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Before type 2 diabetes develops, there is almost always a period of prediabetes where blood sugar levels are in a "gray area" above normal but below diabetic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately ...

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All fat is not created equal. Unsightly as it is, subcutaneous fat, the fat right under the skin, is not as dangerous to overall health as visceral fat, the fat deep in the belly surrounding vital organs.

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In order to evaluate the community’s understanding of clinical research, YCCI has conducted market research with participants from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Focus group discussions revealed an attitude of mistrust among minorities that prohibited them from participating in clinical trials. Several barriers were identified to account for this attitude, including a lack of clinical research literacy, language barriers, and misinformation regarding the research process, rights of participants and the use of data.

To facilitate a greater awareness and understanding of clinical research, YCCI has partnered with Junta for Progressive Action and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion) Church. Junta is the oldest Latino community based non-profit organization in New Haven and the AME Zion Church is one of the nation's oldest African American congregations. YCCI’s goal in developing both partnerships is to raise the awareness of the Hispanic and African American populations of clinical trials. Representatives of Junta and AME Zion Church serve as Cultural ambassadors to Yale’s research programs. They act as expert resources, advising Yale investigators how best to raise awareness of clinical research and engage the community. Education is provided on an ongoing basis through monthly faculty presentations.

YCCI is also reaching out to the community via its Help Us Discover advertising campaign with ads targeted to the Hispanic and African American communities, as well as Yale students, faculty and staff. In the fall of 2014, the Help Us Discover campaign began appearing on Yale’s entire shuttle bus fleet that travels around New Haven, as well as to surrounding towns and the West Campus. Together with radio spots, Internet banners, participation in community health fairs, and a social media presence, these ads are part of a broader effort to develop strategies to increase the community’s awareness of clinical research at Yale.


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If a question is a clear duplicate but is not accumulating enough close votes (e.g. due to the short list of close nominations), how do we handle these?

  • Flagging for moderator attention?
  • Ignore it and hope they will get closed some day?
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If you're really bothered flag. However, it worth noting that close votes decay. –  ChrisF May 22 '10 at 20:17
When they have decayed the question is most likely forgotten anyway and will stay open unless someone stumbles upon it accidentally. @chr –  Georg Fritzsche May 22 '10 at 20:18
Actually I'm now not sure about whether close votes decay. I know flags do - maybe I'm confusing the two. –  ChrisF May 22 '10 at 20:22
Close votes decay after one week. Also related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49487 Not a duplicate, but the advice I received is probably similar to what you should do for duplicates –  Grace Note May 22 '10 at 20:24
Looks like it, thanks. @cco –  Georg Fritzsche May 22 '10 at 20:28
@ccornet - thanks for the confirmation - at least I'm not going senile (yet!) –  ChrisF May 22 '10 at 20:55
Close votes decay after 4 days, unless the system has been changed and the FAQ is out of date: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10582/… –  Jon Seigel May 22 '10 at 21:20

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I can't speak for the "real," appointed moderators (my ♦ is administrative), but here's my take on "handling duplicates" through any means except community moderation.

From the blog post, A Theory of Moderation,

"...what it is, exactly, we expect moderators to do. The short answer is, as little as possible! We intended Stack Overflow and Server Fault to be mostly self-regulating..."

If you see a duplicate post, vote to close it. That's your role. If you feel the reason is too subtle for the average reader to act promptly, leave a comment. If the post still isn't closed, move on. Everyone does not have to agree with your assessment, no matter how sure you are of your convictions.

Flagging for moderator attention is intended to handle egregious problems such as harassment, blatant spam, or illegal content. They are the human exception handlers. Moderators are not your super-vote-by-proxy.

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Sure, the vast majority is closed when the post is new - but for those where a duplicate is only found/linked after "prime time" - who should happen to close it if it isn't visible in the 10k tools? I don't want to force my vote on the community, my issue is with clear cases that too few people happen to visit. We have a problem in that regard, the volume of the site has grown over the length of the close-vote list. –  Georg Fritzsche May 23 '10 at 4:47
@3chars - Okay. I withdraw and have removed my opinion about extending the 10K list. You may be right. It was incidental to my point about the role of Moderator. –  Robert Cartaino May 23 '10 at 6:40
Just to add a minor point of clarification; for things like "close as duplicate" I'd largely agree - but if it is for blatant inappropriate content you find on an old post (spam, noise, etc), then flag away! ;p –  Marc Gravell May 23 '10 at 8:04
+1 please flag only when necessary :) –  Jonathan Sampson May 23 '10 at 18:41
Surely this can only work where a question in a high traffic tag? Questions in little-visited tags will not be closed, marked as duplicates or moved, especially when all these actions are under the one heading, 'close'. I have seen questions linger for days with no answer and one vote short of moving to an appropriate area; from the above it seems it is the intention of the meta community that they should be ignored. –  Remou Dec 16 '11 at 9:25
Here is an example that is going to linger for ever without moderator attention : stackoverflow.com/questions/8704501/…, is that what you want, because that is what this answer requires? –  Remou Jan 4 '12 at 10:47

Can't really speak for the actual moderators, but on Super User, given

  • the wide range of topics,
  • a large part of the audience being less "strict" than a programming crowd,
  • the motivation to keep the place clean,
  • the fact that questions usually stay on "recent" for more than an hour and can give a wrong idea of what is allowed or not (a wrong question on SO disappears anyway after 15 minutes, to only appears periodically after that),
  • and the fact that there are still not that many 3000+ users (even if it increases)

The word is usually to flag for moderators, when voting is not enough (or when you can't vote). But this is a particular case, I guess, as it goes indeed against the "theory of moderation", that the community runs the site.

Is it good, is it bad? Super User, after months of using up the Diago resource, is finally the site which has (for now) the most "classic" moderation, with 4 very active moderators. In my opinion, it was necessary to keep focus, and clean out wrong questions as fast as possible.

And I think it was actually useful, because thanks to that, I see more and more 1000-2500 users commenting about the FAQ, doing their community job by pointing out when a question should be closed, or what should be changed. So it is quite encouraging for the following, and I think that by its anniversary, the community will be on its tracks, and moderation won't have to be as direct. Moderators will still be needed of course, but the "flagging when voting doesn't work" will probably disappear by then.

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Harry Redknapp has lost credibility for Spurs Olympic Stadium bid – Karren Brady

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Brady used her column in The Sun to launch a scathing assault on Spurs’ plans for the site, which involve bulldozing the structure and building their own stadium, while also redeveloping Crystal Palace for athletics.

Harry Redknapp has lost credibility for Spurs Olympic Stadium bid – Karren Brady
Karren Brady believes Harry Redknapp has damaged Spurs’ credibility

West Ham have plans of their own; to partner with UK Athletics and retain the stadium to be used by both organisations.

This prompted Spurs manager Harry Redknapp to state that leaving an athletics track around West Ham’s pitch would destroy the club.

However, Brady retorted that such claims were foolish, and Redknapp’s comments have severely damaged Tottenham’s chances of securing approval for their plans.

‘Theirs is a spur of the moment money-making bid. Ours is a phenomenal partnership proposal which came together with a true United approach,’ she wrote in the newspaper.

‘It is a persuasive case, no wonder Harry Redknapp was told to do his best to scaremonger.’

‘For my mind, his words ended up being a form of Harry-kiri that sounded the death knell on any credibility Tottenham had.’

West Ham’s bid has a key ally in London 2012 chairman Lord Coe, the very public face of the Games.

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Meryse Pierre says she was using chemicals to fumigate her home when neighbors called the police to report the noxious smell emanating from her unit.

North Miami Police Lt. Neal Cuevas says officers were called to the scene at 1425 NE 125 Terrace just before 8 p.m. Once they arrived they found several containers inside Pierre’s unit, along with several notes in English, Spanish and Creole stating that whoever opened the door “would meet Jesus”. More than a dozen units were evacuated on the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors.

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Road rage and Alligator Alley lease added to transportation choo-choo bill

By a 3-2 vote, a Senate panel on Thursday added Sen. Michael Bennett's road rage bill to a lengthy transportation bill that includes liability language being sought by CSX as part of a complex deal to bring commuter rail to Central Florida.

Bennett's bill would require motorists to get out of the left lane of the highway if someone comes up behind them even if that driver was speeding. Bennett has defended the measure as a way to cut down on road rage because motorists would be less likely to weave in and out of traffic.

Bennett was asked why former Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed a similar bill two years ago and his reply was: "He wasn't his driving car then" before adding "When you are driving your own car it makes a difference."

The bill was also amended to include a provision being pushed by Sen. Dan Webster that would let the state to use money from the Chiles Endowment to lease Alligator Alley. Webster then amended the legislation that would call for tolls of the Florida Turnpike and other toll roads to go up by 25 percent on July 1, 2008. Webster defended the measure as a way to generate more money to build roads in Florida.


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Senate seeks to cut auto tag fees -- at insurers' expense

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to roll back some of the controversial increases in car and truck registration fees in 2009. But this potential win for motorists would come at the expense of the powerful insurance industry, one of the Capitol's most influential lobbies.

By a 19-0 vote, the committee approved a bill (SB 7132) by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, the chamber's lead budget-writer, to repeal a 1987 law that gives a 15 percent tax credit on the salaries
insurance companies pay to their full-time employees (excluding agents).

The estimated $220 million in new revenue would scale back some of the tag fee increases imposed in 2009 -- and signed into law by Gov. Charlie  Crist -- to balance the state budget. The House has not yet advanced a similar bill, but the tag-free rollback is an obvious priority of the Senate Republican leadership.

A parade of insurance industry lobbyists pleaded with lawmakers to leave the tax benefit intact, including venerable lobbyist Paul Sanford and Mike Hightower of Florida Blue, who is a major Republican fund-raiser. After listening to the testimony, even pro-business Republican senators
scolded the lobbyists and said a 26-year-old tax break needs to be reviewed.

"I love my friends in the insurance industry. But this is a conversation we need to have," said Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine. "I hope my friends in the indurance industry will come back
with some ideas for us. Let's not just say no."

Negron first floated the proposal last week, and it caught the insurance industry
flatfooted, as several lobbyists acknowledged in their testimony Thursday. They missed a golden opportunity to rattle off a list of claims centers located in specific senators' districts, which might have tempered some senators' enthusiasm.

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UPDATED On eve of Obama visit, Scott seeks feds' port money

On the eve of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Port Miami on Friday, Gov. Rick Scott criticized the president for being "late to the party" on seaport improvements. The governor said the state is awaiting tens of millions of dollars in promised federal money for improvements in Miami and Jacksonville.

In the past three years, Scott said, Florida taxpayers have invested $425 million in seaport-related improvements, notably the dredging of the Miami port channel, to improve international trade with Latin America and Asia and prepare for the expansion of the Panama Canal.

"We could not wait for the federal government to come to the table with their share of the project," Scott said. "When President Obama comes to the port of Miami tomorrow, we would like him to commit the federal government's reimbursement of $75 million Florida taxpayer dollars that we have spent on the federal government's share of the dregding project."

Scott said the feds also owe Florida for $36 million in improvements to a turning notch at JaxPort, the seaport in Jacksonville, to accommodate larger container ships and cargo volumes.

The governor, who is up for re-election next year, has made port funding a cornerstone of his job creation efforts in the state. On a conference call with reporters, Scott was joined by Port Miami director Bill Johnson, president of the Florida Ports Council.

UPDATE: A White House spokeswoman said the administration did help fund a $340 million loan for the port's tunnel project, and it awarded a $23 million grant to restore freight rail service between the port and the Florida East Coast Railway. The administration also put the dredging project on an expedited permitting timeline last summer.

"The President believes that the Port of Miami can enhance the competitiveness of workers and businesses throughout the region and in the nation as a whole," spokeswoman Joanna Rosholm said.

UPDATED Teachers' union to lawmakers: Back off FRS

FEALeaders of the state teachers' union held a press conference Thursday morning to blast proposed changes to the Florida Retirement System.

Standing beside a basket of colorful plastic Easter eggs, Florida Education Association President Andy Ford and Vice President Joanne McCall said the pension proposals would deprive teachers of their nest egg.

"Because of the actions of our political leaders, teachers have no expectation of continuing employment, no due process and a performance-based pay system that is not funded and based on bad or irrelevant data," McCall said. "Now they want changes to the pension system that guarantee retirement insecurity. These proposals make it more difficult to recruit and retain high-quality teachers."

The House is considering a proposal that would prohibit new hires from enrolling in the state pension plan; they would instead enroll in the defined-contribution system. The Senate bill would give employees a pension option, but would make the defined-contribution plan the default choice.

The teachers' union considers the Senate proposal "the more palatable plan," but doesn't see the logic in either.

Said Ford: "It's all about politics. Part of the ALEC legislative agenda is to change defined-benefit plans into defined-contribution plans."

Later in the morning, House Speaker Will Weatherford responded, saying the union was using "scare tactics."

"They have to ask themselves the questions: Should we keep spending $500 million a year to bail out a broken system? Or should we take that $500 million a year and invest it in things like teacher pay and investing in our education system and investing in our children?" Weatherford said. "I don’t think the unions want to have that conversation.”

Bill to outlaw bongs advances in Florida House

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The long pipes commonly associated with marijuana smoking may soon take a hit in Florida.

Legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale of glass and other pipes, commonly called "bongs," sailed through the House Business and Professional Regulation subcommittee on Wednesday.

The measure is sponsored by Rep. Darryl Rouson, a self-described former drug addict who says the accessibility of the pipes at hundreds of stores across Florida help perpetuate drug addictions.

He said the pipes can be used to inhale crack cocaine, hash and meth as well as marijuana. After the hearing, the St. Petersburg Democrat said he wants to "take away the convenience of addicts being able to go to the local corner store and buy utensils that can be used for illegal ingestion of drugs. And we want to help law enforcement."

State law now allows only certain retailers to sell the pipes if at least 75 percent of their sales come from tobacco products or they have no more than 25 percent of "certain drug paraphernalia" sales.

The bill (HB 49) would eliminate that exception and make any sale a first-degree misdemeanor. Second and subsequent violations would jump to a third-degree felony.

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Fred Grimm column: Kids in isolation get shrug from Florida lawmakers

From Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm:

Reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been subjecting scores of immigrant detainees to solitary confinement, many of them for 23 hours a day, some for stretches of 75 days or more, brought a quick, angry response in Washington.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, reacting to a report in the New York Times, fired off a letter to the agency Tuesday, complaining of “an over reliance by ICE on the harshest forms of incarceration.” Schumer warned that unless the agency reduced the use of isolation cells, legislation would be written to force a change in policy. That same day, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she ordered ICE to provide her with some explanation for the cruel surge in the numbers kept in solitary.

The reaction in Washington was markedly more urgent than in Tallahassee, where the Senate criminal justice committee held a hearing last week looking into the Florida’s widespread use of solitary confinement for another kind of prisoner — children confined to state prisons and county jails. After a short hearing, a piece of proposed legislation to regulate the use of solitary for juvenile inmates was set aside without a committee vote. (The bill is scheduled to come up again next week, though there’s not much hope that it will pass.) Kids in solitary got not much more than a shrug.

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Five Things To Know for Thursday's Legislative Session

TALLAHASSEE Lawmakers, lobbyists and laymen have a busy day Thursday before they leave town for the Easter holiday. Here are five things to watch in the Capitol and beyond:

The Florida Education Association, the state teachers' union, will hold an 8:30 a.m. news conference to discuss how changes to the Florida Retirement System would impact the teaching profession.

Speaking of those pension bills, the Senate will hear two of them Thursday when the Appropriations Committee meets at 9 a.m. The committee will also hear a buzzed-about proposal from Sen. Joe Negron that would limit how law enforcement agencies can use drones.

Also up in Senate Appropriations  Negron's plan to reduce the cost of car registrations. The bill, SPB 7132, would eliminate a $220 million annual tax credit for insurance companies, and use the money to decrease the cost of registering cars by about $12 each.

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, will address the Board of Governors about his plan to more fully incorporate online learning into higher education. The meeting takes place in the student union at Florida A&M University, with Weatherford speaking at 9:30 a.m.

The House Appropriations Committee, which meets at 4 p.m., will consider a proposal to let universities raise the fees that support construction and maintenance.

Kathleen McGrory, Herald-Times Tallahassee Bureau

March 27, 2013

Digital Domain CEO hits back at damning IG report, blames Scott-Crist politics

Digital Domain debacle, take two.

The former CEO of Digital Domain is hitting back with an alternative script after an Inspector General report slammed the process that helped the now-defunct Port St. Lucie film studio get $20 million in taxpayer grants.

John Textor said the claim by Gov. Rick Scott and Enterprise Florida that the Digital Domain deal was some kind of widely discredited proposal that had been blacklisted by Enterprise Florida, only to be slipped into the budget later by aggressive lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Crist—is complete fiction.

In fact, Textor said, Enterprise Florida actually recommended that Florida taxpayers chip in about $11.4 million to help Digital Domain bring jobs to the state.

An email Textor provided to the Herald/Times shows that an Enterprise Florida representative wrote Textor on March 18, 2009, saying that the organization would “present to [the Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development] relative to a one-time award of $6.1 million” and other awards for a “total potential FL economic incentive package” of $11.4 million. The email, not included in the IG report, said Digital Domain would be required to create 300 jobs.

EFI never went through with a recommendation to OTTED (which is required for  economic incentives grants to be awarded), but Textor has a very different explanation for why that did not happen.

According to Enterprise Florida’s account, the organization refused to support funding because Digital Domain’s finances were “extremely weak” and its business model was suspect.  Textor has a different story, and questions Enterprise Florida’s credibility by pointing out that the organization believed Digital Domain’s business plan was strong enough to receive an $11.4 million incentives package.

Textor believes that he and others are being thrown under the bus as a way for Gov. Rick Scott to attack the Crist administration, which was in charge when Digital Domain received funding by getting special language tacked onto the state's budget.

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Polytechnic will fight to remain a standalone university

The state's newest university is having to convince lawmakers that it deserves to remain that way.

House Speaker Will Weatherford continues to suggest that Florida Polytechnic University may be better off as a branch of another school instead of the state's 12th public university. Lawmakers who control education funding have questioned whether Polytechnic needs the $27 million it is slated to receive this year.

The school's interim leader would like to respectfully disagree. The school was given its independence last year, and the Polytechnic Board of Trustees is working toward that, said Ava Parker, the interim chief operating officer.

"This board is committed to developing a plan for Florida Polytechnic as an independent university," Parker said. "We believe that there is a place in the system for Polytechnic. We think it definitely will fill a need that's not being currently met within the system."

But to do become the state's "high-tech jobs" university, the school says it needs money. Already the Polytechnic board has decided against requesting $25 million in additional funding. But now, its expected $27 million allocation is in jeopardy.

The Florida Senate said last week that it would hold off on budgeting money for Polytechnic until the school justified why it was needed. The Senate's education budget now includes funding for Polytechnic, but not all that the school believe it is due.

Parker said she will work on that.

"We're looking forward to working with both sides to ensure that both sides match and that we are again fully appropriated at the $27 million re-occurring amount," she said. "We believe that we can demonstrate that we need that budget amount in order to adequately build the vision and implement the university."

Charter-school advocates ask for recurring facilities dollars

The House Choice and Innovation in Education Subcommittee held a workshop on Wednesday to take up the controversial issue of charter-school funding.

Charter schools receive public dollars for teacher salaries and educational materials. But unlike traditional public schools, which can levy property taxes for construction and maintenence, charter schools do not have a recurring revenue stream for capital needs.

For the past several years, Florida's charter schools have received dollars from the Public Education Capital Outlay fund. But supporters say the funding is spotty.

“If we do not resolve this issue immediately, then school choice will cease to exist in Florida,” said Rep. Janet Adkins, a Fernandina Beach Republican, who is sponsoring legislation that would provide a recurring stream of general revenue for charter-school construction and maintenence.

The workshop included emotional testimony from charter-school parents, students and principals.

Doug Rodriguez, the principal at Doral Academy in Miami-Dade, pointed out that the waiting list for his 3,000-student school includes more than 2,000 names.

“We have to have legislation in this state that allows charter schools to operate in a way that is fair and makes sense, but in a way that doesn't inhibit their ability to operate in this state and serve children,” said Rodriguez, a former principal at Miami Central Senior High.

The idea of providing public funds for charter-school facilities has long been contentious. Parent groups, school districts and the teachers' union point out that some charter schools are run by for-profit managment companies. What's more, in many instances, the public funds would be supporting private buildings.

After the meeting, Adkins told The Herald/Times that she doesn't expect her charter-school funding bill to pass this year. "We're going to focus on securing funding in this year's budget," she said.

But don't count the powerful charter-school lobby out just yet. Insiders say charter school advocates might make a run at the dollars later this session.

Florida Senate remembers Larcenia Bullard

Members of the Florida Legislature, past and present, remembered former Sen. Larcenia Bullard for her smiles and friendly personality during a memorial service in her honor. Nearly all mentioned receiving her customary embrace, the "Larcenia bear hug."

Senate President Don Gaetz said Bullard, who died March 16, stuck to her convinctions and never held grudges. "She was a proud and fierce Democrat, but she was never ever a bitter partisan," Gaetz said.

Bullard, who died at age 65, recently attended the Legislature's opening day with her son, Dwight, who won the Miami Senate seat she vacated because of term limits. Her husband, Edward, is a former state representative.

"Some political dynastices are built on money, some on power," Gaetz said. "The Bullard dynasty -- and it is a Bullard dynasty -- is built on love.”

Several Senate veterans attended today's  memorial service, including Al Lawson, Nan Rich, Rod Smith and Tony Hill. Lawson said there were many stories about Larcenia Bullard he couldn't repeat in public, but he shared a few of the ones he could.

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By Michelle Malkin  •  February 15, 2010 09:46 AM

Ugly picture, ugly picture, ha ha ha!

That deranged talking head who called me a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” and mocked my ethnic maiden name is suddenly concerned with public decorum.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has the pathetic video of cable clown Keith Olbermann naming me “worst person in the world” on Friday for telling the truth about corruptocrat smear merchant John Murtha and commenting on how stents came to market after President Clinton’s heart surgery (beyond the pale!).

As anyone with working eyes can read, the Murtha column was published on February 12. Murtha died on February 8. According to Olbermann’s MSNBC Math, this is “less than 24 hours.”

Of course, he’s too busy hyperventilating and manufacturing outrage to refute any of the facts in my column about Murtha’s sordid career.

Not a single one.

Only fraudulent made-for-TV “progressives” would come to the defense of pork-addicted wheeler dealer Murtha.

They don’t know Jack — and they don’t believe in jack, either.

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Is GOP ready for Obama’s Attorney General fight?

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 5, 2014 01:06 AM

Is GOP ready for Obama’s Attorney General fight? by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2014 Gird your loins, Beltway Republicans. Election Day is barely over, but the progressive left is locked and loaded for battle over President Obama’s next U.S. attorney general. Liberals unhappy with the administration’s failure to deliver a mass illegal alien amnesty […]

“Undocumented” folly: A liberal reporter’s illegal alien sob story

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 24, 2011 10:18 AM

The DREAM Act mob is on the march again — and this time they have a prominent left-wing journalist leading the charge. My syndicated column below spotlights the serial law-breaking of former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas, who is now an illegal alien activist clamoring for amnesty with the backing of the radical Tides […]

Pete Stark Raving Mad: Denying illegal aliens jobs could be “unconstitutional”

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 3, 2010 04:09 PM

Painful in pink.

Liveblogging omni-pork debate in Senate; Meet the Republicans against school choice; Omni-pork passes

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 10, 2009 05:53 PM

Scroll for updates…7:09pm Eastern…motion to invoke cloture passes 62-35…and…omni-pork sails through the Senate on voice vote…$410 billion soon to siphoned away from taxpayers to bolster congressional re-election prospects…they should have said “Oink” instead of “aye…” Just watched Jeff Session’s E-Verify amendment to ensure that omni-pork spending only goes to legal citizens get tabled. Vote was […]

Gasp: DHS Secretary alarmed that immigration laws enforced under her watch

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 26, 2009 09:04 AM

Oh, the open-borders crowd’s heads are exploding. Under President Obama and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s watch, federal immigration agents had the nerve to — gasp! — enforce immigration laws. How could this happen? Quick, launch an investigation! This must not be allowed to stand! Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered a review of […]

Good News: Sen. Sessions still fighting for citizenship verification amendment

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 9, 2009 01:54 PM

Just heard from Sen. Sessions’ office about the bipartisan amendment to ensure that stimulus fund recipients perform E-verify citizenship vetting before spending our tax dollars. Good news: “…the E-Verify fight isn’t over. We just re-filed the amendment which is modified to fit the Collins/Nelson substitute. We can still object to a UC [unanimous consent] to […]

Reid blocks bipartisan amendment requiring citizenship verification for stimulus recipients

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 8, 2009 10:28 PM

GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions and Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson attempted several times to bring their bipartisan amendment to the floor last week. SA 239 would require local governments and businesses that receive porkulus money to use the federal E-Verify citizenship check system. On the House side, a long term extension of the E-Verify program passed […]

Newsflash: Americans applying for the jobs illegal aliens were doing

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 28, 2008 09:48 AM

But wait. The open-borders folks are always telling us these are jobs Americans won’t do. John “Lettuce” McCain doesn’t think these Americans exist, either. Yet here they are, American citizens lining up to do the work illegal aliens were doing (just like they did after the Colorado Swift raids): Howard Industries found itself at the […]

Tyson Foods in Tennessee: Replacing Labor Day with Eid al-Fitr

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 4, 2008 12:44 AM

Judging from my e-mail, a lot of folks are hopping mad about this weekend’s story from the Shelbyville, Tennessee Times-Gazette concerning Tyson Foods’ decision to replace the paid Labor Day holiday with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Brian Moselely reports that there are 700 Muslims working at the 1,200-employee plant, including some 250 Somali […]

McCain at The Race conference: Capitulation complete; Update: Juan Hernandez to broker meeting with Morones?

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 15, 2008 08:32 AM

As expected, John McCain’s appearance at the annual convention of La Raza/The Race yielded no Hermana Souljah moments. Ed Morrissey points to McCain’s mild, almost apologetic rejoinder to open-borders zealot Enrique Morones and compares it to Barack Obama’s embrace of the radical activist. That’s a relief. But it’s the very least we could expect of […]

Charges for employing illegal alien workers hit higher up the food chain

By See-Dubya  •  July 4, 2008 10:11 PM

“Immigration theater”, the second act.

Caution: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals at work

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 18, 2008 01:23 PM

Rule of lawlessness.

Chart of the day: Illegal aliens get what?

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 28, 2008 12:18 PM

No kidding.

WSJ calls the Iowa ICE raid “Immigration Theater”

By See-Dubya  •  May 26, 2008 07:52 AM

If immigration reform is such a loser, WSJ, why are Democrats outflanking the GOP on it?

ICE getting tougher with illegals; sending them to prison

By See-Dubya  •  May 24, 2008 02:27 AM

Fraudsters busted.

Variations on a Theme: Now Newsweek Tells Us How Awful It Is That Immigration Enforcement Is Working So Well

By See-Dubya  •  April 16, 2008 01:59 PM

Have you seen the price of arugula at Whole Foods?

Wall Street Journal, Page One: Border Enforcement Works.

By See-Dubya  •  April 9, 2008 12:59 PM

Somebody fax this to McCain.

L.A. Times explains how well illegal immigration enforcement worked in Arizona, and how awful that is for America

By See-Dubya  •  April 5, 2008 01:52 PM

“…we don’t have to rely on the federal government…”

Just building the military installations law-abiding workers should be building

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 27, 2008 09:08 AM

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By Michelle Malkin  •  February 10, 2008 01:10 AM

Yes, they can.

Whose country is this, anyway?

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 16, 2008 10:53 AM

Mexican lawmakers whine about Arizona employer sanctions law.

Open borders lobby loses in Arizona

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 8, 2007 10:34 AM

Enforcement starts at home.

Is the Boston Globe “exploiting” illegal aliens?

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 7, 2007 09:21 AM

Et tu?

Questions about the journalists on Mitt Romney’s lawn

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 4, 2007 10:21 PM

Well, this is fascinating. Two Boston Globe reporters hung out on Mitt Romney’s lawn last week and other Globe staffers have been scoping out the lawn over the last two months: Standing on stage at a Republican debate on the Gulf Coast of Florida last week, Mitt Romney repeatedly lashed out at rival Rudy Giuliani […]

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Uh...what the hell was that?

Must admit, I haven't been into the bowl season thus far. I mean, Central Michigan against Middle Tennessee? Troy vs. Rice? Utah-Tulsa? Are those college football bowl games or second round NIT match ups? Pardon me if I don't set my TiVo.

Well, out of sheer boredom I decided to tune in to watch some of the UCLA-FSU Emerald Bowl. At least that sounded like a college football game.

But I'm confused.

Because my TV said I was watching ESPN but it sure looked and sounded a hell of a lot like cable access.

Sweet Jesus, was that bad!

Whoever thought it was a good idea to make Dan Fouts a play-by-play guy should either be forced to watch the broadcast again or sandpaper his balls for three hours as punishment. And if you didn't watch the game, trust me when I say both are equally as painful. Because that was about as interesting as listening to the yearly open enrollment benefits seminar at Procter & Gamble.

And the overall quality of the broadcast was just plain frustrating. Like that FSU touchdown on 3rd and nine in the 4th quarter where the UCLA DB ended up on the ground. Fouts kept saying that it was definitely offensive pass interference. Over and over again. So along with everybody watching on TV, I'm wating to see the replay but...nothing.

So Dan adds, "Boy, I'd like to see that one again." Hint,hint. As if he was begging somebody in the truck to show it once more.

Still nothing.

I can only assume they plain missed it. But instead of somebody telling the audience we don't have a good angle and can't show it to you again - after going on and on about the play - they just went to commercial then came back and pretended it never happened.

Oh, and speaking of commercials, equally as bad were the Emerald ads during the game. It's almost like they sponsored a bowl so the CEO's kid who always wanted to be in advertising could shoot some really crappy commercials for his reel.

Now I remember why I've skipped the bowl season thus far. At least I only have to wait two days until the excitement of Clemson-Kentucky, Texas Tech-Minnesota and - yes, and - South Carolina vs. Houston. Somebody pinch me...or sedate me.

Brad said...

I forget who the color guy was, but for the longest time after I tuned in he didn't say anything, and I was thinking ESPN had sent Fouts out to do the game all by his lonesome. I was highly amused by the image of Fouts talking to himself in the booth and became highly dissapointed to find out otherwise.

Sports on a Schtick said...

From now on referees should ask people watching at home for advice on instant replays. Anyone with a TV could have corrected the out of bounds kickoff call in 5 seconds. Instead we had to wait for the instant replay official to confirm something we already knew.

TitleIX said...

It was DEFINITELY cable access quality broadcasting. I couldn't take it.
I turned it off....

You, Yost, are a glutton for punishment.

Anonymous said...

It could have been worse - we could have had that Pam Ward chick do the game. She is just brutal in a horrible way!

Anonymous said...

Hey bro, you are getting on the wrong guy I think,it was Tim BRant that kept saying that it was obviously pass interference when Carr caught the touchdown pass. I thought the game itself was pretty good and did anyone else get the image of Carr standing in the end zone plastered over the tv screen as Fouts and Brant were talking about the upcoming kickoff, it stayed on my screen for a good 30 seconds or longer.

Grover said...

Its UCLA football you're watching. Of course its going to be cable-access quality! They have a nice juggler on the sidelines though.

Anonymous said...

Listening to Dan Fouts is almost as bad as listening to Erkel (I mean Bryant Gumbel) do the NFL network games!

Anonymous said...

anon 5:23a,

Yes about the wierd 30 second image of Carr in the endzone.

Go Blue in C-Bus said...

Fouts was awful.

ESPN Radio had the game on as well and I was listening to it as I drove home. Bill Curry was the color guy and someone 1,000 times better than Fouts was doing the play by play.

I got home and listened to radio broadcast instead. How do you put Curry on the radio and these jokers on TV??

Gator1377 said...

How about that Mighty Pac-10.....0-3 in the bowls against 2 non-BCS conference teams and a 6-6 FSU. Mister Sagarin is a genius.

beast in 'bama said...

I've had the flu since Friday and have been on an odd biorhythm ever since. I'm in bed at two in the morning, choosing between the re-broadcast of the Emerald Bowl and the World Series of Darts on ESPN II.

At first, I watch football and only go to the darts during commercials. By halftime, I'm watching only darts. Eventually I go back to sleep and don't find out who won the football game until this morning.

When it's less painful to watch fat men throw needles, you know it's a bad broadcast.

Yost said...

LOL, BiB! I wish I'd picked darts, too.

Anon 4:45, my bad re: Brant. And I had that weird frozen image, too. Totally forgot to put something up about that.

Yost said...

oops, I meant Anon 5:23.

trojan mike said...

How about those bRuins? Scary to think we lost to them.

beast in 'bama said...

Yost, are you sure you weren't just scouting FSU to make them your #1 pick in next year's pre-season poll?

Anonymous said...

I kept thinking I was listening to an AM radio HS football broadcast. Plus for a record crowd did you ever hear any crowd noise. I think the broadcast team might have been in a sound proof booth.

Those nut commercials are ... nuts (and weird).

Anonymous said...

Fouts and Brant are the 3rd-worst commentating team in sports (Pam Ward and anyone else come in 1st, and Mike Patrick is a close 2nd). First Brant couldn't get anyone's name right, then Fouts saying ridiculous shit like Lorenzo Booker is expected to go in the 1st round. It was a goddamn cable access show with ESPN plastered on the front.

T_bagg said...

I got home & realized that there was actually a game semi-worth watching finally & turned it on in the 2nd quarter. After about 10 minutes I was already questioning the quality of announcing. It was almost bad enough to turn off, yet there was nothing else on & also the game was close.

I agree that Pam Ward has to be the worst announcer in college football. There has been more than a few times I've wanted to watch a game & turn to it only to hear this horrible play-by-play & resort to watching a game I care much less about instead just because of that fact.

Anonymous said...

Beast -- LOL You reminded me of a time in college when I came home from the bars and started flipping throught the channels. The only things ESPN (1, 2 or The Ocho) were running at that wee hour were Chuckwagon Racing and Figure ROLLERskating. (Swear to god!!! LOL)

With these lesser bowls on (for now), I hope they give those options again. (I can't believe I missed the darts!!! Damn.)

Klak said...

I'm just happy FSU didn't suck. For the first time in a long while, I have a positive outlook on next season. We finished with a good win, we get new coaches, we get new coaches, and we get new coaches.

Anonymous said...

Which commentators are good and know what they are talking about? It seems to be just the CBS or SEC commentators that have a clue. On ABC Musberger is a moron and so is Herbstreit.

MGoBlue93 said...

It seems to be just the CBS or SEC commentators that have a clue. On ABC Musberger is a moron and so is Herbstreit.

Anon 9:42

Perhaps a Florida troll in our midst?

At any rate, prior to even visiting the blog today I was wondering if it was just me or does Fouts suck that bad? He's been on TV for years; covering Pac 10 for ABC. (even used to be Keith Jackson’s partner when KJ came out of retirement the first time with the stipulation that KJ would only do games within same day travel distance of his home in California)... And I've never heard complaints before... but then again the rest of the country doesn't regularly get Pac 10 games.

I loved the call on delay of game penalty in the third quarter where Fouts said the pass was incomplete. WTF... there was no pass... there was a penalty before the ball was snapped!

Or was the game just on a time delay from hell?

TuneMan7 said...

As a UCLA alum, I had to watch the wretched game. Painful to watch, both the game it self, and the coverage. I got the frozen picture, as well. Poor play calling, camera work shoddy, etc. They must have hired local crews who cover the Raiders.

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nathanp2112 said...

Yost, you should feel fortunate that you don't live on the west coast - we seem to get Fouts for every decent Pac 10 game out here. I think he got his head rattled a few too many times when he was in San Diego.

Lord how I wish I was 30 years younger so that I could enjoy more or Keith Jackson......sorry, but he was the best there ever was. WHOOOOOOOOOOOoOAAAAAAAAAAAAA NELLIE!

beast in 'bama said...

Tonight I hopped in my truck to run to the store for milk & bread.

Guess who's doing the ESPN radio broadcast of the Holiday Bowl - Dan Fouts on play by play and Tim Brant on color!

If you thought the telecast was bad...

Jim said...

BiB - re: running to the store for "milk and bread".

I'm in SoCar and recognize the Southern bad weather shopping spree when I see it... what's up in Bama and I wonder if it's heading our way.


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Migration has begun to follow the flow of capital after years of Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects in Zambia. This feature article, based on original research including the coding of 25,000 Zambian entry permits, examines the emerging migration pattern from China to Zambia, as Chinese migration to the country has increased 60 percent since 2009.
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Employment-oriented mentoring is increasingly recognized in Europe as a tool for advancing the labor market integration of disadvantaged individuals, including immigrants. This report highlights a number of relevant one-on-one mentoring practices in Europe and North America, focusing on the role of different initiators and stakeholders, forms of collaboration, methods, and target groups.
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DukeNukem3dScan.jpgBBC News are reporting that Belgian researchers are using a modified version of Duke Nukem 3D in brain imaging studies – unaware that Duke Nukem has been used in brain-scanning experiments since 1998.

The image on the left is from a 1998 paper published in Science by Dr Eleanor Maguire and colleagues. The paper is available as this pdf.

The Maguire study mapped out areas of the brain involved in navigating through space and spatial memory by editing the standard Duke Nukem game to include controlled tasks.

The brain activation can be seen in the hippocampus and caudate nucleus. The location is the LA Meltdown level. Come get some!

A recent study published in PLoS Biology by the same Belgian neuroscientists mentioned by the BBC extended this research by looking at delayed brain activity associated with learning various tasks. This included a spatial navigation task which also used a modified version of the Duke Nukem environment.

After participants had learnt one task, they were asked to wait before completing another. The learning from the first task induced long-term changes in brain activation which could be detected when participants were doing the second unrelated task.

This suggests that learning is an ongoing and evolving brain process, even when you’ve moved on to other things.

Duke Nukem has now featured in a whole raft of brain scanning experiments, often only described as being a ‘virtual environment’.

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Vina Morales welcomes baby girl "Ceana"

Filipina Actress-singer Vina Morales welcomes her first baby with businessman-beau Cedric Lee.

The 33 years-old Cebuana beauty gave birth to a girl yesterday, Saturday April 25, at 8:47 a.m. She herself announced the good news in GMA's Startalk and the first photo was shown. Vina shared that she named her baby daughter "Ceana" - combination of the first names of Cedric and Vina, it is also means "God is gracious."

The story doesn't stop there, the wedding plans is reportedly will still be shelve. Cedric is reportedly married to his first wife has yet to be annulled.

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The Process of seeking treatment : how families access care for children with ADHD

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity children; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - Treatment
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health diagnoses in children and adolescents. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children (Bloom & Cohen, 2007), 4.5 million children in the United States have ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a chronic condition that can significantly impact academic performance, social interaction, self-esteem, and family function. Abundant research exists regarding treatment modalities, pharmacotherapy options, effectiveness of different treatment modalities, and family perceptions and attitudes towards ADHD treatment. Little is known about the experiences and processes families undergo when seeking treatment for their children who display signs and symptoms of ADHD. The purpose of this study was to explore the process by which families seek treatment for their children with ADHD. Glazer and Strauss'(1967) Grounded Theory was utilized as the theoretical framework for this study. This was an inductive qualitative design utilizing naturalistic inquiry. A convenience sample of seven parents from a Midwestern outpatient child and adolescent mental health clinic was recruited by mail. One interview was conducted as a pilot interview and was not included in data analysis. Data collection included demographic questionnaires and unstructured interviews, using open-ended questions to elicit information related to the process of seeking treatment for families of children with ADHD. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Collaizi's (1978)method of qualitative analysis noting recurring themes. An overarching theme, four major themes, and multiple subthemes were identified. The overarching theme was Journeying to Make Meaning of ADHD. Major themes included Getting Started, Gathering Information, Understanding, and Following Things Through. The significance of the topic to primary care is related to the ability for providers to better understand how families seek treatment for their children so that proper community resources, education, and interventions may be presented to families and their children in a timely manner.
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Magpie Monday – buttons etc.

April 2, 2012

The thing about Magpie Monday is that I end up coveting other people’s finds and trying to find similar items for myself. This time I’ve been inspired by Amanda’s buttons on The Ana Mum Diary. The local Oxfam shop currently has a big basket full of old buttons, grouped into little bags for £1.99 a bag. I could have bought the whole basket but I limited myself to just 3 bags, as this will be plenty to keep me going in button-based craft projects for a little while.

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old buttons spread out

At the same time, I grabbed a Jane Greenoff cross stitch kit for another £1.99.

Jane Greenoff cross stitch kit

The final item I found was a book called The Usborne Cookbook for Boys. Why boys need their own cookbook I don’t know, but there is a lovely selection of sweet and savory recipes with step by step photos and we thought it would be fun to try some of these out with Aled, who is just starting to become interested in cooking. This book is in absolutely pristine condition but cost £2.99 instead of the £9.99 it would have cost new.

Cookbook for Boys

So these are my pre-loved finds this week. What have you found?

I’m linking up with this week’s Magpie Monday at Me & My Shadow.
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  1. April 2, 2012 10:55 am

    Haha, I’m with you – why a specific book for boys? It does look lovely though.

    Now I’m coveting your buttons – have you got plans for them?

    • April 8, 2012 7:50 am

      Yes it is a lovely book.

      I have lots of ideas about how to use the buttons – will keep you posted

  2. April 2, 2012 1:21 pm

    No idea why boys need their own cookery book, but it looks good – my two love baking and helping with the dinner.

    • April 8, 2012 7:57 am

      We only have a tiny kitchen but my son is getting interested in having a go so I’ll try to make a bit of space for him.

  3. April 2, 2012 1:35 pm

    Lovely selection, would have bought them all

    • April 8, 2012 8:03 am

      Thanks! The cross stitch kit may end up being adapted for another design if I can work out how.

  4. April 2, 2012 3:09 pm

    ooooh button envy ;) grt finds!

  5. April 2, 2012 5:45 pm

    Usborne cookbooks are fantastic, I had one when I was little, and I’ve bought one for Squeaky, when I can coax her into the kitchen for something other than chocolate.

    • April 8, 2012 8:04 am

      I’m thinking of starting with one of the chocolate recipes cos my little boy loves chocolate too

  6. April 4, 2012 10:38 pm

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, buttons! Love them!

  7. April 6, 2012 9:32 pm

    The cook book looks fab!
    Also like all of the buttons, there are gazzilion things that spring to mind when I see those buttons- though none of them involve sewing lol

  8. April 7, 2012 8:19 am

    Thank you so much for the mention! Ooh, I wonder what you will do with them?!
    Great cross stitch too, not done one of those for years!

    • April 8, 2012 8:13 am

      Well I’ll probably nick some ideas from you and other button-loving bloggers as to how to use these buttons – will report back.

      I’m doing more cross stitch these days since I’ve found out that it’s actually possible to stitch simple stuff with a toddler around.

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Thomson's Seals fired up over playoffs

Natasha Seals is about as excited as she's ever been in her life.

She has good reason.

The starting right fielder for Thomson High School and her teammates find themselves in the midst of the Georgia Class AAA girls' softball state playoffs in Columbus this week. The team has already swept two opponents to get to the finals: Shaw of Columbus and Spalding County of Griffin.

Asked on Monday whether the Lady Bulldogs can win a state title, Seals replied confidently, "Yes, we can. We've come too far not to win it."

Seals, the 17-year-old daughter of Mattie and David Cheatham, of Thomson, admitted she would be disappointed if her team doesn't win the state title.

"If we win, that would be something really big," said Seals, one of four seniors on the team and considered one of the team's top clutch hitters. "But even if we don't win the state championship, getting this far has really been very special and memorable for me and my teammates."

Either way, Seals said, the experience will help leave a legacy at Thomson that she will long remember.

"It would really be great if we won, but if we don't, we can still be proud of where we've helped take the softball program at Thomson High," she said. "We've already made history by getting to the state playoffs. That's pretty special in itself."

This is Seals' fourth year playing softball for the school. She earned a starting position in the outfield her junior year. During her prep career, she has played every position in the outfield.

"I've had a great time," Seals said. "We've had to work real hard, but I've enjoyed it. I really have."

Seals said she believes the team has the mind-set to bring back the school's first state softball crown.

"I feel like we've got the group to do it this year," she said. "We've got good team leadership, and I think that will help us down the stretch."

For the past month, Seals has been pumping herself up mentally for the region and state playoffs.

On a dry-erase board in her bedroom, Seals has written, "Lady 'Dogs, determined, courageous, productive, and history-making. That's all it takes to be number one."

Seals said she's been reading those words over and over for the past month.

"They really make a lot of sense to me," she said. "Those words describe this team very well."

Seals plans to attend Fort Valley State University to become a registered nurse after graduation.

She has a big family, four brothers and two sisters. Seals and her family are members of Mount Aldred CME Church in Warrenton.

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Having trouble tonight, thinking of something to say. I’m a bit preoccupied with things. We have some friends coming into town, only it’s not a happy occasion due to a death in their family. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. As is our son’s second birthday. I’m mostly enjoying writing every single day, although I obviously can’t be brilliant every day (hey, I would take being brilliant once every couple of weeks, thank you).

I could do a bunch of freewriting and eventually come up with something, but that would bore you (& probably me) to tears.

I’m frustrated. What’s new? My dad and his brothers were all storytellers. And hysterically funny. Why am I not able to do that, too?

I’m mad at myself for being so dissatisfied with me and what I have. I see other writers succeeding and I am happy for them. But then I turn a critical eye to myself and wonder why I’m not finding opportunities like that. Why I’m not a better writer. Why I don’t have more traffic and can’t build up an audience. I’m so busy beating myself up that I can’t see a way out of it – a way to improve what I’m doing.

I get so jealous of moms who get to stay home without working. Oh, the things I could do with my son if I didn’t have to sit in a chair 5-7 hours a day and work my tail off to barely get by. But I knew this going in. I knew this when I quit my job to work from home. I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I knew we’d have a tight budget. I just wanted to spend the time with my son.

Here’s the thing though. I’m not really sure how quality that time is. And I wonder if he’d be better off in daycare. With other kids to interact with and a structured schedule. And someone besides mommy all day. He has no other kids to play with.

So I either need to buck up and find some better paying work (writing gigs that pay better than the ones I’ve been getting) or suck it up and get a job. Not something I want to be thinking about right now.


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Cerrato Resigns, Biggest Win For Skins Since ’92 [Update: Bruce Allen Hired]

ESPN 980 first reported that Vinny Cerrato has resigned, which is now being corroborated by FOX 5 in D.C.

The joy and excitement has rendered me incapable of forming any real thoughts right now. But stayed tuned and we’ll update right here as more news comes in. Feel free to start the celebration in the comments. The firing/resigning of Cerrato was the lone good that could’ve come from this season of shit, and now (“reportedly”), it’s happening.

Happy holidays, indeed.

Update: Here’s the official press release from the Redskins, meaning this is really happening and we can remove the “reportedly” tag.

Update No. 2: Rick Maese speculates that the hire will be made quickly and it may be Mike Holmgren, while Jay Glazer reports Washington is “trying to lock up former Raiders and Bucs GM Bruce Allen.”

Update No. 3: According to ESPN 980 — and Bruce Allen’s Wikipedia page — Allen is the guy. Jon Gruden to follow?

33 thoughts on “Cerrato Resigns, Biggest Win For Skins Since ’92 [Update: Bruce Allen Hired]”

  1. I just said out loud ” holy shit” in my office when I read it. My boss wan’t please. I could give a fuck, this is AhMaZing!!

  2. I hope the next GM continues on this demented “fitting-play-action-players-into-a-west-coast-scheme” path that we are on. As star-crossed as our current trajectory is, I would rather see some continuity than another philosophical 180. Still awesome. BEAT DALLAS!!

  3. Drafting the tree receivers was dumb, too. You look at recipes for success through the draft, the players are acquired in complimentary groups, as in Troy Aikman, Erik Williams, and Emmit Smith for the Cowboys, or Posada, Jeter, Pettite, Rivera for the Yankees. Sinking all your “capital” into one area of the field seems to typify Vinny’s missing the forest for the trees. He can pick you out a good fucking tree, though. Damn good tree.

  4. As if this could get any better I just realized that I’m glad Zorn has outlasted Vinny, especially reading his douchebag statement. Forgetting about Zorn’s coaching at least he’s a classy guy.

  5. We’re really discussing legacy here? Did you not see kindergarden ninja?

    Let’s get on with the real discussion, who’s next?

    Shanahan? Bruce Allen and eventually Gruden? Holmgren? Mel Kiper?

  6. OK, next question . . . assuming Bruce Allen hires Gruden, any chance Gruden tries to keep Campbell?

    Aside from Cerrato’s departure, all I want for Christmas is a new contract for JC.

  7. Is Gruden even a good fit for Washington? I’d like to see Zorn stay another year with the possibility of looking for another OC.

    If Zorn goes, I dont want Shananagans.

  8. Obviously, this is incredible news. This is the reason I’ve been rooting against my team since week 3. I almost had a heart attack in the Saints game in OT. It’s quite possible that if the Skins won that game, Cerrato might still be around. Knock off the undefeated team, etc. Hoopla and all that.

    Re: Gruden, did he win with people drafted under his watch, or were those mostly Dungy’s guys?

  9. I’m done getting excited about “offseason” moves made by the Redskins. I’m glad Cerrato is gone, but I’m pretty sure Bruce Allen will be another yes man for the never ending problem that is Daniel Snyder.

  10. Those were all Tony Dungy’s guy’s. New GM, possible/likely new Coach.. So who gets the door.. CP? JC? Dare I say.. Chris Cooley?

  11. Gruden is a good fit for Washington simply because he’s been able to operate under a meddling owner in the past (Al Davis), and he’s good at motivating players.

    Who knows where this roster will be in September, but if Portis is still around, can you think of a crazier fuck to rile him into more production than Gruden?

  12. Is there any reason to suggest that Gruden would be the hire other than that Bruce Allen has worked with him? Didn’t Gruden just sign an extension with ESPN and say he was committed to broadcasting? I know that kind of talk may not mean much when compared to big bucks, but that was just 30 days ago, and it’s not like he was unaware of potential job openings in the NFL. I’d be very surprised if Gruden ends up being the hire.

  13. yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

    i actually shed a tear out of happiness.

  14. I’m still trying to uncrack the smile that formed on my face on hearing the news this morning on the way to work. I didn’t see this coming so soon, if at all. Free at last, thank God Almighty, we are Free at last!

    The only thing that gives me pause in all of this is what appears to be the rather sudden hiring of Allen. Obviously Allen has been one of the GM names routinely discussed for this and other openings and he has a record of at least semi-competence. But I would have been more reassured if something like a more open, competitive hiring process for the GM had been demonstrated (maybe bringing in Holmgren, Wolf, whoever for interviews).

    But beyond that, very good news.

  15. Pearlbullets is right, Bruce Allen will be another yes-man for Snyder. Everything I’ve heard says that Shanahan will be the next coach, but I think we should keep Zorn. He’s managed to keep his team competitive despite losing a bunch of Pro-Bowlers to injury and dealing with completely incompetent management. JC needs to come back as well

  16. Vinny resigning or being fired was one of the greatest day in Redskins history he should be ashamed to what he did to one of the greatest franchises in sports.

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