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Son, your cock is too big for me
[Nazia saw lights on in Arifs bedroom. She went to his room and slowly opened the door and started peeping inside. She found Arif masturbating his jumbo-sized cock. She was really surprised to see such a long and thick cock. She had never seen or took such a big cock in her. Her husband has half the size of her sons.
She doesnt know what makes her to stop there. Definitely it was Arifs cock. There were lots of thoughts in her mind that she is a Mother and he is her son. There is something happening with her body chemistry. Her blood pressure and also her erotic desire aroused a lot after seeing Arifs huge cock. Suddenly she felt her heartbeats irregular and she tighten up her thighs, while looking at his massive cock. She lost her balance and her bangles rang.]
" Mom, come inside. "
[He placed his arm around her waist and pushed her inside. She hesitatingly walked inside while looking at her feet with shyness. He bolted the door and smilingly placed his hand on my ass.]
" Dont worry mom, dad will not be able to know what happened between you and me.
[He hugged her and started kissing her neck, face and lips and his hands are on her ass and his fingers are inside her butts. He whispered in her ear]
Mom, you are the prettiest and hottest woman I have ever met.
[He started to squeeze her ass. She could not stop him. She wanted to stop him but he is very nasty at that moment. He held her hand and guided her to his bed.] Sit down mom, I know that you are nervous right now, please dont worry, we shall become good friends after this beautiful meeting"
" Arif please Beta! Dont do anything to me which is wrong in the eyes of society, and I dont want to have an illicit relations with my son"
Dont worry Mommy Jaan.
[He placed his hand on her shoulder and pulled her towards his thickly haired chest. He was completely nude at that time and it was pretty difficult for her to control her sexual desires, because the man sitting besides her is nude and having a gorgeous cock. She placed her head on his shoulder and this was the sign which she gave him that she direly in need him. She thought he understood her position and he placed his hand on her thighs and also his fingers are trying to enter in between her thighs. She didnt say anything to him when his fingers reached the most effective area of the woman her clit. His fingers are doing magic with her clit. She started losing her control.]
"Arif Beta plz! Dont do it, plz let me go"
[He kept on playing with her clit. She lay on the bed and opened her thighs and his fingers keep on teasing her clit because this is very enjoyable time. He started kissing and licking her neck and now she is totally under the control of her son. He placed his lips on her lips and pushed his tongue in her mouth so his saliva is straight coming to her mouth. When he is certain that she will not go anywhere, he got up]
" Mom, get up and put off your clothes"
[She extended her hand towards him and he held it and pulled her up. She got up and pulled off her kameez. He came from back and started licking and kissing her waist. His one hand entered in between her thighs from the front and other hand started pressing her breast. She kept him doing this and pulled down her shalwar. While putting off her shalwar she bent down and when she got up his lovely cock stuck up in her ass. She pressed her ass so that she can enjoy his cock and he started jerking her ass. Then he unhooked her bra and held her breasts in his hands.]
"Mom, you have very good pair of breasts and I think dad is damn lucky that he has a woman like you to fuck and now I think that I am more lucky than him because you are going to be fucked by me"
[He started sucking her nipples. She lay down on the bed and was waiting for him to push his cock in her pussy and fuck her. He sat in between her thighs and smeared his saliva on her pussy with his fingers and also put some saliva on his cocks big head. Then he widened her legs and makes an ample space for him to shove his cock on her vaginal opening. He pressed his cock in her pussy.]
Ooh! God! Plzzzz! Beta, please be easy, aaouch! Ill die; Arif your cock is too big for me, plzzz, be easy and slow.
[He was a real cool-fucker; he holds her face in his hands and started kissing her lips. Her mouth was filled with his juicy saliva and he kept on building pressure on his cock and it was slipping inch by inch in her soft pussy. His cock is just like a hard iron rod and she can bet that by his first push her soft vaginal walls startedbleeding. Her husbands cock is smaller than his sons. And his cock was uncircumcised so it is very thick from middle due to lot of flesh on it. He kept building the pressure on her pussy and his cock was penetrating in her pussy inch by inch. When his whole cock penetrates deep inside her vagina she held his waist and he eyes were tightly closed. He whispered in passion.]
"Mom, you are really a tight and hot bitch".
[She holds his face in her hands and kissed his lips and replied in a whisper]
"Arif, my Beta, my Jaan. Your cock is so hard for my soft pussy that I couldnt bear your brutal jerks, plz honey, please jerk modestly to your moms pussy".
" Oh Nazia my sweet mummy Jaan. Today Ill fuck you like a whore! You fucking bitch, today Ill fuck you so hard you will forget your pimp husband".
[He started pushing his cock heavily in and out of her pussy regardless of her painful moan. He put her legs on his shoulders and fucked her like anything. She started moaning heavily and enjoying his cock. He pulled back her thighs and they touched her breasts and kept his fast brutal thrusts on her pussy. He fucked her for more than 20 long and painful minutes. He ejaculates his hot semen deep inside her pussy and she came three times. He is really a great lover and has a gorgeous cock.
She always remembers her first fuck with her son Arif. She always has fun with her sons cock and when shes in mood and her husband is not at home, she calls him to her bedroom and enjoys his fucking. Now his cock is her property and she usually give him good blowjob and he loves to fill her mouth with his sticky, hot and salty semen.
In absence of his dad he sleeps with her and fucks her like her husband. She became pregnant by him and aborted twice. But when he made me pregnant last time, she declined for abortion.]
But mummy jaan, why youre reluctant for abortion this time.
Honey darling, now youre not only my son, youre like my husband, to say more than my husband. So I want this child as a gift from you and also a sweet memory of our relation.
Really mummy youre great.
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Starz drops the stylish new poster for the summer return of 1950s-set series, "Magic City," Betty White and the cast of "Hot In Cleveland" prep for a live Season 4 premiere and new details on Seth Meyers' animated series for Hulu in AccessHollywood.com's roundup of TV news.
"Magic City" Season 2 Poster Revealed! Starz just dropped the (aqua-toned) key art for Season 2 of its sexy series "Magic City." The new poster features Jeffrey Dean Morgan as hotelier Ike Evans. Although he looks carefree in the image, cruising in Ray Bans with the convertible top down, Ike actually ended up in the slammer at the end of the first season, accused of murder. But while the image hints he'll be getting out of lockup, trouble is on the way courtesy of Chicago mobster Sy Berman, played by James Caan. "Sy causes more problems for Ike than not, but I think to have someone like Jimmy on our show made us a better show, and certainly made my life a lot more entertaining," Jeffrey told AccessHollywood.com, as he sat alongside James in this amusing interview. "And to work with him was a joy." "Magic City" returns for Season 2 on June 14 at 9 PM on Starz.
"Hot In Cleveland" Spices Things Up For Season 4 Premiere: Betty White and the "Hot In Cleveland" gang are taking a page out of the "30 Rock" handbook by going live. The TV Land series, which also stars Valerie Bertinelli, the sassy Wendy Malick and Jane Leeves, will kick off its fourth season with a live episode (where anything can go wrong, or hilariously right) on June 19 at 10 PM ET. Joe Keenan ("Frasier," "Desperate Housewives") is penning the script and TV Land told Access fans should look out for secret "helpers" throughout the night!
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"Rectify" Renewed For Season 2: Critically acclaimed freshman drama "Rectify," about a man – Daniel Holden (Aden Young) — who gets out of prison after spending almost 20 years on death row, has been renewed for a second 10-episode season on Sundance Channel, the network announced this week. The show — Sundance Channel's first original scripted series — only just premiered on the network (on April 22). Its Season 1 continues Monday nights at 10 PM on the network. Season 2 will debut in 2014.
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Heledd Kendrick, founder of the award-winning Recruit for Spouses agency, is delighted with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's pledge of support.
He visited the social enterprise employment agency, set up to provide a support network for military spouses looking for work, at Hartham Park, Corsham, on Friday.
The agency was founded in 2009 by military wife and former journalist Mrs Kendrick and aims to tackle prejudices in the workplace.
Supporters gathered to tell Mr Duncan Smith about their experiences, including Emma Cheedy, 38, of High Wycombe, who secured a job with the Service Children Support Network via the agency.
Mrs Cheedy, formerly a civil servant, struggled to find work because employers feared she would move due to her husband's work.
She said: "So many people have given up careers to follow their husband round. We want to work, but we're not given the opportunity because employers don't see us as reliable.
"It really upset me, because they weren't looking past my name and address. They weren't looking at my qualifications. That's why so many service spouses don't work."
Others find it difficult to claim Job Seeker's Allowance and get its free training as they are classed as having voluntarily left a job.
Mr Duncan Smith said he had served in the Army, but had been unaware of the issue and hoped to work with them to solve it.
He said: "I was in the Scots Guards and they tended, when they came back, to be posted in and around London, so it was a little easier for wives and others to be employed."
Mrs Kendrick said Mr Duncan Smith's visit had been an encouragement to the team.
"It makes us get up in the morning, knowing that we are getting people into work," she said.
"He really listened. A lot if people don't always get it and they always think we're looked after by the MoD when we're not. It's about time that everyone was challenged about it.
"What we're trying to say is that people should not ask military wives about their address. It's about creating awareness because for so many years people have stuffed it under the carpet.
"He's asked us now to meet him in London and present our ideas to him."
Mr Duncan Smith also give Michelle Donelan, Chippenham's Conservative candidate, support ahead of next year's election.
He said: "We want to win seats like this, so we can end up being in government. We have done well as a coalition, but I think we can do better as a Conservative government."


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Got history? Fairfax County has 400 years of fascinating characters, stories, pictures and history — some of which are now published in a new book, "Fairfax Stories 1607-2007." Just in time for summer reading, the $10 soft-cover book offers everything from spies to ghosts to politics. It can be bought in-person or by phone through the county's Maps and Publications Center, Suite 156, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, 703-324-2974, TTY 711. Shipping and handling will be charged for books delivered by mail.
"Fairfax Stories" was published by the county's Virginia 2007 Community Citizen Planning Committee. The group initiated this project to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Inside its 260 pages, readers can learn about a suspected confederate spy; a ghost at Keene Mill School; the migration of Filipino Americans; homeland security Cold War style; and more. Excerpts can be read at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/va2007.
Last year, county residents were invited to submit original essays, stories and photos for consideration by the judging panel, which consisted of members of the committee, county historians, educators and librarians. The anthology features more than 30 essays, covering 400 years of history from 1607 to 2007.
The committee is also printing a hardcover edition late this summer.
The planning committee encourages, promotes and publicizes events taking place in the county that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. A listing of 2007 commemorative events taking place in Fairfax County can be found online at www.fxva.com.
Appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the committee represents the diversity of communities and resources in the county, including the African-American, American-Indian, Asian-American and Hispanic communities and representatives from Fort Belvoir, Wolf Trap, George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Fairfax County Convention and Visitors Corporation and a number of countywide organizations and interests.
For more information about "Fairfax Stories" or Fairfax County's 2007 program, contact the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/va2007. For more information about Jamestown 2007 and the Virginia 2007 program, visit www.americas400thanniversary.org.
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HIGHLAND, N.Y. -- The veteran police officer whose service weapon accidentally fired a shot in Highland High School has been suspended by the town of Lloyd Police Department, and the Highland school district's resource officer program has been put on hold.
Sean McCutcheon -- a retired New Paltz police officer who now works as a part-time officer in Lloyd and has been the resource officer at Highland High School since early 2013 -- has been placed on leave "while the department conducts a full investigation," said Lloyd Lt. James Janso.
McCutcheon was on foot patrol in a hallway at the high school at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday when a single shot fired from his department-issued Glock 45 pistol, Janso said.
"We don't know yet what caused the weapon to discharge," Janso said. "That's part of the investigation. The department follows a specific protocol when this kind of incident occurs."
Janso said no one was nearby when the gun fired, and no one was injured in the accident.
"The officer was alone in the hallway when the incident occurred," the lieutenant said.
McCutcheon is an active-duty Lloyd police officer who's been assigned to the Highland schools through an agreement between the town and the district. The program, though, has been put on hold until the investigation is completed, Janso said.
Janso said McCutcheon is a retired town of New Paltz police officer with 20 years of experience.
"He was pretty shaken up by the incident," Janso said of the gun firing.
Janso said the police department's investigation will include "interviewing witnesses and the officer." He offered no estimate of how long the probe will take but said McCutcheon would remain on leave until the conclusion.
Janso said even though the Highland school district's resource officer program has been put on hold, members of the Lloyd Police Department still will conduct regular walk-throughs in the high school, middle school and elementary school.
"We walk through the schools several times a day," Janso said. "It's good for students to see us there every day. They see it as business as usual and don't wonder why we're there."
In 2007, while still working for the New Paltz Police Department, McCutcheon was given a Lifesaving Award by the Ulster County Police Chiefs' Association for helping to resuscitate a man who went into cardiac arrest in a restaurant.


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He's been the love of my life for 25 years and now I'm at a loss. He's shut everyone out. I feel so lost and alone now with no communication.
Have others experienced similar situations? At the time we should be pulling together and fighting, we're not. I'm devastated. I try to stay strong at home. My time alone when I go out and run errands is when I break down. I literally cry between stops and go ahead and get what I need to do done. Instead of working together, we're pulling apart and it's breaking my heart!
I know there is so much suffering of others on here who are going through this nightmare. My heart goes out to all and I wish the best for all of us.
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Southerners talk in "if only" terms. Facts are, however, stubborn things. In 1862 the Northern Armies drove the Confederates out of Kentucky, sealing that state for the Union. Later in 1862, after the Battle of Stones River near Nashville, the Southern Armies were pinned in the mountains on the northern Georgia border. After some additional brutal fighting at Chickamauga and around Chattanooga, the middle collapsed letting Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman march to the sea, burning Atlanta along the way. The center was "gone with the wind" so to speak.
Out on the western front, Grant was developing his reputation for patience and pounding his opponents with Northern power. The siege of strategic Vicksburg, the last hope of keeping the Mississippi River basin open for the South, had begun before the Battle of Gettysburg started. The South surrendered on July 4, 1863 starved and wiped out. So much for everything in the West.
At Gettysburg, Gen. George Pickett's charge reached the edge of the Union's lines, becoming in legend "the northern point of the southern campaign." This wasn't exactly true, because famed cavalry Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was wandering lost to the north and east, missing the biggest battle on American soil, thus leaving his commander Lee "blind" (they didn't have radios or satellite locators, they had cavalry, at least usually).
One time Speaker Newt Gingrich told our Freshman Class of 1994 that we were his Pickett's Charge. I held up my hand and asked: "Does that mean we all die?" At least he had the decency to laugh.
The most famous result of the Battle of Gettysburg was a short speech, 272 words to be exact, by Lincoln at the memorial dedication later that fall. The so-called Gettysburg Address was not the main address, which was delivered by Edward Everett who was a prominent orator of the period. He spoke for hours.
The Gettysburg Address, amazingly, does not mention Gettysburg, nor slavery, nor the union. There are many, many good books on the speech and the battle but none better than "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America" by Garry Wills. The Constitution is the foundational law of our land.
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Martin Truex Jr. made the Chase for the first time since 2007 and had his best season in three years at Michael Waltrip Racing.
But he couldn't help but be disappointed at the end of the year.
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Despite making the Chase, Truex didn't reach his ultimate goal — winning.
As the season wound down and Truex clearly wasn't going to win the championship, he became more and more frustrated with his 203-race winless streak.
"To be honest, I think I would rather have won two or three of them races than make the Chase," Truex said late in the season. "Just for personal reasons, I want to win.
"Making the Chase is awesome but in order to win the championship, you've got to win races and we want to do both."
So Truex was understandably frustrated when he finished sixth in the season finale at Homestead, his best track.
Once again, Truex was good enough to win — he led 11 laps — but couldn't get the job done.
"Run top-two all day and finished sixth. Story of our season," he said. "I don't even know what to do about it."
Even more frustrating was the fact that Truex finished 11th in the final standings after a series of disappointing finishes in Chase races, losing 10th to Jeff Gordon in the final race.
"We didn't even finish
top-10 in points, which sucks," he said. "We outrun the 24 (Gordon) all day and then he wins the race and beats us and now we're not in the top 10 in points and it sucks.
"Should have won four races this year and we just keep giving them away."
Highlight: Truex dominated the April race at Kansas, leading 173 laps before finishing second to Denny Hamlin.
Low point: Truex's worst finish came at the absolute worst time. He finished 43rd at Phoenix after blowing an engine on Lap 10. It dropped him to 10th in points and he fell to 11th in the final standings when Gordon beat him at Homestead.
Defining moment: Truex was expected to be a serious contender when the series returned to Kansas, where he finished second in April. But Truex didn't lead a lap and finished second again — a typical performance for a driver who keeps coming up short.
Outlook for 2013: Truex and teammate Clint Bowyer both made the Chase in 2012 and Bowyer won three races and finished second in the final standings. As a result, expectations are high for 2012.
"We exceeded expectations in 2012 at MWR," team co-owner Michael Waltrip said. "So, you know what you do then? You reset your expectations."
With the sport's most improved organization, Truex should be a strong contender to return to the Chase.
But unless he wins a race and snaps his five-year winless streak, it will be another disappointing year.


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There is, in the most populous part of the French metropolis, an establishment entitled La Morgue, destined for the reception and exposition of bodies drowned in the Seine, and caught in nets, which are placed in different parts of the river for that purpose. The object of this exposition is, that the deceased may be recognised by their friends or relatives, and receive the rights of sepulture accordingly. The Morgue is open at all hours of the day, to passengers of every description, and often displays at a time, five or six horrible carcasses stretched, without covering, on an inclined platform, and subjected to the promiscuous gaze of the mob. ["American Review," January 1811]
Before that it was the place where new prisoners were displayed to keepers to establish their identification. Thus the name is believed to be probably from French morgue "haughtiness," originally "a sad expression, solemn look," from Old French morguer "look solemnly," from Vulgar Latin *murricare "to make a face, pout," from *murrum "muzzle, snout." The 1768 Dictionnaire Royal François-Anglois Et Anglois-François defines French morgue both as "A proud, big, haughty or stately look, stare, surliness, or surly look" and "A little gratel room wherein a new prisoner is set, and must continue some hours, that the Jailer's ordinary servants may the better take notice of his face."


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DHEA Supplementation for Low Ovarian Response IVF Patients
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Approximately 10% of all couples will be diagnosed as infertile. The most efficient infertility treatment is In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). One major determinant for success is production of an adequate number of oocytes (eggs) from the female in order to finally have good-quality embryos and finally acceptable pregnancy and delivery rates. Some women will not respond adequately to hormonal stimulation and will only a small number of oocytes. Therefore, the chances of finally having a successful delivery are significantly reduced. Although the specific definition of this situation is controversial, these patients are diagnosed as having "low ovarian response". This condition is more prevalent in older IVF patients as part of the reproductive aging process; it is possible at any age. Currently, the understanding of "low ovarian response" is limited, and although many therapeutic approaches have been suggested, no treatment has been proven significantly efficient.
DHEA is a pro-hormone produced by the adrenal gland and the ovary. DHEA serum levels become lower with age and in some chronic diseases. Therefore, some believe it may be beneficial as an 'anti-aging' factor. DHEA pills are available as a food-supplement, without need for prescription in the US.
DHEA is involved in the regulation of follicular growth in the ovaries. In a 2000 report, five IVF patients who had low ovarian response were treated with oral DHEA (Casson et al, Hum Reprod 2000;15:2129). A small increase in the ovarian response to hormonal stimulation was noticed. Barad and Gleicher reported their relatively extensive experience, summarizing treatment outcome in 25 IVF low-responders treated with oral DHEA pills (Barad and Gleicher, Hum Reprod 2006; 21, 2845). They observed increased increases in fertilized oocytes, normal day 3 embryos, and number of embryos transferred after DHEA treatment compared with a previous treatment outcome before DHEA.
Based on this observation, DHEA may appear useful for improving IVF outcome in some patients. However, a prospective randomized study on DHEA supplementation for IVF patients was not yet published. Our aim is to conduct such a study, focusing on IVF patient with low ovarian response.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
- number of oocytes retrieved
- pregnancy rate delivery rate maximal serum estradiol levels ovarian reserve measures
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IVF patients who had a low ovarian response in a previous hormonal-stimulation treatment, treated with recombinant FSH and LH.
Dietary Supplement: DHEA
oral DHEA tablets 75 mg daily
No Intervention: 2
IVF patient who had a low ovarian response in a previous hormonal-stimulation treatment, treated with recombinant FSH and LH.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 43 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- IVF patient
- Low ovarian response to hormonal stimulation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous DHEA supplementation
- History of malignant disease
- Liver dysfunction
- Coagulation tendency
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00549081
|Contact: Avi Tsafrir, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Ofer Gonen
|Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kefar-Saba, Israel
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00549081 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
DHEA for LR in IVF.CTIL
|Study First Received:
|October 24, 2007
|Last Updated:
|October 24, 2007
Keywords provided by Shaare Zedek Medical Center:
low ovarian response
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infertility, Female
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases, Female
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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By Steven Peyronnin, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
In early 2012, we decided to make the move to Microsoft Office 365 and it has completely changed the way we operate. The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana was founded in 1988 as a nonprofit advocacy organization. We work closely with our partners-scientists, activists, policy advisors, and the public at large-to speak with one voice about the issues that impact Louisiana's coastal wetlands.
Because we operate in the world of politics and public policy, our advocacy work tends to be fast paced, communication intensive, and constantly in flux. Our email system is at the heart of our operations. It's the primary way our people keep in touch, share updates about new pieces of legislation, and stay connected with project stakeholders.
For a number of years, we tried to get by with an email service called SquirrelMail, which ran on a Linux server in our office, but it just wasn't as reliable, scalable, or easy to manage as we needed it to be. One of the major headaches was how difficult it was for people to access email remotely. Staff could only log on to the system from their work computer, which restricted their mobility. And the service didn't offer a built-in feature for sharing calendars. Figuring out staff availability and scheduling meetings usually meant sending a series of email messages back and forth. It's hard to believe, but we actually kept our office calendar on a dry-erase whiteboard.
Because our email system was so cumbersome and unreliable, we eventually saw how important it was to have a separate, dedicated system for storing and managing documents. We track and write about legislation that continuously changes, so we needed a better way to manage multiple iterations of documents and provide our people with access from anywhere to the most current version of each position paper we develop.
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Warminster, Westbury and Melksham Oak schools will not be affected by strike action by NUT members tomorrow. Clarendon Academy and St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge are also due to open as usual.
St Laurence School, Bradford on Avon, will be open to pupils in Years Seven, Eight and 12, but will be closed for pupils in Year Nine and Ten. The Year Six induction day will go ahead as planned.
The Corsham School will only be open to sixth form students tomorrow.
Trade union members from across Wiltshire are set to rally at County Hall, Trowbridge, tomorrow including firefighters, local government workers, and civil servants.


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SWINDON Robins are keen to bring young Pole Tobiasz Musielak to Blunsdon next season as they begin to plan for their Elite League title defence.
The 19-year-old enjoyed an impressive season at reserve for Polish club Leszno last season, where he is looked after by Robins legend Leigh Adams' former mechanic Mariusz Szmanda.
The Advertiser understands the youngster has been on the Robins' radar for some time and is a real possibility for the 2013 side, but no deal has been done yet as the club's management wait until after the sport's AGM to discover if he is able to move to this country on an assessed four-point average.
Like his fellow Polish youngster Bartosz Zmarzlik, who is mentored by Tomasz Gollob, Musielak has been advised to make the move to British speedway in a bid to gain valuable experience on a variety of tracks, and the World Under 21 finalist is set to travel to Swindon for talks later this month.
Dane Peter Kildemand is expected to become the first name on the Robins sheet for next season as early as this week, but Musielak could be seen as a lower-averaged alternative to fellow Pole Dawid Lampart as Swindon search for a full-time reserve.
Musielak rode alongside Robins heat leader Troy Batchelor for Leszno and Swedish side Hammarby last season, and the Australian believes he has what it takes to make an impact on British speedway.
"He rode with me in Leszno last year, and I know Swindon know about him because he wanted to come last year and there was no space," he said.
"He has been doing well in both Sweden and Poland, and he could be someone who could be a possibility, although I haven't heard anything.
"I think he would definitely go well around Swindon and I think he would eventually pick up the other tracks too, and he is a quick guy so he could pick it up like Piotr Pawlicki did.
"Tobiasz could be the same as them, and he could definitely up his average, which we proved last year is what you need to win the league.
"We need riders like that because it wins trophies, and he would fit in with the team spirit too because that is important."


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Thatcher tests ankle, hopes to return for A's series
ANAHEIM -- Sidelined Angels left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher threw off a mound for the first time Saturday as a "test" for his injured left ankle.
Thatcher said Monday the ankle was "still bothering me a little bit," but added that he was still on schedule. When Thatcher sprained his ankle vs. the Rays in St. Petersburg on Aug. 2, the prognosis was that he would miss four to six weeks.
Thatcher set a personal goal to be back by this past weekend's series at Oakland (just three weeks since the injury) and is now hoping to return to face the A's this weekend in Anaheim.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia, meanwhile, doesn't expect Thatcher to return until after Monday, when rosters can expand.
"It's one of those things that's really frustrating and you've got to let it heal," Thatcher said.
Thatcher said the ankle hurt when he pushed off the mound, and that he tried to gain more flexibility when he rehabbed in Arizona during the Angels' road trip. He worked four to five hours a day on the ankle, doing some light jogging and keeping with his throwing regimen.
"It's good because my arm will still be in shape, so as soon as this is ready to go, I'll be ready," Thatcher said.
The Angels acquired Thatcher from Arizona in early July. In eight games as an Angel, he has a 6.00 ERA and a .438 batting average against.
Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @MDeFranks. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Offense breaks free to back Halladay's strong outing
Phillies snap streak with no walks, losing streak at four
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies promised they eventually would work a walk, make a pitcher sweat and maybe even score a few runs.
It had been a while since the offense showed much of a pulse. But the Phillies finally backed up their words Friday night in an 8-2 victory over the Cardinals in a game at Citizens Bank Park called before the middle of the seventh inning because of rain. An anemic offense, which entered the night 26th in baseball with 3.44 runs per game, finally did the things it is paid to do. And in the process it accomplished something else: it nearly pushed one of those obsessively dissected Roy Halladay starts to the side.
"It is a big difference pitching with a nice lead," said Halladay, who allowed two hits, two runs, two walks and struck out six in seven innings. "Get five early, give one back and they come back and get you three more. It doesn't happen very often, but it makes it a lot better because you can be aggressive and you are a lot less tentative and tight. You can be aggressive and attack guys."
The Phillies took a 5-0 lead in the first inning. It started with Chase Utley's two-out walk, which snapped their streak of four consecutive games without a free pass. The Phillies were just the fourth National League team since 1935 to go that long without a walk. They also avoided tying the single-season record of five consecutive games without a walk, which the Phillies set in 1920.
"We finally got a walk," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.
Michael Young followed, and singled in a 10-pitch at-bat against Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia to put runners at the corners.
"When you see someone battle that long and get a hit and do something, I feel like that always changes a lot of approaches on guys," Kevin Frandsen said. "I think it just started right there."
John Mayberry Jr. doubled to score Utley, but the Phillies got a big boost when former teammate Ty Wigginton committed a throwing error from third base to allow two runs to score to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead. Ben Revere tripled for his first extra-base hit of the season and Humberto Quintero doubled to make it 5-0.
The Phillies scored their first runs before the sixth inning since April 10 and scored four or more runs in a game for the first time since April 10. They hit Garcia in the process, which was no small feat. They entered the game hitting .131 against left-handers, which was the worst mark in baseball.
Halladay got some positive results, which is encouraging for him. Both hits and runs came on solo home runs from Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday. He worked behind in the count most of the night, throwing first-pitch strikes to just 11 of 25 batters he faced, but he persevered.
"I already looked at all my at-bats during the rain delay," Wigginton said. "I got one pitch to hit in three at-bats. He looked good. You see a lot of pitches at the knees on the outer corner. We got two hits in the game, so obviously he was doing something right."
"He wasn't sharp as he can be early," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "We had an opportunity to make a couple things happen, but once he got on a roll, he is the caliber of pitcher who can stay on the roll for a while. He was working deeper counts, but we just weren't able to capitalize."
But it was a good follow-up to Sunday's start against the Marlins, when Halladay allowed five hits and one run in eight innings. The Marlins have the worst offense in baseball, averaging only 2.06 runs per game. The Cardinals were a much better test, ranking fifth at 5.53 runs per game.
"Today was about as close as I felt that I wanted to be," Halladay said. "There were some times when I got away from it just trying to do too much. I think when I stay within myself and execute the mechanics the way it should be done, I feel good and feel good where I'm at."
Halladay threw 109 pitches, but just 59 were strikes, which is out of character for him. He has room to improve.
"You're always that way," he said. "I think that if anybody ever tells you that they're right where they want to be, then there's going to be hard times coming up. You always want to improve. You always want to get better. You always want to be more consistent. That's the goal. That's always been the goal. It was a little tougher this winter because of all the changes we made and all the different things we did, so it was definitely tougher. It took longer than I wanted it to. It feels good when you have the good feeling and you know you're doing things right and that you know you can correct it when you don't do it right."
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Jackson kicking it into high gear
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The hit parade continued Thursday for Austin Jackson, whose 3-for-3 performance against the Marlins raised his average to .520 for the spring. Meanwhile, the foot tap that has been in and out of his approach at the plate the last few years has returned.
This time, however, it's more controlled, with help from new hitting coach Wally Joyner.
"I worked on it a lot in the offseason," Jackson said, "but I think when I got here, Wally was able to tell me what he saw and kind of give me some pointers on how to control it a little better.
"I try not to think of it as a leg kick like I did in the past. Now, when [the pitcher] starts, I start."
Jackson is 13-for-25 this spring, with a double, two triples, a home run and eight RBIs. He has struck out four times so far, compared with 17 strikeouts in 70 at-bats last spring.
Asked what he's seeing from Jackson, manager Brad Ausmus said, "Everything -- homers, doubles, singles, triples. He looks really good. He looks really balanced. I think his swings and his at-bats are speaking for themselves. There's really not much I can add."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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High spirits and great play
PUBLISHED: 14:45 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:45 17 January 2013
Sidmouth and Ottery 2nds 1, Teign 2nds 0
The dismal rain failed to dampen high spirits and SOHC's brave players gathered on the Ottery pitch, ready for the first game after Christmas, writes Annie Clay.
The team were determined to get their first league game win of the season and secure some vital points.
SOHC started strongly, keeping good possession of the ball with Emma Dalton and Helen Mylne making some great runs up the wing. Teign applied pressure at the back, but Helen Ackland and Jess Lay worked well together blocking potential goals.
Moving up as a unit, Anna Bowker made a brilliant pass across to Rachael Down, who picked up the ball at the top of the circle. A solid first time strike sent the ball straight into the left hand corner of the goal, leaving SOHC rightfully one goal up at half time.
Despite a confident start to the second half, SOHC were kept on their toes when Teign had a few chances at goal. However, Becca was on top form and determined to keep it 1 - 0. SOHC were delighted to have Cath Dockley back on the pitch, having recovered from bronchitis and, despite a few falls, she successfully distributed the ball out wide many times. Alice Stafford was also performing well and blocked many first-time strikes on their three consecutive short corners.
With Sophie Jackson and Georgie Hellier making many drives into the circle as well as getting a few short corners, SOHC were unfortunate not to get another goal.
However, one goal turned out to be enough for a win. Player of the Match goes to Emma Dalton. With this great start to the second half of the season, SOHC Ladies' 2nds are confident that many more wins will come their way.


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Bode Miller Crushes Wife's Face with Golf Shot
I think Bode Miller needs to stick to skiing. Or least playing golf without his wife.
According to reports, as well as the Twitter accounts of both Miller and his wife Morgan, the downhill skier hit his wife with an errant golf shot… a 160 mph golf shot right to the face.
Of course, as Miller put it, the shot was really an 'errant' shot
@jasonnbc @morganebeck it wasn't really errant, I was trying to not hit the tree she was hiding behind, and I didn't.
— Bode Miller (@MillerBode) December 13, 2012
The good news, despite the damage, Miller's wife still loves him.
I'm not feeling so hot. Line drive to the face today with a golf ball from my darling husband.I still love instagr.am/p/TKWS0bJFhX/
— Morgan Miller (@MorganEBeck) December 13, 2012
Miller credits the lack of more drastic damage to the sun glasses his wife was wearing…
Thanks @kaenon for saving my wifes eye.An amazing lense and frame to take a 160mph line drive direct hit and not shatter.#highquality
— Bode Miller (@MillerBode) December 13, 2012
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A SIX-YEAR-OLD has become a horse riding champion after winning two categories at a national competition.
Brooke Douglas, from Clitheroe, is the 2014 Showing Ridden Lead Rein and Veteran champion after competing at the Nettex Trailblazers Championships in Warwickshire.
The pupil at St Leonard's Primary School, in Billington, won the contest with her grey Welsh selection pony Spirit, who has been in the family for around 10 years.
Her mum Liane said Brooke had been riding since she could walk and practises as often as she can.
She said: "I'm very proud and made up with how Brooke got on at the championships.
"One special moment for me was sending Brooke in the first ridden and Spirit wasn't sure on trotting without me, so everyone at the side of the ring started clicking to help Brooke get him into trot."
Spirit was originally taken into the Douglas family from the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary, in Oswaldtwistle, as a companion for Liane's horse.
She added: "When the kids came along, he came into his own and has turned into the most fantastic child's pony."
Brooke was joined at the competition by 19-year-old Rosie Barker, from Langho, who was named the 2014 Showing Ridden Traditional Coloured Horse champion.
She won with her five-year-old horse Skywar Lord, who she has had since he was a yearling. She broke him in herself when he was two and a half.
This was the pair's first season competeing under the saddle. A few days before the competition, the horse's tail got hacked off in the early hours of the morning and he had to compete with only half a tail. The attack did not hurt the horse, but his tail will not grow back fully for around 18 months, meaning he cannot swat flies away.
Rosie, who is doing an apprenticeship at Longsight Stables, said that did not stop him from taking home the title.
She said: "I really enjoyed the competition and it all ran smoothly."
The Nettex Trailblazers Championships is a 10-day equestrian extravaganza and is the culmination of the hard work amateur riders to qualify.


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An analytical look at Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game (1 p.m. ET, FOX) between the No. 5 seed Seattle Seahawks and No. 1 seed Atlanta Falcons:
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This is the only divisional playoff matchup that's not a rematch from the regular season. The Seahawks will attempt to win another cross-country road game after upending the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md. They've been the NFC's hottest team in the second half, winning seven of eight games after Week 8. Seattle's defense has the swagger to challenge the Falcons' high-flying offense. Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson has the confidence of a veteran, especially after he just notched his first playoff win.
Atlanta coach Mike Smith and Matt Ryan are looking for that elusive first playoff win together. The Falcons know that the NFC's top seed and home-field advantage don't mean anything unless they can hold serve at the Georgia Dome, something they were unable to do in the divisional round against Green Bay two years ago. Last year, they scored only two points in a wild-card loss to the Giants on the road.
Until the Falcons get that breakthrough and knock off a tough, physical opponent such as Seattle when it counts the most, they won't shake off their several remaining doubters.
— Playoff schedule: Results and matchups
Seahawks player to watch
Marshawn Lynch. Lynch followed up his 1,590 rushing yards in the regular season (third in the NFL) with 132 more and a touchdown on just 20 carries against the Redskins. He'll hold onto the ball a little tighter after losing a red-zone fumble, knowing the Falcons' defense thrives on forcing takeaways at home. The good news for Lynch is that Atlanta's weakness is against the run, where it ranked No. 21 and gave up 4.8 yards per carry. The Seahawks need to avoid trying to get Wilson into a shootout with Ryan, and instead keep attacking the Falcons between the tackles with their powerful interior offensive line.
Falcons player to watch
Tony Gonzalez. Gonzalez is hoping the Falcons will make a run to Super Bowl XLVII. The 36-year-old future Hall of Famer is running out of time to get a championship. He delivered at a Pro Bowl level again this season. The Seahawks' secondary is big, physical and hard-hitting, and Gonzalez (6-5, 247) is capable of banging around with them and using his athleticism to separate. As Ryan needs to be wary of taking chances against Seattle's ballhawks, Gonzalez will be vital as a security blanket and red-zone target.
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Matchup to watch
Seahawks cornerbacks vs. the Falcons' wide receivers. Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner held up well against the Redskins, but Atlanta has a much better 1-2 punch outside with starters Roddy White and Julio Jones. Ideally, the Falcons will want to get Jones on Browner's side. The Pro Bowl wide receiver's speed and ability to make double moves can burn Browner, whose size (6-4, 221 pounds) can hinder his ability to turn around. Sherman thinks he can shut down everyone, but White is a savvy route-runner who can work to get open quickly on shorter routes. To get those matchups, the Falcons need to mix in some creative formations, where No. 3 wideout Harry Douglas and running back Jacquizz Rodgers can sneak into open field. Ryan needs to be careful not to hang his receivers out to dry on slants and other routes to the middle, and when going deep watch for wily safety Earl Thomas coming over to make a play in double coverage.
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The Pacers aren't mentioned so you might not be interested in continuing to read. However, the part of the article that I've highlighted shows how important it is for teams not to go over the luxury tax line. This should be required reading for those always complaining about the Pacers front office, and trades.
Trade Talk: Ten Teams to Watch
January 15, 2008 12:17 PM
The NBA calendar has two trade "hot spots." One of them is the summer, especially around the draft, in June. The other is the weeks before the NBA trade deadline, coming up on February 21. In other words, now.
So, as we enter that phase, the big question is: Who is going to be active? Which teams are actually going to pull the trigger on some trades? Below is a list of the ten teams that I think are most likely to make deals.
You might assume that such a list would include teams like the Knicks -- who have massive payroll and are terrible. Or perhaps the Nets, who aren't doing much with aging star Jason Kidd and Vince Carter and seem ripe for a re-tool. Certainly the Bulls would be here -- plenty of suckers (like the guy who runs TrueHoop) picked them to win the East, when in fact they have become something of an also-ran. The Magic might want to see if the expiring contracts of Carlos Arroyo and Pat Garrity can be swapped for guard help. The Grizzlies own the rights to one Pau Gasol, who might now be better known for appearing in trade rumors than for playing basketball. Or how about the trade-happy Mavericks, whose short-attention-span owner is always game for some roster tinkering?
All of the above are good candidates to appear in this list. But none of them do. Why? Because in conversations with team personnel, agents, cap experts, and various NBA insiders, we think there are ten teams that are more likely to make some kind of move in the next five weeks.
In the NBA -- a league with a collective bargaining agreement that abhors trades -- the teams that would seem most in need of a good trade or two often stand pat. Figuring out which teams really are likely to move requires more than basketball expertise. It also requires a sense of executives' current thinking, a grasp of which teams are ready to spend money, and salary cap insight (which has been helpfully provided in this instance by ESPN).
There are several types of trades that typically occur at this time of year, for instance:
Let me explain that last one a little. The luxury tax line this season will be $67,685,000. Teams with salary under this amount will receive something in the neighborhood of $2.5 million from the league (essentially as a "thank you" for staunching the upward motion of salaries).
- Teams that now appear likely to make the playoffs might decide to add some salary, or sacrifice some draft picks, for a piece or two they think might push them over the top.
- Teams that thought they would have a good shot at the playoffs, but have underperformed, might be willing to part with talented players in order to save money, get younger, and re-tool for another year.
- Teams that are near the luxury tax line might mike some small moves and save themselves big money.
Teams with salaries over $67,685,000 will not get the $2.5 million, and in addition will pay one dollar for every dollar they are over. So if, for instance, the Lakers (who are $1.2 million over) could make a trade to lose $1.5 million in salary, they would save $1.5 million in salary and $1.2 million in tax payments, all while qualifying for additional income of $2.5 million. Bottom line: $5.2 million in cash.
MY EDIT} According to ESPN figures, the Pacers payroll is $66,871,836...........($993,164) under the luxury tax line.
There's not a business in the world that shrugs off that kind of dough lightly.
So, with team needs, luxury tax, and the direction of the league in mind, here are the ten teams that we think are most likely to make a move between now and February 21.
Miami Heat
When the team with the fifth-highest payroll in the league is among the worst anywhere, change is coming. The only way this team is getting better quickly is if Shaquille O'Neal finds a time machine and travels to the past (when he was healthy) or the future (when he retires). In the unlikely event that he decides to do the franchise a massive favor, as a thank you to the Heat for his fourth championship, he might want to consider retiring ASAP for a small buyout. The Heat would enjoy massive salary cap relief, and be on a course to build around Dwyane Wade for the duration of his career. Barring that, though, the Heat are a team featuring Wade and Udonis Haslem playing at a high level. It's a crime not to surround them with quality teammates. The Heat have long been in need of a point guard to make other underperforming pieces more effective. The Heat can offer expiring contracts like that of Jason Williams, Ricky Davis, or Alonzo Mourning. Teams sniffing around for salary cap flexibility, like the Sixers (who have a nice point guard in Andre Miller) or Kings (Mike Bibby) might be interested in some kind of Miami package.
Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets have the second highest payroll in the league, and have been humming along quite nicely this season. But when you are $15.5 million over the luxury tax, reducing salaries is never a bad thing, and this team has never been shy about making deals. They could certainly use a point guard to keep this machine oiled, and it's not clear how they are going to get one. Word is they would like Jose Calderon, who is an All-Star caliber point who might like to run his own team instead of splitting time in Toronto with T.J. Ford. Or, imagine this class A irony ... one of the only key Nuggets who does not have an exceedingly long contract (and is therefore more tradable) is Allen Iverson. One of the point guards who is available on the open market is none other than Andre Miller, who was traded for Iverson a year ago. It will never happen, but wouldn't that be something?
Cleveland Cavaliers
It's no secret that in the summer of 2010, LeBron James is a free agent. Between now and then the Cavaliers will have the chance to shed every one of their bad contracts (goodbye, Larry Hughes!) and should have a revamped roster. If, however, LeBron James is dissatisfied with the team at that point, it'll be trouble for Cleveland. It's no secret that keeping James happy is a major corporate mission for the Cavaliers.
How could LeBron James leave? All options are on the table. He could waltz as a free agent to one of the teams that is now maneuvering to have cap space that summer. He could theoretically sign with a major market team for the mid-level exception, and try to make up the income difference in endorsements. Or he could use the threat of either of the above to goad Cleveland into a sign-and-trade.
There's one other dark-horse scenario. In a year and half, in the summer of 2009, if James is totally unimpressed with the roster, he and his agent might be able to convince the Cavaliers they will leave in free agency in 2010 no matter what. We're just about two years away from Cleveland's last chance to trade James without letting him sniff unrestricted free agency.
Any way you slice it, the clock ticks on the Cavaliers' front office, and the team has the same needs it has had for some time. Despite high salaries ($8.6 million into luxury tax territory) GM Danny Ferry hasn't brought in meaningful new talent in ages. Last year's Eastern champs are treading water around the .500 mark.
The Cavaliers have long needed an improvement in the backcourt -- a point guard who can score, like Mike Bibby, is most people's prescription. If I'm Cleveland's front office, I'm thinking it's time to get LeBron James a scoring sidekick he can trust. And if they can't get a top-flight point guard, it might be worth seeing if they can goose up the roster by trading the expiring contracts of Shannon Brown and Ira Newble. Otherwise all that investment in this team, and all that luck in winning the lottery, could be for naught.
Sacramento Kings
Nobody I have talked to, anywhere in the NBA, thinks Sacramento plans to keep both Mike Bibby and Ron Artest for the long haul. The word is that they'd rather build around Kevin Martin, with players like John Salmons, Francisco Garcia, and Spencer Hawes in support. Both Bibby and Artest are free agents in the summer of 2010, so if you don't want them to walk for free, they should be traded now or next summer -- or else you risk selling at fire sale prices. Plenty of teams need point guards at the moment, so Bibby might be the first to go.
Seattle SuperSonics
Kurt Thomas makes a little over $8 million this season -- which is a lot for a player who is aging, and has a fairly limited game. But he is about to come off the books entirely, and players with decent-sized expiring contracts always look a little better near the trade deadline, as they are the surest way for a team to meaningfully reduce payroll next season.
Most importantly, as a bruising defender with a knack for slowing Tim Duncan, Thomas might be the kind of bauble a playoff-bound team like the Lakers will fall in love with. In addition, the Sonics have long been interested in dealing one of their excess point guards -- probably Earl Watson who has not been happy with his limited role on a bad team.
Portland Trail Blazers
Simple arithmetic dictates that the Blazers will be trading either now or this summer. They are so attached to the 15 players on their roster that they wouldn't cut anyone to make room for a much-needed big man after Greg Oden went down. So that's 15 players they like (although Raef LaFrentz could be bought out, Taurean Green's contract is not guaranteed next year, and James Jones has a player option). Add to that three first-round draft picks of recent years stashed overseas -- Rudy Fernandez, Joel Freeland, and Petteri Koponen. This summer the team has a first-round pick, and three high-quality second-round picks. That's 22 players in the mix. If Portland doesn't trade any of them away, they'll be forced to make painful cuts at some point, while letting the competition scoop them up for free. GM Kevin Pritchard is known to be crafty, and I don't think anyone expects him to let good players fall into the hands of other teams without compensation. The only remedy is to deal now or on draft day, and at the moment, thanks to a convincing winning jag, much of the roster is more valuable than ever.
Houston Rockets
Remember I said there are three kinds of teams feeling the pressure to deal? They were teams that are playing well who want help for the playoffs, teams that are playing poorly and want to retool, and teams that could do a little maneuvering and save a bunch of luxury tax? The Rockets hit the trifecta. They will likely be in the playoffs, where they will face brutally tough opposition against whom they could use help. On the other hand, with Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady in their primes, they should be winning more than they are. And the team continues their search for the right point guard to make these valuable pieces more valuable. They are also a mere $1.5 million over the luxury tax line. That means that, at a minimum, finding a taker for seldom-used Kirk Snyder (who makes about $2.35 million) could improve the team's bottom line by more than $6 million.
Los Angeles Lakers
When I first started thinking about this entry a few days ago, Kwame Brown was expendable. Not that the Lakers are the most money-conscious team, but shedding just $1.2 million in salary would turn the team from luxury tax payers into luxury tax players, and Brown's $9 million contract for something slightly smaller (remember we were talking about Kurt Thomas?) would have gotten the team close. However, now that Andrew Bynum is out for eight weeks with a trick kneecap, a youngish athlete like Brown -- think of him as a middle reliever/mop-up man -- could be worth one more try.
Nevertheless, if you're the Lakers, remember how this season started: with your superstar Kobe Bryant feeling an urge to win now, and feeling distraught at the poor quality of his teammates. Yes, the team has just won seven in a row for a share of first in the West. But in the Game 1 without the injured Bynum, they were almost knocked off by the lowly Sonics. If there is a chance to get something done to improve the roster this team will do it. Upping the chances they might deal is the reality that they are just barely over that all-important luxury tax line.
New Orleans Hornets
Even as the business of the Hornets flounders -- the people of post-Katrina New Orleans appear to have priorities other than their local NBA team -- the Hornets are one of the happy stories of the league this season on the basketball court. Chris Paul, David West, and Tyson Chandler are all among the league's finest at their positions, and Byron Scott's squad is a legitimate force in the West.
But if you think about players like Paul, West, and Chandler, their perfect companion would be a major-league long-range gunner. Peja Stojakovic is supposed to be that guy, but was never a clutch shooter in big games, and has now proven himself to be the opposite of durable. So, if New Orleans owner George Shinn decides that it's now or never for his team, he might negotiate for a younger shooter, like Portland's Martell Webster. The Hornets have low-dollar expiring contracts and draft picks to offer, and while Portland loves Webster, they also love Rudy Fernandez who will be arriving from Spain next year in need of playing time and a roster spot.
Golden State Warriors
Some NBA front office people think that to succeed in this league, you need five real deal NBA big men you can trust.
Unless you count light-duty rookie Brandan Wright, or dubious talent Patrick O'Bryant, the Warriors have one: Andris Biedrins. Sure, times in the NBA are a changin', but that's ridiculous. The Portland Trail Blazers are the worst team in the league at scoring in the paint, but against the Warriors this season, they have had a field day by feeding offensively challenged Joel Przybilla for easy buckets over smaller defenders.
This is a team with some players in their prime (Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson) that could use some heft to reinforce their mission in the playoffs, and the Warriors seem be designed to make some deals sooner rather than later. The team is $9.1 million under the luxury tax line, and even has room to operate under the salary cap thanks to a whopping $9.99 million trade exception resulting from the Jason Richardson trade. The team also has a $2.13 million trade exception, courtesy of Ike Diogu's traded contract, which expires this Thursday. On top of all that, Mickael Pietrus, the injured Troy Hudson, and O'Bryant are all ready to be desirable throw-ins: each is unlikely to be with the team for the long-term, and will be a free agent this summer.


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Topic: Stents Replaced
I had my stents replaced yesterday down at Univerity of Colorado Health Sciences Center. They said the tumors appear to be improved. The ERCP back in February said the tumors improved significantly. So I will take it. They replaced the plastic stents with more plastic stents. They talked about doing metal stents. Metal stents would be permanent. I still may have to have ERCPs to clean out the metal stents. I am just afraid of the word permanent.
Does anybody have any experience with metal stents they would like to share?


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jason c wrote:Cittasanto wrote:jason c wrote:hey cittisanto,
so as we progress on the path ridding ourselves of defilements by the accumulation of wisdom, one generally leans towards living a certain way.
Then Become a monk.
the circumstances must be right before one becomes a monk. previous karma fills ones life with responsibilities. one cannot be so selfish as to abandon these.
yet it is ones pressent Kamma that really matters, don't play flip flop directions.


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Im looking to change my bag around a bit. Im pretty sure that some of my discs overlap, and i know i need a disc than can hold more of an anhyzer line for a backhand shot. i threw a wizard the other day and think i might change from aviars to wizards. the wizard works much better for me for upshots and approaches. I've been throwing for about two years and find that i can handle the longer distant drivers such as the destroyer but find myself wanting to reach for a firebird or teebird for most drives. i would like to add another mid range disc to my bag but not sure on which one i really like the super roc but their hard to find, maybe a kc pro roc would work? i think the wraith might leave my bag but i just picked up the CFR which i think throws much better than the star. any suggestions would be great, thanks!
currently my bag consists of:
kc aviar
super roc
esp- flex buzz
champ. teebird
champ. firebird
star starfire
star teerex
star wraith
CFR wraith
star destroyer
all in the weight range of 171 to 175
keep in mind that i have a revo mini bag as well, not a lot of room.