Right across Africa, Ebola is changing the focus of health workers and the environment that they work in. For our team in Chirundu South – a Roadside Wellness Centre located near the border of Zambia – the news of a confirmed case of Ebola in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a close neighbour through Zambia, brought the disease close to home.
Below we share with you a report on the team's recent collaboration with the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and District Health Team to initiate a local response to Ebola, protecting their community while educating locals and travellers alike on the realities of Ebola.
The RWC team in Chirundu South had been noting with concern the spread of Ebola in West Africa. It was reported that over 2000 people and over 200 health workers were affected and died of the deadly disease.
• Ebola prevention and care training of Health Workers at the border post.
• Provision of protective gear at the screening point and government clinic.
• Regular support and supervision visits by the Ebola National Response Team from the Ministry of Health (MOH) head office, as well as the DHT and Provincial Health Executive (PHE).
• Opening of a screening area within the border post and immigration offices, to screen all travellers from West Africa and DRC.
• Conducting three urgent meetings for Stakeholders, Border Control Officials and the local community.
• Seconding extra staff (Environmental Health Workers) from the district to enforce port health procedures.
• Seconding the Chirundu South RWC clinician to man the government clinic while the clinic nurses were seconded to the Ebola Screening site.
• Daily health education on Ebola to clients visiting the RWC and government clinic.
• Currently, over 90 people/ travellers (mostly males) from DRC and West Africa are screened on a daily basis at the screening point.
• So far there have been no suspected cases of Ebola detected since initial reports.
• All clients are issued with information on Ebola through via leaflets/pamphlets.
• All clients are issued with special slips that indicate that they have passed through a formal Ebola screening point.
• Daily health education on Ebola is provided to clients who attend the RWC and/or government clinic.
• Inadequate protective gear (Ebola-specific) for the RWC.
• No suitable transport to be used to ferry suspected cases from the screening point to the treatment / isolation tent.
• Inadequate training on the proper care to be offered to suspected Ebola clients at the treatment / isolation site.
• Interdepartmental collaboration at the border post.
• Stakeholders' participation and involvement.
• Support from the head offices at North Star Alliance and the Ministry of Health.
• Good coordination from the Ministry of Health and North Star Chirundu South RWC.
Credit is given to all health workers who have worked hard, and continue to do so, to ensure Ebola does not enter Zimbabwe through the Chirundu border. We hope and trust that the zero case detection rate remains until the outbreak in West Africa is contained. We hope the 300-strong local community, 20 stakeholders and 20 health workers trained will continue to be vigilant with Ebola surveillance. Challenges of inadequate protective gear at the RWC and lack of transport to ferry a suspected case from the screening point to the treatment centre need to be addressed. There is need more training and drills to be conducted as Ebola is a new condition that has never been experienced in Zimbabwe.
A Port Health Official, RWC Clinic Nurse (demonstrating use of protective wear) and North Star Site Coordinator inside the Ebola screening point at Chirundu border post.
The screening form used at the border screening site.
Protective gear used for all suspected cases of Ebola.
Clinician, Collen, seconded at the government clinic for TOR.
Tagarira, the Peer Educator, retrieving the Ebola information sheet from the RWC site computer.
Laston, the Lay Counsellor, giving health education on Ebola to clients.
North Star team, including Site Co-ordinator, Clinic Nurse Aid, Clinician and Groundsman outside the Ebola isolation / treatment tent set up at Chirundu South border.


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Q: coloring bullets in nested lists I would like to color bullets in my lists (for example, to signify tasks that are done or not/hard or easy, etc.), including in nested lists.
I found this and successfully used it. Since I would like to color different bullets in the same list in different colors, I used the \def function to define a few shortcuts, and it works in the code below, but the way the nested lists turn out is not ideal.
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{color}

\def\itemr{\item[\textcolor{red}{\textbullet}]}
\def\itemg{\item[\textcolor{green}{\textbullet}]}

\begin{document}

\section*{Hey!}

\begin{itemize}
   \item Now we test the colors
   \itemr This one should be in red
   \itemg This one green
   \itemg Only the bullets themselves are colored, which is the goal
   \begin{itemize}
         \item Now notice what happens when I color the nested list bullets too
         \item While the uncolored are dashes
         \itemr The colored ones are level 1 bullets again
         \itemr While I would like them to be colored dashes
   \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

I know why this is so - \textbullet refers to the specific type of bullet. I know I can define different shortcuts for different levels. The question is if there is a master code for "the default bullet label in this level, whatever level we're on" that I can use instead of \textbullet, so that I don't have to think each time at what level I am (might have four levels of nesting, maybe more).
I would also appreciate any other way to do what I'm asking so long as it does not involve a lot of hassle on the flow.
Thanks in advance!

A: Here are the definitions of the labels that are set at each level within an itemize. They have the form \labelitem<level>, where <level> is a roman numeral (taken from article.cls):
\newcommand\labelitemi  {\labelitemfont \textbullet}
\newcommand\labelitemii {\labelitemfont \bfseries \textendash}
\newcommand\labelitemiii{\labelitemfont \textasteriskcentered}
\newcommand\labelitemiv{ \labelitemfont \textperiodcentered}
\newcommand\labelitemfont{\normalfont}

You can tap into/update \labelitemfont to be the colour you're interested in and then just set the item as per usual in the following way:
\def\itemr{{\renewcommand{\labelitemfont}{\color{red}}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}
\def\itemg{{\renewcommand{\labelitemfont}{\color{green}}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}

Or, even easier:
\def\itemr{{\color{red}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}
\def\itemg{{\color{green}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}

Both of the above doesn't use the optional argument associated with \item and therefore sets the label at that level.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xcolor}

\def\itemr{{\color{red}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}
\def\itemg{{\color{green}\item\leavevmode\ignorespaces}}

\begin{document}

\section*{Hey!}

\begin{itemize}
  \item Now we test the colors
  \itemr This one should be in red
  \itemg This one green
  \itemg Only the bullets themselves are colored, which is the goal
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Now notice what happens when I color the nested list bullets too
    \item While the uncolored are dashes
    \itemr The colored ones are level 1 bullets again
    \itemr While I would like them to be colored dashes
  \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

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We have horses, dogs, cats, cattle and chickens so I have plenty of opportunities for photos.


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Во́йны с вероотсту́пниками () — ряд военных кампаний «праведного» халифа Абу Бакра против мятежных арабских племён в  и  годах, сразу после смерти исламского пророка Мухаммеда. Некоторые лидеры арабских племён считали, что после смерти Мухаммеда подчиняться халифу Абу Бакру необязательно. Помимо этого, в Аравии заявили о себе как о пророках Тулайха, Мусайлима и Саджах. В ходе войн большинство племён было побеждено и вернулось в ислам.

Предыстория
В середине мая 632 года Мухаммед приказал собрать войска против Византии. Командующим войсками был назначен Усама ибн Зейд. В июне 632 года Мухаммед умер, и в качестве халифа был избран Абу Бакр ас-Сиддик. На Аравийском полуострове начались мятежи, однако Абу Бакр приказал армии Усамы готовиться к маршу против Византии. Попытки Усамы отговорить халифа и остаться в Медине окончились неудачей, и 26 июня 632 года армия Усамы вышла в поход в направлении северных границ халифата.

Начало
После отправки отряда Усамы в поход Абу Бакр не мог вести полноценную войну и начал тянуть время. Он принимал делегации племён и отправлял к ним своих представителей, но, несмотря на это, через три дня после отправки армии Усамы Медина подверглась нападению со стороны групп вероотступников. Мусульманам удалось отразить атаку на город, и противники были вынуждены отступить. Вероотступники начали просить о помощи своих единомышленников, и тогда Абу Бакр, собрав силы мусульман в мединской мечети, под прикрытием ночи выступил против неприятеля. Правым флангом командовал Нуман ибн Мукаррин, левым — его брат Абдуллах, а центром — Сувейд. Неожиданная атака мусульман заставила противника бежать.

После этого события моральный дух мусульман поднялся. Через 2 месяца после выступления отряда Усамы посланники Абу Бакра Сафван ибн Сафван, Забрикан ибн Бадр и Ади ибн Хатам принесли закят от племён Бану Амр, Бану Авф и Тай. Ещё через 10 дней вернулось войско Усамы с победой и большим количеством трофеев. Абу Бакр оставил вместо себя в Медине Усаму и решил со своим отрядом сразиться против лицемеров (мунафиков) и вероотступников (муртадов). Мусульмане, опасаясь, что в случае гибели Абу Бакра и без того сложная ситуация в государстве ещё более осложнится, попросили Абу Бакра не рисковать и вернуться в Медину. Однако Абу Бакр присоединился к Нуману ибн Мукаррине, а затем сразился с вероотступниками близ Рамзы. После этой победы Абу Бакр вернулся в Медину.

Походы

Отдохнувшее войско Усамы было готово к новым сражениям, и тогда Абу Бакр разбил всех бойцов на 11 боевых отрядов, командиры которых отрядов получили следующие боевые задачи:
 Халид ибн аль-Валид должен был выступить против лжепророка Тулайхи и Малика ибн Нусайра;
 Икрима ибн Абу Джахль должен был выступить против лжепророка Мусайлимы;
 Шурахбил ибн Хасан был послан в Ямаму для поддержки отряда Икримы ибн Абу Джахля;
 Мухаджир ибн Абу Умейя был послан в Йемен для борьбы с лжепророком аль-Асвадом;
 Амр ибн аль-Ас был отправлен против племени Хузаа;
 Халид ибн аль-Валид ибн аль-Ас был отправлен в Сирию;
 Хузайфе ибн Мухсину был послан против племени Даба;
 Арфаджа ибн Харсама был отправлен в Махру, после чего он должен был соединиться с силами Хузайфы;
 Тарифа ибн Харджиз был послан против племён Бану Сулайм и Хавазин;
 Сувейд ибн Мукаррин был отправлен в Тихаму в Йемене;
 Аль-Ала ибн аль-Хадрами выступил в поход в направлении Бахрейна.

Бану Тамим

Абу Бакр отправился в направлении аль-Абрака для выступления против племен Абс и Зубьян. Нанеся им поражение, он отправился в местечко Бузаха, где находился лжепророк Тулайха.

Тем временем, Халид ибн аль-Валид дошёл до племени Тай. Вождь этого племени, Ади ибн Хатим, попросил у Халида три дня, для того чтобы он смог привести свой народ к покорности. Племя Тай полностью покорилось Халиду ибн аль-Валиду и он двинулся в направлении Бузахи. Там он разгромил племя Фазара, понеся потери.

Тулайха отступил от веры и выступил против мусульман ещё при жизни Мухаммеда. Против него были посланы войска во главе с Дарраром ибн аль-Азваром, и вероотступники бежали в Сухайру. После смерти племя Гатафан заключило союз с асадитами и племенем Тай. Когда асадиты и гатафанцы стали союзниками, Даррар ибн аль-Азвар не сумев удержать ситуацию под контролем, бежал в Медину. Вернув в ислам асадитов, амиритов и гатафанцев Халида ибн аль-Валид по приказу халифа двинулся в Битах против Бану Ярбу. Это племя было одной из ветвей племени Тамим и возглавлял его Малик ибн Нувайра.

Ослабленное внутренними раздорами племя Тамим подверглись нападению отряда племени Бану Таглиб, которым командовала женщина по имени Саджах. Части Бану Тамим договорились с ней, а остальные бежали. После этого Саджах двинулась на Ямаму, где находился лжепророк Мусайлима. Саджах заключила мир с Мусайлимой при условии, что ей будет принадлежать половина доходов Ямамы. По некоторым данным, Саджах и Мусайлима даже на короткое время поженились. К тому времени, как она вернулась к себе, мусульмане установили контроль над её территориями, и Саджах приняла ислам. Когда к тамимитам вошла армия Халида ибн аль-Валида, он схватил вождей племени и, обнаружив, что они правили одной из ветвей этого племени Бану Ярбук, казнил их.

Мусайлима
Икрима ибн Абу Джахль отправился в Ямаму, где он должен был выступить против лжепророка Мусайлимы. Икрима потерпел поражение он племени Бану Ханифа, к которому принадлежал Мусайлима. Следовавший за Икримой Шурахбил ибн Хасан решил подождать подкрепления. Халиф Абу Бакр послал Икриме приказ после Ямамы двинуться в Оман и соединиться там с силами Хузайфы ибн Мухсина и Арфаджи ибн Харсамы, после чего они должны были соединиться с войсками Мухаджира ибн Абу Умайи. Сам Мухаджира ибн Абу Умайя после завершения операцию в Йемене должен был подойти к ним со стороны Хадрамаута.

В это время Халид ибн аль-Валид вернулся в Медину и попросил прощения у Абу Бакра за убийство вождей тамимитов, не имя на это право. Халиф, выслушав Халида, приказал ему выступить против Мусайлимы. Войдя в Ямаму, Халид обнаружил, что Шурахбил ибн Хасан, не дождавшись подкрепления, перешёл в наступление и потерпел поражение. В племени Бану Ханифа была небольшая группа мусульман, возглавляемая Саламом ибн Асалом.

Лжепророк Мусайлима собрал свои силы и перешёл в наступление на мусульман со стороны Акрабы и Джубайла. Мусульмане ответили контрнаступлением. Правым флангом командовал брат Умара ибн аль-Хаттаба, Зейд, а левым — Абу Хазайфа ибн Утба. С севера к Акрабе подошёл Даррар ибн аль-Азвар. Вначале войска Мусайлимы значительно теснили мусульман, однако мусульманам удалось перехватить инициативу и нанести поражение противнику. Мусайлима с группой приверженцев попытался скрыться, но был убит. В этой битве пали смертью мучеников Зейд ибн аль-Хаттаб, Сабит ибн Кайс и др.

Оман
В Омане мусульманам пришлось столкнуться с трудностями. Лакита ибн Малик аль-Язди потеснил их, и мусульманские войска под командованием Джафара и Убада были вынуждены отступить в горы и на побережье. Джафар обратился к халифу с просьбой о помощи, и тот отправил в Оман Хузайфу ибн Мухсина. Афрадж ибн Харсам был отправлен в Махру, а затем встретился с войсками Джафара и Убада. Туда же был послан и Икрима ибн Абу Джахль, который поспешил за Хузайфой и Афраджой и догнал их ещё до того, как они вошли в Оман. В Омане они соединились с войсками Джафара и Убада и подошли к местности Саххар. Мусульмане встретились с войсками под командованием Лакита в Дабе, и там начались ожесточённые сражения. Положение мусульман было очень сложным, и если бы к ним на помощь не подоспело подкрепление, то они были бы разгромлены. Мусульманам удалось в конце концов победить и захватить много трофеев, пятая часть которых была отправлена в государственную казну.

После этого Икрима вернулся в Махру, где обнаружил, что жители Махры разделились на две части. Икрима предложил вероотступникам, располагавшимся на побережье, вновь обратиться в ислам, и многие из них приняли это предложение. Оставшаяся же часть вероотступников объединились вокруг некоего Мусбиха, но в кратчайшие сроки были разгромлены.

Йемен
Ещё при жизни Мухаммеда в Йемене объявил себя пророком некий аль-Асвад аль-Анси. Мухаммед отправил туда своих наместников, которые после его смерти были вынуждены вернуться в Медину. Абу Бакр предложил йеменцам принять ислам и прекратить сопротивление, а затем был вынужден отправить наместника Мекки Аттаба ибн Усайда и его брата Халида ибн Усайда в Тихаму. Абу Бакр также послал Усмана ибн Абуль-Аса а Таиф и Ибн Рабиа в Шунуу. Жители всех этих областей были усмирены.

После того, как в Тихаме взбунтовались племена Ук и Ашар, против них двинулся Тахир ибн Абу Хала. Ему удалось добиться успеха, и после этого Абу Бакр послал Тахира ибн Абу Халу на помощь мусульманам Саны. Помимо того, в Йемен были отправлены Мухаджир ибн Абу Умайя и Халид ибн Усаййид. По дороге к ним присоединялись другие отряды, и этот поход стал успешным.

В числе вероотступников оказались и жители Хадрамаута. Во времена Мухаммеда там проповедовали Уккаша ибн Мухсин и Зийад ибн Лабид аль-Баяди. Перед смертью он назначил туда наместником Мухаджира ибн Абу Умайю, но смерть Мухаммеда помешала отъезду Мухаджира. Став халифом, Абу Бакр подтвердил полномочия Мухаджира, и тот выехал в Сану. Встретившись у Марибы с отрядом Икримы, они вошли в Хадрамаут и установили контроль над областью.

Бахрейн
Вероотступничество охватило и часть населения Бахрейна. Здесь было два влиятельных племени — племя Абдулкайс и Бану Бакр. Первое племя сохранило верность исламу, а второе отступило от веры. Одним из лидеров мусульман там был Джаруд, который в самый критический момент убедил значительную часть бахрейнцев не отступать от веры. Совместно с посланным в Бахрейн отрядом под командованием Ала ибн аль-Хадрами отряд Джаруда выступил против вероотступников и разгромил их.

Примечания

Ссылки

Войны Праведного халифата
Гражданские войны в Арабском халифате

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With W1AW/7 (Nevada) finally showing up in Logbook of the World, I've now unlocked the Worked All States(Phone) achievement!
WAS wasn't something I was actively chasing until the ARRL Centennial QSO Party started up. While chasing the W1AW/n portable stations, I took a closer look at my WAS status and saw that I was getting pretty close, so I decided to start chasing states and working towards the WAS certificate.
These are the calls that helped me get to WAS/Phone (some of you people from Twitter are in here!).
Now to start working on WAS/Digital. Only 9 states left for that one.


Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Prime Minister the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller left the island this morning (March 5) on a one day visit to Venezuela.
The importance of the bilateral relations between Jamaica and the Bolivarian Republic includes the initiative taken in 2005 by the late President Chavez in launching the PetroCaribe facility.
While off the island, Dr. Hon. Peter Phillips, Minister of Finance and Planning will be in charge of the Government.
Prime Minister the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller left the island this morning (March 5) on a one day visit to Venezuela, where she will participate in ceremonies to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The events will include a military parade, a religious service and a cultural programme.
The importance of the bilateral relations between Jamaica and the Bolivarian Republic includes the initiative taken in 2005 by the late President Chavez in launching the PetroCaribe facility, an important provision of which is that loans under the facility can be repaid by way of the export of Jamaican goods and services. The first step in this direction was taken last December when an initial shipment of clinker produced by our local cement company was shipped from Rockfort to Caracas.
The Prime Minister, who is accompanied on the visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sen. Hon AJ Nicholson, returns to the island this evening. While off the island, Dr. Hon. Peter Phillips, Minister of Finance and Planning will be in charge of the Government.


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Save the date! The rescheduled NatWest International Island Games will take place in Guernsey 8-14 July 2023.
Once every two years, athletes from 24 member islands come together to compete in the NatWest International Island Games.
The host Island can choose between 12 and 14 sports from a list of 18. To compete in the Games, you must have been born in a member Island or have lived on the the Island for 12 months prior to the Games.
Guernsey are delighted to be the first member Island to host the Games three times and look forward to welcoming everyone back to the Bailiwick in 2023.
Visit the official website for updates and more information
8 Jul 2023 - 14 Jul 2023

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The major island in whole chain is Secret West, the home of over 30% of the whole population of the Keys. Other than using a few of the finest fishing and diving on the planet, the Keys also offer parks and wildlife reserves, shopping and just plain old relaxation.
Alcohol detox is quick. The worst results of alcohol withdrawal will start to fade as quickly as the last traces of alcohol leave the addict's body. This takes only a few days. After that, the body needs a few additional days to develop an alcohol-free internal balance. These days can be rough, but they similarly do not last long. Anticipate to be largely out of the woods within a week.
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The inpatient rehabilitation centers, Assures, decided to not release a declaration on the situation. They would also not validate if Spears was officially gone from the center or not. Spears supervisor is also remaining silent about the scenario. This is leaving numerous of us to assume that she is maded with the center and will not return. Unless, of course, she is flexing her benefits and leaving the center for yet another day out on the town. Spears will return to the center later on this evening or tomorrow if this is the case.
Here's the sad fact: The more Utah inpatient drug rehab centers are set up, the better it will be for everybody living in the state. Utah has a serious drug addiction problem.
Unfortunately, dependency has to be cured; an individual suffering from an addiction can not function effectively in a society. The purpose of the rehabilitation is to put the addicted back on their feet and help them re-integrate in the society, forget and get a task about the alcohol, drugs or the other substances that have actually brought them in the addictive state. inpatient rehab is an extremely beneficial technique to deal with the addicted. But, lots of people do not pay for going into a center and spending weeks perhaps even months there. It is too costly, and it takes a great deal of time off. The option for these clients is to take up outpatient rehabilitation. The outpatient rehab can provide exceptional results as well if done seriously.
Instead of dealing with your efforts to prevent falling back to your old methods, begin a leisure activity rather. This can take your brain off the concern and it can also captivate you. Do whatever you like, so long as it wouldn't trigger you or other folks any harm. Play sports activities, learn ways to paint, be associated with a nonprofit, or carry out some gardening. You can even return to school if you want and get a college degree, and even a master's degree. You can even be a company owner and begin your very own small enterprise. Just make sure that your business will never ever include any drugs or liquor.
Ideally the next time one of these job fairs is held, it will appear various from any career reasonable held at a college. Also, it will ideally be promoted much better and have more organisations with open tasks for handicapped people.


The top and underside of the nave roof in the 190 metre long exhibition space have been refurbished, interior lighting and electrical services installed – where none previously existed – and the vandalised leaded lights of the nave windows have been encased between sheets of clear polycarbonate.
The ivy-covered parish hall, the roof of which had collapsed, has been extensively remodeled - services have been comprehensively replaced, and utilities, in the shape of a changing room, WC, store and boiler room, have been added.
The north-facing wall of the hall has been replaced with a fully glazed elevation of sliding doors, shielded by a security screen which doubles as a hydraulically operated canopy. This 10.5m wide lifting gate high creates a full width entrance located directly off a newly landscaped area within the park.


Southern Arizona gets colorful when spring has sprung.
Follow a Sonoran Desert hiking trail in March or April, and discover a painter's palette of wildflowers. The wondrous springtime display varies from year to year, depending on late autumn rainfall. But even in drier years, colorful blooms can be found on hillsides and along roadsides, bursting with gold, vermilion, pink, lavender, purple, blue, red, and more. Look for California and Mexican gold poppies, desert globemallow, owl's clover, desert bluebells, paper flowers, penstemon, desert marigold, Indian blanket, and more.
In town, visit Tohono Chul, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and Colossal Cave Mountain Park.
Not far from town, check out Saguaro National Park West and East, Catalina State Park, Oracle State Park, Patagonia State Park, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, and Picacho Peak State Park.
Come back in early summer (April-June) to see Sonoran Desert cacti -- saguaro, ocotillo, barrel, prickly pear, cholla, and others -- blooming in living color.
When hiking any time of year, stay on the tails (if you must go off the trail, avoid tall grass or bushes), wear a hat and sunscreen, and carry drinking water.


Leading chain of hypermarket stores, Spar Nigeria, has been announced as the 2018 winner of the Outstanding Retail Brand of the Year award.
This announcement was made at the 6th edition of the Marketing Edge Brands and Advertising Excellence Awards that took place in Lagos on Friday, July 6, 2018.
The award presented to SPAR Nigeria was in recognition of its excellent service delivery and immense contribution to the Nigerian retail sector through her stores located across the country.
Marketing Edge Brand and Advertising Excellence Awards is an annual event that recognises and celebrates outstanding personalities and brands for their contributions in their various industries.
The award ceremony, since inception six years ago, has become the benchmark for recognizing and celebrating talents and milestones in the integrated marketing communication industry in Nigeria.
awards for putting together a magnificent platform for Brands to be recognized.


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Contea di Harper o Harper County è la denominazione delle seguenti contee degli Stati Uniti:
 Contea di Harper (Kansas)
 Contea di Harper (Oklahoma)


Pudding Poke Cake. Make cake mix according to directions and bake in a greased pan. Just before cake is done, start making 2 (4 oz.)packages of Instant Oreo pudding Let mixture sit for about 2 minutes. When cake is still warm, poke holes all over cake (about 1-inch apart. Pour pudding mixture over warm cake.Allow the cake to cool, then put into the fridge about an hour. Once it is set, top with crushed Oreo cookies Also great with yellow or white cake mix with chocolate pudding is a good one.
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Singtel enters Indonesia data centre market with Telkom
Thu, 22nd Dec 2022
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Singtel has entered into a strategic partnership with Indonesia's largest telco Telkom and Indonesian energy company Medco Power for its first data centre project in Indonesia. This is the third market for Singtel as it advances its regional data centre strategy to address digital infrastructure demand critical to ASEAN's growth.
The signing of the agreement was witnessed by Indonesia's Vice Minister II of State-Owned Enterprises Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Singtel Group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon and Telkom CEO Ririek Adriansyah. It comes on the back of a memorandum of understanding between Singtel and long-standing partner Telkom in April to collaborate in data centres.
Singtel, Telkom and Medco Power also held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new hyperscale data centre in Kabil Industrial Estate along Batam's eastern seaboard.
The data centre campus will be developed in three phases on an 8-hectare site and have a total capacity of 51 MW when fully completed, with the project's initial phase delivering approximately 20 MW.
It will be built to the latest standards for reliability, security and sustainability with dual-source power, including clean, renewable energy from Medco Power and the best connectivity through Telkom and Singtel to serve hyperscalers, multinationals and local businesses in Indonesia and Singapore.
The data centre will be majority owned by Telkom, while Singtel and Medco Power will be minority shareholders.
"This strategic partnership with Telkom and Medco Power in Batam marks our first foray into the data centre market in Indonesia. As Southeast Asia's largest digital economy, Indonesia is core to our expansion plans into high growth markets. Our track record in designing, building, and operating data centres, combined with Telkom and Medco Power's deep expertise in their respective fields will prove a powerful partnership," says Andrew Lim, Chief Commercial Officer of Singtel's Regional Data Centre business.
Indonesia's demand for digital and cloud services is growing exponentially, with its digital economy projected to be worth US$130 billion by 2025. This is expected to fuel the growth of its data centre market at a rate of over 11% annually to US$2 billion by 2025. As one of Indonesia's key special economic zones, Batam is a compelling choice to launch this collaboration.
"With its location, ample land capacity and rich connectivity to Singapore, Indonesia and other parts of the world, Batam is expected to experience increasing investment spill-overs as a result of land and power constraints in neighbouring markets. Jointly developing a best-in-class hyperscale data centre in Batam will provide regional customers with a strong alternative," adds Lim.
"In fact, our hyperscale customers are looking to grow their cloud computing infrastructure to serve the APAC region while being located near Singapore. This maiden project will also showcase our differentiated one-stop offering to local and international businesses looking for support to grow their presence in Indonesia."
Besides Indonesia, Singtel is developing a data centre with a capacity of 20MW in Thailand with partners Gulf Energy and AIS. It is also adding capacity in Singapore with a new build in Tuas. Both data centres are expected to begin operations by 2025.
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Nice – Cannes by highway . arrival in Cannes and panoramic city tour : le Boulevard de la Croisette , le Palais des festivals , le Marché Forville , the old town and his pedestrian area , Suquet area with his 16thcentury church and the Castre museum form the 11thcentury. Stop and free time at leisure.
Golf juan :famous for his beach who welcome Napoleon the 1st when he was coming back from the island of Ste Helene.
Juan les Pins : its casino , his fashion shops. Jazz festival each spring time.
Cap d'Antibes : one of the most luxury area of the Côte d'Azur where we can see the hotel Eden Roc . Most expensive hotel for all France , where film stars use to stay during the film festival.
Antibes : founded by the greeks at the 4thcentury before JC , fortificated by Vauban at the 17thcentury. His walls , his square fort. The best yachting port with its "Billionaire Pier"" where dock the most beautiful yachts of the world. Stop and free time.
Cagnes : medieval city , from the 14thcentury. We can see the hippodrome and the Renoir museum.
Continuation for Nice by the sea side road. (Due to traffic or timing conditions tour can starts by Antibes).


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September 11 attacks
What state is Dulles International Airport in?
Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of four commercial airliners (two Boeing 757s and two Boeing 767s) en route to California (three headed to LAX in Los Angeles and one to SFO in San Francisco) after takeoffs from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts; Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey; and Washington Dulles International Airport in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia. Large planes with long flights were selected for hijacking because they would be full of fuel.
When did Mohammed again confess to responsibility for the attacks?
Mohammed was arrested on March 1, 2003, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by Pakistani security officials working with the CIA. He was then held at multiple CIA secret prisons and Guantanamo Bay where he was interrogated and tortured with methods including waterboarding. During U.S. hearings at Guantanamo Bay in March 2007, Mohammed again confessed his responsibility for the attacks, stating he "was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z" and that his statement was not made under duress.
When was Khalid Mohammed arrested?
Who released a video saying Bin Laden had ordered attacks on the World Trade Center?
Bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Another video obtained by Al Jazeera in September 2006 shows bin Laden with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two hijackers, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks. The U.S. never formally indicted bin Laden for the 9/11 attacks, but he was on the FBI's Most Wanted List for the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. After a 10-year manhunt, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden was killed by American special forces in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011.
Who wrote about 9/11 because of its resemblance to 9-1-1?
There is some idea that 9/11 was selected by the hijackers as the date of the attack because of its resemblance to 9-1-1, the phone number to report emergencies in the U.S. However, Lawrence Wright wrote that the hijackers chose it because September 11, 1683 is when the King of Poland began the battle that turned back the Muslim armies from the Ottoman Empire that were attempting to capture Vienna. For Osama bin Laden, this was a date when the West gained some dominance over Islam, and by attacking on this date, he hoped to make a step in Islam "winning" the war for worldwide power and influence.
When did mobile access become available on the mobile web?
Wikipedia's original medium was for users to read and edit content using any standard web browser through a fixed Internet connection. Although Wikipedia content has been accessible through the mobile web since July 2013, The New York Times on February 9, 2014, quoted Erik Möller, deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, stating that the transition of internet traffic from desktops to mobile devices was significant and a cause for concern and worry. The article in The New York Times reported the comparison statistics for mobile edits stating that, "Only 20 percent of the readership of the English-language Wikipedia comes via mobile devices, a figure substantially lower than the percentage of mobile traffic for other media sites, many of which approach 50 percent. And the shift to mobile editing has lagged even more." The New York Times reports that Möller has assigned "a team of 10 software developers focused on mobile", out of a total of approximately 200 employees working at the Wikimedia Foundation. One principal concern cited by The New York Times for the "worry" is for Wikipedia to effectively address attrition issues with the number of editors which the online encyclopedia attracts to edit and maintain its content in a mobile access environment.


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MVSU holds Grand Opening, Ribbon-cutting for Chick-Fil-A
By Jasalyn Lucas, Communications Specialist
On Thursday, September 30, 2021, Mississippi Valley State University officials welcomed local civic leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members to a ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Chick-fil-A at MVSU.
The excitement surrounding the addition of such a well-respected brand has had the Valley and local community members buzzing since its announcement.
Both Chick-Fil-A and MVSU believe in giving back. The restaurant believes in giving back to its customers' lives and the communities they serve. MVSU's motto is "Live for Service," which teaches each student the value of giving back.
Dr. Jerry Briggs, President of MVSU, shared his excitement about the grand opening and the impact he believes it will have on the university.
"We are so thankful for this opportunity. We know that this is something that the students have asked for, and we want to make sure we are attentive to you all's needs and supporting our university as we advance," said Dr. Briggs.
"We know that here at MVSU, we are a big part of this community, and this establishment shows one example of how we are going to share, open, and embrace everything our community has to offer," Dr. Briggs added.
Miss. Senator David Jordan (D), Mayor Carolyn McAdams (Greenwood), Leflore County Supervisor Reginald Moore, and Mayor Reginald Freeman (Itta Bena), were all in attendance for the grand opening.
"The city of Greenwood has been trying for years and years to get a Chick-Fil-A, so Valley kudos to you, and at least it is only 8 miles away. So, we can still enjoy, come over, participate, and eat chicken," said Mayor McAdams.
Senator Jordan, an MVSU alum, applauded Dr. Briggs and the university for bringing the franchise to Valley.
"It is a good job that you are doing, Mr. President, and we are grateful. We will do whatever we need to do to make it even greater by putting state legislator and senate resources. I am glad to be here, at home with so many people. We are glad Chick-Fil-A is here on the MVSU Campus," said Senator Jordan.
Moore, who is also a Valley Alum, shared similar sentiments as Jordan.
"This gives me great pleasure to be here at this occasion because I am an alum of MVSU. It is a historic moment for not only MVSU but for Itta Bena and Leflore County," Moore explained.
Mayor Freeman said, "Great things are going to happen in Itta Bena! Thank you, Mr. President, for beginning one of those great things started by bringing Chick-Fil-A. Stay tuned because there will be more to come."
Several MVSU student leaders were on hand for the event ad shared their thoughts on what it means for the MVSU Student to have Chick-fil-A open on campus.
Student Government Association President Kristopher Bond said having the restaurant on campus is something everyone has talked about for months.
"This has been anticipated by me, the executive cabinet, the students, faculty, and staff of the university. Opening Chick-fil-A shows the students that the university administrators hear their voices and that we must continue to work and keep Valley in Motion," Bond said.
Rodkell Barber, Mister MVSU for the 2021-2022 academic year, said, "I am thrilled that this is happening. Since my freshman year, I have been looking forward to upgrading some things and getting better opportunities. Chick-Fil-A is a big help now that people have something they can access on campus, and I am happy about it."
"I think it is a great opportunity, and the students have been asking for it for years, and now that we have it, I am grateful that Chick-Fil-A has come to campus," said Ronni Williams, Miss MVSU 2021-2022.
Chick-Fil-A has many franchises all over the country and on many college campuses. This project has been in the works for a while and is one of the only Chick-Fil-A franchises opened during the pandemic.


India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the Asia Cup 2018 in Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Batting first, Pakistan scored only 162 runs in 43.1 overs due to great bowling performance of Indian bowlers. In reply, India achieved this easy target in just 29 overs with the help of good innings of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.
Rohit Sharma scored 52 runs off 39 balls with 6 fours and sixes whereas Sikhar Dhawan scored 46 runs off 54 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was adjudged the man of the match for his very economical and best bowling. He took 3 wickets for 15 runs in his 7 overs.
The attitude of the Pakistani batsmen was disappointing, but this win would give India enough confidence for the next matches. The bowling performance of Kedar Jadhav and Bhubaneswar Kumar was brilliant and it was said that this victory completely belongs to bowlers.
Team India will take Pakistan on 23rd September 2018 again and we hope we will get a close match this time.


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Why the New 'Got Milk?' Campaign Is Focusing on the TikTok Generation
"Got milk?" is back, and optimized for the TikTok generation.
Written byHal Koss
Published on Feb. 15, 2021
Hal Koss
Senior Associate Editor at Built In
Hal Koss is a Built In senior associate editor overseeing updates and optimization of the site's evergreen coverage.
In early August, Katie Ledecky, the American swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist, paddled the length of a pool while balancing a glass of chocolate milk on her head.
The feat was captured on video and uploaded to TikTok, where users viewed it more than three million times. In the video, Ledecky called on others to share clips of themselves steadying a glass of milk while performing similarly impressive stunts, and to use the hashtag #GotMilkChallenge.
The challenge caught on. Since that first upload, videos tagged with #GotMilkChallenge have been collectively viewed more than four billion times on TikTok, the user base of which is 60 percent Gen Z.
"Teens are sort of our creative bullseye."
The viral campaign was launched by the Milk Processors Education Program (MilkPEP), the marketing arm of America's milk industry. It marked the return of the iconic "got milk?" slogan, which MilkPEP sidelined a half-decade ago. And, perhaps more than that, it revealed MilkPEP's commitment to win the affection of Gen Z.
"Teens are sort of our creative bullseye," Miranda Abney, senior director of marketing at MilkPEP, told Built In. "We see them as this very powerful cultural force."
While the attention of the younger generation is prized by advertisers, it's intensely difficult to capture. But milk is determined.
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Why Target Teens?
Parents largely remain the gatekeepers of the grocery list, the ones most often responsible for bringing gallons of milk into the home. For that reason, MilkPEP still markets to them, using in-store media and, more recently, partnering with e-commerce giants like Amazon Fresh and Instacart to emphasize that milk is fresh, even when it's delivered.
Even so, the organization's sights are primarily set on teens. The reason: Teens, perhaps surprisingly, hold lots of sway on the purchasing decisions of their households — especially when it comes to food and beverages.
A 2019 report from the National Retail Federation revealed that 87 percent of parents surveyed said their children influence what they buy. And it showed that food and drink ranks third among categories in which teens influence household spending, or spend their own money — ahead of dining out, events and outings, and books and music.
"It's crazy how powerful they are," Abney said of kids today. They are a "force within their own families."
Abney figures this phenomenon has only grown stronger during the pandemic. She wondered aloud if it had something to do with parents feeling bad for their children, many of whom have had a difficult school year involving virtual classrooms.
Whatever the reason, it seems that, when kids request milk, their parents are often happy to oblige.
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Teens today have lots of options.
In its heyday, milk's rivals included water, coffee, soda and juice. Now it also competes with sports drinks, energy drinks, seltzer and kombucha. Say nothing of alternative milks, such as oat milk, almond milk and soy milk, all of which continue to climb in popularity — even as dairy milk consumption wanes.
To recapture mind-share, MilkPEP has resurrected the "got milk?" slogan it shelved in 2014, after a two-decade run that started when MilkPEP licensed the tagline from the California Milk Processor Board in the mid-1990s to bring it to the national stage.
The organization had moved away from the iconic campaign, with ads featuring A-list celebrities wearing white milk mustaches, because it had become ubiquitous and overplayed — like "wallpaper," Abney said.
But last March, as the pandemic sent shoppers scrambling for household staples and comfort food — boosting milk sales for the first time in years — an opportunity presented itself.
The MilkPEP team noticed shoppers prioritizing kitchen essentials — they were going out and getting milk. So, MilkPEP figured it might as well seize the moment, and ask the question once again: "got milk?"
MilkPEP scrapped its marketing calendar and worked to get the new "got milk?" campaign up and running by summer. Instead of print ads full of celebrities, though, the campaign relied on digital-first ads featuring mostly user-generated content. It was less of a nostalgia play for parents who might remember the slogan from the 1990s, and more of an appeal to today's creative youth.
"We haven't really talked to teens for some time," Abney said, "and now we've really come back to them."
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MilkPEP had run a commercial during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards earlier in the year. And the push into TikTok has made even clearer its intentions to capture Gen Z.
TikTok can be effective for top-of-funnel marketing: Challenges and memes routinely swell into overnight sensations, driving brand awareness into the farthest corners of popular culture — even if the product was once perceived as plain (see: Ocean Spray).
Countless grocery and retail brands have flocked to the platform, trying to build rapport with the younger demographics dwelling there. Familiar faces include Kroger, Chipotle, Dunkin' and Sabra Hummus.
Milk has joined them, and it's using a mix of celebrity endorsers, paid social influencers and organic user-generated content to whip up excitement around milk.
What MilkPEP quickly learned is that breaking through on new, teen-friendly social platforms like TikTok isn't as simple as reformatting its existing messaging. Indeed, to reach Gen Z, it had to rethink the substance of its content. It couldn't rely on milk's old playbook.
"Do we need to tell people what milk is gonna do for them?"
For years, that playbook focused on talking up the functional benefits of milk. Milk ads targeting boys often mentioned how it could help them reach their optimal height, and the ones for girls frequently associated the drink with nice smiles and skin. And many milk ads showcased athletes of all ages using it as a recovery drink.
But after poring over new consumer research and running focus groups, MilkPEP learned that kids today seem to care less about what milk supposedly does for their bodies. They don't want to be talked at; they want to be inspired.
"I think where we have gotten to now is a bit more of an emotional connection, versus that functional connection," Abney said.
Focus groups that watched milk ads absent any nutritional or functional information about milk, but that were fun and sparked emotion, were a hit, Abney said.
She remembers wondering: "Do we need to tell people what milk is gonna do for them? Do [we] need to spell it out for them? And what we found was, no way."
So for its "got milk?" campaign, MilkPEP produced UGC-heavy ads featuring everyday people dancing with milk, building milk carton forts, and even cannonballing into a kiddy pool full of cereal and milk. Nothing about protein or Vitamin D.
Is it working? Abney thinks so. But MilkPEP's not resting on its laurels.
"It's definitely a moving target," Abney said of the young generation that milk is trying to reach. "[We] just have to be on top of it."
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2012 is promising for the first time buyer! We are happy you chose to spend a bit of your time visiting our site. We have tons of beneficial information for you beyond this page. However, we want to take a moment to share a few things we believe are important for new buyers to grasp as you begin your journey to homeownership.
Purchasing a home is a blessing for you and/or your family!
We believe that God's best is homeownership. First time buyers should understand that it doesn't happen overnight. Buying a home takes planning and preparation before you purchase. Renting is part of the pre-home buying process to get your feet wet with responsibility before making the commitment to become a home buyer.
With faith and the proper plan of action you will become a first time buyer in 2012 or 2013 if you so desire.
There is no better time for new home buyers than NOW! You have everything working in your favor such as low interest rates and motivated sellers. When you hear the media talking about a "buyers market" this is what they are referring to (low interest rates and lower home prices). If you're considering purchasing a home this year...prepare yourself and do it!
Activate your faith NOW...we'll wait right here for you! Alright, if you're still reading this then we know your activation has shifted into gear! Activating your faith is essential to the home buying process. You have to first believe with your faith that you deserve your own home. Then you have to know that you can purchase your own home. The two vital activation steps are: BELIEVE and KNOW. Once you've got those you're unstoppable!
Write your vision for homeownership. God instructs us to write the vision and make it plain. This "literally" means taking out a sheet of paper and writing down your visions, hopes and dreams for your new home. God wants to know your hearts desires, but most importantly he wants you to "see" what he is capable of doing for you and/or your family by providing you with a home of your own.
When you begin to write your vision include your goals and time lines. Decide "when" you are going to purchase (i.e. in 3 months, 6 months, 9 or 12 months) from the date of writing your vision. Also, include how you will save money in your vision (i.e. $50 per week for $200 per month for 6 months). You "must" include your goals and when you plan to have those goals completed for your time line.
Writing your vision keeps you focused and accountable to what you plan to achieve. Post it up where it can be easily seen. Read it daily to yourself, spouse and children. In order to achieve homeownership you have to clearly see it, have a "VISION" for it. And, believe and know that it is within your reach!
Commit to your decision to purchase a home within 12 months. It will happen if you will "commit" to making it happen. This will mean making short-term sacrifices to your lifestyle and possibly changing a few spending habits. That's why we encourage you to write the vision, therefore, you can "see" where you're going and what it takes to get there. If your goal is to save $2,000 towards your home purchase you have to find ways to make that happen...cut back on shopping, eating out, vending machines at work, etc. It may mean moving in with your parents or relatives so that you can save more by eliminating your rent.
Positive change is often good for all of us especially if it improves our situation! Remember, these are only temporary changes and they will help you to achieve your goal. It's much easier to sacrifice when you can "see" that these changes are getting you closer to becoming a home owner!
Take action! You already believe in yourself and know that you are capable of purchasing your own home. You've taken the time to write down your vision. You now have a guide and road map to follow. You've made the commitment to yourself and/or your family that you will work hard to make it happen. Take action by staying positive and focused. Educate and prepare yourself as a first time buyer, save more money and move forward!
Simple: always pray! Do your very best and allow God to help you. Pray for creativity on ways you can earn more money and save more. Pray for discipline to hang in there with your goals. Pray for courage to pursue and apply. Always pray for knowledge, wisdom and understanding. Prayer will keep you connected to both God and your vision! God understands that you are a first time buyer and He will help you along your journey!
Give thanks! Shout! Rejoice! Praise! Get excited and most of all...GET READY! Get ready to OWN YOUR OWN HOME!
Thank you for taking the time to read this page. As a first time buyer, hopefully, you feel empowered to move forward and learn more about the home buying process. We know you can do it! How do we know? We've done it too (all within 12 months)!


Help fight the childhood obesity epidemic with these colorful and informational tear-off tablet handouts in Spanish. The Portion Size Wise Tablet depicts food portions often served and what the appropriate portion should be for children ages 2-5. Backside of handout includes a picture guide of common objects that represent recommended portion sizes and highlights of healthy snack portions.
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My Favorite 5 - Week One
By V for Victory Aug 26, 2012, 5:40pm PDT
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Aug 21, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Southern California Trojans coach Lane Kiffin (left) and Clay Helton at practice at Dedeaux Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE
By Ben Johnson - Special to SBNation.com
The daytime temperatures are still as hot as a chilly-pepper, but the daylight hours are getting shorter and there is even a hint of crispness in the early morning hours. It must be football season, finally.
My Favorite 5 is a weekly article I will be running here on the SBNation family of college sports blogs, Conquest Chronicles in particular.
It will feature a look at my four all-time favorite college football programs (USC, Michigan, Arkansas and Boise State) as well as a wildcard section that will feature a kaleidoscopic look across the country to focus your observations while partaking in this wild weekly ride we call college football.
College football covers the spectrum of passions in terms of fandom, but few venture beyond the edges like I do throughout the fall.
I prefer to watch the action at home in the comfort of my office, where I have three TV's stationed to catch all the action, pouring over all the stats I can find to determine who the best of the best is across the country.
Between the three televisions and two notebook computers I will keep you updated on all the action, including who should really be at the top of the polls, as well as leading the Heisman, according to the statistical indexes.
Inside my own personal sports bar as I can be found watching three games simulataneously amid the sweet aroma of smoked turkey, salmon, prime rib or brisket on the meat side, baked potato, steamed vegetables, and fresh strawberry or blackberry margaritas on the fruit and vegetable side, with plenty of chips, salsa and pasta to keep me peppered throughout the day.
And of course the beer and wine will be flowing - there is nothing like college football in the fall.
So in the words of the great Keith Jackson, let's get on with it shall we?
1. The USC Trojans Preview vs Hawai'i:
Oregon and UCLA played in the inaugural PAC-12 championship game last year in Eugene, but most college football pundits felt that USC was the best team overall, and rightly so.
After a gut-wrenching overtime loss versus Stanford in late October, in which head Lane Kiffin argued repeatedly with the always brutally bad PAC-12 Conference officiating crew given there was still one second remaining on the clock when Marquise Lee ran out of bounds with the Trojans in field goal range in Stanford territory (and he was right), the Trojans rebounded to restore their order of dominance in the conference by defeating Oregon and UCLA to close the season by a combined score of 88-35.
Oregon, who dominated a Stanford program that barely beat the Trojans in overtime, failed to put away a punchless UCLA program inspired by the end of the slick Rick era, in Autzen Stadium no less, would have likely found the same similar misfortune in December versus the Trojans in the same venerable stadium as they did in mid November, assuming the Trojans would have been eligible to play in last years PAC-12 title tilt.
At one point, with the fans streaming out of Autzen late in the third quarter, the Trojans led 38-14 versus a team that had a 21-game home winning streak and was still in contention for a possible repeat national championship game return in back-to-back seasons.
USC was red hot to close the season!
One could make a very reasonable assessment that Oregon's meteoric rise has been the result of USC's short two-year NCAA bowl ban along with major scholarship reductions, but the Men of Troy have recovered nicely.
Look for the Trojans on the streets of Miami during the first week of January in 2013!
Trojan Tale of the Tape:
Returning Starters on Offense 9
Returning Starters on Defense 7
Record 2011 10-2
Record Last 5 Years 50-14
Record Last 5 Bowl Games 4-1
Top-30 KSI Sabermetrics Index Rating QB's: Barkley (#1), WR's: Woods (#3) and Lee (9th), RB's: Redd (#12) and McNeal (#22).
Schedule Rating #30, just behind LSU (#29) and Alabama (#28) - Do you see the irony here?
Home Games: Hawai'i, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona St, Notre Dame
Road Games: Syracuse (East Rutherford), Stanford, Utah, Washington, Arizona, UCLA
Potential Trap Games: In back to back weekends, Oct-4th (Thursday) @ Utah and Oct-13th @ UW
Previewing the Hawai'i Warriors:
For any coach in college football, the first game of the season is always one of nervous anxiety due to the unknowns, but for head coach Norm Chow, a former Trojan assistant coach during the glory days of the dominating BCS era under Pete Carroll, it must be a day he has long anticipated.
The Warriors have always hung their hat on offense with a succession of quarterbacks including Tommy Chang, Colt Brennan and last years incumbant Bryant Moniz, who happen to be the three all-time career passing leaders in Warrior history.
Moniz won many of my weekly KSI Index challenges for quarterbacks with eye-popping numbers during 2010 and 2011 when I first began to become addicted to sports Sabermetrics, but Chang, Brennan and Moniz are nowhere to be found at present.
According to Phil Steele Magazine, the projected starter appears to be David Graves, but whoever lines up under center will have a plethora of receivers to throw to.
Jeremiah Ostrowski (SR) and Billy Ray Stutzmann (JR), one of four receiving tandems to both finish in the Top-30 of the KSI Ratings Index for returning wide receivers in 2012, are the primary playmakers for Hawai'i.
They joined Woods (#3) and Lee (#9) of USC, Chris Givens (#4) and Michael Companaro (#30) of Wake Forest, Sammy Watkins (#7) and DeAndre Hopkins (#27) of Clemson, and Stedman Bailey (#6) and Tavon Austin (#12) of West Virginia so they are in elite company and bring a stiff test to a developing Trojan defense.
It will be interesting to see if the Warriors run the vaunted BYU offense where Chow created his branding identity as an offensive guru, or if he will continue the hybrid Run-and-Shoot offense that Mouse Davis and June Jones ran so successfully bringing the program into the national spotlight.
It may not matter given the Warriors only have 6 starters returning on offense, and even less on defense (4), so this appears to be a building year on the surface.
Considering this is Chow's debut season, much remains to be seen in terms of the type of offense or defensive schemes that will be established or how the personnel, recruited largely by Greg McMackin and June Jones, will be utilized.
Prediction: With only 4 returning starters on defense for Hawai'i playing in a brand new scheme and system, under new coaches against a Trojan offense that may go down as the most prolific ever in college football?
Trojans in a rout, 55-17, and the 17 is a tip of the hat given my respect for Norm Chow.
2. The Michigan Preview vs Alabama:
This is the game of the day on opening weekend, much like the LSU-Oregon affair last year in Jerry World's bananza of a stadium in Arlington, Texas.
It is a huge game for Michigan and much of the Big-Ten, if not the rest of the country as we are all beginning to tire of hearing the SEC bandwagon blasting over the airwaves.
If the Wolverines can somehow beat both Alabama and Notre Dame in the month of September and survive the mid-season trap games versus Michigan State and Nebraska on back-to-back weekends in October, you have to like their chances of running the table considering the only thing that stands between Michigan and a New Years date in Miami, potentially with USC, is a manageable schedule and Ohio State to close the season.
Michigan is playing a Top-5 schedule in terms of difficulty, but they are the only team among this list of five that has the experience and depth to handle the task.
According to Phil Steele Magazine, the most valid statistical reference in the industry, Notre Dame heads this list followed by 2. Ole Miss, 3. Iowa State, 4. Michigan, 5. Florida, 6. Washington, 7. Baylor, 8. Texas A&M, 9. Miami (FL) and 10. Kentucky.
I can't see Notre Dame winning more than 9 games at best. Florida is a maybe with their talent base, but the Gators have to play at Texas A&M, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Florida State, as well as the Cocktail game against Georgia, as well as hosting LSU, South Carolina and Missouri.
With a two headed inexperienced monster of an issue at quarterback Florida will not be able to handle that kind of schedule, leaving Michigan as the only team within that Top-10 list that can handle a monster schedule.
That maybe easier said than done with Alabama, Notre Dame, Nebraska and Ohio State looming on the horizon, as well as little brother Sparty, who has now won four straight in the in-state rivalry series.
However, Michigan football is back under Head Coach Brady Hoke and with 50 letterman returning who are all-in under the direction of offensive coordinator Al Borges and defensive coordinator Greg Mattison, Michigan is the one team I am predicting that can both survive and take advantage of a top-tier schedule.
But getting by the Tide will be no easy task.
Word on the street is that Denard Robinson took to heart the coaching staff's request to improve his throwing fundamentals and techniques, and if Robinson can make the jump to the upper tier of college football quarterbacks, Mattison will provide enough defense for Michigan to get to Miami and the BCS title game.
To say this is a huge game on opening weekend is a tremendous understatement. The winner gets a big boost, the loser has their backs against the BCS wall, all but eliminated from the national championship picture.
Wolverine Tale of the Tape:
Top-30 KSI Sabermetrics Index Rating Denard Robinson #22 in QB Index...other Spread Offense QB's James Franklin (Missour) and Logan Thomas (VTech) finished notably higher.
Schedule Rating #4. (1. Notre Dame, 2. Ole Miss, 3. Iowa St, 4. Michigan, 5. Florida, 6. Washington, 7. Baylor, 8. Texas A&M, 9. Miami (FL), 10. Kentucky.
Home Games: Air Force, UMass, Illinois, Michigan St, Northwestern, Iowa
Road Games: Alabama (Jerry World), Notre Dame, Purdue, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio State
Potential Trap Games: Back-2-back weekends in October: October-20th Michigan State, October-27th @ Nebraska.
About The Tide:
The Crimson Tide is the 900 pound gorilla in the living room that can erase Michigan's quest for the title. Although the Tide have won two of the last three BCS championship games, they lost a ton of production on both sides of the ball this off-season.
However, the cupboards are not exactly bare with 6 starters on offense and five on defense returning for a program that has won four of their last 5 bowl games, three of them being of the BCS variety. If this game was in Tuscaloosa, Michigan wouldn't stand a chance given Nick Saban's 88-19 record at home, but arguably the best football coach in the country is a meager 12-8 in neutral site games during his career.
Plus Saban's defense, which he learned while working with Don James, the former Husky legendary coach, is difficult to learn without the proper reps or experience base, especially versus a team running an option or spread hybrid offense or an offense the does a lot of shifts with motion.
Both can be found within the Al Borges scheme, but Robinson's development as a passer prevented much of the shifts and motions a year ago. I am anxious to see his development in this department.
This is the major question going into this game. If Robinson has progressed, advantage Michigan!
SEC Hype: Fact or Fiction?
You've heard it before, the hype of the SEC as voiced by our supposed neutral national media (ESECPN), but Alabama misses Florida, Georgia, Vandy and South Carolina this year on the SEC schedule, so the next time you hear the hype of the best conference in the country, just understand all these teams do not play each other year in-year out.
You can't really call it the toughest conference when the toughest teams do not play each other can you?
Compare the Tide's schedule and overall strength of schedule rating of 30th with Ole Miss (#2) or Kentucky (#10).
Ole Miss misses Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida, but must play Alabama, Texas A&M, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Vanderbilt, LSU and Mississippi State.
Kentucky misses Mississippi, Georgia, Vandy and Texas A&M, but must play Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, Vanderbilt and Tennessee.
The team in the SEC that really makes out like a bandit this year is Georgia.
They miss Texas A&M, Alabama, LSU and Arkansas, three of the Top-5 teams nationally a year ago.
Like the potential falsity of Lance Armstrong's string of 7 straight titles, the SEC is no different. Enter in the fact most of the SEC, like Alabama, never leaves the footprint of the south.
Alabama travels to Arlington for a date with Michigan and away games versus Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and LSU...that's only 5 travel dates folks with only Missouri being a marginally non-southern regional contest.
So you have a historically fabled program that will play 8 home games, two against Western Kentucky and Florida Atlantic, and five away games, never traveling farther than a two hour plane flight, missing the heart of the SEC schedule in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, yet will be promoted as if they are playing this monster juggernaut of a schedule.
Ditto for Georgia!
As if Missouri and Texas A&M add to the myth of the SEC, the Big-12 announced yesterday how happy they are to replace the Aggies and Tigers with two annually ranked programs on the rise in West Virginia and TCU.
In comparison, look for USC to be demonized by their so called lack of strength found within the PAC-12 Conference, even though Oregon, Stanford and USC (prevented by NCAA sanctions) were all Top-10 teams last year to close the season
Here is a quick Trojan comparison to Alabama.
1. Barkely and crew will miss the two bottom dwellers of the PAC-12 over the past two seasons in Oregon State and Washington State, yet travel 3,000 miles cross country to play an improving Syracuse program.
2. They travel to Stanford to play a program as successful as any in the last four years, which has beaten them four of the last 5 seasons.
3. They get a Utah program that blitzed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl several years ago (twice finishing undefeated in the last decade, with the #3 RB according to the KSI Index Rating in John White).
4. They play one of the best quarterbacks in the country (Keith Price - 10th in the KSI Index Rating for QB's) on the lake in Seattle.
5. They must tackle Rich Rodriguez' offensively rich program in Arizona in Tucson!
6. If the season goes to form, they will likely get Oregon twice, just as Alabama and LSU hooked up twice last season.
So I ask you, who is playing the tougher schedule, especially when all those teams in the SEC are playing Oregon-esque non-conference schedules (Arkansas State and Tennessee Tech) and avoiding many of the juggernauts of the conference?
There are no Western Kentucky's and Florida Atlantic's to be found on the Trojan schedule, but you will see them on Alabama's schedule.
The SEC really survives and gains its power from the strength of four programs - LSU, Florida, Alabama and Auburn, but what have Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Arkansas or Kentucky accomplished in the last decade that Utah, Stanford, Oregon, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, West Virginia, Boise State, TCU and a host of others hasn't?
Oregon beat Tennessee 45-10 in 2010, Boise State beat Georgia last year 35-21, USC beat Arkansas in back-to-back seasons, blitzing them both times even though the Hogs could be heard saying on national television the USC was just another SEC team.
The Trojans put up 70 on the Hogs!
Even the LSU-Oregon affair a year ago was a case of the Tigers dominating the turnover department. That game was actually moving in Oregon's direction until the barrage of turnovers early in the third quarter, yet the media portrayed the game as a rout for LSU.
The Oregon-Auburn title game was as good as it gets, coming down to a freak tackle and long run that resulted in a game ending field goal to break the tie.
Is that really as dominating as the media portrays?
Yes, LSU, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia and South Carolina are elite programs but they dodge the bulk of the conference on an annual basis, generally play 8 home games, two against Sun-Belt, C-USA or Directional-U opponents (or worse) and yet dodge each other while collecting constant raves and reviews by our national media regarding how tough it is to play their schedule.
So is the strength and power of the SEC a question of myth or reality, especially given the fraudulent nature of the polling system, which is based on a 50-year traditional hierarchy and personal bias, rife with conflicts of interest on the coaching and SID side of the equation, in addition to being woefully ill informed because coaches and SID's do not watch all the games?
Don't drink the Kool-aid folks.
See it for what it is.
Game Prediction: In a wild upset that will spring Michigan forward, Wolverines 27 - Alabama 21.
3. The Arkansas Preview vs Jacksonville State
This off-season was one of the most tumultuous in college football history given what happened at Penn State and Arkansas. The Hogs were primed for a national championship run coming off an 11-2 season where they were last seen beating up on a one dimensional Kansas State offense, 29-16 in the Cotton Bowl.
But Arkansas is still a distant third in the SEC behind LSU and Alabama, especially on the defensive side of the equation.
The three premier programs in the SEC who have won the bulk of the BCS national championships for the conference in their decade of dominance are LSU, Alabama and Florida. Everyone else is about even with the other elite programs across the country...Arkansas included!
One thing is a certainty for the Hogs.
The offense will not skip much of a beat with Tyler Wilson returning to lead the offense. You have to respect a guy who got pelted last year versus LSU and the Tide so many times you wondered if his head was actually inside that helmet of his, which was seen flying through the air on many occasions.
He flat out got pounded, yet hung in the pocket when many others would have been rattled. That was impressive!
Plus the fact that he was one of two Razorback teammates that jumped up out of the monumental team meeting with Arkansas AD Jeff Long when Bobby Petrino was fired and told the entire roster in attendance to sit their ass down when they bolted to the door after Long's announcement!
That's leadership and toughness, which is what I expect to see out of Arkansas' offense, especially in the early going when they play a couple of cupcakes in Jacksonville State and UL-Monroe to open the season, both at home, although the second game is in Little Rock.
In combination with Knile Davis, who was injured all of last season, I look for USC, West Virginia, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida State, Oregon and Clemson to have the most prolific offenses in the country with multiple targets to keep the defense's from stacking the box.
Both Wilson and Davis scored high in my KSI Index Rating for quarterbacks and running backs. Both finished 6th in each category, for Davis, we utilized his 2010 stats, which would have enabled him to finish behind Rex Burkhead of Nebraska and Stephan Taylor of Stanford in 2011.
Wisconsin's run oriented offense allowed Monte Ball to run away with the Pre-Season KSI Index Rating for running backs, but Ball has nothing on Davis since Davis does his dancing inside the SEC West, most noted for the defensive prowess of the front four.
Davis may in fact be the best back in the country, which is really going to open up the passing lanes for Tyler Wilson and that vaunted offense.
Bobby Petrino's brother, Paul, will call the offense and you can bet your bottom dollar the two will confer back and forth and share film overviews, so Bobby Petrino will still have an influence on that offense.
The major question, similar to both USC and Michigan, is the defense, and at present, the defense is nowhere near the elite level in the SEC, let alone the rest of the country.
The Razorback offense bailed the defense out on multiple occasions last season and I don't expect much of a change on that side of the ball this year, but it will make for great TV for college football purists.
Arkansas Tale of the Tape:
Record in 2011 11-2
Top-30 KSI Index Rating QB's: Tyler Wilson (#6), RB's Knile Davis (#6)
Schedule Rating 18
Home Games Jacksonville State, UL-Monroe, Alabama, Rutgers, Kentucky, Ole Miss, LSU
Road Games Texas A&M, Auburn, South Carolina, Mississippi State
Trap Games The Hogs start with two cupcakes in the firs two weeks, but then must take on Alabama, Rutgers, Texas A&M and Auburn in successive weeks. The season will be defined by then with questions about the return of John L. Smith answered!
The Hogs will need to finish up similar to Oklahoma State last year on defense; a defense that bent a lot but created turnovers and simply outscored opponents on offense.
But Oklahoma State made its run last year...can the Hogs make a similar run inside the SEC West? With Petrino, maybe...with John L. Smith, I'm not so sure.
I won't take the time to preview Jacksonville State since I find it embarrassing that they are even on the Hogs schedule, although it was Jacksonville State that sent Ole Miss spiraling in Jeremiah Masoli's debut a couple seasons ago, but this Razorback offense is much stronger than the one Masoli inherited.
This one will be a yawner unless the John L. Smith factor comes into play and the coaches end up screwing it up.
Prediction: Hogs 62 - Jacksonville State 10.
4. The Boise State Preview vs Michigan State:
The state of Michigan will be wild on opening weekend with the Wolverines facing off with Alabama and the Spartans hosting Boise State. This will be the fourth year in a row that Boise is taking on a college football giant and three of the four have been on the road to begin the season.
This is a program that wins. This is a program that out prepares every program in the country given Boise doesn't have the 4 and five star recruits when they fly in to Boise as freshman, but by the time they leave, they are men among boys.
Some day I hope to see USC and Boise, or LSU and Boise lock horns as it will finally put to rest this is not just a good team that plays in a weak conference.
Kellen Moore is gone, but Boise has been here before after the 2006 Orange Bowl and their epic come back against the Sooners on national television.
They had stars that graduated then, just as they are looking to replace last years crop of seniors which included Moore and 1st Round draft pick Doug Martin, who has seemingly boosted Tampa Bays running attack so far in the NFL pre-season.
Boise may in fact lose this opening game due to inexperience, but there are enough winners on the Bronco sideline who will make a game of it, especially within the offensive line.
Look for Boise to return to multiple shifts, motions and a plethora of trick plays as the coaching staff will try to out coach opposing defenses while bringing the offense together as the season progresses.
This may in fact be the best game of the day in college football - Don't miss it, it is must see TV!
Boise State Tale of the Tape:
Returning Starters on Defense
Record Last 5 Years 60-6
Top-30 KSI Index Rating None, Kellen Moore finished 4th last year behind Russell Wilson (3rd) and ahead of Matt Barkley (5th).
Schedule Rating 71st, just behind Florida State!
Home Games Miami (OH), BYU (TH), Fresno State, UNLV, SDSU, Colorado State
Road Games Michigan State, New Mexico, Southern Miss, Wyoming, Hawai'i, Nevada.
Trap Games Assuming they get by Michigan State to open the season, the Broncos travel to Southern Miss and then get Fresno State at home the first two weekends of October. Wyoming will be improved and Nevada is always tough on the road.
Prediction: Too much youth and inexperience for Boise...Michigan State 24 - Boise 17.
Here's the rub for me with Boise and the entire BCS process.
I follow Phil Steele a lot as his index tables are similar to mine, although I think I present them in simpler context. His Mag has Florida State's strength of schedule ranked at 70th and Georgia at 72nd.
Boise is 71st, yet all we hear is how they play a weak schedule!
So here is something to chew on as you channel click through Saturday afternoon and hear all the media manipulation which is largely slanted towards the blue blood royalty in college football.
How can a quarterback such as Kellen Moore, who went 50-3 in his career at Boise State, who beat Oregon twice in successive seasons (PAC-12 Champions/Rose Bowl) as well as Virginia Tech (ACC Champions) and Georgia (SEC title game) during his career be barred from playing for the national championship when the strength of schedule for Boise is equal to Florida State and Georgia, two historical powers that are very much in the discussion for the national championship this year?
How can we the fans let that happen?
5. Inside The Kaleidoscope:
This section will have more meaning as we progress through the season, but here are three teams, three players and three coaches that I am interested in watching during Week #1!
The Players:
1. QB's: I am anxious to see how Denard Robinson (Michigan), Logan Thomas (VTech) and Taylor Martinez (Nebraska) get out of the gate on opening weekend.
Running quarterbacks provide an extra dimension for any defense and these are three of the best running quarterbacks in the country, but I am interested to see if there is any improvement in their passing game production.
If there is, all three players and the programs they play for will be among the national championship and Heisman discussion.
2. WR's: The PAC-12 has this position nailed down in terms of the best in the country, but here are a few names you might not know about but need to keep and eye on who had monster stats in 2011:
- Nick Harwell - JR (Miami-OH): 1,388 Yds, 12 TD's, 16.9 Y/P/C, 115.7 Y/P/G.
- Quinton Patton - SR (LA-Tech): 1,206 Yds, 11 TD's, 15.2 Y/P/C, 92.5 Y/P/G.
- Jalen Saunders - JR (Fresno State): 1,065 Yds, 12 TD's, 21.3 Y/P/C, 82 Y/P/G.
3. RB's: Everyone knows about Monte Ball, Knile Davis, Rex Burkhead, Stephan Taylor and Marcus Lattimore, but few recognize Robby Rouse (Fresno State), Giovani Bernard (UNC) and Zac Stacy (Vandy).
See how they finished in the KSI Index Rating for returning running backs in 2012:
Player / School
Yds P/C
Yds P/GM
KSI Score
1. Montee Ball (Wisc)
2. Robby Rouse (Fresno)
3. John White (Utah)
4. Rex Burkhead (Neb)
5. Stephan Taylor (Stan)
6. Knile Davis (Arkansas)
7. Isi Sofele (CAL)
8. Giovani Bernard (UNC)
9. Joseph Randle (OKSt)
10. Marcus Lattimore (S. Car)*
11. Henry Josey (Missou)
12. Silas Redd (USC-PSU)
13. Zac Stacy (Vandy)
14. Denard Robinson (Mich)*QB
15. Andre Ellington (Clem)
Colin Klein (KState)*QB
Lyle McCombs (UCONN)
Chris Nwoke (Colo St)
Kedrick Rhodes (FIU)
Cameron Marshall (ASU)
Curtis McNeal (USC)
Cierre Wood (N. Dame)
Kenjon Barner (Oregon)
Tevin Washington (GTech)*QB
Ray Graham (Pitt)*
James Franklin (Missou)*QB
Le'Veon Balll (Mich St)
Coaches On The Hot Seat:
1. Mike Riley - Oregon State
2. John L Smith - Arkansas
3. Derek Dooley - Tennessee
Three coaches who are facing major stress in the opening weeks of the season for differing circumstances.
For Mike Riley, who along with Dennis Erickson are largely responsible for pulling Oregon State out of the depths of 28 straight losing seasons, another bad start in 2012 could spell doom for his tenure with the Beavers.
Oregon State can ill afford to begin another long losing trend given the precarious financial nature of the current college football economy in 2012, especially with Oregon 40 miles down the road enjoying epic success. The Beavers need a fast start and another return to a bowl game to save his job.
Derek Dooley faced harsh circumstances in his first two seasons after becoming the third consecutive coach in three seasons after the initial firing of long time Volunteer coach Phil Fulmer, which in my opinion was a major mistake for the school in hindsight.
I wonder how those administrators feel now?
The Vols have gone backwards since the firing and the natives are getting restless with Dooley.
The Vols need to keep pace in the SEC East with Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, but another dismal season will vanquish Tennessee's status as one of the perennial big dawgs of the SEC.
The Vols miss LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Arkansas, but must face NC State, Florida and Georgia in the first five weeks of the season. A bad start and Dooley's fate will be sealed.
It is a strange twist to see John L. Smith on the hot seat when he hasn't even coached a game at the school as a head coach, but expectations for this team are surreal in Fayetteville!
Nothing less than a national championship game appearance, or perhaps getting to the SEC championship game will transform Smith's interim tag into a full-time coach name plate.
It's all or nothing for Arkansas and if they drop a game or two early, the season could unravel given the precarious nature of events that occurred last April.
Smith, who is one of the nice guys in the coaching world, faces a tough task but we are rooting for you John...let's just hope you can lead the Hogs better than you can manage your finances!
Three BCSBusters To Watch:
1. Ohio
2. Fresno State
3. Boise State
CNNSI.com likes Ohio for some reason, but an easy schedule is the last thing that will get Ohio into the BCS discussion...just ask Boise State.
Boise State is young and unproven and if they couldn't get into the title game after going 50-3 during the last three seasons, including 8-1 versus BCS programs since 2006, who can among the BCSBusters?
The only team on their schedule that can really help them is Michigan State and even if they beat the Spartans, Michigan State may not even get close to the Big Ten title game, let alone into the national championship discussion with the loss of quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Those are big shoes to fill for Sparty given Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio State will all be better in 2012.
So my BCSBuster is one of the original BCSBusters considering Pat Hill was one of the first to coin the phrase and his "We will play you anyplace, anytime, anywhere" mantra was effective for a lot of years.
Hill has been replaced as the program stalled and paled in comparison with Boise State, but he didn't exactly leave the cupboards bare.
The offense is loaded with star potential at all three skill positions and the schedule can help them, especially if they run the table as they will have beaten both Oregon and Boise State in the process.
Derek Carr, brother of David Carr, is 5th in the Pre-Season KSI Index Rating for Quarterbacks. Running back Robby Rouse was second in the KSI Index Rating for RB's and WR Jalen Saunders was 16th for receivers. If the Defense can create some turnovers, there is enough offense to upset Oregon, Colorado, Boise and Nevada and then it is just a matter of running the table.
Beating Oregon would really bump them up in the BCS discussion, especially if Oregon ends up winning another PAC-12 title, since they would have to beat USC at least once to accomplish this task.
Keep an eye on the Bulldogs!


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You didn't think we were done with all the wig related surprises did you? For those of you who don't recognise this version of the 4th Doctor, it's from when he was prematurely aged in 'The Leisure Hive'. I'm fairly sure it's a wig and false beard, but you just never know with the 4th.
We're bringing you the final part of Curation next week, but we're still working on what follows. Nesshead's laptop is still down, but we do have the first strip in the new Infinites arc. We'll see, we've not missed a Saturday since we started and we're not about to miss one now.
Nesshead's laptop fund is still open.
I only mention that because in the last few weeks both Jim and myself have had close calls with our Turing machines. We can just about get by if one of us loses our IT, two would be pretty awkward, but if all three of us went down at the same time it'd mean a short break for the strip. Hopefully we can keep struggling on with our current tech.
Right I'm off for just now. See you all next week for the conclusion of Curation.
This is what I get for talking about it. Jim's computer took a massive hissy fit this morning. Which is why you've been looking at a substandard, reduced in 'Paint' type strip today. Jim's hoping to get on and post it properly when his machine starts working again.
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to bring the mathematician to life, hire a government-certified super-genius to Crowds gathered in Fleet Street and Bow Street anxious to hear the latest gossip. guess Robert Patrick is the person I really have to give it up to the most, "This show keeps me on my toes We can only comprehend what they are doing. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments either by the same reader or different readers. Quinn, Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen, Ari Stidham as Sylvester Dodd, Eddie London at the time was a perfect setting for Todd's misdeeds. I'm not one of those people. O'Brien is often described as the stereotypical computer "nerd". Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories. Lovett had killed herself with poison, probably bought from a guard. But, even within a cast of characters who represent the last line of defense against potentially catastrophic technological threats, he doesn`t view technology as being a bad thing. As the socially awkward programming wunderkind Sylvester Dodd on the CBS drama "Scorpion," actor Ari Stidham realizes the amazing potential of technology. Something caught his attention - the flash of metal in the candlelight of a filthy shop. episodes. In prison, fate overtook the semiliterate boy. middle ground - like really during when we shot the bio-hacking episode, the [6] Agent Cabe Gallo was the person who brought him from Dublin, Ireland to America after O'Brien hacked into NASA computers to get a set of blueprints for his wall. "I think, once we found that Ari Stidham stars as Sylvester Dodd in "Scorpion" on the CBS I was fondled and kissed and called a pretty boy. week. You are solely responsible for your comments and by using TribLive.com you agree to our Not to break it down and get too brainy, but every episode, people leave their ordinary world and they come back having changed by the end. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. "It felt like I just rolled the Gabel "were very warm and helped us get used to the workflow. Pictured left to right: Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn, Ari Stidham as Sylvester Dodd, Elyes Gabel as Walter O'Brien, Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen and Eddie Kaye Thomas as Toby Curtis. He was 46 years old. As I was completing a new edition of my book on Todd, the London filmmaker Tom Whitter added an intriguing piece to the jigsaw. experiencing (it) as a kid would, because I feel like I'm a kid. He was flipped out of the chair and into the cellar below. I don't know much about, really, what We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. But, even within a cast of characters who represent the last line of defense against potentially catastrophic technological threats, he doesn't view technology as being a bad thing. The business is called Scorpion presumably because Walter is a predatory arthropod with a mineral-based exoskeleton (editor's note: you're confusing him with the species "scorpion"). Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. Together, the whiz kids save a He is also a world class ornithologist and starting in late season three, an alderman. There, he would combine the ingenuity of a cutler with the skill of a barber to embark on an era of bloodshed unique in British criminal history. Luckily there's also sexual tension between them, seemingly because of Walter's implied similarities to Paige's son. ", Stidham called O'Brien "noble" and OCD, you can't touch things with germs. It's like an The Demon Barber's crimes, it turns out, are no urban myth. (Ari Stidham) would have an answer in the time it took you to read this sentence. Walter never reported him to the bank. With his new skills, Todd made a good living as a street corner barber. As the socially awkward programming wunderkind Sylvester Dodd on the CBS drama "Scorpion," actor Ari Stidham realizes the amazing potential of technology. "He was a gentle, compassionate, loving person who molested kids," she said. His parents were frustrated with him as he was a disappointment to them and sent him to live with his uncle before Christmas one year. When O'Brien feels like he is failing at a task, he panics and starts to lash out at those around him. In the opening scenes of Scorpion (Thursday, RTÉ 2), child hacker Walter O'Brien is arrested by Robert Patrick from Terminator and extradited to America, from what I assumed, based on his accent, was a Scottish-speaking region of Latvia. But even after this, his team members still respect him as a leader of them and like him as a friend, even when he can be a little short sighted and thinks of the world in only logical steps and explainable equations as opposed to human unpredictability and emotions. To avoid distracting other readers, we won't publish comments that suggest a correction. 18415725, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Floyd County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by David Sifford (contributor 46564332) . By now, violence was the norm for Todd, as victim and perpetrator. Multiple choice challenge made for secondary school pupils... Trump family are all smiles as they join Donald for his 2am speech declaring victory from the White House... HENRY DEEDES: Boorish Don was like a child with his bottom lip dragging. he lives: Having anxiety and OCD, but also being able to overcome it to achieve It is the basis for numerous book and plays, in turn leading to the 1979 Sondheim musical and the new Burton movie. Stop it. experience.". Todd did exactly that after his initial murders. … In a big scale, it's the problem of today. Todd was charged at the Old Bailey with a single murder, that of Francis Thornhill. She works to help O'Brien and his team interact with normal people and learns from O'Brien that her son is not challenged but really a genius. The 18th-century barber was both hairdresser and doctor. watch him each Monday at 9 p.m. With that harmonic sequence in The event that pushed him over the edge occurred in December 1784. A: You know … I really don't comprehend it. He's just abseiled past my window firing a machine-gun. are sociable. pack of flights from falling out of the sky, debug a bio-hacker targeting the California talk to us about what you think of these possible arcs that we're looking at.' ", The actor also had high praise for Then, says the Newgate Calendar: "All eyes were turned upon the most dastardly criminal of the age, Sweeney Todd, who stood in the dock glaring at the foreman of the jury. Actor people who can make all of this come to life," he added. Todd's mother, not 20, scratched a living winding silk. But these suggestions should be sent But so did Amber Heard, God is not dead and monotheism is anything but monotone, Frequently asked questions about your digital subscription, Specially selected and available only to our subscribers, Exclusive offers, discounts and invitations, Explore the features of your subscription, Carefully curated selections of Irish Times writing, Sign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox, An exact digital replica of the printed paper. An article in the Daily Courant of April 14, 1785, reported the murder of a young gentleman who had fallen into conversation with a man dressed as a barber. The man known in real life as "Scorpion" is founder of Scorpion Its window was dirt-encrusted, but through the grime a notice could be made out: "Easy Shaving For A Penny". or debate this issue live on our message boards. It feels ° Peter Haining 2007. Panic-buyers are faced with EMPTY shelves after Tesco customers wrestle for bargains in chiller... or debate this issue live on our message boards. He has high hopes that somewhere there are still some good guys hacking away behind a computer screen. At times he was like some hobgoblin, his strange, dark eyes agleam with greed and cunning.". Then agent Robert Patrick from Terminator, with whom Walter has quarrelled, arrives to ask him to stop a computer virus that's causing planes to crash.
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