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I so wish I could watch Chris Paul continue to play basketball and show everyone what a mighty competitor he is.
But I fear the absolute worst.
One more Clippers collapse, and that appears to be a certainty come Friday, and the basketball season is over.
And you know what that means?
We have to start paying attention to the Dodgers and Angels.
Or worse. Icing.
The NBA playoffs were not about winning a championship, but getting us deep into June without having to watch Joe Blanton pitch or listening to Charley Steiner describe an underachieving team's performance.
Sure, it was the Clippers' chance to attract some fans now that the exit interviews are over, but why should we be surprised they blew such an opportunity?
They are still the Clippers, and they better hope Paul doesn't leave as a free agent, or they really will be still the Clippers.
What a shocking waste of what should be such a wonderful story. It's a good thing Clippers fans are so experienced in handling disappointment.
But name any great Laker and Paul gave that kind of performance in Game5. He was the Clippers' leading scorer and rebounder late in the game, playing with the kind of resolve that makes him so special.
When asked about the disappointment of the loss, Paul even took all of the blame. "It's on me," said Paul, who finished with 35 points. "I have to do a better job of getting everyone involved."
Too bad Paul's sense of responsibility wasn't contagious.
All that manly talk about being punked, and the Clippers rolled over dead in one of the franchise's biggest games.
Now maybe the Clippers didn't have a shot after Blake Griffin sprained an ankle in Monday's practice. There was serious thought given to not starting Griffin, who played as hard and as competitively as he could before sitting out the fourth quarter.
That meant for much of the game the Clippers did not have a power forward or starting center. DeAndre Jordan was healthy, but just a waste of space.
Jamal Crawford continued to struggle getting his shot, Caron Butler and Chauncey Billups were once again missing in action and soon Coach Vinny Del Negro might follow.
What a wonderful season it promised to be, the Clippers beating these Grizzlies in the seventh game of the playoffs a year ago and beginning the regular season with yet another pulsating win over Memphis.
And then 17 wins in a row and talk about the Clippers turning the corner. Who knew it was fool's gold?
They had every advantage on Memphis, winning a key game near the end of the season to gain the home-court edge, and then just tossed it away.
They had no answers for Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, and does anyone really think they have what it takes to rebound in Game 6 in Memphis on Friday?
OK, so Paul would be the exception. He has already done the unimaginable in making the Clippers relevant. And the way he played against Memphis, how can anyone not hold him in even higher regard?
But where's the help? Where's the refusal to give in? Check the archives.
I wrote the same thing about Jordan a year ago, but the Clippers were more fortunate. They had Reggie Evans and Kenyon Martin, both guys tougher and playing with more energy than Jordan could muster.
"Do you miss them now?" I asked Del Negro before the game.
"Sure," said Del Negro.
As small as he is, Paul played so much bigger than Jordan, who just has to do more or the Clippers will never go much further.
"He's got to bring the energy, the intensity level," Del Negro said before the game, and next year the team's new coach probably will be saying the same thing.
Remember when everyone was going crazy over Lob City? You take Griffin out of the game with an injury, old age doing the same to Butler and Billups and get nothing from Jordan, and it's Paul against the world.
Where's the heart from everyone else? The Clippers won the first two games of this series and it's been a Memphis mismatch ever since.
And a major letdown, and didn't we already have that with the Lakers, which brings us to the Dodgers and Angels.
Time for vacation.
In an effort to help Lakers fans who will have nothing to do for a while, I might suggest reading a book. Just think of me as Phil Jackson.
I would recommend "Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles' Most Colorful Sports Journalist," by Doug Krikorian, available through amazon.com.
It's touching and funny, which suggests maybe Krikorian had help from a ghost writer, and it's also a good reminder that the media treated Wilt Chamberlain at times like Dwight Howard.
Or, as Krikorian began his column one night after a poor performance by the Lakers center, "Wilt Chamberlain was the tallest spectator at the Forum last night."
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That was more or less the motto for Saks this past season, as the Wildcats had a season of a lifetime for its players.
Saks completed its first 10-0 regular season in school history and also made the Class 3A state semifinals for the first time since 1996. As a result, Miller is The Anniston Star's Calhoun County Class 3A coach of the year.
"The first thing is I'm proud of our players and coaches," Miller said. "Our players did everything we asked of them. That's where everything started."
Saks came off an 8-3 season in 2012, and it wasn't much of a secret the Wildcats were going to have a successful season. Miller said during spring training he could see the pieces coming together, but the coaching staff didn't want to put an expected win total or anything expectations on the season.
"I guess we were trying to survive until the Piedmont game (Week 8) and be undefeated," Miller said. "We were able to do that, and I think after the Piedmont game we started hoping we could make a run for the playoffs.
"We thought we could go a few rounds and make some noise if everything fell our way."
In the journey to the semifinals, one of the biggest things that stood out was the crowd support, especially when Saks traveled to Lauderdale County and Colbert County in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively. Although both games were multiple hours away, Saks faithful packed the bleachers to cheer the Wildcats on to wins.
"I'm really proud of the way our community supported us this year," Miller said. "We had a lot of big crowds at home and we traveled well in the playoffs. It was exciting to see a lot of support and enthusiasm from our crowds all year. That was a neat experience from everyone involved."
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TELLURIDE - Telluride Ski Resort owner Chuck Horning announced this week that skier visits this year to date are up five percent from last season.
But Horning added that it is not yet clear if the increase will translate to increased revenues due to heavy use of discounted lift tickets.
Nonetheless, Horning said, "I think we're on the right track and the community is on the right track."
The strong skier visitation numbers do seem to have produced an increase in commercial activity in the region, as the 2013-2014 holiday season brought with it year-over-year increases in many hotels, stores and restaurants.
"I think looking back, we'll see that it was a good holiday season," said Michael Martelon, president and CEO of the Telluride Tourism Board. "The early snow helped attract people, but the reasons behind the increase in business activity stems from that as well as a combination of new marketing efforts by TTB, Colorado Flights and Telski – as well as improved airline traffic."
This fall, TTB, Telski and Colorado Flights announced a collaborative marketing effort. At the same time, the Telluride Ski Resort hired the same agency that the TTB uses, Backbone Media, to engage in more aggressive and pinpointed marketing outreach initiatives, particularly in digital media.
The combined marketing efforts, Martelon said, certainly played a role in the growth in air traffic and increased hotel occupancy rates.
"With great snow, coordinated marketing and added seats from core markets this holiday season, we saw a strong year-over-year performance," said Matt Skinner, chief operating officer for Colorado Flights, an organization that attracts air service to the Telluride and Montrose airports. "Highlights include an 11 percent increase in total passengers for the two week period, and a six percent increase in December load factors on our guaranteed flights."
Skinner expressed optimism that the trend will continue past the holidays.
"We have a great opportunity this spring as well, with added seats from Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles, plus our low-cost Allegiant flights and regular service, to really grow visitation this winter. I've been impressed with the destinations' combined efforts to get the word out so far, and hope that will continue in the second half."
With the increase in air passengers visiting Telluride and the region, Martelon sees dollar signs for the region's businesses.
"Visitors typically spend 30 percent of their travel budget on lodging, another 30 to 34 percent is on food and beverage, while the rest is spent on retail and utilities," he added.
Hotels Report Strong Occupancy
Todd Gehrke, director of sales and marketing for the Hotel Madeline, said his hotel saw a year-over-year increase in occupancy rates from 2012.
"It's been a great season and the numbers are definitely up for most of the community I would imagine," he said, adding that while he couldn't release any financial information to outside sources, he expects the hotel will report about an increase of three percentage points in hotel occupancy rates from December 2012, and on overall 10 percentage point increase year over year.
The Lumière in Mountain Village also saw an increase over the holiday season.
"We've had a fantastic New Year's and beginning of January," said Lumière general manager Clare Evans. "In fact, we were completely sold out from Dec 27 through Jan 12. We exceeded December 2012 numbers, and it looks like we're already 25.1 percent ahead of this time over last year."
"With Christmas and New Years both falling on Wednesdays, that treated us well," said Amanda Acosta, director of sales and marketing at Hotel Telluride. "Lots of people arrived early for Christmas, and similarly, arrived early for New Year's."
One off-note is that the hotels have not booked as many groups for later in the season as they have in previous years.
"But group sales are cyclical," Martelon said. "Although this is an off-year for Telluride, we can capitalize on a stronger leisure market and groups will be back."
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While the holiday season was the first for the Village Table, a Mediterranean restaurant in Mountain Village, owner John Gerona, said he's pleased with how his restaurant performed.
"Since this is our first season in Mountain Village, I have nothing to base it on, other than we were quiet from Dec 10 through Dec 23, but were then non-stop for ten days," he said.
"We offered a prefixe menu on New Year's Eve, which went flawlessly, and served nearly 130 people that night. We also did a few catering functions as well. I'm optimistic and happy with how our restaurant and staff worked."
Lucas Price, owner of La Cocina de Luz in Telluride, said that business at his restaurant was good, but did not noticeably exceed his sales from last year's holiday season.
"We had very strong holiday numbers, it was great, but nothing out of the ordinary," he said. "We had some strong breakfast and lunches, and made up for lost ground. It was good to make up some lost money from other parts of the season."
Retailers also celebrated a healthy holiday season.
Telluride Trappings & Toggery waited for much of December to see an increase in sales due to an earlier-than-usual Noel Night that was off compared to previous years.
"It felt like we waited for it to get busy, and then the week of Christmas and the week after exceeded our expectations," said Toggery co-owner Wendy Basham. "We made a bet to increase our inventory this year, filling up the story with items. It was a leap of faith, but it paid off."
Also located on Telluride's main street, the Jagged Edge, which sells outdoor equipment, said they saw healthy traffic through the holidays.
"I'd say the last few weeks have seen increases over the year before," said owner Erik Dalton. "Our Noel Night was a hair weaker than last, but the holidays were stronger. All in all, our December was up compared with last December."


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I zeroed in on this same error message today. I can't tell you exactly what was causing it, but I can tell you exactly the object that was causing the issue. It was a 1-row, 2 column table. In one cell was some text that included hyphenation ("in-process"). In another cell was a drop-down menu with only two options defined: pass and fail.
I noticed that as I was scrolling through the document, as long as this particular table was visible, I would get the same "bad hyphenation" message continuously, line after line, and once the screen threw up 8 lines of this same message at once. But once I deleted the object, the error no longer appeared, and when I re-created the same table sans hyphen, no error messages.
I must note that once the error message appeared, when I tried to work with the table-cells, the object no longer functioned as a joined table but instead worked like individual fields.
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Lincoln Financial Group offers exceptional service and a variety of non-medical group insurance solutions. The company also offers employers flexible plans, bundled solutions, a selection of contract features and voluntary coverage that can be tailored to best suit the needs of employees.
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- Lincoln Financial Group Forms
A Checklist – Lincoln Financial
Submission checklist for new group.
Revision Date: 3-2010
A Checklist Lincoln Financial Voluntary
Submission checklist for voluntary product.
Revision Date: 3-2010
Automatic Premium Authorization Enrollment Form
To be completed by employers authorizing automatic payment of group benefit premium.
Revision Date: 11/07
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Broker must submit with license to sell Lincoln Financial products.
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Broker Fee/Override Disclosure Form
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Revision Date: 04/07
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Master Application (TIP only. Under 10 employees)
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Good Technology Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Aug 06, 2010 (02:08 PM EDT)
Names Veteran Board Member to CEO as Company Prepares for Next Phase of Growth
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Technology and its board of directors today announced that current director King R. Lee III has been named president and chief executive officer replacing Brian Bogosian effective immediately.
Lee, 69, has spent the past 40 years building large public and private companies while serving on a number of boards. Lee is a 30-year technology and software veteran with CEO experience who joined Good Technology's board in December 2003. Lee will report to the Good Technology board of directors.
"Good Technology appreciates Brian's many contributions during his ten year tenure with the company," said Lee. "In 2009, Brian helped Good Technology execute two substantial acquisitions which have reinforced the company's leadership in secure and managed enterprise mobility. Good has over 4,000 enterprise customers, including 40 of the Fortune 100 companies and, in the first half of 2010 alone, over 1,500 enterprises have deployed our Good for Enterprise solution to secure and manage their rapidly expanding base of iPhone®, iPad® and Android™ device users. As Good continues to build on this momentum, I look forward to helping the company focus on operational excellence and to drive new growth opportunities."
About King R. Lee
King has spent over fifteen years helping companies transition to high growth across several industries at the request of investors and boards of directors.
Mr. Lee served as president and CEO of Quarterdeck Corporation a leading developer of PC software successfully driving Quarterdeck's worldwide operations, increasing the company's market cap from approximately $50 million to over $800 million. He returned again to the company to lead its successful sale to Symantec. During the same period he also co-founded and served as the CEO of Wynd Communications, a pioneer in wireless email tailored for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. It was subsequently sold to Purple Communication and became the primary business of the acquiring company. Earlier, he served as CEO and president of the XTree Company, a publisher of file management and network software products which was ultimately sold to Central Point Software Systems Inc. and later rolled into Symantec.
Along with his experience in the various technology industries, King brings a successful background in the highly competitive consumer market, where he held management positions with General Mills, Inc. and Lever Brothers, Inc.
About Good Technology
Good Technology combines enterprise-grade mobile security and control with an exceptional user experience for messaging and collaboration that allows users to connect and collaborate on their devices of choice. Good opens new possibilities for enterprises, government agencies, and end users to maximize business and personal productivity by providing secure, easy-to-use, and instant mobile access to data, applications and services on hundreds of mobile devices. For more information, visit the Good web site at www.good.com.
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DENVER –Gov. John Hickenlooper announced the appointment of Patrick Willits to serve as Ouray County's District 3 Commissioner, filling the vacancy created by the Aug. 14 resignation of Heidi Albritton.
The appointment took effect Tuesday, Aug. 21.
According to Section 1-12-206(4) of the Colorado Constitution, "If the vacating commissioner is unaffiliated, then a registered unaffiliated successor shall be appointed by the governor, acting as a vacancy committee, within 10 days after the vacancy." The appointee shall hold office until the next general election and until a successor is elected. The appointee must be a resident of Ouray County and be registered as an Unaffiliated voter.
Willits, who has been registered as an Unaffiliated voter since 2011, is currently the executive director of The Trust for Land Restoration, a position he has held since 1999.
He previously has served as Mayor of the Town of Ridgway and as a San Miguel River Ranger for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. He previously held positions at The Nature Conservancy, Nichols Expeditions, Eldora Mountain Resort and Boulder Valley School District. Willits earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University.


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Criminal charges against one single black mother and conviction of another for sending their children to schools in districts in which they are not residents provide yet more indications of deep seated problems festering in our country.
The incidence of black conservatism is far deeper and widespread than most believe. (comments)
Congressional Budget Office report in February projects that Obamacare will shrink the American economy by 2.5 million jobs. (comments)
Limiting the amount of funds that free citizens can contribute stifles competition and protects incumbents. (comments)
Liberal code word for 'racist': someone like Paul Ryan, who wants to make Americans better off by giving them freedom, choice, responsibility, and less government. (comments)
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My colleagues find in their investigations around the nation that Kermit Gosnell was by no means one of a kind. (comments)
When Mitch McConnell and Republicans controlled the House, Senate and White House, government grew. (comments)
The "gay rights" crusade is not about a struggle for justice but rather it is a cultural war. (comments)
It is not accident that as values collapsed, as family disintegrated, the welfare state, big government, has grown and taken its place. (comments)
If the debt ceiling can be routinely raised simply by the president asking that it be done, why have it at all? (comments)
After the Citizens United decision, the president himself weighed in, expressing his outrage about the decision, indicating his intent to "develop a forceful response to this decision." (comments)
These wonderful new retirement accounts will receive bonds from the U.S. Government. And who guarantees them? (comments)
The owners of Hobby Lobby, the Green family, are Christians who cannot violate their religious beliefs by being complicit in the destruction of human-life, at any stage. (comments)
In 2013, 48 percent identify as "pro-life" and 45 percent as "pro-choice." (comments)
Politics and political rhetoric is no substitute for personal morality. (comments)
So far, providing "free" government health care through Medicaid has been attracting far more new enrollees than individuals signing up on the exchanges. (comments)
When most Americans feel the biggest threat facing us is big government, yet they do not want to take on the biggest factors driving the growth of government, we have got a problem. (comments)
Is A&E's problem that there are still Americans who believe there is something called sin? (comments)
Americans now in their forties and younger, who will be retiring in 20 years or more, will receive only 75 percent of their promised benefits. (comments)
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By Verne Harnish
FORTUNE -- Every business can learn an important lesson from Costco. The fast-growing warehouse retailer did $103 billion in sales in the fiscal year ending in September, with pre-tax earnings of $3 billion. Membership fees brought in $2.3 billion -- equal to about 75% of its profit.
That influx of cash helps the company pay for new stores, where it looks to get about a 15% cash-on-cash return on investment in building them. And renewals show no signs of slowing down. "Our membership renewal rates have gone up each year and now exceed 90%," notes CFO and executive vice president Richard Galanti. That's not surprising, given that Costco only charges customers a markup on its products of about 11%. Those in Costco's (COST) popular Executive Membership program, which charges a higher membership fee than its basic membership, get extra discounts and rewards -- a great loyalty builder that keeps those membership fees rolling in.
As I've written before, the first entrepreneurial law of gravity is that growth sucks cash. To fuel rapid growth, you've got to master the cash conversion cycle -- which, simply put, is the time it takes to get a dollar back that you've spent on the business. Finding a source of internally generated cash to get money into the business quickly, as Costco has done, can speed that cycle. It delays the point at which you have to go out and beg and borrow money to grow, a project that can slow you down greatly and doesn't always bear fruit.
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Here are some other strategies to make the cash conversion cycle work in your favor.
1. Shorten the sales cycle. It can cost you a lot of money to go after customers. Most companies don't think about the fact that the faster you can land a sale, the quicker you can get a return on that investment (and the more likely you are to block competitors from getting there first). Get off email and pick up the phone or meet your customer face to face. Spending 20 minutes this way will bring you closer to a sale more quickly than going back and forth by email for three days.
2. Eliminate errors. Most entrepreneurs don't think about how even tiny mistakes -- anywhere from the delivery of the product to the invoice -- can slow payments dramatically. A customer who is upset about an error you made is going to be slower to pay.
Many entrepreneurial companies get sloppy about sending out invoices. They're so busy making and selling things that their paperwork starts to slip. Even something as simple as using the wrong format for an invoice can delay your payment for weeks or months at a big company.
If you can't stay on top of invoicing, hire someone to help you. This person should get to know the accounts payable people at any big companies you serve, and make sure your invoices are structured right, so they flow through clients' systems as quickly as possible. At one company I know, hiring a pro to handle accounts receivable helped cut 15 days out of its cash conversion cycle. Yes, you will have to pay an extra person to do this job -- but it's worth it. Shortchanging your accounts payable function is pennywise, but dollar foolish.
3. Rethink your business model. There may be ways you are doing business that are slowing the cash conversion cycle. For instance, many companies send out invoices every 30 days. Speeding that up to every 15 days will get cash into your company more quickly.
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Not accepting credit cards can also slow the cash conversion cycle. One company I know, which makes printed circuit boards, found that it was easier and faster for clients at big corporations to buy its wares on their corporate cards -- which often had a $5,000 limit -- than to get a purchase order prepared. That sped up the cash conversion cycle dramatically.
At my own business, I ask a number of customers to pay in advance, which gives them special access to our offerings, as well as discounts. In return, this ensures that I always have a year's worth of payroll in the bank, in case of emergency.
Look for ways to speed delivery of your product or service, too. The sooner you get what you sell to customers, the quicker you can send out invoices and get paid.
Each business has unique opportunities to speed up cash flow. Uncovering the best ones will help you unlock the growth potential of your business.
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Fabregas must stay at Barcelona despite speculation
Despite Barcelona having already rejected several offers for Cesc Fabregas, the English media continues to link the Catalan playmaker with a move back to the Premiership only a couple of summers after his return to his home club.
It is no secret that the former Arsenal captain continues to have a large number of admirers in the British Isles, mostly based on fond memories of his tremendous progression from promising youngster to midfield maestro under Arsene Wenger.
Since his return to the Camp Nou for 29.5 million euros, however, a considerable number of Cules believe Cesc has failed to show his worth. In their eyes, the 26-year-old has shown an increasingly passive attitude which has stopped him from reaching the level of leadership which made him special during his time in England.
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While I agree that his performances with the Blaugrana have been somehow inconsistent at times, I would certainly not rate his first two seasons in La Liga as a failure -- his 29 goals and 32 assists in 96 appearances, while improvable, are undeniable proof of how valuable a player he has been since his return.
Sure, Cesc came back to the club that taught him the basics of football. But the specific mechanisms of the first-team passing rotation are certainly complex and any player, regardless of his class and prior knowledge, would need to fully adapt before being able to shine within the formation.
Competing with Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta for a starting spot in the lineup is a huge challenge that many players, as Thiago Alcantara showed recently, would be prepared to run away from if given the slightest chance.
Despite competing directly with two of the best midfielders to play the game, Cesc featured in a remarkable 48 matches last season and was instrumental in taking the Blaugranas to their best domestic league campaign.
As could be expected due to the calibre of other playmakers in the squad, Fabregas was not always preferred as a starter for crucial matches. But I felt Tito Vilanova's decisions were always fair and purely based on performances in previous matches.
I strongly believe Cesc would have played in the bigger matches if his level had been higher at the time. As his impressive displays with the Spanish national team regularly show, he is certainly a world-class footballer who needs to trust his own ability to succeed.
I understand that Fabregas is eager to speak to new manager Tata Martino to find out more about his role in the upcoming season. I don't see a problem with that at all and, in fact, would definitely urge every player to do the same as such initiative shows involvement and commitment.
Considering the numerous recent staffing changes, it is difficult to predict what may happen in the near future. But, taking the previous season as a reference, I expect Fabregas to progressively take a more decisive role in midfield by replacing Xavi more often as the season develops.
Fabregas' vision and ability to combine with Lionel Messi within the final attacking third and rotate into space from deep have been essential for Barcelona since his return home. Having performed well for a couple of seasons, there is no reason to doubt that Cesc can continue to improve in years to come if fully committed and given the right amount of support and guidance.
Close friend and teammate Alex Song told the media: "I know Cesc well and these are just unfounded rumours. He loves the city and the club and is only thinking about staying at Barcelona."
While it would be more reassuring to have Fabregas himself denying all of the speculation about the future, the message is fairly clear: The Catalan midfielder has no intention of leaving the Camp Nou this summer.
The latest reports indicate that Manchester United are preparing a third bid. But I believe attempting to lure Fabregas from the Blaugranas this summer is virtually mission impossible as his journey with the Cules is just getting started.
Have your say
I welcome and appreciate all respectful feedback.
For more news and opinion notes on Barcelona, follow Francesc Tomas at @TomasESPN and Facebook; 33,800 Cules have already joined.


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This uproarious romantic comedy follows a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding (more...)guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the processNo show times found for selected day.
Rated R for language, sexual content and brief nudity
Length: 89 minutes
Released: April 26, 2013 Nationwide
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Topher GraceDirector: Justin Zackham
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There is approximately one reason for the Bitcoin concern: anonymity. Governments would love to get rid of cash, Bitcoin, and any other non-traceable currency.
In Canada we already pay a "you must be a pirate" tax on all blank media. Does that not entitle us to actually, you know, be pirates?
And people still wonder why there is no respects for anything that originates from government?
Aerosmith was dead and buried before Run-DMC brought them back to life in 1986 with their mashup of "Walk This Way".
If it turns out that this bloke's business is totally legit, they'll just "age off" the evidence a la Kim Dotcom
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Once they start respecting the public domain, we'll start respecting copyright.
Google should charge the government. "We are not allowed to tell you how many court orders we complied with, but we made $10,000 last year for complying. BTW, we charge $1 per request."
You often reprint the original "offending" content in your posts, and I assume this is partially to bait the copyright owner into going after you as well, as logically it should make sense. Do you often get a nastygram or other communication from these guys? I would assume not, as they know you are correct and that they would just be embarrassed, but I am curious!
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RENO — In fall 2010, the Washoe County School District (WCSD) formed a calendar committee comprising administrators, teachers, association representatives and others to explore calendar options that would improve learning conditions. The WCSD's strategic plan, Envision WCSD 2015 – Investing in Our Future, calls for important reforms, including strategies that would improve student achievement and assist students on their pathway to graduation.
Currently, Washoe County schools do not have a common calendar. With schools starting and ending on different dates, these schedules reduce the district's ability to provide efficient and cost-effective support to the schools, teachers and students. Families could experience issues with having their children on different schedules and operating costs for the district are increased.
"We believe a calendar that better fits the learning needs of our students will be another way of helping more students graduate," said WCSD Chief Community Engagement and Communications Officer Steve Hull. "The survey we are launching will allow the community, parents, employees and students to learn more about the proposed calendar options and provide us crucial information about what they believe is important. We will use this information, along with other information from focus groups and town hall meetings, as part of the data we will give to the board of trustees before it makes any decisions."
The calendar committee is examining the effects of three different calendar options. The first option would mean the current calendar remains unchanged. The second option would call for the current calendar to be implemented as it has been in the past with an additional three weeks of voluntary instruction scheduled between the first and second semesters. This would expand the winter break to five weeks. The third option would spread the three weeks of voluntary instruction throughout the school year. In this case, one week would be scheduled in the fall, one week would be added onto winter break and the third week would be scheduled in the spring.
The survey addresses the academic and historical reasons for changing the calendar. The calendar also reduces the number of different starting times, making it easier for parents with students at more than one school.
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RENO — It began as a metaphor to motivate eighth-graders for their writing exam. Now, Jenny Hoy, an English teacher at Vaughn Middle School, is less than a month away from running a marathon for the first time in her life.
Hoy will run the 26.2 mile Rock-n-River Marathon on May 1. She said her fitness challenge started at the beginning of the school year.
"One of the milestones for students is the eighth-grade writing exam," she said in a release. "I've always used the metaphor with my students that they should get ready for the exam like they are preparing for a marathon. You can't just show up that day and run."
Hoy says her inspiration came when one of her students asked her what she was willing to do this year to improve. One of her students saw an ad for a marathon contest and challenged her to take on the task.
As part of her training, Hoy works with a nutritionist and a fitness trainer from Reno Running and Fitness as well as a host of others who have helped her select the correct shoes and establish healthy eating habits for a marathon trainee.
"She always uses that metaphor that if you run a marathon, you have to train for it," said eighth grader Kaylee Avera, one of Hoy's students. "She tells us we need to put on ankle weights for our writing. It motivates us."
Simulated crash teaches students about drunk driving
RENO — The harrowing scene of a staged car crash on Tuesday followed by a mock funeral service left the juniors and seniors of Damonte Ranch High School in tears, helping them to think twice about drinking and driving. The school's two-day, student-organized Every 15 Minutes program made an emotional impact on the school for all involved, including the high school's 1,500 students, parents and staff.
Students attended a three-hour funeral service featuring caskets for two student actors playing victims of a car accident staged in front of the school. Also attending were the "living dead" teens, who wore black sweatshirts and moulage. The living dead were pulled out of their classrooms throughout the day on Tuesday every 15 minutes to drive home the message of the dangers of drunk driving.
Rowan Moser, a senior, played the student driver who caused the simulated accident and was sentenced to prison for causing two DUI-related deaths and the paralysis of another. He was dressed in an orange jumpsuit with handcuffs at the funeral and accompanied by an officer.
"The biggest highlight was seeing how it impacted everybody," Rowan said, having been tried and convicted by a jury of his peers during a mock trial at a student retreat on Tuesday night, receiving both concurrent and consecutive sentences.
Northern Nevada DUI Task Force members Jim and Annie Holmes, whose college-bound son DJ Benardis was killed by a drunk driver on Interstate 80 in Reno in 1996, shared with Damonte Ranch teens their story about the consequences of getting behind the wheel after drinking.
The students who planned the event said Every 15 Minutes opened their eyes to considering everyone around them on the road when driving. Raynee Kendall, who was amongst the living dead, said she was honored to be part of the experience. Raynee had previously been in a real-life car accident.
"When I first came out here it was like being in my accident all over again and it made my heart sink," she said. "People don't pay attention and they don't care about anyone but themselves when they're driving. I think this program changed me. With spring break coming up, I hope the students understand it's not just the people in the car accident; it's everybody on the road."
Manogue raises money for Heifer Int'l
RENO — Bishop Manogue students raised more than $1,100 for the organization Heifer International during their All-School Service Day on March 25. Heifer International provides families with livestock to enable them to secure a stable and hunger-free future.
Besides bringing and soliciting monetary donations for the organization, students listened to a presentation by a Heifer International volunteer and participated in awareness activities that included a 2-gallon water carry through the halls of the school. This activity helped students experience what it would be like to have to transport precious drinking water on a daily basis.
In addition, the school lunch that day was a "frugal feast" — one cup of rice and a small amount of water — to help illustrate how little many families in the world must subsist on.
To commemorate the service day, and as a reminder of their commitment to fight hunger, the students planted a Promise Tree, donated by Moana Nursery, on campus.
Coin drive at Coral Academy for Japan
RENO — The National Elementary Honor Society and the Geography Club at Coral Academy of Science elementary school, which has a student body of about 360 students, raised $1,566.78 in just 10 days for the Red Cross to be used to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Students conducted a coin drive to raise the money and presented a check to a Red Cross representative Thursday.
Graduating teen urges changes in high schools
RENO — When a local teen was given an assignment by his English teacher to write a paper suggesting changes at his school, he jumped at the chance.
Dakotah Ramirez, a 17-year-old senior and varsity baseball player at Wooster High School, came up with three ideas that could improve the experience for students, teachers and administrators at Wooster and other area schools.
"First, administrators need to listen to teens more and encourage them to get involved in setting the standards for school conduct," Ramirez wrote. "This could be accomplished with a student council that works together with administrators to create a safe, happy environment at the school that motivates everyone to do their best and get along. Pressure and threats of punishment from administrators are not enough to inspire wayward kids. In fact, all it does is shut them down. What we need instead is an environment that is supportive, where new ideas and creativity are encouraged. This is why administrators need to start talking to student leaders to come up with solutions that will bring everyone together."
Another change that would benefit the school is more support for athletic teams from the teachers, administrators and student body. Ramirez, who has played baseball for Wooster throughout his high school career, says that if there were more people in attendance at the games to rally the team, rather than badmouthing their losses, this support would boost the morale of high school athletes.
"Whether we win or lose, we're all in this together," he wrote. "People need to come to the games and show their support for the athletes who work hard to bring a strong sense of identity, school spirit and pride to everyone who is part of the school."
The third and most important change to the school system requires increasing the budget. Ramirez believes that funding should be expanded to all programs. This stems from the belief that education is the greatest hope for our future.
"Teens need the chance to discover who they are and what they really want to do in life," he wrote. "Exposure to different programs in art, culture, sports and other areas help kids figure out where their strengths and interests are. Kids who get the chance to find out what they are passionate about bring their motivation to everything they do, inspire others and grow up to become adults who bring their individual strengths to the world. By finding creative ways to expand funding to the schools, adults can give teens the experiences they need to create a better, brighter future for everyone."
Ramirez will be graduating in June and is currently deciding where he will go to college. He has applied to and been accepted by nine universities.


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Xining's most important site is the Taoist North Monastery, at the northwest end of town. Construction on this series of mountainside cloisters and pavilions began more than 1,700 years ago during the Northern Wei. Climbing the stairs to the white pagoda at the top gives you a view of the entire city sprawled out beneath you. To get here, take a taxi.
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