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What's next for the NBA is a good hook
You know it's not a good Friday, as a sports commissioner, when you wake up to a crisis that you'd gladly trade straight up for baseball's steroid scandal.
Or as my Bloomberg News colleague Scott Soshnick put it on ESPN's "Outside The Lines": It would have been a much, much better Friday for David Stern if he were merely faced with the news bulletin that one of his Michael Vick-sized stars was being indicted on charges of sponsoring a widespread dogfighting operation.
This can only be described as a horrific Friday for Stern and his National Basketball Association. The New York Post's disclosure that a referee is being investigated by the FBI for betting on games and making calls to manipulate point spreads -- a referee later identified by multiple ESPN sources as 13-year vet Tim Donaghy -- will haunt this league for the foreseeable future.
It's difficult to imagine otherwise even if Donaghy were to be found innocent.
Anthony: One big mistake
While some who are critical of the NBA point to this being an organization's problem, I see this more as probably one man's human error.
This is playing out as if in a movie. You just never know about the skeletons in somebody's closet.
When I was a player, I didn't think about how officiating could be affected this way. You deal with whatever adversity is out there on the court. Officials are like players; they are going to make mistakes.
But you don't think someone is making a mistake based on an ulterior motive. You don't think you'll see a "Goodfellas" scenario playing out, where somebody on the court becomes an agent for organized crime.
Now David Stern has a big concern. And I think it's more of a problem because it's an official rather than a player who's alleged to have done this.
The one element of our game the NBA has wanted to keep out of the public eye is the way officials are handled. You never hear about when they're fined or punished, and rightfully so. You don't want that kind of information coming into the picture of what happens on the court.
So when we see Joey Crawford situations come up in the future, it's going to come under far more scrutiny and speculation. The NBA used to be able to put a big blanket over that.
Stern won't have the same luxury moving forward. This is going to create issues for him; he's dealt with players' suspensions and trouble with the law, but now these officiating issues have been brought to the forefront.
I don't know how he's going to deal with this.
-- Greg Anthony, ESPN
How long it takes to rebuild the public's confidence in NBA refereeing from here -- and the steps that the NBA will have to take to get there when confidence was already sagging so -- is something you can't even estimate at this early juncture.
Chances are it won't matter if this proves to be "a single NBA referee" acting alone, as Donaghy was described in the NBA's press release.
It doesn't seem to matter, as we speak, that formal charges have yet to be filed against him.
It doesn't even matter that the zillions of conspiracy theories that have been floated about the NBA over the past two decades -- most of them suggesting that the league was manipulating outcomes to support its superstars or big-market franchises in the quest for better TV ratings -- don't appear to have any connection to the things Donaghy is alleged to have done.
NBA conspiracy theorists have simply been waiting for some sort of proof that referees, for all the call-by-call video monitoring they get from their bosses, use their whistles unjustly to change games.
And they've never been closer to tangible proof than these claims against Donaghy, which allege that, for the past two seasons, he made calls intended to affect point spreads and thus ensure that he and his crime-ring connections could cash in on large bets.
Donaghy has already resigned and the ref colleagues he has left behind already know the impact of his case. People in positions of power abuse that power all over the real world. Politicians, policemen and corporate honchos, you name it. There are law breakers everywhere. Yet in sports especially, guilt is assumed and innocence must be proven.
Unfair as that sounds.
So first the NBA has to prove to the masses that Donaghy is the only ref under suspicion of submitting to mob influences.
Stern will then have to bring a revolutionary level of transparency to his referee corps and its corresponding training/administration/review practices that can, as he says, "protect against this ever happening again."
Ideas, however, on how any of that gets done were pretty scarce on a dark, dark Friday.
How bleak is the situation? Various international soccer leagues have survived a handful of match-fixing scandals, but no referee, umpire, linesman or in-game official of any sort has ever been arrested or indicted for point-shaving or match-fixing in the history of America's four major team sports.
So if this proves to be the Friday that finally launches the NBA on the road to fixing the credibility problem that has plagued its referees for years, as a few team executives have anonymously and optimistically suggested, Step 1 was a monumentally scary leap backward.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here.
• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94
• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pled guilty to federal felony conspiracy charges alleging that he passed along inside information on NBA games.
Donaghy also alleges that referees helped alter the outcomes of games during the '02 and '05 postseasons.
He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in July.
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• Lawyer: Donaghy classmate expects indictment
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• Transcript of Stern's news conference
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• Stein: Donaghy questions and answers
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• Broussard: Refs say it's isolated incident
• Katz: College officials fear lasting backlash
• Jackson: Sad, not shocked
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• Simmons: One man out, one league in trouble
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• Sheridan: The Donaghy file
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• No specific mention of game-fixing
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Depending on your definition of "team," Octavio Dotel will either break or tie the Major League record for most teams played for when he throws his first pitch of the 2012 season. Dotel signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers this past December, joining his thirteenth different Major League franchise, something no man has ever accomplished before in baseball history.
Dotel is officially surpassing (but realistically sharing) a mark set by Matt Stairs, Stairs played for 12 different teams in 13 different cities – the first and last team he played for (Montreal and Washington) are officially considered to be the same in the eyes of Major League Baseball's history people.
With this passing of the torch taking place during the upcoming season I thought it'd be a fun time to go back and take a look at all the different uniforms these two record-setters have worn in their years on a Major League diamond.
Matt Stairs began his Major League Baseball career at the age of 24 as an outfielder with the Montreal Expos in the 1992 season, just missing the chance to wear the famous tri-colour Expos caps by a single year. Part-way through the 1993 season the Expos sold Stairs, Mr. Baseball style, to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League where he played out the remainder of the season before re-signing with the Expos for 1994.
A mere two months after re-signing with the Expos the team sold him once again ending his time in Montreal after only 19 career games for the team. Fortunately for Matt the Expos sold him to a slightly more desirable location than before – Boston. After spending the '94 season with Boston's AA club in New Britain, Stairs would suit up 39 times for the Red Sox during the 1995 season during which he hit his first career home run.
Another off-season and another change of scenery for Stairs as he signed on with the Oakland Athletics for 1996. It was in Oakland where Stairs really found his own, hitting 122 home runs over 5 seasons and even garnering some AL MVP votes in 1999. Just when it seemed as though Matt had found a team to settle down with the A's began to shed salary and Stairs was shipped off to the Chicago Cubs following the 2000 season. Stairs never again played for a team as long as he played for Oakland.
The trade from Oakland to Chicago sent Stairs into a downward spiral of shuffling from team-to-team on a relatively quick basis over the next decade, right up to the end of his career. After 128 games with the Cubs in 2001 Stairs signed with the Milwaukee Brewers playing 107 games in 2002 before signing on with the Pittsburgh Pirates for 121 games in 2003.
Most players aged 36 and jumping from team to team would start to consider retirement, not our boy Matt, he was just getting started.
Two-and-a-half years of relaxing on the sunny, um, beaches (?) of Kansas City followed Matt's run through four different cities in the previous four seasons. Stairs racked up 39 home runs in 330 games playing for the Kansas City Royals from 2004 through the trade deadline of 2006 before getting shipped off to the Texas Rangers.
Six weeks and 26 games later Matt was waived by the Rangers and plucked by the Detroit Tigers in time for their run toward the post-season. Unfortunately for Matt this transaction took place a couple of weeks AFTER the post-season roster deadline and he was not eligible to play for the Tigers in the World Series that year. Alas, after just two weeks and 14 whole games Matt's time in Detroit was over.
Thirty-nine years old and still productive at the plate, the Toronto Blue Jays signed Stairs to a contract prior to the 2007 season completing his Canadian team-set collection. Matt saw a bit of a resurgence in his only full season in Toronto hitting .289 with 21 home runs. At the deadline in 2008, Stairs was traded away to the Philadelphia Phillies, ending his streak of consecutive American League teams played for at four. In Philadelphia, Stairs began his career as a pinch-hitter specialist even coming off the bench to launch a game-winning home run in the '08 NLCS. It was in Philadelphia this season that Stairs won his one-and-only World Series title.
Following the 2009 season the Phillies opted to not re-sign Stairs and he joined up with the San Diego Padres playing 78 games in 2010 and hitting the last 6 home runs of his career.
Stairs made one last go for it in 2011 signing with the franchise it all started with, the Montreal Expos, now relocated and playing as the Washington Nationals. In August, after hitting just .154 through 56 games the Nationals released Stairs and he announced his retirement shortly thereafter, 13 teams and 12 franchises after it all began.
Stairs played for 6 American League teams, 7 National League teams, winning one World Series, and never appearing in an All-Star Game. When he retired at age 43 he was the all-time leader in pinch-hit home runs.
And that brings us to Octavio Dotel, who as mentioned earlier will be suiting up for lucky team 13 in April.
The difference between Dotel and Stairs? Dotel's playing for his 13th team six-years younger than Stairs was… at this rate it would not be crazy to rule out Octavio making it to 20 teams before he calls it a career.
So you've heard about Stairs and Dotel and their gigantic jersey closets, what about the opposites? Those guys that didn't have to look in the mirror to see which team they were suiting up for on any given day.
You've got your Carl Yastrzemski's, Brooks Robinson's, Robin Yount's – all guys who played 20+ seasons for the same team, but, this is a logo and uniform column, those guys changed uniforms a few times during the course of their career with those teams.
So, who played the longest with one team, with one consistant uniform design the whole time, home and road, cap, the same every year?
Well from my research it seems that the honour belongs to the great Mickey Mantle who played 18 seasons wearing the same uniform every time he stepped on the Major League field.
Like Stairs, Mickey's record is also in danger heading into 2012 – courtesy of fellow New York Yankee Derek Jeter who will be suiting up for his 18th season wearing the exact same uniform, home and away:
They had some competition in this field, Mike Schmidt nearly took the crown but unfortunately for him the Phillies swapped the colour of their road greys, to powder blues in his 2nd and back again for his final seasons. Chipper Jones was a road cap brim colour change away from joining Jeter and Mantle at the top of this list.
One last oddity I decided to look up, most different uniforms with one team – now I'm not at all sure if this is the record, but it was the one that jumped to the top of my head right away. Tim Salmon.
Not only did Tim Salmon go through four major identity changes in his time with the Angels, he also went through three name changes, beginning as a member of the California Angels from 1992-1996, Anaheim Angels from 1997-2004, and finishing up his career as a Los Angeles Angel of Anaheim in 2005. I doubt you'll see many other (modern) players with that distinction.
Check out Chris's sports logo and uniform website at SportsLogos.Net, or follow him on Twitter at @sportslogosnet

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Before Justin Bieber was the Justin Bieber, he was just kidrauhl, a boy singing to his computer from home. Before Greyson Chance was Ellen's personal popstar, he was just greyson97. Indeed, more aspiring young musicians are turning to YouTube these days in order to find audiences for their music. After all, why should you play cheesy covers at your high school's unattended open mic night when you could play cheesy covers to an online audience that will actually listen? Millions of people use YouTube every day, and many users (including yours truly) have found the website to be a treasure trove of great independent musicians. Though some of these singers possess gargantuan online fanbases, they often don't get the media recognition that smaller, studio-supported artists might receive. Let's change that! After the jump, check out five singer-songwriters who have made their mark on the web in the last year. READ FULL STORY
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Willow Smith's 'Whip My Hair' video: Watch it here
Will and Jada's child empire continues to rise with the release of the video—leaked early today, then continually pulled until its official debut on 106 & Park tonight—for young Willow's breakout single, "Whip My Hair." And whip it she does, like Corey Glover minus the agit-rock politics and the scuba shortie suit.
I confess I was inclined at first to dismiss her quick rise as the worst kind of showbiz nepotism, and the pop stage as an entirely inappropriate and overly sexualized place for one so young. (Exception!) But this clip is about to put a boom in the chiropracting industry (with possible ancillary benefits for housepaint), because girl can snap it: READ FULL STORY
Greyson Chance is on 'Fire': Watch his new cover here
Teen sensation Greyson Chance is busy recording his debut album for a planned fall release on Ellen DeGeneres' eleveneleven label, but in the meantime he's keeping his fans happy with another of the piano covers that made him famous.
Chance, 13, just uploaded his version of Augustana's "Fire" to his YouTube channel. It's nothing flashy — just Chance sitting at the piano in his L.A. apartment, playing and singing his heart out. Click through to the jump to check it out.
How do you like Greyson Chance's take on "Fire"? Who's looking forward to his album? Let us know in the comments! READ FULL STORY
Guster, 'Do You Love Me': An EW exclusive video premiere
Boston rockers Guster, now nearly two decades into their melodic, good-natured Guster-dom, will release their sixth studio album, Easy Wonderful, on October 5. (Also imminent: a month-long tour).
In the meantime, the Tufts alumni have collaborated with Boston-based fine artist Jon Sarkin on both Easy's cover and the video for its first single, "Do You Love Me."
See the whimsical results—and the band in their long-john underoos—after the jump: READ FULL STORY
Ke$ha before the $: See the high school footage unearthed on YouTube
So, this one time, at band camp, Ke$ha was still just young Kesha Sebert—a Tennessee teen who brushed her teeth with ordinary non-alcoholic toothpaste and needed no shift key to type her name.
Clearly, though, she was already rehearsing for a life of destroyed denim and general Tik-Tokery way back in 2001 as a freshman at Franklin High School Band Camp. Watch it after the jump: READ FULL STORY
The Key of Awesome parodies Eminem and Rihanna's 'Love the Way You Lie' grade-school style: Watch here
Oh, those crazy Key of Awesome kids! The folks who brought you that "Telephone" parody and that other Ke$ha/Bieber/Gaga parody and a bunch of other such YouTube shenanigans have now turned their sights on Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie."
In their hands, the somber domestic-violence lesson becomes a cutesy story about two elementary schoolers. "You stole my heart and you stole my bike," sings a Rihanna impersonator, "But that's all right, because I love the way you like." See what they did there?
Click through to the jump to see the Key of Awesome's "Love the Way You Lie" parody video. Funny? Lame? You tell us. READ FULL STORY
Rapper T.I. debuts Magnum, T.I. role in hilarious Jimmy Kimmel sketch: Watch here
T.I. paid a visit to Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show yesterday to promote his latest movie, Takers. Before bringing T.I. out Kimmel spoke about how busy the artist is–noting that he's also got an album on the way. And he added that, "He has a new TV show premiering this fall on CBS, I think. It's a remake of an old show. But with a younger, hipper, more urban twist. Check it out."
Atlanta rapperThen came the classic theme song and intro to classic 80's action drama Magnum, P.I. In a Hawaiian tee shirt, T.I. played Tom Selleck's role as private investigator Thomas Magnum–mustache and all. For someone who's known to be too cool for such a skit, T.I. provides some side-splitting humor here. Give it a look after the jump.
Michael Jackson and Nirvana come together in the YouTube mashup of the day: 'Smells like Rockin' Robin'
Here we are now, YouTube, entertain us! I was browsing my Twitter feed this morning when I stumbled upon this gem: Go Home Productions posted a mix of two fantastic (understatement) artists who might be gone, but will not be forgotten any time soon: Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a then-13-year-old Michael Jackson's "Rockin' Robin."
And now, thanks to the wonder of technology, we can enjoy BOTH songs at the same time. Color me excited. Watch the video after the jump. READ FULL STORY
Levi Johnston to appear in music video. Hasn't that clock hit 15 yet?
Levi Johnston is going to appear in a music video. Yes, that Levi Johnston — the former hockey player best known for knocking up Bristol Palin, having trouble staying engaged to her the first time around, spending the past year picking fights with the Palins at large, then magically re-convincing Bristol to marry him, which just proves that love is a magical force we should never, ever fight, because we will lose, or something. Anyway, according to Johnston's attorney, Levi is looking forward to doing the video. "It will give him an opportunity to act a little bit in front of a camera," says the attorney. "He's done a commercial before, but something like this is a little more involved."
According to the AP,Johnston will be challenging his acting chops as accompaniment to a song called "After Love," a lukewarm slice of R&B cheesesteak from Brittani Senser, who is the daughter of a former NFL football player. The AP also caught a glimpse of the video treatment: "The couple share tender moments before they are driven apart by the young woman's mother. Unaware that her mom's interference forced her boyfriend to go, she 'throws herself into her mother's arms. She tells her mother that she was wrong about Levi.'"
I've gone ahead and embedded a live clip of Ms. Senser performing "After Love" after the jump. I invite you to spend as much time as you'd like envisioning her sharing tender moments with Levi (pictured above), and then being driven apart by a mother figure. Possibly one toting a shotgun. And bearing a faint resemblance to Tina Fey. READ FULL STORY
Jack White performs Beatles song at White House for Paul McCartney, Obama: Watch it here
NBD, dudes.
Standing in front of the leader of the free world and perhaps the greatest living pop icon in the world, performing one of said icon's own songs?It's been a long road for Mr. Jack White from Hotel Yorba to the White House, but the White Stripes frontman/Raconteur/Dead Weather-er/hair artiste keeps his wits about him—while seeming appropriately subdued—in a performance of the 1968 Lennon/MccCartney ballad "Mother Nature's Son," from the upcoming Paul McCartney Gershwin Prize special, set to air on PBS July 28.
The show will feature Paul himself, as well as Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock and … the Jonas Brothers. (Malia and Sasha, your vote has been counted).
See White's solo acoustic performance—to a head-nodding, toe-tapping 'Bama and Macca—below:
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New Delhi: A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah criticised the BJP leadership for raising 'the false bogey of revocation' of Article 370 that provides special status to the state, senior BJP leader LK Advani has hit back through his blog.
In a post, titled 'Omar, Do Restrain Yourself', Advani says that although Omar has the right to disagree with the BJP over the revocation of Article 370, it was improper to use offensive words like 'cheating' in the context of the party's stand on Jammu and Kashmir. Advani also reminded Omar that the Jana Sangh, the BJP's predecessor, had not even been born when Article 370 was sought to be approved in the Constituent Assembly.
In an earlier blogpost on June 23, Advani had pushed for repealing Article 370, saying it would help 'Jammu and Kashmir's full integration with India'. Omar had called this a poll ploy to 'befool' the people.
Speaking after the flagging-off ceremony of Banihal-Qazigund rail link at Banihal on Wednesday, Omar had warned BJP that any dilution to Constitutional guarantee under Article 370 would be possible "only over our dead bodies because we would not allow you to weaken this relationship."
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We all know that Andrew Bynum is a big nerd, both literally and figuratively. He's a 7-foot tall, two-time NBA champion who uses his free time to build computers, supercharge remote control cars and breeding his dogs.
So what does a huge dweeb like this do during an extended offseason? The Los Angeles Times found out.
Q: It was surprising to hear you're not just boxing and working out but enrolled in Spanish and piano classes this summer too. Are you making up for what you were deprived of by missing college?
A: My brother's wife is Colombian, so now we have mixed cultures in my family. Plus, I live in L.A., I want to communicate with people. The piano, I started to play when I was a little kid, and now I have a really good teacher at UCLA. I play by reading chords in a composition style. I take two-hour lessons three times a week. It's something that makes me happy. It's calming, it changes my mood. It'll be good; down the road I can play my girlfriend's song when she becomes my wife.
Duh. Of course Andrew Bynum is boxing, learning Spanish and rekindling his childhood love of piano so that he can play his girlfriend a song when they get married. That's a very Andrew Bynum thing to do.
In fact, I'm kind of surprised that's all he's doing. He's going to have an extra few months, at least, so that would give him a bunch of extra time to learn some new skills. He could easily learn how to program video games, come up with a concept and make his own game, which he then ports to the App Store and makes some serious bank when it gets named one of their Top Apps. I'm just spitballing here, but that's a fairly nerdy thing to do, so I'm sure Andrew Bynum could master it in an extended summer.
Cool for him, though. In just a few months time, Andrew Bynum will be the world's biggest Spanish-speaking pianist who also boxes. That's quite the accomplishment.


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We encourage suggestions from any professors or students; if there's anyone suitable for the podcast, we'd love to hear from you. Contact associate producers Devon Powers (email@example.com, Culture and Communication) or Dan Driscoll (email@example.com, English and Philosophy).
An Episodic Meditation With…Michael Martone
In "Homer on Homer, Or a Bunch of Stuff that Happens", Martone discusses anecdote, melodrama, twists and turns of fate, surprise endings, gods from machines, the point, the plot, and many more literary devices.
Michael Martone has continuously pranked the writing world throughout his 35 year career. In 1988, his AAP membership was temporarily revoked after they discovered his first two books, a prose collection titled Alive and Dead in Indiana and a poetry collection titled The Flatness and other Landscapes, were identical. He's published a collection of fictional contributor's notes, fictional interviews with his mentor Kurt Vonnegut, and travel articles of fictional landmarks. He inherited his great-grandmother's fortune-telling shop in New York and occasionally tells impromptu fictional fortunes, particularly fictional hauntings. Read his (fictional) Wikipedia page for more, as well as this interview discussing robot sex slaves.
Martone has published hundreds of fiction pieces. He works as an English Professor at the University of Alabama. He has won two Fellowships from the NEA, a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and nine writing contests. His most recent book is 2011's Four for a Quarter, about four fifth beetles, four tie knots, four retellings of the first Xerox, and the sex lives of the Fantastic Four.
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"At heart, it's about the people," Jackson says of Hoops. "It's the portrait of Philadelphia that was honest and true to my experience." In his work, Jackson concerns himself with portraying the moment and chronicling the past with vivid language, atmosphere, and a recollection of the saints to whom he dedicates his work to; childhood friends, Hank Gathers (former college basketball player), Gwendolyn Brooks. At its heart, his poetry details autobiographical memories of despair and the leap towards hope. In 2011, Hoops was selected as the reading program selection for all incoming freshmen at Drexel University.
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After his first book, New York's Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway, Payne was in need of a new project "to fill the creative void." A close friend directed him to state mental hospitals, and now, the rest is history. This discussion picks up on Payne's initial foray into photography and his extraordinary work in capturing the world of asylums (literally meaning safe place, or safe haven), once places of refuge, but now, crumbling structures that tell of a forgotten history.
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Friday 9th November 2012 | 10:07
FCO press release
Speaking today, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said:
"Today's election in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) heralds the Islands' return to a democratic government. This is a significant step and I would like to thank the interim administration and public servants and advisers of the TCI for their hard work to bring us to this day.
"The UK Government has provided practical support, as well as financial support in the form of a US$260 million loan guarantee, to the interim administration for the last three years to help implement a wide-ranging reform programme to address concerns about corruption and maladministration.
"A solid foundation has been built for a successful return to elected government. There is still a challenging road ahead, including the need to maintain prudent financial management and I hope the new government will continue the hard work to consolidate and build on the interim government's legacy.
"I look forward to building a strong and constructive partnership with the newly elected government."


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- Conference date: 28 March-3 April 2004
- Location: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Fluid dynamical calculations with QGP showed a softening of the directed flow while with hadronic matter this effect is absent. On the other hand, we indicated that a third flow component shows up in the reaction plane as an enhanced emission, which is orthogonal to the directed flow. This is not shadowed by the deflected projectile and target, and shows up at measurable rapidities, ycm = 1 – 2. To study the formation of this effect initial stages of relativistic heavy ion collisions are studied. An effective string rope model is presented for heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies. Our model takes into account baryon recoil for both target and projectile, arising from the acceleration of partons in an effective field. The typical field strength (string tension) for RHIC energies is about 5–12 GeV/fm, what allows us to talk about "string ropes". The results show that QGP forms a tilted disk, such that the direction of the largest pressure gradient stays in the reaction plane, but deviates from both the beam and the usual transverse flow directions. The produced initial state can be used as an initial condition for further hydrodynamical calculations. Such initial conditions lead to the creation of third flow component. Recent v 1 measurements are promising that this effect can be used as a diagnostic tool of the QGP. Collective flow is sensitive to the early stages of system evolution. To study the sensitivity of the flow signal, we have calculated flow harmonics from a Blast Wave model, a tilted, ellipsoidally expanding source. We studied recent experimental techniques used for calculation of the vn Fourier coefficients and pointed out a few possible problems connected to these techniques, which may impair the sensitivity of flow analysis.
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Harley is one of the nicest, most loving Lhasa Apsos we've ever had in our foster program. He is approximately 1-1/2 to 2 years old, gets along with all the other dogs in the house (picture is with his foster brother, Mobely), is good with the cats, likes to snuggle up close in bed, and curls up in a ball next to you on the couch with his head in your lap. But he's not fond of being picked up unless he is the one asking.
Harley walks well on a leash, but really enjoys the freedom of using the doggie door onto the deck (where he likes to lay in the sun) and securely fenced yard. He appears to be reliably housebroken. We believe that he was an abused dog. As much as he seemed to want love when he first came into the program, he would initially stiffen when he was petted. Once he learned to trust us, he relaxed. But, because of that, we wouldn't suggest a home with children under 14.
He is neutered, up to date on vaccinations, heartworm negative, and mictochipped. Harley is being fostered in Macungie, PA, and his asking adoption fee is $285.
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Harley-PA, a Mays Landing Lhasa Apso/Shih Tzu dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Lhasa Apso/Shih Tzu for sale in Mays Landing, or seeking a Lhasa Apso/Shih Tzu dog from a breeder in Mays Landing.
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Is 2 hr medical error c.e course requirement?? - page 2
I'm trying to register to sit for the nclex and came across a section on the application stating I would need 2 hrs of c.e. to take the exam. I tried registering for the exam on nurse.com but need... Read More
0Jul 3, '12 by DCamposRNYes, the 2hrs prevention of medical errors course is mandatory for all nurses applying for licensure in Florida. There are many online options. I took mine at www.nhinstitute.com and was able to print my certificate upon completion. The board didn't ask for a copy of the certificate but I sent it anyway just in case. Good luck!
0Jul 17, '12 by Mrsearly2009Yes it is required in the State of Florida. My Medication Errors Course was completed while I was in school. Contact your school to see if they have it on file.
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources now allows ATV education certification on the Internet, through www.ATVCourse.com. This online course features a narrated and interactive study guide, as well as visual exam and quiz questions. Riders ages 12 through 17 must have an education certificate in order to ride an ATV on public land and public ice in Iowa.
Rhonda Fowler, ATV education program coordinator for the DNR, believes this new online course will be well received.
"We hope this new online program option will increase the number of safety certified students. The new online program has a more dynamic experience and we think students will prefer the narrations and interactive elements," she said.
In order to ensure a greater level of student participation and retention, the online ATV education course was made to cater to different learning styles. The course and exam questions contain hundreds of detailed illustrations, as well as narrated course content and interactive exercises.
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I look for them in the parks, at disney stores, and in films all the time now!
When I did my video for the Dream CMO contest, I just had to put some hidden mickeys in there.
They're somewhat hard to see because the streaming video resolution is a little poor, but you can make them out.
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I look for them in the parks, at disney stores, and in films all the time now!
Sept 2004- Polynesian March 2005- Animal Kingdom Lodge Dec 2005- Offsite (yeah wont be doing that again...) April 2006- Contemporary Nov 2006- Grand Floridian April 2007- All Star Movies Dec 2007- Coronado Springs July 2008- Pop Century Oct 2008- All Star Sports Jan 2009- All Star Sports
Pretty good sure as your born!
I do not but my wife and oldest son are constantly pointing them out.
I look for them anywhere! When i was at Disney world, did'nt know what a hidden mickey was intill my uncle spotted them for me. Now I see them everywhere,dont take me crazy but if you really look you can see them.
I've always known about them, but the last time I went is the first time I actually set out to look for them. I actually found that more enjoyable than some of the other things in the parks. I'm going to do it from now on. If you're waiting in a line, its nice to whip out your book and see where some are close or even if they're in the queue you're in.
"If you can dream it you can do it."-Tom FitzgeraldD23 Charter Member
We never used to look for them until our last trip last October!
"Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.I have never been able to confine that fun to office hours." ~ Walt Disney
We enjoy looking for hidden mickeys. I have the book & it's fun looking for those & new ones.
god there so much fun to find, i even found an extemely hard to find one in epcot that was a small classsic mickey indented on the ground (i mean real small about the size of a quarter)
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surprise sometimes in places you do not expect.
I've even gotten my eight and five year old into it, they see them everywhere! They actually find some good ones. My daughter saw one in her Cheerios!
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I don't go out of my way to do it. But I'll try to keep an eye out for them on the rides.
I wouldn't say I go out of my way to look for them... however, I know where most of them are so whenever I bring a friend with me I like to point them out and they seem to appreciate it a lot.


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My love for gardening began as a young child while staying at my grandmother's during summer vacation, it's my passion today and I hope this is a hobby that will be passed on to my granddaughters.
My dream is to have enough acreage to grow a large garden and invest in heirloom varieties, a green house would be icing on the cake.
I'm currently in a master gardener's program for certification through our county extension office. The local botanical garden is one mile from my office, TOOOOOOOOOOOO TEMPTING!! Great plants there and even our mayor participates at the sales. I could easily go bankrupt!
The botanical garden is where I hope to put in alot of volunteer hours.
Gardening is my stress reliever and gives me something to look forward to. My current project is to make a park like area where we've cut down alot of woodlands. I've filled the area with orange ditch lilies, yucca, bamboo shoots, cactus,cannas and irises, mullen and poker plants. It's a real challenge and too much poison ivy.
I would like to participate in a seed and plant preservation project: hoping for a vacation trip to the SEED SAVERS grounds in Iowa. Right now I can only look at the catalog and drool.
My better half refuses to leave the keyes in the truck for fear of what I will haul in, nothing like grass clippings, pine needles,planters in the trash etc.. I've become more than just a gardener with a little inspiration...and a big imagination!! He says I act just like the family dog sticking my head out the window and trying to pick flowers on the inter-state.If you're an avid gardener, you know the feeling!!
I've video'd all my plants to record colors and locations for future trades and ID. So far it's been a real show. Every morning I peek out to see what's new and blooming. This week I have daylilies blooming,and several plants going to seed already. I have met many nice people on this forum and read alot of good advice; hope I can return the favor to new gardeners in the future. Thanks to all for the wonderful trades and the additions to my friendship garden.
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Helping teachers save in the classroom! You will find teacher contests/sweepstakes, giveaways, freebies, teacher events, and office/school supply deals & coupons! I also love to do giveaways/review to help promote effective teaching! Teacher bloggers, please feel free to email me when you have freebie items, sales going on and events happening in your area. I would be happy to share!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Enter to Win Hand Sanitizer for Your Classroom
It's that time of year---lots of germs and fun sicknesses going around everywhere and especially in the classroom.
So, I thought it would be ideal to run a giveaway where you could win Hand Sanitizer for your classroom.
Raining Rose, Inc. manufactures wonderful natural lip balm and body care products.
Teachers, their lip balms would make for fun classroom incentives for your students. I think it would be fun to give treats other than candy, and lip balm would be a hit with your students, especially your girls.
They also manufacture lotions
and Hand Sanitizer
Which takes me to our fun teacher/classroom giveaway.
Raining Rose, Inc. has generously donated tons of 1 oz. Hand Sanitizers for fun teacher giveaways for Teacher's Market. I am extremely touched with the generosity of Raining Rose, Inc. in making this donation for teachers. So for the next few weeks, you will have the chance to enter to win 25 hand sanitizers for your classroom.
Teachers, if you'd like a chance to win a set (25 hand sanitizers) of 1 oz. Hand Sanitizers for your classroom, fill out the Rafflecopter form below.
Please be sure to thank Raining Rose on their facebook page for donating their hand sanitizer for teacher giveaways.
This contest will end next Friday, November 16th and the winner will be announced next Saturday, November 17th. We will then start our second week giveaway opportunity to win 25 Hand Sanitizers for your classroom, next Saturday, Nov. 17th.
If you'd like to learn more about Raining Rose products, head over to the Raining Rose, Inc. website. Keep up with all of their news, sales and contests on the Raining Rose facebook page and Raining Rose Twitter Page.
I also want to give a huge thanks to Raining Rose, Inc. for donating their Hand Sanitizer for a Teacher's Market giveaway.
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Infiltration | Published 13 January 2012 |
It is the future, and beneath the flickering glow of the sprawling New Angeles skyline, immense corporations seek every advantage in the burgeoning field of synthetic humanoid technology. On the brink of a revolutionary innovation, CyberSolutions Inc. is poised to become the next global powerhouse, threatening the profits of well-established conglomerates Haas-Bioroid and Jinteki. But unfortunately for CyberSolutions, security at their New Angeles branch has just been compromised.
Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Infiltration, a card game designed by Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Kingdom Builder)!
Set in the dystopian future of Android, Infiltration is a tense card game of futuristic larceny in which two to six players take the roles of thieves, competing to steal valuable secrets from a highly secured corporate facility.
The most vital information lies deep within the complex, but each step inward takes you farther from escape. Worse yet, corporate mercenaries are closing in! How long will you push your luck as you avoid security patrols, surpass rival thieves, and try to download the most data before the building is locked down?
A new heist every time
To begin, a deck of thirty-two Room cards is shuffled, and from these, the CyberSolutions' twelve room-facility is built. With the abundance of extra cards and the numerous possible combinations, no two games of Infiltration will ever be the same. What's more, fans of Android's thematic focus will appreciate finding similar details in Infiltration; each thief has his own personal motivation for taking part in this daring late-night larceny.
Tech Expert Gabriel Correa Santiago might be in it for the money and the thrills, but bioroid "Marilyn" 7Y3T9D has more private reasons for breaking into an android factory. But there's no honor among thieves; although the group may have started out working together, all bets are off once the alarm sounds.
Take the data and run
All the while, security mercs approach the facility and the risk of being caught in the act increases...so get in, get the data, and get out. If the mercs arrive, any characters left in the building will be imprisoned. How much information can you download before you hear their sirens blaring outside?
With its nearly infinite replayability and tense push-your-luck action, Infiltration is perfect for fans of fast-paced card games, the rich dystopian world of Android, or the work of celebrated designer Donald X. Vaccarino. For more on Infiltration, visit its website and keep checking back for previews. Then, plan to catch this heist at your local game store in the second quarter of 2012!
Designed by Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Kingdom Builder), Infiltration is a tense card game of futuristic larceny set in the dystopian future of Android. Two to six players take the roles of thieves, competing to steal valuable secrets from a highly secured corporate facility. Push your luck as you avoid security patrols, surpass rival thieves, and try to download the most data before the building is locked down!
I was very pleased with Android and have been even more pleased to see FFG expanding on the franchise. I can't wait for this!
Thanks for the tip, Jason. Post created.
Hey Trom, we can take this discussion over the the Android subforum here. Don't want to clog up the comment section here TOO much. :-)
Question: how do I prepare a first-time player on how to play Android? Do I tell them to focus on the strategy sheet for their character? Someone in the review said before playing to take a moment to look at your own dark cards, but I feel that would take away from the surprise and first-time mystery of the game. Is there any other tips on how to play first-time?
Thanks Jasonpanella: Tom's review was something I had been wanting to read/watch and I guess he never took the time to translate it from bgg to his own Dice Tower site with his other written reviews. I have much more appreciation for the game, especially now learning that the game CAN be played 2-player despite being listed as 3-5. It's nice to actually find some good, solid reviews and counter-reviews of Android on bgg. I looked everywhere else and it was just a bashing-fest or too limited of a good review in comparison to the bashers. After watching Scott's review again and reading some in-depth reviews, it seems Scott was playing with inexperienced players. Also, I assume he was playing with four or more too, as he said length was an issue (which is a common complaint and complexity too). The real issue for me was imbalance of dark cards, as said by Scott, and "pinning" the murder. Now as I read these new reviews, I see the game is not unbalanced if you know how to play your character, and the game rewards experience with even more diversity and complexity. As well, "pinning" isn't that bad of a theme: innocent people get blamed for crimes haphazardly because the system is motivated by time-restraints, personal bonuses, and personal emotions, proving the setting a dystopia. VERY appealing, and that richness lends a whole level of unappreciated genius that the game in-fact plays its own theme well and the darkest shades of real life!
I am now being tempted to look into Android; originally it was for the theme, and now it's returning to that again now that I understand theme is the best defense against the reported unbalance...
@Tromdial -
Tom's review is here (it's older, so that might be why you missed it), and a great counterpoint to Scott's review is here (and I think it's spot-on).
Scott's Stuff Brief video review of Android on youtube is one of the key reasons I didn't get the game. Another is Tom Vasel's lack of a review, yet the Android box sits on his boardgame shelf always in the background. Is that good? What does that mean? If it is, why hasn't he even done a written review or put it in his top 100? I've gone on other sites and the reviews are mixed and most complain about the card balance too as Scott did. Again, I assume they will release a revised version eventually. I am happy with Infiltration's release in the meantime. I mean, they have a whole bunch of books coming out for the game, so I assume the revision is extremely likely along with they released it for cheap the end of last year. That or it's being done as an RPG.
Oh my God, yes! Yes!! Though I've had very few opportunities to play Android, I've loved it since day one, and have absolutely no idea why it was so poorly received. In fact, I've only had 2 and a half session since it came out, and the last two were both after Christmas. But lately it seems I have found a group that wants to play it a bit more. I played my last session just two days ago, and thought, Man, I wish they could publish an expansion of some sort to Android... And here it is! This is almost scary. But yessss! I want it!!! I'm calling my local game shop tomorrow and tell them to reserve a copy for me. Thank You FFG! You read my mind pro-actively!
I know it says 2+ players but on the surface it looks like it may be soloable with the timer etc. I'll have to wait for more info, but if I can play by myself I'm very interested.
I'm intrigued. I know nothing about Android but the game sounds interesting. Is this supposed to be stand alone with only a few expansions? Or is this a never-ending-expansion type game?
Infiltrate my cred-stick and drain my account already, would you.
@Tromdial - What Walk said. Those dark cards ARE, in my opinion, balanced. They exploit weaknesses the various characters have (and, if you're careful, you can play around).


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Pages 2 and 3 seen in eBay auction. Assumed to be this story because it's in the same original source issue as the first story and a character named "Bob Corbett" appears to become an outlaw in it.
Last inside page of comic.
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