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Withrow had been rising up on the draft boards all spring and the Dodgers made him the 20th overall selection, using the slot they gained from the Red Sox when that club signed Type "A" free agent Julio Lugo.
Their choice was 6-3, 200 with a projectable body, just the kind of player the team has traditionally selected since Logan White took over as director of scouting in 2002. He throws a 94 mph fast ball and has a smooth delivery, a lot of that thanks to his father Mike, a former big league pitcher who is his pitching coach at Midland Christian.
Withrow's curve ball needs refinement but shows considerable promise. He has accepted a scholarship to Baylor but was considered signable and the Dodgers got him for $1,350,000.
He didn't pitch much all that much for the Gulf Coast Dodgers, pitching six games, four of them starts, but really had only one shaky outing, thus his record of 0-0, 5.00 for the GCL Dodgers isn't a true indicator. But the fact that he was clocked at 98 with a great curve in the playoffs could be.
He dropped out of the rotation for awhile to do some adjusting and when he came back he was just fine. He only worked two innings in the playoffs against the Yankees but in those he threw 98 and was unhittable as the Dodgers won their only game in the three-game set.
At his best he threw easily but with authority, looking every inch how a first-rounder should. He's not as refined as Kershaw was at this stage but he reminds one of how Billingsley threw early in his career. "Maybe even better," commented one scout.
One expert said, "Athletic pitcher with plus velocity, command and ability to dominate. Advanced for his age, pitching like a veteran by mixing his pitched and working to hitter's weaknesses. May not project more velocity, but getting stronger could allow him to maintain it longer."
He has an above average fastball and an average curve and changeup.
His expertise as such a young age began with father Mike, who was a standout pitcher for the University of Texas whose teams have produced, among so many others, the legendary Roger Clemens and stars like Burt Hooton. Mike certainly seemed on his way to the big leagues, too, but after reaching Double A, he blew out his shoulder and that was it as far as his playing the game was concerned.
He went back to Odessa, a job and family, but as soon son Chris was old enough to toddle, he was out tossing a ball around with his dad. And Mike has remained his mentor as well as to countless other kids in the area.
Not that Chris was always a pitcher. For a time he was a catcher among other positions. He's always been able to swing a bat quite well- well enough that more than one scout talked about drafting him as a position player because they thought he could hit his way to the big leagues.
Chris even abandoned pitching for one summer about his sophomore year in high school but as his arm strength increased, he got back to the mound earnest with Dad coaching. Not that Mike was benign Santa Claus of a coach. Chris admits he was stern and demanding- and successful.
Chris was playing on a summer team when the head coach was offered the job at Midland Christian in the nearby town. He asked Mike, who had been helping out, to join him as his pitching coach. In turn they asked Chris to consider transferring there.
"It was a very tough decision to make, "Chris recalls, "because it meant leaving all my friends. I finally decided to do it and it turned out to be the best decision I ever made."
So, began a ritual of rising around five each morning for the 20-minute drive across the plains of West Texas to Midland. (and if you want to know what the area looks like, catch the movie not the TV version, of "Friday Night Lights." It was filmed in Odessa. And, no, Chris isn't in it although some of his friends are in the crowd scenes at football games and the Odessa cheerleaders were used.)
On the diamond, he rose to become the best pitcher in the area, then one of the best in the state and finally one of the best in the nation. The scouts were out in force but he had no idea, he told Bill Shelley, that the Dodgers would be the team that would ultimately select him. "I talked to a number of team but don't recall talking to the Dodgers before the draft. Maybe they talked to my agent but not to me."
Before the draft he had accepted a scholarship to Baylor, which he said was no ploy. "It was a very real option. We set our sights high. I value the college experience and I'm sorry I'll miss it."
But first-round money lured him away from that to the Gulf Coast League. "Pro ball was just about what I expected. It's very demanding.
"I think learning to pitch every five days is one of the toughest parts because we didn't do that. And you learn in a hurry that you just can't throw your fast ball up there because everybody here can hit a fast ball. You have to keep it low and learn to hit spots."
In other words, the basic experience that all go through when they move from the high school ranks to the pros.
It was, he says, an overall great experience. "It';s an organization full of good people and my teammates have been great. I didn't enjoy the Florida humidity and that I didn't pitch more but I only have myself to blame for that."
He was chosen for the Instructional League in Arizona. "Another experience I liked," he says. "Meeting a new set of teammates, playing in a different part of the country."
And working to move to the next level. For that I'd like to thank all my coaches." And, of course, there's always Dad for advice. You never get too old for that.
It is unclear just where he will pitch in 2008 but the Dodgers won't rush him. He could be back in the GCL or might move up to Ogden.
His record:
Chris Withrow br tr 6-3 195 Born- April 1, 1989 Obtained- First selection (20th overall) in the 2007 draft year team w-l era gm gs in h bb so 2007 GCL 0-0 5.00 6 4 9 5 5 13


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Marketing challenges do not come much bigger than the one Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd is taking on today with the erection of a paywall around some of the content of its The Australian website.
For years, newspaper companies have trained consumers to think online news content should be free. Now News Ltd, and other publishers here and overseas, want people to start paying for some or all of that content.
Myriad research studies show most people are not happy about the idea and will quickly abandon paid news sites in favour of the many sites that are – and swear they will remain – free (step forward the ABC).
According to News Ltd and other news organisations that dream of collecting subscriptions for online content that until now had no monetary value, the trick to convincing people to climb over online paywalls is to give them content that is so unique and compelling they will happily hand over money each week or month.
They might be right. The solid paid digital subscription numbers built by overseas newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The Times and The New York Times indicate some people find some of their online content sufficiently unique and compelling to pay for it.
But much of the content of any news website can be found pretty much anywhere, if people are prepared to spend time looking for it (inertia will, of course, prompt some people to accept paywalls).
The challenge for News Ltd, which will start putting paywalls around some of the content on the websites of its mass-market papers such as The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun in the first half of 2012, lies in convincing people that its "locked" online content is valuable and the prices it has set represent good value.
News Ltd executives argue the pay television industry proves people will pay for something they were used to receiving for free. There are flaws in that argument. Pay TV companies gave people something they had not received before, such as dedicated sport and movie channels. Newspaper companies are trying to sell the same core content that has been free for years.
Another problem for the owners of free news websites that want to start charging is that some people figure they are already paying for the content via the monthly charges from their internet service providers.
Although The Australian's paywall goes up today, people will be able to access the locked content for free until December 15, if they register. After December 15, they will be asked to pay somewhere between $2.95 and $7.95 a week, depending on the online and print subscription package they take.
News Ltd's digital media chief executive
Not surprisingly, he thinks the prices News Ltd is charging are right – they should be, given the extensive pricepoint testing it did among consumers – and some people to subscribe. How many people News Ltd hopes to hook is not known, as it will not reveal its digital subscriber targets.
Marketing of the digital subscriptions will initially be confined to The Australian's newspaper and website, and will be aimed at its existing readers.
The company's target market is "migrators", people who are keen print newspaper readers but also consume news via digital media.
Freudenstein says there are 3 million "migrators" in Australia, spreading across News Ltd, Fairfax Media and other newspaper publishers. If News Ltd sold the cheapest The Australian digital subscription to a quarter of the migrators, it would collect $115 million of revenue a year. If 1 per cent of the migrators are convinced to step through the paywall, its revenue will be about $4.6 million.
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I believe that the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector has the potential to decrease energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions across a huge array of sectors.
Many of Telstra's services, such as video-conferencing, cloud-computing, and fleet and field force management, can not only help to improve productivity and reduce business costs, but also have the added advantage of helping customers reduce their own environmental impacts through avoided travel, shared data storage and 'smarter' logistics.
At Telstra, we are working towards harnessing this potential by working with our customers and suppliers to provide our services as efficiently as possible. Telstra's first Green IT Management Plan, developed for one of our largest enterprise customers, provides a framework to do just that – from implementing a systematic approach, to setting objectives and targets, developing processes for their achievement, and measuring and reporting the outcomes.
Based on the principle of continual improvement, our plan adopts a life-cycle approach to environmental management. This is achieved through identifying actions to minimise and manage our environmental impacts during five key phases of service delivery:
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An excellent, responsible, whole of circumstance approach.
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Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Other
We booked a guarantee balcony cabin and were very pleased with a port side cabin on Deck 9. The cabin was clean and well laid out and always lots of fresh towels in the 'roomy' bathroom.
We dined in the MDR second sitting and shared a table of 8 which was super with friendly table companions every evening. The food was good to excellent depending upon our individual choice and not the quality of food, service w was friendly and efficient. I am certain the other cruisers felt the same judging by the grand applause for the staff at the farewell dinner the noisiest yet.
We purchased a soft drink card before we boarded and definitely had value for money due to the hot weather and the excellent coffees in La Bachia.
The shows on board were the usual cruise variety the exception being the Cirque style show which was exceptional, how do the cast do that twice a More night and apparently a rehearsal beforehand!Unfortunately the crew show was poorly attended maybe due the the timing 11 am on a sea day.
The cruise staff were all friendly and efficient service was very good to excellent. The Captain had a friendly and familiar presence around the ship and it was really good to see the Officers integrating with the passengers.We do not usually cruise in school holidays but really enjoyed the younger age group on the ship particularly the teenagers around the ship who appeared to be really enjoying themselves.
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Early word focused on Samsung as the most logical potential buyer. They make a huge number of electronic products, but has a low profile in the PC market. However, they make many products for Apple, who has twisted their partnership into lawsuits over the Galaxy Tab. Could Samsung try to get revenge vie HP's 64 million PCs shipped each year? Since Samsung has announced they want to grow their laptop business, is buying HP's a good way to do that?
That would be tough. HP's PC group does about $40 billion in sales each year, a huge bite that may be too big for any company to buy outright. But speculation is fun, isn't it?
Great idea
By Samsung issuing a statement denying any interest, this means that there will be an announcement next week that they are indeed buying HP's PC business.psimm01 on cnet.com
In a way I was hoping that Samsung would go for it to have an albatross around their neck but they're not that dumb. They're not interested in the truck business.alexkahn2000 on appleinsider.com
Samsung buying HP's PC business for WebOS alone would be brilliant. Samsung could dump Android in favor of WebOS to become a viable competitor to the iPad. WebOS is light years ahead of Android in terms of UI design and more elegant than the iPad in many respects. Samsung could really spin things to its favor here, build up its patent portfolio, and not be subject to Google's whims.AZREOSpecialist on appleinsider.com
I don't think that buying the whole PC business from HP is the right move for Samsung, but if they were able to purchase WebOS outright, it would be a brilliant move. The OS itself is awesome. On quality, appropriately powered hardware from Samsung, it might just have a chance.tenly on appleinsider.com
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HP stupidity know no limits
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From: =James Birkholz= <>
Subject: [POSEN] Current holdings of Posen-L Lending Library
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:08:29 -0600
Some time ago, we began an experiment which we referred to as the Lending
Library. I don't have time to recount the details and history, but
long-time subscribers will remember that funds were solicited for the
purposes of purchasing books to be loaned to those who had donated. The
amount of the donation was up to the individual.
I'm still not quite ready to start circulating the books yet, but it is my
highest priority. Over $500 was donated, some of which was used to fund the
server charges for our website ($180/yr). Some was used to purchase
postcards and maps. Of the books that have been purchased, almost all are
in German and most were purchased through auction on eBay. Martha Nelson
has been serving us as collector of funds, auditor and future librarian. I
still need to gather the facts for Martha to verify how the funds were
spent, but hope to catch that up this holiday season. The original war
chest of funds ran out long ago, but I' ve been able to keep making some
purchases from my own funds.
Below is a list of most of the materials that we've accumulated. The
information will eventually be on the website, so consider this as a
preview. Those who donated are welcome to examine the list and decide if
there is anything that they wish to request *but* we are not ready to start
processing these out yet. If you have not donated, but would like to be
able to examine these materials, be patient. When I've caught up on this
project, we'll probably have a second round.
More important than circulating these books, is being able to extract the
facts and publish them on the website. Since they are mostly written in
German, only a few US subscribers will be able to do more than look at the
pictures. I am considering scanning some of the oldest ones to CD, and
keeping a photocopy of the others as a safeguard against loss and damage
while circulating.
I will probably ask those who are eligible to submit their requests to a
waiting list this weekend. That way, I can get an idea of which materials
to process first. The three books on how to conduct research (one for
Polish research and two for German) can be circulated immediately, as they
are still in print and can be easily replaced by purchase. Those who borrow
the German language materials will be encouraged to extract as much factual
data as they have time.
Please address any questions to me in private, and I will report the
answers in the next posting about this project. Thanks to all who donated,
for their patience!
(Martha Nelson, would you please save me a little time and send me an
e-mail, so I have your address handy? Thanks!)
Current holdings of Posen-L Lending Library
Topic key: His = History; Loc = Location; Res = Research
His: Architecture
GER Das Bauernhaus im Deutschen Reiche und in seinen by
Schäfer, Dietrich
The text volume of a two volume set (the other is called the
Atlas). Includes some photos and drawings. Material discusses architural
His: Essays & poems
GER Wir von der Weichsel und Warthe by Wittek, Erhard with
Karlheinz Gehrmann and Hanns von
Essays and poems about life in the areas drained by the Weichsel
and Warthe rivers from a German perspective
His: Law
GER Der Rechtsverständige. Ein Handbuch für Jedermann zur
eigenen by Lundberg
Appears to be a handbook about how common court cases work, with
many examples from the docket of the court at Kempen.
His: Religion
GER Die evangelisch-augburgischen Gemeinden in Polen 1555 -
1939 by Kneifel, Eduard
About 360 pages of text, plus 16 pages of B&W photos. Only a few
paes about Posen, mostly about congregations in Congress
His: Transportation
GER Eisenbahnen zwischen Oder und Weichsel by Scharf,
834 pages of text and tables, including about 250 pages of
Loc: German Poland
GER Heimat an Netze-Brahe-Weichsel by Glander, Arnold &
Schalau, Alfred
70 pages of photos with a 6 page introduction. Features Bromberg,
Krone and several other vilages in Kreis Bromberg as well as
GER Deutsche Heimat in Polen by Nasarski, Peter E.;
with Breyer, Richard
About 35 pages of black and white, including many of lanscapes and
GER Das deutsche Weichselland by Gradmann, Wilhelm
(introductory text)
54 pages, 30 of B&W photos, several distribution maps.
GER Links und rechts der Weichsel by Pollak, Hans und Erika
203 pages. A look at the land and people who live near the
Weichsel river, with many photos and a view to the past.
GER Zwischen Weichsel und Warthe by Csallner, Heinz
176 pages of photos of various towns and villages in Posen and
some in the eastern areas annexed in WWII.
Loc: Kr. Bromberg - Bromberg
GER Aus Brombergs Vergangenheit: ein Heimatbuch f. d. Stadt-
u. by Meinhardt, Gunther
533 pgs
GER Bromberg in alten Ansichtskarten by Ohlhoff,
Gerhard & Samel, Wilfried
Reproductions of old postcards that depict Bromberg and a few
nearby villages (Lochowo, Crone, Nieder-Strelitz,
Loc: Kr. Kolmar - Samotschin
POL Dzieje Szamocina by Szelmeczka, Jan
304 pages, primarily the history of Szamocin / Samotschin.
Loc: Kr. Kolmar - Schneidemuhl
GER Grenz- und Regierungsstadt Schneidemühl einst und heute by
Heimat book for Schneidemühl / Pil~a, Kreis Kolmar. 287, mostly
Loc: Kr. Koston - Wilanow
POL Wilanow by Fijalkowski, Wojciech
Wilanow is a palace. The book has many pictures and text that
describe it in Polish. A summary and captions for all the photos are
Loc: Kr. Schubin - Grocholin
GER Grocholin: Geschichte eines deutschen Gutes in Posen by
von Rosen, Hans Freiherr
232 pgs
Loc: Kr. Wongrowitz
GER Heimatbuch für den Kreis Eichenbrüch - Wongrowitz (Band
IV) by Gerke, Wilfried, Ed.
Various articles about places and conditions in Kreis Wongrowitz,
published by a German homeland association.
Loc: Kreis Meseritz
GER Stadt und Kreis Meseritz by Heimatkreis Meseritz
356 pages of material about the land and people of Kreis Meseritz.
Loc: Kreis Obornik
GER Obornik by Brauer, Wilhelm Reinhold
108 pages, primarily about the Protestant churches of Kreis
Obornik, with a few photos.
Loc: Kreis Schwerin
GER Mein Schwerin-Warthe: 2. Heft by Klemt, Erich
71 pages about the town and Kreis of Schwerin.
GER Mein Schwerin-Warthe (1. Heft) by Klemt, Erich
71 pages about the town and Kreis of Schwerin.
Loc: Poland
ENG Poland / facts and figures by Chocilowski, Jerzy (ed.)
A snapshot of Poland from 1967, with text and B&W photos on 170
pages. Includes a short history and some maps.
Loc: Posen city
ENG Poznan by Cichy, Adam
140 photos with captions in Polish, Russian, English and German.
POL Poznan I okolice by Kondziela, Henrik & Zgodzinski,
60 pages of text and B&W photos in a turist guide format.
GER Geschichte der Stadt Posen. by Rhode, Gotthold, ed.
318 p. illus. 22 cm.
POL/G Poznan Wczoraj / Posen Gestern by Warkoczewska, Magdelena
133 pages, mostly photographs of the city of Posen from the early
1900's. Preceded by about 20 pages of text, half in Polish and half
Loc: Schwerin Kreis
GER Kreise Schwerin (Warthe) 1 by Klemt, Erich
Loc: Schwerin Kreis
GER Kreise Schwerin (Warthe) 2 by Klemt, Erich
Res: Archive holding
GER Kirchenbücher by Henning, Eckart; Wegeleben, Christel
389 pages. Lists of church records which have been printed.
Organized by categories: general, nationwide and regional literature,
GER Altpreußische Geschlechterkunde by Vereins für
Famienforschung in Ost- und Westpreußen
Band 26, 1966. 600 pages. Includes a chapter on the holdings at
the state archives in Bydgoszcz (Bromberg).
GER Altpreußische Geschlechterkunde by Vereins für
Famienforschung in Ost- und Westpreußen
Band 26, 1966. 600 pages. Includes a chapter on the holdings at
the state archives in Bydgoszcz (Bromberg).
GER Verzeichnis der Kirchenbücher im Evangelischen
Zentralarchiv in by Stache, Christa
289 pages. Organized by province, then by town. Indexed by town.13
pages for Posen, including map.
GER Verzeichnis der Militärkirchenbücher in der
Bundesrepublik by Eger, Wolfgang
445 pages. Organized by archive, then by the reference
number.Includes indexes by military organizations, by persons and places
GER Bestandverzeichnis der Deutschen Zertralstelle für
Genealogie by Wermes, Martina; Jude, Renate;Bähr, Marion; Voigt,
174 pages. Organized by Province and then by town. Indexed by town.
Res: German
ENG If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records by Bentz,
Edna M.
85 pgs
ENG The German Researcher: How to Get the Most Out of an
LDS by Dearden, Fay & Doug
81 pgs
Res: Polish
ENG Polish Roots (Korzenie Polskie) by Chorzempa, Rosemary A.
262 pgs
I'm waiting arrival of _Der Kreis Schubin_
and the 1976 volume of _Jarhrbuch Weichsel-Warthe.
We have (so far) volumes: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1977, 2002
James Birkholz
admin, Posen-L mailing list and website
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text: CCU Announces World Premiere of Passion Play Friday, January 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM Jesus is coming to Denver. The "greatest story ever told" is coming to the stage in a new play, I,Witness, by C. McNair Wilson. Colorado Christian University will present six performances of this world premiere production for Easter 2011 -- April 7-10, 2011 (the weekend before Palm Sunday weekend.)I,Witness, is based on the novel, The Jesus Chronicles: Matthew's Story, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (authors of the best selling Left Behind series.) As a part of a year-long celebration of evangelism, the CCU School of Music approached Jerry Jenkins and he asked long-time friend C. McNair Wilson, author/playwright, to write this fresh new look at the Gospel story.This is the story of Jesus as told by his friend Levi (later renamed "Matthew"). How does a Jewish boy, headed for the priesthood become a "publican," an employee of the Roman occupiers of Judea? As a successful tax collector, Levi, has been writing everything down for years. His note taking continues when he encounters a great "storyteller" speaking to a large crowd. Levi is captivated by the words of this "carpenter's son" and his hillside sermon. He finds Jesus outrageous, "Love your enemy." And no matter how busy he is, Jesus never misses an opportunity to stop and play with children. "Follow me," Jesus tells Levi who joins an unlikely assortment of fishermen, former scribes, religious zealots and others. Audience members will follow Jesus disciples and witness the words and miracles of the man who interrupted human history. Some say Jesus was the long-prophesied "messiah" -- the Son of God. He was certainly a disturbance to kings and the religious establishment of the day. I,Witness is a very human look at the familiar gospel account with moments of comedy that grow out of the behind-the-story interaction of the disciples. At the same time, I,Witness does not shy away from powerful villains and the dark, tragic events of Jesus' trial, torture, and execution on a crude wooden cross for common criminals. The play continues beyond an empty tomb to tell the whole story of Jesus life.Long-time CCU faculty member, Sanne McCarthy, will direct this full-length play with a cast of more than thirty CCU students, alumni, and members of the Denver community. Anticipating large audiences, I, Witness will be performed on a specially built set in the CCU Event Center on the main campus in Lakewood. Though it is "open seating", tickets should be purchased in advance to be assured of seats.I,Witness will be presented 7-10 April 2011 (only six performances) -- the weekend before Palm Sunday weekend. Audiences are invited to participate in a Q&A session follow each of the three matinees (8, 9, and 10 April) with the director, playwright, Jerry Jenkins, and selected cast members. Tweet Related StoriesRecap of the 2011 CCU Symposium Posted: October 13, 2011CCU's World Premiere Production of "I, Witness" a Resounding Success Posted: April 15, 2011Outbreak Conference in Denver Draws Leaders from 200 Churches Nationwide Posted: February 7, 2011CCU Proclaims 2010-11 as The Year of Evangelism Posted: September 30, 2010


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This bathroom mat starts with an imputrescible foam called plastazote. Several types of moss are implanted in the cells of foam (a total of 70 pieces measuring 2.4 in. each) and live happily there as long as you shower often enough to get keep it moist while you towel off.
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"This bathroom carpet is made of imputrescible foam called plastazote. Each cell welcomes a piece of moss (ball moss, Island moss, forest moss). The humidity of the bathroom and the drops flowing from the body, water the mosses. This vegetable carpet procures a great feeling to your feet. " Amazing!
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This webpage deals with different aspects of the implementation of the Air Quality Directives and provides an overview of the relevant documents. Main aspects of implementation can be described through the following elements:
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The West Australian government will cut more than 1000 jobs across the public sector as it seeks to keep the August budget in surplus amid strong economic headwinds.
"Western Australia is the only government jurisdiction in Australia that does not have an involuntary redundancy program," Mr Barnett said.
New South Wales introduced legislation to allow for involuntary redundancies in the public sector in 2012.
The government will also switch from capping employee numbers in departments to capping the total wage bill, and has scrapped its wages policy in favour of one limiting negotiated pay increases to inflation. Together, the government hopes the measures will save $2 billion out to 2016-17.
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Mr Barnett described the cuts as "reasonable", and said with 45 per cent of the budget, or $9.8 billion this year, being spent on wages, he had no option but to look to the public sector for savings.
"The measures here ... are not as strident as those on the east coast," he said.
But the state opposition and public sector union have attacked the cuts, saying they will hurt frontline services already struggling to keep up with strong population growth.
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In the lead up to the March election, the government awarded WA nurses a 14 per cent pay rise amid strike threats, despite their current agreement not expiring until June.
The Barnett government is grappling a structural imbalance brought on by spiralling expenses and lower-than expected revenue growth. Recent economic data showing two consecutive quarters of decline in state demand had some economists labelling the state as in recession, but the government has described such claims as ludicrous.
Pattern of public sector job cuts
Mr Buswell said he was still working hard to keep both this financial year and the next in surplus, but it would be tough.
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"It's a very difficult day for the people of Western Australia; certainly a very difficult day for people who are now worrying about their jobs," she said.
"If you vote Liberal then you get job cut backs. And if you vote Liberal you get job cut backs that you weren't told about."
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"Prior to the election the Premier said in parliament that no jobs would be lost," he said.
"The people who are responsible for the state's financial position are Mr Barnett and Mr Buswell. They are the ones who have blown out the state's debt levels."
Community and Public Sector Union branch secretary Toni Walkington said the Premier was "kidding himself" to say frontline services would not be impacted by the cuts.
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Aaron Goldsmith Joins Steve Hyder to Broadcast all PawSox Games on the PawSox Radio Network
By Pawtucket Red Sox | March 14, 2012 1:09 PM ET
The Pawtucket Red Sox Radio Network, one of the largest in all of minor league baseball, will once again be led by 920 AM WHJJ talk radio which will serve as the flagship station for the sixth year in a row. WHJJ heads a list of at least 15 stations that will carry PawSox baseball throughout the 2012 season.
WHJJ, along with other members of the network, will broadcast all 144 PawSox regular-season games along with any potential playoff games as well as the Triple-A All-Star Game on July 11 and the Triple-A National Championship Game on September 18.
Newcomer Aaron Goldsmith will join Steve Hyder, who returns for his ninth season, in the PawSox radio booth in 2012 calling all games both home and away. In addition, Aaron and Steve will host "PawSox Insider", a one-hour radio magazine show that will air every Saturday on WHJJ from 2:00 - 3:00 pm through September 22.
Aaron Goldsmith was hired last December after being chosen from among more than 150 nationwide applicants to replace Dan Hoard who accepted a radio job with the Cincinnati Bengals prior to the 2011 NFL season.
Goldsmith, 28, had spent the past two seasons as the radio broadcaster for the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers in Frisco, TX. He was also the teams Manager of Broadcasting/Media Development. Prior to joining Frisco, Aaron spent the 2009 season as a broadcaster/studio host for the Portland Sea Dogs, the Red Sox Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League. Along with his play-by-play responsibilities, he hosted the Sea Dogs' 30-minute pre and post-game shows.
"It is an immense honor to be chosen as the next broadcaster for the Pawtucket Red Sox," said Goldsmith. "This is one of the finest minor league broadcasting jobs in the country and with that comes great responsibility and expectations. I'm thrilled to be returning to the Red Sox organization and look forward to contributing to the PawSox both on and off the air."
Aaron is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Principia College in Elsah, IL where he majored in History. Following college he attended the Broadcast Center in St. Louis where he earned a certificate in Radio Broadcasting and Production. His professional broadcast career began in 2007 doing play-by-play for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Independent Frontier League followed by a summer on the Cape in 2008 as the lead broadcaster for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
As mentioned, Goldsmith replaces Dan Hoard who spent six seasons in the PawSox radio booth before earning the call to the National Football League (Cincinnati) last fall.
Hoard joins an illustrious group of former PawSox broadcasters in the "big leagues" - all of whom have gone directly from Pawtucket to the major leagues. Gary Cohen (PawSox radio in 1987 & '88) has been with the New York Mets ever since leaving the PawSox, Don Orsillo (1997-2000) is in his 12th season with the Boston Red Sox on NESN this season, Dave Flemming (2001-2003) has been a radio voice of the San Francisco Giants for nine years, Andy Freed (2001-2004) has called Tampa Bay Rays games since leaving Pawtucket, and Dave Jageler (2005) who was with the PawSox for just one season before he took over as the Washington Nationals radio voice where he has remained ever since.
Prior to coming to Pawtucket in 2006, Steve Hyder was the voice of the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League from 1997-99. Hyder, 50, who co-hosted a mid-day sports talk show on the former 790 The Score in 2004 & 2005, has concentrated solely on his PawSox duties the last seven seasons.
Hyder has an extensive radio background. He was a radio play-by-play and color commentator for Syracuse University football and basketball for ten years during much of the 1990's. He also had his own national sports talk show on Sporting News Radio, and has filled in on both Providence College and Brown University basketball.
Steve is a five-time winner of the prestigious Rhode Island Sportscaster of the Year award in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012. He has accepted that award at the Annual National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association (NSSA) awards dinner in North Carolina along with a host of other national and state winners in attendance.
Steve is a 1979 graduate of Rogers High School in Newport, RI where he was an All-State shotputter. He went on to a record-setting career as a weight man in track and field at the University of Massachusetts. His sports career actually began as a sales representative for the PawSox back in 1987. Hyder, who has two daughters named Carly and Eva, lives in Newport.
The PawSox are also pleased that all 144 games will be broadcast live online and archived on the internet. Those online broadcasts can be accessed by visiting www.pawsox.com.
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Dinosaur Rock, Lebanon County
Location: Lebanon County, Elizabethtown 7.5-minute quadrangle; on State Game Lands 145;
40º 13' 42.3" latitude and 76º 30' 19.9" longitude. Decimal degrees: 40.22843, -76.50554.
Size: The boulder area covers about an acre.
Geology: This outcrop is an erosional remant of an igneous rock called diabase. During the Jurassic period in southeastern Pennsylvania, a large mass of molten rock cut upward into Triassic sedimentary rocks. Subsequent erosion of rocks allowed these resistant rocks to form some of the highlands of the piedmont. The diabase is composed mostly of minerals plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Crystals of plagioclase are enclosed with pyroxene crystals, which give it a texture called "ophitic." This indicates that as the magma slowly cooled, plagioclase crystals formed first. The boulders are spheroidally weathered, and their presence was probably influenced by the colder climate of the last glacial age.
|The remnnant of diabase still stands approximately 15 feet higher than the surrounding woods. A profile of the rocks from the north or south reveals a form that gives the outcrop its name—"Dinosaur Rock."
Heritage value: Site is scenic and educational. Displays an erosional remnant, the weathering of diabase boulders, and a whimsical shape of a dinosaur.
Heritage status: Site is potentially threatened, especially by graffiti.
How to get there: Dinosaur Rock is located in southern Lebanon County, along Mt Wilson Road (Route 3005), just north of where it crosses the Pa. Turnpike (there is no access from the turnpike). Park at the State Gamelands 145 parking area, which is on the east side of Mt Wilson road and 0.7 miles south of Mt. Gretna Road in Colebrook. From the parking lot, cross Mt Wilson Road to the trail to Dinosaur Rock. Follow the trail about 500 feet to the diabase rocks.
Accessibilty and safety: Easy walking though cars travel fast along Mt Wilson Road, which must be crossed from the parking area. Path is fairly smooth and flat but would be rough for a wheelchair. Ample room for large groups. Rocks may be slippery; climbing is not recommended. No public toilets.
Facilities: No facilities are available. Colebrook is the nearest town, approximately 3/4 of a mile north on Mt Wilson Road.
Reference: Outstanding Scenic Features of Pennsylvania, A. R. Geyer and W. H. Bolles, 1979, 508 p.
For information regarding geologic features and PNHP, contact Jim Shaulis of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey at 717–702–2037.


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Contest award will coincide with Greeley's 8th Avenue corridor improvements
July 13, 2013
Greeley officials have narrowed down where the Benjamin Moore paint company will paint the town, as it were, on 8th Avenue to somewhere between 12th and 16th streets.
The city's plans follow the announcement on Monday that Greeley won an online voting contest to get three city blocks revitalized for free through the national paint company, which selected Greeley for the six-week contest early this summer. The exact location of the revitalization efforts are pending the approval of storefront owners and other businesses.
But no matter where on those streets the paint is set, the Benjamin Moore improvements fit in perfectly with Greeley's greater efforts to revitalize the 8th Avenue corridor, a plan that includes "bumping out" the 16th Street intersection sidewalk this fall to make it more pedestrian-friendly, said Becky Safarik, Greeley's assistant city manager.
The plan stems from a conceptual design drafted last fall by Fort Collins-based BHA Design Inc., which aims to decorate 8th Avenue with tree-lined medians and "parklets" at some intersections with benches, lighting and landscaping.
Efforts to revitalize 8th Avenue are a joint venture by those who are also involved in the Creative District, which incorporates the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Northern Colorado and Greeley's downtown. The city of Greeley, UNC and the Downtown Development Authority are jointly pursuing revitalization along 8th Avenue to foster business and a general vibrancy in the area, which has also been the goal of events such as Friday Fest on the 9th Street Plaza.
Safarik said the Benjamin Moore project, which should begin later this summer or early next year, will add momentum to what is already going on downtown and in the Creative District.
"It's like it's just launching us right into the next phase," she said of the project.
The paint company will provide the paint, labor and assistance in managing the revitalization, which Safarik said will have to be on blocks where there is, in fact, an opportunity to paint. Many of Greeley's historic brick buildings will have to be ruled out.
That's OK, Safarik said — it's the diversity of the city's downtown buildings that makes the area unique. It's also why it's so important to have the 8th Avenue corridor to tie everything together, she said.
"The next thing you know, you've really got some momentum for the next big thing."
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The human mind is a fascinating piece of machinery. Unfortunately, its ability to allow us to stay in the moment is limited. For many, the brain is helpful in doing two things: keeping us engaged in memories and experiences from the past or giving us something to worry about (based on the past) that might not even happen in the future. But what about the present moment?
According to this latest Health Canal article, a mindfulness meditation practice is not only the trick to staying in the present moment but it can also have some pretty powerful physical and mental benefits. Citing Marise Fallon, a Master in Clinical Psychology at the UTAS School of Psychology who is currently conducting a study on meditation, the use of mindfulness meditation is already a practice used in many therapies.
Mindfulness is a key part of these different therapies:
- Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, used to treat a range of issues including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, chronic pain and post traumatic stress disorder;
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which has been used to treat anxiety, depression and general life dissatisfaction;
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, used to treat personality disorders; and
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, used to treat disorders related to anxiety anddepression, chronic pain and general life stress.
Read more on Marise Fallon's study into the benefits of staying in the moment through mindfulness meditation here.


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Grip it to Rip it: The Ins and Outs of Grip
by Blake Takkunen
With Extensive Contributions by Dave Dunipace
Posted: 8-24-04
Table of Contents
I. What You Need to Know to Get the Nose Down
II. Grip, Snap, and Spin
III. How Do I Make My Grip Better?
IV. Grip Pictures and Descriptions
V. Acknowledgements
Grip is an often-overlooked aspect of the disc golf throw. While philosophies on grip differ amongst players, my experiences lead me to believe that at least one-third of driving distance can probably be attributed to a good, fundamental grip. With this article I hope to dispel some rumors about grip and hopefully help you improve the efficiency of your grip and hopefully add some distance along the way. This article will progress in stages, beginning with an outline of the basic fundamentals of grip and then get increasingly more technical later on.
I. What You Need to Know to Get the Nose Down
While the primary goal of a powerful grip is to help generate distance, if the grip cannot achieve a nose down trajectory, then you are not going to be able to throw with maximum distance and accuracy. While other factors in the throw will contribute to nose angle, proper grip and disc orientation will play a big part in getting a good trajectory upon launch.
Disc Orientation
Disc orientation refers to the plane that the disc rests on both in terms of hyzer angle and nose angle. Proper disc orientation will help you get the most out of your grip and preserve the angles that you are trying to throw. The key to disc orientation is to have the disc on a plane parallel to the forearm. Maximum rip force requires disc to remain parallel during the extension of the elbow and as the disc leaves the hand. The next parts of this section cover the steps necessary to developing correct disc orientation.
Seam of the Hand
The first part of grip begins with the line on which the disc will sit in your hand. You will want the disc placed at or above the seam of the hand. This seam begins at the base of the palm and generally continues up to the area between the index and middle fingers. To locate the seam touch the pads of your thumb and pinky together and look at the main crease line down the center of the hand. This seam is generally considered to be the easiest reference to consistently gripping the disc on the correct plane. It is important to have the disc resting at or above this line in order to achieve maximum rip force upon extension of the elbow.
Grips that allow the disc to stray from this line or have the disc resting below the seam will be prone to problems such as air bounces, nose up releases, or off axis-torque as the direction of the force vector will not be parallel to the plane of the disc.
If you find yourself having trouble keeping the back edge of the disc from moving up and down, you can use the part of the hand above the seam to press the edge of the disc down which should help solidify the disc placement in the hand. You should be able to keep the disc in place without having your thumb pad in contact with the disc.
Wrist Down
The wrist down position refers to the angle of the wrist that will preserve correct disc orientation in conjunction with gripping the disc in the seam of the hand. If you hold your forearm out parallel to the ground with your fingers extended as if you were shaking hands, tilt your hand downwards ~30-45 degrees downwards. Placing a disc in the hand from this position should yield the correct disc orientation. You may need to adjust the angle of tilt to make everything line up.
Thumb Forward and Thumb Placement
The phrase �thumb forward� refers to the placement of the thumb pad outward, beyond your hand. This positioning gets not only the pad of the thumb applying pressure opposing and beyond the rip point (this contributes a little to getting the nose down), but also allows the base of the thumb to be in contact with the disc. The base of the thumb is an important part of the grip, as it will directly oppose much of the grip pressure.
The placement of the thumb pad on the disc holds varied levels of importance depending upon your grip (the thumb should always be in the forward position). The basic positions of the thumb are thumb out, which has the thumb close to the rim, thumb neutral, which has the thumb just inside the rim, and thumb in, which has the thumb extended well onto the flight plate. The more fundamentally sound your grip is, the less dependent it will be on thumb placement. As a general rule, the closer the thumb is to the edge of the disc, the easier it will be to get the nose down at the expense of a decrease in potential grip strength. If your grip maintains the characteristics I have mentioned so far and your throwing mechanics are good, thumb placement is of very little importance. However, if your disc does not rest in or above the seam of the hand or you do not get the wrist down position, thumb pad pressure is necessary to press the nose down upon launch. I recommend starting at thumb neutral and then making adjustments based upon your results.
Pressure Points
The pressure points of the grip are very important for maximizing power. The finger your disc rips off of (either the index or middle fingers) will want to have their pressure directed pressing into the wall of the rim towards the seam of the hand or base of the thumb. The other fingers of the grip will want to focus their pressure into the base of the thumb. The pressure of the grip should be directed into the hand, and not upwards. Thumb pad pressure is relatively unimportant and is mainly used to help guide and control the disc. The exceptions to this case are grips that require thumb pad pressure to press the nose down that I mentioned earlier or if you use thumb pressure to bend the flight plate and increase your rip finger's pressure into the seam of the hand or base of the thumb.
II. Grip, Snap, and Spin
Grip plays a very large role in dictating the amounts of snap force and spin you can put on the disc. Grip strength and rip force of the disc leaving the hand are the most important focal points of the grip after the base fundamentals.
Driving Grips vs. Approach Grips
Before I get into the meat of this section, I will briefly touch on what separates driving grips from approach and controlled grips, even if the placement of the fingers is the same. The basic difference is grip strength. Driving grips focus on power and force their way out of the hand. Approach grips generally allow the disc to slip out of the hand and slide off of the rip finger through momentum rather than eject by force. While approach grips are more accurate, they do not hold nearly the same distance potential as driving grips.
Grip Strength
Grip strength is the amount of force applied into the pressure points. The greater the grip strength you can achieve, the greater the potential rip force and spin you can generate on the disc. The most important part of grip strength is the force applied by the rip finger. While it is good to have strong pressure by your other fingers into the base of the thumb, it is a secondary concern.
Rip Point vs. Lock Point
Now that I have mentioned the term rip finger, it's about time I got around to explaining it. Every grip has both a rip point and a lock point (on some grips these are at the same spot). Most grips use either the index or middle finger as a rip point and the remaining fingers on the rim as a lock point. The rip finger is the last finger in contact with the disc before it leaves the hand. The lock point constitutes the point of pressure into the hand that adds force to the clockwise rotation of the disc out of the hand when the lock point is broken. On a power grip, the rip finger is the index finger while the middle, ring, and pinky fingers together constitute the lock point. While it may seem that the lock fingers leave simultaneously with the rip finger, the disc actually pulls off of the lock fingers a fraction of a second (around 1/30th of a second) earlier. This is not a conscious action, but it occurs incidentally during a well-executed throw with a strong finish.
Rip Point and Force
The primary focus of the grip should be to achieve the greatest amount of force on the disc at the rip point. The rip occurs when the disc overpowers the rip finger and forces its way out of the hand. Since acceleration and velocity pull the disc out of the hand, the stronger your rip point, the greater force will be applied to the disc as it launches from the hand. The distance potential available here is also closely related to snap and follow through, but all things equal, more rip force will always translate into more distance than less rip force.
Grips that rip off of the middle finger may actually have better success with the index finger outside of the rim. Since with these grips, the middle finger should be the last finger to leave the disc, if the index finger is curled with its pad on the rim, it may get in the way and skew the nose angle upwards during the rip. If you throw with a middle finger rip, you may want to experiment with the index finger placement to help achieve a better nose down trajectory.
Lock Point and Spin
The lock point is the other strength point of the grip. A key to accuracy is that the lock point must leave cleanly immediately before the rip occurs. Some grips cater better to this than others (such as grips that reduce the number of fingers on the rim at the lock point), but most grip locks occur when the lock point hangs on to the disc too long. The lock point has some play in the spin potential on the disc. The greater the force of the lock point, the greater the angular velocity on the disc will be as it enters the rip. While disc spin is much less important than rip force, more spin on the disc will make a disc fly straighter and retard low speed fade.
Timing, Snap, and Follow Through
The actions described above may seem rather difficult to execute when described independent of the throwing motion. While these are factors that should occur naturally, they are very dependent upon timing. The lock release and rip occur immediately after the snap of the wrist during the throw. Also, rip force is only maximized when you get a good, strong follow through. If your timing is off, you may not achieve the snap needed to release the lock at the right time, or you may not have the follow through occurring at the right time, which will neutralize much of the potential rip force. Unfortunately this article cannot teach timing, but what it can do is to give you the best chance of success when your timing is working.
III. How Do I Make My Grip Better?
The idea of making your grip better simply follows the principles at hand. First off, you should make sure your grip is fundamentally sound with the right pressure points and disc orientation. Next would be to increase the amount of pressure you apply into the base of the seam of the hand and base of the thumb in order to increase rip force.
There are inherent tradeoffs within this. The stronger your grip, the longer you can potentially throw, but the more timing dependent you will be to get accurate throws. If you find yourself having an off day, you may need to ease up on grip strength while you locate (get a feel for) your timing in order to avoid spraying drives all over the course.
IV. Grip Pictures and Descriptions
There are a countless number of grip variations. This section is not meant to capture them all but merely represent a variety of them.
Common Grips
Stack Grips
Pinch Grips
Middle Finger Rip Grips
V. Acknowledgements
A big thanks goes out to Dave Dunipace for putting up with (and taking the time to answer) my barrage of grip questions over the past few years and helping me to understand enough about grip to be able to pass some information on to others. Dave directly supplied much of the terminology and conceptual information that makes up this article and was kind enough to "fact check" the early drafts. Without him, this article never could have existed.
I would also like to thank the Area 46 Flying Disc Academy website for their instructional articles that gave me the ideas for a few of the pictures above.
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PUTC Reader Questions:
PUTC: What type of suspension does it have? Is the front IFS, or does it have a solid axle?
Duane Paige, GMC Portfolio Manager: The Terradyne has an Independent Front Suspension.
PUTC: Will this truck share its platform with the new HD trucks?
DP: The Terradyne's platform is based on today's full size GM trucks, (the same used in the Heavy Duty's).
The frame has three pieces:
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PUTC: Will the sliding doors ever be available on a production model?
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PUTC: How long is the Terradyne?
DP: The Terradyne is about the same length as a full size extended cab (225 inches). By moving the cab forward on the truck additional room was added for passengers. The Terradyne actually has more room on the interior than a traditional full size crew cab.
PUTC: Will the Terradyne appear at other auto shows such as Philadelphia?
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(CNSNews.com) - Five years ago, Kendrick Sledge found herself in a relationship that turned sour. At 14 years of age, she started dating a senior who very quickly became "possessive, controlling and manipulative."
"I had to talk to him every second of the day," recalls Sledge, whose parents limited her Internet use to 30 minutes a day and didn't allow her a cell phone.
Her boyfriend convinced her that she was his "angel" and said if she ever left him he would go back to his drug habit. He wanted to buy her a cell phone so he could keep track of her. She refused.
Soon, the emotional abuse turned physical. He held Kendrick down in a car, kissed her violently without consent, and then slammed her head in the car door. Occasionally, he punched her, saying he was "joking around" but leaving visible bruises.
Sledge's friends and family interfered, but she shut them out. Finally, she broke up with him over the phone, because she was too scared to do so in person. After the breakup, he continued sending her unwanted emails.
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Sledge was speaking at the launch in Washington D.C., of a new, 24-hour national web-based and telephone helpline for teens.
A joint project of the National Domestic Abuse Hotline and clothing retailer Liz Claiborne Inc., the National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline aims to help teens experiencing dating abuse. Teens and parents anywhere in the country can call or access the website for confidential and immediate help by trained advocates.
"When we first started doing research on the level of teen dating abuse two years ago, we were struck by the fact that teens were not telling adults that they were experiencing abuse," Liz Claiborne representative Jane Randel told Cybercast News Service.
"They were talking to their friends -- other teens who were often the most ill-equipped to help. That is why this ... hotline is such an essential resource," she said.
New research carried out for Liz Claiborne by the survey company Teenage Research Unlimited showed startling results.
Nearly one in four teens aged 13-18 in a relationship communicated with their partner via cell phone or text messaging hourly between midnight and five in the morning, the research showed.
One in three teens say that they are text messaged between 10-30 times an hour by a partner inquiring where they are or who they are with. But 67 percent of parents whose kids were going through this are unaware of the situation.
"We had no idea how staggering the results would be when we set out to measure if technology influenced the frequency and severity of teen abuse," Randel said.
"These really are like electronic leashes," Dr. Jill Murray, a psychologist with expertise in teen dating violence, said of cell phones and computers. "It is a means for abusers to abuse, intimidate, or threaten their partners all hours of the day."
Rep. Juanita Millender-Mcdonald (D-Calif.) spearheaded the passage of resolutions in the House supporting a National Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Week for 2006 and again in 2007.
"No one is paying attention to our teens, not even some of their parents," said Millender-Mcdonald. "This is an issue and yes, it is an epidemic."
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TIMELINE 18 Raise Your Fist And Yell
Sept 28th `87 Raise Your Fist And Yell released
(Tour set to be 93 shows in North America according to Hammer interview)
Oct 15th `87 Ventura California, Ventura Theatre (Warm up show)
Oct 22nd `87 Fresno, CA Wilson Theater
Oct 23rd `87 Oxnard, CA Civic Auditorium (w/ Faster Pussycat)(Poster exists) [Ticket]
Oct 23rd `87 Prince Of Darkness Premiers.
Oct 24th `87 San Bernadino, CA Orange Pavilion (w/ Faster Pussycat) [Ticket]
Oct 26th `87 Freedom Single released
Oct 28th `87 Saginaw, MI Wendler Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet(1st FC show on tour))
Oct 29th `87 Kalamazoo, MI Wings Stadium (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Oct 30th `87 Toledo, OH Toledo Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Oct 31st `87 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Nov 3rd `87 Dayton, OH Hara Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 4th `87 Columbus, OH Veterans' Memorial Coliseum (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 5th `87 Fort Wayne, IN Memorial Coliseum (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Nov 6th `87 Indianapolis Market Square Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 7th `87 Erie, PA Civic Center (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Nov 8th `87 Binghamton Broome County Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Nov 10th `87 Poughkeepse, NY Mid Hudson Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 12th `87 Buffalo, NY Memorial Auditorium (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 13th `87 Albany (Troy), NY Rennsalear Polytecnic Instituterpi Field House
Nov 14th `87 Cleveland, OH Public Hall (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet) [Ticket]
Nov 17th `87 Boston, MA Garden (w/ Faster Pussycat)
Nov 18th `87 New Haven, CT Coliseum
Nov 19th `87 Portland, ME Cumberland Civic Center
Nov 20th `87 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre [Ticket]
Nov 21st `87 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre [Ticket]
Nov 22nd `87 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Nov 25th `87 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium (w/ Faster Pussycat, Frehleys Comet)
Nov 27th `87 New Orleans. LA UNO Lakefront
Nov 28th `87 Shreveport, AL Hirsch Memorial Auditorium [Ticket]
Nov 29th `87 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coliseum
Early Dec `87 Musegon, MI (Postponed)
Dec 3rd `87 Oklahona City, OK or McAllen, TX, Villa Real Convention Center [Ticket]
Dec 4th `87 Dallas, TX, State Fair Colisium (w/ Guns`n`Roses)
Dec 5th `87 Houston, Texas, Sam Houston Coliseum (w/ Guns`n`Roses- said to be first GNR support show on this tour) [Ticket]
Dec 7th `87 San Antonio, TX (w/ Guns`n`Roses)
Dec 8th`87 Midland, TX (w/ Guns`n`Roses)
Dec `87 McAllen, TX (w/ Guns`n`Roses)
Dec 11th '87 Cape Girardeau, MO, Show Me Center [Ticket]
Dec 12th `87 Louisville, KY, Louisville Gardens (w/ Guns`n`Roses, Faster Pussycat) [Ticket]
Dec 13th '87 Alice's father, Ether Furnier, passes away in Phoenix, AZ..
Dec 17th `87 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium (w/ Guns`n`Roses) [Ticket]
Dec 18th `87 Chicago, IL University of Illinois Pavilion (w/ Guns`n`Roses)[Ticket]
Dec 19th `87 Madison WI Dane County Coliseum (w/ Guns`n`Roses (last on the G`n`R tour)) [Ticket]
Dec 24th `87 Atlanta, GA ?
Dec 27th `87 Victoria, British Columbia
Dec 28th `87 Vancouver, BC, Pacific Coliseum (w/ Faster Pussycat (?)) [Ticket]
Dec 30th `87 Portland, OR Civic Auditorium [Ticket]
Dec 31st `87 Seattle, WA Center Coliseum (w/ Faster Pussycat)
Jan 1st '88 Anchorage, Alaska, Sullivan Arena (w/ Faster Pussycat) - Eye Witnesses
Jan 3rd `88 Missoula, MT Iniversity of Montana, Adams Field House
Jan 5th `88 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Palace Center (newspaper article)
Jan 8th `88 Kansas City, KS, Memorial Auditorium (w/ Armoured Saint) [Ticket]
Jan 9th '88 Lincoln, Nebraska, Pershing Municipal Auditorium (w/ Armoured Saint after Motorhead cancel) [Ticket]
Jan 11th `88 Merrillville, IN Holiday Star Theatre (w/ Armoured Saint after Motorhead cancel)
Jan 12th `88 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium (w/ Armoured Saint after Motorhead cancel)
Jan 13th `88 Cincinnati, OH Gardens [Ticket]
Jan 15th `88 Milwaukee,WI, Riverside Theater (w/ Steve Grim Band after Motorhead cancelled) moved from Mecca Auditorium [Ticket]
Jan 16th `88 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (w/ Boyfriend after Motorhead cancel) There were even letters published in local papers pleading with people not to go to the show. [Ticket]
Jan 17th '88 Auditorium North Hall in Memphis Tennessee (eye witness - week before Martin Luther King day) [Ticket]
Jan 22nd `88 Florida, Sunrise OR Vets Memorial Auditorium, Provedence, RI (radio advert)(w/ Motorhead)
Jan 23rd `88 Lakeland (w/ Motorhead)
Jan 24th `88 Rochester, NY, Rochester Auditorium Theatre (w/ Motorhead) [Ticket]
Jan 26th `88 Musegon. MI, L.C. Walker Arena (Rescheduled show due to the cancellation of an early December show due to the Death of Alice`s father)
Jan 27th `88 Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (w/ Motorhead) [Ticket]
Jan 29th `88 Greensboro (w/ Motorhead)
Jan 30th `88 Charlotte, NC Coliseum (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 3rd `88 St. Johns, Canada, Memorial Stadium (w/ Motorhead) (poster)
Feb 6th `88 Halifax, NS Canada Metro Centre (w/ Motorhead) (poster) [Ticket]
Feb 8th `88 Moncton, Canada, Coliseum (w/ Motorhead) (poster)
Feb 9th `88 Quebec City, Canada Colisee de Quebec (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 10th `88 Montreal, Quebec Forum (w/ Motorhead and Faster Pussycat) [Ticket]
Feb 12th `88 Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 13th `88 London, Ontario London Gardens (w/ Motorhead) (poster) [Ticket]
Feb 14th `88 Ottawa, Canada, Civic Center (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 16th `88 Thunder Bay, Canada (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 17th `88 Winnipeg, Canada, Arena(w/ Motorhead) (poster)
Feb 18th `88 Regina, Canada, Agridome (w/ Motorhead) (poster)
Feb 20th `88 Edmonton Canada, Northlands Coliseum (w/ Motorhead) (poster)
Feb 21st `88 Oakland, CA (w/ Motorhead)
Feb 24th `88 San Diego Sports Arena (w/ Motorhead) [Ticket]
Feb 25th `88 Las Vegas, NV Thomas and Mack Center (w/ Motorhead) [Ticket]
Feb 26th `88 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena (w/ Motorhead, Faster Pussycat)(with GNR guesting for UMW) [Ticket]
Axl Rose, Slash and Izzy Stradlin joined Alice for 'Under My Wheels' on the '88 tour at Long Beach, CA Arena. They also recorded it for the soundtrack to 'The Decline Of Western Civilization' soundtrack.
Feb 27th `88 Phoenix, AZ, Compton Terrace (w/ Motorhead) [Ticket] - Alice, jokingly, suggests in an interview that he would be willing to run for Arizona Governorship:
"Rock Singer Alice Cooper returned to his home town for a weekend concert and mentioned that he also will be running for Governor - On the Wild Party ticket.
More than 80 people already have entered the special May 17 election promped by the recall petition campaign against impeached Gov. Evan Mecham. Cooper, who says he bought his first automobile from Mecham's Pontiac dealership in nearby Glendale, said he will join the throng seeking to unseat the conservative Republican.
"I'm definitely a write-in candidate," Cooper said Wednesday. "Hey, I'm a native, I'm a registered voter. I represent the Wild Party and I even have a campaign slogan: "Alice Cooper - A troubled man for a troubled time."
Feb 29th `88 Denver, CO (w/ Motorhead)
(February Los Angeles, CA Forum - no mention on Motorhead lists)
Feb `88 Alice leaves MCA records
Feb/March `88 Reports (false) circulating that Alice is running for Governor of Arizona. 'A Troubled Man For A Troubled Time'
Last week of March '88 Alice is in the Netherlands on a promo trip.
April 1st `88 Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
April 2nd `88 Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 4th `88 Sheffield, England City Hall (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
April 5th `88 Birmingham, England National Exhibition Center (N.E.C.) (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
April 6th `88 The Daily Mirror reports attempts to Ban Alice from the UK
An outraged MP last night called for the a ban on shock rock star Alice Cooper after his first British gig at which young fans fainted, threw up and were splattered with buckets of blood.
Outspoken Sheffield politician David Blunkett stormed: "I'm horrified by his behavior - it goes beyond the bounds of entertainment".
He added: "Its an indication of the sick society we're moving into and something drastic should be done to protect young people from paying for this sort of obscenity".
During the show there is a hanging sequence, a baby is torn apart, a mother sliced down the middle, and a beautiful girl has her throat cut.
At the climax of the one-and-a-half hour performance young fans in the front rows are soaked by gallons of theatrical blood.
But 40 year old Alice is unrepentant "Its nightmare In Elm Street put to music!" he said "Its a rollercoaster ride - a fast cheap thrill".
White Hot Club photographer Joe Bangay, who saw the opening night says: "I saw kids faint. Alice has gone too far".
While all this is going on, Alice and Sheryl go to the theatre to see 'Phantom Of The Opera'
April 7th `88 London, England Wembley Arena (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
Kerrang: Alice Cooper had a bad experience on the last night of his Wembley dates when the safety device failed on the gallows which Alice uses to perform on stage. A shaken and shocked Alice had to be cut free from the noose which had tightened around his neck and he suffered severe bruising on his neck as a result of the accident. Needless to say the man is such a professional that he continued with the full show despite his injury.
April 8th `88 Newcastle, England City Hall (w/ Chrome Molly)
During the first night at Newcastle City Hall 8th April, 1988, Alice accidentally threw one of the dancers whips [during Go To Hell] up into the balcony and was caught, much to the delight of a female member of the audience.
(Steve Olley, January 2009)
April 9th `88 Newcastle, England City Hall (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 10th `88 Manchester, England Apollo Theater (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
April 11th `88 Manchester, England Apollo Theater (w/ Chrome Molly) After this show someone stole Alice`s Leather stage vest. He wore the Nightmare Returns vest for the rest of the tour. [Ticket]
April 12th `88 Manchester, England Apollo Theater (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 15th `88 Copenhagen, Denmark K. B. Halle (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 16th `88 Johanneshovs Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden [Ticket]
April 18th `88 Osnabruck, Germany Stadthalle (Show Censored) (w/ Chrome Molly)
The German-Bavarian government did manage to have one of Alice's shows modified in 1988 due to reports from the UK of extreme violence.
Kerrang: Alice Cooper's recent tour of Germany was hit by censorship and protest about the content of his stage show. Following reports in the English tabloid press about girls fainting in horror at Alice's antics, he was forced to drop sections of the show that involved spearing baby dolls on his sword, axing a female mannequin, disemboweling a pregnant woman and splattering fake blood.
Alice commented: "The most important thing was to play a show, even a censored one, for fans who've waited so long for me to return to Germany. I'm sorry that they didn't get to see the entire show, but they seemed to enjoy each night just as much as if we hadn't changed a thing."
Elsewhere in Europe, the full show was performed without incident, and the irony seems to be that the storm created in England that led to the ban was begun by a blind member of parliament!
Safely outside Germany, Cooper's parting shot was: "It's hard for an American to imagine anything as too violent for Germany".
April 20th `88 Boblingen, West Germany Sporthalle (Show Censored) (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 21st `88 Furth, West Germany Stadthalle (Show Censored) (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 22nd `88 Essen, Germany Grugahalle (Full Uncensored show) (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 23rd `88 Paris, France Le Zenith (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 24th `88 Ludwigshafen, West Germany Eberthalle (Show Censored) (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 25th `88 Munich, Germany Rudi Sedlmeyer Halle (w/ Chrome Molly) (Show Censored and no 18`s allowed resulting in kids being turned away at the door)
April 26th `88 Offenbach, Germany Stadhalle (w/ Chrome Molly) (Show Censored - the city council threatened to cutoff the power supply to the Stadthalle if Alice tried to perform the full show.)
April 27th `88 Winterthur, Switzerland Eullachalle (w/ Chrome Molly)
April 28th `88 Vienna, Austria Kurhalle Oberlaa (no support)
April 30th `88 Rome, Italy Teatro Tenda Strisce (w/ Chrome Molly)
May 2nd `88 Florence, Italy Pallazo Della Sport (Canceled despite attempts to change the venue to Discotheque Tenax)
May 3rd `88 Milan, Italy Palatrussardi (w/ Chrome Molly)
May 5th `88 Arnhem, The Netherlands Rijnhal (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
May 6th `88 Brussels, Belgium Forest National (w/ Chrome Molly) [Ticket]
July `88 Decline Of Western Civilization Part II released
August `88 Kane Roberts announces he`s leaving Alice to concentrate on his solo career.
Nov `88 Iron Eagle II released featuring 'I Got A Line On You',
Dec `88 Alice is in Woodstock, New York with Desmond Child writing new material


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Dustin Wilkes, 36, of Atlanta, was one of the few who headed to the office Tuesday. His parking lot was mostly deserted.
"I think they probably overreacted," Wilkes said. "It's to be expected."
Atlanta has a painful past of being ill-equipped to deal with snowy weather. Despite officials' promises after a crippling ice storm in 2011, the Jan. 28 storm proved they still had many kinks to work out.
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|Consumer-Directed Promotion of Regulated Medical Products; Part 15 Public Hearing
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Mr. Tom Hughes
|Date & Time:
|12/09/2005 11:12:55
|Organization :
|Mr. Tom Hughes
|Category :
|Drug Industry
|Issue Areas/Comments
| Dear FDA:
Thank you for this hearing. I have concern that drug companies are not being honest in their advertising, in the case of psychiatric drugs. The FDA allows this to happen.
These are some examples:
1. that psychiatric drugs handle a "chemical imbalance of the brain" or similarly, "correct neurotransmitter levels", etc. and;
2. that psychiatric drugs are safe (untrue) and effective (untrue).
Regarding #1 above, psychiatrists don't know what a proper chemical imblance so therefore cannot say what is an improper balance, especially when they have no such tests to diagnose a brain's chemical balance.
In regards to #2 above, these drugs have many severe effects and side effects so are not safe. The FDA approves these psychiatric drugs although they barely beat out the placebo and often lose out to excercise in helping depression.
I beleive It's time you, the FDA, stop allowing untruth, as opposed to looking at the Unconstitutional alternative solution of denying the freedom of speech to advertise.
Please return email that you understand my concerns.
Tom Hughes
Waltham, Massachusetts


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st: Re: expanding obs, then changing values based on that
Michael Costello <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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st: Re: expanding obs, then changing values based on that
Fri, 20 May 2011 23:59:40 -0400
Disregard, I solved it!
I created a variable that counted all the teachers with the same
teacher_id, then used that value to run a substring command which
picked out the exact location in my string that I needed. No repeats!
Thanks for helping me think things though!
Michael Costello
Mathematics & Statistics Teacher, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Intern, RTI International
"To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no
more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be
able to say what the experiment died of." -Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher,
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Michael Costello
<email@example.com> wrote:
> Statlisters,
> I have a dataset with a variable that asks teachers which section they
> teach. The options are sections a though e, and more than one answer
> is allowed. Thus:
> teacher_id var_a var_b var_c var_d var_e
> 1 1 0 0 0 0
> 2 1 1 1 0 0
> 3 1 0 0 1 1
> 4 1 0 0 1 0
> I need to duplicate any observation that has a 1 for more than one of
> var_a-var_e. So I did:
> egen var_total=rowtotal(var_a-var_e)
> expand var_total
> sort teacher_id
> Now, for teacher #2 above for example, I need to assign one (and only
> one?) of her three observations var_a=1, the second var_b=1 and the
> third var_c=1. This way I can create a new variable, "section" and
> have observation for each section. It would look like this in the
> end:
> teacher_id section
> 1 a
> 2 a
> 2 b
> 2 c
> 3 a
> 3 d
> 3 e
> 4 a
> 4 d
> I tried to create a concatenated variable so that I could assign "a"
> if the first number in the concatenated string (from the first table
> above) ==1, "b" if the second number were ==1, etc. The problem is
> that I cannot figure out how to only change the second observation
> within one teach_id number. Stated differently, it's changing all,
> not cycling though to the next observation.
> I'm not sure if this is making sense, but if you have ideas, please let me know.
> -Michael
> --
> Michael Costello
> Mathematics & Statistics Teacher, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
> Intern, RTI International
> 202-246-1627
> "To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no
> more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be
> able to say what the experiment died of." -Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher,
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Building Your Own Personal Pitch Deck
Or if I did use a resume, I'd think about it like a pitch deck: who's my audience? what's the problem I am solving? Why am I uniquely situated to solve it? etc. And if I couldn't answer those questions, I probably shouldn't be applying for the job in the first place.
i was talking with a friend the other day who was thinking about joining an early stage start-up. He's a smart guy who has a good job with a big company but wants to get involved in an earlier stage venture.
Long story short, he found a company that looked like a good fit (product, financing, team, etc.), but he was hung up on some of the comp numbers. My advice to him: forget about the comp numbers (sure, negotiate but don't let it drive your decision) and think long, not short.
His goal is to move into the start-up world, get to know the VC's, other entrepreneurs, gain some early stage experience. Learn how to build a company. This gig does all those things. Sure maybe he could squeak out another .25% of stock, but is it worth it?
The company he's joining probably probably won't turn him into the next Larry or Sergey - most don't. But the experience he gets there will make an excellent slide in his personal pitch deck. It makes finding his next start-up gig even easier to find (as an employee or even a co-founder).
Any start-up investor will tell you one shot deals are hard to find. You got to play the numbers - invest in 10 and hope one hits. As founders and employees we should think the same way. Don't play for the one shot - build the personal pitch deck that's going to give you lots of swings at the plate.


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Great Moments in Facebook History: May 23, 2014
Here are the BEST Great Moments in Facebook History for today, Friday, May 23rd, 2014:
- So today is that day it all changes; I'm cutting back on drinking, quitting smoking, and leaving the past behind me. Time to grow up a bit. (THE NEXT DAY) I'm am so effing wasted.
- The only time I care about the word LOVE is when it's preceded by "JENNIFER", & followed by "HEWITT'S BOOBS".
- Hey babe, is it 2006? because I need MySpace
- The only time I've ever used math is when I'm trying to figure out how many times I can get away with hitting the snooze button.
- Nice try Jehovah's Witnesses but dressing up like cops and telling me you have a warrant is not going to get me to open my door.
- The "friend zone" is still better than the "like a brother zone".
- Just when you start to feel like you're #1, God throws a blue turtle shell.
- I feel the best way to do battle with Godzilla type of monsters, is to build giant Lego pieces and leave them out for them to step on
(Found on Status Stalker, Funny Status, and Failbook)