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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:39 PM
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"SEAL Killed in Rescue Mission Identified " (Navy Seal who Died in Rescue of Dr. in Afganistan)
Source: ABC News/via Yahoo
EAL Killed in Rescue Mission Identified
By LUIS MARTINEZ and LEE FERRAN | ABC News 5 hrs ago
This undated handout photo digitally altered at source to remove the background and provided by the family and the Navy shows Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque. The Department of Defense says...
The Pentagon has identified Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Checque as the Navy SEAL who died of injuries sustained in the successful rescue of an American doctor from the Taliban over the weekend.
Checque, who hailed from Monroeville, Pa., died of "combat related injuries," according to a Pentagon release. Though the release only said Checque was assigned to "an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit," ABC News previously reported the fallen servicemember was a part of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6, the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden.
Checque, 28, sustained his mortal injuries while on a nighttime mission Saturday to free Dr. Dilip Joseph, an American doctor who worked for an non-governmental organization based in Kabul. Joseph was kidnapped by the Taliban earlier this month and American officials believed he was in imminent danger.
Before Checque was identified publicly, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday he was "deeply saddened" to learn one of the servicemen had been died.
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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:44 PM
Ash_F (5,861 posts)
1. Only 28. Sad. /nt
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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 11:13 PM
El Shaman (516 posts)
2. Rest in peace and bless you for your sacrifice
A Tribute to a young , brave man:
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
~Rudyard Kipling~
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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 11:15 PM
shireen (8,333 posts)
3. terrible
Such a young life cut short.
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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 12:36 AM
SoapBox (18,791 posts)
4. RIP Sir...
thank you for your service.
My condolences.
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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 01:59 AM
Rhiannon12866 (82,541 posts)
5. Please edit title to add the "S" to SEAL
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If you're looking for a simplistic way to absorb tons of carbon dioxide while also reducing energy consumption, the answer may already be standing in your own back yard.
By Keri Luly, LEED AP
If you're looking for a simplistic way to absorb tons of carbon dioxide while also reducing energy consumption, the answer may already be standing in your own back yard.
One dollar doesn't go very far these days. But, with only a buck, you can take a lot of CO2 out of the air, stop the flow of hundreds of gallons of stormwater runoff, support jobs, and clean up some air pollution. Now that's what I call adding value.
How can one dollar do all that? By spending it on planting a tree.
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The physical presence of trees adds value to your property, thus providing a high return on your investment. According to a collection of sources quoted on the Arbor Day Foundation's Web site1:
I'm not sure how to put a dollar value on the joy my neighbor's redbud tree brings me when it blooms in magenta after a long winter, but I know that the giant maple in my backyard blocks a lot of southern sun from my house on hot summer days—keeping my house cooler. Only 10 percent to 30 percent of the sun's energy reaches the area below a tree, reducing surface temperatures and the amount of heat transferred to nearby buildings; and suburbs with mature trees are 4 to 6 degrees cooler than those without them2. Trees can also provide a natural barrier against noise and provide privacy. In wintry climates, evergreen trees can decrease heating costs by diverting northerly winds.
According to the Arbor Day Foundation's Web site, trees that are properly placed can reduce air conditioning needs up to 30 percent and cut energy used for heating by 20 percent to 50 percent. The site also has a "Right Tree in the Right Place" quiz advising where, how, and what type of trees should be planted for achieving various goals.
And now for that dollar. Besides great information, the Arbor Day Foundation provides 10 trees for $10, so you can share with friends. They use your zip code to determine which trees are hardy in your area and you can chose from a variety. As a bonus, the $10 gives you a six-month membership ($15 gets you a full year), with discounts on a wide variety of trees and shrubs, should you want to continue your planting.
The value added by trees multiplies when considering a whole community or region. All the qualities and benefits realized by adding trees to an individual property can also be experienced on a community-wide basis, providing a more beautiful place to live. There's something special, and certainly cooler, about traveling along a street crowned by shade trees—even shopping malls are made more attractive by trees. Parking your car in the shade during the summer can decrease the temperature inside the vehicle by 45 degrees2.
Planting trees can also protect a community's water supplies and lower water treatment costs by decreasing soil erosion and runoff that pollute surface waters, and by allowing groundwater to recharge (refill) more reliably. According to the U.S. Forest Service, 100 mature trees can intercept 250,000 gallons of rainfall per year—a drastic reduction.
Large, mature trees are the most effective at their tasks. Chicago's Morton Arboretum reports that large trees remove 60 percent to 70 percent more air pollution and sequester up to 1,000 times more CO2 than small trees.
Unfortunately, many cities fail to take advantage of these benefits or they plant trees in sidewalk holes that are too small for their root systems. Urban sprawl is typically a nemesis of trees. The city of Houston lost 10 million trees per year between 1992 and 2002. Yet, opportunities for planting a tree abound. According to the National Wildlife Federation, there are 60 to 200 million spaces along city streets in America where trees could be planted, absorbing 33 million tons of CO2 annually and saving $4 billion in energy costs. It has to be done properly, though.
The Arbor Day Foundation, supported by the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, has the Tree City USA program, which provides technical assistance and national recognition for communities
to plant trees. Your support and encouragement of your community's participation will add huge value. The Foundation also offers a program for colleges and universities—Tree Campus USA—which helps to manage campus trees and engage students in the process so they can enjoy green spaces while the campus gains the energy savings that trees provide.
Although it is my personal goal to start a forest in my lifetime (at least one), I'm not sure when I'll be able to buy the property needed. I dream of starting this forest on a piece of land that was once stripped of its trees in favor of asphalt parking spaces (maybe they should be called "stripped malls"). As a former ecology student, I want to imitate the way nature builds a forest.
Until then, our dollars (yours and mine) can build forests a different way, right now, on the millions of acres we already "own"—our national forests. We have had record-breaking wildfires in recent years, forcing the U.S. Forest Service to spend more of its budget fighting fires rather than replanting. Many forests regenerate after fire, as part of the natural process, but more than 1 million acres of national forests have been burned so severely that they need to be replanted.
Every dollar donated to the Arbor Day Foundation's Replant our Forests program plants one tree. So far, they've planted nearly 18 million.
Keri Luly has elected to donate her monetary compensation for the articles she writes to an environmentally proactive organization of her choosing. This issue, she has selected the Arbor Day Foundation, whose mission is to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. Founded in 1972, the centennial of the first Arbor Day observance in the 19th century, the Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, with more than 1 million members, supporters, and valued partners. The impact they make on our world is accomplished through conservation and education programs, such as Replanting our Forests, Tree City USA, Nature Explore, Rain Forest Rescue, and Arbor Day Farm. Visit www.arborday.org to learn more.
Every dollar buys a tree. We can add our value on their Web site3.
Two private companies, Casey Trees and Davey Tree Expert Co., deserve credit for developing a cool tool—the National Tree Benefit Calculator—based on the Forest Service's i-Tree4 street tree assessment tool. After entering my zip code (Muscatine, Iowa), the type of tree I planned to plant (oak), and the size of the tree (5 inches in diameter), the tool provided me with an assessment of the overall benefits of the tree ($34 per year; at 10 inches it would be $88); the amount of CO2 it would sequester (150 pounds); the amount of stormwater runoff it would intercept (220 gallons); and some other interesting details. Another good idea is to visit The Center for Urban Forest Research, which I'll do to plot my future forest—after I "plant" some dollars in our national forests.
Texas A&M researcher, Dr. Roger Ulrich, found that visual exposure to trees produced significant stress recovery in five minutes (indicated by blood pressure and muscle tension2). What more reason do you need? Plant your dollars and grow the benefits!
Keri Luly, LEED AP, is Allsteel's stewardship coordinator and regular contributor to EnvironDesign Notebook. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) and the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health are cosponsoring the Midwest Rural and
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The theme of the conference is "Moving Ideas to Action." Forrest W. Calico, senior adviser on quality for the National Rural Health Association, will give the keynote address. The forum will include 12 one-hour, skills-building workshops for participants to choose from, with topics on research collaboration, tools for implementing interventions, and risk management on the farm. A featured focus of the conference will be presentations to assist farm families in farm risk management and avian flu and tips for farm families in choosing a health insurance policy. Two workshops will feature community-based participatory research projects. Farmers are encouraged to attend the forum. A limited number of free registrations and $50 stipends are available to farmers on a first-come, first-served basis.
Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health was established to enhance the health and safety of Iowa's agricultural community by establishing and coordinating prevention and education programs. The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health is a comprehensive facility to study and respond to the health and safety issues associated with the practice of agriculture.
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Babywearing has been a huge part of my parenting experience and I credit much of my success at still being able to accomplish simple day to day tasks, especially when it comes to leaving the home with a 2.5 year old and 6 month old, to my ring sling.
As someone who only heard of the concept of babywearing from an online community I had to do research while I was pregnant with my first son. I decided on a ring sling since this looked to be easier than a wrap and would work for nursing.
I ordered a cotton ring sling from a Deal of the Day site and was disappointed when I had a very hard time using it. I won't name brands but it was definitely the sling-not me-because when I was pregnant with my next child I found a linen ring sling for 10.00 (yes, 10.00!) at a consignment shop that worked perfectly! I snatched it up knowing that the people who priced it had no idea what they had!
I started wearing my baby boy in stretchy wraps and ring slings when he was 4 days old. I was able to entertain my toddler son on outings and nurse my baby at the same time. The wonderful thing about a GOOD ring sling is that it is so easy to adjust. You can get your baby in position to nurse with a simple slide of the rails and retighten, then re-adjust once the baby is finished.
I went on to purchase a Pure Linen Sling from Sakura Bloom and let me tell you, you never want to leave home without one. Now that it is warming up in Central New York I never carry a car seat inside. The baby comes out of the seat and is worn in my sling, usually tummy to tummy or on my hip. It is a very quick process. This also frees up my hands to get my 2.5 year old out of his car seat and lets me hold his hand to walk him inside. I honestly don't understand how mothers can get anything done without a carrier when it comes to grocery shopping or outings with two babies!
Other than being a versatile and relatively inexpensive carrier, ring slings are handy for other things too. The tail provides an extra layer of protection if you are outdoors and the wind picks up. It can be used as an impromptu burp cloth in case your baby decides your milk isn't sitting well with them (I hate using a gorgeous sling for this but they wash up!). Some mothers might also find having the long tail handy when nursing as a light cover up or to place over themselves while getting the baby latched on. I am not shy about nursing in public but sometimes the baby likes to "romance" my nipple before latching so it leaves me exposed, and the tail gives us some privacy until then.
Ring slings do have their drawbacks. The main one being than it can become uncomfortable to wear larger babies for longer periods of time. Even if your ring sling is on perfectly, meaning the shoulder is spread out like a cap and the fabric on your back is evenly spread, it might still cause soreness. That is why I use ring slings for my shorter shopping trips and save the long hauls for a good SSC. There is also a learning curve for threading the fabric into the rings, but there are plenty of great resources for this on YouTube.
I cannot imagine life without my two favorite ring slings! I hope my story is a lesson that not all carriers are created equal. If you have ever longed for that perfect carrier for storing in your car or diaper bag this might be the one!
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The GOP's immigration tussle
I don't know how Democrats do it.
The immigration reform proposal is tearing the Republican Party to pieces. Poor Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., once the golden boy of the tea party and the conservative movement, is being treated like a guy who wants to leave a gang but must submit to a group beating first.
But Rubio is simply the latest javelin catcher in the right's immigration Olympiad. Attention soon will shift to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. House conservatives are poised to block out the sun with arrows aimed at him if he moves the bill without a majority of GOP support.
While the GOP increasingly looks like the fight scene in the movie "Anchorman," the Democrats under New York Sen. Charles Schumer's leadership look like Snow White's dwarfs, whistling while they work.
The most vocal critic on the left has been independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who plausibly argues that the bill will disproportionately hurt the unskilled and undereducated poor.
Sanders' support was bought with a $1.5 billion youth jobs program buried in the new 1,190-page revised bill.
One reason the Democrats are having an easy time is that their stakeholders can cut deals and the constituencies will go along. Organized labor will get its carve-outs from the Democrats, as will business groups eager to work on a bipartisan basis.
Contrary to popular perception, the GOP is the far more populist and grassroots party these days, and the troops are not in a mood to follow orders.
Democrats are usually the ones decrying the pernicious global trends hampering prosperity for the working poor and middle class. And yet, their biggest priority is a bill that will accelerate those trends.
Last week, when the Congressional Budget Office issued a report that the immigration bill would increase gross national product per capita by 0.2 percent and slightly reduce the deficit in 20 years, Democrats hailed it as a vindication.
It fell to Republicans to note that the same CBO report assumed the legislation would reduce immigration by a mere 25 percent and would very modestly reduce average wages in the first decade.
Polling shows that there's a huge amount of consensus about what to do on immigration. If people here illegally meet strict requirements — pay back taxes, a fine, etc. — support for a path to citizenship is high, even among Republicans. Without those requirements, it plummets.
The same goes for border security. Convince people that this is a one-time thing and not a replay of the amnesty under Ronald Reagan, and most conservatives are eager to put this issue behind us.
The hitch is that the right is just not in a trusting mood. Conservatives feel, with ample justification, that Washington, including the GOP, has been betraying them — by accident or on purpose — for too long.
I can understand that completely. What baffles me is why rank-and-file Democrats don't feel the same way.
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Saturday Knit Fever
Sunday 17 February 2013
"London's good at being perky and jolly," said Brit super-stylist Katie Grand, grinning her gappy-toothed smile, post-show at Sister by Sibling staged at the ICA yesterday.
And as Cara Delevingne skipped away to her next show – having ensured her umpteenth cover shot, dressed in giant, hand-knitted Tam o' Shanter, teamed with a crocheted corsage-festooned top and black knickers – she was smiling, too.
After their knit fest moved into must-see territory last year, the brand's designers, Joe Bates, Sid Bryan and Cozette McCreery, have captured the essence of fun doing what they do best: inspirational, directional and slightly anarchic knitwear.
Picking up on the trend of showing in an art gallery (where a wrong turn saw you coming face to face with Juergen Teller's full-frontal image of Vivienne Westwood – a genuine redhead), along with a sense of irony that part-defines the London aesthetic (the exaggerated loopy scarves and knitted jackets reminded us of provincial B&B bedspreads), the show underlined a knitwear renaissance that lingered into later shows with Clements Ribeiro and Julien Macdonald.
From Sister by Sibling signatures like red leopard jacquard mini tube dresses and chintz, spot and rose (all together) jacquard twinsets, to a spray-painted Marie Antoinette Lurex sweater inspired by artist Chad Wys, you could tell models were enjoying themselves stomping down the basement runway.
The collection took inspiration from the late Eighties TV presenter Paula Yates. "She was ladylike and flirty, but never dressed in a slutty way," said McCreery. "She was a punk English rose."
"We're all knitwear obsessed," said RCA-trained Bryan who, pre-Sibling, created knits for Alexander McQueen. "It initially grew out of watching menswear, which was grey and so boring. We got together and said, 'Let's do something fun and colourful.'" They did. Hurrah!


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I wouldn't put "sensory neuron" as an example here because we want to classify along only one axis. Sensory, motor etc are functional roles that will be assigned to particular classes and so used to generate a class "sensory neuron". But we are trying to keep our hierarchies as single inheritance tree,a neuron can have only one asserted parent. MM
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Project X Zone review
Think of it as a Justice League for games. Project X Zone contrives to throw 60+ characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega games into a strategy-RPG that's more interested in fan service than tactics. It's a celebratory showcase of glorious sprite art and animation which works hard to entertain its audience despite labouring to provide any kind of depth. It's at once accessible yet ultra-niche, a game that welcomes newcomers with the simplest of systems, yet one whose world will prove baffling to all but the initiated. Put it this way: if the names Sanger Zonvolt and Haken Browning prompt anything more than a vague, hazy recollection, you'll find a lot to like here.
The plot does little to disguise its ludicrousness. To summarise: portals are transporting various characters between game worlds, for reasons too convoluted to explain here. As one heroine puts it, "this is all so needlessly complicated", just one of many examples of the script having its cake and eating it; it pokes fun at the dubious costume design, yet is happy for its female characters to remain underdressed. More successful are the myriad references to obscure Namco, Sega and Capcom franchises that will cause a swell of nerdish pride in those who get the gags.
Yet the story is merely a flimsy excuse for a whistle-stop tour through locations familiar to fans of the featured games, as well as a handful of real-world Japanese districts. These are the settings for grid-based strategy battles in which your increasing collection of characters – split off into pairs – takes on an increasing number of enemies. Not that their numbers make much difference to strategy – each skirmish sees your current couple launch a series of attacks with simple button presses, calling upon adjacent units for assistance, or an additional Solo character who you can assign to any pair with a squeeze of a shoulder button. With the ability to use several items before each turn, and many characters possessing healing moves (albeit at the cost of their XP meter which can be spent on a spectacular special), the difficulty curve is almost comically shallow. Button-mashing may not be the most efficient way to progress, but you'll rarely need to think too hard.
It's style over substance, then, but what style! Resonance of Fate's leads cartwheel and somersault into action with guns and grenades; Frank West teams up with a giant Servbot; Ghosts 'n' Goblins' Arthur lobs lances and loses his clothes; and all are exceptionally drawn and animated with some of the best sprite work we've seen in a long time. It's the videogame equivalent of a firework show: you'll marvel at the pyrotechnics, but while your eyes and ears are in for a treat, there's little here to engage your brain.


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"will more open looks turn the Sixers' shooters into better shooters?"
Did the Sixers have problems getting open threes last year?
I suppose there's a difference between open threes and good looks. If either Iggy or Williams has the dribble and his man sags off him, I don't really consider that three off the dribble a good look, though he's technically open. I think what I'm talking about is catch and shoot threes with time to shoot them.
fair enough.
"More than anything, however, I think these numbers illustrate the quantity of open looks the P.O. can produce. Jordan gives the green light to his shooters, and creates opportunities for them to hit shots."
That is the general idea. The min issue is that some of these guys don't shoot any better, even when wide open.
These are the players who could improve their shots (whether they o is another matter.):
Speights (eFG% surprisingly only .356 on jumpers)
I doubt Iguodala, Miller, Brand, Green Ivey, Evans or Sam will shoot much better due to being open. Iguodala maybe, but he won't be left open.
Agree with your assessment, TK. I'm actually not surprised about that Speights statistic. And I definitely think Thad can flourish in the P.O.
Now, on to Lou Williams. He needs one thing to get better... maturity. Stop playing at 1000 mph, stop thinking you're the center of the basketball universe (both on and off the court), and stop thinking you have to score every friggin' time you touch the ball. Will the P.O. help this jackass? It should, but only if he takes the time to learn how it works and to take advantage of what it can do for him. I really don't know whether or not he'll do this.
As I posted before, EJ is going to help Lou free his inner Hibachi.
Will that be a good thing? Only if he can learn to shoot.
I'm not sure how Lou's going to react to no more 1-4 isos. Theoretically, the offense should really help him. I thought he was much better as a catch & shoot guy in the second half of the season than he was playing one on one, pump faking a couple times, then taking a lean back 18-footer. I'm pretty sure dribbling into the corner when you're doubled on the pick & roll isn't part of the princeton offense either, so he's either going to have to can that behavior, or Jordan's going to have to keep him out of those situations.
"I'm pretty sure dribbling into the corner when you're doubled on the pick & roll isn't part of the princeton offense either..."
That and jump passing are the 2 things that drive me nuts. But he is a good pick and roll player with Speights (and Smith 2 years ago.) He could thrive in this offense and it could save his career (which seems to be careening into a ditch alongside WG.)
Being a 'PG' in the Princeton offense sounds easier than in a conventional one. In theory, the guards do not have to do as much directing or initiating the offense. But on the flip side, for next year it will be new for everyone- so it would be best to have a steady, experienced guard at the helm.
Can you think of some names of vet gurads who have played under similar systems:
Anyone of those guys could be a legit option with the MLE. I have a feeling Kidd goes to a team ready to contend next year, possibly CLE? Blake is under contract, but POR may move him if they land either Miller or Bibby. I think Alston stays in Orlando.
Miller and Bibby are big questions for me. I have to assume Portland will try to use their cap space for one of them. I really have no idea if ATL wants Bibby back, nor if the Sixers are truly willing to meet Miller's demands. We're just going to have to wait and see (and hope whoever they get, his contract doesn't run longer than 2 years, although that's doubtful).
Here's a shocker. Vince Carter as supposed to do a chat on ESPN at 11:00 a.m. this morning.
SportsNation Buzzmaster: (11:20 AM ET ) Vince is running a little late but he'll be here shortly.
11:48 and still no VC. Good to see his tremendous work ethic and dedication extend beyond the basketball court.
Wouldn't this work on a couple levels. Portland signs AMILL and we trade Reggie E for Blake.
If they want Evans it would work. But that's an extra year of salary for them, so I'm not sure they'd be interested.
He would provide some toughness which they are surely lacking.
He'd provide bad basketball that doesn't fit their system...and a bad salary to match.
Recall the most recent trade deadline. This is from David Aldridge (http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/david_aldridge/02/19/dish.20090219/index.html)...
"Elsewhere, a source indicated that a potential trade of 76ers point guard Andre Miller to Portland still had a faint heartbeat before Thursday's deadline. The deal would involve the expiring contract of Blazers center Raef LaFrentz and another Portland guard in exchange for Miller and forward Reggie Evans. The problem is that Philly wants Portland rookie guard Jerryd Bayless, and the Blazers have made Bayless next to untouchable. Portland would be more amenable, the source said, to include a guard like Steve Blake or Sergio Rodriguez, but the Sixers aren't currently interested."
Don't see the word 'toughness' in there.
I believe however, that Miller and Lafrentz didn't match up one for one - so when you add in other players you gotta find a balancing contract somewhere.
That's the same rumor that SF1976 talked about at realGM. At least it sounds like they have similar sources.
Yeah, apparently it was pretty close to happening.
Well, his toughness is unquestioned... it's his calling card, really.
According to Aldridge, the Blazers would have traded Raef and either Blake or Sergio for Miller and Reggie. We were the ones who nixed the deal, suggesting we'd need Bayless rather than Blake or Sergio.
It's not really a stretch to believe, with Miller in their ranks, that they'd still be interested in the results of original deal. They don't need Blake with Miller, Sergio, and Bayless on the team, but they definitely need the toughness down low that Reggie would bring to their roster.
Lafrentz made 12+ mil last season - expiring deal + whatever rookie deal you're looking at - that's about 14 million
Miller and Evans made a combined 14 million approximately last year.
I see no reason not to think it was just matching salaries - and it didn't happen - so the blazers weren't 'that motivated' to get either miller or evans if they didn't budge on the guys who don't play much.
Additionally, Millers a free agent so easier to get and lafrentz deal has expired.
Ughhhh... this is exasperating. Listen, the things you're spewing are patently obvious. Neither Reggie nor Blake was the key to that deal... obviously. It doesn't mean the Blazers weren't interested in Reggie, even if he was just a minor piece to the puzzle, and it also doesn't mean they wouldn't listen if we now approached them and said we'd take Blake for him.
Also - the trade didn't happen...either portland wasn't that interested in miller and evans or the sixers wouldn't that motivated to get rid of them - either way it fell apart, but no where does it say 'portland wants evans for his toughness' - and while that may have happened then - no reason to say it happens now.
LOL... you're damn sure you're right about this, in spite of the evidence to the contrary. That's really funny.
There's evidence that says the blazers wanted evans for toughness? Please show it to me. You saying it say doesn't make it true - the salaries match up though - that's a fact...the facts we know are the teams discussed certain players, we don't have any information as to why - but the facts are that the salaries worked out almost exactly evenly - that's a fact.
Reggie Evans 'toughness' is like David Ecksteins 'grit' - it's something people bust out to justify his waste of salary or time on the floor.
Reread everything, a$$clown. SFW said "toughness". I simply pointed to the Aldridge-supported fact that the Blazers were ready to make a trade that would have allowed them to acquire Reggie Evans. Nothing more, nothing less.
I don't think toughness is the issue here. The issue is that Evans' contract runs for two more seasons, Blake's expires after this year. If that deal is available, the Sixers make it without blinking. I find it highly doubtful that the Blazers would take on the extra year of salary, no matter what they think of Evans.
Evans will cost Portland $6M more than Blake over the next two seasons if they made the trade. Blake's contract isn't even guaranteed. As a matter of fact, if they really want Miller or Bibby, Blake probably won't be on the team come July 1st. His contract isn't guaranteed if he's released before June 30th.
"Evans will cost Portland $6M more than Blake this season if they made the trade. Blake's contract isn't even guaranteed. As a matter of fact, if they really want Miller or Bibby, Blake probably won't be on the team come July 1st. His contract isn't guaranteed if he's released before June 30th."
Now that makes complete sense. The $6 mil difference kills this deal.
It's actually $6M over this season and next. If Portland was going to cut Blake before July 1st, which I really think they might, then we're talking about $10M they absolutely did not have to spend over the next two seasons. Although that's kind of a chicken/egg thing. If they cut Blake, obviously they can't make the deal.
According to storytellers, both Blake and Outlaw only have partial guarantees for next year totally 7.6 millon dollars.
If they cut them both by whatever deadlines - does Portland get the entire 7.6 million of cap space right away?
Reason I ask is that if they do - they should have about 11.6 million in cap space if they cut both - more than enough (I would think) to sign Miller (or Bibby) without any messy sign and trades.
I believe so, although that's a pretty big risk. They'd have to cut both guys before free agency begins, meaning if they can't land Miller, Bibby, Sessions or Felton, they're heading into the season w/ Bayless and Sergio as their two PGs.
By my math, they'd have a little under $10M in cap space, which should definitely be enough to sign any one of the free agent points mentioned above.
I think ti's a pretty good risk to take - depending on where they rank a guy like sessions or miller - as reports are indicative that both of them would be as 'good as gone' from their respective teams for different reasons. Miller gets money and the west coast, and the bucks can't afford to match sessions.
I always get outlaw and webster confused for some reason - websters the 'upside' one right?
Yeah, Outlaw's the shooter, Webster has the upside, supposedly.
So they could lose outlaw without too much
I wonder if they'll do it - going to be an interesting summer but I worry the sixers won't be in much just due to their limitations.
And I think lots of teams may make 'upward' moves on draft night, I'm just not confident the sixers can without giving up speights at the minimum
If it lands them Curry, I vote yes. For the record :)
Yeah, I know you do, I'm not sure I do.
Big guys with talent harder to find - I think
Wait, actually, Webster's the natural shooter without much upside. I mean, people saw Glen Rice, but that clearly isn't happening. Outlaw became a shooter. Before that he was just this super-raw prospect who can reach the top of the backboard.
Really? I thought it was the reverse. Either way, I don't think either really has all that much upside, but both are probably better shooters than anyone on the Sixers' roster.
Thank goodness i'm not the only one getting them confused :)
Yeah, Outlaw is a crazy athlete who has learned to hit spot up 3's. He has no midrange game.
Webster is a more polished big shooter who has been hurt.
Did not know that. Would be an interesting short term solution as a FA PG.
How would you rank these stopgap PG's now that we know the new systems:
Lou Williams
Mike James
Anthony Carter
There's two discussions going on - one the trade that might have happened and one the suggested trade that exist in nothing but the mind of the original poster - i'm only referring to the original trade that was discussed and seemed to fall apart on both sides.
There's no way to tell the motivation behind a rumored trade that never happened.
Portland could've had specific interest in Evans. The Sixers could've also insisted Portland take Evans so they get some cap relief in return. It could've also just been a common sense thing that they needed Evans in the deal to make the numbers work.
There's no way to tell and it's not really worth arguing over at this point.
There is a perception that Portland is kind of soft. Earned or not, Evans has a reputation as an intimidator. It's not crazy to say they'd want his "toughness." No more crazy than patently assuming they didn't want him at all.
So the 'evidence to the contrary' that the blazers wanted evans for toughness is what exactly?
I see no evidence to support that assertion...yet I see evidence that the salaries matched up pretty well when you put miiller and evans vs lafrentz and whomever...
The Blazers are also pretty well known for just being gunshy in general...
He's using the same logic you are. You see this trade, you say, well Evans was put into the deal to match up salaries. He sees it and says Portland wanted to address a weakness. The deal could've been put together in another format. Willie Green's salary is almost identical to Reggie's. Neither assumption is sound. Neither of you deserves to be called names for making it.
Not sure where I called anyone names...almost sure I didn't actually
Probably a combination. No one 'wants' a bad contract player like Evans or Sam. But some teams are more willing to take on the bad contract if their is a good enough sweetener and if the guy fits a need.
I' fairly certain Portland is not actively seeking Evans because they can fill that role more cheaply. But they might be willing to take him on as part of a bigger trade. Don't see how that can happen now.
is the luxury tax number '1 dollar' over the salary cap or is there some wiggle room?
Um. No, it was almost $10M over the cap number this season. Roughly $58.6M cap, $67.865M luxury tax.
Ok, so as of this moment the sixers can add approximately 8 mil in salary, however they do it, before going over the tax.
Yeah, roughly. Assuming the tax holds where it is. They have 11 players under contract (counting the #17 pick) for a hair over $68M. No way they can re-sign Miller and add anything but minimum-level guys unless Miller signs for the MLE.
And if they trade up - well story tellers doesn't have lottery pick information regarding salaries - but i gotta think that's a big chunk thus meaning they wouldn't even have the whole MLE (depending on what it is this year) to use in the off season.
If the luxury tax is a 'hard limit' the sixers really can't get miller back - I don't think - not for 8 mil a year base.
And you can fill out your roster with min guys without it counting against the tax.
Yeah, but there's a reason there min guys, I'm not thiking of roster filler, I'm thinking of roster improvement and with no contracts expiring next year and less than 10 mil to use if comcast is hard with the luxury tax - not sure exactly what Stefanski can do to grossly upgrade this team...ah well.
I can't dig right now, but I think this might be wrong. You can sign veterans to their minimum without the full amount counting against the tax. So if a 13-year veteran costs $1.6M for his minimum, only about $800K counts (this was put in to stop age-ism in the NBA), but I think that $800K counts against the cap.
John, I believe they have the money to move up and use the full MLE. They don't, however, have the money to do anything with Miller. If they sign and trade, they could only take about $2.5M in salaries back and still use the MLE, unless they send another contract out in the deal.
I knew it was bad, but I didn't think it was as dire as I now realize it is.
Miller isn't even really a viable option to re-sign unless he's willing to take a pay cut.
Ford on Curry in his chat:
Jack (New York, NY): Hey Chad, it sounds like Stephen Curry caught a lot of GMs' attention at the combine. What's the likelihood of a team drafting him or trading up for him before the Knicks at #8. Should we be worried about losing him to someone else, or will he still be there for us?
SportsNation Chad Ford: (1:25 PM ET ) I think his window starts at OKC at No. 3, the Wizards take a look at him at No. 5, Wolves at 6 and Warriors at 7. The most likely scenario is that he goes 8 to the Knicks. But yes, he was impressive and I just got the combine results and he looked good. He had an impressive 35.5 inch vertical and surprisingly benched the 185 pound bar 10 times. He's stronger and more explosive than you think.
I REALLY want Curry.
I just don't know how we are going to get him.
You know, we just saved the Wiz $2 mil...time for the payback...
We could start by sending them enough cash to cover their portion of Johnson's salary, and then some. $3M + #17, + #1 pick next season (lottery protected).
Every year some non-athletic guy puts up athletic-looking numbers in the combine. You know, like Luke Jackson with the 42-inch vertical. Then they come into the league and continue being the non-athletes they always were. Gathering yourself and seeing how high a mark you can hit on a pole is very different from game play.
Eagles fans call it Mammulaitis
You also run into guys who get pigeon-holed, then open some eyes in the combine. Elton Brand being one, Kevin Love another.
Someone should do a study on undersized prospects and see how many of them get underrated (although Brand and Love went very high, of course, but there are examples, like Millsap, Landry, Hayes, Chris Paul, etc.) and how many get disastrously overrated. I get the sense that for every ballyhooed success story there are a ton of forgotten small power forwards who bust, small combo guards who do the same, etc.
Well - every draft for the past 20 years is available online
have at it
They are, but looking up each no-name's height and career stats is a bit of a bitch.
Here's the question, are there more undersized PFs who were taken too high and failed, or more undersized PFs who dropped because they were undersized and succeeded?
So you want someone else to do it for you?
It seems this is especially prevalent with undersized PFs. Other than Barkley, it seems there are a ton of 'sure thing' undersized power forwards who wind up being busts.
Agreed. Last year 2nd rounder Richard Hendrix, a solid all-round player but generally considered a plodder put up one of the best times in some lateral movement test (pylons or something). Dude can't get a job.
I don't remember the story on Brand but Love still turned out the same as considered in college: non-athletic. Thing is, he has enough guile, heart and skill to compensate for his waddlin deficiencies.
Or he's just better than people give him credit for due to his unfortunate accident of birth. Maybe he's just good, why does it have to be heart and grit, maybe he just has talent that was dismissed because of his birth defect?
I hate Tyler Hansborough but I hope he's quite a hit in the NBA
What if we traded down. You see, I don't think we have enough assets to trade up before the knicks to grab Curry. So why don't we find a way to try and trade #17, for a late first, and second rounder. Darren Collison projected to go late in the first, is supposed to be a shut down defender, with a solid three point shot, and good playmaking abilities. I project him in the NBA as not being exactly a great starter, but maybe like a less flash, J.R. Smith, with the ability to play the point. The most attractive thing about him is obviously is defense, throw in their a three point shot, playing next to Iguodala will give the Sixers a tremendous, defensive backcourt.
With the second rounder we should be able to get A.J. Price from UCONN. He's a very good 3 point shooter, someone we could use as a project, or off the bench scoring. We could even try to look for a center here. (I don't know any)
Obviously, this is my second option, compared to trading up and taking Curry. I love this kid, his shot, and his underrated vision. I know lot of names have been thrown around as to who he is like in the NBA. But I''ve come up with my own, how about Devin Harris. Hey, they even look a little bit like each other.
Sorry for some reason I thought Devin Harris was a very good sharpshooter, my mistake. Didn't realize he only shot at 30% from three.
they probably take the safe approach of drafting at #17 and acquiring a couple 2nd rounders to fill out the roster.Douglas is working out with them and I am sure other 2nd round guys will be brought in.A lot of teams have multiple 2nd rounders and Portland has 4.
BIG-TIME freaking yawn.
Be bold.
Speights to the Wiz for #5 (Curry).
Speights/$3 mil/#17 to MEM for #2 (Rubio)
Speights + Miller (S&T) in 3-way with POR for Hinrich
Speights is a guy with talent and upside, but if Smith is healthy and ready to go back into the rotation, then Speights is a luxury that this team cannot afford right now.
Could a member of that famous singing group "Maynor and the Smurfs" (Lawson, Mills, Teague, etc...) work out? Maybe. But I'd rather raise the odds of success by bringing in a guy whose skills are more proven and better fit our needs. Speights is a valuable guy to have, but the three guys I mention above are also pretty valuable guys and they fill much more of a NEED for this team right now.
But knowing Stefanski, we'll probably stay at 17 and take Lawson.
As that famous basketball pholosopher Derrick Coleman once said, "whoop-de-damn-do"...
Hmmm...Jason Smith has no low post skills, is recovering from injury and only played half a year, so yeah, who needs Speights, the sixers don't need anyone who can pass or post up - it's irrelevant in Jordans system.
1. Published reports indicate that the wiz would not make that trade
2. Memphis can do better
3. Portland might have enough cap room to sign miller all by their lonesomes
Where's this published report that says the Wiz would not make that trade?
I've seen at least one comment on hoopshype rumors page and chad ford - both indicate the wizards want a 'veteran' for the #5 pick.
Plus I take umbrage with Speights being superfluous if Smith is healthy...I find it nonsensical considering Speights is the only guy with basketball skill AND a low post game on the team.
Here's one
With 76 million already in committed salary in 2010, is there any way the Wizards actually keep the number 5 pick?
Chad Ford: No, I think they probably trade it. They would prefer a veteran if they can't get Griffin or Rubio. I know a lot of teams are calling. Still unclear what they are looking for.
Ford is taken 'seriously' on this board, I see no reason not to take that seriously.
And I'm also 95% sure you posted a chat excerpt from this exact chat in another blog which means you probably read it
Rumors saying they want a veteran for the pick doesn't by any means say the wiz would turn that trade down if offered.
Speights isn't superfluous because of Smith. Speights is a luxury because the Sixers have very good depth at PF (what I believe is his best position), and zero depth at either guard position.
Saw two rumors today: Portland may be interested in moving up to get Curry and Minnesota is willing to listen to offers for any of their picks, including #6.
Uh Huh, I see, ford is only reliable when it suits certain needs...got it.
Personally I think Speights makes Smith superfluous and the 'memory' of Smith is making people forget that he's not as good as people seem to remember.
Speights to me also has more upside and more potential to be great whereas smith has potential to be a nice bench player, at best, if one of them is 'tradeable' i think it's smith, but I know his value is at it's nadir, because unlike fans, most GMs don't think a guy gets better by missing an entire season
I wasn't really even including Smith. We've got Brand at the four, for 35 minutes/game for the next 4 years. You know they're going to play Thad at the four at least for 5-10 minutes a game in a small lineup. That doesn't leave a whole lot of minutes for Speights at his natural position and I don't see him as a five. That's why I said he was a luxury.
And Ford reporting the Wizards would like a veteran for their pick, a month before the draft, doesn't mean they'd say no to a guy like Speights for the pick, does it? Don't asking prices come down, just like how Memphis said no to $3M for their late first round pick now, but may accept it when the draft gets closer and they don't get better offers.
You make a great point about PT, Brian.
With Brand, Smith and Thad all playing PF minutes, the amouint of minutes available to Speights at his natural PF position will not be high. Could Brand play some minutes at the 5? I'm sure he will - especially when Thad is at the 4. Could Speights play some minutes at the 5? He could - especially if Sammy is gone (which, sadly, does not seem likely).
Speights is a nice player with upside. However, we have resources that can cover for him if we trade him. However, if we are going to get an IMPACT shooter (like a Curry or Hinrich), we need to move an asset that people will find desirable...and if the Iggy/Thad/Brand trio is untouchable, Speights is virtually the only option.
I haven't seen any reputable published report (other than the kind of rumors/chat room stuff that bloggers and posters like all of us pull out of our azz) that states that the Wiz will only trade #5 for a veteran big...and if that "veteran big" is any good, they will have a salary to match, and - at least for next year - the Wiz are in BRUTAL cap shape (at least according to Hoopshype).
The beauty of Speights is that his one season in the NBA has shown that the kid has some game...and he's cheap.
Again - I like Speights. I just think we need a shooting PG more.
There's a lot of reasons I don't think the wiz would make the trade for Speights, but they're personal, I think they already have mcgee and enough young big men that they might want a different kind of player, even young, to try and make their team slightly better and not waste the jamison/arenas contract years.
I know you don't see Speights as a five, we've had that discussion repeatedly, but I've seen discussions of Brand at the five in this offense, and seriously, if Brand can play the five with eddie jordan as the coach, I think speights can.
And once again, only big man with any low post skil combined with basketball skill...that's a factor in the offense jordan runs if i watched that video correctly...someone has to do it and it won't be reggie or sam.
And, not to wish it on anyone, but guys get hurt, and I'd rather have speights ready if brand goes down than smith.
All fair points. I'd simply prefer a guy to move the team forward now -- nd I see Curry as a perfect fit as a PG in this offense, with this roster -- than an insurance policy for Brand getting hurt.
This really has nothing to do with Speights for me. I see him as the most expendable chip the Sixers have that another team would be interested in. The only other chips I see worth enough to move up to get Curry are Iguodala and Thad, so that's not exactly a rip on Speights.
On that point we can agree, I think speights has the most value that the sixers can 'leave without' short term - but I don't think Curry is the answer as much as you and others do. I don't feel comfortable with Brand for more than say two years, at best, at the peak before he starts a slide that could come quickly. I don't see the first year with brand, curry, and jordan being a year you make a run...I don't think brands a bad player but I think now he has a better than 50% chance of turning out to do more harm than good (or nothing at all) in his career as a sixer.
I understand that people want a team that can contend next year, but I don't think a rookie, a new pf and a new system are going to make that a better than 10% chance of getting a top 4 seed next year...
Perfect post, Brian.
I like Speights a lot. But we NEED Curry. And if we are not moving the Iggy/Thad/Brand core, he really is the only chip we have that will gain us VALUE.
Most mock drafts have the Wizards taking Jordan Hill...so why won't the Wiz be interested in Speights/#17 for #5/#32? They get a PF and can still take the best wing guy available at 17...we get our shooting PG and should still be able to get a developmental PG/SG at 32.
Speaking of Crazy ass rumors - did you see the one about boston and phoenix involving allen, rondo, barbosa, stat and one other guy?
No. You have a link?
you gotta read the hoopshype.com rumors page every day man - it's just a good aggregator http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm
Ok - which one of you asked the eddie jordan question in the thorpe chat (and yes i'm the one asking about his bias)
Original link (via rumors page) the Celtics/Phoenix rumor
I usually do read hoops hype, busy morning at work.
Ah, I usually come in a bit early to miss the traffic (yeah, it's sb traffic and only a 15 minute commute but I hate driving and hate traffic and drivers out here are bs crazy) and catch up on the readers and overnight stuff....
That rumor just sounds kind of silly to me - but if it's true and intiated by the celtics i think that shows some forward thinking by ainge...and i truly hate that guy.
Does forward thinking mean, "I'm tired of my team playing defense?"
I think it means 'yeah we might have one more year in us - but that's about it and then player values will drop precipitously and I want to get younger'.
Without KG they don't play much defense anyway :)
If Boston really offered that, Phoenix would've said yes in a nanosecond. I hope it happens, Boston wouldn't be a force with Amare and Barbosa.
Basically, Boston sold it's soul for that championship, which is fine. Their window has probably closed, or it will close after this season. It's a tradeoff I'd make in a second if you actually get the ring.
I think they have one more run in them - the lebrons just aren't that good - and how much better can they get? The hawks and magic might both take a step back next year - if they stayed together and garnett came back healthy they'd still probably be a real solid finals contender next year but then be kind of stuck...
I don't think it's a terrible trade myself, but does phoenix then turn around and move nash or expect rondo to 'carry his water' for a year?


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Priya Singh, an anganwadi supervisor and mother of a five-year-old daughter, reached Birsa Munda Bus Stand at 7am in a private bus that she had boarded somewhere between Gaya and Ranchi around 11pm on Wednesday.
After alighting at the bus stand, she rushed to the nearby police outpost and informed them about her plight. With the help of policemen at the outpost, she called up her brother at Aurangabad in Bihar.
The policemen then took her to Lower Bazar police station from where she was shifted to Mahila Thana, where she will stay till the arrival of her family members.
The womans husband had registered a missing case at Mufassil police station in Gaya yesterday (Wednesday) after she failed to return home. Her family members in Bihar have been informed that she has been found in Ranchi, said superintendent of police (city) Manoj Ratan.
The officers at Mahila Thana did not allow anyone to meet her barring some of her distant relatives staying in Ranchi. Abhishek Kumar, one of the relatives who is also the local state in-charge of BJPs sports cell, said Priya was really terrified.
We were really shocked to hear about her abduction. She told us that she was trembling when she reached Mahila thana. Priya has a five-year-old daughter. Her husband, Amit Kumar, is a computer teacher at Gaya College, while her father-in-law R.B. Singh is a noted physician, Kumar said.
Asked about the circumstances leading to the alleged kidnap, Kumar said he came to know that Priya was waiting for an auto-rickshaw near Maanpur block office to return to her Kalibari home around 3pm when someone put a cloth on her face from behind.
The cloth appeared to have contained a sedative as she immediately lost consciousness. When she came to her senses, she found herself in an SUV that was parked on the roadside, while her abductors were having dinner at a dhaba. She seized the opportunity, escaped from the vehicle and caught a bus headed to Ranchi, Kumar added.
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Heavily pregnant women were left in shock after being told the news via a statement from the head of midwifery during antenatal classes on Monday night.
After £450,000 was spent on refurbishing the maternity ward and providing birth pools, many are now questioning why this decision has been made.
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She added: "It's clear from the urgency it's a knee-jerk reaction and nobody has been able to explain why this decision has been made.
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Water births are opted for by many mums-to-be as the water acts as a form of pain relief and concerns have been raised over mums being strapped to devices measuring contractions and the baby's heart rate as it will make it difficult for them to move around.
A hospital spokesman said water births would still be available but would not be possible if monitoring equipment was being used and it would have to be discussed with their midwife.
Karen Dawber, director of nursing at Warrington and Halton Hospitals, said: "We have recently received the highest national accreditation for safety and minimising risk in our labour services and always look at ways we can do more.
"We've seen a small trend of lower birth weights and women presenting with some other risks such as decreased foetal movement, these can all cause higher risks for babies in the later stages of pregnancy and labour.
"We want to help minimise this and one of the steps we have taken is to offer continuous monitoring of our labouring women for a period to assess how that works for women.
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"Our other options for low risk labour such as our birthing pools and active birth rooms will still be available but we will be offering continuous monitoring first of all."
The news follows Warrington North MP Helen Jones' warning she does not want to see a review of current maternity services lead to any changes which would stop babies from being born in the town.
The announcement follows the maternity, children and young people's strategic clinical network seeking to set up a special interest group to 'reduce variation and improve outcomes' for maternity services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Mrs Jones added: "I am very concerned at what is behind this move.
"As we know from past experience, reviews like these have tended to impact on the services delivered from Warrington.
"I am very clear that Warrington people will want a fully functional maternity unit so people can be born in this town."
A spokesman for NHS England (Cheshire and Merseyside strategic clinical networks) said commissioners and providers across Cheshire and Merseyside have 'jointly agreed' to investigate why there are 'variations'.
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In the report, the ministry will refer to documents and studies on Japan's wartime prostitution system, and comprehensively analyze and explain the system's reality and criminality based on reports by international organizations and civic groups. It will also review disputes and dialogue between the Japanese and South Korean governments.
The white paper appears to South Korea's response to Japan's investigation into how the Kono statement was drawn up, pundits said. In releasing the results of its investigation, Japan affirmed the historical facts used to draft the Kono statement but also, for some reason, revealed details of the negotiations that both sides had agreed to keep secret.
The Kono statement, announced by then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono in 1993, officially acknowledged that the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army was directly involved in managing brothels for its soldiers that were filled with "comfort women" — Japan's euphemism for the girls and women, mostly Korean, who were coerced into sexual slavery.
The Japanese government opted for the probe after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to revise the Kono statement sparked an uproar.
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The same optimism that led Nebraskans to build such a singular Capitol nearly 75 years ago still permeates state government today in the Cornhusker State. Despite having a static population that is only growing older and a farm-based economy that continues to shrink, Nebraska plans to grow with the 21st century, proclaimed Gov. Dave Heineman, and IT will be the catalyst.
"We have to grow our state. We do a great job of educating our children from kindergarten through the university level and then we export our kids to other states," he observed. "Our challenge is to create more good, high-paying jobs in Nebraska, to create more knowledge workers in our state, to reflect where the 21st century is headed."
Heineman took over as governor in January 2005, after his predecessor, Gov. Mike Johanns, resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Though Heineman just started as Nebraska's chief executive, he is no stranger to government or leadership. As lieutenant governor, he served as Nebraska's director of homeland security and as chairman of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission (NITC).
In his first statewide post as treasurer from 1994 to 1998, Heineman increased Nebraska's electronic commerce transactions from $58 million to nearly $1 billion.
As governor for a little more than one year, he has set an IT strategy in motion that supports his four priorities: education, economic development, efficiency in government and safe communities.
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