This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy. - Marine Corps Rifleman's Creed.
The story of the recalcitrant guests of Alvar Hanso, founder of The Hanso Foundation, continues with a two-hour premier on 31JAN08. The sojourn in at the island maintained by Dharma Industries will be recapped to bring new viewers up to date. With the rest of network television paralyzed by the writer’s strike, this is about the only thing to watch on television. The map below, courtesy of strange maps, will aid the uninitiated in understanding the story.
Barkley will not be eligible to sign a letter of intent until February 2009.
Barkley explained his early announcement,
“I’ve always loved USC and I wanted to get the burden of the recruiting process over before I start back with Mater Dei football.”
Mater Dei has produced other notable Trojans Matt Leinart and Matt Grootegoed. Now Barkley will follow in these legends to USC. The announcement by Barkley clearly places USC football at the top of the recruiting world. This move regains the Southern California spotlight for USC, after cross-town rivals UCLA announced the addition of Norm Chow to the Bruin coaching staff.
A recent study from the University of Colorado finds that game days result in an increased number of assaults, liquor law violations, and assaults. It is rather fitting that this study would come out of CU given the anarchy that erupted during the Buff’s 2005 loss to the Nuskers. Yes, the study came out of the Denver not the Boulder campus, but it still works.
The study used data from 2000-2005 from twenty-six police agencies. Among the finding were:
home games are associated with a 13 percent increase in arrests for drunk driving, a 41 percent increase in arrests for disorderly conduct, and a 76 percent increase in arrests for liquor law violations . . .
host community registers sharp increases in assaults on game days. In addition, there is evidence that vandalism, arrests for disorderly conduct, and alcohol-related arrests increase on game days, Continue reading →
Former USC offensive coordinator – and man who many said the Trojans would fail without – Norm Chow has been hired by UCLA. We will see what he can do against Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga, and Taylor Mays.
What is it about Chow that no school ever wants him as a head coach?
Anyone who is a fan of Duke lacrosse or Rule 8.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, will not be despondent over the news that Michael Byron Nifong, former district attorney for Durham County, NC, has filed for bankruptcy. Mr. Nifong lists his total assets at $243,898 and total liabilities at $180,311,978. That is not good.
But, he still has his license to practice law and a 2003 Honda Accord EX. Wait, he had his license to practice law revoked by the North Carolina State Bar. Well he still has the Accord and it is an EX which is better than the LX. So he has that going for him.
If you are about to go under for a surgical procedure and see you doctor playing Super Mario Galaxy on a Nintendo Wii, there is nothing to fear. Yo may just be just warming up for your upcoming procedure.
According to NewScientistTech, a new study shows that surgical residents performed better after playing the Wii.
To test how the Wii affected surgical skill, the researchers asked eight trainee doctors to play it for an hour before performing a virtual surgery. They used a training tool called ProMIS, which simulates a patient’s body in 3D and tracks the surgeon’s movements as they operate. They fed the movements to an algorithm which scores the virtual surgeon on a range of factors. Wii-playing residents scored 48 per cent higher on tool control and performance than those without the Wii warm-up.
According to Aviation Week, the Navy, specifically the Marine Corps, will stick with the US 101, aka the VH-71, helicopter for the helicopter version of Air Force One, known as Marine One. The upgrades will cost an additional $1 billion, on top of the original $6.1 billion price tag. The Navy had also considered the Sikorsky H-3s as an alternative airframe.
The original decision by the Navy to select the VH-71 caused some controversy because the aircraft is manufactured by a foreign company. The VH-71 is manufactured by AgustaWestland, a joint partnership between British and Italian companies.
The clear and the cream may help Jason Giambi go yard or Shawne Merriman stop the run, but can these substances help 50 Cent spit mad rhymes or Mary J. Blige warble? Evidently steroids are hip hop performance enhancers.
An ongoing steroid probe in New York a number of stars are involved, including Mary J. Blige, 50 cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland, and Tyler Perry. According to the Albany County DA’s office, and unnamed law-enforcement officials,
the stars may have obtained performance-enhancing drugs from doctors, pharmacists and clinics under investigation by Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares. The newspaper cited medical records and testimony from several unidentified witnesses stating that Blige, Fiddy and others, in a bid to appear young and fit, received shipments of prescribed human growth hormone at hotels, production studios, health clubs and private residences, even sometimes using fictitious names.
Female residents of The Second City have a tremendous occupational opportunity, with earnings of up to $20,000 per year. The job: prostitution. This according to a recent paper by Professor Steve Levitt, the coauthor of Freakonomics. The paper details the economics of prostitution in Chicago. The author’s approach, along with his coauthor Sudhir A. Venkatesh, to the subject is as compelling and elucidative as his investigation into the economics of crack-cocaine dealers, which is covered in the extraordinarily interesting book Freakonomics.
The authors finds, inter alia, that street prostitution yields an average wage of $27 per hour. But before making a momentous career change – this is directed at you ABC – there are a number of disadvantages to the sex trade. For example,
For prostitutes who do not work with pimps (and thus are working the streets), roughly three percent of all their tricks are freebies given to police. Continue reading →
Also mentioned in the story is quote from Louisiana lawyer Daniel Becnel, Jr., who is quoted as saying, “The trauma these people [Katrina victims] have undergone is unlike anything that has occurred in the history of our country.” All lawyers are prone to a certain amount of hyperbole, but trauma unlike anything that has ever occurred in this country take it a bit too far. Take the 1900 hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas and caused 6,000 casualties, compared to the 1,600 deaths from Katrina. Or, the 618,000 casualties suffered during the Civil War.
Anybody who spends time writing is, at one time or another, vexed by the lack of a gender-neutral (should read sex-neutral) pronoun in the English language. Attempts have been made to overcome this problem either by avoiding indefinite pronouns, or by the use of his or her or his/her. Both of these fixes have drawbacks. Their was considered singular until the 18th century but has yet to make a resurgence, despite its pedigree. Because pronouns, in English, belong to a closed word class it has been very difficult to add any neologisms. Thus, we are without a workable resolution.
This is not coming from Dreadnaught, this is coming from ESPN and The Sporting News:
“The No. 7 Trojans are better than both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 LSU, which will play for the BCS championship Monday night in the Louisiana Superdome.”
-Mark Schlabach from ESPN
“There’s no doubt — USC is nation’s best. And no team, not even mighty Patriots, has dominated more this decade.”
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