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NBC's Brokaw: California's 'Aging Lion' Jerry Brown 'Has Not Given Up On Big Dreams'
In what amounted to a love letter to California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, special correspondent Tom Brokaw gushed: "It's not sunshine every day for the California economy, but Jerry Brown has not given up on big dreams. His new big dream, a high-speed rail line from the north to the south..."
Anchor Brian Williams set the scene for Brokaw's fawning report: "California is mounting a comeback led by a man whose name has been synonymous with California government for decades." Brokaw sympathetically declared: "The one-time boy wonder of California politics is now the state's aging lion....Sticking up for his state."
Trying to put a positive spin on the state's continuing economic woes, Brokaw began by arguing: "When California unemployment dropped to just over 11% last week, that was good news....A year ago, the budget deficit hit $26 billion plus. It's now about a 1/3 of that [$9.2 billion]."
Brokaw framed Brown's call for tax hikes as essential: "But to make up the rest, Brown wants to raise the state's sales tax and he's asking Californians who pay the most taxes, the wealthy, to pay even more....Brown says it is the only way to protect the state's education system."
Here is a full transcript of the January 26 report:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Another place where those [proposed military] cuts won't go over well is the state of California, which has a huge defense contracting industry and took a major hit when the state's massive housing bubble burst. But California is mounting a comeback led by a man whose name has been synonymous with California government for decades. And that is the back drop tonight for a conversation between Tom Brokaw and Governor Jerry Brown.
JERRY BROWN: Putting it as simply as I can, California is on the mend.
TOM BROKAW: There is a lot to mend. It's been a world of hurt during the downturn. A million jobs were lost when the housing bubble burst. When California unemployment dropped to just over 11% last week, that was good news. There was a time when California set the pace for America's economy. It remains a state of conspicuous wealth, but it is deep in debt. A year ago, the budget deficit hit $26 billion plus. It's now about a 1/3 of that. But to make up the rest, Brown wants to raise the state's sales tax and he's asking Californians who pay the most taxes, the wealthy, to pay even more.
BROWN: Neither is popular, but both must be done.
BROKAW: Brown says it is the only way to protect the state's education system.
BROWN: I'm not doing this unilaterally. I'm putting it to the people and urging them, make the decision for California.
BROKAW: Now that he's back in California for his third term, a lot has changed. Governor Brown is a lot older, it's a new century. It's not sunshine every day for the California economy, but Jerry Brown has not given up on big dreams. His new big dream, a high-speed rail line from the north to the south, through many rural areas, to redistribute the population. How would that help the state's biggest gridlock, the 24/7 traffic jams around greater Los Angeles? I don't have any problem getting from the north to south. I have problems getting across town in Los Angeles. Isn't that a higher priority?
BROWN: When we look at 20 million more people coming to this state, you can't build more airports. You can't build more runways. And you can't build more freeways.
BROKAW: The one-time boy wonder of California politics is now the state's aging lion. A fourth generation Californian.
BROWN: That old guy, that farmer, that's my great grandfather.
BROKAW: Sticking up for his state.
BROWN: California has problems, but rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated.
WILLIAMS: Tom Brokaw, tonight from California with Governor Jerry Brown.
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Mounting a comeback?
Submitted by KornKing on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:51pm.
I'd sure hate to see what failure looks like in this idiots mind
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I live in California and
Submitted by tcm14 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:54pm.
I live in California and nothing has changed. If anything, things have gotten worse. NBC is cherry picking a couple stats and putting on a positive spin because there's a Democrat in office. Transparent propaganda.
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No surprise there -- NBC works for Obama
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:25pm.
Calfornia still carries a lot of Electoral College votes, and Obama doesn't want to have to spend too much time and $$$ campaigning there. So the idea is to look through the rose-colored glasses and tell the public that things are getting better.
Don't be surprised of NBC reports negatively on Arizona and Louisiana, both of which have Republican governors.
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tcm14........California's Democrat legislators are making
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 4:10am.
every effort to fix California's problems. I also live in California, and am proud of the excellent work of our Democrat legislators. With a debt of over $300 Billion, and unfunded pension liabilities of over $500 Billion, the California Democrat legislators are not shirking their responsibilities.
As just one example of how they are addressing California's enormous debt, the Democrat legislators last year proposed the most stringent fitted sheets law in the nation. So PLEASE don't say that nothing has changed. ♥♥ :-) ♥♥
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Switching Sides
Submitted by KevinB on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:20pm.
after being born and raised in Los Angeles, Jerry Brown and other leftist like him
are the reason I became a conservative and a permanent resident of Texas.
however.. I do agree that Jerry Brown is an Aging Lion....
he's been Lying for Ages
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Submitted by stratman on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:48pm.
The word is "wet", not "big".
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Maybe Tom and Moonbeam are now a couple.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:01pm.
They sure have a lot in common: narcissism; has-been; and delusional.
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I don't get how people would
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:56pm.
I don't get how people would vote a failure like Brown back into office. The only things different is he no longer has Linda Rondtadt to puff up his image and he's tone-downed the constant barrage kook rhetoric to a drip-drip water torture. Same goes for Marion Barry and Dennis Kucinich, both dismal failures but repeatedly re-elected. I think a part of it is Leftists must deny the past in order to continue to try to hammer the same square peg into the same round hole over and over again.
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What NBC and Brokaw failed to mention is
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-please on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:54pm.
The High Speed Rail Project is effectively dead. The original lie they told about the cost was approximately 20 billion. The dum-dum voters bought that lie and approved seed money to the tune of 4 billion. Then the price suddenly was changed to 100 billion. It's not going to happen. There are initiative drives underway already to reject the whole thing. Our highway system is in complete disarray, and what they need to spend money on is road repair, not a railroad that no one will ride. Brokaw can kiss Brown's arse all he wants, but the fact is Moonbeam is the same liar he was forty years ago.
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The thing is, the price going
Submitted by tcm14 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:05pm.
The thing is, the price going from 20 to 100 billion only makes it MORE attractive to the Dems who run the state. As the price doubles and re-doubles, they practically start drooling at the project. You're right, it ain't gonna happen, but that doesn't stop libs from preaching that it is the "enlightened" project, even though we need transit within the individual metro areas if anything, not between northern and southern Cal.
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They won't cancel it,
Submitted by Chaitealover on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:39am.
but the other night local news here in San Diego was reporting that all school bus transportation in the state [except for the handicapped] will be cancelled. That means, even if a kid lives on a farm 20 miles from his school, he will have to get himself there. It also means that all school bus drivers, mechanics, dispatchers, and other people working for school bus companies will be out of a job as the companies go out of business.
What good is a high speed railroad from LA to SF, when relatively few people actually live in downtown LA? It would take the average person an hour or more to get from their home in the suburbs to the station, then more time to find parking & get to the train. It's nuts!
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Sticking up for his state?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:54pm.
More like "Sticking it TO his state".
Come June, I'm outta here.
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How can you not build freeways but can build rail lines?
Submitted by JeffC... on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:00pm.
Freeways have higher capacity than passenger rail lines, and don't require everyone to have his or her own locomotive to use one. They also don't require $100 per rider subsidies.
Either that, or Gov. Brown thinks that high speed rail lines don't need to be placed on the ground. Maybe he's thinking of MAGLEV trains, but he's confused about what part levitates.
It's not going to do a thing about traffic in Los Angeles.
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Submitted by Chaitealover on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:42am.
The main point is to get people out of their cars and onto public transportation. Better for the environment, dontcha know?
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Even up to the 60's rail
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 6:55am.
Even up to the 60's rail travel used to be the norm. We need to look and see why rail travel declined. It declined because of the costs involved and the inconvenience.
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Even here in Bakersfield
Submitted by Pahlavan on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:06pm.
Even here in Bakersfield, the southern terminus of the multi-BILLION dollar high speed railroad to nowhere - the appetite for this project is waning. With the San Joaquin Valley (25% of US agriculture) at high unemployment, lack of water from shutting off the water from envirofascist action (Delta smelt is endangered - it's not even native to California, just another illegal alien), and taxes and regulations that has business moving out or going belly up, all we need is Brokejaw and Moonbeam in a circle jerk of liberal fantasy talking like there is any gold left in the Golden State.
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High Speed Rail
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:23pm.
All these pie-in-the sky rail projects are just giant money laundering schemes for dems. Already, 2 billion has been sunk into this disaster in CA and not a single segment of track has been set down. This is exactly like the "green" industry with the government forcing something there is no demand for (yes I know voters elected to do this, but they also voted for Moonbeam). I think the projected ridership and long-term jobs are wildly exaggerated as usual, but it continues to be a wet dream for liberals.
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Brokaw longs for the days of Governor Moonbeam
Submitted by frank14 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:20pm.
hanging out with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, absolutely clueless of what to do after he got elected on Daddy's name. Moonbeam admitted as much to CNN after he left the state in ruins in the early 1980s.
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'Aging Lion' Jerry Brown??
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:45pm.
More like 'aging hippy dippy neo-bolshevik nitwit' Jerry Brown.
A little over a year ago, Victor Davis Hanson wrote an insightful look into the third world toilet of 'Two Californias;' subtitled "Abandoned farms, Third World living conditions, pervasive public assistance -- welcome to the once-thriving Central Valley."
I doubt if much has changed in 14 months. Perhaps Tommy Brokaw should take a look around California instead of mailing it in from the' green zone' of Jerry Brown's lap.
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Sacramento to L.A is 412 miles, according to
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:56pm.
the Ca. High Speed Rail Authority. That's about $412 Million, in costs, conservatively. As an old calculation on rail construction was about $1 Million a mile. I wouldn't be surprised if the price hasn't at least doubled. That doesn't address equipment, infrastructure or payroll. Not to mention, who's going to build the solar panels for the roofs of all the locomotives? California certainly wouldn't allow a diesel powered train, would they?
And, Moonbeam thinks that 20 million more people will be coming to California? Well, maybe illegals, but I doubt they'll be riding the train. Unless, of course they get free rail passes.
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Demwits as Lions is
Submitted by Bodini on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:18pm.
Demwits as Lions is only in the minds of Marxist-media bootlickers. Teddy, Jerry and all their ilk qualify as Pusses, but not lions!
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More like a big nightmare.
Submitted by big.league.slider on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:11am.
California is already over $50 billion in debt, and has another $500 billion in unfunded future state worker pension and healthcare liabilities. Now Brown wants to borrow hundreds of billions to build a rail system that no one will use. Think about it, would you pay twice as much and spend twice as long traveling from LA to SF by rail, as you would traveling by air? And ironically, commercial air travel is now statistically safer than rail travel.
This high speed rail boondoggle has been projected to cost almost $100 billion to build, and that figure comes from the state's own auditors. So it is likely way too low. Yesterday, there were news reports that the operating revenue numbers were also fudged by almost $100 billion more.
The fact that Gov. Moonbeam thinks this several hundred billion dollar sinkhole is a good idea illustrates just how deranged he is.
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Cali will be the next Greece. This is our next financial crisis.
Submitted by humanzee on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 3:39am.
I'm calling it... if Obama gets re-elected this will be the next great crisis to justify an increase in the federal governments power. 2013... if Obama is re-elected he'll be clamoring for a BAILOUT. If the GOP is in office and you have weak kneed Republican in their... they are going to try to sucker him into bailing out Cali and whichever other liberal state claims to be in trouble.
Jerry Brown came in with the media telling people that he was "fiscally conservative" for a Democrat. Arnold sucked big when he gave in to Democrats but this dude is way worse. The media just gives him as pass as he keeps on dancing around California's problems.
California is a one party state. Every damn politician has more or less the exact same ideology. California Republican politicians are usually a joke and have little to no power and often times join in with Democrats in running the state into the ground.
Jerry Brown puts on a press conference to claim he plans on cutting the budget in one place but then holds another press conference a few days later to announce he's planning on signing off on a social "progress" super program that will cost twice as much as he claimed he plan to cut a few days before.
He asks for tax increases, fee increases, claims Democrats cut back but then comes back and says the state is bleeding even more money despite the changes.
The state keeps losing more business, more jobs, more of everything. Democrats don't care. Their attitude is that they have power and that's all that matters. They won't accept defeat. It's like they're waiting for stuff to happen and in the mean time they get to play with building blocks to the build their liberal fantasy land. California's education system sucks and Jerry Brown and company are more worried about teaching kids about gays than math and science. What the hell is that? What are their priorities? Helping average citizens or promoting the gay activist agenda?
I think they're banking on the federal government stepping in and bailing out all of California's spending. They probably think they're entitled to the tax money of residents of other states.
California is a ticking time bomb. This will be our "Southern European" crisis. I get the feeling their emptying the coffers before the stuff hits the fan...all their buddies get some dough while the getting in is good.
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Lindsey Vonn puts squirrel on Tiger Woods' shoulder at Presidents Cup
DUBLIN, OH - The center of attention at the opening day of The Presidents Cup wasn't who you would expect.
Assistant captain Davis Love III discovered a baby squirrel on the second hole and kept it with him for good luck the rest of the way, according to the Associated Press.
"Sammy the Squirrel," as Steve Stricker's wife Nicki named him, quickly became the team mascot and at one point, made his television debut when Lindsey Vonn placed the critter on Tiger Woods' shoulder.
Watch "Lindsey Vonn puts a squirrel on Tiger Woods' shoulder at The Presidents Cup" below
It is unknown whether or not Sammy will make another appearance before The Presidents Cup 2013 ends this Sunday.

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The Farm Family of the Year Award at the Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce Farmer and Rancher Appreciation Banquet last night was given to Bill and Linda Shotkoski of Shotkoski Hay Company in Lexington.
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Prescribers' expectations and barriers to electronic prescribing of controlled substances
- Cindy Parks Thomas1,
- Meelee Kim1,
- Ann McDonald2,3,
- Peter Kreiner1,
- Stephen J Kelleher Jr3,
- Michael B Blackman4,
- Peter N Kaufman5,
- Grant M Carrow3
- 1Brandeis University Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
- 2Berkshire Health Systems, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
- 3Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 4McKesson Provider Technologies, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- 5DrFirst, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Correspondence to Professor Cindy Parks Thomas, Brandeis University, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, 415 South Street, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454, USA; cthomas{at}brandeis.edu
- Received 23 February 2011
- Accepted 12 August 2011
- Published Online First 21 September 2011
Objective To better understand barriers associated with the adoption and use of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), a practice recently established by US Drug Enforcement Administration regulation.
Materials and methods Prescribers of controlled substances affiliated with a regional health system were surveyed regarding current electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) activities, current prescribing of controlled substances, and expectations and barriers to the adoption of EPCS.
Results 246 prescribers (response rate of 64%) represented a range of medical specialties, with 43.1% of these prescribers current users of e-prescribing for non-controlled substances. Reported issues with controlled substances included errors, pharmacy call-backs, and diversion; most prescribers expected EPCS to address many of these problems, specifically reduce medical errors, improve work flow and efficiency of practice, help identify prescription diversion or misuse, and improve patient treatment management. Prescribers expected, however, that it would be disruptive to practice, and over one-third of respondents reported that carrying a security authentication token at all times would be so burdensome as to discourage adoption.
Discussion Although adoption of e-prescribing has been shown to dramatically reduce medication errors, challenges to efficient processes and errors still persist from the perspective of the prescriber, that may interfere with the adoption of EPCS. Most prescribers regarded EPCS security measures as a small or moderate inconvenience (other than carrying a security token), with advantages outweighing the burden.
Conclusion Prescribers are optimistic about the potential for EPCS to improve practice, but view certain security measures as a burden and potential barrier.
Funding This study was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant number R18 HS17157).
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Brandeis University, Berkshire Medical Center, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health/Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.
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Ohio State begins Big Ten play with a match-up against Nebraska on Wednesday night.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will look to start their season with a seventh-consecutive home win against the Winthrop Eagles.
The Buckeyes look to flash their defensive skills against one of the weakest shooting teams in the nation on Wednesday night.
On Saturday Ohio State got an 89-55 win over Long Beach State, but got bad news when it was revealed that star point guard Aaron Craft needed stitches after the game. It is not expected that Craft...
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The Buckeyes' first big test of the season arrives on Wednesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Ohio State plays Marquette in the 2012 Carrier Classic on Friday night.
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"Peaceprints" officially kicked off Thursday night at the Common Place in Peoria.
The campaign invited both kids and adults to take a pledge of non-violence.
The slogan "non-violence starts with me" will become a visible message across neighborhoods as yard signs go up.
Organizers said they hope to change the mindset of young people in today's society.
"We want everybody to think about their own personal responsibility from our smallest children on up," said executive director of the Common Place Connie Voss. "That everybody can make a choice and every person has a responsibility in changing the violence in our society."
About 100 people took the pledge Thursday night.
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Given the adjustment of payroll and the lack of moves, it looks like next season is going to be tough, especially considering the improvement that many other NL clubs have made. Do you guys think 2012 is realistic to start trying for a playoff spot? I don't think any franchise should ever plan to be more than 3 years away from competing.
Given the ownership uncertainty, there are a lot of unknowns. If the new owner comes in and installs a payroll of $120M, the GM will be able to vastly improve the club with relative ease. If the new owner stays with the $70M payroll, it will be VERY hard to build a winner anytime soon. I think it's reasonable to assume that any new owner will come in and at least increase payroll enough to win fans and put his best foot forward. So, with an assumed payroll of $100M (where Drayton has gone before), here are my thoughts:
Players under team control through '12:
Not Arbitration Eligible (league minimum): Wilton Lopez, J.A. Happ, Brett Wallace, Fernando Abad, Chris Johnson, Bud Norris, Angel Sanchez, Jason Castro, Mark Melancon
Arbitration Eligible: Hunter Pence (I estimate his 2012 salary at ~$8M), Matt Lindstrom ($4M), Michael Bourn ($5.5M), Jeff Keppinger ($4M), Nelson Figueroa ($2.5M)
Under contract: Carlos Lee ($19M), Brett Myers ($11M), Brandon Lyon ($5.5M)
That puts committed payroll at ~$65M
That roster shapes up like this:
C- Castro (at this point I don't think many people would argue that Castro is not at minimum an adequate starting catcher, and he may develop into much more)
1B- Wallace (this remains to be seen, but I think the general consensus is that Wallace will pan out into a solid everyday 1B)
2B- Keppinger (he proved his worth last season, and while he probably will never be an All-Star, I think he is at least average)
3B- Chris Johnson (I don't think anyone is counting on such a drastic dropoff that he won't be at least a solid everyday 3B)
RF- Pence (in his 2nd yr of arbitration)
CF- Bourn (in his final yr of arbitration)
LF- Lee (in THANK GOD, the final year of his albatross contract)
I think it's fair to say that Houston has enough bench players in it's organization to fill the spots with minimum pay types. I'd pencil in Angel Sanchez and Brian Bogusevic for sure. Guys like Downs, Manzella, Navarro, etc would fill the other bench infielder slot, and guys like Shuck, Bourgeois, Clemens, DeLome, Locke, etc. would compete for the 5th OF slot.
Rotation: Myers (in the final guaranteed year of his contract), Happ, Norris, ?, ?
Bullpen: Figueroa, Abad, Melancon, Lopez, Lindstrom, Lyon
The bullpen looks solid, as there are plenty of young arms who profile as solid middle relievers at worst.
Shorstop, Backup Catcher, OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER, Front line starting pitching, lights out closer
Prospects who may be able to contribute significantly in 2012
Obiviously the hope is that Jordan Lyles would be a big part of the 2012 rotation. Rodriguez (the Rule 5 guy) could be slotted in as well. Several young arms should be in the 2011 AA/AAA rotations, giving them a chance to be in the bigs in 2012; the top of that list (other than Lyles) would be Dallas Kuechel and Kyle Greenwalt (with Ross Seaton also getting a mention). Relievers who could be ready include Henry Villar, Wes Wright, Dan Meszaros, Matt Nevarez, Chia-Jen Lo, Pat Urckfitz, David Carpenter, and Arcenio Leon.
A rotation of Myers, Lyles, Happ, Norris, and Rodriguez, while not totally weak, is still relatively unknown. A lineup of Bourn, Keppinger, Pence, Lee, Johnson, Wallace, Castro, and whatever scrub ends up at SS is very, VERY weak.
Of course, like most years, payroll will be the determining factor. Looking at the list of potential 2012 free agents, there are some interesting names. Assuming $35M in available payroll, Wade could do some damage; up to 4 solid, everyday type players. I would LOVE to see a guy like Ryan Doumit brought in to backup at catcher and play the OF/1B on the other days, spelling Carlos Lee or Brett Wallace. He won't be cheap, but I wouldn't think he will make 8 figures. The biggest need by far is SS. JJ Hardy and Jose Reyes look like the best who should be available in free agency (I don't like a 33 yr old Jimmy Rollins as an option). I think Reyes would be good fit. I'd also like to see a starting pitcher signed, although there doesn't seem to be the depth that this year's free agent class offers. One name that jumps out is Roy Oswalt. Would you guys be opposed to giving him 2 more years? He'll only be 34 and it'd be a splash signing. As far as closer, Lyon could be adequate until the deadline, when a trade could be made if need be. The free agent market is interesting, but includes mostly players who project to be past their prime nad too expensive.
Would this roster be playoff caliber:
1. Bourn CF
2. Reyes SS
3. Pence RF
4. Doumit/Lee LF
5. Doumit/Wallace 1B
6. Johnson 3B
7. Keppinger 2B
8. Doumit/Castro C
Bench: Bogusevic, Sanchez, (Doumit), Manzella, Shuck
Rotation: Oswalt, Myers, Lyles, Happ, Norris/Rodriguez
Bullpen: Rodriguez/Norris, Figueroa, Abad, Melancon, Lopez, Lindstrom, Lyon
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I am a work at another Christian school who took this man's class online. I would hope this would help my objectivity. This professor is amazing! I wish he were at my school (along with our great professors :) He is very personal and caring...and this was an online class. Very Christlike in his approach. Humble but knows the Bible.
He is a very caring teacher that just wants people to fully understand his teaching. He has a true passion.
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The most brilliant man I have yet to meet, he is also very practical. Can't say I agree with him on some preference issues, but on the Bible...amazing.
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When you locate a school, anchor the boat about feet from shore. The best bait to use on the beach is a large pinfish. They have a light color and stay close to the bottom. Threadfins and scaled sardines work, but they have a tendency to go to the surface when they encounter a snook. When they do this, the birds will try to get the bait and spook the school of snook. Cast the pinfish up-current of the school and let it drift naturally through the snook. You can use light tackle to catch and release beach snook. Rods should have 8- to 12-lb line and a 30-lb leader. A 2/0-circle hook will make the snook easy to release.
REDFISH: The redfish schools in lower Tampa Bay are not as large as weeks past. Most of the schools I have located hold 50 to 100 fish. The schools were holding 300 or more reds. I have seen this happen in years past. More times than not, the large schools will return soon.
TARPON: Tarpon are rolling around the bridges in Tampa Bay. Work the pilings with a free-lined threadfin or pinfish. Cast your bait up-current of the piling that had tarpon rolling next to it. Let the bait swim deep and drift past the bottom of the piling. When the bait returns to the surface at the backside of the piling, re-cast and repeat the same technique
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5: Number of weeks into the 2010 NFL Season
3: Number of teams tied for 1st place in the NFC East (as of Oct 10)
1: Number of Dallas Cowboys victories notched
No time to gloat, and no reason for it. Being a Giants fans must always come with a hefty dose of caution and optimistic skepticism. It should be no surprise, therefore, that when the Giants looked dead and buried 2 weeks ago, every sports writer in our Metropolis dusted off their cynicism and paraded it around like it was September 2007. "Here we go again, fire the coach, dump the quarterback, bring in Cower," the peanut gallery wailed. The Giants defense wasn't a leaking ship: the vessel had already sunk and the survivors were fighting to stay afloat, adrift on the high--and tumultuous--seas of the NFL's unpredictability.
Well surprise, surprise. Unpredictable indeed.
The New York Giants, in consecutive weeks, are on a winning streak after dismantling the two most high powered offenses in the NFL. Convincingly. No Bears meltdown in the Meadowlands where the Giants got lucky. Not Texas two-step by Houston that the Giants feebly capitalized on. These past two Giant victories were great examples of championship play. By a championship team. A Super Bowl team. It was physical domination.
And the Dallas Cowboys? The broken clock theory--picking the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl year after year in the hopes that they might do it, making the experts look like Nostradamus--has been replaced with a broken team. A team putting up big scores. Big yardage. Big plays. Everything's bigger in Texas, except in the win column. And now, with Matt Moseley of ESPN fame saying a loss to the Vikings next week will doom Dallas' post season fantasies, big problems for Jerry Jones' hayseeds.
I personally thought the Giants biggest hurdle to the division crown and a postseason birth was/is the Philadelphia Eagles. Think about it, we beat the birds once last season, we make the playoffs. And the Cowboys, who have had the benefit of being crowned the champs every year it seems, without having to take the field, are finally being called out by the media frauds who allowed such passes in the first place. Perhaps Tony Romo will ask Eli advice on being under the microscope due to poor performances?
The Giants still have to play Dallas twice in four weeks, starting October 26. And nothing, absolutely nothing, is certain in the NFL, especially in 2010. Parity more than ever is the order of the day. The Eagles are in it. Washington's Redskins are a "better,"at least more focused, team with a new QB and HC. The NFC East is an enigma so far, but as Autumn's colors give way to December's frost, we'll have a clearer picture of the contenders, and pretenders, in the NFC East vying for the Division title.
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The way you use your time is the way you live your life.
Posted on January 27, 2014, under Time and Technology.
Tech tips always come in handy in our increasingly web-based and info-saturated world.
The better you are able to manage your on-line time and activities, the more efficient and effective you'll be – both at getting things done and at finding time for what matters most!
So, for starters, I was pleased to find this article on Mashable with 7 Tech Tips for the New Year. (It's still January, and in reality, it's never too late to make a new beginning when it comes to establishing helpful habits and practices!)
Many of the tech tips highlighted in the Mashable piece focus on security and include advice like:
To this list I would add a couple of important, and specifically time-related, tech tips:
Being your own best friend as you move through life is one of the best tech tips – or any-kind-of-tips – I could ever possibly share. It enhances your experience of time and enables you to be more present and productive, no matter what your immediate goal may be.
So, I hope you find these tech tips and time tips helpful, and wish you much success in your journey through time!
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#1 Gabor Kovacs - 27 January, 9:22 AM
very useful tips, thanks for sharing them with us!
#2 Waiwai - 27 January, 9:24 AM
Thanks for sharing! Was not aware that a Facebook changes can affect privacy setting
#3 Paula Eder - 27 January, 1:15 PM
Thank you, Gabor!
#4 Paula Eder - 27 January, 1:16 PM
Hi Waiwai – Glad you found this helpful. And yes, Facebook is sometimes very frustrating for users because of unexpected changes that affect privacy. It's something to keep an eye on!
#5 Pam - 27 January, 7:42 PM
Cool. Thanks for the tips. They are very helpful.
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I am very glad that you liked them, Pam!
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Drat, I got mixed up on the time and missed watching it live, but great to hear.
Drat, I got mixed up on the time and missed watching it live, but great to hear.
"The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity." Abraham Lincoln
I say there is an invisible elf in my backyard. How do you prove that I am wrong?
The Leif Ericson Cruiser
Great launch. Watched it live.
So once Dragon gets to ISS, that's how many suppliers it has?
Dragon (USA), ATV (Europe), Progress (Russia), HTV (Japan).
I really hope it will get at least one more supplier this year - Orbital/Antares/Cygnus
thier updates, I doubt it. Even the demo flight has been pushed 6 months to the end of 2012. And; that's only since the update 6 months ago.
Look how long it's been between the Dragon rendezvous mission and this actual mission. That should also give some additional insight as to how long it really will be.
I do wish them well though. I never realized they were as far along as they are.
Got to see a video of the launch, is there anything showing the Dragon in orbit? Just have to hope all goes well the next couple of days and all those artists impressions of Dragon rendezvousing can be replaced with real pictures.
Here is the schedule, from the SpaceX website
May 22/Launch Day: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon spacecraft into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
May 23: Dragon orbits Earth as it travels toward the International Space Station.
May 24: Dragon's sensors and flight systems are subjected to a series of complicated tests to determine if the vehicle is ready to berth with the space station; these tests include maneuvers and systems checks in which the vehicle comes within 1.5 miles of the station.
May 25: NASA decides if Dragon is allowed to attempt berthing with the station. If so, Dragon approaches. It is captured by station's robotic arm and attached to the station, a feat that requires extreme precision.
May 25 - 31: Astronauts open Dragon's hatch, unload supplies and fill Dragon with return cargo.
May 31: After approximately two weeks, Dragon is detached from the station and returns to Earth, landing in the Pacific, hundreds of miles west of Southern California.
At night the stars put on a show for free (Carole King)
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Was there any effort to recover the first stage? I seem to recall this is part of SpaceX's long term plan.
BTW: I took a look at the SpaceX website, and that Falcon-heavy, with 27 engines looks...um, interesting.
I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. - Jimmy Hoffa
Not this time, no - they didn't pack chutes into the first stage to attempt a recovery.
According to the SpaceX site, they will be adding more as the mission progresses.
I can't wait to see the footage from the ISS crew as it approaches!
In space PR and Politics are as important as engineering and science. And no-one can hear you screaming about it.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Exploring other worlds with people is a great idea, but look at what has happened since the end of Apollo: How much could unmanned exploration (and astronomy) have discovered with all that money blown on paper rockets?
Dang, I missed it. Well, glad it's up. Huzzah Space-X!
I saw the replay on the news while eating breakfast this morning. The other kids at the table were mildly amused by how excited I was. Oh, PolySci majors...
I tried to see it from the air, but being over Turkey at the time, the planet blocked my view. Where's the Illudium?
More SpaceX links. They are very active on the social media sites. There are some nice new on orbit pics on their Facebook page.
Mission briefing starts at 10 EDT
I found the press conference very informative and the questions from the press were very technical.
So its go for tomorrow:
SpaceX Dragon set for rendezvous with station
And there's a comparison at the bottom of the article between the SpaceX and OSC vehicles.
Good luck for the berthing...
I hope NASA doesn't fumble around like they do with the life stream.
O.k. Who here knows a lot about ballistics and trajectory? I watched the launch of the Falcon from my back yard. I've seen in the neighborhood of 60 or so Shuttle launches, and am quite familiar with the way it would gently transition from a vertical takeoff, to eventually a near parallel course with regard to the horizon as it climbed higher. When I watched the Falcon launch, it appeared to climb VERY steeply for the first minute and a half (Just guessing in the 80 degree range), and then suddenly in pitched over to a very shallow climb. The 'right turn' (viewed from the south) was so sudden and extreme, I thought it had lost control. Does anyone know why the trajectory would have such a profile? I've considered the possibility that it was an optical illusion, but as I said, I've seen a bunch. I almost have to believe what I saw. Does anyone have an explanation that would make sense of what I witnessed?
Today's the day?
Without knowing any details of the trajectory, I have two guesses. One possibility is that it was doing it to get above as much of the atmosphere as possible before accelerating significantly to avoid as much atmospheric drag as possible. Another possibility is that it was flying a lofted trajectory to orbit. This is common among vehicles with a somewhat underpowered second stage - if the first stage intentionally gives the vehicle a fairly substantial (larger than usual) upward velocity, the second stage engine can be smaller than usual, and the vehicle's upward momentum after first stage burnout will keep it ascending for a while until the second stage has burned off enough fuel to have a decent thrust to weight ratio. This allows for a smaller second stage engine and less second stage structural mass. However, it is somewhat bad for a manned flight, as during this "lofted" portion of the trajectory, a launch abort would involve a very steep reentry and thus high G forces for astronauts. Given that the Falcon 9 was designed from the start with manned spaceflight in mind, my guess would be that it was to avoid lower atmospheric aerodynamic drag, but it is possible that it flies a lofted trajectory for unmanned flights only (it might provide a payload benefit, allowing for more mass to orbit than the depressed trajectory flown on most manned missions).
Spaceflight Now: "Astronaut Don Pettit will grapple the Dragon at about 7:59 a.m. EDT (1159 GMT)."
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Resuming approach. Moving from 150 meters to 30, etc 30 minutes.
Awsome. What a awsome sight. I bet the people at SpaceX love this!
Seeing their Dragon spacecraft in orbit closing in on the ISS in this way!
Go SpaceX.
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In my little corner of cyberspace, there is a blog and on it, I recently did an interview with Strikerforce women's welterweight tournament winner, Miesha Tate. Hopefully ya'll appreciate a re-posting of it here. She's a great gal and a good fighter and I wanted her to get the exposure she deserves...
On August 15th, 2009, Strikeforce held what was the largest woman's MMA event in history when Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos entered the cage to face the wildly popular Gina Carano. A little over a month later, Strikeforce woman's welterweight challenger, Miesha Tate bounced back from her second (and last) loss to begin what is now a five fight win streak. That loss she was bouncing back from? A decision that went to Sarah Kaufman, who fights for the Strikeforce welterweight belt on October 9th.
Miesha, who is now 11 – 2, seeks to avenge that loss to Kaufman and keep the belt on her mantle. Her two – yes that's right two – wins this past August 13th, in an old school elimination tournament, likely set her up for that opportunity in the near future. Miesha took time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions...
TheMouthofMMA: Woman's MMA really picked up some steam with the Cyborg vs. Carano fight back in '09. It seemed like they [Strikeforce] took quite a bit of time off
from it, but it was nice to see them come back with the 135 tourney. Do you think there is a head of steam going again for more female MMA fights since you won the tournament?
Miesha Tate: Ya', I like to think so. I always want to represent the sport well and I feel I'm doing so and have a pretty good following going into my title shot!
TheMouthofMMA: What are your short term goals now? Fights you want to see happen for you in the next year or so?
Miesha: Well it used to be a long term goal but now it's right around the corner... I want to win the World Title and I want to beat Sarah Kaufman in a rematch!
TheMouthofMMA: What is your favorite aspect of the game? Stand-up, BJJ, et. al.?
Miesha: I enjoy the ground fighting best. I feel like I'm on a much higher grappling level than most women in MMA and I love it, but I love standup too. It's just not as natural to me.
TheMouthofMMA: Do you think there is any significant difference in how you have to train and prepare as a woman as opposed to your male counterparts?
Miesha: No not really. I do everything they do.
TheMouthofMMA: Do you have any desire to avenge either of your two losses?
Miesha: Yes! Both, but Kaufman is my most sought after rematch/fight at the moment.
TheMouthofMMA: How do men who don't know you react when they find out what you do?
Miesha: Depends on how dressed up I am, haha! If I'm "going out" ready, they are usually in disbelief as though someone was playing a prank.
TheMouthofMMA: How about the women you meet?
Miesha: Usually surprised of course, but some react as though they didn't know their own gender was capable of fighting while others are all for it and get really excited for me being an accomplished female.
TheMouthofMMA: If you could have any one wish for women's MMA, what would it be?
Miesha: That it would be valued equally with the mens.
TheMouthofMMA: Changing gears a bit, what got you started in the sport?
Miesha: I wrestled in high school in order to avoid basketball, lol. That led me to MMA in College.
TheMouthofMMA: You launched Takedown Tate not too long ago. How is that going for you so far? What are your goals for the site?
Miesha: It's going great! Just reached 1000 members, which was my goal for October 1st, so hit it early which is great! Other than that, I just hope members/fans can keep up with the latest!


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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - The Colorado school shooting came just one day before the one year anniversary of a deadly shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut.
As the nation paused to remember the 26 children and teachers killed in the massacre, a local group honored them and other victims killed by violence.
Their stories are heart breaking.
"My son was murdered two years ago. Sitting down in his car unexpected."
Many will never know what these people have been through, all having lost loved ones to violence.
This was the 15th time the survivors of a violent loss have met during the holidays, a chance to share experiences with those who understand.
"We get together with other people who have lost their loved ones. And we honor our children that way," Dayna Herroz said.
Their meeting fell on the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. They hung ornaments for their lost loved ones as well as the 26 killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.
"We know what they're going through and so this is just our silent way of honoring their loved ones also," Herroz said.
"For the one year mark, it's gonna be very private, just the three of us," Nicole Hockley said.
Nicole Hockley lost her son Dylan in the Newtown shooting. She spoke nationally about how she, her husband and son Jake are doing one year later.
"Jake has his good days and his bad days, just like my husband and I do. But he is -- he is loved and he is supported. He misses his little brother terribly," Hockley said.
Bill Sherlach lost his wife at Newtown and shared how he's been able to lean on the families of other victims.
"This group of people, this club that we have locally -- I draw so much strength from these people. I mean, I knew my wife for 36 years and three days. These people lost six and seven year olds. I can't imagine what they go through," Sherlach said.
Nelba Marquez-Greene lost her daughter Ahna. She thanked the nation for support and left them with a message.
"Thank you, join us, keep praying. Thank you for not forgetting," Marquez-Greene said.
Back here, a similar message on a day where they remember those they lost in San Diego, as well as Sandy Hook.
"I would like them to hug their child. Love their child, and remember life is short. You don't know when it's going to end. So if at all possible, be kind to one another," Herroz said.
Not only does their annual holiday meeting come the same day as the Sandy Hook shootings but just a day after the nations' latest school shooting in Colorado.
In his weekly address to the nation, President Obama honored the victims of Newtown. He also used it as an opportunity to call for more gun control measures, as well as more funding and awareness for mental health.


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I realize we have had this conversation several times in the past and printed a story,"Bagel Hell," in D Magazine. However, times have changed and I feel we should welcome him to the area and shower him with suggestions.
Six weeks ago I was living in my apartment in New York and going to work every day. I've worked at my job for fifteen years. I had my food routine down. Two weeks ago my company reassigned me to Dallas. I came down last weekend to find an apartment and will be returning soon. What is the bagel scene in Dallas? I'm a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn.


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It's some pretty cool stuff. Some of my favorite highlights.
At what point did you start figuring out line combinations?
Oh boy … that's been going on a lot this week.
I'm not stating exactly how we're playing. You can get pigeonholed into saying things like "we're going to be a high-pressure team." But we have high-end speed, and we're going to take advantage of that.


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Straddling the border with Iwate Prefecture, this mountainous area is admired for its summer wildflowers, autumn foliage and rare prevalence of both dry and wet plant species.
Straddling the border with Iwate Prefecture, this mountainous area is admired for its summer wildflowers, autumn foliage and rare prevalence of both dry and wet plant species.
Niseko United is the umbrella name for four resorts, namely Niseko Annupuri, Niseko Village, Grand Hirafu and Hanazono. What makes Niseko United stand out from the competition is that you can ski or snowboard on all four slopes by purchasing a single all-mountain pass.
Zaō is arguably home to the best slopes in Northern Honshū. In comparison to heavyweight Hokkaidō, you shouldn't come here expecting spine-tingling chutes, but rather a huge breadth of beginner and intermediate runs.
This public bathhouse bills itself as Tokyo's first and only 'onsen theme park'. Just to experience the truly Japanese phenomenon that is an amusement park centred on bathing is reason enough to visit. The baths are filled with real onsen (hot spring) water, pumped from 1400m below Tokyo Bay.
Covered with primeval forest, the sacred, peaceful Misen is Miyajima's highest mountain (530m), and its ascent is the island's finest walk. You can avoid most of the uphill climb by taking the two-stage ropeway , which leaves you with a 20-minute walk to the top.
The cable car (寒霞渓ロープウエイ) is the main attraction at Kanka-kei in the central mountains, making a spectacular trip through the gorge, particularly when the it is ablaze with autumn colours (though be warned that many others have the same idea).
A museum and beer garden, Sapporo Beer-En is located in the original Sapporo brewery.
Discover some of Japan's most famous highlights on a full-day guided tour from Tokyo. Travel to Mt Fuji's bustling 5th Station and learn about the revered mountain. Continue to nearby Lake Ashi for a short boat cruise, followed by a ride on the Mt Komagatake Ropeway.
Hakkōda-san's quintessential hike covers 12km and can be completed in a gruelling but highly rewarding day. The trailhead is right around the corner from Sukayu Onsen Ryokan. Things start out relatively flat as you wind through marshlands, but eventually the pitch starts to increase in the shadow of Ōdake (大岳; 1584m).
The classic traverse is a two-day hike that stretches for 25km from Iwaobetsu Onsen (岩尾別温泉) to Kamuiwakka-yu-no-taki (カムイワッカ湯の滝). You'll need to be properly equipped to tackle this route. You'll climb Rausu-dake (羅臼岳; 1661m), traverse along the tops to Iō-zan (硫黄山; 1563m), then descend to Kamuiwakka-no-taki, a ' waterfall onsen'.
The fantastic crew at Satoyama Cycling love what they do and do it with excellence. Small group tours are a fun way to meet the locals and experience the sights. They include a friendly, professional, English speaking guide, mountain-bike rental and insurance. Various tours cater to different levels of fitness. All capture the spirit and scenery of this working rural town.
This stunning outdoor onsen is idyllic. All of the bathing pools – save one just for women – are mixed and will appeal more to the exhibitionists out there. Women can take modesty towels (rental is ¥100) into the mixed baths. The curious junk and gems you'll pass on your way to the baths are decades' worth of gifts from local villagers.


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A Grand Jury decided Wednesday not to indict two Port Wentworth Police officers after investigators say they shot Dehsone Travis, 19, in June.
Port Wentworth investigators said the officers had no other choice after Travis tried to run one of the officers over.
In the indictment, Officer Loren Scholes faced a count of "carrying a handgun without a license."
According to Ryan Powell with the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council of Georgia, Officer Scholes was certified at the time of the shooting, but lost his 'authority to arrest' in 2009 when Powell says Scholes did not complete training because of an illness.
"This was a technicality. The agency was doing what they thought they should, but they should have called and checked," Powell said.
Powell says the technicality was corrected shortly after the shooting in 2012.
He says Officer Scholes did not file a waiver in 2009 when he was too ill to complete his training.
Instead, Powell says the officer completed nearly double the amount of training in 2010 thinking that would make up for the lack of training in 2009.
"The intentions were good, but they messed up," Powell said.
Because the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council oversees so many officers in Georgia, they aren't able to warn agencies or officers when there is a deficiency. They say Port Wentworth was quick to fix the problem and ultimately it is the officer's responsiblity.
The Council says they are developing a new computer system that will begin alerting agencies if there is a problem.
WTOC's phone calls to Police Chief Matt Libby were not returned Thursday.
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Posted April 29, 2014
Stephanie Leonard, 2014 candidate for the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree, recently received the Quimby Family Foundation Fellowship. Leonard teaches art for the Bangor School System and also has a Master in Education degree from UMaine. The fellowship, which takes place at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, is awarded annually to Maine art educators based on a submitted portfolio of work. The school offers intensive studio-based workshops in a variety of craft media and offers a unique experience with internationally-renowned instructors, intensive and focused studio time, a diverse student body, and an award-winning campus. The fellowship provides, room, board and tuition for an extended summer session. Leonard said that the experience provided, "an opportunity to focus on my own art, to re-energize and to experience being a student once again." Leonard also received the award for Outstanding Service to the Profession by the Maine Art Education Association (MAEA) in April of 2013. The MAEA website says of Stephanie, "(she) is an inspiring art educator. She has spent 14 years in the classroom and is always advocating for programs and kids. No matter where she is she finds ideas for art projects. She is constantly finding ideas for themes, materials for projects, and suggestions for ways to promote art."
Posted April 14, 2014
Dr. Kurt Rademaker, 2012 doctoral graduate from the University of Maine and faculty associate of both the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute, recently received the 16th Tubingen Research Prize in Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology. The award is offered by the Eberhard Karls University in Tubingen, Germany and was created to foster innovative research among young scholars studying Ice Age archaeology, Quaternary ecology and human evolution. As the 2014 recipient, Rademaker delivered the prize lecture February 6th in Germany, received 5,000 Euros, and is expected to contribute a research paper summarizing his research for the journal Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte.
School of Marine Sciences graduate student Jocelyn Runnebaum helped develop and write the recently funded project for studying Atlantic cod and cusk bycatch in the lobster fishery, which potentially has significant impacts on the management of the Maine lobster fishery. Runnebaum is in the dual MS program in Marine Policy and Marine Biology. The Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant grant was awarded through NOAA for a two year project. Specifically this research aims to assess if Atlantic cod and cusk can survive physical trauma that is induced when brought to the surface in a lobster trap if a treatment is applied in a timely manner. Jocelyn will be working with Dr. Chen to play a critical role in the three components of the research; modeling, fieldwork, and outreach. This is a cooperative research endeavor that utilizes opportunistic sampling methods by researchers accompanying commercial lobster harvesters on regular fishing trips to collect data about Atlantic cod and cusk. Jocelyn has identified fisherman participants and has already been working with them to collect data on cusk; she will continue conducting research on cusk and a future graduate student will focus their research on Atlantic cod.
Posted February 24, 2014
Jenny Shrum, a Ph.D. candidate in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences program, seeks to understand what factors influence sap flow in maple trees, how climate change may influence the factors, and how Maine maple syrup producers will be affected. Shrum is interested both in the biophysical relationships as well as the human dimensions and implications of a changing maple syrup season. She will be using on-site weather station data and sap flow rates at three different Maine test sites to better understand the process of sap flow and how exactly freeze-thaw events stimulate that process. Recent data has suggested that the timing and sequence of these events has been shifting, potentially altering the sugaring season in Maine. Shrum also wants to understand how this, and other potential climate change impacts, will affect maple syrup producers and how. Larger operations, for which sap collection is their primary business, will likely be able to adjust to seasonal changes, but smaller producers may be adversely affected. "They might not be able to change their season," she says. "A lot of the smaller operators have multiple jobs; they make money off maple syrup, but also in other fields such as woodcutting or construction. It just so happens maple syrup is a block of time when they're not doing anything else, so it makes sense. But if that season changes, it might not fit into their schedule as well." Despite this, Shrum feels confident that maple syrup production will remain a possibility in Maine. For further information, please go here.
Posted February 4, 2014
Master of Science in Chemistry student Ashley Hellenbrand presented her research at the 2013 International Conference on Wood Ashesives in Toronto, Canada, where she won third prize and $100 for her poster "Formaldehyde Emissions from 'Native Wood'". Hellenbrand is a member of the Wood-Based Composite Center at Virginia Tech, an organization that brings industry and universities together to work on projects collaboratively and to solve or understand major issues. Her research on formaldehyde emissions is "an important topic because the government has been setting levels of emissions so low that 'native' wood itself will surpass the emission levels. Major players in the industry would like to know now much "native" wood emits naturally, what the conditions are that produce the most emissions and what is the best mechanism to monitor emissions."
Posted January 28, 2014
Rachael Joyce is a graduate civil engineering student who also co-manages and -owns Volition Ski Co. with her fiancé, Christopher Bagley. They hand-make skis out of environmentally friendly materials which are sold online, at Ski Rack Sports in Bangor, and Side Country Sports in Rockland. The company was born from Joyce and her fiancé's hard work, creativity, and an investment from the Maine Technology Institute. Joyce also works full-time at the Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on a team developing offshore wind technology, including the system currently being tested off the coast of Castine, ME. She said of her involvement in off-shore wind and the ski company, "My hope is that new industry flourishes as a result of the work being done at the Composites Center. On a smaller scale, I hope that maybe other entrepreneurs see what we are trying to do at Volition Ski Co. and be encouraged to pursue their own venture."
The Bangor Daily News recently published a story on Joyce from the perspective of keeping young, innovative individuals living in Maine. To check out that story, please go here.
Posted December 9, 2013
The University of Maine was well represented by eight graduate students at the 2013 Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Biennial Conference in Tampa, Florida November 19th through the 23rd. UMaine grad students presented six papers while four other students served on a panel for a round table discussion with two UMaine faculty. See the list below for participant contributions.
Papers presented:
Bad Men and Horrible Bosses: Masculinity and the Folksongs of Larry Gorman
Ian J. Jesse, Ph.D candidate, History Department
Freedom, Slavery, and the Evolving Understanding of Race British Abolition: A Nova
Scotian Narrative, 1825-1835
Gabriel Lévesque, Ph.D candidate, History Department
Two Brownstowns Two Nations: The "Faulty Memory" of a Few Small Skirmishes in North America
Joseph Miller, Ph.D candidate, History Department
The Rhetoric of Boundary Confrontation: Demagogues, Banditti, and the 'alarming state
of things' in New Brunswick, 1838-42.
Michael T. Perry, Ph.D candidate, History Department
The Evolution of Acadian Identity in Song
Elisa Sance, M.A. candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Classics
"You Are What You Eat": Cookbooks and Women's Identity, 1812-1860
Rachel A. Snell, Ph.D candidate, History Department
Round table panel:
"Canadian History at the University of Maine: New Thematic and Interdisciplinary
Posted November 25, 2013
Graduate Student Government President Jeffrey Falvey was selected by Bacchus, the National Peer Education Network, to present at the National Conference in Washington D.C. on November 16th. A grad student in the MS in Human Development program, Jeff coordinates a student group of undergraduate athletes, Athletes for Sexual Responsibility, who peer educate around the Orono campus on an array of sexual health topics relating to college student's daily lives. He presented alongside his fellow graduate classmate, Spencer Wood (MS student in Human Development), who coordinates a similar spin-off group called Male Athletes Against Violence. As a former student-athlete at the University of Maine, Jeff takes great pride in being able to influence current student-athletes to become more active members of their community in such a positive light.
Posted November 18, 2013
Md. Rakibul Hassan Khan is one of six students (one of three Master level students) in the world chosen to receive a Chilean-German fellowship to attend and present his research at the First Conference on Natural Resources and Development in Viña Del Mar, Chile on November 25-27, 2013. According to the website for the event, this conference will focus on, "food, water and energy security: integrated science for sustainability as an opportunity to connect the scientific and academic world to the governmental area and the private sector. The Conference aims to be a space to disseminate updated knowledge regarding the food, water and energy security in the frame of sustainability." The conference is jointly organized by the Center for Natural Resources and Development; an international network created to involve different universities of the world in the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.
Khan will present his research on the development of robust decision tools that investigate water allocation policies to understand the policy expiration, trajectories of suboptimal allocation with respect to climate scenarios and prospect of adaptive policy. Khan said of his research, "The research explores the hydro-chemical and ecological linkages and their sensitivity within a watershed. The decision tools incorporate testing and development of hydrologic modeling tools coupled with climate model scenarios, integrated with decision analysis and visualizing tools to explore the hydrologic regimes, climatic changes and uncertainties." Khan is advised by Dr. Shaleen Jain of the Civil Engineering Department.
Posted November 11, 2013
Since 2012, graduate students in Communication and Journalism have co-authored 15 publications (student authors are in bold).
Smith, H., & Norton, T. (2013). Environmental Groups on Par with Government Sources. Newspaper Research Journal, 34 (1), 50-61.
McGreavy, B., Hutchins, K., Smith, H., Lindenfeld, L., Silka, L. (2013) Addressing the complexities of boundary work in sustainability science through communication, Sustainability, 5(10), 4195-4221.
Green-Hamman, S., & Sherblom, J. C. (forthcoming). The influences of optimal matching and social capital on communicating support. Journal of Health Communication.
Smith, H., & Norton, T. (forthcoming). That's why I call it a task farce: Organizations in participatory processes. Environmental Communication.
McGreavy, B., Silka, L., & Lindenfeld, L. (forthcoming) Interdisciplinarity and actionable science: Exploring the generative potential in difference. Journal of Community Practice.
McGreavy, B., and Lindenfeld, L. (forthcoming). Entertaining our way to engagement? Climate change films and sustainable development values. International Journal of Sustainable Development.
Lindenfeld, L., Smith, H., & Norton, T. (Forthcoming). Risk Communication & Sustainability Science: Lessons from the Field. Sustainability Science.
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Survey says bar crawl organizers should pay county costs
Arlington County asked for feedback on a potential new pub crawl policy and it's getting it in droves.
Va. Health Department issues milk advisory
Va. Health Department investigation of spoiled milk at schools prompts consumer advisory
West Coast groundfish certified as sustainable
West Coast groundfish certified as sustainably harvested 14 years after economic disaster
4 Hawaii farms settle Thai workers suit for $2.4M
4 Hawaii farms settle discrimination lawsuit involving Thai workers for total of $2.4 million
Egg titan, son plead guilty in food safety case
Egg industry titan, son plead guilty to charges linked to 2010 salmonella outbreak
OpenTable brings mobile payments to D.C.
Online restaurant reservation service OpenTable has quietly launched its mobile payment platform in the D.C. area.
New pizza restaurant coming to Rosslyn
A new restaurant that boasts serving pizzas "freshly-baked in 90 seconds" appears to be moving to Rosslyn at 1501 Wilson Blvd.
Paula Wolfert fighting Alzheimer's with food
After Alzheimer's diagnosis, cookbook author Paula Wolfert turns to food to stay sharp
Hanson brothers put creative juices to work as brewers
You remember the band Hanson? Who could forget their 1990s hit "Mmmbop." Now the brothers are back with a music-inspired beer.
Panera swears off artificial ingredients
Panera says it will remove 'artificial additives' by 2016 as part of new policy
Go For the Food: Dallas incubates new dining spots
Go For the Food: Dallas development incubates new restaurant ideas, from barbecue to tapas
Food recalls: How to know if your food is safe
Dr. Drew, One Minute Clinic
Panera to eliminate artificial additives in its foods
Panera announced a big change coming to its menus: no more artificial additives.
Omega Protein uses new fuel source at Va. facility
Omega Protein utilizing renewable fuel source at Reedville plant that processes oily fish
Foods that help strengthen your bones
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Case of needle burger at Hawaii base nears trial
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Del Campos will now get to open up shop in the former Red Parrot space at 1110 N. Glebe Road, next to The Melting Pot with a year of free rent, an 11-year lease and a $245,000, interest-free loan from the building's owner, Brookfield Properties.
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A few updates I think rather than one large one like last time…that was just to much to read!
I cant really remember what ive got up to over the weekend as such. I seem to recall getting a curry on thursday night? It was delicious whenever it was. Chicken Tikka Chazni with boiled rice and a naan from Desi's on Allison Street. Fantastic.
Friday night we sat and done nothing I think. We watched Still Game when it came on but that was about the only highlight of night and that wasn't even that funny. It was as if they'd wrote the part in a hurry to fit Robbie Coltrane into it and couldnt be arsed.
On Saturday I took Finn into town to spend his pocket money while I picked up Stoo's birthday present and renewed my bus pass…guess what I forgot to bring with me. Got half way up Buchanan Street only to realise I didnt have the pass with me!
Headed into Forbidden Planet to try and get ideas for Stoo's present but barely seen anything of interest. Finn on the otherhand couldn't stop his jaw from dropping.
I wasn't about to let him get anythign from in there as the price was stupid but as we were going to A1 anyway I thought we'd see what he thought in there. He seen a remote control Batmobile but it was way to expensive for his bank balance but he almost had another fit when he seen 3 lifesize batmen in teh window and behind the counter. So he got a batman figure while I picked up Stoo's Halo2 *spit* present.
Sunday I headed back into town to get the bus pass, which I remembered this time, and picked up a few things from Lush for Vonnie and season three of Still Game which we then spent all afternoon and evening watching. We were going to go to asda after that and get grub for lunches during the week and I was starving so was wanting to get somethign for supper while I was there. 9pm came and Vonnie said she was away for a quick shower…20 mins later I realised I couldnt hear the shower over the washing machine I went to find out if she was OK. Shes been known to have to sit down after feeling light headed and I was a bit worried. I found her having a bath and when I said "I thought you were gong for a quick shower?" she replied "It's…eh…broke…" An hour later I went back in to say I was starving and was going to the shops for grub and did she want any only to be told she be out in a minute…we got to Asda at the back of 11 and I didnt get to eat anything until we got back to the flat at around midnight…the worst thing being the shelves were empty and there was bugger all I wanted. What i did buy was crap


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Im realizing now that, at least for the first round, since the matchups are less important therefore the posts arent getting rec'd, I could probly post a matchup a day. The last matchup was close to start, but Frankie Edgar ended up pulling away with a win over Chael Sonnen, garnering about 2/3 of the vote. The next matchup features UFC LW #1 contender BJ Penn against UFC LHW #1 contender Rashad Evans. Both guys have been around for a while so Im sure you guys all know their games pretty well. So who wins?
On a related note, I will be docking BJ Penn 1 vote from the start just to spite PrettyBoy aka PENNorDIE - consider it an illegal eye poke, and Mazzagatti is refereeing so BJ didnt even get a warning before having a point taken away.
16 Shields
8 Fitch
9 Brock
4 Shogun
13 Koscheck
5 Edgar
12 Sonnen
11 Rashad
3 Silva
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Can You Tell Which Skull Is Which?
A recent study from NC State forensic anthropologists found that even forensic experts have a hard time making a positive identification of human remains based on the shape of a person's skull. Specifically, only 56 percent of forensic anthropology Ph.D.s (the bone experts) could correctly match two images of the same skull, based solely on


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Obviously at this point, anything can happen. But after seeing the 'Hawks go OL with their first pick (which I'm happy with, btw--didn't completely expect it, but can definitely get behind it), I don't think I want to see them take Kaepernick at 57, like I did this morning. If these Carson Palmer rumours are true, and they can get him for the rumoured price of a 2011 5th and a 2012 3rd, then I think this is how I'd like to see the rest of the draft go, with the understanding that, again, anything can happen...
First of all, assume one of the Round 5 picks goes to Cincinnati, either #156 or 157 overall.
Then I want to see them go DL with #57, and this is why: the DL needs help, and some freakishly good talent could be available. I'd rather see them go into the season with Palmer/Charlie/late-round QB than Charlie/Kaepernick/someone else, or Palmer/Charlie/Kaepernick and the DL as it is now. If Marvin Austin or Da'Quan Bowers are available, they would be no-brainers. Otherwise, some names I'd like to see would be Drake Nevis, Kenrick Ellis, Stephen Paea, and Christian Ballard (I obviously have a bent toward DTs).
Next I want to see Ras-I Dowling/Brandon Burton/Curtis Marsh/Shareece Wright taken at #99 (second pick in the 4th round). I think there is some solid talent for the secondary in this draft, and given the 'Hawks' potential holes there, I'd like to take advantage of that. Drafting one of these guys and doing something like signing Nnamdi, along with Tru, TIII, ET, and Browner would give Seattle a fucking hell of a secondary.
Finally, use the other pick in Round 5 on either Tyrod Taylor or Ricky Stanzi, if either is available. I understand that they both have fairly low floors, but a fifth round pick wouldn't be much of a shame to waste, and I think the 'Hawks will be better served with some young DL and CB depth. I've heard (relatively) good things about both of these guys from Mike Mayock, Rob Rang, Rob Staton, and Greg Cosell, all draft gurus whose opinions I respect highly.
And honestly, who cares who they spend their other picks on. WR would be cool, maybe another OL or DL depth player, maybe a nifty little RB. Anyways, I know I'm just shooting stuff out my ass at this point, but I had this on my mind and wanted to get it out there.


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Originally published February 10, 2014 at 4:00 P.M., updated February 10, 2014 at 10:36 P.M.
Suspect sought: Police need help in identifying the person responsible for a credit card abuse.
On Dec. 24, a blue 2012 Hyundai Accent parked at a bar in the 300 block of East Crestwood Street was burglarized. Property, including a credit card, was stolen.
On Dec. 25, the woman shown in the photo used the stolen credit card at a Victoria retailer.
She is described as a woman with dark hair. At the time, she wore a dark-colored shirt, dark-colored hoop earrings and sunglasses on her head.