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Wildcats Split Non-Conference Double Header
HAMBURG, NY – The Hilbert College baseball team split their non-conference games with Cazenovia April 3. Hilbert improved to 5-14 and they dropped Cazenovia to 8-10.
In the early game, the Hawks got on the score board first after a 2 RBI hit in the bottom of the first inning. Cazenovia responded with three runs over the course of the next three innings giving them a 3-2 lead at the middle of the 4th. The Wildcats tallied a run in the 6th and then used a 3RBI home run by Jamie Barr (Frankfort, NY) in the 7th to grab back the lead, 7-4. Hilbert rallied in the bottom of the 7th, but with two outs the game ended with Cazenovia's center fielder making a routine catch in the outfield.
The night cap started as a scoreless game until the top of the 3rd when Adam Wiley (Marathon, NY) earned the Wildcats only RBI. Hilbert went two more innings without earning a run until the bottom of the 5th when they put three runs on the board and had five hits. After Hilbert took a 3-1 lead, they played solid defense the next two innings to end the game with a win.
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"Big" Al Palmer, a 33-year veteran coal miner who now works as a roof bolter operator and fire boss at a Wyoming County coal mine, responded sharply to the negative rhetoric relating to the coal industry.
"Coal miners used to be heroes," Palmer said. "But now, many of my brothers and sisters in the coal industry fear for their family's livelihoods."
Palmer called on political leaders to reconsider their positions on the coal industry and "please don't throw away our heritage," he said.
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"We could have a billion-dollar event in a matter of days," he says. "Our farms have gotten so large and animal movement so
prevalent, you've almost created a perfect scenario for not being able to contain the disease quickly."
Add to that the shortage of veterinarians, and the disaster would quickly worsen. In California, there are at least 4 million
dairy cattle alone and maybe 800 large- or mixed-animal veterinarians on hand, Breitmeyer estimates.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) plans for managing an outbreak of
FMD center on early detection and eradication by veterinarians, but Breitmeyer questions whether today's resources can support
that plan.
"We've really got to get beyond waiting for somebody to see something," he says. "We're very willing to spend millions of
dollars after the fact, but trying to get half those funds (for prevention) is almost impossible."
Veterinarians should always consider FMD when diagnosing any condition that presents with similar lesions, he advises, and
practitioners and producers should be vigilant in reporting any suspected cases.
Strategies are being developed in California on how to quickly obtain and perform vaccinations with a limited workforce, says
Whiteford. Although a severe threat, FMD outbreaks are not frequent and governments can't justify or afford to keep staffing
at optimum levels.
"These rapidly spreading viruses are high-consequence events at low frequency," Whiteford says. "The infrastructure we have
to maintain needs to be expandable."
Disaster plans focus on leadership, best practices and how to expand quickly, she says. But recruiting good people is a problem
that is only now starting to be alleviated through programs like student-loan repayment, she says.
"It's quite a challenge for states to even recruit the few core experts to show others what we need to do," she says.
And those experts will be critical to the other main component of FMD plans—communication.
"As soon as there's a devastating disease ... the uncertainty and the unknown can be very scary to the general public," Whiteford
says. "In a crisis situation, the key is to be honest, transparent and don't speculate."
The three things California disaster planners are focusing on, according to Whiteford, is accurate and clear communication
to the public, practicing methods to quickly stop movement of animals and product infected with the virus, and developing
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On January 8, 2002, President Bush signed a landmark education reform bill, now known as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act. Huge changes are under way in school districts all across the country. As parents and guardians, you have a major role in this law, and as education professionals, we have a responsibility to inform you about the major parts of the law.
What is the purpose of NCLB?
The goal of No Child Left Behind is to create the best educational opportunities for our nation's children and to ensure that they have every opportunity to succeed regardless of their income, background, race or ability. It institutes a new, nationwide system of accountability similar to the one already in place in Nevada. It places an emphasis on all children being able to read well by the end of third grade. That particular goal was established two years ago in the Washoe County School District by the Board of Trustees. It requires that states define what students are to know and be able to do (academic standards) at each grade. Such standards are already in place in Nevada and have been toughened in Washoe County. There are, however, major changes and this means more choices for parents.
What's new in the accountability area?
School districts in Nevada have produced accountability reports for the last several years. These reports contain detailed information about each school, its progress in student achievement, demographics on the student body, class size information and much more. The reports will contain some new information that parents can use to judge the progress their child's school is making.
The federal law also requires that every child in grades three to eight be tested in reading and math. Beginning in 2007, testing will include science. The law further requires that the tests be designed by each state and tied to the state's academic standards. Those kinds of tests are called "criterion referenced tests," or CRTs. The results will tell you whether your child is mastering the academic standards. The state of Nevada now requires another kind of test called a "norm referenced test," or NRTs, designed to compare a student, school and district to a national average. Currently, Nevada uses the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Iowa Test of Educational Development.
The new tests will determine if schools and districts are making "adequate yearly progress," or AYP. If they are not, serious consequences follow and new options are opened for parents.
What is "adequate yearly progress?"
Each state is required to define how well schools are doing in meeting the standards right now, and then to determine a measure of yearly progress. By the end of 12 years, the law requires that all children graduate with a mastery of the basic skills necessary to succeed in college or the world of work.
What if schools do not make adequate yearly progress?
Schools failing to make AYP for two consecutive years will be identified as needing improvement. Parents must be immediately notified of that fact and, if the school is in the federal Title 1 program, given the option of transferring their child to another school not in need of improvement. The district is required (using federal funds) to provide transportation. The school must also devise a plan for improvement.
If a school fails to make AYP for a third year, the same transfer option remains, plus parents are now eligible to request "supplemental services" for their children. The school district is required to develop a list of approved providers, and parents can choose from the list. As with transportation, the extra services are paid for with federal funds.
If a school fails to make AYP for four years, the same two conditions mentioned before remain, but now severe sanctions can be invoked including removing certain staff members and implementing a whole new curriculum.
Because this sweeping new law is intended to improve learning and achievement for all children, AYP is further defined not just on the basis of a schoolwide average, but for various subgroups within the school. Test scores will be broken down by ethnic and racial groups, by family income levels, for students with disabilities and for students whose primary language is not English. Each of those subgroups must meet the AYP target if the school is to avoid the "needs improvement" designation. The law also requires that at least 95 percent of students in each subgroup be tested.
Some critics say that this increased emphasis on testing will force teachers to "teach to the test." Are those people right?
No. If a state or district carefully spells out what students are supposed to know and be able to do, and if teachers are teaching to those standards, then shouldn't the test be designed to measure whether students have mastered the material? That's not teaching to the test.
Why is there such an emphasis on reading in the law?
Reading is the cornerstone for everything else a child does in school. That's why the WCSD Board of Trustees set a goal of every child being to read proficiently by the end of third grade. While we've made some progress, much remains to be done. We have designed a common approach to reading instruction and we welcome the new federal dollars that will be available under this law. Nearly $6 billion will be distributed to the 50 states over the next several years as part of the law's Reading First initiative.
Every elementary school in the district is required to provide at least 90 minutes of uninterrupted time for reading every day.
Does this law address concerns about school safety?
It does. States are required to define a "persistently dangerous school" and parents have the right to transfer their child out of such schools. Parents have the same option if their child is the victim of a violent criminal offense. At this time, no WCSD schools are in this category.
How does NCLB address the need for good teachers in every classroom?
Every school receiving Title 1 funds under this law (except charter schools) must ensure that all teachers in core academic subjects meet the definition of a "highly qualified teacher." That means that he or she must have full certification by the state (with no exceptions or provisions on the license) or have passed the state's teacher licensing exam. New teachers hired this year, and hereafter, have even stricter requirements. Beginning in 2005, teachers in ALL schools must meet this standard.
Under the law, parents can request information on the qualifications of their child's teacher. We have compiled the information for schools receiving Title 1 funds. Information is available from your school's principal.
The bill is complex. It stretches to 1,184 pages. The U.S. Department of Education has a special website devoted to the bill. It's an excellent source of information for parents and educators alike.


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Well, I'm sure someone ships it.
"We'll be rich!"
"We'll be out!"
"And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!"
…No doubt about that.
So, is it bad that I refer to the time I was just friends with my ex-boyfriend as "before our relationship was canon?"
I wonder if there were canon and non-canon myths way back when in the time of the Greek gods.
What if half of the stories, like the ones that involve the gods fornicating with mortals, were just ancient fan fiction that became really popular, but were never actually canon.
And if ancient Greeks could come back to life in the modern day, they would take one look at a collection of "classic" myths, and angrily get on their Tumblrs to rant about how P3gasusLvrrrxoxo's stupid God/Mortal fanfic about Zeus coming to Earth and having sex with the human woman Leda in the form of a swan is now considered canon. Ridiculous.


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A hybrid signal has challenges, but one method simplifies the process.
Figure 4 shows the FM IBOC NRSC mask and Figure 5 shows the comparison, at least in a graphical way, to the FCC emission mask. The documents associated with both masks are important to read and understand before doing the compliance measurements. Table 1 provides the NRSC emission mask limits expressed in dBc/kHz values.
|Frequency offset relative to carrier (kHz)
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|-74.4 - ((freq. in kHz) - 540) × 0.293
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The basic transmission system and setup of an emission mask measurement task is shown in Figure 6. For discussion, first assume a combined configuration is used. The hybrid IBOC signal is sampled using a directional coupler after all transmitter filtering to observe the signal. As seen by the diagram, measurements can be made into dummy load or the antenna. In general more reliable measurements are made into a dummy load.
Measurement method
If you look back at the separate transmitter configuration in Figure 3, there is no place to monitor the combined signal, only the independent analog and IBOC signals. So what happens if you happen to be one of the lucky people using separate transmitters? Necessity is the mother of invention, and a simple but great idea was introduced: By utilizing a Combined Hybrid IBOC Measurement Package, known as the CHIMP, it essentially makes a combined transmitter measurement possible even though separate transmitters are used. As shown in Figure 7, a directional coupler sample from each transmitter with attenuation to isolate the signals from each other and to ensure the proper ratio is used. Those signals are fed to a 3dB hybrid and the output result is the FM IBOC hybrid signal. This allows accurate measurements that can be made as if a combined transmitter were used. The separate transmitter measurement configuration using a CHIMP is shown in Figure 7.
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No doubt about it. South Georgia and the rest of America face challenging times. Each person has felt the effects of these challenges in some way: Furloughs, layoffs, unfilled positions, lack of pay raises, profit reductions, lowered sales.
Yet, as each individual and each family has felt the economic impact in some way during these early years of the 21st century, many of us can play some small part in helping those who have been hit by far more challenges than ourselves.
The United Way is an organization designed to help people cope with life's challenges, whether it is funding to an organization that helps meet the needs of one person at a time, or an organization that meets the needs of the entire community.
The United Way helps community organizations that help the community.
The United Way is far short of its needed $1 million. As of last weekend, the Greater Valdosta United Way had raised only 31 percent of its goal.
The United Way could use a little more of Valdosta and Lowndes County's legendary generosity.
Especially now, because more of our residents, neighbors, colleagues, employees, friends, and families still need more, expect more, from the United Way in the year to come. The United Way needs those funds so local organizations can meet those needs.
Some may think they cannot give now because they are worried they may need that extra money down the road. Some may think they have given enough.
Given the harsh mood, some may grouse that it's every person for themselves, or if people worked harder, they wouldn't need help.
Still, consider this: If you have the money now, give it. Consider it a good investment. In challenging times, one never knows. You may be helping yourself.
It may well be you who needs the services of the United Way in the months to come.
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Connor Mitch grew up idolizing Texas Longhorns quarterback Vince Young.
Connor Mitch is no Vince Young.
I was in love with Texas back then, he said. I still have a bunch of Texas stuff. But I knew I wasnt like him.
The latest big-name quarterback recruit for USC is clear of mind and has signal-calling in his blood, thanks to a father who played the position at Syracuse.
I guess Im a Matt Ryan fan, Mitch added, talking about a pro quarterback whose still he more closely mirrors. I just like him. Hes a field general who wont beat anyone with his legs.
Mitch beat the state of North Carolina senseless with his right arm. The 6-3, 210-pounder out of Wakefield High comes to USC ranked second in four career categories in the North Carolina annals 12,078 passing yards, 1,384 attempts, 807 completions and 153 touchdowns.
During his senior season, Mitch passed for 4,661 yards and 63 touchdowns. He did so while completing 62 percent of his passes. In a state where eye-popping passing totals are becoming more and more passé, his numbers still stood out.
In the past couple of years, North Carolina has been known as a high school football state, Mitch said. I guarantee in a couple of years it will be known as a powerhouse.
Wakefield fell short of the state championship this season. Like any field general worth his salt, Mitch said that was a disappointment.
Personally it was a good year, he said. As a team, though, goal-wise, we didnt get where we wanted to.
Connor Mitch was recruited early on by North Carolina, N.C. State and a number of other ACC schools.
Connor Mitch is no ACC quarterback.
Not long into his junior season when the numbers began to pile up, Mitchs recruiting broke through to a higher echelon.
You know its starting to get heavy and you feel a sense of accomplishment when an SEC school comes after you.
LSU, Alabama and Tennessee each made runs at Mitch. But it was a junior day visit at another campus that took his breath away.
That was when I started taking South Carolina seriously, Mitch said. And I fell in love with it when I went back for the spring game.
Mitch committed to USC in May. This past season, he made it down for the Georgia game at Williams-Brice.
I saw the Florida State-Oklahoma game and it was louder at the USC game, Mitch said.
Connor Mitch may very well be the next great quarterback at USC.
Connor Mitch likely will be redshirted this season.
Id love to play right away, but I understand if its best to redshirt, Mitch said. To get everything down and just memorize everything.
With Connor Shaw and Dylan Thompson returning, the Gamecocks are set for the 2013 season. With Thompson entering his senior year in 2014, Mitch and Brendan Nosovitch figure to duke it out as his backup.
But you never know.
Mitch will do whatever he can to speed up his time table. To that end, he graduated from high school and enrolled at USC for the spring semester. With Shaw still recovering from foot surgery, USC head coach Steve Spurrier said Mitch would get plenty of snaps in spring practice.
Mitch has watched the Gamecocks closely, especially the teams offense, which has been heavily retooled to take advantage of Shaws dual-threat capabilities.
I dont think theyll have me run as much, Mitch said. If I had to, Id do it.
One part of the offense Mitch does feel comfortable with is the zone read.
Thats all I did (at Wakefield), he said. I know how to read in that kind of scheme.
For now, Mitch simply will be happy to be on USCs campus. Perhaps more than that, hes happy there are precautions in practice to protect quarterbacks from new teammate Jadeveon Clowney.
Mitch was watching when Clowney destroyed Michigans Vincent Smith during the Outback Bowl.
Yeah, that left me kind of speechless, Mitch said. Usually, though, they dont let guys like Clowney hit guys in the red jerseys.
Connor Mitch is no Vince Young.
He's not an ACC quarterback and he's probably going to redshirt.
That's OK. Connor Mitch is going to play quarterback in the SEC.
Thats the thing, he said. It seems like whoever wins the SEC championship is going to win the NCAA.
Like I said, its a whole other level. Hard to explain, he added. Im really excited. Ive been waiting a long time.


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Cassandra Kaye Cooper and Daniel Stewart Henderson will marry March 2 at the Continental Ballroom in Enid. Blake Ingmire will officiate.
Parents of the couple are Alan Cooper and Tammy Thompson of Enid and Chris and Julia Henderson of Ponca City. Grandparents are Alta Cooper, Hennessey, and the late Marvin Cooper; the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox; the late Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Hanes; and Sue Henderson, Lewisville, Texas, and the late Gene Henderson.
Cooper is a graduate of Hennessey High School and attended Heritage College and Autry Tech. She works for Healthy Smiles.
Henderson is a graduate of Enid High School and attended both Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma University. He is a 2001 graduate of WyoTech. He is a firefighter with the city of Enid.


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When he gets fouled these days, they're more forceful and physical. Tony Johnson '13 had a feeling that was coming.
And when he and his teammates went to a Dutch farm to get accustomed to the culture in Holland, he enjoyed experimenting on a rope course and trying a zip line.
Then he was asked to milk a cow.
"Safe to say, I didn't think the milking of a cow was necessary but I did it nonetheless. Ha!" Johnson says.
It's one of the many things Johnson, who finished his Lafayette career sixth on the school's all-time assists list (374) and fourth in career steals (160), has done since joining the Den Bosch SPM Shooters of the Dutch Basketball League for the 2013-14 season.
Johnson, a First-Team All-Patriot League selection as a senior, has taken in the sights in cities he never imagined he'd see, added a little European flair to his wardrobe, and has made an impact on the court.
The 6-foot, 176-pound point guard is leading the SPM Shooters in minutes played (29.1). He also is sixth in assists (3.8) in the 10-team Dutch Basketball League, which plays a 36-game regular season schedule. He's shooting 53.4 percent (47-88) from the field and 31.7 percent (13-for-41) from three-point range.
Despite his success, Johnson admits that it's been quite an adjustment to the game overseas.
"The professional game in Europe is much different than college basketball 'in the states,' as most everyone refers to it over here," says Johnson, who graduated as an economics major. "All the players here are very smart. Ninety-nine percent of the offense is playing the pick and roll, all the players can shoot extremely well, and the overall size of players is much bigger, so they set much harder screens."
Ali Farokhmanesh, a Northern Iowa grad known for having made a big three-point shot against Kansas in the NCAA tournament a few years ago, is Johnson's roommate.
"I have been very blessed to be in such a great situation, especially right out of college," Johnson says. "I am lucky to have a great coach and even luckier to have the teammates that I do. My Dutch and American teammates all get along very well, but the Americans have become some of my best friends. We get together almost every night for dinner, cards or both. It's basically like a big family considering the amount of time we spend together on and off the court."
Johnson, from Folsom, Calif., will get to see his family when it makes the trip to Holland in March, and it's a visit he admits he can't wait for. He won't get home, however, until May. He did get to College Hill during the winter break and even got to see a game at Kirby Sports Center.
The SPM Shooters (15-6), formerly known as Den Bosch Eiffel Towers, sits in second place, 2 1/2 games behind Groningen, in the Dutch Basketball League. His team has won 15 league championships since 1972, and won the regular-season title last year before falling in the semifinals of the league playoffs.
As for Johnson's playing days, he has no timetable set for how long he's going to play professionally.
"I've had a great time so far and want to make the very best out of it, but going into it, I told myself that I want to play as long as I'm enjoying myself, not because I don't have any other options," Johnson says. "I was lucky enough to go to a great school like Lafayette to set me up for life after basketball, but I realize that basketball is something I can't do as a profession forever so I'm going to always do what feels right."


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It's been a while since I wrote a blog. Waiting for the right content, though, is what I'm leaning toward. Don't get me wrong - there is a ton of stuff to write about, but I remember seeing this advertisement over a month ago and just happened across it again this morning while filling up on gas when my cell phone was handy to snap a picture. Pipes were pretty much a standard manly thing to have in advertisements half a century ago; including (not by no means restricted to) grilling outdoors, sports equipment, rotary lawn mowers, camping equipment, and anything else that projected a positive image of "dad", "family man" or "successful bachelor". Pipes made the public aware that a man was choosing the right item because the smoker in the picture always had a smile on his face.
Needless to say, advertisements like this are rather rare these days. Some have a feeling that pipes are considered "retro" and have strongly come back on the markets along with fedoras, straight razors, and other implements that faded away in the last thirty or forty years in favor of new gadgets. I remember going to golf courses about ten years ago and seeing putters and clubs that were made with wooden shafts as a way to bring back something classic and older during a time when everything seemed to be composite or graphite. I had a set of clubs with metal shafts that got me the stink-eye from some people, but those are back now too! Many people growing up these days that didn't have a father smoking a pipe might have seen their first briars on a rack at an antique store next to the same wooden-shaft golf clubs that made a return to the market. There has been a recent renaissance of pipe design and other hand-made objects from individuals more so than large companies. As the old saying goes "What's old is new again", and we are seeing this in a lot of media. This particular advertisement is cool on so many levels. An older man smoking a pipe while applying a tattoo shows that he is comfortable with himself, his image, and extremely confident in his work. Tobacco and rum were partners in crime and entertainment for centuries; not to mention two of the most important things in the western hemisphere in the 18th-century. Given that this is an extended weekend when many of us wish to fire up the grill and have a bowl with a drink, my desire to hunt up this brand of rum and enjoy some good times is mainly derived from how good the advertisement can be.
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County Commission,
Please end these fee office fiefdoms. Put them under the control of the county mayor.
Mayor Burchett doesn't want the extra headaches, but he is our chief executive. What is a chief executive supposed to do if not act like an executive, be responsible and run the darn government efficiently?
Are we supposed to have five or six independent powerful county entities (fee offices) that are unanswerable to anyone except one day every four years?
Let's have grownup government. Put Mayor Burchett in charge of these fee offices. Please.
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By setting the Democratic bar for success so high, the conservative movement has been given the opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to demoralize and dismiss much of the Democratic Party's liberal agenda.
James Carville is correct (hey, even a broken clock is right two times a day): "If we [Democrats] can't win in this environment, we have to question the whole premise of the party."
Still, even if Democrats take back control of the Congress it will not be because of a popular mandate. Voters will not be endorsing liberalism qua liberalism. No, they will be demonstrating their levels of so-called Bush fatigue; voters will be showing that they are frustrated that history has bequeathed unto us the daunting and tiresome task of doing the heavy lifting of history that a post-9-11 world now demands—and will continue to demand—for years to come. Moreover, if conservatives stay home it will be out of frustration that Republicans haven't been conservative enough. But illegal immigration, excessive spending, and the successful prosecution of the War on Terror will only grow worse if limousine liberals like Nancy "I'm pro-union but don't allow my own employees to unionize" Pelosi glide into the Speaker's office.
Here are some questions: Are these guys simply narcissistic idiots Rove-ing around in some never-never land bubble or do they know something we don't? Have they planned a grab bag nose punch of an October/November surprise? Or have Diebold, ES&S, and local state secretaries assured them that they will do "whatever it takes" to get a Republican Congress elected again? Or are they just planning to outspend us? Karl Rove recently told the Washington Times, "For most Americans, particularly the marginal voters who are going to determine the outcome of the election, it started a couple of weeks ago... Between now and the election we will spend $100 million in target House and Senate races in the next 21 days". That is $30 million a week in 15 or 16 key races. Knowing this group, the answers must lie in a clever blitzkrieg combo of all of the above.
When I asked Gore Vidal at dinner why the White House seemed so serene and at ease about the vote, he replied that, this time around, the Bush-Cheney henchmen could simply call on martial law. He glumly noted that we are so far down the road toward totalitarianism that, even if Democrats do win back the Congress, it would take at least two generations before the last six years of damage to the nation could be reversed. Gore frankly despaired that any amount of time could ever return the country to where and what it previously was. This prediction left me reaching for some Fernet Branca.
We all know the neocons won't cede power easily. They have to be aware that if the tide of Congress turns, Bush's last two years will be mired in gridlock and perhaps even be punctuated by several embarrassing congressional investigations. Of course, Cheney did say last week that everything in Iraq is hunky dory, which leads one to believe that after James Baker's devastating report and the escalating mass destruction of the war, Dickey-boy has simply lost it. But whether it is hubris, loony tunes, or both, the White House's freakish calm about the elections makes me as nervous as the hell we seem to be headed for. Therefore we should all be on alert. If for whatever reason we don't win back Congress in November the only real answer will be to take to the streets.
Our analysis — based on a race-by-race examination of campaign-finance data — suggests that the GOP will hang on to both chambers, at least nominally. We expect the Republican majority in the House to fall by eight seats, to 224 of the chamber's 435. At the very worst, our analysis suggests, the party's loss could be as large as 14 seats, leaving a one-seat majority. But that is still a far cry from the 20-seat loss some are predicting. In the Senate, with 100 seats, we see the GOP winding up with 52, down threeWe studied every single race — all 435 House seats and 33 in the Senate — and based our predictions about the outcome in almost every race on which candidate had the largest campaign war chest, a sign of superior grass-roots support. We ignore the polls. Thus, our conclusions about individual races often differ from the conventional wisdom. Pollsters, for instance, have upstate New York Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds trailing Democratic challenger Jack Davis, who owns a manufacturing plant. But Reynolds raised $3.3 million in campaign contributions versus $1.6 million for Davis, so we score him the winner.Likewise, we disagree with pollsters of both parties who see Indiana Republican Rep. Chris Chocola getting whomped by Democratic challenger Joe Donnelly, a lawyer and business owner from South Bend. Chocola has raised $2.7 million, versus $1.1 million for Donnelly. Ditto in North Carolina, where we see Republican Rep. Charles Taylor beating Democrat Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, because of better financing. Analysts from both parties predict a Shuler upset.Is our method reliable? It certainly has been in the past. Using it in the 2002 and 2004 congressional races, we bucked conventional wisdom and correctly predicted GOP gains both years. Look at House races back to 1972 and you'll find the candidate with the most money has won about 93% of the time. And that's closer to 98% in more recent years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Polls can be far less reliable. Remember, they all but declared John Kerry president on Election Day 2004.Our method isn't quite as accurate in Senate races: The cash advantage has spelled victory about 89% of the time since 1996. The reason appears to be that with more money spent on Senate races, you need a multi-million-dollar advantage to really dominate in advertising, and that's hard to come by.But even 89% accuracy is high compared with other gauges. Tracking each candidate's funding is "exceptionally valuable because it tells you who has support," says William Morgan, executive director of the renowned Mid-West Political Science Association in Bloomington, Ind. The cognoscenti, he says, give the most money to the candidate they believe has a good chance of winning.
The Democrats also have a golden opportunity—to redefine themselves in the public eye away from the Kumbayah school of foreign policy and the Santa Claus approach to domestic policy.
I think they have on the domestic side. I think they've committed themselves to a balanced-budget approach. That was Clinton's MO...
And, because of that, in two years, we'll be reading doom and gloom in the MSM for Dems.
Boy, how I wish I had a NOTA vote. Written By: OrneryWP =========Me too! Written By: McQ
Bullfeathers. The Libertarians have lost elections for three decades and have yet to begin to question it.
Really it wasn't Clinton's MO, although he went along with it and then claimed credit. Smart politics but in realty something he was dragged into, kicking and screaming (remember he kept saying it couldn't be done for X years [the number kept changing each time he was interviewed]).
Actually, Clinton put balancing the budget as one of his main priorities during his first two years.
Pure politics. He knew he'd never have to fulfill it with a Dem Congress. When actually put in a position to fulfill that priority, he did everything he could to make the case that it was impossible.
He knew he'd never have to fulfill it with a Dem Congress.
When actually put in a position to fulfill that priority, he did everything he could to make the case that it was impossible
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Hi, my name is Ed. In my life I've lived in Philly, New York, Wisconsin, Berkeley and Los Angeles. That was then. Now I live in coastal Nayarit Mexico. I've been living here for 6 years now (!). In these pages I write about and photograph my daily experience which includes a lot of surfing and mexican beach town street life. I also post about things I find interesting: art, design, photography, music, tech, etc...
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call to arms
By Ed Fladung | November 19, 2010
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Like Father, Like Son
By Ed Fladung | October 3, 2010
Ed + Luca watching quik pro in Hossegor, France
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Paul Rand Tribute
By Ed Fladung | April 19, 2010
There is no difference between design and art, it's only the intention that matters. video by Imaginary Forces.
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Garbage Warrior
By Ed Fladung | April 16, 2010
power to the peoples.
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Plastic Bag
By Ed Fladung | March 23, 2010
Herzog fans: you are in for a treat. make sure you at least watch this video past the intro titles.
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Mia Doi Todd – Open Your Heart
By Ed Fladung | February 23, 2010
Beautiful new music video for one of my favorite musicians Mia Doi Todd. Her new album is coming out I guess and is produced by Jon Brion. The video was directed by Michel Gondry. I love the rawness, kinda like a plain man's Busby Berkeley.
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January Swells
By Ed Fladung | February 16, 2010
My buddy Tom is making a mexicocentric gnar gnar surf film called Dias Tranquilos. He's got some insane footage in the can and over the past few swells we've been shooting at the same spots and sharing boats. He just put together a teaser reel from some of the amazing swell that rolled through our parts last month. Some of the footage was taken during the same session as the photo above, check it out.
Incidentally, on the afternoon the above photo was taken, Tom was shooting from the middle of the boat and I from the front. After a particularly large outside set, the boat barely made it over and landed a bit on it's starboard side, me in the air. I landed in between the front of the boat and the first row of seats, on top of Chicharro's board bag. A soft landing followed by the unmistakable sound of a stringer cracking in half. Big oops.
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RIP Brooklyn Banks?
By Ed Fladung | February 15, 2010
If there was one physical place that manifested my skating style as a kid, The Brooklyn Banks were it. The gold standard for east coast street skating. '88, '89, this was my temple. After a week of school, Friday night I'd make my way into the city and for two solid days straight you could find me here (or in Washington Sq. Park). Big piece of my teen years. gone.
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D.I.Y. America
By Ed Fladung | February 15, 2010
Aaron Rose picks up where Beautiful Losers left off with D.I.Y. America, a new short series of films about DIY creativity from the worlds of skateboarding, punk rock and hip-hop. Above is the first in the six part series.
Good way to procrastinate this morning. oh and on my radio this morning?
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Guinness Surfer
By Ed Fladung | February 13, 2010
I totally missed this one when it came out. Blame it on my lack of television viewing habit.
I really dig the style, editing, audio, etc… I usually cringe at any product that markets itself with surfing, but this is an exception. great spot, naturally by the very talented Jonathan Glazer (Director of the very badass Sexy Beast1). [via DMoyes]
- You gonna do the job? Do the job. Do it. Yes Grovesnor. Yes Roundtree. Do the job! ↩
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Bookmarks for January 22nd
By Ed Fladung | January 22, 2010
- FIRST LOOK: Exit Through The Gift Shop – A Banksy Film
holy crap! i can't wait to see the Banksy movie! awesome.
- My favourite fonts of 2009 | i love typography
gorgeous typography here. just as exciting as the curves on a surfboard. i could look at this stuff all day long
- Stewart Tears Apart The Dems On MA-SEN And Health Care (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire
summary: how stupid can democrat politicians be? someone said (i forgot who) that we deserve the politicians we get. great.
- Colorful writing – The Mex Files
the fine art of "notas rojas" (red notes). Mex Files details the "purple prose typical of the yellow journalism" of police reports in local mexican newspapers: "While sometimes the author — to stretch out the word count — has to resort to low tricks like referring to a police car as a "blue and white 2008 Dodge Neon, with plate number… ", the nota rota writer strives for variation in his or her craft. The banality of criminal activity sometimes reduces even the most creative of nota roja writers to clichés (there are a plethora of ways to say "corpse" — the center of attention but least interesting character in any murder story – all of which have been use to death), but the best are true artists. They still manage to surprise us, enlighten us and delight us with their mastery of the language."
- Jessica Hische / Humble Pied.
great newish video + ichat based site about creatives sharing advice. and the best quote I've heard all week: ""The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." – Jessica Hirsche
- I Gave My 3 Year Old an iPhone: Have I Created a Monster?
awesome piece on young children using the iphone to learn. some of you are already cringing (yes you, in the back), but I think it's great. this kind of thing is gonna be so standard in 20 years. I thin it's kind of scary to think that the jobs your kids will have when they grow up, won't be invented til they're in high school. and your kids will learn two to four times as much as you have, in your whole lifetime, by the time they get out of college. [via Stevey]
- YouTube – adidas Originals – Star Wars Collection
the shoes? meh. but that Imperial March remix is wicked awesome.
- Polaroid PIC 1000
mock-ups of the new film-based under-$100 Polaroid cameras that are coming out. These are the result of The Impossible Project that I linked to a while back. They bought the rights to produce Polaroid cameras and film stock. Freakin' awesome. I'll have the wood grain one, thank you!
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Change Congress
By Ed Fladung | January 21, 2010
Today the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. FEC. that corporations and unions can pour unprecedented amounts of money into elections. This from Lawrence Lessig and his project Change Congress:
Right now, special interests have more influence over our political system than regular folks because of our broken campaign finance laws. These special interests pump millions of dollars into congressional campaigns each cycle, and as a result, they block real change on issue after issue.
Here at Change Congress, we believe that politicians should work for the people, not special interests. But it's not enough to push politicians to stay out of the system of corruption—we have to reform the system itself. That's why we support a hybrid of small-dollar donations and public financing, to keep big money out of politics.
Lessig wrote that mission statement for Change Congress before the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC.
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Bookmarks for January 13th
By Ed Fladung | January 13, 2010
- Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
must read press release from SVP at Google, about China's censoring authorities' organized and highly sophisticated hack attacks on Google's infrastructure as well as 20 other large companies, in various sectors as part of a plan to uncover information on human rights activists in China. This is no joke.
I repeat, this is a google press release, not conjecture. [via DF]
- THERES SPACE FOR OL DAT I SEE by @_m_i_a_ – TwitVid
how crunk is MIA? chick can do no wrong. prepare to have your mind blown. best to watch this with large headphones on.
- A Torturous Interview: John Yoo Does The Daily Show (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire
John Yoo is the legal scholar behind the total crap that Bush/Cheney used to justify torture. this guy is insane. must not miss episode of the Daily Show. In part two Yoo admits that he never met Bush, the guy who he essentially gave Imperial powers too, simply because Cheney asked him to.
- Robert Hodgin | Portfolio
generative computational art, you may know him as Flight404. awesome. [via surfstation]
- Retro Music Posters by Paul Gardner
absolutely sick design work. i love this style. you will too. something for everyone.
- Bodhi Oser's new portfolio site
run. don't walk. to check out Oser's new portfolio site. one word: fuckingimpressive. Oser (working under Tom Adler's Art-Direction), is responsible for almost single-handedly changing the face of how surf culture is marketed. The singular design aesthetic and definitive photo editing used for Quicksilver/Roxy and mostly all of your favorite surf books, Oser's influence in surf culture can not be underestimated or oversold.
- Surfstation – Joe Klein
"Over the past 30 years, Republicans fed the delusions that you can have low taxes and world-class public services, and Democrats acquiesced in it. It would be nice if we had an honest national conversation about revenues–and the sun-setting of many of the Bush tax cuts this year provides the perfect arena for it–but don't count on that taking place."
- Joe Klein
- James Cameron's Avatar Movie Performance Capture Featurette
amazing behind the scenes featurette on the wholly new capture tech behind the movie. James Cameron is a genius. He really does get across the "uncanny valley". I loved Avatar.
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Greg Liddle Hull Riding Videos
By Ed Fladung | January 9, 2010
More videos here, here and here. These come from Greg Liddle's site. I've been mesmerized by these hull riding videos for months now. Watching them over and over, studying the subtle movements, foot placements, rail digs and bottom turns.
Finally, they go up on the blog!
Oh and bonus trivia: for all you shufflers1, did you know that Miki Dora was a shuffler as well? now you know, Shufflers Unite!
- Definition of "Shuffler": someone who shuffles up and down the surfboard instead of properly walking foot over foot. Considered improper surfboard manuevering ↩
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Bookmarks for January 9th
By Ed Fladung | January 9, 2010
- Jamie's posterous – Home
did you know that Jamie Watson (pineapple luv) has a photoblog as well? i didn't either. go now. soak up the luv and radiate back to the people around you.
- WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?: 50 Things we know now that we didn't know this time last year
read it. own it. #4 is my favorite: "Analysis of Greenland ice samples shows Europe froze solid in less than 12 months 12,800 years ago, partly due to a slowdown of the Gulf Stream. Once triggered, the cold persisted for 1,300 years."
- Wooster Collective: Shit We're Diggin': Brian Hunter's Mattresses
please file this under: Ideas I wish I thought of. fucking briliant,
- How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian
"Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful "deal" so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen." – sheeeit.
- New OnLive Cloud gaming company levels playing field for games on PCs and Macs (and iPhones?) | 9 to 5 Mac
this is the future of gaming. amazing technology. this is like the first baby step towards The Matrix. just replace the games in this demo with things like Second Life. whoa.
- 70-Minute Video Review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | /Film
the best critique on old star wars trilogy versus new star wars trilogy you will ever see. the guy's voice is a little "silence of the lambs" but that will come back around later on in the review (i.e. it's a joke). And his critique is dead on. He says it best, "for someone who is under the age of like 20 who says his least favorite film in the series is The Empire Strikes Back because it is the boringest one, then I suggest you shut this review off right now, before I carefully explain how much of a fucking idiot you are." – love the f-bomb. Despite the hokey, weird diversions, I'll bite.
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A key symptom of OCD is obsessions, which are thoughts, images or ideas that won't go away, are unwanted, and are extremely distressing or worrying. Obsessions can relate to many themes, including violence, aggression and religion. Among the most troubling are sexual obsessions. Let's explore more about sexual obsessions in OCD.
Although there are a wide range of sexual obsessions, common themes include homosexuality/sexual identity, sexual abuse, sexual thoughts about friends, incest, infidelity, sexual perversions, sex with animals, violent sexual behavior, and blasphemous thoughts combining religion and sex. Importantly, sexual obsessions can occur with or without compulsions.
It has been estimated that between 6 and 24% of people with OCD experience sexual obsessions. Of course, many people with OCD may be reluctant to disclose that they are experiencing such thoughts, so the actual number of people with OCD experiencing sexual obsessions may be much higher.
Most research suggests that men and woman experience sexual obsessions at about the same rate. Not surprisingly, sexual obsessions often interfere with intimate relationships. There has been some suggestion that sexual obsessions co-occur with obsessions related to violence or religion. Moreover, experiencing sexual obsessions may be linked to developing OCD at an early age.
Sexual Obsessions are Not Sexual Fantasies
It is important to realize that sexual obsessions are not sexual fantasies. Whereas sexual fantasies are normally pleasurable, harmless and guilt-free, sexual obsessions are unwanted, distressing and rarely (if ever) lead to sexual arousal.
Many people with OCD worry that the nature of their sexual obsessions signify that they could be a pedophile, rapist, or sexually perverted in some manner. It is essential to remember that while a pedophile or rapist would enjoy imagining sexual situations involving children or violent sexual domination, and may have even acted on such a fantasy, the individual with OCD experiencing a sexual obsession does not want to experience these thoughts, finds these thoughts extremely distressing and guilt-provoking, and does not want to act on them.
Treating Sexual Obsessions
Most health care professionals with training in OCD will immediately recognize a sexual or violent obsession as being a symptom of OCD, and in the absence of any other risk factors (e.g., previous conviction of a sexual offense or physical assault), will be able to quickly reassure you that there is nothing to be alarmed about.
In the end, no matter how embarrassing or distressing, your health care provider will be in the best position to help you if you disclose the full nature of the symptoms you are experiencing. However, it is also important to trust that your health care provider will work ensure your confidentiality to the extent that this is possible. If you have any questions related to the confidentiality of your health information, don't hesitate to inquire about the policies and procedures they have in place.
Sexual obsessions are treated in the same manner as other obsessions -- using some combination of medication and/or cognitive and behavioral techniques. Exposure and response prevention therapy may be particularly important for treating sexual obsessions. For example, if you were experiencing a sexual obsession about having sexual relations with a relative, you might audiotape yourself recounting this obsession in great detail and then listen to the tape over and over again until hearing the obsession no longer generates anxiety. A variety of exposure exercises can be developed depending on the nature of the sexual obsessions.
Gordon, W.M. "Sexual obsessions and OCD" Sexual and Relationship Therapy 2002 17: 343-354.
Grant, J.E., Pinto, A., Gunnip, M., Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L., & Rasmussen, S.A. "Sexual obsessions and clinical correlates in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder" Comprehensive Psychiatry 2006 47: 325-329.


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In Bangkok or Singapore and want to see the other place cheaply? You can make it both ways for less than the price of an air ticket, as long as you have a few days to spare.
- In Bangkok, go to any travel agent that has a sign showing "train tickets" or to the train station. The main Bangkok station that has trains going south is called Hualamphong station.
- Buy tickets to Butterworth, Malaysia. Once you cross into Malaysia you will exit the train and go through immigration and customs. Be sure to check "in transit" through Malaysia. The train from Bangkok leaves at 2:45pm and takes about 23 hours. It costs about 1,100 Baht for a second class sleeper. This is a wide seat facing another seat that later converts to an upper and lower berth.
- Set the days in advance and get the tickets as early as possible. Tickets can be purchased the day of travel, but often only the upper berths are left. They are left because they are not comfortable usually.
- The train leaves Butterworth at 9:30pm and arrives in KL around 6:30am the next day. The ticket office in KL is easy to find since everything is in Malay and English. The KL station looks like a nice airport.
- Arriving in KL you have 3 options. An 8:30am train, 2:30pm, and 10:30pm. If the train is not late (which is unlikely), the 8:30 would be most timely. If you have a long layover, at least 4 hours, you can catch the Light Rail train from inside the KL Sentral station to KLCC station which is the Petronas towers. The tallest buildings in the world.
- The KL to Singapore trip takes about 7-8 hours. The day trips are on regular trains with two seats. There will be a movie (an old TV and crappy VCR at both ends of the cars) and they will be in English. You will pass through customs around Johor Bahru.
- Again it is advisable to buy your return ticket to KL IN KL. It will save large amounts of money due to the exchange rate of the RM to the Sing Dollar.
- Several private bus companies will offer cheaper trips that don't stop in Butterworth, KL, or Hat Yai. They go all the way through. Use the trains because buses often break down and customs/immigration takes much longer. Plus, the buses claim to have bathrooms, which they do, but no one can use them. Once a passenger used the bathroom for "sitting" purposes and had to clean it out himself after the trip.
- Plan for at least 2 full days, possibly 2.5 depending on which trains you get.
- Notice on the Sinagpore and Malaysia immigration sheets it clearly says death to drug smugglers. For more information about smuggling drugs in Thailand, Malaysia, or Singapore be sure to read " The Damage Done".
- If the train is overnight but starts during the day, a train attendant will change the seats to beds after dinner. All sheets and pillows are provided. There is a curtain to keep the lights out and offer privacy. The lights stay on all night.
- Buy your ticket from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur IN KL or somewhere else in Malaysia. From Singapore the ticket will cost 34 Sing Dollars, but from Malaysia it will cost 34 RM, which is considerably cheaper with the exchange rate.
- If you are going to the Petronas towers get there as early as possible as there are "limited tickets" which run out as early as 2, even though they close at 5. If you can't get into the towers you can take a taxi to the base of the KL Tower which is visible from the Petronas. There is also an area in front of the towers to take a decent picture.
- Singapore has a great MRT subway system which takes you pretty much anywhere you want to go. There is a $1 deposit on each trip so be sure to get a refund when you finish each trip. The maximum size Sing $ note that the automatic machines will accept is $5.
- The KL Tower costs 20RM to get to the top and it includes an audio explanation of what you can see.
- Keep your tickets on you and handy at all times since they do random ticket checks.
- Watch other people when exiting for customs/immigration. Sometimes you need to take your bags other times you don't.
- If you don't speak any Thai or there aren't English speaking Thais around you, you might want to tell the conductor or train attendant your destination. They will usually come and remind you when it's near. If you want to exit at Surat Thani which links to several Thai islands, you might want to have someone write a note and tape it outside your berth that says "I get off at Surat Thani, please notify me". The train arrives there at 2am.
- Fill out all your customs/immigration forms as soon as you get them to expedite your passage through the lines.
- The train goes through Hat Yai in Thailand, which is currently a foreign office no go zone both to AND THROUGH for British citizens, and possibly other nationalities. This is due to the ongoing unrest in this part of Thailand. If you are in a 'no go' zone your travel insurance is invalid. So think carefully about whether you should be there at all.
- You can also stop at Hat Yai in Thailand on the way down and then get a train all the way to KL. However, be careful when you exit the train (and sometimes before) touts will approach and ask where you are going. When you tell them they will promptly pull you to a private bus company across the street where they get a commission. Find someone wearing an official Thai Railways uniform to ask quesions about the train.
- If you take a taxi to the KL Tower, take it to the STREET ENTRANCE of the tower, not all the way up to the base entrance. The taxi driver will say he has to take a 10RM ticket to get get and you have to pay, but it's a scam. Taxis don't have to pay it. There is a free shuttle from the street to the base.


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WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY: Dr. Steve Renteria, another LA Sheriff's Dept. criminologist, treated the jury to a four-hour gorefest! The featured topic of conversation was the blood splatter resulting from the gunshot that killed Lana Clarkson. Renteria testified that some of the blood splatter was smeared, indicating the body was either tampered with, or that Spector was close to Clarkson when she was shot.
IS THIS GOOD OR BAD FOR SPECTOR: Bad. The defense's reaction was to call for a mistrial, which hinted of desperation. The judge did not grant their request.
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Nrelate is another related post plugin for WordPress blogs like Yet Another Related Post Plugin (YARPP). Best thing about this plugin is that it allows us the facility to show thumbnail images with text in related posts or related content section. You as a blog owner can show text with thumbnails, just text or just thumbnails using the this related post plugin in related post section on your blog.
There are four ways by which we can show related content in our blogs using Nrelate plugin namely showing related content before or after the post, using the [Nrelate-related] shortcode in your post, adding a widget in our theme and adding the nrelate_related() function file in your theme. If you want to know how this plugin works, you can see it live in action Bloggers Passion blog at Single Post level. I recently started using this related content plugin on my blog and so far I'm happy with it. Here is a screenshot showing this plugin in action on my blog at single post level:
As far as the speed of my blog is concerned after adding this plugin, I don't see any negatives after adding this plugin. It's developer are even claiming that if you are moving from some related post plugin like YARPP, you may even notice some improvement in your website speed. That will be great experience to have where we are able to show related content section in our blog in a visual appealing way and at the same time are able to improve our blog to some extent at least if we are migrating from YARPP kind of related post plugins. You can get the same kind of appearance on your blog in the related content section. So it's time to install Nrelate plugin and play with its features.
How to Install Nrelate Plugin
It's really easy installing this related content plugin on a WordPress blog.
Step 1: Go to your Plugins section in your WordPress Admin panel and Click Add New. Make search for Nrelate plugin and the very first result will be Nrelate Related Content Plugin.
Step 2: Install it and activate it in to your plugins directory.
Step 3: Access the Nrelate plugin settings section from WordPress left menu section towards bottom. Here is a screenshot showing Nrelate plugin settings section.
Step 4: From this page, you can decide how to show up related content section on your blog using Nrelate plugin. You can make decisions like you want to show thumbnails in related content section or not, thumbnail size you want to use and the maximum number of posts you want to show in the related content section on your blog etc. Once you are finished with the adjustments you want to make into Nrelate plugin settings, just relax and let Nrelate analyse your blog contents. This plugin will start delivering related contents on your blog within 2 hours after installation.
You can download the latest version of the Nrelate plugin from here if you are interested in uploading this plugin via a FTP client on your blog.
Nrelate Plugin Features List
- The biggest benefit I see of this related content plugin is that it makes our related post section much more impressive and should result in better engagement metrics on our blog.
- As discussed above, your blog performance will not degrade after using Nrelate plugin. You should even experience faster loading blog if you are moving from YARPP plugin.
- With the help of the [Nrelate-related] shortcode, you can show related content anywhere in our blog posts and can even customize it to great extent like showing it in left, right and its width etc.
- You can even make money showing advertisements in the related content section on your blog by joining Partners.nrelate.com here.
- Nrelate Related content plugin not only works on English language website but also supports Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish languages.
Nrelate Plugin VS YARPP
I have so far got some experience using Nrelate and YARPP on my blogs. YARPP will more suits to text based blogs and if you are running a blog that contains lots of images, you can give a try to Nrelate Related Content plugin. I would suggest using Nrelate plugin if you are running a product based, entertainment, image gallery etc. type of blogs.
Here is a screenshot showing YARPP in action at single post level on Bloggerspassion.com:
And here is another screenshot showing Nrelate plugin in action on the same post:
I hope now you are in the better position to make decision about the best related post plugin for your WordPress blog. Now you have to decide which one will be best for you if it will be YARPP or Nrelate plugin, please let me know in the comments section below.
Note: You should select No Java Script option from this related post plugin settings. If you go for Java Script based version, content in the related post section will not be indexed by Google. If you are trying to install Nrelate plugin on a Thesis based WordPress blog, you may face some formatting issues (Related posts will not be shown up properly). You should be able to fix all formatting related issues through this help guide which is available on Nrelate.com, official website for this plugin.
My intension behind writing this post was to suggest one more valuable plugin to my blog readers in the form of Nrelate plugin, a plugin for showing related content on your blog. It's action time now, I would suggest you to try this plugin on your blog and share your views about the same in the comments section below.


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Splendid meal at Odd Duck Farm To Trailer last evening. Word's out; the little food cart that put Austin on the map for local sourcing is shuttering. Rumor has it that a brick and mortar may be in the works in 2012.
We wait with bated breath.
The importance of what Odd Duck accomplished can not be overstated. Bryce Gilmore introduced an ethos to modern Austin that had been here in fits and starts but had not been done to such extremes.
If Chef Gilmore can't get his provisions in the central Texas region they do not go to table.
This creed seems limiting but it's actually enabling. By keeping bullshit purveyors out of his kitchen Gilmore's food soars heavenward. Outside of East Side King and Three Little Pigs this was where the conversation started for intensely delicious, local cuisine.
Notwithstanding Chef Yolanda Cornejo over at El Taco Rico of course. That lady is on an entirely different plane when it comes to celestial Mexican foods.
We'll miss Odd Duck. We'll miss Hillary the friendly counter girl, we'll miss Dylan, Bryce Gilmore's little brother who filled the breech when Bryce hit the big time with Barley Swine, but most of all we'll miss the food. The outrageous, profanely wonderful food that came smoking out of south Austin and put Austin's food trailer scene on the national map.
Full review of Barley Swine, Chef Bryce Gilmore's new-ish restaurant http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress
Rest In Peace Odd Duck Farm To Trailer.
relevant: the queen of Austin Mexican food http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress
All our Odd Duck coverage http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/search.cfm?search=o
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|Love, Ward lead UNCW On Saturday
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina – Cody Love and Hezekiah Ward finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400 Hurdles as UNCW recorded six top-5 finishes on Saturday at the Shamrock Invitational at Doug Shaw Stadium.
Love, who entered the weekend as the top 400 Hurdler in the East, finished fourth with a time of 53.52 seconds while Ward checked in at 53.83.
In the women's 100 meters, Meena Reid finished fifth in the finals with a time of 11.94.
In the men's Vault, Ryan Potter finished fifth in the B competition with a height of 13-7.25 feet and Andy Jung tied for fourth in the A event, using a mark of 15-1.
In the Triple Jump, Trey Jones was fifth with a jump of 42-6.75.
The Seahawks next host the Beaches vs. Mountains meet on Mar. 29. Joining UNCW are East Carolina, Appalachian State and Western Carolina.


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Sandra K. Reabuck
The Tribune-Democrat
Ground will be broken at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the construction of Central Cambria School District's controversial new $6.8 million middle school at the district's campus off Route 422 in Cambria Township.
School board members, local public officials and the public have been invited to attend what school Superintendent Vincent DiLeo said will be an informal ceremony with no prepared speeches.
Then in the afternoon at
1:30 another ground breaking will be held at the Jackson Elementary School, where a $1.8-million multipurpose room addition will be built.
Construction on both projects will begin June 9, the day after classes end in the district. Both projects are to be completed by the time school opens in the fall of 2011, DiLeo said.
The middle school will be a two-story annex to the high school and will be constructed in a parking lot by the high school auditorium.
Plans to build the school were opposed by many parents and residents, who expressed concerns about having the middle school youngsters close to the high school students. Many also didn't want to see the closing of the existing middle school in Ebensburg Borough.
But in January, the school board, on a 5-3 vote, decided to seek bids for the middle school addition to the high school.
The two-story addition will house students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, DiLeo said.
There will be some sharing of "common areas and services," such as the cafeteria, computer labs and nursing services.
However, a divider will separate the middle schoolers from the high school students in the cafeteria, and lunch times will be staggered, he said.
At the Jackson Elementary School, the multipurpose addition will be used for gym classes and assemblies.
The $1.8 million project includes an elevator ,in order to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, the moving of two oil tanks and a new playground area, DiLeo said.
Kim McDermott, middle school principal, and Tricia Murin, Jackson principal, will be taking photos of the construction and posting them on the school's website to make it easier for parents to see the progress of the work, DiLeo said.


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The ace political and baseball prognosticator Nate Silver titled his book about prediction and statistical mastery "The Signal and the Noise." Rarely has it been more important to distinguish between the two than in the uproar over the launch of the Affordable Care Act.
As Silver put it, "The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth." The truth about this controversy is that there is a broad debate in our country over how much government should do to correct for market outcomes that leave so many Americans without enough income, opportunity or access to the essentials of modern life, notably health insurance.
Supporters of Obamacare, including those who wish it had gone even further, believe that social justice requires government to give significant assistance to those who find themselves on the wrong end of an economic system that is producing an increasingly unequal society.
Opponents of Obamacare want government to let the market do what the market does. That's why the program's critics have not come up with a plausible alternative to covering the uninsured — and why many in their ranks have been trying to hack away at Medicare and Medicaid. Their overarching purpose is to get government out of the way. If the market generates vast inequalities, this must be because such inequalities maximize efficiency.
Thus, foes of the Affordable Care Act aren't against it because its website worked badly or because the president once said that everybody could keep their current policies when it turned out that some in the small individual insurance market got cancellation notices. For those trying to kill the law, such noise is designed to distract attention from what they really think, which is that we should let non-elderly Americans sink or swim in the insurance arrangements that existed before Obamacare.
This market logic also underlies the GOP's unconscionable attack on food stamps, known now as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). By helping some 47 million Americans buy food, SNAP does, indeed, intervene in the private marketplace, albeit to the benefit of farmers and grocery stores as well as the poor and near-poor.