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You might be less irritable and have more control over your emotions if you meditated in a pyramid once in a while. Or if you don't have time for that, put a few small pyramids under the bed where you sleep. The enhanced biocosmic energy promotes a more tranquil emotional state: http://www.iempowerself.com/84_pyramid_power.html If we could identify which of the eleven dimensions your body tingled in, maybe we could prove string theory and unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. We could even honor your history of sniping from the balcony by describing the required compactification as "reverse balkanization theory." Then again, maybe not. Not everybody is willing to tingle, even for science.

Those underwater UFOs may have been hazardous to our aerial weapons for some time. If you were the pilot of a WWII fighter plane being attacked by a sea-based UFO with shock wave technology, where would you run (so to speak)? How about the middle of the Egyptian desert: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lost-world-war-ii-plane-827855 The pilot mysteriously disappeared - - now there's a surprise. Why did he disappear? You decide.

Somebody glowingly described our offense in a post early last season as "fast paste." Sort of prophetic by the last few games. Let's hope our new additions mesh quickly and we improve to "fast paced" for the whole year in 2012.

Long gone.

The ball would go less than 10 yards so he'd have to try again. Wouldn't this make Mr. Wilson Mr. Potter's understudy? Seems oddly appropriate.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/minnesotas-no-blackout-provision-may-not-be-so-crazy-after-all/ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/conference-committe-puts-vikings-share-at-477-million/

True, but even soccer has concussion-related issues: http://www.soccernation.com/concussions-how-do-we-protect-our-soccer-players--cms-2349 I don't know how expensive or readily available it is for high school athletes, but I keep reading about how baseline testing is an important tool for improving player safety.

Well, as Chan said: "You can gripe or complain about what you don't have or you can get excited about what you do have. You get to choose every day."

There's nowhere I'd rather be than right here, right now! Via, among some other places, Mortons Corners.

Hey, whale **** may save the planet: http://news.smh.com.au/world/whale-poop-fights-global-warming-20100616-ydl6.html P.S. Next time you study global warming stay farther back from the whale or wear safety goggles.

The OP's USA Today article made reference to an earlier 8th Circuit Court of Appeals case involving student participation in athletics. If anybody's interested, here's the 1992 opinion - - it involves a female high school athlete "banned" from playing on a basketball team: http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/tF2/980/1208/335788/ The 1992 appeal only decided the student's request for injunctive relief - - it was denied as moot because the student had already graduated from high school by the time the appeal was decided. The appeals court actually sent the case back to the Arkansas trial court to determine, among other things, if the student had an actionable claim for damages for a civil rights violation. Don't know the outcome upon return to the trial court, but it sure seems like the student should have lost. Use of the terms "banned" and "removed from the team" as opposed to the term "cut" makes me wonder if the student made the team and then was disciplined for something, but the 8th Circuit opinion never says why the student was "banned."

Just curious - - what state's teacher retirement plan now allows this? I don't see how anybody could reasonably argue that such a change would be fair - - has anybody in a position of authority actually proposed such a change? I don't follow this issue closely, but all I remember hearing on the news are proposals in various states to force new teacher hires into a 401k or 403b type of defined contribution retirement plan. Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention. Thanks in advance for any info.

I agree with you about teaching being important, but their salaries are higher than you think. Here's the 2008 New York City salary schedule from a teacher union website: http://www.uft.org/o...edules/teachers To understand the New York City teacher 2008 salary chart in the above link, you also need the following explanation of salary "steps:" http://www.uft.org/o...ts/salary-steps I don't know how things have changed since 2008, but in 2008 a NYC teacher with 22 years experience and a Master's degree made an annual salary of $94,154. With an additional 30 credit hours beyond the Master's degree, the salary schedule for 22 years experience topped out at just over $100k. I would expect WNY teachers to make less because their cost of living is cheaper, but my guess is that they all make over $30k/year, even to start. Just my two pesos.

Will you name a bridge over Tonawanda Creek for me?

A little more info from an AP news story: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/skorea-finds-smuggled-capsules-human-flesh-16297437 If dog is considered a delicacy in that part of the world, maybe dead baby pills aren't much of a stretch.

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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-09/business/chi-robisigning-settlement-to-be-finalized-20120209_1_servicers-foreclosure-practices-mortgage-payments So Bank of America defrauds government entity FHA, settles its legal liability for $1 billion, and half of that settlement money (that belongs entirely to taxpayers) gets diverted to assist the minority of people who aren't paying their mortgages - - what could possibly be wrong with that? If you read the entire article, a big chunk of the $25 billion overall multi-party foreclosure fraud "settlement" is structured in a similar way - - rather than having the banks and loan servicers pay actual dollars to the government (because all taxpayers ultimately got the bill for the banks' fraudulent conduct), the banks get "credit" toward the $25 billion every time they take some of the money that rightfully belongs to the government (i.e., all taxpayers) and use it to financially assist irresponsible people. It's a sad time in American history. Maybe the NFL should start giving participation trophies to guys who don't make final team rosters. Just my 2 rupees.

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Not saying it is a very bright tradition, but this link gives some context: http://urbangrounds.com/2012/05/nick-engmann/ The bus driver was cited for running a red light: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Student-hit-by-Cap-Metro-bus-150208605.html

Maybe they really liked Angerer, or maybe the special teams coach hosted a pre-draft fondue party: http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/28/sports/sp-fondue28 JAX has a history of freak kicker injuries, so maybe they just decided to stockpile punters: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1634325

I started to write "put yourself in the kicker's shoes" but in a thread about kicker weirdness I didn't want Russell Erxleben to feel left out, so "put yourself in the kicker's feet" seemed more inclusive.

You had me a little worried so I just checked - - Mom's fine.

I thought it might be your MI6 code name: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9210758/Jack-Straw-sued-over-illegal-rendition-of-Abdel-Hakim-Belhadj.html

I'm chagrined to say that I had actually forgotten that alternate ending - - it brought back some good memories. Thanks.