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A guy on reddit redid them in photoshop. He did a better job. http://imgur.com/a/Jx2U6
Here’s the Rams “new” one.
Interesting.
That one could be their “throw-forward” one.
The blue and whites could be the “throw-back” one.w
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The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/01/life-in-the-sickest-town-in-america/384718/
Sickest Town in AmericaI drove from one of the healthiest counties in the country to the least-healthy, both in the same state. Here’s what I learned about work, well-being, and happiness.
Olga Khazan
Donald Rose has no teeth, but that’s not his biggest problem. A camouflage hat droops over his ancient, wire-framed glasses. He’s only 43, but he looks much older.
I met him one day in October as he sat on a tan metal folding chair in the hallway of Riverview School, one of the few schools—few buildings, really—in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia. That day it was the site of a free clinic, the Remote Area Medical. Rose was there to get new glasses—he’s on Medicare, which doesn’t cover most vision services.
Remote Area Medical was founded in 1985 by Stan Brock, a 79-year-old Brit who wears a tan Air-Force-style uniform and formerly hosted a nature TV show called Wild Kingdom. Even after he spent time in the wilds of Guyana, Brock came to the conclusion that poor Americans needed access to medical care about as badly as the Guyanese did. Now Remote Area Medical holds 20 or so packed clinics all over the country each year, providing free checkups and services to low-income families who pour in from around the region.
When I pulled into the school parking lot, someone was sleeping in the small yellow car in the next space, fast-food wrappers spread out on the dashboard. Inside, the clinic’s patrons looked more or less able-bodied. Most of the women were overweight, and the majority of the people I talked to were missing some of their teeth. But they were walking and talking, or shuffling patiently along the beige halls as they waited for their names to be called. There weren’t a lot of crutches and wheelchairs.
Yet many of the people in the surrounding county, Buchanan, derive their income from Social Security Disability Insurance, the government program for people who are deemed unfit for work because of permanent physical or mental wounds. Along with neighboring counties, Buchanan has one of the highest percentages of adult disability recipients in the nation, according to a 2014 analysis by the Urban Institute’s Stephan Lindner. Nearly 20 percent of the area’s adult residents received government SSDI benefits in 2011, the most recent year Lindner was able to analyze.
According to Lindner’s calculations, five of the 10 counties that have the most people on disability are in Virginia—and so are four of the lowest, making the state an emblem of how wealth and work determine health and well-being. Six hours to the north, in Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun Counties, just one out of every hundred adults draws SSDI benefits. But Buchanan county is home to a shadow economy of maimed workers, eking out a living the only way they can—by joining the nation’s increasingly sizable disability rolls. “On certain days of the month you stay away from the post office,” says Priscilla Harris, a professor who teaches at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, “because that’s when the disability checks are coming in.”
But if this place has the scenery of the Belgian Ardennes, it has the health statistics of Bangladesh.Just about everyone I spoke with at the Grundy clinic was a former manual worker, or married to one, and most had a story of a bone-crushing accident that had left them (or their spouse) out of work forever. For Rose, who came from the nearby town of Council, that day came in 1996, when he was pinned between two pillars in his job at a sawmill. He suffered through work until 2001, he told me, when he finally started collecting “his check,” as it’s often called. He had to go to a doctor to prove that he was truly hurting—he has deteriorating discs, he says, and chronic back pain. He was turned down twice, he thinks because he was just 30 years old at the time. Now the government sends him a monthly check for $956.
Each classroom at Riverview School had a different specialist tucked inside—in one, an optometrist measured eyes with her chart projected on the classroom wall. She showed me a picture she took in a nearby town of a man who, unable to afford new glasses and rapidly losing eyesight, had taped a stray plastic lens over his existing glasses. The clinic had brought along two glasses-manufacturing RVs where technicians could make patients like Rose a fresh set of glasses, including frames, in just a few hours.
As for his teeth? Rose’s diabetes loosened them. “They went ahead and pulled them all,” he said. He assured me that being toothless was not as grave a life-change as the toothed might imagine it to be.
“I can still eat a steak, trust me,” he says. “I use my tongue and my gums.” … see link for rest of article…
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top ten, bottom ten
http://www.well-beingindex.com/alaska-leads-u.s.-states-in-well-being-for-first-time“Data helps us make informed decisions”….. all teams should collect analytical data to help with the decision making process.
Hard to believe some teams are still skeptical.
Well all the writing on this subject,
when it comes to football,
is kinda vague. I mean, I’d
like to read some specific examples of how
and when it’s “worked”.
What exactly are they measuring? How does it
differ from the old tried-and-true methods?w
vYeah, its a fascinating issue. I am always perplexed by it.
But I’ll say this — I would put the ‘burden of proof’ on
the GMO Corporations to PROVE its safe. I would
not put the burden on the consumers.I’d also make the GMO Corps stop fighting honest,
open and accurate Labeling of their products.
Why are they fighting that? Let consumers have
a choice and decide for themselves.Personally, like i say, I doubt if there is a problem
with most GMO food. But i do think, sooner or later
there will be a problem. Just a guess though.One of the things i’d discuss with that Pro-GMO-writer
is — he makes it seem like this is a debate about “science”.
But there is no “pure food science,”
there’s only science-mixed-with-mega-Corporations.
And the Corporations have a long record
of lying about…um….everything.w
vBob McGinn is the new Rick Gosselin, so I give his stuff more credit than most. This piece is colored by a GBay perspective at the bottom of the draft. If it was written about the Rams it would be somewhat different.
Haven’t seen any Boylhart stuff. I’d like to know what he thinks of the “second tier QBs” and the OLinemen
and the WRs.RUMOR; #Oregon QB Mariota absolutely killing it #NFLCombine interview process. Told he is as/more impressive than R.Wilson was, significant.
— Drew Boylhart (@DrewBoylhart) February 19, 2015
Drew Boylhart @DrewBoylhart · Feb 19
RUMOR; #Oregon QB Mariota absolutely killing it #NFLCombine interview process. Told he is as/more impressive than R.Wilson was, significant.Drew Boylhart @DrewBoylhart · Feb 19
#Cardinals HC Bruce Arians said Patrick Peterson battled blood-sugar issues early last season, and was “borderline” diabetic. #NFLCombineDrew Boylhart @DrewBoylhart · Feb 18
The big reason #NFL teams want top QB’s to throw at #NFLCombine? To see if QB’s or agent’s in charge of careers. Charector & leadershipDrew Boylhart @DrewBoylhart · Feb 17
If South #Alabama QB Brandon Bridge throws at #NFLCombine look for ‘Experts” to pee in their pants. The kid has a big time arm. #NFLDraftDrew Boylhart @DrewBoylhart · Feb 14
RUMOR;#Eagles dangling QB Foles & 1st Rd PK to move up with #Redskins if Mariota drops past #Titans. talk is Skins holding out for more #NFLDid White really run a 4.35,
or is that a misprint?w
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2371958-nfl-combine-2015-matt-bowens-day-3-notebookhttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/2372866-nfl-combine-2015-matt-bowens-day-4-notebook
Matt Bowen
see link…Cooper, White and Parker Solidify Top-10 Grades
This wide receiver class is loaded, and the top prospects produced legit numbers during testing on Saturday morning with Amari Cooper (4.42), Kevin White (4.35) and DeVante Parker (4.45) all answering questions on their vertical speed in the 40-yard dash.
I see Cooper as the most polished route-runner in this class, and that was on display during positional drills. He glides through his cuts and is smooth at the top of the route.
White’s size (6’3″, 215 pounds) is going to create matchups in the NFL, and he has the ball skills and body control to adjust at the point of attack (go check out the tape versus Alabama). With Parker (6’3″, 209 pounds), think about the athleticism and the ability to stretch the field. That’s where he shows up on tape—making plays on contested throws.
White is expected to come off the board first in the draft (possibly No. 4 to Oakland); however, all three of these wideouts should grade out as top-10 picks after the workouts on Saturday in Indianapolis. There is a ton of talent (and pro speed) with this group.
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Eastern Carolina’s Shane Carden struggled at the Senior Bowl with his ball placement, and I didn’t see anything during workouts to change the narrative on the quarterback.===================
I think the answer for C will be among Barrett Jones, Turner or Demetrius Rhaney.
I think it’s actually more likely to be Jones. I think they like him and see him as being snake bit a lil, but he’s by far the smartest C we’ve had and he graded out well when he played. If he’s healthy, I think we may have an OL that looks like this…
LT – Greg Robinson
LG – Likely FA, but maybe high Draft pick
C – Barrett Jones, but maybe Turner
RG – Roger Saffold
RT – Joseph BarksdaleIf the Snisher does THAT, this OL has the potential to turn around in a hurry without major upheaval.
That’s the way I’d go… make it a competition between the three Centers we already have who’ve played well and between Turner and Jones actually graded out well in snaps.
That leaves only LG to upgrade and that’s VERY doable. Plus… if allows us to stretch maybe a little to resign Barksdale AND we don’t have to mess with the DL and lose Langford, which would be a HUGE mistake. He’s stout and while we don’t get penetration when he subs for Donald, he was subbing for Brockers and the Brockers/Langford platoon was working like a CHARM. Now, he may need to rework his contract a bit, but if that’s the case, do THAT. But don’t just dump him. Dump Carrington and find another 3 technique for rotation if that’s the case….
Anyway, didn’t mean to get off on the DL, but that’s my take on the OL. The key is properly resolving the LG position, staying in house on the C position and signing Barksdale….imho.
I dunno Mack. I’m kinda hoping for a free agent Guard AND Center
AND two more OLine picks within the first three rounds.I mean why not make SURE they fix the damn thing.
Once and for all. Make it a strength. With depth.
They CAN do that this year.Also pick a QB in the top three rounds
and off we go.Its year Four.
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