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The "New" Stability and Growth Pact: More Flexible, Less Stupid?
Since the beginning of the European single currency project, the adoption of fiscal binding rules, restraining the use of the single policy instrument left for national authorities, has been challenged by many authors and politicians. The discussion has been rekindled in recent years, following a period of economic recession or stagnation in several Member-Countries and some criticisms linking the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) to the general economic situation. Some of the questions raised by those who criticised the initial framework for fiscal discipline may have been taken into account in the recent revision of the SGP (March 2005), which followed the suspension of the Pact for Germany and France and eventually made the SGP more flexible and "less stupid". In this paper, we evaluate the changes contained in the "new" SGP, by taking account of the properties for ideal fiscal rules put forward by Kopits and Symansky (1998) and comparing with some recently published studies on the same topic. The main result of our analysis points towards a clear increase in flexibility together with the probable emergence of new enforcement problems. In this context, an insufficient output in terms of fiscal discipline could arise, leading to the need for new improvements within the European framework for the definition and implementation of national fiscal policies.
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Carroll Shelby's classic Mustang fastbacks have enjoyed an enduring heritage for four decades. It's a heritage that transcends the great automobiles he built. It's really more about the man than the muscle machines he produced 40 years ago. Although Shelby was a world-renowned Le Mans-winning race car driver, he was also an underdog who made it big. We root for him not only for his automobiles, but also for his success story as a Texas chicken farmer who grabbed onto his dream of building his own cars.
When Shelby's Mustangs entered Ford showrooms 43 years ago, they were a splash of salsa on an already spicy product. With sales approaching the $1 million mark, the Mustang sold itself. However, Ford Division General Manager Lee Iacocca wanted the Mustang to have a hot performance image. That's when he enlisted Shelby to develop the car even further.
Shelby's people went to work on performance, handling, and looks. The result was the '65 Shelby GT350 fastback. His approach was simple and tasteful with rocker-panel stripes, a grille void of Mustang hardware, a fiberglass hood with scoop, no rear seat, a warmed-up 289 High Perfor-mance Cobra V-8, traction bars, suspension mods, and a side-exit dual exhaust system, all out the door for approximately $5,000.
Although the '65 GT350 was a hot number, it was also a crude affair: loud and obnoxious, rough-riding, and bad to the bone. For '66, Ford and Shelby refined the GT350 with dual exhausts out back for a quieter ride and a rear seat for a couple of extra bodies. Hertz Rent-A-Car liked it so much, it bought 1,000 of them. When you couple the efforts of bean counters and product planner refinement, the '66 GT350 was a better car than its older sibling.
As a young bank teller in the '60s, Steve Curry watched one of his customers, successful land developer Bob McIntyre, arrive at the bank each day to make deposits in a Wimbledon White '66 GT350. Beginning in 1974, Steve asked Bob if he would sell it. Year after year, the Shelby continued to elude him as Bob turned down his offers.
As Steve got to know Bob, he learned that the car was purchased from a local Ford dealer, Crater Lake Motors, which wasn't a Shelby dealer. It turns out that Bob knew the owner of the dealership, Hugh Coleman, and asked him to get a Shelby Mustang. Hugh wrangled this GT350 from Marv Tonkin Ford, 300 miles away in Portland, in a dealer trade. It arrived on April 5, 1966.
"This is the only Shelby automobile to be sold new in southern Oregon," says Steve. "It was known as the 'Lone Ranger' as it fended off Camaros and Mopars."
In 1998, Steve was able to buy the car from Bob's son. When Steve got the car home, he marveled at how long it took to get it, yet how easy it was to buy when the time was right. It had been repainted and the 289 High Performance rebuilt. Steve had the GT350 stripes redone and the driver door was repainted due to a bad color match.
What amazed Steve most was the car's condition after all those years. Its factory black vinyl standard interior remained without a tear. The carpet wasn't sun bleached, and the chrome was impeccable. All the original Shelby parts were still there, including the original Koni shocks. What the car needed most was detailing. That's when Steve went to work to get the car back to showroom condition.
Steve has a refined appreciation for his GT350. Because he worshipped this car from afar for so many years, he still walks out to the garage to confirm it's really sitting there.
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I am considering a breast lift; but what will happen if I have a breast lift and I might have a child or children unplanned? How will my breasts will look, will they look deformed? I know it is recommended to get the procedure after having children, but you never know what life will bring. I'm 20 years old and never had children by the way.
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Pregnancy after lift
Appearance of Breasts after Breast Lifting and Pregnancy?
Thank you for the question.
Although I understand your concerns about the changes that can occur after pregnancy, there is no accurate way of predicting exactly how the breasts will change after pregnancy and there is not much that can be done to avoid these changes ( if they are going to occur). Maintaining a stable weight (under the guidance of your OB/GYN) will be helpful in minimizing breast changes that occur secondary to significant weight fluctuations.
Some typical changes seen after pregnancy include a decrease in size, "sagging" and/or the development of some asymmetry. On the other hand, some women experience very little change even after several pregnancies.
Ultimately, it will be your own personal choice whether to have breast lifting at an early age and enjoy the results for an unknown period of time or to wait until you after you have completed your family.
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Just as you state " you never know what life will bring", we "never know what changes will occur"
Ultimately your breast appearance will be effected by your genetics, weight gain and loss, ability to lactate, size while lactating, preferred breast while lactating, episodes of mastitis, duration of lactation, number of children, hormone status,...... and the list goes on.
No one can predict the future. IF you have no immediate plans for children and do not like the appearance of your breasts, you may want to consider a lift.
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Hi, it's so hard to predict what changes your breasts might undergo if you have children in the future after undergoing a breast lift. Your breasts will certainly enlarge during pregnancy, but they may not sag afterwards even if you breastfeed. On the other hand, some patients notice significant volume loss and drooping after having children. It really is unpredictable. A revision lift can be done in the future if needed however. Good luck, /nsn.
Pregnancy after breast lift
If you have naturally sagging breasts, a breast lift potentially can give you much fuller cleavage. It is very difficult to predict how your body (breasts and tummy) will change after pregnancy. But I would be prepared for a possible revision lift +/- augmentation after you are done having kids. If you choose to pursue a lift, remember, you will enjoy your results for awhile. Best of luck.
You may need a touch up breast lift after you have children.
If your breasts are really sagging, go ahead and have a breast lift. Sagging breasts make your body look inappropiately old.
But breasts do change in unpredictable ways after childbirth. So you may well need a touch up in the future. It is still a good idea.
Pregnancy after a breast lift
This is one of the many crystal ball questions we can never answer unfortunately. All I can say though is that if you need a breast lift at 20 before children, you have relatively poor tissue elasticity and likely will need something done again after you're done having children, either an implant or a re-lift or both.
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What tends to happen with pregnancy is that the breasts get larger and then reduce back to the pre-pregnancy size after childbirth. If you are willing to chance the possibility that you may need a repeat breast lift after pregnancy then go ahead and do it now. If you don't want the possibility of a second breast lift then wait until after your pregancies are finished.
Breast appearance after a lift, then pregnancy
You answered your OWN question ; "you never know what life will bring".
If your breasts do not go up in volume with pregnancy (unlikely) OR if they shrink nicely to their pre-pregnancy size and location (HIGHLY unlikely) -- then having a Breast Lift (Mastopexy) will be be affected by a pregnancy.
But -- if we play the odds -- chances are that a pregnancy will stretch your breast skin, change the volume of your breasts and bring about droopiness / ptosis of the breasts.
If you CAN wait -- please do. If not, go into this with your eyes opened.
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|March 1, 2012, 04:21 AM
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Calif.Police able to buy and own AR-15's
I see on the local CBS station that some if not all cops in northern california(have not heard about socal yet) Can Buy and use AR-15's. But as normal folks, we can't. I do not have a dog in the fight, I have no reason to buy one. The big question is: What happens when the cop retires? Is he allowed to keep the weapon? A burning question in this state. According to a spoksman for Calguns, we all should be able to own such weapons. How say you?
|March 1, 2012, 09:06 AM
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AFAIK, LEO's are exempt from the firearms restrictions mere citizens are subject to.
There are California Legal AR type rifles available for sale, but they are configured to pass every restriction the state has setup. As an example, here is Colt's web site showing their selection of compliant rifles:
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|March 1, 2012, 09:17 AM
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There's been a lot of discussion and some disagreement at Calguns over this. What's not in dispute is that LE, with a department letter, may own an un-neutered AR15, or "assault weapon" as they are defined in CA law.
Citizens in CA may own any AR15 pattern rifle that isn't named on the AWB list, as long as it is either "featureless" (no pistol grip, flash hider, etc. see flowchart) or that has a bullet button (a mag release that requires a tool to operate it).
No magazines greater than 10 rounds may be used in a bullet-button AR if the rifle has "features" without creating an assault weapon under CA law.
Former AG, now governor Jerry Brown, once opined that the law, as written does NOT allow LE to retain their rifles after retirement, however previous 'opinions' led officers to believe they could keep them, and a number of weapons were purchased with that promise and understanding.
There is actually legislation that was introduced recently that would, among other things, limit the number of so-called 'assault weapons' (including 50 BMGs) that an individual officer could purchase under the LE exemption to a total of one.
Apparently there are public safety risks when officers have an 'assault weapon' in both their right and left hands.
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I think we can all understand that a full-time LEO may need an AR-15 for his duty and may decide to purchase one for himself so that he can maintain it in top condition (as opposed to being issued a different rifle at various incidents).
But the part that makes no sense is that LEO's, while generally good guys, have also been the perpetrators of homicides of spouses and girlfriends. There have even been a number that have killed their families before taking their own lives. Yet, someone thinks it's just dandy that they can have AR's, while the majority of the population cannot? Twisted.
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You'll find that across the country, there is a disparity between what LEOs can do, and what the average Joe can do.
Even here in Virginia, a state with great gun laws, LEOs and Commonwealth Attorneys are allowed to conceal in restaurants that serve alcohol and consume alcohol. Everyone else may not... Regardless of what you think on the subject, it doesn't quite make sense that one group may do so while another may not.
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So I think it IS just dandy that they may have them and it is despicable when the law-abiding public is denied ownership.
Here in NV, I may keep a loaded pistol or a loaded (un-chambered) rifle or shotgun in my car, or or a chambered pistol on my person, unconcealed, without a permit. What is considered an assault weapon in CA is just a rifle, pistol or shotgun here.
It would be an interesting study to compile data on places like NV that have virtually un-restricted firearms ownership to show the rate of misuse compared to highly restricted places.
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The exemption for carrying while consuming alcohol was originally for undercover officers, who had to be able to have a drink with the suspects or raise more than one eyebrow.
I would like to get it to AZ's point, where everyone has almost the exact same carry authority and firearms available. Our LEOs can carry in a very few places we can't, courtrooms and such, and we can all own the same firearms, albeit the LEOs can't keep the cheap full autos they're issued.
Good luck to California residents on getting these laws overturned soon!
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I remember reading from somewhere that a "cop was just a civilian with a badge and a gun". In terms of personal freedom, a cop has more than a soldier and a civilian is probably somewhere in the middle. This is just speculation though.
Anyways, I do not see the point in the "assault weapons ban". I have yet to see a criminal traipsing around carrying a long-arm*, rather it's mostly a handgun in the waistband or girlfriend's purse.
*Can be observed in some third world countries.
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|March 1, 2012, 10:04 PM
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-- The weapon of choice for drive bys
-- The weapon of choice for gangbangers
-- Capable of shooting straight through un-reinforced cinder blocks
-- Completely unsuitable for any sporting use
-- Good only for killing people, not animals
-- Dangerous because of their "extreme rapid fire" capability.
-- Large caliber "Sniper" rifles can bring down an airliner with one shot.
-- Large caliber "Sniper" rifles can penetrate an armored vehicle from 1 mile
-- A large caliber, 20.5 pound, 46 inch long "sniper" rifle is the weapon of choice for terrorists
But as soon as that civilian puts on a blue "government employee" suit, he's more trustworthy with this kind of weapon than say, a 42 year old surgeon who's rifle has only pointed at paper targets at a rifle range.
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Cops everywhere have greater legal authority than regular citizens. They also have greater responsibilities. They even get issued neat toys to play with, without the hassle and expense of extensive background checks, filling out multiple forms, paying a couple hundred dollars, and getting CLEO approval each time.
Of course, they don't "own" those guns, the dept does....
They get lots of other "perks" as well, compared to the rest of us. On the other hand, balance that with the pay, the working conditions, and the rest of it, is it really that important?
The principle that they are no more than us, other than their job is a good one, but is adhered to more in theory than in practice.
CA officers have found themselves in torturous legal ground over their personally owned guns, more than once. I believe some were even prosecuted for having an SKS (et al) when they turned them in, as required by law. Now, they want to codify an exemption. Fine for the cops, and another wedge driven between them and us. Some of "us" get jealous, you know...
That being said, I don't know where this particular discussion can go....
Remember that direct politics and disparagment are prohibited in this forum. And that includes sarcastic bashing of a state and the people in it.
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Those of us here in California, by and large, don't really begrudge cops using an AR-15 for duty use. Especially given some of the circumstances and incidents they need to respond to. It's the idea that they can keep their un-neutered rifles after resigning or retiring from the agency that rankles most of us. Some central valley officer resigned to run his family's business and kept his two AR's. After a daytime break-in, police discovered his "assault rifles" and were ready to bag him until he showed he was the (then über privileged) legal owner.
Consider this - in California, a Colt AR-15 (e.g. AR6721), owned by a police officer is now called a Patrol Rifle[1] while the exact same rifle in the hands of a
¹ "Patrol rifle" is what VPC is now calling "assault rifles" when in the hands of police.
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So VPC calls the 'patrol rifles' assault weapons, even in the hands of police? Interesting.
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Spats correct me if I'm wrong.
In Arkansas a LEO may purchase and own an NFA weapon without going through the Feds. He may keep the weapon until he ceases being a LEO. The weapon must be passed to another LEO whose department authorizes the Officer to have one for Law enforcement use.
My training Officer had a mint condition Thompson with the round mag. (I'm not into Full auto so pardon any improper termoniology). When he retired he sold it to another officer.
The Tommy gun had an outstanding effect when Officers were severly outnumbered in a couple of tense situations.
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The situation described in Arkansas sounds similar to one I know of in my state. There is a bit of the "old boy" network involved.
There is a ret. LEO in my area who "owns" a Tommygun. The NFA one, not the semi auto that is all I (as a mere private citizen) can own. Now, this gentleman "owns" the machinegun, keeps it at home, and when the acitve duty cops want/need it, they go to him and "borrow" it.
There is no way to get around going through the Feds to legally own a machine gun, anywhere in the USA. Period.
However, while this old boy owns the gun, and everybody knows it, on paper, the POLICE DEPARTMENT owns it, and he just stores it for them. The old boy is retired, meaning he doesn't put in scheduled hrs on patrol or at the station, but he is listed as an active deputy, and will be until they close the lid on his casket, I think.
Is it fair? Is it something any of us could do? I don't think so. But it is within the letter of the laws. Many NFA owners get some level of police creds, to allow or ease their ownership and purchase of NFA arms. If your local chief LEO is cool with it, maybe you could do it too. It is entirely a local thing and all about who you know, and how well, and what they are all willing to do for you.
And its not corruption, per se (although there might be cases where corruption also involves NFA ownership/permission), its within the law, just like the "gunshow loophole" (which we all know isn't a "loophole", its simply obeying the law, as written).
If your particular jurisdiction allows for it, its ok. Not very fair seeming to the rest of us, but legal. IF the jurisdiction doesn't allow it, then even though still legal, its not permitted.
It may seem to be a legal fiction, but if its legal, then its not really fiction, is it?
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A MAN who repeatedly sexually abused a girl, culminating in an attempt to rape her, has been jailed for nine years.
Morris Backshell, 48, of Luddesdown Road, Toothill, sexually assaulted the girl when she was just 12.
And the abuse continued until he tried to rape her when she was 15.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court the abuse started in the late 1990s with Backshell tickling the girl and the game progressed, leading to him touching her indecently.
Miss Marlow said he also got the child to watch him carry out a sex act and, on another occasion, made her touch him.
She said the abuse came to an end in early 2002, shortly before the victim's 16th birthday, when he tried to rape her.
The court heard she was screaming and shouting and managed to fight him off.
As a result of the abuse she told the court that the girl had required counselling to help her come to terms with what had happened to her.
When Backshell was arrested earlier this year he refused to answer questions during police interview.
He initially denied the charges but a couple of weeks before he was due to stand trial he admitted what he had done.
Backshell admitted to attempted rape, two counts of indecency with a child and two of indecent assaults.
Rob Ross, defending, said his client accepted he was facing a lengthy jail term and was sorry for what he had done.
Over the years he said he had suffered from depressive illness which had led to him being in and out of mental hospitals.
Before these offences he said Backshell had been a man of good character and there was no suggestion anything had happened since.
He said that, though the abuse went on for a number of years, the fact that the girl had fought him off seemed to bring Backshell to his senses and he realised what he was doing was wrong.
Mr Ross told the court: "My best plank of mitigation is he stopped it and he has admitted it."
Passing sentence, Judge Euan Ambrose said: "These offences are so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified. "It must be custody and of some length."
As well as jailing him he imposed a sexual offences prevention order, told him he must register as a sex offender for life and banned him from working with children.


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Celebrating a collaboration of almost 40 years, Sonar and Phil Rudd have teamed up to create a unique special edition drum kit. This kit features the large, powerful Sonor drums that have been the driving force behind AC/DC's sound.The Phil Rudd special-edition drum set features a 22" X 18" no mount bass drum, a 13" X 121/2" tom tom, an 18" X 171/2" floor tom, and a 16" X 171/2" floor tom in a gloss black finish. Hardware is also included (bass drum pedal, two mini-boom stands, a single tom stand and hi hat). The kit retails for $1,659 and has a MAP price of $999. Phil's philosophy on drum sound is pretty simple. "I have always preferred the big, powerful sound of large toms and floor toms," he says. This new set certainly delivers on that philosophy! "This drumset was designed to achieve the fat, punchy sound Phil prefers and will be an excellent choice for rock players all over the world to create that sound," says Larry Nelson, product manager for Sonor USA. Australian native Phil Rudd is one of the most important drummers in the history of rock music and his drumming has influenced drummers all over the world. His playing is an essential part of the AC/DC sound. AC/DC is without a doubt one of the most important, influential and successful rock bands of all time. Since forming in 1973, AC/DC's high-voltage rock 'n' roll has sold-out concert tours with sales of more than 200 million albums and counting. The Phil Rudd special-edition drum set will be available at all authorized Sonor dealers starting fall 2009.
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Spanish-Smashed Potatoes with Cilantro Sauce Recipe
I was inspired to create this after visiting a great Latin restaurant. The salty potatoes and the bright herbs are great together.
- 1 pound fingerling potatoes
- 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1. Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain and transfer to a small bowl.
- 2. Place the cilantro, garlic and salt in a small food processor; cover and pulse until chopped. Add water and vinegar; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream.
- 3. Using a fork, flatten potatoes slightly; pour sauce over top. Yield: 4 servings.
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Phil Jackson to Head Knicks Front Office
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The most N.B.A. championships, the highest regular-season winning percentage and more stats about Phil Jackson, who returns to where his career began, with the Knicks.
Phil Jackson, who won 11 N.B.A. championships as a coach and is one of the leagues most admired figures, has agreed to return to the Knicks after three-plus decades to head the teams front office. The Knicks are scheduled to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday to announce his appointment as the teams new president, according to a person in the N.B.A. familiar with the discussions.
A Knicks spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jackson, 68, who was a part of the Knicks championship era as a player in the early 1970s, has unrivaled credentials as a coach: six titles with the Chicago Bulls, and five more with the Los Angeles Lakers. He has the highest winning percentage for a coach in league history (.704), along with the most playoff victories (229). He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
But he has never held a position in a front office, let alone run one, and his first project is a doozy: resuscitate the Knicks after years of mismanagement. Despite having the leagues second-highest payroll, the Knicks have labored to a 26-40 record ahead of Saturdays game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden. Though their current five-game winning streak has kept them in contention for a playoff spot in the woeful Eastern Conference, the Knicks are still in danger of missing out on the postseason for the seventh time in the last 10 years.
As constructed, the Knicks are a collection of aging players and mismatched parts, with one superstar, Carmelo Anthony, who plans to opt out of his contract and explore free agency this summer. Mike Woodson, in his third season as the coach, could be on his way out. The team has traded away scads of future draft picks. In other words, Jackson will need more than a hammer to fix the Knicks. He might need a backhoe.
The arrangement between Jackson and James L. Dolan comes loaded with intrigue. Dolan has a reputation for being highly involved in personnel matters. He meddles. He overrules. And he has been known to drive some of his more high-profile employees away, including Donnie Walsh, who as the team president objected to the 2011 deal that brought Anthony to the Knicks in exchange for rotation players and several of those future draft picks. Walsh is back with the Indiana Pacers, a team with championship aspirations, as a consultant for basketball operations.
Jackson, on the other hand, is known for his candor. He talks about his Zen philosophies. He shares his opinions. He has written several books, including The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul, about the 2003-4 Lakers. In the book, Jackson is open about the inner-workings of the team. (He even deigned to criticize no less an eminence than Kobe Bryant, though they have built a close relationship.) No member of the Dolan-led Knicks has enjoyed that kind of independence, literary or otherwise, and it remains to be seen how much will be afforded Jackson.
It is also unclear how much time Jackson will spend in New York and on the road engaged with the minutiae of management: scouting players, preparing for the draft, weighing the salary cap, examining advanced analytics. Running a team is not an easy job, and Jackson has a history of health concerns. In any case, it seems likely that the Knicks will supply him with a staff to do much of his legwork.
More than anything, Jackson brings instant gravitas and credibility to a franchise sorely in need of some. Dolan has cycled through six coaches since 2004, obsessive in his quest for quick-fix solutions. He made another seemingly impulsive move on the eve of training camp in September, when he hired Steve Mills to replace Glen Grunwald as the teams general manager.
Now, with Jackson joining the Knicks, Mills is ceding his position heading the teams basketball operations after less than five months. In another twist, it was Mills who initially met with Jackson to discuss a role with the team, according to a person in the N.B.A. with knowledge of the discussions. Mills is expected to remain with the Knicks in a revised role.
It remains to be seen how much autonomy Jackson will have in personnel issues, though that was likely an important topic in his negotiations with Dolan, who has seldom, if ever, relinquished much control. Dolan also has notoriously restrictive policies when it comes to dealing with the news media he has granted one interview about the Knicks in seven years and generally requires his executives to sign nondisclosure agreements as a condition to employment. Staffers sit in on interviews with players and the head coach (assistants are off limits) and take notes on the questions that are asked.
Todd Musburger, Jacksons longtime agent, could not be reached for comment.
One of Jacksons first big situations to deal with will come this off-season, as Anthony weighs whether to stay in New York. The Knicks can offer Anthony the most lucrative contract five years and $129 million under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, and Mills had made clear in the preseason that he intended to do everything he could to keep Anthony. Indeed, that was one reason Dolan hired Mills, who is closely connected to Creative Artists Agency, the group that represents Anthony and several other members of the organization.
Now, it could be up to Jackson to persuade Anthony to stay, assuming Jackson believes it is the prudent move for the club.
Jackson has been critical of the Knicks in the past. In 2012, he told HBOs Real Sports that they were a little bit of a clumsy team and cited the pairing of Anthony and Amare Stoudemire as particularly flawed. Stoudemire, who has battled chronic knee injuries, is in the fourth year of a five-year deal worth $100 million. It is worth noting that Jackson won championships with iconic players like Michael Jordan, Shaquille ONeal and Bryant. He is now the caretaker of a roster with considerably less talent, and with little flexibility in the immediate future to make sweeping changes.
Theres just too much work that has to be done with that team, Jackson said of the Knicks in 2012, adding: Stoudemires a really good player. But hes got to play in a certain system and a way. Carmelo has to be a better passer. And the ball cant stop every time it hits his hands. They need to have someone come in that can kind of blend that group together.
Jackson is coming to the Knicks despite having deep ties to the Lakers, whom he coached from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2011. Jackson, who has a home in Los Angeles and a ranch in Montana, is engaged to Jeanie Buss, who is in charge of the Lakers business operations.
Dolan had pursued Jackson twice before, both times for the teams coaching position in 1999 and again in 2005 when Isiah Thomas was running the front office. Since leaving the Lakers in 2011, Jackson had done some informal consulting work for the Detroit Pistons but was eager to return to the league in a more official capacity.
With the Knicks, Jacksons journey through the N.B.A. is coming full circle. He began his playing career with the team, which drafted him in 1967. As a gangly, defense-minded player coming off the bench, he was part of the Knicks only championship era, which produced titles in 1970 and 1973. Somehow, some way, amid considerable skepticism, he will now try to produce another one.


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Algiers Confirms Hotel Privatization
Algerian officials have confirmed that the state-owned hotels will be privatized.
An official source confirmed the report in a statement to El Khabar daily, adding that the hotels' staff has no reason to be concerned about their future.
"We are not thinking of any downsizing," he stressed.
However, the representatives of the strong union UGTA said they should be involved in any action regarding their professional future, said the paper.
In a previous report by the daily, 11 hotels are included in the plan.
121 Algerian corporations have been targeted for privatization over the next three years as from the year 2001, Hamid Tammar, Algerian Minister of Participation and Reforms Coordination has announced.
Forty-two of the companies to be privatized are subsidiaries of public holding companies, and other 79 are subsidiaries of the state holding companies operating in the fields of services, building materials, food industry, Tammar said in a statement to the press in January – Albawaba.com


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Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
After finally discovering and watching the first three seasons of the HBO series, Game of Thrones I became slightly addicted to the world of Westeros. So naturally, I was at a loss when season 3 ended and I realized I would have to wait until next spring for season 4 to begin. So to fill the void I decided to start reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin which the HBO show is based on. There are five books in this series so far so this should keep me busy for a while. There's a lot going on in the first book of the series, The Game of Thrones, but here's the basic premise: It is an epic fantasy set in the fictional land of Westeros, a mythical medieval kingdom, featuring sword fights, dragons, direwolves and an unending cast of characters. Several noble houses battle to sit on the Iron Throne, while the entire kingdom is threatened by some rising supernatural threat in the north. The story is told from the point-of-view of different characters, mostly members of the Stark and Lannister families who, of course are rivals. I have a couple of favorite characters-Tyrone Lannister, the clever dwarf and young Arya Stark, the sword wielding tomboy. Although I love the TV show, I actually like the books even more. There are just so many characters with crazy, hard to understand names that it's a little difficult to keep everyone straight while watching. But after reading the first book in the series, I'm much more clear on who is who. There is just so much more info on each character and the history of their families in the books that the show doesn't cover. If you love the HBO series and can't wait for season four, I recommend these books.
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On the September 25 broadcast of SBS′ Strong Heart, Dasom was asked why portal site searches for her name are always followed by the keyword ′butt pad′.
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Crazy Tony Is Back
If you've seen one of the thousands of flyers around town the last couple of weeks, you know that "Crazy Tony Is Back!" Some of you have known all along who he was, but others of you had to wonder, "Who the hell is Crazy Tony, and where did he go?"
Well, over the past ten years, Tony Avitia has played in the punk group 30footFALL and co-headed the recently reunited "slip-hop" group I-45. He ran a label -- Broken Note Records -- that issued numerous compilations of local music, such as The Coolest Shit in Texas and several volumes under the No Approval Needed and Noncompliance names, not to mention all the compilation cassettes he peddled for a buck a pop and the single-artist CDs by Bickley and Dinosaur Salad. (That last band had the coolest local bumper sticker ever. Remember that one? "God Listens .to Dinosaur Salad.")
It's safe to say that over the course of the mid- and late 1990s, no single person did more to help the scene than Avitia. The CDs he cut helped document a good chunk of what was going on and carried the banner of Houston music across the country. And I-45's willingness to perform at any venue anywhere did a lot to erode what were once well-nigh unassailable walls between the punk and rap crowds.
"When we would go on tour with I-45, they would ask for ten minutes," says 30footFALL's Rubio. "And punks would dig 'em. Some clubs like the Whiskey A Go Go wouldn't let them play at all, so we learned [I-45's] 'The Bike Song,' and they would come out and do that with us."
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The testimonials keep coming: "Between being a musician and running Broken Note and promoting shows, he's probably one of the most important guys on the scene, especially when you factor in the fact that he usually doesn't get much money in return," says Clouseaux singer Thomas Escalante. "If he says something to you, you can count on it. His word is golden."
So that's who Crazy Tony is. Now, where is he "back" from?
Around 1999, I-45 started to take off, and Avitia moved to Southern California, though his bandmates remained in Houston. I-45 was doing about 200 road shows a year back then. Avitia got married, had a daughter, returned to Houston and then got divorced, amid much drama. Broken Note fell by the wayside, a victim of its founder's success with I-45, but eventually that imploded as well. Avitia had to deal with domestic issues and bandmate Billy Kinnamon had a world of trouble of his own. Not only did he face down a skin-cancer scare that cost him a few chunks off his back and a couple of lymph nodes, but he also recently resolved a serious pot bust in South Dakota, one that could have cost him 15 years in prison.
"I was coming back from up north with about 20 pounds of hydro, and I got busted," Kinnamon says. "I tried to fight it for a year and a half, but I lost my suppression hearing and they ended up finding me guilty, but because I was going through my cancer stuff, they didn't want to pay for it, so they ended up giving me just four months in jail and five years' probation. I have to leave June 7, and I should be back by the beginning of October." (Well, that's one way to beat the Houston heat for a summer )
But at last all of that -- Kinnamon's drug bust and cancer scare and what Avitia calls his "babymama drama" -- is settled. And on May 14 and 15, Broken Note Records will celebrate its tenth anniversary and its relaunch with a mother of a two-night, double-stage show at Fitzgerald's. On the first night of the shindig, I-45 will play, and Simpleton, A Taste of Garlic and Dinosaur Salad will all reunite on the stage upstairs, while Ex Porn Stars, Q.U.E. and Farm S.C. will play Fitzdown. The next night finds C'Mon C'Mon, Austin punks Cruel and Unusual, and the Molly Maguires downstairs and 30footFALL, Bickley, Non Stop Bombers and Middlefinger playing up the rickety staircase.
"We actually have fans of these bands flying in from Minnesota, Connecticut, Florida, California, Missouri, Louisiana and every city in Texas," Avitia says. "And not just people who are in the bands, it's people that know the bands and want to be here. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. This will probably never, ever happen again, all of these bands in one place."
Avitia's guerrilla marketing was in full effect at the recent Westheimer Street Festival. He spent much of the day walking up and down the length of the party carrying a sign that said, "I am Crazy Tony." "We had the bullhorn -- we were making a ruckus wherever we went. I think a lot of people know who I am now," he notes. I-45 fans started turning up at Helios hours before the band's recent gig there. According to Avitia, the show was a hit. "It was awesome," he says. "We turned it out, the crowd loved it, they were screaming the words. It felt like a coming-back-out party."
And you can bank on the Fitz shows packing 'em in as well. For Avitia, the hard part will come later, when he has to build on that success. The show could be a mere reunion -- a chance for a scene to relive its memories and nothing more -- or it could be the glue that binds Broken Note back together. Avitia is taking pains to see to it that the latter scenario unfolds. Few who enter will leave without ending up on his mailing list, or, he says, without a copy of a Broken Note CD. Avitia and former I-45 manager Jason Whitmire are already in preproduction on a new compilation, tentatively called A Tale of Two Cities, which will be a roundup of original music by the top DJs in Houston and in Whitmire's adopted hometown of Austin. A new I-45 record is in the works, and more compilations can't be far behind.
Avitia is also working on a business degree at UH, and it shows, though it's hard to imagine him learning anything like his Mattress Mac-meets-Jesus-freak act at the West Fest from a textbook. School "does open your eyes to some of the mechanics of the way a business should operate, but at the same time I always go with the gut," he says. "The gut's the one telling me I need to make the big neon signs and walk up and down the street like a crazy person. But I'm also starting to think statistically, to think percentage-wise, to think I have to do x amount of this to make y amount of that happen. Over the last ten years of doing this I'd like to think I'm a lot more mature now, a lot more focused. I know a lot more about what I need to do -- I think I had an internal fear of becoming famous before. Now, it's like I don't care, I'm gonna go balls-out."
"Tony's a lot smarter than he lets people know," says Kinnamon. "He likes to let people think he's a retard, but he's not."
And though he hasn't yet made mad cash in this game, don't think for a minute he would pass up the chance.
"I live in a one-bedroom apartment," he says. "I'm always trying to figure out where the next child support payment's gonna come from, whether or not I'm gonna make the rent or cover all my bills on any given month. It's really on a shoestring, so I'm gonna have to get some investors. I've got an accountant in mind, I'm gonna look for a finance whiz at UH. I want to put it together like a real thing. But let me tell you -- the minute a major label comes up to me and says, 'I'll give you a million dollars for the label,' you can bet your sweet ass I'm gonna sell it. I'll stay the Crazy Tony figurehead or whatever, but you throw a million-dollar check in front of my face, and I'm probably gonna take it."
According to Rubio, that sounds about par for the course. "He's gonna kill me for telling you this, but I remember back in high school he peroxided '14K' in his hair. His slogan back then was 'Greed is good.' "
But unlike so many local promoters, the past decade has proved that Avitia isn't really about greed. He's, well, crazy that way. "I don't think there's enough people here documenting what's going on," he says, which is probably closer to his real motive than any Gordon Gekko-derived axiom. And there's another driving force behind the "Crazy Tony is back" phenomenon. "I'm still trying to win back an ex-girlfriend!" he says.
To that end, his ambition knows few bounds. "I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I'll sell a million records of Broken Note releases by, let's say, 2007," he says. "That's my goal -- I can add in what I've already sold, which is 36,000 or 37,000 units."
Only 963,000 to go. That's a mighty tall order, son. But hell, Lawrence Marshall probably started with one beat-up pickup truck. Now thousands of people are making the short drive up to Hempstead to get some of those huuuuge savings Ray Childress is always yakking away on the Clobberline about. Mattress Mac probably started with one dinged dinette -- now look at what he's done on the North Freeway between Tidwell and Parker. Could Crazy Tony be next?
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GRAND FORKS — The words on the back of Bubba Schweigert's shirt at University of North Dakota's football practices pretty much sums up the program's approach to its season opener Thursday night at San Jose State.
The words on his shirt are "Day by Day."
In reality, that's about the only way Schweigert, his assistants, and players can prepare for a new era of UND football — one that hopes to erase the disappointment of the past few seasons.
UND wrapped up another practice Sunday as it prepares for San Jose State, a 6-6 team from a year ago that plays in the Mountain West Conference.
"We're going into this game pretty blind," said Schweigert. "We have to focus on ourselves and how we prepare. Through the years, I've felt that if we can keep the focus on ourselves and how we prepare instead of just looking at the opponent, we're better off. But that's hard for the guys because they're going to get a lot of people asking them about the opponent."
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Schweigert said UND will travel with at least six true freshmen. How many of them see significant playing time, however, remains to be seen.
UND will play a team that scored a ton of points last season. In San Jose State's final two games of 2013, the Spartans scored 114 points — 52 against Navy and 62 against Fresno State.
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- A new member of the human family tree may be a transitional species between ape-like men and our direct human ancestors.
- Australopithecus sediba could have given rise to either Homo erectus or Homo habilis.
- Climate change in South Africa may have helped to drive our ancestors out of the trees and onto land.
A new member of the human family tree recently found in South Africa is a good candidate for being the transitional species between ape-like beings and our direct human ancestors, according to a paper in the latest issue of Science.
The 1.95- to 1.78-million-year-old hominid, named Australopithecus sediba, walked on two legs and had hips similar to ours, but still retained a few more primitive features, such as longer arms and a smaller brain. This human relative may have given rise to Homo erectus, "Upright Man," or to Homo habilis aka "Handy Man," who was the earliest known human.
"Further studies will tell, but A. sediba should act as a Rosetta Stone to unlocking just what makes up the genus Homo," project leader Lee Berger told Discovery News.
"Being that we have very complete specimens of different sexes, derived from a single moment in time, we have an opportunity to explore questions that relate both to ancestral forms, as well as to potentially descendant species," added Berger, a senior research officer and director of the School of Geosciences at the University of Witwatersrand.
He and his team made the discovery after investigating caves at several locations in South Africa. The nine-year-old son of one of Berger's post-doctoral students, Job Kibii, found the partial skeleton of a 60-pound, nine- to 13-year-old male hominid at what is known as the Malapa site.
Further exploration led to the discovery of the remains for an adult female in her late twenties or early thirties weighing around 73 pounds. Both she and the excavated young male were identified as being members of the new Australopithecus species, with sediba meaning "wellspring."
Since the fossils for at least 25 animals, including saber-toothed cats, a wildcat, a brown hyena, a wild dog, antelopes, and a horse, were also found in the cave, the researchers believe the deep site acted like a "death trap" for individuals seeking water. The now fossilized woman and boy appear to have "taken a significant fall" before plunging, or being later washed by rainwater, around 164 feet. Their bodies were then buried by a roof cave-in.
Analysis of their bones shows they had longer, more orangutan-like arms, short powerful hands, a hip bone similar to that of modern humans, and long legs capable of striding, and possibly even running, as people do today. They also had human-like faces, noses and back teeth. Their brains, however, were probably about one-third the size of a Homo sapiens' brain.
The new hominid species reveals that the evolutionary transition from our small-bodied, tree-dwelling ancestors to larger-bodied, full-striding walkers happened in gradual steps.
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A climatic event in South Africa around 2 million years ago -- possibly a period of cooling -- may have helped to fuel at least part of the change, driving this new Australopithecus member to depend more on being able to walk distances as it sought out food, water and shelter.
"However, it does appear that sediba kept a 'safety chute' in the form of long arms and keeping the ability to climb, but in a different way to the (other) australopithecines," Berger said.
Chris Stringer, research leader in human origins at the Natural History Museum in London, told Discovery News, "The two partial skeletons from Malapa in South Africa are extremely important additions to the fossil record of human evolution." Stringer believes this is "the most human-like australopithecene yet discovered."
Francis Thackeray, director of the University of Witwatersrand's Institute for Human Evolution, said the new species "confirms the view that there is no clear boundary between Australopithecus and Homo."
"The time has come to reassess the variability in all hominin fossils from Africa, without necessarily 'pigeon-holing' fossils into one or other species," Thackeray told Discovery News.
In the not-too-distant future, we may also learn much more about how our earliest ancestors lived. Berger said that because the Australopithecus sediba fossils are so well preserved, "it won't be very long before we will tell you a great deal about their lifestyle and diet."
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Situated near the airport, this hotel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Lufthansa Flight Training Center and 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from The Squaire. Commerzbank-Arena and Staedel Museum are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a snack bar/deli, a sauna, and a conference center are onsite.
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NH Frankfurt Airport features a sauna and a fitness center. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. 4 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. For a surcharge, a shuttle from the hotel to the airport at scheduled times is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
NH Frankfurt Airport is a smoke-free property.
- Free WiFi
- Fitness facilities
- Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 156
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- Dry cleaning/laundry service
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- Number of floors - 3
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Conference space
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- Self parking (surcharge)
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- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Year Built 1993
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Premium TV channels
- Separate sitting area
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
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- Desk
- In-room safe
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- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Room service (limited hours)
- Pillow menu
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Espresso maker
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
Nhube - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per night
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 24,90 for adults and EUR 24,90 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 3 per person
- Self parking fee: EUR 18.00 per day
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 11 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
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Book a stay in any rate category and receive complimentary wireless Internet access in the lobby and complimentary minibar during your stay.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Essar Oil's petition seeking the review of an earlier order that asked it to pay Rs 6,300 crore in sales tax to the Gujarat government.
Essar had sought a review of the court's January 17 ruling to pay sales tax for not finishing the construction of its refinery at Vadinar before August 15, 2003. It argued the construction work was delayed because of a cyclone and a stay order secured by a civil society body. The dispute centred around Essar's eligibility for sales tax deferment; had the company completed the refinery by the specified time, it would have been eligible to defer the sale tax payment by 17 years.
Since the Vadinar refinery commenced operations later than the specified time, the Gujarat government held the company ineligible for the benefit. Subsequent to the ruling, the Gujarat government asked Essar to repay Rs 6,300 crore in sales tax plus the interest accrued.
The company on Wednesday said it had made provisions in the December quarter for making the payment. It had made a provision of Rs 4,015 crore and set aside Rs 1,800 crore for this. Talks with the Gujarat government on this issue were also on at present, the company said in a statement, adding it was also in discussions with banks for meeting the repayment obligations. The sales tax payment weighed heavily on the company's December quarter results, leaving it with a net loss of Rs 3,990 crore. Its profit for the same period in the previous year was Rs 273 crore.
The private refiner also faced a reversal in February, when a tribunal ruled against it in a case relating to a Rs 302-crore insurance claim for damages sustained by its refinery during a cyclone in 1998. The verdict, however, did not have any impact on its financials, since the claim amount was not accounted for in its books.
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First off, a big thanks to Brides.com for the wonderful shoutout
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Jeremy Howe is the best Tasmanian player of his kind since the generation of Brent Crosswell, Johnny Greening and Royce Hart. I mean the electrifying kind.
Howe plays like no one else. He marks the ball from as many directions as there are points on a compass. As commentator Tim Watson muttered with subdued awe after one of his marks, "He is such a pure flyer."
My favouriteHowe mark was taken against West Coast last season on the members' wing at the MCG. Most great high marks occur when the player catching the ball leaps from behind another player or group of players. In this case, Howe leapt from in front of Andrew Embley.
Howe was running with the flight of the ball, looking back over his shoulder. Only once did he glance at Embley, when he was about 10 metres from him. The next moment Embley had Howe's thigh in his face as the Melbourne player vaulted over him, landing, ball in hand, to Embley's rear.
Howe's critics say he lacks defensive skills. His critics are the sort of negative individuals who have made the game one large congested lump of players. His critics say he's not as good when the ball hits the ground. Well, he may not be, but, if he was, he'd be better than Gary Ablett junior and 10 centimetres taller. "Right now," says Howe's teammate Colin Garland, "the game needs Jeremy Howe more than he needs us."
Howe is exceptional at any sport he turns his hand to – even, says Garland, at pinball. "It's not because he's competitive. He loves the inclusion that comes from playing games. It's why he's the most popular player at the club."
Melbourne has had its share of aerial artists over recent decades – Shaun Smith, Russell "Robbo" Robinson and Liam Jurrah. Robbo, a wonderfully entertaining footballer, also was Tasmanian, but I don't remember him taking "speccies" as regularly as Howe has done since his arrival at the Demons in 2011. Nor do I recall anyone ever suggesting that Robbo could be used in defence.
(How vividly I recall Robbo late in his career, frustrated after an absence from the big stage through injury, celebrating his return by performing a backward somersault and attempting a Brazilian bicycle kick from the right forward pocket. The result was a magnificent failure, the ball carrying like a cricket snick into the crowd.
This year Paul Roos has played Howe in defence. Initially he looked lost, but in the past few weeks his confidence has grown – dangerously, I would suggest, for opposition teams. There have even been moments when he's taken one of those marks on the members' wing where his feet are higher than his head and I think he is a bit of an old-fashioned lair, that he enjoys putting on a performance for the fans that – in the words of veteran Australian rocker Johnny O'Keefe – makes them want to shout.
His performance last Saturday against Richmond called to mind great high-flying centre half-backs of the past like Collingwood's Billy Picken and Hawthorn's Peter Knights. I'm not suggesting Howe is a proven champion like Knights or that he has form to match Picken's performances in finals, but I am saying that right now there are few more exciting players in the AFL.
Howe is from Dodges Ferry, east of Hobart. He played footy with the local club before graduating to Hobart in the statewide league. There is a Youtube clip of him with dyed blond hair on one of his Luke Skywalker jaunts through the air taking a big mark for Hobart. He finished his electrician's apprenticeship before leaving Tasmania, which may explain why he suddenly appeared on the AFL scene as such an original talent.
In an interview on Melbourne Football Club TV soon after he arrived, Howe was asked how he felt about finally getting a crack at the big time. He replied, with boyish enthusiasm, "I just can't wait to get into her." This is a figure of speech from the old Australian "She'll be right" school. Howe said he was "stoked" to be at the club and, asked about his freakish ability in the air, said, "I've always been able to jump pretty good."
Talking about his early footy experiences, he recalled playing for Dodges Ferry on a ground that was flooded. "It was pretty hard to get excited about the game," he said. Right now, you get the impression that Howe, like his Melbourne teammates, is pretty excited about the game.
The Dees finally represent something solid. If other teams fail to put them away, as Richmond did last weekend, the Dees will emerge triumphant. They have the bye this weekend, then meet Port Adelaide next Saturday.
The young Port team, drunk on winning and wanting more, will not be lulled into taking Melbourne lightly and the Dees will be without the suspended Chris Dawes.
Dawes is like the big pole in the circus tent. He holds everything up.
But Dawes is back the following week for Melbourne's biggest game each season, against Collingwood at the MCG on the Queen's Birthday. The Pies have their own intrepid aerialist, Jamie Elliott.
Jeremy Howe versus Jamie Elliott – now there's a match worth going to see.


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Concert Review: Miami Wings' Thursday Night Jazz Jam
Photo by Ben Thacker Every Thursday, Miami Wings hosts a jazz jam event.
Miami Wings Jazz Jam
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Better Than: Bedtime on a Thursday night.
Miami Wings is a wings joint(duh)/sports bar way down in B.F.E that hosts a weekly underground jazz jam with the help of local serious jazz radio station 88.9 FM WDNA, and longtime neighborhood instrument shop Musician's Discount Center, which is located next door.
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Though a highly unlikely venue for the sophisticated sounds of some of Miami's most talented up-and-coming and veteran jazz players, the stage at this local favorite, hole-in the-wall/down-south grease trap has seen some real deal jazz dudes jam out in its day.
Greats like Ira Sullivan, Joe Donato, Dante Luciani, Jeff Zavac, Andy Harlow, and Roberto Rodriquez drop by on any given Thursday night to get down with the regulars.
The house band, Wings Band, is comprised of alto saxophonist Steve
Kirkland with drummer Mike Cohen, along with bassist Joe Yeargin,
guitarist Brian Russell, and keyboardist Ryan Ellis. Ellis was
apparently out last night, replaced by a recent Coral Reef High
School-graduate named Chris. Little Chris can play, by the
way. This kid wowed the mostly older crowd with his on-point
pianissimo, and out-of-nowhere solos. The band sounded great as a
whole, led melodically by Kirkland's alto and Russel's sweet-toned
hollow body electric, and backed rhythmically by Cohen's hard-hitting
bebop beats and rock-steady senior citizen/handsome-guy-jazz-vet
Yeargin's upright bass lines.
Wings Band warmed things up with a handful of well-handled standards,
while audience members sat at tables grubbing on curly fries and hot
wings and Philly cheese-steak sangwhiches, washed down with beer and
sweet tea. The healthy food/good beer selection was somewhat lacking,
in my snobbish opinion, but it is after all a chicken wing venue. I
tried the (greasy, chicken nugget-tasting and sometimes chewy) gator
bites and the very cold and very reasonably priced Amber Boch draught.
I wrote both off as cultural indulgences/attempts at journalistic
assimilation. The dolphin fingers may have been a better choice, but
they were all out of fish when I was there. The service was excellent
though, and the place was packed with customers, including a large,
non-jazz clientele in the section by the front door.
As the evening progressed, and the vibe settled in, the older musicians
offered up their seats to an array of brightly gifted youngsters, who
had been waiting eagerly with their instruments in the audience. New
World High School drummer guy was super smooth, rocking a clean
minimalist style, and looking extra comfortable back there.
Bespectacled trumpet player too with his Miles Davis moves. Regretfully
I had to leave early and wasn't able to get everyone's names, including
the young bearded electric bass player, who busted out the funkiest
groove of the night for one jam.
If you're tired of all the political "cool" of the new Miami, and just
want to catch some raw talent, head down to the old Miami for a reality
check and a chill pill. It don't get cooler than jazz.
Critic's Notebook
Personal Bias: It don't get cooler than jazz.
Random Detail: No cover, no drink minimum.
By the Way: I hear Tuesday night is Blues night.
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