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Until you've looked up and down the Hudson Valley from Storm King, you haven't really hiked the Highlands. One of the tallest and certainly the boldest of the Highland peaks, Storm King has acquired the status of an icon over the last several centuries.
Following the Revolution, its name was changed from Butter Hill, which was thought undignified for such a magnificent specimen of newly independent American terrain. It was a popular subject for the young country's first home-grown style of painting, the Hudson River School. And in the 1960's, a band of preservationists did the unthinkable: they sued an electric utility over its plans to deface the mountain in order to build a power plant.
Looking from the east side of the river at Storm King, one sees an enormous, sparsely treed rock face thrusting out from the surrounding hills. Situated north of West Point and east of Black Rock Forest, Storm King is accessible by taking the Palisades Interstate Parkway north to its end and picking up Route 9W north as you loop through the traffic circle. Take 9W north three miles past its intersection with Rte. 293. Pull off into the parking area on your right.
There are several routes to choose from. You can take a relatively flat hike of about four miles or a shorter but more strenuous three-mile route down the mountain to a stream called the Clove.
For either hike, begin by ignoring the unmarked trailhead at the parking area and pick up the Stillman Trail (yellow blazes), which is slightly north of parking area. Since you're starting at an elevation of roughly 1100 feet, the walking is relatively easy.
To make the most of Storm King's varied viewpoints, take the unmarked trail leading off to the left 0.5 miles from the road. This involves a descent to the 500-foot level, with excellent views of the river winding north through Newburgh Bay toward Beacon and Newburgh. Simply by following the unmarked trail, you'll strike Stillman Trail again. Go left on Stillman and you'll emerge onto Mountain Rd. Take a left when you reach the road and it will bring you back to Rte. 9W. Take a left on 9W to return to the parking area.
To get to the Clove, follow Stillman and bypass the unmarked trail. Another 0.6 miles along Stillman you'll spot an unmarked trail on your right. Take it. You'll begin to descend sharply. The trail forks after one quarter mile; bear left until it deadends into the T intersection of another unmarked trail. The Clove runs beside this trail. To return to your car, simply take a right at the T. It's 0.8 miles and about 800 feet of climbing to get back to where you began.
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The Ravens who won the 2001 Super Bowl did it with defense, not allowing an offensive touchdown in a 34-7 rout of the New York Giants.
And with Trent Dilfer as their quarterback.
Today's Ravens, who are playing the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans, are averaging 28 points a game in the postseason behind quarterback Joe Flacco and his quick-strike weapons such as running back Ray Rice and receivers Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones.
They came from behind to beat the Denver Broncos on the road in a divisional playoff game as Flacco had TD passes of 59, 32 and 70 yards.
"This Ravens offense is spectacular," said NFL Network analyst Brian Billick, who led the Ravens to their only championship as linebacker Ray Lewis was named MVP against the Giants. "I love Joe Flacco. Ray Rice, how do you stop him? The vertical threat of Torrey Smith."
Billick, who was fired after a 5-11 record in 2007, pauses before cracking into a smile for the kicker: "They wouldn't have scored, either."
The 2001 title team only allowed 10.3 points per game, which was first in the NFL. They also had a plus-23 takeaway/giveaway margin.


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Iraq one year on - Iraq faces a fascist uprising and liberals here should back that country's democr
Iraq one year on - Iraq faces a fascist uprising and liberals here should back that country's democr
by Nick Cohen Published
Sami al-Jundi, one of the militants who founded the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1943, described its inspiration thus: "We were racists, admiring Nazism, reading its books and the source of its thoughts." A year ago, when British and US troops rolled into Ba'athist Iraq, they found no reason to contradict him.
The unmistakable outlines of a fascist state were all around. There were the thousands of heroic statues, murals and paintings of the great leader; there were the palaces where the great leader lived while his people went hungry or to their deaths; there were the textbooks that instructed the young on the kindness and wisdom of their great leader; there were the mass graves filled with the hundreds of thousands of bodies of the racially inferior Kurds and of the Arabs who had betrayed their race by revolting against their great leader; there were the torture chambers; there were the millions of files which showed that a diligent bureaucracy had demanded that even hairdressers inform on women who gossiped about the great leader under the dryers. And miraculously, there among the ruins were men and women who shared the left's values: democrats, liberals and socialists; Kurdish survivors; the Iraqi Communist Party, which had learned from chastening experience that capitalism was preferable to fascism and allied itself with the occupying authorities.
Against them were the forces of a right so extreme it was off the graph. The remnants of the Ba'ath terror apparatus and the supporters of Osama Bin Laden bombed the Americans and the Iraqis who dared to begin building a better country. The bombers' calculation was simple. If enough soldiers, UN officials, Red Cross workers and Iraqi police officers were murdered, the Americans and British would cut and run and either Saddam Hussein or Sunni fundamentalists would fill the power vacuum.
Most of the world's liberal left looked at the conflict between men and women who upheld their ideals and the torturers and the theocrats and the homophobes and the misogynists, and made a gesture so shocking that a year on, they cannot admit to themselves what they have done. They shrugged.
There were half a dozen good reasons for being against the Iraq war; there wasn't one for the left turning its back on its comrades in the war's aftermath. Tony Blair's opponents might have demanded every type of public inquiry imaginable as they sought to drive him from office for ignoring the United Nations or inflicting civilian casualties - or whatever other reason they had for opposing war - and still allied themselves with the democrats in Iraq. This was the attitude of the UN officials who opposed war but were prepared to risk their lives for the cause of building a new country. The British left had and still has a particular responsibility. British troops are occupying one-third of the country and Blair is the only European leader who can negotiate with George W Bush. Pressure might have been applied on any one of a score of issues, from the incredible failure of the coalition forces to know what to do once the war was over to the recognition of free trade unions.
God knows, the left covered up enough crimes in the 20th century, but with the exception of the communists during the Hitler-Stalin pact, the left was always solidly anti-fascist. Anyone who knew the better moments of the western left's history would have expected it to have helped its comrades. But whatever else he's had to cope with, the Prime Minister has not had to face mass demonstrations demanding democracy for Iraq or autonomy for the Kurds. Instead of offering fraternal support to Saddam's victims, the left has turned right with a sharpness not seen since the days of Hitler and Stalin.
I know that every time I mention the Stop the War Coalition, readers write in to moan that it's nothing to do with them and just because they went on its marches doesn't mean they support the Socialist Workers Party and George Galloway and the rest. None the less, the way the far left has gone is symptomatic of the wider malaise. When Bush visited Blair last autumn, it was extraordinary that 150,000 people could be persuaded to carry banners calling for the immediate withdrawal of Anglo-American forces. Saddam was still at large and the Ba'ath Party was the only organised political force outside Kurdistan. Ending the occupation meant accepting that the fascists might return to power. It was a risk that the marchers were prepared to allow other people to take.
Extraordinary, too, was the refusal of the vast bulk of liberal opinion as represented in the Independent, the Guardian and on the classier BBC talk shows to condemn and disassociate. Liberal opinion has refused to take sides in a struggle between the principles it professes to hold and a fascist insurgency. It is indifferent. It has to be indifferent, because if it faces up to what Ba'athism was, the moral certainty of the anti-war position crumbles. Last year, it was at best morally ambiguous to oppose the only means of removing a totalitarian dictatorship, but most of the war's opponents were uncomfortable with anything other than absolute righteousness.
Alan Bennett, the sentimental playwright, was a classic case. He showed liberal indifference at its most wilful when he wrote in his diary on the day of Saddam Hussein's capture: "It ought to matter, and maybe does in Iraq, it certainly does in America. But here? Whatever is said it does not affect the issue. We should not have gone to war."
Like a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown, liberal opinion has to stay absolutely focused on the reasons why Britain went to war. Anything else undermines its certainty. If you doubt me, ask yourself: where are the support groups for people struggling to build democracy in Iraq, the invitations to Iraqi democrats to address left-wing meetings and write for left-wing journals, the petitions and the fundraising campaigns? Then notice the way John Humphrys shouts down guests on the Today programme who try to describe Saddam's Iraq. "That's not the reason we went to war! There are other evil dictatorships!" Notice, too, that uniquely among modern resistance movements, the leaders of the anti-fascist resistance to Saddam are either denigrated or, more usually, ignored, by everyone from the African National Congress to Sir David Hare.
Maintaining this level of denial has a price: the dark currents swirling in the left have to be evaded. The open support for fascistic insurgents from the likes of Tariq Ali, who has taken the standard left-to-right trajectory of the 1960s generation a little too far, is ignored, as are the excuses made for religious fundamentalism.
It would take a book to explain how the liberal left got into this state. In a sense, the back issues of the New Statesman from the past year provide an unintentional answer. There is the fear of American power, the loathing of Bush, the parochial obsession with new Labour's rather useless spinning techniques, the old cold war double standard of opposing only dictatorships the west supports and the building up of Israel into a demon so great, it blots out all sight of the monsters of the Muslim world.
Writing about the collapse in solidarity in the current issue of the American socialist magazine Dissent, Paul Berman noticed something else: a grimly comic inversion.
"A lot of people, in their good-hearted effort to respect cultural differences, have concluded that Arabs must for inscrutable reasons of their own like to live under grotesque dictatorships and are not really capable of anything else, or won't be ready to do so for another 500 years, and Arab liberals should be regarded as somehow inauthentic. Which is to say, a lot of people, swept along by their own high-minded principles of cultural tolerance, have ended up clinging to attitudes that can only be regarded as racist against Arabs.
"The old-fashioned left used to be universalist - used to think that everyone, all over the world, would some day want to live according to the same fundamental values, and ought to be helped to do so . . . Today, people say, out of a spirit of egalitarian tolerance: social democracy for Swedes! Tyranny for Arabs! And this is supposed to be a left-wing attitude?"
There is a real betrayal here, not least because the leaders of the opposition in Iraq included men who received their political education from the British left. Barham Salih, the prime minister of the Kurdish statelet in northern Iraq, found asylum in Britain in the 1980s. It was natural then for the victims of Saddam to look to the left for support and take the left's values as their own. The left was anti-fascist. The left assured Iraqis that it cared about them and deplored their governments' alliances with Saddam. Salih immersed himself in the radical culture of the 1980s. He taught himself English by reading the Guardian - not necessarily the best guide to usage at the time - and applauded as Tony Benn and George Galloway pledged their support to the opponents of Saddam, only to renege when he invaded Kuwait and went from being America's ally to America's enemy.
I spoke to Salih in Kurdistan and the phrase he kept using to describe his former comrades was "moral and intellectual failure". He sounded as close to bitterness as a man who has learned to live with crimes against humanity can allow himself to be, and I asked if there was anyone on the British left he still admired.
"Oh yes," he replied. "Tony Blair. He's very popular here. People buy British flags and his picture. The day Saddam was captured, crowds were waving his picture in the streets."
If the Prime Minister is forced to resign over Iraq, he can console himself with the thought that there are worse epitaphs for a political career than that.


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4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
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March (Trimester 1), July (Trimester 2), November (Trimester 3)
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|$9,745* - Commonwealth Supported Place (HECS)
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Faculty of Business and Law - student advisers
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- Course overview
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- Course structure
- Entry requirements - general
- Entry requirements - specific
- Credit for prior learning - general
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Course overview
The Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce (BPRE/BCom), brings together Deakin's relatively new Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and the longstanding Bachelor of Commerce into a four year program of study. This degree will provide you with the opportunity to undertake complementary major sequences in commerce along with studies in property and real estate.
The Bachelor of Commerce has a strong public profile and an established reputation with industry and professional bodies. Property and real estate is an established discipline in Australia and the course is designed to produce highly skilled property professionals who are able to enter the workforce with a qualification fully recognised by employers, government and professional organisations. Combining the two courses will facilitate practical experience and project work that relates theory with practice, providing a broad business educational experience.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Property and Real Estate has professional accreditation by the Australian Property Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Graduates will meet the academic requirement to be eligible for registration as a Certified Practising Valuer.
The Bachelor of Commerce can lead to accreditation with many professional bodies, such as CA Program of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA)
Associate membership for the CPA Program, CPA Australia
IPA Program of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and
Exemptions may apply for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Economics Society of Australia and the Australian Marketing Institute, provided that specific requirements within the course have been met.
Units in addition to the 16 credit points required for completion of the Bachelor of Commerce component of this combined course may be necessary to attain some of these professional accreditations.
Fees and charges
Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL)
EFTSL is the standard annual full time load. Eight credit points is the standard full time load for one year of study.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A Commonwealth supported place is one for which the university receives some government funding. As such, students enrolled in these places are required to contribute only part of the cost of their course. To be eligible for a Commonwealth supported place you must be an Australian citizen, or a New Zealand citizen or holder of a permanent visa who will be residing in Australia for the duration of your unit/s of study.
* The "indicative annual course fee" cited has been provided as a guide only. It has been calculated on the basis of a typical enrolment of a student undertaking the course in 2015, and reflects the cost involved in undertaking a full-time quota of units within the specified discipline.
The actual fees charged by Deakin University will depend upon the discipline from which each individual unit is chosen, and may vary from the indicative course fee cited, particularly if units are chosen from a number of disciplines. The cost of each unit offered in 2015 can be viewed from the Unit Search.
Please note that the fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and service.
Deakin assumes no responsibility for persons relying on "indicative course fees" to calculate the total future cost of their course.
Career opportunities
The BPRE/BCom prepares you for a career in the business world and in the global property and real estate industries. As a graduate of this course you will have an understanding of the legalities, principles and processes required to fill a professional role in this field, and an appreciation of a professional ethic which emphasises responsibility and responsiveness to community needs.
Students undertaking this combined course have the option to undertake a business internship program which provides a realistic business experience in their area of specialisation. By undertaking the business internship program, you will obtain a better understanding of the business workplace environment and enhanced opportunities for future employment.
Graduates can find employment in a wide range of property-related positions in both private and government sectors including property developers, valuers, investors, asset managers, property market analysts, property management, leasing agents, funds managers and government advisors.
Course rules
The combined course will comprise 32 credit points of study. Students will undertake 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Commerce. Course requirements for both the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348) and the Bachelor of Commerce (M300) must be satisfied.
The 16 credit points studied within the Bachelor of Commerce must include the 10 Bachelor of Commerce core units.
The 16 credit points studied within the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate will comprise 16 credit points of core units of which four are common with the Bachelor of Commerce core units.
Students must also complete:
- A major sequence from the Commerce course
- A minimum of six credit points at Level 3, of which four must be course grouped to a Faculty of Business and Law undergraduate degree.
- Units from major sequences offered in the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate are course grouped to Business and Law.
- The Sustainability major sequence is subject to continued offering of units by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment.
Major sequences
Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability.
Bachelor of Commerce major sequences
Accounting Information Systems
International Trade and Economic Policy~
Quantitative Business Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Bachelor of Property and Real Estate major sequences
~ previously titled International Trade
^Optional major sequence availble to BPRE students
Course structure
Bachelor of Commerce core units
|The Global Economy
|Fundamentals of Finance
|Communication for Academic Studies (0 credit point unit)
|Business Information Systems
|Business Analytics
|Business Communication
Bachelor of Property and Real Estate core units
|Introduction to Property
|Sustainable Construction *
|Property Law and Practice
|Introduction to Property Development
|Statutory Valuation
|Property Investment
|Property Economics
|Commercial Property Construction Studies ^
|Property Management
|Advanced Property Development
|Advanced Property Valuation
|Advanced Property Analysis
*unit recoded SRT112 from 2016
^unit recoded SRT214 from 2016
Common core units
|Accounting for Decision Making
|Economic Principles
|Business Law
|Marketing Management
Entry requirements - general
Deakin University offers admission to undergraduate courses through a number of Admission categories.
In all categories of admission, selection is based primarily on academic merit as indicated by an applicant's previous academic record.
For more information on the Admission Criteria and Selection Policy visit The Guide.
Entry requirements - specific
Applicants should have successfully completed VCE or equivalent. Prerequisites are units 3 and 4 a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English. Those aged 21 or over on 1 January and who do not hold VCE or equivalent should apply under Alternative Admission. This category is open to those who do not satisfy normal entrance requirements, but can demonstrate relevant work or life experiences.
Credit for prior learning - general
The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.
You can also refer to the Credit for Prior Learning System which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree.
How to apply
Applications for Campus and Cloud (online) study in Trimester 1 must be made through the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC). For more information refer to VTAC (external site).
Applications for Trimester 2 and Trimester 3 must be made directly to the University through the Applicant Portal. For information on the application process and closing dates, see the Apply web page. Please note that closing dates may vary for individual courses.
Please note:The eligibility of students for membership of the accrediting body is subject to meeting the requirements of that body and that Deakin makes no representations that individuals will meet those requirements.


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Boston's looking pretty grim, but I'm definitely going to make an effort to get to The Holy Girl. I had hoped to do a multiplex double bill of some sort as well, but I don't see anything that looks like it'd be remotely fun, and I could care less about Mad Hot Spellroom or whatever the hell this summer's kids in competition doc is called.
I'm tempted by Star Wars, but I haven't seen the second one (though is it really necessary?) and I'm afraid filmenthusiast will make fun of me.


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It was a wonderful night for the community and I can't thank everyone ENOUGH for all the work that was done before, during and after the event. It took more than a village to pull off this event and I'm humbled by your generosity. A few announcements to share …
Santa House to continue!
The Santa House will be relocated to Hadley Park (corner of 32 & Union Street) for the next two weekends and Christmas Eve (2pm-4pm). Santa & Mrs. Claus will open the House on Saturdays & Sundays from 2pm-4pm (with the exception of 12/18 when the house will be closed)
Winners of the JoSheWe Girl Scout Gingerbread House Competition hosted at The Fern:
Daisies, Troop 307
Brownies, Troop 1505
Juniors, Troop 631
Winner of Merchant Light Competition hosted by Westfield in Bloom:
Union Street Flowers & Gifts (2nd year in a row)
Good Life Coffee House was a close second!
Way to go Downtown Merchants! You really lit up the community with your spirit!
I also want to thank Anthony Tokarz Photography for documenting our evening. Here's the link to his wonderful photos: http://atokarzphoto.zenfolio.com/p411251061


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That's all well and good until James decides to take his talents to Russia. He would never do that though, because he only likes to play on stacked teams, and the US team is the most stacked. I won't watch the US mens team play, but I have no doubt there will be enough to hold my interest without them.
I can't stand James either. He quit on the Cavs, the city, and the state in my opinion. It was clear by his actions what little value he placed on the loyalty of the fans from Ohio, so why should ANYONE from Ohio consider him more than the back-stabbing opportunist he turned out to be? I have no stomach for his insincere proclamations about "team" either. I've heard them before and they are just as hollow now as they were then. The difference is, anybody with half a brain knows it's all BS now.
That's my point exactly Ira. A new owner with NO TIES TO THE COMMUNITY buys the team, and the LA market is wide open .... you'd have to be an idiot NOT to be concerned. This guy can pay all the lip service he wants to about Cleveland and keeping the team here, but at the end of the day, he can move the team whenever he wants as long as he pays the penalties. It sounds like he's got the money for it.
Rock, here are two quotes from you.
"If they're not going to use the cap space now, before the luxury tax becomes punitive, then what makes you think they're going to use the cap space, let alone pay the tax, when it becomes ridiculous."
"Who are teams going to get rid of but players that are overpriced. Big whoops, in the near future, some teams will be looking to unload their own Donyell Marshalls, and Grant will be there to accept delivery. Pinch me."
Can you see that you're not even consistent in your own delusions? The Cavs need to spend their cap space now because the players available this year won't be the overpriced ones they would have to pick from next year? If the spend their cap space now it's smart, but if they spend it next year it's stupid? Rock, stop posting now, before you make an even bigger fool out of yourself.
I think you're right to be concerned.
be careful what you wish for garden.
I think you'll find that these "guarantees" come with a price tag, and if the team leaves, all the city will be able to do is recoup a sum of money.
You can believe that if you like 54, but I have my doubts. A new owner who would be looking to make his team a contender is great, I'm just hoping that it isn't great for LA. The league has been looking to get a team into the second major TV market for some time now, and a new owner with NO TIES TO THE COMMUNITY, might just provide them the opportunity they've been looking for.
That's a real possibility dawg, but the fact is, Bynum could end up on any team that can offer him a max contract, and that includes Cleveland. LA would certainly have the inside track, but he might take one less year if he liked his situation better in a different organization.
I think Gee is a good player, not great but good. If the Cavs can get him for a reasonable amount I don't see why they WOULDN'T want him. If on the other hand Gee is looking for star money, I think you have to let him walk. I think Gee will start this year, and he might even have a good season, but I still think that the Cavs will be targeting a SF or SG in the next draft, and if it's a SF they get with a lottery pick, I think Gee moves back to the bench. You can't afford to pay your bench players starter money, especially with the new CBA tax penalties.
The Cavs aren't the ones holding up the Howard-Bynum-Varejao trade, Orlando is. Their GM is still shopping for a better deal, and may hold onto Howard until the Nets are allowed to trade Lopez. The only trade info related to Cleveland is that the would like to talk to Bynum first, but LA won't allow it until the deal is ready.
This is where you're wrong again rock. The time to spend is when you can get your best return. When teams are even MORE desperate, because of the luxury tax, that's when you spend. It seems you know as little about finance as you do sports. It would probably be best that you not offer any further advice rock, if it's quality is this poor.
I cannot understand why ANYONE should have a problem with this deal. It's an insignificant move doesn't cause either team any hardship. burnie, you, rock, south seattle, and some others should just form your own little clique where you can get together and whine to your heart's content and spare the rest of us.
The deal WAS made for non basketball reasons rock, so what? It doesn't harm either team's viability so you're just ranting to rant, AS USUAL. The Cavs have been smart to position themselves to take advantage of the salary cap rules and you what to cry about it. You're bias makes your posts so predictable and boring rock. Maybe it's time to find a new hobby.
Are you sure about that Orlando? I thought the whole point of the amnesty was to clear cap space off the books but the player still got paid.
Since the Cavs didn't have to sacrifice anything but some cap space to make this deal rock, I can't see anyone but you trying to paint this in a bad light. I don't think we got much in the deal, so it's a wash in my opinion, but your ridiculous bias against Gilbert and the Cavs is forcing you to try to make something bad out of this.
It's the very fact that the Cavs have so much cap space that makes them a potential partner in all the Major trade talks this summer. If the Cavs had filled that space rock, you'd be whinning about that too. I have no problem with how the front office is going about their business, outside of some draft selections, but since it's a problem for you, please, buy the team yourself and show us all how it's done.
I have to agree with Rock this time. This is a totally irrelevant move, outside of Memphis getting some cap relief.
It's not a bad deal, but it's not a great deal either. We didn't receive much in Pargo or the second round pick (I don't see Memphis in the top 5 of the second round), but we didn't give up much in Kennedy either. The whole thing strikes me as a non-story.
Salary dump by Memphis. Pargo's contract is fully guaranteed while Kennedy's is fully unguaranteed.


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Twitter updated its S-1 filing with the SEC last week with a filing range of $17 to $20 per share. Many cheered because that valued the company between $10 and $12 billion (with options and RSUs taken into account), and many felt that was conservative. However, for most investors and nearly all retail investors, the IPO price doesn't matter. What will matter, for most investors, is Twitter's potential to provide an attractive return after the first trade.
Many recent IPOs have performed well. Of the IPOs priced since September 12, nineteen have returned over 20%. Of these highly successful IPOs, their average return is an impressive 69%. But the following chart highlighting these IPOs (priced since September 12, 2013 with greater than 20% appreciation) shows that most of that gain occurs between the IPO price and the first stock trade. On average, a stock opens for trading at a price 49% higher than the IPO price. Only 9% more upside occurs on the first day of trading. This means investors who get allocated stock on the IPO earn 71% of their return on that first trade. Investors who buy after the stock starts trading miss out on the bulk of the highly-publicized returns.
Moral of the story? There are two different decision points between buying an IPO allocation and buying an IPO in the aftermarket. Generally, obtaining allocated stock on an IPO is very difficult, unless one is a large institution or a very important client of a firm that is an underwriter on the IPO. Most retail investors do not have the opportunity to buy these stocks at the IPO price. Rather, retail investors face the dilemma whether to buy the stock after it starts trading, not where the IPO gets priced.
Many have applauded Twitter's IPO pricing range because it would ensure a "pop" on the first day of trading, rewarding investors. Certainly, investors who are allocated stock on the IPO would be rewarded. And those that sell right away can lock into a quick appreciation, and sell to eager investors who were shut out of the IPO process. Media fervor and IPO buzz can encourage investors to jump in, but the real question will become, at what price?
For IPOs like Twitter, it is important for investors to have an idea of where the stock should be valued over an investment horizon before buying on the first day of trading. The analysis above points out that the bulk of the upside is earned by those investors who get allocated stock on the IPO. For long-term investors, Twitter or any IPO should be evaluated based upon long-term potential. Sadly, the media gets investors excited about the great immediate returns on IPOs although very few have access to those. For most investors, using the same investment discipline around long-term valuation goals is necessary when thinking about IPOs, even sexy ones like Twitter. And, remember, Facebook lost half its value before it began to trade up.


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The Niles Public Library's Lego Club is built on the idea that motivated and creative kids, ranging from Kindergarten through 8th Grade, will produce clever and interesting projects if you take these steps:
1) put a few thousand Legos in front of them
2) maintain a safe space where they are free to experiment, plus "show off" creations to each other and their parents or caregivers
3) take photos of Lego-makers with their creations (everyone who wants theirs taken) and post to social media
4) provide a tasty treat when Lego Club ends (a "thank you" for everybody's cleaning up and putting Legos back in their bins).
Lego Club takes place every 4th Monday of the month from 4:30-5:30pm in the Library's Large Meeting Room (the same place where patrons see movies and listen to concerts). Attendance averages two dozen or more kids plus maybe 10 parents. (A parent or caregiver is required to stay with students in Kindergarten through 2nd Grade, and the parents of some older kids stay anyway because it's fun!)
What to build? Anything you want. But for kids who want ideas or guidance, there is assistance. For example, having noticed how many boys want to build a spacecraft, Lego Club's Mr. Paul is figuring out how to advise kids to do so using "found parts" (not parts from Lego spacecraft kits, but pieces just lying there waiting to be "re-purposed"). The trick is to be able to look into an eight-inch-deep pile of Legos and "see" wings and tail fins and whatnot — even if they are random pieces not specifically intended as spacecraft components.
Want to get creative using the world's most addictive pieces of plastic? We'll see you there. (That is, we'll see you on March 24 and April 28 — but not in May because of Memorial Day.) Thanks!
About Paul F.
I fell in love with the library when very young and in the most unlikely of places: the library on an Army base. When I wasn't being carted around the world as my colonel-father got new assignments, I had my nose stuck in a book. That, plus having lived on 3 continents by age 8, taught me something important: people's lives are interesting, are lived very differently in different places, and provide an endless variety of stories (not to mention our amazing planet/universe, the stuff of stranger-than-fiction "nonfiction")... So no wonder I am at Niles Public Library, where books, digital media and programming team up to offer the stories, information, and community we treasure.


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The Wales centre-back has one year left on his contract at the Liberty Stadium, so Swansea might be tempted to cash in on him now rather than risk losing him for nothing next summer.
Williams has been linked with a move to Queens Park Rangers but Sky sources understand that Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has made the first move for him.
Williams, 30, signed a permanent deal with the club at the end of the 2007-08 season after a successful loan spell from Stockport County.
He has been a virtual ever-present rock at the heart of the Swansea defence since, and he signed a new contract in 2012 which keeps him at the club until next summer.
Swansea boss Garry Monk confirmed earlier this week that the club had opened discussions regarding a new deal for Williams.
"We are in negotiations with his (Williams') representatives and trying to put a deal across so that Ash will be here for the future of the club," Monk told the South Wales Evening Post.
"I know Ash wants that, I want that, the club wants that, and that's what we are working towards as we speak."


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Senior Saber
Senior Caitlin Thompson is already a two-time All-American for Penn State. The world class fencer had an 11th place finish at nationals last year and her .860 career win percentage ranks second all-time for Penn State women's saber fencers.
2007-08: Red-shirt season.
2006-07: Thompson posted a superb 27-3 record in Penn State's duals last year, seeing action in only the first two and not fencing in February's two dual events. Thompson finished second at Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals and went on to claim the 2007 NCAA Silver Medal. Thompson posted dual match records of 12-2 and 15-1. An outstanding student, Thompson earned Academic All-Big Ten laurels as well.
2005-06: Thompson burst out of the gates as a freshmen in the saber, going 21-4 overall and winning the Mid-Atlantic South Regional title. At her first NCAA tournament, the Oregon native placed fourth to earn All-America status, and she won gold at the Senior Worlds in Leipzig.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Thompson was a member of the 2005 Gold Medal Junior Team and won two golds at the 2004 Junior World Championships. She was sixth at the 2004 Senior Nationals, claimed a total of five silver or bronze medals at Junior and Senior A World Cup Events and is a member of the 2005 U.S. World Championship Team.


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"They've declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people," said President Bush Wednesday, referring to Iran's theocrats. The leader of the free world did not have to wait long for criticism. "That's as uninformed as McCain's statement that Iran is training al-Qaeda," remarked nonproliferation expert Joseph Cirincione. "Iran has never said it wanted a nuclear weapon for any reason. It's just not true."
It is true that Iranian leaders have never publicly proclaimed their desire for the ultimate weapon in history. In fact, they have said exactly the opposite. So award a point to Cirincione.
Yet make that an exceedingly technical point. On the broader issue of truth, the President scores higher. In my book, a nation has essentially declared it wants the bomb when it, like Iran, hides parts of its nuclear program, possesses plans for nuclear warheads, conducts nuclear weaponization experiments, builds ballistic missiles, and voices a desire to wipe another country off the map. If I ever have an opportunity to talk to Cirincione, I will ask this: "Is there any room in your world for common sense?"
In any event, there's none in Kofi Annan's universe, at least judging from his comments reported by the Associated Press on Friday. The former U.N. secretary-general, in remarks summarized by that news organization, said he "didn't have enough information to comment on the justification for the U.N. Security Council's demand that Iran suspend uranium enrichment." Nonetheless, the retired diplomat felt confident enough to say this: "We cannot, I'm sure, take on another military action in Iran, and I hope no one is contemplating it."
Well, I hope no one is contemplating listening to Annan. As a matter of logic, one cannot comment on military action if one is too ignorant to discuss why the U.N. has demanded that Iran stop enrichment in the first place.
Until Kofi catches up on his reading, we should take our advice from Dick Cheney. On Wednesday, while visiting Oman, the Vice President said that "Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons." Why? Because Annan is correct about one thing. In his recent comments he said that all Security Council members must live up to their "responsibility to protect." If this noble concept means anything, it means stopping militant regimes like Iran's from getting the capability to "destroy people."


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Rotational Presidency, The politics of Zoning, and a Hobbled Nation: Confronting the Hypocrisy of the North/South Dichotomy
A cursory study of many modern states will reveal that their emergence was a result of pangs and pains borne by their forebears towards the realization of a more perfect union. History teaches us from the United Kingdom to France, Germany, USA, and Rwanda that a nation is forged together by the sweat and blood of its people. By no means is it insinuated here that Nigerian leaders of yore have not sacrificed blood and sweat. It is common knowledge that the Nigerian civil war caused the loss of many lives but it can be argued that it was waged for all the wrong reasons. What is missing in the Nigerian emergence is a lack of national conversation about the status or better still the viability of the Nigerian state.
To claim that Nigeria is just a geographic expression will not be totally inaccurate. Here is a country that came into being mainly due to the desire of the British crown in her quest to easily administer what was up until then two distinct protectorates.The ground work that is necessary for a nation state was not sufficiently present before the amalgamation. The nation state that emerged from it sees itself first as an Oduduwa republic, a Biafran republic, and an Arewa republic. These various subgroups within the Nigerian state did not share a collective sense of nationhood then and even now.
The proponents of zoning in 1999 were responding to an injustice that was done to Nigeria in 1993. These proponents cut across Nigerian religious, cultural, geographic, and linguistic barriers. To keep the boat of the Nigerian state afloat, the Nigerian rulership class led by General Ibrahim Babangida decided to reward the Yoruba nation with the presidency. The calculation was to install General Olusegun Obasanjo, a known ally of the rulership class into office and in their calculation the balance of power will be maintained. Thus, a gentleman agreement of power rotation between Nigeria's two former protectorates was born.
Olusegun Obasanjo, a man not known to miss a golden opportunity did not refuse this suspicious offer; he grabbed it with both hands. If Obasanjo had insisted to Ibrahim Babangida in 1998 that he (Obasanjo) will contest for the office of the president; not because of his ethnicity but because of his years of service to Nigeria and a desire to offer hope instead of fear to the Nigerian people; the idea of a rotational presidency will not have entered our vocabulary. But Obasanjo is not known to take such principled stands.
This is 2010 and yet again, we are in a conundrum; the talk of zoning is rife in the air. It is shameful that some have attempted to cast this as a North vs. South political battle. Those who are campaigning for power to be zoned to the North have simply ignored the lessons of the recent past. After popular agitation in 2007, General Obasanjo acquiesced to Northern political demands but instead of a free and fair election, he installed Umaru Yar'adua into power. The question that begs for answer is what if any did the North and Nigeria benefit from the Yar'adua presidency?
The southerners clamoring for the end of zoning are also being clever by half. There is a need to acknowledge that indeed there was a gentleman agreement of power rotation amongst the two zones and President Obasanjo was the first beneficiary. After such an acknowledgement, the South can puncture the North's argument for zoning by making a genuine argument for Nigeria. The proposed dialogue should be respectful and take into consideration the North's perceived sense of injustice. Southern Nigeria should be careful not to be seen also as campaigning for a Southern candidate because (A) he is an incumbent or (B) a Southerner.
The South can seize the moment to campaign for a pan Nigerian candidate. This struggle should not in anyway be about the North and South of Nigeria; this struggle ought to be and should be a struggle for the soul of Nigeria. If we succeed in electing a pan Nigerian president, there is a chance that we may begin the tortuous road to a nation state; where each and every region sees themselves first as Nigerians. Ideally, what needs to happen is for enough reasonable people from both sides to sit down and clamor for a functional Nigerian state. The two regions ought to work harmoniously to ensure that government is decentralized and states empowered to serve as laboratories of democracy.
If we do this, it will not matter whether the man from Onitsha is the president of Nigeria. As it is, it can be safely said that the clamor for zoning or no zoning is the clamor for lucre. When the role of government is sufficiently decentralized, both the North and the South of Nigeria will win.
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Awsworth man first in East Midlands to be operated on by a robot
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THE first person in the region to have a cancerous tumour removed by a robot with four arms believes the new treatment is the future of surgical operations.
The £2.2 million piece of equipment - called Da Vinci - has successfully treated Allen Fotherby for prostate cancer after he was diagnosed earlier this year.
The five-hour operation at Nottingham City Hospital removed Mr Fotherby's whole prostate and left very few side effects.
The 50-year-old sheet metal worker of Main Street, Awsworth, said: "The robot is a scary looking thing and it is a strange feeling letting it loose on your body.
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"People have started calling me robot Allen which is great because I don't want everyone walking on eggshells.
"This is the sort of surgery that will be used more and more in the future and my operation stands as a testament to it.
"When the doctor gave me the robotic option I thought crikey and I was shocked that it could be done in that way.
"The robot took my entire prostate out and I have had no pain from the surgery just a little stomach ache.
"I presumed that I was just the first in the city to have the treatment and didn't realise I would be the first in the East Midlands, which I am honoured by."
Mr Fotherby was given three treatment options which included radiotherapy, keyhole surgery or the robotic procedure.
The Da Vinci robot has a number of benefits over traditional surgery, including reduced blood loss and improved cancer outcomes along with faster recovery times.
The robot allows surgeons to use 3D vision and high-precision instruments to remove the prostate.
It is made up of a console operated by the surgeon, and a patient-side system with four robotic arms that execute the surgeon's commands.
The surgeon operates controls on the console to manage the movements of surgical instruments inside the patient.
Tom Walton, consultant urological surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, trained as a robotic surgeon in Melbourne, Australia, before returning to the UK to develop the robotic programme in Nottingham.
He said: "Our aim is to improve the diagnosis and management of early prostate cancer in the region, through a better understanding of the disease and its effects on men, and by using the best available techniques and equipment to achieve this.
"The system is proven technology, allowing surgeons' better vision and a greater level of precision than ever before, which means fewer complications, better outcomes and faster recovery times than with traditional surgery."
Nottingham Hospitals Charity is looking to raise £104,000 to support the service through the provision of consultant training and by providing a simulator module for the robotic system.
Money raised will also go towards providing clinical accessories which are required for the procedure.
Barbara Cathcart, chief executive for Nottingham Hospitals Charity, said: "It is with great pleasure that we are contributing to a significant development in the management of prostate cancer for men in the East Midlands and through our supporters, we will be providing enhanced training for more clinicians than would otherwise be available."
Mr Fotherby was given the all clear nine days after his operation on Wednesday, February 19.


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Cass Railroad marks 50 years as a state park
CASS, W.Va. (AP) — It's still a West Virginia state park with trains powered by 90-year old locomotives, but things have changed at Cass Scenic Railroad.
Ed Gunno was on the first train after Cass became a state park, 50 years ago.
"We were in open cars," Gunno said. "We didn't have any enclosed cars like this."
Gunno was 17-years-old when his family made the trip from Charleston to Cass to be part of the inaugural train ride on the steam locomotives at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, an outdoor museum of lumber railroading.
In the early 20th century, at the height of the timber boom, West Virginia had more than 3,000 miles of logging-railroad line. Today, all of that is gone, except for the 11 miles of track at Cass.
The park this month celebrated its 50th anniversary. The railroad's first official run as a tourist attraction left the station at 10:30 a.m. June 15, 1963.
Gunno and his wife, Dorothy, have been on the train six or seven times since then. It's especially beautiful in the fall, they said.
"As soon as we saw it in the paper that it was going to be (the 50th anniversary) . . . we called right away to get tickets," Dorothy Gunno said. "It's exciting to be here with him and see this."
Shay No. 4, the same engine that pulled the train on its inaugural run, made a commemorative journey from Cass to Whittaker Station with about 200 passengers on June 15.
Whittaker Station, an old logging site four miles down the track from Cass now has a concession stand, picnic tables and restrooms, and visitors can tour the old logging camp.
"It was just an open field and nothing else was here," Gunno said, noting the changes that 50 years have wrought. "Of course, the track ended here. It was later on when they extended the track to the top of Bald Knob."
Bald Knob, the third-highest point in the state, is 11 miles from Cass and the ride there takes more than four hours.
But while there have been changes, the steam locomotives still exist as a relic of West Virginia's history.
"A lot of history surrounds what we're doing here today," Frank Jezioro, director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, said. "These trains, the railroads, were put in here to haul the virgin timber off of the mountains back in the late 1800s.
"It provided jobs, and a lot of the wealth was taken out of West Virginia on these trains -- timber, coal, whatever," Jezioro said.
The railroad continues to be a major tourist attraction for the state, said Scott Fortney the superintendent of the park.
"We get people from all over the United States," Fortney said. "It is what I consider one of the most unique parks in the country."
Ben Dickens, the park's first superintendent, in 1963, came back to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
Dickens recalled how park visitors and employees always took whatever happened in stride.
Like the time a train axle broke mid-trip.
"We tried to refund the money because we couldn't complete the trip, but they wouldn't accept it," Dickens said. "There was nobody that would take their money back."
Another time, an engineer threatened to quit because he didn't get a raise.
"We talked to him and he realized that nobody got a raise," Dickens said, "and he was content with what he had."
Then there were the cinders that came off the coal-powered trains and blew onto visitors riding in open cars.
"Through the switchbacks, the cinders would blow down on them," Dickens said. "So they ended up having to hold a large sheet of plastic over their heads to keep the cinders off."
Like Gunno, Dickens noted many changes over the past 50 years.
"It has grown tremendously," Dickens said of Cass. "Things are really wonderful. "It's a great experience for anybody to come up here. It's living history that they're going to ride up on."


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ERWIN — Tuesday will mark the culmination of several years of planning, preparation and construction as the Governor's Bend Retirement and Assisted Living Facility will see its first residents make the facility their new home.
"We're thrilled for not only the residents, but the community to have such a beautiful facility here available for our seniors, and for it to be an assisted living which is the only one in Erwin or Unicoi," Governor's Bend Executive Director Johnnie Lyons said.
Lyons said around four or five residents will be moved in daily over a period of about 2½ weeks beginning this week. She said this is being done so Governor's Bend staff can assist with residents with any needs they may have as they move into the facility.
"I don't want any more than four to five a day so we can be here to assist and help with that," Lyons said.
Prior to the construction of Governor's Bend, a study was completed to assess Unicoi County's need for an assisted living facility. In 2009, then-Gov. Phil Bredesen, who helped secure a $3 million grant for the project, was on hand for a groundbreaking. The land for construction of the facility was donated by the town of Erwin, and $5 million was borrowed from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program. Governor's Bend, located at 1631 Zane Whitson Drive across from Fishery Park, will fall under the umbrella of Greeneville-based Free Will Baptist Family Ministries.
The more than 40,000-square-foot facility includes 52 suites made up of three apartment types — studio apartments, one-bedroom apartments with a living room/kitchen combination, and two-bedroom/two-bath apartments.
Services and amenities at the facility will include 24-hour nursing, three daily meals for residents, maintenance, housekeeping and laundry services, daily activities, a spa and salon, travel services and a chapel.
Lyons said the facility received its final state inspection on Monday was was given the go-ahead to begin allowing residents to move in.
"The community seems very excited," Lyons said. "We have heard nothing but very positive comments, and the families and the residents coming are thrilled. I have some deposits that were actually given to me almost three years ago, when I first came over to Erwin and set my office up at Town Hall."
Lyons said Governor's Bend will provide its residents with a safe and secure environment and, because it is an assisted living facility, will allow them to continue to be part of the community.
"If Ms. Jones comes here to live and she has always hosted her club in August and she wants to host it in August here, she can do that," Lyons said. "It does not change just because she's moving from home here. Our residents can continue to be much a part of the community that they have made."


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Sigma Pi Sigma, founded in 1921, is a national physics honor society. The society's motto, translated from the Greek, is "investigation, the forerunner of knowledge." To be elected, a student must have finished five courses in physics, have a 3.0 GPA in physics and a 3.0 overall GPA, and rank in the top one-third of his or her class. The Susquehanna chapter was chartered in 1988.
The organization nurtures a spirit of professional community and unites collective perspectives in the service of society. Student members are connected by professional publications and networking events where they may unite with important members of the physics community.


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The Kid's Doctor takes a look at allergies in the fall
Every day, thousands of children wake up afraid to go to school. Bullying has become an overwhelming problem among children, and the number of kids being bullied continues to rise.
Sending a child off to college is usually filled with excitement and a little anxiety.
The first day of school is right around the corner....exciting for sure, but heading back to school may also be stressful.
August 1 is the date for many students to return to school for athletics, drill team, cheerleading and band. This comes just as the temperatures hover around 100 degrees everyday.
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The Sue, the Kids's Doctor, tells us when using insect repellent on kids, there are a few things to keep in mind.
Chlorine and other disinfectants do not kill germs instantly that is why you need to protect yourself and your kids before anyone jumps into the pool.
Nightmares are most common in 2 to 5-year-olds because this age group has a vivid imagination and it is often hard for them to distinguish between make believe and reality.
Kids Doctor: allergy season
We measure our child's development in milestones then potty training is a big one!
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Tonight's the night: The legendary John McKissick goes after career victory 500. Coach McKissick and the Green Wave play their first home game of the season against the Wando Warriors at 8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It's taken McKissick 52 years to reach 499 wins, and shortly after 10 p.m. he hopes to clinch 500. Coincidentally, the Warriors are the same team Summerville defeated 42-0 in October 1993 for McKissick to become the all-time winningest football coach at any level with 406 wins. On that cool Friday night when Summerville scalped the Warriors, former Green Wave offensive lineman Ian Rafferty was a senior. He remembers the triumphant occasion. There were about 10,000 fans in the stands at Wando and tons of media on hand. The Warriors had stickers posted everywhere saying "405" and it was a zoo, Rafferty said. Two weeks before Summerville had lost to Stratford to tie the record at 405. The following week they bounced back against the Stags. There was a lot of pressure to win. "There was such a buildup every night that week, all the news people were coming around," he said. "Being a captain, I had to talk to the reporters and it was a hassle, but a good one. "It was an exciting night when we defeated them. It's something I will never forget because Holland Postell and I got to carry Coach off the field." Rafferty went on to play college football for North Carolina State and played a couple of years in the NFL with the New York Jets under coach Bill Parcells. Now he's the offensive line coach at Fort Dorchester. Again this year there will be a lot pressure on this Green Wave team to win. "Wando isn't going to just to roll over," Rafferty said. "They are going to do everything they can to keep from being No. 500." Last year, Summerville almost lost to Wando, but won 24-23. This year Wando still has the same running back that hurt them last year, Michael Jefferies. The Wave gave up two big plays to him. The Wave must stop the run. As for McKissick, he's more nervous than a hippie in a barbershop. "I got a lot of butterflies," McKissick said. "I think I am more nervous than I was when I went for 406. It's exciting, I would feel better if I already had it, though."
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Installing Exhibitions is an invaluable guide for all students, artists, makers and craftspeople - anyone in fact who exhibits or displays their own work, or the work of others. It is a practical resource incorporating everything you need to know about setting up your work for display, from preparing the space, to risk assessment and health and safety concerns, fixings, moving and placing work, two- and three-dimensional work and audiovisual displays. The book also includes information about electrics, lighting, and cable management, rigging, and basic construction, as well as tools and materials and the basic kit you will need to get started.


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We all want to take photos like a pro, and now you can take them with your phone. This telephoto lens kit comes with everything your gadget-loving teen needs to snap cover-worthy, on-the-go photos. Complete with an 8x optical zoom, a sleek case that makes it easy to mount your lens, and a mini tri-pod for composed shots, you'll be snapping shots like a pro in no time. Got the urge to take a video? It works for that, too! Great for concerts, action shots, can't-miss sports moments, and candid shots from any angle. (Photojojo, $35)


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This past Sunday, Brooklyn rhymesayer One Dae kicked off promotion for his next full-length with Bang This, a street-ready lead single which earned positive reviews on our pages. Just five short daes days later, he's... More
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On their Booth debut, the phenomenal Diary of a Dreamer, PremRock & Willie Green showed a level of rapper-producer interplay reminiscent of such greats as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Eric B. & Rakim. With... More
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With upwards of 20 albums, 500-plus live performances worldwide, countless freestyle competition wins and even a role on MTV's hit reality show MADE under his belt, Bronx underground mainstay C-Rayz Walz has a lot to be proud... More
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Like most political radicals, Booth newcomers Rebel Diaz are used to being called Craazy. Of course, to them the truth is exactly the opposite; on their latest single, emcee Rodstarz and emcee-producer G1 list off just a few... More
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Lecture: The Oracle Sanctuary of Apollon at Abai/Kalapodi, Greece
The East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the McClung Museum present Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens, lecturing on "The Oracle Sanctuary of Apollon at Abai/Kalapodi, Greece: Cult Continuity from the Mycenaean Age to the Roman Imperial Period."
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Your next LTCI sales idea: "Video Killed the Radio Star"
By Stephen D. Forman (LTCA)
Long Term Care Associates, Inc.
Your clients have already begun searching for information on the Internet, and it will be free. The underlying content — be it LTC statistics, plan features, illustrations — has no inherent value other than to promote your service. In the digital age, information has no currency. So how do you sell you?
Everybody loves a bargain, right? So naturally the holy grail of coupons would be one that nets us something for free. But I think something curious happens once we reach that peculiar threshold. We cease to ascribe any value whatsoever to the underlying product.
Don't believe me? Consider movies, books and music. Content we once believed inherently valuable was capable of financially supporting entire industries — top to bottom — and it all vanished virtually overnight once so-called pirates gave away the store for free.
Let it sink in that an astonishing 95 percent of all music downloads are illegitimate, while as much as 89 percent of all Internet traffic consists of file-sharing of pirated content.
The upshot is that acts from U2 to Coldplay who used to rely on album sales have had to adapt to survive, such that their new business model is to go on tour, selling the live experience. Even as these bands recognize the inevitability of the free price tag on the democratized Internet, they are savvy enough to know that it can still be wielded to promote an altogether unique and valuable experience.
In other words — as any schoolgirl will tell you — while you could have downloaded Justin Bieber's hit single "Baby" off a BitTorrent website, would it really have been the same as attending the concert first-hand, with 30,000 other crazed fans, lasers shooting, fog billowing, fireworks crackling, a cadre of backup dancers twirling in perfect synchronization, and you singing the chorus at the top of your lungs?
The analogy holds true not only for long term care insurance producers, but for any business which wants to adapt and thrive in the digital age:
Your clients have already begun searching for information on the Internet, and it will be free. How much value will they ascribe to it? Very little. They will flitter and flip from site to site, and many long term care shoppers will probably think they've done a pretty good job educating themselves, but you know what?
Even if you are the one giving away this free information, the world has advanced to the point where you have to sell the live concert experience — the unique value you bring. As we witnessed above, the underlying content — be it LTC statistics, plan features, illustrations — has no inherent value other than to promote your service. In the digital age, information has no currency.
So how do you sell you? There are a lot of you reading this, and you each want to know how to distinguish yourselves from one another, to be able to reach through the webpage and tell that nameless prospect what your live concert experience consists of.
There are a few ways to do this. First, let's recognize that in the search for knowledge, people can drown in a sea of information. So you've got to present yourself as the arbiter of that information: the expert filter that sorts and simplifies. In other words, emphasize how you are capable of adding value to otherwise unorganized and thereby useless information.
Second, use your credibility materials to establish how the experience of working with you will enrich their lives, just as you've helped others. For instance, at my company we've trained our agents to identify how some of their top-selling competitors have still only serviced a dozen claims in their meteoric careers. Meanwhile, our agency has been servicing policies longer than most carriers have been selling LTCI.
In addition, we add credibility by touting ourselves as the company quoted in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and the company who helped the Congressional Research Service prepare their report to Congress on CLASS. This is not information which can be downloaded for free off the Internet — this is the live concert you have to come to us for.
Think about your own practice in this way. What testimonials, third-party endorsements, national awards, or innovative tools can you point to that would encourage prospects to attend your concert experience? I'm sure you will discover how to position yourself more effectively as we transition into the digital age.


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Henderson resident dies in crash
Apr. 28, 2014 @ 07:10 PM
A 23-year-old Henderson resident died Saturday, April 26, in an accident while driving his motorcycle.
Nicholas Paul Epanchin, of 155 Lakeview Drive, was riding on Purnell Road near Garffe Sherron Road in Wake Forest when his motorcycle collided with a CenturyLink van.
The van was backing into a service driveway off the road, according the State Highway Patrol.
Epanchin struck the van on the rear driver's side. He died on the scene.
Two others were riding behind him on motorcycles, but neither was injured.
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I can't imagine being in a place where no one else likes Stephen King... it gives me shivers! :eek2:
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I have read Firestarter more than once and I am always finding relevance with the political and scientific communities.
I do believe that if 'they' could find talent like Charlie's, 'they' would try to harness it for their own rotten purposes.
Long days and pleasant nights.
I read Firestarter at least once a year. It was one of the first books I picked up by SK and to this day, I regard it as one of the best. I love the complexity of Rainbird and the relationship between Charlie and Andy. This book also shows how effortless SK manages to put large amounts of backstory into his novels without boring the pants off of people. Also, the amount of research he must have done is astonishing. Just my little opinion, anyway.
Yes I really enjoyed Firestarter ,very intriquing, makes me want to read again!
Yes that is unacceptable, no one liking Mr. King!, you should start something! Like, I don't know maybe a protest, something like that!:wink2::biggrin2:
God, it's so long since I read this novel. I read it a few times as a teenager and thought it was great. Thinking back on it, I agree with John in that it is one of SK's most political novels. He handles the whole evil government plot very well and the relationship between the father and daughter is beautifully handled. Just thinking about it makes me want to read it again. I suspect I'd get much more out of it this time around.
I read 'Firestarter' some time ago, and I agree about the Political angle which seemed to me quite radical at the time. The inclusion of the damaged native american psyche was also interesting from a spiritual point of view.I drew a few comparisons to 'Carrie' in the development of the plot, a personal journey from self defense to total annihilation of self and others.
The thing I remember most about Firestarter is that it was so compelling, I actually read it in one sitting. (Okay I may have gotten up to go the restroom.):oops:
I finished reading an autographed copy of it the other night..I hadn't read it since I was a young 'un, and I got a LOT more out of it this time around...
Governments testing experimental hallucinogens on poor college kids...With the professors being agents involved.
Hmmm...maybe Tim Leary WASN'T really just in it for freeing the minds of my parents generation lol..
(Not that I think that goal was actually ever really achieved. They're just baby boomer slaves to the dwindling economy now, really. Guess they learnt their lesson, eh ? )
Nope, i read it. But it was sooooo long ago i'd have to read it again to remeber everything. i also enjoyed the movie. Drew Barrymoore was a good little actress.


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For Immediate Release: 5/10/2013
|County's Department of Permitting Services Marks Building Safety Month; Free Deck Maintenance Inspections Offered
In observance of May as Building Safety Month, the County's Department of Permitting Services (DPS) is educating residents about building safety and sustainability issues and sharing ideas for making structures more energy efficient and durable. Building Safety Month is an international celebration of safe and sensible structures.
Each week, DPS is focusing on a different theme:
Information on any of the themes is available online at www.iccsafe.org/BSM or at the DPS office, 255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor, Rockville.
Also as part of National Building Safety Month, DPS is once again offering free deck maintenance inspections – through May 31 only -- for single-family detached homes, three-story or less townhouses and duplex dwellings. The program excludes four-story townhomes, condominiums and apartments.
The inspections are available for all Montgomery County residents, with the exception of those residing in the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg. The inspection will include a checklist for homeowners to help them maintain a safe and sound structure. Most decks require annual maintenance to ensure a long life.
Requests will be honored as the inspectors' workload allows, and residents will be contacted before the inspection is performed.
To schedule a deck maintenance inspection, contact the Montgomery County Customer Service Center at 311 or 240-777-0311.
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