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Farmers are preparing for the harvest, and when they get those crops out of the field, they need a place to store them.
By next week, farmers in northeast Nebraska will have a new place to put their corn and beans.
"It should be a one stop and shop type of place is what it should be," farmer Ron Crumly said.
Dry fertilizer bins, liquid fertilizer bins, a grain elevator, and dual scales can all be found in one spot for farmers at the new grain and agronomy hub near Royal, Nebraska.
"We're using the latest technologies in our facility here," Central Valley Ag CEO, Doug Derscheid, said.
Derscheid said trends show higher crop production every year which is why it's important to be prepared.
And with this technology, farmers will be able to get in and out more efficiently. Central Valley Ag officials said it will take four minutes to load one semi from the liquid fertilizer bins and seven minutes to load a semi from the dry fertilizer bin.
"As farms get larger, equipment needs are greater. Speed, space, all those things are factors as we look at a facility like this," Central Valley Ag Senior VP of Agronomy, Karl Hensley, said.
Crumly is excited about the new facility, not just for himself but for future generations.
"A facility that will take us into the next 100 years is the way I look at it," Crumly said.
Crumly said he will mostly be using the site for the grain bins, which can hold 3.5 million bushels. Derscheid said the location will most likely serve farmers for 50-miles around.
Central Valley Ag officials said having the new hub on a railroad track is going to be a huge benefit.
"With the opportunity to bring in rail services of fertilizer and be able to ship out grain is a huge opportunity in this community," Hensley said.
Derscheid said the hub should be fully operational to start unloading grains into the elevator by next Monday or Tuesday.
But, before it opens, members of the community got the first look at the newest site on Thursday on a trolley ride.
It took them around the hub while tour guides explained more about each building.
This new facility isn't the only one Central Valley Ag is working on. They'll build a similar facility in Randolph, Nebraska which could open in the fall of 2014.


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Bucs CB Wright loses appeal, suspended four games
Buccaneers CB Eric Wright will be suspended for the next four games, head coach Greg Schiano announced Monday.
NFC South Spin cycle: Falcons keep hanging on
It will not quiet the skeptics, but the Falcons did ensure this would be their third consecutive double-digit win season on Sunday.
Falcons extend NFC South lead, defeat Buccaneers
Matt Ryan threw for 353 yards and overcame two big turnovers by leading another late touchdown drive to give the Falcons a 24-23 victory over the Buccaneers.
Buccaneers place WR Benn on I.R.
The Buccaneers placed WR Arrelious Benn on injured reserve and signed WR David Douglas off the Giants' practice squad.
Key matchup: Bucs RB Doug Martin vs. Falcons run defense
We look ahead to Sunday's game in Tampa, when the Falcons' run defense will get its first look at Doug Martin, in today's Key Matchup.
Bucs WR Jackson continues to impress
The Bucs already had a great appreciation for WR Vincent Jackson, but it is growing stronger after his most recent late-game heroics.
NFC South Spin cycle: Stage set for Falcons-Bucs battle
The Panthers hit a new low, but the rest of the NFC South was victorious Sunday, including the Falcons and Bucs, who will meet next week.
Freeman, Buccaneers come back to stun Panthers
Josh Freeman threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Clark in overtime to cap the Buccaneers' 27-21 comeback win over the Panthers on Sunday.
Buccaneers place LB Black on I.R.
The Buccaneers placed LB Quincy Black on injured reserve after Black suffered a neck injury in Sunday's win over San Diego.
NFC South Spin cycle: Saints, Bucs keeping playoff hopes alive
The talk of an undefeated season is over for the Falcons, but the playoff hopes for the Saints and Buccaneers are still alive coming off Week 10 wins.
Buccaneers win third straight as turnovers doom Chargers
Josh Freeman threw two touchdown passes and the surging Buccaneers beat the Chargers 34-24 for their third straight win Sunday.
Bucs-Chargers blacked out in Tampa
The Buccaneers announced Thursday that their Week 10 game against the Chargers will be blacked out. The game will not be televised locally.
First-time NFL head coaches impressing
The NFL's four rookie head coaches, including Tampa Bay's Greg Schiano, are proving they belong at the top of their profession.
Former NFL WR David Boston guilty of battery
Former NFL WR David Boston could face nearly three years in prison for punching a woman last year.
Buccaneers swap corners
The Buccaneers promoted CB LeQuan Lewis from the practice squad to the active roster and released CB Brandon McDonald.
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Police used a coordinated attack on retail theft for the first time, linking up with retailers at Gurnee Mills and arresting four people.
"Partnering with the retailers in the mall to combat crime is essential. We hope to build upon this success and continue conducting similar operations at various times in the future," Police Chief Kevin Woodside said Friday. He was pleased with the results of this first specialized effort targeting retail crime that recovered $3,900 in stolen property.
At 1 p.m. Thursday, the department's special Organized Retail Crime Detail went to Gurnee Mills to target retail theft suspects operating in the regional shopping center. Eight plainclothes Gurnee officers and two from the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group teamed up with mall security and loss prevention officers from several retailers to conduct surveillance on suspects.
Just before 8 p.m., officers stopped two suspects in a vehicle outside Entry F. The two females taken into custody for retail theft were Coca Bates, 29, and Markesha Wren, 27, both of Milwaukee. Bates also was charged with burglary and obstructing identification. Wren had an additional charge of resisting arrest and her vehicle was taken for possible forfeiture, police said.
About a half hour later, officers stopped two theft suspects outside the Nike Factory Store. They arrested Kyle Pecore, 29, from Gresham, Wis., and charged him with retail theft. He was also wanted on a warrant from Boone County, Ill., for traffic charges. The second suspect, Dianna Chevalier, 28, of Oneida, Wis., was charged with retail theft and released on a recognizance bond. All the other suspects were due in bond court Friday.
Members of the new police Visitor Orientated Policing Unit were involved in the operation. That unit targets problems that may affect visitors to the village.
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I could have gone into more detailed analysis of what went wrong in Seattle, but I think these two charts, detailing Deshorn Brown's and Atiba Harris's wing play highlight how everything fell apart. With Atiba Harris, Seattle had a known quantity to deal with. He is everything you do not want in a winger expected to link up to the lone center striker and/or other offensive players: He is slow, he lacks basic dribbling skills, he lacks creativity and he lacks touch. In other words, everything you do not want in that position. It allowed Seattle to save Yedlin's A$$, and double-teamed Deshorn. And let's face it, Deshorn is a North-South style striker. He uses speed, size and his strength to muscle the ball forward past his defender. What he is not is creative either in terms of breaking down players laterally (i.e - Camillo in Vancouver) or in his ability to, once in the 18, quickly pull back and make that creative pass to a player charging into the box or finding space within the 18. I think he is better suited in a 4-4-2, where he plays higher up, and is expected to receive the ball, and charge to the net, rather than play deeper, and provide a link to Torres.
And I think in these two charts, that is all born out:
Harris & Brown Successful Passing:
Keep in mind, Torres and the Seattle half-of the field is the upper part of this diagram....you would not know this by looking at where their successful passes were headed.
Harris and Brown Unsuccessful Passing
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- Studio: Participant Productions
- Release Date: Oct 8, 2004
- Summary: A documentary about the tragedy of the Israeli occupation, focusing on an alternative education system and theatre group developed by a woman from a Zionist family who is married to a Palestinian Arab.
- Director: Danniel Danniel
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Must-see docu penetrates a Jenin refugee camp to follow several Palestinian children from laughing little kids in a theater group to grim actors on a grislier world stage.
In the end, the film is both a fitting elegy for Arna and the children she tried to help and a deeply disturbing warning about what will continue to breed within the occupied territories until peace is brought to Palestine.
In contrast to the clueless media cliches about suicide bombers, this offers a comprehensive and comprehending portrait of what helps to produce them.
Has the makings of a great documentary, but a subject as complex as this demands greater rigor, deeper intelligence and a sense of dialectics.


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Conducting Elections
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Conducting Elections
Democracy - "government in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives; principle of equality of rights, opportunity."
Webster's dictionary defines what all our modern day voluntary organizations already know: that the rights of individuals must be respected, and that each member has an opportunity to express his or her opinion, to attend meetings, and to vote.
We elect representatives to speak on our behalf, trusting that they will say what we would say, and do what we would do. The proper conduct of elections of these representatives is vital to the democratic process.
This Factsheet looks at the days leading up to the election, procedures for running elections that are commonly used by organizations, and roles and responsibilities of the individuals who will be involved in making your elections a success.
In the months before...
Long before the date of elections, your group has made plans for the coming year. Community projects, member information meetings, product promotion... the list goes on. As long as there is a need for your organization to exist, the planning never stops. Your group will need new ideas, new thinking, new people.
Successful and healthy organizations ensure that every volunteer position is filled, that there is a good ratio of new board members to those who have been returned, and that elections by acclamation are not the rule.
Recruiting Candidates For Office
A nominating committee is often named as a standing committee of the organization. This committee is responsible for ensuring that the names of all members who
wish to stand for each vacant position are considered by the organization during elections. It solicits nominations from the membership and contacts each nominee to:
The nominating committee's report to the annual meeting will then be a list of candidates who have agreed to run for election. It may also recommend persons for election as chairs or members of other standing committees. The nominating committee should be chaired by a senior member of the organization who is not from the executive to avoid being biased by the current leadership. (A past-president is suitable if no other member qualifies, but the remaining members of the committee should not be former officers of the organization or present members of the executive committee.) This policy encourages new people and fresh ideas for the coming year.
Other members of the board have an important recruiting role to play. Throughout the year, everyone should be encouraged to submit the names of members-at-large who might be approached by the nominating committee. The identification of qualified individuals is often the highest hurdle a nominating committee will overcome. If during the year a list of names is accumulated, then nominating committee members will have a much easier task prior to election time.
Members of the board can go one step further. They can actually ask the person they have in mind if he or she could be "approached" by the nominating committee when they are looking for candidates. This practice helps to prepare the nominee for the interview by a member of the nominating committee.
The nominating committee has a very important mandate. It should be a working committee for the entire year, elected at the annual meeting, or named by the board soon thereafter. If no nominating committee exists in your organization, then members of the board have the responsibility of finding new candidates for vacant positions. Many organizations rely solely on nominations from the floor during elections to fill positions. Neither of these practices is recommended as reliable for filling all vacancies.
Constitution and By-Laws
The constitution is the functional framework of the organization. It briefly outlines objectives, roles of officers, methods and procedures, and provisions for amendment (to accommodate changes that need to be made).
By-laws describe the internal workings of the organization, and can be written as part of the constitution or as a separate document. In either case, procedures for setting up committees (e.g., a nominating committee), their roles and responsibilities, and election procedures should be contained in the by-laws. Identical procedures would then be followed, ensuring continuity and therefore satisfaction of the general membership. If procedures that are acceptable to the organization are not written into its by-laws, then a process for amending the constitution can be initiated prior to the time of the annual election. Notice of change to the constitution should be included with the notice of the annual meeting, to be received at least 10 (ten) days prior to the meeting.
Each organization is unique. Election procedures are adopted to suit particular needs. There is no one model for the proper conduct of elections, but whichever method your group chooses, that method should be proposed to the general membership for agreement and inclusion in the by-laws.
Election Procedures
How do we know which method is the "right" one? Again, democracy reigns! If every member of the organization is treated fairly, equally and with respect during the entire election process, then the methods used are likely proper. Following is one model for conducting elections:
1. nominating committee report, containing names of eligible members who have been duly approached and have agreed to stand, is circulated to all members or posted prior to election;
2. election chair is appointed/elected;
3. all offices are declared vacant;
4. election secretary is appointed/elected;
5. by-laws governing the conduct of elections are read or explained;
6. scrutineers are appointed/elected;
7. a motion to receive the nominating committee report is entertained; and
8. each office is then brought forward in turn as follows:
Voting should be by BALLOT, each member receiving one ballot, entering the name of the candidate of choice.
Scrutineers distribute and collect ballots, count the votes cast for each candidate, and report results to the elections officer. Results are announced, the winner being the candidate that receives the majority (50% plus one) of votes cast. If no candidate receives a majority, then the candidate with the least number of votes received is dropped from the list and a second vote is taken. This process continues with a third or fourth vote until a candidate with clear majority emerges. If no nominee allows his or her name to stand, then there will be no candidates for election or acclamation. In this case, nominations can be reopened and solicited from the floor. Again, if only one person stands, he or she is acclaimed. If more than one nominee allows his or her name to stand, an election is held. But if again no nominees agree to be candidates for the position, then it is declared vacant (either for the entire year, or within a period of time during which the Board of Directors is charged with the responsibility of filling the position). Elections can be reopened only at the direction of a motion that is carried with a two-thirds majority of votes cast.
9. At the close of elections, ballots should be disposed of at the direction of a motion from the floor;
10. The entire list of elected officers is read by the elections secretary;
11. The elections officer returns the chair to the meeting chair.
The Elections Officer
Who should conduct the elections of the organization? Preferably, an elections officer, who is neutral and unbiased and is seen to be so by the electorate. That person should not be a candidate for another office, but should be familiar with election procedures.
The elections officer is responsible for chairing the elections. He or she should check the by-laws of the organization to familiarize himself/herself with the organization's methods as adopted by the general membership. If no procedures are included in the by-laws, then the elections officer should examine past annual meeting minutes for the methods traditionally used. If none are recorded, then the president and secretary can be consulted for direction. And if there are still no answers, then the above elections procedures model can be used. In any case, methods to be used need to be explained and, if necessary, adopted by the annual meeting participants.
Points to Remember
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There are no hard and fast rules governing the proper conduct of elections. Any models that have been traditionally used by long-standing organizations can be and have been adapted to suit the needs of other organizations and their members. The key word is democracy. If the rights of your members are respected, allowing equal and fair opportunity for each person to vote, then your elections will be successful!
Bourinot's Rules of Order. Bourinot, Sir John George. McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1894.
Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario Handbook. F.W.I.O., 1987.
Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance. Jones, O. Garfield. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1932.
Procedures for Meetings and Organizations. Kerr, M. Kaye and Hubert W. King. Carswell Legal Publications, 1984.
Robert's Rules of Order. Robert, Henry M. Tutor Press, 1978.
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I really apologize for how rushed this is going to be, but I have an article due for Neon Tommy this afternoon and a hockey show at KXSC Radio to plan out, so that is my priority right now.
That being said, the hockey show will air hopefully on Mondays at 12 PM Pacific Standard Time, so 2 PM for most of you all. You can hear it at kxsc.org, since most of you won't be able to tune in on campus. If you'd like to be a phone guest, coordinate that with me before the show and we'll set it up.
Okay, enough of the major announcement. Time for some links around the world.
- Fights in the stands at sporting events are extremely unfortunate and should never happen. But, as this video indicates, apparently an exhibition football game in Hawaii is too much for people to handle, and fights even break out at the Pro Bowl. It's the freaking Pro Bowl!
- File this in a memo entitled "YOU ARE LATE TO THE PARTY, BUT THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!" Yes, I finally saw this video this weekend, from the always entertaining Ilya Bryzgalov during his time with the Anaheim Ducks. This is required viewing, by the way.
- Speaking of football, it is officially Super Bowl Week! This is one of my favorite times of the year, even if the Cowboys will never be in the Super Bowl ever again. Who you got, and why?
- Also, whoever recommended that I see Pod People for Mystery Science Theater 3000, I'm curious as to why you recommended that one because it was downright awful. Not as bad as Manos: Hands of Fate, but up there in horribleness.
- Power Rankings from NHL.com. Do you agree with where they put the Stars?
- If you had to pick between these two shows to watch with a date, what would you pick: How I Met Your Mother, or That 70s Show?
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From the NBA to the ICC, from sushi to yucky cookup, from driving through 5 lane highways to reckless buses and uphill hikes home, from chilly nights wrapped in blankets to multiple cold showers and fans. But oddly enough, the things I thought I missed the most about home, I missed while I was there. I rubbed my feet back and forth through the soft carpet, blasted MY music in the car while driving, drank endless amounts of milk and OJ, and took long hot showers. But when its out of sight, its out of mind. I forget the feel of carpet, the taste of OJ and the power of the accelerator under my feet when I'm here. But when I was home I actually longed for the sound of the damn rooster at night. For a few moments, I was lost when I had to put the car in drive and figure out where I was going instead of just hopping on the bus. I got scared when I walked into the huge mall and left as soon as I could because I was so overwhelmed. I actually converted everything back into EC to figure out how much I was spending!
When I stepped off the plane in St. Kitts, the wave of heat hit me hard, along with the reality of my life here. When we drove up to my house, the little girl who lives across the street actually jumped up and down in her excitement to see me which made my heart smile. The next day I ran inside my house halfway through hanging clothes to dry because there was a monkey stealing mangoes from my yard. Then Margaret told me how dearly she had missed me at the DASKN meetings during my absence. And I experienced some disturbing cultural differences involving a two year old getting drunk on jello shots. Then I had my breath stolen from me on a drive further into the 'country' as I took in the gorgeous view while the sunset. Point being, I've had both ups and downs in less than a week since my return. And they all culminate my PC experience that I wouldn't trade anything in the world for.


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In the penultimate game of the 2011-2012 regular season, the Georgia Lady Dawgs (21-7) triumphed over the Ole Miss Lady
Ackbars Rebels (12-16), scorching the nets in the second-half of very important late-season game. The Lady Dawgs showed no ill-effects from their February 19 defeat against Florida, although the team started a bit sluggish in the early going and only held a 36-34 lead at halftime. Georgia pulled away early in the second half and never looked back, outscoring their opponent 51-18 after the intermission. Georgia was led by Meredith Mitchell's 20 points. The Lady Dawgs shot a blistering 52.7% on the night, including a respectable 8 of 21 from 3-point range (38.1%). Valencia McFarland led the Lady Rebs with 22 points.
Georgia dominated every major statistical category that mattered, including rebounds (+16), steals (+9), assists (+6), blocks (+2), and turned the ball over 4 fewer times than their opponent. Jasmine Hassell contributed to the offensive outburst with 15 points, Khaalida Miller and Anne Marie Armstrong both had 14, while Tamika Wills led bench scoring with 8 points. Jasmine James dished out 7 assists.
This game mattered: The top four teams get an opening round by in the SEC Conference Tournament which begins on March 1 in Nashville, and the Lady Dawgs as of this writing were still tied with Arkansas, LSU and South Carolina for 4th in the SEC. Next up: Sunday, 5:00 P.M. against LSU (ESPN2) in Athens.


text: This album grabbed my attention and turned me onto the band. The main reasons being:VARIETY OF TUNES. PATTONS VOCALS.It has staying power and is still enjoyed after many, many frequent listens now 6 years on, making it one of the favourites. The variety of tunes is great. Ranging from the heavier/Scary (ugly in the Morning/Cuckoo for Caca) to the jazzy (Star AD) and the dramatic yet touching ballads (Just a man). One thing overlooked is that the songs generally utilise more dynamic, complex sections, making the album that much more sophisticated and exciting to listen to. This may have something to do with the guitarist from MR. Bungle filling in on this particular FNM recording.Patton proves himself as an outstanding vocalist, due to variations in singing style, not only between songs but within (Listen to the Art of making enemies). Pattton COULD, HAS and DOES sing soft touching ballads that would please your mother and material that would impress death metal fans. One must be blown away when they hear his vocal range (CHECK OUT solo work/other projects of Pattons: Like: "Themes for adult voice", The "3 Mr. Bungle albums", His other bands self titled debut album "Fantomas", and even an appearance he makes on 1 partilcular song on "Sepulturas" classic album titled "Roots".) One must comment it is pleasing to hear that Patton has lost that original, perhaps nasal tone to his voice that was displayed on the classic "Real Thing" in 1989. So if you like bands/artists that :can play a range of dynamic tunes,Have tightness and diversity demostrated in song and playing, Outstanding vocals due to versatility through extremeness in range THEN GET THIS.


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I saw this girl on the BTS, sorry at the airport..... and not on the BTS, in Sydney, and she had a horrendous mole with big black hairs growing out of it. Bloody horrible it was.
Just thought I would share that with you guys...
Moles eh?
What can you expect of animals that spend their lives underground?
I'm quite sure she was a flight-attendant, poolie......which means she has spent some time 'in the air', so to speak....
Don't know why I started this thread really....
Excuse me, Stewardess, can I get another Whisky soda when you're free?
Come & lick my hairy mole. Those Soi Cowboy gals eh!
That looks like the stewardess on my last Qantas flight...
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That comment was aimed at poolie's post......but what the heck ..
According to the Putney Gazzette those Quantas gals are right lookers...Originally Posted by weakened at bernies
She is still working the Brisbane - Tokyo flight ! ......... Only thing is, she is a 50 year old stroppy hag these days!
Why don't Qantas throw these old fat hosties on the pile once they reach 30?
....oh that's right, the unions won't let them...
Hairy mole removal...
You go to dermatogist and they give you a shot to numb the mole and they shave then burn it off. You get a scab and it falls off.
I had a mole removed in Bkk a couple of years ago, it didn't have long black hairs coming out of it which is lucky as it looks worse on blonds. It was on my upper lip and I was fed up with the playground jibes "You've got chocolate on your lip," "You've been eating shit again," etc, etc.
It cost 500B for and injection to numb the area and a soldering iron to burn it off. It scabbed up for a couple of days and since then there has been no trace of it. Just a very faint scar and the stubble grows on it normally.
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Just between me & you bernard... what the hell else can we say on this thread? It's kinda gone down a cul-de-sac ain't it.
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Just cos I like you bernard, I'm gonna try & get this thread off the ground again...
I've been considering a change of hairstyle in readiness for my landing in the LoS, so what should my next hair style be? Please vote...
And remember it could be your vote that is responsible for my new image...
I thought you were bald Harry?
Following through with that theory I'll presume you'll take option 3!
I kinda like option 5. :smile: *failed hoplessly to inspire thread* :smile:


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Hey Jazz fans as an out of town fan I just want to say thanks to all the staff of the SLCDunk blog as it is my foremost connection to Utah Jazz happenings.
I quickly want to go over Point Guards in this years draft and ask everybody what they think about various players potentially in the draft this year. I think many of us can agree that with the young core of Burks, Hayward, Favors and Kanter the remaining young talent to add has to be in the point guard position. As many of you have surmised and as past history would suggest, drafting a PG to a small market team might be the most viable option.
The unfortunate part of this is that this years draft class is particularly weak at PG, meaning that it might just be best for the jazz to draft best available as they have shown in the past as their strategy. I tend to go with this, but for arguments sake lets take a look at this years PG prospects and which ones we think would be best for the jazz.
Let us work under the presumption that we will draft somewhere in the range of 8-14 at present time.
with the lack of depth in the draft I will single out three guys who would be worth drafting
Damian Lillard, Tony Wroten and Kendall Marshall. Now while they are ranked rather low at this point, i.e. well within the possible reach of the Jazz pick, there is the possibility that a PG desperate team ahead of the jazz would snatch one of these guys before the Jazz could, but which teams are PG desperate ahead of the Jazz at this point and would possibly reach to draft a PG?
Charlotte - Kemba - No
New Orleans - Jarret Jack/vasquez - YES
Washington - Wall - No
Sacramento - Thomas/Evans/fredette - No
New Jersey - Dwill - No
Golden State - Curry - No
Toronto - Calderon/Bayless - Maybe
Phoenix - Nash (getting old) - YES
detroit - Knight - No
Cleveland - Kyrie - No
Milwaukee - Jennings - No
New York - Lin - No
So we see that generally and surprisingly many of these bad teams seemingly are in a position where they have their point guard of the future. Three teams could possibly stretch to grab a point guard this year, and they are NO, Toronto and Phoenix. Now lets assume NO has one of the top picks, and they have a great chance because they are terrible. It is unlikely they would would reach so far up as teh 13th ranked prospect when having options like Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond and Harrison Barnes to pick from, just to grab a point guard. So that leaves us with Toronto and Phoenix. So in essence there is a great chance that the Utah Jazz could have all three of these guys on the table when their pick is up. But are they worth drafting?
Damian Lillard - ESPN rank - 13
Damian Lillard was always a scorer at Weber State but his points rebounds and assists have grown beyond what NBA scouts could ignore, and no doubt Norris Cole has helped ease the notion that small school PG's can't play and helped boost Lillard's stock. He is the the best scoring option for Weber and therefore asked to score a lot, and while 3.9 assists is respectable it might not be the output that the jazz are looking for. If the Jazz drafted Lillard who would seem to be a score first guy would he fit in? I'm not sure.
Damian Lillard 2011-12 Basketball Highlights (via WeberStateWildcats)
Would like to see a little more assists, but thats the way the video was edited, ahh well.
Weber State's Damian Lillard Puts Up 40 points on Portland State (via WeberStateNews)
Tony Wroten Jr. - ESPN rank - 21
Wroten probably has the most potential to improve over the other two, and has tremendous size (6'5'' 205) and athleticism for the position, I can say first hand I have seen him ball and as a Wildcats fan I know there is no other player in the PAC-12 I would rather avoid more than TOny Wroten, he has an assassins mentality but... oh a 0.95 Assist to TO ratio and shoots .185 from 3 land.... ugh, but he's only 18 years old with a high ceiling for improvement.
Tony Wroten Highlight Mix (via swishscout)
Nice elevator music in the background..
Tony Wroten Dunk UW vs UA (2-18-12).mp4 (via danzacb)
Tony Wroten-Ball Handling (via swishscout)
Kendall Marshall - ESPN rank - 26
Kendall Marshall is someone who seems to be growing on a lot of us as his gaudy assist numbers have many of us thinking he could be the perfect distributor for a young core of talent. He does have good size, but troubling is his lack of defense, lack of athleticism and lackluster scoring ability.
UNC vs FSU (February 6, 2011): Kendall Marshall's 16 assists (via battletron100505)
Kendall Marshall - Carolina on My Mind (via SolidDevotion)
Kendall Marshall-Basketball IQ (via swishscout)
So who would you think would be best for the JAZZ?


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Turning Points are the Stepping Stones of Life
In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one's been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one's life will never be the same. ~Julia Quinn
The idea of turning points in our lives is a powerful one. Typically we think of turning points as being the result of a big event that suddenly changes our life forever. A volunteer opportunity leads to a new career; a chance encounter at a party leads to a marriage proposal; an accident shatters one's dreams to be an athlete and leads to a new path in life.
But more often than we realize turning points build momentum over time. There may have been many small things that led up to the event, but there is inevitably a single moment when out of the blue you realize that something has shifted inside of you, that you are no longer the person you thought you were just moments before. You decide you will no longer tolerate another person's hurtful behavior toward you, you find the courage to follow a dream despite overwhelming odds, or you suddenly decide enough-is-enough and face down a long-held fear.
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The one thing each of these events has in common is a crossroad that requires a choice on our part. These decisions are the stepping stones along our journey in life that ultimately define who we are; from the partners we choose, to the careers we pursue.
Depending on how our decisions turn out, it can be so tempting to look back to those turning points and wonder how differently life might have been had you made a different choice, but it really is foolish to linger on those thoughts. Maybe you have more turning points ahead, or maybe not, but you really need to accept your life and who you are today as being exactly right for you.
Are there experiences that stand out as turning points for you?
Whether you buy into the "all things happen for a reason" philosophy or not, taking the time to identify turning points – and how they came about – can help you get a better sense of the big picture of your life direction. Our subconscious (inner self) has a ingenious way of stubbornly pushing to be heard; nudging us in directions to identify that which we need to face, deal with, or embrace, in order for us to become the person we are meant to be.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that even if a turning point leads you in one direction – it is within your power to choose – to change direction or continue in the direction you were already on.
What turning points have you faced in your life? How have you chosen to step forward?
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July 29, 2013
If it weren`t for choices, our lives would be as random as a butterfly`s. We would be like leaves in the autumn wind, getting dragged on the ground with each blow. Yes, we do go through turning points and they are vital, they oblige us to make the best and the worst decisions. But this is what makes life worth living. Thanks for the beautiful post.
Dan from las vegas vet permalinkJuly 12, 2013
I agree with that quote. We really are who we are because of our past choices. I believe that you always have a choice. At each point in your life you have a choice. Sometime, you will be in front of a really big choice with big consequences. That is a turning point! Thanks for sharing this!
July 9, 2013
"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday", I totally agree with this saying since I'm a firm believer that one is responsible for his/ her own actions and can not blame any one or any thing for his/ her misconducts or mis-judgements. Thanks for the interesting share.
July 7, 2013
You certainly have with words. Every time I read your post, I always indulge in a deep session of pondering and rewinding things in my mind. Turning points are indeed the stepping stones in one's life which show the path for achieving a bigger and a better future. The use of ideal images in this post, makes it even more enchanting and glorious. Thanks for the post.
July 3, 2013
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July 1, 2013
I love the image of a railroad track and switchpoints. It goes so well with the message you send in this article. You are so right that our inner subconscious self keeps nudging us in the direction we are meant to go (even when we resist with all our stubborn might ;-)).
I can also see where the culmination of smaller events lead to that one moment where something shifts inside you. I have experienced it. About two months ago, I started my own journaling process through my blog. At that time, I started to write in order to verbalize my thoughts and clarify those things that bring a sense of purpose and meaning to my life only to find out that writing is one of those things. How ironic … and cool
My BHAG is coming more and more into focus The fog obscuring those switchpoints in the railroad image above is lifting. Thanks for the wonderful words of wisdom!
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Oh, I am so printing out that Eleanor Roosevelt quote and placing on my bulletin board! I've turned many directions in my life – funny how sometimes you eventually come around full circle!
Also, just sent you something to consider for your "Turning Point – An Adventure in Creative Nonfiction Event."
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Well said, Marquita. There are many turning points in our lives. Some are self-directed; others seem to have a momentum of their own. When we stay in the turn or get out of it is our choice. Some may be challenging to get out of, no doubt. We just need to make the effort. Great initiative you are driving! Jon
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Marty, I very much enjoy your newsletters and articles and blog. I want to thank you and although you may not hear from your readers very often, as comments are scarce on anyone's blog, I want you to know that you do make a huge difference in people's lives, I'm sure. At least I very much appreciate your articles. Thank you.
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Love this quote I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. ~Eleanor Roosevelt and the image is awesome.
Yes the choices we make effect so many things in our lives. A big turning point for me was my Kidney failure and as I am rereading my journals from the past 18 months I know that the universe gave me a wakeup call and right from day one I can see that my choice has had a positive effect on my life. Great post thanks
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SCHEDULE: Mick Fanning Wins!UPDATED: 1.47am, 27th August , 2012 (Tahiti time)
The holding pattern continues at the Billabong Pro Tahiti as small surf has forced event organizers to call the fourth, consecutive lay day.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti got off to a quick start, completing Rounds 1 and 2 in the opening days of the window. An unfavorable swell pattern has since forced event organizers to postpone the recommencement of competition until conditions improve.
"As expected, surf remains small today and we've call a lay day for competition.," Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. "The next few days look like they'll have similar conditions and we're still tracking a model that could provide waves for the last two days of the waiting period. We'll be back each day to reassess and make a call then.
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 7am start.
Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pro Tahiti are calling for mall scale, fading surf to take over today, with flat/near flat conditions for Wednesday and into Thursday. A slight pick up occurs on Friday (although still small scale). We're tracking a medium size SW ground swell to end the waiting period on Sunday and Monday the 26th-27th.
When competition resumes, up first will be two-time ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 1 Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, up against Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 30, in the opening heat of Round 3.
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The UFC 135 "Spy Gate" fiasco has taken a very ugly turn.
What started as pre-fight hype between Quinton Jackson and Jon Jones, who square off tomorrow night (Sept. 24, 2011) at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, may have forced MusclePharm Executive Vice President Leonard Armenta to resign from his job.
That's because "Rampage" claims to have outed the "spy" on ESPN's SportsCenter earlier today, according to his recent Twitter post:
I just outed the spy on Sport Center,its come on top who he is but out of respect 2 #mucslepharm I won't tweet his name,he's done f$8^ em!
As expected, that didn't sit well with "Bones," who blames Jackson's "paranoia" for the exec's downfall:
Sucks some poor guy at musclepharm got fired over rampages paranoia
MusclePharm is a major sponsor to many of today's top mixed martial arts fighters and recently renewed its contract with the UFC for another two years. It even has its own facility in Denver where Rampage has been training.
It all started when Jackson made up a bogus story about hurting his hand -- but didn't tell anyone except those closest to him inside his camp. Lo and behold, UFC matchmaker Joe Silva was on the horn shortly thereafter, asking questions about the phony injury.
Jackson elaborates to Yahoo Sports:
"One of my friends was talking to Jon Jones' manager recently, and Jon Jones' manager was saying that he knows everything that is going on in our camp. He said he had spies in our camp and he knew everything that was going on. That got me thinking. How did he know about my hand injury that fast? It wasn't on the Internet, and yet he knew about my hand injury right away. The UFC people were in Brazil, which is why it probably took them four hours to call me. That shows me two things: They have spies in my camp, one, and two, they're dumb as hell, because they didn't know how to use the information correctly and to wait. He called right away, running to Joe Silva. Joe Silva called my manager right away. Of course they're going to say they aren't doing it, but we'll put the story out there to the fans and let them decide."
Was Leonard Armenta the spy? Was there a spy at all? No one knows for sure, but Rampage claims to have "outed" him on SportsCenter and the fact that Armenta resigned back on Sept. 16 doesn't exactly weigh in his favor.
Alright Maniacs, let's get some reactions to this news. Much ado about nothing? Or an unfortunate situation that has spiraled completely out of control?


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Watching Kyle Lohse do his one-inning stint last night made me think -- does this guy have the potential to be a closer for a team.
Would he want to be a closer for a team?
Could he be marketed as a potential closer for a team?
And how do you show him off as having such potential...pitch him one inning every couple of games until the trading deadline comes upon us? Send him to Rochester to close (and bring up Neshek)?
And after tonight, we'll see if Carlos Silva should return to the bullpen and become the guy you might wish to go to with men on base to get that ground-ball doubleplay, but only if you also bring in his favorite shortstop, Castro, to play shortstop -- then they both can happily drive the old $100,000+ Hummvee around town after the game!
Just a thought.
Stinkers one and two, though -- i.e. Crain and Willie (three walks makes me look like a Red Sox pitcher) Eyre -- need to be addressed, soon, too. We only need one pitcher in this clubhouse to come in and do mop up work with a &+ or more lead. Ah, rememebr the days when Johann filled that role?


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I've just seen an interesting trailer for The Fifth Estate directed by Bill Condon (Breaking Dawn 1&2) starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, the man at the centre of the Wikileaks affair. David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) is also in the cast, as is Stanley Tucci (Hunger Games).
I took my daughter to a YA book writer's tour last night. Aimee Carter, the author of The Goddess Test series, has been on a book tour for the last eleven days. News reached her while on this tour of the JK Rowling book. She has been asking at each store they have visitied if they have a copy and, of course, no one has a copy.
She is a Harry Potter fan, was eleven the year PS/SS came out. She said she read the first four books obsessively and repetitively until OftP came out.
So, she really wants a copy of TCC, just like the rest of us. I was sitting in the front row with my daughter last night and her eyes got big and she asked me if that was really a first edition I was holding. So, she wanted a real copy of the book NOW and she was interested in the first edition. When I wouldn't sell it she asked if she could just look at it.
I am waiting on the reviews from you all befor I purchase the book. I did go the other day to see if it was on Kindel and it is. I read mysteries all the time so I should like it but still I will wait.
I was busy the last several days. My oldest daughter came in from NC Friday. There was also the graduation party on Sunday. Monday we just relaxed in the pool most of the day. Then we went to the county fair Monday night. My daughter and grandsons left for home yesterday. I hope it won't be another 2 years before I see them again.
Cool G you can always download a sample onto your Kindle and read a sample of the book – it's the prologue and the first chapter.
Deanie My husband was ambivalent about his CPAP machine also. However, he has used it every night since the first night and has noticed a huge difference in his quality of life. He did not realize he wasn't sleeping until that point. (I did though)
My copy of TCC has been dispatched and should be with me by July 19th:)
Our heatwave continues so I am not exerting myself. I sat in the shade in the garden this morning until noon, quite comfortable because of a cooling breeze, but I haven't been out since. We have had several late evenings with clear skies so I go out to enjoy the stars but the down side is that the flat feels very hot in comparison.
Oh, I know I'm not sleeping, but mostly it seems to be because of my sinuses. They seem to me to be the cause of my inability to breathe while lying down. So if I cannot get the mask off easily to try to clear my sinuses, it may be difficult for me to adapt to it. ;)
GRAYMAYNE, I saw one of the reasons the Duchess of Cambridge made the move to her parent's house was because the "cottage" at Kensington Palace has no AC. I'm certain she was glad to be home with her parents during her final stages of waiting but I'm surprised she did not insist on a discretely placed window unit somewhere in the cottage out of sight where it would not have spoiled the appearance of the place.
When I'm not reading I am obsessively checking online to see if there has been some movement on the part of the Duchess.
Considering her sister looks so like her I suppose they could pad her up and put her in a car headed back to Kensington Palace and once the paparazzi has taken off after her, they could slip the real Duchess in a back door at the hospital.
Nice cold roast beef sandwich and a cold beverage. Quite mellow at the moment.
hellooooooooooooooo Leaky! It's been a while… according to my Hufflebug profile it's been about 4 months :O have been nutty as usual, with some added twists. Some were good, others not so much. Nothing major, so I guess such is life!! But naturally i heard about TCC and thought of all of you, and whether any of you had gotten copies! LH how exciting you got a copy! And Graymayne only a couple more days! :) :) :) I am very curious as I really enjoy detective novels, so I"m sure that once things calm down (relatively speaking) I will order mine! I never did get Casual Vacancy – I read the first chapter online and it didn't grab me sufficiently to buy it, and then real life intervened. But TCC sounds much more up my alley!
Since the NY Times limited the # of free articles, I've started reading the BBC online. It's great reading and very interesting to see a different perspective!! And I learn about some US events more thoroughly than reading the NYT and CNN! Which is somewhat odd.
As a result I have become far more interested in soccer. So this headline grabbed my attention – the president of FIFA wants the 2022 World Cup to be in the winter months since they chose Qatar as the location and it's too hot in the summer. However, this will conflict with many European leagues' normal schedules, so the decision to move to winter needs to happen now. This begs the question of who decided, during the selection process, that Qatar in the summer would be a great venue for intense outdoor sport? Apparently they plan to play in air conditioned stadiums. The article goes on to say that FIFA's pres did not realize that such heat is not healthy for players (or fans, though he didn't mention them, though the fans would have to travel outdoors to the stadiums – minor details!!). The article also says that Qatar can reach temps up to 50C (122F). Really? Being that hot is unhealthy? I had no idea! This is the best quote from FIFA's pres: "There has been a fresh medical investigation into what it would be like to play football there in the summer and we have to take into account the health, not of the spectators, but of the players," he told Sky Germany. What a kind, understadning statement. I wonder how much that medical investigation cost. I'm having one of those "well, DUH" moments.
Anyhow I hope everyone is doing well and keeping cool! it's only supposed to be 35/90 here tomorrow! yeah!
leaving out lots autorefilling pitchers of chocolate chip ice cream, fruit smoothies, iced coffee/tea, appletinis, PBR, chilled white wine, and of course, *MM*argaritas!!!!!!!
Hufflebug: Nice to see you back. I had a PBR with my dinner but I'll think I will have another. Thanks.
Got my Kindle already and I think I am going to like it.
I tawt I taw a Hufflebug. I did! I did! I taw a Hufflebug!!!! ;)
Welcome back! Please try to pop in a bit more often, just to let us now you are still around. ;)
Work lurk. ;)
I think I need a childs mask for the CPAP machine. I have a smaller than average head and there seems to be an abundance of strap on the headset and it slides around a bit. I do not wear hats because the only ones that fit properly are sized for children.
The mask I have now is a nasal mask and is supposed to cover only the nose. It actually hits the top of my upper lip and the inside corners of my eyes. There was no air leakage in the office, but I was upright in the office. When I lie down, in the position in which I normally sleep, I can feel air blowing on my eyes.Ii can wiggle the mask around a bit and get that to stop, but then it is actually on my upper lip. I need to call and see if I can swap out the mask or if I need to keep this one until the 3 month mark. ;)
Good evening!
Son had orthodontist today……..good news! He doesn't have to go back for 9 months, AND he only has to wear his retainer at night!
The Weather continues! I know I said I wasn't going to complain, but the two mile walk involved in collecting daughter from school is beginning to be not fun!
Hi, Huff! Raising glass of wine! Good to see you.
Slow, slow Friday
nice little article.
I've finished it. MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER than A CASUAL VACANCY.
I don't normally read murder mysteries so I can't make much of a comparison. The only murder mystery series I read is the MONKEYWRENCH series by P J Tracy. Those characters are a bit over the top and the writing is amusing but smart.
I do know I read this book at every available moment since I picked it up. I read far too late into the night, have done without sleep to read it.
I thought I knew who did it. There was something "fishy" about a lot of the characters but I didn't quite get it because what occurred to me didn't make sense. So, I settled on the next closest alternative.
I will be happy to read the next installment. I liked the two main characters immensely, not as much as Harry and company.
COOLG, since you read murder mysteries it is possible you will think it very predictable or not exciting enough. Most of the book is the main character visiting all sorts of characters and interviewing them with his little notebook and pen. There isn't a lot of "running and screaming", instead a lot of analyzing of details.
I couldn't stop reading it. I stopped reading A CASUAL VACANCY every chance I could make. I am surprised I ever finished it. It was a chore.
This book was no chore to read for me.
ASTI, I know you will all be glad to see the end of the orthodontist. Unavoidable walking in heat is no fun no matter your resolve to be happy it is not raining and cold.
Oh thank goodness for that, I thought everyone had been abducted by aliens!
I got a text from Graymayne last night, saying she has internet problems, so that is why we have not seen her.
I got an email from Amazon….my Cuckoo is on it's way. I have read a fair few of that genre, so I am looking forward very much to seeing how she does. Lady Hawke, we have discusses how clearly you could "hear" her voice in TCV, is it the same in this one?
Off to sit in a cold bath, (the highlight of my day at the moment, lol,) see you in a bit!
There are moments when her voice comes through more clearly than others, many times in her whimsical description of characters. Strangely, I did not find it as obvious as in The Casual Vacancy where you felt you were reading a very uncomfortable HP novel. In this case I feel she was tweaking her natural voice into that of a murder mystery writer but her natural style would slip through now and again. She also used the fateful word "sloping" one time. I had never heard he word "sloping" as a verb until HP. It isn't in common American usage. So, I have ever since associated it with JKR. If I had read this book without knowing it was her alarm bells would have started going off in my head. Then, I would have looked back on some of the descriptions of people and their nervous tics and behavior and I would have started wondering. Much of the dialogue contains an inordinate number of obscenities. They are completely within reasonable use considering the characters who are speaking in that manner, so that didn't bother me, but it did obscure some of her normal dialogue. There was no one as quick of tongue as Ron or Hermione, no one teasing anyone else in a loving but irritable manner. Most of the characters are very guarded, suspicious, or hostile when they speak.
We have some errands to run. I have to take some meds over to my parent's apartment. Yesterday ran long and we didn't make the pharmacy so I didn't refill the boxes. I need to go and make some photocopies on legal size paper. My daughter wants to go and look in some antique shops.
I will go back to CoS now. At least I can return to JKR instead of having to wrap my head around a different author.
There a lots of details from lots of different sources. Of course, we know some of those details are terribly important and some are not. My mind did not connect the correct details together on its own. The last fifty pages or so of the book contains a lot of explanation of how he deduced who the murderer was from all these disparate bits of information.
It isn't structured as it is in Harry when you know Harry has found a bit of information because he tells Ron and Hermione and they go follow up on it and find another bit of information and go follow up on it. So, you aren't following the trail on this one. All this information is gathered, sometimes you aren't even cued to what is important. You are supposed to notice on your own. So, it is a bit of work to delve through it. He doesn't discuss his findings are freely with his assistant as Harry does with Ron and Hermione. A lot of time he is sending her out on her own or she is going out on her own, following her own initiative. Most of the time he isn't clueing her in on what he expects her to find. She just comes back with more information he adds to his files. It is shared with the reader but you don't know what part of it is important.
It is 11.40pm. I have the sitting room windows open wide, and the back door is open too. The breeze of earlier dropped when the sun went down, but the air is fresh and the temperature is quite pleasant. I have a glass of wine, and am enjoying some peaceful time.
Lady Hawke, I find your observations very interesting, and can't wait to read it myself. *Graymayne * texted me again to say that her copy arrived this morning. Her internet problems will be ongoing until Monday.
Aloha! ;)
Just hanging out. I learned how to take my CPAP mask apart and gave it a thorough cleaning. Getting the straps back on was a bit of a puzzle until I just wrapped it around my head and only lightly set the adjustments. Then I actually set them and smoothed down the velcro fasteners. I should have all the pieces sorted by the time I need to replace it in October. ;)
I have just finished the part where he decides to take the case. I am a proponent of using better words instead of cussing to make a point. I usually consider that authors use swearing for "shock value" rather than to make a valid point. Yes I do swear a bit, but not to the extent that I am incapable of having verbal a conversation without it. And there are some words or phrases that I never use. Anyone can edit their written conversations but some people have no verbal filter. ;)
DEANIE, most of the obscenities in the book are words I have never and will NEVER use. The characters in the book are people who would definitely use this sort of language. We know JKR has a marvelous ability to express herself without resorting to that sort of language so that means she chose to use it. I really don't think she is doing it to distance herself from the HP books. It is just the sort of people who populate these new books. They are not Lucius Malfoys. As nasty as Lucius Malfoy is he is conscious of his "good breeding" and is likely to curse in a creative and elegant way, not resort to filthy street language.
The detective spends his time interviewing all sorts of really unsavory people, both down and out and vicious, "new rich" sociopathic people of excessive wealth. Most of those people probably have very few scruples in how they speak and express themselves. These are not the sort of people who care about expressing themselves without resorting to obscenities.
The bad language is not within the prose. It is within the dialogue of most of the nasty characters.
I have never been cursed out by a drugged out street person who used elegant, witty language. They just used every filthy word that could tumble out of their mouths. Yes, these characters are speaking for shock value because that is the only way they know to speak, to the point it has gone beyond shock value; they have no idea how to speak otherwise.
So, no, I don't like the language and I find it personally unappealing but I can hardly imagine most of these characters would speak any other way.
Good evening!
There has been a fairly strong breeze today which has made being outside more bearable, and being inside positively pleasant.
DS and son were golfing all day, (they won,) so I suggested daughter cook her pizza for her and I to have for tea. She did a very good job, and it was very tasty! It took me about three hours to work my way through all the washing up she managed to create, lol!
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hellooooo Leaky! Thanks for the welcome back messages! :)
It's cooled down here today as well, with a bit of a breeze, so it's been quite a pleasant day!! *asti( the pizza sounds delicious, though perhaps the cleanup less so. But still… homemade pizza!! :)
A thin, crispy base, with my standby "rolling pin" of a wine bottle, lol! Topped with mushrooms, sweetcorn and orange pepper. Although I washed up, daughter diligently swept the floor.
It is lovely to see you!
mmmmm rolling pin!!!!! ;)
though one of my friends gave me a ! rolling pin this spring when I asked to borrow hers. I am trying to start baking again (though not in this weather, LOL) and thought I'd try using my cookie cutters. yes, I bought cookie cutters without already having a rolling pin. but they were on sale and such cute springy/Easter shapes… butterfly, bunny, and tulip!! Anyhow, apparently I have no idea how think a 1/4" is since that first tray was …. ummmm …. very thick. :O The ruler sure helped! LOL!!
Just doing laundry and chores. We are trying to watch Doctor Zhivago but so far it has been in bits and pieces and it is not an easy movie to watch in short snippets.
My DS arrived home on Friday evening without his wallet. So, he and I went back to his office looking for it and retraced his steps to a meeting room at his company's worldwide headquarters. We checked the parking lots. Unless the wallet is lying somewhere so obvious we can't see it, he probably had his hands full and put it down somewhere temporarily like the top of his car and drove off and it fell off somewhere.
He spent yesterday morning cancelling his credit cards and other important cards. Until he finds the wallet or determines he isn't going to find it and decides to go and acquire another driver's license I am going to be driving him to and from work. This is going to be an extremely unpleasant way to spend the last bit of summer. He will have to take a day off and go get a new social security card because he unfortunately had it in his wallet which is not where it should have been. He must have that before he can go stand in line for a new driver's license. Either way, I am shackled to him while he does so.
Does anyone here know about plumbing?
Our water tank appears not to be filling properly. I don't know if there is something wrong, or if it is just general low pressure due to demand? I just went for my bath/shower, and the water stopped mid shampoo. I had to finish off at the kitchen sink with a kettle, which was interesting, to say the least!
DS has been in the loft, and all seems to be in order……….any suggestions?
We lost the breeze today, and it's been very warm. They are threatening us with thunderstorms midweek. Apparently, this has been the longest period of hot weather we have had since 2006, which I find astonishing! I knew our summers have been bad, but wow, really!?
Lady Hawke, what an irritation. I hope the lost wallet doesn't cause too many problems for either of you.


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For anyone that's worried about the prospect of an uncapped year in 2010 and that a bunch of high revenue teams would spend like drunken sailors ala the NY Yankees... Let Bob Ford quell your fears.
If they haven't reached an agreement by the 2010 draft, things begin to change rapidly. There won't be a salary cap starting in 2010. Good for the players, right? Yes, except that all the four-year and five-year veterans who would have been eligible for free agency that season suddenly won't be. A player will need six years of service starting in 2010 if a new collective-bargaining agreement isn't in place. Second, instead of having either a "franchise" tag or a "transition" tag with which to tie down an unrestricted free agent, teams will have one franchise and two transitions to use as they please each season. So there will be approximately 200 fewer free agents, and the very good ones among those that remain will be tagged, bagged, and kept by their teams.
For the dross that remains on the market, owners of teams that made the playoffs will be restricted in how much they can spend and how many free agents they can sign. The deeper a team went in the playoffs, the less it can improve itself.
Long story short... teams will actually spend less money, not more, in an uncapped year.
Finally, here's yet another offseason list the Eagles were mentioned on. "13 Things I Can't Wait To See in NFL 08"
5. Asante Samuel sparking the Philadelphia Eagles' entire defense. Philadelphia just saw the Giants win the Super Bowl with a defensive mindset similar to its own, orchestrated by no less than former Eagles defensive assistant Steve Spagnuolo. Now, it's time for Spagnuolo's mentor, Jim Johnson, to deliver an improved, attacking unit.
The Eagles already have a good pass rush with end Trent Cole leading the way; they just needed more playmaking oomph to back it up. As solid as Sheldon Brown and Lito Sheppard have been, the Eagles needed someone to turn their aggressiveness into game-changing plays. Samuel has the acumen and swagger to reenergize the whole defense.


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UC Riverside calculations help demonstrate food safety
Robert Krieger, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the UC Riverside Department of Entomology, calculated that a child could consume hundreds or even thousands of servings of many popular fruits and vegetables in one day and still not experience any negative health effects from pesticide residues.
To make the Pesticide Residue Calculator, Krieger analyzed the highest residue levels found on fruits and vegetables by the USDA and calculated the number of servings which could be eaten in one day without any negative health effects from the pesticide residues that may be present, according to a news release by the Alliance for Food and Fiber.
"At the end of the day, I think it's the responsibility of all parents and all adults to encourage children to eat their fruits and vegetables to help ensure they have long and productive lives," said Carl Keen, professor in the Department of Nutrition at UC Davis.
The Alliance for Food and Farming is a non-profit organization that works to provide a voice for farmers to communicate their commitment to food safety and care for the land, according to the organization's website.
The goal of the Pesticide Residue Calculator is to assure parents it is safe to serve children as many fruits and vegetables as they will eat, whether they are conventional or organic.
Food safety specialist addresses cantaloupe guidelines
Trevor Suslow, UC Cooperative Extension food safety specialist at Davis, was told by the farm owner that they believed the postharvest system used in conjunction with the outbreak was an improvement over their previous methods — though Suslow disagrees. He acknowledges, however, that the FDA does not make a definitive statement in its growing guidelines on the safest method of cleaning, cooling or packing cantaloupe.
Agricultural program helps keep youth out of gangs
An Associated Press article by Gosia Wozniacka profiles volunteer work by Manuel Jimenez, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Tulare County. The article was published by news outlets such as the Fresno Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, ABC News, Fox News, CBS News, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and others.
He and wife Olga teach life skills and farming techniques to youth on a 14-acre garden in Woodlake, Calif.
"We want to grow kids in our gardens, because we've seen what violence, drugs and alcohol can do," Jimenez told the reporter.
The article also includes comments from youth volunteers in the program, past and present.
"Everything Manuel did was interesting to me," said Walter Martinez, who is now a UC Cooperative Extension field assistant and also served as a volunteer at the garden through middle and high school.
Listeria outbreak renews call for federal regulations
UC food safety expert Michele Jay-Russell said federal officials should draw inspiration from the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement when they finalize the new regulations. California and Arizona put the agreement in place after the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak, the article said. It includes a wide range of food safety metrics, from how often to test irrigation water to the optimal method of composting and proper use of animal manures.
Jay-Russell also said research into animal biology could help identify new strategies to prevent or treat listeria. Unlike other pathogens such as E. coli, listeria can sicken both humans and animals. Because sheep, goats and cattle develop similar symptoms to humans, she suggests studies of this parallel animal disease could lead to a better understanding of human illness.
Every day is Food Day
Cathryn Couch, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sonoma County is blessed with a rich agricultural heritage and a strong local food culture. Today, growing interest and concern is merging with strong support from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and new opportunities for collaboration. Among the highlights of "exciting food happenings" listed in this article was the first county-wide Food Forum presented in January by the Sonoma County Food System Alliance. The alliance, together the Board of Supervisors and UC Cooperative Extension, gathered nearly 300 stakeholders to explore what's working and identify what's needed to create a healthy food system for all.
Resident, farming scientist outraged by city's pruning job
Eiji Yamashita, Hanford Sentinel
UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Bob Beede is outraged by the way three ornamental Bradford pear street trees near his home were pruned by the City of Hanford.
"They came in and butchered all of my lower foliage off my trees. If you talk to professional arborists, they'd tell you this is the wrong way to prune an ornamental tree," Beede said.
Beede is a veteran farm advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Kings County. He works closely with farmers in the area to improve their fruit tree production, the newspaper reported.
'Locavore' movement likely to spur food safety policies
The increasing popularity of buying locally produced foods directly from farmers is accompanied by a parallel rise in concerns about keeping local consumers safe from the same pathogens responsible for nationwide outbreaks of salmonella, listeria and E. coli, according to the second in a three-part MSNBC series about food safety.
According to the story, Richard Molinar, small farm program advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Fresno County, thinks the local food movement will put pressure on local farms to develop food safety plans.
"Certainly more people are wanting to buy fresh and buy local; that doesn't mean that they're not concerned about food safety," said Molinar, who helps small farmers develop scaled-down food safety manuals. "When you go to swap meets or farmers markets, I think at some point consumers are going to want to see or know if those farmers have some kind of policy in place."
Richard Molinar, center, and his assistant Michael Yang, left, with a local farmer.
UC helps small scale farmers ensure food safety
Fresno Bee reported yesterday. The story focused on the challenges these demands pose for small-scale farmers.
Bee reporter Robert Rodriguez spoke to the owner of an eight-acre Fresno County farm.
"We have been farming for 40 years and have never had a problem, but now we have to document, document, document. I almost burned out my copy machine," the farmer was quoted.
To help growers develop written food safety plans, UC Cooperative Extension small farm advisor Richard Molinar is holding training seminars in English, Spanish and Hmong.
"We knew that the retailers were asking the packinghouses and wholesalers for the food-safety documents and they were beginning to start asking it from the farmers," Molinar was quoted. "They wanted to see written policies in place."


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From 8 to 60 fps
I got a PC (HPE h8-1234),a few months back, with what I thought was excellent spec for someone who's switching over from console to PC gaming.. The machine had a 6 core AMD processor, 10GB RAM, 1TB HDD and an AMD HD 7450 graphics card with 1GB of VRAM.. The specs looked good on paper and I bought the PC from store not knowing what a horrible graphics card it had. I don't have to say that at the time of buying the PC I knew nothing about what to look for in a graphics card other than the RAM on it.
I tried playing COD Black Ops 2 with medium settings at 1080p and I got a framerate of 8... Just 8 fps!Here's what I found out about stuff to look for before buying a graphics card. (I'm sure there is more that you need to check but I'm hoping to cover some basic specs for absolute noobs like me.)
Number of processorsThe more processors the better. Obviously, the cards will more processors will cost more. You need to decide what the performance vs price trade off is going to be. The processors are called by different names by different brands. Processor names from the two popular brands are ... 'CUDA cores' on NVIDIA cards 'Stream processors' on AMD Radeon cards
1 CUDA core = 1 Stream Processor ? NO
Processor speedThe clock speed of the processor also is very important when trying to figure out how powerful a card is. A CUDA core on an NVIDIA card might have a different clock speed than a Stream processor on an AMD card. This is one of the reasons that makes comparing the number of CUDA cores vs Stream processors like comparing apples to oranges. There are other more technical details like difference in architecture and I'm not going into details about that here. (...mainly because I don't know anything about it)
VRAMThe amount of memory on the card is very important when it comes to choosing your card. Depending upon the games that you'd like to play, find out the amount of RAM used by them at a specific graphics setting. This will help you identify what card you need to get. In my case, I love games like Battlefield 3 and I found that it needs 1.7GB of RAM to run at 1920X1080 with ultra high graphics setting. So a card with 2GB of VRAM would work.
There are other things like the speed of RAM which matters too but I don't know enough to comment about that. May be someone who knows can chime in.
Motherboard Card slot typeThere's a variety of card slot types and it important to identify what you mother board supports first. In my case, I had only a PCI Express(PCIE) 2.0 slot on the motherboard of my PC.
The good news was that, PCIE 3.0 cards are backward compatible and so I could get either a PCIE 2.0 card or PCIE 3.0 card. I chose a PCIE 3.0 card because I felt it was better bang for the buck.(Price vs Number of processors)
Power supply unit (PSU)This is something when can be easily overlooked while replacing/adding a graphics card. You need to make sure that the power supply can handle the extra load of the graphics card that you're adding. To do this, Find out what the peak power usage of the graphics card is under high loads. (..or for a specific game that you want to play). Compare that against the rating of the PSU on your PC keeping in mind that PC already uses some part of the load.
For example, if the card uses 270W at peak load and your PC power supply rating is 300W, then that is not enough because the PC might draw more than just 30W. If you PSU is not sufficient, get another one which can handle more load. Also, make sure that it fits in your existing PC case.
I ended up getting a Gigabyte HD 7870 to replace my HD 7450 and a 600W power supply to replace my 300W power supply.
I'm now able to play COD Black ops 2 at a steady 60 fps.
Happy Holidays everyone! :)
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The 33rd Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., was named Air Force Special Operations Command's Special Operations Squadron of the Year for 2012. Despite being the lowest manned Remote Piloted Aircraft squadron in the Department of Defense, the dedication of the Airmen led the 33 SOS to become the go-to squadron for find, fix and finish operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexxis Pons Abascal)
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-- In 2012, the gryphons of the 33rd Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., encountered challenges and struck them down with courage; they faced roadblocks and leveled them with innovation; they endured deficits and overcame them with growth.
Despite being the lowest manned Remote Piloted Aircraft squadron in the Department of Defense, the 33 SOS was named Air Force Special Operations Command's Special Operations Squadron of the Year.
The 33 SOS doubled their sustained Combat Air Patrols, allowing flyers to log 1,297 combat sorties in the calendar year. The unrivaled dedication, top-of-the-line equipment and advanced tactics led the 33 SOS to become the go-to squadron for find, fix and finish operations.
In addition to group superiority, members of the 33 SOS excelled on an individual basis. An astounding 39 members deployed during 2012, accumulating a total of 3,891 days downrange and facilitating thousands of hours of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance coverage. Ten additional squadron members deployed to fill roles such as Remotely Piloted Aircraft liaison officers, ISR battle captains, and group commanders. Their deployed contributions totaled 517 days.
Acknowledged as a game-changer by the squadron, the addition of high-definition, full-motion video to their repertoire set the tone for a year of unprecedented achievement. In the hands of razor sharp Airmen, the upgrade captured cleaner, more defined images than ever before and contributed to the safe recovery of two hostages and the elimination of their nine abductors.
Despite revamping combat practices, the squadron focused on efforts to improve the skill level of its aircrew through a new, more predictable schedule that created "space" for a robust training program. This program consisted of simulator training, local launch and recovery operations, and participation in six live and dry fire exercises - increasing training events by 5,700 percent and saving $50,000 in temporary duty costs.
To solidify 2012 as a year for the history books, the 33 SOS garnered a slew of squadron level nominations, to include the Verne Orr Award, and picked up a number of additional titles, both squadron and individual; bolstered its presence in the community through volunteer and outreach work; and saw many Airmen reach their educational goals in both military and civilian sectors.
In 2012, this collection of high-speed Airmen revolutionized air-to-ground warfare, stood at the helm of the most sophisticated ISR technology in existence, and took the fight to an enemy who feeds on the fear of the helpless, making them truly worthy of the title, AFSOC Special Operations Squadron of the Year.
Way to go 33rd. CONGRATULATIONS Thanks for your hard work and dedication to getting it done.Thx for helping keep us safe here by taking it to them there.Thx also to your wives children and other family members for supporting you during your long deployments. They too are dedicated members of Team America.Uncle Ed
Ed Spruck, Oxford CT
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