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In most instances, National Hockey League scouts and others who evaluate draft-eligible players have to try and find the players that will not be the best at age 18, but rather at 25. It is why the NHL draft in itself is such a hard task, as players can really change for the better or worse over the course of seven years.
Within the next few months, almost all of the 213 men that were selected in the 2006 NHL entry draft will be 25. And while nobody in 2006 had the luxury of seeing how these players would be perceived in 2013, we can now formally evaluate their performance. If all the players drafted in this year were thrown back into the pool and re-selected, the top ten picks would look much, much different. Here is the 2006 NHL Draft: Revisited.
1st overall: St. Louis Blues select Erik Johnson
Erik Johnson will likely go down as the worst 1st overall selection of the post-lockout era. Johnson was a star of the USNT development program, and was a big-body with an offensive prowess. Unfortunately, the Blues did not experience the Erik Johnson that they had hoped to when they selected him with the 1st overall selection. He played only two and a half seasons in St. Louis before being shipped off to Colorado for Chris Stewart and Kevin Shattenkirk. Had EJ been taken outside of the top five, he would be a solid pickup for any team that drafted him. Unfortunately, he never lived up to his top pick expectations, therefore making him a "miss" for the Blues.
Revised pick: Jonathan Toews (up 2 spots, from 3 to 1)
2nd overall: Pittsburgh Penguins select Jordan Staal
Overall, the Pittsburgh Penguins got exactly what they expected in Jordan Staal. He was not an offensive dynamo for the Peterborough Petes, but he certainly was a dependable two-way forward, and that was evident with the Pens. Staal was a versatile player that could play any role on the top three lines, penalty kill, or power play. Despite being the third centre on the depth chart, he always filled in when an injury occurred and was deemed the "best third-line centre in the league". His reign in Pittsburgh ended with a trade to Carolina because of his desire to play a more prominent role, but there is no denying that Jordan Staal's time in Pittsburgh was a success. He did not become the second-best player in the draft, but the Penguins certainly did not make a mistake by drafting him.
Revised pick: Claude Giroux (up 20 spots, from 22 to 2)
3rd overall: Chicago Blackhawks select Jonathan Toews
With the 3rd selection in the 2006 draft, the Blackhawks hit the jackpot, selecting the best player in Jonathan Toews. Toews' body of work in his six NHL seasons is remarkable. He has won two Stanley Cups for the Hawks, including a Conn Smythe Trophy during their run in 2010. Point production aside, Toews has been a force to be reckoned with. He will play any role on the team, and his work ethic and leadership skills have been recognized across the league. He was named the youngest captain in league history in terms of games played, a Selke Trophy winner in 2013, and was an integral part of the Canadian Olympic gold in 2010 at Vancouver. Jonathan Toews has morphed into a perennial player amongst the league, and the Blackhawks got extremely lucky that he skipped past the first two picks.
Revised pick: Nicklas Backstrom (up 1 spot, from 4 to 3)
4th overall: Washington Capitals select Nicklas Backstrom
When the Capitals selected franchise player Alex Ovechkin in 2004, they could not have molded a better player from scratch to play with him. Nicklas Backstrom, ever since he made the squad in 2007-08, has been the perfect compliment to Ovechkin's game. He has 306 assists in 413 games, creating a lethal duo on the first line. In addition to his ability to dish the puck, Backstrom has also been incredibly reliable in terms of health. Aside from a concussion in 2011-12, Backstrom has only missed five games with the Caps. He's a pretty bad actor, but Backstrom was a perfect selection for the Capitals in this draft.
Revised pick: Phil Kessel (up 1 spot, from 5 to 4)
5th overall: Boston Bruins select Phil Kessel
Phil Kessel's tenure in Boston was short, but certainly lively. Kessel left the U of Minnesota to play immediately for the Bruins, and started slow out of the gate. However, he broke free in his third year with a 36 goal campaign. However, he was shipped to Toronto in a highly controversial deal involving Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton shortly after. But that trade did not stop Kessel from being a top-flight goal-scoring threat in the NHL. In four seasons with the Leafs, Kessel has scored 119 goals in 282 games, and has been over a point-per-game in his last two seasons. He's also been very healthy and consistent in Toronto, not missing a single game after sitting 12 games out recovering from surgery at the beginning of his first season. He may have left the team at a young age, but the Boston Bruins selected a fantastic player, one of the premium players of this draft.
Revised pick: Jordan Staal (down 3 spots, from 2 to 5)
6th overall: Columbus Blue Jackets select Derick Brassard
Not surprisingly, the Blue Jackets did not draft well with their 6th selection. Derick Brassard, despite being a force to be reckoned with in the QMJHL with Drummondville, was never an impactful player amidst his time in Columbus. In 309 games, Brassard only netted 169 points, and never regained the form he showed in 31 games in 2008-09, where he got a very promising 25 points. He was at the forefront of controversy when his agent Allan Walsh publicly voiced his displeasure with head coach Scott Arniel, and was ultimately traded in a package with John Moore and Derek Dorsett to New York. While it has been a small sample size, Brassard has flourished in the big apple, and perhaps a change of scenery was all he needed. However, for now it is apparent that Brassard was not a top ten selection in this draft.
Revised pick: Milan Lucic (up 44 spots from 50 to 6)
7th overall: New York Islanders select Kyle Okposo
Similar to Derick Brassard, Kyle Okposo has never quite lived up to the hype or potential that everybody has expected of him. Okposo has scored 185 points in
319 games, failing to show the point-production that was apparent at the university and AHL levels. Also similar to Brassard, Okposo was fantastic during the 2013 playoffs, scoring 3 goals and 4 points in 6 games. While it is a very small window to judge a player by, it is entirely possible that Okposo will be a very good player soon enough. However, so far it can be ruled that Okposo was a reach of a pick by the Islanders, and not a top ten player in this draft.
Revised pick: Chris Stewart (up 11 spots from 18 to 7)
8th overall: Phoenix Coyotes select Peter Mueller
Had it not been for injuries, it is possible that Mueller would be a top player in this draft. However, the injury bug hit Mueller hard, with concussions, post-concussion syndrome, and even a groin injury. In his 6 NHL seasons, Mueller has only played 297 of a possible 458 games, and 90 of a possible 212 games in his last three seasons. He showed glimmers of talent, but considering he is still an unrestricted free agent heading into August, it is unlikely that Mueller will ever justify his 8th overall selection.
Revised pick: Erik Johnson (down 7 spots from 1 to 8)
9th overall: Minnesota Wild select James Sheppard
James Sheppard will likely be considered the biggest bust of this draft. After showing signs of offensive talent for Cape Breton in the QMJHL, Sheppard has been a highly disappointing player. He has only broken 20 points once in his career, and has twice failed to hit double digits in ample opportunity in game. Even a trade to San Jose couldn't change Sheppard's lack of success. It is very apparent that he was not worth a first round selection, let alone one in the top ten.
Revised pick: Semyon Varlamov (up 14 spots from 23 to 9)
10th overall: Florida Panthers select Michael Frolik
As it is seen so often, Michael Frolik has been a good NHL player and a good role player. However, being a good bottom six player is not the ideal role for a top ten pick, and unfortunately that was where Frolik was selected. His point totals are average, his goal totals are average, and his play in general is average. He is a fine player that many teams would like as a penalty killer and role player, but he is not by any means extraordinary. Had Frolik been taken in the late first round or early second round, he would be considered a solid pickup. However, he is certainly not the tenth best player in this draft, and would not be taken with this pick if the draft was redone in 2013.
Revised pick: Bryan Little (up 2 spots from 12 to 10)


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Back in January, the Greater Lee's Summit Healthcare Foundation approved a grant to potentially save lives at John Knox Village.
In October of 2013, JKV submitted a grant request of $20,000 to implement wireless health monitor systems in the homes of patients who were recently discharged from the hospital or are know to have potentially debilitating illnesses. The GLSHF approved the grant in late January.
The money freed up JKV to purchase 20 Honeywell HomHealth TeleHealth systems. All 20 of those systems are currently in use in the homes of JKV patients.
The TeleHealth system transmits a patient's vitals (weight, blood pressure, blood oxygen level, etc.) back to a central location where a trained nurse monitors them. JKV already used TeleHealth in each of its on-campus homes, but those systems require a telephone landline to operate.
With more and more of its off-campus patients abandoning the traditional landline for cell phones, JKV had to find a way to monitor them without the landline-dependent system. Enter, the wireless-capable TeleHealth system.
Have the new systems made any difference in the treatment of patients? "Absolutely. No question," said JKV Vice President of Health and Community Services Rodney McBride.
Without the TeleHealth system, McBride explained, a nurse would have to visit the patient around three times a week to check vital signs. If anything potentially harmful happened when the nurse wasn't present, no medical professional would be available to react and consult the patient.
With TeleHealth, the transmissions from the in-home monitor are sent to the nurse who makes sure everything is within the normal scope.
"If there is a significant change outside parameters, the nurse will call," McBride said.
In McBride's example, the TeleHealth system could indicate a patient's significant weight gain in a short period of time. If the person is a cardiology patient, the increase in poundage could mean the lungs are filling with fluid, leading to possible congestive heart failure. If something like that were to happen, the TeleHealth nurse would call the individual and then decide whether to call an on-site nurse, the patient's physician or, if absolutely necessary, emergency personnel.
"The point is: The information is available on a daily basis," McBride said.
The monitoring systems are designed to indicate anything potentially harmful, limiting the unexpected as much as possible.
In total, JKV serves around 2,000 seniors on campus and more than 3,000 additional seniors in and around Lee's Summit. It provides home health services for approximately 1,870 seniors both on campus and in the community.
Gail Benne, the president of the John Knox Village Foundation, submitted the grant request to the GLSHF and is encouraged by the formation of a partnership between the two organizations.
"This is the second year the Greater Lee's Summit Healthcare Foundation has funded us," Benne said. "We're extremely appreciative of that because of our partnership and what we do out in the community."
In September of 2013, the GLSHF granted JKV $15,000 to assist with the purchase of a new, state-of-the-art ambulance.
The GLSHF is dedicated to promoting health and well being in the Lee's Summit area, partnering with organizations like Lee's Summit Medical Center and TMC Lakewood. It provides grants to organizations conducting health-related projects like training programs and health services (like the TeleHealth monitors). The Foundation also distributes scholarships of up to $5,000 to aspiring medical professionals.

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text: I pocket carry a P-238 especially in the summer in cargo shorts. Be sure to have a good pocket holster. I made mine out of .060 kydex to cover the trigger and hook into the pocket lip as I draw it. It isn't as fast a draw as my cross-draw holster but it is a hellofa lot better than running back to the pickup to get a gun. :-)


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Originally written on The Sports Bank | Last updated 10/11/14
Like Emperor Palpatine said to Skywalker, "I feel your anger, give in to your hate." Especially if you're a Michigan, USC, Michigan State, Purdue, Boston College, Miami or just plain college football fan. The most polarizing team in the land, Notre Dame, the college gridiron version of Rush Limbaugh (lots of fans, lots of haters) is the only remaining unbeaten, #1 in both polls. Within hours they'll assume the #1 spot in the BCS, when it's officially announced. The last time they were #1 was 1993, Lou mush mouth Holtz was their coach, Kevin McDougal was their QB. Again, as then, they're led by a black quarterback, something that a large part of their fan base covertly dislikes. So, the Irish are just a win over a very overrated, underachieving USC team away from playing for the national title. Much to the chagrin of many college football fans. What's funny though is how likeable the Irish are in college basketball. Seriously Mike Brey is awesome, as is his program. Paul M. Banks is...
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Stanley Chesley, Titan of the Plaintiffs' Bar, Crashes and BurnsPaul M. Barrett
The big-time plaintiffs' bar justifies its multimillion-dollar fees by claiming to vindicate the "little guy." Justice ain't free, according to free-wheeling trial lawyers, and taking on (alleged) corporate villains requires heavy pecuniary incentives.
Sadly, the titans of this elite segment of the bar have a tendency to flame out in spectacular bursts of greed and deceit, undercutting their claims of righteous dedication. The latest example is famed class-action attorney Stanley Chesley of Cincinnati, for decades one of the leading scourges of industries that range from pharmaceuticals, to chemicals, to firearms.
The Kentucky Supreme Court on March 22 upheld Chesley's disbarment in that state for "unreasonable" fees received in the settlement of a class action originally filed in 1999 against Wyeth, now part of Pfizer. The allegation stemmed from $20 million in fees Chesley received for his involvement in an action concerning the diet drug known as fen-phen (fenfluramine/phentermine), which was shown to cause harmful side effects. The case was settled in 2001 for $200 million.
Under Ohio's Rules of Professional Responsibility for lawyers, the disbarment in Kentucky may provide grounds for Chesley to get drummed out of the legal trade in his home state, as well.
Here's a helpful description of Chesley's troubles from Bloomberg News:
In 2009, two Kentucky lawyers involved in the case were sentenced to 20 years and 25 years in prison for stealing from the [diet drug] settlement fund. The lawyers had contracts entitling them to fees of as much as one-third of the $200 million awarded to a statewide group of Kentucky citizens who said they were harmed by diet drug. The lawyers tried to keep more than twice that amount, prosecutors said.
In its 38-page decision, the Kentucky Supreme Court noted that Chesley didn't meet directly with any of the clients to effectuate the settlement, and it wasn't shown that he had specific knowledge of the deception practiced on each client to secure the signed release.
The court did find that his "$20,497,121.87 share of the fee was unreasonable, especially in light of his professed ignorance and lack of responsibility for any aspect of the litigation except showing up at the mediation and going through the motions of announcing the agreement."
Chesley's lawyer, Sheryl Snyder, offered this non-denial and non-apology: "Stan Chesley has been a distinguished lawyer and continues to be a philanthropic supporter of his community. He has a previously unblemished record of legal service, and we are therefore disappointed with the court's decision to impose such a severe sanction, especially in light of its finding that 'it is not shown that he had specific knowledge of the deception practiced on each client' by the other lawyers."
Chesley joins a rogues' gallery of such disgraced plaintiffs-bar giants as Mel Weiss, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to racketeering conspiracy in connection with his New York firm's alleged improper payments of kickbacks to class-action clients, and Dickie Scruggs, the legendary Mississippi anti-tobacco attorney who pleaded guilty, also in 2008, to crimes related a judicial-bribery scheme.
And let's not forget Bill Lerach, described by Ann Woolner of Bloomberg News as "the convicted felon once labeled the lawyer who brought corporate America to its knees." In October 2011, Woolner caught up with Lerach in post-incarceration retirement:
These days, most things are good for the 65-year-old Lerach, who pleaded guilty in 2007 to a $251 million client-kickback scheme.
Having left prison 19 months ago, he's in a retirement many might envy. On most days, he spends hours tending the boysenberry bushes, blueberries, fruit trees, and vegetable garden spread among the lush greenery surrounding his $24 million Italianate home. The house is perched 250 feet above the Pacific Ocean.
Allegations of plaintiffs' lawyer chicanery are also playing out right now in a monster oil-pollution case in Ecuador. In February 2011, a group of attorneys led by Steven Donziger, a New York sole practitioner, won an historic $18.2 billion verdict against Chevron. Donziger and his colleagues claimed to be working on behalf of rainforest residents harmed by decades of contamination. Chevron, however, has counterattacked, arguing in a pending civil racketeering suit in New York that Donziger's apparent victory actually reflects an elaborate fraud in the Ecuadorian courts involving fabricated evidence and ghostwritten court documents—accusations that Donziger denies.
Donziger has not been found responsible for wrongdoing by a court. He has not been charged by a prosecutor. The allegations against him, however, are deadly serious. Once again, questionable conduct by a celebrated plaintiffs' attorney has cast doubt on the justness of the cause he purports to represent. The Chevron case deserves continued attention.


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Since so many of you have requested more info on how the neural nets in Supreme Commander 2 work I have decided to make another blog entry to go into the neural nets in more detail. Actually, I am a bit surprised I haven't made a blog entry about them already.
Supreme Commander 2 contains 4 neural networks, each of them consisting of 3 layers of neurons (input, hidden, and output) and learn via backpropagation. There is a neural network for Land, Naval, Fighter, and Bomber/Gunship. The neural networks are used for AI platoon fight or flight mechanics which are used by the bulk of the AIs combat platoons.
When a platoon is formed it contacts the AI's strategic manager and requests a place to attack. The strategic manager looks at the map and chooses a place to attack based on a risk versus reward ratio. It also checks for pathability. Once it has chosen a spot it generates a path using good old A* and returns the path to the platoon. The platoon then sets up a series of move orders to take them to the attack location.
Up until now the neural networks have not even come into play (although, that is one thing I would like to change in KnC). Once the platoon encounters an enemy it gathers information about the enemies in the area and it also gathers information about allies in the area. Note the difference between live and training. In training the platoon only gathers information about itself, in live the platoon gathers information about all allies (including player controlled units) in the area.
It then takes all of that information and feeds it into the input neurons of the neural network and feeds the network forward. It then gathers the outputs from the neural network and evaluates the output. Each output corresponds to an action that the platoon can take such as, attack structure from range or attack highest value target. Each output is going to have a value of between 0.0 and 1.0 with below 0.5 being a bad decision and above 0.5 being a good decision. If there are no good decisions returned by the neural network it means run away. After a small delay the enemy and ally data are gathered up again, feed to the neural network, and a new decision is made.
The neural networks are trained by having the AI fight it out repeatedly and backpropagating the results. At the end of a match the game writes out the new neural networks to a file. The game runs using a few special command lines which do the following:
- Set the game to run at +/- 50 sim speed.
- Automatically restart the game when it ends.
- Enable neural network training.
- Set which map to play on.
- Sets up the AIs.
Hopefully this answers most, if not all, the questions you all had.


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Cadillac XLR Forum Discussion, Rapidly flashing directional, no fob detected in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; I own a 2006 XLR. My right side directional started clicking at a more rapid rate than usual. I assumed ...
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Rapidly flashing directional, no fob detected
I own a 2006 XLR.
My right side directional started clicking at a more rapid rate than usual. I assumed it indicated a soon-to-burn-out bulb, and I took the car to the dealership.
I was told the rear taillight assembly needs to be replaced ( over $600 in parts alone ) and it is not covered by my GMPP.
Does anyone know if this is accurate?
I am not inclined to pay that type of money simply because the light flashes too rapidly, as long as it is still flashing.
Also, when I enter my car, the DIC always says "NO FOB DETECTED" until I jiggle the fob, or press the unlock button on it.
The dealership service people say it is interference from other objects in my pocket, but that seems unlikely, as this is a new problem. Could it be a loose battery in the fob? Something else? Any ideas?
Thank you in advance for any help provided.


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PSI/Guinea was established in 1991 with the goal of improving reproductive health and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS through social marketing. Since then, PSI/Guinea has expanded its portfolio to include malaria, safe water, diarrheal treatment, and female genital cutting programs.
With the support of international donors such as KfW, USAID, and UNICEF, PSI/Guinea plays a vital role in improving public health in Guinea. PSI/Guinea's social marketing activities in the fight against childhood diseases (such as diarrhea), unplanned pregnancies, HIV and female genital cutting positively impact the most vulnerable populations in Guinea. In addition, PSI/Guinea's programming ensures the availability and utilization of condoms, oral rehydration salts with zinc (ORS+Zinc), safe water solutions, and hormonal contraceptives, which have improved public health in Guinea over the past two decades. In the next two years, PSI/Guinea plans to add several new products and services to its repertoire, including social franchising and social marketing of amoxicillin for the treatment of pneumonia in children.
PSI/Guinea estimates that in 2015, its products and services helped avert 95,679 DALYs, including, by health area:
- 6,093 HIV DALYs
- 55,071 FP DALYs
- 32,924 MNCH DALYs
- 1,591 WASH DALYs
PSI/Guinea's family planning programs also provided 131,074 couple-years of protection.
Two hormonal contraceptives, Planyl and Equilibre, are sold in pharmacies nationwide. In order to improve the quality of family planning services, PSI/Guinea has trained pharmacists and clinical health care providers in contraceptive technology and counseling for correct contraceptive use. PSI/Guinea works with the Ministry of Health to ensure wide availability of contraceptives in public and private health facilities. In 2011, PSI/Guinea implemented community-based distribution activities to increase informed demand for reproductive health products and services in collaboration with a national NGO. PSI/Guinea trained 100 community-based agents and equipped them with promotional and behavior change communication (BCC) support materials and products for distribution in rural areas. Additionally, 14 NGO workers were trained in BCC and in facilitating community-based teams of agents.
Child Health
Diarrhea Treatment: Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and Zinc
In 1997, PSI/Guinea began programs to prevent diarrheal diseases and the treatment of dehydration caused by diarrhea by promoting Orasel brand oral rehydration therapy and oral rehydration salts. In 2005, PSI/Guinea obtained approval from the Ministry of Health to market Orasel privately in commercial outlets. Orasel was replaced by Orasel+Zinc in September 2012. The new branded product is financed through PSI/Guinea's principal donor, KfW. With the third phase of KfW funding, the new zinc component is packaged jointly with an orange flavored oral rehydration salt to combat dehydration during diarrhea. The zinc component helps to prevent future cases of diarrhea, reduces risk of pneumonia, accelerates growth and stimulates appetite. Orasel+Zinc is marketed to mothers and caregivers of children under the age of five.
Planned Activity
Orasel+Zinc will be distributed all over the country through both commercial and public health sectors. Orasel+Zinc will also be available at the community level through a pilot community-based distribution project launched in 2012 in two provinces Boké (Lower Guinea) and Dalaba (Middle Guinea), and three provinces Beyla (Forest Guinea), Mandiana and Dabola (Upper Guinea) through a MCHIP/JHPIEGO Guinea program.
Diarrhea Prevention: Safe Water
With the launch and distribution of the water disinfectant Sur'Eau in 2006, PSI/Guinea has made significant contributions to the reduction of diarrheal diseases. Since the population of Guinea has little access to safe drinking water, this product is a solution for households throughout the country to obtain potable water. PSI/Guinea initially piloted the product in 2006, with financing from a cooperative partnership between PSI/Guinea and the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and has expanded its distribution nationwide since 2008. Given the high incidence of diarrhea, water borne ailments, and the almost annual cholera epidemics in Guinea, PSI/Guinea successfully piloted the project in selected areas of the country. Sur'Eau, now financed through KfW, has enabled PSI/Guinea to work closely with UNICEF to prevent the spread of cholera throughout Guinea and is now a principal component of PSI/Guinea's portfolio of national social marketing products. Sur'Eau is also available at the community level through a pilot project launched in 2012, of community based distribution in the two provinces of Boké (Lower guinea) and Dalaba (Middle Guinea).
Project "Faison Ensemble" (Infant and Maternal Health)
As a member of a consortium of partners led by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and financed through USAID since 2007, PSI trains and reinforces the capacity of health personnel concerning the integrated management of diseases for newborns and children, and family planning. PSI also provides trainings for community outreach workers on family planning and environmental health.
Condom Social Marketing
Since 2007, PSI/Guinea has been focused on the distribution of its Prudence Plus condoms in the private sector. PSI/Guinea operates a condom social marketing program that includes a nationwide distribution network of 4 commercial distributors, and over 50 wholesalers, supplying over 3,500 retailers of its branded condom Prudence Plus. Prudence Plus is now widely available in rural and urban Guinea.
Targeting High-Risk Populations with Behavior Change Communications
From 2005 – 2011, PSI/Guinea trained peer-educators to implement behavior change communication activities for programs that targeted high-risk groups, including commercial sex workers, truckers, and youth. This program included workplace interventions for miners, truck drivers, and uniformed personnel. PSI/Guinea was a partner in the regional PSAMAO program, working to raise awareness amongst long-distance truck drivers.
From 2004- 2009, in collaboration with the Guinean armed forces and the US Department of Defense, PSI/Guinea worked to build the capacity of military personnel to train their own peer-educators, in addition to developing a written policy on HIV prevention, which has been approved and signed by the Government of Guinea. PSI/Guinea is looking forward to partnering with the US Department of Defense in October 2012 to resume its HIV prevention activities with the military. Following the success of PSI/Guinea's activities with the military, the Ministry of Interior solicited a similar intervention targeting the police.
PSI/Guinea's youth-focused program partners with the Minister of Youth and popular musicians and personalities to promote safe sexual practices among those under 25.
Project "Faisons Ensemble" (VCT and HIV Awareness)
As a member of a consortium of partners led by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and financed through USAID since 2007, PSI/Guinea implements projects that aim to inform and empower the people of Guinea to combat and prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS. Through this partnership, PSI/Guinea supports 34 voluntary counseling centers and testing for HIV throughout the country. By utilizing a governance-based approach whereby community organizations join hands with the local health officials to support and oversee operations, the project ensures that the centers function sustainably. The project is also helping to produce HIV/AIDS-focused radio and TV spots of leaders, including the prime minister, pledging to fight the epidemic. In addition, PSI/Guinea uses youth-focused methods often featuring popular Guinean musicians, trained in HIV prevention education, to reach both youth and adults with AIDS prevention messages.
Female Genital Cutting
Female genital mutilation is a grave issue in Guinea, touching 96 percent of women who make up 51 percent of the population. PSI/Guinea, with the support of KfW, as well as with funding from USAID through Pathfinder International, has launched an ambitious program to address this issue. PSI/Guinea's strategy focuses on the involvement of religious and secular opinion leaders—such as the internationally acclaimed Guinean singer, Sekouba Bambino—who are actively and publicly engaging in the program. Launched only recently, PSI/Guinea is already considered the leader in this health area by all partners. Interpersonal communication activities led by PSI/Guinea in Middle Guinea and Upper Guinea are implemented through the strong engagement of religious, community, and traditional leaders.
In 2009, PSI conducted its seminal TRaC study on this issue, the results of which have already been lauded by other national and international partners such as Pathfinder, TOSTAN, the Ministry of Women and Children and the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene. In 2011, PSI conducted its second TRaC study; according to the results of this study the intention to not excise girls aged 4-12 years increased 8%. Of care-givers to girls 4-12 years old, 39 percent did not intend to practice excision in 2009, while 47 percent did not intend to practice excision in 2011.
PSI/Guinea has trained local NGO workers, developing and reinforcing their communication skills, who are implementing interpersonal communication activities with target groups. In addition to having completed activities in Middle and Upper Guinea, in 2012 PSI/Guinea extended its reach to the Forest Region after determining a lack of interventions concerning female genital cutting in the region.
PSI/Guinea and its partners conduct advocacy activities with the Ministry of Women and Children and the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene in the capital Conakry. In Middle Guinea, Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea and the Conakry area, PSI/Guinea also conducts community mobilization activities.
Free Distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets (LLINs)
Throughout 2009, PSI/Guinea became instrumental in the mobilization of resources and implementation of the integrated measles vaccination campaign sponsored by the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and in partnership with CRS and Plan Guinea. This campaign also targeted the distribution of LLINs to 80% of children under five and 80% of all pregnant women. PSI/Guinea distributed approximately 426,000 mosquito nets directly to beneficiaries in six prefectures throughout Guinea. In addition, PSI/Guinea conducted pre- and post-distribution campaigns to ensure the proper use of LLINs in its regions of intervention.
In 2013, PSI/Guinea plans to launch a LLINs campaign with the support of the Global Fund in partnership with CRS. PSI/Guinea plans to distribute 780,200 nets in 5 prefectures, covering 433,444 people. The distribution will cover the Administrative Region of Kankan in Upper Guinea, targeting the 277,420 children under 5 and 95,953 women in charge of children under 5. This campaign will also be accompanied by mass media communications.
Project "Faisons Ensemble" (President's Malaria Initiative)
As a member of a consortium of partners led by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and funded by USAID since 2011 through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), PSI/Guinea contributes to strengthening the capacity of health personnel in the use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria¸ and community workers in the management of uncomplicated cases of malaria and BCC in the fight against malaria. PSI/Guinea also collaborates with health and hygiene committees through community awareness campaigns on the prevention of malaria in areas supported by PMI.
- The Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Entwicklungsbank (the German development bank)
- The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- ECHO funding through UNICEF
- USAID through RTI
- U.S. Department of Defense
- USAID through Pathfinder International
- Alcoa Fundation
- Ministries of Health, Youth, Religious Affairs, Social Affairs and Foreign Affairs
- CNLS (National Aids Committee)
- United Nations in Guinea
- Peace Corps
- Tostan
- Pathfinder
- Plan Guinea
- World Education
- Child Fund
- Solthis
- Wafrica
- BHP Billiton
- Rio Tinto
- Orange
- Shaping the Family Planning Market by Strengthening the Public Sector
PSI considers total market approaches to be critical for achieving universal health coverage, especially when it comes to contraception. This program brief presents cases, supported by several different donors, which take into consideration the total family planning market.
- Developing Family Planning Markets in Francophone West Africa
In Francophone West Africa, PSI partners with Ministries of Health to achieve the goals set out by the Ouagadougou Partnership to reach at least 2.2 million additional family planning users by 2020. The pillars of our response are access, choice, quality, and equity.
- Enabling the Healthy Spacing and Limiting of Pregnancies: Programmatic Approaches to Expand Postpartum IUD Access
Under the Support for International Family Planning Organizations (SIFPO) project funded by USAID, PSI published a technical brief on 'Enabling the Healthy Spacing and Limiting of Pregnancies: Programmatic Approaches to Expand Postpartum IUD Access'. The brief introduces the need for expanded postpartum family planning options, reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the PPIUD, describes the components of successful initiatives to add PPIUD to the range of options for postpartum women, and illustrates three different models for PPIUD service delivery through case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Zambia and Pakistan.
- 2012 Mid Year Region and Country Dashboards, West and Central Africa
Mid-year West and Central Africa region and country impact dashboards for 2012
- 2011 Region and Country Dashboards, West and Central Africa
West and Central Africa region and country impact dashboards for 2011
- "Project MAP – Measuring Access and Performance"
- Guinée (2006) : Déterminants de l'utilisation systématique du préservatif chez les filles libres du Km 36 et de Forécariah-Pamelap avec leurs clients. Premier passage.
- Guinea (2006) : Les déterminants de l'utilisation systématique des moustiquaires imprégnées par les femmes ayant en charge des enfants de moins de 5 ans en Guinée : Cas de la Préfecture de Boké. Deuxième Passage.
- Guinea (2006): Les déterminants de l'utilisation systématique des moustiquaires imprégnées par les femmes ayant en charge des enfants de moins de 5 ans en Guinée : Cas de la Préfecture de N'Zérékoré. Deuxième Passage.
- Guinea: PSI Spearheads Nationwide FP Partnership HTML


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#15260 Nov 8, 2012
After the fly's are dead does mommy the who re infect them then add to meatloaf for a dinner meal ???
#15261 Nov 8, 2012
When daddy get over 100 gals of jis in his tummy does mommy make him vomit by sticking her thigh blisters in his face so she can drink it all ??
Since: Feb 10
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#15265 Nov 8, 2012
I see a lot of people on here can't stand to read the real FACTS.
Well here is a site you can look up the History of the DOW by the date, so why don't you people who think this is B.S. look up the dates and see just where the DOW stood and how much lost it took that day.
Look up Jan 20 2009 it was 8279.63 and this last Oct 5th it was 13610.15 [ It increased over 5000 points under Obama, infact it went as low as 6547.05 on Mar.9th and has come back over 7000 points]
You say a 312 point loss over two days is a lot.
Like I said look back in Sept of 2008 when Bush was still in office. ONE DAY drops of 368.75 up to 777.68, THAT is in ONE day.
You didn't say one word about those drops but a 312 point drop over two days gets you all shook up.
Have a nice night
Since: Feb 10
Location hidden
#15266 Nov 8, 2012
I have to correct my last post.
I was reading the 312 from the post I was ans. and thinking the person was saying that it droped 312 since election day well it didn't
It is a total of 434.36 points in two days
312.95 on the 7th and 121.41 on the 8th
It went up 133.24 on the 6th.
But 434.36 points in two days still isn't as bad as 777points in one day.
have a nice night
#15267 Nov 9, 2012
it's done, get over it.
United States
#15268 Nov 9, 2012
DOW has lost 500 points since obama re-electionn
Dollar has started to lose more value
Gas is going up
Milk prices up 15 percent
Health insurance still going
Thank you to the moron obama voters for 4 more years of failure
Since: Sep 08
#15269 Nov 9, 2012
Well 500 points down. Thats good, its a great buy. Buy low sell high. You people need to look at whats going on,make some money.
And if it keeps going down buy more. It will go up up and up.
#15270 Nov 9, 2012
Don't berate the retarded redneck for it's addled 'mind'.
Generations of inbreeding will do that to ya.
It's not IT'S fault that it's mother banged everything that moved.....including, but not limited to : brothers, uncles, father, sons,...well, you get the picture.
Hence it's republican affiliation !
#15271 Nov 9, 2012
Geez, it sure looks like someone had a manic meltdown of epic proportions on this forum last night.
Hope the poor soul was able to at least get a good night's sleep before meeting with his local head shrinker.
Looks like an extra strong dose of Xanax needs to be prescribed.
#15272 Nov 9, 2012
Those folks are one for the ages.
#15273 Nov 9, 2012
There's a whole lot of that going around these days.
I suppose when people live in imagination land there's bound to be a reaction when the rubber finally meets the road, as it is bound to do eventually, always.
Perhaps when they're finally done melting they'll be good enough to self- desiccate, so they can simply be swept aside with a good broom.
They're LOSERS. And they LOST. And all the denial on earth is not going to change any of that.
#15274 Nov 9, 2012
Looks more like someone playing your little welfare game.
Its amazing how stupid most of you welfare scum are, 90% of you scum can't even think to answer a question.
Being the dumbest fks on the planet, how will any of you ever get real jobs when you know nothing.
You better start praying to your MASTER obama that he gets through life.
Post what you all can do besides MOM.
Take all day, you'll never have real jobs or knowledge.
#15275 Nov 9, 2012
What welfare scum, lost, you lost your mom.
Answer the questions you welfare loser.
What can you do in life besides that p i g you call mom ??
Take all day welfare, no job, no knowledge.
#15276 Nov 9, 2012
Isn't moms teet wait for all you little scum.
United States
#15277 Nov 9, 2012
Good luck!
#15278 Nov 9, 2012
Yeah, JUST the kind of people you want to throw in with, you know, politically. You know... when we have ELECTIONS, where people go to the polls, and vote on what's more attractive to THEM. And as we can see here, you're SOOOO attractive.
But hey, keep that stuff up. We could use another election cycle or two to clean up the crazy hateful filth in the House, too. Crazy people ranting incoherently on discussion boards because they LOST and can't handle it will only help that along.
Is there anything about this creep that's even nearly rational? I think not. Racism and bigotry are not rational, that's simply blind hatred of broad sectors of the population based on a mistaken perception of meaningless, generalized characteristics. No logic there, just blind rage.
So, creep, keep right on living in that fantasy world, where everything is exactly the opposite of what you think and say it is.
Just don't expect to ever be any less frustrated and angry than you are, right now. Crazy people who insist on denying reality are often very frustrated and angry. It's why you buy when you choose to go down that road.
#15279 Nov 9, 2012
Your writing is brilliant! I'm guessing that you're a big boy of nine or ten.
#15280 Nov 9, 2012
He can't get any help due to Obamacare - I guess we will have to keep listening to his psychotic / misguided / half nuts comments. His posts are completely and utterly right to the point. The point being the size of his brain.
Since: Feb 10
Location hidden
#15281 Nov 9, 2012
Just here do you get your info from?
I would suggest looking up Dow Jones History.
It went up on election day 133 points, on the 7th and 8th it went down 434.36 points and as of now it is UP about 66 points.
We will have to see what the rest of the day looks like.
But again even a 500 point drop in 3 days isn't anything unusual it has happened many times before.
Now if it was like Sept. and OCT of 2008 when it was droping 500/ 600 700 or more in one day then that is something to be really concerned about.
But ever since Mar.2009 it has been on the rise with some readjustments along the way.
from 6547.05 on Mar. 9th 2009 to 13610.15 on OCT. 5th 2012 is not bad in less than 4 years. that is OVER 7000 points.
Have a nice day
#15283 Nov 9, 2012
How about Oct 2007 when the Dow was over 14,100, gas was $1.82, unemployment was at 5%.
This fat bald grey bearded loser spams the same old stuff over and over and over again.
Tell us about how vaccinations cause autism, Tbird.
Tell us about that P-3 plane that was shot down by North Korea, tbird.
Tell us that Obama first inaugural was Feb 20th tbird.
Tell us how you couldn't do a simple search to find out what countries are helping us in Hurricane Sandy, tbird, you moron.
I hate this fat beer bellied loser. The scumbag rather come on Topix and make a complete fool of himself over and over again than take care of his family, fix his broken Jeep, paint his ugly fence and see his 34 year old retarded kid in his group home. Tbird has a mental problem.
Here's something simple. google up how Obama was crying. Bawling like a baby. Simple task.
The Obama administartion "leaked" all kinds of details regarding this and othe security matters...These brave men are just the sacrificial lamb. Apparently it was Obama, on his own, that took out Bin Laden
So the Pentagon has no problem disclosing classified information about the Bin Ladin raid to
National Geographic because they made a movie, released 2 days before the election, making Obama look like a hero. Yet they throw the book at the Navy Seals. It's the Chicago way!
There was a movie shown about the Osama bin Laden raid right before the election to help Obama.
Why not throw all them in jail?
This is how Obama treats our nations heroes. Matt Bissonnette US Navy SEAL team six who killed Osama bin laden and who wrote a book "No easy day" and they tried to throw him in jail.
The Muslim doctor that helped us was thrown in jail by Pakistan and Obama did nothing to stop it.
This is what you get when you help that dog eating, pot smoking cocaine snorting idiot Obama.
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5A softball: Perfect season caps Carroll seniors' perfect four-year run
- Kansas Softball Coaches Association All-State teams
- Gallery: Bishop Carroll beats Maize South for 5A softball title
- All-league softball teams
- 4A-II softball: Pratt beats Clearwater in championship game
- 4A-I softball: Augusta powers past McPherson in final
- 3A, 2-1A softball: Hillsboro falls in championship game
- State championship scoreboard
- 6A softball: Olathe schools oust Derby, Maize
- 5A softball: Carroll, Kapaun, Maize South win quarterfinal games
- 4A softball: Augusta gets its revenge
- 4A-II softball: Pratt, Clearwater advance to semifinals
- 3A, 2-1A softball: Lyons-Chase, Udall and Hillsboro softball teams advance
- State championship scoreboard
MANHATTAN The Bishop Carroll softball team extended its streak of state championships to four with an 11-0 victory over Maize South that felt scripted.
Jessi Haffner threw a two-hit shutout, Brittany Finney crushed two home runs and Morgan Balderas ended the game early with a three-run homer in the sixth inning. Two of the Golden Eagles' biggest contributors were seniors, and they ended their careers in storybook fashion, celebrating another trophy.
"This is unlike anything I have ever felt," Finney said. "To be a part of a school that has four is an honor. It is bigger than I am."
Bishop Carroll's senior class will be remembered as one of the most successful groups in state history.
It won four consecutive 5A state softball titles, with Haffner on the mound for all four championship games. It went 25-0 this season. They faced pressure to repeat, but it never showed.
"There was so much more pressure to repeat this year and get things done," Haffner said. "I have been fortunate enough to do this four straight years. I was hoping the fourth year would be perfect, and it was."
Added Balderas: "A four-peat is almost impossible, but we did it. I would say we were very talented. It's good we all stayed together and we all played together. We were really comfortable with each other after four years. I would say we are one of the best. We really meshed well together and got it done as a team."
It helped that four members of the team — Hunter Hogan (Wichita State), Lauren Buchanan (Colorado State), Haffner (Oklahoma State) and Finney (Oklahoma) — are skilled enough to continue playing at the Division I level. On Friday, Carroll piled up five of its nine hits and seven of its 11 runs against Wichita State recruit Kelsey Sterneker. Haffner didn't allow a runner to get into scoring position.
Of course, first-year coach Steve Harshberger thinks there was more to the latest championship run than raw ability.
"They are all talented, but Bishop Carroll isn't the end goal," Harshberger said. "They are all going on to play in college. Day in and day out they didn't come out and screw around. If you did screw around you got yelled at. That's the type of leadership the seniors and juniors provided. They didn't let us get away from work this year. You had to come and you had to be serious. That's what makes this group special."
And a dynasty.
"To win four state championships, that's pretty special for the program," Harshberger said. "I has been done by a lot of different kids with a lot of different coaches. Now we need to try and get five in a row, but that is a special group. You don't win four state championships in a row. It doesn't happen. Jessi Haffner and Hunter Hogan, those two, started all four years. Morgan and Brittany have been a part of it.
"I have thought a lot about (our legacy). Put us with all the undefeated state champions and we are just honored to be on that list."
Carroll 11, Maize South 0
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|Bishop Carroll
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W — Haffner. L — Sterneker. HR — Carroll, Finney 2.
Carroll 18, Kapaun 1
|Kapaun Mt. Carmel
|1 2 5
|Bishop Carroll
|18 11 0
W — Finney. L — Pounds. HR —Carroll, Buchanan, Hayes 2.
Maize South 1, Seaman 0
|Maize South
|1 5 1
|Topeka Seaman
|0 2 3
W — Sterneker. L — Reed.
Seaman 14, Kapaun 3
|Kapaun Mt. Carmel
|3 7 1
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• GameDay+
• Ohio State football: Defense turns up heat
• Football: Losses take toll on Illini coach
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• Ohio State's Braxton Miller running himself into Heisman race
• Urban Meyer, Buckeyes not taking 'dangerous' Fighting Illini lightly
• Inside Buckeye Nation: Illinois preview, basketball analysis
• By the Numbers: Ohio State vs. Illinois
• Illinois to face 'fairly talented' Ohio State defense
• Ohio State women's volleyball looking to continue momentum after Nebraska win
• Ohio State wrestling names captains for 2012-13 season
Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio State QB Braxton Miller needs to improve passing game
• How Ohio State long snapper Bryce Haynes won the Penn State game - or sure helped: Doug Lesmerises' Buckeye Blog
• Wonder whether Ohio State could fall into an Illinois trap? Just can't do it: Doug Lesmerises' Buckeye Blog
Dayton Daily News
• Son of former Buckeye star getting bigger role
Toledo Blade
• Critics say bowl ban last season could have allowed Ohio State to go on title run this season
Lima News
• Ohio State getting closer to Meyer's plan
Champaign News-Gazette
• Tate: Illinois options appear bleak
• Jim Rossow's Big Ten report: Will Illini surprise Buckeyes?
Chicago Tribune
• Illini's Beckman no stranger to Buckeyes' Meyer
The Associated Press
• Buckeyes don't believe Illini have their number
• Sixth-ranked Ohio State looks for tenth victory
• Meyer 'disappointed' in Miller's passing so far
Thursday, Nov. 1
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• Ohio State notebook: Cheering for Illini is a secret in Norwell's past
• Football: Illinois' bad defense is a shock after strong 2011
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• Geoff Carlston coaching up Ohio State women's volleyball, making impact
• Big win, honors for Ohio State women's soccer
• Urban Meyer: 'At times we're really good, at other times we're not'
• Ohio State Athlete of the Week: Cross country junior Meredith Wagner
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• End Zone: Ohio State 11-1
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• Illini fans not seeing reason for hope
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• Illini trying to regroup
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• Bob Hunter commentary: Sloppy victory over Walsh is warning to Ohio State
• Ohio State football: Meyer gives receiver a nudge
• College football: Illinois offense spinning its wheels
• College football: Steinberg dies at 90, helped Ohio State to national title in 1942
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• No. 4 Ohio State men's basketball downs Walsh in exhibition game, 83-71
• Gene Smith, Urban Meyer support NCAA changes
• 'No conversation' on perfect season for Urban Meyer, Ohio State Buckeyes
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• Ohio State Buckeyes undefeated? A 1-in-4 shot; The only undefeated team? 1 in 26: Doug Lesmerises' Buckeye Blog
Toledo Blade
• Ex-Toledo coach confident he'll turn things around at Illinois
Lima News
• Family ties run deep for OSU's Spencer
Dayton Daily News
• Stoneburner finally producing for Buckeyes
Champaign News-Gazette
• Memory Lane: Knocking off No. 1
The Associated Press
• Meyer says Braxton is a Heisman candidate
• NCAA approves tougher sanctions for violators
• Ohio State men defeat Walsh 83-71 in exhibition
• Don Steinberg, former Ohio State star, dead at 90
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio State football: No loss of optimism
• Ohio State football notebook: New number might stick
• College football notebook: Michigan coach says Robinson likely will play on Saturday
• OSU bench might not sit idly by this season
• Thomas tabbed as All-American
• Men's basketball: Ohio State-Walsh preview
The Lantern
• Ohio State men's basketball's Deshaun Thomas named Associated Press 1st team all-Amercian
• Urban Meyer: Braxton Miller's a Heisman Trophy candidate
• Roys, Wagner shine as Ohio State cross country teams struggle at Big Ten Championships
• National recognition bestowed on bevy of Buckeyes players
Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio State's run at an undefeated 2012 could set up the Buckeyes for a title in 2013
• Braxton Miller finally earns the Heisman Trophy blessing of Urban Meyer: Ohio State Insider
• Ohio State rises to No. 6 in Plain Dealer's What-if BCS standings
Mansfield News Journal
• A puzzling year at OSU
• 12-0 just around the bend for Buckeyes
Toledo Blade
• Goal in sight for OSU
Lima News
• Put Miller in the Heisman race, Meyer says
Dayton Daily News
• Meyer believes Miller deserves Heisman consideration
Champaign News-Gazette
• Tate: Penn State prospects appear brighter than Illinois
• UFR: Uh-oh, Buckeyes are next
Chicago Tribune
• Untimely penalties plaguing Illini
Chicago Sun-Times
• Winning at Illinois always an uphill climb, as Beckman has learned
The Associated Press
• Urban Meyer believes he has something special
• With three starters back, Buckeyes optimistic
• Beckman served on Meyer's staff at BGSU
Monday, Oct. 29
Columbus Dispatch
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• Ohio State football: Miller a Heisman candidate, Meyer says
• Ohio State football | Inside the Beat: How about that ... defense?!
• NFL: How former Buckeyes fared
• College football: OSU Insider
Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio State football: Buckeye Leaves
• Ohio State football: Weekly Wolverine Watch
• Oregon's offense could carry the Ducks all the way to the BCS title game: College Football Insider
• Doug Lesmerises' AP Top 25 poll ballot
Dayton Daily News
• Buckeyes having punt problems
• Ohio State climbs to No. 6
• Buckeyes getting big contributions from Shazier
The Lantern
• Sunday Morning Quarterback: Ohio State football tops Penn State, 35-23
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• The races: How they stand
Mansfield News Journal
• 12-0 just around the bend for Buckeyes
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I just revamped one of my project sites and did it in Wordpress. This is the first Wordpress site I've ever worked with as I am primarily Joomla or custom CMS oriented.
I thought I would share some of my experiences / opinions with both:
THE FRAMEWORK : I've reviewed the docs for both Wordpress and Joomla (though I've only developed in Joomla). Wordpress seems to be better documented and definitely has a different approach than Joomla. The plugins, themes, etc. in Wordpress have a more procedural approach to them than Joomla, where as creating an extension in Joomla 1.5 has a much higher level of abstraction.
To me, Wordpress is easier to build a plugin (as far as speed goes) but Joomla is much more robust in its capabilities.
THEMES / TEMPLATES : Building a Joomla template is far easier than a Wordpress Theme. I say that with some reserve because I know Wordpress Themes require some extra magic to get different page looks, etc. In Joomla, it's one index.php file for the whole site. The different columns, layouts, etc. you can achieve within that one file (and of course, there are the overrides too). Joomla separates it's plugins / components, etc. from the Theme much more than Wordpress does. Wordpress, again, seems more procedural in this way.
ADMIN / CONTENT , etc. I love the backend of Wordpress 2.7. It's smooth, pleasant to work with, etc. Joomla's admin seems a lot quicker to me (even with Wordpress's Gears optimizer) but it's a lot more fun working in WP's admin.
Blogging is definitely better on WP and even small CMS uses I can see its usefulness. Even some of the blogging extensions for Joomla don't measure up to what WP offers out of the box.
Joomla has a much more robust use than Wordpress and it's framework encompasses a lot more. I would like to see some benchmark testing on the two as so far I feel Joomla is faster but I can't be sure.
EXTENSIONS Joomla has the power end of the extension debate. They can do more and has a more diversified base of extensions. However, from what I've seen so far, WP has the quality end. I haven't run into a lame extension yet!
INSTALLATION Both are stupid easy to install.
DEVELOPMENT Again, Wordpress seems easier to build a plugin but JOOMLA is much more robust.
SECURITY Haven't had a chance to look into WP's security measures
MISC COMMENTS Just some rantings: - I hate how Joomla automatically includes mootools in a site - I hate how Wordpress's "pages" work (only because there's no "module" type like in Joomla) - I love making Joomla templates much more than Wordpress - I love developing in Joomla framework more than Wordpress - I love writing and blogging in Wordpress. - I love the easy community features built-in to Wordpress (i.e. commenting and managing comments is great) - I love WP's dashboard (Joomla's needs some work) - I love the options I get with Joomla and feel like I can do anything with it (whereas WP I feel bootstrapped….but that might be because I am not entirely used to it yet) - I love both WP and Joomla communities (WP has a better design oriented community and Joomla has a more dev oriented one) - I miss being able to control menus and modules when I am working in Wordpress
I know there's some online bug reporting / tracking out there but anyone know if one exists that has browser bug tracking?
We end up getting paid around $120 an hour but that's not including other things that a project pays us for.
What about building a super-simple admin for managing templates? would that be allowed?
The main problem is flexibility. They just code exactly what they see in the PSD with no forethought about how a headline would look if it was two lines long, or how post image of a different size would fit into the layout, etc. A good designer/coder can look at a PSD and takes steps to 'future proof' the code as he goes.
You are exactly right on this. In fact, I've found this to be true with SOOOO many different services out there.
Ok. Maybe someday you can make those categories more like tags, eh?
I'm not sure how the categories are setup in the TF database but…
Could I release a template that includes both HTML and JOOMLA files in it and it fall under both categories?
I ask because it's a pain to have to create an upload for both when they are really the same thing, just one is a joomla template. Know what I mean? Plus, it looks weird when you see them twice on the site….it makes it look like it's duplicate or a mistake.
I like the idea!
Yeh they are hit and miss depending on which coder you get within their network. I've had 5 PSDs coded by them and 4 were amazingly accurate and great and one was HORRIBLE .
If you are very specific with them on how you want it coded, they'll do it perfectly. The one time I wasn't specific it turned out to be pretty messy.
Also, they use a lot of class and id names that are not very semantic, so you need to tell them not to name things like class="rc", etc.
Also, every single one I've sent their way was with the intent of going through and reformatting it for different CMS 's, so I've always had to go back and change their stuff because of the nature of the jobs.
So, that being said, I recommend them for a quick turn-around job.
Haha. I was surfing through PSD2HTML 's testimonies and about half down I found Collis' recommendation: http://psd2html.com/testimonials.html
I agree with him too, they do a good job on the service side of things.


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Watch this: Brewed in Brooklyn now on Hulu (video)
The documentary, about the history of brewing in Kings County, premiered earlier this year.
Tue Jul 23 2013
Back in January, we told you about Brewed in Brooklyn, a documentary about the borough's beer history that was seeking funding via Kickstarter. Even though the filmmakers' campaign was unsuccessful, the movie was made anyway (yay!), and has been screened in the tristate area a few times already this year—most recently at the Brooklyn Brewery yesterday.
Good news for hops heads who missed that event: The film is now available on Hulu, so you can kick back in your apartment—preferably with the Brooklyn-brewed beer of your choice—and watch the doc right now. Check out the trailer below for more details.
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Victoria's water agenda doesn't float
ABANDONING the characteristics of a fiscally responsible Treasurer, Peter Costello yesterday argued for downgrading economic considerations and adopting multiple desalination plants around Australia. This week's demonstration against Mr Brumby's proposed plant in Wonthaggi reminds us that there are contrary powerful views that are also not anchored in economics.
The proposed Melbourne desalination plant, like that for Sydney, was spawned by a Government reluctant to build dams to service the growing urban population.
The water agenda in Australia has been largely hijacked by claims that we are the driest continent, fuelled by environmentalist hysteria.
One fiction that is easily addressed is the dry continent myth. Although most of Australia is desert, rainfall per capita is, after Iceland and Russia, the third highest in the world. And, although most of the rainfall is in the monsoonal far north, the eastern and southern seaboards have more rainfall per person than do the southern European countries.
It also needs to be recognised that 85 per cent of the water that is actually used in Australia is for irrigation and other farm uses. Farmers, being businessmen, will buy and sell their entitlements to water when the price is right.
The Melbourne desalination plant owed its support to the mistaken beliefs of former environment minister John Thwaites, that water derived from rainfall had become too scarce. On coming into office he abandoned Melbourne Water's longstanding plans for sequential dam construction, opting instead for chic, New Age slogans involving "less is best".
When the drought arrived, this solution was shown to be empty of logic, politically unpopular and economically crippling for many industries.
The issue now is how to resolve the crisis the Government has created.
The present plan is to replace a decade of inaction by four separate projects to be developed simultaneously.
Aside from the desalination plant, these involve:
■ Upgrading the irrigation system in the Goulburn Murray area (largely entailing taking back water from irrigators).
■ Linking the Goulburn River with the existing Sugarloaf dam.
■ Treating recycled water.
The Victorian Government generally provides few costings on water supply to accompany its glossy brochures and flim-flam. From the figures it offers (which include some optimistic estimates of the cost of wind, its preferred power source), a desalination plant would entail a cost of 225¢ per kilolitre. In addition, its sea level location would entail considerable pumping costs.
By comparison, the Sugarloaf Pipeline, including the costs of buying water from irrigators, would cost 54¢ per kilolitre. In other words, the Government is considering two projects, one of which supplies the water at less than one-quarter the cost of the other.
But there's more. The Sugarloaf solution is only being proposed because it allows the Government to maintain a skeleton of its commitment to building no new dams. A new dam along the lines previously envisaged could be built either using the Macalister or the Mitchell. Previously the Government has used the cost, $1 billion, as justification for inaction on a new dam. This cost, however, is not much greater than that for its favoured Sugarloaf option and only one-third of the cost of the desalination plant.
Based on the $1 billion capital cost and the operating costs of the Thomson Dam, a new dam could supply water at 33¢ per kilolitre. This is some 40 per cent less than the costs of the Sugarloaf pipeline and only one-seventh the costs of the desalination plant. Such a dam would also deliver two to three times the supply of the 75 billion litres envisaged for the Sugarloaf proposal.
A new dam in the north-east of the state would also assist in relieving flood damage. It is easy to overlook that in its natural state about one-third of Victoria, including virtually all the populated places, was regularly engulfed by floods. Melbourne could not exist if earlier generations had not tamed the Yarra and many townships in the east of the state continue to be flooded with alarming regularity.
The Government sailed into office on the back of placating disparate interest groups including the green mystics who oppose all development. Now secure in a longstanding tenure, it has to gently unpick the policies that it cobbled together a dozen years ago to appeal to disparate single-issue interests.
Mr Brumby has placed his most trusted lieutenant in charge of reviewing urban water provision. The key task is to find a face-saving way of extricating the Government from the $3.1 billion white elephant desalination facility bequeathed by the Bracks-Thwaites team. Mr Costello's intervention in favour of such facilities has now made it that much more difficult.
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April 6, 1997
USC Finishes Eighth at Ping/ASU Invitational
TEMPE, Ariz. - The University of Southern California finished eighth at the Ping/ASU Invitational, which wrapped up today at the Karsten Golf Course. The University of Arizona won the event with a team total of 16-over-par 880. The Trojans finished with a score of 62-over-par 926.
Arizona's Marisa Baena captured the individual title with a 5-under-par 211. Linda Ishii, who finished in a four-way tie for 23rd place, led the Trojans with a 13-over-par 229. Teammate Johanna Josefsson finished two shots back in a six-way tie for 27th place.
Other USC finishers included: Danielle Lavoie and Ida Danielsson, who both tied for 45th with 19-over-par 235s; Leanne Wong, who tied for 73rd with a 30-over-par 246; and Allison Czetli, who tied for 78th with a 32-over-par 248.


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Supercar features steering, suspensions, AWD drivetrain including 5+R gearbox, opened doors, convertible and spoiler.
This car was developed on three basic principles : design, building and features. I wish I managed. The car was equipped with a AWD drivetrain, with central 5+R gearbox (with removable top). The V10 engine is on the rear, it's enable me to place the HOG system near the windscreen. The HOG drives the steering with a 20/12t bevel gear, the steering wheel is connected do the steering with two u-join and 12/24t gear. A bout the suspension, the car is equipped with independent suspensions based on double wishbone suspensions from the 8145 set. As I said before, the car is the AWD with rear engine, therefore there is one differential on each axle and one central differential. The gearbox is connected after the gearbox and after the gearbox, the engine. The central differential avoid wheel slipping because of the difference of speed during turning.
The next interesting features are the opened part of the car. First the doors can be opened with two damped shock absorbers. They are placed underneath the seats and are operated with a soft push on the connecting rods, as you can see, the doors are opened in the Lamborghini style. Then, the top is convertible, as mentioned in the name roadster. The top is operated by a damped shock absorber placed under the engine. It's operated with a soft push on a part accessible in the center of air-vents. The functioning is based on a parallelogram with a lock point. To finish, the spoiler can erupt, with the 4th damped shock absorbers, placed after the engine. This damped SA operated a connecting rod which lift the spoiler. The release is obtained with a push on a axle under the frame.
To conclude with the design : it was made with the new panel and flex system. It allows me to use light amount of red part and have homogeneous bodywork thanks to the curve of those panels.
I have created the building instructions. You can watch them by browsing my webiste or
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Awesome job. Only thing is it kinda weirds me out that there is not an Antarctica.... Anyway, GMV!
Re: line rhino right
I guess I missed this earlier, but you got my vote now. Nicely done!
Really Cool. GMV!
goldenmomiji wrote:Awesome job. Only thing is it kinda weirds me out that there is not an Antarctica.... Anyway, GMV!
Ha ha, yeah. I first made this with Antarctica but it just didn't look good. Sorry.
Thanks for the compliment!
Ok Cool. I think it is just playing with me eyes lolol.
binarygeek wrote:Ok, so I put together a bunch of new versions and wanted to see what people like before I resub. They can be seen here. Let me know which you like the best, please (or suggest a new color combination).
I like the blue/green ones with red lines. However maybe it would be cool on a red/cranberry shirt with white/eggshell/insert other off white synonym here.
klswoot wrote:Thanks for the votes on the newest one! -k-
This is really awesome. Although there may or may not be too much going on right next to the little bird. I didn't even notice it until I was reading the other posts. Lost little birds or not though you GMV. Keep up the great work.
riveral wrote:Pretty neat design. I really like the colors you used.
Ditto on the colors remark. They really caught my eye.
cloudberry wrote:Awesome, simply awesome. I like the box, don't listen to the other people. ;p
Lolol, looks like people are really split on the box thing. I for one really like the box. Its beautiful. This is something I would expect to see in an art museum so the box just makes it appear as if it were on a canvas at some point. If you do resub don't get rid of this one!!!
SailorButterfly wrote:Kitty!
I like the kitty!! I never would have guessed what this was from the little pic so I'm glad I clicked it! GMV
Beautiful. Nice layout and idea.
Re: Hatter's House
LOVE the shirt. I hope it makes it back into the fog. And I like the color as well, a nice change of pace.
Re: The First Dimension
This is what true beauty looks like.
Re: Planet Earth
It's a little unsettling that the whole of the world is being shown on one half of the globe... makes it feel like there's a whole hemisphere of water behind it
AdderXYU wrote:There we go... I think it woulda looked good flipped on the original side, too, but both ways work... i think the important part is just having the rhino face the chest.
I couldn't agree more, and thanks for the tip!
redghia69 wrote:I guess I missed this earlier, but you got my vote now. Nicely done!
I'm glad that you did see it and voted!
goldenmomiji wrote:Really Cool. GMV!
Thanks for your support!
thatrobert wrote:Beautiful. Nice layout and idea.
It's much appreciated, thatrobert. Had this one in my head the last two days and it needed to find its way out. Perhaps I should have done this one first instead of the hummingbird?
Re: Demon Queller
Great Job! I really like it!!
AdderXYU wrote:It's a little unsettling that the whole of the world is being shown on one half of the globe... makes it feel like there's a whole hemisphere of water behind it
There is. They discovered it last week. Where have you been?
derekfilley wrote:I'm definately in the 'I'd be rightfully pissed if I was cho, but can't celebrate enough now that the flying penguins are gone" camp.
I have added this rule to *Unofficial* Derby Rules Thanks for those of you who alerted me to the new change.
Joel, could we phase in the 'inside joke elimination'? Perhaps by banning one meme per derby right at the start?
This week's theme is stippling. See wikipedia article here. No text this week. By the way, no more monkey designs forever.
Thanks Derek.. But WHATS RULE # 61??
brizz wrote:only if you put a hoodie or clipart on it.
Dont tempt me....
Re: The Thunderbolt
Well, even if you guys don't want to say anything about it, thanks for the votes and for keeping this in the hotness! ^_^
Welcome to Pangea Part II
superspryte wrote:Well, even if you guys don't want to say anything about it, thanks for the votes and for keeping this in the hotness! ^_^
Well I personally love it and you got my imaginary vote!
bluchez wrote:An Excerpt from the Journal of Teddy "The Muscle" James
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Oh well, that's it for today, there is an important shipment of coral due to the local bank around lunchtime, and we wouldn't want to be late.
mrblaack wrote:do punks wear baby blue?
they do if they are monkeys
Vrrooooooommmm.. Rat tat tat tat tat tat... Mreeeeeeewwwwwwwww!!!!!
Sorry... got caught up in the idea!
Re: It's all fun and games until...
Thanks for all the positive comments guys, please keep the votes coming.
The design is nice but can we cut it with the animals that are trying to fly when they really cant? It is becoming like an overused cliche.Lets get back to the drawing board (cliche intended) and make a creative shirt.
Re: Canadian National Flag **RESUB**
I don't know what I was smokin when I submitted that first one...
*Dude check out the blue*
This one's much better.
Re: Idea Man
yO! is it supposed to be a light bulb
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This is part of the story of Ben Wan Styne.
He's the short guy on the left. His mom's friend, Caydmon Harrison, is the taller guy on the right. With a little help from their hyper-drive and a stalk-eyed alien named Trebor Bob, they journey into the distant reaches of the universe. Ben is in search of his disowned brother, Caydmon is just along for the ride. There's a long story behind Yori (the brother) and Ben. Yori, otherwise known as Vinicux, turned evil and killed directly Jef Styne, the father, and indirectly Koma (pronounced like the punctuation mark) Risto, the mother. 'My name is....You killed.....Prepare to die.' that kind of thing. As they enter hyper-space, they peer out the observation deck of the Fourth Moon, a Jewlette freighter. Vinicux is killed in a dramatic sword fight, flinging insults as he dies. Caydmon will not return from this voyage. Ben will return and 'hopefully' live the rest of his life in peace.
Yeah, it's alot. It makes up a whole book of my trilogy
It's not the MST 3000. (BTW, What does that mean?)
(design- Hover11)
I actually like this better than the penguin one, and i cant wait to buy this friday!
generally i wound't vote for a moderator, as it's something i think shouldn't be possible. however, it's a plane. dammit.
This is a great hand sketch, and very wearable by just about anyone even if you're not a WWII history buff or plane fanatic. Great job and you have my vote for sure.
Nice. I actually like the blue one better.
Re: Eggs
Augh, my eyes! It's a white spirograph pen gone wild!
Re: Ushering in Spring
goldenmomiji wrote:This is really awesome. Although there may or may not be too much going on right next to the little bird. I didn't even notice it until I was reading the other posts. Lost little birds or not though you GMV. Keep up the great work.
I absolutely agree. The bird gets lost in the details. This is one of those 'doodling' sketches that keeps on growing. You know...the ones when you are on hold with your utilities company or doctor's office and you start drawing. I think when I go to 'color' this one, I'll remove some parts of the design and see what happens.
I put the other sketch on DBH. First I did a neutral one but then a couple people ask for one with more color.
artulo wrote:Augh, my eyes! It's a white spirograph pen gone wild!
That, and I'd highly doubt this wasn't done in a program.
I think some of the cross hatching actually inside the maple leaf might really separate it from it's background. Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work.
Re: funimals
I don't get why the guy with the briefcase is wearing a paperbag on his head.
janet13 wrote:Maple, eh?
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The Mill has been featured in many magazines and guides as being on of Ireland's best places to stay and eat, including:
- Best Restaurant in Donegal 2014, Irish Restaurant Association of Ireland
- Best Chef in Donegal 2013 Irish Restaurant Association Awards
- Best Restaurant In Donegal 2011 & 2012, Restaurant Association Of Ireland
- Best Hideaway 2012 Georgina Campbell Guides
- Featured in Bridgestone's Top 100 Places to Eat in Ireland 2014
- Featured in Bridgestone's Top 100 Places to Stay in Ireland 2013
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- The Bridgestone Irish Food Guide 2014
- The Good Hotel Guide 2006 - 2014, including receiving a Cesar Award in 2007
- Georgina Campbell's The Best of the Best 2011
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100 best restaurants in Ireland App, John and Sally Mc Kenna
Value is excellent, service is excellent, and the experience sublime
Georgina campbell Guide 2015
Derek Alcorn's cooking style is his own - sometimes the ingredients may be unusual or under-used, but the originality is more in the way ingredients are combined, and in the detail, than in the choice of main ingredients.
Georgina Cambell 2011
…discreet service, comfort, character and cosy ambience
Alastair Sawdays's Special Places to Stay in Ireland
The jewel in the crown of many an Irish culinary tour.
John and Sally McKenna - 100 best restaurants in ireland 2009
this is excited, exciting cooking, from a crew who are relishing the challenge of every ingredient..
McKenna 100 Best Places to Stay
The setting of the house by New Lake is blissful…
The Good Hotel Guide 2009
A friendly place in a lovely setting…. remarkable value…
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The adorable boys of Mindless Behavior made their 106 & Park debut to introduce the world premiere of the new video for the remix of their hot track "My Girl." The remix and video feature Ciara and Young Money Cash Money rappers Tyga and Lil' Twist.
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/// What Last Week's Anti-U.S. Shift in Internet Governance Means to You
Last week a group of the Internet's governing organizations announced they were effectively turning their backs on the United States. The heads of ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Architecture Board, the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Society, backed by the heads of the regional registrars for global top-level domains, issued a statement calling for the "acceleration of the globalization" of the functions carried out by ICANN and IANA. In the arcane world of Internet administration and governances, this was seen as something of an important shift away from the U.S.-centric bent the Internet has had since its inception, and in time it may be seen as a turning point toward a more global governing framework. But there's no question the transition is going to be sticky. So what is all this about and why should you care about it? That was my first question for Milton Mueller, a professor of Information Studies at Syracuse University who follows this closely. He has written a book on the subject , and also writes the Internet Governance Project Blog . AllThingsD: Milton, I have to admit, I get a little confused when I get down into the trenches with Internet governance. Last week's statement by the governing organizations to shift away from the U.S
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Nope...not on MY life...
This is a discussion on Poll: Would you consent to a search during a routine traffic stop? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; No, nothing to hide, but I know my rights too....
No, nothing to hide, but I know my rights too.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson
Nemo Me Impune Lacesset
I have had my truck searched once. I was stopped for speeding. The officer checked me for DUI. I was terrified being only 21 at the time and wondering if I might be over the limit even though I didnt think that I was. Anyways, they checked through my stuff in the truck and found that there was a half empty bottle of vodka in my backpack (remnants of another night). Given that it was in the back seat and sealed in a bag they didnt do anything. I was booked though because I was so scared the cop thouhgt I was drunk. I consented to the seach because I was scared. I had a BAC of .oo1! Guess I was just wasted! The guy had the nerve to curse in front of me when I was released because he thought he had me.
I wish I had the mind to say no to the search. Cop or not, I don't believe in people looking through my stuff without a good enough reason. I know it's a job but...stay out of my life and I will stay out of yours!
Really erks me. I live a good life and I hate having people look throught my shizzat when I havent done anything more wrong than drive too fast!
So, my answer is no, I would not consent to a search. Why me? What did I do wrong?
Benjamin Franklin once said, "he that would supplant a little liberty for a little safety deserves neither".
If you got hooked up on a DUI, your truck would have been searched anyway, that wasnt a consent search.
Did you actually get arrested, or did they just use a PBT in the field to determine your BAC?
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Absolutely, no reason not to.
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
George Orwell
I said no just on principle. Often officers will ask to search with no real cause, if the subject agrees they don't need one.
I knew a CHP officer who would ask: "Got any drugs, guns, knives, nuclear bombs in the car?"
Subject would hear "nuclear bombs" and say "Heck no!"
Officer would then ask "Mind if I check?"
Subject would only think about the Nuke part and say "Go ahead"
You would be amazed at the stuff he found.
"I am a Soldier. I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight." GEN George S. Patton, Jr.
Either our cops are darn good fishermen or our criminals are idiots for consenting. Probably both are true.
I don't like "possession laws." I think they are bad law/policy in general and too many non-violent offenders go to jail; often for too long.
It was common when I was young (two million years ago) for big city cops to plant weapons. While I think most cops are far far more educated about procedure and professional nowadays, I've always had a fear of "the plant" in the back of my mind.
Maybe I watched too much TV; but back then Joe Friday was squeaky squeaky clean and the NYC cops (well see the movie Serpico).
An officer just needs to know where and when to wet his line fo success. I see no need to plant evidence, there is plenty of arrests to be made without doing that.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I do not know, if they are going to hold you until they get a warrant then you may be in for a long wait.
The wait, to be of any value to law enforcement, can't be too long. I don't recall the specifics, but we had one a while back where the dog was 30-plus-minutes away. That one exceeded "reasonable" and the Court dismissed. I'll see if I can find the motion and order and provide more detail. In brief, if I'm pulled for a civil traffic offense, there's a reasonable period of time I can be delayed for a citation issue before I need to be cut loose. Unless of course, there's some plain view boo-boos or pot smoke drifting out my windows. In those situations the dog is moot.
And what's your lawyer supposed to say later? Shut up? Sorry...can't un-ring the bell.
True. And in fairness, SIXTO makes his decisions roadside, in a pretty brief span of time. I have a heck of a lot more time to analyze, research, second-guess, and evaluate every single step or action that he took during that stop. If additional LEO's get involved, that's also to my advantage. The more stories I have to compare, the more inconsistency that can potentially arise.
How many cases do you make between the time you make mine, and the time I subpoena you for deposition? Dozens? Hundreds? You know that in 98% of these cases we're not going to trial. What do you have to refresh your recollection when depo time comes? Your narrative. Heck, I've been through every syllable. A dozen times or more. The video? I've watched every frame. Over, and over. And, depending on circumstance, I probably know more about what's in your personnel file than you do. I've made a public records request. If it's a DUI case, I've already gotten the Intoxilyzer 5000 records for the past year or more.
I'm pro LEO, I just want it done right. When I get the discovery on a case, I pretty much know if it's a winner or a piece of $hiat. The overwhelming majority...I repeat, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of LE officers I've dealt with in the past 15-years are stellar individuals. It's the "technicalities" that throw a wrench in the spokes. As complex as our system has become, it's amazing to me we convict anybody. Hell, we plea 90-some-odd percent.
Our system is set up to favor the defendant. I don't hesitate to admit that. When it comes to breaks, the arresting officers get few. In fact, the arresting officers get hit with everything we can conceive of.
Great post Mr. Gibson. You type the truth. That is why it is so important for me to have all my ducks lined up, and why my signature line is important to me.
I thought we were odd in the counties that I work, I would say that 90% of our convictions are the result of a plea.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Touche! I don't know where "In the shadows" is, exactly, but you're right on. The great majority of our cases plea...and that's a salute to law enforcement. Keep on dotting those "i's" and crossing those "t's." I have no problem whatsoever confessing what I look for in these cases. Most LEO's, and no offense is intended, but MOST LEO's won't modify their procedures to accomodate what I'm gonna go after. I've got more than a few investigators right now that I can pretty much destroy their cases if they use a "confidential informant." And they won't change their procedure. And every time we attack them, we win. Think "veracity."