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Melo's IQ is not an issue. He's a Gold Medalist, NCAA Champ, and perennial all-star. We win as a team and lose as a team. And in a team players have roles and responsibilities; Melo is a primary scorer and he actually did drive the rock. The pacers killed us on the boards because we don't rebound; because we're used to being jumpshot and tap-out happy. This was the culmination to what happens with our style, going cold, and being denied inside.
The answer is simple because it's mostly offensive, yet elusive. Either we:
1. calm down and hit our jumpers consistently (we lost the 2nd and 4th qtrs on Sun).
2. TC wakes up and invigorates the P&R game.
3. We get hungry, adapt to a tough inside game, start rebounding, and grind-it-out.
or we lose.
If anyone thinks "ISO-ball" is why we lost game 1 you have no understanding of the game of basketball
Melo not only had the highest +/- but when he went out in the 3rd quarter the Pacers lead shot up to 16 points
Melo had 1/3 of our rebounds, got no help on the glass, we had no help side defense and sucked in transition
but if you guys wanna blame iso-ball then go ahead, hope it makes you feel better
because Miami the best ball moving team in the league just lost, guess it was because of iso-ball too
And if memory serves me correct this was not the first time we played iso-ball. I believe the last scoring champ from Ny was primarily iso ball. The King would carry the team literally on his back to win games. Georgetown's favorite man P Ewing played iso ball as Mark Jackson would do nothing but feed Patrick and watch him work. Iso-ball works when you have a prolific scorer and we have that guy. We are also blessed with some good role players who unfortunately did not show up on Sunday (TC, JR). Once they wake up we will forget this conversation and this thread. And ohh let's not forget the hidden gem which will be STAT when he returns on Saturday. This is going to be good my friends... real good!
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EXACTLY!! Bottom line is this is how the sixers played with AI,this is how the cavs played with James,this is how Denver played with Melo,this is how the knicks are playing now with melo and smith.Add all of that together and you have ZERO championships. Teams cannot win titles playing that way and that's a fact!!
ball movement had nothing to do with this loss, at all, we actually moved the ball pretty well but Indiana really locked up on our guys in the 2nd half so we have to go to Melo
We all know you hate Melo and thats fine but this is a Knick issue not a Melo issue and we play nothing like the Sixers in 2001
Do you not realize the consequence of Melo/JR Iso Ball....
. We are so predictable.
We do not wear the defense down.
. Melo/JR put so much energy into scoring we lose their best effort on defense....remember these are 40 and 36 minute players.....we need them 100% on the defensive end.
There is no doubt at the end of the game you want the Ball in Melo's hand BUT only if we have spent the first 3 quarters wearing down the defense and wearing down Melo with all this ISO ball.......
When you look back at a few games this season Melo was just unbelievable.............Look back on the boards and you would hear " Melo was a Beast on the boards " and " If Melo plays Defense like that he is the MVP " this is stuff Melo needs to do every night....
Now the question for you guys is why does Melo not do it ????? Or JR ???
My answer is that when you spend too much time of each shot clock playing ISO ball it wears down 1 defender only and at the same time totally wear down the ISO Player. You have seen time and time again Melo and JR not sprinting back and you need to say either they do not care or they are just wiped.....has to be something....
Last night Noah sprinted back on every possession.....Is it too much to ask Melo and JR to do the same ?
Last night you saw Nate breakdown an exhausted Miami team at the end.....Do you think they got exhausted by the Bulls playing ISO ? or better they were exhausted from the bulls ball movement and tough defense...
**** Big Chief .......look at the Bulls scorers.......please do not tell me Melo has nobody to pass too.....This is the NBA ...find an open man for an easy shot.............*********
I 100% want the ball in Melos hands at the end....after we have played 3 quarters of moving the ball and wearing down our opponent both on the offensive end with ball movement and on the defensive end with pure hustle and never allowing an open shot......
Its so simple.........Dont be so sensitive Melo......I at least agree he is a super ball player........
Could anyone imagine Melo or JR playing in Chicago under Their coach...........


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MARS HILL, N.C. — The Mars Hill lacrosse team controlled the game from start-to-finish in a 19-0 victory over Lees-McRae in the Lions' season-opener Saturday afternoon at Meares Stadium.
Ten different Lions scored in the victory. Freshman Will Scott led MHC with three goals in a strong debut. Kile Garrett notched a team-high five points, picking up two goals and assisting on three others. Jamie Raezer, Anthony Malcolm, Dan Applebaum, Ryan Sage and Garrett Hargis each scored two goals, while A.J. Seip picked up a team-high six ground balls. Patrick McMahon made three saves to earn the victory in net. Mars Hill opens the season 1-0, while Lees-McCrae falls to 0-2.
Five Lions scored in the first quarter as Mars Hill built a 5-0 lead. Zach Tomkinson got MHC on the board just 48 seconds into the contest and added an assist later in the period. Raezer, Jimmy McBride, Scott and Hargis added goals in the period. The Lions outshot the Bobcats 13-2 in the opening frame.
Mars Hill exploded for nine goals in the second quarter to build a 14-0 lead. The Lions held a 19-2 advantage in shots on goal in the period. Garrett scored both his goals and assisted on another in the period. Frankie Riffe added his lone tally on the afternoon during the second stanza.
From then on out, the Lions controlled the clock, adding five goals over the final two periods. Jesse Mimken and Jack Grinewich each earned some action in goal and made two saves apiece. The Lions outshot the Bobcats 22-6 in the second half.
Mars Hill will face Roberts Wesleyan in a neutral contest at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. next Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3:00 p.m.

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November 16, 2006
Members Present: Dr. Louis Aikens, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffery Forlines, Ms. Anne Crowe, Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Daniel Frost, Dr. Norman Mirsky
Members Absent: Mr. Jack Caffrey, Mr. Jack Stafford, The Reverend Garry Moore, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, The Reverend James Palmer III
Call to Order – Chairman Norris Kantor
Chairman Norris Kantor called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. in the Hebert Gallery of the Bluefield State College Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center and asked for approval of the minutes from September 21 and October 19, 2006. Dr. Mirsky pointed out the omission of Mr. Stafford's name in the "Members Absent" list in the October minutes. With the correction noted, the motion was made (NMirsky/DFrost) to approve the minutes from both September and October. Motion carried.
President's Report – Dr. Albert Walker
Dr. Walker updated the Board on the following items:
- Status of Search for Director of Institutional Development and Planning – the make-up of the committee was discussed.
- Currently making appointments for legislative visits.
- 2007 Commencement Speaker will be Dr. Brian Noland, HEPC Chancellor.
- Dr. Walker announced his appointment by the Chancellor to the HEPC Master Plan Task Force.
- Congratulatory letters have been sent to election winners.
- BSC to be considered for extra funding due to Title III funding cut.
- An International Tea Social was hosted at the President's house for all International students.
- HEPC Multicultural Affairs grant proposal has been approved for $6,000. The proposal was written and submitted by Ms. Dedriell Taylor, Interim Director of Multicultural Affairs.
- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 a multicultural presentation was given by Chief Red Hawk of the Cherokee tribe in the BSC Basic Science Auditorium. BSC faculty, staff, students, and 300 students from Bluefield Intermediate School enjoyed Chief Red Hawk's visit.
- Dr. Walker announced that he will be attending the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Conference on November 20 – 22, 2006. He has been appointed to the Teacher Education Study Committee.
- BSC has been given the opportunity to submit a proposal to host the Governor's School of the Arts beginning in 2008. If selected, BSC would be hosting 80 high school juniors for 22 days during the summer of 2008.
Enrollment Management and Student Affairs – Mr. John Cardwell
Ms. Deirdre Guyton, Director of Alumni Affairs gave an update on fund raising efforts:
- Donation of real estate by Mr. William A. Brown. Ms. Elizabeth Pruett of First Century Bank is handling this donation.
- Brick Campaign – Ms. Guyton distributed information outlining the sale of bricks to raise money for the institution.
Mr. Cardwell gave an update on enrollment:
- Enrollment headcount is currently at 1,863 but should increase to 1,875 when all students have paid. The final total from last year was 1,790.
- Mr. Cardwell called the group's attention to the Fall Student Profile Analysis included in the packets previously received by Board members, and he reviewed the breakdown of the census data. He reviewed the number of students who transfer from New River Community and Technical College to BSC. Discussion followed.
Financial and Administrative Affairs – Ms. Shelia Johnson
- Ms. Johnson reviewed some of the items discussed at the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) meeting.
- A list of capital projects was distributed and discussed in priority order.
- Current Campus Projects – Ms. Johnson reported on the various projects in progress on campus. ADA access from the Library to Hatter Hall is well underway but will not be completed until summer 2007. The elevators in the Basic Science building are almost completed. The re-roofing of the PE building and Basic Science is about 30-40% complete but some problems have slowed progress. Discussion followed involving steps the College could consider taking in an effort to recover some of the costs incurred during the corrective measure taken by the roofing company while the re-roofing project proceeds.
- Reported on the various financial audits in progress or completed.
Academic Affairs – Dr. Don Smith
- Status Report on Nanotechnology at BSC – Mr. Frank Hart, Dean of Engineering was present to discuss nanotechnology and the capabilities of BSC to incorporate a program into the BSC curriculum. Discussion followed. Mr. Forlines asked that a detailed plan be presented to the Board at a later meeting and that Mr. Hart make a recommendation to the Board at that time.
Institutional Research and Effectiveness – Dr. Tracey Anderson
Dr. Anderson reviewed the Strategic Planning process and announced that meetings will begin after the Thanksgiving Holiday to begin working on the Strategic Plan.
Human Resources – Mr. David Lord
- Board of Governors' By-Laws – Mr. Lord shared copies of the comments received during the 30-day comment period and asked the Board to approve the by laws. Motion was made (NMirsky/ACrowe) to delete the paragraph on communications in Article 11 page 5. Discussion followed. Motion carried with one opposed. Chairman Kantor asked that a new paragraph be composed concerning communications and brought before the Board in January. Mr. Lord will seek advice from Mr. Bruce Walker (HEPC legal counsel) for alternative wording and report to the Board. Motion was made (DFrost/JForlines) to table approval of the by-laws until further information is received. Motion carried.
- Policy #24, Presidential Appointments, Responsibilities and Evaluation – Mr. Lord called the group's attention to the proposed resolution and background contained in the packet received prior to the meeting. Discussion followed. Motion was made (NMirsky/ACrowe) to remove the statement in Section 3.5 that says "or if the Board Policy restricts the authority" and replace it with the "or if the Board restricts the authority". Motion carried. Dr. Aikens asked for clarification on Section 126.96.36.199 "The Evaluation Team will maintain confidentiality of individual assessments and assure participants of this". Mr. Lord explained that the suggestion has been made to have the statement changed to read "The Evaluation Team will maintain confidentiality of individual assessments and the chair is to assure participants of this". The "chair" is the chair of the evaluation committee and not the chair of the Board. Dr. Aikens also asked that the word "assure" be changed to "inform". Motion was made (LAikens/DFrost) to make the changes discussed. Motion carried. Motion was made (LGuy/DFrost) to adopt the policy with the noted changes. Motion carried.
- Mr. Lord presented Policies 19 and 42 and asked for approval to put these policies out for a 30-day comment period. Motion was made (LAikens/NMirsky) to release Policies 19 and 42 for a 30-day comment period. Motion carried.
- Mr. Frost asked that the group begin to consider classified staff salary raises now in order to implement the increases in July 2007.
- Mr. Kantor asked for the feelings of the group to cancel the December BOG meeting unless urgent issues need discussion. The next meeting will be January 18, 2007.
With no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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The ongoing cold snap of the last month or so has been great for skiers and ice fishermen, but not so great for homeowners fighting high heating bills, or people who have had to travel in the many "nuisance storms" during the course of the winter. Municipalities along the river have been keeping a close eye out for ice jams and the resulting flooding that can occur during very cold weather. Not all the frozen water has been bad, though.
When water freezes, the molecules bond with each other in a crystal lattice that both solidifies the water and causes it to expand in volume by about 9% (enough to damage unprotected water pipes). The crystalline structure of ice is evident when observing snowflakes or heavy frost. Water is dynamic by its nature as it flows, drips, or condenses on an object, and when it freezes, the resulting ice formation variations can seem almost limitless.
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Talk with your teen about risky behavior
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Parents, you matter, so with prom and graduation season at hand, take time to talk with your teen about the dangers of underage drinking and drug use/abuse.
Did you know that alcohol is the No. 1 drug of choice among our youth? There are approximately 10.7 million underage drinkers in the U.S. and alcohol is the No. 1 preventable cause of death among youth.
Alcohol is currently being consumed by 14 percent of eight-graders, 29 percent of 10th-graders and 29 percent of 12th-graders. Nearly 8,000 youth drink alcohol for the first time each day.
Youth who begin drinking before age 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependency or abuse alcohol later in life. When drinking is delayed until 21, a person's risk of serious alcohol problems is reduced by 70 percent.
Alcohol is financially costly. Annually, underage drinking costs Ohioans an estimated $380 million in medical costs alone.
Alcohol is associated with risky behaviors. Underage alcohol use is linked to a variety of delinquent behaviors, plays a significant role in increased sexual behavior and an estimated 7 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds and 17 percent of 18- to 20-year-olds report having driven under the influence of alcohol in the past year. (Ohioans Partnering for Drug-Free Youth; 2008 NSDUH, National Center for Chronic Disease and Surgeon Generals' Call to Action).
A recent E-Science News article shows underage binge drinking (consuming large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time) can create lasting brain changes. According to Fulton Crews, PhD, University S.C., "Our findings suggest that individuals that drink heavily during adolescence may be more likely to have deficits in being able to adapt successfully to changing life situations as adults, possibly tied to chemical and/or structural changes in the frontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that allows us to predict consequences of our actions, control our impulses, refine our reasoning and evaluate short and long-term rewards."
What can we do? Talk to our kids about the dangers of alcohol and drugs. Give clear rules and find out what they already know. Start early. Make sure they know that you want them to be safe and avoid the things that can hurt them. Give them the facts. This can help them make good decisions. Set clear rules and help them resist the pressure to fit in. Set a good example. Remember, you are the parent first. The good news is that if we can get them to wait until they are 21, many of them will never drink at all.
Get help if you need it. Don't wait. Drug and alcohol addiction happens in all families. There are resources available online and many of these sites have interactive Facebook pages:email@example.com, thecoolspot.gov, notinmyhouse.drugfree.org and Don'tGetMeStartedOhio.org are just a few websites available for families. The parent handbook for talking to teens about alcohol's "Power of Parents" is available on the MADD website. This free parent handbook is a research based guide for starting the conversation about alcohol with your teen.
Know the underage drinking laws: as a parent you can not give alcohol to your teen's friends under the age of 21 under any circumstances, even in your own home, even with their parent's permission. You can not knowingly allow a person under 21, other than your own child, to remain in your home or on your property while consuming or possessing alcohol. Talk with other parents to make sure there will not be alcohol at parties your teen may be attending. Remember that "parents that host lose the most," a program of Ohio Parents for Drug-free youth.
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Deal reached on risk assessments of drug users
MONTPELIER A bill aimed at curbing heroin and opiate abuse by diverting low-level offenders to treatment programs rather than jail is on track to become law after House and Senate negotiators reached accord Thursday afternoon.
The legislation will provide new tools to courts and prosecutors to assess the risks and needs of defendants. It calls for county prosecutors to offer both pretrial screening and treatment programs to suspects before they are arraigned, when they are considered most likely to be willing to address their addiction.
Additional risk assessment tools are intended to help judges and prosecutors gather more information about each defendant when trying to determine if bail is warranted.
The Senate Judiciary Committee began working on the bill in January immediately after Gov. Peter Shumlin used nearly his entire State of the State address to highlight what he called a growing opiate and heroin problem. The governor declared a full-blown heroin crisis in Vermont, prompting national headlines and conversation about heroin use in Vermont and across the country.
The House and Senate passed slightly different versions of the bill, leading to the negotiations this week. The Senate included tough new crimes and penalites for drug trafficking lowering the threshold for heroin possession to classify as trafficking and burglary of an occupied dwelling, which the House removed.
The House, meanwhile, passed its version with a later implementation date, which senators said was too slow when the state faces a heroin crisis.
Those differences were resolved Thursday. The House accepted language that creates longer prison terms for people caught bringing heroin into the state to sell. They did raise to 1 gram the amount of heroin that qualifies for the enhanced crime, however.
Were really wanting to send a strong message that trafficking drugs into the state is a serious, serious issue, House Judiciary Committee Chairman William Lippert told his colleagues in the House.
The Senate, meanwhile, will accept an implementation date of October 2015, rather than April, as it passed in its version. The House had been looking to put it off until Jan. 1, 2016.
The Senate accepted the compromise launch date after Robert Sand, senior policy and legal adviser for the Vermont Department of Public Safety, told negotiators the extra months would lead to a better outcome with comparable services in each county.
Some of those counties are better positioned right now to get going because those relationships exist. If you build in more time no county will have an excuse to say, Were not ready yet, Sand said. I do think if you are looking at uniform rollout in all 14 counties, having the time for those relations to develop will help.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Sears, D-Bennington, said the Senate wants to ensure that similar services are available statewide. By giving them a little extra time to roll it out we can ensure that every county will have similar types of services, he said.
Lippert, a Democrat from Hinesburg, said the legislation a very significant criminal justice initiative has been in the works for several years. He said Shumlin deserves tremendous credit for acknowledging the heroin scourge in Vermont and elsewhere as a public health issue.
The idea that were going to be able to add substantial needs assessment and screening pre-charge and pre-trial offers the opportunity to move people into treatment and taking them out of the cycle of repeat criminal offenses, Lippert said. Theres no guarantee, of course, but I think the courts are going to welcome this information and use it to good effect.
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See my reply to Bedford Roughyed then.
Franchising and not p & r is one of the reason why I could not give a toss about the World Cup.
"They were placed in". Pure semantics. They won the contest that decided who went into SL. More semantics, mine this time.
These arguments really are "You say 'potayto' and I say 'potahto'." Pointless, really.


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Psg for the win . They got more money than you
Jokes aside who do u think gonna win
whatswhat's the champion league
SL Benfica 4life.
Please excuse me but I'll just link my thread. [http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho....php?t=236061]
I covered everything in that and it'll be a pain to repeat everything.
That being said, Manchester United ftw.
Who I want to win? Barcelona :p
Who will win hard to say at the moment. Their will be many contenders and after last year CL anything is possible.
I think barcelona would win
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Advanced Micro Devices is not developing any new Geode processors for embedded applications and has no replacement for them in sight, the company said on Monday. It is no secret that AMD officially stopped the development of Geode years ago, but it has been assumed by the market that the company's code-named Bobcat chip will be able to address the market of ultra low-power embedded applications.
"There are no plans for a follow-on product to today's available AMD Geode LX products, but we expect to make this very successful processor available to customers as long as the market demands," said Phil Hughes, an AMD spokesman, reports IDG News Service.
AMD has three different versions of the Geode products in the lineup: the Geode NX, which is based on the AMD Athlon (K7) micro-architecture and has power consumption in the range of 6W to 14W; as well as Geode LX with up to 3W power consumption and Geode GX with 1.1W power consumption and integrated display controller microprocessors based on the micro-architecture developed by National Semiconductor, from who AMD acquired the Geode information appliance business unit back in 2003.
Back in 2006 AMD told its 150 employees in Longmont, Colorado design center for Geode that it would relocate 75 engineers to Fort Collins, Colorado development facility, while the remaining would leave the company by the end of the year. It became clear back then that AMD decided to cease the development of Geode. But already in 2007 the company came out with the plan to roll-out a very low-power micro-architecture code-named Bobcat and target ultra-mobile PC applications with it. Given that low-power chips can eventually be "shrunk" (made using thinner and more advanced process technology), derivatives from the Bobcat could easily replace Geode LX in certain applications.
Considering the fact that Geode LX is a very old processor, there are hardly any chances that any new products will be developed on its base in the future and AMD's announcement is just a remainder for existing customers that the active life of Geode LX is over.
Theoretically, AMD may introduce the AMD Athlon 64 (K8) into the AMD Geode NX range, even now the company has rather high-performance Athlon chips with 8W thermal design power or Athlon Neo with 15W thermal envelope, which performance is much higher compared to the Geode NX, which are powered by completely out-dated micro-architecture.
"We'll continue to sell the Geode line of products, but as far as are we going to be bringing out a new core microarchitecture specifically targeted at that space – no, we won't be doing that. It's not a part of our future product road map. You are going to continue to see us offer lower-power processors just like the Neo being offered at 15 watts," said Randy Allen, senior vice president of the computing solutions group at AMD, in an interview earlier this month.
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A Thursday shooting at an Atlanta middle school that wounded one teenager was not random, The Associated Press reported.
The injuries suffered by the 14-year-old victim did not appear to be life-threatening, police said. The victim was shot in the back of the neck, officials said.
Something occurred between the victim and the suspect, who also was a student at Price Middle School, that led to the shooting, police spokesman Carlos Campos told the AP.
The suspect was taken into custody, the wire service reported.
A teacher received minor injuries in the "disorder" after the shooting, Campos told the AP.
After the shooting, students were kept inside for hours before being reunited with their parents Thursday evening.
The school shooting comes the same day that a prosecutor was gunned down outside a courthouse in Texas.


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What do you do when society consistently misuses a word?
You change the definition of the word to conform to society's ignorance, of course.
Wait. What? No. You can't do that.
But that is exactly what the Oxford English Dictionary has done with the word "literally."
By definition, literally means in a literal manner or sense; exactly. But in September 2011, the Oxford English Dictionary added the "informal" use of the word to its definition: used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
Yes, this happened two years ago, but it just made ripples and headlines this week. It even caused Oxford English Dictionary Senior Editor Fiona McPherson to quip: "It seems to have literally slipped under the radar."
Now, I'm a newspaper editor. I'm not a dictionary editor. But it seems to me that my job as a dictionary editor would be to preserve the language, not change it. McPherson disagrees. She said the dictionary's job is to describe the language the way people are using it.
I knew there was one person I could turn to in my attempt to decipher whether the dictionary's stance was right or wrong. That person was Grammar Moses – or, as most people know him, Sauk Valley Media Executive Editor Larry Lough.
"The dictionary is a whore. It has no principles. No scruples. No standards. It gives in to the last person it talked to," Moses told me in an email. "It does not represent correctness or propriety. It represents popular usage, the latest thing, no matter how that might bastardize the language."
How do you really feel, Larry?
In fairness to the Oxford English Dictionary, it seems every dictionary has jumped onto the ruin-the-language bandwagon.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has added a second definition: in effect; virtually.
And, as Moses pointed out, even The Associated Press has contributed to the destruction of the language. In its stylebook, AP now prefers "drive-thru" over "drive-through" and allows "hopefully" to mean "it is hoped."
This shouldn't be acceptable, no matter how you spin it or try to explain it away. We can't let people who misuse the language slowly erode the language.
When does it stop? If enough people use words incorrectly (see "irony") and long enough, will dictionaries continue to alter a definition?
If so, I say we start a push to use "dictionary" in place of "garbage."
"Take that incorrect definition and throw it in the dictionary. And in the morning, I need you to take the dictionary to the curb so the dictionary man can pick it up and dump it in the landfill where it belongs."
• Jason Schaumburg is editor of the Northwest Herald. This weekend, he hopes to shoot under 100 on the golf course for the first time this summer. Reach him at 815-459-4122 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Schaumy.


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Firefighters investigate blaze at 23rd St. market
PARKERSBURG – Investigators continue to review a 23rd Street commercial fire that occurred Tuesday morning.
Parkersburg Fire Department Capt. Tim Flinn said crews responded to the commercial structure fire at approximately 2:30 a.m. at Traceys Market on 23rd Street.
Flinn said the fire was reported by Jeff McMullen, the tenant of the upstairs apartment. McMullen told investigators he smelled smoke and discovered heavy smoke coming from a window in the business below and called 911.
Firefighters arrived at the store and found it teeming with heavy smoke. Flinn said forcible entry was done due to the locked front doors after business hours. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze that was confined to the ground level. No one was injured and the fire was out in about 10 minutes. The business was equipped with smoke detectors. Flinn said the fire appears to have started on the floor near a beer cooler.
For a complete account of the fire, see Wednesday's News and Sentinel…….


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Classic Auto Wash, Allen Park, MI
One full-service car wash and two express washes
SiteWatch® Automatic Recharge Module® (ARM) Helps Increase Gross Revenues By 15% For Detroit Wash Despite Auto Industry Meltdown
Challenge: To lock in a steady revenue stream in a down market
Solution: Use SiteWatch ARM to sell a variety of unlimited monthly pass plans with the goal of "appealing to every customer."
OK, so maybe you can't be "all things to all people," but it's worth a shot – at least when it comes to marketing monthly passes. That's one lesson that can be drawn from the success of Classic Auto Wash, a busy exterior-only site, in Allen Park, Michigan outside Detroit. Despite the Motor City's well-publicized economic woes, Classic enjoyed a robust 15% increase in gross sales in 2008, a year when many washes in its market saw volume drop by double digits.
Todd Christopher, a well-known car wash equipment distributor and the owner of Classic Auto Wash, attributes his wash's good fortune to its diverse monthly pass program. "When people ask me how we've been able to go against the downward direction of our market, I tell them that the pass program has been the single biggest factor," he said. "The regular revenue that we get from automatically recharging pass customer credit cards has kept us growing. Pass customers don't cut back on visits to our wash because of the weather or because they get anxious about bad economic news; for the most part they just keep going with the program month after month, because it offers them real convenience and real value."
Operating in an economically depressed market, Christopher says that he can't afford to miss any opportunities when selling monthly passes. This is why he offers a very broad menu of unlimited monthly pass options. Instead of marketing one or two types of passes as many car washes do, Christopher sells six different packages ranging in price from $24.99 to $59.99 depending on the options. (Just over half of all pass customers buy the basic option.) Regardless of their price, all of Christopher's monthly passes are unlimited because he feels that putting restrictions on them limits their impact as marketing tools.
For customers who want more restricted options, Christopher recently began selling automatically recharged Family Plans in addition to his monthly passes. The Family Plans, which are loaded with six prepaid washes (for the price of five), are automatically renewed by recharging the customer's credit card when the number of remaining visits reaches zero. Unlike monthly passes, Family Plans can be shared by more than one vehicle.
Christopher sees the Family Plans as an ideal way to reach customers who may be reluctant to commit to a monthly pass. "The Family Plan doesn't lock customers in to being billed every month, and since it can be used on more than one vehicle, it's easier for people who don't plan to visit very often to justify the purchase. My philosophy is that regardless of the customer's level of car washing, I want to get him locked in and committed to visiting my site. This loyalty is always important, but especially when you're in a down market."
SiteWatch ARM is essential to Christopher's marketing strategy, since it allows him to run and control a wide variety of automatically recharged monthly passes and prepaid plans. His unlimited pass and Family Plan customers have SiteWatch FastPass® Tags placed on their windshields. These tags are read in less than three seconds at his SiteWatch Xpress Pay Terminal® (XPT) to process pass customers.
The same FastPass tags can be used with all of Christopher's unlimited Family Plan options. FastPass automatically recognizes the specific plan associated with each vehicle as it approaches the XPT. Christopher doubts that it would even be possible to offer his variety of six different plans if his employees had to enter each customer's plan manually into the system, because the process would take too long and be far too complicated and error prone. Thanks to the ability of FastPass to recognize different plans automatically, without depending on the actions of employees, it's as quick and simple for Christopher to offer six different options as it would be to offer one or two.
"The SiteWatch ARM, FastPass and XPT set-up have been easy to work with and very effective," said Christopher. "SiteWatch automatically keeps track of all pass transactions and automatically recharges customer credit cards, so there are no paperwork issues. And the whole set-up has been very convenient for customers; they just drive up, have their tags read by FastPass, and they're on their way."
In fact, says Christopher, convenience has been a key reason why monthly passes are popular with his customers. He points out that people like to be able to drive through the wash without having to stop to pay. They also like the fact that passes simplify their purchase decisions by making car washing a regular part of their monthly budget. With passes, buying a car wash becomes one less thing for busy customers to have to remember to do.
The value of Christopher's monthly passes also appeals to customers. The pass plans are priced to provide customers who come to Classic Auto Wash with any kind of regularity a better deal on car washing. "We're a very service driven business, so we always want to deliver a good value to our customers," he said.
At the same time, Christopher doesn't want his passes to be abused by customers who come in too frequently. This has not been an issue. Although some customers will over-use the plan during the first five or six weeks, most settle into visiting two or three times a month.
Aside from some attractive signage and handouts at his wash, Christopher hasn't promoted his monthly pass plans aggressively. "We don't advertise the passes to the general public," he said. "Our thinking is that we can sell passes very successfully to all of our customers, provided we offer each of them an option that fits their needs." Thanks to the broad menu of pass options Christopher has created, the chances of customers finding such a fit are very good indeed.


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As fall fast approaches and summer's sundresses no longer suffice, look for versions of these three pieces to maximize your wardrobe for cooler weather. Stylist Christy Walsh from Wardrobe Therapy offered tips on how to wear them best.
A faux fur vest
Wear it by day: Add some subtle glamour to your work outfit by wearing the furry number over a white collared button-down shirt with a black leather paneled skirt. Try applying a skinny belt over the waist of the vest, too, for a more cinched, curve hugging look. Afraid of all that fur? Take the first step with a knit vest with fur details.
Wear it by night: Try it over a long-sleeved turtleneck (Walsh recommended a white one) with a pair of skinny jeans (Walsh would go with burgundy).
A sheer blouse
Wear it by day: To get this style fall appropriate, try a long, sheer blouse in reptile or animal print and tuck it loosely into a pencil skirt, Walsh suggested.
Wear it by night: A sheer top in a neutral tone — we love the blush and tan ones we've been seeing around — with a pair of ivory pants will garner "the monochromatic neutrals look that is so on-trend for the season," Walsh said.
Riding boots
Wear them by day: With textured tights and a sweater dress.
Wear them by night: With skinny black pants or leggings tucked into them, paired with a print blouse and form-fitting blazer. "One with leather trim would be ideal," Walsh suggested for a blazer.
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Managing the best of two worlds
The proverbial "they" say that we are what we eat. I've been wondering if the same applies to investing. Are we what we choose to invest in? If we are skydivers by day, are we stock traders with a wheeler-dealer Vegas mentality by day? And if we don't drive when there's snow on the road and it's dark outside, do we only invest in short-term bonds and CDs?
I recently read a book about behavioral finance that had been recommended to me by a colleague. Behavioral finance is often overlooked by investment professionals and yet, it's really critical to understand this branch of investing.
This area of study is tricky because it's important to understand that investors, who are people like you and me, are not one extreme or the other. We are not computer-like, disciplined and rational 100 percent of the time; likewise, we are not bumbling, crazed and irrational most of the time either.
The author of What Investors Really Want, Mier Statman, a professor of behavioral finance at Santa Clara University, notes that most investors are "often normal-smart but sometimes normal-stupid." (I won't speak for you; I guess I can say that about just about everything we do in life but this column is about investing.)
Statman feels it is important to understand what normal investors really want. He opines that if we can't understand who we really are as investors, we can't help ourselves. Similarly if financial advisors can't understand what normal investors really want, they too can't help. Statman feels that normal investors want more from their investments than profits equal to risks. He says, "we want to nurture hope for riches and banish fear of poverty. We want to beat the market, to feel pride when we make money and avoid regret when we lose." In short, we want the best of both worlds. We want to spend money when we have it but save for tomorrow and build retirement savings without the pain of not having the money today.
Perhaps it's OK for a PhD in finance to say that people make stupid financial decisions as long as they put themselves in the same camp. Statman notes that he's made more than his share of bad money decisions. He notes that normal investors need to be protected from themselves. By that, he means that given our lack of investing intelligence, all American employers should be required to set up retirement plans for their employees, and all employees should be required to contribute. No choices. This would protect the wheeler-dealer investor and the never-invest-in-anything-but-CDs investor from their own folly: being too aggressive and being too overly conservative.
He advocates for every employee to have a defined contribution plan (like a 401k) and investing in index mutual funds, like a fund that essentially mimics the Standard and Poors 500 or some other index. Indices are usually broadly diversified and over time, they tend to perform better than bonds and money market funds but not better than some individual stocks, although they aren't as risky either.
I won't argue with the notion that we should all have a mandatory savings account outside of Social Security, but I doubt that is coming down the pike anytime soon by order of the federal government.
There are ways to do this for yourself and when you retire, you will be better off because of it. Disciplined investing can only be done if your human hands don't touch the money. Your son needs a new fill-in-the-blank this week, you need another XYZ at home, you want to go on vacation this summer. You can still do all this, but it means living within your means minus the money you earned but never saw. That money that socked away for retirement.
Much as we may not want to admit it, we all know ourselves. We all know if we are capable of sticking to a diet or being a disciplined saver. For most of us, we can have willpower. Up to a point. If you are going to be a strong investor, have the will to take the power away from yourself. If we all did this, maybe a normal investor would be normal-smart most of the time and the other-normal hardly at all.
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Rodgers, Packers cruise past Vikings 44-31AP Photo
Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson, left, celebrates his touchdown with teammate Myles White in the first half of Sundays game in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS Aaron Rodgers has the Green Bay Packers on a roll, even without three of his best receivers.
With help from a powerful running game, Rodgers picked apart what was left of Minnesotas defense on Sunday.
Ignoring the injuries around him, Rodgers threw two first-half touchdown passes to Jordy Nelson and guided the Packers to a 44-31 victory over the Vikings on 24-for-29 passing for 285 yards.
Christian Ponders encore went poorly for the Vikings (1-6), who sent out a different starting quarterback for the third straight week. Adrian Peterson gained a quiet 60 yards on 13 carries, Greg Jennings had just one catch against his old team and the Vikings offense counted only three plays in the third quarter as the Packers (5-2) pulled away in their final game at the Metrodome, now known as Mall of America Field.
Ponder didnt turn the ball over, but he was again out of sorts in the pocket all night and unable to make much happen at all if his intended target was covered. He finished 14 for 21 for 145 yards against a defense missing three starting linebackers to injury and added a late touchdown run.
The Vikings beat the Packers 37-34 last December to make the playoffs. But they needed 199 yards rushing from Peterson and the best game of Ponders career to do it, because Rodgers has rarely found resistance from this defense in purple. In his last eight games against the Vikings, he has 22 touchdowns and only three interceptions while completing roughly three-quarters of his passes. The Packers have won seven of those.
Micah Hyde had a punt return for a touchdown for the Packers, who never punted and held the ball for more than two-thirds of the game to counteract Cordarrelle Pattersons opening 109-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The Packers have won 15 of their last 16 games against NFC North teams.
Patterson put the Vikings in front before Ponder even touched the ball, with a breathtaking run through the middle of Green Bays kickoff coverage that was so fast only Hyde, the rookie cornerback from Iowa, had a chance to tackle him. Even the longest possible play in the sport wasnt enough for the Vikings to feel good about facing Rodgers, though.
The Packers scored on their first two possessions, running a total of 31 plays for 160 yards that drained 15 minutes and 48 seconds off the clock. The touchdown to cap the first drive was a Rodgers classic, a laser on a corner route that somehow slipped past Josh Robinson into Nelsons outstretched hands despite the cornerback being about as close as could be to the receiver without interfering.
Sixteen of the last 21 regular-season games between these rivals were decided by a touchdown or less, but this went down as one of the outliers in this historically even series that has tilted hard toward the Packers since Rodgers hit his stride in 2010.
Since the dome was first inflated here in 1982, and the Vikings went 16-15 under the roof against the Packers.
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Also, don't forget that some Mom's LIE!!! They may SAY that their baby is sleeping through, but they aren't. Just just want to win the baby-comparison-race.
I just smile and nod and then change the topic.
Also, don't forget that some Mom's LIE!!! They may SAY that their baby is sleeping through, but they aren't. Just just want to win the baby-comparison-race.
I just smile and nod and then change the topic.
Mommy to our DD1 early bird (34 weeks, 2 days, 7lbs, 14oz)! Oct. 2nd, 2008 Emergency C-Section, Frank Breech, HEALTHY Girl!
Weaned @ 17 months
Our DD2 early bird (37 weeks, 3 days, 7lbs, 12oz) Aug. 10th, 2010 Our Successful VBAC, growing like a bad weed!
Weaned @ 15 months
Our DD3 early bird (37 weeks, 3 days, 7lbs, 6oz) Feb. 16th, 2012 Our 2nd VBAC and lightening speedy birth!
Loving being a Mom of 3, 40 months apart!!
Thanks everyone. DH got baby out of bed for me last night and brought him in to me to nurse. I took the baby back to bed because he didn't seem to do well sleeping with us (kept waking up every time we moved). He did sleep an extra hour this morning because I nursed him in bed and he fell asleep and I let him stay that way. It was much nicer since I didn't have to wake all the way up to feed baby, so I went back to sleep much faster and I was semi asleep while feeding him. I felt much more rested this morning. DH didn't seem unhappy with getting DS out of bed and seemed just as rested this morning as usual. He did make a comment that DS woke up every two hours last night. I wonder if he thought I was exagerating how often DS was waking during the night.
DS screamed bloody murder when DH went to get him out of bed the first time. He was probably like, "not you. I want mommy," but calmed down when DH took him into our room and he saw me in the bed.
I am hoping this arrangement continues to work out well. I definitely feel much more rested and able to do my job correctly.
Please excuse my typos, I am always NAK.
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Hey, I totally here you, mama. The only thing that got me through days like that was having my mom come hold Bubs while I napped and the sweet, sweet promise of a vasectomy. I tried the "No cry" books and in my opinion they are completely worthless. Not only is the advice useless, my edition was filled with pictures of sleeping children. Grrr, salt in the wound, man!
yay!! hope that arrangement continues to helped you feel more rested!


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You've no reason to believe this, because I don't believe in posting predictions, but back in April I told my wife the Angels would win 95 games and win the division by eight games. They finished 94-68 with a six game margin over Seattle. I didn't think the Mariners would finish second — I figured it would be Oakland — but the important thing is they're going to the post-season.
My regular readers know I think Billy Beane, Moneyball and sabermetrics in general are vastly overrated, and in some cases are exploited by con artists trying to extract a buck from the gullible. That's a subject for another time. So is the A's 76-86 record, one game out of last place. Sometime this winter, I'll write about how Beane's lab-rat approach to the A's has run a once-proud organization into the ground.
But the issue at hand is the playoffs. The Angels face Boston, while the Yankees take on Cleveland. Boston has the home field advantage. Games 1 and 2 are in Boston, Games 3 and (if necessary) 4 are in Anaheim, and Game 5 (if necessary) is back in Boston.
The Red Sox have worried me all year long. Frankly, I think the Sox are the team most likely to go to the World Series. But I do think there's also an opportunity here for the Angels. If they can take one of the two games in Boston, then they return home for Games 3 and 4. The Angels were 54-27 at home, the best home record in the league. So if they win a game in Boston, then win Games 3 and 4 at home, they take the series. But that's more easily written than done; the Sox at home were 51-30, and 45-36 on the road.
The Angels' bullpen has been shaky in recent months, as both Francisco Rodriguez and Scot Shields have been less than slam-dunk.
Rodriguez' ERA pre-All Star break was 2.33, post-All Star was 3.45. I have more thoughts about Frankie's future, which I'll also save for another column. Interestingly, against Boston this year his AVG was .118. Overall he averaged 4.5 walks per 9 IP, but against Boston it was only 1.9. Of course, in a five-game series long-term trends really don't mean much. But for now we'll hold onto that optimistic note.
If you're a pessimist … Since the All-Star break, if you got a runner on base against Frankie, you stood a pretty good chance of scoring him. His ERA with runners in scoring position post-All Star was 9.31. With the bases empty, it's 0.57. With RISP, his WHIP was 1.66, his OBP was .356, and his SLG was .351. With the bases empty, his WHIP was 1.15, his OBP was .284, his SLG was .333.
So the best way for Boston to beat Frankie is to work him for a walk.
Anyway, on to other matters …
I'm currently working on processing the Arkansas Travelers photos I shot last June. I'm about one-fourth through them.
I'm also still working on editing video highlight clips from the recent trip to the Arizona Instructional League.
All this, of course, depends on available time. My wife returns Monday evening from Australia so my free time will be less than the last couple weeks. But I'm plowing on.
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Boston isn't as scary as some people make it out to be. Let us not forget that we won the 4 of the last seven games we played against them, with four of them in their house. And that was before GA really started to get back into the mix.
Unlike the Angels, Boston's lineup stayed largely healthy all season, and that was the big difference in offensive numbers produced by the two lineups (and that's without even accounting for park factor).
Boston's Bullpen advantage has withered of late. Okajima was running out of gas late in the season, and Gagne has struggled ever since moving to Boston. Their middle relief isn't any more frightening than ours.
We also have the ERA advantage in all three starting pitching matchups.
The outcome is by no means certain, but we've out-played the Red Sox by a fair margin since our meeting back in April. This time we won't be sending out Hector Carrasco or Dustin Moseley as our starter.
First of all, love the site, love the exhaustive dedication, love the passion, love the fact that there is an Angels fan out there willing to give so much time to such a great thing.
But please elaborate on the sabermetric hatred and, in particular, the Billy Beane comment.
I've been an Angels fan since Reggie Jackson signed in 1982. Oakland has been a thorn in my side more than once and getting beat by players with names like Marco Scutaro just sticks in my craw.
And Billy Beane's reputation for being a grade-A jerk is legendary. But when it comes to production, his results cannot be denied and phrases like 'running a franchise into the ground' stink of blind hatred.
Four postseason appearances in the last eight years and 90 win seasons in six of the last eight seasons is hardly 'running a once-proud franchise into the ground'.
He did all this as his payroll capacity shrank dramatically and his ability to keep free agents (and pending free agents) in a wildly overpriced market was curtailed.
I don't like a A's. But he's done a pretty remarkable job. One year – 76-86 – does not a GM's reputation make. I've been around a few people that know Beane personally and the spitting hatred for the man is palpable.
But don't throw out the baby with the bath water. His approach has worked. And it's getting well-deserved attention in every front office in baseball.
As I said upstream, I'll write about it another time. I have too much else on my plate right now.
But your statement that Beane's "payroll capacity shrank dramatically" is ludicrous on the face of it. Here are the Opening Day payrolls for the A's in the last decade (courtesy of mlbcontracts.blogspot.com):
2007 $79.3 million
2006 $62.2 million
2005 $55.4 million
2004 $59.4 million
2003 $50.3 million
2002 $40.0 million
2001 $33.8 million
2000 $32.1 million
The A's payroll has doubled between 2002 and 2007.
In any case, payroll is not the sole measurement of a team's budget. Unfortunately, teams do not make public what they budget and spend on scouting, or what they budget and spend on player development.
The much-ballyhood "Moneyball" draft in 2002 is an example. Per the Baseball America 2003 Almanac, Beane gave $1.375 million to John McCurdy, $350,000 to Jeremy Brown, $725,000 to Mark Teahen, $750,000 to Steve Obenchain, and $1.2 million to Ben Fritz. The only one out of those guys who's amounted to anything is Teahen, but he's in Kansas City having been traded for the worthless Octavio Dotel.
That adds up to $4.4 million in mistakes.
And then there's Jeremy Bonderman, traded one year to the day after he was drafted, dumped because Beane got mad at his scouting director for picking a high school pitcher in the first round. Beane sent Bonderman, Franklin German and Carlos Pena to Detroit. Bonderman is now a 24-year old major league pitcher who projects as a #2 or #3 starter, and Pena came out of nowhere this year to star for Tampa Bay. Beane got out of the deal Ted Lilly, Jason Arnold and John-Ford Griffin, none of whom have contributed anything recently to the A's.
You say he wasn't able to keep free agents, yet he did manage to keep Eric Chavez while trading two pitchers to the Pirates for Jason Kendall's bloated contract. Kendall is such a poor thrower, I could steal second base on him. Beane paid Kendall $11 million in 2006 and $4 million in 2007 of his owed $13 million.
Anyway, as I said, I have way too much on my plate right now, but the above alone document your claim that "his approach has worked" is open to serious debate — not to mention that their farm system is seriously shallow of legitimate talent. If he'd taken that $11 million he flushed into Kendall last year and put it towards scouting/player development, it would have gone a lot farther — if his scouting staff had a good track record. The "Moneyball" draft suggests it's spotty at best. They got Swisher and Blanton in that draft, but the others were a waste of money.


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Just more motivatation for Eli Manning to win another one
Its funny with you guys. I defend the defense, I defend the O line, I defend Nicks and Cruz, but if I'm down on the QB that makes me "negative".
and why do you have to bring posters names into it at all. What did you call me? Miserable? You just can't make your case about the game so you resort to going after your fellow Giants fans. Guys like you are a dime a dozen.
"Too stupid to understand PFF!!!".......
No you think the team is Eli Manning. I think the team in 53 guys who play their asses off. The problem is that when I defend other players you interpret that as a knock on Eli.
Again, it seems that you think Eli is the team.
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The barracuda is widely spread across the oceans but is more commonly found in the more tropical regions where there is an abundance of food. Although barracudas can be found in the deep ocean, they tend to prefer coastal habitats along continental shelves and close to coral reefs.
Despite the difference in size and colour between barracuda species, all species of barracuda have a similar elongated appearance, and pointed head with powerful jaws, containing rows of sharp fang-like teeth used for eating larger prey.
The barracuda is known to be an aggressive and dominant predator, often relying on the surprise tactic in order to catch it's prey. Barracudas are also able to swim at over 40 km/h in short bursts which they do to overtake prey that may be trying to swim away.
The barracuda is an opportunistic predator, feeding only on other animals in the surrounding water. The carnivorous barracuda primarily feeds on smaller species of fish, marine invertebrates, crustaceans and squid, which the barracuda usually ambushes with tremendous power.
Due to the fact that barracudas can grow into very large sized fish, the barracuda has few natural predators in the ocean besides sharks and killer whales. Humans are also one of the barracuda's main predators as they are hunted and eaten all around the world.
Although little is really known about the reproduction of the barracuda, female barracuda are known to spawn during the spring. The female barracuda releases her eggs into the water which are then fertilised externally. As with many fish species, once spawned, the barracuda mother has no interest in caring for her young.
Today, due to it's aggressive nature, the barracuda is one of the most dominant predators within it's coastal environments and has even been known to act aggressively towards humans diving or snorkelling in the water.


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Drawing Class
Madonna and Child with Book, c. 1502-03
Raffaello Sanzio also called Raphael
Italian, 1483-1520
Oil on panel
21-3/4 x 15-3/4 in. (55.2 x 40 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation
Drawing God, Part 2: Sacred Geometries in Renaissance Art
Date: Friday, May 09, 2014
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Teacher: Cole Case
Type: Drawing Class
Artist Cole Case introduces students to the use of sacred geometry in Tibetan Buddhist deity paintings, as seen in the In the Land of Snow exhibition. Also discussed is the use of sacred/idealized geometries in the art of the Renaissance.
The portrayal of sacred figures during the Renaissance parallels the use of sacred geometries in ancient Himalayan Buddhist art. In this session, students look at the Norton Simon's outstanding European art collection, particularly Raphael's Madonna and Child with Book, to analyze how mathematical proportions were critical to the representation of religious figures in the visual arts.
Meets in Entrance Gallery | All levels of experience are welcome. Each class is $20 ($16 for members), and space is limited to 18 participants. All materials and admission to the galleries on the day of class are included. | Online registration is required. For further information, contact the Education Department at (626) 844-6980.


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Best Practices in Resource Sharing: Leveraging Link Resolvers to Speed Processing
This program features Kurt Munson of Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, who speaks about how to use add-ons for ILLiad and the WorldCat knowledge base to quickly deliver electronic articles to users. He shares his experience with evaluating processes and capitalizing on new tools to improve the efficiency and accuracy of his library's delivery of electronic articles.
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My angel will be 1 on Christmas day....She's starting to limit her breastfeeding lately. She nurses well in the morning, but during the day/evening, lately, it has been hit or miss. I have 2 issues that I'm on the fence about...One is I really would not like to give my child cow's milk. She was VERY sensitive to it when I would ingest it, therefore I was dairy free since she was a few months old. In the past few months, I have given her a small bit of yogurt to "test" it, and she seemed ok. I would like to continue to breastfeed her, however she has been showing signs of self weaning. I'm scared that this may be the end... Can anyone give me links to information regarding how much milk a one year old should be getting? I'm thinking that maybe I should start to pump again and give bm in a sippy cup since she loves that.
My other issue is is that I would like to get my cycle back! I want to try to conceive again (someday!) and some of my friends that are still bfing got their period a few months ago. I know this is a stupid question, but is there anyway that I can get this back while still lactating?
Thanks in advance for the information!


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4-year-old Sophia delivered a very detailed weather report that tells us she's watched a few weather forecasts in her day.
Her mom, u local member Jupitermomof2, shared every minute of it on u local.
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Biscuit And Smudge' make their debut
August 7, 2013 —
MILFORD, PA — There will be a book-signing party to introduce "Biscuit, Smudge, and the Fisherman," a children's story written by Kevin Maloney and illustrated by Joann Wells Greenbaum, at Bluestone Studio on Saturday, August 10 from 6 to 9 p.m.
The tale is based on the true story of two abandoned kittens and their challenges of finding a new home. Refreshments will be served. Call 570/409-4500.


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I am scared to death right now! I gave birth to my baby girl on April 12, 2007 and unfortunately she stayed in the hospital for two whole weeks due to some bad reflux, i was determined to breastfeed so I pumped religiously every three hours on the dot. Although my baby was being fed formula, I kept on pumping because I really wanted to breastfeed. When I brought her home, she was so used to the bottle that she did not want to take the breast, she would constantly cought and choke, so I thought. I was then giving her expressed breastmilk thought the bottle for three weeks and decided to try again with the breast. I reasearched on the on why she would always choked and it was because of the overactive let down. But yesterday topped it all, she was not able to cough it out and she stayed blue and motionless for about a minute. Luckly I was in my inlaws house and my mother in law was able to rescue my child, but now I am mortified of giving my baby the breast, in fear that she would choke again, she will not take the bottle anymore.
HOW can I control my forceful let down?! I have tried everything online, do you guys have any suggestions? Please help, I want to continue to breatfeed exclusively


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I am for capable, responsible citizens being armed. However, it is really difficult to determine who is responsible and capable. (Note: I am very responsible and capable. All of the rest of your are questionable. )
It probably is reasonable to have some tighter checks guns to control who has them. IMO violent convicts and the seriously mentally ill should not have them. It probably is reasonable to force gun owners to have a way to lock them up.
By removing all guns from society you probably could reduce the rate of murders. But would you increase the assaults, rapes, etc.? A gun is an equalizer between petite 90 pound woman and 350 pound ex-NFL lineman.
This isn't a simple choice.
IMO if someone is really hellbent on creating a massacre, there are many ways to do so. Firebombing, pipe-bomb etc. are fairly easy to make. Or for that matter a knife or sword is a very deadly weapon. Or a bow or crossbow for that matter.


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Terry Kroetsch
Contract Academic Staff; Musical Skills, Piano
Contact InformationEmail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 519-884-1970 ext.3251
Office Location: A522
Academic Background
BMus (WLU), MMus (Western), ARCT, LTCL, LRSM: Musical Skills, Piano, Piano Pedagogy
Terry is active locally as a piano teacher, accompanist, adjudicator/RCM examiner and workshop clinician. He is also a member of the American College of Music Judges. Terry pursues an interest in new music, world music, dance, and drama and has staged recitals of the music of John Cage at Laurier, York University and University of Waterloo (all places of employment as a theorist, historian and class/solo piano instructor) as part of NUMUS Concerts.
As a soloist and founding member of the New Art Quartet, he has commissioned works by Canadians Peter Hatch, Linda Caitlin Smith, William Peltier and John Estacio. Terry has adjudicated Contemporary Showcase in Toronto, North Bay, Cambridge, Waterloo and St.Catharines. For The Royal Conservatory and Kiwanis, Rotary and other festivals, he travels the entire country.
Terry has taught at Wilfrid Laurier and University of Waterloo (skills, theory, pedagogy and piano studio) for more than 32 years. He also teaches piano, pedagogy and theory regularly at the Beckett School in Waterloo. In his spare time he travels around the world and has just returned from South Africa.


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By Jesus Garcia, Special Assistant, Office of External Affairs
I had the pleasure of beginning this holiday season at a community dinner hosted by the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) in honor of former refugees who were celebrating the very first Thanksgiving in the United States.
Located in Arlington, Va., ECDC's center welcomed dozens of families from all over the world to its celebration sponsored by several local businesses who want to help integrate new citizens into the community.
The temperature outside was freezing cold that night, but the warm, nicely decorated dining hall made everyone feel comfortable as families sat at white linen-draped tables next to a row of buffet-style tables showcasing the best dishes the holiday season had to offer.
Among the volunteers serving slices of turkey, mashed potatoes and desserts were employees of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). ACF has a long history with ECDC, an Office Refugee Resettlement grantee.
ECDC has resettled more than 25,000 refugees since it opened its doors in 1991. The organization empowers refugees from all over the world with programs like matching grants, individual development accounts and other social services.
ECDC opened the ceremony with remarks from its leadership, White House Senior Policy Director for Immigration Felicia Escobar, and ACF's Acting Assistant Secretary Mark Greenberg. Welcome speeches eventually gave way to international music which signaled that dinner was ready to be served!
As parents and teens lined up for food, children from various parts of the world danced together on stage. They may have not understood each other, but playtime needs no interpretation.
While the majority of guests came in family groups, one young lady from Somalia was experiencing this new American tradition all by herself. Hibo Ahmed Couled, a shy, 19-year-old student, left her family eight months ago for a better future in the United States.
"I'm very thankful to ECDC," said Hibo, who works full-time and is attending college to become a psychologist. "I'm thankful for their kindness. They have been very helpful to me."
Hibo admits life is very different here in the United States, but she is acclimating to her new home 7,700 miles away from East Africa. "When I ride the bus, I see so many different cultures," said Hibo, who enjoys Tex-Mex food and likes going to see romantic comedies at the movie theater.
She may not have immediate family to rely on in Virginia, but Hibo has an extended family in ECDC. She is one of the organization's success stories that falls in line with the agency's ultimate goal: transforming former refugees into self-sufficient individuals who can contribute to their communities.
And that's something we can all be grateful for this year.


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3 Things Insiders Ask When Getting a Mortgage
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- There's great news for that most elusive of consumers -- the house hunter with a golden credit rating and cash in the bank to buy a new home .
Home prices remain low, as supply exceeds demand across the U.S. In addition, the National Association of Realtors reports that pending U.S. home prices declined on a monthly basis by 5.5% in April (although home sales are up over April 2011).
The NAR's chief economist, Lawrence Yun, implies that buyers may want to strike while the iron is hot -- and prices are low. He says that the April numbers represent a short-term dip, and that the long-term fundamentals in the housing market are actually fairly sound if Congress and the White House can get their financial act together.
"Home contract activity has been above year-ago levels now for 12 consecutive months," Yun says in a May 30 press release . "Housing market activity has clearly broken out at notably higher levels and is on track to see the best performance since 2007. All of the major housing market indicators are expected to trend gradually up, but a new federal budget must be passed before the end of the year for the economy to continue to move forward."
With 30-year fixed mortgage rates once again under 4% (they're at 3.84% this week, according to the BankingMyWay National Mortgage Rates tracker), maybe it really is a good time to buy.
If so, don't go in with blinders on. The mortgage process is loaded with tripwires and potholes that can derail the best-intentioned and most frugal homebuyer.
To help consumers get a better grip on shopping for a mortgage, LendingTree has some helpful tips. In a release sent today, LendingTree outlines three key questions mortgage industry insiders would ask if they were shopping for a mortgage. The tips come from a survey of 300 U.S. lenders in the LendingTree network, and constitute what the online lending giant calls the mortgage industry's "point of view" on getting a mortgage.
Here are three key questions to ask -- and answers to absorb -- for consumers from the LendingTree survey:
1. What is the most important thing a borrower should know when beginning the mortgage process?
Top answer: Know financial goals and priorities. (For example: Do you want to lower your monthly payment? Do you want to shorten your mortgage term and build equity faster? Do you want to get the lowest rate possible?)
2. In your opinion, what should all borrowers ask their prospective lenders?
Top answer: What are the total costs involved with the loan? (For example: processing fees, down payment required, closing costs, administration fees, appraisals, amortization schedules)
3. What is the biggest/most common mistake you've seen borrowers make?


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At Central Michigan University, you will learn advertising skills to prepare you for your career. As you explore career options, consider these key features that distinguish CMU's advertising program:
With a background in advertising, you will find a variety of career options in the field.
Account Management PositionsThe account executive supervises the work of others and seeks new accounts. An account executive works with the account manager and is the link between the agency and the client. An account executive also works with clients in managing their campaigns.
Creative ProcessesIn the creative aspect of advertising, there are copywriter and art director positions. The copywriter communicates to the consumer in the form of writing, and the art director communicates through illustration.
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What is in this article?:
- Ecoservices: Balancing farm production and commerce
- Farm's portfolio of ecoservices
- Sustainability and economic value
EcoCommerce 101, The Emergence of an Invisible Hand to Sustain the Bio-Economy, a new book by Tim Gieseke, is "the culmination of 20 years of seeking solutions to the ecological and economical balance needed within agriculture." The second Green Revolution, he notes, must embrace natural capital values and the values associated with ecoservices, to the extent that it improves the capacity of both on-farm and off-farm resources.
Over the last two decades, Tim Gieseke has worked to understand the ecological and economical balance needed within agriculture.
Many of the ideas and conclusions from that quest are contained in his new book, EcoCommerce 101, The Emergence of an Invisible Hand to Sustain the Bio-Economy, Bascom Hill Publishing Group, $37.95)
The book, Gieseke says, is "a culmination of 20 years of seeking solutions, five years of focusing on a solution, and a year to appreciate the depth of its potential."
After earning his masters degree, he worked with local, state, and national conservation policy issues and their relationship to production agriculture. In the early 1990s, he began farming in south central Minnesota, where he integrated his conservation experience within an agro-economic system that was at a 30-year low point and received firsthand experience in the dependency that agriculture has on federal farm policy.
He founded Ag Resource Strategies LLC as a vehicle to assist in the development of an outcome-based resource management process for agriculture, agribusiness, and agri-industry, as well as to align those activities with the governmental and non-profit organizations that provide the necessary support for effective resource management to occur.
"Imagine a farmer sitting down to evaluate his production plan for the year," Gieseke says. "He considers the price of traditional agricultural commodities and how to produce them in certain quantities.
"Now, add a value for soil conditioning, water quality, habitat, and carbon sequestration indices. For example, what if a water quality score of 80 meets the criteria for multiple beneficiaries? It may meet the objectives of a USDA incentive program, and/or an EPA Total Maximum Daily Load regulatory assurance requirement.
"It may also provide market access via Walmart's sustainability index, generate a tax rebate from the local watershed district, or become an eligibility requirement to engage in a water quality trading program for a waste water treatment plant.


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Palm Beach Money
Tag: CBO's reports tax info
The CBO's look at tax rates and income levels for everyone—even the 1 percenter's
- 10:09 pm Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 by Dian Vujovich
Hot off the CBOs presses: Yesterday's news.
The Congressional Business Office (CBO) has just published data about the federal tax and income rates for the years 2008 through 2009. Plus, charts showing how both have changed from 1979 to 2009.
I don't have to tell you that the past few years haven't been rip-roaring financially successful ones for the majority of Americans. Since 2007, many have suffered losses in the stock markets, seen the value of their homes drop precipitously and have- –or know of others— who have lost their jobs. As a result, many have had to change their living situations [More]


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Thunderstorms forecasted for entire weekBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | June 25,2013Anthony Edwards / Staff Photo
Ian Reilly of Kiernan's Property Maintenance is shown cleaning up debris on Washington Street caused by Sunday afternoon's storm.Green Mountain Power cleaned up from one storm as it braced for another Monday.
In fact, the utility and local weather forecasters said the region could be looking at an entire week of storms.
"The forecast is, there are thunderstorms every day with the potential for outages," GMP spokeswoman Dorothy Schnure said Monday.
At midday, Schnure said crews had gotten the number of outages from Sunday's storm down to 60 before it jumped back up to about 150 from new problems. Anticipating even more, Schnure said the utility had contract crews on standby and had put together a schedule to keep crews from getting overworked in case of a marathon restoration effort.
"We'll do our best to get out there and respond as quickly as we can," she said. "One of the advantages of serving three-quarters of the state is, when we have a problem that's geographically targeted, like Rutland was yesterday, we can bring in resources from all over the state."
In the meantime, Schnure said GMP was watching the weather reports.
"There's some very warm and unstable air that's in place right now," meteorologist Steve Maleski said.
Maleski, who works out of the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, said Vermont was on the northern edge of a subtropical high zone, causing cool air to mix with wet, hot air with thunderous results.
"We're going to have a series of really wet and humid days," he said. "While it won't rain all the time, there's going to be a risk of thunderstorms every day."
That creates an additional risk of flooding.
"I would certainly keep my head up about that ... beginning Thursday through Friday, possibly Saturday and possibly even Sunday," Maleski said.
Schnure said GMP was carefully monitoring water levels at its hydro plants. She also said the utility braced for the possibility of saturated ground becoming so soft that still winds could more easily uproot trees, as it had in the 2007 Nor'icane.
Lightning from the storm Sunday set fire to a Rutland warehouse. The incident was one of 25 to 30 calls during the storm that prompted the Rutland City Fire Department to sound a general alarm. Deputy Chief Brad LaFaso said two other structure fires during the storm were "very minor" but that the Howe Street warehouse owned by Joe Giancola took significant damage to the roof.
"We knocked it down pretty quick," LaFaso said. "The labor was pretty intensive, pretty extensive, because of the structure of the roof system. There was three layers of roof on it."
Giancola said he did not have an estimate of the damages yet, but that firefighters operating forklifts to clear access space moved a number of pallets of goods out of harms way. He said he rents space in the warehouse to a number of customers and that most of it remains intact.
"That was only part of it," Giancola said. "I've got trees down in places, it took chunks of slate off the roof in Howe Center. It was like a mini-twister."
Rain in the city was heavy enough that Mayor Christopher Louras again helped deploy an inflatable water barrier across the entry to the transit center. However, Louras said, somebody drove over the barrier, damaging it. The barrier is modular and large enough for the damaged section to be swapped out for an intact one, according to Louras. The driver was not apprehended.
Up in Pittsford, the storm knocked down a massive old maple outside the Pittsford Congregational Church.
"Half of it went down," church trustee Chuck McCuin said. "In consideration of safety, we had the other half taken down. ... It was a big tree, I'll tell you that. It was probably close to four feet in diameter. How tall it was, I don't know. I was very impressed with the man who climbed it to start cutting it down."
McCuin said the tree did minimal damage to the landscaping.
"If it had gone the other way, it would've been a disaster because a lot of power lines would have been taken out," he said. "The hand of God moved it the right way."
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Over four decades of Peace Corps. And it's still growing.
Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe. They've been teachers and mentors to countless children. They've helped farmers grow crops, worked with small businesses to market products, and shown women how to care for their babies. More recently, they've helped schools develop computer skills and educated entire communities about the threat of HIV/AIDS.
Throughout its history, the Peace Corps has adapted and responded to the issues of the times. In an ever-changing world, Peace Corps Volunteers meet new challenges with innovation, creativity, determination, and compassion. These are the qualities that have allowed—and continue to allow the Peace Corps to achieve its mission.
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I'll tell you what, making rules is not an easy task and it has gotten me all discombobulated so I am taking a break from writing the rules for nations article. But something has come up and stayed on the surface of the Newsvine debate, the loss of community.
Newsvine did not create the community without help!
Oh oh, politics. LOL
No really, the way I see it Newsvine gave every individual member a place to go and learn and meet people and finally join in the bigger community in at least some fashion. So the worry about community is not as bad as some may think. The difference is only how we go about finding and talking to one another. We have to find the new roads and also create new paths in order to keep that community spirit flowing.
So far, I see people thinking about nations and already creating them, their subjects and what kind of folks they want as members is already a good thing, it is creating more gatherings of inhabitants which will bond in some fashion with the larger community.
Right now I do feel the disconnect, the separate nature of the two systems as we jump back and forth trying to keep up with conversations now spread apart more. But to me that is just temporary to the larger thoughts of how can we smoothly move into one system as easily as possible and how we can also help others as they try to slip in and work the pathways.
So here is the thing to think about when thinking of community, we are not only testers, we will also be ambassadors and quick tech support and cheer leading squad, and band camp and an ear to hear complaint and maybe even a shoulder to cry on.
Isn't that what community is in the first place?


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Houston is actually the only Texas team that I dont hate but I have no reason to like them anymore now that the Knick ties are gone (Van Gundy and Ewing). I hate the Celtics more then any other team, I suprise myself with how much I hate them. They are down by 8 points with 10:25 left in the fourth against the Bobcats in Boston. Ill be the happiest person on this forum if they lose.
I love your comments on Rose, they always funny but he is an Ass. Hes gotta have the most overrated reputation of any player in the league, I hate when the commentators preach about his leadership.