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They brought in Agent Zero to come off the bench, and he was signed to a 1yr minimum contract. That doesn't show that they had much faith in him becoming ANYTHING but a bench scrub on that team.
They let Mayo go because they couldn't pay him, and brought in a cheap replacement. Had the Pacers done so, ppl like you would bash them for being cheap, not praising them for taking the risk of letting him go. They brought in Randolph 4 years ago, but yeah he was a big risk. The season prior to bringing him in though? 24-58 record. So yeah, they NEEDED to take that risk because they had nothing to lose anyways.
And last but not least, they weren't consistently good with Pau. They had 3 good seasons (50 wins, 45, and then 47 followed by a horrible 22-60 season) and didn't win a single playoff game in that time (again had the Pacers done so, ppl like you would say that we were okay with being mediocre) they then were a poor team that hit the reset button mid season in 2007-08 and traded Pau away for Marc, 2 1st rd picks (neither picks were of much use to the team in Dante Greene and Grevis Vasquez) and a bunch of scrubs that they allowed to expire. They were then bad for another season before they signed Z-Bo.
SO by my count thats 2 risks, one "big" and another that was more necessary than it was risky. So yes, I do have a counter point. Thanks though
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Bosh better than any player on this team. When will people learn. Bosh is not better than Danny, West, or now Paul. He has never been better than Danny. He and West are probably on par with each other. George is now playing at the same level as a player like Wade. If you want to task about last year, Hibbert was playing at a similar level to Bosh also. Bosh would hardly be the best player on the Pacers if he was brought here. Most overpaid player, probably, but not the best.
But are the Pacers really in a position to take risks? I don't think that they are.
Let me explain a bit why I think that they are not a position to take risks.
As I already mentioned, the Pacers are 26th in attendance. The team was good last year but people still didn't come to the games. The team was primed for a big run this year but still the improvement in season tickets was small. Indianans are not yet fully behind the Pacers. They are not loyal to the Pacers yet. They are loyal to the Colts, IU, Butler, ND, IUPUI, IPFW, and what have you but not the Pacers. Not yet, at least.
There is a small core of loyal fans that will follow the Pacers regardless. But are those enough to let the team stand financially when the rest of the town turns its back on the Pacers? I don't think so.
To take those risks, a team needs to have a number of loyal fans. They need to have fans willing to back them up and come to games even if those risks don't pay out and the team sucks as a result. They need to have the fans that the Warriors have. But we don't.
If we take a risk and it fails then the attendance would fall to an all-NBA low. And that's the last thing that an owner wants.
If we take a risk and it succeeds then the attendance will only be mediocre. I don't think that the Pacers will top the NBA in attendance even if they win a championship. They are treated horrily by a vast majority of the citizens and media of Indiana. It's really sad
To recap some things. A team can take risks only if they know that their fans have their backs and will go to games, no matter what.
We also took the risk of trading away our first round pick for a player who could have easily been gone the next year.
Oh we also took a risk on Lance. A low risk, but still a risk.
We also took a risk in trading away DC.
See we have taken risks just people like him don't want to see it as it is easier to keep arguing than it is to accept the facts and admit you are wrong.
I don't see it as admitting failure. I see it as benching someone who is underperforming at an all-career low level.
If it isn't a star, it isn't a risk. If it isn't for someone overhyped, it isn't a risk. If it isn't for someone with superstar potential, it isn't a risk. If it isn't for someone who constantly makes it in SportsCenter and is crazy athletic, it isn't a risk (of course, they will be moaning about his BBIQ afterwards). If it isn't for someone who can take the opponent 1v5, it isn't a risk (of course, they'll call him a chucker when he does).
Those are the risks that they want. They don't care for calculated risks. They want flashy trades.
If 3 straight years of 45-50 wins in the West isn't an example of being consistently good, but not great, I don't know what to tell you other than you are wrong.
They took big risks, went from good, to awful, to better, to better, to good, great. As they got better they took smaller and smaller risks but they never stopped changing their top 8.
Lance a risk? Drafting a second rounder is risky to you guys? Do you sometimes drive 1 mph over the speed limit for a thrill too? Signing West was a risk, I agree, and it took a weak team and made it a good team. Good isn't enough though, more risks to be taken. Giving away DC wasn't a risk, that was just foolish. A risk has to have a potential upside.
He is just asking for a balanced look at both sides of the argument, that's all.
Ow, and despite playing in a smaller market than Indiana the fans support them no matter what.
docpaul did a better job in presenting my point than me. I'm not always level headed
änger. Your views almost 100% line up with my take on things.
Therefore, you are my poster of the year!
You say this year is ring or bust, but then you argue how good a team is that was swept three consecutive years in the playoffs? Seems like a pretty big disconnect from the way you look at the Pacers to the way you look at other teams.
I doubt you'd call the Pacers good, if they get swept this year in the playoffs. Will you or would you?
It's alright man, I understand. I've made more than one overly aggressive emotional post here.
For what its worth I'm sure I'd enjoy a beer with any of y'all.
I don't really understand the argument of "risk-taking vs. playing it safe." It doesn't have to be one or the other. In fact it never is one or the other. It's how people view the situation. For every "risk" that a team makes his neighbor can look at the same roster move and feel it's not a risk at all. The Rasheed Wallace trade, for example. It's been said he was a locker room cancer. But the Pistons had a very stable locker room and I think every Pacer fan that year was dismayed when they heard they had added Rasheed.
Let's look at the past few NBA titles and evaluate their risk taking.
Miami Heat
Unless you consider cornering the superstar market and acquiring 3 of the best players available in a stacked year a risk, they didn't take any. They grabbed their superstars and surrounded them with veterans and shooters.
Dallas Mavericks
They signed Tyson Chandler to a core that had been there at least 2 years. That is hardly a risk, as he was a known quantity at the defensive end. They had had years of being mostly first and second round exits, with a couple longer trips thrown in. Sounds like the kind of team you hate.
LA Lakers x2
They have money to spend and exist in a warm climate area. Dont tell me the Lakers take risks. They literally sit back and wait until superstars become malcontent on other teams and take on their big expensive contracts because teams don't want to lose them for nothing. It is what they have done for years, they buy their players. They don't really draft them. I suppose you could say it's a risk, but it's really not since it's been proven superstars will almost always choose LA over other teams.
Boston Celtics
Added Kevin Garnett and and Ray Allen to Paul Pierce and a very good defenisve point guard in Rondo. They gave up expiring contracts, draft picks, and spare parts for 2 of the better players at their position in the game.
I'm sure you could look more closely at their roster moves and determine risks that they may have taken. But my point is that if you want to win and you are consistently making risks with your top 5-6 players, you're probably not going to be successful. Teams win because they add in key supporting players to a good core or slam-dunk stars that will fit in on any team.
It's not about risk, it's whether or not you think the core of the team is good enough. And I think our performance last year as one of the youngest teams in the league coupled with the defensive prowess we've shown this year are proving that the core of our team is good enough.
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The Pacers are not held on the same standards that all the other teams in the league are. Of course, that's to be expected since this is a Pacers forum. So, you expect some homerism as people tend to be biased towards their teams. But instead the opposite is more prevalent. Counter-homerism is more popular than homerism around here.
And that's just weird. I can get that people have higher expectations of the Pacers since they are their team. But hold them to a fair standard at least. As bad as blind homerism is, blind counter-homerism is even worse.
West was a risk and they got an A for it, Green and Ian was not a risk it was a bad decision, trading DC was not a risk but a ridiculous decision and George Hill was not a risk, a lot of people knew that he had the potential to be the players he is, I wanted to trade a pick for him for a long time.
They got to where they are by being willing to take a step back. I was here on this board when they traded Pau. Do you have any idea how lambasted they were? They were killed as the worst franchise ever, it's the worst trade in history they cried. They are better than us now. They risked going from good, to never being good again. They are now being rewarded by being better than they ever were before. It's a long term game fellas. I don't say good as a compliment, being just good isn't good enough. You have to aspire to be great. If you ever get to a place where you are stuck at good and can't get better, ala the Pau Grizzlies team, you tear it down and try again. You risk not getting back to where you started, but you also have a chance to become great.
We are only at the beginning if you consider the beginning the good, but not great, Grizzlies teams the beginning. We are good. We are, with Danny back we're a 50 win team. Good. We aren't great. We won't win a championship. We need to take a risk, such as they did, and try to be great. I'm not saying we gotta give our best player away for picks, the Memphis route isn't the only one, but we can't do nothing either. Simply resigning our guys and not adding talent will not get us there.
Miami Heat
Unless you consider cornering the superstar market and acquiring 3 of the best players available in a stacked year a risk, they didn't take any. They grabbed their superstars and surrounded them with veterans and shooters.
Of course this was a risk. It's not like it was a forgone conclusion they were all going to sign with the Heat. Chicago was in the running. New York was in the running. New Jersey was in the running. If they jettisoned all that cap space they did in preparation and instead got say... oh... Amare on an overpaid contract exactly as what happened to the Knicks, then they aren't winning a title in Miami.
Dallas Mavericks
They signed Tyson Chandler to a core that had been there at least 2 years. That is hardly a risk, as he was a known quantity at the defensive end. They had had years of being mostly first and second round exits, with a couple longer trips thrown in. Sounds like the kind of team you hate.
So they didn't take a risk on bringing in Tyson fresh off injury or the nearly mummified Jason Kidd in hopes he could still hoop at 90 years old? Wrong again. I remember LOTS of people saying Jason didn't have any game yet and that Tyson was overpaid.
LA Lakers x2
They have money to spend and exist in a warm climate area. Dont tell me the Lakers take risks. They literally sit back and wait until superstars become malcontent on other teams and take on their big expensive contracts because teams don't want to lose them for nothing. It is what they have done for years, they buy their players. They don't really draft them. I suppose you could say it's a risk, but it's really not since it's been proven superstars will almost always choose LA over other teams.
It wasn't a risk to bring in Ron Artest? This is the last place I should have to explain the risks of that. It wasn't risky to trade for Nash and Dwight? Look how well that's going for them. Sure, they have advantages, but let's not pretend they don't make risky moves to get better.
Boston Celtics
Added Kevin Garnett and and Ray Allen to Paul Pierce and a very good defenisve point guard in Rondo. They gave up expiring contracts, draft picks, and spare parts for 2 of the better players at their position in the game.
They collected all those expiring contracts and draft picks and sucked hardcore along the way. They risked Paul demanding a trade, they risked their fan base, what if all that sucking didn't give them the 5th pick which they flipped for KG, what if the lottery gave them the 12th pick. Now they sucked and gutted their roster....but they don't have KG and Ray Ray to show for it. No risk? Are you serious?
This is mind boggling. Every move a team makes is a risk. From the Murphleavy trade to Hibbert, it's all a risk. The more risk you take doesn't equate to a championship and to try and quantify risk level is beyond stupid.
Also on the Celtics: what if our management wasn't bad at drafting and we got Rondo while they got Shawne Williams. How many titles do they have now? zero.


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Part 1: Veterinary dental radiography: a vital practice resource
High-quality veterinary dentistry is impossible without the diagnostic tool of dental radiography. The extreme importance to patient care of full-mouth radiography will be demonstrated in this series of articles.
The results of two prospective nested case-control studies conducted at the University of California-Davis are worth a close look. Researchers found that of 226 dogs studied, dental radiography of teeth without clinical lesions demonstrated clinically significant lesions in 27.8 percent of dogs.1 In a similar study involving 115 cats, radiographs of teeth without clinical lesions nonetheless demonstrated clinically significant findings in 41.7 percent of subjects.2
A 5-year-old spayed female miniature schnauzer was presented for routine oral evaluation and professional teeth cleaning. The only abnormality noted was a missing first premolar on both mandibles (Photo 1). Radiography revealed bilateral dentigerous cysts associated with the unerupted teeth (Photo 2).
Dentigerous cysts are classified as odontogenic cysts and arise from the epithelial components of the developing tooth follicle or remnants thereof.3 Normally on eruption, the follicle becomes the junctional epithelium, which is present at the base of a normal tooth sulcus. If the tooth doesn't erupt, this epithelium has a strong tendency to produce cysts.
Dentigerous cysts are a common finding when teeth are missing, especially the mandibular first premolars. Brachycephalic and small-breed dogs seem to be predisposed. The mandibular first premolar is not the only tooth whose absence should prompt suspicion. Any areas of either jaw that are missing teeth should be evaluated radiographically in all breeds of dogs and cats to determine whether cysts are present. In my experience, most teeth that are unerupted will form cysts. Treatment involves referral to a veterinary dental specialist ( http://avdc.org/) for surgical exposure and complete removal of the tooth and cyst (Photos 3 and 4).


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The New York Mets today announced the club signed righthanded pitcher David Aardsma to a minor league contract and assigned him to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League.
Aardsma, 31, opened the season with Miami's Triple-A affiliate, New Orleans (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League, going 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA (four earned runs/14.0 innings) in 10 games. The Marlins released the righthander on May 15. He went to Spring Training with the New York Yankees, but was designated for assignment on March 29.
Aardsma last appeared in the major leagues in 2012 with the Yankees, pitching one game and allowing a run in one inning. He saved a combined 69 games for the Mariners over the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but underwent elbow ligament replacement surgery in July, 2011. For his career, Aardsma is 13-15 with a 4.22 ERA (125 earned runs/266.2 innings) in 255 games.


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Winchester City Councillors met last Wednesday (March 20) to discuss the Community Infrastructure Levy, which could earn parishes 15 per cent of the tax for a development in their area.
The new charge, that the authority can apply to developers, will be used to fund infrastructure, including schools and community, sport and recreation facilities and transport schemes.
The tax will be divvied up between parishes (15 per cent), the Winchester town account (15 per cent) and Hampshire County Council (25 per cent). Five per cent will be used to cover administrative costs and the rest will go to Winchester City Council.
Councillors discussed whether 25 per cent should be permitted to parishes where a neighbourhood plan has been approved but the majority concurred that in the absence of any such forthcoming plans parishes would only qualify to receive 15 per cent.
The scheme does not cover the provision of additional capacity at some existing schools whereby funding can be allocated via alternative means.
These include Bishop's Waltham Infants and Junior Schools, St John the Baptist Primary School, Sun Hill Infants and Junior Schools, Colden Common Primary School and Swanmore College of Technology Secondary School.
Cllr Richard Izard said: "It's really good news for Colden Common that it has been recognised that there is a problem with the capacity of the school by excluding it from the CIL and that the contributions will be taken direct from developers.
"However the bad news for Colden Common is that by refusing 25 per cent to the parish, it means £95,000 will not come to the village for infrastructure by way of CIL."
Cllr Kelsie Learney said: "This is one of the ways our parishes can fund infrastructure rather than increase council tax."
Karen Barrett said: "Having had a look at it, it seems incredibly complicated. I just think it's going to be a nightmare quite honestly; I'm rather disappointed with the whole thing."
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All Stacy Justice wants to do is recover from the bizarre couple of weeks she's had - the whirlwind kicked off by the fire at her cousin's bar, the Black Opal. But just when life is settling down, 14-year-old Ivy appears on her doorstep, claiming to be her sister. Ivy insists their mother is in danger and Stacy's magic is the key to saving her. Sure, Ivy shares Stacy's fiery hair and green eyes - but is she really her sister? And can the secretive teen be trusted with the family magic?
Then a man turns up dead at the bed-and-breakfast run by Stacy's grandmother, the family's Blessed Book goes missing, and it seems someone is out to kill Stacy - again. So she has no choice but to follow Ivy's lead.
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I'm a 30-something paranormal, mystery, and humor enthusiast. For me, the main character is the most important part of a book.
"Easy, breezy, beautiful..."
That's the phrase that comes to mind when I think of this series. It has a little bit of everything to please everyone. Some romance, action, danger, a little witchcraft, crazy family. This would be a hilarious sit-com (minus the impending doom in each book).
"Easy listen"
The second book starts off with the ending of the first book which would help if it was a while in between listening to them. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first one. I guess it was because I couldn't get into Ivy's character. I just didn't find her antics that funny for her age. That aside I did enjoy the rest of the characters and did find at least a few funny spots. I really enjoyed finding out who the real guardian was.
"Terrible narrator!! Very annoying to listen to..."
I like this genre and the story wasn't bad, reading it in my Kindle app was much better than listening to it. I got the entire series before listening to any of it...no way will I be able to tolerate this narrator through the whole series! I'll have to wait until I have time to read them rather than listen to them.
I listened to the first book in this series...equally annoying.
She was truly awful, monotone, emotionless, and with no inflections. Speed reading in emotionless monotone is VERY annoying!!
The characters were okay, I'd cut the narrator! She is impossible to listen to!!
Sci-fi, detective, cozy. Only give 5s to those books I think stand above the rest. 4 is a good solid book. 3 is average, nothing special.
"A little better"
#2 is a bit better than the first. Just a light listen. Average. A good book to listen to while doing housework.
"A bit of a snooze fest."
If it wasn't for the fact that I need follow up from the 1st story, I wouldn't have bothered.
I'm not sure curiosity is enough to make me spend another credit on the next book.
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"Loved it."
This was another great story by barbra. I love this series and i know i want to read more. I loved this story as much as the first one. She is dealing with little sister who can't stay out of trouble. A dead man at the B and B who is not dead. Stacy finds out more about herself and her role in the family. Come hang out Stacy and her crazy family.
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Stacy justice is a a woman who is still trying to believe in the gifts her family said she has. This book shows her more and gets to some of the true reasons.
"Interesting audiobook"
Witch powers and witch history. Story about a young witch coming into her power. Learning how to use her power and live with it.
"Witches and murder... what's not to love!"
If you love series books you can't go wrong with this series! Love the series!
"Disappointing Follow-up"
The story was disjointed and felt contrived. The Big Reveal felt poorly conceived and researched and the character interactions were hard for me to believe. The first book I enjoyed and thought that the follow-up would be just as good if not (hopefully) better. This felt hurried and sloppy.
I'm afraid to pursue anymore. I'm a huge fan of Juliet Blackwell's series, which got me into this. I also love Charlaine Harris. I've been burned on two different new series now and am waiting to risk it again.
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There were some funny lines of dialogue... it wasn't so painful that I couldn't finish it, but I was really disappointed
"Light fluffy & fun"
I love how light, fun & easy to listen to this series of books is but if (like me) you can't stand cliffhangers, this series is going to drive you to distraction. I hope the author grows out of it but at this point every book ends with a cliffhanger & so do most of the chapters....
"Excellent 2nd book in the Series."
Excellent narrator of these books in the series and I really love the characters. Recommend as a excellent read
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(a) Compensation, assignment, and partnership-membership provisions
No investment adviser registered or required to be registered with the Commission shall enter into, extend, or renew any investment advisory contract, or in any way perform any investment advisory contract entered into, extended, or renewed on or after November 1, 1940, if such contract—
(1) provides for compensation to the investment adviser on the basis of a share of capital gains upon or capital appreciation of the funds or any portion of the funds of the client;
(2) fails to provide, in substance, that no assignment of such contract shall be made by the investment adviser without the consent of the other party to the contract; or
(b) Compensation prohibition inapplicable to certain compensation computations
Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall not—
(1) be construed to prohibit an investment advisory contract which provides for compensation based upon the total value of a fund averaged over a definite period, or as of definite dates, or taken as of a definite date;
(2) apply to an investment advisory contract with—
(B) any other person (except a trust, governmental plan, collective trust fund, or separate account referred to in section 80a–3 (c)(11) of this title), provided that the contract relates to the investment of assets in excess of $1 million,
if the contract provides for compensation based on the asset value of the company or fund under management averaged over a specified period and increasing and decreasing proportionately with the investment performance of the company or fund over a specified period in relation to the investment record of an appropriate index of securities prices or such other measure of investment performance as the Commission by rule, regulation, or order may specify;
(3) apply with respect to any investment advisory contract between an investment adviser and a business development company, as defined in this subchapter, if
(A) the compensation provided for in such contract does not exceed 20 per centum of the realized capital gains upon the funds of the business development company over a specified period or as of definite dates, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation, and the condition of section 80a–60 (a)(3)(B)(iii) of this title is satisfied, and
(B) the business development company does not have outstanding any option, warrant, or right issued pursuant to section 80a–60 (a)(3)(B) of this title and does not have a profit-sharing plan described in section 80a–56 (n) of this title;
(4) apply to an investment advisory contract with a company excepted from the definition of an investment company under section 80a–3 (c)(7) of this title; or
(c) Measurement of changes in compensation
For purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this section, the point from which increases and decreases in compensation are measured shall be the fee which is paid or earned when the investment performance of such company or fund is equivalent to that of the index or other measure of performance, and an index of securities prices shall be deemed appropriate unless the Commission by order shall determine otherwise.
(d) "Investment advisory contract" defined
As used in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section, "investment advisory contract" means any contract or agreement whereby a person agrees to act as investment adviser to or to manage any investment or trading account of another person other than an investment company registered under subchapter I of this chapter.
(e) Exempt persons and transactions
The Commission, by rule or regulation, upon its own motion, or by order upon application, may conditionally or unconditionally exempt any person or transaction, or any class or classes of persons or transactions, from subsection (a)(1) of this section, if and to the extent that the exemption relates to an investment advisory contract with any person that the Commission determines does not need the protections of subsection (a)(1) of this section, on the basis of such factors as financial sophistication, net worth, knowledge of and experience in financial matters, amount of assets under management, relationship with a registered investment adviser, and such other factors as the Commission determines are consistent with this section. With respect to any factor used in any rule or regulation by the Commission in making a determination under this subsection, if the Commission uses a dollar amount test in connection with such factor, such as a net asset threshold, the Commission shall, by order, not later than 1 year after July 21, 2010, and every 5 years thereafter, adjust for the effects of inflation on such test. Any such adjustment that is not a multiple of $100,000 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000.
(f) Authority to restrict mandatory pre-dispute arbitration
The Commission, by rule, may prohibit, or impose conditions or limitations on the use of, agreements that require customers or clients of any investment adviser to arbitrate any future dispute between them arising under the Federal securities laws, the rules and regulations thereunder, or the rules of a self-regulatory organization if it finds that such prohibition, imposition of conditions, or limitations are in the public interest and for the protection of investors.
Source(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title II, § 205,54 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 86–750, § 7,Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 887; Pub. L. 91–547, § 25,Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1432; Pub. L. 96–477, title II, § 203,Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2290; Pub. L. 100–181, title VII, § 703,Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 104–290, title II, § 210,Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3436; Pub. L. 111–203, title IV, § 418, title IX, §§ 921(b), 928,July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1579, 1841, 1852.)
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, § 928, in introductory provisions, substituted "registered or required to be registered with the Commission" for ", unless exempt from registration pursuant to section 80b–3 (b) of this title," and struck out "make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, directly or indirectly, to" after "shall" and "to" after "in any way".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–203, § 418, inserted at end "With respect to any factor used in any rule or regulation by the Commission in making a determination under this subsection, if the Commission uses a dollar amount test in connection with such factor, such as a net asset threshold, the Commission shall, by order, not later than 1 year after July 21, 2010, and every 5 years thereafter, adjust for the effects of inflation on such test. Any such adjustment that is not a multiple of $100,000 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000."
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 111–203, § 921(b), added subsec. (f).
1996—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 104–290, § 210(1), added pars. (4) and (5).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–290, § 210(2), added subsec. (e).
1987—Pub. L. 100–181completely revised and expanded provisions on investment advisory contracts, changing structure of section from a single unlettered paragraph to one consisting of four subsections lettered (a) to (d).
1980—Pub. L. 96–477provided that par. (1) of this section was not to apply with respect to any investment advisory contract between an investment adviser and a business development company so long as the compensation provided for in such contract did not exceed 20 per cent of the realized capital gains upon the funds of the business development company and such business development company did not have outstanding any option, warrant, or right issued pursuant to section 80a–60 (a)(3)(B) of this title and did not have a profit-sharing plan.
1970—Pub. L. 91–547substituted reference to section "80b–3(b)" for "80b–3" of this title in first sentence, redesignated as second sentence former third sentence, designating existing provisions as cl. (A) and adding cl. (B) and items (i) and (ii) and provision respecting compensation based on asset value of company or fund under management averaged over a specified period in relation to investment record of an index of securities or such other measure of investment performance specified by Commission rules, regulations, or orders, inserted third sentence provision respecting point from which compensation is to be measured, substituted in fourth, formerly third, sentence "paragraphs (2) and (3) of this section" for "this section" and in definition of "investment advisory contract" the words "account of another person other than an investment company registered under subchapter I of this chapter" for "account for a person other than an investment company".
1960—Pub. L. 86–750substituted "unless exempt from registration pursuant to" for "registered under".
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by sections 921(b) and 928 ofPub. L. 111–203effective 1 day after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 ofPub. L. 111–203, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5301 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
Amendment by section 418 ofPub. L. 111–203effective 1 year after July 21, 2010, except that any investment adviser may, at the discretion of the investment adviser, register with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 during that 1-year period, subject to the rules of the Commission, and except as otherwise provided, see section 419 ofPub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 80b–2 of this title.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–547effective on expiration of one year after Dec. 14, 1970, see section 30(1) ofPub. L. 91–547, set out as a note under section 80a–52 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 10 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out under section 78d of this title.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. – Beginning in mid-September the Texas Rangers began living in the sad part of the jukebox.
They lost the American League West in stunningly docile fashion. They lost the one-game wild-card, at home to Baltimore.
They lost their bid for free agents Zack Greinke, Justin Upton and Torii Hunter, couldn't trade for James Shields, traded Michael Young and didn't re-sign Mike Adams.
There was a rumor that Willie Nelson and Alan Jackson were writing a song about the Rangers' travails but began weeping uncontrollably and couldn't finish.
But no day was more miserable than Dec. 14, when Josh Hamilton left Texas to sign with the Angels.
"The day that happened, the Pucker Factor went up considerably," said club president Nolan Ryan.
Ryan wasn't referring to goodbye kisses.
The Rangers were suddenly seized by the dread that their good times were over for good.
They had barely gotten accustomed to their seat of power – AL titles in 2010 and 2011 and, last year, an average crowd of 42,720 (the Angels averaged 37,800).
They owed much to Hamilton, who had driven in 506 runs in his five Texas seasons with an OPS of .913. He also was a popular teammate who had dealt with his addictions directly and endearingly.
Now the Rangers are recovering, too.
"He had a great impact on our organization," Ryan said. "We wouldn't have went to two World Series without him. You don't replace a player like that"
"Josh was, most days, in a great mood, poking fun at people, just making it fun," outfielder David Murphy said.
The new center fielders are speedy Craig Gentry and rookie Leonys Martin. The new fifth starter, if he proves himself, is rookie Martin Perez. Another rookie, Jurrickson Profar, is probably headed for Triple-A but was too essential for Texas to trade.
Resentment over Hamilton's exit is muted but palpable. General Manager Jon Daniels, last December, noted that Texas had nurtured Hamilton in ways "that aren't public, things of that nature." Daniels also felt he'd have a chance to match the five-year offer, although Hamlton's camp said no such promise was made.
Last year Hamilton said he was praying for Rangers fans who booed him. Last week he called the fan base "supportive" but "spoiled" and explained that it's "not a true baseball town."
"Josh is probably making an adjustment mentally and emotionally to new surroundings," Ryan said, opaquely.
"I think you have to sort through things. When you talk about him, it's a complex situation. There's a dimension that's brought to a ballclub that very few players would bring. It's so unique and unusual, you can't put other players in that category."
In any case Ryan spotted the Rangers' on-field unraveling long before it happened.
Hamilton drove in five in his final 13 regular-season games, eight of which Texas lost. A three-game sweep at Oakland cost the Rangers the West, and Hamilton was a .245 hitter after May 31.
"We were emotionally drained," Ryan said. "It wasn't the same brand of baseball."
"We got everybody's A game all year," Murphy said. "We picked the worst possible time to have our worst cold streak. And Oakland played great. No deficit scared them. It was like they were invincible down the stretch."
But the spring cleanses the mind. The Rangers still have Adrian Beltre, Nelson Cruz, Ian Kinsler and Murphy, plus 23-year-old Elvis Andrus, already a fifth-year man.
The Rangers then signed DH Lance Berkman and catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Berkman is 37 and drove in seven runs in St. Louis last year and Pierzynski is 36, although he hit a career-high 27 homers for the White Sox.
"I laugh at the comments about our offseason being a disaster, the worst in the history of the organization," Ryan said, laughing indeed.
"Every time I hear ESPN I hear that. I think we got a lot done myself. A.J. brings a spirit and mindset I like in that position. Plus we have a couple of key pitchers who could be back to play an important role, kinda like a taxi squad."
He is referring to Neftali Feliz and Colby Lewis, who should be back after the All-Star break, and Joakim Soria, who should join the bullpen in June. Not very long ago Soria was the Royals' closer and one of the AL's very best.
"We're incredibly deep with All-Stars up and down the lineup," Murphy said. "We have all the reason in the world to have the expectations we've had the last few years. We didn't fulfill our off-season but we did a good job not panicking, not handcuffing ourselves for the future."
For the present, the Rangers will face Josh Hamilton 19 times, all along trying to avoid the (Tanya) Tucker Factor: "Without you, what do I do with me?"
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This Post is scheduled to post on the early morning of Friday February 3, 2012. It is My Daughter Birthday today… and I am sad …..
It is a sad post actually… it is about my daughter. While the happy news is that on this day she attains the milestone of 21 years of age…. and I will abide by her wished to give her the first legal drink in her life (I have been instructed by her to make sure it is sweet) ….. the sad news is she faces a glib future.
My daughter is Autistic.. and hope as I may have I hoped and prayed that she would develop enough to be at least minimally self sufficient…. but that is not going to be the case for her. If I am no longer able to care for her then I fear.. really fear…. that the Government , in its efforts to care for her.. will in fact fail her like they have…. many others. WORSE, my own republican party has taken on an ANTI-NEEDY stance….. and if you know anyone on a fixed income you will know that the "COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT" that Social Security Recipients Get is NOT true….NOT real.. and their costs of living are far far greater than the adjustment they get every year.
I have thought of putting my assets into a specified Trust Fund…. but who will administer it…. I do not know anyone that is related to me or my daughter that I can trust to do what is right for her and to safeguard the money… and I mean that….. NO ONE related to us do I trust…. and that is a sad state of affairs in itself.
Lawyers charge too much to do this over time….. and if the assets were placed in my daughter's name I fear she will not qualify for aid until all of that money was used up… and I wanted her to have that for the simpler things in life… Ruffles Potato Chips , Pepperoni Loves Pizza cut into half-inch squares so she can eat them without having any front teeth, the newest Sims 3 or whatever version is current expansion packs. I tunes, and Music players and the occasional new computer and TV set… and Movie and game rentals…. it sounds like a lot.. but it is not cost wise….
But then it is things that Insurance does not cover.. like dental… and Medicare does not cover dental.. or who will help her chose a good Medical plane if Medicare goes private.. and how will she affords it.
I am NOT going to outlive this child/Adult… so what is going to happen to her… where is she going to live… and because she is 100% NON VIOLENT and is not the personality that can even stand up for herself.. and gets upset if she is confronted and buckles like a house built of cheap cards….. She really is the most sweetest, kindest, caring, compassionate, empathetic young lady you would ever want to meet.
She is able to achieve intellectually to some extent. She even was able to earn a REGULAR ED diploma and pass the STATE High School exam…. but some days she cannot remember the days of the week and always has trouble with the months of the year. She is spatially challenged.. meaning she cannot see things in her mind.. so when it came to learning how to drive… she had to look down at the pedals to look at them before she wold put her foot down on one to stop or go…. Same with brushing her own hair.. she can not envision it by feel or concept and can't brush it as a result.. Bathing, the same… and even if she could in some ways her dexterity and coordination is so awkward that she gets frustrated and gives up trying….. ohh and she is just 4 foot 8 so even kitchen cabinets are to high for her…. In the simplest terms she needs help in her every day living.. so even finding a good place to live is extremely difficult and I have not found that place yet.
I cold go on about my troubles with getting her her own Medicaid… she does not qualify because she lives with me and our HOUSEHOLD income is too high… or the supposed Medicaid Waiver Program that Congress refuses to fund so I can get her additional help and services… but what is the use.. there are a lot of people in that position and I am not alone…
What I am alone in and have been for almost 9 years now is taking care of this sweetheart. No ONE has really helped.. and respite care … I have no idea what that is.. even family ignores my needs to have real-time for myself… and so I am tired… and have literally lost my will to live.. no I am not going to kill myself… First because I have this obligation to this great person .. but second because i am a Cowardly Catholic… and help has no appeal for me.
And last….. which may seem the strangest thing of all is I am afraid….. NOT OF DYING…. For that Concept I fully embrace…. BUT BECAUSE MY OWN REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BETRAYED ME AND MY FAMILY…. They have gone so far as to actually now believe the lies they have been telling the public for the last 4 years.. and I am DISGUSTED by their lies, distortions and worse….. their heartlessness…. and remember I AM A REPUBLICAN!! …… and it is for this reason I have to live longer.. because of their hubris…. their complete disregard for the human condition… because they have become something I do not recognize…. and maybe the 2012 doomsday prophecy will be true if my party wins the Presidential race based on this platform of hate.
Some of you will say.. ohh then you're a Democrat… I say no way I am not that compassionate and soft on people who need to take responsibility.. so others say ohh your libertarian….. I say no there is a need for government and regulations because humans by nature are greedy and selfish and if left unchecked hurt all of humanity.
I AM A REPUBLICAN… and I am an ANGRY Republican…. but my party does not care.. they have only one goal…. not America.. not Americans.. Not humanity…. no …. ONLY ONE GOAL….. BEAT OBAMA….. Stupidity reigns in my party!!
Life is HARD.. it is an uphill battle for all of us.. and more so for those like my daughter who are disabled and disadvantaged…. WHO WILL BE HER ADVOCATE when I am not able to do it anymore….. Obviously not my family, my party, or my country.
So while this is an auspicious day for my daughter turning 21…. and I will make it as special as I can for her.. it is also a sad day as it only makes me sorry and care about what will happen when I can no longer be her advocate and care giver….. and I want to just sit her and cry when I write this………………….


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Celebrate! Forty-five Years of Jazz at Michigan Tech
March 13, 2012—
A forty-fifth anniversary is a great reason to celebrate, and the jazz program at Michigan Technological University intends to party hearty. In fact, the celebration they have planned is so big, they're using a couple of venues and several bands to do it right.
It all starts on Friday, March 23, at 8:00 p.m. with the Off 'Dem Jam Session at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Hancock.
"It'll be an informal jam session," says Mike Irish, director of jazz studies and head of the festivities. "A local band, Captain Woody Bopper and the Pirates of Groove, will begin the night, and after a couple of sets, we'll be having Tech jazz alums and others joining in."
Alumni will play a big role in the festivities.
"We've got alums from all over coming back," Irish says. "So far, the oldest alum will be Tim Nielsen '76 and the youngest will be Andy Kurzeniewski '10." They are both trombone players.
The forty-fifth anniversary concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24 at the Rozsa Center. It will also be the twelfth annual Don Keranen Memorial Concert. Keranen started the jazz program at Tech in 1967 and is fondly recalled by all, including Irish, for his innovations and dedication.
"Many people don't know that Don put the Pep Band in striped bibs," Irish recalls. "He established so much of what we still do in the music programs at Tech today." Keranen retired in 1991, and Irish replaced him.
Saturday night features three bands. The Jazz Lab Band will perform with guest artists: saxophonist/flautist Gus Sandberg and trombonist Scott Agster.The Research and Development Big Band will also perform before the return of the Alumni Jazz Band.
Irish said they've been recruiting alums and sending them music to practice beforehand.
"Then, we'll rehearse Saturday and perform that night," he says.
The Saturday night event will cover "classics," Irish says. "'Sing, Sing, Sing,' 'Easy Living,' 'Sister Sadie,' and we have to close with 'MacArthur Park.' Everyone loves it."
He says the Rozsa Lobby will be full of old photos, memorabilia, banners, and posters. Irish is looking for alumni to contribute more memories (his email is firstname.lastname@example.com).
They're a dedicated bunch," Irish says of the nearly 600 alumni. "They stay in touch."
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Category: feminist names
Old lady names are wonderful because they're both classic and quirky, timeless yet intriguing. And they tend to have admirable antecedents, whether they're famous women, literary heroines, or even beloved members of your own family.
Here, our favorite 12 old lady names right now.
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Ada is an old lady name that's simple enough to appeal to the modernist, who may also be inspired by namesake Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and the first female "computer programmer." Ada was also the name of a heroine of novelist Vladimir Nabokov and the wife and muse of artist Alex Katz; this is one of Katz's many paintings of her.
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It emerged two weeks ago the £219m redevelopment of St Helier Hospital is unlikely to go ahead due to the uncertainty caused by BSBV.
Following Tuesday's announcement the trust issued a statement confirming campaigners' long-held fears about the redevelopment which included a brand new state-of-the-art hospital building, hundreds of new beds and a new day nursery.
A model of how the new hospital was expected to look
The trust admitted that later this month they will take down the giant banner, which has adorned the front of the hospital since November 2011, stating the redevelopment was 'coming soon'.
A statement from Matthew Hopkins, the chief executive of the Epsom and St Helier trust said they remained committed to improving facilities but would be investing up to £90m over the next five years.
They also intend to spend about £2m a year improving quality and safety without borrowing to any money.
Mr Hopkins said: "While the Better Services Better Value review was underway we were unable to progress the redevelopment plans. The outline business case for this investment was developed in 2009.
"As such, we need to revisit this business case and work with our commissioners to agree a level of investment in our hospitals that is affordable and ensures that the services we provide are sustainable.
"It will take a number of months to agree these plans with our board, our commissioners and the wider NHS.
"In the meantime, we believe it makes sense to remove the banner from the front of St Helier Hospital later this month.
"As always, we would like to reassure patients that, during this time of planning and approval, our priority will remain - as it always has - to provide high quality, compassionate, care to every patient, every day."


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Topic: Recovery from liver resection and time to next chemos?
Hello Everybody,
We need some advice. For those of you who had liver resections - Butch seems extraordinarily weak (1 week yesterday), and is not eating ANYTHING almost - they are feeding him the most awful food here, and he can't get it down - did get him some boost, though. How long to recovery? what about eating? The Dr. said we could leave the hospital tomorrow tomorrow and go to Family House, possibly go home to NY (6 hour drive) next week and maybe begin the next round of chemo - coming back in 2 weeks after that for appointment. I can't imagine that he could begin chemo in this weakened state - it would kill him. How long did people wait before resuming chemo (Gemnzar and Xeloda)? Jeff - I have read a couple of times where you say sometimes you have to hold off the Doctors - is this one of those times?? Any advice will be appreciated.
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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Citizens
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
June 12, 2003
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize
and Issue Proclamations
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at their meeting on Monday, June 16, beginning at 9:30 a.m., will recognize the following citizens, principals and organizations for their achievements and contributions to the community. Proclamations will be issued as listed below. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935.
Earth Day/Arbor Day
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the sponsors and planning committee members of the Earth Day/Arbor Day celebration. Certificates of appreciation will be issued to the following sponsors: Target Stores, Sterling; Fairfax County Division of Solid Waste Collections and Recycling, Fairfax; and Northern Virginia Community College-Annandale Campus, Annandale. Certificates will be presented to the following planning committee members for their work in planning the event: Rosemary Byrne, Fairfax; Julia Brown, Alexandria; Dr. Robin W. Gorham, Annandale; Cheryl Robinette, Annandale; Charles Sakowitz, Annandale; Brian Murphy, Fairfax; Rose Purple, Annandale; Donna Jackson, Falls Church; Joanne Swick, Burke; Katherine Parker Martin, Reston; and Rod Young, Fairfax.
Hepatitis Awareness Day
The Board of Supervisors will declare June 21 as Hepatitis Awareness Day in Fairfax County. Representatives of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, the Fairfax County Health Department and the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department will accept the proclamation. Hepatitis Awareness Day is designated in conjunction with the annual Tim Harmon Run-Walk, an event aimed at educating and raising awareness of the citizens of Fairfax County of the impact hepatitis C is having on individuals and their families. This annual event is held in memory of Timothy Harmon, a past director of Residential Services for Alcohol and Drug Services.
Honoring Retiring Principals
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the following Fairfax County principals retiring this year: Sheila Bertrand, Clearview Elementary School, Herndon; Christine Brogan, Sunrise Valley Elementary School, Reston; Nancy Coughlan, Waynewood Elementary School, Alexandria; David Chubb, Camelot Elementary School, Annandale; Donald Clausen, Annandale High School, Annandale; Luke Fennel, Edison High School, Alexandria; Leslie Kent, Frost Middle School, Fairfax; Donna Lewis, Newington Forest Elementary School, Springfield; Gregory Lock, Oak View Elementary School, Fairfax; Bonnie Miller, Stenwood Elementary School, Vienna; Ann Monday, Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax; Janis Paushter, Fairhill Elementary School, Fairfax; Harold Price, Key Middle School, Springfield; Gina Ross, Aldrin Elementary School, Reston; Juanita Trapp, Bucknell Elementary School, Alexandria; and Gail Womble, Carson Middle School, Herndon.
Safety Patrol of the Year
Lina Jee Hyan Kang of Fairhill Elementary School, Fairfax, will be recognized by the Board of Supervisors for being selected to receive an American Automobile Association Mid-Atlantic Outstanding School Safety Patrol Award. She was selected from the 14,000 safety patrols in the county for her superior achievements as both a safety patrol and a student. Kang was also honored at the June 5 Outstanding School Safety Patrol Awards program in Reston.
Mean, Lean, Green Awesomely Supreme Recycling Team
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Fairhill Elementary School Mean, Lean, Green Awesomely Supreme Recycling Team for their community service and commitment to the environment as recipients of the Johnie Forte Memorial Award at the 2003 Earth Day/Arbor Day ceremonies. The team recycled 15,000 pounds of paper and cardboard and more than 2,000 aluminum cans during the school year. Twenty-three fifth graders mentored by their teacher, Roger Kingsbury, make up Fairhill's award-winning recycling team.
Responsible Fatherhood Week
June 15-21 will be declared by the Board of Supervisors as Responsible Fatherhood Week in Fairfax County. The Office of the Sheriff, in conjunction with many court-related agencies, developed a program to promote healthy families by encouraging responsible fatherhood.


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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=0/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. Santas Xmas Dash is back and better than before! Help Santa deliver the presents, with all the great features of the first game plus a new multiplayer race mode and single player 60 second dash. With added support for the thumbstick and left/right triggers its more challenging than it ever was. Watch as events scroll on from the left giving you time to prepare for each event.
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Yesterday here on Instant Tea, I posted this blog about apparent rifts in the ranks of those calling themselves conservative activists.
It included a video of Ryan Sorba of California Young Americans for Freedom who was supposed to be talking to a gathering at last weekend's Conservative Poliotical Action Conference about his part in James O'Keefe's undercover ACORN "sting" in San Bernadino. Instead, Mr. Sorba took to the podium and immediately began denouncing CPAC for allowing the gay Republican group GOPride to participate in the conference. Sorba got heartily booed.
Today, I found this article at TPMMuckraker about Ryan Sorba's previous brushes with the law. Apparently when he was 19, he had to move out of his family home in San Bernadino County after a woman named Mary Paulson got a three-year restraining order against him in connection with a domestic violence case. The order forbid him from having any contact with Paulson or with his own brother, Michael Sorba, for three years.
Ryan Sorba said the whole thing was over "the stupidest thing you could imagine," and that he had gotten into a fight with a boy in the neighborhood whose mother filed the restraining order to keep them from fighting any more. He said his brother was involved because he and his brother used to get into fights. Everything's fine now, he said, claiming "I'm friends with those people now, and I was friends with them then."
In 2008, Sorba was cited for a noise violation at a polling place. He said he was handing out pro-Proposition 8 flyers when "some homosexual guy came up and I guess he called the police and they gave me a ticket."
How did Sorba know the man was gay? Because "he looked gay, he sounded gay — it was evident."


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President Obama, responding to a clamorous debate over the governments broad surveillance practices, announced on Friday that he will require intelligence agencies to obtain permission from a secret court before tapping into a vast storehouse of telephone data.
In addition, says the Times, the changes will ultimately move that data out of the hands of the government.
So, if the report is to be believed, the agency has suddenly decided it will suddenly start following the Constitution and get a warrant before engaging in searches on U.S. persons here, as prescribed by the Fourth Amendment.
And its administration of the database it previously has said was essentially to national security is now going to be shut down. Right?
Well, not exactly.
Heres what Obama actually said: I have directed the attorney general to work with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court so that during this transition period, the database can be queried only after a judicial finding or in the case of a true emergency. [emphasis added]
So, wait.
Built into these purported reforms to perhaps the greatest surveillance program in human history, in order to supposedly better protect civil liberties, is a grand exception giving the agency the discretion to continue to query the database without judicial assent?
Howd that escape the Times attention? Hard to believe this was the same newspaper that blew the cover off this scandal way back in 2005.
The other glaring omission from the Times report is that by Obamas own admission, theyre not shutting off the database itself at all. Meaning, the gathering of phone records on everyone without probable cause will be continuing unabated for the foreseeable future.
Regarding the eventual (and supposed) turning off the database, what Obama actually said was: I have instructed the intelligence community and the attorney general to use this transition period to develop options for a new approach that can match the capabilities and fill the gaps that the Section 215 program was designed to address, without the government holding this metadata itself.
So, what? All Obama did was ask for an assessment on the feasibility of shifting the database somewhere else. Maybe.
What will that entail? Instead of copying the data directly to NSA servers without probable cause, the agency will just be tapping them directly from the phone companies servers?
The Obama speech raises more questions than it does answers, and it is hardly an open and shut no more domestic spying."
Pretty solid reporting there, New York Times . Can you say Orwellian newspeak?
The omissions do not end there, however. Theres the fact that per the Snowden disclosures the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court already, without probable cause, has allowed with a rubber stamp the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the NSA to gather everyones phone records at regular intervals.
Now, according to Obama, the agencies will continue doing so, and instead of a judicial rubber stamp at the front end of the process, it will occur at the back end, except when its really, really important and then the Constitution does not apply. And then, the database will be shut down yet somehow will still be accessible.
What a relief.
For a second there, I thought the constitutional law professor Obama who ran for president railing against this program had suddenly appeared.
Fear not. Obamas not giving up his listening post.
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Play 3+ rounds throwing a knife hyzer on every shot that isn't inside 40'.
Experiment with lines, throwing both high apex and low line drive steep hyzer angles as well as working straight on lines (with little left/right play) vs. wide lines pulled out to the right and faded back to the left.
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Danny J. Ingold, Ph.D., is the inaugural recipient of the Homer A. Anderson Distinguished Professorship of Natural Sciences. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from Texas A&M University, and his Ph.D. in Zoology from Mississippi State University.
A respected teacher and scholar, Dr. Ingold shares his deep expertise and affinity for the natural world with his students. His research on the habitat behaviors and nesting fidelity of grassland birds is published extensively in leading journals such as The Wilson Bulletin, Journal of Field Ornithology, Ohio Journal of Science and others.
His colleagues elected him to the Guiding Council of the Wilson Ornithological Society and to membership in the prestigious American Ornithologists' Union. He is frequently a featured presenter at the scientific meetings of those organizations and others including the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists, and the Ohio Academy of Science.
Since 1999, he has been a Research Associate at The Wilds, a 10,000-acre private conservation, education, and research center for endangered species, located on reclaimed strip-mine lands in Muskingum County. Through Dr. Ingold's guidance, Muskingum students have had unique opportunities to participate in the scientific agendas of The Wilds, studying a variety of grassland bird species.
He has helped ensure the excellence of Muskingum's science programs with his service to the College, through his work as Chair of the Biology Department, Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program, and faculty advisor to the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honorary Society.
In the Southeastern Ohio community, Dr. Ingold currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, and is a prior board member of the Ohio Alliance for the Environment. His commitment to science education extends to elementary, middle, and high school settings, where he often judges student science fairs.
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Zooarchaeological Analysis of Invertebrate Fauna from St. Catherines Shell Ring (9Li231), Georgia
Project Zooarchaeologist: Nicole Cannarozzi, 2009-2010
St. Catherines Island is a barrier island located off the coast of Georgia (Liberty County), 50 miles south of Savannah. Excavations led by David Hurst Thomas of the American Museum of Natural History, revealed a Late Archaic-period shell ring (4370 ± 90 BP cal.) adding to the suite of full rings and crescents that dot the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. While vertebrates have been studied from pre-Hispanic and Hispanic sites, invertebrate remains have not been integrated into zooarchaeological analyses from any site on the island. This study served to complement previous analyses of vertebrate remains to provide a more complete representation of the late archaic-period subsistence.
Well-preserved zooarchaeological remains recovered from three column samples from units within the ring structure were identified and quantified to address questions regarding procurement methods, season of collection, site seasonality, site formation processes, and site function. Questions such as what invertebrate species are present at the ring site, what habitats were exploited, how and during what season(s) of the year animals were captured or collected were explored in this study. These are fundamental data needed to reconstruct the history of occupation and use of the ring site. The fauna were analyzed using standard zooarchaeological methods described in Reitz and Wing (2007).
In a previous study, Cannarozzi used stable isotope geochemistry to determine whether oysters on St. Catherines Island accurately record ambient environmental conditions. Her studies of archaeological oyster oxygen isotope ratios show harvests in spring and late summer.
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Twelve events, 300 cars, two great sponsors, and a horde of Bow Tie enthusiasts. In the inaugural year of our new AMSOIL Best of the Best readers' choice program, presented by Danchuk Manufacturing, we didn't have it easy trying to pick five cars for each of our categories from the rows of great Chevys at each of the Super Chevy Shows this year.
By the end of the season, we had 60 event winners ready to face off for the grand prize of a $500 AMSOIL gift certificate, a custom-made jacket from Super Chevy, along with a certificate of recognition from AMSOIL and Super Chevy magazine.
"We couldn't be more thrilled to have AMSOIL involved with the Chevy Nation to this degree. Thank you to everyone at Super Chevy magazine for putting together such a great event and showcasing such a popular American brand. It's obvious to all that the car collector scene isn't going away anytime soon," said Ed Newman, Director of Advertising, AMSOIL Inc.
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The fifth owner of this all-original L79 SS, David bought his Nova back in 1984 from a fellow Corvette enthusiast living down the street. It was well-worn with 163,000 miles on the clock and still wearing the original paint.
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The biggest Super Chevy Show of the year, Maple Grove, always attracts some of the best Bow Ties in the Northeast. Doug Yoder's 396-powered convertible is one of the nicest restored '66s we've seen.
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Craig rescued his 150 utility sedan from being turned into a nostalgia drag car, instead building it up into a Pro Touring shoebox with an new-school LS6 and Art Morrison chassis, and spraying it PPG Sun Burst Orange metallic.
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Tommy's '61 SS started out life with a 348, but he couldn't resist it when it was offered for sale as a 409 clone. It was built using nothing but factory-original and correct parts. Setting the car apart further is its rich Midnight Blue color.
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A Royal Oak-based education advocacy agency is releasing its own recommendations for teacher evaluations as local districts and the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness create new models to ensure children achieve in the classroom.
Based on their findings, leaders at The Education Trust-Midwest, based in Royal Oak, said their surveys have shown most districts do not have an adequate model in use at this time.�
While new state legislation was approved in 2011 that required all Michigan districts to evaluate teachers under a rating system that includes "ineffective," "minimally effective," "effective" and "highly effective" as soon as their teacher contracts expired, local districts had little time to develop the evaluation tool.
Their teacher evaluation programs might be temporary until the state model is provided by the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness.
Any school district will be able to use the new state model, which will save the cost of creating its own.
But some districts prefer their own model and will be allowed to use it as long as it follows state standards to be handed down by the Michigan Department of Education, said David Zeman, director of content and communications.
In "Good for Teachers, Good for Students," its second report in a series on teacher evaluations, Education-Midwest has released a new survey of 28 districts in various types of communities -- rural, urban, suburban, small and large.
Zeman and Drew Jacobs, data and policy analyst, said this year's sample and a previous report indicate local school districts are struggling to come up with a high-quality evaluation tool that will include observation and provide feedback and support to teachers who are struggling.�
Among their several recommendations is that there should be directions on how to do an evaluation so each teacher is evaluated under the same standards; that the evaluation be more than a checklist; and that it provide feedback to the teacher and support toward strengthening any weaknesses.
Also key in their report is including student growth and results of the state's standardized testing in the evaluation model to gauge teachers' impact on student learning.
Only one Oakland County public school district was among the agency's list of 28 that Education-Midwest contacted. That was Pontiac schools, which Education-Midwest said provided no information for the study.
However, since the survey was done earlier this year, Pontiac school district has completed its new evaluation system created by administrators and teachers, said Pontiac Superintendent Brian Dougherty. Even though it was put in place this past year, it has been modified since.
Both Michigan Education Association President Aimee McKeever and Pontiac school Superintendent say it is a good one.�
"The one the district had last year was thrown together and no input was taken from us," McKeever explained. "The previous administration was not as open to input from teachers as the current one (which has) "a better attitude and better tone.
"We want an atmosphere that is truly fair and reflects what we need to have so we have high-quality teachers. That is our goal as well as the administrations.
"We certainly want to be evaluated," McKeever said.
Dougherty said one part of the evaluation program will be that teachers, on a voluntary basis, will demonstrate teaching units that will be video-taped for critique. Some will be provided for colleagues to watch as a model for teaching a particular subject.�
McKeever said the videos might be given to parents or put on the local education channel for parents to use as a tool in helping their children achieve.
Both the superintendent and the union president said they don't want the evaluation to be a punitive one.�
Dougherty agrees with Zeman and Jacobs that evaluations must be done through observation in the classroom to help identify areas where teachers excel and need professional development.
However, he does not agree that master teachers should be asked to observe in the classroom to assist the principal. He doesn't believe a teacher should be put in the position of evaluating a colleague.
However, the superintendent does believe that it is good to identify highly skilled teachers who can model teaching skills via video for teachers who need additional development.
Dougherty also agrees with the Education-Midwest recommendations that good evaluations will give a district the information needed to learn what the areas of weakness are in a building or districtwide and provide professional development for that specific need.
If an individual teacher is a preponderance of weakness, a plan of action will be provided.
Midwest's first report earlier this year, "Strengthening Michigan's Teacher Force," focused on teacher effectiveness ratings in 10 state school districts -- two of them in Oakland County -- that raised concerns among agency leaders.
That report indicated almost all teachers were deemed "effective" under their rating system, with few in the "minimally effective" or "highly effective," area. This means, Midwest said, that school administrators might not be identifying struggling teachers and giving them extra support.
Nor are the majority of districts identifying the best teachers so they can be called on to be school leaders, the report indicated.
To see the reports, visit www.edtrustmidwest.org.
Contact Staff writer Diana Dillaber Murray at 248-745-4638, email email@example.com or Twitter @DDillybar.


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NEW ORLEANS, LA—Last week, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the Orleans Parish Hospital Service District "A" marked the one year anniversary of the opening of urgent care services at the New Orleans East Hospital on the former Methodist Hospital Campus. East After Hours Urgent Care, had its grand opening last August.
The partnership between the Orleans Parish Hospital Service District "A" and the Daughers of Charity has provided primary and preventative care services including prenatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric. Specific treatments include chronic illnesses, behavior and mental healthcare, pharmacy services and dental.
By the end of August 2012, X-Ray service will be added to the list of available diagnostic tests. Since opening, the East After Hours Urgent Care Center has seen over 7,000 patients.
"Delivering a full service hospital to residents in New Orleans East has been a top priority of my administration," said Mayor Landrieu. "For the last year, the successful operation of urgent care services is one of many significant steps we have taken to make a full service hospital a reality. The Urgent Care Center has filled a very important void and has made life for many residents of Eastern New Orleans much easier. I commend the Hospital Service District Board for their dedication and will continue to work with them until we have a quality, full service hospital."
"The Urgent Care Center has done some great work in New Orleans East," said Ronnie Burns, Chairman of the Hospital Service District Board. "This paves the way for a first class hospital for the citizens of New Orleans East, the Lower Ninth Ward, and Gentilly. I look forward to continuing my work with the Mayor to restore a full service hospital for our community."
"The one year anniversary of urgent care marks another milestone in our progress towards opening a full service hospital," said Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the City's Health Commissioner. "We have been working with a singular focus towards our goal of a full service hospital because the residents in New Orleans East deserve no less. The urgent care facility has been a great first step towards this and has provided vital services that the community desperately needs and we are excited about the beginning of X-ray services."
East After Hours Urgent Care is operated by Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Primary Care Services are provided at the same location by Daughters of Charity from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday.
Urgent care and paramedic triage services treats walk-in patients whose care needs are immediate. When patients enter the building, a first-floor paramedic staffed triage station evaluates patient needs for appropriateness of care, and refers them to either the 5th floor urgent care or to a local hospital emergency room. This facility is not an emergency room.
Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurance are accepted, and a financial assistance program is available for uninsured individuals. Professional staff is on site to conduct patient consultations and distribute information regarding new Medicare and Medicaid laws, regulations and eligibility requirements.
Mayor Landrieu has worked aggressively to open a full-service hospital at the former Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital. The $126 million project will restore full-service healthcare to residents in New Orleans East. The Landrieu Administration and Orleans Parish Hospital Service District A (HSD) are moving quickly to build a full-service hospital with emergency care in New Orleans East. Since last year, $26 million has been acquired for the hospital.
In June of 2011, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) announced that the City of New Orleans was awarded an $8.4 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for the New Orleans East Hospital. These funds will ensure the structural safety of the hospital in the event of a natural disaster.
Major progress has been made towards the building of the new hospital. In June of this year the HSD submitted an application for a loan guarantee to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Design drawings for the facility have been completed and construction documents are now being developed. Renderings are attached.
Since May 2010, the Landrieu administration and Hospital Service District have taken the following concrete steps towards delivering a full-service hospital to New Orleans East:
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LOS ANGELES — "Puss in Boots" pounced on "Tower Heist" and "Harold & Kumar" at the box office.
The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, earned $33 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The PG-rated film centering on the swashbuckling feline voiced by Antonio Banderas from the "Shrek" series surprisingly toppled the weekend's two new releases, bringing its total haul to $75 million.
Universal's PG-13 revenge romp "Tower Heist" starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy snatched $25.1 million in the No. 2 spot, while the Warner Bros. R-rated sequel "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" with John Cho and Kal Penn unwrapped $13 million at No. 3. Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com, said family films are tough to beat out.
"From the re-release earlier this fall of 'The Lion King' to 'Dolphin Tale' and now 'Puss in Boots,' it seems that the family audience is the one you can really count on right now," said Dergarabedian. "I think the cavalry is definitely on the way though. We've got 'Immortals' and another 'Twilight' coming up, as well as a bunch of big releases in December."
Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing and consumer products at DreamWorks, said the decision to move up the opening of "Puss in Boots" to last weekend is one reason why the film experienced just a 3-percent drop, the smallest ever for a non-holiday film, ahead of the 10-percent dip for "Twister" during its second weekend of release in 1996.
"To be No. 1 again is really extraordinary," said Globe. "It's really an unparalleled hold driven by our two-weekend release strategy, which was pretty unprecedented in and of itself. That and the amazing word of mouth has given us tremendous momentum into November, which is a better play period for an event-level movie like 'Puss in Boots.'"
Another animated film dominated outside of North America. "The Adventures of Tintin," which is being distributed overseas by Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures, scooped up $40.8 million as it grew from 19 to 45 international markets. The 3-D film, directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from the Belgian comic series, opens Dec. 21 in the United States.
The 20th Century Fox science-fiction thriller "In Time" starring Justin Timberlake fell to No. 5 in U.S. after opening at No. 3 last weekend. "In Time" clocked better numbers overseas, earning $16.6 million in 53 markets for a second-place finish behind "The Adventures of Tintin," while "Puss in Boots" scratched out third place with $15 million in five international markets.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Puss in Boots," $33 million. ($15 million international.)
2. "Tower Heist," $25.1 million. ($9.5 million international.)
3. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas," $13 million.
4. "Paranormal Activity 3," $8.5 million. ($14.1 million international.)
5. "In Time," $7.7 million. ($16.6 million international.)
6. "Footloose," $4.5 million.
7. "Real Steel," $3.4 million. ($10.7 million international.)
8. "The Rum Diary," $2.9 million.
9. "The Ides of March," $2 million.
10. "Moneyball," $1.9 million.
Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "The Adventures of Tintin," $40.8 million.
2. "In Time," $16.6 million.
3. "Puss in Boots," $15 million.
4. "Paranormal Activity," $14.1 million
5. "Real Steel," $10.7 million.
6. "Tower Heist," $9.5 million.
7. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," $7.5 million.
8. "Johnny English Reborn," $7.3 million.
9. "The Three Musketeers," $5.8 million.
10. "Contagion," $5 million.