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Disqualification rules
Disqualification rules
In trotting races in Sweden the gaits galloping and pacing are not allowed. The horse is disqualified if it uses a pace that is not allowed:
- More than two times;
- on the final stretch, the last 100 meters;
- is gaining positions; or
- is on that gait for more than 150 meters (once or twice collaborated) or 100 meters during the last 300 meters of the race.
Other important rules are:
Careless driving - during a race it is prohibited to disturb other horses or to hinder their speed through for example, lack of attention, driving too close to another, pushing onto another or using the whip (crop) in an uncontrolled manner .It is also prohibited to disturb other horses by decreasing speed. The driver may not also use any loud sounds.
Changing position and giving advance - a driver may not intentionally change position to help another horse improve its position or by any other means give an advantage to other horse and driver.
Home stretch - in the closing straight (inserts) towards the finish, the horse who has not got anyone in front in the same lane must keep the track-wide position as when leaving the last turn.

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Application and Challenge
David Bartholomae's essay Inventing the University (2003) speaks directly to the students' struggles to place themselves in the literacy and rhetoric of the university. Bartholomae discusses the various discourses in the academic community and how instructors and professors ask students to participate in those communities often without a proper introduction to them. He says that those discourses are often mysterious and sometimes not even understood by those who are supposed to have mastered them. Often, the words of the academic community come through the writer and not from the writer because the student-author is not literate in the community; he fakes it in order to achieve a sense of power or even just adequacy (Bartholomae, 2003, p. 627). In this scenario, teachers risk the danger of writing becoming an act of aggression disguised as an act of charity (p. 629). We present an introduction to academic discourse to them as a help : in essence we say, In order to be successful in college, you must learn to write this way. And don't you want to be successful in college? Yet, we often are really forcing them to speak in the discourse community with which we are familiar. We must delineate between, for example, being a student of history and learning to write as an historian and the power dynamics that that difference suggests (p. 633). I suggest that by introducing students to the idea of their own literacies and how their material environments shape those literacies, we can make an introduction to academic discourse less aggressive and more helpful, not only in composition classes but throughout their academic careers. I firmly believe that by introducing these three culturally different, yet similarly reflective, texts that students may gain an understanding of how material conditions truly affect communication between one individual and another. Yet, students in the Twenty-First Century probably do not quilt, and their material needs probably differ greatly from Wendell Berry's particularly on the college campus. Their everyday material condition is ubiquitous with technology and constant visual and aural stimulation. As a teacher of first year composition at The University of Georgia, I have seen in my classroom the laptop of almost all my students and cell phones with not only calling capabilities, but text messaging, video, and camera abilities. I have seen the video iPod of one very proud student and the iPod shuffles and nanos of many. My students and I have watched YouTube videos on a large screen, shown MySpace pages to one another, and watched movies. Further and very importantly, at UGA all first-year composition students are required to turn in an electronic portfolio that must count for at least 30% of their final grade. Technology does not live in design or business departments: it is an integral part of composition and my everyday life as an instructor. In The Challenge of the Multimedia Essay, Lester Faigley (2003) foresees that student work will be increasingly in multimedia forms. Employers, administrators, and even accrediting agencies want more technology-intensive courses, not to mention the growing percentage of students who believe that their ability to communicate using new media will be critical to their futures (p. 179). While I do not advocate a strictly needs-based pedagogy in the composition classroom by any means, I use this quote to emphasize that work with new media texts is something that our students want and will be doing with or without us; I suggest they do it with us, and us with them. Therefore, I further send out Wysocki's challenge for the creation of new media, particularly in context of the material literacies that I have laid out because to be alert to such materiality also matters because it helps us use our various composing technologies as justly and thoughtfully as possible (2004, p. 7). Faigley says, for most people and especially for younger people, the exclusion of readily available images from a text seems unnatural. . . . furthermore, many students now routinely publish animations, audio, and video clips along with images on Web sites (2003, p. 177-178). Yet, new media texts do not have to be digital ; and, people in our classrooms ought to be producing texts using a wide and alertly chosen range of materials (Wysocki, 2004, p. 5, 20, emphasis hers). Giving students the option to choose the media with which they present themselves allows them to choose their relationships between themselves and others. We set the stage for them to become Wendell Berrys, Richard Rodriguezes, and Gee's Bend quilters. Wysocki explains that when someone makes an object that is both separate from her but that shows how she can use the tools and materials and techniques of her time, then she can see a possible selfa self positioned and working with the wide material conditions of her world, even shaping that worldin that object (p. 21). I use these examples to show students examples of the relationship between the material world and our communication with others in it; this relationship inevitably leaves its marks, then, on our social interactions, like ours with our students. In his essay Multicultural Literacy for Faculty, Harvey S. Wiener (1985) says that a neglected dimension of literacy in our classrooms is what teachers should know about the culture of their students (p. 101). By giving students assignments that let them express their own literacies, we can attempt to fill that gap. Further, by exploring this understanding, I suggest that students will then be able to create texts that more adequately meet both their needs as authors and their readers' needs as readers, allowing them to say what they are going to say with more full comprehension of its creation: this material functioning occurs when we produce any text as well, and needs to be supplemented with the broader understanding of materiality (Wysocki, 2004, p. 7). I was going to say at the end of that last sentence that students could compose without the restriction of words, but words do not necessarily restrict. For many, including myself, the written word is literacy; it is the form of communication with which I am most comfortable and, I believe, most literate. Yet, I know why that is. I am a Ph.D. student in rhetoric and composition. I often read and write more than I speak to others or express myself in a visual way, and that is a choice I have consciously made. I want to give my students the chance to mediate their own choices, for, as Wysocki (2004) says, "writing teachers are already practiced with helping others understand how writing as a print-based practiceis embedded among the relations of agency and extensive material practices and structures that are our lives. Writing teachers help others consider how the choices we make in producing a text necessarily situate us (or can try to avoid situating us)in the midst of ongoing, concrete, and continually up-for-grabs decisions about the shapes of our lives" (p. 7). I agree with Lester Faigley (2003) who says that We have no justification aside from disciplinary baggage to restrict our conception of rhetoric to words alone (p. 187). We should not assume to know exactly what literacies students have and want to express, just as we cannot assume to understand their various cultures. Hopefully, these discussions on rhetoric and literacy should make the choice theirs, not ours. |


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Buffalo State Connects with U.S. Secretary of Education
Ronald S. Rochon, dean of the School of Education and associate vice president for teacher education, traveled to Washington, D.C., on Friday to meet with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his staff.
Rochon was one of seven representatives from across the country selected to attend the meeting, which was convened to discuss relationships between higher education institutions and K–12 schools, outcomes and challenges facing schools of education, and how to work with the U.S. Department of Education to improve training for teacher educators.
The encounter with Duncan was a "humbling" experience, Rochon said. "I left the meeting feeling extremely optimistic about the future of education. It was exciting to hear [Duncan] talk about the importance of what schools of education are doing."
Rochon, chair-elect of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and program chair for the American Educational Research Association (AERA), is now working to book Duncan as a keynote speaker for upcoming association events. He also hopes Duncan and his staff will travel to Buffalo sometime soon.
"I felt honored to sit next to Secretary Duncan and talk about our profession and Buffalo State College's programs," Rochon said. "It bodes well for us to have him thinking about our college."


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Most people don't notice when you start to let things slide.
You go about your routines, cutting corners here and there, and you don't think about who's watching. Or how your habits are changing.
Soon, someone starts to notice, and they start the cutting of the corners as well.
"If she can, so can I," they think.
Before long, people everywhere are finding ways for things to slip through cracks and holes of organizational structure.
The structure starts to crumble, slowly but deliberately.
Your customers see you slipping, and realize that they can get away with more as a result of your laziness.
It's not a matter of deception, it's a matter of making things easier. It's a matter of cheating the rules and manipulating the broken system.
When you awake one day to find chaos, you pull back, desperately clawing to figure out how this happened, calling meetings and sending memos and hoping that you can ignore the damage that's already been done and focus on a future of success.
People are angry. They're not able to get away with the same things they could before. It's not that they hate change, it's that you were not clear with them. You weren't consistent. You said they could fly to Dallas with 3 carry-on bags, but now you're saying they can't fly back home with the same 3 carry-on bags. You say they have to check one of them.
Small examples like this, when the rules essentially depend on the mood of the flight attendant, are the reason why certain customer experiences are horrible and others are great. Everyone hates flying because they never know what they're going to get. The experience is completely out of their control. Creating a culture of consistency is just as important as a culture of care. Your employees may not need to wear a smile every day, but they should at the very least preach the same values and guidelines that the organization supports.
Of course, these may change over time, but they should change deliberately, not because someone decided to start letting things slide.


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I am already spayed, purebred, in need of an experienced adopter, up to date with shots, good with dogs, and good with cats.
I am a 6 1/2 year old black/tan long haired female (spayed) Chihuahua. I am looking for a home without small kids because I am afraid of them. I love attention and typically bond with males best. I love to play fetch even though I don't always bring the ball back. I can sit and roll over, but sometimes I stay on my back because I like to have my belly rubbed. Like most dogs I like to go for walks and take naps. I like stay in my kennel at night or when home alone.
I have a brother/litter-mate named Riley that I would love to stay with IF I CAN. We are open to individual adoption, but mom prefers for them to stay together of course.
Just got my latest vaccines and teeth cleaning last week, so I'm ready to go. Both dogs have been on the Banfield plan so have had 2 vet checks per month since birth, plus annual teeth cleanings, etc. They are both in great health and have 10+ good years left.
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Alcea rosea, deep red ws '07 bloom '08 love this color
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Studio rezoning up Thurs. night
A plan to rezone 289 acres in rural central Fayette County to make way for a multi-million dollar movie studio will be up for a vote before the Fayette County Commission Thursday night.
The project is expected to bring roughly 2,000 jobs once it gets up to full steam.
The planning commission and county zoning staff are recommending approval of the request, which would change the zoning from agriculture-reserve and R-70 residential to GB, the county's brand-new General Business zoning classification. The commission has the final say on the matter because it involves changing the zoning of the parcels involved.
Pinewood Studios, headquartered in London, wants to make Fayette County the home of its first base of operations in the United States. Company officials reportedly hope to have part of its first phase operational in January 2014.
Local officials have been working on the plans, dubbed "Project Stargate" for over a year.
For more details, see our story in Wednesday's edition of The Fayette Citizen.
I am just wondering because I can't seem to find this information. Where is the hearing for the rezoning going to take place. I know I read some where 7pm Thursday night but just wondered where? I am in full support of the studio going in and bringing jobs and revenue to our county.
of S. Sandy Creek Rd. and Veterans Pkwy. When Chairman Brown drives by, honk once for yes, or twice to say no thanks. Be sure to wave, too.:)
Now that the Pinewood Studio group has expressed interest in the property on the "Road to Nowhere," it exposes the Lilliputians in the Tea Party and the county commission who so voraciously opposed the West Fayetteville by-pass as small-minded, power-hungry politicians who lack any vision for the county. The deafening silence of these little men demonstrates that this insular group will not admit their errors, and commissioner Brown (the most vocal opponent of the roadway) is suddenly a great proponent of the economic boost it brings to the county.
Your choices are the proponents of: "The road to nowhere" vs. "Build it and they will come." Judge for yourself who should lead our county. Just don't expect our current crop of county commissioners ever to admit how woefully wrong their opposition to the West Fayetteville by-pass turned out to be. That would require integrity.
I haven't seen any evidence that the WFB played any role whatsoever in Pinewood's decision to locate here. I do think the availability of undeveloped land was key and I suspect those folks could/would build whatever tansportation arteries they needed/wanted, provided local approval. Hey, take a break and go out and measure your impervious surfaces, willya!
The road played no role in this production.
Do you think that no one on board the helicopter ride last year noticed or commented on the road WFB being constructed? They had to have seen the road and realized once it is finished they won't have to spend thier money on infrastructure and could invest more for their profitablility. The completion of the road is most likely a caveat in the negotiations.
I can't see how the road would have any impact on their decision. It literally goes nowhere. Once the phase to 92 N is complete, how does that help bring traffic down to them? They will have to take a back road, to another highway, to get on the interstate. Completely indirect.
If there was an exit on 92 N, I could see the importance in the road. As it stands now, its pretty useless.
You need to look at the map and read this article.
Aside from being a place to make movies, Fayette will have invariably created a solution to a longstanding controversy by snaring the studio complex. The complex will be near the infamous West Fayetteville Bypass, a thoroughfare that drew a lot of criticism from some residents who felt it was built in an area of the county that doesn't have traffic problems. The complex also is near an empty school. It's a carte blanche canvas on which Hollywood can create.
"The county built a road no one wanted, and the Board of Education built a school that houses no students. We're taking what's a major lemon and making superb lemonade out of it," Brown said.
The road has a lot to do with it.
Stargate/Pinewood Studies was on the radar since last spring. (Prior to elections). This didn't just fall into our laps when the new commission took over. The commission is playing us as fools and the PR the commission is putting out needs to taken with a grain of salt.
Disagree. Someone directly involved with the negotiations told me that they were more interested in the fact that from the proposed Site to the Airport was an 18 minute trip via Sandy Creek/Hwy 74/I-85. WFB not involved. Seems to me that you continue to search/hope for for a rotten apple in the barrel. Did you perhaps support a loser or some losers in the election? YOU could always run the next time you know.
I did not support Hearn or Horgan. Both had to go for various reasons.
Yes, easy travel to the airport would be important to the studio. So is a access outside the studio door. Don't really take any credence to hearsay from your personal source, as I too have information from a business associate involved that prefers to stay quiet until all the paperwork is complete and he receives his payout.
Sometimes people must read the news from other sources to gain further insight. Mr. Brown was quoted as saying that the county built a lemon road and we now have great lemonade. If the road had nothing to do with it, why provide the quote?
Road construction is extremely expensive. The site was selected because the roadway is almost in place. Don't you think that the studio would rather spend their capital on additional studios that make them money or have this tied up on a road?
Two of the current commissioners knew of the potential studio prior to the elections last fall Yet they misled the voters to gain the majority on Council. Since the other three were so easily swayed after 3 months in office following years of voicing their displeasure over the road, I wonder when they actually became aware of the studio, since they should not have been privy to this information until January of this year. Maybe Mr. Barlow would swear on the bible when he first learned the road to nowhere actually had a plan and perhaps he owes people an explanation.
Think about it.
I have learned never to trust anything that comes out of certain politicians mouths.
Keep telling yourself that the addition of new infrastructure accessing the Pinewood Studio land had absolutely nothing to do with their decision, and perhaps you will believe it.
It worked for Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Easy to find out--just ask Matt Forshee if any of them expressed interest in that road.
1. It's obvious I can't change your mind.
2. Matt reports to the BOC. He knows not to rock the boat until the sales complete.
The supporters of our new commissioners toe the company line that the West Fayetteville By-pass had no impact on the Pinewood deal because it justifies their support of these 5 current short-sighted commissioners. To say otherwise would be to admit that the foundational plank in their election campaigns was superfluous.
The idea that a new business coincidentally chose a land purchase beside a new road is like saying that the Georgia Dome coincidentally becomes crowded on Sundays that the Falcons play at home.
No one is as blind as the man who refuses to see.
The BOC knew about Pinewood last spring but they could not divulge this info due to possible ethics violations and knew the former commissioners were being held to the same code of silence. They continued with the charade of their disdain knowing the WFB was an important piece of the deal. The voting majority was the coveted prize and integrity went out the window. It's no wonder the former commissioners have been so hard on the BOC. It's personal.
No one is as blind as the man who refuses to see.
...or maybe not.
... while HOPING someone would come makes good business sense?
No wonder you support the current regime..
The voters went and voted for the transportation tax that is funding the WFB. They later got buyer's remorse when some people's property started to get basically taken from them and also realizing "what the hell is the road supposed to be for?" and "wait, this wasn't the most important project and blah blah blah," but you know what happens when you vote to give the government extra tax dollars......they WILL spend it.
It's a minor miracle that voter ignorance and past Commission screw-ups might in fact turn into a big positive. I take that back.....it would be a MAJOR miracle and it just might happen.
For years, 4 of the 5 present commissioners were on record opposing the Road to Nowhere. Now that the county finally has someone planning to purchase and utilize the land after a depressed economy these same commissioners are expected to approve a rezoning of this land with a brand new zoning classification never before utilized.
The article states that local officials have been working on this project for over one year. That means two of the five commissioners knew about the potential project last spring. This was prior to the elections. These two elected officials could not divulge anything about the potential plan since this was, and should be, business that is kept silent until all the formalities are concluded.
Lets reason that the two did not share this information with the 3 new commissioners prior to them taking office, as this would have violated our ethics code. That means the two holdover commissioners knew that the road to nowhere actually had a plan behind it before the election, yet continued to present false hopes to the public that the road could be stopped and costs transferred for different usage.
Should this be the case, then at minimum 2 of the 3 new commissioners, need to clarify their positions and perhaps acknowledge that their predessesors were not as stupid as they made them out to be during their campaign prior to being elected. Well at least a stand up person would.
The two holdover commissioners also need to acknowledge that perhaps they misdirected the public in order to gain the majority they coveted for years.
Just because the article says "local officials", that doesn't necessarily mean the Board of Commissioners! Why be so anxious to indict someone?
There are certain things That the Board of commissioners are not allowed to be transparent. Litigation and pending land purchases. This prevented the two holdover and the two former commissioners from this discussion during elections.
Someone really benefited by being silent. Had this been made public during elections, if word that the by-pass could not be stopped, or if someone leaked there was a pending plan in place, do you think we would have had the campaign promises being voided within 3 months into the new term?
Do you really think information that big was held from the commissioners?
Don't you think that the development authority reports to the commission?


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Justin Tinsley is a sportswriter who's written for The Sports Fan Journal and The Smoking Section.
There's pride in accomplishment, but pain in missed opportunities. The artists formerly known as the New Jersey Nets have both.
Head to any location where legit hoops conversations normally take place. The barbershop, where every barber and/or customer is the next coming of Hubie Brown. Or the bar, where the old-school WWF-equivalent to "hell in the cell"-type debates happen. Wherever the location, ask people to name their greatest "What If?" NBA team of the '90s. Chances are the most common answers revolve around the Shaq/Penny-led Orlando Magic and the Gary Payton/Shawn Kemp-era Seattle SuperSonics. Both choices come with their heavy share of logic, yet there's one team largely dubbed an outcast. Who remembers the complicated story of the 1993-94 New Jersey Nets?
On the surface, the squad is immortalized largely for the tragic death of Drazen Petrovic following a car accident on June 7, 1993. And in a sense, it is the most important factor in realizing why the team derailed. Digging below the surface, however, finds a unit marred by lack of trust, mismanagement of talent and several additional storylines that have since been tossed to the wayside in the two decades since.
Let's break down the known facts surrounding the 1992-93 squad:
- These Nets went 43-39, good for third in the Atlantic Division.
- They lost their first round matchup against Cleveland 3-2, in a series many figured would be a sweep by the Cavs prior to Game 1.
- Of the team's three best players -– Petrovic, Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson — the oldest was 28.
- Chuck Daly was the head coach.
- Both Drazen and Coleman made the All-NBA third team.
The team was beginning to find its own identity apart from being type-casted as the Knicks' sideshow act in Jersey. They experienced the bumps and bruises teams need when acquiring that playoff grit all championship-caliber teams would need in future seasons. Everything appeared to be on the up and up. Then, the season ended.
For as bright as the immediate future held for the Nets, it was equally as murky, if not more. Then second-year guard out of Michigan Rumeal Robinson revealed in May 1993, "I'm outta here. I can't take this anymore. I'm leaving. There are other teams that will treat me right." He didn't want to return to being Kenny Anderson's back up once he recovered from a wrist injury that shortened his '92-'93 campaign.
Another hurdle in the road presented itself in the form of Derrick Coleman's contract negotiations. The New York Times dubbed Coleman as the most important player to his team not named Michael Jordan during the second half of the '92-'93 season, where he averaged 20.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Larry Nance dubbed him the game's best power forward, high praise coming from a guy who was an All-Star power forward ahead of D.C. during that very season. Chuck Daly saw him as a top five-or-six player in the league. Coleman wanted compensation, and while no one knew it at the time, his demands ultimately prove to be a first class ticket out of Jersey.
And yet, here's the nugget that's so often forgotten — Drazen Petrovic was very serious about not returning to the Nets for the '93-'94 season. It's the reason why Coleman was reluctant to sign a long-term extension that summer. He wanted to see what general manager Willis Reed and the Nets would do with Petro and fellow free agent Chris Dudley.
"Nothing has changed," said Petrovic weeks before his death on a phone conversation from his mother's house in Zagreb, Croatia. "I still want to see all the options I have, but I'm not coming back to the Nets. This is the place where I would be most happy. This is my home."
Running topics as to why Draz was so adamant about not returning to the organization that helped turn him into one of the league's most promising talents were plentiful. First was his feeling of xenophobia being the reason he failed to make the All-Star Team his final two seasons. Second, he wasn't sold on the Nets' commitment to becoming more than a fringe playoff team, evident in their willingness to allow players like Mookie Blaylock and Terry Mills walk. Drazen wanted a contender, and as far as he knew, who's to say Coleman wasn't next to be shipped out of town?
"I think maybe two or three guys that are here now will be here next season," said Petrovic to the NY Times' Mike Freeman on May 10, 1993. "Maybe Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson and some others. It's hard to figure this organization out. But I have to think about my finances and what's best for Drazen Petrovic."
Third, of course, was the almighty dollar. There was the very real possibility that Petrovic had a $4-5 million contract (largely tax free!) waiting for him in Europe. He wanted the Nets to reimburse him for what he felt like was yeoman's work in New Jersey. Check Draz's final two seasons in Jersey to realize not only the threat he was becoming on the court, but the legitimacy of his stance against the Nets' front office. It was hard to argue against him.
1991-92: 82 games played (82 started), 20.6 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 3.1 APG, 50.8 FG, 44.4 3PT, 80.8 FT
1992-93: 70 games played (67 started), 22.3 PPG, 2.7 RPB, 3.5 APG, 51.8 FG, 44.9 3PT, 87% FT
Whatever the case, Petrovic was long since respected as one of the NBA's most straight shooters who backed down to no man, whether it be Michael Jordan or oppression in his home country of Croatia. He was hell-bent on playing next season in Europe where he was already the biggest draw talent and name-wise. If the Nets were going to turn the corner with one of the most promising nuclei in the league, they were going to need an Oliver Miller-sized pool of good luck.
None of which would play in to their favor.
The summer/fall of 1993 was arguably the most trying offseason ever faced under David Stern. Lockouts are more frustrating than anything. Death is a totally different animal to deal with.
On top of Petrovic's passing, Boston Celtics' promising swingman Reggie Lewis died a month later on July 27, 1993, from what paramedics described as full cardiac arrest. He was a year younger than Drazen, just 27. Michael Jordan's father, James, was found dead August 14, concluding a three-week search for his body. And just weeks before the start of training camp, Michael himself announced he was retiring on October 7, 1993.
The NBA had lost its signature star at the peak of his domination and two of its most promising talents in the most bizzare and depressing fashions. About the only thing that went right was the arrival of Chris Webber, who was undoubtedly the most recognizable star in college basketball (although his last moment as a member of the Fab Five has since gone down in infamy).
Meanwhile, for the Nets, everything was therapy on the fly. Every move that offseason was a mask for how the team would respond in the 1993-94 season. It was like placing a Band-Aid on an open gash. They lured Kevin Edwards away from Miami and drafted Rex Walters with the 16th overall pick in the Webber/Anfernee Hardaway-led draft.
None of it compensated for a loss Reed said as he broke into tears, "…was like losing a son." Kenny Anderson confessed he damn-near collapsed when first hearing the news. "Petro and I were starting to get really close. We were just starting to get to really know one another and now he's gone. Actually, I think the whole team was beginning to come together. We were really putting the pieces together."
Perhaps whatever ill will that festered before June 7 was legit. Perhaps the Nets were willing to gamble on the futures of Draz, Chris Dudley and even Derrick Coleman when business overrode everything else. It took death, and its eternal uncanny ability, to put everything in perspective.
Suddenly, these Nets stood on the brink of a season without their leading scorer and a growing frustration in a player who is seen nowadays as the prototypical pouty big man. The emotional anguish haunted New Jersey throughout the season. What felt like stress months earlier had turned into full-fledged panic mode. Daly, in November 1993, openly questioned how far the team could go without the lack of post presence. "I'm not sure either one of them [Benoit Benjamin and Dwayne Schintzius] is mentally strong enough to be a starter." Coleman had already rejected an eight-year, $69 million extension. Depending on which side of the story is rehashed, D.C. had already begun the process of mentally checking out of New Jersey.
The 1993-94 Nets somehow managed to win 45 games without their heart and soul who moonlighted as arguably the world's best shooter. They secured a first round matchup against, ironically, the New York Knicks. In some sense, there was the unspoken belief the Nets were being carried on the now heavenly shoulders and will of Petrovic, a teammate who made life for both Anderson and Coleman explicitly easier on the court.
Pat Riley's top-ranked Knicks defense swarmed Anderson and Coleman in that series, making it difficult to get into an offensive set, let alone find an open shot. Petro's laser-like shooting could've completely changed the series, especially considering the Nets' two-guards found iron more than they found buckets, as Kevin Edwards and Chris Morris combined to shoot 32.2 percent for the series (30-93!), leaving Anderson and Coleman as two Apollo Creeds fighting a swarming fleet of Ivan Dragos.
Credit a large part of that to Riley's scheme and the Knicks' overall jaws-of-life style of defense. However, thoughts of "but what if…" creep into the conversation when Petrovic's numbers against the Knicks in his two full seasons in Jersey are brought up. The 3-6 win/loss record isn't attractive, but when looking at Morris' and Edwards' numbers compared to Draz's 19.1 points per Knick game on 51.1 percent shooting (65-127) and 63.2 percent from three (12-19), it's hard to believe the Nets don't at least force a fifth and deciding contest at the Garden.
Opening Pandora's box is dangerous when discussing basketball. Who knows what happens had one offseason from the seventh-level of hell not struck New Jersey. Maybe:
- The Nets finish with a better record than 45-37, thus avoiding the Knicks in the first round. Keep in mind, the East was wide open now that Jordan was off learning how to (not) hit off-speed pitches.
- Drazen's brother, Aleksandr, was right and he returns to Jersey. This possibly influences Derrick Coleman to rectify his contract situation realizing what the Nets had in place. Or not.
- The front office realizes this team has a puncher's chance to become something special with an elite shooter who pulled double duty as one of the league's toughest characters, a crafty floor general who averaged 19-10 and an automatic 20-10 on the block and invests in keeping them together.
- Kenny Anderson's career isn't set on a weird spiral looking for the potential and chemistry in another backcourt mate like Drazen.
- Drazen joins the rare 50-40-90 fraternity, which seems all but a given since he was entering the prime of his career.
Instead, it wasn't meant to be. Given the emotional roller coaster, basketball just didn't feel fun. Chuck Daly retired following the '93-94 season, not even two years after leading the Dream Team to gold in Barcelona, at the very same Olympic games where Petrovic would earn the iconic coach's respect. The '94-'95 installment would go 30-52. Kenny Anderson was traded to the Hornets in January 1996 after declining the Nets six-year, $40 million offer earlier in the season. And Derrick Coleman was traded a month before, to Philadelphia in a deal that netted the Nets the incomparable Shawn Bradley. Just like that, a team was dismantled and its potential officially laid to rest.
20 years later, the expectations and excitement of Nets fans as they head into the 2013-14 season is understandable. Sure, unlike during the '93-'94 version, the game's best player is still in their conference at the peak of his powers with no apparent interest in baseball. But at least this season, there's no black cloud hovering above. At least this season, the Brooklyn Nets have their full arsenal of weapons. At least this season, the Nets have a chance.
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If you're able to get away this weekend and enjoy the sun or maybe even head to the beach, you're going to have to fight with some humidity. Humidity is great for your skin - it keeps it moist and slows down the aging process, which is what we love about the wetness in the air. However, humidity is super annoying for your hair, right? It not only creates unneeded frizz, it takes super straight hair and makes it curly.
Instead of styling your hair straight when you are in a humid climate, it's a good idea to make it curly and use some anti-humidity hair products that will keep your curls in place. The idea isn't to fight with the humidity, but go with it. By going with it, your tresses will look lovely and you won't feel annoyed if your straight locks all of a sudden become messy and frizzy.
A good hairspray will certainly help you with your quest to loveliness. Aqua Net Professional Hairspray Extra Hold has received great reviews, and it's easy to see why. It creates a strong hold without making your hair feel sticky or crunchy and it will maintain your hairstyle for up to 6 hours with only creating minimal frizz.
Master frizz even further with John Frieda Moisture Barrier Firm - Hold Hairspray. This hairspray will fight the humidity by keeping your locks firmly in place, without creating more frizz. However, be wary that this spray has gotten some mixed reviews. Some say that it makes their hair sticky or crunchy, but perhaps that is just how it's supposed to be to keep the frizz away? We'll let you be the judge.
Nexxus is another brand that offers an anti humidity hairspray. Since this product is considered to be more lightweight than other hairsprays, you can expect a relaxed hold on your curls. This is ideal with you want to go for the beachy look - laid back curls that aren't too crispy because of sticky hairspray. That's not fun. Find Nexxus Maxximum Styling & Finishing Mist and mist your locks into place.
Now that you're aware of some anti humidity hair products to try, it's time to have some fun this holiday weekend! What do you have planned? If you're at the beach be sure to use sunscreen even if it may be overcast. You never know the power of the sun rays even though it is overcast outside!
Also - going back to your hair, take care of it and protect it with hairspray and other quality products that will lock your curls into place and protect it from the sun simultaneously. Don't be concerned with a little bit of frizz - messy is in right now and it's okay to let your curls go wild. You'll be a beach babe with amazing hair and a glowing summer look.
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- Breed: Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix
- Color: Merle
- Age: Young
- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Demo is a 11 month old Catahoula mix. He is a very active and loving dog. Treat oriented, and willing to follow basic commands for them. Needs a fenced in yard so he can run and wear himself out. Walks on leash. He is a real handsome fellow.
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Demo, a Crawfordville Catahoula Leopard Dog dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Catahoula Leopard Dog for sale in Crawfordville, or seeking a Catahoula Leopard Dog dog from a breeder in Crawfordville.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Crawfordville already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Crawfordville breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Catahoula Leopard Dog breeders who help with Catahoula Leopard Dog rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Crawfordville paves the way for another one to be saved.


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My name is Alex Gilmore
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I love to design using typography, images and space.
In other words, I specialize in creating simple and beautiful artwork.
My work process:
The most important part of innovating and creating something original is down to
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That idea can be developed and changed into something beautiful and useful. It is great to see a project start and finish with the
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This is how the outcome of your project will become successful.
There are two main points to keep in mind when creating the design artwork:
Functionality and appearance. These are most effective when they are simple and beautiful.
Thinking about this when designing elements and features will be the way to help increase clarity and interest when people use your product.
Once the idea has been finalized and the design, it is time to to finish the final product.
It will be at this point that all final changes and tweaks will be made to ensure the end user will not encounter any problems whilst experiencing your product.
Following these steps and pushing the boundaries will create a truly original product.
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A high capacity microSD card is a good upgrade for any power user, even if at first blush you don't think the space is required. From my own experience, I never thought I needed one for extra space - I always had plenty enough storage as it was, or so I thought. But then I tried rooting a tablet and realized I needed a microSD card to do so, so sure enough, I ordered one.
Taiwanese manufacturer HTC released a short video today explaining the process used to create the One S' unique, durable body. For those who need a refresher, the One S is 1/3 of HTC's new 'One' line of phones, debuted at MWC this year. The One S is just below the One X, and just above the One V spec-wise, carrying a 4.3" Super AMOLED display, 8MP camera, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and a super slender 7.95mm profile.
Velocity Micro's Android tablet called Cruz is now available for pre-order from Borders.com and CruzReader.com at a bargain price of $299.99.
The CruzReader.com order page is currently citing a late September release date, while Borders.com is expected to ship October 15th, so you may have to wait for a number of weeks before you can get your hands on one yourself.
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Position: Associate Director - Social Investment
Organization: The Kresge Foundation
Location: Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation has an immediate opening for a senior level position in the Foundation's Social Investment practice. This position will take a leadership role in further developing and expanding the use of non-grant forms of capital to further the Foundation's programmatic priorities. The Associate Director will work closely with the Director of Social Investment and with the Foundation's Program staff and be responsible for identifying/creating, structuring, closing and monitoring investments using debt, equity and guarantees. The position will cultivate and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including borrowers, financial intermediaries, banks and policy makers.
The program aspires to position The Kresge Foundation as a recognized leader within philanthropy by partnering effectively with the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and by deploying our capital in innovative ways for the benefit of nonprofit organizations and the people they serve. We seek to hire an individual who will help our Social Investment team achieve that vision.
The individual filling this position will work in close partnership with the Director and a small team, as well as with the foundation's program and grants management staff.
Primary responsibilities of the Associate Director include:
- Work with the Director to execute the social investment strategy and further develop the strategy to meet the needs of the Foundation overall and its programs.
- Strategically look at the "capital markets" the Foundation's programs work in and identify the capital or capacity gaps and develop financing solutions to address them
- Identify opportunities for innovative investments, design and structure transactions and monitor deals on an ongoing basis for performance and impact
- Represent the Foundation at high level meetings and speak authoritatively about the subject matter of social investing, the Foundation's priorities and bring forward/develop sound ideas
- Perform "market reconnaissance" seeking out ideas and partners in support of the Foundation's strategy. Evaluate opportunities for programmatic fit, cost of proposed intervention vis-a-vis expected results, financial and organizational strength of non-profit, for-profit and public sponsor(s). Underwrite programmatic and financial risk.
- Serve as a convener of partners and developer of strategic initiatives. Monitor key policy issues understand the potential impact on the sector and Kresge's objectives.
- With other team members, have collective responsibility for reaching annual investment targets.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in relevant or related fields is required; Master's degree and relevant credentialing are desirable.
- Minimum of 7-10 years of senior level experience finance experience in the banking sector with significant depth in transaction structuring
- Excellent analytical and writing skills.
- High entrepreneurial aptitude with demonstrated experience designing and executing innovative programming
- Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies to effect change.
- Demonstrated financial analysis skills, including the ability to analyze audited financials, balance sheets, and business plans – write and present investment analyses
- Experience using quantitative and qualitative data to present options for decision-making, highlight trade-offs and propose recommendations.
- Comfortable using data to inform decisions and build consensus for ideas. Experience in product or business development, negotiating complex partnerships that bring value to both sides, investment decisions, deal structuring and organizational design.
- Effective time-management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage a diverse and demanding workload.
- Exceptional interpersonal and relationship management skills; ability to successfully manage complex negotiations with multiple parties
- Excellent communication skills; ability to translate new, complicated or confusing concepts to unfamiliar and diverse audiences
- Experience working collaboratively across the nonprofit, private and public sectors.
- Ability to undertake extensive (~30%) national travel.
- Strong commitment to the Foundation's vision and values.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
To Apply:
The Kresge Foundation has engaged Koya Leadership Partners to help with this hire. Please submit a compelling cover letter and resume to Erin Reedy at
The Kresge Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBT applicants.
About The Kresge Foundation:
The Kresge Foundation is a $3.1 billion private, national foundation that seeks to influence the quality of life for future generations through its support of nonprofit organizations working in its seven program areas: Arts and Culture, Community Development, Detroit, Education, Environment, Health, and Human Services. In 2011, the Board of Trustees approved 410 awards totaling $130 million; $150 million was paid out to grantees over the course of the year.
Our Social Investment Practice supports our grantmaking strategies within those program areas by making capital available to nonprofit organizations through loans, loan guarantees, cash deposits, and other forms of program-related investment support.
For more information on our fields of interest, grantmaking, and social investment practice, please visit our website, www.kresge.org.
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Koya Leadership Partners is a national retained search and consulting firm that works exclusively with non-profits and social enterprises. We deliver measurable results, finding exceptionally talented people who truly fit the unique culture of our client organizations. For more information about Koya Leadership Partners, visit www.koyapartners.com.


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Verging on Vinyl : Review of Untitled #23
Day Thirty-Eight: The Church – Untitled #23 8th Feb 2013 http://vovinyl.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/day-thirty-eight-church-untitled-23.html "Back when I wrote about Burning Airlines' Identikit, I decided to be a smartypants and ask J. Robbins and Peter Moffett for opinions on where to go with that entry, and got different responses from each. It did, however, help to decide which release to go [Read more…]
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Ten great albums recorded at Sound City Studios, the focus of Sound City
Weezer's second album didn't get as much attention as its debut at first, but that's just part of the process of becoming a cult classic. A concept album loosely based on Madame Butterfly, Pinkerton was darker than the act's self-titled debut, but it maintains some of the humor of the era -- basically making fun of your own angst. The general sound is of a lightly-produced live band album, but the more you listen, the more you notice the craft in the writing and composition.
4. Tool's Undertow (1993)
Tool's first full-length album is angry, but not just for the sake of being angry. Everything this band does, from lyrics to disturbing videos, is thought-out. Undertow questions and mocks dogmatic religions; it reflects a belief in nothing, yet a search for something. This album also brought metal back to the public's attention, showing that the genre can be emotional and complex. People told guitarist Adam Jones he was crazy when he left a career in film -- as a set designer, sculptor and special effects artists on films like Jurassic Park and Predator 2 -- to be part of a band. But he put his twisted artistic skills to use on Tool's videos, including "Sober."
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A man and a woman died Sunday after being pulled from the water off Eastern Point.
The Coast Guard and Gloucester Police Department said they were called about 5:10 p.m. after the pair was seen in the water off the rocks.
Police were able to locate the pair and make a rescue. They said CPR was performed and both were transported to Addison Gilbert Hospital.
The victims died shortly before 8 p.m.
Investigators said it's unclear what led to the incident. The man and the woman were not identified but were believed to be in their 40s.
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Friday, January 13, 2006
Spiral-Bound/184 pgs & $14.95 from Top Shelf
Dear Editor,
This is one wonderful graphic novel although I must admit my initial confusion over its intended audience.
Spiral-Bound is drawn in a style common for children's books written for pre-literate kids who must be read to, or beginning readers. All of its characters are cute little talking animals like baby elephants, puppy dogs, rabbits, frogs and kittie cats. I loved the sperm-whale in that huge glass bubble on wheels. But I
can't imagine a hardcore fan of, say, The X-Men thumbing through this book and buying it.
Making this graphic novel look like a spiral notebook was a nice touch
although that also makes it look as if it is intended for very young readers.
In addition, I thought the art was visually imaginative, the story was
visually well told (except for a few awkward scene changes), and the characters and settings were fun to oggle. That statement won't attract Batman fans.
So, whom do you wish to buy this book? Because when I read it, I immediately found simple but delightful dialogue that, at least on the surface, seemed to target
very young human beans. But I also discovered that Spiral-Bound is simply too long and complex for very young, pre-literate children or beginning readers. In fact, Spiral-Bound is well-written, clever, and fun to read with lots of twists and excellent character development. Its surprise ending was completely satisfying.
So whom do you wish to buy this innovative graphic novel? I'm admittedly a
bit slow, but I think I've figured it out. Spiral-Bound is meant for people who love to read to children and for those who just love good work created by the marriage of words and pictures.
It is highly recommended by yours truly, Michael Vance.
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Cambridge UK mobile technology company Bango has raised £6.5 million to fund growth in emerging markets around the world.
Bango CEO Ray Anderson believes the oversubscribed funding round could be a gamechanger for the business on the international stage after achieving major success in the US.The cash will propel the AIM-listed business into Latin America and Asia – notably Brazil and India. It has already hit the one billion mobile phone users milestone.
Bango, whose technology aids mobile web payments and analytics for mobile operating heavyweights, saw its London share price 4.34 per cent higher at 216.5p on the news.
Anderson was thrilled with the demand. He said: "Bango has made significant progress through 2012 and into 2013, with a total reach now exceeding one billion mobile phone users.
"We have executed on our plan to support a significant scaling-up in future transaction volumes; making key hires to boost our executive and operational team and investing in our technology platform.
"We have also seen good development across our key metrics, with analytics transaction volume doubling again during 2012 and end user spend growth resuming towards the end of 2012 and into 2013.
"We believe emerging markets represent an exciting growth opportunity for us, and are seeing increasing interest from key customers in these areas, in particular in Brazil, Latin America, India and other parts of Asia.
"This fundraising provides us with the resources to move forward in developing those opportunities and we are confident that the massively smooth user experiences enabled by our unique technology platform, extensive mobile network operator relationships and industry leading customers provide us with a clear competitive edge in the fast growing mobile payments industry."
Bango gained significant US traction through partnerships with clients such as Google and Facebook but Anderson's strategy has been unswerving – to increase the spread of global markets and saturate them with the technology.
He believes music over mobiles will be accelerated and made more cost effective by Bango's technology, which will open up a whole new vertical market for the business. And all this for a company told by Bill Gates that its technology was a non-starter.
Mills & Reeve Corporate Finance Partner and Capital Markets specialist Stephen Hamilton led the Mills & Reeve team advising Bango on the fundraising.
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Hi All,
I'm sure that this has been asked before, but I'm a bit confused. So….damage does damage. A critical hit gives you a card. Does it also give you a point of damage? If you get rid of the card (flip it over), do you still have that point of damage (if you do take a point)?
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It's an all-music show tonight, with the latest music from Radio France Internationale to some golden oldies from the past.
Tonight's program is all music, from new music from Radio France Internationale, to vinyl oldies and an eclectic selection.
Guest Mary Dibbern of the Minnesota Opera, will speak tonight of the current opera, "Werther", by the French composer, Jules Massenet.
Tonight's guest is Dan Newton, well-known local accordionist, who along with his Café Accordion Orchestra, will soon play in concert at the Cedar Cultural Centre. Dan will speak of the show at the Cedar and of his group's new cd, "Berets & Bongos". Our program will also feature a wide variety of songs, both old and new, from a variety of French-speaking countries.
It's an all-music program tonight. We start with songs about stars:David Bowie, Bo Derek, Elvis-from a new selection from Radio France Internationale. An eclectic mix from past and present completes the program.


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You'll Have to Wait Until January 2012 to See 'Apollo 18′
Movie News By Scott Beggs on March 28, 2011 | Comments (1)Despite being totally real, not at all fake, absolutely true found footage of a moon mission that ended in tragedy (or at least contained a lot of it), apparently Apollo 18 just isn't marketable enough for The Weinstein Company. The movie was supposed to hit theaters later this month, but it's been warp whistled to January of next year. Apparently there won't be a big Oscar push. In other news, they've also moved Piranha 3DD 2: The Sequel from mid-September to Thanksgiving week, which is perfect, because I know how much grandma wants to check that one out.
Dimension Puts 'Piranha' Back in the Water with Sequel
Movie News By Scott Beggs on August 23, 2010 | Comments (4)Because audiences demand more boobs, blood, and biting of nether regions on screen, Dimension is answering the call and riding the wave of self-proclaimed success by announcing Piranha 3D 2. Producer Mark Canton excitedly proclaimed in the press release that he couldn't "wait to get to work on the sequel." It's unclear right now whether Alexandre Aja will return as director, but whoever gets the job will hopefully be a newcomer that will, according to the film's history, become the next James Cameron.
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Vanessa Franking earned her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Memphis in a heavily male dominated discipline.
She worked for Federal Express to pay for her college education and then continued for eleven years where she helped design and deploy the FedEx worldwide data network. She was responsible for the Eastern half of the US network. She became a private pilot during her tenure at FedEx. Her reputation for strong interpersonal and leadership skills in the networking industry and amongst industry groups during her tenure at FedEx attracted Intel Corporation to recruit her in 1994, at which time she moved to California. At Intel she worked both as a network technologist and worldwide program manager for network education in Intel's Information Technology division. In 1996 she fulfilled a lifelong ambition by competing in and completing the 100th running of the Boston Marathon.
A person of many and varied interests, Vanessa retired from corporate life in 1997 and moved with her husband and two sons to Lake Tahoe where she supported a number of charitable causes including being elected president of the Lake Tahoe branch of the American Association of University Women and serving on the Computer Science Advisory board for Sierra Nevada College. When not enjoying life at Lake Tahoe, Vanessa spends her time pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Antioch University in Los Angeles and enjoying the Caribbean and New England coast on her sailboat which she and her husband keep in Newport, RI.


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Fresh water has to be made from sea water at Scott Base. But first the sea lice has to be filtered out!
Steve Denby chuckles as he grabs a giant sea lice from Scott Base's pump house. It's one of many unlucky sea-dwelling animals sucked up from a hole in the ice near Antarctica New Zealand's base on Ross Island.
"They're a bit of a giggle when they get in there. We get fish, sea lice and a type of big slater sometimes. I throw them back if they're still wriggling," the 50-year-old water engineer says.
In October, Denby started his second year-long stint in Antarctica. His job is dominated by sea water, fresh water and waste water.
About 8000 litres of fresh water is needed at Scott Base daily for showers, toilets, washing, cooking, drinking and cleaning. But in order to keep the fresh water topped up, it must be converted from their plentiful supply of sea water which is where Denby comes in.
Denby admits he feels a sense of pride when using Scott Base water and says it tastes "beautiful".
The less attractive side of his job is looking after waste water.
"It's quite a neat process but not for the weak-stomached."
Scott Base's waste-water plant runs 24/7. The water is dosed with ozone and returned to the sea. The remaining sludge is flown back to New Zealand for destruction.
His experience for Antarctica came from decades in the Territorial Force working on water purification plus a year with Palmerston City Council as a waste-water mechanic.
He has a wife and two adult children back home, who he misses.
"I'm happy to be back here and I'll be happy to go back home again, obviously."


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Accessories and Documentation
Inside of the hardware box found tied to the expansion slots you will find these eight slides that will allow you to use the four bay 2.5"Âť drive rack located on the bottom level. You also get 12 wire ties to keep the wiring managed well inside.
Along with what we just saw, you get this to finish off what is found in the box. There are stand-offs and the socket to tighten them, fan screws, long hex head screws that I didn't use, SSD screws for the X-Dock trays, motherboard screws, and the PSU screws.
There wasn't any paperwork, but I contribute that to the rush my sample was in to arrive ahead of the NDA. I almost forgot you also get the motherboard post beep speaker to help diagnose post issues.
I removed the motherboard tray in preparation for the build so I figured I would show it off. The edges are folded to give it strength as well as the indent around the SPU cooler access hole. This will simply slide back into the chassis under the rear I/O and expansion slots that stay in the chassis.
On the left I wanted to show the tab lock system CM offers with the 3.5"Âť drive mounting. Releasing the tab allows the tray to expand, slide the drive in, then squeeze the tray together and lock the drive into place. As for the SSD mounting on the right, you do have to remove a pin and grommet from the side, but then you just use four screws through the bottom to mount it.


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Showdate: October 8th, 2010
We saw the band eating at Toro Bravo before the show. Smart guys.
James. Special band for my wife and I. Very excited to see this show. We last saw them around 1996 at the long gone La Luna. Hitting the Wonder tonight. Show is packed. Surprising to me. Show possibly went clean for walk up sales or was damn close. Or the promoter papered it. Let's be optimistic. Portland is representing lately in live show attendance.
Crowd is very social and polite. Very middle aged and noticeably gay. If you are a single dude with game, a James show seems like a good place to hang. Especially if you are bisexual. Target rich.
Lights drop. And the sound of a trumpet can be heard. Everyone is looking at the stage waiting for the band to come in. And waiting. Annnnnnnd waiting. As the crowd starts turning to the back, I spot Andy Diagram playing the opening to "Sit Down Next To Me". The other instruments and vocal kick in with the band in the middle of the floor. Tim Booth climbs up on the stairwell wall and sings to an enthusiastic and, again, polite (and not sitting, thank God) crowd.
Here's your setlist:
(Set Time: 2 hours. 10:00pm to 12:00a.m.)
Sit Down Next To Me
??Seven (Thanks James!)
Ring The Bells
Dust Motes
Tell Her I Said So
It's Hot
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
She's A Star
Jam J
I Wanna Go Home
Top Of The World
Out To Get You
Say Something
The crowd and James get comfortable with each other. 7 musicians on stage and the sound is very good. During "Ring The Bells", Tim starts dancing and the energy noticeably changes. As the song ends, the crowd sustains a long applause and cheer session. Tim Booth (vocals) looked visibly pleased. "Now we are really going to have to be fucking good."
After "Dust Motes", Tim strips down to a shirt that says SAFE SEX FOREVER and makes him look more muscular and tatooed. Similar to Bono's stage outfit on the Pop Mart tour. We eventually see this from the rail. Michelle finds her way to the stage. Again. Damn! Three times in a row when rocking a GA floor. For someone so polite, that is pretty raw. Respect.
James was formed in 1982. The current lineup solidified around 1989. Given that experience, you would expect the live show to be solid. And it is. A very good mix of quality musicianship and showmanship. Tim and Andy handle most of the crowd interaction. Tim's talking here and there and dancing in his inimitable style. Andy encouraging everyone by singing lyrics off mic at the lip of the stage.
At the start of "Getting Away With It", the crowd was singing the opening verses before Tim overpowered it. The crowd was truly great for this show. The distorted guitar on "Jam J" perked up my ears but was somewhat scarred by a really low vocal volume. "Jam J" definitely brought the goods and was one of the set's hard rocking highlights. Wish the vocals were up higher. Boo! Pretty nitpicky in the scheme of a 120 minute show, though.
The songs after "Jam J" are fairly downtempo and the set settles mainly into musicianship until "Stutter". The song is introduced as one of the first songs they wrote. And would become the highlight of the night for me. The early material of James is certainly less. Poppy. More percussion heavy. If you have an open mind for this kind of shit? Fucking fantastic. The bass and added percussion laid together tonight was so sweet. Combined with manic guitar work? Awesomeness Overload. Here's a clip from many years ago. The vocals are smoother now. Would have loved to see "Stutter" back in the day. Like this:
The fire keeps burning. "Tomorrow" is next. Tim introduces the song "We don't want to become a nostalgic pop band, heaven forbid." With almost the entire band working the crowd from the lip of the stage.
The energy is noticeably different during cuts from Laid. Definitely the songs that the crowd was most into. However, the newer songs were greeted warmly as well. Again, I'll say it. Good, good crowd. No bullshit. No attitude. After "Tomorrow" the crowd cheered and Tim let it slowly build until the crowd was stomping and cheering. Loud! With the same vigor as it would demanding an encore. Tim just stood center stage. Slowly nodding with a half grin on his face. "Laid" kicks in and all the women around me start dancing and buffeting me around.
Having escaped the mini estrogen mosh pit, I look at the crowd and it looks like a bunch of jumping beans. Just what you'd expect from one of my favorite charting 90′s pop songs. Damnit! Good crowd!
For all the holdouts waiting for the Laid tracks? They came in a wave during the four song encore. "Out To Get You" and "Say Something" bookend "Heavens". 19 songs in and the crowd is hanging tough. The final reward is "Sometimes". Very special song to Michelle and I. Nighttime rainstorm at Endfest. Cold. Huddled in a blanket.
Come on thunder,
Come on thunder
And that is the thing with certain bands, right? You latch onto them sometimes at a certain career point. Even if it isn't necessarily the act's best era. It is yours. And that's Laid to me. The crowd is going out in style. Singing
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul
Over and over. At least 20 times. Before the band takes it home. Speaking of…I'm ready for home. Got our money's worth. So did the band judging from the merch table line. On a night like this, it is hard to have many complaints. If you have an album you positively love like Whiplash or James, maybe tonight wouldn't be your deal. Hard to imagine, though. This is my third time seeing James and I would see them three more. And then some. Just one of those bands if you dig their music the live show won't disappoint. Not a night of ravaging my eardrums, sleep pattern, or liver. Just solid fun.


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The Ohio parole board is faced with a gruesome case: a man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter so brutally that she died claims he didn't intend to kill her but was too drunk to realize she was dying.
Awindra Pandey, friend of New Delhi gang-rape victim Jyoti Singh, the student who died after being robbed, stripped, beaten, and brutally raped by 6 men on a Delhi bus, describes the crime and the aftermath when no one would help the bloodied couple as they lay in the road.
Elizabeth Jones, 22, made her first false rape claim in 2004, at age 13. Between that time and this week, when she was sentenced to 16 months in jail, Jones accused ten more men of raping her. According to the Telegraph, Jones accused her latest victim because she "did not like" him.
A few days ago a self-proclaimed Indian holy man blamed a murdered rape victim for the crimes committed against her. Now the attorney representing three of her accused killers is doing it too. In fact he seems to blame pretty much everyone but the accused.
In 2009, Julio Morales allegedly raped an 18-year-old woman who at first thought he was her boyfriend. A court in California has ruled in favor of the accused rapist based on an outdated 1872 statute that states that rape has been committed if the victim was "under the belief that the person committing the act is her husband," but not her boyfriend.
A San Diego appeals court has ordered the release of convicted rapist and quadriplegic Steven Martinez because keeping him in prison costs too much, and he is expected to live another 20 years. The parole board initially denied his medical parole stating that even paralyzed he remains a threat to the public capable of using others to carry out his threats.
Two male students at Miami University in Ohio may be facing charges for hanging up a flier titled "Top Ten Ways to Get Away With Rape" in their residence hall. A sanctioned "Top Ten Ways to Prevent Rape" disappeared from McBride Hall and was later replaced with the new flyer, which gives detailed instructions on how to successfully rape a woman.
Convicted Frankson Serial Killer, Paul Denyer is being investigated in as many as four prison rapes. Denyer, who is serving a 30-year minimum sentence in Australia's Port Philips Prison for murdering three women in 1993: Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17, Stated at the time his motive was hatred of women.
Attorneys for two of the four middle school-age boys accused of rape and sexual assault in Rockland County, N.Y., argued yesterday that the boys' written statements of admission were obtained illegally, and that police lied during their testimony.
In a hearing yesterday, Rockland County, N.Y., Family Court Judge Sherri Eisenpress ordered prosecutors to turn over texts and Facebook messages exchanged between the four middle school boys accused of sex abuse and their alleged victims.


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Trinidad Guardian article.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD - The Trinidad Muslim League Cricket Competition now in its ninth year has grown considerably, attracting some 31 teams, coming from an area which spans Diego Martin in the West, Sangre Grande in the East and Penal/San Francique in South.
Trinidad Guardian article.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD - Third place IPSL MX took on fifth place Proman as Group B action continued in the SIS Industrial Cricket League on Monday.
MX Challengers struggled to 44 for 7 in their allotted ten overs with the only significant contribution coming from...
By CMC.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Telecommunicatioms Company Digicel on Tuesday announced that it was extending its sponsorship of the West Indies cricket team for another three years until September 2016.
Digicel's renewed contract sees the company retain its title as team sponsor which includes...
WICB Media Release.
BIRMINGHAM, England –West Indies showed improvement in all departments to record a morale-boosting win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday as both teams got much needed preparation for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2013.
The Windies batted freely and fluently to score 297-8 off 50...
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BIRMINGHAM, England – West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by 17 runs in a warm-up match Tuesday to sign-off their preparations for the Champions Trophy .
West Indian bowlers struck at regular intervals to bowl out Sri Lanka for 280 runs at Edgbaston after the Caribbean side...


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A New Look for Food Labels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing a new look to its food nutritional labels for the first time since the 1990s. The goal is to help consumers make informed food choices by having manufactures label their foods as clearly as possible.
The proposed change (which can be seen below), includes a fresh design, updated serving sizes and packing requirements, and listing added sugars.
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The Occupy Wall Street protest at New York's now-famous Zuccotti Park, has already seen a few big musical guests: Jeff Mangum, Talib Kweli, a silent Kanye West. And today at noon, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello stopped by the rally to speak and to play a few acoustic songs. We've got video of him speaking and playing "This Land Is Your Land" below.
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The project aims to make a common European Anthem on a musical sharing base that can express messages of integration in different languages.
School No12 is situated in Buzautown. It's a public school, and here learn 800 students between 6 and 14 yearsold. They are learning foreign languages even from the first class: French,English and German.
There aretwo levels: primary school and secondary school.
At theprimary school, each class has a primary school teacher, a teacher of Englishor other foreign language, a sport teacher, and a
The primaryschool teacher teaches Romanian, Maths, Science and Art. Students in primaryschool have lessons at school 4-5 hours a day, and they do their homework onlyat home.
Thesecondary school has students between 10/11years old and 14/15years old. Theyhave different teachers for different subjects. Also they learn 6/7 hours aday( in the afternoon) and do their homework exclusively at home.
The school has lots of facilities: a modern ITCabinet, a Gymnasium, Physics Laboratory, Chemistry Laboratory,


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University Seminar on Early American History and Culture The Seminar on Early American History and Culture was established in 1966 as a part of the
Columbia University "University Seminar" movement, which began in 1945.
There are now 75 University Seminars hosted by Columbia, on topics ranging from Modern China to Ancient Medicine.
To learn more about other University Seminars, contact the University Seminars office.All meetings of the 2011-12 school year will be held at Columbia's Faculty House, including drinks, the meeting proper, and dinner following the meeting. The Faculty House is located at 64 Morningside Drive, north of 116th street. Members are invited to arrive at the Faculty House at 5:00 to meet at the "Ivy Lounge" on the Garden Level, have a drink and get acquainted. The meeting will start at 5:30 in Seminar Room #2 in the corner of the second floor. Dinner will be served at 7:15 in the Dining Room on the fourth floor.
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Death of Gary baby will be marked with fifth service
Jan. 28, 2013, will mark five years since 13-month-old Josiah Shaw was senselessly and cowardly murdered in Gary.
Concerned Citizens against Violence in Gary again will honor Josiah with our fifth annual memorial service and prayer vigil at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at 21st Avenue and Virginia Street, as we have done the last four years, and will continue to do until the cowards who murdered Josiah are brought to justice.
What possible reason can justify anyone deliberately shooting a 13-month-old helpless, defenseless baby? Any rational-thinking person who monitors the news knows who killed Josiah.
On my Facebook page, I have a copy of a letter from "America's Most Wanted" in reference to the plea I submitted several years ago for help in bringing to justice the perpetrators who murdered Josiah.
I will be resubmitting.
Dwight Taylor
If you really want to protect children, stop abortion
Regarding the article written by Darius Smith and Ashley Sutherland, people like this kill me.
They always pretend to be child advocates, but where are they when more than 500,000 abortions are taking place right here in a country that does nothing but judge and hate child molesters?
I don't see where molesters have it so great; they have to register everywhere they go after they do their time, but I don't believe even murderers have to be exposed or registered after they do their time or women who abort their child or children, and that's the murder of the smallest of children. In fact, I've even heard of adult males getting more prison time for having nonviolent, consensual sex with 13- to 17-year-old females than people who committed murder.
How ridiculous is that?
Smith and Sutherland need to start practicing what they preach, and go before Congress and try to get all abortions outlawed, if they care so much for children.
If a convicted child molester was threatened, harassed or beat up, I'm sure there would be no public outcry. But I'm also willing to bet that if a woman who had an abortion was treated the same way, the public would say those harassing and beating her should be punished and sent to jail.
Can anyone see the gender double standard here like I can?
I don't think Americans are smart enough to see it; they're too obsessed and filled with hatred and obviously afraid of women.
A.E. Green
American justice too soft on those who hurt the weakest
Unless this country deals out severe punishments (death), these criminals will do the same crimes over and over.
Our laws are way too soft on anyone who hurts children and animals.
Susie Smith
Mount Ayr