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All Blog Posts Tagged 'is' - We Make Zines 2016-12-11T08:32:20Z http://wemakezines.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?tag=is&xn_auth=no A Punk Rock Manifesto tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2013-11-03:2288844:BlogPost:373933 2013-11-03T03:03:06.000Z Zineiac http://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/punxinsolidarity
A Punk Rock Manifesto

I have never owned a record label, nor directed a successful merchandise company, so I don't pretend to be an expert on marketing. I have evolved through my craft as a songwriter, but others have labeled it and marketed it and made it neat for consumption.

Although I have made money from Punk, it is a modest amount when one considers the bounty that has been bestowed on the companies that…

A Punk Rock Manifesto

I have never owned a record label, nor directed a successful merchandise company, so I don't pretend to be an expert on marketing. I have evolved through my craft as a songwriter, but others have labeled it and marketed it and made it neat for consumption.

Although I have made money from Punk, it is a modest amount when one considers the bounty that has been bestowed on the companies that promote Punk as some sort of a product to be ingested. It has always been my way to devalue the fashionable, light hearted, impulsive traits that people associate with Punk, because Punk is more than that, so much more that those elements become trivial in the light of human experience that all Punkers share.

Since it has been a part of me for over half of my life, I think the time has come to attempt a definition, and in the process defend, this persistent social phenomenon known as Punk. It is astounding that something with so much emotional and trans-cultural depth has gone without definition for so long, for the roots of Punk run deeper, and go back in history farther than imagined.

Even in the last two decades, it is difficult to find any analysis of the influential effect that Punk Rock had on Pop Music and youth culture. And rarer still are essays detailing the emotional and intellectual undercurrents that drive the more overt fashion statements that most people attribute to Punk. These are some of the wants that compelled me to write this. If my attempt offends the purists, collapses the secrecy of a closed society, promotes confidence in skeptical inquiry, provokes deeper thought, and decodes irony, then I have done my job and those who feel slighted might recognize the triviality of their position. For I have nothing to promote but my observations on a sub-culture that has grown to global proportions, and through visiting much of it, I have found threads of common thought everywhere.

Common thought processes are what determine the ideology that binds people together into a community. There is desire among Punks to be a community, but there needs to be some shape imparted on the foundations of the punk ideology, and where it comes from. The current Punk stereotype is scarred by mass-marketing and an unfortunate emphasis on style over substance. But these ills don't destroy the Punk sentiment, they merely confound the education of the new generations of people who know they are punk, but don't know what it means. It is a long road to understand what it means. This essay is part of the process.

PUNKS ARE NOT BEASTS:
 Punk is a reflection of what it means to be human. What separates us from other animals? Our ability to recognize ourselves and express our own genetic uniqueness. Ironically, the commonly held view, among the marketeers and publicity engines, stresses the "animalistic", "primitive" nature of punks and their music.

They assume that violence is a key ingredient in punk music, and this assumption is easily perpetuated because it is easy to market violence and news items about violence always get column space. This focus on violence misses a key element of what Punk is all about:

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

Violence is neither common in, nor unique to punk. When it does manifest itself it is due to things unrelated to the punk ideal. Consider for example the common story of a fight at a high school between a punk and a jock football player. The football player and his cohort do not accept or value the punk as a real person. Rather, they use him as a vitriol receptacle, daily taunting, provoking, and embarrassing him, which of course is no more than a reflection of their own insecurities. One day, the punk has had enough and he clobbers the football captain in the hallway. The teachers of course expel the punk and cite his poor hairstyle and shabby clothing as evidence that he is a violent, uncontrollable no-good. The community newspaper reads "Hallway Beating Re-affirms that Violence is a Way of Life Among Punk Rockers". Spontaneous anger at not being accepted as a real person is not unique to punkers. This reaction is due to being human, and anybody would react in anger regardless of their sub- cultural, or social affiliation if they felt de- valued and useless. Sadly, there are plenty of examples of violence among punks. There are glaring examples of misguided people who call themselves punks too. But anger and violence are not punk traits, in fact, they have no place in the punk ideal. Anger and violence are not the glue that holds the punk community together.

IN UNIQUENESS IS THE PRESERVATION OF MANKIND:
 Nature bestowed on us the genetic backbone of what punk is all about. There are roughly 80,000 genes in the human genome, and there are roughly 6 billion people carrying that genetic compliment. The chances of two people carrying the same genome are so small as to be almost beyond comprehension (the odds are essentially ½ 80,000 times the number of possible people you can meet and mate with in a lifetime! A practical impossibility)

The genes we carry play a major role in determining our behavior and outlook on life. That is why we have the gift of uniqueness, because no one else has the same set of genes controlling their view of the world. Of course cultural factors play the other major role, and these can have a more homogenizing effect on behavior and world-view.

For example, an entire working-class town might have 15,000 residents who are raised with the same ideals, work at the same factories, go to the same schools, shop at the same stores, and like the same sports teams. As their children develop, there is a constant interaction of opposite forces between the social imprinting their culture imparts and the genetic expression of uniqueness.

Those who lose touch with their nature become society's robots, whereas those who denounce their social development become vagrant animals. Punk stands for a desire to walk the line in between these two extremes with masterful precision. Punks want to express their own unique nature, while at the same time want to embrace the communal aspects of their cookie-cutter upbringing. The social connection they have is based on a desire to understand each others unique view of the world. Punk "scenes" are social places where those views are accepted, sometimes adopted, sometimes discarded, but always tolerated and respected.

PUNK IS: a movement that serves to refute social attitudes that have been perpetuated through willful ignorance of human nature.

Because it depends on tolerance and shuns denial, Punk is open to all humans. There is an elegant parallel between Punk's dependence on unique views and behaviors and our own natural genetic predisposition toward uniqueness.

THE BATTLE OF FEAR AND RATIONALITY:
 The compulsion to conform is a powerful side-effect of civilized life. We are all taught to respect the views of our elders, and later when we realize that they are just dogmatic opinions, we are taught not to make a commotion by asking difficult questions. Many just go along with the prevailing notions and never express their own views, which is analogous to a premature death of the individual. Our species is unique in the ability to recognize and express the self, and not exercising this biological function goes against the natural selection gradient that created it in the first place. This complacency combats a fear of failure. It is easy to assume that if everyone else is doing something, then there is no way to fail if you just go along with it. Cattle and flocks of geese can probably recognize this advantage. But the entire human race could fail because of this mentality. Thinking and acting in a direction against the current of popular opinion is critical to human advancement, and a potent manifestation of Punk. If an issue or phenomenon is found to be true only because other people say it is so, then it is a Punk's job to look for a better solution, or at least find an independent variable that confirms the held view (sometimes the popular view is just a reflection of human nature, Punks don't live in denial of this). This ability to go against the grain was a major part of the greatest advances in human thinking throughout history. The entire Enlightenment period was characterized by ideas that shunned the dogma of the time, only to reveal truths in nature and human existence that all people can observe, and that are still with us today.

Galileo fought the church, the church won the battle, by putting him in jail for life, but ultimately lost the war; few people today believe that the sun orbits around the earth, and thus God didn't create the earth as the center of the universe. Francis Bacon insisted that human destiny is equal to understanding. If we deny this fundamental principle of what it means to be human, he reasoned, then we descend into the depths of mere barbarism.

Charles Darwin, wrote after the heyday of the Enlightenment, he nonetheless was directly influenced by its tradition, was trained as a theologian and yet still was driven to understand the underlying order that connected biological species he observed in his travels. His views threw into question many of the Bible's tenets, yet his reasoning was sound, and through a process of self-improvement (the struggle in his own mind to understand) he improved mankind by establishing a new benchmark of human knowledge.

The dogma of the church was further marginalized. The fear of repercussion from the church was overshadowed by the wave of understanding that his views created in people, and by the truth to his observations.

The modern-day Punk thought process, driven by this desire to understand, is a carbon-copy of the Enlightenment tradition. The fact that so many historical examples exist that reveal a will to destroy dogma leads to a powerful tenet: It is a natural trait of civilized humans to be original. The fact that uniqueness is so rare reveals that our nature is stifled by an equally potent opposing force: fear.

PUNK IS: a process of questioning and commitment to understanding that results in self-progress, and by extrapolation, could lead to social progress.

If enough people feel free, and are encouraged to use their skills of observation and reason, grand truths will emerge. These truths are acknowledged and accepted not because they were force-fed by some totalitarian entity, but because everyone has a similar experience when observing them. The fact that Punks can relate to one another on issues of prejudice comes from a shared experience of being treated poorly by people who don't want them around. Each has his/her own experience of being shunned, and each can relate to another story of alienation without some kind of adherence to a code of behavior.

The truth of prejudice is derived from the experience they all share, not from a written formula or constitution they have to abide by. Punks learn from this experience that prejudice is wrong, it is a principle they live by; they didn't learn it from a textbook. Without striving to understand, and provoking the held beliefs, the truth remains shrouded behind custom, inactivity, and prescriptive ideology.

WHAT IS TRUTH?
 Philosophers distinguish between capital "T" truth and truth with a small "t". Punks deny the former.

Truth with a capital "T" assumes that there is an order prescribed by some transcendental being. That is to say that truth comes ultimately from God, who had a plan for everything when he created the universe.

Little "t" truth is that which we figure out for ourselves, and which we all can agree upon due to similar experience and observations of the world. It is also known as objective truth, from within ourselves, revealed here on this earth; as opposed to big T truth, which comes from outside and is projected down to us, specifically for us to follow. Morality need not be thought of as a product only of big "T" truth. Objective truth lends itself just as readily to a moralistic, spiritual culture.

PUNK IS: a belief that this world is what we make of it, truth comes from our understanding of the way things are, not from the blind adherence to prescriptions about the way things should be.

Punk's dependence on objective truth comes from the shared experience of going against the grain. Anyone who has stood out in a crowd feels the truth of the experience. No one had to write a doctrine in order for the outcast to understand what it meant to be different. The truth was plain enough, and that truth could be understood and agreed upon by all those who shared a common experience.

WHAT IS FEAR?
 The fears that drive people to conform have caused dismal periods in human history. The so-called Dark Ages, were tranquil and without upheaval, but also dismally quiet and pestilent, nary a contrasting view to be found. The pseudo-comfort and tranquility that the people of the Dark Ages experienced, by conforming to a rigidly enforced bureaucracy enforced by the king and church, was masked entirely by the misery they had to endure in their day to day life. Life is easy as a peasant, no direction, no purpose, just produce more goods and offspring for the benefit of the king. But using fear to control peasants (or modern-day blue-collar workers for that matter) is just a short-term foul exercise, because peasants have the same mental equipment as the royalty.

The deeply ingrained biological traits of self-recognition and the desire to express the self cannot be quashed for long. Eventually peasants realize that life without the practice of reason is as good as being a farm animal. Being controlled by fear is the same as being biologically inert, unable to take part in the human drama, merely wasting away. The fear that controls human behavior is learned. It is different from the immediate, reflexive, run-away-from-the- nasty-stimulus response that other creatures employ to stay alive. We have motor reflexes like these as well, but fear of failure, and fear of speaking out come from the limbic system.

The limbic system is a network of neurons in our brain that control our most deep-seated emotions. It connects two parts of the brain together: the mid brain, where sensory information is sent (i.e. sight and hearing stimuli) and the fore brain, where that information is processed. Although the fore brain has been around for at least 480 million years (it was present in the earliest vertebrates), it evolved special functions with the advent of humankind.

A specialized portion of the fore brain, called the cerebral cortex, is highly developed in humans. 95% of our cerebral cortex is responsible for associative mental activities like contemplation and planning. The other 5% is responsible for processing motor and sensory information. By comparison, a mouse (also considered a higher vertebrate), has a cerebral cortex with only 5% of its neurons devoted to associative functions, while 95% are devoted to motor and sensory functions.

The highly developed limbic system is at the core of what it means to be human. We differ from other animals in the amount of time we spend planning, contemplating, and expressing ourselves. Our limbic system is very powerful. It can over-ride primitive emotions, and suppress deep desires. Anyone who has ever seen a sad movie with friends, and willfully held back tears because they didn't want their friends to see them crying, employed the power of their limbic system. They contemplated the repercussions of their friends reaction to crying, and shut off the emotional cascade that would have brought the tears.

In the same way that rationality is the product of the limbic system, fear is also centered in the same neurons of the limbic system. Fear is usually rational behavior, based on irrational thoughts, and it can freeze the processing power of the cerebral cortex. Denial and fear go hand in hand, and both are examples of how our limbic system can suppress obvious stimuli and promote behavior that is safe and conforming.

The limbic system is like any other organ in the sense that it can operate unchecked to produce detrimental results. Being in touch with our bodies leads to overall general health, and the limbic system needs constant attention in order to master it. To overcome fear, one needs to be in touch with their limbic system, and recognize when it is suppressing the obvious.

Etiquette and "being nice" are forms of limbic-system repression, necessary at times, but ultimately demeaning of human originality. Lying is the ultimate form of limbic-system repression. It is a denial of the obvious. Truth-tellers, those who are authentic and trustworthy, have learned to master their limbic system. They recognize the desire to lie, but rationalize the futility of advocating something that is not true. Liars, on the other hand, are slaves to their limbic system, out of touch with their most basic mental capacities. Their behavior is guarded and shifty because they let their flawed reasoning, to cover up the obvious, control their entire makeup. They eventually have to give in to the truth and concede defeat, but only after every possible avenue of deception and twisted logic has been advocated in the interest of hiding their fear. Politicians, Clergymen, Business leaders, and Judges are masters of twisted logic and promotion of fear. They make good intellectual targets for Punkers because they don't respect people who have learned to master their limbic systems. And Punkers are not afraid to point out that which is obvious, even if it means their social status might be jeopardized.

PUNK IS: the constant struggle against fear of social repercussions.

THE PUNK MOVEMENT:
 I have tried to enumerate some of the factors that make Punk a movement, in the cultural sense. The typical stereotype of a feeble-minded ruffian vandalizing, destroying, stealing, fighting, or arguing in the name of some empty, short-lived cause is no more punk than the pretty-face-empty-head image of today's pop stars.

Because it is so easy for record companies to sell images of violence, sex, and self-importance, many bands have taken the bait and portrayed themselves as Punks, without realizing that they were actually perpetuating a stereotype of conformity that is wholly un-punk.

The "come join us" attitude that seeks to attract followers, usually results in a rabble of weak people who think that their power lies in the large numbers of like-minded clones they have compiled. There is no strength in numbers however, if the people are glued together by a short-sighted, self-serving, fear-induced mantra that promotes factions and exclusionary principles. Strong ideologies don't require a mob, they persist through time, and never go away, because they are intimately connected to our biology. They are part of what it means to exist as Homo sapiens. Punk typifies that tradition. It is a movement of epic proportions, that transcends the immediacy of the here-and-now, because it is, was, and always will be there-and-forever, as long as humans walk the earth.

As we enter a new era in the voracious march of culture, Punks will have their day. The internet has allowed people to communicate directly once again. On the web, human behavior is interactive, like it was before the advent of mass-media.

People now focus on ideological discussions and lifestyle issues, as opposed to the classic 20th century behavior of closing oneself off from cohorts, and adhering to a network's, or commercial's prescriptive code of acceptable behavior. The lies, and mysteries of elitism will erode quickly as the global conversation that transpires daily on the web invades more people's lives.

The world population will be more receptive to alternative ideologies because they will be creating them. People will be less receptive to ideologies of out- dated institutions because the holes and flaws in their logic will be ever more amplified when they are broadcast instantly around the world as they become revealed.

The "Strength-In-Understanding", and "Knowledge-Is-Power" ethics that Punks maintain will become the norm. The rigidity, brutishness, and futility of secret agendas will be made obvious, paving the way to an appreciation of human uniqueness, and a new era of originality.

WHO IS PUNK?
 Everyone has the potential to be punk. It is much harder for someone who comes from a placid, un-challenging, ignorant upbringing, because they don't see the value in questioning or provoking the institutions that gave them such tranquility. But such examples of carefree existence are rare in today's shrinking world.

Eternal questions still burn in the minds of most people. What it means to be human is becoming more clear every decade. Sometimes, people are trained to follow the safe path to an early grave by consuming and repeating the dogma of a fearful aristocracy.

On the other hand, the human spirit is hard to kill. Punk is a microcosm of the human spirit. Punks succeed with their minds, not their brute force. They advance society by their diversity, not their conformity. They motivate others by inclusion, not domination.

They are at the front lines of self-betterment and by extrapolation can improve the complexion of the human race. They adhere to unwritten universal principles of human emotion, obvious to anyone, and shun elitist codes of behavior, or secret agendas. They embody the hope of the future, and reveal the flaws of the past. Don't tell them what to do, they are already leading you.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

PUNK IS: a movement that serves to refute social attitudes that have been perpetuated through willful ignorance of human nature.

PUNK IS: a process of questioning and commitment to understanding that results in self-progress, and through repetition, flowers into social evolution.

PUNK IS: a belief that this world is what we make of it, truth comes from our understanding of the way things are, not from the blind adherence to prescriptions about the way things should be.

PUNK IS: the constant struggle against fear of social repercussions.

A Comment On Responsible Voting

Voting is a privilege. As such it requires responsibility. Irresponsibility when coupled with license can lead to social tragedy. If one is to feel good about his or her vote, it is necessary to have an agenda to use as justification, and also to adhere to some sort of ideological protocol for casting a particular vote. Too often in the past, our generation has voted and formed opinion based on self-serving interests. I know what is good for me, and I don't really care about what is good for others, I will vote for the candidate or issue that benefits me the most is a common way of thinking. This is an example of the simplest possible voting convention. It doesn't require much worldly knowledge or social concern, it is simply a selfish desire for personal gain. This will probably typify most people's thinking on their way to the polls this year, as it has in years past. But it does not make for a better society. Voting offers us a way to responsibly improve society. If you don't care about such a goal, then voting isn't a privilege for you, its just a routine behavior that happens every four years, or worse, a way to implement evil policies that further degrade the lives of the careless and powerless. If you don't care about improvement, you better hope that those who do go to the polls advocate your interests.

Societal improvement is a somewhat nebulous concept because change is rarely teleological and it rests in the whims of the populace. Most people think that a candidate who wins an election can make the world a better place. This has rarely happened in history. It is the people, or the ruled, who make the world a better place by behavioral changes, and the ruler is usually only a by-product of this collective phenomenon. The process of voting, because it demands sharing of information, requires people to gain knowledge about their world. It offers an opportunity to question whether they accept the tenets of their representatives and of their society. When this occurs, people get informed, people can communicate their distastes, and their hopes. They feel useful and acknowledged by their fellow citizens. And through communication comes action, and eventual abatement of the stigmas that cause suffering and misery. An informed person is a content person. An informed society is a strong society, supportive of its citizens, aware of, and compassionate to those less advantaged. Finally, an informed vote is a responsible vote. It goes far beyond the election in question. The knowledge is carried through the life of the possessor, and it shapes the way that person views his/her position in society and communicates with others. All of this is a contribution to a better community and a more meaningful election.

AN UNORTHODOX PROTOCOL FOR CASTING A MEANINGFUL VOTE:

 1. Determine whether you care about the general well-being of society (If you do not, skip to step 7, if you do, continue on).

2. Determine whether you are a privileged citizen (If you are not, then proceed to step number 6, if you are, read steps 3, 4, and 5 only).

3. Examine not how well you will fare if a given issue is voted into law, but how poorly the under-privileged will suffer (no matter which laws pass a vote or who is voted into office, you will probably always still be better off than the people you fear you'll become, namely the under-privileged).

4. Create an ideological balance-sheet that details how much better you will fare, as a percentage of your current comfort level, versus how much worse the under-privileged will drop in their current comfort level (for instance, as a very banal example, a mere 2% drop in your current income, could provide a tremendous relative rise in an under-privileged household's income).

5. Vote for the issue or candidate that promises to balance the disparity between the privileged and the under-privileged classes, even if it doesn't make you richer or if it provides a small compromise in your day-to-day comfort.

6. Vote for the issue or the candidate who will make your life better.

7. Abstain from voting.

Finally, remember voting started out as a way for concerned citizens to play a role in creating a society that was good for all. Over time it evolved into the monstrosity it is today which is no more than a vehicle for selfish partisanism, and worse, a voice for those who want the law to preserve and increase the disparity between needy and privileged. This unfortunate turn of events has made us a hostile, hopeless people. We should remember that history is relevant, and can help us gain a perspective on our current situation. No civilization persists without a strong sense of social welfare. The British empire expired once its subjects learned that through unity and enlightenment of the underprivileged came a new power structure and a new sense of national community, one strong enough to turn away any possible oppressors. We are headed in the same direction as the failed British empire as our privileged class increases in wealth yet shrinks in population, and our underclass grows in population and shrinks in wealth.

Your vote is meaningless if it merely bolsters the selfish desires of a small privileged minority of citizens. A meaningful vote depends on the passage of issues or election of candidates that help to create a better scene for everyone, not merely the rich elite, and not merely provisional support for the poor. If you follow these guidelines, we will have a less polarized, more enthusiastic underclass, and a less greedy, more compassionate upper class; and the quality of our social fabric will be drastically enhanced.

-Greg Graffin, Bad Religion
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 for the first time in eight years i will not be at the Rotunda with a stack full of xeroxed goodness. this does make me sad BUT i have a good reason, a dear friend of mine will be getting married in central PA on sunday and i cannot miss this for the world! again, i do send my regrets that i cant hang out with my zinester peeps and to meet new people and read new stuff!

also, due to the fact that i have a crap job that makes no money to travel and no vacation time left anyways, i cant do the Richmond Zine Fest either :( i had Such A Great Time in Richmond last year and met so many interesting and fun people! i do hope i'll be going back again soon!

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A "first look" at La Crosse's newest theater
La Crosse's newest theater has its first performance later this week.
Friday is "curtain's up" for "Macbeth" at the new Weber Center for the Performing Arts.
The theater held an open house Sunday so people could get their first look at the $8 million facility.
The Weber Center will be home to the La Crosse Community Theatre, and some of Viterbo University's performances as well.
Public feedback is positive so far.
"It just feels open," says David Kilpatrick of the Weber Center, "We had 450 people Saturday night in the lobby and you could still move, you could still get around, you could still function. That was a gift we've given to the community, and when you go in and take a seat and you see the view and your seats are comfortable, you've got leg room, it's just a real blessing and we're just excited to be able to share it."
The Weber Center is on Front Street, across from the Pump House Regional Arts Center. It's also near several restaurants.
Some envision the area as an arts district with huge economic potential.
"The way the area's been growing and with the addition of the Performing Arts Center, it's just going to be fantastic bringing folks in from all over the region, not just La Crosse, but all over, come down here for some excellent performances and hopefully come over to Piggy's," says the owner of "Piggy's," Chef Chris Roderique.
"Macbeth" opens at the Weber Center on January 25th.
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Rain, rain, rain
A seemingly nonstop chain of quick, concentrated storms over the past few weeks are adding up to headaches and expenses around Washington County.
"Here you just get the road straightened up or the culverts cleaned out and you've got to redo it," said Waterford Township Trustee Doug McCutcheon.
Two township employees worked approximately 12 hours of overtime each this weekend trying to repair roads, trees, and culverts that suffered through weekend storms that many Waterford residents described as being like a tornado.
"It was pretty wild. We had a tornado go through in 1993 and it kind of sounded like that," said Righteous Ridge Road resident Neil Huck.
The rain seemed to be falling horizontally Saturday afternoon and the visibility was so poor that Huck could not see his barn, 120 feet from his back door.
"It took a lot of trees down. We ended up with three tree tops in the corn field and it laid a little bit of the corn down," he said.
The heavy rains also caused flash flooding in Flint Run and Wolf Creek near Huck's home.
Quite a few people had water in their houses, said Waterford resident Phillip Crane.
"It ran down the highways and into houses which we've never known to happen before," said Crane.
The storm hit the Righteous Ridge Road and Buchanan Road area particularly hard, he added.
"You can see in that area where it was a tornado-like effect in that it blew down trees in a path you could see," said Crane.
In Beverly, the Starfire gas station lost the canopy that covered its gasoline pumps, said Jay Hockenberry.
Hockenberry owns Auto Choice, which sits across from Starfire on Ohio 60, and recalled going outside Saturday afternoon to see the canopy toppled over.
"We got like two-and-a-half-inches of rain in a short period of time and I think that's what collapsed the canopy," he said.
The gas station was open Monday, but the canopy had not been replaced and they were not selling gas, he added.
A call to Starfire's parent company was not immediately returned.
Hockenberry said a poker run went on as scheduled in Beverly Saturday, but it took a rather interesting turn because of large amounts of water on the roadways.
"People were detouring and driving on the sidewalks because the water was so high," he laughed.
Monday brought more heavy rains as crews worked to right the weekend damage.
"We're in Waterford right now and we see a lot of tree damage just in localized areas," said Washington County engineer Roger Wright Monday afternoon.
The previous week, county crews worked overtime cleaning up after a storm that hit Lowell hard, he said.
"We had to basically postpone our normal work two weeks to go around and clean up trees," he said.
The chip and seal program will have to wait until the county catches up on storm cleanup, he said.
Marietta City Hall workers continued Monday to dodge the drippy ceiling that had caused the Marietta Police Department's dispatchers to pack up and move on Saturday.
The building's roof is currently under construction and the leak Saturday occurred because Canton contractor Buxton Roofing had not properly sealed off the roof, said Mayor Joe Matthews.
"I know it was leaking profusely again (Monday). It was running clear down the steps again," he said.
Matthews is uncertain the extent of monetary damage done by the continually leaking roof, but said the contracting company will likely have to pay for damage and overtime hours that city crews spent cleaning up after the damage.
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23rd annual RiverFest on Main Street of Narrowsburg
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NARROWSBURG, NY — Music, art, and the environment are the primary themes of Narrowsburg's 23rd annual RiverFest, held this year on Sunday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the edge of the Delaware River on Main Street. Presented by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and sponsored by Catskill Regional Medical Center, RiverFest embodies the spirit of the river valley and highlights the artists who live and work here.
Everything at RiverFest is artist-made and the person who is selling it to you is the artist him/herself: broom makers; potters; jewelers; textile, wood, and glass artists; writers and painters.
Artists are highlighted most dramatically at the RiverFest poster auction that takes place at the bandstand at 12:30 p.m. The work of over five dozen artists, whose posters are created especially for the festival in every conceivable medium from watercolor to fabric to wood, are auctioned off by Jerry Malek. They are currently on display in the gallery windows of the Delaware Arts Center and National Park Service.
River Dogs on Parade opens the festivities at 10 a.m. Pooches and pups strut their stuff at the bandstand, all hoping to win the "best of" awards, while emcee Kevin McDonough offers running commentary and the Dog Parade judges deliberate.
Music throughout the day includes jazz, rock, R&B and fusion by Donna Singer and The Doug Richards Trio, Yasgurs and Jazzmosis. Performers from the Delaware Valley Opera and NACL Theatre will also make cameo appearances.
Kids Korner is a place where children can create works of art or play games under the direction of Maureen Cookingham from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Art projects range from masks to mini-posters, and kids get to take home their own interpretation of RiverFest.
For the first time, park and ride service will be provided with assistance from First Student.
Environment and energy efficiency information booths will help you wade through the complexities of clean water, clean air, and energy conservation.
Admission is free. Call 845/252-7576 or visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.


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- Quality perceptions of design journals: the design scholars' perspective
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- Gemser, Gerda; de Bont, Cees; Hekkert, Paul; Friedman, Ken
- Abstract
- The primary objectives of this study were to identify a set of journals that report on industrial design research and to propose quality rankings of those journals. Based on an online survey, design journals were assessed in terms of two quality metrics: popularity and indexed average rank position. We find that both general and specialized design journals are highly valued and that geographic origin and academic background can be related with journal rankings. The results of the study offer a guide to both evaluators and those evaluated when judging or selecting research outlets.
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- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Design
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- Design Studies, Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan 2012), pp. 4-23
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- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0806 Information Systems; 1203 Design Practice and Management
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- Academic journals; Design journals; Design research; Industrial design; Journal quality; Journal ranking
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Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished readers, spambots, trolls, and easily offended moms here by accident from Facebook:
Thank you for joining me in the State of the Union.
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*cough* You know, NOBODY governs like America!
(Rock-and-roll solo squeals out. Crowd goes wild, as it should.)
But you've forgotten that, my fellow Americans. You've forgotten how hard you rock, and you've given in to fear. You fear that America's powers are in decline. You fear that this country is crumbling to enemies both domestic and foreign. You fear that there's nothing you can do about it, or worse: that you can, but it requires effort.
Look, I won't lie to you: America's bleeding. But let me ask you a question, Sniffles O'Buttercup -- are you going to sit there posting Facebook statuses about how hard you weep for this country, or are you going to sack up, cinch in, and light this patriotism shit off?
You can cry about the America we have, or you can help build the America we want. The best way to do the latter is by solving one problem with another. See, we are fortunate enough to have problems that fit together into a self-devouring crisis ecosystem. Therefore I am proposing that Congress turn the following weaknesses into strengths:
4 Use the Unemployed to Fight Obesity, Power the Nation
Jesus Diabetes Christ, America, you've let yourself go. You're so fat that when you sit around the house, you sit around the ICU ward recuperating from your fifth coronary. I don't want to kick you while you're down, but I honestly can't tell if you're down or up now that you've shaped out into a perfect sphere. The average American's weight has gone up so much since the 1940s that birth certificates now give the options of "male," "female," and "ham monster."
When you're sweating corn syrup, it's time for the nation to reconsider its lifestyle.
This is mostly because of our diet -- we eat so poorly that science now recognizes sodium nitrate as a blood type. But it's also because air conditioning allows us to stay inside playing video games instead of sweating it all out on the football field, bleeding and losing teeth, like people did when they still knew how to have fun. So now you're fat and you need more air conditioning to prevent mold from thriving under your clammy breasts. It's a drain on the electricity, and it's going to stop.
Wasting electricity is an American tradition, and we're not about to give that up. But America is already suffering from rolling power outages. We need to find a way to feed our energy addiction before it forces us into a spiral of responsibility. Unfortunately, rising unemployment and obesity mean that more people are sitting at home, requiring more and more energy to cool their expanding bodies, and that fewer tightly coiled balls of American whoop-ass kicking are at work at the ... electricity factories? Wherever electricity gets made.
The Solution: Obesity + Power Shortages + Unemployment = Green Power
Up to this point, the green people have clogged up our roads with bikes, and the obesity and electricity epidemics have only fed one another. It's time to force feed that snake its own tail.
I'm talking roving gangs of bike wranglers combing the streets for the unemployed and the pedal-powered alike and taking them to a warehouse full of stationary bikes wired up to a capacitor. Their efforts will power a massive game of Mario Kart, and the high scorer for the day gets a $50 bonus in their paycheck.
Is it inefficient? Hell yeah, if your only goal is to generate electricity. We're reducing fossil fuel consumption while forging an army of road warriors. And after a few weeks of 30- to 90-minute shifts under medical supervision, we'll have a slimmer America that gets its fill of video games at work and recreational bicyclists clear from our nation's auto lanes, no longer struggling to pass one another as they dream of clearing Lance Armstrong's name and earning his friendship.
3 Convert America to a Carnivorous Wildlife Reserve, Give People a Reason to Be Armed
It's not the president's place to interpret or rewrite the Second Amendment, so rest assured, no one is taking your guns away. Although if they were, what are you scared of? That's precisely why you have a gun, you sexy well-regulated militia, you. Were they to somehow disarm you while leaving you alive, you'd be vulnerable to all manner of burglars, caribou, and teenagers.
Meanwhile, this debate is distracting attention from the very real ecological havoc caused by global warming, and thousands upon thousands of species stand to lose their habitats.
The Solution: Second Amendment Debate + Ecological Decline = A Safer Nation
That's why every home will be issued its own endangered beast. You will enjoy the protection of a big ol' honking wolf, lion, or cinema's Gary Busey, as well as the entertaining wrasslin' matches that come with that bloody territory. You'll also be guaranteeing a future for these beasts and their prey and stimulating the economy, since feeding these things ain't cheap and you really can't put a price on the value of keeping the lion in your living room well-fed.
I know what you're thinking: "Won't the invader just bring a rhino to a lion fight?"
Don't be absurd. Have you ever tried to drag a rhino across town and coerce it into a burglary? They're not going anywhere they don't want to -- and even if they do, statistically speaking, most rhinoceros crime is nonviolent fiscal fraud. Your enemy's best bet is still to bring a gun, and science has yet to invent the firearm that beats Armed Homeowner Riding a Polar Bear.
Like you wouldn't trade all your guns to be best friends with a polar bear.


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"We had the same problem in this game as we did in the Pleasanton game; we played decent early but struggled down the stretch," said coach Taylor.
Destinee Thomas lead once again in scoring with 16 points but she fouled out late in the fourth which really hurt the team. It is a must for Destinee to be in the game during crunch time, we're going to make a few adjustments that should help her.
Our freshman guards, Sarita Cavazos and Cali Cruz played hard on defense along with senior, Jasmyn Smith. They are getting better with each game. The team needs to have the attitude of "getting better with each game" and, hopefully, by district we will have our full team back and be ready to go.
The Cowgirls will be in the Charlotte Tourney this weekend, playing Charlotte and Dilley on Friday and Pleasanton JV and Kenedy on Saturday.


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More than 1,500 graduate from Coweta's high schools
Fri, 05/23/2014 - 9:06am The Citizen
The Coweta County school system's 2013-24 school year came to a close Friday. Commencement addresses at the ceremonies were given by, left to right, Northgate High School Valedictorian Maggie Shiffert and Salutatorian Brennan Lockwood; East Coweta High School Valedictorian Amber Akbar and Salutatorian Ghe Jin "Rachel" Ahn; and Newnan High School Valedictorian Hannah Katherine Chapman and Salutatorian Annie Hass. Photo/Special.


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Our son Zephan was born last week at 31 weeks 3 days. He's now 32 weeks 3 days and doing very well. Breathing on his own, having breastmilk through an NG tube, off IV fluids and meds, beginning to work on breast feeding.
As the nurses and doctors are increasing the amount of milk he gets at each feeding - and as they have added human milk fortifier (HMF) to my expressed milk - he seems to be having a harder time digesting. Today he spit up most of his afternoon feeding. He's also had increasing amounts of residuals. He's constipated and seems uncomfortable as he's being tube fed.
I don't know if we are pushing him too fast to increase the volume of milk, or if he's just not tolerating the HMF well.
Any advice? Anyone know any alternatives to HMF?
I am not totally comfortable with the HMF and in general would prefer he was just eating breastmilk. I've heard the argument that after 2 weeks, a preemie mom's milk begins to have less protein and fat, vitamins and minerals.
But I'm guessing in the first two weeks I can pump enough to sustain him through his entire time in the NICU as I'm currently pumping 3-4 times as much as he is eating. And by the time he is 35-36 weeks old, he should be fine with just breastmilk unless additional medical issues come up.


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Is IV Sedation Over-Used?
We criticize alternative medicine for not being evidence-based, and they criticize conventional medicine in turn, saying that much of what conventional medicine does is not based on evidence either. Sometimes that criticism is justified. I have run across a conventional practice that I suspect began because it sounded like a good idea, but that never was adequately tested and is not carefully thought out for individual patients.
I recently had a bone marrow aspiration. The written instructions said not to eat or drink for 6 hours before the procedure, to bring someone to drive me home, and to expect an IV. I suspected from these instructions that they were planning to use IV sedation, and I was right.
I questioned the need for sedation. I am prejudiced about bone marrow aspirations. I observed several and did one myself during my internship. When I had finished, the patient asked me when I was going to start. We did the procedure at the patient's bedside in a multi-bed ward with no sedation, only local anesthesia. So my prejudice was that the procedure was no big deal and was not terribly painful.
I can imagine that some patients may be terrified by the idea of a needle going into their bone and may want to be sedated and not remember the experience. But I was not anxious about it, and I saw no need for the fentanyl and Versed they wanted to give me. I figured it would only prolong my time in the hospital, produce amnesia, expose me to a small risk of adverse effects, and leave me groggy; so I asked to opt out. They readily agreed – although they did keep asking me if I was really sure I didn't want it. They would not have offered the option of no sedation if I had not known to ask. (more…)
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Students are advised to review the complete list of Bloomsburg University Scholarships. Applications must be completed and returned by 4:30 p.m., February 5, 2016, for the 2016-2017 academic year. Students must also submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Scholarships are not available for summer study. There are various scholarships available through the PASSHE (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education) Foundation. Information regarding these scholarships may be found at www.thepafoundation.org. Information regarding miscellaneous scholarships from various off-campus sources is also available.
Bloomsburg University Scholarships are mostly designed for undergraduate students who have been enrolled full-time at Bloomsburg University during the fall semester 2015 and who will continue full-time enrollment at Bloomsburg University in the 2016-2017 academic year. Unlike other aid programs, grades and extracurricular activities are considered foremost. Most of these scholarships range in value from $100 to $1,500 per year. Scholarships are available for students in many academic programs of study as well as in music or athletics. Awards are also offered to students who reside in certain communities or who meet other special criteria.
Bloomsburg University Alumni Association Scholarships and Grants are open to students majoring in various disciplines as well as students participating in music or athletics.
Mitrani Scholarships are awarded to new freshmen and are renewable for three additional years provided students maintain the required academic achievement level (3.2 for the freshman year and 3.5 each subsequent year). Freshmen applicants must rank in the top 20 percent of their high school class and score 1250 or above on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with a minimum of 600 on each portion, or rank in the top 10 percent with an SAT score of 1150 or above with a minimum of 550 on each portion. Students who may be eligible for the Mitrani Scholarships will be notified by the Office of Admissions regarding application procedures.
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This Is MLB… and THIS Is MLB on Drudge
There are two taxing and equally debilitating activities that I force myself to partake in, every… single… day. I swallow a big@$$ horse-pill that's supposed to make my cartilage stronger; and I read all of the headlines on The Drudge Report.
If I had time, I would also stick rusty needles under each of my fingernails.
Why do I do these things? I take the horse-pill 'cuz it comes highly recommended by my doctor, and my doctor is a smart dude (he hates the Cubs, man!).
And I check in with The Drudge Report because it's important to know what the "other" side is thinking, how they're scheming, how they're fear mongering and how they're faring in other popular GOP pastimes. But mostly I just like to laugh at how Drudge turns a headline like "Wall Street Baffled by Slowing Economy" into "WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A GREAT, GREAT DEPRESSION".
That's how the dude gets hits. He scares traffic to him!
Indeed, I tip my cap for his savvy, but I wave my finger at his twisted incitations.
And to put things in perspective, I instructed the RSBS interns to take three recent MLB headlines and hand them over to Matt Drudge, just to see what would happen.
Here's what we got:
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Original Headline:"White Sox enjoy another sweep at Fenway"
Headline on Drudge: "SHOW ME ALEXEI RAMIREZ'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE DAMMIT!!!"
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Original Headline: "Holliday, McClellan both land on Cards' DL"
Headline on Drudge: "HOLLIDAY NEVER F$&*ING TOUCHED HOME, HE NEVER TOUCHED IT, HE NEVER TOUCHED IT, I CALL DO-OVER!!!"
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Original Headline: "Swisher's Swat Solidifes Sweep for Yankees"
Headline on Drudge: "OMG JORGE POSADA SUCKS, THE BRONX IS BURNING AND WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!"
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Hate me 'cuz I got the connections to make it happen, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right!
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I love your Drudge-i-fied headlines. They look just like the ones in the NY Post! Do you really take Glucosomine? Does it work? I always thought it was b-s but maybe not?
I'd love to see the Drudge-i-fied headlines on the news report that 9 of the 30 MLB teams have violated the league debt service rules.
ps. At this point the Cubs (and we, their fans) must be like the cockroaches of the baseball world. What other shit can happen? Ppffff. Like you can make our lives any worse.


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Software Development, Integration and Test: For firmware, device drivers and operating systems to stand alone, networked or as distributed applications, developers need to ensure that their device software is functionally correct and optimized for performance, power consumption and memory utilization. Synopsys Virtual Prototyping delivers a powerful environment used to develop and execute tests as well as debug and analyze the results. It enables a wide range of embedded software development activities such as device driver development and operating system porting, non-intrusive multicore software debugging, application performance optimization, software centric power analysis, fault injection testing and QA testbench replacement.
Synopsys' hybrid prototyping solution integrates Virtualizer with a Synopsys HAPS FPGA-based ASIC prototyping system. The combination provides several benefits to the virtual prototype user including reduced modeling effort by integrating existing RTL blocks and more accurate prototypes that include high-fidelity real-world I/Os.
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The bride-elect is the daughter of Keith and Gracie Laechelin of Tynan and the granddaughter of Cora Laechelin of Tynan and the late Albert Laechelin and Nellie Petrus of Skidmore and the late John Petrus.
She is a 2003 graduate of Skidmore-Tynan High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she earned her doctorate of pharmacy degree. She is currently employed as a pharmacist at Walgreens.
The prospective groom is the son of Laurl Jones of Beeville and the grandson of Lorene Berthold of Berclair and the late Elton Berthold. He is a 2006 graduate of Sweetwater High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio where he earned his degree in construction science. He is currently employed as a construction manager.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake Police Department wishes to remind motorists of certain traffic laws that are meant to protect children traveling to and from school, and emergency personnel working within the roadways.
These laws sometimes may be misunderstood or unintentionally disobeyed, placing people in jeopardy of serious injury or death, or may result in enforcement action in the form of a traffic ticket to the driver, the police department said in a news release.
Wireless telephones: 625 ILCS 5/12-610.1
• Cannot be used by a driver under the age of 19, while driving on the roadway. (unless for an emergency call to police, fire rescue, health care provider, or other emergency services entity)
• Cannot be used by a driver of any age when traveling through a school zone. (with children present and so close to motorized traffic that a hazard exists)
• Cannot be used by a driver when traveling through a construction or maintenance zone.
• Cannot be used within 500 feet of an emergency scene (defined as a location where an emergency vehicle such as police, fire, ambulance, hazardous materials unit, public health, or emergency management agency is present and has activated oscillating, rotating or flashing lights)
The law exempts emergency responders and drivers using a wireless telephone in voice-operated (hands free) mode, or for the sole purpose of reporting an emergency situation to emergency personnel.
On approach of an emergency vehicle (Scott's Law): 625 ILCS 5/11-907:
• Mandates that when approaching any police or other emergency vehicle stopped on or along the roadway, with emergency lighting activated, drivers must:
• Proceed with caution
• Change lanes if possible as not to pass in an adjacent lane
• Reduce your speed
• Mandates that when any police or emergency vehicle is in motion and or approaching, with emergency lights and/or audible signal activated, drivers must:
• Immediately yield and pull over to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, clearing any intersection
• Come to a stop, and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed.
CLPD wants to driver to familiarize themselves with these traffic safety laws, as well as drive alert to changing conditions, don't drive distracted, and you'll be on your way to doing your part in promoting traffic safety in our community.


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Usually the event is held at the Pattie Dodson Health Center in Victoria, but the June program will be held at Victoria Educational Gardens Pavilion, 283 Bachelor Dr., across from the Victoria Regional Airport control tower.
The program will be held from noon until 1 p.m.
Speaker will be Myra Sue Schulze who will discuss "Fire Wise Landscaping."
The event is open to the public free. Those attending may bring a sack lunch and beverage.


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i think david lee could average 14 rebounds a game wit 30 mintues plus a night
Is this "PURE-FACT" or optimism?
"One day I can see David Lee" averaging 32 MPG, 18 pts, 10 rbds, 3 ast, 1 stl, and alot of great WINNING hustle that is not recordeed on the stat-sheet.
When we mention Player David Lee on this Knick Team it is not theory, optimism, or guessing, his performance is consistent and based on Pure-Facts. He can switch to all three Frontcourt positions (during any play) and play them well, his defense against Super-Star Players in the frontcourt position vs Center-Shaq, or PF-KG or Duncan, or SF-Pierce or Lebron maybe the same as the average defenders vs these Super-Star Players however, his offensive awareness in his passing-game, running-game, rebounding-game, and hustling for that lose-ball vs Frontcourt Super-Stars has made David Lee performance outstanding and the complimentary-player you want on the court at the "START and FINISH" of each game.
David Lee has become a player you can depend on to do the things that the next player won't.
And the next Player that is following in David Lee footsteps is 6.7 Renaldo Balkman as the Point-Foward who LUV to play trapping-defense in presuring the ball on oponents backcourt and frontcourt players bringing the ball up court. His outstanding performance switching positions as a SF rebouder and running the Point to beat the oponents Center & PF down the court on a fastbreak for a "3 on 1" or a "3 on 2" is another Pure-Fact that can be talked about.
YEAH! that's right, David Lee two season performances has made me a David Lee Fan!!!
i think david lee could average 14 rebounds a game wit 30 mintues plus a night
Again...he plays poor defense at the 3. If you truly believe he can D up Lebron James (something T-Prince couldn't do) then you are crazy, insane, or just biased. Let's be a lil realistic here. I love David Lee too but his perimeter D is not up to par and he has slow feet for somebody at the 3. He is strictly a 4 right now, that could possibly change in the future
Stay Tuned.....
David lee can't stop lebron, but that doen't make hime a bad defender. Can any one player stop lebron? It took a whole san antonio team to stop him in the finals, and they didn't suceed every night either.
So I hope lee, improves his offense to where he's got a good shot and still brings the high energy dunks and tip ins that has made him so exciting to watch.
Defense, could still use work, but defense is a team effort, as the group improves. It makes individuals seem that much better on defense.
Lets see if he can step it up.
Let's...Go...Lottery! Let's...Go...Lottery!!! Say it with me Knicks fans!
I think D.Lee could avg. 12-14 boards and 16 pts. a game but is a PF and should be left there the only time he should be guarding the SF or C would be in zone or help D. Lee will be a solid NBA pro with a few trips to the all-star games along the way. Maby not ever a bonafied super star but a player any coach or player would love to have on their team!
i see lee averaging closer to 15 and 15 with 32 mpg... i also expect to start seeing him average at least 1 bpg... his athleticism and timing are there... as exidenced by offensive rebounding ability... he's gonna be a beast no doubt...
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yeah sure he can guard lebron about the same as an average defender, which as i think we all know is not very well at all. hes a 4, maybe can play some 5 in teh east depending on matchups (like rasho nesterovic or someone). depending on his playing time, but i think until he develops a stronger offensive game, if he gets 30 mins he would consistently put up about 15 pts, 10-12 rebounds, 2-3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block or so with like 1 turnover and countless hustle plays.
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We all should know that David Lee is a PF that has a wide all around game.He can switch to all three Frontcourt positions (during any play) and play them well, his defense against Super-Star Players in the frontcourt position vs Center-Shaq, or PF-KG or Duncan, or SF-Pierce or Lebron maybe the same as the average defenders vs these Super-Star Players
The term He can switch position (during any play) means when Lee is forced to play at another frontcourt-position or player because his teammates been picked off or bumbed (during the play) he does as well as the average NBA player at C, PF, SF (He's an average defender).
oh, in that point youre right. but he cant cover someone like bron or pierce for 30 minutes a game is what were trying to say.
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sorry...he's an average defender at the 4 and is proned to alot of rookie mistakes still such as defending the baseline because of his slow feet. Poor defender at the 3 and undersized for the 5. And his well rounded game...you must be talking about his rebound and hustle which not real well-rounded. No jumper, no perimeter D, non-existant post game...so where did you get the well-rounded from?
Stay Tuned.....
yeah he still has work to do on a consistent jumper and inside scoring but i think with work he can become a solid complete player.
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David Lee as a starter = 17 and 13
David Lee as a bench player = 12 and 10
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
Kurt Vonnegut
With Curry & Marbury being the Prime Starters on this Knick Team the number-one co-existing player on this Knick Roster that should be Starting with Curry & Marbury is Mr. David Lee. Any wise common-sense NBA Coach knows this from watching this team.
David Lee hustling talents are on both Defense and Offense, he is not a One on One player offensively or as a defender he is strictly a TEAM-PLAYER.
David Lee is one of the fewest players that I seen in my many decades of watching the Knicks that does not let the New York crowds & Media atmosphere affect his consistent talents.
There are very few PF in the NBA that you can put in the Starting Lineup with Marbury & Curry and expect to do a better job than PF-David Lee. Marbury & Curry has to many Flaws in their talent that David Lee performance covers for them. Hopefully the Knicks strategy this season is to get Rookie Randolph Morris into a Defensive minded performance at the Center and PF position at blocking-shots so he can get some meaningful playingtime with either offensive-players Curry or Zach.
The Knicks have a Frontcourt Defensive unit in Rookie Randolph Morris, David Lee, and Renaldo Balkman, all three are ferocious rebounders and put-back specialist by playing above the rim ball. However, a certain Knick coach wont let Curry & Zach sit on the bench together to watch a hustling-defense that scores off of their defense.


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Consumer Reports Continues Assault on MyFord Touch, Says it "Stinks"
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Leave the large touch screens to tablets
It's no secret that Consumer Reports has
shown no love for the MyFord Touch
infotainment/secondary control system in the latest crop of Ford vehicles. Ford's move to a touchscreen- and touch sensitive button-based system for nearly all secondary controls in the vehicle flies in the face of conventional wisdom where your eyes are supposed to be on the road, so Consumer Reports' concerns are
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Consumer Reports writes, "MyFord Touch still frustrates us like few other control systems in any other brand's automobiles. And worse, it is influencing competitors, such as GM, with its
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Consumer Reports complains that the recessed screen in the 2013 Ford Escape makes reaching climate/radio controls (which are located at the corners of the screen) difficult to reach [Image Source: Ford]
But "What about the voice commands?" defenders might argue. Well, Consumer Reports states that while voice commands should help alleviate some of the troubles of using the touch screen system, they are just an troublesome crutch in practice for commonly used controls:
The voice commands are helpful for complicated inputs, like entering a destination in the navigation system or choosing a playlist from a phone or an iPod. But using them for basic commands, such as temperature or radio tuning, is time consuming and cumbersome. It feels like a Band-Aid for the car's poorly designed physical controls.
And Consumer Reports even goes so far as to reach out to the gaming audience by invoking the use of physical controls on gaming systems like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Vita, etc.:
Ever consider why video games still use separate controllers with physical buttons, knobs, and joysticks? You never have to take your eyes off the screen, where the bad guys could appear suddenly and shoot you. The same should be true for the view of the road out the windshield while driving. Studies have shown that crashes escalate dramatically the longer drivers take their eyes off the road. We think MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch require far too many glances away from traffic to operate even common functions. And the voice command system is awkward enough that for simple adjustments, most of our drivers don't use it instead.
Consumer Reports goes on to say that simply calling them "newbs" at MyFord Touch isn't a proper defense for the systems. The publication has tested six vehicles with MyFord Touch (and the MyLincoln Touch) and has logged over 20,000 miles using it, so their drivers are quite familiar with all aspects of the system.
Ford's handsome new 2013 Fusion also comes with MyFord Touch. The Fusion is a volume seller for Ford, so the automaker can't afford big missteps. [Image Source: Ford]
We should also point out that Consumer Reports isn't the only publication to give MyFord Touch two thumbs down. Ford was
hammered in the latest 2012 J.D. Power Initial Quality study
mostly because of drivers' disdain for MyFord Touch. For tumbled from seventh place in the 2011 study to a 23rd place in the 2012 study.
A representative for Ford reached out to Consumer Reports following the publication of the article with the following statement:
We listen closely and value all feedback on our vehicles - whether it's from customers or third parties. That feedback is used to continuously improve our products and we're seeing results from that commitment. According to a survey of MyFord and MyLincoln Touch owners conducted earlier this year, those who installed the recent software upgrade report a 25 percentage point increase in satisfaction. Also, 71 percent of owners with the new upgrade say they would recommend MyFord or MyLincoln Touch to others.
Ford has
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of MyFord Touch, but they don't address the underlying problem with replacing traditional buttons and knobs that can be easily sought out by feel with an outstretched hand versus a touch screen that requires constant eye contact.
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D-Backs vs Rockies Game 4
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Wind: 7 mph, Out to CF.
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Rockies fans look at the month of May as a test. Instead of starting the season off from behind and playing catch up the Rockies changed things up this season. We started off with a bang, and now it seems were out of ammo and just chuck'n water balloons.
Rantics in attendance today were, Robert, Dan, Emily, Amy, Jersey Geoff and Mike The Rox Addict.
Those of us who really like Ubaldo can feel his pain. I need to see the old "Nasty Fasty" back in action.
A few game shots for you.
We did get to see Bruce Billings Major League Debut.
Here's his first pitch. He threw for two innings. His ERA is now 4.5
For me the highlight of this game was seeing Eric Young Jr back.
Here's another familiar face. Holliday didn't even get to take a swing.
Robert showed up for the game today. Was good to see him. Robert has reduced the number of games he's attending. He's not happy with the Rockies organization at the moment. If you've got some time ask him he'll tell you about it.
Mike the Rox Addict and I hung out beside the ROOT SPORTS desk post-game to show our support despite this third loss at home to the D-Backs of all teams. You can see the final embarassing final score in the background.
Something's wrong. The Rockies don't feel like the Rockies to me. I'll blame part of it on the lack of fan love they've been showing.
Remember fellas the same fans you diss pre-game are the same ones showing up supporting this half-as-sed team as we painfully watch you try and get it together.
Respect your fans and they'll always support you and always remember where you came from.
Colorado Springs is only an hour away🙂
Rockies fan but not standing nearly as tall as I used to.
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Very, very tough month. You're right- they don't feel right- there's no magic…yet. Hopefully it's just a April/May month switch and June gets better.
I blame it on whoever might have foolishly washed their jersey. That's all I got.
They'll turn it around- they have to. Still a BelieveR.
Hey D,
Dang! Wish the Offense could be consistently better!
On a way happier note….I GOT TODD HELTON'S AUTOGRAPH TODAY!!!!!!!!! Been trying for years and finally got it today. Was soooo surprised when he came over to sign for us behind homeplate …AND……………. he signed for everyone!!!!!!! What a guy!
We should compare games and see when we'll both be there next, would be good to see ya. Hope things are well in the ever lovely Ned 🙂
Hey D,
You might not remember me… we hung out pre-game at the opening game at Salt River Fields. Dude… I totally get the loss of a bit of love for your team and not standing as tall for it. My DBacks prior to this year were just plain sad. Even though the management tried to make the stadium fan-friendly, the team itself was not so much. We were a major-league joke. I even ended up giving one of our reporters the business for dissing the team mid-season.
The Rockies are too good a team to stay like this forever, though. I have faith that they'll make another good run later in the season (though, hopefully when my DBacks have a comfortable lead in the NL West… haha!).


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Fannie Reports Record Earnings; Plays It Safe On Taxes (Update 1)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae earned $17.2 billion for 2012 and $7.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012, the largest quarterly and annual profits in the company's history. Strong earnings had already been widely expected, since Fannie announced last month it had delayed its earnings release in order to evaluate whether to release any of its DTA.
The deferred tax asset reflects potential tax credits from past losses. However, unless a company determines it has a better than 50% chance of realizing enough earnings to make use of the loss, it is required to take what is known as a valuation allowance, which means the DTA can't be reflected as income for accounting purposes. Since all of Fannie's profits go to the Treasury until the company has repaid its debts to the government, capturing a tax credit effectively means taking money from one part of the Treasury (the Internal Revenue Service) to pay another.
"In evaluating the recoverability of Fannie Mae's deferred tax assets, as of December 31, 2012, the company again determined that the factors in favor of maintaining the allowance outweighed the factors in favor of releasing it," Fannie Mae stated in a press release accompanying the earnings.
"Our financial results improved significantly in 2012 and we expect our earnings to remain strong over the next few years," said Timothy J. Mayopoulos, president and CEO.
Common shares of Fannie Mae were up 20% to nearly $1 in early trading Tuesday, though many hedge funds believe it makes more sense to gamble on preferred shares , such as the Fannie Mae "S" shares
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Alice J. Andersen Hector, Beach Lake, PA, a long-time resident, passed away on Sunday October 6, 2013 at Ellen Memorial Health Care, Honesdale, PA. She was 80.
A funeral service was held Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at the Calkins Baptist Church, 525 Calkins Rd, Milanville, PA 18443.
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