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The locals, who have paid about ten times less to FIFA for their tickets, are most excited about it all. Bafana Bafana has just thumped the might of Thailand and Guatemala in warm-up games, so they are now expecting to win the whole thing.
Drove out of JoBurg five hours to the Drakensberg mountains region by Blyde River Canyon, supposedly the world's third deepest after the Grand and one in Namibia I forget. There are great panoramas with names like Wonderview and God's Window.
We went into Kruger for a day and after five days without seeing a cheetah on safari in Kenya's Masai Mara, one walked right in front of the car in the first hour. Ate in the world's worst cafeteria but it was surrounded by giraffes, which made up for the food.
The currency has been a total pain. I came loaded down with 200 rand notes to avoid using cashpoints - only to find they were being taken out of circulation because of counterfeits. The highest valid currency in a country which is by no means cheap is now 100 rand -a tenner. After changing all my money to avoid a trip to the Federal Reserve Bank in Pretoria, I had so many notes that in all the confusion I initially walked out of the bank a thousand pounds light after their machines/staff ballsed up. You don't really want to be counting large wadges of banknotes in public there.
Now in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Strangely, with Ruth as a travelling companion I seem to be on a 'boutique' backpacking trip. Out go dingy dorms in hostels; in come self-billed hip and chic boutique hotels. Our latest is an Arabian-themed villa. Maputo is green and pleasant with a surprising number of nice-looking bars and restaurants for an African city.
We're heading up the coast next for Indian Ocean beaches before the orgy of football kicks off. I'm hoping to make the South Africa-Mexico opener at Soccer City, Soweto before England-USA in Rustenberg the next day. I have eight nights in JoBurg with most of the big teams playing at one of the two JoBurg venues in the first week. Particularly looking forward to supporting North Korea from their end against Brazil. Speaking of which, among roads named after Communist leaders here in Maputo, I am now in Kim Jong Il Street. Then I fly with the brilliantly-named Mango airline to Cape Town for England's second game and am out here until at least the quarter-finals, longer if Capello-inspired miracles occur.
Feel it. It is here,
Total and utter shambles. No, not England's opening performance but the tournament planning and complete lack of any integrated public transport system. I spent 18 hours in travel time on official matchday transport for just two games - one 20km away in the suburb of Soweto and the other 120km away in Rustenburg. That is the equivalent of flying back to London and then halfway out to JoBurg again.
Matchday 1: South Africa-Mexico.
I set off from Sandton, an affluent suburb of JoBurg at 10am. There were no signs for Soccer City or any stewards/info/anything else World Cup-related despite it being the terminus for anyone arriving in JoBurg from the airport. I eventually found a shuttle bus supposed to take 30mins to the official stadium park and ride bus/Metrorail train. The freeway was totally gridlocked and we spent three hours on it. The Metrorail train did not move for an hour and then stopped for another 30 mins just outside Soccer City. Arrived at 3pm - five hours after setting off, missing the entire opening ceremony along with tens of thousands of others.The opening game had an attendance of only 85,000 when capacity was 97,000.
On the plus side, I got a face value ticket off a Mexican and there was a great party atmosphere with vuvuzela hooting and waving for 20 minutes until Mexico equalised.
On the way back, I tried the park and ride bus, which dropped me off in the city centre at night. All the South Africans got into their cars in the underground car park. I would have been left without buses, taxis or street lighting but begged a lift half an hour to Sandton with a local.
Matchday 2: England-USA
After the previous day's fiasco, I swerved my pre-booked matchday bus transfer from JoBurg to Rustenberg 120km away. It turned out that the bus took four and a half hours arriving only five minutes before kick-off after a passenger mutiny because the driver got hopelessly lost. I got a lift to the Fanfest with a Brit and then hitched a lift to the stadium with the police because I couldn't find the park-and-ride.
The tournament organisers achieved the near-impossible by failing sell out a 42,000 capacity England -USA match that could probably have sold out tenfold alone in the UK had they allocated more than 4,000 tickets to England fans officially. Around 30,000 of the 38,000 there were England fans and South African-based Brits and we looked on course for a comfortable, controlled win until our circus clown goalkeeper committed the howler of the tournament so far. I would have watched the replays on the giant screen except that it was blank all game.
Afterwards 38,000 fans looked at their park-and-ride tickets and realised they had one of five named park-and-rides but no directions or maps on their tickets or outside the stadium along with police, security and stewards who could not help. It meant I could not find my way back to the Brit's car despite an hour's walk around the entire stadium. At midnight, I found the bus I had pre-booked for JoBurg that was still missing half its passengers, who were wandering around lost too. We eventually set off on the single road out of Rustenburg while thousands of park-and-riders were queued up with some even having barbecues in the early hours with no exit in sight. We got back to Sandton at 3.30am and were dropped off, again with no linking buses, taxis or anything else. I had to get some South African girls to give me the numbers of reliable taxi drivers they use when out clubbing and got back to my digs at 4.30am.
Added to the above, not a single taxi driver in JoBurg has thus far found his way to my shambolic accommodation directly at night and they are all charging fourfold normal fares, as are all the hotels and guesthouses. My backpacker place has power cuts every ten minutes, haphazard water, is freezing cold at night and the internet is now working for the first time in a week. The chancer owners left me stranded for three hours outside a Gautrain station without public transport on the edge of Alexandra, South Africa's biggest township, when I first arrived. The much-vaunted new Gautrain was supposed to link JoBurg and Pretoria but only four of its many stations opened the week of the tournament and the train doors and lighting still fail on every trip.
So far, my World Cup experience is a case study in logistical nightmares and sleep deprivation. I've missed all the other games while travelling.
Other venues - Ellis Park, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban - are supposedly better as the stadia are nearer town avoiding the obligatory park-and-ride meltdowns.
The FIFA ticket centres have no screens saying which matches are still available and so you can queue for ages to be told within seconds you have wasted your time - and then find out there are tickets for the biggest games the next day, an unprecedented scenario.
Mozambique was equally haphazard overlanding but they hadn't submitted a FIFA transport blueprint and it was nearly 30C there with beautiful beaches.
JoBurg is a pretty hideous sprawl with many suburbs effectively off limits, very little street life and a maze of indoor malls.
This tournament is making the African Cup of Nations in Ghana look like a success of military precision - and that's saying something.
Hoping things will improve organisationally as they surely can't get any worse. England need to get their act together fast too as the Germans looked ominously good tonight if we balls up and have to play them next round.
Thanks to all that have voiced concern as to my whereabouts/well-being. The above will hopefully, at least, reduce jealousy levels among those not coming out here.
The live football is fun. Everything else leaves a lot to be desired so far.
Bafana Tim
I have started to find breaking all farcical local rules and ignoring all authority quite liberating on matchdays. The organisers are so nonplussed at Europeans misbehaving when they make ridiculous demands that they don't know what to say and let you go/do whatever you want in the end.
It's hard to see what Brazil and North Korea have in common and it was quite a strange clash to watch. I found myself rooting for the plucky underdog Communists but wondering whether I should be supporting the chosen representatives of such a repressive regime. Very briefly - as my chief concern was the minus three degree temperature at Ellis Park that night that made concentrating rather tricky. It seemed to put the Brazilians off their fantasy beach football too and it was pretty hilarious when Kim Jong Il's XI notched.
No such problems in attacking play for the Argies who had me most excited at Soccer City today with Messi, Tevez and co dazzling with their dribbling.
Spent my only live football-free day for a while on the Mandela tourist trail - the Apartheid Museum, his old house and Soweto. Avoided the tourist circus bus scene though by hiring a personalised guide with some Yanks and insisting we went to a proper shebeen - unlicensed, illegal garage bar - for the second South African game and the Soweto Fan Fest. We spent a half in each with beer served by girls from inside a cage in the bar. They must have been dangerous women.
You can get into any game here for around 500 rand buying fans' spare tickets - that's 45 quid and a great improvement on previous tournaments.
I do think FIFA should parachute in its own people to oversee/troubleshoot local organisation and ensure quality control and consistency between tournament venues though. Brazil will doubtless be equally chaotic otherwise.
Awaiting 3am flight to Cape Town that made perfect sense when I booked it but not so much now in time for England-Algeria match.
A Brit Ruth and I met at Inhambane airport in Mozambique briefly is heroically meeting me at 5am and putting me up in an eight bedroom mansion. Can't wait after a week in the JoBurg Hostel of Doom.
The draw is opening up beautifully for England if they win their group. Let's hope they take advantage for once.
Bafana Tim
Woke up this morning and looked out of the window to see schools of dolphins leaping out of the ocean. They were far livelier than the England players last night.
Utter tripe from a bunch of clueless chokers who were just as bad as Eriksson's World Cup team and bereft of Beckham's set pieces to bail them out this time around. Capello's formations and team selections at this tournament are no better than McClaren's either.
Much of the booing at the end came from disgruntled South Africans and foreign fans at the game but you also have to feel for Brits who have spent thousands of pounds to travel to Africa to watch yet another appallingly lame performance. 'All this way for nothing' was one chant that seemed best to sum it up. I'm just glad I've been watching the likes of Brazil and Argentina too as dutifully following the national team seems to be more a curse than a blessing.
Cape Town has a giant vuvuzela sculpture in town that is supposed to sound monster hootage when a goal is scored at the stadium. It was silent last night and may be a jinx as the opening game in the city was France's goalless draw with Uruguay. Enterprising locals are doing a roaring trade in earplugs outside all the grounds and I have also seen spectators sporting ear muffs. The vuvuzelas are being put to good use though - for quaffing yards of beer in the bars.
South African journalists are furious at calls for the noisy trumpets to be banned. They say this smacks of cultural imperialism by Europeans seeking to impose their own views on how football fans should behave. All I know is that having someone hoot in your ear with the apparent volume of a herd of bull elephants can make you most grumpy when hungover.
After six live games in eight days, I have been enjoying wandering around Cape Town doing nothing much today. The place could not be more different to JoBurg and the England fans are packing out the waterfront and Long Street nightlife district. Hoping to get on a Robben Island tour and contemplating taking in the Garden Route, Sun City and Durban at some point. Will probably lurch on to Port Elizabeth for the final England group game, sticking with the wasters to the bitter end totally against my better judgment.
There was at least one man who showed courage, determination and passion at the game last night - the England fan who stormed into the dressing room to berate the players afterwards. Give him a knighthood now.
Bafana Tim


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[USA MEN] U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann admitted Friday's game against Costa Rica at sold-out Dick's
Sporting Goods Park (TV: 10 p.m. ET, ESPN, UniMas) is a must-win situation, but he took a positive view to the injury epidemic that leaves his team short-handed. He said he has options "maybe coming
out of midfield" to address his depleted backline and he was confident Clint Dempsey -- just back after missing five straight games for Tottenham -- can go the
distance in both the Costa Rica and Mexico games. As for Landon Donovan's comeback, Klinsmann said the door was always open but he would make decisions based on what he thought was best for this team
going forward.
On the recent strain of injuries affecting U.S. men's national team players:
"It started with Steve Cherundolo, obviously, still out with knee surgery, he's not back in rhythm yet, and the injury of Edgar Castillo that you maybe followed, and Timmy Howard, which is huge but it is what it is. And then, further injuries to Timmy Chandler and Jonathan Spector, Danny Williams and Fabian Johnson, that's all over the last couple of days or weeks. But we have a roster together that gives us the confidence to approach both games very, very positively. I think we have a group of players coming in that have everything to get the job done and so we are excited about everyone being here in Denver by tonight."
On the decision to leave Carlos Bocanegra off the roster:
"With Carlos, I have had several very good conversations over the past weeks. The reason he's not here is because he's simply not playing. He's not getting any minutes with Racing Santander in the second division in Spain, so he has no flow, he has no rhythm, and he understands the situation. Carlos is still in our picture. This is not the end of his national team career. He understands that right now he's behind other players. He's not in the starter picture and he understands that he gives other players a chance to show what they can prove. A very positive approach from Carlos, very professional. It really shows great character from him. We'll play it by ear over the next couple of months, how his situation hopefully will improve. He's on loan until the end of the season. That's basically two more months and then he probably makes another switch in his career. This is definitely a situation where we re-evaluate it in a couple of weeks down the road."
On the pecking order at outside back:
"It's definitely a challenge, no doubt about it, but bringing in Tony Beltran and Justin Morrow. Those are two guys that play that position day in and day out with their clubs. They're doing very well. I had them both in the January camp so I absolutely think they have the quality to come to the next level now. But we also have other options maybe coming out of midfield. I'm comfortable that we are covered there."
On whether he is looking at Maurice Edu as more of a midfielder or a center back for the two upcoming games:
"You can look at Mo in different ways, which is a big plus for us. We already tried him at center back very successfully last year in August, in Mexico. It worked really well. We know he can play on the side, as well, and we know he can play any role in midfield. First of all, I have to give him a big compliment because he worked his way back into this group with his move from Stoke to Bursaspor. We had [assistant coach] Andy Herzog go down to watch Fenerbahce against Bursaspor two weeks ago and he confirmed that Mo is really back. He's sharp, he's in rhythm. The team is doing very well right now, they're challenging for a European spot for next season. It's just great to have him back in rhythm because that first half a year with Stoke just didn't work out the way we all hoped it would work out."
On who he is considering to be the captain for the upcoming games:
"That is a great question, and thank you for understanding, but I'd like to mention that to the players first when they come into camp tomorrow and then I can give you the answer to that one. I know the answer but I'll keep that to myself just for one more day because I want to communicate it to the team first."
On what the key messages will be to the team regarding what it needs to improve in the next two games to obtain a better result:
"Every home game in the Hexagonal is a must-win situation. You want to get all the points possible in your home games so, independent of the result in Honduras, it's a must-win on Friday night here against Costa Rica. We approach it that way. I think the game in Honduras was a bit unique. Our preparation was a two-and-a-half day window. European players, especially, couldn't adjust to the climate circumstances and throughout the entire team we just played under our usual level. We learned quite a bit from that game but I think you're going to see a completely different game on Friday night and then as well in Mexico. We get challenged in several areas. We want to keep a high tempo. We want to go forward and create chances and we want to get the crowd behind us as quickly as possible and get the necessary points. I think because of the uniqueness of the Honduras game, the way it went overall, there's no need for us here to discuss that anymore."
On whether he has ever seen so many injuries hit a team at the same time:
"Yeah, when I coached the German team, we had moments like that, and at the club level as well. There are moments where things just come together and it works in a certain way. But I think the good thing about it is that whenever somebody can't come in, that's a huge opportunity for the one who is stepping in and wants to prove his point. Another good thing is that we had a January camp in which we got a closer look at a lot of the players and that's why Tony Beltran and Justin Morrow are in the picture. We are not complaining about the situation. We take it the way it is. Do we wish to have those players back as soon as possible? Absolutely. But it is what it is. We are comfortable with this roster and the guys that are coming into Denver now to get the job done."
On the value he places on veteran leadership within a World Cup qualifying squad:
"You only get experience if you play. If you don't have the experience yet, then you have to get your games under your belt and gain that experience. I think the players that are here for the upcoming challenges, they definitely have the qualities and the confidence to get the job done. Experience is built over years, and it's definitely an important factor but the fact is that a lot of experienced players are injured or are not playing, like Carlos or like [Oguchi] Onyewu, and therefore this is the roster we have total trust in and they will gain more experience by doing that."
On Clint Dempsey:
"We are very confident. He played the second half yesterday after his calf problems, that was the first game. He would have played already at Inter Milan in their Europa League game there but he stayed home because of the birth of his third child, which we are totally happy and thrilled for him and his family. He's in a good training rhythm. I was in touch with him constantly. He'll be in here tonight and we'll have enough training sessions to get adjusted to the altitude and we are confident that he can go the distance in both games."
On the situation with Landon Donovan:
"You all know what his decision was, to have a break, until the end of this month. We spoke at length at the end of January, toward the end of our camp. He expressed his desire to stay away from the game, still, for a little while. If he will become part of our plans again, that depends on how he comes back and how I look at the whole picture and how I look at the development of this team. The door is always open, as I said, but at the end of the day I will make decisions based on what I think is best for this team going forward. As of today, right now, he's not part of the plans because he is simply not playing or training."
On Omar Gonzalez:
"We just want to give him the opportunity to grow and to mature in our environment, and I think he's done well in Honduras. The second goal happened because of a sequence of mistakes by several players involved, and we give away the game, but overall he played an absolutely good game. I had him with me the whole January camp, which was a pleasure, and to see his potential. Now for him to kind of get to another level is by playing and gaining experience and growing, and I think he's done well so far. We believe that there's a real special player coming through the system."
On the tangible qualities of Justin Morrow and whether he is surprised that a second-round pick in MLS has reached this point to be counted on for World Cup qualifying:
"I don't think there are surprises. Everyone in his own development is working himself through the ranks and has hopefully climbing up the ladder and that's what Justin has done in the past year or two. We worked with him in the camp and we saw his strengths and weaknesses but you see a lot of improvement happening and, therefore, we believe that he is ready for another level, digging his nose into international football and see if he can stand his man. He comes in here and he has absolutely nothing to lose. He's just giving his best and maturing and learning and getting this experience. It's great to see when you look at a lot of players coming through the MLS system now that they're getting better and better and that they're ready for another level.
"We like obviously his dynamic of the game, he's technically very gifted. He can cut inside, he can go down the line, he's able to cover a lot of ground on the left flank. Certainly there are a lot of areas for him to learn about, to be connected to the center backs and to understand his defensive role in more detail and to be always communicating. Those are key messages we give him but he definitely has a lot of talent."
On whether preliminary games more difficult here than in Europe, and what he is expecting from Mexico at Azteca:
"I think qualifying campaigns everywhere in the world are very difficult. CONCACAF is different than Europe and South America, and I think we are aware of that. We know it's a difficult road, but we manage that and we're going to get the points to qualify. In regards to Mexico, I don't want to talk about the second set before the first one. We play first Costa Rica, Mexico has its own challenge in Honduras and then to face us at home. Last week I had the pleasure to spend some time with [Mexico coach] Chepo de la Torre in Chicago at the Gold Cup press announcement, a wonderful gentleman, but we are not talking right now about Mexico. All that really matters to us right now is Costa Rica and how we are going to get three points on Friday night here in Denver."
On DaMarcus Beasley and Brek Shea and what they bring to the squad:
"Both are getting back in a rhythm. Beas overall has played a good first part of his season right now. Brek, after his injury and his move to Stoke is getting back into rhythm and has gotten some playing time. We wanted to see where he is right now so we need to work with him in the next couple of days but we are pretty confident that he can add another element to our group here. Beas is just a wonderful player. He can solve you different things on the field in different positions if needed. His personality is always a giving personality to the group to our team and so we always followed him over the last 18 months, especially Martin Vazquez. He went down to Puebla for the under-20 championship, he met with the people at Puebla, watched a training session of Beasley, talked to them, talked to the coach so we knew exactly where he was at right now. We're happy to have him back again."
On Costa Rica and winning more respect back from Central American opposing teams:
"Obviously, it's a must-win and we are confident to achieve that on Friday night. But also, every game we respect the opponent and we know they're not easy to beat. We know that it's going to be a difficult task and it will demand everything from us to beat them and you can see on certain Concacaf nations how they're improved over the last couple of years. Honduras went to the world cup and also Costa Rica who had very positive results over the last couple of years as well. So you respect that but obviously we want to get our job done. Respect is always there for each other and I think the opponents we face in Concacaf also have respect for us, as well. But then every game is there to be played. We won in Mexico last August, and we want to go after a successful game on Friday and go into Mexico and repeat that again."
On Michael Bradley's diminishing playing time in club play:
"No, I'm not worried, but once he's here we talk about it and we want to always know what's going on in their club teams and therefore I'm curious to hear his side of it what's happened the last couple of weeks. Michael is the type of player where even if he's maybe on the bench on one or two games, he finds his ways back into the team right away and we're confident he's doing that in Roma, as well."
On why Bocanegra is sitting on the bench with a second division Spanish club:
"I spoke with Carlos. They've had their fourth coach within one season, so it seems like it's not a very stable environment there. I don't know the decision making there personally, so if there is something happening that is not on the table for Carlos it is very difficult for him to get his playing time. Hopefully he finds a solution at the end of the season to move on. He had a very difficult situation last summer with his move from Glasgow Rangers and the bankruptcy case with Rangers. It's not easy for him. I hope that this summer break after the season is over and when this situation comes up he finds a team where he gets the support he needs but also the quality of a team that helps him to be back in our picture, as well."
On altitude being a factor in putting the squad together for this particular stretch:
"It has no influence at all. We're going to choose the players based on their qualities and based on how we put the puzzle together in different areas of the team. Yes, it might be easier for certain players to adjust to altitude based on where they play, but that had no influence on this roster at all. Obviously influence is the amount of injuries we got hit with or players that are not playing at all to get this group together, which we have a lot of confidence in."
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Portland State Convenes: Future of criminal justice and public safety in Oregon
Portland State Convenes: The future of criminal justice and public safety in Oregon
March 12, 2013
More than 200 people at a town hall hosted by Portland State University on March 12 strongly backed changes to the Oregon justice system that would give more judges more say in sentencing and shift money from prisons to prevention and treatment programs.
PSU and The Oregonian sponsored the public forum to discuss proposals in the Oregon Legislature that could alter voter-approved mandatory minimum sentences for crimes such as robbery, assault and sex abuse.
Peter Bhatia, editor of The Oregonian, moderated a panel of members of the Commission on Public Safety, formed last year by Gov. John Kitzhaber to address the rising costs of the state's growing prison population.
Rep. Chris Garrett, D-Lake Oswego, said the state could achieve the same or better results at a lower cost by reducing its reliance on prison beds.
"Our public safety spending in this state is weighed heavily and to an increasing degree to the part of the system that costs far and away the most and only deals with crime after it's happened — and that's the prisons," he said.
The state's incarceration rate is lower than the national average, but it has been rising steadily while violent and property crime rates have been going down. State spending on corrections has increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001 to a total of $1.4 billion in the 2011-13 biennium.
Voters established minimum sentences for certain crimes with the passage of Measure 11 in 1994, Measure 57 in 2008 and Measure 73 in 2010.
Clackamas County's District Attorney John Foote, who disputes some of the commission's key recommendations in an alternative report, said the problem is being overblown.
"Our first responsibility in a serious crime is justice, not whether we can change somebody," Foote said. "And that's really the core of why we want to protect the sentences we have now, because we think they are pretty low and they're pretty fair."
Using remote electronic "clickers" to respond to questions, the audience largely supported the commission's recommendations to increase community supervision, treatment and rehabilitation programs.
Among the results:
- 84 percent are dissatisfied with Oregon's approach to dealing with crime and public safety,
- 90 percent feel safe in their community,
- 95 percent support giving judges more say in sentencing,
- 81 percent think state spends too little on crime prevention and community supervision programs, and
- 67 percent say community-based treatment programs are the most effective way to reduce recidivism.
The other panelists were Paul De Muniz, chief justice (ret.) of the Oregon Supreme Court; Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany; and Colette Peters, director of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
PSU Convenes is a series of public events each year spotlighting important issues facing Oregonians.
Go here to read the full Commission report. Go here to read the alternative report. Watch a video of the town hall here.


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|Game 13
|Navy (8-4) vs. Middle Tennessee State (8-4 / 6-2 Conference USA)
|Date and Kickoff
|Dec. 30, 2013 at 10:45 am CT / 11:45 am ET
|Fort Worth, Texas | Amon G. Carter Stadium (50,000)
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|Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Joey Galloway (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
Setting the Stage
• Navy and Middle Tennessee State will meet on the gridiron for the first time when the two square off on Monday, Dec. 30 at Amon G. Carter Stadium (50,000) in Fort Worth, Texas in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Kickoff is set for 10:45 am local time, 11:45 am in Annapolis.
• Navy enters the contest looking to win a bowl game for the first time since 2009. The Mids have lost five of their last six bowl games. A victory would also give Navy at least nine wins for the fifth time in the last 10 years.
• ESPN will televise the game with Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway and Paul Carcaterra on the call.
• ESPN Radio will also broadcast the game nationally with Mark Neely and Tom Ramsey calling the action.
Navy To Play Middle Tennessee State In Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
• Navy (8-4) will play Middle Tennessee State (8-4) in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl on Monday, Dec. 30 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Kickoff is set for 10:45 am (11:45 am in Annapolis) at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University and will be televised nationally by ESPN and broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio.
• The Armed Forces Bowl is Navy's 19th bowl game all-time and the school's 10th in the last 11 years. This will be the fifth time that Navy has played in the state of Texas for a bowl game and the first since the Mids 35-13 rout of Missouri in the 2009 Texas Bowl in Houston. Navy has also played in the 2003 EV1.net Houston Bowl (lost to Texas Tech, 38-14), the 1964 Cotton Bowl in Dallas (lost to Texas, 28-6) and the 1958 Cotton Bowl in Dallas (beat Rice, 20-7).
• The bowl game will mark the first meeting between Navy and Middle Tennessee State. The Blue Raiders will enter the game having won their final five contests and scoring 40 or more points in four of their final five games.
• Texas and Tennessee are two of Navy's most highly-recruited areas as the Midshipmen have 18 players from Texas and nine from Tennessee.
• Tickets for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl are on sale now at: http://bit.ly/1bqibUX
• Ticket prices are $30 (Lower Level & Upper Level End Zone), $40 (Upper Level Sideline), and $50 (Lower Level Sideline). The only way to sit with the Navy contingent is to buy your tickets through the Navy Ticket Office.
• Fans can also purchase tickets to sponsor midshipmen and enlisted personnel and their families for $50 per ticket. Donated tickets are 100% tax deductible.
• The Naval Academy class that donates the most tickets receives a 30 percent discount on football season tickets for 2014 for every member that donates four or more tickets. Any individual that donates 10 tickets or more will receive a 30 percent discount on the 2014 season ticket package regardless of class affiliation. Be sure to donate in your correct ticket account that signifies you as a USNA Alumni.
• "We strongly encourage Navy fans to buy their bowl tickets directly from the Naval Academy Athletic Association," said Gladchuk. "It is very important for this game and for future Navy bowl considerations for our fans to purchase tickets through the NAAA. If you can't make it to the game, we ask that Navy fans buy tickets for our midshipmen and enlisted personnel which will allow us to create the usual pageantry of Navy football."
Navy Bowl History
• The 2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will be Navy's 19th bowl appearance and the 10th in the last 11 years.
• Navy owns a 7-10-1 bowl game record.
Scouting Middle Tennessee State
• Middle Tennessee State enters the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl with an 8-4 record and having won five straight contests. The Blue Raiders have scored at least 42 points in four of those five wins.
• MTSU owns victories over Western Carolina (45-24), Memphis (17-15), Florida Atlantic (42-35 in OT), Marshall (51-49), UAB (24-21), Florida International (48-0), Southern Miss (42-21) and UTEP (48-17).
• The Blue Raiders have lost to North Carolina (40-20), BYU (37-10), East Carolina (24-17) and North Texas (34-7).
• Sophomore running back Jordan Parker leads the MTSU rushing attack with 741 yards and six touchdowns on 145 carries, while junior Reggie Whatley has carried the ball 93 times for 631 yards and three touchdowns.
• Senior quarterback Logan Kilgore has completed 197 of his 322 pass attempts (.612) for 2,289 yards and 16 touchdowns.
• Senior wide receiver Tavarres Jefferson has caught 41 passes for 532 yards and five touchdowns, while junior Marcus Henry has 36 catches for 528 yards and three touchdowns.
• The Middle Tennessee defense is led by sophomore linebacker T.T. Barber, who has 112 tackles, 10.5 tackles for a loss and three interceptions. Strong safety Kevin Byard has 92 tackles, five interceptions and one forced fumble.
• As a team, Middle Tennessee is ranked third in the country in fumbles recovered (16), fifth in turnovers gained (31), ninth in turnover margin (1.0), 10th in fewest penalties per game (4.0), 14th in tackles for a loss allowed (4.33), 15th in fumbles lost (6), 19th in in third down conversions (.473), 23rd in pass sacks allowed (1.25) and 25th in rushing offense (208.3).
• Individually, defensive end Dearco Nolan is ranked 10th in forced fumbles per game (0.33) and Barber is 17th in solo tackles per game (5.8)
Navy vs. Conference USA
• Navy is 21-19-1 (.524) all-time against teams currently in Conference USA.
Reynolds, Navy Run To 34-7 Win Over Army
• PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Navy sophomore quarterback Keenan Reynolds ran for 136 yards and scored three touchdowns (47, 11 and 1 yard) to lead the Midshipmen to a 34-7 victory over Army, their 12th straight in the series.
• He has 29 rushing touchdowns, breaking the NCAA single-season mark for a quarterback previously held by Ricky Dobbs (Navy, 2009) and Collin Klein (Kansas State, 2011), both of whom had 27.
• Reynolds ran 30 times on a frozen, snow-covered field. He also caught a 2-point conversion pass on a trick play following his second touchdown.
• His third score – with 46 seconds left in a lopsided game – gave him 176 points for the season, breaking the school record of 174 set by Bill Ingram in 1917.
• Navy (8-4) won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for the second consecutive season and ninth time in 11 years. The trophy is awarded to the service academy with the most victories in games between Navy, Army and Air Force.
• The Midshipmen haven't lost to Army since 2001 and lead the series 58-49-7. Navy's 12-game run is the longest in the history of the rivalry that began in 1890.
• Niumatalolo became the second coach in Navy history to start his coaching career 6-0 against Army, matching Paul Johnson (2002-07).
• Army (3-9) fumbled five times and was intercepted once in its fifth straight defeat. Embattled coach Rich Ellerson fell to 0-5 against the Midshipmen and 20-41 overall since taking the job in December 2008.
• The snow that was forecast in the morning hours began during the pregame pageantry that makes this game a one-of-a-kind spectacle. Making his first collegiate start, Army quarterback A.J. Schurr lost the handle on the wet football with his arm cocked to throw. Teammate Larry Dixon recovered, but the 20-yard loss doomed the Black Knights to end their first possession with a punt.
• Schurr fumbled on the next drive, too, and this time Navy recovered at its own 38. That ended his day.
• Following the turnover, Navy fullback Quinton Singleton burst through a hole in the middle and ran 58 yards to the Army 4, setting up a field goal for a 3-0 lead late in the first quarter.
• Angel Santiago came in at quarterback for the Black Knights at just about the same time the intensity of the snow increased. On fourth-and-3 at the Navy 33, Terry Baggett lost three yards.
• Midway through the second period, Navy fullback Noah Copeland ran 39 yards for a touchdown to make it 10-0.
• With 2:38 left in the half, Reynolds gingerly picked his way through the Army defense on his record-tying touchdown run. Navy went into halftime leading 17-0.
• In the third quarter, the snow turned to rain and Santiago did his best to make a game of it. After throwing a 29-yard pass to Xavier Moss, the junior quarterback scored on a 4-yard run to get the Black Knights to 17-7.
• Reynolds answered with an 11-play drive that produced a field goal. Army then failed to convert a fourth-and-3 from its own 42, a futile gamble that all but assured the Black Knights another frustrating loss against their far more successful service academy rivals.
• Reynolds scored his record-breaking touchdown with 6:22 left, and the conversion pass from wide receiver Brendan Dudeck made it 28-7.
Service Academy Dominance
• Navy has been the dominant Service Academy over the last decade plus, winning 21 of the last 23 meetings (.913) against Air Force and Army. The Mids have posted a 91-49 (.650) record since 2003, won nine CIC Trophies in the last 11 years and have gone to 10 bowl games in the last 11 years.


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Miles to Alford: You can't stop me from Tweeting
New Mexico basketball players, who had their Twitters accounts hijacked by their coach, Steve Alford, have found a First Amendment ally in Colorado State coach Tim Miles.
It also means war in the Las Vegas recruiting gyms.
Alford clamped down on internal news dissemination by ordering his players to cancel their Twitter accounts. Facebook is OK, but there is a staff censor.
Naturally the topic came out when the rival league coaches assembled on the recruiting circuit. Miles, who lives, breathes and eats Twitter, joked that Alford threatened him to stop Tweeting.
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Crocodilians are grouped into one of three families. Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae and Gavialidae. The American Alligator belongs to the sub family Alligatorinae which includes five species of caiman and one other alligator, the Chinese alligator. American alligators are a fairly large species with the males reaching sizes of 4 and 4.5m in length.
Alligators are generally a very docile species, especially in captivity. They are capable of killing humans but attacks are very rare and usually unlucky. Adult alligators are usually uniform black in coloration and have a very flat rounded snout. Their eyes sit high on their head and their ears are a slit behind their eyes. They have large teeth that are surprisingly blunt, designed for puncturing rather than chewing.
Found only in the United States of America, the American alligator occupies all aquatic habitats. Their range stretches along the South East of America from Florida to Louisiana and along the Mississippi River to Texas. They may be found in both natural and man-made freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, and wetland areas. Alligators will also dig caves in the riverbanks to maintain a wallow during the dry season.
The diet of the alligator depends on the size of the animal. While alligators are very young their diet consists mostly of insects that have fallen into the water. As their reactions develop they will start to hunt small fish and shrimps as well. As the alligator grows the prey they target also becomes larger. During their juvenile years they will eat crayfish, fish, mice, rats, reptiles, birds and other small mammals. Mature alligators are large enough to eat animals like cows and deer.
The American Alligator is probably surviving better in the wild than any other Crocodillian. They will inhabit any fresh water system they can find, even ponds in the middle of housing estates and can very occasionally be seen in the ocean. However, as they do not possess salt glands alligators must return to fresh water regularly to rid their system of salt and to drink.
When it comes to breeding alligators are proving to be very successful. The female scratches up a large mound of compost in which she deposits about 30 to 50 eggs depending on her size. The eggs will take about 65 to 85 days to incubate and an interesting fact is the temperature inside the nest will determine the sex of the offspring.
American Alligator Profiles
Sex: Male
Length: 3.3m (11ft)m (10.56ft)
Weight: 250kg (551lb)kg (550lbs)
Barney is a male American alligator who came to Australia Zoo in 2000. He is a very quiet boy who is very tolerant of keepers. Barney happily shares his home with one of the Fang Sisters.
Have a go at this! At feeding time he gets very excited and will charge around his pond in anticipation.
British Bulldog
Sex: Male
British Bulldog is an American alligator who was born here at Australia Zoo in 2009. His parents are Barney and Fang 2. He is a handsome and friendly little chap. Keep and eye out for him when here at the zoo.
Sex: Female
Length: 2.4m (8ft)m (7.68ft)
Weight: 120kg (264.5lb)kg (264lbs)
Daisy is Australia Zoo's alligator with attitude! She lives beside Barney and the Fang Sisters but has a temperament all her own. Daisy is very territorial of her space and will defend her nest with a ferocity matched by no other alligator.
Fang Sisters
Sex: Female
Length: 2.4m (8ft)m (7.68ft)
Weight: 120kg (264.5lb)kg (264lbs)
These lovely girls were born in the 1960's, around the same time as Daisy and Barney. Both sisters tend to be very quiet, except around nesting time when they guard their nests with gusto.


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Among the oldest surviving bonsai in America, the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection is a beloved treasure of the Arnold Arboretum and Boston. The centennial of the collection's 1913 arrival in America is being celebrated by a class and theme tours at the Arboretum, and a special exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Festivities begin Saturday, September 28 with a class offering an in-depth exploration of the collection led by Peter Del Tredici, who has curated the Bonsai Collection at the Arboretum for nearly 30 years. Peter will speak about the history and significance of these unique dwarfed plants, give a detailed tour, and discuss the rigorous care regimen required to maintain their health and structure. The class will also feature a library display of a number artifacts related to the collection drawn from the Arnold Arboretum Archives. In October, a pair of free public tours provide historical and horticultural views of the collection; "Bonsai at the Arboretum" on October 19 at 2:00pm with Rhoda Kubrick and "Bonsai Matching" on October 20 at 2:00pm with Roberta Apfel.
Celebrations also include a special exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, October 2-14. Eight specimens drawn from the Larz Anderson Collection will be displayed and interpreted in the Museum's courtyard and Chinese Loggia. The exhibition highlights the beauty and history of these magnificent plants and celebrates their unique connection to Boston and American horticulture.
While the sixteen plants that currently make up the Larz Anderson Collection are not the oldest dwarfed plants in the United States, they have been under cultivation longer than any other examples currently growing in North America—with the exception of three plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that were imported in 1911. The core of the collection consists of seven large specimens of compact hinoki cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Chabo-hiba'—now between 151 and 276 years old—that the Honorable Larz Anderson purchased while serving as US Ambassador to Japan. Shipped to America in 1913, the trees resided at the Anderson estate in Brookline and were donated to the Arnold Arboretum in two stages: in 1937 following Larz Anderson's death, and later in 1948, following the death of his wife, Isabel.
Since 1984, the collection has been curated by Peter Del Tredici, who has overseen their specialized care and initiated research into their origins. Bonsai expert Colin Lewis has contributed his skills to the care of the collection since 1998, helping to restore some of the large hinoki cypresses to their original "hachinoki" style. Following the Gardner exhibition, the bonsai will return to public display at the Arnold Arboretum in their outdoor pavilion overlooking the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden, adjacent to the Arboretum's Dana Greenhouse facility. The collection stays on display through mid November (weather permitting), and is stored indoors for winter before returning to public view in mid April.
Read a related Arnoldia article on the history [pdf] of the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection, and another detailing their care and restoration [pdf].


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Hoo boy. Sometimes this site writes itself.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco 49ers public relations director Kirk Reynolds has been fired after producing an in-house training video for the team that included nudity, expletives and some good old-fashioned homo humor. The fine folks at the chronicle even provide us with the video itself, even though you have to admit that you're 18, and therefore life has passed you by.
So we just watched it. Where do we start? How about with the two topless lesbians making out? Or the bucktoothed Asian man trying to pronounce "Rattay?" Maybe the blantant slander of San Francisco's mayor, who had allowed the team to film the video in his office? And the whole thing is shot in a style that would make a porn director feel like Tarantino.
It's pretty much non-stop hilarity, and we can't recommend you watch it enough. As for Reynolds — who, we must add, was just trying to make some valid points to his team, albeit in an otherwordly stupid fashion — he is "pursuing opportunities outside the team." Jenna Jameson, keep your cellphone on.
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Bright planets and shooting stars dazzle this week
As the sun sets, Jupiter shines high in the southwest, smack-dab in the middle of the constellation Gemini, its bright stars Castor and Pollux a few degrees away toward the celestial zenith. By midnight the king of the planets hovers above the horizon and sets within another hour.
By that time, Mars is high in the south. Just days past opposition, the red planet is visible from dusk until dawn. It is also at its closest to Earth in six years. If you have a telescope, you'll want to aim it at our planetary neighbor, which won't appear so large in a view-piece again for two years. Mars shines in the constellation Virgo, with its blue-white alpha star Spica trailing by 10 degrees. As daybreak arrives, they are low against the west horizon.
In the hour before sunrise, Venus dominates the east, brighter than anything but the sun and moon. The Morning Star doesn't climb high above the horizon, which only adds to its splendor as its light shimmers and sparkles like a kaleidoscope as it passes through Earth's atmosphere.
The dark hours between Tuesday and Wednesday mark the peak of this year's Lyrid Meteor Shower. The best viewing is between midnight and daybreak, when you might spot up to 20 meteors an hour, some with long trails burning for several seconds. The waning crescent moon rises around 3am and could dampen the showing. But keep your eyes peeled through the week when errant meteors could still streak across the sky.


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I have never used anything from L'oreal Elvive's Full Restore 5 range before, but guess what? The power of marketing means I already know what the range's USP is!
5 problems, 1 solution.
I only realised where I have heard this line before! Why aye! It's Cheryl in her red dress, telling us about the Full Restore range!
The 60 Second Saviour Intensive Conditioner is one of the newer products from the Full Restore range – it an intensive conditioner that works in 60 minutes…wait….60 seconds!
I am all for this. I've said it before – god knows I need intensive conditioners but I really hate having to wait too long for one to work. So 1 minute is fine by me (what do you do in that one minute? I apply a scrub!).
This formula is supposed to contain keratin and ceramide – it is leaves the surface of the hair feeling smoother and soft to touch.
Here is the product:
This product is like any intensive conditioner with a rich, thick, white consistency and a slightly minty smell (no idea why!).
I used this product a few times and there's pros and cons.
The con is that I found it didn't help my hair with the tighter knots (my hair is really dry and knotty when I wash it) and only the strongest conditioners will help me brush through them. I do find more high street conditioners work great, like Pantene and Aussie whereas organic versions don't get through the knots.
However, once my hair was dry, my hair looks frizz free (with no added products), shiny and very, very soft. It didn't look dry at all which is pretty amazing.
So what I will say is that this product works – it leaves the hair so soft, and it works quickly too but if you know you get deep knots then use a conditioner beforehand too (it does say to use this alongside the standard range).
You can buy L'oreal Elvive Full Restore 5 60 Second Saviour for £4.99 from Boots, Superdrug et al.
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