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Aside from the buzz around Mayor-elect Mike Duggan's historic rise to the top leadership of the city Tuesday, Nov. 5, another interesting twist to last week's election is the number of new faces that were elected to the Detroit City Council.
For example, the council will have its first Hispanic member in Raquel Castaneda-Lopez representing Southwest Detroit, which marks a seismic shift in the political coalition of Detroit's legislative body.
But beyond the new faces on the council that also includes Mary Sheffield, Scott Benson, Gabe Leland and George Cushingberry who is a fixture in Detroit politics, lies the question: Who will be the next council president?
Four incumbents were re- elected and one of them will emerge as head of the most talked about and controversial legislative body in Southeast Michigan.
The Rev, Andre Spivey, Saunteel Jenkins, James Tate and Brenda Jones, the highest vote getter, are returning to council but it is unclear who among the four will be chosen by the body to be its new leader.
Jenkins has been the president of the council since the sudden disappearance of Charles Pugh, and she has indicated an interest in serving in that role if her colleagues choose her.
But political observers are calling for a different council this time around, even as it seeks to install a new president, especially in the era of council-by-districts for the first time in 100 years.
"The new city council is an interesting mix of old and new. I'm interested in seeing how newcomers Sheffield, Benson and Castaneda-Lopez and seasoned newcomers like Cushingberry and Leland interact with incumbent council members," said Erica Hill, Detroit political observer and campaign veteran who has worked on a number of elections as well as in city government. Both Cushingberry and Leland served in the Michigan legislature before their election to the city council.
Hill said district-wide council members will be held more accountable to the districts that they serve.
However, she said it is important to define what these new members can do, especially in the era of an emergency manager.
"The challenge in this is that the council members, both old and new, need to be honest with themselves and their constituents about what they can and cannot do within their districts and at-large. They are the legislative body of government in a strong executive branch-led city," Hill said. "The council/mayor relationship is a check and balance process."
She also noted that the council should create its own plan based on the city's master plan.
"They are the voice of their constituents," she said, adding that as the highest voter getter, Jones is positioned to be the leader of the council.
The president will have to be chosen by the members according to the new charter, instead of the previous practice of selecting the president based on who got the highest number of votes at the polls.
Eric Foster, political consultant who has conducted a number of polls to test the pulse of Detroit voters on a wide range of issues, said the council election is a significant shift.
Foster pointed out that there are seven members who are younger than age 44 (Benson, Jenkins, Castaneda-Lopez, Leland, Sheffield, Tate and Spivey) and five are under 40.
"This new group of younger and diverse professionals have the opportunity to craft legislative policy to fit the Detroit that we need to be, one that values seniors and those who have stayed and the families and young professionals that are needed to grow the tax base and improve the sustainability of our neighborhoods,"Foster said.
"This new group is also less connected to the traditional organizations and stakeholders than former council members. Those stakeholders will need to modernize their approach and policy initiatives to fit with the paradigm of these new councilmembers."
Foster said staying with the theme of giving a young generation voice, the leadership of the council should remain with Jenkins and Spivey.
"They can also help shape a deeper data- driven approach to appropriations decisions and policy enactments to support making the product that is 'Detroit' work for residents, businesses and new customers to the city," he said.
The Detroit City Council is one of the country's few full time legislative bodies, and in a time when resources have been dwindling, some have called for the council to go part time.
First instituted in 1824, and once called the Common Council, the body has been at the center of some of the most interesting political turmoil in Detroit's history which includes the constant tug of war between the council and the mayor.
For example, in 2005. at the height of former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's era, four members of that council did not attend the mayor's State of the City Address because of serious political disagreements with the mayor who is now headed to prison.
The former council president, the late Maryann Mahaffey, JoAnn Watson, Sharon McPhail and Barbara-Rose Collins all insisted that the city charter did not mandate them to attend the event.
The only members who attended Kilpatrick's speech were Sheila Cockrel, Ken Cockrel Jr., Alberta Tinsley-Talabi and Alonzo Bates who later went to federal prison.
Mahaffey's contention at the time was that the mayor was always seeking to tarnish the image of the council in the eyes of the public.
"During last year's address the council heard for the first time the mayor had arranged for the purchase of the old train station in Southwest Detroit to transform it into a headquarters for the police. Council members were treated disrespectfully," Collins said.
Kilpatrick, understanding the art of politics and persuasion, was known for presenting flowers and roses to individual council members before budget sessions began. That was his way of making amends with the body he needed to approve his proposals. The impact of those flower gestures was that the mayor received a less hostile atmosphere during the question and answer sessions and often got his proposals passed.
On the other hand, Mayor Dave Bing did not present flowers and his tenure was marked by bitter fights with the council which claimed the mayor was not communicating with them.
But in interviews, Bing has always maintained that he won't compromise what was best for the city and in its interests.
It remains to be seen how this new council will work with Duggan, even though the former head of the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne County Prosecutor has expressed strong interest in building a solid working relationship with the city council.
Duggan cited as an example a lunch meeting he had with new member Benson during a town hall meeting where he was asked about his impression of the new city council.
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Discussion in 'Trek Tech' started by austen_pierce, Sep 2, 2013.
Great TOS style StarTrek ship battles.
If you are traveling at warp 3, its not as if each nacelle is doing warp 1.5, they are both doing warp 3 so it can't add extra speed. It would increase "towing capacity" though.
Har! Good one! Do you have any Roald Amundsen jokes?
ISTR something about the Enterprise-D having, in effect, double nacelles - each being constructed out of parts that on a smaller ship would have been two complete nacelles. Is that so? If it is, then that makes four-nacelled ships even odder.
Yeah, a picture is worth a thousand words.
No, but it is taking "half the load". So, if you were going warp 3 and you "shit a nacelle", i get the feel you'd drop to at least 1.5 or lower.. I'd think it would something along the lines of a car. You have a V8 and you pulled half the plugs it would still run.. Kinda..
In the TOS era, when the reactors were in the nacelles, extra nacelles meant more power, as well as the ability to operate at higher speeds for longer periods before maintenance became an issue.
In the TMP+ era, when the reactor migrated into the hull, extra nacelles still provide extra endurance at speed, but only a larger reactor provides more power.
This is what I always figured as well.
Ugh. This this thread is giving me Coral Sea flashbacks. Because how do you make a good design even better? Add more nacelles, of course!
Sorry, are you agreeing or disagreeing?
He explored the Antarctic. I hear he was a really cool guy.
Eh, I got nothin.
IIRC, that was an after-the fact justification for the Space Battleship Enterprise from All Good Things. Both the Tech Manual and the onscreen graphics show one set of warp coils per nacelle.
I remember that too.
To address the OP, I suppose it depends whether the nacelles generate power or simply use power from elsewhere.
I've also seem, as others have hinted, that the use of four nacelles may be where they are intended to be used in alternating pairs. The DS9 TM, for example, suggested a four nacelle version of the Defiant pathfinder was used as a courier, using paired cores and nacelles.
For all we know, the Constellation class and her ilk may have two warp cores and do the same. Why not use pairs instead of two larger engines, unless there's some advantage to it?
Well, if dilithium is scarce enough, having more than one set of engines may not be as economical for a large production run?
We don't see nearly as meany Constellations as we do single-paired contemporaries like the Miranda, Oberth, Excelsior, etc.
Well, a four-stroke V8 is the direct equivalent of two four-cylinder engines bolted together with a timing offset*. Some modern large-engine cars even deliberately disable one bank of cylinders in city driving for fuel efficiency, turning a V8 into a four-pot.
*This can go further - W16 engines exist, as do W12s (2xV6).
I suppose if a 4-cyl is the Kelvin, that makes the Veyron a four-naceller.
Ya, not so much. If you pulled the plugs in a v8 not made to run a 4-cyl you'd likely ruin it. Now yes i know there are new cars with v6 and v8 made to run in "half" mode. But remember those engines were made to run that way. If I tried that shit in my wife sienna I don't think it would be very drivable if at all.
I guess it laymen's terms a W-12 is just two v6 sitting on top of each other.. But it's much much more then that.
I find the nacelle question is interesting.
But instead of walking into the conversation with my assumptions and expectations, I'd like to summarize what's already been argued.
Possible pros of more nacelles:
-- Higher maximum speed. Any warp material should have a power limit, a point at which more power will not induce a deeper warp bubble but will simply melt or otherwise damage the material. So, by having more, disconnected nacelles, you can put more power into the warp bubble without melting the coils. And though this same result could probably be achieved from larger coils and fewer nacelles, you can get faster results by using modular nacelles that are already designed, tested and known to be reliable.
-- Better manoeuvrability at warp. More total coil area may mean more complete control over the shape of the warp field and, thus, more and faster control of your direction of travel.
-- More "torque". Perhaps pouring more power into different sets of coils can give a warp field better "traction" within subspace, allowing a vessel to tow more mass at a given warp factor more efficiently.
-- More endurance. Less power per nacelle might mean the warp coils could sustain higher warp factors for longer periods of time.
-- Less wear and tear. There's quite a bit of energy impinging on the warp coils and that has to create stress. By alternately using different coils, you'll put less stress per cochrane-hour on each nacelle and they'll last longer.
-- Redundancy. The more nacelles there are, the more of them can be destroyed in a fight or a accident and still allow the ship to travel at warp.
-- More stable warp field. Perhaps having more warp coils keeping a warp bubble "inflated" makes the field less prone to interference to outside subspace instabilities.
Possible cons of more nacelles:
-- Hardware complexity. More nacelles mean more conduits, more junctions, more internal sensors, more hardware in general. It's gonna be hard to keep all that stuff working well together. And the more the hardware there is, the more there is to fail. Furthermore, the more complex the connections, the more likely something's gonna fail.
-- Maintenance complexity. As above, the more hardware there is, the more likely it is to fail, which means the more maintenance is needed to keep it in working order.
-- Software complexity. Starships are controlled by their computers. Computers need to be programmed. The more complex the program, the more bugs there are and the harder it is to find, and crush those bugs.
-- Warp plasma phasing complexity. The activation timing of warp coil segments by warp plasma both within a nacelle and between nacelles must be rather important. More nacelles means keeping track of more injectors and may well require both more accurate and more precise timing of coil activations than fewer coils. Furthermore, it's possible the state of the plasma is also important, making things even more complex.
-- More mass. Nacelles seem to be rather dense, and thus, rather massive. More nacelles means more mass... A lot more mass. In STL, more mass means slower response and less total achievable speed. This may also be true at FTL.
-- Poor economics of atoms. Four nacelles requires more warp coil material than two, and may require more dilithium to run. How many ships do you want to build with the materials at hand?
-- Poor economics of energy. It seems likely (via the "no free lunch" truism) that even if it takes less power per nacelle to maintain a warp field of any given factor, it will take more *total* power with all nacelles active. Further, any nacelle that is not powered is dead weight. This means more power per light-year and a less energy efficient performance.
What did I miss?
You will note that all the pros are mostly theoretical and all the cons are engineering challenges. This makes me suspect that possibly all of the statements are accurate to some extent.
The nacelles offer space for the Warp Coils, which warp the time-space. You do not actually need these nacelles as you can integrate the coils in the main hull (see Defiant, Andorian Kumari class etc.)
Once there was that philosophy that an even number of nacelles is required, but that could actually mean an even number of Warp Coil lines. Thus the Kelvin would have 2 lines of Warp Coils, but simply integrated in one humongous nacelle.
The actual top speed and endurance would rely on the number of coils and their size relative to the mass of the starship plus of course the advancement of the Coils, as newer could mean smaller but just as efficient.
@ zDarby
Isn't there one approach that answers more questions than raising new ones?
In your latest speculations in the Romulan BoP thread, you made an interesting proposal suggesting that each nacelle (in the dual-concept only) had a different charge (+ versus -) to enable the creation of a warp field.
The one thing that left me wondering was how to create different charges as the plasma source seems to be essentially the same.
Assuming you had two M/AM reactors (one for the port, one for the starboard nacelles) wouldn't it be easier to have each M/AM reactor output to be "charged" at the source for either port or starboard nacelle applications?
Thus, with a four-nacelled vessel, both of the port nacelles could have a negative and both of the starboard nacelles a positive charge.
Couldn't that be an approach with some practical advantage to help solving the riddle?
Maybe more nacceles = faster "0 to warp"?
Just like more cylinders can mean faster 0 - 60 OR more towing horsepower, more nacelles can mean better acceleration, better top-end speed, better endurance at speed, or less maintenance per nacelle. It all depends on how it's designed.
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Would love to get some feedback for the name "WebsitePress" (will be .com) for our web design company. What do you think of the name? Got any good alternatives?
I don't have a specific opinion about that potential website brand name thought it does sound very close in name to various popular CMS. Though if you haven't reserved that domain name, and somebody here really likes it there is a chance you'll get unexpected cybersquatting.
JamesG075 - I presume you know the name is already registered?
Apparently the OP doesn't, yes that is a stark reminder when choosing a domain via brainstorming; first check for availability or see what types of similarly spelt domain names or companies exist.
Yeah we have the .co.uk version instead of the .com, which makes more sense since we are based in the uk
I assume that the websitepress (.co.uk) is also yours, isn't? With that thought, I'm just wondering why do you have to ask our opinion about the name of your company if it's already registered or existing? Are you planning to change it anyway?
But anyway, if I'm not mistaken, it a web design company, well for me, "websitepress" doesn't fit with the service/s that you offer. Also, I think it would be better if you'll put your keyword in your domain name. Well, just an opinion, I don't know what others think about it
I couldn't agree more except for the fact that I really don't know which services you offer. I guess that if you work with WordPress, the name is acceptable as it is similar to the CMS you use for your work.
But it seems to me that you alredy chose the name when you bought the co.uk version... In my case, I would have bought the .com too from the very start
Except that the .com version has been registered (to somebody else) since 2002, whereas the .co.uk version was only registered two days ago.
Except that the .com version has been registered (to somebody else) since 2002, whereas the .co.uk version was only registered two days ago.
Ok. so bears that deal with technology are better than I am... hard to accept but true...
Then I would have thought of any other name... unless I would only dedicate my business to UK and cared nothing about the rest of the world.
My two-penneth. As others have mentioned it sounds like a website where you would go to get a quick stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap template and not a company that offers professional development services.
Not sure what you want to offer though so it may fit.
I understand that you bought the domain because you liked it and then you're trying to build a business around it?
That's not the usual way :lol:
Normally, you have an idea, you see if you can carry it out and then you find a name and register it. The name always come last.
Your friend is right, the first impression I have with that name is that your site will be something similar to templatemonster.com
Still, that doesn't have to be the truth. You can turn it upside down. So the question is... what do you want to offer and what do you want to do?
Thanks for all the feedback! To be honest we are not going for that whole "creative agency" feel, but rather a more mainstream service, somewhat similar to template monster but without the templates :D. Whether that's right or wrong we'll find out, and I purchased the domain for £2 so we are not exactly set on that name.
I guess that you can afford to wast that amount if everything goes wrong... although there are more expeneses than just a domain name
Best of luck
I dont like it.... i love it
Nice. Sounds Good! I like it.
It's catchy and I like it, but I would not post it here. Many people could simply snatch it and register it before you.
As you can read earlier in this thread, the OP already registered it.
I would be concerned that, since the DOT COM is the 'default' TLD, many potential customers who are looking for your company will 'tumble' into the competitor's landing page.If devising a company name - that will be tied, in marketing, closely to the domain name - I think it is imperative you hold the DOT COM version at the very least.


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I had been an Editorial Board member (EBM) of BJ from 2008 to 2012 and I was approached by Les Loew, the new Editor-in-Chief of BJ, to take over from Eduardo Perozo as the Associate Editor for the Channels and Transporters section. It was not an easy decision because as AE I would have certainly a larger responsibility than in my previous position as EBM. I finally agreed to accept the role because I knew that I could count on a highly competent staff at BJ and on advice from the Editor-in-Chief and from the other Associate Editors. Most importantly, I can count on the expertise of the EBMs of the section. In retrospect, fortunately, my initial evaluation was correct. In addition, being Associate Editor has the big advantage of being exposed to new and exciting research from the general field of my interest. I hope to continue the tradition of attracting the best biophysically-oriented work on transporters and channels to the Biophysical Journal.
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Plot Summary
In Academy City, a technologically advanced Academic city located at western Tokyo which studies scientifically advanced superhuman students with powers, but is also set in a world where magic is real. Kamijou Touma is a high school student, with a power called the Imagine Breaker that can negate all magic, psychic, and divine powers, but also his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing named Index. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum — 103,000 magical texts of the Church. His encounter with her leads him to meet others from the secret world of science and magic and an adventure with his friends where science and magic collide. Touma's unusual power places him at the center of conflicts between magicians and science-based espers in Academy City. As Touma tries to help and protect his friends, he learns the people he knows are not as they appear and begins to attract the attention of magicians and espers alike as they try to unravel the secrets of Academy City and Index.
Plot Summary: Season I
Kamijou Touma, a level zero high school student in the brain development program in Academy City, seems to possess no recgonizable ability; his only notable traits are his right hand, which has the power to dispel both psychic and magical power, and his extreme misfortune. After meeting the nun known as Index, and the level 5 esper, Misaka Mikoto, Touma becomes deeply involved with both the church and Academy City; resulting in him fighting against Roman Catholic Magicians themselves, and Academy City's strongest level 5, Accelerator.
Plot Summary: Season II
After his involvement with various magical affairs involving the Anglican Church-based organization Necessarius, Kamijou Touma finds himself in a bigger mess than before. Due to unexpected circumstances, Touma becomes a changing force in the conflict between magic and science when he thwarts many plans organized by the Roman Catholic Church, culminating with the direct actions of the most powerful magical group based on the Roman Catholic Church, God's Right Seat.
Plot Summary: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Diverging from the plot of Index, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun focuses more on Academy City and the third of seven Level 5 espers named Misaka Mikoto. Misaka Mikoto, despite being part of the most powerful espers in Academy City, also possesses a more carefree side to her life. She has to fend off constant "love attacks" from devoted friend and roommate Shirai Kuroko and she needs to maintain the image of being perfect as Tokiwadai's Ace. However, with various problems arising in Academy City — both noticeable and out from plain sight — she moves as Academy City's unseen savior, using her powers to save people, loved ones and strangers alike.
Characters (Main)
Kamijou Touma: He is a Level 0 Academy City high school student in his first year and possesses the mysterious 'Imagine Breaker' in his right hand, which is capable of negating all forms of magic, esper and divine abilities, even his own good luck. Having a strong sense of justice, he will help anyone who is in need and will not hesitate to challenge an opponent who is several times more powerful than himself. Because of his willingness to help others unconditionally, he has attracted the affections of many females in the series, which Himegami Aisa jokes about, stating that his life is like a dating sim where he is bound to unlock more paths to more girls.
Index: Also known by her full name of Index Librorum Prohibitorum, she is the main female character of the series and is considered the main heroine of the Magic Side. She is a member of Necessarius and has a Photographic Memory. She holds within herself 103,000 magical texts known as grimoires.
Misaka Mikoto: is a recurring character in Toaru Majutsu no Index and the main protagonist of A Certain Scientific Railgun. Introduced in the first volume of the Light Novels, her role in the story was later expanded in the third volume as well as the release of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime series and manga, making her a main heroine of the science side and the main heroine of the series second only to Index. She is the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City, and is nicknamed the Railgun due to her signature move.
Accelerator: He is the most powerful esper currently residing in Academy City. First appearing chronologically in Toaru Majutsu no Index as an antagonist, he later becomes the primary protagonist of the Science Side after being defeated by Kamijou Touma. He is a member of GROUP since Volume 13 of the light novels, when he was forced to join after hearing how it was the best way for him to protect Last Order. As the most powerful esper of Academy City, his existence and powers are tied to the plans of Aleister Crowley, the founder of Academy City, alongside Kamijou Touma.
Shirai Kuroko: is a level 4 esper and student of Tokiwadai Middle School, as well as a member of Judgement. She can usually be found accompanying the third-ranked Level 5 esper Misaka Mikoto- her best friend, partner, and roommate. Though a minor character in Toaru Majutsu no Index, she gets a starring role alongside Mikoto in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestory.
Support Characters:
Kaori Kanzaki: An eighteen-year-old Japanese sorceress from Necessarius. Unlike her partner Stiyl, she uses magic to magically strengthen her body. Her sorcery name is Salvare000, "Be the salvation of those who cannot be saved". She uses a two-meter-long nodachi called "Seven Heavens Seven Swords" as her weapon. She has a special attack called Nanasen (Seven Flash) that uses her sword and some wires. She used to be a kind woman who treated Index like a sister, but when Index's memories were deleted by Necessarius, Kaori changed into a cold and silent woman as Index no longer remembered her and consequentially did not trust her.
Stiyl Magnus: A heavy smoker and sorcerer from Necessarius. His sorcery name is Fortis931.He specializes in using runes to invoke his power over fire, which includes being able to use a flame sword and summon a 3000-degree-Celsius fire elemental called Innocentius to battle his enemies. Styl appears as a man wearing a black robe and has long red hair, and a bar code tattooed on his cheek. Despite his looks, he is actually fourteen years old and is physically weak as casting Innocentius weakens him. While he has a short temper, he is actually kind, as he cares about Index very much and his failure to save her life without losing her memories was his greatest regret.
Tsuchimikado Motoharu: A blonde teenager who is always seen with sunglasses and wearing an Aloha shirt. He is a friend and classmate of Tōma who just happens to be his next-door neighbor at the dormitory they're staying at and unashamedly has a crush on his step-sister Maika. While he seem like a normal, average teenager, there's more to him than meets the eye. Secretly, Tsuchimikado is actually a former agent of Necessarius who became a freelance spy for Necessarius, Academy City, and other unknown organizations; the leaders of both Necessarius and Academy City are both aware of this but have decided to let him be for the time being. His sorcery name is Fallere825. His ESP ability is the Level 0 Auto Regeneration.
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~Basically what we do here is talk about the anime! When we get enough members we'll start RP'ing (I have a couple of games in mind). We share our favorite characters, hypothetical battles and you can even marry! You can compare series, SE's and characters! You can also post picture, videos and links!~
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ATU gave NSU everything it wanted and more, but back-to-back penalties, a fumbled snap, a blocked field goal attempt and 88-yard touchdown run in the final two minutes assured the Colonels they would celebrate their Homecoming with a 44-34 win over the Wonder Boys.
Arkansas Tech (2-2) trailed Nicholls State (3-2) 14-0 after the first quarter and 27-21 at halftime, then overcame a 10-point deficit and had a golden opportunity to take its first lead late in the game.
Randy Velazquez of Dardanelle booted a field goal to make it 34-27 with almost 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, but Andrew Dolan answered for the Colonels with a 28-yard field goal to make it a 10-point spread again, 37-27, with 7:30 remaining in the game.
Just 31 seconds later, ATU was in the end zone after a two-play, 60 yard scoring drive. Ketrich Harmon — last week's Great American Conference offensive player of the week — carried 55 yards to the NSU 5-yard line. Jonathan Keener took it across the goal line from there, and suddenly the Wonder Boys were within 37-34 with 6:59 left.
Arkansas Tech's defense forced the Colonels to punt, and the Wonder Boys started at their 20-yard line. Senior quarterback Luke Halpin hit Keener on a 19-yard pass completion to the 34. Harmon then exploded up the middle and rumbled 61 yards to inside the Nicholls State 5-yard line with 4:07 to go in the fourth quarter.
Harmon finished with 10 carries for 182 yards — an average of 18.2 yards per carry — and has yet to be tackled for a loss this season.
That's when things started going in reverse for ATU, which was hit with back-to-back 5-yard penalties and were backed up to the 16. Halpin threw to Keener at the 10, making it second and goal at the 10. But the snap went through Halpin's hands, and he recovered at the 22.
His pass fell incomplete on third down, but the Wonder Boys could still tie with a 39-yard field goal and 1:42 left. But Velazquez's field goal was blocked and recovered by the Colonels at the 10.
Any ATU hopes of getting the ball back with another chance were shattered by quarterback Tuskani Figaro, who rushed 88 yards for a touchdown with 1:16 remaining. The PAT set the final score at 44-34. Figaro accounted for five touchdowns — he rushed 21 times for 281 yards and two TDs, then completed 10-of-20 passes for 94 yards and three TDs.
Figaro put Nicholls State on the scoreboard first with an 11-yard touchdown pass with 9:06 to go in the first quarter. The Colonels made it 14-0 when Byron Cobb intercepted Halpin's pass at the Wonder Boys 43-yard line. Figaro ran it in the end zone from eight yards out at the 4:14 mark of the first quarter.
ATU got back on track when Halpin connected with Cassius Washington on a 31-yard gain on their next drive. Harmon rushed to the NSU 4, then Halpin hit John Simpson in the end zone for the touchdown. The Wonder Boys trailed 14-7 with 13:42 to go in the second quarter.
Figaro answered with another 11-yard touchdown pass, this one to Marcus Washington, and the Colonels were on top 21-7 with 11:31 remaining after the Dolan PAT.
Wallace Foote took off for 42 yards to give ATU a first down, then Jerry Anderson caught a Halpin pass, shook off the Nicholls State mistackles and scored a 15-yard touchdown. The Wonder Boys were within 21-14 with 7:45 left in the second quarter after the Velazquez PAT.
After both teams traded possessions, Colonels quarterback Beaux Hebert was intercepted by ATU's Darion Shine, who returned it 58 yards for the pick-six Wonder Boys touchdown. Arkansas Tech tied the score 21-21 with 1:28 left in the first half.
But there was still time for Figaro and Nicholls State, who went back in at quarterback and threw a 10-yard touchdown pass with seven seconds left. But the PAT was no good, and the Colonels led 27-21 at halftime.
Velazquez hit a 35-yard field goal to pull the Wonder Boys within 27-24 with 9:26 to go in the third, but Figaro ran 56 yards on NSU's ensuing drive, then Washington crossed the goal line from a yard out to put the Colonels on top 34-24 with 1:17 showing in the third quarter.
ATU finished with 252 rushing yards and 201 passing yards for a total of 453 offensive yards. Nicholls State, which was beaten 66-3 by No. 2 Oregon on Aug. 31, rushed for 359 and threw for 133, for a total of 492.
Logan Genz led all players with 11 tackles (nine solo, two assisted), picking up 1.5 tackles for loss along the way. Demetris Ford had two tackles for loss, while Deandre' Bonner had three pass breakups.
The Wonder Boys return to GAC play next week at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium against the University of Arkansas-Monticello. Kickoff between ATU and the Boll Weevils is set for 3 p.m.
Saturday Scoreboard
Nicholls State 44, Arkansas Tech 34
SAU 47, NW Oklahoma State 14
No. 8 Henderson State 63, East Central 31
Harding 63, Southern Nazarene 21
SW Oklahoma State 35, Arkansas-Monticello 17
Ouachita Baptist 45, SE Oklahoma 7
Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 33
Missouri 45, Arkansas State 19
Hendrix 48, Southwestern Texas 29
Great American Conference standings
Henderson State 4-0 4-0
Ouachita Baptist 3-0 3-0
Arkansas Tech 2-2 2-1
Arkansas-Monticello 2-2 2-2
Southern Arkansas 3-1 3-1
SW Okla. State 3-1 3-1
Harding 2-1 2-1
East Central 1-3 1-3
SE Okla. State 1-3 1-3
NW Okla. State 0-4 0-4
Southern Nazarene 0-4 0-4


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As if the terrain isn't precarious enough, Rep. Loretta Sanchez is sporting red pumps with three-inch heels as she dances along the fiscal cliff with her husband, Jack Einwechter.
The Santa Ana Democrat's playful holiday cards have become D.C. icons of the season, eagerly anticipated, greeted with mirth by many – and scornfully attacked by some foes.
Sanchez said she toyed with several ideas this year before settling on the fiscal cliff.
"It's a serious topic," Sanchez said Wednesday. "We wanted to let people know that we know it's a stressful time, but also to remember that it's the holidays and we should enjoy it."
The outside of the card reads, "May you dance with joy this holiday season … (just not too close to fiscal cliffs)."
The inside features Gretzky, her cat who died in 2010, with a halo. Gretzky has made an appearance on the holiday cards since Sanchez began sending them out in 1997, her first year in Congress.
Media interest is so strong that she told the Register and the Washington Post that they could see the card first only if they agree to an embargo until Thursday at 12:01 a.m. And demand has grown so that Sanchez estimated that half a million cards are being printed this year. They are sent to registered voters in the district – except those who've specifically asked not to receive them – as well as donors and others who request them.
The bill is covered by Sanchez's campaign treasury. After sending them primarily by email last year, Sanchez said they are returning to the old-fashioned approach this year due to popular demand.
As for the real fiscal cliff, Sanchez said she has not ruled out support for entitlement reform.
"I'm willing to look at anything," she said. "I think everything needs to be on the table. It's a matter of what the entire package is. If it's not too draconian and it makes sense, I'll vote for it."


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OCEAN CITY- The 5th Annual Branch Kreppel Blue Marlin Tournament, named for a beloved local angler and diver who passed away in 2008, gets underway next weekend with a captain's meeting and registration on Thursday, followed by three full days of fishing action next Friday through Sunday.
As the name of the event implies, blue marlin are the target species for the tournament, which has become a precursor of sorts for the prestigious White Marlin Open two weeks later. The minimum size requirements for a captured blue marlin in the tournament is 400 pounds and 105 inches in length.
While the action offshore will certainly be the center of attention for the tournament, the activities at the docks should be no less exciting. The weigh-ins at the scale at Sunset Marina will be held each fishing day from 4-9 p.m. There will also be plenty of the associated food, drink, music and favorite stories associated with the tournament's namesake.


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PROUD WINNERS—From left: Ruthanne Pilarski, 8th grade winner and Dyonna Hall, 7th grade winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest. (Photo by J.L. Martello)
The Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by holding its first annual Martin Luther King Essay Competing of girls in grades 6-12 in January.
Entrants were asked to write a 300 to 500 word essay that answered one of the following questions: How can I change the world? What does it mean to be a part of the beloved community? And How am I a leader for justice, equality and fairness for all people in Pittsburgh and beyond? Winners and finalists were given a chance to read their essays at the Union Project's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Martin Luther King Day. In addition each winner was awarded a gift basket and gift card.
"The Girls Coalition looks for meaningful ways to engage girls in our work; giving girls an opportunity to think about how they might change the world," said Girls Coalition of Western Pennsylvania's Program Director Heather Mediate. "Putting that into words seemed like a great way to hear from the girls about the challenges they see today and how those challenges might be overcome. Using the work of Martin Luther King, Jr, as a prompt for this contest was a natural fit because of the vision he had for the future and his fight for equality in this country."
The Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania strives to build a strong group of providers that serve girls to address and remedy the issues that face all girls in the areas of education, physical and mental health, violence and crime, economics, and essentially help organizations connect, collaborate and create a better place for girls to grow up in.
Winners of the contest were 12-year-old Pittsburgh Carmalt seventh grader Dyonna Hall and 12-year-old Pittsburgh CAPA eighth grader Ruthanne Pilarski.
"Our hope for this contest was to hear not just about why girls are inspired by the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., but what they are inspired by on a daily basis and ways in which they are already changing the world," Mediate said.
Essay winner Dyonna Hall is changing the world on a local level by volunteering at recreation centers in her Brookline neighborhood and working with youth and teaching them about being positive and giving one another respect regardless of race, gender or age.
"I believe that everyone is put on this earth for a reason and can possess a special gift," explained Hall, a 12-year-old Pittsburgh Carmalt seventh grader in her essay entitled "I Was Chosen to Change the World." "Although Dr. King suffered by the hands of his fellow man, I believe he lived his life to the fullest by doing what he believed was right and still continuing to move forward by raising his family. He did not let the fact that man will always fall short of the glory stop him, for he knew that work and determination could make this life better for everyone."
Pilarski believes that improving one's self is a step in the right direction in making the world a better place for all to live in.
"I believe that everything big starts from something small. I believe that if we want to achieve greatness, it's not about one big thing, but about everyone doing their individual part to change what they can," Pilarski said in her essay titled "How Can I Change the World?" "It may be about working together, but if we start small, and if we start with ourselves, the rest will come easily."
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Emily Murgatroyd | October 24, 2007
By Emily Murgatroyd • Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:43
The catastrophic fires in California are not a new phenomenon in that state, but what sets this particular burn apart from those in the past is the intensity and the vast area of land that the fires have covered. While arson and downed power lines are blamed as the perpetrators, their willing accomplices are associated with climate change.
According to Ronald Neilson, a professor at Oregon State University and bioclimatologist with the USDA Forest Service, the fires are in line with what climate change models have been predicting for a long time - both in short term forecasts and long term patterns. Studies from five years ago that Neilson was involved with, predicted that the American west would become both warmer and wetter, creating a landscape ripe for catastrophe.
Global warming is said to have contributed to the heat of the region with Southwestern California fresh off of a record breaking heat wave, only slightly less devastating than the year before, where 140 people died, because of the new emergency measures that were put into effect after 2006. As well, according to the Globe and Mail, "Rainfall across the region this past six months was just one-fifth of average levels."Additionally, the Globe reports that this year's Santa Ana winds have been gusting at nearly hurricane force and have been blowing considerably longer than the typical 24 hours, instead lasting days.
Fires, fire suppression, and control
This one is tough. Fire suppression in chapparal habitats, like those in the fire-affected area of California, is longstanding and creates a fearsome pile of fuel. When dry weather eventually combines with a spark (either natural or arsonist in origin), that fuel can go off like a bomb. California may be going through this right now. Climate change may indeed be affecting burn intensity and extent, but past fire management regimes play a way bigger role in these things than is commonly credited. I don't know if this is true for the current fires in California, but it certainly could be true, and has been true in similarly intense, uncontrollable fires that have intersected with human-dominated environments in the past 10 years.
Tough one to know about for sure. Gotta be a bit circumspect about pinning this one on climate change (solely, at least) without acknowledging that human land use patterns probably play a bigger role over the short term.
Emily Murgatroyd replied on Permalink
I agree and I named climate change as an accomplice only. The Globe and Mail article attached goes into more detail about urban sprawl and condensed populations. Good call to mention it though!
It's true there are various
It's true there are various factors involved; the Globe and Mail link in the text discusses some factors; and this CBS 60 Minutes link talks about the buildup of fuel for the past century, etc:
But on page 2 it talks about something that does seem to be a result of global warming:
…Swetnam found recent decades have been the hottest in 1,000 years. And recently, he and a team of top climate scientists discovered something else: a dramatic increase in fires high in the mountains, where fires were rare.
"As the spring is arriving earlier because of warming conditions, the snow on these high mountain areas is melting and running off. So the logs and the branches and the tree needles all can dry out more quickly and have a longer time period to be dry. And so there's a longer time period and opportunity for fires to start," Swetnam says
"The spring comes earlier, so the fire season is just longer," Pelley remarks.
"That's right. The fire season in the last 15 years or so has increased more than two months over the whole Western U.S. So actually 78 days of average longer fire season in the last 15 years compared to the previous 15 or 20 years," Swetnam says…
(Edited to add that I got the link from Canadian Cynic) http://canadiancynic.blogspot.com/2007/10/pay-no-attention-to-those-climatic.html#links
Johan i Kanada replied on Permalink
Arson caused by AGW
it seems:
How incovenient.
Arsonist sets fire in a
Arsonist sets fire in a building, fire fighters bring it under control. End of story.
Arsonist sets fire in area ravaged by drought and whipped by gale-force winds, fire fighters unable to stop it, and it rips through $billions of prime real estate.
Smoker falls asleep & drop cigarette, sets fire in a building, fire fighters bring it under control. End of story.
Smoker flicks smoldering butt out the car window, sets fire in area ravaged by drought and whipped by gale-force winds, fire fighters unable to stop it, and it rips through $billions of prime real estate.
Not much difference, really.
John Dowell replied on Permalink
Climate Model Predictions
Of course the California wild fires are in line with global warming model predictions. Heat, cold, drought and floods are all attributred to global warming these days so why not California wild fires?
The US south-west is a drought-prone area. Paleoclimate studies indicate this area has experienced extensive dry spells in the past, including one in the 15th and 16th centuries that lasted about 100 years. What is different now, as the contributer at the top of this thread pointed out, is the human factor. Land use practices combined with poor environmental stewardship have created conditions ripe for fire catastrophe. It has nothing to do with climate change (global warming) even though the alarmists dearly want it to be that way.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Wrong, John. One of the
Wrong, John. One of the predicted consequences of AGW is the drying of the southwestern US. Not that the region is wet, mind you, but the region will lose even more water. Water resources throughout the region will be strained even more than they are today, and the overloaded population of the region is far from sustainable.
John Dowell replied on Permalink
That's What I Said
How am I wrong, Stephen? I agreed with you. I said every extreme of weather from heat to cold, from drought to flood is blamed on global warming. That's the beauty of the AGW cult. It can never be wrong.
The computer models that prop up this pseudo-science can tie everything to it so quite naturally they predict that, astoundingly, a desert such as the US south-west will be dry. And if that area was to get abnormal rain that bring floods, well the AGW models will have predicted that too. Why the Greenies will tell you that the build-up of ice in the south polar region and the observed cooling of the Antarctic for the past 50 years or so even fits the global warming scenario.
AGW modellers can have it all ways all the time. What is truly amazing is that so many otherwise intelligent people fall for this shell game.
Whereas denialists like
Whereas denialists like yourself merely have to keep repeating the mantra "Nothing's caused by AGW! Nothing's caused by AGW!" although you do not have any knowledge or evidence to back up your wild claims.
Here's a clue, boys: warmer temperatures mean that more water evaporates faster; so dry places get drier and wet places get heavier rain, when that evaporated water falls down again. You fellas, John Dowell, Rob, Zog, whose only experience with climate change is turning the thermostat up a few degrees, have no idea how an ecosystem works. Funny, I thought they taught this sort of thing in elementary schools; how did you miss out on that?
rob replied on Permalink
Are there any disasters left not caused by Global Warming?
Thanks goodness for these fires – because it's been a disappointing hurricane year for Global Warming enthusiasts:
Then again, lack of hurricanes will be equally convincing "proof" as an abundance of same. The models predict everything, you see.
Zog replied on Permalink
Rob: Don't forget that most
Rob: Don't forget that most of central Africa has just had the heaviest rains and most devastating floods in human memory. I have it on excellent authority (network TV) that the cause was, you guessed it, global warming.
Pity about the second straight year of minimal hurricane activity, in defiance of some very excellent computer models. Damn! I have a recurring vision of Suzuki and Gore, with a coven of their lobotomized acolytes (Hi VJ !), dancing around an energy-efficient fire, chanting incantations and praying for a really big one, with lots and lots of death and destruction.
Oh well, the iron law of probability ensures that they'll get their wish - if not next year, sooner or later, and then the money will really roll in.
That's crossing a line, Zog
Whatever you may think about people's motives (and believe me, I question those of you & your ilk all the time), it is in extremely poor taste to suggest that environmentalists are "praying for a really big one, with lots and lots of death and destruction." You aren't strengthening your own position & credibility by making remarks like this. In fact it's more revealing about you than the people you are attacking.
Zog replied on Permalink
So, Femack, you weren't even
So, Femack, you weren't even a teensie bit disappointed that the 2007 hurricane season was so quiet? Look deep into your heart and be honest with yourself. Isn't it a bit frustrating to be unable to say, "We told you so"? Never mind, you may get a chance next year or, if not, sometime in the future, and then you'll feel better.
As for Suzuki and digusting Al Gore, doom, gloom and disaster are mother's milk to them. Mediocre men who have found that the key to fame and fortune (especially fortune)is to scare hell out of people.
That's not funny
It's sick.
rob replied on Permalink
The truth may sting
And yet, it is still the truth.
Zog replied on Permalink
Of course it's not funny. No
Of course it's not funny. No humor was intended.
Rob & Zog, you deserve each
Rob & Zog, you deserve each other. I gave you the benefit of the doubt that you were trying to be funny. If you are seriously suggesting that I (or anyone else) would be pleased by "lots and lots of death and destruction" so that I could utter a puerile "I told you so," you aren't just sick, you are sickening. There is no answer to such an outrageous and offensive statement.
Rob and Zog judge you by
Rob and Zog judge you by their own callous attitude. They don't care how many people die as a result of global warming, as long as they can make money by denying that it is happening. They are callous, selfish and dishonest.
Zog replied on Permalink
I clearly remember when the
I clearly remember when the technophobic flavour of the month was "No Nukes", being sickened by the overt gloating of the PWIAPEs after the Chernobyl disaster.
The same mentality prevails among the same "humanity sucks" crowd today and yes, I heard an echo of their attitude after Katrina.
Hell, many of the most notorious modernity-haters and no-growthers (eg. Ehrlich, Lovins, Suzuki, Watson) have eagerly joined the warmist mob.
AGW is actually happening,
AGW is actually happening, and Ehrlich, Lovins, Suzuki, Watson, etc., are talking about it because they are in touch with reality, unlike you, Zog. Zog, why exactly do you hate environmentalists to the point of denying what is clearly happening to the world? You just can't stand the idea that they are right and you are wrong?
Fear & Arrogance, VJ
It's either fear or arrogance. The arrogance part is easy: Man is at the top of the heap because we are MEANT to be there, and we can do whatever we like without worrying about the consequences. This attitude prevails among a certain type of male – I'm sure you've encountered it, VJ. It's just plain obnoxiousness and an attitude of entitlement. Environmentalists annoyingly point out that other species have a right to exist, too.
The fear is more difficult to nail down. It runs like an electric current through the comments of many, many people in denial who seem to be afraid that if AGW is real it will undermine everything that they think they know is true. All of the assumptions that they make as they move through their daily lives will be up for debate. The "safety" will be off, and life will become more tenuous. Nothing is more frightening than having your fundamental beliefs challenged. It's not just about AGW, it's about re-evaluating our role in the natural order of things.
I think you've explained the
I think you've explained the basic feelings very well. I would add that there are some philosophical and religious beliefs that tend to cater to those feelings. Your arrogant, entitled, often male, person is often a self-described libertarian.
The fear of uncertainty is reflected in the Christian fundamentalism that developed in the twentieth century. One of their beliefs is that there is only one possible interpretation of everything in the Bible; I guess once you start arguing interpretations, you get uncertainty. So you get creationists who read Genesis literally and who resent scientists for insisting that we evolved over billions of years; naturally they are not going to believe scientists who talk about global warming. Also, they are apt to argue that God won't let us destroy the earth.
Then there is the idea that unregulated capitalism will solve all our problems. This belief system is no more rational than fundamentalism, and flies in the face of the evidence.
I think our denialists may espouse one of these belief systems, or possibly all three at once.
Zog replied on Permalink
VJ: It's interesting that
VJ: It's interesting that you bring up the question of religious fundamentalism when the primative mass hysteria of the warmist mob is so closely related i.e. AGM has become a veritable religion based on a dubious scientific premise.
Here is a recycled excerpt from one of my recent postings on another blog (a blog which operates on a somewhat higher intellectual plane than DesmogBlog) a few days ago.
"The basic problem with all model projections is the same. No matter how carefully they are constructed or how much detail is fed into them, they are all based on unproven basic assumptions, which AGM proponents verify by waving their arms and shouting, 'They are true! The science is settled!'
Debating with warmists is like debating with creationists. They are happy to discuss mechanical details and can sometimes present reasonable arguments but, questioning of their underlying assumptions (God is ultimately in control; increased concentration of atmospheric CO2 is de facto causing significant increases of IR reflection to earth) simply isn't permitted."
For an in depth examination of mass psychology, written about 150 years before AGM was invented, I urge you to read "Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness of Crowds" by Dr. Charles Mackay. Even if the book doesn't make you feel a tad uncomfortable with your "certainty", you will still find it a cracking good read.
So Zog, you are so ignorant
So Zog, you are so ignorant of science that you don't understand the difference between accepting scientific evidence and religious belief?
I have religious beliefs myself, but I do not let them blind me to scientific evidence. One of my beliefs is that we are supposed to seek the truth; and this means we must not deny evidence, even though we don't like the conclusions it may lead to. That's called objectivity, and it is something you need to practice good science. Most denialists seem incapable of being objective; they don't like the implications of global warming, that we need governments to take action to mitigate it, so they deny it exists. They cannot be honest.
So Zog, do you honestly believe that increased concentration of atmospheric CO2 does not cause significant increases of IR reflection to earth? What scientific evidence leads to this conclusion? What is your expertise in this matter? Or is it just a belief based on your reluctance to face reality?
Zog replied on Permalink
Since I'm a scientist and
Since I'm a scientist and you are not, you have a lot of brass making shrill comments about my ignorance of science. Being able to parrot Hansen's scripture doesn't make you knowledgeable or thoughtful!
In our exchange, you have tipped your hand and exposed yourself as what I had previously suspected you to be - a hopeless disciple of sociopaths like end-of-the-earther Ehrlich and Paul ("humanity is a virus") Watson.
If you weren't so eaten up by hatred of modern western civilization, you might give a little thought to the solution of genuine environmental problems (of which there are many) instead of wallowing in the apocalyptic reveries of the new religion.
Pardon me?
I'm not sure to whom you are responding with this, Zog. It may or may not be me, but in any case I feel that I should point out to you that you sound a bit hysterical.
I don't think it is sociopathic to state that population is out of control, and that we should be thinking very seriously about encouraging cultures that traditionally have large families to look at the big picture and cut back. If we continue "to breed mindlessly like brewer's yeast in a vat of molasses" (Farley Mowat), we are going to eat our way to oblivion. I don't know whether cancer or virus is more apt, but the metaphor is sound. Either will ultimately destroy the body that sustains it.
I don't hate western civilization. I think we are capable of brilliance: art, culture, science, philosophy – we have a lot to be proud of. But it has come at a price, and we have got a bit ahead of ourselves. We don't have the wisdom to wield the power that we have or to make the distinction between what we CAN do and what we SHOULD do.
You are quite right (if you are responding to me) that I am not a scientist. I am an historian. That does not exclude me from being able to make a distinction between a rational argument based on data and empirical findings, and the flailing about of a group that is intelligent enough to see the writing on the wall, but for some reason I cannot fathom, WILL NOT.
Zog replied on Permalink
Femack: If you had read the
Femack: If you had read the previous 4 postings you would have realized thar my post was part of an ongoing conversation with the estimable VJ. No matter.
Interesting that a historian would, in an effort to score a point, quote a one-liner from one of Canada's most notable fabricators and prevaricators. Any port in a storm eh?
It didn't line up that way.
But, as you say, no matter. And it doesn't matter where the quote came from, Mowat is right: We can't just keep filling up every available space on the planet with human beings. We need BALANCE. It may seem to you to be a "one liner". For me it is a wake-up call. We need space to grow our food and space to live our lives. If we keep reproducing without any thought to the consequences, we will find ourselves fighting for any toe-hold we can get, and starving because we haven't left enough land to cultivate.
Zog, I don't believe you are
Zog, I don't believe you are a scientist. I actually do have a BSc degree in Biology, but do not call myself a scientist.
"…a hopeless disciple of sociopaths like end-of-the-earther Ehrlich and Paul ("humanity is a virus") Watson…" I don't recall if I have read anything by those men and I doubt that you have either, except for out-of-context quotes you found on whichever hysterical rightwing website you get your talking points from.
"…If you weren't so eaten up by hatred of modern western civilization…" I value some things about modern western civilization including democracy as a system of government. Zog, haven't you noticed that our modern western civilization is degenerating from democracies into corporatist, fascist states? A real democracy would make polluters pay for the evil they do.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
You don't act like one
ZOG said: "Since I'm a scientist". Well ZOG, you sure fooled me. You certainly don't act in the responsible manner that I associate with scientists. Since you neither identify yourself or your scientific discipline I will treat your statement like all your other statements i.e. it is a bunch of untruths and falsifications. If you seriously wanted peoples' respect you would not behave in the rude and callous manner you show towards people who disagree with you. You have nothing to offer except filth and lies. Most people would prefer if you stayed away until you learned how to behave in public.
Ian Forrester
Zog replied on Permalink
Another country heard from.
Another country heard from. I wondered when Ian would get up off of his knuckles and make one of his scintillating interventions. No, I won't identify myself - not because of anything that I've said or might say but because playing around on the net isn't something that I'd want to advertise. (A secret vice.) Anyway, I won't disturb your happy little group again, as exchanges with such self-righteous and all-knowing folks aren't productive, and the invective, including my own, has been escalating.
VJ. "our modern western civilization is degenerating from democracies into corporatist, fascist states? A real democracy would make polluters pay for the evil they do."
That is so 1960's but, at least it clears the air. You have about as much interest in the environment as my pet cat. Just another "down with the man" dilettante putting her latte aside and looking for a political horse to ride. If it wasn't AGM it would be something else but probably not something important like water pollution, deforestation or half a dozen other genuine problems.
Yawn. Go fight water
Yawn. Go fight water pollution then, if that turns your crank. At least you would be doing something useful.
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Heading into MLS Cup 2012, Corey Ashe will get to stay at home. But it isn't the home that many expected it to be when he came into the league.
Ashe was drafted by the Houston Dynamo out of the University of North Carolina and expected to contribute at left midfield. But two years after a spot start to neutralize Dane Richards' speed, Ashe has matured into a standout at left back for Houston.
Unfortunately for Ashe and the Dynamo, he didn't get to show his stuff at left back in MLS Cup 2011, as a groin injury to Brad Davis forced the 2011 All-Star to fill in the midfield, and the rest is history.
A year later and Ashe, barring the unexpected, will line up at his new home and the LA Galaxy know that he can more than hold his own when he faces the reigning champions on Saturday (3:30 pm CT, ESPN, TeleFutura, TSN/RDS in Canada).
"Corey's developed into one of the best left backs in Major League Soccer," Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena said during a league-wide conference call on Tuesday. "He's physically strong and physically set to deal with any issues in his space and he's good going forward. What I've seen out of Corey over the last two to three years is that he is now a lot more consistent."
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Ashe's consistency has come from being a strong one-on-one defender and the passing presence he brings to the left side of Houston's defense, skills which have been tested time and again.
"I've said, for me, he's one of the better left backs in the league," Houston head coach Dominic Kinnear said on the same conference call. "You look at his starts and minutes played and he's played a ton. I thought we've had a good defense this year and he's been a good part of that. He's been consistently good."
Kinnear and Arena both pointed to the 5-foot-7 Ashe's ability to physically stand up to the physical tolls of MLS while also being able to get forward from a deep position and create in unison with Davis.
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Four of the Detroit Red Wings' "Russian Five" will take part in the 2012 Winter Classic alumni game.
Sergei Fedorov, Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, and Vladimir Konstantinov will all take part in what's now known as the Alumni Showdown on Dec. 31 at Detroit's Comerica Park.
Fedorov, Fetisov and Larionov will play in the game, while Konstantinov, who was paralyzed in a car accident following the team's Stanley Cup win in 1997, is expected to serve as an ambassador.
Slava Kozlov, for now, isn't on the roster—the 40-year-old forward is still playing professionally in Russia's KHL.
Federov, 42, was also playing in the KHL until this offseason. He's best known for the 13 seasons he spent with the Detroit Red Wings from 1990-2003, during which he won three Stanley Cups and compiled a 56-goal, 64-assist 1993-94 season that earned him the Hart and Selke Trophies and Lester B. Pearson award.
In his prime, Federov was the most complete player in the league: he was an elite skater, had one of the hardest shots in the league and was regularly in the Selke discussion over the NHL's top defensive forward.
Fetisov, 54, was a trailblazer for Russian players and led the first group of former Soviets into the NHL in 1989. He's currently a politician in Russia. Larionov, 52, was also in that group and is currently a player agent. Both are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
"This will be the (first) Winter Classic for me," Larionov told the Red Wings' website. "And I've never been to a game at Michigan Stadium, but of course, I've seen the games on TV and I'm looking forward to watching that game and lacing them up to play in front of 40,000 (fans) at Comerica Park. That will be nice."
The Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs are staging two alumni games in anticipation of the Jan. 1 Winter Classic in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, Luc Robitaille, Dino Ciccarelli, Chris Chelios, Larry Murphy and Mark Howe are among those who will participate for the Red Wings.
Former Maple Leafs slated to appear include Darryl Sittler, Felix Potvin, Doug Gilmour and Wendel Clark.