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Probably because to the human eye, which is programmed to take shortcuts, it looks similar to the much more common "Julius", where the consonant "l" is before the vowel "i". Not to mention the fact that "Jarius" is a lot easier to pronounce for most English speakers than "Jairus" since "ai" sounds are usually towards the end of a word and followed by only one consonant (laid, pain, main, etc). "Kristen" vs "Kirsten" is similar, though in that case, Kristen is the far more common name.

I don't understand why there's even a debate about this... and I just got back from a weekend of wine/beer tasting so I'm not exacty a prohibitionist. The experience at RWS is out of control, mainly because of men in the 19-25 age range that have been drinking like fish since 6am. I have no problem with someone having a beer at the game but these folks have been drinking like crazy and aren't exactly shining examples of why we should lower the drinking age. They were the same group of idiots smoking outside their high school while they were under 18. I honestly think it's sad that alcohol plays such a large part in the culture of our fanbase as well as others around the NFL. To be clear - I don't advocate banning alcohol in the lots, but I do think that enforcing underage laws for those under 21 and cracking down on those in their 20s that can drink legally but do so to excess greatly enhances the experience for those who simply want to have one or two beers and enjoy the game. Bottom line - if an underage person's judgment while sober is so impaired that they decide to drink in public yards away from police cars, what does that say about their judgment while drunk?

You left out Crayonz, who seems to have turned 4 today!

I had flashbacks watching this video - I saw it happen to others on the bus and it happened to me 20 years ago. It hurt a lot and to this day I can identify with that woman. This starts 100% with the parents. Kids learn by imitating their parents - it's very likely that this video is simply a microcosm of how their parents treat other people. Some of it is peer pressure as well. They'll see Johnny ganging up on someone, so they'll feel the need to pile on, even though they'd never do it on their own. Punishing these kids won't change anything, even though that's what needs to be done. This has been going on for ages, it's just more visible now because people are beginning to realize that bullying is a real problem. Unfortunately, it's a problem that can't be solved until society makes a dramatic shift towards alienating this kind of behavior. Perhaps this video is the first step in doing that - for people that were never picked on as kids, it might be the first time they're seeing this as adults and realizing that it needs to stop. It begins with them setting an example of how to properly behave in front of their children.

A paid subscription model for online newspapers isn't going to work. There are still plenty of other sources of news on the web that offer content for free - local TV/radio stations being the primary source. For sports you have so many blogs (PFT, rotoworld, nfl.com, etc) that will never charge for news articles. These folks are used to giving away their content for "free" in return for advertising and the web is simply another vehicle for that. Frankly the print model is where most papers are bleeding money. It costs a lot of money to contract out to a printing company, run a network of drivers who deliver your papers, and handle customer service. The price of a print subscription in no way makes up for the actual costs that are incurred. This is a case of an industry refusing adapt to a clear technological shift - a la Sony with the walkman and mp3 players/digital music. The Seattle P-I, while I do not agree with their political bent, has been largely successful in transferring to online-only. Hearst hasn't shut them down after 3 years of running with this model (and rumor has it that they haven't been losing any money) so something must be going right.

At least we lost to an NFC West team. Needless to say, given that they are playing at Arizona the next week, I hope the Bills lose again. In Crayonz we trust .

There is a lot of training that goes into becoming an official. To get to the NFL, you've typically been a Division IA NCAA official for a minimum of 5 years, officiated several seasons at multiple lower NCAA levels, and done a significant amount of work at the high school level to start. You're typically looking at 15 years of officiating at lower levels before the NFL even becomes slighly interested in you. They have to study film of their work on a weekly basis (just like the players do), study for and take arcane rules tests every week, and train for annual fitness tests. You get graded every week by the office in NY, and if you aren't cutting it, you're fired. You might not think that officials get fired, but honestly, how many of you know whether or not Hochuli's side judge from last year is still with the league? Steve Wilson (U29) was one of the more notable firings recently. Pay 'em. They deserve the cash for the amount of crap they have to take.

Week 1 9/9: Buffalo Bills at New York L Week 2 9/16 Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills W Week 3 9/23: Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns W Week 4 9/30: New England Patriots* at Buffalo Bills W Week 5 10/07: Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers L Week 6 10/14: Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals W Week 7 10/21: Tennessee Titans at Buffalo Bills W Week 8: BYE Week 9: 11/04 Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans L Week 10: 11/11 Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots* L Week 11: 11/15 (Thurs) Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills W Week 12: 11/25 Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts W Week 13: 12/02 Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills W Week 14: 12/09 St. Louis Rams at Buffalo Bills W Week 15: 12/16 Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills W Week 16: 12/23 Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins W Week 17: 12/30 New York Jets at Buffalo Bills L I cannot believe I have this team going 11-5 but the schedule looks quite realistic. For whatever reason though they haven't been able to beat the Jets lately.

If the team doesn't perform next season, you can't fault Nix. The guy has done nearly everything he could possibly do to improve the roster. Now the pressure is on Chan and Fitz...

My 7th grade social studies teacher (roughly 15 years ago) was the running backs coach at Marist. Smart guy - he'd read the paper in class while his students would grade papers.

Pick is in for Buffalo!

What do you think?

Dolphins AT Buffalo - week 11 thursday night NFL game

Dolphins at Bills, week 11, thursday night game

Tricky bastards... http://prod.static.bills.clubs.nfl.com/assets/pdf/2012-schedule.pdf Maybe it'll eventually end up here instead http://prod.static.b...13-schedule.pdf

So I disconnected the back of the dryer last night, reached my hand into the vent, and pulled out 3 fistfulls of lint. It's looking more and more like a blockage - it makes me wonder how much is stuck to the sides of the duct as it goes into the attic. I'm wondering though if it's my dryer not properly catching lint (the trap is flimsy - it uses felt around the sides to seat itself in the dryer and never seems to catch anything), or if the guys that cleaned out my vent just did a piss poor job. The reason I say that is because when I disconnected my dryer from the venting and turned it on to check air pressure, it spewed out a few clumps of lint. In any case, I'll likely need to get the vents cleaned again. That do-it-yourself system with the drill looks promising.

Yeah mine is in a small room in the middle of the townhouse - on the second floor. I'd have rather seen them vent it out of the side of the unit but I can understand why they did it. The location is super convenient when doing laundry, but not the best spot for putting ductwork in to vent it out. I'll see if knocking the vacuum hose around does the trick tonight.

It's an NFL rule change - if you are an eastern division team, you cannot be on the road for the 49ers and the Seahawks in the same season, and vice versa. Being in Seattle since 2006, I haven't seen the Bills play once out here. It will not be until 2016, a full 10 years after I moved out here, before I see them play locally.

Outside vent is unfortunately on the roof, and being in a townhouse I don't have a ladder tall enough to get up there to check. It's an electric dryer. It's definitely getting hot enough - when one cycle ends the inside is hot as are the clothes.

Yep, the drum is rotating. I'll try disconnecting the outside venting and seeing if the airflow is powerful with nothing in there - I would imagine that would at least isolate the issue to being either the dryer or the venting.

I have a 13 year old Kenmore dryer that I inherited from the previous owners of my townhouse. I am having issues with it drying clothes in a timely manner. I've tried the usual troubleshooting steps - the HOA just cleaned the outside vent two weeks ago. I also had the guy come in and clean out the dryer for a few bucks, and I just replaced the old, excessively long exhaust vent with a new rigid vent. However, it is still taking hours to clean a full load. The dryer is heating up without any issue. One peculiar thing is that the lint trap is only ever dirty in one small corner - all the lint congregates there and is never spread throughout the trap. Before I spend money on sending someone out to look at it, or just replacing it given its age, does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong?

I think the likeliest is Houston given the Mario Williams trade. But, the NFL tends to put one of the more popular teams on when teams like the Bills get into primetime - see NE, Dallas, etc. Given that, I predict SF, NE, or the Jets. I have to think Cleveland a few years ago was a last-minute replacement or a scheduling fluke.

"Last Post Wins" is 617 pages. Will this thread attempt to break the record?

Where will Ralph take him? Burger King? Subway? How many $5 footlongs does Ralph's budget allow?

Best evidence yet that if it isn't done already, it will be soon. Nice find!