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Adventure: Protection (Mal Malenkirk)
You step in the street. The citizens of Daunton have cleared out of the immediate vicinity in a hurry.
You see the hobgoblin violently strike the innkeeper with an open handed slap that will probably ring in his ears for days.
-''This is isnt an option. This isnt a discussion. You are in my territory and you owe me.''
-''Fu... you...'' spits the innkeeper
This cause laughter amongst the Hobgoblins gang. They are closer in number to company and no matter how confident you might (or not!) be, its hard not to wonder if there might not be too many to intervene.
The Hobgoblin Grabs hold
-''You think I want to waste my time with you? I got a war to wage with whats left of Rinchs gang before that ghoul inevitably resurrects. So if you cause me too much grief on my collection run, I will burn your bloody inn to the ground with you inside as an example to the others. This is my neighbourhood. Everybody pays protection, understand?'' he snarls.
Welcome to 'Protection' a really, REALLY short adventure. Just giving an opportunity to test run a lot of these PCs and giving some time to prospective DM to design something more full fledged.
Present yourself a bit in that first post. Lots of action in the Hanged Man thread; I noticed some good exchange but by and large I am not up to speed on who is who.
Link me to your wiki or better yet, upload a Character Builder file. I am going to take a quick peek to make sure everyone is approved and legal.
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WILDLIFE photographers Tony and Carol Dilger will be downsizing for their next exhibition.
The husband-and wife team, who are based in Settle, are showing their work at the town's Gallery on the Green, housed in a former telephone box.
The exhibition, After Out of Africa and into the Dales, will feature wildlife pictures shot during photo safaris in South Africa.
Tony said: "It is stunning wildlife photography from the heart of evolution's furnace transposed to the chilly confines of Britain's smallest art gallery, a dose of tropical exotica for Dalesfolk and 'off-comers' alike."
The couple are both passionate about photography, fired by a fascination with the natural world and a love of climbing, caving and mountaineering.
They say photography is another way of exploring.
They launched their photographic careers about ten years ago after selling their family home at Clapham, moving to an apartment in Settle and buying a luxury motor home.
"We live, sleep and breathe wildlife photography," said Tony when interviewed by the Craven Herald five years ago. "We are living the dream."
And that dream has taken them from the Dales to the wilds of Scotland and the game reserves of South Africa in their quest to find nature at "its most elusive, exquisite or simply spectacular".
They have just formalised a collaboration with bush guides Alisha Ellis and Zane Engelbrecht to run safaris in Africa under the name of Fully-Focussed Safaris.
They are due to lead two safaris in the Kruger Park next month and will visit the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park to prepare for a safari there next year. They are also planning to widen their scope to Namibia and Botswana.
Tony and Carol have become increasingly involved with the rhino anti-poaching campaign.
They have met key figures from the Southern Africa Wildlife College, who train and organise the anti-poaching teams, and have pledged to raise awareness and funding for the training of new field rangers.
Tony said: "It is an all-out shooting war against highly organised poaching syndicates. It is an illegal trade that is second only to the Columbian drug trade in scale.
"These young men and women have the task of patrolling the Mozambique border, where the poachers enter the Kruger Park. They are dropped off at intervals and proceed alone on an appointed route, on foot, at night, where night predators roam and the only human contact is certain to be poachers armed with automatic rifles.
"Despite all these efforts, rhinos are still being poached in the Kruger Park at the rate of two a day, a frequency that guarantees extinction in around 20 years. There is such a lot at stake."
Back home, they run bird of prey workshops near Haworth in conjunction with Chris Johnson of SMJ Falconry.
The couple's unconventional life was captured on camera by Abigail Brown, of Ingleton, and her film, A Wild Life on the Road, was broadcast on the Community Channel in July. It can also be viewed at tonydilger.co.uk.
After Out of Africa and into the Dales opens on Saturday and runs until October 11.
For more information, visit galleryonthegreen.org.uk or tonydilger.co.uk

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|Craig Thomas (left) and Bob Russell (right) have continued a friendship that began as children when they attended pest control conferences.
Lifelong friendships and family-owned companies are the hallmark of the pest management industry. To Craig Thomas and Bob Russell, attending pest control conferences as children with their dads meant only one thing: They could buddy up with each other and play only as little boys could and begin a friendship that would serve them both throughout their lives.
"The first thing I did when arriving at a convention hotel was find Craig," said Russell. "Then we'd run the halls of the hotel and a myriad of other activities would fill our days."
While growing up, the two would met at industry functions like NPMA conventions, Associated Pest Services meetings and local and state gatherings.
Since the boys grew and absorbed what they learned about the pest control industry, it's no surprise that they both ended up running successful pest control companies. Before starting Craig Thomas Pest Control, Thomas was a New York State Regulator for 11 years. Once Thomas decided to start his pest control company, he called his friend, Bob Russell, for advice and help. "I feel fortunate to have such deep ties with Bob, knowing we can call each other whenever we need help," said Thomas.
Family Ties. Craig's father, Jim, and Bob's father, Jim, also were lifelong friends and set the pattern for the boys. To this day, the fathers consider each other as brothers. The two families forged a deep bond over family activities like swimming and playing ball. Craig Thomas taught Bob Russell horseback riding, fort building and apple picking while Bob Russell taught Craig Thomas about lox and bagels and lacrosse.
Bob Russell says, "Looking back over your book of friends, there are few you could never say 'no' to — but Craig is definitely in that category for me."
Their Friendship Today. Despite having some competing interests, the two remain great friends today, reveling in each other's successes and leaning on each other for advice.
Russell's company, American Pest Solutions, was founded in 1913 and is a fourth generation, family-owned company. The company's mission is to promote environmentally sound pest management while protecting the health and safety of the public and property. Similarly, Craig Thomas believes that environmentally responsible pest control can be achieved without sacrificing guaranteed quality.
Though they are each die-hard fans of their respective sports teams (for Craig it's the Yankees, and for Bob it's the Red Sox), their friendship has stood the test of time and — it appears — it will continue to serve them both well for years to come.
The author is a contributing writer to PCT magazine and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, which labored for months to press for tough new U.N. sanctions against Iran, now is pushing in the opposite direction as Congress crafts U.S. sanctions that the White House fears may go too far.
Administration officials have begun negotiations with congressional leaders who are working out different versions of House and Senate bills that would punish companies that sell refined petroleum products to Iran or that help the country's oil industry.
While the U.N. action represents international sanctions, congressional action would pertain only to U.S. policies and agencies and would not be binding on other countries. Other countries and groups of nations also are considering adopting measures to augment the U.N. action.
The sanctions are aimed at forcing Iran to give up its nuclear program, which Western nations fear is geared toward developing nuclear weapons. Iran insists it is interested only in peaceful energy projects.
U.S. sanctions have strong support in Congress, and the administration backs them in principle as a way to strengthen the mild strictures adopted Wednesday by the U.N. Security Council.
But the administration fears that the legislation also could damage relations with Europe, Russia and China, all of whom cooperated with U.S. efforts on the U.N. sanctions.
To avoid that possibility, the administration wants authority to waive U.S. punishment against companies from countries that have cooperated on Iran.
But many lawmakers are wary and say the Obama administration, like its predecessors, has been lax in enforcing existing Iran sanctions out of concern for good relations with other world powers.
Republicans have been ratcheting up their demands for Congress to hang tough, arguing that the U.N. resolution fell short of what was needed.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the U.N. sanctions a "goose egg" and demanded that Congress impose "crippling sanctions against Iran."
Russia already has warned that it will strike back if the United States or other countries try to "layer" their own sanctions onto the U.N. punishments. The Russian foreign ministry declared Wednesday that penalizing Russian companies "could lead to retaliatory measures."
The issue is serious for the Europeans as well. Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, reminded Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in a recent letter that U.S. officials agreed in 1998 not to hit European companies with sanctions for doing business with Iran.


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Down, but not out, the Colorado College Tigers scratched and clawed their way out of a seemingly insurmountable hole Friday night.
Seniors Rylan Schwartz and William Rapuzzi scored in the final 3:32 of regulation to help the 14th-ranked Tigers erase a 4-0 deficit and earn a 4-4 overtime tie with No. 3 New Hampshire in front of 6,794 at the World Arena. Rapuzzi's equalizer came with just 1:55 on the clock and helped CC (7-5-1) overcome yet another slow start against a top-five team.
"Considering you're down 4-0 to the best defensive team in the country and don't get a power play in 65 minutes, it's a good tie," CC coach Scott Owens said. "We could have won that thing, and we could have lost it. A loss would have hurt us after coming back like that."
Rapuzzi scored off a rebound of a Schwartz laser that ricocheted off the boards and slid back in front of the net. Schwartz cut the lead to 4-3 off an Archie Skalbeck pass with 3:32 remaining.
"It was another terrible start for us, but it was a great job for our team to come back and tie it up," said Schwartz, who also assisted on the Tigers' first goal. "I think part of it was them breaking down a bit here at altitude, and we were firing on all cylinders. We needed something out of this, because we were 0-and-5 against (top 10) teams."
Senior netminder Joe Howe made 27 saves – including a trio of top-notch tie-preservers in overtime – after coming on in relief of junior Josh Thorimbert, who surrendered four goals for the second consecutive start. Howe didn't appear to be too relieved about the tie following the inspired comeback.
"There's no such thing as a really good tie," Howe said. "It's better than a loss, but it's not nearly as good as a win. We needed a win tonight after, frankly, embarrassing ourselves last weekend against Denver."
It was the fourth consecutive game in which CC had to battle its way out of a deficit, and the Tigers know they need to make some changes in order to get off to better starts.
"We put ourselves in a position we shouldn't have," Owens said. "(Getting behind early) has been a pattern 10 out of our last 12 games. It's just taking us a while to get into it."
The Wildcats (8-1-2), who boast one of the nation's top defenses and premier goalies in sophomore Casey DeSmith, dominated the first 30 minutes. Casey Thrush put his own rebound into the net just 1:58 into the game to give the Wildcats a 1-0 advantage, and the lead ballooned to four goals after Scott Pavelski slammed home a pass from Dan Correale 10:02 into the second.


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October 01, 2009
This week, we welcome guest co-host Checker, as he and Andy (now a regular!) discuss the passing of Don Fisher, Arne Duncan's eight-month-late comments on No Child Left Behind, and Andy's recent reportage of D.C.'s Catholic to charter conversions. Then Amber tells us about a Brookings study that calculates the cost of moderate-swine-flu-pandemic-caused school closures and Rate that Reform closes the case of the double dipping New York principal.


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Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver may be fighting an uphill battle, given England's health ministry isn't exactly applauding his efforts.
While Oliver has launched high-profile television campaigns to provide healthy food choices in school cafeterias and overhaul the eating habits of communities in the U.K. and the United States, England's new health minister, Andrew Lansley, says "lecturing" people on how they should live doesn't work unless individuals are willing to change their behaviour. From Reuters:
Lansley, a Conservative party member of the coalition which came to power in May, said the Jamie Oliver experiment had actually resulted in fewer children eating school meals. "There is a risk if we constantly are lecturing people and trying to tell them what to do, we will actually find that we might undermine and be counterproductive in the results that we achieve," Lansley told doctors at the British Medical Association in Brighton, southeast England. "Jamie Oliver, quite rightly, was talking about trying to improve the diet of children in schools and improving school meals. What was the net effect? Actually the number of children eating school meals in many of these places didn't go up, it went down."
In fact, Lansley maintains that Oliver's ambitious approach steered children in another direction — to shops outside schools to buy unhealthy snacks, since the salty, high-fat, process options were no longer on school lunch menus.
What's next? Banning corner shops from locating near schools or searching kids for bad snacks (might as well check for weapons, too) as they enter schools?
Clearly, though, something has to change, as Reuters reports that one in six children in England were classed as obese in 2008, while only 20% were eating the recommended five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day.


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Sheridan Press, December 27, 2000
BUFFALO Cloe Garretson, 85, a former Clearmont resident, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at Sheridan Manor in Sheridan. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at Adams Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with the Rev. Joe Keys officiating. Burial will be in Willow Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Garretson was born May 4, 1915, in Huntsville, Ark., to William T. and Annie Stroud Mitchell. She attended school in Arkansas and moved with her family to Wyoming where she attended school at Yorky Gap and graduated from Clearmont High School in 1933. She married Louie Garretson Sept. 22, 1934, in Hardin, Mont. They moved to Worland, where he worked in the Holly Sugar Company laboratory through the fall and winter. During the spring and summer months, they would move back to Clearmont where he worked in the Garretson Grocery Store. Mrs. Garretson worked at the Red Arrow Cafe in Clearmont for several years. In 1952, she began working as a clerk at the Clearmont Post Office and continued there until her retirement in 1989. Mr. Garretson died in 1983, and she continued to live in Clearmont until 1992, when she moved to Sheridan. She became a resident of Sheridan Manor in 1996, where she lived until the time of her death. She was a member of the Clearmont Womens Club and held several of their offices. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, the Wheel of Fortune and spending time with friends and family. Survivors include one son, Jerry, of Torrance, Calif.; one daughter, Kathleen Spellman of Arvada; three brothers, Cecil Mitchell of Littlerock, Calif.; Bob Mitchell of Walla Walla, Wash., and Roy Mitchell of Conroe, Texas; two sisters, Doris Robinette and Dixie Campbell, both of Sheridan; one grandson, Greg Garretson of Torrance; three granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one sister, Ruth Harnish. Memorials are suggested to the Clearmont Community Center Foundation in care of Adams Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams Ave., Buffalo, WY. 82834.
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NEW David Cameron's fear of women voters is going to lead him and the country to economic disaster The Telegraph (Opinion) Pity David Cameron. He is caught between a larger-than-life, shoulder-padded and strident-voiced working woman, and a beady-eyed, sharp-elbowed entrepreneur. The former wants flexible hours, extended parental leave, cheaper and more accessible childcare. The latter want to set business free of burdens – bureaucratic, financial, fiscal. In an election, offending working women is political suicide; in a recession, frustrating business is.
How 10 Downing Street censored its own independent report into employment law The Telegraph October 2011 did not start well for David Cameron. The Prime Minister was under siege over his apparently high handed manner towards female MPs and an apparent indifference to the fact that women were suffering more than others under the cuts….
Twitter: Mark Gettleson
@polhomepulse Reason for Labour's huge lead (15pts) among women? 12pts more likely than men to be 'very worried' they'll suffer directly from cuts 30%-18% 10:59 AM – 22 May 12
Benefit changes: David Cameron is no longer on the side of single parents The Guardian (Opinion) The Tory leader pledged to support single mothers. His party is now wielding the axe against them
PNG's Kidu says possibility of by-elections for reserved seats for women Radio New Zealand International The only woman in the Papua New Guinea parliament in the past two terms, Dame Carol Kidu, says there is a possibility of a by-election for reserved seats for women.
Egypt election candidates pay lip service to women's rights thenational.ae CAIRO – Increased involvment in politics, a bigger role in business and equal rights to men. These promises have been made to women by Egypt's presidential candidates from across the political spectrum as they seek to pull in female votes ahead of this week's election. But women activists are worried politicians are merely paying lip service to improving women's rights and, in some cases, may even roll back some of the advances made in recent years.


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Sea Horse TraitsSea horses are naturals in the water, but live on the land as most other ponies. They tend to live by the water's edge, subsisting on water plants and fish, making them one of the few tribes with meat as a normal part of their diet. Fish in Water: You have a swim speed of 40 ft and become amphibious (you may breathe water and air interchangeably). You are considered proficient and advantaged when making checks to swim. Ability Score Increase: Increase Dexterity by 2.
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Financial Institutions, the Market, and the Continuing Problem of Executive Compensation, J. Robert Brown Jr., University of Denver Sturm College of Law. November 13, 2013. Financial Institutions, the Market, and the Continuing Problem of Executive Compensation, Americans for Financial Reform and the Roosevelt Institute, Nov. 12, 2013. U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-06
"The financial crisis of 2008 occurred in part because of excessive risk taking by financial institutions. Compensation formulas at some of these institutions contributed to the collapse by encouraging the maximization of short-term revenues. Excessive risk, however, was not the only problem associated with compensation that surfaced during the crisis. Payments often seemed unrelated to actual performance. Compensation formulas could result in amounts disproportionate to the services provided and could include lavish perks. The practices raised broad concerns about the role of the board of directors in the corporate governance process. The source of the problem was—and remains—surprisingly clear. Compensation has traditionally been a matter left to the discretion of the board of directors. Directors in turn have a fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of shareholders. In the abstract, the duties would seem sufficient to require boards to develop formulas that avoided excessive risk and linked incentives to the long-term performance of the company. In fact, fiduciary obligations impose no meaningful restraints on the type or amount of executive compensation authorized by boards. Instead, executive compensation is left to the "market" to regulate. Yet as the recent downturn shows, the market has not proved up to the task. Congress in the new millennium has expressed dissatisfaction with the compensation process and has intervened on several occasions. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act required top officers to reimburse improperly paid compensation in certain circumstances. The legislation also sought to prevent abuses in the compensation process by prohibiting loans to directors and executive officers. During the financial crisis, temporary restraints were imposed on the compensation practices of financial institutions receiving funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of 2008. Permanent reforms, however, had to wait until the adoption of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. It authorized financial regulators to prohibit compensation practices that encouraged inappropriate risk taking. In addition, Congress sought to force corporate boards to adopt more rigorous processes for determining compensation and to give shareholders a permanent role in compensation determinations. These efforts, although productive, represented a patchwork of changes that left the underlying problems in place. Even under proposed rules by bank regulators, boards largely remained free of meaningful limits in determining compensation. As a result, for years after the adoption of the Dodd-Frank Act, the dynamics that contributed to the financial crisis remained mostly unchanged. Future reforms are therefore necessary and will likely emanate from Congress."


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Once again we take a look at the new Monocle Fashion spread for this forthcoming season. The magazine manages to keep hitting our taste when it comes to their choice of brands with their April 2009 Spring spread. The light in this month's shoot is beautiful and gives the images a very warm feel. Brands featured in the shoot are Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers, Tomorrowland, Visvim, Hollywood Range Market, Traditional Weather Wear, Woolrich Woolen Mills, Sacai, Tod's, Gucci, John Smedley and more.
The shoot nicely presents outfits that are perfect for current times, just before heading into a warm summer. Lightweight jackets, t-shirts, classis sneakers, boat shoes, blazers and more.
Take a look at the other images from the Monocle April '09 Fashion Spread after the jump.


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HRAC Announces Canadian Programs
June 6, 2003
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors of Canada (HRAC) are reminding its members who offer services to customers in the industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors that energy-efficiency programs are offered to end users by the Office of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
According to HRAC, the programs have been designed to help contractors with their sales initiatives to customers in these sectors.
Key programs include the Commercial Building Incentive Program, the Industrial Building Incentive Program, and the Energy Innovators Initiative. Each program will offer financial incentives for buildings that integrate efficiency programs under the required guidelines.
For more information, visit http://www.nrcan.gc.ca.
— by J.J. Siegel
Publication date: 06/09/2003
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Discussion in 'Suggestion Box & Feedback' started by mbaseball3, Feb 1, 2010.
Really? Bummer. It works rather well for me. Very, very fast.
Woo! Tapatalk rules! Thanks Rob!
... and Phases
I'm trying the beta with good results. Very fast loading and easy browsing/posting.
Pretty sure I'll buy it now.
I don't get it. Crazy slow on my hero. You guys login with it yeah?
Yeah and I'm on a hero too. Pretty slick for me
This is awesome! I download the free version to my Droid. Works great. Really fast! Thinking about buying the paid version. Thanks so much Rob!
...and Phases too.
Paid or free version?
Both. Tried the free, was really god so I paid for it, and my experience was the same. I am running a custom ROM so the experience probably isn't comparable
Using the free one, it runs fine if I'm not logged in. But when I log in it goes to crap...
Taking free version out for a spin on droid. Preliminarily... slick, logged in even. Thank you !
I keep getting a "bad socket" message. I'm not sure if that's from the forums or the (beta) app.
its ok, had some connection issues.
why not just get a mobile version of vbulliten?
they do have a mobile version just click on the style drop down on the lower left
by the way rob you rock!!! tapatalk works 100 percent on my nexus!!! no issues at all
I'm curious, whats the difference between the free and paid version?
TS out (trying it out)
I believe at the end of the month...the free version will be read-only and the paid version allows you to post. However, if you have the free version and don't update then I suppose you'll be fine unless they disable it somehow.
I used the free one and it couldn't find AF and harassed me to upgrade.
Same thing here, so I am upgrading.
Edit: Found it and its working fine.
Heh that's cool. My reaction was "uninstall" but to each their own
pretty cool, replying from phone.
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two spirits get rid of the sig..lol.. i hated the fact that all my posts said that it was coming form tapatalk! i emailed the dev about it..
okay, let's see. considering that the signature is only suppose to show up in the members first post and not afterwards let's see if it still shows up. either way I'll go into settings and take off the tapatalk Sig addon after posting this message.
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yeah it still adds it regardless how vbulletin Is set up. I removed the tag line.
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let's try this one more time.
i still see it.. lmao
edit: ok gone now
Ok, it works now. You need to go into Settings and uncheck the TapaTalk Signature, to remove that sig every time you make a post.
TS out (to ban myself for posting so many back to back posts)


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American League Cy Young Candidates
Yes, this is pretty much the same introduction I used to open last week's column save for a couple of minor adjustments
We're almost eighty-odd games into the 2005 campaign and thought we'd check out who's in the running for this year's Cy Young Award. A little criterion—this isn't strictly about the numbers to date, although it's a large part. We'll also go by a player's history. For example, suppose at this juncture Roy Halladay was 7-5, 3.92 ERA, and Aaron Sele weighed in at 8-3, 3.53 ERA—I'd give Halladay the nod since most likely come the end of the season Sele would regress to his career norms whereas Halladay would likely improve to his normal level of play. Furthermore we have to take the BBWAA's various voting prejudices into play (such as fixation on the W-L record over other peripheral stats).
I'm not necessarily looking for the most deserving candidates but rather who I think the voters might think are the most deserving [candidates].
It's not a perfect system but we're trying to take as many factors into account as possible.
So, without further ado, we'll begin by looking in at the candidates in the American League:
Roy Halladay: 11-4, 2.40 ERA, 131 IP 16 BB 98 K 0.94 WHIP
Last start: ND vs. TB 9.0 IP 7 H 1 ER 1 BB 7 K
First in ERA, WHIP, IP, CG, T1 in shutouts and quality starts, second in wins (on a .500 club no less), third in K (one behind Randy Johnson) … in other words, first on this list. Halladay averages 1.1 BB/ 9 IP and has a BB/K ratio of 6.1:1. At this rate, he has an excellent shot at 20 wins and his second Cy Young Award. After a solid April (4-1, 3.40 ERA), Halladay has warmed up with the weather going 7-3, 1.88 ERA since. What's amazing about Halladay is the economy of his pitches—he has gone nine innings six times and has averaged 107 pitches each time and has only topped 120 pitches once this year. He doesn't have the raw stuff of Dave Stieb, but Stieb never had Halladay's incredible command. Assuming health and tenure, he may go down in history as the greatest pitcher the Blue Jays ever developed.
Mark Buehrle: 10-1, 2.42 ERA, 122.6 IP 17 BB 79 K 1.04 WHIP
Last start: WIN vs. DET 6.2 IP 8 H 1 ER 0 BB 6 K
Second in ERA, IP, and T2 in shutouts, third in WHIP, T3 in CG and quality starts … in other words, second on this list. Although he hasn't lost since April 10, Buehrle really started to heat up in May. He was 4-1, 4.00 ERA before his start in Toronto on May 8 and has been 6-0, 1.51 ERA over his last ten starts and is 3-0, 0.29 ERA over his last four [starts]. Simply put, the only thing keeping him from atop this register is Roy Halladay.
Kenny Rogers: 9-3, 2.46 ERA, 98.6 IP 33 BB 44 K 1.28 WHIP
Last start: LOSS vs. LAA 3.1 IP 10 H 6 ER 3 BB 0 K
Rogers started 2005 on a roll and was 9-2, 1.98 ERA after going 6.2 IP/1 ER against the Nationals before hitting the wall—or rather a water cooler. Rogers gambled that he was tougher than the cooler and lost, fracturing the pinkie on his right hand. How much it distracted him we'll never know, but in his next outing he had the worst start of the season at Chavez Ravine where he coughed up six runs (all earned) and didn't make it out of the fourth inning. Although he's third in the AL in ERA. he's tied for 21st in WHIP averaging close to 3 BB/9 IP and has a miserable 1.4 K/BB ratio. If he doesn't improve, you can expect his ERA to catch up to his other numbers. Now it looks like he might be in line for an extended vacation as Rogers auditioned for America's Crankiest Home Videos. Expect Bud Selig to take firm and decisive action, most likely in the form of insisting that a salary cap would curb such abuses in future. On the bright side, at least he didn't try to slap the camera out of cameraman's hand.
Bartolo Colon: 10-4, 3.02 ERA, 110.3 IP 23 BB 82 K 1.15 WHIP
Last start: WIN vs. TEX 8.0 IP 8 H 3 ER 0 BB 5 K
Colon is quietly having himself a fine year helping the Angels build a commanding lead in the AL West (7.5 games in first). Granted, there's a lot of baseball to be played, but the Rangers' pugilistic Rogers Balbonehead who failed to differentiate between a tomato can and a water cooler might have made the Halos' life a little easier. The Angels are getting it done this year with pitching, and Colon is a big reason why—they're first in the AL in ERA (3.44) while being seventh in OPS and fifth in runs scored. Colon's fine 8 IP/3 ER outing against the Rangers made him 6-1, 3.12 ERA over his last eight starts. Colon is third in the loop in wins, fourth in ERA and IP, fifth in WHIP, and sixth in strikeouts.
Jon Garland: 12-3, 3.25 ERA, 108 IP 19 BB 53 K 1.06 WHIP
Last start: LOSS vs. CHC 7.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K
Like Mark Buehrle, Garland is a big reason the White Sox are atop the AL Central. Garland has received a decision in every game he's started, having pitched into the sixth inning every time he's taken the ball. Garland opened the season red hot going 8-0, 2.41 ERA, and while he continued to pitch well, is just 4-3, 4.28 ERA since. His loss to the Cubs back on June 26 (above) snapped a four game winning streak (3.86 ERA/28 IP). Garland's two complete games this year came on back-to-back starts on April 25 and May 1. Garland is first in the AL in wins, tied for third in quality starts, fourth in WHIP and sixth in IP. Garland's record is partly due to superb run support; he gave up 6 ER/5.2 IP on May 7 in Toronto, 7 ER/6 IP in Texas on May 29, and 6 ER/6 IP on June 15 against Arizona and was 2-1 in those starts.
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No Pedro? No Schilling? No problem. The red hot Red Sox are getting fine work from Matt Clement who upped his record to 9-1, 3.33 ERA after a 7 IP/1 ER performance over the Philadelphia Phillies. Not to be counted out is the defending Cy Young award winner—the Minnesota Twins' ace Johan Santana who leads the Junior Circuit in K's with 131, is second in WHIP, and has walked just 21 in 112 IP. The bad news is that he's been pretty average of late going just 2-3, 4.36 ERA over his last nine starts, leaving him with a 7-4, 3.78 ERA record. However Santana's peripherals are excellent, and he should be able to rebound.
Deserves a mention but don't expect the BBWAA to take note…
The Tribe's success has been partly due to the mound corps of Kevin Millwood, who's having a fine season (3.08 ERA) but is just 3-5, and Cliff Lee, who sports a solid 8-3, 3.28 ERA. One of the weirder seasons belongs to the Twins' Carlos Silva who is a fine 6-3, 3.55 ERA; what makes his totals so funky is that in 96.3 IP he's struck out just 32 and walked only five. Rounding out the 'honorable mention' section is the Rangers Chris Young whose 7-4, 3.21 ERA can be attributed to clean living and letting the veterans take care of the ornery water coolers in the dugout.
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Johannesburg - Fifty-five homes have been damaged in an apparent tornado in Kestel, in the Free State, the provincial co-operative governance and traditional affairs department said on Sunday.
"Following assessments by different teams, the joint operation centre (JOC) has reported that a total of 55 houses have been partially and diversely damaged, with three of these totally ruined," said spokesperson Senne Bogastu in a statement.
Two more streets remained to be assessed for damage on Monday. A report would then be compiled.
Bogastu earlier on Sunday blamed the destruction on a tornado, and Weather SA forecaster Michael Nethavani said the storm did appear to have been a tornado.
"According to the reports we are getting in, it was a tornado," he said.
"We are still in the dark as to where it happened," he said, but added that it would have hit somewhere in the eastern part of the province.
Bogastu said electricity had been partially restored in some parts of the affected area.
Five people were taken to hospital, one of whom was "seriously affected".
Six households in the Eeram area were also affected by the storm, but Bogatsu did not say how they were affected. Four people were taken to hospital.
The JOC required more food parcels and blankets. The Red Cross donated 60 blankets to be delivered on Monday. A group of women from a local church were providing soup and bread for 150 people.
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Plaxico Burress entered the 2013 NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers ready to make an impact, only to be sidelined by a torn rotator cuff during training camp. Burress now is only one wide receiver on the long list of players set to become free agents next week, and the embattled 37-year-old says he wants another shot.
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THE OWNER of an iconic Penarth house that has fallen into disrepair has been fined more than £3,000 for failing to comply with an enforcement notice to carry out necessary building work.
Michael Boland, 78, changed his plea to guilty on the day that he appeared at Cardiff and Vale Magistrates Court.
He had been accused of failing to comply with a Vale of Glamorgan Council enforcement notice for the once-grande Normandy house on Bridgeman Road.
The building has deteriorated rapidly over the last few years and is now boarded up in a derelict condition without a roof and with vegetation growing out of the chimneys.
Boland was due to stand trial accused of failing to comply with a notice served by the Vale of Glamorgan Council on May 2, 2012, under section 215 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990, to carry out the work within four months.
He had been ordered to remove all window boards and replace all damaged or rotten window frames and glazing, replace or remove damaged or missing roof slate, and remove all vegetation from the building.
He was charged with failing to comply with the enforcement notice after Vale Council officers surveyed the building on January 2, 2014.
Boland, of Hickman Road in Penarth, was fined £600 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60 and costs of £2500 by July 16, 2014.
A planning application to demolish the building, the fourth made by Boland, was rejected by the Vale Council in February last year on the grounds that "the building is identified as being a 'positive building' within the Conservation Area that makes a special contribution to the special architectural and historic interest of the Penarth Conservation Area".
It added "that there is not considered to be sufficient justification in favour of the demolition of the building".
Planning permission was approved in February 2005 to restore the main house into three apartments and to build side and rear extensions for a further five apartments, but work has failed to progress after it appeared to begin in February 2010.
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To Saughton prison, a particularly apt place for Irvine Welsh to talk about his latest novel, Crime. Saughton's prisoners were the first to hear him reveal that he's writing a prequel to Trainspotting. "As you get older you get more reflective, more interested in cause and effect," Welsh said.
"Now I'm more interested in the personal dynamics between the Trainspotting characters, and between them and their families. It's quite interesting for me now to revisit all of this, whereas it wouldn't have been a while back."
The book will be called Skagboys, and it will be set two or three years before Trainspotting. It will chart their lives and loves "from a casual interest in speed, sex and football to full-blown smack addiction".
The prisoners, all big Trainspotting fans, were less than convinced by Welsh's latest novel, which is set in both Florida and Edinburgh. "It's like, you're watching Doctor Who and it suddenly turns into What the Romans Did for us," said one.
The sequel to Trainspotting might be going places too, Welsh also revealed. On Monday he had talks with Andrew Macdonald and Danny Boyle, producer and director respectively of the iconic 1996 film, about the possibility of filming its sequel, Porno.
"We're just going back to basics and seeing what will happen. There's never even been a script, and I don't even know if they'll want me to do one," said Welsh.
Industry insiders have hinted that the main problem was Ewan MacGregor's reported reluctance to reprise the role of Renton. "I met him at an awards bash in January and he was saying there was hardly any mention of Renton in Porno," said Welsh, "so perhaps we'll have to have another look."
Candidly, Welsh admitted that the main fault might be that the two plots in Porno – the shooting of a pornographic video and the backstory of the Trainspotting characters – didn't hang together as neatly as they ought to have done.
Saughton's library has about 4,000 books, although not as many of the 800 prisoners use it as the authorities would like. There's one way to change that – but it would cause problems.
"If we wanted to," said its librarian, "we could fill the shelves with true-crime books by people like Reg McKay. They'd fly off the shelves. Trouble is, they wouldn't fly back."
Prisoners, apparently, tend to hang onto books about gangsters, and go in for macho boasting about how they know the hard men they are written about. The result is that the books stay on the cells' shelves, and are seldom returned. In prison, it seems, no-one worries about library fines.


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Effect of a High Protein Diet on the 24-hour Profile of Ghrelin, GH (Growth Hormone) and IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1)
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In this study we tested the hypothesis that an increase in protein content of the diet will result in an increase in the 24-hour integrated circulating growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations and an increase in lean body mass in people with untreated type 2 diabetes.
|Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
|Other: LoBag Diet - test phase Other: LoBAG Diet - control phase
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|2895 Effect of a High Protein Diet on the 24-hr Profile of Ghrelin, GH and IGF-1
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- IGF-1, GH, Body Composition [ Time Frame: 5 weeks ]
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|July 2004
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|May 2009
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|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Arm 1
30% carbohydrate, 30% protein, 40% fat
Other: LoBag Diet - test phase
A Low Biologically Available Glucose (LOBAG30), weight maintaining diet consisting of 30% carbohydrate, 30% protein, 40% fat will be provided to subjects for 5 weeks.
Placebo Comparator: Arm 2
55% carbohydrate, 15% protein, 30% fat
Other: LoBAG Diet - control phase
A control, weight maintaining diet consisting of 55% carbohydrate, 15% protein, 30% fat will be provided to subjects for 5 weeks
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Subjects with untreated type 2 diabetes were studied using a randomized crossover design. The study began with an initial two-week observation period. Subjects then were randomly assigned to one arm of the study for 5 weeks. The carbohydrate:protein:fat ratio for the control diet is 55:15:30 whereas for the test diet it is 40:30:30. Following a five-week washout period, subjects were assigned to the other arm of the study. All meals were provided by the SDTU. A six-day rotating meal plan has been devised. At the beginning and end of the 5-week diet period, the subject was admitted to the SDTU (Special Diagnostic and Treatment Unit), was provided with the meals appropriate for the test or control arm of the study, and had blood drawn at various times during a 24-hour period. In addition to measurement of GH and IGF-1, IGF-binding proteins 1 and 3, ghrelin, and body composition were determined.
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- People ages 55 - 75 years old with type 2 diabetes, not receiving oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.
- Fasting plasma glucose < 250 mg/dl (<14 mM) (tGHb < 14%).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects will be screened for hematological abnormalities, liver disease, kidney disease, macroalbuminuria (>300 mg/24 hours), untreated thyroid disease, congestive heart failure, angina, life-threatening malignancies, proliferative retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, serious psychological disorders, a body mass index > 35, and a fasting triglyceride of > 400 mg/dl.
- Presence of any of the above will be considered exclusion criteria.
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Gannon MC, Nuttall FQ. Effect of a high-protein diet on ghrelin, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor-I and binding proteins 1 and 3 in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism. 2011 Sep;60(9):1300-11. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.01.016. Epub 2011 Mar 15.
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Creatinine Clearance
High Protein Diet
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IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson was interviewed by Eddie Trunk of the "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on March 14 prior to the band's concert at the Izod Center (formerly Continental Airlines Arena) in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A couple of excerpts from the chat which aired this past Friday night (March 21) on New York's Q104.3 FM follow:On the catalyst for revisiting the "Powerslave" set on the current tour: "We said we were gonna do this five years ago. We set out a 10-year plan five years ago for what we were gonna do with the band, and we're following it to the letter, actually. When I got back together with the band, we said, 'We will go out and we will do some of the old stuff as a get-back-together, warm-up tour, and then we will get together and do an album that's gonna be a really good album.' And everybody went, 'Ahhhh, yeah, they all say that.' And we went, 'No, no, no we're really serious.' We came out with 'Brave New World', we did the 'Brave New World' tour, and that was a really big success. So then we went back and then we did the 'Dance of Death' album and we did the 'Dance of Death' tour, and that was an even bigger success. And then we said, 'Oh, by the way, after the next tour, we're gonna bring back the 'Powerslave' album, but the next tour we do in-between will be all-new material. So 'A Matter of Life and Death' came out huge success around the world, a bit of controversy stirred up by a few people that wouldn't shell out and buy the album Tough. We're not a revival band, we're not an archetype well, not an archetype we are actually an archetype but we're not archaic in that sense, that we're some old fossil, dragging the bones of old songs around. What you'll see tonight is not just a celebration of a lot of those songs, it's a celebration of a lot of young, new fans who've never seen us play these songs. But the reason we have those new fans is nothing to do with our history, it's to do with the new albums that we've made in the last three-four years. It's probably less of a case for that in the United States than anywhere else in the world, but everywhere else in the world, that is the case. So if a few people are a little bit behind the times, it's just tough they get left behind. The rest of the world is proceeding at break-neck speed. Witness 50,000 people in Mexico City and so on and so forth through South America, through Europe The doors are falling off when it comes to IRON MAIDEN now." On planning several years ahead and announcing tour dates in stages rather than all at once: "As I say, there's all kinds of plans. When we first got back together, we said we were gonna do this, and we did, and then we said we were gonna do this and this and this, and we've done it all. It's like when we put the dates out for the western part of the USA. We said, 'Here's part one of the dates,' and we released the dates for the western part of the USA. And what did we get? We got a whole load of twits ['twit' is a British slang word for an 'insignificant, foolish or annoying person,' according to Wikipedia Ed.] on Blabbermouth that can't read English that went, [adopting the vocal tone of moron-like heavy metal fan] 'Wow, they're only doing four shows in the USA,' because they don't read English. Well, you know, there you go. So for those people who think that people are only showing up because we're doing 'Powerslave', I have to say, 'Think again. You're probably the same sorts of people that don't read English.' And for those people, of course, they can show up to the New York show on the 14th and 15th of June, I believe PNC and Madison Square Garden and a few other places as well. We're doing Chicago, just to annoy people who aren't in Chicago; Cleveland, to really piss off anybody that doesn't live in Cleveland; Boston ahhh, you know; and you just know that Shreveport is just going berserk as we speak, 'Where's our show?' And Washington and a few other places; some of them I may have forgotten." On putting 100% into everything they do and keeping fans happy: "We try not to let people down. We're not a reality show. Most of the media is now almost exclusively obsessed with the cult of celebrity, not with the cult of content of any description whatsoever. And IRON MAIDEN is not about celebrity IRON MAIDEN is all about content. So people who care about that kind of stuff, of which there are a large probably a large majority, minority anyway, a hell of a lot of people can come to our show and get some kind of rest from homemade porno tapes, Playboy models and cribs and all the other B.S. that masquerades for content and sort of vacuousness that invades our everyday lives whether you like it or not."
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Two days into the International Chamber of Commerce 34th World Congress, downtown Denver's streets were quiet -- proving once again that this is a town that only riots over sporting events.
"Hey, I just saw an actual person go by," said Jim Sprinkle, looking out on the 16th Street Mall Tuesday morning from his office in the Paramount Theatre. Sprinkle was supposed to be seeing a lot of little persons that morning: He'd booked three performances of Los Folkloristas, a musical troupe from Mexico, for the Paramount on May 7. Two of the shows, morning performances designed for kids, had sold out by last September, largely to school groups from across the metro area; encouraged by the interest, Sprinkle had later added an evening performance geared to high school Spanish students. And before adding that show, he'd checked with downtown boosters to make sure it wouldn't conflict with any international-confab activities.
But that was before -- long before -- the Denver Police Department alerted Denver Public Schools officials that buses would have trouble getting into downtown for any field-trip activities earlier this week. When the cancellation calls started coming in from DPS high schools Friday afternoon, Sprinkle canceled the evening show. Since the protesters weren't scheduled to start until 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, he initially thought the kids' shows might go on. But schools started canceling those reservations, too, and finally the Paramount gave up on all three shows.
Sprinkle tracked down Los Folkloristas and told the troupe that it could skip Denver -- the last stop on the tour -- and go home early. So much for international trade. And so much for the Paramount's own trade, since the theater lost "an unpleasant amount of money" on the canceled shows.
"Denver's dead," Sprinkle says. "People are staying the hell out of here. I could have a picnic in the middle of Glenarm Street."
Rebel forces: More than 500 Star Wars fans will celebrate Mother's Day in an unusual way: On Sunday, they'll be watching the newest film in the series, Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones, a week before the rest of the world gets to take a look. The screening, which is set for the Continental Theatre (our Best of Denver 2002 pick for the town's best place to view blockbusters), is one of only eleven early showings across the country. All eleven were set up by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century-Fox as benefits for organizations dedicated to helping abused and neglected kids.
In Denver, that organization is the Kempe Children's Foundation. "George Lucas, back when they released Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace, decided to open the film to benefit several children's organizations throughout theaters in the United States and Canada," says Kempe spokeswoman Catherine Worster. "Last time, it was Children's Hospital. This time, they wanted to branch out."
The tickets may seem a bit steep -- $250 for adults and $125 for children -- but the amount was set by Lucasfilm, and even at that price, the Continental showing is sure to be sold out. "Out of 520 tickets, we have 85 left to sell by Sunday," Worster says. "The avid Star Wars fans are really coming out to view this. We are the only premiere in the Rocky Mountain region. It should be a great event. This is a fun, out-of-this-world way to celebrate Mother's Day. This is a family movie and a time for families to be together." A number of giveaways, including an R2D2 Portable Cooler, a Mindstorm Dark Side Kit and a Boba Fett print, will lend to the party atmosphere, she adds: "We are very thankful that George Lucas recognizes that child abuse and neglect are an important issue in our community."
Apparently, Lucas also recognizes how important movie sound quality is to this community -- at least when it comes to his sound schematics, theater guidelines produced by THX, a division of Lucasfilm. Although most people go to see blockbusters at the Continental because of its giant-screen, 800-plus-seat main theater (this summer's other major money flick, Spiderman, premiered there on May 3), the May 12 Clones showing will be in a smaller theater.
"Apparently, [the main theater] is not up to Lucasfilm specifications," Worster explains. Specifically, THX. And while two of the six theaters at the Continental are equipped with THX sound, including the one where Clones will be shown, the big one isn't.
This Lucas power play could serve as a warm introduction to the world of Hollywood for up-and-coming movie mogul and Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz, who owns three movie studios and recently acquired more than half of the nation's movie theaters, including the Continental. (Anschutz's movie-theater company, Regal Entertainment, didn't return repeated phone calls from Westword.)
Phil, do not underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
Who's the boss: The legislative session ends this week, but its legacy will linger. And so will some hard feelings. Early in the session, Governor Bill Owens's deputy chief of staff, Mike Beasley, sent the following e-mail to more than twenty senior staffers within various state agencies:
"We continue to have a problem with some state agencies lobbying amendments, bills and budget issues without coordination and permission from our office. Your department needs prior approval of my office to testify or lobby on any amendment or bill to guarantee your testimony is consistent with the policies spelled out to us by the Governor," Beasley wrote. "It is disappointing and alarming that after nearly four regular sessions and two special sessions we continue to have this happen. I hope you will all keep in mind our desire to avoid mistakes during such an important election year."
Indeed. And especially in an election year like this one, in which the state's rocky financial situation has led to intense budget-cutting. Because the legislature has the constitutional authority to oversee the Colorado state budget, and because officials from state agencies are routinely summoned to testify before various legislative committees, the Beasley memo inspired grumbling from many department heads, who are already under enormous pressure to find ways to slash expenses.
"It takes control-freak behavior to a whole new level," says one Capitol Hill observer.
But Beasley insists that it's the same old level: The policy of having state officials clear any legislative actions with the governor's office dates back to the Roy Romer administration. "We've done this forever," he says.
And if the memo was especially firm in detailing the time-honored tradition, that's because the legislature was particularly hectic when he had his fingers on the keyboard. "On that day, there were four or five examples of people down here doing things that were not related to what the governor wants," Beasley says.
And what the governor wants most of all, of course, is to be re-elected.
It's my party, and I'll buy if I want to: The Colorado Republican Party fired the first salvo in this election season's advertising campaign two weeks ago, when it introduced an ad touting Senator Wayne Allard. Unofficially, of course.
The slick commercial (produced in Washington, D.C., with some help from the National Republican Senatorial Committee) didn't make any mention of Democrat Tom Strickland, Allard's opponent --again -- on the November ballot. For that matter, it didn't make any mention of the November ballot. Instead, it simply reminded Colorado voters of Allard's existence, offering patriotic words and pictures to prove he's been President George W. Bush's point man on military issues. "Senator Allard hasn't been on the ballot for six years," says Alan Philp, executive director of the state party. "We want to highlight his record."
And if in the process the party happens to bump Allard's showing in the polls, what's wrong with that?
The ad buy included stations in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Grand Junction, essentially blanketing the state -- at a cost of $100,000 a week. Although Philp says the party hasn't decided whether to extend the "issue advocacy" buy, he believes the money's been well spent. "We think it will be reflected in people's understanding of Senator Allard," he says.
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Although the commercial's disclaimer notes that the ads were paid for by the Colorado Republican Party, chaired by Bruce Benson (he returned to that post after Bob Beauprez dropped out to run for the 7th Congressional District), the phone number in the ad leads straight to Allard's Colorado office.
And staffers there report that they've been getting plenty of calls -- very surprising calls in the beginning, since they hadn't been briefed on the ad's content. Or the fact that it existed at all. "Since we didn't know the ads were running, that makes it a little tough," says Allard spokesman Sean Conway. "The first time I knew the ads were running was when I saw one."
Not that Allard's folks don't appreciate the assist. "The Republican Party decided to do these ads," says Dick Wadhams, who took a leave from the governor's office to run Allard's campaign. "I'm grateful for it. They bought a lot of time; it's going to be helpful. I would consider it a public service."


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Washington, DC— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delivered the following remarks this morning on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
"The historic health reform bill before us is a strong head start toward urgently needed change. But like nearly every bill to come before the Senate, it stands to benefit from the constructive input of all Senators. This good bill will be even better after this body debates it, refines it and improves it.
"I'm pleased we have begun the amendment process. I hope that we will soon be able to begin voting on those amendments – ones drafted and sponsored by Democrats and Republicans alike.
"But as we delve into the details and give the individual parts of this bill the considerable thought and attention they deserve, let's not forget the big picture.
"So as the third day of debate begins on this bill, let's remember what it does: first, we are making it more affordable for every American to live a healthy life. And second, we are doing so in a fiscally responsible way that will help our economy recover.
"This bill does not add a dime to the deficit – quite the opposite, in fact: We will cut it by $130 billion in the first 10 years and by as much as three-quarters of a trillion dollars in the first 20.
"We do this by keeping costs down. This critical reform will cost less than $85 billion a year over the next decade – well under President Obama's goal.
"We will make sure nearly every American can afford quality health care. We will make sure more than 30 million Americans who do not have health care today will have it soon.
"And we will not only protect Medicare, we will make it stronger.
"In short, this bill saves lives, saves money, and saves Medicare.
"The Congressional Budget Office and respected economists outside of Washington have studied it, and they agree. This bill will do what we set out to do at the beginning of this Congress: it will lower costs and increase value so that all Americans can afford quality health care.
"The experts have crunched the numbers and they've come back with positive reviews. It will help parents afford to take care of their children and help bosses provide coverage for their workers. It creates more choices and more competition in the health care market. It will protect everyone against insurance companies' abuses. And for all the changes, in the areas where our health care system does work, it keeps it just the way it is.
"I'm proud of the Democratic Senators who have stood up for these principles – and those who've defended them against hollow attacks from the other side.
"One after another, Republicans have come to the floor with disingenuous claims:
· They've talked about health care premiums, overlooking the fact that those costs will go down for the vast majority of Americans.
· They've talked about the deficit, ignoring the fact that health reform will do more to lower the deficit than any other measure in years.
· They've tried to scare seniors, closing their eyes to the fact that we strengthen Medicare and cut waste and fraud from the program.
· They've tried to scare women, closing their ears to the fact that we will make it easier than ever for women to get the preventive screenings they need.
· They claim to speak for the American people, but neglect to mention that for the last year, a majority of Americans has consistently said it's more important than ever to nurse our health care system back to health.
"And what's the most consistent Republican attack on this bill? They carefully count the number of pages in it, but completely discount the number of people it helps. Can anyone think of a more superficial way to measure the worth of a bill than how many pages it's printed on? As far as I can tell, the only threat that poses is, perhaps, a greater risk of paper cuts.
"Those who want to keep the broken system the way it is have thrown everything they can at the wall. So far, nothing has stuck.
"And incredibly, my distinguished counterpart, the Republican Leader, last week called the health care crisis 'manufactured.' In one sense, he's right: It was manufactured by the greedy insurance companies who raise families' rates on a whim, and who deny health care to the sick. It was manufactured by leaders who enabled them, who empowered them, and who sat idly by while the problem grew worse and worse as it collapsed into crisis.
"My Republican friends have been so busy coming up with distortions that they have forgotten to come up with solutions. They seem more concerned with scaring the American people than helping them.
"This barrage of baseless accusations underscores just how desperate some are to distract the American people from the real debate – and from the fact that they have no vision for fixing our broken health care system.
"Yes, correcting the record has taken considerable time. That is okay; we'll continue to do so as long as necessary. Democrats are more than willing to defend this good bill. After all, it's not hard to do. As Mark Twain, a great Nevadan, once said, 'If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.'"


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Columbia Helicopters (Booth No. 1017) announced that the Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) recently certified the Oregon-based company for Department of Defense (DOD) passenger and cargo operations.
With this and prior certifications, Columbia is now eligible to bid on a more comprehensive variety of contracts for heavy-lift helicopters for all U.S. government agencies.
"The verbal comments I got from the actual audit team were that we didn't just do well, we excelled," said Columbia Helicopters president Michael Fahey. "This will open up whole new areas of opportunities for our company." Columbia claims to own and operate the world's largest privately held fleet of heavy-lift helicopters.


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"Let each of you look not only to his interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:4) There is a relatively new phenomenon in our culture these days known as the "selfie." The "selfie" is a picture where people turn the camera towards themselves (in a variety of different environments and poses) to take a picture. Internet and social networking sites are filled with these types of pictures. Chances are you have seen a "selfie" on one of these sites, or perhaps you have even taken one yourself.
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Outgoing IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei was recognised today during a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors for his leadership during his 12-year tenure at the helm of the Agency.
Representatives from over 30 Member States lauded Dr. ElBaradei for the manner in which he dealt with numerous issues throughout the years. They also said that the IAEA gained widespread recognition under his leadership.
The IAEA Board also recommended that Dr. ElBaradei be conferred with the title of DG Emeritus at the IAEA´s General Conference to be held from 14-18 September.


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Dig This: Believe Nothing
by IwoCPO on 07/19/11 at 12:33 PM ET
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Leave it to our Diggers to bone this one up. Big time. You'll see this phrase a few times today and the next few days…"no tougher job in sports than playing quarterback or goalie in Detroit." I personally believe that's crap, and we'll get to that in a bit. But since that myth's out there, it makes even less sense that Helene St. James wouldn't be particularly careful in how she worded her original story.
Helene The Insider, at 3:16pm yesterday
The Red Wings have scheduled a conference call for Tuesday to announce that goaltender Chris Osgood will be back for another season.
That little sentence, and the way St. James elected to prove herself—again—as the ultimate cultivator of sources, relationships and BFFs within the organ-I-zation, set off a chain reaction that didn't have to occur. You know what she did, she assumed—like I did—that if Osgood was going to retire today, it wouldn't be done staring at a phone. And, really, he deserves much more than that. But the golf trip forced the informality of this. So Helene assumed, yes..go ahead, that considering the Wing Way when it comes to retirements, Osgood would call it quits with his his teammates, Mike, Marian, Jimmy D, Tick Tock and about 200 sobbing down river puck bunnies in attendance.
Instead of writing what she thought, and she definitely could have had she opted for a blog-like entry rather than a news story, she boned it. She guessed wrong and next thing you know people are getting rousted from their July slumbers, agents are getting spun up, and the other Diggers are doing what they can to prove that Helene spoke a bit too fast. Naturally, because all the Diggers are comfy and friendly in Detroit, they took it easy on the Free Press. If this were a city where competition actually existed between news outlets, Kulfan would have pointed out that the Free Press' initial reports were wrong. Competition breeds competence, Ansar. It does.
And don't think for a second it was the other Diggers who read Helene's mid-afternoon concrete statement that Osgood would be returning, then got down to the business of serious news gathering. No. That was Tick Tock Kenny Holland, or maybe John Hahn, seeing the St. James Bone Job, then dialing up the others and saying, "I'm now a source close to the organization and St. James guessed wrong."
Now we have much firmer word, but still some mystery, that Chris Osgood will be retiring today.
St. James, herself, writes it with gritted teeth.
The Red Wings have scheduled a conference call today to announce goaltender Chris Osgood will retire and instead take a job within the organization.
The Free Press earlier reported Osgood would return to play, but has learned otherwise.
Pleiness (good…but dammit, Bruce. The Anti-Digger would have been all over this one from the git-go) and Kulfan both reached out to Osgood's agent, Rollie Thompson. And this is where you can inject just a bit of wonder, still. Thompson says he knows nothing, has heard nothing and believes that if his client still feels he can do it, then maybe he should.
"I came back from my cottage, turned on the computer, and saw there was a news conference for (today)," Thompson said. "It's all news to me."
Thompson said he texted Osgood Monday evening and was told Osgood was "meeting with Kenny."
Thompson said he has spoken to Holland in recent weeks, but has yet to discuss any sort of contract issues regarding Osgood.
Thompson said he talked to Osgood at length, "a good hour," on Saturday after he met with Holland.
"If he's still enjoying it and physically able to continue I'd tell him to go for it," Thompson said. "Sometimes it's better to go out Gordie Howe style, on a high, rather than coming back and being raked over the coals if things don't work out."
He knows nothing, has heard nothing, hasn't spoken to Holland, got no word from his client and is completely surprised. Effective resume bullets, Rollie.
And Gordie Howe style, on a high? What the hell does that mean? Does he think Mr. Hockey hung them up at age 35? Jesus.
Raked over the coals by who(m), Rollie? By the Detroit media? Seriously? Despite the "toughest job in Detroit" storylines that we like to toss out there, that's a load of crap. Can you really say that Chris Osgood, or Dominik Hasek or even that drama queen Manny Legace ever had it as bad as Joey Harrington or Rodney Peete or fat Scott Mitchell, even? No chance. Mike Ilitch's influence over the media moguls in Detroit doesn't allow for significant criticism of this team. The Fords are targets, rightfully so. The Lions are such a joke that blasting them is a job requirement. The Wings are untouchable due to their success.
It should be easy, based on the "sources" referenced by Kulfan and Pleiness, to say that Chris Osgood's retiring today. Then we can all start the retrospectives and get down to the business of pushing for a Hall entry, which he deserves. It's not easy, though, because it's still weird that a historic—and yes it is—announcement would occur over speakerphone rather than at the Joe. I know. Everyone's on vacation. Got it. But if there's one weird thing about all this, one thing that keeps a shred of mystery to it. It's that. It's not the way Mike Ilitch does business.
We'll see. Odds are that the big Conk's been waiting in the Wings, that Tick Tock and he had a verbal about two weeks ago and Holland was simply waiting for The Conversation. Good on them for keeping it quiet. They should have counted on Helene throwing a wrench in things though. It should have been assumed by them and by us.
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Everything Tick-Tock has said about Ozzie since the playoffs began led me to believe that Ozzie was done. Kudos to him for letting Ozzie enjoy the golf trip and then going out to meet with him face-to-face before the announcement.
Frankly, when I saw Helene's report yesterday, it just didn't feel right. A press conference to announce that Ozzie was to be re-signed for a year? No way. They didn't do that for Nick Lidstrom! But a retirement announcement, why not by phone? Ozzie lives on the other side of the continent. Why fly all the way here to say he's done? And maybe he doesn't want to face all the reporters right away. This can't be an easy time for him.
I am surprised that Helene went with what must have been a guess, or a cruel joke by one of her sources. Very strange indeed.
Just want to say thanks to Ozzie - on many levels.
Posted by MsRedWinger from the State where Tigers roam in the Spring on 07/19/11 at 12:47 PM ET
Osgood never liked being the center of attention. I am not surprised by this.
St James—I guess someone always wants to be the hero. Now she has to eat crow.
Posted by Jeff from CO. on 07/19/11 at 12:50 PM ET
Posted by MsRedWinger from Florida, wishin' I was back in the Mitten on 07/19/11 at 10:47 AM ET
Every single thing you just said.
Posted by Garth on 07/19/11 at 01:19 PM ET
Thompson not knowing anything seals it. Retirement it is. Let the Hall of Fame push begin!
Posted by chloefpuff on 07/19/11 at 01:45 PM ET
Can you really say that Chris Osgood, or Dominik Hasek or even that drama queen Manny Legace ever played as bad as Joey Harrington or Rodney Peete or fat Scott Mitchell, even?
Yet again.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/20/11 at 07:46 AM ET
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Mycogen Seeds will feature PowerCore, a new trait technology, in its corn hybrid lineup for the 2015 growing season. PowerCore combines three modes of action for industry-leading protection against above-ground insects. The new trait combination effectively controls European corn borer, southwestern corn borer, corn earworm, fall armyworm and black cutworm.
"PowerCore will be an effective and sustainable option for growers who need broad-spectrum control of only above-ground pests," says Hank King, corn marketing leader for Mycogen Seeds. In the first year, PowerCore will be available to Mycogen Seeds customers in the central and southern Corn Belt, with expansion to other geographies in future seasons.
Three Bt proteins in PowerCore — Cry1A105, Cry2Ab2 and Cry1F — offer the broadest-spectrum above-ground insect control on the market. Multiple modes of action mean that PowerCore will require only a 5 percent refuge in the Corn Belt.1 Mycogen Seeds also plans to offer PowerCore technology in its Refuge Advanced single-bag packaging solution that contains the required refuge seed for the Corn Belt in the same bag.2
PowerCore Refuge Advanced will complement the Mycogen brand corn hybrid lineup, which already includes SmartStaxRefuge Advanced hybrids for both above- and below-ground insect protection in a single-bag solution. These Mycogen brand technologies will continue to be offered in elite corn genetics.
"The launch of PowerCore shows our commitment to deliver new technologies to the market and give our growers more options to maximize the potential of their acres," King says.
PowerCore received registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in November.
1In cotton-growing regions, refuge requirements are reduced from 50 percent to 20 percent.
2In cotton-growing regions, a separate 20 percent structured refuge is still required for Refuge Advanced.


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Alcohol may be a factor in crash that damaged Abbotsford police cruiser
An Abbotsford police cruiser has been damaged in a collision early Sunday morning, according to investigators.
Police say an officer was driving on Townline Road near Upper Maclure at 1:30 a.m. when he spotted a vehicle roaring up behind him.
He tried to get the police cruiser out of the way in time, but was unable to.
The other car, an older model Plymouth, veered off to the shoulder of the road.
The driver is being questioned by investigators, who say alcohol may be involved in the crash.
The condition of the car also appears to be a factor.
"The right rear tire of the offending vehicle does have extensive damage… looks like he's been driving on the rim for some time and obviously had hit something prior to hitting the police vehicle," says Cst. Paul Walker.
No one was injured in the incident.