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With Duke's prolific passing offense, it's no surprise that the Blue Devils have had success recruiting and developing talented wide receivers in Durham, most notably All-ACC performers Eron Riley, Donovan Varner, and Conner Vernon. The Blue Devils hope to continue that trend in the class of 2012, and have been scouting throughout the country in search of receiving talent, but found one top prospect close to Durham. Tevin Clay is a 6'3" 187 pound receiver from Wilmington, North Carolina. As a junior, Tevin helped Laney High School to the North Carolina state playoffs and a 6-6 overall record. He was named to the 2nd Team All-State offense after hauling in 87 catches for 1,450 yards. Highlights from his junior year can be viewed here.
BDN: Can you start off by describing your strengths for fans who haven't had a chance to see you play?
Well, I'm more of a go up and get it type of guy. My speed isn't the fastest, but it's fast enough. I'm working on that now. I can basically catch any ball that's thrown my way, I'm confident in my hands. My team is confident in me, I'm a big-time player. I just love playing football. My weakness is my speed, I gotta work on my speed a little bit.
BDN: What are your goals for your senior season?
My senior year, do better than I did my junior year. This year I had 87 catches and 1450 yards, and 14 touchdowns. I want to do better than I did my junior year, so I'm working hard in the weight room, and working hard all around as a player to get myself better for next season.
BDN: As you approach your college decision, what are the most important things you are looking for in a school?
First of all, academics. I want to go to a school where I know I can get my work in for academics, going to a school where I can make an impact on the team. I love playing football, and I want to go to a good football school, coaches, stuff like that.
BDN: Is there a specific academic field you know you want to study?
I want to study sports medicine.
BDN: Who are the schools you have heard from the most so far? Who were the first schools to contact you?
The first one to contact me was ECU, I went to visit there during the football season, and I'm going to South Carolina next weekend for a Junior Day. And I went to Duke and I went to [North] Carolina a couple times, and [NC] State, I talk to them a lot too.
BDN: Have any schools stood out to you at this point in the process?
Nah, none of the schools have really stood out to me other than the schools I told you about.
BDN: Do you have any plans for other visits or camps this spring or summer?
Yeah, I'm gonna go to a lot of one-day camps this summer. I'm going to [NC] State camps, Duke camps, [North] Carolina camps.
BDN: Is there anything else you think is important for college football fans to know about you?
As a person, I'm a mama's boy. I love my mom, I love my family. As a player, I'm dedicated to football, but I also play basketball and baseball, we were 4A state champions and right now in basketball we're 16 and 5.
BDN: With your family being important to you, do you think that distance from home will be a factor in your college decision?
My mom wants me to stay in the state, but – yeah, I mean, it all depends on what happens, so I don't know what's gonna happen right now.
BDN: Thanks a lot, Tevin, and best of luck to you.
All right, thanks.


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Aveteran central Ohio actor is at the grumpy center of the popular annual Nebraska Theatre Caravan production of A Christmas Carol. Columbus native Brent Burington is playing Scrooge in the 2013 tour, opening Friday at the Palace Theatre. "Scrooge is one of my favorite characters because almost everyone knows someone who is Scrooge-like, someone who's forgotten the joy of Christmas," said Burington, 50.
Aveteran central Ohio actor is at the grumpy center of the popular annual Nebraska Theatre Caravan production of A Christmas Carol.
Columbus native Brent Burington is playing Scrooge in the 2013 tour, opening Friday at the Palace Theatre. �Scrooge is one of my favorite characters because almost everyone knows someone who is Scrooge-like, someone who�s forgotten the joy of Christmas,� said Burington, 50.
The company is celebrating the 35th year of its tour of the classic Charles Dickens fable about greed, repentance and transformation.
�I think their big advantage,� he said, �is that they hew so closely to the original novella while making it a play with music, including a lot of traditional Christmas carols.�Holiday Hoopla 22
Shadowbox Live, 503 S. Front St.
Contact: 614-416-7625, www.shadowboxlive.org
Details: The Christmas-themed show offers songs and sketches.
Showtimes: 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays through Dec. 28 (no shows Dec. 24-26)
Tickets: $30, or $20 for students, senior citizens and active military membersIrving Berlin�s White Christmas
Little Theatre Off Broadway,
3981 Broadway, Grove City
Contact: 614-875-3919, www.ltob.org
Details: The Broadway musical comedy was adapted from the 1950s movie musical about two song-and-dance men who follow a sister act to a Vermont lodge operated by their former World War II commanding general.
Showtimes: 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Dec. 5-6; 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 7; and 3 and 7 p.m. Dec 8
Tickets: $15, or $13 for students and senior citizens; $11 on Dec. 5The Christmas Caper
Mayhem & Mystery, Spaghetti Warehouse, 397 W. Broad St.
Contact: 614-464-0143, www.mayhemmystery.com
Details: The interactive comedy whodunit revolves around a private eye investigating a theft at a notorious club.
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Dec. 17 and Thursdays through December
Tickets: $25.95, including dinner, plus tax and gratuity; reservations requiredA Christmas Carol
Nebraska Theatre Caravan,
Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St.
Contact: 614-469-0939; 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com
Details: Three ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly views on life.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Friday and
2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Tickets: $22 to $32Madrigalarious!
Cloak & Dagger Dinner Theater, Shanes Gourmet Catering,
447 Livingston Ave.
Contact: 614-842-2583, www.cloakdagger.com; www.shanesdinnertheater.com
Details: The musical Christmas feast blends traditional madrigals with
a cappella singers and off-beat comedy and surprises.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays (doors open at 7 p.m.) through Dec. 28 (no shows Dec. 6 or 13) and 1:30 p.m. Sunday; doors open at 1
Tickets: $39.95; or $34.95 for students, senior citizens and active military personnel; $19.95 for age 10 and younger; including dinner and taxScrooge
Shadowbox Live, 503 S. Front St.
Contact: 614-416-7625, www.shadowboxlive.org
Details: The troupe revives the holiday musical based on the Dickens fable.
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Sunday, and
2 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Dec 29, plus 7:30?p.m. Dec. 26
Tickets: $30, or $20 for students, those 55 and older and active military personnel, $10 for children younger than 12A Christmas Carol
CATCO, Riffe Center�s Studio One Theatre, 77 S. High St.
Contact: 614-469-0939, www.catcoistheatre.org
Details: A few actors play all the characters in a new adaptation of the Dickens tale by Patrick Barlow with puppets, masks and music.
Showtimes: 11 a.m. Wednesday and Dec. 11 and 18; 7:30 p.m. next Thursday; 8 p.m. Dec. 6-7, 12-14 and 19-21; and 2 p.m. Dec. 8, 15 and 22
Tickets: $45, or $11.50 for Wednesday matineesThe Holiday Lunchbox
Shadowbox Live, 503 S. Front St.
Contact: 614-416-7625, www.shadowboxlive.org
Details: The troupe offers a 45-minute lunch show with holiday sketches and songs.
Showtimes: noon Tuesdays through Fridays through Dec. 20
Tickets: $10, or $5 for students, those 55 and older and active military membersMiracle on 34th Street
Ohio University Lancaster
Theatre, Wagner Theatre, 1570 Granville Pike,
Contact: 740-654-6711, Ext. 650; www.ohio.edu/lancaster
Details: The stage version of the classic 1947 film affirms that Santa Claus is real.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m.
Dec 5-7 and 2 p.m. Dec. 8
Tickets: $10 to $12Charles Dickens� A Christmas Carol
Columbus Civic Theater, 3837 Indianola Ave.
Contact: 614-447-7529, www.columbuscivic.org
Details: Ben Gorman adapts the Dickens novella about a miserly old man�s conversion into a generous mensch.
Showtimes: 8 p.m. Dec. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21; and 2 p.m. Dec. 8, 15 and 22
Tickets: $17.50 to $20That�s So Retro Holiday Special
GCP Players, Carriage Place Theatre Program, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
Contact: 614-645-3715, www.gcpplayers.com
Details: In the musical comedy, three misguided children get sucked into the TV airwaves, where classic sitcoms teach them the true meaning of the holidays.
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Dec. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Dec. 8
Tickets: $5, or $3 for students and senior citizens, free for children 12 and youngerChristmas at the Palace 2013
Marion Palace Theatre,
276 W. Center St., Marion
Contact: 740-383-2101, www.marionpalace.org
Details: The community production offers a holiday show with more than 400 people in choirs, dances, instrumental ensembles and scenes of the season.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Dec.?6-7 and 2 p.m. Dec. 8
Tickets: $17 to $22, or $12 for children 12 and youngerA Christmas Carol
Hilliard Arts Council, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church,
4066 Main St., Hilliard
Contact: 614-527-4407, www.hilliardartscouncil.org
Details: The fourth annual Hilliard community event, which assists area nonprofit agencies, offers the Dickens tale in a historic Hilliard church.
Showtimes: 2, 4 and 7 p.m. Dec. 7
Admission: free; donations encouraged of $5, five nonperishable food items for Hilliard Welfare or a new toy for Firefighters for KidsSongs of the Season
Short North Stage, Garden Theater�s Green Room,
1187 N. High St.
Contact: 614-725-4042, www.shortnorthstage.org
Details: Some of Columbus�s favorite musical-theater performers, dancers and comedians celebrate the holidays in a revue.
Showtimes: 8 p.m.
Dec. 12-14 and 19-21, and
3 p.m. Dec. 15 and 22
Tickets: $15 to $18That Special Joy
Mine 4 God Productions, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
Contact: 614-302-6681, www.mine4godproductions.com
Details: The holiday musical by Julie Whitney Scott centers on foster children forced to put on a Christmas party for residents of a nursing home.
Showtimes: 6:30 p.m. Dec.?14
Tickets: $10, or $5 for children 16 and younger

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Sake brewery
Bernard Weil, Chief Photographer/Multimedia
What better assignment than the opening of a brewery to get out the lights and shoot stills for a change. This one however, is a sake brewery. The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, in downtown Toronto's Distillery Historic District, is a first for the city and indeed for all of eastern North America. I'm no sake connoisseur, but after the sample I had (yes, a small one), I'll be making a trip back after opening day, April 29, to the public to grab a few gift bottles.
Holding a glass of sake, master brewer Yoshiko Takahashi is framed by large moromi tanks, where the unpressed moromi ferments.
Bottles of sake await the pasteurization process.
Kaz Hayashi inspects specially grown calrose rice used in the brewing of sake. The water comes from a spring near Huntsville Ontario.
Kaz Hayashi looks into one of the large moromi tanks, where the unpressed moromi ferments for 20 days.
Master brewer Yoshiko Takahashi balances precariously as she repositions sake bags in a press, with the help of Kai Kitajima.
Master brewer Yoshiko Takahashi grabs a sake bag from Kai Kitajima to place inside the press. The sake pours out into the container below where it will be further refined. The leftover product in the bags will be used to make salad dressing, ice cream and crackers.
Samples of fermenting sake, or unpressed moromi, are set aside for testing.
Yoshiko Takahashi measure the specific gravity and alcohol content of sake.
Kai Kitajima manually caps each bottle of sake.
The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company is located in downtown Toronto's Distillery Historic District.


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Bear scares trick-or-treaters in Longwood
Residents report bear sighting on Halloween
LONGWOOD, Fla. – A bear sighting spooked a Longwood neighborhood Halloween night.
A man who saw the bear told Local 6's Kristin Giannas it happened as children were trick-or-treating.
The witness, who asked not to be identified, said he was passing out candy at his home on Earleaf Court when four terrified teenagers pushed their way into his house. He said he then spotted a large bear in his driveway.
According to the man, the bear apparently walked inside his garage and took a bucket filled with dog food.
The trick-or-treaters hid in the house until the bear ran off into the woods, the witness said.
"You never know what's going to happen. You don't know what they're going to do," said Marti Reid, who was driving her trick-or-treaters door to door.
One parent told Local 6 that the bear was at least 5 feet tall and has been in the neighborhood for a while.
"I was like, 'Guys, let's go,' and it was like, huge," said one trick-or-treater.
No one was injured.
Neighbors said they have called the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the bear before but were told the agency can't do anything about it because the neighborhood borders the Wekiva Preserve.
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text: First Grade Garden graciously allowed me to share a printable I made to go along with her anchor chart. I was so busy my first week that I never got around do doing this activity with the kids, so I'm saving it for one of those days when I think they need a big reminder about being good listeners. Also, I may tie it in with a writing lesson on labeling. Click the image to download this document.


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Using our new Nutrislice website, you can now easily view more information about what is on the school menu for breakfast and lunch each day. Parents and staff will now be able to see a description and nutrient information for each food item. This information is also available on our mobile app so users can get information when they need it, where they need it. Our innovative and interactive site makes our school menus more convenient and informative then ever before.
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Well, it's October, and the new fall television season is well underway.
Hip, hip, hooray, right?
Well, not really.
It sure isn't like it was back in the day when I was a kid. Back then, the new fall television season was something to get excited about. All summer we'd see promos for the fall shows, the returning shows and the brand new shows.
I would be so excited. I remember eagerly waiting for my mom to come home from her regular Thursday morning grocery shopping trip with the fall preview edition of TV Guide. It was thick and full of juicy details. I'd pore over what would be happening with the returning shows, which stars were leaving and upcoming plot twists.
And I'd pore over the new shows. Boy, it was exciting! Would this show disappear barely before it began, or would it become a new favorite?
It was great fun.
I'm not sure when things began to change. I know when I went off to college, I went almost the whole year without watching any TV. I sure didn't have a portable set, and it seemed there were always other things to do.
By the time I was graduated and married and raising a family of my own, there were other differences.
Instead of the Big Three networks I had grown up with, there were all these new cable stations that other people were watching.
I never got into HBO or Showtime, and all of those series unfolded without me watching.
Nowadays, the new programs seem to just start appearing. I stumbled on the last episode of "Grey's Anatomy," so I did look forward to the beginning of the new season of that show.
I haven't seen too many new series yet, but the quality of the new shows seems all over the board.
"Partners" and "Guys with Kids" will probably not be watched again, but "Elementary," the newest adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, has me a little intrigued.
Without a doubt, the new show I find most interesting is the one that was hyped the most during the Olympics.
Have you seen "Revolution?" It's about what happens to the world when the power goes out, and doesn't come back on.
I've driven the streets of Princeton during two recent power outages. Most people seem to stay home, and police officers take the place of the stoplights.
But what if the power didn't come back on? How long would it take for people to panic and begin raiding the local stores?
Would we turn on each other, or would we work together?
Would residents who own guns protect or take advantage of those who didn't?
And could I really shoot a crossbow?
They're all interesting questions, and so far, "Revolution" seems to be doing a fine job of asking them.
So I'll keep watching, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel, as we used to say in the old days.
BCR Staff Writer Barb Kromphardt can be reached at email@example.com.


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In 1881, Frederick Douglass published a revised version of his autobiography, the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. In it, he was very critical of Robert C. Winthrop's role during the Civil War, but in this March 1882 letter to Winthrop's son, Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., Douglass apologizes for the "injustice" he had done to the elder Winthrop's reputation, and promised to "redress this wrong" in future editions of his Life and Times.
In his memoirs, Douglass recollected that in 1865, he had shared a speaking platform at Faneuil Hall in Boston with Winthrop to celebrate the capture of Richmond and the collapse of the Confederacy. Douglass wrote scornfully of Winthrop's late "conversion" to the Union cause during the Civil War. He compared the "aristocratic" Winthrop, a former speaker of the house and senator in the United Sates Congress, unfavorably to the late Henry Wilson, a rough-hewn shoemaker who had risen up to represent Massachusetts in the senate and who died in office as vice president of the United States. Douglass reflected that while:
Regiment after regiment, brigade after brigade, had passed over Boston Common to endure the perils and hardships of war... a word from Winthrop [a celebrated public speaker] would have gone far to nerve up those young soldiers going forth to lay down their lives for the life of the republic; [but] no word came. Yet now, in the last quarter of the eleventh hour, when the day's work was near done, Robert C. Winthrop was seen standing upon the same platform with the veteran Henry Wilson.
Unfortunately, Douglass' opinion of Winthrop had been shaped by the latter's opposition to the anti-slavery movement and his support for George B. McClellan in the 1864 presidential election, rather than Winthrop's actual role as a strong supporter of the Union cause. In fact, Winthrop had done exactly what Douglass accused him of not doing; he had delivered speeches when Massachusetts regiments received their colors or departed for the front.
As the letter indicates, an examination of Winthrop's published speeches made this point clear and Douglass, true to his word, revised his text, first by adding a chapter note apologizing for his mischaracterization of Winthrop, and later by substantially modifying--reversing--his description of Winthrop's role during the Civil War in later editions of his Life and Times:
For, when the Union needed him, and all others, as the slaveholding rebellion was raising its defiant head...the beloved Winthrop, the proud representative of what Daniel Webster once called the "solid men of Boston," showed that he was not prepared to sacrifice his patriotism to party. He made the loyal cause his own.
Douglass did retain an ironic anecdote about how, twenty-five years before they spoke together in Boston, during Douglass' fugitive slave days in New Bedford, he had been a waiter at a dinner for Winthrop. In his diary, Winthrop recorded his impression of the 1865 Faneuil Hall program: while he did not believe that he had ever seen Douglass before, he thought that Douglass had done well. "It was an odd company for me," the conservative Winthrop wrote, "but I can rejoice at the success of Union arms in any company."
Frederick Douglass
After escaping from slavery in 1838, twenty-year-old Frederick Bailey settled in New Bedford where he took the name Douglass to conceal his identity as a fugitive slave, although he soon became an active abolitionist and antislavery lecturer. The publication of his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845, and a subsequent tour of Europe brought him international celebrity; see the online display of a photograph of Frederick Douglass. In 1847 Douglass moved to Rochester, New York, where he published the abolitionist journal, the North Star, but he retained strong personal and political connections to the Bay State, and returned to Boston many times. During the Civil War, he served as a recruiting agent for Massachusetts when it became the first state to enlist African-American soldiers in the North; two of his sons served in the famous Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment.
Robert C. Winthrop
Born in Boston in 1809, Robert C. Winthrop was a direct descendent of a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor John Winthrop. A graduate of Harvard College, Winthrop studied law with Daniel Webster. He served in the Massachusetts legislature before his election in 1840 to the House of Representatives in the United States Congress. In 1847, he became Speaker of the House, even though his compromise stand on the extension of slavery to the Western territories had divided the Whig Party. In 1850, Winthrop was appointed to fill Daniel Webster's seat in the United States Senate, but the Massachusetts legislature, like the country, had become bitterly divided over slavery, and refused to re-elect him to the Senate, or to elect him governor when he did not receive a majority of the popular vote in the 1851 gubernatorial contest.
Although he did not seek political office again, Winthrop remained active in public life as a public speaker, antiquarian, and philanthropist. After the Civil War, he promoted education in the South through the Peabody Education Fund; Winthrop University, founded as a training school for teachers in Rocky Point, South Carolina, is named for him. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society from 1839 until his death in 1894, serving as president of the Society for thirty years.
Further Reading
Douglass, Frederick. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. Hartford: Park Publishing Co., 1881.
Douglass, Frederick. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, From 1817 to 1882, Written by Himself. London: Christian Age Office, 1882.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Written by Himself. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
Mayo, Lawrence S. The Winthrop Family in America. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1948.
Winthrop, Robert C. Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1852-1886. 4 vol.; vol. 2 contains Winthrop's Civil War speeches.
Winthrop, Robert C., Jr. A Memoir of Robert C. Winthrop. Prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1897.


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Friday, October 28, 2005
We will be discussing the definition and the origins of The Devil, and beliefs about the little split-footed demon. Why are so many seperate characters attributed to the same creature? Maybe we'll find out!
The show will be ready for download at our site Saturday evening. After that, be sure to tune into the Live Show on Freethought Radio at 2 pm Eastern STANDARD time on Sunday, October 30. Don't forget we go back to standard time at 2 am Sunday morning! We'll be talking about more news stories, and playing more inexcusable music! Be sure to join us in the chatroom.
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- Thomas said...
I'm of two minds about Big Red Guy. On the hand, as Greg Egan points out in his short story, "Oracle," Satanism is completely ridiculous. "You have to be doubly foolish to be a Satanist... Not only do you need to believe all the nonsense of Christian theology, you then have to turn around and back the preordained, guaranteed-to-fail, absolutely futile losing side." Furthermore, occultists of every description (I don't leave Anton LaVey off the hook here) are even more credulous than their establishment religion counterparts, because they go out of their way to pick up their crap ideas, instead of just aborbing cultural orthodoxies by osmosis.
Christopher Hitchens has wittily oberved that even though Christianity and Satanism are both irrational, there's a bit more empirical evidence for the Devil. That's true in its own way, but if he was an orthodox Christian he would understand that Satan has no power over the material world. Everytime a wall of water wipes out Sri Lankan villages, or a church full of children putting on a Christmas pageant collapses -- that's not Satan's doing, that's God's hand at work. He is the real monster.
That's why all people who are intelligent enough to realize that both God and Satan are fictional characters still root for the underdog when they read the vast drug-induced epic of the Bible. Satan is the only guy in the whole book who asks the tough questions, and stands firm in his opposition to the Divine Brute. Even Milton, when remaking the Christian mythology into the vastly improved tale known as Paradise Lost, cast Satan as Hamlet with wings and the body of a Hollywood sex god. His Satan is H-O-T hot and a rebel with most excellent causes. He is the hero of the book, whether Milton himself realized this or not.
"Non serviam, baby!"
- Hellbound Alleee said...
Actually, LaVeyan Satanists have it right about Satan. As I point out in my show, Satan was never one personality. Satan was always an angel sent by God to do his bidding. The name Satan means adversary. Satanism does not hold satan as a red devil personality, but as an adversary of christianity. However, I would have to say that Satan is only an adversary in later Christian liturgy from 1000 plus years after the supposed death of Christ. Christian/Jewish scripture does not have Satan as a personality named Satan or Lucifer. This is my current position on this, but it may change the more I read.
There only is a Lucifer who was a Roman god, and there only was a Helel who was a Babylonian one. Only Helel really resembles the Lucifer of ex-christian liturgy. "Satan" only is "a satan" who is an adversary of the one God sent it to bother.
Some satanists do believe magical nonsense. But they are not believers in the One Satan.
- Mark Plus said...
The satan myth raises more questions about the god myth than christians want to contemplate. For example, consider the claim that god created satan "good," whatever that means, but satan chose to become evil and rebel against god's authority in heaven. If satan set this precedent, what keeps the saints in heaven from likewise choosing to rebel against god?
- Hellbound Alleee said...
...in other words, there is no Satan in the bible that stands against God.
The "Beast" of Revelation stands for what really stood against Christianity at the time: Rome. The entire book of Revelation of course is apocalyptic literature--which held the tradition of symbolic writing. Also,neither the "antichrist" nor the serpent were supposed to be "the satan."
- Hellbound Alleee said...
It never was Satan that rebelled in heaven as an angel. That angel always did god's bidding. The story of the fallen angel, Helel, belongs to Babylonian mythology. As I mention in the show. Anyway...;)
- breakerslion said...
Every super hero has to have a super villian, it's a literary law. If your heros and villians aren't exciting enough, go dig in the garbage bin and recycle someone else's plots. You would think that a myth, having been exploded once, would either stay dead, or point to the made-up nature of the recycler's story, but NOOOOO! The sly story teller will just explain that the earlier myth was started by people who misinterpreted what they were seeing, unlike the Official USDA-approved corn-fed version of the story that you are now hearing! (sleeep, Sleeeeep!)
The whole mess, regardless of what religion you are discussing, is an incredible pastiche. To believe reminds me of the silly human habit of continuing to flick a light switch upon entering a room, in the midst of a power failure. Mark Plus' worrying about the saints in heaven rebelling is a case in point. The Titans have been put to rest, the Pantheon of Roman gods have gone the same way, but the Pantheon of Saints are right there to fill the void. If the angels rebelled, if there was a garden with a serpent, if humans defied god, then it was as the god intended, or else the god made some serious mistakes and therefore is not perfect. If it was as the god intended, then why did it get so pissed off about it? None of it ever made any sense, and neither does flicking a light switch in a blackout.
- Thomas said...
Hellbound Alleee said:...in other words, there is no Satan in the bible that stands against God.
I'm no Bible scholar (God forbid), but I'm only aware of two places in the Bible where Satan makes an appearance. First in the Book of Job, where Satan appears as a sort of heckler in God's court, and pisses God off so much that God sends Satan off to ruin Job's life just to try and disprove Satan's point. The book is a little ambiguous, but I think Satan does show up God: Job gets depressed and curses the day he was born, and God has to descend from the whirlwind and throw a tantrum. Satan, in this case, really is just an angel of the Lord, doing God's bidding, but asking God the tough questions. The other time Satan shows up is in the desert to tempt Jesus. That's kind of a weird scene. I wonder what would have happened if Jesus took Satan up on his offer? Probably a half-hour of comic mishaps, before Jesus learns his lesson, and receives a stern but loving reprimand from his father, followed by warm laughter and applause from the studio audience. They should have focus grouped this stuff.
Satan never makes an appearance in the Garden of Eden. That was a serpent. It's amazing to me how "literalist" Christians can add so much metaphor and supposition to the Biblical text. Milton and everybody else assumed that Satan entered the serpent. Nope, it's just a snake, and the whole point of the story was to give a dopey just-so account of why serpents bite people on the ankles, and why people step on their heads. As if it could be otherwise.
Breakerslion said: The sly story teller will just explain that the earlier myth was started by people who misinterpreted what they were seeing, unlike the Official USDA-approved corn-fed version of the story that you are now hearing!
That reminds me of something C. S. Lewis said in response to the so-called anthropological critique of Christianity: you know, the fact there were a whole bunch of pre-Christian cults centered around dying and resurrected gods and sons of gods -- Mithras, Dionysius, Adonis -- and that early Christians simply borrowed this motif for their own purposes. Lewis's response was that mythology is always a blurred reflection of divine reality, and that as the birth of christ approached, the blurred vision came slowly into focus, giving rise to Messianic faiths of the pre-Christian era. Don't you just love nonfalsifiable propositions?
Mark Plus said: If satan set this precedent, what keeps the saints in heaven from likewise choosing to rebel against god?
The question is, how could they possibly avoid it? A century or two of seeing God's face and singing hosannas in his honor might be enough to bring freaks like Padre Pio and Mother Angelica to climax, but trust me, that would get old long before eternity was over with. Soon all the Catholic pantheon (or the Mormons, or the 144,000 redeemed Jehovah's Witnesses) will be getting restive.
Meanwhile, I'll be hanging out in Hell with Voltaire and Mark Twain and my whole atheist family. It could be worse!
- Hellbound Alleee said...
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. What I meant to communicate is that Satan is not a name. It is a description."
My claim is that there is not supposed to be one individual named satan. However, God has interacted with satans, and used them for his purposes, in the scriptures. The satan of job may or may not be the same satan that "tempted Jesus," and both were sent by God for his purposes.
- Thomas said...
Oh, I see now. I should look into this matter more -- I'm not much of a demonologist. I've read several of Elaine Pagels' books on the origins of Christianity, and I hear that she has another one on the origins of Satan. I'd be interested to check it out.
One thing that intrigues me about Christianity is that early Christians, and the Jews before them, did believe in the literal existence of the rival gods of their neighbours -- they simply believed they were demons. Baal/Beelzebub is a well-known one. So is Moloch. Less well known is that the Jews of the Herodian era also believed in the Greek gods -- as demons.
They're still at it today -- witness their hostility to Halloween and sundry pagan delights. Their paranoia isn't helped by the rise of a dopey neo-pagan movement that also takes this crap seriously. If I had to choose between Christianity and the Hellenistic religion, I'd obviously go with the Greeks, with their openminded poetic fancies and their hot gay sex. Still, I'd prefer over either of these strenuous atheistical materialism and pedantic anti-faith activism. The truth is too important to let slide even for a bunch of cute elf-worshippers (or warmed over Crowleyan occultists).
- Hellbound Alleee said...
Yeah, I really make more sense on the show about Satan.
But there is a really interesting conversation going on in the next post...


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On your SoundLink® speaker, press and briefly hold the Bluetooth® button until the Bluetooth® light starts flashing blue slowly
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Note: You might need to choose "Search or "Scan" in the device's Bluetooth® settings before the SoundLink® speaker appears.
If the Bluetooth® device asks for a passcode, enter it if you created one. If you never created a passcode, enter 0000 (four zeros) and press "OK."
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TRENTON (AP) - A northern New Jersey man is among 32 American students selected as the newest Rhodes Scholars.
The prestigious award won by Phillip Yao of North Caldwell provides him with a scholarship for study at Oxford University in England. The winners were selected from 838 applicants endorsed by 302 different colleges and universities.
Yao is a senior at Harvard University, where he majors in physics and minors in philosophy. He's also a poet and pianist who has mentored students in New York City's 'Prep for Prep' program.
Yao also worked in the New York City mayor's office on a new computer science curriculum and founded a virtual library for over a million students in Mumbai while on a summer fellowship.
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Past Imperfect: The Reign of Doughnut ManPosted by JWeill on February 3rd, 2011
Past Imperfect is a new series focusing on the history of the game. Every Thursday, RTC contributor JL Weill (@AgonicaBoss) highlights some piece of historical arcana that may (or may not) be relevant to today's college basketball landscape. This week: the sine-wave career arc of Doughnut Man.
It's still one of the NCAA tournament's most indelible moments: disheveled Princeton coach Pete Carril grinning in disbelief moments after his backdoor-cutting Tigers stunned defending national champion UCLA in the first round of the 1996 NCAA tournament. Replayed over and over through the years, the moment resonates because it captures the essence of what college basketball's great March tradition is all about: little guy beats big guy, Cinderella at the dance, etc. But lost in all those good vibes for the white-haired coaching legend is that the other side in that game, the losing coach seen congratulating Carril on his career-defining victory, in its own way represents college basketball, too. In many ways, perhaps more so.
No one fathomed at the time that the upset loss would be Jim Harrick's last as head coach of the UCLA Bruins. A year removed from the school's first national title in two decades, flush with a contract extension, with a bevy of blue chip recruits on the verge of replenishing his team's talent level for years to come, Harrick looked to have it all working. Then, in the course of a few months, it was all over. Harrick was out. Assistant Steve Lavin, with no head coaching experience at all, was in as interim coach.
How did it all go south so quickly? The answer is a tale of two coaches, of lies and deception, of risks taken and undying myths writ large. It's an ugly story, without much grace and lacking humility. It is, in short, the story of college basketball at the highest levels.
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It is amusing now to go back and look at statements of outrage former coach Jim Harrick made about his abrupt dismissal by UCLA in 1996. At the time, Harrick was the man who'd brought UCLA back from the ether. The West Virginian had been all smiles hoisting the national championship trophy along with Ed O'Bannon, Tyus Edney and the victorious Bruins. And rightfully so. Harrick had taken a job a slew of previous coaches had tried to tame and done the only thing he'd been hired to do: win a national title again. Favorite sons Walt Hazzard, Gary Cunningham and Larry Farmer didn't do it. Future coaching legends Gene Bartow and Larry Brown couldn't do it, either. But the onetime UCLA assistant – the guy who never even played college basketball – did it. And he did it his own way, with style.


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I've got a just-because-I-felt-like-it styling for you today! Have a look:
Colchester Jacket – $118
Ottomon Poppies Tank – $178
Yumi Skirt (navy) – $88
Tack Room Platforms – $498
Transatlantic Bag – $228
Euclidean Bangles – $38
This is one chic look. Although, overall, it may seem simple, this look is really all in the details. The pencil skirt is spiced up with some origami-like detailing; the top has such cute, subtle cut-outs (see picture below); the bag has delicate topstitching; and the bracelet is really a bunch of bangles with different shapes. It's small things like this that add an unbelieveable amount of interest to an otherwise simple – in basic silhouette – look. And even with those details, this look still maintains a classic feel.
(notice the cut-outs?!)
*I know I've said this before with other stylings, but can't you see Anh rocking a look like this?!
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It's one of the toughest shots for most amateurs to hit -- the dreaded long iron. One of the biggest problems people have with the long irons is a misconception on what makes a good long iron shot. Here are a few keys to remember to help you hit consistent long iron shots.
As courses get longer, hitting consisten long irons is a must for players on Tour.
1.) Remember that long irons still have plenty of loft. It is important to concentrate on "striking" the ball rather than "scooping."
2.) It is critical to hit the ball solid with your long irons.
3.) Using a longer club creates the tendency of a harder swing. It is important to create effortless club head speed with your long iron swings.
There are a couple of simple drills you should practice to improve your long iron play.
a.) Practice swinging with your right arm only. This will create a consistent swing path and allow you to strike the ball more consistently.
b.) Another drill to practice is to take about a 75% backswing, accelerate through the ball, and finish your follow-through at 50%. This will create greater club head speed through the hitting zone, rather than using energy on a long follow-through, after the ball has been struck.
Try these tips and you'll see positive results soon. Good luck!
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The Brickyard Pub & BBQ, 432 Center St., in Lewiston, is hosting its 15th annual Celebrity Bartending Night from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug 23.
This year's bartenders include Andrew Peters, Buffalo Sabres alumnus; Kevin Sylvester, Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network; Adam Benigni, Lydia Dominick and Kristy Mazurek from WGRZ-TV Channel 2; John Percy of the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.; Craig Avery, Niagara Hub; David Karwick, Key Investment Services; Annette Tomlin, First Niagara Bank; Jessica Strenkoski, M&T Bank; Tracy Paonessa, VIP Pharmaceuticals and Joshua Maloni, Niagara Frontier Publications/www.wnypapers.com, along with many other local celebrities.
Tickets will be available at the door for $10 each and include a high-end basket auction with most items valued at $150 each; split-club drawing, door prizes throughout; and finger foods.
Lakeside Blues Duo will provide live music on the patio. There will also be a live auction of a Buffalo Sabres "Media Game Day Experience."
All proceeds and tips benefit programs and services provided to individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities through Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara. For additional information or to donate, call 297-6400, ext. 335, or email [email protected].
The mission of the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation is to provide a long-term source of financial support that ensures people with developmental disabilities have opportunities toward independence and integration within the community.


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I recieved a warning in my e-mail from our security department this morning.
If you happen to receive an e-mail from Best Buy concerning an order that was placed using your credit card information DO NOT respond to it as it did not come from Best BUY.
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Taylor Lautner is very happy he gets to hack off his hair in "New Moon."
He donned a long wig for his role as Jacob Black in "Twilight" and the first part of the sequel — due in theaters next Friday — but he opts for a shorter style during much of the new movie.
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"I would not want that hair," he told the Boston Globe. "When I looked at myself in the mirror, I couldn't even recognize myself."
The young star also admitted he wasn't much of a reader — until he discovered Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga" series, on which the films are based.
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"As a matter of fact, I was not a book reader at all," Taylor said. "The only books I ever read were the ones I was forced to in school. But when I started reading this book series, I fell in love with the characters and started turning the pages one after another. It was crazy. I never thought I could do that. But I love this story. This franchise has everything in it: Romance, obviously, action, suspense. It has a dark side to it."
And all those elements, he said, will be showcased in the big screen adaptation of "New Moon."
"The fans are passionate about the book and all they want is those words on the pages brought up on the screen for them to watch," Taylor said. "We want to stay as close to the books as possible."
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"New Moon" is due on November 20.
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CHICAGO--All Metra trains will be equipped with automatic external defibrillators by the end of January, officials announced on Thursday.
The easy-to-use, automated device helped a Naperville woman save two lives at the fitness center were she works.
The latest involved a man who collapsed face first on a treadmill after going into cardiac arrest. Tracy Trimble got some help rolling the man over, then she performed CPR and chest compressions. And with the defibrillator, she brought the man back to life.
"His body jolted and the machine told me to continue CPR, so I continued," she said. "And I gave one last breath and all of a sudden miraculously, he was awake again."
Trimble says she sees the man at the gym every so often: "He's a big Italian guy so he gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek every time he sees me."
Trimble's heroic efforts might become more commonplace come next year, as Metra finishes adding AEDs to its railcars.
The defibrillators are being placed near the bathrooms in all cab cars for the 10 Metra lines that use diesel locomotives. For Metra's Electric Line, they're being placed near the engineer compartment of every odd-numbered car. On Metra's newest Highliner cars, they'll be located near the bathroom on every odd-numbered car.
To know whether an AED is on your car, look for a sticker near the door featuring an AED sign with a heart. When the latch to the device is opened, Metra staff showed, a loud siren goes off until the defibrillator is back in place.
At a press conference Thursday morning at Millennium Station, an AED expert showed onlookers how the defibrillator is used. Via a recording, it tells you exactly where to place the pads and when to conduct chest compressions and it even analyzes whether or not the victim needs an electric shock.
About 1,000 people in America have heart attacks every day. And about 50,000 will be saved by using AEDs, according to the American Red Cross.
"Bystanders can save the lives of their fellow citizens," said Dr. Amer Aldeen, director of the Chicago Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Education Service. "Performing chest compressions and using AEDs can almost triple survival rates for someone in cardiac arrest."
Gov. Pat Quinn said his goal is to get AEDs in as many public spaces as possible to make the state leaders in the field.
"We want to make AEDs as common as fire extinguishers in the course of our daily lives, whether it be a school or another public place, or traveling," Quinn said. "That's how you really have great public health, preventing bad things from happening in the first place. We don't want people to die from sudden cardiac arrest, and we can prevent that with an AED."
An RTA grant will cover the cost of purchasing the 300 AEDs from Cardiac Science Corporation. Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine is sponsoring the defibrillators to help offset the costs of traning about 1,000 Metra employees. The sponsorship also includes maintenance of the machines for five years.
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Nashville --- After fulfilling the transfer requirements, Briana Morrow will make her debut as a member of the Tennessee State University women's basketball team.
Morrow, a 5-11 former standout for Jacksonville State, will make her debut on Sunday afternoon when the Lady Tigers host Martin Methodist at home in the Gentry Center.
"I'm very excited about Briana Morrow joining our team," commented head coach Larry Inman. "She's a Nashville native that I think the community will be proud to come watch. She brings a wealth of talent as a basketball player and she's a great young lady with a very promising future. She has the ability to play two or three different positions which will give us more depth and versatility. With her as an addition, it will surely enhance our program."
The daughter of former TSU Lady Tiger basketball player, Darlene (Crawley) Morrow, Briana transferred mid-way through last season after playing 14 games of her sophomore season at Jacksonville State.
As a freshman, she led JSU in scoring with 11.4 ppg while averaging 7.5 rebounds per outing. She was named to the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team and was tabbed the league's Freshman of the Week four times. She finished the season ranked third in the OVC in field goal percentage and 14th in scoring.


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Velocity Solutions necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We have been running a radio show here in Australia which is currently called - "The Wild Revolution Radio Show"
It was initially called just "The Revolution Radio Show".
We are now looking at re branding it as "The Radio Revolution" Radio show and looking for a completely NEW and Fresh/exciting logo.
Website and Flash banner artwork requirements will be required once we find the perfect logo.
Velocicty Solutions Group Design
- "The Radio Revolution" or "Radio Revolution" Logo RequiredWould like to Incorporate the Original "Revolution Star" in the logo if possible. here is the link:
Here is a description of what the Radio Show is:
Here is a link to an image someone from the Radio Station designed just for a presentation (in case it gives you any creative ideas...
Here is the old Wild Revolution Logo (just for your information):
It is worth noting that the "Radio Revolution" radio show will be aired across Australia on the radio network owned by Macquarie Media.
Their website (in case the colours give you any creative ideas) is: http://www.theradio.com.au
I know I have supplied quite a few links above with a fair bit of information but the key things I would like you to remember when designing this new logo are:
(i) This is for a National Radio Show;
(ii) We are attempting to "REVOLUTIONISE" AUSTRALIAN RADIO" - hence "Radio Revolution" ....for example one of the voice overs in our radio show at the beginning of the show says...
"Something is happening to Australian Radio....The Radio Revolution is HERE!"
Note:- Here is an old Flash File from when we first started the radio show 5 years ago. If you can view this flash file and listen carefully to the music and the lyrics you will hear something like what we are trying to start fresh again...Revolutionising Radio and It's about the music and the DJs...
Any questions please email me at email@example.com
- Logo and associated Colours/Fonts for "Radio Revolution"FRESH - EYE CATCHING AND REVOLUTIONARY PLEASE !!
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text: If I Fell song If I fell in love with you, Would you promise to be true And help me understand? 'Cause I've been in love before And I found that love was more Than just holding hands. If I give my heart to you, I must be sure From the very start that you Would love me more than her. If I trust in you, oh please, Don't run and hide If I love you too, oh please, Don't hurt my pride like her. 'Cause I couldn't stand the pain. And I would be sad if our new love Was in vain. So I hope you see that I Would love to love you. And that she will cry When she learns we are two. 'Cause I couldn't stand the pain. And I would be sad if our new love Was in vain. So I hope you see that I Would love to love you. And that she will cry When she learns we are two. If I fell in love with you. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2010) "If I Fell" Song by the Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night Released 10 July 1964 Recorded 27 February 1964,EMI Studos, London Genre Pop Length 2:22 Label Parlophone Writer Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin A Hard Day's Night track listing 13 tracks Side one "A Hard Day's Night" "I Should Have Known Better" "If I Fell" "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" "And I Love Her" "Tell Me Why" "Can't Buy Me Love" Side two "Any Time at All" "I'll Cry Instead" "Things We Said Today" "When I Get Home" "You Can't Do That" "I'll Be Back" "If I Fell" Single by The Beatles from the album 'Something New' A-side "And I Love Her" Released 20 July 1964 Label Capitol The Beatles singles chronology "I Feel Fine" (UK-1964) — "A Hard Day's Night" (US-1964) "If I Fell" (UK-1964) — "And I Love Her" / "If I Fell" (US-1964) "Ticket to Ride" (UK-1965) — "I'll Cry Instead" (US-1964) "If I Fell" is a song by the Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom and on the North American album Something New. It was written primarily by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. If I Fell (AHDN) ©1964 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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As Times media reporter David Carr notes in Andrew Rossi's new documentary, "Page One: Inside The New York Times," people have been speculating about the death of The New York Times pretty much since its birth, more than 150 years ago.
Still, the advent of digital media has made Chicken Littles out of most everyone over the age of 40 in the media business. Ask a musician, photographer, writer, reporter, filmmaker about the advent of the iPod, Twitter, Facebook, and the like and you're bound to get a certain amount of teeth-gnashing. But what these folks are really worried about is not the future of news or photography or music—they're worried about how they're going to make money in this new environment, which, hey is a perfectly legitimate concern.
Again, however, as Carr notes, "I've been a single parent on welfare—this is nothing," when asked if he's concerned about the state of the news media.
Throughout the film, Carr's ire is raised by any number of interlopers, from the guys at Vice magazine, to Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos to Michael Wolfe, founder of the news aggregator Newser.com. It's Wolfe who is the target of Carr's best zinger, as the venerable Timesman holds up a screenshot of newser's home page with all the stories and photos from outside news source cut out—the piece of paper Carr holds aloft makes lace look sturdy by comparison.
Standing alongside and opposite Carr is Brian Stelter, a formerly anonymous media blogger at Towson State who was uncovered and then recruited by the Times. Watching Stelter work is all you should need to assuage your concerns about the future of newsgathering. Stelter sits at his desk in front of two open laptops, with a TV on while talking on the phone, and he tweets north of three dozen times a day. He is proof that the advent of the digital age is not the death knell for journalism, but the next step forward.
If there's a gaping hole in the narrative of the NYT's tortured transition from old media to new media, it's Rossi and completely ignoring the paper's first, ill-conceived, attempt at putting up a paywall. The move not only angered readers, but briefly took a big bite out of the Grey Lady's cherished importance as other online news sources began linking to the paper less so as not to frustrate their readers with subscription-only links.
Rossi originally set out to make a movie about Carr, the film too often let's the reporter's voice drive the message, Rossi still manages to bring us voices from many sides of the debate, investing "Page One" with a rich and often funny 360-degree view of the growing pains plaguing the media.


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What are Kidney Stones?
Kidney stones are hard deposits that form in the kidneys, made up of minerals that are normally present in urine. They can vary in size, from as small as a grain of sand to as large as a nickel, occasionally even larger. Sometimes they lodge in the kidney, and sometimes they break free and make their way out through the urinary tract, which can be extremely painful.
Kidney stones can be smooth or jagged and are yellow to brown in color. They are mostly comprised of the minerals calcium, oxalate, and phosphorus. Examining the stones to see what they are made of can show what caused the stone to be formed in the first place. For example, a stone made of mostly calcium, which is the most common type, can happen any time the urine becomes too concentrated due to dehydration or a blockage in the kidney. A uric acid stone forms when acid levels in the urine get too high, usually due to excessive consumption of animal protein such as meat and fish. A struvite stone is a sign of certain infections, and a cystine stone can be due to a genetic disorder that raises the risk of kidney stones.
The most common symptom of kidney stones is pain, either in the back or lower abdomen, or severe pain when urinating. There may also be blood in the urine. Treatment for kidney stones depends on how large the stone is. Very small stones can pass out of the body on their own, and they do not require treatment other than drinking adequate water and taking pain killers. Larger stones need to be broken apart and removed. The main treatment options are:
- Shock wave lithotripsy, which uses sound wave vibrations to break apart the stone
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, or the use of a very tiny tool (like a wire inserted through the back) to break apart and remove the stone
- Ureteroscopy, a thin tube inserted through the urethra and bladder to the stone, where tiny tools can grasp the stone and remove it
People who have had one kidney stone are at risk of developing another. To reduce this risk, patients are given instructions specific to the type of stone they developed. Generally the instructions will include drinking more water to dilute the urine, but it may also involve lowering sodium intake or eating less meat.


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I think the neighborhood is going to have a lot more of this as the residential population trends whiter. The Hasidim didn't care what any of the black residents wore as they were very easily distinguished as "other". Now that the neighborhood is filling up with non-religious Sarahs, Rachels and Aarons I expect that the culture wars around dress and modesty (both for guys and girls) are REALLY going to kick off, especially south of EP where the concentrations of Hasidic families are much greater.Here's something funny - yesterday evening I saw a black Orthodox Jewish couple walking west on Eastern Parkway between Classon and Franklin. (I could tell by the way the woman was dressed- modestly with a wig. The guy's tzitzit was visible below the hem of his shirt.)
Don't forget that the Lubavitch own a LOT of the CH properties. Not all, by any means, but a significant amount. The Rebbe told them they should not move away and, in the past 20 years since his death, mostly they haven't. I doubt they're going to start moving now.They'll probably just start moving to and developing in places like Wingate and western Brownsville, where property is still cheap. Just like the Satmars are moving to "New Williamsburg" aka northern Bed-Stuy.
If one believes as she does, then an immodestly dressed woman is a threat to the jewish nation (which can be defined as a the Lubavitch area of Crown Heights, not just Israel), as well as those who care about it and defend it.
Modest dress prepares one for the arrival of the messiah/Moshiach, which is believed to only happen when jews are prepared for it.
In believing that one's manner of dress protects soldiers actively fighting for Israel, she (and I suspect other Lubavitch) view god as being very interventionist and responsive to human actions.
...which seems to be an inherent part of all highly religious groups.
When I left my house this morning, I found a couple of 5 x 7 glossy cards on my front steps and noticed that they seem to have been left on all the front steps as I walked over to Kingston Ave. I did not check any further since I had a bus to catch to my dental appointment.In any case, they are in color and have the same design and text, front and back:AttentionLove & RespectDear Resident, Guest, VisitorPlease dress modestly as this is a Jewish neighborhoodThank you for respecting our neighborhoodThe visual includes a few clouds, two of which are in the form of hearts, seemingly set on a blue sky, with some grass along the bottom edge.I have to say, I find this extensive distribution of the message rather disturbing. While I am Jewish and there are a lot of Jews living here. they are certainly not the majority on most of the blocks, so how this is a "Jewish neighborhood" I don't know. Even if it were, I don't like this politely Taliban-ic message. My guess is that this is not the product of any official Lubavitch board. More likely, this was produced by some local busybodies who think they know what's best for this community.
@morralkan, your guess that this is the work of some local busybodies is accurate. Many, many members of the observant Jewish community are as annoyed about these posters and cards as you are (rightly so) and perhaps most concerned about the negative impression it can make on newcomers to the neighborhood. The average observant Jew you pass on the street does NOT stand behind this.Agree.
@morralkan, your guess that this is the work of some local busybodies is accurate. Many, many members of the observant Jewish community are as annoyed about these posters and cards as you are (rightly so) and perhaps most concerned about the negative impression it can make on newcomers to the neighborhood. The average observant Jew you pass on the street does NOT stand behind this.Closely related topic-


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You probably heard of this Bleach game before, but under the Japanese name Bleach: Soul Ignition. NIS America picked up the rights to Sony's PlayStation 3 Bleach game and It's coming to North America and Europe under the name Bleach: Soul Resurrección.
Bleach: Soul Resurrección has 21 characters locked in a fight with the Arrancar. The list includes Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, and, Toshiro. Villains including Tia, Yammy, and Ulquiorra (Second Release) are playable too. Characters can be customized using a sphere grid style character map, which unlocks new abilities.
Bleach: Soul Resurrección arrives in Japan this June and North America gets the PS3 game in August. A release in Europe will follow in September.


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Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown said Monday he has resigned "in the best interest of the agency and best interest of the president," three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
Brown, under fire for FEMA's performance in the Gulf Coast, said he feared he had become a distraction.
"The focus has got to be on FEMA, what the people are trying to do down there," Brown told The Associated Press.
His decision was not a surprise. Brown was abruptly recalled to Washington on Friday, a clear vote of no confidence from his superiors at the White House and the Homeland Security Department. Brown had been roundly criticized for FEMA's sluggish response to the hurricane, which has caused political problems for Bush and fellow Republicans. He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
The president ducked questions about Brown's resignation. "Maybe you know something I don't know. I've been working," the president said to reporters on an inspection tour of damage in Gulfport, Miss. Bush said he planned to talk with Brown's boss, Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff, from Air Force One on the flight back to Washington.
"There will be plenty of time to figure out what went right and what went wrong," Bush said.
Polls show most Americans believe Bush could have done more to help Katrina's victims, though they also blame leaders of Louisiana and New Orleans. Bush's overall job approval rating is at the lowest point of his presidency.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called Brown's departure long overdue.
"His resignation is the right thing for the country and for the people of the Gulf Coast states," she said in a statement.
Brown, who said he last talked to Bush five or six days ago, said the resignation was his idea. He spoke Saturday to White House chief of staff Andy Card, who did not request his departure, according to Brown.
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Almost all of us — unless you are Native American — had ancestors who immigrated to this continent, some of us not by choice. But the majority who came freely did so with the hope for a better life for their children and grandchildren. That is the foundation of America.
The debate about immigration laws has raged for decades while many immigrants — who are our neighbors, who work in area businesses and are members of our churches — have been stuck in the cycle of poverty. We can argue until we are blue in the face about whether the parents of these children should be punished for their choice of entering the U.S. illegally, but in the meantime, younger generations in Colorado have little, if any, hope for continuing their education beyond high school.
While I was in the state legislature, I voted in favor of bilingual education and later opposed a statewide English-only proposal. Undocumented students are part of our economy, and educating them — and not branding them for speaking other languages — creates an environment for them to be contributing members of our society.
Now, the state legislature has an opportunity to widen that path of education. Senate Bill 15 creates a category of tuition higher than in-state tuition but lower than out-of-state tuition. Under this plan, an undocumented student would pay $11,012 for 30 hours of credit at the University of Colorado Boulder, compared to $9,152 for in-state tuition and $30,330 for out-of-state tuition.
This bill would be the passport to higher education for hundreds, if not thousands, of young adults statewide. Colorado high school students who now see no hope of college because of the financial burden could instead see options. Young adults stuck in minimum-wage jobs could be motivated to go back to school and pursue careers that seemed impossible.
I kept some of the "fan" mail I received during my nearly 30 years in elected offices from residents who disagreed with my opinions. I know that I probably will receive some letters telling me to go back to Africa or better yet to Mexico, since it is closer. Well, I've been to both, and like these undocumented students, Colorado is my home. I truly believe that access to education for all of our children will not only benefit them personally but also benefit everyone who lives here.
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Nothing has changed in mortgage qualification. It's still all about the four C's, though a fifth "C" has made an appearance: character.
A potential home buyer recently walked into our office and said, "I have a 798 credit score. What are you going to do for me?" While this is an excellent starting point, we let the client know that we need to verify income and the ability to make a down payment, and review the property they wish to purchase.
Here's where the C's come into play.
Capacity: Is the client able to make the payment on the proposed transaction? We will review income, W2 forms, tax returns, pay stubs, current housing payments and debts to determine the buyer's loan payment capacity.
Capital: Does the client have a down payment? We review bank statements to verify the borrower's ability to make the down payment and demonstrate their ability to save. Even with low to no down payment programs or transactions, or if the buyer is receiving gift funds for the down payment, we will look at their saving and spending history to determine if they can manage the new payment.
Collateral: The lender will need an appraisal on the purchase property to determine if the collateral will support the mortgage loan. The market value and condition of the property are determined with the appraisal report.
Credit: Great credit and high credit scores have an impact on many transactions. This can include obtaining insurance, employment and all financial transactions. Good credit comes with better rates and terms for consumers in most financial transactions. For mortgage lending, the best rates usually come with credit scores over 740. It can be challenging to obtain a mortgage with a credit score below 620, but credit isn't the only component of the mortgage lending decision.
Character: When reviewing a mortgage application package, underwriters are looking at the consumer as a whole, not just at the individual four C's. With a new approach to credit review called "trending credit," underwriters are not just looking at a credit score, but a borrower's approach to credit and debt management. Underwriters are looking at job stability, professional growth and money management. Although the four C's have been the base line for lending for decades, with the advent of the Internet, lenders have the ability to learn a lot about consumers, the properties they are buying and the nature of the transaction.
Amy Tierce of Newton is regional vice president for Wintrust Mortgage, a mortgage company with branches in MetroWest. She can be reached by phone: 617-308-4870, by email: email@example.com, and online: www.amyrates.com - NMLS #15695.


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The country's news media are in a froth over the lurid, gory details of a bizarre murder case, certainly one of the most sensational in recent times. Luka Rocco Magnotta (a.k.a. Eric Clinton Newman), a 29-year old man from Scarborough, has apparently killed and dismembered 33-year-old Lin Jun, of Wuhan, China. Magnotta is alleged to have stabbed Jun with an ice pick, mutilated and sexually assaulted the cadaver, and then mailed bits of it to the headquarters of the federal Conservative and Liberal parties. Somehow a video of the murder and desecration ended up on a website specialising in "gore"; the site is owned by an Edmonton man, Mark Marek, but its servers are based in the United States.
I won't bore you, dear readers, with a recitation of the litany one can find all over the internet and television; but in the churning torrents of spilled ink arrive a few tantalising bits of data that beg for elaboration.
The first is the tale of an American lawyer who claims to have seen the snuff video, notified both US and Canadian police about its contents, and been rebuffed. The lawyer was so affected by having seen the video that he attempted to contact every jurisdiction where Magnotta's social media profiles indicated he had been, and Toronto was one such location. Our local police dispute the lawyer's account of his efforts to notify them, and believe they acted appropriately based on the information they had at the time.
"Knowing what we do know now, perhaps we could have done more," said [Kevin] Masterman. "But at the time, knowing what we knew then, we were satisfied with the response of the call taker." […]
"He was trying to let us know about the video," conceded Masterman, a Toronto police media and communications co-ordinator, who said Renville's call came in at 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
But Masterman insisted "the call was quite vague at the time." A police switchboard operator spoke to Renville, recorded the call, and referred Renville to Crimestoppers, but did not transfer him to a police officer, said Masterman. He added police would not release any recording of the conversation.
Renville called Miami police (Magnotta appears in online photos in Miami), Denver FBI and police (Magnotta was believed to be a former roommate of a convicted prostitute killer in that city) and the national FBI crime and terrorism tip lines and got either no response, or bewildered responses. He admits it must have sounded like a "crazy report."
He called Toronto police Sunday and says a woman took the call and transferred him to a man whom he understood to be an officer. "He suggested the video I saw must be a fake, it must be good special effects. It just didn't make any sense for a fellow to videotape himself committing his crime, then load it on the Internet," said Renville.
"I asked him to give me an email address to which I could send a link to the video and he said 'no,' they wouldn't be needing a link to the video."
Masterman denied Renville asked for an email address or offered to send the video link via email, suggesting Renville had spoken to so many others that he may be "confused" about details of his interaction with a Metro Toronto Police Services switchboard operator.
Masterman said Toronto police communications officials are "satisfied" with how the incident was handled, adding "in hindsight, there could have been other options, but knowing what they did at the time they're satisfied with the response."
— MacCharles, Tonda. "Luka Magnotta: Toronto police admit they "could have done more" when U.S. lawyer flagged disturbing video." Toronto Star, 31 May 2012.
Optimistically, it may have been a missed opportunity; but apparently Mr. Renville did not express himself eloquently enough (nor provide enough probable cause) for the police to begin to connect the dots. It would not, in any event, have changed the outcome for the unfortunate victim, Lin Jun. But the really fascinating admission from police comes in the latter half of the Star article; and it's interesting not because it relates specifically to this case, but to the future of policing and how the public interacts with them.
"We prefer that people call us. We don't want to receive reports of crime over the Internet. We want to respond to reports right away. We don't want the Internet as an alternate (sic) to 911."
Masterman said the police service's Facebook page is not monitored 24 hours a day seven days a week, and so if people try to report a crime in progress, "there's no one there to talk to you right away."
Renville says he also spoke to a receptionist at the Toronto Sun and emailed a Globe and Mail reporter, again to no avail.
"Frustrated, discouraged and distressed" by his inability to get it "on the radar of people who could do something about it," Renville says he gave up Monday evening at his wife's insistence, after three days.
— — MacCharles, Tonda. "Luka Magnotta: Toronto police admit they "could have done more" when U.S. lawyer flagged disturbing video." Toronto Star, 31 May 2012. [Emphasis mine]
The bolded part of the quotation is revealing, and not in a good way; it is nonsensical. Toronto police didn't receive notification of the murder over the Internet, they received it via a good old-fashioned telephone call—which is, according to spokesman Masterman, their preferred avenue. Moreover, Mr. Masterman was being intentionally obtuse or disingenuous in his characterisation; Mr. Renville was not attempting to use the Internet as an alternate to 911. He was attempting to direct the police's attention to the electronic record of a violent crime, not summon emergency services to intervene and save the victim's life in the nick of time. Call me dense, but I think the police would be upset if you used 911 as your personal conduit for relaying evidence. Everything our emergency services have ever told us indicates that they'd like 911 to be reserved for cases where they might usefully respond to a real and present crisis, not an after-the-fact examination and dissection of evidence. This is exactly why the police fobbed off Mr. Renville on Crime Stoppers instead of 911; because they recognised that there was no emergency within their jurisdiction to be dispatched to.
The broader problem is that this particular case—featuring internet-based evidence of a violent crime—did not add up to something that smelled like probable cause, and that lack of cause suffocated any desire to spring into even modest investigative action. I understand the police's attitude on this, and halfway agree that procuring good Net-derived evidence as the basis of probable cause can be fraught with frustration, delay and complication. Sifting through server and network activity logs, then coordinating your investigation with ISPs and IT staff at a dozen other nodes spread out across the country (and all its time zones) can be a giant pain in the ass. Add another layer of complexity if you have to deal with a foreign jurisdiction, its law enforcement entities and their dissimilar statutes and legal requirements. Add to that another significant hurdle; most law enforcement officers (and an overwhelming majority of their superiors) are not even remotely computer-savvy, so even a relatively modest challenge can appear to be as daunting as scaling Everest or K2.
But it's a cold, hard fact that an increasing amount of our communication, commerce, productivity and entertainment takes place in the electronic ether—and that, dear friends in blue, will mean an increasing variety and volume of crimes whose evidence will have to be sourced from the net.
Now Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and a million other social media sites might exist as long as IBM, or they might fold up shop and cease to exist within a decade. But what is inarguable is that the basic concept of social media (i.e. interacting with a global audience in near-real-time on the net) is here to stay; and net-connected mobile computing on small handheld platforms doesn't seem like it is likely to vanish anytime soon, either. One cannot help but ask whether the police ought to be taking a head-in-the-sand approach to social media; surely adapting with the times is a strategy more likely to pay dividends.
I understand the reliance on tried-and-true infrastructure like telephones. They're highly regulated, generally tied to a single individual (or at least a discrete physical location), and our emergency services infrastructure is designed to take advantage of this. If the call is from a traditional land line, the address/location of the caller will appear to 911 dispatchers, whether or not the caller volunteers that information. This gives first responders a certain degree of confidence that they are headed to the right vicinity where an apparent emergency is underway, and if the call is false or spurious, it can also be billed or fined accordingly. But even this has changed, and phone lines are certainly not immune to spoofing; an enterprising gadfly with modest telecom knowledge, access to a VOIP service and proxies can impersonate another telephone number without significant difficulty. This is why we now have the phenomenon of SWATting; making a spurious call to police that results in the dispatch of a tactical team to a residence whose innocent occupants pose no risk to public safety, and are unaware that their domicile has been reported as the scene of a violent crime. This potentially life-threatening prank has already occurred in Toronto and Langley, BC. Phones are not the be-all and end-all of citizen contact with police.
It seems to me that as the volume and variety of our net-based activity increases, the need for police to be able to conduct meaningful interaction (incident reporting, patrols, investigation and evidence collection) there will also increase. If I were a chief of police or senior superintendent, I would start to plan for that eventuality now—instead of trying to force the public back into the comfortable old way of doing things. Believe me when I say I am a curmudgeon and skeptic of every hare-brained "the internet will make life magic" scheme. It won't. But in the developed world, the internet is to the 21st century as the telephone was to the 20th—essential, integral; woven into the fabric of daily life. Maybe it's time that our police learned how to use it.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to the recently appointed director of the Air National Guard, U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., along with U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter, N.H.-1, and Annie Kuster, N.H.-2, expressed continued support for Pease Air National Guard Base and the 157th Air Refueling Wing to receive the KC-46A tanker.
In January, the Air Force announced that Pease was one of five Air National Guard finalists to receive the KC-46A, which will replace the Eisenhower-era KC-135 tankers. Air Force officials visited Pease in February to begin assessing its competitiveness to receive the new tanker.
"We believe Pease's strategic location, low operating costs, high aircraft utilization rates, as well as its mature active duty association, make it the ideal, cost-effective Air National Guard solution for the KC-46A," the letter said.
In addition, Shaheen met Wednesday with Gen. Will Fraser, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), to discuss important issues facing the New Hampshire National Guard and to continue her advocacy of Pease Air National Guard Base as an optimal location for the KC-46A tanker.
As the single manager for global, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, USTRANSCOM is one of the military's primary operators of refueling aircraft. Shaheen spoke with Fraser at length about the Pease's unique capabilities that would make the transition of the new generation tankers efficient and cost-effective.
"General Fraser has a long history of service to our country and he certainly understands the considerations that must be taken into account when placing critical military resources," said Shaheen, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I appreciated the opportunity to highlight the great work carried out by our service members in New Hampshire and discuss the qualifications that make Pease an ideal site for the KC-46A."
The Air Force is conducting detailed, on-the-ground site surveys of each candidate base to assess each location against operational and training requirements, potential impacts to existing missions, housing, infrastructure, and manpower. In the spring of 2013, the Air Force will select preferred and reasonable alternative locations and begin an Environmental Impact Analysis Process. The selected Air National Guard base will receive aircraft beginning in fiscal year 2018.
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Any true car collector can tell you that you would be hard pressed to find an American Fisher Body 1936 Chevrolet Convertible – since there were only 1500 of them made. Finding the GM Australian version of this model with the suicide doors, right hand drive, safari windshield, and split rear bumper would be even harder but Randy Perez, of Fremont, CA, was fortunate enough to find one. "I recently found out that GM Australia only produced 435 Holden Body Roadsters in 1936," explained Randy. "It is believed that less than a dozen of them have survived worldwide."
Randy spotted the gem in the spring of 2003 while attending a small car show in San Jose, and immediately made a play for the rare '36 Roadster. "After a short negotiation, I purchased her from my friend, Oscar Munoz, of Aromas, CA," he explains. Oscar had bought the beauty five years earlier and told Randy that there were only five of these cars in the United States. Luckily for Randy, Oscar had tracked down most of the rare accessories like the banjo steering wheel with clock, glove box with clock, ashtray with cigarette lighter, hood ornament and so on. "I had always admired the car since Oscar first bought her five years earlier from the family of a gentleman in the Los Angeles area who had it shipped here from Australia." When "Betty" first arrived to the U.S., the car was in dire need of a full restoration. "Betty" received a frame-off restoration and was given a teal green color with yellow wheels and a black interior. When Randy got her, he shipped her out to Tijuana to get it painted in his favorite shade of red and once the car was returned, he had Rene, in Hayward, CA, stitch together the tan upholstery. Keely's Custom Wheels in Stockton, CA customized the artillery wheels and Herb Martinez of Livermore, CA laid down some classic stripe work.
Just like Randy's '36 Packard convertible and his '36 Auburn Speedster (LRM Nov. 2010) this Roadster was initially destined to be cut and juiced. "I wanted to add hydraulics but didn't go through with it after I found out how rare it was," Randy says of his change of heart. Randy would like to thank his wife, Maddy Perez, for all of her love and support in all of his car projects.
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Located four miles southwest of Mt. Vernon, the University of Missouri Southwest Research Center addresses the main agricultural concerns of the area, including dairy, beef, forage and horticultural crop production.
More than 2,000 FFA students traveled to the University of Missouri Southwest Research Center for its annual Agricultural Education Day on Sept. 8. Agriculture experts from dozens of disciplines presented at the Center, one of 20 around the state at which the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources conducts impactful research benefitting Missourians.
Students took walking tours where they could hear presentations on a variety of agricultural and conservation topics, from marketing fruits and vegetables to establishing a pasture-based dairy. They could watch a sawmill demonstration and check out a tornado safe room, as well as learn about the many careers in agriculture.
Tony Rickard, MU dairy specialist, said it's important for students to see the diversity of career opportunities in agriculture. It also provides an opportunity to achieve all of the missions of the University—discover, disseminate, preserve and apply knowledge.
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Welp, the John L. Smith era was fun while it lasted because it's very, very doubtful at this point that his 10-month contract will be renewed.
Sun Belt member Louisiana-Monroe didn't just go toe-to-toe with No. 8 Arkansas, and it didn't just take the Razorbacks to overtime. ULM actually won 34-31 on a 16-yard touchdown run by quarterback Kolton Browning.
It's about as big of a shock as the young 2012 season has given the college football world.
Arkansas' BCS championship hopes? Gone. SEC West hopes? Still alive obviously, but it's tough to think of the Razorbacks as a serious divisional contender now. It didn't help — that's putting it mildly — that quarterback Tyler Wilson had to leave the game with what appeared to be a shoulder injury (CBS Sports Network initially reported a broken collarbone, but that's been retracted). Additionally, cornerback Tevin Mitchel was taken from the field on a stretcher after a helmet-to-helmet collision with teammate Alonzo Highsmith in the fourth quarter.
But Arkansas allowed ULM to hang around long before its playmakers had to leave the game. The Warhawks threw for over 400 yards against UA's defense and controlled the time of possession by a roughly 2-to-1 ratio.
It was about as disastrous a scenario as you can imagine for Arkansas. Just an absolute stunning game.
To top it off, the Razorbacks have top-ranked Alabama at home next week on CBS. You know Nick Saban won't be underestimating the Hogs (or, just don't write that he will), but you have to wonder if Arkansas was underestimating ULM looking ahead to that very game against the Tide.