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Its not merely the lack of speed, its the lack of production. In 3 years, he's never had a 100 yard receiving game, not to mention that he didn't have a TD last year, and never more than 4 in a season. The Big 12 isn't exactly known for its pass defense. Though Ok-State's offense isn't a pass happy spread offense of most Big 12 teams, a more running style offense can usually open up good opportunities for a TE. The lack of production concerns me more than his lack of speed, except to say that his poor 40 time might partially explain his lack of production.

I'm going. I'm the one you met at Bullfrogs during the Seattle game. My son will be going with my and 2 of my friends. If you're not going to be at the Holiday Inn by the Stadium at 7 am Sunday, send a PM to Aussie, to see if you can get her cell #, so she can tell you which lot they are in.

They had spoken, briefly. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=6245 (last 2 paragraphs) ...Peters agent Eugene Parker also represents Bills second-round pick James Hardy, and even though conversations on a contract for the wide receiver have been constant over the past week Brandon says talk about Peters has been minimal. "Very briefly with Eugene," said Brandon. "Everything has been really focused on James. It's been a very quiet situation and that's as honest as I can be about it." Of course, it really doesn't take too long to say, "my guy deserves X" and a reply of "we'll pay Y"

His senior year, he didn't have less than 82 receiving yards in a game. In terms of college competition, he put up good to very good numbers against Talib of KU Pat Lee of Auburn Wheatley of Colorado and everyone at the U of Texas. His numbers weren't that high in his junior year because he suffered a knee injury early and limped through most of the year. Alot would depend on what the Chiefs do in the first round, (if they don't take an LT in the first), but I wonder whether he makes it past them in the 2nd. Here's what they're Chief of Scouting says about him. http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6241 The comments are so laudatory, so effusive, you wonder if the guy isn't putting you on. Not stretching the truth, per se, but maybe over-waxing eloquently about the local guy because, well, he's the local guy. But Chuck Cook, the Chiefs director of college scouting, wasn't blowing smoke in Jordy Nelson's direction just because the player in question is a Kansas favorite (Riley County native and Kansas State player). "No way," Cook said almost indignantly when asked if he was padding his Senior Bowl report on Nelson, a player he's watched more often than some other prospects. "Look, I even asked some of the defensive backs (on Nelson's North squad) who they thought was the most impressive receiver out here, and they said Jordy Nelson," Cook said. "They said they didn't realize how big the guy is and how deceptive his speed is. I tell you, the guy's got play-speed."

He doesn't have a job yet, he's just interviewing for a job. But OK, let's say you're applying for a job that requires typing skills, and they want someone who can type 90 WPM. You take a test and end up at 60 WPM, using the keyboard that the company uses. So you complain about the keyboard, the manufacturer of the keyboard and the people that supplied the keyboard. Then, say you'll take the test again, but you'll use your own, and won't let the representatives from the prospective employer in to watch the test. You'll just mail them of a video of it. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/hashmarks/0-6-6...-continues.html It hasn't been a good week for Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly, but at least it's getting more bizarre. On Wednesday, he basically accused the OU strength and conditioning staff of trying to sabotage his workout. Kelly apparently wanted to run on Astroturf, but he was forced to run on FieldTurf. Now, he's apologizing for his rant on a Tyler, Texas radio station. The guy interviewing him is David Smoak, a longtime Friend of Hashmarks. On Sunday, Kelly will hold yet another workout in Atlanta under the direction of former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Boyd Dowler. But here's the catch: No NFL scouts will be allowed in the building. Dowler, who's in the Packers Hall of Fame, will send video and information from the workout to all 32 NFL teams and various media outlets. (that's what he's up to today.)

By far most of his passes were over the middle or short to the sideline, that was the Ron Prince offense at KSU..he loved short passes. The fly routes are what you see on the highlight videos..but he caught 122 last year. The deep passes are probably 10% of that number.

Oh, it matters. Jeremy Green was a scout for San Fran and then went to Cleveland in 1999. While he was a scout, the Browns drafted: Tim Couch Gerard Warren Courtney Brown Willlam Green in the first round plus Quincy Morgan Rahim Abdullah Andre Davis in the 2nd round Not surprisingly, Phil Savage canned him. I'd be more concerned if he actually praised the Bills' FA signings.

Houston. The best defensive player in the draft; a new starting OLB; (DeMarco Ryans) 2 upgrades to their OL both with lots of upside (Winston and Spencer).

No need to overanalyze. Its as simple as this, and always has been: "When you, here, everyone of you, were kids, you all admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner, the toughest boxer, the big league ball players, and the All-American football players. Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser." Gen. Patton, June 5, 1944. 6 years of losing makes you...intolerant. (Unless you're a Cards fan).

It won't last long. I doubt many of the schools will bother to change the standards before a new board change: http://cjonline.com/stories/110905/loc_evo2.shtml 3 of the more prominent nutcases already have challengers to their elections next year. But since I have 2 sons in the Kansas public school system (K and 2nd grade), and now that the State Board has changed the definition of science to come to supernatural causes, what should I recommend to my second grader for his science project next spring? (he did a kickass tornado last year). I'm leaning towards the Blair Witch Project.

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It's happened before, on several occasions. It just eggs him on.

Trust me, he's not like many people, baptist or otherwise. He's a unique character in Americana, who's carved out a niche for himself in the area of Nutsiness. I don't know if I'd put him before or after Marshall Applewhite, but they'd be close.

I get to see the group's antics nearly every day (and yes, they picket nearly every day). He was actually a pretty good civil rights lawyer before he got disbarred. (A federal judge I knew claimed he was the best lawyer that had ever been before him). People have tried to run him out of town, he almost always wins in court though. Those who handle the group the best are those that just ignore them, which is most people here now. Its a good test of the first amendment. A good series of articles: http://cjonline.com/indepth/phelps/ Check out the photo gallery, you'll get to see what we see nearly every day.

Do you know how recent the cost per vehicle figures are? I'm wondering because GM''s sales are off about 15-17% this year, so there would be obviously fewer vehicles to factor into the cost-per-vehicle approach. Nonetheless, the 5.2 billlion they pay in health costs is staggering. But I think health care costs are only a part of their problem. Both GM and Ford concentrated their efforts in the more profitable SUV-Light truck market, and now they've seen it dip in popularity. It reminds me of the 1970's, when the US makers were all making muscle cars with huge engines, and then all got caught in the '73 energy crisis. Let's hope they can pull themselves out of it faster than they did in the '70's.

Unless the administrative judge in the district where the nominee is to be appointed is a complete incompetent, there shouldn't be a single accused released on speedy trial grounds. If the judiciary withstood the Hatch bureaucracy during the '90's, it can withstand the failure to confirm 7.

Yeah, you're right, the guy in the example might not be able to keep alot of what he just bought, because even if his other bills were wiped, he might not be able to afford the payments on the car and boat anyways. But the new law, even though its very creditor friendly, doesn't absolutely prevent someone from filing for bankruptcy. First, as I said before, it doesn't apply to those who are in the bottom 1/2 of the median family income of their state. Second, it only applies to those whose net income exceeds their monthly budget. Third, even if that is the case, people aren't barred from bankruptcy, they are only required to use a Chapter 13 repayment plan. Their plan is, in large part, based on the excess of their net income over their monthly expenses. Rarely, if ever, would they be required to pay off something like catastrophic medical costs in full, even through a Ch. 13 plan. Its based on what they can afford. Sure, there's little, if any money left at the end of the month, but its not overwhelming. Besides, most bankruptcy courts have loosely been following this principle for years. Courts have long had the ability to deny Ch 7 protection to someone that will show a large monthly surplus at the end of the month after a bankruptcy. The new law basically codifies it.

It goes by the median family income of the state in which the debtor resides, based on the number in the debtor's family.

That's basically true. The forced Chapter 13 provisions only apply to those debtors above a median income.

Exactly, its also why some of the board members aren't attending. (This is only a subcommittee anyways, not the entire Board).

Two State Board of Education members acknowledge they haven't fully read evolution-friendly science standards proposed by educators. Board members Kathy Martin of Clay Center and Connie Morris of St. Francis said Friday they'd merely scanned the proposed standards. Martin's acknowledgment elicited groans of disbelief from a few audience members. During a break, Martin said she's ``not a word-for-word reader'' of this type of technical information. http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1551417.html And they wonder why the scientific community boycotted the hearings.

A partial solution could be this: Currently, generally, traditional IRA contributions are limited to $4,000 or ($4,500 if older. ) People who are covered through an employer retirement plan aren't provided the tax deduction for a traditional IRA. Rather than diverting money from the trust fund to create private accounts, create a new form of IRA that is tied into the receipt of SSA benefits. In other words, the contributions to the new IRA would be a present tax deduction, but in exchange, the person receives a reduction in their eventual SSA benefits. For most workers, the chances are that they won't end up receiving any SSA benefits, but an IRA funded at 4k per year should dispense with the need for an SSA benefit. The more people that enroll, the less burden there is on the SSA trust fund. People obtain the benefits of their private accounts and no one soaks the rich by increasing their contributions.

One one psychiatrist that is forced to use false evidence as the basis for his conclusions is ....right?

The testimony of the doctor providing the false testimony was the only expert testimony that she understood that what she did was wrong.

Nice post. 2 things that really stick out from the decision, in my mind: http://www.1stcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opini...OpinionId=81309 first, " Generally, if a witness has testified to material, inculpatory facts against a defendant and, after the verdict but before a motion for new trial has been ruled upon, the witness makes an affidavit that he testified falsely, a new trial should be granted. In our case, Dr. Dietz did not make an affidavit that he testified falsely. However,because the State stipulated that Dr. Dietz would testify that his testimony was in error, thereis no credibility issue requiring an affidavit. See Dougherty v. State, 745 S.W.2d 107, 107(Tex. App.—Amarillo 1988), aff’d, 773 S.W.2d 320 (Tex. Crim. App. 1989) (stating thatState was bound by its stipulation). Close Williams v. State, 375 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. Crim. App. 1964). The exceptions to this rule—such as, when the recanting witness is an accomplice, or the recantation is found to be incredible in light of the evidence, or the recantation has been coerced—do not apply in the present case. See Villarreal v. State, 788 S.W.2d 672, 674 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1990, pet. ref’d) (applying general rule to determine that, because State offered no evidence to controvert recantation or testimony, denial of motion for new trial was abuse of discretion). We note that this rule does not require that the State have knowledge that the testimony was false. We review the record to determine whether the State used the false testimony and, if so, whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the false testimony could have affected the judgment of the jury. See Ramirez v. State, 96 S.W.3d 386, 394-95 (Tex. App.—Austin 2002, pet. ref’d). second "Five mental health experts testified that appellant did not know right from wrong or that she thought what she did was right. Dr. Dietz was the only mental health expert who testified that appellant knew right from wrong. Therefore, his testimony was critical to establish the State’s case. Although the record does not show that Dr. Dietz intentionally lied in his testimony, his false testimony undoubtedly gave greater weight to his opinion. On the other hand, had the jury known prior to their deliberations in the guilt-innocence phase of the trial, that Dr. Dietz’s testimony regarding the “Law & Order” episodewas false, the jury would likely have considered him, the State’s only mental health expert,to be less credible. "