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Perfect for any purpose
By electricpowerman2
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Super-smooth leather. Once you hold it you won't want to let it go! It's flexible and supple, meaning that the whole folio can be flexed slightly (depending on the thickness of your pad) making it easier to hold or fit into a bag/satchel, etc.Foldback design. The ability of the cover to be wrapped around the back of the pad means that you can use the folio in the field in the same way as a clipboard. At a desk it means you only need to take up half the space a normal folio requires (handy at crowded meetings where space around the table is at a premium, or when you're in the bus or on the train and don't have a lot of space around you). The only concession is that whatever is stored in the pockets on the cover flap might be dislodged, or smeared into some food scrap left on the table!Magnetic flap closure. This works really well to keep the cover closed without any possibility of mechanical failure. Also, when the cover flap is folded back behind the pad, you can use the same magnetic flap to keep the cover in its new place! Clever.Storage pockets on cover flap. There are ample storage pockets for note paper from the pad, for 3x5 cards, business cards, envelopes, stamps, etc. I like the three main pockets that can be used to keep papers grouped (rather than all together as with most folio pockets). There is also a zipped pocket behind these for private items or other fairly flat non-paper items (however Letter or A4 paper will have to be folded in order to use this pocket). There is another "hidden" behind the pad too, accessible from the "spine" of the folio - great for hiding confidential notes you have just made (but the pen has to be removed from the pen holder to use this effectively).Pen holder. This does a fine job of holding most pens! You can't really fold back the cover flap when there is a pen in the holder (as this is at the "hinge" point) but if you're using the folio you'll need to get your pen out anyway.Paper size. Supplied and made for US Letter size paper, it also takes A4 paper and pads without any problems (except as noted with zipped pocket above).Things to watch out for: If you drop it upside down things might fall out of the pockets as there is no zip around the outside, but you can't have everything. In the field if you fold back the cover flap be aware that wind may try to remove things from the exposed pockets. When the cover flap is folded back and you're using the folio standing people may see part of what's stored in your flap pockets. In wet weather, make sure the spine is facing up to prevent rain drops spoiling your documents.Overall, a fanstastic product. I was so impressed with the one I use at home for letter-writing/correspondence, I bought another for work. :)
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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An awesome gift
By TNDefender
from Tennessee
Purchased the Softolio as a law school graduation present for a young attorney in my office. It is stylish, practical and something that can be used for years. The perfect gift for the occasion! The Levenger gift box was itself impressive and added to the moment.
Good quality and design
By Nena
The leather is very soft and it's the only pad folio I could find with a soft cover, which I prefer. It is beautifully made, with many useful pockets. Great to take to meetings to take notes.
Durable and Beautiful
By TexNan
from Houston, TX
I purchased my Softolio at your Delray store approximately ten years ago. Since then, it has been used almost daily, as it accompanied me to meetings, classes, business trips, etc. It is still in almost-new condition, with the red leather maintaining its durability and beauty to this day, despite minimal maintenance (I have cleaned it several times with leather cream).I especially like the many pockets inside, which easily hold notes, cards, business cards, handouts, etc. etc. I'm now retired and use it regularly for my volunteer work, household records, and so forth.I love, love, love this folio and HIGHLY recommend it.
Bring back the 5 x 8 Folio
By Withheld
You really need to bring back the 5 x 8 size folios because they're perfect for including in a hand bag and I have been using the ones I have purchased but am ready to replace it with another. Alas, there are none to be found. Please consider bringing it back or using that size to accommodate an e-reader that is smaller, like the kindle.
My B&N "Nook" cover
By bgarlock
from Ashburnham, MA
As an IT person, I like gadgets. However, I had always looked at devices like the Nook, and Amazon's Kindle as something I did not think I would like, because I like to be able to take notes in the books margins. Once I starting looking more into these devices, and learning that you could take notes inside the device, I decided to give them a second chance.Being an advocate of open source technology, I had to evaluate these devices based on what content you could upload/download to them and make a decision. I didn't like the Kindle's proprietary media files, and leaned that Barnes and Nobles' Nook accepted the EPUB format. The media format was heavily weighted in my decision making, and I also think the Nook is a much better looking device. The Nook looks like something Apple would design, and I couldn't stand the Kindles gaudy keyboard - it just turned me off (along with the proprietary media format)My next requirement was some kind of cover to protect the device, and I immediately thought of Levenger. Levenger has always made products that give you form and function. I had been utilizing my junior Softfolio for a way to organize my home computer network setup, but could easily transfer that to a junior Meeting Master I had that was not currently being used.So, the junior Softfolio has been relegated to the Nooks new home. The Nook slides into the top left hand slot, while the other slots are home to index cards and compact sized grid paper. I use the junior notepad for taking notes, which I can later use my circa punch to fit them into my junior sized "Bookography". The zipper portion holds the USB cable, and other miscellaneous things.This marriage of both analog, and digital has satisfied my new book reading setup. The Nook is much better than I ever thought, and I am able to read faster and with less strain on my eyes. The Softfolio is the bridge that helped me cross over to the digital e-reader, and has allowed me to keep some of the old school analog pieces of yesteryear :-)
Best folio I've ever owned
By CC*
from Arkansas
I purchased the letter sized version of the Softolio in red a few years ago. I have used it almost non-stop since. Its perfect for taking committee meeting notes (I also use Levenger's annotated ruled pads), for taking to court with me, to conferences and carrying in the car for lists. It doesnt show wear at all and is delightfully flexible with plenty of room for additional files, papers and pens. I still get compliments on it.
Personal Folio
By Buddha
from Seattle
This is a nice folio that I use as a personal item and not work. I find the pockets to be highly functional and accommodates all my various stationary. The leather is true to its name, very soft and extremely pliable...often write with it folded over.I can fit a circa notebook without issue and the magnet is strong enough to keep it closed.Highly recommended
Perfect Gift
By Student
from Ithaca, New York
I received this folio as a college graduation gift from my best friend and I absolutely love it. The leather has a lush, supple feelings. The monogram makes it particularly special. It's going to get plenty of use in grad school! :)
At last!
By pj
from Ansonia, OH
Just what I've been looking for! I can zip up my smart phone for access to my calendar and still take notes.Very classy looking too!
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When original Dio axeman Vivian Campbell left, Ronnie James Dio turned to former Giuffria and Roughcutt guitarist Craig Goldy. Goldy proved to be a shred-master of the highest caliber, but unfortunately, his stint with Dio was short lived. Craig left to do solo work, re-emerging in 1991 touting his CRAIG GOLDY'S RITUAL project, a group that involved Mike Stone on lead vocals, bassist Tom Rucci, keyboard player Doug Allen and drummer Carl Marelli in the recording of his 'Hidden In Plain Sight' album. Shortly after the record was released, in North America through Grand Slamm, Mike Stone was succeeded by Goldy's former GIUFFRIA colleague DAVID GLEN EISLEY after his DIRTY WHITE BOY outfit had split up.
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WASHINGTON – The State Department said Wednesday that it is blocking the financial transactions of one of the men who murdered Buffalo-born diplomat John Granville, classifying the Sudanese man as a terrorist.
As a result, the U.S. assets of Abd Al-Ra'Ouf Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamza are frozen.
Hamza was one of four Sudanese men involved in the murder of Granville and another employee of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan, Adbelrahman Abbas Rahama, in 2008.
The State Department's move may seem at first glance to be an unusual one, given that Hamza is in a Sudanese prison – unlike two of Granville's other murderers, who remain at large after a jailbreak.
But the State Department said it had good reason for targeting Hamza's assets and declaring him a terrorist.
"In making this designation, the department seeks to emphasize to the public and, in particular, to the Granville and Abbas families, our commitment to justice prevailing in this case," the State Department said in a statement.
The terrorist classification means that no one in the United States will be allowed to enter into any financial transactions with Hamza.
That being the case, the State Department's move against Hamza may prove more than symbolic, said Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.
"There may have been opportunities for money to be transferred to him," which Hamza may have been able to then transfer to his two accomplices who remain at large, said Higgins, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has been involved in the Granville case for years.
"The State Department will take action if it feels it can limit his ability to affect terrorist activity," Higgins added.
At the same time, though, Higgins said the State Department is probably trying to send a message to the two fugitives who remain at large and anyone who might try to help them.
"That's been an overriding narrative here," Higgins said. "The U.S. government is making clear it is monitoring this case and not letting it go."
Granville and Abbas were leaving a New Year's Eve party in Khartoum, Sudan, on Jan. 1, 2008, when they were attacked. Four men, including Hamza, were convicted of the murders a year later, but they escaped from prison shortly thereafter.
Hamza was quickly recaptured, and another of the fugitives was killed in 2011. But the two remaining fugitives – Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhasan Haj Hamad and Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed – remain at large and are believed to be with al-Qaida forces in Somalia, Higgins said.
The State Department classified Hamad and Ibrahim as terrorists in January and offered a bounty of $5 million each for their capture.
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Now, a core group of biotech and pharmaceutical companies are realizing similar benefits as they encourage their suppliers to talk with one another. Speaking at "Pharma ChemOutsourcing" held recently in Long Branch, NJ, the suppliers and consultants who formed the loose consortium called the Chemistry Playbook™ discussed the benefits of interorganization conversations and strategies to help everyone involved work better and faster.
The approach is driven by business needs, emphasized Richard Slauter, Ph.D., senior director of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics for MPI Research. "For example," he said, "if suppliers understand my requirements well in advance of their portion of the project, they know what to plan for logistically and scientifically. A lot of uncertainty is eliminated."
"There's not a discreet set of tasks," noted Christopher Kavlick, director of business development at Beckloff Associates. Each portion of a project affects other work. Therefore, it's important to understand who's involved—even outside your discipline—and how their progress affects your time line. "This type of project management requires outside-the-box thinking," he said, and is the hallmark of virtual companies.
For example, Dr. Slauter elaborated, in manufacturing APIs, scale-up may involve ascertaining appropriate salt forms of the drug, determining the best formulations, and other details that often vary from bench-scale tests. Successful scale-ups will involve many calls from the drug sponsor to each vendor. "That doesn't have to be the case," he countered. "If the client can tell us what they want at the end of the project, we can have a conference call, trade Gantt charts back and forth, and plan together."
This early vendor involvement exchanges a linear development process with an overarching project plan that is at least partially parallel. Because each of the companies is in the developmental loop, they know better what to expect in terms of challenges and can work together to resolve them early.
"The big payoffs are in planning and logistics," according to Derek G. Hennecke, president and CEO of Xcelience. "If we know about problems with API, for example, we can think about them and work on our part of the problem concurrently. This is true for other areas of development, too. There's a lot we can do concurrently."
The other key benefit is better logistics scheduling. Knowing who's involved and their role makes it possible for vendors to ship product based upon milestones rather than waiting for instructions at the conclusion of each juncture. Consequently, the project moves among them almost seamlessly and shipping delays are minimized.
Although this consortium has been together less than one year, Dr. Slauter said the approach "can potentially save months in a drug-development program because it overcomes hurdles in the supply chain."
For Chemistry Playbook members, the concept arose from a project involving Xcelience and Cambridge Major Laboratories. "We asked our client for permission to talk with Cambridge," Hennecke recalled. In early 2010, the Chemistry Playbook was formed. "It's just a group of players who created a solution to get things done more effectively, with better quality," Kavlick explained. "It's not an exclusive set of suppliers," Hennecke added. "Clients still pick the companies they want to work with."
The point, as Hennecke said, is that communicating with each other breaks down barriers, and therefore, provides better outcomes faster and more efficiently, and results in better customer services. And each company learns through exposure to the best practices of the others.
That's particularly important in highly regulated industries in which the risks of innovation are great. "No one in this industry wants to be the first to propose anything new," he pointed out, because of the risks. But, by communicating with others involved on the same project, experts can access the knowledge of other firms in a way that otherwise would be unlikely.
The conversations, Dr. Slauter said, "are largely informational." The goal is to give the client the best possible outcome. As long as that goal remains at the fore, working with competitors isn't a problem. It's not unusual for participants to compete outside the bounds of a given project. For example, "it's not unusual for one CRO to perform the safety and toxicological studies and another to perform the analytical work.
"We suggest the suppliers go beyond just talking with each other and put their business systems together," Dr. Slauter continued. Harmonizing procedures among consulting, manufacturing, and analytical groups, as well as harmonizing the legal frameworks—like those ensuring confidentiality—is an important aspect of making this type of business relationship work, Kavlick added.
This level of linkage approximates that of a virtual company, providing a single point of contact to help projects run smoothly and minimize miscommunications. Ideally, it may even extend to a single invoice with line items for each of the suppliers. "That causes the lawyers to shudder, but we can deliver a better, more efficient product that way," Dr. Slauter said.
"Those efficiencies can outweigh the costs of putting such a system together," he noted. When they are explained, drug sponsors generally are enthusiastic, he said. Such an open approach forces people out of their comfort zone and requires a certain degree of risk tolerance.
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Closing arguments in the Steven Blaylock murder trial began Wednesday morning with prosecutors saying to look for the kernels of truth in the defendant?s statements about how his wife died.
In a courtroom so packed some people sat on the floor, the prosecution claimed Blaylock strangled his wife, Lori ?Woody? Blaylock, and suffocated her with a pillow. Defense lawyers, who called about a dozen witnesses in just over a day, said he killed her in self-defense and that she had been abusive to him, then and in the past.
On Tuesday, after testimony concluded, a twist: At the defense team's request, the 47-year-old could be convicted of a lesser charge.
On the ninth day of the trial, it was decided that if jurors find Blaylock guilty, then they can either convict him of murder, or first- or second-degree manslaughter.
But the jury must now weigh: Are Blaylock's string of lies his only crime?
His defense team says Lori Blaylock beat, scratched and smothered her husband -- forcing Blaylock to fight for his life.
"He reaches up with his hand, puts his hand around her neck and chokes her, in defending himself," said Blaylock's attorney, Jacques DeKalb.
He said Steven choked his wife until she passed out, and when she woke up, Lori attacked again.
With his hands and feet, Blaylock says he pushed his wife off the bed, killing her.
His only battle wound was a scratch across his cheek.
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On Tuesday, the defense called witness after witness asking the same question over and over -- if they'd ever seen Steven Blaylock bruised and beaten.
"Two separate occasions, I saw Steve with a black eye," said Sarah Bridgewater, a bartender at Reed Pub, where Steven was a regular.
Bridgewater said she knew the Blaylock's relationship was volatile, but she never saw injuries on Lori, only Steven.
Jonathan Hayner testified about a fight he heard while camping next to the Blaylocks in August of 2010.
Hayner said the next day Lori looked fine, but Steven was visibly wounded.
"It looked like fingernail marks on either the left side of his face, on his cheek," said Hayner.
After Hayner's testimony, the defense rested its case.
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In their rebuttal, the state pushed their theory that Steven, a part-time plumber assistant, was after his wife's money.
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As you probably are aware, Incumbent Sheila Pudelko is running for Lincoln County Clerk. As the Aug. 14, 2012 primary election draws near, we are trying to get people like you to take a closer look at Ms. Pudelko and why she is the only choice that makes sense for the residents of Lincoln County.
Ms. Pudelko took over as Lincoln County Clerk in November of 2010 for the unexpired term of Bob Kunkel after his tragic and untimely death. Ms. Pudelko was selected by the County Board over 27 other applicants.
As for qualifications, Ms. Pudelko is a resident of Lincoln County and has been since May of 2010. Ms. Pudelko has over 30 years of governmental experience, with 27 of those years as the Clerk/Treasurer for the Village of Rothschild, and almost two years as the Lincoln County Clerk. Sheila has been an invaluable asset to the municipal clerks of Lincoln County. Ms. Pudelko has gone to extraordinary measures over the last year helping the election inspectors, as well as the clerks, adapt to sweeping changes in election laws. She has given up Saturdays and evenings conducting extra training, and has fed us at her own expense. These efforts have paid off as evidenced by the documented improvements made by all municipalities over the last few elections.
She has made herself available to us for all questions at any time, providing us with her cell number and taking calls from us early in the morning, at night, and on weekends, as many of the town clerks work full time jobs and are unable to call during "office hours." Her municipal clerk experience gives her the ability to answer basically any question we clerks may have, not just election related.
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"Our first Prospect ID camp went well and we were able to solidify offers to some of our 2014 recruits, identify some very good 2015 and 2016 recruits, and offer all the players that attended some valuable information both from a soccer standpoint and from the college recruitment standpoint," Khettry said.
The Prospect ID Camp is for players aged 13-19 looking to become Stetson Hatters or to continue their development as a player. The ID Camp will expose players to the standards and style of coaching, as well as expectations of players at Stetson. It is intended for players with a high level of interest in playing at the NCAA Division I level and Stetson University.
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Newlywed Neil Diamond loves being married, but says he's not an easy guy to live with.
The twice-divorced singer, who last month tied the knot with his third wife Katie McNeil, admits he's a very demanding spouse.
"I want someone by my side who I love and who loves me," he tells Parade. "I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very ... high maintenance."
Asked in what way he's high maintenance, Diamond explains:
"When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my wife will have to give up whatever she's doing at that moment to tend to my needs. And in the same way, I would tend to hers. That's not such an easy thing to do."
Diamond, 71, had basically given up on marriage after his first two unions ended, but is glad he's taking another shot at love.
"I had every possible chance to do it right. Both are spectacular women," he says of his past wives. "I felt if I couldn't make something wonderful and lifelong happen with them, then maybe I wasn't capable of it. But I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous journey alone."
McNeil, 42, who is Diamond's manager, says she was hesitant to start a romance with the legendary singer, but eventually she just couldn't resist. "Part of me said, 'Don't get involved; he's a client.' There are a lot of complications for a lot of reasons. But our chemistry grew into something that couldn't be denied."
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Tucker Thighs
This recipe came from a friend in Tucker, Ga., who knew I would like its combination of ingredients. I sometimes pick the coriander seeds in my garden when they are still green and smush them for this dish, but ground coriander seeds do the job marvelously.
— Nathalie Dupree
2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs
11⁄4 cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger
11/2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds
2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Ground hot red pepper
Grated rind of 1 lemon, no white attached
1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or oil it well.
Whisk together all remaining ingredients. Move to a plastic sealable bag or refrigerator container. Add the chicken thighs and turn to coat well. Marinate while preheating the oven or up to 24 hours in the refrigerator.
When ready to cook, remove the chicken thighs from the marinade, shake off to remove extra moisture, and move to the foil-lined, rimmed baking sheet. Discard the marinade.
Bake until cooked through, light brown and bubbly, about 25 to 30 minutes, and the temperature of the thickest part of the chicken measures 165 degrees on a meat thermometer.
Variation: If you are unable to find bone-in thighs, boneless are fine, too; however, boneless meat, in general, tends to be less flavorful and juicy. Just remember to adjust the cooking time. Boneless thighs should take less time than bone-in, and they can easily dry out, so be careful to monitor them closely throughout cooking.
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The Buffalo Sabres are just 3-6-1 and there's a chance by the time tonight's game against Montreal in First Niagara Center is over they could be last overall in the NHL.
Just 1-6-1 in their last eight games, it seems there's no way the Sabres can keep the status quo going unless their fortunes change quickly. So does that mean possible player moves or perhaps even the firing of longtime coach Lindy Ruff?
"It won't be the coach," General Manager Darcy Regier told The Buffalo News early Wednesday evening.
Ruff was hired on July 21, 1997, and is the second-longest tenured coach in the four major professional sports leagues, behind only Gregg Popovich of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs (who was hired in 1996).
But discontent with Ruff is clearly growing among a fan base quick to point out his team hasn't won a playoff series since 2007 and hasn't even qualified for the postseason in three of the last five seasons.
Ruff addressed the topic of his job security head-on Wednesday when asked about it by The News after practice in First Niagara Center.
"I think you're always concerned," he said. "My job is to keep the morale up. The hope for the team has been real good. The guys have been positive. They've been upbeat. They dug in, tried to come back" in Tuesday's 4-3 loss in Ottawa, "tried to fight through the adversity.
"So you've got to give them credit for digging in but I understand the other side of it too. We need to win games. We need to win them now."
Ruff, whose contract is believed to have another two years to run after this season, said he talked to Sabres owner Terry Pegula on Wednesday morning but that's not unusual as Pegula talks regularly with his coach and GM. What was Wednesday's message? Ruff wouldn't give any specifics.
"We talked hockey," the coach said.
Since Ruff's hiring, there have been 170 coaching changes in the NHL and two of them (Dan Bylsma in Pittsburgh in 2009 and Darryl Sutter in Los Angeles last year) resulted in a team winning the Stanley Cup the same season.
Ruff has 568 wins, second only to New York Islanders legend Al Arbour in wins with a single franchise. Arbour won 740 games and four Stanley Cups for the Islanders from 1973-1994 (and won his retirement game in 2007). Ruff, who has taken the Sabres to four Eastern Conference finals and a trip to the 1999 Stanley Cup final, has the most wins in NHL history for a coach with his first team.
The Sabres were supposed to be off Wednesday but Ruff got the players to agree to come downtown for a video session and an on-ice practice that lasted nearly an hour. Afterward, players scoffed at the notion a coaching change might be in the offing.
"That's not something we're going to have to worry about. We're trying to get ourselves to play some hockey," goaltender Ryan Miller said. "This is the team we have, these are the coaches we have. We're not going to look at it like it might happen or a what-if kind of situation right now.
"It's definitely not lost on us that we need to play better hockey. But I don't think now is the time to start panicking. It's time to keep building. We have to climb out of a hole. We can't dig ourselves deeper by talking about Lindy or us as players and how effective we're being. We all can be effective."
"We just have to focus on what we have to do to get back on track," added captain Jason Pominville. "We're not that far off. We've cut down on" odd-man rush chances, "which was a big issue early on."
As for a change in coaches, Pominville said, "That's up to management. We have to worry about what we have to do and that's win a game. Hopefully it snowballs from then on."
After winning the first two games of the shortened NHL season, the Sabres' problems have mushroomed. Chief among them is the fact they have given up an NHL-worst 37 goals in 10 games.
"That's not a good place to be," Regier said. "The confidence I do have is in this team to turn this around, in Lindy's ability and in our ability to rectify that and that's because I think one of the areas Lindy as a coach is extremely strong in is defensive play. Offensively, we're fine." (The Sabres are third in the East, sixth overall with 30 goals.)
"But defensively we have work to do. And when you think of where we are defensively, if I had a coach to pick to shore that up, Lindy is the guy. And it's not just all on Lindy by any means. We have to work together to get this turned around."
The Sabres entered Wednesday's games last in the Northeast Division, 14th in the Eastern Conference and 27th in the NHL. If they lose tonight to Montreal in regulation, Washington beats Pittsburgh and Calgary beats Columbus in overtime (giving the Blue Jackets a loser point), Buffalo would drop to 30th in the league.
Over what's nearly the first quarter of the 48-game season, the Sabres have been one of the biggest and priciest busts in the NHL.
As a team, they have a payroll that exceeds $65 million. Eleven players are making at least $3 million this season and eight make at least $4 million.
"We're not a collection of first-year players," Miller said. "We've got to lead the way. For the guys who might not have that firm grasp, the young guys and the first-year guys, it's up to us to make sure they're up to speed. We need to play some hockey. That's been kind of missing the last 5-6 games. Get into some hockey. It's not about thinking, not about 'Here we go again.' You just go out, do your job every shift and come out in the end like you want it."
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I always tag it by composer (most people do this).
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44 from 'Most Wanted' list rounded up so far
May 10, 2013
Of the 183 offenders avoiding the law listed in last Saturday's Lycoming County Most Wanted section, published in the Sun-Gazette, county law enforcement has apprehended 44....
Absolutely agree with Go and bio. On Sunday there were reps from the SG at the Weis store giving away free copies of the Sunday paper...well, trying to give them away. The SG really needs to put some effort into the online version instead of giving away the dead tree SG.
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GO, i had to google it last time it was out because there wre no links easily found if at all on this here site we are on. pretty sad. come on you want us to help you locate most wanted you should make it more accessible to us cyber people
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OK, last Saturday the Most Wanted list was in the paper on May 4th. Now it's going to take up to 2 weeks to put it online???
Get with the program SG! This is the 21st century. This should've been online the same day the print version came out.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Episcopal clergy and delegates from all over eastern South Carolina admitted five Continuing Worship Groups as official Missions of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina and The Episcopal Church, at the 223rd Annual Convention of The Episcopal Church in SC at All Saints Episcopal Church in Hilton Head.
Mission churches from Florence, Conway, Edisto, West Ashley, and Summerville had completed all steps required by The Episcopal Church in establishing themselves as strong viable congregations. As more than 25 representatives of the Summerville church processed down the aisle behind their new Good Shepherd banner, they were thunderously welcomed by hundreds of cheering members of the wider church.
Lifelong Summervillian and member George Tupper described it as such a joyful celebration. And now that we are recognized as a mission, it shows that many things have come together for us at Good Shepherd. We are looking forward to continue growing and doing the work we need to do.
Convention leadership told the convention gathering that the Church has much to learn from these courageous faithful groups.
What had begun in October 2012 as a continuing Episcopal worship group of around 15 members has grown into an active parish with more than 65 members, according to a Good Shepard spokesman.
When their former parishes disassociated from The Episcopal Church, they explained, those wanting to continue as Episcopalians were left to re-organize themselves as a parish.
The Wesley United Methodist Church, provided a place to worship. Good Shepherd worships there each Sunday morning, following the Wesley congregations service.
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Summerville celebrates Holy Eucharist every Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in the Wesley church, just off West 5th South at 125 Pressley Ave. Christian Education classes for children and adults are held at 10 a.m. in the Timrod Library, just a short sidewalk up from the church. Priest-In-Charge is The Rev. Al Votaw.
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About five or so years ago, a little red-headed hotty was ripping the Chair 8 lift line. That was fine, but she seemed to purposely cut me off. So I followed her down, got on the lift with her and made her sit for a lift portrait. We immediately became great friends.
Skiers seem to migrate to groups we call "posses." Thus, the Soul Group Posse was formed. The Soul Group stands for all black (steep) all the time.
Michelle was a great skier and fun, too. Soon, more similarly minded serious skiers joined the Soul Group. Sometimes there could be 10 or 15 of us. It was always great fun.
Even after "Red" became ill, she continued to ski. That's the way real skiers are – always finding the fun, no matter what. We all knew she was very sick, but she kept skiing. She was an inspiration to all as she skied until closing day, less than two weeks before her passing.
Michelle was born a Wisconsin Cheesehead, who loved and lived in Colorado for the last 25 years. Not many knew that she was a Packer's Princess, too. Her great uncle owned a company called the Green Bay Meat Packers. When the "new" football team came to town, he donated the uniforms. The team was so grateful, they called themselves the Green Bay Packers. The rest is history, and Red was raised on the 50-yard line. A faithful fan to the end.
Goodbye, Red, we're going to miss you!
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Puck Daddy – Red Wings GM criticized for lack of offseason splash, but is it premature? First of all, any criticism is stupid. Secondly, it's not premature because even if nothing is done by the Red Wings this summer, they're fine. So they were runner up in the Ryan Suter sweepstakes. You can't win every free agent. So now what, they're supposed to settle for the next best guy? Dumb. They need another defenseman, but there is certainly no rush. If they don't get one until January or February, will that hurt? Not one bit. They don't need to make a big splash. I love the forward group:
Valtteri Filppula Henrik Zetterberg Johan Franzen
Gustav Nyquist Pavel Datsyuk Mikael Samuelsson
Dan Cleary Darren Helm Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller Justin Abdelkader Jordin Tootoo
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With Damien Brunner, Joakim Andersson and Tomas Tatar as the first three call-ups. I like it because I'm high on Nyquist making a splash right away. And on defense, Kronwall is a fine No.1 guy and White and Quincey are fine as No.3 and No.4.Brendan Smith can certainly slide in as a No.5. So the only hole is a No.2 defenseman. And until January or February, just give more responsibility to the rest of them. The Wings are fine, no need to make a splash. Suter would have been nice, but if I'm a Wings fan I don't want them to settle or rush
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Over the summer, technology departments at area schools are working on updating machines and software.
Jon Hampshire and the technology department at Tiffin City Schools are planning on replacing several mobile laptop carts at the elementary schools along with updating technology at Columbian High School and Tiffin Middle School.
Krout and Noble elementary schools are to receive two Apple MacBook Pro carts with 30 machines for each building, Hampshire said.
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Kathy Mohr, director of technology at North Central Ohio Educational Service Center, leads a course for area teachers on how to use Moodle software.
A cart of MacBooks at Noble Elementary that are to be replaced for the new school year.
"These (new machines) are replacing two 25 station iBook carts, which are 7 years old," Hampshire said.
Three 30-station Chromebook carts will be placed at the high school and middle school, Hampshire said. The Chromebooks will be replacing three 7-year-old iBook carts, he said.
"The iBooks from these carts will be (used) somewhere else in the district," Hampshire said. "We'll go through the carts, keep the machines that are still usable, and recycle the rest."
New for next year, the middle school is to begin a new technology class. The technology department has added a stand-alone lab of 30 Mac Minis.
Columbian's business lab is also to get new machines; 8-year-old eMacs are to be replaced by a station of 30 Mac Minis, Hampshire said.
"Money is tight but we've made a commitment to protect the investment this community has made in educational technology," Hampshire said. "We can only do this by replacing old equipment that no longer meets the needs of our students."
During the summer, Hampshire and the technology department also run maintenance on their machines. Maintenance includes running updates on the system software, updating browsers and updating and upgrading specific software.
"Lab and mobile cart computers typically get re-imaged every year, which is erasing the hard drive and reinstalling the operating system and applications," Hampshire said. "The computer labs are re-imaged over the summer because it's hard to sign out (of) labs during the school year since they are used so often."
Hampshire said maintenance is conducted on projectors and consists of blowing dust out of the fans and cleaning any filters on the projectors.
"We also re-align the projector's image on the screen and take a count of the bulb hours," he said.
With staff machines, the department tries to work on them more during the school year when there are breaks such as winter and spring breaks and if there happens to be a fog delay or snow day.
For Hopewell-Loudon Schools, the district has a whole new building plus technology to look forward to at the start of the new school year.
"The whole building is updated with interactive technologies for every classroom," said Steve Acton, technology coordinator for Hopewell-Loudon. "We will have wireless (technology) designed for students to bring their own technology. We will (also) increase our mobile labs from four to five."
The interactive technologies include integrated classroom sound systems, video distribution systems to tie in with the broadcasting class and Bascom Channel 14; a campus-wide network to support students who bring their own computing technologies such as smart phones, tablets and laptops; and VOIOP phone systems routed through Bascom Telephone Co., Acton said.
Acton said the district also does maintenance on its projectors. He also said the best new feature of the building is a new security system.
"Even though 52 percent of the teachers are familiar with interactive technologies, it is really a new system and the video distribution will be a challenge to use," Acton said. "This new network infrastructure will better support and give students 24/7 access to their files at school through the use of their personal devices and Google applications for education."
Hopewell-Loudon updates its servers and wireless access points every five or six years, projectors seven to 10 years and work stations eight to 12 years, he said.
The district uses brands such as Acer, HP and Dell, Acton said.
"Our fixed labs are student-built by my tech team," Acton said.
New to Seneca East Local Schools is to be an upgrade to the wireless infrastructure to accommodate the addition of about 400 wireless devices.
Jacob Schaaf of Buckeye I.T. Services, said staff members are to receive new Lenovo ThinkPad T430 notebooks and students in grades 9-12 are to receive Lenovo ThinkPad x131e notebooks.
"The student devices are specially designed for the education environment with rugged frames and components and long-life batteries," Schaaf said.
Systems are physically cleaned if necessary in the summer, Schaaf said.
"Also, we perform updates on the operating systems and any installed applications. Any components that are not performing well are replaced, like hard drives or DVD drives," he said.
High school students and teachers are to begin working on starting the 1:1 initiative for the district, Schaaf said.
"We are hoping to follow the success of other districts around Ohio that are putting devices in students' hands to open up and enhance the learning for students," Schaaf said.
Technology for the district is updated as needed, he said.
"We strive to use equipment as long as it's technically and fiscally responsible to do so," he said. "The board of education at Seneca East had the foresight when entering this new facility five years ago to start putting money aside each year into a special technology update fund."
With the addition of the new devices this summer, the district is to be supporting around 1,200 devices, including desktops and notebooks.
The technology team at the North Central Ohio Educational Service Center holds several technology-based classes over the summer for the public as well as teachers who want to be able to integrate technology into their classrooms.
"The tech team here has a goal to help teachers learn about technology and be able to apply what they learn into their classrooms," said NCOESC Integration Specialist John Kramer.
Examples of classes include iPad general operations, classes on software such as Moodle, Smart Boards, Web 2.2, Google applications and more.
Much of the maintenance is the same as other schools, Kramer said, including system and network upkeep, rebooting systems and system installation.
"We also go into the districts to perform site surveys to make sure that their networks can hold up to the amount of devices their students and staff may bring in," Kramer said.
ESC also is conducting the use of Skype in the classroom, Kramer said. Several classes at Old Fort Local Schools employed Skype with classes from Wales, Italy and across the United States.
Other schools the ESC works with include Bettsville, Mohawk, Carey, Buckeye Central, Fostoria, Calvert and charter schools.
"We really focus on going into districts with a team effort. If someone doesn't know the answer to a question, then there will be someone that does," Kramer said. "It is hard to know everything, and that is why we have a specialized tech team that does."


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As technology continues to develop, we believe we will see an increase in the variety of feedstocks coming in and products going out of biorefineries. These "Biorefineries of the Future" might use feedstocks such as corn, crop residue, wood chips, methane from landfills and other inputs. Each feedstock could help produce different products, including ethanol, DDGS, carbon dioxide, corn oil, specialty protein, specialty chemicals and biopolymers, among other things.
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KYNTEC Corporation, a Buffalo-based manufacturer of kinetic energy management devices, graduated from the UB Technology Incubator after seven months of rapid growth.
A manufacturer of devices that include shock absorbers and shock mounts, KYNTEC is the 88th company to graduate from incubator — an achievement that typically takes at least three years.
After moving to the incubator in May 2013, KYNTEC secured several multi-year domestic and international contract, and outgrew its allotted space. It now resides in a 27,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Cheektowaga.
The firm's success brings well-paying, manufacturing and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs to Western New York.
"Most of our companies are started by scientists and technologists who have scientific knowledge, but not the business know-how," says Kimberly Kohl, business manager in the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) and UB Incubation Services. "We help companies with the management side of their business and provide them with a safe place to grow."
The UB Technology Incubator is a small business hub that provides startup companies with access to office and lab space, and equipment. It also offers management expertise in marketing, sales, accounting and securing funding.
Incubator graduates produce and develop technologies that include synthetic intelligence, lasers, pharmaceuticals and others.
The UB Technology Incubator houses 12 companies at Baird Research Park.


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The 14 Worst Boobs in the History of Video Games
#5+6. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider Series)
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You knew Lara's rack would be here, which I think says more about everybody involved than any of us would care to admit. Lara's center of gravity went up like a Saturn V booster when a programmer missed a decimal place while altering the character model, inflating her breasts to 150 percent, and before he could fix it, a producer shouted "You've just made this game a best-seller!" Since then, Eidos has put more technology into artificially generating realistic flesh than Skynet, and has targeted more teenage boys with the results. So you might've forgotten how terrible those early breasts were.
Eidos Interactive
Second base could cut your hands off.
That's all it took to get men to spend $50 and sit obediently for hours? Holy crap. I apologize, female stand-up comedians, you were right about everything. I've seen more erotic Rubik's Cubes, which at least don't make you look like an idiot pervert when you spend hours struggling and sweating over them.
Eidos Interactive
On the upside, she can iron clothes by wearing them.
Despite this, Lara has gained a reputation as a strong female character. And like any evil corporation faced with a computer program exceeding its programming, Square Enix is desperately trying to stop it. They recently reconfirmed their view of Lara as a breast-transport service with a trailer at E3 themed "Lara's defining moment is men wanting to have sex with her." Because in a medium full of invincibility stars, magic crystals, sacred destinies and missions to rescue the president, the only way to give a girl motivation is sexual assault. A woman hasn't been so tragically disempowered since that time EVE turned off in WALL-E.
#3+4. Illegal Breasts (The Guy Game)
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The Guy Game achieved the impossible by having terrible video game breasts despite using real breasts. They combined games and tits like a rioter combining gasoline and fire: two wonderful things ruining each other (and everything else) very illegally. The only rule for filming naked women is "Make sure they're over 18," but that was one rule and 18 numbers more than the producers could deal with.
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Which is weird, because that looks like a man with encyclopedic knowledge of current age-of-consent laws.
Top Heavy Studios was the studio's name, mission statement and most complex thought ever managed. Their one and only game was the first time "trivia" was something to be endured. Middle-aged men read jokes like horny Christmas crackers while spring break students proved that the education system has serious problems. If the girl answers the guy's questions correctly, she gets away without taking her clothes off, which is the exact opposite of how I remember college dating. If you predict the answer, you get to not see breasts. The game censors itself until you score enough points, proving it can't even get showing stupid softcore porn of stupid people right. You had to pay $50 and pay attention for hours before seeing tits. Even the real world doesn't require both.
#1+2. Ivy (Soul Calibur)
Ivy's existence proves that the Soul Calibur team either doesn't understand irony or is its eternal master. She charges into sword fights despite being 50 percent airbag. Her chest technically makes Soul Calibur steampunk, because they love zeppelins and other fictional things that would never work in the real world. She wore less clothing with every game up until Soul Calibur IV, which is impressive, because a strip club would have told her first incarnation to leave something to the imagination. Her whip used more material than her fourth costume.
That strip of cloth is restraining more impossibly imaginary things than the Ecto-Containment unit.
She finally added clothes in Soul Calibur V. But only because taking more off would have required a scalpel and a medical fetish, and because they'd already used every square foot of her flesh in the game's advertisements.
"It's a great game" is the new "I read it for the articles."
They targeted mammaries for profit more explicitly than the dairy industry, and without the health benefits. In their attitude toward women, the fighting game community now ranks somewhere between the Dark Ages and the Dark Ages during a Viking attack. Which is weird, because now that we can simulate physical combat, traveling the world and entire virtual playgrounds, it seems weird that "treat other people like expendable playthings made only for our amusement" is the one thing assholes want to keep doing for real.
Luke McKinney also tumbles and has a website, and has made a bet to respond to every single tweet about this article.
For more breast-based hilarity, check out The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes. Or how Japanese Bikini Samurai Squad Zombie Hunters can be a bad thing.


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Slang term for Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
I'm going to MoJo for a burrito.
بواسطة The Stork مارس/آذَار 30, 2007
1. personal magnetism
2. sex appeal
3. illegal drugs
2. sex appeal
3. illegal drugs
Your mojo won't protect you from the ravages of the wilderness.
بواسطة The Return of Light Joker أغسطس/آب 9, 2011
Is a small man with a small penis who lives in Columbia SC and hogs up and ruins the rants and raves page on Craigslist with his anger of dark skinned males with big penises who can dance and have good sex.
A mojo is one who resembles, in every way,Rush Limbaugh's secret twin brother who lives in a trailer/mobile home (not even a "double wide.") They have been making love to their mother since the age of 10 and they only orgasm when a woman talks about how small and pink their penis is... just like their mom used to do.
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the part of a man's body that produces his courage and his libido
Fat Bastard stole Austin Power's mojo.
بواسطة ericri أكتوبر/تشرين الأوّل 15, 2009
Morgan and Joanne
Hey mojo.
Let's fuck tonight.
Let's fuck tonight.
بواسطة Yugirider2 سبتمبر/أيلول 24, 2013
a small bag worn under the clothing in which magical spirits reside
Put your mojo back in your shirt, man.
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Mojo is related to a man's drive.
Sexual drive, My mojo is raging for that girl.
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nothing to be sorry about, sometimes your in one place too long. i do miss money tho
lol like I just told JB I lost my job, now I got free time to kill. I also needed to hire some people for my site. Any help finishing the project would be appreciated.
Im finishing up the G.O.A.T. Project, wanted to know if you wanted to make any changes to your Top-15?
This was your list last year;
Point Guard
1. Magic Johnson
2. Oscar Robertson
3. Isiah Thomas
4. John Stockton
5. Bob Cousy
6. Jason Kidd
7. Gary Payton
8. Walt Frazier
9. Steve Nash
10. Maurice Cheeks
11. Kevin Johnson
12. Mark Jackson
13. Chris Paul
14. Nate Archibald
15. Earl Monroe
Shooting Guard
1. Michael Jordan
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Jerry West
4. George Gervin
5. Allen Iverson
6. Clyde Drexler
7. Dwyane Wade
8. Reggie Miller
9. Tracy McGrady
10. Mitch Richmond
11. Ray Allen
12. Sam Jones
13. Joe Dumars
14. Manu Ginobili
15. Pete Marovich
Small Forward
1. Larry Bird
2. Julius Erving
3. John Havlicek
4. Elgin Baylor
5. Scottie Pippen
6. Lebron James
7. Dominique Wilkins
8. Rick Barry
9. James Worthy
10. Paul Pierce
11. Alex English
12. Bernard King
13. Grant Hill
14. Adrian Dantley
15. Chris Mullin
Power Forward
1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Charles Barkley
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Dirk Nowitzki
6. Kevin McHale
7. Elvin Hayes
8. Bob Petit
9. Dolph Schayes
10. Jerry Lucas
11. Dennis Rodman
12. Chris Webber
13. Dave DeBusschere
14. Pau Gasol
15. Bob McAdoo
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Hakeem Olajuwon
6. Moses Malone
7. David Robinson
8. Bill Walton
9. Patrick Ewing
10. Alonzo Mourning
11. George Mikan
12. Dwight Howard
13. Robert Parish
14. Dikembe Mutombo
15. Nate Thurmond
Hey i see you doing a sim league here, i was wandering if you would be interested in being a Co-GM with me in another Sim League. Message me back for details
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Details Here
Hey Im still resolving the forum issue and still collecting Top15 Ballots, in the meantime Im posting to all those who have already contributed to the project
This is by no means a priority because I dont want to ask for everything from you guys all at once but it is an option for those who want some kind of basketball stimulation while also making it easier for me to post these results online
On top of rating the best players, Im doing the same for its best teams (international too) coaches and teammates.
By teammates I mean the best combos that have played together, the top Back-Courts (PG/SG), Best Forward Tandem (SF-PF), Best Front-Courts (SF/PC/C), Best SwingMen Tandems (SG/SF), Best Twin-Towers (PF/C), and the Greatest Lil-Man/Big-Man combos (PG & PF/C).
If your interested in filling out your Top 5 in any of the categories mentioned above feel free to PM me or post on the forum or my profile. If you have any suggestions for rating concepts please provide it as well.
The project is still in the developing stage, it wont start until we have a permanent place for discussion, everything we are doing now is just to get as much done until then. Monday will be fine
Project Update:
Members added, ballots ready to be received, and social club has been created in the interim
Ive created this forum for us while we wait for a response from all potential members, in the mean time you can submit your ballot there, or through PM.
2:1 members are saying positional ranks are the way to start, most also agree a simplified ballot would be best.
(POS) : Ballot
You can submit your Ballot at your leisure but it should be a complete ballot for the Top-15 Players you can think of at whichever position you wish to submit first.
If the task of properly ranking the Top-15 players at each position as a starting point seems steep, your thinking too much of it. This is just to establish a baseline pecking order so that the poll options can be narrowed down to the majority favored. The beautiful thing about this project is that if you happen to forget someone or under/over value an individual player, there are still 40ish other members who could find him worth mentioning.
When the votes are tallied, the results will not be limited to 15 Players but every player who received a vote.
Once again thanks for the help fellas, the credibility of this project gos to **** without the collective efforts of PSDs best. Have a good weekend, hopefully come Monday the voting can start.
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Voting System
For Positional: 5
(Raps08-09 Champ, Iggz53, ebbs, sixer04fan, sep11ie, kingbrentg)
For Overall: 4
(Corey, Swashcuff, JB, Denbutsu)
PS: In order to erase the complaints associated with MHC's method, when it comes time to vote for the best period, I will post the Top3 vote getters instead of just the 1, even tho I think it wont be necessary.
Once the voting system is settled on, we have to agree on a scoring system, electoral system or some sort of ballot.
Ebbs mentioned the idea of a PTS system similar to ESPN's where everyone has a Top(10-15)Ballot, they submit their Top players at that position. The votes are tallied and weighed according to their draft status (#1 gets the full 15PTS, #2 get 14, #3 gets 13 and so on...), the pros to this are that it will speed up the initial process considerably.
The arbitrary #'s could lead to some iffy results for the positions segment of the project, but since the initial stages are meant only to establish some sort of associative balance, this should not effect the process of selecting the best overall.
If we go with the Overall system we will copy JB's system to a near T. Hes laid down the foundation, the only change I would suggest is that we begin the voting process by submitting a Top5 Ballot and beginning the 1 by 1 process from that starting point. Most of us have an idea of the first 5 players we plan on voting for anyways.
Totally up to you guys tho
So which methodology would you guys rather utilize? Straightforward Player by player voting that works for either system or if we go by positions to start, a scoring ballot where everyone submits their Top-15 at each position?


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on March 19, 2013 - 12:05 AM
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Two separate settlements totaling $4.1 million for the families of two Buffalo firefighters who perished in an August 2009 fire at a Genesee Street building are expected to be approved by the Common Council in early April.
Survivors of the younger firefighter, Jonathan S. Croom, 34, are set to receive $3 million that will go to supporting the children he left behind. The family of Lt. Charles W. "Chip" McCarthy, 45, is to receive the balance, $1.1 million.
Croom was engaged to be married and the father of an infant daughter and a second child his fiancée was expecting. McCarthy was married and the father of three adult children.
The settlements also include health insurance coverage for Croom's children – Johanna, 4, and Johnny, 3 – and guarantees from the city to implement safety procedures at fire scenes to try to prevent the same type of confusion that contributed to the deaths of the firefighters, according to attorneys representing the families.
McCarthy had gone back into the rambling building – which housed a deli, basement warehouse and apartments – believing that a victim was trapped in the basement, and he fell through the floor of the deli. Croom went back inside in a desperate effort to save McCarthy and also fell into the burning basement.
"Wrongful-death lawsuits are traditionally about money damages for surviving family members. Here, we went further and insisted on multiple safety procedures for firefighters in the future," said Thomas H. Burton, attorney for the McCarthy family.
"To its credit, the city has implemented many of these procedures and agreed in writing to do so for others."
John T. Loss, attorney for Croom's children, said the settlement protects the firefighters' children and other firefighters.
"Jonathan Croom was a hero firefighter, and his legacy will not only be protecting the financial future of his children, but the safety of his fellow firefighters," Loss said.
Safety changes sought by the families of Croom and McCarthy include:
• Following the "two in, two out rule," which means that firefighters do not enter or leave a burning structure without a partner.
• Having an accountability officer to keep track of firefighters entering and leaving "serious fires," freeing the commander at the scene to maintain an overview of the entire situation.
• Making numerous equipment enhancements such as upgraded radios, new self-contained breathing apparatus and thermal cameras.
Lack of an accountability officer and failure to enforce the "two in, two out rule" were cited in the lawsuits. Burton said that those federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration work rules, adopted by New York State for the protection of first responders, were not adhered to. That allowed the families to sue, even though the job of firefighter has an assumption of risk.
Loss added that one of the most troubling aspects of the deaths was that the Fire Department had lacked a standard operating procedure for extinguishing basement fires. That is now in place.
"We hope that by training with uniform, written directions in fighting below-grade incidents, we avoid such a tragedy in the future," Loss said. "The equipment enhancements with the radios will help to locate more quickly and accurately missing firefighters. Jonathan Croom was missing well over an hour."
In a letter to City Corporation Counsel Timothy A. Ball, Burton stated:
"And while we cannot un-ring the bell for the tragedy which accompanied this incident, maybe things have now changed for the better for firefighters going forward. If we can at least accomplish that, it is a good thing for all."
The proposed settlement packages were filed Monday with the City Clerk's Office by the corporation counsel's staff and are expected to be reviewed by the Council's Claims Committee on March 27. The committee then will forward the proposals to the entire Council for action April 2.
After Council members take action, the settlements then go before State Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Glownia for his expected approval.
"The judge and his law clerk pushed these cases along and were instrumental in their resolution," Loss said, adding that retired State Appellate Court Justice Jerome C. Gorski served as a mediator during the negotiations.
Loss and Burton also are continuing lawsuits against the owner of the building, Saleh K. Abdullah, for failing to properly maintain the structure in accordance with city building and fire codes.
Inadequate electrical lines inside the Super Speedy Deli overheated and ignited floor joists in the ceiling of the basement, causing the blaze, fire officials have said.
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on November 12, 2012 - 11:51 AM
The story began for me when my wife, daughter and I were driving a friend to Buffalo on Nov. 3 for her flight back home to Florida. As we approached the Peace Bridge crossing the Niagara River and border, we looked up and saw the bridge was clogged with trucks. Our first response was, "Oh, no, we are going to have a 40-minute wait at the bridge and we only have an hour to get to the airport."
Then came the good news. The trucks were taking up only one lane of the bridge and the second lane was relatively free for us to pass. And as we passed, we looked over and noticed that most of these trucks where hydro trucks from Halton, Guelph and other regions all over Ontario. It was a caravan of what seemed like 40 or 50 hydro trucks from Ontario, on their way to hurricane-stricken coastal communities in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut. We found ourselves welling up with feelings of warmth and pride as we passed this caravan of hope for more than a million people still freezing in the dark almost a week after Hurricane Sandy's cruel landing.
You may know that the idea of building the Peace Bridge was conceived close to a century ago, and the bridge's name was intended to celebrate all of the years of peace and friendship between Canada and the United States since the War of 1812. On Nov. 3, the link of friendship this bridge stands for was proudly expressed as these hydro trucks passed over it.
Let all of those ideologues and extremists out there – the neo-cons and libertarians and their ilk – blabber on about how we should privatize the public good and let corporatists run our communities. I would like to know how many of them would refuse help from public servants if they were going days in frosty temperatures without adequate supplies of heat or food, or if one of their loved ones was in critical condition in a hospital that had suddenly lost power.
What we witnessed on the Peace Bridge and what we have been witnessing and reading about online and through cable channels and newspapers in the aftermath of this disastrous storm is some of the best that government has to offer when people are facing the worst of times for their families and communities.
This is what pooling our resources, which come through the taxes we pay, and using them to enhance the lives of our neighbors and ourselves, especially when we are going through dark times, is all about. It is not about some evil redistribution of wealth or socialism or class warfare.
I have, and probably always will have, complaints about the way government does and doesn't work. But at times like this, it is important to remind ourselves how vital a role government plays for the common good.
Doug Draper is a Canadian journalist living in Ontario's Niagara region.


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On Monday's episode of The Bachelorette, Desiree Hartsock heads to Germany and has her first two-on-one date.
She called it "the most awkward date of my life" in her latest PEOPLE.com blog post. "I've watched two-on-one dates on TV, but having to live one was painful," she wrote.
Michael and troublemaker Ben are both invited but with one rose at stake, things get very uncomfortable. Watch a clip below.
Over dinner Michael asks Ben why he doesn't get along with the other guys in the house. Ben says he's not focused on making friends but rather wants to get to know Desiree, which she seems to appreciate.
Later, when Desiree asks the guys about family traditions, Ben says he wants to go to church every Sunday with his family. But Michael calls him out, saying he didn't attend an Easter service in Germany when all the other men did go.
"Every other guy was there except for you," an irritated Michael says. "I thought that was odd."
That's when Ben decides to excuse himself.
"I feel so uncomfortable being in the middle of Ben and Michael," Desiree says. "I may want to let both of them go."