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* Personal :PERSONAL: ** TODO Buy milk :@ERRANDS: ** TODO Call Mom :@PHONE: ** TODO Send letters :@ERRANDS: * Work :WORK: ** TODO Call John about report :@PHONE:JOHN: ** TODO Prepare for presentation on Monday ** TODO Call Mary about the presentation :@PHONE:URGENT:MARY:One way to use tags is to filter your task list by priority. For example, you may want to focus on your urgent tasks first without getting distracted by other items on your task list. Another way to use tags is to keep track of the context of your tasks as suggested in GTD. By doing similar tasks together, you might be able to work more efficiently. For example, if you're on the phone at the office, it may be a good idea to do all of your work-related phone calls. If you're going to go to the post office, you might want to drop by the supermarket on your way back. You can use tags to categorize your headlines any way you want. Tags can take advantage of the outline structure. For example, although the tasks "Buy milk", "Call Mom", and "Send letters" have one tag each, they also inherit the "PERSONAL" tag from the parent headline. A tag search for "PERSONAL" would display all three tasks. To customize this behavior, look at the documentation for the variables org-use-tag-inheritance and org-tags-match-list-sublevels. Tags can help you organize and filter your task list. In this section, you'll learn how to add tags to your headlines, view tagged items in your Org file and in your agenda, and define custom agenda views. You'll also learn about custom tag searches and other interesting things you can do once you've tagged your headlines.
Adding tags
You can edit your ~/organizer.org file and add tags manually by typing in :tagname: at the end of the headline. You can also add tags by typing C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) when the point is on a headline. Use M-TAB (complete-symbol) to complete a tag based on all the tags used in the current file. If Alt-TAB is not processed by Emacs, you can use ESC-TAB instead. Separate multiple tags with a single colon, like this: (:@PHONE:URGENT:). The beginning and ending colons are optional when using C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c), because the function will automatically add them. If you add certain tags frequently, you can set up single-key shortcuts. For example, if you frequently tag tasks as "URGENT", you may want to define a shortcut (at least until your life gets under control). You can assign shortcuts globally by adding this code to your ~/.emacs and evaluating it:
(setq org-tag-alist '(("URGENT" . ?u) ("@PHONE" . ?p) ("@ERRANDS" . ?e)))You can also set this on a per-file basis by adding the following line to the beginning of your file:
#+TAGS: URGENT(u) @PHONE(p) @ERRANDS(e)You can then use these C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) to enter these single-key shortcuts, ending it with RET. If you are assigning a single tag, type C-c C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c, next change exits) to make it even faster by skipping the RET. If you use single-key shortcuts, you'll need another way to enter tags that start with the shortcut key. You can type them in manually, or you can use C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) and type TAB to enter in any tag. To remove a tag, you could use C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) again, or delete it manually. To remove all tags, use C-c C-c (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c) and press SPC.
Viewing tagged items
Whether you want to view tagged headlines by themselves or in the context of your other headlines, tasks, and notes, Org has some nifty tagging features for you.
Agenda viewTo view tagged headlines by themselves, use C-c a m (org-agenda, org-tags-view) and specify the search tag. For example, you can view your urgent tasks by specifying "URGENT". Note that this command displays the top headlines matching that tag, whether they're tasks or not. For example, if you searched for "WORK", you would just get the "* Work" headline. To view tagged tasks, use C-c a M (org-agenda, org-tags-view with a prefix argument). This shows only the tasks that have that tag. To search for a combination of tags, you can combine tags like this:
WORK&@PHONE only your work phone calls [email protected] personal tasks, but without errands JOHN|MARY Anything tagged with "JOHN" or "MARY" For example, if you're going to have a meeting with both of themIf you check certain lists often, you might want to create a custom agenda command for them. In the section on Projects, you configured custom agenda commands for active and inactive projects by adding the following code in your ~/.emacs:
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands '(("p" tags "PROJECT-MAYBE-DONE" nil) ("m" tags "PROJECT&MAYBE" nil) ("a" "My agenda" ((org-agenda-list) (tags "PROJECT-MAYBE-DONE"))) ;; ... put your other custom commands here ))You can use the same idea to create quick custom views for your other tagged tasks. For example, to create custom views for your urgent work tasks and your phone calls, modify the org-agenda-custom-commands setting in your ~/.emacs to be like this:
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands '(("u" todo "WORK&URGENT" nil) ;; (1) ("c" todo "WORK&@PHONE" nil) ;; (2) ("h" todo "[email protected]" nil) ;; (3) ("p" tags "PROJECT-MAYBE-DONE" nil) ;; (4) ("m" tags "PROJECT&MAYBE" nil) ("a" "My agenda" ((org-agenda-list) (tags-todo "URGENT") ;; (5) (tags "PROJECT-MAYBE-DONE"))) ;; (6) ;; ... put your other custom commands here ))
- (1) "u" is for "urgent", "todo" specifies that TODO headlines are to be shown, "WORK&URGENT" is the query string, and the last item means that there aren't any options
- (2) "c" is for "call"
- (3) "h" is for "home"
- (4) The second item here is "tags" instead of "todo", which means that the highest-level matching headlines should be shown whether or not they're tasks.
- (5) This is how to add a tag search for tasks into a custom agenda command.
- (6) This is how to add a tag search for headlines into a custom agenda command.
In your agenda fileA sparse tree shows only the matching headlines in the context of the headlines above them. This is useful when you want to see your tasks within your outline structure. All other headlines are collapsed so that they're easy to skip. To do a sparse tree search, type C-c \ (org-tags-sparse-tree). You can then expand and collapse subtrees with the TAB (org-cycle) command. To limit the search to only task headlines, type C-u C-c \ (org-tags-sparse-tree with a prefix).
Other cool things you can do with tags
And if you ever want to know how much time you spent on urgent tasks, you can call the following function from your organizer.org file with:
M-x wicked/org-calculate-tag-time RET URGENT RETto see something like this:
Time: 98:44 (98 hours and 44 minutes)You can call it with a prefix in order to be prompted for a start time (inclusive) and end time (exclusive). Here's the code to add to your ~/.emacs:
(defun wicked/org-calculate-tag-time (matcher &optional ts te) "Return the total minutes clocked in headlines matching MATCHER. MATCHER is a string or a Lisp form to be evaluated, testing if a given set of tags qualifies a headline for inclusion. TS and TE are time start (inclusive) and time end (exclusive). Call with a prefix to be prompted for TS and TE. For example, to see how much time you spent on tasks tagged as URGENT, call M-x wicked/org-calculate-tag-time RET URGENT RET. To see how much time you spent on tasks tagged as URGENT today, call C-u M-x wicked/org-calculate-tag-time RET URGENT RET . RET +1 RET." (interactive (list (read-string "Tag query: ") (if current-prefix-arg (org-read-date)) (if current-prefix-arg (org-read-date)))) ;; Convert strings to proper arguments (if (stringp matcher) (setq matcher (cdr (org-make-tags-matcher matcher)))) (if (stringp ts) (setq ts (time-to-seconds (apply 'encode-time (org-parse-time-string ts))))) (if (stringp te) (setq te (time-to-seconds (apply 'encode-time (org-parse-time-string te))))) (let* ((re (concat "[\n\r]" outline-regexp " *\\(\\<\\(" (mapconcat 'regexp-quote org-todo-keywords-1 "\\|") (org-re "\\>\\)\\)? *\\(.*?\\)\\(:[[:alnum:]_@:]+:\\)?[ \t]*$"))) (case-fold-search nil) lspos tags tags-list tags-alist (llast 0) rtn level category i txt p marker entry priority (total 0)) (save-excursion (org-clock-sum ts te) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (re-search-forward re nil t) (catch :skip (setq tags (if (match-end 4) (match-string 4))) (goto-char (setq lspos (1+ (match-beginning 0)))) (setq level (org-reduced-level (funcall outline-level)) category (org-get-category)) (setq i llast llast level) ;; remove tag lists from same and sublevels (while (>= i level) (when (setq entry (assoc i tags-alist)) (setq tags-alist (delete entry tags-alist))) (setq i (1- i))) ;; add the nex tags (when tags (setq tags (mapcar 'downcase (org-split-string tags ":")) tags-alist (cons (cons level tags) tags-alist))) ;; compile tags for current headline (setq tags-list (if org-use-tag-inheritance (apply 'append (mapcar 'cdr tags-alist)) tags)) (when (and (eval matcher) (or (not org-agenda-skip-archived-trees) (not (member org-archive-tag tags-list)))) ;; Get the time for the headline at point (goto-char (line-beginning-position)) (setq total (+ total (or (get-text-property (1+ (point)) :org-clock-minutes) 0))) ;; if we are to skip sublevels, jump to end of subtree (org-end-of-subtree t))))) (if (interactive-p) (let* ((h (/ total 60)) (m (- total (* 60 h)))) (message "Time: %d:%02d (%d hours and %d minutes)" h m h m))) total))Now you can slice and dice your timeclock records any way you want, thanks to tags! Random Emacs symbol: cc-imenu-java-generic-expression - Variable: Imenu generic expression for Java mode. See `imenu-generic-expression'. On Technorati: wickedcoolemacs, org, emacs


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Giving to charity is one of the most selfless things you can do. You're giving away your hard-earned money and expecting nothing in return, save the personal satisfaction of making the world just a little bit better (and the unquantifiable moral superiority you get to feel for a while). It's easy, too -- literally all you need is whatever cash you can spare and a tiny bit of awareness as to who you're going to give it to.
So by all means, do it. Just please, please avoid messing it all up with one of these mistakes.
5Most Awareness Campaigns Are a Waste of Time
What You Think You Do
By wearing a Livestrong bracelet or a pink ribbon, or perhaps growing a mustache for Movember, you're doing important work by drawing the public's attention to an issue that needs support. It's the ultimate in everyday do-goodery -- easy, cheap, fun, and works like a charm.
Why You Shouldn't Do It
Sure, awareness campaigns are great ... if they're for an obscure yet noteworthy issue that needs publicity. However, that is rarely the case -- most of them focus on well-known problems that are most likely to gain media space and public attention.
Take breast cancer: Despite the many, many, many awareness campaigns thrown at us by everyone from our co-workers to goddamn KFC, breast cancer death rates have stayed steady over the last decade.
Via Independent
You can't get breast cancer if you die of a heart attack. Charity!
The reason behind this is three-pronged:
One, it's breast cancer. An awareness campaign for breast cancer was vital in, say, the '60s and '70s, when words like "breast cancer" were never even uttered in public (let alone plugged during an NFL game). Today, however, everyone is aware of its existence, and there are maybe three women in America who don't know that they should be checking their breasts every once in a while. This means that all those campaigns are telling you things you already know full well, to the point that your brain is just starting to tune them out.
Two: Not only are most awareness campaigns useless, they often actually harm their cause by misrepresenting the very problem they're trying to fight. Many breast cancer campaigns focus on how sexy boobs are, with clever slogans like "I grab a feel so cancer can't steal." Ignoring how weird it is that a bunch of men clearly sat around a board room and brainstormed ways to make their anti-cancer campaign sexy ("I want our audience to be like 'Finally, a cancer I can fuck'"), it's also not helping. The young, perky women wearing a "save second base" shirt who are often closely associated with these campaigns are in fact among the least likely to get cancer. The more probable victims are in fact their grandmas, who tend to be pretty much ignored in these campaigns for the very simple reason of, well, granny boobs. The real tragedy is glossed over, which you may recognize as being the exact opposite of awareness.
Via Zazzle.ca
Though to be fair, "Stop a tragedy, feel up the elderly" just isn't as catchy.
So now when Breast Cancer Awareness month rolls around, we're thinking about pink shoes in the NFL, or pink buckets of KFC chicken, or hot college chicks with boob-related T-shirts, but never are we thinking about actual cancer victims.
The third, and by far the worst, issue is that participation in awareness campaigns makes people less likely to give actual money. Studies have found that people who do a good deed will use that as an excuse to cut back on other good behavior, so if you go out and get wasted on breast cancer vodka, you won't feel obligated to donate cold, hard cash. Why should you? You've already done your part!
"We're saving the world through body shots!"
4Donating Clothing
What You Think You Do
If times are tough and you don't have money to spare, you can at least give your used clothing to charity. Every little bit helps!
Why You Shouldn't Do It
Our donations put local suppliers out of business.
It's kind of hard to even have a liquidation sale at that point, unless you're paying the customers to take the product.
Being able to change the world just by cleaning out our closets is a nice thought, but also a massive misunderstanding of what developing countries actually need or, for that matter, want.
It's actually not hard to get clothes in the developing world. Africans don't have to dodge landmines and fight lions every time they go to the market for some new pants. They just stroll up to a vendor and buy them, the exact same way it works everywhere else on the planet.
Many of us tend to ignore the fact that textiles used to be a major industry in many developing countries. Used to, that is, until it collapsed under the weight of tons of ratty sweatshirts and pieces of NFL merchandise featuring teams that lost the Super Bowl. One study concluded that charitable donations caused the clothing industry across Africa to suffer a 40 percent decline in production and a 50 percent jump in unemployment from 1981 to 2000.
"It looks like my only options are UNICEF commercials or helping unload clothing donations."
Essentially, offering these people free clothing winds up as a pretty nasty, backhanded insult: "Hey, guy who used to make shirts for a living until our free clothes drove you out of business -- care for a Patriots hoodie?"
Even putting accidental annihilation of industries aside, the used clothes way of helping is also a horribly inefficient waste of money. The rules of hauling shit from country to country apply to these useless garments the exact same way they do to everything else: Every piece of clothing has to be stored, shipped, taxed and distributed. This eats up a huge amount of time and funds that could and probably should be going toward, say, medicinal aid. But, again, the people who dump a box of shirts on Africa aren't going to donate any money because, like the people who purchase a pink breast cancer sticker, they've already fulfilled their charitable obligation on their end, and they've already earned their "moral credits."
But hey, at least the polio patients will look good in their almost new Right Said Fred shirts.
Via Huffington Post
"I'm really sorry about putting your parents out of work, but you have to understand that this is a great photo op."

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Sara Pnacek, Ian McClellan and Carolyn Swize have devised an aquaponics system that has earned praise at agriculture shows statewide. The FFA project combines raising fish with cultivating plants in water. Water from the fish tank is fed to the plants, which filter and utilize the excretions from the fish. The water is then recirculated back to the fish tank, which symbolizes an aquaculture system.
The trio received blue ribbons for their project at the San Angelo, San Antonio and Houston livestock shows and also at events in Brenham and Kingsville. The students was won reserve champion honors for showmanship in San Angelo, took second in Houston and fourth in San Antonio.
"The national FFA initiative is to find an end to hunger, so they have started pushing the chapters in the entire nation on how to feed people and conserve water," said GHS FFA advisor Dawn Butler.
"We talked about this initiative to see what our big focus would be. They took this project on and it has just skyrocketed. We have people who drive by the school and stop just to check it out."
McClellan, a junior, transferred to Goliad High School from Houston during his freshman year. He said getting involved with FFA has been a highlight of his high school education.
"FFA has definitely changed me," McClellan said. "This ag program has influenced my life in a very positive way. I was new to Goliad and really didn't know what was going on. I joined FFA and it made me grow in ways I never thought I could."
McClellan, who said he is considering a career in agriculture, credited FFA advisors Todd Fuller and Butler for bringing energy and enthusiasm to the program.
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"It is kind of sad as a senior, though, because I've watched the program build itself up over the years, Pnacek said. "It's something you don't want to leave. You want to keep participating in it. I now I'm going to be bawling at our chapter banquet at the end. It means so much to me. To see us as students and teachers make a difference in lives of other students who join is something that is really contagious. Everybody wants to be a part of it."


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Join automotive writer Russell Doré for a one hour presentation with visuals covering the lives of John and Horace Dodge. Find out the role that Henry Ford played in their lives. Learn how these machinists went from being parts suppliers to creating an automobile company which at one time was second only to the Ford Motor Company.
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Assemble a LEGO® scene and write about what is happening in it. Your LEGO® creation and story will be displayed in the library until the next LEGO® Time Session. Registration is requested. Limit 36. Register below or call the Youth Services Desk at (248) 246-3725.
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"Elton John In Concert at Dodger Stadium"
Sometimes ya just run in to somethin' and have no choice but to say:
Hate me 'cuz I made you look at that, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Happy Friday!
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Elton and his piano look like a giant designer-made cake…hope they weren't playing the Giants and Kung Fu Panda during that game.
Ahhh, that is a beautiful picture! Wish I could say I was there Jeff, but no😦. I can see my season tickets from that pic.
Have a great weekend! auditors are keeping me too busy.
I didn't know they could squeeze that many sequins into Dodgers stadium…impressive ;o)
WOW – how the hell do you did up something from 35 years ago… it definitely looks like his trip in '75… I remember it happening, but wasn't there… so much sparkly stuff in Dodger stadium…. they'll need a memory like that the way this seasons going for them….
Phillies Outside
Let's just hope that the sequined uni's don't catch on around the league…
If Elton John played for the Dodgers, he'd field better than Matt Kemp. The most hideous thing about that outfit is the Dodger Blue.
U2 is having a concert at Angels stadium in June, making the Angels go on a 14 day road trip (*faints*)
p.s. What a sight!😀


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#208537 - 12/29/12 12:36 PM Leviathan
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Extract from the log of A.H. Raymer, second officer of the S.S. Fort Salisbury, Oct. 28, 1902, quoted in The Zoologist, January 1903:
Dark object, with long, luminous trailing wake, thrown in relief by a phosphorescent sea, seen ahead, a little on starboard bow. Look-out reported two masthead lights ahead. These two lights, almost as bright as a steamer's lights, appeared to shine from two points in line on the upper surface of the dark mass. Concluded dark mass was a whale, and lights phosphorescent. On drawing nearer, dark mass and lights sank below the surface. Prepared to examine the wake in passing with binoculars. Passed about forty to fifty yards on port side of wake, and discovered it was the scaled back of some huge monster slowly disappearing below the surface. Darkness of the night prevented determining its exact nature, but scales of apparently 1 ft. diameter, and dotted in places with barnacle growth, were plainly discernible. The breadth of the body showing above water tapered from about 80 ft. close abaft, where the dark mass had appeared to about 5 ft. at the extreme end visible. Length roughly about 500 ft. to 600 ft. Concluded that the dark mass first seen must have been the creature's head. The swirl caused by the monster's progress could be distinctly heard, and a strong odour like that of a low-tide beach on a summer day pervaded the air. Twice along its length the disturbance of the water and a broadening of the surrounding belt of phosphorus indicated the presence of huge fins in motion below the surface. The wet, shiny back of the monster was dotted with twinkling phosphorescent lights, and was encircled with a band of white phosphorescent sea. Such are the bare facts of the passing of the Sea Serpent in latitude 5 deg. 31 min. S., longitude 4 deg. 42 min. W., as seen by myself, being officer of the watch, and by the helmsman and look-out man.
The ship's master added, "I can only say that he is very earnest on the subject, and certainly has, together with look-out and helmsman, seen something in the water of a huge nature as specified."_________________________
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A Lancaster teen was struck by a vehicle and left on the road, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said Cheryl Walton of Lancaster contacted authorities after finding Jacob Colson lying on University Farm Road at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Colson told deputies he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
Colson was taken to Grant Regional Health Care and then flown to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison because of a significant leg injury.
"Somebody may have thought they hit a raccoon or a deer or something. They don't know," said Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman.
Colson's friend, Nicole White, said he was seriously injured.
"He had a very bad leg fracture. Not even fracture -- it was broke through his pant leg even," White said.
After Colson was found, he underwent a seven-hour surgery.
"If the person hadn't come along who found him, it could have been an hour or two yet before he was found," Dreckman said.
Dreckman said he is looking for leads in the case and for the driver who struck Colson.
In an interview Wednesday at UW Hospital with a sheriff's deputy, Colson still couldn't ID the make or model of the vehicle that struck him.
"He didn't give us anything this morning, so, at this point, we have nothing to go off of," Dreckman said.
The driver could face felony hit-and-run charges.
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She is 5 months and has been EBF....
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When your LO is watching you eat and looks like she wants some. I started with mashed banana and mashed avocado when my LO was around 5 months because she was really interested in watching us eat. We used to sit her in her bumbo chair on the table at meal times with us. From there we had mashed sweet potatoe, squash, the usual. I made my own, a great site is www.wholesomebabyfood.com. Good recipes and information about making and storing baby food. It seemed like a lot of work at first, but it was probably the same amount of time as packing up the LO and driving to the store to buy some, and much cheaper and way healthier! Tastes better too!
Also remember solids don't replace bfing! Have fun exploring food with your LO!
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waiting until 6 months, but your baby is your best guide. Signs of readiness for solids include being able to sit well, loss of the tongue thrust reflex, development of a pincer (thumb and forefinger) grasp, and interest in food. Some babies are ready earlier than others, some later. I started trying solids here and there when my daughter was about 6 months, but it really didn't click until she was about 8 months
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Good advice from the PPs. Just wanted to add that whether or not you ever offer purees is up to you. You can do solids without ever having to use a spoon or a jar of puree or a blender. Check out this forum for threads on "baby-led solids" or "BLS"- there's a lot of good information!
I completely agree with everyone else - let your baby tell you when she's ready. All babies are different and the nice thing about BLS is that your baby can decide when and how much to eat.
I started my son on homemade purees around five months, and while he would eat, he wasn't overly enthusiastic. He started to get constipated after a week, so I figured he wasn't ready and we stopped. Shortly after he turned six months we started purees back up, and he was super excited - opening wide, leaning forward for bites. This lasted about a week, and he started sealing his lips up tight at the mere sight of a spoon. After this I just gave him pieces of fruits and veggies to gnaw on. He still eats very, very little at eight months, but I know he's eating only what he truly wants to eat and he has a good time playing with the rest. We can all sit down and eat together this way as well, so it works out really well for us.
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/so...lids-when.htmlSigns that indicate baby is developmentally ready for solids include:
Baby can sit up well without support.
Baby has lost the tongue-thrust reflex and does not automatically push solids out of his mouth with his tongue.
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Usually around 6 months. Watch your baby, not the calander. Some are ready a little ealier, some not until much later.
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This beaded pad saddle comes from the Cree Nation of the northern Great Plains region in the United States. The Cree are one of the major Algonquian-speaking North American tribes and reside mainly west of Lake Superior as well as in Canada. There are eight groups of Cree, including the Attikamekw, Swampy Cree, Montagnais, and Plains Cree. This saddle is specifically from the Plains Cree tribe and was made around the year 1880 A.D.
This piece displays the influence of Europeans in multiple ways. After the arrival of Europeans, glass seed beads and horses, among other things, were traded to the natives. The Cree are known for their artistic beadwork and such work is displayed proudly on our saddle. Each corner and adjoining rectangular tab is adorned with varying floral designs, all created with tiny glass seed beads. Multiple yarn tassels are also attached to each corner. These decorative elements are strategically placed so that they remain visible while the rider is seated on the saddle. Note the center tabs where a rope would have been threaded through holes in order to hold the saddle onto a horse. The Plains Cree were a nomadic people and horses proved to be very helpful in traveling and hunting.


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Bennington resident Norman Greenberg diesStaff Report | September 20,2013BENNINGTON — Norman Greenberg, a well-known businessman and philanthropist, has died, according to Southern Vermont College's website.
Greenberg, 95, was a trustee at Southern Vermont College for many years and he and his wife, Selma, who died in 2011, provided a lot of support for the college. The Greenberg Atrium at Hunter Hall is named for the family.
In a statement on the website, Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross called the Greenbergs "among the best mentors and friends a new college president could ever ask for and receive" and said he would be "sorely missed" by the college community.
"His greatest gift to the college and to us was his time, his wisdom, his good humor, his extraordinary understanding of the Bennington community and his deep belief in the college and its mission," she said.
Greenberg and his family were honored with the Distinguished Community Service Award by Southwestern Vermont Health Care on Sept. 7.
The family name is also known for the Norman and Selma Greenberg Conservation Reserve, which was created after Norman and Selma donated 96 acres of land in Bennington to the New England Tropical Conservancy.
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"I remember going into the arena and it was like a spaceship, and I was like wow, this is amazing," said Kirk Caldwell.
But that was a long time ago.
The Blaisdell Center is about 50 years old and it's already been renovated once. In fact the city has been weighing its future and the mayor has put money in the budget for a master plan.
"We are looking at how we can make better use of this site. This is our cultural and arts district," the mayor said.
The new transit development plans for Kaka'ako offer the carrot of a 700-foot-high skyscraper, provided the public gets some benefit.
"In an area where density makes sense we will allow them to utilitze that density by going higher to which they will provide for benefits we do not have, or for things they can help pay for,"said Tony Ching, executive director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
"I would love to see this site redeveloped so we can right size it for a symphony and also have a separate place for Broadway plays, so we are not competing with each other, and of course a new arena with dressing rooms for the first-rate acts coming into town," the mayor said.
But some community watchdog groups aren't convinced a super tower is the right way to do it.
It was only last year the state proposed 690 Pohukaina -- the state high-rise that would be allowed to exceed the 400-foot height limit by 250 feet.
"Now to come out that far and away exceeds that, in the height and the number of buildings. It's kind of frightening to see what kind of change will be coming to Honolulu," said Bob Loy of the Outdoor Circle.
The HCDA transit development plans will still need to go through an environmental impact review. If the EIS supports the vision, rules will have to be developed to allow for the plan to kick in.


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Hello Ladies,
I just joined the website because we have welcomed in my first baby on October 3rd.We are so excited about her and are absolutely head over heels in love with her. She has been latching on great and eating like crazy so that has been wonderful thus far. One concern I do have though is that she has had this projectile vomitting, 3 times now since we got her home and I'm not sure why? It scares me because she starts choking on it and I get so worried about her. Is this normal?
Thank you for your answers in advance.


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Adult Admission
You may be considering coming to Saint Xavier because you have read that SXU is named in the top tier of the "Best Comprehensive Institutions in the Midwest."
We also know that you want to find a school that is "adult friendly." Saint Xavier University values its adult students. As a result, it isn't surprising to find that many choose to attend SXU each year. In fact, SXU is among the top 10 private, non-profit, destination colleges for transfers in the state of Illinois. Another fact: two out of three SXU students who receive an undergraduate diploma each year have transferred some credit into SXU.
Saint Xavier University accepts applications for adult students during the fall, spring and summer semesters, as well as additional start terms in several programs.
Want to explore transferring to SXU?
Saint Xavier University also offers eXpress admission opportunities where students can get their admission decision, scholarship information and information regarding the transfer of courses in one visit to campus.
Starting college as an adult can be difficult, but at Saint Xavier we try to show adult students that our core values of Hospitality, Respect, Excellence, Service, Integrity, Diversity and Learning for Life are real.


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Police: Person run over by hay wagonStaff Report | October 07,2012BENSON — An unidentified person who was acting as a role player at a "haunted hayride" was flown by helicopter to the Albany, N.Y., Medical Center for treatment after being run over by a hay wagon on Saturday evening, according to Trooper Joseph Duca, of the Vermont State Police.
Duca did not provide any information, such as gender, age or home town, about the victim but and said the person's condition was unknown at the time of the press release which was sent around 1:50 a.m. on Sunday.
In a press release, Duca said the incident was reported from Old Lake Road in Benson around 8:50 p.m. on Saturday.
Members of the Benson Fire Department, Fair Haven Rescue, the Fair Haven and Castleton police departments, Vermont Fish and Wildlife and the Vermont State Police responded.
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- Georgia 2011 peanut yields ranging from zero to record-high
- Some record yields
- Looking at supply problems
• This year's Georgia Peanut Tour focused on the southwest corner of the state, not indicative of fields throughout the state's peanut belt.
• This year, Georgia have zero to record yields on peanuts, and the final average will depend on everything in the middle.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Extension peanut agronomist John Beasley addresses the crowd during the recent Georgia Peanut Tour, held in the southwest corner of the state.
Georgia's peanut crop for 2011 can best be described as a mixed bag, with yields ranging from record-high levels all the way down to zero, says John Beasley, University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist.
This year's Georgia Peanut Tour focused on the southwest corner of the state, not indicative of fields throughout the state's peanut belt, says Beasley.
"We're looking at an area that is heavily irrigated," he says. "Probably 90-plus percent of this crop is irrigated. In most years in Georgia, about 50 percent of our peanut acreage can be irrigated. This year, however, we feel it is less than that because more cotton acreage was put under irrigation."
At planting time this year, cotton prices were much more attractive than peanuts, so more growers put their irrigated land into cotton, says Beasley
"Things began changing as we got into the planting season. People were trying to plant early, and in June, conditions became excessively dry as growers continued planting. Then, farmers were trying to plant much later than they normally would."
Some areas of Georgia have been drier than others in 2011, says Beasley. "In the past three weeks, I've walked fields that will have zero yield potential. Some growers have planted seed and applied fungicides, herbicides and insecticides, but they will get no yield from their crop," he said during the last week of September.
"We've also walked some fields where farmers had crop insurance, and the yield potential was 100 to 300 pounds per acre. We're looking at yield potential versus the cost of digging those peanuts out of the ground so we can advise our growers."
Yield estimates from Sept. 12 NASS report showed Georgia yield potential at 3,400 pounds per acre. "That sounds pretty good since we set a record in 2009 of 3,560 pounds per acre and tied that record last year. But they're not factoring in the zeros or the abandoned crop. The average yield is a little deceptive because it is based on the crop that is harvested and weighed.
I can't say if that number is too low, too high or right on target."


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Does not work at all on my calm chow-chow. She doesnt like these+she bangs her head front forward into wall till plastic cracks+ breaks off. Knew there had to be a better-more comfortable way, so bought cloud kong+ comfy cone which she doesnt mind! She is 13+ not a puppy but cant stand this plastic cone. I use sometimes this type for my yorkies+ so far it works but not that comfortable to wear day+night. Closure snaps dont work too good for me even on yorkies. Swithched them to both the other comfy+kong cones, which they can rest in+work happier!
Fasterners are not the greatest but are a lot easier than the threaded type. I simply put a piece of duck tape over it and it stays extremely well. This has been a life saver for our Giant Schnauzer who is allergic to fleas and topical flea remedies.
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I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience with these darn canine teeth. My DD is getting in her bottom canines and literally wants no more milk. It's been a week and a half with little to no milk. I sincerely hope it's not cold turkey weaning. I've been on an emotional roller coaster for these past almost 2 weeks wondering if I should just give up. I can't even go near the nursing chair without her going into hysterics as if I'm there to torture her All I can do is cry... She sits on my lap and fiddles and fiddles and fiddles until I just can't sit there anymore. It's taking up so much of my day now! I keep my tank buttoned up so as not to pressure her and then she gets mad that I don't have it unbuttoned...so I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't... BUT I'm hoping that with her *upset* over my tank not being open means she does want to eventually go back to nursing after the teeth come in?????
She'll try to latch and barely make contact...back off and put her finger in her mouth(she's not talking yet). She doesn't even try it. So I guess she associates nursing with pain now. Not sure how to overcome that at 22 months now. Will these last teeth wean her from all milk?!


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David Sanchez: Interview and Shuffle
March 17, 2009. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: david sanchez, interview, Interviews, live at the village vanguard, living with music, npr music, shuffle, village vanguard, wbgo
We're presenting Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanchez and his quartet at the Village Vanguard tonight at 9pm.
Be sure to join us - on the air, online, or on the intertube.
I talked to Sanchez yesterday, just as he was arriving to his hotel room.
Listen to the interview:
Then I grabbed his iPod and set it to Shuffle. Hear the mix:
Anat Cohen Plays a Game of Shuffle
October 21, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: anat cohen, blanton, blue serge, cohen alon, digital library, django reinhardt, djangology, dr lonnie smith, duke ellington, game, Interviews, Jazz Alive, joe zawinul, Listening Post, live at the village vanguard, meade lux lewis, quartet, radio josh, shuffle, unreleased music, wbgo, webster, whip
Question: What do the following songs have in common?
1. Anat Cohen/Alon Yavnai "Very Early" unreleased music
2. Dr. Lonnie Smith "The Whip"
3. Joe Zawinul "Mi Gente (My People)"
4. Meade Lux Lewis "Blues Whistle"
5. Duke Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band "Blue Serge"
6. A chorino
7. Django Reinhardt's "Djangology"
Answer: They are all part of Anat Cohen's digital library.
And our newest game of Shuffle. Listen to it here.
Wednesday at 9pm, WBGO and NPR present the Anat Cohen Quartet.
Join us for the next installment of Live at the Village Vanguard.
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~ dying words of Johann von Nussbaum, professor of surgery, University of Munich; Consultant Surgeon General to the Bavarian military; life-long Catholic.


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Fantasy Guru Daily: 6/24/11
We have come to the end of another week, and while the two sides completed another round of not-so-secret negotiations, no new CBA has been signed. Meanwhile, the locked-out players continue to work out on their own, trying to replicate a typical off-season, in a year that's been anything but typical.
Chris Johnson may holdout … The star RB made the same threat last season, but reported after the team tacked an extra $1.5 million to his base salary, which was among the lowest on the offensive side of the ball at $500,000. Johnson is set to make $800,000 in 2011, but is ready to sit out to get something much more significant. His rookie deal locks him up through the 2012 season, but after seeing Chief RB Jamaal Charles get an extension worth about $5 million/year with just a year and half of high-end production, Johnson has stated he wants even more, especially guaranteed money, considering he's been one of the most productive backs in the league for the last three seasons, including a record-setting 2009 when he ran for 2006 yards and broke Marshall Faulk's mark of [...]


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War of 1812 Pension Digitization Project
The Pension Records from the War of 1812 are among the most requested documents at the National Archives. Unfortunately, these fragile documents are in urgent need of digitization. In support of this monumental task of digitizing 7.2 million pages, Ancestry.com has provided a dollar for dollar matching grant, so every dollar you contribute will make four more pages accessible and free for everyone.
"These fragile documents are in urgent need of digitization."
Your contribution will make these images free for everyone.
The National Archives reports that these War of 1812 pension files are among the heaviest requested materials. With that level of use, these valuable records, available in no other format, are in danger of grave deterioration.
As these valuable historical documents are digitized, they will be made available to all at no cost, and the original pension files can be retired to much less active use.
Completed images and associated indexing are posted incrementally. Genealogists, historians, teachers, patriotic societies, and history buffs all have access to the images that have been digitized right now. Images will be offered for free at Fold3 indefinitely.
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Ancestry.com has generously stepped up and agreed to cover costs to digitize HALF of the War of 1812 pension records. So every dollar donated will actually go twice as far.
At a cost of $0.45 per digitized page, your tax-deductible gift of $45 would normally digitize 100 pages, but with the help of Ancestry.com it will digitize 200 pages. Your contributions can be made in the name of your ancestor.
Time is of the essence. These documents are fragile and need to be digitized quickly to preserve the best possible image of each page.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies has created an organization to recognize those individuals and societies who have given at least $250 to the Preserve the Pensions fund. This new organization, named the Society of Preservation Patriots, is dedicated to raising funds for preserving critical, historic records and genealogical data for future generations. Learn More
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History of the Peace Corps in Georgia
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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As early as 1994, the government of Georgia indicated its desire to host Peace Corps Volunteers. Although the Peace Corps sent an assessment team to Georgia in response to that request, a decision to enter Georgia was indefinitely postponed due to security concerns over civil unrest in the Abkhazia and Ossetia provinces. In 1997, the Georgian government formally reiterated its desire to host Peace Corps Volunteers, and again an assessment team was sent. Although the security situation had significantly improved by this time, budgetary constraints prevented the Peace Corps from acting upon this request, and the decision was delayed yet again. In late 1999, after repeated inquiries from the Georgian government and consistent accounts from the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi that the security situation remained conducive to the presence of Peace Corps Volunteers, the decision was made to reassess the possibility of setting up a program. The review was positive, and funds were set aside by the Peace Corps to establish a program in Georgia in 2000.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Georgia
The Peace Corps' first program in Georgia began in 2001 with a secondary education/English teaching project of 21 Volunteers. In 2002, we welcomed our second group of 24 Volunteers in this project, as well as two Volunteers in a pilot secondary education/English teacher-trainer project. These education projects resulted from a request by the government of Georgia for technical and human resource assistance from the Peace Corps, particularly in the rural areas of the country. In exploring various programming sectors, government officials and the Peace Corps concurred that education projects targeting English language learning and teaching would meet a growing demand and have the greatest potential for Georgia.
Peace Corps/Georgia works in close collaboration with the Georgian Ministry of Education, individual schools, universities, and communities that recognize that English language skills can provide Georgian citizens with many advantages. These advantages include the possibilities to further education and advance careers, the ability to access information and technology (particularly through electronic means), the chance to further a closer relationship with Western democratic countries, and the opportunity to learn about new business practices. The current education Volunteers in Georgia serve in secondary schools, universities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in villages and towns throughout the country.
The education projects effectively address the above issues while also introducing lessons and activities on critical thinking, problem solving, life skills, democratic values, civic responsibility, the identification of community development needs, and the implementation of solutions and projects to meet those needs.
Through the project, communities have the opportunity to communicate and share cultural information with native English speakers—a chance they would otherwise most likely not have. Teachers, students, and community members improve their listening and speaking skills through daily communication with Volunteers. Education Volunteers introduce new teaching methodologies and help Georgian teachers design and deliver lessons with a student-centered focus.
Currently, Peace Corps/Georgia's programming includes the secondary education/English teaching project, the university English teaching project in regional universities, and a component for NGO development, which began in 2004 with 10 NGO development Volunteers.
This latter project addresses areas of social development through the work of local NGOs throughout Georgia including organizational management, community mobilization, and networking. Health and environmental education as well as youth development and women's issues are areas targeted by local NGOs and where Volunteers work with their NGO counterparts to lend their assistance and skills. In 2004, the first 10 NGO Volunteers were placed throughout Georgia. In 2005, 16 more NGO development Volunteers were added to the program. These Volunteers assist nongovernmental organizations with all levels of organizational management, provide guidance towards transparency in financial and project operations, develop fundraising strategies for self-reliance and sustainability. Local NGOs are often driven by enthusiastic Georgian Volunteers who are highly educated but lack experience in development. There has been much interest by NGOs in bringing in Peace Corps Volunteers to assist them in their community outreach efforts.


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Department Review Guidelines
In accordance with the Utah State Board of Regents Policy R411, institutional program reviews at Utah State University will be periodically conducted to improve educational quality. Such improvement should occur through (a) the recognition of effective departmental activities, and (b) the identification and modification of ineffective activities. Program review recommendations will focus on the quality and effectiveness of each major program of study within the department as well as teaching, research, extension, and professional service activities in the department.
Major Program Review Activities
The major data sources for each departmental review will be:
- A department self-study
- An evaluation of the department self study and on-site department visit by a review committee or an accreditation team
Administrative Responsibility for Department Reviews
Department reviews will be administered by the Provost's Office, with supportive services by other units where appropriate.
Frequency of Evaluations
All teaching, research, extension, and professional service activities in each department at Utah State University will be subject to review on a departmental basis at least once every seven years. When another national accreditation process or federal program review occurs, the results of that evaluation may be used in lieu of this additional review to avoid duplication of effort and expense. In the latter case, the Department Head will work closely with the Provost to insure that the self-study results from a national accreditation will meet the goals of the department review as required by Regent's Policy R411.
Procedures for Department Program Review
1. The Department Self-Study
The department self-study is the essence of the review process. The self-study will constitute an in-depth self-appraisal of the department's activities by both faculty and students based on continuing strategic planning, goal formulation, assessment, and decision-making based upon assessment outcomes. In cases where deficiencies exist, the department identifies courses of action to remedy deficiencies, or if major departures from standard indicators of productivity exist, the department justifies these departures. The department may find updated and useful information at the Office of Analysis, Assessment and Accreditation (http://aaa.usu.edu) when preparing the self study (the Board of Regents request data over the most recent five-year period).
The department self-study should include at least the following:
- Department Profile
- Mission and goals
- Program descriptions
- Degrees offered; undergraduate and graduate
- Alignment of programs and degrees with department mission
- Support function or interaction with programs
- Outreach efforts
- Faculty
- Headcount and full-time equivalent faculty
- Faculty profiles (include faculty CVs in an appendix)
- Faculty teaching loads
- Faculty research and scholarly productivity
- Adjunct faculty and graduate assistants FTE
- Faculty-student ratios
- Faculty credentials, rank, and diversity information
- Student credit hours produced per full-time equivalent faculty
- Staff
- Students
- Admission standards
- Student credit hours generated
- Number of majors in program
- Enrollment and attrition trends
- Graduation and retention rates
- Student placement rates and salary data if available
- Transfer data
- Program Costs
- Instructional costs
- Support costs
- Program Support
- Facilities and equipment
- Professional development
- Program Assessment *
- Examples of goals, measurements, and impact
- Strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations
*Program assessment is of particular importance to the Board of Regents
2. The Review Committee
The Review Committee will consist of at least one Utah State University faculty member and two, off-campus, nationally recognized experts in the department discipline under review. Off-campus committee members will be selected from outside the state of Utah and responsibility for selection of all Review Committee members will reside within the Office of the Provost. Review committee members will not have close personal or working ties to department faculty members.
The responsibilities of the Review Committee will be to:
- Read and evaluate the department self-study
- Spend at least two days on campus meeting with department faculty, students, staff, administration, the dean, and others deemed necessary to make a thorough assessment of the department
- Make comparative judgments between USU and peer institutions relating to the department's curriculum, faculty, students, administration, and program resources
- Submit a report to the department within six weeks of the visit to campus
All members of the Review Committee will analyze the department self-study, additional data gathered, and draft a report making recommendations related to program improvement, continuation and discontinuation. The report of the Review Committee will be submitted to the department and dean for comment. The Review Committee will then address comments by the department and dean in a final version of the Review Committee Report. The final report of the Review Committee will be submitted to the Provost, with copies to the Department and to the Dean of the College.
Following completion of the final report from the Review Committee, a summary of the department review will be prepared by the USU Office of Analysis, Assessment and Accreditation for the Provost. The Provost will submit the department review summary to the Board of Trustees for comment. A revised summary report addressing Board of Trustees comments will then be submitted by the Provost to the State Board of Regents.
Timeline of Department Review
|Notify department of review requirement
|February 1
|Due date for completion of Department Self-Study; self-study is submitted to the Review Committee
|March 15 - April 1
|Department visit by Review Committee
|May 1
|Report from Review Committee sent to department and dean
|May 15
|Due date for comments on the Review Committee Report from department and dean
|June 1
|Due date for final Review Committee Report submission to Provost
|Provost submits department review summary to the Board of Trustees for comment
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Instant Appetizer: Bacon and Bean Dip
Learn how to prepare a quick and simple Bacon and Bean Dip appetizer in this video from EVERY DAY WITH RACHAEL RAY magazine, plus get tips on easy ways to entertain. From our collection of Easy Entertaining videos.
-Hi, I'm Tracey Seaman, test kitchen director at Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine. And today, we're gonna make a great instant hors d'oeuvre. It's a bacon and bean dip. This is made in the food processor. First, we're gonna add a couple cloves of garlic. I like to use 3 'coz I like mine with extra and a nice big hand of Italian parsley that was already rinsed and dried. We're gonna process this until it's finally chopped. You'll know it's done when the parsley sticks to the side of the bowl then we're gonna add 2 cans-- 15-ounce cans of cannellini beans. These have been drained and rinsed. I like to rinse beans because it takes away some of the sodium and lets the bean flavor come through. While the beans are pureeing, add some olive oil. Now, I added just enough oil to make it creamy, about a third of a cup. I'm gonna scrape down the side of the bowl once and just puree it a little bit more. Now, you'll see the dip has a nice little flat green color. Transfer it to a bowl. There's still little bits of bean, which is nice so you have a lot of texture. And then when you get down to the point where you have most of it removed then you have a lot of it stuck on the blade here, I like to put it back on and give it another whirl. In that way, all of the puree comes off the blade and it makes it easy to get out. See, the blade's clean. I can just easily scrape out the rest of it down. Now, if you-- this is an Italian sort of dip. If you wanna make a Mexican version, you can use black beans. You can add jalapeno. Instead of the parsley, you can add cilantro. You could also do a Middle Eastern version with chickpeas and a little bit of tahini and lemon juice, and any of those are great. You could then-- I'm gonna add-- this is about 4 strips of bacon that was cooked in the microwave. Bacon usually takes about a minute in the microwave on average depending on your microwave and depending on the thickness of the bacon. I would recommend putting paper towel under the bacon and then laying the strips out evenly in another sheet of paper towel on top. You can add that and a little bit of pepper. A lot of pepper and some salt, not too much salt because you want to taste it before adding too much salt. Now, we need some more salt. And then to save time for the second taste, I use the other end of the spoon. Well, that's great now. I like to serve this with store-bought pita chips. You can find them in the chip aisle. Sometimes stores have their own brands. You can get them flavored, but I like them just plain salted. So, put the dip. You're just gonna spoon it right in. Alright. And then the finishing touch is a nice little drizzle of great olive oil. There you go. Instant bacon and bean dip. Thanks for watching.


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let me guess - end of the 4th quarter lost ?
Little late now. Walsh probably would've drafted Lopez over Gallinari. I don't blame Walsh for picking Jordan Hill, though - Brandon Jennings had too many question marks (and even right now Brandon Jennings hasn't been that great since the 50 point game), and who'd have known Darren Collison would be so good?
But still, I blame a lot of this on D'Antoni. Walsh traded Q-Rich and his veteran presence for Darko because he knew that good teams need shotblocking and tough defense in the paint. Too bad D'Antoni thought it'd be better to play our 6'9" PF who's already terrible on defense in the center position and allow any time with a legitimate center to ball all over us while we had a 7'0" shotblocker on the bench the entire time. D'Antoni's to blame for that one...
The fact is that we continue to hire people with big names and reputations, instead of hiring management that might not have as much of a rep. but has good ideas, a belief in developing a defense-oriented team, without putting all of our eggs in this 2010 pipe-dream and a good ability to build a staff of basketball people that know talent when it sees it.
Sometimes I just find myself drifted away from the actual game and just tuning into Clyde's amazing voice and his timeless words
He's the man...glad to be a Knick Fan...he knows his basketball and says things I don't even know, I learn a lot of good stuff from him, and he's very proud of the organization. A true Knick, and one of the greatest PG of all time.
Are there any cheap centers available that the Knicks can sign for the rest of the season?