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Rutland City Police said Hathaway threatened his neighbor, Brenda Terry, 45, and her co-worker Robert Lacroix, 27, with a knife outside his apartment at 116 Park Ave. on Sept. 16.
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Bombs Away in the Bronx
I was a bit apprehensive about the Phillies' visit to the new Yankee Stadium, given the way balls have been flying out of it, coupled with the propensity of Phillies pitchers to give up those gopher balls. True to expectations, seven balls left the yard tonight.
Jimmy Rollins set the tone for the night by going deep on the very first pitch of the game. There was no looking back after that, as the Phillies never trailed during this game. How many times has that happened so far this season? Don't know off the top of my head, but I don't think it's a very big number.
Carlos Ruiz, Jayson Werth, and Raul Ibanez joined Rollins in the hit parade, with Ibanez hitting his league-leading 16th long ball. This chick is starting to dig it!
Brett Myers pitched masterfully, going eight strong innings while giving up three runs. All three came on the Yanks' share of the dingers tonight, but thankfully all three were of the solo variety, by Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Mark Teixeira.
Phils win, 7-3. Yay!
Flushed Away in Flushing
You may have already heard about this, but I can't resist bringing it up. Since it involves a Mets fan and a toilet, I'm surprised the Philadelphia columnists didn't have a field day with it. Nonetheless, I learned about it on Thursday in a totally non-baseball blog called Lost in Suburbia, written by Tracy Beckerman, published author and fellow Penn Stater. Click HERE to read her take on it.
Seems that at a game last week at Citi Field, a female Mets fan lost a gold tooth in the toilet. For reasons known only to her, she tried to retrieve it, getting her arm stuck in the toilet in the process. According to other coverage, the toilet continued flushing over her arm the whole time, which appears to have been rather lengthy, as EMTs were unable to pry her loose and workers from the company that installed the toilets had to be called in to help. She was eventually freed, but the tooth was not recovered.
OK, how does this happen? If you feel a tooth about to fall out, would you lean over the toilet? And even if it is gold, it's a toilet, for crying out loud! A public toilet in a ballpark, no less. Unlike your home toilet, Lord knows what's been in there. Just let it go, and make an appointment with your dentist the next day!
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While lamenting my inability to make the Latest Leader's List in a comment on the community blog, I noticed a comment from another blogger that thought there were too many blogs with the word "rant" in the title.
I'm familiar with, and often visit, Julia's Rants and the Rockpile Rant, but how many more are there? Just a quick look uncovered Rainiers Rants, Wrigley Rants, Phillies Cheers/Rants, Random Reds Rants, and the daily rant (who I guess doesn't feel the need for capitalization). And how many more might there be?
So the question I'm now contemplating is whether or not I should change the title of my blog. Maybe all these different rants are confusing to the blog readers. Do I need something clever to catch the eye? Let me know what you think.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
I will be incommunicado this weekend, traveling with the family to the Jersey Shore (or as they say in Philly, going "down the shore") for a visit with relatives. Here's wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday weekend!
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Love the toilet graphic! Yeah, that was some funny stuff! Mets fans make me giggle :O)
Sue – I'm not one to think that the title matters! I'm a ranter and I always will be. Your guys had a great win last night and I thought they were going to do it again today. Have fun at the shore!
Sue – keep beating up on the Yanks! I never really thought that the title mattered at all.
Hilarious story about the Mets fan! And I think the name of your blog is just fine…I see no need to change it.
Sue- I'm with Julia. A name's a name and it doesn't reflect what a great blogger you are! I hope you had a great weekend!
Keep the name, we know you with that name. And yes, you are a great blogger. I read the story about the Mets fan and the toilet ordeal…just don't remember where I read it. Hilarious stuff.
Thanks everyone for weighing in – I will keep the name unchanged!
Keep the name. Ranting is fun and I think that person is jealous. Anyways, nice picture with the tiolet, nice wins vs the Yanks and hope you had a great memorial day!!


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Haste lays wasteApril 03,2013Vermonts Reach Up program provides temporary cash assistance to Vermonters with children in need. The program is largely successful, graduating most participants within 12-18 months.
The federal government covers up to 60 months of assistance to participants who, in exchange for the benefit, engage in work requirements or other work-related activities (unless they have a deferment due to poor health, or an infant child, e.g.). States have flexibility to provide additional assistance thereafter, and Vermont has historically provided its own lifeline for our neighbors in need.
The Shumlin administration plans to change that. It wants to cut families with children off Reach Up at 36 months retroactively (with up to 24 additional months nonconsecutively). The Vermont House of Representatives, to its credit, rejected that plan, but it did impose a lifetime 60-month limit with certain exceptions, and with grants available for children after the limit.
One of the interesting questions swirling around the whole debate is how the administration came to its conclusion that its proposed policy is warranted. One would think that in order to make the case for substantial public policy change to any important program there would be identification of a problem, analysis of the likely outcomes, and a recitation of the facts in support of the proposed change. The burden is on the administration to prove its case, but it has utterly failed to do so.
In fact, the evidence shows that arbitrary time limits lead to poor outcomes for families with children and result in cost-shifts to other areas of the budget, to municipalities, and to local service providers. Maine imposed arbitrary caps last year and families there experienced severe hardships including hunger (70 percent were relegated to food shelves), housing problems (15 percent evicted, 9 percent homeless), and utility shut-offs (35 percent). Municipalities there are experiencing massive cost shifts as eligible families seek general assistance.
In Vermont, service providers who work with Reach Up participants are increasingly alarmed. More than 30 organizations have expressed opposition to arbitrary time limits on Reach Up participants. Yet without data and with growing controversy the administration insists that cutting off some, or all, participants who reach the cap either in whole or in part is a good thing.
There are far more questions about these controversial proposals than there are answers. After all, lawmakers now concede there will be no savings in the next fiscal year, and few additional supports for the poorest families. So why the rush?
Another son of Putney, Gov. George Aiken, also once put poverty and public assistance front and center in his inaugural address. But he took an entirely different approach. He refused to move on welfare reform until he had all the information at his disposal:
Believing that the prosperity and security of a community or a state is in fact a reflection of the prosperity and security of the people living therein, it seems fitting that the first problem to which I should call your attention is that which has to do with guarding the health, strengthening the mind and character, and correcting the wayward tendencies of those of our people who are less fortunate than most of us. These activities are grouped under the heading of Public Welfare
I confess I do not feel competent to make detailed recommendations at this time. I would request that this Legislature authorize a committee or a special committee to be appointed by the governor, and with an appropriation to enable it to make a real study, not only of our state institutions but of our entire welfare system.
Aiken was correct to take a cautious approach and review the entire system before taking action. The controversial policies that have thus far been proposed are rushed, proven not to work in other states, and will have serious and lasting human and economic consequences.
There may be things we can do to improve the program, but it will take time and resources to identify how best to help the hardest to serve families. Simply cutting families with children off from assistance is not the answer.
The administration and lawmakers should pause and reflect on Aikens wisdom before making any changes to the Reach Up program.
The stakes are too high for poor Vermonters and their children for policymakers to gamble with their lives.
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There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East. The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East office, located in Vladivostok, supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast to the eastern shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.
Peace Corps / Russia East
Russia is the largest country in the world measuring 6.5 million square miles. It is 1.8 times the size of the United States. After perestroika and the collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1990, the Russian Government implemented a series of major reforms including the introduction of free-market policies, the elimination of most price controls, the reduction of budget subsidies to promote privatization of state-owned enterprises, and the delegation of more responsibilities to local governments. This painful political, social, and economic transformation continues today.
The Peace Corps entered Russia in 1992, bringing Volunteers to assist the development of business in Russia. The Peace Corps programs in Russia were administered out of three offices: one in Saratov, one in Moscow (which did not have Volunteers), and the third in Vladivostok—each with independent operating budgets and staff. In 1995, TEFL Volunteers came to assist university English programs. Also in 1995, the Saratov office closed, and the staff and budget for Saratov and Moscow consolidated in Moscow. There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East. The Russia West office is located in Moscow and the staff supervises the Volunteers located from the western borders of Russia to the Krasnoyarsk oblast in the east. The Russia East staff with an office located in Vladivostok supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast near Lake Baikal to the eastern shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.
After the market collapse of 1998, the value of the ruble dropped. In August 1998, the exchange rate was 6.5 rubles to the dollar. It fell to 25 rubles to the dollar in 1999. During our visit, the exchange rate averaged 30 rubles to the dollar. As the government removes subsidies to services such as transportation, increased costs are affecting Peace Corps operations in Russia.
The Russia programs were interrupted in 1998 when no Trainees entered Russia, because visas were not granted. However, the Volunteers already in country were allowed to complete their service, and the Peace Corps staff remained intact. In 1999, the governmental sponsorship of the Peace Corps moved from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Education.
Russians are highly educated; the official literacy rate is 98%. The Russian education system ranks among the best in the world. It is a highly regulated system with examinations for students and strict credentialing requirements for teachers. Education is free and compulsory until the age of seventeen.
Increasingly, Russians identify English language proficiency as an important step to regaining footholds in international trade, technology, information sharing, and study abroad. This has led to a demand for English language and business English instruction reflected in the fact that 75% of all students choose it as their first foreign language. Because of this extraordinary demand, and because Russian teachers of English have been isolated from native speakers, there is a need for assistance in teaching English. Volunteers who do not have teaching credentials or teaching experience feel at a disadvantage among their host country teaching colleagues. Russia training strains to overcome the discrepancy between the training and experience of Russian teachers of English and the training and experience of TEFL Volunteers.
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#210760 - 05/05/13 12:22 PM Re: "Game over, man!" [Re: jenny jenny]
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What, mein Führer? Ja, ja, don't strike me, I will tell...
I was waiting for Godwin's Law to apply._________________________
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#210764 - 05/05/13 01:22 PM Re: "Game over, man!" [Re: zmjezhd]
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Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
How silly. Are you offended by light humor?
Do you not care about the engovernmentation of everyday words?
"Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game.
Free speech is life itself."
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#210774 - 05/06/13 03:52 AM Re: "Game over, man!" [Re: jenny jenny]
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Some humor is so light that it evaporates before you can get the meaning.
#210813 - 05/06/13 04:40 PM The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: BranShea]
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Small humor has only one person to please but it is better if there is at least one other.
But to abruptly change the topic of discussion by way of semantic turns is both rude and childish. Again...
The NYC Board of Education concocted a list of 50 words not to be used by the company they hired to create achievement tests for their NYC students. Buffalo Shrdlu asked for my source and I gave it to him.
Does anyone else have anything further to add?
#210814 - 05/06/13 05:55 PM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: jenny jenny]
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I was intrigued by Z's Segue.
Godwins law in an ironic way delves into the PC/UN PC nature of how language can devolve into something quite disturbing
#210815 - 05/06/13 07:20 PM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: Jackie]
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Well, I have this to add: I have been a public school teacher for more than 25 years, I can see pretty easily why those words were "banned" from the achievement tests. I'm not going to make a list, but one only needs to think a little while about each one, and I think understanding might dawn.
Does that make it right? Does that make it wrong? Yes, and yes. And no, and no.
But what it does make it is thoughtful. Knowing that when a child is expected to do well on a test, you don't hit them with a bunch of things which might bother them very much. I think there are plenty of available topics leftover.
And I enjoyed this conversation more when it was about morality, prior to its derailing into the PC quagmire._________________________
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#210821 - 05/07/13 07:12 AM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: jenny jenny]
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Does anyone else have anything further to add?
Sure. I'd like to add that topics have a tendency to meander from here to there all the time. Nothing rude about it.
But..I would like in discussion subjects that the original topic title would be contained all through the thread. ( no mini discussions in the topic-box). (I've asked for this before because I don't take email notifications, lose the topic this way and after all it reminds us clearly what started the discussion).
Banned words... could they invent a more positive approach?
#210824 - 05/07/13 12:59 PM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: BranShea]
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Loc: Chicago
Oh, BranShea. I'd like ham and cheese on rye with butter (no mayo), but they just have so many things at my local deli... I never seem to buy that.
A discussion that went from "morality" to "Pc -vs- nonPC" didn't meander very far... it just went next door to see if that swing set is any more fun!
It should be easy enough to add a field here to make it "the original thread title" which, created at the beginning, is unchangable... in addition to the "Subject" one we have now. It would require a complete database rebuild... which would probably take this board offline for a few days...
Edited by musick (05/07/13 01:01 PM)
#210826 - 05/07/13 01:32 PM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: jenny jenny]
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It seems a lot like a topic list for the "Nightly News". I guess those actual words are used, but usually in such a general way. Yet, I suppose the individual experience will be immediately drawn out by the mere mention of those words. There must be some study revealing that experiences with these "descriptives" are so personal so as to be distracting and therefore become "results skewers". The same reason the "Nightly News" wants them *in.
#210827 - 05/07/13 03:21 PM Re: The game is only over when you refuse to reply. [Re: musick]
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Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
You are right musick, next door is almost the closest from here to there you can get but some threads go all around the block. I don't consider it rude. And what are a few days seen from the perspective of eternity?
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In anticipation of the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is sponsoring a week of activities June 13-17, 2005, with the goal of helping young people with disabilities realize their potential and achieve their dreams. The week's events will showcase effective practices for assisting young people with disabilities as they make the transition from high school to post-secondary school and employment.
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It was the first official day of legal same-sex marriages in Minnesota on Thursday.
Starting just after midnight Thursday morning, couples gathered in courthouses across the state to be married.
Back in May, lawmakers passed the bill to allow same-sex couples to marry.
It came months after voters shot down an amendment to change the state's constitution to say marriages are between a man and a woman.
But in Wisconsin, marriage is still only recognized between a man and a woman.
Which is why some couples from Wisconsin are taking part in the historic day by hopping the border and getting married in Minnesota.
Beth Cherne and Cindy Killion from Fountain City, Wis., have been together for 17 years.
While they thought they would have to wait at least 10 more years to get legally married, the wait is now over.
In a courthouse surrounded by nothing more than rolling bluffs and fields of corn, history is being made.
"I'm nervous," said Killion.
"I'm nervous too," said Cherne.
Waiting in nervous anticipation at the Wabasha County Courthouse in Minnesota, Cherne and Killion are more than ready to make things official.
"We're talking about, 'why are we nervous?' We've been together for 17 years, but there's actually something really special about this," said Cherne.
The two had a commitment ceremony 15 years ago and when it became legal in Minnesota, there was no doubt in their minds they would take part in the historic first day of legal same-sex marriages.
"We wanted to get married on the first day," said Killion.
"We both did," said Cherne.
"I've been working on this kind of issue for the last 20 years of my life and it's happened and I want to take advantage of it," said Killion.
"Very happy. Very, very, happy," said Cherne.
After waiting for the court administrator, the wedding ceremony began.
"Welcome everybody thank you for being here to share this special day with Beth and Cindy," said court administrator Sally Cumiskey. "It is our hope that your marriage will give you strength and commitment to face all of life's adversities. Now it's time to exchange your vows. Want to face each other and join your hands."
"I Beth take you Cindy to be my wedded partner," said Cherne.
"From this day forward, for better for worse, " said Cherne.
"I will love you, cherish you and respect you all the days of my life," said Killion.
"By the power and authority vested in me by the state of Minnesota, I declare you are married. Please share your joy and happiness with each other now and forever," said Cumiskey.


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1960's Weekend Ends in Series Loss to Cubs
In the final game of the Phillies retro 1960's celebration, the Phillies had little to celebrate. With a 0-3 loss to the Cubs, they dropped 2 of 3 games this weekend.
As an added annoyance, I was forced to try and track the game on a 1960's-style scoreboard and all images on the big screen were in black and white…blah. But the uniforms (grounds crew, too) were nice and even Art Garfunkel dropped in for a rendition of God Bless America.
This was also the 50-year anniversary of Jim Bunning's perfect game against the Mets on Father's Day in 1964. He was joined on the field for the first pitch by teammates Cookie Rojas and Dick Allen. And later in the game, Bunning's entire family went onto the field to dance with the Phanatic.
It was also Father's Day, 2014. Ben Revere's parents joined him on the field before the game and every Dad (or male human over 14 years old – hoping they are not all Dad's) got a Phillies fedora, which were seen all over the ballpark.
And then there was the game. A.J. Burnett had a quality start with 3 runs allowed over 8 innings.
But that mattered little as the Phillies did almost nothing at the plate. By the 6th inning, I was beginning to think I was going to see my 2nd no-hitter in the last month against the Phils. Luckily, Revere broke up the no-hitter…whew!
There were many swings, but very few productive ones. In fact, Burnett even tossed his bat away striking out in the 6th inning (see below).
On the bright side, it was a bright, sunny day outside…and that is where the good news ends. Bummer.
Here is the Photo Album from Sunday's game. The Phillies start a series in Atlanta on Monday against the Braves. The game starts at 7:10pm and Cole Hamels will pitch.
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I wonder why they never have an '80's night. They could have ALF or Mr. T throw out the first pitch or something. No love for us 80's kids, I guess!
I would love an 80's night! I do feel left out…lol Maybe someday they will run out of theme nights and finally get to it.


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Mrs. Bowers died June 6, 2013, at St. Paul University Hospital in Dallas. She was born Sept. 23, 1939, in Beeville, Texas, to Kathryn (Hickman) and Daniel Monroe Fairly, Sr.
After graduating from A.C. Jones High School in Beeville in 1957, she went to Texas Tech University, where she joined the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Shortly after she graduated with a B.A. in journalism, she married Dr. David R. Bowers on June 9, 1961 at First Presbyterian Church of Beeville.
They moved to the Bryan-College Station area when he joined the journalism faculty at Texas A&M University in 1964. She began working at Texas A&M in 1973. Over the next 33 years she served as the editor of the university catalog, assistant to the dean of admissions, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs, director of educational information services, deputy director of university relations, and deputy director of special event facilities at Reed Arena. While working full-time, she obtained a M.S. in educational administration from Texas A&M in 1977. The Association of Former Students gave her the Distinguished Achievement Award for staff and administration in 1987. A highlight of her career was being the editor of the university's successful proposal to President George H.W. Bush for his presidential library and museum.
Mrs. Bowers served for years as one of the university's representatives to the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). During that time she was elected as the chair of the five-state southwest district of CASE. CASE awarded her the distinguished achievement award for that district.
She was a member of First Presbyterian for 48 years, served much of that time in leadership positions, and was one of its first women elders. In addition, she served on the board of directors of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and the Briarcrest Country Club. She also was a founder of the Zeta Tau Alpha chapter at Texas A&M in 1975 and supported that chapter for years.
Mrs. Bowers was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one brother, Daniel Monroe Fairly, Jr. She is survived by her sons and their wives: Christopher David Bowers and Veronica Cuadra of Dallas; Daniel Charles Bowers and Shannon of Dallas; and Scott Rynning Bowers and Stephanie of Frisco, Texas. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Brandon, Avery, Kathryn, Julia, Wilson, Connor, and Morgan. Friends and family will remember her as an avid traveler, a gourmet cook, and a generous and devoted "Dama" to her seven grandchildren.
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Health Licensing Office: Agency Subdivisions
The following volunteer citizen boards are under the agency's administrative oversight.
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/AT/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 688.701–688.734
Duties and Responsibilities: Oregon law requires athletic trainers to be registered and meet state-established professional standards. This governor-appointed board oversees regulation of athletic training and consists of three practicing athletic trainers, one physician and one public member. Athletic trainers prevent, recognize and evaluate athletic injuries and provide immediate care, rehabilitation and reconditioning services to athletes.
Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board
Web: http://www.oregon.gov/OHLA/BARB/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 676.800–676.805
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed board oversees the licensing of Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts and the registration of licensed health care providers and behavior analysis interventionists. The board consists of seven members, including three who are licensed by the board, one who is a licensed psychiatrist or developmental pediatrician with experience or training in treating autism spectrum disorder, one who is a licensed psychologist registered with the board, one who is a licensed speech-language pathologist registered with the board, and one general public member who does not have a financial interest in the provision of applied behavior analysis and does not have a ward or family member who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the application of behavioral principles that will increase or decrease targeted behaviors. ABA therapy has been recognized as an effective treatment for autism spectrum disorders.
Board of Electrologists and Body Art Practitioners
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/BAP/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 690.350–690.992
Duties and Responsibilities: To address public health and safety concerns about emerging body art practices, the 2011 Legislature established the Board of Electrologists and Body Art Practitioners to advise HLO on the regulation of body piercing, dermal implanting, electrology, scarification and tattooing. Board members are appointed by the governor to four-year terms. There are seven members: two licensed to perform tattooing; two licensed to perform body piercing, dermal implanting or scarification; one licensed to perform electrolysis; one licensed to practice medicine, nursing or naturopathic medicine; and one public member.
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/COS/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 690.005–690.992
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed board regulates cosmetology practices. The board is made up of six certified practitioners and one public member. Cosmetologists earn certification in one or more of four individual fields of practice: barbering, hair design, esthetics and nail technology.
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/DT/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 680.500–680.990
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed board oversees the licensing of denturists. The board consists of four denturists, one dentist and two public members. Denturists construct, repair, reline, reproduce, duplicate, supply, fit or alter removable prosthetic dental appliances, otherwise known as dentures.
Board of Licensed Dietitians
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/LD/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 691.405
Duties and Responsibilities: The Board of Licensed Dietitians was created in 1989 and became part of HLO in 2011. The board oversees the practice of licensed dietitians by determining the qualifications of applicants for licensure and setting standards of practice.
Environmental Health Registration Board
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/EHS/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 700.005–700.995
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed board oversees the regulation of environmental health specialists and waste water specialists. The board consists of four registered environmental health specialists, one physician licensed in Oregon to practice medicine or surgery who has an emphasis in public health, one representative of the food or food/alcoholic beverage retail industry and one public member. Environmental health specialists promote the control of infectious disease through environmental hygiene by enforcing health and safety standards relating to food, water and consumer products.
Advisory Council on Hearing Aids
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/HAS/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 694.015–694.991
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed council oversees the licensing of hearing aid specialists. The council consists of four individuals authorized to dispense hearing aids, one licensed physician certified in otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat), one certified audiologist and one public member who is a consumer of hearing aids. With the exception of audiologists and physicians, anyone who sells, leases or rents hearing aids in conjunction with the evaluation or measurement of human hearing must be licensed.
Board of Direct Entry Midwifery
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/DEM/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 687.405–687.991
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed board oversees the regulation of direct entry midwifery. The board consists of four licensed direct entry midwives, two certified nurse midwives, one licensed physician who is involved at the time of appointment in obstetrical care or education, and one public member. Licensure is voluntary, and unlicensed midwives may practice in Oregon. However, state law allows reimbursement under the Oregon Health Plan only if a licensed midwife provides birthing assistance.
Nursing Home Administrators Board
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/NHAB/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 678.800
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed board consists of three nursing home administrators, one registered nurse, one physician, one pharmacist and two public members. The board develops and enforces standards for nursing home administrators and formulates appropriate examinations.
Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/RTPT/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 688.800–688.995
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed board regulates the licensing of respiratory therapists and polysomnographic technologists. The board consists of three respiratory therapists, two polysomnographic technologists, one qualified medical director for polysomnography or respiratory care, and one public member.
Respiratory therapists, or respiratory care practitioners, provide services to patients with abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system, or breathing disorders, under the direction of a licensed physician. Polysomnographic technologists provide treatment, management, diagnostic testing, education and care of patients with disorders related to sleep.
Sex Offender Treatment Board
Web: www.oregon.gov/OHLA/SOTB/Pages/index.aspx
Statutory Authority: ORS 675.360–675.410
Duties and Responsibilities: This governor-appointed board provides certification for clinical sex offender therapists and associate sex offender therapists. The board consists of seven members: two are recommended by the Oregon Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, two are recommended by the Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network, one is recommended by the Oregon Association of Community Corrections Directors, one is recommended by the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association and one is recommended by a victims' advocacy organization. Clinical and associate sex offender therapists provide services for the treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders.


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Full and impartial probe of State Dept. is needed
Accusations of a sex crime involving a minor are made to an organization that investigates the charges itself.
Does this sound familiar?
The Catholic church has been facing head-on the fallout from doing just that for years, but we're not referring to the Catholic church scandal today.
Rather, we're referring to the State Department. We applaud the call from the Office of the Inspector General for outside investigation into the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, with an eye toward whether one part of the State Department has the impartiality to do an effective job investigating the diplomats under State's employ.
The State Department, for its part, denies any cover-ups in allegations of wrongdoing and says that any proven wrongdoing is punished.
We would hope the same strict standards the secular public has set for religious institutions would hold for the nation's diplomatic service.


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A Disturbing Realization
The other day, I was thinking about the fact that I don't seem to have the same anticipation, the same glee, the same "phever", regarding the upcoming playoffs as in the past couple years. Don't get me wrong, I was very happy when the Phillies clinched the NL East last week. And now that Game 1 of the NLDS will be upon us in just a few hours, I'm feeling the stirrings of excitement.
Or maybe it's just gas.🙂
Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable, nay, unbelievable that the Phils would capture the division four seasons in a row.
But now they have.
And therein lies the crux of my problem – the sustained success of these Phillies has led me to a point where I now expect excellence from them.
Expecting excellence on a yearly basis? Good grief! I can only come to one conclusion.
I feel as if I'm becoming like…..like……a (gasp!) Yankees fan.
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Well, Sue, I wonder if that first game got you into the mood for Phillies Phever in the playoffs. That was a gem by Halladay– a single walk away from another Perfect Game. Well, I guess a no-hitter will have to suffice!😉 Congrats to Halladay, and the Phillies, on that Game 1 win. That was fun to watch!
Take care, Sue!🙂
P.S.– On your observation about Jayson Werth and his (non) hairstyle, my first thought was the GEICO caveman. Hmmm…
Yes, Greg, it did! What a way to make your postseason debut! Glad to see you back visiting my corner of the blogosphere. Sorry about your Sox this year – the AL East was a tough division this season.
Hi Sue………I am there with you. Excitement has become Expectation of Excellence. I ponder how fortunate Philly fans are these days and make sure I savor the moments. It can't be taken for granted but we are able to say "We deserve it"!
It should not be confused with the Darth Vader of baseball, the evil empire, the black hole that sucks all boyhood dreams out of baseball and sends them far away. That is the other side.
Expectation of Excellence from an team of genuine team oriented baseball players with amazing talent is wonderful.


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A former high school teacher charged with having sex with a female student in his classroom was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Wednesday.
At his hearing, Bryan Lindberg, 43, apologized to the victim, his family and his wife.
Lindberg tearfully admitted what he did was inexcusable.
"The betrayal of trust as a person, as a friend, as a teacher. I'm so sorry for that," said Lindberg.
Prosecutors said it was just that -- Lindberg's position as a teacher, tutor and mentor to the then 14-year-old girl that makes what happened over the course of six months especially disturbing.
According to prosecutors, Lindberg was 39 years old and a teacher at Hawaiian Mission Academy in 2008, when he started engaging in sexual activities with the girl he knew from church.
Prosecutors said Lindberg would drive the girl to school and they would have sex in the car and in his classroom before school.
"When they got to the classroom, they would lock the door and go in a storage area next to the classroom where they would engage in a variety of sexual acts," said Deputy Prosecutor Thalia Murphy.
Lindberg is also accused of sexting, videotaping and photographing nude pictures of the girl.
"He was a father figure and yet he manipulated her into thinking it was OK," said Murphy.
Circuit Court Judge Richard Perkins said despite Lindberg's lack of a criminal record, no evidence he's a sexual predator and recommendations by his current therapist and former female students, the judge said as a teacher, Lindberg should have known better.
He gave Lindberg 10 years in jail for the first 11 counts of sex assault, five years for the five other counts, to be served together.
Lindberg also must pay restitution to the family of the young girl. He spent 15 years as a teacher before this incident.
Lindberg has since lost his job as a teacher and likely will never work as one again. He also has to register as sex offender.


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City of Cypress Applications, Forms & Documents - By Department
All forms are in pdf format except where noted. Download the form, fill it out, and deliver, FAX or mail it to the addresses listed. Some forms, as noted, can be completed and submitted on-line. To open the forms that are in a format, you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Click the Acrobat icon if you need to download a free copy of the latest version of Acrobat Reader. Please note that in order to save a pdf document, you need to purchase the professional version of Adobe Acrobat.
|Barking Dog Complaint Form
|Block Party Application
|Claim Against City of Cypress
|Master Fee Schedule
|Request for Public Records
|Print, fill out, sign, and mail or deliver to the City Clerk's office, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630
|Building Information Handouts
|COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - Developer
Permits & Applications
Please read the instructions for each form carefully before filling out. They can be printed, filled out and signed, or they can be filled out online, then printed and signed before mailing or delivering to: City of Cypress, Community Development Department, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress CA 90630.
|Application for Adjustment
|Application Requirements for Administrative Adjustment
|Application Fee Schedules (Effective March 27, 2006)
|Air Conditioning and/or Related Mechanical Equipment Permit
|Artificial Turf Application
|Conditional Use Permit Application
|Checklist for Development Planning Priority Project Categorization
|Design Review Committee Application
|For property within the Amended and Restated Cypress & Business & Professional Center Specific Plan this application is not applicable. Please contact staff for the Site Plan Review submittal requirements.
|Film Permit Application
|Garage Sale Permit
|Complete this form online, print, sign, and mail the form at least seven (7) days prior to the sale to: City of Cypress, Community Development Department, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress CA 90630. The form may also be dropped off at the Planning Division Counter at the above listed address up to the day before the sale. Please note that for all group garage sale events, addresses, phone numbers, and signatures are required by all property owners.
|Home Equity Loan Program (HELP I)
|Complete and submit this form online
|Home Enhancement Loan Program (HELP II)
|Complete and submit this form online
|Initial Study/Environmental Checklist
|To obtain this document in Word, call Community Development at 714-229-6720
|Lot Line Adjustment Application
|Low Impact Development Guide
|Shall be reviewed prior to the preparation of any development plans
|Petition for Amendment to the General Plan
|Petition to Amend a Specific Plan
|Preliminary Project Review Process
|Review the above Low Impact Development Guide for all Development Projects.
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|Staff Review Committee Permit
|Special Entertainment Permit
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|Temporary Use Permit Application
|Application shall be submitted for approval at least seven days prior to the event.
|Variance Application
|Water Quality Management Plan
|Zone Change Application
|Zoning Map
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|Complete online, print and sign. If the business is located in the City of Cypress the application and all other necessary documents are required to be delivered in person to: Denise Yarbrough, Senior Licensing Specialist, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630
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|Print, fill out and mail to address on form
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Due diligence continuesApril 06,2013
Due diligence continues
The Orange and Washington Joint Contract Exploration Committee convened on March 25 to continue thoughtful discussion of the recent history of each schools path to building a multi-tiered system for academic and behavior support and to review each schools current position.
Theresa Wood, board member associated with the creation of the joint contract school collaboration between Duxbury and Waterbury, will speak at the next scheduled meeting. Ms. Wood will provide an overview of the joint contract process that took place in her community including but not limited to phases of exploration, implementation, outcome, and ongoing process management. The Orange and Washington Exploration Committee members & meeting attendees crafted a list of specific questions for Ms. Wood to provide guidance and feedback.
The next scheduled meeting will take place on Monday, April 8, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Washington Village School, 72 School Lane, Washington, Vt.
Meetings are open to the public, not only residents of each community. We encourage those interested in reviewing current progress to visit the Orange North Supervisory Union website (www.onsu.org/OCSWVS/JCC).
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Protect children by strengthening familiesAugust 03,2014Keeping Vermonts children safe is the responsibility not only of the Department for Children and Families but of us all. To meet this responsibility, our primary focus must be on strengthening families in order to keep children safe at home.
This work is complex, and our response cannot be to remove all children who are at risk only those who cannot be safe at home. It requires a delicate balancing of the constitutional liberty interests of parents to raise their children without government interference, and the communitys need to keep children safe.
The primary role of DCF is to protect children and, if necessary, remove those who cannot safely remain at home. Vermont law also charges DCF with the task of working with struggling families and providing support and services needed to remedy safety concerns. Presumably our lawmakers believed that DCF could perform both roles effectively.
The recent deaths of Peighton Geraw and Dezirae Sheldon highlight these conflicting roles and the severe consequences of our failure to craft an effective system. DCF Family Services workers cannot be responsible for both child protection and family strengthening at the same time. These roles are incompatible.
Valerie Braithwaite, an academic from Australia, was a keynote speaker at the recent Restorative Justice Conference in Burlington. She described what she referred to as a dysfunctional child-protection system in Australia: high caseloads that lead to poor outcomes for children, culminating in recent highly publicized deaths of children, followed by a series of major inquiries.
Her research has shown that the fault lies not with child protection workers but with the overall system, which is prone to what she calls regulatory authoritarianism.
What Braithwaite calls into question is the systemic structure that instills in the same agency DCF in Vermont the power to police families and remove children, along with the responsibility to effectuate behavior changes in the parents whose children are at risk of being removed.
Parents often feel victimized by a child welfare system they do not understand. Further, because DCF has the power to remove children, parents are legitimately afraid of the agency. They rarely identify and share their barriers to safe parenting with their DCF worker. The dual roles of child protection and family support are incompatible.
As we examine our child welfare system with a critical eye, we must look to see how best to provide the supports that families need and identify those best situated to provide what is needed. We must be disciplined in our roles, separate them out, and leave the family strengthening to public and private entities other than DCF that possess the skills to effectively engage with the families.
What we have now is an untenable mix of messages to families that translates into something like this: Do this, this, this and this, or else I will take your kids, but dont forget you must trust me and tell me what you need help with, because I will help you get there.
That cannot work, and our outcomes data show that it does not. Is investing in additional DCF workers to do more of that which does not produce the outcomes we want the best approach?
In a recent House and Senate Health Care Oversight Committee hearing on the ongoing problems at DCF, Rep. Anne OBrien, D-Richmond, questioned whether hiring additional DCF workers was the appropriate solution: Maybe theres something else about that process or how were evaluating the families that needs to be changed.
OBrien has started the conversation we need to have.
Our current practice in child welfare is to tell families what to do, while spending little or no time walking with them and showing them how to do it. DCF case plans simply instruct parents to get safe and stable housing, dooming them to failure when there is nothing available that they can afford.
The walking with, or system navigating, has to come from our community and from people interested in, and willing to spend the time, helping to remove the barriers our child welfare families encounter in their daily lives.
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On Sunday, August 19, 2012, the New York State Police received reports of an unknown person shooting at passing vehicles at the intersection of County Route 12 and County Route 37 in the town of Wawayanda. Troopers responded and interviewed two motorists who had their vehicles' side windows shattered as they drove past the intersection. A search of the area located a 13-year-old juvenile and the recovery of a BB gun.
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MARTINS FERRY – City council reviewed several matters of improvement during Wednesday's meeting.
Council members approved Jeff Vaughn of Vaughn Coast and Vaughn on a yearly retainer of $2,400 for the 2013 to assist with engineering projects.
Council approved $4,792 to cover a tire changing machine and wheel balance as requested by mechanic Bill Deaton. Last year saw the replacement of 95 tires on city vehicles at a cost of $25 per tire. The availability of such a tool would mean a savings of money and less wait when a tire change becomes necessary.
Service Director Chuck Bennett noted that after the weather improves he will ask for $10,000 for work including storm sewer projects.
Also, he noted the city employees have been occupied with water breaks and snow removal. Stumps and bricks were removed from uptown and the one way traffic control of Suriano's Shortcut has been completed. A major slippage was completed on Elm Drive.
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Water Superintendent Craig Harris reported that the Crawford Heights altitude valve has been rebuilt, but will likely need to be replaced in a matter of months. Cost is about $2,000, but repairs to water breaks caused by a malfunctioning valve would be more. A pump was also rebuilt. Harris will also obtain prices for a water softening unit.
The main water supply Patton's Run will be shut off during the daylight hours of Feb. 19-20 to allow a business to complete work on its sprinklers.
Also, Harris is working toward his wastewater license and hopes to have it by November.
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Council approved a 50-cent hourly shift differential for part-time EMS employees. Council also passed an ordinance to raise the pay scale of of the part time employees of the emergency squad 25 cents per hour.
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Council held the second reading of an ordinance to establish the minimum wage.
Council held the second reading of an ordinance to establish a permanent fund of $400 for the maintenance of 10 graves.
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#126445 - 03/28/04 05:16 PM anathema
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(Gr. anathema -- literally, placed on high, suspended, set aside).
A term formerly indicating offerings made to the divinity which were suspended from the roof or walls of temples for the purpose of being exposed to view. Thus anathema according to its etymology signifies a thing offered to God. The word anathema is sometimes used in this sense in the Old and New Testaments: In Judith, xvi, 23, it is said that Judith, having taken all the arms of Holofernes which the people had given him and the curtain of his bed which she herself had brought, offered them to the Lord as an anathema of oblivion. In II Mach., ix, 16, Antiochus promises to adorn with precious gifts (anathemata) the temple he has pillaged; and in Luke, xxi, 5, mention is made of the temple built of precious stones and adorned with rich gifts (anathemata). As odious objects were also exposed to view, e.g. the head of a criminal or of an enemy, or his arms or spoils, the word anathema came to signify a thing hated, or execrable, devoted to public abhorrence or destruction. "
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#126446 - 03/28/04 05:21 PM Re: anathema
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Anathema sit!
#126447 - 03/28/04 05:25 PM Re: anathema
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Anathema sit!
You have a dog named Anathema?
#126448 - 03/28/04 05:37 PM Re: anathema
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Actually Anathema is my lobster which I walk every day down the Champs Elysee. My dog's name is Piraña, but everybody calls her Fish.
#126449 - 03/29/04 06:44 AM Re: anathema
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Oh great! Thanks, too much, nuncle; now I'll be spending all day trying to imagine a lobster sitting.
#126450 - 03/29/04 07:41 AM Re: anathema
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Not a problem, nephew. Though, I can well imagine a lobster sitting in my plate, but not Anathema. BTW, I did have a pet wolf spider, when I was high school, named Hincmar after a French bishop.
#126451 - 03/29/04 10:21 AM Re: anathema
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Y'all jes a couple o heretics, if ya ax me.
#126452 - 03/29/04 04:06 PM Re: anathema
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now I'll be spending all day trying to imagine a lobster sitting.
It'd certainly take dogged determination to teach it!
#126453 - 05/05/04 05:05 PM Re: anathema
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Oscar Wilde had a pet lobster he used to walk. What's so much fun about walking a lobster? Seems it would be a rather annoyingly slow walk.
#126454 - 05/05/04 05:48 PM Re: anathema
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Funny. I allus 'eard it was Gerard de Nerval, not Oscar Wilde.
Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog ... or any other animal that one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark, and they don't gnaw upon one's monadic privacy like dogs do. And Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad.
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Seem to lose the plot when we get in the red zone. They are tackling very well.
need more ideas
Started by SCOTTY, Sep 13 2012 07:24 PM
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 07:24 PM
The truth is out there?
Posted 13 September 2012 - 08:03 PM
What a tense game. I think we have been very lucky with a couple of tries today.
Posted 13 September 2012 - 08:06 PM
Think Leigh supporters will be very disappointed, I would.
The truth is out there?
Posted 13 September 2012 - 08:16 PM
Shocking stamp on finn right in front of the linesman. What is the point of linesman!?
Posted 13 September 2012 - 09:17 PM
after the first 20 mins Leigh run out of steam in the forwards and I was expecting them picking it up after half time.
I demand to have some booze, I want it here and I want it now!
Posted 13 September 2012 - 09:32 PM
I thought Leigh were hard done by with alot of the decisions tonight but in the last 10 mins when the game had gone they did two fouls that both deserved red cards. The stamp was as blatant as anything, he (I think it was maden) glanced back, looked where the player was on the ground and stamped on him, and then the red card, he just swung straight round the head, sour grapes me thinks.
Posted 13 September 2012 - 09:36 PM
The kick/stamp on Finn was literally under the nose of the tough judge he must have seen it and chose to ignore it.
I must have missed the stamping on a player as you play the ball rule introduced.
I must have missed the stamping on a player as you play the ball rule introduced.
Posted 13 September 2012 - 09:39 PM
The touch judge was looking the other way ! thats the problem they are too busy running to get in position and are not look more concentrating on what where they have to go next
Posted 13 September 2012 - 09:52 PM
Definitely a game of two halfs tonight, took 17 minutes for us to get a penalty, We put some stupid ball to ground, but in thee nd we came good. The incident were Liam Finn was blatantly stamped on in front of the touch judge was ludicrous and nothing was done about it even though Liam appealed to the touch judge. The head high tackle which lead to the sending off was nothing short of thuggery
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Duhon stinks but he stinks WITHIN the system.... He runs the offense. Sure, he misses wide open shots... But he keeps the ball moving. Sure, he makes bad passes, but he works the pick-n-roll well w/ Lee (ever see N8 attempt pick-n-roll w/ Lee)....
N8 will drive you nuts if you start him at PG, and then you'll lose that offense off the bench. N8 will always look to get N8 points first. he wont run the offense. You cannot ask him to do something he's not suited to do.
We tried to get him to run the offense the other night.... Did you not see that turnover machine throwing away passes left and right?
N8 is not a passer, he's a scorer. If N8 starts at PG, Knicks will grind to a halt.
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BOSTON -- Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Monday its weekly award winners for the week ending April 29, 2012, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Denver Outlaws midfielder Jeremy Sieverts was named as the MLL Offensive Player of the Week while Boston Cannons goalkeeper Jordan Burke earned MLL Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Sieverts scored four goals, including a pair of two-point markers, and added an assist as the Outlaws spoiled the Charlotte Hounds' Major League Lacrosse debut with a 21-12 decision at American Legion Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. While becoming the eighth player in Denver history to record more than one two-point goal in the same game, he led an Outlaws offense that matched a team record by scoring four two-point goals.
Sieverts, who was acquired in an off-season trade from the Chesapeake Bayhawks, had tallied just six points in his career prior to Saturday's seven-point performance.
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