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Hey--guess what I just found out? We have electronic monopoly! Ok, so I know there was a version out in the 80's that rolled the dice for you and that kind of thing, but this one is more like an electronic banking system--there's no paper money involved! Instead of cash players use plastic cards.
Maybe my excitement over this product--which apparently has been out elsewhere for over a year now but has just now appeared in the U.S. ... or on my television screen, anyway--makes me a sucker, but who cares? I'm nostalgic for monopoly, so the resurgance of its popularity makes me feel like a kid all over again.
And speaking of kids, won't this new version, which comes complete with debit card-like plastic cards instead of money, perhaps teach children about banking?
Or, maybe not. But it will keep the sneaky ones from stealing/hiding all the $500 bills. Either way, it's an opportunity to hang out with your kids, play a game you know and love, and maybe even teach them a little something about money. If you can get them to stop fighting over who gets to be the little silver car.
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verb \ˈwā-vər\: to go back and forth between choices or opinions : to be uncertain about what you think about something or someone
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I'm writing to the Predators about their mistreatment of ice girls. This girl wasn't even given any pants, and she's forced to skate by Mike Comrie, whose marriage has already descended to the naughty text message stage.
The injury bug is a plagued that's particularly venomous once we get closer to Valentine's Day. As you spend money on flowers, chocolates, jewellery, and bad movies, you can also watch your favourite NHL team crumble into a pile of broken bones and strained muscles.
What a wonderful time of the year. If you're a fan of the Montreal Canadiens, this week began with the potential for disaster. The sick bay in La Belle Province was packed for a brief time, with one significant name remaining on an already long injury list by week's end.
The news was much worse under the bright Broadway lights.
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The night every player in red-and-white went down
Well, that's what it seemed like at least. For those who watch hockey at any level regularly, what happened Tuesday night when the Canadiens visited Buffalo caused more than a few fans to check their eyeglass prescriptions. The mind couldn't believe what the eye was seeing.
Montreal was already feeling the wrath of the injury bug, especially on the back end with both Andrei Markov and Josh Gorges out for the season. Then a night that will forever be known as the Buffalo Beatdown (OK, not really) ended with promising young forward Max Pacioretty leaving in a stretcher against the Sabres, and Mike Cammalleri on the injured reserve and out for a month with a separated shoulder.
Pacioretty was struck in the chest with a James Wisniewski slap shot, an injury that looked serious, but the forward didn't miss any time and scored three goals during the Habs' next two games. Jeff Halpern was given the always vague day-to-day tag after being roughed up by Patrick Kaleta. Also sustaining minor injuries against Buffalo that didn't required any missed time were P.K Subban, Hal Gill, and Scott Gomez, all of whom either shook it off on the bench or returned later in the game.
The New York Rangers–who are currently in seventh and just behind Montreal in the East–may be even more bruised and battered. Brandon Dubinsky, the team's leading scorer, will miss the next four-to-six weeks with a leg fracture revealed just prior to New York's 7-0 destruction of Toronto Wednesday night. He joins Ruslan Fedotenko, Alex Frolov, Ryan Callahan, Vinny Prospal, and Erik Christensen on New York's black and blue brigade.
The maladies of the Canadiens and Rangers this season show that the injury bug isn't the random sickness it's assumed to be, and the good karma of one season is a swinging pendulum. Between 2005 and 2008, the Rangers and Habs ranked in the bottom fifth of the NHL in terms of overall man games lost due to injury, losing an average of about 150 games per year. Mixed in with that group are the Ottawa Senators and New Jersey Devils, two other teams decimated by press box visits this season.
The continually ringing bell atop Marc Savard's shoulders
The plight of Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard is becoming a depressing affair. There is indeed a problem with definitive and consistent headshot enforcement in today's NHL, a problem initially highlighted by Matt Cooke's hit on Savard last year that kept him out for 18 regular season games and into the playoffs. It's also a problem that may cause us to look back of Savard's career one day very soon, and wonder what could have been.
Savard had his effective seasons, most notably three seasons in the past five years with 85 points or more. Has he been a perennial all-star? Not even close. But in the few times he's been healthy for long stretches, Savard has shown his tremendous playmaking skills. It's disappointing then that over a 12-year career Savard has missed 130 games due to injury, and has now sustained his fifth concussion after a hit from Matt Hunwick Saturday night.
Fantasizing about a fantasy draft
The week opened with the naming of the All-Star game captains. Both were worthy choices, with homer Eric Staal being about as predictable as the average ending of Full House (Bob Saget's moral speeches shaped who I am today). What followed was some good-natured jabbing between Staal and opposing captain Niklas Lidstrom. Then the real jostling began, leading to what will hopefully be an injection of entertainment Friday night into a weekend of festivities that has become stale.
Players promptly sided with their teammates, with Martin St. Louis lobbying for Steven Stamkos to be a first overall pick for the second time in his career, and Team Lidstrom looking at stealing Cam ward away from Team Staal.
Unfortunately, expanding the weekend to include the Headshotapalooza event wasn't discussed.
Quick hits
- There were only 12,000 people in attendance for the Canucks/Avs game Tuesday in Colorado, a sad scene for a game between what was at the time hockey's best team, and a young, fast, high-octane home side.
- In his second season, Victor Hedman's offensive skills are are progressing slowly, but steadily. With 33 games left on the schedule, he's just two points shy of his total from last year and is on pace for 30 points.
- Chris Kunitz has already scored three more goals than his total from last season, a year in which he struggled with injuries. He's scored three goals in his last five games, and may knock on the door of the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his career.
- So far this season, 83 goalies have strapped on the pads and made at least one appearance in the crease. At this point, the bottom of the save percentage standings predictably reflects the goaltending scrap heap, and is littered with names that receive little playing time. There are three glaring exceptions, and two of them play north of the border: Nicholai Knabibulin's 64th save percentage (.892), Jonas Gustavsson's 67th (.890), and Dan Ellis with his latest problem at 70th (.887).
Trending Teams
Tampa Bay Lightning: That Steven Stamkos slump sure seems like a distant memory. The All-Star game's first overall pick (?) has paced Tampa Bay to four straight wins with seven goals and 10 points over his last six games.
The scoring is nice, but that's never really been a concern for Tampa. The worry has always been in the crease, and that's where the recently acquired Dwayne Roloson has been a steady backbone, allowing five goals in his last three starts.
Los Angeles Kings: It would be easy to blame Jonathan Quick, and the young netminder is deserving of some finger-pointing. But over the past week the Kings have lost four straight games (going a bit farther back, they've dropped six of their last seven), and the offence is largely to blame.
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Well, a funny thing happened at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 26, two hours before the Super Bowl. Almost 12,000 fans crammed into the Events Center--the second sellout in a row--and began cheering their newfound heroes. Then CU came within an eyelash of taking out the undefeated Jayhawks--eleven-point favorites and the top-ranked team in the country--before scoring just seven points in the final eight minutes and falling 77-68.
It was Colorado's first loss of the season in Big 12 play. The team's overall record stood at 15-4.
Have we suddenly been hurled into some kind of parallel universe? Are those extraterrestrials running around out there in the black-and-gold shorts? Or have scheming geneticists on the Boulder campus jacked up the DNA codes of the actual CU players, recasting them as winners? Does General Patton, the head coach, threaten his soldiers with summary execution if they don't beat Oklahoma State?
Who knows? But basketball fever suddenly has all of Boulder, Denver and selected mountaintops in its grip. For the first time in more than 27 years, the Buffs were ranked in the Top 25--eighteenth in the Associated Press poll, twentieth on the USA/CNN list. They may still be looking up at Kansas and Kentucky, but they're looking down at traditional powers like North Carolina, Texas and Marquette.
Eat your heart out, Koy Detmer. For the first time since the invention of the sneaker, rejuvenated hoop fans in the shadow of the Flatirons also have real hope of landing a berth in this year's NCAA tournament. For more years than anyone can remember, NCAA--in the Boulder basketball sense, at least--stood for No Colorado Abominations Allowed. This year, barring a complete collapse, the Buffs are even money to finish second behind the Jayhawks in their expanded conference and land a spot at the Big Dance. They haven't heard the band play since March 1969.
How dramatic is the turnabout? Well, for one thing, the Buffs, as of last week, had won all four of their conference road games this season. Big deal, right? Sure is. Between 1982 and this year, they won exactly 5 out of 105 league games on the road. When CU beat Kansas State 69-60 on January 29, that also gave them seven victories in the month of January, their best mark since 1941-42, under CU head coach--and we're not kidding here--Frosty Cox. Their sixteen wins so far in 1996-97 are already seven more than their total for the previous year, when they even managed to lose an exhibition game in overtime to Marathon Oil, an industrial-league team.
Astonished basketball observers point to January 16, 1996, as the turning point up in Boulder. No, that wasn't the night a team of gurus from Sunshine Canyon dropped by to burn incense in the locker room. It was the night that embattled coach Joe Harrington--73-86 in six mostly abysmal seasons--finally resigned after an especially tough overtime loss to Southern Utah. Assistant Ricardo Patton took the reins, and before you could say "multiple misdemeanors," the new man started talking about winning, and he started laying down the law about bad behavior. Most dramatically, the team's second-leading scorer, forward Mack Tuck, was not asked back this season even though the Buffs were in sore need of baskets.
Instead, General Patton imposed tough love on his charges. And he started making them play a little defense--a concept familiar only to Ceal Barry's CU women's team in recent years. The results have been radical: After giving up 81 points per game in 1995-96, the Buffs have shaved that to 69.3 PPG this year. CU scoring and rebounding are about the same, but Patton's army is committing almost five fewer turnovers each outing this year.
Meanwhile, the kid who didn't get away, sophomore guard Chauncey Billups--the pride of Denver's George Washington High School--has developed into one of the nation's best players, scoring almost nineteen points a game. Patton's offensive also features a pair of senior forwards at the height of their collegiate powers: Martice Moore scores ten a game and pulls down 5.5 rebounds; another Denver product, Fred Edmonds--"Fredmonds" to his pals--averages thirteen points and 6.5 boards. Bench scoring is also way up--and so is belief. With their win last week in Manhattan, Kansas, the Buffs--regarded as Big 8 roadkill every time they stepped onto the floor--won their initial four conference road games for the first time in 33 years.
After the Buffs took down Missouri in Columbia on January 7--something they hadn't done since Dr. Naismith nailed up the first peach basket--even Tigers coach Norm Stewart was mightily impressed. "They're playing as hard as I've ever seen a Colorado team play, and they just keep coming at you," he said. "They never let up...People forget that Chauncey Billups is one of the best players in the country. Just watching him ought to be worth the price of admission."


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Eat-ernal Life: Food, Health, the Bible, and Why They Matter in Youth Ministry
Research indicates that young adults who regularly participate in church or Bible study are 50% more likely than other Americans to be obese. Yet pizza, candy, and soda continue to be the main menu in many of our youth groups. This complex epidemic has multiple causes and possible solutions, but it is clear that the Church has forgotten the centrality of food and health in the Biblical narrative and in the lives of God's people. This discussion will integrate sociology, theology, and practical ideas that will challenge us to imagine a new way forward as we serve our students, our communities, and the world.
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You'd like to think that by this point Ashton wouldn't need to open himself up like that. But whatever it takes to make a smooth scene.
Personally I'd be happy watching Calvin much his butt and finger him silly for a half an hour.
You'd like to think that by this point Ashton wouldn't need to open himself up like that. But whatever it takes to make a smooth scene.
Personally I'd be happy watching Calvin much his butt and finger him silly for a half an hour.
One of the things I really dislike in porn -- and SC does this quite often -- is the cut from the foreplay to the fucking without the insertion. CF's a little better, and there have been some priceless and true moments like the look on Jackson's face when Kent first pushes his shaft in balls deep.
Way back there was a Cobra scene with I think Shaun Ferrara and the top whose name I can't recall. The top rubbed the head of his cock across the bottom's hole and with each pass would push it in just a little bit more. Very hot, especially since he was uncut!
100% Phunk. That is my biggest complaint about SC. The two recent scenes with Abe seem to have shown the initial insertion, though that may have been a camera trick.
Wasn't always the case: I know that Phunk you remember the initial time Adam got fucked on SC and they showed him struggling to take the guy's dick and Sean guiding him how to do it. That was just so damn hot.
I like the BTS where they showoff the guys personalities and their interaction. In this one, they were doing that "toying with the straight boys" thing where they made Ashton do jumping jacks with the butt plug inside him. No "real guy" vibe from that.
Adam has such a perfect ass, too!
I miss old school SC, when the fucking/jack off sessions were a little less choreographed and unrehearsed and SC himself was directing the videos, even joining in sometimes. Those were the days!
Really enjoyed Calvin-Ashton. These two reliably aren't afraid to kiss which always enhances a scene for me. Didn't mind the bTS "spoiler" because the SC fun factor was still present.
How do you remember all their passwords? Or do they all have the same password?
I hope 2012 ends or 2013 begins with an Abe/Curtis scene!
Darin . . .wow!
Curtis and one of the new third leg guys like Carl or Willis. Curtis tag or gang bang?
Actually Curtis and Landon for reasons I can't go into here. Make it CF's first bondage/humiliation/WS scene.
In the past minute my enthusiasm for that cracker has cooled significantly.
Seeing Marshall on SC's homepage banner makes me sad. It's such a shame what happened to him. Hope he's able to get better this time around.
Ashton has gone from being one of SC's most handsome men (ever!) to simply another attractive guy. If he's going to be doing anabolics, he needs to get the water retention under control.
I love Pavel. He was all smiles and rock hard when he was pounded by Jayden, and when they came together it was really hot.
Sean Cody has had an amazing year. I can't think of even one bad scene. Sure some of them didn't work for me, but to me they are still better than most of the stuff from other studios. Now I'm wondering what they are gonna do with new year's update. Can they do even better?
I've known a few guys who'd take drugs all the time (before or during sex) and they all were in great shape. I guess the difference here is between the casual user who does it on the weekends to party and the hardcore addict that can't get through a day without them. Depending your drug habit and your financial situation it can go either way.
It also depends on what drugs you're taking. Meth reduces your appetite and makes you hyperactive so theres your cardio and calorie reduction taken care of. Also increases your strength too. Short term of course......
Oh, and it also eliminates friends, jobs, money career etc. It fucks your health up and kills you prematurely. Great sex though - although you have no inhibitions so you're more likely to have unsafe sex and get HIV.
Will get down off my soap box now
Completely agree. Yep, some were misfires for me, too, but overall I thought SC had a banner year. Who knows if they can improve upon 2012 but here's hoping they stay consistent with the fun factor of their scenes. I got off on seeing the guys crack up and be playful before getting down to business.
How do you remember all their passwords? Or do they all have the same password?
I consider juicing to be drug abuse. Also, a lot of builders use speed to cut down on body fat.
Referring to my post above, Adam was the classic example of a guy who went from gorgeous to strung-out looking. He disappeared for over a year and when he came back he looked terrible!
For me the thing that's made the recent SCs so good is the bonding between the models. This used to be CF's forte, only SC seems to have taken it a step further, adding a level of affection. I almost sense that the guys request to do scenes with each other. The chemistry is somewhere between a hook-up and a date: like some guy you pick up at a bar or club.
It would be awesome if Jamie came back!
Ah, Jamie . . . <sigh>. Someone told me he ended the year the #1 most popular model on the site, even though I think his last scene was in January!? But, of course, I can believe it
Yep, the affection in SC's 2012 scenes was definitely omnipresent. I found it in all of Josh's scenes, particularly when he teamed up with Peter and Calvin. The regular who shows it in a less obvious way, IMHO, is Jarek. Every now and again, you'll see glimpses of tenderness as Jarek displayed with Brice and Alexander. On a similar note, I like that the SC dudes are smilers. Calvin has a warm smile (ditto for Dalton, Paul and Joshua) and his laugh cracks me up (as does Jarek's). Lastly, in 2013, more Dane, more Daniel, much more Ethan and the return of Jake, please.
How do you remember all their passwords? Or do they all have the same password?
I was hoping to have a major year ender update for Brandon BOTTOMING. Im keeping all of my fingers crossed.
A few year-in-review thoughts for SC:
1. CHEMISTRY: Yes, chemistry is what's making the current videos magic. Joshua, Jordan, Calvin, Ashton. Watching these guys not having sex is almost as fun as watching them have sex.
2. FUCKFEST: We really could use another fuckfest. The threesomes this year have really been terrific (see above on chemistry), but we've gone way too long without a five- or six-guy orgy. (Seriously, the last fuckfest was posted November 9, 2009—that's more than three years!) And feel free to use some of the guys who have done those threesomes; I don't tire of them. Right now, my feasible dream fuckfest would be Ethan, Jordan, Ashton, Joshua, Coleman, and Daniel. (And fwiw, my only-in-my-dreams dream fuckfest would be Ethan, Kurt, Jake, Calvin, Lance, Johnny, and Devin.)
3. ETHAN: We could use another fifteen Ethan videos. Every model that comes on should eventually be paired with Ethan. For years, I have gone through phases of wanting to leave SC but deciding against. Then Ethan showed up, and those phases ended—so long as there's a chance he might show up, I'm here for the long haul.
4. BAREBACK: I'm not especially opposed to the bareback videos, but it also really does nothing for me. Feel free not to require that all or nearly all scenes be bareback.
5. COMMENTATOR: I really like the current guy moderating the interviews and the BTS segments. He's fun and complements the fun the guys are having without being a real dick or an annoying jerk-off. (I'd talk shit about his predecessor, the one who moderated the Kurt/Rylan video, for example, but I just opened that video up to be sure that guy was in fact in that video. He was in that video, but I also then jerked off to that scene, so I can't really fault him either.)
Happy 2013!
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -- Voltaire (1694-1778).
I hope Dennis comes back. I really love watching him bottom.
I don't know why, exactly, but bareback vids to me are way hotter. I get far more turned on watching bareback videos than ones with condoms. Maybe it's because I always thought of it as being totally natural, nothing between cock and ass, and the idea of a guy sharing his cum with another by shooting it inside the guy's hole, well...I've always perceived that as so intimate, as one of the most private things two guys can do with each other.
I'm sure this sounds corny, maybe even downright weird, but that's just me. Porn is, after all, a way to fantasize about certain things or concepts, isn't it?
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Yea BRANDON- MAN OF THE YEAR 2012. You are so deserve it.
Rich and Miles is the update. I really really liked it! Rich is fantastic and the chemistry is electric. I really think Rich has a crush on Miles.
CONGRATS BRANDON!!!! Agree its well deserved, some of the best scenes this year and he's SUPER HOT!!!!
He is so very deserving to be called 2012's Man Of The Year! I mean, look at his flawless and perfectly sculpted body, his beautiful smile, and gorgeous face. He's got the total package! Very hot!
There have now been 11 guys introduced who have not done anything but their solo. I am pretty sure that this is the longest period with no new model moving on to an action video. The last guy to make the jump was Jayden whose solo was on November 15. It's interesting because a number of these new models were described as either being gay or "open." I wonder if or why SC is having some difficulty in getting these new guys to move forward.
I really like that SC ended the year counterprogramming with an update where the chemistry was through the roof and not some orgy/expected fan favorite sherry popping like most of the waybiggers were hoping.
The BTS sounds scripted as hell but is very well directed (i.e. natural looking) and they are even more and more poking fun at themselves with mock sexual acrobatics.
Well done SC team and models : a gay porn site which ends the year with feelings and not raunch.
OMG! Stats, that Brandon photomontage tribute post is likely the single most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on at JUB even without more shots from the exquisite Brandon-Marshall sexy times. {{{Swoons}}} I love everything about him physically and onscreen personality-wise and mostly I love his porn stylings.
SC 2012 result
88 new guys, only 30 returns, 58 one-shot wonder
85 new guys, only 29 returns, 56 one-shot wonder
As usual you nail it Phunk.
That's the exact vibe and it makes the videos so much hotter.
It's especially true with Brandon and Abe, both of whom really seem to get into their partners and get off on seeing them get off. (This is uncommon enough in real life, let alone porn!)
Abe's line "we're gonna call you 'fun size'" was easily the hottest line I've ever heard in a porn video, especially because it didn't sound scripted.
From a plotline status, it's interested to see SC going from "straight guys getting off having gay sex, but only touching each other as much as necessary to get off" (all those SC/CF post-prandial kisses where the top won't even lay on top of the bottom and clearly can't wait to hit the shower and collect the paycheck. Not to mention the lack of eye contact and conversation) to a new story line: two guys who know and like each other and who very much want to fuck each others brains out and are hoping for a repeat (all the cuddling and snuggling and eye contact and talking during sex.)
The latter is just so much hotter.
Here's to more of that and a Hapy New Year to all of you who have helped make my porn obsessions a richer experience!
^ This makes me wonder just how many times SC has changed management. Under Mr. Cody himself he tried a lot to get the guys do more, then it became a roller coaster of yes...no...maybe...yes...ok, but... etc. In 2012, it seems that the barriers have been broken and that spontaneous and genuine have become the norm at SC.
It also helps that a lot of these guys seem to do it more out of fun and curiosity than just a paycheck, and that makes a world's difference.
oh yeah that would be nice video if that happens! I hope Brandon gives in and try bottoming for a change. BTW Congratulations Brandon -- MAN OF THE YEAR!!!
Brandon fucks Brent is the update.
Brandon FINALLY comes back... and they stick him with Brent? Way to fucking go....
Saw the Pic. It looks like Brandon enjoys rimming. Feel like He loves someone playing his virgins ass.
http:// the sword. com/ the-last-10-models-introduced-at-sean-cody-in-order-of-their-hotness.html#more-34943
Good thing I decided against resubscribing.
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I'll see anything with Brandon in it and love it because it's Brandon. And the stills look hot. But wouldn't it be awesome if were Brent of Corbin Fisher fame instead?


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The Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities is a nonprofit, non-partisan, think-do tank focused on independent, fact based, and well-reasoned analysis of critical policy issues that advance solutions toward a vibrant Nevada. Recognizing the time constraints of the decision makers in Nevada's policy sphere, our analysis and information is accessible, timely, and relevant.
Governing Nevada
Fact Sheet on Question 2: Nevada Constitutional Amendment
This fact sheet provides information on Question 2, an amendment to the Nevada Constitution, which will be considered by voters on November 4, 2014. It provides information on what will happen if the measure passes, discusses how mining is currently taxed, describes the impact of the mining industry in Nevada, and summarizes the arguments for and against Question 2. (October 2014)
Fact Sheet on The Education Initiative (Margin Tax)
This fact sheet provides information about The Education Initiative (Margin Tax), which will be considered by Nevada voters in November 2014. It analyzes the potential impact on businesses and estimates the amount of revenue the State will receive. It also summarizes the arguments for and against The Education Initiative. (February 2014)
Guinn Center Analysis of Margin Tax Estimates
This follow-on policy brief provides a detailed description of the methodology and assumptions used by the Guinn Center to arrive at the revenue estimates of the margin tax, as previously discussed in the Fact Sheet on The Education Initiative. (March 2014)
Nevada Can Improve Long-Term Budget Planning
Nevada ranks 6th in the nation in the effective use of state budget-planning tools, according to a major new report, Budgeting for the Future, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a non-partisan policy research organization based in Washington, D.C. Implementing these budget-planning tools would help Nevada build an attractive business climate, make government more effective, and weather difficult economic times. (February 2014)
Educating Nevada
Reforming Professional Development to Improve Literacy Outcomes in Nevada
The Guinn Center for Policy Priorities and Nevada Succeeds argue that improving professional development for teachers is an essential driver for improving the quality of instruction and literacy outcomes for students. This paper explores current shortcomings in the professional development system and makes recommendations for improvement. It also examines how funds available for professional development are currently being used and makes recommendations for how resources can be reprioritized. (July 2014)
Testimony before the Legislative Committee on Education
On May 28, 2014, Victoria Carreon of the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities and Seth Rau of Nevada Succeeds testified before the Legislative Committee on Education on reforming professional development to improve literacy outcomes in Nevada. This testimony presents preliminary findings of a paper forthcoming in August 2014. We found that current professional development efforts are insufficient and bold steps need to be take to improve quantity, quality, and consistency. Current federal resources can be reprioritized to fund these efforts. (May 2014)
Video for the meeting is available. The presentation by the Guinn Center and Nevada Succeeds begins at 05:55:43.
Literacy Challenges in Nevada's Schools
Outcomes on state and national reading assessments indicate that Nevada's students face significant challenges in literacy. This policy brief describes the situation, outlines existing resources dedicated to addressing literacy, and identifies best practices adopted by other states to improve literacy in public schools. (March 2014)
Testimony before the K-12 Public Education Funding Technical Advisory Committee
On May 21, 2014 and May 22, 2014, Victoria Carreon of the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities testified before the K-12 Public Education Funding Technical Advisory Committee and the Task Force on K-12 Public Education Funding. This testimony recommends that the Committee critically re-evaluate the basic support formula before making decisions to construct a weighted funding formula. The Committee should consider moving to a base formula that is built upon the cost to adequately educate students instead of the historic cost to educate students. The Committee should also consider moving certain "outside" tax revenues into the funding formula. (May 2014)
Video is available for both meetings. The May 21st testimony begins at 01:02:00 and the May 22nd testimony begins at 00:04:48
Growing Nevada
Development Incentives: A Guide for Nevada Legislators
As the Nevada Legislature considers a $1.3 billion incentive package for Tesla Motors, the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities recommends that legislators consider best practices learned in other states that emphasize transparency, accountability, performance, local hiring, and job training. The Guinn Center also examines the impact of the proposal on local governments and the ability to provide expanded public services. (September 2014)
A Changing Nevada
State of Latinos in the Intermountain West
Latinos are the fastest growing population in the Intermountain West but were hit harder by the Great Recession than non-Latinos. In addition, Nevada's Latinos often fare worse than Latinos in other states in the region. States need to build an infrastructure of opportunity to improve economic resiliency, which includes access to quality education, effective training and job development, health care, and capital. (June 2014)
Part I: The Demographic Landscape
Sustaining Nevada
Mental Health Governance: A Review of State Models and Guide for Nevada Decision Makers
Nevada is considering moving from a centrally controlled mental health system to one that is more responsive to local community needs. This report provides guiding principles for a quality governance system, presents a comparative analysis of models in seven states, and outlines decision points that will need to be considered by the Nevada Behavioral Health and Wellness Council and State Legislature. (December 2014)
Nevada's Mental Health Workforce: Shortages and Opportunities
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Thirteen Canadians were arrested for civil disobedience at 6 p.m. after sitting down on the tracks in front of an oncoming coal train in White Rock. Their vigil began at midnight, but Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) cancelled many of its scheduled runs in anticipation of the protest.
Coal is a likely target for climate stability advocates because it has the highest greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy of all fossil fuels and because there is enough economically available coal to trigger run away climate change. Over eight million tons of coal from Powder River Basin, Montana traveled through the lower BC mainland in 2011. BNSF transports the coal through White Rock to the Westshore terminals. BNSF is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Will Horter, one of those arrested, stated, "We brought attention to the massive size and increase in the transport of coal through BC and took an action that we hope will ill inspire citizens to assert control in a dangerous situation in which the political leaders are failing to protect our children's future."
The climate stability advocates were charged under the Railway Act and fined $115. They have a right to a hearing to contest the charges.
Mark Jaccard, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, among those arrested
Nobel Prize Laureate and SFU professor Dr. Mark Jaccard was among those arrested. "I'm a naïve product of working class Burnaby," he said. "I've never broken a law in my life. I'm very uncomfortable taking this position."
Dr. Mark Jaccard, being handcuffed, follows a precedent set by Dr. James Hansen, another Nobel Laureate arrested for civil disobedience related to climate change.
"If governments were acting to reduce GHG emissions, or slow the rate of increase, I wouldn't be here today," he continued. "I'd be helping those governments to do that. But in the last few years, especially in Canada under Harper, the emphasis has been on accelerating the rate at which we are destroying the planet. So I have to ask myself and I have to ask everyone else, ethically, what is the right thing to do? It's made me read more about civil disobedience, people like Mahandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Henry David Thoreau."
Rather than appreciation for his civil disobedience, Jaccard encourages participation. "I really think that we should all be doing this," he said. "I'm here drawing attention to myself for ethical reasons, but I don't want to be a martyr. I'd much rather that there were 10,000 of us out here. Everyone has the ability to know how dangerous the current situation is."
Jaccard's career as an environmental economist focuses on developing policies to move toward a sustainable economy. He's participated in numerous governmental and intergovernmental assessments, including work for the International Panel on Climate Change. He has advised the US, collections of European governments, the State of California, and provincial governments including BC, Ontario and Quebec.
"We are heading for a real crisis in which we'll have to start ripping infrastructure apart," he stated in response to a question by another protester. "We can avoid that. Over 100 coal plants in the US were cancelled or put on hold because of people like us. It created a big increase in renewable energy and it is happening rapidly. Those places are avoiding a crisis."
BC: Carbon gateway of North America
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Blocking Coal Trains does not stop the "Run Away Train", that coal has become!
What we need is replavement technology and these people like, Will Horter and Mark Jaccard to advocate the replacement technology!
In my opinion
We need to replace the fossil fuel power plants, the primary source of GHG. Now!
At a scale required to accomplish this task :
Ethanol starves people : not a viable option.
Fracking releases methane : not a viable option.
Cellulose Bio Fuel Uses Food Land : not a viable option
Solar uses food land : Not a viable option
Wind is Intermittent : Not a viable option
All Human and Agricultural Organic Waste can be converted to hydrogen, through exposure intense radiation!
The Radioactive Materials exist now, and the Organic waste is renewable daily.
Ending the practice of dumping sewage into our water sources.
Air, Water, Food and Energy issues, receive significant positive impacts .
Reducing illness / health care costs as well !
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I could not find a name or rating for two of Armstrong's roses in the ARS handbook for roses. Does anyone know why Phoenix and Joshua Bradley are not in the book? Does this mean that they cannot be shown at a rose show if they are not in this book? |
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- Posted by DesertRatRose z9 AZ-PHX (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 05 at 1:51
As long as they are in the Combined Rose List, which they are, you can exhibit them. Armstrong Garden Centers has the exclusive on these roses. They no longer mail order roses, so there would not be enough data to collect on them to have an ARS rating (little to no data anywhere else in the country). Suz |
- Posted by Chris_Greenwood (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 05 at 9:35
Only God really knows and understands the mechanism by which a rose is included in the handbook. There are numerous roses listed that are regionally available and not widely available. We did offer these roses via mail order for several years and were sold across the country, but because our internet sales were not increasing, we discontinued selling roses via the web. |
- Posted by Rgschwerdt z5aillinois (My Page) on Thu, Apr 28, 05 at 18:26
Sharky, Suz, Chriss, Both "Joshua Bradley" a HT yb, 1998 and "Phoenix" a HT dp, 1973 are in the 2004 AEN, giving then an official ARS "AEN". Both roses are still in commerce in North America and should be listed in the 2004 handbook. Both roses are sold at Armstrong's 35 Garden Centers in Southern California, shipping bare root roses from mid-January through April throughout United States. (Per. CRL) Both roses have appeared in Roses In Review (RIR) surveys. Phoenix ended up with a National Garden Rating of 6.9. Joshua Bradley appeared in the 1998 surrey, ending up in the 1999 handbook with a "t" symbol as it did in the 2002 handbook. "A "t" symbol indicates the rose is new and is being tested by rose gardeners under the ARS (RIR) program. A rating has not yet been established; your feedback on this rose through (RIR) is welcome". How can Joshua Bradley be evaluated, if it has never appeared in any later (RIR) evaluation programs since the 2001 surrey? The primary purpose of the handbook is to focus on roses still in commerce in North America, with an established rating derived from the (RIR) program. That a new rose grower can use, to find a good or average rated rose for his garden. "The handbook states it contains information on more than 3000 roses witch are in commerce in North America Of the 300 roses deleted from the 2005 handbook, 189 are still in commerce with 64 having a National Garden rating. Some were less than two years old, replaced with many OGR, and other older roses. Like Mme Laurette 1887; Mme De Parabere 1874; Mme Driout 1902; Mme Berkely 1890; Narrow Waters 1883; Orphein De Juillet < 1874 etc all without ratings. The list could go on and on, the point being, # 1 Roses without ratings in the handbook are of little help to a new rose grower in selecting a new rose, the handbooks primary purpose. #2 These are not the type of roses carried by your average local nursery, Lowe's or a K Mart. Being the presenter for ARS's Rose Day America at Lowe's this Saturday, thought it would be helpful to new rosarians select their roses, by supplying them with National Garden rating of roes they intend to purchase. Many of the J & P roses did not have ratings or were listed in the handbook. Researching my files did manage to come up with ratings from past RIR surveys on the majority of them. Chris inquired as to how and the mechanisms of roses that remain in the handbooksworks? This could also be a question asked of the Combined Rose List (CRL). Using only the years 2003; 2004; and 2005, during these years there has been many 1000,s and 1000,s of new roses hybridized, introduced etc, into the market from all over the world. Common sense would indicate with all these new roses introductions, the size of the Handbook or (CRL) increase in size. Yet running the numbers for both publications, in 2003 the (CRL) contained 13,909 roses on 256 pages; 2004, 14,282 on 260 pages; 2005, 14,527, a total of 8 new pages. One reason as previous stated in another article, was every 3 to 4 years roses are removed, such as roses no longer in commerce and some "Found" roses, replaced with new roses. This allows the (CRL) to publish at a reasonable price, and yet contain all roses in commerce serving its primary purpose. The handbook has a similar problem, keeping the publication confined to a limited number of pages, making it feasible to publish. The 2003; 2004; and 2005, publication each has 96 pages, containing 3000+ roses. ARS stated it had removed "Found" roses from the 2004 AEN, claiming additional space with out increasing its size. On ARS part this was a very smart move. ARS does have an obligation to publish all roses with an AEN, in commerce or not in commerce. A reason ARS still lists the handbook as a publication listing roses with an AEN, along with the (CRL) as having roses with a temporary AEN until published in an ARS publication. Ron S |
- Posted by DesertRatRose z9 AZ-PHX (My Page) on Thu, Apr 28, 05 at 20:46
Thanks, Ron, for the details. I had referenced the 2005 handbook only as its the only one I have. Chris, may I say that many of us are heartbroken that you no longer sell via internet. Yours was a source I had planned to purchase the bulk of my roses from this past December after my initial very positive purchases the December/January before. Yours were fat, prime bare roots and your exclusives are, well, your exclusives. I know a number of people here in Phoenix metro are planning a rose run to get some of your exclusives next year when bare root season starts. Talk about transportation expense! LOL. Suz |
- Posted by Chris_Greenwood (My Page) on Thu, Apr 28, 05 at 21:03
Suz - we were very disappointed too -- have tried for several years and with no increase in sales, it just didn't make any money and after all we are a profit making organization. Our presale catalog will be out in the fall, so call me and I will mail you one, you can then place orders, via phone, and then everyone can caravan to Sunny California next Jan and pick them up. |
- Posted by Chris_Greenwood (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 05 at 10:32
Ron -- I fully understand the financial implication of an ever-expanding list of roses. But here's a thought - why not publish an condensed version (as it is now) and then list a complete listing on the ARS website for reference. Just a thought. |
- Posted by DesertRatRose z9 AZ-PHX (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 05 at 22:46
Chris, I understand. When is fall for you? October? November? Suz |
- Posted by Chris_Greenwood (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 05 at 0:33
Our catalog will be out in September. |
BTW, I love the rose Phoenix. Lots of big blooms with great fragrance. Lasts a long time in a vase too. It deserves a much higher rating than 6.9 in my yard. I'm glad Armstrongs brought it back into commerce! - HershiGrl |
- Posted by DesertRatRose z9 AZ-PHX (My Page) on Tue, Jun 21, 05 at 0:25
Its definitely an excellent hot weather rose! I love mine too. Suz |
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I'm happy to announce the newest project from Sunlight Labs, Poligraft. A utility built on top of Transparency Data, Poligraft takes in a block of text, parses it for entities like politicians and corporations, and returns a result set representing the political influence contained in that text. I won't dwell on the features -- read Ellen Miller's announcement blog post and the about page for more information. What I want to talk about instead is the development process.
Third Time's A Charm
The idea behind Poligraft is not new. Back in late 2007, well before I joined Sunlight, the nascent Labs team attempted an initial version of the concept that didn't pan out. Then in early 2009, I still wasn't at Sunlight, but I did develop an entry for the first Apps for America contest that was called Defogger. Defogger was embarrassingly slow, didn't use any AJAX updating, and stopped short of making the connections between entities that Poligraft does today. Much more worthy apps placed at the top of Apps for America.
But in developing Defogger, I did build a key piece of the puzzle used in Poligraft: what I now call the content plucker. Since the best way to use Poligraft is through the bookmarklet, the app needs to pull out the article content from an arbitrary URL. Thankfully, the Readability bookmarklet does that exact thing, and the code is open source. The algorithm examines containing elements for paragraphs, and assigns more points to the containers that are more likely to contain the page's main content. Porting the algorithm from Javascript to Ruby was a fun exercise in screen scraping.
Harnessing APIs
With the content plucked, Poligraft extracts the entities (people, organizations, companies) from the text with the Calais API. A service by Thomson Reuters, Calais semantically processes any given text, and returns a rich representation of that text. It's very detailed, much more so than what Poligraft needs. Try out the Calais Viewer to see what I mean.
Using the people, companies, and organizations that Calais detected, Poligraft then uses the Transparency Data API in three steps. First, the Transparency Data entity search is called on each Calais entity. This will usually weed out the majority of entities detected by Calais, because we're only focusing on entities that have something to do with campaign contributions. These are the "Points of Influence" you see in the sidebar, and you can sometimes see the "weed out" step if you watch closely. Second, on that subset of entities, Poligraft uses the Transparency Data aggregate endpoints to draw the graphs you see on the sidebar. Third, the "Aggregated Contributions" section in the sidebar is filled out using a pairwise aggregation endpoint that is not yet described in the official Transparency Data API documentation. It'll be ready for public use very soon.
Providing an API
Poligraft also has its own built-in API, which is used by Poligraft itself for dynamically populating the results page via AJAX. Specify a URL or text to be processed, and get back the results in JSON format. In fact, every result page in Poligraft has a corresponding JSON representation. Just append a .json
to the unique slug, like so.
To process an article, use the http://poligraft.com/poligraft
endpoint in conjunction with a POST
or GET
Be sure to pass in json=1
or else HTML will be returned, and use url=
to pass in a URL or text=
to pass in a selection of text. HTTP clients must have redirection enabled, as the response will be a redirect to a slug endpoint like http://poligraft.com/ABCD.json
Because Poligraft does processing asynchronously, this endpoint will return a 202 ACCEPTED
code until processing is finished, when it returns a 200 OK
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which is set to false
while processing is active. Poll the endpoint every few seconds until the return code is 200
or the processed
value in the JSON is true. Both techniques will work.
Open Source + Open Data
As usual, the code behind Poligraft is open source on GitHub. The APIs it uses are available for use, for free. Specifically, the Transparency Data API is incredibly valuable for building tools and apps that examine and visualize political influence. While building Poligraft, I was pleasantly surprised on many occasions by what Transparency Data provides. In the months and years to come, I hope we see many more apps built on top of it, not just from within the Labs, but from the wider community.


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"What I would like to do is to go away, go away for a long time, without doing anything in particular, forget everything, and then come back to see if I still want to make dresses."
- Yves Saint Laurent's reply on a questionnaire that is part of an exhibition of his works at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Yves Saint Laurent, born Aug 1st, 1936. He left home at the age of 17 to work for the French designer Christian Dior. Following Dior's death in 1957, Yves, at the age of 21, was responsible for saving the Dior house from financial ruin. In 1983, he became the first living fashion designer to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 2001, he was awarded the rank of Commander of the Légion d'Honneur by French president Jacques Chirac.
YSL had been the first to put women in pants, the first to give them tuxedos, and the first to use black models for his catwalk shows. He was a pioneer and a legend.
Yves Saint Laurent retired in 2002 and became increasingly reclusive. Paying tribute to his mentors, including Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Schiaparelli and Chanel, he said that his decision was based on a disgust with an industry that had become ruled more by commercial gain than art. "I have nothing in common with this new world of fashion, which has been reduced to mere window-dressing," he said. "Elegance and beauty have been banished."
From then until his death he spent much of his time at his house in Marrakech, Morocco. He later created a foundation with his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé in Paris to trace the history of the house of YSL, complete with 15,000 objects and 5,000 pieces of clothing.
He lost his battle with brain cancer on June 1, 2008 at his home in Paris.
The world of fashion was deeply changed because of YSL's genius and for that, he will live on forever.


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Bill's notes: "This is my variation of one of Alec Jackson's popular spade series flies. My father used to steelhead fish with a heavy copper spinner with some orange yarn behind it."
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The Kelabit Highlands
January 29, 2013
Dear Friends,
The Kelabit Highlands is pleasant place and a good way to end my visit to Sarawak.
The flight on the De Havilland Twin Otter 19 passenger airplane from Miri to Bario was short and comfortable. The views were excellent and I could watch the pilots at work at the controls.
There was one "fascinating" moment. As we approached our destination and before we began our descent, I noticed that the very nearby mountaintops on the right and on the left were higher than the flight path of the plane. Later, when I encountered the pilots at the airport café, I mentioned my observation to them. They smiled.
The Kelabit Highlands are picturesque and the villagers are hospitable and generous. The children are children – rambunctious and curious. Even the chickens are colorful.
On the hike from the village we spotted a pitcher plant. Fruit falls from the trees. Like everywhere else in Southeast Asia, farmers tend to their fields of rice.
We found one of the many petroglyphs in this area. The petroglyph is called Batu Nerit Arur Bilit in the village of Pa' Umor. The carving is of a man standing wih his arms held above as if in victory. Below him are markings that count the number of his enemies - the number of heads taken!
As in many remote locations, the evening activity consists of like-minded travelers entertaining each other with their tall tales of travel. Naturally I contributed to the group – a French couple, a German couple and a couple from Kuala Lumpur. At times, I had them rolling in the aisles.
By the way, the German couple was headed for the Philippines for an extended time. Since they were in their early 40's, I was curious about how they could afford to be away from home.
At the café at the small airport I noticed that they were both using their computers. The lady, an engineer, explained that she tired of corporate life and had quit her job. When I inquired about her husband, she pointed to him at the keyboard and said, "He's working now."
I have met many many couples on the road. They travel where they please. They live where they please. They find an Internet connection and make a living. Even at a tiny airport in the hills of Borneo, they are open for business.
Our return flight was cancelled because of the morning fog in Bario. The little plane was running short of fuel so it returned to Miri. We were rebooked for the next day. I had anticipated such a problem and had a couple of days to spare in the big city of Miri before my long distance flights home.
The hotel in Miri was first class and served a huge buffet breakfast. I wandered around town and bought a few trinkets to add to my collection. The folks in Sarawak specialize in beaded art. TheI beaded woman is called Orang Ulu.
I also bought a small flag of Sarawak. I love the powerful design: a nine-pointed gold star on a background of red and black diagonal stripes. I have added the flag to my "flagorium." (The word was coined by a friend in Bangkok.)
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The 2014-15 Writers at Barnard series begins with a reading by Sandra Lim, recipient of the 2013 Women Poets at Barnard Prize.
Join three distinguished Barnard poets, Eliza Griswold, Sarah Plimpton, and Mark Strand, for a reading of their works.
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French professor reviews a new anthology of 18th century French poetry
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For four days in April, the campus sprang to life with the sound of spoken-word poetry, as hundreds of performers converged at Barnard for the annual College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI).
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