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The College Spread Offense In The NFL By 2011

Now that the off season is here, I thought it would be a good time to look into my crystal ball and tell you what I see for the future of the spread offense. I think most would agree that the high school and college game has reached the momentum phase in regards to the implementation of this offense. A strong commitment is being seen at all three levels of college to recruit high school athletes to fit this system.

What about the NFL? How is this momentum phase in major college football going to effect National Football League teams in the future and how they'll draft offensive players out of college?

If you're reading this article, you likely already know the main difference between 'the spread offense' we're talking about today and 'the spread offense' of years past is the ability of the quarterback to run as effectively as a running back with the ball, and still be able to throw the ball with accuracy and effectiveness when needed.

If you think of the spread offense's run by the likes of Warren Moon with the Houston Oilers in the late 80's and early 90's, it was based off a quarterback who threw the football with great accuracy and frequency, and only ran with the ball when flushed out of the pocket.

The spread offense you see in college and high school today actually has designed plays for the QB to run, sometimes up to 5 or more designed runs or 'options' to run in the playbook based on how the defense reacts.

Spread offense's of the past had maybe one designed QB run, a QB draw that was only run near the goal-line.

One of the arguments I always hear is "The current spread offense could never be run in the NFL, the QB's would get killed because the defenses are so good." My rebuttal to that is:

If the defenses are so much better, then aren't the offensive linemen, running-backs, and receivers blocking for the running QB's that much better too? They came from the same talent pool of elite college players as the defensive player's, right?

In addition, wouldn't you agree that a Vince Young type of dual threat NFL QB is much less likely to get creamed by a defense when he runs with the ball then say a Warren Moon of that era? Vince Young is a runner who can throw the ball well enough to win, Warren Moon was a great passer who couldn't be expected to run the ball 10-12 times a game on designed QB runs because he just wasn't that type of athlete.

My impression was always that a quarterback was much more defense-less in the pocket getting sacked then running in the open field on a designed run.

So my point is this, with the likes of dual-threat college quarterbacks Dennis Dixon, Patrick White, Tim Tebow (2007 heisman trophy winner, a dual threat QB), Armanti Edwards, Terrelle Pryor (the most highly recruited high school senior this year), and others making such a splash throughout the college game, and high schools throughout the nation implementing run oriented spread offenses, isn't it just a matter of time before it makes its way into the pro game?

A lot will argue that the spread offense you see in college and high school today is nothing more than a dressed up version of the old Oklahoma Sooner wishbone offense of the 70's and 80's.

This offense never made it into the pros as many predicted, but I personally see a lot differences.

First off, the wishbone offense didn't spread the entire width of the field with big, strong, fast, and athletic wide receivers like the current spread offense, and secondly, the modern day spread is run predominately out of the shot-gun, which allows these talented dual threat QB's more options in the passing game that the wishbone formation did not.

Finally, back to my prediction for the future of the spread offense in the NFL.

By the year 2011, an NFL franchise will make a commitment to the current spread offense we see today in college and high school game by first hiring one of the many college coaches who have evolved this offense.

Names I think of are Rich Rodriguez at Michigan, Urban Meyer at Florida, Ron Zook at Illinois, or Chip Kelly at Oregon.

What these coaches will do is have three (3) dual threat quarterbacks on the 53 man active roster every week. These QB's may even rotate into the game and all three may see some sort of action every week, as these offenses work best in a no huddle system.

What NFL owners would be bold enough to try this first? Maybe a Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins, a Jerry Jones in Dallas, or an Al Davis in Oakland.

Imagine an NFL team having quarterbacks Vince Young, Patrick White, and Terrelle Pryor on the same roster in 3 years, sign me up... I'll pay extra for that!

I don't know about you, but I look forward to this day. I personally enjoy watching football much more on Saturday's as opposed to Sunday's, but that will all change as the stars of Saturday create a 'disruptive innovation' at the NFL level by 2011.

-- Mark Colyer -

Todd E. Jones said...

I guess one of the reasons why a run oriented QB never did well at QB in the NFL is the offense was not designed to fit his talents. I will say that if the Spread is to work in the NFL like you are talking about, it may have to be someone with the size of Vince Young or Tim Tebow. The NFL defenses are bigger and faster, and a smaller QB will take shots even in space. The NFL dual threat QB will have to be big enough to be durable. It will be interesting to see which NFL team will take the plunge into a Spread offense. Maybe Tennessee since they already have the QB.

Boik14 said...

The Spread offense in the NFL as a full time base offense is a joke and will never happen. Every offense in the NFL is designed to avoid the QB getting killed and now youre advocating a QB running with the ball? If it was decided that QB's should run with the ball wouldnt they be running backs? Wouldnt the single wing and option be run? Rarely can QB's transition from college to the NFL from a spread to a pro set offense now; Chad Pennington and Drew Brees not withstanding. For every one that does there are a dozen who fail to transition like Vince Young and Major Applewhite and Kliff Kingsbury etc. The ones that can transition are able to do so because they are drop backs QBs who understand how to read defenses and get through progressions, things the spread offense does not teach. It dumbs down the game. Any team that ran the spread I would zone blitz and overload one side of the opposing line out of that blitz and challenge the OL of the opposition to get over there and block me. I would blitz them til their QB could stand and see how much they want to run that nonsense next time. Dick Lebeau would rip a new ***hole through that. So would Bellichick, , etc.

Mike Briggs said...

The spread offense has slowly begun to creep into the NFL already this season. Typical run oriented and defensive minded teams already are drafting players to fit the new system and have shown flashes of this new offense already. Just look at teams like Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the Giants. These are the typical east coast teams that have always been run oriented because it worked best during the cold conditions in the winter months. Ben Roethlisberger threw for over 500 yards last week in December. 500! It's certainly an exciting offense, but I'm still not sold that it will work for every team. I actually just wrote an article on this if you want to check out my blog.

mlorsch said...

The reason the spread will never become a full-time NFL offense is that QB's are way way too expensive to expose to the big hits they would undoubtedly take if they were expected to run the ball 10-12 times per game. The NFL QB will always be passer first, runner second, and when NFL offenses do want to get cute, they'll put in a Ronnie Brown or Josh Cribbs in the QB slot and run the "Wildcat". As for the Vince Young argument, he had alot of success last season because he learned how to be a passer. Other "spread" QB's like Alex Smith will simply not be full-time NFL starting QB's until they learn to become passers first. No owner wants his 100 million dollar man getting whacked by Ray Lewis or Troy Polumalu 10-12 times a game.


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April Fool's Day Fun

I like me a good April Fool's joke.  It's a challenge to find that fine line between, "Yeah, right. Shut up, dork." and totally giving the other person a heart attack or not phasing them at all.  It's a subtle line that one must walk to be both annoying and funny.  Sometimes I hit the mark beautifully, other times not so much.

This year, I contemplated who the perfect victim would be and how to execute a perfect joke. 2012 target: my sister.  This was a risky move, as my sister is coming to visit later in the week and staying in my house for four days. . .

Here is a text I sent to my mom:
I'm bad, but hilarious. Just sent Sarah an April Fool's text: FWD: Crap! I just got an email that your flight is being canceled due to "sudden unforeseen circumstances." They are offering a switch to Wednesday night first come first serve (10:02pm departure) or a credit to a future flight.  This is total BS! Call me!
You are so bad! I'm proud of you!
There was some filler conversation, ending with my statement:
She's either going to tell me I'm an idiot or she's going to freak.
Some time went on and I got a very calm call from my sister trying to workout details.  When I started cracking up, there was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment and I heard my brother in law yell, "That's not very nice!!!!" Sarah's response?  "You're an idiot."

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At Heroin’s Source, Taliban Do What ‘Just Say No’ Could Not

Barry Bearak – New York Times May 24, 2001

This has been heroin’s great heartland, where the narcotic came to life as an opium resin taken from fragile buds of red and white poppies. Last year, 75 percent of the world’s opium crop was grown in Afghanistan, with the biggest yield sprouting from here in the fertile plains of the country’s south, sustained by the meander of the Helmand River.
But something astonishing has become evident with this spring’s harvest. Behind the narrow dikes of packed earth, the fields are empty of their most profitable plant. Poor farmers, scythes in hand, stoop among brown stems.
Mile after mile, there is only a dry stubble of wheat to cut from the lumpy soil.
Last July, the ruling Taliban banned the growing of poppies as a sin against the teachings of Islam. The edict was issued by Mullah Muhammad Omar, referred to as Amir-ul-Momineen, the supreme leader of the faithful.
Almost every farmer complied, some grudgingly, some not. ”Even if it means my children die, I will obey my amir,” said Nur Ali, sitting in his fields, sipping tea. Like most Afghan men, he wore a turban coiled around his head like a holy bandage. ”And the day my amir says I can grow poppy again, I will do that too,” he said.
The world is unused to good news coming from Afghanistan, known these days as a womb for global jihad and an unsafe preservation site for Buddhist statues.
But American narcotics officials who visited the country confirmed earlier United Nations reports that the Taliban had, in one growing season, managed a rare triumph in the long and losing war on drugs. And they did it without the usual multimillion-dollar aid packages that finance police raids, aerial surveillance and crop subsidies for farmers.
”We used a soft approach,” said Abdul Hamid Akhundzada, who heads the Taliban’s anti-poppy program. ”When there were violations, we plowed the fields. At most, violators spent a few days in jail, until they paid for the plowing.”
The Taliban, of course, are not considered softies. They whip women for exposing flesh at midcalf. They jail men for trimming their beards. They hold public executions in stadiums full of cheering people.
But this spring’s poppy crop seems to have died a relatively quiet death.
”No one dared disobey,” said Saleh Muhammad Agha, a farmer with seven children and a meager wheat field. ”If they catch you, they blacken your face and march you through the bazaars with a string of poppies around your neck.”
The ban was carried out through the chain of command. The wisdom of the Holy Koran guided Mullah Omar. He in turn communicated with his provincial governors, who informed their district administrators. The administrators then explained the ban to local mullahs and tribal elders, who passed the news to the farmers.
Violators were few. In the village of Loay Bagh, one elderly man tried to conceal his poppies in a patch of onions. The camouflage proved inadequate.
”He apologized, and we plowed his field and did nothing else,” said Mullah Shah Wali, the administrator in Nadali District. He was seated on the roof of his headquarters, not far from a 35-millimeter antiaircraft gun. He eagerly showed off his right leg, atrophied from a war wound.
Haji Din Muhammad, a tribal elder in the village of Passao, owns 150 acres. His land is nourished by an irrigation system built a half century ago with American aid. Poppies were his best crop, and he still sees nothing wrong with them. After all, he said, he just grew the drugs. He never urged anyone to use them.
”But I have readily accepted the ban,” he insisted, seated on a fine carpet that only a wealthy man could afford. His four wives — the maximum allowed under Islamic law — were busy with his 18 children. ”I would never go against Amir-ul-Momineen. And I have no fear. God will provide.”
Mullah Omar hails from southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban began their conquest of the country in 1994 as a ragtag group of students and mullahs. They first fought against local warlords who had busied themselves with thievery, rape and murder. The Taliban took Kabul, the capital, in 1996, and they now control 80 to 90 percent of the country. While their stern version of Islam often encounters resentment in the cities, they remain heroes in the countryside.
Most farmers think of Mullah Omar as an Allah-appointed savior whose religious zeal has prompted the poppy ban even in the face of mass hardship it would cause.
The country is in the fourth year of a calamitous drought. More than one million people face an ”unbridgeable” shortage of food and water before summer’s end, according to the United Nations. The relatively drought-resistant poppy would have provided some of them with vital income. Instead they have parched and stunted wheat.
”A lot of us simply left the land untilled,” said Ghulam Muhammad in the village of Shin. ”The harvest can’t make up for the costs of the planting.”
Poppy was not only profitable; it spread the money around. The work was labor intensive. Landowners had to hire field hands to turn the soil and collect the opium paste. The ban has denied jobs to hundreds of thousands.
Many of these laborers have now fled to Pakistan or Iran or the huge camps that have filled up like arenas near the city of Herat. Others are found eating roots and grass. In some villages, flour is considered too precious to be used in bread; it lasts longer if mixed with water and cooked as a soup.
”The only money in my life is the money I owe,” said a weathered old man named Jamaluddin. He was tarrying around a wheat field, hoping to trade a few hours of work for a cup of tea. ”Life is unbearable,” he said.
International reaction to the poppy ban has largely been skeptical.
Inspection teams, including the American one, have found little or no poppy. But many critics question the Taliban’s motives. In earlier years, the poppy harvest had multiplied. Why did Mullah Omar finally now decide to just say no?
Some suspect political artifice: only three nations, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, officially recognize the Taliban as a government. Perhaps the poppy ban was a push for legitimacy.
Recent swoons in opium prices are also mentioned. The Taliban stopped poppy cultivation, but they have not outlawed the drug’s possession or sale. Stockpiles exist. With the price quadrupling, and more, Mullah Omar’s edict has handed some a windfall.
But aid workers in Afghanistan tend to regard the ban as straightforward and commendable. ”Most anyone else would have said: we’ll do this if you’ll do that,” said Leslie Oqvist, coordinator for the United Nations regional office in Kandahar. ”But the Taliban acted unilaterally, and now they’re rightfully concerned that no assistance is forthcoming.”
Taliban officials stress that the poppy ban is rooted in religious principles and not in any quid pro quo. Nevertheless, they are well aware that wealthier nations often gratefully compensate third world allies in the drug war. American assistance to Colombia, Peru and Bolivia is mentioned by example.
”A fair reply to what we have done would have been some acknowledgment of the achievement,” said Mullah Muhammad Hassan, the governor of Kandahar Province and one of the Taliban’s top figures. Like many of the leaders, he was maimed in the 1980’s in the jihad against Soviet troops here. Mullah Omar lost an eye in the war; Mullah Hassan drags a peg along the floor instead of a right leg.
”Our people are very needy,” the governor said, speaking softly but pointedly. ”They have given up the poppy crop, and timely financial assistance is very important.”
Little aid has arrived for the poppy farmers. Last week, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced a $43 million grant for drought relief in Afghanistan. His statement mentioned ”those farmers who have felt the ban on poppy cultivation, a decision by the Taliban that we welcome.”
But most of that money is likely to be directed to emergency food and shelter. Torn by war hunger, Afghanistan is a bottomless well of need, and poppy farmers will become poppy refugees unless they find something else to plant that will feed their families.
”People require seed, fertilizer and pesticides — the things that will again make them successful farmers,” said Bernard Frahi, who oversees the Afghanistan situation for the United Nations Drug Control Program. ”We must provide roads, water and bridges or the poppy will come back.”
But the betting is that the ban will hold up. On a dusty lane in Kandahar, where a few dozen narrow stalls make up the city’s main opium bazaar, the traders not only talk of the poppy farmer in the past tense, but also themselves as well.
”It’s obvious our stocks are going down, and they won’t be replaced,” said Muhammad Sadiq, a drug dealer in a gold prayer cap. He sat with a handful of friends, all of them pouring tea out of small green pots.
The smarter traders, like Mr. Sadiq, have squirreled away their opium and now have the look of men watching straw spun into gold. Last year, a kilo (2.2 pounds) of the drug sold for $110; now it is as high as $500.
Mr. Sadiq reached behind a hanging white blanket at the rear of his stall and opened two metal chests. Inside were heavy bags of opium stuffed into heavy brown plastic. He pulled a few out.
”The days of the poppy in Afghanistan are over,” he said. ”Opium will get scarcer, the price will get higher. I’m holding on to this as long as I can.”

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The eight biggest U.S. money market funds slashed their lending to French banks in September by a staggering 44% overall, with some bank holdings falling even further as worries over the eurozone debt crisis multiplied.

The Thursday Bloomberg Risk newsletter figures revealed that the funds’ holdings in BNP Paribas, Société Generale, Natixis and Credit Agricole dropped to $23.2 billion at the end of the month, from August’s total of $41.5 billion. Natixis was the biggest loser, down 74%, with Credit Agricole next at 64%. Société Generale was down 51% to $3 billion; BNP Paribas dropped 20% to $14.8 billion. The funds have also reduced their holdings in KBC Groep, the biggest lender in Belgium, by 80% to $587 million.

Over the last year, Société Generale funding from U.S. money market funds has dropped 83%; BNP Paribas has fallen 40%.

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I came up with an idea to have better pancakes... Is to have it to have it in big bites so I wanna try stop eating in small bites..

I just can't...

Have to have pancakes... Just had pancakes...

(This post is in code... A few people know what it really means... But if you reallly had like pancakes.. You'd get it... If you don't, you might not ate pancakes in a while... or you might not had pancakes at all... I'm not going to urge you to have pancakes... You do what you like with pancakes.. Have it alone or have it with syrup or jam or jelly.. or add choco in it...)

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Farewell Run na ng Avenue Q sa June...

This time di ko na makakalimutan manuod!

Kinakabahan lang ako at baka maubusan ako ng tickets...

Pahingi ng tickets! Pahingi!

Wala pa akong budget sa sweldo pa papasok pera...

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

At least Wednesday na...

Excited ako sa weekend...

Kasi I need to do some slacking off...

Mabuhay ang pagiging sloth!

Hindi ko kasi magawa gawa lately.. kasi kelangan magluto.. maglaba... maglinis... (pesteng ipis kasi yan....)

Wednesday na tapos Thursday na bukas tapos Friday tapos,, tenen!

Mag- mini-shop ako ng shoes...

Panget ang W brown.. Do not buy this brand...

My "WTF"

God help us!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Jezrael: how are u?
Thirdy: mabuti naman ako.. kaw?
Jezrael: di ba lutang ka kanina?
Thirdy: ewan ko na ako ngayon
Jezrael: ewan ko na ako ngayon <-- lutang ka nga..
Thirdy: hahaha

Ewan ko pa din...

Friday, May 16, 2008

There was one episode of Bette Midler's flop sitcom where she forgot there wasn't a Sepetember 31 and she planned her day to be ready for October 1... Until her assistant tells her there wasn't a September 31 and she goes all crazy...

I was all worried last night that I woun't have time to clean the house... Joe (tawag naman sa ipis) is always dropping by for a visit and I kinda need to clean the apartment.. as soon as I can...

Tapos, have lots to do (chores) and I don't have enough time sa weekdays....

Then, this morning.. A silly conversation made me realize.. I AM FREE next week weekeend!

Silly me... I could do the ordering and cleaning there....

Then sa hapon, Open Ship... (Waahhh.. Excited?)

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Act your age

Madonna will turn 50 soon...

Should a 50-year dance around a stupid Timberlake? Tell me should a 50 year old do that?

Amazing though...

I was surfing the net last night...

I came across this amazing blog...

Saw youtube embedded at last.. di kasi pwede sa office...

Re-touch my body.... Referred by Wicco... Funny....

A certain diva should show kids how a woman should behave.... Not try to be a girl when she is already 39 years old...

Akala mo makakalimutan kita, 38++ year old Janet Jackson...

You should show maturity... Instead you sing about needing some "discipline" tonight...

I like the songs though...

But leave the immature songs to those who really young and innocent...

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Credit Card

Mabubuhay ka ba ng walang credit card?

What you think?

Monday, May 12, 2008

Friday, May 09, 2008

DVD Viewing na naman!

Natapos ko na Season 3 until Episode 8.. Pahingi ng copy sa Season 3 Episode 9 onwards..

Thursday, May 08, 2008

What started as a possible bad day... Turned around!

Lumabas ako ng apartment late as I should go out dahil matagal lutuin ang bfast ko tapos namatay ba yung gasul.. (After 5 months, naubos na siya)... Nagmamadali akong naglakad with my painful shoes... At sa scorching heat, pinagpapawisan agad ako... So Nakasakay na ako ng jeep... Biglang..

I gave my last budgeted P100 to the driver... Binalik sa aken.. barya lang po... I frantically search my pockets for a P5 coin.. Wala...

"Kuya wala na akong barya"

Sarcastically, mamang driver showed me all the pieces of money he will count change for...

(Bite me, mamang driver) "Okay bababa na ako..." Nagmadali akong naglakad to ministop para magpabarya.. Halfway there.. I decided HALF DAY na ako... I'm late and I can't stand walking and running around in this heat.. (drops sweat)

Went back to the apartment.. Nagpaalam...

Possible bad day turned around... Nagrelax relax pa ako sa bahay... Nakabili ako ng bagong LPG.. AT nakapagluto ng lunch... Masarap Lunch ko hindi repreat performance ng malamig na chicken siomai... Tumawag pa ang godamit PLDT.. dadating daw sila and they did.. May DSL na ako.. wohoo!

Mahangin pa papuntang opis... Nasira man payong ko.. Useable pa din naman siya.. Hindi pa ako nagmamadali kasi 2pm pa dapat nasa office na ako..

Got here sa office.. (Wala nang gagawin... hahaha)..

Tambay muna tayo today....

Pwede niyo ako pasahan ng konting (konti lang) na work...

Tapos, nalaman laman ko na natanggal si Jayson!! Salamat!!! Syesha gave such an emotional perfomance sa second song niya.. Next week na siya matanggal.. Not now... WOHOO!!

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Theater Season

I more excited about this than finally starting summer this weekend...

Commercial muna...
This sabado - Family Outing... (Gastos!)
Next sabado - Team Outing (More Gastos)
Next 2x Sabado - Wala pa akong gagawin.. Calling Bianca and Hanna! Wag niyo ako injanin ule...
Next3x Sabado - Weekend Date na sana matuloy at sana wala na silang kanta... at wala na siya sakit... (Para hindi na ako malait ni Jepoi na nagmamayabang kasi nanggaling ng boracay...)

Back to the main program...

Excited na ako!

Next month bubudget-an ko.. Manunuod ako!

Sana di ko makalimutan yung Avenue Q like last time..

Tapos, Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella...

Pati, High School Musical on Ice...

Pati na din yung run ng Mulan Jr. sa Greenbelt..

Haayy.. Dream dream dream.. sana umabot sa budget...

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Last last week ko pa naman ata ito natapos... Season 3 na...

Meron na akong first 5 episodes...

Di pa din naman nagwowork yung DVD writer ko so okay lang...

Not to mention about that pesteng PLDT na hindi pa rin nakakabit yung dsl ko...

Actually, last weekend ko pa to natapos.. I will resume watching it Season 2 i mean when I figure out how to burn a copy sa DVD..

I've been using Nero Vision pero.. I think my DVD writer is broken or something like it..

Basta minsan hindi nagbuburn... Registry error daw..

Inistall ko ule then tried burning... Nung pinilay ko sa dvd player.. Disc unknown.. Ewan ko ba jan sa DVD writer na yan... Papalitan ko na siya pag may pera...

I still find Japanese people annoying though...

Pero just gotta love Hiro!

Nathan Petrelli annoys me... Wohoo at Claire!

Haay.. Season 2 pa... Sa PC ko na nga lang papanuorin...

Bahala na nga lang...

Sana magwork yung experiment ko mamaya..

Monday, May 05, 2008

Malas na Sabado

May 3, 2008

  • Hindi dumating ang PLDT. Mag Pesteng yun... Mag-2 months na wala pa rin akong DSL
  • Tumawag ako sa Customer Service, Guess what? hindi pa pala na fifile...
  • I gave the most hateful and controlled complaint ever in my life.. I think...
  • I wanted to do that complain again face to face with a customer representative para matakaot talaga sila... BUT!!! the PLDT business center is closed on Saturdays.
  • I went to globe... The still don't have a line in my area...
  • Ang haba ng pila sa BDO sa malapit sa SM Makati..As in Snake
  • Walang Pila sa BDO Cash n Carry pero walang ATM....
  • Umulan ng malakas ng 5pm..
  • Baha sa Buendia.. As in! Di ako makasugod dahil nakashoes ako..
  • After 1 hour na pagtambay sa KFC tapat ng bank... Wala nang baha sa Buendia at Washington... Ilog naman sa Taylo....
  • Pag uwi namen after dinner... Baha pa rin... Buti below pedestrian lane so umikot pa kami..
  • Pag uwi namen nakasalubong namen yung kapitbahay... Hindi daw nacancel yung pyrolympics.
  • Nag-float ako
  • Mura lang magpa-upgrade sa Digital Axis
  • Siopao sa Dimsum and Dumplings
  • Dinner sa North Park...
  • Sikreto... Hindi GP ang rating.. (:P)

Friday, May 02, 2008

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The chair of the governors at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School in Dartford has resigned from his post.

Councillor Matthew Davis, who represents the town centre ward, confirmed to News Shopper he was no longer in the post.

He said: "I have resigned from my post and I don't really want to say anymore.

"I am no longer a governor."

The Conservative councillor said one of the reasons for this departure was the "pressure of the situation"

News Shopper is also awaiting comment from Revd M Henwood, vicar of Dartford Parish Church, who is also listed online on the school's list of governors.

Coun Davis is still on the list on the school website.

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Lily Allen has announced she is going on tour with Miley Cyrus.

The Hard Out Here singer is planning to hit the road with the controversial Wrecking Ball star on her Bangerz tour next month.

Lily, 29, tweeted: "#BBBBANGERZ @MileyCyrus CANT WAIT !!!!!"

She also tweeted a link to a news story about her joining Miley, and repeated its title: "God help us: Lily Allen and Miley Cyrus team up for joint tour."

Miley, 21, has raised eyebrows since she's been on the road, thanks to her skimpy outfits, use of bad language and raunchy stage antics.

Outspoken Lily, who is no stranger to controversy herself, announced on her website that she is set to support Miley in August.

She joins the former Disney star across the pond on August 1 in Uniondale, New York and will wrap up her performances in St Louis on August 10.


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The Rylands Way side face Blue Square South side Dorchester in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup on Saturday, and Turner said a few of his squad had been ‘careful’ in the weekend loss.

It was the first defeat Bassett had suffered in Division One West in 2012/13, with Lee Bowen’s effort coming in vain as Jamie Butt and Chris Blakeley were both among the goals for the hosts.

Turner said: “I think half the team had one eye on next week, it was not a normal performance from us in the first half.

“I’m sure everyone went in a bit carefully and although they were competitive, one or two weren’t as competitive as they normally are. At half time it could have been 4-2 to them on chances created.

“For 25 minutes of the second half we were camped in their half, but they hit us on the break and scored an absolute worldie.

“I was speaking to Tim North, the old Carterton manager, and he told me the last time the player tried that they never found the ball, but I have to give the lad (Blakeley) credit, it was a great goal.

“We were pressing and pressing after that and that allowed them to pick us off and get a second, and the third was the same, but we actually played really well in the second half.

“It’s football, it’s what happens, I’ve been around long enough to know I shouldn’t get carried away about it.

“In some ways, as soon as we can get the cup out of the way, the better. These games only come along every five or 10 years for clubs like us, so I can understand the players being careful.

“Now we can focus on next weekend and it will be great because most of them have never been involved in a game of that magnitude.”

Elsewhere, Shrivenham ’s involvement in the FA Vase came crashing down in spectacular style as they were hammered 4-0 at the Rec by Cheltenham.

Michael McNally’s side were up against it from the off and never recovered, with the Saracens rearguard holding firm throughout.

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Tuque Games are hard at work, putting the finishing touches to the top-down co-operative shooter, Livelock.

In order to ensure the best possible experience for players across all platforms, Perfect World Entertainment and the developers have regrettably announced that the release of Livelock will be delayed.

Originally scheduled for a 2nd of August release, the game takes you on a journey into the 22nd Century. Humanity is on the brink of collapse. Fight as Capital Intellect, a human consciousness uploaded into a large mechanical war frame. Defeat a host of Clusters with your arsenal of weapons. These corrupted groups of machines are fighting each other for control of the Earth’s last resources in an infinite war.

You’re charged with breaking this cycle and saving humanity before it is forgotten altogether. Team up with your friends in co-operative multiplayer and be the hero that saves the species.

So, as if to tease you with what you can look forward to from the game, here’s the PAX East developer walkthrough from Tuque, released earlier this year.

While no new release date has been finalised for Livelock, we’re confident that this extra time will allow Tuque to tweak and test to fine tune the title and when they are happy with it, then we’ll see a commercial release. Until then, we’ll have to content ourselves with walkthroughs and trailers.

As soon as we know a release date, we’ll bring it to you, so keep it locked to TiX.

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On Reflection, Maybe I Was A Bit Naive....

In the comments to my entry about how useful the Sony Reader electronic book would be for law students, Anon made a good point:

There's certainly a lot to be said for the new technology. Digitized texts save paper (read--fewer trees we have to chop down in the rain forests), spare our backs (read--fewer visits to the chiropractor), and bless us with shorter lines (read--fewer dirty looks from underpaid law school book store register clerks with watch timers set to ring at 5 p.m., the start of favorite bar's happy hour).

I wonder, though, whether these texts will quickly make the transition to paperless, digital format. Digital content is great for the user, but problems of piracy and copyright infringement loom large for the publisher and copyright holder. I suppose if the piracy protection were ironclad, we would be OK, but it seems that almost as quickly as new anti-piracy schemes are cooked up, ways to overcome the protections are crafted. At least if I were the publisher, all of this would make me think twice before digitizing all or part of casebook content.

To which I now feel I might have been overoptimistic in replying:
If I recall correctly from looking at the Japanese model, there's some reasonably robust anti-copying software involved. But I think law school textbooks would have even better protection. Each law student is told when we start school that our personal ethical record will eventually form part of our bar acceptance. Given the high price of tuition and the three years of lost wages, would a student really make illegal copies of textbooks if they felt it might prevent them from passing the bar?

I'm pretty certain that worries about bar passage would have some effect on illegally pirating textbooks. But taking a look at what I've spent on books over the last few years, I think I might be a trifle . . . shortsighted in my response above. Any thoughts from other students?

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I think a lot of that depends on the likelihood of getting caught. Law students are inherently conservative (not necessarily politically) and risk-averse, which lends credence to the point you made, but if the enforcement mechanisms aren't there (and visibly active) and the penalties sufficiently stiff, students might be lulled into thinking pirating is no big deal and not worry too much about the small risk of getting caught. Ultimately, students would be making a cost-benefit/risk analysis (as we often do) to determine whether the costs (getting caught, punished, and possibly refused a bar license) outweigh the benefits (saving $400 or so on books each semester) in light of the chances the costs would ever be realized. You're right that any anti-piracy software would be formidable (West and their ilk would have it no other way), but I feel confident that young and able hackers would find ways to circumvent the technology. There might also be some money in it for them if they decide to sell bootlegged copies of the digital texts to penny-pinched law students for cheap.
Copyright laws and policies are tremendously politically subjective things. It would be a travesty of justice if people were prevented from practicing law because they didn't conform to the law and policies du jour of that period when they were in law school. Yes, copyright is in a statute and laws are laws, but in the age of copyright cartels hijacking Congress to write those laws exclusively according to their interests it's worth cutting infringers a little slack. Especially since it's not like these are unambiguous laws with crystal clear, consistent interpretations that necessarily even foreclose students accessing and using books they didn't necessarily pay for (remember libraries?) Using the threat of non-acceptance to the Bar as a way to enforce conformity with one political viewpoint of what these laws should be would therefore be extremely unjust.
Considering the number of professors within a law school whose own books are assigned to the students therein, I don't think the school would be as inclined to cut slack there as it would be for students who, say, piss off the RIAA. Even if law professors mostly are paid enough in salary that lost royalties aren't going to make a huge dent in their income, they're nonetheless going to be inclined to enforce that particular hegemonic view of the law. Admittedly the only professor with whose book I've had close contact said that he could make more money in two hours of consulting than he would on the royalties, but that may have been due to its narrow readership and little original content (being composed mostly of others' copyrighted work).
I just don't want to read digital books. My eyeballs are fried enough from the constant laptop as it is (read: expensive corrective lenses for the rest of my life), and I'm not sure that our abused legal eyes could take much more...
3L: Seriously, you'd have to see the Sony Reader to understand, but it's not like reading off an LCD. There's no backlight, and it doesn't burn your eyes. That's what makes it so beautiful. I used one for about an hour, and if felt like reading a book.
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  • Over at One Literature Nut, The W's of Reading: What Is It About Reading? is examined. What is it that draws us bookworms to reading anywhere, everywhere, all the time? Can we really pinpoint the reason? Probably not, but One Literature Nut does a good job of putting it into words just the same!
  • The theme for Share-A-Story, Shape-A-Future 2010 has been set as well as the daily topics!!! Are you going to be joining in on It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader?!?! I will be!!
  • Over at J. Kaye's Book Blog, she is a doing a Book Blog Read-a-Long in 2010. I am very excited about this new event, along with all of her other changes that are to come in the new year. If you have not yet seen her blog, I highly recommend you check it out! It's a great place for book-ish conversation!
  • I've received some new awards!! I posted about them here or you can just do a quick scan under my Awards page!
  • I've also added a few more books to my Wish List!
  • And, most importantly, I am so excited to share with you that I will be attending an event with Elie Wiesel (author of Night, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient) this upcoming week!!! I'm hoping to blog all about it before the week ends!!

  1. Re: Your "Reviews to Come" list - Can't wait to see what you have to say about Moore's Fool. I keep hearing over and over again how hilarious Moore is, but just haven't gotten to him.

    Also, good luck with Angela's Ashes. It's good, but depressing. Just try to remember the funny parts.

    Cool blog, too. I just found you and am following now.

  2. Gotta ask. The Reviews to Come, are those books you've read but haven't written a review yet?

  3. Greg Zimmerman . . . here's a itty bitty hint . . . loved it!! :) Thanks for following by the way! Hope to see you back for more conversation soon!

    J.Kaye . . . As much as I hate to admit it, they are books that I have read, but have not yet written the review for! Pretty pathetic, I know!! :( I've got a lot of work to do to get caught up by the end of the year!! I don't want to have to start it out already so far behind!!

  4. All I can say is bless your heart. I do feel your pain.

  5. Wow, Elie Wiesel--that's cool! I can't wait for your post about it. :)

  6. J. Kaye . . . Well, thank you! Someday (hopefully, by the new year!) I will finally get caught up! I better get in gear because it is approaching all too fast!

    heidenkind . . . I hope to have it up soon! I took lots of notes and thought it was a very inspiring night!

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Timber Frame History

The art of timber framing dates back to some of early man’s first primitive structures. Europe is full of timber-framed structures dating back hundreds of years, including manors and castles, homes and inns, whose architecture and techniques of construction have evolved over the centuries. In Asia you will find timber-framed structures, many of them temples, that have stood for centuries.

Wood from local forests provided a convenient supply of building materials. Craftsman shaped these logs into rectangular hand-hewn posts and beams through the skilled use of axes. Instead of using metal hardware to connect the timbers, the craftsmen carved precise mortise and tenon and dovetail joints, which they secured with wooden pegs. The skill in creating this precise joinery and intricately engineered timber frames was the source of great pride and competition among the timber frame artisans. So much so, that it became a tradition for craftsmen to inscribe their initials next to the joinery they created.

European settlers brought the art of timber framing with them to America and the practice was the predominant means of construction until the middle of the 19th century. The invention of mass-produced nails and the ability to manufacture smaller timbers quickly and cheaply gave rise to more economical forms of light frame construction using structural studs and braces connected with nails.

Light frame construction enabled builders to enclose large areas with minimal cost, while achieving a wide variety of architectural styles. On the rapidly expanding American frontier, the demand for quick and cheap housing meant that light frame construction soon replaced timber framing as the dominant building method. This is still true today, as these techniques evolved to become what is commonly known as stud construction.

Although the majority of homes are still built using stud construction, America is in the midst of a revival of the art of timber frame homes. New manufacturing techniques have increased the precision while reducing the labor involved in creating timber frames, and the introduction of structural insulated panels (SIPs) has helped speed up construction of timber frame homes. Woodhouse® The Timber Frame Company is at the fore of this movement. As the premier provider of modern timber frame homes, Woodhouse® enables discerning buyers to enjoy the warmth and elegance of this time-honored old-world architectural style in a state-of-the-art, energy efficient custom timber frame home. Woodhouse® began life with a different name—Solar Northern Inc.—in 1979 and was the brainchild of 2 partners: Steve Keller, our founder and current CEO, and John Saveson, an architect and designer. At that time there was a significant energy crisis caused by the OPEC oil embargo and the US government, led by the Carter administration, had put incentives in place to encourage people to build energy efficient homes. Solar Northern’s specialty was passive solar design—using the path of the sun to naturally heat and cool a home—and this design concept, coupled with a high degree of insulation, could earn a monetary grant for the homeowner. The need for excellent insulation led Steve and John to the investigation of, and subsequent use of, structural insulated panels or SIPs. In order to support the SIPs, Solar Northern used traditional trusses until a client requested a post and beam structure or what is now known as a timber frame. After quotations for the timber frame came in at a very high price, Steve decided that they could make the structure themselves and Solar Northern produced its first timber frame in 1980.

As the energy crisis lifted, and the Reagan administration eliminated the grants that funded the passive solar design part of the business, timber frame building became the focus of the company which was now known as Solar Northern Post and Beam. John sold his share of the business to Steve who again changed the name of the company to Woodhouse, The Timber Frame Company in 1986. By that time, Woodhouse was the largest consumer of SIPs in the country but Steve was unhappy with the quality of the SIPs he was purchasing. Accordingly, he started Murus in 1987 to produce a higher quality SIP. Today, Murus is the leading producer of polyurethane SIPs in the world.

In 2004 Steve formed a partnership with Pat Seaman who is now owner, President, and General Manager of Woodhouse. The company is one of the largest timber frame manufacturers in the US shipping all over the country on a regular basis (we have also shipped to Japan, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, England, and Germany) and is growing rapidly.

Our heritage is one to be proud of—it is based on environmental responsibility and community service—and it has taken us to a leadership position in a beautifully artistic and craft-oriented industry.

Everyone at Woodhouse® is committed to being exceptionally responsive to your needs and concerns. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of satisfaction through the delivery of the most skilled custom timber frame home design service, the finest building materials and the most well-crafted timber framed homes available. Woodhouse® has always been the first to offer the best—and we are only improving upon this standard. We look forward to being at your service.


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By JIM SALTER Associated Press Published: March 2, 2017 4:00 AM

ST. LOUIS -- A deadly spring-like storm that one Illinois resident described as sounding like "an explosion of glass" damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in that state and others, blew cars off a major Missouri highway and forced people in an Arkansas town to huddle for safety in a high school.

Tornadoes were blamed in three deaths amid a large swath of destruction through the central U.S. before rumbling eastward. Forecasters said up to 95 million people are potentially in the storm's path as it moves toward the mid-Atlantic states and southern New England. Forecasters said cities including New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., could be at risk.

Officials in Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri were assessing damage after storms Tuesday night and early Wednesday.

In northern Illinois, an uprooted tree killed 76-year-old Wayne Tuntland of Ottawa. More than a dozen others were injured. In the small community of Naplate, next to Ottawa, about a quarter of the roughly 200 homes were damaged, Fire Chief John Nevins said.

Debbie Loughridge, 61, and her son were inside their Naplate home, riding out the storm in the bathtub. Firefighters rescued them after the roof was torn off.

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"All I heard was the wind and the breaking glass. Like an explosion of glass," Loughridge said.

In southern Illinois, an apparent tornado near the town of Crossville killed a 71-year-old man and injured his wife, White County Coroner Chris Marsh said.

In Missouri, a twister touched down Tuesday night, blowing several vehicles off of Interstate 55 near Perryville, 65 miles southeast of St. Louis. A 24-year-old man from Perryville was thrown from one of the vehicles and died, Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Juston Wheetley said. The wind was so strong that it lifted crumpled cars from a nearby salvage yard and tossed them along the highway.

Nearly 110 homes in the Perryville area were damaged or destroyed and 12 people suffered minor injuries, Perryville Fire Chief Jeremy Triller said.

"I feel we're very blessed and fortunate we didn't have a higher fatality number with this terrible disaster," Triller said.

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Meteorologist Rick Shanklin of the National Weather Service said the Missouri twister was a "strong tornado," but the actual wind speed has not been estimated. Officials believe it was on the ground for 13 to 15 miles, crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois.

National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Patrick Marsh said crews are still determining how many twisters touched down across the central U.S.

Marsh said a strong storm system moved from the Mountain West and collided with warm and humid air in the Midwest, which has enjoyed an unusually warm winter and where temperatures Tuesday were well into the 70s in many places.

"That's why we saw storms more representative of late March and April," Marsh said. "The atmosphere doesn't care what the calendar says."

Northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, emergency managers said about 40 homes were damaged and 10 to 15 people were injured near Higginson, while additional minor injuries were reported at a state prison near Newport. Hundreds of people, including schoolchildren, had to take shelter at Bald Knob High School, which was hosting a state basketball tournament. Games were delayed until the storm passed.

Tornadoes may have touched down Wednesday in and near Nashville, Tennessee. Weather service meteorologist Sam Herron cited numerous reports of scattered damage across central Tennessee and a possible tornado near the Cool Springs mall south of Nashville. The city's Emergency Operations Center tweeted that damage to power lines and trees indicated that another tornado may have touched down in the city.

A tornado is suspected of damaging several homes and a church building in Ireland, Indiana. No injuries were reported but one woman had to be rescued from a partially collapsed home.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said President Donald Trump is monitoring the severe weather. He said the White House will stay in touch with state and local officials to provide federal support as needed.

Strong winds elsewhere in the Plains spread wildfires in Texas. Four homes were destroyed near Tulia, about 50 miles south of Amarillo, before firefighters beat back the flames. Texas A&M Forest Service spokesman Phillip Truitt said the fire prompted the evacuation of almost 1,200 homes.

Associated Press reporters Bob Eller, Herb McCann and Sophia Tareen in Chicago; Teresa Crawford in Naplate, Illinois; Kelly Kissel, Tafi Mukunyadzi and Jill Bleed in Little Rock, Arkansas; and David Runk in Detroit contributed to this report.

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8d59 Facebook soars after 2Q results beat estimates | Times Free Press

Facebook soars after 2Q results beat estimates

Facebook soars after 2Q results beat estimates

July 24th, 2013 by Associated Press in Local - Breaking News

A Facebook sign is visible at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., in this 2013 file photo photo.

Photo by Associated Press /Times Free Press.

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook's stock is flying high after the world's biggest social network posted higher revenue from mobile ads and delivered a healthy second-quarter profit that reversed a loss in the same period a year ago.

The results, which come on the heels of weaker-than-expected results from online search leader Google Inc., signal that Facebook's aggressive push into the mobile advertising market continues to pay off. The company began showing mobile advertisements for the first time last spring. On Wednesday, Facebook said mobile ads accounted for a whopping 41 percent of its total advertising revenue.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's stock jumped $4.48, or 17 percent, to $30.99 in extended trading. The shares had closed the regular trading session at $26.51. Facebook's stock priced at $38 when the company went public in May 2012, but hasn't hit that range since.

"I'm completely surprised," said Gartner analyst Brian Blau, summing up the sentiments of many investors who've watched Facebook's stock price stagnate over the past year due in large part to concerns about its mobile prospects.

"I was actually thinking that maybe they would have a soft quarter," he added, citing a softening of display advertising revenue - Facebook's bread and butter - across the industry. "That seems not to be the case."

Facebook Inc. it earned $333 million, or 13 cents per share, in the April-June period. That's up from a loss of $157 million, or 8 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings were $488 million, or 19 cents per share in the latest quarter, above the 14 cents that analysts were expecting.

Facebook's revenue grew 53 percent to $1.81 billion from $1.18 billion, well above the $1.62 million that analysts polled by FactSet were expecting. The company has also quickened the pace of its revenue growth. In the first quarter, revenue grew 38 percent and in the fourth quarter of last year, 40 percent.

Jefferies analyst Brian Pitz called the quarter's results "impressive" and noted that Facebook saw its highest revenue growth since the fourth quarter of 2011, when it was still a private company.

Mobile ad revenue was $655.6 million, or 41 percent of the quarter's total advertising revenue of $1.6 billion. In the first quarter, mobile accounted for 30 percent of total ad revenue.

"We've made good progress growing our community, deepening engagement and delivering strong financial results, especially on mobile," said CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a statement. "The work we've done to make mobile the best Facebook experience is showing good results and provides us with a solid foundation for the future."

Research firm eMarketer expects Facebook to increase its mobile advertising revenue more than fourfold to over $2 billion this year. This would give the company a 13 percent share of the global mobile ad market, up from about 5 percent last year.

That said, Google is a distant No. 1 when it comes to mobile ads. EMarketer estimates that the company held a 52 percent share of the global $8.8 billion mobile ad market last year. This year, the firm expects Google's share to grow to 56 percent.

In a conference call with analysts, Zuckerberg sought to ease concerns that teenagers are growing tired of Facebook and flocking to newer, hipper services such as (Facebook-owned) Instagram.

"Based on our data, that isn't true," he said. "It's difficult to measure this perfectly since some young people lie about their age, but based on the best data we have, we believe we have close to fully penetrated in the U.S. teen demographic for a while, and the number of teens using Facebook on a daily and monthly basis has been steady over the past year and a half."

Facebook has also been working to increase its international advertising revenue, since most of its users live outside of the United States. The company announced this week that more than 100 million people access Facebook using traditional, non-smart phones in countries like India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

More than 53 percent, or $965 million, of the quarter's revenue came from outside the U.S. and Canada.

Facebook had 1.15 billion monthly active users as of June 30, up 21 percent from a year ago. The number of monthly mobile users grew 51 percent to 819 million.


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77b5 The Right Side Round Table | Times Free Press

The Right Side Round Table

The Right Side Round Table

February 27th, 2013 in Opinion Free Press

Election Day is March 5. What should be the top priorities of Chattanooga's next mayor?

Editor's note: The Free Press opinion page is beginning a new weekly feature, the Right Side Round Table, in which we join a few prominent political, civic, business or religious leaders from our region to discuss a timely issue.

The first priority of Chattanooga's next mayor should be to quickly correct the shortcomings of the current mayor.

During Ron Littlefield's eight wearisome years as Chattanooga mayor, the city budget ballooned from $150 million to nearly $210 million, property taxes were hiked 19 percent and Chattanooga's long, sad traditions of cronyism, political paybacks and back-room deal making were faithfully upheld.

Our next mayor should trim city spending and work to reduce tax rates before residents realize how much more they pay in taxes than surrounding communities and begin fleeing.

The next mayor should demonstrate his understanding of the proper role of government by selling, leasing or shuttering the questionable business ventures the city is involved in - including a hotel, two entertainment venues, a cable and Internet service business, golf courses, a private plane service center and a marina - that cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Most importantly, the new mayor should work to end cronyism and secretive government by embracing government transparency. He should appoint the best people as agency heads and to fill vacancies on city boards and commissions, rather than people to whom he owes favors.

- The Free Press

Tony Sanders

Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party

I think the top three issues facing the new mayor are crime prevention, wasteful spending and restoring trust.

Chattanooga is seeing an increase in crime. We hear stories of people jogging, working in their yards or enjoying our parks who are being victimized. This is not even addressing inner-city crime that we read about each day. Our police need the resources to meet criminals head on.

Wasteful spending needs to be cut. City leaders need to understand that the citizens of Chattanooga won't keep paying more and receiving less. The city can't keep raising taxes and not addressing spending.

The current administration appears to have some trust issues with many people. The new mayor will need to start rebuilding that trust. He needs to reach out to all citizens, not just the ones he thinks voted for him.

Mark West

President of the Chattanooga Tea Party

Following an administration that has been full of controversy, disastrous policies and ill-devised plans, I contend Chattanoogans are looking for a "do-over" - a new start that will focus on servant leadership in government.

Servant leadership depicts doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. It involves integrity, accountability and transparency. These are simple concepts that are seldom seen in government or, for that matter, even in life.

We desire a leader who is more concerned over the peoples' future than his own; a leader who is willing to be questioned and held to account for his policies and plans; and a leader who has nothing to hide and remains open to the inquiries of his employer: We the people.

In summary, we desire a leader who understands that government is "of the people, by the people and for the people."

Basil Marceaux

Self-proclaimed superstar and operator of www.BasilMarceaux.com

Some people believe beautifying the city is very important; others say it is necessary to focus on parks. Education, budget and crime issues are all worthy of our attention.

The top priority, however, should be citizens. Until illegal traffic stops that allow the government to try citizens in a criminal prosecution for a civil matter are stopped in Chattanooga, citizens are not the most important.

Tennessee Supreme Court cases from the 1850s to today - including Meaher v. Mayor, Chattanooga v. Myers, Chattanooga v. Davis and my own cases - indicate that cities are civil and can only enforce ordinances, not state crimes.

Fines generated through improper arrests violate the United States and Tennessee Constitutions. The new mayor must have courage to change the city charter to say that all court matters must go to circuit court, not criminal court.


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Spartans clip Blue Devils for Cumberland title

George Thwaites • May 25, 2013 at 8:16 PM

NICKELSVILLE — With so many teams ensured Region D appearances regardless of district tournament outcomes, some folks in Southwest Virginia might have wondered if any meaningful baseball was played this week.

For Eastside coach Chris Clay, all official baseball is inherently meaningful.

“It’s a baseball game. Every time we put on the real jerseys, we’re playing to win,” said Clay, whose squad took the Cumberland District tournament championship with a 2-1 win over Castlewood at Keith Memorial Park on Saturday.

The Spartans and Blue Devils will appear in next week’s Division 2 and Division 1 regional brackets, respectively.

The game certainly was significant to the frustrated Blue Devils (8-10), for whom Eastside has — for all practical purposes — replaced defunct St. Paul as their archrival.

The Devils got six innings of three-hit baseball out of Blake Sloce (1-5). The senior right-hander struck out six, walked three and plunked one.

“That may be the third time this year Sloce has lost a game that he deserved to win. We just couldn’t push the runs across with the opportunities that we had,” said Blue Devils coach Jonathan Salyers, who led Castlewood to last year’s Region D, Division 1 title.

The Spartans (14-8) initiated scoring with two outs in the first. Nick Sturgill got on with a walk and advanced on J.D. Slone’s single to right. Sturgill went on to score on outfielder Gavin Collins’ errant throw to second.

In the third, Eastside’s Kobe Lawson got on with a double and moved to third on a balk. From there, it was easy to score on Slone’s fielder’s choice grounder to first.

“Both of their runs off of Sloce today were gift-wrapped,” Salyers said.

Castlewood got a gift of its own in the fourth when Dakota Grizzel scored on an error at short after Tyler Austin knocked Collins into a forceout at second.

The Devils’ best opportunity to overtake Eastside came in the sixth. Sloce got on with a double and went to third on a wild pitch. Collins was on behind him with a walk and stole second.

Sloce bolted for home when Austin put the ball in play but got caught in a rundown.

“I just wanted to score and get us on the scoreboard. I guess I wasn’t paying enough attention. Next thing I know, they were calling me out,” Sloce said.

For Salyers, that out was probably the cost of being aggressive on the basepaths. What he didn’t expect was catcher Wes Yeary’s subsequent throw to third that gunned down the trailing Collins.

Salyers appealed the apparent lack of a tag, but the double play stood. That was good news for Spartans freshman reliever Slone, who protected the win for starter Matt Green (7-1) and collected the two-inning save.

“The only thing I do is rear back and throw. If he misses, he misses. If he swings, he hits it,” said Slone, who struck out two of three batters faced as he retired the side in the seventh.

“That was a great baseball game. I hope there were no Little Leaguers here taking baserunning notes. If so, I’d like to apologize on behalf of Eastside and Castlewood,” joked Clay, who had three of his own runners picked off. “But they were aggressive mistakes. Both teams knew it was going to be tight. It came down to just a couple of plays.”

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The Republican Party of Saratoga County endorsed state Sen. Hugh T. Farley for another term, and supported District Attorney James A. Murphy III as its candidate for county judge.

The county committee unanimously backed Murphy's bid for the seat that Saratoga County Judge Jerry Scarano must vacate because he is turning 70 this year. State law requires mandatory retirement from the bench at age 70.

Scarano has served for 20 years while Murphy, 52, has been in the prosecutor's office for 27 years. The 10-year judge's post pays $145,000, the same as district attorney.

A Democratic candidate for judge has not emerged.

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Also securing the Republican line in the November elections are 82-year-old Farley of Niskayuna, who was first elected to the Senate in 1976 and seeks his 20th term. He's tied with Ken LaValle of Long Island for longest-serving member of the Senate.

Two Democrats have expressed interest in challenging him: Patti Southworth, of the town of Ballston, and Madelyn Thorne, of Schenectady, who has received endorsements from the Schenectady and Saratoga Democratic committees.

The GOP committee also endorsed Sen. Kathy Marchione, of Halfmoon, who seeks her second two-year term, and longtime Assemblyman Jim Tedisco and freshman Assemblyman Daniel Stec.


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The city Planning Commission has put off conducting the state-required environmental review of the 1 Monument Square project until the developer's site plan is completed.

Describing the proposal for a mixed-use building on 1.5-acre acres as "a site plan that is in flux," Commission Chairwoman Barbara Nelson said a solid project is needed before further action by the commission occurs.

At the commission's August meeting, Nelson gave the developers' representatives a three-page list of "issues and concerns expressed by this commission," other city agencies and the public about development of the former City Hall location.

The developer — the Kirchhoff Companies and its partner, Sequence Development — last appeared before the commission July 21 when it was anticipated that updated plans would be submitted in a few weeks. That has yet to happen.

Jeff Kane of Kirchhoff said it was good to have the issues in written form and the revisions are moving forward. Kane said the partners had asked for the state environmental quality review approval as a means of moving the project forward.

The project has shrunk as two buildings have become one and the number of market-rate apartments has dropped to about 85 from 100.

Nelson said some significant changes are needed to the project, including at entrance to the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market portion of the building needs to be emphasized as well as the connection to Broadway.

"A grander entrance is warranted at this termination of Broadway," the commission's notes to the developer state.

The notes also call attention to issues about access to the site by the fire department, the use of Front Street, parking; public space and other design issues.

The developer has suggested using modern architectural panels, the commission notes state that "at least the first 20 feet above the River St. sidewalk level is expected to be actual masonry or natural stone materials."


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Come, Come My Friends
John Barleycorn
The Bird in the Bush
The Three Ravens
Fair Maid of Australia
Winter Man (Chris Leslie)
New Year (Jehanne Mehta)
The Month of January
Cupid's Garden
The Brokendown Gentleman
Love in June
Lymington Round & Round
The Spotted Cow
Washing Day
George Collins
The Rolling of The Stones
Here is My Home (Si Kahn)

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George Collins
John - Anglo Concertina

This song has always fascinated me - and not just
because of the story, which I find riveting. Exactly
who is this woman that affects George so
profoundly? It is related to two Child Ballads:
No.42, "Clerk Colville," and No.85, "Lady Alice."
My version comes as an amalgam from many
sources around Hampshire and was once collected
in the village next to where I was born.

The Song

George Collins walked out one May morning
When May was all in bloom
And there he beheld a fair pretty maid
Washing her marble stone.

She whooped she holloed she highered her voice
Held up her lily white hand.
Come hither to me George Collins she said
Or your life won't last you long.

George Collins stepped up to the fair waterside
And over the river sped he
He clasped his arms round her middle so small
And sinned with her fair body.

George Collins went home to his own father gate
And so loudly he did ring.
And who should come down but his own father dear
To let George Collins in.

Arise my dear father and let me in
Arise mother make me my bed,
Arise my dear sister and fetch me a napkin
A napkin to bind round my head.

If I should chance to die this night
As I suppose I shall
Bury me under the marble stone
That lies against fair Helen's wall.

Fair Helen she sits in her room so fine
Working the silken twine.
She saw the finest corpse a coming
That ever the sun shone on.

She said unto her Irish maid
Whose corpse is this so fine,
It is George Collins corpse a coming
O once a true lover of thine.

Then go up stairs and fetch me the sheet
That's spun with the silver twine.
And hang all over George Collins'  corpse
Tomorrow it'll hang over mine.

Come put him down my six pretty lads
And open his coffin so fine.
That I may kiss his lilywhite lips
For ten thousand times he has kissed mine.

The news was carried to fair London town
And wrote on fair London gate.
And six pretty fair maids died all of one night
All for George Collins' sake.


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