text: Hi everyone, I am sorry I write only now but I was busy. So I was the one who copied the data and I am sorry I did not ask you Elaine first to access the database. Guys please, let's not play the blaming game. That does not lead to any good place. If I can get access to the database I might be able to update the data a bit. If I can get the data dump I am ok with hosting the site assuming both you Elaine and Ask and Robert and whoever else has a say in it agree. AFAIK both lists.perl.org and lists.cpan.org show the same content but currently they point to different IP addresses. regards Gabor On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Elaine Ashton <eashton at mac.com> wrote: > > On May 11, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Bill Ward wrote: >> >> I think the blame game is silly here - we should be looking for solutions >> moving forward, not who's fault things are. The best thing to do now, IMHO, >> would be to either change the hosting or keep it where it is but grant >> access to let others help maintain it. Is that an option you'd consider? > > Oh, getting upbraided for having a baby and not having time to read email is > amusement I could only get from perl. :) > > I laid out the options and yes, I've given accounts to people before and I > can still if there are interested parties. > > e. >


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Any birthmarks/scars- a long scratch on her back from a slight accident she doesn't like to talk about.
Build/Frame- She's slim and delicate. She has long legs and arms. other than that, she is very petite.
Collar Color- Yellow (Cheerful :D)
Appearence-She has really pretty hair and a nice face. Sometimes she wears a lot of makeup, but not most of the time. She likes to wear dresses and glittery tops. She really does care about how she looks and will do anything that she can to look nice before going out. She has tanned skin and interesting eyes. She has long fingers and her nails are almost always painted.
Love interest- Undecide. she mostly wants someone who's nice and treats her like she's human and not an animal or a piece of equiptment.
Personality- She hates being a Spark and she hate having to be bought. She is obidient, though, ans tries to have a positive attitude about everything. She was raised that way, so she wants to be as happy as she possibly can about it. Her perception on life is that when life gives her lemons, there must be some way they can help everyone else. That's one thing she prides herself in: her willingness to help and be with everyone else. Generally, she is very kind and a glass half-full type person, but when she does get angry, she gets really angry and will try to do something about it. She loves music, too, and is a great singer and piano player. She loves to create things, especially music. She could read all day long, too. Books are something that she adores and has never been unhappy with out one near her. She likes to dance, to, and will dance even when there's no music. She will often just start dancing with whoever is around at the time. Her biggest flaw is that she craves approval. She cannot be apporving of herself, and therefore looks for it in others. When she doesn't get it, she really puts herself down. She's also quite clumbsy, which explains the scratches on her back as well as a lot of other marks on her. She once was dancing when she fell down the stairs and nearly killed herself. She was fine though, and has been much more careful around stairs and other sharp slopes. But still, generally upbeat and happy.

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In addition to Gold Key awards, 43 Silver Key Awards were presented to county Farm Bureaus that have exhibited excellence in a variety of categories relating to effectiveness in policy implementation, promoting agriculture to the public and in classrooms, leadership development, and membership building.
Counties receiving Silver Key Awards were: Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Cortland, Seneca, Wayne, Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess/Putnam/Westchester, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Long Island, Montgomery, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wyoming and Yates.


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The state budget that state lawmakers approved earlier this week wasn't entirely to our liking. It's a tax-break bonanza for big business and those who inherit huge estates, and schools will once again have their state aid raided through the Gap Elimination Adjustment, although a little bit less than expected. Plus, it includes a convoluted property tax "freeze" that's bound to be a can of worms. Nevertheless, it's done, and now we have to live with it.
Next up are school district budgets, and in the local perspective, they're an even bigger deal. They more directly affect our tax dollars, our families and people we know.
Many of those people we know in Saranac Lake schools are poised to lose their jobs - 18 of them, a number reduced from 25 after the state budget restored $150,000 in aid. Eight teachers and 10 teaching assistants are on the chopping block.
We're not yet sure what the Tupper Lake and Lake Placid school budgets will look like; we hope they're not this bad.
With 40 full-time-equivalent positions cut in the last five years and two schools closed, the Saranac Lake Central School District long ago passed right-sizing its faculty and staff for a smaller enrollment. What's being cut now is the flesh and bone of a basic education. Saranac Lake schools have long been rated among the highest-scoring districts in the North Country on state tests, but now they are being made mediocre, trending toward poor.
Why? We can primarily blame the state, and the Enterprise has done so sharply, but the governor and Legislature haven't heeded that cry. Given those circumstances, every New York school community has to decide what it's going to do.
What many have been doing, cutting faculty, will hurt kids more than any other option. Giving students less academic attention will have big ripples on thousands of people's futures and the prospects of each community's economy and culture.
The alternatives are not pretty, either, but they need to be explored as long as the state keeps being a jerk by raiding school aid.
We respect district officials' hard, painful work on budgets, but we think the reason they keep laying off teachers year after year is that that's the quickest, easiest way out. It's short-term thinking, repeated annually.
School boards that find themselves slipping into this pattern would do well to develop, in cooperation with their community members, a more long-term vision for sustainability in today's Empire State.
It's going to be painful any way you slice it, but there are more strategic ways to cut that would minimize damage to the quality of the education - which is the point, after all.
Let's envision a less expensive school system that still does a top-tier job of preparing kids. It could have significantly lower administrative pay. (Could one get an excellent superintendent for $80,000 a year? We think so, and that would save a teacher right there.) It could avoid buying technology that's not necessary or money-saving. It could require sports coaches to be volunteers. It could charge more in equipment fees for extracurricular activities, including sports. It could involve mergers between neighboring districts, trying to maintain existing schools but combining district offices, busing, purchasing and other functions. It could also include less pay and benefits to faculty and staff, which hopefully will result from future contract negotiations.
We know these things are not desirable. We don't wish them, either, but it is worse for students if Saranac Lake instead continues lay off 10 instructors a year, indefinitely. (If the proposed budget passed, they'll have cut nearly 60 in the last six years.) We are faced with a choice of evils, and we at the Enterprise see teacher numbers as a priority.
Realistically, we are not sure the long-term cuts we just suggested would save as much money as layoffs would. If not, districts would still be left with shortfalls that would have to come from somewhere: taxes, layoffs, contract renegotiations, increased state aid or a combination of these.
In that case, with more strategic cuts to make schools more sustainable in the long term and if the state is still being a pain in the neck, we think most local residents would be more likely to support a larger property tax increase to cover the difference.
Ultimately, taxpayers have to pay for the education they want, but local property taxes are inherently less fair than state income and sales taxes, which are more based on ability to pay. Also, New York's property taxes are already among the nation's highest.
Our schools are in a tight spot. There's no single, local way out - not tax hikes and definitely not annual rounds of layoffs. The state is constitutionally required to pay for a basic education for all New Yorkers, but until it actually does that, locals need to work out a more comprehensive approach to cutting that spreads the pain away from our kids as much as possible.


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I wear them... different colours... yellow, orange... it's like I'm on Miami Vice..
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I have one but thats it
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Damn this is still open? Oh wee. But nah I don't wear 'em.
Lol thats all I ever need.Originally Posted by LevesqueIsKing
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Letter of Felicia Taschdjian to Yad Vashem, 22 April 1990
I gladly respond to your questions, although remembering these times causes me unrest. It was my Armenian sister-in-law Takuhi who introduced me to Valentin Skidelski, whom she had met in the Armenian- Russian student association. Takuhi Taschdjian moved to Italy with her children shortly before the war, and so I took her place in caring for Mr. Skidelski. He had to wear the Jewish star and was forced to work at the garbage disposal. He got a disease and could only move his fingers with the help of his other hand, had to leave his apartment in Neubaugasse and move into shared living on Neustiftgasse. In the beginning of April 1942 I was called by him and he told me in coded words that he had managed to evade a transport to a camp. At that time I knew a Hungarian physician, Dr. Filip, who was going to cross the border clandestinely into Hungary. Mr. Skidelski and Dr. Filip met in my mother's apartment and Dr. Filip explained to Mr. Skidelski how to cross the border and said it could only be done in full moon. This meant he had to wait for two weeks, and so Skidelski moved into our house – a townhouse with garden in Rax st. When the two weeks were over, Mr. Skidelski said that he was unable to take this dangerous route.
Our 8-year-old daughter Gioninz made this very tough. A child is likely to speak up, but we have informed her about the danger, and she kept quiet. This was a heavy burden for the child. We pooled our food ration cards, and my parents gave us additional provisions for feeding Mr. Skidelski. He stayed with us until the end of the war in mid May 1945. My husband was a free mason, and as such filled with ideas of humanity. We experienced a critical moment when one evening the doorbell rang and the Ortsgruppenleiter – a man names Kuss – came in uniform to inspect. Skidelski was sitting in our living room, and Kuss was inspecting the entire house and garden. He had received a report that we had not maintained blacking out instructions. However everything turned out to be in order, and our guest did not catch the attention of Mr. Kuss.
We were all very happy when the Hitler regime came to an end.
I would like to apologize for my bad handwriting, but I am already 83 years old, and these memories distress me very much. Both my husband Aram and my daughter Gioinz Loiry passed away, and my only grandson Peter Hopfinger know about the case of Skidelski from his mother….
I thank you most sincerely for all your efforts and send my best wishes,
Felicia Taschdjian


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Another tiny piglet in some grass.
A momma pitbull carrying her babies
"I'm ready for my walk"
Don't be shy, little guy
Failed family photo
"What's that?!"
A tree full of baby bears.
Baby hippo bath time
Nap time!
Rat nap with a teddy bear
A kitten in a kleenix bed
Owls kissing
The Lion Cat
A pug staring longingly at a cookie
Baby goat on a skateboard
Push up pandas
Piggyback pool ride
Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
Boston terriers cuddling on a couch
Baby giraffe
A liittttle penguin.
Momma hedgehog and baby
Baby elephant stroll <3
Baby seal <3
You're upside down!
Who's bigger?
A turtle enjoying its bath
Bear cub with his teddy bear friend
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it's actually very useful to hear his analysis of these types of games where the players obviously aren't serious chess players, have no idea what they are doing and are more or less experimenting/researching along the lines of "hmmmm wonder what happens if I do this"
Help! I could not stop laughing but now the video is over and I still can't stop.
Great sense of humor as always, however Dzindzi's videos have increased sharply my ability to make judgement of my opponents bad moves. My tournament level has considerably improved sinse watching Dzindzi's videos.
Ps probably black has emigrated following Dzindzi's comments! lol
For the people that are crying about this video... it's rated as beginner/intermediate.
Realize that not everyone that is a paying member of this site is some chess god. If you're someone who is beyond this video, watch a different video... it's that simple.
Had to watch this one again - opening principles are very important and I took your advice... yesterday I played a game for Didcot 1 (I usually play for Didcot 2) - I was basically a lowly substitute but instead of "playing the book" I chose a different strategy against a higher-rated opponent and "played the position" - the link to the game is here -
Please feel free to "Member Analysis" my game and publicly scrutinize me - I would love a GrandMaster to analyze my game!! I have annotated the game to my current thought processes at the time of playing - this game was not run through Houdini until I posted the blog
i love the name of this video, the video really deserves the name
Great video.exposing common errors we make.thanks
I really enjoyed this video.. very funny. Make more video's like this . It makes it personal when people get made fun of and it helps drive home the point..
I couldn't breathe through half this moving. Absolutely hilarious!
Great way to start the day...
Great teaching veido.....also why you should not be drinking when playing chess!!!
Please tell more chess stories and more games like this...and just a little bit longer
Be Blessed...and thanks
For people who, unlike me, do NOT think it's a waste of time for Dzindzi (rather than some lesser chess.com video presenter) to give this lecture--I have a question for you guys. Would it be good if GM Dzindzi analyzed even WORSE games than this? Let's have GM Dzindzi analyze my 8 year old nephew's game against his 6 year old sister, who just started playing a few months ago. Why not?
I'll tell you why not--because it would be a waste of his time. I'm not saying chess.com should not have 'beginner' level videos, but, c'mon. you have to draw the line somewhere between those kinds of topics where GM Dzindzin can give us our money's worth and those kinds of videos that don't. This video does not, because for 1/10th the price chess.com pays GM Dzindzi (however much that is), you could get any old mere 'master' or even 'expert' to analyze the above game for a beginning-level player.
But *only* GM Dzindzi and a small handful of chess teachers in the world can give us insightful, deep analysis on a under-rated opening, or Rybka-supported novelty, or deep positional examination of complex but common middle game situations.
So think about that--do you really want to pay for a PhD in Physics to teach multiplication? Anybody can do that. IF you have the PhD in physics, let's have him explain space-time curvature, worm-holes or something more interesting than multiplication.
Nice video! I remembered when I played like that. This video made me feel good! Thank you!
Definately some huge errors from both players here, but we are all human afterall... I love the analysis though Roman it is always very instructive, I'd love to have my messy games scrutinized like this!
Roman is frikkin hilarious.
I disagree and think its good that pro analysis of GM's and IM's ocassionally visit the land of players who are "work in progress"......the thing is.....so many here witness the analysis of high level players......and believe they are better for it and can emulate in some small percentage....i think the truth is that too often it doesnt translate other than as witnessing an erudite entertainment. We can see and learn from the great masters but there are legions of players and fans who love the game and can benefit from a summary if not scathing review of the mistakes and flawed thinking that are common amongst us lower ranked...Roman, I hope it wasnt too painful....but, we do thank you for the insight and for tearing us apart.
Gotta love Romans mordant wit. Nice video. thx
I love Romans videos, but also wish he'd review more advanced games. You can get the second or third-tier chess instructors on here to analyze these games; get Roman to whatever Roman wants to do. It's pretty obvious Roman has no interest in analyzing such bad games (nor should he).
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It dont matter you will just get distracted 10 secs into the song .....
I take weed very seriously and what I said is true
Animus Vox - The glitch Mob it has a slow start 1:00 long but then it blows you away when you are high. I put it on for my friends and everybody in the room just fell silent and was like "Holy **** man", "Dude this is so..so.." He never completed his thought lol.
Oh, you beat me to it - I was going to say Pink Floyd, because I used to listen to it when I got stoned, but for a different vibe, Heart kind of does it for me - the first few albums, at least - or '70s Fleetwood Mac. The bass lines are really good when stoned.
I don't do drugs but i'd imagine In a Gadda Da Vidda by Iron Butterfly would be one of the best.

Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley - The Who

Lots of stuff from Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix too.

Maybe some of The Cure?
Metallica, aerosmith, black sabbeth
bob dylan,

rhinos winos and lunatics,

santana,

beatles, sgt peppers lonely hearts club band,

the who,

black sabbath
I play zombies so whatever the song is on kino
Typical Cats

Biggie

Wu Tang Clan

Xerxes (Louisville)
Rolling Stones ?

Stome Temple Pilots ?

The Stone Roses ?

Stonebolt ?

Kirby Stone Four ?

Cliffe Stone & His Orchestra ?

Sly and the Family Stone ?
Stab city by As Tall As Lions
I don't like to get stoned - it hurts even when they use small stones.
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But someone suggested he create videos for the Stations of the Cross and, later that day, Janus was working with a videographer. By the end of the week, the online videos had gotten hundreds of views.
"Our next thought is, how do we get a Cathedral app for the iPhone?" Janus said. "That's how people work these days."
Getting an ancient, sacred message out in new ways is a key piece of advice Janus has for his successor.The Rochester, N.Y., native will leave his post at the flagship church of the Grand Rapids Diocese on July 1 and return to New York to work as president and CEO of the Paulist Press.
"It wasn't anything I was pining after or working for," he said of his new position. "But you take an oath to serve, so you do it. If your family gathered around you and said, 'We need you to manage this or that,' you'd be hard-pressed to say no."
Janus, 57, has served as a psychologist in private practice, teaching on the faculty of Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, the Ohio State University College of Medicine, as well as Indiana University and Purdue University.
Since 2003, he has been director of the Catholic Information Center, and in 2008 was appointed rector and pastor of the cathedral parish.
Janus was a key figure a few years ago when the Catholic Information Center, staffed by the Paulist priests, merged with the cathedral.
He counts among the accomplishments while at the head of the parish the new Cathedral Square and piazza, whose ecumenical opening service served as a symbol of the diocese's commitment to interfaith cooperation.
"It's like Pope John Paul II said: Anything we can do together to build the kingdom of God, we should do together," he said.
Other highlights from Janus' time serving the diocese:
- A hike in average weekend Mass attendance of nearly 80 percent, largely due to the addition of four unique services, including Spanish-only Mass.
- Two years ago, the cathedral was locked during the week, and today it is open seven days a week.
- The Catholic Information Center has gone from 13 religious programs seven years ago to 70, in both English and Spanish.
- The opening in 2007 of St. Luke's parish in Allendale Township, the first new parish in the diocese since 1979.
- St. Andrew's has participated in interfaith services with other area churches, including Lent, Advent and World Day of Prayer.
"I sit in the back of the church sometimes and just think, God is the one doing this, using all the forces that are already here," Janus said.
One regret: the closure this month after 137 years of St. Andrew's school due to financial concerns.
"I hoped we could have saved the school," he said. "That's certainly been a significant disappointment."
Though his replacement has not been named, Janus has some advice: "Continue to reach out to the whole community, not just the Catholic community," he said. "And know that Christ is already in Grand Rapids.
"You're not working in this alone. There are so many others here who are deeply invested in this mission, much help here, much energy here, much grace here. You just have to listen and respond to and be open to all the grace around you."
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June 8, 2014 REINBECK - Close, but not quite enough has become an increasingly familiar refrain for the Rebel. more »»
Falcon relays and state qualifying meet results
May 25, 2014 The 2014 track and field season has been filled with very cool, wet weather. Once again, the Rebels saw another week full of the same. Monday, Aplington-Parkersburg hosted the Falcon Relays. more »»
Adair scores four times in Rebels' win
May 25, 2014 REINBECK - Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior forward Nicole Adair tallied her fifth multi-goal game of the season, scoring four times and adding two assists as the Class 1A No. more »»
NICL west track results
May 18, 2014 The NICL West Track Meet was held in Eldora on Thursday. The rain moved in around the halfway point of the meet, but the meet was completed after a 30 minute delay in the actio. more »»
NIACC's Trobaugh signs with Concordia-St. Paul
May 11, 2014 ST. PAUL, Minn. – NIACC sophomore Kevin Trobaugh signed a national letter of intent to play golf next season at Concordia University-St. Paul. Concorida-St. more »»
Dike-New Hartford track results
May 11, 2014 The Rebel Boys Track team traveled to Dike once again for the Simmons Relays. G-R finished 7th overall with 48.5 points. more »»
Dike-New Hartford track results
May 4, 2014 On what may have been the best track weather we have had in quite some time, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebel Boys Tracksters traveled to Dike for the Wolverine Invitational on Tuesday. more »»
Hudson track results
April 27, 2014 The Hudson Pirates hosted their second invitational of the season on Thursday. It was a cool evening, with several area schools in attendance. more »»
South Tama & Grundy Center track results
April 20, 2014 The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys track team participated in South Tama Coed on Tuesday evening and the Grundy Center Invite on Thursday evening this past week. more »»
Pick your poison
April 20, 2014 REINBECK - Finding a way to slow down Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior Zach Pierce hasn't always been easy. more »»
BCLUW invitational results
April 13, 2014 The Gladbrook-Reinbeck track teams traveled to Conrad on Monday, March 31st to participate in the BCLUW Invitational. more »»
NICL West boys prove their mettle
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2 - HIGH COMMANDER has breeding to handle wet going. Will still have to catch GLORY GLITTER. Beaten favorite HOSTILE TAKEOVER steps up. Cost $250,000 auction; in for $16,000.
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McGuff Wants OSU Women With the Elite
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Both Kevin McGuff and Ohio State have a lot of money riding on their new union.
The 43-year-old McGuff made his first official appearance as the new women's basketball coach of the Buckeyes on Wednesday.
"For somebody who grew up in Ohio and coaches women's basketball, this is always the job I've looked at as saying if there was one job I could ever have it would be that one," McGuff said at midcourt of the team's arena. "And if there's one job where I thought I'd be an amazing fit and could do a fantastic job, it was Ohio State."
After spending nine years as the head coach at Xavier and the past two at Washington, the Hamilton, Ohio, native said it was good to be back home. He takes over for Hall of Fame coach Jim Foster, who was fired after an 18-13 season.
Ohio State is paying McGuff $850,000 a year, not counting performance and academic bonuses, along with $500,000 in retention payments if he remains on the job through the 2020-21 season. He also received a $700,000 signing bonus.
The new coach said he would speak to players soon and evaluate recruiting and offseason workouts. He thanks Foster for leaving a solid foundation.
Willis called the Buckeyes one of the top-5 programs in the country. McGuff said his goal was to make OSU a national power.
Ohio State graduated its two top players last year, including Tayler Hill, taken No. 4 in this week's NBA draft by the Washington Mystics.
"Right now, it's about, what can we do with the current team. I've heard nothing but great things about our players and I'm looking forward to getting to know them a little bit more what they can do on the court and figure out a way to have success."


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Tuesday's full edition of The Telegram, on the other hand, contains much, much more, from news to opinion to our expanded Family section.
• The busing of students to and from Beachy Cove Elementary School in Portugal Cove- St. Philip's Monday didn't hit the bumps in the road that it did Friday.
Following an incident Friday morning with a female driver who sources told The Telegram had threatened to tape students to their seats, the Eastern School District responded by requesting that driver be taken off school bus routes while an investigation was launched. Friday afternoon, drivers working for Gladney's Bus Ltd. showed up, but refused to take the children home as an act of solidarity with the driver under investigation.
On Monday, Gladney's Bus Ltd., which the contract for the school, was back on the roads — on schedule and without incident or protest.
Eastern School District spokesman Ken Morrissey says the school board had a conversation with the contractor over the weekend and was assured verbally and in writing the buses would run normally on Monday and the company would fulfil its contract.
• Beer-drinking concertgoers and french fry-eating hockey fans at Mile One Centre and the St. John's Convention Centre have helped generate almost $8.7 million to the organization that runs the downtown facilities.
It cost almost $300,000 more to operate them in 2012, but for the first time in years the money raked in by the centres has lessened the organization's dependency on the operating grant it receives from the City of St. John's.
Since the construction of Mile One 12 years ago, council went so far as having to provide a $2.2-million subsidy to offset expenditures. Last year the city provided $1 million — of which only $295,343 was spent — and this year the subsidy drops to $750,000.
• A group of six mothers who have children with autism handed a cheque to the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (ASNL) Monday for the amount of $17,664.
The Southern Shore mothers recently hosted a fundraiser — a weekend dance and ticket sale — to raise awareness and improve services offered to people living with autism.
Brenda Chidley, who came up with the idea for the fundraiser, has a nephew living with autism.
"ASNL has been doing so much for the people with autism," she said.
"I thought it would be nice to do something to give back for what they are doing."
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PSG boss Blanc coy on Di Maria speculation
Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc has refused to comment on speculation linking Real Madrid's Angel di Maria to the club.
The winger is said to be one of the Ligue 1 champions' top transfer targets as they look to build on a 2013-14 season that saw them win the Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophee des Champions in addition to retaining the French crown.
PSG added to their close-season recruits on Wednesday by signing Serge Aurier on a season-long loan from Toulouse, the right-back following Brazil centre-back David Luiz to the Parc des Princes.
Former France boss Blanc is pleased with the capture of Ivory Coast international Aurier, but was coy when pressed on the subject of Di Maria.
"We wanted to recruit a right-back with great potential, this is the case with Serge," Blanc said.
"He is a young player who has big room for improvement. In Paris, he will discover the requirements of a major European team."
On Di Maria he added: "I'll leave you to speculate. At the moment nothing is done.
"Are there negotiations? It's not for me to say, but for the board of the club."
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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman's controversial trips to North Korea — he's described them as "hoops diplomacy" — are getting the Hollywood treatment.
20th Century Fox has purchased "Diplomats," a comedy pitch based on Rodman's bizarre, two-time trysts with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rodman drew fire from the news media, most memorably CNN's Chris Cuomo, for the stunts. Though he maintained that the trips weren't meant to be political, He was pressed to comment on the rogue country's poor human rights record.
After Rodman's last trip to North Korea in January, he entered rehab for alcoholism.


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The Clay Business Park is at a crossroads: It needs an infusion of about $5 million to make it "shovel-ready" for a large manufacturer. That's on top of $2.3 million Onondaga County already has spent on the 335-acre site at Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road, and another $1.5 million in grant money promised by the state.
The county should stop throwing good money after bad and throw in the towel on the business park. Here's why:
The prospects for attracting a large manufacturing tenant are slim.
The Clay site has been zoned "industrial" since 1970. Despite its advantages — proximity to Hancock Airport and interstates 81 and 481, a rail line and an electrical substation across the street — no one has bitten. There have been sniffs of interest, most recently from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in 2006. The site's pluses couldn't overcome a big negative: the lack of a trained work force. So Bristol chose to locate its pharmaceutical factory in Massachusetts instead. There's no guarantee pumping another $5 million into the site will improve its prospects.
Not only is the Clay site competing against others in New York state, it's competing against other states.
Empire State Development lists more than 100 "Build Now-NY" sites in the state; 16 of them are in the Central New York region. Two of the 16 sites are certified as "shovel-ready," including Collamer Crossings Business Park in DeWitt.
Stiffer competition is coming from other states, where taxes are lower, incentives are bigger and unions are less powerful. New York ranked 22nd in Site Selection magazine's 2011 analysis of state business climates. Texas was No. 1.
Hopes that Central New York could get a piece of the semiconductor factory being built north of Albany are pie in the sky. The Globalfoundries chip fab would not be coming to New York if not for $1 billion in state aid. That gravy train has left the station.
The county should not turn a "greenfield" into an industrial site when there's a surfeit of underused or vacant industrial buildings and land available.
Two examples leap to mind: Carrier Corp. recently demolished three unused factories, with plans to turn them into green space. The New Process Gear plant in DeWitt will close next year, leaving 1.7 million square feet of vacant manufacturing space. But there are many more "brownfields" that could host a large manufacturer with some cleanup, demolition or other prep work.
Running a sewer line to the Clay Business Park is not only costly — about $4 million — but it runs counter to County Executive Joanie Mahoney's focus on curbing suburban sprawl. Once a sewer line is installed, more development is likely to follow.
Giving up on the Clay Business Park is not being defeatist; it's being realistic. Perhaps the state can be persuaded to shift the $1.5 million grant to a project that has better prospects. County government surely can find a better way to spend $5 million.
Four decades of an empty dream speak a warning: Do not shovel another cent into soil that has been so resistant to growth.


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News from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency:
A video documentary about one of Ohio's most successful environmental programs, the Ohio EPA scrap tire abatement program, is available for distribution. The new 12-minute video explains the success of the nationally-recognized program, lauded by both the tire industry and environmentalists.
Ohio's scrap tire program began in 1987, when an estimated 33 percent of tires were being recycled. In 2005, that quantity rose to 90 percent, exceeding national rates for glass, plastic, paper and cardboard recyclables. This success benefits not only the environment but the economy as well.
July 2006 marked the removal of the final unburned tire at the Kirby recycling facility in Wyandot County, the largest scrap tire site in Ohio, where an estimated 23 million scrap tires have been removed. The buried tire residue is still being removed and processed at the Wyandot County Landfill. An additional 13 million scrap tires were removed from 46 other scrap tire sites in Ohio for a total of 35 million tires removed, processed and recycled.
The scrap tire abatement fund initially received money from a 50-cent fee on the wholesale cost of new tires. That amount was increased to $1 per tire to cover increased costs from a fire at the Kirby site. Ohio EPA will consider reducing the scrap tire fee after the completion of the Kirby tire clean up in 2008.
In addition to spending money on cleanups, the presence of a scrap tire program has created a deterrent, motivating many of those responsible for scrap tire piles to start cleaning up piles of tires before enforcement action begins against them. Local and private funding has removed more than 10.8 million tires from at least 169 sites since Ohio EPA began implementing Ohio's scrap tire law. Ohio EPA's active enforcement program minimizes open dumping and maximizes tire recycling.
One million dollars per year of scrap tire funds have also been transferred to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for a scrap tire grant fund. This grant focuses on expanding and diversifying scrap tire markets, with a current focus on tire-derived fuel.
Ohio EPA won an award from the National Registry of Environmental Professionals as a top national abatement program. In addition, the Rubber Manufacturer's Association rated the scrap tire program as one of the three most improved, ranking Ohio seventh out of 50 states. The program was recognized for increasing scrap tire recycling, diverting a large volume of scrap tires from landfills and cleaning up scrap tire dumps aggressively.


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REED TWP. - Contractors will be inspecting the Clarks Ferry Bridge on the Route 22/322 Thursday and Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.
On Thursday, westbound motorists should expect to encounter a single-lane traffic restriction starting sometime between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. and continuing to no later than 3 p.m., PennDOT said.
The westbound right lane will be closed during this time. In addition, the eastbound exit ramp for Route 147 also will be closed either that afternoon or the next day.
On Friday, the westbound on-ramp from Route 147 to westbound Route 22/322 over the bridge will be closed from sometime between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m, PennDOT said.


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"I'M HERE!!!!!!" Duron Carter tweeted Friday morning.
That meant he is in the city, a source close to Carter said, but the former Ohio State Buckeye has not been admitted to Alabama's second summer session.
Carter, who is transferring from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, did sign a letter-of-intent Friday and is eligible to work out with his future teammates this month. (CORRECTION: He signed a grant-in-aid with Alabama. He had signed a letter-of-intent with Ohio State.) He then will participate in preseason practices that will start in early August. Being admitted for the fall semester is not a concern, the source said.
The 6-foot-5, 210-pound son of former NFL star wide receiver Cris Carter caught 44 passes for 690 yards and 10 touchdowns in nine games at Coffeyville. He was a high school All-American at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale (Fla.). Carter was with Ohio State in 2009 but transferred to Coffeyville because of academic problems. He committed to Alabama in early April.


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I'm back from St Lucia all bright and bendy and happy to take stock. February was a beautiful mess of food and fashion and friends, oh my. Cooking, meeting up with chefs (stand-by for awesome post on cooking with Masterchef's Monica Galetti), London Fashion Week, Chanel Beauty and designer Italian jewellery. There's still so much to write about. Here's a taster (no pun intended).
I was going to apologise for all the self portraits you're about to see, but thought better of it. Last month, I finally started to feel like myself again following weeks of recuperating from the broken ankle accident and I'm so happy I was – and still am – feeling confident enough to share these pictures with you here.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A Deadly Game But Still We Play
Listening to the new Jai Paul demo reminded me of American singer-songwriter Niia, whose version of his track 'BTSTU' comes close to the original in its brilliance.
It turns out she's got some new material of her own, a track called 'Libertine Hero', which teams her jazzy vocals with handclaps, synths and some flourishes of brass. It kind of sounds a bit like the type of song Sia might be releasing right about now if she wasn't so busy making hits for other people.
Libertine Hero by niia
It's not quite on par with her covers, but few things are.
BTSTU by niia
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LOS ANGELES -- The last time the Milwaukee Bucks played the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center, Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston were healthy and Michael Redd was sidelined with a knee injury.
This time, the cast was on the other foot.
Redd scored 10 of his 25 points in the final 3:36, Andrew Bogut had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bucks rallied from a 15-point second-quarter deficit to beat the Clippers 87-78 on Tuesday night.
Corey Maggette scored 20 points and Chris Kaman added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who were buried by a game-ending 14-4 run after Tim Thomas' 3-pointer gave them their last lead at 74-73 with 4 minutes left. Redd fueled the Bucks' late rally with a pair of 3-pointers and two driving layups.
"I'm a competitor, and I know my responsibilities is to get the ball and make things happen at the end of the game," Redd said. "I love that challenge. Tonight was special because we won on the road and came back from a large deficit."
Bogut thought the game turned after coach Larry Krystkowiak instructed him to take charge at the offensive end.
"He told me I had to be more aggressive and want the ball more, and take it to the basket more," Bogut said. "It helps when my teammates have the confidence in me to come to me and give me the ball. The Clippers then started to double-team, and it opened the game up for us."
No one besides Redd and Bogut scored in double figures for the Bucks, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Milwaukee had lost its previous five meetings against the Clippers and seven straight in Los Angeles.
"It was a very winnable game for us," Thomas said. "But we let Michael Redd get going in the second half, and that pretty much killed us."
Mo Williams and Charlie Villanueva also were out with shoulder ailments the last time the Bucks were here on Jan. 23 in a 115-96 loss, and former Clipper Bobby Simmons was already done for the season after undergoing surgery on his right heel.
In this one, the trio were a combined 7-for-27 from the field with 17 points.
The Clippers' sixth consecutive loss matched their longest skid of last season. The last time they lost more than six straight was in February 2005, when they dropped eight straight -- all on the road.
The major injuries to Brand and Livingston -- both of whom will be sidelined for more than half the season -- have caught up to them.
After a 4-0 start, the Clippers have lost 10 of 12. Several players in coach Mike Dunleavy's regular rotation are playing hurt, and only four of them -- Kaman, Thomas, Quinton Ross and Ruben Patterson -- have played in all 16 games.
Milwaukee is one of only four teams that have used the same starting lineup in every game. The others are Boston, Philadelphia and San Antonio, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"Knock on wood, it will remain the same," said Krystkowiak, who was forced to use 20 different lineups last season. "From our perspective, we kind of like it the way it is. All you have to do is look across the way at the Clippers right now, or flash back to last year when we had so many different lineups."
If Dunleavy had his wish, Brand, Livingston, Kaman, Maggette and Cuttino Mobley, would have started every game. But with things being how they are, the team used its 11th different lineup of the season against the Bucks.
"Certain teams have been more fortunate than others, that's for sure," said Dunleavy, who envies Krystkowiak in that regard. "It's great to have that, because you create continuity and rotations and everything else. If the other team is healthy and we're healthy, I'll take my chances. But everybody goes through injuries at some point."
The Clippers jumped out to an 11-point lead with a 15-2 run in the first quarter and led 49-36 at halftime. The Bucks eventually pulled even at 60 on two free throws by Redd with 1:47 left in the third quarter that capped a 24-9 run. They took their first lead, 64-62, with 21 seconds left in the period on two more foul shots by Williams, who was 3-for-14 from the field.
Maggette, whose playing status was a game-time decision after he re-injured his right hamstring Sunday in a loss to Indiana, led all scorers in the first half with 14 points against a spongy defense that was whistled for only three fouls the entire half and gave up 24 points in the paint before intermission.
- Milwaukee began its longest road trip of the season, a stretch of five games in seven nights.
- Kaman, a fifth-year center, already has 12 double-doubles -- only two fewer than he had all of last season in 75 games.
- Dunleavy still needs one more victory to break the franchise record of 158, which Jack Ramsay set when the franchise was known as the Buffalo Braves. Dunleavy's career coaching record was eight games over .500 when he joined the Clippers. It is now 20 games under .500 (556-576), including a 107-221 mark in his four seasons as Bucks coach.


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Did you know that each year in Australia close to $1 billion is spent on unwanted gifts that end up in storage, in the bin and ultimately in landfill? Isn't it crazy? Such awful wastage! That's exactly how Melbournite Ashley Rosshandler felt before setting up the Karma Currency Foundation and launched Australia's first Online Charity Gift Voucher. It works so simply. You log onto their website to buy a tax deductible Charity Gift Voucher for say…Christmas… and email it off to the recipient. The recipient then logs onto the website and decides which charities the donation will go toward. They can choose to protect rainforests, educate minds, find cures, rescue animals, offset their carbon or support the soup kitchen down the road… whatever charity is closest to their hearts. Such a genius concept! I love it! I can't imagine a more meaningful, empowering and memorable gift than spreading the karma!
– Sara
Such a lovely idea – and especially in that you can choose any charity you like. Thank you!


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SPRINGFIELD -- The organizers behind festivities marking the city's 375th anniversary estimated that up to 25,000 people packed downtown Springfield on Saturday for the big pancake breakfast and birthday parade, which went off without a hitch.
"Everything went very smoothly," Springfield Police Lt. John K. Slepchuk said Sunday.
Officials said the crowd was in good spirits and the weather, which had threatened rain, turned out to be better than expected with a light breeze, patchy skies and temperatures reaching around 70 degrees.
Extra police were assigned to the downtown detail to handle crowds and reopen roads after the parade ended early Saturday afternoon.
"There was a quantitative police presence," Slepchuk said.
National Guardsmen also were on hand to help out; several military jeeps were seen throughout the downtown area.
Judith A. Matt, president of Spirit of Springfield -- the group that threw the city a birthday bash -- said between 20,000 to 25,0000 people attended the breakfast and parade. She said another 2,000 or so marched in the parade, including Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Massachusetts Army National Guard Assistant Adjutant General Paul Smith.
More activities are scheduled for Sunday including the Keep Springfield Beautiful Road Race, a 10K race that begins at 9 a.m. outside the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Howard Drew Mayor's Cup, a track-and-field event that starts at 10 a.m. at Central High School.
At 2 p.m., the 22nd Annual Suzuki String Serenade will take place at Faith United Church, 52 Sumner Avenue.
On May 20 and 21, respectively, the Deep River Choral Classics will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Old First Church and the Musical Roots & Traditions festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at Community Music School of Springfield.
A complete list of activities is available at www.springfield375.org.


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Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said Saturday morning that surgery to correct right winger Barry Tallackson's irregular heartbeat was successful Friday morning in Minnesota.
Lamoriello said he had not spoken to Tallackson but indicated Devils team physician Dr. Barry Fisher was in contact with the 25-year-old forward's cardiologist.
"The procedure was a complete success," Lamoriello reported. "He's home. Everything went perfect."
Tallackson will be back in New Jersey in 3-4 days.
Lamoriello also said the Devils have split up their players in training camp, sending equipment and some players to Lowell (AHL) without making official assignments.
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This time around, the St. Edmond girls basketball team stepped up to the challenge.
Avenging their only setback of the season, the fifth-ranked (Class 2A) Gaels knocked off No. 2 (3A) Clear Lake by a 58-53 final Friday night at the SEHS gym.
With its sixth straight victory, St. Edmond (16-1 overall, 15-1 in the NCC) tied the Lions in the loss column atop the North Central Conference standings. Prior to this season, the Gaels claimed at least a share of the past two league titles.
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"It was very important for us to get a big win like this before heading into the tournament," SEHS head coach Scott Messerly said. "We want to play as many good teams as we can, and we feel like Clear Lake is as good as anyone we'll see down the line.
"Hopefully, we can keep things going now and end up with at least part of the conference championship. I'd like to believe that was in the back of the girls minds (Friday)."
Juniors Jaci Stumpf and Anna Yung each delivered 18 points for the Gaels, while senior Alli Huss added 14. As a squad, St. Edmond shot an impressive 59.4 percent (19-for-32) from the field.
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St. Edmond - Maddie McCarville 0-0 2-2 2, Jaci Stumpf 5-10 7-9 18, Anna Yung 7-11 1-2 18, Alli Huss 4-8 4-5 14, Madeline Baldwin 0-0 0-0 0, Clare Flattery 3-3 0-0 6, Megan Flattery 0-0 0-0 0, Brigid Hanley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-32 14-18 58.
Clear Lake - Lindsey Loudenberg 4-13 1-2 11, Logan Anderson 5-8 3-4 16, Madi Faber 2-7 0-0 5, Trudy Peterson 1-7 4-5 7, Bailey Kibsgaard 5-6 4-5 14, Emily Phalen 0-1 0-0 0, Kaye Faber 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 17-43 12-16 53.
Quarter scores: Tied 11-11, SE led 31-20, 43-35. Three-point goals: St. Edmond 6-13 (Stumpf 1-2, Yung 3-6, Huss 2-5); Clear Lake 7-19 (Loudenberg 2-6, Anderson 3-4, M. Faber 1-3, Peterson 1-4, Kibsgaard 0-1, K. Faber 0-1). Total rebounds: St. Edmond 25, Clear Lake 16. Turnovers: St. Edmond 20, Clear Lake 14. Total fouls: St. Edmond 16, Clear Lake 19. Fouled out: Loudenberg.
"It was a great win," said Stumpf. "All week in practice, we worked on how (Clear Lake) beat us in the first game with their pick and roll.
"We've won (the NCC) the past two years, so we had a lot of extra motivation (last night)."
All knotted at 11 entering the second quarter, St. Edmond reeled off a 20-9 run over the next eight minutes to build a double digit advantage at the break. Yung and Huss both netted eight during that pivotal stretch for the green and white.
"I thought the defensive end was probably the difference," Messerly said. "I know Clear Lake shot the ball really well up there, especially on 3's (the Lions were 8 of 13 behind the arc in a 66-56 triumph back on Jan. 9), but (Friday) we did a nice job of contesting their shots and not allowing many easy looks."
Trailing by as many as 12 late in the third, the Lions (14-2, 13-1) used a 17-6 flurry to slice the deficit to a single point on a pair of Bailey Kibsgaard free throws with 2:14 remaining. Unfazed, the Gaels then answered with a mini 4-0 burst behind two clutch Stumpf free throws and a Clare Flattery layup to fend off a late Clear Lake rally.
St. Edmond went 14-for-18 from the charity stripe in the contest, including 11 of 15 in the fourth quarter alone to seal the deal. Stumpf, a 5-foot-4 point guard, was 7-for-9 by herself in crunch time.
"I've really been working on my free throw shooting a lot," said Stumpf. "I definitely think it helped me (last evening)."
Logan Anderson (16), Kibsgaard (14) and Lindsey Loudenberg (11) anchored Clear Lake's balanced offensive attack. The Lions suffered their only other defeat in their season opener by a 48-39 count to defending 5A state semifinalist and then-No. 5 Mason City.
Following a quick turnaround, the Gaels visit Carroll Kuemper (11-6) tonight. Tip is set for 6 p.m. The Knights were trounced by reigning 4A state runner-up and No. 1 Harlan on Friday, 77-51.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Theatergoers hoping to see some of the city's most popular off-Broadway shows can take advantage of two-for-one tickets as part of off-Broadway Week, which began Monday.
NYC & Company and the Off-Broadway League announced that the discounted tickets are available at 37 shows through Feb. 10.
Among those participating in the promotion are mainstays such as "Avenue Q" and "Blue Man Group," as well as newcomers "Forever Dusty," "My Name is Asher Lev," "Water by the Spoonful" and "Clive," starring Ethan Hawke.
"Off-Broadway Week gives us a forum to showcase the talent and creativity found in Off-Broadway theaters across Manhattan," said George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the City of New York. "This winter, we encourage New Yorkers and visitors to take advantage of this two-for-one ticket savings opportunity and experience some of the best theater in the country for an extremely affordable price."
"The Off-Broadway theater community looks forward to offering this tremendous value to New Yorkers and visitors alike," said George Forbes, president of the Off-Broadway League.
For a complete list of the participating shows or to purchase tickets, visit nycgo.com/offbroadwayweek.


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Spitzer boosts independent equity research
US independent equity research providers have doubled their market share in the past two years, according to a study.
The 30 groups that are regarded as leading independent research providers have increased their share of total commission from 1.8% to 4.4% since Eliot Spitzer, New York state attorney-general, reached a $1.4bn (€1.2bn) settlement with 10 investment banks over conflicts of interest between research and banking, said US consultancy Greenwich Associates in a report published last week.
Total commissions paid to the 40 regional, sector-specialist and broad-based research providers that distribute, but do not underwrite, capital market deals have grown from 15.9% to 19.8%, it said. US institutions are spending a total of $5bn on research this year, the same as last, it added.
John Colon, a Greenwich consultant, said 45% of institutions intended to increase their commission payments to independents, as opposed to 1% that expected their payments to decrease. American institutions pay 15% of their total commissions to independent providers at present.
The report said the growth of independent research could be hampered by the bulge-bracket banks, which have lost $25m in commissions since 2003. Investors who reduced their commissions to integrated banks have found they receive reduced sales coverage and related services.
The report said: "Many investment managers are beginning to understand the need to concentrate their commissions with their important brokers to preserve critical relationships and services. Indeed, some managers may be more inclined to reduce the number of brokers with which they do business, as opposed to adding new relationships with independents."
Greenwich Associates interviewed 1,138 analysts at large US investment institutions for its study.
A think tank set up to promote independent research in Europe has met officials from the cabinet of Charlie McCreevy, the EU internal market commissioner.
Lucy Cottrell, an analyst at Independent Minds, a London-based research boutique and a member of the think tank, said McCreevy's office was sympathetic to the idea of independent research and a Europe-wide solution.
She said: "The angle they are most concerned with is the need for proper and unbiased research on small caps, which is just not paying its way."
Last week, the French regulator proposed that small and mid-sized companies in France pay fees for research companies to cover them.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- After a momentary escape, autumn has returned to Tuscaloosa County.
That means some of Alabama's players are wearing a few extra layers under their uniforms as they go through their second practice of the week. It promises to be even chillier when the sun sets in a few minutes.
Here's the latest.
What's news?
It's Election Day, and we've been providing folks with plenty of content on the Alabama football page to browse on their phones while they wait in line at the polls. A sampling: Cyrus Kouandjio is doing big things, D.J. Fluker's favorite phrase, Damion Square sizing up Texas A&M's offense and more.
Other observations
-- RB Eddie Lacy was significantly more active at today's practice. He participated in most drills, but sat out any that involved the blocking sled. He appeared to be running fine on his injured left ankle.
-- WR Amari Cooper had his right ankle wrapped, but was a full participant. He limped only slightly on it.
-- WR Kenny Bell was also a more active participant at today's practice. Coach Nick Saban has not mentioned any specific injury with Bell, but he was more of an onlooker Monday. Bell has been banged up throughout the past couple of months, but has been able to play through it.
-- WR Chris Black continued to wear a black, non-contact jersey.
-- QB AJ McCarron looks entirely fine. I think we can put his injury concerns to bed.
-- Alabama practiced in full pads. It will do the same Wednesday.
-- Though he's supposed to play the part of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel on the scout team this week, QB Blake Sims continued to wear his usual No. 6 jersey. He also has to be prepared as Alabama's backup for McCarron.
What's next?
Select Alabama players will speak with reporters after today's practice. They will do the same after Wednesday's practice. Saban will speak on Wednesday's SEC teleconference and again after practice.


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Subscribe and Save is a wonderful feature that Amazon offers on some of its grocery deals. When Subscribe and Save is available, you save an additional 15% and get free shipping. When we combine this with sales and sometimes even coupon codes, the deals are tremendous!
However if you've been shopping the Amazon Grocery Deals with us for awhile, then you likely have several Subscribe and Save subscriptions on you Amazon account. I wouldn't want unwanted bulk orders of groceries showing up at your door, so I have put together this simple guide for how to cancel your Subscribe & Save subscriptions in three easy steps.
Let's start with a few ordering tips:
- When ordering with Subscribe & Save, I recommend choosing delivery every 6 months, so you have plenty of time to cancel.
- Remember you can cancel at anytime, but wait until after your order ships!
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Step 1: Go to Your Account
Step 2: Under Orders, select 'Manage Subscribe & Save' Items.
Step 3: After clicking 'Manage Subscribe & Save,' you will see a list of all your current subscriptions. Under each subscription there is a button to 'Cancel this subscription.'
Click cancel and a box will pop up with the options to skip this delivery, change your delivery schedule, or to confirm your cancellation. If you are certain you want to cancel, click 'Yes' to confirm. Repeat this process with each subscription you wish to cancel.
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MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama-- Mobile County ranks in the back of the pack at 37 of 67 when it comes to healthy counties, according to County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
CHRR ranked counties nationally based on a myriad of factors including life expectancy, teen pregnancy, obesity and more. Baldwin County ranked second best overall.
The details are broken down into sub-categories as well, yielding a further look into the successes and challenges a region is facing.It also pits those numbers against both the best national averages and overall state averages.
-Mobile County residents typically have babies with a lower birth rate than in the rest of the state
-Smoking is higher than the state average
-Mobile County and Alabama as a whole rank worse than the best national averages in physical inactivity
-Obesity is higher in the region than the state average
-Per 1,000 teenagers, there are 58 teenage pregnancies on average, compared to a state average of 48
-A negative trend over recent years shows that there is on average more violent crime in Mobile County than the state average
-STD's are up in Mobile County over recent years
Positive highlights from the Mobile County Report
-Mobile has better access to exercise opportunities than the rest of the state on average
-Less preventable hospital stays than the state averages
-High ratings of diabetic screenings on par with the state
-More dentists, with one dentist for every 2,100 people versus a state average of one for every 2,400
-57 percent have some college, which is the same as the rest of Alabama
-Mobile is getting better on air pollution, with less than in previous years
To view the entire report, click here.


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Thursday, March 26
It's a monologue. On a blog. It's ... a monoblog!
• President Obama held a virtual town hall meeting on-line today to talk about job losses. The irony: If you've lost your job you probably couldn't afford to pay for the Internet to hear what he said.
• More than 100,000 people submitted questions. Although it turns out that 99,000 of them were actually votes for the cute guy on "American Idol."
• President Bush is writing a book about his 12 toughest decisions. You know what No. 5 was? Clay Aiken or "that husky fella."
• I'm guessing another one was deciding who would win in a fight between Superman and Captain Marvel.
• That's one's so easy, too. Of course Superman would win. Invulnerable. Duh.
• Please, God, let it not be a pop-up book.
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The Nissan Titan might not get any significant upgrades for another few years, but we caught a few shots of what appears to be a 2013-model-year model testing on a Michigan highway and wearing a couple of subtle tweaks.
We've previously reported that the Nissan Titan isn't slated for any serious updates (or a replacement model) until at least 2014, thanks in part to last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Still, it looks like Nissan is gifting the Titan with a couple of minor exterior updates to keep it as fresh as possible until then.
As far as the updates we can see, the Nissan's front bumper foglamp surrounds are smaller and rounder, and the headlight assemblies are slightly different as well. Out back, Nissan changed the rear tailgate release, which now has space for a rear-view camera, and the top of the tailgate looks a bit flared.
This particular Nissan Titan prototype was likely one of the lower trim levels, seeing as the rear tailgate's tape clearly bubbles over an S, SV, or SL badge as opposed to the top-spec Pro-4X trim level that currently sits atop the Titan range. The tester also lacked the body cladding and running boards from the older model, although it's unclear if Nissan will eventually stick those items back on the new truck. The same can be said for the old truck's large "Titan" badging on the doors.
The current Nissan Titan, for the record, came out in 2004. It currently features a 317-hp 5.6-liter V-8 five-speed automatic transmission and available four-wheel drive. While there's been talk of Nissan downsizing gasoline engines or even a turbodiesel powerplant, both of those things will have to wait a little while longer: the Titan is conspicuously absent from the Nissan "five new models under wraps" tv commercial, so don't expect any bombshells soon. Then again, with a new Titan years away, any updates to the aging truck would certainly be welcome.


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WESTFIELD — Sydney Kessler may only be four years old, but already she knows that she can't eat the things her twin brother Alex eats — if she does, she gets a stomach ache and, sometimes, is doubled over in pain.
Sydney has Celiac disease, which means her body can't process gluten. Celiac disease is not an allergy, it's an auto immune disease and something Sydney will have it for the rest of her life. With Celiac disease, the body attacks itself and, "when little kids have it, it impacts the body's ability to get nutrients and (leads to) a 'failure to thrive label,'" said her mom Nicole Sherrin Kessler.
Celiac disease is one of the most underfunded diseases, she said and, because of that lack of funding, Sydney and her family are participating in a 5K walk in Baltimore,in April.
Sydney designed a T-shirt for her team and supporters to wear which has the team's name on it — "Sydney's Silly Yaks" — say it quickly and the pun becomes apparent.
Sherrin, who is the principal of the Madison Junior School and the mother of three, said, "It took us a while to get an accurate diagnosis for her," doctors kept saying she was constipated, but Sherrin knew it was more than that and "finally we took her to a specialist" and he did the blood work. There is no medicinal cure for Celiac disease, even though "one out of 133 people have it, and it is very under-diagnosed," she said.
The real issue for Sydney is that she can't eat the same way other children eat, including her twin brother, who can eat all the gluten he wants. Sydney knows she can't eat gluten, "I get sick and have to go to the doctor and my belly hurts," she said last week. Asked if she knows what foods have gluten she said, "Yes," and listed foods she can't eat, including cake, regular bread, pasta and more. She also knows what she can eat, "Fruit, vegetables, meatballs, macaroni and cheese, the gluten free kind that mommy makes."
Her favorite food is tacos. "I eat more than my brother does," she said.
Alex said he has learned how to help Sydney. "I wash my hands, I don't want to get Sydney sick."
As for the walk, Sydney is very much aware of the reason for the walk, "They'll give us money for the Celiac Walk to get money and then maybe they can get medicine." Learn how to support Sydney's team on the website.
Nicole said, "The walk is trying to put more money into research and to raise awareness of Celiac disease, to help people understand more about it."
At the moment, Sydney's Silly Yaks team is the top fund-raiser for the walk, thanks to her donors. There's more than one way to support her, too. Her T-shirt is available on etsy.com, just type in Sydney's Silly Yaks.
On Thursday, Nicole said they just got the results of Sydney's latest blood work and "her antibody level went from 169 a year ago, when she was diagnosed, down to 5. It was really great news and means she's doing well on her gluten-free diet."
For Nicole and Sydney's dad, Matt, the real challenge is making sure Sydney isn't exposed to gluten and cross contamination is a real threat.
"If I am making her brother a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I can't put the knife in the peanut butter, if it had been on the bread."
Birthday parties mean bringing Sydney's own gluten-free brownies and snack time at school means making sure there are plenty of gluten-free snacks for her to eat.
In addition, they have to be very careful in restaurants and "have to ask workers to change their gloves and clean things," before making something for Sydney.
Nicole is hoping that as people become more aware, they will understand why she asks them "to use a different slicer at the deli and then they won't be angry at me."
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New lending facilities (and why they won't help)
(Complete coverage of yesterday's events in the posts below)
CalculatedRisk is reporting that the Fed has expanded the types of collateral it is willing to except in exchange for loans. A year ago it only accepted the highest-quality (least risky) collateral in exchange for a loan. Treasury bonds, for instance. Now it will be accepting equities(!).
Moreover, 10 major Wall St. banks have announced a new $70 billion loan program to help banks get through the latest chapter of the Credit Crisis.
A group of global banks and securities firms announced late Sunday a $70 billion loan program that financial companies can tap to help ease a credit shortage that threatens global financial markets.
The ten banks, which include JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said they were committing $7 billion each for the pool. The pool would act as a signal to the marketplace that banks, brokerages, and other financial companies can lean on the fund to take care of borrowing needs.
First of all, you thought we were going to get through the weekend without another Fed bailout? Well, you thought wrong. Over the past year the Fed has offered up its balance sheet to banks that are in need of cash to fund their operations. Theoretically, it's just making loans to the banks. Loans that have to be paid back. But as the Fed loosens its own lending standards, allowing riskier institutions to put up riskier collateral, its putting taxpayers at greater risk of loss.
It's not an overt bailout, as with Bear/Fannie/Freddie, but a bailout nonetheless: putting taxpayers at risk to help "stabilize" markets. Besides the Fed taking additional risk onto its balance sheet, you also have the Federal Home Loan Banks that have lent hundreds of billions to some of the weakest banks (Countrywide and WaMu, for instance). Such banks lost most of their private sources of capital (other than deposits) and the FHLB system saved them. Is it any wonder that the Fannie/Freddie credit line announced last week also includes the FHLBs? They may need a bailout before all is said and done….
Will all of these lending facilities help? Probably not. As Economist Nourial Roubini (aka Dr. Doom) has long and correctly argued, the fundamental problem confronting the American financial sector isn't illiquidity. It's insolvency.
An illiquid bank may simply have a short-term funding problem. Say for instance your local community bank experiences more withdrawals than anticipated on a particular day, so many that by the end of the day it doesn't have enough funds on hand to meet withdrawal requests. For the moment, the bank is illiquid. It needs a loan to meet withdrawal demand. But the bank will be able to pay back ITS loan once the bank's borrowers pay back the principal and interest they owe the bank.
An insolvent bank is in deeper trouble. Its problem is that its borrowers aren't paying back their loans. Perhaps it lent its depositors' money to a real estate developer who's gone bust. A temporary loan from another bank in order to meet unexpectedly high withdrawals won't do any good since this bank has no funds coming in to pay back its loan….
The sickest American financial companies aren't merely illiquid. After years of pumping depositors' money into loans or securities for worthless(?) real estate projects, they are insolvent.
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