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The state Justice Department says investigators are questioning a person of interest in the shooting death of a police officer patrolling in suburban Milwaukee on Christmas Eve.
Wauwatosa police discovered their colleague, 30-year-old Jennifer L. Sebena, dead early Monday morning a couple hours after she failed to respond to radio calls. She'd suffered several gunshot wounds.
Police and state agents released a statement Wednesday saying they were working with a person of interest. The Justice Department released a statement later Wednesday saying investigators were questioning that person.
They say the public is in no immediate danger.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Bellarmine University lacrosse team started slowly, but finished strong in posting a 13-7 victory over visiting Furman University Saturday afternoon in Owsley B. Frazier Stadium.
Five different Knights registered two goals on the game to the led the Bellarmine attack, and Ryan Scinta led all scorers with a pair of assists to go along with two goals. Furman's Kenny Meinsen collected a hat trick while leading the Paladins with three goals.
As in their game last week, the Knights were shut out in the opening quarter as Furman grabbed an early 2-0 lead on goals by Graham Dabbs and Kyle Courtney.
Bellarmine finally got on the board at the 13:04 mark of the second quarter when freshman Austin Shanks converted a pass from Chad Mitchell. The Knights got the equalizer four minutes later as Taylor Stuart netted his first goal of the season.
After Furman took a brief 3-2 lead, Bellarmine scored three in a row to take a 5-3 lead into halftime.
Mitchell extended the Bellarmine lead to three with a goal just 45 seconds into the third period. Furman, which is in its first year of lacrosse, refused to go away, however, closing the gap to 6-5 before the Knights got some separation with four straight goals. Meinsen notched his second goal of the game to bring Furman to within 10-6, but Bellarmine reeled off three straight to put the game away.
For the game, the Paladins outshot their hosts 35-31, but the Knights held a 23-13 shots on goal advantage.
With 14 penalties whistled in the game, Furman had 10 extra man opportunities, but capitalized only twice, and Bellarmine failed to convert on any of their four man-up advantages.
The Knights were definitely the more aggressive team, today, forcing 15 turnovers while only giving it away eight times. Bellarmine also enjoyed a 25-17 groundball advantage.
At the "X," Bellarmine finally got the best of their opponent. After winning just 30 percent of their faceoffs in the first two games of the season, BU won 13 of 23 today, as Stephen Soriano took all but one faceoff.
In the crease, Will Haas picked up his third win of the season while collecting six more saves. On the other side of the field, Jake Gavin took the loss while picking up 10 saves.
Bellarmine improves to 3-0 on the season while Furman is still looking for the program's first victory and sits at 0-5.
The Knights have a busy week coming up with games at Detroit on Tuesday and a trip to Colorado on Saturday to face Air Force in their ECAC debut.comments powered by Disqus


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#194628 - 12/06/10 06:32 AM Pleonasm
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By the literal meaning, "free gift" is a pleonasm, but as the word is actually used, a free gift is distinct from a gift. Anywhere I have seen the phrase, the recipient had to pay for a "free gift".
#194632 - 12/06/10 07:32 AM Re: Pleonasm [Re: RonDavis]
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Yes but I think that is just clever marketing on behalf of the store supplying a 'free gift' whereas the actual term gift is indeed given freely and so free gift is a pleonasm...it has just become vitiated by those out to gain ownership of your money_________________________
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#194637 - 12/06/10 09:16 AM Re: Pleonasm [Re: RonDavis]
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a free gift is distinct from a gift.
Yes, in some societies, including ours, gifts are anything but "free". There is a complicated system of reciprocity to take heed of. Originally, there was nothing in the word gift than meant "without cost to the recipient" or "without the obligation of reciprocity", it is merely an abstract noun based on the verb "to give". It is interesting that the German cognate word Gift means poison, and the Greek word (whence our English dose) had the meaning of a quantity of beneficial drug versus a dose of poison. In the end, a gift is something given.
And, as has been pointed out occasionally on these boards, redundancy is not a bug in language, but a feature._________________________
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#194639 - 12/06/10 10:31 AM Re: Pleonasm [Re: RonDavis]
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I like that idea that we always have to pay for "free gifts".
As a child in Germany, we had a word for pleonasm: doppelt gemoppelt - which is something like "double done" - only better.
And then my older brother, who was privileged by learning ancient Greek in school, cam home one day and taught his little sisters that the better word to use was "pleonasm".
Now, many years later and books in English, I still prefer doppelt gemoppelt - and would like a colorful word like that in my new language.
Alexa Fleckenstein M., physician, author._________________________
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#194642 - 12/06/10 11:05 AM Re: Pleonasm [Re: Waterdoctor]
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#194643 - 12/06/10 11:07 AM Re: Pleonasm [Re: RonDavis]
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"Pleonasm is often used for emphasis, as in free gift, true fact, or revert back. While such repetition is discouraged, sometimes it becomes part of the language and is used idiomatically, as in a hot water heater."
Would that be idiomatically or idiotically? A "hot water heater" should be a superheater to produce steam but invariably seems to be in some (idiot's) home whenever mentioned. [It does seem like the season for the Grinch to appear even on AWAD.]_________________________
#194645 - 12/06/10 04:18 PM Re: Pleonasm [Re: Aramis]
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Super Duper, Aramis. It's freezing cold here. Gotta love that hot water heater designed by knowledgeable experts.
#194649 - 12/06/10 07:37 PM Re: Pleonasm [Re: RonDavis]
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Hot water heater is not really a pleonasm. There can be heaters that heat other things than water. And heaters that heat water but do not produce hot water. Heat tape, e.g., is a water heater but all it does to the water is keep it from freezing.
#194651 - 12/06/10 08:52 PM Re: Pleonasm [Re: Aramis]
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Aramis!! I just thinking about you yesterday, and missing you! [HUG]
#194654 - 12/06/10 09:59 PM Re: Pleonasm [Re: Jackie]
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missing people? wasn't there someone called Pook here also
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DOE director discusses challenges surrounding reading & math test scores
The on-going problem of local high school graduates failing college entry English exams was one of the issues raised in the Senate during Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau's confirmation hearing last week. This was also an issue that Hunkin-Finau raised during her gubernatorial campaign last year.
At a campaign rally last August for educators, Hunkin-Finau, who was a candidate for governor, told the audience that for decades, the national and local test scores for public school students in reading and math "continues to stalemate below average" resulting in heart breaking attempts to pass the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
She pointed to the most recent placement test of about 400 high school graduates, in which "93% of those high school graduates were placed in remedial English and remedial Math" at ASCC.
During last week's Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Magalei Logovi'i pointed out the increase in the number of high school graduates entering the American Samoa Community College having to take remedial English college courses, because students failed the entrance English test.
Hunkin-Finau acknowledged this as a long standing issue and pointed out for example that last summer placement's test showed 93% of the 400 graduates didn't pass the regular English test and therefore needed to retake English courses.
She said this has been the problem for over three decades and she believes the reason is that students are being taught from the lower levels using the English language under a curriculum that is geared towards US students, who comprehend English very well.
Hunkin-Finau went on to note that about 98% of local students speak Samoan at home and this should be taken into consideration when curriculums are developed for public school students.
She recalled for senators a program implemented by a former DOE director, Mrs. Mere Betham, when students in levels 1 to 3 were taught in their native Samoan language and from 4th level up, using the English language to teach students was gradually added.
"This program was successful in passing students entering college level," she said and pointed out that this is the same method used in countries such as Samoa, Japan and China and their students graduate successfully heading into a brighter future, contributing to the economic developments of their respective countries.
She said things have changed in past years when it comes to student curriculum, but the goal during the tenure of Mrs. Betham, was to "teach our students in our own Samoan language from the lower levels" until a later time, when English is used in classroom teaching.
Responding to a follow up question from Magalei, Hunkin-Finau said, that while she was president of ASCC, she was also the Dean of Instructions and implemented a program for college bound students. Under this program, students in Grades 10 are required to go through testing for college level and take the college entry exam.
She said DOE is close to completing a comprehensive report, which includes classroom teaching, to be submitted to the governor.
During her campaign rally for educators, Hunkin-Finau said American Samoa "cannot continue to graduate students who will struggle in meeting the demands of the global world — a world that demands knowledge and skills in reading, math, science and especially technology."
"Our students deserve the best education from this department, from the private schools and from this government," she said, adding that her message is clear, "now is the time to resolve these grave concerns in education."
Statistics from the 2010 Census for American Samoa show that in 2010, 22% of households spoke equal amounts of English and a second language, but that was only true of 9% of the households in 1990.
Overall, the census reports that Samoan is still the dominant language in the territory, but more and more households speak English as often as Samoan when at home.


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The "Badlands" was a region of space located in Sector 04-70 of the Alpha Quadrant. A segment of the border between the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union was located in this region. The Badlands were known for intense plasma storms and gravitational anomalies. For that reason, it was commonly avoided by most interstellar traffic. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I")
During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, the Bajoran Resistance frequently used the Badlands as a refuge from Cardassian patrols. Because of the severely limited sensor ranges in the area, the Bajorans used echolocation techniques to navigate and detect other ships. (DS9: "Starship Down")
Because of its strategic location inside the Demilitarized Zone between Cardassian and Federation space, the Badlands became a favorite hiding place and staging area for the Maquis during their insurrection against Cardassian control from 2370 to 2373.
In their first major operations, the Maquis took the kidnapped Gul Dukat to a class M asteroid in the Badlands. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I") When Thomas Riker and a Maquis cell hijacked the USS Defiant from Deep Space 9 in 2371, they piloted the Defiant to the Badlands to rendezvous with other Maquis attack ships prior to launching an assault on Cardassian space. (DS9: "Defiant")
Around stardate 48300, the Caretaker abducted several starships from the Badlands, including a Maquis raider piloted by Chakotay, and the Federation starship USS Voyager, which had been sent to track Chakotay. (VOY: "Caretaker") A Cardassian Galor-class warship was also abducted from the Badlands around the same time. (VOY: "The Voyager Conspiracy")
Bajoran trader Razka Karn also hid out in the Badlands when the Tholians were pursuing him for some unscrupulous "business" practices. (DS9: "Indiscretion") Kasidy Yates's freighter route between Bajor and Dreon VII often took her close to the Badlands as well. (DS9: "For the Cause")
In the mirror universe, the Badlands were also used as a staging area by the Terran Rebellion before their capture of Terok Nor in 2372. (DS9: "Through the Looking Glass")
After the Maquis learned that he had informed Starfleet of Michael Eddington's location, Cing'ta was marooned on a "particularly nasty" planet in the Badlands. (DS9: "For the Uniform")
When the Cardassian Union was annexed by the Dominion in 2373, (DS9: "By Inferno's Light") the remaining Maquis cells that managed to escape the Jem'Hadar took shelter on Athos IV, an abandoned mining colony on the edge of the Badlands. The Maquis sent a disguised distress signal, coded as a confirmation of the launch of a missile strike against Cardassia Prime, to send word to Michael Eddington that the Maquis remnant had survived. Those few survivors were rescued by Starfleet a short time later. (DS9: "Blaze of Glory")
The Badlands remained a strategic location during the Dominion War from 2373 to 2375. Fleet movements in the region required additional escorts to guard against ambushes from inside the plasma storms. (DS9: "Waltz") In 2375, the IKS Koraga was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar near the edge of the Badlands. (DS9: "Penumbra")
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Listening to Jake Diekman talk to the media, you could tell the nerves were still running high. That's why it was cool to see the rookie pitch in his first major league game AND come away with the win. It's not the way anyone envisioned it, but moments like this can hardly be scripted.
Diekman was called upon because Chad Qualls hadn't done his job in the ninth inning. Privately, I wondered if Diekman was ready for a situation like the one he was summoned for. Runners on second and third with two out, in to clean up the mess of a veteran reliever who had already blown the game for a former Cy Young pitcher. He struck the batter out, of course.
Did he think he'd be pitching in a situation like this right away? "Nope, not at all," said Diekman. "I really thought I was going to have a four or five-run lead, or something like that." But it never works out that way, and during Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Astros it didn't go according to plan for the Phillies.
With Qualls and Jose Contreras both struggling and Antonio Bastardo now just coming around, a void needs to be filled. Someone needs to hand the game to Jonathan Papelbon without incident and that man could be Diekman. No one else wants to take the role, so in the words of Charlie Manuel, "like, what the hell."
How did Diekman get through the situation? "When I got put in, I had to make sure I didn't trip down the stairs first. And then, I just wanted to make it all the way to the mound without tripping."
"I felt pretty comfortable because I tried to control my breathing as much as possible. So, the second inning helped out a lot, because I had that one hitter already (in the ninth). So I felt like, I did it before, just go do it again."
With the bullpen in disarray, the Phillies may ask him to do that more than just one time.
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Question. The scum mets threw at someone. Then terry took wright
Out to protect him. Isn't that admiting it. Cowards
Anyone see the Brett Lawrie "Lawrie throws helmet at umpire" … thing yet.. Headline meant to grab everyone's attention – but the umpire was TERRIBLE and took the bat out of his hands in a 1-run game in the 9th …..
then a fan threw a beer at the HP Ump as they left the field …. just imagining if that was in Philly
I was watching the last few innings of the Orioles/Yanks game and had MLB Network on afterwards and saw it. Unbelievable!! If that happened in Philly with the fan throwing the beer it would be a national scandal.
Funny thing is that very coverage from MLB Network was on Youtube less than a half hour after it originally aired.
I think he did great especially in the situation he was put in. Now having said that the guy will have to throw a few strikes or a little closer to the plate. Other wise people will just lay off his stuff. We will see hopefully he can be a bright spot this clubs needs it. Might be a little premature and I hope im wrong Schwimer looks like he might be another Mathieson/Zagurski. Lights out at the minors and cant translate it to Majors. Too much was riding on Contreras to be that 7th/8th inning guy, if he cant get it together i can see lots of blown leads.
So is it just me or does anyone else see how management failed to use the bullpen correctly AGAIN! Why was Pap used in the 9th inning on Monday night when the score was 5-1 when they knew that they had a day game on Tuesday? They essentially burned him for a non-save situation! This has happened on more than one occasion in the last few years, and it ticks me off that everyone wants to point a finger at Qualls and not see that this is also management's failure! Hopefully, this won't happen again since they are paying Pap all that money for his ability to save games…But I doubt it!!
I think the reasoning is that Papelbon had already warmed up when it was still a save situation (all of the Phils scoring in the bottom of the 8th came with two outs), so he was already effectively "used" that night and would be unavailable Tuesday–might as well have him pitch. I can't really argue either way if warming up should count as "usage."
If that is their excuse, it's weak! I don't know how many times I've seen other teams have their closer warm up then not use him cause the team scores runs to make it a non-save situation. Hell, how many times do we see any reliever warm up then sit down when a team decides not to bring him in? This happened on different occasions with Madson last year too! I know you weren't arguing their case, but it seems ridiculous to me!!
It was a save sit on Monday and pap was up. Then we scored in the
8th. Charlie did not want him to sit.
It's a weak excuse…When it's this early in the season, and you've got a day game immediately following you can't coddle your closer who you are paying to save games, and essentially burning him for two games!!
It's not a weak excuse at all . . . . he was already "used" that night – he had pitched the two previous days ………..and when it was 3-1 in the 8th, he began to loosen & throw to warm up….
once he did that – again, in a Save situation… and his 3rd day in a row ….. he wasn't going to be available yesterday regardless of wheather he actually pitched in the game or not. . .
so with a 4 run lead, they pitched him – and he finished off the win. If he would've pitched yesterday, people would call for Charlie's head for throwing/warming up his closer 4 days in a row this early in the season
I was VERY impressed by Diekman's outing yesterday. His stuff was just plain nasty: a combination of that 95mph fastball that goes down and in, and that slider that had hitters guessing several times. This is exactly the type of pitcher we need in our pen. Hopefully the positive results will keep him in the pen for the whole season. What a breath of fresh air!
I can see your reasoning but dont agree. Chad is a Veteran he had a 2 run lead facing a bad team.
There will be times that Conteras(if he ever gets it together) and Qualls might be summoned to close a game out. Some of these might be save situations others may not be. Heck there might be a game or two that KK might have to be sent out to close a game. Its a long season and pitchers might be called on roles that they arent accustomed to at times.
Qualls will hopefully be alright …….as "bad" as he's been, he's only got a 4.05 ERA .
the problem is all the baserunners ……..
His Hits/9 and Walks/9 are both up – giving him a WHIP of 1.80 …….which isn't good. . .
But prior to yesterday, he had pitched well 3 outings in a row – in 2.1 innings, he had 3 K's, 2 Hits, 1 walk, no Runs… so going into yesterday, he was sporting a 2.84 ERA
With Stutes on the shelf until at least June ….. Qualls is going to continue to get the ball in the 7th/8th innings, so we have to hope yesterday was a fluke
For whatever reasons Schwimer can't (yet?) duplicate his Minor League success here in the Majors ….. in 20 IP in the majors, he's given up 22 hits, 12 Walks … but has 19 Ks … 6.10 ERA, and 1.645 WHIP ………….. Maybe its a nerves factor and he just doesn't feel comfortable yet- but personally, i've haven't been impressed with his "stuff" at all …. i've said a few times I think his pitches are very flat, and he lacks consistent low, late movement (why Bastardo was nasty last year, and Diekman was so filthy yeterday)
Thats why i sort of made the comparison to Zag's. In his limited time Zagurski had a high SO ratio as well. 39 IP-42 SO.. Unfortunately when they arent striking out someone they are handing out BB or getting hit around. I do think Schwimer has a higher upside though..Lets see if he can get it together…I do agree with Pat earlier he was left out there to dry..
Diekman did look really good yesterday and that salvaged another bad moment for our bullpen. The moment Qualls got announced instead of Papelbon my heart sunk. I feel really bad for poor Cliff Lee. The guy has a sub 2.00 ERA, 30 more strikeouts than walks and he still does not have his first win of the year!
Charlie using Paps the night before in a non save situation when we had a day game the next day was an abhorrent decision that no other baseball manager would have made. No one. "He was "lathered up" so they had to put him in"…..don't buy any of that Wheels apologist bullshit. That was blatant misuse of the bullpen at its most fundamental level. Just glad it didn't bite them in the ass yesterday. Just ridiculous.
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You think they would've pitched him yesterday after he had pitched two days in a row – and already warmed-up up for the 3rd day in a row (when it was still a Save situation)
If he's already loose- and you already wouldn't use him in the following day's day-game … why not pitch him instead of waste him (which he already was at that point)
this to me is just another case of Phillies-hate and overreaction to a non-issue by Phillies fans.. Monday Morning QBs
Pat, you mentioned wondering if Diekman could do the job in such a pressure situation. I, however, preferred that the Phils take that chance, because the only other available options (Bastardo and Papelbon had pitched in a few straight games, Qualls was already trying to lose it, and Kendrick was scheduled to start next day) were Valdes and Contreras. There would have been no chance there; everyone knows that either of those guys would have blown it.
Good thing Diekman struck out three of the four batters he faced, although I have to give Pence a little credit. He actually managed not to mishandle the one fly ball Diekman allowed.
I was listening on the radio and LA said that Diekman's 95 mph fastball showed a lot of movement. That is exactly the kind of fastball pitcher that garners success.
what impressed me with Diekman the most was that he got ahead in the count and then threw that nasty slider out of the zone and got people to swing at them, it is all about throwning good strikes to start 0-1 instead of 1-0. The only question I have is how come with Worley on the DL why not bring up another AA or AAA starter for one start against a team like the cubs, maybe you another Vance maybe not, but why not give one of them a shot, and leave KK in the pen as the long guy. It has worked in the past even if it is a vetrern guy you have in Triple A for one start. Guys like Lopez a few years ago, even Happ. For one or two games where teams especially bad teams do not have a book on a guy can give you 6-7 innings of good pitching, and even if it is five you have KK that can go 2-3. I think be the last chance for KK to show he can spot start and go 6-7 innings and only give up 2-3 runs
I agree with that. Bring in a guy from the minors and catch the other team unprepared. It works more often than not. Hopefully KK will do well tonight and once again become a reliable spot starter like he did last season.
One of the reasons the minors isn't a consideration is the 40 man roster, none of the 3 healthy pictures not on the active 25 man roster are starters.
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On second thought, I like what Charlie is doing here. It's way early in the season and I think KK earned more than a couple of shots at starting given his excellent results last season. As a manager, he's gotta keep confidence in him, especially early on.
Cross the fingers and send Kyle Kendrick out there against the Cubs. Despite his really hideous outings this season so far, he has shown in the past that he can get the job done, so we put him out there and hold our collective breath. At least Hunter may have emerged from the dismal hitting slump he was in.


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NYSEG and Orange & Rockland Utilities have staff at our Emergency Operations Center. Utilities trucks are being paired with Public Works crews to attend to opening the remaining County and Town Roads that have trees and wires down. The main issues remain that 27,307 locations remain without power throughout the County, County and Town Roads have hazardous conditions and those without power are in need of dry ice and bottled water.
The utilities companies should complete their assessment stage, which will be followed by restoring power to their substations, followed by restoring power to the distribution system that provides power to residents and businesses. The Sullivan county Legislature and Town officials remain engage and concerned with the conditions that need to be addressed as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
The following is an update regarding the recovery efforts of impacts associated with Hurricane Sandy:
11/1/12 - 09:00 Update
1. NYSEG Dry Ice distribution as follows: (while supplies last) a. Liberty Police Department (noon - 7pm) b. White Lake Fire Department (noon-7pm) c. Monticello Fire Department (3pm-7pm)
2. Storm Helpline and Resources:
a. 2-1-1
b. Non-Emergency Trees Down Reporting 845-807-0877 c. NYS Helpline: 1-888-769-7243
3. Shelter(s)
a. Sullivan County Community College Field house, Loch Sheldrake, NY (Staffed by Red Cross) b. Ted Stroebel Building (Jefferson St, Monticello) c. Lumberland Fire House (856-2041)
4. Warming Stations Only:
a. Smallwood Firehouse (till Noon Today) b. Lumberland Firehouse (856-2041) c. Mamakating Town Park (till 11pm) d. Liberty High School (Showers available 7am-7p - bring your own supplies)
5. Road Closures:
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i. CR 31 - Upper Mongaup Rd / Town Lumberland ii. CR 44 - Sackett Lake Rd / Town Forestburgh iii. CR 56 - New Road / Town Mamakating iv. CR 162 - Yankee Lake Rd / Town Mamakating v. CR 173 - Bridgeville Rd
vi. State Route 52 (Kenoza Lake Area)
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1. Fallsburg
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b. Rosemond Rd
c. Crescent St
d. Porter Rd
e. Dennison Hill Rd
f. Old Glen Wild Rd
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j. Highland Rd
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l. Hasbrouck Rd
m. Beaver Lane
n. Dryer Rd
o. Lippman Rd
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a. Starr Ave / Fraser Ave
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d. Fireman's Camp Rd
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w. South Pocohontas Trl
x. Beaver Trl (from Sgt Brucher to Gina Lane) y. Pocono Trl z. Douglas Terrace aa. Pine Grove (from Bradley to W Mongaup Rd) bb. Pierce (from Pine Grove to Mitchell) cc. Cumberland (from Cascade to Bear Trl) dd. East Catskill (from Cascade to Woodland way) ee. Central (from Lake St to Maple) ff. Lake Shore (from Maple to Central) gg. Hartwood Rd hh. West Starlight ii. Hurd & Parks (from Rt 55 to John Bishop)
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Groups Send 'Robin Hood' To DC To Promote New Wall St. Tax
A variety of activist, labor and other groups, banded together under the Robin Hood Tax Campaign umbrella, sent "Robin Hood" to Washington Thursday to promote passage of a new sales tax on financial transactions which is in place in more than 40 other countries. The stunt comes as Americans want Republicans to give up more ground than Democrats in the debate over the coming so-called fiscal cliff. Robin Hood attempted to deliver his resume this morning to the Treasury Department to apply for the position of "Secretary of Treasury, United States of America." The position is currently held by Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is leaving the post as President Obama's second term begins. Blocked from submitting his resume, "Robin" spoke … Continue reading


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State leaders warn of education tax hike
Vermonts small class sizes and their cost, among the highest in the nation, will once again take a heavy toll on property taxpayers in the coming 2014 fiscal year unless school spending statewide is leveled, according to newly released information from Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlins office and State Tax Commissioner Mary Peterson.
In a letter to the Legislature on Friday, Peterson referenced a recent report analyzing the states education property tax system which called for more restraint in hiring teachers and staff as the state loses more and more students each year.
For the coming fiscal year, the states student population is expected to drop by 670 students, down to 89,940, according to Peterson.
Even though the states population has been dropping for the last 15 years, school spending 85 percent of which is for teacher and staff salaries and benefits continues to rise.
For next fiscal year, the forecast for how much schools spend is projected to increase from 3 percent to 4.8 percent, which could drive the statewide education base tax rate up 5 cents, from 89 cents to 94 cents.
The statewide rate is the baseline school districts use to set their tax rates, before the value of any given towns property grand list is factored in.
About $55 million more in payments will be made to schools to pay for education out of the statewide pool of public money for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 called the Education Fund if spending increases by 4.8 percent, according to Mark Perrault, the Funds fiscal analyst with the Legislative Joint Fiscal Office.
Those payments will be made with the addition of new property taxes, a 35 percent increase in the amount of state sales tax that flows into the Education Fund, and $6.6 million more from the General Fund transferred into the Education Fund, Perrault said.
If spending were to remain flat, which is highly unlikely, the statewide base tax rate wont go up, according to Perrault and Peterson.
If spending goes up with the rate of inflation at 2.2 percent, the statewide base tax will go up 2 cents.
Total public education spending statewide this current fiscal year is $1.2 billion, Perrault said.
In a Nov. 26 letter to school districts, Shumlin asked school leaders to redouble efforts to constrain, if not reduce, education spending. By all accounts, our spending levels are among the highest in the nation. Along with changes in the statewide grand list, local spending is the driving factor in whether and how much education property tax rates rise or fall.
Perrault said schools level-funding their budgets is highly unlikely this coming year because of a number of factors.
Property values statewide continue to decline, at a rate of 1.5 percent for fiscal year 2014.
Health insurance for teachers is expected to jump 14 percent.
Many teacher contracts statewide have already been settled, with salary increases, for years to come.
And special education costs, with some services mandated by the federal government, are up 7 percent statewide, Perrault said.
Its hard for districts to keep spending down, he said. If they were going to keep it flat, the only way to do that is to reduce the number of teachers and staff.
But, Perrault said, few cost-cutting initiatives have been discussed at the state level because the amount spent on Vermont schools remains in the hands of local voters.
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Wednesday's hot temperatures melted the wax on school floors
Students in one Massachusetts school district are staying home Thursday because the floors are too slippery.
According to the Amherst Regional School District website, all six of its schools had to be closed because of "weather-related building issues."
All of the schools' floors had been waxed this summer.
However, Wednesday's hot temperatures melted that wax and made the floors slick, causing at least 22 falls throughout the district, Amherst Regional High School Principal Mark Jackson told The Associated Press.
No serious injuries were reported.
Middle and high school students in the Mount Greylock Regional district in Williamstown were dismissed early Wednesday for similar reasons, according to the AP.
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What I Hate About Your Programming Languageby chromatic
Author's note: based on voluminous comments, I've clarified a few places where my original intent was unclear. Thank you all for the feedback!
At a very high level, all programming languages are similar. They all require you to describe a problem to solve. They all require similar skill sets — a good programmer in one language will find his or her skills will transfer to another language.
Of course, at a practical level, there are important differences between languages. Different language families make certain techniques easier than others. You'd rarely be able to write a useful procedural program without any variables, but it's common in functional languages. Expressing a logic problem in terms of objects and classes will require a different approach than that of an imperative language.
Setting aside those differences and looking at the popular languages for open source development today, there are many syntactic and otherwise superficial differences. At one level, all languages have a philosophical axe to grind. They exist for a reason. At another level, they're all just flipping bits and jumping around in a long chain of ones and zeroes.
Everything in between is a matter of taste, and that's where most of the messy details go.
Language Philosophy
The philosophy of the language designer shapes the language, its libraries, its ecological niche, and its community. Pascal was a teaching language. C is portable assembly. Lisp syntax is very much s-expressions. Perl is expressive glue.
Consider what happens when someone proposes a great new language feature. There are several possibilities; the language designer may reject it outright, saying that it doesn't fit in the language. (That leaves the door open for someone to write or modify the compiler or parser to support the feature.) The designer might include it in the language by adding a new keyword or by making some other change to the core functionality. The designer might suggest it's better made available through some extension mechanism, such as being added to a core library or an optional library.
Of course, a language with general-purpose features has a way of escaping its original ecological niche. That's why some people use PHP on the command line, server-side JavaScript, and even C for network applications.
To summarize, languages often embody a philosophy. If successful, they're used in domains that the original designer may not have intended. They're often extended in ways the original designer may not have intended. (That's probably a mark of success.) Do these facts suggest any way to evaluate a language's goodness?
Language Goodness
Deciding a language is "good" or not is largely a matter of personal taste.
I prefer dynamic typing and don't care much for the static typing found in C
and its descendants. Part of that is personal taste — it feels like
premature optimization to decide that a variable will always fit into eight or
16 bits. (Yes, I know judicious
typedefs can lower some of the
maintenance costs.) It's also practical; I don't write a lot of code that
would benefit from static checking. (A buddy writes drivers at a semiconductor
company. Static checking saves him time and effort.)
Barring the issue of personal preference, we're still left with rather
subjective criteria. Within a domain, it's worth analyzing a language by how
well it solves your problem. I'd hate to write a CGI application in straight
vanilla C; I'd go crazy trying to manipulate strings. On the other hand, there
are amazingly accomplished C hackers writing web programs like
mod_virgule. Familiarity with and fluency in a language are very
It's also worth asking how often the language gets in your way. I once wrote a program to send out update notifications when a web page had changed. My original program was a 10-line shell script running on a Unix box. For various reasons, the final version was a couple of hundred lines of Java running on a Windows machine. Granted, my Java wasn't so hot, but the shell script just glued together existing Unix commands.
Another good question to ask is how well the language supports writing good and maintainable programs. I don't really mean that a language that enforces literate programming is necessarily better than a language that doesn't require you to declare variables. On the other hand, support for lexical variables, encapsulation, reusable components, and other good programming techniques certainly make it easier to keep using a program. This can be taken too far; a language that could prevent really, really bad programmers from doing really, really stupid things probably wouldn't be useful for much else.
It's reasonable to consider a language's supplementary virtues. Can you imagine programming in Smalltalk without using the browser? Would anyone use Java without the class libraries? I suspect if I got used to a good IDE, I wouldn't notice the pain of a strong static language as much — that's worth keeping in mind. Where would Perl be without the CPAN? Can a good user community keep people using an otherwise mediocre language? You bet.
Beyond these criteria, it's really hard to come up with a set of guidelines that make a good language. It's hard to judge the suitability of a language without practical experience in it — where pointer arithmetic is familiar to a C hacker when manipulating arrays, it's terribly unidiomatic in a language with queues and stacks as available data structures.
Besides that, the general purpose languages are all reasonably equivalent. It's not difficult to solve many of the same kinds of problems in any language. Given a good set of libraries, some experience using them, and a good IDE if necessary, a competent programmer could write an equivalent program in several different languages with roughly the same amount of work. Consider how many of the programs written today do one of the following:
- Manage a web site.
- Control a small GUI application.
- Put stuff in a database, process it, display it, and update it.
Even for more difficult tasks, decent languages tend to allow you to use existing libraries for trickier tasks like very fast XML parsing. C is really the language of the Empire, for better or worse. If there's a C library that does what you want and the language lets you use it, you're at least halfway there.
What's left? It's largely a matter of taste. That's where the friction comes in. Maybe personal taste is a poor reason for choosing a language, but it's a major reason for creating a new language. Language philosophy is subjective enough that it might as well be personal taste. Besides that, the first things a new user will notice about a language are syntax issues — where the language philosophy is most evident.
Language Badnesses
Of course, choosing any one language for a project often means not choosing another language; sometimes that's the most compelling reason. I've had projects where a manager said, "We're going to use language X because that's what VCs expect us to use," where language X was, in my opinion, the wrong choice.
Going further, differences in language philosophy present a barrier to learning new languages. This doesn't just apply to existing programmers. It also applies to new programmers — learning to think like a programmer is difficult enough without bothering with syntax issues, editors, compilers, linkers, and distribution.
In the spirit of demonstrating language subjectivity, here are several of my opinions on popular programming languages I've used and how I feel about them. They're completely subjective. They don't bother everyone. What I dislike about one language may be something you love. That's fine.
What I Hate About Perl
The syntax for working with anonymous data structures and structures by reference is ugly:
use constant HACKERS => 2; my $count = keys %{ $self->{groups}[HACKERS] };
Writing extensions in C can be Byzantine. Perl's internals are full of macros. Sometimes they make life easier; other times, they hide a lot of complexity that you really should know. XS is a hybrid of Perl macros, Perl, and C, and it can get quite complex. Inline can't always protect you from that.
What I Hate About Python
The special case syntax for constructing a one-element tuple has always bothered me; the trailing comma seems unPythonic.
Half-hearted closure support means that enclosed lexicals cannot be modified. I could emulate real closure support with objects, but sometimes the functional solution feels more natural.
The whitespace issue isn't a big deal (I use a good text editor), but I've spent too long debugging make files to be comfortable with invisible-yet-syntactically-significant characters. Python does have the advantage that it doesn't dictate how much whitespace to use, but I'm still leery of issues with copying and pasting code from a web browser or a newsreader.
What I Hate About Ruby
The sigils that mark instance and class variables always stick out visually in an otherwise clean language.
The available English documentation is still exceedingly slim, compared to Perl and Python.
What I Hate About PHP
I seem to run into lots of special-cased features. For example, I always seem to try
new dir( $path )instead of
dir( $path ).
There's no namespace support yet, and I've never liked name mangling to get around this.
What I Hate About Java
The inconsistencies between what the language allows and what the standard library actually does bother me. If operator overloading is so bad, why does the
Stringclass do it?
Interfaces get around part of the lack of multiple inheritance, but I'd like to be able to reuse common code in ways besides inheritance. Mixins that don't require inheritance would be a nice touch.
The libraries and the interpreter aren't cleanly separated. There are ways (involving decompilers), for example, to get regex support in 1.3, but I'd prefer to upgrade the standard library and the interpreter separately sometimes, rather than in one big chunk.
I like the idea of checked exceptions in some situations, but forcing every method to deal with (catching or throwing) all exceptions that its child calls or may call can be tedious. I'd rather be able to ignore an exception and let it propagate upwards. Sometimes, I'd rather not worry about exceptions at all.
What I Hate About C
It's often used inappropriately. Unless I'm writing a kernel, a device driver, a virtual machine, or an interface to a C or C++ library, writing in C is a probably premature optimization.
Thirty years of growth and patches to the standard library have produced many, many similar functions with similar, terse names. Quick, Unix coders, what are the differences between
execv, and
execvp? If you're not using these every day, you'll be hitting
man 3 execwhenever you see them.
What I Hate About C++
I find the template syntax ugly. I have no idea how to make it more beautiful, though.
It feels funny to add code that does nothing to prevent the compiler from helpfully adding code that does the wrong thing. Consider the default copy constructor, for example.
What I Hate About JavaScript
What I Hate About XSLT
I'm familiar with functional programming, but XSLT still feels more theoretical than practical. I really understand the benefit of not having to write yet another language parser, but programming in XML, by hand, feels really wrong. Maybe using a better tool would help.
What I Hate About SQL
The extensions I find most useful for a database generally aren't portable to other databases.
The approach that feels most natural is often really, really bad. I don't naturally think in terms of set operations.
Acquired Tastes
These are my preferences, based on the kind of work I've done and continue to do, the order in which I learned the languages, and just plain personal taste. In the spirit of generating new ideas, learning new techniques, and maybe understanding why things are done the way they're done, it's worth considering the different ways to do them.
The Pragmatic Programmers suggest learning a new language every year. This has already paid off for me. The more different languages I learn, the more I understand about programming in general. It's a lot easier to solve problems if you have a toolbox full of good tools.
I've learned several new techniques from branching out. For example, Ruby supports mixins with surprising ease. It's a natural way to solve certain problems where you might otherwise use a Decorator pattern. Seeing how Ruby uses mixins led me to ask how I might solve the same problem in Perl — and it's incredibly easy. It's not exactly a built-in language construct, but it's trivially easy to add, and now it's part of my standard Perl vocabulary.
Over time, my taste in languages has evolved. I used to worry about performance and variable-typing, but working with dynamic (or "agile") languages and learning to love test-driven development has biased me against strong-typing systems. Maybe learning a language like Haskell would balance my thoughts.
Every language is sacred in the eyes of its zealots, but there's bound to be someone out there for whom the language just doesn't feel right. In the open source world, we're fortunate to be able to pick and choose from several high-quality and free and open languages to find what fits our minds the best.
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Time flies. While shaking my head in disbelief that another year has flown by, I was simultaneously thrilled that kids from every corner of the state were once again arriving for the annual New York State Theatre Education Association (NYSTEA) conference being held in Callicoon, NY (www.villaroma.com [2]) last weekend. I attended some of the event in 2013 and was so blown away by what I had observed, that I was determined to return and make sure that my previous experience wasn't a fluke.
Teach them well and let them lead the way—With more than 800 students in attendance, the Villa was teeming with activity. The kids were accompanied by scores of teachers and chaperones, and the schedule of workshops, seminars and classes was staggering. Sullivan County was well represented this year with theatre enthusiasts and educators from the Fallsburg, Eldred and Tri-Valley school districts, and as I scanned the lobby, I couldn't help but smile. A few of the returning attendees remembered me from last year, but it was the (ever-present) Wonder Dog, who elicited shrieks of glee from adults and children alike as she made her way through the throngs, greeting all with her usual joie de vivre. Hearing my name above the din, I turned to find local heroes Ellen Pavloff, Heather Strauss and Justin Glodich, hovering near their students from our local schools.
Show them the beauty they possess inside—"As a first-time NYSTEA participant, I cannot explain how extraordinary this experience is," Strauss told me. "Someday," she continued, "I'll be able to brag that I met these students before they became tomorrow's Broadway stars, TV producers, film professionals and rock legends. NYSTEA is here to present an opportunity for the kids to learn more about their chosen field… yet I know that it's us, the adults, who received the learning experience of a lifetime, as these students showed us their determination, talent and unending perseverance and their love of the arts." With workshops ranging from "how to sing a comic song," to "dance for non-dancers" and "set design on a shoestring," there was something for everyone and the kids' enthusiasm was infectious. "There are no 'outsiders' here" said 15-year-old Rosie Canzoneri. "The conference is a 'no-judgment zone,'" and her newfound BFF Maddy Albest concurred. "This is my second year and one of the best experiences of my life," she said with great enthusiasm. The girls had just met but were quick to point out that the convention presents an even playing field for all. "There are no cliques," Rosie continued, "no nerds, no geeks, no 'pretty little liars' here. We are one big, happy family and all beautiful in our own special way." Noting that I was close to tears, the girls giggled and bid adieu to the dog, heading to the nightclub for closing ceremonies.
Give them a sense of pride—Throughout the three-day intensive, the kids write, compose and choreograph in the seminars, meeting with counselors and college reps in between, some of whom express interest in recruiting future scholarship candidates for theatre-arts programs on campuses across the state. To a fault, the kids encourage their counterparts, whether their own performances are chosen for the finale or not, and as the multitudes fill the nightclub for the final curtain, the thrill and excitement is palpable. "Are you emotional, too?" asked Pavloff, taking me aside. "I spoke with one of our students just now," she said. "You might want to write this down." Whipping out my pad and pen, I scribbled furiously. "You know that day-afterChristmas feeling when you're sad that you have to wait another year until it happens again?" he had asked her. "Take that, multiply by 10 million and there you have my current emotion."
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be—Giddy with joy, the atmosphere of the closing ceremony elicited hoots, hollers and thunderous applause as some of the chosen few delivered monologues (written during the conference), won raffle prizes and showcased choreography learned in the process. After raising more than $3,000 for "Broadway Cares" (www.broadwaycares.org [3]), the kids exchanged numbers while hugging it out. "I can't believe it's over," I heard repeatedly, as the final images of the weekend played across the big screen, while the future of America cried over parting from their new friends, before returning to their hometowns. Spying Glodich and his Eldred School students taking their leave, I stopped for a moment and snapped a pic. "Tag yourselves online!" (www.facebook.com/theriverreporter [4]) I shouted. "I'll see you soon." What did these kids teach me? Simple: Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.


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High school students helped solve a crime Tuesday as part of Viterbo University's annual exploring science through forensics day.
About 100 students from all over the area were given a fake crime and told to use science to solve it. They were told a body was found and they had to comb through evidence like DNA, finger printing and blood spatter.
It helps students learn about science by doing things they may have only seen on TV.
"Everybody watches those shows like 'Bones,' 'CSI' where you get to see them doing it in the lab and now you get to do it yourself. It's kind of a cool experience," said Zumbrota High School Senior Erik Yeakel. "I think it gives them a chance to get excited about science, get excited about forensics and have a chance to see maybe a little bit of what college might be like when they decide to move on to college," said high school biology teacher Ward Jones.
One of the students at the workshop today came from as far away as Chicago.


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2012 Milestone Homeruns + First day of Spring
Have any of you ever been on a home run chase before? Where you've attended a game just for the chance of catching a player's milestone home run?
I attended 3 games in Cleveland in 2010 in pursuit of Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run and a possible $250,000 payday. I had it played perfectly too. The first two games, I waited alone down in Heritage Park in dead center field. I couldn't see the game, but it the ball landed in the trees or flew into the monument sections, I'd have a good 20 second before anyone else could get down there to corral it.
Like most home run chases, it ended in disappointment, A-Rod failed to hit #600 in Cleveland. I also was in on Albert Pujols when he was at #399 at PNC Park, and Derrek Lee & Alfonso Soriano when they were both stuck on #299 at PNC Park.
If you caught a milestone ball what would you do? Would you give it back, no questions asked like this guy did? Or would you sell it, like this fan did?
Personally, I'd sell it. To give it back to the player would be nice and all, but to a regular fan, it's like hitting the lottery.
So, here is a look at players who are approaching milestone home runs in 2012:
In parentheses are the home runs still needed to reach the milestone.
650 Home runs – Alex Rodriguez (21)
450 Home runs – Albert Pujols (5), Vlad Guerrero (1)
400 Home runs – David Ortiz (22), Adam Dunn (35), Paul Konerko (4)
300 Home runs – Ryan Howard (14), Miguel Cabrera (23)
250 Home runs – Derek Jeter (10)
200 Home runs – Jose Bautista (44), Curtis Granderson (33), David Wright (17), Nick Swisher (15), Justin Morneau (15), Chase Utley (12), Travis Hafner (11), Dan Uggla (10), Adrian Gonzalez (5)
Looking over my master schedule, I could possibly have a shot a Miguel Cabrera's 300th if he gets out to a hot start near the end of May in Cleveland. If Adam Dunn rebounds, I could have a shot at his 400th at the end of the season, also in Clevelnad. If Justin Morneau can recover from his concussion symtoms, he could be around 14 homers when the Twins visit PNC Park in June.
Will any of you alter your plans this summer for a particular chance at a milestone?
In other non-baseball news, its the first day of spring.
It was 80 degrees in PA, so Amy, Olivia and I headed out to Linn Run state park near Ligonier PA. Olivia was loving the water at this area known as flat rock, which is a giant flat rock over which a rushing stream flows. It's a natural water slide – but I didn't swim. I just held Olivia as she kicked in the water.
We were having a blast.
Olivia couldn't get enough of the water.
Anyway, the wonderful day then took a turn for the worst. Three college aged girls came and joined us at the rock.
There really wasn't anyone else around. Moments later, two random guys walked up the trail and stopped at the rock too. Our tranquility had been ruined. The girls kicked off their sandals and waded onto the flat rock, just to get their feet wet.
We were about to leave, when one of the girls slipped on the slippery rock and face planted hard onto the unforgiving rock and got washed downstream a bit. Her friends thought it was funny at first. However, her face was split open and it was gushing blood.
It was ridiculous. And gruesome. Blood was running down her arms. Amy offered a diaper to keep on it to absorb the blood, but was turned down, as the girl decided to remove an article of her clothing to use as a compress. She couldn't walk because she was losing so much blood. The walk back to the parking lot was at least a half mile. Craziness. Thankfully the two random guys carried her back.
I didn't think it was right to take a picture of it, but there was blood everywhere. After we got back to our car and left, I did snap a photo of the ambulance that came.
Just thought I'd share about my first day of spring. Sheesh.
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I hope you catch one of those HR balls. I would also sell that baseball if I caught it.
If he has a great year, I might get the chance to catch A-Rod's 600th in Oakland at the end of July or Swisher's 200th. If David Ortiz isn't up to par this year, I might catch his 400th in September. If Paul Konerko has a good April, he might hit his 400th in Oakland. But I would give a milestone ball back to the player, I would want to hand it to him, and maybe a bat or something in return.
If it's a record breaking ball I would give it to the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown because future fans deserve to see history.
I hold no ill will against anyone who would sell the ball..who knows what the financial situation would be, Me personally, I'd request to personally give the ball back to the player. I feel like it's his achievement and should be able to enjoy the memory of it.
Erik- Very good points. It really would depend how much they want it back at all. I would give it back, no questions asked for a first career HR or grand slam. If it is for example Nick Swisher or Travis Hafner 200th home run, I don't think it would sell for very much and I would rather mabye dougout seats for a series and a jersey than say $10,000. As much as te money could help go to my college fund or something, I would rather havea one-in a lifetime experience than $15,000. And If it were A-Rod's 763th Hr, I would sell it for sure, no questions asked- I mean, you could get a lot of money for something like that. And if i had caught Jeter's 3000th hit, well, the guy who caught it got season tickets, jerseys and stuff, and he is on a Topps baseball card…


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When JR drives to the rim, the knicks usually win. I am actually excited for this game in order to see our new JR Smith!
Game preview
There's no love lost between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, making for an intriguing potential matchup in the first round of the playoffs.
"Let's just be quite frank about them," Carmelo Anthony said after the Knicks beat the Celtics 100-85 on the road Tuesday. "We always want to beat Boston. New York in anything wants to beat Boston, and when we do it's a great feeling."
With the team streaking and J.R. Smith on a roll the league hasn't seen in quite a while, New York looks to win a season series with Boston for the first time in nine years Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
This rivalry has been heated for many seasons, and this one has been no different. Anthony and Kevin Garnett had an on-court run-in during Boston's 102-96 road victory Jan. 7, leading to a one-game suspension for Anthony after he allegedly tried to confront Garnett following the game.
New York (45-26) proceeded to win the next two meetings in Boston and is on the verge of winning the season series for the first time since 2003-04 - the season before Doc Rivers became Celtics coach.
Sunday may not be the last matchup between the teams in 2013, though. The Knicks are battling Indiana for the Eastern Conference's second seed for the playoffs, while the Celtics (38-34) currently sit in seventh place.
Smith hit a clutch 3-pointer that helped New York earn an 89-86 win over Boston on Jan. 24 before scoring 32 points Tuesday.
The Celtics, who have been without Garnett the last four games because of left ankle inflammation, haven't been the only ones unable to slow Smith. He had 35 points in a 108-101 win over Memphis on Wednesday before scoring a season-high 37 in Friday's 111-102 victory over Charlotte.
Smith became the first player to have three straight 30-point performances off the bench since Milwaukee's Ricky Pierce did it in 1990. He's averaging 26.4 points - nearly nine above his season average - during New York's seven-game winning streak.
"He is focused. He is dialed in. Locked in," said Anthony, who added 32 points and 11 rebounds Friday. "He is playing extremely well and his confidence is sky high. We are following his lead."
Smith said it's simply his opportunity to step up.
"We have so many threats out there," said Smith, shooting 58.3 percent over the last three games. "So depending on who's got it going, it just so happens it's my turn."
The Knicks, who haven't won eight in a row since Nov. 28-Dec. 12, 2010, may need to work on finishing games as well as they've been starting them. For the second straight contest Friday, they built a 30-point lead only to wind up winning by single digits.
"At the end of the day, we've got to find ways to close games better," guard Raymond Felton said. "Against a team that might be a little bit better than the Bobcats, it could go either way."
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When JR drives to the rim, the knicks usually win. I am actually excited for this game in order to see our new JR Smith!
My Knicks are awesome, and this shall be the year of ultimate greatness
and Heat are resting players for Knics crap why james and wade cant be rested for Knicks? rivalry? history? they dont care Spurs? dont james remeber that Spurs swept them as Cav 0-4? So then i wish 40 for Jr vs heat Melo 30 and 15 treys
but 1st i hope for 3rd victory vs Celtcis still without KG.
This is another must win game for us with the Pacers still being a half game up...We want that home court advantage not just in the 1st round but in the 2nd round as well
Theres not really a good excuse for us to lose tonight. The Celtics have more injuries then we do, lets handle this business and keep it going. We got Miami next, the Pacers have the Clippers tomorrow night
Wow its sad to see how much this place has died. Here's my take on it...
Back when we had TeamStarbury, Metrocard, myself...we had alotta posters on here that fell under the hip hop/basketball culture umbrella
Most kids under 21 could care less about the culture and if anything look down on it while parading around in skinny jeans discussing the latest fashion trends. The coming and going of Jeremy Lin didnt help this place out too much either. Thats just my take on things, and i believe the best way to bring this place back would be to recruit an Akamu type poster that could photoshop images/signatures and put a Knicksonline watermark on them.
I dont want this to come across as criticism, these things we're out of our control and thats just the way the ball bounces sometimes.
Back to the Knicks, Shumperts looking really active out there. I was starting to forget all the good things he did for us last year up until this recent stretch where his shooting and all around involvement has been much better.
Do anyone know how much we need this WIN???
Hey Kiyaman how have you been my main man?
I sorta addressed your question in one of my posts. We need this win to make sure we stay ahead of the Pacers. Some of us might be like "ehh its not a big deal. 2nd or 3rd is cool. As long as we dont play the Heat in the 2nd round."
We want 2nd place, we don't want the Pacers to have home court advantage. They're a tough team and either way its going to be a very difficult series for both teams assuming we both make it out of the 1st round
Good point about the players & age group .... losing Lee, Gallo, and W.Chandler was tough .. but losing Jeremy Lin was the icing on a already angry-cake (Melo vs Amare) .. the debate lead to arguement, and the arguement lead to insult, and insults started tag-team matches insulting certain creative members.
The differ Age's had its part in it too.
Stayin outside while lookin inside KO
Here's a factoid. JR last year took 55 FTs, in his last 9 games he's taken 79.
Yeah it's a shame that a game thread in an important game is so dead. Losing Crazy8 was a big blow, he was the multimedia guy Kingstarbury is talking about but KOL was becoming a ghost town even with him. Now we have maybe 25 folks that post regularly, KOL is not going to Iast with activity like that.
Sweet geez, start the playoffs tonight. We are on fire. Midcourt bankshot from Felton at the buzzer! Let's go Knicks!
u are absolutely right .. Indiana Pacers FANS are sore-losing fans that would turn over a checker board when losing.
Homecourt advantage is a must for us .. a 50 win season is a must for us .. beating Boston, Chicago, Indiana in the remaining games are a must for us
When's the last time we took a season series from the Celtics? Let's run these guys out the door in the 2nd half. None of that lazy/sloppy 3rd quarter nonsense this time around. We are the class of the Atlantic Division and I don't want to hear about Celtics/Nets injuries, no one has played with more injuries than us this year.
Last game Ray dunks today he makes a 50 ft 3. What next a block of Lebron in Miami. Ray
was the guy that said the team has to finish because a hot startrt might not be enough against good teams. Not sure u can say the Celts area good team but we need to finish.
Both teams going small ball now. That's advantage us because it allows KMart to be far and away the most physical player on the court.


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Selig to formally retire after 2014 seasonBy TYLER KEPNER
The New York Times | September 27,2013Bud Selig, who has presided over Major League Baseball as commissioner for 21 years, will formally announce Thursday that he plans to retire after the 2014 season. Selig would finish his career with the second-longest tenure of any baseball commissioner, trailing only the first, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who held the job from 1920 to 1944.
Selig, 79, has made a habit of announcing his pending retirement, only to continue in the position. He said in 2006 that he would retire after the 2009 season, but signed on for three more years. He then insisted that he would retire after the 2012 season, but soon agreed to stay on through 2014.
Selig, the former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, became commissioner after the ouster of Fay Vincent in September 1992. He has presided over sweeping, and largely popular, changes, like expanded playoffs and interleague play. But he has also been dogged by a persistent steroids scandal, despite instituting a drug-testing program that is considered the toughest of the major U.S. professional sports.
Selig has spoken of his plans to teach in retirement, and write a memoir. He has an office in the history department at the University of Wisconsin and has been a regular lecturer at the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School.
In a statement, Selig said: "It remains my great privilege to serve the game I have loved throughout my life. Baseball is the greatest game ever invented, and I look forward to continuing its extraordinary growth and addressing several significant issues during the remainder of my term.
"I am grateful to the owners throughout Major League Baseball for their unwavering support and for allowing me to lead this great institution. I thank our players, who give me unlimited enthusiasm about the future of our game. Together we have taken this sport to new heights and have positioned our national pastime to thrive for generations to come. Most of all, I would like to thank our fans, who are the heart and soul of our game."MORE IN Wire SportsORLANDO, Fla. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. Full StoryBOSTON New Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale said he isnt worried that he might not be the ace... Full Story
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My bf (the underwear whore in the family!) says A+O is pretty good. All I know is he looks good in – and out – of them ;-)
"Now show me you, riding a bicycle. Good! That's totally riding a bicycle!"
Nice pedicure.
As a huge taint-fan, I love the perspective!
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Dik Liu is an artist and professor in New York City. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Besides teaching at Parsons, he has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, The School of Cooper Union, and the New York Academy of Art.
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Re: Danica wrecks herself--again
BTW can you please stop mentioning JJ's multiple Championship everytime you say his name.
It hurts my feelings, & makes me want to be defensive & start giving you a history lesson on everyone elses bio's. So I can find an excuse since none of my drivers have a championship.
So please stop throwing his championships in my face trying to stir me up & making me mad & insecure.


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A diverse mix of entities, including governments, not-for-profit organizations, and private sector entities raise capital in the $3.7 trillion municipal securities (muni) market. Some of those entities prepare financial statements using GASB standards while others report using FASB standards. Stakeholders should be aware that significant differences exist between the two models that can result in varying levels of transparency and a lack of comparability between governmental businesses and their private sector counterparts. GASB should continue its efforts to enhance the usefulness of the governmental financial reporting model. In particular, its new standard on accounting for pensions and its current project on other postemployment benefits (OPEB) will promote greater transparency of relevant information. GASB also should consider whether there are opportunities for convergence with the FASB model in areas that are not uniquely governmental. And, we recommend the Financial Accounting Foundation evaluate whether it would be beneficial to muni market investors if certain governmental businesses used the FASB's accounting standards.


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