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With the Tech position filled, what job will he be fishing for tonight?

Last year or two? Who runs this crazy Think Tank? Obama!?

I remember those battles back in the 80's and the Bobcats brought a good crowd to Denton. I agree it would be a fun series to set up. GMG

Party?

Always fun to talk sports. I hope to see UNT on or OOC soon.

Yes to TN. Went to Knoxville in December and that town looks crazy on gameday. Where else in the world can you cheer for the Mean Green drenched in sherbert orange. Peace to other fans coming on our board to talk sports. I welcome UTA TSU and the cartoons to come talk about sports. Can we play the cartoons in basketball soon, please. Very soon! GMG

Nobody has called then SWT, just by their real name, TSU-SM. If the purpose was to let us know their schedule, they could have stated so. Sorry, but I'm just not excited by them or "Yet To Play A Game" UTSA.

I'm glad someone read the OP.

Didn't mean to be rude, but what is the purpose of a TSU-SM fan posting their schedule on a thread about NT's schedule. Maybe they should post it on their "Texas Twins" site.

Maybe you should hop over to their site and post the Mean Green schedule. Even if you post it without comment, you probably won't get a warm reception.

They remind me of wrestling interviews. I see nothing wrong with them. They even have nice wrestler handles: The Texas Twins. "Let me tell you something, brotherrr When The Texas Twins get to the WAC we are gonna tear it up. Fresno! I'm talking to you brotherr. Just remember the WAC is being reinvented -- -TEXAS STYLE!! WOOO!!!" [menacing look at camera]

What does TSU-SM's schedule have to do with NT's?

TXST 2012 OOC is full. Texas State has these OOC games for 2012 Houston 9/1/2012 Away Texas Tech 9/8/2012 Home Nevada 9/29/2012 Home New Mexico 10/4/2012 Away Navy 11/15/2012 Away

I do agree that we missed Tramiel's offensive presence...however this team still finished 28th in the country in scoring and more importantly 11th in field goal percentage. If that magical post is still out there, by all means snatch him up. But given the option between a post who puts up 12/5 and accidentally blocks a shot once every three games and counting on the returnees to provide the defensive presence or one who goes for 6/8 with a block or two a night and counting on continued development from Hogans/Holmen/Robinson and eventually Mitchell for your interior offense, IMO the better option is the latter.

In other news, the Sun Belt just isn't that good.

This is probably going to get me ripped , but TCU is about to join the Big East. The Horned Frogs will see a improvement over the next few years with better rercuits and probably a splash hire for hoops soon. As much as I dislike them, SMU plays in a superior conference , has a very nice recruiting class coming in & just won a post season game. We are not leap years ahead of either and if we stumble anytime soon both could pass us by pretty quick. The one thing that currently seperates our programs is Johnny Jones & the coaching staff If Tony Mitchell suits up in December then I will expect to be playing again for the title in Hot Springs !

George...not sure if the league's finalized it's decision on this yet: But it has been mentioned that the SBC will stay with every team just playing 8 conference games, once USA comes on board. Every year, there would be one team that a school wouldn't play. (I'm sure they would alternate the teams.). Anyway, that's the last I had heard...was that they would keep it at 8 conference games....mainly to allow our schools to have four OOC (read $$$) games. One other advantage to playing 8.....4 home and 4 away SBC games....instead of a 5/4 imbalance.

Would be nice if the NCAA would not manipulate who they want to adavance

Outside of a few individual efforts, these games have been queefs in a bag. Selfish shots, absurd decisions, bad execution... it's like an endless buffet of spareness. Yeah, they are close, but I'm pretty sure I could manufacture a close decision by letting two special ed kids box for a few hours.

I won't even go into the fact that the article is basically editorial. Sure, there's a stat behind it, but the interpretation is from a member of IPI, and as such, will get a spin on it.

Rasmussen would find a way to make a poll that says 99% of kids hate ice cream. I'm not in denial that a lot of people don't like the health care law, in fact I've seen plenty of polls that swing one way or the other: 52% against, 54% for, 41% for/25% unsure, ect. ect. I just wouldn't trust any poll that Rasmussen puts out. They've been consistently wrong time and time again.

The United Artists theater off of 635 at Garland Rd, right behind Fry's.

Every single time I wear my NT gear out, I get FOUR TIMES THE STEAK! That's like a whole honkin' cow. /winning

A couple nights ago I showed up to the movie theater in my North Texas sweatshirt. The manager said to me "Are you a UNT alum?" After I said yes he hands my credit card back and says "dont worry about it, it's complimentary." Yep, that just happened. Go Mean Green

FFR?

If you care to read it...here's a little on the piracy issue. My organization, IPI, is quoted in the study. We have done a good bit of work in this arena. Note the point of 71,060 US jobs lost and $2.7billion in worker's earnings lost. This is not small change. Still think it's "fun" to pirate music, videos, TV, etc., etc.? Try asking one of the 71,060. Pay to play; Is downloading music illegally really stealing? Experts think so BYLINE: By Zobia Chunara, Northside, and Nykia Tanniehill, Walter Payton The battle between the music industry and illegal file-sharing services has been a long struggle that many teens are familiar with. From the crackdown on Napster in 2000 to the recent shutdown of LimeWire in October 2010, the government is slowly fighting back against free consumer access to thousands of unlicensed music files and sharing software. Once regarded as invincible alternatives, even other peer-to-peer sharing sites such as BearShare, Ares, BitTorrent and FrostWire could be in jeopardy. Among the many music lovers who are disappointed are teens, and while some are becoming comfortable with the idea of paying for their favorite song, others are determined to seek out alternative options. Though piracy is an age-old offense, these recent cyber shakedowns stemmed from a variety of factors -- many of them being economic. A digital music study conducted by the entertainment research firm NPD Group concluded that in 2009 alone, U.S. consumers had paid for only 37 percent of all the music they acquired that year. Frontier Economics also recently estimated that U.S. Internet users annually consume between $7 billion and $20 billion worth of digitally-pirated recorded music. Cara Duckworth Weiblinger, vice president of communications at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) -- a group that represents recording industry distributors in the United States -- says that downloading music illegally is like stealing the artists' work. "File-sharing sites are clearly recognized as platforms that only cheapen music's value and threaten musicians' ability to put food on the table," Weiblinger said. "File-sharing sites ... threaten investment in new bands and they cost musicians their jobs. We believe in music and the rights of musicians to get paid for their work. Paying for music and legal services helps the next generation of talent succeed and reach the public's collective ears." However, Kenwood senior Rachel Smith believes that her money is just as valuable. Smith has already discovered other file-sharing and video-converting websites such as beemp3.com and, like many teens, believes that the rise in illegal downloading resulted from a desire to find a more cost-effective option. "If I paid for all of my music, I would be broke for decades, so I'm pretty much looking out for myself," Smith said. Smith is not alone. According to the Institute for Policy Innovation (IFPI), many other music lovers are guarding their pockets, and thus emptying those of the industry. IFPI reports that 71,060 U.S. jobs and $2.7 billion in workers' earnings are lost each year as a result of global music piracy. If it's still difficult to imagine Lady Gaga crying over a dollar lost to illegal file sharing, Professor Jacqueline Lipton, a professor of Intellectual Property Law at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, suggests that teen users think of the issue as being less about an artist's paycheck, and more about protecting his or her intellectual property. But Lipton thinks that getting teens to understand an artists' right to protect his or her work is growing more difficult in the Internet age. "The problem is that now we have this 'cut-and-paste' society, where you can make immediate digital copies of any song because it's all software code and code can be copied very easily and very quickly, and it can travel very far geographically," Lipton said. "That wasn't possible before the Internet." Katherine Graden, a junior at Northside, believes that the chances of artists putting a permanent end to every illegal digital avenue are nearly impossible. "I think that LimeWire and similar websites are a testament to the teen culture and their determination to have access to all the music they possibly can," Graden said. RIAA also sees no immediate end. "As long as there's Internet, illegal downloading will always be around," Weiblinger said. "There will always be people who think music should be free and will break however many laws to get it. But what we can do as an industry is make sure fans have the best music experience possible by providing convenient, affordable and legal ways to access their favorite tunes." Weiblinger is talking about Internet radio sites such as Pandora, Last.fm and MOG, where fans can stream their music for free. These sites also offer a music discovery element, providing fans the opportunity to hear new music from artists with similar sounds as their favorite bands. However, there's a catch. "If a fan wants to download music and keep it forever, it's likely they'll have to pay at least a few cents for the song itself," Weiblinger said. "Paying to permanently keep songs is one of the ways fans can support musicians and contribute to the investment in new artists." In the meantime, teen music fans are daring to be creative with their options as well -- subscribing to pay-per-month sites like Rhapsody, sharing files through blog interfaces like Tumblr and WordPress, streaming music on sites such as Pandora, Grooveshark and Epitonic, or following Smith's lead with online video converters. However, for other teens, like Graden, the end of pirated digital downloading might be an opportunity to share music in more old-fashioned ways that bring music lovers closer together. "I think the best and most fun way to get new music is to switch iPods for a few weeks with a friend and get a look into different styles you may not have listened to before," Graden said.

This from a guy that gets his news from the Karl Marx Compound Daily? Great to know you are finally beginning to see the light.

The Internet

I'm guessing that far more than that still believe Pearl Harbor was an intentional sneak attack, and not a sad series of communication blunders. Stop living in the past, my friend. We can make it a bright future!

I went into a guy's home the other day and he was talking about how his kids are the best kids and not acknowledging my kids at all, so I punched him in the face.

I want IPI's website design repealed. Hey Kram, 1995 called and it wants it's website design back.

They just need a new Director of IT. I'm available.

It's been a really fun tournament so far, tons of close games etc. THe two games at Moody certainly didn't benefit from Spring Break, but I think next years numbers will jump some. Not just playing in this tourney, but having the kind of games we've been having, helps moving forward. Going to Northern Iowa is going to be fun, and is a decent CUSA/MVC match-up. No one is claiming it to be what it's not, but it's late March and my team is playing OOC games, I'd have loved to see during the year. No real financial loss, build some momentum w/a very good roster next year. It's win/win for everyone

Laugh all you want, but when the dust settles the United States has lost its healthcare system to the socialists. Like going to the lobby of the post office for help? These are the same people who want to be in charge of your healthcare needs. Seems like a great pie in the sky system until you or a loved one needs some real medical attention. Fewer breakthroughs in medical research and a smaller pool of doctors will be the eventual outcome.

Interesting to me what is happening now that the legislation is actually seeing the light of day. Read on: Matthews: As ObamaCare Turns One, More Americans Than Ever Oppose It DALLAS, TX: This week, White House allies and other left-leaning coalitions will plan a week of events nationwide to mark the first anniversary of ObamaCare, but Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews says it’s the best indicator yet that Democrats have lost the health care battle. "The Obama administration must have sent out an SOS (support our stupidity) memo, and, right on cue, the minions came out defending the health care reform legislation," said Matthews. "No one believes the left would be holding a national pep rally if ObamaCare was even a little popular." A new Rasmussen poll recently found 62 percent of Americans want ObamaCare repealed—the highest percentage since May, yet the public is repeatedly being bombarded with misleading defenses by the talking heads who support it. "The president claimed that his health care law would be a milestone, ultimately raising the Democrats’ stature. Instead, it’s become a millstone, sinking their hopes for years to come," said Matthews. "And the more Democrats try to defend their law, the more indefensible it appears." For example, the Department of Health and Human Services has granted more than a thousand temporary waivers to organizations—including unions that supported the bill—claiming that moving quickly to the law’s new, onerous guidelines would be devastating. The state of Maine has also requested a waiver and more states may follow. Matthews suggests the press investigate those supporters at the rallies to see how many of them belong to a group that got a pass on complying with the law. The legislation has become one of the most contentious in recent memory, with some 30 states challenging ObamaCare’s constitutionality in court and many passing provisions asserting that the federal government can’t force their citizens to buy health insurance or pay a fine. "The legislation backfired and now its supporters think they have to fire back," concluded Matthews. "ObamaCare has become a national pariah, and the Democrats know they have to do something. They are reading the polls much more closely than they ever read the legislation." The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is an independent, nonprofit public policy organization based in Dallas, Texas. IPI resident scholar and health care expert Dr. Merrill Matthews is available for interview by contacting Erin Humiston at (972) 874-5139, or erin@ipi.org.

Not true. The most recent poll I can find shows that only 31% believe that. That's about the same percentage who believe in astrology, the same percentage of meteorologists that believe in man-made global warming, an the same percentage who believe the Stimulus Plan has helped the economy.