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_____Cold, wet, and crying, he had lost his way,
_____And being blind was farther like to stray:
_____Which sight a kind compassion bred in me,
I kindly took and dried him, while that he,
_____Poor child, complained he starved was with stay,
_____And pined for want of his accustomed prey,
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_____Burning my heart who had him kindly warmed.
Lady Mary Wroth was an English poet of the Renaissance. She wrote The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania, the first extant prose romance by an English woman, and Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, the first known sonnet sequence by an English woman.


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A senior at Hill Regional Career Magnet High School in New Haven, Jordon Thomas was impressed when he first set foot in the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library last summer. "I didn't know there were so many resources that were right in front of me," said Thomas, who attended a science program sponsored by the School of Medicine.
Thomas is just the type of student that Charles J. Greenberg, M.L.S., M.Ed., coordinator of medical library curriculum and research support, would like to attract to the health sciences information professions: a college-bound minority student who might consider becoming a medical librarian or health information specialist. (As it turns out, Thomas, who is African-American, plans to be a pharmacist.) Greenberg is the project coordinator for a newly formed consortium of eight university medical libraries that is trying to interest minority students in careers in medical librarianship. Nancy K. Roderer, M.L.S., former director (1992-1999) of Yale's medical library and now director of the William H. Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins, is the principal investigator. Funded with a three-year, $640,000 matching grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, the group comprises Yale, Georgetown University, Houston Academy of Medicine, Howard University, the University of Colorado at Denver, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Tennessee and Washington University in St. Louis. Currently, 9 percent of medical librarians are members of minority groups.
The effort to interest minority students is part of a broader attempt to recruit health care professionals who reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of their patients. "Health care providers are very concerned with cultural competence," said Greenberg. "We want to become part of that mosaic of health careers." The medical librarianship project is just in the planning stage, but libraries in the group plan to sponsor tours, internships and other outreach programs.
The group's task in part is to replace the image of a dowdy librarian with a more up-to-date view of a computer-savvy "information specialist."
Yale's medical library has been "at the forefront of the university's partnerships with the New Haven public schools," said Claudia R. Merson, director of public school partnerships at the Office of New Haven and State Affairs. For instance, Yale medical librarians taught Internet skills to Career High School teachers and administrators in the mid-1990s. "This is another opportunity," said Merson. "There's been so much exposure to health professions, but librarianship has not been one of them. It's new and exciting, and it looks like it's going to be cool."

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May 22, 2003 -- Knicks GM Scott Layden knows the chances of landing in the top three in tonight's LeBron James lottery are slim. The likeliest ping-pong ball scenario remains at 9.
Since Layden is as likely to trade a ninth pick as use it, it's no surprise he disputed the common notion the draft has just three impact players - James, Yugo center Darko Milicic and Carmelo Anthony.
Layden acknowledged he will explore pulling off another draft-day deal, packaging his first-rounder and a veteran such as Latrell Sprewell to add size. Hence, the need to increase the value of his pick.
"Everybody talks so much about the first three picks," Layden said. "But we believe this is a deep draft."
Allan Houston will be on the dais tonight in Secaucus for good luck but the odds are long - 1.5 percent chance to win LeBron, 5.4 for a top-3.
Layden said the club wants to get "longer," emphasizing not just center or power forward.
"Size can come in every position," Layden said. "We're certainly trying to make the team longer. Sometimes it doesn't have to be a shot-blocking center. It can come for another position."
The Knicks have long tried to get bigger at small forward, where Sprewell plays out of position. That's why the Knicks will step up their efforts again to acquire Keith Van Horn, whose season ended badly in Philly. The 6-10 Van Horn can play small forward and Don Chaney actually loves him. The Sixers rejected Sprewell at the Feb. 22 deadline.
Regarding James, Layden said, "He's got the ability to be a great player, no question. He's got a great future in the NBA."
Some bigs who could be available at No. 9 include power forwards Mike Sweetney, Nick Collison, Sofoklis Schortsianitis, Anderson Varajao, and Chris Bosh and 7-foot center Chris Kaman. The Knicks can fall no worse than 11.
Layden guaranteed McDyess' career is not in jeopardy, despite speculation he's done. "As we've said before, Antonio is going to play next year," Layden said.
The Knicks still won't set a timetable for his return.
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Teammate helps Rollins make decision
Shortstop opted for disabled list after chatting with Romero
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
DENVER -- Sometimes, it takes a teammate to get an MVP to listen. In accepting a stint on the 15-day disabled list, thus allowing his sprained left ankle finally to heal, Jimmy Rollins credited a weight-room conversation with J.C. Romero as helping him see the benefits. "I pretty much told him, 'Rest your body,'" Romero said. "It's common sense. Jimmy's game is based on speed, turns and stuff like that. When you have such a good player with that type of injury, it's better to shut it down. If the speed isn't there, everything else is going to be affected." Don't misunderstand. Romero wants Rollins on the field and knows the extreme difficulty in acknowledging when one isn't in top condition. Rollins admirably hoped to be able to contribute off the bench, while he healed, and return sooner than 15 days. Buying into that hope, the Phillies allowed Rollins to continue being day-to-day as long as possible. In the end, Romero may have helped Rollins see that he was hurting the team by giving manager Charlie Manuel one less option. "Everybody knows that Jimmy is the big dog, but take the 15 days and get that ankle ready," Romero said. "When he comes back, he won't have to worry about limping or how the ankle will affect his swing. I admire his game. I see him as my captain. I thought it was my job to at least mention something. In a funny way, I was telling him, 'I don't need you now. I need you in July, and August and September.' That stuck with him. "When he comes back, I know he'll help us." Knowing the obvious importance of Rollins -- he didn't win the National League Most Valuable Player last year by accident -- the Phillies prepare to be officially without their catalyst until at least May 5. Before Sunday, there was always a chance he might suddenly appear in the starting lineup. "He's a big part of our team," Manuel said. "He's one of our superstar players. One guy can destroy your whole season." Rollins' void leaves the Phillies without their leadoff-hitting sparkplug, Gold Glove shortstop and confident field leader. On a team that requires all 25 guys, Rollins is at the top of the list. "He's very important because of the shortstop situation, the switch-hitting, the defense, his offensive numbers, his speed, setting our offense up ..." Manuel said, listing about every facet of Rollins' game. He left out clubhouse leadership. Perhaps that's where Chase Utley comes in. The premier second baseman is off to a blistering start with a .351 average and eight homers entering Monday. Manuel said Utley's approach won't change. "This guy plays the same way every day," Manuel said. "It doesn't matter who is hurt on our team, he plays the same way. He expects to have a big game every day. When he doesn't, he expects to have a big day tomorrow. He's one of the big reasons for the attitude on our team, as far as resilience. That's where his leadership comes into play. Chase Utley is a very, very, very tough player. I've been in the game a long time, and he's just as tough as any player I've ever seen."
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This digital collection includes finished prints and contact sheets by 20th century American photographer William Gedney made between 1955 and 1989. The quantity and condition of the materials reveal Gedney's intense dedication to his work, and his interest in street photography, portraiture, night photography, creative composition, and the study of human nature. His work took him across the United States several times (with a focus on Chicago, Detroit, South Dakota, Kentucky and California), to India, England, Ireland, Paris and Amsterdam.
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William Gedney photographs and papers 1887, circa 1920, 1940-1998 and undated, bulk 1955-1989
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Collection houses the entirety of William Gedney's original photographic work as well as his professional and personal papers, amassed from his student years at Pratt Institute in the 1950s to his early death in 1989. The materials reveal Gedney's intense dedication to his work, and his interest in street photography, portraiture, night photography, creative composition, and the study of human nature. His work took him across the United States several times (with a focus on Chicago, Detroit, South Dakota, Kentucky and California), and to India, England, Ireland, Paris and Amsterdam. Photographic formats in the collection include negatives, contact sheets, work prints, exhibit-quality prints, test prints, personal snapshots, and slides. There are roughly 76,000 unique images represented by the over 2000 contact sheets, with over 19,000 images in the form of work prints and 1466 exhibit-quality large prints. The availability of every format in the photographic process offers deep insights into Gedney's editorial process and artistic vision. Additional perspectives come from his many notebooks and journals; artwork; handmade books and book project materials; correspondence files; memo books; financial, legal and medical records; memorabilia; audiocassettes; and other materials. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Subaru Outback vs. Toyota Venza
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Being a Subaru owner myself, I view the Venza as a copy of the Outback's whole concept. Outback is an SUV-themed wagon version of Subaru's midsized sedan (Legacy) just as Venza is a SUV-themed wagon version of Toyota's midsized sedan (Camry). But that's just my opinion. How do you think the two cars compare and which do you think is better, and why? What do you think are the pros and cons of both?
dcm61 Posts: 1,553IMO, it would make more sense to delay this comparison until the larger 2010 Outback debuts.
As it stands now, we would be comparing a 5 year old Outback to a "new" Venza.
cptplt Posts: 1,075I have a Tribeca and an OB, I sat in the Venza while I was waiting for the wifes Sienna a t the Toyota dealer. the venza is much bulkier than an OB more Tribeca height, and wider etc. they had 18in wheels on the AWD version on the showroom floor and the sticker price was in the mid 30s+!
for the price I'd get an OB, especially if the new 10 OB is as big inside as advertised. if you only need a FWD wagon, the Venza may be a good choice.
ecotrklvr Posts: 519I have to wonder: Toyota owns 16% of Subaru. Subaru plant in Indiana where Outback comes from also makes Camrys for Toyota. And, future Toyota Supra (awd) is being co-developed by Toyota and Subaru. So, anyone else think Venza and new Outback look enough alike to wonder if Venza and Subaru co-developed this chassis?
I thought seriously about buying a 4-cyl. Venza a few months ago, and passed because of ridiculous wheel and tire choice by Toyota. There are only two manufacturers that make tires for that size, and they are both sub-par. Thanks to a little announcement from Subaru, I waited and now I may be able to get a nice AWD, 4-cyl vehicle, with a 6-speed manual, for several thousand $$ less than Venza. And have decent tires.
bozy Posts: 8Now that the new 2010 Subaru Outbacks are out, how would you compare these with the 2010 Venza? Any opinions?
dboe Posts: 69I am at a similar crossroads. I like both cars, and dollar for dollar they come out quite close in price (I am considering NO Navi or moonroof for either one) for 6cyl models.
Handling is a mixed bag IMO. I don't care for the lack of road feel in the Venza...I don't need steering to be THAT effortless. But there is less body roll than in the OB.
Overall, I think the V is a better ON road handler while weak in feedback.
Power is similar. I like the sound of the boxer engine, but the Toyota definitely has some guts.
Braking is good, I think the V seems to stop a bit shorter but the OB seems a easier to control.
When it comes to AWD, I give it OB .. especially if you plan to do any intentional off-roading. Subaru has had a proven system for a long time.
The ride is similar IMO. The Venza a little harsher on tar strips, etc. likely due to those humongous wheels. I would consider a tire/wheel change when the originals are worn down. You should be able to drop an inch with a higher quality performance tire with a higher profile to maintain the same overall diameter.
Fit & finish are very good on both cars I spent some time with.
I was looking closely at the new 2011 Kia Sorento. You get lots for your money. I really like the fact that any upgrade at all gets you rear bumper sensors for backing up. I am not totally enamored with back up cameras. Both features would be best. No to mention built in Bluetooth, another area some of these manufacturers like to nickel & dime you.
But Kia is 2nd tier to Hyundai...I know both companies have improved significantly, but overall quality especially of Honda and Toyota, is hard to beat. In spite of the recent recall. In fact, this recall may well provide more incentives for bring customers back to Toyota, and if they are smart will be on a roll to improve existing quality. I am not doing any serious shopping before late Spring, so I hope to work this to my advantage. I am leaning towards the Venza, and probably FWD for the few times I think I would ever need AWD.
I can't imagine anyone not being happy with either car. I have not tried the 4cyl version of either. But just reading the specs, I would expect the Venza to have more guts. But I understand the 2.5i OB is very popular.
BTW, the 2011 OB is due out in Spring. You would be very lucky to find a 3.6R on a lot now. But 4cyl should still be available.
tarhlob Posts: 1We have both! My SO fell in love with her friend's 2006 OB and decided that was what she wanted. We knew the 2010s were going to be larger, but until we actually saw one we didn't know it would be THAT big. The whole feel of the OB was so different from the 2005-2009 OBs she just didn't like it. Since we were at a Toyota/Subaru dealer we decided we might as well look at the Venza. Our local Toyota dealer had tried to sell her on the Venza before they came out, but she thought they were too SUVy ( she wanted a station wagon...not an SUV, a real
station wagon). When she actually looked at and drove the Venza she fell in love.
Our local dealer made us a great deal on a 4 cyl 2wd no frills Venza and she was
happy. If Subaru had left the OB as it was in 2009 she be driving the OB now.
.........So I got the Outback! Not the 2010, but a beautiful low miledge 2006, and
I'm ecstatic. We use the Venza mostly for long highway trips, and I drive the OB daily to work. What a treat.
I actualy think a better compaison would be between the Venza and the Tribecca. I think Subaru is ruining the OB by going for that market. If they want to compete with the Venza-Lexus RX-Murano-Edge-Santa Fe-Sorento-etc they could tweak the Tribecca or tart up the Forester. Leave the OB alone!
brioboy Posts: 24This forum is getting a bit old but I have had the same dilemma - if my 06 Highlander Hybrid packed it up one way or another, which to choose? I don't realy like the bigger size of the new Highlanders. My Toyota service manager has acknowledged that Venza AWD comes in a poor second to Outback in snow and ice - all Subarus are AWD and better clearance. Perfect for us at Whistler.
ksayers Posts: 59Here's another point to consider... if you are in snow/ice often, and need to buy tires for the Venza, check the rim size. Be prepared to shell out about $17-1800 for 4 decent tires, installed. I am sure the graphic artists and 17 year olds like 20 inch rims but they come with a heavy price tag.
jeffm5 Posts: 123I respect your opinion brioboy, but the pre 2010 Outbacks never appealed to me. I had a 2000 & 2004 Forester, which were good cars. I traded the 04 for a 2010 OB, cross shopping a Venza. I'm a Toyota fan, having had 3 including a 2005 Avalon, the best sedan I've ever owned. (Still have it.) The Venza was more car than we needed and much more expensive. The 2010 is a great all around performer. Decent power, very good fuel economy, comfortable. The AWD performance is first rate. Just a difference of opinion. Enjoy your rides.
wwest Posts: 10,706"..all Subarus are AWD....."
Yes, but which type, implementation? Subaru seems to have about 3 versions of AWD depending on the model. The WRX, for instance, has a totally non-functional VC implementation of F/AWD, absent the TC "off" capability it likely wouldn't be functional at all on the slippery stuff.
"..and better clearance..."
Again, depends on the model.....
If wish to buy a truly SAFE and fully functional "awd" then look to the R/awd systems. None of those have need to re-apportion engine torque to the rear, AWAY from the front, such that directional control can be maintained or asserted.
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First thing I do whenever somebody asks about an oven is look at the pizzas on their website. I would like to think anybody trying to sell me a pizza oven would know enough about pizza to only advertise with the best possible pizzas their oven can produce. More times then not this doesn't seem to be the case.
It's such a pretty oven, it's a shame they didn't build it with good pizza in mind- by adding thermal mass to the ceiling, lowering the ceiling and adding width/subtracting depth.
A lower ceiling will allow you to cook pizzas at higher temperatures easier by allowing the oven to evenly cook the top and bottom in short bake times. I already touched on the width. The fire will have to be at the back. That can make it tough to turn the pie at the right time leading to an uneven bake.
No I can't cook more than one pizza at a time easily, no it is not a 44" oven, no I can't sleep in the enclosure at night. I can good great pizza after great pizza at 850 + degrees, I can bake a few loaves of bread (I am not a bakery and would not need to more than one batch of bread at a time).
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Patty Griffin Lets Sorrow Well Up in 'Top of the World' (Song Premiere)
Any songwriter as active as Patty Griffin is bound to have a trove of unreleased tracks. In Griffin's case, though, 14 of them weren't supposed to be unreleased: they're songs from "Silver Bell," an album Griffin recorded in 2000 that was caught in limbo when her label at the time changed ownership. The album finally sees release this month, though the songs on "Silver Bell" haven't been dormant all this time: the Dixie Chicks covered a couple of them, including "Top of the World." Speakeasy premieres Griffin's original version today.
The song shows the full range of the singer's voice: she starts in a mournful murmur and lets the sorrow well up when she reaches the refrain, backed by a subtle blend of acoustic and electric guitars and simple piano.
"'Top of the World' was one of the first songs I wrote after moving to Austin, Texas," Griffin told Speakeasy. "My mom sings the backing vocals on the bridge."
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This is our fourth year hosting this rolling rally. Last year we started marketing very late but this year we start the year off right by declaring that:
Salty Fog Riders Rally
September 5-9, 2011
- Base Camp: Larry's River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
(one night free camping plus lots of food upon arrival, supper and breakfast - $35)
- A 400 mile tour in Guysborough Co. and around Cape Breton Island (Cabot Trail counter-clockwise)
- Three camp nights at $10 per person (Group Rate) (about $30 if not with group) (Louisbourg, Baddeck and Meat Cove)
- One (possibly two) Cable Ferries at $1.00 each (Group Rate) ($5.00 if not with group)
- Option to join up or depart during any point in the ride.
- Tour of Coal Mine (optional; museum/tour cost) (looking into group rate)
- Live musical theater in Louisbourg (about $15; optional) (no group rate....yet)
- Fortress Louisbourg tour (optional) (no group rate)
- Rita's Tea House for lunch (tea cups only; no mugs)
- All 'on road' foods are individual; we try to identify cost effective/interesting options
We are exploring various other visit options and will post as we identify them. Excluding the options list, costs will be pre-paid this year and, including Larry's River (food and camp) and three following nights camping will be $65 per person. Note that as we get into this year's negotiations some costing may change ie camping but we will post immediately.
We will be following up with much more information in the coming months! In the meantime, the following links will be give a bit of background on what to expect. We are also looking at T shirts for this one but no promises yet (not happy with local options).
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F1: Vettel boosts title hopes with win in Japan
Sebastian Vettel gave his hopes of claiming a third-consecutive world title a huge boost as he took advantage of Fernando Alonso's first-lap retirement with a consummate Japanese Grand Prix victory at Suzuka.
Vettel cruised to his third victory of the season, and second in a row, to move him to within four points of Alonso at the top of the drivers' championship, after the Spaniard dramatically crashed out at the first corner after contact with Kimi Raikkonen.
Felipe Massa did his chances of staying with Ferrari the power of good with second place, and raised the spirits of the Italian team after Alonso's exit.
Kamui Kobayashi delighted the home crowd as he took a career-best finish third, becoming the first Japanese driver to finish on the podium here since Aguri Suzuki in 1990.
But it was another poor day for McLaren as Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and fifth, although the latter moved to within 42 points of Alonso.
Raikkonen was sixth ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, Pastor Maldonado - scoring his first points since winning in Spain - Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo.
In a chaotic start, Alonso was edged to the outside on the run down to turn one, but clipped Raikkonen's front wing, running wide before spinning and coming to a halt in the middle of the track. Vettel seized his opportunity with a controlled performance to claim victory.
Vettel admitted it had taken him half the race to realise his principal title rival was out, but admitted his car was "a dream" to drive. He said: "I saw there was a safety car at the very beginning, we had a very good start which was very important as behind me there was a crash.
"I saw a Ferrari had crashed, but I was not sure who it was but halfway through the race I looked at the (timing) tower to see where the others are and I saw the car that was still racing was Felipe, so I assumed Fernando was not racing any more.
"The guys have pushed so hard over the last couple of months and when you dream at night you dream about being able to drive a car like that, the balance was fantastic and I was enjoying every lap, which I think was why we had such a big gap to the others and I am very happy."
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MIG contains a demonstration of Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI), which is a major reliability issue for nanoscale MOS devices. When a device is stressed at negative voltage, depassivation of SiH bonds in the interface occurs. As a result, interface traps are generated (reaction) and the resulting hydrogen species diffuses away from the interface (diffusion). Hence, device characteristics (threshold voltage, mobility, drain current, etc) degrades with time and such degradation satisfies a power law (~ time^n) formula.
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I've never been with an older woman...but Nina is right at the top of my wishlist
Nina Hartley is truly a legend and a role model! She's got an attitude that's completely unparalleled, she won't let anyone step on her feet and she's real bright, too. Truly a woman to be admired!
Wow, thank you! For real. About the clit tips. I never bothered about these things before, just popped my dick in front of women's mouths. But, hey, if a player becomes a keeper, must learn a whole new game.
She, Ginger Lynn, Marilyn Chambers and others were my favorites in '80s porn! But why oh why did Nina get a boob job? Hartley, in the '80s, had fabulous breasts, not too big and they were suckable, oh they were suckable! I don't know what's wrong with some ladies that they need breast enhancements! Don't they know that in time, the boobies will hang?
nina;before you get delusions of grandeur,stop fucking with me before you catch feelings,and tell annz racist ass too.just because i remember you from bac in the day you think you can have things your way,bitch not today....the moral to this episode is make your money,dont let it make you.but you think watching,and turning in chucky scares me,entertains me,you turn me on or something?bitch,check yourself.you dont kno me like that.and im not giving you a damn thing,so forget i texted you,stop running your nasty mouth,and grow up...
What?!! STFU and don't post personal shit on an open forum. RESPECT
Nina hartly...lol...I would like to see you, in more ...mom and son..you look a lot like my mom..yummm...
hey guys EXELLENT blo job,BUT if you are not a homophobe most gays can do as good or better!! all will swallow, most want you to cumm on thier tounges so they can feel the cock pulsating but a few will let you blow your wad down thier throats. try it I have let gays blow me since 2001
that makes u gay bud
Still sexy after all these years.
nina,first of all you have to give respect in order to get any,so acting like chucky will get you caught up in the mantle place on fry.so watch your mouth and try being a lady...
It would have been a good scene if SHE had a cow girl or reverse cow girl position and put HIS erect penis into HER warm, moist, available vagina. Too bad, that did not happen.
Love her instructions at 4:30. I learned some things, and I've fucked many women in my 50 years. Would love to fuck Nina!!!
great handjob-method!! I want her to wank my dick too!
Nina Hartley, one of the great... I would do my best at flirting her panties off, if i run into her one day.
I want to eat the cum off her face
5:54 cnfrmd: idubbbz fucked Nina Hartley.
Nina, du bist sooo geil
So sexy Nina Hartley, what a woman so sexy and wanting, love to meet up with her, such a horny fuck, makes me spurt every time, more!!!
Que linda mina..
She is like fine wine, and the things she can teach the world. Impressive isn't she
I'd watch a video of Nina reading out the phone book, if she was doing it naked!
How is it possible.... Nina's gotten hotter with age!
I mathafucing love Nina hartley
I want to fuck Nina´s asshole so rough and lick her feet !
great tips finally
her ass is so bouncy like her boobs
Nina is just great. Just. Great.
would love to fuck her or anyone who is 40+
she`s funny lol
Strong, intelligent, still going on...
Hey you were in Boogie Nights!
Biba Hartley doing it smartly agin Thats my girl Lets get it on
She says she is in D/s relationship. I wonder if she is the D or the s?
It seems to me that since I first saw her in flicks, she has had a boob job.
nice pov but I was hoping she would swallow. she should be payed to do a gangbang swallowing video. love seeing MILFs who swallow.
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Everything I know about dick sucking comes from this woman. She is truly a goddess. I'm generally not into other woman but for her I would make an exception. I would totally let her eat me out. I can't believe at 50 years old she is still that gorgeous!
If you learned to suck cock from her you must be good
please reply give me hope
nice rack.. .I.
Nice fucking tits for a granny
Damm what I would give to get a 20 minute blowjob from this woman, but I don't think I would be able to last that long ..Plus I have ALWAYS wanted to lick Nina Hartleys hot asshole so I would have asked her if I could do that...
Man I want to fuck Nina so bad.
i would fuck the shit outta that ass
I'm not into mature chicks, but this woman is incredible! I could just look at her and cum. Fucking blast from the past!
Nina, you're the shit.
Would love to give you one
no fucking just sucking that is poor
This is the best video I have ever seen! Thank you _so_ much. Wish I had seen it 50 year ago!
its hsard to type wiith onbe hand
Grazie Nina!
i love nina, you are marride me???
met nina 25 years ago in n.m. she was so hot then and still so hot would give her all she wanted just to smell her again love u nina
omf what is she mid 50's? and shes still got it!!!!!!
She looks better than 20 years ago!
Nina is NOT a classic; she's a legend,and still one of the hottest porn stars of all time. She should be the poster gal for all other porn actresses,and a goal for them to asoire to, but they'll never touch Nina the great. BTW, she's an intelligent woman, too--she's an RN.
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Teach me how to fuck you!
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Nina is brilliant, hot and she teaches "Cookie tricks" . LMAO!
unfucking real how hot she is.. have always thought she was one of the hottest women around.. this vid is fantastic..
T'es la meilleure baiseuse Nina!
i wanna lick her feet
She has been around so long, her pussy must be like leather.
very dissapointing Nina. You suck a dick well, but I wanted to see more of your great body and see that lovely pussy and ass fucked - and take off those damn glasses LOL
thank you for your lession!
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lmao at lol...she does have a vagine like wizards sleeve
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Students Receive Grants
The King Creativity program provides funding to Southwestern students for innovative projects. It provides students the opportunity to explore ideas and interests that fall outside of the usual academic process and curriculum–ideas that may not have a lot to do with a student's major, that combine interests in more than one area, or are extra-curricular in nature.
This year four art related projects were selected to receive funding. Each project has a faculty advisor for guidance. The projects range from theatre, makeup and feminism, sculpture, and ceramic glaze.
Audience Interactive Theatre
Allison Young '15
Advisor: Justin Smith, Technical Director in Theatre
An audience interactive theatre performance to be held at Roots Bistro with the collaborative help of present and past Southwestern students across all majors. Together they will explore the process of writing an entirely new script, working in an avant-garde location, and creating interactive theatre that breaks down the preconceived barriers between actor and audience member. This project will be an excellent opportunity to bring together both the Georgetown and Southwestern communities, along with making theatre relatable through its interactivity.
Conversations of Makeup and Feminism: Fostering Opportunities for Critical Engagement with and Between Makeup and Feminists Worlds
Carley Arnold '14
Advisor: Kerry Bechtel, Associate Professor of Theatre, Department Chair
A year-long opportunity for the Southwestern community to critically engage with makeup and feminist worlds. It will create performance art events that organically encourage among SU community members conversations regarding commonly known ideas surrounding feminism and makeup. It will also utilize the lessons learned from this first prong of the project, combined with an in-depth academic study of both makeup artistry and feminist studies, to formalize a code of ethics. This code of ethics is intended to serve individuals who choose to engage with makeup—not just as an ideological framework, but more importantly as a practice—to help them more practically, ethically engage with it during and after the rest of their time at Southwestern University.
Beyond Minimalism: Creating Organic Dynamic Movement with Static Geometric Forms
Charles Morris '15
Advisor: Mary Visser, Professor of Art, Herman Brown Chair holder
A 15 to 20 foot steel sculpture for the series, One of Many. This series uses unit forms in a series of geometric splines in order to create unique sculptures that in some way appear to defy gravity. The unit forms placed in the complex splines create a dynamic organic movement. The size and permanence of the material will allow for a sculpture that may compete with the landscape and other large structures around the Southwestern University campus.
The Perfect Glaze: Using Evolutionary Computing to Format the Most Aesthetically Pleasing Glaze
Taylor Hutchison '16
Advisors: Patrick Veerkamp, Professor of Art
Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Walter Potter, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Using evolutionary computing, a coding algorithm which evolves on its own when certain characteristics are inputted to eventually form an ideal solution, along with aesthetic decisions from the artist, we plan to formulate and create our version of a perfect glaze for ceramics. In order to reach this goal, we will start with the basic formula for a common glaze and begin manipulating the characteristics based upon what is possible for the glaze and what is aesthetically pleasing to most individuals; these glazes would then be fired on test tiles and displayed for careful observation and a further narrowing of the evolving formula.
To read more about the King Creativity Fund and see a full description of all 14 projects, click here.


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Marseille, 4 November 2008 - "The USA and Europe are indispensable partners for each other who maintain extraordinarily close and multifaceted relations. The matured transatlantic partnership has delivered impressive results, yet it must further develop itself. The economic and financial crisis, climate protection, energy and resource security, and the reduction of poverty are just a few of the challenges of the 21st century which we must face together. However, our cooperation and joint commitment to greater peace, security, democracy, and human rights in the world is also indispensable in central international issues such as Iran's nuclear program, the Middle East peace process, the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Our relations with Russia and new emerging powers on the political world stage also require our cooperation. The EU and the USA need each other and are dependent on each other - the EU also expects the new US president to be aware of this", said State Secretary Hans Winkler on the occasion of the EU Foreign Ministers' meeting in Marseille, which dealt with transatlantic relations in view of the presidential elections in the USA.
"Europe needs a strong and responsible leadership at the head of the USA, which will support the further strengthening and development of multilateral structures, and will continue to deepen the relations between the USA and Europe", said Winkler.
The State Secretary also took the opportunity of the meeting of Foreign Ministers to thank the European partners on behalf of the Austrian Federal Government for their support and solidarity in the abduction case of Andrea Kloiber and Wolfgang Ebner. "The concrete assistance we received in the last eight months was an expression of European solidarity in practice."
Contact:Federal Ministry for European and international Affairs Katharina Swoboda Office of the State SecretaryTel.: ++43 (0) 50 1150-3469 katharina.swoboda(at)bmeia.gv.at


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Executives from Southern California credit unions voiced their approval of a bill introduced Friday by Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) that would establish a risk-based capital system for credit unions and provide several other regulatory relief measures.
In a release from Miller's office, Richard L. Harris, president/CEO of $1.2 billion Caltech Employees FCU said the bill is "filled with practical ideas on how to cut down on the number of needless regulatory compliance issues my employees deal with every day." He added that the legislation is an excellent starting point for regulatory relief.
Debra Schwartz, president/CEO of the $2.4 billion Mission FCU said the bill would help credit unions manage today's stringent regulatory environment.
"Our employees should be focused on serving consumers, whom we call members, and assisting them with their loans – not on keeping up with and implementing endless and often unnecessary government compliance."
On the other end of the asset spectrum, Gary Nelson, president/CEO of the $69 million La Loma FCU in Loma Linda, Calif. said the bill would help ease the amount of onerous regulation credit unions face after the financial crisis.
"Rep. Miller understands that credit unions should be focusing on maintaining the flow of credit to our local communities instead of being caught up in government regulation aimed at bad actors in the financial services arena," he said.
The Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act would:
- Allow the credit union's prudential regulator, the NCUA, to grant federal credit unions a waiver to follow a state rule instead of a federal one in certain situations;
- Establish a risk-based capital system for credit unions akin to that of other depository institutions;
- Authorize the NCUA to step in where appropriate to delay application of, or slightly modify, a CFPB rule affecting credit unions to be sure such a rule recognizes the unique nature of credit unions while also carrying out the intent of the CFPB;
- Require that NCUA and CFPB revisit cost/benefit analyses of rules after three years so they have a true sense of the compliance costs for credit unions;
- Require the NCUA to conduct a study of the Central Liquidity Facility for credit unions and make legislative recommendations for its modernization;
- Provide credit unions parity with FDIC-insured institutions when it comes to deposit insurance coverage on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts; and
- Give credit unions better control over their investment decisions and portfolio risk.
Rep. Miller is also an original cosponsor of H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013, which would provide regulatory relief to community banks.
"Credit unions and community banks should not be burdened by an overwhelming amount of regulation better suited for more complex institutions," Miller said. "Instead of focusing on access to credit and other basic financial services, our local credit unions and community banks now have thousands of pages of rules they must comply with from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alone. This mounting regulatory burden hits credit unions and community banks particularly hard as they often lack the resources and personnel that larger financial institutions enjoy."
Miller added that he looks forward to working with colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee, of which he is vice chairman, to ensure the regulatory environment promotes safety and soundness without stifling innovation and consumer choice.


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More games were canceled Friday as commissioner Gary Bettman and the National Hockey League struck the latest blow to the prospects of having a 2012-13 season.
The league, locked in a labor dispute with its players' union, announced the cancellation of games through Nov. 1. Combined with the NHL's earlier cancellation announcement, 135 games have been wiped from the season schedule.
"The cancellation was necessary because of the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL," the league announced in a press release.
— SN's Jesse Spector: News could have been worse
Earlier this week, Bettman and team owners thumbed their noses at the latest offers from the players' union.
Players have been locked out since their contract expired on Sept. 15.
Both sides exchanged proposals this week in Toronto but no new talks are scheduled.
Bettman, speaking after a meeting Thursday, said three new proposals from the union was rejected, and things, at least initially, devolved from there.
"We are nowhere close," Bettman said.
"I am concerned based on the proposal that was made today that things are not progressing," he said. "To the contrary, I view the proposal made by the players' association in many ways a step backward."
Bettman also dropped the phrase anyone looking for a quick resolution should dread, saying that sides aren't "speaking the same language."
The biggest issue a fundamental disagreement over how to approach the initial years of the next collective bargaining — specifically over whether the players should accept an immediate, fairly drastic pay cut the league says is necessary to account for the rising cost of running franchises; how the owners should honor existing contracts; and how long it takes to achieve a 50/50 revenue split.
"Today is not a good day. It should have been, but it wasn't," said NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, speaking after Bettman.
— Spector: Owners' reaction a joke | Year 1 looms large | Hope dies on Thursday
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby led a group of 18 players on hand to submit the counteroffers. Also on hand: Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes, Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames, Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks. All are captains of their respective teams.
If they were optimistic when the day started, they weren't after the meetings.
"We came in here today with those proposals thinking that we could really make some progress," Crosby said. "To hear those words (from Bettman) kind of shuts it down pretty quickly. In a nutshell it doesn't look good."
The lockout—the third of the Bettman era—began Sept. 16.
"I don't know what the next step is," Bettman said. "I'm obviously very discouraged."
And he's not alone.


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Voters in Greece on Sunday let the world know that they were not quite ready to depart the euro. Despite the victory of the pro-bailout New Democracy party, however, markets were not appeased, worried that the country would once again fail to form a government.
Yields on Spanish and Italian bonds rose and analysts still predicted the likelihood of Athens leaving the joint currency, even as eurozone leaders hinted that they might be willing to cut Greece some slack on austerity conditions.
Reuters reported Monday that Sunday's election saw New Democracy narrowly outpace the Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras, who had advocated tossing the bailout agreement while remaining in the euro. New Democracy took 29.7% of the vote, compared with Syriza's 27%. Now the race is on to see whether a coalition government can be formed between New Democracy and PASOK, the party that finished third with 12.3%, and whether Syriza will be included or shoved to the side.
Antonis Samaras, head of New Democracy, was expected to meet with President Karolos Papoulias. PASOK has said it will support Samaras, but had not yet indicated whether its support would take the form of joining the government or simply offering backing in parliament.
Tsipras, meanwhile, refused on Monday to join a coalition government, and insists that he will continue to fight the bailout, which threatens the possibility that Greece will be able to form a governing coalition. All efforts to do so after Greece's last round of elections had failed.
While world markets showed a brief surge of optimism over the results, they fell again as reality set in after only a couple of hours. Yields on Spanish 10-year bonds rose to 7.13%, above the level considered sustainable, and Italian bonds rose as well.
Analysts, both political and financial, are not sanguine on the possibility of compromise in forming a new Greek government. Citigroup analysts said the results of the election had made no fundamental changes to the situation, and continued to predict a 50%–75% likelihood that Greece would depart the euro within 12–18 months.
"The crisis has been postponed, not necessarily averted," Theodore Couloumbis, political analyst and vice president of the Athens-based think-tank ELIAMEP, said in the report. "For this government to last it has to show results. You can't continue with 50% youth unemployment and a fifth straight year of recession."
Perhaps recognizing the likelihood that unrest will continue to dog the steps of any new Greek government, European officials have begun to hint at the possibility that they will relax the terms of Greece's bailout just a bit. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of Germany said that perhaps the timing of requirements attached to Greece's rescue program could be adjusted.
Growth gained a stronger ally in France, meanwhile, as parliamentary elections in that country on Sunday resulted in a solid win for President Francois Hollande's Socialists. Hollande has been a stout advocate for growth policies rather than austerity, and the election win gives him greater clout at home—and perhaps on the world stage as well. A special parliamentary session is planned for July in which Socialists intend to raise taxes on large corporations, particularly banks and energy companies.
With even Germany beginning to discuss the possibility of growth and joint euro finances, change may be in the wind. A meeting of the G20 beginning later Monday intends to address the need for growth as well, with a Canadian official saying in a Bloomberg report that leaders plan to discuss a number of measures to spur a global recovery that include deficit reduction for some countries and pledges for additional stimulus by others.


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Eight is enoughLinda Pearce
Published: January 5 2013 - 3:00AMPetra Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, was close to claiming top billing in the world a year ago, but she is content to be heading into 2013 as world No. 8.
IF THERE is any solidarity among the six active members of the one-slam women's club, it is of the silent, not-so-strong type. Still, 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova appreciates the challenges facing 2011 US Open champion Sam Stosur in trying to win her second major and first at home, as both seek to repeat a breakthrough victory elsewhere that was almost as unexpected as it was thrilling.
''It's an individual sport, so everyone is going for their own way, and we are not speaking about this too much,'' Kvitova told Fairfax Media in Brisbane this week. ''I know that Sam played so well in the final of the US Open. I remember it, it was great for her and I know that you as Australians are waiting for the good result in the Australian Open.
''But it's not easy for her. I really know how is it going with the pressure, and she has a grand slam at home, and she really wants to play well and then it's like 'too much', so I think that it's normal, really.''
Just as Stosur's ranking dipped from sixth to ninth in a still-very-respectable sequel to her career-best season, so has Kvitova endured some struggles in the follow-up to her grand arrival at the All England Club 18 months ago. This time last year the imposing left-hander was within a breath of the No. 1 ranking. After withdrawing through illness one match into her WTA Championships defence at season's end, she returns at a less-spectacular No. 8, which, on paper, would seem a slight disappointment for the player that many had confidently anointed as the future of the game. Not so, says Kvitova, still just 22, who won hardcourt titles in Montreal and New Haven, again anchored the Czech Fed Cup team, and improved her consistency at the majors.
''I ended in the top 10, so that's a great job for me. I won two titles, reached two semi-finals in the grand slams, and of course we won Fed Cup, so it still makes me happy,'' she said. ''I think it was much [more] solid than 2011. Of course, I had some great moments in 2011, winning Wimbledon and WTA Championships, so I miss this big title, but still it wasn't a bad year for me, and during the season I was injured a lot and sick, so I think it was all right.''
Asthma issues flared again at the Brisbane International this week, where Kvitova was upset by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round, and she was looking forward to the less-humid conditions further down the eastern seaboard over the next three weeks. Her fitness, generally, is a subject regularly debated, but if she does not have Stosur's chiselled physique, then regular Kvitova watchers consider her to be in encouraging early season shape.
The feedback pleases her, even if the physical slog is not always quite so appealing. ''I know that I can improve everything in my fitness, I can be much stronger, faster and fitter of course, but that's everything that we are practising right now, and it's really hard,'' she smiles.
Kvitova has enjoyed a long and stable partnership with coach David Kotyza, and also an extended personal relationship with tour player Adam Pavlasek, more than four years her junior. The pair holidayed in the Maldives for 10 days after the Czech Republic's Fed Cup triumph over Serbia, and while they practise together occasionally, ''about the tennis, we are not speaking too much''.
Pavlasek, 18, is ranked 477th, up from the 900s at the start of the year, as he starts the transition from junior ranks. Do their contrasting professional circumstances prove difficult for Pavlasek at times? ''Well, you have to ask him that question,'' Kvitova laughs. ''I mean, I believe at some times that it's not easy for sometimes to be, like, [the] second one, so sometimes I think that for the man it's not very easy to be like this, but on the other side I hope that I can help him a little bit.''
As a supreme indoor player, two weeks of rain and closed roofs at Melbourne Park would suit her nicely. ''Yeah, I would love it! Of course! But I try to play outdoor, too, and it's something that can be a bad thing for me. But I like indoor, no wind there, no sun, good breathe - sometimes my breathe is not so good.''
Another difficulty is Kvitova has noted the impact of the nothing-to-lose attitude of those ranked below, while acknowledging there may also be greater respect now from those equal or above. One of her own challenges is consistency; a string of jaw-dropping winners can be followed by a flurry of wild misses. ''I think we are still trying to play more balls into the court and not much out, but it's my game - I'm playing really offensively, fast, and trying to have a winner, so that makes sense that I do some mistakes.''
For an elite athlete who has won the sport's most prestigious title, Kvitova remains charmingly unaffected, despite no longer being able to walk unrecognised on the streets of home. Of last year's dalliance with No. 1, she remembers just that it was a constant question at media conferences; not that it was a distraction. Now, she says, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova remain clear of the rest.
''I knew that I was pretty close to be No. 1 but still it's big step, so of course in the time I would like to be No. 1, but I'm not that person who is crying because I wasn't,'' says Kvitova. ''Still I have space to improve, and then if I have some results, then maybe I can be at the top, but I don't care about [it] right now.
''I mean, No. 8 is not that far from it, and it's the second season in a row for me, and it's always tough to defend some points, so with the pressure and everything, I think that I did very well. The women's tennis is very open. In the high position, the three first girls are really great, they are on the top, and then it's very open from fourth spot.''
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/eight-is-enough-20130104-2c96b.html


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Airbus Rejects Lithium Ion Batteries
Airbus says it has abandoned lithium ion batteries for its new A350 airliner and it's because of all the problems rival Boeing is experiencing with its 787. "Airbus considers this to be the most appropriate way forward in the interest of program execution and A350 XWB reliability," spokeswoman Mary Anne Greczyn said. The flight test program will continue with lithium ion batteries but production models will all have the heavier, less energy-dense nickel cadmium batteries.
The company said it had a different design for the lithium ion batteries it intended to use and it believed its setup was less prone to the types of problems experienced by Boeing, but the questions raised by the ongoing investigation into the 787 sealed the deal for Airbus and prompted it to drop the technology "to optimize program certainty," Greczyn said. Meanwhile, Boeing is expected to propose a short-term fix designed to get its flagship airliner back in the air as early as this week. The Band-Aid solution would involve beefing up defenses against an in-flight fire with a titanium box and a high-pressure gas evacuation system. The FAA is reportedly cool to the idea.


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Carousel (1956)
Nettie: [singing] When you walk through a storm / Hold your head up high / And don't be afraid of the dark.
[Upon hearing that Billy will be a father]
Jigger Craigin: My mother had a baby once.
[last lines]
Dr. Selden: [at Louise's graduation ceremony] It's the custom at these graduations to pick out some old duck like me to preach at the kids. Well, I can't preach at you. I know you all too well. I brought most of you into the world, rubbed linament on your backs, poured castor oil down your throats. I only hope that now I got you this far that you'll turn out to be worth all the trouble I took with you. I - I can't tell you any sure way to happiness. I only know that you've gotta go out and find it for yourselves. You can't lean on the success of your parents. That's their success. And don't be held back by their failures.
Billy Bigelow: [to Louise] Listen to him. Believe him.
Dr. Selden: Makes no difference what they did or didn't do. You just stand on your own two feet. The world belongs to you as much as to the next fella, so don't give it up. And try not to be scared of people not liking you, just you try liking them. And just keep your faith, and your courage, and you'll turn out all right. It's like what we used to sing every morning when I was a boy. Maybe you still sing it: "When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high." You know that one?
Singers at graduation: [singing] And don't be afraid of the dark.
[they continue with the rest of the song]
Billy Bigelow: [to Louise, as the singing is still going on] Believe him, darling. Believe.
[Louise joins in the singing, and puts her arm around the girl sitting next to her, who reciprocates]
Billy Bigelow: [Walks over to Julie] I loved you, Julie. Know that I loved you.
[Julie smiles and joins in singing. As the song reaches its climax, Billy and the Heavenly Friend walk away from the graduation and up a hill. Billy then takes a last look toward the schoolyard and follows the Heavenly Friend]
Singers at graduation: [singing] Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart/ And you'll never walk alone,/ You'll never walk alone!
Starkeeper: Simmer down now, Billy; you're forgettin' - here there *is* no time; this is the beginning and the end.
Jigger Craigin: [trying to seduce Carrie Pipperidge] Oh, Miss Pipperidge, I'm just crazy fer you! Why. just to see your lovely smile I'd swim through beer with my mouth closed!
Billy: [singing] Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy / I let my golden chances pass me by. / Now, I've lost you / Soon I will go in the mist of day / And you never will know / How I loved you / How I loved you.
Julie Jordan: [singing] And, what's the use of wonderin' / If the endin' will be sad? / He's your feller and you love him / There's nothin' more to say.
Louise Bigelow: I didn't make it up, Mother. Honest, there was a strange man here, and he hit me hard. I heard the sound of it, Mother, but it didn't hurt. It didn't hurt at all. It was just as if he kissed my hand.
Julie Jordan: Go into the house, Louise.
Louise Bigelow: What's happened, Mother? Don't you believe me?
Julie Jordan: I believe you.
Louise Bigelow: Then why don't you tell me why you're actin' so funny?
Julie Jordan: It's nothin', darlin'.
Louise Bigelow: But is it possible, Mother, for someone to hit you hard like that - real loud and hard, and it not hurt you at all?
Julie Jordan: It is possible dear, for someone to hit you, hit you hard, and it not hurt at all.
[they embrace]
Billy Bigelow: I just couldn't get the hang of being married.
Starkeeper: Was that Julie's fault?
Billy Bigelow: No, but maybe it wasn't my fault either.
Billy Bigelow: [to the Heavenly Friend] Well, now ain't that just dandy! Here you take the trouble to tell me there's trouble down there but you don't even know what kind of trouble it is!
Carrie Pipperidge: [singing] When I marry Mister Snow / The flowers will be buzzin' with the hum of bees / The birds will make a racket in the churchyard trees / When I marry Mister Snow.
Carrie Pipperidge: Oh, hello Enoch... this is how fireman carry people.
Mister Snow: Where's the fire? I never thought I would see the woman I'm engaged to being carried out of the woods like a fallen deer.
Carrie Pipperidge: He wasn't carrying me out of the woods, he was carrying me into the woods!
Mister Snow: You'd think a woman with nine children would have more sense.
Carrie Pipperidge: If I had more sense I wouldn't have had nine children.
Billy: I couldn't get work, and I couldn't bear to see her... to see her...
Starkeeper: You couldn't bear to see her cry? Why don't you come right out and say it? Why are you ashamed you loved Julie?
Billy: I ain't afraid of anything. Look, if I can't go back, just say so.
Starkeeper: I didn't say you couldn't go back.
Billy: No, but you didn't say I could, either. You're just trying to make me sweat.
Starkeeper: No. I'm just trying to figure out what good you could do if I let you go back. You know... your daughter's down there. She's unhappy, she needs help.
Billy: My daughter? My baby is a girl? My-my baby's a girl?
Starkeeper: She isn't a baby anymore. She's fifteen years old.
Billy: And she ain't happy, huh?
Starkeeper: No, she ain't, Billy. You know, she's a lot like you. I think maybe that's why you could help her.
Billy: Can I see her from here?
Starkeeper: Sure, you can, if you want to.
Billy: If she ain't happy, I don't want to look.
Starkeeper: Right now, she appears to be having a fine time. There she is, running along the beach there, got her shoes and stockings off.
Billy: Like I used to do, huh?
Starkeeper: Yeah. Do you want to take a look at her?
Billy: What do I have to do to see her?
Starkeeper: Just look, and wait, and the power to see her will come to you.
Billy Bigelow: To be perfectly honest with you...
Starkeeper: I WOULD be, if I were you.
Billy Bigelow: All right - I didn't mind livin' off her
Billy Bigelow: cousin Nettie. It was just having nothin' to do that drove me crazy.
Jigger Craigin, Picnickers: [singing] Stonecutters cut it on stone / Woodpeckers peck it on wood / There's nothin' so bad for a woman as a man who thinks he's good!
Billy Bigelow: Yeah, I could still live here with Julie and...
Mrs. Mullin: Holy Moses!
Billy Bigelow: Well, what's wrong?
Mrs. Mullin: Well, can you imagine how the girls'd love that, a barker who runs home to his wife every night! Why, people would laugh themselves sick! Well, I know I would!
Billy Bigelow: Yeah, I can hear you laughing.
Mrs. Mullin: Don't be so stuck on yourself.
Mister Snow: [greeting Billy for the first time] Mr. Bigelow, I feel like I know you.
Billy Bigelow: Ohhh, yes - the man who owns the herring boat. You smell it over there, Jigger?
Jigger Craigin: Nope. Wind's in the wrong direction.
Carrie Pipperidge: It's a good honest smell!
Billy Bigelow: It's a powerful honest smell!
Jigger Craigin: [to Mrs. Mullin] Put on a new can of paint. You're startin' to peel, old pleasure-boat!
Jigger Craigin: 'Course, if you've got all the money you want, and you...
Billy Bigelow: I ain't got a cent! Money thinks I'm dead.
[first lines]
Heavenly Friend: Bigelow...
Billy Bigelow: [impatiently] Well, what'd I do now?
Heavenly Friend: Nothing. I just thought you'd wanna know - there's trouble.
Billy Bigelow: Huh! Thought you said I didn't do nothin'.
Clem: You being Julie's only kinfolk, I thought you oughta know. Ain't seen that barker from the carousel, neither.
Nettie: If you ain't got any better than them...
Clem: Oh, I got better, I got better. Could be accidental, them both disappearin' at 't' same time. All the same, it does look a mite peculiar.
Nettie: Nobody in our family ever did anythin' to be ashamed of, Clem Poops. Now you just find me a couple of good big lobsters or git!
Julie Jordan: [enters from a distance] Cousin Nettie!
Billy Bigelow: You're a funny kid. I don't remember ever meetin' a girl like you.
Billy Bigelow: Hey! You tryin' to get me to marry ya?
Julie Jordan: No!
Billy Bigelow: Well then what's puttin' it into my head?
Billy Bigelow: I wonder what it'd be like?
Julie Jordan: If you loved me? But you don't.
Billy Bigelow: No I don't.


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FYI/TMI: Madonna Notches Top Tour, Taylor Swift And Harry Styles Break Up
(In an effort to keep you fully informed, and fully entertained, below we present today's FYI and TMI — news you need and news that's, well, sometimes needless….)
Madonna Earns Top North American Tour In 2012
Madonna ranked No. 1 on Pollstar's list of the top 200 North American tours in 2012 with gross revenue of $133.7 million. Placing second was Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour with gross revenue of $112.9 million. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band were third with $104.7 million, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw's Brothers of the Sun tour was fourth with $96.5 million, and Roger Waters was fifth with $90.2 million. Rounding out the top 10 tours were Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Van Halen, Barbra Streisand, and Elton John.
Layoffs At EMI
Following EMI Music's recent $1.9 billion acquisition by Universal Music Group, the label has let go several employees, including staffers across its international and Latin divisions, according to sources reported by Billboard.biz. Additional restructuring is expected in the coming months, according to the report.
Swift And Styles: Never Ever Getting Back Together?
Only a week and a half into the new year, Taylor Swift already has fodder for a new hit song. The current 55th GRAMMY nominee, who has penchant for revealing her trouble in love on record, has reportedly parted ways with her latest main squeeze, One Direction's Harry Styles. According to a New York Daily News report, the couple split after a different kind of sparks flew while they were vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, leading Swift to cut the trip short and jet back to the United States. Are they never ever getting back together? Like, ever? That remains to be seen, but we'll look forward to hearing about it on Swift's next hit breakup single.


text: I am not familiar with the comics, just tv and movies about Spider-Man...all have him as a teenager or slightly older...are there good stories to tell about Spider-Man at lets say...30ish??? We all know Superman is much older for the most part when he takes on his role as The Man Of Steel...is there anything interesting for Spider-Man as a 30 something fully intune with his abilities??? Would love to hear some insight on this. Thank you.


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Baby, Let it BURNS!
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Monday Night's Pizza Party was a huge success thanks to Weazy's Italian Eatery out of Sandusky OH as they donated a variety of their famous pizzas everything from Margherita, Buffalo Chicken to Veggie Delight pizza. The racer's seemed pleased with this new variety, as there wasn't a single slice left!
At the same time, underneath the Summit Grandstands, the Candy Corn Hole Tournament presented by Moto Lenz Photos and Gardner's Super Valu took place. Moto Lenz Photos provided t-shirts to all the participants as each participant received a sweet treat, a canning jar full of candy corn, from Garner's Super Valu.
Sixteen teams started the tournament and the one that rose to the surface was team "Baby, Let it BURNS". This husband and wife duo from Fredericktown, OH has become one of the toughest teams to beat in the annual corn hole tournament. In five years, Jodi and Nathan Burns have been to three finals and have now won it for the second time. For their efforts they earned gold medals and a set of corn hole boards, courtesy of Graphics Inc Signs and Mikes Collision.
Baby, Let it BURNS had a commanding lead in the beginning, but Mark Brewer and Matt Talyas "Team Dream" wasn't going to go down without a fight. Both teams played a good game, in the end Nathan Burns sinks two bags in the hole to 'seal the deal' and the game was over.
Tonight's activities, the General RV Mean Motorhome races. These 'mean machines' all deck out in Halloween attire, will invade the drag strip at 6pm! The rules for this race are simple, no delay boxes or throttles stops, and all entrants are required to have passengers! The more the merrier! Last year's winners AJ Buchanan (Class C) and Joe Oswald (Class A) are certain to enter again this year to defend their titles. Will someone be able to dethrone either one of them?
For more information or an event day schedule, click onto www.SummitMotorsportsPark.com.
Current results of the Quick Fuel Technology Halloween Classic presented by Harland Sharp


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Blake helps Dodgers resolve tensions
Infielder recognized problem between young players, vets
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Casey Blake turned out to be healer of the wounds.
Especially in the case of Matt Kemp, clearly the one young Dodger who two years ago most embodied the entitled attitude of talented kids that took over the Dodgers world.
"Casey helped bring Matt into the fold," said veteran Mark Loretta, hero of the Game 2 comeback win over the Cardinals in the Division Series.
Blake might forever be remembered for The Walk that prolonged the ninth-inning rally that stole the game and helped send the Dodgers into the National League Championship Series against the Phillies. Game 1 will begin at 5:07 p.m. PT on Thursday.
But Blake might have had an even greater impact on the Dodgers' season off the field.
"A lot of people don't realize Casey's the one who brought us together," Kemp said. "He made me feel comfortable from the first day, and it's kind of crazy because we're two different people from different states and different backgrounds. Totally different. But he's like a big brother to me. When something is not going right, he'll let me know. He doesn't come at you rude. He talks to you like a man."
Kemp continued: "When I first got here, some of the older guys treated us like little kids, like we don't know what we're doing or why we we're here, like, what are you talking about? Casey makes you comfortable. He listens; he comes at you in the right way. He offers information. He doesn't tell you. It's just respect, really. I learn from my parents, they taught me that you don't disrespect anybody, but you don't let anybody disrespect you. He's just cool. He's an older guy, but it's a kid's game, and he lets the kid come out of him."
Of course, the kids of Kemp's generation aren't as young as they were when the simmering clubhouse tension boiled over. Blake came along when the kids were ready to listen.
"All of the young players from 2006, 2007 have matured as players and as people, and that's part of the solution," general manager Ned Colletti said. "They see things clearer than two or three years ago. You have to be at the right place and time to understand what you're learning."
Two years ago, they weren't. It wasn't only the culture clash that irritated veterans, although the clash was real. It was also Kemp's careless and repeated base-running gaffes, and fly balls lost in the sun when he wasn't wearing sunglasses.
Kent, who retired after last season, wasn't the only veteran who ultimately would lose playing time to this gang, as the club also forced aside aging stars like Nomar Garciaparra and Luis Gonzalez to make room for the young nucleus.
But Kent was the only veteran willing to make public his concerns about club direction and player approach. His reward was a brand of malcontent.
He also was right in a lot of ways, if not in the way he handled the problem. The young players weren't yet ready for the responsibility, but there they were in the lineup anyway. The veterans were not only losing playing time, but they were also losing games and the chance to play for one last ring while sand slipped through the hourglass. It became us vs. them.
Two years later, Blake's non-confrontational style has worked with Kemp.
The rift contributed to the departure of manager Grady Little, as well as the hiring of Joe Torre, while the transition of the Dodgers from old to young continued.
Blake arrived in July 2008, shortly before Manny Ramirez, whose ridiculous performance carried the Dodgers into the playoffs and helped paper over chemistry problems still lingering in the clubhouse.
So, when Blake showed up for Spring Training in 2009, signed to a new three-year contract, he thought the days of the unspoken tension between young and old should end.
"Part of the reason we acquired Casey was because of who he is," Colletti said. "Did we know he would help solve this? Not specifically. But he's a pro, a quiet leader. And more than that."
Blake didn't call a meeting, didn't make headlines. He just made friends and tore down barriers.
It could be something as diversionary as organizing a pool for a major golf tournament or a fantasy football league that brings everyone in the room together.
"When I got here, it was an uneasy group," Blake said. "Yeah, you could feel it, you could sense it. By being around the guys and getting to know them, it's just the way you go about your business. You don't treat anybody different. You realize you're a team, and you have to be pulling for one another.
"And when I got here, I'd heard that some of the older guys on the team were upset with the direction the game was going, with younger guys coming in and just being different, not being old-school the way it used to be. I was pretty disgusted by that. To me, as long as the guy has respect for the game and for his teammates, that's what matters."
Blake just starting talking to teammates, young and old, no matter what country they were from or what language they spoke.
And one player in particular he got close to was Kemp.
"I feel anybody should do their part to help the team, to help others be their best," Blake said. "It was nothing I thought about, like this is something to do. It just happened. For a team to be successful, it doesn't take everybody liking everybody, but they need to respect everybody. If you have both, that's great. But respect comes first. I just tried to show guys that it's about caring for your teammates and how they do. And that can't be forced. The guys have to want to be that way."
Maybe Kemp would have blossomed this year even if Blake hadn't been a teammate, but maybe the timing isn't coincidental either. And maybe someday it will be Kemp, closer to the end of his career than the beginning, who will make the rounds of the clubhouse.
"The team last year, a lot of people didn't care what other guys did," said Mark Sweeney, then a player, now a coach. "There was some individualism. Casey preaches unity in his own way. He saw what the deal was when he came in. Coming back, he realized something needed to be done. He can be a sounding board, along with guys like Mark Loretta and Brad Ausmus. You know, the young guys, assuming they stay here awhile, one day it's going to be up to them. So what better way to become a leader than to see one in action?"
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Oct. 9, 2013) The public is invited to celebrate Día de los Muertos at California Lutheran University on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
The Latin American Student Organization (LASO) will present a program featuring entertainment, face painting and light refreshments from 6 to 8 p.m. on the lawn of the Swenson Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences as part of the Latin celebration of All Saints Day.
A traditional Day of the Dead altar will be built on the lawn. Starting at 10 a.m. and continuing throughout the day, everyone is welcome to place items on the altar in honor of their deceased loved ones.
LASO and CLU's Office of Multicultural Programs and International Student Services are sponsoring the free event.
The Swenson Center is located on Faculty Street near Pioneer Avenue on the Thousand Oaks campus. Visitor parking is available at the corner of Olsen Road and Mountclef Boulevard.
For more information, call the Office of Multicultural Programs at 805-493-3489.


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April 15, 2013 10:10:15 AM
JACKSON -- Farmers and wildlife officials say wild hogs are roaming throughout the state, damaging crops and land.
As a result, Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill that adds wild hogs to the state beaver-control program.
Beginning July 1, a Beaver and Wild Hog Control Advisory Board will be created to come up with a program to control or eradicate beavers and wild hogs. The program will be administered by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture.
Ed Penney, director of the Wildlife Bureau for the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells The Clarion-Ledger the most recent evaluations indicate that 38 percent of the state is occupied by wild hogs. That's about 11.7 million acres of affected habitat.


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At the trial of the former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, the Hague Tribunal heard a testimony from a Sarajevo policeman who investigated artillery and sniper attacks in 1994 and 1995.
The protected prosecution witness, RM-110, confirmed that results of those investigations indicated that the fire was opened at the citizens from territories controlled by the Republika Srpska Army.
Among the incidents investigated by the witness RM-110 was an explosion in front of the Markale market on August 28, 1995, when, according to the charges, a mortar fired from the Bosnian Serb army positions killed 43 and wounded 75 people.
The policeman also investigated a sniper attack on a tram on October 8, 1994, and explosion of a modified air-bomb in the Safeta Hadzica street on May 26, 1994.
During a brief main examination the witness specified that, while investigating the shooting at a tram in October 1994, he determined that the fire came from a high-firepower weapon.
Considering the fact that he previously testified at several other trials at The Hague, including the trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, the prosecution included the witness' statement in writing.
Mladic is charged with the genocide in Srebrenica and seven other municipalities, the persecution of Bosniaks and Croats throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking UN peacekeepers as hostages and terrorizing Sarajevo residents through campaign of sniping and shelling.
The trial is due to continue on Monday, November 12, when the defence will cross-examine the witness RM-110.
In July 1995 Srebrenica was shelled and occupied by the Army of Republic of Srpska,VRS, despite being declared a protected area by the United Nations. More than 7,000 people were killed, the victims of genocide.
Key dates and events in the Bosnia war.
The Bosnian Serb commander's role in the genocide committed in Srebrenica is described in detail in many indictments and verdicts pronounced before local and international judicial institutions.


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M&GB Roundtable debates the status of Hoke's hot seat
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As we continue our 2014 season preview series, the time has come for our first M&GB Roundtable. These roundtables will be posted on Fridays a few times throughout the summer and will discuss a hot topic relating to the upcoming season. Given the way last season went and the overall pessimism throughout the fan base at the moment, the first topic is certainly a hot one:
Is Brady Hoke on the hot seat? If not now, what kind of season does Michigan have to have to avoid the hot seat heading into next season? If so, is there a scenario in which you would want him fired after this season?
In my opinion, Hoke isn't on the hot seat right now, and I don't say that because of how I feel Dave Brandon views it. I don't think Hoke should be on the hot seat right now. Of course we're all disappointed with a 7-6 season. No one wants that. I've heard all the "Michigan shouldn't accept mediocrity" arguments, and I agree. But we have to face the reality of the situation Michigan is in. The program has to be built back up to where it once was, and that process takes time.
I don't fully blame Rich Rodriguez, though he is partially to blame, mostly for things like not focusing enough on defense and failing to recruit certain positions each year. The main blame should fall on Bill Martin for hiring Rodriguez in the first place back in 2008. The hiring took a traditional, pro-style offense, hard-nosed defense team and forced it to turn into a new-age, spread offense, smaller and faster defense team. We can debate all day long whether Rodriguez would have eventually succeeded if he had been given enough time to fully transition the roster. But when he wasn't — he was fired after three seasons — and when Brandon handed the reigns back to a more traditional Michigan coach, it stunted the process even more. I'm not saying that was the wrong decision, but the reality is that Brandon did so for long-term, not short-term success. The roster was somewhere between 60-80 percent transitioned to Rodriguez's style and now it would need to be turned back into the old style.
Hoke going 11-2 in his first season was more of a mirage than what should have been expected. For his part, he solidified the defense, and that combined with the already potent offense, allowed for the great season. Had he kept recruiting and coaching towards Rodriguez's philosophies, 2012 and 2013 would have been better. But that's not who Hoke is or what he was brought in for. With only about 25 roster spots able to change over each year, transitioning back to the Michigan of old will take time. And that's what we, as Michigan fans, need to give Hoke.
Recruiting is going well and there is plenty of young talent on the team. This season, Michigan will still be one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten, and in 2015 the vast majority of the roster will be Hoke's guys. Hoke needs to be given through 2015 to turn things around. Michigan should at least be within striking distance of the Big Ten championship in 2015. If, at that point, Michigan is still having 7-6 or 8-5 seasons, we can start to seriously discuss how hot Hoke's seat is.
No, Brady Hoke is not on the hot seat. To be on the hot seat, a coach must be in a position where he must win a substantial number of games the following season or else he will be fired. Hoke is not in such a position, even if his seat is a bit warmer than it was prior to 2013. Fans forget just how toxic things were in Ann Arbor prior to Hoke's arrival. Not only did Michigan collapse down the stretch in Rich Rodriguez's final two seasons, his recruiting classes experienced mass defections. The attrition rate was astronomical and left craters in various areas of Michigan's depth chart that were bound to rear their ugly head down the road.
Hoke has been trying to rebuild Michigan into what it was prior to Rodriguez's tenure, but it is not an overnight job. Yes, Michigan's record has worsened each of Hoke's first three seasons, but do not let the 2011 campaign fool you. That was a magical run. Michigan benefited from some of the best karma and luck the Wolverines have seen in quite some time en route to an 11-2 record and Sugar Bowl victory. But it did not rectify Michigan's underlying problem that it would have little depth and experience at multiple positions the following seasons. Hoke has tried to plug the holes in the depth chart quickly, bringing in the No. 6 and No. 4 recruiting classes in 2012 and 2013, respectively, according to 247 Sports, but those recruits have been only sophomores or freshmen. How much of an immediate impact can be expected from them? This lack of depth and inexperience, combined with puzzling offensive game plans from Al Borges and unfortunate injuries, is why Michigan was 15-11 the past two years.
So Hoke is not on the hot seat yet. He still needs more time to balance the depth chart and develop his talented recruits. Just look at Michigan's offensive line for the upcoming season. The raw talent is there, but it likely needs one more season to become a cohesive unit. Plus, Michigan will be trying to break in a new offense under the tutelage of offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, while being saddled with road games against all three of its major rivals—Ohio State, Michigan State, and Notre Dame—for the first time ever. Hoke has two more years to right the ship with big expectations for 2015. He could help alleviate some of that pressure with nine or more wins, especially if they are against a rival or two, in 2014, yet a seven- or eight-win season would make his seat burn a bit more in 2015. And the only scenario where Michigan would consider firing Hoke after this season is one where Michigan has a losing record and fails to make a bowl game. Otherwise, expect Hoke and his staff to be back in 2015.
As far as Dave Brandon is concerned Brady Hoke is not on the hot seat. Whether the university has Brandon/Hoke on the hot seat is another question. I've long held the opinion that it would take Hoke until 2015 before he fielded a championship caliber team (conference, not national) and I stick by it. Rome was not built in a day, nor will the Maize and Blue be rebuilt in three-to-four years.
We were spoiled in 2011, but I truly think that was an aberration, an aligning of the stars, so to speak. OSU was down for once and Sparty was, well Sparty. It takes several years to revamp a program from one style into basically the complete opposite. That simply does not happen overnight. Heading into year four Hoke has shown he is a monster on the recruiting trail, which helps me keep my cool. That he has managed to haul in some really good players and classes that fit his 'Michigan Man' mold perfectly, in spite of sub-par on-field results is truly a testament to the man's character and recruiting skill.
The player development, however, has been less than what most of us would have expected but we need to keep in mind that this is a VERY YOUNG team. While it is not uncommon for a first or second year player to be great (Marshall Faulk, Adrian Peterson*, Johnny Football), it is not the norm. To expect a roster almost fully loaded with first and second year players to play at a high level was just ridiculous.
*Adrian Peterson played with a Heisman winning quarterback, a future first round wide receiver in Mark Clayton, ran behind a line that featured two future NFL players (Jammal Brown and Davin Joseph), and three senior linemen (the other two were juniors), for a team that had a 36-5 record coming in.
No, we haven't had the seasons we expect from Michigan, but it's been a long time since we've seen great seasons back to back (10-plus wins). There haven't been back to back 10-win seasons in over a decade, 2002-2003 and you have to go back to 1997-1999 to see three straight. Or if you want to be more generous and count 9-plus win seasons, we still go back over a decade to 2002-2004 for three straight and 2006-2007 for back-to-back.
Long story short, Hoke is not on the hot seat nor should he be. One needs at least five seasons to retool a program. I think he gets that and nothing more. That said, I was also of the opinion Rich Rodriguez needed at least five seasons. Although I was happy to see him go, I think he would have turned the corner by his fifth season.
Will the 'heat' get turned up if Hoke turns in another seven- or eight-win season? I don't think so. The fans may be impatient and restless but they don't call the shots. Dave Brandon played for Bo and he knows what Hoke is dealing with and the time and effort it takes to basically rebuild from the ground up. The temperature stays the same heading into 2015 — which is still very warm — unless of course Hoke goes 3-9. Then all bets are off. I think Brandon is just looking for marked improvement, not necessarily in the win-loss column, but something that shows what this staff is doing is working and taking enough steps forward.
I can think of only one scenario under which I'd like to see Brady Hoke fired after this season. Bill Belichick takes over the program (AD and head coach) and brings Nick Saban along with him. That said, it seems logical that Doug Nussmeier would take over should Hoke be given the boot, after either this season or the next.
Is Hoke on the hot seat? It certainly seems like he should be, but the atmosphere around the program lacks the sense of urgency that usually surrounds a desperate coach. He's at least feeling pressure, and that's not only because of the team's overall performance, but also the individual performances of important players.
Hoke's similarity to Rich Rodriguez after three years in Ann Arbor has been well documented around the college football world. Both finished 7-6 in their third season, and both struggled in Big Ten play despite hot starts during the non-conference schedule. The major difference between the two? While Rodriguez's teams at least improved record wise, each year has shown a steady decline under Hoke. If that trend continues in 2014, especially with such a weak home schedule, then Hoke should be shown the door without a doubt.
The overall struggles are largely due to slow improvement from talented players like Derrick Green. Hoke has proven he can lure some of the most highly regarded recruits in the country to Ann Arbor, but those players simply haven't performed on the field in many cases. In 2013 the offensive line was loaded with former stud recruits, but as a unit it left Devin Gardner on his back more often than any other group in the Big Ten. Some recruits clearly don't live up to the hype, but Hoke needs more from five-star guys like Green.
Team 135 is immensely important for Hoke and his future at Michigan. In his fourth season fans expect that the talent he needs is at his disposal and the program needs to take a step in the right direction. With Jabrill Peppers and company on campus, Michigan is primed to compete in the Big Ten. Hoke's job is to make sure that happens.