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Cape Town - Jean de Villiers appears to be a popular choice for the Springbok captaincy according to most Sport24 readers.

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According to our poll prior to De Villiers's appointment, he was an overwhelming favourite for the position, with Sport24 users seeing the injured Schalk Burger as his nearest rival.

44% - Jean de Villiers
21% - Schalk Burger
11% - Pierre Spies
7% - Victor Matfield
6% - Bismarck du Plessis
6% - Chiliboy Ralepelle
3% - Keegan Daniel
3% - Andries Bekker

On the whole comments from Sport24 readers appeared positive:

"Best decision Heyneke Meyer had made so far."
- John

"Clever HM, clever indeed!"
- FransvanderPoll

"Heyneke Meyer's has sent an olive branch to the fans down South." - Harly

"Sounds like he decided to throw the Stormers a bone." - Loo

"The best man for the job was picked but this was only to placate the rest of the country." - Roy W

"They only made him skipper to appease the Stormer fans."
- Steve

"Behind you all the way Jean!" - Drewka

"Well done Jean, you deserve it!" - MU

"Well done JdV for a) Beating the Bulls, b) the Bok captaincy." - Schalk

"Best man for the job right now!" - Jono

"Congrats to JDV...one of our best ever players. I hope he gets to keep the captaincy long-term."
- Alan

"At least sanity prevails... can't imagine Spies as captain."
- Stormbok

"Another Divvy in charge of the Boks :-) This time its the right choice."
- Herbert

"Poor Jdv is going to be the fall guy for Bok failures." - KLSmith

"Funny that a Stormer will lead the Pinkboks!" - Bryan

"Good luck against Manu Tuilagi, Jean." - Taetjo

"He is so injury prone - who is the vice captain?" - Selma Botha

"Schalk will be captain when he is fit!" - Jono

"We have leadership qualities. I am surprise Heineken (this is what he drank when he selected the Bok team) didn't opt for a pink cow." - Razztazz

"Time to take the Super Rugby caps off and get behind our Boks." - Jean Pierre-Barry

Naming Jean de Villiers as Springbok captain appears to be a masterstroke from coach Heyneke Meyer to dispel fears of provincial bias. (Gallo Images)

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Sports Illustrated published a series of charts, graphs and information titled “Where the Money Goes” in their “Where Are They Now” issue earlier this summer.

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At the Packers, we had player costs (excluding benefits) averaging slightly more than $100 million during the past few years. NFL payrolls in 2007 ranged from $86 million to $126 million with an average of about $107 million a team. (Note the league as a whole was spending beneath the $109 million salary cap.)

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MLB does not have a salary cap, although teams have their own versions of caps — called budgets — that determine their payroll.

As far as individuals, the highest-paid player on the Packers for the past several years has been Brett Favre. Now a New York Jet, Favre has a contract that calls for him to earn $12 million, making him one of the highest-paid players in football.

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That salary would land Favre a few hundred thousand dollars short of such NBA players as Wally Szczerbiak ($12.3 million) and Raef LaFrentz ($12.44 million). Think of it: One of football’s legends making the largest salary of his 18-year career makes less than NBA backups!

As for baseball, Favre would make a little more than half of what Jason Giambi ($23.4 million) will make this year and about $3.5 million less than players such as Jim Thome ($15.7 million) and Richie Sexson ($15.5 million).

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At the top of the NFL food chain are superstar Pro Bowl players with gold-standard contracts. They average about $10 million a season for several seasons, with $15 million to $20 million of the entire amount guaranteed.

This summer, the Golden State Warriors — owners of the NBA’s lowest payroll this season ($35 million) — awarded six-year contracts worth $67 million and $63 million, respectively, to Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins. That is $130 million, all guaranteed, to players who have never been all-stars and to one, Biedrins, who averages 10 points a game.

More remarkably, top NFL and MLB players can make preposterous sums of money while being lauded for not taking more. Gilbert Arenas was praised for taking $111 million from the Wizards and not the maximum potential contract of $127 million. The Packers team that hosted the NFC championship game last season did not make $111 million.

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An NFL player can be released the day before the season begins, after a grueling training camp, and not receive a dime, assuming he has no guaranteed salary.

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Why the disparity of pay for these sports, especially with so much made of the brutality and life-shortening effects of the NFL?

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That deal provides NFL players 59.5 percent of revenue as a salary cap, yet, as noted above, teams are not spending to the cap. As to why, that is a story for another issue.

While the number of players in the NFL is larger than that in the other leagues, NFL revenue is also the highest of the three sports. NFL 2007 revenue exceeded $7 billion, compared with less than $6 billion for MLB and $3.6 billion for the NBA.

As someone whose job was to pay NFL players — and pay them well — over the past nine years, I rarely let the enormity of other sports’ salaries enter my thinking.

Seeing the article in Sports Illustrated brought to light the fact that NFL players are paid handsomely. But compared with basketball and baseball players, they live in a much more pedestrian income bracket.

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I wonder if Deadspin writers consider taking your kids to church to be on par with Nazi indoctrination, like SportsFilter's Frazer? Maybe I'd like it better over there. Thanks for the heads up.

posted by carolinared at 05:25 AM on February 07

Sticking it to Sidney

I think the Pens should go out and get a thug, just as protection. I know it means they have to free up a roster spot, but they have other young stars besides Crosby and other teams need to know there will be a price to pay if they want to take the low road. I agree with the others, nice column Frazer.

posted by carolinared at 05:20 AM on February 06

Peyton Manning's Monkey Has Died

I don't think they look at the entire playoff run when choosing the Super Bowl MVP (7 INTs). If they do, though, he deserved it for the second half of the Patriots game alone. As for the Bears defense, yes they were on the field entirely too long, but why were the safeties practically playing prevent the entire game. They gave the Colts the middle of the field, as evidenced by the performance of the RBs. If it was out of respect of Manning's arm, then he deserves the MVP for that reason as well.

posted by carolinared at 07:26 AM on February 05

Paraglider attacked by eagles.

Apparently the dude was unaware of the International Airspace restrictions. Hey, a bird's got to defend his airspace.

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Alright, some kid in Africa has a Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champion t-shirt on his back! I feel so much better now.

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I'm a Panthers fan, so I'm used to watching a quarterback throw off his back foot into double coverage, but unlike my quarterback, Favre was once a great deal better. I know it's hard for these great athletes to hang them up, but when it's time, it's time.

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I would have liked to see Art Monk in there. I agree with wingnut on Irvin. The place for an ethics lesson isn't on the Hall of Fame vote.

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Giants hopes fans and team will Bonds together.

I've never hoped for a player on any team to suffer an injury, especially a career ending one. Here's hoping one or both of Bonds' gimpy knees finally blow short of 756.

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I can only feel sorry for Ted Johnson. I don't blaim Belichick or the trainers, though. If a man knows he's hurt, it's his choice whether he goes back in. Yes, the coach can get pissed, even threaten him with his job, but he can't make him play. That being said, I really feel for Johnson and the quality of the remainder of his life. I really like the idea of the partially guaranteed contracts.

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wfrazerjr, damn, I thought I was bitter toward organized religion. You make me look like a deacon. What would you have parents of small children do on Sunday mornings when they wish to attend church. Find a babysitter early on a Sunday morning so that the kids aren't getting brainwashed? Ever think they take the kids because the church provides free daycare while they worship? Ever think that maybe when the child becomes old enough the parents will respect his/her choice about whether or not to attend church? Careful, your personal issues are showing.

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You don't get to be The Greatest by being a saint.

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As I recall, UNC under Dean Smith got more than their fair share of calls. The same controversy that follows Coach K used to follow Smith. Just like in the NBA, the big names get the calls. It's unfortunate but the way it is.

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Champions League on ice?

True. Every NHL team has Europeans on it. It wouldn't be unlikely for that "who do I play for" situation to come about. Then, if the NHL team loses a guy, it's not the same team that won the cup.

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Long-shot Serena Williams annihilates #1 Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open.

I agree with Black Hand. She even gave the tennis world a much needed shot in the arm with a little smack talk the other day when she said when she's playing her best, there's no one on the women's tour who can beat her. She obviously speaks the truth.

posted by carolinared at 09:54 AM on January 27

ACC admits to 'timing error' in final seconds in Duke win over Clemson.

Actually, the more ironic thing is that after winning, the Duke players tackled one another and rolled around on the floor just like Virginia Tech did when they beat Duke. That was when Coach K told some of the Tech players they were too classy and intelligent to behave in that manner. And despite my sign in name, I'm not a fan of any ACC school. I went to UNC Charlotte (undefeated in football yet again in 2006).

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After getting spanked by Federer, Roddick lights up the post-game news conference

I don't know. I think this is the year Blake surpasses Roddick as the premier American on the tour. It doesn't matter, though. Nobody's going to touch Federer for years.

posted by carolinared at 04:08 PM on January 26

Maybe they could name it after Vlade: the Divac Decree.

There goes Pau Gasol's entire defensive strategy. Is it any surprise that the best floppers come from countries where soccer is the predominant sport? Just an observation.

posted by carolinared at 04:01 PM on January 26

Tennis hooligans:

Yeah, but you'd soon be gobbled up.

posted by carolinared at 06:55 PM on January 25

Worse than Cantona?

Looks like he throws a pretty mean left, though. I wish we could watch those matches here in the states. Not for the fighting, for the sport. I played a little American football growing up, but I never got my ass kicked like I did when I went out for the club rugby team in college. Those guys are nuts! Great game, though.

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Grassroots campaigns, ballot stuffing, and 100,000 lost votes:

I agree. tieguy's idea is a damn good one.

posted by carolinared at 02:40 PM on January 20

Grassroots campaigns, ballot stuffing, and 100,000 lost votes:

Obviously outsmarted, the league had to do something to counter the Vote_A_matic. It wasn't done in the best manner, but it had to be done. People who cry that Cheechoo doesn't deserve to be there are using a severe double standard. At least Cheechoo has been an All-Star quality player in his career. Rory hasn't been close.

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Samardzija chooses baseball.

Look at Andre Waters. Easy choice.

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One Toke Over The Line, Ron Mexico...

I have to agree with Holden. The dude signs a contract for a buck thirty and he's flying Air Tran?!? I'm not a bit shocked about the weed. The choice of airline, though, that's scandalous! Bjorn Sweden

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Evolution of the NHL

I think the most recent rule changes that have made the league faster and more entertaining are great. I've never been much of a fan until this year, but man, it's a blast.

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Michelle Wie Hits the Green

I don't know. I'd rather be a well off success than a filthy rich whore. (I use whore in the non-gender specific meaning of the word). She could obviously be very well off and a very good women's professional. I guess it's more important to her to be a mega-rich laughing stock.

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Bill Cowher

Oooops. Actually we were 8-8. Yep, that's grounds for firing Fox, alright.

posted by carolinared at 05:21 AM on January 12

Bill Cowher

dbt302, please tell me why Carolina would get rid of the coach who turned them around from a 1-15 team to a Super Bowl participant and 2 NFC Championship games. We had a down year (7-9), let's not get carried away.

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Ripken, check. Gwynn, check. McGwire, not so much.

Fine. I'm sure the Reds would gladly give you Edwin Encarnacion for your underachieving A-Rod. Heaven forbid he hit 35 "useless" homeruns for the Reds.

posted by carolinared at 06:29 PM on January 09

Ripken, check. Gwynn, check. McGwire, not so much.

C'mon, Dave Concepcion belongs in the Hall. His stats are as good as, if not better than HOF members Ozzie Smith, Luis Aparicio, PeeWee Reese, Phil Rizzuto, and Bill Mazeroski. He was an integral part of the Big Red Machine and dammit, he's my childhood idol.

posted by carolinared at 05:53 PM on January 09

Cowher resigns, Steelers begin coach search

FonGu, neither job you mention will be available in 1-2 years. Despite the disappointing season, we're quite satisfied with the job John Fox is doing with the Panthers, and Osborne at State will be there for years to come.

posted by carolinared at 11:53 AM on January 06

Michael Vick Passes the Buck

I'm a Panthers fan and even though we sucked this year, I want Atlanta to keep Vick for as long as he wants to play. He's great for us.

posted by carolinared at 03:36 PM on January 01

Zito Breaks the Bank.

And my Reds biggest signing this off-season is 40 year old Jeff Conine to platoon at 1st base. What a world, what a world.

posted by carolinared at 05:19 PM on December 29

Arenas On Kobe: "My Numbers Are Blowing His Out Of The Water"

This is what's wrong with the NBA. Attention, even by the players, is on individual stats instead of team achievement. Give me back Magic and Bird!

posted by carolinared at 07:16 AM on December 26

The Better Part of Pete

As a lifelong Cincy fan, I took it very personally when Pete confessed after lying for so many years. So personally that until very recently I've agreed with his lifelong ban from the sport. But now, with Bonds, McGwire, etc. to consider, I've decided to just let it be about the numbers on the field. If a player is not found to be using performance enhancing drugs, cheating in any form, betting on baseball, whatever while he is playing the game, let his numbers do the talking. Put them all in the HOF. We can debate their worthiness after the fact. Let Shoeless Joe in, let Pete in, let Barry and Mark in. Hell, place an asterisk after their names but let them in. The Hall of Fame should only be concerned with what the players did on the field, not their morals. I still hate Rose for lying to me, but damn it he deserves to be in the Hall.

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Even agent Scott Boras couldn’t believe what he heard leaving his mouth on Monday at Major League Baseball’s winter meetings.
“I’ve been in this game a long time,” Boras said while reflecting at the end of the day. “I’ve made my share of ridiculous claims. Remember, I’m the guy who compared Oliver Perez to Sandy Koufax last winter. Some of the stuff I said today, though…wow.”
Boras said he first realized he was in rare form while touting the virtues of free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre to a small group of general managers during a morning coffee break.
“The great thing about statistics is that most of these guys forget to go back and verify what I say. So sometimes you can fudge the numbers a little to support a player,” Boras explained.
Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. was one of the executives who heard Boras’ pitch, and he left impressed.
“Never in a million years would I have thought that Beltre’s career through age 30 was actually superior to what Mike Schmidt had done at the same age. Somehow Scott had the numbers to back it up, though,” Amaro said.
GMs found Boras’ claim that in 2009 Beltre had the highest VRGO ever for a third baseman particularly compelling. If any of them realized that VRGO was a statistic Boras had only made up a few minutes earlier they didn’t appear to care.
“Can you believe that?” Boras crowed. “I don’t even know what VRGO could possibly stand for, but it sounds like a real statistic, doesn’t it? That probably made Adrian an extra five mil.”
Boras was further shocked by some of the things he said in support of his recently unemployed clients.
“It’s one thing to say that Johnny Damon projects to still have 20-homer power in four years, but it’s quite another to say Rodrigo Lopez still has the stuff to be a #2 starter for a contender,” Boras admitted.
“God, did I really say that with a straight face?” Boras wondered aloud.
Although Boras may amaze even himself at times with his utter lack of shame when discussing his clients, the players love him for it.
“Does Scott inflate his clients’ performance a bit? Sure, but that’s just what makes him the best,” said free-agent reliever Scott Schoeneweis, who Boras compared to a left-handed Mariano Rivera, the second coming of Goose Gossage, and “Jesus Christ, only with a better slider” at various points throughout the afternoon.
Boras was particularly incredulous about some of the claims he made in the infamous three-ring binders of statistics he gives teams detailing his clients’ performances and values.
“This is sort of embarrassing, but I forgot to make a binder for (free agent infielder) Felipe Lopez,” Boras confided. “I didn’t realize it until I got to the winter meetings this morning, though, and by then I didn’t have time to write one.”
At this point, Boras said he knew he had to get creative.
“Sometimes I have to remind myself that it’s not really a lie if it’s printed on three-hole-punch paper, so I found A-Rod’s old binder and changed the words ‘Alex Rodriguez’ to ‘Felipe Lopez’ throughout the entire document. I figured I was just buying myself some time, but then [Royals GM] Dayton Moore told me he hadn’t even known Lopez was such a threat to break the all-time home run record. He asked if we’d be interested in a deal in the six-year, $90 million range.”
“His exact words were ‘This is someone I could see benching Yuniesky Betancourt for,’” the dumbfounded Boras said. “I can’t believe it. I’m not sure if I’ll even be able to look my kids in the eye after that one.”


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MADISON, Wis. -- Kirk Penney scored 22 to lead Wisconsin over struggling Indiana 71-59 Saturday.

Mike Wilkinson added 16 points and six rebounds for Wisconsin (18-5, 8-3), which remains undefeated in Big Ten home games under coach Bo Ryan.

The Badgers have won eight of their past nine, and the Hoosiers (15-9, 5-6) have lost six of seven.

Wisconsin trailed for most of the first half but used an 11-0 run in the first 2:40 of the second half to take the team's first lead since the opening basket.

Devin Harris hit a 3-pointer on his first shot after the break after going 1-for-8 in the first half. He then capped the Wisconsin run with a swift pass to Alando Tucker for a layup to take the lead for good.

Indiana coach Mike Davis, who was involved in heated discussions with the officials throughout the game, was issued a technical foul with 42.4 seconds left in the game.

The Hoosiers were led by Jeff Newton, who had 20 points.

MICHIGAN 70, OHIO ST. 54: Daniel Horton scored 21 and LaVell Blanchard added 19 for the host Wolverines, who earned a sweep of their rival. The Wolverines (15-9, 8-3) won their 12th straight at home. The last time Michigan won a dozen consecutive home contests was from 1962-63 to 1963-64. Ohio State (12-11, 5-7) got 19 points from Velimir Radinovic.

IOWA 84, PENN STATE 71: Chauncey Leslie scored 18 and Glen Worley came off the bench to add 15 for the host Hawkeyes. Leslie was 7-of-8 from the field, and he hit several shots down the stretch to help the Hawkeyes (13-8, 5-5) snap a two-game losing streak and beat the Nittany Lions (5-15, 0-10) for the second time in 11 days.

MICHIGAN ST. 64, NORTHWESTERN 51: Kelvin Torbert had a career-high 22 points and made spectacular plays at both ends of the court for the host Spartans. Aloysius Anagonye added 13 points, a game-high eight rebounds and didn't miss a shot as the Spartans (14-9, 6-5) pulled away with a 36-26 second half. Northwestern (10-12, 2-9) was led by Jason Burke with 12 points.

CLEMSON 80, NORTH CAROLINA 77: Thomas Nagys scored 15 on 3-of-3 shooting and 8-of-8 free throws, including two that gave the host Tigers (13-8, 3-7) the lead for good with 51.3 seconds left. The Tar Heels (13-11, 4-7) had a chance to tie after Edward Scott missed a free throw with 7.5 seconds to go, but Raymond Felton's double-clutch 3-point attempt hit the front of the rim.

TEMPLE 76, N.C. STATE 54: Maurice Collins scored 18 and David Hawkins added 16 for the host Owls (8-13), who beat the Wolfpack (13-8) for the first time in seven tries.

ALABAMA 84, AUBURN 68: Erwin Dudley had 20 points and 10 rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting for the host Crimson Tide (14-7, 4-6), dropped from the national rankings for the first time. The Tigers (17-6, 6-4) got 23 points from Marquis Daniels and hit seven second-half 3-pointers to climb back from a 26-point deficit.

Mo Williams scored 17 and freshman Kennedy Winston had 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Alabama, which had lost five of six and was once No. 1 in the country.

SOUTH CAROLINA 72, ARKANSAS 65: Senior Chris Warren scored a career-high 23, including six second-half 3-pointers, for the host Gamecocks. Eric Ferguson finished with 20 points for the Razorbacks (7-14, 2-8). South Carolina (10-11, 3-7) has won three in a row.

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WEST VIRGINIA 52, RUTGERS 46: Drew Schifino scored 24 and, despite scoring just two baskets in the final 12:10, the visiting Mountaineers (13-9, 4-6) moved ahead of the Scarlet Knights (11-11, 3-7) into fifth place in the West Division.

PROVIDENCE 69, ST. JOHN'S 59: Ryan Gomes scored 28 and the Friars (11-11, 4-7) rallied for their sixth straight victory over the host Red Storm (12-9, 5-6).

GEORGETOWN 85, VA. TECH 73: Gerald Riley scored 31 for the visiting Hoyas (11-10, 3-7). The Hokies (10-13, 3-7) pulled within single digits several times but got no closer than eight.

DePAUL 74, SOUTHERN MISS 69 (OT): DePaul made 11 of 12 free throws in overtime for the visiting Blue Demons (13-8, 5-5). Sam Hoskin led all players with 19 points and 12 rebounds for DePaul and he was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line. USM (10-12, 3-8) was led by Charles Gaines' 18 points and 10 rebounds.

CHARLOTTE 74, CINCY 64: Demon Brown scored 18 on six 3-pointers, setting a conference season record for the host 49ers (10-12, 5-5). Brown's fifth 3 broke the mark of 110 set by Charlotte's Jobey Thomas last season. Taron Barker scored 12 to lead Cincy (14-7, 6-4).

TULANE 84, TCU 78: Brandon Brown scored a season-high 28 to lead the host Green Wave (12-11, 5-5), which used a 17-2 run early in the second half to pull away from the Horned Frogs (8-15, 2-9).

Waitari Marsh added 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Green Wave.

MEMPHIS 94, UAB 70: Antonio Burks had a career-high 27 points and 10 assists for the host Tigers (16-5, 7-3), who won their fifth straight. UAB (13-8, 5-5) never got closer than 13 after Memphis went on a 17-0 run in the second half.

Four other Tigers finished in double figures. John Grice had 17, Rodney Carney scored 15 and Anthony Rice and Chris Massie had 12 each. Massie also had a game-high 12 rebounds.

SAINT LOUIS 56, E. CAROLINA 42: Marque Perry scored a game-high 22, including 15 in the first half, for the Billikens (10-12, 4-7), who have won their past four at home. Erroyl Bing had 11 points for the Pirates (12-10, 3-8).

ARIZONA ST. 85, UCLA 69: Ike Diogu had 12 of his 26 points in the final 7:27 and the host Wildcats swept the Bruins for the first time in 23 years. The Sun Devils (17-7, 9-4) beat the Bruins 75-64 on Jan. 16. Their last sweep in the rivalry was in 1979-80. The Bruins (5-16, 2-10) lost their 10th straight in conference play.

OREGON 80, OREGON ST. 63: Luke Ridnour scored 18 and set a Pac-10 season record with his 51st consecutive successful free throw for the visiting Ducks (17-6, 7-5), who have won nine straight and 19 of the past 20 between the teams. The Beavers (11-10, 4-8) trailed by as much as 21 for its third straight loss. Brian Jackson led them with 15 points.

BC 76, MIAMI 65: Troy Bell scored 34, hitting two key 3-pointers in the second half, as the host Eagles got their fifth win in six games.

Freshman Louis Hinnant had 10 for BC (13-9, 6-5 Big East), converting a three-point play to start a 13-5 second-half run after Miami (10-11, 3-7) cut the deficit to 45-43. He added a 3-pointer that put the Eagles up 66-56 with 3:40 to play.

NEW ORLEANS 49, FIU 48: Hector Romero, who had a game-high 18 points, hit a tiebreaking free throw with 55 seconds left for the host Privateers (13-10). The Panthers (7-16) were held scoreless for the last 3:14.

ECKERD 59, SAINT LEO 56: Cerwin Thompson made four free throws in the final 52 seconds to rally the visiting Tritons (19-5, 8-4 SSC). Saint Leo (6-18, 2-10) was led by sophomore guard Larry Henderson's 17 points.

HOWARD 96, B-CC 68: Ron Williamson had a game-high 31 points to lead the host Bison (9-13, 7-6 MEAC) to its fourth consecutive victory. It is the third straight game Williamson has scored 30 or more. B-CC (5-16, 4-8) was led by Richard Toussaint's 13 points

FAMU 62, MD-EASTERN SHORE 60: Terrance Woods scored 21 for the visiting Rattlers (12-9, 7-5 MEAC). Maryland-Eastern Shore (3-19, 3-10) led 35-29 at halftime.

JACKSONVILLE 89, FAU 54: James Daniels tied his career high with 22 points for the host Dolphins (12-12, 7-5 ASC) in the 1,000th game of Hugh Durham's coaching career. Durham is the 17th to lead a team into 1,000 Division I men's games. Earnest Crumbley had 17 points for FAU (7-18, 3-10).

UCF 90, STETSON 82: Ray Abellard had 25 points and the visiting Knights (18-8, 10-3 ASC) held off a late rally by the Hatters (6-16, 4-9).

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Published March 15, 2007

My early morning walk takes me by an area that is being excavated for a new school. Recently, on the bucket of a parked end loader, sat a pair of cardinals wondering very likely where all the trees and shrubbery that used to cover the landscape has gone.

Over the years, I have observed three types of woodpeckers, flickers, morning doves, whip-poor-will, mockingbirds, owls and other small ground birds. There were always a couple of bald eagles and an osprey perched in one of the trees looking for a meal along with any number of wild animals that could be seen that called the wooded area home. For example, one turtle was so large it was almost impossible to lift it over the curb so it could crawl back to its home in the woods.

It's very clear we human beings have destroyed the habitat that once belonged to these creatures. Sure, those that didn't die during the course of excavation will move on to some other location; but at some point in time at the rate our society is expanding, there will not be any wildlife left to be seen and land without trees become a desert.

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The car fax even said it was a great car and only 62,000 miles and it cost $9,000.

He drove the car for 2 1/2 weeks and the engine blew up. It was repairable for $4,300, still no warranty. The car is back on the road and he is involved in an accident, there is insurance but not collision. So now the car sits on another lot being charged $20 a day for storage, of course. It is repairable for approximately another $4,300.

My point to this story is if you buy something you like make sure you have a warranty. If it doesn't come with one, buy one. Also, make sure the car has enough insurance or better still go to a reputable car dealership. This car was a 2002 with 62,000 miles on it. It could happen to anyone.

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Why is this man not being given a 100 percent disability pension? The Veterans Administration should be standing by him. Many others are receiving this benefit and making life much easier with the monthly check that they receive. He wouldn't need to be given handouts from strangers if he had the monthly check.

Our veterans apparently aren't that important once they come home from the battles. According to the St. Petersburg Times and the articles on the condition of our veterans' hospitals, they need a very major overhaul, and someone very responsible overseeing this tragedy. Where are the people in charge?

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Release Date: 1995 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Hawkwind ditch their rock side entirely and embrace the techno Gods.

Hawkwind – A trip through space, Part XIX Hawktrance

Hawkwind were never afraid to try something new, and in 1995 they decided upon a special project, which was different from anything else they had attempted up to that point. Under the name 'Psychedelic Warriors' they released a hard to acquire album named 'White Zone', which appears to be vastly different from all other Hawkwind albums before it.

On this album, Hawkwind appear as:

Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards
Alan Davey - bass guitar, keyboards
Richard Chadwick - drums
Dave Charles - sampler, OSCI

Rather than a fusion of rock and space, White Zone appears in the form of a completely space sounding record, with all rock parts shrunken down to a bare minimum.What the exact genre is, is complicated due to Hawkwind's ability to mis-mash several of them together at once, but on this record Hawkwind merge the techno and ambient genres, but how do they come across to the listener?

Straddling these two genres gives the album a rather unique 90s feel to it, and some of the tracks would not feel out of place on some futuristic style Playstation One game. Even though Hawkwind have dropped most of their rock moniker, there are still a few pseudo-rock moments to be found. For example, on 'White Zone' and 'The Search for Shangrila', you can still make out Dave Brock's very distinctive guitar work laced among the keyboards that have the majority of the albums attention span.

This mixture of genres means that Hawkwind have the potential to create a form of post-space rock. But unfortunately the album is not that well done, and on occasions it sounds rather repetitive rather than fresh. But luckily rather than attempting another full length CD, this album is trimmed down to a reasonable forty five minutes, which is more than enough time to dance around and play with you without overstaying its welcome.

On the album there are varying styles, for example 'Frenzzy' is quick, up-beat and full of life. The drums beat away passionately whilst the keyboards and guitar blare away in a sound that makes you want to go play wipE'out” all over again. On the other hand, songs like 'Window Pane' are much more calm and tranquil, with a simple rhythm section enhanced with keyboards and crafty guitar work. Even the drums have been given a makeover, sounding very electronic in style, with electic shockwaves reverberating as Chadwick beats them silly.

The crowning jewel of the album is its middle section. For twelve minutes 'White Zone' and 'The Search for Shangrila' will blast you away in all manner of spacey techno styles, keyboard whizzes and guitar screeches. The music is catchy in its own way, and strangely rewarding, before skipping off into the sunset before it begins to sound repetitive

But this doesn't last, and White Zone has several scarring flaws. Firstly it loses most of its focus and sense of direction towards the end, and the album wanders around aimlessly until it is put out of its misery. This album is also entirely void of vocals, so those people expecting those trademark acid trip style Hawkwind vocals will be sorely disappointed.

As well as this, it does begin to hammer home its repetitiveness as it draws to a close. Some of the songs like 'Frenzzy' seem to go on far too long and cover the same old ground, due to the amount of ambient music that graces this album. Whereas other songs are completely and utterly forgetful, and these subtract from what could have been a very interesting record.

Overall, this record looks as though there is nothing to tie it to anything else Hawkwind have done up to this point. Hawktrance seems like a brilliant, fresh and exotic idea. But when you look deeper you begin to see similarities. If you were to add more guitar work, increase the volume of the bass guitar and add some vocals. What you would end up with is any other Hawkwind record from the 90s. Which is, unfortunately, a period of time that was not great for the band.

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June 21st 2013

Album Rating: 2.5

Not their most famous album, few good songs however.

June 21st 2013

damn, youre still going

June 21st 2013

Always pleasant to see one of Hoppoman's Hawkwind reviews. Album sounds abominable.

Few grammar errors:

without overstaying it's welcome.

jewel of the album is it's middle section

The music is catchy in it's own way

Firstly it loses most of it's focus

until it is put out of it's misery

All of the "it's" in these should be "its". It's a stupid rule (pun intended) but it's correct.

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I have twenty+ years experience in IT. That time was spent in technical support, development and database administration. I work forRed Gate Software as a Product Evangelist. I write articles for publication at SQL Server Central, Simple-Talk, PASS Book Reviews and SQL Server Standard. I have published two books, ”Understanding SQL Server Execution Plans” and “SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled.” I’m one of the founding officers of the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group and its current president. I also work on part-time, short-term, off-site consulting contracts. In 2009 and 2010 I was awarded as a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. In the past I’ve been called rough, intimidating and scary. To which I usually reply, “Good.” You can contact me through grant -at- scarydba dot kom (unobfuscate as necessary).

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I’ve put in several abstracts for the 2011 Summit. This year we’re voting for preferred sessions. If you’re interested in any of the ones I’ve listed below, please consider giving me a vote.I was very kindly invited to submit for a spotlight session (for which I am very grateful and humbled, again) so I put two in for that. I also put in for two regular sessions. This year, for the first time I put in not one, but two abstracts for all day pre/post-conference sessions. One of them was put together as a partnership between Gail Shaw (blog|twitter) and myself. I’m excited by that one.

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Spotlight: DMOs as a Shortcut for Performance Tuning
Dynamic Management Objects(DMO) expose a wealth of information to the database administrator. However, they also expose information that is vital to the database developer. More often than not people gather performance metrics through server side traces, but they don’t have to. This session will show how to gather information from the DMOs for currently executing, and recently executed queries. The session will demonstrate combining this information with other DMOs to get more interesting information such as the query plan and query text. I’ll show where you can get aggregate information for the queries in cache to determine which queries are being frequently accessed or using the most resources. I’ll show how to determine which indexes are being used in your system and which are not. All of this will be focused, not on the DBA, but on the query writer, the developer or database developer that needs information to tune and troubleshoot data access.

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This presentation will be about execution plans and nothing but execution plans. I will spend the entire session showing you as much as possible about all the information available to you inside execution plans. I’ll show you how to dig into the plans to gather all the data there that tells you what happened with your query. We’ll go to places in the plans that people just don’t think to look at and explore how information from these places informs you about the operations and methods of the optimizer and the storage engine. From this session I want you to learn how to read a plan for yourself. Once that’s in hand, you’ll never need anyone’s help tuning a query again.

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You’ve either volunteered or had the position thrust upon you, but here you are. You’re the DBA. You are being looked to as the person who will protect the companies’ data and you really don’t have a clue where to start. Let me suggest that one of the first things you should do is put together a good plan for backing up your database. This session will focus on the best practices, standards and methods that you can employ to ensure that you have a solid backup process for the databases under your charge. You’ll also learn how to restore these databases, because your backups are only good if you can restore them. We’ll also go over some of the questions you should be asking your business, because data recovery is as much a business decision as a technical one. At the end of the session, you should be able to go back to your office with confidence that you can begin to protect your data.

Session: Creating a Winning Abstract
You’ve decided that you’d like to try out this technical presentation thing, but you’re expected to write this odd little document called an abstract. What the heck is an abstract? This session will attempt to answer that question. It will also provide some methods and best practices for improving your abstracts and possibly improving your chances of getting selected. I’ll be working from failed and accepted abstracts of my own and examples from others, again, both failed and accepted. We’ll talk about what makes an abstract work and what makes an abstract ugly. You’ll be able to take home a few new ideas for building abstracts of your own that can help to get you started making presentations at your local user group, SQL Saturday, and possibly even international events like the PASS Summit. (and yes, if this one doesn’t get selected, it’s the last time I submit it, anywhere, ever)

PreCon: SQL Server Query Performance Tuning: Start to Finish
One of the most common problems encountered in SQL Server is the slow running query. Once a query is identified as running poorly, people frequently don’t understand how to diagnose and fix the problem. This one day seminar focuses exclusively on these two topics, identifying the queries that are performing badly and figuring out how to fix them. We start by learning how to gather performance metrics including both server metrics and query metrics using tools available directly from Microsoft such as performance monitor, DMOs and Profiler. From there we’ll move into learning how the optimizer works and how it uses statistics to determine which indexes and other database objects can be used to assist the performance of a query. The session takes considerable time to show exactly how to generate and read execution plans, the one best mechanism for observing how the optimizer works. We’ll then look at other DMOs that can also assist you when performance tuning queries. With all this knowledge gathered, we’ll move into looking at common performance problems, how they evidence themselves in the metrics and execution plans, and how to address them. Finally, we’ll explore advanced methods for solving some of the more difficult query performance problems introducing such concepts as query hints, plan guides and plan forcing. Through all of this, best practices and common techniques will be reviewed. Attendees will go home with a working knowledge of query performance tuning, a set of methods for identifying poorly performing queries, scripts to assist in these processes and the knowledge of how to fix performance problems in their own systems.

PreCon: All About Execution Plans
The key to understanding how SQL Server is processing your queries is the execution plan. This full day session focuses on the execution plan. We will start right at the beginning and talk about the compile process. We’ll also go over how, and more importantly, why, plans are stored in cache and how they are removed. We’ll spend time exploring the key differences between actual and estimated plans, and why those descriptions are more than a little misleading. We’ll also show you assorted methods to obtain a query’s execution plan and what the differences and tradeoffs of each are. A full day class on execution plans would not be complete without spending time learning to reading them. You’ll learn where to find useful information in execution plans, what the common operators are and how to decipher the sometimes cryptic messages the plans are sending to you. We’ll also debunk some myths surrounding query operators and execution plans. All of this is meant to further your understanding of how queries work in order to improve the queries you’re responsible for. With this in mind, we’ll show how you can use execution plans to tune queries. All of the information presented will be taken from real world examples. We’ll build on the information through the day so that at the end, after following us through multiple examples at your own computer, you’ll have a stronger understanding of how to read, interpret and actually use execution plans in your day-to-day job.

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Sramana: How much have you been able to accomplish with your new engineering team when it comes to maturing your product?

Varun Shoor: I personally believe the product is evolving. Our engineering practices can still use additional maturing although my teams believe we have evolved to a point where we are able to really leverage our Agile processes to provide innovative features. Despite that I hope to accomplish a lot more. Having a sound engineering practice in India can be difficult because the culture is so focused on the services aspect of business, not on product businesses.

Kayako is one of the more mature products in the market. Everyone is latching onto channels and service. Over the years we have had a product which allows an organization to handle inputs on many different channels. We have stable and efficient Live Chat support. We have great remote desktop support. We have some very large customers. We know competition is coming but we have out segment that we are very satisfied with.

Sramana: Do you offer a cloud-base product?

Varun Shoor: We have a SaaS product as well as an on premise solution. We are the only ones who have that solution that I know of. On-premise is still popular with big enterprises.

Sramana: What is the size distribution of your clients?

Varun Shoor: We have found that 1 out of 5 Fortune 500 companies use Kayako and 3 out of 8 Ivy League universities use Kayako. Today 50% of our clients have opted for our SaaS offering while the other 50% have opted for an on premise solution.

Sramana: What has your pricing evolution looked like?

Varun Shoor: Initially our on premise product had a flat $500 price tag and our SaaS offering was a flat $30 a month. We decided to switch to per-seat pricing in November of 2010. That was a pricing jump but it allowed us to expand our R&D and engineering teams. A month ago we released a new version of the product and the price is now based on a tiered per seat package, per product.

We have three products; Kayako Case which is an email management solution, Kayako Egnage which is a live chat solution, and Kayako Fusion which is a combination of the two and is our flagship product. A 5 seat license for Fusion starts at $2,000. A 5 seat license of Case starts at $1,500. That price includes 12 years of free support updates. For SaaS, Fusion costs $50 per seat, per month.

Sramana: What do you think your run rate will be for 2013?

Varun Shoor: I expect it to be in the range of $8 million to $12 million.

Sramana: Have you considered taking financing to scale your business?

Varun Shoor: We have been in constant contact with top tier VCs. Many of them have a limited presence of India. We have been at a point where our full attention is on growing Kayako for several years now, and we are a profitable company. We do plan on raising funding in the middle of next year to take our company to the next level. We want to expand the engineering team, polish our value messaging and expand our global reach. We believe that our next version of the product is going to revolutionize this industry.

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Paw Shaped Clip SKU U3028

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Animal Paw Clip for Schools, Animal Clinics, Veterinarians and More

Use a custom Paw Shaped Clip to stay organized while promoting your brand. This small 3" x 3-11/16" x 1-1/4" paw clip tightly seals food bags or neatly organizes papers and coupons. Each paw shaped clip comes poly-bagged for easy distribution.

With a wide array of vibrant colors to choose from, this custom paw clip highlights your company or school logo in the 1" x 1-1/8" imprint area. Great for school spirit fundraisers and gifts, a custom paw print clip is also a great promotional item for veterinary offices, pet stores, zoos or animal clinics. Include a custom paw clip in a school spirit promotional goody bag, or raise support for an endangered animal with custom paw print plastic clip giveaways at community events and fundraisers.

Assembled in the USA.

Rush: Call for details.

Available Design Methods

Screen Print: Up to 6 colors

Available Design Locations

Starting Price:

Estimated Delivery Date: 8/14/2015  View Details   Details

**The estimated delivery date is based on selection of UPS ground delivery.

1. Select a Color: Displayed Color: Orange

Color boxes indicating “Available Colors” are digital representations of product color options and are not exact matches.

2. Set Quantity: Minimum required for this product: 250
Lowest quantity listed is minimum quantity for design.

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(Adds $0.39 per piece)

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