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HAVANA (AP) — Australian Chloe McCardel will battle exposure, swift sea currents, stinging jellyfish, sharp-toothed sharks and her own physical limits when she attempts a record swim from Cuba to Florida this week.
The 29-year-old, who is bidding to become the first person to make the 100-mile (161-kilometer) Straits of Florida crossing without the protection of a shark cage, said Monday that the challenge has great allure for top athletes.
"At the moment it's the most high-profile marathon long-distance swim, and swimmers really want to come here and be the first," McCardel said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It's very important; it's like winning a gold medal."
American Diana Nyad and Australian Penny Palfrey have attempted the crossing four times between them since 2011, but each time threw in the towel part way through due to injury, jellyfish stings or strong currents. Australian Susie Maroney did it in 1997, but with a shark cage.
Seated on a terrace at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, where she arrived late Sunday, a smiling McCardel said she hopes to help bring Cubans and Americans closer by symbolically bridging the gap.
"I would very much love to encourage people to come here as tourists and to engage more with Cuba … to promote travel and great relations with Cuba," she said. "From what I'm learning it's a very beautiful country, and I feel privileged to have been invited here."
Most U.S. travel to Cuba is barred under Washington's 51-year embargo against the island, although Americans are increasingly coming here on legal cultural exchanges and family visits.
The two nations have been at odds since shortly after the 1959 Cuban Revolution ushered in Fidel Castro's Communist-run government, leading to decades of mutual suspicion and bad relations between Washington and Havana.
A 32-person support team that includes weather experts and doctors will accompany McCardel on her ocean odyssey, which should last about 55-65 hours if she makes it all the way.
Every half-hour or so she plans to pause to eat and down a half-liter of energy drink to stay hydrated.
Meanwhile, special equipment will include an electromagnetic field in the water around her that is designed to keep sharks at bay.
McCardel, who lives in Melbourne, has been swimming since childhood and also competed in triathlons.
According to her website, she has made six solo crossings of the English Channel, two double-crossings in 2010 and 2012 and won the 28.5-mile (46-kilometer) Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2010.
She's been training for the Havana-Key West swim for the last six months, averaging about 37-56 miles (60-90 kilometers) a week.
McCardel said a key to fighting through long-distance swims is focusing on her stroke in an almost meditative way, and remembering those who have supported her back home and around the world.
"I need to think very positive, uplifting thoughts," she said. "I'm going to be imagining the finish, imagining how amazing and happy I'll be walking to shore, visualize the people being around … really being in the moment. So that's a positive thing that I use as a goal to work towards."
McCardel is also swimming to raise money to support cancer research, people who suffer from the disease and their families, and promoting the idea that an active, healthy life can help keep it at bay.
She's dedicating the swim in part to her mother, a breast cancer survivor.
"But also other people out there who have cancer," McCardel said, "or have relatives or friends going through that process, or who've passed away from that disease."


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26-year-old Jerrell Wade and 21-year-old Jonathan Wade face a grand jury indictment in Kankakee.
The two Kankakee cousins are accused of trying to kill a man during a mid-afternoon shooting on North Fifth Avenue in Kankakee last month. The two defendants pleaded not guilty Monday but face a minimum sentence of 31 years if convicted.Prosecutors say witnesses saw the two men shoot and hit the 25-year-old victim several times, leaving him for dead in a local parking lot. The victim was taken to an area hospital but survived the attack.
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A Central California wildlife and big cat conservation park reopened to the public Sunday morning after an intern was killed by an African lion last week.
MORE: Intern's Death Was Accidental, Family Says
The opening included a moment of silence in honor of Dianna Hanson, the 24-year-old who died Wednesday after the large cat escaped from its cage as she was cleaning a larger enclosure at the facility, called Cat Haven.
Hanson worked at the park, in Dunlap, for two months before she died in what family members said was her dream job.
Many visitors were waiting to enter the park at the reopening, a volunteer said.
In the deadly incident Wednesday, the 550-pound lion lifted the door of its cage with a paw before attacking Hanson, investigators said. Hanson died immediately of a broken neck, according to the autopsy report.
The lion, known as Cous Cous, had already been fed -- and the cage door unlatched -- when it escaped, Fresno County coroner David Hadden said.
Dale Anderson, the founder of Cat Haven, honored Hanson with a moment of silence at 3 p.m.
Hanson's family members were not present at the reopening because they live out of state, a park volunteer said.
After the attack, sheriff deputies shot Cous Cous after the animal refused to leave Hanson's body, according to reports.
Anderson said safety protocols were in place at the time of the attack.
Cat Haven is a 100-acre private zoo run by a nonprofit group that cares for exotic animals including lions, tigers, lynxes, and jaguars.


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Republicans talk about the campaigns -- 2012 and 2016.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 -- Hardly a month has passed since the end of presidential campaign 2012, but in a hotel ballroom here Tuesday night, campaign 2016 seemed almost in sight.
Two leading lights of the Republican Party -- Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman and former vice presidential nominee, and Marco Rubio, the Florida Senator who was a frequent presence on the campaign trail with Mitt Romney this year -- unveiled post-election messages, perhaps with an eye toward their future political ambitions.
Rubio, who was honored with a leadership award from the Jack Kemp Foundation, honed in on a message of strengthening the middle class through a limited government that promotes policies he said will spur job creation, enhance access to affordable healthcare, and expand educational opportunities to build a strong workforce.
"Government has a role to play. And we must make sure that it does its part. But it's a supporting role: to help create the conditions that enable prosperity in our private economy. That's a crucial role but a necessarily limited one. It can't substitute for what it is meant to enable -- a thriving free economy," Rubio said. "It is not the ever-expanding reach of government, but rather having access to the benefits of a thriving economy that allows the poor to rise into the middle class. Not by making rich people poorer, but by making poor people richer."
In his first major speech since the Nov. 6 election, Ryan appeared to distance himself from Romney's controversial remarks during the campaign about how "47 percent" of Americans are government-dependent and would never vote for a Republican, and his post-election assessment that President Obama managed to win by offering "gifts" to certain groups, particularly minorities.
"Both parties tend to divide Americans into 'our voters' and 'their voters,'" Ryan said. "Republicans must steer far clear of that trap."
He added that Kemp "hated the idea that any part of America could be written off."
Rubio, who notably did not mention Romney once in his speech, expressed a similar sentiment.
"Some say that our problem is that the American people have changed. That too many people want things from government," Rubio said. "But I am still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people just want what my parents had -- a chance. A real chance to earn a good living, and provide even better opportunities for their children.
Rubio recounted an encounter he had with three hotel workers who saw his speech at the Republican National Convention, during which he told the story of his father -- a Cuban immigrant who worked as a bartender to provide a better future for his family.
"They had seen my speech at the Republican Convention, where I told the story of my father the banquet bartender. And they had a gift for me. They presented me with this name tag, which says 'Rubio, Banquet Bartender,'" Rubio said while holding the name tag in his hand. "You know what this reminds me of? This reminds me that there are millions of Mario Rubio's all across America today. They aren't looking for a handout. They just want a job that provides for their families."
The two GOP heavyweights made only passing references to the fight brewing in the nation's Capitol over how to handle how the impending fiscal cliff. Rubio cited his opposition to Obama's desire to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, while Ryan stressed that a debt crisis is coming unless action is taken soon.
"Our complicated and uncertain tax code is also hindering the creation of middle class jobs. You can't open or grow a business if your taxes are too high or too uncertain. And that's why I personally oppose the president's plan to raise taxes," Rubio said. "This isn't about a pledge. It isn't about protecting millionaires and billionaires. For me, it's about the fact that the tax increases he wants would fail to make even a small dent in the debt but it would hurt middle class businesses and the people who work for them."
And Ryan issued the following warning: "Look at the road we're on -- with trillion-dollar deficits every year. Even worse is the prospect of a debt crisis, which will come unless we do something very soon. When government's finances collapse, it's the most vulnerable that are the first victims, as we're seeing right now in Europe."
At the dinner, sponsored by the Jack Kemp Foundation, an organization set up to honor Kemp, a former cabinet secretary, member of Congress from New York and the 1996 GOP vice presidential nominee, the two lawmakers were seated at separate tables in an opulent ballroom at Washington's Mayflower Hotel. Rubio was accompanied by his wife, Jeanette.
Ryan, who served as the keynote speaker at the dinner honoring Rubio, joked about a common link with Kemp, who he called his "mentor."
"We both used to be the next vice president of the United States," he said.
He used the speech to call on Republicans to "carry on and keep fighting for the American Idea" at a time when the party is in the midst of a period of serious self-examination.
"The election didn't go our way, and the Republican Party can't make excuses," Ryan said. "We can't spend the next four years on the sidelines. Instead, we must find new ways to apply our timeless principles to the challenges of the day."
But despite the loss by the GOP ticket this fall, Ryan still pronounced himself "proud of our party" and "proud of Mitt Romney."
"He's a good man who did our nation a great service by making a big election about big ideas and offering serious solutions to serious problems and we thank him for doing that," Ryan said.
Still, it was evident that the wounds of Romney and Ryan's failed White House bid were fresh.
"We gave this race our all, and I'm grateful for the nomination," Ryan said. "I got to say. It is thrilling when your team trusts you with the ball -- and it's humbling when you advance the ball as far as you can, only to come up a little short."
But the night was not without a few lighthearted references to the campaign -- and potential primary battle -- to come.
In his introduction of Rubio, Jack Kemp's son, James Kemp, described the Florida senator as "the perfect nominee," before quickly correcting himself --"awardee."
And in his remarks Ryan congratulated Rubio on receiving the same leadership award from the foundation the Wisconsin congressman won one year ago.
"As you may know, Marco is joining an elite group of past recipients for this award. Two of us so far," Ryan said. "I'll see you at the reunion dinner -- table for two. You know any good diners in New Hampshire or Iowa?"
Rubio joined in on fueling the 2016 fire, saying, "Paul, thank you for the invitation to lunch in Iowa and New Hampshire, but I will not stand by and watch the people of South Carolina ignored."


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This past weekend the crowds at New York Comic Con got their first look at the upcoming remake of Stephen King's Carrie, but now the first teaser trailer for the new horror film has made its way online courtesy of Yahoo!
Our own Kristy Puchko was in the Jacob Javits Center this past weekend when director Kimberley Peirce, Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore took to the stage to talk about their new film. You can read all about what she saw and heard by clicking on this link. Personally, I like the part where they are talking about all the blood used in the movie and how Moretz would just walk back to her hotel room covered in red goo. Probably a weird thing to see at the end of the day for both the guests and the management. It's also kind of amazing nobody snapped a photo of that (and if they have, why hasn't it been posted online?!).
Adapted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the new version stars Moretz as Carrie White, an introverted high school student who is not only bullied and tormented by her classmates, but emotionally and physically abused by her mother. After being pushed to the brink she finds that she develops telekinetic powers and uses them to take revenge against the people who have made her life miserable. The cast also includes Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde, and Ansel Elgort. Carrie will be in theaters on March 15, 2013. For more about the movie head over to our Blend Film Database.


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Here's the best news we've heard so far this baseball season: the second edition of "Eastbound & Down" is charting a course due south.
Kenny Powers, the washed-up relief pitcher with a David Wells-like physique and an out-sized personality to match, is heading to Mexico to pursue his quixotic comeback, Deadline Hollywood reports.
That's a bold and exciting direction for the wildly unpredictable HBO show, which hasn't generated the recognition it deserves – perhaps, in part, because it's not easy to categorize and because it focuses on a character not easy to like.
The first season, told in six chapters, traced Powers' return to his North Carolina hometown after too many years of fast living took too many miles per hour off his fastball.
He's relegated to living with his family-man brother and teaching gym at the local middle school, where he confronts childhood rivals, sycophants – and the love of his youth.
Star and co-creator Danny McBride played this larger-than-life character broadly at first. But the show, co-produced by Will Ferrell, evolved into a serio-comic look at a man all-but done in by his ego, appetites and insecurities.
Powers is reduced to listening to the foul-mouthed motivational book-on-tape he recorded in his glory days ("I'm the man who has the ball. I'm the man who can throw it faster than f---. So that is why I am better than everyone in the world. Kiss my a--…," is one typical excerpt). He ultimately ends up boozing and weeping, knowing he can no longer live up to his own words.
By the end of the series, he regains his fastball (taking out a rival's eye in the process) and wins the girl. But what he thinks is a guaranteed ticket back to the Major Leagues turns out to be a cruel joke and we last see him drive off – alone – to parts unknown.
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Only in "Hung," high school basketball coach Ray Drecker never made it out of his hometown. He's driven by divorce, fire and all-around economic hardship to exploit the, um, talent, that gives the show its name.
"Eastbound and Down" and "Hung" both tackle the uncertainty of life, broken dreams and making a comeback with middle age beckoning.
Credit HBO with sticking with two fine, if decidedly different shows, that deftly mix comedy and drama to explore the measure of a man in our times – whether it's a certain physical attribute or the ability to throw a 100 mph fastball.
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Back in 2007, I proposed that Social Security should become a full pension system. Interestingly, policies are now proposed to allow states to disregard their promised deferred compensation contracts because they are allegedly cost prohibitive. Here is a snippet from the linked Forbes article:
The pension plan is the direct result of deferred compensation- money that employees would have been paid as cash salary but choose, instead, to have placed in the state operated pension fund where the money can be professionally invested (at a lower cost of management) for the future.
Many of us are familiar with the concept of deferred compensation from reading about the latest multi-million dollar deal with some professional athlete. As a means of allowing their ball club to have enough money to operate, lowering their own tax obligations and for other benefits, ball players often defer payment of money they are to be paid to a later date. In the meantime, that money is invested for the ball player's benefit and then paid over at the time and in the manner agreed to in the contract between the parties.
Does anyone believe that, in the case of the ball player, the deferred money belongs to the club owner rather than the ball player? Is the owner simply providing this money to the athlete as some sort of gift? Of course not. The money is salary to be paid to the ball player, deferred for receipt at a later date.
A review of the state's collective bargaining agreements – many of which are available for review at the Wisconsin Office of State Employees web site - bears out that it is no different for state employees. The numbers are just lower.
As has been the case for some time, there are two rules in the United States when it comes to compensation: one rule for executives at the top of the income scale, and another for those who work for them.
Many years ago, it was common for workers to live in the same place their whole lives and they would also work for the same employer substantially that entire time. However, mobility is now a premium as workers now need to move -- across country, at times -- if they want to stay employed or advance in their careers. Our country's retirement system should reflect this reality. As such, Social Security best meets that goal. It is already set up as a portable -- albeit supplemental -- pension system, designed to prevent "destitute poverty" in old age. However, because Congress "borrowed" from the Social Security Trust Fund in the 1980s -- when it allegedly was "over-funded," the Trust Fund is now supposed to be "in crisis."
It is interesting that workers who borrow from their 401Ks are required to pay back what they borrowed with interest, but Congress is supposed to skate when it does the same thing with the Social Security Trust Fund? That borrowing "financed" tax cuts for the top tax brackets.
It is time that that "borrowed" money be paid back. People who paid into the system by working substantially all of their lives deserve to receive what they paid in. That is why Social Security is called an entitlement program; and the U.S. Government has a contractual obligation to make good on its promises. This is also true of the states. In all of this, actuarial calculations were made (admittedly, with unrealistic calculations in order to bring down required expected contributions) wherein workers changed their positions on their then present salary and wage increase demands. Now thirty years later, we have seen the result of these sacrifices by working men and women. Here is graph from Mother Jones magazine that creates a visual depiction of the changes:
The other reason why Social Security should be a national pension is that both private employers and states have shown that they cannot be trusted to contribute to their pensions like they are required to, and both have sought to shirk their obligations through bankruptcy protections. Furthermore, it is an outrage that corporate executives should be allowed to divvy up the company's contributions to those plans through what is known as a "bleedout."
As I said in the previous post, I am not opposed to the Trust Fund being allowed to invest in the stock market based on the worker's age, as long as the investment is made directly from the market and not through Wall Street. There are plenty of talented Wall Street traders who are hungry enough (especially now) who would be willing to accept a government salary for security. I realize there is a danger of a "revolving door" just like there is now with regulatory agencies such as the SEC. But with the right regulation, those problems could be minimized.
The time has come to create a guaranteed retirement system for all Americans that cannot be taken away at the whims of corporate executives or the pressure of political interest groups. And as Ronald Brownstein has opined: the problem isn't that public-sector workers have too much retirement security. It's that everyone else has too little.


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The topic of marijuana has been a hot for quite some time, as for years, states have allowed for medical use in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The federal legislation prohibits the use of marijuana for any purposes. Since 1996 however, a movement has started to grow across America. California would become the leader in a trend of allowing for medical uses, with Maine joining as the fourth state in 1999. Now in 2012, a new movement has taken off. On November 6th, Colorado and Washington fully legalized marijuana use, nullifying federal prohibition. Now Maine will consider becoming the third state to fully legalize in the upcoming legislative session.
Democratic State Representative Diane Russell is introducing legislation that would legalize marijuana. It would also impose a tax on it, as well as on products for recreational use. A recent Portland Press Herald article, "Maine lawmaker seeks to legalize marijuana", discusses the legislation and reaction from various individuals.
While there is no official response on record from the Republican Party, the House Democratic Office communications director seemed to imply that the party itself would not focus on Representative Russell's legislation, telling the Portland Press Herald "Democrats are going to be focused on legislation that helps rebuild Maine's economy and strengthens the middle class. That's where we want to focus our energy this session." Decriminalizing marijuana, freeing up resources spent by law enforcement on prohibition, and taxing usage would not help Maine's economy?
Robert Schwartz, executive director of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, believes chiefs would oppose the bill because it will get in the hands of children. Either law enforcement officials are not paying attention to society or do not believe in the work police do, because many young people already get their hands on it. It has been illegal for decades and teenagers still use it, and police have been unable to completely eliminate its usage. In fact, the prohibition endangers children because it creates a black market that often draws in young people and involves them in drug trafficking and gangs.
One point opponents of legalization always fail to acknowledge is that narcotics abuse is more dangerous to Mainers. Whereas marijuana does not claim lives, narcotics abuse does. The former is merely a plant, whereas the latter is a chemical substance. In fact, a 2011 Bangor Daily News article titled "Maine tops nation in prescription drug abuse", made note of a report from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which found that Maine tops the nation in narcotics abuse. Shouldn't Schwartz and police chiefs start supporting the prohibition of narcotics?
Decriminalization supporter Democratic State Representative Mark Dion weighed in, stating federal law must change before Representative Russell's bill can be considered. Representative Dion told the Portland Press Herald, "this issue is a classic example of a federal and state conflict that can only be resolved in Washington." If this is the case, then he must also oppose Maine's medical marijuana laws, which also are at conflict with federal law. Are we to tell sick patients that they cannot seek the treatment they wish for their condition? Are we to shut down the caregiver industry?
Nullification is, of course, the ideal answer to this situation. It's nothing new to Maine. When Maine legalized medical marijuana in 1999 and expanded the law over the years, it rejected federal law. It did the same when it defied the REAL ID Act in 2006, as well. Maine chapters of organizations like Campaign For Liberty, Republican Liberty Caucus, and Tenth Amendment Center have all supported past nullification efforts in the state.
So what is the answer to the legalization question and Representative Russell's proposed legislation? Yes. The federal prohibition laws are unjust and the states have a right to nullify, as they have to allow for medical usage in Maine and elsewhere. It will not endanger children to allow adults to use recreationally, when young people already obtain it in a thriving black market. What does endanger children, however, is the black market that draws them into the criminal world and introduces them to a dark social underworld. For the sake of children, eliminate the black market. Beyond this, the tax revenue will further help them by aiding higher education funding. It's time to overcome the political scare tactics surrounding marijuana and legalize it. Colorado and Washington have and the apocalypse has yet to arrive out west.


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Smith was the Chicago Bears' head coach for nine full seasons, compiling an 81-63 record in 144 games. He was also 3-3 in the playoffs.
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After a two-week trial in U.S. District Court ended on Monday, a federal jury found in favor of Seacrets in a case brought by a plaintiff known only as Jane Doe, who was brutally beaten and raped on a private condominium parking lot adjacent to the night club in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 24, 2008 after she was ejected from the premises for being intoxicated.
The plaintiff claimed Seacrets was negligent for ousting her from the nightclub without her purse, hotel room key and identification and without allowing her to find her friends before she was escorted out of the establishment. She also claimed the private parking lot where the crime occurred should have been monitored by Seacrets security after the establishment had closed for the night around 2:15 a.m.
Over the course of the two-week trial, the federal jury heard testimony from several witnesses, including the plaintiff's friends, Seacrets security personnel and OCPD officers on the scene. After carefully reviewing the evidence presented, the jury returned on Monday with a verdict in favor of the defendant. U.S. District Court Judge William Nickerson confirmed the jury's findings with a formal dismissal in favor in Seacrets.
"The judgment is hereby entered in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff and any and all prior rulings made by this court disposing of any claims against any parties are incorporated by reference herein and this order shall be deemed to be a final judgment," Nickerson's order reads.
Seacrets owner Leighton Moore this week declined to comment on the verdict, only to say he was relieved the trial was over and his establishment and his staff were vindicated.
Seacrets' attorney Laura Walters also declined to speak on the specifics of the verdict, but thanked the jury for their diligence in the case.
"It is the practice of this law firm not to discuss verdicts," she said. "The management and staff of Seacrets would like to thank the jury for its time and careful attention to this matter."
According to the facts presented at trial, the plaintiff and her friends went to Seacrets on Friday of Memorial Day weekend 2008. Around 1 a.m., while still with her friends, the plaintiff noticed she had missed calls from her boyfriend. She allegedly asked her friends to watch her purse while she went to find a quieter place to return the calls from her boyfriend. Her purse contained her money, identification and hotel room key.
After making the call, the plaintiff was intercepted by Seacrets security personnel and was told she was being ejected for being too intoxicated. The plaintiff allegedly told security her friends and her belongings were still inside, but security told her she was not allowed to go back in and attempt to locate them per bar policy and protocol. Instead, Seacrets security escorted her to a bench outside and continued to monitor her and even offered her a courtesy ride or a cab waiting nearby.
At some point, the plaintiff wandered away and walked back to her hotel about five blocks away hoping her friends would soon return. Around 2:15 a.m., when the large crowd was exiting the establishment, the plaintiff walked back to area of 49th Street but did not return to the establishment. Instead, she lingered in the area of a private condominium parking lot adjacent to the nightclub property, an area obscured from view by a large SUV and a boat on a trailer.
A short time later, she was approached by an unidentified man and was brutally beaten in a violent attack during which the assailant punched her several times in the face and body. The assailant then left the plaintiff in the parking lot before returning minutes later when no one came to the plaintiff's aid. The assailant then dragged the plaintiff behind a building out of sight of the bar security, police officers and numerous patrons exiting the area and brutally raped her.
Following the brutal attack, the suspect, later identified as Lorenzo Ivan Garcia-Moreno, 25, of Florida, fled the scene after private citizens attempted to detain him. Garcia-Moreno ran toward the beach, touching off a massive manhunt including helicopters and police dogs, but the suspect eluded capture and remained at large for nearly two years.
After continuously pursuing leads for almost two years to no avail, OCPD detectives got a break in the case in 2010 when the FBI Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) positively matched DNA collected from the Ocean City rape victim in 2008 to Garcia-Moreno, who had been convicted of burglary in Ft. Lauderdale. Last March, Garcia-Moreno pleaded guilty to first-degree rape and was sentenced to 30 years in jail.


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PARTY DOWN AND GRAVITY – 10:00PM & 10:30PM Friday (Starz), repeated Saturday 3:10PM and 10:50PM Tonight is the season premiere of "Party Down," which loses comic mastermind Jane Lynch to "Glee" and replaces her in spirit with Emmy hog Megan Mullally, whose last name serves as its own tongue twister. Here's a fun fact for you: "Party Down" star Adam Scott will be joining the cast of "Parks and Recreation" later this year. And Mullally was a guest star on that exact same show earlier this year. Coincidence? OR CONSPIRACY? Anyway, my boy Jack adores this show and says you should watch it and stuff.
"Gravity" is a new show that premieres tonight. It's about a support group for people who have attempted suicide. BUT IT'S A COMEDY! I did not see that twist coming. Ving Rhames is on it, so there's that. And Robert Klein makes a cameo. Make of that what you will. It's a new show on a cable channel that is apparently willing to take a few chances, so you may wanna check it out. ANTICIPATION: LAUGHZ
SNL – 11:30PM Saturday (NBC) Your host is Gabourey Sidibe and your musical guest is MGMT. It should be just as funny as "Precious," a film I watched on mute with the Benny Hill soundtrack playing in the background. Changes the whole tone of the flick. ANTICIPATION: OPRAH SKETCH AHOY
WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE LOIS WILSON STORY – 9:00PM Sunday (CBS) It's a good old-fashioned TV move tearjerker about the woman who founded Al-Anon, the support group for families of alcoholics. Winona Ryder plays the title role. Let us hope she didn't steal any whisky from the craft services van during production. Because that would undercut the whole message. ANTICIPATION: GLUG GLUG GLUG
CHALLENGE – 8:00PM Sunday (Food Network) Tonight's challenge: Bake a high school reunion cake. High school reunions have cakes? Are they filled with gin and birth control? ANTICIPATION: AWKWARD
CUT IT IN HALF – 9:00PM Sunday (NatGeo – an NBC/Universal network) Tonight, they cut an entire 727 in half, to see what's inside. Join them next week, when they do the same thing to a cat. Really looking forward to that one. ANTICIPATION: HALF EXCITED


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Cardiac catheterization is also called heart cath or cardiac cath. The procedure involves inserting a long, thin, flexible tube (catheter) into the heart. The catheter enters the body through a blood vessel, usually in the leg or arm. A doctor guides the catheter through the blood vessel toward the heart. Cardiac cath uses special x-ray equipment so your doctor can look at the whole procedure. When the catheter is inside the heart, the doctor uses it to inject dye into the blood vessels and chambers of the heart. The dye allows the x-rays to show the pumping action of the heart and how the heart valves work. It also shows how blood flows through the vessels that bring blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. These blood vessels are called coronary arteries. Your cardiologist uses this information to choose the best treatment for you.
Sometimes your doctor decides to perform a cardiac cath when you are already hospitalized. But in other cases, you may go to the hospital specifically for the procedure. There are a number of things you can do to prepare for a cardiac cath.
The doctor performing the procedure will talk to you about the cath. You will be asked to sign a consent form. Tell the doctor if you have any allergies. This is especially important if you are allergic to medicines, x-ray dyes, shellfish, or iodine.
A staff member will clean and shave the area where the catheter will be inserted. This makes it easier for the cardiologist to place the catheter into your blood vessel. It also reduces the risk of infection. The usual catheter insertion site is the groin. But sometimes the arm is used.
An IV (intravenous) line will be placed into a blood vessel in your arm. This allows the cardiac cath staff to inject medicine directly into the blood vessel. If needed, a sedative may be given to help you relax.
A cardiac cath is done in a specially equipped x-ray room called a cardiac catheterization laboratory or cath lab. Once you are in the cath lab, staff will transfer you to a special x-ray table and drape you with sterile sheets.
The cath lab has a large x-ray camera above the table and a few television screens that show the x-ray pictures. The lab also has heart monitors and other special equipment. You may notice a cooler temperature in the cath lab. The room is kept cool because x-ray machines need lower temperatures.
The cath lab team usually includes a cardiologist, an assistant, a nurse, and one or two technicians. Cardiac cath is not surgery. Even so, the doctors and nurses will wear gloves, gowns, and masks to prevent infection. You will need to keep your legs and arms as still as possible during the cardiac cath procedure. So it is important that you are comfortable. Be sure to let the cath lab team know if you have any concerns.
Several small sticky patches called electrodes will be placed on your chest, arms, and legs. These electrodes will be connected to a heart monitor. The heart monitor tracks your heart rhythm during the cardiac cath. You may hear the beeping sound of the monitor as it records your heartbeat.
A staff member will carefully clean the area where the catheter will be inserted. Then a tiny needle will be used to inject local anesthetic into the skin. This numbs the area where the catheter will be inserted. The injection may cause a mild stinging sensation. But it will also reduce any discomfort at the catheter insertion site.
Once the insertion site is numb, a small tube called a sheath will be inserted into the blood vessel. The cardiologist puts the catheter into the sheath and then carefully guides it toward the heart. The x-ray camera takes pictures the whole time and the doctor can see these pictures on the television screens.
Once the catheter is in place inside the heart, the cardiologist can check on cardiac function in several ways.
X-ray pictures show how the blood flows through the coronary arteries. If there are any blockages, the cardiologist can pinpoint them and see the effect on blood flow.
The procedure also produces x-rays of the heart's main pumping chamber (the left ventricle). To get these pictures, the doctor places a special catheter in the left ventricle. An x-ray dye is injected through this catheter. The x-ray pictures that are taken show the left ventricle during its pumping action. It also shows how well the heart valves are working.
You may be mildly sedated during the procedure, but you will be awake. Cardiac cath usually is not painful. However, you will experience some unusual feelings or sensations.
You will feel a stinging or burning sensation when the catheter insertion site (usually the groin area) is anesthetized. You may feel some pressure in the area where the sheath is placed. But you will not feel the catheters moving through the blood vessels and into your heart.
When the x-ray dye is injected into the coronary arteries, you may feel some tingling or discomfort. This sensation goes away in seconds. When the dye is injected into the left ventricle, you may feel a warm sensation all over your body ("hot flash") that lasts from 10 to 20 seconds.
If you experience anything unusual during the test, tell the doctor or nurse so they can make you more comfortable. These symptoms include:
A complete cardiac cath usually lasts about 1 hour. It may be uncomfortable for you to lie still on the x-ray table for this period of time. The staff will do their best to help you stay comfortable throughout the cardiac cath.
Whether you are having this procedure while you are a patient in the hospital or having it done as an outpatient, the care following a cardiac cath is the same.
Once the procedure is completed, the catheters are removed while you are still in the cath lab. In some cases, the doctor removes the catheters once you return to your hospital room.
Firm pressure is applied over the catheter insertion site for 10 to 20 minutes. This is to keep the area from bleeding.
You will be taken back to your room or to the recovery area. You must lie flat in bed for a period of time, usually 4 to 6 hours. This allows the hole in the blood vessel to heal. There will be no stitches at the site where the catheter was inserted. To prevent bleeding at the insertion site, a sandbag or a special pressure dressing will be temporarily placed over the area where the catheter was inserted. During this period of bed rest, do not bend the arm or leg where the catheters were inserted.
If your leg gets stiff, you may move your foot or wiggle your toes. You may bend your other leg at the knee to ease the stress on your back.
If you have to cough, laugh, sneeze, or strain when lifting your head off your pillow, place your hand over the insertion site and apply pressure. This will help to keep the area from bleeding.
Your nurse will assist you in using a bedpan or urinal during this time of bed rest.
The nurse will check your pulse and blood pressure frequently. He or she also will keep checking the site where the catheters were inserted. If you feel sudden pain at the insertion site, or if you notice a warm, sticky, and wet sensation, tell the nurse immediately.
You will be able to eat shortly after returning to your room. You might be given fluid through an IV. Or your nurse will ask you to drink plenty of liquids. This flushes the x-ray dye out of the body through your urine.
The doctor who performed the cardiac cath may be able to tell you some of the results shortly after the procedure.
If you are not kept in the hospital overnight, reduce your activity during the first 24 hours after the cardiac cath. Once you return home, you can move about. But do not strain or lift heavy objects for a few days.
If you notice new blood on the dressing that covers the catheter insertion site, place your fingers over the area and press firmly. If bleeding continues, call your doctor or go to the nearest hospital emergency department. You must continue to apply pressure to keep the bleeding under control.
Leave the dressing over the insertion site in place until the day after the procedure. You will be given instructions about how to take the dressing off. You will be told when it's safe to take a shower.
You may notice a bruise or swelling under the skin at the insertion site. This is common after cardiac cath. The bruising or swelling generally disappears in 3 to 4 weeks. But if the insertion site becomes painful or warm to the touch, call your doctor.
Your doctor will give you instructions about when you can return to your normal activities. He or she also will tell you if you need to limit or change any activities.
You may need special medicines after the procedure. Sometimes, the drugs you were taking before the heart cath may need to be adjusted. Your doctor will talk with you about this. Be sure to follow his or her instructions.


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"Goonies" fans may have reason to hope for a "Goonies" sequel.
Original cast member Corey Feldman, hinted that those originally involved in the 1985 movie--including writerStephen Spielberg, director Richard Donner and actor Sean Astin--are interested in making another "Goonies" film
"I would do it if [the studio] was serious, but unfortunately they can't seem to get it together," Feldman told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.
"The No. 1 question that's always been asked of me for the last 20 years is, 'Will there be a sequel to "Goonies"?,' and unfortunately my answer is always the same. It's not up to me, you know, it's the studio."
Feldman, who played Mouth, also said that he would not want to be part of a remake of the film. He did talk about the movie turning into a theatrical work.
"They are talking about doing a Broadway musical and I know Richard Donner is really behind that," he said. "He's a dear friend of mine and we talk about it quite often and he said that they finally got a great script in which he's very excited about." Feldman added that he would be receptive to being involved with that version, although he admitted he would be too old to play young Mouth.
In addition to Feldman and Astin, "The Goonies" also starred Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan and Jeff Cohen, who played the memorable role of Chunk.
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International IT security managers' organisation ISACA has released a new business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT.
ISACA said COBIT 5, which is free to download, "promotes seamless continuity between an enterprise's IT department and its overall business goals".
It said COBIT 5 provides "globally accepted principles, practices, analytical tools and models designed to help business and IT leaders maximise value from IT assets".
Derek Oliver, co-chair of the COBIT 5 Task Force, said: "Information is the currency of the 21st century and COBIT helps enterprises effectively govern and manage this critical asset."
COBIT 5 can be tailored to meet an enterprise's specific business model, technology environment, industry, location and corporate culture. Its open design means it can be applied to meet needs related to information security, risk management, governance and management of enterprise IT, assurance activities, legislative and regulatory compliance, and financial processing reporting.
The new version of COBIT is also designed to integrate other standards, including TOGAF, PMBOK, Prince2, COSO, ITIL, PCI DSS, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Basel III.
ISACA recently announced the six key considerations it feels are necessary when rolling out enterprise cloud computing strategies.
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As the fans of the Eagles, all thought the Eagles probably should have won both games. However, last Monday the Eagles faced the Packers, who had lost four games in a row. On Sunday the Eagles played the Bengals, who had only won three games all year. The Bengals had one of the worst run defenses in the entire NFL. The Eagles ran for just 53 yards and lost 32-14.?The Eagles were the team with the better shot at the playoffs, but they didn't play like that.Lawlor expressed that the Eagles have had a bad habit in recent games of letting things snowball. No team ever plays a perfect game. Good teams move on to the next play and limit the effect of the mistake but the Eagles didn't. The Eagles have now lost three in a row and find themselves at 5-7 for the year. They need to win out to have any hope of making the playoffs. For now, just getting a win would be huge.


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In one of those Internet things that exists solely to delight us, science fiction author Neal Stephenson starts slicing up fruit (and other things) with swords, shot at about 2,300 frames per second. Come for the cantaloupe, stay for the amazing shot of Stephenson demolishing a plastic water bottle with his longsword.
Okay, so this video does come with an ulterior motive: to market ChefSteps' sous-vide course, and remind us all of the importance of an appropriately sharp knife.
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In Love With A Soldier (But Not The War)
In Love With A Soldier (But Not The War)
by Carla M. Bisagni
Theres something about a military man
That makes women stop in their tracks and stare.
The mystery, the intrigue, the upright bearing
Makes one wonder whats hiding under there.
Hes the one who looks right at you when he talks,
And knows just how to please you.
If somethings wrong, he makes it right
In order to appease you.
He stands up for whatever he believes in, no matter what
And stays beside you through times of strife.
It takes a very special person
To live and love the military life.
I myself fell in love with a soldier,
But he is all that and so much more.
He has seen many countries and cities,
And even fought overseas in war.
I miss his smiling face and blue eyes when hes gone,
And he holds me tightly in his arms when hes here.
We hold hands, laugh, smile, and always have fun,
To his heart he holds me dear.
Why do I love him, many ask,
Knowing he could be called to deploy.
My answer is that our time together is precious,
And it fills my heart and mind with joy.
It doesnt matter that hes married to the Army,
For in my eyes he is so much more.
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AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaarPosted: November 26, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AAR, AAR 2012, conferences, NY Times, Religion, theory 5 Comments »
The American Academy of Religion's annual shindig is over and with Thanksgiving in the rear view mirror and a fridge full of leftovers it's back to work. I won't do a full recap, but I will say that my favorite two panels were both "author meets critics" style. One on Tracy Fessenden's Culture and Redemption and another on John Lardas Modern's Secularism in Antebellum America. I got nonspecific Protestantism on the brain; or as someone on the Fessenden panel described it, "nefarious Protestant hegemony."
Over at Religion in American History, Karen Johnson posts about the feast of great panels at this year's meeting. Meanwhile, Matt Sheedy thinks through the experience of conferencing.
And if you haven't seen Mark Oppenheimer's NY Times article on the AAR's decision to shun the Hyatt over it's labor dispute with hotel staff be sure to check it out. It's been blowing up my Facebooks over the weekend. Apparently it blew up Craig Martin's too, as he posted a response to the story that argued the newspaper article misrepresented and exoticized the AAR.
I tweeted Oppenheimer a link to the Martin post and he responded:
@MichaelJAltman Thrilled religion writing blows up anyone's FB. Some of critique sound, but dsnt quite get what can be done in 1000 words.—
Mark Oppenheimer (@markopp1) November 26, 2012
@MichaelJAltman Should also say that if I'm exoticizing anyone, it's myself too, with my PhD in religious studies. These are my people.—
Mark Oppenheimer (@markopp1) November 26, 2012
That seems fair enough.
Speaking of Twitter, I think it's time for the AAR to step up its game when it comes to organizing the use of social media at the annual meeting. The tweets were all over the place, under different hashtags, and with no idea which panel they were reacting too. The #sblaar hasghtag was a mess. And this was with only a relatively small number of attendees tweeting. Without going back and sifting through the tweets (and was anyone even archiving them?), all I remember seeing were tweets from religious studies folks I already knew about panels I was already in (mostly related to secularism, American religion, or pop culture) or biblical studies types. (BTW, those NT and OT folks are much harsher on each other via tweet than us Americanists. We're downright cuddly.)
The AAR needs to include a "Social Media" info box in all of the pre-conference and conference books they send out that lays out the hashtag (that includes the date, e.g. #aar13) and recommends how to identify the panel (e.g. #A14507). And someone needs to archive these. Ever the social scientist who knows how to code his data, Jonathan VanAntwerpen offered great examples of how AAR tweets should look next year:
NOW: @JohnModern responds to readers of Secularism in Antebellum America (@UChicagoPress) #sblaar #A19119—
J. VanAntwerpen (@jonathandirk) November 19, 2012
Reflecting on the conference as a whole, though, I think the use of Twitter, split mostly between Americanists and SBL-ers, and Martin's critique of the Oppenheimer piece are examples of a larger theme I noticed throughout the weekend. The AAR is a fractured society. We have folks arguing for a liberal political theology while other folks analyze Protestant hegemony in American culture. Even on the same panels I continually see a divide between papers that are rigorously critical and those that are, to borrow a phrase from a colleague, "woo woo."
Often in introduction to religious studies courses the instructor will trot out the well worn story of the blind men touching the elephant. We all describe different parts of this big religion elephant. The story can be an apology for a big tent approach to theory and method or a lesson in perennialism. But that story doesn't really capture the state of the field and the AAR right now. We are not all blind men feeling the religion elephant. There are some of those blind men out there, grasping after this thing called religion as if it was the elephant in the room and finding different aspects of this giant unknowable beast. But there are also others standing in a corner yelling "There is no damn elephant!" And then there still others who can see the elephant and are standing over it with knives in hand ready to butcher the pachyderm, hoping to dissect and parse its organs in order to discover how it ever came be in the first place.
The challenge for the AAR in the next 10 years is to find places for all three of these folks and maintain some sort of institutional identity that can hold them. Can it provide a space for the blind men to debate the nature of the elephant? Can it offer a podium and megaphone for those who want to deny the elephant of religion and claim the animals of ideology or culture as their species of study? Can it sharpen the tools and provide the laboratory for the dissection-after all an elephant requires a lot of space? We shall see. But in the next year, let's just get a better hashtag.


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Moderator: The00Dustin
The00Dustin wrote:Or, when you're tense and not specifically trying to fix the issue, your thumb curls and then number 2 could cause the problem.
However, number 3 seems possible as well since it would make sense to detect which hand at the first touch of each gesture (when there is not currently anything else touching). I reviewed the thread and have a few more thoughts...
First, I don't believe you ever indicated which hand you are using or where the pad is located in relation to that hand in this thread.
Second, when we discussed how four finger scrolling couldn't cause it, we didn't confirm what your four finger gesture for the opposite hand was set to (if they were both scroll, it could switch and may still scroll).
Third, I asked about your pinky, but technically, some people have a ring finger longer than their middle finger, and if it's even close, then my first suggestion (very early in this thread) about rotating the pad a bit might help. However, rotating the pad a bit might cause other gestures to cause the problem if it is actually related to your hand geometry.
Fourthly, I've seen a left click on a normal mouse act as a right-click, and this brings up a whole new problem I never even considered if you are using Windows. That is what I will now dub the "Sticky Keys Experience." I have experienced, ever since Windows XP, the occasional "sticking" of function keys (SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, WIN) even though the sticky keys accessibility option is disabled (or accessibility options are even uninstalled, using third party software to gut them out). I have learned to press each of the aforementioned keys on each side of the keyboard once anytime my system starts reacting erratically to mouse or keyboard inputs, and more often than not, it solves the problem. This has happened to me since WinXP on bare hardware, and seemed to happen more often when I had the TSLP. However, it also seems to happen more often with RDP sessions. I migrated our systems to RDP VDI at work, and now it happens to many of my users there. Changing keyboards doesn't help, although I have seen changing computers make it worse (at least one user swears it never happened to them until we changed computers more than a year after switching to RDP VDI).
Sadly, I suspect it would have eventually been possible to disable a hand or at least the auto hand switching feature if FingerWorks had continued on instead of being bought out, then you would be able to rule my fourth thought out by preventing the pad from causing the problem you think you're seeing.
The00Dustin wrote:The assumption is that "it takes me not only two seconds (as usual), but instead like half a minute to bring it back to right-hand mode" means that there is some sort of touch and hold function that should take 2 seconds that isn't working. In that scenario, it sounds like the problem could be hardware. In any other scenario, you may be correct on the stress.
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Joanna Hayes limped off the track four years ago at the Olympic trials fully intending on never hurdling at this level again.
The 2004 Olympic gold medalist tore a tendon in her knee at the trials and didn't want to go through months of rehab, let alone the grind of another season. So she called her coach, Bobby Kersee, and said she was stepping away for good.
Kersee patiently listened and told her that he would still be around when — not if — she returned.
Sounded crazy at the time. Not so crazy now.
At 35 and now the mother of a young daughter, Hayes is making her return. She's run precisely four races since the 2008 trials — all this season — and yet still believes she can earn one of the three spots on the squad for the London Games.
Hey, it's the hurdles, she insisted, and anything can happen.
"If you can make it into the final, you have a shot, no matter who the favorite is," said Hayes, whose daughter, Zoe, was born on Dec. 11, 2010. "Because you can be the favorite, but if you hit a hurdle, guess what, you're not the favorite anymore."
Hayes only began training again in November, when she placed that call to Kersee and asked to come back to the track.
"He's just like, 'See you at practice then,'" Hayes said. "He knew it was coming. When I retired he was like, 'I'm looking at you like an old boxer. You say you don't want to do this, but you'll be back.' He doesn't care that I'm old."
Her competition in practice, though, keeps her young. She trains in the Los Angeles area with a group that includes defending Olympic champion Dawn Harper and two-time national champion Virginia Crawford.
"Here's the deal: Ginnie is going to beat me out of the blocks. If I hang on to Ginnie, I'll be in front of all of them," Hayes said. "That's my plan."
It's been a struggle for Hayes in her return as she balances motherhood with working odd jobs and still trying to squeeze in workouts. Long gone are any endorsement deals that used to help.
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Joanna Hayes limped off the track four years ago and nearly retired.
Joanna Hayes limped off the track four years ago at the Olympic trials fully intending on never hurdling at this level again.


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TAMPA — Seems USF first-year coach Willie Taggart needs yet another stopover at the auto-parts place, this time for shock absorbers.
The old ones were worn to the nub by his constituents' surreal, spontaneous hopping — and hopping and hopping — back aboard his bus Saturday night.
In a victory as excruciating as it was exhilarating, the Bulls (1-4, 1-0) leaned on stout defense, special teams and substitutes — prominent ones — for a 26-20 victory against Cincinnati in the teams' American Athletic Conference debut.
"It feels like we won the Super Bowl," senior linebacker DeDe Lattimore said.
Taggart was moved to even break into music afterward.
"You probably haven't heard this song before: 'It's been a loo-oong tiii-iime coming,' " Taggart serenaded as reporters chuckled, " 'but I knowwwww, change willlll come.' Sure enough it came."
The triumph snapped a seven-game losing streak dating to Nov. 17, 2012, and marked the Bulls' first victory in a conference opener since 2009 (34-20 against Syracuse).
The win was the first in more than 11 months; it last won against UConn, 13-6 on Nov. 3.
And ponder this while posturing for an aisle seat: This morning, the Bulls are tied for first in the American, and find themselves five wins from bowl eligibility.
"It's been a long time," said onetime starting quarterback Bobby Eveld, pressed back into action Saturday. "That locker room's going crazy."
But for this win's magnitude, the wince was just as profound.
Starting quarterback Steven Bench and top rusher Marcus Shaw exited in the first half with right-leg injuries, the respective severities of which weren't immediately known by Taggart.
But on a warm night, before an announced crowd of 31,077 (15,919 actually, per the Tampa Sports Authority) practically every other Bull — or so it seemed — lent a hand in keeping the figurative wheels aligned.
Mojo first surfaced in the form of ex-Blake High star Mike McFarland's outstretched paw, which deflected a Tony Miliano field goal enough for Freedom alumnus Nate Godwin to scoop it up and race for a 75-yard first-quarter TD.
When the special teams weren't magical, they were money. Placekicker Marvin Kloss booted four field goals, including a career-best 52-yarder.
Defensively, senior Julius Forte forced Jefferson High alumnus Chris Moore into a red-zone fumble, which DeDe Lattimore scooped up and returned 10 yards for another TD and 20-6 first-half lead.
Senior safety Mark Joyce, meantime, had the team's first two-interception game in four years. Deonte Welch recovered Cincinnati's onside kick in the last-gasp moments. The oft-maligned defensive line teamed for 6.5 tackles for loss.
But what really sent the student section streaming toward ecstasy instead of exits was a fourth-and-inches stop by the defense at its 10-yard line.
With the Bulls ahead by 13 with 6:45 to go, Lattimore and Armwood alum Ryne Giddins — who buried his mother, Sabrina, on Friday — stuffed Tion Green for a short loss on an apparent off-tackle run. Sabrina Giddins had been battling uterine cancer.
"For him to go through what he's been going through and the energy he had in practice, you couldn't even tell he was going through that," Taggart said. "I was so impressed with him."
Amid the kicks and clutch stops, Eveld and junior Michael Pierre mostly shined in relief of Bench and Shaw, respectively.
Eveld, who relinquished the starting job to Bench prior to the Miami game, completed 10 of 16 passes, three of them to McFarland, for 122 yards, with some timely scrambles intermingled. Pierre had 61 yards on his 16 carries.
Just as significantly, they oversaw an offense that didn't surrender a TD for the first time all season. On the night USF lost just one turnover, a fumble in the first quarter.
"Obviously our defense helped us out a ton, along with our special teams with the blocked field goal return, but it does show we can do it," Eveld said. "It doesn't matter who's in there. Our offense can roll and we can score."
Just how far it can roll on this conference thoroughfare remains to be seen.
For now, just absorb this shock.
"Everybody's been down and out around here and the bus had the hazard lights on," Taggart said. "Now the bus is moving a little bit now. That's great to see."
Joey Knight can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (813) 226-3350. Follow him on Twitter at @ TBTimes_Bulls.


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