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Barack Obama could not run his campaign for the Presidency based on political accomplishment or on the heroic service of his youth. His record was too slight. His Democratic and Republican opponents were right: he ran largely on language, on the expression of a country's potential and the self-expression of a complicated man who could reflect and lead that country. And a powerful thematic undercurrent of his oratory and prose was race. Not race as invoked by his predecessors in electoral politics or in the civil-rights movement, not race as an insistence on tribe or on redress; rather, Obama made his biracial ancestry a metaphor for his ambition to create a broad coalition of support, to rally Americans behind a narrative of moral and political progress. He was not its hero, but he just might be its culmination.
In October, 2005, two months after Hurricane Katrina, Rosa Parks died, at the age of ninety-two, in Detroit. Her signal act of defiance on the evening of December 1, 1955, her refusal to vacate her seat near the front of the Cleveland Avenue bus in Montgomery, Alabama—what Martin Luther King, Jr., called the ultimate gesture of "I can take it no longer"—was the precipitating act of the city's bus boycott and the civil-rights movement. For two days, her body lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington—an honor accorded only twenty-nine times before. Then, on November 2nd, in Detroit, there was a funeral service at the Greater Grace Temple Church. Thousands lined the streets to wave farewell and sing the old anthems and hymns. Four thousand packed the sanctuary. The service lasted seven hours.
"That funeral was so long that I can hardly remember it!" Bishop T. D. Jakes, the pastor of the Potter's House, a Dallas church of thirty thousand congregants, said. "Everyone was there!" Jesse Jackson, the Clintons, Al Sharpton, Aretha Franklin, and a phalanx of preachers all paid tribute to Parks. Bill Clinton reminisced about riding segregated buses in Jim Crow Arkansas—and then feeling the liberating effect of Parks's act. On the street, a marine played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes, and the congregants sang "She Would Not Be Moved."
Obama, the sole African-American member in the United States Senate, had also been invited to speak. As he sat in the pews awaiting his turn, he writes in his book "The Audacity of Hope," his mind wandered back to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina: the news footage from New Orleans of a body laid near a wall, of shirtless young men, "their legs churning through dark waters, their arms draped with whatever goods they had managed to grab from nearby stores, the spark of chaos in their eyes." A week after the hurricane, Obama had accompanied Bill and Hillary Clinton and George H. W. Bush to Houston, where they visited the thousands of refugees from New Orleans who were camped out at the Astrodome and the Reliant Center. One woman told Obama, "We didn't have nothin' before the storm. Now we got less than nothin'." The remark was a rebuke, Obama felt, to Donald Rumsfeld and other Bush Administration officials who had given him and fellow-legislators a briefing on the federal response to the hurricane; their expressions, he recalled, "bristled with confidence—and displayed not the slightest bit of remorse." In the church, Obama thought of how little had happened since. Cars were still stuck in trees and on rooftops; predatory construction firms were winning hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts, even as they skirted affirmative-action laws and hired illegal immigrants for their crews. Obama's anger, which is rarely discernible in his voice or in his demeanor, ran deep. "The sense that the nation had reached a transformative moment—that it had had its conscience stirred out of a long slumber and would launch a renewed war on poverty—had quickly died away," he wrote.
And yet when Obama got to the lectern at Parks's funeral he betrayed no emotion, raised no words of protest. He was restrained and brief, as if taking pains to say nothing to compete with the Clintons, who had forged a close bond with the African-American community over the years, let alone the older organizers, activists, and preachers. Obama was still a relative stranger to the audience in Detroit.
"In terms of operating in the space of African-American politics, people hadn't seen him much," Mark Morial, a former mayor of New Orleans and the president of the National Urban League, said. "They didn't really know who he was, where he came from, or what he was all about. You don't come in there as a senator and try to upstage anyone or abuse the podium and give a speech that's too good. He has to think, My presence is enough. The people who worked with Rosa Parks—this was their time to speak."
It was only on March 4, 2007, a few weeks after he announced his candidacy for President, that Obama explicitly inserted himself in the time line of American racial politics. At the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, in Selma, Alabama, he joined older civil-rights leaders and churchmen in commemorating the voting-rights marches a generation ago. From the pulpit, Obama paid tribute to "the Moses generation"—to Martin Luther King and John Lewis, to Anna Cooper and the Reverend Joseph Lowery—the men and women of the movement, who marched and suffered but who, in many cases, "didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land." He thanked them, praised their courage, honored their martyrdom. But he spent much of his speech on his own generation, "the Joshua generation," and tried to answer the question "What's called of us?" Life had improved for African-Americans, but "we shouldn't forget that better is not good enough." Discrimination still existed. History was being forgotten. Schools were underfunded, citizens left uninsured, especially minorities. People were looking for "that Oprah money" but had forgotten the need for service, for discipline, for political will.


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President Bashar Assad of Syria knows enough about the workings of the U.S. government to realize who's responsible for making and executing U.S. foreign policy: the White House and Foggy Bottom. The Syrian strongman was not likely to be confused by the visit to Damascus this week of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of Congress members.
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney roundly denounced the Pelosi visit, declaring it would send conflicting signals to Mr. Assad about the Bush administration's intention to isolate what it regards as a state that participates in and supports terrorism. The Bush-Cheney huffing and puffing was unnecessary. It's clear what U.S. policy is, as unproductive as it may be.
Mrs. Pelosi herself told Mr. Assad that 'there is absolutely no division between this delegation and the president of the United States on the issues of concern.'
Those issues, she said - echoing the president - are Syria's support for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas and Washington's assertion that the Assad government gives sanctuary to Iraqi insurgents who slip over the border into Iraq to cause trouble.
What really sticks in the president's craw is not that Mrs. Pelosi's visit will confuse Syria's hard-liners about Mr. Bush's devotion to isolating Damascus, but that almost anybody else with their eyes open will see, if they haven't already, that diplomacy is a better way to make progress on those concerns common to the Republican White House and the Democratic Congress.
In fact, there is growing bipartisan support in Washington for diplomatic initiatives involving the United States, its allies and Mideast states with a stake in securing a stable Iraq and making progress on peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group, made up of distinguished members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, emphasized diplomacy as one of the essential ways forward.
Mr. Bush's policy of war, bluster and isolation has been, so far at least, pretty much a failure. One recent success is a tentative deal for North Korea's nuclear disarmament - produced by multilateral diplomacy. It doesn't take Mrs. Pelosi's visit to Damascus to show that talking is better than isolating.


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I see Derek Dooley did not offer to give that monthly check he is receiving from Tennessee for the next 4 years for doing absolutely nothing back. What a piece of work. He makes Lane Kiffin look like a great coach and a great person. Mike Hamilton was the most incompetent Athletic Director in history and should have to pay for the Derek Dooley buyout out of his own pocket.
Not long after receiving his walking papers from Tennessee, Derek Dooley received a job offer from Dallas Cowboy head coach Jason Garrett. Garrett and Dooley had worked together on Nick Saban's staff with the Miami Dolphins. Dooley was offered a job coaching the Cowboys' receivers and he took it.
Now, with Tennessee and Georgia set to clash this weekend, the former Vol coach has opened up about transitioning from UT to the NFL:
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(We didn't leave) Knoxville because we didn't like Knoxville. It's always a tricky dynamic. There's a lot of coaches that stay and I think it's hard on the family and it's hard certainly on the coach. It's harder to get going with your life when you're constantly surrounded. You know how it is? No matter who's the coach, there's going to be a lot of criticism of the former coach, but that's OK."
Dooley — who's received plenty of criticism for the bare cupboard he left Butch Jones at Tennessee — knows his parents won't have as much trouble watching this year's Vol/Bulldogs game with him off the sideline.
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Erwin Penland offers employees a host of on-site activities and perks (known as EPerks), including massages, a car-wash service, a workout facility and personal trainer, on-site alterations and shoe repair and a mother's room.Read The Story
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January 27, 2014 Erwin Penland Accepting Thought Leader Scholarship Applications to Experience Food For Thought×
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GREENVILLE, SC -- (Marketwired - Jan 27, 2014) - Full-service marketing agency Erwin Penland today announced the opening of the thought leader scholarship application process for Food For Thought, the agency's seventh annual creativity and inspiration conference. Because great ideas know no socioeconomic boundaries, Erwin Penland will offer as many as 10 full scholarships, providing access to a diverse pool of attendees.Read More
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With the appointment of Con Williamson as Chief Creative Officer, and John Cornette as SVP, Executive Creative Director, Erwin Penland has added award-winning creative capabilities in virtually every medium. Additionally, John Dunleavy has been appointed Managing Director for the New York office and Director of Account Management for the entire agency.
"To continue to be an even bigger player on the national scene, we defined a new vision for the future that led to investing in a stellar team of talent with celebrated work and experience," said Joe Erwin, President of Erwin Penland. "We recognize how our New York office is critical to the agency's overall success and have no doubt that this dynamite group of industry pioneers will expand our creative reputation and help attain overarching business goals."Read More
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Nov. 12, 2013) – Every day Erwin Penland employees save money and reduce creation of carbon dioxide through an alternative form of commuting—biking to work. In recognition of the company's efforts to create a bike-friendly workplace for employees and visitors, the League of American Bicyclists has presented Erwin Penland with a silver Bicycle Friendly Business award.Read More
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The conventional wisdom that companies should own their social accounts makes sense. They know their brand better than any agency can. Brands like Nike, Ford and Campbell's Soup all operate their social channels. Yet Denny's, the diner chain, has opted to hand the keys to its social media accounts — and thus its very online brand identity — to its agency, Erwin Penland.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 24, 2013) – Chris Quillen, whose 25-plus years of advertising experience includes work with some of the world's most recognized brands, has joined Erwin Penland as executive creative director. He will work with a wide range of clients across the agency's three offices in New York, Detroit and Greenville, S.C., while also serving as a creative partner to Chief Creative Officer Andy Mendelsohn.Read More
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preston wrote:Though the unitiated might assume that hurdling is an athletic ability it's really a speed ability.
Have you ever coached hurdling? There are many (many!!) sprinters who simply can't hurdle. I have also become similarly disappointed to find out that a great many bball talents - with prodigious dunking abilities - can't High Jump. On the other hand, almost everyone can Long Jump somewhat close to their native speed/jumping ability. Triple jump, not so much.


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The pre-nap one is the hardest to let go. She does not nap unless she nurses so the last few weeks have not been fun. Bedtime changed from nursing to sleep and became nursing then sleep or not. So that was the first one to go.
And her little sister: Lulu Pie (3/21/09)
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My body creates, houses, nurtures and nourishes life. That is awesome.
Kegel Kop says: TIGHTEN UP!
Nasty heifer? Nah. Don't talk bad about yourself and don't feel bad about being a bit touched out, or more than a bit. Toddlers. So demanding!
IMHO, you can push the weaning clock a bit and still have it be a mostly child-led process. I know I did. I actively cut out the feedings that were driving me nuts, and let DD lead the way with the ones that weren't driving me nuts.
Coolest thing my big girl said recently: "How can you tell the world is moving when you are standing on it?"
Coolest thing my little girl sang recently: "I love dat one-two pupples!"
I totally agree.. I didn't offer to nurse on some of the feedings and they slowly went away.. and the naptime one was my own doing. I was tired and needed it to be gone.. I was okay with the night one for awhile because I was chill that time of day. It was easier loading up my son and nursing him.. but it had a gradual feel to it. But once I saw the signs I didn't offer to him unless he asked..
But totally agree I hated that feel of dread for some of the nursing sessions like lunch for me. It was easier at that point to just let it be gone.. but he was also 2.
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And her little sister: Lulu Pie (3/21/09)
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My body creates, houses, nurtures and nourishes life. That is awesome.
Kegel Kop says: TIGHTEN UP!
So far today they have both nursed 3 times. My nipples are killing me. If I wasn't so sore all the time I might be able to tough it out longer. I really really want to be done. But then the guilt kicks in.
How do you do what's best for you when it feels wrong for them?
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Proud SAHM to DS born 2/17/07 and DD born 9/11/08 Both weaned together 11/2011
Currently milk, peach, peanut and tree nut free. DD has outgrown her wheat, cheese, egg, garlic, and citrus allergies
That sounds like what I've done, as well. We're down to just the before bed one. I think I can keep going with that one for a while, even though I am pretty much over it. It still means a lot to Wyatt. But if he still wants to be nursing when he's four, I think I will need to be the one to pull the plug on it.
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About 3 months ago we night weaned because I couldn't take it anymore. Then we dialed it back to twice a day for the same reason. Then a few weeks ago I cut out the morning session because it was starting to drive me nuts too. So I was doing the don't ask, don't refuse for the last feeding (though I actively cut out the other ones).... and then tonight no asking for it. Which was great, on one hand, because I am ready to be done (they tend to have lazy latches these days, they also tend to fight with one another - poking, kicking, generally irritating each other because honestly, there's just not enough space for everyone to be comfortable, and I never get to have one on one snuggles because neither will allow the other to nurse without joining in). But... I also cried and still feel like crying because the twins are probably going to be my only babies....
All this to say that I hear ya, it is hard, but I take comfort from Dr. Sears who says that, "if you resent it, change it."


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Larry Morrissette clears the driveway with a snow blower Dec. 17 in Hallowell. Portland and southern and coastal Maine are looking at as much as 10 inches by Thursday's end, as a major storm heads toward the Pine Tree State.
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For more information about the storm expected to hit Maine this week read David Epstein's The Maine Forecast blog.
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Great fight shorts. I am 6'8" so it is hard to find a pair of fight shorts that don't look ridiculous on me because of how long my legs are. But these go past my knee and have the cut up the legs so I don't lose mobility. They very true to size as far as the waist is concerned. so if you are tall or are just loking for a longer pair of shorts to train in/wear anywhere, these are perfect.
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From left, Mark McDonald, David Tepper, Arif Mahmood. | Photo courtesy DuPage County State's Attorney's office
Three men — a contractor and two former high-level staff members — face hundreds of new felony charges in connection with alleged kickback schemes at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District.
Former employees Mark McDonald and David Tepper are both due back in court later this month, each charged with 140 felony counts — one of them a Class X felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison — in connection with alleged kickbacks, official misconduct and other accusations of malfeasance by the pair over a six-year period.
Also facing 37 felony charges is contractor Arif Mahmood, one of the vendors with whom the two district staff members carried out their alleged crimes, authorities said.
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin has added more than 300 counts to the original charges. The first few filings came in early September, culminating a 15-month investigation into accusations that through several different schemes, McDonald and Tepper had used their professional positions to try to defraud the government for their own financial gain.
Berlin spokesman Paul Darrah said the many charges don't necessarily suggest a corresponding number of illegal transactions are being alleged.
"A lot of times, just like in a murder case, you indict (on multiple counts)," Darrah said. "A crime is a crime, and you have to charge what you can."
Wheaton resident McDonald, 53, was a director when he worked for the district. Tepper, 49, who lives in River Forest, was a manager.
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MARQUETTE - Northern Michigan University clinched a home berth in the first round of the GLIAC tournament Saturday with a 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-20) league triumph over host Lake Superior State.
The Wildcats of head coach Dominic Yoder will carry a 22-9 overall record into Wednesday's playoff encounter with a time and opponent to be determined. NMU finishes the regular season with a 15-3 GLIAC mark.
Kalli Herron paced NMU with 12 kills, an ace and two digs. Teammate Sarah Hamilton added 10 kills, Kellisha Harley collected 31 assists and Alex Berger recorded 11 digs.
Emily Snyder led LSSU (4-21, 2-16) with 11 kills and seven digs. Jen Marren contributed 10 kills, Janelle Nagy 26 assists and 10 digs, and Meghan Drobish 14 digs.


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Jun Seba (瀬葉淳) (February 7, 1974-February 26, 2010) was a Japanese hip-hop music producer who recorded under the name Nujabes (new-jah-behz; which is simply his real name spelled backwards). His music is known for a strong cool jazz influence, frequently using samples from artists like Miles Davis and Yusef Lateef. He was also an owner of "tribe", a record store in Shibuya, Tokyo, and led indie record label Hyde-Out Productions. He released two albums in Japan, Metaphorical Music in 2003 and Modal Soul in 2005. He was also a member of the production duo Urbanforest, an experimental collaboration with Nao Tokui (appearing on the Lady Brown 12"). In addition to Japanese artists like Shing02 and MINMI, he has collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts Cyne, Apani B-Fly, Five Deez, Substantial, Fat Jon and British rapper Funky DL. He has also contributed music to the soundtrack of Samurai Champloo, an anime which blends a setting in feudal Japan with modern anachron ... Read More
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Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review
We the Children: Meeting the Promises World Summit for Children
The Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in May 2002 was an incomparable historic occasion. For the first time, the General Assembly gathered with the exclusive intent of discussing children's issues. This session included over 400 children from more than 150 countries, as well as representatives from a wide range of civil societies devoted to children's welfare. The purpose was to review progress since the first major gathering for children, the World Summit for Children, and to shape future action towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight quantifiable development targets to reduce poverty in all its forms, and which are intrinsically linked to the well-being of children.
The resulting outcome document, A World Fit for Children (WFFC), set an agenda with a series of goals and targets for the next decade based on four priorities: promoting healthy lives; providing quality education for all; protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence; and combating HIV/AIDS. Heads of States committed themselves to building 'A World Fit for Children' and to achieving these commitments during the decade ending in 2010.
UNICEF leads WFFC monitoring efforts
Five years on, UNICEF is responsible for reporting on progress towards these commitments, which is presented in the A World Fit for Children Statistical Review. It is able to do so thanks to improved data collection and analysis, identified as a priority during the Special Session.
The data and analysis in this Statistical Review are based on the ongoing work of UNICEF and its partners to monitor global conditions for children and women. Before the mid-1990s, critical gaps in data hindered accurate and effective analysis of the situation of children and women. Only 38 developing countries, for example, had data on whether malnutrition rates among children were rising or falling - a basic indicator of child health and well-being.
To help countries fill these important data gaps and to enable monitoring of the 1990 World Summit for Children goals, UNICEF initiated the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) in 1995. MICS are designed to provide quantitative data on a wide range of topics, including child health and nutrition, child protection, education, maternal health, and HIV and AIDS.
Since 1995, nearly 200 MICS have been conducted in approximately 100 countries and territories. The current round of surveys, implemented in more than 50 countries during 2005-2006, provides data for 21 of the 53 Millennium Development Goal indicators. Together with the USAID-supported Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), with which the data are harmonized, this is the largest single source of MDG information. In addition, data collected through the latest round of MICS allow for new and more comprehensive assessments of the conditions under which children and women are living. These data allow us, for example, to report on quantitative indicators for child protection issues for the first time.
The data and analyses presented in this A World Fit for Children Statistical Review is based on the wealth of new data that has recently become available through MICS, DHS and other national-level household surveys. This report presents global and regional analyses on whether WFFC and MDG goals are being met, with a full statistical annex that provides country-level progress toward these goals.
The statistical review is structured around the Millennium Development Goals because these are currently the focus of the world's development efforts. Many of the World Fit for Children targets set at the Special Session are effectively stepping stones towards the 2015 MDGs, and governments will henceforth concentrate primarily on their MDG commitments. The World Fit for Children agenda includes vital issues for children not covered by the MDGs, and this publication also represents a unique opportunity to report on these concerns.
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If you were looking for Manning to air it out and prove his arm was back after neck surgery, you were disappointed. He barely got his arm loose and never took a hit in what was more or less a cameo appearance.
The Bears robbed him of points after Manning took his team 60 yards. His pass for Eric Decker in the end zone was batted by D.J. Moore, and Major Wright made a diving interception just outside the end zone.
Along the way, Manning had a pretty 19-yard completion, as well as a soft sideline pass for 10 yards on a comeback.
Broncos coach John Fox called it a "very good first outing" for Manning. "He was remarkable," Fox said. "He came back — he's worked very hard. He hasn't played football in (almost) two years."
Up next was Hanie, who was booed lustily by Bears fans who have clung to unpleasant memories from last December.
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Fighting for the No. 2 job on the Broncos, and maybe a roster spot, Hanie led his team on a 57-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter. The highlight was Hanie's 20-yard pass to tight end Cornelius Ingram off play action.
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Turkey's leading female writer, Elif Shafak has won international acclaim for her lyrical blend of Eastern and Western storytelling styles. In this heartbreaking tale of love and misunderstanding, Shafak draws upon the dazzling insight, emotion, and drama that infused The Bastard of Istanbul to explore the controversial issue of honor killings as it tragically plays out in one family's life.
Twin sisters are born in the mid-1940s in a small Kurdish village on the border of Turkey and Syria. Jamila becomes a local midwife. Pembe marries Adem, and they immigrate to London in the 1970s. Bitter and frustrated with his new life, Adem moves out and Iskender, their eldest son, must step in as keeper of the family's honor. But when Pembe begins to spend time with another man, Iskender will discover that you could love someone with all your heart and yet be ready to hurt them.
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Lyerla all day!!!! Ill pass on huff
You gotta give the rest of us a chance to catch up. We typically don't know anything about prospects until a) We either really suck during the season or b) The season is completely over.
As far as tight ends go, I'm really high on Austin Seferain-Jenkins of Washington and Randall Telfer of USC, but you can't watch Lyerla and not like him. Seferain-Jenkins and Telfer are more athletic, but Lyerla is just nasty. When I watch Lyerla I think of Csonka as a tight end.
Lyerla will be a receiving machine, but he's a bit of a prima donna. Huff will be a great get for someone, very sneaky with wheels. But the Duck I'd want is D'Anthony Thomas. That's your slot guy.
Lyerla for sure has a unique skill set and I see a combination of Gronk and Graham...
depending on what happens with Keller, if he comes back fully from the injury, Miami will most likely resign him. Also will depend on Simms and his development in his first year.
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The respect of those you respect is greater than the applause of the multitude.
Havent posted on in here in a while.
Not liking this new forum skin :*(
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The Mandatory Blog
Csae--nice to see you again!
This caught my eye in San Mateo:
Canon 60D & lenses & flashes & stuff
A bunch of cheap vintage film cameras
My Etsy store
random metra shot by Rasidel Slika, on Flickr
one from last week long weekend trip
"A good friend will come bail you out of jail.... But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying .... That was fun!!"
my pix
canon dslr XSi/450D ,EFS 15-85 IS USM,EFS 18-55 IS,EF 50mm f1.8 ll,EF 70-300 IS USM,Tokina 11-16 f2.8,Kenko Tubes,
canon sd800 is - RIP
beauty dusk by Rasidel Slika, on Flickr
Thanks Adam
Heres another
Canon EOS 7D
4:30 AM wake up call for this one...ouch!
Lower Eagle Falls by Lukas W, on Flickr
Camera: Anonymous
I could tell you but I wouldn't want you to get all pissy if it's the wrong brand
Didn't take you long to get used to that new canon Lukas. That's a fantastic shot.
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While I am relieved that Congress reached an agreement so that our employees can work and services to our residents can continue, I am also angry and terribly disappointed that the District of Columbia suffered collateral damage amidst partisan bickering.
According to news reports, two riders contained in the budget deal impinge on the District of Columbia's autonomy. One limits our ability to fund, using our own money, reproductive services for low-income women; another imposes a continued school-voucher program on the District. If these reports are correct, then the District of Columbia's right to govern itself has, once again, been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.
This is ludicrous. While one rider purports to provide educational aid to children in need, the other takes away desperately needed aid from poor women. Hypocrisy is alive and well in the United States Congress.
This indignity comes on top of the fact that no other state or jurisdiction had to endure the hardship of planning to shut down a municipal government, thus spending valuable resources and personnel on a process that never should have been necessary.
The United States Congress ought to do what is morally right and grant the residents of the District of Columbia -- who pay more than $5 billion in taxes annually -- the right of full citizenship and budget autonomy.
DC residents from all wards of the city should express their outrage, as I have, over the colonial status of the District of Columbia. Congress needs to fix this once and for all, so that our city government can spend its valuable human and fiscal resources on the issues facing our city without partisan congressional meddling.


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LINCOLN — Earlier this week, Hannah Tvrdy said she planned to celebrate Thursday as so many folks in Seward do: heading to downtown for the carnival, parade and "food alley" of Nebraska's largest annual Independence Day celebration. Seward bills itself as "America's Fourth of July City," after all.
"It's awesome — pretty much everyone in Seward does," Tvrdy said.
The town has grown a reputation for good women's basketball players, too. And if Seward was bringing a contingent in recent years to watch Nebraska forward and Seward graduate Emily Cady at the old Devaney Center, that number could easily multiply now that the 5-foot-9 Tvrdy is a freshman for the Huskers and reuniting with Cady — who played a key role in NU's Sweet 16 run last year — at the new Pinnacle Bank Arena.
"So exciting," Tvrdy said, and meant it. She repeated the phrase often in a phone interview. She committed to Nebraska in 2011, before most of this crop of Huskers had even played a game in Lincoln, and has been on campus since early June.
While Nebraska's other top newcomers, forward Allie Havers and guard Esther Ramacieri, don't arrive until later this month, Tvrdy battles current Husker guards T'eara Laudermill, Rachel Theriot and Brandi Jeffery in pickup games, trying to acclimate to the speed of the college game.
"It's definitely a step up," Tvrdy said. "They're all great basketball players. T (Laudermill) is so fast. She's definitely a top defensive player."
Laudermill will be called on to score more often as a junior, but her first two seasons were spent as a defensive "hound" in coach Connie Yori's defense. Tvrdy said defensive stopper could be her role early in her career, as well, especially as women's basketball institutes a 10-second rule for teams to cross half court. Although Tvrdy averaged 15.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and four assists in her senior year at Seward — a similar all-around game to the taller Cady — she said she'd embrace the defensive role initially.
"You have to have the tenacity to just dog somebody," she said.
She started developing that trait in the second grade, when she played for her mom, Shelley, on Seward En Fuego. In high school, Hannah's dad, Tom, coached her to state titles in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Seward made it to the state semifinals this year before losing.
It was Tom who spent so many hours in the gym helping to hone Hannah's game. And Tom who helped develop Hannah's mind for basketball.
Now, Hannah said, he'll have to adjust to being one of those Seward families that sits in the seats while Yori and her staff develops his daughter. How does Hannah think he'll handle it?
"I don't know," she said with a laugh. "It's a little tough for him right now. But I think he'll understand and just like watching."


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Discussion about math, puzzles, games and fun. Useful symbols: ÷ × ½ √ ∞ ≠ ≤ ≥ ≈ ⇒ ± ∈ Δ θ ∴ ∑ ∫ π -¹ ² ³ °
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#1 2006-10-19 22:49:07
The Monty Hall Problem
Simple, yet twisted:
Last edited by Toast (2006-10-19 22:53:58)
#2 2006-10-19 23:36:16
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
Heh, I've lost count over how many heated arguments we've had about that on this forum in the past.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#3 2006-10-20 03:02:01
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
Perhaps someone should write and article explaining the problem?
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#4 2006-10-20 05:18:09
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
Just thinking this through since it doesn't sound right. Seems like it should be 50%-50%.
#5 2006-10-20 08:26:06
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
Nope, no holes there. That's exactly right. Just because the solution is counter-intuitive doesn't mean it isn't correct. It's the counter-intuitiveness that sparks so much controversy.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#6 2006-10-21 00:39:10
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
I think people think the solution is counter-intuitive mainly because people don't take into account the fact that because they picked door x, the host is unable to pick the same door, which affects the probabilities.


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