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All The Pictures On The Wall Paul Weller
[E]And all the pictures on the w[G#]all
[F#]Serve only to remind you of it [E]all
[E]The wasted days we could have l[G#]ived
[F#]Now we're left with nothing left to g[E]ive
[E]There was a time I really loved [G#]you
[F#]But when that was I just can't s[E]ay
[E]As all the memories merge into [G#]one
[F#]As each day becomes each d[E]ay
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The clock hands ticking on the wall
Are just reminders of it all
The wasted days we could have lived
Now we're left with nothing left to give
We used to meet each others' eyes
And that's all we'd have to say
Now we don't talk that much at all
The further our eyes seem to stray
And in a funny kind of way
This empty room was full one day
Full of love that we once shared - now it all looks so bare
The silent walls whose cracks I feel -
But is there room to let the hatred heal?
sounds ok to me
Cheers Chad-B
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Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) Program is a peer support program that connects incoming student veterans with student veterans already on campus in order to help them navigate college life, identify challenges they are facing, refer them to the appropriate resource on or off campus, and provide ongoing support to their academic and personal ventures.
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CENTRAL POINT — Steven Peebles of Redmond had his score of 81 hold up through the final day of action Saturday in the bareback riding event during the Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo at the Jackson County Expo.
CENTRAL POINT — Steven Peebles of Redmond had his score of 81 hold up through the final day of action Saturday in the bareback riding event during the Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo at the Jackson County Expo.
Culver's Bobby Mote gave Peebles a run for his money but came up just short in the points race, scoring an 80 to finish in second place.
Pendleton's Ben Londo and Bryan Martinat of Marsing, Idaho, shared the saddle bronc riding title when each scored an 81, while Sterling Lambert of Fallon, Nev., was the steer wrestling champion with a time of 4.1 seconds.
Sharing the title in tie down roping were Change DeForest and Jake Echevarria, who each posted a time of 9.2 seconds, while Utah's Shawn Proctor posted a solid score of 86 to win the bull riding event.
In barrel racing, Christina Richman of Glendora, Calif., finshed fractions of seconds ahead of the field to claim her win in 13.71 seconds, while the pairing of Riley and Brady Minor of Ellensburg, Wash., secured a similarly close victory in 4.8 seconds during the team roping competition.
Top 5 Finishers
BAREBACK RIDING — 1, Steven Peebles, Redmond, 81, $2,023.50; 2, Bobby Mote, Culver, 80, $1,551.35; T3, Brian Bain, Culver, 78, and Nick Gutzwiler, Cheney, Wash., 78, and Austin Foss, Terrebonne, 78, $786.92.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING — T1, Ben Londo, Pendleton, 81, and Bryan Martinat, Marsing, Idaho, 81, $1,943.51; T3, Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 79, and Tab Hildreth, Gunnison, Colo., 79, $1,026.76; 5, Ryan MacKenzie, Homedale, Idaho, 77, $513.38.
STEER WRESTLING — 1, Sterling Lambert, Fallon, Nev., 4.1, $1,988.35; 2, Andy Weldon, Greenleaf, Idaho, 4.3, $1,729.00; T3, Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 4.5, and Zack Juestesen, Kent, 4.5, $1,339.97.
TIE DOWN ROPING — T1, Chang DeForest, Wheatland, Calif., 9.2, and Jake Echevarria, Nampa, Idaho, 9.2, $1,654.42; 3, J. Cody Jones, Kelseyville, Calif., 9.8, $1,308.15; 4, Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 10.2, $1,077.30; 5, Shane Erickson, Terrebonne, 10.4, $846.45.
BULL RIDING — 1, Shawn Proctor, Tooele, Utah, 86, $2,842.40; 2, Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho, 81, $2,204.00; 3, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 80, $1,656.80; T4, Dylan Hice Vick, Escalon, Calif., 78, and Joe Meling, Battle Ground, Wash., 78, $927.20.
BARREL RACING — 1, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 13.71, $1,913.20; 2, Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 13.79, $1,639.89; 3, Nicole Riggle, Scottsdale, Ariz., 13.82, $1,366.57; 4, Nicole Alchele, Walla Walla, Wash., 13.84, $1,184.36; 5, Jody Sheffield, Ogden, Utah, 13.85, $911.05.
TEAM ROPING — 1, Riley Minor-Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 4.8, $2,540.06; 2, Brady Tryan-Cody Doescher, Huntley, Mont./Oklahoma City, 5.0, $2,208.75; 3, Zayne Dishion-Jade Corkill, Bishop, Calif./Fallon, Nev., 5.9, $1,877.44; 4, C.R. Wilken-Russell Cardoza, Templeton, Calif./Terrebonne, 6.5, $1,546.13; 5, Jack Fischer-Andy Carlson, Ellensburg, Wash./Hermiston, 11.0, $1,214.81.
Auto Racing
SOUTHERN OREGON SPEEDWAY — At White City, Mark Wauge raced to a victory in the modified A main on Saturday at the Southern Oregon Speedway.
Wauge held off Dave Duste Jr. to secure the victory.
Steve Goetz took the checkered flag in mini stocks, while John Barger won the A main event in super 4's and Jorddon Braaten was victorious in street stocks.
Racing continues next Saturday with pro stocks, B modifieds, mini stocks and thrill cars.
Saturday's Results
Mini Stocks
Trophy Dash — Steve Goetz.
A-Main — Steve Goetz, Bob Burkett, Curt Ballard, Sara Bray, Randy Fernandes.
Super 4's
Trophy Dash — John Barger.
A-Main — John Barger, Steve Thompson.
Street Stocks
Trophy Dash — Jorddon Braaten.
A-Main — Jorddon Braaten, Tyler Lockwood.
Trophy Dash — Matt Duste.
A-Main — Mark Wauge, Dave Duste Jr., Dustin Knight, Billy Hammon, Jeff Marshall, Brian Poppa, Matt Duste (DNF), Justin Duby (DNF).


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The New York Times recently published an interesting article: For Colleges, Small Cuts Add up to Big Savings. In one college, students in dorms competed to save electricity -- getting 25% of the savings for a party -- and in another, the university hired students to do groundskeeping in return for minimum wage and a $1,000 scholarship. What is surprising is that colleges haven't done these kinds of things before (I know I would have mowed grass for a $1,000 scholarship!). Another aspect of this that the article did not discuss is the impact on the students; today's college students, or Millennials, are frequently displayed as feeling overly entitled and spoiled. What a wonderful chance to show students how to be frugal! If only the college could save money by providing financial education to its students.
College life may look different in the not-so-distant future: Students squinting out dirtier windows, faculty offices with full wastebaskets and no phones, sporting events in which opponents never meet, and paper course catalogs existing only as artifacts of the wasteful old days.
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After years of boom times that led to competition among colleges to provide more luxurious dorm rooms and student centers, some perks of campus life have gone by the wayside. Dickinson, for example, is saving $150,000 by cutting back on free laundry service for students and an additional $75,000 by eliminating free ESPN and HBO in student rooms.
This is unbelievable -- almost a quarter of a million dollars every year for laundry services, ESPN and HBO? That is quite a cable bill. This may be one of those hardships that are really better for the students than the luxury accommodations. After all, in the real world, not only is there no free lunch -- there's no free laundry, either.


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I believe this is the only LEED certified hotel in the Midwest. It is located right in the heart of Downtown Holland and about a 10-15 minute drive from the beach (Holland state park).
The staff was very friendly and let us check in at noon which helped a lot with the little one. The rooms are a good size but feel even bigger because of the high ceilings. The only reason i didn't put 5 stars for the bathroom is because the shower didn't have a lot of pressure and they had no bathtub, not a big deal for me. The beds were excellent !!!
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Superstar filly Rachel Alexandra, undefeated in eight starts as a 3-year-old including an unforgettable win in the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, could be named Horse of the Year at the annual Eclipse Awards ceremony Monday night in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Currently stabled at Fair Grounds in trainer Steve Asmussen's barn, Stonestreet Stables' Rachel Alexandra is one of two finalists for the Horse of the Year honor, along with older mare Zenyatta, who won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park in November to remain undefeated in her own storied career.
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The award for Horse of the Year will be announced at about 9:30 p.m. CST.
Rachel Alexandra's 2009 campaign took off when she easily won the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks. Seven weeks later she became the fourth of the last five Fair Grounds Oaks winners to also win the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, racing's most prestigious event for 3-year-old fillies. Rachel Alexandra also scored in the Preakness Stakes, middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown, and two Grade I events against older males.
Rachel Alexandra has not raced since a hard-fought victory in the Grade I Woodward at Saratoga in September. She arrived at Fair Grounds on Nov. 27 and has been in light training since, jogging one mile and galloping one mile on an almost daily basis, weather and track conditions permitting.
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An announcement Saturday that Zenyatta will not retire has left the door open for what could be a historic meeting between the two Eclipse Award finalists.


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HOUSTON — Coal imports have dropped in the past few years as power plants have cut back orders because of low growth in electricity demand and as competition from natural gas has increased, according to a government analysis.
Coal imports at electric power plants have fallen from a peak level of 30 million tons in 2007 to less than 7 million in 2013, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday. The decline is largely due to shrinking use of coal to generate power and the availability of cheaper domestic coal, the Energy Department agency said.
Imported coal, mostly from Colombia, Venezuela, Indonesia and Canada, fills a relatively small part of the nation's coal consumption — less than 1 percent in 2013 and only 3 percent during the peak year of 2007 , according to the government data.
Coal import demand is concentrated in a handful of power plants on the East and Gulf coasts, which have to pay more for Appalachian coal because of transportation issues, according to the EIA.
It said the number of plants using imported coal plummeted from 48 in 2006 to just 13 in 2013.
Before 2011, the total net summer generating capacity for coal-importing power plants was 18,977 megawatts. From then until 2013, 9 percent of this capacity was retired and another 21 percent is scheduled for retirement by 2020. Eleven plants are expected to completely stop generating power from coal while another plant in Alabama will partially retire its coal-fired capacity, according to the EIA.


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I call BS on this statement. The greatest, longest-lasting, and widest-spread nations in history, as well as those most responsible for the greatest leaps in art, science, and philosophy - Egypt, Rome, Dynastic China, Charlemagne's HRE, the Ottoman Empire, Imperial England, the modern US, etc. - have always been almost exclusively those with strong central powers. Consequently, there is no evidence to say that decentralized governments - say, Vikings, Crusaders, the post-Charlemagne HRE, Interregnum England, right on up to modern-day Mexico - have made any less 'trouble' throughout history.
Rome invaded and conquered many countries and peoples. They couldn't do that without strong central powers. That's the kind of trouble I'm talking about. The Ottomans conquered many people and put them under their yoke too. They were also pretty nasty. Egypt was totalitarian and even conquered others for a time with t heir own empires.
You need to look at even more of those ancient empires that conquered others like Xerxes of Persia, for just one. Then there's the Colonial empires which wound up creating WWI with each other, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Soviet Union. That much power makes them overconfident and they start wars, then they eventually decline. ALL of them.
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Issues facing our Veterans Administration hospitals also exist at our Spokane facility. It may not be broad-based, yet does exist in behavioral health. That critical unit deals with veterans having emotional issues or behavioral concerns related to combat or injuries sustained in combat.
The department is six months behind in scheduling, with some veterans having appointments canceled due to more acute cases or shortage of staff. A doctor left in May due to disillusionment, workload, sense of failing our veterans and feeble support from superiors.
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MISSION, B.C. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, LORDCO Auto Parts BC Nationals at Mission Raceway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed this round, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time, speed & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Ryan Warter Runs 8.740/154.95/-0.510, Now #6; F/SM Index: 9.25, Prior Best: 8.721/154.77/-0.529, Was #6
Right Lane: Terry Spargo Runs 12.146/76.69/4.976, Now #5; A/AP Index: 7.17, Prior Best: 6.619/210.82/-0.551, Was #5
11:26 am. Today has turned out to be beautiful. Spargo spins hard off the line and he lifts. Warter makes a nice run to gain even more data for tomorrow.
Ryan Warter's incremental
times: 60ft-1.258 sec., 330ft-3.615, 660ft-5.586/124.73 mph, 1,000ft-7.293.
Left Lane: Grant Klohn Runs 7.329/185.82/-0.181, Now #14; B/A Index: 7.51, Prior Best: 7.294/186.21/-0.216, Was #14
Right Lane: Dino Kost Runs 7.816/169.74/0.266, Now #15; C/DA Index: 7.55, Prior Best: 7.765/169.77/0.215, Was #15
Neither drive improve on these runs.
Grant Klohn's incremental times: 60ft-1.062 sec.,
330ft-3.038, 660ft-4.692/148.99 mph, 1,000ft-6.120.
Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.603/211.23/-0.507, Now #8; A/AA Index: 7.11, Prior Best: 6.619/206.89/-0.491, Was #8
Right Lane: Bruce Perkin Runs 7.924/170.97/-0.336, Now #11; E/A Index: 8.26, Prior Best: 7.895/170.81/-0.365, Was #11
Ellis makes a nice run to improve a little from earlier, but Perkin does not improve on his time.
Alan Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.026 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.252/172.81 mph,
Left Lane: Rob Harrison Runs 7.631/161.23/-0.609, Now #2; J/A Index: 8.24, Prior Best: 7.750/152.38/-0.490, Was #9
Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.383/121.98/-0.237, Now #3; B/SMA Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.031/168.63/-0.589, Was #2
Harrison with a huge improvement and he will go to the #2 spot.
Rob Harrison's
incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-3.086, 660ft-4.807/142.61 mph, 1,000ft-6.298.
Left Lane: Brandon Huhtala Runs 7.265/188.33/-0.665, Now #1; C/A Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.239/188.40/-0.691, Was #1
Right Lane: Ralph Van Paepeghem Runs 7.367/176.79/-0.473, Now #10; A/EA Index: 7.84, Prior Best: 8.395/170.87/0.555, Was #16
Huhtala makes a great run. Van Paepeghem makes his best run of the weekend.
Huhtala's incremental times: 60ft-1.040 sec., 330ft-3.000, 660ft-4.652/149.23 mph,
Left Lane: Dale Giroux Runs 7.119/197.28/-0.421, Now #5; B/AA Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 6.986/199.11/-0.554, Was #5
Right Lane: Pat Byron Runs 6.841/199.20/-0.519, Now #9; C/D Index: 7.36, Prior Best: 7.038/198.41/-0.322, Was #13
Byron moves up a couple of spot with that great run. Giroux a little slower than yesterday.
Dale Giroux's incremental times: 60ft-1.090 sec., 330ft-3.028, 660ft-4.618/155.01 mph,
Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.104/168.11/-0.476, Now #11; F/A Index: 8.58, Prior Best: 8.147/150.07/-0.433, Was #12
Right Lane: Adam Bowdish Runs 8.059/168.35/-0.561, Now #5; B/SMA Index: 8.62, Prior Best: 8.091/169.26/-0.529, Was #8
Bowdish with a little tire spin off the line. Both of these drivers improve on their times.
Aaron Strong's incremental times: 60ft-1.176 sec., 330ft-3.344, 660ft-5.175/134.31 mph,
Left Lane: Bob Marshall Runs 6.954/197.39/-0.586, Now #4; B/AA Index: 7.54, Prior Best: 6.977/196.76/-0.563, Was #4
Marshall improves on his time and will go into the final session in the #4 spot.
Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.911, 660ft-4.467/156.72 mph,


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Should Jose Reyes Spend His Entire Career With The New York Mets?November 4, 2010
With the recent news that Jose Reyes' $11 million option for 2011 has been picked up, many people are talking about Reyes and his future with the Mets.
I for one, believe that the Mets should try to lock up Jose Reyes and make him a Met lifer. He is a rare talent that Mets fans take for granted. Reyes is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting players to watch in all of sports.
He uses his speed to create a nightmare for the opposing team, especially the pitcher. Earlier this season, Reyes was playing some of the best baseball in his career. People say that Jose Reyes' skills are diminishing, but I beg to differ.
When this guy is healthy, he is dynamic. Reyes is one of the key parts of the Mets' core, second only to David Wright. Wright and Reyes are the faces of this franchise, and nobody can ever replace them.
The arguments against Jose Reyes is that he is too injury prone, lazy, doesn't play up to his potential, and many more things concerning his mindset. All of these arguments against Reyes are totally inaccurate.
Despite Reyes' first major league season, he has never had major injury problems until the past two seasons. I wouldn't even consider last season as a injury riddled season for him. Reyes played in a total of 133 games this season.
If you ask me, Reyes wanted to be on the field every single day this season. He played every game that he possibly could.
After an ice cold start to his season, Reyes went on to finish the season with a .282 batting average. When he was at his healthiest point of the season he was on fire. He brought his average up from the low .200's to .300 in a matter of weeks.
We were seeing Jose play some of the best baseball of his career. There is no denying that when Reyes is 100 percent healthy, he is absolutely great. He is 100 percent healthy a lot more than most Mets fans think.
From 2005 to 2008, Reyes respectively played in 161, 153, 160, and 159 games. That is an astounding amount of playing time. For the people who say that Reyes does not want to be on the playing field, just look at the numbers. The numbers don't lie.
In 2009 Reyes only played in 36 games. This is like saying because an artist has one bad song, he is a bad artist. One injury riddled season doesn't make a player prone to injury every season.
People question Reyes' desire to be on the field. In an interview conducted before the 2010 season Reyes said that he likes the fans' criticism when he's doing bad, but he can't stand when fans question his work ethic, and say he doesn't want to be on the playing field.
He loves the game of baseball, and will play on the field whenever he can. In 2009 he even tried to play through the pain,unfortunately making his injury worse.
Reyes had the desire to play the game even though he was injured, which resulted in him getting seriously injured and sidelined for the rest of the season. Apparently that makes him lazy and not wanting to be on the playing field.
No one has a strong argument against Jose Reyes being a Met lifer. Other than being a superb ballplayer, he is also a fantastic clubhouse guy. Some might call him a cheerleader, but I call him a motivator.
He's always smiling and encouraging his teammates. He also has a personalized handshake with each and every player. He uses those handshakes to congratulate when they do something great. This guy makes his teammates want to get down and dirty and win.
Simply put, he has an electric personality. You can't put a price on Jose Reyes. He is a key part to this organization and new Mets general manager realizes that. Alderson made it clear that Jose is a great player and he is open to extending Reyes' contract.
As for trading Reyes, Alderson said that that is very unlikely.
I'm glad that the new Mets general manager sees how lucky he is to work with a player of Reyes' caliber. Better yet, Reyes wants to be in New York. He enjoys the energy of the fans and having the spotlight on him. He is the perfect fit for this team, and he should be with the New York Mets until he retires.


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- I challenge 100 businesses to take my 'positivity challenge' for the sake of our city's 2017 legacy A positive mindset is not just vital for individual business success. Collective glass-half-full thinking will be the thing to tip the balance in terms of securing Hull a lasting legacy from our City of Culture 2017 status. This was the crux of my keynote speech at the final James Legal – The Business 2017 masterclass of this year. I tour the globe, teaching other clinical hypnotherapists how to build successful businesses and flying the flag for my hometown, and I know from clinical experience the transformative effect thinking the right way can have on every aspect of a person's life, including how successful…Read More
For people who enjoy getting out in the open air, there is little that can beat the simplicity of a bike ride. Yet the sense of freedom enjoyed by cyclists is not something Pete Smith would have imagined before he took control of his weight, using only the power of his mind. Now, life couldn't be more different for Pete. The 46 year old lorry driver from East Yorkshire shed 9 stones after success with the virtual gastric band, with clinical hypnotherapist Sheila Granger and dropped from 21st to 12st in just 10 months. Pete Smith looks back at his life before hypnotherapy and cannot believe he is talking about the same person. Four years later, you can find him…Read More
This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Catherine Lea, business editor of the Hull Daily Mail. We spoke about my work with schools to help students overcome exam anxiety and being tasked to help big corporates to reduce stress levels among employees. We even took a trip down memory lane, back to where it all started, when I read about a woman who could't stop hiccoughing and offered her free hypnotherapy. I'd only been qualified for a couple of weeks, so it was a bit of a risk, but I felt it was something I could help and it certainly paid off in the end. I took Catherine on my globe trotting journey and we touched on some of the 1000…Read More
A SELFLESS East Yorkshire-based clinical hypnotherapist has been nominated for the Mail's Pride of East Yorkshire Awards for her work helping students adopt a positive mindset and deal with exam-related anxiety. Sheila Granger, a professional lifestyle engineer and clinical hypnotherapist who works as far a field as Australia and the USA, launched the Educational Performance division of her business four years ago in response to growing concerns over the number of children on mental health service waiting lists. She recognised that by providing support mechanisms to those young people with lower levels of anxiety, it would prevent their problems from escalating into something with much more devastating consequences. Now, she has trained a team of more than one hundred Educational…Read More
STUDENTS at a city school are being hypnotised to relieve exam stress. Clinical hypnotherapist Sheila Granger has been working with GCSE students at Endeavour High School on techniques to help them through the exam period. Teachers say the initiative is paying dividends, with students being better prepared than ever. The Beverley Road school closes this summer and headteacher Stewart Edgell is determined youngsters will go out on a high. He said: "We want the school to go out on a high this year, but ultimately we want our students to achieve the very best results that they can individually. "The work we have been doing with Sheila is to ensure students are in the best frame of mind when they…Read More
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I can't help myself. I love ABBA. Doesn't everybody?
My love affair starts with the profound lyrics.
"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line, Honey I'm still free, Take a chance on me. If you need me, let me know, gonna be around. If you got no place to go, if you're feeling down."
That's from the band's hit song, "Take a Chance on Me."
"There is clearly at play a very clever melodic progression in the chords that Benny and Bjorn used in their compositions," said Jason Solomons, a critic for The Observer.
Twenty-six years after the Swedish super-troupers split up, we still want "Waterloo." Tribute band Bjorn Again still rips through the ABBA oeuvre 200 nights a year. And one woman is responsible for a reincarnation. Her name is Judy Cramer, the producer of "Mamma Mia!," a musical based on the ABBA classics.
The title track, "Mamma Mia," is played regularly in 19 countries: "Mamma Mia" in Korea, "Mamma Mia" in Russia and "Mamma Mia" in Germany, for starters.
Roughly 17,000 people worldwide see the show every night. And it all started when Judy Cramer, a television producer, started thinking too much about the lyrics.
A Musical Hit Worldwide
"All these sentiments that grabbed onto me in a way that I felt there was a story there," Cramer said.
Cramer had once worked with the men responsible, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, on the musical "Chess." Bubbly Bjorn was soon on board.
"Benny was a little more reticent and was, like, 'Oh my God, is this woman going to kill off our canon of work,'" Cramer said. "[But] now he's very grateful."
It's hardly surprising Benny is grateful. Mamma Mia! has a GDP greater than Gambia.
"I went from the creative process to now running a mini industry," said Cramer.
And now it's on screen. Meryl Streep sings "Winner Takes It All" when the movie is released on July 18. What more do you want?
'Mamma Mia's' Fantasy Cast
The guy who played Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is in it, so is the guy who played Darcy (Colin Firth) and some cuddly Swede (Stellan Skarsgård). "Our fantasy, really," Cramer said.
So what do the critics make of ABBA on celluloid?
"I know it's Swedish, but it's hardly Bergman, is it," Solomons said.
No, it isn't great cinema. But it doesn't have to be. It's about the music, which is too good to butcher.
"I've been humming ABBA all week," admits Solomons. "I've been humming it in bed. I wake up in the morning thinking, 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!'"
ABBA's music is infectious.
"'Waterloo' is one that I can get out," Cramer said. "'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and 'Dancing Queen' whirl around in there."
A small price to pay for a musical that has grossed $2 billion on stages worldwide and counting.


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In today's news, SDETs and software craftsman around the world have been leveraging test-mutation frameworks in retaliation for the relentless death marches and massive disappointments that many shops have been experiencing due to Dark-Matter Developers (aka: DMDs). Test-mutation frameworks are tools that are used to expose false-positives within a test automation suite. DMDs have been fudging code coverage reports with poor unit tests for decades. As a result, they have managed to control and stifle the software development industry. However, recently, Sleeper cells composed of disgruntled craftsman and SDETs have been activated from London to Miami, and from India to Brazil. As a result, code-reviews have erupted into screaming matches and mass firings, as DMDs now scramble to explain their misleading test coverage metrics and other exposed quality concerns. The software industry is now in complete disarray. Software user groups have been converted into Command and Control centers to further push DMDs to the edges of the IT industry by preaching test mutation frameworks to the masses.
Scott Nimrod, the self-professed emir of the revolution, released a statement to the press that read the following:
As the media scrambles to shed light on what I have been preaching for years, perhaps SDETs and craftsman around the world can join hands and finally seek comfort in recognizing that "for every end is a new beginning".


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3.5 stars (out of 4)
Erika Wennerstrom has always had the kind of voice that causes a commotion, a clear-out-the-room roar that wouldn't have sounded out of place on a 78-rpm blues recording from the 1930s. But she's struggled to match that intensity with focused songs and production in the recording studio. Two self-produced albums were followed in 2009 by "The Mountain," which essentially documented the demise of a longtime personal relationship and the break-up of her band. In transitioning from her home base of Ohio to Texas, she broadened her blues-rock foundation with country- and folk-inflected textures.


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Fresh from the library oven
Come see what's cooking at the Juneau Public Libraries!
Profitability seminar offered
JUNEAU - Juneau businesspeople are invited to attend a seminar on increasing profitability through customer service Tuesday, April 22.
New look for Canton House
Celebrating 20 years in the restaurant business in Juneau, the Canton House reopened March 27 with a new look, new chefs and an expanded menu. "The restaurant was originally (current owner Gino Kuang's) father's, so this is kind of in honor of the 20 years of effort that he put in previously," said Canton House manager Heather Howard. Kuang works as the head chef in the restaurant.
Brewing company adds tanks
JUNEAU - Two new tanks, one with a 400-barrel capacity and one with a 1,300-barrel capacity, were installed at the Alaskan Brewing Co. in late-March, company officials said.
Business profile: Shahram Talaei
Title and company: Owner, Rainforest Detailing
War isn't peace
As an anti-war activist I have been appalled at all of the irony and hypocrisy I have been hearing lately. "Collateral damage," "friendly fire," and my favorite, "Fight for Peace." Dropping bombs to bring peace to Iraq - it's just not adding up for me.
Home safe
I have known Helen A. Hanlon for two years and I know she really means everything she says (Empire, April 4), and even though I'm not in the U.S. military I trust her words and understand that she is speaking not only for the others but she is speaking from an American point of view.
A good son lost
I thought Melanie Plenda's article in Friday's Empire about Mike Anderson really captured what a fine person he was. The story brought back memories of the times Mike would visit our house and hit the fridge with the rest of the gang.
Lack of moral values
Recent action by Republican legislators to cut funding for independent living centers, which assist many Alaskans with disabilities, presents two issues: fiscal and moral.
Balanced coverage
I just have to respond to Wayne Ward's letter in Friday's paper. Let us see what he is implying. The press, in his view, is controlled by the Bush administration - vast right-wing conspiracy I guess.
Friday afternoon in Baghdad
The front page photo in the New York Times shows a soldier's face reflected in the rearview mirror of the truck he drives.
Ballast water blues
Alaska depends on clean marine waters to sustain vital commercial, sport and subsistence fishing opportunities. In addition, maintaining clean water benefits tourism and protects the abundant marine mammals that swim in the waters of Alaska.
Thank you, sir
Thank you very much, Capt. McDermott, for your sacrifice to serve me and mine as well as the rest of your country both in word and in deed.
Police and Fire
Juneau police, fire officials and state troopers reported:
Correspondence school's planned closing concerns School Board
The proposed closing of the state-run correspondence school could help the Juneau School District's budget but would hurt some local students who need personalized attention or help to graduate, according to administrators and School Board members.
Workshop schedule
CH - Centennial Hall GH - Goldbelt Hotel NG - National Guard Armory
This Day in History
In 1958, an earthquake, centered about 150 miles north of Fairbanks, measured up to 8.5 on the Richter scale. There was no reported damage.
Mining proposals draw split opinions
Proposals to ease the city's mine permitting rules drew strong opinions Saturday about environmental safeguards, Southeast Alaska's economy and local control. The Juneau Assembly's Lands Committee is considering changes to a city law to make it easier to open and operate a mine in rural parts of Juneau. About 30 people attended a two-hour public hearing about the issue Saturday morning, and the Lands Committee may take action at a meeting Monday, Chairman Randy Wanamaker said.
Inquiry leads to new claims against priest
A Juneau Catholic lay committee's investigation of sexual abuse allegations against a local priest has turned up credible but less serious accusations of "inappropriate behavior" from other former parishioners, the diocese said in a statement released Sunday. The new claims made against the Rev. Michael Nash will be forwarded to a Vatican committee, which will decide his future in the church, local Catholic officials said.
Keen remembered as businessman, filmmaker, friend
Chuck Keen, a Juneau filmmaker and businessman, died Friday morning in a veterans hospital in Seattle. He was 65. Keen was known to the public for his long, unsuccessful effort to build a tramway on Mount Juneau, and as a documentary and feature filmmaker who brought Hollywood-style premieres to town.
Around Town
Around Town is a listing of local nonprofit events.
SEARHC celebrates clinic opening
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium held the grand opening Saturday for its new $10 million clinic near Salmon Creek. Officials at the Native-run health care organization said the 32,000-square-foot building allows it to care for more patients. And an approximately $500,000 Indian Health Service grant has paid for equipment, some of which reduces the need to send patients out of town for services.
Around Town
Around Town is a listing of local nonprofit events.
Photo: Sprucing up
Painter Kent Kleinschmidt uses a manlift Monday in Ketchikan to lift himself to the top of the Tongass Trading Co. in order to reach some decorative trim which is need of a fresh coat of paint.
This Day in History
In 1939, Fred Kubon was elected mayor of Nome. A total of 137 votes were cast.
Police and Fire
Juneau police, fire officials and state troopers reported:
From bluegrass band to festival planning
Watching Maridon Boario thump on her stand-up bass in a Juneau bar, complementing the Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band's tight bluegrass harmonies with a light soprano, it's hard to believe that she's not from southwest Virginia's blue hills. Hard to believe, perhaps, that she's also a lyric opera soprano who has sung roles such as Hansel in Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" and Lady Guinevere in Lerner and Lowe's "Camelot."
7 days of music-making
Monday Centennial Hall
Photo: Clinic opening
Kenneth Brewer, president of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, addresses the crowd at the grand opening ceremony of the new SEARHC Juneau Medical Center on Saturday. Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire
Tenakee residents feared worst after teen disappeared
TENAKEE SPRINGS - This is a village where everyone knows one another - and one another's business. A lot of people knew part-time resident Maggie Wigen, but whoever killed the teenager last month and buried her body is a mystery. With no one arrested as of Sunday and no suspect named by law enforcement agencies, it would be presumptuous to conclude Wigen, 19, was killed by someone she knew. But it does seem likely.
Due to an editor's error, a Teacher Talk column published March 28 was credited to the wrong author. The column about the Dzantik'i Heeni potlatch was written by Devin Jones.
MaryEllen Brown
Juneau resident and longtime Alaskan MaryEllen Brown, 69, died March 20, 2003, in Juneau after a bout with cancer.
Kenneth Clifford Buzzell
Kenneth Clifford Buzzell, 87, died Tuesday, April 1, 2003, in Juneau.
What do you think?
Get rid of it. The environmentalists just use it as another forum to delay projects.
My Turn: Social programs are under attack
While America is transfixed watching the war in Iraq on TV, the Bush administration is proceeding here at home with an under-the-cover-of-war political attack on the poor, the young, the old and minorities. This administration is slashing social programs that assist the weakest and most disenfranchised segments of our society. Worse still, this hatchet job is being done in order to finance record tax cuts that will primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans.
My Turn: Do not tie purse strings to stifle dissent
When did this great nation turn into a place where, if you exercise your freedom of speech, you can be discriminated against? When did political correctness come to mean "don't say anything unless it's the majority view?"
My Turn: It's time to go out on a limb. Now!
While Alaska's governor and Legislature grapple with the much-touted state fiscal gap, a more serious economic outcome is looming. It has much to do with Alaska's real economic resource, little to do with logging, mining, tourism or fishing. This other resource contributes twice as many direct jobs as all the above-mentioned natural resource industries combined.
My Turn: Pesticides and salmon on the golf course
Concerns about pesticide use, its impacts on water quality, and dramatic changes to the rainforest close to town continue to make the proposed golf course on Douglas Island a troubling project for local conservationists.
When conditions allow, surfers and kayakers ride the waves near Homer
ANCHORAGE - Yakutat, Kodiak, Montague Island. All of those Alaska surf spots have been discovered and featured in glossy national surf magazines. Consider adding Homer to that map.
Here come the hooligan: Springtime arrives in Berners Bay
Spring is here and along with it comes a parade of events along the coast of Southeast Alaska that prepares many species for the months to come. One of those events is the annual spring spawning run of eulachon that occurs in numerous rivers throughout the region.
Skate park paradise
The Pipeline Skate Park is going through its own evolution within the extreme sports revolution. For about a month, the city Parks and Recreation Department facility has been undergoing an internal makeover to help push local skaters to the next level by creating new ramps and opening up the traffic flow.
Out and About
April 6: Steel plate handgun speed shoot, registration 9 a.m. Divisions for DA revolvers, SA revolvers and semi-autos. Bring 100-plus rounds. Details: www.go.to/jrpc. April 8: Eaglecrest Board of Directors meeting, 5:30 p.m. at DIPAC McCauley Salmon Hatchery Conference Room. Details: 586-5284.
Snow report
Eaglecrest Ski Area, Juneau: Platter, Ptarmigan and Hooter lifts operate 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday through Monday. The tubing hill operates 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends and holidays.
Indoor soccer players break down boundaries
It isn't often in Juneau that an offsides call in soccer can be considered an "international incident." Last weekend, girls indoor soccer teams from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, joined teams from Juneau and Ketchikan here in the Capital City for three days of games in the annual Whitehorse Exchange tournament.
Buckwheat Ski Classic
Results from the 2003 Buckwheat Ski Classic, held March 22 at Log Cabin, British Columbia, north of Skagway. There were three ski race lengths for adults, a 5-kilometer ski race for children, and a 5-kilometer snowshoe race.
As dismal year ends, Cavaliers phone it in
CLEVELAND - There's very little the Cleveland Cavaliers can do about their awful record, the NBA's worst. Now they're trying to stop from losing something more precious than games: fans. Cavs players made phone calls this week to some season-ticket holders, thanking them for their loyalty and asking for patience while the club rebuilds.
Glacier 10K, 1-Miler
Results from the Southeast Road Runners club's Glacier 10-kilometer and 1-mile races. The races were fund-raisers for the Juneau-Douglas High School cross-country running and track and field teams. The courses were near Mendenhall Glacier.
Wild and Larson earn second-team all-state honors
Juneau-Douglas High School senior Byron Wild doesn't think he'll have the opportunity to play college basketball, so he appreciated learning Saturday that he'd been voted to the second-team Class 4A all-state team by a panel of sportswriters from around the state. Wild, a 6-foot-5 center-forward, plans to attend Reed College in Portland, Ore., and Reed doesn't have a varsity athletics program.
Local skiers find ways to get to Buckwheat
It took some extra effort and a extra-large dose of Skagway hospitality, but a number of Juneau residents overcame transportation travails last month to ski in the 2003 Buckwheat Ski Classic.
Call him 'Senator' Bentz
HARRISBURG, Pa. - You hear about his abilities through the coaches. You read into his successes through the statistics. You know he is, by the accounts of the scouts, on his way to the major leagues. Yet, you watch Chad Bentz of Juneau throw a baseball and you almost miss the obvious.
This season's Cavs won't be the worst
CLEVELAND - Milt Palacio is sorry to see the Cleveland Cavaliers' dismal season nearing an end. Ricky Davis scored 17 points, Cleveland blocked a season-high 13 shots and Palacio sparked a fourth-quarter rally for a 79-76 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night that assured the Cavaliers won't set a new mark for the worst record in franchise history.
UConn, Tennessee make date for women's final
ATLANTA - Her right ankle was aching, her back was sore, her game was off. Diana Taurasi wasn't about to let those annoyances stand in the way of another trip to the women's national championship game.
Sports in Juneau
Information on upcoming sports and outdoors events in Juneau.
Border-spanning soccer
Dozens of indoor soccer players from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and Ketchikan have joined their Juneau counterparts this weekend for the annual Whitehorse Exchange tournament. The tournament started as a city-sponsored activity in 1989 as part of a sister-city exchange with Whitehorse; Juneau Soccer Club took the reins starting in 1995 and coordinates the tourney with the Yukon Soccer Association.
Bowling with the champs
It's 1 a.m. - do you know where your kids are? This weekend, if your kids bowl, they were probably at Channel Bowl in Juneau, where more than 200 of the state's top youth bowlers were competing in the 22nd Annual Alaska-Young American Bowling Alliance State Championships.
Kayhi kickers beat Juneau boys for the first time
Going into this weekend's games in Ketchikan, Juneau-Douglas High School boys soccer coach Gary Lehnhart noted how in the low-scoring sport, the outcome of a match can turn on a single goal. And that's exactly what happened on Friday night, as the upstart Ketchikan Kings hung close with the veteran Crimson Bears and scored the game's only goal off a corner kick in the 37th minute for a 1-0 win. It was Ketchikan's first-ever victory over Juneau's varsity.
Sports in Juneau
Information on upcoming sports and outdoors events in Juneau.
State Briefs
Bill would change frequency of spill plan renewals; Boost in business license fee passes committee; Republicans turn back habitat resolution; Elmendorf airmen give Letterman's Top 10; Anchorage man sentenced in wife's death;
NPR-A reserves called huge
ANCHORAGE - Anadarko Petroleum Corp. now believes the hydrocarbon potential of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and Foothills regions of the North Slope is as great as the huge Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk fields combined - in the neighborhood of 17 billion barrels of crude. The Houston-based independent now has a goal of boosting crude reserves that will pass through the Alpine production facilities from the current 430 million barrels to a billion barrels.
Legislative roundup
Bills introduced last week:
House bill would institute $2 million lottery twice-a-year
A bill introduced Friday in the state House of Representatives would create a twice-a-year state lottery that could have cash payouts of about $2 million. House Speaker Pete Kott, an Eagle River Republican who introduced the bill through the Economic Development, International Trade and Tourism Committee, said he hopes the lottery will help ease the state's fiscal woes.
Independent-living advocates rally on the Capitol steps
"Put the money back! Put the money back! Put the money back!" was the rally cry Friday of those advocating for the Legislature to restore funding for independent-living services for people with disabilities. The rally aimed to persuade lawmakers to not cut $619,000 from the state budget for Center for Independent Living grants within the Department of Labor.
Alcohol tax boosts programs, but not as much as some want
Sporting a "dime-a-drink" button, Matt Felix was among a handful of activists who sat through meeting after meeting of the Legislature for two years, pushing a boost in the state's alcohol tax. Felix, who heads the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Juneau, hoped the money would eliminate waiting lists for treatment and pay for a comprehensive statewide treatment and prevention system.
Governor eyes pull-tab funds to cover health insurance costs
ANCHORAGE - Gov. Frank Murkowski has a new proposal in which he wants to take money from pull-tab games and use it for the state's matching funds for nonprofits and to pay for increased state employee health insurance costs. Murkowski earlier had proposed eliminating the small grant program. He said Friday he was glad he found a way to fund the program.
State Briefs
Blackhawk crew sends out anti-drug message; Drivers in training; Alaska seafood closer to earning organic label; Testimony continues in Ketchikan murder case; Group takes over former Wards Cove plant
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It happens to everyone...yes, everyone...even you.
You accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and all of the "spiritual giants" around you try to nurture you by displaying their achievements in Christ; urging you on to do the same. Each one is all sugary "nice" with huge smiles and so called "spiritual hugs", yet inwardly they only think about themselves.
They show you their thrones all decorated with elaborate designs and self-made 'gems' hoping...pleading...silently praying that you will do the same and emulate what they have done.
"God has called you to a specific work", they say, "You need to pray to find out what work He has called you to."
You look around and all you see are thrones...flashy, flashy, flashy thrones...and you think:
'I got to get myself one of those'!
So you pray the best you can and you seek the Lord...and then...WOW!
"I've got it", you exclaim out loud.
You go and share this with your new Pastor and all of the "spiritual giants" who have been sugary nice to you since you came to Christ; they listen and smile and say,"That's nice. God Bless you."
Then calamity strikes. Like an enormous wave from a tropical storm your entire world is turned upside down. You "spin about" frantically crying out to God, "I thought you loved me. Don't you care? Help me."
Silence...overwhelming nothingness.
You feel so alone, so dejected, so "out-of'-control".
You panic.
You rush to your new Pastor again and share your calamity with him/her...and what you hear is even worse!
"Let's pray," they say.
"But I have already done that", you think quietly. "I need help.'
You leave the pastor's study and walk outside angry and frustrated. The Devil comes and whispers in your ear, "See, I told you. God doesn't love you. All those "spiritual giants" care about is themselves. All they want you to do is give them money even if you do not have any to give. They want your money so they can feel important and in control."
The tragedy of Spiritual Competition. So many have left the blessings of Jesus Christ, because of the disappointment they felt from God; not necessarily from God directly, but from the people you believed God would work through to answer your need. Others left the embrace of God's love because nobody seemed to care or appeared interested in the work of God you believed God had called you to.
The Bible says:
Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her two sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor. "What do you want?" he asked her. She said to him, "Promise that one of my sons will sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom." Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink the cup that I'm going to drink?" "We can," they told him. Jesus said to them, "You will drink my cup. But I don't have the authority to grant you a seat at my right or left. My Father has already prepared these positions for certain people." When the other ten apostles heard about this, they were irritated with the two brothers. Jesus called the apostles and said, "You know that the rulers of nations have absolute power over people and their officials have absolute authority over people. But that's not the way it's going to be among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant. Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave. It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
(Matthew 20:20-28)
And again this story is shared:
One day Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He said to them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out. As they were sailing along, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm came across the lake. The boat was taking on water, and they were in danger. They went to him, woke him up, and said, "Master! Master! We're going to die!" Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to stop. The wind stopped, and the sea became calm. He asked them, "Where is your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked each other, "Who is this man? He gives orders to the wind and the water, and they obey him!"
(Luke 8:22-25)
The main point is this:
But that's not the way it's going to be among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant. Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave. It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
Spiritual Competition only brings discouragement and partitions. Do not follow after this. Instead, give your life to Jesus Christ and loose your life in Him. Your man-made throne is corrupt and moth eaten and ugly in the site of God. Wait until Eternity to receive your crown; set your heart on your Eternal Reward, not the rewards of this world.
New born-again 'babes in Christ' are depending on your meekness and genuine love to guide them to maturity in Christ. They need you to be interested in them, not yourselves. They're not interested in your flashy thrones or phoney displays of "spirituality". Don't be spiritually "stuck-up" or "snobbish" or thinking you are too important to help even the 'babies' in Christ. Help them as you wish them to help you. You wont be "lowering yourself", but instead sharing the rue Salvation of Jesus Christ.
A song by David for going up to worship:
See how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in harmony! It is like fine, scented oil on the head, running down the beard-down Aaron's beard- running over the collar of his robes. It is like dew on Mount Hermon, dew which comes down on Zion's mountains. That is where the LORD promised the blessing of eternal life.
(Psalms 133:1-3)
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Wes Welker's Knee and Patriots' Playoff Hopes Have One Thing in CommonJanuary 5, 2010
They're shredded.
I'm not saying the Patriots can't win the playoffs, but to do so would be a feat on par with what the 2007 Giants pulled off during their improbable run to the title.
Now, this is not a knee-jerk reaction (tell me you saw that one coming).
This is a simple fact: the Patriots, already on shaky ground to begin with entering the playoffs, now have to attempt to outscore teams without their most potent weapon.
This is for one reason and one reason only: blitz protection.
The Patriots do not have an offensive line that is so talented that it can swallow up extra pass rushers. Not many teams in the NFL do.
Most offensive lines live with the fact that if a team brings more than six rushers, there's going to be one free guy. In an 11-on-11 sport, that means there's an open receiver that the quarterback has to find and hit before he gets pancaked.
Teams can disguise coverages, they can use a running back or tight end to block, but generally it comes down to five or six trying to block six or seven, and it's up to the quarterback to hit his hot read.
Wes Welker was that hot read.
Brady can get rid of the ball extremely quickly, but the issue now is that teams can blitz Brady on any and all passing downs and know that, even if Brady finds Julian Edelman, they're going to get a nice big hit on a guy with, reportedly, three broken ribs and a broken ring finger.
Now, Belichick vehemently disputed the report today, going so far as to truly level Charlie Casserly's reputation when asked about Brady's ribs. The Providence Journal's Shalise Manza Young confirmed the report, though ESPN's Adam Schefter said his source put Brady's broken ring finger as his biggest worry.
It's impossible to truly know, although if Brady's got broken ribs and the Patriots aren't saying, that's a big league issue. For the purposes here, we'll just assume the ring finger is broken, and he's banged up regardless.
Still, Baltimore's gameplan will most likely look an awful lot like what former Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan brought out in week two when the Patriots were in a similar situation: Brady looking shaky and playing hurt, the offensive line without key personnel, and no Wes Welker.
The Jets responded by doing what they've done most of this year. They brought bags of pressure, extra blitzers, and survived on man coverage against New England's receiving corps.
The Ravens don't have a Darrelle Revis to play shutdown corner on Randy Moss, but the Patriots also don't have a potent second weapon to make the Ravens think twice about Ed Reed staying in Randy Moss' back pocket all game.
It all comes down to what the Patriots can do without Welker. Edelman is a reasonable facsimile of the little slot man, and the yardage will certainly be there for him. The issue is whether or not those yards come in key situations, when the Ravens bring a third down blitz and the first down is what matters.
Edelman was productive against Houston and in his first start against the Jets, but productivity alone won't be enough. He needs to get those yards at the right time for New England to succeed and keep his quarterback on his feet.
Long story short: the Ravens are going to try and hit Brady, and hard.
That doesn't necessarily mean that Baltimore will walk away from Gillette Stadium with a victory, mind you. The issue here is that Brady will take a pounding on Sunday, win or lose.
The key to the Patriots going anywhere in the playoffs will rely entirely on their ability to keep the Ravens on their back foot.
They're going to have to pull all the old tricks out of the bag: bubble and tight end screens, short slant routes, a lot of draw and delay run plays, and try and run the ball until the play action becomes an effective way to get Randy Moss the ball in space.
If they can do that, they can move the ball on this Ravens team, at a penalty. Depending on how serious the injuries to Brady are, he may wake up on Monday morning wishing they were staying home for the winter.
The key to the New England offense will end up being the success of their run game and their ability to utilize their tight ends.
Over the past few weeks, they've done that much more than in the past, working in more power running sets and passing out of two tight end formations.
They've also gotten the ball to their tight end much more in 2009 than in the previous two seasons. Benjamin Watson had just 22 receptions and two touchdowns in 14 games in 2008, yet managed 29 receptions for five touchdowns in just 12 games this season.
On top of that, New England has gotten the ball to veteran Chris Baker—an offseason acquisition who is a better blocker, though not quite as athletic, as Watson—on 14 pass plays this year, with two going for touchdowns.
But most important for this New England team may be their young defense. Brady can't hang in there and keep getting hit, not if he's carrying as many injuries as he seems to be.
Even though the offensive line is deeper than it seemed to be at the beginning of the year, it's unlikely you'll see the air-it-out four wide receiver sets too frequently this postseason.
It will be up to the young defenders like Brandon Meriweather, Jerod Mayo, and the more veteran guys like Shawn Springs and Leigh Bodden to patch together a playoff run where they can't expect to outscore every team 34-30.
With Welker likely out for the playoffs, Edelman perhaps not ready to be the same type of weapon, and Brady's injury secret out, that may be their only chance in a playoff pool filled with great offensive teams.


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Macronix International Co Ltd (a manufacturer of non-volatile memory) have confirmed that they will be supplying some form of memory for the upcoming Nintendo NX.
During an online Q4 2015 financial results conference, Macronix's President C.Y. Lu talks about the current state of the ROM memory business and mentions that one of their key customers is planning a new generation platform. Towards the end of the conference call (during the Q&A section) it is then revealed that he was in fact referring to the Nintendo NX.
The following text is a rough translation of Yahoo's (Chinese) financial stock article, covering the news:
Japanese video-game company Nintendo will launch their new NX system this year. Macronix's General Manager (CY Lu) said that Macronix will supply products for the NX and has considerable expectations regarding this.
Macronix held an online conference this afternoon. Due to Nintendo releasing their new NX system this year, investors were concerned about whether Macronix (who have a longstanding business relationship with Nintendo) will be part of the NX supply chain.
CY Lu stated that Macronix will provide memory units for the NX and, internally, has considerable expectations regarding the NX.
Despite refusing to disclose whether they will supply the NX with ROM, CY Lu did say that he expects ROM sales to be outstanding this year.
In the past, Macronix have produced ROM memory for various Nintendo game cartridges, including the Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS. They have also produced flash memory for consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. So what could Macronix be bringing to the NX?
Speculation time:
On February 20th 2015, Nintendo filed a patent (US 20150231511) for a games system that lacked an optical disc drive. The patent stated that the system would included a "card slot" that "can read or write data from/to the attached memory card" and "store the read-out program in the first memory or the internal HDD".
If the patent above does in fact refer to the Nintendo NX (which it may not) then taking into considering Macronix's involvement, could the NX mark Nintendo's return to cartridge based software for home consoles? Or will Macronix simply be providing internal memory for the NX system instead? Only time will tell.
Details of the Nintendo NX are due to be release at some point in 2016. For more information about the NX, head over to our "Nintendo NX: Separating fact from fiction" article.


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Sopa de Quinua is a traditional South American soup that warms the soul and nourishes the body. This dish is a vegetarian's dream- hearty and filling, with a wonderful nutritional profile and a beautiful flavor that will make you feel like you just touched down in Peru for dinner. Serve this with some crusty bread and top with sliced avocado for a complete and satisfying meal. Watch the video below for a great how-to from Sarah.
Sopa de Quinua
Contributed by: Sarah House
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1 cup diced Onion
- 4 Garlic cloves, minced
- 1 Serrano Chile, minced
- 1 tsp ground Cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground Black Pepper
- 2 Tomatoes, diced
- 1 medium Yukon Gold potato, cubed
- 10 cups Water
- 1 cup Yellow Corn Kernels
- 1 cup diced Red Bell Pepper
- 3/4 cup Organic Quinoa Grain
- 1/4 cup chopped Parsley
- 2 Tbsp chopped Cilantro
- 2 Tbsp Lime Juice
Step 1
Heat oil in soup pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic, Serrano, cumin and pepper and cook until fragrant, about 1 – 2 minutes.
Step 2
Add tomatoes, potatoes and broth and let cook over medium to medium-low heat until potato is soft, about 40 minutes.
Step 3
Add corn, red pepper and quinoa and let cook until quinoa is beginning to soften, about 7 – 10 minutes.
Step 4
Just before serving add parsley, cilantro and lime juice.
Makes 6 – 8 servings.