The Territory Where the users are all above average http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/index.php Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:39 -0400 Phorum phorum5-svn-2009011312 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225203,225203#msg-225203 SEC and Big 12 reach agreement on Bowl... (no replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225203,225203#msg-225203 CBS Sports Link

This will be similar to the Rose Bowl matchup of Pac12 Champ vs BigTen Champ. Basically the Big12 and SEC wanted a guaranteed consistent big game instead of being matched up with an At Large team, etc.]]> LilburnNole The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 11:46:46 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225199,225199#msg-225199 Anybody else here get a little misty-eyed... (1 reply) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225199,225199#msg-225199
I was surprised when I initially started having these reactions, but as I've aged and become (hopefully) a little wiser, I understand the reasons for this. These are people associated with enjoyable memories and good times in my life. Their passing evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and an appreciation for their contribution to my happiness.

Also, seeing more and more of my age contemporaries pass on forces me to focus on the reality of my own mortality and how quickly life goes by. The latter doesn't sound like a good thing, but it is because it tells me to embrace family and friends and to grab life by the 'nads while I'm still able to do so.

My apologies for a rather somber, heavy post entering a weekend, but it's food for thought, IMO. Also, it gives me hope that maybe I have some redeeming qualities afterall. Now, let's get back to some good bathroom humor. :)-D]]> Chieftain The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 11:46:28 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225133,225133#msg-225133 Boy? Hold the soy. (4 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225133,225133#msg-225133
The Zardoz Effect

Excerpts of interest...

Worldwide, the fertility of both men and women is declining but things seem to be worse for the men! In 1960 a good sperm count was considered to be 120 million sperm per milliliter of seminal fluid. Anything lower than that and a man was considered to be only marginally fertile. These days, things have become so bad that a man is considered fertile if he has only 20 million sperm per milliliter of ejaculate! What happened?

Xenoestrogens happened. Since WW 2, mankind has filled the world and himself with estrogen like substances. Pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, petrochemical fumes, the esters that plastics give off when heated, and the worst offender of all in the estrogen world – soy. I won't rehash my litany against soy, you'll have to read about it's many ill effects on my website (Soy the Poison Seed), at www.westonaprice.org, and www.soyonlineservice.co.nz. In both men and women high estrogen creates infertility. That's why estrogen is used in birth control pills. The synthetic progesterone used in other birth control pills have been molecularly modified to act like estrogens, which is why instead of increasing fertility the way real (natural) progesterone does the prescription drug, progesterone, decreases fertility and if used during pregnancy can create birth defects and mutation.

On the whole Americans and Europeans consume much more soy daily than their Chinese brothers. Soy being the cheep fodder it is, Africa is not far behind the First World in its soy consumption. Consider this, every glass of soy milk contains the equivalent of 1 birth control pills worth of estrogen and based on body weight, an infant exclusively fed soy formula received the estrogen equivalent of at least 5 birth control pills per day! (6) Wonder why 6 to 8 year old girls are reaching menstruation? Wonder no more!]]> MickFick The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 11:45:13 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225113,225113#msg-225113 Question regarding baseball updates thread for tonight's game (1 reply) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225113,225113#msg-225113 Poll: With the FSU/NCS games on ESPN3 do I need to do updates for anyone?

**]]> bill from tampa The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 09:38:14 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225097,225097#msg-225097 Here's a complaint I have about the ACC. Since there is equal revenue sharing (4 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225097,225097#msg-225097 $7.3 million!

[www.wralsportsfan.com]]]> duke nole The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 10:24:11 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225088,225088#msg-225088 "Chicken and Egg Question"...How much MORE are you going to be willing to do to support FSU... (5 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225088,225088#msg-225088 Poll: Are YOU going to step it up?

The entire debate so far has been about Conference Affiliations. TV networks. League Payouts. Challenging current leadership. Blaming the past.

That's all fine and good and part of the debate right now. Won't beat the dead horse on that anymore.

BUT..It's also clear that one of the messages we're hearing is we, as fans, have to step it up as well. Booster levels. Being Boosters at all.

Are you even a Booster at whatever level, just because, or even buy season tickets, or even tickets at all?

Willing to coming to games you might not otherwise attend?

Hey, I get it. An eight hour drive for us for the Savannah States of the world for $600 for the weekend?? Times 3? Tough times. BUT...

Helps revenues. Creates recruit perceptions. "Chicken and Egg" baby. "Chicken and Egg". They're still swayin' to that Moronic "Boys of All Florida" to NEAR packed houses down in that cesspool despite the opponent? Will we?

Fess up. You GONNA do it or not? It's anonymous unless you want to weigh in.]]> Nole Man The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 11:08:54 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225069,225069#msg-225069 The boosters and University ought to push attendance for the first two games as "family games" (7 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225069,225069#msg-225069 StopStevil The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 10:30:28 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225056,225056#msg-225056 Earth (2 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,225056,225056#msg-225056 Not bad]]> herdofnoles The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 08:43:15 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225012,225012#msg-225012 So Bobby weighs in (20 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,225012,225012#msg-225012
“My message would be stay in the ACC,” Bowden told Arute in a transcript provided by SiriusXM. “Do you want to win a National Championship at Florida State?  You’ve got a better chance in the ACC than you have in the Big 12, or even the SEC.

“You say, ‘Well, gosh, they’re much stronger in those conferences.’  Yeah!  They beat up on each other and you can’t hardly get there.  You know what?  Florida State, wait ‘til you get good enough to rule the ACC then you start looking for someplace to jump.  But my opinion?  They should stay right where they are.”]]> Tallynole The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 11:36:34 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224969,224969#msg-224969 FSU vs NCS game one updates here. (38 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224969,224969#msg-224969 bill from tampa The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:47 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224966,224966#msg-224966 Don't forget...NCSU@ FSU on ESPN3 tonight @ 6P ** (no replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224966,224966#msg-224966 tee gee The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 17:23:39 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224965,224965#msg-224965 So, what are your attendance plans this season? (30 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224965,224965#msg-224965
Sept 1 - FSU vs. Murray State
Sept 8 - Alabama v Western Kentucky (take the wife, a Bama fan, and the kids)
Sept 15 - FSU vs Wake Forest
Sept 22 - FSU vs Clemson
Sept 29 - HOME
Oct 6 - HOME
Oct 13 - FSU vs Boston College
Oct 20 - HOME
Oct 27 - FSU vs Duke
Nov 3 - HOME
Nov 10 - Alabama v Texas A&M (wife, NUT, and friends)
Nov 17 - HOME
Nov 24 - FSU v Florida]]> LilburnNole The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 11:46:25 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224964,224964#msg-224964 I know this keeps me up at night. "Why Do India’s Muslims Have a Better Sex Ratio Than Hindus?" (7 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224964,224964#msg-224964 Better sex ratios -- offspring not frequency

Turns out India's Christians have the "most normal" birth ratio -- who knew.]]> MickFick The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 09:45:37 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224933,224933#msg-224933 Herbie: "This is the best defense in the country" (1 reply) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224933,224933#msg-224933 fsUTampa The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 15:51:37 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224923,224923#msg-224923 Triangle Area Noles ... need help finding a real estate agent (6 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224923,224923#msg-224923
Thanks!]]> Mahaanole The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:29 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224911,224911#msg-224911 I hate my new Lexus and am going back to a truck just as soon as I can (5 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224911,224911#msg-224911 Billynole The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 16:08:04 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224890,224890#msg-224890 You guys should check out the story on the Drudge Report... (49 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224890,224890#msg-224890 drudgereport.com]

It is about a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel. The booklet, which was distributed to "business colleagues" in the publishing industry, includes a brief biography of Obama among the biographies of eighty-nine other authors represented by Acton & Dystel.]]> Lutz Nole The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 08:35:05 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224885,224885#msg-224885 Did you see this story about the "minority" college golf championships? (1 reply) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224885,224885#msg-224885
White out]]> MickFick The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 15:25:01 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?2,224875,224875#msg-224875 test (no replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?2,224875,224875#msg-224875 www.songstube.net]]]> tee gee Is This Thing On? Thu, 17 May 2012 14:32:42 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224862,224862#msg-224862 Game Times for first 3 Football Games.... (6 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224862,224862#msg-224862 Savannah State - 6pm (ESPN3)
Wake Forest - Noon!!! (ugh) (ESPN or ESPN2)]]> LilburnNole The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:30 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224855,224855#msg-224855 The real delegate situation... (2 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224855,224855#msg-224855
It's Romney's to Lose: Here's How He Does It
Posted: 05/16/2012 12:09 pm

[www.huffingtonpost.com]]]> Lutz Nole The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 21:13:47 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224848,224848#msg-224848 My two concerns for FSU going forward with the ACC are (33 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224848,224848#msg-224848
2. Can we reasonably hope to still be in the national title picture if we have at most 1 loss? I would certainly hope we could as an undefeated team but that's hard to achieve. This one is harder to address because it isn't totally up to FSU. We need for Clemson to keep stepping up and to not have any more 70-33 embarrassments in major bowl games. Had they lost to WVU 36-33, that would have been acceptable but not 70-33. It would also be nice if Miami didn't fall into total irrelevance. Yes I know many here are happy to see them fall on hard times but if we're to stay in the ACC then we need someone else besides FSU to at least occasionally be in the MNC title discussion. We simply can't do that EVERY year. Miami has won a national title since I last had a full head of hair. Last national title for the ACC before FSU or Miami was GT way back in, what, 1990? Clemson in 1982? I'm not saying we have to have an ACC team in the title hunt every year, though that would be nice. But we need at the very least FSU and/or Miami and ideally Clemson and VT to at least be included in preseason discussions of title contenders.

Honestly, the ACC isn't what it was 20 years ago in basketball either. Twenty years ago the SEC was Kentucky, period. Now they play some good basketball at other school there as well. Vandy, florida, even the occasional South Carolina. The Big Ten has nudged the ACC aside each of the past 2 years after bowing for 10 straight in the annual challenge. And the Big East had eclipsed the ACC as the premiere basketball league though we've sort of addressed that by poaching Syracuse and to a lesser extent Pitt. ACC basketball in the 90's was more than just UNC and Duke. It was UVA with Ralph Sampson, Maryland with Len Bias, Georgia Tech with Mark Price, even Wake and N.C. State to an extent. There was power up and down the league. Well, UNC and Duke are still there but some of those other teams have fallen off a lot.]]> 91Nole The Porch Fri, 18 May 2012 10:16:44 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224794,224794#msg-224794 Donna Summer, RIP* (17 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224794,224794#msg-224794 Billynole The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 10:51:39 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224788,224788#msg-224788 Looks like presidential politics about to get really ugly. (23 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224788,224788#msg-224788
[www.nytimes.com]]]> duke nole The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 17:04:25 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224782,224782#msg-224782 Swofford hints at possible ACC Channel?? (36 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224782,224782#msg-224782 Tangible, not hypotheticals drive ACC when it comes to FSU rumors

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"The stretch of the exposure for us in all sports across the board is really pretty phenomenal. We have five-year look-ins to adjust it [if needed], with the potential to develop a channel. "We're extremely well positioned up and down the East coast and stabilized in terms of that revenue," Swofford said. "This is set up for the long term. It has this league positioned extraordinary well for the long term."

This is exactly what Lynn has been driving home and really my biggest beef with the money aspect of our conference affiliation. Personally, all thing being equal, I'd still prefer to be out of the ACC, but the bottom line in my mind is the future financial security of Florida State. If staying in the ACC can provide us the kind of money to put us on similar footing with our competitors on a national scale, then so be it! I think an ACC channel/network is the ONLY way for that to happen.]]> LilburnNole The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 15:56:42 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224754,224754#msg-224754 Anybody notice anything missing from this story? (2 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224754,224754#msg-224754 www.tampabay.com]


When I first saw this story on TV, the victim described the attackers as 3 black youths and a hispanic youth. Yet in EVERY article I've read in both Tampa Bay newspapers, they will not describe the attackers. How are people supposed to help in the investigation, if they don't have a description?

I really hate our gutless media.]]> Mr. Blonde The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 13:34:13 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224744,224744#msg-224744 Leon Washington buys jersey for a fan.... (3 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,224744,224744#msg-224744 t.co]”

]]> LilburnNole The Porch Thu, 17 May 2012 13:25:23 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224742,224742#msg-224742 Help, I can't stop buying headphones... (9 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224742,224742#msg-224742 duke nole The Bucket Fri, 18 May 2012 11:26:09 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224731,224731#msg-224731 Anyone have a down level iPad [nevermind] (7 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224731,224731#msg-224731
I'm considering selling my Toshiba laptop to a friend which would probably give me about $300 to spend on an iPad. The hope is that my mother can use it for checking her email and some websurfing without having to climb the stairs to the bedroom that is going to be turned into an office for my dad.

She had knee replacement last fall and although her rehab is going quite well, the stairs are a bit much for her mutiple times a day to check email. I've considered giving her my laptop, but I'd really rather simplify things by giving her something a little more portable that she can use in the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, or out on the front or back porches. My old laptop is battery sucking, power hungry pig, I think an iPad would work out much better for her. Plus, it's one less computer for me to support.

The plan is to buy one, test it doing "mom things", then let her try it out. If she likes it, it's hers... if she doesn't like it I'll probably sell it and try a netbook.

If Apple had any low-level iPads (16gb, wi-fi) in stock I'd probably buy from them. Their website has listings for everything they've ever sold in refurbished form. The iPad 1 (16gb, wi-fi) for $279 and the iPad 2 (16gb, wi-fi) for $319, but both are currently out of stock. Maybe I'll just keep an eye on the Apple refurb site as the items seem to go in and out of stock pretty frequently.

What I'd realy like is an iPad 2, 16gb, wi-fi. For $300 I can probably only expect to get an iPad 1, 16gb, wi-fi. If I could get the iPad 2 for $350 I'd buy it. I wish people buying used iPads would base what they are willing to pay on what Apple sells refurbs for. I've been watching eBay and many iPad 1's are going for close to $300, while the iPad 2's are going for closer to $400. There is one guy selling an iPad 1 at the Apple refurb price, but I'd really rather spend a little more for the iPad 2. I think she'd learn to really like the photo/video capabilities of the iPad 2.

Can I interest anyone in selling me their old iPad for a song?]]> JD The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 14:38:53 -0400 http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224706,224706#msg-224706 Hollywood Republicans (2 replies) http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?7,224706,224706#msg-224706
[www.zimbio.com]]]> scalp 'em The Bucket Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:24 -0400