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The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a terrible disappointment this season, and with all the uncertainty surrounding this young team, one thing is very clear:
The Cavs need to make some serious changes if they're going to ever be competitive.
So what kind of moves make sense as we approach the NBA trade deadline?
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Guilford's Fitz-Greene Halleck: America's Forgotten "Byron"
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During his prominent career, Halleck wrote a number of well-received poems; among his best-known works are "Alnwick Castle," "Fanny," and "Marco Bozaris." His works were read by everyone from common men to presidents—Abraham Lincoln was said to have often read his works at The White House. Halleck even met with Charles Dickens when Dickens famously visited America in the latter half of the 19th century.
Although his notoriety came as a poet and he gained celebrity because of it, Halleck did not rely on his composition of verse for income. Instead, he worked in finance, eventually taking a position as the private secretary of business magnate and millionaire John Jacob Astor in 1932. He served in that well-paying capacity until Astor's death in 1948. During that time, he continued to publish poems, although he seemed to be more interested in New York's social scene, and created only a handful of new works.
Halleck retired to Guilford in 1849, where he quietly lived out his remaining days in a house he shared with his sister Marie. He died on November 19, 1867. His final words were reported to be, "Marie, hand me my pantaloons, if you please."
It's not quite clear how or why Halleck has faded from the public eye. It could be the quality of his work—Poe once described Halleck's poem "Fanny" as "endurable, but to the practiced versifier it is little less than torture." Halleck also went after "sacred institutions" of his day, so some of his work doesn't quite stand the test of time as well. Possibly, the homosexual overtones to Halleck and his life may have been a factor. Or it could be quite simply that the poetry-loving masses just preferred other works.
In 2006, a Fitz-Greene Halleck Society was formed to recognize Halleck's contributions. The group would meet every July 8 (Halleck's birthday) at his statue in Central Park, commemorating the poet by reading his works and spreading the word of his efforts.
Still, there are those in somewhat more recent times who know of Halleck. Here's an excerpt from Highways & Byways of Connecticut, a tome printed by G. Fox & Co. in 1947 to celebrate its 100th anniversary and the state's history, which includes vignettes waxing rhapsodic about every town in Connecticut. This is the entry for Guilford, which features its poetic son. (The entire poem "Connecticut" can be read here.)
Guilford—home of poetry and dreams, founded in 1639.
On seeing Guilford, I believe no one would express surprise to learn that here a famous poet lived. The very air is redolent with romantic revery.
The old stone houses with their glimmering panes sleep in beds of flowers on verdent, downy swards.
In such a gentle place was born Fitz-Greene Halleck—a name of note—one of America's greatest men of letters.
In 1847, he strolled these peaceful lanes of this old shore, meditating, planning, to give beauty to the world.
Born of humble parents, the village schoolmistress and tailor, he sought for learning with such an avid bent that he soon, as a boy, had read every book in the library.
It's strange to think of—a dreaming young man spending his days in John Jacob Astor's Counting House. But that's what he did to earn his living and gather funds for high education. He went to New York and amassed his learning there, storing it up for when he could return to the more inspiring setting of Guilford by the sea.
This quiet, gentle man loved his state and wrote of Connecticut in his greatest work:
"And still her gray rocks tower above the sea
That crouches at their feet, a conquered wave,
'Tis a rough land of earth, and stone and tree
Where breathes no castled lord or cabined slave
Where thought, and tongues, and hands are bold and free,
And friends will find a welcome, foes a grave;
And where kneel, save when to Heaven they pray,
Nor even then, unless in their own way."
Green is the turf above Halleck, who is interred in Alderbrook Cemetery on Boston Street (Route 146) in Guilford. He waits quietly to be rediscovered by a new generation of poetry fans, who may help him rise once again in the world of letters.


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Do you have any proof for your edits on Rasengan? Jacce 18:52, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Please stop removing Tenzo's Wood nature from his infobox. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Mar 15, 2009 @ 14:16 (UTC)
Are you saying wood isn't one of Tenzo's secondary elements? He uses the elements water and earth to create wood. Yellow and blue are colours. If you mix yellow and blue, it becomes green. Green is also a colour. In other words, saying wood isn't an element is like saying green isn't a colour. I hope that made sense.
Hakinu 15:14, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
I haven't had time checking your source myself, but I do remember hearing something like that. Though, in my opinion, it should be easy to notice (by looking at the page briefly; I usually use the character's info box for quickly picking up the most important properties of the character) that Tenzo is able to manipulate wood aswell. Hakinu 16:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)(who doesn't know how to use the email user-function~ :|)
Re: Email - Wood Release
First of all, I'd like to ask you why you sent me an email, instead of just leaving a message on my talk page.
Anyway, on to the matter at hand: Wood Release. To put it bluntly, Wood Release is a chakra nature. Plain and simple, it has literally been called a nature in the manga and the third databook. However, it isn't a nature like Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, or Water. Those five are the basic natures. As Yamato pointed out in the manga, Wood isn't a basic nature. As it's composed of two basic natures, it is what I call an advanced nature. However, it is still a nature. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 15:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
- First I'd like to clear up the terms you are using. The terms nature and element are the same. Nature is just closer to the actual term used in Japanese.
- Secondly, I don't understand why you think someone with enough training should be able to use an advanced nature, thus excluding the kekkei genkai-based elements as advanced natures. Why not define advanced nature as "a nature created by mixing two basic natures into a new one with the help of a kekkei genkai (or Tailed Beast)"? Also, there is absolutely no evidence that Rinnegan wielders can use advanced natures.
- That said, please sign your posts in the future. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 17:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
- The Sage of the Six Paths being able to use all ninjutsu is hyperbole. Nothing has ever been said about him being able to use advanced natures like Wood or Ice, only that he (and Nagato) can use the all five basic chakra natures.
- Him being able to use the Nara clan's or Yamanaka family's techniques is speculation. Although he would have the physical capabilities (it's actually likely that many people in the Naruto world do), they likely weren't even invented yet back then. Also, what does it matter where these techniques come from? Don't tell me you think they were all invented by the Sage of the Six Paths? That's ridiculous to think. Why did you bring up speculation about the Rinnegan being capable of copying techniques, by the way?
- This discussion is going way off topic. It was about Wood (and Ice and Lava) being natures or not. I still haven't heard a convincing argument why you think they're not. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 18:37, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
- Training only allows you to learn how to use multiple basic natures. Advanced natures (natures consisting of two mixed basic natures) require a kekkei genkai (or Tailed Beast). This is quite clearly explained by Yamato in chapter 316.
- In that same chapter, Yamato also says that Wood isn't a basic nature¹. Two frames later Kakashi explains that by simultaniously using the Earth and Water natures, a new Wood nature is created². After that, it is again said multiple times in the manga and third databook that Wood is a nature. As Wood (and Ice and Lava) are natures, they should be listed in the nature infobox.
- ¹ "To begin with, there us no such thing as basic nature called "Wood" " (「そもそも"木"なんていう基本性質はないんだよ」), Ch.316, p.6, fr.1
- ² "By simultaneously using the two nature transformations "Earth" and "Water", the new nature manipulation "Wood" is created" (「"土"と"水"の二つの"性質変化"を同時に行ない"木"の"性質変化"を新たに発生させる」), Ch.316, p.6, fr.3
- In other words, advanced natures are also considered chakra natures. They are literally called natures in the series.
- Now you seem to be having trouble seeing Wood Release as a kekkei genkai, probably because it was never inherited by the First Hokage's offspring. A kekkei genkai is defined as an ability requiring a certain genetic make-up. This would usually make it hereditary. However, in the case of Wood Release, the genetic make-up required was so unique that only the First had it. This might be because it relies on almost all of the First's DNA and having a child that's an almost 100% exact clone of you is practically impossible, or it might simply have been coincidental that none of his offspring got the right genes. I tend to go with the former option, as it better explains the situation, including Yamato.
- In any way, this doesn't mean that Wood release isn't hereditary. There is still a possibility that a descendent of the First Hokage again gets all the right genes and thus access to Wood Release. It is still a kekkei genkai in all respects.
- You also seem to be having trouble with the term "advanced nature". This is simply a term I created to more easily differentiate natures like Wood and Ice from the basic natures like Fire and Water. The term is not actually used in the series (the term "basic nature" is, by the way). --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 09:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Re:New Messages
No, I just brought back the information you cleared as that is against the talkpage policy.
¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 18:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Re: No Rank or A Rank
- We dont speculate. If the rank is not stated it is put as no rank, until the data book comes out and shed sum light into the situation, till we have proof, of what rank it is, it will remain no rank..AlienGamer | Talk 14:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Okay thanks for that.--SalmanH (talk) 14:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Re: Just in Case
Lol, Ramadan Kareem! --NejiByakugan360 16:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)


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How do deal with those challenging stakeholders who will not make a decision, put up road blocks, send off negative energy or are simply are out for themselves?
We all consume hundreds or thousands of information bites every day. We use filters to quickly determine which items are important and which to pass by. Every once in a while you read something that catches your attention and requires more thought.
"We don't have interdepartmental project managers. The people who actually do the work do that."[i]
Wow, what punch in the gut! This is a quote from Palo Alto Networks Founder Nir Zuk in Forbes.com April 2nd article entitled: Project Managers Will Kill Your Company: advice from Palo Alto Networks Founder Nir Zuk.
Mr. Zuk is a highly successful entrepreneur and technology visionary. He is listed as one riches 400 Americans at the age of 41. So what did we (Project Managers) do to Nir? A look at his past may give us a clue. He was a top engineer at Check Point Software, co-founded OneSecure and served as the CTO of NetScreen, which was sold to Juniper Networks in 2004. To summarize, this guy has been in one of most rapidly changing industries in the world over the past 10-15 years — internet security — and he has been enormously successful. I think we can conclude from his experience, project managers were not enablers of project success, but rather roadblocks! For someone like Mr. Zuk to say to "project managers will kill your company" may be an eye opener, for me, it's not.
When reading into Nir's blatant hatred for bureaucracy, you can see how project managers have no warm place in his heart. He has seen several small entrepreneur companies be purchased by larger companies only to see B and C players infiltrate the company line up and ultimately slow down decision making and ultimately progress. He simply moved on and started another company vowing to crush the notion you need people to help coordinate among different departments. Nir believes once you have players on board who don't do anything valuable, just coordinating, that is the beginning of the end for the organization. These players, i.e. project managers, have an interest in making sure there is always something to coordinate, so they start inventing problems that don't really exist. A can do attitude is replaced by can't do. These beliefs by the founder of Palo Alto Networks have really been around for years, maybe whispered in break rooms and corporate gyms, the only difference is they are openly discussed by a young successful entrepreneur CEO and they are now printed!
It is not uncommon for project managers to place themselves as the central point of all project communication, managing and controlling information flow and coordinate activities. Controlling scope, cost, schedule and managing communications are core competencies of project managers. But now are they in question?
In my book The Strategic Project Leader — Mastering Service-based Project Leadership(second edition expected out in 2014), I warn project managers to redefine themselves, before others do, as Service-based Project Leaders who become morally obligated to achieve efficiency on projects, use foresight to lead instead of reacting to events, embrace customization of project processes and deliverables to create experiences for stakeholders, and enable connectedness among resources to speed up progress and improve decision making. Service-based project leaders serve all stakeholders including project team members by growing their capabilities and in turn the organization's ability to react to change effectively.
Ultimately we need to define ourselves not just as schedulers, coordinators, information hubs, meeting planners, and documentation specialists, but as people who increase the effectiveness of the organization to change; this begins with capabilities of the team members and organization to be more efficient and effective.
We now have a high-tech entrepreneur redefining us a B, C players — enemies of progress!
What will our response be? Ignore it or start to examine our own behavior, competencies and motivations. Stay tuned!
[i] http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2013/04/02/project-managers-will-kill-your-company-advice-from-palo-alto-networks-founder-nir-zuk/e interdepartmental project managers.
Successful leaders in knowledge intensive jobs create structures and processes for information that flow freely so workers can use the information to do their job as they see fit. These leaders then provide incentives for good decisions. Unfortunately, many people in charge of IT project delivery still promote a Taylorist view and try to control decision-making and plan out every detail of the task so workers can complete it in a timely manner without asking questions. In 1911 Frederick Taylor authored the The Principles of Scientific Management. In the early 1900s, the work force has less education than today, jobs were more industrial-based than knowledge-based. Taylor classic management book emphasized that management should control decision making, because workers are not smart enough to make decisions. The work needs to be broken down into simple finite components for workers to complete and management focus should be on production output, process and financial controls. IT project management has traditionally emphasized a Taylorist centralized control and decision making structure for project processes in light of the dramatic evidence that a IT manager are limited in ability to process all the information that is available, assess its accuracy and relevancy and determine the best course of project action in a timely manner. This model, when applied to strategic, complex projects results either in indecision or in poor quality decisions, leading to frustration among team members, customers, sponsors and stakeholders. But as projects get more complex the manager's ability to process all the information required to make good decisions can be severely limited making this type of performance criteria unrealistic. In the early 1990s, leading management authors began to write about the "New Managerial Work" being brought about by information technology. The trend is not new, but its impacts are still being felt across management as evidenced by technology companies' inventing more personal information gadgets that allow an abundance of information to follow workers everywhere they go. But today's world of information technology has been largely unsuccessful in corralling the information overload, management has access to an abundance of information that it cannot process quickly enough for effective decision-making. The constraints are not the information itself, but the human brain and its capacity to process information. This constraint is driving the decentralization of decision-making since one person alone cannot process all the information.
We have all been there, stakeholders who don't want to cooperate and management giving them a free pass. Your capabilities are being tested; your judgment is being questioned, your loyalty evaluated. Your knowledge skills and experience are at center of these political battles that play out in the project environment. What decisions will you make? Just let the conflicts flourish unabated? Confront the stakeholder(s)? Bury your head in the sand and blame others? Or…try to lead the project organization to higher ground. What ultimately determines your actions and decisions as a project manager is courage. Courage is a state of mind that enables a project leader to face uncertainty, fear or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution. The Latin root of courage is "fortitudo" meaning strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity. Project leaders must be ardent, passionate, mentally tenacious, morally brave and steadfast to succeed as a transforming service-based project leader. A barrier in organizations to a project manager becoming convinced of the need for them to lead is an environment that rewards dysfunctional behavior. The project leader juggling numerous projects and the associated demands is often soured by highly political, monetary-based management whose philosophy is, "What have you done for me lately?", Or "we all remember your last project screw up." The organizational culture impacts emotion, attitude and behavior. But leadership has a great influence on culture. Project workers will often conform to workplace attitudes. Professional behaviors are often learned through co-workers and the environment experienced. Who is a better place then to influence project worker behavior? You, the project leader!


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EWING - Matthew Bratton, a former student at The College of New Jersey who went missing last week, has been reunited with his family.
According to a campus-wide alert sent to students and faculty Saturday evening, the 21-year-old man had been found and was safe.
Officials say the man reported to Princeton Borough Police Headquarters on Saturday.
The New Jersey State Police joined authorities in Ewing and Princeton Borough in their search for the co-ed, who was reportedly suffering from depression related to series of family issues and after being removed as a student from TCNJ, officials say.


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Despite her shyness and a few other quirks, Elizabeth Reed's family never expected to find the generally healthy 47-year-old dead on her kitchen floor on March 15 last year.
"She hadn't been to work and had called in four days in a row, which was bizarre at best," said brother-in-law Daniel Bean, of East Longmeadow. "Her brother and my wife went over and knocked on the door. There was no answer. They called the police to check on her, and they found her face down on the floor."
To this day, Reed's death is something of a mystery. The family still does not have an autopsy report detailing the medical underpinnings of her seemingly sudden death. They say they have been put off by the state Office of Chief Medical Examiner for more than a year – delaying the identification of Reed's body for weeks, her burial by a month, and emotional closure for her parents and siblings.
"Forty-seven-year-old women do not just drop. Why does a 47-year-old just die? My wife's concern is whether it's hereditary. If it was something genetic we really should know," Bean said. "And the other thing is, to move on in life you need to close stuff out."
Theirs is not the only family to be distressed by a growing bottleneck in autopsy reports for families and others in Western Massachusetts.
The retirement of one of two medical examiners in early 2011 in the Holyoke office – which serves the four western counties – has triggered a flood of cadavers being sent to the busy Boston office.
Statistics provided from the state Department of Public Safety indicate the number of bodies sent out-of-town for analysis rocketed from zero in 2010 to 369 last year. Cases completed in the Western Massachusetts office dipped from 565 to 369 over the last two years. Pending autopsies statewide jumped from 2 to 13 percent over the same time, according to state records.
While the variances aren't huge, they have yielded a problem that combines the continuing leanness of the state budge with the clinical complexity of analyzing the dead, and the intensely personal process of mourning.
Reed's family has complained that her autopsy was promised within three months of her death. It has still not come, despite prodding from the family. Bean said they have been told the original physician who performed the initial autopsy (one day after Reed's death) is on extended maternity leave and is the sole clinician who can complete the exam under state law. The family received preliminary indications in October that the cause could have been a heart arrhythmia. But, the final verdict remains a question.
"It sounds to me that they feel like they don't answer to anyone. I have never in my life felt powerless before," said Bean. "I know they're dealing with people who are deceased but they're also dealing people who are living."
Bean came forward on behalf of his family after a young couple from Springfield, Kamina Grey and Sean McKenzie, went public with an attorney to decry the delay in the final autopsy of their 1-year-old son, Sean Jr., who died in his bed last year.
The couple held a press conference denouncing the delay and what they described as a feeling of being ignored by state officials. The couple came forward just after the anniversary of the baby's death.
Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, said autopsies on infants and adults whose bodies have decomposed (like Reed's) are the most difficult to complete. In the baby's case, Harris said the report was delayed by having to bring in a neuropathologist.
However, the final autopsy, sent to the parents a week after they sought the media's help, indicates that exam was completed four months ago. The answer for the child's parents was a qualified conclusion that their baby had underlying asthma, which thwarted a complete recovery after abdominal surgery. He had been hospitalized several times before his death.
The parents did not return calls for comment after the report was finalized. However, their attorney, Thomas J. Rooke, said that case was an example of wider spread deficiencies in the Office of Medical Examiner.
"The office is either overworked and understaffed or completely incompetent," Rooke said. "Making a family wait over a year is inexcusable."
Harris declined to respond to Rooke's assessment.
Jay Czelusniak, president of a the Western Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association and owner of Czelusniak Funeral Home in Northampton, said the slow-down in local autopsies has created headaches for his industry and the families they serve.
"The whole autopsy issue is becoming a real pain, to put it nicely," Czelusniak said.
He ticked off a number of problems: Timing could send your loved one's body to Boston. If you die late on Thursday or Friday, it's guaranteed, since the local medical examiner's office is no longer staffed on the weekends; the trip to Boston then prompts a delay in getting the body returned, hence a lag in scheduling funeral services; autopsy reports are consequently held up by months and so are insurance payments and, of course, payments to funeral homes. Also, the cost of retrieving a loved one's body from Boston also boosts funeral costs by as much as $1,000, Czelusniak said.
"It's costing us more money and the families more money, on top of all the other heartache and stress and emotion. When you lose somebody the last thing you want to do is deal with red tape, and now we've got more of it than ever," he said.
Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni said all violent deaths (homicides and accidents) have been shipped to Boston since early 2011. While he still finds the state medical examiner's office responsive, he admits the logistics of sending bodies to Boston can temporarily hinder investigations.
"I think it puts a significant strain on Boston. It's not the autopsies themselves that get delayed, it's the final reports," Mastroianni said, adding that reports for homicides typically take six or seven months but that the life of a criminal case is longer than that.
He did concede that the ideal way to build a solid homicide investigation typically involves sending a police detective to be present at an autopsy. That is often not possible since local cases have been shuttled to Boston from Holyoke. There were 24 in 2011 and 18 last year.
Despite complaints from the various interest groups, the process seems unlikely to change anytime soon.
Harris said the current budget does not support the restoration of a second doctor in the Holyoke office.
"We are working to build a new Western Massachusetts facility in the next couple of years. In other words, discussions are underway," he said.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Western Little League's Senior Baseball team, fresh off its state title in Grand Rapids last week, begins the regional tournament today.
The tournament location is split between Peru, Ill. and a the city of Oglesby, Ill., about five miles south of Peru and across the Illinois River.
Michigan (Western District 9) will play Illinois at 2 p.m. in Oglesby.
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Angry Over All My Children's Lesbian Wedding? Here's Why You Have No Argument
It's usually painful to watch The View, but sometimes having it on in the background isn't so bad. Especially when segments like this pop up, where Whoopi points out the ridiculousness of anyone criticizing All My Children's lesbian wedding — when soap opera plotlines are built on characters getting married and divorced handfuls of times, having children out of wedlock, and saucy extramarital affairs. You know, because those are positive representations of the institution of marriage.
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Don't worry you religious nutters — ABC has your back. Bianca's marriage began to come apart the very next episode. Bianca's better-half is smitten with a man. Silly confused gays and their "committed relationships"
@Japh – yeah I wouldn't think "the stories" would be a big hit with the nutters. Love Whoops. Have seen her perform several times.
If they do dissolve their relationship, it's too bad and not an example of the tens of thousands of long-term committed couples out there!
God bless,
Jason J.
Thank god for the History Channel.
@gurlene – i don't watch a lot of television, but even the history channel has really gone down and lost focus in an attempt to gain viewership. Welcome to america where every business has to grow, grow, grow exponentially or be considered a failure with little regard to quality.
SPOILER ALERT! Here's what happened/gonna happen…per someone who
'rarely watches'.
Watching the episode from yesterday being replayed on Soapnet right now. Very fancy and pretty wedding.
One of the wives (Bianca, Erica Kane's daughter) is gonna find out that the other wife (Reese) shared a night-before-the-wedding with Bianca's brother-in-law Zach.
It's gonna cause her to immediately file for separation/divorce, as well as custody of their daughter that Bianca just gave birth to and Reese adopted- the sperm donor was, of course, Zach!
Further complicating, Bianca's elder child was the product of her being raped by Zach's now dead brother- and the reason Bianca wanted Zach to be the donor for her second child was so that her 2 children would be as closely biologically linked as possible.
So a stunt to allow the actress playing Bianca to leave the show for awhile…
(And really, I rarely watch this one- Y&R is my fave)
"The Price is Right" is better than "The View" any day.
thanks for editing out anything the repub blonde robot had to say on the issue.
@Villager – for once, not Queerty specifically, but the media in general.
LOL @ Villager's "repub blonde robot"!
I think we've just coined a new term for similarly annoying morons — Hasselbots!! LMAO!
LOVE it!! Hasselbots!!
Hasselbots!!! You just woke me up, which the first pot of coffee couldn't do. LOL
I'd love for her to come out already…not that it worked out so well for Rosie.
@scott – I think Rosie's demise has less to do with her being a lesbian and more to do with her personality and mental health issues.


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"At about 6:10 p.m. on June 5, Suzanne Payseur died while scuba diving in the Langley Small Boat Harbor.By 6:16 p.m., she was alive again.On Wednesday, Payseur thanked three Langley citizens and a number of emergency medical and police professionals who helped restart her heart and breathe life back into her lungs. Meeting with her rescuers at Langley City Hall during a Langley City Council meeting, Payseur was thinking more about the life she has ahead of her than the diving accident that almost killed her three weeks ago.While diving with her husband Mike, Payseur got into trouble underwater. After signaling that she needed to surface, Payseur ascended rapidly from 40 feet down. By the time she made it into open air, she was incoherent and in respiratory distress. Mike Payseur swam pulling his wife more than 100 yards in full scuba gear to get her to the harbor's dock, where citizens Tim Nolis, Tom Permenter, and Dione Murray hauled her out of the water. Finding that she had no pulse and was not breathing, they began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and called for medical assistance. Emergency medical technicians Jason O'Neil, Andy O'Keefe and Irene Bullock and Langley Police officer Leif Haugen were on the scene within two minutes of the call. Long before paramedics made the scene Payseur was breathing and had a heartbeat again.This week, Payseur said she hardly knew how to thank her rescuers.I just can't say enough about how thankful I am that you were there, Payseur said. You truly are my heroes. Thank you. After getting those words out, Payseur began to cry. But she recovered quickly to hand out flowers and plants to her rescuers as a thank you. She also presented O'Keefe with a cash donation for Fire Protection District 3.Three of the rescuers received thanks beyond the flowers. Representing Fire District 3, Darrin Reid, captain of special services, awarded Nolis, Permenter, and Murray with one of the most prestigious awards given to good Samaritans -- the American Heart Award.Reid said Payseur's story might not have had such a happy ending had the three not been on the dock that night. Because they were, Reid said, Payseur's survival meant something special.We know it definitely was not Mrs. Payseur's time to go, Reid said.Reid recognized one additional rescuer who did not receive an award. Playing perhaps the most important part in the rescue was Mike Payseur, Suzanne's husband, who swam more than 100 yards with his wife in tow to get her to the help she needed.That swim was amazing in itself, Reid said.Mike Payseur said he has already received his thanks and his reward many times over.She said 'thank you' about a million times, he said.Mayor Furman also handed out citations of merit to all those involved in the rescue operation. He said Payseur's story is of the sort the media needs to write about or broadcast more often.That's a lesson we need to have publicity on, Furman said.Payseur is a Coupeville resident. Though fully recovered, she said she has not yet returned to the Langley Small Boat Harbor to dive, or even walk the dock where her life almost slipped away."
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The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department:
Friday, March 1
At 9:23 a.m., a caller reported a car accident took place at a Southeast Dock Street location.
At 1:35 p.m., a caller reported a man was struck by a car near the intersection of Northwest Heller Street and Northwest Crosby Avenue.
At 2:09 p.m., a caller reported at least two men were throwing items off a roof of a building on Southwest Bowmer Street.
At 2:59 p.m., a North Oak Harbor Street resident reported her little brother threatened to burn down her house because she took his Xbox away.
At 3:25 p.m., a caller reported his cousin threatened to beat him up.
At 3:30 p.m., a caller reported his son was assaulted at Oak Harbor High School.
At 3:57 p.m., a caller reported a group of teenagers were jumping into traffic on Highway 20. They almost caused an accident.
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31 years and one evening ago I decided it was about time to start breathing air.
So over the course of the Eve of St John the Baptist my mother the psychonaut went into labour… I was born the next morning as far from Jesus's birthday as you can possibly get.
(Yes, it is an awesome set of landing coordinates. My first and last cosmically graceful act.)
The feast of St John the Baptist is among the highest holidays of even Higher Strangeness.
From the Templars, the foundation of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, to the battle of Bannockburn to the battle of the Somme to the arrival of the shuttle Discovery, to the first modern sighting of a flying saucer… there is something about this Eve that is multidimensionally significant.
Here is a genuinely excellent and extensive round-up of a feast day that is the calendrical opposite of the Saviour's birth (or at least it is now)… which itself has some heretical and deeply Gnostic implications.
And that is why it typically pays to keep a weather eye on all things symbolic when June 24 rolls round.
Like, say, Radio 1's biggest broadcast in 44 years? Which closed out the Eve of St John with Egyptian symbology? (I was taught that 44 numerologically meant the angelic beings wished to make contact with you.)
An event described by Rihanna has "history making" while standing underneath the Eye in the Triangle? (Need more convincing?)
Let's remember that a couple of weeks ago London also played host to that little boat show. We have little info on the symbology of the boat order and placement of key people within the flotilla because of the poor broadcast coverage (did the BBC do that deliberately?) but rest assured it was undoubtedly there.
What was even weirder was how little commentary there was when the Queen "illuminated" the entire world with a tetrahedron (an oddly-shaped diamond) beneath the angel of victory at the (potentially Qliphothic) terminus of a kabbalistically aligned grid of New Jerusalem with St Paul's at the other end.
This is moments after the palace melted into hallucinogenic machine elf colours.
An act which itself happened moments after millions of people heard "how fine her house is."
And we know what this ritualistic blood obsessive means by "house".
Honestly, I'm surprised the human suit didn't slip right off out of sheer, lizardly pleasure. These people live for ritual in a way that would creep out the most baroque of magicians.
Remember, this is a woman who last year had her heir's heir married on the Cosmati Floor – concealed for 150 years and reserved for the "ruler of all the Earth." (Paging MBE-recipient, Grant Morrison.)
Onto the Olympics themselves. Here are a few factlets for you:
- Britain's largest warship will be deployed in the Thames during the games.
- Sonic weapons have already been deployed in London.
- There will be more troops in London than Afghanistan during the games -the largest military presence since World War II.
- Missile batteries are being installed on council blocks across the East End.
- Locals are being advised to restrict their movements.
- Paranoids think that the opening ceremony will be used to stage the much-discussed false flag alien invasion required to bring about a world government. (Which would certainly explain all the missiles.)
And finally, in that funny way that rumours about 20,000 foot Annunaki mines get dropped into conversation in the small hours of the morning, some friends and I recently fell into drunken conversation with UKBA staff in a pub late one night. They pretty much said it's "extremely advisable" to avoid the centre of town during the key opening and closing events.
The elephant thickens.
Having lived in an Olympic city during the "best Olympics ever" I'm actually a huge fan of the (non-Nazi) ideals that underpin the modern games. However you don't need to look overly closely at popular culture to discern that the apocalypse Olympics are going to be proper weird.
So do I think Rihanna deliberately paid global homage to the Templars display of "a mysterious head" in Poitiers almost 700 years before? Or the foundation of a Masonic mega-lodge just a few miles down the road?
Not really. It could just be more hands on that elephant.
Do I think the royals are going harder on the symbolism than they have in years and are fully aware of what they're doing?
Do I think some of our multidimensional spectators have arrived early?
An old imperial wedding, a psychedelic jubilee, a possible pregnancy, a currency collapse, a Nazi ceremony that requires the invasion of a city that hasn't been invaded for a thousand years.
Sure. It's all just dominos. But -bringing it back to Nicki- that's how these girls fall.
31 is gonna be hella interesting. Guess I'll celebrate by seeing an opera about the country's most famous wizard.
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Local music clubs abound with holiday celebrations this week with Preservation Hall, Tipitina's, Snug Harbor and the House of Blues leading the way.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Bob French and Friends
Ray's Room, 9 p.m.
518 Frenchmen Street, Marigny
Tickets: $5
Last week, New Orleans legend Dave Bartholomew just happened to be sitting in the audience and, at the behest of Bob, even performed a few songs. I can only guess as to who might pop in tonight, but with the holidays upon us, and French's long list of friends, it could be a good night. For those not in the know, Bob French is a born and bread New Orleans drummer who's held a Monday night traditional Jazz jam session for years.
-----Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Phillip Manuel and Leah Chase
St. Louis Cathedral, 6 p.m.
Jackson Square, French Quarter
Tickets: Free
Resources: Phillip Manuel's website | Leah Chase's website
Saint Louis Cathedral continues their march towards Christmas with Phillip Manuel and Leah Chase headlining this Tuesday's concert series. Leah Chase's powerhouse vocal performances are the stuff of legend each year at Jazzfest, and Phillip Manuel's latest release, Swingin' in the Holidays should put the duo right on track for an incredible evening of music.
The Palmetto Bug Stompers
The Spotted Cat, 10 p.m.
623 Frenchmen Street, Marigny
Tickets: Free
Resources: The Stompers' website
One of Frenchmen Street's hottest aggregations has found a permanent weekly home. The Palmetto Bug Stompers are the result of the melding of several Marigny traditional Jazz and blues bands specializes in the sound that has solidified Frenchmen Street on the musical map of New Orleans.
-----Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Kermit Ruffins' Birthday Bash
The House of Blues, 8 p.m.
225 Decatur Street, French Quarter
Tickets: $15
Resources: House of Blues information | Ruffins' Basin Street page
The crowned prince of New Orleans merriment is celebrating his 29th birthday, for the 14th time. Slated on the bill are the ReBirth and Hot 8 brass bands along with Neshia Ruffins and host of Ruffins' closest friends.
-----Thursday, December 20, 2007
Li'l Buck Sinegal
The Ogden Museum of Art, 6 p.m.
925 Camp Street, Warehouse District
Tickets: $10
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Li'l Buck Sinegal is arguably "the best guitar slinger South Louisiana has to offer" (at least according to his press release) and is this week's featured performer for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's "After Hours" party. So take a break from the holiday mall madness and enjoy a couple hours of down-home music.
Spencer Bohren
Snug Harbor, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
626 Frenchmen Street, Marigny
Tickets: Contact club
Resources: Snug Harbor's website | Spencer Bohren's website
Master of the slide guitar Spencer Bohren brings his gospel inspired chords and lyrics to the close confines of Snug Harbor Thursday night. Bohren's latest release The Long Black Line (released in 2006) touched on the permanent mark left on both our homes and hearts by Katrina. Tonight's show however should be a bit more upbeat as this is Bohren's holiday jam session.
-----Friday, December 21, 2007
Better than Ezra (through Saturday)
The House of Blues, 8 p.m.
225 Decatur Street, French Quarter
Tickets: $27.50
Resources: The House of Blues' website | Better Than Ezra's website
Hometown alternative rockers Better Than Ezra are back and ready to ring in yet another holiday season. The band will perform two nights with Sons of William and AM opening Friday, then AM along with Jake Smith, Saturday.
The Nutcracker (through Sunday)
Dixon Hall, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tulane University, Uptown
Tickets: $25 - $55
Resources: The Philharmonic's website
It's not officially Christmas without the usual smattering of "Nutcracker" performances around town. This weekend's show at Dixon Hall matches the Delta Ballet with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Grenadine McGunkle's Double-Wide Christmas, (Friday and Saturday)
One Eyed Jacks, 7 p.m.
615 Toulouse Street, French Quarter
Tickets: $20
Resources: One Eyed Jacks' website | Running With Scissors' website
It's your last chance to catch my personal favorite holiday event. Join beloved trailer park maven Grenadine McGunkle as she attempts to pull together one of her famed Christmas Eve interfaith tailgate musical extravaganzas. Will Grenadine's coconut squirrel casserole be ready in time for the festivities? Will Clarice's dreams of marriage ever come to pass? And what in blue blazes could have arrived in that big ol' box from the Hogwalla county jail? Find out this week, or you'll never know!
-----Saturday, December 22, 2007
Phillip Manuel and John Boutte
Louisiana Music Factory, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
210 Decatur Street
Tickets: Free
Resources: LMF's website | Phillip Manuel's website |
Frantically searching for that special something for your special someone? How about the gift of local music? If your loved one loves the sounds of New Orleans, the Louisiana Music Factory should fit the bill, and if you really want to impress, both Phillip Manuel and John Boutte will be performing in-house shows this Saturday so go ahead and get that CD signed by the artist.
Terence Higgins' Swampgrease Funk Blowout
Tiptina's Uptown
501 Napoleon, Uptown
Tickets: $10
Resources: Tipitina's website | Terence Higgins' website
Nerves a bit frazzled after that day at the mall? Well get on down to Tipitina's Saturday night for some seriously stanky funk by the way of drummer Terence Higgins' jam session appropriately coined the "Swampgrease Funk Blowout." On the gig so far are keyboardist David Torkanowsky, sax man Roger Lewis, guitarist June Yamagichi, trumpeter Shamar Allen, Bobby Jordan, and bassist Cornell "Continental" Williams and more special guests.
Big Sam's Holiday Jam
The Blue Nile, 9 p.m.
532 Frenchmen Street, Marigny
Tickets: Contact club
Resources: The Blue Nile's website | Big Sam's website
Big Sam along with his Funky Nation ease into the enigmatic Blue Nile this weekend to throw down a funk-filled holiday jam session. Sam possesses an undeniable personality, as well as masterful chops that produce one of the loudest sounds in town. As with any local holiday jam session, keep a sharp eye out as many "special guest" are promised.
-----Sunday, December 23, 2007
Home for the Holidays
The House of Blues, 7:30 p.m.
225 Decatur Street, French Quarter
Tickets: $30 - $125
Resources: The House of Blues' website | The Daniel Price Memorial Fund's website
"Home for the Holidays" is a benefit concert for the Daniel Price Foundation for Aspiring Artists. Price, a local artist, was murdered by a mugger on a San Francisco sidewalk in December of 2003. Shortly after the murder, his father set up the fund to provide grants to college-bound graduates of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The concert features the RebBirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, and special guests Jonathan Batiste, John Boutte and Rockin' Dopsie. A special patrons party featuring a performance by Irma Thomas precedes the event.
-----Monday, December 24, 2007
A Creole Christmas Eve
Preservation Hall, 2:30 p.m.
726 St. Peter Street, French Quarter
Tickets: $15 - $20
Resources: Preservation Hall's website
Topsy Chapman, Big Al Carson and the St. Peter Street all stars will again fill Preservation Hall with the sounds of the season through their now annual "Creole Christmas Eve" celebration. The event is a great place for both kids and adults alike to cozy up with two of New Orleans finest musicians in a setting that just screams holiday cheer.
-----Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Marva Wright's Christmas Party
Tipitina's, 8 p.m.
501 Napoleon Avenue, Uptown
Tickets: $12
Resources: Tipitina's website | Marva Wright's website
Gifts open? Check! Belly fully? Check! Family visited? Check! Now that you've gotten all the holiday essentials out of the way, there's one more thing to check off the list: Marva Wright's Annual Christmas Show. This, the eight annual, features yet another all-star local lineup. Slated to appear are Marva Wright and her BMW's (of course), Irvin Mayfield, Ivan Neville, Kermit Ruffins, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Jo "Cool" Davis, Amanda Shaw, Nu Beginnings, B.J. Crosby, Veda Love, Danon Smith, Judy Spellman, Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolia Indians, James "Satchmo" Andrews, Rockin' Dopsie, Ceasar Elloie and whomever else happens to be in town.


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There is an urge in the American business culture toward efficiency in thought, word, and deed. How does an Irishman survive? Thomas Cahill offers some advice.
There is an urge in the American business culture toward efficiency in thought, word, and deed. Words are trimmed, crisp explanations are valued highly, and real results override almost every other consideration. Americans have an aversion to inefficiencies, and intolerance for whiners. "Want some cheese with that whine?" is a not uncommon phrase in commercial offices around the US.
For example, when I first arrived in the US one of the things I noticed was that their streets are brilliantly organized. Their towns look as if the Germans were given free rein on an Irish beet field. Streets were formed in a grid with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc in one direction and crosswise streets were named after, well, dead presidents. So if I wanted to meet you I would say "I'll meet you at Lincoln and 6th." How could you get lost? It's common sense institutionalized. If you ask for directions Americans will always oblige because they are a civil people. Unfortunately for them, and me, their system is so simple I didn't get it initially.
If I wanted to go from Austin to Corpus Christi my American guide would say "Well, just go south on 1-35 for 250 miles take the "Such-and-so" exit follow the ramp around under the highway and stay east. That should put you in downtown Corpus Christi". Where are left and right? How do I know which direction is East? Or South for that matter?
With the best American directions in America's well-organized highway system, I could not easily find my way until a kindly New Yorker, with whom I was traveling the nation on sales calls, said, "Look for the sun. In the morning it is in the East. In the afternoon it is in the West." Well, I knew that! "To drive North in the morning, make sure the sun is shining in your right window. To go north in the afternoon make sure the sun is shining in your left window." I had not connected those particular dots. Americans have sun you see. They get to practice. Or is it practise?
The impact on America, of this drive for evermore efficiency, is the sense one has that Americans are living to work rather than working to live. Personal responsibility is paramount throughout the system. Don't look for a socialist safety net as we have in Europe. Vacations are two weeks and if you save for your pension you will have one. The Social Security (old age pension) cheque will not cover basics for the average American as we speak.
If the idea that you are totally responsible for your own financial survival is impressed on you in your youth you will soon develop that focused intensity that one sees in many Americans. As painful as it appears to us it is probably the best way to run a country because people are free to screw up their lives but they can also end up millionaires in retirement if the start early enough and do so with a small portion of their monthly income. I think that many older middle class Americans inherently believe that assistance from the government is tantamount to taking a train to serfdom. Naturally there are other Americans who think the opposite because this is America after all and you are free to screw up.
Now, how are you to make your way through this landscape? Firstly acknowledge to yourself that this is a personal responsibility environment. Never assume that someone else is going to do something at a given time. You cover that base if it is important to you. You will soon win friends among serious business people. Follow up thoroughly to help others meet your goals and theirs. Never miss a meeting.
Oh, never point out a person's weakness in public however great the temptation. Americans are conditioned to living with such a variety of people that ad hominem attacks in business meetings are really considered destructive in the extreme even when substantial constructive criticism is fully justified. Stick to the technical aspects of the criticism and allow efficiency to prevail.
Then wait in a dark ally with a "tubafor". OK that last was totally not necessary, although thinking that a few "south ends of North bound horses" have deserved a good "can of whoopass" expressed in the form of 2x4 "up side of the head" is fully understandable, as any red-blooded American will tell you. Hey man, "E Pluribus Unum" is tough.
Thomas A. Cahill © 2004 firstname.lastname@example.com
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An armed man struck an employee at Chu's Eatery on Southeast Powell Boulevard and 171st Avenues in the face with a handgun Saturday morning and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Portland police responded to a call at 11:19 a.m. that two men, one armed with a handgun, walked into the restaurant and demanded cash.
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WESTFIELD – In September of 2003, John Uplinger of North Tonawanda, N.Y, had a motorcycle accident on the New York Thruway.
He suffered spinal column damage, leaving him paralyzed in both legs.
Nearly eight years after that horrific experience, Uplinger served as goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres, and raised a trophy emblematic of the Adult Division championship in the New England Invitational Sled Hockey Tournament, hosted by Amelia Park rink.
Sled hockey is a sport for the physically disabled. Players maneuver their single-runner sleds by using one stick to push off and another to handle the puck. If certain players don't have the physical ability to handle both sticks, they can be assisted by "pushers." Otherwise, the game has the same rules and penalties as regular hockey.
"There was a time after the accident when they thought I wasn't going to make it, but I'm alive and I'm playing hockey. I love it," Uplinger said.
His Buffalo team won the Adult Division title with a 5-4 overtime decision against the Northeast Passage Wildcats, a team sponsored by the University of New Hampshire.
Buffalo also took the Junior Division championship. This one went to a shootout, with Jared Cutler's goal clinching a 3-2 victory over the Virtua Wings of Steel, from Voorhees, N.J.
Both Buffalo entries are sponsored and encouraged by the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. Their players often work with the sled hockey teams at their practices.
Uplinger, 44, is senior man on the senior Sabres. He was playing only his seventh game in goal.
"Going into overtime, I was wondering what I'd do during a shootout, but Jeff (teammate Jeff DeGlopper) took care of that when he scored the winner," Uplinger said.
Before his accident, the Buffalo goalie played hockey and baseball.
"I'm still involved with baseball as a coach with my son's Little League team," he said.
This New England tourney attracted 16 entries.
"I think this is the most amazing sporting event in the valley," said Carol Appleton, director of the Amelia Park rink. She also serves as coach of the Western Mass. Knights, a senior team, and the Springfield Sliders, a junior team made up mainly of patients at Shriners Hospital in Springfield.
"Spectators who come here soon find out how intense and competitive these players are. And once again, this tournament drew wonderful support from the community," Appleton said.
Dale Wise of Needham, the man who brought sled hockey to New England in 2000, served as supervisor of the tournament.
"To see both finals go into overtime, that shows how hard fought and well played these games can be. Yet, when they're over, the players get together, relax and enjoy the camaraderie of their sport," Wise said.
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Staying up for World Cup better than nightmare
We gather at odd hours of the night. Its a solitary existence, connected by a common passion. Our houses glow blues and greens from the windows at 3:30 in the morning. Sitting in the dark, we mute our screams so we dont wake other members of the house.
Im not a vampire, but when the World Cup is played half a world away, we have no other choice than becoming creatures of the night.
Ive finally learned the difference between Zinedine Zidane, a French soccer star, and Xenedrine, a weight loss product.
My 24-year-old friend Doug retired from his job so he could watch the games at night and sleep during the day.
The hours will be easier Sunday when the U.S. takes on Korea at 11:25 p.m.
With Federal Ways significant Korean population, the game will have special interest around here.
A lot of people in Federal Way will be watching that game, said city councilman Mike Park. It should be very interesting.
Both host-country Korea and the U.S. were surprise winners in first-round games, setting the stage for Sundays match up. The winner of Sundays game will almost assuredly qualify for the next round.
The game is especially interesting on the heels of the Olympics, where Federal Way native Apolo Ohno was awarded the gold medal after the apparent winner, a Korean skater, was disqualified.
So where is everybody going to watch the game? The Woo Rae Ok restaurant in Ross Plaza said they would be showing the game if they can get their big screen TV up and running.
Park said he would probably watch the game at his sisters house. I dont think were invited.
If youre not sure where to watch the game, players from the Seattle Sounders are meeting to watch the Sundays World Cup game at The Attic in Madison Park, Seattle. Kick off is 11:30 p.m.
We risk lack of sleep knowing very well that well be zombies at our jobs the next day. But when the World Cup only comes around once every four years, who needs to be awake for work? Take a victory nap.
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Halle Berry may be one of Hollywood's biggest stars today, but she actually was born in Cleveland. Her birth name was Maria Halle Berry, with her parents choosing her middle name after Halle's Department Store, then a Cleveland landmark.
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*Syracuse is now 0-2 at Husky Stadium. They lost there in 1973 as well 21-7.
*Doug Hogue was a game captain along with Ryan Bartholomew, Rob Long, and
Delone Carter.
*Syracuse has scored on their opening possession in both games so far this season.
*Ryan Nassib's first quarter TD run was the first of his SU career.
*Derrell Smith had a career high 14 tackles, including 9 solo tackles.
*Just in case you missed it, Charlie Loeb made a cameo appearance on a few snaps at the end of the game. He went 2-for-2 for 22 yards.
*Delone Carter is now 18th on the SU all-time rushing list.
*If I ever watch a game again where Warren Moon is the color commentator, a
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The bad news is the NHL lockout will end sometime.
The good news is it hasn't happened yet.
Those paradoxical statements are made after watching the Springfield Falcons break from the gate with two impressive victories over the weekend.
Two schools of thought exist over how the NHL stoppage will affect its minor-league teams. One is that a closed-down NHL is bad for hockey, period, and no argument of its potential benefits overrides that.
The counterpoint is the AHL is now home to many young players who would be otherwise playing in the NHL. That upgrades the product, making it appealing to fans hungry to watch good hockey.
My own view, which was not developed from two Falcons victories but was supported by them, is a team like Springfield gets a bigger break when the NHL is idle.
That is because such a team gets whacked harder than most when the NHL does play.
The early returns suggest the Falcons are skilled, but moreover, they are deep – for a change.
It would not take many injuries in Columbus (or for that matter, in Springfield) to change that. The parent Blue Jackets don't have the reservoir of stars found on some other teams, so they have no choice but to reach down on the farm for help.
Every AHL team loses players to the NHL. That's the entire point of the league, but AHL teams from the deeper organizations are in better shape to absorb the losses.
Sending a handful of Springfield players to Columbus would have its effect on the Falcons. Cam Atkinson is one of several examples of a player whose presence makes Springfield a much better team.
The end of the lockout will not transform the Falcons from a good team to a poor one. One issue related to fan interest, though, is whether a contending team would draw bigger crowds.
No one knows the answer, but it would be nice to find out. A good running start to the season would give us a chance to see.
The earliest signs are all positive. If anything, Springfield's 4-2 win over St. John's on opening night was not as close as the score indicated.
The Falcons followed up with a shutout win over Adirondack Sunday. It was good hockey to watch, NHL or no NHL.
Hockey people will never say the NHL lockout is good for the sport, but it might have some benefits for the Falcons.
NHL fans are pleading for their league to return, but after watching our local team this weekend and wanting it to succeed, I would tell the geniuses on the NHL labor front not to rush.
Lockout could have its benefits for the AHL's Falcons
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Leucotomy: a qualified defence of 'then'
Leucotomy (known as lobotomy in the US) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are the only physical treatments for mental illness devised in the 1930s that are still used today. Few drugs were available at this time, other than sedatives and amphetamines. The new treatments offered hope for patients with severe psychotic illness, the severely anxious, obsessional or depressed, and those exhibiting violently disturbed behaviour, all of whom were many in number.
In 1942, Freeman and Watts1 described a 'standard' leucotomy technique to divide all white matter in the coronal plane quickly and simply. This operative procedure was used in 84% of >10 000 patients given leucotomies in England and Wales from 1942 to 1954.2 The results were rather poor, especially in chronic schizophrenia. While standard leucotomy could alleviate suffering, it too often produced severe frontal lobe symptoms, with accompanying personality changes. Soon clinicians were trying 'modified' leucotomies targeted at more limited areas of the brain.
One such technique was the rostral leucotomy pioneered by Wylie McKissock. I became involved with this procedure in 1952, when as a research fellow at St George's Hospital, London, I began a follow‐up study of McKissock's first 240 patients.3,,4 In contrast to earlier reports on large series of mostly schizophrenic patients, many already seriously damaged by illness and institutionalization, some 75% of McKissock's patients had psychoneurotic or depressive disorders. I assessed the results as 'good' in 42%, and 'worthwhile' in a further 20%. Results were 'good' in 50% of the patients with affective disorders: personality changes were no more than slight in 95%. Had more intensive rehabilitation been available after the operation, the results might have been even better. These were patients unresponsive to other available treatments, and the results supported the continued use of this form of leucotomy. However, the all too frequent damage done by standard leucotomy coloured the perception of psychosurgery in general, including the more limited techniques, in the minds of doctors and patients alike. By the time the need for controlled trials was recognized, the damage had been done.
In the more paternalistic medical culture in which leucotomy was first proposed, questions of consent were considered less seriously than they are today. Leucotomy in the form, for example, of stereotactic tractotomy and cingulectomy is still used occasionally at a few neurosurgical centres, mainly for intractable depression (especially in the elderly) and for obsessional illness. However, the Mental Health Act (1983) forbids psychosurgery without the consent of both the patient and the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC). MHAC approval is given only after thorough assessment by three Commission members, including a psychiatrist. I performed this function over three years in the 1980s, and found it much harder, more worrying and a more controversial task than making a clinical decision 20 or 30 years ago.
Past practice may only be judged fairly when its context is understood: simply applying current ethical standards and the wisdom of hindsight not only over‐denigrates the past, but underestimates the future. Consideration as to how much of our current best clinical practice will be deemed inadequate 50 years from now gives us a fairer standard by which to judge our past decisions.
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FLINT, MI -- The MLive.com Game of the Week was created last fall to give special attention to some great matchups across the football field and the basketball court. On Friday, Fenton and Swartz Creek will meet up for the second time this season in what is surely the best game this Friday between two league foes with only one loss between them.
The Tigers are undefeated and Swartz Creek's only loss was to Fenton in December. While the Flint Metro League showdown will be one to watch, other local teams will also be battling it out in key league and non-conference matchups. Here are five games to keep an eye on in the coming days:
Freeland (12-1) at Goodrich (12-1) - girls basketball
Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Goodrich High School
The Lowdown: There may not be a better Class B girls regular season matchup than the game between Goodrich and Freeland on Saturday night. The Martians are the reigning state champions and haven't lost to a Michigan team in almost two full seasons, sitting at No. 1 in the AP poll since the beginning of the year. Two spots down, Freeland is sitting at No. 3 after their first loss of the season to Saginaw Nouvel last Tuesday. While Goodrich defeated Grand Rapids Catholic Central by seven points to hoist the trophy last March, Freeland came within one victory of matching up against the Martians then, falling to Catholic Central in the semifinals.
Key matchup: Freeland senior Tori Jankoska is one of the best girls players in Michigan, across all classes. On Tuesday, the Michigan-State bound Jankoska scored her 2,000th career point and helped Freeland score an 83-46 victory over Alma. While Jankoska is a clear Ms. Basketball candidate, Goodrich has their own senior leader in Taylor Gleason. The Illinois-bound Gleason may not have the stats to match Jankoska, but that is because Gleason has someone to share the load with in sophomore Tania Davis. Jankoska and Gleason have Big Ten matchups to look forward to in college, but Davis may be the difference in this huge Saturday night showdown.
Pinckney (5-8) at Grand Blanc (12-0) - boys basketball
Tipoff: 7 p.m. Friday, Grand Blanc High School
The Lowdown: On Tuesday, Grand Blanc scored a come-from-behind 67-45 victory over Brighton to clinch a share of the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title. Earlier in the day, the Bobcats moved into the top 10 in Class A in the latest AP rankings, entering in 10th place with 30 points. With a league title in sight and the possibility of moving up in the rankings, the Bobcats still have a lot to play for against 5-8 Pinckney. Grand Blanc won the first matchup between these two teams, 57-49, on Jan. 11 at Pinckney. It is the Bobcats' only single-digit victory over a league opponent this season, so Pinckney may be the team with the best chance to hand Grand Blanc its first loss.
Key matchup: Of Pinckney's eight losses this season, only two were by 10 or more points. Their defense keeps them in games, but last time against Grand Blanc, they allowed three Bobcats to score double-digit points. Sharing the rock has been a characteristic of Grand Blanc all season, with no one player outshining anyone else for very long. K.J. Miller, Alex Brackett and Bart Williams all scored 12 points on Jan. 11 and David Battle and Tre'Von Avery weren't far behind with eight apiece. Grand Blanc's depth has worked to its advantage all season and it should help the Bobcats come one step closer to wrapping up a league title Friday.
Davison (13-2) at Flint Powers Catholic (9-5) - girls basketball
Tipoff: 7 p.m. Friday, Flint Powers Catholic High School
The Lowdown: As basketball teams enter the last month of the regular season, Davison is coming closer and closer to claiming the Saginaw Valley League South title. After a 0-2 start, the Cardinals have not lost a game and are 13-2 on the season and 9-0 in league play. Flint Powers Catholic is second in the standings but has lost two games, once to Davison and once to Flushing. Still, the Chargers are riding a hot streak into Friday's contest, having won six straight games since falling to 3-5 after the Flushing loss. If Powers hopes to have a chance at a league title, they will need to upend Davison now.
Key matchup: The engine that has kept Davison going this season is a senior core made up of five starting players. While players like Kolbie Brow and Tori Bellamy have stood out statistically, others like Morgan Hitchcock and Leela Leach off the bench are just as capable of taking over a game. The Cardinals have multiple girls score double-digit points each night and they stop teams by racking up the assists and playing a pressure defense. The Chargers are a solid team, but Davison has the look of a squad capable of making a deep March run.
Lapeer East (2-11) at Lapeer West (9-4) - boys basketball
Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Lapeer West High School
The Lowdown: The two Lapeer schools are going in different directions this season, with West coming into their own late in the season and East still struggling against quality opponents. Still, when these two schools match up against each other, all bets are off. The Panthers won the first game, 66-49, on Dec. 14 after struggling much of the first half. West has lost games against good teams like Fenton and Holly, but it has also fallen to lesser teams such as Kearsley and Clio. East, on the other hand, has won only two games, both against winless Linden.
Key matchup: The one-two duo of Cullen Turczyn and Zeshawn Jones-Parker has been behind much of the Panthers success this season. In the last matchup against East, Turczyn led the way for West with 25 points and Jones-Parker was close behind with 13 points. On Monday in the Panthers victory over Flint Northwestern, Jones-Parker was the leader with a game-high 26 points and seven rebounds while Turczyn recorded 17 points and eight assists. West is looking to close the regular season out strong and it starts Friday against East.
Genesee (9-4) at New Lothrop (11-2) - girls basketball
Tipoff: 7 p.m. Thursday, New Lothrop High School
The Lowdown: The Genesee Area Conference Blue Division is stacked at the top with two one-loss teams in Hamady and Burton Bendle followed by New Lothrop and Genesee in third and fourth place, respectively. New Lothrop has lost only two games this season, but both came at the hands of Hamady and Bendle. However, the Hornets showed they are capable of playing with elite teams in the losses as they lost by only two to Bendle and by seven to Hamady. Like New Lothrop, Genesee has also lost games against Hamady and Bendle, but the Wolves also fell to New Lothrop on Dec. 13. Genesee's games against the top two teams, however, were closer than their matchup against the Hornets, as they fell 51-25 at home.
Key matchup: New Lothrop has the ability to score points with players like Brittany and Emily Severn and Hailey Peterson. But the key to the Hornets' success this year has been their stingy defense. In New Lothrop's 11 victories, they have allowed a team to score more than 20 points only six times, and a team has never reached 30. In the first matchup between New Lothrop and Genesee, the Wolves scored only 11 points in the first half. While Genesee was one of the few teams to score more than 20 points against the Hornets, they will need a better offensive night to get a win at New Lothrop.
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Police are calling for witnesses to the robbery, which happened about 2.30pm at Kattlers Deli on Pace Road.
A police spokesman said the man had been carrying a large knife or a sword.
In another armed hold-up, a man stole a quantity of cash from a liquor store in Ocean Reef last night.
About 8pm, a man wearing a balaclava entered the Liquor Barons on Marine Boulevard.
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The works of Spanish artist Alicia Framis and other artists are turning the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art in the eastern Dutch city of Arnhem into runways this summer with exhibitions that show the role of fashion in the cutting-edge contemporary art.
The show at the MMKA runs until late September and features exhibitions on the work of Framis, Dutch illustrator Piet Paris and promising Dutch designers.
The most outstanding exhibition of the summer is a grand retrospective of the work of Framis, who was born in Barcelona in 1967.
Framis has become famous around the world in the past two decades for her irreverent works and shows that focus on the social milieu.
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Think of a popsicle, and odds are you imagine the kind of brightly colored, drippy frozen treat you once sucked out of a plastic sleeve at summer camp. But the popsicle isn't just for kids. Around New York, we've seen a number of chefs and sweets-makers doing new and exciting things with the form. Here are four to look out for.
People's Pops
New York's original artisanal ice pop makers, People's Pops takes seasonal fruit and herbs and uses them in bold, exciting flavors: sweet blackberry and cantaloupe, perhaps, or roasted apricot and lavender. They've got locations in just about every food-lover's hot spot, including Chelsea Market, Smorgasburg, Brooklyn Flea, High Line and more. multiple locations, peoplespops.com
Nightingale 9
This Brooklyn restaurant, which puts a modern spin on Vietnamese fare, serves popsicles for dessert, all of which are inspired by flavors from the Southeast Asian country. There's a Vietnamese coffee popsicle, with a coffee flavor on one side and sweetened condensed milk on the other; and a palm sugar popsicle, served with peanut brittle and benne seeds. 345 Smith St., Brooklyn, 347-689-4699, nightingale9.com
ABC Cocina
This new upscale Latin restaurant, from the team behind the wildly successful ABC Kitchen, does a trio of popsicles, in mango, pineapple basil, and chocolate coconut flavors. After overindulging at dinner, a refreshing popsicle might be all the dessert you need. 38 East 19th St., 212-677-2233, abccocinanyc.com
La Newyorkina
Fany Gerson has made a name for herself with a focus on the Latin sweets of her childhood. Her excellent paletas, Mexican ice pops, come in flavors including mango-chile, avocado, and tamarind. Multiple locations, lanewyorkina.com


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LANSING, MI – Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is expected to deliver a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that relies on furlough days and other cuts to close a nearly $5 million deficit.
Bernero told MLive media affiliate WLNS that city employees could be required to take up to one furlough day per week unless they're willing to make concessions to offset healthcare costs.
"The more savings we can identify in healthcare, the fewer furlough days," Bernero told WLNS.
Without concessions, city employees would also run the risk of being laid off.
The city has already outsourced the jobs of 51 seasonal
workers to a private landscaping company in Macomb County in an effort to save money.
Bernero said falling property taxes, along with rising health care and pension costs, are to blame for the deficit, but it could have been much worse.
In November, Lansing voters approved a millage to fund police officers, firefighters and road repair. The tax is expected to generate over $7 million annually.
The city had predicted a fiscal year 2013 deficit of $12 to $15 million without the millage.
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Israel "Cachao" Lopez
Israel Cachao Lopez (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as Cachao (pronounced kah- CHOW) is a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been described as the inventor of the mambo. He is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions).
Lopez played the acoustic bass with his late brother, multi- instrumentalist Orestes Lopez. The brothers composed literally thousands of songs together and were heavily influential on Cuban music from the 1930s to the 1950s. They introduced the ritmo nuevo (new rhythm) in the late 1930s, which transformed the danzón by introducing African rhythms into Cuban music, which led to mambo.Read more


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Shelley Duncan's RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Indians a 3-2 victory over the White Sox in the second game of a day-night doubleheader at Progressive Field. The Tribe won the opener, 8-6.
Rain stopped play in the top of the eighth. The delay began at 9:09 and lasted 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Tribe right-hander Josh Tomlin had exited with one out in the eighth and runners on first and second. He was relieved by Dan Wheeler before the delay, which came with the Tribe leading, 2-1. Joe Smith entered the game after the delay; Wheeler never pitched.
Smith gave up an RBI single to Alex Rios to tie it. With runners on first and third, Smith fell behind Adam Dunn, 3-1. After taking a strike that he thought was a ball, Dunn tapped to Smith, who triggered a 1-6-3 double play.
Asdrubal Cabrera led off the Tribe eighth with a bloop single into right-center against lefty Matt Thornton. Carlos Santana's bloop to right-center pushed Cabrera to third.
After Travis Hafner popped out, Duncan hit a liner into the left-field corner. Duncan entered at 3-for-20 with runners in scoring position.
Tony Sipp pitched the ninth for the save. He walked pinch-hitter Paul Konerko with two outs. Tyler Flowers hit a bomb foul on the first pitch before striking out.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the fifth. Dayan Viciedo singled and moved to third on Flowers' double into the left-field corner. Brent Morel had an RBI grounder to short, Flowers advancing to third.
With the infield in, Alejandro De Aza grounded sharply to second baseman Jason Kipnis, who made a short-hop pick on the glove side and held Flowers at third. Gordon Beckham grounded to third baseman Jason Donald, whose throw to first was wide but reeled in by Santana stretching toward right field.
The Indians answered with two runs in their half of the inning. The first two batters went quietly against lefty Eric Stults, then No. 9 Lou Marson worked the count full and walked. Marson was hitting .059 and slugging .118 at the time.
With Michael Brantley at the plate, Marson shocked the White Sox -- and probably teammates -- by attempting to steal. Catcher Flowers had the ball pop out of his hand, but he never would have gotten Marson, who swiped his first bag in his first attempt this season.
Brantley grounded a single through the hole at second to drive in his fourth run of the day. It was Cleveland's second hit off Stults. Brantley took second on the throw through, which proved significant when Kipnis singled to right. Brantley scored easily.
Soon thereafter, rain began to fall in earnest. It intensified in the top of the seventh.
Stults gave up the two runs in six innings before giving way to Will Ohman.
Tomlin got the first out of the eighth, but walked De Aza and gave up a single to Gordon Beckham. Moments after Tribe manager Manny Acta hooked Tomlin for Wheeler, the tarp was ordered on the infield.
De Aza led off the game with a pop to shallow left. It hung in the air for a while but ended up falling in the middle of a triangle formed by left fielder Shelley Duncan, center fielder Brantley and shortstop Cabrera.
Tomlin bowed his neck and got Beckham swinging, Alex Rios on a pop to second and Adam Dunn on a fly to center. Brantley caught Dunn's ball against the wall near the Tribe bullpen.
Cabrera singled up the middle with two outs in the bottom of the first.
In the White Sox second, Alexei Ramirez led off with a grounder to short. Cabrera fielded cleanly but threw high to Santana. Kosuke Fukudome and Viciedo struck out.
With Flowers in a 1-0 count, Ramirez decided to test Tomlin and Marson. Tomlin's pitch was a ball but Marson's throw to second was a strike, erasing Ramirez.
In 2010, Tomlin's first season, opposing runners were 2-for-3 attempting to steal. Last year, no one attempted in his 165 1/3 innings. This year, runners are 0-for-2.
The White Sox put runners on first and second with one out in the fourth. Ramirez failed to check his swing on a 1-2 pitch and Fukudome grounded to second. Fukudome's ball took a tough hop but Kipnis handled it.
Tomlin allowed two hits, walked one and struck out five through four. The strikeout total was high for Tomlin, but he was facing the White Sox, who entered the night with 235 strikeouts and 85 walks.
The Indians threatened in the fourth. Cabrera and Santana drew one-out walks but were stranded when Travis Hafner struck out and Duncan fouled to first.
The White Sox recalled Stults, 32, from Class AAA early Monday. He was a non-roster invitee to White Sox spring training.


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The United States remains one of only seven countries that have not ratified CEDAW [2](the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women). CEDAW is an international agreement on basic human rights for women and the most broadly endorsed human rights treaty within the United Nations, having been ratified by over 90% [3] of UN member states. CEDAW outlines human rights such as the right to live free from violence, the ability to go to school, and access to the political system. It is clear that CEDAW is working in countries such as Australia, South Africa and Uganda who have incorporated CEDAW provisions into their constitution and domestic legal codes, and Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, who have seen increased literacy rates amongst women [2] in their countries after ratifying CEDAW. And yet, CEDAW has failed to make progress in the United States. Despite the fact that CEDAW was adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly and has been voted on favorably twice since then on a bipartisan basis by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, CEDAW has never been brought to the Senate floor for a vote [2]. It is time to act, as our window of opportunity is rapidly closing.
In the spirit of action, the CEDAW Task Force of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, co-sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions [4], the National Women's Law Center [5], the American Civil Liberties Union [6], and the YWCA [7], has declared this week a Week of Action on CEDAW to push for ratification. In its call for action, the Task Force released the following statement:
Time and time again President Obama has declared his support for women worldwide and announced that the ratification of the CEDAW Treaty was an important priority. Now we need him to show leadership in advancing women and girls' rights around the world. As women and men who believe in the basic rights of women and girls worldwide – the right to live free from violence, the ability to go to school, and access to the political system – we need President Obama to send a strong and urgent signal to the Senate that ratification of CEDAW is vital [8].
In honor of this week, The National Council for Research on Women invited leaders and experts to comment on why it is critical that the United States ratify CEDAW and what ordinary citizens can do to facilitate the treaty's ratification.
June Zeitlin, Director of the CEDAW Education Project at The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, said that the time is ripe for CEDAW [9].
Allie Bohm from ACLU [6] points out that moving slow is essentially Congress's MO and it is up to the American public "light a fire [10]" and push Obama to move on CEDAW.
Margot Baruch, from the Center for Women's Global Leadership [11], points to San Francisco's success in becoming the first American municipality to adopt CEDAW [12], and the major benefits the city has gained from doing so, and looks to the possibilities of a world with CEDAW.
Linda Tarr-Whelan, former Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, former Deputy Assistant for Women's Concerns to President Carter and a Demos [13] Distinguished Senior Fellow recalls her time working with President Jimmy Carter at the time CEDAW was first adopted [14], and its failure to become ratified. She indicates the many problems that still remain in our country, and how CEDAW could close persistent gaps in women's equality.
Don Kraus, CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions [4] and the co-chair of the CEDAW Task Force of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, calls to us to further CEDAW, indicating that while support on both sides of the aisle is apparent, it is our voices that must push our Senators into action [15]. As Don writes "Don't just call your Senators office…Send them $10,000 checks with 'VOID UNTIL CEDAW PASSES' written over the front. It's time to misbehave, get loud, and make history."


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Although he is very busy this time of year the Apalachin Lions Club has persuaded Santa Clause to take phone calls for three nights in early December. Santa has been happy to do this for the children in the area for many years and is looking forward to again talking to his many young friends so he will know what they want for Christmas. To talk to Santa call 625-HOHO (625-4646) between 6 PM and 8 PM on December 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.