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Now he is on the run from mysterious and ruthless men. He is in love with a woman he knows next to nothing about. And he is hiding from a past he can't fully remember. On his trail is a shadowy security agency that answers to no one, including the U.S. government, and a man who considers himself a compassionate Angel of Death. But worst of all, Spencer Grant is on a collision course with inner demons he thought he'd buried years ago - inner demons that could destroy him if his enemies don't first.
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"As usual, Koontz's writing is flawless....Dark Rivers of the Heart is exciting, entertaining, and thoughtful." (Denver Post)
"The government's activities...help create an atmosphere of intense paranoia and fear. This superb suspense novel will surely delight the author's many fans." (Library Journal)
"Viscerally exciting....An extended, tense tour de force....An expertly crafted, ornate suspenser....Koontz fans will love it." (Publishers Weekly)
"Psychos in Love"
This book takes a look at the dangers of our asset forfeiture laws in the USA. In fact, after the story is over the audiobook continues with an author interview where this topic is discussed in depth.
I found this story to be rather complex with several themes or sub-plots. It kept me quite entertained through out the whole book. As always, Koontz creates a complex villain whose twisted logic leaves you praying that nobody like them really exists.
"Good Read"
This book reminded me very much of his other book, "The Good Guy" but the lead characters were much more likable like "Odd Thomas." Interesting how the Technology can be so dated so quickly. The narration and pace were excellent. A bit unbelievable but fun reading.
"Koontz Classic"
As usual Dean Koontz has written a tale of surprise and horror. It is more down to earth than some of his books which makes it more terrifying. Excellent!! A must read.
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Another great Koontz novel. A slow start but a very exciting plot. I love the unusual characters. I wish some of the revelations had been alittle earlier to help understand the characters. This is one I will definately listen to again.
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"Great Villian"
I really enjoyed this story, The villian was someone you love to hate.
The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was cause I thought it could have done without the cheesy dreamy music in the beginning and at the end, just made it more distracting that "mysterious".
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My wife and I really enjoyed this book. We are Dean Koontz fans forever. Dark Rivers of the Heart intertwines Big-Brother, high-tech, ultimate evil, innocence trampled, and the truth that freedom has a price; it is not a given. The characters are superb. The notion that "Love at first site" can happen to anyone was a wonderful twist to a story that grabs you and never lets you go, even when the book is done. We hope that there will be a sequel to this book. This is as entertaining as the Odd Thomas series, but with a lot more action. This is definitely a keeper.
"keep you on the edge"
this is one of the best it keep you going the whole time and the ending is the best..
"Excellent Listening"
This was an awesome book! I love Dean Koontz! I've read all his books! Anyone who enjoys this genre of reading will love listening to this book!
This is a fast-paced, action-packed book. It captured me from the beginning, when Spencer Clark went searching obsessively for a woman who was late for work. He'd only just met her the night before. The scenes moved so quickly, I couldn't just leave my car when I arrived at my destinations (even work); I had to wait till a lull in the action. Dean Koontz's usual dog character Rocky was thoroughly enjoyable, although I constantly worried about what could happen to him if all went wrong. This was not a book for relaxing! Once again, the author has written a good one.
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"A chilling realtime Matrix"
This is a chillingly realistic dark tale, of our ignorance.
In our search for an ideal world with standards of high moral and justice, we have made a jungle of laws. Inside this jungle a merciless state agency operates, with a 90 percent worldwide population reduction plan.....a plan for an ideal world.
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2. To accept, feel better about, move on from, or come to terms with something or some romantic relationship that has failed or turned out badly. John and Amy broke up nearly a month ago, but I don't think he's over her yet. It really bummed me out failing my driving test like that, but I'm over it now.

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If you're gluten free and in or around the greater Chicago area, the Gluten Free Cooking Expo should be your destination on April 17 and 18th. The Expo features two days of cooking demonstrations by notable chefs, cookbook authors and nutritionists (see a full schedule here). Not only do you have an opportunity to learn from some of the best, registration includes printed recipes, samples and goody bags, a gourmet gluten free lunch and admission to the vendor fair. Registration for the Expo ends soon, so be sure to head over to gfreelife.com to sign up.
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Wiltshire Council has launched a three-month project, encouraging people to improve life for themselves and others.
Wiltshire's Big Pledge, unveiled yesterday, sees participants promising to carry out tasks over the next three months.
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Those taking part in events, including fundraising and fitness activities, are being asked to put their pledge on the tree which has been put up at County Hall.
Wiltshire Council's Keith Humphries, the cabinet member for public health, said: "Wiltshire's Big Pledge is an opportunity for anyone looking to make a positive change.
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SEATTLE -- Robin Ventura played against the Mariners before Lou Piniella arrived as manager in 1993 and faced them after the fact. So he knows first-hand the difference made by Piniella.
"Absolutely. He had a good group of guys," said the White Sox manager of Piniella, who was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame pregame Saturday. "He had some talent. He brought some of that and he was fortunate to have some of that, I think he had [Ken] Griffey and Randy [Johnson] and Edgar [Martinez] and [Jay] Buhner. And you get [Dan] Wilson. They had a good core group that was a tough group to play against."
Although the start of the game was delayed by the moving and entertaining ceremony honoring Piniella, Ventura was glad to be part of the honor.
"It's fun seeing him come out here," Ventura said. "You enjoy, like everybody else, the stories of him up here. It was just fun when you came up here and played because you just knew he was going to do something. He just competed. He appreciated other teams that competed and did the same thing. I'm glad we're here. This is fun."
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The aim of this thread is to provide the space for an in-depth discussion of the "Lance vs Danny" debate. I'd like to thank Hicks for the title and the idea, of course.
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The aim of this thread is to provide the space for an in-depth discussion of the "Lance vs Danny" debate. I'd like to thank Hicks for the title and the idea, of course.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Hey - where's the 'beating a dead horse' thing ??
Allow me to express my opinion on this debate now.
I feel that our 4 definite starters need to be our top 4 offensive options. Paul George will likely be the #1 option and Hibbert will probably be the #2 option. West will get his shots as PnP option or when PG or Hibbert are struggling offensively and we also need Hill to be aggressive and look for his shot at times so along with West they will probably alternate as our #3 and #4 option.
That means that no matter if Danny or Lance is the one that gets the final nod as a starter, they will be the #5 option. So, let's see some pros and cons between them in that role from the top of my head (there are probably more pros and cons and you're free to add your own).
Lance Pros:
1) He already had a successful season as our #5 option in 12-13.
2) His aggressiveness after a defensive rebound gives another dimension to our offense that no other player in our starting line-up can provide.
Lance Cons:
1) Not the best shooter in our roster and our power post offense requires good spacing.
2) His shot-creating ability goes to waste when he plays off the ball.
Granger Pros:
1) One of the best shooters in our roster.
2) He can play off the ball and provide spacing since opposing defenses respect his outside shot.
Granger Cons:
1) He has never played as a #5 option.
Personally, I'm not sure if I prefer Granger or Lance at the starting line-up. Heck, I even entertain the idea of Solo Hill or OJ starting and bringing both Lance and Danny off the bench. I'm only sure about one thing.
I want Lance to have the ball in his hands and create. That seems more probable if Lance comes off the bench in a Manu Ginobili role.
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What I was thinking 5 mins ago:
Lance starts.. DG subs in for him and PG slides to the "2."
Then I reallh did wonder, why? We have no true 2 guard worth their weight besides Lance
(so george hill and CJ aren't shooting guards ever in my book, and Solo and OJ.. sorry but I don't have
The faith yet.)
In conclusion, I think starting Danny and bringing Lance off the bench for danny or paul and shifiting the remaining
Starter of the 2 to the 3. It just seems to give us more options depending on game situations and gives Lance the opportunity
To be the #1 or #2 facilitator at times. Thank you.
Is it Oct. 29th yet?
The sum of my opinion on this: Either one works for me for different reasons, but for personal preference reasons I would choose Danny.
I think Lance fits better with both lineups. I love Danny, but I like what Lance brings to the table - he is the best playmaker on the team.
If Danny is healthy and physically able (from a stamina standpoint) to play 70 plus games, then I say he should start. (of course how do we know now if he can do that) If it doesn't appear that Danny is going to play 30 minutes a game for most of the games, then he should be brought off the bench. It is important to have a stable starting 5.
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When Danny is spacing the floor and hitting 3s (has shown glimpses in the pre-season), there is no better player for our starting line-up.
I disagree unless they're willing to let Lance handle the ball more with the starters out there or if Lance can hit the corner 3 at a 40% clip. Playing Granger with the starters and Lance with the bench unit allows both of them to play more to their strengths. Especially since Frank seems inclined to let Lance share PG duties with Watson in the 2nd unit. Even if Granger can only play 40 games, the offense will have adjusted to making the fifth starter spot clearly the fifth option offensively. Both Lance and Granger will know what to do defensively.
You start who you want to be in the starting lineup in the playoffs from the start and make changes if necessary.
1. I think Lance should be the primary playmaker for the starting unit. That won't happen, but I list it for the record. PG is good at times, but he's not as good as Lance at playmaking and he struggles with turnovers.
2. Therefore, I prefer Lance in the second unit to serve as a playmaker instead of being the 5th option for the starters. Except for ....
3. The starting unit tends to also be the finishing unit. If Lance is 6th man, he won't have as much burn with the other four starters. I think Lance's contribution are critical for the end of games. As we saw last year, sometimes Vogel deliberately puts the ball in Lance's hands at the end of games because, when defenses really clamp down, Hill and PG struggle.
4. But if Lance finishes, then who doesn't? This is where Vogel will earn his pay.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
This.....along with my own addition to your comments...is the main reason why I would want Granger as the 1st Wing off the bench and split his minutes with the Starters and 2nd Unit. I want a stable and consistent lineup where Players build chemistry and familiarity with a certain set of Players.
The only real reason why I would want Lance to be the 1st Wing off the Bench and where Lance splits time with both units is because he's a much better Playmaker with the 2nd unit ( which doesn't really have one ). Play Lance with Scola, Copeland/Solo and CJ....all capable scorers where Lance draws the defense...and we're good.
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I'll go ahead and get myself in trouble here (Will I ever learn?). The only pre-season game the Pacers have won is the game Granger did not play in. So..............
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It depends on what you want out of your starting 5. If you want your 5 best guys to start, then Lance should start. If you want an impact player to come off the bench, than you start Danny
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
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I'm not for certain, but I think Able is talking about the thread title, not your post. It's just a topic that has been run into the ground. In fact, it seems like it emerges in every thread regardless of the original topic.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
Lance should start because Lance is the healthier player.
Lance is also the better shot creator.
In 2013 Lance is the better defender.
In 2013 Lance is the better rebounder.
Letting the starters and the bench get familiar is also important for the regular season and playoffs, switching players for the hell of it is just not the smart thing to do.
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Advantages Granger:
Most diverse scorer on the team
When healthy he will be at worst the second best scorer on the team
Can guard bigger SFs in the post
Is much more respected by opposing teams defenses(see Dwight doubling him in the post)
Good spot up shooter, spreads the defense
Advantages Lance:
Better handles and passing
Can defend faster, quicker guards
Great at pushing the fast break
Simply put Danny is the better player(it is honestly laughable that some people actually think Lance is the better player right now when he has never done anything to suggest as much) and the better fit for the starters. Lance is flashier, but not really starter material. What he is good at can really be taken advantage of off the bench, as a change of pace player, and creating for the other back-ups. He is a "playmaker", but not really a shooter or a scorer in the half court. Although he shouldn't have any problem breaking down other teams back-ups and finding the open guy (Scola) for some easy baskets. I honestly don't think you can go wrong with either of them off the bench, but I think Granger's abilities mesh better with the starters as well someone like Lebron won't be able to cheat off of Granger like he did with Lance.
With that said, he most definitely is starter material but we would be able to use more of his developing skills as a main ballhandler in the second unit. I think having another shooter in the starting unit is important. So I would be happy with Granger starting or even starting Orlando and playing him 8-10 minutes a night. With that third shooter, it's going to be hard to double anybody on our team.
I really liked the combo of Stephenson and Granger from what I saw in the preseason though. So having a fifth "dummy" starter wouldn't necessarily be bad. Chicago did it with great success with Bogans a couple years ago.
Admins, just an fyi, the system is creating a bunch of double posts right now (see Eleazar above--and it's happened to me several times). When you click "Post quick reply" it returns to the same screen. When you click it again it posts twice.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I like lance in the second unit because it allows him to be the primary playmaker, regardless of his talent level and every he brings to the table he's going to be the 5th option with the starters. I like the advantage that lance will have going against other teams benches. If lance and Scola can get a rhythm it may lead to a bigger impact than "starting"
Has anyone esle noticed the chemistry that the 1st unit built last year ?? With Lance suddenly going from somewhere on the bench to an important starting role ??
And people really want to mess with that ?? Your starters are your starters. They don't sit out on the 2nd game of back-to-backs. You don't yank Lance around by starting him here, benching him there - all because Granger can't hack it. Keep the starting 5 intact, let Granger come off the bench and find his place on this team. If he can - GREAT. If not, his expiring is valuable come January or so.
Has anybody noticed the chemistry that the 1st unit built before Granger was lost to injury?
And you want to mess with that while forcing a guy to lose his starting job because of injury? It can go both ways
Vogel has treated both guys like incumbent starters without a mention of which one has to fight to make the starting unit. And I fail to see where we would be yanking Lance around by making him go back to the bench. If he's on the bench, he's the 6th man who probably starts if Granger misses a game. And as for starters sitting out back to backs? You should tell Gregg Popovich or Doc Rivers that sitting starters for rest is just not something you do.
A few notable exceptions aside--we all know the pros and cons of both players and what they bring to the table as a starter and as a 6th man. So as opposed to focusing on the pros and cons, I wanted to go a different route and focus on which role best utilizes each players strength's.
Lance is the 5th option offensively as a starter. His touches will continue to come from backdoor cuts (one of the tops in the league in points that were assisted last season), open court plays, and occasional spot ball handling duties within the half court. Although we only have pre-season as proof, this seems to be the way Vogel thinks is the best way to utilize Lance with the starters.
If Lance were to come off the bench, he's obviously the primary ball handler. He also will have more freedom to make plays or make mistakes (again from what we've seen in the preseason) The fact that he likes to play at a faster pace also suits the second unit a bit more IMO--but I see the argument of having that wild card in the starting line-up.
Whether Granger starts or not, we've seen during the preseason that his role will be close to the same in either case. As a starter he was clearly a secondary offensive option on the perimeter. He received a few set plays to get him the ball on the move which allowed him to either get to the basket, the FT line, an open mid range J, or a pass back out. He was also utilized as a floor spacer who benefited from open looks from 3 due to the attention our bigs and PG receive.
As a reserve we pretty much run the same sets that I mentioned before, just with different personnel. The one difference here is that Danny looked to score a little more with this unit whereas he would look to make an extra pass if available when playing with the starters.
I think it works either way for both players to be honest--though I do feel being able to unleash Lance off the bench is best.
FWIW if Granger ends up having minor injury issues during the season., I could see Vogel deciding to simply start Lance for continuity sake.
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Per ESPN reports, Marty S is fired from the Chargers. Bet the Chargers blow next year.
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Per ESPN reports, Marty S is fired from the Chargers. Bet the Chargers blow next year.
"I'd rather be hated for what I am, than loved for what I am not".--Bushwick Bill
stupid move on their part. He and the GM haven't got along for the longest time, Marty wanted to keep Drew Brees but the GM wanted to let him go..now the GM said that Donnie Edwards wouldn't be back which i think is FREAKING STUPID he has lead the league in tackles if im not mistaken...if not lead them damn well near it the guy is talented...and well Marty didn't like that either so i think it was kind of the last straw. They lost both their offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, So their whole coaching staff right now is a..ahh...well up that one creek without a paddle.
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I can't stand Marty. That being said their GM is a friggin' moron.
I think you should take Marty for what he is. He's a regular season coach. If you're looking to climb out of the cellar or jump from middle of the pack to 13-3 team, Marty's your guy. If you're looking to win a title, best to keep shopping, and I think that's the situation the Chargers were in.
My main problem is that as far as I know, the Chargers don't have a "Plan B". Also, whether they were likely to let Donnie Edwards go or not, him and Marty are real, real tight, so it sort of forces their hand there, which is stupid on their part, because Edwards is a stud.
This makes me wonder if Marty will sit out a season, or if there's a good fit out there for him. I don't see any vacancies currently, so it'll be an interesting off-season.
I miss the Martyball days in KC, but I don't miss the 13-3 regular season followed by an opening round loss. How do you lose in the opening round when you go 13-3 during the regular season, have the best D in the league, and your offense includes Joe Montana and Marcus Allen?
Marty got screwed - and once again, Jerry Jones screwed up.
Would have been a great coach for The Cowboys right now though I agree with Eindar (of course before this season you could have said the same thing about Dungy).
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They give a guy a vote of confidence, then wait until after all the coaching candidates sign with other teams before firing him. I'd be upset if I was a Chargers fan, just because they way this thing is being handled.
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Well, SD lost their HC, OC, and DC from last years 14-2 team. I think they will still be good, but it is just plain stupid to fire your HC after losing both your OC and DC to other teams. Rex Ryan, Baltimores defensive coordinator, will probably replace him.
All I will say that if god forbid, Dungy decides to retire with a championship I would lovingly take Marty.
I was ready for Josh Smith to go to Indiana, but he went to the NBA. I am ready for him to come to Indiana once again.
Our path to repeat may have just gotten a little bit clearer.
However, this is the NFL, there are always surprises.
Don't be so quick to say that. Last time I checked, Peyton likes to throw the ball more than 20 yards downfield, and that's not Martyball
He'd have Peyton throwing 10-12 screen passes per game, not to mention the 5 yard outs for Wayne, and 30 carries per game for Addai. He's good in certain situations, but I don't think the Colts would be that situation, namely because Marty hangs his had on defense and ball control. Now, once Peyton retires? He'd be an excellent coach for a team in transition.
NE will franchise Samuel and will have a bunch of cap room besides. Gotta figure on them improving their receivers - I'd consider this a down year for them. Baltimore will still be good and while it may be a year early for them, Tenn. will be a team to watch. Buffalo did some good things toward the end of the year too. The AFC's still gonna be plenty tough.
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So Edwards is leaving? Any chance he'd want to sign for cheap to play w/ the defending champs?
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I was ready for Josh Smith to go to Indiana, but he went to the NBA. I am ready for him to come to Indiana once again.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Peyton would bristle under Marty's style. What I'm saying is that Marty has a particular philosophy on how a team should play, and I feel that Peyton, Marvin, and Reggie Wayne would be a little wasted. If you look at the last two teams he's coached, being the Chargers and the Chiefs, both had talented running backs and pretty good defense. In KC, they had Joe Montana and Marcus Allen, so that translated into the West Coast offense, which is still a form of ball control. They'd throw for 4, throw for 4, then have Marcus Allen get the last 2, which was his specialty. In San Diego, he seemed to loosen up a little bit with Drew Brees, but he still used LT a lot to control the tempo of the game, and allow the San Diego defense, which was pretty good in it's own right, to make plays. One other hallmark of Martyball is special teams, winning the field position war via defense and special teams, putting your offense in a position to get field goals and touchdowns. That wasn't nearly as evident in San Diego, but that's what he likes to do.
I think, given the relative talent levels of the Indy offense, defense and special teams, Marty would clamp down on the offense to maximize their time on the field and minimize the exposure of the defense. If you think that's what Dungy and Peyton did this year was clamping down to control the ball (it did help them win a championship, btw), Marty would put that definition on it's ear. I've seen him, via methodical offense and stifling defense, make it so that there were only 2-3 possessions per quarter. I just think that would be a little too far to go when you've got as much offensive talent as the Colts.
Besides, I would be shocked if Dungy doesn't come back for at least one more year, and more likely 3-5. He's a good coach in a good situation, and coaches rarely, if ever, walk away from something like that.


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Person files protest, says he isn't injured
By Ira Winderman
Staff Writer
Posted January 29 2005
ATLANTA · Claiming he unwittingly was pushed into a stint on the injured list, forward Wesley Person has filed a protest against the Heat through the National Basketball Players Association.
Listed by the Heat with tendinitis in his right knee, Person said he has no such ailment.
"Either they waive me or they trade me," he said before Friday's game against the Hawks.
Person was informed of the move by the team before Wednesday's game in Toronto, the day the Heat added free-agent swingman Qyntel Woods.
"They called me when I was taking my nap," he said. "And all of a sudden they said they're putting me on the injured list. What can I say? They said I agreed to it.
"Once I woke up and came to my senses, I was like, `Hold on now.'"
Under NBA rules, a player cannot be stashed on the injured list without his consent. In such cases, if a review by an independent physician fails to disclose an ailment, the player either must be reinstated or declared a free agent.
The Heat has been trying to trade Person and his $1.6 million salary, but teams have balked at taking on the 3-point specialist's 2005-06 option year. The 33-year-old said he previously would have waived that $1.8 million salary, but not now.
"The time has come for me to go," he said. "I know I won't play here. I know I'm not in their plans."
Person started three games earlier this season, but has played only 27 total minutes since Dec. 4. He said he is concerned about his reputation being sullied, and said he remains unsure why he so quickly fell out of favor.
Forward Eddie Jones missed Friday's game at Phillips Arena, ending a streak of 122 consecutive appearances.
The 122 games in a row had tied a similar run by former Heat power forward P.J. Brown, from April 1998 to March 2000, as sixth longest in the franchise's 17 seasons. Had Jones played Friday, he would have tied Grant Long for the team's fifth longest such streak.
Jones' streak began four games into last season. Having appeared in 81 games last season, as well as once before, the 33-year-old veteran pushed through back spasms Monday in Philadelphia amid his desire to play all 82 this season.
He was replaced in the starting lineup Friday by Shandon Anderson.
With games against Western Conference contenders Houston and Dallas up next, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy was asked about getting a better read on his team.
"You judge your team in whole," he said. "You can't look at one game and say, `Oh, that proves we're a great team,' regardless of what we do in the other games."
The Heat is 9-9 against the Western Conference.
"It doesn't mean those games won't add to those judgments on our team and evaluations on things we need to work on," Van Gundy said. "But no more so than any other game."
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The Black Hills State University Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has received $4,500 in donations from area organizations and businesses, including a recent $2000 award from the MDU Foundation.
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Black Hills State University's 10th annual Black Hills Research Symposium is currently accepting submissions for this year's event, which will be held Thursday, April 3 in the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy Room.
Black Hills State University officially named their Yellow Jacket mascot Sting during the games against South Dakota School of Mines and Technology this week.
Black Hills State University celebrates its Quasquicentennial year, the University is also celebrating increasing enrollment. BHSU has had steadily growing enrollment, and the spring 2008 semester again showed an increase.
The Black Hills State University mascot's name will be unveiled at the men's and women's basketball games against rival South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Wednesday, Feb. 20.
An employee fundraising drive is underway at Black Hills State University. In honor of the Quasquicentennial, BHSU is asking that employees consider donating $125, one dollar for each year since the founding of the University in 1883.
Black Hills State University theatre students and faculty were recently awarded certificates of merit at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) competition.
Black Hills State University was recently named to the national President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This is the second consecutive year BHSU has been nationally recognized for its exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.
Black Hills State University now has one phone number for faculty, staff and students to use for technical assistance. In addition, technical assistance is available through email and from a link on the BHSU web page.
Faculty, staff, and students will have the opportunity to hear from legislators at crackerbarrels scheduled Saturday, Feb. 16.
Black Hills State University will host the 2008 Spring Career and Graduate School Fair Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy Room.
A group of Black Hills State University students will use their spring break volunteering on environmental projects in the Pacific Northwest. The BHSU Community-University-Resource-Exchange (C-U-R-E) office is raising funds for the fourth annual Alternative Spring Break Trip. The six day excursion will begin March 15.
Researchers at Black Hills State University's Center for the Conservation of Biological Resources (CCBR) and the Western South Dakota DNA Core Facility (WestCore) have had a paper titled "The Complete CDS of the Prion Protein (PRNP) Gene of African Lion (Panthera leo)" accepted for publication in the journal Virus Genes.
Black Hills State University alumnus Gary Mule Deer will perform Friday, March 7 in the Recital Hall of Clare and Josef Meier Hall at 7 p.m., in conjunction with the year long BHSU Quasquicentennial celebration.
Spearfish community members and Black Hills State University graduates, Melissa Barth, Class of '02, and Shawnda Carmichael, Class of '02, were recently named to the BHSU Alumni Association board of directors. Each will serve a four-year term on the board.
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Estate agents in Keighley district say competitively priced houses should attract buyers, in spite of difficult economic conditions.
They were responding to a national study that stated house prices in the Bradford region, including Keighley and surrounding villages, fell nine per cent during 2012.
Building Society Nationwide produced the report, stating prices were likely to remain flat or edge lower still.
Michael Knowles, who owns Knowles Estate Agents in Silsden, said: "2012 was quite flat – a small drop of maybe up to five per cent.
"For us, the last quarter of last year did see a lot more interest. As long as the prices have been competitive, people have been coming forward to buy.
"Banks are still not being very helpful towards people wanting to borrow, and if people can't find jobs, then the housing market will struggle."
Mr Knowles added: "We're quite a small area so it wouldn't take a lot to make the market improve. As for this year, it's early days but so far we've been very busy."
Chris Day, branch manager at Your Move in Keighley, said: "Prices are still on a slight decline – they're definitely not on their way up.
"As a branch we had a better year last year than in 2011. Last November we sold 16 homes and in the three days we've been back since the New Year we've sold five.
"With a lot of houses on the market and fewer buyers, people selling do need to make their homes appealing."
District councillor Val Slater, Bradford's housing portfolio holder, said the latest statistics did not surprise her in light of the national economy.
But she warned the figures should be taken in context, pointing out statistics released by the same building society at the end of 2011 showed Bradford district had an average house price increase of ten per cent.
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BWW Reviews: JANUARY JOINER is Long on Hope, Short on Results at Long Wharf Theatre
January is makeover month, with the hope of renewal, resolve, reinvention, mainly as it applies to losing weight and getting fit. How perfect is that to launch a world premiere of January Joiners, which is billed as "a weight loss horror comedy?"
It's a great concept, but the play seems somewhat unfinished, as if it is still in the workshop stages. Laura Jacqmin's play tries to address the question of why can't we be happy as we are. The answer is obvious: Contemporary society prefers people who are thin and look healthy. Add to that people's demand for instant (or at least near-instant) gratification. The only way to get this show on the road is to make it a bit of a reality show.
Here are the characters: Single thirty something sisters Terry (Ashlie Atkinson), a very hefty woman who survived a heart attack and Myrtle (Meredith Holtman), who is somewhat overweight, the bulky Darnell (Daniel Stewart Sherman), trainers April and Brian (Tonya Glanz and Anthony Bowden), and a Not-Terry (Maria-Christina Oliveras), who is the changed (i.e., slimmer) sister. Six characters are not enough to support the setting of a desirable high-end weight loss spa in Florida (and in the summer, not even in January!) Evolve Total Xtreme Weight Loss Boot Camp, the name of the spa, is absolutely gorgeous, thanks to the stunning set by Narelle Sissons and the lighting by Stephen Strawbridge. Oana Botez's costume designs for the trainers are the perfect complement to the set, and her selections for the spa guests are just as we imagined the characters would choose for themselves.
So what could go wrong? For starters, Darnell has been coming to Evolve for eight years and can't lose weight. That is not a good sign. Why would the spa accept him again, except for obvious mercenary reasons? He claims he is content with himself and comes for the social benefits of the spa, but we know that is not true. In a group discussion, Brian, the nicer of the two trainers, reveals that his entire family was overweight and unhealthy and he was determined to be fit and healthy. April, the bullying trainer, claims that she always had a fast metabolism and good genes. "You can't fight your genes," she says. Darnell replies, that's exactly it: you can't fight your genes. In a later scene, he notes that he saw her medical stats and she is not really healthy; she's just thin. She barks back, "My insides may be totally f***ed up, but you can't tell on the outside, and that's where it counts. People look at me and they think: Honest. Happy. Clean. Energetic. Beautiful....When they look at you? Lazy. Smelly. Ugly. Depressed. Depressing. They despise you and they don't even know you." Ouch! They are both right about each other.
Then there is the Terry-Myrtle-Not-Terry knot. Years before, Terry remained in Ohio, while her sister moved to New York City. Their late mother was anorexic and critical of the way they looked. Myrtle, although overweight, came to the spa to support her sister, but their relationship is strained in the second act as a different Terry emerges. This "Not Terry" is played with verve by Oliveras, who is not exactly thin, but definitely looks fit and proves it with the pushups she does. Director Eric Ting wanted to substantiate that Terry's weight loss redefined who she is. The alternative would have been to have the actress wear padding.
Another "character" is a talking vending machine that tempts the spa's patrons. It also bleeds at one point in the play. (Remember, the play is billed as "a weight loss horror comedy.") But why is it there to begin with? Everyone who has struggled to lose even just a few pounds knows there is temptation everywhere. The character who commits suicide doesn't even go to the vending machine.
Which leaves us with the question, why see this play? The book is flawed. The audience left the theatre visibly unsatisfied and even confused. The play needs to be reworked. Fortunately, the actors were superb. Atkinson, in particular, is warm, winsome, friendly and fun. Oliveras was plausible as the changed Terry - a bit hard and competitive -- but she is noticeably shorter and of a different ethnicity. Perhaps she should have played multiple characters to help fill up the spa that people supposedly want to get in. Holzman is likeable as Myrtle. Sherman nicely conveys his character's conflicting emotions. Bowden and Glanz are ideally cast as the trainers, and Glanz skillfully delves into her character's complexities.
We totally get it that American society is obsessed with image and constantly knocked down like bowling pins with foods that have taste (i.e., sugar, salt and fat). Even the information on the wall which leads to the theatre and the program bombard us with statistics about obesity and quotes such as "Food has replaced sex as a source of guilt." If the playwright wants to pose the question of whether people can be happy being fat, there must be a bigger and more diversified group of spa guests and more discussion. Finally, Terry's physical and emotional change in a matter of two months just doesn't ring true. The reason people usually fail to keep off the weight they lose is that the results take long, low fat, low carb food is boring, and they lose motivation. That kind of change may only happen if she could sustain that weight loss for months, or even years. And many people who have to watch their intake because of medical reasons, such as Terry, are unhappy because they can't eat the foods that give them comfort. Back to the table with the script!
January Joiner runs Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. through February 10. Tickets are $45.00 and $65.00. Ironically, the next play is Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class. For tickets, call 203-787-4282 or visit www.longwharf.org.


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According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple paid $20 million to acquire WiFiSlam to bee up the iPhone's indoor locational capabilities. Using Wi-Fi signals, WiFiSlam determines a user's location within buildings, which has implications for shopping, advertising and social networking.
According to WiFiSlam, its technology can pinpoint a smartphone with 2.5m accuracy using just ambient WiFi signals that are already present in buildings. Now companies can come up with apps to track users on maps and push products on them knowing where they are located in a building… Great!
"We are building the next generation of location-based mobile apps that, for the first time, engage with users at the scale that personal interaction actually takes place," a description reads on AngelList's investment page for WiFiSlam. "Applications range from step-by-step indoor navigation, to product-level retail customer engagement, to proximity-based social networking."
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LLLI attends the 113th Session of the WHO Executive Board (January 2004)
Gisèle Laviolle, LLL Leader, France and Heidi Kuonen-Goetz, LLL Leader, Switzerland, LLL/WHO Representatives, attended the 113th Session of the World Health Organization Executive Board, that took place in Geneva Switzerland from January 19-24 2004. At the meeting, they promoted breastfeeding and networked with country delegates.
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La Leche League International Attendance
World Health Organization Executive Board
113th Session
19-24 January 2004
The WHO Executive Board meetings take place twice a year. About 30 countries are members of the Executive Board, represesenting the different regions of WHO. The January session is very important as it prepares the World Health Assembly that takes place in May.
Every other year, the WHO secretariat writes a report on the implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the subject of infant feeding is on the Agenda of the Executive Board and the WHA. The participation of La Leche League is of particular importance on these years.
In 2004, the Infant and Young Child Nutrition topic was only presented as a matter of information, which means that the countries are not expected to vote a resolution about it.
Although LLLI is linked with infant feeding, there were several other topics that were of interest to us, especially one which raised a lot of discussions on healthy lifestyles and the prevention of non-communicable diseases. The discussion was particularly on nutrition with a very hot debate on the responsibility of fat and sugar in people's diet. The LLLI concept of nutrition and the education that takes place in LLLI support groups about healthy food can be highlighted.
In the report on Infant and young child feeding, some countries attacked one paragraph. In paragraph 23 of the report, the secretariat mentioned the research that showed a link between infant formula and some long term diseases.
All these discussions showed that these matters of health can be very controversial and that the baby food industry was very active in trying to refute the science that showed that their product is not as healthy as is claimed.
by Gisèle Laviolle and Heidi Kuonen-Goetz
LLLI /WHO Representatives
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Dental Anesthesia
Hoarseness After Novocaine
I had some dential work done almost a week ago, and I was given novocaine. As the novocaine began to wear off, about 2 oe 3 hours after it was injected, I began to get hoarse. I have now been hoarse for five days. I cannot project my voice beyond much more than a whisper and my voice is higher than usual. Could this have been from the novocaine?
Thank you for your question. I don't know what procedure, which type of local anesthetic, where the injection(s) were done and your medical history that would help in answering this question.
That being said, the nerves that supply the larynx are not those affected by dental local anesthetic injections. It sounds like you have laryngitis or there may be another cause that happened at the same time. I do not think local anesthesia is the cause here. Please see an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician or your family doctor. Good luck
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Formerly, Clinical Professor of Dentistry
College of Dentistry
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Southern University of New Orleans is set to exchange students and faculty members with a university in Ghana, in west Africa, starting as early this fall.
SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo said the long-distance partnership will "expand the university's footprint," opening up opportunities for students to pursue international study.
A "memorandum of understanding" is set to be signed on SUNO's campus Tuesday with representatives from the Central University College of Ghana on hand.
The agreement will allow the two universities to begin working out details of an exchange program that would send university faculty and students from Ghana to SUNO and vice versa.
The New York Times recently named Ghana, which has the continent's fastest-growing economy, the fourth most desirable travel destination in the world for 2013. The newspaper also said the country of 24 million people is one of the safest in Africa.
With a similar climate to Louisiana, and situated on the coast, Ukpolo envisions designing joint research projects where students and professors from both countries could study topics including agriculture, the environment and coastal erosion.
SUNO Provost David Adegboye said there is no limit to the research potential that exists between the two countries and the opportunities for collaboration between the two universities.
The Ghanaian university, known as CUC, was founded in 1988 as a pastoral training institute before it was rechristened the Central University College in 1997. The school is known for its programs in Christian Theology, business administration, economics and computer science programs.
The university's main campus is in the urban city of Miotso. With an undergraduate population of about 8,400 students and four other campuses, it is the largest private university in Ghana.
Ukpolo said the agreement between the two schools will allow faculty to start brainstorming about what types of proposals could attract international research grants.
"This is really giving our faculty an opportunity to dream and collaborate with colleagues in Ghana," he said.
While the partnership is a first for SUNO, it follows two similar agreements Southern's Baton Rouge campus has inked with universities in Turkey and Brazil.
In those agreements with Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu, Turkey, and Rio de Janeiro State University, exchange students have the opportunity to participate in "three-plus-one" programs, in which students can start at the overseas school before finishing their bachelor's degrees in Baton Rouge.
Ukpolo said that while individual courses will transfer between SUNO and CUC, it isn't a given that the three-plus-one program will be in play.
"Right now the agreement is so broad," Ukpolo said. "We need to let our faculty and students shape how this collaboration is going to happen."


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In 1977, David Graves and Richard Ward met for the first time in a oenology class at UC Davis. Both Pinot Noir lovers, they decided to start bottling their own. By 1981 they had released their first vintage, 2000 cases from purchased Carneros grapes. Naming their winery Saintsbury, after George Saintsbury, the eccentric British man of letters and oenophile (his highly amusing Notes on a Cellar can be found on Amazon), Graves and Ward decided to focus strictly on Carneros, the appellation's climate being uniquely suited to Burgundian varieties.
Within a few years of their first vintage, Graves and Ward planted roughly 13 acres of vineyards (in 1986 they were one of the first wineries to plant the Pommard clone) in the vicinity of their laidback barn-style winery. In 1992, they bought the nearby Brown Ranch Vineyard, planting 23 acres to various Pinot Noir clones and 8 acres to Chardonnay. By this time, Saintsbury was producing 35,000 cases annually, carving out spots on restaurant wine lists throughout the county and garnering an enthusiastic following among California Pinot collectors.
Over the years, Saintsbury's consistently good, fairly priced Pinot Noir lineup has generally included a Garnet Pinot Noir, Carneros Pinot Noir, a Reserve bottling and the Brown Ranch Vineyard bottling (since 1996). They've also released a Carneros Chardonnay and often a Reserve Chardonnay. In 2004, however, Saintsbury shifted gears, bringing on Jerome Chery as winemaker to replace the departed Brian Kosuge. Chery, who trained under Ted Lemon, is an advocate of vineyard-specific, terroir-driven Pinot Noir and since his arrival, Saintsbury has been headed steadily in this direction, discontinuing the Reserve bottling and releasing a bevy of single vineyard Pinots.
Today, along with its Carneros Pinots and Chardonnays, Saintsbury releases a Cerise Vineyard Pinot Noir from Anderson Valley, a peppery Sawi Vineyards, Sonoma Valley Syrah, as well as a Vin Gris.
Carneros straddles the borders of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys on the north coast of San Pablo Bay. This appellation has thin soils and receives little rainfall. As the sun heats up the vineyards and mountainsides of Napa Valley to the north, the rising hot air draws cool air and fog over Carneros from the bay. Carneros extends to the base of the Mayacamas hills, with plantings from almost sea-level up to several hundred feet. The weather pattern and low altitude moderate vineyard temperatures, providing just the right conditions for growing cool-climate varietals with crisp acidity and moderate sugar levels.
The region's unusual microclimate has attracted Carneros wine makers who sought to produce superb New World Pinot Noir. The region's best producers have earned a reputation for their crisp, structured Pinots that showcase spicy, dark-berry aromatics and flavors. In addition to its Pinot Noir, Carneros is also known for its crisp, citrusy Chardonnays and bright sparkling Carneros wines.
It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in a benign climate featuring endless sunshine, very warm summer days, and generally dry harvests, and wonderfully fruity, full, and satisfying, and rarely too austere or tannic to be enjoyed from day one.
California is blessed with an extraordinary range of soils and microclimates, allowing for the successful cultivation of many varieties. In at least three out of four years, the best sites produce healthy, ripe fruits that are the envy of European producers in more marginal climates. The other reason Americans buy so much California wine is that California is the home team. Clearly, a high percentage of domestic wine drinkers are more comfortable buying American wines (and not just wines of California) than imports. Then, too, foreign bottles are generally identified by place name, rather than by the more familiar varieties that American wine drinkers have come to know and enjoy.
Moreover, in much of North America, outside the top 15 or 20 largest metropolitan markets, consumers have limited access to imported wines even if they wanted to buy them.
For many, Napa Valley is California wine, and Cabernet is king in Napa Valley. Meanwhile, the Burgundy varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have gravitated to cooler areas, generally closer to the Pacific, such as the western stretches of Sonoma County, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys within Santa Barbara County. Syrah vines have yielded interesting wines in a range of styles all over the state, in regions as disparate as Mendocino County, the Sonoma coast, Carneros, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley. Very good Zinfandel similarly comes from multiple growing areas, although to date the age-of-vines variable has been almost as important as geography. Zinfandel, though its roots are in Europe, is a true California original and the only California wine imitated abroad. It's also a variety of which there are still significant plantings of very old vines, in some cases dating back to the end of the 19th century.
The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of ~California Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed, most likely, in eastern France, as a cross between a member of the "Pinot" family and an ancient, and nearly extinct variety called Gouais Blanc.
Wine lovers who have come to think of Chardonnay as weighty and thick will find Chablis a revelation. When grown in the cool, clay-and-chalk soils around the sleepy town of Chablis, at the northern reach of Burgundy, Chardonnay is transformed into one of the world's most cerebral and distinctive white wines. With its brisk citrus character, floral lift, and incisive minerality, Chablis is at once sharper and more delicate than white Burgundy from the Cote d'Or nearly 100 miles to the southeast -- and potentially at least as long-lived. And Chablis is about as far removed from fruit and oak-driven New World Chardonnay as a white wine can be.
As recently as fifteen years ago, the American market had an unquenchable thirst for Chardonnay, particularly for examples from California. Today, although Chardonnay is still the most widely planted variety in California in terms of acreage, serious wine aficionados rarely talk about Chardonnays other than those from a handful of specialist producers. Even at the level of the mass market, many consumers have tired of overly alcoholic, over-oaked, and clumsy wines, not to mention neutral, technically correct but soulless examples. Many wine drinkers have moved on to fresher, less oak-influenced white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc. This is a shame, as the trend has turned toward brighter, better-balanced Chardonnays from cooler sites, with crisper fruit aromas, more soil character, and less reliance on new barrels for flavor.
Still, it's a two tier market. A relative handful of producers make wonderfully layered, complex Chardonnays that can easily hold their own against more expensive white Burgundies, at least in their early years in bottle. These wines, which can be richer than dry whites have any right to be, are among the most impressive wines made in California today and continue to be hotly pursued by collectors. The rest of California's Chardonnay producers compete for the attention of consumers who are no longer obsessed with this grape.
But there are now many excellent choices available, many from cooler areas. Lower elevations of Napa Valley have virtually been abandoned as appropriate sites for Chardonnay. Now the best wines come from the Russian River Valley and further west in Sonoma County; Carneros, the Anderson Valley to the north; and the Central Coast, especially the windy western portion of Santa Barbara County. Today, there are fewer blowsy, tropical-fruity Chardonnays with the alcohol levels and flavors of a pina colada and many more wines with fresher stone and citrus fruit elements, mineral notes, and restrained oak spice.
While most California Chardonnays should be consumed within two or three years of their release, the top examples can give pleasure for four to eight years, although it is debatable whether these wines gain more in texture and complexity than they lose in early fruitiness.
Just north of California, Chardonnay is by a wide margin Washington's most popular white variety in terms of vineyard acreage, yet the number of truly concentrated and consistently excellent wines is limited. Some of the most interesting Chardonnays come from the cooler Columbia Gorge viticultural area, which spills over into Oregon: the Celio vineyard in particular is the source of some very fresh wines that often show a juicy nectarine component.
On the other side of the world, the export market for Australian Chardonnay was driven in the 1980s by what is called the Show Reserve style -- attention-getting wines made for competitive tastings, usually marked by lavish oak spice, superripe tropical flavors, thick textures due to high alcohol, and sometimes even a bit of residual sugar to seduce early tasters. These wines can be difficult to take, either at the table or on their own. For better or worse, though, this is the style that defines Australian Chardonnay for many North American wine lovers. Fortunately, many producers have adjusted their wine-making regimens to make fresher, more vibrant, and energetic Chardonnays. The most obvious strategy has been to plant Chardonnay in regions and in microclimates better suited to making elegant wines with real flavor intensity than those with brute strength. Western Australia, particularly the Margaret River region, has emerged as a top growing area for Chardonnay, with superb wines also being produced in Victoria and the Adelaide Hills. Tasmania is showing promise as well.
Even if it is the country's second most important variety in terms of production, Chardonnay in New Zealand is of limited interest to international markets. Few sites appear capable of producing truly distinctive Chardonnay wines, and full crop levels and a high percentage of young vines further limit the grower's ability to transmit soil character into the bottle. Some wineries slap a lot of oak on their Chardonnays, with the result that the wines can be more about wood than about the variety. But fresh, unoaked Chardonnays made in a Sauvignon style have attracted a following in North America, especially where prices are reasonable.
2008 had 7 regions scored 95 or above. Paso Robles and Champagne, both got the highest score, with a 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Napa, Oregon, Pomerol, Germany, and Washington.
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Gay councilman has no opponent yet but says he is prepared to battle for seat if opponent steps forward
TAMMYE NASH | Senior Editor
FORT WORTH — Cowtown's first — and so far only — openly gay City Council member has filed for re-election to his second full term, and as of 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, was facing no opposition.
But there are about three weeks left before the filing deadline for the May 14 elections, and District 9 Councilman Joel Burns said this week he has heard rumors of a potential challenger.
"I have heard that Craig Hughes has said he is going to run against me this year, but he hasn't filed yet and when I talked to him, he wouldn't say for sure one way or the other," Burns said Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 15.
Either way, he added, he is prepared.
"I assume I will have at least one challenger this year. I think we will all have at least one opponent this year," Burns said. "There is a pretty strong anti-incumbency mood all over the country right now, and I don't think any incumbent officeholder can take re-election for granted."
Burns said, he believes the mood in District 9 is "fairly positive and supportive of me," but he is preparing for a fight nonetheless.
"I am working on raising campaign funds, and I have more money in the bank [for his campaign] right now than any other candidate in any race. According to the reports filed in February, the only person with more money in their campaign account than me at that time was [Mayor] Mike Moncrief."
Moncrief, however, announced earlier this month that he would not run for a fifth term as mayor of Fort Worth, leaving Burns alone atop the campaign fundraising heap. And Burns also pointed out that he had more money in his campaign coffers than Cathy Hirt, the only person who had declared herself as a mayoral candidate before Moncrief said he wouldn't run again.
"Having those kinds of resources is certainly helpful when it comes to running for office, so I am encouraged on that front," Burns said.
The May 5 election will be Burns' third as a council candidate. He was elected to fill the District 9 seat left vacant when Wendy Davis resigned in 2008 to run for the Texas Senate, winning to become the city's first openly-gay elected official. He ran unopposed for re-election in 2009.
The issues
As with most city governments — and state and federal entities — this year, budget concerns top the list of issues at the forefront of Fort Worth voters' minds. Councilmembers found out this week, though, that the fiscal year 2012 budget shortfall, although still substantial at $31 million, is considerably less than the $73 million deficit the city faced for fiscal year 2011.
In other good news, the councilmembers learned that sales tax revenues are up in the city, with totals in December coming in as the highest amount ever collected in the city in one month, and sales tax receipts in the city so far up more than 9 percent over last year.
Still, city officials are likely to face some tough decisions as they look for ways to close the projected $31 million deficit this year, and Burns said he expects citizens to be looking for candidates with sound ideas for filling that gap.
Closely tied to budget issues is the issue of reforming the city's pension plan, Burns said, and he expects that to be on voters' minds as well.
Burns said voters are also looking at the way the council conducts its public process.
"That is an issue we will have to address. We need to find ways to really engage our voters, our citizens, so that the really feel like their voices are being heard and their input is valued," Burns said.
Ongoing questions over the safety of oil and gas drilling in the Barnett Shale are likely to crop up in the campaigns, as are, Burns said, questions over ethics reform in city government.
"When it comes to ethics questions, we have already reconstituted the ethics commission, and we have some great people sitting on that commission now. [Mayoral candidate] Cathy Hirt has been talking about that some in her campaigning, but I believe we have already answered that call," Burns said.
The mayor's race
Hirt announced her intention to run for mayor of Fort Worth back in January, but it wasn't until Moncrief said he wouldn't run again that two other candidates — Jim Lane and Betsy Price — threw their hats into the mayoral ring.
Hirt, 56, who represented District 9 on the council from 1996 to 1999, is chair of the board for Catholic Charities of Fort Worth and has served on the boards of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority and the Fort Worth Public Library Foundation, among others, according to her campaign website.
Hirt has focused so far on the need to "put [the city's] fiscal house in order." Political watchers in Fort Worth have suggested she has backing from the local Tea Party movement.
Lane, a 66-year-old defense attorney, also served on the council — from 1993 to 2005, including the time when the council approved an amendment to the city's nondiscrimination ordinance to include protections based on sexual orientation — and is currently on the Tarrant Regional Water Board.
He has proposed a "12-point plan" that would involve creating separate task forces to study issues including pension reform, drilling in the Barnett Shale, economic development, the city's relationship with the Fort Worth school district and more.
Price, 61, is currently serving her third term as Tarrant County tax assessor-collector but will be stepping down from that office to run for mayor.
Price, described by one Fort Worth pundit as "a conservative, a country club Republican," points to her experience in managing the tax assessor/collector's office — which collects and disperses more than $3 billion annually — as her qualifications for the mayor's office.
(Dallas Voice has interviewed Jim Lane and has requested interviews with Hirt and Price. Watch for more on this race in the Feb. 25 issue.)
Council races
In District 2, Paul L. Rudisill has filed to challenge incumbent Sal Espino. Espino has filed for re-election.
District 3, incumbent W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman has filed to run again and as of Thursday, has no opponent.
Lupe Arriola has filed to challenge incumbent Danny Scarth in District 4. Scarth, the city's mayor pro tem, is expected to run for re-election but as of Thursday had not officially filed as a candidate.
No candidates had filed as of Thursday to run in District 5, the seat currently held by Frank Moss. Moss is expected to run for re-election.
Incumbent Jungus Jordan has filed to run for re-election in District 6 and as of Thursday had no challenger.
District 7 incumbent Carter Burdette has announced he will not run for re-election. So far three candidates have filed to run to replace him. They are Dennis Shingleton,
Jonathan "Jon" Horton and Jack Ernest.
Kathleen Hicks, the District 8 incumbent, has filed for re-election and as of Thursday had no challenger.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Feb. 18, 2011.


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People across the country who want to memorialize the late 22-month-old Cooper Harris, have created a fundraising campaign online to build a park in his memory.
Harris died after being left in his father's car for seven hours on June 18.
MARIETTA | People across the country who want to memorialize the late 22-month-old Cooper Harris, have created a fundraising campaign online to build a park in his memory.
Harris died after being left in his father's car for seven hours on June 18.
His father, Justin Ross Harris, 33, of Marietta, is charged with murder and child cruelty. He was denied bond and has been in the Cobb County jail since June 18.
Spectators interested in advocating for child safety created the group called Cooper's Tree House Foundation.
Roxs Bourgeois of White City, Oregon, a core member of the group who works for Macy's, said she wants to raise money to build a park in Cooper's name to remember the child.
The 275-member group has raised $780 of its $250,000 goal since the fundraiser was created on July 19.
The group hopes to build the park in Marietta or in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Harris is a native of Tuscaloosa and moved to Georgia in 2012 to work for Home Depot.
Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin said parks can cost anywhere from $60,000, such as Blackwell Park, to $4 million, such as the Elizabeth Porter Recreation Center.
Tumlin said he recognizes people may want to support the cause because "this is still a very emotional time," but he said parks in the city must meet certain standards.
"To build a park, it takes a lot more debate and time to do it than you think," Tumlin said. "We have to meet standards: does it have a bathroom? If it's down a hill, does it have to be handicap accessible?"
All these issues are things the organizers will have to consider, Tumlin said.
Bourgeois said the group is still in the early stages and is focusing on the symbolism of the park.
"We all wish that we could have been there that day to save him from the horrible death that baby Cooper had suffered," Bourgeois said. "We are moms and couldn't imagine anything like that happening to any of our children."
One mother, Amy Kirby of West Hartford, Connecticut, said she felt especially connected to Cooper Harris.
"I have a son, Joseph, who is 3 years old, and he has blond hair and blue eyes just like Cooper," the website administrator said. "From the moment that I saw Cooper's picture, it touched me. I cried every day for a month. I don't know what was wrong with me."
Kirby said she got involved with the group of online supporters of Cooper Harris so she could feel like she was doing something to help the cause.
"We wanted to take the memories of this really devastating thing and now make that park a spot where every time they pass it, they think of Cooper," Kirby said.
Bourgeois said the group wants a park in Marietta, and when it raises more money, it will begin making plans for it.
"The park truly does represent a place that represents things baby Cooper didn't have that day, (such as) trees for shade," Bourgeois said. "We also have the tree as a symbol for life — the branches are like arms giving him a hug and protecting him."
Bourgeois said the group created a slogan for the park: "Come play in the shade of Cooper's tree."
The group is open to anyone who was emotionally touched by Cooper Harris's life, Bourgeois said.
"We invite people we know that ... need to be uplifted in this horrible tragedy and spread information to one another," Bourgeois said.
Kirby said the group also wants to put parks in other locations across the country.
"This shows the power of the world we live in," Kirby said. "I think it's wonderful how much Cooper touched all of us."
The group is also working on a campaign to produce and market products people can put in their cars that will remind them not to forget their children there, such as air fresheners and key chains that hang from car rear view mirrors.
"Children being left in cars is such a careless action. We are also working on bringing awareness to this issue as well," Bourgeois said.
Bourgeois said anyone can donate to the fund online, and she encourages people who felt connected to Cooper Harris's death to use it as a way to pay tribute to him.
"We want to help people have an outlet for their sorrow," Bourgeois said. "A beautiful park with children playing and having fun is such an uplifting thought, and because we are building each one with things that baby Cooper would love to play on, it creates a great image in our hearts and minds."


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The rally, organized by the Central Coast Tea Party Minutemen, was the second of three stops by the protesters, who demonstrated earlier in the day in Carmel and relocated to Prunedale in the late afternoon.
"There are 34 bills in the House and Senate in Washington, D.C., right now that address gun control. Some of them are good. Some of them are gun grabs," said Jackie Dick of Pacific Grove, a founder of the Central Coast group and organizer of the rally. "What's happening in California is basically a gun grab, including one bill that would require every gun owner to have a license. The information they'll collect for that license is proprietary, and the government has no right having it."
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"Most of the people here, and a lot of people around the country, are very concerned that when a gun-control frenzy comes into play, it takes focus away from what self-defense, home protection and the Second Amendment are all about," Dick said. "Gun grabs are a redefining of legal weapons so we're no longer able to have them, and those are weapons a lot of people have to defend themselves in their homes — and from multiple attackers, not just a single attacker."
Lawrence Samuels, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Monterey County, said there are 20,000 gun laws on the books now that aren't being enforced, a problem that makes it easy for known felons and mentally ill people to possess them.
"There are thousands of assault rifles out there in the possession of people who cannot legally have them, but the government doesn't go after those people," he said. "They won't enforce the laws.
"We want to make it as easy as possible for law-abiding people to have weapons to defend themselves against gangs, murderers and rapists — but also, just in case, against a government that becomes tyrannical. And most governments are tyrannical. That's what the Arab Spring is all about."
Saturday's event, decorated by dozens of American flags, was part of a national "Day of Resistance" organized by Tea Party groups across the country.
A protester from Prunedale named Dave, who declined to give his full name, said proposed gun-control legislation "doesn't address the real problem."
"Most people are being killed by gang members with illegal guns," he said. "Let's go after the real problems. Legal gun owners aren't killing people."
Regarding the movement to implement universal background checks, he said, "It should be open carry and open buy. Gang members are buying their weapons out of somebody's trunk. New laws aren't going to stop any of that, so why burden law-abiding citizens with mandatory registration, insurance and other things? That's just taxation."
Governments will remain more free if those in charge know the people are armed, said Samuels, who hosts a Monday night radio program, "The Classic Liberal Hour," at 8 p.m. on KRXA 540 AM.
"If you want a dictator to come in, take the guns away, so only the police and military have them," he said.
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I am tasked with rewriting NIDAQ code to use NIDAQ-mx and the USB X series devices.
Could someone please refer me to reference materials dealing with this subject, particular in regards to converting analog inputs and outputs from NIDAQ to NIDAQ-mx?
The primary difficulty I have encountered so far is how to convert the concepts used with the NIDAQ AI Read.VI, e.g. scan backlog, number of scans to read - the subject of data buffering, to NIDAQ-mx polymorphic Read.VI.
I assume the newer implementation should be simpler and I have looked at numerous examples VIs of both NIDAQ and NIDAQ-mx. I have programmed VIs for both NIDAQ and NIDAQ-mx. I just need something with an overview of translating the old concepts to the new concepts.
I did search the forum using: NIDAQ NIDAQ-mx
and did not find that document, so I am curious about the search terms you used.
I am familiar with the document "Transition from Traditional NI-DAQ to NI-DAQmx in LabVIEW" and used it when I first started programming for NIDAQmx. It is one of the references I hoped to find but not as helpful as I had expected. The word "scan" or "scans" does not even appear in it.
The problem is that it starts off with the advice to start with fresh code and goes from there. As the VI suite that I have inherited was developed over more than a year by a different programmer, a complete rewrite is out of the question, unless I fail miserably at conversion.
So I thank you for help but that document does not deal with the differences as conversions in concept, such as "How does the concept of scan counts translate to DAQ-mx? Is it meaningless, handled automatically, implemented differently?
Surely, I am not the only person who has had this problem.
I think you need to first get a good understanding of traditional DAQ. I'm assuming you have that installed as well as DAQmx. There is Windows help file (Traditional NI-DAQ C Function Reference) as well as the LabVIEW help for the functions. For your particular question, a scan is equivalent to a DAQmx sample. So, if a traditional DAQ function is requesting N scans, it would be the same thing as a DAQmx Read ( NSamp ) where you specify Number of Samples per Channel. A scan could be applied to a single or multiple channels just as a DAQmx Read could be used for 1Chan or NChan.
Thank you for that specific information. It will get me started.
I know about function help and do consult it frequently but it is very easy to get bogged down in specifics when I'm looking for an overview. It is sort of like trying to translate French to German and getting referred to single-language dictionaries. Knowing things like German putting the verb at the end of the sentence, as opposed to French using the same verb placement as English, is the level of general information I need.
"Scans" has so many meanings in different programming languages, I'm glad you could pin that down for me.
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I used the search terms "convert NI DAQ to DAQmx". I think I got 2 pages' worth of hits, so you might try it and see what you come up with. It find it very odd that you didn't get anything in the way of results. Lousy search engine?
I confess it's been a very long time since I used Traditional DAQ, so I fired up the old computer that has both Traditional DAQ and DAQmx on it, and took a look at the help files for a few of the Traditional DAQ VIs. As nearly as I can tell...
- a "scan" is simply a data point. If the buffer holds 1000 scans, it will hold 1000 data points. That appears to be per channel.
- the "scan backlog" is the data in the buffer that hasn't been read yet.
- the clock frequency (if you're specifically configuring a clock, using AI Clock Config) is the number of scans per second, which also seems to indicate that a scan is just a data point
I'm not sure what else you need to know...do you have more questions?
Ah, Dennis beat me to it!
Thanks. Your reply pointed out my idiosyncratic spelling of "NI-DAQ" as "NIDAQ" which is what confused the search engine. Every little bit helps.
The existing code uses the integer output from the Scan Backlog output of the AI Read.vi as an index for some array operations.
Is there a way to access the equivalent value, i.e. number of samples remaining to be read, in the NI-DAQmx scheme of things?
I have looked at Help - Property and Method Reference - NI-DAQmx Properties - DAQmx Buffer
and find only Input:Buffer Size and Inputnboard Buffer Size (which I think is a hardware-implemented buffer).
Since I don't have your code and am not sure exactly what it's trying to accomplish, the best suggestion I can make is that you use a DAQmx Read property node to find out the current read position during your acquisition. I assume you are performing a finite acquisition? If you're performing a continuous acquisition, you wouldn't have any way of knowing the total number of samples to be read during the acquisition.
The DAQmx property nodes are found under "Measurement I/O"..."DAQmx"..."DAQmx Advanced"..."DAQmx Constants and Property Nodes".
Is that at all helpful?
Thank you.
I had just independently concluded that "Current Read Position" has to compare to "Number Read" and "Scan Backlog" would have to be "Number of Scans to Read" minus "Number Read". I think "Number Read" will be one greater than "Current Read Position" if position is zero-based.
The trickiest part of finding this through Help is that the available properties for the Read Property Node are hardware-dependent. You can't find just the "generic" properties available on all devices.
You have been most helpful. Confirmation after my search was MUCH more educational than just getting the answer.


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The U.S. Sentencing Commission announced Thursday, April 10, that it had adopted increased penalties for high-level offenders cultivating marijuana on trespassed private or public lands, as Reps. Jared Huffman, Mike Thompson, Sam Farr and Doug LaMalfa requested in a November letter to the commission along with California's U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.
Huffman, Thompson, Farr and LaMalfa applauded the commission for taking action to increase public safety. In a joint statement released Monday, the lawmakers praised the effort to stop environmental destruction caused by trespass marijuana grows on public and private lands.
The amended sentencing guidelines will be submitted to Congress and reviewed for a six-month period. They will officially take effect Nov. 1.
"From the use of highly-toxic and illegal pesticides and rodenticides, to the violence perpetuated by drug trafficking organizations, trespass marijuana cultivation makes our public and private lands unsafe for all of us," said Rep. Huffman. "California is in the midst of a devastating drought, and many of these grow operations illegally divert streams and tap groundwater with untold impacts on downstream water users and wildlife.
"Where it is lawful to grow marijuana, it must be done lawfully and responsibly, and I'm glad that the Sentencing Commission has taken strong action to help keep our communities and public lands safe," Huffman said.
Huffman, Thompson, Farr and LaMalfa previously introduced the PLANT Act, a bipartisan bill which would direct the Sentencing Commission to establish new penalties for these environmentally destructive practices. Sens. Feinstein and Boxer introduced a companion bill in the Senate.