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STAR™ Total Ankle Replacement Being Covered in Arkansas by QualChoice Health Plans
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--: June 14, 2011 – Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi) announced today that effective March 8, 2011, health plans managed by QualChoice Health Plans, Little Rock, AK, covering almost 50,000 members in Arkansas, will reimburse SBi's STAR™ total ankle replacement system. QualChoice offers a comprehensive line of health benefits and ancillary products on both a fully insured and self-insured basis.
The decision by QualChoice, the second largest health insurer in Arkansas, means that the procedure is now accessible by 95 percent or more than 260 million Americans enrolled in either private or government-funded health plans such as Medicare.
Since SBi's reimbursement consultant, Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC (MCRA), launched a program in 2009 to communicate clinically proven benefits, comparative effectiveness and overall cost benefits of the STAR ankle, virtually all insurers have revised their policies to provide coverage for total ankle replacement.
The STAR ankle is the only total ankle replacement system ever to be cleared through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) rigorous Premarket Approval (PMA) process. In the PMA process, the STAR ankle's safety and effectiveness was compared with ankle fusion in a multi-center, multi-year, Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study. The STAR was found to be superior in efficacy and comparable in safety to fusion.
The IDE and other study results also demonstrated that the STAR ankle has better pain relief, greater clinical success, less blood loss and a shorter operating time than fusion – offering the prospect of a new standard of care to patients and their physicians.
A prominent reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon in Little Rock, Jesse B. Burks, DPM, said: "For years the only option for people with severe ankle arthritis was fusion. Nobody likes the idea of having a stiff ankle. The big thing with the STAR ankle is its ability to actually mimic the anatomical function of a good ankle joint resulting in a real step forward in treating this painful condition."
About Small Bone Innovations, Inc.
Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi) was founded in 2004 by Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC (VB), the New York-based merchant banking firm that specializes in the musculoskeletal/orthopedics sector. SBi was the first company to focus purely on small bones & joints by integrating established companies and professionals in the field. It offers a broad, clinically proven portfolio of products and technologies to treat trauma and diseases in the small bones & joints.
SBi has facilities in New York, NY, Morrisville, PA, Bourg-en-Bresse, France, Donaueschingen, Germany, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has sold its products in 46 countries.


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you can put ads, however, who will click on them? A domain without anything on it is worth 0 dollars. And nobody wants to pay to have their ads on a content-free domain. In the end I think you simply did a very bad transaction
lol well it was impulse and it was when I new nothing ( like 5 months ago)
Should I contact McDonalds Lmao
Maybe they'll give you a Big Mac for it.
I think they could pay you some $$ for the domain if you can prove that you didn't know about their brand name, or if your name is mcdonands
it depends of your country laws if there are agreements with US or not. After you clear this info you can take a decision.
My advice, keep it.
Don't put anything related to their brand on it, don't contact them and ask for money, instead just put a contact email/phone number on it and leave it.
The ones interested in it will contact you, even if it's not listed for sale on a marketplace
I agree with cosmincotor,
Just keep the domain and leave your contact details up for interested parties. I`m not a fan of big corporations. If they didn't have the gumption to secure that domain before you did – then in my opinion they shouldn't be able to 'take' it at their leisure.
I think they could pay you some $$ for the domain if you can prove that you didn't know about their brand name when you bought it (deliberately registered a trademarked domain name), or if your name is mcdonands
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As has been discussed elsewhere, the Democrats enter office this January with a slim majority and no sense of mandate from a highly polarized public. Though "decision 2006" bore all the hallmarks of a 21st century American election: vote suppression, electronic malfunction, lost votes, and zero accountability, the Democrats and the Left in general have been a great deal less outspoken about these problems – in large part because it's hard to be heard above the cheers, Champaign corks, and clinking glasses.
But now, more than any other, is the moment for real electoral reform. With control of the Congress, Democrats have the political power to force effective legislation through. With voters still fairly incensed over the scandals, corruption, and access-buying that plagued the last twelve years of Republican rule, the voters, rather than special interests, have a fair shot at reasonable legislation. Fresh off of a Democratic victory, no one can call "sour grapes" on an election reform initiative.
Pelosi and the newly minted Democratic leadership are no doubt well aware of the nearly subterranean Congressional approval ratings and that – come January – they'll be Democratic approval ratings. With the right-wing talking heads from Rush to Michael Savage prattling on about the lack of outcry over election irregularities in the wake of a Democratic win, a preemptive political strike at the issue makes not just moral and legal sense, but political sense as well.
It's not as if the issue has gotten substantially better since the 2000 or 2004 elections. The Florida seat vacated by Katherine Harris (of Bush v Gore fame) was won by fewer votes than were lost or not counted by the election systems in place. Voter suppression and intimidation in Virginia was at near epidemic levels with thousands threatened and lied away from the polls.
All the while, millions of Americans cast their ballots on systems which rely on faith – and little else – to ensure that votes are counted, tabulated, and reported correctly. With no paper trail, no open verification of proper functionality, and no way of performing a meaningful or substantive recount, the Democrats hold the House and Senate because a machine tells us they do.
Now, more than ever, the Democrats have the opportunity to change this. Though elated today, the American Left would be foolish to forget the suspicion and outrage that met the results of the 2004 election. An election reform bill, passed by a newly victorious Democratic House and Senate would be very hard for Bush to veto. Passage would legitimate Pelosi and the rest of the ranking Democrats as leaders of the nation and not just their own party.
In contrast, letting the issue rest casts doubt upon the Democratic ability to lead, to say nothing of the sincerity and legitimacy of a new majority ostensibly elected to bring about reforms in the wake of scandal and corruption. Now, Speaker Pelosi, would be an excellent time to do the right thing.


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Lets get this out of the way. This movie is funny. Intentionally funny. Character-based humor, not falling-in-shit gags. I laughed out loud at least ten times during this film and I've laughed less at comedies that I gave good reviews. Abraham Lincoln liked to tell stories, whether they be parables or anecdotes, and they are funny. Even the reactions to his stories, sometimes before he even starts telling them, are funny. There is a warmth to this movie, a story about bloodshed and misery and depression and demons and the nation torn asunder, that is unexpected and wonderful. Abe Lincoln loved his country and his fellow man, and this is a loving tribute to the man.
it is pretty dark. Lincoln has dreams of death. His young son died.
His wife is super crazy. His oldest son resents him. The only battle
scene in the movie is right at the beginning, and features a boot
pushing a face underneath muddy water. Slowly. Robert Todd Lincoln
visits a military hospital and sees a pit of limbs. Abe visits a
battlefield and sees men torn apart by cannon balls. The Civil War is
always on the periphery in this film but impossible to forget.
bulk of the film, written by playwright Tony Kushner who also wrote Spielberg's Munich, concerns the passage of the 13th Amendment in early
1865. So you won't see young Lincoln, or any elections, or Stephen
Douglas, or any other Lincolnia. This is a brilliant choice to narrow
focus but hone in on the moral backbone of Lincoln. There is even a
scene depicting Lincoln's awkward interaction with a black maid where he
tells her doesn't really know any blacks. This just proves that it
wasn't personal to Lincoln. It was almost more of a philosophical or
spiritual problem to him that people were in chains, than a political
leads to some of the best parts of the movie that don't feature Daniel Day-Lewis.
Since Lincoln views abolishing slavery as such a moral necessity, he is
willing to play dirty politics to get to the greater good. Tim Blake
Nelson, John Hawkes, and James Spader play a trio of backroom
negotiators who use everything just shy of out-and-out bribery (which
Spader does suggest first) to encourage lame duck congressman to vote
for the amendment's passage. These segments are also great for any
rubes in the audience who thought politics used to be purer or somehow
more honorable in the 'good ol days'.
every part in the film is filled by a great actor who gives a great
performance. Tommy Lee Jones probably hasn't tried this hard in years.
Lukas Haas, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon Levitt,
Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Wayne Duvall, Lee Pace, Walt Goggins,
Michael Stuhlbarg, David Strathairn, Stephen Henderson, Jared Harris,
Hal Holbrook, David Costabile, Julie White, Bill Raymond, Dakin
Matthews, Gloria Reuben, David Oyelowo, Elizabeth Marvel, Gregory Itzin,
and Peter McRobbie are among the gigantic cast.
Day-Lewis delivers an amazing performance. The first scene is jarring,
because they just drop right into it, but you get used to Lincoln being
Lincoln pretty quickly, and then you are absorbed for the rest of the
movie. The film has a narrow focus chronologically, but you manage to
see Lincoln in many different lights. He spends time alone with
his youngest son, with his oldest son, with admiring troops, with
bickering cabinet members, with slippery political operatives, with
respectful generals, and venomous adversaries. This is not a film where
every character is in love with and in awe of the main character; you'll have to turn to the audience for that.
~ John Williams might have run out of iconic themes. I enjoyed the music during the film but didn't find myself remembering it afterwards.
~ The film is gorgeous, thanks to DP Janusz Kaminski, and the contrast between indoor and outdoor scenes is striking.
~ The film has an almost perfect ending... then it goes on for five more minutes. Oh well.


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Internal water dispenser RF265AASH/XAA-0000 Samsung Refrigerator
I have a samsung refrigerator, the internal water dispenser has broken. Not sure if I can reattach the switch actuator or if it is broken. I need to remove the cover to find out How do remove the cover?, it feels like I am going to break it if I pull on it. Any tips?
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News for Immediate Release
October 25, 2011
Public Meeting to Address Future of Michaux State Forest Shooting Range
Harrisburg The state Bureau of Forestry has scheduled a Nov. 1 public meeting to seek input on the future of a target shooting range that operated for six years in Michaux State Forest before it was closed in June 2010.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at the Buchanan Valley Fire Hall on Route 234, three miles north of Route 30 in Adams County. Written comment also will be accepted through Nov. 15 by the bureau as it decides the next step governing the range on Birch Run Road.
The range was well-received by shooters when it opened in 2004, but was closed by the bureau in June 2010 amid widespread littering and disregard for range safety and protocol, maintenance issues and lead contamination concerns at the site adjoining Long Pine Reservoir, Chambersburgs municipal water supply.
A task force has studied this issue at length, focusing on both the range problems and possible options, said Bureau of Forestry Director Dan Devlin. Its findings are detailed in a 40-page report, but we want to engage the public formally and hear what it wants before we make a final decision.
The task force, which is comprised of two DCNR employees, three shooters who used the range and a sixth person questioning environmental safety, has outlined several scenarios for the ranges future. Should the range resume operation, the group called for strong user-group commitment to cleanup and maintenance. Future use should be limited to shooters possessing valid Pennsylvania hunting licenses, the task force said.
Essentially, the task force presented the bureau with four options:
The task force's 40-page Target Range Report can be found online at http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/stateforests/michaux/index.htm.
Written comments will be accepted until Nov. 15. Mail to: Bureau of Forestry, District 1, 10099 Lincoln Way East, Fayetteville, PA, 17222-9609; or email to email@example.com.
A follow-up report summarizing public comment will be issued by Michaux District Forester Roy Brubaker.
Including Adams, York and sections of Cumberland and Franklin counties, the Michaux district includes more than 85,000 acres of state forestland known for several top-quality trout streams, a wealth of historic iron furnaces, and hundreds of miles of trails and state forest roads.
Besides public recreation and timber, potable water is among the Michaux district's most valuable resources, with numerous local communities depending on its pure water for municipal supplies.
Media contact: Terry Brady, 717-772-9101


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SOUTH HILLS – The Pirates are testing your cardiac health, I'm sure. The Pirates' own health has placed them in quite a heart-sinking bind.
After the Andrew McCutchen injury I wondered in this Web space if the Pirates' season was again on the brink. The Pirates responded with surprising resiliency, but it came mostly against teams like the Padres and Marlins. The Pirates have had the benefit of a relatively light schedule the first month after the All-Star break.
This past week the schedule toughened. The Pirates responded with an 0-for-5 road trip. This tougher stretch of schedule continues today with a three-game set opening against Atlanta, divisional play resumes this weekend at Milwaukee, and the Pirates return to face the Cardinals. The Pirates cannot afford having their next 10 days go like the last five when they did not at all look like a postseason-caliber team.
We can talk about the bullpen usage and the trades of Jason Grilli and Bryan Morris, we can talk about the missed ball four call on Ike Davis (that's where home-field advantage shows up see: Scorecasting), we can talk about why Michael Martinez is playing left field …
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The bottom line is for the Pirates to right themselves and remain in this race, they have to have their best player and most critical players – McCutchen, Gerrit Cole, Jordy Mercer, Neil Walker and Charlie Morton – in the lineup, healthy and at or near 100 percent capacity.
Baseball is about attrition more than any other sport primarily because there's so many games and pitcher's elbows are so brittle. Teams often end the season looking much more different than they began. The Pirates have weathered injury very well to date, but now the schedule will be against them. Division play is about to heat up and the Bucs play only nine home games in September.
Yes, there's a lot of baseball left but it's not going to matter much if the Pirates can't get key pieces back healthy. The history of players returning quickly from rib injuries isn't great, Cole has not recovered well after his early rehab starts (though his recent work is encouraging), Morton's hip is barking (apparently), and back injuries (Walker) can linger.
The season is really on the brink this time. Get well soon, 'Cutch.
9. Remarkably, the Pirates' bullpen blew two saves on Sunday, to give it the NL lead at 21. It's another reminder of how quickly surpluses can be exhausted and the unpredictable nature of bullpens from year to year.
8. Of course, it's too bad Jared Hughes' and the 'pen were credited with blown-save No. 20 as an Ike Davis throwing error was the real culprit Sunday ,and Pedro Alvarez's 24th throwing error let another run in.
Unlike most of his throwing errors, which have come on routine chances with Alvarez moving to his left, Alvarez was on the move forward and flipped a ball way too high to Russell Martin. Alvarez didn't have as much time to think on that chance and it was still errant. Steve Sax has offered to speak with Alvarez, when speaking with me for a profile on Alvarez's issues last week. Alvarez should take him up on that. Alvarez was replaced late in the game by Jayson Nix.
7. The Pirates have to hope giving Morton some rest time on the DL will allow him to get back some of his stuff. His two-seamer has not been the electric pitch it was last year as he's lost two mph.
6. Placing Morton on the DL will allow the Pirates to get Cole back in the rotation. The Pirates certainly haven't rushed back Cole, who made four rehab starts. Cole sat at 95 mph in his last start and touched 99 mph in seven shutout innings. The Pirates need Cole to be the impact arm he was last September as the schedule toughens.
5. One interesting note on Cole: Hurdle suggested to several of us scribes that we look at the performance of starting pitchers coming back after typical, 1-2 start rehab stint. The indication was – apparently backed by research – is that they struggled. Maybe this prolonged rehab will allow Cole to be himself in his first start back.
4. So Josh Harrison can also play a competent shortstop? The ultimate Swiss Army knife.
3. Did we mention that Brandon McCarthy and Doug Fister (and Phil Hughes and/or Scott Kazmir) would have been perfect fits for the Pirates' groundball and shift-heavy philosophy and/or PNC Park? The Pirates have missed on some starting pitcher value, beginning in the offseason.
2. If you thought the Pirates reasoning for holding Gregory Polanco back until June – that he had to work on his outfield defense – was completely disingenuous, well, it wasn't. Polanco continues to struggle on balls hit over his head and took a very poor route on a key fly ball in the ninth inning Saturday.
1. Could Alvarez have a temporary home in the corner outfield while McCutchen is out?
Edinson Volquez become the first Pirates pitcher to reach 10 wins this season. In case you missed it, Baseball America rated his fastball as the third best in the National League. Hard to believe, but Volquez does have an electric arm.
"I don't want to stiff the governor," – Neil Walker responding to Gov. Tom Corbett after Corbett nominated Walker and Phillies lefty Cliff Lee to take the "Ice Bucket Challenge," an online fundraiser for the ALS Association to battle Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Clint Hurdle on Andrew Lambo: "For what we need … how much is (Lambo) going to play? Do you want Lambo playing in front of (Travis) Snider? I don't. You want Lambo playing in front of (Gregory) Polanco? I don't. You want Lambo playing in front of (Starling) Marte? I don't. And he's not going to play first base in front of anybody right now."
I've yet to see it but I've heard some excellent things about the movie "Boyhood" … which is now playing in select theatres.


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It may or may not be true that a mortician checks for a pulse one last time, just in case. As in life, a team that looks to be toast can suddenly arise from the dead to win a playoff series or huge playoff game. The 1985 Kansas City Royals are a good case. They got up off the mat not once, but twice, to win a World Series. Down 3-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series, hot hitter George Brett put the team on his back and guided them to a comeback win. In the World Series against cross-state rival St. Louis, the Royals were again in a 3-1 hole and having to beat a powerhouse team. After clawing back to 3-2, KC trailed the Cards 1-0 in Game 6, going into the bottom of the 9th. One massive blown call later, a comeback win and a blowout and the Royals were unlikely champs.
This series was famous — and infamous — for the Marlins coming back from a 3-1 deficit, and a play involving unfortunate Cubs' fan Steve Bartman. After the Marlins narrowly won game one, 9-8 at home, the Cubs reeled off three straight wins, beating Marlins' crafty pitcher Dontrelle Willis along the way. Florida's ace Josh Beckett tossed a tidy two-hitter for a 4-0 win to get Florida within one, with the series headed back to Wrigley for game six. The Cubs had game two winner Mark Prior on the hill and were cruising in the eighth with a 3-0 lead. Then came the foul ball. Bartman's grab of what was later deemed an unplayable ball started a chain of events that saw Chicago lose the game 8-3 and the series.


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Senator Malcolm A. Smith Applauds $354 Million Transportation Grant
State Senator Malcolm A. Smith today praised the U.S. Department of Transportation's decision to award $354 million to New York City to help fight the City's traffic congestion problem.
"This funding gives us an opportunity to examine ways to relieve congestion not just in Midtown Manhattan, but throughout the City," Senator Smith said. "This is a great first step in ensuring a healthier future for New York City residents."
The Queens lawmaker noted that he is among 25 Senate Democrats who represent New York City and its suburbs. He said he and his colleagues can bring many ideas to the table about how to make the Metropolitan area a less congested and healthier place to live.
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Last month the Senate and Assembly passed legislation that creates the 17-member New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission. The Commission will review Mayor Bloomberg's plan to address traffic congestion and make recommendations on its implementation.
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Lewis Birdsall Harris was born in Waterloo, New York, on July 1, 1816, the third child of John R. Harris and Jane Birdsall. When his mother left New York for Texas in 1833, he remained at the home of his grandparents until the spring of 1836. Although he arrived in Texas on April 21st, he quickly joined the Texian Army. Harris later held government positions as a clerk for both Andrew Briscoe and DeWitt Clinton Harris and served in the military including participating in the Somervell Expedition. In 1849 Harris joined the rush for California. He eventually settled in Sacramento, where he served as county clerk.
Lewis B. Harris was a prolific correspondent and wrote frequently to his relations in New York and Texas. He maintained a journal from 1836 to 1842 describing his journey from New York to Texas and his life in Texas. Harris married Jane E. Wilcox in 1846. In 1854, he married Amanda C. Dell, and had two children: Lewis B. Harris, Jr. and Gordon B. Harris. Lewis B. Harris died in San Diego, California, on June 12, 1893.
Financial documents, correspondence, and legal papers briefly record the life of Lewis Birdsall Harris. Statements of account (4) and tax receipts (2) document Harris' financial transactions. Of interest are 3 records concerning the rental and eventual purchase of Mary, a 24 year old black woman, by Henry F. Fisher in 1849, the year Harris left Texas for California. Correspondence includes 2 letters received by Harris, one from his nephew J. S. Birdsall in Oregon in 1871 asking for financial assistance. Three letters written by Harris from California in 1851 are addressed to
Other related papers from the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection include the John R. and Jane Harris Papers, the Harris Family Papers, the Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, the DeWitt Clinton Harris Papers, the William Plunkett Harris Papers, the Abram and Eliza Van Tuyl Papers, the Andrew Briscoe Papers, the Parmenas Briscoe Papers, and the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers. All photographs are located in the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers. There is an excellent daguerreotype of Lewis Birdsall Harris and Mary Jane Harris Briscoe.
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Ben Rhydding continued their good run with another North Men's Premier Division victory but they almost paid for letting their rivals claw their way back into the game.
The first half was a dismal affair. Struggling to get out of a tight and aggressive press, Rhydding kept giving the ball back to Gateshead for another go and were camped in their defensive third for the majority of the half.
Their first circle entry did not happen until the 17th minute. Danny Foster seemed to be the only player that had any composure. He was tackling relentlessly and trying to build the play from the back.
Young keeper, Cam Herbert was kept busy and made some excellent saves to keep the score at 0-0.
A tactical change for the second half allowed Rhydding to play their trademark hockey and they spent 20 minutes attacking Gateshead.
Intelligent and selfless running from Ali Jordan was rewarded with a goal from a corner as Rhydding began to find a beautiful rhythm.
Kieran Borrett began to find avenues into the circle and Matty Birch went close with a flick past the post.
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Callum Franks added another goal after finishing an impressive counter attack passage with a slam into the goal from open play.
Gateshead got back in the game after exploiting a goalmouth scramble but Harry Sherlock replied with an absolute screamer of a goal, taken on the half-volley and rocketed into the roof of the net.
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Tonight could be bad things. But maybe they surpise.
Yeah i have a bad feeling as well... But who knows, they've surprised me many times this season.
agreed on the bad feeling.
hey know what the atmosphere is going to be like.
Do you think they know how it seems to have little impact on anything but the officiating on either way calls?
Let's kick some Miami punk ass.
Well this is the place to dream, right?
The Miami fans seem pretty awful btw. It doesn't seem like much of a home court advantage for them judging from what comes through on tv.
With the free throw differential and crappy rebounding of the sixers in game 1 - how much more of an advantage would you like the fans influencing the refs to be?
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Look for ET to take over Nocioni's minutes tonight. Collins said he liked Turner's minutes on Sat, said he's good matchup v. Heat.
That's something i'll look forward to :).
At least the right guy gets the 'playoff experience' - that's something
After that first shot where he got swallowed, I thought ET played a steady game. He wasn't hurting them the way Nocioni was.
This Law & Order lead-in to the game is kind of depressing.
Could be worse - could be CHarmed
Do you think Collins does anything drastically different on the defensive end? I've been waiting for his chance to prepare after one playoff game.
Tough to tell. They did a good job w/ Wade and LeBron. I think they attack that Wade/Bosh pick and roll late in the game differently, if we get there. Funny how Collins basically said they were daring LeBron to take on Jrue in crunch time and Miami refused to.
When is tip off?
Probably like 7:07.
Apologies to anyone who suffers from migraines, but what a pussy reason to miss practice. Someone should seriously slap him in the back of the head a couple of times, see if he breaks out in tears.
You've obviously never had a migraine.
They can be debilitating in normal circumstances
It's all in your head.
Good to see Sager is there to grace us with his award winning presence.
They can beat them in one game, Chuck. I hate his hard line stances.
Agree, and the worst part is he will never admit that he can be wrong... and he is.. a lot
I really hate it when Charles says anything at all about the Sixers. He's still so fucking bitter.
Ever read "Seven Seconds or Less"? He gave the Nash Suns team literally no credit for anything. It was much more than "They can't win a championship."
I really hate it when Charles says anything at all. He's still so fucking bitter.
Fixed it for you
Heh, so if the crowd gets loud, does that actually help us?
Man, I want to beat this team so fucking bad. These lame fans don't deserve the luck they've gotten.
OK, here we go.
Miller wants 18/8/8 from AI9. reasonable request.
Hawes loses the tip. Bibby handling to start.
Wow, Jaime Maggio is now on TNT? She came a long way since her time with the Sixers.
Long two for Iguodala to start it, missed. Ugh.
terrible shot.
Jrue in Bibby's face. Nice.
A couple of disturbing things to start, poor pick and pop defense and an unnecesarry TO by AI9.
Early turnover by Dre :(
Took Hawes less than a minute to record a foul.
ugly ugly offense by the sixers.
Not even a hint of penetration yet.
They're showing hard like they want to trap our high pick and rolls.
Jodie's gonna have to seek out Wade on the glass. That's no good.
Jesus Christ, get Hawes the fuck out of there.
this is gonna get ugly real fast.
get hawes out.
Good pass from Jodie to EB. We need to attack, attack, attack. Be the aggressors.
Need to go way stronger than that, EB.
I wouldn't mind Thad for Hawes now.
for all of Hawes' pathetic play the icing on the cake has to be that he is terrible from the free throw line.
LeBron's really overplaying Iguodala off those baseline screens, that lob is going to be there on the backdoor, they should follow him up w/ a back screen.
1/4 from the line, fuck me.
Speights for Hawes!
Speights already?
Dre knocks down a J, but still too many jumpers.
Fuck Jrue, have to make it. Keep being aggressive.
Fuck me, that layup needs to drop for Jrue.
Speights has 2 d-boards already.
Fuck me, they're tight. Missing all these makable shots.
This is ugly right now
Speights is playing just as bad as Hawes did, he still has no idea how to go strong with two hands in traffic.
Thad for Speights, please.
Where can I listen to the game on the radio? Local.
Jrue needs to split that double and get into the lane some more. That was a pretty move, ball was halfway down. Don't get discouraged. Defense is really keeping them in this, oddly enough.
Miami's doing okay on offense - on pace to score 104 without a single three so far, and missing half of their foul shots.
They have 13 points on 17 possessions.
wtf was that Jrue!??
Yep, way the fuck off. That Jrue three wasn't even close.
Jodie for two, wish Iguodala had let him get out past the three point line before giving him the pass.
Great finish by Jrue in transition!
Wow - nice pass from Iggy there.
Grab the fucking ball, Speights.
Yep, that was horrible.
And for some reason Iggy drops the ball off to him so he can take a crappy long jumper.
how is that not a foul? Meeks gets fucking knocked to the ground.
Can't we get a call on Jodie there? Shit.........
Hate that shot by Speights.
Jodie was out of control there, I think that should have been no foul.
Don't get why Collins isn't taking Speights out.
You know, maybe getting Speights some burn in the regular season would've been a good idea if you were going to use him in the fucking playoffs. Just a thought.
exactly what i said yesterday on here. puzzling
Thad causing problems on the offensive glass immediately. Love it.
Save us Thaddeus Young - you're our only hope
he should have been put in the game earlier, also he needs 30 minutes at least.
Would like to see ET too.
Speights has 4 defensive rebounds in 5 minutes. Is he the rebounding solution for the series?
Man, you fucking suck Hawes.
Our subs have got to produce and almost take over. Have to capitalize when thier bench comes in.
There you go Lou, get the contact.
Good job, Lou.
The silver lining here with Hawes is that there is no way they sign him after these last two games...right? (I know, I know - short playoff sample)
Atta boy, Thad. Jrue tipped that loose to set it up too.
Looking like one of Lou or Thad have to score at least 25 to give us even a prayer
God damnit, Hawes.
Box somebody the eff out Spencer!@!!!!!!
that was just pitiful. Our 7'1" center has inside position for the offensive board, LeBron gets the rebound from behind without even jumping.
Nice work here early Evan - the shot aside. Good boards.
yep, looks like he prevented Anthony from making that lay-in too
Turner.. fearless but naive
Yeah, poor decision to pull up there.
PHI 13, MIA 19 after one.
Defense is there. Just need to find a way to put the ball in the hoop.
heh, this team basically has 1 useable big.
Man, what an abominable offensive quarter. We are getting good looks on the offensive end. Have to can them. Let's get Lou going.
Is it bad that I'm a little encouraged that they are only down 6?
Nah, I'm feeling the same way. Down 6 after shooting 20% in the first is fine. They've missed at least five really good looks.
Well, we sustained their initial run and are still shooting like crap. Guess it could be worse or down by alot more.
Thad or someone has to inject some urgency or intensity. We look sort of lackadaisical.
I think the energy is there, but the shots just look flat and tight.
this is gonna be one scrap fest. we need lou or thad (or both) to score like mad.
Speights never gets to loose balls. No intensity.
these long twos early in shot clocks are killing me.
Come on, Thad. Follow through on the foul
Be confident Evan. and smart..
Good movement out of that loose ball to get Turner the open look.
yes Evan thank God you made one.
Another Hawes foul.
eh, can brand handle 44 minutes a game? only chance for sixers .
Dag, when does he rest LeBron? ever?
God damn even Thad is missing. This already feels like a long and painful night..
Collins got Iguodala back in early.
Thad w/ another missed close one. Ugh.
We can't buy a bucket.
That was some great post D by Iguodala on James. Lou lost his man.
Turner w/ a three. nice.
Come on get Jrue back in the game.
3 ET? I'll take it..
Some decent defense on Lebron here - even EVan.
Turner stepping up. At least...
Thank God for Turner. Thad needs to try and get contact. These fadeaway hooks aren't cutting it. He's gotta go towards the basket.
Well, we're up to 23% from the floor. Moving in the right direction, at least.
I think our only chance is points off turnovers. Teams never win when they miss 10 shots in the lane.
Go to the hole, please.
Lou really looks hesitant to go to the rim. That hammy is tender it looks.
Good pump fake Lou.
Let's get back in this while the Beav gives LBJ a four minute rest.
Evan getting some real burn here minutes-wise.
Moving screen on Anthony, no whistle.
I really don't understand why meeks isn't in there.
Missed layups again, Thad. sheesh....too damn many to come back from..
Evan been in too long, get Meeks back in.
Are you insane??
I think Iguodala's offense keeps regressing as years go by
God what a disappointing showing by EB so far. Absolutely no excuse to let Anthony abuse you on the O boards.
Another three for turner.
ET 3!!! come on, get stop
This is the collective sum of all our nightmares
i'm gonna be sick. only EVAN TURNER can make a shot!Thad can't buy a bucket from TWO FEET!
Anthony has rendered Thad absolutely useless offensively. I'm actually speechless.
well, this is fun.
Thad is really awful tonight.
Wonder if we'll score 60.
back down to 21%
Unfortunately, I feel we may see that Lebron highlight roughly 400x the rest of the playoffs.
Thad gets the hoop after he doesn't get the call.
Bullshit foul. Again.
Why is Turner on LeBron? Why not put Iguodala on LeBron and Turner on Wade? LeBron can just overpower ET.
wow, ET staying on the court.
Young FINALLY on the putback, after costing Jrue an assist by NOT FINISHING AT THE RIM
this is off the charts bad offense
why only two shots of EB?they have covered him well but still
Let's go, get it to 6-7 before end of quarter.
ET, my god!
nice stop on wade
Man, Turner was feeling it there - great drive, JUST missed that layup.
Fuck, Turner is not doing a good job on LeBron.
horrible shots left and right
we are going to lose by 20 if this continues, and that's being optimistic
Wow, Doug's really going small here. Lou on Wade. With thad at the 5.
I wouldn't mind trying Thad on Lebron at some point.
instead of ET
Our big problem is being attacked right now, they are just going at the guy who Iguodala isn't guarding, Turner has struggled with both of them. Maybe do the Jrue on LBJ thing?
Collins is just grasping at straws at this point, and you can't really blame him.
Right. Glad he hasn't grasped the Nocioni straw.
Well, there is that. Another silver lining.
nice new offensive wrinkle-shot clock violation!
Shot clock violation out of a timeout? bad execution by the guys
Get Meeks in for ET and let him guard Wade.
I'm assuming that's why meeks isn't in there.
although, i don't understand why he's playing lou over meeks.
I thought Meeks did a credible job on Wade in game one and the 1st quarter of the last regular season game we played vs them.
The problem with that is that it's hard to take out the only guy who has played a semblance of good offensive basketball.
Only you would want to take ET out when he is the only player on the team playing with any semblance of confidence and fearlessness.
On the offensive end he has, but his D has been subpar against the two great wing players.
Still, you let him guard the PG, can't take him out when he's the only one making shots.
heh, he's given up more than he's given you on that end.
save the bickering for the regular season..
I'm sorry, but I don't think Jodie will provide that D we are looking for...
Anyone else feeling slightly sick right now?
Fine I am actually in pain right now watching this...
I got that game over feeling.
OK, back to back makes by Thad. Maybe someone finds some fucking rhythm.
Lou, with a bad hamstring, isolation one on one, against Wade. Not liking our chances there...
Defense went to shit in the 2nd quarter.
Dare I say, this is over? Feels like it...
oh shut up wade.
PHI 31, MIA 49 at the half.
Not much to say. It took a couple of hoops by Thad late to get their field goal percentage up to 25%.
Someone tell me when halftime is over, I can't watch Barkley gloat.
I had the same thought. Gonna walk my dog.
Nice long 2 by Lou, leaving 7 fat seconds on the clock. Jesus.
Schmidt hit his 500th on a 3-0 pitch, huh? Should've beaned him his next time up :)
At least the FT differential isn't crazy MIA 14, PHI 10.
Like I've said, we have no chance if Miami plays good defense. Though Barkely is crazy to say we don't have an advantage at any position.
i knew game one was our big chance.
can't think like that. hopefully miami is, and we can catch them off guard in the third, start hitting some shots and continue protecting the ball and playing strong d and maybe it can be somewhat interesting heading into the 4th
Wonder if Collins trots Hawes back out there to start the third.
ET/Meeks/Iggy/Thad/Brand lineup?
what about Jrue?
you can only pick 3 out of Jrue/Meeks/ET/Iggy.
Charles = Jerk
what was he saying about Jrue?I only caught the very end
He said Jrue had an advantage and he really liked Jrue.
oh good. even though bibby just ran by him on consecutive trips down the floor
We had 31 pts in 1st quarter in game 1. We've got 31 at halftime? ugh, ugh ugh
Alright, long, slow climb back into it, or more of the same?
Hawes is back on the floor.
Jrue got rid of the ball quick out of that double, wound up in a dunk.
Fuck, Jrue misses two runners. He has to hit those. Brand w/ 2 o-boards early. Sign of life?
Good work, hawes.
Still missing. :(
Dre and Jrue just have to be better offensively. Where's the mental toughness to not be out of control like that? He's almost giving up with that drive. Jrue has a favorable matchup but he can't score.
At least Hawes will provide laughs....we're done, can't make free throws, can't make shots, starter had 9 pts that whole half..
for the love of.. get Hawes out of there please.
Good D. Shot clock violation.
Hawes actually boxed someone out that time.
Meeks three.
Hawes, you're funny...
wtf was that shot by Hawes?
Iguodala with a sick block on LBJ. show that on sportscenter.
i would feel sorry for hawes if i didn't passionately hate him
Seriously Hawes
Good to see Speights brought his A game to the playoffs.
woah, Lebron is balding.
I take more solace in knowing that Delonte West fucked his mom.
This Speights thing just baffles me.
Still don't understand why he's not using Battie. Must be aching or something.
At last Meeks makes one. Come on, let's at least get to 70 points.
Jrue three.
alright, Jrue three!nice posession
Good sub, if Battie shows anything he should get the start for Game 3.
Hawes was terrible, Speights no better. Seriously even Thad is bad tonight, but it's gotta be him on the floor. And get ET back in there.
great job by jodie, driving hard and taking the contact
LOL @ Speights. In less than a minute he missed two shots and gave up an and-1, and got subbed by Battie.
nice play there by battie. he just showed more than hawes or speights has in either game
Odds Battie splits the pair?
95%, the other 5% was two misses.
If Battie is in there to give hard fouls, I'd prefer he give them on Wade and/or LeBron.
moving screen on bosh no?
get ET in there please. If anything he has a good second half and we have one positive to take out of this game.
Good lord Battie. I don't know why our big guys are getting me so mad, this is who they are.
Bullshit foul call on Jrue.
what the fuck?
Fucking bullshit call on Jrue. No contact at all.
They call that a foul?
where the F is ET
Doug would rather see Lou go 0 for 5 again and leave James Jones wide open every play.
Jrue's pissed.
Did somebody hit him in the mouth or something? I noticed the same thing.
It was that call. He was fuming. I'd actually like to see him go nuts and get a tech. They need to give him the ball here, see how he responds. That was an eff you three he just hit a minute ago.
Really poor defense here.
Anyone got a silver lining?
Probably won't have to play in MIA again and listen to their douche bag PA guy over the silent crowd full of douche bags who don't realize Florida is the white trash version of southern california. No offense to any floridians.
we've got the 16th pick in the draft?
The TV has an off switch if it gets too much.
sixers are down 23 and have only 4 turnovers
Would love to hear Collins' explanation for Turner remaining on the bench for what looks to be the entire 3rd quarter. Collins stinks.
HATE the thad jumper
This is one heck of an ass-kicking
2 more coming...
Battie put LeBron on his ass. Was that so hard?
like the two hard fouls by battie. they're gonna get called anyway(even if you DON'T TOUCH THEM, like that call on Jrue)...might as well do it with authority
Well, I think they're definitely going to get to 60.
PHI 52, MIA 75 after three.
They actually only lost that quarter by 7. not bad.
some days (like today) Depressed is an understatement.
At least there's no false hope today!
i leave jrue in for the 4th, along with thad, et, jodie, battie. let the young guys try to establish a rhythm and build some confidence going home.
game three has to be very, very different. can't get abused like this in our gym. don't think we will, either. think it's our best remaining chance to win a game and it will at least be competitive. hope the crowd brings it. if i were in philly i'd be there...of course, i go home may 12. three weeks late
They've figured out how simple we are to stop on offense. No post threat, no guy to create his own shot, no shooters. Just pack it in and play the passing lanes and we can't score if we aren't getting out in transition.
Andre can't drive on LBJ, Lou is hobbled, they're shading Thad to his left and EB has no lift, Jrue isn't taking advantage when he has it, he's content to shoot jumpers. Pretty simple when you think about it.
Through three quarters, Sixers have 52 points and Wade/James/Bosh 52.
Is anyone expecting the sixers to have a home court advantage in game 3? I can't expect the WFC to be wild with enthusiasm after the first two games.
I think they sold a lot of tickets. We'll see how into it the crowd is. Going to depend on how they play early. If they don't play well, Iguodala will get booed by the time the second half starts.
The 3s are nice, but i am very pleased with how quickly Turner is pushing the ball up the court.
heh, oops, was bound for 1 mistake in a game thread.
Lou's hurt bad, he's a shell of himself.
Another hard foul by Battie after another bad miss by Lou.
If we had the same shooting percentage as them, we'd be winning by about 15 points
Just do something positive in the fourth. anything.
Just so dispiriting. I've watched all of the playoffs and we look like the clearcut worst team
Aye, who knew you needed a proficient center?
or even just a breathing center.
Hope the front office realizes that. Cause we sort of are.
If it were a boxing match it woulda been stopped in the first quarter.
Even if it were a UFC match it'd be stopped by now.
This is just terrible.
Lou's grimacing out there.
Turner three. Battie had a nice box out on the other end. Battie needs to start in game three.
I agree, at least he fights for rebounds and can put a guy on his ass.
Hate to say this, but the Dalembert trade looks really, really bad right now. What were they thinking? Our centers have about 4 rebounds in this game.
No reason you should hate to say it. The trade looked idiotic from the second it happened and never stopped looking idiotic at any point since.
Yeah, you said so at the time.
Where has Evan Turner's three point stroke come from??
I'm not expecting that to continue.
he was 4/4 in april as well
Still a pretty small sample size, hope i'm wrong though.
I feel like the fact that the ball is finding its way into the basket is such a shocking and dramatic improvement that it almost has to mean something. Because the way he shot before, there was no way he could make anything. His shot was just way too flat.
He shot 31.8% from 3 for the season. That's way better than Joe Johnson or Russell Westbrook shot from 3 as rookies. The "Turner can't shoot" meme is just another one of the ridiculous myths spread by the "Turner is a bust" crowd that somehow caught mainstream acceptance.
Nobody's a bust after just one season (maybe Morrison?) but he definitely had a really disappointing year for a player of his seasoning, draft position, etc.
Stefanski talked to the papers in Philly last week. I get the impression they are going to be active in free agency this year. May make a few trades as well.
I wonder if Thorn even talks to Stefanski, or just lets him eat at Chili's on the company dime and tells him to stay out of the way.
They can't be players in free agency, thanks to the trade Stefanski made last summer.
They could use the mid level on someone (if it's still around) and be creative. Call me crazy, but I believe in thorn lol.
Given Thorn's free agents signings last year (Outlaw, Petro, Farmar), this may not be such a bad thing :/
Thad is playing bosh pretty well.
Battie w/ his fourth foul, I think.
No idea why Brand and Iggy are out there.
Get Iguodala out of there. He's all over the place.
Iggy is horrible tonight.
Okay I'm out. Surprised I lasted this long to be honest.
Thaddeus "Garbage Time" Young
totally embarrassing - wonder what Thorn is thinking. I don't think it's "We'll come back strong at home."
Get it under 20.
I think ET should start Game 3
for who?
Meeks, I would say. If Meeks isn't spreading the floor - he can't create or defend. Switch it up some
I really think the opposite should happen and meeks should have 38-42 minutes per game going on.
When jodie isn't on the floor i feel the half court offense is non existant and it's basically hope that Thad or Lou gets hot.
The offense is stagnant no matter what, because we have no post game and no one who can consistently create for others.
Igoudala has been horrible - I hope it's an injury. But he can't buy a basket, and is forcing a lot of stuff.
I'm not saying not to play Meeks, but bring him off the bench, switch things up with another ball handler. Have Holiday catch and shoot a little bit more also.
And, for God's sake, don't even play Hawes.
Wow we sure are on different wavelengths. I'd start Turner and reduce Meeks' minutes to zero. Meeks provides nothing but 3-point shooting, and he stinks at that now. He's an NBA role player, a 10-minute a game guy. 40 minutes for Meeks, all I can say is wow, what?
He's 3/5 from three in this series. Not sure how you you read that as him not being able to make threes.
That's a fair point. I'm looking more at his last 2-3 weeks. And the fact that he seems to do pretty much nothing on the court, at least to me.
Yes. He'll be our leading rebounder for sure. And he won't miss 5 layups in a row.
I just can't see the Sixers playing well at home. They seem to have no confidence at all.
Turner is your player of the game.
his 2nd POTG vs the heat.
I remember during the run-up to the draft when eddie's headys said Turner was going to be another Calbert Cheaney. And everyone said, no no, Turner's way better than Cheaney, where in the world would you get that crazy idea, etc. And then the season started and Turner stunk and eddie's headys revised his prediction to complete bust. Nowadays, Turner's starting to look like an NBA player, but honestly, even on his best days, he only looks about as good as Calbert Cheaney.
I am surprise you give Evan this much credit. I figured you would throw Ed O'Bannons name out there.
Well O'Bannon was a total bust. I'm actually of the view that Turner can be a decent rotational player in the long-term. Maybe even a marginal starter. Maybe he'll become a poor man's Iguodala with a little more offensive game, who knows. But the reality is our expectations have gotten so lowered that on the fairly rare occasions where he looks okay, a la Cheaney, we're impressed, which is sad.
O'Bannon would never get drafted that high if you fast-forwarded and put him in college in 2009. The Nets KNEW he had horrible knees and still took him.
PHI 73, MIA 94 final.
Heat lead the series 2-0 heading back to Philly.
Reggie Miller just called out the Philly fan to be there to support the team on Thursday. Fan up!
heh, i'm going to be there. Sixers really need to start out well. If not crowd will be gone quickly.
The Philly Max is the gift that keeps on giving. Spoelstra recognized the weakness early on, Elton is absolutely glued to the floor. Bosh abused him. If there's an amnesty clause in the new CBA, do they use it on EB or just ride out the worst contract in Philadelphia sports history?
Brand's an awfully nice guy and all but I would hope we'd use the amnesty clause. He had a good season but he's still quite overpaid.
And replace him with whom? He only has two years left on his contract. You're not gonna get a quality PF for less than a 5-year deal.
I think they'd hold onto him as well. At this point I guess they're better off keeping him. Does anyone know whether or not his expiring will be more/less valuable with the new CBA? Is that even something we can predict at this point?
They would definitely get rid of brand, would open up a full max contract offer.
(1) Not if we re-sign Thad, and (2) A max contract on whom? No max players available this year that I see. Why clog your cap for 5 years when Brand only has 2 years left? Brand's contract gives us way more flexibility than blowing it on a weak free agent class.
Dwight is 2012, Thad would be 7-8 million, which would be counteracted by Nocioni coming off the books.
Even though i doubt dwight would come here, i'd be more leaning towards a rebuild after seeing how incomplete this current team is.
I'd rather have 2 years of Brand than 2 years of no one. Howard coming here is about as likely as Howard joining the space program.
You could buy Brand out, probably re-sign him for MLE and have 11 million in cap space.
There is no MLE if you have cap space.
oops, Just sign him for $$$ comparable to the MLE for 2 years and have 11 mill in cap space.
Sixers can't cool down Heat:
DPOY voting results:
(Iggy worse than Tony Allen AND Grant Hill? Ridiculous.)
Player Team First Second Third Ttl Dwight Howard Magic 114 5 - 585
Kevin Garnett Celtics 1 20 12 77
Tyson Chandler Mavericks -- 20 10 70
Tony Allen Grizzlies -- 12 17 53
Rajon Rondo Celtics -- 14 3 45
Andrew Bogut Bucks -- 6 14 32
Grant Hill Suns 1 7 4 30
Andre Iguodala Sixers -- 5 14 29
LeBron James Heat -- 7 4 25
Luol Deng Bulls -- 5 9 24
Kobe Bryant Lakers -- 5 3 18
Chuck Hayes Rockets 2 -- 3 13
Chris Paul Hornets -- 3 4 13
Serge Ibaka Thunder -- 2 6 12
Joakim Noah Bulls 1 2 -- 11
Dwyane Wade Heat -- 2 2 8
Tim Duncan Spurs -- 2 1 7
Ron Artest Lakers -- 1 3 6
JaVale McGee Wizards -- 1 2 5
ugh. I lined them up nicely before submission, and now it's all messed up.
Anyway, just look at the last number of each player's line. That's the total.


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But there's a new badge of honor that many elite athletes are embracing as a symbol of Games success: A tattoo of the trademark Olympic rings.
Some of Team USA's top heroes sport the worldwide-known logo.
Record-setting swimming champ Michael Phelps, who recently became the most decorated Olympian with 19 medals after taking the fold in the men's 2x400m, sports an inking of the five interlocking Olympic rings on his right hipbone.
His rising-star teammate, Ryan Lotche, bears the same symbol on his right triceps.
Now after representing her country on the world stage, Missy Franklin is gearing up to get the rings tattoo, calling it one of her "big motivations" for making the 2012 United States Olympic swimming team in seven events, according to Reuters.
And it's not just swimmers who are jumping on the body art bandwagon.
Gymnast Jonathan Horton, who won a silver medal in the high bar at Beijing in 2008, adorned his bulging upper back with the logo, along with the letters USA. Archer Khatuna Lorig proudly wears her Olympic rings on her right forearm. Hurdler Joanna Hayes sports the symbol, along with a dove and biblical passage, on her upper right thigh.
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Several changes and new features are slated to arrive in the final version of Firefox 21, in fact. Here's a quick rundown of some of the highlights you can expect to find.
1. Three 'Do Not Track' options
As I noted a few weeks ago, Firefox 21 is the first to expand users' Do Not Track options beyond just a single checkbox to indicate that they don't want to be tracked by advertisers. Instead, Firefox 21 now gives users three options: "Do Track," "Do Not Track," and "no preference."
2. Firefox Health Report
Firefox fans may recall reading last fall about the new Firefox Health Report tool for tuning up the browser, and it looks like Firefox 21 will offer a preliminary implementation of that feature, according to the beta version's release notes.
3. Startup suggestions
Also aiming to help users improve performance, the new Firefox 21 "will suggest how to improve your application startup time if needed," the release notes explain.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published its latest "Takedown Hall of Shame" installment, listing three companies that used baseless and stupid legal threats to censor the Internet. The current crop includes Kern's Kitchen in Louisville, which claims a trademark on the common term "Derby Pie" and threatens bloggers who post their family recipes for the classic desert -- they also target WordPress.com for their threats (one victim changed the name of the recipe to "Mean Spirited Censorship Pie").
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Australian companies are competing for the remaining design, supply and consultancy contracts at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by showing off their expertise in a mini replica of Sydney's Olympic Stadium.
The big Australian presence at Beijing's three-day fair for the sports stadium business is aimed at catching the eye of Olympics officials before they disappear for months in a round of junketeering associated with this year's Athens games.
According to Sandy Hollway, who heads the NSW Government's Sydney-Beijing Olympic Secretariat, Australian companies, or the Australian offices of multinationals, have won half the design competitions for the Beijing Olympics, for projects with a total value of $3 billion.
These include PTW Architects, whose "water cube" design won the competition for the new Chinese national swimming centre; Group GSA, which is designing the shooting venue; and Bligh Voller Nield, which is preparing an operational plan for the Beijing Olympic Green and designing an aquatic park.
Two architectural and engineering consortiums - KBR with Allen, Jack + Cottier, and Cox + URS - received the equal highest places in the design contest for the plan of the Olympic sailing centre in the Yellow Sea port of Qingdao, east of Beijing.
Valuable consultancies have been won by Telstra, Macquarie Bank, and the Australian offices of Parsons Brinkerhoff, GHD, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Northcroft, and C2HM Hill.
Mr Hollway said Australian architects were short-listed in all current venue tenders, which covered projects totalling $2 billion when completed.
Many of these bidders are among the 25 enterprises represented at the Beijing fair's Australian pavilion, which is modelled on the Sydney stadium complete with a 17-tonne steel superstructure and synthetic turf and mini-track underfoot.
"There has been a phenomenal interest from Australian companies, who provide a wide range of exceptional products," said Austrade's Olympics manager Garry Mahlberg.
As well as the Beijing games, Australian companies are also looking to get involved with new sports and leisure centres being built across China.
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KS Currently 88% In Extreme or Exceptional Drought; On May 1, 0.3% Of State Was In Ext/Exc Drought
Some rains fell during the past week in the Southwest and the northern corn belt of the Upper Midwest, which helped alleviate the drought conditions somewhat, along with the Southwest and eastern U.S., but the rainfall was largely scattered in nature.
The High Plains, which has been roasting under a large "heat dome" of High Pressure for much of the summer, has been the hardest-hit drought region, with nearly 50 percent of a six-state area from Colorado to South Dakota experiencing extreme to exceptional drought.
As for the title of hardest-hit state, Arkansas is vying with Kansas for that dubious distinction. In Arkansas, 44 percent of the state is experiencing exceptional drought conditions, with about 81 percent classified as being in extreme-to-exceptional drought. That was a jump from July 24, when about 34 percent of the state was in exceptional drought.
In Kansas, 88 percent of the state is in extreme to exceptional drought, up from about 73 percent a week ago. Demonstrating how quickly the drought evolved, just 0.3 percent of the state was in extreme-to-exceptional drought as of May 1.
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1. It's god's will, get over it lol nt
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2. But it's Kansas - a righteous state!
Or, at the very least, a state with an extremely self-righteous governor!
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3. But they told me on Fox that global warning is a hoax!
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NickB79 (13,312 posts)
4. 0.3% to 88% in 3 months time. 100+F temps and bone-dry skies will do that to you.
Fuck me. I say replant the whole state into the native short-grass prairie before it's too late. We're going to look back one day and realize breaking the prairies was one of the worst mistakes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


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It may sound more like a car dealership than a killer place to down a glass of sake, but don't hesitate to step inyou won't be sorry. Plopping yourself onto a chair at the counter is a capital idea if you're on your own. From there, you'll get a view of the snazzy Japanese grill master and his swashbuckling moves, as he tames the flames and cooks a variety of skewers to perfection. Hakutsuru Draft Sake is a cold, cheap but classy option that tastes great with the tender cubes of marinated meat the Fountain Valley restaurant serves. But for the big spenders, enormous $40 bottles of sake are availableKappo Honda will even hang onto your bottle if you don't finish it, so next time, you can pick up where you left off.
You don't have to shave your head or drink the Krishna Kool-Aid to enjoy the dirt-cheap vegetarian feast every Sunday. Get in touch with the "source" as you meditate to instrumental music and, if you like, chant along. For just a $3 suggested donation, you'll be catered to by robed monks carrying a variety of delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes. Chow down while sitting cross-legged and barefoot on the floor, but don't worry about cleanlinessmonks never get sick.
This place serves a variety of French-influenced Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches and noodle specialties, but it makes our list because here's where you can find the freshest, biggest, saltiest and Frenchiest baguettes in Orange County. A large loaf will put you back just $1.75. Just make sure you eat that breador stick it in an airtight breadboxthe same day. Unlike the crap you buy at an American supermarket, it goes hard overnight.
Here's a bakery that does it all and does it well. The petite cakes are topped with fresh fruit or layered with ganache; neither too sweet nor too rich. The fried bread is stuffed with breaded pork cutlets, and the white bread loafs have their crusts already removed. Airy buns are glazed to a mirror shine, and the curry puffs stay hot just until you bite into them. These are the delights of JJ Bakery; a proving ground for all things flour.
No doubt you've heard the array of monikers (tapioca ball, pearl tea, black pearls, boba, bubble, milk tea) that make ordering that milky, pastel-colored cold drink with a fat straw and dark marbles on the bottom of the cup a little tricky. The craze was born in Taiwan about 25 years ago, when stands sold the cold teas as an after-school treat for kids. The gummy "pearls" are balls of cooked tapioca starch, reprocessed cassava or "yucca" root. TenRen's Tea in Anaheim gets our vote for being around for 10 years, long before the boba craze became mainstream in the U.S. And they do their boba old-school-style: no shrink-wrapping over the plastic cup, no powdery artificial-tasting teas, and a good selection of flavors (including flan!). And their pearls are the perfect consistency: pliant and smooth.
You don't often hear "cheap" and "Fashion Island" together. There are certainly plenty of places to drink, from the upscale Daily Grill to the seaside view of the bar in the Cheesecake Factory. And if you're a guy, there are also plenty of reasons to drinkchances are you're only there to humor your lady's shopping fix, and there aren't a whole lot of obvious "man hangouts" in sight. So pay attention because the cheapest cocktails are somewhere you'd never suspect: Red Robin, the corporate burger joint upstairs by the movie theater. You can't beat a $6 zombie, or a $4.79 Jack-and-Cokewhen was the last time you got prices approaching that at an actual bar? Great service, too, and the burgers aren't too shabby.


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A Symposium by Five Women on the Seminary Campus. (ERROR) Reinhold Niebuhr was published in 1977 by Word, Incorporated. This book was prepared for Religion Online by Harry W. and Grace C. Adams.
Editors Preface
Who are the thinkers that have shaped Christian theology in our time? This series tries to answer that question by providing a reliable guide to the ideas of the men who have significantly charted the theological seas of our century. In the current revival of theology, these books will give a new generation the opportunity to be exposed to significant minds. They are not meant, however, to be a substitute for a careful study of the original works of these makers of the modern theological mind.
This series is not for the lazy. Each major theologian is examined carefully and critically his life, his theological method, his most germinal ideas, his weaknesses as a thinker, his place in the theological spectrum, and his chief contribution to the climate of theology today. The books are written with the assumption that laymen will read them and enter into the theological dialogue that is so necessary to the church as a whole. At the same time they are carefully enough designed to give assurance to a Ph.D. student in theology preparing for his preliminary exams.
Each author in the series is a professional scholar and theologian in his own right. All are specialists on, and in some cases have studied with, the theologians about whom they write. Welcome to the series.
BOB E. PATTERSON, Editor