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Comment by Aggie on November 20, 2013 at 5:44pm
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COLLEGE STATION—Texas A&M announced its tentative 2014 football schedule which will open on Thursday, Aug. 28 with a road Southeastern Conference game at South Carolina and conclude with a home Thanksgiving (Nov. 27) game against SEC Western Division foe LSU at Kyle Field.
The redevelopment of Kyle Field is underway and phase one will be complete in time for the 2014 season with a projected seating capacity of roughly 109,000.
Texas A&M’s 2014 home opener is set for Sept. 6 against Lamar and other non-conference home games include Rice (Sept. 13) and Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 1). Currently, the Aggies are slated to play SMU in Dallas on Sept. 20.
In SEC action, the Aggies host Ole Miss (Oct. 11), Missouri (Nov. 15) and LSU (Nov. 27) at Kyle Field and Texas A&M will be the home team for the neutral site game against Arkansas (Sept. 27) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
The Aggies will travel to Columbia to face South Carolina (Aug. 28) for the first game on the SEC Network, at Mississippi State (Oct. 4), at Alabama (Oct. 18) as well as at Auburn (Nov. 8) in SEC road contests.
2014 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013)
Thursday, Aug. 28 at *South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
Saturday, Sept. 6 vs. Lamar, Kyle Field
Saturday, Sept. 13 vs. Rice, Kyle Field
Saturday, Sept. 20 at SMU, Dallas, Texas
Saturday, Sept. 27 vs. *Arkansas, Arlington, Texas
Saturday, Oct. 4 at *Mississippi State, Starkville, Miss.
Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. *Ole Miss, Kyle Field
Saturday, Oct. 18 at *Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Saturday, Oct. 25 OPEN
Saturday, Nov. 1 vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Kyle Field
Saturday, Nov. 8 at *Auburn, Auburn, Ala.
Saturday, Nov. 15 vs. *Missouri Kyle Field
Saturday, Nov. 22 OPEN
Thursday, Nov. 27 vs. *LSU, Kyle Field
*SEC Game
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BREAKING: Houston Texans football practice was delayed nearly two hours this morning after Matt Schaub reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. The team immediately suspended practice while police and federal agents were called to investigate.
After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to the players was the goal line.
Practice was resumed today after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.
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Argentine scientists tap cow burps for natural gas
http://news.msn.com/science-technology/argentine-scientists-tap-cow...
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine scientists have found a way to transform the gas created by the bovine digestive system into fuel, an innovation that could curb greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
Using a system of valves and pumps, the experimental technique developed by Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) channels the digestive gases from bovine stomach cavities through a tube and into a tank.
The gases - which otherwise are commonly known as burps, or "eruptos" in Spanish - are then processed to separate methane from other gases such as carbon dioxide.
Methane is the main component of natural gas, used to fuel everything from cars to power plants.
"Once you get it compressed, it's the same as having natural gas," said Guillermo Berra, head of INTA's animal physiology group.
"As an energy source it is not very practical at the moment, but if you look ahead to 2050, when fossil fuel reserves are going to be in trouble, it is an alternative," he told Reuters.
Each head of cattle emits between 250 and 300 liters of pure methane a day, enough energy to keep a refrigerator running for 24 hours.
Argentina is one of the world's top beef exporters, with around 51 million heads of cattle. Gases emitted from those animals account for 30 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions, according to INTA, with methane having 23 times the global warming effect as carbon dioxide.
"This is also a way to mitigate that," Berra said.
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On October 2, 1835, the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired when Mexican soldiers attempted to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas. Since the 1820s, American settlers had been streaming into the Mexican province of Texas (also known as Tejas) at the urging of the Mexican government, which had hoped they would become loyal Mexican citizens. Soon the American settlers began to greatly outnumber the native Mexican population. In 1835, the up to that point, friendly Mexican government suffered a drastic regime change when Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna overthrew the government and became dictator.
One of his first orders of business was to subdue and disarm the huge population of American settlers who might use the regime change as an excuse to secede. On October 2, Mexican soldiers attempted to put Santa Anna’s disarming plan into action when they tried to seize a small cannon that belonged to the city of Gonzales. Texan militia soon began to gather around the cannon and a fierce, but brief fight commenced. In the end, the Mexicans were forced to retreat and the cannon remained in Texan hands. This was the beginning of a more than year long struggle that would, in the end, gain Texas its independence.
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An out-of-towner accidently drives his car into a deep ditch on the side of a country road. Luckily a farmer happened by with his big old horse named Benny. The man asked for help. The farmer said Benny could pull his car out. So he backed Benny up and hitched Benny to the man's car bumper. Then he yelled, "Pull, Nellie, pull." Benny didn't move. Then he yelled, "Come on, pull Ranger." Still, Benny didn't move. Then he yelled really loud, "Now pull, Fred, pull hard." Benny just stood. Then the farmer nonchalantly said, "Okay, Benny, pull." Benny pulled the car out of the ditch. The man was very appreciative but curious. He asked the farmer why he called his horse by the wrong name three times. The farmer said, "Oh, Benny is blind, and if he thought he was the only one pulling he wouldn't even try."
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