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At last, this was the moment when the Jazz could rid themselves of last season's nightmare.
That's exactly what they did Tuesday night at EnergySolutions Arena, with Paul Millsap's 26 points and 15 rebounds powering them to a 100-88 victory over Phoenix and into the NBA playoffs.
The Jazz got there in the style that has defined them this season, amid displays of toughness, poise and drama.
Having returned from the locker room, where he received stitches over his left eye, Al Jefferson posted eight points and eight rebounds in the decisive fourth quarter.
The Jazz (35-30) steadied themselves after losing a 10-point lead, surging ahead to stay during a frenzied final period. A team that has experienced so many close, agonizing games fell behind in the fourth quarter, then became relentless.
"I'm proud of the way the guys responded," said guard Devin Harris.
Afterward, owner Gail Miller, general manager Kevin O'Connor and coach Tyrone Corbin addressed the players in the locker room, driving home the significance of what they've done.
"Nobody gave us a chance in the beginning," Corbin said. "We're here now."
This team clearly has come a long way since late February and even further since February 2011, when coach Jerry Sloan resigned, All-Star guard Deron Williams was traded and the Jazz historically collapsed from their seemingly secure playoff status.
The Jazz's outlook is much brighter now, regardless of how long they last in the postseason. Just making the playoffs is a genuine achievement. This ranks as the franchise's most meaningful April advancement since the first playoff season of 1983-84.
The team's 20-12 record in the last two months reflects some masterful work from Corbin, mixed with the leadership of the Jazz's veteran players and the continued growth of their four rotation regulars between ages 19 and 22.
Anticipating the team's return to the playoffs, Corbin had said Monday, "That's who we are. That's what we want to do. It would be a great accomplishment for us, after all the turmoil last year. ⦠The guys really stayed together and worked, and to get back in the playoffs this soon would be great for us."
Of course, by making the playoffs, the Jazz will lose their 2012 first-round draft choice to Minnesota via a conditional trade agreement. Missing the playoffs would have meant keeping the pick.
Judging by the atmosphere in the arena Tuesday, you never would have known any sort of consolation prize or a preferable outcome, according to some fans was available to the Jazz. The crowd was immersed in this game on every possession from start to finish.
Never in franchise history had the Jazz ever faced circumstances quite like this in the final week of the regular season: a clear-cut, win-and-they're-in game for a playoff bid. We'll never know how things would have played out in a standard 82-game schedule, but having a chance to clinch a berth in the second-to-last game of this shortened season was really all the Jazz could want.
"It's a great opportunity for us, and it's time for us to perform," Corbin said before the game.
The Jazz threatened to run away in the third quarter, building that 10-point lead, but nothing about this season has been easy for them. The Suns cut the lead to one before the Jazz responded, taking a 73-68 lead into the fourth quarter.
Phoenix quickly surged ahead, but the Jazz's falling behind just made their and strong finish all the more impressive.
That's what they've done throughout this season, and they're promising there's more to come. "We don't want to be satisfied," Harris said.


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I am more worried about the rookies and how far back they are. I guess that should be expected but let's face it, Mark Marquez came up to moto 2 and started winning almost right away after he quit dumping his bike at the first 4 races or 6 races it he was up front in the tests.
Is it that we do not have anyone of his calibre coming through the ranks now? Honda's team manager said, fast riders are fast from the get go that's why he believe Marquez will fight for the podium/win from the first race.


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Much of this meeting was spent getting to know Eric, who recently moved to Omaha, and is an enthusiastic Python'er. Discussion revolved around Eric's database generator project and my flashcard website, so a lot of Django tips, and some internationalization was discussed. We ended up at Buffalo Wings and Rings again for some drinks and nachos – maybe this is becoming a tradition…
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Barbie is one enterprising chick! She has held many jobs over the decades, all inspiring little girls to emulate her. I'm sure there has even been a Fashion Photographer Barbie at some point in history. But now she takes it one step further and is actually transformed into a camera herself. This unique doll, named the Barbie Photo Fashion, involves our favorite Barbie with a camera built into her. She is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera between her shoulder blades and a small thumb size LCD in the front for you to preview what you're looking at before you click. Not bad at all for something that is clearly being marketed to little kids! Your little angel has ample opportunity to play around with her photographs, as this camera features 15 built-in effects. Charging the device and transferring the photos to your computer are taken care of by a discreetly hidden USB port.
The Barbie Photo Fashion can store up to 100 pictures. It is obviously not going to replace any cameras or even the camera phones anytime soon. But I'm sure any Barbie crazy kid would love to have one of these. It will be officially unveiled at the upcoming New York Toy Fair. And at just $50, it will make a perfect birthday gift.


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Did you know that every single tweet has been digitally archived in the Library of Congress since March 2006?* Did you also know that the FTC recently gave Social Intelligence Corp permission to retain files of posts by Facebook users as part of job applicant screenings? And that many companies are using all social media networks to research job candidates before scheduling interviews? Exercising caution online and protecting your privacy now can help prevent issues in the future when you are searching for a career. And it'll also help you avoid any situations that could lead to termination after you already have the career of your dreams. Follow these eight tips to ensure you have the necessary social media smarts:
1. Double check your privacy settings – Review your privacy settings on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to ensure they are set to your desired levels. Only share information with Facebook friends, and make sure info on other networks is shown only to accepted contacts. Also, be sure to review these settings once a month, as Facebook is constantly changing privacy policies, often without warning. Numerous people have lost their jobs or been forced to resign due to content they posted on social networks, particularly Facebook. Take this recent Mashable article as a warning, and be conscientious of what you post, even to an allegedly private profile.
2. Keep it clean – When on social networks, imagine you're in the presence of your parents or a young relative—do not use profanity or otherwise inappropriate language. If a prospective employer stumbles upon your profile that's rife with curse words and profane messages, they may assume that you'd speak the same way in the office, and eliminate you from the running. Always keep it clean to avoid this unnecessary risk.
3. Don't post personal information – Never list your social security number, phone number, street address or other personal information on social networks. Exercise caution when adding other information that may help to identify you and/or your whereabouts—high school name, sports or clubs you are involved in, information about parents or siblings, vacation dates or other times you house will be vacant, etc.
4. Only befriend those you know and trust – Follow the advice your parents gave you as young child—do not talk to strangers, even online. If an unknown person sends a friend request, make sure you know that individual before accepting. This protects you in the real world, protects your privacy online and could protect your computer from viruses.
5. Think before you post –If you're upset because of a comment someone left on your Facebook photo, do not reply immediately. Get up from your computer or put your phone down for a few moments to consider the consequences, now and later. Remember, you can delete it, but that does not mean the post is gone forever—it could have been stored on someone else's computer and may resurface at a date in the future.
6. Medium doesn't always matter – Even if a conversation took place in a private forum—email or instant messenger—it could easily be copy and pasted onto a more public channel. Maybe you get in a fight with the person you were chatting with, and they post your words as revenge. Or maybe they just did not realize how damaging it could be to your good name. Play it safe—be careful what you write in every medium, regardless of how safe you feel.
7. Create a LinkedIn profile – Build a professional profile on LinkedIn with information about your education, experience, talents and interests. A detailed and organized profile may give you the edge you need. Additionally, LinkedIn is a great place to make contacts at companies you'd like to work, and find openings in your desired field.
8. Never get too comfortable — Even after you land a job, you still need to be wary of what you post online and through internal communication channels. If your supervisors have a reason to suspect you, everything you do at the office can be scrutinized. They can read all of your emails, instant messenger conversations and even view your Internet browsing history. Tone can be difficult to determine through email or other written mediums; the original meaning could be misconstrued. Therefore, you should choose your words wisely every time you send a written message.
It may not seem important now, but a little caution can go a long way. Remember social media is essentially one giant open communication platform, using it over time you can enhance and effectively build relationships and your reputation. That being said you can very easily and quickly ruin relationships and tarnish your reputation if you are not mindful of what you say and do in social media Don't let these tips frighten you away though. Social media can also be a great place to research career opportunities and make contacts in the industry. Always be sure to practice safe searching, and you shouldn't have a problem.
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All about Jeremy and his world
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Not the Jeremy Smith you were looking for? Are you another Jeremy Smith? Then click here for the Jeremy Smith Portal!
My father passed away in February of 2012. His website is here: xtiansmith.com. There are many wonderful notes of remembrance posted.
My brother Gavin Smith
This is my sister, Adrienne Lee, with hubby Ziad, mom and Zack and Abe. She doesn't have a website.
Formally, a teacher of French at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas, she's currently in nursing school.
We've finally moved back to Texas. Living in San Antonio, lot's to do here and we're really liking it so far. Plus, it's so close to Austin.
A new update for the Jeremy Smith Portal page, a tribute video for:
Jeremy M. Smith, United States Marine Corps
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Previous update: Jeremy N. Smith, a writer and freelance journalist based in Missoula, Montana.
Sheena finished school at Darthmouth Medical School.
I've been using Goodreads.com now to organize the books that I've read and the books I want to read. It is a social networking site (yeah another one), centered around books, but this one is cool since you can meet and vitually greet those with whom you know you share a real intellectual interest, however esoteric. You can even import your wish list from Amazon.com.
My wife, Sheena Hsu, graduated from Columbia University in NY. Here is our official photo album.
We went over there and met up with my mom, aunt and dad and Sheena's mom and sister as well. A good time was had by all.
My dad and I ended up going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3 days in a row.
Sheena was the valedictorian of her class and gave a speech! If you want to see the speech you can go here: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/networks/advanced/commencement/2007/gs2007-arch.ram
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Another new person to start a log in January....
Spurred on by the 1000mile challenge and the fact that I have a busy marathon calander this year I've decided to start a log.
The first week of 2012 was possibly the highest mileage I have run in one week so anyone reading this might be misled as to my level of fitness.
Jan 2nd
Here is where the title for my log comes from... kids still off school, visitors staying with us and more vistors on the way meant that in order to get a run in I was up bright and early running at 7.30am. The sound of the birds cheered me up somewhat but it was freezing and I never really warmed up.
Character building
15.11 miles ang pace 9.06min/mile
Jan 4th
The visitors kindly looked after the kids so I could head out on a run. My legs were tired, the overeating of Christmas catching up with me so I was delighted when I bumped into a running pal on Vico Road, he was happy to have company on the hills and I upped the pace.
10.12miles avg pace 8.33min/mile
Jan 6th
In bad need of some LSR endorphins I booked a babysitter for the kids and headed out.
The wind and the hills were VERY tough going (I should never have opened another tin of quality street) this coupled with the fact that I had forgotten to charge my iPod (I usually download a marathontalk podcast to help the time pass) meant that this was another Characterbuilding run. All the time I was reminding myself that Connemara won't exactly be a walk in the park so I finished happy enough.
20.03miles avg pace 9.04min/mile
Jan 7th
Hadn't charged my Garmin and I usually use this as an excuse to skip a run but I needed to do medium long run on top of my LSR as part of my Ultra training so out the door I went. I'm not at all used to running without the Garmin but I felt strong and it was enjoyable. I had a rough idea of the distance and I checked it afterwards on mapmyrun.
15miles in 1 hour 55 minutes.
Jan 8th
Boys back to rugby training so I used the time to do my recovery run, tough going and I really felt the high mileage in my legs, by the end of it I felt better though, I guess that's why they call it a recovery run
6.00 9.02min/miles
I topped the week off with a family trip up the Sugar Loaf in the afternoon, the boys insisted we go straight up the middle, great fun but I was a little out of breath, how can that be? I think I'm quite fit, obviously not.
How do people run up and down the Sugar Loaf????
Monday January 9th
Joy of joys, the kids are back to school....
I started the day with a reviving dip in the Irish Sea at 40Foot about 7degrees celsius at the moment. Then I headed to the gym to do the stretching I should have been doing over Christmas.
Body Sculpt class nearly killed me, I haven't been in three weeks.
Short run with some intervals
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Is it true Al Franken is going to do another book, this time called Fat Liars Calling Liars That Lie And Those That Lie, Liars? If true, Al Franken's Vol. II book could be expected out after he leaves office at the end of the year. Please vote this HYPOCRIT out in November. Photo below is from http://support.julianne.mn/landing3/
The liberal agenda's basic principles are not only antithetical to our most cherished liberties; they are also directly contrary to all that is good and noble in the human enterprise. Modern liberalism appeals to the irrational tendencies of the human mind. Why would anyone want a political system that restricts personal freedom instead of enhancing it; denounces personal responsibility instead of promoting it; surrenders personal sovereignty instead of honoring it; attacks the philosophical foundations of liberty instead of defending them; encourages government dependency instead of self-reliance; and undermines the character of the people by making them wards of the state?
"I can assure you, the NSA is not about spying on the American people." Senator Al Franken (D-MN), June 11
What a total bullshit artist! When it was Bush spying on emails and secretly eavesdropping on citizens, Franken and others were outraged. Now that it's a Democratic president, well, damn, it's all good. Spy away NSA.
All of this spying on we the little people has to be OK because Obama says so. Peek in every corner. Prevent unspecified terrorist attacks that you just can't mention because, you know, it's national security. And never mention that policies like invading nations that pose no threat causing hundreds of thousands to die or sending drone killing machines to foreign countries might have something to do with threats of terrorism here.
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im off to KL for 3 days in december: any nice beaches near KL at all?
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KL is not by the seaside itself. The nearest beach that i can think of is Pantai Morib, somewhere to the south of Port Klang (Perlabuhan Kelang). You can check it up on Google map to see the relative distance from KL. It might take about two hours to drive there from central KL. However, it is much nearer if you go from KLIA (the airport).
I myself haven't been there before, and it may not be that beautiful compared to those white sandy beaches in the east coast but I heard those who have been there said it's ok for a visit. If you are there, it might be worth it to go to the nearby town called Banting, where they have a delicacy called the "beggar chicken" that attracts Chinese patrons from all over the west coast. Unfortunately, you might have to phone in days earlier to pre-order it.
Another further place is Port Dickson, which is more famous as a beach destination for KL people and it's more tourist-oriented, but it's a bit further down south, roughly 2.5 to 3 hours drive from KL.
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Not really...
There are a couple beaches nearby Melaka and Penang, which are each about a 4 hour bus ride away. Or you could use AirAsia's cheap flights to go to Kota Bahru which is near the stunning Perhentian Islands.
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Hi idreamofdurian: During Nov to Jan it is normally the monsoon period esp. to the east coast of the Malaysia Peninsular, so islands like Perhentian and Tioman, and beaches in states like Kelantan, Terengaggnu and Pahang would be too dangerous to go. Do expect floods in those states too, so the west coast states would be a better bet. (btw, are you one of the rare farangs who love durians? :-) nice name... )
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Hi valeria: You mentioned you have 3 days for KL. Do you mean you will be there most of the 3 days, or you are just flying in and out using KL as the hub? For the former, you might not want to travel more than 3 hours for the beach and come back to KL in the same day, that makes Morib or PD your logical choices. For the latter, if you really fancy Malaysian beaches and islands during the monsoon period, probably Langkawi (just a 1 hour flight away from KLIA) would be great, and maybe Penang and Melaka too as suggested by idreamofdurian (though their beaches have gotten dirtier and less attractive to some.)
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Hey chopin. Thanks for the good advice. I forgot about his dates. I've been to Tioman in December though and it was OK... still some places open and regular ferries running. Perhentians will definitely be shut down though.
With regard to Melaka 's beaches, I was actually surprised how nice Pulau Besar was. It wasn't "groomed" of course, but the island was basically deserted - just me and a bunch of huge monitor lizards! Totally worth the trip out if you're bored in Melaka (and quite easy to access by public transit). Apparently people think the island is haunted which is why the golf course, resort, etc. have shut down?
Are you Malay? Judging by your good advice I suspect you are :)
I like durian as an idea, not as something to actually put in my mouth. I can still smell it when my neighbours bring one home :o
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Hi idreamofdurian, sorry I actually didn't know you were referring to P. Besar, because on the mainland Melaka the beaches are really nothing to shout about. It's a shame I myself haven't been to this island, but have been to Redang twice... Now i'm tempted to go and have a look after reading your post. any photos of the place?
And nope, I'm a Malaysian citizen (Chinese by origin) who loves eating durian, petai (as smelly as durian), and loves the laidback feel of the east coast...
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Well the best beaches on the mainland has always been on the east coast. The water is clearer and places are less crowded. Places like cherating (north of Kuantan) , Air papan (near Mersing) , deserted beaches of dungun runs for miles and miles if you take the back road along the beaches.
Again north of Kuala Terengganu, Batu Rakit, Penarik , kg Merang also has spectacular beaches. But then again you need to travel the backroads and buses or taxix don tply this ruote.
But then again, december-January is not the time to travel to these places. It rains almost everyday,. the north east monsoon is in, and when it come, man.. it pours.
So, its the west coast during monson right? The best place near KL is non other then Port Dickson,.. hates it, too crowded and add to that.. the nosiy jetskis. Try a little bit south if one wants a bit of quiteness, the blue lagoon and even pengkalan balak on further south,
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Hey chopin,
The write up is here: http://www.travelfish.org/location/malaysia/southern_peninsular_malaysia/melaka/beaches_and_islands_of_melaka
I've got lots more photos if you're interested. Pls email tprocyshyn at gmail dawt cohm
I love Malaysia... would move there in a heartbeat. That Second Home Malaysia visa program is definitely in my future....
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You can head to Lummut and take the boat across to Pulau Pangkor which is probably the nearest Island geographically to KL - it's a lovely island with not traffic other than pink minbus local taxis - it's about a 3 hour drive/bus to the harbour of Lummut and then about 1/2 an hour by boat. Conveniently close to KL if you don't want to do too much travelling.
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My pride, my joy.
We just weren't doing awesome this day, so I just gave him the reins and let him do what he wanted to do... ended up winning that class, go figure.
Mom's ace photography skills. He's got a nice rear end though ;D
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Reference data type parameters, such as objects, are also passed into methods by value.
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However, the values of the object's fields can be changed in the method, if they have the proper access level.
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Rasul Patrick wrote:I'm little bit confused...
The fact is that Java always passes by value; the only difference between reference types and primitives is that, for the former, its the reference that is passed by value.
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Tomas Young's 'Last Letter'
Tomas Young quickly became one of the most prominent Iraq veterans to oppose the war after he was shot in the spine and paralyzed in 2004 outside Sadr City. With years of antiwar activism behind him, and a body that continues to deteriorate, Young has decided to forego food and nourishment and further medical treatment. He will soon be dead.
The impact Tomas Young has had has been immense, especially in such a vital organization like Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Today I met Geoff Millard, former Chair of IVAW's Board of Directors. Millard told me meeting Young is one of the things that motivated him to join IVAW. I don't think anybody knows how many more antiwar voices are out there because of Tomas Young.
Young has spent a long time making speeches, organizing, and inspiring, even as he suffered from his pain and coped with what he calls "the inadequate and often inept care provided by the Veterans Administration."
Young has written a letter – "The Last Letter." It is his final message to the world about what he has gone through and why. It is addressed to George Bush and Dick Cheney. Read it below in its entirety.
I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of veterans who have been wounded and on behalf of those whose wounds, physical and psychological, have destroyed their lives. I am one of those gravely wounded. I was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. My life is coming to an end. I am living under hospice care.
I write this letter on behalf of husbands and wives who have lost spouses, on behalf of children who have lost a parent, on behalf of the fathers and mothers who have lost sons and daughters and on behalf of those who care for the many thousands of my fellow veterans who have brain injuries. I write this letter on behalf of those veterans whose trauma and self-revulsion for what they have witnessed, endured and done in Iraq have led to suicide and on behalf of the active-duty soldiers and Marines who commit, on average, a suicide a day. I write this letter on behalf of the some 1 million Iraqi dead and on behalf of the countless Iraqi wounded. I write this letter on behalf of us all—the human detritus your war has left behind, those who will spend their lives in unending pain and grief.
I write this letter, my last letter, to you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. I write not because I think you grasp the terrible human and moral consequences of your lies, manipulation and thirst for wealth and power. I write this letter because, before my own death, I want to make it clear that I, and hundreds of thousands of my fellow veterans, along with millions of my fellow citizens, along with hundreds of millions more in Iraq and the Middle East, know fully who you are and what you have done. You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.
Your positions of authority, your millions of dollars of personal wealth, your public relations consultants, your privilege and your power cannot mask the hollowness of your character. You sent us to fight and die in Iraq after you, Mr. Cheney, dodged the draft in Vietnam, and you, Mr. Bush, went AWOL from your National Guard unit. Your cowardice and selfishness were established decades ago. You were not willing to risk yourselves for our nation but you sent hundreds of thousands of young men and women to be sacrificed in a senseless war with no more thought than it takes to put out the garbage.
I joined the Army two days after the 9/11 attacks. I joined the Army because our country had been attacked. I wanted to strike back at those who had killed some 3,000 of my fellow citizens. I did not join the Army to go to Iraq, a country that had no part in the September 2001 attacks and did not pose a threat to its neighbors, much less to the United States. I did not join the Army to "liberate" Iraqis or to shut down mythical weapons-of-mass-destruction facilities or to implant what you cynically called "democracy" in Baghdad and the Middle East. I did not join the Army to rebuild Iraq, which at the time you told us could be paid for by Iraq's oil revenues. Instead, this war has cost the United States over $3 trillion. I especially did not join the Army to carry out pre-emptive war. Pre-emptive war is illegal under international law. And as a soldier in Iraq I was, I now know, abetting your idiocy and your crimes. The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history. It obliterated the balance of power in the Middle East. It installed a corrupt and brutal pro-Iranian government in Baghdad, one cemented in power through the use of torture, death squads and terror. And it has left Iran as the dominant force in the region. On every level—moral, strategic, military and economic—Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences.
I have, like many other disabled veterans, suffered from the inadequate and often inept care provided by the Veterans Administration. I have, like many other disabled veterans, come to realize that our mental and physical wounds are of no interest to you, perhaps of no interest to any politician. We were used. We were betrayed. And we have been abandoned. You, Mr. Bush, make much pretense of being a Christian. But isn't lying a sin? Isn't murder a sin? Aren't theft and selfish ambition sins? I am not a Christian. But I believe in the Christian ideal. I believe that what you do to the least of your brothers you finally do to yourself, to your own soul.I would not be writing this letter if I had been wounded fighting in Afghanistan against those forces that carried out the attacks of 9/11. Had I been wounded there I would still be miserable because of my physical deterioration and imminent death, but I would at least have the comfort of knowing that my injuries were a consequence of my own decision to defend the country I love. I would not have to lie in my bed, my body filled with painkillers, my life ebbing away, and deal with the fact that hundreds of thousands of human beings, including children, including myself, were sacrificed by you for little more than the greed of oil companies, for your alliance with the oil sheiks in Saudi Arabia, and your insane visions of empire.
My day of reckoning is upon me. Yours will come. I hope you will be put on trial. But mostly I hope, for your sakes, that you find the moral courage to face what you have done to me and to many, many others who deserved to live. I hope that before your time on earth ends, as mine is now ending, you will find the strength of character to stand before the American public and the world, and in particular the Iraqi people, and beg for forgiveness.
Tomas made an appearance on today's Democracy Now:
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Mothers and fathers: however you raise them and whatever direction they take, raise your children never to join the military.
If you want to keep of what is left of American "democracy" …, prosecute George W. Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, Richard Perl and………,
my heart goes out to these vets.Check out Capt. Peter J.N.Linnerooth story who committed suicide.He walked into a doctors office and said: "I cant stand it.This is too much. How much more misery and torture are these kids going to go through".A friend said he did not want to die just wanted the pain to go away. Its a very touching story.
I wonder of Tomas Young understands why we were even attacked on 9/11 ? I sure hope so. Because everything that has happened today is a consquence of what the U.S. has been doing in the Middle East before 9/11. Its al ittle more than just being attacked on 9/11 and going to fight a war. I guess we was all brainwashed by the propaganda at one point in time.
[…] but it a human testimony that bears both to be remembered and reflected upon. The letter (via John Glaser at AntiWar.com) is addressed to George Bush and Richard […]
Read this brief mil-blog thread that mentions Tomas Young: http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=34650
The contempt these idiots heap upon a fellow veteran (Young) who joined the Army for honorable reasons, yet openly expresses opposition to the dishonorable war in which he was paralyzed, makes me want to retch.
Yeah, "support the troops … unless they don't support our wars."
The chest-thumping war mongers never seem to get it. So long as you accept and obey the military edicts as being the words of God almighty then you're in like Flint but veer off of the official reservation and you're demonized. If the lie about fighting for freedom denies one of the right to say "no" without harassment then that's not freedom but slavery.
Why die in privacy after writing this document. Clearly he wants to draw attention to what he has gone through. Stage a "death protest" right outside the White House if you're set on meeting your maker. Bring the horror to their doorstep. Extreme, I know, but choosing to die is.
As a former veteran, Tomas Young's story breaks my heart. He was right. We were lied to. History is in a perpetual state of repetition. Bush, Cheney…old men in suits who set in motion ORIF/OREF, stepping aside to let their sons and daughters of this nation bleed for the sake of honor, nobility, and freedom. Pumping us full of the propaganda until we were swollen, drunk off the fumes of a good cause, keeping America safe. I wish Tomas would stay…write our story…of broken promises and shattered realities.
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B710 Review -- Edited on 11/27/12 8:07 AM --
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Superb review! Very thorough, thank you. I'd love to hear more about your 710 as you work with it, any chance you'll post updates here, pretty please?
Would also love to see that quilt at any stage of completion. No pressure ;)
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I will post updates, and I will try to get a pic of the sofa-quilt-in-progress.
I'll have to read the review. I clicked on the link and the review is a nice long one.
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Nice review!
I'm still lusting to get a Bernina someday just so I can be a foot addict. Love their footsies!
I saw that you did like I did.. and went with that Gidget 2 Table by Arrow ... I bought mine at Amazon a few months ago.... and since then, they dropped the price by $20!
I love that table! I've been using it for my Janome, but just this week, I put my EG on it to see how it would be... and now that its even on a hard floor (I moved), it still doesn't vibrate.
I haven't tried to lower the EG down into it yet (I don't have an extended table for the EG yet) ... but it seems it will fit just fine.
That table is probably the best deal I've seen for how well constructed and efficient it is.
When I went to a quilting retreat in October, most of the gals that brought tables were using the Gidget 2. A few had another brand that is purple with a hole in the top for a handle... but I personally think these Gidget 2's are so much nicer. They sure handle these heavy machines well!
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I'm shocked at the few feet included. I wonder how many more you get with the 750? With the price of B feet, it might justify the upgrade.
I loved your review, by the way. Thank you sooooooo much, as where I live there's none to test yet.
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According to the brochure, the 710 has 5 feet included, and the 750 has 8. When I got my 930 in 1986 it had 9 feet � but then that was their TOL machine at the time.
I like Bernina feet too, though in most cases I've found they are not really any better than the feet from other manufacturers. Nor do they necessarily work better than the feet I've got for my vintage Singers. They do make a lot of specialty feet, which is handy if you really have a unique application that requires a special foot. It would be hard for me to justify the price unless I was doing production. Buying a Bernina foot for one-time use seems extravagant to me.
Before I got good enough to edgestitch without it, I thought the Bernina edgestitch foot was a really useful foot to have. I don't think it's included nowadays though.
Yes, sorry, my review says 4 feet included, I was not including the buttonhole foot.
I haven't sewn a garment since high school, so the buttonhole foot completely slipped my mind.
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For those wondering what what this job of mine is, that chews up all my (previously) free time: I get paid nothing-an-hour to tinker around with a Kinect IR camera using Libfreenect, OpenNI (with Sensor and NITE), and uinput. Can you guess what I'm building?
Yin and Yang
A while back though David Rosen, of Wolfire fame, wrote a blog post about his two favourite Game Development books: "Rules of Play" and "Game Engine Architecture". I was lucky enough to come across both of these books while I was in Paris, their respective owners were nice enough to lend them to me, and Easyjet was nice enough not to fine me for going over the weight limit.
What's interesting is the stark contrast between the two. Where Rules of Play begins by bemoaning the lack of novelty in the game's industry:
For a while it seemed that every other title was a fresh attempt to answer the question "What can you do with a computer?" Compare that with the current crop of computer games, the majority of which seem to be addressing the question "What can you do while controlling an avatar that is moving through a simulated three-dimensional space?"
Game Engine Architecture jumps right into defining the various canonical "genres" and their specific technical requirements, as though these are the only kinds of games that ever have and ever will exist. I also noted that, whereas a good third of the book is concerned primarily with 3D graphics programming, a single short paragraph is dedicated to "High-level Game flow". All it really says is:
Would you kindly use a DFA.
For this reason I suppose it's not a particularly ambitious or creative book. It doesn't rock the boat, it doesn't rattle the cage, and the author has a bad habit of name-dropping and using non-words like "authored" and "architected" (shudder). That said it's sober and lucid and very instructive. I'd recommend it to any and all game-programmers, even those who have no interest at all in 3D graphics programming (though you will be losing that third of the book).
Rules of Play, meanwhile, has scores of introductions and forewords to chew through before you get to the actual point, as though the authors are desperate to justify themselves. This self-conciousness continues throughout the body of the text: it is written in a very vague manner whereby the same word can be defined, say, both as the means to an end and as the end itself:
This is an interesting tactic that drives people in science nuts: in science, definitions are fundamental tools for building theories and making explanations. To a scientist, it appears that the authors want it both ways: the apparent rigor of a definitional approach, but without the commitment. – Amazon Review
That said I still think it's well worth a look, and for the remainder of this post I'll try to explain why…
"Ideas man"
What's an "ideas man"? Good question:
I've always fancied myself as a game-designer, or rather always wanted to be one (when I grow up). Course, I've also always heard that the industry has no place for specialised "ideas men" (at least not straight out of university) so opted for a more versatile Informatics degree instead. It was only at the IGDA in Verona (January 2011) that I started to wonder whether there was more to design than I'd been doing for my previous projects: Federico Fasce, now the elected head of Italy's IGDA chapter, gave an interesting talk about his process. This got me wondering, but it wasn't until the recent Art Game Weekend in Paris that this line of thought finally came to a head. I was able to have a long discussion Brice Roy, game design lecturer and game-designer for One Life Remains: a loose collective of six indie game developers. The first question all this brought to mind was:
Does being a decent game-programmer make you a better game-designer? Does it make you worse?
As I've become a more and more proficient programmer my ideas have become increasingly less "pie-in-the-sky", to the point of even being a little conservative. This is because every time I come up with some crazy idea the logical side of me censors it before it has time to flourish. Perhaps a person free of such technological concerns would make a better game-designer? A complete ignoramus would tend to propose impossible concepts but, whether they'll admit it or not, there's nothing engineers love more than impossible problems.
Furthermore most of my past ideas would have fit quite comfortably into the conventional set of game genres: apparently I'm not nearly as original as I'd previously thought! So:
Should I give up on my dreams of being a game "ideas man" and instead go full-throttle into development instead?
Nope. I don't think it would ever fully satisfy me, pleasant though it is to have someone us telling you what to do all the time. But if I want to be a designer I clearly need to up my game (teehee), and to do this I may need to find some way of divorcing myself from the technology a tad. For this there's no better book than Rules of Play, which talks a lot about ideas but never really concerns itself with their implementation. Several reviewers complained that it's somewhat out-of-touch with reality, but this is actually its great strength: rigour and best-practices can become handicaps when it comes to thinking outside the box. Emily Levine would talk about the importance of "holding your ideas lightly":
This all feeds back into the with FOSS games' problems discussion: nobody is more concious of the technology they're working on the hackers, crackers, trolls, moles and code-monkeys that make up the Free (as in "Freedom") -Software movement. And as we've discussed previously, this may be its great weakness: there just isn't enough ignorance to go around! Speaking of Free Software: I recently lost some (more) work so have decided to (finally) start putting all my code and assets online, simply because I'd rather see them stolen than destroyed by accident. When I get round to it…
Back to the point: when Free Gamer picked up the above I desperately tried to cover my rear by doing a post about games and originality in general. The overarching idea here was that there's nothing new under the sun: innovation can be reduced an extension, recombination and/or reversal (contradiction) of one or more existing ideas. But there's actually a fourth process at work here, perhaps more important that the other three combined: analysis. Analysis allows us to take an existing idea and to break it down to an atomic level. This dissecting of existing ideas allows us to extract the elements of particular interest, elements which can then be combined, extended or reversed. The more effectively we can identify, isolate and -above all- understand these game-design building-blocks, the more effectively we can put them back together in new and different ways.
This is the main reason why Rules of Play is a useful book to read. It is essentially a collection of all the game-design elements the authors have been able to discover over the years. If you can get through the stylistic fluff this makes it something an invaluable resource because, as with programming, the lower the level you start from the more unique the result!
That said if you wanted to buy just one book on game development it probably shouldn't be either Rules of Play or Game Engine Architecture: I'd recommend Game Design: Theory and Practice for a fairly broad overview of game development, from concept to implementation. But if you can get hold of all three: knock yourselves out
So, did you managed to guess what my project is? That's right! We're controlling the cursor with gestures, "Minority Report" style! My boss wanted it working for Windows though and Windows, as you may or may not be aware, is rather unpleasant System to work with: egsnay on controlling the cursor system-wide. Not without some special API at any rate…


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Killing Them Softly
Taking care of business in a rather obvious way.
FILM: Just in case you weren't paying attention to all the background noise, this film hits you over the head with its message that capitalism is bad.
Ostensibly, it is about three stupid bad guys who inad- vertently and ill-advisedly take on the mob, and the assassin who gets brought in to take care of them.
But, every place any character goes, the radio or tv in the background is spilling some "message" about the commercialisation of the American Dream.
The excellent cast – which includes Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini as enforcers, Richard Jenkins as a lawyer type driving the action and Ray Liotta as a mob guy who bites it for unfortunate reasons – is totally wasted on a talky film with a very deliberate pace and absolutely no soul.
Language and violence is not stylised, it is just ugly and pointless and the film is not even pulpy enough to be fun.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A county attorney in eastern Kentucky
pleaded guilty Tuesday to vote buying and perjury in connection
with an alleged scheme to rig last year's primary election.
Bath County Attorney Donald "Champ" Maze entered the plea on
the fifth day of his jury trial in U.S. District Court in
Lexington, where he was charged with vote buying, perjury and
obstruction of justice. He admitted paying three people between
$100 and $200 to vote for him, U.S. Attorney Amul Thapar said in a
Judge Joseph M. Hood ordered Maze to resign his post as county
attorney by noon Wednesday.
There was no answer at Maze's law office Tuesday afternoon.
Maze's attorney, Ned Pillersdorf, told The Associated Press Maze
agreed to the deal after an additional allegation surfaced that he
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Maze faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Taylor said in an interview that he
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probably more involved people in the actual vote buying. His major
problem was as much the coverup as anything."
Taylor said the plea stipulates prosecutors won't go after Maze
concerning the jury tampering allegations but do reserve the right
to charge others who might have been involved. More indictments
could come soon, he said.
Maze won the May 2006 primary against Kim Price Hunt, who won
the seat in the previous election. About 520 Bath County residents
voted absentee in the election in question - more than double the
number cast in 2002. Of those 520, nearly half filled out a form
saying they needed assistance and brought people into the voting
booth with them.
Maze's lawyers had originally denied he was involved in vote
buying and simply gave loans to clients who needed help. Ten
people, including Bath County Judge-Executive Walter Shrout, have
been charged by federal authorities. Shrout is scheduled for trial
in March. Michael Swartz, his main opponent in the May election,
has pleaded guilty to vote buying.
Maze's attorneys had claimed he and his wife, Bath Circuit Judge
Beth Maze, tipped off federal investigators about vote-buying
concerns prior to the May primary. Taylor didn't deny that was true
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New Toy: Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-Man
Marvel Universe Comic Packs: Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-Man. Two action figures plus a free comic book. Although the comic's cover looks exactly like Dark Avengers #1, but it is not. The story inside is from the Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia series. Funny though, different cover and different content. I am not so sure whether this is a mix up or what.
Again, this is for my son. Not mine This isn't a marvel universe collector must have, but he will be sleeping with them tonight after staging a few battles with his Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-Man action figures.
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"I think my greatest strength is that I know and have good relationships with the faculty," said Tom Larson, who was recently appointed the new Principal of the Seeley Lake Elementary School. Larson works as Principal 40% of his time and continues to teach music at the Seeley-Swan High School 60% of his time.
Larson views his job as being the Principal Teacher at the Elementary School. He describes his primary assignments as updating the curriculum guidelines and teacher evaluation process. Curriculum guidelines are developed and periodically revised for all subjects taught at the school. They contain the goals and objectives of each program and teachers use the guidelines to shape the direction of their teaching.
Larson describes teacher evaluations as a collaborative process that is flexible yet thorough. A group of schools similar to Seeley Lake Elementary School work together to develop teacher standards.
In addition, he works as a facilitator between various groups so that the opinions of the school's faculty, staff, parents, and students all get heard.
"I believe that each person is to be honored and valued in this school," says Larson as he describes the philosophy that shapes his dealing with everyone. He maintains an open door policy to discuss issues at the school.
Larson has been a teacher for many years. He graduated from high school in Laurel and then went on to University of Montana. He worked on a specialist degree in education and administration and came to Seeley Lake in 1991 as a music teacher - half time at the high school and half time at the elementary school
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A man who shares the same name with television's most noted meth dealer is wanted by authorities in Alabama for allegedly violating his probation for a past meth conviction.
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On TV, Walter White has so far evaded capture. The character played by Bryan Cranston in AMC's "Breaking Bad" is a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking meth to help support his family after he's diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
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The mission of PT professional education is to graduate knowledgeable, service-oriented, self-assured, adaptable, reflective practitioners who, by virtue of critical and integrative thinking, lifelong learning, and ethical values, render independent judgments concerning patient/client needs that are supported by evidence; promote the health of the patient or client; and enhance the professional, contextual, and collaborative foundations for practice. These practitioners contribute to society and the profession through practice, teaching, administration, and the discovery and application of new knowledge about physical therapy experiences of sufficient excellence and breadth to allow the acquisition and application of essential knowledge, skills, and behaviors as applied to the practice of physical therapy. Learning experiences are provided under the guidance and supervision of competent faculty, in both the classroom and the clinic.
Professional (entry-level) physical therapist education programs in the United States only offer the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree to all new students who enroll. The Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) and Master of Science in Physical Therapy (MSPT) degrees are no longer offered to any new students in the United States. To practice as a physical therapist in the US, you must earn a physical therapist degree from a CAPTE- accredited physical therapist education program and pass a state licensure exam.
The length of professional DPT programs is typically 3 years. Primary content areas in the curriculum may include, but are not limited to, biology/anatomy, cellular histology, physiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, kinesiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, pathology, behavioral sciences, communication, ethics/values, management sciences, finance, sociology, clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, cardiovascular and pulmonary, endocrine and metabolic, and musculoskeletal. Eighty percent (80%) of the DPT curriculum comprises classroom (didactic) and lab study and the remaining 20 percent (20%) is dedicated to clinical education. PT students spend on average 27.5 weeks in their final clinical experience.
Bachelor's degree requirements (key code A4) and freshmen entry (key code A2) programs are identified on the Accredited PT & PTA Programs Directory.
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Specialty CertificationPhysical therapists have the opportunity to become board-certified clinical specialists through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialities (ABPTS). Specialization is the process by which a physical therapist builds on a broad base of professional education and practice to develop a greater depth of knowledge and skills related to a particular area of practice. Specialty certification is voluntary. PTs are not required to be certified in order to practice in a specific area.
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