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It was four days ago that Barça Regal were in Istanbul playing in the Final Four of the Euroleague, and this Thursday the team will be back on the court for the playoffs of the Liga Endesa. "It's a surprise. I believe that an important factor is that we've had fewer days to prepare for the playoffs than other competing teams," said Xavi Pascual this Wednesday in the Palau Blaugrana's press room. The quarterfinal tie is a best of three series and that "makes it very dangerous. We know that the first game is key."Pascual recognised that the team's situation isn't easy and that's why he urged his players to present a unified front: "we have to be more united than ever. This is the time to be together and row in the same direction." The Barça manager reminded the journalists that the team lost last year to Panathinaikos in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague and, weeks later, with the support of the fans, the team went on to win the Liga Endesa. Eight victories at the Palau Xavi Pascual is clear about how he's going to approach the playoffs: "our goal is to win eight consecutive games at the Palau and being ACB champions." For that to happen, "we have to reaffirm the good form we've had in the regular season. We have to go through each round and get to the end with options of winning the Liga." He added, "up until now we've played a few games at home with not a lot of fans in the stands with the hope that when key matches came so would the fans. The playoffs start tomorrow and I encourage all of the season ticket holders to come to the Palau."Indebted to the fans "The group feels indebted to all of the people that have supported us. We know that we can lose, but we lost because we weren't ourselves in Istanbul and that hurts us," said Pascual. "We were below our normal level, but we can't forget that these players took us to that point. It was a tough blow for everyone. The players have the feeling that they let a lot of people down."The Barça manager is aware that he and his players are public people and that they are open to critique: "the farther you get, the expectations are higher and, in the event of not fulfilling those expectations, the critiques are harsher. The teams that get lost along the way don't receive as much criticism."
Xavi Pascual confirmed that "Navarro, with almost all probability, will miss the first match. We'll see how much he will be able to help us throughout the playoffs." It's worth noting that the captain re-injured his left foot and didn't play in the third and fourth place match of the Euroleague
The Barça manager also wanted to show his support to Pedro Llomart, Lucentum Alicante's point guard, who recently lost his mother: "I want to sent him a strong embrace."
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Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders is learning to play the guitar.
The drummer is taking some time off from touring and recording over the festive period, and is planning to devote some time to learning a new instrument and master a few riffs.
He said: "I need to learn the guitar too, I may do that over Christmas. I can't play any chords, but I can play a few riffs. Who needs Chords?"
As well as devoting some time to improving his skills as an axe man, Matt is also going to be training up on another instrument, the auto harp, on which playing chords is much easier.
He told NME magazine: "It's like a piece of wood with strings on it, and you press this button down on the side that tells you what chord it is and you just strum it. So you don't actually have to do anything!"
Arctic Monkeys latest album 'Suck it and See' is out now.

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The charred body of Enver Ismailov, a Crimean Tatar resident of Ichkin region, was found in Crimea. A Crimean Tatar national flag was found next to the body, according to a message posted on Facebook by Mustafa Jemilev, Commissioner of Ukrainian President on Crimean Tatars Affairs.
According to media reports, Enver Ismailov, a 60-year-old resident of the village of Kaynash (now Krasnoflotskoye), went to the pumping station of the North-Crimean Canal and did not return.
A member of the Mejlis Ambedzhit Suleimanov assumed it could be an act of self-immolation.
"We wish patience to Ismailov's relatives and friends. Emir Allah, başıñız sağ olsun," reads the message.
The Commissioner of Ukrainian President on Crimean Tatars Affairs also appealed to his compatriots:
"Despite the complexity of the situation for our people, we have to stay strong. Do not lose hope. Believe in a better future. I know the time will come when all our people in unity will rejoice in free Crimea!
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Early in the morning of the winter solstice, with the cold winds still whipping around the corners of the house and the rising sun and setting moon facing each other on opposite horizons, I stand at the door waiting for the dogs to return from their early morning run. There are small patches of stubble beginning to break through the snow. A good sign.
The air is full of heartfire smoke from the neighbors just beyond the thick of the woods. You know they too are stirring. It is light now and time to begin a new day. Yet here in the land country, there is no bit or bridle. We distill our disciplines from the earth and the needs of our environment. There is no center, no special focus, because it is all center. Living here, we have been weaned from the emphasis on the rational and rely on the intuitive self. Working with the soil reduces man to certain tests. What and how he responds to different situations and different demands on time, effort and patience.
I sit down at the table with a hot drink and look out the window at the light now beginning to streak across the fields.
The wind is an absolute now and branches bend and wave as they feel the force. The dogs lying on the floor near my feet watch and listen. The wind speaks of spring and I suddenly want to get out and walk the land, plan the garden. I put on a coat and walk out, leaving the dogs. I stride through soggy earth and cross the brook over the little bridge I built last year. Standing at the edge of the woods now, I look back and feel a vague quickening at the root of the maple and a new strength in the sun's angle. The key to intelligence is consciousness, not skills, or manifold knowledge. The charm of loitering in the woods, feeling the wind sweep down from the hill, like the large sweep of a hawk's wing as it bears down close to the ground, brings a greenness of thought, and we sense the energy of the soil beneath our feet with its infinite cycles of transformation. Our dreams are tamed, our aspirations made responsible and reliable. Maybe it is the fragile quality of the larch that presents itself on my path now, but the self is wrenched away from played-out modes of living and we believe there is more durability in this lithe tree than in all the security of material values. There is a fire in the soil that liberates us from the tyranny of the small and splits open the placid facade of our lives.
In the woods you stand in a corridor of echoes. We move with them as they speak to us. Suddenly society is not real. It's an abstraction that gets between us and the nature of things that really are. Land is indeed food if you plant and harvest, water if you dig, firewood there for the cutting. There are quail and pheasant and endless potential for living with wild berries and edible weeds. Which reminds me to return to chores, for I am employed by the soil and find it a very natural heritage.


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With less than two weeks to go before implementation (if taking advantage of the Bureau's guidance suggesting that implementation three days early is a good idea), the CFPB has announced an interim final rule tweaking one of the early intervention (§ 1024.39 of Regulation X) changes effective October 19. The change only affects servicers who are subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act with respect to mortgage loans on which consumers have invoked their cease communication rights, and it provides a 10-day window for delivery of a modified written early intervention notice under certain specific situations. The interim rule, which has been posted to BOL's Regulations pages for Regulation X, is effective October 19. Comments on the interim rule are due within 30 days of Federal Register publication.
The Bureau also announced a proposed rule that would amend new § 1026.41(e)(5) to adjust the timing requirement for the transition to and from modified periodic statements or coupon books in connection with a consumer's bankruptcy case, in order to alleviate unintended challenges in implementation. Comments on the proposal will be accepted for 30 days following publication in the Federal Register. Any final rule will be effective April 19, 2018.
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I felt the need to take a brief break from conjugating latin verbs to share this video, in which Bill Maher has Bill McKibben on his show for a conversation about climate change. There are two things I like about this clip: (1) it is shows climate change supporters and climate change deniers engaging in conversation, something I've rarely seen and I think is of great value (especially considering current partisan politics), and (2) Bill McKibben is a total boss in it and does a magnificent job of combating conservative opposition.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — After two days spent covering the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair, held Jan. 23 to Feb. 1, a group of American writers welcomed the chance to take a break from the cobblestone canyons of the city. Our destination was the rural suburbs of Brussels and the home/studio of sculptor Olivier Strebelle.
For a writer from the Midwest, who left behind sub-zero temperatures and knee-deep snow, the Strebelle residence offered a welcome dose of greenery. Dense foliage framed the sculptor's home and outdoor installations, and visitors were treated to hazy sunshine and temps in the 40s.
Strebelle, 82, is a national treasure. He has been a prolific artist for more than 60 years, and his works are found in private collections and public settings around the world. His style has evolved from robust, organic abstract forms to the sinuous lines seen in his masterwork, Athletes' Alley, on the site of the Beijing Olympic Games.
At more than 340 feet long and 65 feet high, the sculpture is made up of five modules of interlaced stainless steel tubes. Seen from the side, it appears to be a collection of graceful yet fragmented shapes. But viewed from a designated point, the composition reveals five figures carrying the Olympic rings.
The project to build Athletes' Alley was initiated when Juan Antonio Samaranch was still the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but it wasn't until June of 2006 that Strebelle was declared the winner from among 1,790 entrants in an art competition to find a sculpture that best captured the spirit of the Beijing Olympics.
The winning design was the eighth one submitted by Strebelle to the organizers of the contest. He told the visiting writers that this may have played in his favor, given the fact that the number eight is considered particularly lucky in China.
"I create perspectives," Strebelle told us. "The work itself is a spatial puzzle and it's a sculpture that withholds a secret, which is the fact that it looks abstract from every angle except for one, which reveals its figurative nature."
Strebelle's other public sculptures in North America include "Anthropomotion," for the Montréal World Fair (1966); "L'Endormie" and "L'Epanouie" (1976) and "The Lions" (1986), commissioned by architect John Portman of Atlanta.
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Tour of Atlas Sign Industries, owned by brothers Jeff, at left, and Jim Adinolfe, in West Palm Beach. The company's recent Marlins Park commission and a South Florida Manufacturer's Association award are signs of success for 20 year-old sign company.
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IT company buying west Lawrence building to expand; plans filed for new indoor baseball facility; Cottonwood to honor businesses
Often I need something akin to divine intervention to get my computer to work properly, so perhaps it is fitting that a growing IT company is buying a west Lawrence church building to expand its business. (Note: I have found pouring holy water on your keyboard is largely counterproductive.)
A group that is led by the owner of M Cubed Technologies has reached a tentative deal to purchase the building at 3705 Clinton Parkway that houses Connect Church — formerly known as the Lawrence Wesleyan Church. I reported earlier this year that Connect Church is building a new multimillion dollar church building just south of 31st Street where it turns into Kasold Drive.
Construction work has begun on that building, and as such, Connect Church has been looking for a buyer for its current building. M Cubed Technologies is an IT firm that provides tech support to a variety of businesses. The company has offices in Fresno, Calif., and Lawrence, but president and CEO Mehdi Honarvar is based in Lawrence.
He has put together a group to buy the church building and remodel it for office space. And just for good measure, the plan also includes a baseball facility.
First, the office space. M Cubed Technologies plans to move out of its office on Delaware Street and into the former church building. But plans call for the 15,000 square-foot building to house two or three other offices as well. Honarvar has a deal for a roofing company to locate its administrative offices in the building, and the group is seeking other tenants.
But a driving force for the deal is the growth of M Cubed. The company has about 50 Lawrence area clients currently, and business is growing because the company uses a European-style approach to tech support. I always associate Europe with the French, so I assumed the approach involved an early surrender and wine and baguettes. I was off-base, though. Apparently in Europe the tech support world is built much more on preventive maintenance rather than troubleshooting. He said businesses are starting to look for alternatives to the traditional U.S. model of tech support.
"If you don't break down, (the IT firm) doesn't make money," he said. "The European model is more proactive. Keep it clean and keep it healthy so it doesn't break down. We make money when a company doesn't break down."
The company has 15 employees currently, but only four of them are in Lawrence. Honarvar expects that number to grow, although he didn't offer any projections.
The part of the project that may be most visible, though, is a new indoor baseball facility. The plans call for a vacant piece of land behind the current church building to house a new 9,800 square-foot indoor baseball facility. Think indoor batting cages, pitching mounds, areas for fielding drills and other such space for classes and instruction. Honarvar said some individuals who were involved with a similar type of business in Lawrence are leading that effort. I'm still waiting to get some additional information about that part of the project. I'll let you know when I hear more.
In other news and notes from around town:
• Some Lawrence businesses and individuals soon will be honored by Lawrence-based Cottonwood Inc. The nonprofit that serves individuals with developmental disabilities has partnerships with businesses all over the community.
At an awards ceremony on Monday, Cottonwood will honor Lawrence's Stoneback Appliance as the JobLink Employer of the Year. The Lawrence Transit service and its operator MV Transportation will be honored as the Outstanding Community Partner of the year. Lenexa-based Clinical Reference Laboratory is being honored as the Cottonwood Industries Business Partner of the Year.
In addition, Cottonwood will honor several individuals, including Peggy Wallert, Distinguished Service Award; Pennie Goodrich and Angela Trybom, Shining Star Award; and Gene Planker and Miguel Ramos Caring and Commitment Award.
The awards ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Free State High School.


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NFL Quarterback Power Rankings 2016: Kirk Cousins Cashing In
NFL Quarterback Power Rankings for Week 13 of the 2016 season
Week 12 has come to a close and the Cleveland Browns are still winless. Luckily for the Browns, I don't get to make the joke of them playing multiple quarterbacks in a game because they only had one signal-caller for the entire game. Though, the real joke is their entire team, so at least we can still laugh at their 0-12 record.
Sadly, the Browns wont win a game in Week 13 because they have their bye week, but that also means they wont lose for the 13th-straight week, so that's a win in my eyes.
This was an odd week because there were three Thursday games (Thanksgiving) and there were also no byes. That meant 32 quarterbacks plays and, since there were no ties, 16 quarterbacks won and 16 lost.
Last week only featured 28 starting quarterbacks, but with four more starers in Week 12, the 32 signal-callers threw for 1,455 more yards with their 8,186 yards. They also threw for 59 touchdowns, which was 16 more than last week. The quarterbacks did throw for 20 interceptions, which was three more than last week, but isn't a terrible number. Although, they were sacked 68 times, so they may be a little sore during the week.
With all of that in mind, lets get to the NFL Quarterback Power Rankings as we say goodbye to Week 12 and head into Week 13.
Scott Tolzien
QB, Indianapolis Colts
Previous Rank: NR
Week 12 Statistics: 22-36 (61.1%), 205 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 7-28 (L)
Season Statistics: 22-36 (61.1%), 205 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Season Record: 0-1
Making his first start since 2013 and just the third start of his career, Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Scott Tolzien started on Thanksgiving for the Colts. He started out well, but as the game wore on, you saw why he is a backup quarterback. Tolzien ended the day with one touchdown and two interceptions, as his team got spanked, 28-7.
Andrew Luck should be back from his concussion in Week 13, so it was nice to have Tolzien find his way in the power rankings at No. 32.
Brock Osweiler
QB, Houston Texans
Previous Rank: 26 (-5)
Week 12 Statistics: 22-37 (59.5%), 246 yards, 0 TDs, 3 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 13-21 (L)
Season Statistics: 238-400 (59.5%), 2,307 yards, 12 TDs, 13 INTs
Season Record: 6-5
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If it wasn't for Tolzien starting Week 12, there is no doubt in my mind that Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler would have been the last raked quarterback. He has taken a ton of heat this season and deservedly so. Instead of using the heat to be a better quarterback, Osweiler went out this week and threw three interceptions.
To make his three interceptions worse, his team only lost by eight points, so he played a huge role in their loss. In his last six games, he has four touchdown passes and five interceptions. Osweiler has been horrible this season and it looks like the Texans lost their money paying him big.
But hey, when you can go out and get a Super Bowl champion quarterback on your team for $72 million, you pretty much have to do it—right?
Colin Kaepernick
QB, San Francisco 49ers
Previous Rank: 31 (+1)
Week 12 Statistics: 29-46 (63%), 296 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 24-31 (L)
Season Statistics: 115-208 (55.3%), 1,440 yards, 10 TDs, 3 INTs
Season Record: 0-6
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has taken a knee during the national anthem in all six of his starts this season and he has lost in all six of those games. Although, he did play a solid game this weekend, so he moves up one spot in the power rankings.
He ended the day with 296 yards and three scores. He also ran for 113 yards in the game and looked like the old Kaepernick that went to the Super Bowl in 2013. If he can keep up that play, he will continue to climb, but he also needs to lead his team to a much needed victory.
Blake Bortles
QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Previous Rank: 29 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 13-26 (50%), 126 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 21-28 (L)
Season Statistics: 263-441 (59.6%), 2,749 yards, 20 TDs, 13 INTs
Season Record: 2-9
If you have been reading along with my quarterback power rankings this season, you know that I am not high on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles. Well, the Jaguars is officially on my "that team need a new quarterback" list. He has been terrible the year and, even though he threw for two scores and no interceptions this week, he ended with only 126 yards.
He also only completed 50 percent of his passes and showed me that the future of the franchise should no longer depend on him, unless they want to keep losing.
Josh McCown
QB, Cleveland Browns
Previous Rank: NR
Week 12 Statistics: 25-43 (58.1%), 322 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 13-27 (L)
Season Statistics: 90-165 (54.5%), 1,110 yards, 6 TDs, 6 INTs
Season Record: 0-3
Before each game, the Cleveland Browns pick a quarterbacks name out of a hat and that determines who will start for them that week (probably). This week, Josh McCown was lucky enough to grace us. McCown hasn't won a game all season and has taken a back seat to a rookie quarterback, Cody Kessler, who has been horrible. That's not a good formula to winning and the Browns lost again.
Ryan Fitzpatrick
QB, New York Jets
Previous Rank: NR
Week 12 Statistics: 22-32 (68.8%), 269 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 17-22 (L)
Season Statistics: 190-330 (57.6%), 2,252 yards, 10 TDs, 13 INTs
Season Record: 2-7
New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is a smart dude. He went to Harvard, so I know that he can look at his 2-7 record as a starter this year and understand how poorly he has played. However, in his defense, Fitzpatrick played a good game against the New England Patriots, but the Jets couldn't finish. He threw for two scores and zero interceptions.
Carson Palmer
QB, Arizona Cardinals
Previous Rank: 25 (-1)
Week 12 Statistics: 25-45 (55.6%), 289 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 19-38 (L)
Season Statistics: 252-414 (60.9%), 2,931 yards, 15 TDs, 11 INTs
Season Record: 3-6-1
The down year for the Arizona Cardinals and their quarterback Carson Palmer continues. A 19-point spanking should put the cherry on top of a terrible season and also cement that it is time to find the future of their franchise in the 2017 NFL Draft. Palmer has regressed a ton and doesn't look like he is the guy you want leading your team any longer.
He ended the day with 289 yards and two scores, but he did throw another interception to bring his total to 11 through 10 starts. He needs to improve or he may have trouble starting anywhere in 2017.
Trevor Siemian
QB, Denver Broncos
Previous Rank: 30 (+5)
Week 12 Statistics: 20-34 (58.8%), 368 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 27-30 (L)
Season Statistics: 195-325 (60%), 2,396 yards, 15 TDs, 7 INTs
Season Record: 7-3
I will always give credit where credit is due, even if that means eating my own words. That is the case, for the second time this season, with Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian. I have been critical of his ability and play, so he went out there and sliced the defense for 368 yard passing and three scores.
I still think he isn't the future of the Broncos, but if he can put some more games together like he did in Week 12, I will gladly eat my words again.
Sam Bradford
QB, Minnesota Vikings
Previous Rank: 19 (-5)
Week 12 Statistics: 31-37 (83.8%), 224 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 13-16 (L)
Season Statistics: 248-348 (71.3%), 2,415 yards, 12 TDs, 3 INTs
Season Record: 5-5
With Siemian, I said how I would eat my words when I am wrong. Well, with Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford, I will gloat when I am right. This is one of those, "I told you so" moments. Bradford has always been overrated to me and I have always looked at him as a mediocre quarterback. After a red-hot start, people came after me and told me I was wrong, but I just sat here waiting for the real Bradford to show. And he did on Thanksgiving when he threw a game-losing interception and threw short of the sticks all game.
Andy Dalton
QB, Cincinnati Bengals
Previous Rank: 22 (-1)
Week 12 Statistics: 26-48 (54.2%), 283 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 14-19 (L)
Season Statistics: 259-408 (63.5%), 3,043 yards, 12 TDs, 6 INTs
Season Record: 3-7-1
The only thing the Cincinnati Bengals fans have to smile about when they think of their quarterback Andy Dalton is the fact that play the Philadelphia Eagles next week. Other than that, it hasn't been pretty for him. Dalton is having a poor year and it is highlighting his mediocre traits at the quarterback position.
He needs to improve and have a big game this week or it may be time for the Bengals to give up on the Dalton experiment.
Matt Barkley
QB, Chicago Bears
Previous Rank: NR
Week 12 Statistics: 28-54 (51.9%), 316 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 21-27 (L)
Season Statistics: 34-69 (49.3%), 397 yards, 3 TDs, 4 INTs
Season Record: 0-1
When your team drops 10 of your passes and 11 if you nitpick like I do, you deserve to get some credit, even if your numbers aren't too good. Chicago Bears third string quarterback Matt Barkley was out there balling in Week 12. The former No. 1 high school quarterback and USC Trojan had the best game of his career in just his first start.
He may have thrown two interceptions, but his three touchdowns were impressive and he should have had a fourth to win the game if it hadn't been dropped. Barkley always been an afterthought in Chicago, but maybe he can turn into something special? Lets give him some more time and find out.
Alex Smith
QB, Kansas City Chiefs
Previous Rank: 21 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 26-44 (59.1%), 220 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 30-27 (W)
Season Statistics: 229-346 (66.2%), 2,297 yards, 10 TDs, 4 INTs
Season Record: 7-3
Alex Smith played such an Alex Smith game on Sunday that it was beautiful. The Kansas City Chiefs threw the ball more than I am used to seeing, but Smith did well enough to help manage his team to a victory. He ended the day with 220 yards and one touchdown. Most importantly, though, he helped earn KC a win. He has his team in perfect position to make the payoffs at 8-3 and he just needs to play his game by managing the team to a win.
Jared Goff
QB, Los Angeles Rams
Previous Rank: 27 (+7)
Week 12 Statistics: 20-32 (62.5%), 214 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 21-49 (L)
Season Statistics: 37-63 (58.7%), 348 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Season Record: 0-2
I see you, Jared Goff! The No. 1 overall pick was out there throwing dimes on Sunday, ending the day with three touchdown passes. He did turn the ball over, but he is a rookie and that is expected. His head coach could be his toughest opponent, but hopefully they will develop him right, because he has glimpses of greatness in his game. Please tell me again, why was Case Keenum starting over Goff for so long?
Joe Flacco
QB, Baltimore Ravens
Previous Rank: 20 (+1)
Week 12 Statistics: 25-36 (69.4%), 234 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 19-14 (W)
Season Statistics: 285-450 (63.3%), 2,877 yards, 11 TDs, 10 INTs
Season Record: 6-5
No. 19 is a good spot for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco because he has played below average this season. He is coming off of a torn ACL, so I am sure that plays into it. But he is on the field so that is no excuse.
Flacco led his team to a big victory while throwing for 234 yards and a score. He completed 69.4 percent of his passes, but he did throw another interception, giving him 10 this season.
Russell Wilson
QB, Seattle Seahawks
Previous Rank: 14 (-4)
Week 12 Statistics: 17-33 (51.5%), 151 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 5-14 (L)
Season Statistics: 238-368 (64.7%), 2,865 yards, 11 TDs, 4 INTs
Season Record: 7-3-1
I have watched a lot of film on quarterbacks in my lifetime and I have watched a lot of Russell Wilson film, too. Week 12 could have been the worst I have ever seen him play, ending the day with 151 yards passing on 33 attempts with zero touchdown and two bad interceptions.
Sorry Wilson crazies, he has to be down in the power rankings. His last interception was a simple cover-2, but Wilson forced the throw. It just wasn't a good game of him and one for him to throw away from his memory.
Cam Newton
QB, Carolina Panthers
Previous Rank: 16 (-1)
Week 12 Statistics: 14-29 (48.3%), 246 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 32-35 (L)
Season Statistics: 189-339 (55.8%), 2,432 yards, 13 TDs, 8 INTs
Season Record: 4-6
2015 MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton hasn't come close to playing at the level he elevated himself to last season. It has been a lackluster year for him, to say the least.
Newton continued his poor play, throwing an interception for a touchdown in Week 12. He only completed 48.3 percent of his passes in the game and has only completed 55.8 percent this year. The man who is called SuperCam may need Superman to come help him before it's too late.
Ryan Tannehill
QB, Miami Dolphins
Previous Rank: 23 (+7)
Week 12 Statistics: 20-30 (66.7%), 285 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 31-24 (W)
Season Statistics: 217-329 (66%), 2,574 yards, 15 TDs, 8 INTs
Season Record: 7-4
Shoutout to Ryan Tannehill for once again making me look silly. He dominated the game on Sunday, throwing for 285 yards and three scores. He did not throw an interception to make his game even better. He has now thrown nine touchdowns and only one interception in his last five games. He has been on the low-end of the power rankings, but he is making his way to the top, especially after a dominant performance like in Week 12.
Tyrod Taylor
QB, Buffalo Bills
Previous Rank: 18 (+3)
Week 12 Statistics: 12-18 (66.7%), 166 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 28-21 (W)
Season Statistics: 193-313 (61.7%), 2,101 yards, 11 TDs, 4 INTs
Season Record: 6-5
Tyrod Taylor has become a game-manager, even if he hasn't tried to. Rex Ryan is known for having a ground attack before a passing attack and that was the case in Week 12. Taylor only threw the ball 18 times, but the Bills walked away with the victory.
He did not throw an interception and has only thrown four the entire year. He takes care of the football while managing the game well—what more could you ask from him?
Eli Manning
QB, New York Giants
Previous Rank: 17 (+3)
Week 12 Statistics: 15-27 (55.6%), 194 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 27-13 (W)
Season Statistics: 261-413 (63.2%), 2,902 yards, 20 TDs, 10 INTs
Season Record: 8-3
The most impressive aspect of the New York Giants 8-3 record is the fact that is hasn't been impressive. They have been winning close and ugly games, but getting the job done when it matters most.
What makes their 8-3 start interesting is the fact that Eli Manning has been off so far in 2016. So, if he heats up, watch out. Manning threw for three scores and no interceptions in Week 12 and looks like he could be ready for another historic postseason run.
Carson Wentz
QB, Philadelphia Eagles
Previous Rank: 13 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 24-36 (66.7%), 254 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 13-27 (L)
Season Statistics: 249-392 (63.5%), 2,593 yards, 11 TDs, 8 INTs
Season Record: 5-6
If you watched the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Green Bay Packers, you may have had some questions about who their wide receivers were after Jordan Matthews got hurt. Their quarterback, Carson Wentz, looked poised to have a big game after he carved through the Packers secondary in the first quarter. Once Matthews got injured, though, things got ugly.
They had two rookie undrafted free agents starting at receiver the rest of the game, who both did not play well. Wentz finished with 254 yards and no scores, with a bad pick that sailed on him, but you can't blame the loss on the rookie.
His offensive line was made up of three backups and one rookie who made his first start to go with the problem of having no receivers. He also had a rookie fifth-round pick as his lead running back, so the cards that Wentz was dealt were ugly. Yet he still showed he is the real deal.
Philip Rivers
QB, San Diego Chargers
Previous Rank: 12 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 22-30 (73.3%), 242 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 21-13 (W)
Season Statistics: 251-399 (62.9%), 3,128 yards, 23 TDs, 12 INTs
Season Record: 5-6
I have said it all year, Philip Rivers has been a top quarterback because the veteran has done a lot with a little. Like Wentz, Rivers has been dealt some bad cards, but he has the experience to make sure it doesn't matter.
He completed 73.3 percent of his passes and threw for three scores this week while leading his team to a 21-13 victory. Without Rivers, this Chargers team could have the top pick in the draft. But instead, they are 5-6.
Jameis Winston
QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Previous Rank: 11 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 21-28 (75%), 220 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 14-5 (W)
Season Statistics: 249-406 (61.3%), 2,900 yards, 22 TDs, 11 INTs
Season Record: 6-5
After starting 1-3, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are showing they aren't out of the playoffs just yet. The main reason for their success is their starting quarterback, Jameis Winston. He has been playing well and he did great against a Seattle Seahawks secondary that is regarded as one of the best in the league.
He competed 75 percent of his passes for 220 yards and two scores. More importantly, the Buccaneers kept their chances at the Wild Card in tact.
Dak Prescott
QB, Dallas Cowboys
Previous Rank: 8 (-2)
Week 12 Statistics: 17-24 (70.8%), 195 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 31-26 (W)
Season Statistics: 231-340 (67.9%), 2,835 yards, 18 TDs, 2 INTs
Season Record: 10-1
Yes, even though the Dallas Cowboys won and Dak Prescott played well, he drops two spots in the power rankings. I know that may ruffle some feathers, but let me start by saying Prescott played the perfect game.
If the Cowboys can allow him to mange the game and take care of the football with easy reads, they have a shot to go far in the playoffs. Prescott is a rookie and the Cowboys are making sure he doesn't need to play like one by having the best offensive line in football opening huge holes for Ezekiel Elliott.
You saw in the game just how far away Prescott is from becoming an elite passer, as he was outplayed by the Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins. However, Prescott is becoming an elite game-manager and winning is the most important statistic.
Marcus Mariota
QB, Tennessee Titans
Previous Rank: 9 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 15-23 (65.2%), 226 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 27-21 (W)
Season Statistics: 243-378 (64.3%), 2,998 yards, 25 TDs, 8 INTs
Season Record:
21 touchdowns and three interceptions. Those are the numbers Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota has put up over the last eight games. He has also added two rushing scores to that total, so 23 total touchdowns over eight games is impressive.
Unlike Prescott, Mariota isn't loaded with weapons and the Titans rely on him a lot to make things happen. He has delivered and then some, putting up great numbers in his second season. Also remember, the Titans traded the No. 1 pick away and got a plethora of picks in return. They have their quarterback position locked down for sure, so now they can go get him weapons.
Aaron Rodgers
QB, Green Bay Packers
Previous Rank: 10 (+2)
Week 12 Statistics: 30-39 (76.9%), 313 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 27-13 (W)
Season Statistics: 289-449 (64.4%), 3,074 yards, 27 TDs, 7 INTs
Season Record: 5-6
The Philadelphia Eagles cornerbacks are having nightmares about Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers right now after what he did to them on Monday Night Football. He dominated the game, completing 76.9 percent of his passes for 313 yards and two scores. The Eagles had no answer for Rodgers and he may have saved their season with his dominant performance.
Ben Roethlisberger
QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Previous Rank: 7 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 14-20 (70%), 221 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 28-7 (W)
Season Statistics: 242-373 (64.9%), 2,745 yards, 23 TDs, 7 INTs
Season Record: 6-4
Ben Roethlisberger continues to dominate this season. He threw for three scores on Sunday, which gave him six games this season when he has thrown for three or more. In only 10 games, Roethlisberger has thrown for 23 touchdown passes. That would put him on pace for 37 in a full 16-game season.
If he can keep playing like this and get the Steelers into the playoffs, I like the Steelers chances against anybody, because Roethlisberger has been that good.
Matt Ryan
QB, Atlanta Falcons
Previous Rank: 2 (-4)
Week 12 Statistics: 26-34 (76.5%), 269 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 38-19 (W)
Season Statistics: 262-380 (68.9%), 3,516 yards, 26 TDs, 6 INTs
Season Record: 7-4
A couple of weeks ago, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was looked at as potential MVP candidate. Now, he may still be one in some people'e eyes. However, he has been thrown to the back-burner in mine.
Ryan had a solid game, completing 76.5 percent of his passes for 269 yards and two scores. However, the other quarterbacks ahead of him have elevated their games to a level he has missed out on for a couple off weeks. He will need to have a big game next week if he wants to remain in the MVP conversation.
Matthew Stafford
QB, Detroit Lions
Previous Rank: 5 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 23-40 (57.5%), 232 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 16-13 (W)
Season Statistics: 261-391 (66.8%), 2,883 yards, 19 TDs, 5 INTs
Season Record: 7-4
I am someone who loves to watch good quarterback play more than good defense, so that is why I love watching the Detroit Lions. Now, their defense isn't bad at all and is actually good at times, but I just love to watch their quarterback Matthew Stafford throw the football.
Stafford is great at changing platforms and delivering the ball perfectly. His sidearm throws are some of the prettiest I have ever witnessed and he was dialed in on Thanksgiving. Taking on the Minnesota Vikings, who are looked at as one of the best defenses in the league, Stafford was dealing early.
However, it was his late game throws that made me keep him as a top five quarterback. Stafford drove his team 98 yards to tie the game with his elite accuracy and big time throws. His best was when he got hit while throwing, but still delivered a perfect dime to move the chains.
The Lions defense made a play at the end of the game, so Stafford took a knee and let his field goal kicker win the game. But, that kneel down allowed Stafford to earn his league leading seventh game-winning drive. The guy is a winner and his arm is leading the way.
Drew Brees
QB, New Orleans Saints
Previous Rank: 6 (+2)
Week 12 Statistics: 28-36 (77.8%), 310 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 49-21 (W)
Season Statistics: 326-456 (71.5%), 3,587 yards, 30 TDs, 8 INTs
Season Record: 5-6
Playing against a rookie quarterback, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees taught the kid a lesson on how you can become a Hall of Fame player. Brees played dominant football in the game, throwing for 310 yards and four touchdowns. He also did not throw an interception and completed an impressive 77.8 percent of his passes.
On the year, Brees has completed what will be a career high 71.5 percent of his passes. He also has thrown for 3,587 yards and 30 touchdowns. That puts him on pace for 5,218 yards and 44 touchdowns. It would be his fifth year over 5,000 yards and give him his 11th year over 4,000.
There is no doubt that Brees will be a first ballot Hall of Fame quarterback, but there is doubt on whether the Saints can make a run this year. At 5-6, they need to make sure they deliver the rest of the season. At least they know their quarterback will, so the players around him need to be better.
Derek Carr
QB, Oakland Raiders
Previous Rank: 3 (NC)
Week 12 Statistics: 26-38 (68.4%), 315 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Week 12 Final Score: 35-32 (W)
Season Statistics: 281-423 (66.4%), 3,115 yards, 22 TDs, 5 INTs
Season Record: 9-2
This pains me to write, but I have Derek Carr sitting at No. 3 in the power rankings. If I had to vote today for the NFL MVP, I am voting for Carr. He has been amazing this season and the Oakland Raiders are 9-2. That alone should give him votes for the MVP, but his play is the reason behind it.
Carr was dialed in once again when his team needed him most, throwing a fourth quarter touchdown pass and leading a late drive for a game-winning field goal. This was Carr's fifth game-winning drive of the season and if the Raiders are going to keep winning, they need Carr to keep delivering late.
The former second-round pick is looking to cement himself as one of the greatest draft picks in Raiders history as he carves through defenses. He has 22 touchdowns on the year and only five interceptions, showing that he takes care of the football. He has been awesome this year and I wish I could rank him higher, but I feel that the two quarterbacks ahead of him have played better.
Tom Brady
QB, New England Patriots
Previous Rank: 1 (-1)
Week 12 Statistics: 30-50 (60%), 286 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 22-17 (W)
Season Statistics: 175-256 (68.4%), 2,201 yards, 18 TDs, 1 INTs
Season Record: 6-1
- 12/1 – NFL Quarterback Power Rankings 2016: Kirk Cousins Cashing In
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- 12/1 – Fantasy Football Week 13: Which Running Quarterback Can You Trust?
- 12/1 – Cowboys at Vikings: Preview, Predictions and More
- 12/1 – 5 Reasons the Miami Dolphins Won't Make the Playoffs
For the first time in six weeks, New England Patriots quarterback and the greatest quarterback of all-time, Tom Brady is not the No. 1 quarterback in the power rankings. I know what you are thinking and I just felt that the quarterback who is No. 1 this week deserve every bit of the love from that No. 1 spot, more than Brady.
That doesn't mean Brady had a bad game because he didn't. It just means the No. 1 quarterback has been crazy good and I had to give the respect to him.
Brady has been great all year, throwing 18 touchdowns and only one interception. Without him—yes, I know this is hard for you Patriots haters to understand—this team wouldn't be where it is. They may have started 3-1 when he was suspended, but they need Brady to win late in the year.
He has been playing so good that a Super Bowl appearance could be in his near future. The Patriots defense needs to step up their game, but with Brady, you can win any game you are in. It will be interesting to see what happens if he keeps this high level of play up because he could also sneak in and win the MVP.
Kirk Cousins
QB, Washington Redskins
Previous Rank: 4 (+3)
Week 12 Statistics: 41-53 (77.4%), 449 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Week 12 Final Score: 26-31 (L)
Season Statistics: 299-437 (68.4%), 3,540 yards, 20 TDs, 7 INTs
Season Record: 6-4-1
This is going to take a lot of heat, but I am ready to fight it off with cold hard facts. The fact is, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is a baller. This guy is out there throwing lasers and making ridiculously good, accurate passes.
Carr will get all of the hype for MVP and deservedly so because his team is winning. But no quarterback has been as hot as Cousins over the last two games. He has thrown for three scores in both of his last two games and, this week, he threw for 449 yards.
I have been noticing that his deep ball accuracy could be the best in the NFL. He has been finding the deep man and hitting him in stride. However, it isn't the throw I am most impressed with. It is his elite ability to look defenders off. On Thanksgiving, he had Cowboys defenders thinking they were bringing out a turkey on the other side of the field as he would quickly go back the other way and throw for a score. His deep ball to DeSean Jackson that went for a 67-yard touchdown was beautiful. He looked the safety off left and threw a deep dime to the right.
Kirk Cousins has been getting better each week and the Redskins better open up their pocketbooks now. This guy is cashing in, big time.


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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving table setting on a budget.
Hello Everyone,
I hope y'all are having a great Thanksgiving Holiday and enjoying all the wonderful food. This Thanksgiving is extra special for two reasons. This will be our first Thanksgiving in our new home and we also get to celebrate it with our new Corgi puppy. So has you can see we have so much to be thankful for.
I wanted to pop on here real quick and show you how I styled my table for Thanksgiving on a budget. Continue reading →


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For when you can't remember where you put that handy chart, here's a little doohickey that calculates the minimum +Item you need to be running to ensure you get that certain special something to drop.
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void main (int dropChance)
if (dropChance > 0 && dropChance < 100)
int hardCap = round((10000/dropChance.to_float())-100);
print ("To ensure that drop you need to run "+hardCap+".00% +Item.","blue");
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I first learned about Girls on the Run through my husband's high school friend Melissa Fagersten who, along with two other amazing ladies, was in the process of bringing the program to Sparta. As she described the program her passion for Girls on the Run was contagious, I instantly wanted to become involved. As an avid runner I have picked up confidence and really grown personal through the sport and I love the idea of introducing running as a way to help girls grow into strong, confident young women with respect for themselves and others.
My first Girls on the Run 5K is a day I won't forget. I was responsible for the water station along the course. I was provided a fun group of really enthusiastic volunteers who handed out water while cheering and screaming for every runner throughout the event. As the girls raced by I was struck by the looks of dedication, hard work, sheer joy, and most of all pride on their faces. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it. Watching them interact with their running partners, cheer on and encourage the other girls was really inspirational. After that first race I knew Girls on the Run was something I wanted to get more involved in.
I was given the opportunity to volunteer on the course at the Fall 5K that following November. The fall event is only open to the program girls and their running partners, for this reason it has a much more personal feel. The bonds the girls had formed with each other and the coaches were even more evident. Girls that had finished the race were running back to support their team mates, coaches cheering for their girls from the finish line, placing medals around the girl's necks with big hugs as they finished their race. I was again inspired and asked Melissa, Vikki and Deb to give me more to do. They asked me to become the Volunteer Coordinator for the following spring event, and I jumped at the opportunity. I attended monthly meetings, recruited and organized all volunteer positions. I enjoyed communicating with the volunteers, all of which were excited for the upcoming event and even made suggestions such as creating cheer signs ahead of time to make the day even better for the GOTR girls. I sadly had to miss the Spring 5K but getting involved with the inner workings of event preparations knowing what the day itself would be like was a lot of fun.
I am currently working the race committee gearing up for the 3rd Annual Girls on the Run Spring 5K and Lake Mohawk Challenge. The program is growing and we are expanding to communities around North Jersey, including my hometown of Vernon which I am very excited about!
It's amazing to see what the small program that started in Sparta 3 short years ago has become, I am proud to say I have been a very small part of its great success. I am thankful for the opportunities Girls on the Run has provided me; to become involved in my new community, to give back in a way I truly connect with and I feel makes a huge impact, as well to meet so many inspiring people. I suspect I have received much more from this program than I have put into it.


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Grateful Dead
Just like your favorite jam, things are going to get a bit funky on Dead.net over the next week or so. Community accounts will be temporarily closed October 16th-17th and may be under further maintenance through October 22nd. But rest assured, we will be back up and better than ever shortly thereafter. Stay tuned!
http://www.burningman.com/ This year, August 27-September 3, 2007
Stories, tips for first-timers, etc.
nothing is real in this world all is illusion let us always speak the truth always this includes embellishment for we built a world on lies and falsehood so stop contributing to this great curse this is the first lesson of Darkstar i have come to set us free
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This is a very cool offshoot of the Burning Man scene. I just did an article on them for the Rex Foundation site, and I recommend checking these folks out. A really excellent model for getting stuff done.
thank you mary, this stuff is really important:
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I'm gonna go ahead and re-peat this and put this aclu vid here again. This is the full version:
PLEASE watch and please remember,
Dr. Really posted this on Facebook, and it would seem to have wider applications (for instance, with the folks who were complaining about the fish-in-a-barrel law enforcement going into the festivals):
Hiya Everyone.
I have been creating a statue with Stanley Mouse to add to the Jerry Memorial Sculpture that has been in Fairfax California for over 13 years. The statue will be real cool. Cast in bronze with a life size guitar with Chrome Plated wings that light up like rainbows or fire.
I will have a full size model of the statue that lights up, set up at a camp to be decided at Burning Man. I hope The Dead come by the statue at Burning Man and jam for a while.
Go to www.JerryMemorial.com to see a animated simulation, rendering, artist conception of the statue. I just added the interactive Jerry Garden where you can mouse over flowers to see photos of flowers that are actually growing at the Current Jerry Memorial. Flowers like Scarlet Begonias, China Cat Sunflowers, Sugar Magnolias, Purple Sage, American Beauties.
We are having an event / gathering / jam at the Current Jerry Memorial site on Sat June 13th, 2009 during The Fairfax Festival
Again www.JerryMemorial.com
Jim Fox
I am sure you would not like it...
No not at all...
You should not go, it will be to hard...
Evolution is the theme of Burning Man for 2009. Are you evolving, or have you evolved? Are you going to Burning Man? It makes the Dead parking lot seem like kindergarden!
What's up guys, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues festival, this 11/22 at the historic Congress Theater, all benefiting the Saving Tiny Hearts Societies fight against the country's most common birth defect.
The first 10 folks that hit me up at firstname.lastname@example.com will get a pair of tickets mailed to them. We're excited for you to help us spread the word about this righteous endeavor
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Epic Sky
Posted: 9/24/16
Epic Truth Tee No. 4 : Teen Designer Bente
Bente is a 17 year old artist from San Francisco, California. She lives off of drawing, music, and anything creative. Her favorite munchies are french fries and Nutella on waffles. She designed a "Find your Epic" graphic for our Epic Truth Tee contest. You voted for her design and we made it into an Epic Truth T-Shirt! Learn more about Bente in the exclusive interview below!
Q: What does your Epic Truth Tee message mean to you?
A: The message, "find your epic" reminds me to keep growing, to keep searching for my personal truth. Everyone has their own mission in life and the possibilities are endless. We can't be confined or restricted when looking. The crescent moon symbolizes distance, space, and the limitless places where girls can find themselves.
Q: Why do you think it's important to express yourself?
A: I think it's important to express yourself because everyone is an individual with the right to be different and be accepted for it. Society would be boring if everyone was the same, so be different and show it!
Q: When and where are you the happiest?
A: I'm the happiest when I'm seeing one of my favorite bands live with friends who also love that band (AKA Tame Impala with my best friend).
Q: What are you most afraid of?
A: I'm most afraid of the world still not being a peaceful place when I'm old.
Q: What words or phrases do you most overuse?
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The United States has lost its moral compass. America, in the not-too-distant past, possessed unequivocal and correct morals founded on the principles of appropriate conduct toward other Americans.
Right and wrong seem to have had definition changes as evidenced by Wall Street transgressions; entertainment industry lifestyles, using that word loosely; political scandals perpetuated by self-serving politicians; sports figures who conduct themselves more like hooligans than athletes; ministers who support their existence promoting racism; thieving doctors in the medical community; a legal system out of control; and a national media that has lost all sense of objectivity. This is only a partial list of individuals and organizations in the United States that have seemingly sold their soul to the devil.
I don't mean to broad brush the listed organizations, but there are certain segments and individuals that should be excised from the professions they represent. There are individuals on Wall Street, and I use this term to represent the business community, who destroy livelihoods of common Americans. With all their get-rich schemes, someone has to lose, and it is usually the man on the street, the most vulnerable of all investors.
I personally know individuals who thought they had money for retirement but watched it disappear because of the actions of men like Bernie Madoff, king of all Ponzi schemes. Madoff will be incarcerated for the rest of his life, but that doesn't do anything for investors who lost their life savings.
The entertainment industry, "Hollywood", does great harm to both children and adults, in other words, the entire spectrum of American life. Many of America's children consider Hollywood figures as role models, absolutely the worst example young people could choose.
The entertainment industry's lifestyle is so foreign to mainstream America one has to wonder why vile speaking drug abusers can have such a dramatic influence on both children and adults. Could it be that mainstream America, after broadside after broadside, has become de-sensitized to the sex, murder, and mayhem that are a continuing and expanding product of Hollywood?
One cannot keep up with sports figures unless you know their jail numbers. Professional basketball and football leagues seem to be internship training for murder and other grievous manifestations against people who support their exalted existence. Professional sports role models exist for America's young people but are few and far between. For every true role model, there are 20 hooligans.
So-called religious ministers in the United States continually inflame the American public about racism because racism is their "raison d'etre", reason to be. If these ministers couldn't keep the flames of racism fanned, their existence as religious leaders would be questionable. Much worse are the predatory priests of the Catholic Church. Predatory priests have committed the most egregious of crimes hiding behind the cloak of Christianity.
The medical profession through actions of many medical professionals has become one of the biggest drug pushers in America. Doctor after doctor has been charged with issuing prescriptions under very questionable circumstances. Some doctors treat patients for non-existent illnesses and perform unnecessary surgeries, both to generate tainted income.
The legal profession plays games with laws of the United States. Lawyers look for any loophole that will generate income for them individually or for their firm. Unprincipled lawyers have created a legal environment of questionable sustainability.
The United States is reaching overload on frivolous lawsuits that suffocate the court systems and cause important litigation delays. That may be good with the soft-headed judges now populating the judiciary system.
The media of the United States, both print and television, need to do a self-analysis of how news is being presented to the American public. Too much attention is paid to the personalities presenting the news, and not enough attention is paid to news content.
In the United Kingdom, where I lived for four years, the newscasters there were called news readers. The network basically read the news as it happened and left the interpretation of the news to the listener. That is the way it should be in the United States
Last but not least, the contemptible and miserable politicians who populate Congress and the American government couldn't find the word "morality" in the dictionary.
Loss of morality in the United States did not start in the Obama Administration, but it has accelerated under this do-nothing president. It is not what Obama has done. He doesn't know anything to do but jump on Air Force One and give an eloquent speech.
Only one speech I have ever heard changed a nation, and that was President John F. Kennedy's speech when he asked a nation not what your country could do for you, but what could you do for your country. President Kennedy's speech was a unifying call that was heeded by most Americans.
Conversely, President Obama has created a division among classes and races that can lead to the failure of this once-great nation.
John Adams warned the United States about Presidents like Obama. He said, "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide." The United States is presently on track to making John Adams a prophet. We are already through the "wastes phase" and are now becoming "exhausted." America began murdering itself long ago.
The murdering process started when people had to start locking their doors. It started when a young person could no longer go to a movie without being in danger, and police, our protectors, being treated by the judicial system as the enemy. The murdering process accelerated when President Barack Obama chose to pit white against black instead of acting as a unifying influence. It accelerated dramatically when he decided to separate Americans by class.
I don't care whether you are black or white, liberal or conservative, rich or poor. Please take an objective look at what President Obama has allowed to happen to our country. I say allowed because he has not been totally responsible.
Moral destruction acceleration is the product of a left-leaning bureaucracy put in place by the President and left-leaning members of the Democrat Party. The leftist bureaucracy drafts questionable and restrictive legislation for Congressional Democrat robots to pass.
I long for a time when a 10 year-old boy could walk the nation's streets without fear.
Do citizens of the United States have the ability or desire to recover moral values of past years? It had better!
After reading this above article, I would like to add that a nation that manipulates election results in foreign countries, and the one responsible for the coup in Ukraine has no moral standing to ask Russia to withdraw from Crimea. Russia and other countries will continue to brush aside the U.S. forever till the U.S recover their moral values. EU and Israel and other countries should learn from the U.S and change their wicked immoral ways or I fear the worst.
The same thing which happened to the Roman Empire seems to choke the U.S.


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July 23 (Bloomberg) -- House Republicans drafted another bill to speed work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline after previous efforts failed to overturn President Barack Obama's rejection of a permit for the project.
The legislation proposed by Representative Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican, would let the section of the proposed TransCanada Corp. pipeline across Montana and South Dakota advance without Obama's approval. Obama rejected the project in January, and urged the company to reapply while a revised route is studied to avoid an aquifer in Nebraska.
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The iPhone 5 Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi, Brian Klug & Vivek Gowri on October 16, 2012 11:33 AM EST
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There are a few things different with video capture on the iPhone 5 thanks to improvements to both the ISP inside Apple's A6 SoC, and also software UI changes. First off, because the iPhone 5 display is now 16:9, there's no cropped view by default or aspect-correct view with letterboxing for video capture. Instead the iPhone 5 video capture window takes an iPad-like approach with transparent UI elements for preview and shooting video.
What's new is the ability to take still images at 1920x1080 while recording video by tapping a still image capture button that appears while recording. This is a feature we've seen onboard a ton of other smartphones and works the same way here. Note that you can't magically get a wider field of view or the whole CMOS area while shooting video, it's essentially dumping one frame from video capture as a JPEG instead of into an H.264 container.
In addition the iPhone 5's tweaked Sony CMOS still uses a smaller center region for video capture. The difference in field of view is pretty big, but nothing that users haven't already dealt with in the past.
The iPhone 5 brings two main things to video capture. The first is improved electronic image stabilization tweaks and improvements to ISP. The difference is visible but not too dramatic unless you know what you're looking for. I would wager most users won't notice a huge step forward from the 4S but if you're using an iPhone 4 this will be a marked improvement.
The other improvement is video encoding. The iPhone 5 now shoots rear facing 1080p30 video at 17 Mbps H.264 high profile with CABAC. This is a huge step in encoding from the relatively absurd 22–24 Mbps baseline H.264 that the iPhone 4S would shoot at 1080p30. The result is vastly more quality per bit on the iPhone 5, for a big reduction in storage space per minute of video. I did some digging around and found that the A6 uses an Imagination Technologies PowerVR VXE380 for encoding and VXD390 for decoding, which is what I thought was in the previous SoC as well but perhaps wasn't clocked high enough for encode at high profile. This brings the iPhone 5's encoder on paper up to match what I see other smartphones running their 1080p video at as well (17 Mbps high profile).
On the front facing camera Apple is shooting 720p30 at 11 Mbps H.264 baseline, as opposed to the VGA at 3.5 Mbps that the 4S shot. Interestingly enough both front and rear shooting modes still are just mono audio, 64 kbps AAC. I would've liked to see stereo here since almost all the competition is shooting stereo, and it'd put those 3 microphones to use.
To get a feel for video quality, I stuck my iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 in my dual camera bracket with pistol grip and made a series of three videos. I then combined them and put them side by side for ease of comparison. I've uploaded the result to YouTube, but you can also grab the original videos (548 MB zip) if you'd like from the site directly without the transcode.
Overall the most dramatic improvement is the front facing camera, which is obviously night and day. Better image stabilization is noticeable while I'm walking around being intentionally shaky, but nothing hugely dramatic. The main rear facing video improvement seems to be an increase in sharpness (watch the power lines and wires in the native resolution version) and slightly wider field of view. That's to say nothing of the fact that this quality comes at a bitrate that's lower than the previous version but with better encode settings.
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doobydoo - Friday, October 19, 2012 - link'Right, so if you have good vision, like I do, then at a foot away, you can see those pixels.'
If you can see that then you would also be capable of observing that the SG3 doesn't have full pixels, it uses a PenTile display which overall has fewer sub pixels over a greater area than the iPhone 5 screen, making it both absolutely lower quality and relatively lower quality per area. Reply
KoolAidMan1 - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkYou can discern individual pixels on an iPhone 5 display?
Lies. Reply
dsumanik - Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - linkIm sure this guy said the same thing when the 4 came out...3.5 was "big enough"
Just watch when apple adds an even bigger screen he will be saying it is "perfect"
The problem with iSheeps is that they need to get out there and actually use a different phone from a different ecosystem for a month, then switch back.
Apple's devices are well built and tightly integrated, but there are serious shortcomings, drawbacks, and flaws that you will notice once you return to the platform.
That said,
Personally i purchase apple products due to the insanely high resale value, which allows me to keep up with new gear on a yearly basis for a reasonable price.
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khurtwilliams - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - link"iSheeps"? Must you resort to name calling to make your point? Reply
rarson - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - link"Personally i purchase apple products due to the insanely high resale value, which allows me to keep up with new gear on a yearly basis for a reasonable price."
I don't see it. Maybe if you buy the newest thing as soon as it comes out and sell your old last-gen device that most people are still happy with, then you're selling it for a decent amount, but you're still spending way more money than any reasonable person would. There's absolutely no monetary argument to buy Apple products, because if money is your concern, then you shouldn't be buying them in the first place.
Apple's phone prices are much closer in line with their hardware; for laptops and desktops, the resale value argument goes WAY out of whack. Reply
darwiniandude - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkI bought an early 2011 MBP last year for $2650 AUD. got a high res screen option etc. I heard rumours of the retina model and sold it just before the 12 months was up so the new purchaser still had a little warranty me could buy AppleCare if they wished. I sold it for $2300 AUD. This means I lost $350 over the year, it cost me $350 to have that machine for a year. I didn't buy AppleCare ($429 AUD) either.
The retina model came out, and retailed for $2499 AUD
I've been doing this since my first Mac, in 2006. I can't believe the crazy used prices on Macs especially if they are still current model and about a year old. I pay about $300-$400 a year to have the latest and greatest and a machine that is always in warranty. If I bought a cheap PC notebook for $400 I'd be suffering with an underpowered plastic machine with little ram, no SSD, and it might last more than a year but I wouldn't be happy with it anyway. Each to their own. I could never stay current with PCs because a year later the system was next to worthless, even if I'd put a $1000 video card in it at the time. (I now, reluctantly, game on consoles or a little in bootcamp) Reply
david22 - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - link"there are serious shortcomings, drawbacks, and flaws"
So what are they?
The problem with trolls is that they just spout bull. Reply
MobiusStrip - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkApple refuses to pull its head out of its ass or LEARN. One profound impediment to making iOS devices useful is Apple's ridiculous fear, which you can see in its crippled SDK. One example: the lack of developer access to the dock port.
But then there is just plain stupidity. There's no excuse for bullshit like this: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/will-apple-... Reply
darwiniandude - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkUm, when someone calls me and I miss the call, iPhone shows a missed call. Then my carrier (Telstra) sends me a text message "You have a missed call from 0412xxxxxx" then "Please call 101 you have 1 new voicemail(s)"
I get multiple alerts for both those SMS messages. Reply
rex251 - Sunday, October 21, 2012 - linkWhy going all the way in calling people that like apple products as sheeps?
I think you should accept the fact that some people like small phones, and maybe like small smartphones, which neither iphone5 or sgs3 are.
From my perspective iphone 4/4s screen was maximum I would go with something called phone into my pocket, but I do not, instead finding xperia mini great sized, although too thick.
My point, why would we have to considere as progress only bigger screen phones as such, we do have plenty of tablets to pick from for that usage? Reply


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