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Rob Luton has been highly involved with horses for more than 30 years. He is currently running a training facility and lessons program on the beautiful island of Grosse Ile. He has been teaching youth and adults the elements of horsemanship for over 20 years.
Rob has taken many young horses and turned them into Regional and National Champions and has also taken many riders from their first ride to their first National title. He has a talent for matching the "right" horse with the "right" rider, thus creating a Winning Team! With his youth and adult riders, Rob has earned Regional and National titles in Western Pleasure, Hunt Seat. Saddle Seat, Side Saddle and Show Hack.
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ECE Generalist Endorsement
If you have a PreK-3 Ohio teaching license, MVNU's online Early Childhood Education (ECE) Generalist Endorsement program was designed with you in mind.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University offers this program for licensed teachers at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This endorsement can be added to any valid Early Childhood Ohio teaching license and certifies the endorsement holder to teach any subject in grades 4 & 5. The ECE Generalist Endorsement opens doors and increases your potential and marketability as a teacher.
Program Benefits:
- Online delivery provides convenience and promotes flexibility and increases a candidate's personal marketability and opens doors to job opportunities in grades 4 and 5
- Fully accredited by The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and Higher Learning Commission; approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education
- Courses facilitated by supportive, expert faculty with relevant teaching experience
- Improve your teaching skills and apply course content in actual classroom settings via a field experience with 4th and/or 5th grade students
- MVNU makes it convenient for you to earn this important credential by taking all four required courses in an online format. The endorsement consists of 10 semester hours, including a one credit hour, 50 clock hour practicum experience.
Courses are offered year-round on a rotating basis and include the following:
- ECE3002 Social Studies for Upper Elementary Grades
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Ding dong merrily on high, the bells are ringing in The Rose and Thistle… there's just no better place to celebrate the festivities. Amazing food, great atmosphere, all in the company of your friends and family — get into the festive spirit at your favourite British pub, it doesn't get much better than this.
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DELTONA, Fla. – At least two people were injured in a crash that forced officials to close Interstate 4 in Volusia County.
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The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Friday on I-4 eastbound at mile marker 105 near Deltona. Eastbound traffic was backed up on the St. Johns River Bridge and beyond before reopening hours later.
Details surrounding the wreck have been released.
Video from Local 6 helicopter Sky 6 showed an overturned vehicle on the side of the interstate, with numerous firefighters at the scene.
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Capcom today said the latest installment of its superbike racer, MotoGP 10/11, is under development and due for release in March. Developer Monumental Games is back on the case.
A news release touted a "brand new customizable player assist feature," that will tune the game to players' racing style and allow fans of both realistic and arcade racing to enjoy the game. Career mode will also get local co-op gameplay; in a split-screen mode, a second player can join the race and become a teammate. Online, up to 20 may compete in a Championship race, with drop-in spectating.
Gamers will get all of the 2010 MotoGP season content and downloadable updates for the 2011 MotoGP championship shortly after the season starts. The game will release for PS3 and for Xbox 360.


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Where your pal is welcome in Orange County, California...
Welcome dog lovers! This dog friendly guide was written with one goal in mind: to allow you to spend more time with your faithful canine companion while exploring all Orange County has to offer...
Beautiful beaches, expansive parks & lakes, tasty restaurants, first class lodging, outdoor events and activities... all dog friendly.
If you are like me, you prefer to have your buddy by your side as much as possible. My name is Paige, your guide to where dogs are welcome in Orange County. Whether you are looking for a pet friendly apartment, a new spot to enjoy an ocean view stroll together, a dog daycare you can trust or something fun to do with Rufus by your side, you've come to the right place.
So who is my little buddy? Her name is Marley, my border collie lab mix pictured above (along with her favorite dog park buddies). She has truly changed my life in so many wonderful ways, so I am dedicating this "dogumentary" to her.
I am sure you agree dogs are truly amazing creatures; they love you unconditionally and just want to spend time by your side. So Marley & I have set out to find exactly where to do that in Orange County.
We've also included our favorite pet stores & products, boutiques & bakeries, doggie daycares & pet hotels and local events you & your pal can enjoy together.
You'll also find our favorite dog friendly weekend getaways, where you and your buddy can blaze new trails together.
Don't have a dog yet? Discover one of Orange County's wonderful shelters or rescues and consider adopting a dog today...he or she will thank you for it.
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Opinion: The Illinois Pension Fraud
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on the SEC's settlement with Illinois over its pension disclosure. Photo: Associated Press
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... Aussie sea level civil fraud charges against the state of Illinois this week ... and they had this to say quote ... the state of Illinois and misled bond investors about the adequacy ... of its statutory plan ... to fund its pension obligations and the risks created ... by the state's ... underfunding that's the March eleven ... SEC's Order very strong words ... this is editorial page editor James Freeman is here ... I James ... mystery surrounds bond offerings between ... two thousand five into thousandnine what's with the SEC's so long I guess you'd say oh they're finally getting to ... bring more of a spotlight on stage to ... government accounting which a ... often do so would you would call fraudulent frankly in the private sector but the ... BSE CD soon Jersey in two thousand ten then now they see in the second state title and one for a ... basically misleading ... buyers of their bonds not be killing of the worst systematically underfunding pensions and I think we've got a chart here called IDE de Paul ... Illinois is home to three of the ten most ... underfunded U S state pension plans he can see ... that Jesus Hakim out there about the size of the problem ... aam James it and this is good news though the people in the marketplace to it even had a cursory look at the state pension plans well ... it's true that the ... Illinois bonds have been Kyra infamous lately listing to the stereo the worst credit rating on up the among states not that the addition this early I believe with the credit raters say but but it is certainly the state has a reputation for funny business from ... YouTube autobiographical forty percent funded ... that's ... assuming the states of projections are correct it might even be worse if the returns they get on their investments are ... far below what they hope for certain shows why isn't anybody been trying here ... what lessons I think the big question and it goes pee on this case a goes beyond state governments and phony counting to corporations of ... the SCC has this habit of ... never going to court almost never ... settling with institutions ... and I and the institution doesn't admit or deny anything no one is charged individually you have this basic lack of personal accountability ... and ... you'll also is the taxpayer as the public the wonderful how strong was this case what is it mean and so ... this is another bad example let's hope they move toward more ... toward I'm going to court for charging actual people since they are the ones who commit fraud stunned institutions and ... and really fighting avenues guilty and is not and whether crimes were committed when I personally love to have a a a judge in Queens here in New York that has pushed back on some of these ... know faults ... SEC's have on hand to judge every company are traditionally refused to sign off on the SEC's deal with Citigroup where the city didn't acknowledge anything the pain of foreign and said look I don't know where this is coming from out of this is the right number ... you have given any evidence in here really hot ... and not so he basically refused to sign off a Mallya ... an appeals court is determining whether he overstepped its bounds he did not look so they ... they decide to use in the case of the one way that were there ... and grassroots reformers their eyes or was it teachers and firefighters work to get their ... pension money anyone really Trulia was to see more of that ... unfortunately even after this so ... soon from the SCC there's not ... a whole lot of political will out there to reform ... and the good news is there actually is a bill with their legislature from ... Thomas Morris and she is soo we're saying ... let's move Illinois Tool for a one k type system ... that's where almost all private companies have gone ... that way you avoid this cycle of politicians lying about the ... promised pensions of putting off the cost of the future ... um basically cover warning the public sector unions with generous benefits but then I'm not really telling them or taxpayers How hop ... this stuff is not funded for the long term and in really is in danger so it's basically vindicates ... Chris Christie's approach where he went to unions and said you've been aligned to ... all of these fears and yet everywhere I ... mean I'd I think it you know that's the big difference when New Jersey and Illinois these are the two states that have been sued for lying about their pension accounting ... New Jersey since they were sued actually have taken note of big step toward reform that they didn't get rid of their unfunded liability but ... that the Christian reform up in twenty eleven did the strength of the least ... ok the system editorial page editor James Freeman ... the last word on our terrible state pensions thanks for thanks for being with


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Testosterone is the most important of all male hormones. It's the hormone that makes you strong, muscular, youthful and vibrant.
As men get older, testosterone levels decrease. From about age 40, testosterone levels decrease about 0.3% to 1% per year. Low testosterone levels result in decreased energy, depressed mood (more sad or grumpy), increased body fat, reduced muscle mass, decreased bone strength and a reduction in sex drive or function.
The best way to maintain healthy testosterone levels naturally is through a combination of nutrition, exercise, stress management and supplementation.
Since muscle helps maintain higher testosterone levels, it's important to exercise on a regular basis. Whole body exercises like squats, deadlifts and bent rows are particularly good at stimulating testosterone and growth hormone release.
Get plenty of sleep and reduce stress to suppress the muscle-destroying stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol is a big testosterone killer.
Supplementation can also help support your body's production of testosterone. Let's take a look at some of the supplements available on the market that may help restore youthful levels.
DHEA supports natural testosterone production because it's a precursor to testosterone, which the body can convert into testosterone through several steps. Your body produces DHEA naturally, but DHEA levels decline with age. Typically used by older adults, supplemental DHEA can often help bring low testosterone levels into the normal range. The typical dosage for DHEA is 25-50 mg per day.
Also known as puncture vine, tribulus terrestris has been researched for its ability to support testosterone naturally. Studies indicate that tribulus can increase luteinizing hormone by as much as 70% and thereby elevate testosterone production by 40%.
In a study on 40 individuals, data shows tribulus increased endurance by 75% and sexual performance by 80%. The data also shows that by increasing testosterone production, tribulus may increase muscular development and strength, although more research is needed in this area. The typical dosage for tribulus is about 400-500 mg with a 40% protodioscin content or 800-1,000 mg with a 20% protodioscin content per day. Lower priced and less effective products simply contain saponins or sapogenins.
ZMA is a combination of zinc monomethionine aspartate, magnesium aspartate and vitamin B6. Supported by two studies, the data on this product shows total and free testosterone increases of up to 33% in athletes taking ZMA. There were also corresponding increases in strength and power measurements.
Zinc and magnesium play a role in over 500 metabolic reactions in the body while vitamin B6 is very important for muscle protein synthesis. The normal dosage for ZMA is 30 mg of zinc, 450 mg of magnesium, and 10.5 mg of B6 taken at night. Another study showed magnesium alone at 10 mg per kg of bodyweight had significant effects on free testosterone, with or without exercise.
If you have low vitamin D blood levels, you're almost assured of having lower levels of testosterone. A cross-sectional study of 2,299 men showed a significant association between vitamin D levels and testosterone levels.
In March, at the end of winter, both vitamin D and testosterone levels were at their lowest. Then, both levels peaked in August at the end of summer. The study also found that those with normal blood levels of vitamin D (greater than 30 ng/ml) had significantly higher testosterone levels when compared to those with insufficient or low vitamin D levels. Recent studies indicate many Americans have insufficient or low vitamin D levels. Depending on the time of year and how much sun exposure you get, supplement with 2,000-5,000 IU of vitamin D daily to maximize testosterone levels.
D-Aspartic Acid (DAA) is a naturally occurring amino acid found in the neuroendocrine system of humans and other animals. A recent study looked at the effect of 23 men taking about 3 grams of DAA every morning for 12 days compared to a placebo. The researchers analyzed the effect of DAA on blood levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone (T), as well as the effect of DAA on the synthesis of LH and T in the pituitary and testes.
Results showed that serum levels of LH and T increased by 33% and 42% respectively in 87% of those taking DAA. The conclusions indicate that DAA enhances the release of LH and T respectively in the pituitary and testes and raises serum LH and T levels. Take at least 3g of DAA every morning for maximum LH and T support.
Avena sativa is the scientific name for common oats. Avenocosides are the active compound and are similar to saponins found in tribulus terrestris. The saponins in avena appear to stimulate testosterone levels through luteinizing hormone. The normal dosage is 100-250 mg of a 10:1 avena sativa extract taken 1-2 times per day.
Horny goat weed is grown in Asia and the Mediterranean region. Traditional use of horny goat weed is for treating fatigue and boosting sex drive. It's thought to work via modulation of cortisol levels (the primary stress hormone).
Under conditions of high stress, testosterone levels decrease and cortisol levels increase, causing fatigue and a depressed sex drive. Horny goat weed may assist in bringing cortisol levels back into normal range, and thereby testosterone levels as well. It's also thought to help restore normal metabolism and energy levels. Typical dosage levels are 250-1,000 mg per day in divided doses standardized for 10% icariin.
The essential omega-3 fats EPA and DHA (found in fish oil) are extremely valuable for hormone production including testosterone. Without adequate fat in your diet, your body will not be able to produce testosterone and many other hormones. Omega-3s also have anti-inflammatory effects so you might be able to recover quicker after weight training. Take 1-3g of actual EPA and DHA per day.
Testosterone production is affected by many variables such as diet, exercise, stress and supplements. Here are the take-home messages:
• Eat a medium to high protein, healthy-fat diet.
• Weight train, focusing on whole body exercises that require large muscle stimulation.
• Reduce stress, drink adequate water and get plenty of sleep.
• Consider supplements to naturally support the body's ability to produce more testosterone.
Doing these four things can help restore healthy testosterone levels so you can reap all its benefits.
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Verizon Wireless Get It Now Review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Product Reviews, Software
As mobile phones get more and more sophisticated, content providers are rushing to put out relevant and innovative ways for people to use their cellular devices. Verizon has decided to get a jump on the competition by providing their subscribers with Get It Now. This is a collection of features users pay extra for, but don't have to search out since it is accessible simply by using the Get It Now feature on enabled phones with Verizon service. Check out our review.
In an attempt to provide more than just phone service to their customers, Verizon now offers an intuitive interface within most of their phones allowing users to get more out of their phones. Verizon's Get It Now service provides options for text messaging, games, ringtones, web browsing, and picture/video messaging. All of these services are accessible from the main menu of any Get It Now enabled phone.
There are a multitude of content providers offering games, ringtones, and other information services at your disposal. Let's take a look at each part of Get It Now.
With getTXT, getE-mail, and getIM, you have a full set of tools in hand to communicate with almost anyone from any location.
getTXT is a fancy term used by Verizon when referring to Text Messaging. With getTXT, you can send a text message to any 10 digit wireless phone number that can receive it, even on different networks. Using blah! Chat, you can get connected to people with similar interests through text messaging from your phone. You can also join a community (say, NFL Chat Room), and contribute from your mobile phone.
getE-mail sounded exciting at first, but I soon realized it was limited. With this service, you are able to read and send e-mail from an AOL, Yahoo!, or Hotmail account. If you don't use any of those, then this service won't do anything for you. If you do, it is nice convenience to be able to check your e-mail on the go right from your mobile phone. You also have access to your address book housed in your e-mail account.
Using getIM, you can use your cell phone as an instant messaging device. getIM allows you to connect to your AOL, Yahoo!, or MSN buddy lists to chat with your friends on the go. Careful though, you will be charged for each message.
Using getGAMES, getGOING, and getTONES, you have access to applications to kill time while on the go. This is also where you can personalize your cell phone with one of thousands of ringtones available.
Verizon has hundreds of games available for download on their getGAMES service. Many of these games allow you to "try before you buy", but usually only for a couple of minutes. After that, you will choose either a monthly subscription to the game, or unlimited usage. The price for a monthly subscription is usually more than half the cost of the unlimited purchase, so that seems to be the way to go. Downloading demo's can take a minute or two, depending on your connection. If you try a game and decide you don't want it, be sure to uninstall it from the phone, as it will take up space if left.
getGOING can actually be a very useful tool. It acts as your point of reference when on the go. Need to find the nearest Thai restaurant? Lost and need directions or a phone number? Your answers are in getGOING. It will even give you the weather, and your horoscope.
Everyone likes to personalize things to better fit their personalities. In the cell phone world, we see custom case designs as one of the main areas of customization. The other is ringtones. getTONES allows you to connect about thirty different ringtone providers. From there you can purchase ringtones ranging from Top 40 hits, to a cat meowing. Once downloaded, a tone goes into your list of rings. Unfortunately, some tones are purchased on a "per use" basis. This means that once the ring is used a certain number of times, you need to purchase it again.
getALERTS is simple a service that sends you text messages relating to specific interests. You can sign up for sports scores, stock quotes, horoscopes, and more. Think of it as Verizon sending you text messages.
Now things are starting to get a bit blurry. getBROWSING gives you access to many of the same services that I spoke about above, except you have to go search them out, sort of like surfing on the Internet. My question is, why would I want to surf for sport scores when I can just have them sent to me with getALERTS? Answer...this is meant for those unexpected, spur of the moment things. If I am on vacation and forgot about the game, I can use getBROWSING to find the score.
With getFLIX, you have access to live video feeds right from your cell phone. You can hook up with traffic feeds, weather cams, and even connect to a Logitech webcam! I must admit, getFLIX is pretty cool.
First things first - getPIX is only available on camera phones, as far as taking and sending your pictures. However, if you have a Get It Now enabled phone, you may be able to receive pictures from those that can send them. This is just a simple picture messaging service that lets you snap photos on your phone and upload them to the Internet, or send them to the phones of your friends.
Ok, so we have gone over the entire Get It Now service. As you can see, there are a lot of different choices here - but some of them seem redundant. I think Verizon has realized this, and that is why they have packaged a few of them together. Here is the rundown:
For the price of $4.99 USD, you have access to getE-MAIL, getBROWSING, and getIM. This is the Mobile Web package.
getALERTS and getTXT are included in the Text Messaging rates, which you can see on their website. Basically, you can pay per use or buy blocks of text messages per month. Same with getPIX.
The rest of the services are pay per use.
Get It Now is a great set of tools that will help pass the time when on the go. It can also come in handy when you are in a jam, offering you directions to your destination. Verizon has put together a nice package of feature here.
The downside is that it isn't immediately apparent which services you should get. Do you really need both text messaging and instant messaging? Also, it is great that you can communicate with others using text on your phone - but typing can be very cumbersome on a cell phone keypad.
Luckily, you can give Get It Now a try with any of it's a la carte services without a long term monetary commitment. Try getGAMES or getTONES to get a feel for the service.
Personally, I am enjoying the fact that my phone plays the latest 50 Cent hit every time I get a call.
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In common with many of the the nave windows, in the vestry we see a series of "Musical Angels" with splendid red & blue wings. As we can see here the windows are plainer with each light only containing one figure. Thus we do not get the same impression of a huge procession that makes the windows in the nave so impressive.
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A state trooper from Kingston faces charges following the car crash in West Plymouth early last Sunday that killed a Carver mother and daughter.
A state trooper from Kingston faces charges following the car crash in West Plymouth early last Sunday that killed a Carver mother and daughter.
According to Plymouth police, John Basler, 25, has been cited with operating under the influence and driving to endanger charges, after a preliminary investigation into the accident.
Police have identified the mother and daughter as Susan and Juliet Macchi. They were fatally injured when their Dodge Neon collided with a Toyota Corolla driven by Basler on Federal Furnace Road.
Susan Macchi, 64, the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Juliet Macchi, 23, was taken to Jordan Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police said there were no witnesses to the accident. Two motorists found the two vehicles in the middle of the road at 12:29 a.m. The women were trapped in the wreckage of their heavily damaged car.
Basler was found lying on the side of the road, suffering from hip and pelvic injuries. Basler told police that he did not know what happened. He was taken to the hospital for treatment after the accident.
Police said the women were heading toward Carver. Basler was traveling from Wareham to Kingston.
Police said earlier in the week that there were no signs of alcohol consumption at the scene. Other motorists said there had been a heavy downpour of rain just before they came upon the accident on the wet stretch of road.
Basler is a uniformed trooper working in the Boston area. Police said he was alone and off-duty in a private vehicle at the time of the crash and that more charges were likely. Police released his name Saturday.
A State Police accident reconstruction team has been investigating the cause of the crash.


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If I'm moving through MY reference frame at the speed of light, isn't time still passing by normally for me?
Help me think about this fourth dimension- space-time. I want to intuitively understand it. I understand some thought-experiments (Einstein's train experiment, for example, and why events occur slower/later for people that are farther away or moving from the event because of the infinitesimal amounts of time it takes for light to travel to them).
Another question I could ask here is what caused you to understand space-time when you finally got it (if you didn't immediately get it).


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Katherine Heigl's little rosy cheeked girl!
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Katherine Heigl was seen yesterday(October 22nd) with her adorable daughter Naleigh,2, daddy Josh Kelley wasn't along for the occasion.
Heidi Klum's happy family
The beautiful Heidi Klum was seen yesterday (October 22nd) in Brentwood, California with her hubby and singer Seal taking kids Leni,7 and Lou,2 to ballet classes and their boys Henry,6 and Johan,4 to their Karate class.
Colin Farrell's supermarket stunner!
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The hunky actor Colin Farrell was seen with son Henry Tadeusz ,2, shopping in Los Angeles, CA at a supermarket.
Jessica's family day
The stunning Jessica Alba was seen in New York, with her daughter Honor, 3 and her hubby Cash Warren was also along for the occasion. Honors baby sister Haven wasn't there for the family outing.
Growing up fast
Actress Chloe Mortez was seen yesterday (October 22nd) looking very grown up and sophisticated at the Variety's Power of Youth event in Hollywood.
Strolling in the Sunshine!
Actor Adam Sandler was seen yesterday(October 22nd) taking a stroll with his two girls Sunny,2 and Sadie,5.
A Girls day out!
The beautiful Denise Richards cheered on her daughter Sam,7, at her soccer game while holding her other cutie Lola,6. But baby sister Eloise.
Football Family
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L.A. Galaxy football star David Beckham 36, and his wife Victoria Beckham 37, watched their boys Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 9, and Cruz, 6 play soccer yesterday (October 22). The boys little sister Harper Seven 4 months old tagged along to watch.
True Blood's Natasha Alam spotted picking pumpkins with her adorable daughter Valentina Campana, 2, at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in Beverly Hills, CA yesterday (October 22).
The Beautiful actress Natalie Portman, 30, and partner her partner ballerina Benjamin Millepied were photographed with their 4-month-old son Aleph leaving Ohr HaTorah Temple in Culver City, CA yesterday (October 22).


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2010 Forecasts: AL West
We'll wrap this up tomorrow night with some thoughts on individual players and awards, but let's do the last of the six divisional previews first.
Does it
seem to you as if Brandon Wood has been on the verge of breaking in to the LOS
ANGELES line-up since Mark Langston was the Angels' pitching ace? Whether it's
been four years or forty, this is the first time the team is actually relying
on Wood, and the
pressure is probably a lot more intense than generally understood. If Wood does not produce
a power-filled season, or doesn't hold on to the job, the Angels will have to
revert to the Chone Figgins-driven line-up, only without Chone Figgins. It'll
be tough enough adjusting to Erick Aybar at the top of the line-up, without the
Halos also failing to add the last layer of punch they missed so dearly in the ALCS
last year. The emergence of Kendry Morales and the resuscitation of Howie
Kendrick gave life to the club last year, but face it, four key positions are
beginning to creak a little bit with age, including the now three ex-Yanks in
the line-up. Torii Hunter should be terrified at Mike Scioscia's insistence that
he may occasionally use Hideki Matsui in left. If placed between Matsui and the
periodically mystified Bobby Abreu in right, MLB might consider letting Hunter
ride a Razor. Pitching is deep but once you get past Jered Weaver, not very
intimidating, and Joel Pineiro might have been the off-season's most overrated
signing (Fernando Rodney might have been the second, but with or without him,
the bullpen is the team's top asset).
looks like an all-or-nothing proposition. Anderson, Braden, and Cahill might
emerge as world-beaters. Sheets and Duchscherer could make remarkable
comebacks. Bailey could expand on a ROTY season. Or literally any one of the
six could lose his job by June 1. The ailments of Joey Devine and Michael
Wuertz thin out an already thin pen, and the line-up, while energetic and
dynamic, does have to play 81 games on the road against teams that actually hit
those things where, you know, the ball goes past those walls behind the gents
standing on the far lawn – what are those called again? Honestly, if your
line-up looks like it could be beaten up, man for man, by that of the Royals,
you could be in for a long summer, even if every one of the pitchers come
With the
strategic building in SEATTLE over the last two years – Figgins, Wilson,
Gutierrez, Lee, even Byrnes and Snell and League (to say nothing of Wakamatsu)
added to the Ichiro/Felix base, it would seem it would be almost impossible for
the Mariners not to be favored. But as I have suggested before, Jack Zduriencik
managed to make the one move that could undo all the good ones. Ask the 2004-05
Dodgers, who thought he was the guy who could take them over the hump. Ask the
2006 A's, who thought he was the missing piece (and surrendered Andre Ethier to
get him). Ask the 2007 Padres, who brought him in for the stretch run (and
infamously coughed up the division to the Rockies). Ask the 2008 Rangers, who
signed him, only to start shopping him at mid-season. Ask the 2009 Cubs, who
gave him $30 million for three years and sent him home before the first year
ended because nobody could abide his presence any more. Ask the fans he's
confronted, the reporters he's confronted, the play-by-play man he ran up
several flights of stairs in hopes of knocking silly. It's not as if Milton Bradley
has had a few problems. This is six clubs in six seasons and the longest he
lasted with any of them was until June 29th of the second year. I
don't know what it will be, I don't know when it will be, but Bradley will do
something to cost the Mariners the division. And if this somehow does not come
to pass, he will have earned an apology from me – but probably will not have
asked for it, because he would have already experienced an epiphany in which
his consistently uncontrollable behavior would have appeared as unacceptable to
him as it has to everybody else, and he would have apologized to the Cubs. And the Rangers. And
the Padres. And the A's. And the Dodgers (and just for good measure, Cliff Lee
is not only hurt – he has the most nagging and unpredictable of injuries for a
baseball player, 'something in the abdomen.')
line-up in TEXAS frightens me. I know Josh Hamilton is not going to hit 57
homers. I understand Vlad Guerrero has aged. I'm sure Chris Davis could repeat
the first half of 2009. I noticed Ian Kinsler's on the DL. Without them this
is still the most potent batting order in the division. So the Rangers' questions are, as
ever, on the mound. But in addition to reclaiming Darren Oliver and bringing
back Colby Lewis from banishment, Texas has one other answer to those
questions: Neftali Feliz. It is impossible to watch him pitch and not see
either a super closer, or a 250-strikeout starter. Either one of them will do
the Rangers fine upon his maturation; for now, a dominating 8th-inning
presence will probably win them the division. And it will be fascinating to
watch any player struggles completely overshadowed by the good or bad conduct
of a manager – not to make a comparison that would be slanderous to the
good-hearted Ron Washington, but we haven't seen that since Billy Martin died,
and it occasionally helps a team get on with its business while the skipper
takes the heat.
As suggested, I like Texas. Oakland's pitching could jell to challenge them;
Milton Bradley could go AWOL on May 1 and save Seattle's season; Brandon Wood
could be everything the Angels ever wanted from him. But I don't think any of
those things are going to happen. Rangers by a five or six game margin, with
the others following in a jumble I can't quite yet discern.
FORECAST: I think Tampa ends up with the best record, Texas the worst, and the
Rays will handle the Rangers easily. The Wild Card will go to Boston, most
likely, and they should probably dispatch Detroit, setting up a re-run of 2008,
including the TB victory. This time I like the Rays to win the Series, five
years after other owners seriously murmured about moving them or contracting
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Aww, shucks, Keith. Fresh from a brutal NCAA bracket beating, I stumbled over to find you here saying something I never thought I?d hear: ??I like Texas.? Still, I can?t get terribly excited about the Rangers. Never have. Besides, they?ll choke if they get close.
I really just need to know one thing: Are the A?s moving to San Jose or not??? I just can?t bear to get attached to a team, only to have them leave. Sure, the Sharks are trying to keep them at bay (ha!), but I?m not sure they?ll succeed. Oh well. Rather than making a hasty decision now, I?m probably better off focusing on my other obligations, and holding out till football season, where my mind?s essentially made up. It will be good to have a team within geographical reach again. Please don?t tell me why I shouldn?t like the Niners. My sportsbrain is too delicate right now.
By the way, I have a box to hide in. Not big enough for you, but I'd fit.
?As suggested, I like Texas.? Love it!!! Uh-oh?I just got a mischievous idea.
Milton Bradley? Now there's an interesting name choice. Brought to mind memories of playing Battleship, Cootie, Operation and KerPlunk as a kid. I wonder if it's purely coincidental, or if Bradley's parents were fans of board games and named their son after games titan and pioneer, Milton Bradley. "You sank my battleship!" was the rallying cry. 😀
Don't bet against the Angels Keith. They're the one team that Baseball Prospectus has gotten dead wrong for years, always undervaluing them. Texas has more than a small issue with their pitching. Perez has great stuff, but he'll be streaky this year because he isn't polished. And Feldman and Hunter's strikeout numbers were abysmal last year. Too many balls will be put into play for them to duplicate their numbers. As for Texas' line-up, it's their strength, but the Angels have 5 players who hit 20+ home-runs last year. Those five DONT include Bobby Abreu, Howie Kendrick, and Erick Aybar. Aybar's the only real question mark outside of Wood, but his defense makes him worthwhile. Oakland can't hit and the Mariners are top-heavy but shallow in their rotation and line-up. 88 wins should be enough for this division, but it's gonna be L.A. Their deep enough to remain very consistent and solid throughout the season.
As for their aging outfield, they all have at least another productive season left, and Peter Bourjos, high on the minor league depth chart, is already a superb center fielder and can fly.
@ Ashoein: I bet he hated that name as a child…..maybe that's why he's got such ungovernable behavior. I'm so glad he's some other teams' problem, and not the Cubs'.
I did watch the Seattle/San Francisco game this afternoon……Vargas does pitch well. I just hope when Bradley joins the lineup he doesn't screw up the rest of the team.
Keith, I'll definetly be cheering for the Yankees tonight………hope they do well, even though it's an away game 😉
BTW, I loved the Thurber reading you did Friday night 😀 The chair was a nice touch, too……definitely gave it the "Family Classics" vibe 😉 Looking forward to the next story, and I will be going to my local library Tuesday(not open on Monday at all……small town, smaller budget) to see if they actually have that Library of America volume……I seem to recall they got those books, but I haven't been in there for a while. Otherwise I'll have to order some more books to add my my collection 😉
Nice review Keith. I have pretty similar reviews for the AL West.
Thank heaven for the Internet (never thought I'd actually say that).
I came home from work last Friday evening, all set to watch Countdown, in its usual time slot out here in the west. But much to my chagrin, instead of Countdown, up popped one of those MSNBC ?stupid-people-doing-stupid-things-and-landing-themselves-in-prison-for-a-very-long-time-surprise-surprise shows. I changed the channel immediately (not interested).
Uhhhh, where was Keith? Was I imagining things, or hadn't he recently said he was returning to his television gig full time? I dunno, must have been a disconnect between the East Coast, the Rockies in between, and the West Coast. Suffice to say, I totally missed the Thurber reading.
As I read the comments upthread, I scratched my head at jaidubya's box reference (what on earth was that supposed to mean?) and nightowl's Thurber/chair reference (what chair?). All kinds of stuff ran through my mind, some of it not necessarily fit for this blog. Then, I watched Friday's Countdown on the MSNBC website, and all was made clear. Sooooo . . .
Keith, that you continue to honor your late father's memory by reading Thurber on your show (just as he wanted you to), is lovely.
And my message to you: Are you sure about all of this political punditry stuff in the long term?
Ashoein: Yeah, that was a fantastic interpretive reading, wasn't it?? Keith ought to record some audiobooks of those stories *hint, hint* 😉
Well, the Yankees lost to the Red Sox, dammit……seemed to be doing so well until they had to bring in the relief pitchers, then got shelled 😦 The errors/blown plays and that wild pitch didn't help matters any *sigh* Oh well, it's only the first game of the season…….I hope my Cubbies play at least half that well tomorrow 😉
Ben Gay??? That could only be topped by: Ben Dover . . .
@ Tribegal: That's interesting to know about Milton Bradley's name……I'm just hoping he doesn't spell as much "Frustration" and Trouble" for his current team as he did for the Cubs, though I fear that may end up being the case anyway.
@ Ashoein *snickering* Only thing worse than that would be to hear "Turner Brown and Ben Dover" 😉 *evil chuckle*
I guess I'll cue up that Thurber segment on my iPhone again and listen to it as I try to go to sleep…….at least it will chase out the accumulated musical "earworms" from singing 3 Masses and 1 service in the space of less than 72 hours and relax me enough to rest for a while 😉 Insomnia sucks >:-(


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Conservative Hawks Are Incoherent Regarding Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Prominent conservatives continue to sputter about President Obama's announcement that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by year's end. GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry charges that the president was "irresponsible" for making that announcement, thereby "letting the enemy know" the date when U.S. forces would leave Iraq. Council on Foreign Relations writer Max Boot makes a similar argument, as do several other neoconservative pundits.
But as I've pointed out elsewhere, Obama did not set the December 31, 2011 deadline. George W. Bush did in an agreement with the Iraqi government that he signed in late 2008. One then has to ask whether Perry and other critics of Obama believe that Bush was being "irresponsible." And if so, it is curious that virtually none of them have made that argument—or even hinted at such a conclusion.
That apparent double standard begs some other questions. The principal reason why Obama's effort to modify the Bush agreement so that a residual U.S. force could remain after 2011 failed was that the administration refused to accept the Iraqi government's demand that American troops be subject to Iraqi law. Are conservatives arguing that he should have made that concession? If so, their position is totally inconsistent with the position they have taken with respect to other countries that host U.S. troops. Indeed, fears that American military personnel might be subject to prosecution under foreign laws and in foreign jurisdictions have been a major reason for the intense opposition to U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court.
Conversely, if Obama's critics believe that U.S. troops should not be exposed to possible prosecution in a judicial system that has few of the due process protections that are considered the norm in the United States, how do they suggest that the administration get the Iraqi government to change its stance? Most of their criticisms on that front consist of little more than inane generalities that Obama should have shown greater leadership or engaged in more effective diplomatic bargaining. But how, precisely, should he have done that? Washington was not exactly in a position to order Baghdad to accept U.S. demands on the jurisdictional issue. And Prime Minister Nouri al‐Maliki knew that he would be risking political suicide if he capitulated to U.S. pressure and accepted a policy that is wildly unpopular with the Iraqi people.
Are conservatives implying that the Obama administration should have overridden Iraqi objectives and just imposed our will? Ethical issues aside, that would certainly require far more than the limited number of troops the U.S. has in Iraq at the moment, and it would likely re‐ignite a widespread insurgency directed against a continuing U.S. military occupation.
The utterly inconsistent and incoherent position that most conservatives have taken on the troop withdrawal issue underscores the bankruptcy of the overall Iraq policy that they've pushed since early 2003. They're frustrated that the Iraq mission has not gone as planned, and they fear—quite correctly—that once U.S. forces have departed, the waste and futility of that mission will become glaringly obvious to all except a shrinking contingent of true believers. What we're seeing now is a mixture of partisan politics and a temper tantrum in response to that disagreeable reality.
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Some links and thoughts on a Saturday night…
The Matrix is still my favorite movie of all time. I explained why here in Linux Journal, back in 2006.
Spoke to the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, of the U.S. Naval War College earlier this week, in Southbridge, Mass. The session was three hours long, with additional conversations before and after. The challenge was to present a view of the connected world from five decades back in the past to several more into the future. The discussion was one of the best I've had with any group, which wasn't surprising, given the high level of competence and curiosity required of CNO fellows and other personnel, starting with Admiral Hogg, who runs the show there. Sometime soon I'll put up an essay summarizing what I came up with there.
Google Maps for iOS rocks. I've tested it driving from Southbridge to Manhattan, and for walking and riding public transportation around Manhattan as well. On the way down in the car it had me going from 84 to 91 to 95 — my usual route — but then re-routed me over to 15/Merritt Parkway when traffic started to back up on '95 thirty miles ahead. I assume that was the reason, anyway. Oh, it also vocalized. Huge improvement over the old Google and the new Apple Maps app. And today it got us to Brooklyn, the Village, Eatery on 23rd & 5th, and then back home to "upstate" Manhattan, with precision and clarity. Well done.
I also want to give Nokia's NAVTEQ-based Here.com and its Here app props, even though, as of today, Google's Maps app beats it. That's because NAVTEQ welcomes user input. I suppose Google and Apple do too, at least to some degree. But my fantasy here is making a connection between Open Street Map and Nokia/NAVTEQ. The timing wasn't right for that in the past; but I think it might be soon — especially after Nokia (inevitably) starts offering Android-based phones.
Google's Lost Social Network, by Rob Fishman in BuzzFeed. Long piece, still sinking my mental teeth into it.
Season Has Changed, but the Drought Endures, by John Eligon in the New York Times. I took some shots of the dry Mississippi last month on a flight from Houston to Boston. Here they are. Compare those to Google Earth's view of the same scene in wetter times.
How Much It Would Cost Google To Become A National Cable Company Like Comcast? asks the headline above Jay Yarow's story in Business Insider. How about … To Become a National Internet Company Like Comcast Never Will Be? The answer, from Goldman Sachs, is $140 billion. So how about Google and Apple chipping in and doing it together? Hey, why not?
In a related matter, here's Time Warner Cable: Demand Not There for Google Fiber: Insists That if People Want 1 Gbps, They'll Provide it, by Karl Bode in Broadband. This reminds me of a conversation Craig Burton once had with a honcho at a BigCo to whom Craig explained a huge opportunity. The honcho at the BigCo said, "We'll do it when there's a demand for it." To which Craig responded, "When somebody says something like that, they mean one of two things: either 'Over my dead body,' or 'I don't understand what you said.'" With Time Warner, it's the first of those. By the way, I just ordered Time Warner's Internet service here in New York City, after it became clear that Verizon FiOS, which provides me with 25Mbps symmetrical service in Boston, won't be coming through here for a few more months. I want more than the 5Mbps upstream that Time Warner provides, so there is at least one customer's demand for something better what they offer with their best package — at least from me. And I'm sure I'm not alone. Not if "the cloud" means anything. (The cost for 50/5Mbps, btw: $85/month.)
Federal agency wants black boxes in every new car by September 2014, by Cyrus Farivar in ArsTechnica. The idea is to help the car companies and feds toward "understanding how drivers respond in a crash and whether key safety systems operate properly." Correctly, Cyrus asks in a subhead, "Who owns the black box data?" How about the car owner? Here ya go:
As per NHTSA's proposed rule, the collected data would include vehicle speed, whether the brake had been activated, crash forces at the moment of impact, the state of the engine throttle, airbag deployment timing, and whether or not seatbelts were in use.
Since 2006 the NHTSA established recommended guidelines for EDRs, but did not mandate them. As we reported in April 2012, car manufacturers have been required to disclose the presence and physical location of an EDR in a car's owner's manual since 2011. Seven years earlier, California became the first state to mandate such disclosure.
The NHTSA has a policy that EDR data would be treated as the property of the vehicle owner and not accessed without his or her permission. The agency also noted in its new 56-page document (PDF) that it "does not have any authority to establish legally-binding rules regarding the ownership or use of a vehicle's EDR data."
Copyright: Holding back the torrent. In TheNextWeb. Grist for many mills.
The Power of Selling Out: Customers as Political Capital. As only The Onion can put it. Close to home.
D.O.A.: Death of Advertising, by Edward Montes in MediaPost. It lauds RTB, without explaining what it is. (Answer: Real Time Bidding.) The gist (just to pick one paragraph among others like it):
RTB empowers the tailoring of every aspect of a brand's communication with a consumer, transforming mass media to direct communication between brand and consumer. The ability to buy individual advertising impressions, based on large quantities of data about that impression and inevitably about the consumer of that impression, enables the concept of "customization at scale." This notion is not advertising as most recognize it using mass media, but rather the death of advertising, because it alters the interaction in the intermediate communication layer between brand and consumer. This level of close interaction imposes a tremendously more difficult environment for marketers, as every single media brand exposure has the opportunity to be definitively more valuable and thus requires much more detailed planning and purchase. It also rewards marketers able to learn, adapt and generally be dynamic. Interestingly, this does not pose a new paradigm for publishers or producers of content — but rather, in maturity, should place even higher values on publishers that can deliver high value audiences via quality content and quality environments.
Speaking as the human target of this kind of shit, let me put it the way The Cluetrain Manifesto did, almost fourteen years ago:
we are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consumers. we are human beings and our reach exceeds your grasp. deal with it.
The next Web will grow faster. By Dave Winer. Comment there by yours truly.
And with that I'm going to bed. More in the morning.


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The attempt to re-occupy Zuccotti Park and subsequent arrests of dozens of protesters in New York over the weekend was the start of what Occupy organizers said will be a comeback for the movement this spring and summer. But some city and state governments, armed with new ordinances specifically aimed at the Occupy movement, are ready to prevent demonstrators from re-establishing encampments.
Police in New York put 74 people in handcuffs Saturday night as protesters tried to establish a foothold in the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street, a public plaza in the heart of the financial district. The move followed a week during which protesters tried to occupy several Bank of America branches in New York and more than 100 people demonstrated outside a Mitt Romney fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
"Clearly the Occupy movement as we've known it - that is sort of occupying public spaces around government structures - is facing a stronger legal challenge," said Gene Policinski, executive director of the Washington-based First Amendment Center, a self-described nonpartisan think tank that educates people about issues surrounding the First Amendment.
Cities around the country are making it more difficult for Occupy demonstrators to set up shop on public land. In Atlanta, the City Council is clarifying rules for local parks by banning things such as tents and plywood. Idaho and Tennessee state legislatures banned camping on public property not designated as a camp site.
A large turnout is also expected at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, in August and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, in September. Some of the protesters' tactics may not be tolerated, Policinski said, and protesters could be arrested in groups of 400 to 500 and detained for up to two days while police "say they're sorting out who is actively involved and who is not."
Policinski said that such mass arrests could result in the bulk of Occupy demonstrators winding up in custody while the conventions go on unscathed.
In Charlotte, city officials are prepared to allow protesters to march and hold rallies around the Democratic convention, but camping overnight on public land is out of the question.
"We did not have a prohibition on camping on city property before the Occupy movement came along," city attorney Bob Hagemann said. "In late January, after a public input process, our City Council passed a couple of ordinances, one of which did prohibit camping." Soon after, tents and other structures were removed from a local plaza, and the Occupy movement ended its 24-hour presence in the city.
Tampa officials will take a similar approach around the Republican convention. Occupy organizers are not deterred.
"You're seeing a lot of folks who are both planning for enormous mass actions and also smaller, little affinity actions," said Haywood Carey, one of the principal organizers of Occupy Wall Street.
Pete Dutro, who sits on the Occupy Wall Street Finance Committee, said the movement spent the winter strategizing.
"There has been a lot of coordination between the different occupations. There have been a lot of conference calls and Skype calls," he said.
Amin Hussein, who has been involved in organizing Occupy protests in New York since Day One, said activists have a better sense of where the movement is heading in the coming months.
"We spent a lot of time getting to know each other better and building a sense of community. We're able to communicate better, and there's an element of trust and coordination," Hussein said.
They have less money to work with than they did at the height of the movement though. At a recent Occupy Wall Street general assembly in New York, it was announced that the group has less than $45,000 in its general fund.
But Carey said money is not a factor.
"We were doing what we did before we had money. We're going to continue doing (it) whether or not we have money," he said.
They stand for having the Federal Reserve/Central Banks audited for the first time ever. That's what they stand for. Not gay rights or freedom of speach. They stand against Wall Street banks ripping US off, knowing that a simple public audit of the Fed would prove it.
Good, they're almost out of money. And WHAT did they accomplish with the last half mil? ALL they did was get their pictures in the paper. Period.
Until then, they can hide out in South America.
@@@chrissy if you stop trying to play tackle football with the young guns then all would be good talk to CHRISSY later
Audit the government. Wall street the greatest ponzi scam ever.
Sorry hipsters, clock ran out. Now fade away back to your coffee shops, where ideas still matter more than accomplishments.
These hipsters don't have the cajones to compete with the Summer of '68.
It was great when they sang "Man of Constant Sorrow". They look like they could be some politician's "brain trust".
you know what's great? the whole "get a job" mindset of the anti-OWS people. it is really tough to get a job out there right now.
take my friend, for example. he was a manager at a little local pizza place, but he got laid off when the place shut down. he didn't know what he was going to do in this economy, so he sat and pouted and asked for a handout.
no... wait, i'm sorry... he started putting in applications and got hired as a quality control official in an industrial workshop in about a week. that's what he did. huh... guess the "get a job" mindset isn't that inaccurate... but then... why do people say there's no work? could it be that the brave occupiers are simply not trying?
I'm so glad to hear this. They made such a difference in my life the last time.


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Herschel shipped to Europe's Spaceport
Herschel, ESA's flagship mission to study the formation of galaxies and stars, has been flown to ESA's launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, on 11 February 2009. The mission is scheduled for launch on 16 April 2009.
The spacecraft took off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands, on board an Antonov cargo plane on a non-stop flight that arrived at its destination during the early hours of 12 February.
Until the time of the shipment Herschel had undergone a thorough campaign of tests and validation at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Now the spacecraft is officially starting its launch campaign in Kourou, involving a team of about 150 engineers and scientists from industry, science institutes, ESA and Arianespace.
In the first phase of the campaign Herschel will undergo functional tests, to verify the health of the spacecraft after transportation.
The second phase of the campaign is dedicated to the delicate operation of fuelling the hydrazine tanks - needed for the spacecraft's manoeuvres in space - and to filling the cryostat; this is the 'heart' of the sophisticated cooling system needed by Herschel to keep its instruments at temperatures close to absolute zero.
The third phase is the integration of the Herschel and Planck satellites – the two satellites share the launch - with the Ariane 5 ECA rocket that will launch them into space.
Note for editors
Planck, ESA's mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang, will soon follow Herschel to Kourou, departing from Liège, Belgium, on 18 February 2009.
For more information:
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In a controversial move, the Israeli Parliament officially withdrew the Jewish right to hold an extra opinion. The old Jewish saying that with two Jews comes three opinions has been a mainstay right in the Jewish democracy, often causing flip flopping in the public opinion polls. Exit polls are notoriously unreliable in Israel as citizens are known to purposely lie about who they voted for. Rather than see this as false testimony, a prohibition listed in the Ten Commandments, Israelis long hold this as natural expression of multiple opinions and the right to prove everyone wrong no matter whom they are what they stand for.
According to Israeli human rights organization, this is a severe blow to Israeli's freedom of expression. "The Knesset is suddenly telling Israeli citizens what to think and how many opinions it can have?" said Yaron Rubin, of Tel Aviv. "Next the government will be closing down the second synagogue on the desert island with the one castaway, you know, the one he doesn't use. This is inconceivable!" There are talks of public protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, but specifics are still being discussed.
Already the Jerusalem Rabbinate is moving fast to restrict the limits of the legislation. An advisor to the Chief Rabbi has spoken off the record to the fact that in Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of the Jewish people, a Jew should always be permitted to hold as many conflicting ideas and opinions as possible even if those opinions are both correct and incorrect at the very same time.
One of the supporters of the bill was Dr. Avraham Berkowitz, a Hebrew University political science professor who did extensive research into the conflicting political thoughts of Jews. "I did a double blind study in the Mahne Yehuda [outdoor shopping] Market in Jerusalem," stated Dr. Berkowitz. "Two separate statisticians interviewed the exact same people asking their personal preference: falafel or shwarma. The first time, the group scored 47% in favor of shwarma, 35% falafel, while 18% responded cheese toast. However, when the second statistician asked the very same people the same question on the same day the results varied dramatically: 51% falafel, 22% shwarma, and 27% preferred some sort of falafel shwarma hybrid called a 'shwalafel.'"
"27% preferred some sort of falafel shwarma hybrid called a 'shwalafel.'"
Some see the new law as a turning point that could have significant implications on the Jewish High Holy Days. According to tradition, if a Jew repents, through prayer and charity, one can change the divine decree that is written and sealed against them on Yom Kippur. While scholars note that the Israeli Knesset has no legal jurisdiction on the heavenly court, some are worried that simple Jews, having heard of the new legal policy, may be discouraged from changing their own opinions about themselves and won't fully repent.
Despite the passage of the law this week, there is still one last hurdle to pass before the extra opinion is officially rescinded. A representative of the Supreme Court of Israel said that the high court will weigh in on the matter, but commented that the decision will almost certainly not be unanimous.


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Project Description
The City of Missoula will construct roadway improvements to Hillview Way to enhance safety for all users and improve the roadway surface and drainage in the spring/summer of 2016. The project will take place between 39th Street and 55th Street. It includes curb and gutter installation to improve drainage, as well as a full reconstruction of the roadway surface. Bicyclists will enjoy new bike lanes on both sides of the roadway for the length of the project. The sidewalks will be extended on the west side of the roadway up to Black Pine Trail and on the east side of the roadway up to Chief Charlo School in order to connect with the existing sidewalk network in the neighborhood. View a graphic illustration of a typical road section (PDF). The project also includes the construction of a pedestrian and wildlife undercrossing at Moose Can Gully that connects to the Hillview Way sidewalk and provides a connection to the South Hills Trail system.
These roadway improvements have been designed to fit within the existing right-of-way and to keep costs as low as possible.
Important Dates - Revised
- February 9, 2015: City Council approved the Resolution to Create the Special Improvement District and authorized the Mayor to sign an agreement with DJ&A to provide final design services.
- February 2016: Final design complete.
- March 2016: Construction bid awards.
- May - November 2016: Construction
Project Funding
The total project cost is estimated at $3.8 million - roughly $3.1 million for construction / contingencies and $700,000 for project design and engineering and Special Improvement District administration and financing costs.
The city is pleased to offer a diversified funding package to keep the financial impact to area property owners as low as possible. Just over $1 million will be paid from Transportation Impact Fee Funds. The remaining project costs will be paid for by Parks Impact Fees, Road District contributions, and by property owner assessments through the approved Special Improvement District (SID). View SID Assessment Level Map (PDF). Properties included within the District are those that will receive direct benefit from the Hillview Way roadway improvements.
SID Assessments
Per the approved SID, owners of single-family homes will be assessed approximately $1,747 and owners of multi-family homes will be assessed approximately $1,223. Assessments will be made through the first property tax bill following completion of the project (likely in November 2016). Property owners will have the option of paying the full assessment at that time, or paying over the 20-year life of the SID, with interest.
Property owners of currently undeveloped land in the District will also pay into the SID as new development is built (at the time of the building permit issuance for the next 25 years).
Construction is expected to occur between May and November of 2016. Traffic control on Hillview Way will be in place during construction and property owners will be informed of necessary closures and detours.
For more information, please contact:
City of Missoula
Development Services


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At last we have a brand new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! While it certainly looks exciting, and a proper image of the world we came to love in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, it's resemblence to the original book seems rather stretched.
At last, here are some details (and a new clip!) for the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! In short, there's 13 minutes of new footage, as well as an additional 9(!) hours of behind-the-scenes and making-of footage.
Peter Jackson's decided to live blog his final day of Hobbit shooting today on his Facebook page!
Here's some seriously bad news for anyone attending Comic-con in San Diego this year...
Peter Jackson has just posted the newest (and first) production video diary for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I love seeing these videos and the scale involved--even the pickup shoot is such a large endeavour.
Here's (nearly) a shot-by-shot look at the new trailer! Give it a look and let us know what you think!
Here's the first trailer for the second film in all it's HD glory!
The Hobbit Blog has announced that the teaser trailer for The Desolation of Smaug will debut tomorrow morning at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT!
Here's a high-quality image of the just-released poster for The Desolation of Smaug...
Entertainment Weekly posted an exclusive new article about Tauriel, Peter Jackson's new female Elf Tauriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
A new book based on JRR Tolkien's notes and unfinished manuscripts has just been published, The Fall of Arthur.
If you watched the 6 minute video Peter Jackson released today, you may have caught a big of an "Easter Egg" while he's pulling out some artwork showing off Mirkwood.
Peter Jackson has posted on his facebook page a 6 minute excerpt from the live event for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug that took place back on March 24th.
The Hobbit's on Pinterest! Kinda... well, not really...
Looks like we'll have an extra 5 months of anticipation for the final film in The Hobbit trilogy--it's been moved from July 18, 2014 to December 17, 2014. Why?
Weta Digital (Peter Jackson's special effects company) yesterday released a great video showing some glimpses of what filming looked like versus what the final film resulted in. Some pretty stuninng shots here.
Here's a photo floating about the 'net showing Bilbo swathed in spider webs and leaning (thrusting?) on Sting.
Purchase the DVD/Blu-ray of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before March 24th, and you can get a sneak peek at the 2nd Hobbit Film.
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In a landmark interview, Alex talks with former director of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, Hamid Gul. Mr. Gul recently characterized the "leaked" Wikileaks documents implicating him in a string of attacks against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan as "malicious, fictitious, and preposterous."
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The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
MIT Press, Feb 13, 2009 - Philosophy - 304 pages
A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live in a meaningful way—how to live a life that really matters—even as a finite material being living in a material world.
If consciousness is "the hard problem" in mind science—explaining how the amazing private world of consciousness emerges from neuronal activity—then "the really hard problem," writes Owen Flanagan in this provocative book, is explaining how meaning is possible in the material world. How can we make sense of the magic and mystery of life naturalistically, without an appeal to the supernatural? How do we say truthful and enchanting things about being human if we accept the fact that we are finite material beings living in a material world, or, in Flanagan's description, short-lived pieces of organized cells and tissue?
Flanagan's answer is both naturalistic and enchanting. We all wish to live in a meaningful way, to live a life that really matters, to flourish, to achieve eudaimonia—to be a "happy spirit." Flanagan calls his "empirical-normative" inquiry into the nature, causes, and conditions of human flourishing eudaimonics. Eudaimonics, systematic philosophical investigation that is continuous with science, is the naturalist's response to those who say that science has robbed the world of the meaning that fantastical, wishful stories once provided.
Flanagan draws on philosophy, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and psychology, as well as on transformative mindfulness and self-cultivation practices that come from such nontheistic spiritual traditions as Buddhism, Confucianism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism, in his quest. He gathers from these disciplines knowledge that will help us understand the nature, causes, and constituents of well-being and advance human flourishing. Eudaimonics can help us find out how to make a difference, how to contribute to the accumulation of good effects—how to live a meaningful life.
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The book teaches about some religion fundamentalism giving quotes from holly books. Something similar can be heared in the movie "The Root of All Evil? Part 2: The Virus of Faith. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)". For example, see two paragraphs from the book: [1.] The Qur'an implores the true believer in Allah this way: "Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate." (9: 73, see also 9:123) Regarding martydrom, the Qur'an says: "God has given those that fight with their goods and their persons a higher rank than those who stay at home. God has promised all a good reward; but far richer is the recompense for those who fight for Him.... He that leaves his swelling to fight for God and His apostles and is then overtaken by death shall be rewarded by God.... The unbelievers are your inveterate enemies." (4:95-101) [2.] "Suppose a loved one suggests that you give up belief in the God of Abraham and follow the Buddha's path?" Deuteronomy advises: "You must kill him, your hand must strike the first blow in putting him to death and the rest of the people following. You must stone him to death since he has tried to divert you from Yahweh your God." (13:8-11). The literal interpretation of this text is unambiguous.
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, by Nicholas Ostler. Bloomsbury Publishing, Nov, 2007; 400 pages.
Preface (Praefatio) and Chapter 1 (Ad Infinitum – An Empire Lived in Latin):
I've had this book sitting on my shelf for a about a year now. I have been wanting to read it but unfortunately between what I had to read for school and what I had to read for research kept me busy. Now that I am taking summers off in lieu of a much more fulfilling fall semester (which is approaching much to fast), I have found some time to sit down and read this. And now that I'm well into the first half of the book, I can't understand why I put off reading it until now. First, some initial perspectives. Not everyone will enjoy this book. But for those who like this subject (ancient cultures, ancient languages, semiotics, etc…), this book is downright entertaining and full of wonderfully useful observations. It is engaging, critical, and thought-provoking in all the right ways. It introduces Latin–and perhaps language in general–as not merely a product of a culture, but a driving force behind its development. More on this in a minute.
One of the (very, very few) negative reviewers of this book complained that they like their history with a bit of fiction. But those that feel that way don't seem to fully get the study of history. In fact, they might not have fully understood the book–and that isn't the fault of Nicholas Ostler, whose grasp of language is astonishing and impressive. Rather, Ostler goes out of his way to illuminate the fact that history and language are as much a part of one another; and language is itself a complex entity that fuses with the self-concept which, above all else, contains personal fictions.
Ostler writes, "Languages create worlds to live in, not just in the minds of their speakers, but in their lives, and in their descendents' lives, where those ideas become real." And he demonstrates this great truth about language, essentially writing on semiotics without actually referencing it, in the whole of the first chapter. But the examples of such a phenomenon extend beyond the signs and symbols of the book. This can be seen everywhere, id est, the Roman motto Pax Orbis Terrarum found on coins throughout the first centuries BCE and CE are anything but 'fact'; so what is it if not a type of 'fiction'? And what might that say about the Romans and, consequently, the power of Latin for the Romans? Ostler is correct when he writes that Latin is the language of an Empire (though it was also the language of a Republic); one can hardly think of the Romans without thinking of the Latin language. When someone travels to Rome, the old ruins greet them in Latin; M. AGRIPPA L. F. COS. TERTIUM FECIT ('Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, in his third consulate, made it'), S(enatus) P(opulus) Q(ue) R(omanus), A CUBICULO AUGUSTORUM ('From the bedchamber of the Caesars'). One cannot remove the two without losing a bit of something important.
The strength of the first chapter of this book is in how well it lays the groundwork for the rest of it. One needs an established grounding of the function of a language within a society, how it is both a part of, and a mule tugging along, a cultures evolution. So far this book is impressive and I hope to get into more detailed reviews as the book progresses, ceteris paribus.
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As part of AdvisorOne's Special Report, 22 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2012, throughout the month of March 2012, we are partnering with our Summit Business Media sister service, Tax Facts Online, to take a deeper dive into certain tax planning issues in a convenient Q&A format. In this, the seventh article, we look at life insurance proceeds and federal estate tax.
When can a beneficiary of life insurance proceeds be held liable for payment of federal estate tax falling on the insured's estate?
The executor has primary liability for paying federal estate tax and is expected to pay it from the probate estate before distribution. Under IRC Section 2206, unless the decedent has directed otherwise, the executor ordinarily may recover from a named beneficiary such portion of the total tax paid as the proceeds included in the gross estate and received by the beneficiary bear to the taxable estate.
In the case of insurance proceeds receivable by the surviving spouse and qualifying for the marital deduction, IRC Section 2206 applies, if at all, only to proceeds in excess of the aggregate amount of marital deduction allowed the estate. Most states also have apportionment laws under which life insurance beneficiaries share the estate tax burden with estate beneficiaries.
It is not entirely clear whether IRC Section 2206 imposes a duty on the executor to seek apportionment, or only gives the executor the power to do so. Where the executor is unable to recover a pro-rata share of the estate tax from the beneficiary of the life insurance proceeds, the estate cannot claim a deduction under IRC Section 2054; it is a bad debt and as such is not deductible under IRC Section 2054. A legatee whose share of the estate bears the burden of tax attributable to the proceeds, however, is entitled to a bad debt deduction.
If the government is unable to collect the estate tax from the insured's estate, the tax can be collected from the beneficiary of the life insurance proceeds up to the full amount of the proceeds if the value of the proceeds was includable in the gross estate. Any person who receives property includable in a decedent's gross estate under IRC Sections 2034 to 2042 is liable for the tax.
It is immaterial that the insured's will directed payment from the insured's general estate. An insurance company holding the proceeds under a settlement option is not liable for the tax. There is a split of authority as to whether transferee liability for interest on any unpaid tax is limited to the amount of proceeds received from the decedent's estate.
See all six articles from Tax Facts Online, part of AdvisorOne's 22 Days of Tax Planning for 2012 Special Report.


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We're really late off the bat with this one, so I'll keep it short and sweet.
I'm full of caffeine, sugar, and absolutely sick of dull, worthy music. Noisy indie rock. I have the attention span of a goldfish, and I need something to jump about in my face and ENTERTAIN me. Something gloriously silly, gloriously catchy, melodic and eminently danceable. This album delivers on all counts.
It's electro-pop, but not perpetrated by the tedious armies of bored, coked-up electroclash tits who plagued the genre some years previous. This comes wired directly from the brains of attention-deficit French stoners. They jump around on stage. They layer ludicrously catchy synth lines and cute, loud, impatient outbursts of silly vocal over rock-solid quirky house beats. They have Tigerbeat6 pedigree. They are, frankly, the shit, and this is their best, poppiest album to date.
"Today, I think I have enough now! So can you please! turn my brain off! So can you please! Turn my brain off!"
Yes please. Brains are not required for dancing. And I take back my comment about goldfish - I'm sure if a tank of them were played this album they'd flap around dancing for way more than seven seconds. It's that fucking catchy.
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Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.preview
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Business advertisement contained in the Automobile Club of Wichita's "Year Book" for 1909 to 1910. "Woody" Hockaday, a automobile dealer from Wichita, launched a campaign to mark Kansas auto routes. Later in 1918, he published a road map showing 33 marked highways in the United States.preview
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