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Mark Sanchez-8.3 mil (simply too much money and he is not our qb)
Santonio Holmes- 8.2-8.3mil (always hurt and a locker room case)
Dawan Landry- 1.5 (we can do better then this)
Mike Goodson- 1.3 mil (can draft an explosive guy later on in the draft)
Alex Green 900k-( not great more of a practice squad guy to me)
Clyde Gates- sick of him and does not do anything for the jets
Reconstructure- Antonio Cromartie (9.5mil) reduced to 4-5 (when healthy he is easily one of the best corners in football and he plays hurt and loves the team.
David Hariss- got faster and is having a great year for us
Nick Mangold and Ferguson- both great players but have struggled a little this year because I think they are trying to help out Brian Winters. (Reconstructure both so we can get more cap room)
Resigns- Austin Howard (been playing great for us and think he can be a top RT) 3 year 11 mil
Nick Folk- been clutch for us and won us a couple of big games.
Legear Douzable- don't know if thats how you spell it but hes a good situational guy to come in behind the "son line"
Kyle Wilson- the best slot corner and we can get him for cheap.
Willie Colon- tough guy on the line and really wants to win(becoming a leader here)
Calvin Pace- cheap vet min but had a great year and is a nice team player.
David Nelson- nice mid season pickup and played like a solid receiver. Deserves a chance to be on this team and I think Idzik will give him that chance
Jeff Cumberland- only as a number 2 improved blocking and sometime shows a spark and Winslow is not what he used to be so I'll let him walk and resign Cumberland.
Extend- Muhammed Wilkerson and Jeremy Kerley( proven great players and thats what you want on this team)
Free Agency- Jarius Bryd 4 year (17- 20 mil) a great saftey and can really help the developing of antonio allen
Hakeem Nicks- 5 year (30) mil with a 1.2 mil signing bonus (needs a new scenario and has great hands. He can be like an anquan bolden kind of player for geno and is reliable
Kenny Britt- 1 year (1.2 mil) cheap veteran who can be affective for us. He has all the potential and I think he will play for Rex. Seems like a player Idzik might give a chance to.
Bernard Pollard 2 year 6 mil (good saftey and is definetely an upgrade over landry) can cover better and hit harder
Walter Thurmond - 2 year 5 mil guy from Seattle who can help our secondary
Draft- Sammy Watkins, Eric Ebron/Jake Amarso (TE in the second round), Deanthony Thomas (explosive and can use him in the screen game. Guard, Qb(just for insurance), Wide Receiver, Saftey, OLB, FB
The Last Couple not in order cause I'm not really sure who just know the positions we need
Geno, vet, rookie
Ivory, Thomas, Powell
Bohannon, rookie
Winters, Rookie
Austin Howard, Oday Aboushi
Watkins, Nicks, Britt, Kerley, Hill, Nelson and a rookie will fight for the last spot
Ebron/Amaro whoever we draft)and Cumberland
Richardson/ Douzable
Cromartie/ Thurmond (tough solid corner)
Dee Millner/ Wilson (slot)
Bryd/ Allen
Pollard/ Bush or Jarett (whoever wins that)
Kicker- Nick Folk
Punter- Ryan Quigley (getting better)


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If you're a speaker, consultant, coach or someone with a personal brand, you need to be aware of your messaging. The message you are sending out will affect the amount of business you bring in and gigs you land. This is the group where we make all things marketing easy to understand and put into action.
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My name is Jared Latigo and I'm all about personal branding. I feel that this marketplace we are living today is completely different than it was 15 years ago and personal brands are highly important for many people.
The rise of social media has allowed us to extend ourselves to people we otherwise would never be able to meet. And the messages we send on a personal level or to the world are being read by many. We must be intentional about what we are saying and who we are targeting!
That said, I've created this group to help facilitate questions and answers around the topic of personal branding and marketing. Did you know, no matter what business you're in, your first business is marketing! Without it, you will never be able to succeed today and thrive to share with the world the incredible gift you have.
So, join us. I first encourage you to download this eBook I've written for my subscribers...but I'm sharing with this awesome community as well.
Secondly, if you want weekly tips on things you can do to improve visibility in the market, help brand yourself, write more effective messaging for a niche audience and more, you can signup for my newsletter.
Feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best to answer. We are all learning here, myself included. That's the beauty of this new economy, we get to reinvent success!
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Below is a link to the video of my presentation I gave Monday. I compiled a few of the best clips and made it roughly 10 minutes. Let me know what you think in terms of content, delivery and anything…Continue
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Thank you Allen. You certainly helped clarify the process. I really appreciate your reply!
It depends on what program people are using to capture comments. They may be using the native wordpress comment box which I think you need to set up a wordpress.com account so that you can be seen. If they are using Disqus then you need to go to the http://disqus.com/ site and log in. Then go to settings and add your picture there. They may also use gravatar, livefyre and a whole bunch more. So you may have to create 2-4 different accounts. But once you do that then you're set.
Hello Everyone!
Just joined this group today. This question seems to fit this goup so here goes, how do I set my photo as my avatar so it shows when I post comments on any and all blog posts? I realize it is set to show here but If I post on other sites that is not the case.
It is a great community Jenise! Thanks for commenting. Hope to be more active on here myself :D
Jenise, glad you are here! 48 Days has been such a blessing to me. It would be hard to overstate how it's changed my life.
I think it is great for us to pray for each other. Thanks Kent for reminding us about gratitude. I've been out of work since August after making a decision to leave my job and follow's God leading to move to a new location, trusting him for financial provision and job more suited for my personality, skills, and interest. I am very grateful for the people he has surrounded me with along the way. I don't keep up with the 48 days community as a should but I am always blessed when I do.
Will definitely be praying for you, especially since you have another little one on the way!
Thanks Kent. I think you hit the nail on the head there bud. Very good idea to be doing that, something I neglect to do much of.
Honestly, just patience. I'm working hard like many of you are and these things take time. It's all in God's timing and will as far as I understand so patience will help to ease the stress.
Thanks for the response! Anyone else?
Jared, thanks for asking. Something that occurs to me is most (if not all) of us feel like we don't have enough - whether it's money, clients, students, business, or whatever. We all naturally want to reach for more, more, more. (At least I do.)
It occurs to me that we should pray for gratitude and be thankful for our families, friends, whatever jobs we have, health, shelter, food, etc. - the simple things in life.
Over the past few years I have had some serious back problems with a bulged disc. When it's bad, you can't even walk or get off the floor. I was thinking yesterday as I was mowing the lawn that I was really thankful I haven't had that issue in a while.
So Jared, how about you - anything we can pray for YOU about?
Hey all, hope your week is going awesome!
Please share anything you have coming up we can be praying for you about or anything you need advice on. Hoping some of you will chime in!
Take care!
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MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Louisiana's Scholarship Program has been in the spotlight for many months.
Wednesday night, the state superintendent met with parents who have children in the program, to hear about their experiences.
One mom says her son loves school, and is learning more than ever, but it hasn't always been that way.
Mom Adrienne Gowan says, "it was during the second and third grade that we started having trouble with the schools, and I felt like something needed to be done."
Gowan even considered moving to get her son in a better school; but when she heard about the state's scholarship program, she felt it was a gift.
She says, "especially for like my son who was struggling in school but had no other way of getting any type of education."
Others don't feel that way, and believe the program isn't being funded correctly.
In November, a Baton Rouge judge ruled the private school voucher program to be unconstitutional.
Louisiana State Superintendent, John White, says "ultimately we know that there are families and policy makers who are going to stand up for this program, and make sure these families can stay in their schools."
White says, for now the program will stay as is; but parents like Gowan, say they are concerned about it's future.
She says, "I don't even want to think about if I have to tell him that he can't go to this school anymore."
White says, "we told them we are going to find a way to make sure this continues for their child. They're wondering why somebody would take this away from their child."
Gowan says this program has changed her son's life.
She says, "to go from crying every night, saying I don't want to go to school; to every Sunday night saying I want to go back to school."
White says they are appealing the court's decision, and feel confident it will be overturned.
Superintendent White also presented a check for $150,000 to Ouachita Parish Schools, as a part of the department's "Believe and Include" grant initiative.
The money will go to schools to spur innovation that will directly impact student achievement for students with special needs.


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Two-year-old Damian Sutton out of emergency surgery as family & friends pray for his recovery
DETROIT (WXYZ) - The family of 2-year-old Damian Sutton has received his test results and tell 7 Action News that the next 48 hours will be critical.
On Sunday, the family tells us they thought Damian's condition was improving after he underwent an emergency surgery to help alleviate the pressure on his brain.
Damian was rushed into surgery Sunday morning after a CT Scan showed massive swelling. The surgery was to remove the right side of his skull in an attempt to relieve the pressure caused by swelling of his brain.
Family told us after the surgery that it appeared Damian was taking some breaths between getting help from the respirator, but just an hour ago, the family was called back to the hospital with bad news.
Doctors told the family that Damian was 80 percent brain dead.
At this point, we're told that the family is having serious quality of life discussions.
"The doctors told us he will be in a hospital bed for the rest of his life on a breathing machine, so whether or not his parents choose to do that, we don't know yet," said Damian's great aunt, Cora Leibowitz.
Sutton is the little boy that has captured the hearts of so many people. His bright blue eyes and innocent smile. It's those images Damian Sutton's dad is holding onto, not the images of the broken little boy laying in a hospital bed, fighting for his life.
Damian has been in a medically induced coma since Wednesday.
His mother's boyfriend, 26-year-old Ronald Anthony Dimambro, is charged with first degree child abuse. Dimambro was babysitting Damian when his injuries happened.
He is being held on a $500,000 bond.
Family members and friends continue their around the clock prayer vigil.
A fundraiser was held Saturday evening in Warren to help with the toddler's medical expenses. Damian is being treated at Children's Hospital and is listed in critical condition.


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If the lock out end today the kings off season will begin. The kings have a grocery list they need to go shopping to feed they house. 1-5
1. What if we fire coach westphal? witch coach would you like ?- 2..If retain Paul westphal really might want to start thinking john salmons is not the small forward that will help him win games . 3. Will the bench be effective (Donte, Thompson, Jimmer or Thornton, Garcia. 4. Can he turn tyreke into point guard that franchise viewed him as nightmare for point guards? 5. Can Demarcus cousins be a top 5 center? 6. Can Hickson be a better fit than Gasol, Chandler, and Dalembert? 7. Can he fix his coaching staffs bring better coaches (Maloofs) .8.Who can be a leader for this team. 9. Can you make a winning team this year free agency? 10. Predictions (wins, stats, arena, franchise)
Item 1 -Dewayne Casey :( who was hired by raptors) to bad would been the best coach ever for our young Sacramento kings. Jerry Sloan: would make tyreke a point guard, Demarcus will reach his potential 20-10 with no problem; THIS will be the most talented roster than he ever had in the Deron Williams era in Utah. Patrick Ewing: He will be a great coach in the future, will make Demarcus into a 25-10 guy can bring a coaching staff with him.
Item 2- For real john salmons we could have got Stephen Jackson, Carlos Delfino, Corey Maggate in that trade or drafted Chris Singleton. I rater have Ron Artest or Shawn Marion. Say what you want to say they both bring more leadership than him and will have better stats with us.
Item 3- Can Donte do more than be an average defensive player. I think he is a better player at the 4 position. Post game is pretty good, he does not rebound that well but he is 6'11, faster than any power forward in the league but (Tyrus Thomas, Blake griffin, josh smith and serge ibaka. Jason Thompson will be our most effective bench player and our 6th man. Jimmer I believe will be pretty good more on him on the next item. Garcia, will he get any playing time with the guards and small forwards we got should he buy out his contract.
Item 4- Jimmer!!! Jimmer!!! Jimmer!!! Why do they compare you to such people, Adam Morrison and JJ Redick? Jimmer answer: because they crazy and I'm white. Me: hmm well I compare you to these players:
Derrick Fisher - L.A Lakers point guard : can shoot the 3 ball , you will be a better defender than most think if you can take a charge that will be great put you're body on the line . Better ball handle than derrick fisher plus you a winner come from a small school. With more upside .Jimmer: I don't think the king fans like that comparison. Me: well do they want you as the other players.
OTHER PLAYERS: DJ Agustin, Beno Udrih, Jameer Nelson, Chris Duhon (2008 New York knicks) Mike Conley with a better jump shot. Jimmer: I like the mike Conley and derrick fisher. Me: Those some pretty good careers so it looks like you want be a bust. Jimmer: ha, no way I will be a bust I will lead the league in 3pointers.
ITEM 5- Tyreke Evans, Mr. Evans, 6'5 point guard from out of Memphis 6'6 with shoes. Was a small forward in high school were he dominated uhhm. Now in the NBA he is a point guard or shooting guard. Blah Blah the men is a point guard. 20- 5- 5 HIS ROOKIE YEAR. Now everybody say he is a ball hogger bull he is not ,just the team just need him to score to be competitive, now that they have Marcus Thornton and Jimmer he can be a bigger Deron Williams . he will do anything to win he can pass like the best of them the coach was calling those isolation plays not Tyreke Evans . Better system tyreke can post better numbers than derrick rose and Russell Westbrook his 3 year if jump shot improve .23PPG, 8 APG , 6 RPG , 2.2 SPG 1.0BPG, thing he must improve- durability ( yoga..), jump shot ( follow through with his fingers ), post game ( hook shot , turn around jumper. vertical ( all he need is a 36 vertical I think he have a 34 . I'm in high school a 250 pound line backer improved my vertical he can do it to)
More to come, July 20 item 6-10 thanks for reading.


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There's more fight announcement news for UFC Fight Night 35. Last night the UFC confirmed a middleweight matchup between Brad Tavares and Lorenz Larkin for the January 15th Fox Sports 1 card:
Talented 85ers look to break into the top 10 as 11-1 @BradTavares faces 14-1 Lorenz @Da_Monsoon Larkin at #UFCFightNight Jan 15 in ATL
— UFC News (@UFCNews) November 22, 2013
Tavares is 6-1 in the UFC and is currently riding a 4 fight winning streak. The 25-year-old Hawaiian last fought in August vs. Bubba McDaniel, taking a unanimous decision victory over the TUF 17 alum. Brad's only loss in the UFC was against Aaron Simpson at UFC 137 back in 2011.
Larkin lost a highly controversial decision to Francis Carmont in his UFC debut, but the former Strikeforce fighter did pick up a win in Fort Campbell against Chris Camozzi in a highly entertaining fight. The 27-year-old also holds a win over current welterweight contender Robbie Lawler.
UFC Fight Night 35 also features a main event between Luke Rockhold and Constantinos Philippou, as well as a co-main event between Ovince St. Preux and
Thiago Silva that pesky opponent known as TBD.
More from Bloody Elbow:
- UFC 167 nets 2nd biggest U.S. gate in UFC history
- MMA Tete-A-Tete: Scoring GSP vs Hendricks in real time with Dallas & Nate
- Glory 12 live stream: Watch Glory 12 New York live online
- Pacquiao vs Rios live fight online, fight time, results for HBO Boxing PPV November 23
- Asian MMA: Ole Laursen vs. Joe Ray Full Video from Dare Fight Sports


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ALEXANDRIA, La.--Two people are in custody, after an incident took place a block away Acadian Elementary School.
Alexandria Police say it happened on the corner of Evangeline and Third Street.
Police say an altercation took place shortly before 3:00 Monday afternoon. Witnesses reported shots being fired, but police said they could not confirm that.
Two people were taken into custody. One of those received medical treatment, but was not taken to the hospital.
Police say the school was not put on lockdown, and school is now out.
APD said that no students were injured in the altercation.
Stay with News Channel 5 for more developments on this story as they become available.


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Metro: Last Light
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Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light Review
Review By Jickle @ 11:17am 17/05/13
Metro 2033 was the sort of game that you'd fondly compliment with words like 'unpolished' and 'messy'. There was a certain genuineness to the 2033 experience, a grimy, gritty feeling, and a sense that the developers had a very specific vision and weren't too fussed at the compromises they'd have to make to achieve it. It wasn't like the other shooters on shelves – it was hard (often brutally so), it didn't hold your hand, and it had small touches of realism that made it hard to forget. Plus it was an adaptation of a Russian novel, and how many Call of Duty games can you say that about?
Games like Metro 2033 don't often get higher-budget sequels, which makes Last Light, by mere virtue of its existence, a bit of an unexpected treat. But Last Light is quite clearly aiming at a wider audience – an audience who enjoys that things games always do now where something explodes nearby, debris nearly hits the protagonist, and then an NPC shouts at them while they try to overcome their sudden temporary hearing loss. It's recognisably Metro, with its gas masks and portable generators and the like, but it also has the cartoonishly drawn villains, overblown set-pieces and boobs that you'd sooner expect from other shooters.
Metro: Last Light continues the adventures of Artyom, assuming that you got the first game's darker ending (which most players did, because 2033's morality system was extremely subtle and one sided…but also very clever). It doesn't follow the sequel to the original book (Metro 2034, which goes off in another direction entirely), but features a unique plot that, funnily enough, lifts some of its dialog from Dmitry Glukhovsky's original 2033 novel. If you missed the original: Moscow has, following a nuclear event, been forced into the metro stations running underground, the motherland now too irradiated (and filled with mutated monsters) to live in.
Last Light assumes that Metro 2033 – spoilers ahead – ended with Artyom destroying the 'dark ones', a powerful, terrifying new race that had appeared on the planet's surface, which the player/reader comes to realise may have been a terrible mistake. The themes culminating from this decision are delved into without much subtlety in this sequel (the fact that many of the early enemies identify as Nazis is indicative of a wider embrace of being blatant). The story sends you across a wide tract of Russia, both above and below ground, and features a few fun twists before eventually delving deep enough into its own mythology to start seeming a little ridiculous. Once again there's a 'happy' and an 'unhappy' ending, although the game sort of chickens out on its own inherent bleakness by the time you get there.
There's a heavy – and welcome – emphasis on world-building in Last Light, on the moments in-between the firefights. At numerous intervals, Artyom puts his gun away to explore settlements, overhear long, occasionally interesting conversations, shop for guns and ammo, and in a few select cases, ruin or improve the lives of the people he encounters. Simply wandering around a well-designed area can sometimes tell you more about what's at stake than any cutscene or forced dialog can, but Last Light has one huge, weird problem that hangs over many of these sections – in-game advertisements for Glukhovsky's novels.
There's a copy of Metro 2033 in Artyom's room in Polis, which seems like a cute, albeit overdone, visual gag when you encounter it 20 seconds into the game; when you encounter Metro 2033, 2034 and 2035 on a table a minute later, alarm bells start to go off. Worst of all are the giant posters plastered around advertising the impending release of the book Metro 2035. 'Prepare yourself for the book that will blow up the entire world', the posters declare, complete with a URL and release date of December 2013 (keeping in mind, once again, that this game is set in a post-apocalyptic Russia circa 2033/34). This is absurd, ludicrous and awful – it's perhaps the most out-of-place in-game advertising we've ever seen.
You'll spend most of your time here with a gun in your hand, which is where both Metro games are clearly most comfortable. While there are only a handful of weapons in the game, the ways they can be customised make for a far more varied experience. Ditch your pistol for a dead enemy's pistol and you might find that you now have, in addition to the silencer your old model carried, a night vision scope and an extended magazine; alternatively, maybe your new shotgun has four barrels instead of two. It's not exactly Borderlands, but it doesn't need to be, and getting to grips with how new guns handle is one of the game's most enjoyable aspects.
There's an even split between human and mutant enemies here, and you spend a surprising amount of time above ground this time around. Being on the surface requires wearing a gas mask and finding air filters, which can lead to some incredibly tense moments as your oxygen starts to run out in the middle of a fight, but towards the end of the game you're spending so much time up there, and finding so many filters on the bodies of your enemies (if you're not trying to ghost through the levels, which you don't need to because being a stealthy assassin is incredibly easy – more on that in a bit) that the novelty starts to wear off a bit.
The mutants that live on the surface and in certain parts of the metro don't always make for interesting opponents, either, generally attacking in the same patterns over and over until you've sufficiently riddled their faces or soft spots with bullets. There's one interesting enemy early on that can only be hurt if you've shone your flashlight on it sufficiently, Alan Wake style, but they're an exception.
Your encounters with armed soldiers tend to be more interesting, in that there are often fun, albeit overly easy to execute, stealth options available. 4A Games have cooked up some really great areas, full of shadows and light-sources and multiple high/low positions to make use of, and then populated them with largely stupid, seemingly blind enemies. When things go well, you don't so much feel like a predator as the Predator, able to indiscriminately and silently murder while the soldiers quake in their boots, unable to find you if you're not directly under a beaming light.
But enemies can overwhelm you by sheer number, and when things do go wrong it's very possible to fight your way out of a situation and reclaim the darkness, which is a lot of fun. Still, this is a substantially easier game than the original – even on Hardcore difficulty – which makes it extremely disappointing that the much harder 'Ranger' mode is only available as DLC, made free to folks who preordered the game or available online for a small fee. Considering that it's a thing that affects the entire game, and not something you can really decide you want to use on a first run-through without trying it out first, it's a disappointing omission, and a grim sign of where things are headed with DLC in general.
It's also worth noting that, in the PS3 version we played, audio glitches were extremely common. The game looks great on consoles, substantially more polished than its predecessor, but we had multiple issues where audio would cut out or dialog would repeat several times. From what we've heard this doesn't seem to be an issue for the PC version, at least.
Metro: Last Light is a fine shooter, an exciting, fun ride, but it's not necessarily the Metro game we wanted. We miss 2033's punishing difficulty and its willingness to experiment, to make you suffer, to pull you down into the mud its characters spent every day in. But for many, Last Light's changes will simply make the experience less intimidating and more enjoyable, and it's hard to begrudge the game too hard when it's still delivering such a fine experience.
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Ilisha Blanchard [District 4] Jan 7, 2012 22:27:47 GMT -5
Post by D1M Jem Morgan [pthalo] on Jan 7, 2012 22:27:47 GMT -5
Name: Ilisha (E-lie-sha) Blanchard
Age: 16
Gender: Male
District/Area: District 4
Age: 16
Gender: Male
District/Area: District 4
If Ilisha was a citizen of the Capitol or District 1, his beautiful features would be revered. However in District four where most residents spend the majority of their time working on the beach or on boats, it's not a quality that takes much prevalence. He is a tall boy, standing at 5'11 and has a thin, yet toned build from all his time spent in the ocean. He has a soft jawline and a pouty bottom lip that give his face a gentle appearance.
His ebony hair is quite long but has been shaved on the sides and the back to give him an odd sort of mohawk inspired by Capitol fashions, and pushed upon him by the eccentric hair dresser he goes to. Ilisha's most noticeable features however are his stunning blue eyes. The first thing one notes about them is the electrifying shade of the iris, but it's not only the color that is shocking. Lying behind Ilisha's gaze is a true wildness and energy that burns bright within him. Those who meet him describe his powerful gaze as both stunning and captivating.
Ilisha's hair and eyes are not his only distinct features however, in fact, he is by far one of the more physically noticeable citizens of his District. Despite his time working on boats, he has remained one of the thinnest boys of his age. His naturally fair skin doesn't take to tanning as most of his peers do either, leaving him often with his nose, cheeks, shoulders, chest and back sunburnt and freckly.
Another signature of his appearance would be his sole piercing in his left ear. He permanently wears one small pearl earing that was his late grandmother's who was once a citizen of District 1. She had moved back to four in the very early days after the rebellion when it was still slightly easier to travel between Districts.
[/justify][/blockquote]History:The wild look in Ilisha's eyes doesn't stop at his gaze. There is a ferocity that blazes through every pore of his being. He is a very bright and cunning young man, despite his knack for ducking out of school lessons. In fact, that may have been the saving grace for his brain as he was never convinced of the glory of the Capitol. He is so determined to think and choose for himself that it is often the cause of trouble for he and his family. He is stubborn and proud, thus is always in his own silent rebellion against any authoritative figure.
Passion is the word by which Ilisha is determined to live his life. In everything he does and feels, it is all or nothing—do or die. The lack of a strong father figure in his life has left him with an idealized Peter Pan complex that seeks out youthfulness and fun. With so much jua de vivre, Ilisha can also be a bit of a temperamental and emotional bombshell. He silently likes to compare himself to a phoenix attempting to burst out of the cage created for him by the Capitol.
While he is by and large a free spirit however, that doesn't mean he isn't still pressed under the thumb of the government in other ways. He has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister each just approaching Reaping age. If there is anyone he truly loves other than himself, it is his brother, Caspian, and sister, Carina, and the only time he is ever truly selfless is in regards to them. With that in mind, Ilisha is the one who signs up for all the extra tesserae and works extra hours on the boat with his mother to help support the broken family.
[/justify][/blockquote]Codeword: odairShortly after the birth of the now eleven-year old twins, Caspian and Carina, were born, Ilisha's father, James Blanchard vanished out at sea without a trace. It had been a routine fishing excursion with the usual crew, but the boat never returned. There had been a large investigation as the largest company in the industry owned the boat, and the Fiske's were certainly not pleased about their lost property. Whether it was a storm at sea, another misfortune, or something else entirely was still unknown. All that seven-year-old Ilisha had grasped was that his already never home father would now truly never be home again.
Already a spirited youth, the abandonment of his father to his family sparked a fire in him that would only continue to grow and rage as he got older. Almost immediately, it was necessary for Ilisha to begin working on ships as a tar boy to help his family to stay afloat, and at the age of twelve he had to purchase tesserae for everyone in his family, including his grandparents. This life was unbearable, and in Ilisha's opinion, it wasn't a life at all. It was then that he slowly began to act out against his mother and against every day life in District 4.
For a time, his fury was quelled by his closeness with his grandmother. Other than his siblings, this was the only other person in his life Ilisha truly loved. She was his best friend, his partner in chrime, and he didn't even fully realize it until she passed away when he was fourteen. The loss of her devastated him in ways deeper than anyone could truly see. She had been the woman who truly raised him, not his mother. She was too busy trying to support the family with his grandfather and take care of the younger children, often leaving Ilisha to fend for himself.
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A WOMAN was battered into concussion while on a train home to Bolton after a Rudimental concert.
The attack happened on a train between Manchester Piccadilly and Bolton between 12.15am and 12.25am on February 22 as a group of people made their way home from the night out in Manchester.
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12:10am Monday 19th May 2014 in News By Chris Tate, Aire/Worth Valley Reporter
Red,white and blue – and a lot of pink – were the colours as Haworth roasted in glorious sunshine throughout its famous 1940s weekend.
After torrential rains at last year's heritage festival, the estimated 12,000 visitors relished the chance to bare arms and almost everything else.
A major pleasure for those who hurl themselves into the spirit of the weekend is dressing up.
And hats off to the hundreds who glowed and perspired clad in beautifully tailored, but thick, heavy old British fabrics.
But, by Churchill, as luck has it Haworth is blessed with dozens of pubs, cafes and hostelries where beverages where supped with VE day enthusiasm.
For those who needed even more heat there was also the chance to rub up against some extra-special Second World War steam engines courtesy of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
At KWVR's Haworth station on Saturday morning the on-line equals of a Spitfire and a Mustang were on display and went into active service.
Two engines, 90733, a British WD Class 2-8-0, and US Transportation Corp S160 Class Number 5820 received a dedication from the village's Rector Peter Mayo Smith in front of a deputy of the county's Lord Lieutenant and two representatives of the US Military.
This year the weekend's organisation was in the safe hands of the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Families Association who provided marshals to guide the huge crowds around the crowded streets and also to collect donations.
Last year £19,000 was raised to give lifelong support to servicemen and their relatives – a figure they confidently hope to top this year.
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First drills dealt with special teams. We're going from the standard punt formation to the spread out front and 3 back blockers formation that a lot of teams are going to. I'm not particularly a fan because an all-out punt block D can easily overwhelm the back 3 if they get past the front......but I also noticed that we put a LOT of speed and play-makers on the front line. Not saying I saw them practice it....but it looks to me like we could pull off some nice fake-punts. Another part of the punt drills was them punting the ball and sending either 2 or 3 guys down field to tackle. They were practicing keeping the return guy contained in between them which would allow gang-tackling and stripping the ball(which was highly emphasized.) No one could contain Nick Brassel.....absolutely NO ONE. The guy showed flat out amazing athleticism and broke containment every time that I saw him back there. Another guy that really impressed was walk-on freshman Tyler Baker.
He broke containment several times cutting back and forth. His running style really reminds me of Dexter. Not game-breaking speed but is fast quickly and runs with a very low center of gravity. He's the one that brought the applause from players and fans by laying out for a catch last Saturday in the IPF. He'll earn himself a scholarship after this season and will most certainly see the field in some capacity this season. This guy is definitely one of those diamonds in the rough.
As far as QBs......Can't really say one stood clearly ahead of the other but it should be noted that Brunetti stretched in the starter's position. Didn't count but all 3 had what looked like similar snaps during passing drills. Mackey didn't wow me but he didn't look bad either. Brunetti had some really good throws but also had 3-4 batted down at the LOS. Stoudt threw some really pretty passes today in the medium to deep routes but made some real "Jevan Sneed" passes in the flats and short yardage. Brunetti and Stoudt both had a great long TD pass in 7-on-7's. Brunetti threw a perfect spiral that caught the WR(can't remember who) in stride about 40 yards down field. Stoudt threw a nice deep pass to Snoop who had a guy right on his jersey. Snoop made a great over the shoulder catch.
I didn't get around to watching the line's going at it but I did hear a loud "There we go Corey Gaines". I did see Lockett make a nice play to get a sack during the full offense/defense scrimmages. A few defensive backs looked really good as far as coverage and reaction to the ball. Sawyer is obviously the clear-cut best DB we have(which is no surprise). Senquez Golson continues to impress everyone with his athleticism. He made quite a few plays today. Didn't see Snoop line up at DB today.....has me wondering if the coaches are now making him a WR full-time with Denzel getting cleared.
Ralph Williams made several nice stops against the run. Some where being in the right spot at the right time and some where shedding blocks. I saw one defensive formation during full scrimmages that had Wayne Dorsey line up in the OLB position. I don't think they're moving him there as I only saw that once. I guess it's just something to confuse the offense. He stayed in a zone after the ball was snapped.
Ken Burns is by far the most vocal person on the field. He brings a little of Orgeron and a little of Nutt at the same time. He'll yell, cuss, and generally chew the shit out of a guy for messing up but will very loudly sing all kinds of praises for making a good play. Gunter Brewer is my favorite coach on the staff. He jokes around with guys but also commands(and receives) a lot of respect from the WR's. He seems to be extremely thorough with his coaching. I like how he talks trash to the players about it being hot and he is wearing long pants and long undershirt. He never had less than 110% energy during practice and it rubbed off on the WR's.


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Thanks for the excellent article by Andrew DiGiammo on a simplified
method for framing a gambrel roof (September/October 2007). I am
wondering whether the detail could be simplified even further by
eliminating the steel strap across the ridge. It would seem that
the double plywood gusset across the rafters that meet at the ridge
acts to provide the same resistance to uplift as does the strap. If
the gusset is inadequate by itself, why not just make it slightly
larger, with enough fasteners to resist the uplift forces?
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attention to reflects an oversight on my part. The label on the
illustration indicating the need for a metal strap should have been
suggested as an alternative uplift restraint for a gambrel frame
with a conventional ridge instead of the uppermost gusset. You are
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13Who Is Suri's Biological Father?
The idea that Tom Cruise is not the biological father of Suri isn't new, not by a long shot. Way back when Suri was born, there were conspiracies about the paternity. Here's a quick summary, since 2006 was a long time ago: Katie broke up with Chris Klein in March of 2005, and she began dating Tom just a few weeks later. Suri was born in April of 2006. BUT the public didn't get a glimpse of Suri until months later, and her birth certificate wasn't issued until three weeks after she was actually born, so was she really born in April? There were a lot of suspicious things happening surrounding Katie's pregnancy and Suri's birth, which could either be chalked up to those wacky Scientologists or a different story of conception than the one we heard. So basically, a lot of people think that Chris Klein could have fathered Suri right before that breakup.
But it's not 2005 anymore, and Katie is no longer under the spell of Tom Cruise and Tom Cruise's cult. She is her own woman now, and it looks like she's raising Suri to be her own woman as well. So naturally, Tom is horrified. He's pissed that these rumors are still coming up, and he's upset that the rumors could one day cause Suri to request a paternity test. Then, of course, there's the possibility that Tom's "unyielding need for control" would potentially cause him to refuse to take the paternity test that may or may not ever come up at all, and then what would happen to his relationship with Suri?
Look, I know this is sort of a silly story – it's from the Enquirer, after all – but I think it's interesting. The original story mentions rumors that Suri's biological dad could be the aforementioned Chris Klein, or Katie's Dawson's Creek lover, Joshua Jackson, or possibly Josh Hartnett. There's also the super fun thought that Katie could have been inseminated with the frozen sperm of L. Ron Hubbard, which is my personal favorite. But what do you think?
If Tom isn't Suri's father – I'm bad at babies, remember? – then I'd say Chris Klein is the only other possibility. It's not that I think Suri doesn't look anything like Tom, but I could definitely see where the Chris Klein rumors come from. Take a look at that punk:
He and Suri have similar eyes, right? Yeah, I'd say that's a solid possibility.
July 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Emily
1Chris Klein Almost Died From Booze
Oh man, Chris Klein, right? If he doesn't reek of the year 2000, I don't know who does. Remember when he was so popular? He was all over Tiger Beat and Twist, and he even dated Katie Holmes, and I always pretended to love him even though I didn't think he was all that cute. But American Pie! Here on Earth! … Other movies! These are classics and I do have to respect him for that.
I also have to respect him for having a major alcohol problem and turning it around, and then having the courage to talk about it.
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Chris Klein became an overnight heartthrob after starring in Election and the 1999 breakout hit American Pie.
"It was nothing short of magic," says the actor, of his early stardom – something he quickly learned wouldn't last forever.
Klein slid into a battle with alcoholism that nearly cost him his career – and his life.
"I would have died, and I think about that every single day," the actor, 33, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive new interview.
After two DUI arrests and a jail sentence, the Nebraska-reared actor knew he had to turn his life around. Now nearly 19 months sober, Klein opens about his struggles for the first time.
"It got to the point where I was a fragile shadow of the young man that came into this business," he says. "Today, I'm the luckiest guy alive."
See what I mean? That's respectable, right? And I have to say, after all these years and all these issues, he is looking quite a bit cuter. Could 2012 be Chris Klein's year?
March 30, 2012 at 9:30 am by Emily
0Here's Some American Reunion Stills!
Can you guys seriously believe that American Pie came out twelve years ago? TWELVE YEARS AGO. It was on television the other night and I happened to catch, like, the last twenty minutes of it and it took me way, way back. I was sixteen when the movie came out and it seems like it was just yesterday. Frightening, really, how fast the time has gone since 1999.
Either way, it's pretty awesome that they're making a reunion movie, because not only will it be fun to reminisce over with old friends, it's giving Tara Reid and Chris Klein the only jobs they've had in years. You just know that's the mark of a good movie: one that serves multiple purposes, you know?
Were the American Pie movies (well, at least the first one anyway, they all kind of sucked hard after the first one) an integral part of your adolescence, too?
July 27, 2011 at 11:30 am by Sarah
0This Is How You're Supposed to Do Rehab
Chris Klein, who went into rehab back in June after getting a DUI, seems to actually comprehend that he needs to get his issues under control (unlike some people). After 30 days after voluntarily being in treatment, he's decided to stay a little bit longer. Here's the statement from his rep:
"Chris, along with his support team, has decided to extend his treatment. He is doing fantastic and is optimistic about his future. He thanks everyone for their continued support."
I'm not going to pretend like I deeply care about Chris Klein or anything like that - it's not 2000 (did you guys see Here on Earth? It was so beautiful, or at least it was when I was 12). But amidst all the celebrities that don't take rehab seriously or don't get treatment when they clearly, clearly need it, I think it's cool when someone, as irrelevant as he may be, can just deal with what he needs to deal with.
Of course, Chris Klein may just be having a fun time doing crafts or whatever. That's always a possibility.
July 29, 2010 at 10:00 am by Emily
1Mena Suvari Does Not Get Married to Chris Klein in This One, Sorry, Pie Fans
Ah, marriage. Quite a step up from her former American Pie castmate boyfriend, Chris Klein. Some marry, others go on benders and then go to rehab. Good on you, girl.
Mena married her long-term boyfriend, music producer Simon Sestito, in Vatican City this past Saturday. Suvari was previously married to Robert Brinkmann, who was 17 years older than the star. According to Mena's Twitter, she announced her recent trip to Rome, where the ceremony took place:
Well, Lovers, here we go!!! LolI'm about to board flight for Roma! I'm so excited, I can't wait! (Except for the loooooonnnng travel from LA, which I'm not particularly looking forward to! Lol)Everyone at the airline has been so friendly & I'm thrilled to be reunited with @issimomusic and experience ALL the magic that is Italy!I hope you all are well & enjoying your wonderful weekend!
Congratulations to the newlyweds!
June 28, 2010 at 8:15 am by Sarah
1Chris Klein Goes to "Band Camp"
And by "band camp," I mean "rehab," naturally.
After recent events involving Klein and his (second) DUI, reps for the actor state that he is, indeed, headed to rehab to control his monsters:
"After recent events, Chris was forced to take a clear look at a problem he has been trying to deal with himself for years. He understands now that he can not beat this disease alone. He thanks everyone for their support as he takes all the necessary steps to deal with his addiction and asks for privacy while doing so."
Well, good for you, Chris. I admire your
rep's honesty that an issue needs to be addressed, and you're taking the bull by the horns in order to do so. A lot of flighty celebrities do their thing out in public (sometimes at the cost of others), and taking the wheel after you've been drinking just isn't cool. I'm glad to see that you're seeking the help that you clearly need.


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The North Dakota legislature has given it's approval to a bill that helps the childcare industry in the state.
The lack of day cares and the affordability of childcare were listed as a top concern of North Dakotan's prior to the legislative session.
House Bill 1422 started with $15 million and is now a $4 million investment in childcare issues.
The bill addresses training and recruitment of providers.
It includes $1 million in grants for childcare facilities and $300 thousand for special needs childcare.
The bill raises the income eligibility for childcare assistance.
Representative Kathy Hawken says the assistance will help more families afford daycare and help centers' bottom line.
"We had a number of centers who were on the verge of closing. Because they have a reliable source of income, these parents that are getting this help, they will not have to close their doors. They will be able to charge a rate for those who can afford it, that allows them to provide good quality daycare. It is a really good way to solve this problem for all those concerned," says Representative Hawken.
The bill also eases some requirements.
It expands the number of kids allowed in a center from 18 to 30.
Indoor play spaces can be used instead of outdoor play areas.
And businesses that provide on-site childcare are exempt from being licensed.
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Dealing with Distractions
Most dogs will perform commands like rock stars at home, but once out in the big world, all is forgotten.
I like to get dogs and owners out and about to hone skills and build confidence on both ends of the leash. I met an eager client and her lively pit bull puppy, Mia, at a busy Home Depot last weekend so we could put this into practice. We certainly didn't lack for real-life distractions. There were twin Yorkies in a cart pushed by a friendly woman in gardening gear, rumbling forklifts, power saws, and manly men stomping around in boots and hardhats.
In the face of distractions, the "come" command is a powerful tool to turn the dog's focus away from temptation and back to the owner.
Try these three steps on the home front before venturing out in public:
- Bend your knees and extend a hand out at the dog's eye level.
- Say, "Come!" and draw the extended hand in toward your body as if pulling a string
- As the dog moves toward you, take two steps backward and praise her!
The steps above are a nearly irresistible invitation to your dog, especially if the outstretched hand holds a prize. Of all the possible commands to master, "come" can get your dog out of a tight spot and back to you in a flash.
Pack some tasty treats and a high value toy to compete with dizzying distractions on any field trip with your dog. Mia's keen interest in a simple tennis ball provided enough incentive at first, but the yapping Yorkies in the cart were stiff competition for her attention. Mia's owner stayed on task with lots of encouraging body language and the next two attempts yielded better results. The third time was the charm. The cart rolled away and Mia started to follow, but then turned back toward her owner with a gleam in her eye. Mia had anticipated the "come" command and complied with a smile.
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Kylee-Ann SCHAFFER
Photo above (top) is Kylee at her Year 12 Formal.
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seen on Saturday 11 September 2004 walking into bushland near Wilson Road,
**Kylee's sister Karen and the rest of Kylee's family are desperately worried about her. Karen has these words -
"Our world was torn apart when Kylee left us, she is such a kind hearted, beautiful person and we are heartbroken without her. I just hope that she knows how much we love and miss her. The situation surrounding Kylee's disappearance is sketchy to say the least but someone must know something. Kylee will turn 21 in August this year and we will not rest until we know where she is. "
Karen has authorised me to publish her Hotmail e mail address if Kylee or anyone with information wishes to contact her directly - firstname.lastname@example.com
"Hey aunty Kylee if u are really gone im sorry I never got to met you.
Dad says I look like a spitting image of you"
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004. 9:03 AM (AEST)
Search continues for missing Kempsey teen - ABC
The search has resumed for a teenager missing from her Kempsey home since the weekend.
Kylee Schaffer, 19, went to a party on Friday and stayed overnight at a property on Wilson Lane Willawarren.
She was last seen wandering into nearby bush on Saturday morning.
State Emergency Service volunteers aided by Polair, police crews and local residents searched the area yesterday.
She is described as European in appearance, 165 to 170cm tall, about 70 kilograms and has dyed brown hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a dark blue or black T-shirt and brown pants.
The search began at 7:00am AEST.
Search continues for missing teenager
September 15, 2004 - 1:24PM - SMH
A search for a teenage girl who went missing on the NSW north coast after attending a friend's party has entered its fifth day.
Kylee-Ann Schaffer, 19, attended a party on Friday night at a property in Willawarrin, west of Kempsey, and stayed overnight, NSW Police said.
About 8am (AEST) on Saturday, she had breakfast and told friends she was going for a walk through bushland near the property.
Her friends became concerned when she had not returned by lunchtime and began searching the property themselves.
By Sunday afternoon neither her parents nor friends had made contact with Ms Schaffer, police said.
Police searched the property and neighbouring areas until nightfall with SES volunteers, PolAir, a sniffer dog and local residents continuing the search on Monday.
The search will continue today with more than 100 local residents on motorcycles and four-wheel drives joining the effort.
Ms Schaffer is described as being of white European appearance, 165-170cm tall, 70-80kg, brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to contact police.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004. 8:31 AM (AEST)
Search continues for missing Kempsey woman - ABC
A search will resume this morning in areas west of Kempsey, on New South Wales' north coast, for a woman who has been missing since Saturday morning.
More than 100 volunteers have searched about 25 square kilometres of bushland but failed to find any sign of 19-year-old Kylee Schaffer.
She was last seen walking into bush near a property at Willawararrin on Saturday morning after staying in the area for a Friday night party.
SES volunteers, police and local residents have been helped by Polair and a sniffer dog.
There is mounting concern for the girl's welfare, with the search area due to be widened.
Thursday, September 16, 2004. 12:23 PM (AEST)
Authorities suspend missing teen search - ABC
The search for a Kempsey teenager missing from home since the weekend has been suspended.
Another extensive search yesterday found no trace of Kylee Schaffer, 19, who was last seen wandering into bushland at Willawarrin, west of Kempsey, on Saturday morning.
Acting Inspector Robert White has been coordinating the search and says Kylee's family has been involved in the entire operation and is satisfied every effort has been made to find their daughter.
Yesterday's search involved about 70 State Emergency Service (SES) and Rural Fire Service volunteers, friends and family of the missing girl on foot, trailbikes, horseback and four-wheel drives.
Inspector White says they covered about 80 square kilometres of rugged terrain, bushland and fire trails.
"Officially the police and SES search for this area has been suspended until we get further information," he said.
"If there's something else that any members of the community can tell us we'll re-instigate the search in that area."
Miss Schaffer was 19 when she went missing from a property near Willawarrin on September 11, 2004, after attending a party.
She was last seen by guests walking alone into dense bushland surrounding the property.
A huge land and air search involving police, emergency services and volunteers failed to find any trace of her.
Described as being of solid build, with dyed hair, brown eyes and about 165cm tall, Kylee Ann is what police refer to as a long term missing person - that is someone missing for six months or longer - usually an adult.
In the past year 140 people have gone missing from the Mid North Coast region.
All but two of those have since been located.
Thirteen people have been reported missing more than once.
A 13-year-old boy and a 14 and 15-year-old girl were reported missing three times in the 12 months since July 2007.
Girls between the ages of 10 and 19 are the demographic most likely to go missing.
Of the 140 people who have gone missing in the past year, 98 were teenagers between the ages of 10 and 19 including 63 girls and 35 boys.
Anxiety, depression, alcohol, drug use and family disunity are the main reasons why people go missing from their homes.
This year Missing Persons Week is focusing on communication between young people and their families.
Police encourage teenagers who do go missing to communicate with family, friends or the authorities and let them know they are safe.
If you know of a person who has gone missing, attend your local police station to file a missing persons report or phone the Police Assistance Line on 131 444 and the operator will arrange for an officer to come to see you.
When filing a report it will help police if you can provide a recent photograph of the missing person, a list of names, addresses and phones numbers of friends and associates, likely destinations, medical requirements, a full description of the person and bank account details.
If you have any information on Kylee Ann Schaffer or any other missing person please call the Missing Persons Unit on 1800 025 091.
An inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Miss Schaffer was held at Kempsey Coroners Court on Tuesday.
Presiding magistrate Wayne Evans ruled that on the balance of probabilities he was satisfied Miss Schaffer was deceased, but how, where, and by whom, he could not determine.
Kylee-Ann's parents, Peter and Sue, and sister, Karen, were present for Mr Evans' ruling, as were some of the police officers involved in the investigation into her disappearance.
The court heard evidence from one of the investigating detectives that on September 11, 2004, Ms Schaffer had left a party at a friend's house near Willawarrin, telling those present she was going home.
Detective Sergeant David Frewin said Ms Schaffer, 19, had walked into thick bushland in an easterly direction, but that her home lay to the west of the property where the party was being held.
"That can be explained because she would have needed to go in that direction to get up on a ridge where there was a fire trial that could take her home," Detective Sergeant Frewin said.
Police established four hypotheses as to what might have happened to Kylee-Ann - self harm, misadventure (an accident), foul play or a new identity.
Mr Evans ruled on the balance of the evidence available she was deceased.
He said she had not been in contact with her family since the night of her disappearance.
"They were a close family and there is no reason she wouldn't have contacted them," he said.
Similarly, there was no evidence she was suffering from an illness and she had not attended any health services seeking assistance.
Mr Evans said there was also no evidence her tax file number had been used since her disappearance or her bank accounts accessed.
At the conclusion of the inquest Peter Schaffer passed on his thanks to police for the thorough nature of their investigation.
Mr Evans extended his sincere sympathies to the Schaffer family and ordered Kylee-Ann's file be retained at the State Coroner's office.
Detective Sergeant Frewin said the case would remain open despite the coroner's ruling.
"There is no suggestion from us that this matter is closed," he said.
"We'll pursue any information any member of the public is able to provide."
Anyone with information on Kylee- Ann or other missing persons in the Kempsey area is urged to contact Kempsey Police on 6563 7199 or the NSW Police Force Missing Persons Unit on 1800 025 091.


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INDIANAPOLIS — They may not have been flying around Indianapolis Motor Speedway at triple-digit speeds, but a group of IndyCar drivers were still working fast one recent afternoon.
IZOD IndyCar Series drivers Charlie Kimball, Ed Carpenter, Simona de Silvestro, Graham Rahal, and Simon Pagenaud, as well as Firestone Indy Lights driver Peter Dempsey and crew members, spent part of their afternoon last Thursday sorting donations at Gleaners Food Bank and serving clients in the organization's pantry.
"We keep fairly busy with things like this," said Rahal, noting IndyCar volunteers for other non-profits like Second Helpings. "Our foundation is all about giving back to the community. Being a resident of Indianapolis, that's important to me."
This was Rahal's first time at Gleaners. The IndyCar crew formed an assembly line to quickly sort food products into large bins.
"It's always cool to give back to the community," de Silvestro said. "Any way we can help is something I'm always up for."
An event like this also offers a refreshing change of pace for the race car drivers and their crew members.
"It's fun to just hang with some of the guys that you compete with every weekend," Rahal said. "Everybody's here working together. Racing's very close-knit. We all know each other through someone else. Even with NASCAR, if you don't know someone directly, there's always a connection."
De Silvestro agreed, saying it's nice to slow down and focus on something other than racing once in a while.
"We're so competitive that we hardly talk on race weekends," she said of herself and her fellow drivers. "Something like this allows us to interact and talk about other stuff."


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Four more games are in the books as the first-ever BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Basketball Tournament rolls on, shattering all attendance records for Budapest basketball (no major feat, but still) as fans gather to witness the all-time greats plucked from their native timestreams for their amusement … but who was amused when the Dream Team itself suffered its first true loss? Read on!
Festivus Invitational continues: Dream Team rolls, All-Time Toronto Raptors split
Three more games to report on from the first annual BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Tournament brought to you by sports simulation website What If Sports – all apologies for the late reportage, but even BiE
can't ignore the family for hoops 365 days a year has to merrily celebrate the holidays – as day two wraps up.
December 24: All-Time Toronto Raptors 111, 21st Century Dream Team 99. In a shocker, the Raps dominated the ultra-talented Century 21s in the late game of day one. Vince Carter had a monster game from the floor with 30 points and Charles Oakley finally exploited that much-hyped weakness Team USA 2010 was ostensibly to have had, i.e. lack of height, with a crazy 24 rebounds.
Introducing the 2010-11 BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Tournament
As a holiday present to the audience, each of you has received courtside tickets to the first annual BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Tournament. Thanks to the miracle of totally BiE-unaffiliated (and totally mind-blowingly awesome) website What If Sports, we can bring together great players of the past and present for true dream matchups – and without all the messiness of traditional time travel.
For this inaugural event, six virtual invitations were extended to some of the most memorable players and squads in basketball history. Paradoxes caused by requiring a player to play against another version of himself (a feat thus far only successfully achieved by M.J.) were kept to minimum with only one player – Chris Bosh, oddly enough – forced to warp the spacetime continuum a bit. (Although Coach K could also be appearing simultaneously on opposing sidelines as well.)
Take a look at the rundown of these six teams to imagine the outcome: Who will win the BiE Festivus Invitational? Stay tuned and happy holidays, everyone!
Pau Gasol, basketball all-stars > AIDS
Like many of us old enough to remember, Pau Gasol vividly recalls his thoughts upon hearing that Magic Johnson announced he had tested positive for HIV and thus would retire from NBA basketball. Indeed, Gasol was touched enough by what had happened to his sports hero that he began following an academic path into med school.
As detailed on an ESPN segment earlier this year, Gasol's "Path Not Taken" was ultimately foregone so that the young man could rise through the FC Barcelona basketball ranks and eventually play in the U.S.
Today, Gasol's possible paths meet with a new public service announcement presented on television as part of World AIDS Day 2010. While cities internationally will be swathed in red and/or observing the date in other fashions, the PR wing of the United Nations' World AIDS Day organization launched its latest in the "Greater than AIDS" campaign.
Gasol has been one of the more visible figures in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders program in recent years and has been named to the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention.
Alongside Gasol in the campaign are Russell Westbrook, Al Horford and Candace Wiggins; a potential on-court all-star team, this quartet also comprises quite a charitable bunch. Wiggins' father died of AIDS and the WNBA player has formed a partnership with nonprofit Until There's A Cure. Horford has frequently been noted locally for initiatives in Atlanta, while Westbrook notably took up the mantle of two-sport star last spring for the Oklahoma City Urban Youth Scholarship Fund.
Dream Team vs. Redeem Team: Who wins?
From the Shameless Cross-Promotional Plug Department: BallinEurope's sister site BuckBokai.com, with the assistance of the most-excellent sports simulation website WhatIfSports.com, considered part of the speculative statement made here upon the Dream Team's admission to the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, namely:
…the only two teams … who *might* possibly give the Dream Team a series [were] Dream Team III, with much of Dream Team I plus Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O'Neal, who probably should have been on the roster in lieu of the more politically-correctly chosen Christian Laettner in '92; and the Redeem Team of 2008, Generation Y's own Dream Team.
So through the magic of number-crunching, we can kinda sorta know who wins in a battle of 1992 Team USA vs. 2008 Team USA. Who wins in a best-of-seven series? Click here to find out.
(Truth is, you can probably guess as to the final result, but BiE was a bit surprised at the specifics.)
The Greatest Basketball YouTube Ever (or, YouTube as a force for online democracy)
(Please excuse BallinEurope's more personal tone today; trust me, i have as healthy a loathing for usage of the first-person in sports blogging as you no doubt do. On the other hand, it is called *You*Tube.)
When i was coming of age in the Cold War 1980s, there wasn't one basketball universe but rather two developing in parallel. While we were thrilling to the likes of Bird 'n' Magic and Pat Riley's coaching, Eastern European hoops were witness to studs such as Valdis Valters, the immortal Arvydas Sabonis and mighty mastermind Alexander Gomelsky.
Draft profile: Nemanja Bjelica
Now that the pingpong balls (or computer algorithm or mad scheme cooked up by David Stern, whichever you prefer) have spoken, we can truly let speculation on the 2010 NBA Draft run wild. Following up profiles on the likes of Donatas Motiejunas and Miroslav Raduljica, BallinEurope's man in the U.K. Sam Chadwick today takes a look at versatile Serbian Nemanja Bjelica, projected by most in-the-know as a second-round pick this year.
This writeup comes courtesy of a reader's tip: Dzoni asked us to take a look into a guy called Nemanja Bjelica of Red Star Belgrade. Well, I have looked and I like what I see.
This guy is 6'10" (2.08 meters) and the amazing thing is he plays guard, whether shooting or point. Bjelica's height not only allows him to see over defenders and make the open pass but also to hustle inside and get the rebounds. In ranking the 1988-born generation, prospect specialist website Eurohopes has Bjelica at no. 8, behind only Danilo Gallinari, Nicolas Batum, Omri Casspi, Rodrigue Beaubois, Viktor Claver, Alexis Ajinca and Raduljica: Excepting Raduljica, all of these have been drafted and most are playing at a high level in the NBA. Anyway, onward with the profile.
Revisiting USA-Croatia 1992 (or, Why YouTube is God, part 1 of many)
Reports last week that the Basketball Hall of Fame would be moving up the 2010 induction ceremony, so as to avoid conflict with the FIBA World Championship tournament and thus focus the hoops universe's full attention on the 1992 USA Olympic team enshrinement, got me to reminiscing about that seminal game in basketball history: The gold-medal match between the Dream Team and Team Croatia at the Barcelona Olympiad.
While few observers at that time thought the game would even be close after The Greatest Team Ever Assembled (still) had demolished the competition in Barcelona, everyone was well aware that regardless of the final game's result, the match would literally be one for the books, internationally.
And history has borne out that feeling, ultimately culminating in the unstoppable twelve entering the hallowed halls of Springfield later this year. The Dream Team's influence was profound and immediate with the jump of basketball to near-preeminence among the world's most beloved sports, the final burgeoning of the NBA to global sports juggernaut status, and a new emphasis among national sports committees worldwide on basketball. Some credit Spain's masterful dominance of The Continent today on the Barcelona Games, as though the shine and glamour of Team USA had permeated the country to produce Gasols and Navarros and Rubios.
Twenty years later – and who'd've imagined this back then? – that game remains at your fingertips, available for viewing on YouTube in eight parts – Awesome.
Review: "The Book of Basketball" by Bill Simmons
The only good thing about getting a nasty flu? Easy: Lots of time for reading monster tomes like Bill Simmons' "The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy". Thanks to a sentinel from the legion of The 2009 Killer Viruses, i was able to knock down all 697 pages of this thing – every "what if" scenario, every drop of gushy sycophantry about the Boston Celtics, every cheap shot at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, every improved list of reasons why, every obtuse pop-culture reference that would've sent me scurrying to access Wikipedia had i possessed the ability to crawl out of bed. Everything.
It's not quite like proclaiming you've finished "Finnegan's Wake," but pride can be taken in the solace that this reader was perhaps among the first 100 to finish the volume on The Continent and probably the only one in Hungary. Apparently one needn't have read "The Book of Basketball" to review it, as evidenced by the barrage of reviews (pretty much all of which landed firmly in either the "Simmons damn near the greatest sportswriter ever" or the "Simmons is overrated and, frankly, passé" camp) that somehow appeared throughout the blogosphere within 24 hours of the book's release on Amazon.com. (Come on, there's no way ESPN Books sent out *that* many review copies.)
If you're clueless as to what the vitriol contained in the above-cited negative review is all about, well, you're not alone. One can't help but wonder, however, just how much of "The Book of Basketball" Charles P. Pierce looked at with an open mind and how much he, you know, *read* of this book. (Is it possible that Pierce's 2000 book "Sports Guy," apparently titled without knowledge of what a barely-known blogger was doing in Boston, has something to do with it…? Nah.)
Yes, all the deadpan humor, friend-referencing and fierce homerism so characteristic of The Sports Guy's columns over at ESPN.com are in here, but Simmons and editor Gary Hoenig realize that "The Book of Basketball" wasn't to be a simple rehashing of internet work or stapled together newspaper column-like bits, but a freaking *book* for Hemingway's sake.
And kudos to them, because "The Book of Basketball" is exactly what Simmons (and basketball) fans deserve: The Sports Guy's writing – coupled with his insane encyclopedic knowledge of the game – refined.