ICanSleepWhenI'mDead

Minneapolis city council approves city's contribution to cost of new stadium: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/19157285/city-council-approval-clears-way-for-vikings-stadium

WWII. Harvard. Pre-DARPA. Pigeon-guided American anti-ship ordinance. Absolutely true.

That's only true if Ralph leaves his ownership interest in the team to his wife - - which Ralph has publicly said he will not do. He could always change his mind about that, but I have seen no indication that his plans have changed in that regard. Have you?

Now that Magic Johnson is a part owner of the Dodgers, maybe there's an opening for "spokesman for the virus."

http://autos.aol.com/article/teen-dies-while-texting-the-dangers-of-texting/?ncid=txtlnkusauto00000020 She had a killer sense of humor - - Haha.

I agree. Everybody loves a football star who is humble. If Powell is an upgrade over Moorman but not grateful for the opportunity to make a good living playing a game, we should cut him!

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article378891.ece

Scarlett Johansson

I'm inclined to believe that Goodell was telling the truth, which is a complete defense to any defamation suit. But who knows? It does seem odd that Vilma would file this suit if he knows that Goodell's statements were truthful. FWIW: http://www.answers.c...ander-and-libel I haven't looked to see if any court has decided whether an NFL player or other pro athlete is considered a "celebrity before the public," but my guess is that Vilma is sufficiently in the news on a regular basis to be a public figure for purposes of a defamation suit. So if Vilma filed suit against a newspaper, broadcast network or other member of the media, he would probably have to show that falsehoods were made maliciously (i.e., in this context, with at least "reckless disregard for the truth"). But Vilma didn't file suit against a reporter or media company - - he filed suit against the commissioner of a professional sports league. I haven't researched it, but it seems to me like the reasons for granting extra protections to the press - - protecting the free flow of speech and opinions by reporters and their employers - - don't apply to a defamation suit against the commissioner of a sports league. So even though Vilma may very well be a celebrity or public figure, it's not clear to me whether or not he would have to prove that Goodell acted maliciously to win a defamation suit against Goodell. Vilma's suit is significantly different from your company vs. collection agency example because the plaintiff, Vilma, is probably a public figure. But Vilma's suit is also significantly different from the Sullivan vs. NY Times case because the defendant, Goodell, is not a reporter or media company. I wonder if Goodell has any way to claim that the NFL's ownership of NFL Network (a TV broadcaster) entitles him to the extra legal protections given to members of the media in defamation suits by celebrities or other public figures? Seems like a stretch, but I don't know how much of Goodell's job duties involve NFL Network business. If he has a separate job title or routine job duties with NFL Network, he might be in a better position to make that argument. It will be interesting to see if the courts require Vilma to prove that Goodell acted with malice.

Don't underestimate Bryan Anger's value to the Jags: After-all-he-pronounces-his-first-name-just-like-Moorman-does

Turns out there's a lot I don't know about asteroid deflection planning: From http://www.space.com/9571-tiny-asteroid-buzzed-earth-fast-spinning-rock.html

Thought this article was fairly interesting with respect to how often asteroids zip by the earth at distances less than the average distance to the moon (i.e., less than 238,000 miles): http://news.yahoo.com/bus-size-asteroid-zips-close-earth-184131023.html Might be old news to people who follow this stuff, but I never realized just how "near" some of these near-earth asteroids routinely orbit. Makes me curious about the longest known time period it takes for an asteroid to complete one full orbit. Anybody know what that time is? If it's longer than man has been in space, you have to wonder if there are non-trivial earth impact probabilities that we just don't know about yet. Edit: Did a little more digging, and found a story about a 150 foot wide asteroid that wasn't discovered until 2010, and has an 88 year orbit: http://www.space.com/9205-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-earth-4-million-miles.html

These sites might be of some use: http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/iac/index.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/index.jsp https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/GeoRegion.jsp Good luck!

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.