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I am a diagnostic radiologist with sub-specialty training in neuroradiology, including imaging of brain, spine, and head and neck disease. My practice involves the interpretation of CT and MRI scans. I have a particular interest in head and neck oncology; and as a member of the Head and Neck Oncology Disease Management Team, I interact with surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and other professionals in therapeutic decision making for patients with head and neck cancer. I also have particular expertise in image-guided biopsy of spine and head and neck tumors.
I lecture nationally and internationally and am also involved in print and web-based educational projects for radiologists. My research interests include investigation of functional imaging (PET scans, functional MRI, and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI) for the diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance of neurologic and head and neck disease.
- Clinical Expertise: Neuroradiology
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Medical College of Georgia
- Residencies: University of Florida College of Medicine
- Fellowships: University of Florida College of Medicine
- Board Certifications: Radiology; Neuroradiology; Medical Examiner
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As home to one of the world's top cancer research centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering is typically involved in more than 900 clinical trials at a given time. Currently, clinical trials focused on the conditions I treat are enrolling new patients. If you're interested in joining a clinical trial, click to learn about the trial's purpose, eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.Learn more
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The Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL) program provides funds to help an eligible small business meet ordinary and necessary operating expenses that it could have met, but is unable to meet, because an essential employee was called-up to active duty in their role as a military reservist.
These loans are intended only to provide the amount of working capital needed by a small business to pay its necessary obligations as they mature until operations return to normal after the essential employee is released from active military duty. The purpose of these loans is not to cover lost income or lost profits. MREIDL funds cannot be used to take the place of regular commercial debt, to refinance long-term debt, or to expand the business.
Eligibility: Businesses with the financial capacity to fund their own recovery are not eligible for MREIDL assistance. Federal law requires SBA to determine whether a business has credit available elsewhere—that is, if credit in an amount needed to accomplish full recovery is available from non-government sources without creating an undue financial hardship. Generally, SBA determines that over 90 percent of loan applicants do not have sufficient financial resources to recover without the assistance of the Federal government.
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A movie known best on newgrounds.com, adored by the masses for its strange and sick atmosphere. It features Salad Fingers and his friends in a peculiar world created in both his fantasy and weird reality. David Firth, its creator, is literally the Ernest Hemingway of Flash, and yes, kung-fu, kick ass... whatever, kids are really shallow. Joe bastard, the only way you know everything about Salad Fingers is by watching every episode, and Van Halen wears spandex. A bit suspicious, no?
"I like it when the red water comes out."
"Hubert Cumberdale, you taste like soot and poo."
"It seems nettles have made the milk come out of my teat."
"I say, Milford Cubicle, would you like a warm glass of milk?"
Salad Fingers would pwn every bit of competition if entered in the Cannes film festival, I'll place money on it.
"Hubert Cumberdale, you taste like soot and poo."
"It seems nettles have made the milk come out of my teat."
"I say, Milford Cubicle, would you like a warm glass of milk?"
Salad Fingers would pwn every bit of competition if entered in the Cannes film festival, I'll place money on it.
by Pillage Productions October 12, 2004
Salad fingers is a flash cartoon that uses the facade of random hysteria (rusty spoons, ridiculuos combinations eg. salad and fingers) to communicate a more serious, tragedic perspective of the world. This could almost be compared to naive art, in that it is seemingly spontaneous, a work deliberately imitating childish art, but in so doing accessing the darkest recesses of human consciousness. Not only does salad fingers touch rusty things, his mono-mania and schizophrenic behaviour hints at abuse and isolation. Salad fingers is not simply strange, laughable - in its repulsiveness it higlights aspects of the human condition that are glossed over in everyday life, or ignored in the mentally ill and the suffering. It is for this reason that salad fingers may be described as sad, as well as strange.
He dreams of rusty taps.
He talks to a broken telephone.
He is often reduced to being utterly terrified by a few choice words. ("I think he likes spoons too.")
He talks to a broken telephone.
He is often reduced to being utterly terrified by a few choice words. ("I think he likes spoons too.")
by Grey Sea June 02, 2005
salad fingers is possibly an ordinary looking man, in an ordinary world, with an unordianry life. He is very mentally ill, depressed and unmedicated, or at least refuses to take it. What we see in salad fingers episodes is how salad fingers sees the world. Being depressed and mentally ill he sees himself as the way we see him and also sees an otherwise thriving world as post apocolyptic. His friends and those he encounters are all figments of his imagination from a combination of mental illness and lonliness. Favor of rust and blood also comes from his mental illness. Salad fingers lives in an apartment in the city, apartment number 22. However he is a lonley isolated man, and therefore he sees his apartment as being just one small house in the middle of nowhere. He has no contact with any other human beings whatsoever, until episode 5, where he interacts with a girl he originally thought was a product of his imagination but turned out to be real. This is signified by her being the only other character in the series other then salad fingers that can speak. Because he simply did not know how to be with real people, he broke down. There is no word yet as to if he ever fully recovered.
by Wolf March 02, 2005
In a dark realm beyond even the most remote, psychadelic hypnosis emerges salad fingers. The inertia of this creatures life revolves around its dysfunctional role in nature to find sexual pleasure in rubbing oxidized metals; the few adult souls who encounter him find themselves plundering into a glorious but agonizingly tortuous and ritualistic death; the only real contact reflecting any human persona expressal is with finger puppets who join in an occasional hair perm... to look directly at salad fingers is to inhumanely mock him; do not cage him, stay away from his world lest you find yourself the next fish in the oven...
by Daver April 10, 2005
A flash animation consisting of several episodes created by David Firth. Famous on the internet for its psychologically disturbing innocence, which is meant to be enjoyed for its weird nature.
by Amantis April 05, 2005
Salad Fingers is not only the creepiest thing I may have ever seen in my entire life, but it is also the best as well. With quotes like:
"The feeling of rust against my salad fingers is orgasmic..."
It's like, how could you NOT like it?
"The feeling of rust against my salad fingers is orgasmic..."
It's like, how could you NOT like it?
by Jason Taylor January 13, 2005
Salad Fingers could best be described as a massachistic, skitzophrenic recluse, attracted only to pain and rust. It's human nature to find ourselves drawn to something that we find odd, especially if we're not one hundred percent certain why it has this effect on us. Salad Fingers is the perfect example: If one was to read every new grounds comment for Dave's SF toons, they would find that many of them sounded sincerely disturbed, but found themselves drawn to it at any rate. I find it interesting how many people are hooked on David's work, and I am amused at how much energy his fans devote to trying to interpret its meaning. I agree with many people who say that Salad Fingers stands out among the millions of brainless and clichéd flash toons that make up a large majority of internet space. I'm not knocking other flash toons or anything, really, I just think that Salad Fingers stands brilliantly and mysteriously on its own.
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Surfing it for a little I've got to a programmer blogs. And got it - 30 Tips For Newbie Game Programmers by Emrah Ozer.
I want to talk a little about 8th tip:
If you're developing your own game -please I beg you- don't make a clone game. Nobody needs a another bubble game. Clone game development causes you to not to learn the game design iteration process.
I think it's really important for us, I'm talking about novices in gamedev which are looking for idea to realize.
There is no need to realize ping-pong, asteroids, breakout and other crap, being implemented so many times...
For those who don't know about ludum dare.
So as a source of ideas I want to show you ludum dare contest. There is no prizes or anything, but there you can find really interesting in gamedev people which can give you a nice feedback to make you game better. So read about this contest and take a part in next one.


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My question to you is, how do you think it would affect the way the game is played?
Do you think people may rush more?
Do you think certain weapons, will be used more?
Do you think that people would camp abit more than usual?
I want to hear your answer. How do you think the game would be different?
Re: Question.
1) Aim at that range, or
2) Get closer THEN blindfire.
Re: Question.
the game will be tons better, and much more fun to play, with a lot more exciting matches especially with team objective (turf based rounds) ... people might start to use other guns, rather than the 90% of people using the **bleep** m9 now a days and finally discover wth this "aiming" thing is ... the only way to make that happen though is by making it less acurate (so blindfiring from a large enough distance should seem retarted even to those who do it now) and have it shoot where you are looking; not where an enemy is, no autoaim bs!
Re: Question.
1.Everyone migrates to the Para9+Punch
2.Camping returns.
3.people will get closer than ususal giving everyone even less time to survive a Para9+punch
4.There is no way of nefing BF anymore, anything else done will just eliminated completly, but should it work somehow...there will always be a way of aiming with it...because blindifre is after all the choice of shooting whiule running at the cost of normal accuracy...
do we really want camping...or intense action?
Re: Question.
Here's why it won't happen at all:
Re: Question.
I'd like a 20-minute campfest where the TDM score ends up as 30-29, because it ran out of time.
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I want camping.
I'd like a 20-minute campfest where the TDM score ends up as 30-29, because it ran out of time.
i think that's taking it a little too extreme, we are not trying to get rid of blindfire completely, just nerf it ...
@the person who brought up nerf blindfire = campfest: is that seriously what you think people who know how to aim a gun will do? since it's obviously impossible to aim and move around at the same time right? all that will happen if you nerf blindfire is less cqc incounters and an increase in mid range battles, if you really want your cqc and blindfire "action" you get your fill in cod
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So, lets just say that out of the blue, Naughty Dog decides to nerf blindfiring. & I mean fix it so that it is very hard for people to use this technique.
My question to you is, how do you think it would affect the way the game is played?
Yes it would, it would require more people to aim their weapon.
Do you think people may rush more?
Rushing players would be decreased but it would still be there.
Do you think certain weapons, will be used more?
The G-Mal and the Fal would become more used since blindfire has been weakned.
Do you think that people would camp abit more than usual?
I dont think players would camp more, Not more than they do already.
I want to hear your answer. How do you think the game would be different?
Re: Question.
1.Everyone will not migrate to the para9 punch because that's what everyone is already doing,
2. IMO it's not ludicrous blind fire which promotes less camping, it's the sprint and general mobility, I would actually say that said ludicrous blindfire promotes camping in that those with an inclination to blindfire will have to hang around Cqc areas to make it effective.
3. people will not get closer because I will have already killed them, this is the whole argument with blind fire, I've no problem with getting blind fire killed in Cqc situations its getting zig zag blind fired from half the map away where the problem lies.
4.I can think of any number of ways to nerf or balance blind fire. Most have already been posted in the nerd BF thread


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UTSA begins search process for provost
(Aug. 20, 2007)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo has appointed a search committee representing UTSA faculty, students, staff and community leaders to seek candidates for the vacant position of UTSA provost and vice president for academic affairs. As part of the search process, the committee will conduct five public meetings to gain input. Four meetings are at the 1604 Campus and one is at the Downtown Campus.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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"We want to gain a broad understanding of both the university's and the San Antonio community's recommendations for the qualifications and strengths they want to see in our next provost, so that the search committee can focus on submitting the most qualified candidates to President Romo," said James McDonald, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology and chair of the search committee. "The individual chosen will serve as UTSA's chief academic officer and is crucial to leading our efforts to become a premier public university."
The committee is charged to present the names of three unranked finalists for the position to Romo, who will make the final decision. The 19-member committee is composed of UTSA faculty, administrators and staff, and a student and community representative.
As part of the search, the committee chose to advertise in national publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Diversity and Hispanic Outlook. The committee plans to complete the search by the end of the fall semester.
Reporting to the president, the provost and vice president for academic affairs is responsible for academic leadership in ensuring curricula, teaching and research of superior quality; working with the Faculty Senate on matters of general welfare of the university; diversifying and administering the academic budget, advising the president on plans, policies and operations; and representing the university in the president's absence.
For more information, visit the UTSA Provost Search Web site.
UTSA Provost Search Committee
- James McDonald, (chair) professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology
- Alberto Arroyo, professor of civil engineering
- Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, chair of the Department of Biology
- Robert Baron, interim dean of the College of Architecture
- Walter Downing, executive vice president, Southwest Research Institute
- Ann Eisenberg, associate dean of the Honors College
- Mansour El-Kikhia, associate professor of political science and geography and chair of Faculty Senate
- Leonard Flaum, diversity analyst, Office of Institutional Diversity
- Belinda Flores, associate professor of interdisciplinary learning and teaching
- Daniel Gelo, dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts
- Dennis Haynes, professor and chair of the Department of Social Work
- Raquel Marquez, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology
- Yolanda Miller, director of purchasing and distribution services
- Janet Parker, associate vice president for financial affairs
- Carolyn Orange, professor of counseling and educational psychology
- Gage Paine, vice president for student affairs
- L.J. Shrum, professor of marketing
- Deborah Wagner, student representative
- Jesus Zuniga, community representative


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Healthy Lifestyle
Updated 2012-03-02
By Mayo Clinic Staff
You've worked hard to improve your diet and exercise habits, and you've been rewarded by seeing the number on the scale continue to drop. But then for no reason you can identify, the scale doesn't budge — even though you're still eating a healthy, low-calorie diet and exercising regularly. You've hit a weight-loss plateau.
Before you get too discouraged, you should know that it's normal for weight loss to slow and even stall. By understanding what causes a weight-loss plateau, you can decide how to respond and avoid backsliding on your healthy-eating and exercise habits.
A weight-loss plateau occurs when you no longer lose weight despite continuing with your exercise and healthy-eating habits. Being stuck at a weight-loss plateau eventually happens to everyone who is trying to lose weight.
Although hitting a plateau is common, most people are surprised when it happens to them, for they believed that if they just maintained a reduced-calorie diet, they would continue to lose weight. The frustrating reality is that even well-planned weight-loss efforts often become stalled.
The progression from initial weight loss to a weight-loss plateau follows a typical pattern. During the first few weeks of losing weight, a rapid drop is normal. In part this is because when calories from food are reduced, the body gets needed energy by releasing its stores of glycogen, a type of carbohydrate found in the muscles and liver. Glycogen holds on to water, so when glycogen is burned for energy, it also releases water, resulting in substantial weight loss that's mostly water.
A plateau occurs because your metabolism — the process of burning calories for energy — slows as you lose muscle. You burn fewer calories than you did at your heavier weight even doing the same activities. Your weight-loss efforts result in a new equilibrium with your now slower metabolism.
At this new equilibrium, calories eaten equals calories expended. This means that to lose more weight, you need to increase activity or decrease the calories you eat. Using the same approach that worked initially may maintain your weight loss, but it won't lead to more weight loss.
If you're at a plateau, you may have lost all of the weight you will, given the number of calories you're eating each day and the time you spend exercising. At this point, you need to ask yourself if you're satisfied with your current weight or if you want to lose more, in which case you'll need to adjust your weight-loss program.
If you're committed to losing more weight, try these tips for getting past the plateau:
If your efforts to get past a weight-loss plateau aren't working, talk with your doctor or a dietitian about other tactics you can try. You may also want to revisit your weight-loss goal. Maybe the weight you're striving for is unrealistic for you. If you've improved your diet and increased your exercise, you've already improved your health even without further weight loss. For those who are overweight or obese, even modest weight loss improves chronic health conditions related to being overweight.
Whatever you do, don't revert back to your old eating and exercise habits. That may cause you to regain the weight that you've already lost.
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Apartment Rue de la Huchette G05478
מספר אנשים מקסימלי4
חדרי שינה1
גודל45 מטר רבוע
Floor No.(with elevator)
- מתאים גם למשפחות/ ילדים
- מטבח
- טלויזיה
- מעלית בבניין
- מכונת כביסה / מייבש
- אינטרנט/ אינטרנט אלחוטי
Accommodation summary
|Rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris, צרפת
|סוג נכס
|פרטי הזיהוי של מקום הלינה
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
You will find your comfort in the apartment of 2 rooms, 45 sqm on the 2nd floor (with elevator from the first floor). It lies at the heart of Paris in the lively and pedestrian Rue de la Huchette, in the 5th district and within walking distance of the famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
It includes 4 people:
- 1 Lounge / dining room about 28 m², it has 2 windows facing west, a double sofa bed, 4 chairs, floor, table, coffee table and overlooks the courtyard
- 1 bathroom: tiled floor, shower, a washbasin, hairdryer, separate toilet
- A room about 8 m², with 2 windows, 1 double bed, floor, closet, night table and a view of pedestrian
- A separate Kitchen: kettle, freezer, oven, microwave, toaster, washing machine, dishwasher, coffee maker, stove, refrigerator, dryer
Additional information:
lift, intercom, non smoking, parquet
Saint Michel metro (line 4)
- Notre-Dame, Sainte Chapelle,
- The Church of St. Severin,
- The Cluny Museum, Rue St Andre des Arts ...
- Many food shops, stores, bookstores, restaurants, cafes and bars with their terraces and very Parisian.
Furthemore you can book an other apartment in the same building if you are travelling in a group.
If you arrive early or leave late, you can store your luggage in an automatic locker located nearby: City Locker (Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Le Marais, Hotel de Ville, Chatelet, Saint-Germain, Saint-Michel, Notre Dame, Opera, Madeleine, Saint-Lazare).
כללי הביתRegular check-in time is between 2pm and 8pm (after 8pm only self check-in is possible).
For arrival on Sunday/bank holidays, 50 euros will be charged.
An early check-in between 10am and 2pm is available for an extra charge of 50 euros (if the apartment is available).
Regular check out time: before 10 am
For departure on Sunday/bank holidays, 50 euros will be charged
Based on availability and at least with a 24 hours notice, a late check-out between 10am and noon is available for an additional cost of 50 euros.
We will ask you to sign a rental agreement, to respect your obligations and not to smoke in the apartment.
For rentals over 21 days, you will have to pay your consumption of electricity and gas (on meter reading).
The security deposit is equal to the amount of the rent for rentals of less than 21 days (Possibility of taking an imprint bank card with Visa or Mastercard).
For rentals between 21 days and 6 months, we charge one month's rent, and 2 months rent for rentals of more than 6 months.
|Weekly rate for up to 4 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 4 guests
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|1 year
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Very well situated apartment for 4 to 5. Would happily stay there again on my next trip!
Nice appartment in the city center! Everything is close, a supermarket, ... You can go everywhere on foot because it is right in the center. We had a good stay here.
Everything worked perfect.
It was easy to pick up the keys, and we were very satisfied with the appartement.
It was well ecuiped with all what we needed.
It was very closed to everything, the baker, shops with food and cafe's.
We can highly recommend this appartement.
Everything in the apartment worked perfectly, it is exactly as it is in the pictures. Very close to many great places to eat, the metro/RER, grocery stores, shops, and most major attractions are walking distance
The only complaint is also a plus. The apartment is right in the middle of everything, but it can be noisy later at night (especially weekend) and mid morning with tour groups going by. It did not bother me, but I could see how a light sleeper might have a problem with it.
Marvelous apartment, the landlady Diane is extremely pleasant and efficient. Everything worked smoothly.
Highly recommended
The flat was pleasantly decorated and clean. Good location, just by Notre Dame and Boulevard St Michel, and this is a very good asset of course. Unfortunately a very noisy musical bar underneath in the street played loud music until the early hours in the morning. Three of the rings in the cooker did not work from the very beginning of our stay, and the handbook instructions about this particular appliance were not too precise, so we had to work out how to operate the only working ring, it took a while. We indicated this to the agency, but the cooker was not repaired during our stay. The coffee machine did not work from the very beginning of our stay, but it was replaced a couple of days after we arrived. The area is full of restaurants of all types and prices. For us a good point was bookshops nearby, and walking distance from the Centre Pompidou library. The flat was well furnished with plates and pots. The shower cubicle is rather comfortable in size, and the main bed is big and provided with a comfortable mattress. The heating system was efficient. There is a big television set. Wifi internet worked only sporadically for the first half of our stay, but it was fine in the last few days. All in all, we had a pleasant stay despite the problems indicated here.
recommendable !
Everything was ok in the apartment. Very clean and the equipment was fine. We had a pleasant stay. Thanks a lot.
Lovely apartment
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Yep. Without a doubt. Usually I can follow plans and build equipment successfully. I really can! I promise! But the plans for the Miller feeder on here have me completely flummoxed. How do the bees get in? And for the life of me, I cannot figure out what to do with the hardware cloth. No, I haven't actually built the thing. I need to understand the plans before I start cutting. I do have all the raw materials. I just don't have a clear picture of how it goes together. (It probably doesn't help that I've never used one before--always did the plastic baggies or the upside-down jars.)
Has anyone built this that would be willing to steer me in the right direction? Gads but this is embarrassing!


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Karin Kneffel(German, born 1957)
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"Such brilliant color! This painting is organic, in a way. I would love to have it in my kitchen! "
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- Date
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Welcome to Tesco Wine by the case.
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The Prosecco region, in northeast Italy, is the source of this light, deliciously frothy fizz.
Made from the Glera grape, it's full of lemon fruit flavours with delicate floral aromas.
Just add nibbles and a few friends!
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In 1754, we find the word Prosecco in the book "Il roccolo Ditirambo", written by Aureliano Acanti. Up until the 1960s, Prosecco sparkling wine was generally rather sweet. Since then, production techniques have improved, leading to the high-quality dry wines produced today. According to a 2008 New York Times report, Prosecco has sharply risen in popularity in markets outside Italy, with global sales growing by double-digit percentages since 1998.
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The Prosecco DOC production area is located in northeast Italy, more precisely in the territories of 5 Veneto provinces (Treviso, Venice, Vicenza, Padua, Belluno) and 4 provinces in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste and Udine), one of the most stunning areas in the Italian peninsula.
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The University of Colorado Boulder and the city of Boulder have been honored with the International Town-Gown Association's Larry Abernathy Award, recognizing the positive collaboration between the university and city.
The university and city were recognized for the comprehensive move-in orientation program they offer for student renters living on the Hill and in Goss Grove, two of the most densely populated student rental areas in Boulder.
Created in 2011 by the CU-Boulder Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations office and Four Star Realty, the orientation program is designed to educate students living off campus on their tenant and community responsibilities. They learn about city ordinances, while also being encouraged to get to know their neighbors and to treat their new community with respect.
"For many students, moving off campus represents the first time they are living on their own, dealing with leases, and learning what it means to be part of a larger community," said Susan Stafford, director of the Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations office. "We see this orientation program as one way to help our students be positive members of the community."
Representatives from the city and university constantly work together to find ways to make Boulder a welcoming community for all, and the Larry Abernathy Award recognizes that commitment, said Jennifer Korbelik, Boulder's community coordinator.
"Securing your first apartment and the responsibility that comes with that is a big step for students moving off campus, and our goal is to help students make a smooth transition into the community and all that is expected as a responsible Boulderite," Korbelik said. "The move-in orientation program does just that, and we are thrilled with the results. This program is a perfect example of our university, city and community partnership at work."
For more information about the International Town-Gown Association visit http://www.itgau.org/.
Susan Stafford, CU-Boulder Off-Campus Housing 303-492-1894
Jennifer Korbelik, City of Boulder, 303-441-4142
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This song is a hug. Everyone who's going through a rough patch at the moment, for whatever reason, you're not alone. Keep your chin up my friends. There was a time when the sound of an ice cream van coming … Continue reading
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The world's first bookless public library system is set to open in the US later this year.
BiblioTech, which will contain thousands of digital books, is planned for the South side of San Antonio, Bexar County.
Visitors will be able to download the books onto their own e-readers, or borrow one of the library's 100 available devices.
Although libraries worldwide and in New Zealand have digitized parts of their system, this is the first library designed specifically to cater to this technology.
The library is intended to enhance the county's current library system, rather than replace it, Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff said.
"I am an avid book reader. I read hardcover books, I have a collection of 1000 first editions. Books are important to me.
"But the world is changing and this is the best, most effective way to bring services to our community."
Though he expects some losses of the e-readers, he said a plan is in place to stop dishonest behavior.
"You check it out for two weeks, just like a library book. In two weeks, your e-book goes dead, so you won't have anything worth keeping."
San Antonio has led the way in this area before. In 2010, the University of Texas at San Antonio became one of the first academic institutions to open a paperless library.
Although the BiblioTech library will use an existing county-owned building as its premises, there are still a number of costs to be addressed before the library can open.
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Feds release early health insurance premium costs
Missouri's marketplace opens Oct. 1
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The federal government is providing a glimpse of what Missouri residents could pay for health insurance when enrollment opens next week for a new online marketplace.
Estimates released by the Department of Health and Human Services show a family of four with a $50,000 income could face average monthly premiums of $798 for a benchmark policy known as the "second-lowest-cost silver plan." But that cost could decline to $282 a month after federal subsidies.
A similar plan for a 27-year-old individual earning $25,000 could carry an average monthly premium of $220, which could be reduced to $145 with subsidies.
Federal figures show Missourians could have fewer policy choices than residents in most states.
An ABC 17 News report last week showed Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as the only insurer to publicly announce that it will participate in Missouri's marketplace.
Then Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the state's largest hospital system, BJC, would not likely participate in the marketplace. That means patients insured through the marketplace would not be covered at Columbia's Boone Hospital.
Missouri is one of 36 states that are letting the federal government run their health insurance exchanges.
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Sustainability Assessment for Single Ply Roofing Membranes
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Leptin serum test
This test measures the amount of leptin in your blood.
Leptin is a hormone that helps regulate your body weight by controlling your appetite and energy level. This test is used to figure out how much body fat you have.
This test may be a more accurate way of finding out your amount of body fat than using your body mass index (BMI). BMI is figured out from your weight and height.
Generally, the amount of leptin in your blood is proportional to the amount of fat tissue in your body. Researchers believe some people may have leptin in their body, but it doesn't signal to the brain that they are full, so they keep eating.
Obesity is a serious condition that can cause a number of life-threatening diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and cancer. Researchers are exploring whether leptin levels could help figure your risk of having a heart attack or heart disease, but this is still experimental.
This test can also be used to assess infertility and look at people with delayed puberty.
You may have this test if your doctor needs to find out how much body fat you have.
Your child might need this test if he or she has delayed puberty. The test can help your child's doctor look for possible causes of this.
Your doctor may also order tests to assess your body fat and find out whether you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or cardiovascular disease. These tests may include:
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Pongal essay in tamil
Pongal essay in tamil
India is known for its different cultural festivities celebrated throughout the country. Here, people
celebrate and offer prayers for harvesting and other reasons. Pongal Festival is one of them that is
highly significant for the Tamils where they offer prayer in the form of thanksgiving to the Sun God.
Pongal means "to boil" and during this time, people cook new rice that symbolizes their prosperity.
Apart from it, it holds the enormous importance in the solar calendar as the sole Hindu festival. It is
celebrated with lots of happiness and enthusiasm among the people of India as 'Makara Sankaranthi' as
the sun enters 10th house of zodiac sign, allotted for Makara.
This ancient festival is celebrated with
various rituals in the winter season especially in the month of January during the time of harvested the
crops. The people of the state of Tamil Nadu believe that it is mandatory to do all the customs and say
thanks to the Almighty for providing the mankind necessary solar energy. During Pongal, the Tamils
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Zidane , A 21st Century Portrait
27 Sep 2013 - 02 Nov 2013
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, NL
Zinédine Zidane was a member of the French national soccer team that won both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 2000 Championship. In Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait, internationally renowned artists Douglas Gordon (b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1966) and Philippe Parreno (b. Oran, Algeria, 1964) have employedcontemporary conventions of mass media both to "paint" a portrait of the soccer star, and to portray our cultural creation of, and fascination with, heroes and icons.
This contemporary portrait of Zinédine Zidane was filmed during a championship match between Real Madrid and Villarreal on 23 April 2005. The artists positioned seventeen cameras throughout Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium and directed a team of camera operators to remain fixed on the French soccer star throughout the entire match. Zidane's image is projected larger than life so that his every gesture and expression are emphasized. The soundtrack shuttles the viewer between the sounds of the game and an ethereal, introspective space. Zidane is highly experimental as a portrait, as cinema and as soccer, fusing familiar mediums and genres to produce a radically different experience of spectatorship.
Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, 2006 2 channel digital video installation, 90:00 minutes, installation dimensions variable National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © Anna lena films / Palomar Pictures


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Hmmm...what did you do to him?!? I am STILL waiting for my phone call!
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I may have to resort to drastic measures (cold water, shaving cream, something).
So I'm sitting here uploading pictures and got completely freaked out. There is a window washer staring right at me through the window.....what the?! Then it made me wonder why I never see window washers in San Diego. Do we not wash our windows????
Today we set out for Central Park. It was the best time we've had so far
Levi: Hi people and fans! We have just come back from yet another adventure. This moning,im sure antie has shown u my picture of me sleeping. She's a great travel-mate...I'm sure some of u have found that out! Any ways this morning I woke up pretty late. When I did get up I got dressed and we left. We walked to Central Park and Antie took a picture with a man that was dressed as the Statue of Liberty! We sat down on a couple rocks and figured out what we were going to do
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Ummm, well, I don't know what happened to him. I already woke him up and we talked, now he is passed out again! Oh ya, about that phone call....
Let's just say we paid $14.99 for a movie in our room and only watched the first 30 minutes of it.
Ok, so after waiting ALL DAY for my phone call, I just got off the phone with you! I am sitting here with 1 eye open and 1 eye shut so I might not make much sense right now! I MISS YOU SO MUCH! I can't believe how different it is without you on a daily basis. I don't like it much so can you cut your trip short...please?! I love all the pictures you took today and the really cool break-dancing videos. I see what you mean about the brotha doing all those flips...that is some talent! Central Park looks totally awesome and I think I would fall in love with those Cherry Blossoms! I wish you could pick some and bring some back to me! Anyways, Soph is laying on my lap and seems to have calmed down after you talked to her on speakerphone. Thank God because she's been barking her head off all night and seems kinda restless! I think she really misses her boy, just like mom. We love and miss you lots, Pookie. Have a good night sleep and sleep with the Angels. XoXo~ Mom


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For the many of you that have your 2011 Fantasy Football drafts in one of the next several nights, here's a quick look at the running back and wide receiver positions.
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The strategy with running backs has changed drastically in the last 5-10 years of fantasy football. The predominant strategy used to be to take an RB in each of the 1st two rounds and then possibly a 3rd back in round 4 or 5 because you couldn't win in Fantasy without elite running backs.
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This year Tapestry is examining the fabric of the American Jewish Experience. We've woven a tapestry of theater, storytelling, music and cinema which reflect so many aspects of what it means to be Jewish in America.
The Jewish Film Festival this year features an evening with David Zucker, the Milwaukee born filmmaker who was one of the creators of "Airplane" and other iconic American films. Our cluster about The Wizard of Oz weaves together the magic of the 1939 film, with the Skylight stage production, and some insight into the Jews of Tin Pan Alley who helped create the magic. We'll be taking a close look at the Depression Years in America with a staged reading of Clifford Odets' classic depression era play, Awake and Sing, and finding insight into this dramatic period of American history and its impact on American Jews in general, and Jews in Milwaukee specifically.
And there's more — The Fine Arts Quartet, local Klezmer, and our ongoing screenings of international Jewish films. And that is just the first semester of our expanded Tapestry of Jewish Arts and Ideas.
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I really liked the performance. The program is getting better. Also, I felt that she skated faster today and put more transitions in the program.
To be honest, the haters are so annoying, they NEVER give a break. I am impressed by how they always have something negative to say about Carolina. They promote the skaters that they like by being heavily negative and critical to Carolina.
Anyway, assuming all girls do their planned layout perfectly and Asada has no 3A.
After the SP,
1. Kim. Should have the highest TES. TR should also be the highest. SS/CH/IN/PE should be behind Kostner.
2. Kostner. Second highest TES due to the strength of her jumps and her steps. Should have highest PCS.
3. Asada. Should get high enough TES to be within striking distance. Lowest PCS of the 3, except TR, which should be higher than Kostner.
If all 3 skate clean 6 triples LP, same order as the short program. Whoever skates a clean LP and the other two make mistake, that girl will win.
I don't think Kim or Asada are sitting there, thinking they can just show up and get gold like V/T. They will need to be perfect if Kostner is skating like this. If all 3 girls are clean, this might be the best World ever.
None of the Russian girls will come close. Poor Akiko, will not come close to medal. And someone like Ashley shouldn't be near the podium anyway.
Someone like Patrick Chan, Dai, D/W, V/M, and even P/B regularly get 9+ in PCS, especially for Patrick Chan in SS/CH/IN. Then Kostner should always get 9+ for her CH/IN/SS. There's no reason why she only sometimes crack 8 for SS/CH/IN. Lori gives Kostner better programs than she does to Patrick, and she interprets the music better than he does, too. Do the dancers have better skill, better programs than Kostner to warrant their 9+ components? I don't think so.
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To be honest... For me, talking about PC's...
Skating Skills: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Transitions: Yuna > Asada > Carolina
Choreography: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Interpretation: Carolina > Asada > Yuna
Performance/Execution is difficult to say, since it will depend on the performance of each one, but, considering that the three skate clean, I think the judges are gonna to put Yuna > Asada > Carolina
Talking about TES. If Carolina land the seven triples, she will be first in the TES. But, Kim also will be very close, because Kim can recieve very high GOEs for her elements (as Carolina and Mao can get too). Carolina gets huge GOE for jumps and steps and Asada recieves massive GOE for spins, steps and spirals.
Talking about jumps overrall is very complicated, because there are five types of jumps. I would rank the three, in terms of jumps:
Lutz: Yuna > Carolina > Asada (Since Asada does not have a proper Lutz)
Flip: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Loop: Carolina > Asada > Yuna (Kim has no Loop)
Salchow: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Toeloop: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Axel: Yuna > Asada > Carolina
In terms of spins, Asada has slightly better spins than Yuna and both of them spin better than Carolina. I would rank Asada > Kim > Carolina
In terms of steps, Carolina > Asada > Kim.
When asked about Yuna, Carolina said "She is so good that I don't even consider her as a rival" I think we will discover just at Worlds in case they both skate at their fullest potential
mateus, I agree with most of your post #64. Some of the things I'd change, though...
TES: If Carolina lands 7 triples, they will not put 6-triple YuNa or Mao above her. And really, it would be wrong to.
2Axel: All about the same
Mao is usually stoic, but her Swan LP should change some of that. I think Yuna > Mao in the SP, but Mao > Yuna in the LP for P/E.
Agree, if Caro has 7 triples, and other girls have 6, she should win.Talking about TES. If Carolina land the seven triples, she will be first in the TES. But, Kim also will be very close, because Kim can recieve very high GOEs for her elements (as Carolina and Mao can get too). Carolina gets huge GOE for jumps and steps and Asada recieves massive GOE for spins, steps and spirals.
Agree but the Loop and Axel.Lutz: Yuna > Carolina > Asada (Since Asada does not have a proper Lutz)
Flip: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Loop: Carolina > Asada > Yuna (Kim has no Loop)
Salchow: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Toeloop: Carolina > Yuna > Asada
Axel: Yuna > Asada > Carolina
Mao's loop at her best should be > Carolina.
Mao's 2A should be better than Yuna > Carolina. Only because Caro rarely puts any steps in front of her 2A. As for the jump itself and the exit, she's equally good compare to the other two.
Agree. Asada sometimes come close, but her steps generally is a level below. Asada never got a level 4 when it was harder to get a level 4.In terms of steps, Carolina > Asada > Kim.
Here's one of Mao's best
Here are some of Caro's best. Good, clean, but her position were a bit tilted. That's my reason for picking Mao's over Caro's.
No need to skate then... or see how they actually do.
When is the last time Carolina did 7 triples? I though Yuna's 3Flip especially her 3F3T is magnificent (Great height, distance, flow and power) so is her 2A+3T, certainly one of the best in the biz.
I disagree with interpretation and performance/execution and would have placed Yuna first, since when I have always felt it is Yuna out of the three who has consistently displayed best versatility, diversity, emotional investment and musical range to extrapolate essences of the music the best. She is also way more expressive with her entire body than the other two, including reflecting fairly accurately varied pace of the music, the highs and the lows as appropriate. While Carol has learned to control her speed and pacing in her skate, it does improve her musicality but she has only been doing this recently and still lack in range. Mao could benefit from listen to the music a bit more and do some research into the rich history and background of her programs, the composer, the meaning of her piece to show respect to the material instead of just using it as pleasant background music to her light happy fun version of what ever the music is, which she has seems to have pigeonholed herself into.
Choreography wise, I found Kostner's and Mao's LP tends to be half empty (I blame this on Lori though, who is sure COP smart, but sacrifice alot of the artistry she could have included), only the latter part focuses almost entirely on step sequences for a climatic finish hoping judges will forget about the void of the rest of the program and finish on a high (Miki Ando/Morozov effect). It ends up with jarring piece of work where the skaters forget to emote half of the time with only the slightest music references while visibly focuses on getting the jumps out of the way (usually take a while to set up) for all that COP number crunching, before settle down and do the step sequences and a big wow finish.
Kostner is a classical skater within limited range, she mesh it with it well, but there's virtually nothing unique about her Bolero that stand out from her other European classic pieces. The most interesting part of her choreography consist of near stationary poses, similar to her Shostakovitch program last year with the same hip wiggling choreography stare into the crowd as she is some flirtatious Goddess they should be in complete awe which I suppose they want to make it into a Carolina trademark a la Witt. But it ends up just feel like she has become a parody of herself, where's the substance, purpose or meaning in her performance, and how is that different from a well oiled performed routine. Was her interpretation anything to do with the music was written about? The historical setting? Composer's intention? What's the concept can you identify behind the program? If you turn the music off and show it to another person, can they understand what she is trying to express and guess the music, can they clap to the beat?
Don't get me wrong, she is a very high quality skater, undoubtedly one of the best, but watching her skating is sometimes like drinking water, not the tap kind obviously. But instead of gurgled on it and trying to swallow because you tell yourself is good for you, I can now actually seep it quietly, pleasantly with the 6 triples. But I still prefer variety of beverages, hot and cold, sometimes a finewine of different vintages, different grapes from different vineyard, a little cocktail here and there for variety, and on occasion sparkling soda pop with lots of ice and twist of lemon every now and again through out the season.. I get that more often with Yuna than with the 2 others, for that I am grateful.
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Aww.. I like this thread!
For me,
Skating Skills: Caro > Yuna > Mao
Transitions: Yuna > Mao= Caro
Choreography: Yuna > Caro > Mao
Interpretation: Yuna > Caro > Mao
Performance/Execution Yuna > Mao >= Caro
(CH, IE, PE are very subjective )
Lutz: Yuna > Caro > Mao
Flip: Yuna = Caro > Mao
Loop: Caro > Mao > Yuna
Salchow: Caro > Yuna > Mao
Toeloop: Yuna = Caro > Mao (Yuna doesn't do solo 3T, it is difficult to compare)
Axel: Yuna > Mao > Caro (Yuna often puts some transitions-ina, eagle, spirals- into axel, the height and distance is really great. Mao has great axel, but more pre-rotation than Yuna)
-Spins : Mao >= Yuna > Caro (Mao's positions are gorgeous, but Yuna has more speed than Mao except bielman)
-Steps : Caro = Mao > Yuna (Caro and Mao have equally great steps, but I prefer Caro)
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But I haven't seen CaroK bring her A-game to big comps and do everything perfectly recently.
Also you may be right CaroK has the WC bonus, but Yuna is the reigning Olympic Champion and still the holder of the WR scores in SP, LP and combined from Vancouver. And Mao, despite her recent struggles, is still the Olympic Silver Medalist and the only woman to land three 3As in one comp (in Vancouver). And both Yuna and Mao have won WC titles before, and it's not like their Olympic medals were some fluke.
So I don't think that CaroK's locked in for another WC title.
Well...they sure scored her like a 5 x world champions, protocols forwarded from Chinese skating boards.
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Credit To GM A.J. Smith For Chargers 2012 NFL Draft
Value is a term thrown around quite liberally at the time of the NFL Draft, but no matter what your definition of the word value is, there's no denying the fact that the San Diego Chargers made a number of value picks in this year's selection extravaganza. It's easy to get caught up in team needs and reach for players of a particular position rather than being patient and waiting out the ebb and flow of the draft. The 2012 draft class is one that could give General Manager A.J. Smith a real opportunity to cement his legacy as the Bolts' GM and leaves no excuses for Head Coach Norv Turner should he not get the job done again this season in San Diego.
Grading a draft is a difficult task even a few years down the line from the process let alone just days following the event, but determining whether or not a team filled its specific needs while getting the most out of its position in the draft is a much easier assignment. GM Smith has been heavily scrutinized (and rightfully so) in recent years for his lackluster draftees and some extreme reaches (Buster Davis, Larry English). Still, his pedigree as the man who pulled off the Eli Manning deal and landed the team three Pro Bowlers in the process is impossible to forget and he wants to keep it that way.
Brash decisions in free agency with many big names leaving for more money have been a big part of GM Smith's tenure with the team. This season is a perfect example as wide receiver Vincent Jackson signed a huge deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rather than staying in San Diego. Several of these choices have left the Bolts' roster a bit strapped for talent over the past two years, but the reload began in free agency this year and has officially culminated with the draft.
As for the GM's incredible haul in this year's draft, the discussion has to start in round one with the Melvin Ingram selection. The kid many felt was the best pass rusher in this year's class somehow fell all the way to the 18th overall pick where it didn't take the Bolts long to make him a Charger. Both the Seattle Seahawks at 15 and New York Jets at 16 selected pass rushers Bruce Irvin and Quinton Coples respectively before Ingram fell to the Chargers. Each of those teams should be receiving thank you cards from the San Diego front office soon. Ingram is an immediate plug-and-play solution to a lackluster pass rush in recent years and will be able to learn from Shaun Phillips while getting integrated into the rotation with Jarret Johnson and Antwan Barnes. He plays low to the ground, can get around the edge in a heartbeat, and has the versatility to fit into whatever scheme defensive coordinator John Pagano wants to run on any given down and distance.
Round two was much the same with another steal in Kendall Reyes falling further than anyone could've imagined for a player with so much upside. With the 49th overall pick, it's hard to imagine much more value than this choice. Defensive end wasn't at the top of the to-do list for GM Smith, but when the opportunity to solidify a defensive line that has been a collective revolving door for the last five years presents itself, that chance must be seized. Reyes made some of the best offensive linemen in the country look silly at the Senior Bowl and has a great first step with natural power to hold up at the point of attack. With Luis Castillo not getting any younger and Corey Liuget really the only entrenched starter for the foreseeable future, Reyes will be a valuable addition to the defensive line rotation.
Trading up has been a trademark of GM Smith during his time with the team and he executed a classic deal to move up and land safety Brandon Taylor in the third round. There was no secret that the team had toyed with the idea of moving up for Mark Barron in round one, but jumping into the top ten picks was too rich of a price. Taylor is a box safety with some limitations in coverage, but paired with Eric Weddle, the two will complement one another quite well. In certain packages, Taylor will make an impact in year one with the Bolts and he has the ability to develop into a full-time starter in the not so distant future.
As for the money rounds of the draft, GM Smith may have found his hidden gem again in Ladarius Green. Once upon a time, Michael Turner was drafted in the fifth round by the Bolts and his story is well-known by now. Green is going to learn from one of the game's best in Antonio Gates and will provide the team with that always valuable second tight end that will give opponents match-up nightmares. Two more late picks that could prove to be winners are offensive linemen in guard Johnnie Troutman and center David Molk. In the very least these two will provide the line much needed depth, but Molk won the Rimington Trophy in 2011 and has plenty of potential to develop behind another Big Ten center, Nick Hardwick.
My opinion of GM A.J. Smith has always been a favorable one as even though he rubs many the wrong way, his decisions have always seemed to be in the franchise's best interest. Smith tries to be ahead of the curve and his negotiation tactics appear frugal to some while looking downright miserly to others. In spite of his shortcomings as a "people person", GM Smith has shown that he is a tremendous talent evaluator and has maintained the personnel for a very successful on-field franchise for the better part of a decade. I may be an admitted A.J. Smith apologist, but this time, give the man his due. He's earned it.
Tell us what you think! How many starters do you ultimately see coming out of the 2012 draft class? Did A.J. Smith finally redeem himself in the eyes of Chargers' fans or is he still on the hot seat pending the team's relative success in the 2012 season? Fill up the comments below with your take!
May 1, 2012at 8:00 AM Posted by Anthony M. Blake
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- BOLTHYPE said... May 1, 2012, 9:12:00 AM
Agree with you Anthony, I think AJ Smith may have rediscovered his Midas touch. Even though the Chargers have been subpar the past two seasons, perhaps that provided a much-needed wake up call for the team. Pressure is on Norv for sure, but with so many new faces and coaches this year, what can we realistically expect from this team in
'12? Any regular season record or playoff predictions from you? - Rob Z.
I think AJ is definitely off the hot seat. Lets hope we stay healthy!
Myke is spot on with health being a major factor, but this team has all of the necessary components to make a serious run in '12. 11-5, AFC West crown, and AFC title game participant.
- Antonio Spellman said... May 1, 2012, 11:58:00 AM
I don't think it's a matter of us apologizing for bashing AJ because on one end of the spectrum it shouldn't have gone this far but at the same time he has shown us that he is our GM for a reason. He definitely provided Norv Turner with the talent necessary to move forward and I honestly think he has saved his job if the team underachieves because at this point he has done all that he can. He has earned a reprieve that's for sure
the 1st 4 rounds of this draft were perfect--period
- Bolt Dean said... May 1, 2012, 1:13:00 PM
Before we start praising the "Lord of no
Rings" he still has to sign the draft choice and they still need to play a
game or two hopefully a season. Remember the buzz when AJ drafted English the
next Shawn Merriman with Clay Matthews still available. Temper your enthusiasm
we need to make the playoff and win once we get there!!!!!!!!!!!!
teh difference is this time there is no head scratching on the 1st 4 picks--the 5th rounder who is hurt prob would not have made the team anyway---we already signed up hadnit to handle that---great offseason for the chargers
The funny this to me was hearing the football analyst (I think it was Charley Casserly) who said it best, "when a GM is on the hot seat the last thing he does is take the risk pick" and to me that could have played a big reason why this draft went so well. For the first time in years at the helm AJ picked the players we fans, media and football analysis would have selected if we were the GM. So that's not surprising but he was the person pulling the strings and he did an excellent job. My guess is he'll get some players off the wire to come in and help out as well and all the focus will turn to Norv. Still not drinking the Kool Aid but I think this team did improve provided the players live up to their billings as can't miss players!
- Pete Spinning said... May 1, 2012, 4:01:00 PM
"AJ picked the players that we fans, media, and football analyists would have selected... if we were the GM".
You stole the words right out of my mouth, Fbhansen.
I mean... there should have been no reason for me to practically blow a head gasket, hoping that they picked Ingram. I should have been sitting back thinking "AJ has this, no problem"!!!!
Let's be honest... you don't have to be a GM Genius to pick the number one pass rusher who can make an immediate impact, when your main goal is a pass rusher who can make an immediate impact... that pick was a no-brainer. Or, to pick a D-Line force that inexplicably fell to you in the second round, either... or, to pick the last safety on the board who is worth a shite , when you are starting Atari Bigby... lol.... You just have to NOT be a total moron.
However, I will give him credit for not reaching (again), and blowing our whole wad for the next umpteen years on one player. It's very obvious he did a great job, and kudos are very much deserved. If it turns out badly, he only did what most of us wanted, and would have done... if we were the GM.
It's in Norv's hands now.... AND, just to set the record straight.. it's kind of on Philip's shoulders, in my eyes. He rallied for Norv to stay, right when Norv's bags were packed, remember? AJ did too, but he has lived up to his part of that bargain (despite the fact that he never should have let Norv through the front door to begin with).
When Super Bowls are won, they don't show highlights of the draft. They mostly give the credit to the coach, and the QB. People give Belichik & Brady the credit for all those rings.... Not the Pats GM.
It's up to our coach & our QB to lead all this talent to the promise land! That's when you can start calling either of these two "truly" elite.
Well said Pete! This draft has put the Chargers back on the radar with a lot of fans (like me) who were so frustrated with the bad decisions being made out at Chargers park as well as media and peers in the NFL. True Denver might be the odds on favorite to win the division but games and championships are won on the field. So come on Dean and AJ let's not drag out any of the player contract negotiations and get these guys on the field so they can learn the play book...the only chance we have is if our players have a shorter learning curve than Peyton. No let up AJ keep the peddle to the metal continue bringing Norv the bodies he needs to compete and let's have everyone talk about us as achievers versus under-achievers!
i think this peyton manning thing is overblown---does anyone think hes gonna stay healthy for 16 games and perform at his top level of expertise??? we should be in the drivers seat in our div this year if we come out blazing mon nite vs the raiders
Wow , chugging the koolaid like that can cause a stomach ache . AJ has gone from a certain pink slip to cementing his legacy ( I guess what that legacy entails is up to the individual fan ) in the span or 4 months without the benefit of one win .
You can like or dislike AJ's draft class but as far as a seal of approval goes , you cannot say that needs have been met other than on paper and it's certainly too early to credit AJ for anything other drafting some prospects that may or may not work out . Penciling in draftees as starters is almost funny , Mel won't start ( rotational snaps at best ) unless Philips or JJ gets benched . Reyes can't start , but at least he's a 5-tech guy so that's promising , Taylor was the worst pick of our draft , in a terrible year for safeties AJ decides it time to get one , and one that shouldn't start at that . I'm anxious to see how the safety riddle works out but not optimistic . Green might need some time but he shows promise as well . Troutman was drafted as an IR , odd but maybe there's genius in drafting someone who is unable to take the field for a year . Molk has a better chance of the P/S than "Tank" although both [positions could use depth . On a lighter note of the 7 new Chargers , 3 suffered a broken foot in college , so they got that going for them .
Not this fan - I have a bit of philosophical difference with AJ in that I don't care to go the cheap route with the OL , so I would of been inclined to take Decastro at 18 due to losing an All-Pro ( pro-bowler is no longer a valid recognition ) at the position and having a higher rated player at his position than Mel . With 100 million invested on a QB and with him being the total key to any success I think it's way too risky to make Rivers play behind a suspect OL and it's bogus to have him either get rid of the ball sooner than he'd like or get hit often . I think Decastro would be a plug-n-play guy , just not for us . If we get some sacks and Rivers get carted off will it of been the move everyone embraced ? Doubt it
Really? Half a Manning is probably a set up from Tebow...I do agree he's only one hit from retirement but they said the same thing about Montana and he went on to win a couple more Super Bowls and led the Cheifs deep into the playoffs.
Yeah I agree, Manning is a threat...but heck he hasn't played real ball in well over a year, hasn't been the icing of an Oreo between to QB Eating big boys....hasn't played in altitude every game...hasn't played outdoors (weather and grass) unless he traveled...hasn't played for this coach and those players...and while "healed" still a risk and not getting younger. Add in a tough schedule and then we shall see. We no longer are the darlings of the West...GREAT! That means we only need to win and prove ourselves instead of going in thinking we will just win because the media said so. AJ got us talent - Period! Norv has no excusses now...well except he's Norv. He gets a solid potential new D-coach, a full season on mini camps, camps, preseason then the Raiders...so not being prepared is not an excuss we will accept. I can only hope no issues with holdouts...we gotta sign them all ASAP and get on with training and conditioning.
Fbhasen seems to desire Kool-Aid, but not ready to drink....I am still on Coors Light, a little relaxation allows me to sit back and wait to see....but if and when it becomes time to drink the Kool-Aid....i will gladly change up and enjoy a toast along with you Mr. Fbhansen.....Pete can come too!!!
- Pete Spinning said... May 3, 2012, 8:56:00 AM
OHHHHHH YEAHHHH!!!!! (That was my Kool-Aid guy impression).
I would love to do that. We should go to a game, or a sports bar sometime. That way we can all say "That's what you look like?!!!!!"
Love it RaiderHater and will toast a glass of the Kool-Aid to celebrate a division championship...I don't mind eating crow and will glady BBQ up some if it means this team gets back to the playoffs and wins a game or two in the playoffs! Go Bolts!
The pink slip was in AJ haters minds, never a reality voiced by Spanos. You say AJ decides to take a safety in a bad year. Encase you haven't heard he's taken one the last three years. Here's another news flash for you, Phillips will be gone next year and it's not written in stone that he'll start all of this season or if he can stay healthy.
I can see Phillips being benched (not being the starter) as you called it, at some point in the season. Especially if English can stay healthy and/or Ingram plays as projected, then add Barnes to the mix with his improvements at the OLB position. That makes an aging OLB in his last year of his contract, headed out the door.
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Practising Stalinism and the Regulatory Paradigm March 16, 2014 at 6:17 pm
No, this isn't a 'call it Stalinist when you want to trash it' post. Rather, it's about thoughts stimulated by reading Sheila Fitzpatrick's review of J. Arch Getty's Practising Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars and the Persistence of Tradition in the LRB.
Fitzpatrick gives us an insight into Getty's view of how Russians in the 70s and 80s
organised their lives, using personal contacts to get things done, enmeshed in a network of reciprocal favours, contemptuous of state bureaucracy and skilled at evading its demands
That description reminded me of Italy a decade later, by the way. It suggests a state that
was nothing more than a mirage, and 'official institutions … just collections of people whose public façade was better than most at convincing people to obey them'. Observing his friends, [Getty] concluded that 'few people trusted or even believed in institutions; they believed in people. Everything was personal … Was the modern [Russian] state, as in Pierre Bourdieu's suspicion, creating itself through my reading of it?'
One could suggest that there is a spectrum ranging from states where governmental (Federal) power is, predominantly, obeyed (Switzerland, the UK, perhaps much of the US?) to ones were it is systematically evaded (Italy, Russia). Note that issue here isn't subsidiarity – a lot of power is held at the Cantonal level in Switzerland, and at the State and local level in the US – but rather what happens when the Federal (for want of a better word) government tries to do something: are they obeyed?
A number of legal theorists and political scientists are starting to view regulatory structures using the same tools they use to analyze states, prominently Julia Black at LSE and Kevin Young now at Amherst. (See also Meredith Wilf at Princeton.) One of the things these folks point out is that a totalizing narrative of regulatory power does not explain the facts: things are not just agreed by the powerful then passed down and implemented, but instead power is contested and polycentric. Policy may be agreed internationally, but it is always subject to renegotiation, diverse implementation, and interaction with the facts on the ground. Financial regulation, then, is not completely at the 'obey' end of the spectrum.
A particularly interesting example of this is US insurance regulation. Before the crisis, insurance in the US was state regulated, with each state having an insurance commissioner: these commissioners then collaborate through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Dodd-Frank Act mandated the creation of the Federal Insurance Office to review the actions of the commissioners rather than replace them.
Needless to say there is a good deal of friction between the state commissioners and the FIO: a recent article in Risk outlining the views of Thomas Leonardi, head insurance regulator for Connecticut, is a good example. To say that Leonardi is not enamored of Federal intervention in insurance regulation is, perhaps, to under-state the case.
For these purposes at least I don't want to take a position on whether the FIO is right or not. What's interesting, rather, is how contested its authority is. Yes, Dodd Frank says that it has certain powers and responsibilities. No, it is not being allowed to exercise them without considerable push-back, not just from the regulated, but other regulators. Indeed, the latter seem rather more vocal than the former. It's very much, for the moment anyway, at the Russian end of the spectrum.
One final thought. The Bourdieu point is important. As he said with the characteristic lucidity of the twentieth century French philosopher:
Official language, particularly the system of concepts by means of which the members of a given group provide themselves with a representation of their social relations … sanctions and imposes what it states, tacitly laying down the dividing line between the thinkable and the unthinkable, thereby contributing towards the maintenance of the symbolic order from which it draws its authority.
Think of that the next time you start to read the text of a new regulation…


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