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Rivalry Week

Throw The Stats Out The Window

This is the college football week where more money is lost by those who don’t know what they are doing and more money is made by those who do know.  Certain rivalry games are just that—real rivalries.  Others are nothing but an annual beating on a little sister.

There is another bigger factor to this week’s games.  It’s the bowl factor.  Several teams are still looking for one final win to become bowl eligible.  A 5-6 team hosting an 8-3 team must be looked at quite differently than a 2-9 team hosting a 4-7 team.  The desire to get to 6-6 far outweighs the desire to avoid a 10-loss season.

Let’s look at the bowl eligible teams by conference as well as the teams needing to win this week to gain bowl eligibility.

Clemson and Georgia Tech have already clinched their divisions and will meet for the ACC Championship.  Tech edges the Tigers in Atlanta in September, but Clemson gave the game away.

Duke needs to beat Wake Forest this week to earn their first bowl in 15 years.  David Cutcliffe is one of the most underrated coaches in the country, and he should receive some national recognition in the Coach of the Year balloting.

The ACC has nine automatic bowl bids, and only seven bowl eligible teams as of now.  The GMAC Bowl will need to find an at-large team to fill the vacant position, and if Duke loses this week, the Eagle Bank Bowl will look to the MAC to fill that vacant slot.

Regardless of what happens in the Backyard Brawl in Morgantown this weekend, the winner of next week’s Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game will be Big East Champions and automatic BCS Bowl representative.  Cincinnati could still conceivably earn an at-large BCS Bowl bid at 11-1, but that chance is slimmer than slim.

Connecticut can gain bowl eligibility with a win at home against Syracuse this weekend, and they would get another chance next week against South Florida if they faltered against the Orangemen.  If the Huskies get that win, then the Big East will have six bowl eligible teams for six guaranteed spots.  Notre Dame could still possibly steal the Sun Bowl/Gator Bowl spot that goes to a Big East team if the Irish beat Stanford, but it would be a disgrace for them to steal a post at 7-5.  We believe Stanford will take care of business and keep Notre Dame out of the bowl picture altogether this year.

The Big 10 season is basically over.  Illinois has a couple of non-conference games remaining, and the only important factor in that is they play Cincinnati this weekend.  Wisconsin goes to Hawaii in two weeks, and the Outback Bowl bid could be riding on them winning the game.

It is almost a foregone conclusion that a second Big 10 team, either Iowa or Penn State, will receive an at-large BCS Bowl bid.  So, there will be seven teams available for eight bowls.  The Pizza Bowl (formerly Motor City Bowl) will have to look elsewhere and may be forced to invite two MAC teams.

Nebraska and Texas will face off in the Big 12 Championship Game, and the Cornhuskers may have a shot at pulling off a huge upset.  We give the ‘Huskers about a 15% chance of frustrating the Longhorn offense and win ugly.  If so, then another team from the Lone Star State will benefit.

After beginning the season at 5-0, Kansas finds itself in a must-win situation against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.  They must earn The Brass Drum to earn a bowl bid.

The most important game though will be the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State game in Norman.  If the Cowboys beat the Sooners, they will more than likely earn an at-large BCS Bowl Bid at the expense of Boise State.  The Sooners must win to guarantee themselves a winning season.  The PiRate Ratings have had a devil of a time with OU this year.  Even at 6-5, their power rating keeps them in the top 10.  It’s hit or miss with them, as they showed how strong they are when they took Texas to the final gun.

If Kansas wins over Missouri, there will be 10 bowl eligible teams for eight guaranteed bowl spots (nine if Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma).  Look for Iowa State to be the odd team out of the mix.

Welcome to the conference where everything changes weekly.  With SMU losing to Marshall, the door opened once again for Houston to ascend to the CUSA Championship Game.  A win over Rice is all that’s needed, but all of a sudden the Owls have found their way.  It could be an interesting game—at least for a half.

The East Division championship will be decided this weekend when Southern Miss visits East Carolina.

UAB can gain bowl eligibility with a win over  Central Florida, but it may be a moot point.  There are only five guaranteed bowl spots with a sixth if Army fails to earn the Eagle Bank Bowl bid.  Six CUSA teams are already bowl eligible, and the Blazers cannot compete with Marshall or SMU in fanbase.

All three independents are still in the bowl mix, but as of now, only Navy is guaranteed a spot.  Notre Dame must beat Stanford to get to 7-5 and earn priority over every other possible at-large team.  At 6-6, they more than likely will find themselves out of the picture as there will be enough seven-win teams to fill the at-large spots.

Army must beat Navy to earn the Eagle Bank Bowl bid.  Navy has won seven in a row in this series, so it should be one of the best in this series in many years.

Central Michigan has already clinched the West Division, and the Chippewas will play the winner of this week’s Ohio U-Temple game in the MAC Championship Game. 

Two teams will be playing for that important seventh win this week.  Bowling Green hosts Toledo, and Kent State hosts Buffalo.

The MAC gets three guaranteed bowl bids and will get a fourth if Duke fails to beat Wake Forest and earn an Eagle Bank Bowl bid.   That’s where the Bowling Green and Kent State games come into play.  Both could earn bowl bids with wins, and one could even play in the Pizza Bowl against another MAC team.

TCU will manhandle New Mexico this week and then hope that either Texas A&M or Nebraska can upset Texas, Florida State can upset Florida, or Auburn can upset Alabama.  The Horned Frogs need two of the big three teams ahead of them to lose.  The loser of the SEC Championship Game means that either Texas must lose this week or next or the winner of the SEC Championship Game must lose this week.  If one of these events happen, then TCU will be playing for the national championship in January.  It’s hard to believe that this program was once as weak as Syracuse, Vanderbilt, and Washington State are today.

The one team still trying to gain bowl eligibility is Wyoming.  The Cowboys must beat Colorado State in Ft. Collins this week, and these two teams truly put the “war” in “Border War.”  It’s not a given that Wyoming can top the 3-8 Rams.

For the first time ever, the winner of the “Civil War” game between Oregon and Oregon State will earn the Rose Bowl bid.  The Ducks and Beavers are one of the best rivalry games in college football, and I’d love to have a 50-yard line seat next week in Eugene.

The Pac-10 receives six automatic bowl bids, but there are seven bowl eligible teams.  It looks like UCLA will miss out this year unless they can upset USC.  Arizona must beat either Arizona State or USC to get to seven wins.  If both the Bruins and Wildcats win seven games, then expect to see the Pac-10 receiving an extra bid to a western bowl.

This is a monster conference!  With Alabama and Florida headed to Atlanta to play what will be the “Game Of The Decade” (assuming both win this week), it is a given that the loser will still play in a BCS Bowl.  It isn’t completely out of the realm that if the SEC Championship game goes to overtime or is decided in regulation by a point, and if Texas loses to either Texas A&M or Nebraska, that Alabama and Florida could meet in a rematch for all the marbles.

With 10 bowl eligible teams, the SEC will place all 10 in bowls.  There will be a lot of last minute shuffling because there isn’t much difference between team number three and team number 10.

This league is almost assured of earning a second bowl bid this year.  Troy will play in the New Orleans Bowl, but Middle Tennessee will get an at-large bid somewhere.  Both Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe can get to seven wins, but it will take big upsets for both to do so.  ULL plays Troy, while ULM plays MTSU.

Here’s where things should get interesting.  Boise State is a win over Nevada away from being 12-0 and the proverbial odd team out.  If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, the Cowboys will steal the last BCS Bowl bid at the Broncos’ expense.  Then, watch for the United States Government to put their messy fingers into the college football pigpen. 

Before we get into this mess, Boise State has to beat Nevada.  The Wolf Pack is not a pushover, and it could easily take 50 or more points to win this game.

Of course, if the Sooners win over OSU, then it looks favorable for BSU getting into the field.  Then, they would be competing against a one or two-loss Big East team and maybe a two-loss Georgia Tech team.

If Boise State moves up, then the WAC is safe with four bowls for four bowl eligible teams.

Hawaii could still sneak into the mix, but they would have to beat Navy and Wisconsin.  We don’t see that happening.

Bowl Speculations

we can’t be away from each other for too long.
we’d travel to the end of the earth for each other.
we only ever fought about clothes (and that doesn’t really count).
we love to laugh, eat, shop, talk, and watch movies.
which we did in one whirlwind weekend in san antonio.

lauren’s company offered to foot the plane ticket for a family member to fly out to san antonio (a sort of “thank you for traveling and putting up with delayed flights and living out of a suitcase for 9 months). instead of a swanky hotel, we chose to stay at the most positively-rated bed & breakfast on both google and tripadvisor.

we knew it be an “experience,” and it lived up to all of our expectations (including a four-course breakfast every morning.) allow me to introduce the brackenridge house:

bennie and sue (the owners) were nice enough to leave a well-stocked fridge of goodies, local beer, sherry (as a recommended nightcap), champagne, and chocolate:

how’s that for southern hospitality?

lauren knew all the best, authentic mexican restaurants. we visited la fogata immediately after my plane landed:

we took a walk around the king william neighborhood of san antonio on saturday morning. this neighborhood was full of beautiful, stately homes:

and these folks built an eye-catching two-story sun room. how nice would this be?

when i mentioned to friends and co-workers that i was visiting san antonio, they all had the same response, “you must visit the riverwalk.” i had heard lauren mention this place several times. we spent most of our day on saturday visiting the historic arts village, la vallita, taking a boat ride on the river, and enjoying the beautiful 80-degree weather:

mr. boat tour guide:

we briefly visited the alamo (don’t feel badly if you have to click this link to find out exactly what it was….we both had incorrect definitions – so much for u.s. history class).

before going into austin for the night, we stopped at the main plaza, which is the most recent completion of the mayor’s attempt at bringing culture into the city:

san fernando cathedral:

main plaza:

as we were walking back to the b&b, i spotted an abandoned building, which had the most beautiful tile crumbling off from age. i wanted to take a broken piece of tile, but i refrained (barely):

thank you, lauren, for a wonderful trip! miss you already!

we already started to plan the possible cities/destinations for our next weekend trip together…..suggestions?

Following two consecutive years of considerable declines in customer satisfaction, the domestic rental car industry appears to be making a comeback, at least in the court of public opinion, if not on the companies’ balance sheets. According to a recent J.D. Power and Associates survey of nearly 13,000 customers who rented a car at a domestic airport, renters are seeing reduced fees compared to recent years, contributing significantly to the increase in overall satisfaction.

The 2009 U.S. Rental Car Satisfaction Study reveals that the industry’s recent focus on containing operating costs by “right-sizing” fleets to meet changing consumer demand and extending the service life of their vehicles is allowing rental car companies to delay orders for replacements, thus enabling many companies to decrease their rental fees. However, in a number of locations, reductions in rental fees have been offset by increased excise taxes imposed by local and state governments.

“The rental car industry has tried to dissuade attempts to increase taxation on rental car customers and has made efforts to increase consumer awareness and understanding of these fees and their origin, particularly since these fees may be confusing to customers when they receive their final bill,” said Paula Sonkin, vice president of the travel practice at J.D. Power and Associates. “Customers can avoid some of this confusion by educating themselves about the excise fees and taxes that are imposed upon rental car companies in the areas where they are traveling. It’s also particularly important for customers to understand that these fees and taxes apply to all of the rental car companies associated with a particular airport.”

According to the study, overall satisfaction for the domestic rental car industry averages 733 on a 1,000-point scale in 2009, almost equal to its performance in 2008, when it achieved an index score of 734. In comparison, overall satisfaction declined by 16 points in 2007 and 17 points in 2008.

Now in its 14th year, the Rental Car Satisfaction Study measures overall customer satisfaction with renting cars at airports by examining six factors (listed in order of importance):

 

• costs and fees
• pick-up process
• rental car
• return process
• reservation process
• shuttle bus/van

 

Highlights from the study include:

 

• Enterprise ranks highest in customer satisfaction among rental car companies for a sixth consecutive year and performs particularly well in all six factors. Enterprise is followed in the rankings by National and Hertz, respectively.
• In particular, National has improved considerably from 2008, by 15 index points and two rank positions in 2009. Hertz performs particularly well in shuttling customers to and from the airport.
• The incidence of even a single problem can have a notable negative effect on overall satisfaction. On average, satisfaction among customers who experience a problem is nearly 140 points lower than satisfaction among customers who don’t have a problem during their rental car experience.
• Providing a highly satisfying rental car experience has a strong positive effect on customer loyalty levels. Among customers with satisfaction scores averaging 900 or higher, approximately two-thirds indicate that they “definitely will” recommend the rental car company to others and “definitely will” rent from the same company again. These rates are more than twice those of customers with satisfaction scores averaging between 750 and 899 and four times those of customers with satisfaction averaging between 600 and 749.

 

About the Study
The 2009 Rental Car Satisfaction Study is based on more than 12,900 evaluations from business and leisure travelers who rented a vehicle at an airport location between September 2008 and October 2009. The study was fielded between October 2008 and October 2009. This study is in no way specifically for Car Rental in Hawaii.

A 175 años de cárcel a un pastor evangélico por abuso de menores

13/11/2009 15:59 PM

EFE. Washington. El pastor evangélico Tony Alamo, en otro tiempo aclamado predicador y líder de la iglesia “Ministerios Cristianos”, fue condenado hoy a 175 años de cárcel por abusar de niñas con las que se “casaba” y mantenía relaciones sexuales.

La condena es, si cabe, más abultada dado que el pastor se llevó a varias de sus “esposas” -con algunas de las cuales intercambió anillos de boda- fuera del estado en el que operaba, Arkansas, lo cual es un delito federal.

La sentencia impuesta hoy por el juez de Arkansas Harry Barnes, es prácticamente una sentencia de cadena perpetua, ya que el condenado tiene 75 años y tendrá que cumplir al menos el 85 por ciento de la condena antes de poder acceder a libertad condicional.

La condena fue impuesta después de que el juez escuchara los testimonios de tres “esposas” que contaron sus dolorosas experiencias con Alamo cuando eran menores.

Según los fiscales, una de sus “esposas” tenía tan sólo 8 años.

Al comunicarle su futuro en prisión, el juez Barnes dijo a Alamo que algún día se verá cara a cara con “el Juez más grande” y dijo que espera que entonces, “Dios se apiade de tu alma”.

Down The Stretch They Come

November has certainly already seen a host of upsets in the college football world, and we here at the PiRate Ratings believe big surprises are still to come.  With six undefeated teams (Florida, Alabama, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State), we see at least two falling before the bowl season.  Obviously, either Alabama or Florida must lose. The last time five teams finished the regular season winning every game was 1951, when Maryland, Tennessee, Michigan State, San Francisco, and Princeton did the trick.

The first wave of rivalry games begin this week, topped off by “The Big Game” in Palo Alto between Stanford and Cal.  The Cardinal now have a shot at winning the Pac-10 and earning a trip to Pasadena to face Ohio State.

Speaking of the Buckeyes, Ohio State ventures to the Big House to take on Michigan.  The Wolverines must win to gain bowl eligibility, and a loss will send several dozen more Maize & Blue fans to www.firerrod.com.

Bowl Speculating

Ohio State has become the second team to know where they will be bowling this year and the first team to clinch a BCS Bowl Bid.  However, the weekend may have muddied up the bowl projections more than helped clear things up.

The Atlantic Coast Conference

Georgia Tech continues to impress every week, and the Yellow Jackets have clinched the Coastal Division championship.  Clemson needs only to beat Virginia to earn the Atlantic Division title.  It is our opinion that Clemson will beat Georgia Tech in a rematch for the ACC Championship and Orange Bowl Bid.  At 11-2, the Yellow Jackets could still gain an at-large BCS Bowl Bid, but it would have to come at the expense of a 13-0 Boise State team.  With Wake Forest being ousted from bowl talk, it looks like the ACC will come up at least one team short and possibly two.  Duke must beat Wake Forest to get to six wins and make it to their first bowl in 15 years.

1. Orange Bowl—Clemson

2. Chick-fil-A—Virginia Tech

3. Gator—Georgia Tech

4. Champs Sports—Miami (Fl)

5. Music City—North Carolina

6. Meineke Car Care—Boston College

7. Emerald—Florida State

8. Eagle Bank—Duke

9. GMAC—No Team Available

The Big East

Cincinnati just escaped against West Virginia, while Pittsburgh handled Notre Dame.  The Panthers game with the Mountaineers in the “Backyard Brawl” actually doesn’t matter this year.  The winner of the Pitt-Cincinnati game wins the championship.  We’ll go with Coach Dave Wannstedt’s Panthers.  Cincinnati could qualify as an at-large BCS team at 11-1, but we don’t think the big bowls will take the Bearcats.  That might be the final straw for Brian Kelly in the Queen City.  He may bolt for South Bend or even Ann Arbor.

1. Orange Bowl—Pittsburgh

2. Sun—Cincinnati

3. Meineke Car Care—Rutgers

4. Papa John’s—South Florida

5. International—West Virginia

6. St. Petersburg—Connecticut

The Big Ten

Ohio State clinched the Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl bid with the overtime win over Iowa.  It now looks like the second best team in this league will earn a last-minute BCS at-large bid.  If Iowa wins this week against Minnesota, the Hawkeyes should get that bid.

Michigan will not be bowl eligible after losing at home to Ohio State this weekend, so if the Big 10 gets a second BCS bowl team, they will come up one short.

1. Rose-OHIO STATE (accepted bid)

2. Fiesta—Iowa

3. Capital One—Wisconsin

4. Outback—Penn State

5. Alamo—Michigan State

6. Champs Sports—Minnesota

7. Insight—Northwestern

8. Pizza—No team available

The Big 12

Texas should quickly dispose of Kansas and Texas A&M to reach the Big 12 Title game, but a possible game against Nebraska could be quite interesting.  For now, we will stick with the notion that the Longhorns will run the table and make it to the National Championship Game.  If the Cornhuskers win out, they should still garner the Cotton Bowl bid if they lose to Texas.  With Iowa State winning its sixth game, and the only chance this conference has of getting a second team in the BCS being a Nebraska upset of Texas, we believe there will be one excess team.  However, that extra team will be 6-6 and out of luck.

1. National Championship—Texas

2. Cotton–Nebraska

3. Holiday—Oklahoma

4. Alamo—Oklahoma State

5. Sun—Missouri

6. Insight—Texas Tech

7. Independence—Kansas State

8. Texas—Texas A&M

Iowa State out of luck at 6-6

Conference USA

As Chester A. Riley would have said, “What a revoltin’ development this is!”  Houston’s loss to Central Florida has thrust SMU into first place in the West Division.  If Coach June Jones’ Mustangs beat Marshall this week, they are in the CUSA Championship Game.  Central Florida is now thickly in the East Division race, but it is now a four-team battle.  If UAB beats East Carolina and UCF, the Blazers would win the division title.  Who would have ever thought that on November 16, the CUSA Championship Game could still be a battle between SMU and UAB?

1. Liberty—East Carolina

2. Hawaii—Houston

3. Armed Forces—S M U

4. New Orleans—Southern Miss

5. St. Petersburg—Central Florida

Marshall & UAB at 6-6 will miss out on bowl bids

Independents

There’s no confusion here.  Navy has earned a Texas Bowl bid.  Army has failed to earn the Eagle Bank Bowl bid that is reserved for them this year.  Notre Dame’s BCS bowl hopes are gone and barring wins over both Connecticut and Stanford, the Irish won’t earn the Sun or Gator Bowl bids that they could receive.  However, with one more win, they become the top non-BCS at-large bowl hopeful.

1. Texas—Navy

2. Eagle Bank—Notre Dame (at-large)

Mid-American

The MAC will benefit from all the bowls that will need to seek at-large participants.  This league receives three automatic bowl bids, but we expect five schools to go bowling.  Central Michigan played in the Motor City Bowl last year (now the Pizza Bowl), so the Chippewas will probably be sent south to Mobile.

The Pizza Bowl will not have a Big 10 representative, and while they’d love to lure Notre Dame, the Irish will go to the highest bidder.  That will force them to invite a second MAC team.

1. G M A C—Central Michigan

2. Pizza—Temple

3. International—Ohio U

4. Humanitarian—Northern Illinois (at-large)

5. Pizza—Bowling Green (at-large)

Mountain West

T C U plays at Wyoming this weekend, and the Cowboys will be ready to give them all they can handle.  We think TCU will win by double digits, but it is one of those ambush situations.  A home finale with winless New Mexico will be little more than a scrimmage.

BYU and Utah close the regular season with their rivalry match, and the winner should wind up in Vegas.  Air Force has wrapped up the fourth bowl bid, and Wyoming is one win away from sneaking in as the fifth.  We expect them to beat Colorado State and get it.

1. Fiesta—T C U

2. Las Vegas—Utah

3. Poinsettia—B Y U

4. Armed Forces—Air Force

5. New Mexico—Wyoming

6. Humanitarian—No team available

Pac-10

This is another interesting race.  If Arizona beats Oregon this week, and Stanford beats California, then Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, and Stanford will be tied for first with two conference losses.  Arizona would then win the Pac-10 and get the Rose Bowl bid.  However, the Wildcats must finish at Arizona State and at Southern Cal, and we see them failing to get to 7-2.  If Arizona beats Oregon, and Stanford beats Cal, then the Cardinal would be heading to Pasadena, unless Oregon State could win at Oregon “The Civil War.”  At 7-2, Oregon State gets the tiebreaker over Stanford.

1. Rose—Stanford

2. Holiday—Oregon

3. Sun—Southern Cal

4. Las Vegas—Arizona

5. Emerald—Oregon State

6. Poinsettia—California

U C L A will finish 6-6 and not receive a bid

Southeastern

Alabama will practice with Chattanooga this week, and then finish the regular season at Auburn.  It could be interesting for a half, but the Tide will head to Atlanta at 12-0.  Florida also has a breather with Florida International, but they have a tough finale with Florida State.  We believe the Seminoles have a small shot at pulling off the big upset.

With two BCS bowl bids virtually a certainty, the SEC will send 10 teams to bowls this year.

1. National Championship—Alabama

2. Sugar—Florida

3. Capital One—Ole Miss

4. Cotton—L S U

5. Outback—Tennessee

6. Chick-fil-A—Auburn

7. Music City—Georgia

8. Liberty—Arkansas

9. Independence—South Carolina

10. Papa John’s—Kentucky

Sunbelt

Troy has just about clinched the conference championship, so they will receive the sole automatic bowl bid.  Middle Tennessee has already reached the magic seven win mark, so the Blue Raiders will get an at-large bid.

1. New Orleans—Troy

2. G M A C—Middle Tennessee (at-large)

Western Athletic

Boise State cannot chalk up a perfect regular season just yet.  The Broncos still must face the most potent offense in the nation.  Nevada must play at Bronco Stadium, so Boise State should win and finish 13-0.  We strongly believe that while the BCS Bowls would rather invite a two-loss team from one of the big six conferences, they will have their arms pulled and be highly coerced into inviting a second non-BCS team into the BCS Bowl structure.  It’s funny how the threat of a Justice Department investigation can determine bowl participants.

1. Sugar—Boise State

2. Hawaii—Fresno State

3. New Mexico—Nevada

4. Humanitarian—Idaho

• * = At-large selection
• ALL CAPS AND BOLD = ACCEPTED BID

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Evangelist Who Took Child `Brides’ Is Sentenced to 175 Years – November 13, 2009 TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Tony Alamo, an evangelist, was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking under-age girls across state lines for sex. Mr. Alamo, 75, was convicted in July on a 10-count federal indictment. Judge Harry F. Barnes of Federal District Court said Mr. Alamo had abused his status as father figure and pastor and threatened the girls with “the loss of their salvation.”….A woman Mr. Alamo took as a child “bride” at age 8 challenged him from the witness stand on Friday to submit himself to God’s judgment. Reading from lined notebook paper, she said Mr. Alamo had torn her family apart and described how she shook uncontrollably when he first molested her. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/us/14alamo.html

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Evangelist Alamo sentenced to 175 years on sex charges – November 13, 2009 (CNN) – Evangelist Tony Alamo is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after an Arkansas judge sentenced him to 175 years Friday on charges that included taking minors across state lines for sex, according to prosecutors. A jury convicted Alamo in July on 10 federal counts covering offenses that spanned 11 years and dated back to 1994, according to documents from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Alamo, the 75-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, will serve the sentences on each count consecutively, for a total of 175 years in prison, prosecutors said. In addition to his sentence, Alamo was fined $250,000, court documents showed….An indictment released in November 2008 accused Alamo of transporting five girls across state lines for sex. The criminal complaint included accounts from three girls, two of whom were 17 when the complaint was released last year, and one who was 14. All three said Alamo sexually abused them.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/arkansas.evangelist.trial/

Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking By SARAH EL DEEB (AP) – 11/12/09  CAIRO — Actress Lucy Liu, who has produced a film about children sold into the sex trade in Cambodia, says the fight against human trafficking will be long. Liu praised several projects funded by the U.N. children’s agency in Egypt, where she was promoting the film “Red Light” at the Cairo International Film Festival. The actress co-produced and narrated the movie, which follows the stories of a number of girls over the course of four years as they are kidnapped and sold to brothels in Cambodia. Liu said Wednesday it “is really going to take a really long time” to fight human trafficking, labeled the third most profitable business in the world after weapons and drugs trading. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvt-970i78ozD-g-DoQ6QOFA7OFwD9BU033O0

Evangelist from Arkansas, Tony Alamo, is 75 and suffering from old age symptoms and he’s in jail for the rest of his life for marrying “8 year-old and up” child brides he took cross state lines for his ministry.  This 75 year old rapist is pleading for his life because he is old and asks the court to show “mercy” for him in his old age. Boo-hoo!

Meanwhile ole’ Tony is busy going to the doctor not for  his ailments but to make himself look younger by getting an eye life. Many of the children now women he had abused took the stand against him.

Please read the story that is linked under his name and write back to me and tell me if this punishment fits his crime. Think hard before you answer – death in this case – is not an option. He is 75 and will spend the rest of his unnatural life in jail – to me – he is where he belongs. Those eye lifts are going to come in real handy when the boys in the shower see his beautiful old ass coming in for a quick one.

—Bonju Patten

Sin reparó, la alcaldesa con licencia de Álamo Temapache, Blanca Batalla Herver reconoció que mandó a la policía municipal de ese lugar a que mataran al hipopótamo que había huido del zoológico particular de su hijo, Juan Alberto Gómez Batalla y director del DIF.

Hay que recordar que la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) a petición de la Procuraduría Federal de Protección Ambiental (PROFEPA) abrió una investigación contra la familia Batalla por tener en posesión a fauna en peligro de extinción y lo que es peor mandar a matar al paquidermo.

Aunque se estima que los animales como el jaguar cachorro tengan un valor de hasta 40 mil pesos la alcaldesa negó que sean de su propiedad pues no los podrían pagar.

Según ella toda la fauna incautada en una parcela de su vástago era prestada por el zoológico de Altamira y sólo los tenían para que se aclimataran a la región.

Aseguró que todos los papeles estaban en regla y eso lo constató el presidente Nacional de las Unidades de Manejo Ambiental (UMA) en un noticiero matutino con cobertura nacional.

“El mismo dueño de Altamira vino a tratar de rescatarlo con personas especializadas, no pudieron y se tuvo que dar la orden de qué lo mataran”.

-¿Quién dio la orden?

“Yo así lo decidí porqué como alcaldesa, llámese como se llame la persona que lo tenía a su cuidado, yo tenía como alcaldesa asegurar la integridad física de la ciudadanía y asegurarla sólo era que se encerrará de nuevo en una jaula o muerto”.

Los pobladores descubrieron el zoológico clandestino debido a que por descuido del personal el paquidermo se escapó y se internó al río Pantepec. Aunque expertos de la federación se movilizaron para atraparlo y advirtieron a los Batalla que no intentarán cazarlo, la policía municipal lo acribilló de 15 balazos. El hecho quedó registrado en un video que circula por Internet.

Debido al hecho la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) interpuso una denuncia y puso en resguardo del ayuntamiento de Veracruz al resto de la fauna.

La servidora pública aseguró que ahora si irán a la pelea legal para tener a los animales decomisados y hacer una UMA en una parcela de cuatro hectáreas para que los niños vayan a observarlos.

Blanca Batalla pidió licencia a cabildo por 90 días para que se le investigue y así quede limpio su nombre de toda acusación, su lugar será ocupado por su suplente.

Aunque la alcaldesa aseguró que los animales no eran suyos reconoció que un hipopótamo tiene un precio de 70 mil pesos en el mercado.

FUENTE: E – Consulta

Stipt om 8:03 uur stond Jörg, mijn collega, voor de deur om ons naar Nürnberg Airport te brengen. Met een kleine ontstopping onderweg waren we nog voor 9:00 uur op het vliegveld. We hebben genoten van een drankje, een brezn met boter en de laatste uurtjes internet op de iPhone.

Om 11:25 zat iedereen netjes in het vliegtuig en kregen we de instructies over de werking van de Emergency Exit. Mooi op tijd aangekomen in Amsterdam zijn we snel doorgelopen naar de paspoort controle om via de toilet gelijk te beginnen met de veiligheidscheck (zonder moeilijke vragen over van alles en nog wat) en binnen 20 minuten met het boorden. Het boorden was 15 minuten voor vertrek afgerond en we vlogen precies op tijd weg uit Nederland.

Het vliegtuig voor de grote oversteek naar Atlanta is een vrije nieuwe Airbus 330-200 met een Personal InFlight Entertainment system met 80 films (vele met NLse ondertitels, heerlijk), meer dan 1000 songs, ruim 25 spellen, veel documentaires en vast nog wat dingen waar we geen tijd voor hebben gehad. Ik kijk Harry Potter 6, The Hangover (geweldige film) en De Storm (must-see). Danielle kijkt The Proposal, 17 again en ook de Storm. En als afsluiting hebben we Nederlands talige muziek van Paul de Leeuw, André Hazes, Marco Borsato, enz. Het eten was goed de kip was lekker en we hebben Nederlands kunnen praten. Met 30 minuten tijdwinst kwamen in Atlanta aan.

Voor de reis hadden we wat twijfels bij het dubbel overstappen en Schiphol met de vele zoekgeraakte koffers. Ook de overstaptijd op Washington was vorig jaar met 2,5 uur te kort maar dit keer waren we in 20 minuten al bij de trein om van Terminal E naar Terminal A te gaan, alles liep dus boven verwachting goed. In Terminal A zat een Chick-Fil-A om overheerlijke kipnuggets  te bestellen. We hebben nog 1,5 uur de tijd om rustig bij te komen voor de volgende vlucht. Wat een chaos kan het toch worden op Atlanta.

Eenmaal geboard zaten we al snel in het vliegtuig maar het duurde nog een tjidje voor we weg konden door alle hutkoffers die men meenam in het vliegtuig. Er was simpelweg te weinig plek in de overhead-bins voor de handbagage. Met 25 minuten vertraging en na een bumpy vlucht van minder dan een uur kwamen we 10 minuten vroeger aan als gepland. Door de prachtige terminal naar de Monorail en kijken of de bagage er al was, dit wass niet het geval. Dus eerst nog op naar Alamo.

Bij Alamo de nodige ‘aanbiedingen’ afgeslagen met de juiste papieren op zak konden we de koffers gaan halen. En die kwamen toen net van de band gerold. Wat een perfecte timing. Eenmaal in de garage mochten we niet uitkiezen maar met een gratis upgrade van Midsize SUV naar Regular SUV heb je dan ook niets te zeggen. De auto is echter flink beschadigd en dat hebben we gemeld alleen niet alle schade konden we zien dus we rijden zo nog even langs de Alamo op het Walt Disney World terrein om dat te melden. Voor de geintresseerden het auto type is een Toyota Cruiser FJ. Hieronder ene plaatje gevonden op het WWW.

Doordat alles meezat en het eerste hotel in Downtown Disney ligt rijden we nog langs Downtown Disney om mijn Premium Annual Pass op te halen. Dit gaat allemaal gesmeerd en ik vraag dan ook wat een eventuele upgrade van een $ 376 kostende 21-dagen Ultimate Ticket kost. We beginnen met een prijs van 288 Dollar wat inhoudt dat we de normale prijs betalen. Met de dollarprijzen die we nu hebben is dit erg voordelig waarop ik gelijk zeg doen. Met het opmaken van de rekening zakt de prijs al naar $ 272 en uiteindelijk is er slechts $ 227 dollar op de credit card gecharged. Kortom een koopje en nu hebben we met de volgende trip natuurlijk al de entreekosten voor WDW betaald. Tot 11-11-10 mogen we overal naar binnen.

We zijn al erg moe na bijna 24 uur wakker te zijn en gaan dus naar het hotel. Dit heeft prachtige lobby en we zijn ook zo ingechecked. We slapen op de 16de verdieping van het 17 verdieping tellende gebouw en kijken uit over Kissimmee en vanuit het raam zien we alleen maar lampjes. De kamer is prachtig met goed werkende Airco, bank, TV met Disney Channels, een heerlijk Queensize bed en een prachtige badkamer met Jacuzzi.

Onze vakantie kan nu al niet meer stuk en we gaan snel slapen. Op naar de eerste dag in Orlando.

San Antonio Segs4Vets held a presentation ceremony in front on the Alamo today for Veteran’s Day. They presented Segway Personal Transporters to thirty-eight Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom whose service to our country resulted in permanent disability or difficulty walking.

I am now working on developing a workflow for texturing the model.

I researched tools for generating normal and specular maps from texture photos.  In consideration: ShaderMap, CrazyBump and PixPlant2.  Initial tests favored CrazyBump but this was due to a limitation in the ShaderMap demo.  I purchased a ShaderMap license ($20) and seem to get good results now.  PixPlant2 is pricey ($175) but may give slightly better results and also has a nice texture seem removal feature.

I believe that a texture resolution of 128 pixels/m will give good detail for most objects.  So,  I am going to texture objects at a maximum resolution of 256 pixels/m unless the map exceeds 4096 pixels on a side.  Then, drop down to 128 pixels/m.

I unwrapped part of the convento and the granary.

Since the granary is relatively simple, I will work on this first.

Press Release | 11-2-09

EMPIRE REALTY ASSOCIATES WELCOMES REALTOR JILL FUSARI TO THEIR DANVILLE OFFICE

DANVILLE – Jill Fusari, an established leader in residential real estate in Contra Costa, has joined Empire Realty Associates in Danville.  A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Jill immersed herself in business upon obtaining her degree in Social Sciences, first working with Williams-Sonoma as a buyer, and subsequently with her family business.  An elite athlete and competitive swimmer, Jill swam for the highly ranked NCAA Golden Bears swim team as a nationally ranked swimmer while she was a student at CAL.  She attributes her solid track record in real estate during the past five years to many of the experiences and trials she had at the prestigious Berkeley campus, both in the academic arena and in the competitive swimming field.  

“As a property specialist, I specialize in Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, and Blackhawk Real Estate. I live in Alamo with my husband and two children, and am firmly rooted in my community and what it has to offer those that live here. I have always placed high expectations on myself, and I am continually inspired to perform at the best of my ability.  One of my greatest accomplishments is the sophisticated concierge approach I developed while caring for my customers for the 16 years I spent in the Restaurant Equipment Industry.  Pride in the family business translated into providing my clients with the highest level of professionalism, informed counseling, skilled negotiating, and follow up that often exceeded their expectations. I am proud to extend my professional brand to include the concierge approach that Empire Realty Associates offers. Partnering with one of the most vibrant and elite real estate teams in the Greater Bay Area elevates the level of service I provide to all of my clients. It is my top priority to provide unparalleled expertise, service, and results that will earn your trust and referrals.” – Jill Fusari

Jill works with buyers and sellers throughout the Diablo and Tri-Valley areas. For more information, contact Jill at (925) 817-7818 or JFusari@EmpireRA.com

Posted by Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Empire Realty Associates

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Weekly Bowl Predictions

Monday, November 2, 2009

This will be a pivotal weekend in the bowl pecking orders, as several marquee games are on tap.  Two of the big three have easy games this week.  Texas will have little more than a workout against Central Florida, while Florida should have enough points on the board two possessions into the game to beat Vanderbilt.

Here’s a conference-by-conference outlook for this week.  Unlike many bowl projections, which use a system based on if the season ended today, the PiRate Bowl Projections looks ahead and predicts where the teams will be on December 6.

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Division is still very much up-for-grabs with Boston College and Clemson tied for first and Florida State and Wake Forest just one game back.  We think Clemson can run the table and grab the division flag.  

Georgia Tech has a one game lead over Duke (yes, Duke), but they are tied in the loss column.  We see the Blue Devils having an excellent chance at becoming bowl eligible, but they aren’t going to run the table and win the Coastal Division.  Georgia Tech just edged Clemson in Atlanta, and we think CU would get revenge in an ACC Championship Game.

1. BCS Automatic (Orange)—Clemson

2. Chick-fil-A—Miami

3. Gator—Georgia Tech

4. Champ Sports—Virginia Tech

5. Music City—North Carolina

6. Champs Sports—Boston College

7. Emerald—Florida State

8. Eagle Bank—Duke

9. G M A C—No Team Available

Big East

Cincinnati is the darling this year, but we think they will stumble at Pittsburgh on December 5.  The Panthers have home games with Syracuse and Notre Dame and the backyard brawl game at West Virginia, and we think Dave Wannstedt’s team will win out to take the Big East Championship.  The question here is where a Cincinnati team at 11-1 would go.  We think the Bearcats would not garner an at-large bid to a BCS Bowl.

This conference will have a little shuffling to make sure there will be no rematch games in bowls.  West Virginia played both East Carolina and Marshall, and they will not play either CUSA team in a bowl

1. BCS Automatic (Orange)—Pittsburgh

2. Gator—Notre Dame

3. Meineke Car Care—Cincinnati

4. Papa John’s—West Virginia

5. International—Rutgers

6. St. Petersburg—South Florida

Big Ten

Iowa is the reincarnated version of Indiana in 1967, the epitome of cardiac comebacks.  That Indiana team finally fell at Minnesota in November, and the schedule is set for Iowa to have that type of game at Ohio State.  For now, we believe Ohio State doesn’t have the offensive talent to upset the Hawkeyes.

Penn State should edge Ohio State, but the season finale at Michigan State is definitely a trap game.  At 11-1, they are in a BCS Bowl for sure, but at 10-2, it becomes a little hazy.

The bottom four bowls will shuffle to find their best fit, as we see three 6-6 teams and one 7-5 team vying for those bids.  Michigan will trump the other three even with a 6-6 record.

1. BCS Automatic (Rose)—Iowa

1a. BCS At-large ( )—Penn State

2. Capital One—Wisconsin

3. Outback—Ohio State

4. Alamo—Michigan

5. Champs Sports—Minnesota

6. Insight—Michigan State

7. Pizza—Northwestern

Big 12

Texas is moving along like a steamroller going down hill.  The Longhorns close the season with Central Florida, Baylor, Kansas, Texas A&M, and the Big 12 North Champion.  A&M may be the only team that can come close, so Mack Brown should get a chance to play for his second national championship in Pasadena.

Parity leaves this conference with a distinct possibility of having 10 bowl-eligible teams for eight bowls.  The two teams not receiving bids will be 6-6, so there isn’t a great chance either will earn a bowl.

1. BCS Automatic (National Championship)—Texas

2. Cotton—Oklahoma State

3. Holiday—Oklahoma

4. Alamo—Texas Tech

5. Sun—Nebraska

6. Insight—Texas A&M

7. Independence—Missouri

8. Texas—Kansas State

Bowl Eligible (at 6-6)

Kansas

Iowa State

Conference USA

This conference is a jigsaw puzzle.  East Carolina and Houston now appear to be on a collision course toward meeting in the conference championship game, but both teams face opponents that can upset them.  For now, we’ll stick with Case Keenum and the Cougars to win out and finish the regular season at 12-1.  Whether that could propel them out of the automatic bid to the Liberty Bowl to a better bowl, we don’t know.

1. Liberty—Houston

2. Hawaii—East Carolina

3. Armed Forces—S M U

4. New Orleans—Southern Miss

5. St. Petersburg—Marshall

Bowl Eligible (all at 6-6)

Tulsa

Central Florida

U A B

Independents

Notre Dame will not qualify as a BCS Bowl participant, so they will steal a spot from the Big East.  Navy is one win away from an automatic spot in the Texas Bowl, while Army has too much to do to get bowl eligible.

1. Gator Bowl—Notre Dame per Gator Bowl rules with Big East

2. Texas—Navy

3. Eagle Bank—No Team Available (Army falls short)

Mid-American

Temple and Central Michigan are headed to the MAC Championship Game, while Northern Illinois, Ohio, and Kent State  appear to be headed to the good kind of bowl eligibility (seven or more wins).  Unfortunately for this league, it now looks like the ACC will have an eligible team for this bowl, so the MAC won’t get a guaranteed fourth bid.  However, we see two teams finishing with seven or more wins and jumping ahead of all the 6-6 teams for any at-large bids.

The MAC doesn’t automatically send its overall champion to Detroit.  The Pizza Bowl gets first choice, but they don’t have to take the champion.  Central Michigan went there last year, so we think the Chippewas will head to Mobile instead.

1. Pizza—Northern Illinois

2. GMAC—Central Michigan

3. International—Temple

Bowl Eligible (7-5 or better)

Ohio U

Kent State

Mountain West

T C U closes with San Diego State, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico.  SDSU could give the Horned Frogs some competition for 15-25 minutes, but TCU will handle the Aztecs.  Utah is always tough, but the Utes don’t have the horses to win in Ft. Worth.  Wyoming can always surprise in Laramie in late November, but we think TCU will win.  At 12-0 and with road wins against Clemson and BYU, TCU should get a BCS Bowl bid even if Boise State finishes ahead of them in the BCS standings.

A. BCS At-Large (Fiesta)—T C U

1. Las Vegas—B Y U

2. Poinsettia—Utah

3. Armed Forces—Air Force

4. New Mexico—San Diego State

5. Humanitarian—No Team Available

Pac-10

If Southern Cal receives an at-large BCS bowl bid over a 12-0 TCU or Boise State, it will be highway robbery.  The Trojans could even lose another game, so we are picking them to fall short.  Oregon is in the driver’s seat, but Arizona still lurks in the bushes.  The Ducks must visit Tucson on November 21, and if the Wildcats win at Cal the week before, this game will be for first place in the Pac-10.  We think Oregon can lose this game and still win the championship.

1. BCS Automatic (Rose)—Oregon

2. Holiday—Southern Cal

3. Sun—California

4. Las Vegas—Arizona

5. Emerald—Stanford

6. Poinsettia—Oregon State

Bowl Eligible (6-6)

U C L A

Southeastern

This week, we are back to picking Florida to edge Alabama, but that could change again.  LSU is the clear cut third best team, but there’s a huge drop to the fourth place team.  This league will send 10 teams to bowls, with the bottom five teams finishing with 7-5 or 6-6 records.

1. BCS Automatic (National Championship Game)—Florida

1a. BCS At-large (Sugar)—Alabama

2. Capital One—L S U

3. Outback—Tennessee

4. Cotton—Auburn

5. Chick-fil-A—Ole Miss

6. Music City—Georgia

7. Liberty—Ole Miss

8. Independence—Kentucky

9. Papa John’s—South Carolina

Sunbelt

Troy has little in its path to securing another SBC title.  This league has only one automatic bowl bid.  Three more bowls guarantee a seven-win SBC team first priority if their contracted conference cannot provide a team, but we believe all three bowls will have a bowl-eligible team from each conference.

1. New Orleans—Troy

Bowl Eligible (7-5 or better)

Middle Tennessee

Western Athletic

Boise State has three games remaining against teams that can give them a run for their money.  A Friday night game this week at Louisiana Tech is a huge trap game, while home games against Idaho and Nevada could be interesting for awhile.  The Broncos should run the table in the regular season for the fourth time in six years.  A win over Pac-10 champ Oregon if the Ducks finish 11-1 should be enough to earn BSU an at-large bid to a BCS Bowl, even if TCU finishes ahead of them.  However, unscrupulous bowl sponsors wouldn’t be required to take the Broncos, even if TCU and Boise State finished 3^rd and 4^th in the final BCS Standings.

A. BCS At-Large (Sugar)—Boise State

1. Humanitarian—Idaho

2. New Mexico—Nevada

3. Hawaii—Fresno State

The BCS Bowls

National Championship Game—Texas vs. Florida

Fiesta Bowl—Penn State vs. T C U

Orange Bowl—Clemson vs. Pittsburgh

Sugar Bowl—Alabama vs. Boise State

Rose Bowl—Oregon vs. Iowa

With Florida finishing first in the BCS Standings, the Sugar Bowl will get the first at-large pick.  Even though Alabama went there last year, we see the Sugar Bowl officials taking the Tide once again.  The Fiesta Bowl would get the next at-large choice after losing Texas to the title game, and we believe they would take Penn State.  The Orange Bowl would then choose Pittsburgh over the rest of the field.  The Fiesta would then take TCU, and the Sugar Bowl would then have all the pressure to either do the right thing and take Boise State or the wrong thing and take a one or even two-loss team (Cincinnati, Southern Cal, Georgia Tech)

The Rest

First, let’s take care of the loose change.  There will be three bowls that will not have regularly contracted team available.  The GMAC Bowl will not have an available ACC team; the Eagle Bank Bowl will not have a bowl-eligible Army team; and the Humanitarian Bowl will not have an available Mountain West Team.

We expect there to be exactly three bowl-eligible teams with seven or more wins, and they will fill the three slots ahead of a host of 6-6 teams from BCS conferences.  Those three fortunate teams are Ohio U, Kent State, and Middle Tennessee.  

Note: Teams in asterisks are 7-win or better at-large bowl eligible teams

This is a tight fucking remix. Gotta love that dutch shit.

Dirty South – Alamo (Nicky Romero Remix)

After edge-looping and subdividing about 30 percent of the walls, I decided to go another route.  I found that this approach was taking a lot of time because the subdivide multi fractal was creating non-manifold meshed which I had to fix by hand.  In addition, this was adding an insane number of polygons to the model.

I should be able to get a good effect by using a normal map for most of the walls.  I reverted to an earlier version of the file and made a few corrections that I had run across during the subdivision work.

So, at this point, I am declaring the remodeling work completed and am moving on to texturing.  This is where I believe that I can make the biggest improvements over the original model.

Press Release | 10.27.09

EMPIRE REALTY ASSOCIATES WELCOMES REALTOR, MARY BONHAM

DANVILLE – Empire Realty Associates is excited to announce Realtor, Mary Bonham, has joined the Danville office. 

Mary is a 15 year veteran of real estate.  Her professional experience includes commercial real estate sales and marketing, residential and commercial zoning law, and residential real estate sales and marketing.  Her residential real estate path has been very productive and busy and has built her solid reputation among other realtors.

“Mary brings enormous energy and community involvement to Empire, along with a solid track record in business and sales. She also has extensive knowledge in many of Contra Costa’s finest neighborhoods. We welcome Mary to the Empire family and look forward to much shared success” says Hank Perry, President of Empire Realty Associates.

Mary is a 14 year resident of Alamo, where she lives in Whitegate with her husband Rob, and their 11-year old son Wiley.  She exudes a warm and positive energy and Empire is proud to welcome her to the office.

Mary has focused her real estate sales activities in Walnut Creek, Alamo, and Danville, and her knowledge and abilities often take her into many other of Contra Costa’s fine communities to assist both buyers and sellers.  Please contact Mary at MBonham@EmpireRA.com or at 925.997.1787.

Posted by Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Empire Realty Associates

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