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Assembly Bill 422 requires publishers of textbooks to make book content available to disabled students in an e-text format. This law applies to print media. However, since the e-text resulting from the process is an information technology resource, it is covered by this policy.


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Boyhood tracks Ellar Coltrane's coming of age
"In making Boyhood, Richard Linklater truly has created something never before seen in a fiction feature film," writes Nadia Neophytou.
"In making Boyhood, Richard Linklater truly has created something never before seen in a fiction feature film," writes Nadia Neophytou.
In a world saturated by violence and sensation, true escape comes in Richard Linklater's moving film Boyhood.
This is the story of the little movie that could have done better. What The English Teacher gets right is the tone and style of the indie sleeper.
Elysium is today's gross global inequality realised. By 2154, humanity is divided into the privileged and the masses on whose backs this is built.
Wikipedia conveniently offers a summary of Mohsin Hamid's highly acclaimed 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
The title of Michael Haneke's "Amour" is a challenge: not ironic, not celebratory, and yet somehow not complicated either.
The Durban International Film Festival begins on July 18 and, in keeping with its role as SA's leading festival, it features a huge range of movies.
It must be the last act of superhero revisionism: abolishing the word "super".
The adventure continues in the sequel to the hit South African comedy based on the bestselling series of novels by John van de Ruit.
It's a fascinating, flawed and vivid piece of work, in some ways a coda or companion piece to "The Tree of Life".
Pedro Almodóvar's new film is a cheeky comedy about stressy homosexuals in an aeroplane going round and round in the sky without getting anywhere.
JJ Abrams' new Star Trek installment is as glitzy as his first, but it's Benedict Cumberbatch as a mysterious new foe that fuels this outing.
Your enjoyment of the movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" will depend on your frame of mind as you walk into the cinema.
James Marsh's movie is calm, level, downbeat. The tension is subtle — perhaps subtler than it really should be.
360 is rich with human life and the textures of our fractured, disparate worlds
The main action in the movie is its visual effects, beside which the sad strivings of the mere humans in the narrative are as chaff in the wind.
South Korean director Park Chan-wook makes his English-language debut with an outrageous quasi-remake of Hitchcock's 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt.
The ingredients are in place for a very enjoyable, smart, fluent comedy with wittily managed moments of sadness and bittersweet regret.
Danny Boyle's 'Trance' is frankly a disappointment: a strident, chaotic, frantically overcooked film.

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text: A Los Angeles man wanted for allegedly drinking and driving was stopped today after a brief low-speed car chase in which LAPD disabled the vehicle with a spike strip. With nothing left to do but wait for police to apprehend him, the suspect started filling balloon after balloon from a canister in the passenger seat of his car and furiously huffing the ones he didn't pop. Eventually, police took him out with a "non-lethal projectile," dragged him out of the car, and wrestled him to the ground.


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Recording Academy president Neil Portnow says the group has established a music educator award that will be presented for the first time next year.
Portnow announced the new award Thursday at the Grammy Foundation's 15th annual Music Preservation Project event at the Saban Theatre.
"We're dedicated to preserving the great music of the past, present and future," he said. "Music education is perhaps the most vital part of the Grammy Foundation's mission."
Kindergarten through college teachers are eligible for the new annual award, which will be presented at a special ceremony the day before the Grammy Awards.
Thursday's event, dubbed "Play it Forward," featured performances by Dionne Warwick, LeAnn Rimes, Emmylou Harris, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Yolanda Adams and Lupe Fiasco, who is up for best rap album at this year's Grammys.
Adams, who performed two rousing songs backed by a gospel choir, thanked the Grammy Foundation "for preserving the authenticity of all music."
She cited Warwick and Aretha Franklin among her music heroes.
Other artists shared their musical inspirations in video clips that punctuated the program. Ike Turner cited Pine Top Perkins, Quincy Jones named Billy Carter and Isaac Hayes recalled Minnie Pearl.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be presented Sunday at Staples Center and broadcast live on CBS.
AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen is on Twitter: www.twitter.com/APSandy.


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Brianne Mouton, nee Edwards, was born in Fairplay but spent her life growing up in Breckenridge. She graduated from Summit High School in 1998 and went on to a career in hotel event management.
Mouton was active in the student government, serving as class vice president for her freshman and sophomore year, then as class president for her junior and senior years. She also closely participated in school sports, playing varsity basketball for all four years as well as volleyball on both junior varsity and varsity teams. She also spent two years on the track team as a freshman and sophomore.
"I liked to be in the know," Mouton said, of her numerous school activities.
Her memories of high school revolve fondly around events - homecoming dances, football fames, prom, etc. She and her classmates were close, which she says made the experience that much better.
"It was so unique to me that we had such a small school and knew everybody," she said.
Mouton's class was also the one that held the fundraiser to put engraved bricks in the entrance seating area of the new high school.
After graduation, Mouton attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she went through the business school to study management, international business and tourism management. During that time she participated in Semester at Sea, a four month program during which she visited ten different countries and sparking an interest in international travel.
After graduation, Mouton worked for the Marriott hotel in Boulder for two and a half years, starting at the front desk and moving into events to eventually become the executive meeting manager.
In 2004, Mouton and her then-boyfriend, now husband, traveled to Costa Rica to live.
"We put everything in storage and lived with a family," Mouton said. "We wanted to learn the language and there's no better way than to throw ourselves into it."
After nine months, the two returned to the U.S. and in 2005 moved from Boulder to Austin, Texas, where Mouton worked various jobs with hotels, including as catering manager, group sales manager and director of sales and marketing. That was also the year she received her Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE) certificate from the National Association for Catering and Events, an organization which she continues to be a part of today.
Currently, Mouton is back with Marriott at the Renaissance Austin Hotel where she is the senior sales executive, working to plan and coordinate events and conferences at the hotel, a job that she says she enjoys.
"It's something different every day," she said.
Mouton married in 2007 in Keystone. She still has family in Summit County and visits often.
"Because we still have the connection up there with my family, we try to take advantage of that as much as we can," she said.
Since moving away from Summit County, Mouton said that she's taken up golf and hunting. She loves being able to golf year round in Texas, though said she misses the changing seasons in Colorado. She prefers dove hunting "because you can sit and drink and eat while thy fly to you, so that's my kind of hunting," she said with a laugh.
Mouton looks forward to more traveling and more fun with her work in the future, currently studying for her Certified Association Sales Executive (CASE) certificate, which is sponsored by the Professional Convention Management Association.
"It's been quite a road," she said.


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We will be looking for 3 temporary players in the Spring while the High School girls are with their respective schools. This is an opportunity for Middle School girls or HS girls who are not on their HS team to continue to play thru the Spring. We have currently played about 55 games since the end of August and maintain about a .750 winning average. We have already earned a paid berth to the 2013 NSA A World Series in TN. We have won 3 Championships both in NSA A and USFA and placed 2nd in a couple others.
We will look to do additional fundraising to avoid extra out of pocket expense to the parents. We will be hoping for a seamless transition on March 4th(HS Players no longer eligible until after their seasons concluded). We will continue practice indoors at our training facility thru the month of March and move outdoors to our own field in April.
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UCB partners with Five Prime
20.03.2013 - Belgian UCB S.A. and US-based biologics specialist Five Prime Therapeutics have entered into a drug discovery collaboration.
The companies will screen for new targets and therapeutics in the areas of fibrosis-related inflammatory diseases and central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Under the terms of the agreement, UCB will gain exclusive access to FivePrime's library of 5.600 functionally secreted proteins and receptor proteins in up to five programmes to identify new targets and disease mechanisms.
FivePrime will receive US$16m for providing its library and screening platform, a combination of an upfront fee, technology access fees, research funding and success-based research milestone payments. UCB has an option to license exclusively rights to selected protein targets discovered by FivePrime within the collaboration. In addition, FivePrime would be eligible for potential option exercise fees and product-related milestone payments, as well as tiered royalties on global net sales on future products related to each licensed protein.
Further financial details are subject to a confidentially agreement.
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As fireworks bans are being imposed across the region, another city joins the list. Drought conditions are continuing to escalate. Boonville's expected high for the day is 100 degrees, considerably less than in the preceding days. However, a heat advisory continues to be in effect for the area.
Additionally, due to the increased fire hazard as a result of statewide drought conditions, the city of New Franklin has instituted a fireworks ban. This news come per New Franklin Chief of Police, David E. Wells.
Temperatures are expected to be at or above 100 degrees for the remainder of the week, according to the National Weather Service, Kansas City office.
Boonville's scheduled 4th of July fireworks celebration is still on hold. No future date has been set at this time. Heat index readings will climb to as high as 105 degrees over the next few days.
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RHO's newest resource for the LGBT community and healthcare providers is a campaign that focuses on the stigma against bisexual people within (and outside of) the LGBT community itself. Those who are particularly disregarded are bisexual mothers, transgender bisexuals, bisexuals of color, and bisexual youth. The resource titled, "This is Our Community…because I fight for all of our rights" contains four posters of these marginalized bisexual groups and a short paragraph about the challenges they face.
Some common myths of bisexual people are: Bisexuals are confused about their sexuality (implying they can only be gay, lesbian or straight), all bisexuals are gender-conforming (rather than transgender), and that bisexuals cannot be monogamous (suggesting bisexuals are unfaithful and cannot commit to one person).
The final paragraph sums up RHO's campaign goal for their new bisexuality anti-stigma campaign. "We are proud to be bisexual and proud to be part of the LGBTQ community. Let's work together to challenge biphobic myths and stereotypes, increase bisexual visibility, and celebrate the contributions that bisexuals make to our communities."


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Saturday, June 20, 2009
A Weekend Off
I have two main projects going on in the lab right now. One is making decent progress, it's just slow (this is mostly a function of the project, not troubleshooting). The other is just riddled with problems and it's been a pain. I've been working pretty much non-stop trying to overcome those problems and I'm stuck. I've been told by a variety of people that I should take some time off, but it's hard for me to do that. I want things to work and I'd like to (eventually) graduate. So my logic goes that if those things are priorities for me, then I should be working. If I'm not working, then I'm not making any progress and I'm just prolonging my stay here. Ergo, I should be working all the time. Burn out be damned.
Except that I am burned out and it's starting to show. Advisor all but kicked me out of the lab on Friday (not in a bad way). I asked him if it would be ok for me to leave early and that I was thinking of taking the weekend off. His response, "I'm not only not standing in your way, but I'm encouraging you. Have a good weekend. We'll get a fresh start on Monday." My response, "But..." His interruption, "Go."
8 comments:
- Amelie said...
Enjoy the weekend off! Sounds like you deserve it.
- June 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Unbalanced Reaction said...
I totally understand what you mean about feeling compelled to work all the time. It's true that it will lead to burnout, but it sounds like you're like me and will work all the time anyways. What I did to combat my workaholic-ness in grad school was to plan a big, seven day trip once every summer. I always bought the tickets at least four months in advance, so I had a big goal to work for. Also, it really helped to go to a third world country, or at least go somewhere where internet was sparse so that I could truly unplug.
Enjoy your weekend; you deserve it!
- June 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Psycgirl said...
As someone who has successfully battled her urge to work 24/7, let me tell you it can be overcome!
Yay for well deserved weekends off!
- June 20, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Genomic Repairman said...
Sometimes, walking away from a project for even a day or so can yield big results. I had issues with some qPCR experiments for a while and I was spinning my wheels for a few weeks trying to work it out. I took a day or two off from the project, came back with a fresh mind, and got it back up to speed. Sometimes less is more.
- June 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- EcoGeoFemme said...
I know what you mean. Sometimes I think, "someone who wants to graduate wouldn't be checking bloglines right now" or whatever. But it's true we need breaks, so I hope you enjoyed your weekend!
- June 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Nicky said...
Dude, if your advisor is insisting that you leave, you're definitely overdoing it. Hope you enjoyed the time off!
- June 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Jennie said...
Yeah for the week-end off!
- June 24, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- PhizzleDizzle said...
weekends off are sooooo necessary....if you burn out, it takes weeks to recover fully to be full speed with work. that's why you have to let off steam little by little! kind of like earthquakes - the big one is avoided by having lots of little ones!
i hope you take multiple weekends off as the summer continues :).
- June 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM


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'Boardwalk Empire,' Season 3, Episode 10, 'A Man, a Plan…': TV Recap
Summertime is in full swing in Atlantic City as Nucky kicks off plans to go to war. The plan is for Owen to kill Joe Masseria while he is at a Turkish bath, thereby making Gyp easier to get to. Eli is going to Chicago to convince Torrio to join Nucky while Mickey Doyle is heading to Pennsylvania to run Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's still. Nucky also arranges to pay Means $40,000 to kill Jess Smith to keep him from talking to the Feds (Means also stages a scene to make Smith look crazy, convincing Harry Daugherty to also give him $40,000 to off him. In the end Smith ends up shooting himself in the head—a quick $80,000 for Means). Nucky also has enlisted the help of Bill McCoy to make a fake deal with Gyp to gain information about his business.
In Tabor Heights, Gyp continues to bring booze in on boats. One night part of the shipment is lost and one of Gyp's men, who turns out to have a lot of boating experience because his father was a fisherman, tells him that because of "rogue waves" it's easy to lose cargo if it isn't strapped down. His cousin quickly jumps in and tries to keep him quiet, worried the conversation would set Gyp off into one of his rages, but Gyp seems to accept the advice.
(There is a fantastic scene at the beginning of the episode as the bottles of Gyp's lost whiskey wash up on shore. All the sunbathers run into the water yelling, "Whiskey!" including a man dressed as Poseidon who was putting on a show for the beach-goers for the opening of the shore season.)
Later, the men meet Nucky's man McCoy. Gyp brushes off the lost-case incident by saying the captain was probably drunk. The fisherman's son pipes up and disagrees, saying it was the rogue wave. (Why do people keep talking to Gyp?!)
Back at the beach at night after a shipment Gyp has the fisherman's son buried up to his neck in the sand as the tide comes in. His cousin begs Gyp not to kill him. Gyp takes a shovel and we think maybe, maybe he is going to dig the guy out. Instead he whacks the guy over the head with a shovel over and over, then returns to the cousin and says that now he owes him a favor.
Meanwhile, Lucky and Lansky try to convince Rothstein to join them in the heroin trade. Rothstein tells them that he is interested but, with a war on the way, the timing isn't right. So Lucky and Lansky take their deal to Massaria. To convince him to team up, they tell him about Nucky's plan to off him.
In Chicago, Van Alden takes his salesmen case full of Norwegian booze on the road, calling it a "taste of the homeland." He has success selling to one bar owner, but when he returns to sell him more, Van Alden gets carted off by two men with guns. "Am I under arrest?" he asks as the men drag him from the bar, but these guys are obviously gangsters, not Feds.
The men bring Van Alden to Capone. He explains that he isn't selling this liquor for O'Banion and that he knows nothing about it. Capone seems to be open to discussion until he lunges at Van Alden and sticks a fork in his cheek (he's done) and demands to know the details of O'Banion's business.
Harrow and Julia Sagorski continue to spend time together. They take Tommy to the beach and share stories of lost loves. One afternoon sitting at the kitchen table Julia tells Harrow that it is nice that Tommy has his grandmother, but that boys need a father and it is good that Tommy has him in his life. Just then Julia's father walks in, drunk. He yells at his daughter and derides her for "spreading her legs" for Harrow and calling him a freak. Harrow jumps up from the table and wrestles him to the floor, tears off his mask and forces him to apologize, to her. The two end up at the beach that evening, sleeping together under the boardwalk.
Margaret and Owen plan their escape from Nucky to St. Louis. One night at the hotel suite, Margaret sings the children to sleep and Teddy asks when they can go back home. Margaret tells him they can leave the hotel soon, and who knows what adventures await them after that. Nucky overhears them and walks in, saying they can go home as soon as the work being done to the house is finished (the story they must have told the children as to why they are living in a hotel).
Meantime, the bishop has decided to bring an end to Margaret's women's health education classes. The doctor wants to continue them, but Margaret isn't interested and we feel like she is saying her goodbyes.
As Margaret sits quiet and alone in the dark one night, Nucky joins her and takes her hand. He apologizes for all the craziness since the explosion and promises to make it up to her, calling it a new beginning. She agrees that it is a new beginning, but we know she means one for her, the children and Owen, not her and Nucky.
A few hours later, Eddie wakes Nucky. It is 4 a.m. and a delivery has arrived. As Eddy and Nucky pry open a crate in the entryway, Margaret wakes up and comes out to see what the noise is about. Eddie pops open the crate lid and inside is Owen, bloody and dead (Why does this show insist on killing off all of the good-looking well-meaning bad boys?!). Margaret rushes to the crate, crying and screaming. Nucky seems surprised to see her so hysterical.
Alone and in the dark again Margaret remembers her last conversation with Owen. She wanted assurances that he was really going to leave and that he wasn't like Nucky. Owen says those would just be words and offers her a kiss. She stops him and says that she is pregnant and that the baby is his. She asks him to be honest with her about how he feels now about leaving. He replies that he hopes it is a boy.


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Evolution Hoax
There is no doubt that everyone would like to live in peace and security, where there is no oppression, no cruelty among people, where people act in a loving, caring attitude, hearing honoring words from each other. As we all know such an environment can only be built with respect, understanding and love.
I believe that Muslims, Christians and Jews can live peacefully side by side in harmony and cooperation. But we need to consider one very important matter. Even though some of the religious obligations commanded by these Abrahamic religions might differ slightly with the rules God sent to the related nations, they all stand on the same foundation regarding such matters as the existence, oneness and attributes of God. In all of these Abrahamic religions God's commands are the same regarding how one should live and behave, regarding the concepts of good and bad, right and wrong and the way people should put their lives in order in this world to acquire merits for their lives in the Hereafter. So we have to keep in mind that we are no different than the other. What is bad for a Muslim is also bad for a Christian or a Jew. What is good for a Jew is also good for a Muslim or a Christian.
When we think clearly with an open mind, we can all see that it is not the differences between religious traditions and social customs that lead to conflicts, but mostly ignorance. Ignorance is the major factor for conflicts to arise and this huge problem can only be solved through education. People are mostly unaware or don't think on these shared values of the three Abrahamic religions. They just blindly feel hatred to each other, they do not see that they should all be living by the same good morals.
So at this point, I believe that learning about other faiths would be a powerful step forward on building peace. Being educated about other religions does not mean conversion but may facilitate understanding and respect for other faiths. So we must all definitely learn Quran, Torah and Gospels. This way, I believe that our eyes will be opened for the truth. And also I believe that unity of different faiths, joining forces in the way of this very important cause, in the way of peace, would be beneficial not just for the people of three Abrahamic religions, but also for atheists and for people of different beliefs/opinions. If we, believers in the same God, learn to live in peace with each other, it would become so easy to accept and respect people with different thoughts and live in peace with them as well.
We cannot sit and wait and wish for a day that things will spontaneously change for us to start living in peace. All those who are willing to live in a society where peace, security and freedom prevail, should waste no time in taking action. We should be willing to make certain sacrifices. Peace we all long for can only be achieved through will power and conscience and a strong alliance amongst the good people. So, this is my call to good people, who are sincere, compassionate, true, just, honest, merciful, tolerant, fair, optimistic, charitable, unpretentious and forgiving; we should waste no time and unite, join forces immediately. That is God's command on all of us.
"Allah (God) calls to the Abode of Peace and He guides whom He wills to a straight path." (Quran 10: 25)
"God has called us to live in peace" (1 Corinthians 7: 15)
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Twitter Revolution
April 19, 2009
Twitter's been getting a lot of hype lately, but this account of its role in organizing protests against the Moldovan elections is interesting:
The elections brought a larger-than-expected victory for the incumbent Communist party. "We decided to organise a flash mob for the same day using Twitter, as well as networking sites and SMS." With no recent history of mass protests in Moldova, "we expected at the most a couple of hundred friends, friends of friends, and colleagues", she said. "When we went to the square, there were 20,000 people waiting there. It was unbelievable."
The demonstrations continued into Tuesday peacefully. But later that day, with no response from the government, protesters swept police aside to storm the parliament building and the towering presidential palace opposite. Fire broke out in one wing of the parliament, and the young protesters vented their fury by wrecking computers and office furniture.
"Not only did we underestimate the power of Twitter and the internet, we also underestimated the explosive anger among young people at the government's policies and electoral fraud," said Morar.
This morning election officials in Moldova began a recount of votes, which was ordered by President Vladimir Voronin following the protests.
Via grinding.be
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Calvary Albuquerque Pastor Skip Heitzig prays with a crowd of people gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, for a prayer vigil in honor of a couple and their three young children who were shot to death in their home last weekend. Authorities have charged the couple's 15-year-old son, Nehemiah Griego, with murder and child abuse resulting in death. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)


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Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks announces the hiring of Liz Burroughs as Admissions Director of the new Pre-teen program. The Pre-teen program (www.calopreteens.com) opens in October of this year and will serve mostly adopted 10, 11, and 12 year-olds with a trauma history.
Burroughs brings to CALO a background that is ideal for her new assignment as Director of Admissions for the Pre-teen program. For the previous six years, Burroughs has worked as an educational consultant, specializing in therapeutic placements across the country for preteens, adolescents, and young adults.
As a principal of Ike & Burroughs, Educational Consultants, in Cincinnati, Ohio, she worked with more than 120 families, helping them select the right program and monitoring the client's progress through the program.
Prior to joining Ike & Burroughs, she worked as a local education consultant for the Affinity Center, a non-profit center that specialized in working with ADHD children and adults. As the education consultant, she was a liaison with the Center and local schools, advocating for clients and educating teachers on how to best work with students diagnosed with ADD and ADHD.
Over the years, Burroughs has worked in a variety of education and marketing positions. She spent a number of years as an English teacher in West Caldwell, N.J., and Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a marketing executive for businesses in Los Angeles and New York City.
Burroughs joins her husband at CALO, Academic Director Bob Burroughs. She is the adoptive mother of two sons from Bogota, Colombia.
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No pain and swelling. No talk of limited minutes or taking games off.
Andrew Bogut said he is fully recovered.
After a season of missing games, playing hurt and being frustrated with his performance, Bogut is declaring his troublesome left ankle is healed.
If true, that's good news for Warriors fans.
"I haven't had any restrictions since July," Bogut said from team facility, where most of the roster has been working out in preparation for training camp.
"Five-on-five, three-on-three, four-on-four, conditioning drills, running, jumping, weights -- no restrictions. It's been a great feeling to come into a gym and not have a trainer tell me, 'You can only do 30 minutes. You can only do this. You can only do that.' ... Very happy to not hear that."
The last time we saw Bogut, his body had once again betrayed him. In Game 6 against the San Antonio Spurs -- after a diet of pain killers, anti-inflammatories, and round-the-clock treatment -- his left ankle shut down. Still not fully recovered from ankle surgery over a year earlier, Bogut could hardly move and had to sit out and watch the Warriors get eliminated. A humbling end to a second-straight injury-riddled season.
Bogut played just 32 games last regular season -- the third sub-40 games season of his career -- and was hobbled in all 12 postseason appearances. He's missed 104 of the 148 games the last two seasons.
That reality makes his current status all the more sweeter.
It's been a long time since Bogut could claim to be 100 percent. He's also claiming to be a top three center in the league, albeit with "asterisks."
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September 9: There's few combinations better than a hot dude + a puppy, so here you have it. Tom Hardy walked the carpet at the NYC premiere of his new crime drama, The Drop, and Zora the Dog was his date. Note to every good-looking guy in Hollywood: puppies make the best red carpet accessories ever and will basically guarantee you placement on the Hottie of the Day list. Just sayin…
August 25: Last night was largely about the ladies at the MTV Video Music Awards, but one man that always stands out is Usher. He came out full of energy for his performance of "She Came to Give It To You", ready to sing and dance his own butt off, and press against Nicki Minaj's backside while playing the guitar at the same time! Now that's talent.
August 21: Whoa, is that Darren Criss under there? Darren showed off his sexy, scruffy look last night at the Delta OPEN Mic event, hosted by Serena Williams. It was a private karaoke event at Arena in NYC and we're dying to know what song Darren served up for the crowd! Whatever it was, it surely sounded (and looked) amazing.
August 20: Ryan Kwanten came out to support his pals in the new film Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. While Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson held it down for the ladies, Ryan looked super hot in a casual, white button-down shirt. Oh, the sins we would commit for him…
August 19: Hello Jamie Blackley! The British actor stars in If I Stay and was looking quite handsome at the film's premiere in New York last night. Like we needed another reason to be jealous of his co-star Chloe Grace Moretz! See him in the tearjerker movie when it opens in theaters this Friday, August 22nd.
August 18: It was suns out guns out for 2/3 of the JoBros this weekend! Nick hung out at Encore Beach Club at the Wynn in Las Vegas where his brother Joe was celebrating his 25th birthday party. We don't know how they do it, but the Jonas guys only seem to get hotter with age.
August 15: Bring it on, Jesse Bradford! The actor was looking scrumptiously scruffy at the premiere of Crackle's new online series Sequestered which also stars James Maslow and RHOC's Heather Dubrow! But to be honest, it's Jesse we really want to be locked away with…
August 14: Can we take a moment to admire that literally perfect head of hair? Sure, everything else about Simon Baker is super hot at The November Man premiere in LA, and we're not mad at those glasses either. But it's the Aussie's amber waves that will be on our mind all day today.
August 5: As hot as Michael Fassbender is with his clothes off, him being clothed isn't terrible, either. Michael plays a band leader, Frank, in the new UK movie of the same name, and he was joined by his co-stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and others at last night's US premiere. The film debuted earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival and hits actual theaters on August 15th. But sorry, ladies, Michael doesn't go full-frontal in this one. Maybe next time.
July 25: So many celebrities are in San Diego now for the beginning of Comic-Con 2014, but Benedict Cumberbatch was kind of the most epic. This is Benedict's first ever Comic-Con, which he attended originally to discuss his voice work in the upcoming film, Penguins of Madagascar. However, the conversation quickly turned to Sherlock, the show he's known for, and Sherlockmania took over the entire darn convention. But can you blame the fans? Just look at him.
July 23: Did you catch 5 Seconds of Summer on The Today Show yesterday? Or, like, any of the 8 million places they've been over the past few weeks? These four Aussies make up the hottest boy band of the moment, and considering their debut album came out yesterday, they're only going to get hotter. By hot we mean their careers are on fire, obviously, but as you can see, these guys aren't too terrible to look at.
May 28: No, you're not the only one who thinks that there has been an overload of awards shows lately. But if an awards show means another excuse to see how hot Ricky Martin is, we're cool with it! A few weeks ago Ricky rocked the Billboard Music Awards, and last night he made an appearance at the World Music Awards in Monaco. The ceremony airs tonight on NBC, so tune in to see this guy in the flesh. Sold.
May 27: Ah, now we get why Jennifer Lopez went for him. JLo's BF, Casper Smart, spent part of his Memorial Day Weekend in Puerto Rico, where he played in a celebrity flag football game. Luckily for us it is hot in Puerto Rico, which thus required Casper to take his shirt off. Luh ya luh ya luh ya, papi, indeed.
May 20: Sincerest apologies that we're featuring yet another guy from Cannes as our Hottie of the Day. It's not our fault that they're all so goshdarn good-looking! Today's winner is Ryan Gosling, who's there promoting his film Lost River. Clearly this pose was accidental, but it's almost like RyGos knows he's sexy and is playing it up for the cameras. We're cool with that. Keep it comin'.


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A free crochet hat pattern like this Grey Slouchie Crochet Beanie Pattern is just what every woman needs for the winter. Caron International 'Simply Soft' is used in a Grey Heather color, but you can use any color you wish. The puff stitch is used to create a fun design. This free beanie crochet pattern will keep you warm and toasty all winter long. Best of all, it's stylish enough to wear anywhere. Whether you're heading to they gym or hitting the town, you can rest assured that this hat will make a statement. Simply throw this hat in your coat pocket and grab it when the weather gets chilly and you'll be good to go all season long.
- Caron International 'Simply Soft' (100% acrylic; 6oz/170g, 315yd/288m skein) 6 oz Shown in: #9742 Grey Heather
- One size US H-8 (5mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge.
- Yarn Needle
Women's S/M (L/XL)
Hat measures 21 (22)"/53.5 (56) cm circumference x 11 (12)"/28 (30.5 cm) deep
In ribbed band pattern, 18 sts and 12 rows = 4"/10 cm.
Chain (ch), single crochet (sc), slip stitch (sl st)
Puff: Puff stitch—Yarn over, insert hook in indicated stitch and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), [yarn over, insert hook in same stitch and draw up a loop] 3 times (9 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through first 8 loops on hook, yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops on hook.
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Ribbed Band
Ch 10.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each remaining ch across, turn—9 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, working in front loops only, sc in each st across, turn.
Repeat last row until piece measures 21 (22)"/53.5 (56)cm. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Use tail to sew short ends together to form band.
Join yarn with sl st in edge of band at seam.
Round 1: Ch 1, work 72 (76) sc evenly spaced around edge of band; join with sl st in first sc—72 (76) sc.
Round 2: Ch 3, sk first sc, Puff in next sc, ch 1, *sk next sc, Puff in next sc, ch 1; repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beginning ch—36 (38) Puffs and 36 (38) ch-1 sps.
Round 3: Ch 3, Puff in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, *sk next Puff, Puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1; repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beginning ch.
Repeat last round until hat measures 11 (12)"/28 (30.5)cm from beginning. DO NOT FASTEN OFF.
Close Top of Hat: Last round worked is top of hat. Hook is currently at top, back center of hat. Keeping loop on hook, insert hook into top, center front of hat, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook (sc complete). Pinch side edges to the same center point and sc the edges together (by inserting hook through both thicknesses and completing an sc). The top of the hat will now be in a star formation. Continue to pinch opposite edges and sc them together until top of hat is completely closed. Fasten off.
Weave in ends.
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Sep 12, 2015
How do I get the free directions for this hat?
Jan 29, 2015
I made one for my grandson so shortened the hat body - don't want it so slouchy for a boy.
bevbennt 7577561
Nov 16, 2014
Love this pattern up to point of closing as others have mentioned. I will try to use needle instead of hook and see if that will work for me. Thank you for sharing this pattern.
Crafter 3379905
Oct 30, 2014
Can someone please help me!? I'm making this hat for my daughter. I'm on about the 5th row of the hat ( puffs), does the number of puff stay the same or should it be decreasing?? And please help me with the top closure! Thank you!!
Melissa Ryan
Oct 31, 2014
Hi Crafter 3379905--Thanks for your comment. Yes, the puffs should stay the same. If they're decreasing, you might be forgetting to chain three at the beginning of each row. Make sure you always start with a ch 3 whenever you start a new round. As for the top, your hook is at the back center of the hat when you're done. Go straight across to the front center of the hat, insert your hook, yarn over, and draw up a loop. Then yarn over again and pull through both hoops on your hook (the hoop from the back and now the front). Now the back is connected to the front of the hat. Then you bring the middle of the two sides into the middle of the hat and single crochet those like you just did to the front and back of the hat, so it will look like a star or an X. Continue to do this (bringing opposite sides together) until the hat is closed. Hope that helps! --Melissa
Member 7076175
Sep 13, 2015
round 3 says skip next puff so I am decreasing
Aug 04, 2014
I'm confused about the gauge: 18 stitches and 12 rows is 4'' No matter what size hook I use with my worsted weight yarn I cannot get the 18 stitches to be 4 inches when the 12 rows is also 4 inches. In order to get the 18 stitches down to 4 inches, the 12 rows then shrinks down to 3 inches... anyone else having this problem?
Melissa Ryan
Aug 04, 2014
Hi ballgurl-Thanks for the comment. Are you using the correct sized yarn and hook for this project? Sometimes that can make a difference. And depending on how tight you're making your stitches can effect your gauge as well. If you continue to have problems, we suggest contacting Caron yarn directly, as they may even have a revised or fixed pattern for this project. Thanks so much!--FaveCrafts Editors
Miabella0206 61512 63
Jan 11, 2014
Thanks for the pattern, it was very clear and easy to follow. I striped the hat body with three colors. The only change I made was I used a needle instead of a hook to close but I still followed the same directions! I also really liked how you used the front loop for the ribbing, it gave it a much softer look!! I think this is my favorite slouchy hat pattern, thanks again for sharing!!!
shirlr164 5730736
Mar 02, 2013
My issue is also with closing the top of the hat.. It looks too bulky..by pinching in the sides as described...
susansdavis 121595 8
Jan 03, 2013
I'm no expert, but I will try to answer Melissa and Dakota's questions. On the 3rd row you place the puff/cluster in the space on the row below made by the single chains placed between the puffs. So on that 3rd row I believe the very first puff would be placed into the chain 3 of the row below. You may have to play with it & see what looks better; doing that or skipping ahead to the next chain 1 space. As for Dakota's question the 10 stitches for the band are being worked vertically wheras the 110 stitches are being worked horizontally into the ends of all those rows of 10 stitches. My issue is with closing the top. I just can't picture in my head how pinching the side edges to the middle is going to look. I'd rather decrease several stitches for several rounds first.
Dec 07, 2012
I'm not clear on the 3rd row of the hat, do you place the 1st cluster in the space before the 1st cluster on the row below?
dakota326 0759818
Nov 27, 2012
I don't understand how you only work ten stitches for the band and then need to crochet over seventy stitches into ten stitches....is this maybe a typo for 110 stitches and the (9) is then wrong for the first row of the band?
Member 3616000
Oct 15, 2014
70 stitches into 21 or 22 inches. :)
Feb 12, 2012
This look easy enough too make. I'll give it a try.
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Like its Palo Alto Town & Country Village neighbor Asian Box, Tava Indian Kitchen offers a simplified version of one type of ethnic food prepared to order while you watch. Tava creates an Indian-based meal with your choices -- fresh, fast and affordable. No frills here, but perfect if you have a craving, not much time and want a meal for under 10 bucks.
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Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Sunday
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Drinks: Chai tea, soda and Mango Lassi smoothies.
Eat in car: You could try it with a full frontal bib.
Next-day edibility: If you want leftovers, separate the lettuce so you can reheat without wilting.
Who goes there: High school students, workers on their lunch hour, parents grabbing takeout.
Credit cards: Yes.
Parking: Free in lot.
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We need to strike them...hell Iraq was destroyed for us GUESSING they had nukes...why aren't we laying waste to north korea and stopping a potential threat?they launched a satalite into space,i don't give a crap what these egg heads say if they can shoot satalites into space they can launch a long range missile.eitherway I'm so sick and tired of kim fatass jong whatever and his flappy mouth and those midgets over there running there mouths and threatening id rejoin the army to finish them.shit just because they don't have one now dosnt mean they wont soon,also its not as if sanctions have done a damn thing in the past,china makes sure of that shit.give us something to watch while china rob's us.give them what they want,they want a war with us...let them reap the consiquences.threatening a nuke attack on ANY country should be grounds for war.
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N K has always been, and will continue to be a pain in the *** and rattles the sabre as a sign that they are unable to comprise an original idea. However, their recent launch supports the front that they are posturing and may have results that are not conducive to a continued truce in the area. Been there and they are not reasonable
in any way we can comprehend.
couple of subs off there shore and tell NK you fire at any one you will never see it fall
Don't respond to NK. Just ignore them, but carry a big stick.
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this should have been dealt with when Bush was in office when they tried to launch their first missile. it should have been shot down with a strong message that this is considered an act of war and we WILL respond accordingly. While slapping China with trade restrictions and such maybe a good idea we need to get our factories back online to make up for the shortage that will happen when Chinese products stop flowing into the US
First I would demonstratae our anti missle defense system! And if it isn't ready, get it ready. Then inform the N. Koreans we could outgun them 20 to one on missles. Then send in a drone to get Kim Il Sung.
Charles Lenny
After reading all of the above comments it appears at least one person has an idea that, if the present administration had the willingness to implement, might just begin to put the North Korean genie back in the lamp. That person suggested the U.S. discontinue payments on the Chinese held US debt and an embargo of all Chinese imports (if the PRC intervenes to US positioning nukes in ROK and offshore) came the closest but I would suggest that positioning nukes in ROK is not only counterproductive it is also completely unnecessary. I would also suggest it is not the prevention of Chinese intervention that we should be seeking as much as it is the direction of that intervention toward the prevention of North Korean Nuclear proliferation. Additionally, despite the initial giddiness produced by the thought of denying payment to the Chinese for anything, I must further suggest that the long-term, negative, economic affects this would provoke far outweighs any short term, duress produced, gain made in North Korea.
While using an import embargo and debt repayment moratorium might or might not provide the necessary leverage to achieve China's assistance in halting North Korea's nuclear nonsense, and periodic public tantrums, there are certainly other political/territorial levers to be considered than threatening an awakening economic giant with an expanding military industrial capacity. However, as I mentioned to begin with, this would require will on the part of the present administration and at the moment the present administration is occupied with the campaign to destroy the 2nd Amendment, providing foreign aid to the Muslim Brotherhood, receiving a medal from Israel and, now, the death of Hugo Chavez. The current administration is far too busy to be bothered with North Korea's threats to the Republic of Korea, missile launches, or nuclear threats beyond issuing empty worded threats about America's response.
Then again, if the boy king and our dear leader are both issuing empty threats there is nothing to worry about. Yeah! That's the ticket, don't worry, be happy. (Damn! I wish computers had a sarcasm key.)
Robert Ireland (PUFL)
We don't need Nukes. Just quietly go in and terminate the threat. Then get out before the liberals can make the U.S. the bad guys in all of this.
Great idea Chip! Obama signed the START treaty with Russia promising he would deplete our nuclear arsenal in hopes that other nuclear-armed countries would follow suit (like that would work).
Give them a good dose of our power and let them know America is still a force to be reckoned with.
The Incompetent Leaders at the White House told the Americans in Benghazi that they have nothing to worry about. And today the White House said there is nothing to worry about with North Korea. So, BE VERY AFRAID, VERY AFRAID with the INCOMPETENT LEADERS in the White House.
for every one you send we will send back 5 !!!!!!
IF the PRC threatens to intervene embargo ALL chinese inports to the united states and make no more payments on the 2 trillion dollars worth of US t-bills that they hold.
That's a good idea irregardless of North Korea's threat. All that China has done is hamper any effect any sanctions have had by supplying North Korea with money, most likely by selling us crap, taking away our jobs. As long as we let our corporations run the country, rather than the people who elected them, we are going to have these problems.
Counter the threat by 1.Placing tactical nukes in South Korea. 2. Station ballistic missile subs within range of every city in North Korea and let the world know we are doing this. And lay down a policy if ANY North Korean launch site appears to be launching a nuke we will kill the site with drones.
That's an updated version of version of the "old school" Cold War S.O.P. that kept the 1st generation nuclear superpowers from destroying themselves. It should buy us some time, but we need a global solution to all these petty tyrannical zealots, that have this doomsday capacity, and think we are just a bag of wind and would never respond in kind. I have faith in the speedy reactions of the crews of the boomers, but not with the leadership in Washington
Send Sean Penn over when he's finished officiating over Chavez' funeral.
whom do you think is supplying the north koreans? can u say china i highly doubt telling them will do anything. theyre playing both sides like a fiddle. N korea is nothing but an irrelevant bully
These are fanatics, the only way to deal with them is by force. If they were to launch any nukes at us I am sure we could intercept them. Then we should take out their entire military capabilities, no ands, ifs, or buts about it. We do not have enough troops to put on the ground there. It would behoove us to tell China what we would do before hand.
China is the biggest obstacle to a US military action, nukes will do nothing but destroy a lot of innocent people.
With sequestration taking effect, we'd probably get our butts handed to us. If we get nuked, blame congress and the lack of leadership in this country.
Immediately send ALL dependents back to U.S.A., civilian or military. Warn DPK that ANY missile launch ,regardless of size ,or direction will be sufficient warning for them to SMILE IMMEDIATELY, weither they see a flash ,or not! 16 mos. in country, taught me not to trust,but verify.
Send Dennis Rodman back over there. But this time give him some support: send Lady Gaga along with him so the starving North Korean people can barbecue and eat her meat dress.
Harry Truman made a mistake by recalling General MacArthur, who wanted to go on and get it over with while we were there the first time. Then there was Vietnam, now Afghanistan! duh!
Reduce our old, obsolete weapons stockpile all at once - right on top of them. If anything is left of them, experiment with our new technologies to make sure they work the way we expect them to.
Give them Obama, Biden, Hegel, Kerry, Hillary, Reid, Pelosi , McClain and the Supreme Court then sue for peace.
They have also indicated an attack on South Korea may occur by disregarding the Armistice. Upon acting-out on this subject, we need to test the Neutron and Hydrogen Bombs on their Military Locations (Just to see if they still work in that local)
OOOOOOOOOOH Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh !!!
In 1947 December 5th I Joined the U.S. Marines and in 1948 was sent to China. Served in WEST PAC on the USS Saint Paul CA73 till 1949 then was tranfered to San Franciso Naval Ship Yard till Ordered to Korea, Sergeant Larsen On 27 November near eastern North Korea 's Chosin Reservoir, the Chinese fell on the First Marine Division and a nearby U.S. Army task force, almost wiping out the latter and provoking a Marine response that ranks as one of history's greatest feats of arms.
Over the following two weeks,
the Marines battled their way to the port of Hungnam, from which they would be evacuated by sea.
In their wake were the ruins of the opposing Chinese divisions, which suffered so many casualties from combat and the bitterly cold weather that they were out of action for months.
The commanding officer of the 1st Marine division, Major General O.P. Smith, did not agree with his superiors and had become convinced that they were stretched thin and that the Chinese Forces had entered the war. He purposely slowed his advance and consolidated along the way at every opportunity.[26] The 1st Marine Division was attacked by ten Chinese infantry divisions on 27 November 1950. They fought their way out of the Chosin Reservoir against seven Communist Chinese divisions suffering over 900 killed and missing, over 3,500 wounded and more than 6,500 non-battle casualties mostly from frostbite during the battle. The greater part of the Chinese 9th Army was rendered ineffective as they suffered an estimated 37,500 casualties trying to stop the Marines' march out of the "Frozen Chosin". I would Nuke them They will never change. We have been dealing with them since 1950 it is time to finsh this. Our way or die. Enough is Enough.
There's no need to nuke anybody. North Korean threats are threats, not action, and should be answered with threats,not action. India and Pakistan are blood enemies and both have nuclear weapons. They are in standoff and have been ever since they tested them. We should threaten to equip South Korea with nuclear weapons if the North Koreans don't stop posturing. If we were to nuke North Korea we would trigger China into a response that could well obliterate South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan -- and possibly Hawaii before we could respond by obliterating various Chinese targets. Would Russia get into the act as well? The strategic ramifications require creative action, not old-fashioned knock-em out brute force. Over-confidence has ruined many commanders in the past, including those who planned Afghanistan and Iraq. The friction between North and South Korea should be limited to them. I suspect the current Chinese government feels the same way, since they have nothing to gain in a new Korean war. Perhaps little Kim is an assassination target for a joint US-Sino effort?
Les: Appreciate the history lesson. Always admired O.P. Smith. Among other things for which he was reknown - he never cursed or even raised his voice, much. As for "I would nuke 'em." No. Nobody's "nuking" anyone. To include the N. Koreans. All that would do is embroil us in a world war, again. And this time, we'd probably get as good as we give. It's no longer the same era as 1950. The NK is doing what they always do when ROK elects a new president: threaten all sorts of dire things, and then, nothing. Ignore them. They aren't doing anything.
nuke 'em first
This is pathetic. Steven Colbert can probably provide the best response. And, by-the-way, let us not forget Dennis Rodman as the modern-day Jane Fonda.


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Public records bill gets support from press association
Published: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:09 p.m.
BATON ROUGE — A Lafourche Parish lawmaker said Tuesday he has the support of the Louisiana Press Association in his efforts to open up more public records in the Governor's Office.
House Bill 19 by Rep. Dee Richard of Thibodaux, who has no party affiliation, would eliminate a commonly used exemption that shields records in the executive branch from public view.
If requested records are part of the "deliberative process," meaning the documents were used to make decisions in the executive branch, then the governor and his staff are allowed to keep them secret.
"This is about transparency," Richard said, adding that Louisiana is among a small number of states that allow for such an exemption.
In recent years, the administration has liberally interpreted the deliberative process provision to apply to a wide range of documents that previously have been available to the public, he said.
Moreover, he said many of the departments and agencies under the executive branch are beginning to use the provision with some frequency.
For example, over the past year the LSU Board of Supervisors, the state Department of Education and the Department of Transportation and Development are among the many agencies that have used the deliberative process exemption to deny public records requests.
Richard's legislation would still protect interoffice communications between the governor and his internal staff for up to 10 years.
The bill also requires the governor to transfer records to the State Department upon leaving office.
"Records would have to be maintained and archived," Richard said. "Nothing can be shredded."
Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose administration played a key role in rewriting the public records law in 2009, has opposed similar repeal bills in the past.
When the law was written four years ago, Carl Redman, executive editor of The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge, said LPA officials agreed to a compromise bill late in the session when the pressure was high and the pace was quick.
"The LPA testified in support of the bill," he said. "I testified on behalf of the newspaper against it."
Sen. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, has signed on as the co-sponsor of House Bill 19 and will be handling the legislation in the upper chamber.
Richard's bill has been assigned to the House and Governmental Affairs Committee.
If the Legislature approves the bill, it would be sent to the governor's desk for final consideration.
Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, is also seeking to eliminate the deliberative process provision with his Senate Bill 95, which is similar to Richard's proposal.
Adley's bill has been assigned to the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Jeremy Alford can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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POSITION: Center
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
DRAFTED: TBL: 1998-1 overall
NHL Foundation Player Award (1)
King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1)
Maurice Richard Trophy (1)
|2008-09: Is out following surgery to repair cartilage in his right wrist ... Netted his 300th career goal 3/1 at CGY.
Season Highs: G:2(6x,last-3/1 at CGY) A:2(4x,last-2/19 vs. NJD) P: 3(3x,last-3/1 at CGY)
TOI: 24:27(1/30 vs. PHI) +/-: +4(12/27 vs. FLA) SOG: 8(4x,last-2/14 vs. WSH)
Hits: 7(11/16 at CAR) Blkd Shts: 4(10/11 vs. CAR)
Shootout Statistics: Career: 11-35 (.314) - 2008-09: 3-11 (.273)
Drafted: By TBL in the 1st Rd, 1st overall, in 1998
Won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL's leading goal-scorer … Set franchise records for goals in a season with 52 and points in a season with 108 … Tied the team record for PPG in a season with 16 (Bradley, 1992-93) … Fired 339 shots to set the franchise mark for most in a season … His 61 points on the road were a Lightning all-time best (St. Louis, 47, 2003-04) … Tied the franchise record with 7 GWG … Was named the NHL's 3rd Star of the Month for March … Became the 1st Lightning player and the first French-Canadian born player since Mario Lemieux to score 50 goals in a season 3/30 at CAR (Ward) … Registered his 500th career point with an assist 3/22 vs. NJ … Set the franchise record for most points in a season with his 95th and 96th points of the season 3/16 vs. BUF … Set the franchise record for goals in a season with his 43rd and tied the record for PPG with his 16th 3/6 at VAN … Tied the Lightning record for road points in a season with his 47th 2/22 at ATL … Was named the recipient of the Mark Messier Leadership Award for February … Played in his 600th career game, contributing a goal and an assist, 2/1 at CAR … Had a 10-game point streak snapped (9-7-16) 1/26 vs. NJ … Registered 1 assist at the 2007 NHL All-Star Game … Recorded his 250th career assist while shorthanded 1/4 at MIN … Was named the NHL's 3rd Star of the Week for the week ending 12/24 after recording 6 points (3-3-6) … Scored his 200th career goal 12/19 at WSH … Logged a season-high 27:41 of ice time 12/14 at MTL … Was named the NHL's 2nd Star of the Week for the period ending 12/10 as he was tied for the league lead in goals and points (4-3-7) … Recorded his 4th career hattrick, tying him for the franchise record, and added two assists for a career high 5 point night 12/7 vs. ATL … Had his career-best 11-game point streak snapped 11/15 (8-10-18) … Recorded a personal best 4 assists, tying a franchise record, 11/4 at BOS … Had his goal streak snapped at a career-high 6 games (6g) 11/4 at BOS … Tied Mikael Andersson for 3rd on the Lightning shorthanded goal list 10/21 at WSH (7) … Tallied his 50th career power play goal 10/14 vs. FLA.
Tied the franchise record for most goals in a series with 5 … Set the franchise record for most shots in a series with 30 … Recorded 2 multi-point games in the series … Landed a team-high 4 hits in Game 5 of the ECQF … Scored the game-tying goal, landed 5 hits with 31:29 of ice time in Game 4 … Scored his 4th goal of the playoffs and added an assist on the GWG with 4 hits in Game 3 … Scored his 3rd goal of the series, fired a team-high 6 shots on goal and landed 3 hits in Game 2 … Scored 2 goals in Game 1 to tie Brad Richards for 2nd on the franchise playoff goals list (15), was a plus-2 and landed 3 hits.
2005-06: His 35 goals were a personal best and ranked 3rd most in franchise history ... Reached the 400 career point mark with an assist 4/14 at CAR, becoming the 1st Lightning player to reach that milestone ... Tied Dino Ciccarelli (1996-97) for the 3rd most goals in a season in franchise history with his 35th 4/8 vs. PIT and tied the franchise record for game winning goals in a season with 7 ... Recorded a season-high 7-game point streak 3/7-3/19 (6g-4a) … Set a personal high by recording 31 PIM 3/17 vs. PHI ... Netted his 16th goal of the season on a penalty shot 1/2 at NYI ... Served a one-game suspension 12/23 vs. BUF ... Scored his first shorthanded goal of the season 12/15 at PHX ... Recorded 2 assists, the 200th and 201st of his career, 12/14 at ANA ... Had a goal and 2 assists and tied Brian Bradley for 2nd on the all-time Lightning assists list with 189 10/28 vs. WSH ... Recorded a 4-game point streak 10/13-10/20 (4g-5a) … Tallied a goal and added three assists, including one on the game winner, for a four-point night 10/20 at ATL ... Scored a goal 10/16 at WSH to tie him with Brian Bradley for 1st on the all-time Lightning power play goals list with 37 ... Became the 1st Lightning player to score in a shootout (Kolzig) … 2006 Playoffs: Played in all 5 games and scored a goal while dishing out 3 assists … His goal came with the man advantage … Recorded his 2nd assist of the series in Game 4 4/27 vs. OTT … Recorded his 1st assist of the playoffs on the Lightning's 4th goal in Game 3 at OTT … Scored the 1st goal of the series, the 13th post season goal of his career, in Game 1 4/21 at OTT … 2006 Olympics: Recorded 3 assists in 6 games with Canada. 2004-05: Played 30 games with Ak Bars Kazan in Russia and scored 7 goals and added 9 assists with 78 PIM … Appeared in 4 postseason games and scored 1 goal, recording 6 PIM. 2003-04: Scored 2 goals, both game winners, and 5 assists in recording 7 points and earning World Cup MVP in his 1st appearance, winning his 1st World Cup title ... Established new career highs in plus-minus, GWGs, and tied his best in SHGs with 2 … Finished the season 2nd on the team in goals, GWGs, and 4th in points … His 32 goals ranks 5th in team history for goals in a season … Recorded his 6th GWG of the season 3/27 vs. WSH to move into 2nd on the all-time franchise GWG in a season list … Scored his 30th goal of the season 3/23 @ TOR, scoring 30 for the 2nd consecutive season ... Had a 4-point night with 2 goals and 2 assist, tying his career best 3/12 vs. NYR ... Scored his 20th goal of the season to become the first Lightning player to score 20 or more goals in 5 consecutive seasons 2/14 vs. FLA … Had a goal and 2 assists 2/12 vs. MTL, tying Brian Bradley for most career points with the Lightning and hitting 300 career points ... Opened the scoring with an unassisted goal 11/14 @ WSH while playing in his 400th career game ... Registered his 3rd career hat trick 11/8 vs. PIT ... Passed Chris Gratton for 2nd all-time in assists with the Lightning 10/10 vs. BOS (149) … 2004 Playoffs: Set new career playoff highs in games played, goals, assists, points, PIM, PPG, and shots … Finished tied for 3rd on the team with 9 goals and 4th in points with 16 … Scored 2 goals (8, 9) in a game for the 3rd time in the playoffs in Game 6 vs. PHI ... Set a new franchise record for fastest goal to start a game (1:28) 5/20 @ PHI … Recorded an assist on the GWG in Game 5 vs. PHI ... Scored 5 goals (in the 1st 3 games) and added 2 assists in a 4-game sweep of MTL in the CSF … His 5 goals in the series set a new Lightning record for goals in a series … Tallied his 5th goal of the conference semi-finals with 17 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime in Game 3 4/27 @ MTL ... Had back-to-back 2-goal games 4/23 and 4/25 vs. MTL in the CSF … 2002-03: Set career-highs in goals (33), assists (45), points (78), shots on goal (275), and plus-minus (E) … Named to the 2003 All-Star Game (1st All-Star appearance) ... Skated 16:13 of ice time and registered 2 shots on goal in All-Star Game ... 2nd on team in points and shots ... 3rd on team in assists and PPG ... Finished the season tied for 6th in the NHL in even strength assists (32) and was tied for 8th in even strength points (52) … Recorded 1st career hat trick 11/8 vs. PIT … Surpassed Chris Gratton for 2nd place on the Lightning career goals list with 2nd goal vs. PIT ... Notched 200th career point with 1st assist vs. CHI (11/9) and surpassed Rob Zamuner for 3rd place on the Lightning career points list with 2nd assist ... Scored 1st career SHG 2/14 vs. NYI ... Netted 100th career goal at PHI (1/18) … With 2 points 2/17 vs. WSH, tied and surpassed Chris Gratton for 2nd place on the Lightning career points list (Gratton 236 points with TB) ... Posted 3-1-4 at PHX (3/22) to tie career-highs for goals and points in a game (2nd career hat trick, 1st natural hat trick). 2003 Playoffs: Made his 1st Stanley Cup Playoff appearance, recording 3 goals and 3 assists in 11 games … Was 3rd on the team, 1st among forwards, with an average of 22:35 in ice time … Recorded 1st career playoff point with goal at 3:46 of 1st period in Game 3 @ WSH on 4/15 … Recorded 1st career playoff assist on GWG in Game 5 vs. WSH on 4/18 … Set up series-winning goal by Martin St. Louis in 3OT of Game 6 @ WSH on 4/20 … 2001-02: Tied for 2nd on team with 20 goals ... Became 1st player in team history to post 3 consecutive 20-goal seasons … Made season debut with an assist 10/11 at SJ ... Attempted 1st career penalty shot 10/30 at TOR (Joseph, unsuccessful) ... Recorded 100th career assist 3/22 vs. MTL … 2000-01: Appeared in 7 games for Team Canada at the 2001 World Championships, recording 3-2-5 … Appeared in 68 games for the Lightning, scoring 23-28-51 … 2nd on team in goals (23) and assists (28) … 3rd on team in points (51), shots (165) and average ice time (19:37) … Notched his 100th career point with an assist on Todd Warriner's goal vs. ATL (10/15/00) … 1999-00: Led the team in goals (25), assists (42), points (67), shots (166), power-play points (28) and power-play assists (22) … Tied for 1st on the team in PPG (6) … Recorded career highs in goals, assists, points, PPG … Named team captain on 3/11/00, the youngest full-time captain in NHL history … Tallied 14 multiple-point games, including 4 with 3-or-more points … 1998-99: Ranked 9th among NHL rookies in points (28), 8th in goals (13), and 5th in shots (125), …Finished 2nd on the team in goals, 4th in points … Appeared in his 1st NHL game 10/9/98 at FLA … Tallied 1st NHL point with assist vs. PIT (10/21/98) … Recorded 1st NHL goal 10/25/98 vs. VAN … Recorded 1st multiple-point game (1-1-2) at NYI on 2/15/99 … Recorded 1st multiple-goal game 2/22/99 vs. NJ … Named NHL Rookie of the Month for February.
Played 2 seasons for Rimouski of the QMJHL, scoring 86 goals, 132 assists and 218 points in 122 regular season games … Recorded 19 goals and 29 assists for 48 points in 22 playoff games … Became the 5th QMJHL player selected no. 1 overall in the NHL Entry Draft since 1969 (Lafleur, Lemuiex, Turgeon, Daigle). 1997-98: Appeared in 58 games, finishing 1st on the team in goals (44), 2nd in assists (71) and tied for 1st in points (115) … Was ranked as the top North American junior prospect by the Central Scouting Service in their mid-term report and maintained that position on the final ranking … Was named to the CHL 1st All-Star Team … Was named to the QMJHL's 1st All-Star Team … 1998: Represented Canada in the World Junior Championships in Finland, recording 1-1-2 in 7 games. 1996-97: In his 1st season with Rimouski, appeared in 64 games and finished 2nd on the team in goals (42), 3rd in assists (61) and 3rd in points (103) … Was named CHL Rookie of the Year and QMJHL Rookie of the Year … Was a member of the Gold Medal-winning Team Canada in the under-18 Three Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic.
Vincent is single and spends his off-season in Montreal Was a fan of the Detroit Red Wings and Steve Yzerman while growing up ... Lists his most memorable hockey moments as getting drafted by the Lightning first overall in 1998 and winning the Stanley Cup ... Enjoys boating and playing golf ... Created his own foundation called the VL-4 Foundation and helped create a charitable program called Kane's 4 Kids that benefits All Children's Hospital.
Game: NHL - 10/9/98 @ FLA
Lightning - Same
Goal: NHL - 10/25/98 vs. VAN (Snow)
Lightning - Same
Assist: NHL - 10/21/98 vs. PIT
Lightning – Same
Game: 3 (4 times, last – 12/7/06 vs. ATL)
Season: 52 (2006-07)
Multi-Goal Games: 27
In 2006-07: 6 (last – 3/16/07 at EDM)
Hat Tricks: 4
Streak: 6 (10/21-11/2/06, 6g)
In 2006-07: 6 (10/21-11/2/06, 6g)
Game: 4 (11/4/06 at BOS)
Season: 56 (2006-07)
Streak: 5 (1/4-1/11/07, 5a)
In 2006-07: 5 (1/4-1/11/07, 5a)
Game: 5 (12/7/06 vs. ATL, 3g-2a)
Season: 108 (2006-07)
Multi-Point Games: 115
In 2006-07: 27 (last – 3/31/07 vs. WSH, 1g-2a)
Streak: 11 (10/19-11/11/06, 8g-10a)
In 2006-07: 11 (10/19-11/11/06, 8g-10a)
Games Played Streak: 162 (10/9/98 - 4/6/00)
Most PIM in a Game: 31 (3/17/06 vs. PHI)
Most Shots in a Game: 11 (3 times, last – 4/7/07 at ATL)


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LETTER: Family shown empathy from busy people
Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 11:30 p.m.
Dear Editor: After 28 years of marriage to the same man, I could not imagine the pain and sorrow I felt after his death. However, during our sadness and grief at the passing of Jessie Pickens Jr., we developed a great appreciation for several people who, despite their busy lives, showed so much empathy and love.
We could not have endured the past few weeks without the Rev. Frank Kennedy Sr. and members of Mount Pilgrim Church taking care of their sheep, the wonderful Rev. Joe Wills and his daughter, Val, of Wills Funeral Service, the selfless staff of Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Safe Harbor of the VA in Birmingham.
My heartfelt thanks to all of these caring people.
Mrs. Brenda Pickens and children
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SAN JOSE -- For years, Marcus Smart has heard the comparisons.
"It's been Jason Kidd, Dwyane Wade -- those two players," the Oklahoma State freshman point guard said. "With my size, my ability to pass the ball and my IQ of the game, a lot of people mention that."
Smart and the Cowboys (24-8) face Pac-12 tournament champion Oregon (26-8) in an NCAA tournament opener Thursday at HP Pavilion -- 20 years after Kidd, as a freshman point guard, led Cal to an upset of two-time defending national champion Duke and into the Sweet 16.
Smart was barely a year old at the time, but ever since his junior high days he has been compared to Kidd.
"I just feel honored even to be mentioned in the same category as those type of players," Smart said. "Jason Kidd is one of the greatest point guards who ever played the game."
Physically, they are similar. Kidd was 6-foot-4, 210 pounds as a freshman at Cal. Smart is 6-4, 225.
Their freshman season stats are comparable:
Kidd averaged 13.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 3.8 steals.
Smart averages 15.4 points, 5.7 rebounds. 4.2 assists and 2.9 steals.
"Body-wise, how they approach the game, I'd say that's a pretty good comparison," Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said. "They both play with a reckless abandon. Jason Kidd, especially early in his career, how physical he was as a point guard. In those aspects, they're very similar.
"The difference is Marcus Smart didn't play point guard until this year. Jason Kidd grew up being a point guard. Marcus has done an incredible job of adapting. On his high school team he brought the ball up court, but no one ever said, 'You are our point guard. Here's the basketball.' In that way they're a little different."
Smart, the Big 12 player of the year, said he has been viewed most of his career as a combo guard.
"To be honest, they didn't know what position to put me at," he said. "I was bigger than most of the kids, but my skillset was much more advanced than most of the kids.
"They looked at me as being a little small to be a power forward but a little big to be a point guard."
There is one more way the two are similar: Smart is projected by the website NBAdraft.net to be the No. 2 pick in this year's draft.
That's just where Kidd was taken in 1994.
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