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Economic Statistics for 1 Apr 15
Reversing three months of decline, auto sales rose 6.2% in March, to a 17.2 million annual rate.
The Markit PMI manufacturing flash index for March rose 0.6 points from the February final to 55.7.
The composite index from the ISM manufacturing survey fell for the fifth straight month, down -1.4 points in March to 51.5.
Falling public outlays drove construction sending down unexpectedly by -0.1% in February. On a year-over-year basis, spending is up only 2.1%.
The MBA reports that mortgage applications rose 4.6% last week, with purchases up 6.0% and refis up 4.0%.
ADP's employment report shows a soft estimate of 189,000 new private sector jobs created in March.
Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index remained unchanged at 29 in March.
Probably TMI
But necessary.
A few days ago, I took a fall … literally. Knocked unconscious, severe concussion, etc. Lucky I didn't end up in a body cast or worse. Anyway, the good news is no broken bones and physically getting over it. However, if you have any experience with a concussion, you know the after effects. Short attention span theater is one of them. That and a sort of fogginess that gets better over time.
Bottom line, I'm not really up to writing anything of any depth or importance right now. I've tried to put a couple of things up, but they're not my best work. Unlike Andrew Sullivan though, blogging isn't "killing me" (even though I've been doing it as long as he has). I love blogging, it's just right now I can't give it my best effort.
So I'm backing off for a while. I'll be back as soon as I think I can give it my best stuff.
In the meantime, I hope a few others will pitch in.
Economic Statistics for 31 Mar 15
Redbook reports that last week's retail sales firmed slightly to 3.0% on a year-ago basis, from the previous week's 2.8%.
The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 0.9% in January, with a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The January rise follows a 0.9% increase in December and 0.8% in November.
The Chicago PMI rose 0.5 points in March to a still-negative 46.3. Numbers below 50 generally indicate a contraction in activity.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 101.3 in March from 98.8 in February.
The State Street Investor Confidence Index surged this month, up 15.1 points to 120.1, mainly on American appetite for risk. European and Asian confidence both fell and lag far behind.
Is "ignorance of the law" a valid excuse now days?
If you're talking "regulatory law" it may very well be … or so Insty argues in his USA Today column:
Ignorance of the law, we are often told, is no excuse. "Every man is presumed to know the law," says a long-established legal aphorism. And if you are charged with a crime, you would be well advised to rely on some other defense than "I had no idea that was illegal."
But not everybody favors this state of affairs. While a century or two ago nearly all crime was traditional common-law crime — rape, murder, theft and other things that pretty much everyone should know are bad — nowadays we face all sorts of "regulatory crimes" in which intuitions of right and wrong play no role, but for which the penalties are high.
If you walk down the sidewalk, pick up a pretty feather, and take it home, you could be a felon — if it happens to be a bald eagle feather. Bald eagles are plentiful now, and were taken off the endangered species list years ago, but the federal law making possession of them a crime for most people is still on the books, and federal agents are even infiltrating some Native-American powwows in order to find and arrest people. (And feathers from lesser-known birds, like the red-tailed hawk are also covered). Other examples abound, from getting lost in a storm and snowmobiling on the wrong bit of federal land, to diverting storm sewer water around a building.
Laws are proliferating like fleas and those are the ones that are actually passed by legislatures. Regulatory law, on the other hand, is law created
"Regulatory crimes" of this sort are incredibly numerous and a category that is growing quickly. They are the ones likely to trap unwary individuals into being felons without knowing it. That is why Michael Cottone, in a just-published Tennessee Law Review article, suggests that maybe the old presumption that individuals know the law is outdated, unfair and maybe even unconstitutional. "Tellingly," he writes, "no exact count of the number of federal statutes that impose criminal sanctions has ever been given, but estimates from the last 15 years range from 3,600 to approximately 4,500." Meanwhile, according to recent congressional testimony, the number of federal regulations (enacted by administrative agencies under loose authority from Congress) carrying criminal penalties may be as many as 300,000.
And it gets worse. While the old-fashioned common law crimes typically required a culpable mental state — you had to realize you were doing something wrong — the regulatory crimes generally don't require any knowledge that you're breaking the law. This seems quite unfair. As Cottone asks, "How can people be expected to know all the laws governing their conduct when no one even knows exactly how many criminal laws exist?"
Or bothers to acquaint the public with these laws and their penalties?
Most of these laws, as Reynolds points out, are "(enacted by administrative agencies under loose authority from Congress) carrying criminal penalties" that even Congress dosen't know about. Imagine a body of law and penalties that are simply made up by regulatory agencies numbering 300,000. That's absurd!
Don't expect to be saved by "prosecutorial discretion" if someone in government is out to get you either.
Of course, we may hope that prosecutorial discretion will save us: Just explain to the nice prosecutor that we meant no harm, and violated the law by accident, and he or she will drop the charges and tell us to be more careful next time. And sometimes things work that way. But other times, the prosecutors are out to get you for your politics, your ethnicity, or just in order to fulfill a quota, in which case you will hear that the law is the law, and that ignorance is no excuse. (Amusingly, government officials who break the law do get to plead ignorance and good intentions, under the doctrine of good faith "qualified immunity." Just not us proles.)
It's "us proles" who need to be worried about this. We're the ones who will feel the full weight of these laws when they're enforced. We aren't politically important enough for prosecutorial discretion to be exercised. And that's the way it always is.
This is the absurdity of our government (or any government) fundamentally ignoring the fairly strict guidelines of the Constitution and changing its mission from one of the protection of rights (and the few laws that requires) to that of governing our every move for the "common good" (as defined by … itself).
Economic Statistics for 30 Mar 15
Personal income rose 0.4% in March, while personal spending rose 0.1%. The PCE Price index rose 0.2% overall, and 0.1% at the core. On a year-over-year basis, personal spending is up 4.5%, personal spending is up 3.3%, and the PCE Price Index is up 0.3% overall, but up 1.4% at the core rate.
The Pending Home Sales index rose 3.1% to 106.9 in February.
The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index continued to decline in March, to -17.4 from -11.2. The production index fell to -5.2 from 0.7.
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Economic Statistics for 27 Mar 15
The final revision of 4th Quarter GDP for 2014 was unchanged at 2.2% annualized growth. The GDP price index was unrevised at 0.1.
Corporate profits in the 4th quarter of 2014 came in at $1.838 trillion, up 2.9%, compared to the 3rd quarter's 5.9% increase.
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index rose 1.8 points to 93.0 in March.
Economic Statistics for 26 Mar 15
The Markit PMI services index flash for March rose 1.8 points to 58.6.
The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index fell -5 points to -4 in March.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose 1.3 points to 45.5 in the latest week, the highest level since July, 2007.
Initial weekly jobless claims fell 9,000 to 282,000. The 4-week average fell 7,750 to 297,000. Continuing claims fell 6,000 to 2.416 million.
The Fed's balance sheet fell $-15.3 billion last week, with total assets of $4.481 trillion. Reserve bank credit fell $-7.9 billion.
The Fed reports that M2 money supply rose by $9.3 billion in the latest week.
Meanwhile in Yemen
We see the end-state of what this administration deems a "success":
Secret files held by Yemeni security forces that contain details of American intelligence operations in the country have been looted by Iran-backed militia leaders, exposing names of confidential informants and plans for U.S.-backed counter-terrorism strikes, U.S. officials say.
U.S. intelligence officials believe additional files were handed directly to Iranian advisors by Yemeni officials who have sided with the Houthi militias that seized control of Sana, the capital, in September, which led the U.S.-backed president to flee to Aden.
For American intelligence networks in Yemen, the damage has been severe. Until recently, U.S. forces deployed in Yemen had worked closely with President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi's government to track and kill Al Qaeda operatives, and President Obama had hailed Yemen last fall as a model for counter-terrorism operations elsewhere.
Let's see … SOF forced out of the country, President of Yemen on the run and both sides (Houti and AQ) romping all over the place. Oh, and the security breech which is likely to cost a lot of lives.
But the identities of local agents were considered compromised after Houthi leaders in Sana took over the offices of Yemen's National Security Bureau, which had worked closely with the CIA and other intelligence agencies, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive operations.
Yemeni intelligence officers still loyal to Hadi's besieged government burned some secret files, one official said. But they couldn't destroy all of them before the Houthi fighters, whose leaders have received some weapons and training from Iran, moved in.
The loss of the intelligence networks, in addition to the escalating conflict, contributed to the Obama administration's decision to halt drone strikes in Yemen for two months, to vacate the U.S. Embassy in Sana last month and to evacuate U.S. special operations and intelligence teams from a Yemeni air base over the weekend.
"Success". Just breath it in.
Reminds you of the "success" in Libya, doesn't it?
A simple question
Dr. Thomas Sowell says in reality it is a very simple question and it is questions like this one that completely undo Hillary Clinton supporters.
Question: What has Ms. Clinton ever accomplished?
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It is indeed a simple question. And the answer:
For someone who has spent her entire adult life in politics, including being a Senator and then a Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has nothing to show for all those years — no significant legislation of hers that she got passed in the Senate, and only an unbroken series of international setbacks for the United States during her time as Secretary of State.
Or said another way, nothing. Nothing of note, nothing of substance. The fact that she's been in the public eye longer than Barack Obama doesn't change the fact that she's essentially the female version of him.
Remember too:
Before Barack Obama entered the White House and appointed Mrs. Clinton Secretary of State, Al Qaeda operatives in Iraq had notified their higher ups, stationed in Pakistan, that their cause was lost in Iraq and that there was no point sending more men there.
Hosni Mubarak was in charge in Egypt. He posed no threat to American or Western interests in the Middle East or to Christians within Egypt or to Israel. But the Obama administration threw its weight behind the Muslim Brotherhood, which took over and began terrorizing Christians in Egypt and promoting hostility to Israel.
In Libya next door, the Qaddafi regime had already given up its weapons of mass destruction, after they saw what happened to Saddam Hussein in Iraq. But President Obama's foreign policy, carried out by Secretary of State Clinton, got Qaddafi removed, after which Libya became a terrorist haven where an American ambassador was killed, for the first time in decades.
The rationale for getting rid of Middle East leaders who posed no threat to American interests was that they were undemocratic and their people were restless. But there are no democracies in the Middle East, except for Israel. Moreover, the people were restless in Iran and Syria, and the Obama-Clinton foreign policy did nothing to support those who were trying to overthrow these regimes.
I guess, in a way, these are "accomplishments", but certainly not the type any presidential candidate would want to highlight. Between she and that bumbling fool in the White House, they've managed to wipe out anything that remotely resembled stability in the region. Each and every time the dynamic duo made the wrong call. Every. Single. Time.
It would be only fair to balance this picture with foreign policy triumphs of the Obama-Clinton team. But there are none. Not in the Middle East, not in Europe, where the Russians have invaded the Crimea, and not in Asia, where both China and North Korea are building up threatening military forces, while the Obama administration has been cutting back on American military forces.
And then there is Iran … and Israel. Yemen, the crown-jewel of validation for our "counter-terrorism" plan has imploded. And the last great hope in the region for any progress rests with … France?
This is what Ms. Clinton, et. al. have left the American people. And sane and reasoning people know that.
However it isn't inclusive of all of who will be picking President 45, is it?
Hillary Clinton became an iconic figure by feeding the media and the left the kind of rhetoric they love. Barack Obama did the same and became president. Neither had any concrete accomplishments besides rhetoric beforehand, and both have had the opposite of accomplishments after taking office.
They have something else in common. They attract the votes of those people who vote for demographic symbolism — "the first black president" to be followed by "the first woman president" — and neither to be criticized, lest you be denounced for racism or sexism.
It is staggering that there are sane adults who can vote for someone to be President of the United States as if they are in school, just voting for "most popular boy" or "most popular girl" — or, worse yet, voting for someone who will give them free stuff.
Suck it up you racist and sexist neanderthals. It is no longer about competence and accomplishment. It is about gender, race and free stuff. Your "free" stuff.


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Condemned to perform
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors in the South West are in peculiar positions.
One, Lagos Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, is in his fifth year, and already has established himself as a gold standard in gubernatorial performance. Two, Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi and Osun Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, just marked their first years in office. The remaining two, Ogun's Ibikunle Amosun and Oyo's Abiola Ajimobi, just crossed the "100 days" mark.
Despite the differences in tenure lengths, however, all the five governors are united on one score: they are all condemned to perform. Since the halcyon days of the six Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors at the advent of the Second Republic in 1999, it is doubtful if any brood of governors have been faced with such high-octane expectations.
Back in 1999, the military had wreaked so much havoc, and the AD governors were so full of messianic zeal, based on their ideological affiliation with the old Awo Action Group (AG) and Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), that the voter might well be permitted to expect sheer magic from their new governors.
It is moot point if that magic ever came. And that explained the electoral clear-out of 2003 when, a combination of then President Olusegun Obasanjo's grand treachery and crisis of voter expectation swept out five of the six governors, leaving only Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos standing.
Like the pre-1999 military, the conservative Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governments had wreaked so much havoc in the region, between 2003 and 2007, before they were finally erased in April. Two (Ogun and Oyo) lost out on the electoral front; while three wo (Ondo, Ekiti and Osun) had earlier been judicially forced to surrender stolen mandates.
It is doubtful if the magical expectation of performance from the current ACN governors could match the 1999 level, given the mood of general disillusionment in the land. But expectation is high enough, should they fail, for the people to feel massive disappointment. So, the ACN Five are condemned to perform!
But how do they bail themselves out of this positive "condemnation"? By upping the performance stake, such that it would be sheer electoral suicide for the opposition to venture against them in the next elections. In the quicksand of Yoruba politics, that is easier said than done.
The electoral sands of Oyo/Osun axis are especially treacherous, with a relay of low-level political intrigues and counter-intrigues. There, Adegoke Adelabu's Penkelemesi spirit triumphs, when the peculiar mess of that zone's politics forces even the brightest and the best to abandon the rarefied air of logic and clinical analysis to play the politics of crass emotion and cynical intrigue.
On the other hand, the Ondo/Ekiti axis is always a bedlam of high-level disputations. It is no coincidence the old Ondo Province, later old Ondo State and now Ondo and Ekiti states, is dubbed the Petition Headquarters of Nigerian politics.
The Lagos/Ogun axis had been much more predictable: Lagos because of established track record of progressive governments' stellar performance over the years; and Ogun due to the Awo factor, being the home state of the avatar of Nigerian progressive politics and people-oriented governance, the great Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
So, it is hardly any wonder that the gubernatorial banana peel has been much more pronounced in the Oyo/Osun and Ondo/Ekiti axes. In 1983, during the Second Republic, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo trumped the immaculate Bola Ige, though there were allegations of massive electoral heists.
Now, Dr. Olunloyo could intellectually hold his own anywhere. But it took the combination of the "Omo a ni, e je o se" [He is our son, vote him] Ibadan emotive nationalism campaign, laced with federal-backed electoral shenanigans, to power him into the Agodi Government House. Even then, since Dr. Olunloyo's three-month tenure, no Oyo governor has had a second term, despite a relay of Ibadan indigenes, aside from the comically Oyato one ousted in April, Adebayo Alao-Akala, an Ogbomoso indigene.
It has been no less slippery on the Ondo/Ekiti axis. Despite Chief Akin Omoboriowo's failed bid to steal Pa Adekunle Ajasin's mandate in 1983, neither Ondo nor Ekiti had since given an elected governor a second term. Olusegun Agagu indeed stole a second term in 2007. But it all ended in a judicial sack.
Only in Lagos have the people kept faith all along. But that was due to unimpeachable performance: Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Second Republic Baba Kekere and famed Action Governor (1983), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu aka last man standing (2003) and Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, the Actualizer (2007).
This grim historical analysis is to show that the ACN governors have their jobs cut out for them. There is no doubt progressive governance, because of massive gains in the past, holds a special place in the heart of the Yoruba South West. But it is also true that the people hold no prisoners, once they sense their yearnings are not being met. Now, add the always treacherous federal authorities, and with President Goodluck Jonathan showing a sly and treacherous hand of his own, the next set of elections are bound to be testy – though many insist it is early days yet.
Both Dr. Fayemi in Ekiti and Ogbeni Aregbesola in Osun just turned one year. Their friends say they have posted superlative results. Their foes counter with a yawn, insisting they have done "nothing". People in-between say, well, they have tried their best, being new on the job.
But to weather the storm to come, independent opinion, free of rapturous spin doctors and antagonistic partisan nay-sayers, must point to solid, superlative performance. That was the only way Jakande, Tinubu and Fashola were able to earn themselves second terms, despite an ogling, plotting and treacherous federal ruling party, who wanted to add the economic crown jewel of Lagos to their electoral trophy chest.
Ogun's Amosun and Oyo's Ajimobi appear to still be testing the waters after the first three months in office, though Amosun's e-foot soldiers have been doing quite a helluva of internet battle with e-warriors of the Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) ancien regime. It might be early days yet, but both governors must think of ways to soar clear with unimpeachable performance.
Then, the South West economic integration question. Both Fayemi and Aregbesola have been most activist on this score. Ondo's Olusegun Mimiko, neither a bird nor a bat, chips in a chime for political survival. The other three have been tacit at best, and quiet at worst.
Yet, a South West economic integration, with Lagos as the shaft as brilliantly espoused by Aregbesola, holds the key to up the ante, banish the political reactionaries from the region and avert repeating the ruinous history of reactionary take-over of 1983 and 2003.
Ripples goes on leave
After three years of active service and rigorous debates, this column goes on vacation from December 1 to January 9, 2012. Loyal readers, thanks for your constant support and critiques these past three years. Do have a merry Christmas and a fantastic new year. Looking forward to more penetrating and intellectually engaging rippling as we meet again, by God's grace, in 2012.
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Geographic Range
The Gulf Fritillary is a resident throughout the southern United States down into Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
- Biogeographic Regions
- nearctic
- neotropical
The Gulf Fritillary prefers subtropical second growth, woodland edges, brushy fields, and city gardens.
- Terrestrial Biomes
- savanna or grassland
- forest
- rainforest
- scrub forest
Physical Description
The Gulf Artillary has pointed forewings and a wing span of 2.0 to 2.5 inches. The upperside of the butterfly is bright orange with brown and black markings. The underside is a deeper color with distinct elongated silver spots. Females are darker with heavier markings.
- Other Physical Features
- ectothermic
- bilateral symmetry
Males search for freshly emerged females. The eggs are laid singly on passion-vines. The egg of the Gulf Fritillary is yellow, oblong, and ribbed. Mature larvae are a dark brown or black with red-orange stripes and rows of complex black spines.
The Gulf Fritillary migrates northward to the Central U.S. It can be found in such areas as the Great Basin, the Rockies, the Midwestern United States, and the mid-Atlantic States.
Food Habits
The Gulf Fritillary feeds on Maypops and other passion-vine species. Passion Flower is the larval foodplant.
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
No documented examples.
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
No documented examples.
Other Comments
The Gulf Artillary belongs to the subfamily Heliconiinae. Members of this group are unique for collecting pollen in their proboscis. After the pollen is collected it is absorbed through the walls of the proboscis.
Marie S. Harris (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
- Nearctic
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
- Neotropical
living in the southern part of the New World. In other words, Central and South America.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- ectothermic
animals which must use heat acquired from the environment and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature
- forest
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- rainforest
rainforests, both temperate and tropical, are dominated by trees often forming a closed canopy with little light reaching the ground. Epiphytes and climbing plants are also abundant. Precipitation is typically not limiting, but may be somewhat seasonal.
- scrub forest
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
- tropical savanna and grassland
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
- savanna
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
- temperate grassland
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
Opler, Paul A. A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
Shull, Ernest M. The Butterflies of Indiana. Indiana Academy of Science, 1987.


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How would that number happen? A sequential number? Does the same number always have to be associated with the same post?
Is there any php code that I can use to number the post titles that appear in the archive section.
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I'm not sure how much it matters but i'd be interested to see an example of paged sequential numbering in the archive.
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Yes have seen it, just not sure i remember seeing that behaviour in WP by default... or am i experiencing a terrible blonde moment?
it doesnt do it by default, no, youre right :)
So would you care to enlighten me on how you'd handle paging archive results as per my basic example above?...
Seen lots of methods for paging (some beyond me), i'd be interested to see how you do it...
you should understand this :)
<?php if (empty($paged)) { $my_post_count = 1;} else { $my_post_count = ($paged*$posts_per_page)-($posts_per_page-1); } ?>
Mind you I pulled that out of a file I havent used in 2 years.
I toyed with doing this again, when I redid v-i, and the code I used there was slightly different, I *think*..
I've not worked with $paged or $posts_per_page in WordPress.
I assume they are global WP variables that track the page/post results, or count so to speak... so we don't end up on pages for no results etc...
I'll check the codex...
p.s. what's v-i? :)
v-i == my site.
its really simple,
take the above, add a little of this:
<?php echo $my_post_count; $my_post_count++; ?>
and youre off.
I've no need for numering archives yet myself, having only 10 or so posts, it seems a little pointless, but i'll bear the above in mind when need be...
I'll let the OP have his thread back, i'm sure he has questions.... ;)
I meant sequential numbers and no the same numbers don't always have to be associated with the posts, sorry if I wasn't clear earlier.
I tried adding this:
<?php echo $my_post_count; $my_post_count++; ?>
to my archives.php. And it works but for some reason the first post is not counted. Beginning from the second post the numbering starts. Also the numbers don't have a period after them , so now they are 1 2 3 instead of 1. 2. 3.
sorry but the only php I know is copy pasting the code :(
Could reverse that:
<?php $my_post_count++; echo $my_post_count; ?>
Thanks MichaelH!
That worked great now the numbering starting from the first post. Any idea though how I can get a period after each number, e.g. 1. 2. 3. ?
Thanks for your help.
<?php $my_post_count++; echo $my_post_count . '.'; ?>
Perfect, thanks a lot Michael!
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We stumbled onto a pipeline heading toward Lander. Two track super highway.
All of a sudden, the vast plains we had been riding through abruptly stopped at about a 1000 foot relief.
We found a route switch backing down.
This is what its all about out here.
The two tracks criss cross in a crazy pattern out here. Finally, after working through the maze we were on the last stretch into Lander.
A quick stop for food, gas and beer.
We climbed into the Wind River Range looking for a campsite for the night.
Of course wed have to descend a really rocky trail that dead ended, only to climb back up it.
We found another route that was more well traveled and started down it.
We hit the bottom and find a perfect campsite right on the creek.
As I stated earlier, stoves are frowned upon by minimalists. A metal cup and what we refer to as the adjust-a-fork are all that is needed.
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Report: Mike Krzyzewski to return, coach Team USA in 2016 Olympics
May 22, 2013, 1:09 PM EDT
Looks like Kevin Love will not have to do any recruiting after all.
After saying before, during and immediately after Team USA won the gold medal in London last summer that he was done as the head coach of the team, Mike Krzyzewski has had a change of heart.
Coach K will be back to coach USA Basketball in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, reports Pete Thamel at Sports Illustrated.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be returning as the head coach of USA Basketball for the 2016 Olympics, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. A formal announcement is expected in the next 48 hours.
USA Basketball President Jerry Colangelo had long wanted this outcome and was patient in the process of picking a replacement — such as Gregg Popovich or Doc Rivers — in hopes he could convince Krzyzewski to change his mind. Apparently Colangelo is a good salesman.
This is good news for people who like to see Team USA wearing gold.
Krzyzewski was 62-1 as coach for Team USA during the past eight years. The reason is players come to play for him — after it had been the trend for elite players not to suit up for Team USA Coach K helped change that. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and pretty much every name player was ready to go for Team USA.
Coach K has the stature to rise above the petty politics of agents and shoe companies and get players to both suit up for the team and to check their egos at the door. Kobe was willing to focus just as a defensive stopper (although he still took a few shots). Krzyzewski put together a pressing, up-tempo system that was both fun to play and highlighted Team USA's athletic advantages. It worked. And guys like to win.
And with him at the helm, Team USA winning in Brazil in 2016 seems even more likely.
Coach K will start the cycle again with a Team USA camp in Vegas this summer, next summer come the World Championships (win that and you get an automatic berth in the Rio Olympics). Expect some changes to his coaching staff, however — Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan may not return. That is not decided yet, however.
- 4thquartermagic - May 22, 2013 at 2:10 PM
I know this may be important and that I should care…. but I don't.
Basketball is a star driven sport. Coaching schemes play a part but talent wins out 9 out of 10 times.
- joeandcambria - May 22, 2013 at 3:02 PM
Tell that to the 2004 Pistons.
- erckle31 - May 22, 2013 at 4:37 PM
Please explain my Lakers this season then.
- 4thquartermagic - May 22, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Easy. 2012-2013 Lakers had:
broken down Pau
broken down Nash
Kobe that broke down
and Dwight who is just Dwight.
And DESPITE their clown coach, STILL made the playoffs.
Lakers had no business being in the playoffs, yet talent still won out and they had a shot at the trophy. More talented teams prevailed though.
- erckle31 - May 22, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Now explain the Bulls.
- 4thquartermagic - May 22, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Easier. Derrick Rose.
- erckle31 - May 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Your statement just won me this argument.
- 4thquartermagic - May 22, 2013 at 7:35 PM
I say Derrick Rose because the Bulls never had a shot at the title with him out. No Bulls fan would argue that.
The fact that they made the playoffs, and as far as they did in the playoffs, is because they play in the East.
- ccshocktalk - May 23, 2013 at 3:02 PM
Derrick Rose or not, the Bulls made it a lot further than they should have missing Rose's backup and having their bench grind out a series against a extremely talented Brooklyn squad, and then also putting Miami in a tough position virtually every game.
If Thibs wasn't on the sideline for Chicago, Chicago wouldn't have made it out of the first round. Simple as that. Backups backups were starting for the bulls…no other team would be able to push Miami, possibly the best team in the league, the way Chicago did if it was not for coaching.
- tomtravis76 - May 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM
He has to keep coaching team USA to stay one leg up on the Kentucky program in terms of recruitment.
- jaydm84 - May 22, 2013 at 3:55 PM
Good move for him and for team USA.
- herkulease - May 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM
Hopefully in 2016 Team USA doesn't experience some injury bug.
Quite a few guys were unable to come out due to injury for 2012.
Wade was hurt. Howard had his back issue. Bynum was planning on getting knee treatment. Bosh was hurt, Aldridge too. Griffin got hurt during try outs. I'm sure I missed others.
By 2016 many will be 30+ with likely plenty of extra playoff minutes logged on their legs.
- ccshocktalk - May 22, 2013 at 4:16 PM
Hearing this makes me more giddy than a kid in a candy store! Coach K makes team USA as great as it has been…he gets team players that are talented, not just superstars who have no team chemistry or desire to be a "team"…it's what makes Coach K great.
- money2long - May 22, 2013 at 5:04 PM
hard to pass up coaching bron in his prime. as you can see, coach k wants that experience.
- starvingardens - May 22, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Glad to hear one of the best coaches ever has decided to give it another run.
Now he can finally let Steph Curry make the roster, and show the world what he can do.
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While ABC and NBC both feature network news through ABCNews.com and MSNBC, respectively, CBS is going the local route. It will offer links to network news through the sites of its local affiliates.
CBS, a latecomer to online news, thinks the gamble will pay off: Would-be advertisers may get a more targeted "buy," for example. Users will get to access the Web through a television station that is familiar to them. Other features may be offered as well, such as directory listings.
The strategy shows once again how the traditional media, both television and print, are grappling with online strategies. While the payoff is potentially great, most sites still are losing money and the cost of production is rising.
CBS's strategy is not sure-fire, either. Last year, Warner Brothers announced a service called CityWeb to provide local TV stations with content for sites on the Net. The content was to be branded with the local affiliate's name, and the two parties were to share ad revenue. But that service has yet to launch, although Warner Brothers insists it will happen sometime this year.
But media outlets such as CBS can't afford to sit still, because they risk losing TV or print ad dollars to the Net, as well as viewership. America Online, for example, contends that its "prime-time" online audience is growing, providing competition to TV. In addition, CBS may be feeling some heat from the already-established news sites offered by competitors NBC and ABC.
CBS executives say users will log onto the CBS.com site and will be asked to type in their zip code. That will direct them to the local CBS affiliate in their hometown. The affiliate home page then will become the gateway to CBS's online news. It will provide local news through the affiliate and national and international news through CBS. The cobranding deal is expected to involve 154 CBS affiliates.
CBS first disclosed plans for its online news service in October. It said a launch was planned for January but didn't release any details. At the time, it also labeled the service CBSnow. That Web address was accessible through the Web last week, with a user name and password. This week, however, users who type in CBSnow get a message saying, "There was no response. The server could be down or is not responding."
CBS executives said today that CBSnow will not be a Web address to use the service; it will be the address for the local affiliates.
NBC and ABC also offer local news on their Web sites, but it typically is one click away. ABC, for example, offers links to ten affiliate sites. Today, affiliate WPVI in Philadelphia has news about a new school for Atlantic City, New Jersey, students.
NBC offers a link to the "Interactive Neighborhood [NBCIN]," a guide to local and national information on the Web from the NBC affiliates. "With NBCIN, you can find a new job, a new home, a place to eat tonight, and all sorts of local information," the site reads.


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As agency IT officials adapt to tighter budgets, some are taking an even closer look how to make the best use of mobile devices and exploring the "bring your own device" option.
In fiscal year 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had a 15 percent budget cut in its base for IT spending. A close look at where money was being spent revealed that one of the black holes was the BlackBerry program, said Kim Hancher, EEOC's CIO.
"We provide BlackBerry devices to about 20 percent of the EEOC workforce, and we were paying close to $1 million -- $800,000," said Hancher at an Aug. 8 panel discussion at the Federal Mobile Computing Summit organized by Mobilegov.
In developing EEOC's 2012 budget, Hancher slashed the BlackBerry program by half. Discussions soon ensued about how to absorb the 50 percent reduction. One option: Let all the employees keep the devices for six months and then eliminate the devices altogether. Or, take away half of the handhelds immediately. Neither option held much appeal.
But the right solution came from some unorthodox thinking, Hancher said, that resulted in a two-prong strategy. The first step was to analyze the agency's device use and identify cases where devices were never used. The next approach was to look at the rate plans and see how they compared to the actual use.
"What we find during that analysis were some interesting things," Hancher said. "Seventy-five percent of our BlackBerry users never used the telephone; they just used the data. We also found that we were paying way too much for overages. "
To address those issues, EEOC conducted a rate-plan optimization. Devices were moved to a bundled data and voice plan that lets employees share minutes. EEOC also decided to roll out pilot BYOD programs, which cut costs further as many employees voluntarily gave up their agency-issued BlackBerrys and opted to use their own preferred devices -- iPhones or Android devices -- Hancher said.
Along with other government colleagues who are involved with the Digital Government Strategy, Hancher is now working on a set of governmentwide guidance in hopes of releasing it in the very near future.
"We're working on having that available for federal agencies so you can see the lessons learned, the case studies of those of us who actually implemented BYOD and take advantage of some of the policies and rules of behavior that we created," she said.
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BYOD can make sense for certain government agencies. Tablets and smartphones are the perfect devices for field staff and top managers that need to be on-call.
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Since AccessNow doesn't require any software installation on the end user device – just an HTML5 browser, network connection, URL address and login details - IT staff end up with less support hassles. An employee that brings in their own device merely opens their HTML5-compatible browser and connects to the URL given them by the IT admin.
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Michael V. Paul, Principal & CEO. Mike serves as Chief Executive Officer and was the founding CEO of The Commerce Bank of Oregon, and also served as President, Private Client Services for Umpqua Bank, Senior Lending Officer for Centennial Bank, following a 22 year career with Key Bank. Paul comes to Plaza Bank from Portland based ODS, responsible for its financial subsidiary Dental Commerce Corporation. Paul is the former Chair of the Oregon Bankers Association, American Lung Association of Oregon, City of Portland Business Advisory Council, and taught banking and commerce courses for the American Institute of Banking and Portland State University Professional Development Center. Mike is a graduate of St. Cloud State University and Pacific Coast Banking School.
Mike Anderson, Principal & CLO. Mike serves as Chief Lending Officer. He has a 25 year career in banking in the Puget Sound region, in addition to a nearly 10 year term as CFO for a local manufacturing company. During his career, Mike has developed longstanding client relationships in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, construction, equipment dealers, medical/dental, and other professionals. He has served as Senior Vice President & Team Leader at Charter Bank/Boston Private Bank and, most recently, as Commercial Banking Officer with Umpqua Bank. Mike is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and obtained his MBA from the University of Washington. He is active in his community, having served in Rotary, Kiwanis (past President), Boys and Girls Club, and the United Way's tax preparation program. He is currently a volunteer Mentor at First Place Scholars School in Seattle and serves on his church's Elder Board.
Rosario Arias de Carroll, Principal & SVP. Rosario is a founding senior officer of Plaza Bank, and serves as the Director of Diversity Banking. She also plays a prominent role in our Community Outreach efforts. She has over 27 years of commercial banking experience in the greater Seattle area. Rosario is a Director of the Washington State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts of Western Washington-Latina Project and is the Scholarship committee chair of the UWA Hispanic Business Student Association.
Michael J. Clabby, Principal & CCO. Mike serves as Chief Credit Officer. He formerly served as Executive Vice President and Regional Chief Credit Officer for First Interstate Bank, and in several key credit administration roles in Washington and Arizona. Clabby is a graduate of Gonzaga University and Pacific Coast Banking School. He is a former national Board member of Robert Morris Associates and is Past President of Northwest Intermediate Banking School.
Kari Stenslie, CPA, CMA, Principal & CFO. Kari serves as Chief Financial Officer and has over 25 years of banking experience in the greater Puget Sound area. Prior to joining Plaza Bank in 2014. she served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for First Savings bank Northwest and spent 20 years at First Mutual Bank. Kari graduated from Seattle University and Pacific Coast Banking School. She is a former Board member and Treasurer of the Renton Chamber of Commerce.
Sharliene Tamashiro, Principal & SVP. Sharliene serves as the Senior Vice President of Operations and oversees its delivery and quality assuarance. She has over eleven years of banking experience, and joined Plaza Bank in 2012. She manages the IT and Operations areas, to ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory standards, that help provide innovative solutions for an overall positive client delivery experience. She is a business graduate of Gonzaga University and volunteers her time with the Emerging Leaders of United Way of King County to help and get involved with the community.
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Dawn Beagan, VP of Loan Operations has been a Community Banker since 1996. She joined Plaza Bank in 2012 and administers the Bank's Loan Operations area including loan documentation, funding and servicing contributing to an efficient and positive Borrower experience while maintaining accuracy and compliance in order to safeguard the Bank. She is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University.
K. Sun (Sunny) Kim, VP/Portfolio Manager, has over 14 years commercial banking experience, mainly with community banks. During his banking career, his professional focus has been on credit underwriting and loan portfolio management, including commercial, real estate and SBA credit facilities. Sunny is a graduate of the University of Washington.
Michelle L. Montez, Accounting is a graduate from San Diego State University, and later obtained her MBA. Michelle is a finance professional, with over 5 years of Accounting experience mainly in the Tourism and Cruising Industry, as well as accounts payable, staff accountancy and financial statement preparation responsibilities. Michelle just recently joined Plaza Bank in 2014, additional strength to our Quality Assurance team.


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Chris Ivory is finally under contract with the New Orleans Saints after just signing his tender with the team. This doesn't necessarily mean he'll play for the Saints in the upcoming season.
Ivory, played his entire NFL career with New Orleans, was drawing some interest as a restricted free agent, but the Saints announced that running back Chris Ivory signed his restricted free agent tender with the Saints on Friday.
This eliminated the slim possibility that a team like the New York Jets would try to sign him to an offer sheet that would cost them a second-round pick if New Orleans opted not to match.
However, before Ivory signed with the Saints, he visited the New York and talks will be continuing between the Jets and Saints to work out a deal to ship Ivory to the Jets for a late-round draft pick.
In three NFL seasons Ivory has played in 24 games with 10 starts, carrying 256 times for 1,307 yards (a 5.1-yard average) and eight touchdowns. With the Saints he has often been buried on the depth chart in a crowded backfield that also includes Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles and Mark Ingram. It might make sense for the Saints to trade him to a team that needs a running back and could give Ivory more than the 40 carries he got last year.
He's a decent veteran running back and continues to draw interest from other teams that can use another back in the backfield. However, if he stays with the Saints he will continue to share the crowded backfield that already filled with talent beginning with Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles and Mark Ingram
If moves to a team like the Jets he may have a better opportunity to find a place as a starter but this most likely not going to happen till draft day.
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Take a walk with Twist of Zen down a musical path of discovery.
Each track contains moments frozen in time exploring various aspects of experience linked through a unity of theme and an eclectic mix of music that draws from various genres, styles and areas of the world.
Join us for a unique experience and let be a part of creating an experience that we can share together and with others.
Currently, Twist of Zen works hard on a new album to be released. It will be an album in the spirit of a youthful, but matured, Pink Floyd, with a spiritual (more 'moralistic') tone to it.
Filled with ironies, the music and the lyrics are 'twists' on what one would normally think of as genre music -- we really don't fit into any specific genre, yet, at the same time, we're working hard to find some warm temporary shelter in a number of genres.
The focus is typically on the song:
What music/performance will best suit the message of the song, regardless of genre.?
This makes the recording process much more difficult, but having made many demos to get a 'feel' for this approach, the results have been more than satisfactory.
Twist of Zen aims to increase our fan base to justify the expense of a studio album.
Currently, the bulk of the recording is done from a home studio utilizing a great DAW, and wearing many 'hats'.
Twist of Zen will be releasing material to various radio statitions, and embarking on mini-tours where we do have a solid fan base and interest to be seen.
We have had some label interest already.
From there, we take things in a Zen-like way.
Leon's been playing drums and percussion for over 25 years. His drumming influences are John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, Bill Bruford, Bill Martin, Max Roach, and Billy Cobham.
Other musical influences include The Flaming Lips, The Pixies and Sonic Youth.
Leon's interests include martial arts, photography, poetry and drawing.
"Creativity is the gift we all posses as human beings.
"I believe it is our responsiblity to actively practice it."
Currently Leon is a martial art (jujutsu) instructor (Sensei) and a successful gymnastics coach.
Mike's been playing guitar since he was 15 (30th Anniversary this year). His early influences were Bob Marley, The Police, Clapton (him personally and his affiliations with others), Hendrix and Page (moreso for their 'sonic creativity' via recording techniques and manipulations), Pink Floyd (up to the Final Cut album, INXS, April Wine, U2, a few others, and Tchaikovsky (moreso for his creative use of time signatures and rhythmic structures).
Mike's still not the greatest technical precision note player -- however, that's balanced by his ability to play "emotively."
Mike's been writing songs almost entirely with Leon nearly as long as long as he's learned to strum chords. In fact, Twist of Zen, is currently working on re-recording/modernizing those early songs and making them more palatable to a new audience.
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I know I posted this last year on TJRSports.com about tips on playing fantasy hockey. However, I feel the need to post it again.
We're getting ready for the start of training camp and the NHL season, and the start of fantasy season. I did post an article last year on why you should play it. If you do decide to play, read this guide to get you ready.
Also, we're going to be doing a Hockey Sentinel Fantasy Hockey League if we can drum up enough interest. If you want to join, comment below or tweet us at @DanMountSports or @Hockey_Sentinel.
Last year, I talked about what is fantasy hockey and it got a little bit of interest from fellow Hockey Sentinel columnist Anthony Weigel. (follow him on Twitter @weigel_a) He said that fantasy hockey looks like a lot of fun, but he would have a hard time and probably not do so well.
I agree with him that there can be a steep learning curve, but it's not as hard as it looks. Fantasy hockey novices can start by getting draft guides like the ones Yahoo (you do have to buy it) and CBS Sports (that's a free one). There are also a bunch of other places you can find rankings and starter kits just by typing "fantasy hockey" into your favorite search engine.
Guys that are beginners can also get thorough guides that help new fantasy hockey players from places such as Puck Drunk Love and Slideshare. They do a good job of telling you some background information on what to do in a draft. If you don't have time to spend hours on a guide, then go to your favorite sports site and click on the NHL section and go through the headlines. The main headlines usually tell you if a player is hurt, getting traded or any other news. You will have to put a little time if you do want to make a good showing, (Trust me, I know from experience.) but every good fantasy sports player knows that.
It's important to know the ins-and-outs of the league. Is this a keeper league? How many starters are there and what positions do they play? Are the forward positions separated by centers, left and rights wings or can you load up on centers? Does the league have a category for penalty minutes and faceoff wins? Do they have Corsi and Fenwick stats now that advanced stats are a big deal?
Also run a mock draft or two. If this is your first time playing, then a mock draft is important, so you can practice for when the big day arrives. I've played fantasy hockey for over a decade and I still make it a point to do a mock draft. Yahoo does a lot of mock drafts at all hours of the day so you can get your practice in at any time you'd like.
Draft Day
Now that you've made it to draft day, here's a few things you want to remember. Try to remember to go after top line players on the highest scoring teams. (The Penguins, Capitals, Lightning, Blackhawks and Canadiens) These teams play at a faster pace put up some numbers. Guys like Sidney Crosby (the top overall player according to NHL.com and other places), Steven Stamkos, Corey Perry, Evgeni Malkin, and Alex Ovechkin are among the top five.
What you want to do is draft centers because the offense filters through them. Crosby may not put up the goals that Ovechkin does, but he distributes it to teammates like Chris Kunitz, Pascal Duspuis and other linemates. Points are points and count just the same in head-to-head or total points leagues.
The thing that gets most people from novices to veterans in trouble is when to take a goalie. Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog looks at when to take a shot at these goalies. (Some of the rankings are from last year. Here is an updated list.) The position takes up less than 10 percent of the roster, but it can generate half of a team's points. If a guy like a Henrik Lundqvist, Jonathan Quick, Tuuka Rask, Pekka Rinne or Antii Niemi are available and the top five scorers like Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Stamkos and the Islanders' John Tavares aren't around, then I don't mind taking a few of these top goalies with your first pick. However, you have to be careful if these guys are gone. Don't reach too early for a guy like a Ryan Miller or a Corey Crawford. You can probably get them a few rounds later after filling some offensive holes.
Picking defenseman can also be a tricky thing to do. It should be done in later rounds after your offensive needs are addressed, but sometimes drafting a blueliner above a forward deep in the draft will help. High-scoring defensemen are a premium and more of a commodity than a second or third tier forward. Keith Yandle of Phoenix may not score as many points as a Patrick Sharp, but having a point-scoring D-man gives you flexibility. Guys like PK Subban, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson are people to look for.
Also, don't be a slave to your team. Sure, you may hate the Red Wings, but they have players that can win you titles. I had a couple of Flyers on my roster the year I won the title so be open to picking some guys you hate.
After the draft
Once you finish the draft, stay on top of your team. There are plenty of good sites like ESPN, Yahoo, Dobber Hockey, Fake Hockey, Fantasy Hocky Fanatic, Razzball and others. They usually have the latest news and can give you advice on whom to start or sit on certain days. They've been doing this for years and have helped people win championships. The most important thing is to set aside time and check your lineup. Yahoo has a great mobile app for when you want to check your lineup or have forgotten to do so at any time.
The most important thing is to not get discouraged and have fun. I've been guilty of getting discouraged and disheartened. Just go out there and have fun with your buddies. You'll definitely learn something about hockey and gain a new appreciation for it.
Dan Mount is the editor for Hockey Sentinel and he also covers the Rangers, Islanders and Devils for NYSportScene.com.


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Omni Group plans several app ports for iPad
updated 05:10 pm EST, Fri February 12, 2010
Four apps likely by year's end
Touring Macworld 2010, MacNN has interviewed Omni Group CEO Ken Case about plans for the company's apps, including porting them to Apple's iPad. Case expects OmniFocus for the iPhone to be ported to the iPad at launch, though initially just as a resized iPhone app. Also coming to the iPad are OmniGraphSketcher, which focuses on sketching and graphing, and OmniGraffle, which diagrams visual objects and can be used for basic web design.
The hope is to have both of the latter titles ready for the iPad launch, although if not, Case is determined to have at least one ready with the other following quickly. OmniGraphSketcher is currently expected to be first. Looking further out, Case expects OmniOutliner to be iPad-ready in six to nine months, with a fully-developed OmniFocus due by year's end, in the same timeframe as OmniPlan for iPad.
Case anticipates the cost of the iPad apps to be within 40 percent of the Mac software's pricing. The CEO has also revealed that OmniOutliner 4.0 is coming soon to the Mac, with a rebuilt outlining engine, featuring zooming text and smart-match text completion. OmniPlan 2.0 is also in the Mac pipeline, with new collaboration features for tracking project changes across multiple users. The two updates are forecast to arrive in the third quarter of the year.


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Storylines keep coming at Panthers training camp which isn't very old and the Charlotte Observer has been on top of it, so here are some of things they are covering from camp.
Amini Silatolu is Back
Joseph Person caught up with Amini Silatolu from a couple questions.
This is what injuries do. I had forgotten Silatolu had gone down, and noting that the same guys behind him are the same guys competing for left tackle it is a good thing that he did. Fans can look forward to their favorite small school guy with the big frame and big name road grading again this year at guard. Hopefully the rest of the line will be sorted out soon.
Trai Turner is Getting First Team Work
Jonathan Jones caught up with All-Pro center Ryan Kalil to talk about rookie guard Trai Turner at FanFest.
Turner was drafted in the third round out of Louisiana State University. The fact that Kalil says nice things about him in the piece is important, because the Panthers are looking for answers on the offensive line. If the young Turner can provide them, so much the better. To be decided at Carolina Panthers camp.
Tyler Gaffney Out For Season
Steve Reed reports for the AP that Panthers rookie running back Tyler Gaffney tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee. This will require surgery that will cause him to miss the season.
Gaffney was a major producer for Stanford during his college days, and any insurance at the running back position is valued. However for those of us who never saw him play, it is hard to know what we've lost. Seeing as Stanford ran an offense with lots of pro concepts, Gaffney's learning curve might have been shorter. You never wish injury or ill on anyone, and we hope Gaffney has a full recovery.
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(Editor's note: Temple's Candice Dupree was the sixth overall pick in the WNBA draft. The Chicago Sky rookie will share the story of her transition to pro basketball with ESPN.com throughout the 2006 season.)
Hey everyone! It has been awhile since you last heard from me. I have been busy with practices, travelling, games, and other obligations.
After an undefeated preseason, it was time for the games that really counted. Our first game ended up being a "thriller" against Charlotte in North Carolina. We were ahead for the entire game before Charlotte made an unbelievable comeback in three and a half minutes! The Sting went on an unheard of 18-0 run to nearly close the game, but we ended up pulling it out with seconds left on three free throws from Jia Perkins. It was a good win for us, especially on the road, but we realized that we have to close those kinds of games out.
Plus, the schedule we were about to embark on was going to test us tremendously. When I first looked at our game schedule, there were a couple of games that stood out. I looked forward to the home opener, playing in front of the home crowd, especially after having a good showing during the preseason. There was the West Coast trip that would keep us out of Chicago for almost a week. And lastly, of course, was the Houston game on June 2. When I look at the schedule now, I realize that eight out of our first 10 games are against former league champions. I guess it's a good thing to play against the best early on to see where we are as a team. That doesn't mean that our other games will be easy. You still have to come out and play every night. And we've shown that we are capable of competing with these teams.
Opening night was very exciting for me. Not only was it my first official game in the league as a rookie, it was the beginning of an era for the city of Chicago. I have heard a couple stories about the WBL's Chicago Hustle and how excited the fans in this city were to have that team. That was a league before my time and helped pave the way for future women's professional leagues. And it was very fitting for WNBA President Donna Orender to be present at our opening night, especially since she actually played for the Hustle and witnessed Chicago being a great city for women's basketball. We were also treated to a beautiful rendition of the national anthem by Michelle Williams, one of the franchise's minority owners and a member of the R&B group Destiny's Child.
After three straight home games, it was time to hit the road again. This time we headed down to Houston. Obviously, this game had some meaning. It was the first time a college head coach -- Dawn Staley -- and her player ever played against each other. It was also a Temple reunion of sorts because several of my former teammates flew into town to see the game. The night before the game, Coach Staley and I had dinner together and did some catching up before our showdown the next day. During the game, I could hear Coach Staley telling me to "shoot!" She's a master at mind games so I didn't know if she was trying to throw me off or if she really wanted me to score. It was probably a little bit of both considering we cut the Comets' 21-point lead late in the game to single digits.
It was a game that I will always remember. I'm honored that I have the opportunity to be a significant part of Coach Staley's final season. She has been supportive of me throughout my transition into the WNBA and I'm sure that my success in this league will make her very proud. We'll finish that chapter of her storied career on July 14 when Houston comes to Chicago.
The atmosphere at our home games has been electric. From the drum line to the screaming fans, you would never know that we didn't sell out every game. That's how loud it gets. The fans who come to the games stick by us until the final horn sounds and that is admirable. I enjoy seeing the smiles on the kids' faces after the games when we sign autographs for them. Whether we win, they still see us as "stars" and it means a lot to them to show them our appreciation. That's the best part about this job.
We are still ironing out some kinks but we will be fine. The season is far from over so don't count us out just yet. We're not expected to do very well because we're an expansion team. But believe me, none of us are buying into that. At the end of the day, we are still competitors and losing is not alright, no matter what the circumstances are.
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Weapons Report
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GWEN IFILL: For the latest developments on Iraq, we turn to Terence Taylor, a lead weapons inspector during the 1990s. He is now executive director of the Washington office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. And John Mearsheimer, co-director of the program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago.
Eliot Cohen, we've seen some of this before — what we saw happening today, which is to say Britain speaks very strongly and then the U.S. follows the next day or within a week.
What was the significance of what Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, and Tony Blair, the prime minister, had to say today?
ELIOT COHEN: Well, I'm not sure that there is really an enormous amount of significance to it.
I guess it seemed to me if there was one thing that was predictable and to be expected it was that the Iraqis are going to cheat once again. We've had a tremendously long and unambiguous record of the Iraqis being deceitful in terms of 'fessing up to what their weapons of mass destruction of programs are. We know previous [inaudible] inspections they put a tremendous emphasis on maintaining them; they've got these very elaborate systems to deceive us about them, to deceive the inspectors, to stay on top of the inspectors, so I don't think there is any surprise.
You know, it does seem to me we are headed to a confrontation. And I think this is just really another step on the way that was chartered by the president this past summer.
GWEN IFILL: John Mearsheimer, another step today also when Secretary Powell says we are not encouraged they have gotten the message or will cooperate. Parse the words the secretary said today for us.
JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: Well, I think first of all, it's quite clear that the administration believes that the declaration that the Iraqis have submitted is filled with omissions and it's false — but that does not mean that the Iraqis are not cooperating with us.
When the resolution was written, Resolution 1441, it had two parts to it. It said that they could make false declarations, but even if they made false declarations, that by itself was not sufficient to provide for material breach, which would be a cases belli.
GWEN IFILL: Or cause to go to war.
JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: They also had not cooperate with the inspectors. Up to now they have been cooperating with the inspectors, they have had pretty much free reign inside Iraq. So I think until there is a breakdown in cooperation with the inspections it's going to be very hard to get a material breach.
GWEN IFILL: Terence Taylor, Mr. Mearsheimer says it's possible not to tell the truth in these documents but still be considered to be cooperating; do you see it that way?
TERENCE TAYLOR: No, I don't: I find that an extraordinary interpretation.
I think here with this so-called full, final and complete declaration this was a legally binding obligation that Iraq had to meet in declaring its past and present programs.
And I think they have failed in a most fundamental way with failing to make a proper declaration; that is if we are to believe obviously what has been said in London and Washington today. We don't know fully what is in there, but it seems as though it's just recycled information.
GWEN IFILL: Well, we don't know fully what is in there — you're right — Mr. Taylor. But we also don't know fully why the United States says that they don't believe that they are being truthful. The United States and Britain have both suggested that they have evidence that there are other things going on that Saddam Hussein is that is not admitting to.
Do they have to come clean with what they know, the US and Britain, in order to bring our countries on board?
TERENCE TAYLOR: Well, I think it's pretty clear that Iraq needs to answer the outstanding issues. All these outstanding issues were agreed by the UN Security Council back in 1999 after the inspectors were, inspections ceased in 1998. So a whole list in each of the areas, nuclear, biological, chemical, and missile, where Iraq was required to deliver the correct information, verifiable and accounted information and they failed to do so.
If they haven't answered those questions even, then I don't think this is a viable document and a document on which one can proceed with inspections.
GWEN IFILL: Mr. Cohen, what do you think about that? Will the US or Britain ever have to reveal what they say they know about Iraq really has?
ELIOT COHEN: Well, I think we actually will reveal things, although it will be primarily for political reasons.
I think first there is just a factual matter. I looked quite carefully at the UN Resolution 1441 before coming over here. In fact, the first paragraph says the Iraqis are in material breach as they've been for quite some time because they were supposed to agree to the unconditional destruction of their weapons of mass destruction.
And it further says that omission or misstatements constitute further material breach. So I really don't agree with my colleague, Professor Mearsheimer. They are in material breach; this is further material breach, but the point is, you know, there are plenty of reasons thus far to know that the Iraqis are developing weapons of mass destruction and the cases belli already exists.
If you look at say President Clinton's speech which he gave on December 16, 1998, before launching a four-day air operation that we and the British conducted against Iraq, you'll see he says we already have actionable reasons to use force against Iraq. Of course we did. Not terribly effectively — but we did so. So you don't need anything more than you've already got.
For political reasons I suspect that we probably will put some more things out on the table.
GWEN IFILL: Let me give Mr. Mearsheimer a chance to defend his point.
JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: I think that's a misinterpretation of what actually happened in the United Nations leading up to Resolution 1441.
First of all, there is no doubt that as Eliot Cohen points out that paragraph one says that in the past, they have been in material breach.
But the question is what have they done since the resolution was passed that might constitute material breach. And Secretary of State Colin Powell, his deputy, Rick Armitage and the British ambassador to the United Nations, Jeremy Greenstock, all said explicitly that false statements by the Iraqis by themselves did not constitute material breach.
There also had to be a lack of cooperation with the inspections, which there has not been up to this point.
And, this I would submit is the principle reason that the Bush administration today and tomorrow when it will say that the Iraqis have made false statements will not declare it's in material breach because to declare that the Iraqis are in material breach involves proving number one they provided false information and, number two, that they are not cooperating with the inspectors, and that hasn't happened yet.
GWEN IFILL: Okay. So, Mr. Taylor let's assume for a moment that the US does what it has been signaling madly that it's going to do, and declare these documents are false and misleading and, therefore, constitute some form of material breach, depending on how you define that.
Let's assume that happens. Then what? We heard the White House officials said today this is Saddam Hussein's last chance. We've heard the president said zero tolerance on that. What happens?
TERENCE TAYLOR: Well, we are now engaged in a political process where the United States and the United Kingdom want to get the support of the other members of the Security Council.
I agree with Mr. Eliot Cohen they are already in material breach, but clearly they want to be support for what further action follows.
But I find it hard to imagine without some new information turning up or being delivered to the inspectors that we will be engaged in a long inspection process because I think cooperating with the inspectors is an easy matter for the Iraqis to actually do on the ground. They've done it in the past and they'll do it again. So I think there will have to be some substantive action but the first step is to get everyone in the Security Council to agree — if this is the case — that this declaration just doesn't measure up to what is required.
GWEN IFILL: Until that happens Eliot Cohen, until all of the members of the Security Council agree, is the prospect of war on the backburner?
ELIOT COHEN: No, it's not backburner at all. I think what is going to happen is we probably will go to war. It will be in somewhat ambiguous circumstances; we may very well not have everybody on the Security Council on board.
But again if you look closely at the resolution — which I would urge people to do, you can access it on the Web site — all that the resolution says is that the UN Security Council is going to convene to discuss further breaches.
I think it's really more important in a way we step back and say what is the situation that we have? The situation that we have is this is a regime, which has devoted enormous effort to develop some of the most terrible weapons known to mankind of the they've repeatedly lied and deceived and cheated about it. They are clearly bound and determined to develop these things. The inspections regime collapsed four years ago. Everybody who was involved in the previous inspections regime, which were tougher than what we have now, will tell that you it was a very difficult thing to do — that the Iraqis had intelligence all over them; that they got to be very good at concealing things.
So really there is only two choices. Do you go to war and try to overthrow the regime and remove the weapons of mass destruction, which is a dangerous thing to do — or do you say, well, we know they probably have them and we're going to rely on deterrence. That is a fundamental choice, those are both risky choices, I know where I would come down, but that is the fundamental choice. I think it's a mistake to get too caught up in the legalistic process, the US does not need UN authorization to use force.
GWEN IFILL: Well, let me Mr. Mearsheimer about that, because we're waiting to see what the US says tomorrow. We're waiting to hear what Hans Blix says tomorrow about these documents and waiting to hear further down the road what the inspectors say they have found at the end of January.
Do you think that, do you agree with Mr. Cohen that these are all legalistic steps leading us to war?
JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: In part they are, but these legalistic steps were all designed to create a situation where the United States could get allies to fight against Saddam Hussein.
The last thing the United States wants to do is go to war unilaterally against Iraq. What it wants is allies and that is the reason we've gone the UN route, but to get allies on board we had to pursue a legalistic process.
And the reason we're having this debate over exactly what paragraph four says is because our allies have forced us to have that debate. And they made it very clear that they were going to put a set of strictures on us that made it impossible to go to war with them unless Saddam did certain things.
GWEN IFILL: Has there been — let me interrupt because I'm curious — has there been any movement on that? We've been hearing this from the beginning we needed allies in order to act. Have minds been changed? Is there any sign of other people being convinced to go along with the US on this since we went to the UN?
JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: No, I think there has been very little change in the attitudes of countries like France, China and Russia. They basically have no interest in going to war and they've gone to great electrics to put strictures on the United States that make it impossible to do that.
Whether the United States can get around that remains to be seen; a lot depends on whether, number one, they can prove that Saddam actually does have weapons of mass destruction and has been deceiving us and, then, they have to get the situation where Saddam does not cooperate with us.
In the absence of those two things, I think it's going to be very difficult to get allies, to get this through the United Nations. Therefore, it will be difficult for the United States to go to war because it doesn't want to do this unilaterally.
GWEN IFILL: And, Mr. Taylor, as a former inspector yourself what does Hans Blix and the inspectors on the ground — what do they have to bring to the table in order to start the change the minds of allies to go along with the US or to stop this process cold?
TERENCE TAYLOR: Well, I don't think they can do it themselves, I think the external matters like the unity of the Security Council and the threats of the use of force are the key issues here if the inspectors are to have any chance of success.
They don't at the moment, I think, have sufficient resources to get around the country to all the different sites to produce the information it will take them a very long time. Of course, they could well be given new information by the US or the United Kingdom or a number of other country that is might help them in their work, but I would like to recall the words of Foreign Minister Jack Straw of the U.K. — he said in his remarks that the Iraqis by failing with this declaration have rejected the pathway to peace.
I think that's a pretty strong statement.
GWEN IFILL: Well, we will leave it on that strong statement. Terence Taylor, Eliot Cohen, and John Mearsheimer, thank you very much for joining us.


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