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Mark Hughes emerged from his dugout for the first time and stood there, arms folded. The Britannia Stadium erupted, most home supporters offering a standing ovation. He hadn't done anything apart from move position in his technical area. Stoke had only registered one shot in the opening 15 minutes. Yet they clapped for a good 60 seconds or so – greeting their new manager in his first home game. Strangely, Hughes did not recognise the gesture. Perhaps he did not realise it was all meant for him. But it was a reception appropriate for a liberator.
If any football match illustrates exactly how a manager's reputation can swing, then it was this. At half time, Hughes trudged towards the tunnel with the crowd hissing. The boos were deserved. Crystal Palace were worthy leaders.
Forty-five minutes later, though, Hughes was congratulating all of his players on the pitch. He acknowledged every stand. Every stand acknowledged him. Stoke had won. Everything had changed.
This was a strange encounter. Initially, everything that could have gone wrong for Stoke did go wrong. In the first half, they created little and their defending was awful.
Afterwards, Hughes' relief was obvious. "We saw the game out comfortably in the end but it was a struggle," he admitted. "It will take time to implement what we really want."
There are clues that Stoke are changing. Players are featuring in their natural positions for a start. Centre halves are no longer deployed at full back while full backs are no longer deployed in the middle of midfield, just to accommodate someone who can throw a ball very far. Footballers are no longer missing out. Charlie Adam, for example, was not expelled to the left hand side of midfield and instead here began where he feels most comfortable. The trick worked.
Yet Hughes is no magician; he is not Rinus Michels. His best spell in club management was at Blackburn Rovers where he shaped a team that was the football equivalent of a Panzer Army: strong, brusque and often unforgiving.
The intent was there, to try and pass more. Most of it went through Adam, who, operating as a quarterback – was reasonably impressive. The problem was, Adam was often so deep, it left a gap further forward and it meant that Peter Crouch isolated and forlorn.
From goal-kicks, Stoke tried to play. In the opening minutes, goalkeeper Asmir Begovic passed it out to Robert Huth. Huth passed it short to Adam who then passed it back to Begovic. The process repeated itself a few times but no progression was made. By the time Steven Nzonzi got a touch, the crowd were nervous; the Frenchman gave it away and had Dwight Gayle's cross been more confident, Palace would have taken the lead.
Perhaps Palace would not have eventually taken that lead, indeed, had Ryan Shawcross not been seemingly thinking about the best way to keep possession in play. In seasons gone by, Shawcross would have thumped Dean Moxey's long clearance high into the stand. Instead, he dwelt far too long, Marouane Chamakh lurked and then capitalised in the most ruthless way, cutting a shot underneath Begovic.
Stoke's recovery was complete within four second half minutes. The equaliser came when Adam calmly converted after Crouch had knocked a cross from the left into his path. The winner then arrived soon after; Shawcross redeeming himself after Chamakh decided he did not want to enter a tackle despite being in a good position to do so. Chamakh was immediately substituted by Ian Holloway, the Palace manager.
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George is shocked to see that his dad has breasts but he says that he saw him naked in "The Statue", so he should already know.
George is worried that he may develop breasts because he has seen his father's. After speaking with Jerry he is worried it may be passed down from his grandmother. However then proceeds to ask Estelle about his grandmother who obviously would talk about her mother who is not related to Frank.
The replacement couch that was initially soiled by Poppie is completely different than the couch soiled in "The Couch."
Here's a small editing goof: When Jerry is waiting for the elevator to come, in the first minute of the episode, we see the doorman standing behind him with the paper in both hands and smiling. Then Jerry talks to the doorman about the Knicks and as the doorman answers he lets his paper down and changes his expression. A few seconds later, as Jerry turns back to the elevator, he's back in the same pose with the paper in both hands and the same smile. It's obviously the same scene as before.
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Frank: You had me sleeping on a pee-stained couch?!
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Kramer: Say you're getting intimate with a woman, you don't want her fumbling and struggling back there. I think we've all experienced that.
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Jerry: (about Frank Costanza's breasts) So what? A lot of older men have that.
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Larry Miller and Jerry Seinfeld worked together before, Larry was a performer in Jerry's very first TV special, and was also in Jerry's "I'm Telling You For the Last Time" HBO special. Jerry was also in the 1999 movie "Pros & Cons" with Miller.
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In the 1976 film, "The Marathon Man" starring Dustin Hoffman and Sir Laurence Olivier, there is a scene late in the movie that appears to be the basis for a scene in this Seinfeld episode. In "The Marathon Man", Olivier's character is recognized by New York Jewish immigrants as having been a Nazi torturer in a concentration camp in WWII. They follow him as he hurries along a New York City sidewalk and call for him to stop, crying his name out. I feel almost sure this scene is the inspiration for the Seinfeld scene where the German tourists chase Kramer down the streeet as he carries what they believe to be a stolen record player. They're calling out for someone to stop Kramer because, having seen him pull a fake hold-up on George, they think he's a criminal.
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My mom changed her name when she was in her 20s. Nothing drastic, she just combined her first name and her middle name.
She said she regretted that - not sure why, she just said it was a spur of the moment thing. Nobody ever calls her by that anyway - I don't think most people even know about the second half of her name.
Anyway, I like the name Margaret, but McKenzie (that is your first name, right?) is pretty, too.
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Two years ago when the world was shocked at activities of Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi it was a popular plea to urge his overthrow. There are always unintended consequences when outside nations decide to topple a dictator. Just ask the American people who saw 4,000 of their young men and women get killed in order to get rid of Saddam Hussein. After Gaddafi left the scene, thousands of militant Muslims who he recruited from Mali decided to return home laden with gifs of weapons of mass destruction. They quickly too possession of the norther half of Mali and instituted a deathly form of Sharia Muslim law, amputations included.
Mali militants are marching South in order to bring their version of the Muslim religion to all people. Unfortunately, the Mali army is only good at overthrowing governments-no one shoots back. The French government has rushed troops and planes to halt the militant drive. The African Union is also considering sending troops. French planes blasted the militants and the government is hoping they soon will be joined by soldiers on the ground.
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President Vladmir Putin's political party, United Russia, has been dominating the electoral field during the past few months. But, despite its control over media outlets, laws which curtail opportunities for other political parties to elect members of the Duma, the electorate appears to have an overwhelming boredom with the entire process. United Russia was garnering 57% of potential votes in October, but now its numbers are down to about 44%. The ironic aspect of this decline is that competitive parties are not gaining additional votes, people appear to be indifferent. They are probably tired of inflation and the lack of competition in a vote dominated by one party. A party must gain at least 7% of the vote in order to qualify to have any of its members elected to the Duma. As of this point, it appears only the Communist party will reach that number.
President Putin lacks trust in the Russian people and thus has stacked laws to prevent opposition parties from electing members to the Duma. Ironically, in so doing, he has made the election boring and irrelevant to most Russians. Why develop an interest when the entire process is arranged so United Russia will eventually win.


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- The power generation industry volume is defined as the total electrical energy (TWh) generated within a country over the course of each calendar year.The value of the industry is given by multiplying volume by the annual average wholesale power price, or equivalent. The power generation industry is segmented by volume into electricity produced from nuclear, conventional (thermal generation from fossil fuels), and renewable (hydropower, wind, solar, biomass, and similar) sources. It excludes energy sourced from hydroelectric pumped storage. All currency conversions were calculated using constant average annual 2014 exchange rates.
- The Italian power generation industry had total revenues of $28.1bn in 2014, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2% between 2010 and 2014.
- Industry production volumes declined with a CARC of -1.8% between 2010 and 2014, to reach a total of 277.6 TWh in 2014.
- Energy efficiency initiatives designed to reduce the amount of energy required by consumer and industrial end users, are being implemented at both a national and European governmental level.
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Leading company profiles reveal details of key power generation market players global operations and financial performance
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What was the size of the Italy power generation market by value in 2014?
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Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Threat of substitutes 18
Degree of rivalry 19
Leading Companies 20
A2A SpA 20
Alpiq Holding AG 23
Enel SpA 26
GDF Suez SA 30
Macroeconomic Indicators 35
Country Data 35
Methodology 37
Industry associations 38
Related MarketLine research 38
Appendix 39
About MarketLine 39
Table 1: Italy power generation industry value: $ million, 2010-14 8
Table 2: Italy power generation industry volume: TWh, 2010-14 9
Table 3: Italy power generation industry category segmentation: TWh, 2014 10
Table 4: Italy power generation industry geography segmentation: $ million, 2014 11
Table 5: Italy power generation industry value forecast: $ million, 2014-19 12
Table 6: Italy power generation industry volume forecast: TWh, 2014-19 13
Table 7: A2A SpA: key facts 20
Table 8: A2A SpA: key financials ($) 21
Table 9: A2A SpA: key financials (Euro) 21
Table 10: A2A SpA: key financial ratios 21
Table 11: Alpiq Holding AG: key facts 23
Table 12: Alpiq Holding AG: key financials ($) 24
Table 13: Alpiq Holding AG: key financials (CHF) 24
Table 14: Alpiq Holding AG: key financial ratios 24
Table 15: Enel SpA: key facts 26
Table 16: Enel SpA: key financials ($) 27
Table 17: Enel SpA: key financials (Euro) 28
Table 18: Enel SpA: key financial ratios 28
Table 19: GDF Suez SA: key facts 30
Table 20: GDF Suez SA: key financials ($) 32
Table 21: GDF Suez SA: key financials (Euro) 33
Table 22: GDF Suez SA: key financial ratios 33
Table 23: Italy size of population (million), 2010-14 35
Table 24: Italy gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2010-14 35
Table 25: Italy gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2010-14 35
Table 26: Italy inflation, 2010-14 36
Table 27: Italy consumer price index (absolute), 2010-14 36
Table 28: Italy exchange rate, 2010-14 36
Figure 1: Italy power generation industry value: $ million, 2010-14 8
Figure 2: Italy power generation industry volume: TWh, 2010-14 9
Figure 3: Italy power generation industry category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2014 10
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Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the power generation industry in Italy, 2014 19
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The repercussions of Tottenham's humiliating 5-2 defeat to local rivals Arsenal will not have a damning effect on the remainder of the team's top flight campaign this season, but what it should at least prompt is a shake-up in personnel, with William Gallas still unfathomably being selected ahead of Michael Dawson each and every week.
Tottenham are the only team in the top half of the table with a minus goal difference, having scored 20 but conceded 21 goals this season, more than Reading and only two fewer than QPR, currently found propping up the table. They've kept just one clean sheet in the league, which is fewer than both Wigan and Norwich and a lot of their problems clearly stem from the back, namely the central defensive partnership.
Injuries have become an issue this season, with both Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Younes Kaboul being sidelined with respective knee problems, while the loss of Moussa Dembele with a hip injury since the international break in October has been absolutely pivotal in the team's recent downturn in form, which has seen them lose four of their last five league games, beating only Southampton during that run.
Scott Parker's absence must also be taken into account, given that he is still recovering from an achilles injury and while he may not be set for quite the same pivotal role he enjoyed under Harry Redknapp last season, when he does eventually return, he's surely a better option than Tom Huddlestone and he helps provide strength in depth, while PFA Young Player of the Year Kyle Walker (pft!) has been in some truly rotten form so far this season.
The goalkeeping rotation policy between Brad Friedel and Hugo Lloris has been made into an issue by the press seeking for a stick to beat a manager they clearly don't like all that much with, but the constant chopping and changing may have had something of a destabilising effect on the back four given that both stoppers have different styles and will command the back four in different ways.
However, the biggest problem of all has been the continued reliance on Gallas, a 35-year-old centre-back in decline. He's a player with a history of fractious relationships with team-mates and yet he is tasked with being the authoritative voice and figure in a young and inexperienced back four. His performance in the 5-1 mauling at Wembley last season to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, where at one point he quite literally stopped running after his man in the build-up to a goal should have been the end of his time at the club, and it beggars belief that he's still there altogether, let alone enjoying such a pivotal role.
According to Opta, Gallas has made a total of four defensive errors which have directly led to goals this season and he's won just 69% of his aerial duels on top of that. He's never been the tallest centre-back around, instead preferring to rely on his pace to get him out of sticky situations, but even that has slowed right down to a crawl now. The back four is an absolute shambles, and with him as the senior figure leading it, he has to take responsibility for the team's terrible defensive record.
It seems Dawson has never quite been Villas-Boas' cup of tea, whether it's that he's considered too slow for the high line that he likes his teams to operate with, or too clumsy is anyone's guess, and he's been reduced to just four substitute appearances in the league so far and two Europa League starts after being linked with a move away to QPR all summer, a deal which I'm sure Mark Hughes had wished he'd have made a top priority now.
I reasoned in the summer that despite the acquisition of Jan Vertonghen, a versatile performer who has for the most part been pretty decent since his arrival, that the club could have done with buying at least one other centre-back in the summer, simply due to the fragile nature of all the ones at the club – Dawson (just coming back from a year out), King (chronic knee problem, since forced to retire), Vertonghen (adapting to a new league and culture), Caulker (inexperienced) and Gallas (woeful) – and that has since transpired to be the case. Only Younes Kaboul is without such an obvious weakness to his game at the moment and he's out injured for the foreseeable future.
Villas-Boas has been mocked by many for a stubborn refusal to integrate new ideas when things aren't going according to plan, but Dawson's arrival in the second half against Arsenal as the Portuguese coach switched to a defensive trio almost paid dividends and was a brave and bold move.
Nevertheless, on the issue of Gallas' continued presence in the starting eleven, stubbornness is the only logical explanation as to why he's still in the side when his performances have been so poor and there's a viable and most importantly, better alternative waiting in the wings.
Managers always have blind spots, and that Villas-Boas earmarked Dawson for the exit door would seem to be the only thing keeping him on the bench at the moment and preventing him from starting ahead of Gallas, but when that stubbornness starts to cost you points, then it's time to re-evaluate your position. Pride has no place in football and if he wants to help shore up a porous backline, he needs to admit that he was wrong in the first place and make the change sooner rather than later, or run the risk of seeing their top four hopes continue to fall just out of reach.
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Over at the National Council for Research on Women's blog, The Real Deal, there is a really interesting forum of blog posts on non-traditional families, in honor of the 15th annual National Parent's Day, which was on Sunday.
Generally, this holiday is used to promote the image of two-parent, "traditional" families. The National Parent's Day website describes the day:
"Since the creation of this annual day of commemoration, local faith communities, elected officials and activists throughout the nation have creatively launched many activities around the theme of Parents' Day designed to celebrate and strengthen the traditional, two-parent family. The National Parents' Day Council does not envision Parents' Day to be yet "another" day to honor parents, but rather a day when parents honor their children and the God-centered family ideal by rededicating themselves to manifest the highest standard of unconditional true love."
A description that doesn't universally apply to the families I know by any means. And they are perfectly happy, healthy, wonderful people who also "manifest the highest standard of unconditional true love."
The NCRW knows how out of check "traditional families" are with reality and wants to reclaim National Parent's Day by demonstrating the beautiful diversity of families in the United States.
There are some really awesome posts up. There are posts by Deborah Siegel on being pregnant in a recession; by Rebekah Spicuglia on non-custodial parenting; by Amanda Harris on the LGBTQ Families movement; and by Amy Sueyoshi on recognizing caregivers. I also happen to have one up on the culture/religion of my family and feminism. Though it's from my perspective, I wrote it with my Dad – his first blog post ever! He tried to write it like a business letter and it was amusing. Luckily, I stepped in.
Please go check it out – there aren't really a lot of comments up and I think it's really important to enforce the idea that not every family has a Mommy, Daddy and 2.5 kids that live in a 3 bedroom house in a gated community. Diversity is beautiful!
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Marla @ at 7:10 am, December 25th, 2010
One thing I do know is that no matter how far we come it almost always seems like we are going to be fighting this fight. People still wonder who killed Jesus , yet so few care about who killed womans rights in all its forms before mans saviour even came along. Keep fighting girls, this is a fight that is thousands of years old and I just hope it wont be thousands of years before we are given the god damned equality we deserve.


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Lutheran college alumni are more likely than public flagship alumni to report having faith and morality discussions integrated into their education. In addition, they are more likely to have been involved in church-related activities. This involvement seems to have translated into their current lives.
Now more than ever, Lutheran colleges offer more opportunities for leadership, mentoring, teamwork, and volunteerism.
Lutheran college alumni report a growing involvement with faculty in and out of the classroom. In addition, Lutheran college alumni are more likely than their public flagship counterparts to report that they benefited from quality, teaching-oriented faculty. The survey also showed that, compared to alumni of large public universities, alumni of Lutheran colleges and universities are more likely to be:
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The Arabic Network of Human Rights Information has taken a close look at the state of press freedom in the United Arab Emirates in the wake of a recent decision by Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoom, to overrule a judge who had sentenced two journalists to jail. That was, said the group, a "wise decision".
But, and it appears to be a rather big but, press freedom - well, freedom of expression in all its forms - has still to be achieved in the UAE in spite of its media explosion. The hrinfo report begins with the most obvious example of censorship: the state-ordered shut-down of two Pakistani TV channels, Geo and Ary One, at the request of Pakistan's military dictator, General Musharraf. That drew international condemnation, but there have been other worrying cases.
Teachers' protest: a demonstration by teachers upset by being moved to different posts was not covered by any paper except the English-language Gulf News. Why?
Banned play: Four hours before it was due to be staged at a festival in Doha the drama entitled Kholkhal was banned by the ministry of culture and media on the grounds that it did not represent the reality of the local youth.
Bans on writers: The newspaper Khaleej refused to publish an essay by AbdelKhaliq Abdullah about the necessity for evaluating the performance of UAE universities. He is said to be one of several writers who are subject to bans. They include Said Harib, Mohammed Al-Rokn and Mohammed Almansoory.
Book publishing ban: The ministry of culture and youth has refused permission for Emarati writer and artist Manal Bin Omar to publish her book of poems, Away From The Hands of Whores. The ministry demanded that the "immoral" title be changed.
Website banned: Six legal actions have been launched against Majan.net website, which is now banned under a court order.
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In this (Experimental) presentation from SharePoint Connections 2010 in Amsterdam you will learn all about the new social computing capabilities of SharePoint 2010. Social bookmarking, tagging and ranking, blogs and wikis and social search for people. After an introduction about Social Computing from Daniel McPherson, Robin Meure and Mark van Lunenburg demonstrate how social computing works in practice.
Daniel "Point2Share" McPherson has been involved in SharePoint since attending the first public announcement of project "Tahoe" at the Microsoft Technical Briefing in January 1999. It has had a profound impact on his career, taking him to the doorstep of hundreds of companies, of all shapes and sizes, in a range of industries and in over 25 different countries. He's worked on projects that create solutions, evaluate possibilities, deploy to tens of thousands of users and fix problems when the sirens are sounding. After 10 years at Microsoft, spent mostly in Microsoft Consulting Services, he co-founded zevenseas (www.zevenseas.com), a boutique consultancy focused solely on the SharePoint platform, and is having more fun than ever before. You can find Daniel blogging at: http://community.zevenseas.com/blogs/daniel or on twitter: http://twitter.com/danmc.
Robin has almost 6 years of experience with SharePoint. He works for zevenseas as part of a company dedicated to solving business problems with a combination of SharePoint and creativity. He helps a range of customers plan, deploy and build solutions on SharePoint, and participates actively in the broader SharePoint community though his blog (http://community.zevenseas.com/blogs/robin ) and many contributions to CodePlex. He is a founding member of the SharePoint Black Belts established by Microsoft in Holland to promote skills sharing among its partners.
Mark van Lunenburg has almost four years of experience with SharePoint, starting with SharePoint 2007 and recently working on early SharePoint 2010. He is working for zevenseas, a company with a SharePoint heart dedicated in solving business problems by using SharePoint and creativity. Mark has worked for different kinds of customers, each having their own unique requirements. He plans, builds and deploys solutions on top of SharePoint. Mark participates in the SharePoint community through his blog (http://community.zevenseas.com/blogs/mark) and via Twitter (http://twitter.com/markvlunenburg).
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Re: Northstar Head/Engine removal
Yes, yes, yes, 54,407, considering it, not really, I have & that's part of why I'm taking a chance on it.
It's been sitting under trees in Dallas; there are a couple of small paint chips, 3 small parking lot dings, 2 very small dings in the trunk lid (hail, i think - a dry ice fix?), flaky chrome on the bead seat of the rr wheel (wire brushed it; it will now hold air at 35psi, but not at 25), some small gouging in the centers of two of the wheels, & some scuffing on top of the rf fender which I think will polish out. There is also some slightly noticeable gouging in the right plastic taillight moulding showing the car wasn't deep enough into the garage when the overhead door was closed. I washed it and in spite of these details the car looks quite good, and I don't think I'll have much trouble caring for most of them.
The interior is perfect, needs cleaning and that's it.
I met with a fellow from Wichita yesterday who is reputed to be perhaps one of the most knowledgeable and competent N* people around (and, small world that this is, the business partner of a long-time good friend). He hasn't seen the car, but we discussed it at length and developed a diagnostic plan. Based on my description, he 1) isn't convinced the head gaskets are bad, 2) detailed a fix if they are, and 3) has a couple of motors on pallets just in case my problem goes beyond anything anticipated, neither of which he would install without re-threading even though they're in fine shape.
I'm going to dive into this as soon as I clear the desk of a couple of crises.
A week ago, I considered following the advice of every one I know and running from this thing. I'm now somewhere between cautiously and somewhat confidently optimistic.
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Re: Northstar Head/Engine removal
A block test will tell if you do have head gasket/bolt problems or not. Nothing, and I mean nothing should be done before the block tests.
Is it overheating?
If you do confirm that those are the suspect ... I personally don't like threaded inserts and I suggest engine studs manufactured for Northstar engines. Though, Norm's inserts is a legitimate repair method too.
If your block test comes out negative ... then it's time to find external leaks.
Re: Northstar Head/Engine removal
I finally got a look at the videos - that is a neat, simple test. I never would've thought of looking for co2. The mechanic here at the bus barn has one of these tools and offered to let me borrow it. It'll be another week before I can get to it - one last crisis on the desk - but at least I'm close to getting a handle on this thing.
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We are glad to see that hole 15 has been returned. It is unfortunate that we had to go without it for any length of time but needless to say, we are glad to have it back. The parks department is anxious to work with us for other course improvements and they have already put down some wood chips on the course. We have it good with the New Berlin Parks Department and I know all of our league members will do everything in our power to keep it that way.
There is the threat of rain tonight (I know, what's new right?) but even if we do get any - I think it will be very light and scattered. Come on out and get every point you can because you know you'll have to miss some other week for some other obligation so coming every week possible is in your best interest.
Bring a mini tonight - we will be going out randomly! Yes, that means you could get matched up with superstars like Jonny V, or Spring League Champion, Brad Weber. Dave Olson has jumped into disc golf and is clearly no slump either so regardless of whomever is in your group tonight - make sure you learn something from them. It might be what you SHOULD do to improve your game or maybe it's event something you SHOULDN'T do. Either way - learn something and have fun!
Spassland Leagues run by Matt Atherton will start up in Germantown on Thursday night. Just throwing that out there!
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Anyone who has been too the "Cypress Swamps" knows of what I speak.
That place still has wild Indians and dinosaurs.
They have tourist paths too walk on, when you visit the place.
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District 6 School Board member Kelly Harmony had one question about a proposed wellness program for students in Bedford County Public Schools: Will this lead the school system to begin patrolling lunch boxes in the cafeteria?
The answer: That's yet to be determined.
During a work session last Thursday, members of the School Board discussed proposed changes to the school system's strategic plan. One of the three proposed changes includes implementing a comprehensive student wellness program.
After an award winning year of spreading the message, Liberty High School's Youth of Virginia Speak Out club is reaching out even more.
The special election for the District 3 School Board seat will be a two-way race after all.
Dr. John Hicks, who was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Brad Whorley, is being challenged by Eric Thompson.
Moonshining is getting a lot of attention locally with the opening of the movie "Lawless," based upon Depression-era bootlegging in Franklin County.
A new exhibit at the Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library will explore the issue as well.
"Ardent Spirits & Mean Whiskey: A History of Moonshining in Bedford County & Virginia's Southside" is opening this week at the Bedford Museum.
Unlike District 3, District 2 is seeing a three-way race to fill the seat vacated by David Vaden.
Jennifer Merritt, who was appointed to the seat by the school board, is being challenged by Charlotte Maxey and Jason Johnson.
Merritt is a free-lance journalist who writes for Lancaster Farming, a weekly agricultural publication. She said it has three regional editions.
"I write for the southern edition," she said.
The resignation of two members of the Bedford County School Board this year means that there will be special elections to fill those unexpired terms in November.
Dr. John Hicks was appointed to fill the District 3 school board seat vacated by Brad Whorley. Dr. Hicks has qualified to be on the November ballot. He is running unopposed.
Following two incidents last year at Jefferson Forest High School, and other recent cases at the county's other high schools, Bedford County Public Schools has implemented training sessions this year to help prevent the sexual misconduct of teachers, coaches and other employees with students.
Tim Parker, director of human resources for the school system, said the training came after the Department of Education suggested all public school systems take a look at their policies on that issue and prevention training for staff.
Several years ago the Bedford County School Board passed a policy setting standard prices for groups using school facilities. That policy is now again under review after District 6 board member Kelly Harmony questioned the prices some groups have been quoted for facility use.
By next year, the grading scale being utilized in Bedford County Public Schools could be changed to a 10-point scale.
The school board is considering a recommendation by school staff to change from the 7-point scale to the 10-point scale, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. That, according to staff, would give administrators time to work with teachers to understand the new scale and grading system.
The Bedford County School Board has been piecing together its possible capital project needs for the next 20 years.
The potential price tag: $125 million.
Members plan to take the proposal to the County Supervisors next month and get approval to put in motion one of the plan's major projects—building a new middle school in the Liberty Zone. That project is one both boards will, at some point, have to agree on, assuming the reversion of the city of Bedford to town status takes place.
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Discussing this issue are conservative columnist Cal Thomas and liberal strategist Bob Beckel. (Related: Read previous columns)
Bob: Cal, the wiretapping of American citizens without court orders is outrageous. The president has been quick to put opponents of the program on the defensive, but I'm not biting. I was in the White House group in 1978 that worked to pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. FISA was in response to President Nixon using the National Security Agency (NSA) and CIA to monitor U.S. citizens. Bush can try intimidation all he wants, but the fact is he is violating FISA.
Cal: The Nixon wiretaps were conducted for domestic political reasons, Bob, so that the president could spy on and discredit his enemies. President Bush says his administration's eavesdropping has been strictly limited to those suspected of communicating and plotting with terrorists to kill us. Has politics so clouded liberals' vision and their joint responsibility to protect us that they can't see the difference?
Bob: Bush has said his aides briefed Congress on the wiretaps. They briefed eight members out of 535, and then swore them to secrecy. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that by authorizing war against Afghanistan and Iraq, Congress gave broad powers to the president to undertake "all necessary means" to prosecute the war. The problem with that is that the NSA, which intercepts calls and e-mails, was doing Bush's bidding before the war resolution was passed.
Cal: That's because the terror threat has existed for more than 20 years. Ever heard of pre-emptive self-defense? On your other point, imagine the leaks if the president had briefed all 535 members. He might as well have held a news conference and announced the clandestine eavesdropping effort. It has been more than four years since the 9/11 attacks, and we have not been hit again. If we had, your side would have been the first to accuse this president of failing to protect us and to employ sufficient means to neutralize the terrorists.
Bob: It was the White House, not Democrats, that cited the war resolution as the reason the president could wiretap Americans. You conservatives have an uncanny ability to be apologists for Bush and ignore his own words — even when they're false. The argument about no attacks since 9/11 is hardly a good reason for circumventing the law. There have been exactly three foreign terrorist attacks in the USA in the past 56 years. Not having one in the past four years shouldn't give a president free rein.
Cal: If you want to live in the past, Bob, let's talk about the Clinton White House. His administration misinterpreted FISA and the Fourth Amendment. It built a "wall" between various intelligence-gathering agencies which kept them from sharing important information. But the terrorists have the luxury of not having to ask a court for permission to kill. I'd venture to guess that most Americans don't mind bugging the bad guys if it can prevent more attacks.
Bob: Come on Cal! The 9/11 Commission said the Bush administration ignored mounting evidence in the months leading up to the attacks that such a strike was possible. Do you really want to play the blame game on this? The American people have moved on. We should too.
Cal: Fair enough, Bob. I think we can both agree that intelligence failures have been bipartisan.
Bob: Look, no one here is rooting for the terrorists or looking to give them loopholes. But some of the measures used to fight this war have crossed a line. The intercepts weren't being done as laser-focused law enforcement. The outrageous fact is that they are gathered by computers looking for key words, phrases and patterns. To do this the government runs millions of calls and e-mails through NSA computers with the help of major U.S. telecommunication companies. Many innocent conversations and e-mails are being caught in this wide net.
Cal: That sounds like good police work to me. With our enemies employing computers and encrypted devices, how are we going to find them if we don't play on their field? They are using our Constitution against us and hoping we shackle ourselves with legal niceties. That may not be the intention of those crying about civil liberties, but it may in fact be the result. Millions of people are searched at airports before boarding planes, and some are given full body pat-downs. That's more invasive than searching for key words.
Bob: Searching fliers at airports is also legal; warrantless wiretaps are not. The president likes to say that we are fighting terrorism to protect our way of life. He should be reminded that our way of life includes Fourth Amendment protections against the government invading our privacy. I remember when this right was among the most important rights to conservatives. Where is the outrage from you guys, Cal?
Cal: President Bush has said only a small number of people suspected of talking to terrorists or plotting new attacks have been monitored, not "millions." If even one of those operations discovers someone who might kill you or your family, isn't that better than having your funeral eulogist praise your commitment to the Fourth Amendment?
Bob: I suppose we'll find out whether it's millions or not when Congress has hearings. But I do know that the Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan group that examined the president's eavesdropping, found the White House's justification troubling and based on very weak legal arguments — whether it was a million wiretaps or one.
Cal: As I've said before, the law often trails events. Even so, I support hearings, but not as political posturing. This is too important for partisanship or politics as usual. Which begs the question: How can we rely on 535 members of Congress to protect the country from terrorists when it appears many of them can't protect themselves from lobbyists?
Bob: Indeed! Talk about bipartisanship. But Cal, if it turns out millions were scanned, will you finally stop taking what this White House says at face value?
Cal: Bob, I don't buy everything this president tells me. As you know, I even share your concern that too much power in the hands of any branch of government is counter to what the Founders intended and potentially puts our civil liberties in jeopardy. Like taxes, a right ceded to government is difficult to get back. But you can't argue with results, and the fact is 9/11 has not been repeated.
Bob: And?
Cal: Even so, regular and (please) bipartisan oversight of a restructured FISA in tandem with the rapidly changing tactics of our enemies would preserve our lives and our liberties. I want you around to continue these conversations. Can we agree about bipartisan oversight, as well as having you around?
Bob: We can agree on both. Can we also agree that the FISA court review the president's spying program, with its findings sent to the Supreme Court for a ruling on the legality of the Bush program? If both courts agree that the president was within his rights to order these intercepts without warrants, then we can put the issue to rest. Remember Ronald Reagan's famous line, "Trust, but verify"? Let's apply it here.
Cal: Yes, I remember, but Reagan was talking about communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was certainly worthy of our suspicions. I'm happy to agree on a review of the president's actions by the Supreme Court, especially after Judge Samuel Alito joins it.
Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckelis a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot.


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