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The "Official" Story
The NFL Replacement Referees 2012
"Justice is indivisible. Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, I would like to talk about the debacle that is… The Replacement Officials of 2012. Now, if you follow Free Your Mind Online, then you probably are used to me speaking on much more relevant topics than sports. But by the end, you will see that this may be the most relevant topic ever elucidated on since this blogs inception.
Before I even begin, please don't take anything I say in this article personal. I'm just speaking in general to all of us (including myself). This piece will be extremely controversial and I'm sure that I will fall out of favor with a lot of people. But… that's okay. The truth must be told.
Now… You may be wondering why I started off an NFL blog post with a quote from Martin Luther King. Stay tuned.
Before we get to the story of the refs, let's travel back in time. In 2006, the NFL and the NFLPA signed a 301 page document entitled, "NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, 2006-2012." Even though this deal was to last up until the 2012 season, Article LVIII, Section 3 dictated that either the NFL or the NFLPA could opt out of the deal (making the 2010 season the last) as long as they gave a written notice by 11/08/2008. The NFL owners did just that.
The NFL opted out because it didn't like its share of the current revenue. The owners were claiming that they were having financial struggles. From 2008-2010 no new agreement was reached. The NFL players were fine with the deal and wanted to continue to play. They asked the NFL to extend the deal in order to reach a new deal without interrupting operations. No cigar. The NFLPA decertified, negotiations broke down, and the NFL Owners locked out the players and the war began.
This lockout shut down all NFL operations, including free agency, training camp, active players healthcare etc. It also halted the NFL officials union from reopening their negotiations with the league for their CBA which would expire in 2012. The NFL had claimed that it was having financial struggles, and therefore needed to reduce the player's revenue share by 18 percent ($1 Billion dollars). They even proposed an 18 game schedule to increase their revenues (even though they claimed that player safety was their priority).
But, the NFL refused to open their books and show any evidence that they were operating at a loss. And on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled that the NFL owners had violated its agreement with the union and stockpiled 4 Billion dollars to prepare for the lockout. He wrote, "The record shows that the NFL undertook contract renegotiations to advance its own interests and harm the interests of the players,"
The war of words between the players and the NFL got heated. Many players spoke out, calling the commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL hypocrites and crooks. Adrian Peterson even went as far as to use the term Modern day slavery! Wow! The question was often asked, "Who will win this battle?" And everyone agreed. It was the owners, because they were making the REAL money.
As time passed, people began more nervous about losing games and even worse… Fantasy Football was in jeopardy! A few weighed in on both sides on who was right or wrong, but most people had the same sentiment. WE DON'T CARE WHO IS RIGHT OR WRONG… WE JUST WANT TO WATCH FOOTBALL!
More time passed, and the two sides came closer together. Then… The owners announced a deal that they had approved. The players didn't like it, and resisted. And for the most part, the fans and the media jumped them saying, "This is a fair deal. Why won't they take it? Stop being prideful and let us have our game back!" The back and forth continued a little longer, and the last of the kinks got worked out. In due time, the fans got what they wanted, the lockout ended (on July 21, 2011), and all was soon forgotten.
Fast forward to June of 2012. In 2005, the NFL had agreed to a contract with the NFL Referees Association that would last through the 2011 season. The current referees had been guaranteed a retirement pension plan in the 2005 deal, but the NFL wanted to get rid of that and replace it with a 401K (reducing the leagues funding obligation). The refs wanted to keep that pension plan, and that was the major dispute between them and the league.
The NFL season was coming up soon and neither side was going to back down. So the NFL locked out the referees and on June 4th, 2012 they announced that they would hire replacement refs.
The fans were immediately uneasy. How would this affect the games? Who are these people who will be hired? These replacement officials consisted of high school and lower college officials, Arena League officials, and of course… officials that had been FIRED from the Lingerie League.
The preseason started, and ridiculousness quickly ensued. The officials were bad, and the fans were mad. Blown calls occurred left and right! But it wasn't so much just the blown calls (that always happened), it was the fact that the officials were losing control of the games and they were terrible to watch.
It was also a player safety issue. With all of the new focus on concussions and illegal hits, how could the replacement refs (who could barely master the application of the rules) focus on safety aspect of the game? There was a lot of grumbling amongst the fans, calling the NFL hypocritical. The season came, and a deal between the refs and the league was never made. So the terrible officiating continued into the season.
Even though the officiating was horrible, the general consensus was that if it didn't end up directly costing a team a game that the NFL wouldn't be compelled to cave in to the refs and make a deal. But on Monday night September 24th 2012, it happened.
The Inaccurate Reception
This was a tragic event. This was the NFL's "fall from grace." The refs had directly decided a game. The fans (not just Green Bay, but worldwide) were outraged. Over 70,000 people called in to the league office and left messages! Even President Obama weighed in on the action. The commissioner, Roger Goodell had the power to overturn this call, but chose not to. The NFL released a statement on the Tuesday after standing behind the results of the game.
And that was the last straw. The NFL had insulted the fans intelligence. And this time, the fans weren't going to stand for it. The grumblings got more and more intense. Thousands of people began to sign petitions to support the refs and tell the NFL to stop "nickel and diming" them. After all, the NFL was pulling in 9 Billion Dollars, but were fighting the refs over about 3.2 million dollars. People wanted a deal done, and done quickly to give us our game back!
Then, people began to call in and write to the sports networks saying, "That's it! I'm not watching the NFL anymore! All of the sportscasters responded by saying, "No, we don't believe you. You are going to continue watching. We are helpless to stop watching this game. You may be angry… but you will continue to tune in."
And while the aforementioned statement may have been true for most people, the NFL knew that it wasn't true for all. Eventually the ratings would go down (if even just a little), which would end up costing the league more than the 3.2 million dollars that they were fighting the refs over.
So… Miraculously, in less than 3 days ( even BEFORE the upcoming Thursday game), the NFL was able compromise and to come to a deal with the referees. The details of that deal began to come out, but most fans weren't even concerned with it. They were just happy that they had their football back.
In that next game, the real referees took the field to a standing ovation (imagine that)! The league claimed that it hadn't been "punked" into signing a deal, but we all know the truth. The people had spoken, and changes had been made.
But… all wasn't well. People were still upset. The Packers had lost a game that could (and still may) come back and haunt them. The league had shown its true colors. And even though we would continue to watch the games, a bad taste was left in our mouths.
And I have to admit that I too was left with a bad taste in my mouth. But you see I was never angry with the NFL. I was never angry with the replacement officials and any of the blown calls (including the one that cost the Packers). My problem was WITH THE FANS! Because this was THEIR fault! Yes, you heard me correctly. The fans were and are responsible for this outrage.
You see, people say things like… "Oh look, the NFL Owners are greedy. They make billions and are nickel and diming the refs. "Oh look, the league is being hypocritical. They say they want safety, but they put replacements on the field!"
Well ladies and gentleman… GUESS WHAT! We should have known that the league was hypocritical when it said they wanted safety, but yet pushed for an 18 game season and now has a game on every Thursday! We KNEW that the owners where greedy when they locked out the players to get more revenue share when they already made billions. We knew that owners were greedy when Drew Brees, Matt Forte, Chris Johnson and DeSean Jackson could hardly get fair market value contracts.
And when players spoke out against the commissioner and the league about how hypocritical they were, the media and the fans chastised THEM for "disrespecting" authority and undermining the integrity of the league! How ironic.
Why didn't 70,000 people call in to the league office when the NFL was pushing for more games? Why aren't 70,000 people calling the league about games on Thursday?
You know why? Because we don't give a D**N about player safety. We just want to watch our football. We love Thursday games. We didn't care about the NFL being hypocrites, because their hypocrisy didn't affect US!
Why didn't 70,000 people call into the league office when the NFL claimed they were struggling financially, yet refused to open its books and show where it was losing money before getting caught stockpiling 4 billion dollars?
You know why? Because we didn't care that the NFL was greedy. Their greed wasn't affecting US! As long as everyone ELSE was getting screwed, we were fine. We didn't have a problem until WE got screwed! We didn't care about who was right or wrong until WE got wronged.
So, how can you be mad at the league for disregarding player safety when YOU don't care about player safety? How can you be mad at the league for being selfish and greedy when YOU are selfish and greedy? How can you be mad at the league for being hypocritical when YOU are a hypocrite?
So I don't want to hear all of this whining and moaning (saying the same things we condemned the players for saying) about the league being selfish, greedy and hypocritical. The league HAS ALWAYS been selfish, greedy and hypocritical. And if "We The Fans" had held the NFL accountable for their selfishness, greediness, and hypocrisy while they were screwing others, then none of this would have ever happened.
If the Law of Attraction teaches us anything, it's that people get what people deserve. What goes around comes around. Like attracts like. So while you sit around and watch The Mann screw everyone else. Just keep sitting there, because eventually The Mann will screw YOU.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had it right. "Justice is indivisible. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that's why this post is just as relevant as anything that I have written upon. It's not just about sports, it about life. Most people don't care about what's right or wrong, unless it applies to them. People don't see tyranny until it comes knocking on their door. And that's why the world is in the shape that it's in right now.
Martin Niemöller wrote a poem called First They Came about the rise of the Nazi's rise to power and the Jewish Holocaust. It went as follows.
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.
True indeed. This piece applies to everyone from the sports fan to the conspiracy theorists to the conscious population. I have written many articles on injustices here on the planet (and I will continue to do so). I've talked about secret societies, health conspiracies, Federal income tax, the Federal Reserve Bank and anything else you want to think about.
But the truth is that we can sit here all day and talk about the Illuminati, The Vatican, Skull and Bones and all of the diabolical elite. But we can't really be mad and them because they are nothing more than a reflection of the Population In General.
A few years back a documentary was done that was call from Freedom to Fascism. This is a great documentary (that I recommend) to watch, but the only problem that I had with it was the premise that America was free until a group stole our freedom in 1913. I'm here to say that this is an incorrect premise.
Tyranny didn't begin here in the year 1913. Tyranny did not begin here even as a result of anything that happened on May 1st 1776. Tyranny began on this soil in the year 1492… by a man who we celebrated earlier this month. This tyranny was continued by those "Founding Fathers" in 1776 who are said to have founded this country on "Christian" values.
The same secret societies that we complain about today are the same ones that the Founding Fathers were in. But the tyranny of 1492 and 1776 didn't affect everyone; it only affected certain people, while benefiting others. But now that those same elite groups of people have now streamlined and are directing their tyrannical efforts towards everyone, people are beginning to have a real problem.
I realize that the past can't be changed, but our perspective can be. You can't fight against tyranny while simultaneously celebrating tyrants. You can't move towards freedom while simultaneously paying homage to those who stole and restricted freedom. We don't need to return this country back to the so called glory days of July 4, 1776. What we need here is freedom and justice for all.
Mike Adams of Natural News wrote a great article (Philosophy of Freedom) on those who are opposed to the U.S. government restricting OUR freedom, while at the same time supporting their right to restrict other people's freedom. His perspective is right on the money.
In conclusion, there has been much said about what we can do to stop those wicked rulers who run the planet. But the true solution is not without, it is within. Your wish is your command. Once people begin to desire true justice, instead of "Just Us," then that is ultimately what we will get.
But until then… the struggle continues.
So until next time.
Free Your Mind… Online.
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Magnolia Greens Golf Plantation will host a day of free golf activities during PGA Play Golf America Day from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. April 18.
About 15 months ago, I wrote about the Brunswick Community College Horticulture and Turfgrass Management Program and their new, on-campus facility.
This past week, I revisited BCC and talked again with Dean Bennett, director of the program, and Jace Myers, turfgrass instructor. My interest had been piqued because students from the turf school had been at Cinghiale Creek (home of The First Tee of Brunswick County) since January building a huge new bunker next to the south green.
Despite recent rain showers, we are in a drought. The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council has Brunswick County listed as "abnormally dry" as of March 10.
Naturally, a drought affects golf courses in a big way. It impacts the way they look and the way they are maintained Drought is costly in water and in energy.
The Renegades annual St Patrick's Day Tournament was played March 19 at Palmetto Greens Golf Club. Thirty-six Renegades and their guests participated. The team game was one low net, two low nets, three low nets. 1. Bob Kilgore, Laura Duncan, Ruth Peagler Falls, Bill Altreuter; 2. Sharon Clark, Carolyn Bosman, Barbara Malina, Martha Hannon; 3. Carol Groner, Jean Falls, Lin Penta, Jane Mahncke; 4. Kathy Harniman, Sharon Donohue, Jerry Powers, George Malina; 5. Karen Hertling, Teddy Altreuter, Joe Clark, Doug Falls. Closest to the pin: Bill Altreuter.
What do you get when you mix together one senior, one junior, two sophomores and three freshmen on one Class 3-A golf team? A small, young team with more opportunities for everyone to play and gain valuable experience against stronger New Hanover county 4-A schools.
West Brunswick High School golf coach, Ron Ambrose, agrees.
March 13 is a memorable day for Steve Wilson: it is daughter Stephanie's birthday.
But March 13—and March 14—became memorable this year for another reason: Wilson made a hole-in-one each day on the Sea Trail golf courses. They were the first aces he ever made.
Wilson is better known in the area for being on the board of directors of Brunswick Family Assistance than for his golf. BFA assists the needy families in Brunswick County with such essentials as food, clothing, housing needs and bill payments.
The governing club of this year's season of the Brunswick Ladybirds is Brunswick Plantation. The officers are Sue Sadlon, president; Carrie Wilson, vice president/treasurer and Laura Lagenaur, secretary.
The first tournament, which officially kicked off the season, was played March 11 at Oak Island. Following are the results:
If you've played golf as long as I have, you can look back at all the crazy things that happened on the course and laugh.
A dog darts out of the woods, grabs a ball off the green and disappears into the trees. A fabulously long drive rolls toward the pond and nestles against a sleeping gator.
The Brierwood Men's Golf Association Senior and Super Senior tournament were played March 5 and Saturday. The format was full handicap stroke play. In the Senior class (69 and younger), Marty Waldron was first at 133, Jim Bryant second at 135, Marty Brkal third at 137 and George Edwards fourth at 138. In the Super Senior class (70 and older), Hollen Groff was first at 136, Jim Pope and Jim Roach second at 140 and Dennis Shea third at 141.
Every two years, The First Tee has a network meeting where representatives from all 207 First Tee chapters meet and greet each other, attend educational seminars and listen to speakers like Colin Powell.
During those meetings, Home Office recognizes those who have made a difference, those who have gone above and beyond to help kids learn golf and life skills.
On March 1, Rusty and Carol Petrea of Ocean Isle Beach received The First Tee Founders Award at the 2009 Network Meeting in San Jose, Calif.
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Outer Banks - Duck, NC - April, 2011
We had a wonderful family vacation over the Easter holiday. We picked up Shannon's parents in Virginia and stayed a night in the area touring historic Williamsburg (the original national capitol) and one of the original colonies in York. The next day we drove to the Outer Banks to begin our holiday in Duck. We rented an 8 bedroom, 7 bath house, called The Beach House on the Moon. Erik, Sara and Carolyn, who had been in Raleigh, drove up and met us there. The vacation was relaxing and adventuresome all at once. With my parents we visited four of the Outer Banks Lighthouses and explored Cape Hatteras National Seashore. We all enjoyed our walks on the beach and family dinners together. Erik and Joe got to play golf and I got to have a spa day with Sara and my Mom and Carolyn got her first Easter basket. What a fantastic time we all had together!Read More
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I've been asked to speculate about the future in several emails, mostly from panicked authors whose Kindle sales have gone down in June. My sales have also dropped off about 15%, pretty much across the board. I was averaging 831 daily sales in May. So far in June, I'm at 725 a day. On Nook, I was averaging 50 a day. This month, I'm averaging 40.
In the print world, it's normal for sales to slow down. But this is the first time I've noticed a downward trend in ebook sales.
Here are a few reasons this might be happening. Again, this is speculation.
1. June is usually slow. Kids are getting out of school, lots of graduations, people planning vacations, spending more time doing outdoor activities. Buying ebooks isn't their priority.
This may be true, because this seems to be happening across the board for all authors.
2. Amazon had their summer sale and dropped the prices on 600 ebooks to under $2.99, which hurt a lot of authors' rankings.
While that could explain Amazon sales, mine haven't rebounded since their promotion ended. It also doesn't explain my 22% drop in Nook sales.
3. More competition from a huge influx of new ebooks, both indie and legacy, is making it harder for ebooks and authors to be discovered.
Possible, but not probable. If this is oversaturation, it happened really fast. To account for a 15% loss in sales, that would mean Amazon had an influx of at least 150,000 new ebooks in June (Assuming they already have a million Kindle titles.) I say "at least" because that would assume all 150,000 of those new titles are selling well enough to hurt my sales by 15%.
That doesn't seem likely.
4. Perhaps there are too many ebooks for too few ereaders.
Possible again, but there are millions of ereaders sold, and hundreds of millions of devices capable of reading ebooks. Plus, ereaders continue to sell well. It seems impossible to ever fully saturate this market.
Hit books like The DaVinci Code or the Millenium Trilogy or Harry Potter are bought by hundreds of millions of readers, but they still haven't reached everyone. An ebook author should be able to sell several million ebooks before this becomes an issue.
5. While ebooks do sell for longer periods, there is a natural decline in sales, just like print books.
I believe ebooks are forever, but what goes up must come down. Neither Locke nor Hocking have also seen slower sales, based on their rankings.
6. People have grown tired of ebooks, and are no longer interested in buying them.
If that's the case, they must have gotten tired of books in general. Both Borders and Barnes & Noble have recently posted big losses. But B&N had a digital sales jump.
Obviously, we need a few more months of data to see if sales continue to drop, if they stabilize, or if they rebound.
That said, here are my thoughts.
Ebooks will continue to rise in popularity and become the dominant form of reading. This hasn't changed.
Obviously there will be more competition as more authors publish ebooks, but a constant influx of new customers buying new ereading devices (and an eventual global market for ereaders) will continue to drive sales.
Summer is slow. But once the holiday season comes around again, there will be another boost in sales across the board. This year should be bigger than last year, as ereader prices come down and move from early adopters into the mainstream.
In other words, no one needs to panic. No business has constant, unstoppable growth. Sales fluctuate. This is normal.
So what should authors be doing?
1. Keep writing. New ebooks will buoy the sales of backlist titles.
2. Cultivate a fanbase. Make sure they know when you have a new ebook released.
3. Experiment with different marketing techniques. Facebook, Twitter, bundling, putting ebooks on sale, using freebies, excerpts, clickable bibliographies, and so on.
4. Cultivate relationships with the epublishers. This is very difficult to do, but getting in good with the people selling your ebooks can only help your sales.
5. Be patient. I've heard from countless authors who are concerned that they aren't rich yet. Building a backlist, and a fanbase, takes time. Don't expect instant success. As I've said, this is a marathon, not a sprint.
I've also said that ebooks are forever. That's a long time to accrue sales.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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What is sustainable rubber?
Thursday - Rubber is one of the worlds most widely used materials, but irresponsible farming methods have led to deforestation and human rights abuses as the sector has grown.
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Look what happened when they cleaned up this rubbish beach
21 Mar 19 - Baby-turtles have officially returned to Mumbai - and it's all because one of the worlds largest beach clean-up efforts.
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19 Mar 19 - Major Japanese investors, including those most indebted to coal, are seeking to back large-scale renewables projects across Asia, marking a monumental shift that energy market analysts say is the start of the end for thermal coal.
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8 Feb 19 - At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asias towering Himalaya mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change with serious consequences for almost two billion people.
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4 Feb 19 - Toxic smog has forced Bangkok authorities to issue an unprecedented order to shut nearly 450 schools as authorities struggled to manage a pollution crisis that has stirred widespread concern.
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1 Feb 19 - Bali has announced plans to implement a tourist tax which targets plastic pollution.
Vietnam milk boom leads to billions of cartons on beaches
12 Dec 18 - More than eight billion Tetra Paks are sold every year in Vietnam and only a few percent are recycled. Its having a devastating effect on the environment.
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4 Dec 18 - It's a public health crisis that kills almost five million people in Asia every year. So why isnt air pollution a bigger story?
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29 Nov 18 - It's not only glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica that are feeling the effects of a changing climate.
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28 Nov 18 - Busy shipyards along the coasts of South Korea, China and Japan are competing for lucrative contracts to build liquefied natural gas carriers.
Sweet taste of chocolate has turned sour for orangutans
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9 Oct 18 - The worlds largest palm oil company has unveiled a plan to cut deforestation and labour abuses out of its supply chain within two years.
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Silent sirens
The town sirens in Carlton County communities have been silent the last few months when the fire department or emergency medical services are called.
"Thirty to 50 years ago, the sirens were used to call the firefighters or the ambulance," said Brian Belich, the Emergency Management Director for Carlton County in a recent interview. "The sirens would let the public know that the firefighters would be driving to the fire hall and to watch for the emergency vehicles."
However, the use of the sirens also had drawbacks.
"They created a false sense of security," said Belich. "It really hit me when I talked to people that had been playing golf at the Black Bear Golf Course. Dark clouds passed over, and, when the golfers heard the siren in Carlton, they took shelter in the clubhouse. That puts it in perspective. It wasn't a dangerous weather situation; the siren was blowing for another reason."
Belich said that people were accustomed to hearing frequent sirens and didn't pay attention to them. Or they didn't know the meaning of the different siren blasts.
"The siren itself won't tell people what to do," he said.
Firefighters and ambulance personnel carry pagers and radios, and have been alerted with that technology in recent years.
"Siren calls are a thing of the past," said Belich.
Belich explained that the Emergency Management group discussed discontinuing the use of the sirens for quite some time.
"It was not an easy decision and not a quick decision," he said. "We talked about it for almost a year. Change is hard.
"The logic of it is that everyone is on the same page. We will fall into step with the state test at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month by setting off the sirens."
The sirens will still be used for weather alerts, such as during the tornado season, he added, or to warn of hazardous spills that will affect a community.
"When there is a spill or threatening weather, a message will be scrolled across the TV screens and broadcast on the radio," said Belich. "Next year, we will take the next step in alerting the public. We are planning on adding texting on cell phones and computers to alert the public."
Belich added that the new system is costly, and it will take time to implement the new technology.
With the new 800 megahertz system now in use in Carlton County, which uses a narrow bandwidth, there has been concern that the sirens are compatible with the new system.
It has been said that Moose Lake's siren is new enough to be compatible with the new system, and Barnum's siren is also compatible.
The city of Barnum has been without a siren since the control panel was damaged during the installation of controls for the city's new well.
The city council had been searching for a new siren, and was expecting to pay well over $10,000 when a siren became available at no charge.
"Jeff Juntunen of the Esko Fire Department said that they had the old sirens from Duluth," explained Public Works Supervisor Brett Collier in a telephone interview. "The person that removed the sirens is the same person that put one of those sirens up in Barnum. We are waiting for DSC Communications to come and install the new control panel."
Collier added that he made sure that the siren would be compatible with the new radio system before it was installed.
Although the sirens are not being used for emergency calls in many of the cities in Carlton County, Collier explained that the sirens are owned by the cities, and that each city can determine if the siren will be used for emergency calls.
"We haven't decided that yet in Barnum," said Collier. "We are still discussing whether we will use the siren as we did before or just for weather warnings."


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The legendary bike gang returns ... and this time the initiation is going to be brutal. Spokes III takes the themes of sexual submission and intense group sex of Falcon Classics Spokes and Spokes II to the next level.When Mason Wyler arrives at his friend Ross Stuart's farm for a summer, he's warned to stay away from the bike gang that rides through town this time every year. Stuart provides him with a cautionary tale of watching some of the guys fucking around in the garage the summer before. Mason's intrigued, but stays away ... or does he?With the initiation coming up, Mason can't stay way from the barn. Ross is there too, but turns out he's already been initiated. That leaves just Mason as the new recruit and he's got to take the entire gang one by one, making for the most explosive gangbang ever caught on film: Mason's ass versus all eight members of the gang. Will he make it into the gang? Will he even survive?Starring Falcon Exclusives Tyler Marks, Derrick Vinyard, Pierre Fitch and Ralph Woods. Also starring Mason Wyler, Jeremy Hall, Justin Wells, Dakota Rivers and Ross Stuart.
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Hey, Calgary! We're looking at you today for SoundCloud Local. We found a diverse set of SoundCloud members here. Hear for yourself below!
Valiska is a experimental ambient, noise music project coming out of Calgary. "Through the use of synthesizers, guitars, field recordings and processing, Valiska often creates pieces that are simultaneously noisy and beautiful." There's some awesome stuff on their SoundCloud page already. Check it out!
Based in Calgary, Crimson is more commonly known as Cam Boyd. He's part of a collective called TheRinseOut. This group represents forward-thinking music, art and creativity. Crimson's music is electronic-based with lots of experimental aspects to it. Check it out for yourself below.
Animattronic has been making music for approximately 8 years now. He first started out creating computer music, then matured his sounds and moved on to cinematic tracks. If you wanted to classify his music as a specific genre though, you could put it under "steampunk electro rock".
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Here's a young, 19-year-old composer and musician straight out of the high, dry, and unpredictable climate of Calgary! His name is Ian and he's been experimenting with music since he started piano lessons and now creates mostly orchestral, film music. Check out the themes he's created below.
And, wait! Here's more! Woulg (aka Greg D.) produces IDM, glitchy, electronic music. He's on Outlier Recordings and is previewing his upcoming EP, "Floating longingly towards the sun", on SoundCloud as well. You can hear some of it and the rest of his productions and creations below.
Hope we left you wanting more because there's some over at: citysounds.fm/calgary
And if you're based there and we didn't get around to featuring you, please join the group and submit some tracks.
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I've almost convinced Andy to write a Christmas-movie screenplay with me. Not an awesome movie like Elf, or Prancer, or The Family Man. But a made-for-TV one (what's not awesome about these!) like Boyfriend for Christmas (pictured above), Christmas Do-Over, or Holiday in Handcuffs. I've told him that it's easy: All we need to do is pick out and incorporate about ten of these Christmas-movie must-contains and we'll be set:
A character named Holly, Mary, Merry, Chris, Kris, Christy, Kristin, Nick, Nicholas, Rudolpha, Carol, Noel, Noelle, or some diminutive of Ebeneezer.
A widow.
A widower.
An orphan.
A soldier, sailor, or marine.
A homeless person who is, it is suspected, actually Santa/God/an angel.
A soup kitchen.
A workaholic corporate suit who schedules meetings on Christmas Eve and has clearly forgotten the reason for the season.
A cottage industry/family business in danger of being put out of business by big-box store/urban development/greedy coporation.
A character who pretends to be someone else.
A blizzard that knocks out all forms of transportation or communication.
Two characters who hate each other forced, by the blizzard, to spend the night in a cabin with no utilities and who wind up in love by the next morning.
A stinky, drunk department-store Santa. Who hates kids.
Someone in a Santa suit who stole something who is now being chased by a hundred other people in Santa suits. Through Manhattan.
Santa who falls ill/is too old/has lost hope, and Christmas is in danger of being cancelled.
Santa's son or daughter who must take over his job reluctantly, or with difficult conditions (must marry today by midnight, e.g.).
A child who knows more than all of the adults combined.
Stupid adults.
Toy freak out: not enough toys, wrong toys, toys lost, toys not able to reach their destinations.
A character who absolutely hates Christmas due to some past loss. Loss occuring around Christmastime.
A character who loves Christmas when everyone else around him/her hates it.
Overworked elf. Lazy elf. Cranky elf. Naive elf. One nice elf.
A character who returns home to find that things have changed. And, in a weird way, stayed much the same.
A character, unlucky in love, who returns home to find their high-school sweetheart conveniently unmarried.
A deer. Could be reindeer. Could be Rudolph.
Miracle snow.
Right? Now, which ten, which ten . . . Hmmm.


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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Bill, Are You Bogus?
In a barter system, people have to trade goods and services for other goods and services. In an economy that produces millions of goods and services, barter is very difficult. Think of all the stuff (goods and services) you have. What if you and your parents had to trade other stuff to get your stuff? What if your mom and dad were paid in stuff rather than in money?
That is why we have money. Money makes it easier to produce and exchange goods and services. Because of money, the economy becomes more efficient and people can get more stuff. It is the stuff, not the money, that people really want. But without good money, we cannot get more stuff.
Therefore, money serves as a medium of exchange. All this means is that people exchange money for goods and services.
But people cannot exchange money for goods and services if they can not trust the money. If someone gives you counterfeit, bogus or fake money, for stuff, you are just stuck. They have the stuff, and you have nothing in return. You have nothing to trade for something else because that money is no good. That is why the government tries to make it difficult to counterfeit money. Let us see how they do this.
How about a close up look at a $100 bill, the one redesigned in 1996? Visit the Anatomy of a Bill
Click on different parts of the bill to learn about it. Did you realize that our bank notes have so many details? Share some things you have discovered with classmates.
The location "Anatomy of a Bill: the Printed Elements," has more information and pictures of the actual printing process. Look for details of intaglio printing, color-shifting, the hidden messages of micro-printing, and the use of serial numbers.
When you get to the bottom of the printing page screen, click on "Anatomy of a Bill Paper." This part of the lesson tells how money is protected from counter- feiters.
Explain five things the government does to make it more difficult to counterfeit a $100 bill.
- Why did the government make it more difficult to counterfeit a $100 bill?
At the next site you can be a Bogus Bill detective and investigate a bill to see if it is real or not. How many errors can you spot?
Ask, "Bill, are you bogus?"
We know "making money" is hard but did you realize how really complicated the actual process is? Share what you have learned with your family tonight.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: Friday, June 28, 2011
District: 6
Contact: Jose L. Camarena
Phone: 559-488-4067
Caltrans awards its first innovative design-build project
FRESNO – Caltrans today announced that it has awarded its first design-build project – the State Highway 99 Chowchilla Rehabilitation Project – to Granite Construction Company. Caltrans will utilize the design-build project delivery method, which streamlines a project by overlapping the design and construction phases. The project could be completed up to a year ahead of schedule by using design-build.
"Caltrans is taking advantage of innovative solutions like design-build to be more efficient and get the most out of taxpayer's investments in our transportation system," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Design-build is currently being used in 32 other states. Caltrans obtained design-build authority in February 2009 with the passage of Senate Bill 4 (second extraordinary session). The legislation established a demonstration program, which allows 10 design-build projects for Caltrans and five for local transportation agencies, subject to authorization by the California Transportation Commission.
The project will repair nearly four miles of Highway 99 in both directions in Chowchilla from the South Madera Overcrossing to the Avenue 16 Overcrossing. Existing guardrail, lights, signs, and drainage systems within the project limits will also be upgraded or repaired, as needed.
"Highway 99 is the transportation backbone of the Central Valley and one of the primary corridors through Madera County," said Caltrans District 6 Interim Director Sharri Bender-Ehlert. "This project will save tax dollars by decreasing maintenance expenses and ensuring goods and services are delivered safely and efficiently."
Construction on the $37 million project is planned to begin in mid-July 2011 and is estimated for completion by December 2012.
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1989: Michelle Guilfoil served in Central African Republic in Berberati beginning in 1989
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Michelle Guilfoil can be contacted at michelledguilfoilaeddgov
Country of Service: Central African Republic
Training Group: Education
Cities you served in: Berberati
Arrival Year: 1989
Departure Year: 1991
Work Description: TEFL instructor for 10th-12th grades
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
I work in the field of International Education. Currently, I'm at the US
Dept. of Education working on a Fulbright-Hays program that sends US
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One of the best things I've ever done.
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"Lots of small people in lots of small places doing lots of small things can change the face of the world." This is written on what remains of the Berlin Wall. And that's exactly what happened. It was not the rulers of the world but the regular people of Berlin who took down the Wall in 1989. An approximate 1-kilometre-long section of the wall has been preserved, which now – colourfully painted – forms the East Side Gallery. A vibrant and vivid protest.
Berlin and the Wall are inextricably linked. This tangible symbol of the Cold War was demolished with great enthusiasm after the fall of the Wall and later sold piece by piece by the destitute DDR (German Democratic Republic) authorities. Part of the Wall is still intact, such as along the Spree on Mühlenstraße where 1,316 metres of hideously reinforced concrete was converted in 1990 by 116 artists from 21 countries into the world's longest open-air gallery.
The East Side Gallery is the most famous and longest remaining section of the Wall that separated East Berlin from West Berlin. This open-air gallery, which attracts more than a million tourists each year, was in an appalling condition only a few years ago. Many of the artworks had been eroded by the elements and destroyed by graffiti vandals and tourists who had scratched phrases into the Wall.
For the 20th anniversary celebration of the 'Mauerfall' (fall of the Wall) in 2009, the open-air gallery underwent a 2 million euro facelift. Holes were filled, the paint steamed off and the works of art redone. Out of the 100 plus artists, 8 refused to plagiarise themselves and redo their work but, apart from those few works, the gallery was once again fully intact.
In 2013, the gallery experienced another setback when a project developer demolished 3 works of art on 23 metres of the Wall to make way for a luxury hotel – in spite of fierce protests headed by David Hasselhoff, the actor and singer who is extremely popular among Germans and primarily known from the 'Knight Rider' and 'Baywatch' series. Since the fall, the Wall has continued to engage the people of Berlin. The discussion of the destruction of the remaining sections of the Wall comes up on a regular basis.
"In spite of the protest by David Hasselhoff, 23 metres of the Wall were demolished to build a luxury hotel"
The East Side Gallery still stands and the most famous works of art have not disappeared. 'Mein Gott, hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben' by Dmitri Vrubel is a famous graffiti work that depicts a 'brotherly kiss' between Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev and DDR Leader Erich Honecker. And in 'Test the Rest' by Birgit Kinder, the East German Trabant breaks through the Wall to the West. Directly next to the demolished section are the colourful heads of Thierry Noir, a favourite photo spot for tourists, as is the psychedelic painting by Gamil Gimajew. Many of the artworks convey a political message or make reference to the horrors of the Cold War, such as 'Der Mauerspringer' by Gabriel Heimler. East Germans tried to cross the Wall in all kinds of ways, usually without much success. In most cases, their attempts resulted in death rather than the much-coveted freedom.


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Entrepreneurs are seekers, doers, and optimistic change agents who are looking to break the norms, and find a way to make this world a better place for all. Entrepreneurs are the modern white knights here to save us from the "evils" of this world.
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50 Cent and Slim the Mobster have been heavily trading blows on Twitter the past few weeks, when Slim decided to open things into a whole new realm, claiming that 50 Cent was having an affair with late music exec Chris Lighty's wife. 50 and Chris had been extremely close up to his death in late August this year, so Slim's claims reach even more scandalous depths.
"Ok so now im a put some shit out there ... on my Twitterforum feddicent was having an affair with chris lighty wife."
Slim started to see backlash after posting the tweet, with one fan asking "@Slimthemobster is it really worth it to disrespect a dead man and his family over some petty beef shit you got ?"


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10 things to do with kids in Ocean City
Nearly endless fun can be had with kids at the shore, be it on the beach or on the boardwalk. Here are just a few places to start. • 100 best places to take the kids in Maryland [Pictures]
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The shock when a veteran leader like Michael Robinson is cut lasts only a moment—to succeed in this league you've got to block out sentiment and focus on the job in front of you
I grew up in Compton, went to college at Stanford and got drafted by the Seattle Seahawks—never did I imagine I'd set foot in Richmond, Va. But there I was, standing on the football field at Varina High School on May 18 for one reason and one reason only: Michael Robinson asked me to be there.
My teammate for each of my two NFL seasons was hosting a youth football camp in his hometown. Normally, when guys invite teammates to a hometown camp, they understand that not everybody will make it; things come up, and for most of us it's a hassle to break the routine of offseason preparation or to work around vacation plans. But when Mike Robinson asks you to be somewhere, you show up. Marshawn Lynch knows this. Leon Washington and Russell Wilson, too. We were all there, listening to Mike educate a group of 500 rapt young boys and their parents on the realities of our game. He told the children they could use football as an avenue to get to college, to better the lives of themselves and their families. But he warned the adults: "Every parent thinks their kid is going to go to the NFL and be successful and make all of this money, but that's not the case for every kid, and it's unfair to put those kind of expectations on a child."
Over the next three months we continued on a championship grind, working through minicamp, training camp and, last Thursday, the final preseason game. The following Friday afternoon I dozed off while watching television and woke up to this tweet from Mike: "Been real #12thMan will always have love for ya."
I gave him a call immediately. He was just as shocked as I was, and I could tell he needed some space and time to figure things out.
The feeling was surreal: They really cut Mike Robinson? There's no way, I thought. Lynch, the man Robinson has blocked for since 2010, rushed for more than 1,500 yards last season. Mike was our NFLPA rep, a special-teams captain and a Pro Bowler in 2011. At this point you feel like guys like that, who put in all the work, would get a chance to be a part of this team, of this experience. You didn't see him doing anything wrong, and you knew he wasn't injured. So what happened?
I went into the next day of practice with those questions still on my mind. Lynch and others shared my sense of shock. When a veteran gets cut, we may discuss it privately amongst ourselves, but there's no ceremony, no coach's acknowledgement of the missing man. I never saw Mike collect his things from his locker, and I didn't get to shake his hand. The next morning, it's as if no one had ever occupied the locker that once read No. 26. In meetings, the agenda is the same as it was the day before: Win today. And somebody who's no longer in the room isn't a part of today.
When a veteran gets cut, there's no ceremony, no coach's acknowledgement of the missing man. The next morning, it's as if no one had ever occupied the locker that once read No. 26.
Never mind that the veteran fullback had only three months ago assembled us here to face our collective demons. It was Robinson and a small group of veterans who called a players meeting in the wake of several PED suspensions to tell us this: "Nobody can control what you do outside this building, but you can't hurt this ball club. You have to start thinking of yourself as part of this team, first."
How devastating it must have felt, 100 days later, to be told you're no longer a part of that fraternity.
So how do we, as players, walk that line? How does one give his body and dedicate his actions to the team concept with the knowledge that your own release could come at any time? It's about living day to day, moment to moment, and not getting preoccupied with a long-term vision. When I'm out on the practice field or in the meeting room, getting cut is the last thing on my mind—I feel I'm the best cornerback in football. By the same token, I can honestly tell you that I've looked at my phone this preseason and wondered when I'm going to get the call to turn in my iPad.
Getting cut was probably the last thing on Mike's mind most days. Same goes for Marcus Trufant two years ago. He was a former Pro Bowl cornerback, but he injured his back in 2011, leading to his eventual release and to me seeing the field during my rookie season. The only way NFL teams survive personnel losses—be they cuts or injuries—is a next-man-up mentality. Seeing Marcus go was not a wake-up call for me, because my eyes were already open. I hope and suspect that seeing Mike go was not a wake-up call for my teammates: Anybody who needed a kick in the ass already got it on the way out the door.
In the end, there is no man essential to the ultimate goal: We are each parts of a whole. Some parts become friends. You share meals with them, meet their children and show up to their summer football camps, no matter how far away. They become indispensable parts of your life. Yet to identify an indispensable part on a football team is to concede defeat in the event that man's football mortality catches up with him. Every man can be replaced. In our case, fullbacks Derrick Coleman and Spencer Ware are up. Mike Robinson, unfortunately, is out.
Seahawks All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman will be contributing to The MMQB throughout the season. Read what he's written so far.


text: Why do the Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospital chefs want to show you how to make Poached Pears in Red Wine with a Balsamic Glaze reduction? Partly because it is great tasting but another reason is that it is a nearly allergen free dessert recipe. It avoids all of the eight foods that cause ninety percent of all food related allergic reactions. Those foods are milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat.Even if you have no food allergy concerns, you will want to try this recipe from Chefs Pete McGahey of Beverly Hospital and Dave Gauvin of Addison Gilbert. To start, you want a firm pear because after poaching it will become soft but you do not want it to loose its' shape by becoming mushy. Gauvin shows how to prepare the pears by peeling and removing the core. One trick, slice the bottom of the pear to make it flat so that it will stand up straight. Keeping the stem on top is all part of the presentation when it is served. After prepping the pears, place them in a pan covered by 1 glass of wine and two cups of water. Add a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar and simmer for about an hour. Gauvin uses brown sugar because he likes the way it has retains some of the molasses flavor and thinks it is good for the recipe. While pears are poaching, make the Balsamic Glaze. Gauvin says that you will not need a lot of the Balsamic Glaze reduction since it has a strong flavor. Just add about 1 and 1/2 cups of Balsamic to a shallow pan, add a couple of more tablespoons of brown sugar and reduce over low heat until thick. Place a poached pear onto a plate, sitting on the flat bottom, and drizzle the Balsamic Glaze right over the top of the pear. Unless your food allergy prohibits you from great tasting food you will have no problems with these pears. As Gaulkin says; "It does not include any dairy products, it is cooked simply and tastes great!" Pears in Red Wine Ingredients 3 pears, firm (i.e. Bosch) 1 glass (8 ounces) red wine, dry 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 cups of water For the Balsamic Glaze: 1 to 11/2 cups Balsamic Vinegar 2 tablespoons brown sugar Instructions 1. Peel and core pear, making sure to leave the stem intact. Slice the bottom of the pear so that it is flat and is able to sit evenly. 2. Place pear into a saucepan and add wine, brown sugar and water. 3. Let simmer for about an hour, until softened but not mushy. To serve, remove pears to plate and sit on the flat bottom. Spoon and drizzle a small amount of Balsamic Sauce over pear and serve. For the Balsamic Glaze: 1. Add Balsamic and brown sugar into a small saucepan and let simmer until reduced by two-thirds. Recipe courtesy of Chefs Pete McGahey and David Gauvin, Unidine, Beverly Hospital and Adam Gilbert Hospital, 2012. (c)2012 the Gloucester Daily Times (Gloucester, Mass.) Visit the Gloucester Daily Times (Gloucester, Mass.) at www.gloucestertimes.com


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Sunday, 31 March 2013
Easter Wishes.
7 comments:
And the same to you and all your followers!
- Sunday, 31 March, 2013
- ceecee said...
thank you and the same to you
- Sunday, 31 March, 2013
Thank you Nancy, I hope you have a great Easter too. Thanks also for all your hard work in keeping the blog so very interesting.
- Sunday, 31 March, 2013
Jacqueline and Colin Ridgway.
We were quite surprised that an exhibition of Harry Rutherford's paintings was held in Ashton. The majority of his paintings were of Hyde district,it seems that since Tameside was formed Ashton has become "TOP DOG" why has this happened? Hyde has more in common with Stalybridge both being in Cheshire, whilst Ashton was a Lancashire town. In Hyde Town Hall was a Mayor's Parlour where all the photo-framed pictures of previous Mayors were on display, where have all these gone? In my brother John's house there is a large reproduction of Rutherford's famous picture of Hyde Market. What is in Hyde Town Hall now? Seems everything has gone to Ashton,maybe some of the Hyde Counsellors and MP's can answer that! Thank you for your good wishes for Easter and we wish you a very Happy Easter.
- Sunday, 31 March, 2013
- Tom said...
Happy Easter Nancy
- Sunday, 31 March, 2013
- downsie21 said...
Happy Easter to everyone.
Jacqueline and Colin say " everything has gone to Ashton" but I say since amalgamation everything has gone to pot!
- Monday, 01 April, 2013
Don't forget that Hyde still has Rutherford's magnificent mural, which he painted in 1951 to commemorate the Festival of Britain. It can be found at the top of the main staircase of the town hall and is well worth looking at - can you pick out the local scenes depicted there? If TMBC wanted to remove this fine piece to Ashton, it would have to also remove the wall that it's painted on. As I'm no longer living locally, I would urge those who are to keep an eye on things there!!
- Monday, 01 April, 2013


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Eliyahu's Branches:
The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon and His Family.
by Chaim Freedman
After decades of research, a noted Israeli genealogist has produced a
book about the Vilna Gaon that contains a rare portrait of the
illustrious 18th-century Eastern European sage, a discussion of his
substantial influence on the Jewish world and a thoroughly-documented
family tree listing more than 20,000 descendants of the rabbi and his
siblings. A small portion of the tree--the first four generations--is available on the Web.
For Chaim Freedman, who has lived in Israel since 1977, the compilation
of Eliyahu's
Branches: The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon and His Family was more than just a scholarly
obsession that took hold of him as a child in his native Australia.
Freedman is an eighth-generation descendant of the Vilna Gaon who was
spurred into researching his own roots after growing up hearing
countless tales about his many cousins in Russia and their celebrated
common ancestor who died in 1797.
Branches: The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon and His Family has already received the applause
of a number of scholars.
Besides exploring the life and times of the Vilna Gaon, the 704-page
book identifies, provides documentation for more than 20,000
descendants of the Vilna Gaon and his siblings. There is an index
listing all persons in the book. The Gaon's descendants seem as diverse
as the Jewish people itself, Freedman said. Some descendants were
prominent rabbis and academicians. Some were involved in a rare
agricultural settlement experiment in Russia, while others variously
served in the American Civil War and emigrated to places like England
and Australia well before the mass migrations of the 1880s.
Eliyahu's Branches outlines the methodology used in tracing the many
lines of descent, and the difficulties sometimes encountered in proving
the validity of a longstanding oral tradition where no documentary
proof can be found of a particular branch's link to the Gaon or his
"You wouldn't imagine there could be so many problems in proving the
descent of so many people in only seven or eight generations," Freedman
said. "I tried to record all of the claims that seemed solidly based.
It was important for me to properly record and analyze them. I was able
to prove some claims, and some I was able to disprove."
Consulting a multitude of documentary sources from old Hebrew books to
tombstones, Freedman made a careful assessment of the oral traditions
of many families including the Komesaroff, Chinitz, Friedlander,
Bardin, Lipshitz, Grad, Olkenitsky, Bloch, Donchin, Menkin, Volpa,
Epstein and Finfer lines.
"Unconfirmed Connections," the last chapter of the book, details the
claims of about 100 families that they are related to the Gaon --
claims that Freedman had been unable either to verify or disprove. If
all had been valid, he said, "You'd be looking at several tens of
thousands of people to add to the family tree."
Just as Freedman continued his research even after publishing smaller
previous studies on the immediate branch of the Gaon in the 1980s and
early 1990s, he said that he still feels compelled to keep on with his
quest to find and document more descendants of the famous rabbi. "I
have a fascination with solving the mysteries of this family tree," he
said. "I don't think I've solved them all yet. My book asks questions
as well as provide answers."
The book includes a foreword by Dr. Arye Morgenstern of Hebrew
University and a Dvar Torah.
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Branches: The Descendants of the Family of the Vilna Gaon -- 7" x 10", 704 pages, hard cover
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Feb. 28, 2013
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – Lenzelle Smith scored a season-high 24 points, Deshaun Thomas added 19 and No. 16 Ohio State used a late run to beat Northwestern 63-53 on Thursday night.
The Buckeyes (21-7, 11-5 Big Ten) moved one-half game ahead of Michigan and took sole possession of fourth place in the Big Ten with another difficult win over a team that's given it fits in recent years.
This time, they led by 11 points early in the second half and regrouped after Northwestern took the lead, sending the Wildcats (13-16, 4-12) to their sixth straight loss and eighth in nine games.
Northwestern led by a point twice in the second half and was up 49-48 with about 4 minutes remaining. But Ohio State outscored the Wildcats 15-4 the rest of the way.
Thomas scored six points during that stretch, and the Buckeyes took advantage of three turnovers to come away with a tight win.
Smith scored 14 points in the first half and had five of Ohio State's 10 field goals, including four 3-pointers, as the Buckeyes grabbed a seven-point lead. He was 7 of 13 overall and hit 6 of 11 3s in the game, and the Buckeyes avoided another Big Ten upset after No. 1 Indiana lost to Minnesota and Penn State upset No. 4 Michigan this week.
They also took a step toward a first-round bye in the Big Ten tournament. Securing one won't be easy with a trip to Indiana next week and home game against Illinois looming, but the Buckeyes did what they had to do in this one after squeezing by Northwestern two weeks earlier.
Tre Demps led Northwestern with 14 points. Dave Sobolewski finished with 13 after scoring a total of 12 in the previous three games, but Northwestern came up short again.
The Wildcats have lost eight straight and 19 of 20 against Ohio State, but the lopsided record aside, recent games have been close – particularly at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
A year ago, the Buckeyes needed Jared Sullinger's banked turnaround with 3.1 seconds left to escape with a 75-73 win. In 2011, they were 22-0 and No. 1 in the nation, but they barely won, 58-57, with David Lighty making a late steal and Sullinger hitting a free throw.
The game at Value City Arena this season was anything but a breeze, with Northwestern in control most of the way before Ohio State put together a late 12-point run to pull out a 69-59 victory.
This one wasn't easy, either.
Ohio State was leading 33-22 early in the second half when Northwestern went on a 12-3 run, with Demps nailing a 3 and scoring on a backdoor layup and hitting two free throws to make it a two-point game with 15:32 remaining.
Northwestern took its first lead of the game midway through the second half when Kale Abrahamson hit a 3 to make it 41-40.
Thomas scored on a tip-in and Smith hit a 3 to make it 45-41, but the Wildcats hung in, tying it at 46 on Alex Olah's three-point play with 6:24 left.
After Thomas scored on a bank shot, Reggie Hearn buried a 3 for Northwestern, but Smith answered with one to put Ohio State on top 51-49.
Craft then stole the ball from Hearn before hitting a pull-up jumper for his first points of the game.
Smith stripped Demps, but Sam Thompson missed two free throws. Another turnover by Northwestern led to a layup by Thomas to make it 55-49, and Thomas scored again on a nice spin move with 1:24 left to get the lead back to six after Olah scored for Northwestern.


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Japanese high schooler Otani reverses course, stays in Japan instead of pursuing MLB career
TOKYO – High school pitcher Shohei Otani has decided to stay in Japan instead of pursuing a career in Major League Baseball.
Otani had said before November's draft he intended to go to the major leagues straight out of high school, where the 6-foot-4 right-hander's fastball was clocked at close to 100 mph.
Despite his intentions, the 18-year-old Otani was selected by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the first round. Following the draft, the Fighters waged an aggressive campaign to convince Otani to stay in Japan, with the team's hierarchy holding a series of meetings with Otani and his parents.
Otani announced Sunday he would play for the Fighters next season.


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Mandel offers some tips designed to help Mac users save time and avoid potential problems when preparing art files.
By Rick Mandel
If you had to put your finger on the hot point of conventional screen printing or digital printing, the first consideration would be the printing equipment, right? Where is the weakest link? At what point can the project come to a screeching halt?
I believe the gateway to our world of printing is a critical doorway—and that entrance is the Mac. Yes, some designers or in-house corporate ad departments utilize PCs, though generally a Mac file is provided from which to print. There are many methods of madness to achieve the same visual result within the various graphics programs, though techniques may result in vastly different time frames. Tricks of the trade is not a course that is offered in even the best of the graphic-design schools, so I dug deep into the minds of some quirky Mac individuals and found some nuggets of wisdom. I hope these tricks will save you some time and frustration.
Most files are generated with the Adobe products within the Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign), so I will focus my thoughts on these programs and the Mac OS platform. We are dealing in a world of color, and the files generated within these graphics programs are at the heart of the color equation. The files are prepared, manipulated for digital printing, and sent through a computational process (RIP) so that the printer will represent the intent of the graphics file. The color can be translated within the workflow at many points; therefore, a reduction of possible translation points will create a more repeatable color product.
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Use the Adobe Bridge Tool to synchronize color settings with-in all the Creative Suite programs. Bridge is an organizational program created and released by Adobe Systems as a part of the Adobe Creative Suite. Its primary purpose is to link the parts of the Creative Suite together, and the ability to manage color intent more easily is one of the benefits. It is accessible from all other components of the Creative Suite. Synchronization through the Bridge tool standardizes the translation of color information from your client's file through your print workflow, across Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.
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Business Law Essay Papers
How To Structure A Business Law Paper?
Business law papers must conform to academic legal writing requirements. Except for specific guidelines you may be given, they will essentially fit the same structure of other academic writings. With business law being such a competitive field and having a high priority on good written work, it is critical to follow known standards.
Basic Structure to Follow for Your Business Law Paper
- Title – The title should grab the interest of the reader and make them feel compelled to read on. Sometimes questions work well for this objective. It should also tell in condensed form exactly what the law paper is all about.
- Introduction – The opening paragraph should suck the reader in, just like quicksand. It should give them a reason to read on, just to satisfy their intense curiosity that you instilled in them. Often the introduction is seen as the most important part of a business law paper, because if it doesn't capture interest, the paper will not be read.
- Background – Sometimes some background on the thesis topic is necessary to get the reader thinking about the issue that is to be presented. The background sets the stage and prepares the mind to accept the thesis.
- Overview of the problem – So that the reader can understand how all the details fit together. This helps cement the ideas together as they come out in the body of the paper.
- Thesis development – This contains the bulk of the content. It is everything in the middle between introduction and conclusion. This is where you develop and present your thesis question or statement. This is where most of your research will be condensed. This is the place that you attempt to bring the reader onto your side.
- Conclusion – Memorable and thought-provoking, the conclusion wraps up all that you have said. It is the place to leave relevant thoughts that the reader cannot shake from their mind. It's where you leave a lasting impression.
- Citations – Proper referencing of all the literature and written material you used in writing the paper. Use the currently accepted law style of citations. This section of your business law paper should be perfect.
Your business law paper is an essential academic paper that you should take seriously. It usually accounts for a high percentage of your overall grade and is commonly assigned by many business law professors.
This article will provide an overview of business law. The article will explain the basic concepts that are foundational to business law. These concepts include forming and enforcing contracts, dealing in the sales of goods and drafting and honoring negotiable instruments such as checks or promissory notes. In addition, this article also explains issues that relate to business formation and dissolution, such as common forms of business organizations, agency and employment relationships and bankruptcy proceedings. Other important factors that are central to business law are introduced, including business ethics, business crimes and business management. Finally, examples of the interplay between business law, government regulation and consumers are provided. These examples describe how business law is impacted by environmental regulations, consumer protection laws and antitrust laws and are included to help illustrate how business development and business law functions within the often competing interests of profit-making, consumer rights and government oversight.
Keywords Agency; Business Organization; Contract; Ethics; Goods; Negotiable Instrument; Partnership; Securities
Law: Business Law
Business law is a branch of civil law that governs business and commercial dealings. This broad area of the law includes sections dealing with business formation, administration and management as well as the contracts and ventures that businesses initiate, enter and enforce as they develop. Business law as it stands today is the result of principles that have developed through federal and state common law and the compilation of laws into legal codes and models that provide frameworks for certain areas of the law.
For many matters relating to routine business transactions, businesses follow the laws set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). In 1952, the United States grouped many business laws into a model that could be used by all states to regulate business formation and operation. The UCC is a compilation of rules that apply to commercial transactions between businesses and between individuals and businesses. It has been adopted by 49 states, with Louisiana only using portions of it. By standardizing business laws, the UCC simplified the process of doing business across state lines, which greatly facilitated the rise in interstate commerce and business development. The major areas covered by the UCC include the sale of goods, bank deposits and collections, letters of credit, title documents and investment securities. In addition to the UCC, many government regulations and federal and state laws make up the body of business law. These laws have significantly shaped the relationships between businesses and consumers and businesses and government regulation. The following sections provide a more in-depth explanation of these concepts.
Basic Concepts in Business Law
Businesses do business with other business entities, with consumers and even with government agencies. In order to carry out their purposes, businesses enter into contracts, negotiate the sale of goods and create commercial paper and negotiable instruments. Each one of these business activities is regulated by law and businesses must conform their dealings with the relevant legal requirements or face penalties or lawsuits that could cripple, or even extinguish, its viability as a continuing enterprise. The following sections explain the legal principles at work in each of these business activities.
Every business, whether large or small, enters into contracts with employees, suppliers of goods and services and customers in order to conduct its business operations. This makes contract law an important subject for the business manager. Contract law is also basic to other fields of law with which business interact, such as agency, partnerships, sales of personal property and commercial paper. Thus, contract formation is a basic component of the life of any business.
A contract is a binding agreement that the courts will enforce. In other words, a contract is a promise that one or both parties to an agreement extend, and if the promise is broken or "breached," the courts will provide a remedy to the non-breaching party. Thus, a contract provides both parties to an agreement with the expectation that the other party will fulfill their promised performance. Contracts are primarily governed by state common law and certain sections of the UCC.
There are basic elements to a legally binding agreement that must be met in order for a contract to be considered valid and enforceable. These four requirements are mutual assent, consideration, legality of object and capacity. Mutual assent means the parties must show in words or actions that they have agreed to enter into a contract. Usually, this is shown by offer and acceptance, and mutual assent may be in the form of a writing or, in some circumstances, an oral agreement or simply a reasonable inference from a person's behavior. Consideration is a thing of value that each party intentionally exchanges as an inducement for the other party's fulfillment of the agreement. For instance, when one person exchanges money for the other party to perform a service, both parties have provided consideration to support their agreement. Legality of object means that the purpose of the contract must not be criminal, must not cause certain types of harm, known as torts, or be against public policy. Finally, both parties must have the capacity to enter into contractual obligations. In other words, minors and intoxicated parties have a limited capacity to enter into contracts while persons who have a court appointed guardian have no contractual capacity. Most others have full contractual capacity. While each of these elements require close analysis to determine whether they have been met, courts will generally uphold any agreement in which both parties who have the capacity to form contracts have assented to their agreement and provided consideration to support its terms, and the purpose of the contract is not criminal or against public policy. Courts will generally not examine the relative fairness of the terms of the contract if these elements have been met, unless there is some evidence of an egregious imbalance of power in the formation of the contract.
Contracts are generally classified into five categories according to their terms or method of formation. The first category deals with how a contract was formed. An express contract is stated in words that are expressed orally or are reduced to writing. An implied in fact contract is an agreement that is inferred from the conduct of the parties. For instance, if a customer walks into a fast-food restaurant and points at an item on the menu, the cashier will likely ring up the item and the customer will pay. Even though no words were spoken, this is a valid contract because the cashier understands from the customer's conduct that he wants to order the item he indicated and the customer understands that by pointing to an item on the menu, the cashier will charge him for the food.
Second, contracts can also be classified as bilateral or unilateral. In a bilateral contract, both parties exchange promises. In a unilateral contract, only one party makes a promise. If it is unclear as to whether a contract is bilateral or unilateral, courts will look to the behavior of the parties to see whether it is possible to presume that a bilateral contract was intended. Third, contracts are sometimes categorized according to their enforceability. A valid contract is one that meets all of the requirements of a binding contract, such as mutual assent, consideration, legality of purpose and capacity, and is enforceable by courts. A void contract is one that does not meet all of these requirements and thus has no legal effect because the contract was never fully formed. For instance, if the courts determine a person is incompetent, any contract in which he or she enters will be void because the party lacked the legal capacity to form a contract. A voidable contract is a fully formed contract, but because of problems in the way it was formed, courts permit one or more parties to avoid the legal duties that the contract creates. Finally, an unenforceable contract is one for which there is no remedy for a breach.
Contracts may also be executed or executory. An executed contract is one in which all of the parties have fully completed their promised performance. An executory contract is one in which one or both parties have not completed the performance due. Finally, contracts may be formal or informal. A formal contract is legally binding due to its particular nature. For instance, a negotiable instrument such as a check is a formal contract because it contains all of the necessary elements to transfer funds. An informal contract is a contract that is legally binding but does not require certain formalities to be met.
Sales are the most common of all commercial transactions. In an exchange economy such as ours, practically everyone is a purchaser of durable and consumer goods, and the movement of goods along the continuum from manufacturer to distributor and ultimately to consumer involves numerous sales transactions. The critical role of the law of sales is to establish a framework in which these exchanges may take place in a predictable, fair and orderly fashion with minimum levels of transaction costs.
Article 2 of the UCC governs the sale of goods. In general, a sale is the transfer of ownership of goods from seller to buyer for a price. The price can be paid in money, other goods, real property or services. Goods are essentially defined as movable, tangible, personal property. For example, the sale of a bicycle, stereo set or furniture is considered a sale of goods. Thus, the law of sales under the UCC does not cover secured transactions, leases or real property issues. The UCC requires that all sales contracts be performed in good faith, which means merchants must act with honesty and candor in their business dealings with consumers and observe reasonable commercial standards in dealing with other merchants. A court may refuse to enforce all or any part of a contract that it finds to be unconscionable, either because of unfairness in the bargaining process or because the terms of the contract are grossly unfair or oppressive.
Businesses must pay close attention to the special provisions for transactions between merchants, or those who act as dealers in goods, because the UCC establishes separate rules that apply to these transactions. These rules demand higher standards of conduct from merchants because of their knowledge of trade and commerce and because merchants as a class generally set these standards for themselves. The other sections of Article 2 regulate every phase of a transaction for the sale of goods and provides remedies for problems that may arise. Businesses must conform to the UCC's provisions for contract formation, issues arising prior to performance and the seller's obligations to the buyer regarding the condition and quality of his goods. In addition, the UCC also requires that merchants offer implied warranties of merchantability and fitness that assure that their goods are quality products that are fit for consumption.
Courts generally allow merchants and businesses to contract freely according to their individual needs. However, parties to a sales contract may not agree and may disregard their duties of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care in their dealings with one another. If a sales negotiation or transaction does break down so that a lawsuit arises, the UCC provides that courts may grant remedies to place the injured party in as good of a position as she would have been in had the defaulting party fully performed. However, under the UCC, remedies are limited to compensation and thus courts may not set additional punitive damages if the UCC does not specifically provide for them. Courts may supply alternative remedies only if the UCC does not expressly provide for an appropriate remedy.
Commercial Paper
Commercial paper is essentially a contract for the payment of money. Commercial paper can function as a substitute for money that is payable immediately, such as a check, or it can be used as a means of extending credit or delaying payment, as in a promissory note or certificate of deposit. One form of commercial paper that is frequently used by businesses is a negotiable instrument. The UCC defines negotiable instruments as signed documents that readily transfer money and that provide a promise to pay the bearer a sum of money at a future date or on demand. If the instrument does not meet these requirements, it is nonnegotiable and is treated as a simple contract rather than as a negotiable instrument. If an instrument is incomplete because the party omitted a necessary element, such as the amount payable or the designation of the payee, the instrument is not negotiable until it is completed. If an instrument is ambiguous, such as if it is unclear whether the instrument is a draft or a note, the UCC allows the holder to treat it as either one and present it for payment to the drawee. However, certain rules of construction apply in that handwritten changes overrule typewritten or printed words and words overrule figures unless the words are unclear.
The two basic types of negotiable instruments are promises to pay money and orders to pay money. Promises to pay money are relatively simple documents such as a promissory note. A promissory note consists of one person, known as the maker, extending an unconditional promise in writing to pay another person, called the payee, or the person who bears the instrument a fixed amount of money either on demand when the note is presented for payment or at a specified date in the future. A promissory note is often used if a person borrows money from a bank to purchase an automobile. In this instance, the bank will direct the person to sign a promissory note for the unpaid balance of the purchase price.
Another type of negotiable instrument, called an order to pay money, directs a third person to pay money rather than using the two-person arrangement common in promises to pay money. A check is a form of this type of negotiable instrument. A check has three parties to it: one person, known as the drawer, writes a check ordering the drawee, such as a bank, to pay a certain sum of money to a third person, the payee. For instance, Lisa, the owner of a furniture store in Los Angeles, contracts with Juan, a furniture manufacturer in North Carolina, for $20,000 worth of tables, chairs and bookcases. Without negotiable instruments, Lisa would have to risk sending cash across the country to pay Juan for the furniture. If someone stole the money along the way, Lisa would lose the $20,000 and still not have the furniture she requested. By using a check in which Lisa orders her bank to pay $20,000 from her account to Juan, Lisa is able to make the payment in a far more convenient and secure manner.
Business Formation, Organization
The legal form of a business can have great bearing on the operation and profitability of a business venture. This is because different business organizations provide for different requirements in terms of the management or ownership of the operation, the division of profits, the liability of founders for the wrongdoing of any of their peers and the collection of debts and distribution of assets upon the dissolution of the enterprise. The following sections will discuss the various forms of business organizations in more detail.
Common Forms of Business Organization
The most common forms of business organizations are sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships. A sole proprietorship is a business operated by a person as his own personal property. The enterprise is merely an extension of the individual owner. Agents and employees may be hired but the owner has all the responsibility for the development and growth of the business and personal liability for all of its profits and losses.
A partnership is a voluntary association of people who work together to carry on a business for profit. No formal or written agreement is necessary to create a general partnership. All that is required is that the parties intend to work together to run a business for profit. There are two types of partnerships. In a general partnership, each of the partners is an owner and is entitled to share in the profits of the business. In addition, each partner in a general partnership typically has unlimited personal liability and is jointly and severally liable for the damages resulting from the wrongdoing committed by any of the other partners. Joint liability means that the partners can be sued as a group; several liability means that the partners can be sued individually. Thus, there are benefits and risks involved in the formation of a general partnership. In a limited partnership, there are typically two classes of partners: general partners and limited partners. General partners may participate in the management of the partnership and are personally liable for damages. Limited partners, however, are allowed to share in the profits of the business but may not engage in management of the partnership. Also, limited partners are not personally liable for the partnership's debts.
A corporation is a business entity that is separate and distinct from its owners. Thus, the corporation continues to exist even if owners leave the corporation or die. Owners, known as shareholders, do not engage in management responsibilities but rather elect a board of directors to set the course for the corporation and appoint officers to carry out the daily tasks of managing the corporation. A corporation can acquire and hold property in its name and it can sue or be sued in its name. Most corporations are either close corporations or publicly held. A close corporation is held by a family or small group of people. A publicly held corporation is owned by shareholders from the general public who have invested in the corporation. Corporations are formed by filing articles of incorporation and other documents with the appropriate state agency.
Most states permit businesses to operate as limited liability companies ("LLCs") or limited liability partnerships ("LLPs"). LLCs are similar to corporations in that they require the filing of articles of organization with...


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Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in "the Bathtub," a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her.
When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack-temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.
Starring Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry
Directed by Benh Zeitlin
Running Time - 1:31
Genre - Drama
Opened in Theaters - Friday, June 29th, 2012 (2517 days ago)
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