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Clarkston MI boasts an excellent location with I-75 intersecting the township twice - M-15 and again at Sashabaw. It is the fourth largest township in Oakland County with a population of approximately 32,000 residents. Independence Township can be characterized as a growing residential community. Shopping centers and professional services have sprung up along the main thoroughfares to provide all local conveniences. Listed in the Michigan National Features Inventory are the extant buildings of the old Henry Ford farm used for testing tractors. Independence Oaks County Park, DTE outdoor music theatre, the Pine Knob ski area and an extensive public recreation program provide recreational opportunities.
Clarkston has a downtown business district which has been designated a national Historical Site. The charm of the downtown conveys a nostalgia and picturesque setting that everyone enjoys. With numerous homes on the historical register, the City of the Village of Clarkston is a lively small town surrounded by a rapidly growing area.
In the 1990's and early 2000's the Clarkston area (Clarkston, Independence Township and Springfield Township) was just booming. New construction was going in, lake cottages were re-built into large year 'round homes. Prices soared. Then the economy tanked and like every place else, Clarkston was hit. We have had and still have our share of foreclosure and short sales. Prices tumbled.
The good news- Prices are on the rise as the amount of distressed sales have been declining.
More good news- All those beautiful subdivisions that were created during the good times are still there and between the low prices and the even lower interest rates, homes in those neighborhoods have become more affordable. Area amenities that always come with growth are still there. And the physical location is still great as far as access to expressways to go to Detroit, Flint, Auburn Hills, Troy, etc. The proximity to state and county land. City and township parks. Lakes for both fishing and playing with public access for both beach and boats. Shopping, eating, just about anything one can ask for in a home town.
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Clarkston MI boasts an excellent location with I-75 intersecting the township twice – M-15 and again at Sashabaw. It is the fourth largest township in Oakland County with a population of approximately 32,000 residents. Independence Township can be characterized as a growing residential community. Shopping centers and professional services have sprung up along the main […]
Lake Oakland Lakefront Home Sales Real Estate Sales Clarkston and Waterford Michigan Home prices on all sports Lake Oakland are up from last year- both median and average sales prices. More houses have sold in 2012 than in 2011 and a smaller percentage of those homes are short sales and foreclosures. There are currently 6 […]
Maceday Lake Lotus Lake Home Sales Home sale prices on Maceday and Lotus Lakes for 2012 ranged from $120,000-$770,000 with an average sales price of $282,085 and a median sales price of $$255,000. There have been 19 sales so far (sales data can trickle in for the next month or so) and $5,359,615 in total […]
Lake Oakland Lakefront Sales– Prices Continue to Climb! Just like the rest of the North Oakland County area- home prices on Lake Oakland are up and there is a real lack of active listings available. Unit sales are up, average sales price is up, median sales price is up, total sales volume is up…. the […]
The average sales price for lakefront home sales in the Clarkston/Waterford area so far this year is up 16.7% from the same time period last year and up 23.9% from 2009. Something freaky happened in 2010 with a jump in price, but prices so far in 2012 are up 7.1% from that spike in 2010. […]
Oakland County MI Real Estate– What is Affordable Today May Not Be Affordable Next Spring Prices are on the rise in North Oakland County MI. They have been for a while now- long enough to trust this is probably a trend and not a fluke. Lake Orion average sales price is up 10% from last […]
Clarkston MI Real Estate– Clarkston Home Sales Are Up Clarkston MI home sales are up 21%. Themedian Clarkston home sales price is also up 5%. There has been $16,259,850 more in residential real estate sales so far in 2012 versus the same time frame in 2011 (the first 3 quarters). Listing inventory (Clarkston homes for sale) is very low. […]
Lake Oakland Lakefront Real Estate- Rising Prices- Low Inventory So far there have been 4 closed sales this year on Lake Oakland in Clarkston and Waterford MI with prices ranging from $245,000-$751,871 with an average sales price of $414,218. Last year the average sales price on Lake Oakland was $223,320 and in 2010 the average […]
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Interest rates are low- super low. How low? Low enough you can pay today's prices for a smaller payment than 2008 prices with 2008 interest rates. Last week's rates for a 30 fixed with 20% down and a half point was 3.625%. With good credit of course. A few weeks ago you could get a […]
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I don't normally post at 11 o'clock on a Friday night, but when it's People Who've Had Sex With Sean Penn Yet Somehow Still Look Great In A Bikini Day, all bets are off. So here's Scarlett Johansson and her new boyfriend Nate Naylor (actual name) in Hawaii this afternoon which means Ryan Reynolds has to make Blake Lively parade around in a bikini now or everyone will know Scarlett used to beat him before bed each night. That's how divorces work.
Adding… Come Monday morning, ScarJo's cellulite will be splattered all over the Internet, but you lucky bastards get a chance to form your opinion two days in advance so I suggest you use that time wisely to think about how it really makes you feel. (I'm going with, "Bubblegum Butt gonna fight that Captain America till my pee-pee get hard." It's simple yet clear.)
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Thanks to the Green Schoolhouse Series, three Arizona schools will receive makeovers with sustainability in mind as part of an 18-market national tour.
For 14 million American children in school today, December 1, 2011 marked a step in the right direction for a healthier and greener future. This moment in time ceremoniously marked the groundbreaking day of what will become the first ever LEED-Platinum designed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) school right here in Phoenix, Arizona.
Roadrunner Elementary School is currently receiving a major makeover to become a healthy, environmentally friendly and energy efficient schoolhouse serving as the inaugural site of Green Schoolhouse Series.
Aiming to bring greener practices both in the construction of the schoolhouses and the student's curriculum, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) has partnered up with the Green Schoolhouse Series to put such ideas into action. The well-underway construction at Roadrunner Elementary, expected to be completed by May 2012 and ready for the fall 2012 school year, is just one of three schools in the state to receive a much needed upgrade. Orangewood Middle School and Green Phoenix Learning Center will also take part in integrating sustainable facilities and greener practices as part of the 18-market national tour.
The schools involved in the series are Title 1, low-income, public schools; they will receive facilities comprised of recycled and environmentally-friendly materials with solar rooftops and rainwater harvesting capabilities. Each classroom will also be equipped with state-of-the-art technology incorporating interactive white boards, surround sound, outdoor learning spaces and green gardens. These upgrades come as a stark contrast to the outdated portables found on so many school campuses across the nation.
The LEED-Platinum certified schoolhouses aim to have a net-zero energy use, net-zero water use and non-toxic interior environments. As for the technology within the classrooms, senior partner of the Green Schoolhouse Series, Jeff Zotara, says they hope to, "create an engaging environment for the students, while encouraging interaction." With that, the curriculum within the schools will encourage green practices, such as conserving energy along with learning about the importance of eating healthy and organic.
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SIXTEEN young people have organised a family fun day in Stoke Prior to support local hospices.
The teenagers, who are taking part in the Government-backed National Citizen Service programme, are holding the event this Sunday, August 17, from 12.30pm at Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club in Weston Hall Road.
The event includes a dog show, live music and refreshments.
Team member Charlotte said: "This has been a great opportunity for us to do something different this summer and we are all really enjoying it.
"We have been overwhelmed by the support from local businesses and we would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has helped us."
The fun day, which forms part of the young peoples' social action activities, will raise vital funds for the work of the Primrose Hospice in St Godwald's Road, and Wyre Forest's Kemp Hospice.
To further boost funds for the hospices, the team has also organised a charity bag pack at a Kidderminster ASDA store.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will announce a loss of just under $800,000 for their 2012 fiscal year.
The club will release its annual report Tuesday and a board source says it will include a loss in the neighbourhood of $780,000.
Construction delays at the club's new stadium, Investors Group Field, forced the Bombers to play an unexpected extra season in 2012 at Canad Inns Stadium. That forced the club to spend money on operations at two facilities while only taking in revenue from one — and the predictable result was the bottom line paid the price.
The product on the field in 2012 was also inferior — the club went 6-12 during the regular season and missed the playoffs for the third time in four years — and that also hurt the bottom line.
The Bombers sold out Canad Inns Stadium four times in 2012 and in the end averaged 27,981 fans over nine regular season home games, down an average of 1,576 per game from 2011.
Still, it was team's problems off the field, not on them, that hurt the Bombers most in 2012. While the club refused on Monday to make anyone available to discuss the financial loss in 2012 — a news conference is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, followed by the club's annual Fan Forum Tuesday evening — chief operating officer Jim Bell told the Free Press late last year that football actually turned a profit in 2012.
"I'm very confident in telling you we will be in the black in normal operations," Bell told the Free Press in late November.
The problem, alas, was everything else, Bell said at the time. "We have expenses related to stadium development that fall outside normal operations and I'm not sure where those will end up," Bell continued.
"But put it this way, if we do end up below the line, it's not going to be in the red to the extent some people might think it would be given the year we had relative to the year before...
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The Bombers recorded a record $3-million profit on normal operations in a 2011 season that saw the team make it all the way to the Grey Cup game before falling to the BC Lions.
While a loss of about $800,000 in 2012 is significant — and significantly larger than the negligible loss Bell seemed to be predicting to the Free Press late last year — it is almost negligible in the bigger picture of a team moving into a new stadium this season worth just under $200 million.
The revenue-generating capabilities of the new stadium were on display Monday as the club announced a Paul McCartney concert for Investors Group Field on Aug. 12, the second major concert for the stadium this summer.
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1. LeBron James
Perhaps it's time for King James to take on a new challenge, one that he could not receive from his current profession, by bringing his talents to the baseball world. It would be fitting for me to see James "take a break" from the league he conquered after winning a ring for the third consecutive season, just like the NBA immortal he's so often—and only—compared to in Michael Jordan, who retired from the NBA for a year to give a baseball chance immediately after winning his third consecutive championship. I wonder if James would be more successful than Jordan at baseball in due time, given his once-in-a-generation type athleticism. —Ronit Shah
2. The Cast of WWE
There'd be a downside to it, though. There would probably be allegations of steroids being thrown about, completely without regard to whether or not they were true. Now that I think about it, I don't think I'd want any of these things to happen to baseball. Besides, Don Zimmer would start showing up to work in just a Speedo.
You can't un-think that. Maybe it's best to just move along. —Russell A. Carleton
3. Zdeno Chara
4. Manute Bol
So, let's take a different tact. Let's take the topic literally. Which non-baseball playing athlete would I like to see try to play baseball? The easy joke is Jeff Francoeur, but let's move beyond easy jokes to slightly less easy jokes. How about a sumo wrestler? Any of these guys would do. The sight of a mostly naked fat man is always amusing, and if you put a bat in his hand, so much the funnier. Or, how about a pole vaulter? He or she could use their pole instead of a bat. That would be funny because it wouldn't work.
But I didn't settle on any of those. I went further. I went to the top. In 1951, Eddie Gaedel batted for the St. Louis Browns. He was 3-foot-7 and quite fittingly walked on four consecutive pitches. There may have been some reticence to go all out against Gaedel, but a guy that tall is also going to have an amazingly small strike zone. Why do I bring this up? Because my choice would be the opposite of Gaedel: Manute Bol. Boll was 7-foot-7, or more than two Eddie Gaedels tall. It was said he could dunk a basketball without jumping. He once blocked 48 shots in one game. (I'm assuming, I didn't look it up.) Also, he is dead. That's problematic, but since this wasn't going to happen anyway, I don't see it as an impediment.
The sight of a 7-foot-7 man attempting to do pretty much anything on a baseball diamond would be amusing. How easily could Bol rob a hitter of a home run? Pretty easily if he could make it back to the wall in time. How about robbing a hitter of a line-drive single over the head of an infielder? No such thing if that infielder is Bol. In contrast though, simple grounders to Bol might be challenging. How about hitting? Just about any pitch thrown over the plate and above his knees would be a strike. Though that might not matter considering he never played baseball before; he'd probably swing and miss at everything anyway. Could he pitch? Ha ha, no, of course not! But it would be fun to see him try.
So which non-baseball playing athlete do I want to see attempt baseball? I'll take the seven-plus-foot-tall dead guy, please, and now I win this topic. —Matthew Kory
5. AB de Villiers
Cricket is an interesting sport because although it seems to share many superficial similarities with baseball, such as hitting a ball thrown by a player into a field of other players who attempt to catch the ball, the language of achievement is so different as to render it more impregnable than a recently imagined dinner date. Is it good that, after "the third test, after centuries from Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis, de Villiers became the third centurion of the innings with a score of 163 off 196 balls with 12 fours and 7 sixes?" It certainly sounds good. Is it important for predicting his skill at baseball that "he became the first wicketkeeper to score a century and claim 10 dismissals in a Test?"
Anyway, look, try to understand the greatness we are dealing with here. According to Wikipedia, in 2008, "De Villiers scored an obdurate 174 that helped set up a 10-wicket win for South Africa in the second Test against England at Headingley Carnegie in Leeds in July 2008. This was followed by a 97 at The Oval before he came down the wicket trying to smash Panesar for a boundary and was clean bowled." How can you not be impressed by that?
I'm impressed. Let's give him a bat and a glove and see what he can do playing short, supposing he can figure out where to stand. —Dan Brooks
6. Ray Allen
7. Martin Brodeur
8. Viv Richards
9. Jameis Winston
He's already said that he wants to "be better than Bo Jackson" and Rangers officials (Texas drafted Winston in the 15th round of the 2012 draft) have continued to rave about Winston and his chances of making it as a dual-sport athlete.
Raw may be the best way to describe Winston's current makeup, but he's certainly exciting to watch. His freshman year highlight video includes a handful of potential mistakes on the basepaths alleviated by his natural speed. The animation he displayed during pep talks in the football locker room was also present in the dugout. And then there's this:
And this:
On the mound, he's currently projected to start the season as the Seminoles closer and with his low-to-mid-90s fastball and mid-80s slider, he would likely have a faster track to the majors as a pitcher (Callis also points out that losing at-bats by not playing during the summer and fall hinders his development as a hitter compared to other college players).
However, I can't imagine that any NFL team investing a top pick on Winston to be their franchise quarterback would be too thrilled to have him to risk a potential shoulder or elbow injury by pitching in the minors (his reliance on the slider doesn't help). Given the relentless demands of being an NFL quarterback, it just seems unlikely that Winston will be able to follow in the footsteps of either Jackson or Deion Sanders.
Given the disparity in guaranteed money that Winston would receive at the top of the NFL draft compared to an MLB signing bonus and the fact that he's simply better at football, there seems to be little chance that Winston would choose baseball over football. Any slim possibility of him taking such a route would probably be predicated on the matter of long-term health. If there were ever a time for an athlete to ditch pads and a helmet in favor of a bat and glove (and a significantly lower chance of having memory lapses before receiving AARP benefits) it would be now.
In all likelihood, we'll only see Winston suiting up on Sundays after his days at Florida State are over. It's a shame, because Winston's athleticism and aggressiveness on the baseball field would fit perfectly with the new-school breed of players that have pervaded the game in recent seasons. —Chris Mosch
10. John Wall
11. Cristiano Ronaldo
Aesthetics are at the heart of this exercise, and for me Cristiano Ronaldo's chiseled man physique is the perfect embodiment of athletic aesthetics. Google is loaded with shirtless Ronaldo photographs as the Portuguese footballer isn't shy about showing off a hard body that screams athlete.
Baseball could use the injection of aesthetic and athleticism Ronaldo would provide. Can he hit a baseball? Almost certainly not, but it'd be fun to watch him try. —Mauricio Rubio
12. Randy Moss
In the Madden '06 CD-ROM that I still have for some reason, Moss rates as a 99 in speed, 99 in acceleration, 97 in agility, 97 in catching, and 99 in jumping. So you think Mike Trout is great at robbing home runs? Moss has plenty of experience snatching balls out of thin air while on the move. (Check this highlight for evidence.) An elite deep ball receiver, you could expect him to take precise routes to the ball with his sure footwork and excellent depth perception.
Like I said, Moss might be limited to a late-inning defensive replacement. Still, look at the outfield range on a team like the 2013 Mariners (-70 DRS in the outfield alone) and tell me it doesn't beg for considering extreme measures. —Dan Rozenson
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I think everything that Dan Brooks thinks is impressive about AB de Villiers is actually impressive. de Villiers is a wonderful cricketer - a superb batsman who is also a decent wicket-keeper (cricket's version of a catcher). He's one of those people who's pretty good at whichever sport he plays; he could probably play professional golf if he ever got bored of his current occupation. He's a great athlete.
Jan 15, 2014 06:19 AM
Oh, and in case you're wondering, a duck is what you get if you get out without scoring a run. If you're out without scoring off your first ball, that's a golden duck. And if it's the first ball of the innings ("innings" is both singular and plural in cricket), it's a diamond duck. Two ducks in a game is referred to as "a pair".
Jan 15, 2014 06:21 AM
That's interesting that Warner might have been scouted. I've always thought he would be interesting to see on a baseball field. Although, for some reason I have always imagined him as a Dan Uggla type with regards to the bat (although I also could see him playing 2nd). Not sure whether I am seeing this solely because of the similarities in build but certainly the raw power would be there.
Jan 16, 2014 14:19 PM
I would like to see Steven Stamkos, the top marksman in the NHL, who apparently plays in a local men's hardball league in the summer. I recall him going yard during BP in Tampa a few years back as well. Superb athlete.
Jan 15, 2014 06:35 AM
Luke in MN
Lebron got me thinking about who the best-hitting player was that was over 6-5 or so. You get a lot of first basemen types around that height, but I'm struggling to think of really tall guys that could hit.
Jan 15, 2014 07:17 AM
Dave Winfield. Tall and athletic. And he could hit.
Jan 15, 2014 07:46 AM
Allen Iverson was the best sub-6 footer in NDA history. His historic combination of speed, agility and grit would have translated just as well to the diamond, the pitch or the gridiron as the parquet.
Jan 15, 2014 09:56 AM
Calvin (Megatron) Johnson, whose first love was baseball. I think the Braves made him an offer while he was in high school IIRC. He pitched and played CF - and given how he hauls in deep throws from Matt Stafford, I think he's have pretty decent defensive potential.
Jan 15, 2014 11:15 AM
Seriously? Jameis Winston? In a just world we'd be talking about the length of his jail sentence not celebrating his two-sportiness. At a minimum his conduct should have him on the list of players we don't ever want to hear about again rather than on lists like this.
Jan 15, 2014 11:38 AM
Amen, and shame on the downvotes by those who'd rather just have unpleasantness like rape allegations against a guy they like who throws a ball forgotten.
Jan 15, 2014 13:03 PM
You are judging this kid because he was accused of something. The facts of the case were made public, and were more than convincing of his innocence. ESPN and the mainstream media painted a very misguided picture of him to drive an engaging story. He was the true victim in this case. In America you are innocent until proven guilty, and he wasn't even charged!
Jan 15, 2014 17:49 PM
He was an adult, not a kid when he allegedly raped a woman.
Jan 16, 2014 08:39 AM
Cristiano Ronaldo in a batting cage and throwing the first pitch at Chavez Ravine:
Jan 15, 2014 13:05 PM
Tennis player Andy Roddick invented a new service motion and holds the fastest serve record. What might he have done as a pitcher?
Jan 15, 2014 13:09 PM
Gordie Howe. Ultimate package of power and speed. Right there in any discussion of greatest athlete of all time. When he took BP with Tigers in the fifties Al Kaline said he'd be a star.
Jan 15, 2014 16:49 PM
This might be apocryphal, but allegedly Andre Agassi once went to a batting cage and had it turned up as fast as it would go, which was in the neighborhood of the low 90s. He apparently got so bored with how easy it was that he started running at the machine and still hit lazers. Even if that's not true I'd have to think he could have had an Ichiro-type baseball career
Jan 15, 2014 20:39 PM
If you want LeBron to give pro ball a shot ala Michael Jordan, you'll have to teach him to play golf first (including the intricacies of the Nassau).
Jan 16, 2014 08:10 AM
Re: Zdeno Chara, a left-handed shot in hockey is a right-handed batter in baseball. So, just Gary Sheffield, not his mirror image.
Jan 16, 2014 08:14 AM
"a left-handed shot in hockey is a right-handed batter in baseball."
Jan 16, 2014 12:26 PM
Hockey stick held with right hand on top and left on bottom has the blade on ice on player's left hand side--player shoots 'left-handed'. Right-handed batter rests bat on right shoulder--player bats 'right-handed'. Gordie Howe was ambidextrous. He could and did switch hands to shoot forehand from both sides though normally he didn't bother as his backhand was deadly. No curved sticks back then.
Jan 16, 2014 13:23 PM
I get that. I didn't follow the previous comment. The handedness is not to do with which hand is on top or bottom, but which hand is closer to the body and which side of the body the swing occurs on. In other words, as Chara is a left handed shot in hockey, it is a mirror of Sheffield, who batter right handed in baseball.
Jan 16, 2014 13:51 PM
If a left handed shooting hockey player used his hockey grip in baseball, he would bat cross handed. That is, right hand on bottom, left on top, bat on right shoulder. Supposedly Henry Aaron grew up batting this way and was told to change when he signed his first pro contract. Gary Player's great rival growing up in South Africa golfed cross-handed and never changed. This fellow was of mixed race--'coloured' in the odious nomenclature of Apartheid--and blocked from a professional career. Monica Seles is the only successful example of a cross-handed player in pro sport I can think of.
Jan 16, 2014 14:33 PM
But his grip would not be the same because his tool of play (stick/bat) would be inverted, so his bottom hand would become his top hand and vice-versa. In hockey he hits the puck with the bottom of the stick, in baseball, with the top (sort of) of the bat. The hands are going to be inverted - even in the hockey grip - unless he wants to swing at pitches near his ankles.
Jan 16, 2014 17:00 PM
You are right about the inversion of the stick/bat. In hockey Chara shoots left but in baseball bats right because left handed shooters in hockey are, off the ice, right handed people. (The right hand does control the stick from its grip at the top). Whereas in baseball, right handed people bat right and left handers bat left. Basically, that's it. Zdeno Chara is said to shoot left because the blade of his stick is on the left. It's his forehand side, his strong side. As a left handed shooter playing left defence Chara could go an entire season without making a backhand pass or shot i.e. from his right side. Chara now picks up a bat using the same grip. The hands come together at the bottom of the bat (although once upon a time in the deadball era a baseball grip had a pronounced, dare I say hockey styled gap between the hands). With bat pointed to the sky (it is now inverted when compared to a downward pointed hockey stick) Chara takes his stance at the plate. With this grip he is batting left handed. BUT as a right handed person Chara would switch his hands on the bat, step over to the other side of the plate and become the right handed batter that all left handed shooters in hockey are naturally. And the right handed hitting Gary Sheffield would have been a left handed shooting hockey player. Thanks again.
Jan 17, 2014 01:15 AM
Yet I both shoot and bat from the right side. And I am lefthanded. I think there is more to it than handedness. The mechanics of both a shot and swing also involve torso motion, the legs, etc. While bassackwards lefties like myself are relatively rare (Rickey aside), bassackwards righties are fairly common.
Jan 17, 2014 04:54 AM
Excepting centre hockey positions are distributed evenly between right wing/defence and left wing/defence. There are more right wing and right defence positions than can be filled by the smaller supply of naturally left-handed players. So it's quite normal for a right handed kid to be switched over to play left wing and defence. This doesn't change the natural distribution of right handed people versus left. It overcomes it.
Jan 17, 2014 13:33 PM
I can't speak for Chara but why more generally would someone who has mastered the hip and torso rotation at the core of the kinetic chain in one swinging sport choose to rotate the other way in another swinging sport? And how are the hand positions any different? The only difference is that batters start with the bat over their shoulder and hockey players don't with their sticks. In the hitting zone, as well as when viewed relative to the instrument being held and not the ground, the hand positions are identical for players of like-handedness in each sport.
Jan 17, 2014 10:23 AM
There is no choice in the matter general13. Kids pick up a hockey stick or a bat and start to play. Describing a hockey player as shooting left or shooting right has nothing to do with handedness. It is about being oriented to the rink. If you stand in the goal crease and look down the ice to the left are the left side players, wings and defence--their counterparts are to the right of course. The left side players have their stick blades on the ice to the left of their bodies. No mention of handedness is involved. It's about two things: the side of the rink your position is and the side of your body the stick blade is on. Viewed from the goal crease hockey is oriented in a logical way. Left or right positions (centre excepted) and left or right shooters. In baseball this isn't the case.
Jan 17, 2014 16:59 PM
Thanks for the clarification. However a right handed swing in one sport is still a right handed swing in the other regardless of orientation vs. the center of the playing surface. I still don't see why a left handed hockey player would swing a baseball bat right handed, unless you are defining handedness in hockey as the side of the ice the guy plays on independent of which way he holds the stick and shoots. But maybe we are talking past each other here and I just can't see it.
Jan 17, 2014 18:14 PM
I am with the general. MikeMcD - I gave you too examples of guys who follow my own example. Can you give one example of the reverse?
Jan 17, 2014 19:14 PM
And another example - Nyjer Morgan - bats and shoots from his left side.
Jan 17, 2014 19:51 PM
These left/right inversions are hurting my brain. Probably yours too.
Jan 17, 2014 22:43 PM
Mike - I seem to remember that you are from Ottawa - is that right? Do/did you play hockey?
Jan 18, 2014 08:42 AM
That's me. Played hockey love hockey. Hate the NHL for reasons too numerous to get into...the Stanley Cup in June for one.
Jan 18, 2014 13:22 PM
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In January 2010 I will, DV, start a new career as Chief Economist at Citi. Unlike my predecessor in that position, Lewis Alexander, who was based in New York City, I shall be based in London.
As a consequence of this career move, Maverecon will be mothballed. That is the logical implication of brand integrity and credibility. In Maverecon I wrote under the cover of 'academic immunity' . Academics have no duty other than to state the truth as they see it – to 'speak truth to power'. This gives them the ability to be undiplomatic, blunt, tactless and outspoken in ways that are unacceptable in the wider world – the world of grown-ups.
When I served on the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (between 1997 and 2000) and during my years as Chief Economist and Special Counsellor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2000 till 2005), I was constrained in what I could say and write in public by institutional loyalty and the moral and professional obligation not to damage the organisation I served. Unlike my Maverecon blog, my writings and public statements of those years therefore don't contain words like 'complete bollocks'.
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In 1869, Arndt Leonard Thesen, a Norwegian timber merchant, left home with his family aboard the Albatros for a new life in New Zealand. But on reaching South Africa, they decided to stay, settling near Knysna and starting a timber trading company. In 1904 his son, Charles Wilhelm Thesen, bought Paarden Island in the Knysna River estuary. He established a timber processing plant on the island, which became known as Thesen Island.
The transformation of a wood-fired turbine power station into a boutique hotel added a touch of quirkiness to Knysna's hospitality scene. The result, the Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa on Thesen Island next to the Knysna Lagoon, mixes interesting tones of heritage, nature and industry.
This spa on the iconic Garden Route is a branch of the Amani Spa group (amani means 'peace' in the East African language, Swahili), one of the leading names in luxury spas in South Africa. Like the other spas in the Amani Spa group, the Turbine Spa offers a wide range of face and body treatments.
A notable feature of this spa is the mosaic-tiled rasul chamber (a cleansing chamber), reminiscent of a Turkish hammam or steam room, with its own 'starry sky' and background music. The spa features lakeside views through floor-to-ceiling glass windows (the hotel is in fact surrounded by water on three sides), and brings tones of the indigenous Knysna forests into its décor.
The signature spa treatment at this facility is the Kurhula Body Ritual, which combines massage treatments from around the globe. Therapists work from the head and scalp right down to the toes, and follow this up with a mini-facial. An exclusive blend of African oils is used to eliminate toxins and relieve stress and fatigue.
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Knysna is located on the N2 and can be reached by road from all corners of South Africa. It is approx. 500km (about six hours' drive) from Cape Town and 280km (about three hours' drive) from Port Elizabeth. Scheduled flights operate to the city of George, 65km away.
Best time to visit
The spa operates from 8am to 5pm daily. It's a good idea to arrive 20 minutes before your treatment. Book an appointment at the spa beforehand. There is a cancellation fee of 50%.
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Visit Ile De Pain on Thesen Island for delicious breads and coffees. Take a boat trip through the Knysna Heads...
Tours to do
Book yourself on a tour of the local Rastafarian township.
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Spend a morning or full day enjoying spa treatments (with a lunch thrown in for good measure).
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In Greek mythology, the naiads were, basically, water nymphs, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams and brooks.
Lesbian athlete and former NPR reporter Diana Nyad, 61, hopes to conquer a somewhat bigger body of water as she attempts to swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Florida Keys in 60 hours, without a wetsuit or a shark cage. She left Havana Sunday and intends to complete the 103-mile distance sometime Wednesday, according to this report by ChicagoPride.com.
CNN, the only news media outlet that will have reporters in the boats accompanying Nyad, talked with the swimmer before she left Sunday. She told CNN she believes she is in the prime of her life. She said: "When I walk up on those shores of Florida, I want to prove to the AARP crowd that it's not too late to go back and write that book or adopt that child. … The joke is the 60s are the new 40s, and it's true. … I want to be there to say we have many, many years of vitality and strength and service left in us."
Like anybody who has listened regularly to NPR, I had heard of Diana Nyad. But I never knew that she was a world-record-holding swimmer. In 1970 at age 20, in her first distance swim, she set a women's world record by swimming 10 miles across Lake Ontario in four hours, 22 minutes. In 1974, she set another world record by finishing the 22-mile Bay of Naples race in Italy in eight hours, 11 minutes. The next year, at age 26, Nyard swam around the island of Manhattan — 28 miles total — in seven hours, 57 minutes.


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The law known as the Credit CARD Act implemented a number of restrictions on credit card fees. This week a federal judge stepped in to stall the effective date of one of those fee limits. A quick recap of events: One of the provisions in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 limited
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One little paragraph in President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan could make it easier for federal debt collectors to reach delinquent consumers. The Huffington Post reported that on page 28 of the proposal was a section that would allow federal agencies to call people's mobile phones to collect debts owed to or guaranteed by the federal
You may know your own credit score, but did you know that current regulations and recent trends in the financial industry are changing the way your score is viewed, disclosed and even computed? For instance, new risk-based pricing rules that took effect Jan. 1 require lenders to provide certain disclosures to consumers when they apply for
On Wednesday next week, I will be hosting a live chat about rewards credit cards with Greg McBride, CFA and senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com. If you'd like to watch or ask a question, please tune in here at 1 p.m. EST, March 16. The chat will last 30 minutes. What would you like to know
Did you rack up a lot of holiday debt on your credit cards? If so, you're not alone. The average person owed more than $4,200 in bankcard debt at the end of 2010, according to research released Wednesday from Experian, one of the three major credit-reporting agencies. On the bright side, December credit card debt
One year ago, many provisions of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 took effect. In conjunction with a conference marking its anniversary today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the new consumer watchdog agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, released a report on the impact of the
Ever paid a fee to make a payment on one of your credit cards? In years past, card issuers could charge a fee for the payment method used by the consumer. The Credit CARD Act, short for the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, seemingly banned most pay-to-pay fees, whether the consumer
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QUANTOCK Junior Orienteering Group's term started at a very wet Vivary Park in Taunton. Mark Maynard produced challenging courses around the park and neighbouring farmland while the park ranger and PCSOs provided refreshments and shelter.
The main event of the Quantock Orienteers year is at Staple Common and Neroche on Sunday, February 2 when orienteers of all ages from across the South-West will use the area between 10am and 3.30pm for courses varying in length from 10km to 1.5km.
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Anyone who knows me knows I'm soooo anti sweat pants, it's not even funny. I won't even really wear them around MY HOUSE unless they're Juicy or my old ones from school if I'm really desperate and lazy. My mother is pro sweats, however, and would wear them all the time if she could. I cut her slack because, ay, her life is stressful, give the woman a break! But that does NOT mean I'll allow her in just any old pair. Nay nay nay. These sweats are cut almost like work pants. That sounds bad...but hear me out! The tailored top of these babies has them DISGUISED as pants, when actually they're made for lounging. So, if mama decides to go to the grocery store in um? I won't die of nearly as much shame. I HAVE to get these for her. It's like, a total given.


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Eugene Allen "Gene" Lipscomb (August 9, 1931 - May 10, 1963) was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and a professional wrestler. He was known by the nickname "Big Daddy".
Born in Uniontown, Alabama, Lipscomb never knew his father, and moved to Detroit with his mother at the age of 3. When he was 11, his mother was murdered in the neighborhood where they lived and he moved in with his maternal grandparents.
Lipscomb didn't attend college and was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Rams. But, not before serving time in the Marines. He spent his service at Camp Pendleton. Then, he played for the Rams for three seasons from 1953-1955. He then played for theBaltimore Colts for five seasons. In two of the seasons he played for the Colts, 1958 and 1959, he earned a spot in the Pro Bowl. He then went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers for two seasons. During his '59-'60 & '60-'61 off-seasons, Lipscomb worked as a professional wrestler.
On May 10, 1963, Eugene Lipscomb died of an overdose of heroin on Brice Street in Baltimore, MD at the apartment of Timothy Black


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Hello everyone. I've been using BT for about a year and half now. Decided to come out form lurk mode and start getting in on some discussions.
Hello everyone. I've been using BT for about a year and half now. Decided to come out form lurk mode and start getting in on some discussions.
Hi, from Colombia!
I hope that I will learn a lot..
Hi all,
New to BT and hopeful I can learn much
Hey, new to BackTrack already have a couple hundred questions to ask but I'll try my best not clog up the beginners forum
Greets to all. Hope to learn from you and help when I can.
Hey guys, I have been messing around with BackTrack for a little bit and I thought I should definitely join the forums in case I need some help.
I have very little experience with Linux so it is even a harder challenge.
I am about half way through my CCNA certification so I do know the networking lingo which is good.
I already took my CompTia A+ and currently working on CompTia Network+ and in the future get more certifications obviously.
I think this will help with my field of study and understanding of security .
hello guyss, . .
I'll just toss my hello out there... As I stated in my help post, linux junkie for 4 years and learning something new every day. BT5R2 currently, planning on updating to R3 in the coming days. Anyone wanting to connect, I'm always here!
Hello Backtrack Community! I am COMPLETELY new to the linux scene (up until a couple of days ago thought it was pronounced Li-nux) Hope I can learn alot from you guys!


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There has been much talk at the beginning of New York fashion week (whoopee!) about the incredible shrinking of the shows. Not the number of shows themselves, which is still alarmingly high, but the shrinking of the show spaces: the purported embrace of new, intimate catwalks that only allow a few hundred, instead of many hundred, attendees.
Y-3, for example, has a "new, intimate" venue downtown instead of the Park Avenue armoury; ditto Yeohlee Teng, who only has room for – count 'em – 50, as opposed to 500. This is being blamed, variously, on: Read more


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I would have to say that the household regular here, is a NZ Sauvignon Blanc. I do like a nice red, but not if I'm outside!
I do like your choice! I used to be more into the whites, preferring either an SB or a Johannesburg Riesling. I still use an SB for my cooking recipes or a Pinot Grigio.


text: Enjoy three new takes on classic literature. What if Romeo had been only using Juliet to gain immortality? Their souls inhabit the newly deceased as they wage war upon each other. Lissa is tired of the rivalry between the football team and the soccer team at her high school. She comes up with an interesting plan to end it. When his twin brother falls ill, Victor Frankenstein attempts to create the forbidden Elixir of Life. - nb Blog: yablogyareader Teens's blog


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The Republicans who signed the no-tax-increase pledge -- the one put together by anti-tax strategist Grover Norquist -- have no room to maneuver when it comes to compromising to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Norquist is the real force behind the Republican Party's strategy when it comes to the talks to avoid the cliff. He has made it clear to anyone who signed the pledge, and that's pretty much every Republican, that they will be embarrassed and shamed out of their "impure" thoughts. They will be forced to get back in line, or risk being outed as closet Democrats who favor bigger government and higher taxes.
In other words, those who signed an allegiance to Norquist have no choice but to send us over the cliff. They are duty-bound to do so, frankly, regardless of whether they like it. They took the pledge; they have to swallow the cliff medicine.
Unless the pledge is broken by those who signed it, there won't be enough votes to put through a package to avoid the cliff.
Put aside for a moment the issue of whether you hate President Obama or like him. I know, I know -- that's virtually an impossibility these days. But accept the view that the president will not accept any deal that does not have tax increases.
Then accept that Norquist, who is by far the most powerful ideological force behind the Republican Party, will not allow those who signed the pledge to get out of it without a promise that they'll be fired by their constituents.
Assuming these two factors, there will be no choice. We will have to get the onerous austerity package -- the one that was created to give us Spain-like budget cuts and tax increases -- even though we are nowhere as profligate and anti-tax as the Spanish had been before their forced cliff jump.
Now, I am sure many of you say, "Wait, why doesn't the president have to give? Why doesn't he have to surrender to Grover Norquist, too, in order to get a deal done? Why doesn't he have to bend his will?"
Don't laugh, but when I pulled up with Norquist, an old acquaintance from college, he marveled at how obtuse the president was not to see that we need to prevent tax increases. He appears to believe that, if the president were to sign the no-tax-increase pledge and then go with the program cuts wanted by the Republicans, there will be no deficit and the U.S. will grow to the sky.
That's my summary of Norquist's view, whether Norquist thinks that's accurate or not. You can't help but draw that conclusion.
Here's the issue with our obstinate president. He campaigned and won on a pledge to raise taxes and cut spending. Norquist didn't campaign. He didn't win. The president is all hung up on his pledge -- the one that the voters agreed with.
The fact is, again, regardless of whether you like him, the president has said he will be willing to cut spending. He awaits the Republican anti-spending plan. If they propose one, I think he will agree with some of it, provided that the Republicans agree to some tax increases. It is called "compromise" where the president comes from.
Where Norquist comes from, it is called "heresy." No compromise is allowed. That, to me, is why the only hope for a deal is to have the pledge broken in favor of avoiding the fiscal cliff. Norquist doesn't care about the consequences of the cliff; he cares about exacting the consequences of violating the pledge.
I think we have to stop obfuscating. If you think the no tax-increase-pledge must be upheld, then you can't believe in compromise. If you can't believe in compromise -- which, in this case, would mean tax increases and spending cuts -- then enjoy the cliff jump, because it simply must occur.
I'll have more on what that world looks like later in the day. But let's just say that, if you like stocks going higher, you want the pledge broken. If you want them lower, then go with the pledge.


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Statement on Intelligence Authorization Conference Report
i thank the gentleman TimeCode: 12:21:07.5 for yielding. this is an important bill. with an important objective. and the objective is to protect our country and to protect our constitution. ironically the ranking member TimeCode: 12:21:22.7 has just said that by having oversight, by having checks and balance on the intelligence community, somehow we politicize it. our founding fathers in the sense, in the best sense of politicization wanted the civil TimeCode: 12:21:39.0 sector to be involved. that's the purpose of his committee, i suggest to my friend. the fact of the matter is the intelligence community conducts critically important activities that we want them to conduct. but we give them extraordinary TimeCode: 12:21:56.5 powers. because of that we need to make sure that they're not politicized. in fact the irony is i think most objective observers would say two things. TimeCode: 12:22:11.2 first of all that the defense establishment of our country has been the most politicized it's been in my 26 years in the congress of the united states. that is not true in my opinion with the present secretary, by the way. over the -- or the present deputy secretary. TimeCode: 12:22:28.5 secondly, they have abandoned oversight. i have said many times that the previous congress and the congress before that and the congress before that exercised less oversight than any previous congress in which i have served. TimeCode: 12:22:46.1 in fact, it was much more oversight by the democratic congress of the clinton administration in terms of oversight hearings, numbers, depth than there was in the entire framework of the last six years. TimeCode: 12:23:00.6 under republicans in the house and senate. and in the white house. this is a serious piece of legislation. requires serious consideration. mr. speaker, first i want to thank the chairman of the intelligence committee, my good TimeCode: 12:23:16.7 friend, congressman reyes, of texas. mr. hoekstra as well who i think brings experience and judgment to this issue although we have significant disagreements. this as the chairman has said is the first authorization bill in TimeCode: 12:23:33.1 three years to come to this floor. this authorization bill ought to come to the floor every year. let me say briefly this conference report enhances oversight. the reason in my opinion authorization bills didn't come to the floor in the last congress is because oversight was not, as i said, as TimeCode: 12:23:50.8 important. i have been disappointed with the oversight that's been exercised not only by this committee but by others. it comes to the floor as an effective management of the intelligence community. and to expect and require TimeCode: 12:24:07.7 accountability. it enhances the management authority and flexibility of the director of the national intelligence committee. why? because we want to have a more effective intelligence organization. and it authorized new funding to improve the effectiveness of the intelligence programs and TimeCode: 12:24:23.3 activities. i would think all of us support those two efforts. this legislation also includes an important provision added in conference that i want to talk about. it requires all american intelligence agencies and those under contract or subcontract TimeCode: 12:24:41.3 with intelligence agencies to comply with the u.s. army field manual on interrogations. some find fault with that. i want to speak to that. mr. speaker, every member here believes that our nation must TimeCode: 12:24:56.1 take decisive action to detect, disrupt, and, yes, eliminate terrorists who have no compunction about planning and participating in the mass killings of innocent men and TimeCode: 12:25:10.9 women and children in an effort to advance their twisted aims. no one, no one on this floor should say that is not the objective of every member of this body. TimeCode: 12:25:27.2 we can and we will act to prevail in the war on terror. however, in the pursuit of those who seek to harm us, we must not sacrifice the very ideals that distinguish us from those who TimeCode: 12:25:45.7 preach death and destruction. TimeCode: 12:25:50.1 yet under the current administration we have seen that line blurred. between legitimate sanction interrogation tactics and torture. and there is no doubt our international reputation has TimeCode: 12:26:03.7 suffered and been stained as a result. who said that? that's not a quote, but who said that essentially? secretary colin powell, former four star army general, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and secretary of state in this administration. the excesses at abu ghraib and TimeCode: 12:26:20.6 guantanamo are well-known. as are the administration's belief that the geneva convention against torture is, and i quote, quaint. the vice president's persistent effort to undermine the ban on torture. TimeCode: 12:26:34.7 championed by whom? senator john mccain of arizona. republican candidate for president. just last week we learned that the central intelligence agency destroyed perhaps illegally videotapes of interrogations conducted by american agents. TimeCode: 12:26:52.0 these incidents unfortunately sully our great nation's well deserved good reputation. they raise questions about our commitments to human rights and the rule of law. and they allow our enemies to foment fear and stoke hatred. TimeCode: 12:27:11.0 this provision requires all intelligence agencies to comply with the army field manual on interrogations. it is an attempt by this congress to repair the damage that has already been done. furthermore, the techniques TimeCode: 12:27:25.8 permitted by the army field manual have been endorsed by a wide array of civilian and military officials as both effective and consistent with our international commitments and very importantly with the safety of our members of the TimeCode: 12:27:42.7 armed forces. ladies and gentlemen, i want to ask unanimous consent to include in the record at this time a letter. the letter is signed by, and will i not take the time to read TimeCode: 12:27:59.3 all of the generals, but there are fourer four star generals. a four star general is as high as you can go in the armed forces of the united states except when we are in a world TimeCode: 12:28:14.1 war in which we accord a five star. there are many lieutenant generals, admirals, vice admirals, brigadier generals, major generals all of whom are TimeCode: 12:28:34.0 concerned about defeating terrorism. and this is what they say. as retired military leaders of the u.s. armed forces, we write to express on december 12, 2007, just a few days ago, we write to TimeCode: 12:28:50.3 express our strong support for section 327 of the conference report on the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2008. and then this paragraph, and i ask all of my colleagues on both side of the aisle to listen to TimeCode: 12:29:04.5 this paragraph from those who have worn the uniform of the united states of america, who have themselves before they became generals, fought in the battles that america has sent them to. have fought for the freedom of this country and confronted the TimeCode: 12:29:19.8 terrorists of their day and today. hear this paragraph from those who have been at war and who want to protect their troops, our troops, american men and women. they say this, we believe it is vital to the safety of our men TimeCode: 12:29:37.6 and women in uniform and the united states not sanction the use of interrogation methods it would find unacceptable if inflicted by the enemy against captured americans. TimeCode: 12:29:55.3 that is the critical point. we are a nation that believes in the premise of doing unto others what we would have them do to us. . our enemies do not accept that TimeCode: 12:30:14.0 premise. our enemies do not accept that value. our enemies are different than we are. we must nots become -- not become what we confront. the techniques permitted by the army field manual, as i say, is TimeCode: 12:30:31.7 endorsed by all these generals. general crulak, in particular, wrote a compelling on he had piece in -- op-ed piece in "the TimeCode: 12:30:47.1 washington post." i served with him on the board of visitors on the board of naval acad meese. he's as hard as they come. he says, protect our people. TimeCode: 12:31:00.1 adopt this section. here's what general david petraeus wrote. to members of the armed services in iraq in may just a few months ago, quote, general petraeus, four-star general, heading our effort to confront TimeCode: 12:31:14.6 supposedly terrorism, and i believe terrorism in iraq. some may argue, he says, that we would be more effective if we sanctioned torture or other expedient methods to obtain information from the enemy. they would be wrong. TimeCode: 12:31:30.8 beyond the basic fact that such actions are illegal, petraeus' words, general petraeus' words -- history shows that words are neither useful nor necessary. TimeCode: 12:31:47.5 general petraeus continued, quote, certainly extreme physical action can make someone talk. however, what the individual says may be questionable -- of questionable value. TimeCode: 12:32:02.2 our experience, he says, in applying interrogation standards laid out in the army field manual shows that techniques in the manual work effectively and hew manly in elicited information from TimeCode: 12:32:19.7 detainees. he wants to prevent terrorist attacks on his people under his command. inexplickably the administration has issued a veto threat on this conference report because it would require all intelligence agencies to TimeCode: 12:32:35.5 abide by the army field manual. i believe that this position is indefensible. this is not a question of whether we must combat and defeat terrorists. of course, we must. however, we must never let it be said that when this TimeCode: 12:32:53.4 generation of americans was forced to confront evil that we succumb to the tactics of the tyrant, that we stoop to the depths of the dictator. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, not for TimeCode: 12:33:10.1 party but for country, not for partisanship but for a reference of the constitutional oath we took, i urge us all, let us begin to repair our nation's reputation. TimeCode: 12:33:28.0 let's adrop the this conference report. i thank the chairman -- let's adopt this conference report. i thank the chairman for his time. i thank him for his leadership. i thank mr. hoekstra as well.
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