The I Formation (pronounced "eye" formation) have the backs stacked in the backfield. Typically it is used as a running formation but you can pass out of it too. Many teams that use the I Formation often call the "deep back" a tailback rather than a halfback. This offense needs a strong runner in that position as it is featured in this formation. You will see it used extensively at the college level. The pros use it- sometimes on short yardage situations like 3 and 3 to give the defense a pass o
The Pro Set is one of the most basic formations you will see. Almost all the pro teas run it at one time or another. It is a balanced offense from which a team can either pass of run.
Positions-
Offensive Line: the offensive lines job is to open holes for runners of protect the quarterback on passing plays. Although O-lines don't get much press, they have got to perform their job or the offense is going nowhere.
C or Center snaps the ball to the QB and then blocks or protects the pas
AFC 2008 Preview/Predictions
AFC North
Steelers- After going 10-6 last year and enjoying a very productive draft, Pittsburg is set to capture the division again. The only question that remains is how far can they go in the playoffs and are they ready to challenge the Patriots? Projected: 12-4, Division winner
Bengals- The Bengals were a disappointing 7-9 last season after a rash of injuries and an early season skid from which they never recovered. This years cats may be a whole d
The good people working with the Spitzer space telescope have made a huge discovery. Spitzer sees in a number of bands of the infrared spectra some of which have never been possible to explore before. Our atmosphere absorbs a large chunk of the infrared spectra- specifically microwaves.
Spitzers position high above our atmosphere allows it to see and explore things that human eyes simply can not and have only now begun to have the ability to explore.
Our understanding of our own home ga
Led Zeppelin
Widely regarded as the first heavy-metal band, Led Zeppelin was called the heaviest band of all times and the biggest band of the 70s by Rolling Stone Magazine. Led Zeppelin has had over 300 million records sales worldwide and all of their albums have made it to Billboard magazine's Top Ten. They are ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Led Zeppelin formed out of the dissolution of the old super-group the Yardbirds. Jimmy Page had been playing bass f
In August 1966 Revolver which debuted at #1 and stayed there for 7 weeks.
Eleanor Rigby
Good Day Sunshine
In June 1966 the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which debuted at #1 for 27 weeks.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends
When I'm 64
The White Album was released in Nov. 1968 and marked the start of the Beatles psychedelic phase with tracks like Helter-Skelter and Revolution #9 a
The Beatles
The Beatles first formed in Liverpool, England ~1957 by a quartet of school chums. At first they were the Quarrymen, then the Johnny and the Moondogs" and finally the Beatles in honor of Buddy Holley and the Crickets. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals) throughout their career, The Beatles are recognized for leading the mid-1960s musical "British I
A long time ago on a beach far away, Jim Morrison and Ray Mansarek met. What followed was one of those spontaneous reactions that is only possible when the chemistry and times are right. The Doors are Jim Morrison(singer), Ray Mansarek(keyboards), Robbie Kreiger(guitar) and John Densmore(drums).
The Doors emerged from the LA club scene with their breakout album the Doors in 1967. Their debut album had two number ones, was the #2 album of the year and is listed on everyones list of Class
A few notes about the profiles:
I will take each band and present its original albums in chronological order. I will list the year of the album release and show its most common album cover.
Each album will link to Google Music to show a list of tracks on the album and independent reviews.
Where possible, I will use U-tube or other video provider to show classic tracks from the albums.
Hot links to U-tube or Google Music appear in red. I suggest opening them in a new tab in Firefo
Modern Classics Profile Series
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The Beatles 67-70
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You know that you like a classic band- you've heard them on an FM station but buying their albums (CDs) can be tricky. Which ones have which tracks? Which ones are pure gold and which ones are pure mold? With CD prices at $15+, its a mistake you would like to avoid. Here I offer profiles o
As you might imagine, those of us that live here in the South have a rather unique way of saying things. I decided to save some authentic 70s Southern Slang with the assistance of the good folks at the urban dictionary. I'm doing my part to perserve a rich but vanishing heiratage that most yuppies have forgotten now because they were too f**ked up at the time to remember them. You know- the same retarded hypocritical assholes who declared war on drugs and probably still have bong tar stains on t
Today I finished up a rather big project that I've been working on.
In the front of the house are two Azalea beds that have been there since the sixties. The Bushes are large but scraggly and unhealthy because the soil under them is worn out.
My job: dig up the bushes, replant them. Dig up the old beds and clean out the roots. Remove some of the dirt. Test the soil and figure out what it needs. Add: sand, top soil, peat moss, humas, etc. Till it up. Put the plastic border down. Smooth
The Free Stuff:
Anti-virus Software
AVG Anti-virus: the most popular free-ware anti-virus
Avast anti-virus: another freeware A-V choice
Anti-Spyware Software
Ad Aware
Spy Bot
Cleanup/tune-up utilities
ccleaner cleans up temp and junk files, scans registry for known bugs
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Windows XP is a wonder. It has thousands of files and a registry that turns mere mortals into jelly should they attempt to play with it.
As fancy as it is, Xp users can run into a lot of headaches. Viruses, worms and spyware (Oh my. ) are a sad fact of intenet life and anyone that has suffered their wrath won't soon forget it.
A feature of XP that many people either forget about or have never hear of is called Safe Mode. When you boot the system hit the F8 key and windows will load with
Climate change is very real and it has been going on in cycles since the planet formed.
Three Orbital cycles that affect climate:
Orbital Eccentricity: 100,000 year Cycle
Orbital Tilt: 42,000 year cycle
Orbital Wobble: 25,800 year cycle
Orbital Eccentricity: the earth's orbit around the sun forms an ellipse. Every 100,000 years or so the ellipse "flops" into a pattern that changes solar exposure. This trend is working is way to a peak this century.
Orbital Tilt: The t
The Milky Way is twice the size we thought it was
University of Sydney
20 February 2008
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We were tossing around ideas about the size of the Galaxy, and thought we had better check the standard numbers that everyone uses," Professor Gaensler said. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
It took just a couple of hours using data available on the internet for University of Sydney scientists to discover that the Milky Way is twice as wide as previous
OK we've all seen this picture but George's ears make chimp jokes passe'.
Let's take a look at the major candidates and other in the news side by side with their closest biological relatives...
Here is Phred Phelps and a baboon. Can you tell which is which?
Here is Phred again and an baboon... which looks more evil?
Hate has a bad rap. For generations the Christian church have sought to discourage it. Lately it has become politically incorrect.
Hate is one of the most basic and powerful emotions. It's also one of the most honest if you understand where it comes from.
In studying apes, our closest biological relatives, they have two basic emotions: yikes and goody. All the rest of their emotional states are somewhere in between. Goody we can all understand. It's the reaction to spending time with our
Does it seem like no one wants to win in November? There may be something to that.
The United States faces a perfect economic storm which has the potential to cause economic problems the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1930's. These twenty domestic and foreign policy problems will give the new resident of the White House many sleepless nights.
Item 1: 100/barrel oil- The US economy is based on cheap oil and can not sustain 100/barrel oil prices without causing inflation or
Here is Messenger's first look at Mercury: the first pictures since Mariner 10 made three fly bys in 1974 and 1975.
It is believed that Mercury's surface has been largely undisturbed since the Solar Systems late bombardment phase ~4-5 billion years ago.
Over the next few months Messenger will settle in to an orbit of Mercury and will stay there for extended studies of the planet.
NASA's Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) probe made its first fly-by of Mercury today and over the next few months will settle into orbit for an extended study of the planet.
Messenger is the first probe to visit Mercury since Mariner 10 back in 1975.
Because of its position in the solar system, Mercury is very unique planet. Constantly seared by heat and radiation from the sun, the chemistry of Mercury has been skewed. All of the volitile elements
Once upon a time movies were original. Many were adaptations of novels, short stories or plays. Sadly- times have changed.
Many of todays movies are regurgitations of successful movies of yesterday.
This Christmas season, there were four BIG movies that were re-writes in part or in total. The one that did the best, Will Smith's I Am Legend was a post-apocalyptic horror story, re-did Charlton Heston's Omega Man of the seventies which was in turn based on a novel. Wil Smith's version of th
Q: What was the last thing to go through Pakistani oppisition leader Benazir Bhutto's mind when she was killed by a suicide bomber?
A: Her hubcaps.
A man was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw a man eating grass by the roadside. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.
"Why are you eating grass?" he asked the man.
"I don't have any money for food," the poor man replied.
"Oh, please come to my house!"
"But sir, I have a wife and four
Head to head, the US can't stand on the same field as Canada.
For health care, human rights, progressive vision, a population that understands and supports the value of diversity and dismisses religious fanatics and bigotry: Canada has it all over the US.
This is one match the US had better sleaze its way out of of they'll be reminded what an embarrassment that they really are: the spoiled wretched weak children of strong parents who deserved better: trading freedom for fear, looting the
When AIDS first appeared, here in Mississippi peoples attitudes were, like every social trend, it won't come here for another twenty years. Unfortunately for a lost generation, they were dead wrong. People started dying in 85. By 1990 the numbers were actually alarming.
In 82 & 83, the HIV virus hadn't even been isolated yet. It acted like a virus but science had never dealt with a retro-virus before. CDC nor anyone else in the medical community knew enough about HIV/AIDS to state anythi
