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I think i like the Miami trade the best but theres gotta be sumthin better out there.
first ingenious isiah deal... 1. Milwaukee Bucks get Zach Randolph & Renaldo Balkman. Knicks get Bobby Simmons, Dan Gadzuric and Charlie Villenueva... DISGUSTING. If this is true which i doubt is because it said Harris denied this trade. But this would be HORRIBLE FOR US. 2. Miami Heat get Stephon Marbury. Knicks get Jason Williams and Ricky Davis and take on Smush. This makes a lot of sense and im sure Balkman would be included or someother player but we get too decent players... that expire next year! doesnt seem like an isiah trade... but it seems Riley would be the desperate one orchestrating it. GREAT TRADE. 3. Sacramento Kings who are looking to dump contracts. unless it involved bibby this deal would most likely have artest as the main piece and us taking on KThomas and Rahims horrible contracts. now if he was smart hed trade Randolph and Marbs and Balkman for Bibby, Artest, Thomas and another. wouldnt be GREAT buttttt its the best we could take in reality. im not lookin for trade ideas. justttt lets start with how bad that first trade is. talk amongst yourselves haha
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I think i like the Miami trade the best but theres gotta be sumthin better out there.
please, if possible, no trade including Balkman.
but i also like the miami possibility.
yea man Miami deal wouldent hurt? Davis is a 3 point shooter and hes iight...but eh idk...and yea BALKMAN BE BALLING HARD OUT THERE MAN! impressed impressed
I do not like any of those trades.
All I want is to get a young promising centre. Who can block shots and score when need (think Horford), we do not need Williams or Ricky Davis. Marbury is a good point guard and has really changed this team.
What has killed this team, is lack of defence which Marbury is part of but is not the problem.
In past Isiah has been in bad positions, and what has he done? Traded and put us in worst positions. We got Francis (sigh) and then traded for Randolph. I don't mind Randolph but I prefer Lee. Randolph and Curry cannot play together. One of them has to go.
The knicks need a defender and a young centre. We dont need any shooting guards.
Keep Steph (his value is low and we will get ripped of)
To get the players we need we should only limit our trading.
we need to dump contracts. thatd be nice. maybe a first round pick in the miami deal would be nice as well? i like marbury. you seem to love marbury. but regardless he is not a solution here. no one in the lockerroom even likes him. im not saying our team is great and we should listen to the other scrubs BUT if its 14 + the coach against 1 then get rid of the one.
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Isiah needs to stop doing patchwork to the **** he created.
Dolan is an ass if he continues to let Isiah orchestrate trades...the dude brought in Randolph and is ready to trade already - Dolan's got to see that Isiah has no idea of what he is doing.
I wouldn't mind seeing Marbury go to Miami though.
I think he, wade, haslem and shaq can cause some damage.
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Article from Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, January 16, 2008
I would love for Bibby and Artest to come here but I don't want to give up Lee. I wonder who Cleveland was offering for Crawford?...The larger question that will receive increased attention as the Feb. 21 trade deadline approaches, though, is whether Artest and Bibby will be back for long. Both players have options in their contracts that would allow them to become free agents this summer, but Bibby is expected to play his final year while earning $14.5 million while Artest's salary due of $7.4 million makes it likely he will exercise his early termination option.
They remain the most talked about trade bait in the league, with Cleveland the most known interested party for the point guard and the Knicks long intrigued with the prospect of adding the small forward. Miami has shown an interest in both players in the past but is believed to be more focused on Artest at the moment.
But according to two league sources who didn't want to be identified because of the private nature of trade talks, New York has an interest in Bibby, as well. Yet a possible obstacle in those dealings could be forward David Lee. The athletic second-year big man out of Florida represents the very sort of piece the Kings are coveting as they enter this new rebuilding era at a pace of measured and patient deliberation. Lee has upside galore and a contract (two years and combined $2.8 million remaining) that lends itself to a more sane salary cap.
That desire for a younger, cheaper forward revealed itself in November, as well, when Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie reportedly pursued a sign-and-trade for young Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao. It was at least the second time Petrie had considered acquiring Varejao, the first coming in February when discussions between the Kings and Cavs over a deal involving Bibby and Cleveland forward Drew Gooden continued until the final minutes of the trade deadline. And just as Lee could still be unavailable, the same goes for Varejao, who has since secured a five-year, $32 million deal after his holdout early this season.
Ironically, Theus discussed Lee's attributes recently while making a loose comparison between Lee and Orlando center Dwight Howard.
"(Lee) is a heck of a player, a guy you don't have to run offense for," Theus said. "David Lee can't shoot his way out of a paper bag, but David Lee can play. He rebounds hard, and every time he rebounds it, he's trying to dunk it, and every time he gets around the basket he's got good hands."
Yet both sources said Knicks coach and team president Isiah Thomas still refuses to give up Lee, which will matter as long as Knicks owner James Dolan doesn't fire Thomas. And while fans at Madison Square Garden continue calling for Thomas' head, what happens in New York in the coming weeks certainly could affect the Kings.
If Thomas is fired as team president, it is believed the Knicks would reconsider various offers Thomas has recently rebuffed. Among them are scenarios that include guard Jamal Crawford leaving town, and another – according to a source – that would have put New Jersey shooting guard Vince Carter in a Knicks uniform. Interestingly, Crawford is believed to be on Cleveland's radar as well, not surprising considering the Cavs continue to look for pieces to surround LeBron James.
The Kings as they currently appear, of course, have an issue of their own to worry about.
"We have to wait and see how it turns out, see how everybody plays together and see how we feed off each other," Bibby said. "You never know until you get out there on the court."
Why trade Marbury at all? We will only add salary. Isn't that a bad thing? Why not count it as a loss and buy Marbury out? The alternative is trading Marbury and Balkman for more contracts. I don't like it. Buy him out and keep Balkman.
I don't know if any of you's read it, on hoopshype.com in one of the articles it says Isiah didn't pull the trigger when he had an opportunity to put Vince
Carter in a knicks uniform. I think that is exactly what we could've used a consistent shooting guard/small forward that puts up good numbers every night.
i know we are always wanting to get rid of crawford but a the moment hes putting up some high scoring numbers. Yes i know thats all he does but i just dont wanna get ripped off and see him hittin 2 a night off the bench at another team while we get landed with another q rich type SG.
I dont wanna see balkman, lee or nate leave either. Thats the future of the franchise right ther!
Trev ariza should have been there aswel. Thats gotta be up there with the worst things thats happened to us!!!
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!
I don't want Isiah to trade anyone. Isiah has no idea what he's doing, and he will just do another stupid deal.There's people on the Knicks that I feel deserve to be traded,but he won't trade any of these people, so it's pointless to mention them.If Isiah were to make a trade, he'd probably trade a first round draft pick, or trade a player that doesn't deserve to get traded.I don't trust Isiah, and I don't think he deserves to be trusted either.
Our starting lineup has 3 things missing.1- a pass first PG.2- a SF that's a good defender and a good 3pt. shooter.3- a shotblocking,rebounding defensive presence with an optional mid range jumper.Even with Randolph as our best and versatile inside scorer and Crawford as our SG we still lack these 3 players in our starting lineup.


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The Amana Society would give you well, a house to live in and it was furnished so it became a home. And you also had a door income, an allowance, now this was not a cash, this was credit established for you. So this is what the old Amana colony did for you in a physical sense.
The driving forces in the colony were the Werkzeug. They selected the elders and together they ran spiritual and business affairs of the colony. Their churches were simple buildings with wooden benches, the people dressed plainly in dark clothing and the women kept their heads covered.
Oh we used to have a lot of fun. People worked together and they enjoyed it. Even with the kitchen, even cleaning onions and picking out potatoes, we had a heck of a good time. I think more than the kids do now. Just—you know—just plain simple things. Happiness meant more at that time then money.
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Bruce A. Bridgewater, OD, passed away on Sept. 1, 2012 at the age of 54 after battling cancer. Having received his degree with honors from Ferris State University, College of Optometry, he served as a consultant for several contact lens manufacturers, including Paragon Vision Sciences, where he assisted in the development of novel contact lens technologies. He was a member of the American Optometric Association and its Contact Lens Section, the Arizona Optometric Association, and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists.
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Custom and specialty soft and GP lens manufacturer Alden Optical, Inc., has acquired a new manufacturing facility in western New York. The 14,000 square foot facility will significantly increase the production capacity as the company continues to grow in the custom and specialty segment. The company plans to consolidate all manufacturing and administration activities in the new facility by late 2012.
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Preliminary attendance figures from International Vision Expo West held in Las Vegas in September indicate that 12,077 eyecare professionals attended the event. The exhibit hall attendance came in at 8,209 and was on par with last year's attendance records. The education program delivered 350 hours of education and drew 3,868 eyecare professionals during the four-day event. A complete, third-party audit of International Vision Expo West will be available approximately six weeks after the show.
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La Trobe is one of a small number of Australian universities to be ranked in the top 500 universities of the world consistently since 2003. It is a state based university known for its strong academic reputation in the Humanities and the Sciences. La Trobe has over 33,000 students across seven campuses including 8,600 international students from over 100 countries. The university's mission seeks to "join social engagement and the pursuit of academic excellence."
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Gov. Scott Walker's health secretary said no decision has been made yet on whether Wisconsin will seek a voluntary expansion of Medicaid services as provided under the federal health care overhaul.
Dennis Smith said Wednesday that answer won't be revealed until Walker introduces his budget in February. The expansion is set to take place in 2014 unless states opt out.
Walker has been critical of the expansion, raising concerns about how much it would cost the state. Smith said the state will pay more for its health care programs under the federal law, but he did not have final estimates.
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July 13, 2000: The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of a stellar demolition zone in our Milky Way Galaxy: a massive star, nearing the end of its life, tearing apart the shell of surrounding material it blew off 250,000 years ago with its strong stellar wind. The shell of material, dubbed the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), surrounds the "hefty," aging star WR 136, an extremely rare and short-lived class of super-hot star called a Wolf-Rayet. Hubble's multicolored picture reveals with unprecedented clarity that the shell of matter is a network of filaments and dense knots, all enshrouded in a thin "skin" of gas [seen in blue]. The whole structure looks like oatmeal trapped inside a balloon. The skin is glowing because it is being blasted by ultraviolet light from WR 136.See the rest:
Hubble's view [the multicolored picture taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2] covers a small region at the northeast tip of the nebula, roughly three light-years across. A picture taken by a ground-based telescope [lower right] shows almost the entire nebula. The whole structure is about 16 light-years wide and 25 light-years long. The bright dot near the center of NGC 6888 is WR 136. The white outline in the upper left-hand corner represents Hubble's view. The nebula resides in the constellation Cygnus, 4,700 light-years from Earth.
WR 136 created this web of luminous material during the late stages of its life. As a bloated, red super-giant, WR 136 gently puffed away some of its bulk, which settled around it. When the star passed from a super-giant to a Wolf-Rayet, it developed a fierce stellar wind - a stream of charged particles released from its surface - and began expelling mass at a furious rate. The star began ejecting material at a speed of 3.8 million mph (6.1 million kilometers per hour), losing matter equal to that of our Sun's every 10,000 years. Then the stellar wind collided with the material around the star and swept it up into a thin shell. That shell broke apart into the network of bright clumps seen in the image. The present-day strong wind of the Wolf-Rayet star has only now caught up with the outer edge of the shell, and is stripping away matter as it flows past [the tongue-shaped material in the upper right of the Hubble image].
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At the end of the day mate SuperLeague talent will end up in SuperLeague, weather Saints pick it up themselves or Oldham discover them first.
Tom Lineham came right through York's scholarship before moving to Hull without York seeing a penny (other than the obligatory friendly of course).
The way I see it, is that both Championship divisions are going to see an influx of SuperLeague quality kids next year, plus loads more kids that have come through the SuperLeague environment, and both divisions will be much stronger for it.


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F***ing boring chapter, expected more from kishi.
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Great chapter, got a few questions though:
1. In what way did Itachi influense Sasuke with Kotoamatsukami
I think Itachi only meant he intended to use Koto on Sasuke. He went so far as to set things up so it would happen. Except it didn't due unforeseen circumstances (edo tensei).
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2. Is Kabuto going to turn good and end edo tensei himself?
Looks that way. We'll see.
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3. Now that Sasuke knows how to use Izanami, will he punish Tobi for becoming arogant by using Izanagi to alter destiny to reach his own goals and join Naruto? How cool would that be for a plot!!!
I hope not. I don't see Sasuke sacrificing an eye for anything. Also, Sasuke himself is quite arrogant, imo, so it would be rather hypocritical of him to use Izanami on Tobi for being arrogant.
Originally Posted by Jammy
I know someone comment on your post but the manga wasn't clear in the translate which isn't Kishi fault as he is making in his own language and not English. Danzou need the power of the first because he was a NON- Uchiha his body couldn't be able to handle using 10 eyes at once. The manga didn't say that the Uchiha's used more than the eyes they had... meaning Uchiha took eyes from dead Uchiha's so they can spam simular to Danzou however the Uchiha's could use it without having as much of a problem as Danzou did.
Also kakashi said he couldn't copy it with his eye he didn't say anything about taking his DNA and using that/ putting that into his body so he could use it
Ooooohhh chief beifong
So, this week, we will see that we will wait with baited breath for another couple of weeks for Itachi to force Kabuto to make the hand signs to end edo tensei....right?
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I dont think the edo tensei will be stopped now! Cuz after the talk if tobi and kabuto about it when kabuto left tobi had already instracted Zetsu to track him with some seeds or something so that he will know his location and what he is doing maybe?! So i think at the last moment which is now tobi will appear on the scene with his space-time jutsu! Just a theory of course! But the point is if kabuto will be changed in a good way or he will give up and be comPletely absorbed bu ORochimaru. And i guess for original uchiha members izanagi or izanami doesnt have time restrictions like danzou?! Damn Itachi is really a fantastic character , same level with jiriya or the forth hokage! I wonder what kind of illness he had that caused his death! I wonder if we will learn more about Shusui, such an important and pwerful character and we know so little!
any new spoilers for episode 588?
COOL CHAPTER FOR ME *LATE* Urushi, you betrayed them! You wear Konoha headband but anyway meet Kabuto okay and take care of him )
Originally Posted by ReyesJ1
any new spoilers for episode 588?
Tomorrow is the new release but the thing that will happen yesterday: Itachi releases Edo Tensei.
right now, they are just waistin' time. i don't know why they are doing that. this weeks manga is a total waste. they shouldn't have bothered to release it:shrug:
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nice Vs
It would be interesting to have watch them two fight each other for training, and also if we got to see Izuna vs. Madara in training too, since it is said Izuna Hobbies is Training with Madara.
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Ribeiro, 34, scored 47 points with 16 goals and 31 assists for the Phoenix Coyotes last season. In 865 career NHL games with Montreal, Dallas, Washington and Phoenix, Ribeiro has scored 656 points. Roy, 31, scored 37 points in 75 games with the St. Louis Blues last season and is a four-time 60-point, 20-goal scorer. In 666 career NHL games, he has scored 492 points while spending time with Buffalo, Dallas, Vancouver and St. Louis.
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onerockindoc wrote:Last week on the Race Hub they had JR on the hotseat for an in depth and revealing interview. When they showed him jumping out of his car in the garage at Pocono to jack the car up before his guys arrived something happened to me on a level not seen since the Grinch grew a heart.became a member of JR nation right then and there folks. I don't think I'll be wearing any 88 gear in Richmond but I do think he is awesome.
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The call began with a warning.
"We're up in the mountains in Tennessee," Tom Crabtree said Saturday morning. "So you'll have excuse me if I lose the signal."
After all, the now-former Green Bay Packers tight end, vacationing in the Smoky Mountains with his wife Chelsea and their two kids and his in-laws, had already lost one call: From his new boss, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano.
"That's probably the one time I've had a call drop," Crabtree said with a chuckle. "I was like, 'You've got to be kidding me.'"
That would also accurately describe how Crabtree felt about leaving the Packers, who signed him to the practice squad in December 2009 and saw him blossom into the team's best blocking tight end, a key contributor on special teams and a favorite among the team's passionate fan base. Crabtree said he received a two-year deal from the Buccaneers, and he'll travel to Florida on Sunday to sign the deal.
While Crabtree entered the free-agent period knowing it was a possibility that the Packers wouldn't issue the low tender of $1.323 million, he said he was surprised and disappointed that the team didn't make much of an effort to keep him. Instead, they offered him the $600,000 three-year veteran minimum with "a little bit" of a signing bonus, while Tampa Bay's offer over two years is worth more overall money than the one-year restricted free-agent tender.
"We were prepared for a few different scenarios. This scenario that is actually playing out, it was on the list, but was probably near the bottom," Crabtree admitted. "I kind of expected all along to receive the tender or if not, get some kind of deal done soon after (with the Packers). It just didn't happen. It was kind of a thing where it felt like I was being put in the same position I was three years ago, and I feel like I've worked too hard to be back in the same old spot.
"I just wanted more of a show of faith from them. I know that's not how this business works. Maybe it's a little naïve on my part. It didn't work out the way we were hoping initially. We're excited. Chelsea and I have been racking our brains over this. It's a new opportunity, and I think it's good for our family."
The Packers gave up the right to match any offer he received when they chose not to tender him.
By not putting even the minimum tender on Crabtree, the Packers gave up their right to match any offer he received. Because he entered the league as an undrafted free agent, if the Packers had placed the lowest tender on him, they would not have received any draft-pick compensation had he signed an offer from another team and the Packers not matched it. However, they would have kept the right to match that offer.
The Packers also chose not to tender two other restricted free agents, outside linebacker Frank Zombo and inside linebacker Robert Francois, both of whom then became unrestricted free agents. While Francois re-signed with the Packers for a one-year deal, Zombo remains on the market.
"With Tampa, we were in communication a lot more with them all along this week," Crabtree said. "There was a time when we didn't really hear from Green Bay at all for a couple days. It was disappointing. I have a lot of good relationships there. Still, I'm very thankful for all the opportunities I was given there. But it was disappointing, ultimately. Tampa Bay was willing to go more out on a limb than Green Bay and that meant a lot to me."
In his three regular seasons in Green Bay, Crabtree caught four passes in 2010, six in 2011 and eight last year. Playing 389 snaps in regular-season and postseason play, Crabtree's eight receptions went for a whopping 203 yards and three touchdowns last season. He had some memorable moments, including a 72-yard touchdown catch-and-run and a 27-yard TD on a fake field goal, and was also the team's best blocking tight end and vital to special teams.
"Honestly, I was surprised. I just felt like in the last three years I've had a lot more to offer at times. But I've been OK with my role on the team. I never complained. I'm not one to complain," Crabtree said. "I feel like the ways I've contributed the last three years, I felt I'd pay off a little more when this time rolled around. It's disappointing it didn't, but we were blessed to have Tampa Bay. They were in communication with us all along, had nothing but positive stuff to say. They went out on a limb and we're happy with the decision. But it's definitely bittersweet."
Asked if he gave the Packers a chance to match Tampa Bay's offer, Crabtree replied, "Tampa was on the same page with us all along, so Green Bay, they knew all week. There were a couple days where we didn't hear from them or barely heard from them."
In free agency so far, the Packers have lost outside linebacker Erik Walden to the Indianapolis Colts (four years, $16 million), wide Greg Jennings to the Minnesota Vikings (five years, $47.5 million, $18 million guaranteed) and Crabtree, while inside linebacker Brad Jones is visiting the Tennessee Titans.
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Skip to comments.Fort Hood Shooter Trial Delayed Indefinitely Over Beard
Posted on 08/19/2012 5:19:25 AM PDT by SLB
A military appeals court placed the trial for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan on hold indefinitely Friday amid continuing issues surrounding Hasans refusal to shave his beard, CNN reported.
The court martial was first halted Wednesday so the appeals court could consider the Army psychiatrists objections to being forcibly shaved. He has been fined and held in contempt repeatedly for remaining bearded, which is a violation of Army regulations, but says the facial hair is an expression of his faith. Hasan, 41, is an American-born Muslim.
Hasans court martial had been scheduled to start Monday for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, for which he faces 13 charges of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted meditated murder.
Hasan first grew the beard in June, prompting a pre-trial hearing to be postponed. The judge in the case, Col. Gregory Gross, threatened in July to have Hasan forcibly shaved if he did not comply with orders to remove the beard on his own.
According to CNN, it was unclear how long the case would be on hold.
Shave, shoot & shovel. Next traitor...
So if you grow a beard you won't face a military court. I wonder if everyone facing court martial will try this.
I guess the lives he snuffed out are overridden by his 'religion'.
Is this lunacy for real?
Try him with the beard I don't give a crap.
This evil man came in with Obama and murdered and murdered
..... and IS STILL PROTECTED.
Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan served on the Homeland Security Policy Institutes
Presidential transition task force between April 2008 and January 2009
when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the nations 44th president.
Meanwhile, Obama's Moslem Brotherhood
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Expression? OK. Requirement? Obviously not since he was all right for years without a beard. Just on of those little weaselly muzzlem lies.
HE IS GAMING THE P.C. SYSTEM, and he is winning! I'm glad that these things happen to show us how vulnerable we really are. Of courese, Eric Holder is very happy, this proves him to be a GREAT General Attorney. Out there risking his life to protect us all from the enemies. Wow, we've got a GREAT administration. And they're DOING so much, they ought to be elected for another 4 years. Give them PRAISE. All Praise to Allah, He is taking America by the humble servant there in Ft. Hood.
They could try him with the beard, under the UCMJ, as a traitor or a spy. But the obvious reason is that Bobo will never allow this guy to be tried under his mau mau regime. Doesn't fit the narrative, ya'll...
Why bother with shave and shovel. Just shoot.
If dumping the body of Usama was a good thing to prevent the grave becoming a shrine, the same is true of Hassan.
Shoot him, load the corpse on a C 130, and shove it out the back door over the ocean miles and miles from land
A perpetual five o'clock shadow should be enough.
try him, execute him and take the $50 fine for contempt out of his bank account after he achieves room temperature.
looks like the THE REGIME does not want to ruffle THE BASE before the election.
Or break out the propane torch and SWINGE it off, like they cook a monkey in Africa!
I suspect that the military will show a fair amount of patience, and then rig up a TV with a audio capability for Major Jihad to talk from a room down the hallway. If he doesn't want to bathe or clean himself....fine, just sit there in the wheelchair for eight hours a day and enjoy the world in your final days. He knows the results from his action already...he doesn't have much to live for.
"Doesn't fit the narrative, ya'll... "
Correct. The Liar-in-Chief shows where his loyalties are.
Absolutely. And we, through our idiot government, are allowing him to game it. Don't you think Islamists around the world know what's going on, and that Barry is winking at this?
It's like the pictures of Barry with his shoes up on the desk in the White House--it's not just casual, or casual disrespectfulness; no, it's a coded message to the Islamic world, where soles of the shoes is a major insult. It can't be accidental.
are we talking Homer Simpson 5 o'clock shadow or Richard Nixon 5 o'clock shadow?
Beard be damned. Try him and move on with the execution. There are millions of people who wear beards. A beard is NOT the man, only a symbol of a bad shave.
What difference does it make if he has a beard? He's guilty. Too bad he wasn't taken out at the scene.
If the trial is indefinitely postponed just because of a stinking beard, he will NEVER go to trial. There will be one loophole after another after another.
Easy...use a straight razor and when you get to the part near the carotid artery.....ooopsie!
Try him with the beard I dont give a crap.
Apparently they can't, or they would be doing it.
"These folks make an excellent shaving system."
OK, since everybody is scared of his religious beard, don't cut his beard, cut his head.
Faux problem solved.
It's amazing to see just how far political correctness has come!
The military is stymied by a person who won't shave! What's next? They can't make a muzzie use toilet paper!
I'd take a bottle and label it "Beard Shampoo" and fill it with Nair hair removal. After Hussein uses his new product 'Voila' beard gone. Trial on.
Use that to shave his head. Make sure the chain is lubricated with bacon grease.
'If soetoro had a son....'
The only reason they can't try him is because of the current law. The only reason this terrorist grew a beard was because of the law. If the lawyer told his client to grow the beard to delay the trial, can't the lawyer be charged with contempt?
I would go ahead with the trial anyway. What is more important? Is he being clean shaven more important than a trial for mass murder? They have lost perspective here.
As I recall, this POS is paralyzed, restrain what is left functional, shave him, try him, shoot him, dump the body at sea with lots of weights.
Better yet, just shoot him and feed what is left to the hogs.
This whole affair and the repetitive loss of our soldiers to Afghan traitors, sneaks and dogs is insane.
As I recall, this POS is paralyzed, restrain what is left functional, shave him, try him, shoot him, dump the body at sea with lots of weights.
Better yet, just shoot him and feed what is left to the hogs.
This whole affair and the repetitive loss of our soldiers to Afghan traitors, sneaks and dogs is insane.
I am reminded of the favorite exclamatory phrase on "Swamp People", a Discovery Channel Program about Cajun alligator hunters:
"Choot 'em, choot 'em!"
Don't think for a second Muzzies all over the world don't see it and are laughing their heads off at the cowardly infidels and cheering their killers onward!
Political Correctness is surely the death of us.
This is very simple. Restrain what's left of his usable appendages, then shave it off. I would prefer that they use a dull blade and no shaving cream, but a ceremonial sword and some Barbasol could also work. Anyhow, this really isn't a very hard decision to make. It offends me greatly that this wretched, sub-human slime has yet to be tried.
What's next, we try the arresting officers for shooting him?
Hang his bearded a$$ from a tree and be done with it. Send him to hell, where traitors should be sent.
Why shoot him first?
Which? Hassan's court-martial trial or this Administration?
Contain his head in a plastic cage. US Army is lost. Who stole my country?
Tell him he is going immediately to Gitmo and will be put in general population where his jihadi brothers will have to take care of him and change his diapers. Then just do it.
Full body wax the bastard and get on with the hanging.
Put the raghead under, shave him, wake him up and take him to trail immediately. After he is found guilty, take him to the firing squad - case closed. Next case!!!
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While the flowers may be gone, the other two exhibits—Richard Gubernick's "Amusing the Muse" and "Spatial Pathways," featuring the works of Joyce Pommer and Edward Evans—are certainly well worth a visit, and I had the opportunity to chat briefly with Pommer, who told me that her goal is to have "the viewer's eye move with the piece" and that "the white space is as essential to the overall experience as the space occupied by color and design." The artist's statement gave further elucidation, stating that "I do not start with a preconceived idea or plan. The space comes alive through the colors, shapes and layers that work their way into, around and through the space." By showcasing Pommer's work, paired with Evans', gallery director Rocky Pinciotti once again shows a discerning eye, and although ephemeral in nature, these artworks will be around for a while. So make hay while the sun shines, go to the DVAA, and see for yourself.


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We're just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the holidays, and this year, I'm determined to actually wrap all of my gifts. I'll admit it… there have been times when I just drop the present into a lame gift bag and call it done. But I always wish I had really wrapped it. Because the process of unwrapping a gift is delightful, and frankly, gift bags are not as fun to open! (Half the time you can see the present through the tissue paper…)
So get inspired to up your gift-wrapping skills from afterthought to art. Here are 14 gift wrapping ideas — from elegant toppers to efficient gift-wrap stations to unique box ideas — that'll get your mind percolating with possibilities.
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John C. Wells Planetarium "Star Party"
Fri, 30 Nov 12 7:00 PM
7 p.m.
The Astronomy Park in the east campus meadow behind the Physics and Chemistry Building
Jupiter, the moon and binary stars will be visible through 10-inch telescopes provided by the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Free and open to the public.
More information is available at http://www.jmu.edu/planetarium/StarGaze.shtml
- Oct 22: - Dec 7: Sawhill Gallery Exhibition
- Oct 23: - Dec 1: New Image Gallery Exhibition
- Nov 16: - Jan 5: College for Kids


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Dr. Oz revisited
We here at SBM have been very critical of Dr. Mehmet Oz, who through his relentless self-promotion (and with more than a little help from his patron Oprah Winfrey) has somehow become known as "America's doctor." Back in the early days, when he was the regular medical expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz was at least tolerable. Much of what he discussed was reasonably science-based and even sensible, mainly advice to eat better and get more exercise, which is what most primary care doctors tell their patients every day. True, he did "integrate" some non-evidence-based therapies in with the evidence-based therapies, which was not good given how a typical viewer wouldn't be able to tell where the science-based advice ended and the magical thinking began, but for the most part, even on Oprah's show, he kept his woo somewhat in check. At least, there were boundaries beyond which he wouldn't pass, even though Dr. Oz's wife is a reiki master and he has been a fan of reiki (gaining fame for inviting reiki masters into his operating room during cardiac surgery) since at least the 1990s. More recently, Dr. Oz has testified in front of NCCAM patron Senator Tom Harkin's committee to promote "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) or, as its advocates like to call it now, "integrative medicine." He's also been the Medical Director for the Integrative Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center since 2001. (How he does his TV show, holds a job as a professor of surgery at Columbia University, and holds positions as Clinical Trials of New Surgical Technology, Attending Surgeon, and Director, Clinical Perfusion Services at the same hospital, I'll never know. He must have the most understanding partners ever.)
Be that as it may, even after Dr. Oz landed The Doctor Oz Show, for the first half of his first season he kept it fairly straight and science-based. However, two years ago the mask began to slip when Dr. Oz first aired a credulous feature about reiki under the title Dr. Oz's Ultimate Alternative Medicine Secrets. Not long after that, Dr. Oz featured a man who is in my opinion arguably the foremost promoter of quackery on the Internet, Dr. Joe Mercola, along with the master of quantum quackery, Dr. Deepak Chopra. It was at that point that one could rightly say that Dr. Oz had "crossed the Woobicon." Since then, it's been one thing after another, beginning in earnest about a year ago. For instance, in January 2011, Dr. Oz featured Dr. Mercola again in a completely credulous portrait that painted him a "brave maverick doctor," only without a hint of irony. A couple of weeks later, he featured a yogi who advocated "detoxing" and a faith healer from my old stomping grounds in Cleveland. Then, just when I thought Oz couldn't go any lower, he featured psychic scammer John Edward.
Finally, back in April 2011, Dr. Oz's producers apparently figured out that there was a problem with Dr. Oz's image, except that they saw it as an opportunity to gin up a little controversy on the show. They invited our very own Dr. Steve Novella on the show as the "skeptic" who criticizes Dr. Oz. I very much admire Steve for going into the lion's den, where, he knew in advance, he would be the underdog and the audience would be against him. Steve acquitted himself well, and after his appearance, I have to admit, I pretty much stopped paying attention to Dr. Oz for several months. He basically faded into the background of quackery, a prominent voice "integrating" quackery with medicine, pseudoscience with science, in the apparent belief that mixing fantasy with reality somehow improves medicine. Personally, I prefer Mark Crislip's take and will steal his statement about "integrative medicine":
If you integrate fantasy with reality, you do not instantiate reality. If you mix cow pie with apple pie, it does not make the cow pie taste better; it makes the apple pie worse.
I just learned last week that Dr. Oz, while trying to make the cow pie taste better, is only continuing to succeed in making the apple pie taste worse. Witness an episode from last week featuring a long segment entitled Dr. Mercola's Most Radical Alternative Cures, or, as the banner on the segment calls it, "Radical Cures Your Doctor Thinks Are Crazy." Not surprisingly, Dr. Mercola has been bragging about his fourth appearance on Dr. Oz's show yet again. (Video: Part 1 and Part 2).


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Intel Corp. and Lenovo Group on Thursday announced the Lenovo Classmate+ PC, a purpose-built laptop designed to improve learning for students in grades K-8. The Lenovo Classmate+ provides schools an affordable, child-friendly complete hardware and software solution. This spring, the Organization of Ibero-American States will deploy the first wave of 158 thousand of Lenovo Classmate+ laptops as part of its Conectar Igualdad 1:1 computing program in Argentina.
The Lenovo Classmate+ PC is equipped with an Intel Atom processor, Ethernet and WiFi Internet connectivity, Windows 7 operating system and up to 250GB hard drive or solid state drive options. It also comes with a 10.1" LED backlit screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera, multiple USB ports and a 4-in-1 card reader to support viewing multimedia. The PC combines a modern design with ruggedness, full PC functionality and enhanced performance. The configurations pass rigorous testing with their drop-resistant exteriors and spill-resistant keyboards.
Based on the Intel Learning Series reference design, the PC will come pre-loaded with the Intel Learning Series software suite, specialized educational software and a variety of teaching resources.
The new Classmate+ PC is a part of Lenovo's new Learning Environment, a model for how technology in education works in a classroom and 1:1 environment. The Lenovo Learning Environment, which is located in the company's Customer Innovation Center at its U.S. headquarters in Morrisville, N.C., provides a place to evaluate educational technology, offers professional development resources for teachers and serves as a feedback lab for students testing Lenovo PCs.
The Lenovo Classmate+ PC is available immediately worldwide to qualified education and government customers through Lenovo sales representatives and channel partners. The price of the Classmate+ PC will vary in each market based on regional taxes, tariffs and configuration options.
"Lenovo is the first multi-national company to offer the Intel Learning Series classmate PC for the global education market. We are thrilled to welcome Lenovo to the Intel Learning Series Alliance and to work with them to extend the platforms availability to benefit more students and teachers around the world," said Kapil Wadhera, general manager of education markets platforms group at Intel.
Since its introduction, more than 3 million Intel-powered classmate PCs have shipped globally.
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Can you trust your own government?
So I'm sure you have all heard of PRISM, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, and Lavabit. I'm also sure you have heard of Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, and Julian Assange. You might have heard of Aaron Schwartz. You've definitely heard of PIPA and SOPA. And you know what, this list is endlessly long. But there are two pieces of recent news that I'd like to talk about.
First is the David Miranda incident and it's aftermath. Ever since the internet exploded, we have slowly but surely outgrown the government's control of mass media. Propaganda is harder to spread since there are many on the internet willing to take time and debunk lies and myths that the government attempts to spread. Unlike printed media, you cannot control all of the voices in the blogosphere. Everyone can create their own soap box to stand on and speak. Because of this trend, the government has to resort to greater intimidation tactics to try and influence those who are speaking out. These tactics are both highly unethical and borderline illegal. Laws are twisted and sometimes flat out ignored by the government. And you know what? This is the future. This is where we are all headed. A world where a Chinese police state is the norm except the public has no idea that it's happening.
Do you think your government is different? That your politicians aren't corrupt? Let me tell you this, America isn't the only bad apple in the basket. Every government is capable of violating your privacy because, as all technologists have known for a long time, not all protocols are perfectly secure. And even if they were, all it takes is the government exerting secretive powers to strong arm companies and individuals into doing their bidding. And when they choose to protect their users instead of betraying them? Their companies and lives are destroyed ala Lavabit. We live in a world where hard working, honest people can be threatened by governments at will without repercussions. A world where people like David Miranda can be detained for bogus reasons just to intimidate them into being quiet. A world where being the Bolivian president doesn't mean jack shit.
And you know what, good people will continue to fight the good fight. But how long can that keep continuing? Especially when personal possession can be confiscated and destroyed without compensation. Without reason. Without and legal standing. All all without any recourse from the individual. Or when technology can be compromised or simply forced to shut down ala Lavabit or Silent Circle. Apparently not long as this bring me to the second bit of news I want to highlight. Groklaw is shutting down.
Email is a vital part of communication in the modern world as are SMS (texting), VoIP, XMPP, and various other protocols. But just like phonecalls and mail before them, all governments are capable of intercepting these messages. We never had privacy which is why anonymous sources and secretive meetings were some of the few ways confidential information was passed along. But in our technological age, where confidential information can come from all over the world, we are reaching the point where nothing may be confidential anymore. If the government has years of history on every as well as access to all of their private, personal data, then we are at a dead end. Encryption? That won't last. Secure channels? Doesn't exist when the companies running the hubs have been compromised. The only option is to risk your sources and fight or shutdown in the biggest way possible so as to make a splash that will hopefully ripple into a wave of political activists.
Groklaw is taking the second route. For that I am thankful but at the same time, I mourn the loss of perhaps the greatest objective news source in the intellectual property fight. Without them, it is not a stretch to say that Android would not exist. That the current state of the internet would not be possible. Or that we would have a choice for computing software/hardware outside of Microsoft and perhaps even Apple. I sincerely hope their death will not be in vain.
So I guess it's time to ask, can you trust your government? I don't for the obvious reason that I live in America and we have had the blessing of the PRISM leaks. Snowden gave us a fighting chance to force the government to reveal all of its corruption. Everyone else? History and recent evidence says no. So how about we all come together and think of a way to take back control of our lives and our governments?


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"Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears and true to our founding documents."
-Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009
"So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world….The great objective of ending tyranny is the concentrated work of generations. The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it. America's influence is not unlimited, but fortunately for the oppressed, America's influence is considerable and we will use it confidently in freedom's cause."
-George W. Bush, Jan. 20, 2005
"Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
-Bill Clinton, Jan. 20, 1993
"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the Nation and gentler the face of the world."
-George H.W. Bush, Jan. 20, 1989
"The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go away. They will go away because we as Americans have the capacity now, as we've had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
-Ronald Reagan, Jan. 20, 1981
"Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clear-cut preference for those societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people."
-Jimmy Carter, Jan. 20, 1977
We have endured a long night of the American spirit. But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light."
-Richard Nixon, Jan. 20, 1969
"Justice requires us to remember: when any citizen denies his fellow, saying: 'His color is not mine or his beliefs are strange and different,' in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this Nation."
-Lyndon B. Johnson
"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world."
-John F. Kennedy, Jan. 20, 1961
"The American people stand firm in the faith which has inspired this Nation from the beginning. We believe that all men have a right to equal justice under law and equal opportunity to share in the common good. We believe that all men have a right to freedom of thought and expression. We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God."
-Harry Truman, Jan. 20, 1949
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933
"What America has done has given renewed hope and courage to all who have faith in government by the people. In the large view, we have reached a higher degree of comfort and security than ever existed before in the history of the world."
-Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929
"We are provincials no longer. The tragic events of the thirty months of vital turmoil through which we have just passed have made us citizens of the world. There can be no turning back. Our own fortunes as a nation are involved whether we would have it so or not."
-Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1917
"Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities."
-Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1905
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
-Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865
"Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."
-Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801
"…the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
-George Washington, April 30, 1789
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