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#138019 - 01/25/05 01:46 PM aphorisms
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"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire
there are websites galore featuring quotes, witty sayings, aphorisms, apothegms and what-have-you-to-say. I'm wondering if y'all have collected any which might be considered to be more obscure, but worthful nonetheless.
#138020 - 01/25/05 02:17 PM Re: aphorisms
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Not so witty, but...
Here's from Pascal:
The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short.
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.
[I've been reading through Pascal cursorily because he's a source of inspiration for young Dorothea in Middlemarch.......Ah! These ice days off from school! What luxury!]
#138021 - 01/25/05 06:28 PM Re: aphorisms
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Better a witty Fool than a foolish wit.
-- Quinapalus
#138022 - 01/26/05 10:28 AM Re: aphorisms
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...So what does that have to do with the price of green cheese on the moon?
#138023 - 01/26/05 12:32 PM Re: aphorisms
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here's one that relates to many a "figure of speech" we've discussed here..
The subtle distinction between two terms [of rhetoric] is completely irrelevant.
- unnamed chairman of Jesse Sheidlower's college classics department
#138024 - 01/27/05 09:37 AM Re: aphorisms
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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources
- what sources?
#138025 - 01/27/05 04:16 PM Re: aphorisms
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this is hardly obscure in hemingway, but how often does he make you laugh?
"All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first
time." - Ernest Hemingway
#138026 - 01/28/05 02:24 PM Re: aphorisms
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>"All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time." - Ernest Hemingway
Which is certainly reflected in his "writing."_________________________
#138027 - 01/28/05 03:41 PM aside to TEd
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>certainly reflected in his "writing"
psst.. TEd.. that's why I laughed!
-ron (remantled) obvious
"I could write a book."
- Robert A. Heinlein, in Glory Road
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Natural gas will be boon to RutlandNovember 14,2013Editors note: The following was signed by four members of the Vermont House from Rutland, Peter Fagan, Herb Russell, Larry Cupoli and Doug Gage.
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As an example of how natural gas can benefit a community, natural gas service was recently extended to Jericho where more than 67 percent of eligible customers made the switch from heating oil or propane to natural gas. As a result of their switch to natural gas, Jericho homes and businesses are saving $1.2 million dollars annually in heating costs and the town of Jericho receives $36,000 in annual tax revenue from Vermont Gas. Imagine our homes and businesses enjoying those benefits. We can with natural gas.
With an investment of more than $70 million dollars, Vermont Gas Systems proposes to extend natural gas service another 17 miles south of Middlebury by 2015. (They are currently in the regulatory process to build the natural gas line to Middlebury.) Importantly for Rutland, this proposed extension, known as Phase II of the Addison/ Rutland natural gas expansion project, will make the extension to Rutland viable and will make the benefits mentioned above available to Rutland 15 years sooner than is otherwise possible.
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"I took my time with the brainstorming, eliminating several ideas. After working through the Action Guide, with several ideas, the idea of a juggling site became obvious. My favorite hobby, juggling, was a niche that I knew! And the e-com ideas kept coming, the e-books and other e-commerce ideas. I now sell so many different juggling products, and even have my two e-books ready to go soon..."
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An "offline entrepreneur," Richard is using his SBI! site to drive sales out of this world. Richard's product development went from the city dump in Ottawa, Canada to a licensing deal that will distribute his unique, patented fence post stabilizer for wooden decks throughout stores in the United States.
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Richard credits personal tenacity, intense desire, and his website
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Ashley Cotter-Cairns - SellMyComicBooks.com
Ashley combines a passion for comic books with a love of web business, and has created a net auction hero!
Ashley publishes guides on prices of vintage comic books, and how-to's for people looking to dispose of their collections. People with a problem to solve (how to sell old comics) search for help on how much their books might be worth. His site also offers a free value appraisal service.
Ashley then buys comic book collections from visitors who wish to sell, and breaks them up for resale on eBay and in offline auctions. He also makes commission when people buy comic books from eBay after reading his articles.
The eBay phenomenon has allowed 'little guys' to become dealers in rare or vintage collectibles. With a ready market of millions to sell to, the problem for dealers is how to source items for their inventory. By helping people to help themselves downsize or dispose of unwanted vintage items, you can attract sellers without effort, and solve the problem of how to find great stuff to sell on eBay, or offline in a 'real world' store.
"I gave up full-time eBay selling years ago. It was simply too challenging to source great vintage toys – I spent far too much time chasing new collections. But by implementing the skills I learned from my other SBI! businesses, and combining the traffic my comic book site generates with my eBay selling skills, I've created a really fun and profitable business which is growing faster than a speeding bullet!"
Read about Ashley's incredible journey.
Click here for more information on how SBI! is used to sell products.
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How do two Scots end up in warm, sun-kissed Tuscany, hobnobbing with Hollywood producers and visiting Salvatore Ferragamo?
SBI!. That's how.
Dreams do come true, if you dare them to be. And if you work to turn that dream into reality.
This story is a powerful demonstration of how themed content drives yet another monetization model... a rental agency.
"If you'd told me 12 months ago that a couple of ex knitwear designers with very little experience of the web would now be running a successful web based villa rental company I'd have found it hard to believe. If you then tried to convince me that their plans are now to run it from a poolside, looking out over the Tuscan hillside, sipping on a cocktail, I'd probably think the Tuscan sun had got to you!"
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Jerry represented a line of medical imaging equipment. Since the parent company was generating zero traffic/leads via its website, Jerry took matters into his own hands. He used SBI! to build leads... tons of leads... millions of dollars of sales.
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"The number of people who write to me each and every day telling me how much my information-packed website has helped them is humbling. Currently (Aug/11), an average of 2500 people visit my site each and every day. That's at least 75,000 people each month! To be able to help so many people in such an important way is sometimes hard to wrap my head around." (Update Oct/11: visitor average = 3500 per day.)
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The Acupuncture and Fasciae Fallacy
Let us be certain of a fact before being concerned with its cause. It is true that this method is too lengthy for most people who naturally run to the cause and overlook the certitude about facts; but at last we will avoid the ridicule of finding the cause of what does not exist.1
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Amidst the plethora of flawed, implausible, and wasteful research on acupuncture and Chinese medicine, a 2002 study on the "Relationship of Acupuncture Points and Meridians to Connective Tissue Planes" stands out as the height of factual neglect. In it, Helene Langevin and Jason Yandow of the University of Vermont's College of Medicine claim to have matched real anatomical structures with the elusive acupuncture "meridians." It should be noted that the widely accepted term "meridian" is a metaphor coined by George Soulié de Morant (1878 – 1955), a French delegate to China, and has no semantic relationship with the original Chinese word.2 The original designation is the composite word jing luo (經絡), which literally means "channel-network." The term has been translated to English as chinglo channels, channels, vessels or more commonly, meridians. Debunking this study is of particular relevance because it is often used by acupuncturists and a wide range of other CAM providers to legitimize the meridian lore. The principle author, Helene Langevin, is a CAM celebrity and a member of the "Scientific Committee" of the International Fascia Research Congress, an organization dedicated to the "emerging field of Fascia Studies." She is an Associate Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Program in Integrative Health at the University of Vermont; and has conducted multiple NCCAM-funded studies on the role of connective tissue in chronic pain, acupuncture and manual therapies.
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Favorite Baseball movies
Aside from most comedies it is safe to say my favorite movie genre is "sports." While most are already comedies, a majority of sports movies are dramas. A combination of the two coupled with a sports theme make for one blockbuster of a movie. While Remember the Titans and Space Jam rank up top of my favorite sports movies there is always a place in my heart for films portraying the national pastime. I'm pretty sure I've seen upwards of 20 baseball movies in my lifetime, with this list I have narrowed it down to my top seven.
Mr. 3000
While I am positive this was a bomb at the box office, I find it rather amusing. The fact that funny man Bernie Mac is playing baseball makes for one heck of an interesting movie. The storyline is unique. Mac, Stan Ross, is a longtime player for the Brewers. Seen as a Barry Bonds type player-he is a guy the fans love to hate. He is portrayed as a self centered jerk but his on field accomplishments are second to none. When he gets his 3000 hit he abruptly ditches his team and waits for his Hall of Fame induction to occur. Years later, when he is eligible for the ballot, the fact checkers find that he came up two hits short of the 3000 plateau. A realsitic fiction type of story, because it could happen I suppose. Anyway, he coems back out of shape but manages to join the Brewers and stink up the joint. He never does get his 3,000 hit but has a sense of self relazation when he helps inspire his new Brewer teammates, especially young superstar T-Rex Pennebaker, one of my favorite names in baseball movies.
Fever Pitch
Call me a pansy but this love story makes for a fantastic movie. I love both Jimmy Fallona and Drew Barrymore so seeing them as a couple makes me happy. But the story is about a man's love for the game of baseball. Jimmy Fallon is a die-hard Red Sox fan and lives the dream life for any baseball fan. He has season tickets rigth behind the dugout. He makes the games priorities over anything else. His memorobilla collection is second to none, including a replica of the Green Monster in his apartment. But he finds that baseball may have to take a backseat to a girl when he falls in love with Drew Barrymore. Watchin him explain the game of baseball to her is something I enjoy discussing with girls. Going to a baseball game is such a romantic date. Well so is a horse drawn carriage ride and a wine tasting but for any baseball fan a game hits the spot. It is a movie I have to watch with a girlfriend.
The Rookie
The story is one of the greatest basbeall stories ever told. Jim Morris, played by Dennis Quad, is a high school biology teacher who happens to coach the baseball team. Taking a page from most movies the rag-tag group of high school guys are not the most talented group, nor do they care about their play on the field. The team is more concerned that their 40 year old coach actually has some heta left in his throwing arm. Morris challenges the team to reach the playoffs and makes a deal that he will find a major league try out camp and attempt to make the big leagues. The team succeeds and Morris is signed by the Tampa Bay organization. He works his way up the minors and makes his major league debut in his hometown of Arlington, TX against the Texas Rangers. It is a heartwarming true tale. The father-son relationship is defined throughout the movie between Morris and his son as well as Morris and his father. It makes me appreciate my dad so much more and thank him for encouraging my love for the game of baseball.
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield making the list? "It can happen." What do most college students do on a Friday night? Stay in and watch this classic Disney movie? Yep, last Friday my roommate Joe and myself watched this classic and were inspired that with a little prayer anything can happen. The characters in this movie are easy to fall in love with and you have to root for them. Roger and JP may be two of the cutest little kids on the big screen. Danny Glover as the manager makes me wish John Russell had the same fire and drive as George Knox. While I wish the Pirates were able to just flap their wings and play winning baseball it is an inspirational story nonetheless. As a matter of fact, the original Angels in the Outfield filmed in 1951 was about the Pittsburgh Pirates. I caught a glimpse of this once on AMC and really want to sit down and watch the whole thing. The story line is much different but applies to me. It is about a local journalist covering the team-my dream job.
3.) The Sandlot
There may be some baseball movies that feature a group of misfits, but these guys really frost the cake. From Squints, to Benny, from Ya-Ya to Smalls, these characters are so easy to fall in love with. The new kid on the block, Smalls, is just trying to fit in upon moving to a new town. Baseball is the name of the game in this midwestern 1960's town. Smalls not only learns the game of baseball but also the game of life. He develops friendships and creates everlasting memories. From the encounters with the beast, to meeting James Earl Jones and Squints making out with the life guard, this movie gave the audience something to cherish. The simplicity of the game of baseball is defined through this movie. My favorite scene has got to be the 4th of July "night game" when the neighborhood is lit up with fireworks as the boys play baseball set to the tune of Ray Charles' version of America the Beautiful. Plus everyone's favorite line has got to be "You're killing me smalls!"
There surely ain't no fun like a game of hardball when you are watching this movie. Think Sandlot in the inner city and throw in a bum to manage the team. Hardball is a story of finding yourself in a tough environment. Everyone has their own story and lives it the only way you know how. It is fun to see these boys actually enjoy the game of baseball. When you think about inner city life, baseball isn't really the hottest sports on the street. This movie showed that baseball can reach anybody, anywhere. Competition really brings out the best in us. We see through the death of G-Baby that a community really does rally around its children. There does get to me some intense moments but the montages featuring "Big Poppa" and "Party up in Here" create for some spine tingling events. It is so high up on the list because this was such a cool movie when I was in 7th grade. My buddies and I would always watch it during our sleepovers.
1.) Rookie of the Year
This is quite possibly the most quoted movie by myself and my friends. Classic line such as "Funky Butt Lovin,'" "I haven't seen the floater pitch since Scruffy McGee," and 'it's all about the bells and whistles." These lines combines with a fantasy of a child making an MLB team equate to one unforgettable movie. Henry Ragenbuser, Gardenhoser, Rowentgartner has a freak accident causing his arm tendons to heal in an odd position. With this he finds that he can throw the ball upwards of 100mph. He is a sideshow freak that is discovered at a Cubs game when he does the traditional "Throw it back routine" He is eventually signed by the Cubs and ultimately leads them to the World Series. It is fun to see Henry go through the clubhouse, playing alongside his heroes. He brings the lighter side of baseball and and an entire nation falls in love with him. With Daniel Stern as hitting coach Phil Brickma and Gary Busey as Chet "The Rocket" Steadman the laughs never stop. With this movie we learn that 'Conversation and Managing Resources is the key to baseball.'
Honorable Menion:
While not technically a baseball movie, the Naked Gun has perhaps the most funniest baseball scene in all of cinema. Leslie Nielson poses as an umpire to stop an assasination attmept against the Queen of England who happens to be at that afternoon's Dodger game. His on the field antics are quite histericall as are the bloopers that are shown on Dodger Stadium's jumbotron. In the end we find that Reggie Jackson of all people is programmed to kill the queen.
Now, now, now I realize I am missing many classics such as Major League, The Natural, For the Love of the Game, Bull Durham and Field Of Dreams. I'm not saying I do not appreciate these movies, it is just that the top 7 are my personal favorites. Feel free to join my debate and post your own favorite baseball movies!
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Hardball was surprisingly sad…but Sandlot is my number one. Its a classic. Nice list though.
MAJOR LEAGUE v. FIELD OF DREAMS: Best baseball movies EVER (according to me😉
Got to go with the Rookie or Field of Dreams… but all these were good movies…
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Nice list. I haven't seen all of these, I might have to now. My favorite of those is Fever Pitch, Fallon did a good job. It's to bad he can't do a good job on to Late Night Show. What are you going to do?
Thanks for your comment over at my blog. I liked your take on instant replay. If you want, you can send me a NY Note. NY Notes are a segment on my blog where people send in thoughts, arguments, questions or ideas and I give my response to them with all kinds of stats and information. I'm interested in this whole replay debate, and if you would like to send your argument my way, that would be great.
Love your blog, keep it up!
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My fave of all time is no surprise: "Pride of the Yankees" about Lou Gehrig. If you haven't seen it, it's really wonderful, even if you're not a Yankee fan.
Hey man, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment! That's so cool you've been to Coors and you liked it. I am definitely proud of the atmosphere Denver fans give off there. I wanna go to a different park. I've only been to Coors but I think it'd be awesome to go watch my team at a different stadium. Also, I like a lot of the movies on your blog. The Sandlot is one of my all time favorites and I like Rookie of the year too.
Can't really debate which ones are your favorite movies.
That's a pretty great list; I've seen most of them. I love Mr. 3000. The scene where he's whistling the ice cream truck song is hilarious.
Awesome list. My #1 has to be Angels in the Outfield I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie!!!!!!!!! Haha, I own Fever Pitch, I think it's hilarious too :] Nice off-season entry! Hey did you see Jack Wilson signed 2 more years with the M's? Woohoo! You're in my entry actually! xoxo http://diamondgirl55.mlblogs.com
Great list! The only one I haven't seen is Mr. 3000. I'll have to check it out!
Where the "Bull Durham" love (lol).
Seriously, the Sandlot was one of the greatest movies of a long time.
"Mr. 3000" is the perfect example of Bernie Mac's brilliance.
"The Rookie", how could a Rays fan not love it.
I got to meet Jim Morris before a Rays game, and he signed a movie theatre sized poster for me.
I have to admit, I forgot all about "Hardball."
Great list, and hopefully in the coming years you can maybe include "For the Love of the Game" and " Eight Men Out" to your collection.
Great post. Made me remember some of those films that I had forgotten about like "Rookie of the Year."
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Interesting list, Matt. My favorites are The Natural and Field of Dreams. But watching Fever Pitch really makes me want to have season tickets and go to 81 games in a season. I love how he has a little family of section mates at the ballpark. I also thought Mr. 3000 was pretty cool. I liked that he didn't get to 3000. But, I don't think that could ever happen. There are WAY too many people combing over stats to ever miss actual game hits Particularly for someone in who gets to 3000. For instance, in 1996 Griffey hit 49 home runs, but actually hit 50. He hit one in a game that was ultimately rained out in Cleveland and never counted as an official game. I would imagine that half of my true baseball fan friends in Seattle knows about that happening. No way in the world the official stat keepers wouldn't have figured it out. anyway, it made for a nice movie.
Bull Durham didn't make the cut? For the Love of the Game is also a pretty decent Costner effort … not as good as Durham or Field of Dreams though.
Matt, I like your blog and I'm going to feature it on my blogrolls because I'm a quiet Pittsburgh fan myself. I think Huntington could do wonders with the club if he adopts the Billy Beane Moneyball philosophy. The Bucs will be better than Houston this year, in my view … but that's about it.
I also am glad you commented on my blog. I have less optimism and more years than you do. I think I'd rather be you. Good luck with your journalistic intentions. You remind me of myself not so long ago and not so different now, actually.
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Fields throws it down!!!!!!!! He should do that more often
yahhhhh, Laundry folds another three!
driving for a dunk!
his mom musta baked good cookies tonite!
Fields throws it down!!!!!!!! He should do that more often
Landry is "Carrying On " immensely this quarter
Fields looked like dr J for a second. Nice slam
Also I think Dougie is slowly on his way back!
I really hate we let Howard score.
Magic are playing terrible basketball. Shaq and Penny rollin over their graves
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lol @ Fields looking like Dr J, that made me chuckle. He did look good on that dunk though (pause)
Now if we blow this 15 point lead and dish up the same **** in the 4th quarter as last game i will be F**N Pissed ! hehe !
Wow Fields and TD.... if they come back to their peak days, STAT and Jeffries coming soon, and Lin in the future, we will be unstoppable.
Toney not turning the ball over, also not doing a ****ing awful job directing the offense like he usually does.
Not good either, but I'll take it over Bibby
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Appeals court denies new trial for Dassey
A state appeals court has rejected Brendan Dassey's request for a new trial on charges that he helped kill a young woman in 2005 in one of Wisconsin's most notorious crimes.
Dassey was sentenced to life with no parole for 41 years after being convicted in 2007 of first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse in the killing of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County.
The killing garnered extraordinary attention partly because another person convicted, Dassey's uncle Steven Avery, had spent 18 years in prison for rape before DNA samples proved another man committed that crime.
Dassey's defense attorneys argued that police coerced his confession and that his trial attorneys were ineffective.
The 2nd District Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected those arguments, upholding Dassey's convictions.
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August 30, 2011
RSA Commissioner Lynnae Ruttledge to Give Keynote Remarks at Georgia Rehabilitation Association Conference
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Commissioner Lynnae Ruttledge will give keynote remarks at the Georgia Rehabilitation Association (GRA) Annual Training Conference on Wednesday, August 31, at St. Simons Island, Ga. Ruttledge will discuss creating partnerships to improve employment...
August 30, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education's Senior Policy Advisory Hal Plotkin will join students and faculty at the University of Maryland College Park tomorrow at a press conference to help launch a campaign for affordable textbooks.
August 30, 2011
Department of Education's Deputy Secretary for Rural Outreach John White to Host Agency's First Twitter Rural Forum Tomorrow
The U.S. Department of Education's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will host a Twitter Rural Forum at #EDRuralChat on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 3-3:30 p.m. ET. Beginning today, Twitter users can submit questions on rural education to the Deputy Assistant Secretary using the...
August 29, 2011
Civil Rights Assistant Secretary Ali to Head U.S. Delegation Promoting Collaboration with Brazilian Government on Equity in Education
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali will travel to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasilia Aug. 29-Sept. 2 as a follow-up to President Barack Obama's trip to Brazil in March 2010.
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RSA Commissioner Lynnae Ruttledge to Give Keynote Remarks at Kentucky Rehabilitation Association Annual Training Conference
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Commissioner Lynnae Ruttledge will give keynote remarks at the Kentucky Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference on Tuesday, August 30 in Covington, Ky. Ruttledge will discuss RSA initiatives and updates on pending legislation.
August 25, 2011
Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Meet with Tribal Educators and Give Commencement Address in South Dakota
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to South Dakota on Friday, Aug. 26, to conduct a roundtable discussion with tribal educators and stakeholders, hold a media availability following the conversation, and deliver the commencement address at Sinte Gleska University. He will also...
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White House TCU Initiative to Make Announcement about Indian Students at Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation on Wednesday
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August 22, 2011
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U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan will join Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and others at Montgomery College on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 11:00 a.m. at an event announcing a public/private partnership between Discovery Communications and Montgomery College to better prepare students with the critical skills...
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Brittany Smith and Angie Sauceda placed first in Entrepreneurship with their creation of a jewelry business called "Icing on the Cake." After placing fifth at regionals, they revised and refined their business plan and came back to win at state! They each won a $1000 scholarship to Johnson and Wales University.
Vanessa Stewart, Tori Garcia and Amanda Ginster also placed first in Interpersonal Communications. Their project was helping TRHS students "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Disabilities" to create a more empathic environment for those on our campus with educational and physical disabilities.
Three Rivers Middle School also qualified the team of Hunter Haag, Lillie Council and Gabby Sandoval in Chapter Service Project Manual. They helped plan and purchase Christmas gifts for the Council family because Mrs. Council was unable to do so because of her terminal cancer.
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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 442
Total Fat 28 g
Saturated Fat 8.5 g
Sodium 685 mg
Total Carbohydrate 8 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 39 g
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Ingredients Measures
Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon
White wine vinegar 1 tablespoon
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
Crumbled bleu cheese 2 + 2 tablespoons
Salt 1/8 + 1/8 teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Top loin (strip) steak, visible fat removed ½ pound
Romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped 3 cups
Small tomatoes, seeded and chopped 2
Small red onion, chopped ½
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By Stephen Morris, SBA Official
Published: April 18, 2014 Updated: April 18, 2014
Note: this post is by Donna J. Butler, SBA's Senior Sustainability Officer & Deputy Chief Operating Officer
SBA helps small businesses find solutions to make their operations run efficiently. That's why this Earth Day and every day SBA encourages small businesses to incorporate a green office environment. Whether it's changing to a more energy efficient lighting system, implementing a recycling program, or considering eco-friendly machinery—all of these techniques help to conserve energy and save money. SBA also helps entrepreneurs and organizations build on green ideas and turn them into a successful business.
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LOCAL ADVERTISING | 5/26/2014 - 3:10 pm
Great Article! I think once a business can get past the initial expense of going green there can be massive increases in profit margins. I have recently heard that even companies such as Walmart have been going green and even implementing solar technology in an effort to reduce electricity consumption. I believe it is also pretty impressive that the SBA reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 15% since 2010. Great article.
403tech Inc | 4/21/2014 - 6:35 pm
A great initiative. Going green not only protects the environment, it also reduces your business's operational costs and lets you manage your finances more efficiently. For a small business this is a highly desirable situation. Further more, ultimately at a certain point you would be compelled to move to green alternatives, but at that point the costs of converting your operational systems would make you think twice before reaching a conclusive point, so its better to switch while you are at a smaller scale and grow with the green alternative.
FaaastCash | 4/21/2014 - 1:54 pm
Well i totally agree with SBA's initiative towards adopting green efforts to not only save our coming generation from destruction but our earth too. Since utilization of resources available to us needs to be made at optimal level, but there shouldn't be any wastage which can add more woes to the worries. As we are responsible citizen who knows how well we can work out on cost saving strategies but can also works towards conserving natural resources too.
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An environmentally sound practice for your business is to contract your cleaning services to an agency that practice green cleaning principles. If you have in-house cleaning staff, make sure to review your current cleaning procedures. You are looking for green products, green tools, and a green methodology.


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his hair was pinned down because of his forehead protector. so doesnt mean anything by his hair spiking up
Flying thunder god lvl 2
Did you guys ever just consider that it's a plothole?
I mean Kishimoto is only a human being who makes mistakes. Again, you guys treat Naruto too much like a Bible, Quran, Torah etc in that you believe it's absolute.
this thread is destined to fail!, even if that were true the minatotards wont accept it even if you have proof or whatever which is not the case. so what is the point, you are not going to convinces anyone.
just the whole idea of v2 being faster than minato base is a thought that only you will share, which i believe is posible, because naruto dodge with his footspeed while minato needed FTG to dodge! so yeah V2>minato without harishim
So what??? Minato could Improve if he was alive... though I think there is no need in this...
...In order for A to be faster than Minato he would have to be able to move faster than "Instant teleportation ' Explain that one.. Not a Minato fanboy but nothing beats Instant teleportation..
OK, let me see if I understand this.
You say that Raikage A from the 5 kage summit is faster than Minato during the 3rd ninja war. These situations are seperated by at least 16 years. The raikage got faster during those 16 years while Minato was busy being dead (and inside Naruto so he could seal the kuuybi
BTW in the last manga page you showed us, the raikage to be (A) says: He avoided my full speed".
I am not trying to be an *******, but you should read your own evidence before posting.
Nope, Ay admitted himself. Hes also pretty arrogant but he flat out admits it like he did to Naruto. Minato > Raikage speed wise.
That wasn't a ALL OUT FIGHT LOL....Cmon(You should know better) :D
Raikage goes Super Saiyan 2 .....LOL HAHA....
Your RIGHT LOL.....It's just an ANIME/MANGA...............We shouldn't get too overexerted ...*sigh* :D
Even if you are right, Minato > A
The cloud forehead protector bandanna was keeping his hair down. that had to have been v2. lol
what r u driving at? did u even consider if Minato used his fastest speed... I mean Minato was dodging Raikage's attack with ease and also, if u see the fight between Minato and Tobi in the Anime from ep236... U will see that Minato actually has more than level 1 too cos he used level at that point and Kishi in the Manga never told us Minato's highest speed so what u r saying my friend is pointless cos u cant prove it, u can only accept what Kishi has told us. So pls pls pls stop making threads like this that has no proper evidence to back it. Show me a place where Raikage said he is now fastest than yellow flash of Konoha (Minato) kmt!
I don´t see or understand how this can be a debate, A himself has stated in more than one ocassion that Minato was the fastest. He admitted he couldn´t touch the guy, if he was not using his FULL SPEED back then he wouldn´t be praising Minato so much.
Dude you have to understand...A said they fought many times...and when Minato died...he still says Minato is faster...failed thread
Smh.. he clearly states that minato dodged his full speed attack
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so much fail... Bogard can seriously prove so many shits like you wrong and you ignore him. Go watch one shit, dragonballs, or bleah.
I'm not gonna hate on this theory..although I honestly don't believe it...and I don't really care much for minato anyways. He's cool but I like some of the lesser characters from the manga. What gets me is this...Why do people say there's a a v1 and v2 of his lightnening armor. Does it say it some where in the databook that there's a V1 and V2 of his lightnening armor? Is it ever stated in the manga that there's a V2? Am I missing something? If stated in the manga and/or databook I'm sorry I must have overlooked it and I'll admit fault, I'm not trying to diss anyone. However if it's not then I find it rediculous to say there's a V1 and V2 lightening armor. I personally think it's all the same. So what if his hair spikes up?? This isn't DBZ..I always viewed his hair standing up at certain times as if he was just preparing to attack, gathering up a big boost of lightening nature chakra. I don't believe there's a v2. Sure I believe that the moe chakra he puts into it the faster he can go. But I do believe that we've seen his max speed against both minato and naruto imo.
Originally Posted by Bogard
Raikage: "I'm the fastest shinobi now that the 4th has passed away"
Raikage: "He avoided my full speed?"
Raikage: "You're the second person to dodge my top full-speed" refering to Minato as the first one. He fought Sasuke before this moment, but didn't actually consider that Sasuke dodged his speed which means he didn't use his full speed at that moment against Sasuke
I agree with this post.
Fail A said it again against naruto and you still don't get "he dodge my full speed" and again, "you are the second person to dodge my v2 speed is what raikage said himself but his speed got improve not that he didn't have it.
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Published at 5:21 p.m. ET: Pope Benedict XVI always said he was first and foremost a teacher and a writer, and in his retirement he intends to pick up where he left off before he was called to church leadership, the Vatican said Monday. But is that a realistic expectation for a man universally known for his restless and questing intellect?
Roman Catholic Church law doesn't extensively account for a pope's abdication — among the hundreds of thousands of words in the Code of Canon Law, there's just one sentence: "If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone."
And since that hasn't happened in almost 600 years (or in more than 700 years depending on how you interpret history), there's no precedent for just what role, if any, a living ex-pope plays in the church.
What little is known came in a brief statement Monday from the Vatican, which said that when he leaves the papacy on Feb. 28, Benedict would move to Castel Gandolfo, the pope's summer residence in the Alban Hills a few miles south of Rome. Eventually, he will take up residence in a former cloistered monastery in the Vatican. What he will do there hasn't been clarified, but when he was elected pope in 2005, he said the job had interrupted his plans to retire and spend the rest of his life writing "in peace and quiet."
Beyond its obvious authority, the papacy is unique within the Catholic Church because of its temporal status — it doesn't come with the equivalent of tenure. So the moment he steps aside, Benedict will return to being just Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, with no special authority or official prerogatives.
"This is all very new territory," said Donald S. Prudlo, a historian at Jacksonville State University in Alabama and scholar of theology and church history at the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va. "No set of guidelines exist for an ex-pope, even including where he should live, what he should be called and what liturgical role he would play."
It's not even certain that Benedict will resume being an active cardinal — that would be up to the new pope. Prudlo told NBC News he thought it was "unlikely," saying he expected Benedict would want almost no public visibility in his declining years.
Even if Benedict, 85, does resume life as Cardinal Ratzinger, he's beyond the cutoff age of 80 to be eligible to vote, meaning he'll be locked out of the room when the College of Cardinals elects his successor as the leader of more than 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world.
But that doesn't mean he won't have influence should he choose to exercise it, and that could be tricky for his successor, said John Thavis, Rome bureau chief of Catholic News Service.
"The church has not really had a situation of two popes in many centuries," Thavis told NBC News from Vatican City.
One reason is that the church has historically discouraged papal abdication out of concern about divided loyalties. Benedict's predecessor and mentor, John Paul II, declared that "there cannot be an 'emeritus pope.'"
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LauraBelle J. WilkinsonApril 30,2013
LauraBelle J. Wilkinson
BARRE LauraBelle Janet Wilkinson passed away on Friday, April 26, 2013, at age 76 at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born in Danville on Nov. 17, 1936, to Frank Gray and Leona Wheeler Gray.
She grew up in Danville and Hyde Park, helping her dad on his farms.
She married Robert Earl Wilkinson on Sept. 26, 1953. They raised their family of six children in Graniteville. When the need arose for her to assist financially in raising her family, she chose the field of health care. She worked for several years as a nurses aide. She was extremely compassionate, caring, gentle, patient and was well-loved by both her residents and those she worked with, as she was always willing to go the extra mile to make someone feel cared for. In some of the nursing homes she worked in, she was responsible for training new nursing assistants because of her thoroughness and dependability. When the time came for licensing of nursing assistants, many of her training ideas were utilized in setting up new training programs.
She enjoyed singing, dancing and playing guitar as a young woman. She was very proud of her youngest son, who is a champion fiddler, and would listen to his CDs for hours and hours for relaxation and comfort during her stay at Rowan Court. She always had a love for horses and cats. She just about always had at least one cat. Sage, her most recent Maine coon beauty, lives in Williamstown with the daughter who took care of her before she went into Rowan Court six months ago.
LauraBelle was baptized as one of Jehovahs Witnesses in 1961, and she had complete faith in the Bibles promise of perfect life forever on this earth when it is restored to paradisiac conditions. Going in the door-to-door ministry was something that she loved to do, and she did it faithfully for many decades. Doing this teaching work that she loved enabled her to find someone who she considered her best friend, Carole Morin, who now shares Moms faith and hope, along with LauraBelles children and many others to whom she so lovingly taught the Bibles message. When she got to the point where she physically could no longer go from door to door, she always made sure she had Bible-based tracts and other Bible literature with her and she would sit in the car and hand out tracts to people in parking lots, speak to people she found waiting in doctors offices, wherever she was, she would find someone to share her hope for the future with. Her biblical hope is to awaken in the resurrection in perfect health on a paradise earth, where she can have her horse ranch and her houseful of cats, and spend eternity doing what Jehovah God has for her to do.
She was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Robert Earl Wilkinson. She is survived by three siblings, Joyce Bradshaw, of Milton-Freewater, Ore., Stephen Gray, of Berlin, Vt., and Rosalie Berwanger, of Milton-Freewater, Ore. She was predeceased by one sibling, Pearl Gross.
LauraBelle has six surviving children: Janet Peake and her husband, David, of Barre; Dean Wilkinson and his wife, Lisa, of Williamstown; Shirley Gomez and her husband, Scott, of Milton; Betty Roya and her husband, Shane Sr., of Williamstown; Donna Wilkinson, of Williamstown; Thomas Wilkinson and his wife, Rose, of Whitehall, N.Y.
She is survived by 11 grandchildren: Jeremy Peake, Jamie Jones, Jennifer Armbrister, Bethany Gauthier, Shane Roya Jr., Shaun Roya, Kylee Roya, Seth Roya, Kalynn Roya, Crystal Jenks, Angela LaRock.
She is survived by 16 great-grandchildren: Jordan, Katana, Jasmine, Dakota, Trey, Eyahri, Haleyah, Ryan, Samuel, Sebastian, Jackson, Daxton, Carter, Briony, Ivy, Gage.
The family would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to Rowan Courts nurses and staff for their exceptional care and understanding through a very difficult time. We appreciate the devotion of all of the health care workers who were involved in Moms care.
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Raymond Lalosin remembers coming home from the Ala Moana Shopping Center seven years ago and being confronted with a situation he knew would go from bad to worse. Makiki Stream was spilling over its banks just a few feet away from his home, with no signs of slowing down.
"The water, instead of going down, was already flowing upwards on Kapiolani Boulevard, so I new already something major was going to happen," Lalosin recalls.
What would happen next, few in the area will ever forget. Runoff coming off the mountains was too much for Makiki Stream's narrow banks, and several blocks of Kalakaua Avenue were flooded under four feet of water. The runoff was backing up at a narrow opening underneath the bridge at Fern Street, collapsing a retaining wall next to Lalosin's house.
"The water was basically shooting through the hollow tile and the grout," said Lalosin, who was temporarily trapped by the crumbling wall.
Once the storm subsided, and the cleanup began, the flooding was blamed on silt, vegetation and other debris that had gathered inside Makiki Stream, making it difficult for runoff to find its way into the Ala Wai Canal.
Fast forward to today, and residents in the area are still pleading with city officials to dredge Makiki Stream to head-off another potential disaster.
"The silt is very high. It's at least four feet deep, with the weeds about five feet high," said Sandee Fulton, who lives at Kalakaua Vista, an apartment building located right next to the stream. "I cannot tell you how many emails I have sent, and the lady across the stream has called constantly. There's just nothing happening."
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Regional General Permit to the city in December of last year to clear Makiki Stream, but the chokepoint by Fern Street that caused the historic flood remains untouched. The city's Department of Facility Maintenance said it used the permit to dredge the stream from Kapiolani Boulevard to the Ala Wai Canal so water could flow unrestricted, but that did little to ease the concerns of residents like Fulton and Lalosin. The permit is to expire on April 13, 2017, and the city can request authorization from the Corps to perform further stream cleaning.
"To my frustration, it's basically like a tennis game," Lalosin said of his battle with the city. "It keeps going on one side of the court, (and) coming back to my side. It's like an ongoing battle."
A private contractor is currently performing work on the bridge at Fern Street, but there's no dredging involved. The work is designed to shore-up the pilings that support the bridge.
The city says it will be difficult to dredge Makiki Stream from Phillip Street to Fern Street due to limited space, but there are plans to conduct further dredging mauka of Kapiolani Boulevard once the new permit is approved.
"We don't want a lawsuit (if there's another flood), but it may end up being a lawsuit," Lalosin told KITV4. "The whole point here is that nobody wins in a lawsuit, because in the long run, it's our tax paying money."
Correction: An earlier version of this story said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers general permit was set to expire March 10, 2012.


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Michael A. Campanelli, Sr.
Michael A. Campanelli, Sr. passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013 at his home in Goshen, NY. He was 89.
A funeral mass was celebrated on Wednesday, August 21 at Sacred Heart Church, 26 Still Road, Monroe, NY. Entombment followed in St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, NY.
Memorial donations can be made to American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, PO Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057, or Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc., 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.
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Duane J. Gillette of Honesdale, PA died Friday August 16, 2013 in the VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. He was 67.
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Cora J. Milk of Roscoe, NY, a retired administrator for the Roscoe Manor Adult Home, Roscoe, NY, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY. She was 78.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in the Gate of Heaven Church, Highland Avenue, Roscoe, NY. Father Edward Bader officiated.
Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery, Roscoe, NY.
Memorial contributions in Cora's name can be made to the Roscoe-Rockland Volunteer Ambulance Corp. PO Box 321, Roscoe, NY 12776 or to the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile –Type 1, PO Box 11454 Alexandria, VA 22312.
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Donald S. Noble passed away on August 11, 2013 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, PA. He was 80.
At the request of the family there will not be a visitation. A graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family.
Memorial contributions can be made to Honesdale Engine No. 3, Main Street Honesdale, Central United Methodist Church, "Trustee Fund," 11th Street, Honesdale or VFW Post 531, Main Street, Honesdale.
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Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 20 at Morse Funeral Home Inc., 33 Railroad Ave., Middletown, NY. Cremation followed the services.


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