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The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will host the 2004 USA Amateur Radio
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Top Minor League Markets: About this project
What we researched
■ 235 markets
■ 47 leagues
■ 408 teams
■ 249.8 million in total minor league attendance
■ $2.64 billion in construction at 50 new or extensively renovated venues
Defining the markets
Each league studied for this project was asked to provide a list of its member teams' territories or boundaries. Thirteen minor league teams had no designated boundary. In those cases, if the team shared a market with another minor league team, the same boundary was applied to each club. In the absence of a shared team, which was the case in six markets, one of the 3,138 U.S. census market designations was used.
Attendance was included for the five most recently completed seasons for each league whose regular season finished by July 31 of this year. For baseball teams, attendance was included for the 2008-12 seasons.
Teams playing in the National Women's Soccer League, whose inaugural season began in April and runs through the end of August, were not tracked.
The Highland Heights, Ky.; Huntington, W.Va.; La Crosse, Wis.; Tupelo, Miss.; Wenatchee, Wash.; and Ypsilanti, Mich., markets were researched but not included in the final ranking because sufficient attendance data was unavailable for any season played by a team in those markets during the measured period. Each market hosted a single indoor football team that no longer exists.
Attendance figures used were based on team and league official reports, conversations with facility officials, and box scores. Numerous attempts to acquire comprehensive attendance figures directly from the Continental Indoor Football League were unsuccessful, although data was provided by several teams or their respective arenas. Additionally, the International Basketball League is not represented in the study. League officials said attendance from their clubs was not available, so no such figures were included in the research.
Wailuku, Maui, is the only market in the Pacific Association baseball league that is present in the study. Attendance data was not available for the Pacific Association, which began play this spring, but the Na Koa Ikaika Maui club played previously in leagues for which attendance information was available. That made it possible to include Wailuku, Maui, in the ranking.
As is the case at all levels of organized sports, reported attendance can vary from being a turnstile count to the number of tickets sold to the number of tickets distributed. Ticket prices were not factored into the ranking formula. The ranking also does not take into account other sports options in each market, such as racetracks, high-profile college programs or major junior hockey leagues. In addition, markets that are home to a major league franchise in addition to having a minor league team were not included in the ranking.
This is the fifth time SportsBusiness Journal has produced this ranking, the first coming in 2005, and then every other year since. Analyzing a total of 14 years of data over the course of these five studies, we've learned that win-loss percentages for the majority of baseball and hockey teams — about 70 percent of the teams tracked in the study are in these two sports — create little attendance variance, so that criterion is excluded from the methodology.
All leagues were assigned the same weight. In addition, references to a "current" or "lost" team pertain to a club's most recent moniker and league. For example, Odessa, Texas, was home to the Indoor Football League West Texas Roughnecks for 2009-11, and the team played at various times under other names in the Intense Football League and National Indoor Football League leading up to that stint. But it's the Lone Star Football League West Texas Roughnecks, who played in 2012 but not 2013, that are listed by name in the research.
Calculating the score
A market's total score is the result of three category-specific scores: tenure rank, attendance rank and economic rank.
■ Tenure rank: This score, which accounts for two-thirds of each market's grade, comes from a formula that includes such support measurements as each team's length of presence in its market and the total number of team-years in the last five seasons. If, for example, a market hosted a baseball team and a hockey team in each of the last five seasons, plus an NBA D-League team for one season, it received credit for 11 out of a possible 15 team-years.
Markets were penalized for having teams that folded or moved, but that penalty became less if it saw a team in that same sport return to town with only one season of play lost.
The 50 markets that completed construction on at least one new or extensively upgraded minor league facility between 2008 and 2013 received extra credit. Markets with venues under construction but not open as of press time did not receive extra credit.
Our tenure category essentially prevents new teams in new markets in new facilities from skewing results, while rewarding markets that have retained their current clubs. Markets also earned credit for continuous hosting of each franchise. Additionally, we excused historical one-year gaps in 12 markets that were brought on by weather, league mergers and other circumstances that were beyond the parameters of "community support."
Extra credit was given to Rochester, N.Y.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Auburn, N.Y.; and Elizabethton, Tenn., for being home to a team whose ownership is made up entirely of citizen shareholders.
■ Attendance rank: This score, which accounted for one-fifth of each market's grade, is based on the total attendance of all a market's teams and overall percentage of seats filled over the five-year period. Both measurements were indexed against the market's total five-year population to create a single score.
■ Economic rank: Three economic factors went into our ranking: unemployment, population and each market's Total Personal Income (TPI). For each, a measure of standard deviation was set, and markets gained or lost credit based on their attendance behavior relative to fluctuations in the economic metrics. For example, if a market's unemployment rate decreased and TPI increased, attendance was expected to increase. Indexing was not done for the six markets that hosted a single team for one season. June 2013 estimates from both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau were the sources.
In the end, Toledo, Ohio, had the highest point total, and all markets were indexed against that total. Points could be deducted from a market's total for four reasons: losing a franchise, along with failing to keep attendance in line with fluctuations in area unemployment, population or TPI. Twelve markets finished with a negative score because of indexing against the No. 1 market's total.
Additional information about the research, including a listing of the leagues tracked, as well as more information about each market ranked is available at www.sportsbusinessjournal.com.
Leagues tracked
AA: American Association (Independent)
APP: Appalachian League (Rookie)
AL: Atlantic League (Independent)
C-A: Can-Am League (Independent)
CAL: California League (A, Advanced)
CAR: Carolina League (A, Advanced)
CBL: Continental Baseball League* (Independent)
EL: Eastern League (AA)
FSL: Florida State League (A, Advanced)
FL: Frontier League (Independent)
GBL: Golden Baseball League* (Independent)
IL: International League (AAA)
MWL: Midwest League (A)
NYPL: New York-Penn League (A, Short-Season)
NABL: North American Baseball League* (Independent)
NAL: North American League* (Independent)
NL: Northern League* (Independent)
NWL: Northwest League (A, Short-Season)
PA: Pacific Association (Independent)
PCL: Pacific Coast League (AAA)
PL: Pioneer League (Rookie)
SAL: South Atlantic League (A)
SL: Southern League (AA)
TL: Texas League (AA)
ULB: United League Baseball* (Independent)
NBA D-League: NBA Development League
Indoor football
AF2: arenafootball2*
AFL: Arena Football League
AIF: American Indoor Football Association
CIFL: Continental Indoor Football League
CPIFL: Champions Professional Indoor Football League
IFL: Indoor Football League
LSFL: Lone Star Football League
PIFL: Professional Indoor Football League
SIFL: Southern Indoor Football League*
UIFL: United Indoor Football League*
AHL: American Hockey League
CHL: Central Hockey League
FHL: Federal Hockey League
SPHL: Southern Professional Hockey League
MISL: Major Indoor Soccer League
NASL: North American Soccer League
PASL: Professional Arena Soccer League
USL: United Soccer Leagues First Division*
USL Pro: United Soccer Leagues top tier
XSL: Xtreme Soccer League*
* League ceased operation during the measured period but can be represented in the study by a current team that previously played in the league.


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"Here." He pointed to the bottom left corner of the map where a line of French was scribbled. "This is meant as your starting point. La Nouvelle Ville. That's a reference to Georgetown." He frowned at the map. The lay of the land was all wrong. Oliver circled the table until he stood next to Sparrow. There. That was better. He traced the line of the coast, his finger hovering just above the paper. "The rose is backwards. It's a common misdirection technique."
There were other marking on the map. Most were in French, though there were parts in Dutch, English, German, Spanish, and a few phrases he wasn't immediately sure the origin of. There was a definitive trail to the map, though it would take him some time to figure out the stops marked along the way. Each stop had a tiny sketch next to it, likely references to landmarks along the trail.
Sparrow was watching him when he looked up. "How soon do you need this?" He asked. "It's going to take me some time to decipher."
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Oliver jerked back from the desk. "Is it safe here? Shouldn't you take it with you?"
She shook her head. "No one knows I work with you, and I know you've been discreet."
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Sparrow knocked on the map. "Work on this fast and send word. I'm staying at the Rusty Badger, over by the docks."
He nodded again. As much as he wanted to take his time and study the map, with Sparrow's line of business it was always better to get anything she brought him out of his house as fast as possible.
Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough.
Oliver huffed as the doorbell rang. He'd had Carson clear all his appointments for the week so he definitely wasn't scheduled for visitors. Interrupted twice in one week. What was the world coming to? He was half tempted to have Carson ignore the door and pretend they weren't home, but there was a slim chance it was Sparrow again. That and Carson's stiff sense of propriety wouldn't let him leave the door unanswered.
He rolled the map up anyways and hid it under his desk, just in case it wasn't Sparrow at the door. He shoved his notes in the bottom drawer and covered them with two books on Egyptian pottery. The drawer shut just as his study door opened.
Oliver stared. A man he hadn't seen in close to a decade walked in with a familiar smirk etched across his achingly handsome features. Oliver had started to stand once the door opened and then quickly reversed trajectory, landing heavily in his seat.
"Oliver." Khalid ibn Abbas smirked at him. Oliver had almost forgotten how that smirk made his insides feel like warm marmalade. Almost, but it was hard to forget Khalid. "It's been ages."
He nodded dumbly. Words tended to fail him when Khalid was around. At first he'd attributed that to Khalid's standing among the other men at their university, the way he practically ruled campus as king, but he'd been naive as a boy. Now he understood exactly why Khalid affected him so.
Khalid sauntered towards Oliver's desk. He was obviously doing well for himself, though if there was one thing Khalid had never lacked it was opportunity. He'd been rumored to be the son of a sultan off in the East, though that had never been confirmed. His wealth had been obvious. When combined with his good looks - dark, exotic skin, finely chiseled features, perfectly trimmed beard - and copious charm, he'd never wanted for women. Men too, though Oliver had found out about that far too late to do anything about it.
Khalid had always seemed a bit too perfect. Oliver had fantasized, once upon a time, that Khalid had a darker side, one that he hid from the rest of the world behind a charming facade. That fantasy had been the subject of copious dreams, even after he'd left Khalid and university long behind.
Oliver licked his lips and pretended there was more than polite interest in Khalid's stares as he watched Oliver. "How..." His voice cracked. He coughed and tried again. "How can I help you?"
Khalid leaned against Oliver's desk and idly perused the mound of books that covered the surface. His smile seemed to widen even more as he read the spines. "I hear you're a bit of a consulting historian these days."
His lips twitched towards a frown and he fought to keep a polite smile on his face. "Yes. I do work with the museums. Did you perhaps see the exhibit from Cairo that came through?"
Khalid shook his head. He didn't look at Oliver, just at his books. It reminded Oliver far too keenly of their college days. He'd been beneath notice then, just another average student in a throng of many. "I heard you do private consultations as well."
Oliver shifted. He was torn between the urge to move away from Khalid and the urge to lean closer. "I do. For friends."
Finally, Khalid looked at him. His black eyes were piercing. Oliver instinctively jerked away but the chair stopped him from going far. "I didn't realize you were friends with pirates."
Oliver paled. How did Khalid know? More importantly, since he obviously knew about Oliver's dealings with Sparrow, why was he here? Did he work for the government? It would make sense. The government always went after the best and brightest, even if they were foreigners.
Khalid's smirk took on a menacing cast. It made Oliver's stomach clench and sent a rush of warmth to his groin. He shifted his chair away, or at least started to. Khalid caught it with a firm hand on the back and when had he moved so close? Oliver wasn't usually one to be distracted by a pretty face, but Khalid has always been an exception to every one of Oliver's rules.
"Did Sparrow come see you?"
His tongue caught in his throat. He should deny it but it was too late now. He could tell just from Khalid's pleased expression that he'd already known the answer.
Khalid loomed over him. This close, Oliver could smell a faint hint of spices from Khalid's cologne. It was intoxicating. "Where's the map?"
"W-what map?" It was a useless defense, but he had to at least try.
Wood creaked behind him as Khalid tightened his grip. Oliver squeaked and leaned away from Khalid's arm. There was no humor in Khalid's expression. Gone was all the charm and in its place was something equal parts frightening and arousing. Khalid's cold eyes went straight through Oliver, like he was no more than a bug that could be squished at leisure. This, then, was the real Khalid, the one he'd been hiding all those years in university. He was a dangerous man, dark and deadly, and knowing the truth of him didn't make Oliver want him any less. "The map."
Oliver pointed. Khalid kept his eyes on Oliver as he bent to retrieve it. The motion made his long overcoat fall open, giving Oliver a quick glimpse of the sheathed blade belted to Khalid's hip.
Khalid moved to the other side of the desk and unrolled the map, much like Sparrow had done though he never took his hands off it. He studied the map for a long moment before looking up at Oliver. "You can read this?"
He wasn't sure what made him answer but he did with a slow nod of his head. He should have lied.
Khalid rolled the map up tight and tucked it away in his coat. "Good. You're coming with me."
Oliver opened his mouth to protest. Khalid put his hand on the pommel of his sword, his coat falling to the side, giving Oliver a clear view of the blade. It was rather long and presumably quite sharp. Oliver had never been a fan of bleeding.
"Right. Do I have time to..." He gestured towards the stairs and his bedroom beyond. It would be nice if he could take some spare clothes with him but he doubted he would be allowed. He was right.
Khalid shook his head.
Oliver sighed. "Of course. Can I just-" He cut himself off at Khalid's sharp glare. "Right." He stood and offered a shaky grin. It was rather pitiful as far as smiles went but he gave himself credit for managing something given the situation. "Where to?"
"You know, this is hardly necessary," Oliver said, not for the first time. Course ropes cut into his wrist and the wooden chair he was tied to was starting to become uncomfortable. He missed the chair in his study. It was padded and worn down in all the right places. Also, he'd never been tied to it.
Khalid ignored him. That was a theme in most of their conversations. Gone was the smiling charm that Khalid put on in public. Oliver kind of liked it better this way. At least this version of Khalid was real.
"What's this?" Khalid pointed at the fifth stop on the map. They'd been going over the map for days, thankfully not with Oliver tied to the chair the entire time. That was only when he was near the map and not in a prison cell in the belly of the ship. If he didn't know any better, he would have thought Khalid liked tying him up. It wasn't like Oliver could run away. They were in the middle of the ocean. Where was he going to go? Atlantis?
"It's a statue of some kind." He'd just been finishing up translations of that section when Khalid had abducted him and brought him aboard his ship. Well, not his. Oliver had caught a glimpse of a female with black curly hair that the crew called captain but he'd yet to meet her. She looked just as dangerous as Khalid, which meant he was in no rush to make her acquaintance. One dangerous person at a time was his usual limit.
God, he hated dealing with pirates. At least Sparrow kept all the dangerous bits far away from him.
Khalid glared. "Yes, I realized that. What does it say?"
He frowned, already knowing Khalid wasn't going to like the answer. "Well, nothing really." The look Khalid shot him was murderous. He hastily continued. "It's just descriptors. They don't really make sense. Growing. Man-head. Red eyes. It doesn't say where it is, or anything useful, just what to look for."
Khalid sighed and leaned back against the plain wooden table the map was laid out on. Oliver wasn't sure what Khalid expected from him, especially when he was bound to a chair miles away from his books, but it was obviously more than he was producing. None of the parts of the map that Oliver had translated gave any specific location beyond the starting point. The map seemed to rely more on nameless landmarks, quite probably because the area they were heading into didn't have named landmarks. It would make for difficult traveling. Oliver was hoping the pirates would let him go before then, but that seemed doubtful.
"What about this?" Khalid pointed to the sixth and final stop.
Oliver leaned forward in the chair. His shoulders ached from the strain. There was a single word written next to a statue of a vague human shape. He settled back against the chair with a raised eyebrow. "You know what that means. It's in Arabic. It's the root of the verb 'to hide'. Obviously whatever treasure you're looking for is hidden near that statue."
Khalid stared at him, his expression never changing. If that had been a test, Oliver had no idea whether he passed or failed. "And how will we know how to find it?"
Oliver shrugged as best he could. "I have no idea. The map doesn't say. I suppose you'll just have to look."
Khalid shook his head. "No, Oliver, you'll be the one looking."
Oliver let out a very uncivilized curse. Khalid's expression finally changed, shifting into that familiar smirk. There was a not so small part of Oliver that was pleased at the prospect of spending more time in Khalid's presence.
That part of him was an idiot.
Oliver had assumed that once they reached Georgetown, they'd continue their journey on foot. He'd assumed wrong. A strange shaking pulled him out of a light doze. He rolled upright on his cot and squinted into the dark. The lantern by the stairs was swinging on its hook, casting the room in strange moving shadows. He heard a heavy lock click and then the door at the top of the stairs opened. Khalid descended the stairs, the familiar rope in his hands.
"What's going on?" Oliver moved to stand by the bars. There was no sign of worry or even concern on Khalid's face, which meant either the man had the best poker face in the world or the shaking was meant to happen.
"Turn around," Khalid ordered in lieu of an answer.
Oliver obediently turned and stretched his hands behind his back so Khalid could tie them. Once his wrists were securely bound, Khalid unlocked the cell. His hand closed over Oliver's wrists, guiding him up the stairs. The hall was dark. Khalid didn't usually take him out of his cell at night. Oliver stopped once they reached the room with the map, but instead of opening the door, Khalid shoved lightly to propel Oliver forward, further into the depths of the ship. Oliver frowned. This was new. They kept going until they reached a set of stairs going up.
They emerged out on to the deck. Cool sea air caressed Oliver's face and he felt his entire body relax slightly at the sensation. He hadn't realized until now how tense he'd been from being caged up for so long. The near full moon provided decent illumination, enough that Oliver could make out a small crew moving around the deck, securing sails and tightening lines. There was a strange humming in the air.
Khalid moved them both towards the prow. For a second, Oliver thought Khalid was going to throw him overboard but they came to a halt a foot short of the railing. Khalid's hold on Oliver's wrists tightened, stopping just short of painful.
The ship was rising. From his vantage point, Oliver could see the faint lights of a settlement, presumably Georgetown, in the distance. The water was choppy and growing further and further away with each second that passed. For a minute, he thought the ship was growing but then the ship pulled free of the waves and they climbed up in the air. Oliver stared, wide-eyed and breathless as the distant coast grew closer. They passed just south of Georgetown but by then the town was like a toy model below them. Oliver leaned forward in Khalid's hold as they flew over the forest, straining for a better view.
Oliver didn't want to move, but he didn't protest when Khalid eventually led him back into the ship. He caught sight of large propellers on the sides and rear of the ship. A huge cloud of steam trailed behind them. Once he was back in his cell, Oliver stayed awake for hours, staring at the ceiling.
They were flying.
It was much easier to navigate through the jungle when they were traveling above it rather than through it. He could hear the lookout calling out the landmarks as they passed them, his voice carrying all the way to Oliver's cell, if faintly. He felt almost forgotten since Khalid had brought him out on the deck to see the ship rise. They had no more need of map translation, which meant all Oliver had to do was wait. He longed for a book, anything besides plain wood walls to look at.
Two days passed in silence, interrupted only by a crew member bringing him his meals and then immediately leaving with empty tray from the previous meal. Then the ship shuddered. Oliver had a brief moment of panic. Were they falling? But, instead of dropping the ship slowed and stilled. A few minutes later, the door opened and Khalid descended to bind Oliver's hands. It was hard walking with his hands bound behind his back, but he'd gotten a bit used to it. That didn't stop his trepidation when Khalid led him onto the deck and towards a thin gangplank.
He was marginally reassured by Khalid's grip on his arms, but only slightly. He had hoped that his schoolboy crush would fade in the face of being kidnapped. If anything it had grown stronger. His inclination to act on said crush had diminished greatly, which was mildly reassuring. At least if he fell getting off the ship, he'd take Khalid with him. There was a bit of poetic justice in that.
He didn't fall.
Khalid's grip shifted from reassuring to annoying as they marched through the jungle. He wanted to yank his arms out of Khalid's grasp but the number of armed pirates around him made that seem like an unwise thing to do. He sighed as they stepped from the jungle into a wide clearing. There was the statue the map had shown, with a large relief carved into the cliff wall behind it. The statue was up on a stone dais, barely wide enough for two people to stand on at the same time. The statue depicted a strange sort of figure, not quite feminine but not masculine either, more like a blending of the two into a figure of androgynous beauty. The figure's eyes were closed, head downcast, as if sleeping standing up. Oliver wanted to get a closer look, which seemed to match Khalid's plans for him.
The pirates spread out in a circle around the statue. The captain seemed to be studying the cliff wall. A Chinese man stood close behind her, likely a bodyguard. As he got closer, Oliver could make out more details of the statue, including the strange black stone it was made of. The stone seemed to sparkle slightly in the sunlight.
"Well, where do we go from here?" The captain turned away from the wall to stare at them. She had a melodic voice, like what he'd expect from a trained musician, but with a definite air of command. Oliver belatedly realized she was talking to him.
He blinked and glanced over his shoulder at Khalid, who also seemed to be waiting for a response. He shrugged. "I don't know. I need to look around."
The captain frowned but nodded and turned back to the wall. Oliver tugged lightly on his wrists. "This would be a lot easier if I could move."
Khalid glared. "I'm not untying you."
"I didn't ask you to. Just let go for a minute."
Khalid hesitated.
Oliver rolled his eyes. "Where am I going to go? I'm outnumbered and in the middle of a jungle."
Khalid let him go. Oliver resisted the urge to sigh and hated himself a little for missing the warmth of Khalid's touch. He stepped up onto the dais and leaned in towards the statue. It was finely crafted. He couldn't see even a single chisel mark. The statue stood on a square base with a single inscription written in a foreign language, possibly Nahuatl. He wasn't fluent enough to translate, but he thought one of the words meant 'desire'.
One of the pirates screamed. Oliver jerked back from the statue and stared as blood spread across the pirate's shirt. There was something metal sticking out from the man's chest. Surprise filled the man's face as he fell. Oliver's stomach twisted and threatened to rebel. He gagged and staggered backwards into the statue.
Too many things happened at once. Small men poured out of the trees, armed with crude spears. The pirates pulled their swords. Khalid reached for Oliver. His expression was different than what Oliver was used to, almost as if he were concerned. Oliver was falling, which was odd because he was sure the statue was behind him and yet instead of his back hitting stone, it went through it like it was thick marmalade. It closed around him. His eyes caught Khalid's and he desperately wanted to reach for him but his bound hands had already sunk into the statue.
The last thing he saw before black closed around him was a spear hurtling towards Khalid's back.
Oliver stared into a blue-grey fog. He squinted. That wasn't right. There should be sky and trees and Khalid. He sat up. Fog surrounded him in every direction. He ran his hands over the floor. He could feel it solid beneath him and yet it looked as if the fog continued on below him.
Something moved at the edge of his vision. Oliver whipped his head around and stared at the figure that crouched in the fog. It looked exactly like the statue. Then it opened its eyes. Red light shone out from two gem-like eyes. Oliver stared. It tilted its head and stared back at him.
"Umm. Hello?"
It kept staring.
Oliver waited but the figure didn't seem inclined to move. He slowly shifted to his feet. "Can you speak?"
It tilted its head further to the side.
Oliver sighed. He turned in a slow circle. There was nothing but himself, the figure, and the fog. He turned toward the figure. "I need to get out of here." The image of Khalid impaled on a spear stuck in his brain. There was a chance the spear had missed. Really, he should be relieved not to be captive anymore. He should be making a plan to get back to civilization but he was worried about Khalid. He took a step towards the figure. It didn't react. "Please. Can you show me how to get out of here?"
It stared blankly at him. His stomach clenched and he felt unfamiliar panic grip him. He wasn't used to danger, even less used to people he cared about being placed in danger, and he did care about Khalid, more than he should. He didn't want Khalid to die. There was likely little he could do to help but that didn't stop him from needing to try.
The figure stepped forward. Oliver took a step back. In the space of a blink, the figure was next to him, far closer than propriety dictated. It reached forward and touched his cheek with one cool hand. A brief sense of peace washed over him and then the figure's hand slid down to his chest. It shoved and he fell once more.
Oliver landed hard on the ground. He recognized the clearing from earlier. He never thought he'd be happy to be stuck in a jungle before. Then he sat up and all traces of happiness fled. There were bodies in the clearing. His stomach rolled and he twisted to the side to vomit into the grass. Dull dead eyes stared at him from less than a foot away. He jerked away and then paused. Those eyes were familiar. He knew her, but she shouldn't be here, shouldn't be dead at all. That was Layla from Sparrow's crew. If Layla was here - and dead, his mind helpfully added, making him retch once more - then Sparrow was here, which meant that it was more than just Khalid in danger.
At least Khalid and Sparrow weren't among the dead bodies. He didn't want to look, would rather just ignore the blood and death and flee the clearing as fast as possible, but he had to, just in case Khalid or Sparrow were here. They weren't. Most of Sparrow's crew was missing, along with half of the team that had come with them from Khalid's ship. There was a lot of blood but he tried not to think about that. His stomach clenched painfully. He turned, trying to figure out where Khalid and the others had been taken and then stared as the statue stepped off the dais. It looked straight at him, it eyes glowing red like jewels, then it turned and walked into the trees.
Oliver hesitated and then followed. Tree limbs snapped as the statue barreled through the jungle, seemingly heedless of what was in its path. At least that made it easier for Oliver. He didn't have to worry about ducking around trees because the statue cleared a path straight through them.
They emerged a the base of a cliff. There was a settlement built into the cliff and he could see more of those small people moving about between buildings. Thankfully most of them were without spears. He should hide, but the second that thought crossed his mind, a shout rose up from the settlement. People pointed. Oliver took an involuntary step backwards, preparing to run into the woods but the statue turned and stared at him. He stilled. It looked between him and the top of the cliff and Oliver got the strange sense that the statue expected something.
No one had run out to attack them. In fact they seemed to be running from them. People pointed and shouted and then turned and disappeared into the buildings. He hoped they weren't going to find more spears.
The statue stared moving again, slowly at first, glancing back repeatedly to make sure Oliver was following. He did. It was a stupid thing to do but he was all out of ideas on reasonable things to do. Following an animated statue into a village full of kidnappers was probably better than running back into the jungle and getting eaten by something.
They wound their way through the small village, climbing up roughly carved roads that switched back and forth up the cliff side. No one emerged from their little houses which probably was a sign that he shouldn't be around the statue but he was fairly certain the statue wouldn't let him leave. At least there was a chance his friends were here. A very good chance, he realized, as they reached the top of the cliff. There were over a dozen wooden poles staked in the ground, each with a person tied to it. There was Sparrow, and Khalid two spaces down. Oliver felt a small sliver of satisfaction at seeing Khalid tied up. He found it incredibly ironic that he was the only one not tied up at the moment.
Two huge bonfires burned at the opposite edge of the cliff, where it overlooked a large lake and more jungle. The poles were arranged in a semicircle near the far edge. Oliver wondered if it was part of some strange ritual. There were no markings on the ground, no ceremonial knives or paint, or anything to indicate what the little people intended to do with the people on poles.
Come to think of it, there were no little people at all up here. Maybe the statue had scared them off.
A shrill cry pierced the air and Oliver looked up, expecting to find a bird overhead. There was, indeed, a creature there but it was far too large to be a bird. It was closer in size to Khalid's ship, with great leathery wings and a wicked curved beak. What worried Oliver more, though, were the tentacles that stretched out behind the creature as it swooped down to land on the far side of the cliff.
Oh. So that's what the poles were for. They were feeding it.
Oliver reacted without thinking, which was probably better because if he thought about it, he likely would have run far, far away. Instead, he screamed, distracting the creature as its tentacles reached for two of the poles. He was vaguely aware of eyes turning towards him and people shouting, but his brain couldn't process what they said. He could only focus on giant monster about to eat his friends. He ran to the side and grabbed one of the burning logs off the bonfire. His skin prickled from the heat. He turned and chucked the wood at the creature. He was horrible at throwing, but thankfully the creature provided a large target, nearly impossible to miss.
The first piece fell short, but it managed to further distract the creature. He kept throwing. On his fourth try, he actually hit the thing, making it howl in pain. It launched backwards off the cliff. For a brief second, Oliver thought he'd driven it away, but then it turned and dived towards him.
Perhaps that hadn't been the best of plans
He dropped to the ground next to the bonfire, one hand covering his head while the other covered his glasses, and curled in on himself. He heard the creature hit the bonfire. Burning wood bounced off his back. There was a whoosh of air as the creature sailed over him. He started to uncurl, thinking he was clear, but then something thick and rubbery smacked into him and curled around him. Right, tentacles. The creature glided across the plateau, dragging Oliver with him. He had a second to wonder which would be worse, if the creature carried him off with it or if it dropped him off the cliff. Then he stopped, suddenly and without warning. The tentacle around him flopped to the ground, unmoving.
Oliver turned and stared at the statue. Its hand had closed around the tentacle, apparently ripping it from the monster. The creature howled. It swung around and dove again. The statue didn't move. The creature opened its beak and crashed straight into the statue. Blood sprayed. Momentum carried the creature forward and over the cliff as it was cut in two. Oliver only saw the impact and the aftermath, he was too busy vomiting for the rest, each squelch and splatter making his stomach heave anew.
When silence fell, Oliver tentatively chanced a glance. The statue stood exactly where it had been, covered in blood. Oliver wondered if it had reverted back to a stationary statue, but it turned towards him at that moment, then looked to the poles.
Right. People tied up.
He tried very hard not to think about what he was stepping in as he crossed a stream of red to get to the poles. It didn't work. Thankfully, his stomach was already very, very empty at this point so he merely gagged as he approached Sparrow's pole. The knots on the ropes were a tangled mess.
"Are you alright?"
He looked up at Sparrow but didn't open his mouth, not trusting himself to speak at the moment. Something else might come out. His face must have been answer enough for her because she frowned and shifted one foot forward.
"There's a knife in my boot."
The handle was thankfully obvious. He wasn't sure he could handle being forced to feel up Sparrow at the moment, even if it was just her foot and for a good cause. The ropes fell away with ease. She squeezed his shoulder, then pulled a knife from her hip and moved to untie the rest of her crew.
Oliver started cutting free Khalid's crew. He started with the ones closest to him, barely pausing when he set to undoing Khalid's ropes. By then there were enough people helping the others that they were all free. Khalid rubbed at his wrists and stared at Oliver. The knife hung limply in Oliver's hand.
"Oliver." He turned towards Sparrow's voice. She waved him over. Her crew was already starting to descend towards the village.
He looked back towards Khalid, but Khalid was already gone, joining with the rest of his crew. Oliver went with Sparrow and didn't look back.
Oliver never thought he'd live to see the day where he was actually glad to be at a party. Normally he found them boring but there was something about being trapped alone on a ship that made him crave company. He smiled and made small talk and drank far more than he really should but he figured he was allowed, just this once, to skirt the edge of decent levels of public intoxication, what with being kidnapped by pirates and nearly killed by a sky kraken.
A warm hand settled on the small of his back. He turned, prepared to admonish the person attached to the hand for being overly familiar, but the words died on his lips. He stared up at a handsomely chiseled face, skin naturally tanned, with a perfectly trimmed black beard.
Khalid smiled one of those charming, fake smiles. Now that Oliver knew where to look, he could see faint hints of the real Khalid beneath the smile, hidden in the sharp corners of his grin and the steel focus of his eyes. "Oliver."
He should move away from Khalid's hand, but he didn't. "Come to kidnap me again?"
"Hardly." Khalid's grin grew sharper, with a trace of danger in the set of his jaw. "My captain thinks you're bad luck."
He raised an eyebrow. "It's hardly my fault that the treasure at the end of your map was a giant monster."
Khalid chuckled. It was a strange, delicious sound. Oliver could see himself getting attached to it. "Carmen does tend to overreact to the supernatural."
Oliver couldn't quite connect the imposing curly-haired woman he'd seen with someone who believed in superstition. He wasn't going to question it, though, if it kept him from getting kidnapped again.
"Would you care for a stroll?"
He nodded. Khalid's hand guided him out. It was a much better sensation when his hands weren't tied. They stepped out into the cool night. The streets were relatively quiet, with only a scattering of other pedestrians wandering out this late. Oliver found himself smiling, though he wasn't entirely sure why. No, that was a lie. He knew why and it was all tied to the spreading warmth in his back where Khalid kept touching him.
"Whatever happened to that statue thing?" Khalid asked.
Oliver's smile widened. "It followed me home. I set up a room for it, but it seems to like to hang out in the garden and scare the pigeons. I call it Ginny."
Khalid coughed. Oliver wasn't entirely certain if Khalid caught the joke, but he seemed to, judging by the appraising look he shot Oliver. "You have a jinn in your garden?"
He shrugged. "It likes it there. Who am I to argue?"
Khalid shook his head. The false charm had faded into what may have been a real smile. They rounded the corner and Oliver gasped as he was rapidly turned. His back hit stone but he hardly cared because Khalid was pressed against him and his mouth was warm and wet and very, very good. Oliver could feel his toes curling in his shoes. He was only aware of his hands curling in Khalid's jacket after the fact, as Khalid started to pull away and was stopped by Oliver's grip. Khalid grinned. "Maybe you are cursed."
Oliver grinned back. Khalid's mouth was so close, barely inches away and he wanted to stretch up and taste it once more. "I think everything worked out in the end."
Khalid kissed him in response. As glorious as it felt to finally - finally! - have Khalid kissing him, Oliver was keenly aware of how exposed they were. It may be dark and the section of the street Khalid had stopped at was plentiful in shadow, but there were much more appropriate places to be kissing.
He pulled away regretfully. "I could hail a cab if you'd like. I'm afraid my house is quite a ways away."
Khalid smirked. "My place is closer."
If Oliver had any sort of sense, he wouldn't be following his former kidnapper home. He also wouldn't have been kissing said kidnapper in the middle of the street or inviting his kidnapper to his home. Thankfully, his sense in this regard was absolutely non-existent, which was how he ended up stretched out across Khalid's wide bed in his modest townhouse, silk sheets cool under his naked skin, and his hands tied to the headboard with what was likely a very expensive silk tie. It was so much better than rope.
Oliver squirmed as Khalid's fingers played inside of him, twisting and curling as they spread lubricant and stretched him, preparing his body for Khalid to take his place in Oliver. It felt amazing. This wasn't Oliver's first time with a man, but it was his first time with a man he wanted more than a passing fancy, someone who made his heart pound and his skin burn. He moaned, louder than he really should given the proximity of Khalid's townhouse to its neighbors but he couldn't help himself. Khalid seemed to like it that way. His eyes were fixed on Oliver's face, no longer cold but just as deadly focused.
He wanted Khalid, danger and deadly eyes and all. He got it. Khalid pulled out his fingers and lined up his hips. He jerked forward, like he was lunging with a sword, but instead of being pierced by steal, Oliver was pierced by flesh and it felt just as deadly. Khalid impaled him, pushing all the way in in one swift thrust, and Oliver screamed his pleasure. It was rough, a little too close to pain but also just close enough, and it drove him wild.
Then Khalid moved, pulling out slowly to thrust back in, repeating the motion over and over in a steady slap-slap that pressed Oliver closer to the headboard inch by inch. He twisted his hands in the tie, pressing them against the headboard so that he could get a little leverage to push back and keep his head from hitting into the wood. The next time Khalid thrust, Oliver locked his arms, and then curled his fingers into the wood as Khalid pressed even deeper.
He was ruined, absolutely ruined for anyone else. He'd always associate his hands being tied with Khalid, and he'd been right, Khalid really did have a thing for typing him up, but it went deeper than the initial amusement Oliver had assumed to something deeper, darker and possessive. Oliver was okay with that. He didn't mind being possessed and he certainly didn't mind being tied up if it meant Khalid fucked him so hard he could barely think straight.
His world narrowed to sweat and muscles straining and gasps and the slap of flesh hitting flesh. He felt like he was being consumed, eaten alive by the heat of Khalid's body. It spread inside of him, moving up from his groin to his stomach until his whole body felt like it was on fire, tense and ready to explode. Then Khalid leaned over him, nosing Oliver's chin aside so that he could place a gentle kiss on Oliver's collarbone and immediately follow that kiss with a sharp bite.
Oliver howled and came harder than he ever had in his life. He was distantly aware of Khalid watching him as he came, of Khalid's hips speeding up, his body tensing, then slowing until he stilled and stayed that way, buried deep in Oliver but seemingly disinclined to move. Oliver was okay with that. He didn't really want to move either, though he wouldn't mind his hands being untied. But not right now. Right now Khalid was kissing him and everything was perfect.
He was beginning to think pirates and adventure and treasure maps weren't all bad, not if this was what it got him.


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Fletcher Won't Play In The CL Final
Sir Alex warned us all: it was unlikely that Fletcher's red card would be overturned by UEFA. Well, their disciplinary body upheld the ban of United's midfielder who will therefore miss the Champions League final, to be held in Rome on May 27.
UEFA stated there were no grounds for a reversal of the referee's decision - and for the same reason they dismissed Barcelona's appeals in the case of Daniel Alves and Eric Abidal. So, while our midfield will be incomplete Barca will have a very, very makeshift defence.
Fletch, you're only 25, you'll have a chance of featuring in a final!


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Graduate Programs & Courses
Agricultural Biosecurity and Food Defense
1-15 credit course. This course is comprised of supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
3 credit course. Offered Fall. This course will explore intentional and unintentional threats to the agriculture-food system, history and current approaches for safeguarding this key infrastructure. Prerequisite: HLS/PHP 510 or permission of the instructor
3 credit course. Offered Fall. The goal of this course is to provide food industry professionals with information to assist them in recognizing and applying measures to prevent intentional contamination of the food supply.
3 credit course. Offered Spring. This course provides knowledge of diagnostic and surveillance systems used to detect infectious diseases and protect against animal agricultural biological attack.
3 credit course. Offered Spring. This course provides knowledge of plant biosecurity, plant disease, regulations, and technologies using case study examples.
This course in Individual Studies in Agronomy is for students who will be working on their capstone project with their adviser. It is based on creative projects, including non-thesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
3 credit course. Offered Fall. Lectures and exercises designed to develop student competency in plant selection to promote ecological diversity and genetically superior plants.
3 Credit Course. Offered Fall and Summer. In the coming decades biomass will play an increasing role in satisfying society's energy and material needs, providing a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. This course will cover the fundamental theories and applied technologies used in production and conversion of biomass into transportation fuels, heat, power, electricity, chemicals and other value-added products.
3 Credit Course. This course is the "capstone" final project course for students in the Master's of Professional Studies in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems. It should be taken at or near the end of the student's degree program and may not be taken prior to enrolling in (and ideally completing) all other "core" courses in the degree.
3 Credit Course. Offered Fall. This course provides an understanding of conversions of raw agricultural materials into bioenergy with a focus on liquid biofuels. This course presents in-depth coverage of chemical, biochemical, and thermo-chemical conversion technologies for production of bioenergy as well as separation of bioenergy compounds from the mixture. Each part in this course is unique within itself and covers different aspects of conversion technologies for the production of bioenergy from biomass.
3 credit course. Offered Spring. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics, production, and improvement of plants as feedstocks for conversion to energy. Prerequisite: ABE 884.
Community and Economic Development
1 to 6 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Summer/Fall. Creative projects, including non-thesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Concepts, strategies, and techniques of local economic analysis, planning and development; and decision making exercises.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Social organization, processes and change in communities; use of sociological principles in analysis of community problems and development.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Understanding theories, concepts, and frameworks of community and economic development and community decision-making models in application to community development practice and issues.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring, Summer and Fall. This course introduces students to the four basic elements of leadership: personal, interpersonal, group/organization, and community.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Provides a multidimensional overview of three key aspects of community and economic development. Population - the people. Land Use - the place. Municipal finance - the things they do there.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring. Principles, Policy, and Practice: Understanding principles and strategies of regional growth and development, focusing on challenges to theory, policy, and practice, emphasizing change in metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas. Prerequisites: CEDEV 430 and 500 or permission from instructor
3 Credit Course. This is an optional course for the Master of Professional Studies in Community and Economic Development. It provides a foundation in the connections between communities and their local environments, the institutional barriers and boundaries that guide these relationships, and how both work together in impacting long-term community and economic development trajectories across multiple scales.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Typical topics include several methods and techniques in these areas: general community assessment techniques, specialized techniques for community and economic development, and leadership and process skills.
3 credit course. Course provides essential information for the process of writing and developing a framework for students to apply, integrate, and practice the theories, concepts, and methods from the CEDEV curriculum in developing the topic, outline and literature review for the students' required Master's papers.
3 credit course. This course examines the relationship between entrepreneurs, small businesses, and local economic development. The course examines the multiple definitions of "entrepreneurship," and how these individuals affect - and are affected by -the social and economic dynamics of their community.
3 credit course. This course provides an overview of modern approaches to developing places and regions, including policy options and limitations. Fundamental reasons for the world-wide decline of some rural areas and the growth of cities are also explored.
3 credit course. This course will provide students with the knowledge needed to form innovative ideas that address social, environmental, and economic problems, put those ideas into a physical plan, get them funded, and launch them. Along the way, students will develop their own ideas for improving the world, and work them forward with fellow innovators. All the while, students will learn the techniques of social entrepreneurship and collaborative innovation, and how to apply them to everyday life.
3 credit course. This course is an overview of the field of planning. It examines the history of planning and the theories behind it, and the corresponding roles that planners can play in their communities. It establishes the legal framework for planning as a profession, and examines landmark legal cases involving planning and its tools. It then looks at the different types and levels of planning, and examines the process of planning, what data needs to be collected, how a comprehensive plan is made and implemented, and who planners must interact with in the course of doing their job. Finally, the course reviews the current issues in planning, such as Smart Growth, New Urbanism, and Sustainability. Throughout, the course attempts to emphasize both the positive and negative impacts of planning.
3 Credit Course. Offered Spring. This course offers theoretical and practice background that provides the capacity to analyze and scrutinize some of the most chronic developmental problems of the twenty-first century and to provide participants with the practical skills to provide resolution along a wide spectrum of critical policy areas.
Turfgrass Management
3 credit course. Offered Fall. Lectures and exercises designed to develop student competency in plant selection to promote ecological diversity and genetically superior plants.
3 credit course. Offered Spring. Lectures, reading assignments, and problems designed to develop student competency in plant physiology as it relates to turfgrass management strategies.
3 credit course. Offered Spring. Lectures and exercises designed to develop student competency in solving turfgrass pest problems, as well as disease resistance in turfgrass.
3 credit course. Offered Fall. This course will provide an introduction to literature search in turfgrass management, identification of most pertinent peer-reviewed journals for each area of interest/specialty in turfgrass management, and utilization of other resources.


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Cafe La Princesa
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cafe La Princesa San Juan Reviews
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Charming out door cafe on Paseo La Princesa - Cafe La Princesa Feb 05, 2009
It's a nice and open place close to Old San Juan, to be exact they are located on the Paseo de la Princesa.
Since it's an open place, it's perfect for the warm days, which are the most in San Juan. Just avoid it during the rain. Love the atmosphere here. The tables are situated in a nice patio under the trees. There was a dj and a stage, so I assume they have live music. Unfortunately they weren't playing when we were there. But I could listen to the coquis – hehe
The kitchen is open, so you can look how they are cooking the dishes and also had a nice bar area.
Ok, now talk about the food. Since this is a touristy area, you'd be able to find Puerto Rican food on the menu. It was good, but don't get too excited. Personally I think that if you want to get the real taste, you have to go where the locals go. But the food was very good. We tried the famous mofongo (fried plantains stuffed with beef, pork or shrimp) and a platter of Puerto Rican fried appetizers calles Antojitos de aqui" which included the alcapurrias, fried cheese, mofonguitos (little mofongos) and cornsticks. To drink they have different options including cocktails with rum and other spirits.
Our waitress was helpful and had patience with us, explaining what were the dishes about, hehe.
If you are looking for real Puerto Rican food, maybe this is not the best place, but if you are around and want to relax and chill out, this place is definitely a great option. After walking around Paseo de La Princesa, this is the perfect spot to relax and enjoy a nice outdoors location.
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Course Introduction
This course enables students explore key areas of business including information management, operations management, marketing, financial resources management, and the management of people and organisations. This specific pathway teaches students a wide range of skills including developing new products and ideas, business processes to start a new venture and evaluating a new business.
Course Modules
Modules include: Financial resource management; information management; international business strategy; managing people and organisations; marketing; operations management; dissertation; entrepreneurship in context; enterprise start'up.
Course Additional Entry
An Honours degree or equivalent; some candidates may be interviewed; applicants whose 1st language is not English require Academic IELTS score of 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading, listening, speaking and writing).
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RI governor's son gets community service for underage drinking party
South Kingstown, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Lincoln Chafee's 18-year-old son pleaded no contest Wednesday to violating the state's social host law and was sentenced to community service and fined $500 for an underage drinking party on family property.
With his father looking on, Caleb Chafee was arraigned in Washington County District Court on one count of violating a law that prohibits people from allowing anyone under 21 to consume alcohol on their property.
Judge Stephen Isherwood ordered Chafee to contribute $500 to Rhode Island's victim compensation fund and complete 30 hours of community service. He was also referred to the Reducing Youthful Dangerous Driving program, which aims to reduce dangerous driving and prevent accidents involving young drivers.
The charge stems from a party hosted by Chafee on Memorial Day at the family's horse farm in Exeter, where prosecutors say there was underage drinking. A police report obtained by WPRO-AM said Chafee asked an 18-year-old woman to leave the gathering after she started vomiting; it said he "told us to call 911 only after we were off his property."
The ill woman was removed from the front passenger seat of a car by rescuers after a classmate called 911, according to the report.
The governor and his wife, Stephanie, appeared in court with their son Wednesday but did not take questions after the appearance. The governor said he had no comment beyond what he already has said.
In a statement issued last week, he said he and his wife have been "concerned and disappointed by the details of the event in question."
"Caleb will accept responsibility for his actions and, in addition to any legal consequences that result, we will continue to deal with this matter as a family," the governor's statement said.
A call to Caleb Chafee's attorney, Peter DiBiase, was not immediately returned.
As part of the youthful dangerous driving program, which consists of 20 hours over three weeks, Caleb Chafee will spend time visiting Rhode Island Hospital, the judge said. The program's website says hospital volunteers work two weekend shifts. Chafee must also write an essay after he completes the program about the benefits he derived, according to his sentence.
He pleaded no contest in May to allegations that he tried to buy beer at a Jamestown liquor store a month earlier. A judge fined him $100, which he paid. DiBiase has said a judge expunged that case from his record.
Chafee graduated this year from Portsmouth Abbey School.
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Redskins.com's Brian Tinsman breaks down the key players and matchups to keep an eye on during Thursday Night's Redskins-Viking clash at the Metrodome.
"Redskins-Vikings: 4 Keys To The Game" is presented by Papa John's.
Every Monday, fans can order a large cheese pizza for only $9.99, plus for each touchdown that the Redskins score, fans get one free topping. And with a Redskins victory, fans get double the toppings.
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In Week 1, he came out and threw for the best statistical rookie debut in NFL history. In Week 4, he led his first career fourth-quarter comeback in a hostile environment with no radio communication with his coaching staff. He called his own plays en route to victory.
But perhaps the defining moment of his rookie season was how he bounced back from a Week 5 loss in which he took a huge physical beating and left the game with a concussion. He assured the media after the game that he would be ready for Sunday against the 4-1 Vikings, and he proved it by practicing fully by the end of the week.
When Sunday rolled around, he had one of his most complete games as a pro, completing 77 percent of his passes and rushing for 138 yards and two touchdowns. He was effective running the ball all day, but had the best run of his career with a game-sealing, 76-yard burst down the sideline, winning a footrace and taking it all the way to the house. It was the first time since 1996 that a quarterback had run that far for a touchdown, and it happened on a passing play where no receivers got open. The radio call at the time declared it "electrifying!"
It was a play that forced defenses to game-plan specifically for the ever-present danger of him running for a touchdown. More than 12 months later, Robert Griffin III appears to be back at that level, as healthy as he's been at any point this season and on the run again.
There's no reason to believe that Griffin III will be granted a similar opportunity in tonight's game, but the Redskins don't need that to win. What they need is the ever-present danger of it happening, which should open up big holes for players like
No matter where you stand on the AP-AD debate, one thing is certain: Adrian Peterson is the single most-dangerous Vikings player on offense. Shutting down his dynamic attack is the surest way to stopping Minnesota at home.
Last season, Peterson rushed for a near-NFL record 2,097, falling just short of the all-time mark set by Eric Dickerson (2,105). He did it while coming off of a torn ACL suffered in Week 15 vs. the Redskins in 2011.
In his career, the Redskins are one of the few teams that has had his number, as he has averaged just 11 touches, 45 yards and .5 touchdowns per game in four career games. Even when healthy, he has yet to gash the Redskins for a big play or a big performance. The Redskins would like to keep that streak alive.
Even though Peterson technically ranks fourth in the NFL in rushing yards through the first nine weeks (711 yards), he has taken his bye week while the other three have not. Peterson is ranked first among starters in rushing yards per game (88.9) and averaged a healthy 19 carries per game. Win or lose, close or blowout, Peterson will get his chances tonight and the Redskins have to be sound in their defense in order to make sure he stays in check.
The Redskins have matched up well against one of the best running backs of his era, but none of that matters once 8:20 rolls around tonight. Mind your p's and q's and stick to AP Style.
The Washington Redskins have turned things around on defense in the last month, rolling on all cylinders in turnovers and pressure. This is a defense that is going to give up points to high-powered offenses, but they are built to take advantage when anyone makes mistakes.
Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder has had his moments as a pro since being drafted in 2011, but he is a noticeable step down from the Peyton Mannings, Phillip Riverses and Aaron Rodgerses the team has faced this season. He is simply not in their class.
The Redskins will find success by taking away Adrian Peterson, but have the personnel necessary to eliminate Ponder as well. He has an appalling 1-to-2 touchdown-interception ratio this season. He has been sacked 15 times in just five games. He was hurt and benched earlier this season in favor of journeyman Matt Cassel and new addition Josh Freeman.
While he has done better since his return (67 percent completion, 84 passer rating), he is not an elite quarterback. He does not have elite receivers, particularly with tight end Kyle Rudolph out of the lineup.
The Redskins need to control the tempo on defense, and have a chance to turn in some three-and-outs tonight. Send the hounds at Ponder and take advantage when he throws under duress. The Redskins are seeing the emergence of
Going into Week 9, Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon had not registered a 100-yard receiving day since Week 2 vs. the Green Bay Packers. His frustration came to a head on the field, as he took it out on a hapless Chargers secondary, gashing them for seven receptions at nearly 25 yards a pop.
Just four days later, he says he will be ready to do it again, and he matches up favorably against this Vikings defense. Truthfully, when healthy, Garcon matches up well against every secondary.
Last week, it became clear as the game went on that the Chargers knew the ball was going to Garcon, but still could not stop it. On several of his intermediate crossing routes, he shook double coverage and streaked for an extra 10-15 yards. It was the best statistical game of his career.
This is the Garcon that the Redskins coaching staff envisioned last season and the one that fans saw flashes of even while injured last season. He is healthy, he is motivated, and he will be returning to a dome tonight, where he has experienced so much success in his career.
If he can do it again tonight, he will have the first back-to-back 100-yard receiving games with the Redskins and his first overall since Weeks 4-5 of the 2011 season. Even if he does not, the game film from Sunday should open up gaping holes for his teammates in the secondary to get work done.


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Tip for Clothing Shards with Engulf Event
Hey guys, 1 tip here to share with you on how to get more Clothing Shards related to the Clothing Engulf event. This event is "ONCE per lifetime" so if you have clothing level 49 or 99 or 149 or 169 or 189 then do not level up until this event is at the same time as clothing shard event cycle (as opposed to the beast soul event cycle). That way you can collect event "chests" which drop clothing shards and therefore get some extra shards instead of some beast souls.
It's possible that if you do not claim the button remains activated but don't trust the system with this – the safest way is to level up when the event is on.
The only exception to this I would say is if there is a very important exchange that you need in which case, no problem, go for it; otherwise extra clothing shards is the better choice I believe.
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Tell me Some thing i Did not know
If u already know … then u don't need to be here anymore.. btw thx for all the work cosmos
There is no need to stop clothing leveling.
If you dont collect it, because you missed it or only dont want the special boxes, you can collect it at the next time.
To get clothing shards do events while clothing shards exchange….what a great tip. -.-
statistic man believes…. ironic….
a dumb question is one that doesnt get asked…
thanks cosmos, though this info is not news to everyone, those starting out, or dont know, its always going to be useful to someone..dont stop posting these "tips" on account of some players who dont teach and just complain.
what is clothing shard used for btw?


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The high demand of skilled IT personnel and the booming software market in Germany create great opportunities for Indian IT companies to enter the German market. bloodsugarmagic joins the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce to help Indian companies comin
Villingen-Schwenningen (D), October 17, 2014- bloodsugarmagic is now a member of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. With this step the international experts of go-to-market strategies for IT companies acknowledge the growing importance of the Indian IT industry und want to support Indian IT companies in entering the German market.
According to BITKOM, the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications, and New Media, there still is a high demand for IT professionals in Germany. At the moment about 39.000 IT specialists are needed, especially in the field of software development. Every second IT company declares that the lack of appropriate personnel is hindering the development of their business.
Therefore it is more and more important to look for qualified staff and resourcing partners abroad. German IT companies are looking to establish partnerships and joint ventures with foreign IT companies. India has a high number of extremely well skilled IT staff and therefore is perfect for cooperation. A lot of German companies already use offshoring concepts in India for their software development.
In addition, Germany is the biggest and most important IT market in Europe. Thus Indian hardware vendors and ISVs can expect strong potential sales in Germany. The German software market is expected to grow by 5.3 % and the IT services market by 3.2% this year to more than 55.6 billion Euro. German IT buyers are used to buy foreign IT products and service. Plus, a market position in Germany not only opens additional markets in Switzerland and Austria, but can also serve as a useful springboard to the fast growing IT markets in Eastern Europe.
"We see a high potential for Indian IT companies to enter the German market now", says Bernd Hoeck, go-to-market expert and founder of bloodsugarmagic. "Due to the shortage of skilled personnel in Germany the IT industry here is looking for partners abroad. With our knowledge and experience we can help Indian companies to get a foot in the door in Germany."
"We highly appreciate the support that local experts like bloodsugarmagic can give Indian companies that are interested in entering the German IT market", says Dirk Matter director of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in Germany. "It is crucial to have a deep understanding about the market you are about to enter to be successful. We recommend our Indian members to look for a local expert first before taking the big step."
The membership in the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce is the first important action for bloodsugarmagic to start working with Indian companies. "We are happy about the great support we received from the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce so far and are looking forward to further cooperation and exciting tasks to come", says Hoeck. "We have won some first Indian IT companies as customers already and are looking forward to expand these relationships."
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About bloodsugarmagic
bloodsugarmagic is an international network of experts in positioning, marketing programs and go-to-market strategies for IT companies. We offer all that is needed for IT companies wanting to either enter a new market or to boost their market performance in existing markets with new positioning, messages and a unique selling proposition that resonates.
Based on many years of practical experience in marketing, business development and sales with leading IT companies, we support and guide these companies by creating unique and compelling positioning based on the organization"s specific strengths. bloodsugarmagic adapts each story and messaging framework to apply to the local market while offering ready-to-run campaigns and services for fast results.
Being truly transatlantic with offices in Germany and the US, bloodsugarmagic combines international reach with local market insight and networks to deliver unprecedented success upon a new market entry. Our clients span medium-sized IT companies and global IT players from the United States, the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and other high tech clusters worldwide.
Please find more information at www.bloodsugarmagic.com
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