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838386940_41912-42465 | In recent years , the Somali diaspora produced a football star in Ayub Daud , a midfielder who plays for Juventus in Italy 's Serie A. Zahra Bani , a Somali - Italian javelin thrower , has garnered attention with her performances that so far have earned her adopted Italy a silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games , as has Mo Farah , a Somali - British athlete that took gold for his adopted Great Britain in the 3000m at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Turin and later golds in both the 10,000 m and 5,000 m at the 2012 London Olympics . | Horn of Africa |
838386940_42518-42721 | According to the IMF , in 2010 the Horn of Africa region had a total GDP ( PPP ) of $106.224 billion and nominal of $35.819 billion . Per capita , the GDP in 2010 was $1061 ( PPP ) and $358 ( nominal ) . | Horn of Africa |
838386940_42781-42905 | Economy of Ethiopia : Coffee 80 % of total exports . Economy of Somalia : Bananas and livestock over 50 % of total exports . | Horn of Africa |
838386940_42906-43733 | Over 95 % of cross-border trade within the region is unofficial and undocumented , carried out by pastoralists trading livestock . The unofficial trade of live cattle , camels , sheep and goats from Ethiopia sold to other countries in the Horn and the wider Eastern Africa region , including Somalia and Djibouti , generates an estimated total value of between US $250 and US $300 million annually ( 100 times more than the official figure ) . This trade helps lower food prices , increase food security , relieve border tensions and promote regional integration . However , there are also risks as the unregulated and undocumented nature of this trade runs risks , such as allow disease to spread more easily across national borders . Furthermore , governments are unhappy with lost tax revenue and foreign exchange revenues . | Horn of Africa |
838386940_43734-44117 | Much of the Horn nations ' trade links are with Middle Eastern countries . In 2011 , an event hosted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha , Qatar devoted several days of discussion to ways in which countries in the Horn region and the adjacent Arabian peninsula could further strengthen these historically close economic , social , cultural and religious ties . | Horn of Africa |
818785695_211-1328 | Jim Mora Mora in 2011 Position : Tight end Born : ( 1935 - 05 - 24 ) May 24 , 1935 ( age 82 ) Glendale , California Career information College : Occidental College Career history As coach : Occidental ( 1961 -- 1963 ) Assistant coach Occidental ( 1964 -- 1966 ) Head coach Stanford ( 1967 ) Linebackers coach Colorado ( 1968 -- 1973 ) Defensive ends , outside linebackers & defensive backs coach UCLA ( 1974 ) Linebackers coach Washington ( 1975 -- 1977 ) Defensive coordinator Seattle Seahawks ( 1978 -- 1981 ) Defensive line coach New England Patriots ( 1982 ) Defensive line coach Philadelphia / Baltimore Stars ( 1983 -- 1985 ) Head coach New Orleans Saints ( 1986 -- 1996 ) Head coach Indianapolis Colts ( 1998 -- 2001 ) Head coach Career highlights and awards 2 × USFL champion ( 1984 , 1985 ) 1991 NFC West Champion 1999 AFC East Champion New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame Head coaching record Regular season : NFL : 125 -- 106 (. 541 ) USFL : 41 -- 12 -- 1 (. 769 ) Postseason : NFL : 0 -- 6 (. 000 ) USFL : 7 -- 1 (. 875 ) Career : NFL : 125 -- 112 (. 527 ) USFL : 48 -- 13 -- 1 (. 782 ) Coaching stats at PFR | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_1329-1844 | James Ernest Mora ( born May 24 , 1935 ) , commonly known as Jim Mora , is a former American football coach who was the head coach of the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ( NFL ) . His tenure with the Saints spanned eleven seasons and he coached the Colts for four seasons . Mora also coached the Philadelphia / Baltimore Stars of the United States Football League ( USFL ) during its three years of existence and led the team to all three championship games , winning two . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_1845-2528 | As an NFL head coach , he was known for turning the Saints and the Colts , two consistently losing franchises , into perennial postseason contenders . However , his reputation was affected by his lack of success in the NFL playoffs and impassioned postgame tirades and press conferences , including his oft - quoted `` Coulda , Woulda , Shoulda , '' `` You Will Never Know , '' `` Diddly Poo , '' and `` Playoffs ? '' rants . In contrast to his league titles in the USFL , Mora never won a postseason NFL game . He holds the NFL record for career regular - season wins ( 125 ) without a playoff victory . His son Jim L. Mora is a former NFL head coach and former head coach at UCLA . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_2812-3413 | Born in Glendale , California , Mora became an Eagle Scout in 1950 and was presented the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as an adult by the Boy Scouts of America . Mora was a tight end at Occidental College , a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity , and graduated in 1957 . His college roommate was Jack Kemp , an all star quarterback with the Buffalo Bills , U.S congressman from New York for 18 years and presidential candidate in 1988 . Another teammate was Ron Botchan , who went on to become a successful NFL game official . After playing three years of service football in the U.S. Marines , | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_3459-3632 | Mora became an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1960 . He moved up to head coach of Occidental in 1964 and led the team for three seasons , compiling an 18 -- 9 record . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_3633-4237 | Mora received a master 's degree in education in 1967 and left Occidental to serve as an assistant coach at Stanford under John Ralston for the 1967 season . He then spent five seasons at Colorado under Eddie Crowder coaching defensive ends , outside linebackers , and defensive backs , one at UCLA under Dick Vermeil , and three at Washington under Don James . He moved across town to the professional ranks in 1978 as the defensive line coach for the NFL 's Seattle Seahawks under head coach Jack Patera . After four seasons , Mora moved to the New England Patriots in 1982 under head coach Ron Meyer . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_4252-4911 | The United States Football League came into existence 1983 and Mora became head coach of the Philadelphia Stars ( who moved to Baltimore in 1985 ) . During his tenure the team compiled a 48 -- 13 -- 1 (. 782 ) record , appeared in all three USFL championship games and won two of them . Mora was named Coach of the Year in 1984 and is considered by many observers to be the best coach in the short history of the USFL . Six months after the Stars won the 1985 USFL title , Mora was named head coach of the NFL 's New Orleans Saints . The USFL was later forced out of business after winning a token award of three dollars in an antitrust suit against the NFL . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_4940-5543 | Mora was hired by new Saints General Manager Jim Finks to turn around the franchise largely viewed as the NFL 's most inept . The Saints had won only 90 games in their first nineteen seasons , never tallied a winning record , and only twice had reached . 500 , in 1979 ( the only time they finished higher than 3rd in their division ) and 1983 . In late 1984 , founding owner John Mecom threatened to sell the team to a group of investors who planned to move the franchise to Jacksonville , Florida , if he could not find an owner or group of owners who would buy the team and keep them in New Orleans . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_5544-5940 | Mecom sold the Saints to Tom Benson in May 1985 for $70 million . Benson , who grew up in the city 's Ninth Ward , pledged to keep the team in New Orleans . The Saints limped along to a 5 -- 11 record in 1985 , and coach Bum Phillips resigned with four games remaining . Benson hired Finks in January 1986 and charged the former Vikings and Bears executive with the task of hiring the new coach . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_5941-6444 | Mora spent his first off - season remaking the Saints roster . He convinced several players from the USFL to come to New Orleans . The imports included linebackers Sam Mills and Vaughan Johnson , who went on to form the inside tandem of the legendary `` Dome Patrol '' linebacking corps with veteran Rickey Jackson and draftee Pat Swilling on the outside . Mora inherited quarterback Bobby Hebert and receiver Eric Martin from Phillips , and drafted running back Reuben Mayes and tackle Jim Dombrowski . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_6445-6826 | After a 7 -- 9 record his first season , Mora led the Saints to a 12 -- 3 record in 1987 . In week 6 of the 1987 season the Saints lost a 24 -- 22 game to the San Francisco 49ers , missing a last - second field goal . After the game Mora launched what became known as his `` Coulda , Woulda , Shoulda '' speech . In his postgame press conference , Mora angrily said the following : | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_6827-7651 | `` They 're better than we are ; we 're not good enough . We should n't be thinking about beating these 49ers ; we should n't be talking about it , ' cause the Saints ai n't good enough . And you guys should n't write about us being a playoff team and all that bullstuff -- that 's malarkey . We ai n't good enough to beat those guys and it was proven out there today . It 's that simple . We 're not good enough yet . We 've got a long way to go ; we 've got a lot of work to do ; we 're close , and close do n't mean shit . And you can put that on TV for me . I 'm tired of coming close , and we 're gon na work our asses off until we ai n't close anymore , and it may take some time ; we 're gon na get it done ; we are n't in there -- we are n't good enough . They 're better than us -- black and white , simple , fact ! | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_7652-8006 | `` Could 've , would 've , should 've '' is the difference in what I 'm talking about ! The good teams do n't come in and say `` Could 've . '' They get it done ! All right ? It 's that simple ! I 'm tired of saying `` Could 've , should 've , would 've . '' That 's why we ai n't good enough yet ! ' Cause we 're saying `` Could 've '' and they ai n't ! | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_8007-8127 | I 'm pissed off right now . You bet your ass I am . I 'm sick of coulda , woulda , shoulda , coming close , if only . '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_8128-8879 | The Saints responded by winning their last nine games , notching the franchise 's first - ever winning record and playoff berth . The team 's 12 -- 3 record in the 1987 season was the second - best in the NFL that year . Unfortunately for them , the 49ers had the league 's best record ( 13 -- 2 ) , and also played in the NFC West . Therefore , the Saints were a wild - card team ( since 1987 was a strike - shortened season with replacement games , it should be noted that the Saints and 49ers had identical 10 -- 2 records in regular season non-replacement games ) . Nonetheless , the Saints were able to play their first playoff game at home , which they lost , 44 -- 10 , to the Minnesota Vikings . Mora received the NFL Coach of the Year Award . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_8880-9474 | Mora 's Saints finished 10 -- 6 in 1988 , and were part of a three - way tie for first in the NFC West with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams . However , the 49ers won the division on tie - breakers , and the Saints lost the wild - card tiebreaker with the Rams and missed the playoffs . In 1989 , the Saints again had a winning record ( 9 -- 7 ) but finished 3rd in the NFC West and missed the playoffs . It was during the 1989 season when Mora had another remembered tirade after a game , when he scolded a sportswriter on not knowing what goes on during the week during practice . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_9475-9883 | You guys really do n't know when it 's good or bad , when it comes right down to it ... And I 'm promising you right now , you do n't know whether it 's good or bad . You really do n't know , because you do n't know what we 're trying to do , you guys do n't look at the films , you do n't know what happened , you really do n't know . You think you know , but you DON 'T - KNOW , and you never WILL , okay ? | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_9884-10120 | Thereafter his Saints teams made the playoffs three more times . In 1990 , the Saints only finished 8 -- 8 , but managed to make the playoffs as a wild card . They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Chicago Bears , 16 -- 6 . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_10121-10946 | In 1991 , Mora 's Saints finished 11 -- 5 and won the team 's first division title . However , the Saints lost again in the first round of the playoffs . They lost at home to the Atlanta Falcons 27 -- 20 , in spite of finishing one game ahead of the Falcons in the NFC West during the regular season . In 1992 , Mora led the Saints to its second 12 - win season in six seasons , finishing 12 -- 4 . They were a wild card again , however , as the San Francisco 49ers finished 14 -- 2 . For the second time in two years , the Saints were upset at home in the first round of the playoffs , as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Saints 36 -- 20 . This would be the Saints ' last playoff game during Mora 's tenure , leaving him with an 0 -- 4 playoff record in New Orleans . The Saints would not win a playoff game until 2000 . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_10947-11284 | ( Following a 33 -- 3 exhibition loss to the Houston Oilers in 1992 marred by poor kick returns ) `` I 'm sure people vomited in the stands after watching our kicking game . I 'm sure they vomited in the stands . That was just horrible , embarrassing . Was that on national television ? ( told it was blacked out locally ) Thank God . '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_11285-11850 | 1993 marked the beginning of the decline of Mora 's Saints . The team started the season 5 -- 0 and appeared to be headed to the postseason again ; however , after the Saints ' bye week , the team went into a tailspin and went only 3 -- 8 in the final eleven games , including losing four out of their last five . 1993 was Mora 's last season of . 500 or better in New Orleans . In the Week 16 game at home against the New York Giants , Saints quarterback Wade Wilson was injured on Monday Night Football and fans were cheering that fact , earning an angry retort : | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_11851-12775 | `` You know , I 'd like to begin my remarks by saying this , and I mean this in all sincerity ; I 've been coaching for 34 years , and tonight I saw and heard one of the most disgusting , rudest , sick , demonstrations in my entire career . Probably the worst . When Wade Wilson got hurt , I actually looked up into the stands and saw people standing , clapping , and cheering when he was laying on the ground with a knee injury . And I say this , those are some sick , sick , sick people ! Mentally sick ! I thought it was horrible , disgusting , embarrassing , shameful , it stunk ! People are sick when they do something like that ; absolutely friggin ' sick ! Guy 's out there busting his ass like all our guys were , gets his knee blown up , not badly hopefully , and they 're standing and cheering and clapping ! Those are sick people ! Sick in the head ! They oughta get their ass thrown right out of the stadium ! '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_12776-13304 | After two 7 -- 9 seasons in 1994 and 1995 , Mora appeared increasingly frustrated with his team 's situation in New Orleans . The Saints ' defense went into a steep decline , negating the passing heroics of quarterback Jim Everett , acquired from the division rival Los Angeles Rams in 1994 for a seventh - round draft choice . Everett came to the Saints shortly before his infamous incident with Jim Rome on ESPN2 when Rome insulted the quarterback by calling him Chris Evert , a reference to Jim Everett 's lack of toughness . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_13305-14207 | The 1996 season started off very badly . The Saints lost their first five games , including an embarrassing 28 -- 14 loss at home to the then - winless Arizona Cardinals in which LeShon Johnson rushed for 214 yards , a Cardinals franchise record which has since been broken by Beanie Wells in 2011 . Following a road loss to the Baltimore Ravens , the Saints won back - to - back home games vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chicago Bears , but the turnaround was a mirage . After the Saints were beaten 19 -- 7 by the Carolina Panthers on October 20 , a loss which put them at 2 -- 6 midway through the season , Mora walked out of the postgame press conference in disgust after a profanity - laced tirade . His outburst became famous on sports highlight reels for years to follow , largely because of Mora 's use of the phrase `` Diddley Poo . '' On the Saints ' performance , Mora said the following : | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_14208-15022 | `` Well , what happened was , that second game we got our ass kicked . Errr -- the second half , we just got our ass totally kicked . We could n't do diddly ... poo offensively . We could n't make a first down . We could n't run the ball ; we did n't try to run the ball . We could n't complete a pass -- we sucked . The second half , we sucked . We could n't stop the run . Every time they got the ball , they went down and got points . We got our ass totally kicked in the second half -- that 's what it boiled down to . It was a horseshit performance in the second half . Horseshit . I 'm totally embarrassed and totally ashamed . Coaching ... ( all ) ... ( unintelligible ) ... Coaching did a horrible job . The players did a horrible job . We got our ass kicked in that second half . It sucked . It stunk . '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_15023-15498 | The next day , Mora resigned ; linebackers coach Rick Venturi finished out the season . The Saints finished the season at 3 -- 13 , their worst season since going 1 -- 15 in 1980 . Venturi was replaced by veteran Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka . His 93 wins in just over ten years in New Orleans are three more than the Saints had won in their first 19 seasons combined . He remained the winningest coach in Saints history until current coach Sean Payton passed him in 2016 . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_15527-16215 | Mora served as a color analyst for NBC in 1997 , and he replaced Lindy Infante as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts for 1998 . The team struggled to a 3 -- 13 mark in his first year with rookie Peyton Manning learning the ropes at quarterback , but had an amazing turnaround to 13 -- 3 in 1999 , thanks in large part to the addition of rookie running back Edgerrin James . At the time , this turnaround was the `` largest '' in NFL history . The Colts lost their first playoff game in the AFC Divisional Playoffs ( the team received a first - round bye to advance to the Divisional Playoffs ) to the Tennessee Titans , which dropped Mora 's all - time NFL postseason record to 0 -- 5 . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_16216-16652 | The Colts finished 10 -- 6 in 2000 and made the playoffs once again , but the team lost a wild - card round playoff game to the Miami Dolphins by a score of 23 -- 17 in overtime . This defeat dropped Mora 's overall postseason record to 0 -- 6 . Coincidentally , just hours after Mora lost what would be the sixth and final playoff game of his career , his former team , the New Orleans Saints , won their first - ever playoff game . `` | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_16767-17352 | On November 25 , 2001 , after a loss to the San Francisco 49ers that dropped the Colts to 4 -- 6 , Mora made his famous `` Playoffs ? '' tirade . Of the Colts ' performance , Mora told the media not to `` blame that game on the defense '' . Mora cited the five turnovers the Colts ' offense made ( one of which resulted in a touchdown and three others that set up field position for touchdown - scoring drives ) as a cause of the loss , saying that a team that turns the ball over five times in one game is unlikely to beat a high school or college team , `` much less an NFL team '' . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_17353-17557 | Later in the press conference , in response to Tim Bragg , a reporter for WRTV , who asked a question about the Colts ' chances for making the playoffs , Mora said in a high - pitched , incredulous tone : | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_17558-17685 | `` Playoffs ? Do n't talk about -- playoffs ? ! You kidding me ? Playoffs ? ! I just hope we can win a game ! Another game ! '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_17686-18764 | His `` Playoffs '' sound bite is regularly played back as a joke on a number of sports radio talk shows when discussing mediocre NFL teams or playoffs of other sports . The tirade would go on to be featured in a Coors Light commercial in 2006 as part of an ad campaign that recreated NFL coaches ' infamous press conferences with twenty - something male actors asking the coaches inane and unrelated non-football questions about the beer . In an appearance on the Best Damn Sports Show in 2003 , Mora talked about going to autograph signings and having a kid come up to him and ask him to say `` playoffs '' in lieu of an autograph . He 's also had some fun with the remark during 2007 training camp when he talked to his son Jim L. Mora , then an assistant with the Seattle Seahawks , via satellite feed on the NFL Network when Marcus Pollard , a former member of Mora 's Colts , spoofed Mora senior 's `` Playoffs ? '' rant . More fun was had as Mora said the Playoffs ? line during a media session to the New York Giants in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLII in Arizona . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_18765-19279 | Hampered by a defense that allowed the most points in the league ( 30.4 per game ) , Indianapolis only won two more games that year . Some sources believed that Mora could have saved his job if he had fired one ( or more ) of his coordinators ( especially defensive coordinator Vic Fangio ) , but he refused to do so . Mora was fired after the season and replaced with ex-Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy , who went on to lead the team to five straight division titles ( 2003 -- 07 ) and a Super Bowl victory ( 2006 ) . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_19309-20202 | Mora favored a conservative approach to the game , relying on a strong running game and solid defensive play . Perhaps more than any other teams , the Saints teams of the late 1980s embodied his coaching style . Those teams were led by the `` Dome Patrol '' linebacking corps . This unit , consisting of Rickey Jackson , Sam Mills , Vaughan Johnson , and Pat Swilling , became known as one of the best four - man linebacking corps in NFL history . Those same Saints teams also had a strong running game , mostly led by Rueben Mayes and Dalton Hilliard , as well as a conservative but efficient passing game led by quarterback Bobby Hebert and wide receiver Eric Martin . During his time as the Colts ' head coach , Mora was able to benefit from having an explosive , more potent offense , featuring quarterback Peyton Manning , running back Edgerrin James , and wide receiver Marvin Harrison . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_20203-20980 | In Mora 's eleven seasons with the Saints , he won 55.6 % of his games on a team that had never recorded a winning record prior to his arrival . And during his four seasons with the Colts , he built a then - struggling team into a respectable playoff contender . Nevertheless , despite his overall solid regular season record coaching both the Saints and Colts ( 125 -- 106 ) , the biggest criticism of Mora has been his NFL teams ' inability to win any playoff games in six appearances . His critics , both among fans and media reporters , often blamed his lack of success in the postseason to his conservative approach . Mora did not appear to take the criticisms seriously , as evidenced in another famous Mora quote from a press conference during his years in New Orleans . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_20981-21260 | `` You do n't know when it 's good or bad . You really do n't know , because you do n't know what we 're trying to do , you guys do n't look at the films . You do n't know what happened . You really do n't know . You think you know , but you do n't know . And you never will . '' | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_21261-22052 | Critics continued to argue that this conservative approach prevented his teams from closing out big games against good teams , like the Marty Ball approach Marty Schottenheimer used during his coaching career . The most frequent complaint was that his teams ' offenses would no longer be aggressive late in these football games . They accused him of trying to run out the clock and not make mistakes , and over-relying on his defense to hold the lead ( instead of trying to build on the lead and score more points ) . Critics argued that this aspect of his conservative strategy backfired on him . They point to the fact that his teams had second - half leads in four of his six playoff games , but won none of them . In three of those games , Mora 's teams had leads in the fourth quarter . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_22053-22413 | Another factor that worked against Mora during his coaching career with the Saints was how his team played in an NFC West with a brilliant San Francisco 49ers team , and earlier in his tenure a strong LA Rams outfit . Twice his Saints team recorded twelve wins without winning the division . Another time his Saints went 10 -- 6 and still missed the playoffs . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_22414-23009 | In an NFL Network program naming Jim Mora the # 10 `` Coach Who Never Won a Championship , '' former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Brian Baldinger said of the Saints ' playoff loss to the Eagles in 1992 , `` We beat ' em . But that 's only because they called the dogs off . Whatever reason , they called the dogs off in the second half . I do n't know what Jim Mora was thinking about that day . '' In that game , the Saints led 17 -- 7 at halftime and 20 -- 10 after the 3rd quarter . However , the Eagles scored 26 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and won the game , 36 -- 20 . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_23057-23449 | Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl / playoffs Occidental Tigers ( Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) ( 1964 -- 1966 ) 1964 Occidental 5 -- 4 3 -- 2 T -- 3rd 1965 Occidental 8 -- 1 5 -- 0 1st 1966 Occidental 5 -- 4 3 -- 2 4th Occidental : 18 -- 9 11 -- 4 Total : 18 -- 9 National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_23463-24595 | Team Year Regular Season Post Season Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result NO 1986 7 9 0 . 438 4th in NFC West - - - - NO 12 0 . 800 2nd in NFC West 0 . 000 Lost to Minnesota Vikings in NFC Wild - Card Game . NO 1988 10 6 0 . 625 3rd in NFC West - - - - NO 1989 9 7 0 . 562 3rd in NFC West - - - - NO 1990 8 8 0 . 500 2nd in NFC West 0 . 000 Lost to Chicago Bears in NFC Wild - Card Game . NO 1991 11 5 0 . 688 1st in NFC West 0 . 000 Lost to Atlanta Falcons in NFC Wild - Card Game . NO 1992 12 0 . 750 2nd in NFC West 0 . 000 Lost to Philadelphia Eagles in NFC Wild - Card Game . NO 1993 8 8 0 . 500 2nd in NFC West - - - - NO 1994 7 9 0 . 438 2nd in NFC West - - - - NO 1995 7 9 0 . 438 5th in NFC West - - - - NO 6 0 . 250 ( resigned ) - - - - NO Total 93 74 0 . 556 0 . 000 IND 1998 13 0 . 188 5th in AFC East - - - - IND 1999 13 0 . 813 1st in AFC East 0 . 000 Lost to Tennessee Titans in AFC Divisional Game . IND 2000 10 6 0 . 625 2nd in AFC East 0 . 000 Lost to Miami Dolphins in AFC Wild - Card Game . IND 2001 6 10 0 . 375 4th in AFC East - - - - IND Total 32 32 0 . 500 0 . 000 Total 125 106 0 . 541 0 6 . 000 | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_24625-24780 | In 2003 , Mora became an on - air analyst for NFL Total Access , the primary analysis show on the newly launched NFL Network , a job he holds to this day . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_24781-25473 | Mora was a sports radio commentator for Fox Sports Radio 's GameTime Saturday and GameTime Sunday with Dan Moriarty . On Thanksgiving Thursday , November 23 , 2006 , Mora made some critical comments about the Atlanta Falcons ' quarterback Michael Vick which became controversial because the Falcons were coached at the time by Mora 's son , Jim L. Mora . Craig Shemon of Fox Sports Radio called Vick a `` coach killer '' and Mora quickly agreed with that assessment , saying that Vick was not a good passer and expressing concern for his son 's prospects of keeping his head coaching job while the popular Vick was the team 's quarterback ( The younger Mora was indeed fired a month later ) . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_25474-25642 | On Wednesday , December 6 , 2006 , according to ESPN and confirmed by FSR , Mora quit his radio show because of the controversy he caused with his comments about Vick . | Jim E. Mora |
818785695_25643-25752 | Currently , Mora does game analysis for Saints games that either air on NBC or ESPN for WDSU in New Orleans . | Jim E. Mora |
833896439_251-545 | Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt - water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats . In some species the valves are highly calcified , and many are somewhat irregular in shape . Many , but not all , oysters are in the superfamily Ostreoidea . | Oyster |
833896439_546-860 | Some kinds of oysters are commonly consumed by humans , cooked or raw , and are regarded as a delicacy . Some kinds of pearl oysters are harvested for the pearl produced within the mantle . Windowpane oysters are harvested for their translucent shells , which are used to make various kinds of decorative objects . | Oyster |
833896439_1320-1615 | First attested in English during the 14th century , the word `` oyster '' comes from Old French oistre , in turn from Latin ostrea , the feminine form of ostreum , which is the latinisation of the Greek ὄστρεον ( ostreon ) , `` oyster '' . Compare ὀστέον ( osteon ) , `` bone '' . | Oyster |
833896439_1653-1958 | True oysters are members of the family Ostreidae . This family includes the edible oysters , which mainly belong to the genera Ostrea , Crassostrea , Ostreola , Magallana , and Saccostrea . Examples include the Belon oyster , eastern oyster , Olympia oyster , Pacific oyster , and the Sydney rock oyster . | Oyster |
833896439_2047-2136 | Almost all shell - bearing mollusks can secrete pearls , yet most are not very valuable . | Oyster |
833896439_2137-2442 | Pearl oysters are not closely related to true oysters , being members of a distinct family , the feathered oysters ( Pteriidae ) . Both cultured pearls and natural pearls can be extracted from pearl oysters , though other molluscs , such as the freshwater mussels , also yield pearls of commercial value . | Oyster |
833896439_2443-2767 | The largest pearl - bearing oyster is the marine Pinctada maxima , which is roughly the size of a dinner plate . Not all individual oysters produce pearls naturally . In fact , in a harvest of two and a half tons of oysters , only three to four oysters produce what commercial buyers consider to be absolute perfect pearls . | Oyster |
833896439_2768-3098 | In nature , pearl oysters produce pearls by covering a minute invasive object with nacre . Over the years , the irritating object is covered with enough layers of nacre to become a pearl . The many different types , colours and shapes of pearls depend on the natural pigment of the nacre , and the shape of the original irritant . | Oyster |
833896439_3099-3559 | Pearl farmers can culture a pearl by placing a nucleus , usually a piece of polished mussel shell , inside the oyster . In three to seven years , the oyster can produce a perfect pearl . These pearls are not as valuable as natural pearls , but look exactly the same . In fact , since the beginning of the 20th century , when several researchers discovered how to produce artificial pearls , the cultured pearl market has far outgrown the natural pearl market . | Oyster |
833896439_3592-3863 | A number of bivalve molluscs ( other than true oysters and pearl oysters ) also have common names that include the word `` oyster '' , usually because they either taste like or look somewhat like true oysters , or because they yield noticeable pearls . Examples include : | Oyster |
833896439_3864-4142 | Thorny oysters in the genus Spondylus Pilgrim oyster , another term for a scallop , in reference to the scallop shell of St. James Saddle oysters , members of the Anomiidae family also known as jingle shells Dimydarian oysters , members of the family Dimyidae Windowpane oysters | Oyster |
833896439_4182-4373 | In the Philippines , a local thorny oyster species known as Tikod Amo is a favorite seafood source in the southern part of the country . Because of its good flavor , it commands high prices . | Oyster |
833896439_4391-5159 | Oysters are filter feeders , drawing water in over their gills through the beating of cilia . Suspended plankton and particles are trapped in the mucus of a gill , and from there are transported to the mouth , where they are eaten , digested , and expelled as feces or pseudofeces . Oysters feed most actively at temperatures above 10 ° C ( 50 ° F ) . An oyster can filter up to 5 L ( 1.3 US gal ) of water per hour . The Chesapeake Bay 's once - flourishing oyster population historically filtered excess nutrients from the estuary 's entire water volume every three to four days . Today , that would take nearly a year . Excess sediment , nutrients , and algae can result in the eutrophication of a body of water . Oyster filtration can mitigate these pollutants . | Oyster |
833896439_5160-5623 | In addition to their gills , oysters can also exchange gases across their mantles , which are lined with many small , thin - walled blood vessels . A small , three - chambered heart , lying under the adductor muscle , pumps colorless blood to all parts of the body . At the same time , two kidneys , located on the underside of the muscle , remove waste products from the blood . Their nervous system includes two pairs of nerve cords and three pairs of ganglia . | Oyster |
833896439_5624-5959 | While some oysters have two sexes ( European oyster and Olympia oyster ) , their reproductive organs contain both eggs and sperm . Because of this , it is technically possible for an oyster to fertilize its own eggs . The gonads surround the digestive organs , and are made up of sex cells , branching tubules , and connective tissue . | Oyster |
833896439_5960-6233 | Once the female is fertilized , she discharges millions of eggs into the water . The larvae develop in about six hours and exist suspended in the water column as veliger larvae for two to three weeks before settling on a bed and maturing to sexual adulthood within a year . | Oyster |
833896439_6529-7035 | As a keystone species , oysters provide habitat for many marine species . Crassostrea and Saccostrea live mainly in the intertidal zone , while Ostrea is subtidal . The hard surfaces of oyster shells and the nooks between the shells provide places where a host of small animals can live . Hundreds of animals , such as sea anemones , barnacles , and hooked mussels , inhabit oyster reefs . Many of these animals are prey to larger animals , including fish , such as striped bass , black drum and croakers . | Oyster |
833896439_7036-7325 | An oyster reef can increase the surface area of a flat bottom 50-fold . An oyster 's mature shape often depends on the type of bottom to which it is originally attached , but it always orients itself with its outer , flared shell tilted upward . One valve is cupped and the other is flat . | Oyster |
833896439_7326-8253 | Oysters usually reach maturity in one year . They are protandric ; during their first year , they spawn as males by releasing sperm into the water . As they grow over the next two or three years and develop greater energy reserves , they spawn as females by releasing eggs . Bay oysters usually spawn from the end of June until mid-August . An increase in water temperature prompts a few oysters to spawn . This triggers spawning in the rest , clouding the water with millions of eggs and sperm . A single female oyster can produce up to 100 million eggs annually . The eggs become fertilized in the water and develop into larvae , which eventually find suitable sites , such as another oyster 's shell , on which to settle . Attached oyster larvae are called spat . Spat are oysters less than 25 mm ( 1 in ) long . Many species of bivalves , oysters included , seem to be stimulated to settle near adult conspecifics . Pacific | Oyster |
833896439_8345-8811 | Oysters are considered to filter large amounts of water to feed and breathe ( exchange O and CO with water ) but they are not permanently open . They regularly shut their valves to enter a resting state , even when they are permanently submersed . In fact their behaviour follows very strict circatidal and circadian rhythms according to the relative moon and sun positions . During neap tides , they exhibit much longer closing periods than during the spring tide . | Oyster |
833896439_8812-9108 | Some tropical oysters , such as the mangrove oyster in the family Ostreidae , grow best on mangrove roots . Low tide can expose them , making them easy to collect . In Trinidad in the West Indies , tourists are often astounded when they are told , in the Caribbean , `` oysters grow on trees '' . | Oyster |
833896439_9109-9733 | The largest oyster - producing body of water in the United States is Chesapeake Bay , although these beds have decreased in number due to overfishing and pollution . Willapa Bay in Washington produces more oysters than any other estuary in the US . Other large oyster farming areas in the US include the bays and estuaries along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Apalachicola , Florida in the east to Galveston , Texas in the west . Large beds of edible oysters are also found in Japan and Australia . In 2005 , China accounted for 80 % of the global oyster harvest . Within Europe , France remained the industry leader . | Oyster |
833896439_9734-9866 | Common oyster predators include crabs , seabirds , starfish , and humans . Some oysters contain live crabs , known as oyster crabs . | Oyster |
833896439_9893-11515 | Bivalves , including oysters , are effective filter feeders and can have large effects on the water columns in which they occur . As filter feeders , oysters remove plankton and organic particles from the water column . Multiple studies have shown individual oysters are capable of filtering up to 50 gallons of water per day , and thus oyster reefs can significantly improve water quality and clarity . Oysters consume nitrogen - containing compounds ( nitrates and ammonia ) , phosphates , plankton , detritus , bacteria , and dissolved organic matter , removing them from the water . What is not used for animal growth is then expelled as solid waste pellets , which eventually decompose into the atmosphere as nitrogen . In Maryland , the Chesapeake Bay Program plans to use oysters to reduce the amount of nitrogen compounds entering the Chesapeake Bay by 8,600 t ( 19,000,000 lb ) per year by 2010 . Several studies have shown that oysters and mussels have the capacity to dramatically alter nitrogen levels in estuaries . In the U.S. , Delaware is the only East Coast state without aquaculture , but making aquaculture a state - controlled industry of leasing water by the acre for commercial harvesting of shellfish is being considered . Supporters of Delaware 's legislation to allow oyster aquaculture cite revenue , job creation , and nutrient cycling benefits . It is estimated that one acre can produce nearly 750,000 oysters , which could filter between 57,000 to 150,000 m ( 15,000,000 to 40,000,000 US gal ) of water daily . Also see nutrient pollution for an extended explanation of nutrient remediation . | Oyster |
833896439_11544-12636 | As an ecosystem engineer oysters provide `` supporting '' ecosystem services , along with `` provisioning '' , `` regulating '' and `` cultural '' services . Oysters influence nutrient cycling , water filtration , habitat structure , biodiversity , and food web dynamics . Oyster feeding and nutrient cycling activities could `` rebalance '' shallow , coastal ecosystems if restoration of historic populations could be achieved . Furthermore , assimilation of nitrogen and phosphorus into shellfish tissues provides an opportunity to remove these nutrients from the environment , but this benefit has only recently been recognized . In California 's Tomales Bay , native oyster presence is associated with higher species diversity of benthic invertebrates but other ecosystem services have not been studied . As the ecological and economic importance of oyster reefs has become more widely acknowledged , creation of oyster reef habitat through restoration efforts has become more important - often with the goal of restoring multiple ecosystem services associated with natural oyster reefs . | Oyster |
833896439_12833-13599 | Middens testify to the prehistoric importance of oysters as food , with some middens in New South Wales , Australia dated at ten thousand years . They have been cultivated in Japan from at least 2000 BC . In the United Kingdom , the town of Whitstable is noted for oyster farming from beds on the Kentish Flats that have been used since Roman times . The borough of Colchester holds an annual Oyster Feast each October , at which `` Colchester Natives '' ( the native oyster , Ostrea edulis ) are consumed . The United Kingdom hosts several other annual oyster festivals , for example Woburn Oyster Festival is held in September . Many breweries produce Oyster Stout , a beer intended to be drunk with oysters that sometimes includes oysters in the brewing process . | Oyster |
833896439_13600-14063 | The French seaside resort of Cancale in Brittany is noted for its oysters , which also date from Roman times . Sergius Orata of the Roman Republic is considered the first major merchant and cultivator of oysters . Using his considerable knowledge of hydraulics , he built a sophisticated cultivation system , including channels and locks , to control the tides . He was so famous for this , the Romans used to say he could breed oysters on the roof of his house . | Oyster |
833896439_14064-15110 | In the early 19th century , oysters were cheap and mainly eaten by the working class . Throughout the 19th century , oyster beds in New York Harbor became the largest source of oysters worldwide . On any day in the late 19th century , six million oysters could be found on barges tied up along the city 's waterfront . They were naturally quite popular in New York City , and helped initiate the city 's restaurant trade . New York 's oystermen became skilled cultivators of their beds , which provided employment for hundreds of workers and nutritious food for thousands . Eventually , rising demand exhausted many of the beds . To increase production , they introduced foreign species , which brought disease ; effluent and increasing sedimentation from erosion destroyed most of the beds by the early 20th century . Oysters ' popularity has put ever - increasing demands on wild oyster stocks . This scarcity increased prices , converting them from their original role as working - class food to their current status as an expensive delicacy . | Oyster |
833896439_15111-15402 | In the United Kingdom , the native variety ( Ostrea edulis ) requires five years to mature and is protected by an Act of Parliament during the May to August spawning season . The current market is dominated by the larger Pacific oyster and rock oyster varieties which are farmed year round . | Oyster |
833896439_15434-15888 | Oysters are harvested by simply gathering them from their beds . In very shallow waters , they can be gathered by hand or with small rakes . In somewhat deeper water , long - handled rakes or oyster tongs are used to reach the beds . Patent tongs can be lowered on a line to reach beds that are too deep to reach directly . In all cases , the task is the same : the oysterman scrapes oysters into a pile , and then scoops them up with the rake or tongs . | Oyster |
833896439_15889-16437 | In some areas , a scallop dredge is used . This is a toothed bar attached to a chain bag . The dredge is towed through an oyster bed by a boat , picking up the oysters in its path . While dredges collect oysters more quickly , they heavily damage the beds , and their use is highly restricted . Until 1965 , Maryland limited dredging to sailboats , and even since then motor boats can be used only on certain days of the week . These regulations prompted the development of specialized sailboats ( the bugeye and later the skipjack ) for dredging . | Oyster |
833896439_16438-16809 | Similar laws were enacted in Connecticut before World War I and lasted until 1969 . The laws restricted the harvesting of oysters in state - owned beds to vessels under sail . These laws prompted the construction of the oyster sloop - style vessel to last well into the 20th century . Hope is believed to be the last - built Connecticut oyster sloop , completed in 1948 . | Oyster |
833896439_16852-17060 | In any case , when the oysters are collected , they are sorted to eliminate dead animals , bycatch ( unwanted catch ) , and debris . Then they are taken to market , where they are either canned or sold live . | Oyster |
833896439_17166-18048 | Oysters have been cultured for well over a century . The Pacific oyster ( Magallana gigas ) is presently the most widely grown bivalve around the world . Two methods are commonly used , release and bagging . In both cases , oysters are cultivated onshore to the size of spat , when they can attach themselves to a substrate . They may be allowed to mature further to form ' seed oysters ' . In either case , they are then placed in the water to mature . The release technique involves distributing the spat throughout existing oyster beds , allowing them to mature naturally to be collected like wild oysters . Bagging has the cultivator putting spat in racks or bags and keeping them above the bottom . Harvesting involves simply lifting the bags or rack to the surface and removing the mature oysters . The latter method prevents losses to some predators , but is more expensive . | Oyster |
833896439_18049-18402 | The Pacific oyster has been grown in the outflow of mariculture ponds . When fish or prawns are grown in ponds , it takes typically 10 kg ( 22 lb ) of feed to produce 1 kg ( 2.2 lb ) of product ( dry - dry basis ) . The other 9 kg ( 20 lb ) goes into the pond and after mineralization , provides food for phytoplankton , which in turn feeds the oyster . | Oyster |
833896439_18403-18631 | To prevent spawning , sterile oysters are now cultured by crossbreeding tetraploid and diploid oysters . The resulting triploid oyster can not propagate , which prevents introduced oysters from spreading into unwanted habitats . | Oyster |
833896439_18666-19008 | In many areas , non-native oysters have been introduced in attempts to prop up failing harvests of native varieties . For example , the eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) was introduced to California waters in 1875 , while the Pacific oyster was introduced there in 1929 . Proposals for further such introductions remain controversial . | Oyster |
833896439_19009-19921 | The Pacific oyster prospered in Pendrell Sound , where the surface water is typically warm enough for spawning in the summer . Over the following years , spat spread out sporadically and populated adjacent areas . Eventually , possibly following adaptation to the local conditions , the Pacific oyster spread up and down the coast and now is the basis of the North American west coast oyster industry . Pendrell Sound is now a reserve that supplies spat for cultivation . Near the mouth of the Great Wicomico River in the Chesapeake Bay , five - year - old artificial reefs now harbor more than 180 million native Crassostrea virginica . That is far lower than in the late 1880s , when the bay 's population was in the billions , and watermen harvested about 910,000 m ( 25,000,000 imp bsh ) annually . The 2009 harvest was less than 7,300 m ( 200,000 imp bsh ) . Researchers claim the keys to the project were : | Oyster |
833896439_19922-20143 | using waste oyster shells to elevate the reef floor 25 -- 45 cm ( 9.8 -- 17.7 in ) to keep the spat free of bottom sediments building larger reefs , ranging up to 8.1 ha ( 20 acres ) in size disease - resistant broodstock | Oyster |
833896439_20144-21298 | The `` oyster - tecture '' movement promotes the use of oyster reefs for water purification and wave attenuation . An oyster - tecture project has been implemented at Withers Estuary , Withers Swash , South Carolina , by Neil Chambers - led volunteers , at a site where pollution was affecting beach tourism . Currently , for the installation cost of $3000 , roughly 4.8 million liters of water are being filtered daily . In New Jersey , however , the Department of Environmental Protection refused to allow oysters as a filtering system in Sandy Hook Bay and the Raritan Bay , citing worries that commercial shellfish growers would be at risk and that members of the public might disregard warnings and consume tainted oysters . New Jersey Baykeepers responded by changing their strategy for utilizing oysters to clean up the waterway , by partnering with Naval Weapons Station Earle . The Navy station is under 24 / 7 security and therefore eliminates any poaching and associated human health risk . Oyster - tecture projects have been proposed to protect coastal cities , such as New York , from the threat of rising sea levels due to climate change . | Oyster |
833896439_21321-21568 | The accidental or intentional introduction of species by humans has the potential to negatively impact native oyster populations . For example , non-native species in Tomales Bay have resulted in the loss of half of California 's Olympia oysters . | Oyster |
833896439_21569-22029 | In October 2017 , it was reported that underwater noise pollution can affect oysters as they close their shells when exposed to low frequencies of sounds in experimental conditions . Oysters rely on hearing waves and currents to regulate their circadian rhythms , and perception of weather events -- such as rain -- may induce spawning . Cargo ships , pile drivers , and explosions conducted underwater produce low frequencies that may be detected by oysters . | Oyster |
833896439_22215-22754 | Jonathan Swift is quoted as having said , `` He was a bold man that first ate an oyster '' , but evidence of oyster consumption goes back into prehistory , evidenced by oyster middens found worldwide . Oysters were an important food source in all coastal areas where they could be found , and oyster fisheries were an important industry where they were plentiful . Overfishing and pressure from diseases and pollution have sharply reduced supplies , but they remain a popular treat celebrated in oyster festivals in many cities and towns . | Oyster |
833896439_22755-23247 | It was once assumed that oysters were only safe to eat in months with the letter ' r ' in their English and French names . This myth is based in truth , in that in the Northern Hemisphere , oysters are much more likely to spoil in the warmer months of May , June , July , and August . In recent years , pathogens such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus have caused outbreaks in several harvesting areas of the eastern United States during the summer months , lending further credence to this belief . | Oyster |
833896439_23268-23921 | Depuration of oysters is a common industry practice and widely researched in the scientific community but is not commonly known by end consumers . The main objective of seafood depuration is to remove fecal contamination in seafood before being sold to end consumers . Oyster depuration is useful since they are generally eaten raw and in many countries , the requirement to process is government - regulated or mandatory . The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) formally recognizes depuration and has published detailed documents on the process , whereas the Codex Alimentarius , encourages the application of seafood depuration . | Oyster |
833896439_23922-25109 | Oyster depuration begins after the harvest of oysters from farmed locations . The oysters are transported and placed into tanks pumped with clean water for periods of 48 to 72 hours . The holding temperatures and salinity vary according to species . The seawater that the oysters were originally farmed in does not remain in the oyster , since the water used for depuration must be fully sterilized , plus the depuration facility would not necessarily be located near the farming location . Depuration of oysters can remove moderate levels of contamination of most bacterial indicators and pathogens . Well - known contaminants include Vibrio parahaemolyticus which is a bacterium found in seawater animals that is temperature sensitive , and Escherichia coli which is a bacterium found in coastal waters near highly populated cities having sewage systems discharging waste nearby , or from agricultural discharges . Depuration expands beyond oysters into many shellfish and other related products , especially in seafood that is known to come from potentially polluted areas ; depurated seafood is effectively a product cleansed from inside - out to make it safe for human consumption . | Oyster |
833896439_25129-25407 | Oysters are an excellent source of zinc , iron , calcium , and selenium , as well as vitamin A and vitamin B. Oysters are low in food energy ; one dozen raw oysters contains 110 kilocalories ( 460 kJ ) . They are rich in protein ( approximately 9g in 100g of pacific oysters ) . | Oyster |
833896439_25408-25732 | Traditionally , oysters are considered to be an aphrodisiac , partially because they resemble female sex organs . A team of American and Italian researchers analyzed bivalves and found they were rich in amino acids that trigger increased levels of sex hormones . Their high zinc content aids the production of testosterone . | Oyster |
833896439_25733-25885 | Dietary supplements may contain calcium carbonate from oyster shells , though no evidence shows this offers any benefits beyond what calcium may offer . | Oyster |
833896439_25931-26260 | Unlike most shellfish , oysters can have a fairly long shelf life of up to four weeks . However , their taste becomes less pleasant as they age . Oysters should be refrigerated out of water , not frozen , and in 100 % humidity . Oysters stored in water under refrigeration will open , consume available oxygen , and die . Freshly | Oyster |
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