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Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Remarks by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
Washington, DC
June 21, 2010
Congratulations on your 20th anniversary, especially those of you who have been here since the beginning. You have so much to celebrate. Starting with 16 members, you now number 275, and can count another 2,100 organizations that rely on you for advice and assistance — including VA.
You are the leading authority on homeless Veterans in this country and are still the only national organization dedicated solely to helping them. You have fought hard and won greater involvement by government; increased, critical funding for Veterans homeless initiatives, such as VA's Grant and Per Diem program; and most importantly, you have made real differences in the lives of tens of thousands of Veterans.
Six years ago, 195,000 Veterans lived on the streets of America. Today, that estimate is 107,000. Much of this progress is due to the collaboration between your coalition members — the creative geniuses in this effort — and the various local, state, and federal agencies that support your initiatives. That collaboration has been nurtured by this coalition, and we, at VA, are pleased and proud to join you as partners in this crucial effort.
Caring for those who cannot care for themselves is a longstanding tradition in this country — threads of selflessness that are woven into our national character. Our nation's Veterans, who come from every town and village in this great land, are a vital part of that fabric. In honoring their service, VA keeps faith with Abraham Lincoln's promise to care for those who have borne the battle, and for their families. Nowhere is our obligation to them more important, more visible, or more necessary than in our commitment to end Veteran homelessness.
For over 20 years now, VA has been involved in street outreach, residential and transitional housing services, vocational rehabilitation, access to primary and mental health care, counseling for substance abuse, and assistance with benefits to those who qualify. But while noble, our efforts lacked coordination, synchronization, and focus on objective outcomes — we were committed to better managing homelessness, not ending it. We must focus our efforts and energies, improve our collaboration, and end the indignity of Veteran homelessness.
Last year, I committed VA to the fight to end Veteran homelessness in five years. You've had a year to think about it. So, what's your verdict? — can we do this?
VA spent the past year putting together a comprehensive plan, with interim goals, that serve as milestones for measuring our progress. We are in the process of resourcing that plan. 2010 is done; you are executing it. 2011 is before the Congress, and we will work its 2012 and 2013 budget pieces this fall.
When I say you are executing the 2010 budget we funded — what I mean is that President Obama invested $3.4 billion in the homeless Veterans program this year. 85% of those dollars [$3.0 billion] are going to health care — not just general medical and dental care, but most importantly, to mental health issues — depression, PTSD, TBI, substance abuse, suicide prevention.
The remaining 15% of the 2010 dollars, $500 million, has been invested in housing and counseling programs that get homeless Veterans off the streets and into safe housing.
Our 2011 budget request, which is before the Congress, boosts overall funding to help the homeless by over 23% — from $3.4 billion this year to $4.2 billion next year. Housing-specific investments would go from $500 million in 2010 to $799 million next year — a 60% increase.
Resources are moving in the right direction, thanks to the President, but you and I have more work to do. It isn't just about money. More is not better; better is better. We have to be smarter about how we use these resources while we have them, and put in place the relationships, the procedures, and the disciplines that get 99 cents of impact out of every dollar we spend. Goodness here is not any one organization's agenda but what best serves our homeless Veterans. We must move to excellence in our collaborative efforts.
Thanks to the President and the Congress, the 2010 budget and the 2011 budget requests provide us resources to address the three issues of critical concern to Veterans:
- Increasing access;
- Reducing the claims backlog;
- And, ending Veterans' homelessness in five years.
Last year, we held a national summit on ending Veteran homelessness. (A number of you were there.) Following that conference, we wrote a detailed five-year plan to achieve that objective — one that emphasizes prevention rather than rescue, and ensures a "no-wrong-door" philosophy for Veterans in need of help. Veterans who are at risk of homelessness or who have just crossed into homelessness must have immediate access to our programs and services, regardless of which facility, which door, they enter seeking assistance. Any door a Veteran enters — a medical center, a regional office, a Vetcenter, a community organization — must be open, welcoming, and capable of helping.
We are expanding our existing programs and developing new ones to both prevent Veteran homelessness, and help those who are already homeless, by providing more housing, increasing access to health care and benefits, enhancing employment opportunities, and creating residential stability.
Over the next five years, our focus on ending Veteran homelessness will emphasize six strategic pillars:
- Reaching out to and educating Veterans about our programs — both those who are homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless;
- Ensuring treatment options are available for primary, specialty, and mental health care, including care for substance-use disorders;
- Strengthening our strategy for preventing homelessness — key to our long-term efforts;
- Increasing housing opportunities and providing appropriate supportive services more tailored to the needs of Veterans;
- Providing greater financial and employment support, as well as improved benefits delivery;
- And finally, expanding our critically important community partnerships — our success in this venture is not possible without you.
As you may know, VA partners with many community and faith-based nonprofit service providers, including some of the nation's largest like Volunteers of America, Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army — but also, many excellent, smaller, local groups in towns and cities all across America.
One of VA's strongest community partnerships has been GPD, our Grant and Per Diem program. Through this program, we partner with over 400 community groups — including many of you — to provide approximately 11,500 transitional housing beds and services to help Veterans reconnect with family and friends, find gainful employment, and regain productive lives.
We are currently reviewing two "notices of funding availability" that we expect will add more than 2,200 new units — including targets to increase opportunities for women and Veterans living on tribal lands. The Grant and Per Diem program has served almost 100,000 Veterans since it began in 1994, and we expect as many as 20,000 Veterans will benefit from it this year alone.
For the chronically homeless Veteran, who is "hard to serve" — those who may have refused care in the past, failed to complete previous programs, have a history of disruptive behaviors, or who do not fit easily into existing programs — the most effective option is HUD-VA Supportive Housing — HUD-VASH. Last month, HUD announced that another 8,000 vouchers had been allocated to Veterans. We expect another 1,500 vouchers to be allocated before the end of summer, so that HUD-VASH vouchers could be helping almost 30,000 homeless Veterans and their families live in permanent housing.
VA is undergoing a culture shift from trying to fit Veterans into our programs to fitting our programs to Veterans needs. We have significantly expanded the participation of homeless and formerly homeless Veterans in our CHALENG [Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups] program. CHALENG helps us define and assess the needs of homeless Veterans by giving them a chance to tell us how they think VA can deliver homeless services more effectively. In the past year, over 10,700 homeless or formerly homeless Veterans participated in CHALENG — a ten-fold increase from three years ago.
Last calendar year, we saw a 40% increase in Veterans served by Stand Downs across the nation. With the help of almost 26,000 volunteers, these Stand Downs aided more than 42,000 homeless Veterans and 6,400 family members.
Each year, 40,000 Veterans come out of prisons. 931 of the nation's 1,300 prisons have a VA re-entry specialist seeing Veterans before their release. We have 39 VA employees who work directly with Veterans coming out of prison, and we've begun hiring 47 more, this year, to work with Veterans courts around the country. I cannot emphasize enough the good work of Veterans' courts — remanding Veterans to treatment rather than incarceration. We are being given the chance to solve some problems, and we should take full advantage of the opportunity.
VA's role in ending Veteran homelessness is largely strategic and logistical. The good fight is being conducted in the streets by the members of this coalition. This is where we actually break the downward spiral of depression, substance abuse, and unemployment, which, all too often, ends in failed relationships, homelessness, and sometimes, in suicide.
Earlier this month, we announced a new telephone hotline for homeless Veterans — 1-877-4AID-VET — to help Veterans find food, shelter, clothing, and assistance. It's staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by the same people who staff our suicide prevention hotline. Responders are cross-trained, so they're able to serve both populations, and all Veterans who call in receive a brief suicide screening. We are already finding that many homeless Veterans, who may be considering suicide, won't call our suicide hotline but they will call our homeless hotline. Either way, here again, there is no wrong door to help.
So a lot has happened in the past 18 months. But we're not doing any of this alone. VA is a fully engaged member of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) — chaired by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and directed by Barbara Poppe. We are working closely with HUD, with other members of the Interagency Council, with Congress, and with all of you, and the thousands of other stakeholders and local community organizations who have seized this initiative to end Veteran homelessness.
Our newly established Center on Homelessness Among Veterans is working with community partners and university affiliates to develop new treatment models addressing both the causes and effects of homelessness and exploring best-practices for specific homeless Veteran populations. The center has developed training for VA staff and community partners to address the unique issues of working with hard-to-serve Veterans. Some medical centers have also developed specialized clinics for hard-to-serve Veterans. These clinics are low-demand, low-barrier programs delivering health care, mental health evaluations, and social work strategies that help to meet the basic needs of these Veterans.
We are well-launched on our five-year campaign to eliminate Veteran homelessness — but that road becomes more difficult each step of the way. At the end, we will be left with the most difficult cases to address, the hard to serve. We must accept that — and begin preparing for the steepness of that climb even now as we are enjoying success in driving down the estimate in homeless Veterans. We must lay the groundwork to improve our techniques and approaches now. Every Veteran counts, and we must treat every homeless Veteran as our most important client — no matter how difficult he or she may be to deal with. We didn't sign on for the easy cases. We signed on to end homelessness in the next five years — for all Veterans.
Once again, congratulations on two decades of devotion and outstanding leadership on behalf of homeless Veterans. We are all indebted to you.
God bless each and every one of you. God bless the men and women who serve and have served in uniform. And may God continue to bless this great wonderful country of ours.


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Coming together to form a veritable jazz/soul vocal supergroup exclusive to Ronnie Scott's – The pairing of two of the UK's very finest jazz singer-pianists, Ian Shaw and Liane Carroll with top notch soul singers Brendan Reilly and Natalie Williams - all 4 are individual headline performers in their own right. The band will be backed by 2011 Mercury Prize-nominee pianist Gwilym Simcock
Natalie Williams
"One of the UK's hottest singers…she effortlessly moves from soul-diva to sensual and sophisticated jazz."
Time Out
True artistry tends to sidestep the allure of celebrity in favour of championing itself as the sincere alternative; it's behind the songs that tickle the emotions, whisper the deepest secrets and prove that the artist possesses a genius that'll ensure they're remembered as one of the shining lights of our era. This is the story of Natalie Williams – a Mobo nominated singer-songwriter whose accomplishments as one of the UK's leading soul-jazz stars speak of a woman who understands how to combine her femininity and independence with a superior talent to create songs of love's highs and woes that resonates with the soul.
Liane Carroll
Having been something of a stalwart of the British jazz scene for many years, Liane has in the last few years gone on to enjoy huge critical acclaim and is now considered by many to be one of the top jazz vocalists not just in the UK, but worldwide. 2009 has so far been an even busier year for Liane, and in May she released a new duo album featuring the acclaimed Scottish jazz pianist Brian Kellock.
Her eagerly awaited second solo album, 'Slow Down,' was released last year and has received superb reviews. In December, the album was picked by the Sunday Times as one of their top five jazz albums of the year. Liane appears here with her beloved trio: her husband, virtuoso bassist Roger Carey teams with drummer Mark Fletcher to create a superb rhythm section. "Close to musical perfection" Jazzwise , "World-class" John Fordham - The Guardian
Ian Shaw
BBC Award winning jazz singer, IAN SHAW returns to the club where, after hearing a recording, Ronnie Scott himself encouraged him to sing jazz. Shaw has appeared here regularly since the late eighties "Quite simply, the best" (The Independent)
"Best Jazz Vocalist" at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and 2004, Ian Shaw has already amassed a number of highly acclaimed albums and is a popular performer both in the UK and the US. An incredibly colourful character, he has been cited, along with Mark Murphy and Kurt Elling, as one of the world's finest male jazz vocalists.
Jazz-trained singer, writer, player, and producer of Soul, pop, jazz, and dance music. Born and raised in LA (Playboy Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival (twice), LA jazz society award winner, session work), moved to NYC at the age of 18 (Apollo Amateur Night finalist, soloist with NY Metro Mass Gospel Choir, numerous nightclub appearances, session work), moved to Europe at the age of 20 (solo material released in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, countless sessions (including TV and Radio campaigns for companies such as MTV.
Gwilym Simcock
Gwilym Simcock, BBC Radio 3 Jazz Award winner and first ever BBC Radio 3 New Generations Jazz Artist, has already been described as a 'jazzier' John Taylor, his style reminiscent of Keith Jarrett, his piano playing 'exceptional', 'brilliant', 'dazzling'. His 'harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions' make him stand out as one of the most gifted performers and imaginative composers working on the British scene. Able to move effortlessly through jazz and classical he can at times inhabit both worlds. The music is engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex and wonderfully optimistic.
Gwilym's skills as a composer were very much in evidence at the 2008 BBC Proms where his magnificent premiere of his work "Progressions for Piano and Orchestra" enthralled the Proms audience and many thousands more who saw it live on BBC2 TV.
Gwilym's trio will be playing new compositions from his new album "Blues Vignette" (Basho SRCD32-2)released in the autumn of 2009. The music is a mix of Simcock compositions and imaginative interpretations of great classics such as 'Black Coffee' and 'Cry Me A River.
Gwilym says 'All of this music is neither 'jazz' nor 'classical'. It is just music, and the type of music that interests and stimulates me. What I feel is important in music is lyricism, subtlety and clarity in harmonic and rhythmic movement, and an overall sense of an emotional connection with the listener, whatever the context of the music may be".
"The interaction is consistently stunning, while Simcock's own playing borders on the sublime at times. Rhythmically flexible, assured whether inside or out, the trio set down a marker that few others are likely to equal". Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times 5 stars*****
Support: Gareth Williams Power Trio
GARETH WILLIAMS TRIO feat. GARETH WILLIAMS piano, DAVE GREEN double bass & IAN THOMAS drums
The trio will play some of the music from 'Short Story', their take on the music of Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro
Tell us what you think of BLINQ Quartet (Brendan Reilly, Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw and Natalie Williams) feat. Gwilym Simcock, Support: Gareth Williams Power Trio below..


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Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management in HIV Infection
This study has been completed.
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Swiss National Science Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 9, 2005
Last updated: May 27, 2015
Last verified: May 2015
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There is growing evidence that antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) through metabolic side effects, such as dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type II diabetes. Prevalence of risk factors for CHD in HIV-infected individuals receiving ART in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) is high. This cluster randomised controlled trial is nested into the SHCS and will investigate whether physicians randomised to the routine provision of risk profiles from their patients receiving ART will improve the management of risk factors in HIV-infected patients compared to control physicians not routinely receiving such information. Risk profiles will be generated by the SHCS data center and provided to clinicians in all study centers.
|Coronary Heart Disease Dyslipidemia Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent HIV Infection
|Behavioral: Updated CHD risk profiles Behavioral: Guidelines
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Efficacy of a Computerised Physician Reminder System to Control Cardiovascular Risk Factors in HIV-infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: A Nested Randomised Controlled Cluster Trial Within the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Reduction in total cholesterol in the entire SHCS population [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- The reduction in total cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and Framingham 10-year CHD risk score in individuals with a greater than or equal to 10% 10 year risk of CHD (according to the Framingham risk profile) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Updated CHD risk profiles
Provision of regularly updated CHD risk profiles
Behavioral: Updated CHD risk profiles
Provision of computer generated CHD risk profiles
Other Name: Computer assisted intervention to reduce CHD risk
Active Comparator: Guidelines
Physicians received guidelines only
Behavioral: Guidelines
provision of guidelines for CHD risk factor management only
Other Name: guidelines group
Detailed Description:
Evidence from the D.A.D. study, an international cohort study which includes a large proportion of SHCS patients, suggests that exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) most likely due to ART induced metabolic changes like dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type II diabetes. The exact mechanisms for these metabolic changes and whether specific classes or combinations of ART are causally related to these changes are not known. Of males aged < 40 and > 40 years in the SHCS, 8.8% and 32.5% are at moderate (10% - 20%) and 1.7% and 6.9% at high (≥ 20%) risk of CHD in 10 years according to the Framingham algorithm. The overall percentage at moderate and high 10-year risk of CHD was 14.9% and 3.0%, respectively. Therefore, an intervention to reduce CHD risk among individuals at high risk for CHD is warranted. We propose a randomised controlled cluster intervention trial to reduce total cholesterol in all HIV-infected individuals in the SHCS (primary endpoint) and in those with greater than or equal to 10% 10 year risk of CHD based on the Framingham score (secondary endpoint). The intervention is the receipt of structured continuously updated information on CHD risk factors and treatment of CHD risk factors of HIV-infected patients. Randomisation will be done at the physician level and stratified by centre (7 centres of the SHCS, outpatient clinic or hospital), and size of patient volume for registered private practices. For physicians randomised to the intervention group, a flow sheet with information on risk factors and treatment status of CHD will be provided for each of their patients every 6 months by the SHCS data centre. Each centre and each physician treating SHCS patients will receive internationally and locally approved guidelines for the management of risk factors for CHD in HIV-infected patients. The intervention will be limited to 18 months. Our goal is a 7% reduction in total cholesterol (primary endpoint) between the intervention and the control group in the entire cohort. With alfa-error of 5%, power of 80% and a loss to follow-up of 10%, 408 patients per arm will be needed. Sample size calculations adapted to the cluster design of the trial show that we have sufficient power to detect a 12% reduction in total cholesterol in patients receiving ART and at moderate to high risk of CHD. Further secondary endpoints are a reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and of overall Framingham risk score. We will additionally monitor whether changes in ART due to high risk of CHD, or treatment of CHD risk factors decreases the proportion of patients with non-sustained control of HIV-viremia. Data from this nested cluster trial will provide important information as to whether provision of an individual's CHD profile will improve monitoring and reduce CHD risk factors in HIV-infected patients in the SHCS.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
For analysis of the primary endpoint:
All individuals in the SHCS
- aged 18 or older
- have a cohort visit in the 12 months preceding the randomisation date with a complete baseline dataset on CHD risk factors
For analysis of secondary endpoints:
All individuals in the SHCS
- aged 18 or older
- have a cohort visit in the 12 months preceding the randomisation date with a complete baseline dataset on CHD risk factors
- at least 3 months of ART and at moderate to high risk of CHD (10% 10 years risk of CHD according to the Framingham risk score).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant females
- Patients in the SHCS not receiving ART
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00264394
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00264394
|Departement Innere Medizin Kantonsspital St. Gallen
|St. Gallen, Canton St. Gall, Switzerland, CH-9007
|Ospedale Civico Lugano
|Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, CH-6903
|Abteilung für Infektionskrankheiten & Spitalhygiene, Universitätsspital Zürich
|Zurich, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, CH-8091
|University Hospital Basel
|Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland, CH-4031
|Division Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
|Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, CH-1011
|Klinik und Poliklinik für Infektiologie, Inselspital
|Berne, Switzerland, CH-3010
|Division des Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Universitaire Geneve
|Geneva, Switzerland, CH-1211
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Swiss National Science Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb
|Principal Investigator:
|Heiner C Bucher, MD
|Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology University Hospital Basel
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
Bucher HC, Rickenbach M, Young J, Glass TR, Vallet Y, Bernasconi E, Cavassini M, Fux C, Schiffer V, Vernazza P, Weber R, Battegay M; Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Randomized trial of a computerized coronary heart disease risk assessment tool in HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. Antivir Ther. 2010;15(1):31-40. doi: 10.3851/IMP1475.
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00264394 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
480 ( Other Identifier: Swiss HIV Cohort Study Registry )
480 ( Other Identifier: Swiss HIV Cohort Study )
|Study First Received:
|December 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|May 27, 2015
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland:
Computer generated reminder system
quality control
antiretroviral therapy
HIV infection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Heart Diseases
Coronary Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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WGBY's local program Connecting Point seeks a motivated, highly organized intern to assist with the production of this daily current affairs program. This Internship is open to students and individuals thinking about a career in broadcast television. Interns experience first-hand the operations of a local PBS broadcast facility.
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Special Education Teacher (Grades 6-8), HCZ Promise Academy
Harlem Children's Zone | New York NY 10035 USA | Full Time - 12 Month | Revised: 12/08/2014
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The mission of HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools is to provide a first-rate, year-round, extended-day, college-preparatory, K-12 education to students living in under-performing school districts. Our schools are rooted in the belief that all students are capable of academic and personal success when surrounded by parents, teachers, and mentors who not only hold them to highest of expectations, but also give them the individualized support they need to help them fulfill their potential. To this end, all children and their families have access to HCZ's comprehensive network of supportive services. These services, combined with Promise Academy's rigorous academic program, wide-ranging recreation opportunities, and high-quality enrichment activities, are designed to get students to and through college.
Opened in 2004, HCZ Promise Academy serves over 1,500 children in two elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools. Each year, more students and grades are added to Promise Academy I and II with plans ultimately to reach over 2,000 children. The academic year consists of 210 days of school, an increase over the 180 days required by law, which includes a 25-day mandatory summer program. The academic day runs from 8:00am to 4:00pm, approximately 20% longer than the vast majority of area public schools. Our schools consistently enforce a rigorous code of conduct and dress code, and emphasize personal relationships among students, teachers, and families.
HCZ Promise Academy is seeking a Special Education Teacher (Grades 6-8). The ideal candidate will bring a passion for the mission of HCZ Promise Academy, an understanding and respect for the culture of all residents of Harlem, and experience working in a school setting that fosters a love for children.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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- Ensure that the school's academic standards are rigorous, clear, measurable, and aligned with New York State Learning Standards
- Develop curricula and activities that are aligned with the academic standards
- Develop assessments that measure progress toward the academic standards
- Ensure that students master grade-level standards
- Maintain and communicate high academic and personal expectations for all students
- Incorporate direct instruction, discussion, projects and cooperative work to engage students, keep classes focused and infuse a lasting desire to learn
- Follow the school's policies and procedures for student conduct and discipline, and refuse to tolerate classroom disruptions
- Develop and use a variety of assessments (e.g. exams, written work, and public performances) that frequently measure student progress toward the school's content and skill standards
- Develop clear evaluation criteria and distribute to students prior to assignments
- Communicate effectively with students, parents, and colleagues
- Share responsibility for grade level and school-wide activities
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification, Skill and Knowledge Requirements
- A dedication and commitment to the mission of HCZ Promise Academy
- Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years teaching experience is required
- 2 – 5 years teaching experience in an urban school setting is desired
- New York State Teaching certification for Special Education, grades 7-12 or K-12
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
We offer competitive salaries with performance-based bonuses, a comprehensive benefits package, and a low student-teacher ratio. To be considered, interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. No telephone inquiries or recruiters please. Replies will only be sent to qualified applicants. HCZ is an EOE.
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|Teaching field
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An open letter to KETK
To Bob Brackeen and Callie Wall of KETK-NBC in Tyler:
A friend of mine, a fellow journalism professor in Texas, just pointed me toward a clip of your "news" segment, "Will Homosexuality Be the Downfall of America?" I will be sharing this clip with my journalism class as an example clueless, baseless, inaccurate, stereotypical bigotry. After reading my students a satirical gay-bashing piece from The Onion, I will show them your segment as an example of what not to do.
I am writing to you from a journalistic perspective about why your show is appalling and anathema to everything journalists should strive to do and be. Ms. Wall begins the segment by noting that the issue of "gays" being appointed in the Obama administration is "not really gettin' any coverage." That's because it's not news.
News is based in something we call "facts," which we define as true and verifiable. Also, news is based in something we call "research" — and it is supposed to be objective. Further, news should adhere to ethical tenets. Your segment failed in every one of these, as well as a few others.
Not the least of your errors is the fallacy involving your numbers, which begins when Ms. Wall breathlessly exclaims about the "record number" of "gay appointments" Obama has made. From an editor's standpoint, I ask you: How do we know this is a record? Do you really believe there weren't gay and lesbian government officials prior to 2010? Are you willing to entertain the possibility that people, even going as far back as President Abraham Lincoln, were not counted because they were closeted? A responsible reporter would at least mention this historical angle and the concept of social change.
When the radio shock jock begins his segment by saying Obama appointed "a transgender" as a tech adviser in the commerce department, it almost sounds as though he is expressing concern that person will implement gay-friendly technology for commerce issues. Can you see how ridiculous this is?
I'm not going to waste my words dissecting Garth's so-called contribution, except to say that it made me question the literacy rate in Tyler, Texas. How in the name of factual, objective reporting could you put this on a news show? Real journalists have named, identified, knowledgeable sources in their news stories, not anonymous callers.
Ms. Wall's segue of "Some great comments this morning Garth, a good topic as always," was a dim-witted endorsement of the false question of whether "homosexuality will be the downfall of America." That is not an objective question. That is homophobic propaganda with a question mark at the end. I might as well ask, "Will Bob and Callie's idiocy be the downfall of journalism?" Thankfully, I know enough real journalists that this is not a concern.
Good journalists talk to people, not simply about people. I would like to direct your attention to some of the tenets of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics:
• Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.
• Diligently seek out subjects of news stories to give them the opportunity to respond to allegations of wrongdoing.
• Identify sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources' reliability.
• Always question sources' motives before promising anonymity. Clarify conditions attached to any promise made in exchange for information. Keep promises.
• Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.
• Tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so.
• Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
• Examine your own cultural values and avoid imposing those values on others.
In closing, I would like to help educate you so that you no longer fill valuable air time (this was nearly eight minutes) with what amounts to ignorant bullying.
Your station's slogan is "News you won't see anywhere else." I certainly hope that is true.
Carolyn Nielsen, assistant professor,
Department of Journalism
Western Washington University
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According to you, maybe, but not according to me. Now, rather than your continuing to try to take this discussion to the man, please address the actual issues.Ñāṇa wrote:tiltbillings wrote:Not at all. i have no problem with the commentaries, etc., but that does not mean I cannot look at the what the suttas have to say about a particular subject.
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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Cape Town hotel in City Bowl, walk to Greenmarket Square
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly Cape Town hotel is located on the Strip, just steps from St. George's Cathedral and Greenmarket Square. South African National Gallery and Castle of Good Hope are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This hotel features 2 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an indoor pool. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free valet parking, and a free area shuttle. Other amenities include 2 bars/lounges, a 24-hour health club, and a coffee shop/café.
Room Amenities
All 176 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and Select Comfort beds. Comforts include Egyptian cotton sheets and pillow menus, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers.
Guest Highlights
- Central location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Guestroom size
Taj Cape Town
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Taj Cape Town features an indoor pool and a 24-hour health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning as well as a complimentary manager's reception. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 11200 square feet (1041 square meters) include a conference center. This luxury hotel also offers a spa tub, a sauna, and spa services. Guests can use the outdoor pool at a partner property. An area shuttle within 10 km and a beach shuttle are complimentary for guests. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Taj Cape Town has designated areas for smoking.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Conference space size (meters) - 1041
- Coffee shop or café
- 24-hour front desk
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 176
- Number of floors - 17
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour health club
- Full-service spa
- Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Free beach shuttle
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Designated smoking areas
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Children's club
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 9
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Free parking nearby
- Beach towels
- Free self parking
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Free reception
- Year Built 2010
- Free area shuttle
- Number of restaurants - 2
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 11200
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Indoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Free valet parking, Free parking nearby
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Rainfall showerhead
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- MP3 docking station
- iPod docking station
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Room service (24 hours)
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Pillow menu
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Day bed
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Bombay Brasserie - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves dinner only. Open daily.
Mint Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open daily.
The Twankey Bar - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
In Room Dinning 24 Hours - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours. Open daily.
Lobby Lounge - This cafe specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Open 24 hours. Open daily.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Boat tours nearby
Spa Services
Jiva Grande Spa at Taj has 9 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Number of treatment rooms 9
- Steam room in spa
- Reflexology
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 16
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 2:00 AM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 4 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 950.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- A 1 percent city/local tax will be charged
- 1 percent tourism fee will be charged
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 750 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 950.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Cape Town Taj
- Taj Cape Town
- Taj Hotel Cape Town
- Taj Cape Town Hotel Cape Town Central
- Taj Cape Town South Africa
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the cruise terminal, airport, and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 4 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Taj Cape Town is listed in the 2012 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.
- This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.
National Rating
Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.


text: In Short: Oct. 11-17, 2012 By Staff reports October 10, 2012 Story Share Black Walnut FestivalThe 58th annual Black Walnut Festival runs Thursday through Sunday in Spencer. Activities include live music, a carnival, parade, flea market, car show, ox roast and more. Visit www.wvblackwalnutfestival.org.Huntington haunted houseThe House of Morbid Minds is open nightly through Halloween at 1500 Monroe Ave. (behind Big Lots) in Huntington. Hours are 8 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Admission is $10. Call 304-638-6078 or find them on Facebook.Marshall film festivalThe Marshall Artists Series Fall International Film Festival runs Friday through Wednesday at the Keith Albee Theater. Films are "A Separation" (Iran), "The Kid with a Bike" (Belgium), "Applause" (Denmark), "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (USA), "Footnote" (Israel) and "Headhunters" (Norway).Visit www.marshallartistsseries.com for film descriptions and showtimes. Tickets are $7.50 each.It kicks off with a screening of the documentary "Skateistan," about skateboard culture in Afghanistan, at 7 p.m. Thursday. The $10 event features a Q&A with Huntington native Bryan Ridgeway, who is a "Global Skateboarding Adviser" for the Skateistan charity.Daughtry and 3 Doors DownTickets for a Nov. 28 Daughtry and 3 Doors Down concert at Huntington's Big Sandy Superstore Arena go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. They are $25, $39.50 and $49.50 Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.TsubasaconThe eighth annual Tsubasacon, West Virginia's only anime convention, runs Friday through Sunday at the Riverfront Ballroom and Conference Center, adjacent to the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington. Activities include cosplay, an anime music video contest, vendors, panels and more. Guest speakers include voice actors Patrick Seitz and Lauren Landa, musical act The Extraordinary Contraptions, artist Dirk I. Tiede and "Greggo," who brings his anime game show.Admission is $25 Friday, $35 Saturday and $15 Sunday or $40 for a weekend pass. Children 7 and under are admitted free with paid admission. Visit www.tsubasacon.org. Fall festivalThe free Morgan's Kitchen Fall Festival, sponsored by the St. Albans Historical Society, runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the historic cabin, located along MacCorkle Avenue. Activities include apple butter making, cabin tours, craft booths, Fort Lee Scouts and Civil War re-enactors. Call 304-727-5972 or visit www.stalbanshistory.com. 'Miracle on 34th Street' auditionsThe Alban Theater will hold auditions for "Miracle on 34th Street" 1-3 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans. Parts are available for three men, two women, one girl, 14 men or women and many extras, including children.Auditioners are encouraged to bring a prepared monologue (90 seconds or less), but reading selections will be available. Show dates are Dec. 7-9 and 14-16. Call 304-721-8896 or visit www.albanartscenter.com.OktoberWest Charleston West Side Main Street will host OktoberWest from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday on Bigley Avenue behind Kelley's Men's Shop. With an outdoor "bier garten" atmosphere, the fundraiser features music by The Carpenter Ants, traditional German food by The Grill and craft beers by Parkersburg's North End Tavern and Thomas' Mountain State Brewing. You can also watch the WVU game and play cornhole. Children's activities include pumpkin painting and inflatables. Tickets are $30 at the gate or $25 in advance at Charleston Department Store, The Grill, Pile Hardware, Fountain Hobby, Kelley's and T-Graphics. Call 304-720-3161 or visit www.westsidemainstreet.org.Gibson Brothers concertThe Gibson Brothers, the International Bluegrass Music Association's 2012 Entertainer of the Year, perform at Milton's Mountaineer Opry House at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for children. Call 304-743-5749 or visit www.mountaineeropry.com.Benefit concertSinger/songwriter Kate Long will perform at Sutton's Landmark Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a benefit for Camp Nabe, a bereavement camp for children. Elaine Wine will join her for a set. Admission is by donation. Call 304-644-3166.Organ recitalOrganist David Higgs will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, corner of Leon Sullivan Way and Virginia Street East. Higgs will play the newly installed Schantz organ. Reception follows in Sacred Heart gymnasium. Call 304-342-8175.Roller derbyThe Chemical Valley Rollergirls take on the Greenbrier Valley Roller Vixens in their last home bout at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Charleston Civic Center. Doors for the "Capital City Punishment" bout open at 3 p.m.Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 2-12 and free for children under 2. Proceeds benefit the Midwives Alliance of West Virginia, which supports options for women in childbirth and advocates for midwifery education and practice.Visit www.chemicalvalleyrollergirls.com.Montclaire String Quartet The Montclaire String Quartet opens its season with "Miniatures" at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Erma Byrd Gallery at the University of Charleston. The program features pieces by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Bridge, Shostakovich, Kirchner, Turina, Ives, Ljova and Piazzolla. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and children. Visit www.wvsymphony.org.Murder mystery at Cranberry GladesThe Pocahontas County Opera House presents The Mystery of Gauley Marsh" at 1 p.m. Saturday and Oct. 20 at the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area. It's the tale of a 19th century jury's trip to the marsh as part of the James Brooden's murder trial; the audience plays the part of the jury.Admission is free, but performance space is limited. Call the Cranberry Mountain Nature Center at 304-653-4826 for reservations.Film festival fundraiserThe West Virginia International Film Festival benefit Motion Picture Mixer, featuring films, live music, food and beverages, runs 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at 226 1/2 Capitol St. (Ann Saville's loft above Taylor Books). The Fall Film Festival runs Oct. 31-Nov. 10 at the Capitol Center Theater.Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Taylor Books or with check or cash at the door. Email firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 2 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 3 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 4 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 5 WVU law professor announces run for Congress Front man draws diners to I Rise Soul Food Cafe Previous Story Pottery students make a kil'n for the needy Next Story


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BWW TV Exclusive: Lea Salonga Sings ALLEGIANCE, Bruno Mars, Cut MULAN Song & More at Lincoln Center AMERICAN SONGBOOK Concert!
Tony Winner, Disney Legend Lea Salonga ("Miss Saigon," "Les Miserables") opened this year's Lincoln Center presents "American Songbook" concert series, a 15-year-old annual tribute to great American songwriters, past and present, to sold-out crowd at The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center last night.
BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive highlights from the concert below!
"Normally the 'American Songbook' features a great Broadway-centric canon dating between the '20s and the '60s. But we're not doing that. We're paying tribute and celebrating about nine decades worth (of music) dating far back to people like Gershwin, Berlin, Lerner and Loewe, and The Sherman Brothers; and moving forward to people like Stephen Schwartz, David Foster, Bruno Mars -- he's American; he belongs here," Salonga mentioned in her opening spiel.
For 75 minutes without intermission, the accomplished singer, actress, directed by real-life best friend Victor Lirio ("Two Rooms," "Suites by Sondheim"), delightedly engaged her audience (which erupts in occasional cheers during Salonga's relaxed, naturally-delivered spiels) in an intimate concert in three acts, made up of (1) old Broadway classics rearranged as jazz by Larry Yurman, Salonga's long-time musical director and pianist; (2) contemporary pop music that culminated in a surprise pop rock rendition of recording artist Bruno Mars' "Grenade"; and (3) a sampling of animated movie songs and musical theater gems that included the New York premiere performance of "Higher," written by Jay Kuo, composer, lyricist, and co-author of the Broadway-bound musical "Allegiance."
Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" concert series plays 14 more nights at The Allen Room featuring a diverse set of artists, which includes country music singer Kathy Mattea (Wed, Feb. 27); cabaret singer Valerie Simpson (tonight, Jan . 31); and Broadway favorites Kristin Chenoweth (Fri, Feb. 15), Alice Ripley, Brian d'Arcy James, and Idina Menzel, performing songs by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, multi-award-winning duo behind "Next to Normal" (Fri., Mar. 1).
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David N. Snyder wrote:Is that the day the first convicts arrived? Were there female prisoners too? Where did you guys come from, if not?
Ben said: A famous incident occured on the first days of the new colony. The male convicts and marines and female convicts who had been kept on separate ships on the voyage out, engaged in a spontaneous mass orgy.
More female convicts came out in the second fleet. One ship, in particular, was known as the "floating brothel".
cooran wrote:* Australia, founded by convicts. The homicide rate is in Australia is 1.8 per 100,000 of population. The United States was founded by religious zealots. It's homicide rate is 6.3 per 100,000. Almost 400% greater than Australia.
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AN ALRESFORD man tied down and raped a girl in one of a string of serious sexual attacks on her, a court has heard.
A Winchester Crown Court jury was this week told how Peter Burns, 47, assaulted his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in a number of locations in the town including in his car and a shed.
Giving evidence, the youngster said that she had wept throughout Burns' attacks, which had left her depressed and suicidal: "I was scared, I didn't want to sleep at night. It would drive me to the brink on insanity."
She said on the last occasion he shackled her: "I said he was a monster. I cried, I told him to stop. I said I hated him."
Prosecuting counsel Stephen Parish said that when Burns was arrested police found black, buckled restraints, similar to the ones described by the alleged victim, at his home.
Burns, formerly of Windsor Road, Alresford, denies three counts of rape, four of sexual assault and one of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.


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I posted this in the rumors thread, but many thought it deserved its own thread.
pretty hilarious spoof!
Stern, Dolan, Higgs boson!
I am told it was made by one of the Grantland writers.
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I posted this in the rumors thread, but many thought it deserved its own thread.
pretty hilarious spoof!
Stern, Dolan, Higgs boson!
I am told it was made by one of the Grantland writers.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
The best part is that Stern's GMail addy is firstname.lastname@example.com!
I especially appreciated the email reply from Damon Lindelof on the end of LOST. God, I wish I could get those 100 hours of my life back.
I know how you feel. Since the Pacers didn't win the championship this year, I wish I could get all those hours I spent watching their games back too.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Personally, I liked the one from Jordan. That's classic trash talk. Sounds like something he would have said to James during a game.
The Artest, Jackson, and Barkley emails almost made coffee come out of my nose.
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the second tab at the top, "how do you spell sheshefski?"
Kobe's status is Bynum for sale, call 310... LOL!
And the background tab on hair plugs. Oh my!
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
I've taken ***** more heroic. Perfect. That could honestly be a Jordan quote as he sits on a golf cart smoking a stogie.
That's absolutely hilarious! Loved the ones with Spoelstra, Mike Miller and Wade, but they are almost all pretty funny.
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The heimlich maneuver ad is pretty good too
that whole thing is hilarious!
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
Love how it says Lin is out...taking a Dolan.
That was my favorite. I even use that now for my gtalk status. hahaThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
"also I need 100k 2 buy a shark and eat its blood for strength" YESSIR
I almost didn't open this thread because I assumed it was really Lebron's hacked Gmail and I just wasn't interested in seeing...
Glad I finally opened it! Hilarious!!
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
The whole thing is hilarious. I especially liked the Wade and Kobe ones though.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — As the preseason publications started listing Ohio State as the favorite in the Big Ten and among the top handful of teams in the nation, coach Thad Matta had an uneasy feeling.
He knew it was difficult for outsiders to see, but even a team with a returning first-team All-American in Jared Sullinger and several other blue-chip players has growing pains.
The Buckeyes were missing three valuable starters from a team that spent most of the previous year at No. 1. He knew it's never easy to replace longtime stars. He also knew there would be ups and downs along the way.
Yet here the Buckeyes are, headed to the Final Four and a matchup with Kansas in the national semifinals on Saturday in New Orleans.


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Even if that's what would have happened, get better value for your pick and let this guy go.
So my big question that I don't have a real answer to having not watched many Duke games is whether or not he's good passer. I'm trying to take comfort in the comparisons to Foster, but to me it seemed like Foster became a much bigger impact on the team when he learned to pass well. In fact, having him and Mike Dunleavy on the floor together actually worked out quite well for us a lot of the time because of their uncanny connection.
Basically, I'd feel better about him not being an offensive threat if I knew he could see the floor as a 7 footer should. Can anybody shed some light here?
Why so SERIOUS
He is our poor man's Dale Davis.
I'm all for this pick, excited when I heard it last night, Plumlee is what we didn't have all season coming off the bench. He will provide 7 feet of muscle with a 40" vertical. He is already better then Lou (Lou on his best game). I am glad we didn't take a project or bad knees at pick 26. Pacers filled a need last night more then taking the best available hopeful. Props to Larry for having the stones to do the unpopular pick.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL


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Business after hours
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce will have its next Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Yeager Design and Interiors. Attendance costs $20 per person and is open to all chamber members and their guests. A cash drawing will be held and you must be present to win. Refreshments will be served. Reservation deadline is Tuesday. For more information, contact the chamber at 304-757-6510 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Farming workshop
The Value Chain Cluster Initiative (VC2) will hold a hands-on production planning workshop for local farmers and vegetable producers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Spring, 204 N. Jefferson St., Lewisburg. Registration is $10. Speaker will be Mary Oldham of VC2 and Mountain Harvest Farm. To register, contact Annie Stroud at 304-445-7200 or to register online at http://goo.gl/9Bn5P4. For more information about the Value Chain Cluster Initiative, visit www.vc2.org.
Kids' fun run
The city of Charleston and Tallman Track Club will host the Charleston Distance Run Children's Fun Run at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 on Clendenin Street in front of the Charleston Town Center Mall. Children ages 4 to 12 can participate at no charge. Pre-register at firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration will also be available on the day of the Children's Fun Run from 4 to 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Charleston Civic Center. Three races are offered with separate runs for age groups 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. Kids in age group 4-6 run about a quarter of a mile, while kids in age groups 7-9 and 10-12 run about a half-mile. Finisher's medals are presented to all participants. For more information, call 304-348-8008.
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Court Programs
Overall management responsibility is maintained by the Court Administrator's Office for numerous court related programs. These programs have been established to assist the Circuit and County Court Judges in the day-to-day functions of the court.
Case Management Unit: Case managers are assigned to the domestic relations, mental health, domestic violence, foreclosure, dependency and delinquency courts.
Court Interpreters: Provides translation and interpretation services for felony probation, misdemeanor, dependency and juvenile, child support and domestic violence cases.
Court Reporting Services (CRS): Responsible for accurately recording proceedings for: county criminal court, juvenile court, domestic violence court, mental health court and drug court. Services are provided for proceedings at the main courthouse and the three satellite courthouses.
Family Mediation Unit: Provides mediation services to minimize the adverse effects of divorce on families. The program staff help preserve the parental relationships before, during and after divorce by helping parents constructively and amicably resolve conflicts concerning their children.
Foreclosure Program: Please visit the Circuit Civil Foreclosure Program webpage for new procedures for residential mortgage foreclosure hearings.
Judicial Information Systems (JIS): Provides computer hardware and software to the Judiciary and staff of the Court Administrator's Office.
Mediation and Arbitration: Provides efficient and cost-effective alternatives to the overburdened court system.
Personnel: Provides personnel services to all court employees, both County and State funded positions. This Unit coordinates job recruitment, selection, evaluation, training, classification and pay benefits, and employee/labor relations for the Circuit and County Court Judiciary and court related programs.
Probate and Guardianship: Handles all matters relating to: determinations of incapacity for individuals over the age of 18, appointment of guardian advocates for developmentally disabled adults, estates (disposition without administration, summary administration and formal administration), guardianships, trusts, mental health (Baker Act), substance abuse (Marchman Act), tuberculosis, sexually transmissible diseases, and expedited judicial review for medical treatment.
Teen Court: Provides a diversion program designed to offer an alternative to formal juvenile court proceedings. Teen Court defendants are misdemeanor offenders generally aged 11-17, who voluntarily agree to participate. Cases are referred by the State Attorney's Office and law enforcement agencies.


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Members of the West Virginia Coal Association have chosen Consol Energy's Jimmy Brock of Morgantown to serve as chairman of the association board of directors for the 2014-15 term. Brock succeeds outgoing Chairman Jimmy Laurita, of LP Minerals LLC, who assumes the role of immediate past chairman.
In addition to Brock, association members elected the following officers to the executive committee for the 2014-2015 term:
First vice chairman, Jimmy Bunn II, Coal River Energy; second vice chairman, Ben Hatfield, Patriot Coal; secretary, Gary Bennett, Arch Coal; treasurer, Andrew Jordon, Pritchard Mining; assistant treasurer, Ben Beakes, Alpha Natural Resources; associate division chairman, Tim McLean, Walker Machinery.
The membership also elected:
Member at Large, General Membership — Mike Carey, Murray Energy; Warren Hylton, Patience Coal.
Member at Large, Associate Membership — Pat Graney, Pilot Logistical Services.
The following members were re-elected to the board of directors:
General Membership — Jim Bunn, Blue Creek Processing; Larry Evans, Walter Energy; Greg Jessee, Arcelor Mittal WV; Drexel Short, Gatling LLC; Wayne Stanley, Stanley Industries; and Robert Worley, Baylor Mining.
Association Membership — Ralph Hamilton, Rudd Equipment; Myron Jones, Rish Equipment; and John Payne, Pocahontas Land Corp.
Jeff Adkins, president of Pardee Minerals LLC was elected to the board. He will serve through 2017.
The executive staff of the West Virginia Coal Association remains unchanged with Bill Raney, president; Chris Hamilton, senior vice president; and Jason Bostic, vice president.
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Hope you're all celebrating in style wherever you are. We celebrated a neighbor's 40th birthday yesterday and we celebrate America's birthday today. For us that means going to the circus that comes to town each year and then we're off to another party in a friend's backyard/garden. Today I recommend one of my favorite novels about summer, that I read one summer vacation at the Jersey Shore -- Richard Ford's Independence Day. I love this book, and read it and The Sportswriter in quick succession that vacation (tho you should read The Sportswriter first...).
In Independence Day, Ford tells the story of Frank Bascombe, who, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an "Existence Period," selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life.
Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of astonishing empathy and perception.


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Stavridis: New Aviation Element 'New Step' for U.S., Poland
Stavridis: New Aviation Element 'New Step' for U.S., Poland
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 – Lauding the standup of a new aviation detachment in Poland last week as "a new step in the U.S.-Polish military relationship," Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis said it exemplifies the two militaries' growing cooperation, which has extended from combat in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan to European missile defense.
In his blog post today, Stavridis, NATO'S supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, heralded the first full-time presence of U.S. service members in Poland. The new 10-person aviation detachment, based at Lask Air Base, will support combined fighter and transport operations as they are joined by up to 200 visiting airmen conducting quarterly training rotations.
"The idea is to keep a small number of our U.S. airmen 'on the ground' in Poland, while we rotate in F-16 [Fighting Falcon jets] and C-130 [Hercules] transport aircraft for mutual training together," Stavridis wrote.
Beginning next year, rotational deployments of U.S. military aircraft for at least two weeks at a time will expand existing opportunities for "a rich mix of bilateral, NATO and multilateral exercises and training," he noted.
"In a sense, this deployment celebrates over two centuries of Polish-U.S. defense cooperation," the admiral said. He recalled the story of Count Casimir Pulaski, the Polish nobleman who helped the fledging U.S. military was it was being organized during the American Revolution. Pulaski is remembered as the "father of the American cavalry," and died from wounds suffered in the Battle of Savannah.
Stavridis also recognized Polish troops' courage during World War II as they fought alongside U.S. soldiers to liberate Europe from the Nazis.
The new deployment builds on this long history, Stavridis said, bringing together the two nations' technology, tactics and, most importantly, their people.
"As we all know, personal contact trumps everything; especially with strong, historic allies like Poland," he wrote.
Stavridis, Assistant Secretary of Defense Derek Chollet and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stephen D. Mull were joined at the Nov. 8 activation ceremony by Poland's Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Chief of Staff Army Gen. Mieczyslaw Cieniuch and Air Force Commander Gen. Lech Majewski.
"I am truly proud of the way our defense cooperation has focused on looking to the future to ensure we are prepared for the threats and challenges our countries will face," Chollet said during the ceremony. "As we move together into the future, we expect more U.S. boots to follow as we establish a NATO ballistic missile interceptor site at Redzikowo in 2018."
The U.S. aviation detachment "also sends a clear message to allies and partners that the U.S. remains committed to European defense and to the principle that we are indeed 'stronger together,'" Chollet said.
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Amazon Produce Network
Amazon Produce Network says its West Coast operation, which it opened a year ago, has exceeded expectations.
"We have been able to service a lot of fantastic retail accounts up there, as well as processors that we had even before we started the office out there," said Greg Golden, a partner in the Mullica Hill, N.J.-based mango shipper.
The Los Angeles office, at 1791 Bay St., is subleased from Coast Produce. It was set up as a two-person office, run by industry veteran Salvador Barba, but now it has six employees, Golden said.
"It's an excellent option for our offshore growers to be able to direct fruit to either coast with confidence," Golden said. "We have our own people on-site handling the fruit the proper way. They get the best results for our customers.
Marcelo Gomes joined the West Coast office as quality-control manager in December.
"He had been in Brazil for about a year with one of our major growers in Brazil," Golden said.
Gomes also had participated in Amazon's internship program, which brings in students from Brazil to work as long as 18 months with the company, including six-month stints in Los Angeles.
"We also have a couple of our current interns out there, as well," Golden said. "They're all agronomy students at the technical agriculture university in the Brazilian growing region."
Amazon Produce Network has also added Jonathan Smith to its sales staff.
The company plans to increase its Guatemalan mango deal this year from 1.5 million boxes to 2 million boxes.
Amazon Produce also plans to increase the Guatemalan mango program at its Los Angeles location.
Cabello Produce
McAllen, Texas-based Cabello Produce Corp. says its new label, which is launched last year for its Ataulfo mangoes, has been a success.
The label, Emperador, was launched a year ago as a way to help the company's fruit stand out, said Juan Santos, general manager.
The company shipped about 280,000 cases under the label last year and anticipates a similar volume this year, he said.
Emperador replaced the old Marvelous label, he said.
Central American Produce
Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce has expanded its tropical fruit line, said Sabine Henry, sales representative.
"We expanded our tropicals into limes and we have not brought in ataulfos from Mexico," she said.
Farmer's Best
Nogales, Ariz.-based Farmer's Best International LLC hired 13-year industry veteran Mario Cardenas as salesman for its Edinburg, Texas, office in January.
Cardenas, a native of McAllen, Texas, had worked for RCF Produce in McAllen for six years.
"I came to Farmer's to help them run their mango deal — That's what I kind of did at RCF," Cardenas said. "I wanted to develop a stronger program."
Farmers has had a satellite operation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley for several years, but the company is trying to expand its presence in the area, perhaps with its own warehouse in the area in the future, Cardenas said.
"It's not concrete that we're going to do it, but eventually the company is going to grow so that we'll open our own place somewhere down here," he said.
Farmers has shipped about half of its mangoes — all from Mexico — through McAllen and the other half through Nogales, but that could be changing this year, Cardenas said.
"We're going to concentrate the bulk of our mango volume in McAllen this year," he said. "The business needs to grow more to the east, so it's more convenient for customers there to pick up the product here."
Farmer's Best currently leases about 20,000 square feet of space in the Rio Grande Produce Park in Edinburg, Cardenas said.
J&C Tropicals
Miami-based J&C Tropicals has opened "a small division" focusing on frozen products, according to Jesse Capote, vice president and owner.
"We've been in the market about eight months," he said. "We've delivered about 20-30 containers of fruit and roots, including mangoes."
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A SIMPLE, low-tech honey treatment could dramatically cut infections after caesarean births and save the NHS millions of pounds, a Winchester study has found.
Nationally, one-in-10 women who give birth by C-section develop an infection in the scar which causes pain and discomfort, affecting 14,000 women per year.
Not only are these complications distressing to the women and their families, warn researchers, they are also costly to the NHS.
But Dr Matthew Dryden, consultant microbiologist at Hampshire Hospitals' NHS Foundation Trust, said evidence indicates a single application of a substance, called Surgihoney, immediately after surgery could reduce infection rates by 60 per cent.
Dr Dryden is lead author in a peer-reviewed report, published last month in the British Journal of Midwifery, which concluded: "Surgihoney offers a simple, cost-effective intervention to reduce surgical site infection in women undergoing caesarean sections."
The study compared 186 women who had a single application of Surgihoney after a C-section at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester between October 2012, and January 2013, with 590 caesarean births in the previous nine months.
Researchers found that 2.15 per cent developed an infection after a Surgihoney dressing, compared to 5.4 per in the nine months before it was introduced.
Infection rates at the hospital are half the national average.
The honey treatment was applied to the sterile dressing by the obstetrician or theatre nurse at the end of the operation.
Women who give birth by C-section currently have their skin disinfected by surgeons before the incision is made to reduce bacteria, but it is not standard practise to use antimicrobial dressings.
A reason for this may be that most chemical antiseptics can be damaging to healing tissue, suggests the study.
Surgihoney has been developed by Healing Honey International as a wound-care product.
While all honey contains natural antibacterial agents, Surgihoney has been modified to make it even better at beating bugs.
The new findings suggest Surgihoney could change the way surgical wounds are managed and reduce the use of antibiotics. Further studies are needed to investigate its potential, said researchers.
In addition to the health advantages to women, the NHS could profit from an estimated £5m savings if Surgihoney led to a 60 per cent fall in infections after caesarean births across the UK, says the study.
Surgihoney is approved for use in the UK and other parts of the world as a medical device, but is not yet commercially available. It was developed by entrepreneurs Ian Staples, former MD of Halfords, and his son, Stuart, who owned a farm in Chile with bee hives and enlisted the help of scientists in Ireland to investigate honey's healing properties.


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Then I don't get how your point is relavent?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Then I don't get how your point is relavent?
However, I don't disagree with what you say. It's true that David has a better mid range and Pau is a better passer.
The reason I disagree with you is because David West seems to operate so much better in the interior. He can shoot the mid range but he is much better in the post, imo.
I think that the Lakers need a player with 3 point range at the 4. Someone like Ryan Anderson.
All I said was if you think they intentionally mislead you I can't understand why you would want to remain a fan.
I know they wanna run D'Antoni's system but it's shown it hadn't worked in the playoffs. They need to have the size to rebound but the athleticism to match the younger/smaller teams. If they could get a legit 3pt shooter to go along with a new post player, I think they'd be in good shape.
And yes I'm a laker fan as well
I agree that Anderson is too one dimensional. But the Lakers desperately seem to need a 3 point shooter. Or they could get an athlete that can pass at the 4 and replace MWP with a sharp shooter a la Korver
I think it's naive to consider fandom a choice... believe me I'd much rather not be a Pacers fan. I don't believe our ownership has what it takes to bring in the right GM and stand behind him financially and otherwise to demand the team always be striving toward championship quality. Who here wouldn't trade the Simons for Mark Cuban? Seriously, its not even a question.
Unfortunately when you've grown up as a lifelong die hard you don't really get to choose so easily. Sure, I can say out loud, I'm not a Pacers fan... I live next to Memphis, it'd be great if I could say alright, for now on, I'm a Grizzlies fan. That's just not really how it works, you can't just flip a switch and stop loving something. Sure, hopefully, if we continually get lied to and they continually show no effort to create a championship product, over time, I hope I can move on. Find a team worthy of my dedication, a team who continually tries to win it all through the use of strategic long term planning instead of self defeating short sighted fixes for each season. I'm just not there yet, and I bet that resonates with more than a few fans out there.
Well,close. I believe that vs la just operates from a different perspective. Many of us operate from a perspective of the glass being half-full or half-empty. And for us, that may actually change from one to the other, depending on the player involved, the day of the week, the alignment of the planets, or whatever.
For vznla, I'm pretty sure his starting point is with the glass 3/4 empty. He tends to be far more often critical than supportive when it comes to Pacers players.
Having expectations that the team should get better isn't the irrational part. Thinking the Simon lied to profit is the irrational part of it. Thinking that the team has to compete for a championship or the season was awful is irrational. The reason people are sports fans are for the rides. The lows and the mediocre makes the winning so much sweeter. You don't have to be happy with every mood but just stop *****ing after every move and predicting doom at the first sign of trouble.
Just relax.
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You've successfully understood nothing I've said. Total straw man argument, no one is suggesting we have to be competing for a championship every year, only that we are making moves in a consistent manner with a plan and goal of being championship contenders. Note: not a playoff team, not a tough second round out, a legitimate contender. We aren't that, and drafting Miles Plumlee will never move us toward that. Signing Roy Hibbert's of the world to max contracts will never move us toward that. Bidding up a moderately talented combo guard against ourselves will never move us toward that. We spent $100M+ this off season without addressing any of the weaknesses we had last season or giving us any potential for these weaknesses to be corrected in the near or long term future. These are blatantly bad moves without the sort of long term strategic thought required for a team already possessing huge strategic disadvantages (not having Lebron on its roster) just can't afford if they want to truly contend.
I don't need to predict doom, it's fully guaranteed knowledge. I will give anyone on this board 1000:1 odds that we don't win a title in the next 3 years. I'd sign the contract in blood and thank you for the free cash.
Do you hear that? That is the sound of wisdom.
What would Larry Bird do? Seriously, I keep wondering what Larry Bird would do. I personally believe the man was an interracial part of the team. There is a part of me that wonders if he was the "bad cop" to Frank Vogel's "good cop". There is something missing. Clearly, we can identify Danny Granger, and we may be able to debate about a player or players who are no longer on the roster. However, I think the person we are forgetting to measure the impact of is Larry Bird. How much influence did he have on the team?
You can add Shaq, Garnett and others to that list. The superstars always gravitate to the big markets. Even if some stay home, small markets rarely draw big time talent. DWest was an exception to some extent, but IMO he came to Indiana on a two year contract to rehab for the most part. Recall he always stressed how deep the team was early on...
Well this is pretty humorous.
I don't want to find what I said in this.
I WAS right about Gerald Green. Everything else....I might have overreacted just a bit....
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Are you going for the "Understatement of the Year," award?
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
Well crap, I said something kind of dumb...
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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I'm sooo glad that both Roy Hibbert and Paul George made me look like a dumb *** lol
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
still think we should have done this.


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CHINO — The Chino Valley Unified School District will host a Parent Forum on Drugs & Cyber Issues on Dec. 5.
The forum is hosted by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Chino Police Department and the Chino Valley Unified School District and is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Chino Hills High School theater, 16150 Pomona Rincon Road, Chino Hills.
Topics include how to prevent, what to do and where to get help for current drug trends drug abuse, prescription drug abuse, cyberbulling and sexting.
Due to the nature of the presentation and the opportunity for parents to discuss sensitive issues, please no students in attendance.


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2012 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics
The 2012 Kansas Annual Summary of Vital Statistics is the Department's report on births, deaths, marriages, marriage dissolutions and abortions during calendar year 2012. The report is now available only as a single downloadable PDF file (2012 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics). The PDF version of the report is extensively bookmarked for easy navigation. Individual pages may be printed. The annual summary is in the public domain but please cite the Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, Kansas Department of Health and Environment as the source when using any information from the report. You will need Acrobat Reader to view the pages.
Download the 2012 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics. Download the spreadsheet of county level statistics from selected tables in the 2012 Annual Summary.
If you have any questions about the Annual Summary, E-mail Kansas Health Statistics.