Dunk: Burris looks to fulfill Black and Gold's grey plan
#GCPlayoffsHenry Burris was brought to Hamilton for one reason, and one reason alone: To colour the city grey. Burris wasn’t viewed as a stopgap veteran quarterback who was supposed to hold the position until a young pivot of the future was ready. He was seen as the signal caller that could push the Ticats from the middle to the top of the food chain in the Canadian Football League. In 2009 Hamilton made the playoffs for the first time in five long years. But with making the playoffs came greater expectations. The Ticats lost two straight post-season games at Ivor Wynne Stadium and the fans, rightfully so, became restless. A thrilling upset win over the Alouettes in Montreal in the 2011 East Semi-Final had the Tabbies dreaming grey. But a humbling 19-3 loss to Winnipeg in the East Final quickly squashed any championship hopes. And because the Kevin Glenn-Marcel Bellefeuille quarterback-head coach tandem couldn’t reach the CFL title game in three tries, change was about to go down. Eastern Semi-Final Playoff CentreThe 2013 Eastern Semi-Final matchup is set as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Montreal Alouettes. Here is everything you need to know ahead of Sunday's game.Click here to view pageOn January 3, 2012 Burris was acquired by the Ticats for Kevin Glenn, offensive lineman Mark Dewit and a conditional draft pick. At the time of the trade, Hamilton’s general manager was Bob O’Billovich. Obie believed Burris was a better athlete and possessed a stronger arm than Glenn. And he brought a championship pedigree to Steeltown having already proven he could win a Grey Cup as a starting quarterback. Hank led Calgary to a championship in 2008. He threw for 328 yards with one touchdown and one interception and added 79 yards on the ground to garner Grey Cup MVP honours. Burris led the Stampeders to a title for the first time since 2001. The Ticats championship drought is a little longer. You have to go all the way back to 1999 to find the Tiger-Cats last Grey Cup winning team.Burris’s first season in Black and Gold was a success from a numbers standpoint. He threw for 5,367 yards and 43 touchdowns – both career highs. However, despite Hank’s best efforts it was a season, record-wise, to forget. “Definitely there were still a lot of things being put together here last year,” Burris said. “There was a lot of turnover going on and we had a lot of youth in a lot of phases. Our coaching staff had first timers, Casey [Creahan] being a first time defensive coordinator and George [Cortez] being a first time head coach.”“There were a lot of things being figured out over the course of the season. And we never experienced that big victory to get us going.”The Ticats didn’t make the playoffs a year ago and a whole new regime,Arizona Cardinals Jersey, led by Kent Austin,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, was brought in. But there was one major takeaway from the 2012 season – Burris still had ‘it’.Many pundits wondered if old age, in football terms, would finally catch up with the now 38-year-old, but he continues to outrun and evade father football time. Burris started every single game for Hamilton in the regular season - one of just two quarterbacks to do so this season. And he views the back-to-back games against Montreal in Weeks 17 and 18 as the pivotal point of the Ticats season. “It reminded me of 2008 when Edmonton came into Calgary and they just embarrassed us on Labour Day. I mean they beat us in every direction and there was no way for us to even try and sugarcoat it – we got out butts kicked that game,” Burris explained. Related Links Burris confident heading into playoffs Winners of four of their final five regular season games, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are feeling good about their game as they ready to hit the practice field Wednesday. Eastern Semi-Final Playoff Centre Buy: Eastern Semi-Final Tickets The Eskimos won 37-16 in the front end of the annual Edmonton-Calgary Labour Day week home-and-home. Burris passed for just 81 yards.“It was a telling moment when we went into Edmonton. We could’ve either become the team we knew we could become and that was to go in there and turn things around and get a big win,” Burris said. “Or we could’ve just tucked our tail between our legs and just taken the beating again.”Hank came up with a much better performance, throwing for 323 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Stampeders to a 38-33 win back on September 5, 2008. “The same thing happened in this case against the Alouettes. We went up to Montreal and got our butts kicked and we came back here,” Burris said. After a thorough drubbing, 36-5 was laid on the Ticats by the Als. Hamilton responded with a thrilling 27-24 come-from-behind win just six days later. The Ticats clinched home field with the victory in what was as close to a playoff game, and atmosphere, as you can get in the regular season. “To see our team respond to adverse times, bounce back, support each other and get such a huge team victory, with all the pressure in the world on us - it reminds me of what our Calgary team went through in 2008,” Burris said. “To see us overcome all of the obstacles that were mounted against us, that’s when I truly believed. I knew we had the makings to become a title contender, but when all the cards are stacked against you, the true championship teams find ways to get it done. And we did just that against Montreal,” Burris said. “That’s when I saw the next coming of potential Grey Cup champions, as far as on our team this year. In both instances we overcame the obstacle of a team that had our number at the time.”Burris had a grey feeling in 2008 and he legitimately has it again in Steeltown in 2013.
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Pedersen: Sheets' return to the lineup a big one
As the stretch drive towards the end of the 2013 regular season begins, the Saskatchewan Roughriders appear to be heading down the wrong path.With other teams tuning up for the playoffs, the once mighty Green & White have fallen from the upper echelon of the league to a team that is doing a lot of soul-searching and looking for answers at a critical time.Sunday’s 17-12 loss in Montreal was the team’s fourth consecutive defeat and they now find themselves all alone in third-place in the CFL West. Less than a month ago, the Riders’ 8-1 record was the best in the league - and the franchise’s best start in 103 years - but now there are three better clubs in the loop.Your record is what you are, and right now the Riders are treading water in the deep end.The biggest reason for the slide? The answer is fairly simple; when tailback Kory Sheets went out with a knee injury in Week 12, the offence went into hiding.The sophomore accounted for 31per cent of Saskatchewan’s offence through the opening nine games, the most for any running back or receiver this year. Without him, the team appears lost.Add in injuries to offensive linemen Chris Best and Ben Heenan and the current slide is explainable. Unfortunately, it’s not acceptable for a team whose sights were set on finishing in first-place in the West and playing in the Grey Cup in November.The first goal seems remote now but the second is certainly achievable. The road is just a bit longer now. What the Riders need right now is time,Cheap NFL Jerseys, but they’re not going to get it because the schedule stops for nobody. Related Links Riders drop 4th straight in loss to Als Rewind: Sheets Reaches 1K Mark Buy: Riders vs. Lions tickets “It's one of those things, we gotta get healthy on the o-line and get continuity there,” Rider coach Corey Chamblin said after the loss in Montreal. “We have musical chairs on the o-line but we have to come back and play better ball.”If Chamblin knows the way out of this, he’s not saying. For each of the past four weeks he’s surmised that the club needs to play better. Thing is, they haven’t.“I don't know,” said Rider Radio analyst Carm Carteri when asked on our postgame show what’s happened to this club. “We're all trying to figure that out. Was it the Dewdney Incident? They won after that went down. That was kept pretty quiet for three weeks so I can't say that. No, the bad penalties and the turnovers are hurting this team. And they're not scoring when they need to score.”The penalties and turnovers should be correctable. Historically, they have been, although they’ve haunted this team for the past month and counting. As for the scoring, the return of Sheets would help remedy that, but at this point we don’t know when he’ll be back on the field.“You have a guy like that who’s playing at a high level,” Chamblin said on the weekend when discussing the club’s woes without the league’s top rusher.“It doesn’t matter who you sub in there, no one’s going to be able to get to the level he was playing at. Even himself when he comes back, it will be a climb for him but we started with Kory and you just have to weather the storm (without him).”In the meantime the pressure ramps up to an almost intolerable level here in the Wheat Province. People are fleeing the bandwagon in droves and Chamblin has noticed.“It’s amazing that you say that,” Chamblin smiled when asked about it on Saturday. “I told Darian the other day that I always hear the negative part of the fans but when we’re out and about, I never see those fans, for the most part. It’s not us against the fans. Our fans are our fans and our critics are our critics. We just have to make sure that just because they have the same colour of clothes on, we don’t call them fans.”For daily Rider news follow Rod on Twitter at @sportscage.
As the stretch drive towards the end of the 2013 regular season begins, the Saskatchewan Roughriders appear to be heading down the wrong path.With other teams tuning up for the playoffs, the once mighty Green & White have fallen from the upper echelon of the league to a team that is doing a lot of soul-searching and looking for answers at a critical time.Sunday’s 17-12 loss in Montreal was the team’s fourth consecutive defeat and they now find themselves all alone in third-place in the CFL West. Less than a month ago, the Riders’ 8-1 record was the best in the league - and the franchise’s best start in 103 years - but now there are three better clubs in the loop.Your record is what you are, and right now the Riders are treading water in the deep end.The biggest reason for the slide? The answer is fairly simple; when tailback Kory Sheets went out with a knee injury in Week 12, the offence went into hiding.The sophomore accounted for 31per cent of Saskatchewan’s offence through the opening nine games, the most for any running back or receiver this year. Without him, the team appears lost.Add in injuries to offensive linemen Chris Best and Ben Heenan and the current slide is explainable. Unfortunately, it’s not acceptable for a team whose sights were set on finishing in first-place in the West and playing in the Grey Cup in November.The first goal seems remote now but the second is certainly achievable. The road is just a bit longer now. What the Riders need right now is time,Cheap NFL Jerseys, but they’re not going to get it because the schedule stops for nobody. Related Links Riders drop 4th straight in loss to Als Rewind: Sheets Reaches 1K Mark Buy: Riders vs. Lions tickets “It's one of those things, we gotta get healthy on the o-line and get continuity there,” Rider coach Corey Chamblin said after the loss in Montreal. “We have musical chairs on the o-line but we have to come back and play better ball.”If Chamblin knows the way out of this, he’s not saying. For each of the past four weeks he’s surmised that the club needs to play better. Thing is, they haven’t.“I don't know,” said Rider Radio analyst Carm Carteri when asked on our postgame show what’s happened to this club. “We're all trying to figure that out. Was it the Dewdney Incident? They won after that went down. That was kept pretty quiet for three weeks so I can't say that. No, the bad penalties and the turnovers are hurting this team. And they're not scoring when they need to score.”The penalties and turnovers should be correctable. Historically, they have been, although they’ve haunted this team for the past month and counting. As for the scoring, the return of Sheets would help remedy that, but at this point we don’t know when he’ll be back on the field.“You have a guy like that who’s playing at a high level,” Chamblin said on the weekend when discussing the club’s woes without the league’s top rusher.“It doesn’t matter who you sub in there, no one’s going to be able to get to the level he was playing at. Even himself when he comes back, it will be a climb for him but we started with Kory and you just have to weather the storm (without him).”In the meantime the pressure ramps up to an almost intolerable level here in the Wheat Province. People are fleeing the bandwagon in droves and Chamblin has noticed.“It’s amazing that you say that,” Chamblin smiled when asked about it on Saturday. “I told Darian the other day that I always hear the negative part of the fans but when we’re out and about, I never see those fans, for the most part. It’s not us against the fans. Our fans are our fans and our critics are our critics. We just have to make sure that just because they have the same colour of clothes on, we don’t call them fans.”For daily Rider news follow Rod on Twitter at @sportscage.
Sunday 10 November 2013
Sport Plane For Sale
Sport Plane For Sale
Are you looking for a sport plane for sale? There are actually a lot of sport planes available in the market but you can try and check the Arion Lightning. This aircraft is one of those many types of kit aircraft. This home built aircraft, as they suggest, can be built in the vicinity of your place and can be built by people who are not licensed or not professionals but otherwise can still make the job done.
This is one of the many types of sport plane for sale in the aviation market that belongs to the family that have fixed wings. The plane has a lowwing type which has lower surface level wherein the wing is located at the bottom of its fuselage. The designer of the arion lightning was the company jabiru aircraft. It is a company in Australia that has been manufacturing different types of aircrafts which are ready to be built. The jabiru company is situated in Bundaberg in Queensland.
Actually the plane was intended and designed to fly at very high speed however the jabiru company has many types of aircrafts available which were all made from composite materials that were all designed with low wing features. So, the company redesigned the plane and made into arion lightning LS1 or widely known as LS1 for it to meet the requirements of the American standard for light sport planes. The plane's wings were all extended to have a lower stall speed and then the propeller's features were changed into fixed pitch.
When you are looking for sport plane for sale then the arion lightning is indeed the first on the list because the aircraft is made with high grade materials. The plane is made with composite materials that are welded by the company's welders with 30 years of experience and even much more in the aviation manufacturing industry. The materials used were all made from top companies such as in Windshield INC and the Matco Wheels and brakes as well as the Mcfairlane aviation company.
The plane arion lightning can accommodate a pilot and a passenger. The plane's length is about 6.30 meters and has a wingspan of 9.30 meters. The plane can go up to a maximum speed of 260 km/h and has cruise speed of 2220 km/h while it holds a stall speed of only 70 km/h. no matter how the pilot will try the plane's speed will never go more than 330 km/h. So, when you look for a sport plane for sale, it would surely be a must to check the arion lightning first.
Are you looking for a sport plane for sale? There are actually a lot of sport planes available in the market but you can try and check the Arion Lightning. This aircraft is one of those many types of kit aircraft. This home built aircraft, as they suggest, can be built in the vicinity of your place and can be built by people who are not licensed or not professionals but otherwise can still make the job done.
This is one of the many types of sport plane for sale in the aviation market that belongs to the family that have fixed wings. The plane has a lowwing type which has lower surface level wherein the wing is located at the bottom of its fuselage. The designer of the arion lightning was the company jabiru aircraft. It is a company in Australia that has been manufacturing different types of aircrafts which are ready to be built. The jabiru company is situated in Bundaberg in Queensland.
Actually the plane was intended and designed to fly at very high speed however the jabiru company has many types of aircrafts available which were all made from composite materials that were all designed with low wing features. So, the company redesigned the plane and made into arion lightning LS1 or widely known as LS1 for it to meet the requirements of the American standard for light sport planes. The plane's wings were all extended to have a lower stall speed and then the propeller's features were changed into fixed pitch.
When you are looking for sport plane for sale then the arion lightning is indeed the first on the list because the aircraft is made with high grade materials. The plane is made with composite materials that are welded by the company's welders with 30 years of experience and even much more in the aviation manufacturing industry. The materials used were all made from top companies such as in Windshield INC and the Matco Wheels and brakes as well as the Mcfairlane aviation company.
The plane arion lightning can accommodate a pilot and a passenger. The plane's length is about 6.30 meters and has a wingspan of 9.30 meters. The plane can go up to a maximum speed of 260 km/h and has cruise speed of 2220 km/h while it holds a stall speed of only 70 km/h. no matter how the pilot will try the plane's speed will never go more than 330 km/h. So, when you look for a sport plane for sale, it would surely be a must to check the arion lightning first.
Friday 8 November 2013
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Thursday 7 November 2013
Burn Fat Without Fitness Equipment Apparatus
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The road to bodybuilding is long, difficult and at times, painful! More often than not we see ourselves hitting plateau's, using the incorrect fitness equipment and observing why! Thankfully, Mr. Olympia champion Dorian Yates and IFBB Pro John Hodgson or on hand to offer you advice in the Believe To Achieve DVD set. As if that wasn't enough, muscle man Jay Cutler and 8x Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman both have a collection of fitness DVD's that detail fundamental diet plans and recommended fitness equipment. Time to stop listening to the guy with the beer belly in the gym and start putting on some serious bulk with the help of these legendary titans!
Calorie burning DVD workouts with a twist
Forget the conventional, laborious workouts! It's time to get off the couch and zap fat the fun way with Zumba Fitness! Known for fighting away the flab without large apparatus and expensive fitness equipment, the Zumba Fitness DVD will see you lose pounds, sculpt and tone just by keeping up with the countless exotic dance moves thrown your way. If Zumba isn't up your street, then why not try your hand at the Official Dirty Dancing workout or a gut busting bellydancing DVD? No fitness equipment needed, simply follow along with the dance moves and have some fun! With so many fantastic and exciting ways to get in shape, you'll wonder why you never thought of it before!
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Wednesday 6 November 2013
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Monday 4 November 2013
Disability Issues In Sports
Disability Issues In Sports
Disability issues in sports include aspects of physical limitations but appear to center more on attitudes and opportunities. Although programs such as the Paralympics and Special Olympics create opportunities for some, the Women's Sports Foundation reports that as of 2009, although 48 percent of children with disabilities wanted to participate in sports, 38 percent of their parents reported that no such programs existed. Resolving disability issues in sports requires developing a sense of awareness, as well as respect and acceptance for those with physical and intellectual disabilities. In cases of mainstream sports in which athletes play on the same team regardless of the presence or absence of any disability, attitudes regarding the ability or capability of disabled players as well as safety concerns may prevail, limiting participation. When the sport is disabilityspecific, facility issues, equal practice time and finding knowledgeable coaches are often an issue.
StigmaStereotypes, attitudes, assumptions and perceptions often combine to create a stigma around people with disabilities. The internal and external barriers these lead to regarding sports participation can cause a disabled person to see himself as less worthy and cause society to practice discrimination. This is especially true for disabled women; gender can compound stigmas surrounding sports participation.
SafetyAssumptions and attitudes, including those of your doctor, often take precedence over facts when it comes to assessing the risk factor disabled athletes face. In their book "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and PracticeVolume 1," Joel A. DeLisa et al identify two common errors in thinking at opposite ends of the spectrum which often occur when evaluating the risk potential of sports participation. The first is that no risk exists; the second is that too many exist. Although sports injuries are a risk all athletes face, according to DeLisa et al, the general risk for a disabled person is no higher because of her disability. However, when they do occur, injuries tend to keep disabled athletes on the sidelines longer. Rather than attributing this to active participation, DeLisa et al identify ineffective coaching methods and lack of access to knowledgeable medical care as the primary cause. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. LIVESTRONG is a registered trademark of the LIVESTRONG Foundation. Moreover, we do not select every advertiser or advertisement that appears on the web sitemany of the advertisements are served by third party advertising companies.
Disability issues in sports include aspects of physical limitations but appear to center more on attitudes and opportunities. Although programs such as the Paralympics and Special Olympics create opportunities for some, the Women's Sports Foundation reports that as of 2009, although 48 percent of children with disabilities wanted to participate in sports, 38 percent of their parents reported that no such programs existed. Resolving disability issues in sports requires developing a sense of awareness, as well as respect and acceptance for those with physical and intellectual disabilities. In cases of mainstream sports in which athletes play on the same team regardless of the presence or absence of any disability, attitudes regarding the ability or capability of disabled players as well as safety concerns may prevail, limiting participation. When the sport is disabilityspecific, facility issues, equal practice time and finding knowledgeable coaches are often an issue.
StigmaStereotypes, attitudes, assumptions and perceptions often combine to create a stigma around people with disabilities. The internal and external barriers these lead to regarding sports participation can cause a disabled person to see himself as less worthy and cause society to practice discrimination. This is especially true for disabled women; gender can compound stigmas surrounding sports participation.
SafetyAssumptions and attitudes, including those of your doctor, often take precedence over facts when it comes to assessing the risk factor disabled athletes face. In their book "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and PracticeVolume 1," Joel A. DeLisa et al identify two common errors in thinking at opposite ends of the spectrum which often occur when evaluating the risk potential of sports participation. The first is that no risk exists; the second is that too many exist. Although sports injuries are a risk all athletes face, according to DeLisa et al, the general risk for a disabled person is no higher because of her disability. However, when they do occur, injuries tend to keep disabled athletes on the sidelines longer. Rather than attributing this to active participation, DeLisa et al identify ineffective coaching methods and lack of access to knowledgeable medical care as the primary cause. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. LIVESTRONG is a registered trademark of the LIVESTRONG Foundation. Moreover, we do not select every advertiser or advertisement that appears on the web sitemany of the advertisements are served by third party advertising companies.
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