but can't bring it every game. But unlike the Colts and Jaguars I do have a little more hope for their number one receiver Sidney Rice. In the four games where Jackson has played the majority of the snaps and Rice was starting, Sidney has averaged 9.5 targets, 5 receptions and 90 yards to go along with a touchdown. Hopefully that will continue.San Francisco 49ersMichael Crabtree: 6-9-5-15-BYE-9-5 (51), Vernon Davis: 9-6-3-2-BYE-3-7 (38), Frank Gore: 2-2-2-5-BYE-0-3 (21), Delanie Walker: 2-3-3 -3-BYE-0-2 (18), Braylon Edwards: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-7-3 (17), Ted Ginn: 0-1-0-5-BYE-1-1 (15)Alex Smith is completing 17 passes per game which is 29th in the league, which is not all that many. Of course they keep winning because of defense and Frank Gore so that number isn't going to go up any time soon. Michael Crabtree has become a reliable receiver and is worth owning, but his upside is pretty low with Vernon Davis and Braylon Edwards taking away looks. St. Louis RamsBrandon Lloyd: 7-11-BYE-dnp-12-13-13 (71), Brandon Gibson: 7-1-BYE-10-dnp-6-5 (42), Danario Alexander: 8-8-BYE-10-6-dnp-dnp (39), Greg Salas: dnp-dnp-BYE-10-2-6-9 (38), Lance Kendricks: 3-9-BYE-6-1-3-1 (32), Steven Jackson: 1-8-BYE-5-5-5-2 (26), Cadillac Williams: 2-dnp-BYE-3-1-0-0 (21), Austin Pettis: 2-7-BYE-0-0-1-5 (15)Brandon Lloyd is the story here in target land with 38 targets in the last three games which are also his first three games as a Ram. Antonio Brown is second in that span with 34. Lloyd has yet to have a breakout game but it's a coming, and hell's coming with it you hear!? Hell's coming with it! Oh, sorry, no hell, just fantasy points. Greg Salas had a nice 9 targets before breaking his fibula. Then Austin Pettis took over and had 5 targets. He's next in line for all those slot receiver receptions and/or a broken bone. Tampa Bay BuccaneersMike Williams: 9-8-9-13-11-BYE-8 (72), Kellen Winslow: 4-6-9-10-12-BYE-6 (63), Preston Parker: 1-7-3-5-6-BYE-4 (39), Arrelious Benn: 4-1-4-6-1-BYE-2 (27), Dezmon Briscoe: 0-0-2-2-10-BYE-2 (22), Kregg Lumpkin: 1-3-1-0-8-BYE-6 (20), Luke Stocker: 2-4-dnp-dnp-3-BYE-0 (11), LeGarrette Blount: 3-2-3-dnp-dnp-BYE-3 (11)As you can see, the target distribution is pretty lopsided to Mike Williams and Kellen Winslow. Parker, Benn and Briscoe are extremely inconsistent in targets and production. Williams continues to under-produce but he's still getting his opportunities. Winslow is third in targets for tight ends and 17th in fantasy points. His two touchdowns are the main problem and we could see an uptick in those in the second half, but don't rely on it. Tennessee TitansNate Washington: 9-4-8-BYE-3-6-6 (54), Chris Johnson: 7-2-3-BYE-6-5-6 (41), Lavelle Hawkins: 5-4-8-BYE-7-5-6 (39), Damian Williams: 3-4-11-BYE-4-5-7 (36), Jared Cook: 2-6-9-BYE-2-2-8 (34), Javon Ringer: 2-0-6-BYE-1-6-2 (19)In the last four games the Titan receivers' target numbers were Damian Williams 27, Lavelle Hawkins 26 and Nate Washington 23. And the yards and touchdowns are just about as evenly spread out. If I had to own one it would be Williams, but they are going to hurt each other. Chris Johnson has 41 targets through eight games and last season through the first eight he only had 28 targets. So the Titans are at least trying to get him out in space. If he can start turning things around this should help him in the second half.Washington RedskinsFred Davis: 3-6-BYE-11-8-9-7 (57), Jabar Gaffney: 6-4-BYE-10-8-5-5 (53), Santana Moss: 8-10-BYE-6-2-dnp-dnp (43), Roy Helu: 2-0-BYE- 4-2-4-17 (33), Terrence Austin: 4-0-BYE-1-6-3-5 (19), Anthony Armstrong: 0-dnp-BYE-dnp-4-4-1 (19), Tim Hightower: 6-3-BYE-dnp-1-dnp- dnp (15), Chris Cooley: 5-2-BYE-1-dnp-dnp-dnp (13), Donte Stallworth: dnp-1-BYE-3-dnp-2-dnp (11), Leonard Hankerson: dnp-dnp-BYE- dnp-1-4-5 (10)The biggest news out of Redskins camp is Roy Helu taking over as the lead back. And he truly did with 65 total snaps to Ryan Torain's 4. Oh and he had a plethora of targets and plethora equals 17 in this context. The Redskins are going the youth route with Leonard Hankerson leading the snap count for receivers with Gaffney and Austin behind him. Anthony Armstrong is out of the loop with 8 snaps. But really the only receiver you can count on is Fred Davis. Even his name sounds boring, i.e reliable. Here are the top 20 wide receivers in fantasy points per target. To qualify for this list they need at least 25 targets. 1. James Jones 2.3, 2. Jordy Nelson 2.1, 3. Calvin Johnson 1.9, 4. Mike Wallace 1.9, 5. Kenny Britt 1.8, 6. Greg Jennings 1.6, 7. Steve Smith 1.6, 8. Victor Cruz 1.56, 9. Vincent Jackson 1.5, 10. Devery Henderson 1.5, 11. Torrey Smith 1.5, 12. Laurent Robinson 1.47, 13. Dez Bryant 1.46, 14. Wes Welker 1.45, 15. Julio Jones 1.4, 16. Miles Austin 1.4, 17. Arrelious Benn 1.4, 18. Marques Colston 1.39, 19. A.J. Green 1.38, 20. Jeremy Maclin 1.3
The numbers by each name are targets for Weeks' 3-9 followed by the total year to date targets in parenthesis. All snap count data comes from our friends over at Pro Football Focus.Arizona CardinalsLarry Fitzgerald: 8-11-8-BYE-10-5-12 (70), Early Doucet: 6-6-16-BYE-5-6-6 (54), Andre Roberts: 6-0-6-BYE-5-3-7 (38), Todd Heap: 10-6 -dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp (20), Jeff King: 0-1-6-BYE-1-3-2 (18), Rob Housler: 0-1-8-BYE-6-2-dnp (17), Chris Wells: dnp-2-1-BYE-0-0-2 (11) The addition of John Skelton didn't boost the receivers numbers much, but also didn't do much to hurt them. Neither Kolb or Skelton elevate their receivers' ceiling, but Larry Fitzgerald is still going to get enough targets to eek out startable fantasy points and it looks more and more evident that Early Doucet is out playing and out targeting starter Andre Roberts even though Roberts was on the field for 20 more snaps. Gotta follow the production and that's Doucet. Atlanta FalconsRoddy White: 17-11-9-5-10-BYE-9 (78), Tony Gonzalez: 8-9-8-3-8-BYE-6 (58), Julio Jones: 7-17-4-dnp-dnp-BYE-4 (45), Harry Douglas: 7- 0-5-4-7-BYE-0 (29), Jason Snelling: 2-dnp-2-1-1-BYE-0 (16), Jacquizz Rodgers: 3-1-1-1-4-BYE-1 (16), Michael Turner: 0-2-0-3-1-BYE-2 (13)Julio Jones' 3 receptions and 2 huge touchdowns came on only 4 targets while Roddy White had 9 targets and 4 receptions for 76 yards. It's pretty clear that White is more of a possession receiver at this point and he'll continue to be a great points per reception player, but Jones is more explosive and has a higher fake points ceiling even on less targets as you can see from last week.Baltimore RavensAnquan Boldin: 14-2-BYE-9-12-12-10 (73), Ray Rice: 7-5-BYE-7-8-9-7 (56), Ed Dickson: 9-12-BYE-3-5-9-5 (54), Torrey Smith: 8-6-BYE-5- 5-9-9 (43), Dennis Pitta: 1-1-BYE-5-3-8-8 (31), Vonta Leach: 4-3-BYE-2-1-1-1 (16), LaQuan Williams: 3-1-BYE-1-2-1-3 (11)Anquan Boldin is on pace for 82 receptions midway through the season. Last year he totaled 64. His four games at 7 receptions or more already beats his two games from last season. He's not going to have huge games consistently but the threat of Torrey Smith is helping him. Torrey Smith has had some trouble with drops but if he can see anywhere near 9 targets a game like he has in the last two weeks he will have value. Buffalo BillsStevie Johnson: 10-6-5-10-BYE-9-6 (66), David Nelson: 8-3-2-6-BYE-5-7 (50), Fred Jackson: 6-8-6-6-BYE-4-7 (40), Donald Jones: 10-8-2 -dnp-BYE-dnp-4 (35), Scott Chandler: 3-2-1-1-BYE-2-3 (21), Naaman Roosevelt: 1-1-7-2-BYE-1-3 (15), C.J. Spiller: 1-1-2-5-BYE-3-0 (14) Stevie Johnson just had the best game against Darrelle Revis this season. He can play; that's no doubt. David Nelson went back into the slot with Donald Jones returning and had his most targets since Week 3 and his first touchdown since Week 5 (which was his only reception that game). It seems the slot is the place for Nelson. Carolina PanthersSteve Smith: 7-10-7-7-9-9-BYE (73), Greg Olsen: 10-7-5-10-3-7-BYE (52), Legedu Naanee: 2-11-7-2-3-7-BYE (44), Jeremy Shockey: 7-5-7- 7-4-3-BYE (41), Jonathan Stewart: 3-4-1-3-0-3-BYE (25), Brandon LaFell: 0-6-2-1-3-2-BYE (24), DeAngelo Williams: 3-1-0-3-0-2-BYE (15)Steve Smith should win the comeback player award once again, and coming back from the likes of Jimmy Clausen is adversity at its finest. After Smith, the numbers continue to be scattered with only Greg Olsen having any kind of consistent play, at least in relation to his teammates. I was worried about Olsen's turf toe, but he looked good on a seam route to score his touchdown and on the whole he is seeing a lot more targets than Shockey. But he's still more of a matchup play. Brandon LaFell saw 42 snaps to Legedu Naanee's 61 in Week 8, but also only had two targets to Naanee's 7. I have to believe LaFell will continue to see more work going forward. Chicago BearsMatt Forte: 8-5-7-7-4-BYE-5 (56), Devin Hester: 5-2-7-7-9-BYE-5 (49), Johnny Knox: 9-4-2-4-6-BYE-1 (36), Dane Sanzenbacher: 7-2-10-3 -3-BYE-2 (35), Roy Williams: 4-1-1-4-5-BYE-6 (25), Kellen Davis: 2-1-3-3-2-BYE-3 (20), Sam Hurd: 1-2-5-0-0-BYE-0 (11), Earl Bennett: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-5 (10) In the target world and the real world as well this was Earl Bennett's game. Last week I mistakenly said good things about Roy Williams. It's a mistake I plan on never repeating as well as striking from the internets. It doesn't take much to be the most sure handed receiver on the Bears (I'm thinking I could vie for that title and I have bratwurst fingers) but with Earl Bennett back it's no contest. And he may also be the most sure handed receiver in the NFL! Last season he had a whopping zero drops. And against the Eagles he caught all 6 of his targets while Jay Cutler watched his other receivers not catch all of theirs.
Cincinnati BengalsA.J. Green: 5-10-8-7-BYE-10-7 (65), Jerome Simpson: 4-3-7-9-BYE-2-10 (53), Andre Caldwell: 12-5-4-4-BYE-6-9 (45), Jermaine Gresham: 8-7-7-6-BYE-dnp-dnp (41), Brian Leonard: 1-2-3-2-BYE-3-2 (17)It's pretty much established that A.J. Green is an elite talent and can have good games based on that talent alone. Jerome Simpson has 2 touchdowns in the last 2 games but that is also without Jermaine Gresham who, before he was hurt, led the team in red zone targets. The Bengals are a balanced offense with a good defense and Green is the only sure target target us fake footballers can rely on. Cleveland BrownsGreg Little: 5-8-BYE-12-7-11-8 (59), Ben Watson: 10-9-BYE-8-4-3-2 (47), Josh Cribbs: 6-8-BYE-5-6-3-5 (39), Mohamed Massaquoi: 6-9- BYE-7-2-dnp-1 (38), Evan Moore: 3-2-BYE-3-4-2-2 (23), Peyton Hillis: dnp-6-BYE-1-dnp-dnp-dnp (19), Montario Hardesty: 4-9-BYE-4-2-0- dnp (19), Alex Smith: 4-2-BYE-3-2-1-0 (17). Chris Ogbonnaya: dnp-0-BYE-dnp-5-8-1 (14) In the last five games Greg Little is averaging 9.2 targets, 4.6 receptions, 44.2 yards and no touchdowns. Josh Cribbs has nearly the same amount of yards and two touchdowns on just 27 targets. It's starting to look like Mr. Cribbs should see a few more of those targets. Dallas CowboysJason Witten: 9-10-BYE-4-6-12-7 (71), Dez Bryant: 4-5-BYE-8-8-5-9 (47), Miles Austin: dnp-dnp-BYE-10-5-3-3 (45), Laurent Robinson: 5 -10-BYE-2-3-8-5 (33), Felix Jones: 3-7-BYE-4-dnp-dnp-dnp (20), Demarco Murray: 0-1-BYE-2-2-3-6 (16)It's fairly clear who the playmakers are out of the Cowboys receivers and with Austin out a few weeks with a hamstring injury it narrows them down to Jason Witten and Dez Bryant. Witten will remain the most trusted as you can see with his 71 targets on the season. Bryant remains erratic, but his ability joined with an uptick in targets makes him a true fantasy commodity. Laurent Robinson will take over for Austin and is the only Cowboys receiver with two 100 yard games. He'll be useful for your fake teams once again. Denver BroncosEric Decker: 12-10-5-BYE-3-12-5 (61), Eddie Royal: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-4-13-5 (31), Daniel Fells: 4-3-4-BYE-4-1-1 (25), Matt Willis: 3-1 -3-BYE-2-3-0 (18), Willis McGahee: 5-2-1-BYE-0-dnp-0 (17), Knowshon Moreno: 0-1-3-BYE-2-2-4 (15), Demaryius Thomas: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE- 10-3-2 (15)The run first/pass little (and wobbly) game plan is going to hurt the Broncos receivers. Somehow Eric Decker continues to get his but on 5 targets it's going to be tough to continue his touchdown production. Detroit LionsCalvin Johnson: 11-13-6-9-11-7-BYE (74), Brandon Pettigrew: 13-9-5-14-6-4-BYE (60), Nate Burleson: 2-4-4-10-3-7-BYE (44), Jahvid Best: 7-8-4-8-dnp-dnp-BYE (40), Titus Young: 8-5-4-5-3-5-BYE (38), Maurice Morris: 2-0-1-1-4-3-BYE (13), Tony Scheffler: 1-1-1-dnp-3 -3-BYE (13)The Lions had their way with the Broncos in Week 8 and once again Calvin Johnson did his usual damage. Brandon Pettigrew was out produced by Tony Scheffler which is a little worrisome, but Pettigrew was on the field 51 snaps to Scheffler's 18. This might be a good time to grab Pettigrew cheap. Titus Young had a wide open touchdown, but he and Nate Burleson will continue to hurt each other's overall numbers. With Jahvid Best still out, Maurice Morris saw 42 snaps to Keiland Williams' 19. Morris is the back to own while Best is recovering. Green Bay PackersGreg Jennings: 10-7-5-10-10-BYE-8 (66), Jermichael Finley: 8-6-7-4-2-BYE-7 (44), Jordy Nelson: 5-6-7-3-4-BYE-6 (41), James Jones: 6- 3-7-1-4-BYE-1 (25), James Starks: 4-6-3-2-4-BYE-1 (25), Donald Driver: 2-4-2-5-1-BYE-2 (24)If you get a target as a Packer receiver the chances that it will be in the best place possible to make the catch are pretty darn good. Aaron Rodgers is 16th in pass attempts, 1st in touchdowns and 4th in total yards and he has put three of his receivers in the top 6 of the fantasy points per target list. That's what we like to call efficiency. And even if your receiver isn't getting a ton of targets (see James Jones) he still has value. So let's see James Jones; in the last five games he has 16 targets, 14 receptions, 307 yards and 4 touchdowns. That is the product of Rodgers' greatness and why, with his accuracy, big target numbers aren't needed. Houston TexansOwen Daniels: 9-7-11-3-5-6-4 (52), Arian Foster: dnp-5-7-11-5-4-7 (41), Jacoby Jones: 2-1-11-7-4-5-4 (41), Andre Johnson: 12-5-dnp- dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (37), Kevin Walter: 3-1-6-8-4-9-1 (34), Derrick Mason: 10-3-1-4-1-2-0 (29), Joel Dreessen: 1-1-9-2-2-2-2 (22), James Casey: 7-1-2-dnp-dnp-0-1 (14)The Andre Johnson-less Texans are spreading the ball around and running it a little too much for my liking. In a game where both of the Texan running backs ran over 100 yards, the tight end position saw seven targets and the wide receivers had five. And those were spread out between three tight ends and two wideouts. Of course there will be games where they need to throw more, but Owen Daniels is having his ceiling lowered by the week.
Indianapolis ColtsReggie Wayne: 13-8-7-6-4-14-6 (77), Pierre Garcon: 10-8-8-11-6-15-6 (75), Austin Collie: 7-7-2-6-5-7-5 (52), Dallas Clark: 6-4-5-7-0 -10-5 (50), Jacob Tamme: 0-0-0-1-0-0-7 (9)In their last four games Pierre Garcon and Reggie Wayne are ranked 70th and 68th in average fantasy points for wide receivers. That's really all you need to know about the Colts' passing game. After Delone Carter fumbled he saw the game from the sidelines while Donald Brown was out there for 46 snaps to Carter's 12. Jacksonville JaguarsMike Thomas: 8-11-7-6-1-4-BYE (58), Jason Hill: 5-9-7-3-8-5-BYE (42), Marcedes Lewis: 2-7-4-8-3-9-BYE (36), Maurice Jones-Drew: 3-4- 0-3-3-4-BYE (21), Deji Karim: 2-1-4-1-0-1-BYE (13), Jarett Dillard: 0-3-1-3-dnp-3-BYE (12)Blaine Gabbert threw for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns!! Oh, that was in his last 3 games? Whoops. Kansas City ChiefsDwayne Bowe: 6-9-11-BYE-10-11-10 (73), Steve Breaston: 6-5-5-BYE-9-4-11 (44), Dexter McCluster: 6-4-2-BYE-2-3-4 (31), Leonard Pope: 3-1-3-BYE-1-1-2 (20), Jonathan Baldwin: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-5-8-5 (18), Keary Colbert: 1-4-2-BYE-0-1-1 (12), LeRon McClain: 0-4-0-BYE-2- 2-1 (11)In desperation mode, Matt Cassel threw the ball at Steve Breaston and Dwayne Bowe a ton. Jonathan Baldwin remained in the mix and just missed a touchdown, but Breaston still remains a trusted guy for Cassel. Since they were in passing mode most of the game Dexter McCluster was on the field for 55 plays to Jackie Battle's 28. But neither did anything of fantasy relevance, well, positive fantasy relevance. Miami DolphinsBrandon Marshall: 7-8-BYE-13-9-6-11 (78), Davone Bess: 9-5-BYE-3-12-5-3 (49), Brian Hartline: 4-5-BYE-6-2-2-0 (33), Reggie Bush: 1-2 -BYE-2-2-5-3 (26), Anthony Fasano: 2-4-BYE-2-2-1-3 (22), Daniel Thomas: 3-dnp-BYE-1-5-dnp-0 (10), Charles Clay: 1-2-BYE-2-1-1-3 (10) Brandon Marshall had his best game of the season against the Chiefs catching 8 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown. That was only his second touchdown of the year which is his only downfall in fantasy right now. He has yet to have a game under four receptions and is fifth in receptions per game with 5.75. He'll continue to be a PPR asset and if he can find the end zone a few more times could be extremely valuable. Charles Clay is listed as a running back in some fantasy formats but is doing the James Casey FB/TE thing with the Dolphins. He only had 3 targets but caught all three for 50 yards. Keep an eye on this since the Dolphins are out of it and will be looking to evaluate talent and Clay has some.Minnesota VikingsVisanthe Shiancoe: 2-8-6-7-8-4-BYE (43), Percy Harvin: 5-7-2-9-3-5-BYE (43), Michael Jenkins: 10-1-6-6-8-2-BYE (39), Devin Aromashodu: 2-2-5-2-5-6-BYE (24), Bernard Berrian: 5-6-dnp-7-dnp-dnp-BYE (24), Kyle Rudolph: 3-4-0-3-1-5-BYE (18), Adrian Peterson: 5-1-0-1-1-5-BYE (18)Percy Harvin seems to leave every game with an injury, but he's still leading the team in targets and is pretty darn good at football. He's the only Minnesota receiver I'd want on my fake team. Christian Ponder is also targeting his tight ends quite a bit, but Shiancoe and Rudolph are going to hurt each other's value going forward.Adrian Peterson is better than anyone at football. New England PatriotsWes Welker: 20-14-8-10-BYE-8-10 (93), Rob Gronkowski: 9-5-4-7-BYE-9-15 (62), Deion Branch: 3-4-8-5-BYE-7-5 (51), Aaron Hernandez: dnp-dnp-9-14-BYE-4-5 (50), Chad Ochocinco: 4-2-3-1-BYE-1-5 (21), Danny Woodhead: 5-0-dnp-3-BYE-0-6 (17)Tom Brady has lost some of his first month luster, but he's still putting up good fake football numbers and helping his friends do the same. Wes Welker is the target and reception czar of the universe, but Mr. Robert Gronkowski has surpassed Aaron Hernandez in targets and fake football goodness. Of course Bill Belichick might have Gronk block all next game, but his targets should keep him in the elite tight end race. New Orleans SaintsJimmy Graham: 8-14-12-11-7-8-8 (82), Darren Sproles: 9-7-7-11-6-7-6 (72), Marques Colston: dnp-3-6-11-7-6-5 (47), Lance Moore: 9-6-6 -3-4-9-3 (44), Robert Meachem: 8-6-5-2-2-3-1 (39), Pierre Thomas: 1-4-3-1-6-4-5 (33), Devery Henderson: 4-1-1-2-2-4-3 (29)Jimmy Graham is one of three receivers with 7 or more targets in each game and the only tight end. If you own him don't hide that under a bushel basket or really any kind of basket or enclosed space. Darren Sproles is still blowing away the running back competition when it comes to targets. He has 72 to Matt Forte's and Ray Rice's 56. Just think if he'd played on the Saints his whole career. Dude would have exactly infinity amount of receptions right about now. So far he has 56 and is on pace for 99.5. I'll be very interested to see how he gets half of a reception.
New York GiantsHakeem Nicks: 5-14-7-7-BYE-10-dnp (61), Victor Cruz: 5-9-11-4-BYE-9-11 (53), Mario Manningham: dnp-5-9-8-BYE-9-7 (52), Jake Ballard: 1-3-4-5-BYE-7-7 (31), Ahmad Bradshaw: 5-5-5-2-BYE-5-dnp (29), Brandon Jacobs: 3-1-dnp-dnp-BYE-2-5 (13)With Hakeem Nicks out ... Victor Cruz, Mario Manningham and Jake Ballard picked up the slack in targets and production. Even with Nicks in there they all seem to still have some value for fantasy but unfortunately having one of the receivers sit funnels the production enough to make those still standing safer. New York JetsDustin Keller: 9-8-2-5-8-BYE-7 (53), Plaxico Burress: 6-8-8-4-8-BYE-5 (50), Santonio Holmes: 2-11-6-4-3-BYE-6 (46), LaDainian Tomlinson: 6-3-1-4-4-BYE-3 (30), Jeremy Kerley: 0-1-3-4-7-BYE-5 (20), Shonn Greene: 7-0-2-2-1-BYE-0 (15)The last couple of games have seen a bit of a resurgence in targets for Dustin Keller which is nice, but with the commitment to the running game in full effect it is hard to find a safe play in the passing game week in and week out. Oakland RaidersDarrius Heyward-Bey: 3-7-12-9-11-BYE-1 (50), Denarius Moore: 6-5-6-4-5-BYE-12 (47), Jacoby Ford: dnp-2-7-4-5-BYE-6 (28), Darren McFadden: 3-6-3-1-1-BYE-dnp (23), Derek Hagan: 3-5-3-0-1-BYE-dnp (20), Michael Bush: 2-4-0-1-3-BYE-3 (14)Do you really want to know what happened with Darrius Heyward-Bey last week? Yeah, me too. I'm going with the working theory that the coaches believe that Denarius Moore and Jacoby Ford are better at football and now don't have to worry about that phone ringing from high above. The target numbers favor Moore by a wide margin but the production went to Ford. Both have the ability to take consistent targets to the bank and/or end zone. Philadelphia EaglesJeremy Maclin: 7-11-8-7-BYE-3-9 (63), DeSean Jackson: 6-9-7-6-BYE-6-8 (57), Brent Celek: 2-4-5-9-BYE-9-9 (48), Jason Avant: 5-8-10-4 -BYE-5-3 (46), LeSean McCoy: 3-9-7-4-BYE-3-5 (38)Maclin has 15 more receptions, 100 more yards and 2 more touchdowns than DeSean Jackson, but only 6 more targets. It is becoming abundantly clear that Maclin is much more well rounded as a player and in turn for our fantasy needs. The decline of Jackson has brought about a Brent Celek renaissance. In the first five games he had 21 targets and in the last three he's had 27. The non-elite tight ends target numbers fluctuate quite a bit, but it really does look like Celek has won the favor of Michael Vick.Pittsburgh SteelersAntonio Brown: 8-10-4-2-9-15-10 (73), Mike Wallace: 7-4-7-6-7-7-6 (64), Heath Miller: 6-3-4-6-4-9-5 (45), Hines Ward: 4-4-8-4-4-dnp-1 (40), Emmanuel Sanders: 5-2-3-4-7-8-dnp (35), Rashard Mendenhall: 4-2-dnp-0-2-4-2 (17), Jerricho Cotchery: dnp-1-1-0-1-1-6 (10)In the last three games Antonio Brown has 34 targets to Mike Wallace's 20. There will most likely be a correction here as we go forward, but Brown is benefitting from Wallace's hot start to the season and has plenty of room to find holes in defenses. But anyway you look at it Brown is a favorite of Ben Roethlisberger's. In the last three games Roethlisberger has averaged 42 passes and 352 yards. Those of course are the ceiling but he's giving his receivers plenty to work with in fantasy and right now that's Brown, Wallace and yes, even Heath Miller. San Diego ChargersVincent Jackson: 8-4-6-BYE-8-8-12 (64), Mike Tolbert: 5-8-3-BYE-1-dnp-9 (44), Antonio Gates: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-7-7-11 (39), Ryan Mathews: 4-5-1-BYE-5-7-dnp (36), Malcom Floyd: 5-3-7-BYE-4-7-dnp (36), Randy McMichael: 5-6-6-BYE-3-3-1 (28), Patrick Crayton: 7-1-2 -BYE-1-4-3 (18), Jacob Hester: 2-0-2-BYE-1-0-2 (11), Vincent Brown: 1-2-0-BYE-1-dnp-6 (10)Against the Packers, San Diego had to throw the ball 46 times so there were plenty of targets and yards to go around. Vincent Jackson came out of his slump in a huge way with 7 receptions for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns and is getting enough looks to most likely keep him from any more three game skids like that. Antonio Gates is also getting plenty of targets since coming back and as long as he can stay upright will get his. After that it is a little foggier on the target horizon, but wait, what is this? A rookie receiver steps from the gloom and slowly begins to come into focus. He has a steely visage as he looks off into the distance preparing to go into battle. His name? Vincent Brown. He had a decent game with 6 targets, 4 receptions and 79 yards last week and was on the field for 63 plays taking over for Malcom Floyd while Patrick Crayton only saw 30. As long as Floyd is out Brown should get plenty of playing time.


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Valencia winger Andres Guardado has remained upbeat about his side's performance against Real Madrid despite exiting the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage.
Los Che's 1-1 draw was not enough to ensure progression to the semi-finals as Jose Mourinho's men went through 3-1 on aggregate to face either Barcelona or Malaga who play on Thursday.
But the Mexico international believed that they were unfortunate not to get more from the tie.
"The key for us was to score first," the 26-year-old said, "We tried to go for it and looked dangerous from set pieces, but were unlucky.
"The team has recovered its attitude and the game ended with a very different feel to that after the weekend's defeat.
"I think morale fell after Madrid scored but we kept fighting until the final whistle."
Looking ahead to Valencia's upcoming game against Deportivo, Guardado insisted they will take nothing for granted against their lowly-league opponents.
He added: "There are no weak opponents, even if you are playing the team at the bottom of the league."


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LOL Even with a Sharpie between his teeth he looks adorable.
Ok is it just me or does it kinda look like he's at a Starbucks in that perezhilton picture? I realize he's at a pub, I was just like whoa... looks like a coffee house almost. And he looks either sad or piss Why are we talking about a donkey? drunk. Maybe both?