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Fremantle coach Ross Lyon says AFL players might need to start sidestepping contact instead of turning their body to protect themselves to avoid the tribunal mess that Melbourne midfielder Jack Viney finds himself in.
Viney will front the AFL appeals hearing on Thursday night to contest the controversial two-match ban he was handed for his high bump on Adelaide's Tom Lynch.
Lynch was left with a broken jaw after being sandwiched between Viney and Melbourne's Alex Georgiou as they went for the ball.
The Demons argued Viney had made a split-second decision to turn his body to brace himself for the impending contact.
A host of current and former players were left outraged when Viney was suspended.
Outgoing AFL boss Andrew Demetriou admitted the league might have gone too far with its crackdown on the bump, while Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy described the decision to suspend Viney as "souffle".
Former Hawthorn forward Dermott Brereton threatened to boycott the AFL's Hall of Fame function over the issue, while ex-Crow Mark Ricciuto said players should consider striking.
Lyon said players would need to start sidestepping collisions instead of bracing for contact to avoid the possibility of suspension.
"If you feel that vulnerable ... you're going to have to take evasive action as opposed to turning," Lyon said.
"I'm not saying it's right or wrong. But if you've got a viable alternative and you bump, you're going to be in trouble."
North Melbourne forward Drew Petrie was so upset by the decision he wrote an open letter about the issue.
"We as players know the risks. We as players accept the risks," Petrie wrote on the Kangaroos' website.
"We as players accept that accidents happen.
"In light of the Viney incident and the injury report the AFL released this week, there is no need for hysteria. The game does not need to be changed to try to prevent injury or collision."
With only one of the past 14 appeals against tribunal rulings being successful, Viney faces an uphill battle to win his case.
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The 49ers acquired quarterback Colt McCoy in a low-cost trade Monday, vaulting the Cleveland Browns castoff into a competition with Scott Tolzien for the top backup spot behind starter Colin Kaepernick.
The 49ers sent two late draft picks — a fifth-round choice and a seventh-round selection – to the Browns in exchange for McCoy and a sixth-round pick, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
With Kaepernick entrenched as the starter after reaching last season's Super Bowl, the 49ers sought an experienced quarterback to compete with Tolzien, who's never appeared in a game in his two seasons as a backup.
"Yeah it doesn't look like he'll play much out there, but Colin Kaepernick runs quite a bit and will start taking hits now that everybody has all offseason to study this read-option (offense)," former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar said on ESPN 850-AM in Cleveland. "For Colt McCoy to be out there on that loaded, championship-caliber team … this could give him his best chance for success."
News of the 49ers-Browns trade came a couple hours after the Seattle Seahawks dealt their only backup quarterback, Matt Flynn, to the Raiders for two, late-round picks in the 2014 and 2015 drafts. Also, the Arizona Cardinals reportedly were on the verge of acquiring former Raiders starting quarterback Carson Palmer for a late-round pick.
McCoy is under contract for just one more season, at a $2.325 million salary, according to ESPN.
A third-round pick in 2010 out ofTexas, he went 6-15 his first two seasons as a starter. Last season, he sat behind rookie Brandon Weeden before getting pressed into action in the penultimate game at Denver (9 of 17, 79 yards, one touchdown).
McCoy (6-foot-1, 215 pounds) missed the final three games of the 2011 season following a concussion. Now he's coming to the 49ers to try filling the No. 2 role, which Alex Smith was forced into after he sustained a Nov. 11 concussion and thus lost his job to Kaepernick.
McCoy entered the NFL after winning more games (45) in NCAA history than any quarterback. He also produced a 70.33 career completion percentage atTexas, but only a 58.3 percent clip with the Browns.
McCoy will be reunited with a couple of past teammates: former Browns kicker Phil Dawson and former University of Texas cornerback Tarell Brown.
Tolzien has served as the 49ers' No. 3 quarterback the past two seasons. He was acquired once the San Diego Chargers cut him following the 2011 exhibition season. Tolzien kept his job last year by beating out Josh Johnson in the exhibition season, during which Tolzien completed just 18 of 34 passes for 165 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Tolzien, however, was 10 of 13 for 84 yards in the exhibition opener, and safety Donte Whitner dubbed him "Baby Drew Brees" after that impressive showing.


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Dear Credit Card Adviser,
I have been receiving letters from a debt collector for about 20 years saying I owe a balance of $18,000 on a credit card. I have never responded to them and there is nothing on my credit report. In the 20 years they have been after me, I have moved four times and each time they find me. What is this, and what can I do to stop them?
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Dear Ginny,
Unfortunately, creditors and debt collectors can attempt to collect an old debt ad infinitum. What they can't do is sue you for the debt after your state's statute of limitations has passed, which has probably happened in your case. The debt collector -- which probably bought your debt from the credit card issuer for pennies on the dollar -- is hoping you don't know that or that you will satisfy an old debt out of some lingering moral obligation.
Here's the thing: This debt can't hurt you. It's too old. The collector can't get a judgment against you from the courts, and the bad history of that debt is too old to be found on your credit report. Negative items fall off your credit report after seven years from the date of the first delinquency (bankruptcies take 10 years from the court filing), under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. So, the debt collector can't say the debt will hurt your credit, because that is a lie and a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA.
Now, this is how you can get the letters to stop. Write a letter of your own, saying to stop contacting you. Copy the letter and send the original by certified mail to the debt collector. Get a return receipt for the letter to record that the collector received the letter. The U.S. Postal Service charges $2.55 for a mail receipt and $1.25 for an email receipt.
The collector cannot contact you again once they receive your letter under the FDCPA. There are two exceptions. A debt collector can contact you to confirm there will be no more contact or to inform you of a specific action, such as filing a lawsuit. In your case, the debt collector can't do the latter.
If for some reason you decide to pay the debt, make sure you pay it in full or settle the debt for an agreed amount. If you send a small, good-faith payment that doesn't satisfy the debt, you restart the statute of limitations on the debt's life span. That means the debt collector then has the ability to sue you for the debt.
If the debt collector gets a judgment for the debt, that judgment can show up on your credit report because, as a public record, it's counted as a separate item from the original delinquency, charge-off and collections account of the debt.
So, write the letter, and either pay all or nothing. The choice is yours.
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Can you imagine how former Chicago Cub Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg felt when he heard the news that the crosstown Chicago White Sox hired Robin Ventura to be their manager?
After the disastrous 2006 season when the Cubs lost 96 games, Sandberg approached general manager Jim Hendry and told him he was interested in managing the team. Hendry said he needed to gain some managerial experience before he would consider him for the job.
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Sandberg thought it might be a better idea to walk and he did, leaving the Cub organization to take a job managing the Lehigh IronPigs in the Philadelphia organization.
He's still dreaming of the opportunity that he put so much effort into getting.
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Among the downtown churches I've been writing about, it is in a healthier phase given the challenges of being downtown. Its pastor, Don Guthrie, has become an inspirational force because he's been methodical in his approach and not quick to make changes, many members said. And they say they have admired his handling of battling cancer openly and with the kind of faith he preaches about.
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The answer hinges on what one perceives the Final Fantasy series to represent. On the one hand, this series of games is simply that: a number of high production-value titles produced by a single company among many others. From this perspective, FFX-2 is a fairly entertaining and extremely polished game. The battle system, for example, has been simplified and refined from its predecessor, FFX. Active Time Battles have returned along with an increased sense of battle speed. This speed is directly felt not only in the literal sense of enemies and party members exchanging blows every few seconds with nary a lull, but also in the visual sense of dynamically animated characters jumping around the screen and performing impressive-looking attacks.
Everything outside of battle has seen similar refinement from FFX. Menus are simple, easy to coordinate, and are accompanied by intriguing background pictures, lights and sparkles. The new class system is easy to pick up and remains otherwise intuitive - just slap those Dresspheres on a Garment Grid and hunt yourself some Fiends. There are many different classes and each of them has an easy-to-understand set of abilities you learn via AP earned at the end of battle. Who could ask for a better system, right?
Unfortunately, there remains a rather large contingency of fans whom view a Final Fantasy as something more than simply another game produced by a another company. There is a precedence associated with the name, a reputation of excellence, quality, and craftsmanship. And it is this unspoken promise which has, decidedly, been broken.
A few hours into the game, after the luster and mystique of the blazingly fast battle system wears off, one will be struck by a thought. Since using abilities and items causes a significant delay in ending most battles, what would happen if one simply pressed the attack button over and over instead? The result one finds will be rather disturbing: you will beat every single encounter. It seems when Square was cutting corners in order to hasten battle speeds, one such large corner cut was any semblance of strategy whatsoever. Each of the fifteen different classes has a number of seemingly useful abilities that are, in practice, wholly unnecessary for the completion of the game. Fans of FFX's party-swapping, FF9's equipment management, FF8's Junctioning allocation, FF7's Materia optimization, FF6's Esper manipulation, or any of the other elements of strategic battle planning present in every single other Final Fantasy, well, you are out of luck. Indeed, the player will find "special" Dressspheres rather early in the game which provide the function of FF8's Guardian Forces, destroying utterly any sense the battle system was ever meant to be taken seriously.
There is little question that the graphics in FFX-2 could rival just about any other RPG on the market. From the majesty of Mt. Gagazet to the ethereal Macalania Woods right down to the cavernous expanse below Bevelle, one gets the impression that the processing power of the PS2 was pushed just about to the max. What impression one does not get however, is that the graphics have been improved in any significant way since FFX. Besides the superficial and obviously fanservice costumes the main characters wear, the remaining entirety of the game seems to have been cut and paste from its boundary-pushing predecessor. Direct sequel or no, it is more than fair to expect that some of the returning characters would have changed visually just a bit after two years of post-Sin life - especially Lulu whom seems to be able to hide her 9th-month pregnancy behind the same corset worn when Tidus was still around. This becomes even more annoying when one battles the exact same fiends from FFX, whom were amazingly bland even the first time around.
Although fans may try to give Square the benefit of the doubt, after seeing the ending sequence to this short excursion into the 12-16 year-old girl demographic, they will likely remain in shock that such a game was given the Final Fantasy title. Regardless of whether one was a particularly large fan of FFX's characters or not, more likely than not one will fell betrayed by their superfluous use in this game - they demonstrate absolutely no resemblance to the emotionally hardened and mature characters which defeated Sin and saved the world a scant two years ago. Indeed, it is hard to imagine this game succeeding if it were based on any other setting or group of characters. Wild ARMs? Lunar? Breath of Fire? Dragon Quest? No, the only reason why the "choose your own adventure" mission progression actually seemed a good idea during play was because of the unspoken promise (mentioned above) of a deeper meaning to the entire game. Instead, one will find oneself playing 35 hours worth of mini-games in an effort to seek closure concerning a conveniently-place loose end - final closure which has been deferred to the inevitable Final Fantasy X-3.
In the end, FFX-2 will only be as good as the emotional baggage one brings to it. Those looking for profound insights into the world of Spira will leave unenlightened. Those seeking strong narratives common to the series will hear only silence. Those whom wish for a second chance to swim in the ocean of FFX will only discover a tide pool here - diverse, vibrant, colorful, and yet shallow, short-lived, and devoid of greater meaning. Ultimately, only those whom expect nothing of Final Fantasy X-2 will get exactly what they expected.
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What Are Cro-Magnons?

Cro-Magnon is the name scientists once used to refer to what are now called Early Modern Humans or Anatomically Modern Humans--people who lived in our world at the end of the last ice age (ca. 40,000-10,000 years ago); they lived alongside Neanderthals for about 10,000 of those years. They were given the name 'Cro-Magnon' because, in 1868, parts of five skeletons were discovered in the rock shelter of that name, located in the famous Dordogne Valley of France.

In the 19th century, scientists compared these skeletons to Neanderthal skeletons which had earlier been found in similarly dated sites such as Paviland, Wales; and a little later at Combe Capelle and Laugerie-Basse in France, and decided they were different enough from the Neanderthals, and from us, to give them a different name.

So Why Don't We Still Call Them Cro-Magnon?

A century and a half of research since then has led scholars to believe that the physical dimensions of so-called 'Cro-Magnon' are not sufficiently different enough from modern humans today to warrant a separate designation. Scientists today use 'Anatomically Modern Human' (AMH) or 'Early Modern Human' (EMH) to designate the Upper Paleolithic human beings who looked a lot like us but did not have the complete suite of modern human behaviors, or rather, who were in the process of developing those behaviors.

The more scholars learned about early modern humans, the less confident they felt about the early classification systems that were developed 150 years ago. The term Cro-Magnon doesn't refer to a particular taxonomy or even a particular group located in a particular place. The word is simply not precise enough, and so most paleontologists prefer to use AMH or EMH to refer to the immediate ancestor hominins we modern humans evolved from.

Physical Characteristics of EMH

As recently as 2005, the way scientists discriminated between modern humans and early modern humans was by looking for subtle differences in their physical characteristics. Physical characteristics of Early Modern Human are quite similar to modern humans, although perhaps a bit more robust, particularly seen in femora--the leg bones. The differences, which are slight, have been attributed to the shift away from long distance hunting strategies to sedentism and agriculture.

However, those types of speciation differentiation have all but disappeared from the scientific literature, the result of the successful recovery of ancient DNA from modern humans, from early modern humans, from Neanderthals, and from the new human species that was first identified with mtDNA, Denisovans. Physical measurements have been found less than definitive in separating our various human forms than genetics, with the recognition of considerable overlap.

Neanderthals and early modern humans shared our planet for several thousand years. One result of the new genetic studies is that Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes have been found in non-African modern individuals. That suggests that where they came into contact, Neanderthals and Denisovans and anatomically modern humans interbred. Levels of Neanderthal ancestry in modern humans vary from region to region, but all that can be firmly concluded today is that the relationships existed. Neanderthals all died out between 41,000-39,000 years ago, probably at least partly a result of competition with early modern humans; but their genes and those of the Denisovans live on within us.

Where Did EMH Come From?

Recently discovered evidence (Hublin et al. 2017, Richter et al. 2017) suggests that EMH evolved in Africa; and its archaic ancestors were widespread throughout the continent as early as 300,000 years ago. The earliest archaic human site in Africa to date is Jebel Irhoud, in Morocco, dated 350,000-280,000 BP. Other early sites are in Ethiopia, including Bouri at 160,000 BP and Omo Kibish, at 195,000 BP, and possibly Florisbad in South Africa 270,000 BP. The earliest sites outside of Africa with early modern humans are at Skhul and Qafzeh caves in what is now Israel about 100,000 years ago. There is a large gap in the record for Asia and Europe, between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, a period in which the Middle East seems to have been occupied only by Neanderthals; but around 50,000 years ago, EMH again migrated out of Africa back into Europe and Asia and into direct competition with Neanderthals.

Before the return of EMH to the Middle East and Europe, the first modern behaviors are in evidence at several South African sites of the Still Bay/Howiesons Poort tradition, about 75,000-65,000 years ago. But it wasn't until about 50,000 years ago or so that a difference in tools, in burial methods, in the presence of art and music, and changes in social behaviors as well, had been developed. At the same time, waves of early modern humans left Africa.

What were the Tools Like?

Archaeologists call the tools associated with EMH the Aurignacian industry, which includes a reliance on the production of blades. In blade technology, the knapper has sufficient skill to purposefully produce a long thin sliver of stone that is triangular in cross-section. Blades were then converted into all kinds of tools, sort of the Swiss army knife of early modern humans.

Other things associated with early modern humans include ritual burials, such as that at Abrigo do Lagar Velho Portugal, where a child's body was covered with red ochre before being interred 24,000 years ago--there is some evidence of ritual behavior among Neanderthals. The invention of the hunting tool known as the atlatl was at least as long as 17,500 years ago, the earliest having been recovered from the site of Combe Sauniere. Venus figurines are attributed to early modern humans of about 30,000 years ago; and of course, let's not forget the amazing cave paintings of Lascaux, Chauvet, and others.

Early Modern Human Sites

Sites with EMH human remains include: Predmostí and Mladec Cave (Czech Republic), Cro-Magnon, Abri Pataud Brassempouy (France), Cioclovina (Romania), Qafzeh Cave, Skuhl Cave, and Amud (Israel), Vindija Cave (Croatia), Kostenki (Russia), Bouri and Omo Kibish (Ethiopia), Florisbad (South Africa) and Jebel Irhoud (Morocco)

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Milford Amateur Radio Club (MARC) has announce its annual event open to everyone known as Field Day.
Hosted by Hams worldwide, Field Day offers the public a chance to see and hear amateur radio in action.
This year's event will be held on the grounds of Mulberry Elementary School located at 5950 Buckwheat Road in Milford, Ohio. The public is invited to join us anytime between 2PM Saturday, June 28 through 2PM Sunday, June 29.
"Field Day is a worldwide event that showcases amateur (Ham) radio and demonstrates our ability for emergency communications in a fun contest format. We will be contacting participating stations all over the globe, over the radio, demonstrating different types of equipment and antennas. We will also have a demonstration station that the public can use to 'Get on the Air' and make to contacts to other contest participants, under our licensed club members supervision. All ages are welcome. This is a perfect learning opportunity for you or your child that might have an interest in radio communications. Reservations are not necessary, come and join in the fun," MARC president Mike Kieffer said.
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MARC members will be operating several radio stations offering the chance to witness both local and worldwide communication.
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Coordinate geometry is an unusual way to do this but OK; it can be done.
Firstly, you need to choose your triangle.
I'd keep things simple by having the base going from (0,0) to (2,0).
That makes the midpoint of the base at (1,0)
The vertex will be at (2cos60, 2sin60) = (1,√ 3)
The median joins the midpoint of the base to the vertex so that is the line x=1, which is at right angles to the base.


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