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I am going to start dropping off at the babysitter for practice tomorrow. I want to put some frozen in the fridge to start to thaw. Is it ok to put it in now (11:20 am) and for it to still be good until 4:30 tomorrow? I know the guideline is 24 hours, but just want to see if it is ok to be a little longer.
The reason is I want to start them in the fridge to thaw and then get the bottles ready tonight for tomorrow? Or should I just get the frozen stash and put them in water later tonight to get them ready? Obviously this is the first time I am doing this!

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Scott R. Daly accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the department of chemistry at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and will begin in July. He was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2010 and received the Department of Chemistry's Theron Standish Piper Award for outstanding thesis research. After graduating, he became a Seaborg Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM, and performed research to develop new methods to improve the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.
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Acer - 3000 lumens 3D Projector for ¥60,000
Taiwanese company, Acer is going to release 3D compatible HD projector "H5380BD" on March 20 for about ¥60,000 in Japan.
H5380BD is a projector with 3000 lumens bright illumination for both home use and business use. It's compatible with 3D images, however, to watch 3D images, you need to separately buy the 3D glasses (E2b v2). It is possible to project images in an MHL compliant smartphone on a large screen.


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"All the books and magazines that you sent me helped re-enforce my new-found Catholic beliefs. After reading them and praying, I now have no doubts about the Catholic faith and I am rejoicing in the truth. It is good to know the truth! God bless Catholic Answers!"
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Scientists rebut Obama Administration's "National Climate Assessment"
Yes, that's right … scientists. Here's their opening. As you'll see, they don't mince words nor do they show much respect for the nonsense spouted in the NCA or those who produced it. And I don't blame them:
The National Climate Assessment – 2014 (NCA) is a masterpiece of marketing that shows for the first time the full capabilities of the Obama Administration to spin a scientific topic as they see fit, without regard to the underlying facts. With hundreds of pages written by hundreds of captive scientists and marketing specialists, the administration presents their case for extreme climate alarm.
As independent scientists, we know that apparent evidence of "Climate Change,"however scary, is not proof of anything. Science derives its objectivity from robust logic and honest evidence repeatedly tested by all knowledgeable scientists, not just those paid to support the administration's version of "Global Warming," "Climate Change," "Climate Disruption," or whatever their marketing specialists call it today.
We are asked to believe that humans are drastically changing the earth's climate by burning fossil fuels. The problem with their theory is very simple:
It is NOT true.
Here we address the administration's basic thesis and the essential evidence that they claim support extreme concern. The theory of 'Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming' (CAGW) is based on a string of inferences that begins with the assumptions that carbon dioxide is a 'greenhouse gas' and that we are slowly driving up the atmospheric concentration by burning fossil fuels. It is therefore claimed as self-evident that the Global Average Surface Temperature (GAST) has already risen significantly and will continue to do so.
Higher GAST is then presumed to lead to all sorts of negative consequences, especially Extreme Weather. They promote their 'Climate Models' as a reliable way to predict the future climate. But these models dramatically fail basic verification tests. Nowhere do they admit to these well-known failures. Instead, we are led to believe that their climate models are close to perfection.
This document is structured around a "fact-check," where we quote a number of the government's key claims in the NCA and show each to be invalid. The first three claims involve their three crucial scientific arguments (Three Lines of Evidence or 3 LoE), which, if valid, would satisfy a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for making their case. But each is easily shown to be false; and because each is crucial, their entire theory collapses. That means that all of the overblown "Climate Disruption" evidence that they mention, whether true or not, cannot be tied back to man's burning of fossil fuels. Hence, efforts to reduce or eliminate Extreme Weather by reducing the burning of fossil fuels are completely nonsensical.
They then present a point by point rebuttal of the "3 LoE", pointing to evidence that shows them to be demonstrably false. And, as they point out, since those 3 LoE are the foundation of the CAGW theory, the theory collapses.


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Charge denied in roadside drug bustBy Eric Francis
Correspondent | March 24,2014WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A South Londonderry man is facing a felony heroin possession charge as the result of a routine traffic stop that took place a month ago in Chester.
Ryan Magoon, 25, pleaded innocent to the charge last week in White River Junction criminal court.
Magoon was a passenger in a pickup that was stopped Feb. 10 for running a stop sign at the intersection of routes 11 and 103 in Chester. Vermont State Police Trooper Eric Vitali said he became suspicious because Magoons hands were shaking and he avoided eye contact.
Vitali said Magoon and the woman who was driving the truck each admitted they had driven to Springfield that day to buy a bundle of 10 bags of heroin from a local dealer for $120.
Vitali said a search of the pair turned up two small glassine bags of heroin in the drivers pockets and seven bags of heroin were found in Magoons socks and his jacket.
Magoon allegedly told police hed smoked marijuana earlier in the day and had snorted the 10th bag of heroin from the bundle while still at the dealers residence.
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PITTSBURGH, PA (October 08, 2009) - The AIRMALL® at Pittsburgh International Airport took first place among U.S. airports in the food, shops and amenities category in Conde Nast Traveler's 12th Annual Business Travel Awards. The magazine published the results in its October 2009 edition.
The Conde Nast Traveler 2009 Business Travel Awards is based on rankings provided by the magazine's readers who were identified as business travelers. Those readers were asked to rate hotel chains, airports and airlines in a variety of categories as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor. Final scores represent the percentage of readers who rated an entry in a specific category as either excellent or very good.
"It is an honor to be recognized among the finest examples of airport dining and retailing in the nation," Allegheny County Airport Authority Chairman Glenn R. Mahone said. "Our quality airport amenities and our excellent customer service grow more and more important and will remain a priority for the Airport Authority."
"When the AIRMALL opened 13 years ago it was considered a leader and innovator," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. "The variety, the selection and the guaranteed street pricing policy helps to keep Pittsburgh International Airport on top. The Airport Authority in partnership with BAA-Pittsburgh, the AIRMALL management company, looks to maintain this level of excellence for years to come."
"The AIRMALL® at PIT has consistently achieved high marks in the Conde Nast Traveler's Business Travel Awards over the past several years," said Jay Kruisselbrink, vice president of development for BAA Pittsburgh. "It is an important benchmark, and it is testament to the quality of our development."


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Re: Is a "TOP TEN" to much to ask for?
midwesternsmoke wrote:OBVIOUSLY.......A top 10 IS TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR!!
+1 Yeah... what he said. Just what I was thinking.
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midwesternsmoke wrote:OBVIOUSLY.......A top 10 IS TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR!!
Smoke14TS wrote:I'm not looking forward to the race. This is no fun. But who knows, it can turn on a dime. In 2005 he'd been junk most of the year till they hit Michigan in June, he dominated and ran second there. Won Sonoma the next week, had three finishes OUTSIDE the top-10 the rest of the way, and got his second Cup. The 2011 turnaround is a bit more recent so I don't need to refresh any memories there. Maybe they'll stumble on something or figure out something that gets him up to speed.
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Tour Dordt College during Iowa Private College Week
August 3, 2014
Take a tour of Dordt College's beautiful campus during Iowa Private College Week (IPCW), August 4–8. High school students and their parents are invited to Dordt College to meet with admissions staff and take a guided tour through campus to see residence halls, classrooms and labs, athletic facilities, and more. Tours begin in the Admissions Office in the Campus Center at 9 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
When prospective students arrive for a tour, they will receive an IPCW passport that is stamped at each campus they visit. Students who collect three or more passport stamps, and then apply and enroll at a participating college, will have a chance to win a $500 bookstore voucher at the college they choose.
To schedule a visit during Iowa Private College Week, call the Admissions Office at (712) 722-6080 or toll-free at 1-800-343-6738 (option 1). You can also register online at www.thinkindependently.com.
Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition and home to approximately 1,400 students. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Learn more about Dordt College at www.dordt.edu.
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The EITF met on March 13, 2014 to discuss four issues. PwC's EITF observer provides you an insightful summary of decisions reached and the changes affecting GAAP.
At its March 13, 2014 meeting, the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached final consensus on one issue affecting share-based payments when the terms of an award include a performance target that could be achieved after the requisite service period. A consensus-for-exposure was reached on an issue pertaining to the recognition of new accounting basis (pushdown) in certain circumstances. Discussions also continued on two other issues. One issue relates to determining whether a host contract in a hybrid instrument issued in the form of a share is more akin to debt or equity, and the other issue relates to the measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities of a consolidated collateralized financing entity (CFE). The final consensus and consensus-for-exposure must first be ratified by the FASB at its March 26, 2014 meeting before becoming a final accounting standards update (ASU) or being exposed for public comment.
This edition of EITF observer provides a synopsis of the discussions and decisions reached at the March 13, 2014 EITF meeting.


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Stun gun critics seek state standards
attorney, Robert Appel, representing Macadam Mason's mother, speaks during a news conference June 27, 2013, at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt. Representatives of Vermont Legal Aid and the American Civil Liberties Union joined lawmakers to speak on the need for police training in the use of stun guns, a year and a week after Mason died from being hit by a Taser used by State Police Senior Trooper David Shaffer. (AP Photo/Times Argus, Adam Caira)
MONTPELIER Lawmakers and advocates for people with disabilities criticized Vermont officials Thursday for failing to come up with a statewide policy and training on police use of stun guns more than a year after a 39-year-old Thetford man was killed by one.
The June 20, 2012, death of Macadam Mason after he was hit in the chest with a stun gun by a state trooper during an altercation should not go unnoticed, Director Jack McCullough of Vermont Legal Aids Mental Health Law Project said at a news conference at the Statehouse.
A year later, police continue to use these lethal weapons without any requirement that their use be restricted to life-threatening situations, McCullough said. In fact, there continues to be no serious control over their use.
Neither Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn nor state police Col. Thomas LEsperance immediately responded to requests for comment. Gov. Peter Shumlin said he continues to support police use of Tasers. Shumlin earlier came out against calls for a moratorium.
I continue to believe that Tasers are an important tool for law enforcement that avoid the need for bullets that inflict much more damage than Tasers, the governor said.
Speakers at the news conference agreed that stun guns are not as lethal as firearms, but said they can sometimes kill. They urged state officials to consider the weapons second only to firearms in lethality as police draft use-of-force policies.
McCullough joined Allen Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union; former state Human Rights Commission director Robert Appel; and three lawmakers in calling for passage of legislation that would set standards for stun gun use.
The bill calls for the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council, which oversees the state police academy, to draft the standards and training protocols and to report to the Legislature each December on the use of Tasers by police. It further calls for the council to coordinate training with the Department of Mental Health.
While speakers, including Reps. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, Jim Masland, D-Thetford, and Sen. Mark MacDonald, an Orange County Democrat, focused on stun guns, they also said statewide training and standards for police use of firearms is lacking.
MacDonald cited the police shooting of Joseph Fortunati in Corinth in 2006. Fortunati was reportedly having mental health problems at the time, and MacDonald wondered whether the shooting was necessary.
Attorney General William Sorrell cleared police of any wrongdoing in the cases involving Mason, who was agitated and called a crisis line before police arrived, and Fortunati, as well as the 2001 shooting of Robert Woodward by Brattleboro police. Witnesses said Woodward was holding a knife to his own head at the time.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted Friday to allow licensed hunters to control the axis deer population on the Big Island without the requirement of a special permit.
The decision means licensed hunters are not limited by season, or the number of deer allowed to be killed. All other hunting rules, including limits to hunt during daylight hours remain in effect.
Hunting on private lands requires the permission of the landowner.
A similar order is currently in place on Maui and Moloka'i.
The invasive axis deer is believes responsible for at least $2 million in damage to Maui area resort, farms, and ranches.
The lifting of hunting restrictions on the Big Island will be in effect through October 25, 2017.


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Steve and Lynda Weiss said that when they first stopped by Rock City Church, it felt a little strange.
After all, not every church holds its Sunday worship services in a movie theater.
But they were warmly greeted when they walked through the doors, and the music of a praise band inspired them to worship God.
"It only took us a minute ... to feel very comfortable," Mr. Weiss said. "It just grabbed us from the beginning. We were definitely hooked after that first experience."
Membership in Rock City, which meets in the AMC theater at Lennox Town Center on the Northwest Side, has grown from about 400 people when it launched in April 2011 to about 1,200 people this year.
The church is set to start services in a second theater on Sunday — the Regal cinema at Georgesville Square on the Far West Side.
The Rev. Chad Fisher, pastor, said he and wife Katie started Rock City with backing from the Association of Related Churches. A startup team spread the word largely by reaching out to neighbors, Mr. Fisher said.
"We just talked about the idea of starting a church that really engaged the spiritually restless and the unchurched," he said. "A lot of people who attend Rock City have either never been to church or they've not been to church in many years."
This year, the church was ranked 17th on a list of 100 fastest-growing evangelical Protestant churches compiled by Outreach Magazine. Rock City grew by about 570 attendees from 2012, a 130 percent increase, based on figures reported by the church to LifeWay Research, which compiled the list.
The Fishers were ministering at a church in Toledo when they decided to follow their dream of " helping people afraid to walk through the doors of a church," Mr. Fisher said.
He said the bulk of his congregation is made up of young professionals, college students and young families, but the church attracts a wide range of ages. They're drawn, in part, by Rock City's generosity, he said.
The church holds community events, such as Laundry Love, in which members gather at a laundromat to wash clothing for those in the community who need that service. It also works with an elementary school to give shoes and backpacks to children, and has worked with an organization to help a church in San Salvador build a clinic to provide meals, education, spirituality and medical care for children.
"There's something that's telling people, 'We need to do more,' " Fisher said. "We feel we're really striking a chord there, giving people an opportunity to get in the game and make a difference."
That's the reason Kim and Billy Klopfer, then in their 30s, left another nondenominational church to attend Rock City. They serve as ushers, volunteer during service projects and are members of a prayer group.
"My wife and I wanted to be involved with a church that was making an impact in the community we live in, which is Downtown," Mr. Klopfer said. "They are a very giving church."
He said they also are impressed with Fisher's passion for reaching those without a church and with how Rock City uses branding and social media to attract young people who might never have considered worship.
The Weisses, who are in their 50s, also say they were attracted by Rock City's focus on serving others. And, Mr. Weiss said, Fisher's sermons are direct, helpful in day-to-day life and keep him on the edge of his seat.
The Dublin couple started attending Rock City after nearly two decades at a Methodist church that they felt had started to stagnate.
"I think what it came down to was our faith evolved to the point where we thought there should be more to church," he said. "We just thought that God was calling us to do something else."


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Leading the wayJanuary 23,2013
As he begins his second term, President Obama has enunciated a point of view that might be called liberalism without apologies. It could prove to be a historic shift.
His second inaugural address emphasized the ways Americans have always acted together for the common good, and he said we need to continue that tradition. The terminology has changed. In the era of Theodore Roosevelt it was called progressivism. In the Lyndon Johnson era it was called liberalism. Because conservatives succeeded in tainting the term liberalism, liberals have once again started calling themselves progressives.
But the taint is fading away, and there is a reason.
The conservative revolution associated with President Reagan was many things, but one important strand was a reaction against what Americans saw as a wasteful, heavy-handed welfare state. The 70s were a time of turmoil when the nation was beset by crime, urban deterioration, racial strife and an array of new agencies, with their new regulatory regimes.
America was beginning to regulate business to protect the environment and to protect the rights of workers. But efforts to build a Great Society under Johnson had exploded into flames, and the lower classes, to some, appeared shiftless and ungrateful.
Reagan successfully associated the nations problems with liberalism. Government, he said, was the problem. The liberal movement that began with Franklin Roosevelt ran out of steam under Lyndon Johnson, and President Carter was not able to forestall its demise.
President Clinton perfected the art of presenting liberalism in a conservative framework. He conceded the rhetorical point, saying the era of big government was over. He was not so much an apologetic liberal as a sly one, seeking to maneuver within terms dictated by the conservative establishment.
But as liberalism fell into tatters under Johnson, conservatism fell apart under George W. Bush. Obamas re-election revealed the many ways that conservatives have ceded the role of governance to liberal/progressives. By vilifying everything having to do with government, they have left the Democrats as the only ones interested in making government work.
The poverty of Republican ideas has been revealed in recent budget negotiations. Since the election, the Republicans have been without a plan, because they have constricted themselves to the tiniest territory of policy options. They have offered no thoughts except to cut government and cut taxes. Our present dilemmas require thinking more creative than that, and Obama has been happy to fill the policy vacuum.
In his address, he said virtually nothing about the deficit. Till now Democrats have had to pay lip service to conservative orthodoxy that the deficit is problem number one. Obama may have been emboldened by the analysis of economist Paul Krugman, whose column last week said that the combination of budget cuts passed in 2011 and tax cuts passed as part of the fiscal cliff bill has put us back on a reasonable fiscal track. Thus, worry about the deficit is not necessary for now.
Obama has a full agenda, and it will require government expenditures. He wants to rebuild the country, which would provide needed economic stimulus and create jobs. He wants to support education, research and steps to confront the climate crisis. He wants to continue the path toward comprehensive health care. On immigration, gay rights and guns, the liberal position is now in the ascendancy.
During his first term Obama was still bound by the liberals need to concede rhetorical points to the Republicans, and he constricted himself by seeking to work together with them. They showed themselves to be more into self-immolation than in compromise and cooperation, so he has charted a liberal agenda without apology.
There is always a danger that the Democrats will veer toward bureaucracy-heavy, stultifying, regulatory solutions. But perhaps Obama has learned from history. Certainly, his first term showed he was looking for new ways to be liberal.
Now since the Republicans have shown themselves unwilling or unable to play a constructive role, he has made the liberating choice to describe a liberal agenda without an obligatory bow toward conservative misgivings. On guns, health care, infrastructure, climate, immigration, tax reform and other issues, he will be leading the way.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is a land trust that works in partnership with the landowners and communities of the Upper Delaware River region to conserve our lands, waters, and our quality of life. We wish to express our grave concern over Governor Corbett's budget decision to permanently remove funds for the Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation Fund.
Since its inception almost two decades ago, the Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation Fund has made a significant contribution to protecting our state parks, our scenic view sheds, wildlife habitats, and perhaps, most importantly, our vital sources of drinking water. The Keystone Fund has also supported the building of playgrounds and parks and supported the improvement of public facilities.
Through both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Keystone Fund has been a dedicated source of funding. The results of this funding are extremely popular with Pennsylvanians, who enjoy and depend upon the lands, waters, and facilities the Keystone Fund has protected and augmented.
The quality of life in our Upper Delaware River Region is directly reliant on the farms, forests and waters that support its important local economies, including ecotourism, agriculture and wood products industries. These local economies and the region's unique beauty and environmental health rely upon assuring that state government wisely uses taxpayer funds to assure taxpayer priorities like healthy public parks, forestlands, thriving wildlife and clean water are protected.
We urge the governor and our representatives to remember that the clean water, healthy lands and public spaces upon which Pennsylvanians depend are not an option or a choice or a matter of year to year decisions—they are a continual necessity to the quality of life in our state. Zeroing out the Keystone Fund that has supported sound conservation priorities for almost two decades is not only shortsighted, it is unhealthy for Pennsylvanians and for the future our state.
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Source: Sofia News Agency The unity of the Holy Synod and of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the most important issue for Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria, according to Varna Metropolitan Kiril. Kiril made the statement Sunday in the Bulgarian capital during his very first mass as Sofia Metropolitan and interim Patriarch. "When opinions differ, each must be well-grounded. I hope that all metropolitans will attend the next meeting of the Holy Synod and that those who would be absent … [Read more...]
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The one gal in the gang is there to do the honorable deed of avenging her father's death. He, however, was killed while committing robbery by the actual "bad" guy.
Our next selection shows that love can make it all better ...
No. 2: "The Music Man" (1962)
"The Music Man" is a unique tale, because it has its star try to make good on his con, but in doing so still manages to twist the idea of who is really good.
The music man, played by Robert Preston, wants to go straight after falling in love -- awwww. So the audience is quick to forgive his con-man ways. And oddly, when a co-conspirator comes a-walking into town threatening to reveal the con to the townspeople, and rescuing them from the scam, he's the one made out to be a bad guy.
Shirley Jones' librarian, the object of his affection, comes to his side to help him stay in the shadows, enabling his con. When the gig is finally up, the music man is saved by a miracle that legitimizes his con. No one was the wiser and deception prevails.
Lastly, handsome criminals can't be all bad, right?
No. 1: "Ocean's Eleven" (2001)
This film takes the cake because it's so well made and the characters are so, well, likeable. So it goes the furthest to make bad look good.
The movie itself was shot and edited in a style all its own, featuring swift cuts, dual-screen action, and flashy Vegas colors. Throw in a nice soundtrack and you have pure eye/ear candy for an hour and half!
It offers an all-star group of Hollywood hunks -- George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon -- to play the thieves. And it naturally paints the "good guy" -- the legitimate, hardworking casino owner -- as a "bad" fella.
Finally, it has the female lead show preference for the lead thief. But just because she fell for it, doesn't mean we have to.
These guys vandalize, con, and steal equipment, and then there's the millions of dollars that the casino's customers are going to have to absorb. Yeah, great guys.
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I bought this for my Papillon when I got him as a puppy. He didn't like it and still doesn't but he's a weirdo. My other dogs (and blue heeler mix and a bichon frise) liked it (especially when a piece of blanket fleece was tied in the middle which made it a superfun tug-of-war toy). The Bichon Frise and the Blue Heeler are now in doggie heaven :( but the toy is still going strong and has been passed around my family to be played with by a terrier mix, a German Shepherd, a beagle/lab, a maltipoo, and a boxer/chihuahua. Sometimes several of the above at once. Oh, I forgot to mention my papillon is 10 years old now. That makes this toy 10 years old and it is still in 1 piece and enjoyed by all (except my papillon).
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Resist-A-Ball® Instructor Orientation
Seven-Hour Orientation | Includes Resist-A-Ball® Instructor Manual
3 STAR Points | 3 Peak Pilates CECs | 6 AFAA | .7 ACE | $275
Learning to lead classes or personal training sessions with one of the most dynamic, versatile pieces of fitness equipment available begins with this comprehensive one-day orientation. Discover the wide array of benefits of stability ball training, including core strength, posture, balance, body awareness, flexibility and even cardiovascular fitness. You'll learn to create exercise programs and sequences that add the element of play and challenging excitement for fitness enthusiasts of all levels. If you have ever wondered how to do more on the ball than just ab crunches, or if you want to expand your knowledge as a fitness professional, this course is for you. The Resist-A-Ball Instructor Orientation is the most comprehensive workshop available for stability ball training. It starts with the basics, such as ball sizing, inflating and neutral alignment on the ball. Plus, you'll get hands-on training for dozens of exercises to strengthen and stretch every muscle group, including exercises using free weights. After learning to execute the exercises properly, you'll be taught progression, teaching techniques, and cueing
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Need For Speed: The Run ReviewBy Jason D'Aprile - Posted Nov 15, 2011
Need for Speed goes cross country in the Run, a story-driven quest to beat out over 200 drivers for a $25 million purse to race from San Francisco to New York City in an array of speed machines ranging from the mundane to the gorgeously exotic.
The Pros
- Fast-paced and exciting action
- Many miles of road to conquer
- Many cars, each with a distinct feel
- Excellent online support
The Cons
- AI frequently goofy
- Graphics are hit and miss
- Race objectives don't vary much leading to a lot of repetition
- Minor lack of refinements throughout
Need for Speed: The Run Review
EA has essentially split off their venerable Need for Speed line between the simulation-centric Shift series and the less real-world style of Hot Pursuit, and their latest, Need for Speed: The Run, falls squarely in the latter category. Unfortunately, this puts it in direct competition with the previous game in the series, which doesn't do The Run any favors.
Run, Run, Run!
That's not to say Need for Speed: The Run is bad. There are actually miles of fun to be had here, but developer Black Box's creation definitely comes up short in comparison to the slick, gorgeous, and nearly pristine driving of Hot Pursuit. The Run is decidedly focused on the cinematic, complete with an exciting escape from a car crusher to jump-start the action at the start of the game.
It seems The Run's protagonist is in trouble with some bad people over gambling debts, but he's given the chance to correct the situation thanks to an illegal cross-country race. With a purse of $25 million, over 200 racers are in line to go the distance from San Francisco to New York City, and the aim of the game is to constantly move up in the rankings.
The first major goal is hit Vegas in the 150th position and next up is Chicago in the top 50. As a result of this placement focus, every race is either about passing a specific number of competitors or beating the clock (or both). What that really boils down to is that players have to be in first place for every single race.
Road Rage
The Run is divided up into 10 main stages, each containing numerous races. Some of the races are boss fights, where players must beat a specific character to the finish line. Others are pure timed races where they must hit check points before time runs down, but most are just about passing X number of cars to make it to the finish line first.
The upside of this design is the level of excitement and challenge. Races in The Run can be thrilling as players struggle to avoid traffic, the cops, and other racers to be number one. The handling of each car is refined, and the game conveniently rates each car's handling difficulty, so experienced drivers can go straight for the unruly super cars, while more casual players can stick to the easier rides.
Cars can be swapped out at gas stations, and there's no other way to switch vehicles between races. So, players can potentially end up temporarily stuck with the wrong machine for the job because they didn't swap cars earlier. Each race has a limited number of checkpoint-based restarts as well. It's not a rewind as in Hot Pursuit or Forza, which seems like an odd step backwards.
While the controls are tight and responsive, especially with the easier to handle cars, there's a lot of little nagging issues in The Run that hold it back. The sudden use of cinematic displays to show cops or crashes is entirely jarring in the middle of a race and can't be turned off. Worse, it occasionally causes uncontrollable crashes.
In general, the AI works, but there are plenty of odd imbalances. The other racers are incredibly aggressive and think nothing of bashing into the player (though not each other), and civilian traffic is frequently completely illogical. In cities, they'll take sudden turns with no warning from the wrong lane, or just get hung up on obstacles.
This is the second game to use DICE's Frostbite 2 engine and, much like Battlefield 3, won't bowl anyone over on consoles. The visuals suffer from a sudden lack of focus as the road goes into the horizon. There's no pop-up at all, but the yellow lines get blurry much too close to the forefront of the screen and the details of distant objects are rather muddled.
Many of the tracks actually obscure the player's view on purpose. Blinding sun is common and some tracks have massive dust or snow storms that can make avoiding police blockades frustrating. Finally, there are occasions when The Run steps out of the car, leading to on-foot cinematic chase sequences broken up by sudden quick-time event button presses. QTE gameplay in general is well past its prime, and these few segments just drag the game down.
Multiplayer racers will appreciate the superb online options, including an array of themed racing events available for online competition complete with personal achievement tracking and random rewards for racing. The inclusion of EA's Autolog also makes certain players can keep track of any friends playing the game (and vice versa), though having to wait for this service to connect every time the game loads is intrusive.
In Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: The Run has a lot to offer—over 70 events, including challenge races outside the main game, a large selection of cars with excellent handling characteristics, and some truly intense driving. Unfortunately, there are minor nagging issues at nearly every turn, from the graphic back step and inconsistent AI to the dogged and tiring focus on simply placing first in nearly every race. The Run is a good racing game at heart, but simply doesn't live up to the legacy of its predecessor.


text: I admit to being a little confused with the general off-season direction BB has taken this year. I'm not saying I'm unhappy with it - we'll be able to field a very good team next year - it's just that I don't see much in the way of strategic forward planning. We came into this off-season with CB, DT, S and WR as pretty big needs and we'll likely be going in to next year with those same needs considering the ageing players and one year contracts we've handed out. So in light of the Kelly, Edelman and probable Sanders signings, where are we in terms of this draft? 1. Leaving aside the two seventh rounders, we only have two draft picks. Yes trade backs or a Mallett trade would change that, but BB is giving up draft picks to sign players to one year contracts. It doesn't appear that he's placing much value on those draft picks right now. 2. In the last day, we've effectively double-dipped at the WR position. Whilst I don't think we've ruled ourselves out of drafting a WR, I don't think we'll be double dipping anymore. So what type of WR are we looking at. Sanders strikes me as very similar to the Wheaton/Swope/Boyce type receivers so I wonder whether they're still on the cards. And I find it interesting that the Edelman/Sanders business comes the day after Keenan Allen ran a 4.70 thus pretty much guaranteeing he falls to us in the 1st. He'd certainly offer us that size receiver that we don't have. 3. OG and pass rusher are looking like very strong possibilities - they're both possible needs that haven't been directly addressed yet. Neither are absolutely essential (we can get by) but drafting at both positions would improve us, certainly in the long-term. Justin Pugh/Corey Lemonier perhaps? 4. For the last two years, BB has looked at the coverage LB position in his pre-draft contacts. Last year it was Lavonte David, this year Alec Ogletree, Kiko Alonso and some others. With so few absolute needs, could this be the year? 5. Only two draft picks and so few immediate must have needs, could this be the year that we grab a couple of upside luxury type prospects in the draft? How about one or both of Tyrann Mathieu/Marcus Lattimore? This draft for the Patriots wan't all that easy to pin down initially. Now it's next to impossible. Edit: Can't edit the tile. Should read "so", not "Wo". Doh!


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What we're reading: a little something to whet the appetite for an upcoming Breakers event
- 8:22 pm Sunday, November 18th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
Most of us generally can't afford the fare at New York's legendary Le Cirque—a dish of Dover sole fetches $79—and there are a limited number of tickets available for the upcoming Le Cirque tribute dinner at The Breakers, where guests will revel
in a recreation of Le Cirque's iconic décor, complete with the restaurant's famed creator, 80-year-old charm-giser Sirio Maccioni, on hand with some of his chefs.
So, you might want to take a look at "A Table at Le Cirque," a coffeetable book (Rizzoli, October 2012) by Maccioni and Pamela Fiori, a former editor of Town & Country and Travel & Leisure [More]


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By Dave Wagner
While baseball umpires often take a lot of grief, most are in it for the love of the game.
Former area high school players Wes Hatley and Ricardo Anaya said they've used umpiring as a means to stay close to the sport.
No one does it to get rich.
Anaya, 25, said normal play is $40 for a varsity game and $20-25 for a junior varsity game. Umpires usually carpool to games and receive mileage if the round trip is at least 60 miles.
Hatley and Anaya are members of a Clovis-area umpiring group of about 15, under the direction of David Briseno.
"I got into it last year," said Anaya, a 2002 Eastern New Mexico University and 1997 Portales High grad who played three seasons of baseball for the Rams. "I was always going out and watching baseball games, and I thought it would be fun to still be involved."
Hatley, 22, has been umpiring longer than Anaya. A 2000 graduate of Clovis, he said he first got into it as a freshman at New Mexico State, then became even more involved after transferring to West Texas A&M in Canyon.
He's done some junior college and Division II-level games.
"I really, really enjoy umpiring," said Hatley, who shared the Wildcats' single-season home run record (seven in 1999) before current senior Jason Seefeld belted eight last spring. "The day I hang it up, like the day when I stopped playing baseball, will be a sad day for me."
Both players were catchers in high school, and that may have contributed to their intrigue with umpiring. It also may explain why they prefer working the plate to doing the bases.
"It's actually been a little more difficult than I thought it would be," said Anaya, who worked mainly junior varsity games last year but now does varsity games in Clovis, Portales and surrounding smaller towns.
"You have to be more intense than if you're just watching the game," he said. "And you've got to know the rules."
Hatley said at one time he envisioned himself eventually doing Big 12 games, but his priorities have changed. He'll graduate in May and plans to marry in July.
"My whole goal when I started umpiring was to do Division I college baseball," Hatley said. "In order to make it to that level, you have to work a long time at the junior college level.
"But now that I'm graduating from WT with a degree in criminal justice, I'm going to come back to New Mexico and become a state policeman."
Anaya, whose long-range goal is to be able to work a state tournament, said umpiring has helped make him better at dealing with people.
"Now that I have it from an umpire's perspective, I understand what's going on," he said. "I've learned to be more patient and listen."


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Home List of Titles An HI survey of six local group analogs I: survey description and the search for high-velocity clouds
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/52641
- Title
- An HI survey of six local group analogs I: survey description and the search for high-velocity clouds
- Author(s)
- Pisano, Daniel J.; Barnes, David G.; Gibson, Brad K.; Staveley-Smith, Lister; Freeman, Ken C.; Kilborn, Virginia A.
- Abstract
- We have conducted an H I 21 cm emission-line survey using the Parkes 20 cm multibeam instrument and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) of six loose groups of galaxies chosen to be analogs to the Local Group. The goal of this survey is to make a census of the H I-rich galaxies and high-velocity clouds (HVCs) within these groups and compare these populations with those in the Local Group. The Parkes observations covered the entire volume of each group with a rms MH I sensitivity of (4-10) × 105 M⊙ per 3.3 km s-1 channel. All potential sources detected in the Parkes data were confirmed with ATCA observations at ∼2' resolution and the same MHI, sensitivity. All the confirmed sources have associated stellar counterparts; no starless H I clouds - HVC analogs-were found in the six groups. In this paper, we present a description of the survey parameters, sensitivity, and completeness. Using the population of compact HVCs (CHVCs) around the Milky Way as a template, coupled with the detailed knowledge of our survey parameters, we infer that our nondetection of CHVC analogs implies that, if similar populations exist in the six groups studied, the CHVCs must be clustered within 90 kpc of group galaxies, with average MH I, ≲ 4 × 105 M⊙ at the 95% confidence level. The corollary is that the same must apply to Milky Way CHVCs. This is consistent with our previous results from a smaller sample of groups, and in accordance with recent observational and theoretical constraints from other authors. These results confirm that there is very little neutral matter around galaxies, and that any substantial reservoir of baryons must be in other phases.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 662, no. 2 (Jun 2007), pp. 959-968
- Publication year
- 2007
- Keyword(s)
- All-sky survey; Alpha emission; Barred magellanic spirals; Formation; Galactic halo; Galaxies; Hipass catalog; Intergalactic medium; Low-metallicity; Milky-Way; Neutral hydrogen; Space density
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
- Peer reviewed


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I have an 8 month old daughter and she was EBF until 4 months and then all her night time feeds were BF due to my supply decreasing. I didn't realize building up supply like this was possible! So at 6 months I stopped breastfeeding completely. Up until about 2 weeks ago I was still able to get some milk just by trying to hand express just to see if it was still there. Anyways now with all this melamine studies I would rather not risk it. I started taking my prenatals again. I am going to buy fenugreek and blessed thistle today. I have starting nipple stimulation and will take my pump out of storage today.
My daughter loves skin to skin but I tried offering her the breast instead of soother last night and she got so ANGRY! She kept arching her back away from me but if I gave her the soother she would lay her head back on my breast and start using her hands to explore my breasts. Then she fell asleep. I tried offering her the breast again as comfort this morning before her nap. She was willing to open her mouth but completely refused to let my nipple in her mouth.
I am also scared because she has got 3 teeth now which she didn't have when I quit BF.
Any tips on getting her to latch and anything else I could do to get my milk up. I live in Canada so I need a prescription for reglan etc but from what I can see it is rather expensive. I don't think I could afford it.


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May hostesses, Carole Jambers, Norma Newport and Brenda Springer pose for a photo as the Three Rivers Garden Club prepares for their annual Plant and Bake Sale at the Gurwitz Center.
The Three Rivers Garden Club held their last meeting before summer break on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at Our Savior Lutheran Church. Club officers were reaffirmed and plans were made for next year's meetings, speakers and beautifying projects. Plans were finalized for the club's upcoming Annual Plant and Bake Sale, scheduled for June 7 and 8.


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One of the most futuristic watches available from Tokyoflash Japan, Keisan is a streamlined design made from high grade aluminum which ensures a lightweight, comfortable feel on your wrist. Finished with a pristine polished alumite coating, it has a smooth, bright appearance, unlike any other material.
An animation has been programmed into the LED module so that once every minute for 12 minutes after the time is displayed, the LEDs light up and move in a sweeping formation from side to side. A stylish effect that brings the watch to life.
Keisan is available in black, with red or green LEDs and is a must have design for anyone interested in futuristic watches.
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I'm having a hard time pumping enough milk this week. I think it may be because Lilah was sick last week and didn't nurse very much during the day, but I was behind by 3 ounces yesterday and seem to be headed that way today as well. I have plenty in the freezer to supplement with, but it just worries me.
Anyone else experience this? I've changed my valves & membranes so that's not it. I'm worried that I won't be able to get it back up to the regular amount


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Gary and D'Ann Wiley of Clovis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Allison Wiley of Lubbock, to Reagan Marble of Lubbock, son of Larry and Claire Marble of Boerne, Texas, and Julie Marble of Jourdanton, Texas.
The couple will exchange vows on Jan. 14, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Lubbock.
The reception will be at Merket Alumni Center in Lubbock.
The bride-elect is a 2011 graduate of Baylor University.
She is employed as sustainability coordinator at Texas Tech University.
The prospective groom is a 2009 graduate of Baylor University.
He is a student at Texas Tech University School of Law.
Invitations have been sent out.


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Who better to begin previewing the National League with then the San Diego Padres? The answer is probably just about anyone excluding the Marlins.
Do they still have a giant Taylor Made golf club as their foul pole? Does anyone know? If so, this moves them up a peg in my book. If not, the roster isn't much to look at. In fact, if I was honestly a Padres fan I would probably be more excited about golf season soon picking up steam or where the San Diego State Aztecs finish in the NIT tournament if they're lucky enough to make it.
Here's a closer look at the beauty within the San Diego Padres.
Major offseason moves:
- Signed SP Jason Marquis
- Signed Carlos Quention to a 3-year, $27 million dollar extension
The Padres changed ownership groups last August when the sons of former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O' Malley bought the team. You probably didn't know this because the Padres former ownership group has done little to make them relevant in recent years and they're probably one of the least most interesting teams in baseball as it stands.
The cupboard isn't completely bare–and they've moved in the fences at Petco! I didn't know how many more of those 2-1 yawners in the San Diego sunshine that I can take. The truth is, there are two main pieces I really love on the Padres roster, and we'll get to them after the jump.


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Hope remainsApril 28,2013
Issues of energy consumption and climate change remain a central flashpoint in politics and economics, and it is only going to get worse. Thats why it is important to keep up with the work of Bill McKibben, author and activist from Ripton, who has written an article in the latest New York Review of Books reminding us of what were up against.
Among McKibbens findings are these:
n Arctic sea ice is about one-fifth of what it was in 1980.
n Carbon dioxide monitors in Hawaii have detected the second greatest annual increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ever.
n A study of temperature records going back 11,000 years has shown the earth is heating up 50 times faster than ever before.
n Data from the Arctic show that vegetation zones have migrated north by seven degrees of latitude.
These are ominous early indicators of a trend well under way toward a 2 degree increase in the atmospheres temperatures. Scientists are warning that if nothing is done the temperature could rise by 4 degrees, with catastrophic consequences.
What would bring about the worsening of this dangerous trend? One of the principal potential causes of future disaster is the good news that has surrounded us about new oil and gas discoveries and the technologies now available to take advantage of them. For example, exploitation of the tar sands of Alberta is promoted by its supporters as a bold stroke of energy independence that will liberate us from Saudi Arabia and other troublesome oil-producing places.
But that is not all. Oil in North Dakota is now said to equal in quantity the reserves in Saudi Arabia. On top of that, a new find in California may be four times as large as the find in North Dakota. A new find in Australia is in the same range of immensity.
All of that oil represents many trillions of dollars in potential wealth, and it is hard for environmentalists holding picket signs outside the White House to hold back that tide of dollars. It is also hard to counter the reasonable-sounding case that the world economy has energy needs that will be fed from somewhere be it from Alberta or Saudi Arabia. In other words oil from Alberta that is burned in the automobiles of China replaces oil that might have been shipped there from the Middle East. The increased pace of production in Canada or the United States means a slowing pace of production elsewhere.
But with world catastrophe in the balance, those concerned about climate change are trying to make the point that fatalism on whether those reserves will be burned is what will do us in. In other words, if that oil is not left in the ground, we are doomed.
Without a reasonable policy in place to wean us from fossil fuels, activists have begun to oppose any advance that might facilitate the exploitation of oil from Alberta or elsewhere. Thats why Vermonters are concerned about the use of a pipeline across northern Vermont for tar sands oil and why McKibben and others are urging President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry Alberta oil to Texas. Concern about fossil fuels extends to Addison County where residents are mobilizing to oppose extension of a natural gas pipeline from Chittenden County down through Middlebury and over to Ticonderoga, N.Y., and down to Rutland.
Meanwhile, a report for the World Bank notes that if temperatures rise by 4 degrees, we can expect a long list of disasters, including the flooding of coastal cities (think Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina), the disruption of agriculture, more droughts in dry regions, more floods in wet regions, unprecedented heat waves, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity. The report foresees a completely new class of heat waves, with magnitudes never experienced before in the 20th century.
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in the east he could probably play PF. he did it in the west...true it was with a run and gun team but hes athletic and quick enough to guard big guys i think.
i'm not sure way we would give away a #1 pick and Ariza for Marion with $63 million... sure he is a good player... but he is not KG, Shaq, Kobe, Amare, D-Wade, etc... Cap space does become an issue with Marion... with the others probably not! Marion just isn't an A+ top tier player... he's 6'7 would play SF, put Ariza and Lee back and we'd still have a big hole at PF even though we have so many of them
in the east he could probably play PF. he did it in the west...true it was with a run and gun team but hes athletic and quick enough to guard big guys i think.
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Look at three free agents signed with the MLE this summer... Abdur-Rahim with the Nets, Stromile Swift with the Rockets, Jerome James with the Knicks... all signed 5 year deals for 29 million.
This is a tricky one as we need a center more than a PF... but on a pure talent, upside and effectiveness basis, I think we got the 3rd option... in my opinion... in order of talent: swift (he's also young), 2nd is abdur-rahim (proven, sometimes soft), 3rd is James (hasn't ever played high minutes)
A tricky one as GM, Fyre is not ready... also Swift prefered Rockets to the Knicks, preferred the opportunity to play with T-Mac and Yao versus Marbury and... well we don't have a second All-Star (unfortunately we don't have one at all... not yet )
Just some thoughts people, don't hate on me for for the food for thought
i know that phoenix might want to move him...but that doesnt mean that the KNICKS will get him...there will be LOTS of teams interested in getting marion, and probably the team thats willing to give up the most will get him. i dont think isiah will want to part with his young prospects, even though i probably would.
look...swift was available...and he signed for just the MLE...but NOT with the knicks...
my intuition tells me that we are not front runners for marion...at all...
but anyway...
marion is a better player than ariza...much better. if ariza fulfills all his potential, maybe he will be 90% the player marion is. lee is just a hustle guy, a good role player off the bench...but not some great all star in the making.
i would easily do:
marion for ariza, lee, hardaway
but i just dont think that will be enough...
there's not really much else on our roster that phoenix would want - i doubt marbury will be traded (or nate), they already have amare so they dont need sweetney, the only other guy i can think of is crawford, but they need money to sign amare, so i dunno if they want another contract...
but lemme say this:
if phoenix trades marion, they will become a MUCH worse team.
marion is so underrated, so undervalued, that he is the 2nd best player on the suns, and actually i might even go out on a limb and make a case that he is even better than amare, but i wont go that far. he is easily a top 10 plaer in the league. any smart gm would give him the max contract in 2 seconds or take his contract if they could.
the suns will miss him dearly if they trade him.
The only reason why Phx needs to move Marion is because of his contract. Next season, they need to resign Amare to a MAX contract and having Nash onboard making $10+ mil, joe johnson making $12+mil, they need to clear up some cap space to allow this to happen.Originally Posted by a knick fan
The reason why the knicks is so attractive is that they have a big money expiring contract in TT or Penny that ends after the 05/06 season. This means that if Marion was traded for TT, then at the end of the year, Phx would get TT's 15mil off the books and would have the money to sign Amare right after the season ended. It's the same process they did with McDyess' contract in the trade for Marbury and Penny so that they could sign Nash to a big contract.
Marion's contract might be big - but he plays like he's worth it - the man is still young, and averages 20pts, 12rebs, 2asts, 2stls and 1.5 blks a night
As Isiah recently said - being under the cap doesn't really give u any edge, because big time FA's 99% of the time resign with their original teams because they are able to get much more money aka Kobe, Ray Allen, Redd.
They only way to get great players is in trades aka Shaq, Mcgrady, Vince.
so being under the cap does nothing for the knicks and once Dolan has no problem paying the luxury tax, then we should go for a trade that would bring Marion here....
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Besides KG, Marion is the only other player in the top 40 in seven statistical categories....points, FG%, FT%, rebounds, blocks, assists and steals...and someone's saying he isn't a top tier player?
I don't think we will have to give up Ariza or any of the prospects on our rosters...TT's expiring deal and maybe a pick, that's all it takes.
Ariza is like Scottie Pippen, does everything on the court but does nothing spectacular (besides dunking). All he needs is a Jordan to really make him fulfill his potential. Nate isn't Jordan, but I suspect Nate and Ariza will become a formidable fastbreak duo in this league.
Anything could happen before Feb...Amare or Marion could be injured for example, and something like that could sink this scenario of us vying for Marion. Bottom line is, cap fears shouldn't stop us from getting a player who automatically makes us a contender. The reason for getting under the cap is to get players like Marion.
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What I said was "sure he is a good player... but he is not KG, Shaq, Kobe, Amare, D-Wade, etc... Cap space does become an issue with Marion... with the others probably not! Marion just isn't an A+ top tier player..."Originally Posted by portega1968
I don't believe Marion is on par with these A+ players... the best of the best in the league... he is not a KG, or a Kobe or a Shaq... if he was the Suns would be CRAZY letting their franchise player go for TT's ailing contract... of course Marion is good... better than good... but do we want him with four years and 63 million playing his natural position at SF having Ariza and Lee sharing a few minutes behind him for 4 years... now i think that we'll probably trade a few of our up and coming prospects for a good deal like the Heat did for Shaq sometime soon... who know then it could work out... i'm just not sure if we all want to be capped out until the 2009/2010 seasaon... that's 4-5 years away... for some guys that's a career
What people don't realize is that Marion, like AK47 (Andre Kirilenko) is a top player. They both contribute in every offensive and defensive category there is. If you play Fantasy BBall, Marion is always one of the Top FIVE players.
You might say that this isn't fantasy bball we're talking about and that Marion can not take over games like all the other players mentioned before, but Marion just like players AK47 and Big Ben, are important just the same b/c all the factors that they contribute to are considered as "intangible qualities". These "intangible qualities" in special players add a vital component to the overall team makeup.
Right, Marion isn't KG, Tim D, Shaq, Kobe, Tracy M, and you can't put Dwane Wade there yet... Let's see the guy do it for another year or 2 before we throw him in with the dominate players in the NBA, but no he's not him either... He's Shawn Marion, a 6' 7" player who can dominate at his natural position, the 3 and carry a team for periods of a game. He isn't an A+ player, but he is an A player and he brings his A game everynight. Will the Knikcs win a championship if we did get him in Feb? No, we wouldn't but we would be that much closer to being a top team in the NBA again. If Frye can develope at the 4, like experts think he can, than I say Next season, when Brown coaches the Knicks, we will be a force to reckon with. We still need another low post force to help dominate down there, and I believe we will get 1 either this or next season. Getting Marion would bring us sooo close!
if this rumor is true then why not do it. as good as getting under the cap sounds it wont happen for years. id take marion in a heart beat. and if we can get him for as low as TIM THOMAS!?! then what the hell. you have him start the SF. i dont understand why the Suns would give away 2 of their starters from last year though. it makes no sense. to sign back Amare? im pretty sure if you stay with your original team you can get signed back for the max..listen if we can do it. DO IT!!! SF for SF. C+ player for a A player...
and the rookie contracts that they all signed say 2 years then 2 team options...so well lose them only if we want to lose them.
C Jerome James
F Mike Sweetney
F Shawn Marion
G Jamal Crawford
G Stephon Marbury
doesnt look too bad to me...but i have a feeling Antoine Walker will be our starting PF. Allan Houston will be waived. and either Penny or Mo Taylor (with Rose or Williams) for our new starting PF.
so with a good 5 line up and a bench of Frye, Butler, a PF, Ariza, Lee, Richardson, Robinson looks like a good mix of cast to me
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can anyone remember how was the relationship between marbury and marion while steph was still playing for the suns?
why would crawford start instead of richardson? i would rather use jackie butler as the 4 instead of sweetney. i thought sweet and williams was trade bait but not for antoine walker. i think butler will be just fine. btw, how was marburys relationship with marion? good? bad?Originally Posted by NYKnicks15
I think Crawford if not traded would start at the 2. Why? Just because a relapse from last year. I know we didnt succeed, BUT if Herb is our coach I think hell go with familiarity before anything. Try it, see how it goes then if needed make the switch.
If Larry is coach i think everyone has a fair chance except the rookies and marbury...Marbury gets an automatic pass, worked on the Olympics together they have a good relationship and i think for Larry to have the team Marbury has to be on it.
Sweets a far better rebounder and even tho he fouls alot he also forces the fouls aswell. gets to the line and plays hard.
if i had my choice with this roster the starting 5 would be...
C Jerome James
F Shawn Marion
F Quentin Richardson (or Trevor Ariza)
G Jamal Crawford (or Q-Rich)
G Stephon Marbury
BUT i dont think larry would go for the run and gun style..
PS if i can remember correctly they had a good relationship aswell as Marbury with Amare. No incidents or stories (to my recollection) had got out about anything otherwise.
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
i am acually startin to believe this as false....there is not 1 other site ive seen this rumor on.....
its 2 good to be true.......also if we get marion we wil have to get rid of marbury.......or we will be screwed up the ass in salary
I'd rather have Marion than Marbury to be honest.
This isn't bogus, it's speculation on a real possibility considering the circumstances unless something unexpected occurs.
Facts? Phoenix is pressured to sign Amare next year to the max. Phoenix is pressured to match Atlanta's max offer to Joe Johnson. These two circumstances would force Phoenix to deal Marion. TT's contract is a highly probable alternative. All facts.
But this won't play out until January, so until then, its just speculation.
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Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons could catch a couple of breaks this week. First, it looks like they'll avoid Adrian Peterson, although it would have been interesting to see what he could have done against their great run defense. Second, they may have Julio Jones back from his hamstring injury, which is great because they are facing one of the worst secondaries in the league. While we know the Falcons like to have Michael Turner carry the offense, this could be a week where they decide to throw it a little more, especially since the Vikings have done a solid job against backs. Minnesota looks like a fantasy wasteland right now if Peterson out, so outside of Percy Harvin, I would only consider using Toby Gerhart from this team and that would only be for volume purposes.
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Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes, says that without patches to fix bugs in the software XP PCs will be prone to freezing up and crashing, while the absence of updated security related protections make the computers susceptible to hackers.
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