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Blurring The Line Between Homeless And Helpless
My research into compassion fatigue has led me out of the veterinary practice and into the world of shelter medicine. I recently finished a book called Bridging the Bond: The Cultural Construction of the Shelter Pet. It was an amazing glimpse into a world I have been near, but never inside. Although I have worked in settings where I was required to participate in the euthanasia of homeless animals, I was not surrounded by a facility where adoption was the hoped outcome. So I struck out to learn more about this career path.
Compassion Fatigue in animal care giving was actually "born" in shelter medicine, when euthanizing homeless animals was identified as causing lasting effects on those doing this shelter work. I anticipated much of what I uncovered because of my similar jobs in the past, but I did not expect to come across the raging battle, basically, between no-kill and the more traditional "kill" shelters. These are also referred to "limited admission" (where not all animals are accepted because none of them will be euthanized for lack of a suitable home) and "open admission" (where all animals are accepted but unfortunately not all will end up living in a home, or living at all). The line in the sand is very deep, and divides two groups of people who are passionate about their stance on this subject. Regardless of where you fall on this line, it is worth introspection to discover your own personal feelings.
I stumbled headlong into my own feelings recently, although it took me a while to realize where I stood on that line. With a growing desire to give back to the animal community now that I was away from day-to-day veterinary practice, I went to volunteer at a local animal rescue, "no kill" or limited admission shelter facility. I attended volunteer training, and then life got too busy for me to devote time to volunteering … or did it? Months have passed, and while I have indeed been busy, there was more to my reluctance. The deeper I plunged into the debate of "kill vs. no kill" shelters, the more my own feelings came into focus. I was able to recognize that the reason I had not been more compelled to fit in the volunteer time was because of an uneasy feeling I felt when I visited the rescue facility … I came to realize that I just didn't believe those animals were in a "better place" by being in a rescue, versus being euthanized for lack of a suitable home.
This is where the Quality of Life clashes with Quantity of Life. Should an animal be kept alive at all costs?
Who determines which is better, euthanasia or life confined in a rescue facility? The most uncomfortable part of my experience was that at this facility, cats with inappropriate urination were all kept in a small area, able to urinate wherever they pleased. It was a place I didn't look forward to visiting again, and I didn't even want to think how it must feel to be a cat living in that environment.
I don't have any answers, only more questions, but when devoting your life to caring for animals, these questions must be faced by each of us at some point in our career.
05/20/2010 - Veterinary Social Work…Huh?
05/13/2010 - VTS: Internal Medicine vs. Clinical Practice
05/05/2010 - The Rat (or Hamster) Race


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The floor of the Senate is a decorous place. It is cool and marbled and hushed.
Senators in the American system are so independent of party and so grand - with their staffs and their suites of offices - that it is unusual for them to clash, at least in the British parliamentary sense.
So there was some raising of eyebrows when the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, strode across the Senate floor and told a Democrat to "Fuck yourself".
Mr Cheney is widely believed to have lost the plot in recent months.
Rational air
He is a man capable of genuine self-effacing humour, particularly about his health problems.
He does not receive messages from God - at least not ones he talks about - which gives him a reassuringly rational air in an administration which has more than a tinge of zealotry at its core.
But Mr Cheney is cross.
He has taken the rap for the mess in Iraq; taken the rap for the absence of weapons of mass destruction; taken the rap for the impressive sums of money being paid to his old company Halliburton for its part in supplying the troops.
And he is, it seems, heartily sick of it all. Sick enough, the Democrats hope, to fall apart on 5 October.
That is the date on which in Cleveland, Ohio, the vice-president - elderly, bald, ill, cross Dick Cheney - will debate with the Democratic challenger for his position - the youthful, tousle-haired, healthy, radiantly happy John Edwards.
It will be the most captivating clash in vice-presidential history.
The Democrats are salivating at the prospect of their bright young thing running rings around the crosser, older man until the vice-president lets forth a stream of obscenities and walks off the stage.
Mr Edwards is certainly an operator - a piece of work.
I watched him at close quarters this week and found myself on several occasions looking around at people, expecting them to be mildly embarrassed by the banality of the message they were meant to be imbibing, only to find them deliriously drinking it down and calling out for more.
Senator Kerry - fresh out of Swiss finishing school and Yale, fluent in foreign languages - was he really a role model in rural North Carolina?
I don't think so.
The message
Then again, later in the day, I heard the grinning Mr Edwards tell a crowd: "I'm here because I love America."
Now there's a lot of "loving America" in US political discourse - you get used to it after a while - and it's usually the warm-up message for something just a teensy bit more substantive.
But with Mr Edwards it is the message. That's it. He loves America and he smiles.
He was once poor. Now he's not.
He once believed that John Kerry was a verbose, stuck-up snob. Now he doesn't.
It's giddy-making stuff. It either turns you on or horrifies you, and most Americans, it seems, are - at the moment - in the first camp.
Does it matter, though, what people think?
The vice-presidential post was famously described once as being worth no more than a pitcher of warm spit.
Some vice-presidential candidates have been singularly useless. Remember Dan Quayle.
But hold on a second. Quayle won. Lloyd Bentsen crushed him in debate and the American people regarded him as a ridiculous choice, but he and George Bush Senior were sent to the White House anyway.
Even split
This year, though, it could be different. First: the electorate is evenly split on Mr Bush and Mr Kerry - half like one, half like the other.
Their running mate choice could swing the few hundred votes needed for victory.
Added to that, this year both the main contenders have reasons to depend much more heavily on their number twos.
Mr Bush needs Dick Cheney for ballast and experience. Mr Kerry needs John Edwards for flair and sex appeal.
So, uniquely in modern American history, the 2004 election could be won by the winner of the B-team contest.
It's not quite Cheney/Bush against Edwards/Kerry - but this is a big year for junior partners.
A lot is riding on Mr Cheney's control of his temper and Mr Edwards' control of his smile.
From Our Own Correspondent was broadcast on Saturday, 10 July, 2004 at 1130 BST on BBC Radio 4. Please check the programme schedules for World Service transmission times.
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Following new regulations, most people accept they will be asked for detailed personal information during any kind of financial activity.
But when does a request for information go too far? And how do you know the information you provide will be used in the right way?
Opening an account is not as simple as it once was. You have to prove who you are - in duplicate - and give other information.
Banks blame tough new laws on money laundering and financial crime. But one Money Box listener is not convinced.
Caroline tried to open a Cheltenham & Gloucester cash ISA but was shocked when she was asked for more than 30 pieces of information.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Money Box she said:
"They wanted to know whether I was employed, retired or a student, when they could contact me at home, was my telephone number ex-directory, was the money going to come from salary or wages or investments or a pension.
"The chances of me putting down that I obtained the money from drug dealing or any other illegal activity is highly unlikely, so therefore I think the questions posed were totally unnecessary."
Hidden agenda?
Caroline was so annoyed she did not open the ISA. And she told the programme of her suspicions as to what the information was really for:
"I think the company's market research is being done under the guise of this money laundering legislation."
Money Box approached Cheltenham & Gloucester for an explanation. Its Head of Communications Peter Mounty insisted it was a response to the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The questions are there, he said, to protect staff from potential legal action if they had not taken the required steps to establish where the money was coming from and what it is being used for.
But how can a series of questions - that can be answered in any way the applicant chooses - prevent crime?
Mr Mounty admitted that "anyone that is a terrorist is not going to put down that this is money laundering".
However he said that although "none of them will prevent financial crime, all of them will help - or potentially help - to identify where the proceeds of financial crime are placed into account."
Generic questions
But in Caroline's case, it was an application for an ISA account with an annual savings limit of £3,000.
On this, Mr Mounty said: "In fairness I suppose because of the ISA form, I would have to say that the questions that we ask are generic questions that appear on all of our forms."
But he insisted they would not be changing it "because I think it sends a very clear message that C&G is concerned about fighting financial crime."
Asked if the information would be passed onto their marketing department, he responded:
"There is a place on the form where the customer can specifically say any information on this form does not have to be passed to the marketing department."
However, if the customer does not tick the required box, then all the information "will be looked at in a marketing capacity".
But he insisted that the information is not gathered for that purpose.
Mr Mounty said that in his experience customers had been happy to provide the information because they understood the need to fight financial crime.
BBC Radio 4's Money Box was broadcast on Saturday, 19 June, 2004, at 1204 BST.
The programme was repeated on Sunday, 20 June, 2004 at 2102 BST.
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Global announces record profit of KD 103 million, Net income up by 66%
Global Investment House "Global" announced today its financial results for the nine-months ended 30 September 2008. Global continued on a path of excellent earnings growth with net income for the nine-months of 2008 rising to KD102.9 million (USD385.9 million), an increase of 66% against the nine-months 2007 net income of KD61.9 million (USD232.1 million). The earnings per share (EPS) rose from KD0.068 (USD0.25) nine-months 2007 to KD 0.093 (USD 0.35).
Mrs. Maha Khaled Al-Ghunaim, the Chairperson and Managing Director, expressed her full satisfaction with the financial results achieved during the nine-months of 2008. Commenting on the company's performance, Mrs. Al-Ghunaim said, "In these unprecedented times of financial uncertainty, our results reinforce Global's position as the GCC and wider MENA region's leading private sector Asset Management and Investment Banking firm in terms of profitability, shareholders' equity, market capitalization and range and quality of products and services offered. Continuous and sustainable growth in the Company's financial performance is a direct outcome of our diversified business model, robust business strategies, execution capabilities and trust and support of all our stakeholders."
She added, "Our results reinforce the underlying strengths and fundamentals of GCC economies and generally sound health of the regional financial system.
During the nine-months of 2008, the net operating income (total revenues) increased by 52% to reach KD157.7 million (USD591.2 million). This growth in revenues stemmed from strong performance of all the major lines of businesses namely: Asset Management, Investment Banking, Principal Investments, Real Estate and Brokerage.
At 30 September 2008, our Assets under Management (AUM) crossed the USD10 billion mark to reach USD10.2 billion, whereas the associated management fee recorded a 17% growth. In July 2008 we successfully closed the placement of USD 500 million for Global MENA Financial Assets Limited and listed the company on London Stock Exchange. We also, launched a second fund in the GCC real estate fund series following the success of the first Global GCC Real Estate Fund, reflecting our commitment to offering diversified array of investment opportunities to our client base and growing fee based stable revenues.
The pipeline for investment banking transactions, particularly for private placement of initial and follow-up offerings remained strong. During the nine-months of 2008, the investment banking fee reached all time high of KD23.5 million (USD88.1 million).
Under our integrated business model, the principal investments group continued to make investments of strategic relevance, investments for geographic expansion and investments for seeding investment banking mandates and asset management products. The size of the principal investments book increased from KD659.3 million (USD2.4 billion) at 31 December 2007 to KD1,023.0 million (USD3.8 billion) at 30 September 2008. The annualized return of the principal investments book was marginally below our expectations at 12.4% (2007: 18.9%).
To strengthen our brokerage pillar, we finalized the acquisition of 70.9% shareholding interest in First Brokerage Company (Al Oula Brokerage), an established brokerage firm in Kuwait with around 5% market share for a consideration of KD 21 million (USD 79 million). Global acquired this controlling stake at a PE of 11 times estimated 2008 earnings. Global also established a brokerage subsidiary in Jordan with a capital of KD 5.6 million (USD 21.2 million). The establishment of brokerage operations further strengthens Global's market position in Jordan built over past six years through asset management and investment banking activities. These two expansions in brokerage operations take the number of markets in which Global has brokerage operations to nine. These markets include Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and UAE in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Sudan and Tunisia in the wider Middle East and North Africa region.
It is worth mentioning that in May 2008, Global raised USD1.15 billion by issuing Global Depository Receipts. Global listed its Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) on the regulated market for listed securities on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). We became the first Kuwaiti incorporated company to be listed on LSE. The Company's shareholders' equity increased from KD 323.1 million (USD 1.2 billion) at 31 December 2007 to KD701.6 million (USD 2.6 billion) at the end of 30 September 2008. The increase in capital not only strengthened our capital base but also brought down our leverage from 2.1 times at the end of 2007 to 1.0 times at the end of September 2008, substantially improved our available liquidity and made our funding profile prudent. At 30 September 2008 our shareholders' reserves (including premium) stood at KD570.4 million (USD2.1 billion), one of the highest among the investment companies in Kuwait.
2008 witnessed a number of awards presented to Global by several local, regional, and international agencies on the corporate and management level. On the corporate level it was named "Best Equity House in Kuwait" by Euromoney and "Best Investment Bank in Kuwait" for 2008 by Asiamoney.
On the management level, Mrs. Al-Ghunaim was awarded the "Banker Middle East Industry Award 2008 (BME) for her outstanding contribution to the financial industry".
Mrs. Al-Ghunaim expressed her deep gratitude to Global's shareholders and clients for their support, and the employees who continuously contribute to the success of Global.
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Sharpening Your "Axe" Through Academic Support Services
By Vickie Moller, student, Long Island Center-Hauppauge Unit and 2011-2012 student representative, Student Affairs Committee
April 18, 2012
For nearly a century and a half since he first spoke it, Abraham Lincoln's adage, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe," has probably been more often marveled at and quoted than it has been applied. And we, as students, if we are honest, will have to admit that often we do not submit ourselves to the wisdom of this crucial precept. We pursue our studies without pursuing essential preparation to effectively complete those studies.
Intelligence does not consist of academic prowess alone, it also involves identifying our limitations—the places we lack knowledge or need reinforcement, correction, clarity. The smart person identifies his need; the wise person goes after the resources available to him to fill that need. Rather than ambiguously slugging along (sometimes for years), he recognizes that the time he spends sharpening his blade will ultimately result in skillfully addressing his work with clear, decisive precision.
As independent and distance learners outside the parameters of traditional classrooms, SUNY Empire State College has made a broad range of academic support services available to us through one-to-one tutoring, electronic delivery and local workshops to ensure our academic success. We can begin to "sharpen our axe" by critically assessing our work in light of them. In doing so, each of us will certainly find ways that we can benefit by integrating them into our programs of study. Consider the following:
Writing coaches are available weekly at several of SUNY Empire State College's centers. Students can also schedule a one-to-one tutoring session with a writing coach by making an appointment through their unit's secretary, or by contacting their local director of academic support.
Weekly math workshops and private math tutoring sessions are also available at each of the college's centers. To find out if math support is available at your center or unit, contact the director of academic support.
Elluminate student training allows students to participate in Web-based tutorials/workshops. They are notified via email of any workshops and sent a link which allows them to participate remotely.
Smarthinking provides free online tutorial service in mathematics and statistics (basic math to calculus), Spanish (introductory to intermediate levels), writing (undergraduate to graduate levels and ELL/ESL writing), science (introductory undergraduate level biology, chemistry, and physics) and business (introductory undergraduate level accounting, economics, and finance). Some tutorials are available 24 hours per day. For more information, go to http://www.esc.edu/esconline/myesc.nsf/html/smarthinking.html?opendocument&login
Each October the Student Academic Conference brings together students, faculty and staff from every geographic and academic area of the college. Students present their academic and creative work through panel discussions, workshops, multimedia presentations, poster displays and artwork in a community atmosphere of learning and celebration.
Additionally, there are numerous resources available to students on MyESC, including:
A state-of-the-art online library with, among many other resources, full-time librarians available to answer reference questions; databases containing millions of full-text journal articles; reference e-books; digital images; videos; library skills webinars and access to materials through other libraries: http://www.esc.edu/library&h
A wide range ofacademic support tips and tutorials are available to students, including academic research, computer literacy and resources, critical thinking, independent learning, note-taking and stress management: Learning Support Home Page\StudySkills
A site dedicated to academic integrity, including teaching students how to avoid plagiarism: http://www.esc.edu/academicintegrity
Academic support services are not something to be reluctantly appended to our programs of study as "extra help" or reserved for times of special "need". Rather, they are valuable tools serving as an integral part of a successful educational experience at every level.
"Academic support is for everyone because everyone can revise what they have written; everyone needs a second set of eyes and needs to have a conversation about their work," said Mildred Van Bergen, director of academic support for the Long Island Center. "A well-written paper can be made extraordinary, even suitable for publication."
Van Bergen remembers a time when, as a student, there were no workshops and she couldn't make an appointment with a learning coach or call an academic support person or go online and use Smarthinking.
"These are things students should really take advantage of; they are so beneficial and they are free—they are unique and powerful and useful," Van Bergen said.
And the Office of Academic Support is working hard to continue to develop collegewide academic support initiatives. SUNY Empire State College's eight directors of academic support are developing a comprehensive collegewide strategy that includes regularly reaching out to students in order to connect them with the specific services that will enhance their educational experience and ensure their academic success. The team of directors is also in the process of planning community events designed to bring students together to discuss their studies and to learn from each other.
For more information about the full range of academic support services, including current workshops, and how they can benefit you, contact your center's Office of Academic Support.


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Old Foes Agree to Agree on Gay Marriage: Blankenhorn and RauchDavid Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Ours is an unusual friendship. One of us is a gay man who has written a book in favor of gay marriage. The other is a straight man who has written a book opposing gay marriage.
One of us argues that the advent of gay marriage could help to strengthen marriage as a social institution. The other warns that accepting gay marriage is likely to weaken the institution for everyone. Not much to agree about.
But here's an interesting thing: Both of us are married, and both of us live or work in political jurisdictions -- New York state and Washington, D.C. -- that define marriage as the union of two persons. So we recently asked ourselves a question: What does it mean for us to disagree about gay marriage, now that gay marriage is the law where we make our homes and pursue our livelihoods?
For David, the opponent of gay marriage, what seems most important as the shouting stops is conciliation. His side must confront and reject anti-gay bigotry. Is opposition to gay marriage by itself proof of bigotry? No. But is far too much of the opposition largely fueled by prejudice? Yes. Looking to the future, is it important for all of us to understand and affirm the equal dignity of homosexual people and of homosexual love? Yes.
For Jonathan, the proponent of gay marriage, what seems most important as the shouting stops is getting marriage right, for all people. Winning the legal right is important for same-sex couples, but it's hardly the end. Over the long run, will same-sex marriage shore up marriage's privileged social status, or diminish it? Gay Americans and their communities all have an interest in establishing that their right to marry can support and perhaps even strengthen American commitment to the institution that is now open to them.
Supporting the Gift
What has always mattered most, to David, regarding marriage law is what he calls the gift: the possibility that a child will be raised in love by both biological parents -- the two people, the man and the woman, whose sexual union brought the child into the world. In states where gay marriage is the law, can he continue to advocate and work for that gift? Might Jonathan support him? The answer to both questions is yes.
We can agree, for example, that getting married before having children is an important, and embattled, cultural value, which society as a whole should do more to embrace. Similarly, we can agree that the growing phenomenon of "single parents by choice," whatever its meaning or value in particular situations, is a harmful social trend. Many, probably most, children of single parents do fine. But a large body of scholarly evidence shows that single parenting increases risks for children.
"Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions From the Social Sciences," a recent summary of evidence from 18 diverse family scholars, concludes that solo parenting "increases poverty for both children and mothers," is associated with higher levels of psychological problems for children and mothers, and "appears to increase children's risk of school failure."
Further, we can agree that practices and policies need to be rethought when they deliberately and inherently deny children born through artificial reproductive technology the right to know and be known by their biological parents. In an ethically sensitive society, would such technology be used more sparingly and responsibly than is currently the case in the U.S.? Would it perhaps be regulated more closely? David thinks so; Jonathan increasingly wonders; and we agree that it's an issue all of us need to take more seriously.
For example, in Canada, the Supreme Court of British Columbia recently ruled that people conceived through sperm or egg donation have the right to know the identity of their biological parents. Shouldn't the U.S. also consider this reform?
Adoption for All
We can agree that both same-sex and opposite-sex couples should be allowed to adopt. Where gay marriage is allowed, the two of us can also agree that law and policy should favor married couples in adoption over unmarried couples and single people -- regardless of whether those seeking to adopt are gay or straight.
We can agree that society has an important stake in encouraging marriage over cohabitation and alternative legal partnerships. After New York's adoption of same-sex marriage, some employers moved to terminate their domestic-partner benefits. That's a change we can both support. Same-sex and opposite-sex couples should all be expected to accept marriage's responsibilities if they want its benefits.
We both believe that, in the area of marriage, negotiated political solutions are typically more desirable than top-down judicial solutions, and that the diversity that comes from the states is more desirable, at least currently, than the uniformity that comes from the federal branch. We both believe the time for regarding homosexuality as disordered, shameful or morally inferior is over. And we both believe the time is right, or soon will be, for fresh pro-marriage initiatives bringing together gays who want to strengthen marriage with straights who want to do the same.
We are not grandly announcing that the country is ready to move on, or that either side in the gay-marriage conflict is likely to hang up its spurs anytime soon. And for just that reason, there's one other area on which we can agree: measures that lower the temperature of the conflict by helping both sides live and let live.
Where gay marriage is allowed, we agree there is a compelling case for religious-liberty protections that allow religious-affiliated organizations to keep same-sex marriage at arm's length, provided those protections don't throw obstacles in the path of gay couples exercising their legal prerogatives. Many jurisdictions with gay marriage have already enacted such provisions; New York is an example.
Protection at Work
On the same principle, both of us worry when we hear stories of employees being fired for opposing gay marriage in their personal lives. We don't expect or even wish to live in a world without hard-nosed tactics and sharp-elbowed protest, but in the U.S., active political participation on your own time should not cost you your job and livelihood, regardless of which side of a contentious issue you're on.
Our list is pretty long. That tells us that there is a next conversation waiting to happen, beyond "Yes! No! Yes! No!" It begins from a place where one side accepts that there are gay-marriage opponents who want to help marriage, not harm gays; and where the other side accepts that gay marriage is now the law in some places and, where it is the law, helps to make the best of it.
Not everyone has reached this place. Maybe some never will. But we have.
(David Blankenhorn is president of the Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." Jonathan Rauch is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and the author of "Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America." The opinions expressed are their own.)
To contact the writers of this article: David Blankenhorn at email@example.com and Jonathan Rauch through www.jonathanrauch.com.
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Ok. Let's see. Big Ten. Michigan State blown out by North Carolina, albeit without one starter. So many ugly losses, including so many suffered by Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois, etc. So what is the media cranking out. They have been working on the idea that nine teams should get into the big dance. They join the Big East in their cranking, manic media machines. Why not? The NCAA Selection Committee does not really care about merit. They have no interest in upsets, or showing that the big money making machine conferences are much less than claimed. Instead, pack the tournament in order to "show" that the out numbered cannot reach the final 32, much less the final 8.
What are the merits?
The Big Ten has all of three teams in the top 35 in the country in RPI. Assuming you simply ignore their record among themselves, their principal opponents, who are you left with?
Northwestern, RPI 70? Sure, they are deserving of an NIT berth.
Minnesotta, whose RPI is at least within the top 65 teams. But wait. Who did they play in the non-Big Ten schedule?
Concordia-St. Paul, Bowling Green, Georgia St., Colorado St., Eastern Wash., North Dakota State, Virginia, Cornell, South Dakota St., Louisville, SE Louisiana, and High Point. Leaving aside the fact that they beat Louisville after a trip from Mississippi to Arizona that had them at the airport around dawn the day they had to play Minnesota with no buses to take them to their hotel, there is nothing there. Virginia won four of sixteen games in the ACC.
Ok. Then who gets in from the Big Ten.
Answer. Three teams, maybe four, if you are legitimately looking at the strength of the Big Ten and their past performance.
Will the reality set in for those Big Ten supporters who choose the invitations to the Big Dance? No chance. They will get at least seven teams and these teams will obtain their usual unsuccessful results.
If Michigan State advances to the final sixteen, it will be because of their scheduling by the Selection Committee. Nothing else will advance them beyond there.
The politics of college basketball march on.


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"Only in America"
Joe Biden on cheerleaders: 'The stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind'
Monday, December 08, 2014
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
At Georgia Tech, You Can Do That
Can't believe I missed this opportunity the first time around.
This one's for you Scary C. #ThingsYouPutInAToaster
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Tech Fan Tuesday: 2013 Edition
Not my best stuff but this season hasn't exactly been the best so there ya go. Enjoy...
HutsonMania will run wild on Saturday BROTHER!
Godzilla and Mark Henry destroy Georgia Tech's campus...
... Tech fans and students react.
Has big hands and hates the Liberty Bowl
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Hello, Friends
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Happy Birthday Don!
My personal Top 5 Memories of Don up to this point (in no particular order): --- Kissing that 80 year old woman on the beach. --- Night of September 28, 2013. Thought it would be another one of my friends almost dieing in Borbon St. --- Home Run at Bradwell. A lot more miraculous than beating Savannah High twice. --- Hating everyone except P10we, Bear, and Ashton. He likes the first two and has to respect the third for not killing him. --- Getting braces. Made it a lot easier for me in Doraville.
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Holtz Gets Pissed, Flips Podium
You can watch the whole thing or fast forward to the 2:50 mark. It's gold Jerry, gold I tell ya.
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Masters Picks
Thanks to PLowe for sending me everyone who made picks so far from Savannah. Per PLowe, pick your 4 top players for this week (rule exception: Tiger Woods) and the lowest combined score wins. Post your picks in the comments if they aren't posted below.
P.Lowe's Picks:
1) Mickelson
2) Keegan Bradley
3) Freddie Couples
4) Graeme McDowell
Ozzie Dodson's Picks:
1) Rory
2) Mahan
3) Furyk
4) Mickelson
Bunger's Picks:
1) Rory
2) Mickelson
3) Furyk
4) Bubba
Murray's Picks:
1) Cabrera
2) Immelman
3) Z. Johnson
4) Bubba
JJBA's picks:
1) D. Johnson
2) Snedeker
3) Keegan
4) Ian Poulter
Bear's Picks:
1) Luke Donald
2) Jason Day
3) Snedeker
4) Fowler
Mouse's Picks:
1) Kuchar
2) Dufner
3) Furyk
4) Mahan
PMac's Picks:
1) Kuchar
2) Poulter
3) Bo Van Pelt
4) Mickelson
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Attempted extortionist sentenced to six months in prison
A former member of Operating Engineers Local 17 was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
George DeWald, 56, who had previously pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, also was given six months of home confinement as part of the government's racketeering case against the local construction union.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony M. Bruce said DeWald was instrumental in Local 17's campaign to intimidate private contractors into hiring union members, a campaign that hindered construction activity across the region.
Defense attorney Patrick J. Brown described Dewald's criminal conduct as a "small stain" on an otherwise lawful life and said his client's involvement was a misguided effort at supporting his union.
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This article was published 6/2/2013 (1628 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Is anyone the victim of the winter blahs and longing to walk in the sunshine through a beautiful garden, enjoying the smells of growing plants while strolling around without a jacket, just in shirtsleeves? At this time of year, that yearning might apply to quite a number of people and I can recommend just the place where you can do all that and more.
If you, a group of gardening friends, or even a group that you belong to that seeks out unique destinations as part of the group's mission, is inclined to take such a trip, be advised that this destination is in our own back yard less than an hour's drive in many cases. I am referring to the Conservatory at the International Peace Garden.
This would be a wonderful day trip for anyone but particularly those who enjoy viewing interesting and unique plants because their new Conservatory building houses North America's largest collection of cacti and succulents, including the world's largest collection of echeveria. Some of us grow echeverias, succulents grown for their attractive fleshy foliage, in our summer gardens and there are those who attempt to overwinter them indoors.
The Peace's Garden's acquisition of this phenomenal collection of more than 5,000 cacti and succulents came about somewhat by accident in that a Minot resident, Don Vitko, decided a few years ago that he could no longer care for and house his vast collection. After fundraising efforts in his home city failed to raise enough funds to create a display building for his collection in Minot, he agreed to donate the collection to the Peace Garden.
Although the plan was to move the collection gradually, the timetable was fast tracked abruptly last year due to flooding in Minot threatening the very existence of the collection. The plants were hurriedly transported to the Garden and placed temporarily in the annual greenhouses forcing the Garden to buy some of their bedding plants this spring as some of their growing space was occupied by the collection.
The first phase of the new Conservatory building was complete, however, and more than 1,000 of the potted cacti and succulents were put on display in the new building, still leaving more than 4,000 still housed in the annual greenhouses until their anticipated move into the completed phase two part of the building, which is to occur sometime in 2013.
Although only about a fifth of the collection is on display, these 1,000 plants are well worth a trip. The variety of plants is astonishing, ranging from cacti native to North America to an African collection and even some very rare specimens such as one of only three pilocereus keyensis in existence in North America; it is extinct in the wild it originated in the Florida Keyes.
Another unique feature of the Conservatory display is a collection of Pilocereus cacti, which are pillar cacti with long hair-like material growing out of their trunks. There are only 56 kinds in the world and the Vitko Collection has 53 of them.
The Conservatory is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. There is a nice little café in the building that is also open for business during the same hours, so you might include lunch as part of your outing plans.
There are no attendants at the Peace Garden gate at this time of year but you can proceed through the gate and follow the signs to get to the Conservatory, stopping at the Administration Building if you want information. There is no admission charge to the Conservatory itself but donations are greatly appreciated.
If you choose to visit the Conservatory display in late winter, you will find some of the plants will be in bloom, but the most prolific blooming period is mid-March until mid-May. Since part of the reason to visit the Peace Garden in mid-winter is to escape the winter blahs, you may decide to visit before the prime blooming time; I'm sure you will be so captivated by the Vitko Collection that you will want to return again, perhaps when many of the plants are in bloom in April.
While many folks travel thousands of kilometres in the wintertime to escape the winter blahs, if you are not one of these people, you might consider getting a group together and driving to the International Peace Garden and spending a day wandering among the wonderful cacti and succulents displayed in the Conservatory. If you failed to impress this Valentine's Day, maybe the offer of a drive to the Peace Garden will redeem you! Happy Valentine's Day!
Albert Parsons is a consultant for garden design and landscaping who lives in Minnedosa.
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Buck baby boom
My family and I were recently in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve in North West province, and it's that time of year when buck babies boom. Baby antelopes of all kinds are pronking, bouncing, mooching and playing all over the bush, which is looking lush and green after all the recent rains.
We oohed and aahed over shaggy baby waterbuck, colourful baby red hartebeest and fragile-looking baby impala. Even the baby blue wildebeests looked cuddly – something of a surprise when mum and dad, the adults, are counted among South Africa's 'Ugly Five'.
Problem is, all these babies make great predator takeaways. All the lions we saw were looking very sleek and well fed, and didn't need to travel far for a snack.
Pilanesberg Game Reserve is an easy drive just over two hours by road from Johannesburg and well worth a visit. Take your own vehicle or go on a guided game drive from adjacent Sun City or any of the Pilanesberg lodges or camps.
On one of our game drives we popped into the recently refurbished and restored 1936 Pilanesberg Centre, where you can have a drink, a snack and buy curios.
Even the baby blue wildebeests looked cuddly – something of a surprise when mum and dad, the adults, are counted among South Africa's 'Ugly Five'.
There's a salt lick and small dam in front of the huge open verandah where the plains animals come to drink and browse – a great place to sit and watch the passing baby show.
As we drove back to Kwa Maritane, where we were staying, we found another baby, a bit bigger than its antelope cousins – a mother and baby white rhino were having their evening mud bath.
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Council hears update on pool project
Answering questions on the safety of the new pool design and other questions, Jay Koch of Helms and Associates met with the Mobridge City Council Monday, April 1, to address the issues.
He explained the new design, which showed a pared- down version of the concession stand, with less office space, but the dressing rooms and bathrooms stayed the same size as in the original design. He also explained, because of information received at a public meeting held concerning the project, changes in the angle of the lap pool.
"There seemed to be an interest in swim meets in the future," he said. "We rotated the slide drop area so the fans and coaches and walk back and forth to follow the action."
He said the change doesn't change the cost of the project, but makes it easier for spectators to attend meets.
He explained the zero gravity pool, where the play equipment will be located, is also the handicapped entry into the lap pool. The area gently slopes from zero to three feet at the neck of the pool. That area will be secured with a rope, but a bulkhead can be added if the city preferred.
Councilwoman Amy Cerney requested he address information that the pool design is dangerous for toddlers because it can create a vortex that could sweep them into the larger pool and deeper water.
Koch told the council the engineers who designed the pool said there is no possibility of children being pulled by the current into deeper water.
"From the engineer's standpoint it just doesn't happen," he said. "Why it happened with the other system is that they had a slide that dropped off right before that neck. They also had a big play structure with slides coming from the other direction that also pushed water into that neck. That absolutely created that vortex effect. We just don't have that because all of our water sprays up and down and doesn't create any current that is going out to that area."
He said the same design was used in Winner, Britton and Oakes, N.D., and there were no issues with this problem at any of those pools.
He said the design would allow all of the water in the pool to be recirculated every two hours through heat systems, which keeps the water from cooling down.
The depth of the lap pool, Kock told the council, is fairly standard. He said putting the diving well in the same area of the lap pool it would save money.
Kock said the pool meets the FEMA standard certification for full competition. He said the firm would do the paperwork required for certification.
Koch was asked about the time frame of cleaning the water in case of an accident. "We can re-circulate the water in the zero entry pool in two hours and in main pool it is six hours," he said. "We bring that down to four hours in the main area by upsizing that pump just a little bit to cut to four hours."
He said there is no difference in the chlorination procedures for the zero entry pool compared to the main pool. The only difference how quickly the water has to recirculate.
Those chlorine levels have to be maintained to state standards, according the Councilman Tom O'Connell.
Tax properties
Councilman Gene Cox reported the combine county and city committee created to deal with tax deed properties inspected the two houses on Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue West. He said the squatters were evicted from one of the homes, which is according to the consensus of the committee, not habitable. That home will be torn down.
The second home, on the corner lot, can be saved and will be considered for rehabilitation if the purchaser follows the procedure. That includes a $5,000 returnable bond upon the completion of the project.
Cox said there are a number of abandoned vehicles in the fenced yard of the second home and because they are titled property, the county must follow certain procedures before getting rid of them.
Fuel truck
Mobridge Regional Airport manager Virgil Lenling and Mobridge businessman Kent Slater reported they had made the trip to Ohio to inspect the jet fuel truck the city is considering to purchase.
Lenling said the truck was in surprisingly good shape and that he and Slater checked out of the hoses, pumps and the hook ups, which were all in good working condition.
Slater told the council the truck looked better than he had expected.
"I crawled under it and all around and could not find any leaks or other problems," he said. "If it were me and I was looking to buy it, I would spend that money on it."
He said he didn't see anything that would deter him from wanting the truck.
The council then decided to surplus the old truck and research the sale, whether as a whole or parts. Lenling said some of the parts of the truck, tow pumps and meters were expensive pieces of equipment, but the tank leaks.
East River Lumber and Grain, Inc., of Mobridge will transport the vehicle for $2,500.
The council approved the purchase of the truck, using the $25,000 budgeted for the purchase; $10,000 in designated funds; and $5,000 in fuel tax revenue. The cost of the Ohio trip, $1,400 and the $2,500 for transport will be taken from the council contingency fund.
They also approved to surplus the old truck for sale.
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(LOUISVILLE, April 2nd, 2004, 11:30 a.m.) -- The campaign of Kentucky state Sen. Daniel Mongiardo said Thursday he is not satisfied with an apology by U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, who said Mongiardo looks like one of Saddam Hussein's sons.
Mongiardo, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to run against the incumbent Republican, called for the public release of a videotape from a recent GOP event at which Bunning made the remark.
"The fact that Jim Bunning finds ethnic slurs amusing shows how out of touch he is with Kentucky voters," said Jody Lassiter, Mongiardo's campaign manager.
After first denying the remark, Bunning's campaign said Wednesday it was a joke.
"We're sorry if this joke, which got a lot of laughs, offended anyone," Bunning campaign manager David Young said.
Bunning made the remark March 20 at the annual 4th Congressional District Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner at the Hilton hotel in Florence. Bunning's speech was videotaped, but Young declined to make the tape of Bunning's speech available.
When asked why he had denied the statements previously, Young said, "I was shopped a quote last week about what was said, and it was not a true quote."
Mongiardo's campaign said that he had received no call from Bunning and that he should make the tape available so people can judge his comments for themselves.
"Senator Bunning is having a lot of trouble being honest," Lassiter said. "First he denies saying anything, but now he admits making ethnic slurs about Dan Mongiardo. He admits that he has a tape, but won't let the people of Kentucky see it. What does he have to hide?"
A spokesman for Bunning said Thursday the senator would not comment about the remark.
Mongiardo spokesman Eric Niloff said "a half-hearted apology from his campaign manager is no apology at all. Jim Bunning needs to come clean, show the people of Kentucky the tape and let them decide whether or not that's funny."
Mongiardo, 43, a physician from the Appalachian town of Hazard whose parents emigrated from Italy, is running in the Democratic primary against David Lynn Williams of Glasgow, a perennial candidate who is not running an active campaign.
"The remarks by Sen. Bunning are the type of remarks that shouldn't be made by anyone, much less one of the highest elected public officials in the state," Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Bill Garmer said Thursday.
"There is nothing funny about ethnic slurs," Garmer said. "Bunning should be ashamed of himself, but instead he wants to say he was merely joking."
In his 2002 campaign for state Senate, Mongiardo accused Republican Johnnie L. Turner of Harlan of using bigotry and racism in an ad that showed Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta. Mongiardo said the ad made a point of showing that he and Atta both had dark eyes, black hair and olive complexions.
Bunning, 72, is seeking a second six-year term in the Senate. He is opposed in the May 18 primary election by former state Sen. Barry Metcalf of Richmond, whom he defeated in the 1998 primary.
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Mr. and Mrs. Berthold "Bud" Laufer of Hamburg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted by their children for family and friends in Root Five, Hamburg. Mr. Laufer and Dolores "Dee" Carson were married Aug. 10, 1963, in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, Hamburg. He is a retired steamfitter for Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22; she is working as a retail clerk at Wanakah Pharmacy. They have four children, 11 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.


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Linsley Hood amp on Taobao
Posted 4th June 2014 at 05:27 AM by abraxalito
Looks like a bargain, around $120. Sorely tempted to get one to play with - what do you think ?
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Wow, looks great.
Transformer, enclosure, binding posts, etc are easily worth that much... if it doesn´t sound good after your mods, just put a chipamp in!
Posted 4th June 2014 at 12:46 PM by Alexandre
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The guy is selling the chassis alone for about 200rmb (that's $33). Here's the link if you'd like more pics to drool over - ÈËÉùÖ®Íõ Hood 1969½ð·â¼×À๦·ÅÕû»ú ×îÍêÃÀ°æ±¾HD1969-ÌÔ±¦Íø
Posted 4th June 2014 at 12:53 PM by abraxalito
Link's not taking me anywhere, Richard ... :(
Posted 5th June 2014 at 12:05 AM by fas42
Just tried it again here, works for me. I don't hold out much hope for diagnosing what's up your end, software being what it is....
You could try going to ÌÔ±¦º£ÍâÈ«ÇòÕ¾Ê×Ò³ and type 'hood 1969' into the search box.
Posted 5th June 2014 at 02:58 AM by abraxalito
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Got it, thanks! Gotta love the Krell logo on the front, :), but looks nicely made ...
Posted 5th June 2014 at 03:42 AM by fas42
Posted 5th June 2014 at 05:14 AM by abraxalito
taobao is just bloody brilliant. just wish i could read chinese..... google translate is better than nothing but lack of language really kills the fun of rummaging around looking for a few gems...
nice find tho!
Posted 11th June 2014 at 09:02 AM by kasey197
I saw the same amp on ebay with English description:
2014 Perfect Hood 1969 Gold Seal Pure Class A Finished Amplifier 10W 110V 220V | eBay
Even if some of the parts and assembly weren't up to scratch and needed fixing it would be a great quick way to get a very tidy JLH1969 setup.
I just made mine so I don't need another though. This would have saved me the fun and challenge of DIYing the heatsink and chassis :-)
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Toyota has passed along the word to its dealers that thirteen new 2008 model year Double Cab and CrewMax versions of its Tundra full size pickup are on the way, with lower price tags and a new trim level - Tundra-Grade.
In a memo to its sales network, Toyota's Truck and SUV Corporate Marketing Manager, Brian Smith, announced, "The new 2008 Tundra-Grade 4.7L Double Cab lists for $24,860 - that's nearly $2,000 less than last year's lowest-price 4.7L Double Cab. But, rest assured, this is not a stripped-down work truck. The new Tundra-Grade models are very similar to the SR5 models they are based on, with essentially the same options lineup, but at a much, much greater value."
Compared to the previous entry-level SR5 trim package, Tundra Grade appoinments will do away with standard 18-inch styled wheels, the tow package, and chrome bumpers. Buyers will have to pay extra for those features. Base MSRP will drop from $28,110 to $26,050.
Overall, a 2008 Tundra-Grade Tundra (a bit redundant there) will sticker at $1,670 less than a comparable 2007 SR5.
SR5 buyers will now receive power bucket seats, a 6-disc CD changer, and the cold kit with heated mirrors at no additional cost. Buyers paid $995 for that same equipment set on 2007 model year Tundras.
The price of the optional TRD Offroad Package is going up. It will list at $2,340, a $995 increase compared to 2007 Tundras.
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Motor Sales, U.S.A. (TMS), Inc. expanded the Tundra full-size pickup truck lineup for 2008, adding 13 new model variations and enhancing
standard equipment levels to create a greater value. The 2008 Tundra
now offers a choice of 44 model variations in three cab styles. Since
its introduction in February 2007, Tundra's share of the half-ton full-size
pickup truck segment has more than doubled, going from eight to 17 percent.
The Tundra
Limited Grade Double Cab and Crew Max models add the formerly optional
front and rear parking sonar, cold kit, and mudguards to the standard
equipment list, all at a lower price. Finally, the Tundra Grade regular
cab model features more rugged work truck styling for 2008, with a
new chrome bumper and matte-black grille surround replacing the shiny
black front bumper and grille surround.
The manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) for the 2008 Tundra Regular Cab ranges from $22,290 for the Tundra grade 4x2 with V6 engine and five-speed automatic transmission, to $27,770 for the long-bed 4x4 with 5.7L V8 engine and six-speed automatic transmission.
Tundra Double cab MSRP ranges from $24,715 for the Tundra grade 4x2 with V6 engine and five-speed automatic transmission, to $38,770 for the Limited grade 4x4 with 5.7L V8 engine and six-speed automatic transmission.
Tundra CrewMax MSRP ranges from $27,685 for the Tundra grade 4x2 with V8 engine and five-speed automatic transmission, to $42,070 for the Limited grade 4x4 with 5.7L V8 engine and six-speed automatic transmission.
2008 Tundra will begin arriving in dealerships in mid-October. The addition to the Tundra lineup consists of 13 all-new "Tundra grade" models for each of the Tundra SR5 Double Cab and CrewMax models.
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July 20, 2014
Match Day 1 roundup
Pumas 3, Queretaro 1
Pumas opened the Liga MX Apertura with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Queretaro Friday at Estadio La Corregidora.
Victor Sosa scored the first goal of the tournament seconds after the opening kickoff,one-timing Danie Luduena's cross into the net from close range. In the 40th minute, defender Ricardo Osorio accidentally deflected another Sosa shot into his own goal to make the score 2-0. Luduena closed out the UNAM scoring in the 57th minute, with a booming free kick to the upper left corner.
Angel Baltazar saved the Gallos Blancos from the shutout in the second minute of stoppage time, latching onto the loose ball after a series of blocked shots.
Puebla 1, Tijuana 0
Luis Lorona scored off a give-and-go with Wilberto Cosme in the eighth minute, and Puebla held on to edge Tijuana 1-0 Friday at Estadio Caliente.
Puebla goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota thwarted every Xolos attempt to level the score. Early on, he gathered in Dario Benedetto's shot after a turnover in the Camoteros' backfield. In the 34th, he dove to stop a long shot by Javier Guemez, and Tijuana looked less dangerous after the intermission.
Pachuca 1, Cruz Azul 0
Matis Alustiza gave Pachuca their first three points of the Apertura, scoring in the 12th minute of Saturday's 1-0 win over Cruz Azul at Estadio Azul.
Daniel Arreola did the heavy lifting on Alustiza's goal, streaking down the left side and leaving his defender in the dust before serving the ball into the goal area for a point-blank finish.
The Tuzos held on to the lead despite losing both Arreola and Jorge Hernandez to red cards. Goalkeeper Oscar Perez's most challenging save came with the match still scoreless, a diving stop on Pablo Barrera in the opening minutes.
Santos Laguna 1, Veracruz 0
Santos Laguna opened their Apertura campaign with a 1-0 win over Veracruz Saturday at Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente.
Andres Renteria did the scoring honors, capping a quick triangular passing sequence with Darwin Quintero and Andres Orozco.
Carlos Ochoa had the Tiburones' best chance to equalize with a 59th-minute header, but hit the post.
Monterrey 3, Leones Negros 1
Monterrey welcomed newly-promoted Leones Negros de la U de G to Liga MX with a 3-1 spanking Saturday at Estadio Tecnologico.
Humberto Suazo put the Rayados on the board off a set piece barely two minutes into the game. Shortly after, Neri Cardozo threatened to double the lead, but hit the crossbar.
The Leones leveled the score in the 20th minute, with a picturebook shot from Andres Rios, and things seemed to be going their way when netminder Ivan Vasquez Mellado stopped Suazo's penalty kick. But the Rayados broke through in the 63rd, when Cesar Delgado one-touched the game-winner. Dorlan Pablon capped the scoring off Suazo's assist with eight minutes left on the clock.
America 2, Leon 1
Osvaldo Martinez scored both goals as Club America defeated Leon 2-1 Saturday at Estadio Nou Camp.
Martinez completed his brace before halftime, connecting off a turnover by Edwin Hernandez in the 18th minute, and on a free kick that was misplayed by netminder William Yarbrough in the 37th.
Boselli was the focal point of the Leon attack for most of the night, and forced America 'keeper Moises Munoz into a diving save late in the first half. He finally put the ball in from the penalty spot, on a second effort after his first spot kick was saved but the referee rule that Pablo Aguilar was fouled in the area, earning another pk.
Mauro Boselli saved the Esmeraldas from being shut out with an 84th-minute goal.
Atlas 0, Tigres 0
Atlas and Tigres opened their Apertura campaigns with a scoreless draw Saturday at Estadio Jalisco.
Tigres held on for the result despite playing a man down for the final 20 minutes after forward Marco Ruben was sent off.
Toluca 0, Morelia 0
Toluca and Morelia sparred to a season-opening goalless draw Sunday at Estadio Nemesio Diez.
Both goalkeepers held fast against spirited attacks. Toluca's Alfredo Talavera turned away an early chance by Monarcas striker Oscar Fernandez, and on the other end Carlos Felipe Rodriguez stopped shots by Lucas Lobos and Pablo Velasquez before the intermission.
Morelia went into a defensive shell after defender Luis Silva was sent off early in the second half, opening up chances for Toluca's Gabriel Velasco, Carlos Esquivel and Jerome Amione, but neither could find the back of the net. Amione came closest, but had his late shot cleared off the line by a defender.
Chivas 1, Jaguares 1
Julio Nava scored in the 66th minute to lift Jaguares into a 1-1 draw with Chivas de Guadalajara Sunday at Estadio Omnilife.
Nava's goal, which might have been the game-winner had Matias Vuoso's showy 28th-minute bicycle kick tally not been called back for offside, countered a 34th-minute strike by Fernando Arce, who buried a free kick.
Franco Arizala also had a chance to seal the win for Jaguares, but hit the bar with an early shot.


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Pelicans open second half with victory
Alberto hits first career grand slam
By Graham Jenkins / Myrtle Beach Pelicans | June 19, 2014 10:10 PM ET
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (JUNE 19, 2014) - The Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Texas Rangers, opened the second half of the season with an 8-2 comeback victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Thursday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark in front of a sellout crowd of 6,599. Hanser Alberto hit his first career grand slam. Chad Bell won his first start of the year for Myrtle Beach.
In his return to the Grand Strand, Bell, who underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2013, pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits, two runs, two walks, and striking out one. Bell spent all of 2011 with the Pelicans and the beginning of 2012 with the club.
The Blue Rocks (0-1, 33-36) started the scoring in the top of third inning. With one out, Jack Lopez singled to right field. In the next at-bat, Bubba Starling launched an RBI triple to deep right-center field, scoring Lopez. The Blue Rocks led 1-0.
Wilmington pushed its lead to 2-0 in the top of the fourth. Cam Gallagher led the inning off with a single. Daniel Rockett hit a sacrifice bunt to move Gallagher to second base. Kenny Diekroeger then singled on a ground ball to shallow right field, advancing Gallagher to third. With runners on the corners, Terrance Gore grounded into a fielder's choice. Gallagher scored on the play.
The Pelicans (1-0, 45-24) cut the Blue Rocks' lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Alberto doubled down the left field line. Two batters later, David Lyon scored Alberto from third base with an infield single.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Pelicans took the lead for good. With one out, Jose Cardona, Luis Mendez, and Garia hit consecutive singles to load the bases, two of which did not leave the infield. Alberto hit the first pitch he saw from Blue Rocks starter Luis Santos for a grand slam into the Budweiser Thirst Inning Deck in left field. The Birds led 5-2 after the fifth inning.
Alberto's grand slam was his second home run of the season. It was the first grand slam of his career and the third hit by the team this year, all at home.
The Pelicans knocked in two more runs in the bottom of the seventh on Preston Beck's two-run single and another run in the bottom of the eighth on a Kevin Torres RBI single.
Bell (1-0) earned the win. Santos (0-1) took the loss.
The Birds play the second game of a three-game series against the Blue Rocks on Friday night. Sam Wolff (6-3, 2.77 ERA) commands the mound for the Pelicans against Blue Rocks starter Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.84 ERA). The game can be heard live on WRNN AM 1450 ESPN Myrtle Beach, on the TuneIn Radio App, and via the MiLB First Pitch App, beginning with the Hampton Inn Pregame Show at 6:45 p.m.
Friday night is Ladies Night, sponsored by Star 92.1 and WMBF News. All women attending the game will receive $3.00 off of their ticket purchase. Ladies can also purchase wine for half-price from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Friday night will also feature a Backpack Buddies School Supplies Drive. Fans who donate approved school supplies will receive a free poster, courtesy of Miller-Motte Technical College.
Season Seats, Mini Plans, Flex Books, and single game tickets are available to see the Pelicans in 2014. For more information on tickets, please call (843) 918-6002, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com, or visit the Pelicans box office, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Lane closing for northbound I-279 in Ross now planned for Friday night
Because of an equipment failure, the closure of the right lane on Interstate 279 northbound in Ross Township, originally scheduled to occur Thursday night instead will occur from 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, through 6 a.m. Saturday, Allegheny County Department of Public Works officials have announced.
The single-lane closure of approximately half a mile of the northbound right lane will occur between Exit 5/Perrysville Avenue and Exit 7/West View.
The work is related to the access road for the Levi Bird Duff Bridge project. The bridge carries Center Avenue in Ross Township over the Parkway North to Cornell Road in Bellevue.


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By Chuck Raasch, Gannett National Writer
WASHINGTON Barack Obama became president after capitalizing on the power of viral Internet videos, from the "Obama girl" to policy-oriented posts. Now, the president's health care reform push may be in trouble from those same tools.
A video showing Obama and Democratic Reps. Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois had been viewed more than 748,000 times on YouTube as of Monday. The video shows the three talking separately at different times about a proposed government-run health insurance option and a separate proposal to make the government the "single payer" source of all health insurance.
In raucous town hall meetings around the country, opponents of the Democrats' health care push have cited comments by Obama and Frank, especially, as evidence that the Democrats' real goal is government control of health care.
The video was created by Pam Key, a 42-year-old children's book illustrator from Southern California, and posted on YouTube and her NakedEmperorNews.com site, which features selective video clips with captions calling Obama, among other things, a "socialist zealot."
Her video and others showing the comments by the three Democrats prompted the White House to set up an e-mail tips box for people to report "fishy" and incorrect information about health care reform. By Monday, the tips box apparently had been replaced by a page on the White House website (whitehouse.gov/realitycheck) that includes an invitation to "Tell us what myths we should address next."
Critics said the response smacks of Big Brotherism. Key described the White House's pushback as "stupid."
There is fresh evidence of the video's impact. Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the government-run health insurance option isn't an essential part of Obama's reform plans.
This isn't Key's first viral hit. Other video clips — one on the housing bailout and a compilation of Obama's speeches and statements about his philosophy of government — were viewed more than 1 million times each.
Key, who said she's conservative on most but not all issues — she favors gay marriage, for example — decided to start posting the videos after reading Obama's "Dreams from My Father" and concluding the media weren't telling the whole story about Obama's association with the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, among other things.
All of her videos, she said, are on the public record, in context, and footnoted.
If Hillary Clinton had gotten the Democratic nomination, "I would not be doing any of this," Key said in an interview, because the media "report on the Clintons honestly."
The Internet skirmish again shows the political potency of viral videos, which start with a single post and move rapidly into mega-views, sometimes in minutes. Ironically, some of the footage Key used in the video was shot by proponents of a government-run health care system.
One grainy excerpt on the video shows Obama telling an AFL-CIO audience in 2003 that he supported a single-payer plan. A second excerpt shows Obama telling the Service Employees International Union in 2007 that he envisioned a 15-20 year "transition process" from private to public-run health care coverage if Americans were given a public option.
Obama has consistently said he favors a public option only to help cover those who don't have health insurance and to keep private insurers "honest."
The interview with Frank, which by itself has been viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube, was shot by Single Payer Action, a group claiming to have 1 million supporters of a government-run system.
"They've posted it, we're using it," said Keith Appell, a Republican media strategist who has used the Frank clip for a group called Conservatives for Patients' Rights.
Last week, as Obama prepared to defend his health care push in Montana, Appell mailed a link of Frank's interview to CPR supporters and reporters.
"Obama has stated emphatically that the public option will not lead to (single payer)," Appell said. "(Frank) says emphatically that it will — and that it's actually 'the best way' to get to government-run health care, which he supports. So which is it? Is Frank misinformed? Is Obama?"
In late July, Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Single Payer Action interviewer that he favors a single-payer system but didn't have the votes in Congress to pass it.
"I wish we did," Frank said. "I think if we get a good public option it could lead to single payer."
Later, he added: "The best way we are going to get single payer, the only way, is to have a public option and to demonstrate its strength and power."
Frank's press secretary, Harry Gural, said that accurately reflects his boss' position but is not a prediction that a single-payer system would be inevitable under the Democrats' proposed reforms.
"Maybe the people won't like the public option," Gural said. "It will be their choice."
On the Key video and others circulating on the Internet, Schakowsky recounts how a health care insurance executive told her a public option would drive private insurers out of business.
"He was right," Schakowsky said twice.
Her spokesman, Trevor Kincaid, said the clip is from three or four months ago, and "out of context." He said Schakowsky was referring to how a public option would create more choice and competition for people seeking health insurance.
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RSPCA inspectors discovered that eight dogs have been removed from the property of a man who was allegedly slaughtering dogs for meat and keeping others in small, filthy cages in Melbourne's west.
RSPCA spokesman Tim Pilgrim said yesterday the owner had "made arrangements to re-home" the dogs with a family member and an associate.
"It would appear that he was looking after four dogs for somebody," Mr Pilgrim said yesterday. "There were no issues with any of those dogs and our inspector has liaised with their owner to corroborate that."
He said the inspectors would follow up reports that about four other dogs had been given to a family member.
A female Dogue de Bordeaux was surrendered to animal welfare officers yesterday, joining eight other dogs that were previously surrendered to the RSPCA. Animal advocate Debra Tranter, the founder of Oscar's Law anti-puppy farm movement, had convinced the owner, Peter Avraam, to surrender one large white dog to her last Thursday. The dog, believed to be a Great Dane cross, was skinny, with a wound on its back, and had allegedly been kept in a cage so small it could not sit up fully.
Mr Pilgrim said two dogs remained on the property yesterday with about 100 goats, pigs and sheep.
Police charged Mr Avraam, 41, with a range of drug, ammunition and stolen property offences after the property was raided last Wednesday.
Investigations continue by local council and the Department of Sustainability into allegations of illegal animal slaughter and illegal possession of protected wildlife.
Council removed two alleged "dangerous-breed" dogs, the RSPCA put down one goat and the Department of Sustainability removed about 45 exotic animals from the property.
Asked about the condition the dog was found in yesterday, Mr Pilgrim said: "Our case is still very much ongoing so there is a limit to what we can disclose to you''.
He would not say whether the RSPCA was investigating possible animal cruelty, saying only that Mr Avraam had complied with directives, for which the compliance deadline was yesterday, to clean all pens, provide sufficient and clean water, sufficient and appropriate food, treatment for one dog that had a skin condition on its ear, worming of livestock, treatment for a hoof condition.
Mr Avraam did not answer The Age's calls yesterday. It is understood he previously told police he was an animal lover.


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Activity 4: Sending the Bees Home
Activity time: 5 minutes
Materials for Activity
- Leader Resource 2, Beehive Poster
- Paper bees that children made in Activity 2: Beehive Poster Preparation
- Double-sided tape
- Marker
Preparation for Activity
- Children will need the paper bees they each made in Activity 2: Beehive Poster Preparation.
- If the children have not done Activity 3: What Bees Do at Home, be ready to prompt them with some information about bees and beehives to help them suggest some things bees do at home.
Description of Activity
Start by saying:
Let's take the bees we made and send them back to their hive. Can we name a reason why each bee might be returning home as we attach our bees to our poster? What were some of the things bees do at home that we heard in the story?
To reinforce their knowledge of the functions of a home, prompt the children as needed to guide them toward naming these reasons a bee might return to the hive:
- To bring food
- To eat
- To store food
- To sleep or rest
- To care for the young
- To care for the elderly
- To find shelter (from rain, storms, heat and cold)
- To be together (with other bees)
As each child tells why their bee is returning home, write a one- or two-word description of the reason on the stripe of the bee. Children may be opinionated about what "their" bee's reason for returning home will be; try to honor their preferences.
Attach the bees to the beehive poster with double-sided tape or another way that will make the bees easy to remove for later reference.
Including All Participants
If new participants have joined the group for this session, you may wish to provide them with a name stone and materials to decorate it before this activity; they can decorate their name stones while you add paper bees to the hive poster.


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Of course, when everyone else and his or her specially trained dog or cat are doing the exact same thing, it's hard to feel like a unique snowflake in the hero crowd. While NPCs are supposedly helpless and need a dashing, daring stud or studette to champion their cause, after a while it may seem like they're more "lazy bums" than "weak innocents."
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there's something in MMOs that does, in fact, make you feel like a hero. Maybe it's not anything scripted by the developers, but instead happens out of the blue. Perhaps you're the healer who kept your raid alive, or the person who gave up a night to help out a lowbie in the guild. Maybe you saved a total stranger from annihilation, or you chained sixteen crits in a row until the bad guys were weeping for mercy.
What makes you feel like a hero in MMOs?


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Environmental Factor, April 2008, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIEHS Again Rated a Top Workplace for Postdocs
By Eddy Ball
April 2008
In the latest annual Scientist magazine ratings of top places to work for postdoctoral fellows, NIEHS again placed among the top government institutions and ahead of any other NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs). Survey respondents praised NIEHS for its strengths in the areas of career development opportunities and facilities and infrastructure.
Diane Klotz, Ph.D., acting director of the NIEHS Office of Fellows Career Development (OFCD)(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/research/fellows/, saw the results as an indication of the Institute's holistic approach to training. "I believe the NIEHS continues to do well because we strive to create a real sense of partnership between our postdoctoral fellows and our administration where the training, education and career development of postdocs is concerned."
The newly elected chair of the NIEHS Trainees Assembly (NTA)(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/research/nta, Postdoctoral Fellow Stephanie Nick McElhinny, Ph.D., was also gratified by the high rating the Institute received in regard to career development. "The strength of career development at NIEHS is a testament to the phenomenal efforts of OFCD Director Diane Klotz and her predecessor, Debbie Swope," Nick McElhinny observed. "Career development opportunities were strong for only three institutions ranked ahead of NIEHS in the survey, which I see as evidence that NIEHS is clearly ahead of the curve in keeping in touch with the changing needs of postdoctoral fellows."
NIEHS placed sixteenth in the ranking, ahead of NIH, which was rated number 29, and the National Cancer Institute, which came in at number 33. The Scientist offered several caveats about the survey results and tried to put the results into perspective. "No attempt has been made to measure the statistical significance of the results," wrote author Jonathan Scheff. "The difference between, say a 10th ranked and a 15th ranked institution may be insignificant."
The Institute ranked behind only three other government institutions that pay their postdocs higher salaries. Two Department of Defense Sandia National Laboratories sites, which pay their postdocs $77,800 annually, ranked third and tenth. The Institute's neighbor, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park, which pays its postdocs an average of $64,265 per year, was ranked eleventh in the survey.
During a year of flat budgets for NIH ICs, some of the highest ranked institutions increased benefits and compensation for their postdocs. Examples include the Whitehead Institute, which promised a $9,000 per year raise to first year postdocs earlier this year and an eight percent retirement contribution, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, which added dental insurance.
"While every institution would like to see itself at the number one position," Klotz reflected, "there is always room for improvement even at the top of the list, and this type of survey is more of a friendly reminder of what we do well and where we can make those improvements than anything else.
Survey Methodology
The web-based survey received ratings from more than 3,000 postdoctoral fellows. The 82 U.S. institutions and 17 international institutions that received 5 or more responses were included in the rankings. Institutions are rated according to eleven criteria:
- Quality of Training and Mentoring
- Career Development Opportunities
- Quality of Communication
- Networking Opportunities
- Value of the Postdoc Experience
- Quality of Facilities and Infrastructure
- Funding
- Equity
- Remuneration and Compensation
- Benefits
- Family and Personal Life
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A celebration is being held today to mark Walthamstow's role in the development of London buses.
The Year of the Bus event at Walthamstow Town Square, to be held between 11am and 3pm, will display Boris Johnson's new Routemaster, a 1940s AEC RT Type Bus, a 1950s AEC Routemaster and a 1922 AEC S Type, Walthamstow-built bus.
This year sees a number of bus-related anniversaries, including the centenary of the B-Type 'Battle Bus', which was developed at Hookers Road, off Blackhorse Lane, in Walthamstow.
The famous bus was adapted as a troop carrier during the First World War and 1,300 were acquired by the then War Department and used in France to carry soldiers to the frontline.
Today's display has been organised by Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum and the Metropolitan Police.
Visitors will be able to look inside the buses, find out about their history and that of the fire service and Metropolitan Police as well as see a performance by the Force's Police Band.


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We like to think of God in terms of sides – God's either on our side or theirs, we're either on God's side or not. But I think God might instead be on the sidelines, weeping that battle lines are again being drawn. [Read more…]
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