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How Scalia Lost His Mojo
Why the Supreme Court's most exciting justice is becoming much less fun to read.
Last week, when Antonin Scalia found himself on the losing end of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld—the case invalidating the Bush administration's military commissions for Guantanamo detainees—the court's self-styled littérateur did what he does best: He blew his stack. The court's interpretation of legislative history, he wrote, only makes sense if it "indulges the fantasy that Senate floor speeches are attended (like the Philippics of Demosthenes) by throngs of eager listeners, instead of being delivered (like Demosthenes' practice sessions on the beach) alone into a vast emptiness."
Two days earlier, when Justice David Souter's dissent in a death-penalty case, Kansas v. Marsh, rubbed Scalia the wrong way (the court upheld a law Souter called "morally absurd"), Scalia gave a similarly scalding performance. Souter's opinion, he wrote in a concurrence, "has nothing substantial to support it" and makes a great fuss about the largely irrelevant question of wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system. "That is a truism," Scalia snapped, "not a revelation."
That scolding tone, those deliciously overwrought metaphors: It's Catholic-school headmistress meets Vladimir Nabokov, and it's the lively, unapologetically stylish Scalia that avid court-watchers know and love. But the opinions above stand out this term, not just for their colorful language and questionable etiquette. Such decisions are noteworthy because they have become increasingly rare. The 2005 term might well mark the demise of more than just Bush's military commissions and mechanisms to enforce the exclusionary rule: It could also signal the decline of Antonin Scalia's literary style.
Everyone agrees that Scalia is a witty jurist and a lively writer. Earlier this year, the New York Times crowned him the "funniest justice" on the court, finding him responsible for a whopping 77 "laughing episodes" during oral arguments of the 2004 term—19 times the number of episodes produced by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and infinitely more than those produced by Scalia's ideological neighbor Clarence Thomas. Conservatives, meanwhile, can't stop praising him for the brio he brings to the bench. Web sites like Cult of Scalia and Ninomania give fans the chance to wax sycophantic about the "greatest jurist of our time" and the "yummy" dissents he produces. 2004 also saw the release of a book, Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice—a fawning collection of opinions, compiled by Kevin A. Ring. "Scalia's way with words," writes a breathless Ring, "is what makes this book possible."
Just what is this "way with words" that makes Scalia so distinctive? His writing style is best described as equal parts anger, confidence, and pageantry. Scalia has a taste for garish analogies and offbeat allusions—often very funny ones—and he speaks in no uncertain terms. He is highly accessible and tries not to get bogged down in abstruse legal jargon. But most of all, Scalia's opinions read like they're about to catch fire for pure outrage. He does not, in short, write like a happy man.
But there was a lot less of his trademark style this year. And there's a very simple reason to expect to see less of Scalia's verbal pyrotechnics in the future: Scalia's angry wit depends on having someone to criticize, and criticism tends to travel by way of the dissent. That's why Ring's book has the title it does, instead of, say, Scalia Delivers or Scalia Convinces Everyone That He's Right.
For 18 years, Scalia has been a frustrated conservative presence on a shifting but moderate bench, and it shows in his writing. Yes, he has certainly produced a few thrilling majority opinions, but Ring rightly notes that "nearly every opinion reveals Scalia's strong disagreement with the reasoning, if not the conclusion, of a majority of the Court."
As that court lurches rightward, though, Scalia's contrarian spirit will begin to seem less, well, contrarian. Already, he has been dissenting less. Since Samuel Alito joined him on the bench (for a total of about 40 cases this term), Scalia has joined or written dissents just three times (with one partial dissent). During the last 40 cases of the 2004 term, by contrast, Scalia dissented 11 times, and twice in part.
Since the 2005 term began, Scalia has written more majority opinions than any other justice and has authored the third-fewest dissents—a stark contrast with past terms. The endlessly charming John Roberts has made no secret of his desire for a court that speaks with a unified voice, and as Walter Dellinger pointed out last week, he pulled off the astonishing mathematical trick of agreeing with every justice on the court more than Rehnquist had. Alito's charms are less universal, but he agreed with Scalia 13 percent more than did Sandra Day O'Connor—a justice with her own special place in Nino's hell. With the court less Balkanized, the vitriolic stylings of Scalia will seem increasingly out of place.
This is not to claim that Scalia won't find a place for a clever turn of phrase or a purple metaphor in the future. His dissent in Hamdan and opinion in Marsh prove there is enough contested constitutional territory still available, and I have no doubt that Scalia's love of language transcends ideological lines. (For years, he and Harry Blackmun—as intellectually distant as two justices could be—were the sole members of the Chancellor's English Society, a playful group Scalia founded to promote proper English usage.) But it's simply in the nature of dissents to spawn the kind of fuming creativity that Scalia most loves. When you dissent, not only do you have a nice big target at which to take aim—the majority—but, more important, you don't need anyone else on the court to agree with you. "It is clearly true," Georgetown law professor Peter Rubin told me, "that any justice is freer to write whatever he or she wants alone." In short, it's easy for Scalia to be a big, colorful jerk in dissents because he can be a big, colorful jerk all by his lonesome self.


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Pearce has faith in UEFA over Serbia shame
07:00 13 November 2012
England Under-21s boss Stuart Pearce trusts UEFA to make the "right and proper decision" about how to deal with the controversial events at last month's 1-0 victory in Serbia.
Trouble flared at the end of the Euro 2013 play-off second leg in Krusevac on October 16 after Connor Wickham's stoppage-time goal, which saw the visitors advance to next summer's tournament in Israel with a 2-0 aggregate triumph.
Missiles were thrown and some fans got on to the pitch, while there were clashes involving players and staff from both teams.
This was played out against a backdrop of alleged racial abuse from the stands towards England players, with Tottenham defender Danny Rose - on loan at Sunderland - who was sent off after the final whistle for kicking the ball away in anger, complaining he had been particularly targeted.
UEFA have charged the Serbian and English Football Associations over the behaviour of their players and the former for the alleged racist chanting.
UEFA's control and disciplinary body will convene on November 22 to deal with the case and speaking about the matter today, Pearce said: "I trust UEFA to make the right and proper decision on what they have seen - on video evidence and with their assessor having being at the game, what he heard and saw.
"Whatever my internal thoughts are is a little bit irrelevant. We will know soon how UEFA are going to address this."
The Serbian Football Association (FSS), who handed lengthy bans to two of their own players for their part in the confrontations, have denied fans at the game were guilty of "any occurrences of racism" and accused Rose of acting in an "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner" towards supporters.
Meanwhile, the English FA are continuing to communicate with the Balkan nation over reports criminal charges had been laid against Tottenham's Steven Caulker and Leeds' Tom Lees, plus coach Steve Wigley.
Asked if he was angry about the way the Serbian authorities had conducted themselves since the match, Pearce said: "Not overly, and I'm not sure if the police did actually charge any of ours - it was mooted that they were going to.
"As far as we are concerned, I try to educate the players, and all of my staff do, in terms of the way to behave and what might be ahead of them in certain games, and I think they handled themselves fantastically well.
"If we had got beaten in the game, that would have been the devastation - if we had lost our focus because of what was going on, and ended up getting beaten in the game and going out of the tournament, that would have been the one thing that hurt most for me.
"But we know that probably what happened and how it sparked off was due to the fact that it was the Serbian team who were going out of the tournament."
Pearce was speaking ahead of today's friendly against Northern Ireland at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road.
Although the squad for that match is much-changed from the Serbia game, there are still a number of players involved this time who were in Krusevac.
Pearce has reiterated his pride at how his team and staff conducted themselves on that occasion and believes the experience has made the group stronger.
"Going back to our dressing room after that second leg, I was immensely proud of the way we didn't react under provocation, both staff and players," Pearce said.
"I knew full well at that stage that it would galvanise this group and team even more.
"For me, you have to try to draw positives out of a really negative situation, and I think we will and we have.
"They are little markers which make us stronger as a group."
Pearce has seen the likes of Raheem Sterling, Caulker and Wilfried Zaha promoted to the senior England squad and has rested several players, including Rose.
He has given maiden call-ups to Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, Watford's on-loan Chelsea defender Nathaniel Chalobah, Leicester defender Liam Moore, Derby midfielder Will Hughes, Bolton's on-loan Arsenal striker Benik Afobe and now Sheffield United defender Harry Maguire.
"We have brought some new faces in that have done extremely well," said Pearce, whose side have won their last five games.
"We need to make sure that with the pool of players we have to pick from for next summer that we have had a good look at everybody.
"Everybody has to stake a claim, particularly with players being elevated into the seniors.
"We need to know the next generation that are coming through to us."


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For information about Isummer bus trips for family and friends, contact Sue Vrzal, 274-3133.
New York City
Saturday, June 19, $35.00/person
Leave IC at 6:00 a.m., leave New York City for the return at 8:00 p.m.
The bus is not full, so call and reserve your seat now the deadline to sign up is June 4.
Hershey Park and Zoo America
Saturday, June 26
The cost includes the bus and a ticket to Hershey Park and Zoo America
Call Sue and she can answer any questions regarding cost.
This is the third year we have gone to Hershey Park. What a fun day for everyone.
Movies will be shown on the bus and there will be food stops along the way.
The deadline to sign up for this trip is June 11. Lots of seats still available.
New York Yankees baseball game
All tickets for this game have been sold. If you want to be put on the waiting list for anyone canceling, please e-mail me (Sue Vrzal) with the name, address, and phone number of each person.
The game is Yankees vs Orioles; game time: 1:05 p.m. in Yankee Stadium.
Have a wonderful summer and please join us on the bus trips. Remember all trips all open to all friends and families of the Ithaca College Community.
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In badminton, NU nears first UAAP crown in 25 years
National University moved conspicuously close to winning its first UAAP crown in 25 years.
The NU men�s badminton team advanced to the finals following a 3-1 victory over Far Eastern University on Saturday at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall. Andrei Babad and Sonny Boy Montilla clinched the finals ticket for the Bulldogs after they beat Kevin Dalisay and Wilfredo Amoroso, 16-21, 21-13, 21-16, in the tie�s second doubles.
NU would have to wait awhile for its opponent in the finals.
Fourth-ranked Ateneo defeated No. 1 De La Salle, 3-1, to force a deciding tie for the other finals berth Sunday. The Green Archers had a twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.
�Happy kami kasi unexpected na nasa finals ang team. Pipilitin namin na manalo, nakukuha naman sa tiyaga� said NU coach Jojo Mance.
NU, a founding member of the 74-year-old league, last emerged champion in chess in 1986.
The Bulldogs won the first singles matches after Philip Jofer Escueta beat Dalisay, 21-17, 21-14, and Babad downed Amoroso, 21-19, 21-11. Jan Bautista and Rodrigo Balatbat kept FEU in contention by winning the first doubles over Escueta and Andrei delos Santos, 21-16, 21-16.
Ateneo�s No. 1 player Toby Gadi, meanwhile, beat Ronel Estanislao, 21-12, 21-11, in the first singles, and Pawee Natividad stopped John Monterubio in the second singles, 19-21, 21-16, 21-10. The Green Archers topped the first doubles with Estanislao and Jose Martinez beating Gadi and Justin Natividad, 21-14, 14-21, 21-18.
But Ateneo dashed De La Salle�s bid in the deciding doubles behind Pawee Natividad and Paulo Sunga�s 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 over Juan Angsico and Gerald Sibayan.
The championship is scheduled on September 20.
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Two Dads, Twelve Kids in Arizona
Jim Burroway
May 4th, 2011
The Arizona Republic on Monday profiled the family of Steven and Roger Ham, the two gay dads who are the fathers of twelve children who were adopted from foster care in Arizona, where two men can't marry or adopt children together. Last month, Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that gives preferential treatment to married couples in state and private adoptions. Even before that law went into effect, Steven and Roger's quest to bring these children into their home wasn't an easy one.
"We had to fight to get them," Roger says. "We had to fight to get them all," Steven says.
They started out only wanting one child, but when they saw that there were so many kids in the foster care system needing a home — there are 10,514 children in the state's care presently — they couldn't stop at one. And besides, their first adopted child, Michael, had four younger brothers and sisters in foster care that he endlessly worried about. Through much legal wrangling, they finally reunited the children in 2004.
"I immediately fell in love with them," says Heather Shew-Plummer, the caseworker at Aid to the Adoption of Special Kids in Phoenix who handled the Hams' first nine adoptions. Up to that point, she had worked with 10 or so same-sex couples.
Shew-Plummer felt Steven and Roger were ideal prospective parents – patient, loving, fun and ceaseless advocates for the kids who would come into their care. But she worried they might face extra obstacles in adopting because they were gay.
"They never tried to hide it, but they never made a big deal out of it, either," Shew-Plummer says. "They didn't want to change the world. They just wanted to raise their kids."
The Hams also served as foster parents for 42 children over ten years. Some stayed for just a few days, while others stayed for months.
Two of the Ham's children were adopted in Washington state, which allows both parents' names to appear on the birth certificates. The ten adopted in Arizona are legally Steven's, because Arizona does not allow same-sex couples to adopt, nor does it allow second-parent adoptions. To cover the legal gaps, the couple have drawn up medical powers of attorney and guardianship papers. But even with that, the ten children adopted in Arizona are not entitled to health and Social Security benefits, inheritance rights or, if the parents were to split up, child support from Roger.
And yet the obstacles seem minor compared to the Ham's determination to care for the children who had such great needs. But it's not all about the needs. It's also about the love and support, which is abundant in the Ham household. Sen. Rick Santorum this week denounced adoption and foster parenting by gay couples, saying adoption was a privilege and not a right. The thing is though, I suspect the Hams would agree: it is an enormous privilege, a blessing even. And one that all children deserve, regardless of how their parents are configured.


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April 23, 1946 - December 9, 2012
Brenda Joyce Burman, age 66, of Vienna, departed this life Sunday, December 9, 2012, in the Maries Manor Care Center, Vienna. She was born April 23, 1946, in St. Louis, a daughter of Juan Delestranos and Patricia Ann (Conyers) Mercado. Brenda was a member of All Souls Catholic Church, St. Louis. She had been employed in banking and enjoyed reading, watching movies and taking care of her cat. Those left to mourn the passing of Brenda include: two sons, Tony Scott Jones and Cary Herndon; one brother, Juan Patrick Mercado, Aztec, New Mexico; one sister, Rita Aynes, Jefferson City; aunts; cousins; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. A memorial service will be held for Brenda at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 22, 2012, in the Vienna Chapel of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Homes. Online condolences may be left at www.birminghammarti nfuneralhomes.com
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Just what FAU needed -- a rare win over the Canes
What a difference a day makes. After waking up Wednesday hung over by the memory of Florida base runners touching home plate again and again and again…the Owls went out and knocked out Miami 7-4.
That wiped away the bitter taste of defeat. Beating Miami is something most on the Owls roster had never done, and coach John McCormack was 0-5 versus the Canes, and FAU 8-47 all-time versus the Canes, and had died in Coral Gables in many a regional.
Make that 9-47 after Wednesday.
Andy Mee (8), who had a HR and closed the game, and Joey Burkhalter celebrate
And note that the players (and fans) did not go crazy when the final out was recorded. A big win, but they treated like the fifth game of a long regular season, not making it into a "we shocked the world" moment.
Unlike what will happen tonight in The Burrow should FAU knock off Troy. But more on that later.
We'll stick with baseball a bit longer. Here is John McCormack on the win.
Stony Brook is in town for a three-game series that starts Friday. The Brookies will be seeing green grass for the first time in many months.


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The Speaking Section of the TOEFL iBT™ (SSTiBT): Test-Takers' Reported Strategic Behaviors
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- Academic speaking second-language speaking strategic behaviors speaking tasks speaking tests TOEFL iBT
This study responds to the Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL®) research agenda concerning the need to understand the processes and knowledge that test-takers utilize. Specifically, it investigates the strategic behaviors test-takers reported using when taking the Speaking section of the TOEFL iBT™ (SSTiBT). It also investigates how the reported strategic behaviors differed across integrated and independent tasks in the SSTiBT, as well as the relationship between test-takers' reported strategic behaviors and their performance on the tasks as determined by their test scores. The participating students were 14 graduate and 16 undergraduate engineering students whose first language was Chinese. The results indicate that test-takers reported using 49 separate strategies when completing the SSTiBT tasks. Of the five strategy categories, the metacognitive, communication, and cognitive strategies were proportionally the most frequently reported. The interrelationships among these three categories were negative. Undergraduates reported using significantly more communication strategies, whereas graduates reported using significantly more cognitive and affective strategies. No statistically significant differences were found in reported strategy use across proficiency levels. The integrated tasks were more alike with respect to reported strategy use than were the independent and integrated tasks. Furthermore, the integrated tasks elicited a wider variety of reported strategy use than the independent tasks. Overall, we found no relationship between the total number of reported strategic behaviors and total test score on the SSTiBT. We conclude that strategy use is integral to performing SSTiBT tasks and should therefore be considered as part of the construct of communicative performance. However, the relationship between strategy use and test performance is varied and is due to complex interactions among test-taker characteristics, tasks, and contexts.
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Sarah and Saddam
Gov. Palin raises an important Iraq-terrorism question.
The pit bull with lipstick gave a rousing send-off to U.S. soldiers headed for Iraq: You are going to "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans." Guess what? The establishment reacted with horror! The Washington Post complained the governor did not understand that any idea Saddam Hussein had been involved in 9/11 was quite discredited, while the McCain camp rushed to explain she was speaking about al Qaeda in Iraq, rather than Saddam.
Whatever Sarah Palin meant, Saddam did rejoice at the 9/11 attacks. He asserted on September 12, "The United States reaps the thorns that its rulers have planted in the world." We might make more of that, and Saddam's subsequent gloating, but the "entrenched interests" Palin challenged so powerfully at the Republican National Convention also exist when it comes to understanding terrorism, particularly the 9/11 attacks. At stake are careers, and the CIA and others past and present who have dealt with terrorism are heavily invested in absolving Iraq for 9/11. If Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attacks, it means they all made a tremendous blunder during the previous eight years back to 1993 and the first assault on the World Trade Center. That is, the Clinton administration more broadly; along with the Republicans who led Congress then, and subsequently even the Bush White House which failed to question the Clinton-era explanation of terrorism with any meaningful vigor -- that it was all basically the product of stateless, messianic Islamic networks.
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text: Home- Faculty Search- Faculty Directory- Susan Thomson Colgate Directory FACULTY DETAIL < BACK TO RESULTS Susan ThomsonAssistant Professor of Peace and Conflict StudiesPeace & Conflict Studies, 223 Alumni Hall p email@example.com Degree BA, Saint Mary's University (Canada); LLB, University College London (UK); MA, PhD, Dalhousie University (Canada) Specialties State-society relations in Africa, in particular power relations between the state and individuals in post-conflict countries; urban refugees and internally displaced persons; Rwanda; Kenya; research ethics and methodology. Professional Experience July 1998 - December 2000: Resident coordinator, Anglophone Lecturers in Law Project, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Law Project, Faculté de Droit, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda. September 1997 - July 1998: Human rights programme officer, Justice Sector, United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, Gitarama/Kibuye Sub-Office, Rwanda. September 1994 - August 1997: Associate programme officer, Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya. August 1993 - September 1994: Researcher, Women in Human Settlements Development Programme, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya. Publications Peer-Reviewed Books Rwanda: A Phoenix from the Ashes of Genocide? New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (under contract. Manuscript due April 20, 2014). Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press (July 2013).Peer-Reviewed Co-Edited Book Thomson, Susan, An Ansoms and Jude Murison, eds. (2013) Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa: The Story Behind the Findings. London: Palgrave Macmillan.Peer-Reviewed Articles "Rhetorical Legacies of Leadership: Projections of 'Benevolent Leadership' in Pre- and Post-Genocide Rwanda" (with Marie-Eve Desrosiers) Journal of Modern African Studies, 49(3), August 2011, pp. 431-455. "The Darker Side of Transitional Justice: The Power Dynamics behind Rwanda's Gacaca Courts" Africa, 81(3), August 2011, pp. 373-390. "Whispering Truth to Power: The Everyday Resistance of Peasant Rwandans to Post-Genocide Reconciliation" African Affairs, 100(440), July 2011, pp. 439-456. "Law, Power and Justice: What Legalism Fails to Address in the Functioning of Rwanda's Gacaca Court" (with Rosemary Nagy) International Journal of Transitional Justice, 5(1), March 2011, pp. 11-30. "Local Power Relations and Household Gender Dynamics: Assessing Rwanda's Claim to Universal HIV/AIDS Treatment in Context" Special Issue on HIV/AIDS, Human Security and Governance in Africa: Canadian Journal of African Studies, 44(3), February 2011, pp. 552-578. "La politique d'unité et de réconciliation nationale au Rwanda: figures imposées et résistance au quotidien" Genèses, 81(4), decembre 2010, pp. 49-63. "Getting Close to Rwandans since the Genocide: Studying Everyday Life in Highly Politicized Research Settings" African Studies Review, 53(3), December 2010, pp. 19-34. "Ethnic Twa and Rwandan National Unity and Reconciliation Policy" Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 21(3), July 2009, pp. 313-320.Peer-Reviewed Chapters in Books "Peasant Perspectives on National Unity and Reconciliation: Building Peace or Promoting Division?" In Maddalena Campioni and Patrick Noack (eds.) Rwanda Fast Forward: Social, Economic, Military and Reconciliation Prospects. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, pp. 96-110. "Re-education for Reconciliation: Participant Observations on Ingando" in Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf (eds.) Reconstructing Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011, pp. 331-339. "'That is not what we authorised you to do…': Access and government interference in highly politicised research environments" in Chandra Lekha Sriram, John C. King, Julie A. Mertus, Olga Martín-Ortega and Johanna Herman (eds.) Surviving Field Research: Working in violent and difficult situations. London: Routledge, 2009, pp. 108-124.


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Ride the Rockies, a six-day bike tour through the Rocky Mountains, began Sunday. Several riders are doing blogs for The Denver Post, and here is an excerpt from Wednesday.
After two 75-mile days and an 80-mile day with constant head wind, many thought our 50-mile tour of Steamboat was a recovery day. We were warned, though, that it was not.
Despite the warnings, we went in hopes of some pain relief. That didn't happen. With a multitude of rollers (that means lots of ups and downs and little relief) and some 11 percent grade climbs, today was anything but recovery.
The silver lining in all of this was not having to pack up camp this morning and enjoying a leisurely coffee while waiting for the sun to melt the frost off of our bike seats.
Compared to tomorrow, though, today will seem like a recovery ride. Thursday's 80-miler includes Rabbit Ears Pass and Colorado's version of Death Valley riding into Kremmling. Should I survive? I will do my best to tell you all about it.
Until then, O'Dell Brewing Company will help pass the time along with the live tunes here on the Steamboat Courthouse lawn.
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MONARO High came close to taking out the 2014 Brumbies Shield recently, going down in the final by just two conversions.
The school's year 7/8 rugby team competed in the tournament in Canberra against teams from across Canberra and the South Coast.
The boys got their campaign off to a flying start defeating John Paul College 46-0. Tries: D. Corby, C. Sewell, L. Rankin 2, A. Allen, W. Moore, J. Harding, B. Zammit. Conversions: W. Moore 2, L. Rankin.
In their next game they played Lyneham High who had narrowly beaten them in the 7s final earlier this year. It was a slow start but Monaro confidently took control of the game winning 28-14. Tries: J. Harding 2, B. Zammit 2. Conversions: L. Rankin 3, W. Moore. Best and Fairest points for the day were: 3 Bill Zammit, 2 James Harding, 1 Will Moore with Players' Player Kayne Johnson-Smith.
The side later travelled to Canberra to finish off the pool games and play the finals. With injuries to James Harding and Jesse Williams it was good to have Josh Bruce fit and James Hill available. Their last pool game was against Mary Mackillop but ball security was an issue.
Too many turnovers saw Monaro's first loss 22-7 with the only try scored and converted by Will Moore.
Despite this loss Monaro still finished top of the pool and played Canberra High in the Grand Final.
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The other week I posted from GUADEC, saying I'd been inspired to start an open source project to build a gardening website. If I posted, "I planted tomatoes in my garden in Melbourne on the 1st of November" and everyone else did likewise, we'd wind up with an extensive database of food plants, including things like heirloom varieties and where to source them from. We could also build a histogram of the distributions of planting times for every location. Eventually, we could build in tools Continue reading →


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I am setting up a 29 gal freshwater tank. I have 8 zebra danios, 2 white clouds and 2 corys that will be going in it. I want to add more color to the tank and more variety.
How does this sound for a final stocking:
8 danios
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2 german (blue) rams
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I had wanted to get an angelfish, but I don't know if it would work with the danios or not.
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anyone??? comments, suggestions, ideas???
Angelfish will not fit in your tank unfortunately. Your stocking is otherwise fine.:) The only thing that bothers me is the temperature requirement. I find blue rams to thrive a lot in a temp of 27 or more(Celsius) but White Clouds are coldwater and you might get stuck to 24 wherein the rams tend to become sluggish if kept at that temp long-term.:shake:
i could get rid of the white clouds and add something else. what else would work?
I prefer diamonds and cardinals though. Emperors and penguins are fine although they do get a bit nippy but nothing worse than serpaes and tiger barbs.
If your budget allows, you can get 10-15 cardinals.
i just looked them up and love the cardinal tetras! I will plan on adding a group of them. thanks!
I am now going to be getting a baby black ratsnake later this month so the 29 gal tank will be turned into his cage. I am getting a 20 gal tank with him though so I will be turning that into a fishtank.
So now I need to figure out what all I can put in the 20 gal. I will have an aquaclear 50 filter on it and sand for substrate. I am using fake plants in it.
I have am putting my 8 danios and 2 corys in it. I will be adding 4 more corys to make a shoal of them. I want to add some cardinal tetras and something else, if possible. I figure at least 6 cardinals. How does this sound and could I fit something else in or would it be full already? If I put something else in I am thinking maybe a dwarf gourami???
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Real Wages: Hourly real wages are down slightly from the previous month, but up 0.2 percent from last year.
Real New Home Prices: Real new home prices climbed 7.9 percent from this time last year to reach approximately $110,000.
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You can clearly see the differences when you look at specific problems.
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Among lower-income households, more than 20% reported a problem in the past month, but for those in higher-income households, it was 3%.
As for losing jobs - in lower-income households 10% were laid off versus under one percent in higher-income households.
Overall the job situation isn't a pretty picture.
The Employment Index saw declines for the second month in a row, dropping even farther below 50, which means more people are losing jobs than gaining them.
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The news that Disney was pulling the plug on producer Jerry Bruckheimer's planned adaptation of The Lone Ranger came as quite a surprise when Deadline reported it last Friday. Not only is the Lone Ranger an iconic character whose popularity (or, at least familiarity) spans generations, but the team assembled to bring it to life — Bruckheimer producing, Gore Verbinski directing and Johnny Depp starring as Tonto — have made billions of dollars for Disney with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and other movies.
Disney apparently made the decision to shut it down because the projected budget was well above the $200 million that they were willing to put up to make the movie. Even with Bruckheimer behind it, it seemed pretty strange that the budget for what is essentially a Western would be that high. Now, however, it appears that the reason for the huge budget has been explained. According to Hollywood-Elsewhere, the primary antagonists in the movie were going to be werewolves.
Citing a draft of the script written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio before Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road) was hired to rewrite it, Hollywood-Elsewhere described it as "an effects-heavy CG thing due to being a kind of an Indian-spirituality werewolf movie — a.k.a., The Lone Ranger Meets the Wolfman." Further explanation was offered by an anonymous "gadfly" who frequents the same professional writers-only site that Elliot has posted on in the past:
It was never going to be a semi-traditional western...it was never going to be Zorro. It was going to be a Tonto show mainly. Tonto as the top dog and more dominant than the Lone Ranger. Tonto and the Indian spirits like Obi Wan Kenobi and the force. The driving engine was going to be Native American occult aspects worked in with werewolves and special effects. But flavored with doses of Native American spirituality in a serious way.
As cool as it may sound to some to have the Lone Ranger and Tonto fighting mystical Native American werewolves, the fact that the movie is a Fantasy-Western genre mash-up may have had more to do with the movie's undoing than the price tag. To find evidence that audiences may not be up for this type of a pairing or blending, Disney execs would have to look no further than the current box office numbers for director Jon Favreau's sci-fi and Western mash-up, Cowboys and Aliens, which is languishing in theaters despite the combined star power of Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.


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Today in History: AIDS in Black Africans
Jim Burroway
March 19th, 2008
As we've mentioned before, by the time 1983 came around the panic surrounding the emerging HIV/AIDS crisis had already reached epic proportions, with anti-gay groups and individuals pinning everlasting blame on the gay community. When they had bothered to notice, some would acknowledge that Haitians, drug addicts and hemophiliacs were also at risk for AIDS. But it was the gay community which bore the brunt of the responsibility for the new "plague." In 1983, Pat Buchanan would thunder:
The poor homosexuals — they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution.
Ignorance among many Americans was running a fevered pitch, but things were very different in Europe. Belgian and French doctors had noticing something for quite some time: they had been treating wealthy African immigrants from their former colonies who were suffering from diseases which were remarkably similar to those reported by AIDS patients in America. Finally, twenty-five years ago today, on March 19, 1983, the rest of the world would learn what they have been noticing with the publication of this brief letter in the respected journal The Lancet:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Black Africans
SIR,-Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been described in homosexual or bisexual men, in drug addicts, in haemophiliacs, and in Haitian immigrants. To our knowledge there is no report of AIDS and opportunistic infections in previously healthy Black Africans with no history of homosexuality or drug abuse.
Tables I and II show the clinical and immunological data on five Black patients seen in Brussels and who were from Central Africa (Zaire and Chad). Three of them had been living in Belgium, for between 8 months and 3 years. All were of good socioeconomic status. They presented with prodromes of fever, weight loss, and generalised lymphadenopathy, and extensive investigations did not reveal any neoplasia. Patients A and E died; the three survivors are still ill.
These patients fulfilled all the criteria of AIDS. …
This preliminary report suggests that Black Africans, immigrants or not, may be another group predisposed to AIDS.
Indeed, the world would soon learn the horror that had been stalking the Congo river region for decades. This small letter to the editor would later prove to be the canary in the coalmine. It is the first published indication of a pandemic which had already taken countless lives in Zaire and Chad, and would very soon engulf much of an entire continent.
Source:Clumeck, N.; Mascart-Lemone, F.; de Maubeuge, J.; Brenez, D.; Marcelis, L. Letter to the editor: "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Black Africans." Lancet 1, no. 8325 (March 19, 1983): 624.
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Can Flyers correct defensive issues in time for Wild?
Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek have combined for 10 goals and 13 assists over the last seven games. (AP)
It's a good thing the rest of the Metropolitan Division has been struggling this season, too.
The Flyers failed to carryover the momentum gained in a furious rally against Columbus on Thursday into the second leg of their home-and-home series with the Blue Jackets on Saturday. The result? A disappointing 6-3 loss that dropped the orange and black back to .500 (16-16-4).
Somehow, the Flyers are still in a position to earn a playoff spot in a very mediocre Eastern Conference. They are one point behind the New Jersey Devils for the third guaranteed position in the Metro with a game in hand.
Every team goes through same issues in a season, whether it be tough scheduling, injuries or a slump. It's getting close to that part of the year where the winning teams will find a way to overcome those issues.
Are the Flyers one of those clubs? We'll find out soon enough. Here are some other storylines we'll be following this week:
Slow week
With only two games on the schedule this week, the Flyers have the opportunity to get some banged-up bodies off the ice.
After returning home to face the Minnesota Wild on Monday, the Flyers will have a four-day break before traveling to Edmonton for a matchup with the Oilers on Saturday.
The Christmas break comes at a good time for Steve Downie (upper body), Nicklas Grossmann (flu) and Erik Gustafsson (left knee). It also gives Vinny Lecavalier, who returned to the Flyers' lineup almost two weeks ahead of schedule on Saturday, some extra time to rest his ailing back.
Still streaking
Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek kept their respective scoring streaks alive in the Flyers' loss to the Blue Jackets on Saturday.
Giroux has at least one point in each of his last six games and the Flyers' captain shows no signs of slowing down, either. He's collected four goals and eight assists during his current streak and has been playing some spirited hockey.
As for Voracek, the 24-year-old extended his points streak to seven games after picking up an assist against Columbus. The Flyers' most valuable player from a season ago has scored in five of his last seven games and has 11 points (six goals) during that span.
Defense struggling
It's a good sign that the Flyers' offense has been able to put up a lot of goals as of late -- 19 in their last five games -- but their defensive-zone coverage has been atrocious.
The Flyers have allowed four or more regulation goals in seven of the 10 games they've played in December. With numbers like that, they're extremely lucky to have a 4-4-2 record this month.
Part of that has to do with goaltending. Steve Mason and Ray Emery were outstanding through Thanksgiving, but haven't been as sharp over the past two weeks.
However, Mason and Emery haven't been getting much help in front of the crease. Several breakdowns and turnovers have proved costly for the Flyers lately.
An example? The Blue Jackets scored twice off of point shots on Saturday. In both instances, the Flyers' forwards were too low in the defensive zone and the defensemen down low failed to clear the porch. It's something that's been happening regularly and needs to be addressed.
Hitting the road
Monday's clash with the Wild will be the Flyers' last game at Wells Fargo Center until Jan. 8.
Beginning in Edmonton later this week, the Flyers will play their next six games away from South Philly.
The trip comes at a bad time for the Flyers as they've dropped five in a row on the road.
Players to watch
Minnesota: The Flyers have been clicking on offense, but one player who will try to slow them down on Monday is defenseman Ryan Suter. Suter is an excellent two-way defender. Although he doesn't have a goal yet this season, the former Predator can hurt teams offensively. He's tied with Mikko Koivu for the Wild-lead in assists with 20.
Edmonton: The Oilers have plenty of young forwards that the Flyers will have to keep an eye on, but let's take a look at former first-overall pick Taylor Hall. Hall is leading Edmonton in scoring this season with 30 points (13 goals) in 31 games. Although he's injury-prone, the winger is emerging as a prolific scorer. He has 80 points in his last 76 games dating back to last season.


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Video: B.o.B.- So Hard To Breathe
Bobby Ray gives one of his Strange Clouds album cuts the video treatment with women in bathtubs for "So Hard To Breathe." The ATLien vents about his struggles coming up and the obstacles one goes on to...
- Posted 4 years ago