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Chelsea Transfer Rumours: Blues Would Be Perfect Fit for Cesc FabregasJune 3, 2014
Chelsea are reportedly eyeing Barcelona's out-of-favour midfielder Cesc Fabregas as a replacement for the departing Frank Lampard, and the former Arsenal man could be the perfect fit for Jose Mourinho's new-look midfield.
The Telegraph's Matt Law has learned Chelsea's interest in Fabregas is very real, as Lampard is set to leave the club, and Arsenal are making it clear they are not interested in re-signing their former captain:
Chelsea are ready to offer Cesc Fabregas the chance to become Frank Lampard's long-term successor after Barcelona stepped up their interest in Koke.
Lampard has released a statement officially confirming his departure from Stamford Bridge.
With Arsenal indicating they will not take up their option to re-sign Fabregas, Chelsea will try to convince £30 million Fabregas to return to London.
Fabregas is disappointed Arsenal have not shown any firm interest in him, but is willing to look at other options in the Premier League.
Fabregas may be looked at as the potential heir to Lampard's spot in midfield, but he won't be his replacement. The Spanish international lacks the physical ability of the Chelsea legend, instead building his game around excellent vision, passing ability and a knack for making runs at just the right time.
He's not a great athlete, but Fabregas just understands the game. It's why he was successful when asked to play as a false nine for Spain, and it's why he can play seemingly every position on the attacking three.
Mourinho started molding his Chelsea team the moment he returned as manager last season, and it's far from a finished product.
He brought back Nemanja Matic to play as an enforcer in midfield, and the trio of Eden Hazard, Willian and Oscar took time to jell into a cohesive, attacking unit supporting a lone striker.
The odd man out was Brazilian international Ramires, who often failed to assert himself in the centre of the pitch. This statistic shared by Chelsea Stats isn't pretty:
Ramires didn't offer much of a creative threat moving forward, providing just three assists all season, per WhoScored.com. Defensively, he was plagued by bad judgement and lapses in concentration, racking up 11 yellow cards.
Chelsea relied on the trio of Hazard, Willian and Oscar to create most of their chances, and when defences keyed in on those three, the Blues often struggled breaking down disciplined back lines.
This is where Fabregas comes in.
Matic showed everyone he is more than capable of shouldering the load in front of Chelsea's defence during the second half of last season, combining his excellent size with solid ability on the ball and the vision to always find the open man.
In many ways, Matic's abilities will remind fans of Manchester City's Yaya Toure, who does his best work when he has David Silva playing around him.
Silva technically is City's left midfielder, but he doesn't operate within a defined role. He drifts all over the pitch, finds space in the attacking third, sets up teammates and makes clever runs into the box.
Fabregas is at his best when he plays the game in the same way, conducting play from the centre when the ball is in his own half and drifting all over the opposing team's half when play is moved further up the pitch.
By adding Fabregas to the starting XI, it would free up Hazard and company to focus more on attacking goal instead of having to orchestrate play for themselves. With Fabregas often drifting wide, Hazard, Oscar and Willian could frequently cut inside without the ball as the Blues attempt to play in the back of the defence.
Fabregas may not be a physically imposing player, but he's capable of holding his own defensively when the other team has the ball. His skills with the long ball would make him the perfect starting point for counter-attacks, something Chelsea's speedy wingers would love to take advantage of.
As an added bonus, bringing in Fabregas would not count against Financial Fair Play regulations, according to The Telegraph via Chelsea_Talk:
Fans might have their reservations about adding a former Gunner who is no longer seen as a vital component of his current club, but Fabregas' ability on the ball would open up the Blues' attack in ways we haven't seen before.
Matic's development means Chelsea can afford to give up a little muscle in favour of a more creative option in the centre of the pitch, and Fabregas' availability makes him the perfect candidate for the job.


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The Lawrence Veterans of Foreign Wars post will likely be able to put up part of its "avenue of flags" in time for Memorial Day, after all.
Earlier in the week, post commander Fred Shockey said a VFW trailer full of 300 20-foot flagpoles, some with brass commemorative plaques honoring members, had gone missing since February from the post's property, 138 Ala.
Post members will still place small flags on graves at Memorial Park Cemetery, but they couldn't fulfill the tradition of placing large flags throughout the cemetery and along 15th Street. The post filed a police report in April on the trailer and the poles, valued at $30 each.
Since a Wednesday story in the Journal-World on the VFW's plight, Shockey said, the post had received offers of help, and now members believe they can place the larger flags along 15th Street and just inside the cemetery's entrance.
"The outreach of support that the Lawrence community gave to the VFW in this situation has been very humbling," he said.
Shockey said the VFW had received donations from the Lawrence Sertoma Club and Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home that helped cover the cost of 25 new poles, which were purchased Thursday.
Now post members are working on preparing the poles to fit the flags and the places in the ground at the cemetery. They also are working on finding a new trailer to help transport the poles to the cemetery.
"We're going to make our best effort to make it happen," Shockey said.
He said the post had received offers for other donations as well and plans to pursue raising about $8,500 over a longer term to try to replace all 300 poles and the trailer in time for Memorial Day 2013.
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Dong Feng 21D: The Chinese Goliath!By Arnab Ghosh, Gaea News Network
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BEIJING, CHINA (GaeaTimes.com)- The idea that USA owns the largest and powerful navy and military arsenal in the world and can show its dominance anywhere in the world may change soon, due to an indigenously developed misled built in China. Incredible as it may sound to some, the Dong Feng 21D missiles which is classified as an anti-ship ballistic missile has given the US navy enough reason to feel worried about. If the intelligence inputs are true then this mid range ASBM can hit the large US carriers with amazing accuracy and send them underwater even before they can reach coastal waters of China. The missile is said to be smart enough to evade the defense mechanism of the US carrier ships.
Recently the USA held a joint naval exercise with South Korea which did not go down very well with Beijing. The Chinese government expressed its displeasure over the issue and its main reason of objection was the presence of immensely powerful carrier ship USS George Washington's presence in South Korea water. The Dong Feng 21D missile can hit a moving carrier ship within a range of 1500km as it has been reported. The defense ministry of China is in no mood to talk about the weapon and it has kept media at bay regarding this issue.
The Dong Feng 21D missile has made the US Navy officials cautious. They are not going to admit it openly and still maintain that the US navy can exercise anywhere in International water limit. However, Robert Gates the US defense secretary has admitted its potential.
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BURLINGTON -- Wade Prajer and Quentin Norris scored three goals each and Tyler Nevers made 13 saves but it was not enough as the Pomperaug High boys lacrosse team dropped a tough 14-13 decision to Lewis Mills in a non-league encounter Saturday morning.
The Panthers overcame an early deficit and entered the fourth quarter tied with the Spartans, 11-11, but a go-ahead goal by Lewis Mills senior Max Stone with just under five minutes to play was the difference.
Pomperaug (2-3) had its two-game win streak snapped and dropped its second one-goal game of the season.
Eight different Panthers scored at least one goal as Nick Harper added a pair of tallies and three assists and Brian Manzer had a goal and three assists. Caleb Saleeby, Mike Curcio, Spencer Pope and Ian Rawlinson each had a goal for Pomperaug.
"It was a hard fought game and we knew we were going to come up here and be in a battle," Pomperaug co-coach Joe Perreault said. "We knew Lewis Mills was a scrappy team that was going to come out and play hard and that's what they did."
Mills got out to an early lead before Pomperaug battled back. The Spartans were ahead 8-6 at the break and the Panthers were able to knot it at 11-11 after three, setting up a back-and-forth final quarter.
The Spartans set up the winning goal with a patient possession that resulted in Stone finding some room in the slot and beating Nevers with a quick shot to give Lewis Mills a 14-13 lead.
Both teams had chances down the stretch but were unable to convert as both goalie made huge saves. Nevers made a kick save on what looked to be a sure goal that would have given the Spartans a two-goal cushion with two minutes to play while Lewis Mills goalie Connor McNaboe made two big saves on point-blank shots in the final minutes.
Mills (3-0) won its first two games of the season by a combined score of 39-2 but also knew today was going to be a much stiffer test.
"That was the best team we have beaten in the history of our program," Lewis Mills coach Patrick Schmitt said. "They have a really good team with some good players. This is a big win for our team and our program and I think it can be a springboard for us into the rest of the season."
Where the Panthers go from here the rest of the way remains to be seen. Pomperaug has been to the last two SWC Division II title games, but is still looking to put it all together on a consistent basis.
"I like that we didn't get down after we got behind today and we battled back and gave ourselves a chance to win a close game," Perreault said. "We have a good mix of experience and younger players and we have talented guys. The challenge is for us to get everyone playing to their potential every day. If we get to that point we will be fine."


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Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle has played down talk of a move for Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu.
Coyle admits there is a chance of doing business with the Blues during the transfer window, he has played down the chances of Romeu coming down to the Championship.
"I'm sure the stuff with Romeu came up because of the relationship we have with Chelsea but sometimes people put two and two together and make five," he told the Bolton News.
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TAMPA — It was once a year of promise, as USF coach Stan Heath hoped to build on last season's NCAA Tournament berth and the Bulls' first two wins there.
But the losses have piled up, one after another, as many as 10 in a row at one point in Big East play.
Yet the biggest loss might have come back on Aug. 24.
Just three days before the fall semester started, USF announced that junior college center Waverly Austin, expected to be a frontcourt starter, was ineligible and released from his scholarship. He landed at Oregon, and the Bulls had a glaring void in the post all season long.
"They've struggled offensively, No. 1, and the big kid wasn't eligible to play from the start, and that set them back," ESPN's Dick Vitale said Tuesday. "I think the toughness of the league, last year, all those close games, this year, the fact that they couldn't score put pressure on people, and that added up to a long season."
After going 12-6 in the Big East last season, making Heath the Big East coach of the year, the Bulls have struggled to a 2-14 league record, the second win coming only Sunday, their eighth in a row against DePaul. Tonight, the Bulls play their final home game against Connecticut, hoping to end the season with some kind of positive momentum.
"We want to finish strong," Heath said of his final games and next week's Big East tournament. "We need to play well, need to improve our scoring."
The Bulls have struggled at historic levels to score with any consistency. Eight times in Big East play they've scoredd 50 points or fewer. To avoid becoming the lowest-scoring team the league has ever had in conference play, they must average 68.5 points (14.5 more than their Big East average) in the final two games.
Heath said his problems start with the lack of true frontcourt players, but long-term injuries to two of his top 3-point threats — guards Shaun Noriega hasn't played since early December with a foot injury, and guard Musa Abdul-Aleem has been sidelined with back problems — took away a much-needed complement from the outside.
"Our interior game isn't nearly as strong as we had last year," Heath said. "That's taken away something you sorely need at every level of basketball, an inside presence. Then you lose your top shooter in Noriega and the No. 2 guy we recruited to fill a scoring void was Musa. Those two haven't played very much at all."
The absence of inside and consistent outside threats have allowed defenses to focus on keeping point guard Anthony Collins from penetrating and dishing to open players, a key weapon in last year's NCAA run.
"It's been difficult for him to be effective the way he can be, and it's made scoring extremely hard for us," Heath said. "We've had moments, periods of time, but we haven't been able to sustain it for 40 minutes. It's been an Achilles heel for us this season."
Heath has his best recruiting class coming in, with players the Bulls could have used this season. John Egbunu and Chris Perry are national top-100 frontcourt players who could step in as starters, and Heath has seen good progress from current freshmen JaVontae Hawkins and Zach LeDay, who will return with Collins as part of a promising nucleus. Those players will find themselves in a different conference as the Big East splits into two basketball leagues.
A year ago this week, USF's clinching win in landing an NCAA berth came in beating Louisville on the Cardinals' senior night, and this season, Rick Pitino's team had two easy wins against the Bulls.
"I think they're in a rebuilding year. It happens that way," Pitino said. "They've played a lot of great basketball. They played great at home against Syracuse. They've had a lot of great first halves. They beat Georgetown. … They're a good group. They don't give up. It's tough right now, because they lost a lot of key players."


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CBN's chief political correspondent dissects Romney's conservatism and how the media portrays the GOP candidate; he also discusses his text on the Tea Party, Teavangelicals.
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Tavis: David Brody is the chief political correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of "The Brody File" on CBN. His most recent text is called "The Teavangelicals." He joins us tonight from Tampa, Florida. David, good to have you on this program. Thanks for your time.
David Brody: Tavis, great to be back with you
Tavis: Let me start by asking the obvious – whether or not it's your sense that these weather concerns that have caused the RNC to change its format this week, whether or not those changes in any way are going to make it more difficult for them to get the message out this week that they want to get out.
When you lose a day, one has to assume that there are certain things that they wanted to say to the nation that will not be said, at least not in the way they had hoped it would be said. So is this going to impact their getting their message out this week in any significant way?
Brody: Well, yeah. I don't know about significant way, but I think it'll impact their message for sure. Look, you have a 100 percent pie, and if you've got 20, 30 percent of that pie, maybe even more, going to hurricane coverage and more importantly media coverage going away from this convention, absolutely it's going to impact Romney.
He's been snake-bit all summer. It just seems like this is the hurricane force, so to speak, that has summed it up here down in Tampa.
Tavis: Since you mentioned the media, Mr. Romney over the last few days has made a couple of comments here and there about the media. He has not been pleased with media coverage. For that matter, I guess no politician is ever thoroughly pleased with the way we cover them. But what's your sense of how the media has covered the Romney campaign thus far?
Brody: Well first of all, I think the media is frustrated. They're frustrated at the access that they're not getting to the Romney campaign as much as they got to Obama in 2008, even to McCain in 2008. So yeah, I think there's some frustration, there's no doubt about it.
As for how Romney receives the media, he's a very guarded guy. He plays it very close to the vest, if you will, so there's not much there for the media to cover. Now I don't mean that they're not going to cover it. I'm just simply saying that Romney's not going to give them as much as they want.
Tavis: Is he going to regret that somewhere down the road, particularly if he loses?
Brody: Well, I think that very well may be a distinct possibility, Tavis, and I've got to tell you, and I know we'll probably get into this a little bit later, but as it relates to his Mormon faith, look, he has been very guarded when it comes to his faith.
But it's not just his faith. There are some other issues as it relates to he just doesn't want to let his hair down a little bit. With Mitt Romney, he's got good hair. Why not let it down? No, I think he's really concerned that the media is going to blow things out of proportion, and he's playing it so conservatively to – no pun intended there – that I think it could end up backfiring him, because ultimately, what do people want to see from a candidate?
Yeah, they care about policy, but they want to have an emotional connection with the candidate. All polls show it, and not only polls, but the actual psychology behind it. There have been books written about this, that the voters have to emotionally connect to a candidate, and Romney is definitely not there yet.
Tavis: So you mentioned his Mormon faith, and here's something I do not understand. Maybe you can enlighten me tonight. So I understand, perhaps, why he might not have been so open about his Mormon faith early in this contest because of all kinds of concerns about how that might not be embraced by the conservative wing, certainly the Christian conservative wing of the GOP base. So I get that early on.
But once it became clear that he was going to be their nominee whether they liked it or not, he's going to be their nominee and they are going to rally around him because they dislike Obama more than they dislike Mitt Romney, why not then start to talk if not about your faith explicitly, at least your faith journey?
That is to say, if not talking about Mormonism, at least talk about the fact that it is your faith that allowed you or calls you or motivated you to travel around the world and to do X, Y and Z. You know the storyline.
But it seems to me that if I'm a person of faith and my faith has driven me to love and to serve people, and certainly he has a part of that story that he could tell – now, we're not talking about his politics now, we're just talking about his faith journey – why would you not tell that story, particularly to a GOP audience?
Brody: Tavis, you're making that analytical argument, quite frankly, that I've been making for months on the air at CBN and some other media outlets. Absolutely. Look, what's the reason Romney doesn't do it? Let's just call it straight out.
He is concerned about if he goes there with his faith in any way, shape or form, people are going to start to go there with the systematic theology argument. They're going to start getting into some of the theology of Mormonism. He doesn't want to go there. He doesn't even want to take the chance that anybody will go there. That's the reason he doesn't do it.
Now having said that, it's a no-brainer, Tavis. What you just said, what I've been saying for months now is that there is a huge compassionate side of Mitt Romney when it comes to him being a bishop in his church, and there has been a lot of humanitarian efforts in that realm, if you will. It's what he's all about. It's what he's all about.
To connect to voters in that way would be huge for him, but he will not go there. He thinks this election is just about the economy. The economy, the economy, the economy. Look, at some point it becomes all right, it's about the economy, but hey, we need a little bit more from you than just that.
Tavis: So to your point now, the real question is who do you trust, who do you feel any empathy or relationship with, and every poll, as you suggested earlier, indicates that the American voter, by and large, feels Mr. Obama more than they feel Mr. Romney.
So he's been told by everybody that this week he has to show us that other side, to tell us more about him, to write a different sort of narrative about his life and his legacy thus far that we don't know anything about. So how willing is he going to be to do that when either his wife speaks this week, or for that matter when he speaks?
Brody: I don't think we're going to see it so much from him. We'll see it from his surrogates – from his wife, from Paul Ryan, from others. They're actually bringing in, obviously, surrogates around the country that know Mitt Romney and will tell his story, and that's somewhat of a traditional route.
But I don't think we're going to hear so much from Mitt Romney about how great a guy he is coming from his mouth. He is a pretty humble guy. He is, and that's what most folks, even some of his critics, say about him. So I don't think we're going to be hearing much in that way at all.
Tavis: All right, so to your text, "The Teavangelicals," tell me the role – I'll start with a big question and we'll hone in on it. But what role has the Tea Party played in this race up to this moment as you see it?
Brody: Well, they're huge, and a lot of people will say well, wait a minute? How could they be huge? Mitt Romney is the candidate. He wasn't their candidate. Well, let's check the record here for a moment. The last time I checked you had Michelle Bachman and Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain and Rick Santorum and shall I go on, all splitting that teavangelical vote.
By the way, what do I mean by "teavangelicals?" Conservative Christians, typically evangelical, that are breaking bread with the Tea Party. It's kind of a combination. I came up with the word and I thought that fit pretty well.
All of these candidates split that vote, and here's Mitt Romney. So now what they're doing is they're saying well, look, Mitt Romney is pretty much our guy. We pretty much have to go with him. They're about 80 percent there. Paul Ryan got them to about 90 percent there, but now it's up to Romney to seal the deal.
How does he do that? Well, to the teavangelical audience, Tavis, he has to talk about how our rights come from God, not government. He needs to talk about the "Judeo-Christian heritage" of our nation. I think that will play well to a teavangelical base.
If he can do that on the stump consistently, he's going to continue to have this base. Here's the key, Tavis – it's not so much about the base turnout, it's about the raw vote total. So in other words, everybody says well, the base is of course going to vote for Romney. Yeah, the base that normally shows up is going to vote for Romney. The question is can they expand that base.
Can they get more of a raw vote total number in this teavangelical crowd? The sense here is that they very well may do that. Ralph Reed's group, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, they have the cell phone numbers and emails of 13 million teavangelicals right now where they're texting voter guides to these folks.
They were not on the scene in 2008. They are in 2012.
Tavis: The challenge, though, as you well know, is how Mr. Romney tells that message. How does he run that narrative while at the same time this week having a mandate, as it were, to try to play to a larger audience, to talk to the American public?
So talking to teavangelicals is one thing; talking to a more moderate country is another thing. Those two messages, pardon my English, ain't the same.
Brody: Well, right, and I think what he has decided, and I think we can tell by the anecdotal evidence and quite frankly some of the statements they put out is that they're pretty much going for more of that independent, moderate group.
They think the base is going to be there. There is no question they think the base is going to be there. I know a lot of people say well wait a minute, this is a base election, you've got to get the base to turn out.
I think they want to show Romney as the moderate guy, the pragmatist guy, the guy that's going to appeal to independents, and honestly, that really is indeed more of who he is. He's more of a kind of a level-headed, even-keeled guy that is not a flamethrower and doesn't start to rile up the base that way. That's why they don't really like him – they didn't really like him too much to begin with in the primary season.
Tavis: So Romney is a Mormon, as we all know, Ryan a Catholic, as we all know – the first time since what, the 1800s that there's not been a Protestant on the ticket. How is that going to play, or is that much ado about nothing at this point?
Brody: It really is much to do about nothing. I know a lot of people want to make a big deal about it. Look, why did Rick Santorum get so far in the race? He was a conservative Catholic. It was because he had street cred within the evangelical community.
Paul Ryan, same thing. Maybe not to the degree that Rick Santorum has, but Paul Ryan also has street cred in that evangelical community. So really, look – Mormon, Catholic, the bottom line is they're going to vote their principles over their actual theology, if you will, and I think that's going to be the majority opinion within that teavangelical base.
Tavis: So everybody from Bob Dole to Jeb Bush, you name it, it seems like so many of the party elders or certainly those persons who have been in positions of power in this party for years now are starting to say almost uniformly that if this party doesn't find a way to broaden its base, it's dead.
So you can talk teavangelicals all day, but at some point the party has to figure out a way if not to change its principles, whatever they might be, to change the message, how they deliver it, to broaden the base. I just don't see in the long run how anybody in the GOP thinks that not doing that can help them win long-term.
Brody: Well, I think you're onto something extremely important. It's something I lay out in the last chapter of the book, the teavangelical book we're talking about, and there's so many challenges for the Tea Party, for these teavangelicals.
One of them is to make the message mainstream. Look, you cannot have the reputation that you're the Tea Party, the teavangelicals, you're up on Capitol Hill and all you want to do is you rail against increasing the debt ceiling. If that's going to be your playbook, forget it. It's a non-starter. We saw their poll numbers dive because of it.
They've got to figure out a way to break bread, to find common ground with independents in this country. If you look, and we detail this in the book, Tavis, over 70 percent of independents in this country believe that a balanced budget amendment's a good idea. Over 70 percent think term limits are a good idea.
Well guess what? News flash: So do the teavangelicals. So does the Tea Party. So if they can come and somehow get some victories with independents, bring them on their side a little bit and say hey, you know what, the Tea Party actually stands for something I believe in, then they can start to march a little bit more in more of a positive direction. It's a challenge, though.
Tavis: Ultimately, how do you think the economy is going to play in this sprint from Labor Day to Election Day?
Brody: It's huge. I think we look at the number – not that this is a numbers game specifically – but I think if it dips below 8 percent there's going to be a lot of media cycle stories about hey, here we go with the economy looking better, and the president will get a bump from that.
If it continues to increase or stays about 8 percent, those stories will stay out there. So we'll look at the trend line between now and November, but it is about the economy. I think Romney's challenge between now and November is to somehow convince Americans, somehow, some way, to say that look, his polices are better.
He's saying he's going to create 12 million jobs, Tavis, in four years. We'll see about that if that ever happens, but he also needs to make sure that this Medicare situation – when he picked Paul Ryan, that's a heavy lift, to convince Americans to get on board with changes to Medicare. I think they're putting themselves in a very tough spot and they're going to have to do some serious heavy lifting between now and November.
Tavis: Well, we'll see how that heavy lifting gets off the ground, to the extent that it does, this week, given that the RNC is meeting, as you all know, in Tampa, Florida. David Brody is the chief political correspondent for CBN news. His new text is called "The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America."
David, good to have you on. Stay safe down there this week, and good to talk to you.
Brody: Thanks, Tavis, appreciate it.
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THOUSAND OAKS — Twelve minutes. For those in the seats, it's barely enough to grab a hot dog and drink. For the Rams' Wade Phillips, apparently it's enough to change the complexion of a game.
Phillips, the Rams' veteran defensive coordinator, makes the most of the brief halftime break. The Rams' ability to tighten up in the third quarter is a major reason why they're atop the NFC West, and why they have a fighting chance to stifle Philadelphia's high-powered offense on Sunday at the Coliseum.
The Rams haven't allowed a point in the third quarter in six consecutive games, and they've allowed only one third-quarter touchdown this season (in a September victory over San Francisco). The Rams have outscored opponents in the third quarter by an astounding margin of 92-13.
"I think our guys are just ready to play when they come out," Phillips said after Thursday's practice at Cal Lutheran. "You'd like to say, 'Yeah, it's coaching,' but it would be the other coaches, not me."
What does a typical halftime look like for the Rams' defensive coaches? Phillips said they meet as a group at the start of the break. Linebackers coach Joe Barry proposes run-defense adjustments for the second half, while defensive backs coaches Aubrey Pleasant and Ejiro Evero talk about pass defense.
Then the coaches take the second-half strategy to players, just a couple minutes before kickoff.
"We discuss it all," Phillips said. "We say, 'Hey, this is what we've got to get done,' then they go in there and present it to the team. The adjustments, we do it all together, and those (assistant coaches) communicate well with their own (position) people."
Much of the Rams' second-half defensive improvement has come on the ground. Opponents have run for an average of 83.7 yards in the first half, but only 40.0 yards in the second half.
Part of that involves game situations. The Rams have led at halftime in eight of their 12 games, so naturally, teams will throw more in the second half when playing from behind. But, overall, the Rams have allowed an average of only 142.7 yards in the second half, compared to 191.3 in the first half.
Plus, the improvement against the run isn't all based on the score. Last Sunday, the Rams held only a six-point halftime lead and lost middle linebacker Alec Ogletree to injury. The Cardinals, who ran for 100 yards in the first half, totaled only 18 rushing yards in the second half and got only a field goal.
The Rams' reputation as a second-half defensive team started two months ago at Dallas, when the Rams trailed 24-14 at halftime and looked helpless against the Cowboys' offense, particularly a running game that gained 133 yards in the first half behind Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris.
On their first four drives of the second half, the Cowboys gained only 41 yards on 13 plays, punted three times and threw an interception. Dallas totaled only 66 rushing yards in the second half and the Rams pulled away from an early-season-defining 35-30 road victory.
That was the start of a nine-game stretch in which the Rams haven't allowed a third-quarter touchdown. They shut out Dallas, Arizona (twice), the New York Giants, Houston, Minnesota and New Orleans, and allowed only a field goal to Seattle and Jacksonville.
It's a remarkable run that certainly will get tested Sunday by an Eagles team that is tied with the Rams for the most points in the NFL this season.
The challenge for the Rams might be to stay in the game early. The Eagles have outscored opponents by a margin of 78-28 in the first quarter this season and, three times, Philadelphia has taken a lead of at least 17 points into halftime.
"It's going to be a dog fight," defensive tackle Aaron Donald said. "We're going to be ready for it."
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The Rams were able to hold a full practice Thursday. Concerns over air quality because of fires in the region led the Rams to cancel their Wednesday practice and hold only an indoor walk-thru session.
Coach Sean McVay expressed his support and sympathy for Southern California residents who have been impacted by the fires this week, and praised his players for their ability to adjust.
"They've handled it really well," McVay said. "These are serious things that are going on right now. I've been very impressed with the maturity they've demonstrated the last couple days."
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Middle linebacker Alec Ogletree, who hyperextended his left elbow last Sunday, did not practice Thursday, and his availability for Sunday's game seems to be in question. The loss of Ogletree, a team captain and the Rams' defensive signal-caller, would be a big one, particularly against the Eagles.
"Alec is making good progress," McVay said. "I think (Friday) will serve as a great measuring stick, as far as being able to get some pressure on that (elbow)."
Safety Lamarcus Joyner (shoulder) also missed practice but is expected to play Sunday, McVay said. Receiver Robert Woods (shoulder) and linebacker Connor Barwin (arm) remain out of a practice and are not expected to play against the Eagles.


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The Somerset director of cricket, Brian Rose, has admitted that he knew he was taking a risk in selecting Marcus Trescothick for the Champions League in India. The former England batsman returned home yesterday, following a recurrence of his stress-related illness.
It is the third time Trescothick has been forced home early from a tour by the problem, and last year he pulled out of Somerset's pre-season tour to Dubai at the last minute, having checked in his baggage at Heathrow Airport.
Rose declined to go into details of Trescothick's condition and said the county were grateful for the left-hander's efforts, but confirmed that he knew beforehand that there was a good chance Trescothick might not go the distance.
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• Vic Marks: Departure is a setback but not a calamity
• Sportblog: Read Peter Trego's Champions League tour diary
"I think with a past history you always get the feeling that yes, it might happen," Rose said in Hyderabad. "As a director of cricket you put your squad together and you make your arrangements. I had the feeling what may happen, may happen.
"I accompanied Marcus and [his wife] Hayley on the plane coming out to India and he was absolutely fine. We came out four days after the team arrived and we had a good time and a very good chat. Long-distance travel gives you the opportunity to get to know each other better and we had no problem at all."
Somerset, who play the Eagles, from South Africa, today, will not replace Trescothick for the remainder of the tour.
The tipping point came after Somerset's defeat by Trinidad and Tobago in Bangalore on Monday. Trescothick scored three as the English side lost by 44 runs. Rose said: "He was very honest to me after that, he said, 'Look, I'm only firing at 60 to 70%.' I think that was a very honest appraisal and as a cricket director, a captain or a coach you have to sit down and discuss what you want to do, and you come to the obvious conclusion that the best thing is for him to go home."
It appears that Trescothick never felt completely comfortable in India, though he was buoyed by Somerset's last-ball win over the Deccan Chargers on Saturday. He said after that match that while not feeling entirely "sorted", he would consider taking up an IPL contract if this tour went well.
Those hopes have now been shattered and Rose said that the Champions League, with its frequent travel and fast pace, was a difficult tournament for Trescothick to have used to test his readiness for a comeback to touring.
"This particular competition is such an intense competition because you've got so many great players from around the world playing in a very limited amount of time," said Rose. "It's very intense, and you need 11 people in your team that are mentally and physically 100%. You can't do it otherwise."


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The latest happenings show that Tollywood is borrowing titles from the popular successful Telugu songs. While the trend of remixing the old popular songs still continues, we are witnessing the filmmakers using the most hit songs lyrics as their titles too.
Some of the films had already hit the big-screens like Tuneega Tuneega, Andhala Rakshasi, Ye Maya Chesave, Devudu Chesina Manushulu while few of them are under production and are set to see the limelight.
The makers are all set to catch the audiences attention with the title itself regardless of its relevance to the story idea. Some of the recent registered titles remind us of the well-known songs like Chammak Challo, Kevvu Keka Bangaru Kodipetta and so on. Audiences quickly grab such titles as they had a strong impact with the popular songs and they get to connect to them quickly rather than promoting a new identity. Such titles will definitely hold attention since they would have already created the necessary impact.
Filmmakers are going with the chartbusters and are not in a mood to go with the mediocre song lyrics. However, few of the films could not replicate the range of song success.
Tuneega Tuneega, a hit song from MS Rajus production movie Manasantha Nuvve made under Sumanth Arts banner is picked up as the title for MS Rajus debut direction film introducing his son Sumanth Ashwin as hero. However, the July released film failed at the Tollywood Box-Office.
Devudu Chesina Manushulu starring Ravi Teja, Ileana is also the old films title besides having a popular song with the same lyrics in the NTR, Krishna, S V Ranga Rao starrer. The title of Andhala Rakshasi is of course, from the hit song from Oke Okkadu, a Shankars directorial.
The title of Gautham Menons Yeto Vellipoindi Manasu has been taken from the evergreen song from Ninne Pelladatha featuring Nagarjuna and Tabu. The song composed by Sandeep Chowta is favorite number for many melody lovers even today. Yeto Vellipoindi Manasu starring Nani and Samantha is a youthful romantic love story.
It is known that the mass beat song Kevvu Keka tuned by Devi Sri Prasad for Gabbar Singh is one of the chartbuster songs of the year. Now it has turned title to Allari Nareshs movie to be directed by Devi Prasad. Kevvu Keka has hit the floors already. Likewise the Chiranjeevis song Bangaru Kodipetta composed by Keeravani and remixed for Ram Charans Magadheera is now picked up as the title for Navdeep-Swathi movie to be directed by Raj Pippalla.
Ravi Teja, Kajals Sir Ostharu/ Sir Vacharu title is inspired from the catchy track Sir Ostharosthara from Businessman composed by Thaman. Incidentally, Kajal who has sizzled for the song alongside Mahesh will now play Ravi Tejas love interest in the movie.
Some other film titles inspired by hummable songs which had hit the screens are My heart is beating [Jalsa], Tanishs Mem Vayasaku Vacham [7/G Brindavan Colony], Siddharth-Dil Rajus Oh My Friend [Happy Days], Prabhas starrer Mr.Perfect [Arya2], Allari Nareshs Aha Naa Pellanta [Maya Bazar], Vishnu Manchus Vasthadu Naa Raju [ Alluri Seetha Ramaraju], Nithin starrer Seetha Ramula Kalyanam [Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam], Manchu Manojs Jhummandi Nadam [Siri Siri Muvva], Chethilo Cheyyesi [Bombayi Priyudu]
The trend is not new to Tollywood as it has already started decades back and filmmaker Jandhyala has made it quite famous with films like Aha Naa Pellanta, Vivaha Bhojanambu, Chupulu Kalisina Subhavela, Jayammu Nischayammura, Bava Bava Paneeru, Prema Entha Madhuram; all of these names are the lyrics of the noted songs by then. The latest filmmakers are continuing the trend.
The list doesnt end here and the trend is here to stay as the titles of some forthcoming movies like Dil Se, Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi, Manasa Thulli Padake, Ringa Ringa, Oh My Love, Its My Life too are inspired by popular melodious songs.
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What does monotonous mean?
Definitions for monotonousməˈnɒt n əs
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word monotonous.
Princeton's WordNet
humdrum, monotonous(adj)
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
"a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous(adj)
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
having an unvarying tone or pitch
tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
Webster Dictionary
uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome
Origin: [Gr. ; mo`nos alone, single + tone. See Tone.]
'Monotonous' is a popular song written by June Carroll and Arthur Siegel for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1952. The song was written based on the experiences of its singer Eartha Kitt. It was performed, on the insistence of Kitt on three chaise longues, crawling cat-like from one to the other, demonstrating her flexibility and her dance training from the Katherine Dunham Company. The song also includes references to many well-known people of the 1950s. People referenced in the song include: ⁕Montgomery Clift ⁕Jacques Fath. ⁕Johnnie Ray ⁕Harry S. Truman ⁕T. S. Eliot ⁕Farouk of Egypt ⁕Sherman Billingsley ⁕Chiang Kai-Shek ⁕Gayelord Hauser ⁕Dwight David Eisenhower, referred to as "Ike"
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monotonous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monotonous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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There's no variation in the environment, it's dark, it's white, and it's bland. It's monotonous and people really underestimate that.
Jasper Johns (lithographer), Newsweek, Oct. 24, 1977 - page 42.:
I liked New York when it was an up-and-down city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontal---monotonous.
If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.
There is the underlying need to feel valued and validated within society (a society which still places a higher value on what you provide to the job force), socializing with other adults can be difficult, the days long, the routine monotonous and the job overall, relatively thankless.
Challenges make life interesting. Can you imagine how monotonous and boring life would be, if everyday was going to be so smooth and easy? Also, God offers you those challenges for your own advancement, because you become better and stronger by overcoming them. Keep up your Hopes, and be Positive!
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- رتيبArabic
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- ensformig, enstonig, monotonDanish
- abwechslungslos, monoton, eintönigGerman
- ανιαρός, μονότονοςGreek
- monótonoSpanish
- yksitoikkoinen, monotoninenFinnish
- aontonachIrish
- aon-ghuthachScottish Gaelic
- नीरसHindi
- monoton, egyhangúHungarian
- monocorde, monotonoItalian
- eentonig, monotoon, saaiDutch
- monotontNorwegian
- monotonnyPolish
- монотонный, однозвучный, скучный, однообразный, однотонныйRussian
- monoton, enformig, entonigSwedish
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Twin Bridges morning run delayed as hazardous material is removed
Updated 7:37 pm, Thursday, September 6, 2012
Asbestos work being done as part of the multimillion-dollar overhaul of the Twin Bridges took longer than expected Thursday morning, snarling the rush-hour commute between Clifton Park and Colonie.
Crews working to remove asbestos from deep within the pavement on the northbound side of the bridge that carries traffic over the Mohawk River were scheduled to end work by 6 a.m., said Carol Breen, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. The work, which closed two of three northbound lanes, took three hours longer than expected and began to clog traffic at about 7 a.m. The job was slowed because workers had to take extra safety precautions due to the asbestos, Breen said.
The name of the span is the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in honor of the Revolutionary War hero, but it is commonly known as the Twin Bridges.
The early hours of the traffic jam also caught asphalt trucks on their way to the site to put down temporary paving. That further slowed the work, Breen said.
Lanes were reopened by 9 a.m.
Workers will be back on site until 6 a.m. Friday for more work, Breen said, though the DOT expects the construction to be completed before the morning rush hour. During those hours, the northbound bridge will be reduced to one lane. All southbound lanes will be open, Breen said.
Workers are removing the concrete decks on the bridge that vehicles have been traveling over since 1959 and replacing them with temporary decks. Breen said the asbestos is deep down in layers of concrete that have not been touched since the bridge was built. She said use of asbestos on bridges was common at the time of the construction, but the hazardous minerals pose no threat to the public.
This week's construction comes just before the bridges are set to have their decks completely redone, a $29 million project that will stretch across six weekends.
Beginning this weekend, the northbound bridge will be closed nearly every weekend until late October. Construction will be suspended over the Columbus Day weekend.
This weekend, construction will run from 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, closing the northbound bridge and redirecting traffic to one lane in each direction on the southbound side.
The DOT says the biggest delays will occur from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The delays will likely carry over onto Route 9, an alternate route around the bridges.
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Dude. I mean, dude. Like whoa. I have never heard the Blutonium sample pack used that way! What prog you use? Acid? I actually stumbled upon this piece because i tried uploading my own hardstyle named "Into the Light" and the name was taken. So after i renamed it "Into the Light (hardstyle)" (creative, I know) I did a search to see what the other one sounded like, and found this amidst the search results.
This is AWESOME. A true inspiration. I'm going to start making my next piece RIGHT NOW before I lose the idea I've got. Dude, thank you so much, you've just cured my block.
The only thing I used from the Blutonium Pack was the vocals itself, the rest were altered samples scattered throughout my library and vsti's. I don't use Acid at all, I tried and I don't like it though, a few people I know and work close with do, and I can't figure out why lol. I use Fruity Loops Studio 4, and just recently started implementing Audacity to help with the Mastering.
This is one of my newer tracks along with "Club Will Never Close", all my other stuff on here thus far is AT LEAST a year old and beyond (though this is before I discovered better ways to Master a track, as my new technique is recent).
My newer projects are creations I have not even finished yet lol, so stay tuned, I'm working on it bro.
i can shuffle to this shit thnx!
i needed to find a good source of shuffling music and u provided it 4 me thnx. ^.^V
thanks, got plenty more of tunes of this calibur with shufflin' in mind, stay tuned.
lol, thanks!
I don't know why you aren't know more. You produce some insane stuff. Usually i critic stuff to the pulp but i don't have anything bad to say, lol. It was excellent. The beat was catchy and the FX were perfect. I wish i could find the bass hits that you are using because it's a hell of a lot of bass and it sounds great. All of your stuff sounds great and is very well done. Do some advertising, lol.
This is one of those songs that FULLY deserve this score!
you're on my fav artist list. I wanna hear some more outta you soon :)
it's not so much the bass hits, it's the effects and mastering that gives its decadence.
i hardly ever use samples anymore
I really like in one of the reviews I layed out for this he-who-shall-not-be-named who makes cheesy ass happycore, and him calling his lack of mastering an artistic expression, and upon criticising, he then says it's that way because he doesn't use vipzone. lmfao, as if I did.
I haven't used the kick samples from there in nearly 3 years (when I was seeking out new shit back in the day before I even joined the navy), all my shit is just thrown through reverb, filters, distortion, and compression >XD
oh yeah, and actually mastered WHOOPS!!!
This somehow reminds me of DMC games. Dunno why but it does. Nice goin' by the way!
thanks! lol, what is DMC games?
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.


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Kissing strengthen the immune system and protect from wrinkles
A group of researchers from France came to the conclusion that kissing on the lips is useful for human health, including its immune system. Kissing also supports the tone of the muscles of the face, thereby protecting the person from wrinkles, write the media with reference to the French specialists.
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According to the study, when kissing involves many facial muscles, allowing you to keep them in good shape, and, consequently, to smooth out wrinkles and prevent their appearance. Experts also note that, since the bacteria contained in the mouth of two people, as a rule, coincide only 80 percent share the remaining 20 percent may have a beneficial effect on the immune system kissing. Finally, the researchers note that kissing aktiviziruyutsya production of endorphins, which is sometimes called the "hormone of happiness": it enhances mood and helps fight stress.
Earlier, another group of scientists from Wayne state University, made the assertion that to kiss the children good for their health. Experts remind that the family scandals occurring in front of children can affect their mental and physical health negatively, and argue that the opposite is true: if children see parents show affection for each other, that their condition improves. According to scientists, children are important confidence that between their parents, there is no conflict, so it is nice to see confirmation.
Another recent study of kissing, has affected mainly one of the "technical" aspects of the process — the experts figured out why people when you kiss you close your eyes. As it turned out, this is not only because the person's partner is too close, disturbing look at something to focus on, and, primarily, due to the fact that the human brain is unable at the same time to fully process the visual information and the tactile sensation of the kiss.Related posts:


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A suggestion:
1. Review the many messages that have been posted lately either defending or
criticizing various specific attempts to find a concord between Genesis 1-3,
treated as a chronicle of what-happened-and-when in the creation's
formational history (YEC/OEC), and the current empirically-informed
scientific reconstruction of that history.
2. Notice the relative amounts of attention paid to (a) all manner of modern
scientific questions regarding physical structures, processes, events,
chronological ordering, etc., and (b) perennial theological questions about
the identities and interrelationships of God, humankind, and the world in
which we live.
3. Reflect on the significance of this for the question: Am I using the
Bible appropriately?
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It was a new relationship, a new apartment. And in that new apartment there was a spare room. An ordinary box of a room. Not a curve or a cornice to give it charm. What it had was a view. An unbroken expanse of river and sky.
We didn't see its ugliness or gracelessness. We saw it as SPACE and, as such, it was wonderful. It would be a workroom--our workroom.
We had no trouble agreeing on furniture for our room. It would be functional, it would be utilitarian. But it would be handsome. Three white Formica slabs, two smaller ones for our desks, a large one for a worktable. Chrome saw horses and white file cabinets formed the bases. Two professional desk chairs--black, with hydraulic handles for lowering and lifting the seats. We chose each item with such confidence. Nothing hesitant about this. No starting out with make-do's or hand-me-downs. All new, all ours. And dark gray industrial carpeting underneath it all.
How sleek it looked. Good work would be done here. Together.
A few green plants on the big table added some color and life, as did our favorite pictures on the walls over our desks, our tastes different, but not conflicting. And, later, I would give him a white magnetic note board from MoMA, black wire baskets for the papers beginning to cover his desk. And red bookends. He gave me a new lamp.
We had a party and cleared the desks and lay the food out on the white Formica tops.
"You mean you have this whole room just to work in?" a friend exclaimed, his voice full of wonder and envy.
We bought a "bedsit" at Workbench--compact and neat, it folded out into a double bed for guests. Our European friends, Gino and Iris, came and stayed on it for a month. We thought they'd never leave.
Slowly, books and manuscripts began to fill the space. Every space. His books. His manuscripts. He bought a bookshelf and jammed it along the wall next to the bedsit. And then another one. There was no longer room for the bedsit; no longer room for guests.
He acquired a new computer, a printer. Another file cabinet, a light box. And more books, more papers. The plants were moved over to the end of the table and moved again. And then there was no room for them either.
His writing filled all the drawers and then two cardboard transfiles that he stashed under his desk.
And then, somehow, it was his room. A dark room now, the venetian blinds permanently down and closed--too much glare on the computer.
I vacated my desk and set up a "computer station" in a corner of the bedroom. And, except when I went in to pull something from a file, it was his room. He wrote and he read and he talked on the phone with the door closed and the blinds drawn.
And then, abruptly, devastatingly, the room was once again bare, books and bookshelves gone. What remained was one lone desk and chair and the long, empty table. Rubbery black spots on the wall marked the place where the magnetic note board had been, bare nails where pictures had hung, indentations in the carpet where his desk had stood.
And, once again, it was a charmless room. More empty, more charmless than it had been at the beginning. Because now it echoed with all that we had hoped for, all that I thought had come true.
I kept the door closed. Occasionally I thought of renting it out, this room, this extra space. To a student, perhaps. A presence, at least, to counter the loneliness. Yet, I made no move. The door remained closed.
And then one day I went in and raised the venetian blind and saw again what had been hidden for years--the clear expanse of river and sky. I saw a tugboat, bright red, earnestly plowing upriver trailing a barge several times its size. I saw a dark freighter, its silhouetted loading cranes fracturing the sky, so large it filled the frame of the window. I saw gulls dipping and turning--flashing white against a smoky sky.
I turned back towards the place where his desk had been and visualized a work counter that would extend the length of the wall. Permanent, immovable. Spacious enough to hold a computer, a printer, an answering machine, a fax. Maybe more. My things. And in the barren corner where the bedsit had been, I imagined a sofa covered with gray and white mattress ticking.
And so I tacked a notice in the laundry room and sold the computer station in the corner of my bedroom. I moved plants back onto the big table.
Over the long work counter I hung evidence of my ongoing life--a drawing a friend had made for me; a birthday card whose message I wanted to remember (a little girl carrying a knapsack stands at a fork in the road. One arrow points to "your future," the other to a path marked "no longer an option.")
Now I sat writing every day at the long counter by the bright window. I sat there writing and watching the endless movement of the river that flowed past the spare room that now I called "my study."
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