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I have such lovely people in my team. Check out this lovely card made by a member of my team. I always get such a buzz when someone else makes ME a handmade card.
Jill used two of my favourite Stampin' Up! colours Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. Jill has also used stamps, rub-ons and patterned paper from the Hand Drawn Bundle which is a Level 3 Hostess set that she earnt by hosting a workshop with me prior to signing up as a demonstrator herself.
Thanks to ALL of the lovely members of my team who have helped me to Promote to Senior Supervisor. Our team is named "Embrace Creations" Why "Embrace Creations"? The "creations" part is probably quite obvious- but why the word "Embrace"
I must confess that the giggly brainstorming for a team name started after a few bottles of red wine and a few glasses jugs of Toblerone Cocktail but after initial joking I starting giving serious thought to it- When you look up the definition, here are some of the definitions…..
em·brace ( m-br s )
1. To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
I think some of these definitions really sum up how I feel about creating cards and scrapbook pages and also about the acceptance of people in the team. Are you interested in becoming a demonstator in my friendly team? Some of my team members are interested in conducting workshops and building a business and others signed up to order products for themselves at a discount. Do you think it might suit you too? Click on the "Become a Demonstrator" link and/or get in touch with me if you would like more information


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The Red Sox hold the #19, #26, #36 and #40 overall picks in the upcoming draft. It could be the last draft without hard slotting. Do they stick to their typical strategy of drafting and signing a few tough signs or do they break the bank and load up on as much high caliber talent as possible? Who would you realistically take with those picks? My choices after the jump:
#19 - Josh Bell (RH - OF) - High school outfielder drawing Jason Heyward comparisons with a big bat, questionable glove.
#26 - C.J. Cron (RH - 1B) - Power hitting righty. Susac (college catcher) is a close second choice.
#36 - Matt Purke (LHP) - Could be this year's Ranaudo. A top 5 talent that could slip to the supp round due to a '11 injury and a high price tag. He's a wild card at this point based on the injury. He could be an early first round pick or drop beyond the #36 pick.
#40 - Tyler Beede (RHP) - MA product with an advanced arm.
In a draft known more for pitching, I get two power bats with the first two picks and then a college and high school arm in the supplemental round.

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01 September 2014 08:35
POLICE called to deal with a woman refusing to leave the home of a man she had been in a relationship with found she had been drink-driving.
Susan Pope, 53, admitted she had driven to the property in Holt.
A court heard how she found out that evening a man she had been in a relationship with for between six and nine months was in a relationship with another woman and had been for 15 years.
Pope was found to be more than three times the drink-driving limit.
At Flintshire Magistrates Court at Mold she pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Ka on Friday with 112 microgrammes of alcohol in her breath. The legal limit is 35.
It was her second such conviction and she was banned from driving for three years.
She was also placed on a 12-month community with supervision and a drink impaired drivers' programme.
Pope, of Ffordd Edgeworth, Wrexham, was also ordered to pay £120 costs.
The court was told she did not intend to drive again.
Prosecutor Justin Espie said when police attended it was clear Pope had been drinking.
She admitted to police she had driven there.
Pope was arrested when she produced a positive reading and she blew the reading of 112 microgrammes at the police station.
Interviewed, she admitted driving after drinking two bottles of Martini.
Damian Sabino, defending, said she had been in an on-off relationship with a man she met and decided to go and see him.
But when she got there she found he was living with another partner and had done so for 15 years.
Mr Sabino said his client had been manipulated by the man.
He said Pope had abstained from alcohol for nine years before meeting him and now intended to return to Alcoholics Anonymous where she had received a lot of support.
It was her intention to give her car to her son and not to drive again.
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The Panathinaiko or Panathenaic Stadium (also known as the Kallimarmaron, i.e. the "beautifully marbled") in Athens is the only major stadium in the world built fully of white marble (from Mount Penteli).
In ancient times it was used to host the athletic portion of the Panathenaic Games in honour of the Goddess Athena.
In more recent years this stadium has been often used to honour the homecoming of victorious Greek athletes, most notably the Greek national football team after its victory at the 2004 European Football Championship and also the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships in 1997, on a concept by composer Vangelis Papathanasiou.
In the 2004 Olympic Games, the Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the archery competition, and the finish of the Marathon. The stadium was featured on all of the Summer Olympic medals introduced in the 2004 Games, and on the medals awarded at the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Yesterday, three newspapers -- the Providence Journal, New London Day and Richmond Times-Dispatch -- ran reviews and/ or stories about Rescue of the Bounty, all completely favorable. One could easily get puffed up by that much attention, if one were not already a fine example of puffed-uppery. Bringing me back to earth is the rejection I got Friday from the Washington Post Style Section, where the editor, Eva Rodriguez, was initially enthusiastic but, in the end, had to say that the "resources" were not available at that lofty citadel of strong journalism to do the story I had suggested. The Post non-fiction book review editor had already said thanks but no thanks. So we push on, seeking the key to open the main gate of best-sellerdom.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
The New York Post ran an "adaptation" , which was a summary of Rescue of the Bounty, this past sunday. You can read it here http://nypost.com/2014/03/29/the-tragic-rescue-of-a-movie-ship-caught-in-hurricane-sandy/.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
In those last days, when the lump of plaque, dislodged from elsewhere, has snagged the inside of the carotid, leaving me with but infrequent bursts of lucidity, I would arrange now if I could to have this memory rise from time to time. There is much connected to it. Monica and I had, a week or so before, successfully completed the race back from Bermuda to Newport, RI. It was a fantastic voyage, with everything we could have wanted -- dead calms, rough storms, incredible sunsets and sunrises. She had to return to her desk, her job. But my job was aboard Robin, and so I headed for Maine for two weeks. The day before I would point Robin down Penobscot Bay, I sailed from Castine on a westerly course to Belfast. At first, there was no wind. Then I passed north of Islesboro and a whisper of air began playing with the raised mainsail. In a short time, Robin was sailing on a beam reach, her autopilot steering, her rig perfectly balanced. I was a passenger, bathing in the afternoon sun. Breathing was shallow, delicious draughts of air, flavored by the saltwater, tucked into my nostrils and, held but a moment, expelled for yet another greedy sampling. Robin's pulse was slow, her motion on the small waves reported in delicate splashing about the bow. It lasted about an hour, probably more than enough to bring a smile to my face in that fog to come.
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Monday, March 10, 2014
The following is the review of Rescue of the Bounty published by Booklist, the magazine of the American Librray Association. We re pleased. When a coast guard C-130 and its crew members set out over the Atlantic into "Frankenstorm" Sandy in a nighttime sea rescue, they came upon a startling sight, "a big pirate ship in the middle of a hurricane." Built in 1960 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty, the aging tall ship had been featured in two Pirates of the Caribbean movies and was now attempting to make its way down the coast from Connecticut to winter dockage in Florida. In the raging waves and wind, the Bounty began to fail, and despite the efforts of its seaworthy but sparse crew of 16 women and men, it was sinking. Coauthors Tougias (Overboard!, 2010) and Campbell superbly re-create the disastrous voyage, providing just the right amount of detail to bring every character involved in this dramatic tale to life, from Bounty captain Robin Walbridge and his shipmates to the brave coast guard rescue swimmers. A thrilling and perfectly paced book, Rescue of the Bounty is filled with good intentions but bad decisions, tall-ship history and current usage, and the roar and taste of the storm-whipped ocean. — Eloise Kinney
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Sailing Scuttlebutt, a daily blog for sailors with 11,000 viewers, has taken note of Rescue of the Bounty, reprinting the Kirkus review. We're hoping Sailing Anarchy, which caters to hard-core sailors like the Bermuda 1-2 racers, will do the same.
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At this late point in life, I still have a lot to learn. Fortunately, I have wandered into a realm where many lessons are offered. In November, I was asked if I wanted to be commodore of our little boat club, the Red Dragon Canoe Club. Since the alternative was to keep being the club's secretary, which demanded that I keep notes of the organization's meetings and make them available to the members, and since I really didn't want to continue my three-year occupation of that post, I accepted the offer. The club is in the midst of attempting to find its way forward, a task that involves a choice of keeping and restoring our historic clubhouse -- a post-Civil-War mansion that is in disrepair -- or abandoning it one way or another. There are 90 memberships in the club. A membership can be held by an individual or a family. There are probably more than 90 opinions as to the path we should take. I had heard of "cat herding" before I took office in January. Now I truly know what that means. Since there is no right or wrong answer to the problem -- only strongly-held views -- it is more than difficult to do a fair job of leading the club members. Added to this overriding concern, the harsh winter has brought its own problems: A downed power line that hasn't been fully repaired, leaking toilets that have tripled our water bill and the desires of separate members to do this or that with the club property. I'm not certain that I am, at this point, learning. Tomorrow night we have a monthly meeting of the members, and that will amount to the first true exam. I'm spending today cramming for it.
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Monday, March 3, 2014
The big news for our book, Rescue of the Bounty (available April 1) is that the first review is in, and it is a good one. You can read it below. "KIRKUS REVIEWS In October 2012, out of New London, Conn., bound for St. Petersburg, Fla., a single tall ship sailed into the path of "the largest storm in geographic spread ever forecast." "Well…it looks like a big pirate ship in the middle of a hurricane." The Coast Guard pilot looking down on a churning sea and the embattled Bounty could be forgiven for thinking the scene something out of a movie set. After all, the ship sinking 90 miles off Cape Hatteras was an expanded replica of the famous three-master constructed for Mutiny on the Bounty, and it had been featured more recently in two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Tougias (A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue, 2013, etc.) and Campbell (Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture, 2010, etc.) review the ship's 50-year history, sketch the backgrounds of the sailors aboard and offer an excruciating moment-by-moment look of the four-day voyage that killed one crew member and the captain. Relying primarily on sworn testimony from the Coast Guard's formal investigation, the authors identify a number of factors that contributed to the disaster: a rotting hull, seams improperly caulked, inadequate bilge pumps, a largely inexperienced crew and the lack of any professional weather router. Culpability, however, rested finally with Capt. Robin Walbridge and his reckless decision to set sail: "The boat's safer being out at sea than being buckled up at a dock somewhere." Notwithstanding this huge miscalculation, the authors offer a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of the captain, crediting his compassionate manner and the respect and loyalty he inspired. Finally, they devote a thrilling portion of their narrative to the courageous Coast Guard rescue and the almost incredible efforts of the pilots, hoist crews and swimmers who headed straight into Hurricane Sandy. A taut recounting of a needless maritime tragedy. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-j-tougias/rescue-of-the-bounty/ "
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Sat August 18, 2012 12:00am
AUSTRALIANS have about four months left of hefty credit card surcharges before merchants will be banned from slugging customers.
Airlines, retailers and taxi companies will be among those who will be forced to change their ways under new legislation, with merchants only allowed to charge fees that are "the reasonable cost of card acceptance.''
Consumer group Choice head of campaigns Matt Levey said he's "optimistic'' the changes will remove the exorbitant fees associated with paying on plastic.
"We'll be very keen to see some of those notorious surcharges brought back down to earth after January 1,'' he said.
"But between now and January 1, Aussie consumers are still going to have to put up with paying too much to use credit cards.''
The Reserve Bank of Australia held an inquiry into surcharging last year and found in December 2010 the average surcharge for MasterCard credit cards was 1.8 per cent, Visa was 1.9 per cent, American Express was 2.9 per cent and Diners Club was 4 per cent.
Mr Levey said banks charge retailers an average merchant service fee - the cost to accept card payments for Visa and Mastercard - of about 0.86 per cent.
In 2011 Australians spent $235 billion on credit and charge card purchases and approximately 30 per cent of those transactions attracted a surcharge.
The airlines are among those under the biggest scrutiny for slapping over-the-top surcharges onto booking costs.
Virgin Australia has a credit card fee starting from $4.50 for domestic travel per person per flight which they argue covers costs at their end for the transaction.
"Our card fee has been designed to be a flat uniform fee for all guests,'' a spokesman said.
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- Sample Ballot: To see your sample ballot, go to the County Clerk's website and enter your address in the Precinct Finder.
- Polling locations: See the map to the right of this article for polling locations and precincts, or go to the village's website for a full list.
Will County Auditor
- Mark Batinick (R)
- Duffy Blackburn* (D)
Will County Executive
- Corey Singer (R)
- Lawrence M. "Larry" Walsh* (D)
Will County Circuit Clerk
- Marlene Carlson (R)
- Pamela J. "Pam" McGuire* (D)
Will County Coroner
- Charles Lyons (R)
- Patrick K. O'Neil* (D)
Will County Recorder of Deeds
- Laurie McPhillips (R)
- Karen A. Stukel* (D)
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|Accomodations: Bed and BreakFast
|Type of Customer: Turistica
|Kind of location: Mountains
|Zone: Italy North East
|Number of available rooms : 3 Camere Per Un Totale Di 18 Posti Letto
|Minimum Price: 15 euro
|Maximum Price: 50 euro
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the shelter is located in granaglione, europeâs greenest district, 70 km from bologna (italy). it is 1300 metres above sea level. it is provided with: 18 beds (3 bedrooms); 2 dining rooms; 1 wide room where feasts, meetings, lectures, and conferences can be held; 1 small room with a coffee bar. all the bedrooms are provided with bunk beds, wardrobes, and heating. there are 2 bathrooms to be shared. monte cavallo shelter is well known for its local mountain dishes: home made pasta (tortelloni, tagliatelle), venison, polenta, mushrooms, dishes prepared using chestnuts (necci, castagnaccio, polenta), local desserts. outside the shelter there is a wide area equipped with tables, benches, and a fountain. close to the shelter there is the âbivacco del pellegrinoâ (the âpilgrim bivouacâ): it is a room with a fireplace and table, open every day and hour of the year to give shelter to wayfarers. for more info www.rifugiomontecavallo.it
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Alright gang, this is week 3 of the BaB Community Mock Draft. This week is truncated because the Bulls are pick #20 and that is where the real fun begins. I will write a separate fanpost once we get through pick #19 and we will select the Bulls pick by committee. That said, we have to get through this week's selections first.
Week 3 draft order / BaB GM:
16. Boston Celtics - Soxfan3530
The Celtics select ... Greek forward (and apparent pre-teen) Giannis Adetokunbo.
As well as his freakishly large hands!!!!!
17. Atlanta Hawks - Basketball Smurf
The Hawks select ... Duke mouthbreather Mason Plumlee!
18. Atlanta Hawks - Basketball Smurf
The Hawks select ... North Texas forward Tony Mitchell!
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19. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Los Angeles) - Mike.Faust.9
Cleveland selects ... Georgia wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope!
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The State of the Draft:
Here are the first 15 picks. The week 2 picks include an explanation from the BaB Gm if you feel like you need to argue with them some more.
Week 1 (See last week's post for an explanation of each pick.):
Pick #1, Cleveland Cavaliers: Otto Porter, Forward, Georgetown (GM: Mike.Faust.9)
Pick #2, Orlando Magic: Ben McLemore, Wing, Kansas. (GM: Roseyana)
Pick #3, Washington Wizards: Nerlens Noel, Center, Kentucky. (BaB GM: Ceasaleo)
Pick #4, Charlotte Bobcats: Victor Oladipo, Wing, Charlotte. (BaB GM: BroLaxChill)
Pick #5, Phoenix Suns: Alex Len, Center, Maryland. (BaB GM: fsun)
Pick #6, New Orleans Pelicans: Trey Burke, Guard, Michigan. (BaB GM: THEKILLERWHALE)
Pick #7, Sacramento Kings: Anthony Bennett, Forward, UNLV. (BaB GM: THEKILLERWHALE)
Week 2 with Explanation from BaB GM:
Pick #8, Detroit Pistons: LeHigh guard CJ McCollum
BaB GM: Mike.Faust.9
He is a solid scorer if who shoots very good from 3pt. Land (51.5%) I see him more of a SG more then a PG but he is a combo guard at 6'3 & 6'6 wingspan helps him out at the SG spot. He's a shoot first player. He is a leader carried his team to beat Duke his Junior year. He compares to Best case Steph Curry worst case Juan Dixon.
He fits what Detroit needs in a scoring Guard he fits in prolly be a 6th man early on until they trade Rodney Stuckey, they say they might move Brandon Knight to SG, you pt CJ with Knight both Combo Guards they are interchangeable at PG. SG. It came down to CJ & Shabazz Muhammed just thought they are similar CJ has better handles Shabazz is a better scorer but his red flags were a problem so i went with CJ.
Pick #9: Minnesota Timberwolves: UCLA wing, Shabazz Muhammad.
BaB GM: Ceasaleo.
If you look at the T'Wolves roster, you will see a glut of PG's and SF/PF types. Their starting SF, if everyone is healthy, is AK47. However, he has a player option for next year. The Shabazz pick gives them insurance at the SF, if AK opts out and is too rich for their blood. If AK stays, then u just slide Shabazz to the SG spot.
He's a player who I think can thrive with Rubio running things, and an heallthy Love. He's a scorer, meaning pretty much anywhere on the court he's a threat. His attitude needs a little work, but the skills are there. Defensively, I think he can be more than average, and with the right coaching he can be pretty good.
Pick #10: Portland Trailblazer: Indiana Center, Cody Zeller.
BaB GM: THEKILLERWHALE
...with the #10 pick, the Portland Trail Blazers select Cody Zeller. I do not think that Zeller has a prayer of being a center in theNBA. He doesn't have the length and he is far too skinny. That said, he has an excellent and non-standard skill set for a PF. He can handle the ball and his athleticism was off the charts at the combine (he had the highest no-step vertical which is a very surprising and useful bit of athleticism for a big man). I do not think that you can play him next to LaMarcus Aldridge but Portland needs all the help they can get on their bench (and he probably should not be starting in NBA games for a few years anyways). I was thinking about picking for the starting lineup, and this is why I considered Dieng, but my BPA instincts took over. Hopefully he isn't a complete bust.
Pick #11: Philadelphia 76er's: Russian Guard, Sergey Kasarev.
BaB GM: Piccolomair.
I can tell you about sergeys strength, dudes a pure shooter. From a mechanics standpoint, or from a percentage standpoint, dude is efficient. Hes a potential 3pt contest winner, already used to be a the primary option on his Olympic Russian team and he just turned 19 this last october! the guy has talents that sometimes make him seem like manu light (down to the lefty stroke, crazy court awareness, and motor) and has a pretty high floor to start off with, with his biggest weakness really being his athletic potential. Regardless of what team you have, what kind of offense, what kind of players you have on that team, or what you lack….having a pure shooter (as the bulls learned this year) makes a huge difference and is a huge advantage. While all of this is part of why the sixers take Sergey, its not the biggest reason.
The biggest reason is because with an international prospect like sergey, the sixers can utilize the draft-and-stash strategy. According to most reports Sergey is very flexible on when he wants to come to the nba, this is key for the sixers who need that kind of flexibility. If Bynum stays and is good, they lose capspace but can call in Sergey, and have him added to the team regardless of their cap situation.
Pick #12: Oklahoma City Thunder: Pittsburgh Center Steven Adams.
BaB GM Soxfan3530.
While the Thunder could use another shooting guard with Martin being a free agent, my guess is they look to shore up the defensive side of the ball the help defend the likes of the grizz duo, Howard, Duncan, etc.
Adams isn't going to do much offensively at first, or maybe ever, but he has shown the ability to be a shut down post defender with his size and athleticism. He is still raw and struggled with consistency, but at only 19 he still has plenty of upside and time to develop. Like I said earlier, this is a luxury pick so the Thunder might go with the guy with the highest upside. At this point, I believe that to be Adams, who should provide solid defensive minutes and could eventually blossom into a legit 7'0" center of the future.
Pick #13: Dallas Mavericks: Brazil Center, Lucas Noriega.
BaB GM Rowseyana.
He's still very young at only 19 years old and he has incredible size for that age and the positions he can play. He's 7'0" and 220 pounds at only 19! With a skill set to play both PF and C! He has unbelievable athleticism, quickness, and potential. With his size, athleticism and quickness, and youth, his potential is through the roof. He's still very raw and will take some time to develop. I think his potential is worth it, though. He also has a 7'6" wingspan and lightning quick reflexes! I think he'd be a nightmare on the fast break and he's also a solid rebounder. He's got very quick feet, which help a lot with his rebounding, that were enhanced with his Brazilian Futball background. He already shoots 60% from the free throw line, which may not sound all that great at first, but is actually pretty damn good for someone of his position and age. I could definitely see him getting to that 70%-80% range.
Pick #14: Utah Jazz: German guard, Dennis Schroeder.
BaB GM: Chicago's Son.
He played in Germany this season, averaging 12 points, 3.2 assists 2.5 rebounds in 25 minutes per game on 43 percent shooting (40.2 percent on three pointers). These stats are challenging to use for future prediction for a few reasons: 1) he's a 19 year old kid playing against grown men and holding his own and 2) the german league is not even the best basketball league in europe. But his good 3 point stroke and 80% free throw shooting are both encouraging numbers. When facilitating the offense Schroeder has consistently demonstrated creativity and an ability to run the pick and roll, which is key for a Jazz offense centered around their big man . Schroeder has good ball handling skills, an explosive first step, and is a pass first point guard that can still make defenses pay for sagging off of him too much.
Although he's a very raw prospect, his ceiling seems to be quite high and with the right coaching he could use his quick lateral movement and huge wingspan (6-7.5) to become a great defender in the league, although that would also depend on him adding strength to his narrow frame. His sub-par strength could also be the reason for his problems finishing at the rim. Schroeder can get to the rim with ease and if he successfully bulk up, his ability to complete his drives is almost sure to improve.
Pick #15: Milwaukee Bucks: Miami Guard, Shane Larkin: BaB GM: Ceasaleo.
The Bucks backcourt is in utter disrepair. Jennings is on his way out, and Monte Ellis turned down their extension. So basically, they have Larry Sanders, Henson, and Ilsalova (sp?) With a bunch of money.
The main targets I looked at were Larkin, Schroeder, and KCP. The Jazz took Schroeder from me. So it came down to either a PG or SG.
I chose Larkin. He might be a bit undersized, but he is athletically explosive, with the 44" vert. I think he can become a pick n roll demon, a smaller version of CP3. Defensively, he's gonna need to step it up, but I believe he can be more than average as a pest full court on NBA PG's. Offensively, he has vision, a nice outside shot(may need to become more consistent), and he finishes well at the rim.
Beyond Week 3 (Sign up for any open slots today):
20. Chicago Bulls - COMMUNITY GM! FUN HAD BY ALL!
21. Utah Jazz (from Golden State via Brooklyn) - Chicago's Sun
22. Brooklyn Nets
23. Indiana Pacers - fsun
24. New York Knicks - Ceasaleo
25. Los Angeles Clippers
26. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Memphis via Houston) - Ceasaleo
27. Denver Nuggets
28. San Antonio Spurs
29. Oklahoma City Thunder - SoxFan3530
30. Phoenix Suns (from Miami via L.A. and Cleveland) - fsun
Link Dump:
Here is the SB Nation master list.
Here are the raw combine measurements.
Alright gang, that's it. It is SoxFan3530 to select now. Have at it and be sure to pick up the Hawks. The Bulls pick should be a good debate so be sure to tune in to the next installment also. Peace!


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Please be aware that Mars is a toy language, for academic research. It doesn't have many of the features you might expect from a proper programming language – it's got just enough to prove my points. You're probably using this just to see what it's like. I don't expect you to write real programs in it.
I'm going to describe the language (in this document) very informally, and admit when things are not ideal.
If I'm describing command line input, I'll use $ to denote the Unix prompt (such as Bash), and ?> for the Mars interactive prompt.
Mars is a very simple imperative programming language with a catch: all of the functions and expressions are pure. That means when you call a function, it is guaranteed to have no side-effects, like mutating its arguments, much like Haskell or Erlang. But, unlike those other pure languages, Mars gives you all the nice features of imperative programming, like conditional statements and while loops.
(A minor caveat to the side-effects point: Mars does allow impure input and output, for simplicity, and also provides optional array and structure mutation primitives, should you really need them).
Mars also has some other nice features borrowed from functional programming: a strong static type system, algebraic data types, pattern-matching switch statements, and higher-order functions.
Firstly, you'll want to grab the Mars compiler and build it, using Mercury (the language it is written in). This is described in the setup document.
The program mars is executed from the command line, and is primarily used to execute Mars programs. It can also act as an interactive interpreter, like the Python one. To start off, we'll use the interactive mode. To launch this, simply run the command:
$ mars
When called with no arguments, mars defaults to interactive mode, and automatically loads the prelude (named after the Haskell prelude), which is the "standard library" of Mars.
For example, type into the Mars prompt:
?> print_string("Hello, world!\n")
This will print out the familiar text "Hello, world!". It also prints out 0, which is the return value of the function. (All functions in Mars must return a value; there is no "Void" type. Functions that don't need to return a value, like print_string, just return the Int value 0).
You can see the other functions available (in the prelude) by typing :b into the prompt. You might notice some arithmetic functions, such as add, sub and mul. In keeping very minimal, Mars has no nice binary operators, like + or *, just plain functions. Nevertheless, you can still do arithmetic, and treat the Mars interpreter like a calculator:
?> add(4, mul(9, 2))
Now let's write a real program. Mars programs mostly consist of function definitions. The syntax is a lot like Python, except you need type declarations. Here is the complete Hello World program:
#!/usr/bin/env mars
import prelude
def main() :: Int:
print_string("Hello, world!\n")
return 0
Mars programs must import the prelude in order to use its functions. It is legal not to import the prelude, but you will have access to only a very limited number of functions and types (the "built-ins"). The prelude only appears by default if you start mars with no arguments, as a courtesy.
Here we define the main function, with no arguments. As stated above, functions need to return a value. main just returns an Int, 0.
Save the above program in a file, hello.mar, and run mars on it:
$ mars hello.mar
That's the standard way to run Mars programs.
In Unix, you can also run Mars programs like any other Unix scripts, if you remember to place the line #!/usr/bin/env mars at the top, and chmod +x the file (make it executable). Consult a Unix manual for help on doing this.
You can also experiment with your own programs in interactive mode, much like we did with the prelude. Just run mars with the -i option:
$ mars -i hello.mar
?> main()
Hello, world!
Now that that's all out the way, I can show you some of the features of Mars.
At first glance, Mars is a fairly typical statically-typed language. As stated above, it has syntax much like Python. This means that unlike other languages, which use curly braces or some other symbols to delimit blocks, Mars just uses indentation. I agree with the designers of Python that this makes the code much neater, and enforces good indentation. For example, here is how you would write an if statement:
import prelude
def greater_than_seven(x :: Int) :: Int:
if gt(x, 7):
print_string("x > 7\n")
print_string("x <= 7\n")
return 0
As with the add and mul functions, there is no nice syntax for comparisons. You just have to use Mars's comparison functions, which are eq, ne, gt, ge, lt, and le.
Also, Mars currently has no elif (or "else if") statement.
Mars will automatically infer the type of any variable assigned in the body of a function. Variables may also be explicitly declared, using the var keyword. All declarations must come at the top of the function.
You can use a while loop just as you might expect. Assignment statements are also quite straightforward, using the = operator, much to the chagrin of my supervisor.
Here is an example using local variables, while loops, and assignment statements to compute a factorial. Note that you can assign to argument variables (which will not modify the caller's copy; arguments are passed by value).
import prelude
# Compute the factorial of n.
def factorial(n :: Int) :: Int:
var fac :: Int
fac = 1
while gt(n, 1):
fac = mul(fac, n)
n = sub(n, 1)
return fac
Readers are reminded that the easiest way to test functions is to run mars in interactive mode, like this:
$ mars -i factorial.mar
?> factorial(5)
Of course, you can also write recursive functions, such as this much more natural definition of factorial:
import prelude
# Compute the factorial of n.
def factorial(n :: Int) :: Int:
if gt(n, 1):
return mul(n, factorial(sub(n, 1)))
return 1
If you want to write a program around the function, you can wrap it in a main function like this:
def main() :: Int:
return 0
print_value can print out any value in its canonical form. It does this by calling print_string(show(value)). show converts the value into a string, and print_string prints it out.
Mars features a switch statement, similar to the one found in C-like languages. It's like an if statement, but lets you make decisions across a range of values. For example:
def foo(x :: Int) :: Int:
switch x:
case 0:
print_string("x is zero.\n")
case 4:
print_string("x is four.\n")
case _:
print_string("I'm not sure what x is.\n")
return 0
Only case statements are allowed inside switch statements. The switch statement picks the first matching case statement and executes it. Note the final case _ – this is the default case, and it is mandatory for switching over an Int. If you don't want to write a default case, either put a call to error here, if it should never occur, or a pass statement, if you want to do nothing in that case.
Unlike C and many C-derived languages, there is no break statement for finishing a case. Mars simply doesn't allow fall-through.
The switch statement is actually a lot more powerful than this, as we'll see later.
Mars allows the definition of array values using the array literal notation:
var a :: Array(Int)
a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
This creates arrays of fixed length. Note that the Array data type must be given an argument, which specifies the type of the array elements. All elements of an array must have the same type.
Strings in Mars are actually just arrays of integers, representing the characters' ASCII values:
?> "hello"
[104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
Arrays of arbitrary size may also be created with the array function. There are several primitive functions which operate on arrays: array_ref, array_replace, array_concat and array_length. Because Mars is pure, there is no array assignment primitive — array_replace is used to make a copy of an array with an updated cell. For example, this function adds 1 to each element of an array:
def array_increment(a :: Array(Int)) :: Array(Int):
var i :: Int
i = 0
while lt(i, array_length(a)):
a = array_replace(a, i, add(array_ref(a, i), 1))
i = add(i, 1)
return a
?> array_increment([1,2,3])
[2, 3, 4]
We hope to add an analysis which makes array_replace efficient in certain cases, but for now, it makes a copy of the whole array every time. If you really need to mutate an array, there is an unofficial built-in function called __impure_array_set which destructively modifies an array. If you find yourself using these a lot, you can import a module impure and then refer to this function as array_set.
If a function only has a single return statement in it, it can be summarized using the = symbol in the header. For example, the following function:
def increment(n :: Int) :: Int:
return add(n, 1)
Can be written more succinctly as:
def increment(n :: Int) :: Int = add(n, 1)
A function may be written without any arguments or argument parentheses. This isn't actually a function at all — it is called a "computable global constant", as once evaluated, it is just a value which doesn't need to be called. However, its body may contain a complex computation, not just a simple value.
def ten :: Int = add(4, 6)
?> ten
Note that this is quite different from a function with zero arguments, like our main functions above. You could alternatively define ten as a "nullary function" like this:
def ten() :: Int = add(4, 6)
?> ten
<function ten>
Note that the value "ten", in this case, is an unevaluated function. It requires empty parentheses to evaluate it properly:
?> ten()
Computable global constants may not exhibit side-effects, like printing. If a procedure performs input or output, like main, it must be a nullary function instead, with empty parentheses. This allows the caller to explicitly specify when to execute the procedure.
Do not import the prelude module for the examples in this section, or the names will conflict with names already defined there.
Mars programs may define their own algebraic data types (or discriminated unions; data types with several alternatives). These data types may be recursive. For example, one may define a linked-list of integers:
type IntList:
Cons(head :: Int, tail :: IntList)
This type has two alternatives. An IntList may be Nil (representing the empty list), or Cons of an Int and an IntList. For example, the value Cons(4, Nil) represents a list with one element, while Cons(4, Cons(5, Cons(6, Nil))) represents a list with three.
The switch statement in Mars can be used for pattern matching over user-defined types. The case statement may bind variables given as arguments to a type's alternative. This example finds the length of an IntList:
def intlist_length(l :: IntList) :: Int:
switch l:
case Nil:
return 0
case Cons(_, xs):
return add(intlist_length(xs), 1)
?> intlist_length(Cons(4, Cons(5, Cons(6, Nil))))
The default case (case _) is not required if you explicitly match all possible alternatives of the data type, as in the example above. It is preferred that you do not have a default case, as the compiler will give you an error if you missed any cases. However, for switching over an Int, you are required to have a default case, as you can't possibly have a case for every integer.
User-defined types may have type parameters, so they can store any different type (much like arrays).
type List(a):
Cons(head :: a, tail :: List(a))
This definition is found in the prelude; it defines a linked-list type which can hold elements of any type.


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State of Union: After bold ambitions flounder, Obama to focus his efforts on what's achievable
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No longer about bold ambitions, this year's State of the Union address will focus more on what's actually achievable.
For the White House, that dose of realism is aimed at avoiding a repeat of 2013, when a long list of unfulfilled policy goals -- including gun control and an immigration overhaul -- dragged President Barack Obama down like an anchor. Tuesday's prime-time address will focus instead on redefining success for Obama -- not by what he can jam through Congress but rather by what he can accomplish through his own presidential powers.
He is expected to announce executive actions on job training, retirement security and help for the long-term unemployed in finding work. All are part of the White House focus this year on boosting economic mobility and narrowing the income gap between the wealthy and the poor.
Another action Obama is expected to announce is the creation of a new retirement savings plan geared toward workers whose employers don't currently offer such plans. Because commercial retirement accounts often have fees or high minimum deposits that are onerous for low-wage workers, this program would allow first-time savers to start building up savings in Treasury bonds. Once the savings grew large enough, a worker could convert the account into a traditional IRA, according to two people who have discussed the proposal with the administration. Those people weren't authorized to discuss it ahead of the announcement and insisted on anonymity.
"Tomorrow night, it's time to restore opportunity for all," Obama said Monday on the video-sharing site Vine, part of the White House's broad social media promotion of the speech.
AP Exclusive: US considers how to prevent spying on its searches of Americans' phone records
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government is looking at ways to prevent anyone from spying on its own surveillance of Americans' phone records.
As the Obama administration considers shifting the collection of those records from the National Security Agency to requiring that they be stored at phone companies or elsewhere, it's quietly funding research to prevent phone company employees or eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spying on, The Associated Press has learned.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has paid at least five research teams across the country to develop a system for high-volume, encrypted searches of electronic records kept outside the government's possession. The project is among several ideas that would allow the government to discontinue storing Americans' phone records, but still search them as needed.
Under the research, U.S. data mining would be shielded by secret coding that could conceal identifying details from outsiders and even the owners of the targeted databases, according to public documents obtained by The Associated Press and AP interviews with researchers, corporate executives and government officials.
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Avoiding lofty goals, he'll instead announce smaller, achievable proposals -- such as job-training initiatives -- during the prime-time address.
Ukraine president says he will scrap anti-protest law; opposition leader rejects PM offer
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's beleaguered president on Monday agreed to scrap harsh anti-protest laws that set off a wave of clashes between protesters and police over the past week, a potentially substantial concession to the opposition that stopped short of meeting all of its demands.
In a possibly major sticking point, a proposed amnesty for arrested protesters would not be offered unless demonstrators stopped occupying buildings and ended their round-the-clock protests and tent camp on Kiev's central Independence Square, according to a statement by Justice Minister Elena Lukash on the presidential website.
President Viktor Yanukovych has been under increasing pressure since he pushed the tough laws through parliament, setting of clashes and protests in other parts of the country in a sharp escalation of tensions after weeks of mostly peaceful protests over his rejection of a deal to deepen ties with the 28-nation European Union.
At a meeting between top opposition figures and Yanukovych late Monday "a political decision was made on scrapping the laws of Jan. 16, which aroused much discussion," Lukash said.
She made no mention of a key opposition demand -- that Yanukovych resign.
Contentious issue of Assad's future blocks progress in Syria peace talks
GENEVA (AP) -- The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as "a dialogue of the deaf."
The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflammatory public remarks by the two sides as he sought to identify some less-contentious issues in hopes of achieving any progress at all at the bargaining table.
But even the most modest attempts at confidence-building measures faltered -- including humanitarian aid convoys to besieged parts of the central city of Homs and the release of detainees. Veteran mediator Lakhdar Brahimi somberly declared at the end of the day that he had little to report.
"There are no miracles here," Brahimi said, adding that both sides nevertheless appeared to have the will to continue the discussions. Asked how he planned to bridge the enormous gap between the two sides, the veteran diplomat quipped: "Ideas, I'll take them with great pleasure."
The gulf between the two sides was on full display at a turbulent morning session in which the delegations from the opposition and the Syrian government faced off on the question of Assad's future.
After debacles of 2012, GOP tries to train unpolished candidates to avoid self-destructing
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Having watched several promising campaigns collapse in 2012 after candidates made catastrophic mistakes, national Republican leaders are leaving nothing to chance as they prepare for this year's midterm elections.
They're summoning contenders-- especially those who seem inexperienced, unpredictable or inclined to provocative opinions -- to first-of-a-kind training at the GOP's Senate campaign headquarters to learn, in part, what not to say and how not to say it.
It's a delicate intervention, but one deemed essential by officials smarting from campaign debacles that cost the GOP winnable races, including Senate seats in Missouri and Indiana, last time.
"Hopefully, everyone has paid attention to the huge blunders that were made," said Ari Fleischer, former top aide to President George W. Bush who helped draft a post-election analysis for the Republican National Committee after the 2012 campaign. "You can't buy enough ads to cover up a candidate who is flawed."
The two-day sessions, which feature top experts in communications and public policy, have brought in more than a dozen Senate and about 50 House candidates. The GOP's hopes for winning a Senate majority this year depend on picking up six seats, some by candidates who are less seasoned.
Mexico legalizes vigilante groups, nabs top leader in cartel in violence-torn western state
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico essentially legalized the country's growing "self-defense" groups Monday, while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel, which the vigilante groups have been fighting for the last year.
The government said it had reached an agreement with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps. Vigilante groups estimate their numbers at 20,000 men under arms.
The twin announcements may help the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto find a way out of an embarrassing situation in the western state of Michoacan, where vigilantes began rising up last February against the Knights Templar reign of terror and extortion after police and troops failed to stop the abuses.
"The self-defense forces will become institutionalized, when they are integrated into the Rural Defense Corps," the Interior Department said in a statement. Police and soldiers already largely tolerate, and in some cases even work with, the vigilantes, many of whom are armed with assault rifles that civilians are not allowed to carry.
Vigilante leaders will have to submit a list of their members to the Defense Department, and the army will apparently oversee the groups, which the government said "will be temporary." They will be allowed to keep their weapons as long as they register them with the army.
APNewsBreak: Cost to Arizona taxpayers for Jodi Arias' defense tops $2 million and climbing
PHOENIX (AP) -- Jodi Arias' legal bills have topped $2 million, a tab being footed by Arizona taxpayers that will only continue to climb with a new penalty phase set for March, officials said Monday.
Arias, 33, was convicted of murder in May, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict on her sentence. Prosecutors are now pursuing a second penalty phase with a new jury in an effort to get the death penalty. Trial is set for March 17.
The former waitress and aspiring photographer has been held in jail in Maricopa County awaiting her fate while her legal bills continue to mount.
As of Monday, the county had paid $2,150,536.42 for her court-appointed attorneys, expert witnesses and other costs associated with her case, Maricopa County spokeswoman Cari Gerchick told The Associated Press.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has refused to provide a tally of how much it has cost to prosecute the case, citing a court order that attorneys not discuss Arias-related matters.
Police: 16-year-old boy set self on fire at Colorado high school in apparent suicide attempt
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy set himself on fire at a suburban Denver high school on Monday in an apparent suicide attempt that left him critically injured, authorities said.
The boy didn't make any threats before starting the fire in the cafeteria at Standley Lake High School at about 7:15 a.m., Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said.
A custodian was able to use a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze before it could spread, Spottke said. Several other students were in the cafeteria at the time, but none were injured.
Investigators went through the school with bomb detection dogs as a precaution, and no devices were discovered, Spottke said. Investigators are also talking to students, faculty members and family members to find out what happened, she said.
"We don't have any indication that there's any threat against the high school. We do believe that this is a suicide attempt," she said.
Scientists find plague DNA in 6th-century teeth, warn new strains could spark future pandemics
LONDON (AP) -- Scientists say two of the deadliest pandemics in history were caused by strains of the same plague and warn that new versions of the bacteria could spark future outbreaks.
Researchers found tiny bits of DNA in the teeth of two German victims killed by the Justinian plague about 1,500 years ago. With those fragments, they reconstructed the genome of the oldest bacteria known.
They concluded the Justinian plague was caused by a strain of Yersinia pestis, the same pathogen responsible for the Black Death that struck medieval Europe. The study was published online Tuesday in the journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The two plagues packed quite a punch. The Justinian Plague is thought to have wiped out half the globe as it spread across Asia, North Africa, the Middle East and Europe. And the Black Death killed about 50 million Europeans in just four years during the 14th century.
"What this shows is that the plague jumped into humans on several different occasions and has gone on a rampage," said Tom Gilbert, a professor at the Natural History Museum of Denmark who wrote an accompanying commentary. "That shows the jump is not that difficult to make and wasn't a wild fluke."


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News: Noah '40' Shebib Reveals What Really Stopped Drake's Aaliyah LP: "Tim Said To Me, 'Don't Stop, Make The Album'"
Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 4:07PM
Canadian producer Noah "40" Shebib recently discussed the backstory to plans for Drake to put out a posthumous Aaliyah album and why the project never saw the light of day.
According to the Toronto hitmaker, the late R&B singer's family personally reached out to him to put together the studio release.
"Aaliyah's label Blackground--the Hankersons, her uncle and cousin--came to me and said if she was around she'd want you to do this [posthumous] project. I've been obsessed with Aaliyah forever, and I know Drake has his relationship with her. But that opportunity was mine. Drake said, "Can I do it with you?" and I was like, "Of course, we'll do it together." The world reacting to Drake's involvement so negatively, I just wanted nothing to do with it. That was a very sad experience for me. I was naïve to the politics surrounding Aaliyah's legacy and a bit ignorant to Timbaland's relationship and everybody else involved and how they'd feel." (VIBE)
40 also revealed despite Aaliyah's longtime close friend Timbaland's approval, he did not feel comfortable enough to move forward with the LP.
"Tim said to me "Don't stop, make the album." I think that was Tim taking the position of, "I'm not going to stop you. If you're not going to do it, that's your decision." But ultimately, I wasn't comfortable and didn't like the stigma. We released ["Enough Said"], but I was seven songs deep. [Aaliyah's] mother saying "I don't want this out" was enough for me. I walked away very quickly." (VIBE)
Last month, Timbaland acknowledged putting Drake on blast in interviews for keeping the singer's memory alive with posthumous tracks.
New Tim is more thoughtful about what he says, or at least quicker to apologize for saying it, like when he said earlier this year that Chris Brown and Drake's remixes of deceased songstress Aaliyah's vocals would never work, because only Timbaland, as her soul mate, could do them. "When I look back, I say, Man, I would feel some kind of way, too," he says. "I was like, 'You right, I'm wrong.'?" (New York)
In 2012, Drizzy talked about working on a potential posthumous Aaliyah project.
"People should be really excited. People thought it was my single; it's not my single. It's all off of an Aaliyah project that me and 40 are commanding and 40's just doing some incredible, some incredible music right now," Drake revealed in an interview. "To get 13, 14 new Aaliyah songs, everybody should be excited. It's not about me. It's not about 40. It's about her and her fans and us just getting the opportunity to give you something that we feel is great. And the people around her, everybody from her family to her old management and label, were like, 'If there's anyone out that can do it right now, it's [you] and 40.' And that was an honor and we're going to pull in some classic people, anybody who used to work with Aaliyah that was essential in her career we definitely hope to have them involved. So it's great. You get a new Aaliyah album this year on top of everything." (Much Music)
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New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler injured his right knee when he appeared to bump legs with a Charlotte Bobcats player on Tuesday night.
He appeared on the sidelines shortly afterward with a bag of ice on the ailing limb, but headed to the locker room not long after that, presumably for further evaluation. He left under his own power, but was walking with a noticeable limp.
Chandler was 1-for-1 with two points and two rebounds in seven minutes of play before exiting, and his return status is unknown.
New York enters Tuesday night's action with a 1-2 record as it faces the Bobcats and tries to get back in the win column after struggling to this point in the young season. Through three games, the Knicks are allowing 98.1 points per 100 possessions, and Chandler's defensive capabilities are a big reason why.
The 2001 No. 2 overall pick is averaging nine points and 11.3 rebounds to go along with three blocks per game this season.
Update: Chandler will not return to Tuesday's game.
#Knicks say Chandler had x-rays on his right knee. Team says Chandler will be diagnosed after further evaluation tomorrow.— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) November 6, 2013
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Two hours later, Frederick himself made it official by tweeting, "Feels good to be a Cowboy – officially.''
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Frederick, a Wisconsin product and the 31st player taken in the draft, is the last of the Cowboys' seven draft picks to come to terms and is expected to win the starting job at center.
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Search dogs find missing Yavapai County woman
RIMROCK, AZ - Police have found a 76-year-old Yavapai County woman who went missing Thursday morning.
Wilma Black was found by search dogs just before midnight on Thursday night Dwight D'Evelyn said, spokesperson for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.
According to D'Evelyn, the 76-year-old woman was found cold, but otherwise she was well.
Wilma Black was reported missing Thursday morning by her husband after she did not return home from a walk.
Officials said Wilma suffers from Alzheimer's.
Her husband said Wilma indicated she was not feeling well on the morning she went missing, Police said.


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Some fear developments will destroy Piru's small-town character
The 1,700 residents of Piru could see their quiet town significantly increase in size if developers carry out plans to build more than 300 homes and apartments, which some fear would bring an unwanted, historic change.
Residents say the density of the developments is too high and would not preserve the early-1900s, small-town character of Piru.
"If you increase our population by 30 or 40 percent, it is undoubtedly going to alter the character of the community," said Janet Bergamo, president of the Piru Neighborhood Council.
Three separate developments are proposed for the Piru Expansion Area, 62 acres of developable land exempt from the county's Save Open-Space and Agricultural Resources ordinance.
Locals say it looks like unregulated growth to them. And, they say, there's a shortage of local employment and municipal services for people who would live in the new homes.
The complaints reflect an ongoing debate about what should come first to Piru — development or services. The debate also highlights the county's plans to accommodate housing in the unincorporated area in eastern Ventura County.
Some Piru residents have mixed feelings.
"The town needs to grow a little bit now," said Demas Hernandez, who works at Elva's Center Market on Center Street.
Hernandez, 39, thinks more homes would be good for business, but the developers' plan for as many as 316 homes is too much, he said.
Arthur Ponce, who works with Hernandez at Elva's market, said Piru has seen change with some developments built within the past seven years, though it has managed to keep its small-town feel.
"It's a different time zone here," said Ponce, 51. "It's frozen in time, but that's changing."
Piru has a post office, an elementary school, a small downtown and about 500 homes.
The community has grown slowly since its founder, David C. Cook, arrived nearly 120 years ago. It has expanded from a handful of residents to about 1,200 people in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Today, the Ventura County Planning Division estimates about 1,700 people live in Piru, according to Dennis Hawkins, a senior planner with the division.
Homes might bring 1,160 people
About 1,160 people would be added to the town's population if the 316 proposed homes have an average of 3.66 residents — a figure that represents the average number of people in Piru households, according to the 2000 U.S. census, Hawkins said. If that happens, the population could climb to 2,860, a 68 percent increase.
Bruce Smith, manager of the General Plan section in the county Planning Division, said county officials are aware of potential effects and the town's concerns.
"This is a very big change for them, and the question is, ultimately, is this a positive change or is this not a positive change?" he said.
Many Piru residents are fearful of development or completely opposed to it, according to interviews and a study conducted by the Southern California Association of Governments.
Earlier this year, a subcommittee of the Piru Neighborhood Council sent about 600 surveys to residents, asking whether they prefer any, some or no development in their community.
Close to 50 people responded, and "99 percent" wanted no development, said Kim Rivers, a council member.
In letters to Hawkins, members of the neighborhood council also said they have "unwavering opposition" to the projects as they are currently proposed. The council is an advisory committee to the county's Board of Supervisors.
Resident Richard Gillmore is one of the locals completely opposed to development.
"The traffic would kill us," said Gillmore, 76.
Others, like Thomas Rodriguez, a custodian at Piru Elementary school, also worry about more traffic and pollution but would favor more business in town.
"I would like some development in the center of town, for example, more stores," Rodriguez said. "But I don't want a big, big development, not too much."
Developers would provide money to build streets and improve existing roads, Hawkins said.
The proposals also would bring other, significant changes to the community, based on the information developers have provided. Main Street, for example, could get a landscaped median and parking.
One of the applicants proposes a 92-unit residential development on 16.5 acres. The plan calls for building duplexes and triplexes on Main Street. It would include Craftsman-, Spanish- and cottage-style homes.
Another applicant currently plans to have up to 175 units on 32.8 acres. That proposal would include a mixed-use development on Main Street with commercial use on the ground floor and residences above the ground floor. It would include single-family units, duplexes and triplexes.
A third applicant plans to build 49 residential units on five acres.
Voter approval not needed
Since virtually all the property is exempt from SOAR, the Board of Supervisors can change the General Plan zoning designation for the area without voter approval, which is required for areas where SOAR laws apply.
About eight acres of the Piru Expansion Area do not have a subdivision or proposed development pending, but someday as many as 45 residences could be developed there, Hawkins said. He added there are no interested applicants.
The county Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors might consider the proposed developments next spring, officials said.
The Planning Commission would consider recommending approval of each project's tract map, development permit and zoning changes from "agriculture" to "urban." The projects would be subject to the final approval of the Board of Supervisors.
The applicants of the 92-unit development have reduced the number of units per acre in their project and changed the architectural style of homes after hearing the community's concerns, said co-applicant Don Jensen, president and chief executive officer of a civil engineering company in Ventura.
Jensen's partner in the project is Tim Cohen, who owns about 6,000 acres in Piru.
Any further reduction of density is probably not feasible, Jensen said.
"We really don't have the ability to do something dramatically different than what Piru already is. We're trying to fit in the existing community," Jensen said, adding that most of Piru has homes on relatively small lots. "I think everybody would like to have less around them, but Piru really needs" more homes, he said.
"One of the reasons the community struggles is (because) there isn't enough of a core there to provide all the services they want," he said. "A lot of the services-type of questions only get better if you have a little bit more of a population belt."
Jim Finch, a farmer who owns the 32.8 acres where the mixed-use development is proposed, said some people oppose the projects but others want change in the community.
Jensen said he has been listening to the community's concerns.
"I think we're just trying to be good neighbors and attend to the community like we had been discussing with the neighborhood council for several years," Jensen said. "I hope that we can work it out and make everybody happy, because we all are going to be there together."
Bergamo said residents' resistance to the developments isn't a selfish "not-in-my-backyard" attitude. She said Piru would have neither enough police protection nor enough space at Piru Elementary school for a much larger population.
According to a planning document that details the effects of the projects, Piru does not have enough law enforcement or emergency services to support them, but those effects could be mitigated. One suggestion is that developers coordinate with the council, the Local Agency Formation Commission and the Sheriff's Department to find the best way to fund an officer for Piru.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department has two officers assigned to patrol unincorporated areas including Piru, said Capt. Bruce Macedo of the Fillmore Police Department. Several years ago, the Sheriff's Department discontinued having a full-time officer in Piru because of budget problems, Macedo said.
Providing an officer for Piru depends on the sheriff's available resources in the future, Macedo added.
Expanded treatment plant
Also, the developers would pay a school-impact fee to expand Piru school, county officials said. The school, which has kindergarten through fifth grade, is in the Fillmore Unified School District. District officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Before development can occur, Piru's wastewater treatment plant also must be expanded and updated. Work on the plant would be completed if the projects are approved, said Smith, of the county's Planning Department.
The planning document that details the projects' effects also states the developments could have significant effects on other key issues such as traffic, air quality and parks. But it also states the effects can be mitigated.
Smith said a major factor that plays into the county's efforts to bring housing to Piru is its obligation to accommodate a certain amount of housing by 2014.
The Southern California Association of Governments, which is leading a regional effort to comply with the state housing requirement, wants Ventura County to accommodate 880 dwelling units in unincorporated areas, according to Tricia Maier, senior program administrator for the county's Resource Management Agency.
County Supervisor Kathy Long, whose district includes Piru, said the community "will not become the dumping ground" to meet the state's housing requirements.
"I think that there needs to be some housing in that community just to accommodate the natural growth that's going to occur out there," Long said.
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Baker County Sheriff Isaac Anderson appealed in December 2004 to retain his Peace Officer certification.
At that time, Anderson explained his actions in 2003 when he was accused of falsifying an incident report. A jury acquitted him of that charge.
At the 2004 hearing, the Attorney General's office asked for a trial transcript and delayed the hearing. A spokesman for the Attorney General's office said Tuesday that no date for the hearing has been set, and he doesn't expect one to occur for at least a month or so.
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Cigarette smoking takes the lives of more Americans than any other health problem. Our annual toll — about 440,000, amongst our 45 million smokers — is an unbelievable tragedy, more so for being at least potentially preventable. Unfortunately, the smoking habit is devilishly hard to break: cold turkey success rates hover around 5 percent, and the FDA-approved products raise that "success" rate to 15 or 20 percent. The WHO predicts that the global toll will be one billion lost this century — IF current trends continue.
But is this the shadow of what will be … or what may be? A game-changing technology appeared on the western scene a few years ago, but it may well be a public health miracle: electronic cigarettes (ecigs). Millions of smokers have switched to "vaping" — inhaling vapor produced from ecigs, which involves no combustion, no tobacco, and no smoke. Many ecigs resemble cigarettes, and deliver an effective dose of nicotine suspended in water vapor and glycerin or propylene glycol, plus flavorings. Inhalation yields a comforting a LED tip glow, to further the mimicry of the real cancer sticks.
Published studies (as well as common sense) indicate that the trace levels of chemicals in ecig vapor are not a threat to bystanders' health. And despite what many falsely believe (even many doctors), nicotine is neither toxic nor carcinogenic, although inhaling the nicotine in smoke (along with its thousands of other chemicals) make cigarette addiction extremely hard to break. Although fully three-quarters of smokers want to quit, and a majority tries each year, few succeed, and eventually half of all smokers will die prematurely from their habit. Something must be done to ameliorate this intolerable situation.
Given even the possibility that ecigs are a possible solution to this preventable catastrophe, one would think that devotees of improving public health would be jumping with joy, encouraging desperate smokers to give it a try. Yet for reasons of their own — some clear, some opaque — the overall response has been a perverse, monolithic refusal to even consider the potential benefits. Instead, federal and state agencies and "public health" nonprofits have unleashed a relentless campaign of misinformation and distortion worthy of the 20th century Big Tobacco conspirators. Their stated rationales include alleged concern for long-term, hypothetical risks, and fear of kids being seduced into lifelong nicotine addiction. The CDC, FDA, the American Cancer, Heart and Lung Associations (among many others) have closed ranks to disparage ecigs and warn smokers not to even try these potential lifesavers. Meanwhile, the actual statistics — obfuscated by the CDC and the FDA — show ecigs being a gateway indeed, but out of cigarette addiction, rather than the reverse. And the "toxic chemicals" posted on their websites actually show lower levels than are found in the approved nicotine replacement patches.
All these "leaders" seem to be trying to solve a problem that does not exist — the "harms" of ecigs — while willfully blind to the actual problem: the vast toll of smoking-related disease and death.
Lawmakers have bent over backwards to intentionally conflate ecigs with "cigarettes," and vapor with smoke. When I recently testified at a public hearing of the New York City Council, I had to restrain myself when I heard Bloomberg's Commissioner of Health Tom Farley pompously assert that he had no idea what was in ecig vapor, and that their resemblance to cigarettes might cause confusion in restaurants. (A colleague asked him, "Shall we then also ban water because it looks like vodka?") Shortly thereafter, NYC banned almost all public use of ecigs based on the "Smoke-Free Air Act" — even though there's no smoke!


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On April 25th, the Cats stood at 5-17 after a heartbreaking loss at Bracken County.
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How it gets done!March 10th, 2010
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Before the 2009 season, Pujols was quoted by Jon Heyman in SI
"I'm not going to lie to you: It's not about the money all the time," Pujols said when he got to spring training. "It's about being in a place to win and being in a position to win. If the Cardinals are willing to do that and put a team together every year like they have, I'm going to try to work everything out to stay in this town."
At the time, the Cardinals had failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2 consecutive seasons. Since then, there's no disputing that the Cardinals organization - through trades, free-agent signings, and long-term commitment to player development - have put Albert Pujols in a position to win. Given present ownership's track record of retaining top tier players (McGwire, Edmonds, Rolen, Pujols, Carpenter, Holliday) at high, but not idiotic salaries, and Albert's own willingness to 'work everything out to stay in this town', there is little reason to think he'd leave.
The question remains: Why isn't it done?
Hypothesis #1: Pujols is/was being disingenuous, always intended to run to the highest bidder
Certainly a possibility, though not a topic I'm going to spend much time contemplating.
Hypothesis #2: Pujols feels differently at (nearly) 32* than he did at 29
Ask anyone in their late 20s any number of philosophical questions...then check back 3 years later and it's unlikely that you'll get the same answers. Priorities change. Perspectives change. People change.
That being said, Pujols was not your typical 29-year-old when he gave that answer. The mang has always been mature beyond his years** by ballplayer - even non-ballplayer standards. He was married and raising a special needs child before most of us had even heard of him. What could have happened in the last 3 years that might have drastically changed Pujols outlook? Wait, don't answer that.
*if you take him at his word
**I'm not implying that he's lying about his age
Hypothesis #3: Pujols is trying to help his friend and longtime agent by letting him play hardball
I don't know much about Dan Lozano, other than he and Pujols go way back, he set up his own shop not too long ago, and he currently counts Alex Rodriguez amongst his clients. If Lozano botches this Pujols deal, the Lozano brand might be permanently damaged. Since by all accounts Pujols has complete faith in Lozano, it's not a stretch to assume he's letting Lozano dictate the strategy on this deal (i.e. don't engage with the media about it, play hardball with ownership).
I've long been a subscriber of hypothesis #3 as explanation why negotiations have gone the way they have. There is however more than one way Lozano could botch this deal. Obviously if Pujols signs for what's widely perceived as a 'below market' deal, then Lozano looks bad. Additionally, if Pujols market value turns out to be less than what was offered last spring (200M/9?), Lozano looks really bad. Thirdly, if Pujols really intended to stay all along, but the Cardinals - burned by Lozano's hardball tactics - decide it's in their best long-term interests to let some other team overpay for Pujols' decline phase, then it's conceivable Pujols would fire Lozano and approach the Cardinals to negotiate his own deal.


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Cultural Diversity Day coming to Royal Palm's Veterans Park on Saturday
By Kevin D. Thompson
ROYAL PALM BEACH — The 11th annual Cultural Diversity Day will be held at Veterans Park on Saturday from 1 p.m. until sundown.
The free event is staged by the village and the Caribbean-Ameridcan for Community Involvement. It celebrates diverse cultures by showcasing food, fashion, entertainment and arts. Over 20 vendors will be selling food, jewelry and crafts representing their cultures. The food ranges from jerk chicken to spicy Brazilian dishes.
There will be 10 performing artists, including those from Tinidad, St. Lucia, Ecuador and Germany.
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A Unique Resource for CHS Members
Connecticut Horticultural Society members may use our library of classic and new horticultural books, as well as CDs and videos. The library is located in the CHS office and is open during regular office hours. The library has been adding to its robust collection since the early years of the society, founded in 1887. A selection of books is brought to each program meeting for members' convenience. Books are returnable at the following program meeting. Non-reference books may be borrowed for up to 30 days. Comfortable space for on-site study is also available.
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Primulas of Europe and America. G.F. Smith (Alpine Garden Society, 1984)
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text: It was a stunning sweep of local head shops on Friday, as police and federal agents teamed up for a crackdown. Their goal was to stop the sale of synthetic marijuana.Eight shops in all were shut down.Kiii News Reporter Anayeli Ruiz went Live from police headquarters with the latest.Police are not releasing much information yet. The Corpus Christi Police Department's Narcotics Vice Investigations Division, Gang Unit, Organized Crime Unit and uniformed patrol officers kicked off an operation called "Imitation Nation." They served eight search warrants and eight arrest warrants at various head shops throughout Corpus Christi.The warrants were issued as a result of a 16-month undercover investigation by the NVID, into the selling and distributing of illegal synthetic marijuana products and illegal drug paraphernalia.One local mother said she goes to those head shops every day, praying that they will be closed down. She said it is very easy to buy synthetic marijuana, and her son is addicted to it; and he is not even 18 year old."They have continued to open up more shops," she said. "I noticed they're getting rich, and our kids are leaving us one by one. I'm ecstatic that something is finally being done."These are the locations that police raided:Mr. Nice Guys, 1635 S. StaplesMr. Nice Guys, 5433 S. StaplesS&G #1, 4820 Kostoryz Suite AS&G #2 Magic Mushroom, 5520 Everhart RoadS&G #3 Escape, 4147 Five Points RoadFlashbacks, 4818 Shopping WayPuff 'n' Stuff, 10338 SPIDSampsons, 14902 Trinity River DrivePolice held a press conference Friday night to release more information about Operation Imitation Nation.


text: The moment we've all been waiting for...only to be disappointed. A lot of us here at BBV were not rooting for JPP at 15, and with Derrick Morgan, Dan Williams, and Bryan Bulaga still on the board most of us are scratching our heads. Pierre-Paul is no doubt an athletic freak, but his lack of experience at a high level really worries me. Everyone is going to have their own opinion about his pick, so I'll let the poll do the talking.


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Tucked away in the remote woods of Hillsborough County an unassuming tan colored home was beginning to spill her secrets.
Sheriff investigators say over the weekend they discovered one man dead on the porch and another man shot in the leg.
While they investigated the murder scene, deputies stumbled across what they say is the largest marijuana grow house they've ever seen.
Col. Donna Lusczynski says other grow houses discovered in neighboring counties have been impressive, but not like this one.
Nearly the entire 3,000 sq. foot home was turned into an elaborate and sophisticated growing operation.
Just the equipment alone, detectives say, was worth $1 million.
"What you think would be a house is just walls with silver lining, they had lighting tracks in each of the rooms, irrigation systems to water the plants. Very sophisticated, one of the best we've seen," he said.
About 207 plants and 1,000 pounds of pot were confiscated, which has a street value of half a million dollars.
It's not clear how long the grow house has been there, but detectives say it was a smooth operation.
"They had two transformers, two large size transformers on their property alone, that they had installed to circumvent some of the TECO power boxes and getting electricity. They were stealing electricity to supply their organization, " Lusczynski said.
Detectives says the men had also broken into TECO lines and diverted power to the Plant City home.
A barn behind the home was not wasted space. Investigators say 10-foot high marijuana plants were growing there as well.
Neighbor Dale Rumore has seen law enforcement activity the past few days but never imagined what was growing nearby.
"I'm really shocked for that to be in this area. I'm really surprised," he said.
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