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Frank Denzler
Rushville Republican
Rush County Commissioners Marc Bacon, Bruce Levi and Ken Masters met Monday and were faced with a short agenda.
Rush County Auditor Mary Ann Beard passed along EMS run reports from the county's three volunteer ambulance services and Rush Memorial Hospital for the preceding month.
During January, Carthage responded to 11 calls for assistance; Milroy, 16; Raleigh, 8; and RMH Ambulance made 130 medical runs.
Zeta Tau Sorority member Dana Fussner requested a three-hour road closure in and near the community of Milroy beginning at 7:30 a.m. June 11 for a 5K walk/run event. Fussner said the Run for the Arts event serves as the sorority's major fundraiser.
Following a brief discussion, the county leaders voted unanimously to allow the closure of CR 125W for the annual event.
Sheriff Jeff Sherwood was next to have the commissioners' attention and said that overcrowding is again a concern at the Rush County Jail, with the facility housing 47 inmates.
According to Sherwood, three inmates have been sentenced and are currently serving their court-imposed sentences, two inmates are being held for the Indiana Department of Correction and 36 are being held on felony charges.
The commissioners approved a request from County EMA Director Chuck Kemker for the county to adopt a county employee ID policy and procedure plan.
Once the document was signed by the county leaders, Kemker said that the county is another step closer to requiring county employees being identified by ID badges while working at the courthouse.
During the first phase of implementation, the ID's will provide a means to better serve the public in identifying county employees; down the road, a scanner system may be set in place for employees to scan their ID, allowing for better knowledge of who is and who is not in the courthouse at a given time.
In an unrelated matter, Kemker said that a recent earthquake drill held at the county seat went well and that the county is in compliance with state requirements in the event of such an event during normal operational hours.
"Although the exercise went well we did define a few deficiencies in the phone system used to alert the individual offices that we need to address," the EMA director said.
In a final matter, the commissioners signed an incumbency certificate as a means for the county to secure a bank loan for the Henry Schrader Drainage Project that involves the area north of INTAT.
Contact: Frank Denzler @ 765.932.2222 x106


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(CelebNMusic247-News) Gloria Govan Kicked With The Homies?
No we know Matt Barnes likes to keep his life private, but it seems his former Basketball Wives star Gloria Govan apparently has a reputation and not a good one.
According to reports, BBW's Malaysia Pargo's friend Bambi, who's not yet an official BBW cast member, called out Gloria and her Ho'ish ways on last Saturday's reunion taping.
Here's the drop:
Bambi says:
"I know a lot of people in the hood, Gloria has definitely ran through several members of Black Wall Street (the L.A. based record label and its croonies)."
This would explain BWS' founder Game calling out Gloria recently about her "ways."
Bambi proceeded to call the married wannabe actress a straight WHORE. Yes, Bambi used the word 'whore' a few times. While the drama popped off, Gloria remained calm and only responded with a cryptic, "True or not True….I'm in love with Matt and nothing else matters."
TheYBF also reports that Gloria even slept with her sister Laura Govan's husband, Gilbert Arenas before she married/met him.
If this is true, that is very sloppy…
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The Stansport Outfitters stove is all about power. Burner power that is. It boiled water as fast any stove we tested, even the big Wolf Range style burners on the Camp Chef Pro 60. It is tied for Editors' Choice winner with the Camp Chef Everest because the stoves are nearly identical other than color and minor cosmetic details. This is the perfect stove for most camping situations: 2-4 people, 2-4 days a year.
The only reason not to get this stove is if you want to cook for eight or more people. In that case get the Camp Chef Pro 60, which won our Top Pick award for best group camping stove. It is free standing and has a much bigger cooking surface. But it is also three times the cost and weight.
If you just want the best value, check out the Coleman PerfectFlow 2-Burner, which did not score as well as the Stansport but is half the cost and will get you through a few short camping trips per year just fine.
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Pros: Boils water fast, great size for most camping situations: not too big or small, great wind protection.
Cons: We wish the propane regulator was built in or at least more convenient to store.
Best Uses: Most camping situations for 2-6 people. Cold or warm weather.
Manufacturer: Stansport
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Group Cooking
This stove is the best compact two-burner stove for group cooking. It has a generous cooking surface made effectively bigger by its side wind screens that jog out a little. This allows you to accommodate bigger pots and pans that you can with the typical two-burner stove. No, it does not have the surface area of the Camp Chef Pro 60, and the stove takes up table space, but it's the best in its size class.
Time to Boil
This stove boils water as fast as any we tested. It is especially great in cold weather. All our boiling tests were done in 55 degree weather. When temps get near freezing, this stove separates itself even more from the competition. The stove is so powerful that the burner and nearby grill area quickly turn red hot. That's a very cool demonstration of BTU power but dangerous to small kids and careless adults. By comparison, the Camp Chef Pro and Yukon are much better at protecting from singed digits.
This stove is adequate for simmering. It is better than many stoves we tested but not nearly as good as the GasOne. Few camp stoves really simmer well and this stove is no exception. But it is no dog, either.
Ease of Setup
This stove is relatively quick and easy to set up. The only downside is there is no place to put the propane regulator, so it makes a lot of noise when driving unless you wrap it in cloth. It would be nice if the regulator was built in like we have seen on Primus stoves. It would be great if the hose connected from the propane tank straight to the stove. This would involve fewer parts to lose and free up more table space. Right now, the regulator sticks out and you either have to hang it off the table and risk it bending, or take up table space to support it. We highly recommend getting the regulator attachment so you can hook this stove up to a five-gallon propane tank. It saves you money and offers a better cooking experience. Read why in our Camping Stove Buying Advice article.
Ease of Care
This stove is relative easy to clean. There are few hidden spots for food to accumulate as is the case on some stoves.
Wind Resistance
This stove has awesome wind resistance. It scored as high as any due to the big lid and tight wind screens.
Packed Size
This stove is not quite as compact ad the Coleman PerfectFlow, but it is still pretty small. It doesn't suck up all the space in your trunk like the Camp Chef Yukon.
If you're looking to attach your Stansport to a bulk propane tank, check out the Stansport Propane Bulk Hose for $22.
You can also purchase the stainless steel Stansport Family Cook Set SS for $82.
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It was a pretty wild sight.
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A little more than 24 hours after teammate Jovan Belcher committed suicide outside the team's nearby practice facility, the Kansas City Chiefs overcame their grief and had their best overall performance of the 2012 season.
Chiefs overcome grief, end losing streak
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British Columbia (Canada)
3.98/5 rDev +6.7%
650mL bomber poured into a Chimay chalice. Deep amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of fruits and yeast. Sweet taste of plums, molasses, and some spice. The alcohol is quite noticeable. Overall this is a pretty good dubbel-style beer from Granville Island, probably the best offering I've tried from them so far.
11-30-2009 00:05:01 | More by chickenm
Alberta (Canada)
3.68/5 rDev -1.3%
Every time that I go to Vancouver, I seem to wind up at the Granville Island Market, and of course, can't help but drag my host(s) into the brewery as we amble by it. This time, I reflected on the fact that it's been a number of years since their products were available on Alberta store shelves, so I though that was a decent (ok, at least to me) excuse to check them out again. The only thing that seemed new, this being a December visit, were their winter ale, and this, available for take-away in bombers, my favorite way to travel, beer-wise.
This beer pours a deep burnt orange, slightly hazy, with lots of soap-bubbly off white head, that leaves shower curtain lacing around the glass as it recedes. The aroma is dates, overripe bananas, and yeast. The taste is bready, yeasty, with some ripe dark fruit esters, and quite warm from the alcohol. Any hopping is only noticeable as a slight bittering at the front. The carbonation is mild, and at the finish, there's subtle sweet yeasty fruit. This is an approachable strong ale in the Belgian style, but all I could think was, this is like a weaker-flavoured Unibroue offering. Not exactly complex for the style, but very drinkable, nice for a night of staying home and staying out of the ridiculous sub-zero temperatures.
01-04-2009 04:05:25 | More by biboergosum
Quebec (Canada)
2.53/5 rDev -32.2%
Bottle: Poured a light amber color ale with average size foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of light candi sugar with some light toffee malt. Taste is pretty straightforward with some light candi sugar and caramel/toffee malt and a grainy aftertaste. Body is very thin for the style with some OK carbonation and some alcohol ester. Definitely lacking some fruity ester and some yeast character.
01-30-2009 03:58:39 | More by Phyl21ca
British Columbia (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +9.9%
A: Reddish-brown, off-white head, thin ring of retention, slight leg/lace.
S: Huge dark fruit & candied fruit aroma, jube-jube like fruitiness, pomegranate, rind, nice spicing, very fruit-cake-like, alcohol certainly noticeable.
T: Dark fruit, candied fruit & alcohol are up front. Good spicing, slightly bready, toffee, orange rind, balanced bitterness.
M: Moderate body & carbonation, slight residual sweetness leaves an off-dry finish.
D: It's a nice sipper.
12-26-2008 17:34:53 | More by Derek
British Columbia (Canada)
4/5 rDev +7.2%
11-21-2011 03:13:50 | More by EskimoDave
British Columbia (Canada)
4.05/5 rDev +8.6%
GI nailed this one for a Xmas beer as it is spicy and full bodied. Essentially a dubbel with spices this tastes like old fruit,yeast and all spice. Not too sweet and made for the cellar I see this as a worthy follow up to the Merry Monks Double Bock from last year. Seems like BC is getting a rep for good Belgian style beers.
11-25-2008 19:42:50 | More by canucklehead
3.8/5 rDev +1.9%
Bomber poured into a wine glass, got this at the Whistler liquor store. Pale brownish amber with a small off-white head that leaves lite lace. Really nice artwork on the label.
Smell is pretty sweet, nice fruity esters with a bite of spice, light phenols.
Taste is spicier, some clean alcohol, a bit of dark fruit, sugary, not too bad, nor terribly exciting either. But for Canadian beer, it's a welcome change, eh?
Mouthfeel is on the sticky, thicker side. A bit still, decent digestibility though.
Drinkability is ok, a decent little abbey style ale. I'm probably enjoying it more then I would at home due to the dearth of decent beer in BC.
01-31-2009 02:31:08 | More by ccrida
Jolly Abbott from Granville Island Brewery
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Chiefs Finalize Season, Envision Bright Future from The Mothership
On the defensive side of the ball, Chiefs LB
Derrick Johnsonshared his emotion of Saturday's loss and the response that he and his teammates are embracing.
"This one's going to hurt," Johnson said. "This is the one where, we had it and we let it go. We have to learn from it and stick together. We're still a family and (we'll) come back even stronger, next year."
Chiefs DE
Mike DeVitoalso stressed the family mentality that exists within the Chiefs locker room.
"This is a family," DeVito said. "A lot of teams say it, but this team really lives by it. I really feel that way. I've been around a lot of really great locker rooms, a lot of great guys and this is the greatest group of guys I've been around. I have no doubt that we're going to bounce back from this and get better. It's going to hurt, but we have to let it fuel us, going into next year."
Andy Reid: 'We're Striving To Be Great' from The Mothership
Q: What would you say the identity of this Chiefs team was?
REID: "That they're going to battle you. They kind of came in that way. They checked their egos at the door and they were going to battle you. It didn't always turn out right, but a majority of them did. I sat there and talked to them this morning and there were a lot of long faces. There weren't guys laughing and high-fiving and all that. That wasn't going on then. It was a bunch of guys with their heart ripped out. I can work with that. I can handle that. We'll get better, because of that. It should hurt. It'll make us better. That's how they did, they gave it up, unconditionally, they gave it up, and said, 'Hey, show us what we need to do to be better' and they did that every day. They tried to do that every day."
Alex Smith's Season-Ending Press Conference from The Mothership
Q: Is it easier said than done to take a step back and put this out of your mind, before you look at all that was accomplished this year and how you can move forward from it?
SMITH: "You know, I certainly think you use this as drive. I think it's good to be playing in these types of games. I think these types of games are contagious. You go back to playing in just regular season games, you want that itch, you have that urge to try to get to these types of games, these playoff games - the stage, the feeling is just so much different. With that, I think you use it. Certainly, I think the foundation has been laid for us as a team, the way we do things. It was our first year together for all of this. I certainly think that foundation has been laid for next year."
All-Pro Performances By The Chiefs from The Mothership
While the Kansas City Chiefs 2013 season came to a close on Saturday, the 11 wins and countless team and individual peformances [sic] won't be overlooked. Prior to Wild Card Weekend, the All-Pro First and Second Teams were announced and included five of our eight Chiefs Pro Bowlers.
KCChiefs.com Video: Andy Reid Season-Finale Press Conference
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Kansas City Chiefs' Stunning Loss Undermines NJ Groundhog's Super Bowl Predictions from NJ.com
The Chiefs broke Missouri hearts with their fourth-quarter collapse and in the process, the team also undermined the credibility of an Essex County groundhog.
Clover, the resident weather prognosticator at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, predicted that the Chiefs would win the first-ever Groundhog Day Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.
Chiefs reeling From Historic Loss from ESPN
The Chiefs have lost a record eight straight postseason games, their last victory coming after the 1993 season. Most of the current members of the team were in grade school, some of them still in diapers, the last time Kansas City tasted any success in games that truly matter.
It appeared for most of three quarters Saturday that things would be different. Kansas City had raced to a 31-10 halftime lead, and then took advantage of an interception early in the third quarter to tack on a touchdown that several Chiefs would say later should have sealed the game.
The problem was that they started playing as if the game was in hand, while Andrew Luck and the playoff-tested Colts started to play as though they had nothing to lose.
Reid: Chiefs Players Had their 'Hearts Ripped Out' from FS Kansas City
Chiefs coach Andy Reid talks often about the fine line between winning and losing in the NFL.
And on Saturday, that fine line came down to just a few inches. That was the difference between Dwayne Bowe's right foot being in bounds on the Chiefs' final play. Bowe's foot came down out, and the Chiefs turned the ball over on downs, sealing the Colts' 45-44 win.
"Four inches," Reid said at his season-ending press conference Sunday. "We were four inches away from being on the (Colts') 15-yard line. We had our best receiver on their nickel back.
"It's a play we expect to make."
Reid Touches On Loss, Free Agency In Final Presser from Chiefs Spin
Unlike the prior regime, Reid has made it a point to connect with fans and often mentioned their support during postgame pressers or during his first presser of game week.
The good will continued in his final media session of the season.
"I would like to just thank the fans for the great support in which they gave our football team and their football team this season," Reid said.
KC Star Sports Section Address Chiefs' Collapse With Harsh But Unforgettable Cover from The Huffington Post
The law of conservation of fan euphoria requires that for one team to celebrate an epic comeback another must suffer a heartbreaking collapse.
While the Colts' historic 45-44 win against the Chiefs in their AFC wild-card playoff game was hailed in Indianapolis, the reaction in Kansas City wasn't quite as positive.
Chiefs' Meltdown Nothing Compared To Giants In '03 from CBS New York
Of course, the Chiefs will travel through this offseason in deep need of consolation, having historically blown a 28-point lead in Saturday's wild-card game to allow the Colts to advance. It went as the NFL playoffs' second-biggest collapse in history, unseating - you guessed it - the Giants' 24-point wild-card freefall on January 5, 2003 in San Francisco.
As devastating as that may have been for Andy Reid's group, Kansas City's collapse looked like kid stuff when compared to the Giants'. In terms of speed of descent and area of splatter, few live up to that mess at Candlestick Park.
Snake-Bit Chiefs Fall Short As Defense Fails Repeatedly In Second-Half Collapse from CBS CT
A last-minute KC drive ended when wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was pushed out of bounds on a 4th-and-11 pass play before he could get his second foot down to give the Chiefs a chance to try a game-winning, field-goal attempt.
And so it goes on for Kansas City, which now has an NFL record they don't want all to themselves: eight straight postseason losses, dating back to 1993 when Joe Montana was the team's quarterback.
Nobody Deserves This: Chiefs Lose Again In Playoffs from CSNNE
Anyway one minute, 48 seconds later the Chiefs lead was down to 10. This Colts drive was 80 yards again. Luck completed a 25-yard pass, a 30-yard pass, a 13-yard pass and a 12-yard pass. That's 80-yards if you're counting. It was the third time the Colts had a long touchdown drive that lasted less than two minutes. Andrew Luck -- what a player. What a man.
And the beat-up Chiefs defense looked entirely lost.
At this point, I must admit, I did not think the Chiefs were going to lose. I knew they were going to lose. That's a terrible feeling isn't it, when you KNOW something bad is about to happen but you still have to actually go through it? It's that feeling when you have a bad report card but you haven't yet shown it to your parents.
The loss was certain. Now it was just a matter of watching it.
Saturday Night's Colts Victory Over Chiefs Still Seems Unreal from FOX 59
Not only did the Chiefs make plays, but Alex Smith found a way to transform himself into the modern-day Joe Montana. Never before in the history of the league had a quarterback lost a contest (regular season and playoffs) while throwing four touchdowns, zero interceptions, 350+ yards, and he even rushed for 57-yards. Read that line five more times, and think about how untruly unlucky you have to be for that to happen. I was told earlier in the day over breakfast with Chiefs beat reporter Herbie Teope that Alex Smith has essentially had it with the title of "game manager", and on Saturday night, Smith was looking like everything you could hope for from a former number-one draft pick who was shedding that moniker.
Smith on his own outrushed the Colts in the first half, he avoided blitzes as if he was playing Pacman, and more-impressively, he did all of this without the help of Jamaal Charles (a player that is virtually half of the Chiefs offense) who left the game early with concussion. His opening 14-play drive down the field only had one third down, a perfect six-yard pass to Dwayne Bowe for the score, silenced everybody in Lucas Oil except the handful of thousands of Chiefs fans that impressively made the drive.


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Dairy farmers crisis meeting
A crisis meeting is being held in Devon tonight for dairy farmers across the region, to discuss the problems facing the industry.
Several hundred people are expected to attend to discuss issues such as the rising cost of feed, the price paid for milk, and the recent bad weather.
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February 24, 2014 - Industry News
Double Coin Tires and CMA now has a second North American distribution center with the opening of a West Coast distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Tags: Double Coin, Tires, Wheels, CMA
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Righ now mayn i feel like iss gotta be Childress mayn. He has positioned de Vikings to need lottery-type luck ta even be in de division chase now mayn. We gon be facin de two bess yung QB's in de league 4 times a year now mayn.
An dont front like I aint know all de sh*t McHale's done mayn. Iss different. Vikings were positioned to be ELITE. we wuz ONE position away frum completein de team, an de BEST POSSIBLE scenairo came up wit Cutler. instead uv ouncin on dat we PASS?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!??!
IM sorry mayn i feel betrayed in every way possible mayn an McHale NEVER made me feel like dis. Foye for ROy was BAD, but Tarvaris fuckin Jackson over Jay Cutler is infinitely worse mayn.
kill me now mayn.


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Yes, this probably should be a FanShot.
So what? Ernie Banks is 83 today.
I really, really hope the Cubs' rebuilding process gets them to a World Series while Ernie is still around to see it. If anyone deserves that he does.
I remember going to games in the 60's and early 70's and always looked forward to his upcoming at-bats. Had the good fortune to see a number of his homers, of course, and something in his enjoyment of playing the game made them seem somehow more "home-run-y" than some others.
He'd already moved over to first before I started going to games regularly, so I never got to appreciate his shortstop excellence. I wish I had the chance.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Ernie!


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Archive for August 2011
Squeezed households will need higher wages
Date: 26. August 2011
James Plunkett and
This article originally appeared on the Prospect blog.
While Libya takes the spotlight, the British economy wheezes in the dark. Monday's survey from Markit showed household finances worsening at their fastest rate since early 2009. Yesterday, a new poll from the Resolution Foundation confirmed that picture. Half of all low-to-middle income households say they're running out of cash each month; only one in four are making regular savings. Many households now face the unenviable choice between cutting their spending still further and increasing their borrowing. Needless to say, at the national level, neither option translates into a promising path to recovery.
Household finances are a 'millstone' around the neck of recovery
Date: 25. August 2011
James Plunkett and
This blog first appeared on Left Foot Forward
A new poll out today from the Resolution Foundation confirms the extent to which poor household finances are now exerting a downward pull on the UK economy. The poll, carried out for the Foundation by ipsos MORI, finds that almost half of all people on low-to-middle incomes now say have no cash left over at the end of each month. More than one in four say they don't make any regular savings. The findings reveal in stark terms that millions of ordinary households – not the poorest, and the vast majority in work – are now living on the edge of their means.
These tax cut whispers are about to get louder
Date: 21. August 2011
Gavin Kelly and James Plunkett
This post originally appeared on Gavin's New Statesman blog
With summer over, the skies are darkening in more ways than one. Economic forecasts, previously strong for this autumn, have long been heading south. Last week sharpened the sense of impending crisis. The FTSE has been shaken more violently than at any time since the paroxysms of early 2009. On Wednesday, unemployment stats took their biggest quarter-on-quarter leap since March 2009. The US and German economies are flat-lining.
Whatever your favoured explanation for our worsening economic plight, one thing is increasingly clear: the UK economy is propped up on pillows, in desperate need of a shot in the arm. It may not be fashionable to say it, but that shot needs to involve a pickup in consumption and domestic consumer confidence.
Making a Rented House a Home
Date: 8. August 2011
Vidhya Alakeson and
Published today, the Resolution Foundation's Making a Rented House a Home outlines the shocking fact that the average low to middle income household buying a home today would have taken 31 years to save for a deposit , compared to 8 years in 1983. Last week a report by the estate agents, Savills, revealed that for the first time in Britain's post-war history, more people are becoming tenants than home owners. We are witnessing a major transformation in our housing market that will see Britain become more like Germany and Switzerland where more than half the population rent rather than own a home.
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Nice climb that starts under a roof and leads to a hand crack. Half way up the crack ends and your left with a few pockets and then jugs at the top. Crux is 3/4 of the way up at the pockets. Although some would say the start is the hardest part. Height dependent I guess.
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This video is painful. Rep. Bachmann keeps harping on about how:
"…we discovered that secretly,unbeknownst to members of Congress,over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation to fund the implementation of Obamacare."
This gets repeated seven more times by Michele Bachmann in an attempt to deflect David Gregory's questions. I am very much a skeptic but at this point I'm willing to explore unconventional answers to the perplexing and downright bizarre interviews Michele Bachmann gives. As Chris Matthews inquired,has she been hypnotized? Alien mind-control maybe? Has some clandestine group been slipping extra fluoride in her water? WTF Ms. Bachmann?!
The most worrying aspect of the interview (for me at least) is that Ms. Bachmann is a tax law attorney and has had the bill for a almost a year now. She was a Minnesota State Senator for six years and has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2007. Did The Honorable Michele Marie Bachmann really need a Congressional Research Service to "uncover"this money that was hidden and squirreled away in the bill(s). She has been railing against this health care reform bill from the beginning. Are we to believe she had no idea funds would be appropriated for the overhauling of health care?
A little later on Gregory asked her whether she believes that Gadhafi needs to be removed from power:
I think that it's been troubling the way that the president has responded…We need to send very strong signals. I'm concerned about the signals that the president has sent. They seem to be signals of weakness,not strong signals in the Middle East.
Then when asked again if Gadhafi needs to be removed from power:
"…we need to be very careful about putting an army on the ground in the Middle East."
Well,wtf is it Michele? Seriously. You literally just said nothing. NOTHING! It was just another cheap shot at the Obama administration. She then refuses to step back previous accusations about Obama's "anti-American views"and his "gangster government."Near the end Bachmann says:
"I think that there have been actions that have been taken by this government that I think are corrupt,thoroughly corrupt."
Finally,something U.S. House of Representatives member Michele Bachmann (hence,part of "this"government) and I agree on. End the corruption now and resign immediately.
(Oh,and so-called "news"shows- stop taking Michele Bachmann seriously. Please.)


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Fresh off earning positive reader reviews for mixtape lead single Don't Test Me, B.K. rap wunderkind Astro returns to our pages with a new promo cut not attached to his sophomore project. On Crazy, a minimal BMC beat...Read More
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(Eau Claire Express News Release) — The start of the 2013 season is more than 100 days away, but Eau Claire Express field manager, Dale Varsho, is ready to announce the first three verbal commitments for this year's team.
All three players are from Wichita State, a school that produced 2012 MVP, Casey Gillaspie. This year, two position players and a pitcher will join the Express from the Shockers. Parker Zimmerman, Taylor Doggett and Daniel Kihle will spend their first summer in Eau Claire.
Zimmerman is a freshman catcher from Stillwater, Okla. He attended Stillwater High School and lettered three years in baseball and football. He was All-State honorable mention, All-Big city honorable mention, Defensive MVP, Perfect Game honorable mention All-American and a member of the Brad Holt Memorial All-Tournament team. He also made the AD's honor roll in his first semester this past fall at Wichita State.
Doggett is a sophomore outfielder for the Shockers, from Lincoln, Neb. As a freshman, he played in 48 games and started 34 of them. He hit .284 and drove in 15 runs, while scoring 21. He attended Lincoln Southeast High School and lettered three years in baseball and football and two years in basketball. Named All-State, super state, All-Nebraska and All-Conference in 2011. Set school single season stolen base record as a senior with 35.
Kihle is a freshman two-way player from Goddard, Kan., serving both as a position player and a pitcher. He attended Andale High School in Andale, Kan. He lettered four years in baseball and three in basketball. He earned league MVP honors, named first team All-League three times as an outfielder and twice as a pitcher. Was also named first team All-State twice. Kihle also made the AD's honor roll this past fall in his first semester at Wichita State.
The Express open up the 2013 season, May 29 in Madison to take on the Mallards. The home opener is Sunday, June 2 against the Wisconsin Woodchucks. First pitch is set for 5:05 p.m. Continue to watch for roster announcements through the spring leading all the way up to opening day.
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In thinking about how to take my campaign to the next level of epic-ness, topping the last session that involved crashing a flying cloud castle into an ancient undead white dragon, there's only one thing that comes to mind as inspiring even crazier antics: Spelljammer.
Spelljammer is essentially high fantasy in space. To give my perspective on the key points of the genre, as differentiated from regular D&D style fantasy:
- The party, plus a few named or unnamed minions, crew a flying ship capable of space travel though converting magical energy of spell casters.
- The ship is owned by the party, not a single character, and should be able to be upgraded, traded in, damaged and repaired.
- The ship is frequently put in danger, beyond just typical danger to the characters. This includes both ship to ship combat, and non-combat encounters like magical asteroid fields, the Phlogiston, and collapsing gravity wells. Combat should flow seamlessly between ship/ship combat, boarding actions and character/character combat.
In my view, the ship is what provides the difference in genre, rather than just being an environment that the characters find themselves temporarily. Although I understand the ship-as-dungeon perspective in which the ship provides a set of challenges to be overcome (a front, in *W terminology), and for a fantasy firefly setting would be perfect, I don't feel that it captures the essence of Spelljammer.
In Apocalypse World derivatives, there are a few ways that the ship can be modeled in the system: Gear (like the car for a Driver, or Animal Companion for a Ranger); as a Stronghold or Steading (in DW and *W, or similar to a Holding in AW); as a shared character with its own playbook; or as a dungeon, environment or front. This post discusses my thoughts on that choice. Next time I'll post the custom moves that integrate the genre and system.
Ship as Dungeon
As above, this doesn't fit my idea of Spelljammer as opposed to just adventuring in space. The party explores the ship and overcomes challenges derived from it, but the ship isn't theirs in any meaningful way. You don't upgrade a dungeon, and it doesn't get damaged. The dungeon provides danger to the characters, it isn't put into danger itself. The only advantage to this option is that it doesn't require any additional rules.
Ship as Character
For a mecha game, where either the character or the mech is in use and each character has a mecha, this might make sense. For Spelljammer, where there is a single ship, and the characters are intimately and individually engaged in piloting and defending it. Characters can be upgraded, but when does the ship gain XP? Assisting a ship with Bonds/Hx is very strange. There's doubtless a reason that this isn't a common pattern in any game. The main advantage is that the ship can be upgraded while stil using basic moves such as Attack, Defend and Defy Danger to resolve conflict.
Ship as Gear
This one, although attractive from a rules re-use perspective, violates the tenet that the party, rather than a single character owns the ship. In AW the driver has nothing away from their car, and a pilot playbook/advancement tree would be just as tedious. It places the burden of improvement on a single character to spend their XP rather than the party as a whole. So while the rules exist, the ship would have stats that can be improved, this option doesn't quite hit all the targets.
Ship as Steading
And the winner is to use the Steading rules, in *W thanks primarily to @ColinJ76's great stuff from Living Dungeon World. This allows the party to contribute to the ownership and upgrading of the ship via the Treasure rules and rolls. This seems significantly more appropriate than a shared character with their own XP, or a single character responsible for both the ship and their own personal advances. It can provide additional moves to PCs that are on board, and thus differ from ship to ship. The ship could also provide free advancements to those moves, in the same way as Steading improvements can advance certain moves. Additional stats might be needed to model damage and repair, unless damage is simply temporary modifiers to the moves that the PCs make while on board (imagine ship inflicted debilities).
As always this came out of further thinking from a discussion on twitter, including @ColinJ76, @DMGallo, @Mease19 and @Clonebot; all definitely worth following!


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... we should try trading maybe Dunleavy or another wing who's hot right now but won't be for long considering our experience. One player who'll be an easy target would be jason thompson - averaging 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in 30 min last season - who lost minutes in sac due to the addions of delambert, cousins and landry. Sactowns frontcourt is stuffed and their biggest weakness is the 2 and 3 position. Thompson is still very young and could be a piece of a young core featuring collison, hibbert, george and granger as their leader. Oh btw this trade works financially - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=28ay56d. I see this trade as a win-win situation since sacramento doesn't need or use thompson anymore and we get our starting young pf in return. Financially Thompson is a low-risk player since he makes about 2 mil/year over the upcoming 2 years and dunleavy becomes a FA after the season which will suit sacramento too.
what do you guys think ??


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From Gulf High sports to SportsCenter, Sara Walsh revels08/21/14 Human Interest
A simple task awaited Sara Walsh when she arrived at ESPN headquarters last week.
Shoot hoops with hip-hop star Lil' Wayne.
"I hate to say this, but sometimes I feel like I don't have a job," Walsh said later with a laugh.
To go from three-sport star at Gulf High to SportsCenter anchor and Fantasy Football Now commentator makes Walsh the envy of a lot of aspiring sportscasters and sports fans....
ALS ice bucket challenge deserves tidal wave of support08/20/14 Human Interest
I can't understand why some people want to dump water on a good idea.
The positives that have poured out of the ALS ice bucket challenge far outweigh the negatives. In case you've missed this Internet sensation, let me explain.
Social media networks have filled with people dumping ice water on their heads and challenging friends to donate to the ALS Foundation or accept the challenge. They have ranged from celebrities such as Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake to athletes including Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy....
Hooper: Fight bigotry and racism in the Tampa Bay area08/17/14 Human Interest
A predominantly black church in Tampa cancels a gay man's funeral.
A Hillsborough School Board candidate of Indian descent is smeared with a mailer so vile and racist she called a news conference to respond.
A St. Petersburg worker remains bitter about a white supervisor spray-painting his safety vest with KKK — largely because the supervisor remains employed and in charge.
As a community, are we learning from the past and evolving as a society? For every action we've taken against bigotry and racism lies an opposite reaction that suggests such adverse attitudes have simply gone underground....
Hillsborough supervisor confident about his first official 'Election Day'08/15/14Politics
Craig Latimer and I have something in common.
Like all journalists, I strive to report the news and not be a part of it. It's much the same for Latimer, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.
If all goes well on Aug. 26, results will roll in, complaints will be minimal and the fact that this is Latimer's first election as supervisor will be a mere footnote.
But if Latimer ends up answering more questions about technical gaffes than turnout, he will be singing Oh, What A Night for all the wrong reasons....
New digital town hall hopes to unite Sun City Center residents08/14/14 Human Interest
SUN CITY CENTER — Doug Arnold is going to build a town hall in Sun City Center, a place where people can come and exchange ideas and interests like back in the good old days.
And he's not going to use bricks, mortar or any construction materials to erect this center.
He's going to use the Internet.
Arnold, a Sun City Center resident, announced plans for the Sun City Center Citizens Network last week. He's currently beta testing the site at suncitycentercitizensnetwork.ning.com with the hopes of creating a digital town hall that will help residents in the retirement communities connect on a better level....
Hooper: Visit Tampa Bay exec reaches out to multicultural markets08/13/14 Human Interest
When the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shriners held its first council session in Tampa in 2010, Visit Tampa Bay national sales manager Sherri Brown asked the then-potentate which cities had wowed him during his 42 years as a member.
"None of them," he said.
Brown made it her mission to make Tampa the city with an attention to detail and gestures both big and small. One of those small gestures turned out to be decisive. When the Shriners chose a new potentate, Don Parks, Brown gathered up nearly everyone in the bureau — about 40 employees — and had them greet the new leader with applause as he exited a ballroom....
Hooper: Balanced districts need a spectrum of candidates08/10/14 Human Interest
We need to stop making excuses for people who don't vote.
Some civil rights groups continue to favor minority-majority voting districts such as the gerrymandered 5th Congressional District at the center of an ongoing fair districts dispute. They argue blacks will feel disenfranchised and won't vote if placed in a district where they're in the minority.
Balderdash. Blacks need to become more engaged so they can get candidates, Democrat or Republican, to focus more on their needs even if they are in the minority. Balanced districts and active groups on both sides of the spectrum will yield candidates reflective of Florida's status as a purple state. …...
Mental health needs support, awareness and empathy08/07/14 Human Interest
I met with a friend this week who has bipolar disorder.
She asked if I would help her send a message to people about her challenges. She shared details about her manic episodes and bouts with depression. As we spoke, she said she was in a good place, her medication maintaining a balance.
But for some time, she has endured highs and lows. She talked about taking to the streets and waking up neighbors in the middle of the night during a manic high. She spoke of lying on the couch for days, unwilling to even shower during one of her lows....
Ernest Hooper: Derrick Brooks shows a special brand of leadership08/03/14 Human Interest
In my days of covering the NFL and the Bucs, linebacker Derrick Brooks left an indelible impression not for what he said after victories, but for what he said after losses.
Notably, he always took the time to speak to the media, no matter how bad the loss. And when we asked how the team could reverse its misfortunes, Brooks always said he would look in the mirror and start by pointing the finger at himself — even though he almost always had played superbly....
Hooper: NFL can still take a stand against domestic violence07/30/14 Human Interest
The logo of the National Football League, commonly — and sometimes reverently — referred to as "the shield," continues to get dented and dinged because of how Commissioner Roger Goodell chose to discipline Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.
The video of Rice dragging the limp body of his then-fiancee — they have since married — off an elevator in an Atlantic City casino led to his indictment on a third-degree aggravated assault charge. Although he entered a pretrial diversion program and can have his record expunged if he completes the program, most thought the league would send a message with a penalty equal to or greater than the penalties it issues for other off-field infractions....
Fake Kentucky candidate speaks the truth in jest07/27/14 Human Interest
Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Gil Fulbright says he doesn't care about voters unless they're a donor or "can write a fat check."
He ends each of his commercials (see them at honestgil.com) with the phrase, "For the right price, I'll approve any message."
It's pretty funny stuff, but the message behind the commercials is quite serious. Represent.Us is a nonpartisan group seeking to end the "legalized corruption" of politics and the satirical ads from its fake candidate may be the best weapon — because under Fulbright's quips lie a sobering honesty that resonates right here in Florida. Go to Represent.Us. …...
Hooper: Nothing 'progressive' about these misleading mailers07/24/14Politics
The other day, a slick, expensive political mailer arrived from a group called Progressive Choice Florida.
The message caught my attention.
Here's what it said (sort of):
Mr. Hooper: We believe you are a dumb African-American voter who can easily be manipulated with misleading facts about gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.
As you can see on this flier, we've twisted some statistics and skewed some information to trick you into believing that the former governor is the sole reason why African-Americans make up only 16 percent of Florida's population but 48 percent of Florida's prison inmates....
Hooper: Educating public about Florida Standards is a wise move07/20/14 Human Interest
Hillsborough County schools superintendent MaryEllen Elia deserves kudos for convening parents concerned about the new Florida Standards.
According to a report by Tampa Bay Times staff writer Marlene Sokol, Elia helped ease the worry of those at a recent meeting in Ruskin.
The superintendent is not without her critics and the district is not without its flaws, but in a competitive world of charter and private schools and the legislature's wrong-headed attempt to expand vouchers, I'm glad Elia recognizes the need to promote the system's positives and assuage concerns. The competitive market requires no less....
Grief leads to goodness for Lithia widow, widower07/18/14 Human Interest
If a little boy sat in class, shy of supplies, Mandy Van Brunt found a way to quietly provide pencils or paper.
If a little girl arrived at school, shaken and sad because authorities had taken her parents to jail the night before, the Frost Elementary teacher found a way to lend comfort without drawing attention to herself.
In her 15 years as a teacher, Van Brunt always gravitated toward Title I schools, putting herself in a position to provide for some of the school district's neediest children. Until her final days, she always found a way to help her students....
Hooper: Police officers in Ku Klux Klan shows Florida has a ways to go07/13/14 Human Interest
Orlando's WFTV-Ch. 9 reported over the weekend that two police officers in the Central Florida town of Fruitland Park are off the job after FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports that they were members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter.
Yes, this is 2014, but even now Florida is near the top when it comes to being home to hate groups. Despite all our progress, we still have work to do....


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- Steam, Diesel and Rail-motor rides
- Come see our spectacular views toward the Qld/NSW border
- A diverse collection of static and operating exhibits, many significantly historic
- Displays, Refreshments & souvenirs (Kunkala Station)
- Museum open every Sunday
31st August 2014
First train departs Cabanda 10AM
The restored route climbs a spur of the Little Liverpool range providing 180° scenic views from Mt Flinders to the Great Dividing Range while visitors experience all the sights, sounds, and atmosphere of an authentic historic steam train journey. The railway is located approximately 20 km west of Ipswich. To get there see http://www.arhs-qld.org.au/rosewood-railway-museum/where-we-are
Tickets: Return Fares: Adults $12, Children $6 Family $32 Concession $10
Multi-trip: Adults $18, Children $9 Family $48 Concession $15
Please note we are "Cash only" – electronic facilities will be available soon
A Brief History:
In late 1984 members of the Queensland Division of the ARHS began work rehabilitating some 3km of track on the former Marburg Branch in South East Queensland to establish a working railway museum. Construction of this branch line began in 1910 from Rosewood, which is 58km west of Brisbane on the mainline to Toowoomba. Suburban electric trains now terminate at Rosewood.
The steeply graded branch was opened to the terminus at Marburg, 14.5km to the north, in 1912 and was closed in sections from 1964 as the need for locomotive coal decreased. The much-truncated line continued to be operated as a 4km siding to Perrys Nob but this final section was closed in 1995.
Four years after starting work the Society held its first open day in 1988 and the Railway was officially opened on Australia Day 1993. Since then steam trains operated by PB15 Class No 738 have operated on the isolated section of track between Cabanda and Kunkala on the last Sunday of the month. Vintage rail motor, RM 55, Red Fred, continues to handle mid-week charter work. Two 60-ton branch line diesel electric locomotives, a diesel hydraulic and a diesel mechanical locomotive are also available as well as six carriages and numerous goods wagons.
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'Chair Dancing Through The Decades' is yours to own on DVD!
A young Christian rapper adds his own flava to DC Talk's 'Nu Thang'…
Archive for April, 2011
A Chair Dancing Nu Thang!Posted: 2011/04/30 in Music
Tags: Chair Dancing, Chair Dancing Through The Decades, DC Talk, http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com, Nu Thang, Young Christian Rapper
A Royal Wedding.Posted: 2011/04/29 in General News
Tags: Associated Press, David Beckham, Kate Loves Willy, Kate Middleton, Prince William, Royal Wedding, Royal Wedding Vows, Victoria Beckham, William and Kate, William and Kate Wedding
Prince William and Kate Middleton say "I Will" in Westminster Abbey.
CLICK HERE for an EXCLUSIVE PIC of England's Royal Couple at the wedding!
Late BloomerPosted: 2011/04/28 in Film
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Kevin BaconPosted: 2011/04/26 in Celebrity
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Can watching too much Kevin Bacon on the Logitech Revue with Google TV actually turn you into Kevin Bacon?
Wouldn't it be funny if it actually WAS Kevin Bacon in this commercial? Instant Rimshot!
Jersey Shore Gone WildePosted: 2011/04/25 in Online Links
Tags: Davud Furr, Jersey Shore, Jersey Shore Gone Wilde, Jersey Shore Quotes, Jersey Shore Transcripts, Oscar Wilde, Playbill, Playbill Video, Santino Fontana, The Daily What
Broadway players Santino Fontana and David Furr deliver transcripts from MTV's Jersey Shore in the style of Oscar Wilde. If I dare say, they succeed, rather brilliantly.
"I'm hungover, I'm not having a good time, work blows dick for Skittles right now…I'm going to kill myself."
"I will fucking attack you like a squirrel monkey…if you leave I will stuff your nose with tampons."
"I want to spoon…I want to fork."
Royal Virility PerformancePosted: 2011/04/25 in General News
Tags: Brewdog, Brewdog Brewery, Front Magazine, Royal Virility Performance, Royal Wedding, Scotland, Scottish Beer, William and Kate
Scottish beer company Brewdog have announced a special Viagra-laced beer for the royal wedding. According to the specially commissioned label, the Royal Virility Performance contains herbal viagra, chocolate, Horny Goat Weed and 'a healthy dose of sarcasm'. The beer is a 7.5% ABV India Pale Ale. Only 1000 bottles were made.
"With this beer we want to take the wheels off the royal wedding bandwagon being jumped on by dozens of breweries; The Royal Virility Performance is the perfect antidote to all the hype. A beer should be brewed with a purpose, not just because some toffs are getting married, so we created something at our brewery that will undermine those special edition beers and other assorted seaside tat, whilst at the same time actually give the happy couple something extra on their big day."
WavvesPosted: 2011/04/24 in Music
Tags: California Surf Rock, Indie Music, King of the beach, Nathan Williams, Noise Pop Wavves, Pop Punk, Post Acid, San Diego Punk Band, Surf Rock, Wavves, Wavves Profile, Wikipedia
Happy Easter!Posted: 2011/04/24 in Journal Entries
Tags: Donnie Darko, Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Happy Easter, Kids Scared By Easter Bunny
Extreme MarketingPosted: 2011/04/23 in Online Links
Tags: Advertising for the win, Avalanche, BASE Jumping, Base Jumps, French People, GoPro HD, HD Hero Cam, Matthias Giraud
If you are into base jumping off cliffs right before an avalanche then the Go Pro HD Hero Camcorder is definitely for you…Repeat after me: Not today nature. Not today.
Why did the ending have to be so French?


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Combining sport and pageantry, Pride.33: The Second Coming, staged on February 24 at Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center, was a much-anticipated return engagement for this Japan-based brand of mixed martial arts competition. PRG provided a full package of production services, including audio, lighting and rigging, scenic, video, and supervisory labor for the event, which also was televised live on pay-per-view in the US and Japan.
"Mixed martial arts, with top fighters from wrestling, karate, judo, kickboxing, and other combative sports, is the fastest-growing form of fighting in the United States, and the Pride events are a total entertainment experience," explains Paul Kilpatrick, who coordinated the project for PRG. Each of the nine bouts in Pride.33 was served up with special lighting effects, rock-the-room sound, introductory videos about each fighter, and continuing spectacle.
PRG built the three-level, 80'-wide stage with custom-fabricated scenery where fighters made their first appearance at one end of the arena, as well as a raised ramp connecting the stage to the fight ring. PRG provided three 18,000-lumen video projectors for image magnification (IMAG) projecting onto a Kabuki curtain at the front of the stage and rear projection screens at both ends of the arena. In addition, the company supplied all of the switching equipment to interface with the television cameras. They worked closely with the Thomas & Mack Center crew to display the images onto the house JumboTron® system. PRG also supplied lighting and audio equipment.
Kilpatrick served as PRG's primary liaison with the Japan-based client, Dream Stage Entertainment. He and his PRG team met with the event's producers and designers; provided the production with a single, coordinated proposal; pulled together necessary services and equipment from appropriate PRG locations; and supervised the production from load-in through load-out."We had worked with Dream Stage Entertainment on their first visit to Las Vegas, the Pride. 32 event in October," recalls Kilpatrick. "They were comfortable letting us put it all together for them, so they could use their time doing what they do best - putting on a great show."


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If you're a resident of the United States, you probably had to wake up at the crack of dawn to catch Arsenal play Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. If you did, they've made it well worth your while with an incredibly entertaining half of football. The Gunners lead 2-1 thanks to goals by Gervinho and Mikel Arteta, but Blackburn are actually looking fairly dangerous going forward and causing Arsenal some problems.
The Gunners took the lead early, with Gervinho scoring in the 8th minute. Alex Song was the architect, playing a fantastic ball for Gervinho to run onto in the box. Christopher Samba was a step slow and allowed Gervinho to get there easily. The Ivorian placed a shot between Samba's legs, past Paul Robinson at the back post for a goal.
Arsenal continued to look like the superior side after the goal, but were badly caught out in the 25th minute. David Hoilett, who has been Blackburn's best attacking threat by a mile, set up the goal with a great ball into the box for debutant Yakubu. Andre Santos kept the Yak onside with poor positioning, while Per Mertesacker was a step slow as Yakubu broke to the ball. He finished with a fantastic first touch to the far post with the side of his foot, leveling the match with a debut goal.
The Gunners would take back their lead in the 34th minute, and Song was the man behind the goal once again. He started the move with a great ball down the right for Aaron Ramsey, who cut the ball back across the box for Mikel Arteta, who was arriving to the top of the penalty area. He finished well with a great shot into the roof of the net, but Blackburn's defending on the goal was laughable.
Both teams have some serious problems that need to be dealt with, despite the entertaining first half display. Arsenal are really going to have to sort out their defense, as both Santos and Mertesacker should have done much better on Yakubu's goal. They've also been terrible at marking on set pieces, but they've been lucky in that respect. Samba's heading on set pieces has been absolutely atrocious, which is hard to comprehend. Additionally, Blackburn winger David Hoilett is completely uninterested in defending, and this has allowed Arsenal to completely dominate their right hand side.
For more on Arsenal, check out The Short Fuse. We'll have updates on Arsenal-Blackburn and all of this weekend's games in our EPL Week 5 StoryStream. For more on the entire world of football, bookmark SB Nation Soccer.


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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g798sf/china_synthetic) has announced the addition of the "China Synthetic Rubber Industry Report, 2013-2017" report to their offering.
As a major synthetic rubber producer in the world, China's synthetic rubber capacity reached 4.98 million t/a in 2013, accounting for 27% of the global synthetic rubber capacity. Styrene butadiene rubber and polybutadiene rubber are China's major synthetic rubber, contributing 34.4% and 33.3% to the total capacity respectively in 2013. Chinese synthetic rubber giants Sinopec and CNPC occupied 52.4% of China's synthetic rubber capacity in 2013 together.
With the entry of Panjin Heyun, Liaoning Northern Dynasol, Germany Lanxess and other private or foreign-capital enterprises, the status of Sinopec and CNPC in the synthetic rubber industry will be by degrees weakened, and their combined share in China's synthetic rubber capacity will drop to 44.1% in 2017.
Styrene Butadiene Rubber: The capacity of the first segment in Chinese synthetic rubber market -- styrene butadiene rubber reached 1.715 million t/a in 2013, of which the emulsion styrene butadiene rubber capacity accounted for 79% of China's styrene butadiene rubber capacity. China has been at a disadvantageous position in the global solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber industry, but China will witness rapid expansion at the expected CAGR of 19.5% in 2013-2016.
Polybutadiene Rubber: The capacity of the second segment in Chinese synthetic rubber market -- polybutadiene rubber hit 1.657 million t/a in 2013. At the end of 2013, China raised the polybutadiene rubber capacity by 540,000 tons/a, representing 62.8% of the new synthetic rubber capacity over the same period. Owing to the rapid release of polybutadiene rubber capacity in 2012 and 2013, China's polybutadiene rubber capacity utilization slumped and might be 51.7% in 2013. High-performance flat and tubeless radial tires will beome an inevitable trend, so the demand for rare earth polybutadiene rubber will be huge. At the end of 2013, there had been five rare earth polybutadiene rubber manufacturers in China, namely Shandong Huayu Rubber, Sinopec Beijing Yanshan, PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical, PetroChina Jinzhou Petrochemical and Qi Xiang Tenda, with the combined capacity of 205,000 tons/a.
Butyl Rubber: Halogenated butyl rubber is the development priority of Chinese manufacturers. In August 2013, the realization of Panjin Heyun's 30,000 tons/a halogenated butyl rubber project filled the gap of China tire brominated butyl rubber industry. Panjin Heyun also plans to accomplish the halogenated butyl rubber capacity of 180,000 tons/a in the next 3-5 years. Zhejiang Cenway's 50,000 tons/a halogenated butyl rubber equipment involved with China's first halogenated butyl rubber production technology with independent intellectual property rights is expected to be completed and put into operation at the end of 2014.
Key Topics Covered
1 Overview of Synthetic Rubber
1.1 Definition
1.2 Classification
2 Overview of China Synthetic Rubber Industry
2.1 Global Overview
2.2 Market Supply and Demand
2.3 Import and Export
2.4 Product Structure
2.5 Main Producing Areas
2.6 Development Trend
3 Key Chinese Synthetic Rubber Market Segments
3.1 Polybutadiene Rubber
3.2 Styrene Butadiene Rubber
3.3 Ethylene Propylene Rubber
3.4 Butyl Rubber
3.5 Nitrile Rubber
4 Synthetic Rubber Upstream in China
4.1 Butadiene
4.2 Styrene
4.3 Rubber Additive
5 Key Chinese Synthetic Rubber Enterprises
6 Summary and Forecast
6.1 Summary
6.2 Forecast
Companies Mentioned
- Bridgestone (Huizhou)
- Chongqing Changshou Chemical
- Dow Chemical (Zhangjiagang)
- Fujian Meizhouwan Chlor-Alkali Industry
- Gaoqiao BASF Dispersions
- Hangzhou Zhechen Rubber
- Lande Fine Chemical
- Liaoning Northern Dynasol Synthetic Rubber
- Ningbo Shunze Rubber
- Panjin Heyun
- Qingdao Yikesi
- Shandong Huamao New Materials
- Shandong Junteng Synthetic Rubber
- Shanxi Synthetic Rubber
- Sinopec
- Tianjin Lugang Petroleum Rubber
- YPC-GPRO (Nanjing) Rubber
- Yuhuang Chemical
- Zhejiang Cenway Technologies
- Zhenjiang Nantex Chemical Industry
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g798sf/china_synthetic.
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When Chrome was first released, many people, including me, were unimpressed. Where were the menus? Where were the buttons? Where were all the froo-frahs we expect in a browser? Even as late as Chrome 2.0, I was complaining about its bare-bones interface.
Slowly, though, it grew on me. With that simple, stripped-down interface, Web content is front and center. Browser navigation and features recede. I began to realize that there really aren't that many browser features you need to see, as long as you can dig down somewhere to find them.
Clearly, both Microsoft and Mozilla agree. When Internet Explorer 9 was released a little over a week ago, it featured a Chrome-like interface that eliminated unneeded buttons and controls. As with Chrome, tabs were put at the top of the browser. And as with Chrome, the Address Bar does double-duty as a search box.
When Firefox 4 was released this week, it too sported a Chrome-like interface with stripped-down buttons, controls and navigation, and tabs placed at the top. That stripped-down interface is one of the best things about the new Firefox.
It's not clear whether Chrome will ever catch up to Internet Explorer and Firefox in market share. But it's influence will live on --- it's the design template for browsers of the future.


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The Miami Marlins' Venezuela-born manager Ozzie Guillen has long been a major league jackass. As the manager of the Chicago White Sox (my favorite major league team since I grew up on the South Side of Chicago) he was notorious for endless narcissistic media rambles that all too commonly included noxious macho cultural commentary.
" 'Oh, Love'… My Inspiration is Money"
The Guillen riff that sticks most in my mind has to do with money, however. It came at the end the season last year. That's when Ozzie trashed the first White Sox World Series victory in 88 years – the title he helped bring back to Chicago (where he was a brilliant White Sox shortstop during the 1980s and 1990s) in 2005. I'll never forget what Guillen said to Chicago Sun Times columnist Rick Morrissey on why he was jumping from the White Sox to the Marlins in 2012. Guillen had some interesting things to say about what mattered most to him. He shat all over the dreams of White Sox fans young and old. He wasn't motivated by championship rings, he told Morrissey, but by money. "With the rings," Ozzie sagely observed, "I can't do [anything] with that." But with money," Ozzie observed, " I can go buy me a new boat, I can go buy me a new car, I can dress my wife the way I want to dress her, I can go to Spain," Guillen said. "With the ring, I can't go to United Airlines and say, 'Hello, I won the 2005 championship. Can you fly me to Spain?' Hell no."
Ozzie's rant continued:
"Money is everything besides health. Money is next to that. A lot of people say, 'Oh, love.' They don't know what love means….I work in this job for money. I don't work for nothing. Money. That's it. The ring? Fuck the ring. I don't even wear my fucking rings. I don't….. I want to buy my fucking boat. That's my inspiration. My inspiration is money. That's everybody's inspiration.''
Guillen etched himself into my memory forever as an all time low-life with these sickening words. Upon reading them, I flashed instantly to Karl Marx's and Frederick Engel's purple 1848 passage on how "the bourgeoisie [really, capitalism/the profits system, P.S.] has…left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous 'cash payment'. It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value….The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe."
In Chicago, Guillen never paid much of a price for his recurrent ugly remarks. Some reporters, fans, and others would occasionally grumble about his insensitivity and arrogance and self-obsession. But generally the public criticism would conclude with shrugs and statements like "that's Ozzie," "that's what you get with Oz," "he's a character," "he sure likes to hear himself talk," "oh, well, his players love him." And "you've got to give him credit for that World Series."
"I Love Fidel Castro"
This week, however, Guillen has paid for his motor mouth. The Wizard of Ozzie has had to publicly apologize for – and disavow – his "offensive" and "regrettable" comments and bow humbly before a 5-game suspension imposed on him by Major League Baseball and the Marlins.
So what was his great sin? Did he make a crack about the President and/or the First Lady? Did he call a Miami sportscaster a whore? Did he make an assertion about the sexual orientation of a Miami Herald reporter? Call the Everglades a stinking swamp? Criticize Disney World? Make fun of Mark Rubio? Blast retirees? Defend George Zimmerman?
No. He said something nice (sort of) about somebody – somebody you are ordered to loathe in Miami. He told a Time Magazine reporter that he loved and respected Fidel Castro.
Here's the actual quote from Time: "I love Fidel Castro. I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that motherfucker is still here."
Idiotic and vapid as this statement of "love" and "respect" might have been, it was an unpardonable transgression as far as South Florida and Miami's influential community of right-wing Cuban-American Castro-haters was concerned. Still seething over the Kennedy administration's failure to murder Fidel, they and their progeny will never forgive Castro, Che Guevara and their cohorts for making a great egalitarian and anti-imperialist revolution right in Uncle Sam's Caribbean lake. The remarkable peasants' and workers' revolution led by Fidel and Che cost a small minority of wealthy, mostly light-skinned Cuban compradors their privileged position and property atop the U.S. neo-colony that had functioned as a U.S. playground and profit source until 1959 (the last year the White Sox made it to the World Series – with an earlier great Venezuelan shortstop [Luis Aparicio] – before 2005). Castro's revolution achieved historic gains in social and medical welfare, poverty-elimination and equality outside and against the U.S. imperial system.[1] It has inspired numerous other "developing" (formerly known as "Third World") countries within and beyond Latin America to follow a path of independent and equitable development that still goes against Washington's wishes as during and before the Cold War.
Though Ozzie also got in a bit of hot water for expressing admiration for Hugo Chavez in 2004, I have a difficult time believing that his "respect" for Fidel and Hugo has anything to do with the two Latin American leaders' commitment to socialism and equality. Ozzie has always been about, well, Ozzie (and to some extent his family) and Ozzie proclaims proudly that he values money (and expensive item) above silly things like love and World Series championships. What he likes most about Fidel and Hugo is their success in gaining and keep strongman power over and against a powerful enemy. He probably also likes the two politician's shared taste for giving long and rambling talks before vast captive audiences.
As part of his public apology, Guillen offered a curious translation of what he said to Time. "What I meant in Spanish, I was talking Spanish," Guillen claims, "was that I can't believe somebody who hurt so many people over the years is still alive."
Sure, Ozzie. (Please see this essay's endnote on the many people helped, not hurt, by the Cuban revolution).
The Standard Double Standard
Still smarting from his goodbye comments in Chicago, I take a certain delight in seeing Guillen eat crow. At the same time, I can't help but be disgusted by the double standard imposed by the bourgeois and imperial biases of the U.S. corporate entertainment and propaganda system. Spit on gays and on women and spit on the World Series in the name of grotesque personal money and wealth attachment ("fuck the [World Series] ring….I want to buy my fucking boat") and you get a pass: "oh, that's Ozzie." Offer some weak and tasteless praise for a great social and anti-imperial revolutionary and you must hang your head in shame and beg for forgiveness.
Paul Street's many books include The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power (Paradigm, 2010), Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis (Rowman&Littlefied, 2007), and (co-authored with Anthony DiMaggio), Crashing the Tea Party (Paradigm, 2011). Street can be reached at [email protected]
[1] For a useful summary of remarkable accomplishments, see Owen Richards' essay, written on the eve of the revolution's 50th anniversary: "Cuban Revolution: Celebrating 50 Years of Accomplishments," Direct Action, Issue 7 (December 2008), read online at http://directaction.org.au/issue7/cuban_revolution_celebrating_ 50_years_of_accomplishments. "To survive for 50 years, despite a constant and aggressive counter-revolutionary campaign waged by the
"Before 1959, the vast majority of Cubans had very limited access to health care. The capitalist elite had their private physicians but the poor had only a handful of rundown hospitals, and medicines were mostly unaffordable. In the countryside it was even worse; health care was virtually non-existent."
"The revolution established that health care is a basic right of all Cuban citizens. It established a new ethic in health care — not for profit, but for service to the people. Cuba's 1976 constitution states: 'The state guarantees this right by providing free medical and hospital care by means of the installations of the rural medical service network, polyclinics, hospitals, preventative and specialized treatment centres; by providing free dental care; by promoting the health publicity campaigns, health education, regular medical examinations, general vaccinations and other measures to prevent the outbreak of disease.' "
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"Not only does it look after its own people, but the Cuban Revolution exports its world-class health care to other poor countries. In 2008, 36,500 Cuban doctors were sent to 81


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Paul Westhead to be Introduced as Women's Hoops Coach
Paul Westhead will be introduced at 2:30pm PST as the new head coach of the Oregon women's basketball program. The Register Guard also has the story and Rob Moseley is on top of it as usual. If you would like some background on Paul, Wikipedia is a great source to quench your knowledge thirst.


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Today is the deadline to register to vote in Alabama's constitutional amendment referendum on September 18. Secretary of State Beth Chapman says citizens can register at their local board of registrars or they can fill out forms at state and county offices that provide public assistance.
The referendum is for a proposed constitutional amendment that would give state officials the ability to take $437 million out of a state trust fund. It would happen over a three year period to help finance the state's general fund budget.
UA President: incident won't interrupt progress
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>