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09-02-2010, 04:55 PMRacial divide shows up on Walmart book shelves
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U.S. store chain segregating titles by subjects' skin color
By Bob Dyer
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Published on Thursday, Sep 02, 2010
At many area Walmarts, the book section is extremely well-organized.
The self-help books are here . . . the religion section is there . . . cooking and diet books farther down . . . and right over here is the black section.
You think I'm kidding?
At Walmart, apparently, skin color trumps all.
The ''black section'' contains everything written by and about blacks: romance novels, self-help books, religion, sports, even an autobiography by the current president of the United States.
BTW, Bob Dyer is a middle-aged white dude. And he is a world class liberal whiner.
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Makes it easier for me to avoid certain authors. I wonder if Thomas Sowell is among the titles?Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:
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I wish I had it that easy.
If I was black, all my books would be in one section.
If I was Mexican, all my groceries would be on one aisle.
If I was Indian (boobly boobly Indian, not "How" Indian) everything I need would be in my convenience store.
As it is, I have to walk all over Wal Mart to get what I need.I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
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I wish I was black............maybe then I could get a date with a white woman..................:D"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."
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I wonder, do they have the book based on the movie "Precious" which was a movie based on the book "Push" by Sapphire?
You'll notice too that all the Christian books in Wal-Mart are segregated along with all the hunting mags. :mad:
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Almost 25 years after her severed head was found on a golf course, the woman New Jersey police believe was the first victim of a notorious serial killer has finally been identified.
State police said Wednesday Heidi Balch is believed to be the first of 17 women killed by Joel Rifkin during a four-year spree that ended in 1993 when he was pulled over for a missing license plate with a dead womenĺs body in the back of his pickup.
Authorities have long believed the woman whose severed head was found in March 1989 on a golf course in Hopewell Township, near Trenton, was the first woman Rifkin killed. He all but admitted it after his arrest, providing details on where he disposed of her head and legs.
Rifkin was eventually sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for the killings. But Balchĺs identity remained a mystery for more than two decades.
State Police Det. Sgt. Stephen Urbanski said Balchĺs parents didnĺt initially list her as a missing person and Balch, who worked as a prostitute in New York City, used numerous aliases and Social Security numbers.
ôItĺs very rare that you have a story like this,ö Urbanski said. ôThe first thing is to ID the body, and then you move on with the investigation, you look at acquaintances and things like that. In this one, the answers were there all along, we just had to put them together.ö
Rifkin had told police he killed a prostitute heĺd known as ôSusie,ö Urbanski said. The search led to New York where investigators focused on a prostitute whoĺd gone by the name Susan Spencer Ś and about 15 other names. Some of the bogus Social Security numbers sheĺd used were traced to Ohio and Florida, so Urbanski went to those states to check missing persons reports.
Finally, investigators learned the woman had once used the name Heidi Balch, who had been listed as a missing person in New York by her aunt in 2001. Even that discovery was complicated by the revelation that the last sighting of Balch was in 1995, six years after the remains were found on the golf course. Urbanski said it was later revealed Balchĺs aunt hadnĺt actually seen her niece but that someone had mistakenly told her they had seen Heidi.
The big break came earlier this month when Balchĺs aunt identified her niece from an arrest photo of Susan Spencer. Subsequent DNA tests of Balchĺs mother and father, who live in Maryland and Florida, respectively, confirmed the identification.
Balchĺs parents ôexpressed shock,ö Urbanski said. ôThey knew in their hearts something bad had happened to her, but not to this extent. I donĺt think they ever imagined she was the first victim of Joel Rifkin.ö
Urbanski said state police are in the process of reviewing cases of unidentified bodies found in New Jersey from the time Balchĺs remains were found up until Rifkinĺs arrest.
John Byrne, a spokesman for the Nassau County district attorneyĺs office, which prosecuted Rifkin, said it was too early to make a determination about whether it would seek to prosecute Rifkin in this case.
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Comparison of the diagnostic value of MR imaging and ophthalmoscopy for the staging of retinoblastoma
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- , Christina A. EisenhutAffiliated withDepartment of Radiology, Technical University of Munich
- , Wenshuai WanAffiliated withDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University
- , Katayoon B. EbrahimiAffiliated withDepartment of Ocular Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
- , Chirag PatelAffiliated withDepartment of Radiology, University of California Davis
- , Joan M. O'BrienAffiliated withDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania
- , Kristen YeomAffiliated withDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University
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To compare the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and ophthalmoscopy for staging of retinoblastoma.
MR and ophthalmoscopic images of 36 patients who underwent enucleation were evaluated retrospectively following institutional review board approval. Histopathology being the standard of reference, the sensitivity and specificity of both diagnostic modalities were compared regarding growth pattern, iris neoangiogenesis, retinal detachment, vitreous seeds and optic nerve invasion. Data were analysed via McNemar's test.
Both investigations showed no significant difference in accuracy for the detection of different tumour growth patterns (P = 0.80). Vitreous seeding detection was superior by ophthalmoscopy (P < 0.001). For prelaminar optic nerve invasion, MR imaging showed similar sensitivity as ophthalmoscopy but increased specificity of 40 % (CI 0.12–0.74) vs. 20 % (0.03–0.56). MR detected optic nerve involvement past the lamina cribrosa with a sensitivity of 80 % (0.28–0.99) and a specificity of 74 % (0.55–0.88). The absence of optic nerve enhancement excluded histopathological infiltration, but the presence of optic nerve enhancement included a high number of false positives (22–24 %).
Ophthalmoscopy remains the method of choice for determining extent within the globe while MR imaging is useful for evaluating extraocular tumour extension. Thus, both have their own strengths and contribute uniquely to the staging of retinoblastoma.
Key Points
• Ophthalmoscopy: method of choice for determining extent of retinoblastoma within the globe.
• MR imaging provides optimal evaluation of extrascleral and extraocular tumour extension.
• Positive enhancement of the optic nerve on MRI does not necessarily indicate involvement.
KeywordsRetinoblastoma Retinoblastoma staging Ophthalmoscopy MR imaging Sensitivity and specificity
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- Comparison of the diagnostic value of MR imaging and ophthalmoscopy for the staging of retinoblastoma
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Volume 23, Issue 5 , pp 1271-1280
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- Christina A. Eisenhut (2)
- Wenshuai Wan (1)
- Katayoon B. Ebrahimi (3)
- Chirag Patel (4)
- Joan M. O'Brien (5)
- Kristen Yeom (1)
- Heike E. Daldrup-Link (1) (6)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- 2. Department of Radiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- 3. Department of Ocular Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- 4. Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- 5. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 6. Department of Radiology, Pediatric Radiology Section, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA


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James "Jamie" Dalton
James "Jamie" Dalton, 41, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006.
Memorial services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Paramount Terrace Christian Church with the Rev. Bob Schroeder officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mr. Dalton was born in Long Beach, Calif. He served in the U.S. Army and Navy. He was the owner/operator of his own trucking company. He was a history buff and an avid Dallas Cowboy and Texas Longhorn fan.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred Dalton; and his stepfather, Richard Lund.
Survivors include his wife of 10 years, Kim Dalton; a son, Brandon Bradley Dalton of Amarillo; three brothers, Richard Lund II of Aberdeen, Wash., Sid Guel of San Antonio and Randy Myers of California; a sister-in-law, Cyndi DeLeon and husband Ed of San Antonio; three brothers-in-law, Kevin Parham and Mark Wilson and wife Debbie, all of Amarillo, and Mark Polvadore and wife Cheryl of Kingston, Okla.; his mother, Leila Lund of Joshua Tree, Calif.; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Richard and Wanda Wilson of Amarillo; 10 nephews, Travis, Ryan, Jordan, Caleb, Keagan, Bebe, Larry, Eric, Michael and Josh; and many, many friends.
The family wishes to express special thanks to Nana Bridges and Melinda Mullins.
The family suggests memorials be to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3505 Olsen Blvd., Suite 120, Amarillo, TX 79109 or Olivia's Angels, in care of BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105.
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Judy Kay White, 61, of Amarillo died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006.
There will be no services. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Judy was born Dec. 28, 1944, in Amarillo to Ernest and Mildred Lilly. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ernest Lilly.
Survivors include her mother, Mildred Lilly of Amarillo; a daughter, Amanda White of Amarillo; a son, Chris White of Amarillo; a sister, Deanna Lilly of Amarillo; and three grandchildren.
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HEREFORD - Alfredo G. Gonzalez, 68, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006.
Vigil was at 7 p.m. Friday in Holley Funeral Home Chapel in Canyon. Mass will be at 2 p.m. today in St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hereford with the Rev. John Valdez as celebrant. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery in Hereford.
Mr. Gonzalez was born in Harlingen to Fabian and Ernestina Garza Gonzalez. He married Dominga Camacho in Hereford.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Juanita Sifuentes of Hereford and Rosa Gonzalez and Elida Yost, both of Delaware; four sons, Alfredo Gonzalez and Danny Castillo, both of Amarillo, and Heliberto Gonzalez and Joe Gonzalez, both of Mercedes; a sister, Tencha Gonzales of California; a brother, Isaac Equia; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
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A South African prosecutor has asked for Oscar Pistorius to
be sent for a mental evaluation after a psychiatrist told the
Olympic and Paralympic track star's murder trial he had an
anxiety disorder.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued he wanted to prevent the
27-year-old sprinter, who faces life in prison if convicted
of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, from later
appealing on the basis of a disturbed mental condition.
Nel told the court there was a "reasonable possibility" that
Pistorius suffers from a mental illness, adding that without
a proper evaluation the case could later be appealed over
Pistorius' mental health.
If granted, the evaluation would likely further delay a trial
now in its 31st day. Defence lawyer Barry Roux has argued
against the motion, saying it was "premature" to have the
evaluation done now, as he planned to call other witnesses.
Judge Thokozile Masipa adjourned the court to consider the
prosecutor's request and is expected to rule on it on
Wednesday (local time).
Defence witness and forensic psychiatrist Dr Merryll Vorster
testified that Pistorius, who was born without fibulas,
suffers from Generalised Anxiety Disorder after having his
legs amputated at 11 months.
The anxiety disorder, a long-term condition that causes
feelings of worry or fear in a wide range of situations, has
worsened as Pistorius has got older, Vorster said.
She has said his parents' divorce when he was a child would
have added to his general feelings of anxiety and insecurity.
After the divorce, Pistorius was brought up by his mother,
who died of cancer when he was aged 15. He has frequently
spoken of the difficulty her death caused him.
The state has sought to portray the track star as a
gun-obsessed hothead who killed model and law graduate
Steenkamp in a fit of rage.
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of fear and vulnerability because he was on his stumps when
he thought he heard an intruder in his bathroom.
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Pretoria home to protect himself from what he though was an
Pistorius competed against able-bodied sprinters on
carbon-fibre prosthetics, becoming one of the most recognised
names in athletics. He won a clutch of Paralympic medals and
reached the semi-finals of the 400m at the London 2012
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Scottish football needs two strong capital clubs
The crisis at the capital's two football clubs is bad news for Scottish football.
The revolving managerial door at Hibs needs regular oiling, having seen seven bosses whizz through it in ten years.
Meantime, down Gorgie way, Vladimir Romanov's often zany stewardship of Hearts is surely heading to a conclusion.
Hearts and Hibs are two great Scottish institutions, who have underachieved in recent years.
Each has a potentially huge support base in Scottish terms, and given Edinburgh's financial status as a city, it is a surprise that neither has been able to mount a more robust challenge to the Old Firm.
A strong Hearts and Hibs is good for Edinburgh...and for Scottish football. Photo: SNS
They should both certainly be able to see off the challenge from the likes of Dundee United and Motherwell given their much superior resources, yet a look at the Scottish Premier League table tells its own story.
Only a few seasons ago I covered a game at Tannadice, where Hearts brought around 5,000 supporters with them.
That kind of backing matches anything the Old Firm bring on their travels and it is testimony to the pulling power of a Tynecastle side in its pomp.
Hibs, too, can attract a huge support when they are at the top of their game.
The support that both clubs can generate provides a huge economic boost for themselves and the game in general.
But, equally important, our game needs the atmosphere and passion that a packed Easter Road and Tynecastle bring.
When those two grounds are heaving with humanity there is a dramatic sense of occasion, which is as good as can be found anywhere.
For the sake of Scottish football, let's hope those in charge at the two clubs make sensible decisions in the days and weeks ahead to restore the two clubs to capital health.
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Comment number 1.At 13:05 8th Nov 2011, Rob04 wrote:
Two big clubs in the insanity zone for very different reasons.
Petrie should hang his head in shame for the managerial mess he has presided over. They lost the likes of McLeish and Mowbray to other clubs but most of it has been a mess and the supporters have not helped at times. Reality check and stability required very soon.
Hearts have been generating laughs for me since 1986 when they bottled it on the last day but apart from that Vlad has been a true comic genius: currently spending at 115% of turnover and operating at a loss every year of his tenure; pushing the club debts up to £30m+; superb detached from reality rants about refs, journalists and the OF every few months; falling behind in his target to win the Champions League (a priceless piece of comedy); failing with his import/ export business in Lithuanian players; playing at being the manager and messing it up every single time; and playing the saviour and promising to stay at Tynecastle but now looking to move without anyone remembering that Chris Robinson wanted to do the same before the Jambos welcomed Vlad.
I think the real danger for Hearts is that he sells the stadium land to wipe a large chunk of the debt and pulls the plug on the club.
Maybe Hibs should now try and take over Hearts and produce a one-city club: Heart of Hibernain possibly, or just Hibernian!!!
Comment number 2.At 13:41 8th Nov 2011, edinahib wrote:
To me the real tradegy for edinburgh football is that while hearts have spent huge sums in wages on players they have vastly underachieved and left them close to the abyss and hibs have vastly underspent on players and have achieved less than they should have.The only club in a position to make inroads is hibs but it will take either getting lucky with an up and comong manager(michael oneil) or wisely spending a much improved budget.Both clubs are at a crossroads for different reasons and you have to fear for hearts although the fans have buried their heads in the sand for so long when they do go belly up it will be a shock to them but to nobody outside tynecastle.I live in hope a combination of right manager being allowed to build a team at hibs with an improved budget with see hibs at the top end of the table but the big worry is of course that should someone like michael oneil get hibs into europe or win a cup his days will immediately be numbered before he moves on and the managerial merrrygo round will start again.
Comment number 3.At 13:54 8th Nov 2011, SHELDRAKE3 wrote:
I think Hearts may go to the wall, and I have supported the club for 50 years or so, I just cant see who would want to take on the club with the debts that we have. We all welcomed Romanov the only alternative to selling Tynecastle and renting Murrayfield, but some are more complicit in this, people such as Leslie Deans, George Foulkes and Gary Mackay who implored us all to sell our shares to Romanov they deemed him worthy of leading Hearts to better things.
Wallace Mercer was right all those years ago when he stated the club could not afford to redevelop Tynecastle - better to sell it and use the money toward a new ground, but he was thwarted by the City Council, as such the money spent redeveloping the ground got us into debt and allowed Romanov to become the major shareholder.
Comment number 4.At 14:37 8th Nov 2011, CTP wrote:
i've always thought that romanov never planned to make HOMFC a success, but instead had some ponzi scheme going where he makes off with the debt. sure, it's apparently his bank lending the money, but these financial people have ways and means around that.
Comment number 5.At 14:43 8th Nov 2011, Psycrow wrote:
Right on the money there Jim.
I've read some coverage of Hibs where they site a support with ambitions beyond reality. However, as a fan myself, I speak for most of us when I say that a club of our size should at least be able to put a team on the park that know how to kick a ball. What I witnessed on Saturday was nothing short of terrible and its been heading that way for months, it's no wonder Calderwood got sacked. The club may be run well financially but what's the point in a fancy stadium nobody wants to go to because the team is rubbish? Same with the training centre; £6m and yet the team has gotten worse!
As for Hearts well there were concerns about dear old Vlad before he bought them over. I recall he had his sights on another Scottish club who didn't think he was on the level. I worry for Hearts, there's a real risk he could pull the plug on the whole club.
Lets hope both clubs make it through their current mess.
Comment number 6.At 15:01 8th Nov 2011, arabarber wrote:
HEARTS, Both Dundee clubs & the Pars could see Captain(walter mitty) Nemo,s periscope coming,& were rightly suspicious.He got torpedoed out of sight from all of them.Hearts radar must have been aff when this was going on.Romanov is one of many things in the scottish game that makes us a laughing stock.Doncaster going oot to lithuania to ask Romanov,s views on the doomed 10 team set up is just one.Does he really think we,re ah zipped up the back, that he can go on a jolly on oor doh!! Get him oot.
HIBS, Has petrie used his own doh to hire & fire all they managers??
If not his time is up.
Eddie thompson at united made a few managerial mistakes of his own doing, and it cost him.
The scottish game needs both edinburgh clubs healthy again,as well as many others.
Comment number 7.At 15:38 8th Nov 2011, pzo1984 wrote:
I was thinking the other day that a proper millionair investor could have a field day in Scotland at the minute. The Old Firm's quality is so low that it is feesable for a Hearts / Hibs / Aberdeen to build a championship winning squad with 8-12 million pounds worth of playing investment.
Can you imagine if another team won the league?
Automatically we have a different product to sell to Sky. The interest factor is renewed and of course the investor could look to recoup their investment with 1 visit to the Champions League.
My point is that people say the league is a poor investment because it is so poor at the minute. I think because it is so poor at the minute it is a great invesment. Why don't one of these oil millionaires buy Aberdeen and make this league interesting?
Comment number 8.At 16:13 8th Nov 2011, rm_83 wrote:
Re 7
I would think its because there is no attraction in buying a team like aberdeen, it would be too much of a risk, one only a fan with the financial backing could take. milne isnt a fan of the club; just in it for the money. the new stadium is proof of that.
youre idea is nice, but im afraid the first hurdle is the hardest
Comment number 9.At 17:19 8th Nov 2011, David wrote:
Success breeds success and the two capital club have had it in short supply. There was the briefest glimpse of what might have been when Hearts under George Burley really flourished. At the time even the media down south were talking about it which ties in with #7s comment.
But it wasn't to be and Hearts are in a horrible financial situation with a questionable owner who is talking about bailing out. I really don't see where they go from here. It's a shame because I think the potential is there for both Hearts and Hibs. Edinburgh is a wealthy city with a fairly substantial fan base to draw upon. Hearts in particular have pulled in substantial numbers in recent times. But there's the chicken and egg thing for fans and investors alike. As it stands I think there is a genuine possibility that both clubs have slid so far that the situation is unretrievable. But then the same could be said of Scottish football as a whole.
Comment number 10.At 19:42 8th Nov 2011, BaldyHibby wrote:
Agree entirely Jim. My main focus is on Hibs.
Petrie has lost some managers in the past because they have used Hibs as a stepping stone. O'Neill might do well but then what ? We need an experienced team that will be happy to achieve at Hibs. Jeffries and Brown fit this bill. Why not ? Gordon Smith was a legend at both clubs - am exposing my age here - the point is older fans do not recognise this so-called hatred.
Go for it JJ. A few wins will silence the nae-sayers and you have the qualities to hold off the Board, i.e. Petrie's , interference in football matters.
As to Hearts. I wager that no Hibs fan of my generation want them to go under. But think on this.
Do fans remember the disgraceful death threats, and subsequent police guard, towards the Pieman. His crime ? Knowing that Tynie had to be sold to balance the books.
Recognise anything ? Mad Vlad, the great saviour, certainly has and I think he will. Bit of a shame that the site is now worth a fraction of the club's debt. That Hearts, as an institution are now under threat, is an utter disgrace.
A contributor above mentioned Wallace Mercer. One should never speak ill of the dead. Indeed I won't, aside from a reference to ' Hands off Hibs '.
There were two great clubs in Edinburgh back in the day. Were the former Hearts management team automatically excluded from Hibs simply due to that fact is daft.
Comment number 11.At 20:29 8th Nov 2011, Craig wrote:
to be honest i can see hearts going under. the thing is though why has romanov persued all this move to a new stadium? if he wnated to walk away and sell the land and assets he could, yet he's been persuing a new stadium. the club is a mess and on the brink no doubt and the damage was done well before romanov. i just have a feeling this is in part a usual knee jerk in frustration of how inept scottish football as a whole is.
we started messing up some 20 years ago really when we forgot about youth. to quote mr Levein the spl is now nothing ore than a conveyor of talent to england. the tides may be turning in scottish football going back to what it once was. even in their pomp of winning european trophies scottish clubs won with local talent they'd produced, thet went on to earn more in england, including OF.
all clubs including OF need to adapt to the changes that are coming, you'd better have a good youth system and little debt or your dead.
Comment number 12.At 20:31 8th Nov 2011, arabarber wrote:
Only the sad narrow minded minority of hibees would want the demise of their nearest rivals.The same mob would choke on JJ getting the boss,s job.We,ve been starved of rivalry in Dundee for too long.We have the same minority in oor toon on both sides who cannie see the big picture.We,ve had some great battles and atmosphere,s at tannadice when a healthy Hibs or Hearts team visited.Now apart from the OF or sometimes Aberdeen it,s like a morgue.The Dundee Derby is sorely missed as would the auld reekie ane if Hearts folded.
Comment number 13.At 20:49 8th Nov 2011, arabarber wrote:
A good youth system and little debt many dont have.
It,s the only way forward though,even if it means the standard dropping even more while the young lads gain experience.
Comment number 14.At 22:15 8th Nov 2011, Craig wrote:
#13 i know that's why i think hearts could well go bust. and to be honest even as a hearts fan it is tough to say we and scottish football don't deserve it. we spent money we never had pretending to be somehting we weren't and never can be. the powers that be haven;t woken up to that yet sadly. if we had carried on with our humble ways pre 90's we'd all be fine, happy and our national team would be in the euros. as it stands we are miserable, deluded, bankrupt and pants..
Comment number 15.At 22:19 8th Nov 2011, Craig wrote:
but i would urge fans to not give up though.. there is an air of inevitability that scottish football is finally imploding because of it's insanity and the smoke screen that was 'an elite' league is clearing. tough times are ahead and we may lose some of our clubs. but if you are a fan of a club that goes bust theres no way they won;t start again. maybe we should look forward to waving goodbye to the insane era even if that does mean supporting 'midlothian fc' or possibly 'glasgow gers'
Comment number 16.At 00:23 9th Nov 2011, Rob04 wrote:
Do fans remember the disgraceful death threats, and subsequent police guard, towards the Pieman. His crime ? Knowing that Tynie had to be sold to balance the books. Recognise anything ? Mad Vlad, the great saviour, certainly has and I think he will. Bit of a shame that the site is now worth a fraction of the club's debt.
Yes Robinson clearly told them something, some of the more sober and obviously business-minded of them, didn't want to hear! If they had taken the Robinson deal they would at least have been debt-free. And now they find themselves with even more debt in a climate of static/ falling land values. Staggering. Trading the land could only generate £18-23m (?), leaving them homeless and still in debt to Vlad, with still a stadium to fund. How certain is the new stadium idea? ECC are hocked up to their eyeballs in the Tram fiasco. New stadium?
There is no Scottish or UK investor that will take on Hearts. They could not trade their out. Rangers struggled and unless Vlad finds more East European monies to channel through the club they may not survive as we know them.
And yes we may lose some clubs. There are too many anyway. Economic selection seems as good a way as any other.
Comment number 17.At 09:50 9th Nov 2011, WATSORB wrote:
I've thought for a while we would see a big name in Scotland go before everyone wakes up. As a St. Mirren fan, I am so glad we found out about dodgy Reg Brealey & Stuart Gilmour & Co deserve great praise for coming to the rescue & getting the Club to where it is now. Survival last season has been massive & I'm hopeful that we can be established in the Top 6 in the coming years.
I think a great many more clubs will be trying to follow St. Mirrens example of financial running as I feel we are a few years ahead of the rest.
Comment number 18.At 15:10 9th Nov 2011, madjockmcferson wrote:
I agree Jim. Scottish football does need 2 strong Edinburgh teams, especially if we manage to jettison the Old Infirm.
Comment number 19.At 16:28 9th Nov 2011, BaldyHibby wrote:
Nothing to add. Agree entirely.
Tell you what Rob, if Vlad thinks that ECC are going to build his new stadium for him he is even more deluded than I thought. Aside from the financial input there is the political risk. Hibs built up their infrastucture in-house while Vlad was signing players on wages (?) that Petrie would never sanction.
I cannot see the green half of the City electorate standing for public money being poured into Hearts - funds that were never afforded to Hibs.
Charlie Mann made an interesting observation on Sportsound. He reckons that Vlad does not want to walk away but can no longer justify the cost to his bank's board. What chance he sells the club but covers the debt ? Pretty much the Jambos only hope.
Finally, any Hibees out there with a thought on JJ as manager ? We could do a lot worse.
Comment number 20.At 18:39 9th Nov 2011, Rob04 wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
Comment number 21.At 19:26 9th Nov 2011, NZhibby wrote:
As a dyed in the wool Hibby now living Down Under its been depressing to watch the demise of both Edinburgh clubs. I am of the firm opinion that two succesful Edinburgh clubs are important for both the city and Scottish football. What Mad Vlad has done at Tynie is nothing short of a crime. Don't get me wrong. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to see Hibs gub hearts in the Derby but as a kid who grew up in the 70's when both sides played with a bit of style and flair, the recent diet has been "sair tae bear".
Hibs certainly need to have some stability in the management position and I reckon JJ would be a safe bet. His past history is certainly pretty good. It'll be interesting to see who else the board has in mind though.
Comment number 22.At 20:31 9th Nov 2011, Rob04 wrote:
Will have to reprise my comment at #20
Can't see how Vlad is going to sell a stake in this scale of debt to anyone Hibby, or cover the debt selling the land and then building a new stadium. Unless like Rangers he finds a venture capitalist. Hearts are shell of a club now only sustained by the charitable benevolence of their owner. People must really regret the shameful way that a large section of their fans were allowed to treat the Pieman.
Vlad's fail safe option is an asset sale of the land and players. Would be very ironic if they rented Murrayfield!!!
The future is green in Edinburgh.
At Hibs you need a safe pair of hands imo: JJ would be good and Jimmy Calderwood not so good but still a better choice than going down a rookie route.
Comment number 23.At 23:02 9th Nov 2011, Jamboveg wrote:
As a Hearts fan of many years i agree that mad Vlad is ruining Hearts. On the other hand Pieman was no angel as well. I could only see him selling Tynie for his own benfit so he could regain some of his money that had been invested. Vlad has tried to chase a dream that will never happen with the league and the state of our game in its current format. It still think there are far to many teams in Scotland. For 5 million people we have far to many clubs. I think moving to two leagues of 16/18 teams. It would bring down the budgets of most of the bigger teams which would then allow for more younger players in Scotland to be played. I know at the moment Motherwell,Dundee Utd etc.. rely on the tv money and more teams would give them a small amount but i think with paying players lower wages and bigger crowds would help with the short fall. It would make the Scottish game more attractive to TV company's as it would be more competive.
Comment number 24.At 10:57 10th Nov 2011, Sauzee1975 wrote:
The country does need a strong Hibs and Hearts.
However they need a strong Aberdeen as well.
Hearts have spent money unwisely. Deeper and deeper in debt.
No training facility to call their own, which could be sold if necessary to clear some debt.
Only sellable asset is Tynecastle.
They have tried to get Edinburgh Council to give them a hand out.
Unfortunately they have wasted all their money on one way sytems and Trams.
The future does not look good for the maroon side of Edinburgh.
The future is a little brighter on the green side, they have the infrastucture however they are a shambles on the park.
I dont believe the board are to blame as most of the previous managers were popular choices with the fans.
Calderwood was experienced and had a decent track record.
The board need to make the right choice as the lack of entertainment has driven the fans away.
Hibs have been very succesful in selling their assets for a good profit in recent years.
They made good money on OConnor, Fletcher, Whittaker, Murphy, Sproule, Thomson and Brown to name but a few.
They then showed ambition in signing Stokes.
They made good money on his sale, however the ambition in signing players of his quality has deminished.
Aberdeen are crying out for investment.
A big fan base, however they are very poor on the park.
The old firm are nowhere near as strong as they use to be, and i think if someone was prepared to back the team with investment then its possible to at least split them.
Comment number 25.At 11:46 10th Nov 2011, Howling_Sheep wrote:
Right now, there are 20 clubs in Scottish senior football whose average league attendance is under 1,000 while there are another 14 with average attendances between 1,000 and 5,000.
That leaves only eight with average league gates of 5,000+: Celtic and Rangers obviously, Hearts and Hibs, Aberdeen, Dundee United, Motherwell & Kilmarnock.
At the top end, we don't have too many clubs. Plainly we have far too few to create a decent SPL – and we cannot afford to lose any. At the bottom end, the aggregate average attendance of a typical Saturday in Divisions Three or Four is two or three thousand people spread over five grounds. Last Saturday in Division Three for example there were games in Alloa, Berwick, Glasgow, Montrose & Peterhead. If you get rid of clubs in the lower half of the league, you don't get an automatic boost to the 'top eight'; 489 folk from Peterhead will not automatically go to Pittodrie on a Saturday if Peterhead cease to exist. The same goes for Montrose and Tannadice or Berwick and Easter Road.
So please, can we stop with the often-repeated claim that "Scotland has too many clubs"? We actually don't have enough large clubs and that's the problem with our population of 5 million people.
Comment number 26.At 12:33 10th Nov 2011, Tangerine Scott wrote:
So this population / attendance thing needs further reading. Scotland as a footballing nation is around about where its size would dictate it should be. Denmark. Roughly the same size, same number of teams in its main league, slightly smaller average attendance. Our qualification record is mostly the same. In 2009/10 in Denmark highest attendance was 30000 ish, lowest 700 ish. We are exactly where we probably should be. Too much handwringing about this. The main problem isnt the number of fans, its the cost to attend.
The structure is mostly the same.
Poor chairmanship, poor organisational decisions, lack of vision from the league as a whole.
As for the Edinburgh teams. Hmmm. Hearts may be broken, Hibs need some stability. they'll both survive but i'd imagine at some point we'll be looking at a Hearts Football (2012) Ltd. There is no way out of that situation that doesn't lead to ruin.
If i was an Edinburgh taxpayer, from either half of the city, i'd be very angrily shouting at my councillors to say no money from them to HMFC.
Comment number 27.At 12:47 10th Nov 2011, Rob04 wrote:
Scotland has a bigger attendance at football per head of pop'n than most European countries but after Celtic/ Rangers there is a big drop off in terms of attendances even among the bigger clubs.
And attendances will not 'transfer' from bottom to top but we still need a pyramid structure that threatens the comfy pampered existence of teams in the lower divisions, who seem to have been treading uncompetitive water since time began in the closed shop of the Scottish leagues.
Comment number 28.At 16:47 10th Nov 2011, Craig wrote:
out of interest, is hearts £30m debt Vladamir Romanov's fault? i know it is easy to blame him for eveything and he isn't good at running a football club but how much has he really really done that is so awful? he kept the club at tynecastle as hearts fan wanted, he put a substantial amount of money into the wage budget to attract better players and tried alot of intiatives to increase suppport for the club. It isn;t really fair to say it is alll his and therefore hearts' fault that no one challenges the OF. if you are going to do that you might as well blame aberdeen, hibs and dundee utd for not attracting wealthy owners prepared to bankroll a starstuded first team for 20m pounds. his finances collapsed with the banks as did edinburgh property prices, but is that his fault? listen i think he is a poor owner of a football club but i just think there is a bandwagon against him.
Scotland should indeed be better than Norway or Denmark as football is so popular here. i'm glad to hear regan thinks radical changes are needed to save scottish football, levien realising now that the top clubs in spl being skint means first team opportunities for youth and i i agreed with everything Wotte said the other day. slowly we are all starting to look in the same direction. i'm not sure Doncaster ever will though!!


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Kobe, Lakers reign as NBA champs once more
Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:08 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:08 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Kobe Bryant jumped and punched the air. He did it again, seven years of pent up frustration freed in a fit of joy.
Magic's Nelson says finals didn't deter rehab
Associated Press Writer
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Orlando Magic All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson had no regrets about returning earlier than expected for the NBA finals and said it won't affect his rehabilitation.
Nelson had what was then-called season-ending surgery in February and was supposed to be out another two months. He was still rusty and recovering from shoulder surgery in the finals, which the Magic lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in five game, and starter Rafer Alston complained about minutes after two games in the series.
"I don't regret coming back," Nelson said. "I regret some of the plays I made, but I don't regret coming back. Now I just have to listen to the training staff and get ready to play next season. I'll be fine."
Alston had been the team's starting point guard since he was acquired from the Houston Rockets at the trade deadline, a move made after Nelson was hurt.
Alston expressed displeasure with his minutes after the Magic lost Games 1 and 4. But he said Sunday night Nelson wasn't the reason they lost.
"There's a lot of other things we could take away from the series," Alston said. "There's a lot of things we could have done differently. So we don't need to worry about my minutes or anything like that."
Alston averaged 15.4 points and had 11 assists in the series, while Nelson averaged 3.8 points and had 14 assists.
REMEMBERING RED: Phil Jackson planned to honor the man who he passed for most NBA championships.
The Lakers' 99-86 win over the Orlando Magic in Game 5 on Sunday night gave Jackson 10 NBA titles four with Los Angeles and six with Chicago.
The late Red Auerbach won nine titles, all with the Boston Celtics.
"I'll smoke a cigar tonight in memory of Red," Jackson said. "He was a great guy."
Stories about Auerbach circulated all week like the smoke from one of his famous victory cigars.
Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a 14-year-old hoops prodigy when he first met Auerbach. When the Celtics played in New York, they would practice at Abdul-Jabbar's high school, Power Memorial, which was about 12 blocks from Madison Square Garden.
"I would watch Bill Russell practice and I tried to learn as much as I could," he said. "Any time I got a chance to watch Wilt (Chamberlain) or Russell play, I would. I never missed a chance."
Auerbach took a liking to Abdul-Jabbar, for obvious reasons. The ninth-grader was on his way to becoming one of the game's greatest players, and Auerbach recognized talent as well as anyone.
Abdul-Jabbar was asked if Auerbach ever gave him any advice when he was a youngster.
"Yeah," the NBA's all-time scoring leader said. "He said I should come play for the Celtics."
REF READING: Bob Delaney didn't officiate in the NBA finals for the first time in nine years, sidelined by a late-season injury.
The veteran referee got some news to cheer him up during his recovery.
Delaney's book, "Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob" was recently released in paperback, and the motion picture rights to the book were optioned by Appledown Films and Scott-Burns Productions.
Delaney has been an NBA referee for 22 years. His book tells the story of his years as a New Jersey state trooper working undercover to infiltrate organized crime.
CELEBRITY WATCH: R&B singer Chris Brown and former girlfriend Rihanna were among those in attendance in the deciding game of the NBA finals.
Brown is accused of beating then-girlfriend Rihanna after a pre-Grammy party in February in Los Angeles. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 22. A judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to continue the case. Rihanna could be called as a witness during that hearing.
The two were sitting on opposite ends of the court in the same row for Game 4 on Thursday night at Amway Arena.
Other celebrities spotted at Game 5 were rapper Lil Wayne and tennis star Serena Williams.
WORTH THE PRICE: Lakers coach Phil Jackson said team owner Jerry Buss doesn't usually come down on him when he draws a fine for criticizing officials.
"Sometimes he just says, 'It's money well spent,'" Jackson said Sunday.
The NBA fined Jackson $25,000 for criticizing the officials during Game 4 of the finals. The league also penalized the Lakers $25,000 on Saturday for comments Jackson made during an interview with ABC between the first and second quarters of their 99-91 overtime victory Thursday.
Jackson said there were some "bogus" calls after the Lakers' Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum each picked up two fouls in the first quarter.
This was the one he wanted more than all the others.
The one to top them all.
One year after failing miserably in the finals against Boston, Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers found redemption. They finished a season they felt was theirs with a 99-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night in Game 5 to win the 15th NBA title in franchise history.
For Bryant, this was the missing piece from his resume, his fourth championship and first without former teammate Shaquille O'Neal.
"I don't have to hear that criticism, that idiotic criticism anymore," said Bryant, the finals MVP. "It was annoying."
For Lakers coach Phil Jackson, this was title No. 10, moving him past legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach for the most by a coach in league history.
"I'll smoke a cigar in honor of Red," Jackson said. "He was a great guy."
For Pau Gasol. For Derek Fisher. For Lamar Odom. For Trevor Ariza and for Andrew Bynum and the rest of the Lakers, this was a title to savor.
"It's a dream come true," Gasol said. "The completion of a goal."
Odom scored 17 points, Ariza had 15, Gasol 14 and 15 rebounds, and Fisher, whose two big 3s in Game 4 saved L.A., had 13 points.
It took longer than Bryant expected, but he has stepped from O'Neal's enormous shadow at last.
Bryant averaged 32.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.6 rebounds and more than a dozen cold-blooded glares per game. He wasn't out to make friends in these finals, he was out for redemption. Throughout the playoffs, he didn't smile. He just snarled and bared his teeth.
"I was just completely locked in," he said. "I was grumpy for a while and now I'm just ecstatic, like a kid in a candy store."
O'Neal, who won three titles with Bryant before the pair had a major falling out, was glad to see his former teammate win another.
"Congratulations kobe, u deserve it," O'Neal said on his Twitter page. "You played great. Enjoy it my man enjoy it."
Bryant and Jackson, whose relationship strained and briefly snapped under the weight of success, are again at the top of their games.
Following the game, the pair shared a long embrace.
Jackson, who once called Bryant "a selfish player" now sees the 30-year-old in a far different light.
"He's learned how to become a leader in a way in which people want to follow him," Jackson said. "That's really important for him to have learned that because he knew that he had to give to get back in return, and so he's become a giver rather than just a guy that's a demanding leader. That's been great for him and great to watch."
After the final horn, Bryant and his teammates bounced around the floor of Amway Arena. Moments later, Bryant swept his two daughters, both wearing gold Lakers dresses, into his arms.
It was just as he dreamed.
"It finally felt like a big old monkey was off my back," he said. "It felt so good to be able to have this moment. For this moment to be here and to reflect back on the season and everything that you've been through, it's top of the list, man."
Bryant had come up short twice in the finals before, in 2004 with O'Neal against Detroit, and again last season against the Celtics in the renewal of the league's best rivalry. The Lakers were beaten in six games, losing the finale in Boston by 39 points, a humiliating beatdown that Bryant and his teammates had trouble shaking.
They went to training camp with one goal in mind. This was going to be their season, and except for a few minor missteps, it was.
In the locker room afterward, Bryant made sure Jackson got a champagne shower.
"He took his glasses off, threw his head back and soaked it all in because this is a special time," Bryant said. "For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us."
Orlando will be haunted by moments in a series that swung on a few plays and had two overtime games.
After losing Game 1 by 25 points, the Magic had their chance in Game 2 but rookie Courtney Lee missed an alley-oop layup in the final second of regulation. In Game 4, Dwight Howard clanged two free throws with 11.1 seconds, and the Magic allowed Derek Fisher to nail a game-tying 3-pointer to force OT.
Howard, the Magic's superhero center, was hardly a factor in Game 5. He scored 11 points and took just nine shots. Rashard Lewis scored 18 points, but was only 3 of 12 on 3s for Orlando, which after living on the 3, finally died by it.
The Magic went just 8 of 27 from long range.
When the game ended, Howard didn't move. As his teammates headed to the locker room, Howard stayed on Orlando's bench and watched as the Lakers celebrated on the Magic's floor. Jameer Nelson, Orlando's point guard who came back for the finals after missing four months with a shoulder injury, finally joined him
The two sat stunned.
"What I just told Jameer is look at it, just see how they're celebrating," Howard said. "It should motivate us to want to get in the gym, want to get better."
Orlando was trying to become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals. They had rallied to knock off Philadelphia and Boston, and then upset LeBron James and Cleveland in the conference finals. The Magic always felt they had a shot at history.
Bryant, though, wouldn't be denied his place.
"They had an answer," Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said, "for everything."
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We have a Buffalo AirStation WHR-HP-G300N as the main router. We also have an Asus RT-N53 router located one floor higher. I've set the Asus router to act as a repeater for the Buffalo. There is a problem with it though. My table isn't taking any benefit due to the repeater router. My phone gets a great signal though. Well, it gets it notwithstanding the extra router.
The Buffalo router is running DD-WRT and Asus is running on stock firmware.
The Asus router doesn't seem to be able to act only as a repeater device since it has to broadcast it's own SSID for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies. By the way, the tablet gets an excellent signal when connected to the SSID broadcasted by the Asus router.


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Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet
August 16, 2011: In This Issue
New Thrills from Sierra Club Outings
Ready for action? We've got a lively new lineup of trips!
Hike and camp in ancient Mongolia; visit the world's largest freshwater wetland in Brazil; explore exotic flora and fauna in Madagascar. Or choose from a number of activities closer to home including snow, water, and service trips.
Visit our homepage for a full list of trips and be sure to sign up for the Explorer newsletter for monthly updates on new and featured trips from Sierra Club Outings!
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Roughly four in ten car trips are within two miles. Pick one short trip out of the week you usually drive, and opt to either walk or bike it. Bad weather? See our tips on biking in bad weather
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Carbon Nation is out on DVD, and Insider readers can get a 25 % discount by using the code sierra25 when ordering from the filmmaker.
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1) Bruce Nilles talks about the Sierra Club's new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to move the nation beyond coal, and why the EPA should create stronger safeguards to protect families from air pollution. 2) Avital Binshtock, Green Living Editor at Sierra magazine, on the question of which is greener -- books or e-readers? 3) Ann Mesnikoff on the Obama administration's announcement of new mileage standards for trucks.
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Last year, President Obama established our nation's first National Ocean Policy to protect, maintain, and restore our ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes natural resources.
Now some members of Congress are attempting to block implementation with a backdoor attack through the Interior Appropriations Bill.
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We love bikes, and reckon the world can always use a few more of them. So we're teaming up with Public Bikes to give away three brand-new, colorful, perfectly practical, and stylish bicycles that will make it a pleasure to leave your car at home -- whether it's for a quick spin to the market or a daily fresh-air commute like this one.
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Buy during PACT's special three-day flash sale and 100% of proceeds will go to support the Sierra Club's campaign to move our country Beyond Coal.
Coal on the Carpet
Speaking of coal, unless you've got a coal-fired boiler in your basement, you might have trouble picturing how much of the stuff it takes to power an average American household.
So we did the calculations and then piled up the coal -- in the living room, the bath, and behind the sofa.
See for yourself how "dirty energy" lives up to its name.
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A Victory Leap for Wild Salmon
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge James Redden again ruled against the federal government's management plan for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake rivers, saying it failed to provide salmon and steelhead with a real shot at survival, much less recovery.
Salmon-recovery plans from three different presidential administrations over the past ten years have failed to protect the species. Redden's ruling marks a huge win for wild salmon and the communities and ecosystems that depend on them. Please tell the Obama administration that we want (and salmon-dependent communities need) a new salmon-recovery plan that protects wild salmon.
The Last of Their Kind
Loggerhead turtles, yellowfin madtoms, California tiger salamanders, and Mexican gray wolves have little in common beyond the struggle for their species to survive.
Joel Sartore photographed these and other creatures that are among the last of their kind. His stark, intimate images are featured in this exclusive Sierra magazine slideshow.
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One Big Cat's Incredible Journey
Experts have confirmed that a male mountain lion struck by an SUV in Connecticut had begun its journey 1,500 miles away, in the black hills of South Dakota.
Despite the cat's sad end, its record-breaking trek is part of an encouraging trend. Thanks to reforestation and to conservation measures like the Endangered Species Act, animals like moose, fishers, and black bears are showing up in places where they haven't been seen for a century.
But for endangered species to expand or change their ranges, they need both contiguous habitat and a way to safely get past highways and other dangerous obstacles. Perhaps most of all, they need habitat protection like that which the Sierra Club is attempting to secure for the Florida panther.
Keep on Truckin' -- with Less Gas
Last week, President Obama announced the first-ever fuel-efficiency and carbon-pollution standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. That's significant because, although they represent only 4 percent of the vehicles on the road, they consume 20 percent of the fuel.
"By setting these standards," said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, "we can clean up and improve the performance of the delivery trucks, city buses, and freight trucks that Americans rely on each day -- while also clearing the air we all breathe, saving truckers and businesses money, and bringing our nation a step closer to moving beyond oil."
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Football fans, usually young but sadly sometimes also pretty old, simply love getting their favourite player's name on the back of their shirt.
For whatever reason, fans want to throw even more money around at the club shop to make their very expensive replica shirt even more expensive still by getting letters emblazoned across the back of it.
But which star's name is the most popular when it comes to fans and their very valuable shirts?
The official Premier League Season Review 2013/14 has been released and the results are in.
The most popular name for the back of a shirt? Robin van Persie.
It might be fairly long and it might cost a lot of money to get it printed onto a shirt, but Van Persie comes out on top.
Sadly for his Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney, there is not even a place in the top three for him.
Liverpool fans were busy buying up letters to make sure that captain Steven Gerrard slotted in at number two on the list.
And the third most popular? Well, let's just say that there will be an awful lot of Liverpool fans who will be having to return to the club shop this summer to buy a new shirt after Luis Suarez – third on the list – departed for Barcelona.
Hundreds of Arsenal fans flocked to get 'Ozil' printed on the back of their shirts at the start of last season, but that surge of impulse buyers did not ensure a podium place for Mesut.
And while Rooney may have spent a lot of time over the last few years hankering for a move away from Old Trafford, that has not stopped United fans from keeping him in the top 10 on the list.
Juan Mata's name is likely to be found split across Chelsea and United shirts after his mid-season move, while other Blues fans seemingly edged towards getting 'Hazard' instead of 'Lampard' on their jerseys.
As for the most surprising entry? Well, it is and it isn't, given how global United's 'brand' is nowadays. Shinji Kagawa would be flattered by the 'fringe player' tag given his contributions to the club on the field, but off it he is still bringing in big business.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. � U.S. Senator Jack Reed responded Friday to carrier-borne and drone air strikes against Islamic extremists near the Iraqi town of Irbil by backing President Obama�s decision to launch them.
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ok i was wrong . tommorrow should do it though
yes, i predict at some point there will be a down day for this stock :)
Junior...what does fffffffff mean?surely u can do better than that
junior really is a third grader with incontinence. That is the sound of him wetting his pants. If you look you will see he pees on numerous yahoo boards. Someone buy this boy some Dependz.
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Dubai Duty Free named fifth largest operation in the world
Dubai Duty Free joined the industry big league when new statistics issued by Generation Group confirmed that the operation, which recorded sales of 1.1 billion Emirati dirhams ($306 million) in 2002, is now the fifth largest duty free operation in the world in terms of turnover.
The figures, which were issued by the Swedish-based research company at the Trinity Forum Conference in London last month, place Dubai Duty Free among the top five duty free operations in the world along with London Heathrow, Singapore, Amsterdam and Paris.
"What is very clear from the figures is that the spend per passenger at Dubai Duty Free, which is estimated at around $34 per head, is above the average spend in other airports which have a much higher traffic flow. Given our sales figures so far this year, we think we can move even higher up the chart in 2003," said Managing Director of Dubai Duty Free, Colm McLoughlin.
Sales for the first half of 2003 seem to bear this out, with figures reaching Dh 592 million and representing a 16 percent increase over the same period last year. "Sales have bounced back to normal following a short term dip during the regional crisis and we are now looking ahead to ensuring that this year, which is our 20th year of operation, is one of the most successful ever," added McLoughlin.
Dubai Duty Free began operations in December 1983 and first year sales reached $20 million. The operation currently employs over 1,000 staff and of the initial 100 staff employed in 1983, 64 still remain in service. — (menareport.com)
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One of the world's largest mall REITs announced it may make material adjustments to its 2004 and 2005 financial statements, prompting at least one analyst to downgrade the company's stock from "Hold" to "Sell."
Financial troubles continue to mount for Arlington, Va.-based The Mills Corp. (NYSE: MLS). The company's share price fell more than 11% to $32.40 on Monday, March 20, from a $36.73 closing price the previous Friday, after the company told the SEC it would miss a filing deadline for its 10K year-end report due to an ongoing financial review.
In an 8K report filed after the close of trading March 17, Mills suggested it may have overstated net operating income, and anticipated adjustments that would likely lower its 2005 financial position. Mills had previously stated it expected its 2005 results and funds from operations to be significantly below market expectations, and that prior earnings/FFO guidance for 2005 shouldn't be relied upon.
Hours before Mills' filing, Citigroup analysts had already downgraded the company's stock from "Hold" to "Sell," reasoning that Mills' net asset value per share could be as much as $10 less than the $40-plus NAV the analysts had previously calculated for the company. Citigroup analysts recommended investors wait on the sidelines until Mills provides greater clarity with its reporting and lowered Mills' target price to $35, citing complex and unaudited financials, unknown terms of (joint ventures), a huge development pipeline and high leverage. "Our confidence in Mills' NAV is low and deteriorating," the analysts wrote.
After Mills' end-of-day filing, Citigroup reiterated its call for investor caution. In the absence of reported financials, its analysts speculated that accounting for tenant improvements could be part of Mills' troubles and could have an estimated impact of $15 million to $30 million on net operating income.
The recent turmoil is a blow to a company that has been emulated for its mix of unique entertainment, retail and dining experiences in market-dominating projects. It currently owns 42 properties in the United States, Canada and Europe, with a total portfolio of 51 million sq. ft. Analysts and investors have said Mills' troubles stem at least in part from an overemphasis on development. The company's largest corporate investor, Cohen & Steers, experienced poor performance from regional mall stocks last year and attributed those results primarily to its position in Mills. In Cohen & Steers' 2005 review, it called Mills as its worst performer of the year with a 31.3% decline "as a result of company-specific problems relating to an overly aggressive development pipeline."
Banc of America Analyst Ross Nussbaum also downgraded Mills shares to "Sell" on the Monday after Mills' disclosure to the SEC, lowering the company's risk-adjusted NAV by $10 to $30. In a worse-case scenario, Mills' NAV could fall as low as $25, he predicts.
Nussbaum believes Mills needs cash to fund capital requirements, including Block 37, a Chicago development that suffered a work stoppage when contractors demanded pay in advance; and Meadowlands Xanadu, a 4.8 million-square-foot entertainment, sports, retail, office and hotel complex under development in Bergen County, N.J. "Given Mills' cash needs, we believe that a preferred issuance of about $300 million is a reasonable assumption," Nussbaum stated.
Other potential drains on Mills' coffers include settlements of class-action lawsuits filed in relation to earnings restatements, which could reduce NAV by $3 per share; and a $2.50 per share NAV reduction if ongoing trouble finding tenants for Meadowlands Xanadu brings lower-than-expected yields and requires a write-off on the project.
The recent downgrades are only the latest of Mills' escalating financial plight. In November, the company shocked investors when it reported third-quarter earnings of 45 cents per share, when analysts had been expecting $1.06 per share for the period. Then in January, Mills announced it would restate its financials for 2000 through the third quarter of 2005, and disclosed that the SEC had launched an informal inquiry into the company. In February, directors announced a change of executives and plans to explore selling the company, with a potential dividend reduction in the event of a sale.
Although Vornado Realty Trust is in informal talks with Mills, analysts say a sale is unlikely until Mills releases audited financials to help suitors calculate bids. Mills executives declined to comment for this report.


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January 4, 2010 – The US census Bureau is currently seeking applicants for multiple open positions to include Census Takers, Crew Leaders, and Crew Leader Assistants.
These positions start at 11.25 per hour plus $.55 per mile and can go up from there.
In order to apply for these positions, applicants must go to a testing center and take a short assessment.
The test is a 30-minute timed test with 28 multiple choice questions. Practice tests are available on the website at www.2010censusjobs.gov.
A test is scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 10:00am at the Enterprise Public Library, and tests will also be scheduled at 10:00am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the month of January at the Economic Development/Incubator Building in the Yancey Parker Industrial Park on Highway 167 North.
Anyone interested in taking the test should call 1-866-861-2010 for additional information and a list of required documents. Walk-ins are welcome.
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In Brief: Turkish court backs Twitter but site still blocked
Turkish court backs Twitter but site blocked
ANKARA, Turkey -- In a second ruling against Turkey's ban on Twitter, a Turkish court has overturned an order for the social media network to remove an account that accuses a former minister of corruption, reports said Saturday.
Turkey last week suspended access to Twitter, which has been a conduit for links to recordings suggesting corruption by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
The government then blocked access to YouTube following the leak of an audio recording of a top security meeting where officials allegedly discussed a military intervention in neighboring Syria.
Twitter, which is challenging the ban in Turkish courts, announced late Friday that a court in Istanbul had ruled in its favor over the account that accuses former Transport Minister Binali Yildirim of corruption. It called the decision a "win for freedom of expression."
Grenade attack kills 9 in African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic -- United Nations officials are condemning an attack on a funeral in Central African Republic that killed at least nine people including several children.
Manuel Fontaine, the regional director for the U.N. children's agency, said that civilians in Bangui are "under siege" and under threat from daily attacks.
Authorities said at least nine people were killed when suspected Muslim rebels launched a grenade attack on the funeral. Witnesses said two other people died in the subsequent fighting.
Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, exploded into sectarian violence nearly four months ago. Tens of thousands of Muslims later fled the city en masse and tensions are now mounting between Christian militia fighters and regional peacekeepers.
Spanish-led consortium to build subway lines
MADRID -- A consortium including Spanish construction companies ACS and FCC said it has been awarded a $5.4 billion contract to build and operate a subway line in Peru's capital.
The project will build Metro Line 2 in Lima and a branch off Line 4 to reach the city's international airport. It will cover 16.7 miles and include 27 stations serving 600,000 travelers daily.
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Jessica Boulton saddles up to experience the stetsons and sunsets of Scottsdale and the Sonoran Desert and even goes to 'cowboy college'
The actress is famous for playing the Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido in The Flying Nun
The battered book also contains a treasure trove of autographs, royalty and political leaders is going under the hammer
The star joins a whole host of famous faces
Dame Joan Collins reflects on her 65 year career and says every actress over the age of 35 suffers ageism
The pair were providing punditry ahead of the World Cup clash between France and Honduras when Savage suggested the Central Americans could thwart the French
Did you know The Social Network's Winklevoss brothers were played by one bloke?
The Silk star said that she could never imagine Strictly Come Dancing being presented by a woman who was the same age as 84-year-old Sir Bruce Forsyth.
Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Downton Abbey Dowager Countess, more than matches her in real life too - but is all sweetness and light compared to our diva A-list..,
THERE'S a saying in the fight game, the result of a rematch will generally mirror the outcome of the first meeting – and you only have to look at World Wars I and II.
Hollywood actress Natalie Wood spookily spoke of her fear of water, two years before she died in an apparent drowning accident.
Jerry Hall has revealed her love of old movies has helped her daughters in their modelling careers.
From Tom Jone's chest hair to Jennifer Lopez's bottom, celebrities are willing to insure every inch of themselves.
It looks just like any other factory in a scruffy industrial estate.
Amanda Donohoe, 46, on her big, bad arrival in Emmerdale, how her toyboy keeps her young, and why she swapped LA for the Dales...
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STARS WHO MAKE THE ACADEMY AWARDS COME ALIVE Who are the big winners and losers at the greatest show on earth..?
Who are the big winners and losers at the greatest show on earth..?
The DJ and presenter, 37, talks stage fright and putting on weight on the Strictly Come Dancing tour, Brighton life with 'her boys', and why she's not exactly the famous one in her marriage.
DAVID Gest - what fresh celebrity hell is this man? I think we could guess from his very first announcement on I'm A Celebrity.
A SHOCKING biography of Marlon Brando claims to feature a photograph of the star having oral sex with another man.
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The Denton Quilt Guild is a group of over 200 quilters who create everything from traditional quilts to nationally known art quilts, and everything in between. New members and visitors are welcome to attend our monthly meeting, usually held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. The guild is very active in the community and provides various services locally by making and donating quilts for children in need, offering our quilt-related Storybooks To Go to our local schools and libraries, and participating in local events, such as the Storytelling Festival. Quilters of all levels are welcome!
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Adorable Kid Tries To Blow Dandelion Spores (VIDEO)Monica Bielanko
They say that if you make a wish and blow the spores of a dandelion, your wish comes true.
Not sure what happens if you eat the dandelion, though.
As a quick aside, dandelions are deeply rooted in folklore. Did you know that they used to be woven into wedding bouquets and symbolize good luck for the bride and groom?
Legend has it that the tallest dandelion stalk that a kid could find in the early spring will show how much taller he or she will grow in the coming year.
Some people eat dandelions. Others make dandelion herbal tea, and others use them as medicine.
So maybe a toddler in Florida had the right idea when she tries and tries to blow her dandelion but ends up with a mouthful of fluff instead. Check it out. Cuteness overload.
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Read more from Monica on Babble:
- Resistance is Futile! We're All Turning Into Our Parents! (PHOTOS)
- Stunning Breastfeeding Battle Between Mom & Rec Center Employee Caught On Tape
- 20 Hilarious Back-to-School Photos
- That Was Fast: Why I Feel Cheated By My Pregnant Wife
- Why I'm Choosing Homebirth After Two Easy Hospital Births


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- Skin Type:
- Oily
Aqua (Water), Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomatoes) Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Maris Limus (Slit) Extract, Maris Aqua (Dead Sea Water), Aspalathus Genus (Red Tea) Extract, Kaolin, Zinc Oxide, Algae (Spirulina, Rhodella, Dunaliella) (Certified Organic Ingredient), Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Extract, Isopropyl Palmitate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Capsicum Annuum (Red Pepper) Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Chamomilla Recutita (Camomile) Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera Leaf) Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Magnesium Chloride, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil (Certified Organic Ingredient), Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil (Certified Organic Ingredient), Prunus Dulcis (Almond) Oil (Certified Organic Ingredient), Benzyl Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Water, Niacin (Certified Organic Ingredient), Ginkgo Biloba Extract (Certified Organic Ingredient), Propolis Cera (Certified Organic Ingredient), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) (Certified Organic Ingredient), Dehydroacetic Acid.
After cleansing, apply a thin layer of mask all over your cleansed face, avoiding eyes and mouth. Allow to absorb and dry for 5 minutes. Remove using a damp wash cloth. Splash with cool water and pat dry. Now take a deep breath, that's really your reflection in the mirror!
For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. In case of eye contact, rinse immediately with water.


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