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Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good night! Well, except for the Hawks, who lost both DeMarre Carroll and Al Horford in last night's double overtime win against the Cavs. Carroll's Christmas carol was about hoping his hand and/or thumb didn't break, as he was in bad pain exiting the game. Diagnosis came out that he has a sprained thumb, and while a non-break is a good news, remember Larry Sanders "just" had a sprained thumb and had to have surgery. Just shatter the champagne bottle you got sprayed with and use it like a weapon like a normal bar fight, Sanders! And to make matters worse, Horford then lost all his Christmas cheer when he hurt his shoulder later in the game and is set for an MRI. It's his right shoulder vs. a left pectoral tear that ended his year in 2012, but neither of these injuries look too good. Big men waiting in the wings for the Hawks (womp womp) Elton Brand, Pero Antic, Gustavo Ayon, and Mike Scott would all stand to get increased roles, especially if both injuries turn out to be serious. I've talked about Scott more than a few times as a guy to keep an eye on should there be injuries, and I think he has the most upside by far to emerge. His per 36 of 18.7/7.7/2.0/0.6 with 1.3 treys while shooting 55% from the field gives him a glimmer of hope to be the fantasy contributor I thought he could be. Here's what else I spotted through the Holidays while opening all of my Brandon Knight basketball cards on Christmas morning:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Now I'm not sure about this, but when Taj Gibson had a couple good games over the Thanksgiving week, I probably recapped and gobble-gobbled at it. My jowls flapped around like Boss Nass bein' all "Hmmpphhherr Rumpity-Doooo, Taj Gibson, rabble rabble rabble!" At least that sounds like me… Now you see what I deal with in my inner monologue! It's like I battle a drunk Kenny Rogers. Which is to say, I battle Kenny Rogers. Gibson has been a scrate-up beast the past four, going 23/8, 18/4, 26/14 5 blks, and 19/6/0/1/1 last night. Bringing big time energy to that front line as the main big off the bench, he's playing insane out there, shooting 67% from the floor in those past 4. I watched the game last night and was impressed with his spark, but then again, the Heat bigs are awful. They got out-rebounded 49-27 last night! Back in the day, I used to love Taj when Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah battled injuries. But now… it took some time and four in a row to buy it. I think it's because the Bulls are my least favorite team. Sorry Bulls fans! Boozer & Noah just yell on virtually every rebound and definitely every single putback attempt. It's unreal! It's like Maria Sharapova is rebounding. And Gibson does it at least 50% of the time. He's becoming the Bulls Sex Panther. "50% of the time he's yelling… every time!" But regardless of how annoying he/the Bulls bigs are to watch/listen to, he's playing like a must-own in all formats. At 33% owned in Yahoo and 24% in ESPN, he's hot while a lot guys are not. I don't think he's going to turn into a set-it and forget-it guy the rest of the year, he doesn't do enough of anything else besides score and board (if not for that 5 block game, he'd be under 1 in Asts, Stls & Blks on the year), but I think he's a ride the wave kinda add right now. Here's what else I saw on the light Thursday slate of games and a few updates for tonight:Please, blog, may I have some more?
When the Obamacare website launched, it was a lot like the Nuggets. Load errors, mental mistakes, and only 6 people actually showed up because George Karl got fired. But after JaVale McGee went down (I bet the Nuggets wish their healthcare bills were free!), the 1-3 Nuggets are now 11-6. Coinky-dink? I think not! J.J. Hickson has been great at the 5 fillin' in for Shaqtin-a-McGee, but it was Timofey Mozgov who has stolen the show the past two games, with 15+/15+ back-to-back including 17/20 against the hapless Nets last night. But a trend is a-surfacing as Hickson has been under 18 minutes in those games while Mozgov was over 30. Hickson is still starting, but Mozgov is just being a straight Godzilla out there against opposing B-teams. I'm not ready to completely hand over the torch – I think Mozzy Bear getting in there was just matchup-based and Hickson gets back to the 30 minute range and Mozgov to the low-to-mid 20s. But if you need boarding and scoring help, Mozgov is available in a lot of leagues and can still be valuable with that sort of run. Pete even put him on the radar! Now he's in full view. Even 12-teamers needing the big man help need to take the flyer while they can. Here's what else went down last night in the hoops-o-sphere:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Now, I never went to a boarding school… I was stuck in the public schooling circuit, and just could never rebound. I was like Andrea Bargnani or Brook Lopez down there. Domineering over some little men, but the boards just never came my way… Enter J.J. Hickson, who despite being a tad undersized has always been a solid boarder, and racked up 19 last night for an 18/19 night. Near Goromotaro! Just one putback slammah-jammah and he's seeing 20/20. A little laser eye surgery. I liked Hickson a lot when JaVale McGee went down, and he's proved he needs to be owned virtually everywhere like I said 8 days ago. In the five games since, Hickson has at least 8 boards, double-figures in four of five, and a block every night. Even if Shaqtin-a-McGee is able to get back within his original time frame, McGee just isn't able to play the big starter's minutes and Hickson is going to maintain this value either starting at the 5 or playing out his minutes as an early sub. If you're hurtin' for boards, be sure the recent grad from the boarding school isn't sitting on your wire. Here's what else I saw last night in fantasy hoops:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Things were looking oh so good for the Colonel's original recipe heading into the season. I bought the whole bucket, the two sides and a giant big gulp of tea. But Larry Sanders could very well be one of fantasy's biggest disappointments in 2013-14, for reasons on and off the court.
Sanders signed a 4-year deal in the offseason worth a cool $44 million bucks (worth, about, a million buckets of chicken!), and the Bucks regime had big plans for their center. GM John Hammond, while trying to keep his Jurassic Park island under control, said Sanders was the key to the team. Hammond, you lost your keys! Bucks are locked out… Then the season started with Sanders nearly fouling out in 12 minutes, and in three games hasn't played more than 22 minutes, hit 2 FGs, or grabbed more than 4 boards. I was on the buy low bandwagon faster than a short sell in Trading Places. But after complaining about playing time, Sanders reportedly got into a bar fight Saturday night and effed up his thumb. Stop giving him roids, Braun, we don't need more roid rage in Milwaukee! I wonder if he was getting hazed by Ersan Ilyasova like Richie Incognito. "You must play better, now!" yells Ersan in a thick Turkish accident. Hey, Ilyasova was a scratch last night too, Gus Ayonin'! Anyway, Sanders is accused of breaking champagne bottles over peoples' heads, and to top if off he then missed Monday's game because his wife went into labor. Sorry Larry Sanders Jr… I'm just sorry… Hopefully this version of The Larry Sanders Show ends anti-climatically with Sanders getting back on the court and giving fantasy owners something. If you've got him, you have to be holding and hoping Sanders can settle down and have this blow over, before he's looking back at his life and he's Robert Swift. Here's what else went down last night in fantasy hoops:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Man, what a huge night it was across the NBA with nearly every team in action. It obviously all starts with the shocker Philly put on the Heat, and Michael Carter-Williams' unreal debut. I was following with my co-workers during the game and tweeted that if he got a triple-double in his first NBA game, the universe would implode. Thankfully MCW was a steal short and we're all still here. His final line of 6-10 (4-6 3PTM 6-8 FT) 22 Pts 7 Rebs 12 Asts and 9 Stls might actually win some owners their matchups this week on its own. Just preposterous. Most steals in NBA history in a player's debut. Ok before we all go nutso, remember the Heat played without Dwayne Wade (rest), don't have a PG, and had all their hands weighed down with new championship rings. So that's not really an excuse, but so what?! The shooting efficiency was fantastic (the biggest knock on him coming into the year), plus he had only one turnover (his second main knock). "Nice knockers!" Thanks Young Frankenstein! MCW indeed moves up a fair bit in value in my eyes, but this is likely his best line on the year. MCW was wildly inconsistent in college and I don't expect much consistency on a terrible 76ers team (I know they just beat the Heat, but c'mon). Look for John Wall to lock him up on Friday and cool the hype. Despite inconsistencies, it goes without saying that MCW should be owned in all leagues now (78% Yahoo, 59.4% ESPN), so if for some reason he's available in your league, you gotta get him. I'm not expecting MCW to be an elite player, but will continue to contribute even in down games. Here's what else I saw across Fantasy Basketball last night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
After re-ranking the top 10, top 20, and top 50, it's easy to see there's been big changes since last May. Below are the Razzball Updated Rankings with the previous May rankings in parentheses before the adjusted rank:
(68) ↑ 51. Derrick Favors – Utah declining to bring back either Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap gives you a slight inclination on their thoughts on Favors, and they're already talking contract extension with their emerging big as well. I love his athleticism, and if I miss out on Serge Ibaka who I'm high on early, I'm gonna want to reach on Favors to win blocks. I think he'll be a top-5 NBA swatter.
(51) 52. Kemba Walker – Kemba has been higher on virtually every rankings I've seen, and I'm just not top-50 high on him. He had a really solid season last year, but the terrible FG% still worries me as I feel like he forces some offense. The acquisition of Big Al is going to give the Bobcats/soon-to-be Hornets an actual scorer down, and I don't think that translates into helping Kemba all that much. I like Gerald Henderson a lot too to take a bigger scoring role. The 2.0 steals a game last year was elite, but I see those going down along with the scoring, and a comparable 5.7:2.4 Ast:TO ratio. All that spells a slightly down ranking for me. Although to be fair, he's played in every single Bobcats game in his career, so there's that reliability that can't be ignored.Please, blog, may I have some more?
I've got to say, growing up a huge Charlotte Hornets fan, I am going to finally have a favorite team again next year. I mean, the Bobcats is such a horrific name for a professional sports team that it actually made me not cheer for them. If they follow my logic – citizens of New Orleans, I'm sorry, you're no longer cheering for your NBA team.
If you missed it the other night, the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery was selected (coincidentally right when a huge Powerball was built up and won – conspiracy?!) with the Cleveland Cavaliers winning another #1 pick. Nerlens Noel, or Captain N as I'm going to call him, looks like he's heading to one of basketball's friendliest cities. Just don't leave for another team in a televised special. Honestly, my first thought was, "great, another talented player I have to navigate through injury estimates with."
Anyway, I doubt any NBA rookies will crack the top 100 for fantasy this year, it's a pretty weak draft class, but that's why these way too early rankings will be capped at 100 before readdressed closer to the season when they'll expand to 200. As always with rankings this early, it's May, the Finals haven't even started yet, and there will be a lot of revisions. But here's how I see things shaking out as of right now:Please, blog, may I have some more?
I bet you haven't heard and I'm breaking the news… The Heat lost last night! 27 games in a row, down the drain. One of the most impressive streaks we've seen in American sports is over. However, instead of linking highlights to the game, I think this sketch from one of the best sketch comedy shows Mr. Show encapsulates what happened last night. David Cross is the Bulls and Bob Odenkirk is the Heat.
Fantasy-wise, the Heat big three had their usual games and Luol Deng was the Bulls top performer with 28 Pts and 4 3PTM. It was one of the most-hyped, most-talked about regular season NBA games in recent memory, so apologies this isn't a fantasy-heavy open. That's what the rest is for!
Here's what else went down across a heavy slate of NBA action (yes, there were other games!):Please, blog, may I have some more?
Shaun Livingston had another nice game Friday night with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in 38 minutes. If you're waiting for Kyrie Irving to return and save your team, you're just as sad and depressing as every other Cavs fan and you may be disappointed. Don't wait till its too late, any player is better than an injured player in the playoffs because injured players don't play! Fact! Meanwhile, Shaun Livingston is just 12% owned and averaging 12.5 points, 6 assists and 3.5 rebounds in two games starting since Irving went down. He also chipped in 4 steals and a block in that span. Livingston is not a huge scorer, but he could provide decent value in some other categories and will get plenty of burn in the Cleveland back court if you are looking for a player to help down the stretch.
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With high school prom season getting into full swing, two Illinois State University students, from just east of the Quad Cities are delivering a message to students. Don't drink and drive. A tragedy has given them a new mission to honor their friend's life.
On March 29, 2014, three ISU students were enjoying an evening at a semi-formal. Not wanting to drink and drive, one of the students, Michael Collins called a friend to give them a ride home.
"We weren't even the ones drinking and driving. We were the responsible ones," said Ali Seys, one of the passengers.
Within minutes a drunk driver who was speeding, ran a red light, and hit them. Seys and the driver walked away okay, but Collins lost his life four days later after having several brain surgeries. Collins, a senior, was getting ready to graduate with a degree in exercise science.
"He was contagious, like his smile and his personality, as soon as you saw him you just caught onto that smile," said Seys.
Tawni Ricketts who is wheelchair-bound for now, broke her lower back and has several other fractures from the accident.
"It's just really important to treasure your life and the friends with you because you never know what could happen," said Seys.
Friends wanted to keep Michael's memory alive so a friend of Michael's created a Facebook page called "Pay it forward for Michael Collins."
"We thought it would be a good coping mechanism for his friends and family and it just went viral right away," said Seys.
People from all over the world are being impacted. You can see their movement MC Strong on shirts, buttons and signs. Their message is simple, don't drink and drive.
"I just want them to take away how precious life is and how dangerous it is to drink and drive," says Seys.
Ricketts from Geneseo and Seys from Orion, plan to go to high schools and speak to area students. Collin's parents plan on starting a foundation in his name. Around $48,000 have been raised for it.

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There is no other place Jon Troneck would rather be on Memorial Day Weekend than Summerville Country Club.
Every year Troneck makes sure he clears his calendar so he can participate in the Chick Miler Invitational golf tournament held at the Miler Golf Course. Since Bufort Blanton and Archie Paris founded the tournament, Troneck has only missed it once.
"I didn't play in the first one in 1974 because I didn't know about it but I've played in all the others," Troneck said. "A friend of mine who played in the first one told me about it and how nice it was so I signed up the next year."
Last weekend, Troneck teed off for his 39th straight Chick Miler and he says it won't be his last.
"As long as I'm able to swing a club, I'm going to play in the Chick Miler," he said. "Naturally my scores aren't what they used to be. I injured my shoulder and it was actually really bothering me this year but I told the doctor to just do anything he could because I wasn't going to miss this tournament."
He has seen the invitational tournament grow over the years.
Troneck's first year participating there were only some 25 golfers in the field. Last weekend, 201 participants teed off for the 40th annual event.
One of the lures of the tournament is it welcomes a broad spectrum of golfers ranging from those who won't be upset if their best round is over 100 to those who have PGA aspirations.
"The Blantons are such good people and the hospitality at this tournament is just great," Troneck said. "Even at the first tournament I participated in they fed you after every round. There are a lot of repeat players so we have become a very close-knit group over the years that share a lot of memories. Plus, I've met so many interesting people through this tournament. Even the Mayor plays in this tournament."
The 62-year-old Troneck finished this year's tournament with a 271 score to place seventh in the ninth flight. He just edged out Summerville Mayor Bill Collins, who tied with Dewey Nettles for eighth place in the ninth flight with a 272 score.
Troneck's best performance in the tournament was in 2000 when he shot rounds of 74, 73 and 77.
"I remember Bufort Blanton coming up to me and saying 'when did you get so good? I didn't know you could shoot in the low 70's,'" Troneck said.
The golfer's loyalty to the Chick Miler tournament comes as no surprise to those who know him.
Troneck grew up on James Island and graduated from Baptist College in 1972. One of his first job interviews was with Belk's. He accepted the job and worked there until he retired.
He moved to Summerville in 1987.
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(ABC 6 News) -- A neighborhood in Rochester has been working on a vision plan for years. That way, as the downtown expands, they'll be prepared. At Wednesday night's city council meeting, the Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association asked council to add their plans to the books.
It's something those with the group have been working on for about three years. They're not asking for any big developments, but more so a plan to have in place as the city grows.
This neighborhood is right next to the downtown and they said things like the $6 billion expansion project proposed by Mayo Clinic are only going to stretch the downtown's boundaries.
They're calling it a vision plan, where if any private developers come along, they won't be caught off guard. "Some of the points that we looked at were mobility. How people move on the streets, and the trail systems with the neighborhood, and connecting better into to the downtown.
We also looked at home and yards and market places, looking at where potential redevelopment can happen," said Wayne Flock with the Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association.
Council voted in favor to incorporate the plans into their zoning books for future use, so when private developers come forward, they can use this as a tool to see what fits best with that neighborhood.


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Qualitative Theory of Planar Differential Systems is a graduate-level introduction to systems of polynomial autonomous differential equations in two real variables. The emphasis throughout is on the vector field associated with a differential system and its phase portrait in the plane.
Many of the concepts and results presented are applicable in higher dimensional Euclidean space and on manifolds, but the authors restrict themselves completely to two dimensions. Clearly there is advantage in developing the ideas in the setting where it is easiest to visualize the results. They also avoid discussions of global analytic solutions, preferring to focus on the more practical issue of identifying and understanding qualitative behavior. Bifurcation of solutions is mentioned only briefly.
The authors say in their introduction that numerical analysis of the differential system combined with graphical representation is an essential element necessary for understanding the phase portrait. This does not mean that numerical analysis is discussed anywhere in the book; there are many pictures of phase portraits throughout, but there is no explicit numerical work anywhere.
The basic results for differential systems are presented in Chapter 1. These include existence and uniqueness of solutions as well as continuity with respect to initial conditions. Next come definitions of α- and ω-limit sets and a proof of the Poincare-Bendixson theorem that characterizes them in the plane. This chapter also introduces Lyapunov functions (for analysis of stability), describes analysis of local behavior near periodic orbits and singular points, and develops the idea of the separatrix.
Much of the rest of the book (roughly four and a half chapters) is devoted to the study of singular points of two-dimensional differential systems. The basic tool used for this is a change of variable called a blow-up. Later on, the authors present basic results on the theory of limit cycles, briefly discuss bifurcations of limit cycles, and then quickly introduce the important notion of structural stability.
The last two chapters describe a computer program developed by the authors (and available as freeware) that implements in software several of the tools developed throughout the text. The program is designed to produce a phase portrait for any planar polynomial differential system.
This text treats the basic results of the qualitative theory with competence and clarity. Much of the material on singular points is perhaps of more interest to a specialist than a neophyte, but the material of the text is well-integrated and readily accessible to graduate students or especially capable advanced undergraduates.
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Basic Results on the Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations.- Normal Forms and Elementary Singularities.- Desingularization of Non-elementary Singularities. Centers and Lyapunov Constants. - Poincaré and Poincaré-Lyapunov Compactification.- Indices of Planar Singular Points.- Limit Cycles and Structural Stability.- Integrability and Algebaric Solutions in Polynomial Vector Fields.- Polynomial Planar Phase Portraits.- Examples for Running P4. - Bibliography.


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Withania somnifera Dunal is one of the most commonly used plants in Ayurvedic and indigenous system of medicine in India for over thousands of years. In view of its varied therapeutic potential, the plant has also been the subject of considerable scientific attention. The major chemical constituents of the Withania genus, the withanolides, are a group of naturally occurring C28-steroidal lactones built on an intact or rearranged ergostane framework, in which C22 and C26 are oxidized to form a six-member lactone ring. In recent years, numerous pharmacological investigations have been carried out utilizing W. somnifera extracts and several patents have been filed on pharmacological and medicinal importance of withanolides and extracts of W. somnifera, individually or in combination. Considering the immense importance of withanolides for medicinal purposes, the establishment of strategies to improve withanolides yield are highly desirable. Under natural conditions, W. somnifera possesses restricted levels of withanolides then, alternatives for obtaining withanolides in better yields are imperative. In vitro approaches followed by metabolic engineering could be attractive tools to achieve this goal. Therefore, we present here an overview of the development of various protocols for in vitro tissue regeneration from W. somnifera and in vitro secondary metabolite production as well. The review also gives an account of selected patents on various important activities of phytochemicals and extracts of W. somnifera.
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Blue Awesome AscendingA Novel
Whitlow, Hubert
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Description"Blue Awesome Ascending is original and moving, and it alternates between moments of hilarity and seriousness. While deeply wise, the book is never pretentious or didactic: the somber moments are always couched between absurdities that somehow come across as completely believable-a lot of fun to read." -Mark Powell, author of Prodigals and Blood Kin
"Blue Awesome Ascending is surrealism at its best. . . . The prose quality is exquisite. The line-by-line writing is poetic and musical-each page is a new adventure. In fact, each sentence presents a new turn of phrase, a stop-you-in-your-tracks insight, or a darkly comic witticism." -Jeanne Leiby, editor of Southern Review and author of Downriver: Short Stories
"Darkly comic, magical, and moving, this is the kind of novel that Flannery O'Conner and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez might have collaborated on-but it is all Hubert Whitlow, a major new voice in Southern fiction." -Allen Wier, author of Tehano
Pearl Harbor has just been bombed, and thirteen-year old Blue Awesome Easterly yearns to grow up fast, join the Army Air Corps, and become a hero. But one-eyed Aunt Spook warns him: "Beware the light!" She knows, because "the swamp people told me while I was in a trance," that Blue Awesome is fated to see events from the past-revealed in flashes of light only he can see. "This light never dies," cautions Aunt Spook. "And it never forgets what it sees."
Blue Awesome's parents operate their funeral parlor/telephone business out of their home, Welcome Hall, in deep south Home Free, a small village not far from Swamp Ha-Ha, an area as "rural as raw peanuts." Blue Awesome's mother, Ethyl, more or less runs the businesses by herself because his father, Poordaddy, teaches in his private, tuition-free Classic Academy for Young Men. The Easterlys are getting by fine until the commander of the new Army base asks them to secretly embalm a murdered African American officer. When word gets out, local vigilantes turn their world upside down. But that's just the half of it.
Take a pinch of Gabriel García Márquez, a dollop of Riddley Walker, a touch of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a smidgen of William Kotzwinkle-blend thoroughly, bake at high heat (swamp temperature would be best) and you have this entirely new confection, Blue Awesome Ascending. Prepare for a feast.
Hubert H. Whitlow Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Library Science and Political Science at Georgia Highlands College. He has published stories in Southern Humanities Review and The Louisville Review, and Beloit Fiction Journal.
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James L. Fisher: A mini survey in Vero Beach: Just how conservative is its population? You might be surprised
While most self-identified with GOP, views seemed moderate
What are the opinions on the Treasure Coast regarding controversial subjects? Many of us believe they are largely conservative, but you may be surprised at some of their answers.
A few months ago, I was asked by a friend of mine in Massachusetts to show the president of the Edward Kennedy Foundation around Vero Beach. I said, "of course," but jokingly I advised my friend to tell him that there are no liberal thinkers in Vero Beach.
Turns out I was wrong.
The recent holidays inspired some research on the subject. The following discussion is based on the opinions of those interviewed on the Treasure Coast, mostly in Vero Beach, who were selected based on stratified random samples (age) and random samples. Many were interviewed by phone and at McDonald's, Dockside Grill, Bobby's, the Red Onion, Cravings, Casey's, Dede's, The Moorings and Quail Valley. In addition to permanent residents, there were snowbirds from all over the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany and Great Britain.
How did these folks feel about government, entitlement programs, foreign wars, term and spending limits, public education, police protection, politicians, prostitution, drug laws, birth control, interracial and same sex marriage, waterboarding and taxing the rich?
Of more than 100 people, 78 percent identified themselves as Republican, 12 percent Democrat, 10 percent other; 55 percent were females. The age range of interviewees was 25 to 88, and 80 percent had attended or graduated from college. Interestingly, there were no significant differences based on age, but women were slightly more conservative than men.
The answers: All of those interviewed were supportive of dramatic changes in public schools, including merit pay for teachers (90 percent), opposed to teachers' unions (80 percent), in favor of prayer (85 percent) and Pledge of Allegiance (100 percent), more empowered school principals (80 percent), and in favor of charter schools (85 percent).
They were very supportive of stronger gun control laws (90 percent) and were generally against having police in schools (40 percent). They were in favor of police surveillance cameras (58 percent) but equivocal regarding "stop and frisk" (50 percent) and public schools providing contraceptives (50 percent).
Sixty-six percent believed that prostitution and 70 percent that marijuana should be legalized. Seventy-five percent supported same-sex marriage and 90 percent interracial marriage.
About government: Ninety percent favored work programs over entitlement and two years of public service for all 18-year-olds (90 percent); 68 percent believed in public assistance for unwed mothers, 70 percent that we should bring the troops home now; 90 percent believed in term limits for all elected officials, and 100 percent favored limits on campaign spending. Only 15 percent favored increased taxes for the rich (no surprise here).
What does all this mean? Yes, Vero Beach is generally conservative, but surprisingly supportive on many social issues, such as a woman's right to choose, same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana. They favor merit pay for teachers, but are opposed to teachers' unions and higher taxes for the rich.
There were very few extremists among Republicans or Democrats: Out of more than 100 interviewees, there were only five who were rigidly right or left.
What do you think?
James L. Fisher, Vero Beach, is president emeritus of Towson (Md.) University.
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PARIS: The battle for the final four European places for the 2014 World Cup finals get underway today with France and Portugal battling to join the likes of fellow continental heavyweights holders Spain and Germany in Brazil.
Portugal, led by superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, have the toughest play-off as they face Sweden, who have their own icon in Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading their line.
Former champions France travel to Kiev to play Ukraine and will be hoping if they qualify it will not be in the controversial manner they did for the 2010 finals where the decisive goal against Ireland in their play-off was set up by Thierry Henry's infamous handball.
The other two play-offs pit goal-shy Greece against Romania while the fairytale could be provided by Iceland, bidding to become the smallest country to ever qualify for the finals, as they host 1998 semi-finalists Croatia.
Ukraine will host a France side in danger of missing out on its first World Cup finals since 1994.
France coach Didier Deschamps – who in 1998 became the first French captain to lift the World Cup trophy as they beat Brazil in Paris – said his players were in the right frame of mind to overcome Ukraine.
"It's played on the pitch but it's the head that manages the legs," said the former Juventus and Monaco coach.
"We're in a state of mind of challenge, of combat. There's no room for doubt, for uncertainty, for questioning."
Uruguay step closer to finals berth
Uruguay are almost assured of their place in next year's World Cup finals in Brazil after battering Jordan 5-0 in their intercontinental first-leg play-off.
The South American giants sealed an emphatic victory against the 70th ranked Jordanians who failed to live up to the hype and expectation generated in their own country.
"I expected that the team would face difficulties, and win, but not with that number of goals," said Uruguay's coach Oscar Tabarez.
Meanwhile, Mexico thumped New Zealand 5-1 in the first leg of their qualifying play-off to take a massive step towards a place in next year's World Cup finals.


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Port Everglades is undergoing monumental capital improvements to more effiiciently handle increasing amounts of international cargo, and to provide cruise guests with a first-class cruise vacation experience. Construction accounts for 9,000 immediate jobs and will result in 7,000 new permanent jobs locally and 135,000 new jobs statewide.
A public meeting was held on June 24, 2013 to kick off an update to the Master Plan and give the public an opportunity to participate. View the Master Plan Public Meeting presentation.
Construction is administered by the Broward County Public Works Department through Seaport Engineering and Construction Division. For information about competitive bidding on upcoming construction projects, visit the Broward County Purchasing website.
Eller Drive Overpass
At the east end of I-595, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is building the Eller Drive Overpass to carry vehicles entering Port Everglades over two new rail tracks that will expand into six working tracks for a new Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) rail yard at the Port. Work also includes reconstructing several ramps of the I-595/US 1/Eller Drive interchange, reconstructing Eller Drive intersections at Northeast 7th Ave., Northeast 14th Ave. and McIntosh Road, installing:
FDOT's $42.5 million Eller Drive Overpass project is expected to be complete in late 2014.
Status: All lanes in each direction will be shifted north on Eller Drive beginning overnight, Wednesday, May 15. The new traffic pattern will remain in effect until summer 2014. See Eller Drive via 7th Ave. from I-595 and Eller Drive Westbound to 1-595 maps.All northbound lanes on US 1 turning east into Port Everglades are directed north on US 1 to turn west on Southeast 30th St., then south on Southeast 6th St. to the Eller Drive Extension. From Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the northbound connection into the Port has reopened.
Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF)
The new rail yard, called an Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF), will make it possible for cargo containers to be directly transferred between ships and railcars to take an estimated 180,000 truck trips a year off roads by 2029, which will reduce traffic congestion and harmful air emissions. Drivers who are commonly delayed at the railroad crossing at S.R. 84 and Andrews Ave. will directly benefit because the trains will be put together at Port Everglades instead of at the rail yard on Andrews Avenue. This ICTF, which will be built and operated by the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC), will be the first on-port rail yard in the United States to process both domestic and internationals cargoes. FEC is investing $53 million to build and will operate the ICTF. Broward County's Port Everglades Department, which is a self-supporting Enterprise Fund that does not rely on local tax dollars, contributed 42.5 acres of land for the ICTF which is valued at $19 million.
Status: Broke ground on January 17, 2013. Site is currently being clearned and prepared for construction.Estimated Completion: mid-2014.
McIntosh Road Loop
McIntosh Road in Southport will allow smoother access for trucks entering the terminal yards:
Status: McIntosh Loop Road Phase II construction is underway. Asphalt installation for the southbound lanes is completed. Northbound lane work is progressing.Estimated Completion: end of 2013
Southport Turning Notch Extension
The Southport Turning Notch extension project will lengthen the existing deep-water turn-around area for cargo ships from 900 feet to 2,400 feet at the existing depth of 42 feet, which will allow for five new cargo berths. A critical part of the Southport Turning Notch extension includes replacing 8.7 acres of an existing mangrove conservation easement with a 16.5-acre upland enhancement of approximately 70,000 new mangroves, plants and seeds as well as completing a number of environmental improvements in West Lake Park.
Port officials worked closely with port users, the environmental community and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to develop the plan for the new mangrove habitat. Broward County, which governs Port Everglades, executed an agreement with FDEP on September 10, 2010, that details the steps required to facilitate the release of the existing 8.7 acres of mangrove conservation area. The agreement speaks specifically to an expedited permitting process with FDEP and is the critical path to maintaining the estimated timeline for this project. The project is currently in the design and permitting phase and construction is scheduled for completion in 2017.Status: The consultant team, Derose, has been retained to design the mangrove enhancement area and related storm water drainage. Project permitting is underway. Bergeron Land Development, Inc. has been selected to construct the enhancement area. The pre-construction and plant growing contract is expected to be finalized in May 2013
Deepening and Widening Navigational Channels
Port Everglades is continuing to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen and widen the Port's navigational channels from 42 feet to 50 feet. The Project calls for deepening and widening the Outer Entrance Channel from an existing 45-foot project depth over a 500-foot channel width to a 57-foot depth with an 800-foot channel width, deepening the Inner Entrance Channel and Main Turning Basin from 42 feet to 50 feet, and widening the channels within the Port to increase the margin of safety for ships transiting to berth. The total cost is estimated to be $320 million, including a $131 million investment by the Port. A preliminary benefit/cost analysis by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determined that there will be a $1.56 return for every dollar invested. Widening and deepening the channel at Port Everglades is projected to create 5,862 construction jobs in the near term and 1,491 regional jobs by the year 2027.Status: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has release the draft environmental and feasibility studiy. The public comment period will run through August 13, 2013.
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This project will construct a bypass road that will allow traffic to move through the port without entering security areas, which will put the Broward County Convention Center outside the secure area of the Port.Status: Construction for the first phase of the bypass road, which will move the security checkpoint further south on Eisenhower Boulevard, is estimated to begin in the Winter of 2013
Florida Power & Light
In the early morning hours of July 16, a series of controlled explosions demolished FPL's 1960s-era Port Everglades Power Plant. This was the first step in FPL's plan to transform old power plants into high-efficiency, combined-cycle natural gas energy centers.
The new Port Everglades Next Generation Clean Energy Center will take approximately three years to construct and will:
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Runway
Construction of an expanded runway at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) is creating traffic changes on US 1.The three northbound and three southbound lanes have shifted slightly to the east. All three lanes in each direction remain open. For safety reasons, the speed limit was reduced to 40 miles-per-hour. This lane shift is just north of Griffin Road.
In related traffic changes, 10th Street is open to traffic from U.S. 1 east to Southeast 7th Ave. Taylor Road is closed permanently.Status: Traffic is scheduled to shift back to the newly aligned US 1 in June 2013.


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Who R the 2010 Patriots
posted at 1/12/2010 9:22 AM ESTWhen this whole Dynasty thing got started back in 2001 we had a team of Vets, Journeymen and dedicated soldiers. They won games by punching people in the mouth, protecting the ball and playing smart situational footbal. They brought a determination and toughnest to the game that hadn't really been seen before. Just a bunch of misfits with a winning desire and a resolve forged mostly from being part of losing programs or being rejected as not the prototypical player. We had a DEFENSIVE minded coach that was always the smartest person in the stadium and maube even the veiwing audience. Patriot games back then were typically won by 7 or less points. A halftime lead was a Wiki defenition of a lock and it meant that the oposing team could expect to be bumrushed, Beaten and demoralized. This is most evident in the record of those teams the week after playing the Patriots. This was also typically a loss. This formula/Recipe brought three championships to lowely Foxboro, MA and to NE.
Something chganged. We brought slow & Steady, Smart, Tough, Dedicated to the field and we won three SB's by a combined 9pts. Then we bacame anamoured by the flashy girl. We changed our team to be a highlight reel. With this new team we broke almost every record there is. We have won more games by bigger margins than any other team in history. But we have 0, ZERO championships to show for it. Everyone hates us and cheers when we lose or bad things happen.
I'll be the first to admit I ROARED and jumped out of my seat everytime a TB to RM touchdown was scored. I loved beating teams by 30pts. But as I right this I now know the truth.. We say it all the time. We hear it everywhere. We use it to make our arguments. But we left it sitting on the side while we danced with flashy. And now we have everything we deserve. wait for it.......
Lets hope BB also realizes what has happened and he does what he needs to do in order to get us back there.. I would trade 10 randy moss for one Andruzzi, Phifer, Bruishi, Cox, Harrison, IzzoMcGinest, Milloy, Vrabel.. I'm sure i'm missing many but you get the idea... Just my 2 cents...
Re: Who R the 2010 Patriots
posted at 1/12/2010 12:21 PM ESTThe pats will be retooled and reloaded for the start of the 2010 season. I'm putting all y'all bches on notice.. Soryy I needed to go a little getto.
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posted at 1/12/2010 12:48 PM ESTBB has been drafting almost exclusively defensive players with his higher round draft choices for the last two drafts. I expect that many of the picks need 2 years to mature. BB runs the NFL's most complex defense when he has the personnel.
Other picks such as the 5 foot 9 cornerbacks were probably poor strategic investments to begin with. Bug boy football players get injured very easily when they collide with tight ends and pulling guards, and then they become slow and can't jump very high. Since cornerbacks need 2 years to learn their craft, odds are they'll never be good for much, and in this league you have to play the odds.
In any case the defensive free agents were mostly flops. Somebody will wake up to this fact and then somebody will get demoted/fired. Also, I hope the Pats will get a bit closer to their old Riverboat Charlie Weiss offensive play calling.
Overall, the 2010 Patriots will still be Robert Kraft, great owner, Bill Belichick, great coach, Tom Brady, great quarterback, a pile of experience on a team that was 10-5 when they clinched the division 35-7 against a playoff wannabe, and more draft choices than any team really has a right to have. All of that hasn't changed.
Re: Who R the 2010 Patriots
posted at 1/12/2010 2:04 PM ESTYour original question is a tough one. Other than Koppen, Brady, Vollmer, Moss, Warren, Mayo, and Merriweather, I don't think our starting line-up is set in stone at all. Yes, Mankins will probably be retained because he's a RFA. I think next year, the re-build continues, and we will be fortunate to win nine games.
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posted at 1/12/2010 2:08 PM ESTHey MVP..
I agree with what your saying. My point was that our D is not scary to anyone. I just feel that with BB as Coach and Emperor of all things football in NE that the D should always be top 5 in the league. I wanted to write "Best in the League" but I accounted for parity.. I mean, doesn't that make sense.. Shouldn't a BB run team just have a scary D...
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posted at 1/12/2010 3:10 PM ESTThanks for the pep talk MVP.
I agree completely. Hopefully BB Coaching cupboard won't get raided this year and he can spend more time with the X's and O's and less time trying to bring a green coach up to speed.
I fully agree that the seeds for the next Dynasty could very well be here all ready..


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Angry Birds Transformers is a welcome departure from the slingshot approach found in previous Rovio games, and it's still very entertaining -- as long as you don't mind freemium timers.
With familiar characters, drift-racing action, and good-looking graphics, Angry Birds Go! is a fun arcade racer, but repetitive gameplay and freemium limitations are regrettably part of the package.
With new birds, new powers, and a ton of new levels to explore in the "Star Wars" universe, Angry Birds Star Wars is a worthy purchase, even if you've played all the previous games.
While the gameplay has barely evolved, this sequel is just as addictive as ever, and is still a great download for all ages.
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The Aries Blackbird X10 has the makings of a good ready-to-fly quadcopter for aerial photos and video at a reasonable price. The performance is just too inconsistent to give it a full recommendation, though, especially for novice pilots.
Step aside, Ring and Skybell -- a new Wi-Fi video doorbell is joining the fray.
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Free app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology might just turn you into a birder.
Road Trip 2015: The first in a two-part series on Vietnam's startup scene and how the government is trying to rev up investment and interest in businesses that hope to be the next viral hit.
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Your doctor says you need a liver transplant. You go through all the emotions. You're frightened, hopeful and possibly confused. You wonder, "How long will I be on the waiting list? Will I get an organ in time?" When dealing with concerns about your medical condition, the last thing you want to worry about is how much your transplant will cost. We have a knowledgeable team of people here at Lahey, including a social worker and a financial coordinator, who will help you get the answers to your questions. Although the information about financing your transplant and medications can be overwhelming, you, your financial coordinator and the social worker will work closely together to develop a plan that works best for you. Our dedicated financial coordinator will guide you through the entire process, including contacting your insurance company for benefits information and approval for your transplant. If you have stopped working because of your illness, your financial coordinator can help you determine whether and how your former coverage can be extended. Some important points to consider, depending on whether or not you currently have health insurance to cover transplant-related costs are presented below.
Transplants are very expensive, so you should make sure there are no special riders on your policy or limitations. Prescription coverage is imperative, as the cost of transplant medicines is high. If you have an HMO or POS insurance plan, make sure you obtain all necessary referrals to avoid any billing issues. If your health plan covers only partial costs, your social worker and/or financial coordinator can help you find ways to finance the out-of-pocket expenses. There are programs designed to assist transplant recipients with their unique financial needs.
Not having health insurance poses a challenge for patients in need of transplant, but your financial coordinator can help you investigate a number of other options, such as state or federal funding and assistance through charitable organizations or advocacy groups. Check with your local Medicaid office for eligibility, which is based primarily on income. In addition, most states have a High Risk Health Insurance Pool for individuals with preexisting conditions who need to purchase an insurance plan. Check with your state's insurance commissioner for more information. On the Internet, you can logon to your state's Web site, where you will find links to government agencies for insurance or health care. You can also consult your local phone book for agency listings under the government section. There are several agencies that will assist you in fund raising, and we can provide you with information on these resources. If you are out of work due to disability, you should apply for Social Security Disability Insurance. You will become eligible for Medicare coverage after receiving these Social Security benefits for two years. For more information, consult the Web sites for Medicare or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Hello world! I've been feeling great for the past few days because guess what… tickets to America have officially been booked for the end of this month! :O Best feeling ever to know that 2014 will start with a big adventure. Especially after watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I feel even more compelled to travel more and seek out for new experiences. And well, the world's a pretty big place, it'd be a damn shame not to try and visit every corner of it right? Despite the whole naive,whimsical tones of the movie, I thoroughly enjoyed it very much with its stellar scenery shots paired with some epic soundtrack. You've all got to watch it!
Today though, I've got another no churn ice cream. This was the product of leftover ingredients from some of the cakes I've made earlier in the month. And mannnn I'd be lying if I said I wasn't proud of myself of thinking of something spontaneously exciting yet easy to make with said ingredients. Homemade passionfruit curd/creme (yes, the luscious, rich Pierre Herme ones- swoooon), cream cheese, condensed milk and drumroll for the secret ingredient….. dun dun dun —> evaporated milk! Yaaaaahhh, the other time I made the pandan coconut ice cream with thickened cream, although insanely good, it was very, very rich and left an unpleasant oiliness on the lips after consumption. Especially with the lovely summer flavours and the rich cream cheese already in the mix, I wanted to keep it light and refreshing, thus experimented with evaporated milk. And boooyah it worked! Wonderfully too mmmmm. Just remember to refrigerate the can overnight and chill in the freezer 30 mins before use just till the edges start to get a little icy. And it really, really does whip up like cream! Cool stuff eh?
And after a very smart suggestion from my mum to clean up my old stuff in the study room to make room for my props, I finally got around to it yesterday. Here's the result! I love how everything is not so put together I can grab things from the same place instead of having to run around the house looking for a spoon here and a tea towel there. Ya know what I'm sayin'!
Passionfruit Cheesecake Ice Cream
Makes about 1.5L ice cream
- 250g cream cheese, softened
- 300ml evaporated milk, chilled overnight and frozen 30 minutes before starting, then whipped to soft peaks
- 1/2 cup condensed milk, or more to taste
- 3/4 cup smooth passionfruit curd (if you wanna make it yourself, I very highly recommend Pierre Herme's or Laduree's recipe)
- crushed biscuits, pistachios
- figs, to serve
1. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Pour whipped evaporated milk into cream cheese and mix on low speed until well combined. Add in condensed milk, mix well, add passionfruit curd, mix well.
2. In a container, or loaf pan, pour 1/4 of the mixture. Top with biscuits and nuts. Repeat until all the mixture is used up. Top with remaining biscuits and pistachios and using a skewer, swirl the mixture so that the toppings are evenly distributed.
3. Freeze overnight. Leave on counter for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with figs if desired.
Figs are such delicate, beautiful fruits aren't they! They go really well with the pistachios and tropical creamy goodness. All up, prep time is probably under 30 mins so you'll have no excuse to not make these! Simply the best for summer mmmm. I'll see you all again on here very soon! And if you feel like being a kind soul, why not leave some lovely suggestions for where to eat/shop/enjoy the view around NY or LA. I'd love you for that! x


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Planetarium's Thunder in the Dome gives option for watching fireworks
The Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium at the University of Louisville will open its doors April 21 to give Thunder Over Louisville goers a new option for watching the fireworks show and participating in Thunder-related events.
The planetarium's Thunder in the Dome party will include children's activities, a meal, a planetarium show and parking in the Speed Art Museum parking garage, which is next to a designated TARC Thunder shuttle route.
Thunder in the Dome attendees can opt to watch the fireworks show in the planetarium's 55-foot dome or at the waterfront. Those who stay at the waterfront can take the TARC shuttle to return to their vehicle after the show is over.
"We think our event offers the best of both worlds," said planetarium director Thomas Tretter. "It gives people the option of deciding at the last minute where they want to watch the show and removes worry over weather, parking and traffic."
Tickets for Thunder in the Dome are available at online and cost $50 for people age 13 and older, $20 for children ages 2-12 and $125 for a group of two adults and two children. Children under age 2 are free.
Discounts for planetarium members are $20 off adult tickets, $10 off child tickets and $50 off group tickets.


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There are more questions than answers in area school districts today after voters failed to pass several sales tax increases that would pay for facility improvements.
On Tuesday, March 18th, 2014, voters in Rock Island County, Carroll County, Warren County, and Whiteside County all rejected 1% county sales tax referendums on their respective ballots.
In Rock Island County, 44% voted yes and 56% voted no.
On Wednesday, March 19th, 2014, we asked voters why they think the measure failed. Many say they believe a majority of people support the schools, but not as many support taxes.
"I wanted the school kids to get the money," says Moline Resident, Ralph Horton. "I really did. I'm all for the kids, but I can see why it got defeated very easily."
"They wonder where is the money going?" he adds. "Where's all the gambling money that's supposed to be going to the schools? Where is it? I would like to know myself."
"They don't trust government as much anymore and I think that raising taxes is not the answer," says Rock Island Resident, Dick Whitfield. "It's really not and I think people are saying that."
That voice was apparent to Superintendents in Rock Island County, like Dr. David Moyer from the Moline School District.
"They get to vote, they exercise their right to vote, and they certainly spoke loud and clear," he said.
"This was one opportunity locally for our community to say that they wanted to do something positive for the long term in the community and they chose a different path."
Before the vote, Dr. Moyer told WQAD how they planned to use the tax. The list included installing air-conditioning at Moline High School, safety and security upgrades throughout the district, upgrades to the auditorium and pool at Moline High School, and improvements – including handicapped accessibility – at the Wharton Fieldhouse and Browning Field.
However, Dr. Moyer says that has now all changed.
"All of those things that we talked about are things that just are not going to happen in my lifetime," he said.
Dr. Mike Oberhaus, Superintendent of the Rock Island-Milan School District said the same thing about his school district's 10-year plan.
"That plan will basically be put on hold until such time that funding becomes available," he said. "We will slowly try to do what we can with the minimal funding that we do have available in our general operating budget to try to do some capital improvements in our buildings, but it will be very diminished compared to what it could have been."
Both Dr. Moyer and Dr. Oberhaus say the only place that funding comes from is another tax – property taxes. When asked if they will increase property taxes now that the 1% county sales tax has failed, they both said not at this time.
"The sales tax would have given an alternative revenue stream to pay for the long-term debt accumulated to do facility upgrades, so based on where we are today we will continue to rely on property taxes to pay for facilities, upkeep, and modernization," says Dr. Oberhaus.
However, they also said that means installing things like air-conditioning or safety upgrade will take longer to do.
"We will try to slowly implement those security upgrades as time permits and funds allow, but it will be very difficult with the economic conditions in the state of Illinois," says Dr. Oberhaus.
"I think Rock Island County schools are facing an uphill battle for the foreseeable future and we're just going to have to do the best we can," says Dr. Moyer.
Rock Island County Residents – Horton and Whitfield – say they agree, but before things can change on the local level, they both say it needs to change at the state level.
"When you say the word 'politician,' the first thing that comes into my mind is C-R-O-O-K – crook," says Whitfield.
"Maybe if they could have more openness about where all these monies are going they'd be able to pass it easier," says Horton.
Besides the 1% county sales tax referendum in Rock Island County, six other tax proposals in the Illinois Quad Cities were voted down on Tuesday, March 18th. For complete election results and more in-depth coverage, click here.


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Cook the Book: Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
Sweet pastry topped with layers of peanut butter mousse, jam, and an oat crumble? Even if they aren't exactly cookies, this was one bite-sized sweet that needed to be shared. It's a bar for diehard fans of PB&J, those who enjoy spoonfuls of peanut butter straight from the jar. More


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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Rachel's Challenge is to "inspire and equip" the replacement of violence with kindness, and thanks to an anonymous donation the program will come to Westborough in February.
"People have said to a "T" that it's one of the best, most inspiring kind of events they've had for kids and parents," Assistant Schools Superintendent Dan Mayer said.
The donor was touched by the Newtown, Conn. shootings, Mayer said, and wanted to bring the program to Westborough through the donation "worth thousands of dollars," Mayer said.
The program was developed in memory of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine, Colo. school shootings in 1999.
"It's a way for the whole community to come together and reflect on our values," Mayer said. "I think it's a wonderful gift and we are very appreciative of whoever the anonymous donor is."
"Age appropriate" programs will be presented to Westborough students in grades four through 10 during school on Feb. 28 and March 1. A community event will also be presented at 7:30 p.m. in the Westborough High School auditorium on Feb. 28. Those in grades six and up are invited to attend with family and friends.
The program's goal is to teach students how to replace violence, bullying and negativity with acts of respect, kindness and compassion, according to a news release.
"After receiving this unexpected call we researched other communities that have sponsored this event and heard nothing but glowing reviews," O'Connor said in the release. "As a result, we graciously accepted the donation. We are excited to be able to provide such an inspiring program for our students and our community and are looking forward to an excellent turnout."
The content of the program is based on the writings and life of Scott, who "left a legacy" of reaching out to those who were different and treating them with compassion, according to RachelsChallenge.org.
The program was started by Rachel's father and stepmother, Darnell and Sandy, after finding that Rachel's writings and drawings resonated with such a large number of students and community members.
"Rachel's story gives us permission to start our own chain reaction of kindness and compassion, which positively affects the climate in our schools and communities," according to the program's website.


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In 2007, Harpoon began dabbling in cider, and this fall they've introduced a pumpkin variant. If you read enough food blogs, you might be convinced that pumpkin flavoring is totally played out, making Harpoon very late to a very lame party, but don't kid yourself. Harpoon knows that cider is sold to humans, not blogs, and humans love pumpkin-spiced things. Axe will make their next billion dollars on nutmeg body spray before anyone goes broke betting on pie drinks. More


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RALEIGH, N.C. - Despite a career-high 19 points from freshman Allen Gould (Grand Rapids, Mich.), the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team fell to North Carolina State University 103-59 in action here this afternoon at the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
Junior Austin Ganly (North Yarmouth, Maine), the second-leading scorer in NCAA Division I entering the game, was the only other Wildcat in double figures with 15 points. Damien Wilkins had a game-high 20 points for N.C. State (6-3).
UNH (2-6) kept the game close early, as the 'Cats were down one, 12-11, on a Jeff Senulis (Grand Island, N.Y.) tip-in with 14:36 to play in the first half. NCSU would then go on a 13-4 run to go up 25-15 with 8:58 in the opening stanza. The Wolfpack gradually increased their lead and held a 46-27 halftime advantage.
New Hampshire would score seven of the first nine points of the second half to pull within 14, 48-34, with 18:12 remaining. N.C. State would then go on a 9-0 run of its own to go up 57-34 with 14:38 left in the contest. Rob Marquardt (Northport, N.Y.) would score 19 seconds later to make it 57-36, but the 'Cats would get no closer the rest of the way.
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The Hibbing Fire Department responded Thursday morning to a fire at 513 East Howard where a multi-family three story apartment building and restaurant was found with flames coming from the second story windows.
There were 5 people in the apartments at the time of the fire, two of whom were transported to UMCM where they were treated and released for smoke inhalation.
A total of 11 of the 14 apartments were being rented at the time of the fire and 7 of the 11 renters have been displaced.
The fire was extinguished as of the noon hour, while overhaul operations continued.
The renters and fire crews received assistance from the Red Cross and Salvation Army.
The restaurant and apartments immediately above suffered only minor smoke damage.
Public utilities were able to restore power to the restaurant and apartments immediately above. Cleaning crews and contractors were working late into the night to try and get the restaurant ready to re-open.
The owner was hoping to re-open the restaurant in the next day or so.
The bar section of the building and 9 apartment units located directly above incurred significant fire, smoke, and water damage. Temporary power has been brought in as crews work to try and limit damage to the bar area and copper ceiling.
The 9 upper apartments are still secured and the cause and origin investigation is still under way.
The quick fire containment was successful in part due to the great mutual aide response from the neighboring fire and ems departments.
Due to the extreme cold we needed to rotate out fire crews more than usual. Chisholm Fire, Keewatin Fire, Virginia Fire and EMS, Mt. Iron Fire, Nashwauk Fire, Cherry Fire, Chisholm Ambulance Service, Hibbing Police Dept, Hibbing Public Utilities, and Hibbing Public Works responded to assist on this call.
There were no reported firefighter injuries. Initial damage estimate is at 500,000. The fire started in a second story apartment but the cause of the fire is still currently under investigation. Fire Marshal Bryan Fagerstrom said the insurance company is sending their own investigation team, so the scene is being preserved until they can arrive.


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Will Bones Do a Musical Episode?
Buffy's done it, and so has Grey's Anatomy, so why not Bones? We're talking about a musical episode for a very non-musical show. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), the thought of turning the Jeffersonian into the setting for a cabaret act leaves show creator Hart Hanson shaking his head. Even Emily Deschanel (Brennan ) admitted to TVLine, "I don't think that's a good idea."
But despite their resistance to a full hour of Bones: Glee Edition, they're not opposed to some light crooning — at least based on this week's episode.
In the all-new "The Hole in the Heart" — the same ep in which someone dies at the hands of the dastardly sniper — the team will burst into a rendition of Harry Nilsson's "Coconut." Bones fanatics will remember that the last time we heard this was when Sweets (John Francis Daley) belted it out in "The Wannabe in the Weeds" while running on the treadmill. (Odd choice of workout song, no?) We hope the cast isn't singing it as a tribute to the adorable psychologist with the most-est.
Say it aint so, Hart!
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I have one primary question regarding the speed improvements to the new Macbook Air released today.
How is the new 13.3 inch 1.7 GHz i7 Macbook Air faster than the old 13.3 inch 1.86 core 2 duo Macbook Air.
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I visited the Apple store today to ask, talked to three employees and all the could tell me was that the new one is definitely faster. I am trying to decide if buying a October 2010 model is my best option since the hard drive did not get an improvement with the new model. Processor speed is the only factor I am considering.
there is also thunderbolt and better camera and better graphics card I believe...
I think the better graphics is a result of the i7 processor, I could care less about thunderbolt or a better camera though.
Have not seen any benchmarks on the iSeries in the new MBA. Intel only announced them a little over 2 weeks ago.
But, first off, the iSeries flat out performs the C2D by a fair margin on every test I've seen at a similar clock speeds.
Secondly, the i7 in the new MBA is a hyperthreaded chip - meaning 4 threads vs 2 threads of the older C2D of the last MBA. I would be surprised to see a benchmark of the two chips you're talking about and not see the i7 stomp the C2D by a margin of somewhere around 50%.
Of course if you're using it for a email, internet, office machine... that won't really matter.
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Film - Philip Kerr is made to squirm by a prison drama exploring male rape
Film - Philip Kerr is made to squirm by a prison drama exploring male rape
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A friend of mine, a well-known journalist who has started several times to write a novel, told me why he had never finished one: "About three chapters in I realise that what I'm writing is not James Joyce and I can't go on."
No such inhibitions seem to have affected Steve Buscemi in directing his second feature, Animal Factory, set in a decaying penitentiary in America's Deep South. It's a respectable little movie, but then again it's not Each Dawn I Die (1939), Cool Hand Luke (1967), or The Shawshank Redemption (1994). To that extent, you sort of wonder why Buscemi bothered. Still, it cost just $3.6m, which is about one-twentieth of the budget for The Last Castle (2001), a dreadful prison movie starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. At the very least this film is better than that one.
There are some good performances here, too, most notably from Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke; but audiences have stayed away since the film's release in October 2000, and it grossed just $50,000 at the US box office. Until now the film had failed to find a British distributor and, with all due respect to Optimum Releasing, I think it is easy to see why.
True, it's nicely shot, and avoids all the usual cliches for this kind of film; even so, I can't see a British audience finding Animal Factory any more appealing than the Americans did. There are some subjects with which no audience will ever feel comfortable.
A few years ago I pitched an idea to all the big studios about an air crash investigator. A major star was attached to the project and everything looked promising. Naturally, the script included an air crash. This worried the studio heads, who suspected, rightly, that audiences might not like a movie about the dangers of commercial air travel. That was then. These days, it's everyone's nightmare to find themselves on a 747 seated next to a nervous-looking stranger who's wearing a pair of smouldering Nikes.
No less nightmarish for good-looking men such as myself is the idea of going to prison and discovering what really does happen when you drop the Palmolive in the communal showers. That fear of being buggered senseless by a heavily tattooed bodybuilder with a life sentence and a love of gilded youth is pretty much the only real story in this film. But it's hard to stay seated comfortably in the cinema when male rape is on the menu.
It was never like this for Jimmy Cagney, although very possibly it was for Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke. The homoerotic overtones between his character and George Kennedy's ("that's my beautiful boy") now look more overt than they did when the movie was made, back in the more innocent Sixties. It is even tempting to regard the scene where Luke eats 50 eggs as a sort of metaphor for swallowing something altogether more indigestible than albumen.
No such ambiguities attend the fresh-faced young hero sentenced to two years in jail in this prison drama. Right from the word "guilty" in Animal Factory, it is horribly clear that Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) is going to need a pair of chain-mail underpants; but luckily for him, the pretty boy is taken under the wing of Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), a veteran convict who has manipulated the system to his advantage, earning the respect of the toughest cons and the favour of the crooked guards. Ron quickly discovers that life in the animal factory is not about rehabilitation, it's about survival.
This is the same set-up as Platoon (1986), in which Dafoe played the part of a tough but tender-hearted sergeant looking out for the new meat (in the shape of Charlie Sheen) assigned to his unit. Both Furlong and Dafoe are good, but the film is stolen by Mickey Rourke, who plays the dolorous drag-queen convict Jan the Actress, minus two front teeth (don't ask why), and with whom young Decker shares a cell.
For all that, Animal Factory shies away from the full-on male rape that helped to distinguish John Boorman's Deliverance ("you gotta pretty mouth"). And the uncomfortable truth is that a "little bitch" like Decker would last about a day before succumbing to the same ithyphallic fate as poor, squealing Ned Beatty. Just as unrealistic are the many stabbings, which is something of a surprise. In fact, just a few months after this film was released, Buscemi was stabbed in the head, throat and arm during a bar-room brawl in North Carolina. He's all right now.
About the only thing the film gets absolutely right is the remarkably ineffective, absurdly expensive, grossly inhumane, racially discriminatory, detestable solution that is the American penal system. With more than one million people in US prisons, Animal Factory is at least well named.
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I often wonder about my keyboard, too.
It's so easy to get corrupted these days, isn't it? You and I must be the only uncorrupted people left. And sometimes I wounder about you...
Or perhaps they don't deny the change, but are simply skeptical of the size of the role Man has in it.
I'm an old (63) farmer, and I have no idea if next year's crops will be better. I HOPE they are, of course. But then, I find THIS year's crops to be better than those of 2009 and 2006, two very wet years. And yes, here in Central NY they were cool years, as well.
It isn't as if it hasn't been dry before. Anybody else remember the multi-year drought of the 60's?
Guess I got in under the wire this time. Had 250 gallons delivered just last week.
Or Democrat. Either way, it'll make little, if any, difference.
Give the man a cigar! IF (That's a big "if.") things are going to get as bad as the doomsayers tell us, and IF, as they also tell us, this has been coming on since the Industrial Revolution, we are wasting precious time trying to stop such a juggernaut. We might better put our efforts into figuring out ways to adapt to the changes that are coming our way.
It was warm once upon a time, and dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But then it cooled, they couldn't adapt, and they died out. Species like the woolly mammoth, who thrived in the cold of the Ice Age, couldn't adapt when the weather warmed, and they died out. Throughout Earth's history, many species have thrived under certain conditions, but died out when those conditions changed.
If we humans don't learn how to adapt, we will share their fates.
Pulling on bootstraps has been the only thing between me and bankruptcy for 20 years. But they have to be strong bootstraps to work, not those namby-pamby, union-made substitutes liberals are fond of handing out. Mostly, I use homemade bootstraps, made using my own resources. So far, my neighbors have allowed me to do that, but I don't know how long it'll last in today's political climate.
My neighbors don't seem to want me to take advantage of my own resources any more, though. Sooner or later, that'll cost them dearly.
They can drill here. Can't be much more dust and noise than I create in my farming operation, and my well's water already tastes miserable from all the minerals in it.
Denying climate change is foolish. There is ample evidence to indicate changes. I would be MUCH more worried if the climate DIDN'T change.
But, to believe that the change could only be happening because of Man's influence is equally foolish.
Holding our own here, even without irrigation. (Insufficient water source available.) Some crops are suffering, others sitting still, still others OK. Actually, with my soils dry weather is easier to deal with than the abundant rainfall I usually get.
Rain gauge shows 3/4 inch so far, radar showing more soon and still more building around Detroit that might make it here yet. It should be enough to help most crops out.
Sure is. Just as it has been real for millions of years. The climate is always changing. It is the height of arrogance for Man to think the change can be stopped.
You'll have to do MUCH better than that. Last pair of $20.00 Liberal bootstraps I pulled on broke almost immediately. As with most Liberal programs, they weren't worth what they cost.
Oh, I believe you. Nukes, definitely. I mean, mining the ore and refining it to get the fuel they use is perfectly safe, isn't it? No danger in the transportation of the fuel rods to the nuclear plant, either. No nasty chemicals used at any time that could possibly get into the environment. And the spent fuel rods are as safe as mother's milk, I'm sure.
Yep, nuclear is MUCH safer than natural gas. Always has been. Never any accidents. Perfect record. Just ask Japan. Or Chernoble. Or Three Mile Island. They'll tell you, I'm sure.
Yes, he and I have clashed before. There's a difference between us. He believes that when it comes to drill or don't drill he's in the "majority" because he has more acres than his neighbors. I, on the other hand, realize I am stuck in the minority because I am but one person.
So get out your checkbook, Veda. I'll be expecting to be well taken care of in my declining years, and it won't be cheap.
Nope. Just an aging farmer who at one time had hoped to gain enough money in gas royalties to retire in modest comfort. Instead, my neighbors have decreed that I shall work until either I die or become too sick or disabled to do so, at which point I wind up in a nursing home on the public dime.
If I'm lucky.
If the research received no outside funding, how can it possibly be relevant to anybody's pre-existing agendas?
Interesting thing about natural gas - it can produce electricity even on a calm night.
Question: which is the bigger eyesore, a natural gas well or a big, hulky windmill?
One has to wonder why some are so concerned about the miniscule amount of radioactive substances in the waste water of a gas well that they'd rather deal with the radioactive waste of a nuclear plant.
I'm not a parent, so I don't know these things. Could somebody tell me how it is that a 17 year-old doesn't "recognize the dangers" of working on a farm, but a year later he suddenly DOES? I realize it's been 45 years since I turned 18, and memory can be a bit fuzzy at times, but for the life of me I can't remember any startling revelations about what is safe and what is not magically pouring into my brain on my 18th birthday.
Maybe these days there's a smartphone app only available to people 18 and older that tells them. 45 years ago all the phones were dumb as cow pies.
Do we? What makes you think this NATURAL brine seepage isn't happening in NY, too?
According to the article, "there was no correlation between where the natural brine was detected and where drilling takes place."
Could it be that the glaciers of a few years back, a NATURAL occurrence, could have been the cause?