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Rita G.
Newport News, Virginia
"I'd be lying if I said I considered my looks to be among even my best 10 attributes!"
- Rita G.
You've seen Rita G. pummeling Kanye West with a shovel in his popular video for the song "Flashing Lights." She's also appeared in popular mags like Playboy and is the proud creator of her own sex column on e-crap.
Now that she has the body that she wants, Rita G. takes pride in taking great care of it. She avoids alcohol and drugs like the plague and fuels her body with loads of nutrition. She's also an avid gym rat. Curiously enough, Rita G. practices some offbeat grooming habits. She doesn't believe in deodorants (due to Alzheimer's fears) and wears aloe vera gel instead. She also avoids laundry, preferring to buy new clothes than wash old ones.
In between these two points, Rita G. has dabbled in a number of creative endeavors, ranging from modeling to music. The former has seen her appear in Playboy, Smooth and Lowrider Blvd. Besides Mr. Kanye West, Rita G. has also rubbed musical shoulders with heavyweights like Jay-Z and Usher. She is a major contributor to The After Hour Hot Spot, a popular radio show that features Dr. Dre, as well. When she's not doing all of these duties, Rita G. manages to find time to write her own online sex column.
Rita G. BiographyRita Granbery was born on February 5, 1979, in New York, New York. With an African-American and Italian ethnic background, Rita G. was born with an exotic look, but in her opinion, she was nothing special. Rita G. remembers herself as a skinny kid with a self-described masculine body and a noticeable acne problem. Things changed when she started to develop curves in the right places at 17, an evolution that continued until she was 22. With that, the body of a model was born.
As a young woman, another important event for Rita G. was the disposal of her TV. As a teen, she learned about the influences of television imagery at the subconscious level and insisted on living a TV-free lifestyle. Her decision to part with television for nine long years gave her a stronger appreciation for books and music. It's fitting that she would end up being involved with both.
rita g on the howard stern show and in playboyDespite Rita G.'s insistence on living sans television, her most significant showbiz break came courtesy of Howard Stern in 2003. Impressed with Rita G.'s bustline, he invited her onto the show to boast that she had the best natural curves on Earth. She was only too happy to oblige and the show's ratings went through the roof. Rita G.'s episode was so popular that it was promptly rebroadcast just two weeks later.
Thanks to the "King of All Media," Rita G. was in demand and she started popping up in movies and in print. Filmdom found her heating up the screen in the softcore extravaganza The Luckiest Bachelor on Earth (2004), while the print world had her snuggling up with a host of magazines, primarily Playboy. Over the next few years, Rita G. would appear in more than a dozen special editions of Hugh Hefner's magazine, with the highlights being inclusions in the 2006 and 2007 Top Sexy 100 list.
rita g works with kanye westThe magazine gigs have kept coming for Rita G. Besides Playboy, she's kept up appearances through work in Black Gold, King and Escape (among others) and various spicy calendars. Rita G. has also branched out into other forms of media, with a well-received sex column for e-crap and a recurring spot for Dr. Dre on his regular radio show.
Rita G. earned what is arguably her greatest career achievement with the lead role in Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" music video. Although the video certainly played on Rita's sexy figure, it also carried an aura of mystery and uneasiness. This was due to her dark role as a shovel-wielding femme fatale who buries Kanye without explanation. While some were irked at the murky qualities of the video, Rita G. was impressed with its ambiguity and tickled at the chance to work with a talent like Kanye West.


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Lorain County residents believe they live in an ideal location. They enjoy the ease and beauty of country living, affordable land and quality housing stock, all a short distance from Cleveland and its big-city amenities.
"People are finding that Lorain County is a great place to live, and people are finding the land prices are a little more affordable than in Cuyahoga County," says Terry Bennett, president of Terry Bennett Builders and Remodelers and president of the North Coast Building Industry Association. "It's close to downtown Cleveland, close to the airport and has very good transportation in terms of the freeways and the Turnpike."
In Bennett's eyes, there is one other feature that makes the region wonderful. "We have an abundant share of excellent builders who build very good homes in the community," he declares. Those builders will be showing off their talents at the North Coast Building Industry Association Parade of Homes "The Dream" Tour 2004.
The Parade, primarily sponsored by Third Federal Savings Bank, runs May 15, 16, 22 and 23, from noon to 5 p.m. Twenty-two new homes and four remodeled homes showcase the work of 19 area builders and three remodelers. Some of the homes are in senior adult communities, and one condo is featured on the tour.
"This is an opportunity for people to see both new homes in various developments and subdivisions," says Bennett. "It's also for those people who might be interested in remodeling their homes."
New homes in colonial, ranch and Cape Cod styles are located in Avon, Avon Lake, Columbia Station, Elyria, Grafton, LaGrange, North Ridgeville, Sheffield Village and Wakeman. "It just gives everyone a good opportunity to see what the neighborhoods look like and the roads going to those neighborhoods," says Jean Sexton, executive officer with the NCBIA. "It's an opportunity to talk to the builders. They can tell you the benefits and features of their homes."
The homes range from 1,300 square feet to more than 3,400 square feet. Prices run from $119,900 to more than $500,000.
Remodeling projects include a kitchen/ dining room in Eaton Township, a kitchen remodel in Westlake and two homes in Huron across the street from each other. Together, the Huron homes feature a basement refinish, a bathroom remodel and a master-suite remodel. "Every remodeling job you'd want has been done," says Sexton.
Expect to see some new faces in this year's Parade. Only four of the builders have been featured in previous years. "Because there's so much growth in Lorain County, there's a lot of new products and new builders, so you're not going to be visiting the same thing you saw last time," Sexton observes.
Environmentally friendly homes are a theme of this year's Parade. In addition to the tour's centerpiece The Dream (see page L8) Bennett advises visitors to look for energy-efficient features in many of the new homes. "Energy efficiency is a very high [priority] again," he says.
A tour preview and a sneak peek at The Dream will be held May 8 and 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting at the Lorain County Metro Parks Carlisle Visitors Center, off Route 301 at 12882 Nickel Plate Diagonal Road just north of LaGrange. The builders and remodelers will show renderings of their projects and answer questions. Examples of green building products will be on display. Visitors can attend various seminars or check out a car show. The Metro Parks will host family activities and pizza and hot dogs. The event is free, except for the concessions.
New Home Construction
1 Bennett Builders, Greenview Estates
2 Creekside Homes, The Village at Creekside
3 Lapos Construction, Highland Park
4 Scaletta Developement, Avenbury Lakes
5 Terry Bennett Builders & Remodelers, Red Tail Golf Club
Avon Lake
6 Gamellia Construction, Piccolo Place
7 Kopf Builders, Legacy Pointe
8 Kopf Builders, Waterside Crossings
9 Lakeside Condominiums, Bridgeside
Columbia Station
10 Gill Construction, Cobblestone
11 Gill Construction, River Glen
12 Dale Yost Construction, East Hampton
13 Lake Star Construction, Horizon
14 Linna Homes Inc., East Hampton
15 Majzun Construction, Waterford Crossing
16 R.J. Perritt Homes, Union Station
17 Stiner & Sons Construction, Ravine's Edge
18 Suburban Homes, Lighthouse Village
North Ridgeville
19 Bob Schmitt Homes Inc., Ridgefield
20 Bob Schmitt Homes Inc., Ridgefield
Sheffield Village
21 Longview Builders Inc., Deerfield Village
22 Fannin Brothers Inc., RiverBend
Remodeled Homes
Eaton Township
23 Lake Star Construction
24 Don Jason Builders
25 Don Jason Builders
26 Terry Bennett Builders & Remodelers
"The Dream"
Carlisle Township
27 "The Dream" House
28 Lorain County Metro Parks Carlisle Visitors Center -- parking and shuttle
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At a time when Republicans want to shrink government, they are failing to come to grips with the scope and scale of the demand for more government. "More government" doesn't necessarily mean expanding government services as much as it means having members of the House and Senate having the capacity to address essential topics and to give them required diligence in processing, prioritizing, and attending them with action, or inaction. First, there is a sincere question about the qualifications for office. American voters need superior candidates with the best skill, knowledge, experience, and proficiency to address our considerable needs. Those needed are found among the vast government departments and agencies. They are the needs that reside among American voters for a sustainable economy with upward mobility.
On a different but possibly related subject, there is a gender gap in government representation. The House and Senate are largely ruled by men. That is not being representative of the population and that almost 50:50 male and female. So, what might be proposed is to double the number of House and Senate members such that there are male and female positions. Doing that will at least double the brain power for attending our considerable needs that include actually reading government directed reports.
You see, the reason for reports is to inform Congress about issues. If they are not reading them because they don't have time, that presumes that reports are unnecessary. That may be a false conclusion. A better assessment is to conclude that there need to be more, not fewer members of Congress, and that by adding the condition equal gender representation, we can assure the possibility of not only greater capacity by higher quality capacity as well.
A Democrat Congresswoman proposes to throw the reports away. She should be on a list to be voted from office.
"Bill proposes cutting agency reports, which are swamping Congress
By David A. Fahrenthold, Tuesday, May 13, 10:01 AM
A House Democrat has introduced a bill to fix a problem that Congress itself created — an expensive pileup of written reports from federal agencies, many of them unnecessary and unread.
The solution: Every five years, get rid of almost all the reports and start over.
That plan is outlined in a measure that Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) wrote after reading an article in Sunday's Washington Post.
The Post story described how Congress began requiring executive-branch agencies to send in written memos about their activities. The problem was that, over the decades, Congress asked for far more reports than lawmakers had time to read. Today, Congress is officially expecting about 4,291 reports, from 466 agencies and nonprofits."


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May 20, 2014
Highlawn Pavilion, West Orange, NJ
The 3rd annual Digital Marketing Summit will bring together the latest thinking on the use of Digital channels to promote and market your brand, products and services. With sessions on PR, Analytics and Brand Storytelling, the half-day program features real-world examples from three highly-respected Marketers.
Event Overview
Peter Shankman, best-selling author and founder of "Help a Reporter Out" will talk about the new face of PR in the digital environment. He'll explain how now, more than ever, it's about focusing on the customers you have, to get the customers you want.
Google uncovered The Zero Moment of Truth in 2011, showing how the buying process for B2B and B2C has been uniquely impacted by the use of search and mobile access. Jeff Sutton of Advanced Digital will demonstrate the kinds of data available to B2B marketers to reach buyers at all level of the funnel. From his experience with NJ.com and associated portals, he will discuss how to use Google Analytics to measure and optimize campaigns, and tailor messaging to your target market.
Storytelling is now part of the marketing toolkit. As Forbes explained in their recent article "Marketers have been telling brand stories for years through advertising, in-person brand experiences, and so on, but the art of writing those brand stories as effective pieces of online content is a challenge that few are trained to do." Greg Jawski of JCPR will explain the process to uncover the stories of a brand, and show how to utilize digital media to spread the word.
- 9:00 – 9:20 Registration/Breakfast
- 9:30 – 10:15 "Become a Master Storyteller in the Digital Space"
- 10:15 – 10:30 Networking Break
- 10:30 – 11:15 "B2B Marketing and the Zero Moment of Truth"
- 11:15 – 11:30 Networking Break
- 11:30 – 12:30 "Nailing Customer Loyalty in the era of the mobile, social, and ADHD customer"
- 12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch
Session 1: 9:30-10:15
Become a Master Storyteller in the Digital Space
Greg Jawski, Managing Director, Jennifer Connelly PR
Every brand has a story to tell. The key is finding the right emotional message that will create a relevant and memorable message.
Greg Jawski of Jennifer Connelly PR will describe a discovery process to unleash these stories, and leverage them across multiple digital channels. He will discuss
- The seven key elements of a great story
- How to embrace the essence of what journalists are looking for in a story, but that few spokespeople can deliver
- The difference between Brand/organizational storytelling vs. Individual storytelling and how the two come together
- Succeeding in the digital space: Disseminating your story through the most effective channels and in the right way
About Greg Jawski
Greg leads the Public Relations team at Jennifer Connelly PR (http://jcprinc.com/), assisting in the strategic development and execution of integrated communications campaigns for a range of clients, as well as providing ongoing guidance and support to senior team members.
A 12-year veteran of the communications industry, Greg delivers high-level expertise in a broad range of PR specialties including media relations, corporate positioning, executive visibility, thought leadership development, financial communications, crisis communications and issues management.
Prior to joining JCPR, Greg worked for Ogilvy PR Worldwide, Fleishman-Hillard and FTI Consulting (formerly FD). His past client experience includes Bank of America, Barclays, BlackRock, Zurich, Wells Fargo, AIG, HSBC, Advent International and SAP. He has also led communications campaigns designed to drive asset inflows into large mutual fund firms including Neuberger Berman, Putnam, and Baring Asset Management.
Session 2: 10:30-11:15
B2B Marketing and the Zero Moment of Truth
Jeff Sutton, Director of Audience Targeting, Advance Digital / NJ.com
Understanding the Zero Moment of Truth from a B2B perspective is critical — the Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT), when people research products before buying, applies across all customer bases "whether you're buying a big jet engine or a refrigerator," says Beth Comstock, SVP and GMO of GE. In fact, a recent Google study shows that 71% of the people interviewed use the internet on a daily basis for their business purchase decisions.
Jeff will discuss how the B2B purchase funnel has changed thanks to ZMOT, and will demonstrate the kinds of data available to B2B marketers to reach buyers at all level of the funnel. He will also describe how to tailor messages to shoppers as they travel down the sales funnel and measure and optimize campaigns using Google Analytics.
About Jeff Sutton
Jeff Sutton has extensive experience in the digital space as both a sales and marketing professional; he was an early digital content provider and blogger, was an early adopter of digital advertising as a marketer, and has deep expertise around audience targeting strategies and data.
Currently the Director of Audience Targeting with Advance Digital, Jeff works with clients and partners across the US to help craft Audience Targeting strategies and solutions that deliver results. Prior to his role with Advance Digital Jeff held the same position with the NOLA Media Group in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Advance Digital, Inc. (www.advancedigital.com), based in Jersey City, NJ, is a leading creator of digital news and information products that deliver multi-platform solutions for consumers and advertisers in markets across the United States, in partnership with local media companies affiliated with Advance Publications Inc., which includes NJ.com
Keynote: 11:30-12:30
Peter Shankman
Nailing Customer Loyalty in the era of the mobile, social, and ADHD customer
People don't believe what they see in an advertisement anymore, and they're placing less and less emphasis on newspaper or TV recommendations.
What do customers believe? What gets them into your store, into your restaurant, and into your business? The answer is clear: Personal recommendations from people in their own network.
Experience is the new currency, and personal recommendations are the new trust.
Forget Yelp, forget TripAdvisor. The new loyalty starts with one customer telling his network of 100 people. Within two degrees, that's one million people who hear your recommendation – or complaint – of a new restaurant, or a great hotel
Peter Shankman, best-selling author and founder of "Help a Reporter Out" will explain how now more than ever, it's about focusing on the customers you have, to get the customers you want.
Showing multiple examples of companies big and small "getting it" to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new business.
- You'll learn why transparency in all forms of your business will actually help you grow.
- Why relevance starts with brevity, and how to get there.
- How to be "top of mind" to each one of your customers, whether they're shopping in your store, online, or via telephone.
You'll leave with real-world strategies you can implement immediately to start increasing revenue and gaining the customers you want.
An author, entrepreneur, speaker, and worldwide connector, Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about Customer Service, Social Media, PR, marketing and advertising.
Peter is best known for founding Help A Reporter Out, (HARO) which in under a year became the de-facto standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources on deadline and in June of 2010 was acquired by Vocus, Inc.
Peter is also the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Social Media, Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide.
Peter's Customer Service and Social Media clients have included American Express, Sprint, The US Department of Defense, Royal Bank of Canada, Snapple Beverage Group, NASA, Walt Disney World, Abercrombie and Kent, The Ad Council, Discovery Networks, Harrah's Hotels, and many, many others.
Peter is the author of three books: Nice Companies Finish First: Why Cutthroat Management is Over, and Collaboration is in, (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2013,) and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter at conferences and tradeshows worldwide, including South By Southwest.
In 2011, Peter authored a tweet that was voted as one of the Top Ten Tweets of the year by Twitter, out of more than 160,000,000,000 tweets sent.


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I am not a mathematician but out of curiosity I am trying to implement the SIS epidemic model when the nodes have mobility to understand how it will change the results. I understand how to perform this simulation in an analytical fashion. However, things get rather confusing when nodes are mobile. To give a background, all models that I have come across do not consider that nodes are mobile.
The model assumes that each node can infect any node and hence the equations (differential or difference) are valid. But when nodes are mobile, each node is not able to infect every other node (the other node might not be within the range) and has to explicity send a message to a node that is susceptible in order to infect it. In that case, give an infection rate
B, how do I simulate this when the nodes are mobile?
Currently, the way I am doing this is in the following way:
def Controller():
for i in range(1,100):
randNum = getRand()
if (randNum <= InfectionRate):
neighbors = getNeighbors(i)
ScheduleTransmission(getCurrentTime(), i, neighbors)
Schedule(getCurrentTime() + 1, Controller)
My problem is that I am not understanding if the infection rate can now be captured through a single value (which was previously
B). If not, how does one analyze this scenario? Do I set the
InfectionRate as
B/numNodes so that the overall probability will be
B? Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Making it more realistic
def Controller():
for i in range(1,100):
neighbors = getNeighbors(i)
for j in neighbors:
randNum = getRand()
if (randNum <= InfectionRate):
ScheduleTransmission(getCurrentTime(), i, j)
Schedule(getCurrentTime() + 1, Controller)


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24 Mar 2014, 01:11pm by Brian Fremeau
Florida State is the clear favorite in the ACC, but North Carolina may be the best bet to spoil the Seminoles run to another conference title and national championship.
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10 Mar 2014, 10:18am by Brian Fremeau
The top 10 teams for 2014 according to our early spring FEI projection model, including each team's likelihood to finish the regular season 11-1 or better, the presumed benchmark for college football playoff contenders this fall.
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05 Mar 2014, 09:44pm by Brian Fremeau
Five college football offenses that had the fastest average tempo last season.
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25 Feb 2014, 04:56pm by Aaron Schatz
Somehow, we ended up with a number of likely UDFA running backs on top of this year's Speed Scores, led by Damien Williams of Oklahoma. There will be a Matt Waldman column soon on the four top Speed Score guys and their strengths and weaknesses. Meanwhile, top prospect Ka'Deem Carey of Arizona had a Speed Score of 84.8, which would be the lowest ever for a player chosen in the first three rounds of the draft who wasn't immediately moved to wide receiver. (Hi, Dexter McCluster.)
13 comments, Last at 08 Mar 2014, 1:39pm by MC2
21 Feb 2014, 01:02pm by Brian Fremeau
Highlighting five college programs that have been the most stable in the last quarter century. Each has an opportunity to elevate its program status this fall, and a strong and consistent foundation from which to build.
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08 Feb 2014, 09:25am by Brian Fremeau
We identified five programs that have been on the biggest uptick in recruiting in the past few seasons, programs that have already been on the rise and should continue to trend in the right direction.
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05 Feb 2014, 12:53pm by Rivers McCown
Looking at five good candidates for salary cap cuts this offseason: Chris Johnson, Mark Sanchez, Santonio Holmes, Champ Bailey, and Julius Peppers.
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29 Jan 2014, 11:26am by Vincent Verhei
The thread that links Seattle's worst performances this season is primarily offensive struggle, with quarterback Russell Wilson failed by his porous line.
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28 Jan 2014, 01:33pm by Vincent Verhei
Here's the first in a two-part series looking at what ties together each of Denver and Seattle's losses this season. For the Broncos, the biggest problem in their losses has been giving up deep passes. That's an area where Russell Wilson is very good, although the weather could limit the passing game.
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24 Jan 2014, 02:35pm by Scott Kacsmar
The Seahawks and Broncos could not be any different in how well they defend the pass on third down, but how will Denver's potent offense and Seattle's recent inconsistency impact these crucial plays?
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Russ Ringsak
Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota
March 8, 2006
Traveling northbound through Kentucky on that Miami return trip I saw a pair of larger-than-necessary billboards flanking Interstate 65. The one on the right touted the excitements available at the big new Adult SuperStore there at Exit Now, and from a board directly across the freeway blazed a defiant sermon in three giant words, red on black : "HELL IS REAL."
One could almost hear the little voice from the back seat: "Daddy, why do they put up bad words by the highway?"
The pause while Daddy thinks. ". . . Um -- bad words? What bad words?"
"Well, you know. The h-e double-toothpicks word."
"Oh, that one. I, uh, almost missed it, there. . . I, um, suppose they want people to not go to a bad place, maybe."
The pause while the little one forms the obvious next question: "But don't you go there if you use the bad words?"
"Go where?"
"To the h-e double-toothpicks place."
"Right. That place."
"So why do they put the words on a sign if they don't want to go there?"
Daddy nodding. "Well, that's a very good question. Yes, it is. Daddy might have to think about that one for a minute. A very good question, kiddo."
And one could picture another pause as Daddy digs for a way to change the subject, or simply waits for the offspring's mind to wander into safer territory. And then comes, naturally: "Daddy, what's an adult super store?"
"Um. . . I think it's a place where they don't let kids in."
"Is it like a Super Target?"
"Maybe. . . sort of. . . I don't know. I've never been in one." He glances at Mommy.
"Is it a Super Target only with no kids?"
"Yeh. Maybe kind of like that. But I guess I don't know, for sure. . ."
The sign reminded me of the old joke: "Heck is where people go who don't believe in Gosh." Anyway, the show following Miami was in Morris, Minnesota, a town of some 5000 persons and home to the University of Minnesota Morris. Nothing in downtown Morris jumps out and tells you that it's home to a four-year liberal arts campus, unlike most college neighborhoods. Ag trucks rumble down the main street and elevators stand along the tracks as a backdrop. Students there have not had to choose between living in a small town and going to college.
In Morris there are three meals a day and they're called breakfast, dinner and supper. Restaurants and bar grills shut down between 2 and 5 in the afternoon, as if to get people to go home and take naps. There are no more bars or pizza joints than in any other town of that size out there; there's a coffee house with Wi-Fi but that's not an oddity any more.
There was a privately owned U.S. Mail delivery vehicle on the street, a battered and faded high-mileage US-made four-door sedan, distinguished by an old spare tire mounted directly in front of the grille; an unusual but sensible place for it, especially if the owner had a trunk full of junk, or if their route crossed heavily traveled deer paths. Or both.
I enjoyed a senior moment there when we loaded in. The truck ahead of ours – a rental semi exactly like ours and carrying a stage assembly, an overhead lighting system and a complete sound system – took forty-five minutes to back down the slippery half-block hill and jack the trailer at a right angle to the loading door to the gymnasium floor at the bottom. You could read the young driver's misery in all the tracks in the new snow, miscalculated moves and a lot of sweaty do-overs, slipping over curbs and by trees and signs. When they got it unloaded and he finally left I backed our rig down the hill and up to the door in about five minutes. (I've been listening to old guys brag most of my life, so I'm just taking my turn here; and if I didn't tell you about it, who would? Besides that, I've had my own share of the 45-minute sweats.)
The next week we went to Milwaukee, and I set aside my smart-aleck attitude about weather forecasters and drove there on Wednesday, a day early. They were predicting an incoming winter storm and they got it exactly right – a heavy rain became an ice storm Thursday morning as I left the trailer and headed for the Harley factory in our 8x10 reconnaissance vehicle. I had to turn tail and slither back to the hotel.
Safely out of the truck I walked downtown Milwaukee on ice and freezing slush and remembered what a great place it is, as much of one piece as the French Quarter in New Orleans. It's not the same feel of course but it has that same consistency, as if you are back into a certain logic, a commonly held conviction about how a place like this should present itself. In the Big Easy it's wood and paint and wrought iron; open windows and balconies and tight streets, a carnival where anything goes so long as nobody gets an eye poked out. In Milwaukee the buildings say it makes sense to build solid, to face centuries of winter ice storms, and if it's going to be tough for that long it ought to be beautiful while it's at it. There are a few glass boxes there, but they look like hell and you get the feeling the people won't stand for many more of them, not in there among all that elegance. The real beauty of the two cities is that you couldn't imagine them changing places, any more than a Holstein could switch with a crawdad.
They cleared the streets that night and I toured the Harley factory the next day, and was struck by the impact this one company has made. It's now a high-tech modern corporation but still run by bikers, still building the world's most-copied treat since Muddy Waters invented the blues band.
The week after that we went to Glenwood, on the same road we took to Morris. It looked funny on the schedule but turned out to be a much different gig; a great dance hall on a big lake, with fish houses close to the shore. The stage was wide enough for a dance band and no more, the crowd numbering in three digits rather than four, sitting beneath gabled wood trusses with a wall of windows on the frozen lake. More like a tent than a gym, it was, a reconstruction of a social hall with a 94-year history of dances and weddings; a hall played by the big names, Louis Armstrong and Stan Kenton and a hundred others. A lynchpin, one could say, of countless Minnesota marriages. A place where people smiled a lot. A place from where babies eventually sprang.
The following week we went up to Grand Forks, North Dakota, my home territory. I got there Thursday and immediately went to the snowy sugar beet fields with my brother-in-law and his son, where we broke clay pigeons with shotguns; they rarely missed and I nailed only enough to whet the appetite. They have a remote control electric pigeon slinger which launches them briskly aloft, and it's a lot more fun than a person would expect. And I now feel that if I were ever out walking and I had my shotgun along and if an eagle with a nine-foot wingspan cruised in expecting to pick me up by the head, I'd be able to fend him, or her, off. Maybe. At least maybe if I looked up and saw him, or her, in time.
We did our show in the Chester Fritz Auditorium, on the UND campus. It's not exactly an exciting building on the outside, but inside is a scaled-down and unadorned version of the fabulous Auditorium Theater in Chicago, done by Louis Sullivan and my unqualified personal favorite building ever built.
From the stage you look out into a great curved wall of people; three balconies at the Auditorium, two there in the Fritz, high, steeply sloped and forward set, with extensions coming down along the sides. A patron in the farthest seat in the top balcony could toss a beach ball onto the stage.
They were an open and generous crowd, as my people tend to be, and we had a good time there. Having just accomplished a major birthday, I was allowed to sing a tune with our dynamite little band; the hardest part of that was trying to not overly enjoy the experience and mess it up. Sort of like being set up on a date with Lauren Bacall, for example, or Claudia Cardinale, way back when. (My birthday was so major the current favorite hot babes out there don't hold that much appeal.)
It was raining Sunday when I left, after a breakfast at the Big Sioux Truck Stop with the family, but it quit before Fargo and I enjoyed an uneventful five-hour cruise down the Red River Valley and across Minnesota to St. Paul, looking forward to a three week break. I may find time to practice the guitar again. I'm up for it.
"I'm telling you - anything is possible." -- Kirby Puckett.
©R.Ringsak 2006
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6-Year-old Boy Actually Charged with Sexual Assault After Game of Tag On Playground
Hercules, CA – Liberal laws have ruined the life of an innocent child. Somehow, in California, a 6-year-old boy has been charged by his school with sexually assaulting a classmate. Quick show of hands.
How many people really have any idea of criminal sexuality at that age? Thank you, but somewhere in America, thickheaded liberals apparently think it's perfectly normal to make a child register as an offender with a record!
This ridiculous story all begins with what a Hercules area dad is calling an overreaction by school officials. His son was playing tag with friends and after what seems a pretty accidental, innocent touch, school officials cried foul and were charging the boy with malicious, criminal intent.
The parent spoke to the local news media under near anonymity, citing that his son was accused of brushing his best friend's leg while they were playing on the school's playground.
After the allegation of illegal touching, the child was detained in the principal's office for 2 hours and forced to confess to a crime, resulting in an immediate 'sexual battery' charge going on his school record. Suspension was also issued.
It was not until the boy's father got a lawyer and pressed legal issues, that the school backed down from the ridiculous charges.
How sad is it that schools are so litigious against students, yet how many female teachers have we seen get away with abusing their students over the last decade?
There is a double standard in society and it is left wing in nature.
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SXSW alumni band Dinosaur Bones will return to Austin next week to perform at Empire Control Room & Garage with local bands She Sir and The Villas. The indie rock quintet hails from Toronto, Canada and just released their sophomore full length album on Dine Alone Records this past August entitled Shaky Dream. The record was recorded right here in Texas. The group began working with Dine Alone a few years ago & released their first EP on the label in 2010, then followed that up with their first LP in 2011 called My Divider. The label is home to several other Backbeat favorites including FIDLAR, The Dodos, and Yukon Blonde.
Well known in their native Canada, Dinosaur Bones has performed at several Canadian festivals including POP Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion. Their first SXSW performance was in 2010 when they showcased for presenter Billboard alongside such established artists as Those Darlins, Man Man, and Dead Confederate. They returned in 2011 to perform on the Canadian Music Week showcase.
Earlier this year they had the opportunity to play support for Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene through some North American dates. Their current winter tour will continue with two more dates after their Austin performance in both Houston and Brooklyn. You can check out their official website for details.
Catch Dinosaur Bones this week on The Backbeat, SXSWfm's weekly rock show that airs every Friday at 6 & 12 CDT, as well as Saturday at 12am and 9pm CDT. Tune in on your mobile device or desktop here.
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A free event for seniors and their caregivers presented by Albany Law School's Pro Bono Program
Saturday, October 24, 20159:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Albany Law School80 New Scotland Ave.
Albany Law School professors, attorneys and other experts will conduct workshops covering:
No registration is required for workshops.
Attendants receive a free resource guidebook.
Register the day of the event for a free one-on-one counseling session with a representative from the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Corinda Crossdale, Director of the New York State Office for the Aging
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan
11:00- 11:45
Medicare, Managed Care, & Supplemental Insurance with Andrew Koski (Room E115)
An overview of Medicare, managed care, and supplemental health insurance to help individuals caring for a Medicare beneficiary, individuals who will be enrolling in Medicare soon, those newly enrolled on Medicare, and beneficiaries on Medicare, to understand the intricacies of these programs.
Devising a Charitable Gift in Your Estate Plan with Judy Nolfo-McKenna (Room E116)
Planned giving has traditionally been defined as the gift that an individual makes near the end of his or her lifetime. There are many kinds of planned gifts, including, but not limited to: simple bequests in a will or an estate plan, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and non-cash assets. This workshop will explore some of the ways you can make a charitable gift to a charity you care about in your estate plan, even with a smaller or modest estate.
Planning for Long-Term Nursing Home Care with Glenn Witecki & Silvia Andrejuk (Room E117)
This workshop will discuss the use of trusts and powers of attorney to protect assets such as stock, real estate, and bank accounts. It will also discuss how assets can be preserved even if no planning was done prior to requiring nursing home care.
Wills vs. Trusts with Debra Verni (Room 200)
Find out the different planning options presented by wills and trusts and see which one is best for your planning needs.
Retirement Plans with Prof. David Pratt (East Wing Room 211)
An overview of various retirement plan options; basic information about social security, IRAs, 401(k) plans, pensions, annuities and more.
How to Navigate the Surrogate's Court in Small Estates and Administrations with Deborah Kearns & Alima Atoui (West Wing Room 212)
This panel will discuss how to navigate the Surrogate's Court when someone dies leaving assets under $30,000 or dies without a will. Participants in this panel will learn about the proper forms required to commence a small estate or administration proceeding, eligibility to commence such proceedings and the necessary parties to such proceedings. Participants will also learn about spousal and family rights that are available under the law when a loved one dies.
12:00- 12:45
Identity Theft & Senior Scams with Melanie Grossman (Room E115)
This presentation helps you recognize and avoid scams as well as provides strategies to help you address the harms from identity theft and prevent victimization. It also presents tools and resources to utilize if you fall victim to a scam.
Introduction to Managed Long-Term Care and the ICAN Program with Muriel Miller (Room E116)
Learn more about long-term are and the Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN). ICAN is a great resource for your questions related to Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care (for example, your home care or nursing home care), and your managed care plan.
The Importance of Powers of Attorney in Elder Law with Glenn Witecki & Silvia Andrejuk (Room E117)
This workshop will discuss Power of Attorneys and guardianship proceedings. The workshop will also present information about having an "attorney-in-fact," such as how to select one, what their scope of legal authority is, what their duties are to you, and more.
Getting Your Affairs in Order: Basic Estate Planning Concepts with Tara Anne Pleat (Room 200)
If you're just beginning to think about estate planning, this is the workshop for you. An explanation of the fundamental concepts of wills, trusts, estates, probate and other strategies for wealth transfer.
Probate Process with David Kubikian (East Wing Room 211)
An explanation of the basic probate process, the roles and duties of various persons, and some of the potential issues that can arise.
Your Financial Legacy: Helping Your Family Understand Your Wishes with Jason DePasquale (West Wing Room 212)
Information and strategies for communicating with your family members on the subject of what you want done with your assets and property.
2:00- 2:45
Probate Avoidance with Brittiny B. Razzano (Room E115)
Probate can be a time consuming and expensive process – and it's not always necessary. Learn strategies and plans for transferring your assets without going through probate.
Inheriting Guns with Stephen T. Buckley (Room E116)
If firearms are among the assets that you plan to transfer to your heirs, there are some rules that you should be aware. This workshop will explain the process, and identify the issues you need to be aware of.
Women's Retirement Reality with Jacqueline Sheffer (Room E117)
Women face a unique set of challenges when it comes to meeting their financial goals, including longer life expectancy, fewer years in the workforce and persistently smaller paychecks than men. Understanding the obstacles and opportunities can make all the difference in the size of their future nest eggs.
Medicare vs. Medicaid with Pierro, Schaeffer, & Connor (Room 200)
Medicare and Medicaid are both government programs, but governed by different rules and eligibility requirements – it can be confusing. This workshop will discuss how each program works, what benefits they offer, and how to determine what benefits you're eligible for.
Rights of Grandparents as Caretakers for Grandchildren with Prof. Joseph Connors (East Wing Room 211)
If you are a grandparent acting as a caregiver for a grandchild, you have certain rights, which will be discussed in this workshop.
Schenectady ARC Topic TBD with Kirk M. Lewis (West Wing Room 212)
3:00- 3:45
Capital Gains & Estate Planning: To Gift or Not to Gift? with Brittiny B. Razzano (Room E115)
This workshop will explore the role capital gains tax considerations play in estate planning. Reduce your overall tax burden by making informed, strategic decisions about transfers of assets subject to capital gains tax.
Aging in Place: My Home, My Castle with Lou Pierro (Room E116)
This session will explore how seniors can safely age in place. Topics include how to get care at home, find the right caregivers, manage the care, and pay for care with Medicaid and VA benefits.
Benefits of Using Pooled Trusts for Community Medicaid with Bob Mascali (Room E117)
This workshop will focus on how to use a pooled trust to help manage limited resources and pay for long term care. The workshop will also include a discussion on the benefits of pooled trusts for community home care expenses. Finally, the workshop will offer suggestions on what to consider when choosing a pooled trust including the vetting process and factors to consider when choosing a trustee.
The ABC's of Trusts with Daniella Keller (Room 200)
Trusts are powerful and flexible instruments for transferring your assets. This workshop contains basic information about creating trusts and the circumstances under which they can be used.
Deciphering Health Care Acronyms with Elisa Strole (West Wing Room 212)
MSP? EOB? SSI? ACA? If you need understanding the acronyms used in today's health care and retirement planning this is the workshop for you.
Senior Citizens' Law Day is an annual community education event held on the Albany Law School campus.
For over 20 years, Senior Citizens' Law Day has provided reliable and objective information on some of the most pressing legal, financial and health issues of concern today to hundreds of seniors and their family members living throughout the Capital Region. A sampling of the regular seminars offered throughout the day include Future Care Planning for Adult Disabled Children; Health Care Proxies and Living Wills; Medicaid; Medicare; Powers of Attorney; Putting Your Affairs in Order; Small Estates; Voting; and Trusts.
The Nancy M. Sills '76 Memorial Lecture is held as part of Senior Citizens' Law Day. Past lectures have been presented by a New York state lieutenant governor, directors of the New York state Office for the Aging, Albany Law School faculty, and prominent advocates for older adults.
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Herzog Law Firm
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National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
The Center for Special Needs Trust Administration
Albany County Bar Association
Empire Financial Partners
Witecki Law Office
New York State Bar Association,
Department of Pro Bono Affairs
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Legal Aid Society Northeastern NY
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A Closer Look: Carnival Entertainment 2.0
August 9, 2013 | By Chris Gray Faust | 1 Comment
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August 14th, 2013 @ 2:11 pm
I have seen all three shows, including the one on the Glory. The music was from an Ipod broadcast by the assistant cruise director, and the show was played twice on the same cruise. Far below the quality of competing cruise lines and High school quality at best.
I am surprised by the review as the latin show on the Glory was a joke in March 2013.
Reviews like the one above just manage to fool people into paying for a cruise who would like to see quality entertainment during a cruise.
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College Hockey:Casto signs with Bruins, leaves Minnesota-Duluth after two seasons
The Boston Bruins announced Tuesday that they have signed Minnesota-Duluth sophomore defenseman Chris Casto to a free-agent, entry-level contract.
Casto recorded three goals and six assists for nine points in 36 games this past season with the Bulldogs. Over his two seasons at UMD, Casto skated in 77 games and tallied five goals among 22 points.
In the summer of 2012, Casto attended the Bruins' annual development camp as a camp invite.
Casto is the 11th Bulldogs' player since 2007 to leave UMD early for the professional ranks.
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Melbourne Victory have managed a vital point in their Champions League campaign as they held on for a 2-2 draw against Korea's Jeonbuk Motors at Ettihad Stadium on Wednesday.
The match started slowly but in the 11th minute Melbourne Victory had their first chance of the match as a deflection played Barbarouses through and on-side allowing him to run through one-on-one with the keeper but sent his effort well wide.
Jeonbuk started to take advantage but they wasted the chances that they had, firing them right at Lawrence Thomas.
The Koreans were dominating proceedings but then Victory stunned the visitors, hitting the opening goal against the run of play in the 31st minute.
It was a controversial free-kick that allowed Jesse Makarounas to send in a hard cross that found Nick Ansell at the far post, allowing him to head it home.
Seven minutes later a goal-mouth scramble nearly allowed Jeonbuk back on level terms after Thomas picked up a back-pass, resulting in an indirect free-kick in the box, the chance ending as Thomas charged the shot down and blocked it getting over the bar.
In the 41st minute Choi Bo Kyung was able to get a powerful header away, hitting it powerfully, which was denied by a Thomas save, keeping it 1-0 at the break.
The sides seemed tired at the end of the first half and they started the second half slowly with both sides struggling to create clear chances.
In the 50th minute Jeonbuk went close as Lee Seung-Gi had his powerful header denied by a fantastic Thomas save which allowed Han Kyo Won to head over the bar on the corner.
The sides struggled for the bulk of the second half before Ansell slipped in the 69th minute allowing Lee Dong Gook a chance at close range but his toe poke was weak, allowing Thomas an easy save.
That was only the beginning as Jeonbuk started to get really in to the match and in the 76th minute they managed to get back on level terms as Thomas saved Lee Seung-Gi's shot, but only parried it for Lee Dong Gook to tap home the equalizer.
Three minutes later and Jeonbuk had the lead as Lee Dong Gook sealed his brace with a powerful strike from 30 yards out to make it 2-1 to the Korean side.
That forced Victory to push on and the frantic period continued with Victory getting back on level terms in the 81st minute as a ball over the top found Kosta Barbarouses, allowing him to get behind the defense and slot it past the keeper to salvage a point.
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Wendy's Denies Us Beverage Freedom
Wendy's Denies Us Beverage Freedom
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I had just finished my sermon at my church and decided to pass up the nicer Sunday Brunch restruants for fast food. I hit the Wendy's near my house and realized a few things that have bothered me about this fastfood establishment for years.
They deny me beverage freedom. Every other fast food place in the country trusts me and the rest of the nation and even visitors from foriegn nations to take their cup, push a button or lever and get tastey beverages at their leasure. But not Wendy's. They refuse me and you, the freedom to choose, mix or even change beverages.
First they keep the drink dispenser behind the counter where only some acne'd teen can dispense it for me. Then they refuse to give it to me, so I can sip on it while they let my fries get cold because they need to fry up some patties. Instead it sits on the tray on the counter, meanwhile I am becoming more and more dehydrated.
Finally when I get my food and beverage, I have to walk back up to the line to get a refill. Of course they have a tight cattle corral to funnel you into the cashier. They do this on pourpose so you will not want to break in front of people purchasing their food just so you can get a refill. They really want you to get back in line and go through the cattle corral again. Of course you don't want to do that, you just want your drink. Perhaps you can wait until you get home.
This is what they want you to think. They are doing everything they can to keep you from your drink and refills that you have rightfully paid for. This is wrong and un-american. I know what you're up to Wendy's and I am keeping my eye on you. These are not the business practices that Great American and founder of Wendy's Dave Thomas envisioned.
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Nice bungee strap
I swim for an hour every day and and I have been using Swedish goggles for a very long time. If you use Swedish goggles, you know that the plastic straps that come with them dissolve in chlorinated water within a month or two. So I have used bungee straps instead of the plastic ones for a while. Before I bought these, I got Sporti bungees from swimoutlet.com and these straps were too skinny for the holes in the original Swedish goggles. So what would happen is that I would have to adjust the sizing every time I would swim. So the reason that I switched to these bungees is that they are thick enough to stay in place where I originally fit them to my head, yet skinny enough to go through the holes for the original Swedes. Before I had the Sporti, I used to use the Bettertimes bungees, which also work well from a thickness perspective, but I just like the solid colors on these better. The Bettertimes have a mix of two alternating colors typically. So far these are holding up great. I've only had them for a couple of weeks, but the color isn't fading yet. We'll see if that holds up. The previous Bettertimes bungees I had failed where the strap meets the goggles (right at the holes on the sides). The outer covering split up and exposed the elastic material. I suspect that will eventually happen with these, but they will probably last for a year or two before that happens. So all in all, this does exactly what I want it to do and looks great, too. Five out of five so far.
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Bungee Cord
Not much to say about this product. I really like the bungee pull cords for the goggles, it makes getting my goggles on and off very easy. Good product, good price, and red to match my team colors.
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these are the soft cords, been looking all over for them, first got at State meet, perfect
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Fantastic Bungee
These bungee's are great. I bought the Sporti bungee before this and it was very stiff and didn't give as much as I'd like.These bungee's give a lot and are thick. + It's easy to thread the bungee through your goggles because it had a sharp point at the end. Color is great also.
Awesome purchase
As a college swimmer and polo player, I use goggles a lot, and as a high school coach, I sometimes let my kids borrow them. I bought one of these at a meet 2 years ago, and they outlasted the goggles. However, I accidentally threw them out. I immediately bought a new set to go with the new goggles, in August of 2012,and just replaced the straps. They weren't super worn out, but they weren't as responsive to my tighter settings. I bought 3 new pairs, one for got goggles I had, one for new goggles, and one for my sister. Definitely recommend these to anybody who swims for any reason - they adjust super well and can even be used for people that share.
Sacramento, CA
What I think about the G-chord Bungee
I have swam competitively from age 6 to the later part of my college career. All I can say is this strap+some swedish goggles makes for a affordable, comphortable and styleish product. Normally the straps that come stalk with with the sweadish goggle are made of a rubber that deteriates quickly in a chlorinated enviornment; other bungee chords feel too tight for distance events. The G-chord Bungee has solved those problems for me and they are easy to order from swimoutlet.com.
Grand Vally, CO
What I have been waiting for
So much easier to adjust my goggles.
Paso Robles, CA
Both of my small children are on swim team. I purchased one g-cord from swimOutlet. This was my first purchase. I only ordered one and decided to add to my order. I called and they were not able to add to my existing order, however, customer service was able to cancel the order and replace a brand new order for me! Without hesitation. My telephone conversation was handled professionally and we were promptly off the phone. Not to mention, I got both g-cords in the mail within two days! Very happy with my purchase! G-cords are a must have!
Julie W.
Bungee cord
Easy to attach to goggle eye piece. Doesn't slipp off my seven year olds head. Much better than the orig. strap that came with goggles. Glad I bought two one for our other daughter.
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On Friday night, Mirza Teletovic showed just how dangerous he can be when his shot is falling. The Bosnian stretch forward electrified the Barclays Center crowd, scoring 20 points in a 116-104 win over the Detroit Pistons.
Teletovic buried 6-of-10 three-point attempts to lead a Nets' bench that accounted for 55 points. Marcus Thornton added 15 points and starter Shaun Livingston scored a game-high 23.
In the process, the Nets beat the Pistons for the first time this season. The Pistons had previously won the first three-match-ups before getting blown out in Brooklyn.
Teletovic sparked the win, though. The Pistons surged ahead of the Nets early in the first quarter, leading by as many as six points. The Pistons continued to dominate the Nets on the boards, but Teletovic's shooting opened up the game and the score.
"They have to leave somebody open," Teletovic said with a chuckle. "Most of the times they think it should be me, that's why I get wide open shots."
Teletovic is the only bench player in the league to make six or more three-pointers in a game three times. His six games of five or more three-pointers leads all NBA players. Only Gerald Green and Jamal Crawford have accomplished the feat five times.
"I think everybody is doing an unbelievable job to get me open and get me the ball," Teletovic said. "I think everyone was trying to get me involved as much as possible."
With his scoring, the Nets opened the second quarter on a 23-8 spurt and never trailed the rest of the way.
With the Toronto Raptors' win over the Indiana Pacers, the Nets remain 2.5 games back of the division lead. Due to tiebreakers, the Nets will need to make up three games in the standings in the final seven. The Nets know they will need their bench to enjoy any kind of staying power in the postseason.
Teletovic has not had a banner year by any stretch. In fact, people often associate him with just a handful of performances out of 75 games. Even though potential is a dreaded word, he has it. His shooting can turn around a game, or send the Nets into a deeper hole. It really is a pick your poison scenario.
Most will remember Teletovic for his miraculous reappearance in a 1-point win over LeBron James and the Miami Heat on March 12. He also erupted for 34 points in a narrow 107-106 win over the Dallas Mavericks in late January. He is averaging 8.2 ppg on the season.
His strength lies in his ability to release the ball quickly. In many ways, he is a feast or famine player. Head coach Jason Kidd even made him a CD-DNP against the Phoenix Suns on March 17. At the time, it appeared like Teletovic's minutes would dwindle. He played 15 minutes in the following game, however.
As is the case with Marcus Thornton, both players possess the ability to shoot the Nets into or out of a game. Teletovic accomplished the former against the Pistons.
"They mades threes," Detroit guard Rodney Stuckey said. "They were on fire; that was it. ... That was pretty much it and we lost."
The Nets shot nearly 61 percent from the field and converted on 15-of-31 three point attempts. Unlike the loss to the New York Knicks, the Nets made shots and never stopped. Such has been the theme at home.
"For the most part, we've been playing so well here over these past couple months and it just feels good," forward Paul Pierce said. "It's like when you feel comfortable when you have dinner at your house rather than when you go to someone else's house and you don't know what they're going to cook. Same thing."
The Nets' playoff success likely hinges on Teletovic and his running mates continuing with more of the same. They will need to make the transition over to the road, though.
"Everybody's excited to get to the playoffs and be in the best shape possible just to be ready when the playoffs start," Teletovic added. "I think everybody's working on their shooting."


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text: On her first trip to the United States, the youngest daughter of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla visited the headquarters of Priests for Life in New York. St. Gianna died in 1962, just six days after giving birth to this daughter, Gianna Emanuela. St. Gianna, who was a physician, had a benign tumor, but insisted that the life of her child be preserved, even at the risk of losing her own. This act of self-sacrifice was the culmination of an entire life lived in the clear conviction that every human life is of unspeakable value, and is worth our sacrifice and protection. In her visit to Priests for Life, Gianna Emanuela thanked all pro-life activists for the work they do and invited them to take courage from the example of her saint mother.


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As a global text, WORLD HISTORY examines world civilizations in a comparative context. Students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. The Compact Fourth Edition is part of the Wadsworth Advantage Series--offering comprehensive, full-color texts in price conscious formats equal in quality and scholarship. This one-color version of WORLD HISTORY includes 5 four-page full-color map inserts to bring regional events to life. While the Compact Fourth Edition includes fewer photos than the comprehensive text, it offers plenty of resources to make the course visual and exciting for students. In addition, students have free access to the activity- and information-packed Book Companion Web Site that features quizzing, interactive maps and timelines, simulations, and links to readings and primary source materials. WORLD HISTORY is available in the following volume options: Compact Fourth Edition, Comprehensive Version, ISBN: 0534590233. Compact Fourth Edition, Volume I (To 1600) ISBN: 0534590241 (Ch. 1-9). Compact Fourth Edition, Volume II (Since 1500) ISBN: 0495129259 (Ch. 9-17).
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Let's say a person was looking for a premier shot bar, one that has a long-standing relationship with many of the locals and also serves as a beginning to any good night downtown, they would be delighted to find that such a bar exists. Since 1992, Cheers on Sixth has been the place to get a shot or two before escaping into Austin's busy streets.
Although the exterior gives very little justice to the potential of this bar, it certainly delivers where it counts. While inside you will stumble upon a unique layout, just a few steps down, there is a dim-lit seating area opposite a mesmeric collection of bottles, which are ready to seduce even the stubbornest of liquor enthusiasts. This bar tends to fill up and it becomes tight so its best to take the stairs up to the second floor and take a bird's eye look at the lofty upper level. After catching a glimpse atop, it is time to head down to the most popular spot for many; the outside patio which houses two extra bars designed to entertain larger parties. The newly renovated upper patio features a stage and DJ booth, to keep up with the energetic college crowds. Some future plans include a possible expansion for the deck, to heighten the city's view which in my book, only adds to this bars appeal.
Interestingly enough, this bar originally had plans to function as a beer and sandwich shop then later settled in as one of Austin's top local picks. Johnny Depp is rumored to have been a resident neighbor to this historical spot. The bar is mostly known for its ability to create just about any shot desired. Some of the regular favorites include the "Flaming Dr. Peppers," and the "Blue Waves," which should be cautioned they are surprising.
Adam Roger, who has served as the venue's general manager since 97, gave some insight into the companies loyalty. "To the staff, the bar is like home," he stated and "many have worked here for half a decade." The bar is strictly a "word of mouth" bar and this is ironic because that is exactly how I found it. He also spoke about what maintains the bar, expressing that "in order to be successful, you have to meet people on a personal level." It is a perfect approach that has definitely worked for them.
Cheers is located at 416 E. Sixth St Austin, TX
As for upcoming events, the SXSW lineup for this bar is intense, beginning with a St. Patrick's Day Opening Night Party on March 17th, 21+ with no cover. Many are expected to get their first drinks of the night at this event. If you haven't had a chance to check out this bar, put it on your list of bars to visit next time your downtown.


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First, indicate your interest in studying abroad by completing the "Create a MyCEA Account" form on this page. Once you have created your MyCEA Account, your CEA Advisor, Meghan Wagner, will contact you to discuss the program and application process.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation was selected by The Boeing Company in December 2001 to design, develop and test a boost vehicle for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. It was one of two sources selected, the other being Lockheed with its Boost Vehicle Plus (BV-Plus). The GMD System was a key element of the layered architecture of MDA's Ballistic Missile Defense System for defending the United States, its Armed Forces overseas and its allies against limited ballistic missile attacks.
GMD began advanced development in 1998 with a $1.6 billion contract to Boeing. The GMD system was based on technologies pioneered by MDA in the 1980's and 1990's. By 2004 the research and development program had conducted several ground and flight tests to verify system performance against long-range ballistic missile targets. Boeing, as the prime contractor, was responsible for the development, test and integration of all the GMD elements, including Ground Based Interceptor (GBI), X-Band Radar Prototype, Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications systems, Upgraded Early Warning Radars and interfaces to the Defense Support Program.
The GMD System was designed to intercept and destroy hostile ballistic missiles during their midcourse phase of flight, before their reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The GMD 64-kg Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) employed "hit-to-kill" technology to detect, discriminate and destroy an incoming missile's warhead using only force of impact, or kinetic energy. The EKV was to be delivered to the exoatmospheric endgame conditions by the GBI boost vehicle (6 km/s velocity within three minutes to a position 2300 km in front of the incoming target warhead).
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Boost Vehicle (OBV) was a three-stage solid motor rocket system developed for the GBI boost vehicle. Orbital's boost vehicle was successful in its first three flight tests conducted in February and August 2003 and January 2004. The OBV design was based on Orbital's highly successful lineage of small satellite launch vehicles - Pegasus, Taurus and Minotaur - offering several advantages that made it an affordable, low-risk approach for the GBI boost vehicle, including: 20+ years of boost vehicle experience; 100% use of commercial rocket motors with proven track records; low costs associated with shared hardware; configuration was START Treaty compliant; built under fully ISO-9001 and AS9100 compliant production processes.
Under the OBV contract, Orbital modified Pegasus, Taurus and Minotaur system designs and was to verify the resulting GMD boost vehicle's performance and operational features in a series of nine demonstration and test flights that began in early 2003. This included participation in eight GMD Integrated Flight Test (IFT) exercises through 2006. The IFT development test program was intended to demonstrate the ability of GMD System elements to work together as an integrated system. The contract also included the manufacture of eighteen GMD boost vehicles through 2005 for emplacement at Fort Greely, Alaska and Vandenberg AFB, California. As designed, this limited defensive capability would later be expanded to enhance overall test infrastructure and system maturation. Orbital was also given long lead material authority for six additional boost vehicles.
Success Rate: 100.00%. Launch data is: continuing.
AKA: Orbital Boost Vehicle; Taurus-Lite; GMD boost vehicle.
Status: Active.
Gross mass: 22,700 kg (50,000 lb).
Height: 16.80 m (55.10 ft).
Diameter: 1.27 m (4.16 ft).
Span: 1.27 m (4.16 ft).
Thrust: 441.00 kN (99,140 lbf).
Apogee: 2,000 km (1,200 mi).
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Laguna Grande in Fajardo, PR
Bioluminescent Bay Laguna Grande in Las Croabas is a one of a kind ecosystem situated along the Puerto Rico's northeastern city of Fajardo. It is the second best-kept bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico after Mosquito Bay. Visiting bio bay is by far the most mystifying experience of the island. Bio bay of Laguna Grande was first spotted by the Spanish in the seventeenth century when they stumbled upon the "devil" glowing water reservoir. They made an effort to prevent the water from lagoon entering the ocean. Luckily, by shrinking the outflow from the bay, they aided in luminescence increase.
Rada Fajardo at dusk – starting point for Bioluminescent Bay Tour in Laguna Grande
The uniqueness of bio bay waters consists in its oceanic residents which are able to light up in the dark. Bioluminescence is genuinely a special occurrence of fragile nature's ecosystem. The luminescence happens all over the earth, yet only a handful of places are categorized as bio bays. Most of them are at high risk of vanishing because of extensive urban intervention and deficiency of ecological regulations. Fortunately, the bioluminescent bay in Fajardo, Puerto Rico is in good shape featuring great night scenery.
There are many strict requirements essential for the ecocommunity of luminescent microorganisms, named dinoflagellates, to remain alive and active. The mangrove trees surrounding bio bay supply various nutrients and minerals from roots and decomposed foliage. A narrow-sized canal connecting Laguna Grande bio bay with the ocean influences the microclimate and temperature within the lagoon. Any transformations of the canal causing it to be deeper, shallower, wider, etc may destroy a bioluminescent bay.
One more pernicious factor for Fajardo lagoon's vitality is city-wide development linked to increasing levels of air, soil and water pollution. In an attempt to keep the vulnerable bio bay active and alive, DNER (the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources) of Puerto Rico prohibited swimming in the bioluminescent bay and enforced a limit of total number of people that could paddle into the bay on the daily basis. Book your Bio Bay Kayak Tours with Go Tours Puerto Rico for complete luxury and comfort.
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Hi running all latest MS updates - as a result of one of the updates From month of feb patch Tuesday I now find that my .net application which hosts a port on 8081 for HTTP remote access is now blocked.
If I uninstall all the updates access is returned - but not been able to trace which update causes this problem.
If i disable the firewall the port is still blocked also if I attempt to change port it is blocked
Sort of errors I get from application is 07/03/2014 17-58-09] Web Remoting, error occured while listening, error: Access is denied Also a load of these [07/03/2014 21-34-29] Error occured while setting priority for process: Access is denied
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Could this now be as a result of the updates the application needs to be run as Admin ? - I have now checked the Admin option on the exe the problem being if I restart the Application to test this it takes down all my client game servers so trying to make sure I find the cause before restarting and effecting the users
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Genre: Drama,
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Ramkishan (Alok Nath) and Mamta (Reema Lagoo) have three sons, Vivek (Mohnish Behl), Prem (Salman Khan), Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) and a daughter Neelam. They are one big happy family, staunch believers in the joint family system and big weddings. Ramkishan decides to name Vivek as the MD of their firm. But Mamta decides that since Vivek is a stepchild he might not treat his younger brothers fairly hence a separation is in order. Vivek with his wife, Sadhana (Tabu) decide to go live in their family house in Rajasthan with younger brother Saif. When Prem who is studying in the US returns he is made Managing Director of the company. A series of events makes Mamta realize how wrong she is, leading to the family uniting once again.
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The Denver City Park Criterium appeared to take off smoothly however being a very technical course there were crashes. Results have been posted showing a total of 420 entries (minus the huge kids field). There were also a handful of photographers there, check them out!
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Is Jake Gyllenhaal the next actor on the verge of a McConaughey-esque career resurgence? Nope, because he's already neck deep into it with a string of remarkable performances in End of Watch, Enemy, and Prisoners. But unlike McConaughey, Gyllenhaal was never really considered a "joke"; he was just an actor who spent a lot of years flashing tremendous potential. With an awards season date set aside for his latest film, Nightcrawler, it looks like Gyllenhaal has finally turned the corner.
Written and directed by Dan Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy screenwriter), Nightcrawler has Gyllenhaal as Lou, a desperate man who delves into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles crime journalism. He becomes part of a group of reckless, adrenaline-seeking cameramen capturing the city's most violent crimes all in the sake of making some fast money. But when things start getting dangerous Lou becomes closer to the action than he was prepared for.
Also starring Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and Bill Paxton, Nightcrawler opens on October 31st after debuting in Toronto next month.
SYNOPSIS: NIGHTCRAWLER is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling — where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.


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