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With the 26th pick of the draft's first round Friday night, the Canadiens drafted defenceman Noah Juulsen of the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips.
Juulsen, who turned 18 in April, had nine goals and 43 assists in 68 games last season. The native of Abbotsford, B.C., is 6'2″ and weighs 181.
Juulsen is an Everett teammate of Nikita Scherbak, the Canadiens' top pick a year ago.
The Canadiens don't have another pick until the third round, 87th overall.
Here's Elite Prospects' assessment of Juulsen:
A solid two-way defender, Noah Juulsen is able to force plays and always find ways to support his teammates. Juulsen is a smooth, yet not dynamic skater, and is mobile when he needs to be. Plays with a chip on his shoulder, and isn't afraid to take the hit to make the play. Sees the ice well and has the individual skills to carry out the possibilities he sees. Very poised with the puck; calm and controls the play with authority. Has good hands. Without the puck and in high-pressure situations, Juulsen tends to overthink things and can try to do a little too much; that will go away with time and maturity. All-in-all, an impactful presence on the ice that strives to be difficult to play against; given how hard he works and how smart he is with the puck, he can be a very difficult player to read with and without the puck.
TSN's Craig Button's take on Juulsen: Noah is a strong competitor who wants to make a difference in the defensive and offensive zones. He is good with the puck and with improvement in his agility and quickness, his game will become that much stronger. He has a good feel for situations and makes solid plays. Not spectacular in any sense of the word but has that 'can do, will do' approach to winning.
Sportsnet's scouting report on Juulsen: Fantastic skater with a big shot from the point. Able to play big minutes against top competition. Loves the physical game and when he fills out he'll be scary back there. Comparable: Jack Johnson meets Brian Campbell
The HIO Commentariat – who had hoped the Canadiens would address their lack of offensive firepower – were underwhelmed by the pick.
Habcertain: Scoring goals is really overrated anyways, another big DMan, just what we need
Longtimehabsfan: Memo to MB: WE CAN'T SCORE!!
AH: The Habs are going to get # 25 , one defenseman at a time!! Screw scoring, who needs that.
Nickster13: Aww man, we needed a forward. D-men you can trade for or sign at Free agency when they actually get into their prime. You need to draft scorers because they hit their peak earlier. Not only that, we NEED scoring! I'm a bit disappointed.
But draft guru Mark Edwards likes the pick: Juulson is very solid. Mentioned him on @TSN690 #Montreal radio earlier tonight. No real weaknesses. Steady and smart. #Habs We had him #22
And The Hockey News draft issue quotes a scout who likes Juulsen: I like his competitiveness and I really like his puck skills. He moves well with the puck and is good on the power play. He really has a good shot.
Another scout compares Juulsen to Kevin Bieksa. That would be good.
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Back in mid-March, just days before his vital Budget, George Osborne was so confident of it being a success that he took himself to America to join David Cameron at a White House dinner. A chancellor with a Budget to finalise traditionally spends the week before it cloistered with his senior officials, burning the midnight oil at his desk in the Treasury on Whitehall.
"I wasn't surprised he went to Washington," says one of the Chancellor's Labour opponents, who has studied him closely. "George Osborne is such a political junkie that there was no way he would be able to resist the glamour of hanging out with Obama when he should have been concentrating on getting his Budget right."
At the time, those who questioned the wisdom of Mr Osborne's trip were told to calm down. Relax, it will all be perfectly fine, said the Chancellor's supporters. Many of the biggest decisions couldn't be taken until the last minute, after consultation with the Liberal Democrats, when Mr Osborne was back from Washington. Understand, said the Osbornites, that Coalition budgets are different from budgets in which one party is in charge.
The Chancellor's Budget was certainly different. More than six weeks on, the Government is still struggling to clear up the mess. One wit joked last week that the next Budget should be written in pencil, so that it is easier to rub out afterwards. What was supposed to be an upbeat "package for growth" has destroyed Mr Osborne's carefully cultivated reputation as his party's master strategist. The Chancellor today is a diminished figure trying to figure out a way to get back on track.
Coupled with events at the Leveson Inquiry and the meltdown of what is left of the reputation of the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, it has looked in recent days as though the Tory end of the Government is in the advanced stages of decay.
It was a determination to "clear the decks", in the words of one of Mr Osborne's aides, that lay behind a week of U-turns and dreadful headlines. These reverses were presented by the Treasury as a modest tidying-up that involved little more than £150 million of lost revenues. In truth, Mr Osborne and the Prime Minister decided that they would use the first week of the Whitsun Commons recess, with many MPs out of the country or in their constituencies, to cauterise a serious wound.
Mr Osborne decided that several of the most unpopular parts of the Budget would have to be abandoned. The so-called "pasty tax" on hot food had inspired a campaign in the South West of England, with panicked Tory MPs among those demanding a rethink. Similarly, the tax on static caravans would have to go.
But the Chancellor's team didn't want the U-turns to look like too big a deal. It was decided that a capable Treasury junior minister, David Gauke, would be dispatched to make the announcement in a series of television interviews. The line usually deployed by administrations in full-blown retreat – "this is a listening government" – was much in evidence.
It turned rapidly into an undignified shambles. The retreat on the pasty tax pleased the industry, but the resolution sounded so complicated (when is a pasty hot, and when is it not?) that the Government was quickly mocked.
The absence of Mr Osborne from the front line also contrasted markedly with the conduct of Kenneth Clarke. Last week, the Justice Secretary performed his own U-turn – or "adjustment", of course – on so-called secret courts. But with his usual bluff style and panache, he handled all the media duties himself.
The cumulation of Government U-turns quickly led to speculation that there was another on the way, this time on the "charity tax". The move to cap the tax relief available to those giving large sums to good causes angered museums, charities and philanthropists – among them major Tory donors – who complained it would reduce donations.
Mr Osborne unveiled the climbdown hurriedly, giving an interview to explain his decision as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appeared at the Leveson Inquiry. But, while the Government's proposed limit on charitable donations was dumped, a cap on other income tax reliefs enjoyed by the rich will still be introduced at an as-yet undetermined point in the future, and following consultations that will continue into the summer.
Someone else struggling to explain himself was Mr Hunt. The Culture Secretary survived his cross-examination at Leveson, but not without the further embarrassment of a litany of emails and communications showing how he quailed before the Murdochs and their advisers.
The Prime Minister is refusing to refer Mr Hunt's case to the adviser on ministerial standards. It suggests that Mr Cameron has crossed, rather early in his premiership, into that moral twilight zone where dealing with wrongdoing matters less than the need to cling on to a minister. In this case, Mr Cameron wants Mr Hunt to stay on as a "shield", lest an early departure focuses more adverse attention on Mr Cameron's closeness to News International. Both Mr Osborne and the Prime Minister await the call from Lord Leveson to give evidence.
The mood among many Tory MPs, donors and party activists has turned sulphurous. A prominent peer said: "Nobody [in the House of Lords] has a good word to say about Cameron and Osborne. They are almost friendless."
A major Tory donor last week could hardly contain his fury when the Chancellor's name was mentioned. A subsequent mention of one of Mr Osborne's key aides produced a four-letter-word-strewn tirade. Other donors were also appalled by the charity tax, and particularly by the crude "anti-rich" rhetoric used by a Chancellor who then expects such people to fund the party's election campaigns. "It was unforgivable. They tried to make me sound like a criminal for giving millions to the arts and good causes," says one big donor.
"It is clear that the Budget has killed the idea of George ever becoming Tory leader," says a minister. "He must realise that he is finished with his colleagues," says an MP.
But attention is also focusing on the wider problem of the way in which the Government is being run. The phrase used in The Sunday Telegraph last week about Mr Hunt's Department of Culture, Media and Sport – "a department in a state of suspended animation" – now appears to apply to much of the rest of the Government. In particular, the set-up in which the Chancellor has two jobs – combining running the Treasury with moonlighting as the "strategic brain" at numerous meetings in Number 10 – has been found wanting. The mess of the Budget and the state of the economy suggests that the Chancellor should be concentrating on the day job.
Mr Cameron's team is also getting weaker, as he loses key advisers. His policy guru Steve Hilton left last month to go to California, while more junior aides have also been bailing out. Sean Worth, a key expert on health and social care policy, is the latest, handing in his resignation last week to work for a think tank. Such departures by ambitious types are common when a corroded administration is coming to the end of its lifespan, not when a government is only two years old.
Can the current Tory leadership get it together, or have they lost their credibility for good? The answer probably lies in how Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne respond to the looming dénouement of the euro crisis.
If stricken Greece departs the single currency, the fear will be that other countries, such as Spain, are forced to follow in a disorderly fashion. Various European governments and large parts of the European banking system would then need vast bailouts.
The impact of that uncertainty has already hurt the British economy. But it is nothing compared to the dislocation and distress that would result from a full-blown implosion of the eurozone. In the short term, European trade would dry up and a tidal wave of foreign money would seek sanctuary in Britain, sending the pound soaring and making our exports uncompetitive.
Number 10 and the Treasury are readying themselves. The best hope the Tories have, after a torrid period that has taken the Government to depths from which it will struggle to recover, is that Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne deal calmly and inspiringly with the coming crisis. The omens, based on their recent conduct, are not propitious.

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By Jaideep Varma & Jatin Thakkar
India's Team IMPACT on the game was 1.42 while Australia's reached 2.02. Yet another thrashing.
The IMPACT scorecard for the match.
All figures between 0 to 5.
* In a career context, these figures will be restricted between 0 and 5, with 5 as the highest on the IMPACT Index scale. In a match context though, the unrestricted figures tell their own stories.
Match (and Series) Observations:
Ponting had the highest impact (5.65*) for his performance of 221 and 60 in the match. He absorbed pressure in the first innings – when he came out to bat at 31 for 2 and, not for the first time in the series, guided Australia spectacularly out of it. In the second innings, he top-scored with 60 as Australia looked for an assailable lead.
He is followed by Clarke (4.28) on the Impact sheet, for his 210 and 37 in the match.
However, Siddle who took 5-49 in the first innings and 1-47 in the second (when nothing was really at stake) was declared the Man-of-the Match. His Match IMPACT was a relatively meagre 3.44. A shocking decision but not the first time such anomalies have taken place.
For India, R Ashwin with the ball and Virat Kohli with the bat were the highest impact players – once again, strongly underlining a case for the new generation getting its chances now. Kohli's 116 in India's first innings began when he came out to bat at the score of 87 for 4 wickets which further deteriorated to 111 for 5. He absorbed the most pressure in the match.
Clarke was adjudged as the Player-of-the-Series for being the highest scorer (626 runs) – a shocking decision. Hilfenhaus (who took 27 wickets in the Series and crossed a Match IMPACT of 2 in every single match, Series IMPACT 4.10) had a far higher Series IMPACT than Clarke (2.95).
Besides Hilfenhaus, even Siddle (took 23 wickets in the Series and also crossed a Match IMPACT of 2 in every single match, Series IMPACT 3.90) and Ponting (544 runs, often under pressure, to have the highest Pressure IMPACT in the Series and failed to cross a Match IMPACT of 1 only in the 3rd match, Series IMPACT 3.50) also had a higher impact in the series than Clarke (even after accounting for his Captaincy IMPACT).
It was as if Siddle was awarded Man-of-the-Match for his performance in the last Test as a compensation for his overall series performance. And Clarke received the Man-of-the-Series award only for his triple and double centuries, which gave him the highest aggregate of runs in the series. As well as Clarke performed, the fact is that Warner's 180 in the third Test had a greater impact than Clarke's 329 in the second, and Ponting had a greater impact as a batsman in the series than Clarke because of the amount of pressure he absorbed, took charge and stabilised the innings, several times.
Ignoring the highest impact bowler and the highest impact batsman in the series (Hilfenhaus and Ponting), it is ludicrous that Clarke got the best player award, one that does not do the adjudicating panel any credit. Maybe they could have done with DRS here.
None of this was otherwise a surprise in this Test. Even before the 4th Test began, we had explained in our Series report after the 3rd Test (link here to the earlier report) how Kohli had a higher impact in the series than Tendulkar despite scoring far less at a far lower average than him. He amply proved it in this match. Ditto why Ponting with a lower average than both Clarke and Hussey had a far higher impact, which he too proved in the fourth Test.
After the fourth Test, in fact, Kohli's status as the highest impact batsman for India is indisputable. Though he is just 13 runs ahead of Tendulkar on aggregates (300 to 287 runs), the difference in their impact in the series is massive – 1.87 to 1.18, indicating the pressure Kohli absorbed and the far tougher runs he scored. Tendulkar completed the first tour of Australia in his career (presumably the last too, but who knows?) without a century, similar to his performance in England last summer (a first there too). Interestingly, despite this, and despite his low Batting IMPACT, no one talks about his decline – only because of how he has looked in the middle, for a short while.
Lyon and Ashwin had their highest Bowling IMPACT performances of the series in this match (Lyon took 5-111, Match Bowling IMPACT 3.40 and Ashwin 5-267, Match Bowling IMPACT 2.63) to move from the bottom of the Series Bowling IMPACT list.
This ensured that the status of the lowest Bowling IMPACT in the series goes to the man most deserving of this dubious honour (as we have pointed out several times right through the series) – Ishant Sharma (Bowling IMPACT 0.21, barely more than his Batting IMPACT of 0.19). For those who think he's unlucky, they really ought to examine his case after taking those tinted glasses off.
Zaheer and Yadav had a mediocre last match (Zaheer took 3-134, Match Bowling IMPACT 1.86 and Yadav 2-159, Match Bowling IMPACT 1.04) to take their Series Bowling IMPACT to 2.36 and 2.13 respectively, lower than what it was at the end of the 3rd match in our series review. However, they still remain the highest Series IMPACT players for India in the series even ahead of Kohli (Zaheer Series IMPACT 2.62, Yadav 2.24 and Kohli 1.97).
This, alongside the fact that Indian Team's Series Batting IMPACT was 1.12 as compared to Series Bowling IMPACT of 1.38, clearly suggests that the India's miserable performance in the series was more a result of batting failure than bowling.
The batting spectacularly failed – and the major blame has to go on its much-experienced, much-vaunted stars – Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman and Sehwag. If Dravid and Laxman do not retire after the fourth Test match, it would be embarrassing and they would be setting themselves up for ridicule. The next Test is 7 months away and there is nothing left to play for. They will be like Kapil Dev at the fag end of his career, without even a landmark to play for. If they do not retire now, they will not go with grace, and this will sully the end of their careers even more sadly.
So finally, Australia's Series IMPACT was 2.46 to India's 1.36. This is a thrashing, even if not as big as the one in England (2.87 to 1.09). But there, they had excuses – injuries to too many key players, weariness after two back-to-back long tournaments (World Cup and IPL). They have no excuses now – and this beating will rankle more, as it should.
Australia, on the other hand, have made the transition from a promising youthful side finding its feet to a successful one with a bright future (they will rue these bowlers did not bowl against England in the last Ashes). The seniors (Ponting, Clarke and Hussey) guided them beautifully while performing outstandingly themselves – which is actually what had been expected of the Indians in this series.
A new era beckons Australia, one that could see them ascend new heights very rapidly again. A difficult period of transition awaits India, as the most glorious chapter in their cricket history ends decisively now.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com
By Jaideep Varma & Jatin Thakkar


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KNUTSFORD Town Council has handed over its first Community Grants of the new financial year.
The Council Grant Scheme offers funding to bodies which enhance the lives of Knutsford residents and this year, the grants budget has been increased to £20,000.
Three Knutsford organisations, Knutsford Royal May Day, Knutsford in Bloom and Egerton Pre-School, have successfully applied for grants so far this year. The council has a budget remaining of £10,470 and is encouraging applications from groups in the area.
Knutsford Town Mayor Neil Forbes said: "We believe there are a number of local community groups that could benefit from the grant scheme, either for specific items they need to purchase or events they want to put on.
"I would encourage them to complete the form on the council website and apply if their group and plans bring benefit to the Knutsford community.
"As a council we are pleased to be able to support such worthwhile work."
Clr Forbes presented cheques to the successful applicants at the town council offices on May 22.
Knutsford Royal May Day received £2,800 for the sponsorship of the grandstand for the 150th Royal May Day, along with additional and associated costs for the historic event.
Knutsford in Bloom received £6,450 to fund their floriculture work around the town and cover the costs of competition entries, and Egerton Pre-School received £280 to enable them to purchase a tablet for educational purposes.
For more information about the scheme and to apply click here, or call Town Clerk Adam Keppel-Garner on 01565 653929.


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I've been having trouble accessing my WD 500gb My Book Essential external hard drive. It has been working perfectly for as long as I could remember (never dropped it or physically damaged either) but one day it just stopped being recognized by my computer (my OS is Windows 7). It doesn't show up in "My Computer" and I've tried a bunch of things to get it working again:
-I've tried replugging in both power adapter and usb cable which didn't work
-I've tried plugging it in a laptop that used Windows XP and it didn't show up
-I've tried using a known working usb cable
-I've tried using a different usb port
-Sometimes when I plug it in it turns on/off constantly
-I've tried uninstalling the usb device under "Device Manager" which didn't work
Some other strange things to note from my experience:
-Sometimes when I replug the drive while the computer is booting it shows up in my computer and I can access the data just fine though an error message telling me to scan and fix comes up. If I close then window then I lose access to the drive and it'll disappear from my computer again
-I've tried going into disk management and it says I need to initalize the drive before I can use it, I've read that this reformats the drive so I avoid doing so
-I've tried copying the data out while I could access it however it froze halfway through so I had to restart and now sometimes the drive shows up in my computer with a blank look (by which I mean the normal look under my computer shows a bar with gb used vs gb free and now it just says 'Hard Drive H' with nothing there). When I click on it an error pops up saying the parameter is incorrect
-I've tried doing a chkdsk on the drive and it tells me can't read because its RAW format or something along those lines
Not sure what's going on since it seems like the files are still there I just can't read them. I want to do everything I can not to reformat the drive as I want the files on the hard drive. Is there anything I can do to recover the files at this point?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help.
Look in Disk Mamagement does it show the disk as Raw there? It sounds like some type of corruption. Download and burn a Linux Live CD and boot from that and see if you can access you data. You can try this EaseUS Data Recovery Wizzard http://www.easeus.com/resource/repair-raw-disk.htm . It will recover 1 gig free if it works you can buy it. TestDisk Is free and a lot of people have good luck using it to fix a damaged partition http://forums.techarena.in/tips-tweaks/1352757.htm
Thanks for the reply Joe.
When I go to Disk Management its shown as unknown sometimes and other times it doesn't show up at all.
It looked like it started working again after I left it powered off for awhile but once I copied a few files it started acting up again. I'll try testing out your suggestions and see how it works out.
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Most Marin County children score well on measures of education and physical health but minorities and economically disadvantaged children lag behind in many areas, a San Rafael nonprofit group reported this week.
Minorities and children from poor families have less access to preschool, lower math and English test scores, higher rates of obesity and lower levels of physical fitness, according to the report by MarinKids, a nonprofit group focused on children's health and education.
"Lots of kids in Marin County are doing really well but there are significant disparities between families who are economically disadvantaged or kids who are Latino and African American," said Kathleen Tabor, senior consultant for MarinKids.
The group analyzed data from sources such as the state Department of Education and the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research.
Access to preschool was among the largest gaps noted in the report, with 91 percent of white children in Marin attending and only 32 percent of Latino children attending. A gap also existed in elementary school, where 83 percent of white third-graders scored proficient in English, compared with 37 percent of their Latino counterparts and 49 percent of black third-graders.
"Reading well by the end of third grade is critical to later academic success and may predict high-school graduation," the report states.
A smaller but significant gap also existed in fifth-grade math scores.
In one key measure of physical health, 90.4 percent of Asian students and 87.5 percent of white students were at a healthy weight, compared with about two-thirds of Latino students and only half of black students.
"We have great health disparities in our communities in Marin and I think that data is just indicative of some of the challenges we have," said Sparkie Spaeth, the official in charge of preventive programs for the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services.
The county will receive about $1.4 million in federal grant money over four years to help address children's health problems, Spaeth said.
The money will fund community-led studies of access to healthful food and recreation in Marin City and San Rafael's Canal neighborhood, and it will also provide nutrition education for students and parents in San Rafael, Novato and Marin City.
"We've got to be more vigilant and able to help young children be active and eat a healthful diet," Spaeth said.
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In which Suttas the Buddha at first oppose the ordination of nuns and is cajoled again and again to change his mind by Ananda? what were Buddha's reasons at first in being reluctant to ordinate women? this phase has been dealt with in the film Tathagata Buddha (2008)....He gives the analogy of a fort when being filled up with women and children , it becomes vulnerable to attack and can be overrun by enemies...He says because of ordination of women his philosophy will stay on Jambu Dwipa (my guess since this is the term used elsewhere...it might mean Indian subcontinent (most likely), Greater South and Central Asia, Earth) for 500 years instead of 1000 years....if JambuDwipa means Indian subcontinent then I would say the Buddha's predictions were bang on as it was in the first century AD when there was the dawn of Mahayana with parallel councils
I want to know ---are all these true? Can anybody please provide any evidence?
I found a very casual verse without any reference in one site regarding ordination of women by the Buddha:
"The Buddha when his disciple Ananda first came to petition the case of women joining the Order...The Buddha seemed to have been very wary of women
: "Just as when the disease called crimson falls upon a field of sugarcane, that field will not last long, even so Ananda in that doctrine and
discipline in which women receive the going forth from a house to house-less life, the religious life will not last long"
Are the above quotations true?
Thanks in advance


text: John Bracken 'Mike' Bell: Where did all the nicknames go? January 19, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Do you have a nickname? Do your children have nicknames? I bet the only people you know with nicknames are your grandparents or friends of your grandparents.When I was growing up in Summersville in the 1940s and '50s, almost everyone had a nickname. Some of the origins of the nicknames were known, and, I guess, some will never be known.Take for instance, Allen "Fain" Fitzwater. His nickname was derived from an old first baseman for the Philadelphia A's by the name of Ferris Fain. Allen always played first base and, thus, the nickname. Or Bill "The Flea" Bright. George Springer, a sportswriter for the Raleigh Register in Beckley, hung that name on Bill.Brothers in some families had nicknames. There was Jimmy "Chate" Rader and his younger brother, Johnny "Ducksoup" Rader. The McClung brothers went by Johnny "Thuse" McClung and his younger brother Danny "Magoo" McClung. And then there are the Rader brothers that most of you know and still see around town, Jack "Heston" Rader and his younger brother, Bill "Bear Rug" Rader. There were also the Bell brothers, Fred "Bear" Bell and his younger brother, Clyde "Muzzy" Bell. And the Morrison brothers, Eugene "Ivory" Morrison and his younger brother, Raymond "Bascomb" Morrison.Some nicknames never could be explained -- Ralph "Pishmock" Kincaid, Bob "Mocky" Herold, Bob "Rabbit" McCutcheon, who was also known as "Lamont," or Robert "Buckshot" McCutcheon.Some were fairly easy to figure out: John Bill "Bathless" Brown, aka "Dumbo," Harry "Sponge" Dooley, Skip "Straightgut" Mearns, Joe Brooks "Power Glide" Boso, Denver "Bigfoot" Thomas, "Jodie" Bill Neil and Donald "Duck" McCutcheon.You also had the big guys and the little guys: Kenneth "Simba" Strickland, James "Tubby" Wallen, Bob "Humphrey" Young and Darryl "Squee" Bailes. Then the names that could get you chased down the street: Pat "Dirty Butt" Bell, Bill "Stinky" Davis and Eugene "Stoolie" Groves. There were not many nicknames for girls, as I recall, but a few of them were Anita "Nee Nee" Carter, Paula "Piney" Frame, Norma "Bic" Hanshaw, Elizabeth "Jib" White and Elizabeth "Weebe" Bennett.I don't want to forget Charles "Buddy" Bickel, John Dyer "Nuge" Vaughan, David "Avery" Lunter, Harold "Hunch" McDowell, David "JayFace" Maloney, Don "Ace" Sweeney, David "Estee" Beirne, Bill "Boo" McClung, Drexel "Tux" White, Bernard "Nemo" Harlow, Charley "Durango" Turner, Ed "Alibi" Bailes or Charlie "Clean Car" O'Dell and his favorite friend, "Cricket" Shelton, and Dr. Jim "Colonel Stoop Shoulders" Peck.I would be remiss if I didn't mention the infamous Dickie "Squirrel" Shafer. Do you know how he got the nickname?We had the two hangouts in town: Foster "Fuzzy" Walkup's drugstore, with his pharmacist "Gink" Summers, and the place just down the street run by Joe Andy "Mole" Pugh with help, sometimes, from his younger brother, Billy Owen "Buck" Pugh.There was a department store managed by "Cardboard" Kossie Champe and a hardware store run by Wayne "Curly" Herold, also known as "Goon." If you wandered into the Victory Amusement Co., you would see Claude Echols "Abee" Bell.Our principal, C.P. Wells, had a nickname; however, no one ever said it to his face. He was affectionately known as "Packrat."I wonder how "Mike" was derived from John Bracken. Is there a three-beer story here, perhaps?Mike Bell, of Charleston, may be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan Beers to You: Don't get caught up in tap madness Previous Story CindySays: The egg is a highly nutritious body builder Next Story


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Many of the large steam engines in the collection at the Henry Ford Museum can be operated, but usually by compressed air. The large engine with the enormous drive wheel developed 300 horsepower at 75 rpm. For more infomation, go to www.thehenryford.org
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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Real or Fake? The Kraken and Other Controversial Creatures
The Black Death struck Europe in 1348. Just five years later, a third of the population—50 million people—was dead. And though plague seems like an illness of another time—that it belongs to a day when a victim was treated with a healthy bloodletting and a garlic-onion-butter poultice—it's still with us today. Small outbreaks of plague can swiftly strike a few hundred people before they can be stopped. Researchers are trying to figure out why the disease was so deadly in the Middle Ages, and how it's causing harm once again.
To answer the first part of that question, scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, recently sequenced the genome of the bacterium responsible for the Black Death. They drilled into the soft tooth tissue of four victims recovered from a London Black Death gravesite called East Smithfield, and got enough DNA fragments to map the killer's full genome for a study in Nature.
What they found was very strange. Since outbreaks of the modern plague, while scary, are nowhere near as devastating as the Black Death, researchers thought the modern plague would show significant changes in its DNA when compared to the ancient one. But instead, today's plague is barely different from its centuries-old ancestor. The factors that probably made medieval plague outbreaks so severe include the unsanitary living conditions of those days, and perhaps a population that was genetically predisposed to being more sensitive to the disease. But paper co-author Kirsten Bos says, all these years later, scientists don't have the full picture. "We can't explain why we saw that cataclysmic mortality."
Plague is primarily transmitted to humans by fleas that live on rodents. Modern plague outbreaks have occurred in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, where wild rodents carry the disease. Other hot spots for modern plague outbreaks include South American countries such as Ecuador and Peru, and parts of Africa and Asia.
Most of these outbreaks take the form of bubonic plague—a type that causes grossly swollen lymph nodes. Because it's easily treatable with antibiotics, this kind is the least deadly. But the other forms of plague—septecemic, which infects the blood, and pnemonic, which strikes the lungs—are much worse. Pnemonic plague spreads directly from person to person, and attacks so quickly that patients can die before antibiotics take effect. Without early treatment, pnemonic plague's death rate is nearly 100 percent. "If you have an outbreak of pnemonic plague, that is going to be bad news for that community," says Juan Olano, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the University of Texas.
So far authorities have been able to contain plague outbreaks. But some diseases don't stay confined.
In 2000, 304 men and women in peak physical shape landed in Malaysia for the adventure of a lifetime. They trekked through jungles, mountains, and rivers to compete for the top spot in the Echo Challenge, a multiday adventure race called the toughest endurance event in the world. When they boarded the plane for the return trip, 29 of them unknowingly carried a dangerous bacteria called Leptospira, and fell mysteriously ill when they got home.
Leptospira lives in many mammal species. It enters water sources through infected animals' urine, and it can pass to humans if they swallow infected water or if it enters through a skin wound—something the battle-scarred athletes had in excess. The infected athletes were hospitalized for fever, nausea, and vomiting before doctors figured out what was wrong with them; luckily, none died. Outbreaks, however, continue to occur worldwide—in the U.S., the disease usually shows up in people who have recently traveled.
Diseases move at the speed of their hosts. As we become increasingly globalized, we give the bugs a big advantage: They can zip from place to place as fast as a jetliner. "You can travel from London to New York and carry with you an infection that you don't even know you have," says David Heymann, chairman of the U.K.'s Health Protection Agency.
Human hosts aren't the only thing infectious bacteria can hitch a ride on. "Mosquitoes are carrying infections around the world," Heymann says, so much so that they've inspired the term "Airport Malaria" (the disease-laden insects hitch a ride on a plane). When they deboard in their new location, they can infect someone even if that person has never left the country. Airport Malaria has become a problem in nearly every country, Heymann says, and leptospirosis and malaria aren't the only diseases that have become increasingly dangerous because of our globe-trotting lifestyle.
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A 10-year-old girl was seriously injured after reportedly walking out from between two buses and getting hit by a white van in Thamesmead.
The accident happened just before 12.30pm in front of Coralline Walk in Yarnton Way just in front of Lakeside Medical Practice.
'Hero' Glen Mewes, 44, of Coralline Walk, heard a "loud bang" and rushed out of his house to see what had happened and he said he saw the girl lying in the road with her legs poking out from under the van.
He told News Shopper: "Instinct just kicked in and I ran down the stairs to see if she was ok. She looked unconscious which was a bit scary but I just kept calm and went into the medical centre to alert the staff.
"Other passer bys called 999 and medical staff were quickly giving her first aid and tending to her.
"Within a couple of minutes there was a big crowd of people at the scene. We heard the girl had just walked out and not looked and then the van hit her.
"The van driver collapsed against the van in shock after it happened. The girl's brother turned up and he was just in pieces.
"She was talking and told us where she lived and was conscious before she went to hospital."
Neighbours said a crossing was "desperately needed" outside the medical centre because of the amount of school children and people using the road.
Belinda Bull, 45, of Coralline Walk, Thamesmead, added: "There used to be a bridge to get over the road which has been taken away to make it more open spaced.
"There are no crossings and it's very dangerous now, especially for children and the elderly."
"They should at least put in zebra crossings or traffic lights.
"I've been here for 12 years. There's been so many accidents, especially in the area by the BP garage.
"There was blood on the road, she must have hit the windscreen quite hard because there's a big crack in it."
"My friend Kim's husband, Glen, was actually the one who went to go and get the nurses from the pharmacy after it happened. He's the hero."
Head of bus operations at TfL Ken Davidson said: "At around 12.30pm today a 10-year-old girl was involved in a collision with a van on Yarnton Way at the junction of Harrow Manorway.
"The collision resulted in the pedestrian being knocked under a stationery route 180 bus, operated by London General."
A TfL spokesman said: "Yarnton Way is currently closed westbound from Harrow Manorway. Bus routes 180, 401 and B11 are on diversion."
A police spokesman said: "We were called at around 12.50pm to reports of a collision between a bus and a pedestrian in Yarnton Way.
"The pedestrian is believed to be a 10-year-old girl who has been taken to hospital with serious injuries but it is not believed to be life threatening."
A London Ambulance spokesman added: "We were called at 12.33pm and sent a single responder, ambulance crew and air ambulance and treated one patient at the scene.
"She was treated for head leg and arm injuries and was taken to Kings College Hospital by road ambulance and was accompanied by the doctor from the air ambulance."
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1. The Mayo Deal. Some people here were happy we missed it. And I just wonder... How can you be happy about it?
Mayo had an outstanding rookie year, was great last year, he sucks this year yes, has problems off the court, so what? How else do you expect to get a player talented as he is? he has huge potential and huge talent, and he's by far better than Rush, Jones and Dunleavy.
As for losing Mcroberts- Are you guys serious? Josh Mcroberts? You don't want to lose Josh Mcroberts for O.J Mayo? You don't want to lose a role-player for one of the most talented scorers in the NBA? And why? because josh is a local boy? come on! He's no Defensive player of the year and we don't run plays for him on offense. Yes, he brings hustle and energy, which is great, for a BENCH PLAYER! And he's a great passer! which is OK, but what does it have to do with the 4 spot? It's not like he's the next Kidd. A starting Power forward needs to be good on either scoring or defending, and needs to be a good rebounder. Oh yeah, and he also expires this season. So you're not even missing him for THAT long if you really want him.
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2. Paul George. I see too many exaggerated posts about him. Too many "He will be a superstar" "Face of the franchise" all that.
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A controversial proposal to use Mountain View's Cuesta Park Annex as a flood detention basin was officially dropped this week.
On Tuesday, the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors approved a final environmental impact report for the $40 million Permanente Creek flood protection project that does not include a basin at the park annex, spokesman Marty Grimes told The Daily News.
An 8- to 12-foot-deep basin was previously proposed as one of several flood-control elements.
The proposal attracted immediate and widespread opposition. Some users said it would obliterate views of the Santa Cruz Mountains for which Mountain View was ultimately named.
Water district staff recommended that the basin be removed largely because of the public outcry, project manager Afshin Rouhani said in an interview last week. Without the basin, the project will also have fewer "significant and unavoidable impacts" and remain on budget.
The project will still protect 1,378 homes, 160 businesses and four schools downstream of El Camino Real from a 100-year flood in the Permanente Creek watershed. Such a flood has a 1 percent chance of happening in any given year and causing $47.9 million in damages.
The basin would have protected an additional 300 to 400 parcels in the same area and reduced the potential for flooding around El Camino Hospital, according to water district staff.
The board of directors did not close the door on additional safeguards for the hospital and directed staff to return with ideas, Grimes said.
The final environmental impact report calls for flood detention basins at Rancho San Antonio County Park and McKelvey Park, a new structure to improve "flow split" at the Permanente Creek diversion channel, floodwalls and levees between Highway 101 and Ampitheatre Parkway, and the replacement of certain concrete portions of Permanente Creek and Hale Creek.
Funding for the project will come from the water district's 15-year Clean, Safe Creeks program.
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Two summers ago, we put together a list of some of the best bites around the Bronx Zoo, highlighting several places that remain some of my favorites in the borough: Estrellita Poblana 3 for Pueblan, Ebe Yie Ye for Ghanaian, and Dukagjini Burektorja for Albanian-style burek. Since then, we've gotten to know the neighborhoods around the zoo even better. For those who want to grab their cemita or sopes, without the bus ride necessary to get from Estrellita, we present Actalan Restaurant, a worthy neighborhood dive just off Lydig Avenue.
Wedged into a tiny storefront next to a barber shop, the restaurant is run by a pair of women know their customers well. I was first drawn to the restaurant by the promise of pambazos—the word written on a neon sign posted out front—but the famous sandwich, available at only a few places in the Bronx, seems to have disappeared. (Whether for good or not, I don't know.)
It should be pointed out, too, that the large menu fastened to their front window is at least partially inaccurate. There are no, to my chagrin, tacos arabes. Keep asking, though, and maybe they'll give in!
What you will find are picaditas, sopes, and tacos placeras ($3), or "market tacos," which are often meatless and can be seen with hard-boiled egg. Here, the pre-made tortillas are wrapped around charred strips of serrano pepper, thick rings of charred white onion, orange rice, and chopped squares of beef. We could've done without the meat, given how badly the beef, a bit overcooked, was lacking salt. A sprinkle of salt helps, but you'll be better served by slathering on guacamole. Despite these misgivings, the taco placeros are hearty enough to justify a recommendation for a quick, on-the-go meal before a long day gawking at giraffes and otters.
If you have time to sit, though, we do recommend you order the costillas entomatada ($11). Rather than the fried and stuffed tortilla shells bathed in tomato sauce the latter part of the name suggests, what you get is a plate of pork ribs swimming in tomato sauce. Initially disappointed, I found myself rejoicing.
The meat is deliciously plump, well-seasoned and fork-tender, but the star of the dish is the sauce. Built on a foundation of garlic, onion, serrano peppers, and minimal spices, the tomatoes mingle with the juices cast off from the pork ribs as they cook, creating a sauce that you'll want to sop up every last drop of with your tortillas.
In a town where horchata made from mix runs rampant, it is worth noting how fine a glass
($3) Actalan puts out. Deliciously milky and just sweet enough, its only fault is that the cinnamon registers as a mere blip. This is a transgression, though, that we can forgive. You won't find yourself complaining.
About the author: Chris Crowley is the author of the Bronx Eats column. Follow him on Twitter, if you'd like. In person, your best bet is the window seat at Neerob, or waiting in line at the Lechonera La Piranha trailer.


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Kensington and Lexington
What do you think of the names Kensington & Lexington as ways to get to Kensie and Lexie? I know both are sometimes used for boys but I find them much more feminine.
May 19th, 2013 04:54 PM #3
I love them for girls. I've never liked them for boys.Ian Alexander • Cameron Blaise • Damien Cole • Axel Sean • Callum Bryce • Lennox Beau
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May 19th, 2013 04:54 PM #5
I used to know 4 yrs old lovely twin girls with these names who went by Enzie and Lexie
But for me these names are trendy and they will be dated soon, sorry"The kindest words my father said to me
Women like you drown oceans."
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I think they would work to get those nn's, but they will be very dated and they are too similar to be a sibset.
May 20th, 2013 03:32 PM #9
I think it's a cute idea, but it's really too close for sisters.


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"1962-2012: Four Major Issues for Catholics and Jews Fifty Years After the Second Vatican Council"
Speaker: Rabbi A. James Rudin, DD
Participants, both clergy and lay, in today's Catholic-Jewish encounter, that began fifty years ago at the Second Vatican Council, must confront four overarching forces that will decisively shape the next half century: Demography, Geography, Chronology and Technology. How we together respond to these forces will determine the success or failure of our shared enterprise. The process will necessarily involve a reshaping of the image of "the Other" in both faith communities.
Rabbi A. James Rudin attended Wesleyan University and graduated from George Washington University with distinction. He secured rabbinic ordination and earned a Master's degree from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. He also did graduate studies in history at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He holds honorary doctorates from from St. Leo University, St. Martin's University and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. As director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee he has been an active participant for many years in the dialogue with the Catholic Church as well as the Protestant communities. In this context he participated in eleven meetings with Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. He currently serves as the American Jewish Committee's Senior Interreligious Advisor. His two most recent books are Christians and Jews: Faith to Faith-Tragic Past, Promising Present, Fragile Future,and Cushing, Spellman, O'Connor: The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's a sad tale due to this insatiable world we live in.Incomparable performances are held to extreme expectations that ultimately lead to knee-jerk disappointment because said expectations will undoubtedly level off. I caught a little of GolfChannel's post round coverage after Tiger Woods earned his 75th PGA Tour win Monday at the Farmers Insurance Open. Not surprisingly, the analysts fretted more about how Tiger won by "only" four shots instead of by eight or 18 and that he struggled to 4-over on the last five holes. Right there it dawned on me that golf's Big Cat suffers from the same malady as his ridiculously successful tech counterpart Apple ( AAPL). Their stratospheric achievements fuel fervent fans' unfair expectations to perpetuate -- the typical curse of stalwart performers. It's the same old "victim of your own success" saga. They blew away our beliefs of what a golfer and tech company could accomplish as they bludgeoned their competition into mere afterthoughts. Woods and Apple are the Pied Pipers and all follow the dynamic duo's every move to the point of constant overblown reaction -- especially when there's a little performance hiccup. If you read TheStreet.com consistently, you'll notice the site is peppered with Apple headlines either screaming it's doom and gloom or predicting an amazing rise from a stock price freefall. Apple moves the needle like no other -- as the Web hits validate. Golf publications, Web sites and networks firmly attach their viewership numbers on Tiger's cape. CBS even suspended its Monday afternoon programming to broadcast Woods' winning coronation. There isn't another golfer alive that remotely attracts as many eyeballs. Yet, as much as Woods and Apple have performed at such lofty levels, they are burdened by fans who vehemently demand "what have you done for me lately?" It's the dreaded can't-win curse of meeting and exceeding the impossible while we scream for more! Woods has won 14 majors in his 18 years as a Tour pro. That's 10 ahead of his nearest current competitor. He's the sole reason for the Tour's swollen purses keeping his peers in mansions and private jets. He has simply exceeded the incredible hype foist upon him. To wit, Woods took only 294 starts to earn his 75 victories. Jack Nicklaus' 73 wins required 594 events. Enough said.
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What do you consider a luxury feature on a new car? My list, coming from the parental perspective, may be different from someone else's list. For example, I like such features as power tailgates on SUVs and power sliding doors on minivans -- or at least an unlocking feature on the key fob -- because your hands are always full of things, like babies and grocery bags, diaper bags and strollers. It's nice to not have to set all that down just to unlock a door or tailgate. I also like extra seat belts. The kids usually want to bring their friends along on our adventures and, let's face it, more is always merrier.
The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe gives you the option adding more seat belts, should you want it, in this very comfortable and capable crossover vehicle. You can select from the five-passenger model or, beginning in January, opt for the seven-passenger version.
While we did not get to test drive that particular model -- with its longer wheelbase and three rows of seats -- we did get to test the five-passenger version with its host of advanced safety features and many other items.
Whether you pick the five- or the seven-passenger model, all 2013 versions have been totally redesigned. That puts the Santa Fe in its third generation for Hyundai, and they have added a lot to the remix.
The 2013 models are a little lighter -- by about 266 pounds -- which should help fuel economy. They also offer a choice of three engines -- a 2.-4-liter four-cylinder Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine, a turbocharged 2.0-liter GDI engine or a Lambda II 3.3-liter GDI V6 engine.
The Santa Fe is also equipped with Hyundai's Active Cornering Control AWD, which helps during tight driving circumstances.
Other features found on the 2013 models include seven standard airbags, as well as one for the driver's knees; a heated steering wheel; heated rear seats; manual rear window sunshades; sliding and reclining second row seating that fold in a 40/20/20 split; a 4.3-inch touchscreen audio display with rearview camera; a huge panoramic sunroof that extends well into the second row; and an Infinity Logic surround sound audio system with 12 speakers.
Our test car also had leather seating, a navigation system with eight-inch touchscreen display and steering wheel mounted controls.
Behind the wheel, I found the seats in all positions were firm and comfortable. There is a large storage tray centrally located under the dash, which was good for holding garage door openers, cell phones and the like.
Visibility is good to the front and somewhat obscured to the sides by large side view mirrors. The rear window is small and so visibility is reduced, especially more so because of large passenger head rests. There is, however, a good amount of head and hip room here, even for the rear middle passenger.
On the road, we found the Hyundai Santa Fe handled very well, offered a smooth and quiet ride, and a sprightly performance.
Overall, the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe is a nice-looking crossover vehicle that can easily accommodate five, or even seven if your circle of family and friends is big enough to need those extra seat belts.


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I also got a bottle of Woodford Reserve (it was a good Christmas) and sadly I haven't quite "figured out" bourbon yet. Perhaps it's my expectations, but if I try it neat it burns more than I like but once I add water it seems to mellow out too much. I might need to be more careful about how much water I add.
My sister made me some jalapeno infused Jack Daniels for Christmas. We went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with my wife and mom last summer and while they had butter beer, they did not have fire whiskey and I was a bit disappointed. She made the whiskey as a joke. However, it's actually pretty good. It's hot enough that you know jalapenos were in it but it's not so hot that you can't drink it.


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For the last couple of weeks I have been using a content curation service called Scoop.it to generate lots of referral traffic to my blog posts and I've decided to share what I have learned so far and also show how content curation can help you to grow your social network too.
What is Content Curation?
If you have a good understanding of the new social web landscape then there is no doubt that the term "content is king" comes up again and again. Content is the currency of the internet and by sharing your own great content and other people's great content you will grow your social network and be held in high regard by your followers as the go to source or expert in your field.
By following all the latest news sources in your niche you can soon find yourself overrun with numerous RSS Feeds, Tweets, Google+ updates and Facebook shares flashing before your eyes every day. This is where content curation comes in; quite simply content curation is the process of filtering out the best content that you find and then sharing this with your networks.
What is Scoop.it?
Scoop.it is a content curation service, but rather than have me rattle on about it you can watch this brief video below.
Scoop.it has the latest news delivered to you and allows you to re-share it with your social network. Another great aspect of Scoop.it is that other people can suggest for content to be added to your pages too. Scoop.it have a free entry profile which allows you to setup 5 pages and get used to the interface, if you want to curate information in more niches or have analytical data then you need to upgrade to a paid membership.
How to Use Scoop.it
The key to being a great content curator is by picking a niche in which to share your information and vigilantly sticking to it. The narrower the niche you decide to curate content in, the better. If you decide to setup a Scoop.it page about knitting patterns the majority of your regular followers are unlikely to be interested in your curated content on pictures of kittens.
First things first, go to Scoop.it and sign up with either your Twitter or Facebook Profile.
You will then see a screen similar to this one where you fill in the name, description and keywords for your new page.
Pro Tip: Use Google's Keyword Tool to find keywords that people looking for your content may use. If you want to learn more you can read my blog post on using the Google Keyword Tool.
Now that your page is created you want to setup your news sources. Simply enter your keywords into the search box, these keywords will be checked regularly in Google, Digg and Youtube for the latest content in your niche. Next you want to click on Advanced Options. This is where knowing your niche comes into its own:
As you can see from the above image you can add in various personalised news sources such as RSS Feeds, Twitter accounts and lists, Google News Search, Google Blog Search and OPML files from Google Reader. You want to add all the best curators and thought leaders in your Niche to this list & the best blog feeds too.
Protip: Use a blog curator such as AllTop to grab your feed and setup a Twitter List of interesting people you can add to easily so you don't have to keep adding them to your Scoop.it sources.
Now you are ready to start your new career as a content curator. After about an hour Scoop.it will have scraped your RSS feeds, Twitter Followers and searched Google for new content based on your keywords. Simply clicking Scoop.it will scoop the news to your page, from here you can share it with your Twitter and Facebook accounts, add tags to make the Scoop easier to find and change the text or images. If you don't like a suggested article simply click discard and the page is removed.
Pro Tip: Install the Scoop.it App (its free) and add the Scoop.it bookmarklet to make it easier to Scoop content on the fly.
If you see a piece of content on another Scooper's page you can "rescoop" it by clicking the arrows that look like a refresh button. It is also common etiquette to thank (thumbs up) your fellow content curator when you rescoop their find.
Generating Traffic to your Site with Scoop.it
Well there are two ways to get traffic from Scoop.it, the first is obviously to add your own blog posts & photos to your page. This will have limited results, just like running any web site, until you grow your following. Building a following takes time and may require weeks of curating and sharing great content, following other people on Scoop.it and commenting on other peoples Scoops. If you are anything like me this looks a lot like hard work, but by doing this I have noticed I am sharing lots more content with my Twitter followers and growing my followers.
So the second and quicker way, and I'm sure all the link builders have spotted this already, is to suggest your content to other users.
There are people on Scoop.it who already receive hundreds and hundreds of views per day to their pages and in one of the examples above they have had over 130k views in less than a few months. So by suggesting your own content to their page you have a chance that your post will be accepted and a good percentage of their fellow Scoopers will come flooding to your site and re-scoop your page to their followers and other social networks too.
To start you need to find who the influencers are in your niche. This is easy to do by searching for your keyword in the search bar at the top or by browsing the topics based on popularity and current trends.
You can then quickly research the curator as their profiles often contain links to their other social profiles e.g. Twitter or Facebook.
From the this example you can clearly see links to this Scoop.it users Linked.in, Twitter and Facebook Accounts.
As any experienced linkbuilder will tell you its important to build a relationship with a Social Media Influencer first rather than just bombard them with requests out of the blue. By engaging with them on other social networks and where possible find their website and contact information you can then begin to approach them with suggestions for their Scoop.it accounts.
My favourite tool at the moment to research potential link targets is Follower Wonk. It is a great way to learn more about who your influencer influences. It will also help you discover if they have any "Thought leaders" within their network, so you can gauge whether or not your suggested content will go Viral if it is shared by them too.
My last blog post on Automating Google+ with your other Social Media Accounts was curated on a very popular Google+ Scoop.it page. Over the next 48 hours I received about two hundred visitors from this page and two other pages that re-scooped my blog post. I also received a 10% increase in traffic from Twitter and Facebook than normal during this period too.
But, isn't Content Curation Bad for my SEO?
In a post Panda World I can understand why people might worry about "duplicated content" but the thing about content curation services such as Scoop.it is that you never republish the whole web page. The web page is also linked back to from Scoop.it providing confirmation of the contents origins and although most of links on Scoop.it are no-followed, to prevent spamming, a link is still a link.
Many businesses forget that SEO is not just about links or chasing the number one spot in the SERP's but by growing and diversifying the traffic to your website. By having diverse traffic sources you will be able to continue to grow your business online for a long time to come no matter what happens with the next big "algo" change.
If you have had any positive or negative experiences with curation services such as Scoop.it please leave a comment below.


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'"That was a gutsy performance," said Ruff from deep in the bowels of the HSBC arena after one of the truly amazing hockey games of what has been an amazing playoff spring. "From the five guys playing defence to all the guys blocking shots… what can I say? These guys keep pushing through."'
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LastLegend wrote:chownah wrote:If Buddha nature is defined as something that all beings have or some capacity that all beings have then what is wrong with Buddha nature is that it is just one more way of constructing a doctrine of self....Buddha nature seems to be a doctrine of self based on the illusion that there is a self which "has" something....if we think "I" "have" "it" then a doctrine of self has arisen three times in that one short sentence...there is no "I" and entities can not "have" anything and "it" implies an external self as something which can be "had"......That is what is wrong with Buddha nature....it is a doctrine of self....something the Buddha advised us very strongly to not indulge in....
Ahem. Not rejecting or accepting self is Buddha Nature my friend, but the cultivation is to get rid of defilement. Whatever you want to call it, Buddha Nature, Mind, Citta, Permanent, not a thing, etc. But without "it," you will not be able to cultivate. "It" is what you are cultivating for.
If you accept the concept of self, then behind it must be a "no-name "? Or should we not speak about "no-name" at all since "it" is not a thing and cannot be defined. But "it" must be permanent. What are you cultivating for if not "it"? And "who" is experiencing Nirvana after defilement is gone. If there is no "who," then two Arahants must not distinguishable. If there is no Buddha Nature, who is posting this?
Thanks for reading.
With reference to your original statement. You need to relearn what sakkāya diṭṭhi is.


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Coral Gables (May 29, 2012) — The University of Miami has moved its art gallery to a new location in the historic Wynwood district. The exhibition space, which showcases the work of UM art and art history faculty members and students, is now housed in the Wynwood Building at 2750 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 4, and is called the University of Miami Gallery.
"The University of Miami Gallery offers a prominent collaborative space for the public to access and enjoy the work of our Department of Art and Art History faculty and students," said Leonidas Bachas, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Innovative venues like the gallery deepen our cultural ties to the community and help our college remain at the forefront of creative expression, inquiry, and scholarship."
Lise Drost, professor and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, noted that the department "is excited about moving our off-campus gallery to the Wynwood Building, which is headquarters to a number of other galleries and arts-related businesses."
UM originally moved into the Wynwood Project Space on Northwest 2nd Avenue in 2007, holding the first 'Cane Art Fair at that location. Four 'Cane Art Fairs were held in Wynwood Project Space, coinciding each year with Art Basel Miami, an annual contemporary art exhibition that is a sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland held each June.
That tradition will continue in UM's new gallery with the inaugural exhibition "of-things-being-what-they-are-not," by Martin Casuso, which opens June 9 and features stop-action video and site-specific installations.
Casuso's work has its origins in mainstream handiwork and hobby, with a deliberate shift from a traditional application of these crafts. His work involves an ongoing exploration of how gender, sexual preference, materials, and processes relate to themes of domesticity. The materials of craft, sometimes made by unseen hands of the past or by the artist himself, are combined with a more industrial palette of hardware supplies or thrift store housewares to make new "old" objects that are not gender specific. They in turn reflect Casuso's own relationship with domesticity, shifting from being objects of use to objects of contemplation.
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SWINDON Robins could be set to benefit from a shake-up in the Elite League table following the sad closure of Birmingham Brummies yesterday.
The BSPA announced yesterday that the Perry Barr club will not be able to complete the season, with financial problems meaning the Brummies haven't taken to the track since June 30 and haven't raced at home since June 11.
While the governing body have yet to officially announce what will happen to the Brummies league points, and those gained by the teams riding against Birmingham, it is likely they will all be expunged from the league table.
If that happens, given the Robins have yet to complete a fixture against Birmingham this season, Alun Rossiter's side could be set to move closer to the play-offs.
Wolverhampton, who currently sit directly above Swindon in sixth, would lose four points, putting the Robins above them, while they would then only be two behind Coventry and three behind fourth-placed Eastbourne, with both teams losing three.
Leaders King's Lynn would have 10 points removed from their total, while Lakeside in second would lose seven.
"I'm gutted about this outcome, but sadly there is no alternative," BSPA chairman Alex Harkess said.
"When I met with the loyal group of Birmingham supporters last week I believed there was genuine hope, but sadly things have changed over the last few days.
"As an association, we have done everything possible to try and ensure the continuation of speedway but with no promoter willing to take the club forward I'm afraid the club is now closed for business.
"I feel for the Birmingham riders and supporters who have been a real credit through this ordeal and we all hope this is not the last time we see speedway at Perry Barr Stadium."


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This freestanding installation in the Portland Art Museum was deployed in concert with the museum's exhibition "Marking Portland: the Art of Tattoo." Integrated into an alcove adjacent to one of the busiest thoroughfares in the museum, this two-sided experience merges the museum's community and collection. On a large display on the inner side of the unit, visitors walk up and see themselves with details of artwork blended onto their likenesses. A row of scrolling thumbnails lets visitors browse and select the artwork they want to see on themselves. After a few seconds, an image of the composite is captured and added to the "Body Collective" collection, where it can be viewed on the outside of the unit. Visitors can browse through thumbnails of every image captured since the exhibition opened to observe the playful convergence of art and audience.
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PUPILS from Woodlands Community Primary School were puzzled after arriving for school this week to find their classroom cordoned off and police officers swarming around.
A 'crime' had been committed over the weekend and year one youngsters from the Cwmbran school worriedly awaited developments.
Things were about to take a more sinister twist and, to gasps and cries, officers told the pupils not to panic but the culprit was still at large on the school grounds.
Porridge had been stolen from the classroom, but the thief had left a trail of handprints and clues that led out to school's wetlands.
Officers were able to locate Goldilocks hiding there and she was arrested and taken away on suspicion of breaking and entering, and theft.
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A date has yet to be set for Goldilocks to appear at magistrates' court to answer the charges against her.


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MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA — Aztec Products Inc. welcomes Glenn Krewson as the new Southeast regional sales manager, according to a press release.
Krewson has experience in growing sales regions and increasing market penetration for both small and Fortune 100 companies, the release noted.
"Coming from advertising sales, Glenn has a proven ability to sell intangibles. This ability dovetails nicely with Aztec's system approach of selling productivity, not generic products," said Whit Beverly, president of Aztec Products.
"Krewson has joined the Aztec sales force with a true team player attitude. He is self-motivated and is driven to succeed. Glenn''s greatest asset is his ability to listen to the customer and fulfill their equipment needs," said Steven Spengler, vice president of sales.
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MLS executives say they want their league to be one of the world's best by 2022. LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane, who starred in the world's best league for more than a decade, says MLS is on the right track. The pieces are in place. All that's needed now is a bit more money.
"There are a lot of players in England that I speak to now, youngish kind of players, that want to come over here and play over here," Keane told reporters last week during an MLS media event at Red Bull Arena. "There are certainly a lot of players who look at this league now with certainly a different opinion than they did a few years ago.
"When I went back (last month) and trained with Tottenham for a couple of weeks, the lads asked questions and stuff like that. That just goes to show you how the league has grown."
MLS has its appealing aspects. The lifestyle in the U.S. and Canada—"It's not a bad place to live is it, Hollywood?" Keane asked rhetorically—the reduced pressure from both the public and the press, the improving facilities and the gradually improving wages have been noticed abroad.
Keane said another plus for the league is the top-to-bottom competitiveness that is rare in most major, top-heavy European circuits.
"Everyone is kind of on the even playing field. It's not like Man United and Southampton, with no disrespect, that kind of distance," he said. "If you noticed, you never win (in MLS) by a lot of goals. It's fairly always tight, usually tight games. For me, that's been a challenge in itself because you have to be performing every week. The teams around you could beat you on any day."
Speaking later exclusively to Sporting News, Keane said he was a bit frustrated by those back in the U.K. or his native Ireland who claim that playing in MLS is akin to taking the easy way out.
"Some people are quite ignorant, you know? It's like, when people ask me about the league and stuff like that, you have to come here first to realize how hard it is to play here. Everyone is on the same level," he said.
Keane, who turned out for five EPL clubs and is most famous for his exploits with Tottenham, said those who play for the entrenched powers could mark a "W" next to half the games on their schedule before the season even begins.
"It's easy going to play with Man United and you're playing with the best players in the world," he said.
The next step for MLS, Keane argued, was to increase the quality of play while maintaining that competitive balance. Each MLS team currently has three Designated Player slots, which carry a significant salary budget hit but which allow clubs to pay anything they like above and beyond that initial charge.
Keane told Sporting News that it's time to raise the number of DPs to five per team. They don't have to necessarily be foreign players, he added, pointing out that Galaxy teammates like Omar Gonzalez or Mike Magee could "easily" be DPs.
"You look at Tottenham. I was training with them a few weeks ago. You look at the players and the people who were on the bench, it was strong. Really strong," he said. "It's hard (to score goals in MLS) at the moment because it's on a level kind of playing field, if you like. But in England you've got 20 designated players (per team). ... You could sit here all day and speak all day about (MLS), but it is what it is. But if we move on and keep talking about and extending it to maybe five players, I think we'll 100 percent help the league and it will help the U.S. national team.
"In 10 years' time, this league would be massive if you extend it to five players. If you don't extend it to five players, it's going to be the same."
That "same" isn't so bad, he argued. It's just not world class. At least not yet.
"If you look at Seattle, Colorado, Portland, you look at the fans there every week, they're there two hours before the game," Keane said. "The league is set now to keep going. We're at a level where it's going to stay like that. Whether David (Beckham) set that thing, he's gone now but I think it's going to continue.
"I don't think it's going to change. We're going to still get full houses at the Galaxy. I think we still will."


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UPPER LAKE -- On Saturday, Lake County residents judged more than 70 students as they competed in a speech and interview competition at Upper Lake High School (ULHS).
Students were judged on their presentation skills, professional appearance and preparedness. More than 40 volunteers served as judges and ended their day with a group luncheon among academic decathletes, judges and coaches. Students participated in their first segment of testing by completing the required essay earlier in the week. This year's essays will be judged by staff at Mendocino College and Marymount College. Decathletes will complete their exams on Feb. 2 as they spend the morning testing in music, art, mathematics, language and literature, science, economics and social science. They will then participate in a Super Quiz Bowl that is open to the public at ULHS starting at 3:45 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony.
ULHS will defend its long-running streak as county champion as the other high schools compete to represent Lake County at the state competition in March.
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