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Down to the last of my dupes i'm getting rid of. all are black label and complete unless specified.
shipping would be between $2-10 depending upon how many games you want.
Kartia $20
Hoshigami $20
Rhapsody $20
Final Fantasy Anthology (w/ soundtrack) $15
Final Fantasy Tactics Greatest Hits $20 (will throw in beat up strat guide for $7 more)
Chrono Cross $15
Front Mission 3 $15
Grandia $25
Castlevania Symphony of the Night $35
Suikoden II $100
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We paid Troy Murphy that to get someone to take Stephen Jackson.
That is not the real question any more in this discussion.
If push comes to shove...would you rather rather part with Scola OR GH in order to keep Lance?
My initial answer is Scola cuz I don't think that the Cap situation will be good enough to get a Quality Starter with the remaining $$$.
However, I cannot provide a real answer to this question without knowing what the Cap situation will be assuming if GH is somehow ( magically IMHO ) sent to another Team without getting any Salary Back ( while IMHO likely costing assets that we can no longer afford to lose...like future draft picks or Solo ). If GH's salary is somehow removed from the Salary Cap equation....do we have enough to sign another Starter Quality Player ( whether it be Granger or someone else ) with the remaining $$$ before hitting the LT? If the answer is that we'd have less then the full MLE....then I'd rather dump Scola, keep GH and then sign a Backup PF with the remaining $$$ left on the books to sign before hitting the LT.
To me, it's easier to replace a backup Player than it is a Starter.
EDIT - here is my calculations:
Dump GH / Keep Scola:
Assuming the following:
- No Players are traded EXCEPT for GH and that some Trade is worked out where NO 2014-2015 Salary is taken back.
- The option to pick up Sloan and OJs contract is made ( they earn the vet minimum...so no point to cut them )
The Pacers would have roughly $60 mil in guaranteed Salary owed to 10 Players. That would mean that the Pacers would have about $15.7 mil to spend before going into the LT.
If Lance goes for $12 mil ( let's hope a worse case scenario ), that would mean that the Pacers have about $3.7 mil to sign 2 Players....one of which can be a Starter.....unless someone from the 2nd unit is bumped up to the Starting lineup ( maybe Solo, OJ or CJ ).
Dump Scola / Keep GH:
- Assuming that Scola's unguaranteed contract is not picked up.....all that will be owed him and go towards the 2014-2015 books is the $940,906 that is owed to him. The $940,906 ( I assume ) will count towards the 2014-2015 Salary Cap.
- The option to pick up Sloan and OJs contract is made ( they earn the vet minimum...so no point to cut them )
The Pacers would have roughly $64 mil in guaranteed Salary owed to 10 Players. That would mean that the Pacers would have about $11.7 mil to spend before going into the LT.
Assuming that 2 Veteran Players are signed at $850k each ( which has to be done ), that would mean that the MAX that the Pacers could offer him is a Contract that has a 2014-2015 Salary that STARTS at roughly $10 mil ( NOTE - a 2014-2015 Salary that starts at $10 mil does not immediately translate into a $40 mil contract....the Pacers can offer higher raises per year...so the Total Contract offer would be more than $40 mil TOTAL ).
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Another thing that needs to be considered more than it already is: Paul George can play just as well at the 2 as he can at the 3. If Lance does go bye-bye, we should also be thinking about potential SMALL FORWARDS to bring in. It doesn't have to be about keeping Danny.
The bottom line is that Lance is becoming a star. You don't let budding stars get away. Having a wing duo of PG and Lance is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a franchise.
True. MDJ too. But we also paid Croshere something like that. The point is, we've had some incredibly bad contracts and a couple slightly overpaid guys are not going to hurt this franchise. The bench can be filled with decent talent on the cheap. What we cannot afford is to lose perhaps our 3rd most valuable player. That is who I think Lance is or will soon become.
The more I look at the salaries on the team, the more I know he is cracking 7 figures and will be paid roughly 42M over 4 years.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Anyone that wants to pay Lance a contract that's equal to, or worth more than Steph Curry and Tony Parker needs their head examined.
A lot like Rose did with that pacer team, I think Lance's skills make him much more effective here than he would elsewhere. Not to say he wouldn't put up numbers elsewhere (again comparing him to Jalen who put up nice stats on losing teams in Chi and TOR) just that he wouldn't be a part of a winning team if he were the #1 or #2 option on a team night in and night out. When you're talking about paying a guy 12mil plus a yr, you're talking about a #1 or #2 option night in and night out. Lance isn't that right now.
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The alternative to not re-signing Lance is re-sign Granger and whatever Free Agent that we can afford before going over the LT.
EDIT - Apologies....my calculations were totally off. I have revised my post below.
The Pacers 2014-2015 Salary Cap will be $68 mil owed to 11 Players with $7.7 mil to spend before hitting the LT..
I have no idea how much Granger is going to go for.....but I'm beginning to think that the best that we can hope for is to re-sign at $5 to 6 mil and then sign some FA at $1 to 2 mil while signing our 2nd round draft pick.
Seriously.....unless some miracle happens where Copeland is traded in the next 3 weeks...there is a very strong possibility that Granger + cheap FA is going to be the best that we can do.
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Agreed. I believe Legend has made clear his expectations. Lets quickly revisit.
The question that gets asked the most by fans now is, how do you keep Lance? Are you confident you can re-sign Lance? That you'll have the money to do it?
I never worry about that. If Lance isn't here, we'll plug somebody else in. Obviously I think this is the best situation for Lance. I worry about if Lance leaves here. This environment is absolutely perfect for him. Players know his little games. Lance is always energetic. He's always at another level. He likes to mess around in practice. Guys understand that here. It's not a bad thing, he's just energetic. He wants to go 100 miles an hour every time. Lance falls on the court and acts like he's been shot. Guys will walk by and tell him to get up. So this is the best environment for Lance.
I am okay with losing Lance if it means we can keep Scola Danny and add one more player to replace Lance. My hunch / hope is Danny will not get paid more than an MLE (5M). How many GM's are going to trust his knees for a long term contract. Even a contract say like DWEST signed at 2 years is very questionable considering its a degenerative condition if I remember correctly. Additionally, I believe Danny wants to be here. He realizes he has limited years left and I believe he wants to win above all else. He has rec'd his contract. Scola and Danny could be right around 9-10 M if Lance is not re-signed that allows us to bring another player in as well. For example, a Jamal Crawford or Kyle Korver type.
We kinda already got the ring chasers except these guys still have spring left when you are comparing them to say a Ray Allen type player. I would be very content with Scola and DWEST as the PF combo for an additional 2-3 seasons. and if Danny has that remaining in his knees at around 4 M per for a player wanting to win above all else, I think it gives us a better chance to win a championship.
Would Lance lead the league in trip dubbs if the bench were still DJ, Hansbrough, OJ, and Solo Hill?
Bird said it best. This is the perfect situation for Lance. However, if he wants to get paid over winning then more power to him. I am very confident a Danny Granger @ around 80% of what he once was can replace Lance, not in the same way but overall. Keep Luis and as Bird stated bring someone else in.
I'm not trying to be a buzzkill or a dick or anything but I'm just kinda over "HOW WE GONNA PAY LANCE?!" I'm just gonna enjoy what we have right now and worry about it when the time comes, it's a pretty nice problem to have.
I'm not sure Cable how you can think it would cost the Pacers assets to move Hill. He's hardly some albatross. But the fact of the matter for us is that currently he's the 7th banana making 8 mil a year for a small market, just not an efficient use of cap.
Moving him would give us a great shot at bringing back Danny AND Lance who combine to do Hill's two primary jobs much better than he does.
Exactly, I can't believe how many people are completely ignoring what Bird said a few weeks ago. People can say he's going to make 12-14 mil and that we have to do whatever it takes to keep him but none of that matters. Bird has already told us what he's going to do. He'll give him a fair offer and if he's outbid then he feels that the team will be fine in moving on. I'm sure he wasn't thinking 12 mil to max when he said that.
I'm willing to see the Pacers pay whatever the market says is Lance's price.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
GH is owed $8 mil per year over the next 3 seasons. I can see the argument that a Team would be willing to simply send Draft picks to take on a Quality Starting Combo-Guard at a very reasonable Contract....or a very expensive 6th Man / 1st guard off the bench.
However, I will stick to my minority opinion that I think that it is difficult to move Players with long-term contracts under the new CBA without losing some assets.
Can you clarify what you mean by saying that GH is the 7th banana on the Team? Does that mean that he's the 7th scoring option on the Team?
As for paying a Starting Quality Combo-Guard $8 mil a year.....find me another Starting Combo-Guard ( or a PG or SG ) at that price.
To me, having a Starter like GH at his price is an efficient use of Cap Space.
IMHO....$7 to 9 mil is the going rate for a Non-All Star Starting Guard. One may hate that he's on the high end of the scale.....but that is the going rate for such a Player.
Find me a Starting Quality Combo-Guard ( that is not on his rookie Contract ) that is paid in that price range ( give or take a mil ). while adding in that this Player has to be able to run the point, play a good majority of his minutes "off-the-ball" and not become completely ineffective when the Player doesn't have the ball in his hand.
Based off of my calculations....unless Granger wants to re-sign with the Pacers for less than $2 to 3 mil a year ( depending on how much Lance takes )....letting GH while getting back nothing will only allow them to keep Lance...but not both Granger and Lance.
I know that GH has become the Scapegoat for this year and that it's a matter of opinion as to how he contributes to the Team.....so I will just agree to disagree.
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I am beginning to come to the realization that this year will be the only year where we can "enjoy" this ride. This season...it's Championship or Bust.....cuz I think that there is a very good possibility that the roster next season will be dramatically different than this season.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Can someone calculate what the total contract is for Lance if he gets a 4 or 5 year contract offer starting at $10 mil in 2014-2015 ( assuming that he receives the Pacers higher raise percentages )?
Are we looking at some $42 mil total contract offer ( over 4 years ) or some $54 mil total contract ( over 5 years )?
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
We can already keep Lance up to a certain price point so I'm not sure what your calculations are. Saving another 6.5-8 mil would be huge.
As for finding "another George Hill" we don't need to which is the point. He's already replaced in one aspect or another in house. He's also just flat out less valuable then Lance. Or Scola. Or Danny. That's what is meant by 7th banana. 7th most important. 7th best. He might be the best 7th best man in the league but at 8 mil bumping up against the LT, I think it's pretty obvious who should go. Scola is more important now and next year, so is David, obviously so is Lance.
You never addressed my questions.
I don't care about what the Spurs do as they don't have the name Pacers across the front of their uni. With Bonner and Diaw as b/u PF, you really think the Spurs will win a championship? If you do I have a piece of ocean front property in Brown County to sell you.
If you want to go back to years past type of b/u PF's, and just win 50 games then fine. Personally, I've given 40 years of loyalty to the Pacers, and I want a CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!
I'm not saying Scola is the answer to a championship, but he's an intregal part of making a strong bench which what the Pacers need to win a championship. That's why Bird upon returning strenghtened the bench! He knows a player like Scola is vital to succeed otherwise he'd have just keep Tyler.
The Pacers NEVER signed Murphy or Dunleavy to those contracts as GS did. They inherited them thru a trade. AND YES THEY WERE OVERPAID thanks to a poor GM in Mullins.
Last night was another good example of why I don't want to give up a rare gold coin just so we have enough room in our pockets for a few dimes.
If Scola keeps playing like he has been recently, of course you get rid of him to keep Lance. Lance, Roy, Paul. Build around them. We will be idiots to let a budding star walk so we can keep Luis Effin' Scola.
We aren't going to lose Hibbert. We are going to not be able to pay a power forward $12m a year and a point guard $8m a year. That is what we will be losing.
Personally, I doubt Bird would've returned without some promises from Simon about spending money for a championship run. They probably compromised on the scenario it would happen but I seriously doubt we break up a championship contending team by letting the key pieces walk because their market value is too much. You also have to consider how much a championship is worth in ticket sales, merch, concessions, and PR. You don't go intentionally knocking yourself backwards. Of course you have to take a realistic look at the pieces you have, who is replaceable and who is not.
Granger is fairly pedestrian right now so he's not in line for a payday nor is he likely any sort of legitimate backup plan either. Scola has been playing great off the bench but the last couple of games have been anything but great for him. You have to assume he gets back to where he was but the point is he has to do it on the floor. That is the same for anyone. You go in a slump you better find your way out of it.
So I don't expect the Pacers to hand out contracts based on the name on the back of the jersey but instead based on the contributions on the court versus replaceability. But I do think we'll keep the important pieces together and pay what the market says we need to pay. Otherwise I don't think we'd have seen Bird return. IMHO.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
It's not the last couple of games for Scola. It's the last month. He's shooting below 40% in January. He's becoming a real problem.


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With spring's warmer temperatures quickly approaching, University of Colorado at Boulder officials are reminding students of important personal and community safety measures to keep in mind when they are out and about on campus and in the Boulder community.
CU-Boulder officials stress that communication to students about safety, and safety protocols, are ongoing projects on campus.
"Safety is a top priority for the campus," said Gardiner "Tuck" Tucker, assistant dean of students. "We want all students to take care of themselves and each other, and to help one another be successful, especially when it comes to safety and security. We encourage students to make good decisions, be aware of their environment and get help if needed."
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MARTINEZ — Community groups will face an exhaustive and competitive process if they hope to win a piece of the $4 million Contra Costa County will spend this year on services that help keep former state inmates on the straight and narrow.
A county supervisor subcommittee set out a months-long "request for proposal" timeline Monday morning that calls for awarding the money by June 1. The funds come from a portion of the $19 million a year the state sends the county to manage the roughly 400 felons it shifted into local custody under state prison realignment legislation that took effect last October.
Eligible community-based services vary widely, but all intend to reduce the numbers of prisoners who re-offend once released from jail. Services include one-stop centers where ex-felons can easily access programs, services, substance abuse treatment, job training, housing subsidies and mental health services.
The dollars are divided based on where the former inmates live, with 40 percent going to eastern Contra Costa County and 30 percent each in western and central Contra Costa County.
Bidders with existing county contracts such as Rubicon will find the process familiar, while some of the fledgling inmate service nonprofit organizations may find the extensive documentation, auditing and reporting requirements difficult.
To help small, new and potentially innovative organizations compete, Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia said the county will encourage the established organizations to take promising new groups under their wings.
Frustrated with delays and controversy, the supervisors' subcommittee is also recommending a dramatic expansion of the Community Corrections Partnership, a coalition of law enforcement, court and county leaders charged with overseeing realignment under the state legislation.
The panel would go from seven to 14 members, with supervisors appointing most of the new members, including County Administrator David Twa. In addition, the supervisors will select the police chief representative rather than allow the Contra Costa Police Chiefs Association to make the choice.
The smaller existing panel clashed for months over its budget — including whether money should be set aside for community based organizations — until it finally reached compromise six months after the fiscal year had started.
Panelists required in the legislation include the county's chief probation officer, presiding judge, district attorney, public defender, sheriff, a chief of police and a county department director such as social services or mental health.
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Wingfest 2014
Wingfest 2014 is Saturday, April 5, featuring 36,000 delicious Gold'n Plump wings!
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Sports Arena East Building at the Benton County Fairgrounds (1410 3rd Ave. S., Sauk Rapids 56379)
Free admission, courtesy of D & B Auto Body of Sauk Rapids
If you like wings then you'll LOVE Wingfest. On April 5th the Sports Arena East Building, at the Benton County Fairgrounds, will be turned into a wing-competing and eating haven. We'll have 36,000 Golden Plump Chicken wings to try, sauced by area pro and amateur competitors. All different kinds of wing sauces. Admission is free, courtesy of D & B Auto Body in Sauk Rapids.
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The charter is held by the Fort Wayne Urban League, and we are sponsored by the Indiana Charter Board.
Our educational role is to simply offer parents an educational option. It is important to remember that charter schools educate a higher concentration of at-risk and disadvantaged students, which makes comparing charters to traditional public schools look bad in a simple comparison.
However, according to the Center for Education Reform (2012 National Center for Policy Analysis):
"Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.
"However, test scores at charter schools are 'rising sharply' and out-gaining conventional schools.
"Charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students.
"Charter schools that have been open for years boast even higher achievement rates; a Harvard University study found charter schools that have operated for more than five years outpace conventional schools by as much as 15 percent."
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy and the Fort Wayne Urban League want to build neighborhoods and a strong community today's urban generation can identify with.
We have good teachers and a caring and dedicated administrative team. A charter school simply represents another educational option for parents to consider. One size does not fit all in life or in getting a good quality education.


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Garden Updates:
Clicking the label Garden Updates anywhere on the blog will take you to all my garden updates, with the most recent updates shown first.
Cooking Tips for Gardeners:
Cooking with French Tarragon
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Tips for Freezing Garden Produce:
My Favorite Tips for Freezing Garden Tomatoes, Fresh Herbs, and Vegetables
How to Freeze Fresh Basil (all phases)
How to Freeze Fresh Herbs: Rosemary and Thyme (all phases)
More About Freezing Fresh Herbs: Thai Basil, Sage, Tarragon, and Mint (all phases)
How to Make and Freeze Tomato Sauce (all phases)
Making Pistou Sauce for the Freezer (in honor of Julia Child, all phases)
I started gardening with just a little strip of dirt at the back of my yard, but in the spring of 2008 my brother Mark built raised beds for me, which greatly improved the garden and made it easier to maintain. (Thanks Mark, love you!)
Mark also put two skinny herb beds across the top of the garden, since I love to grow herbs. I loved the way these look in late summer when the herbs are overflowing the beds!
In 2010 I grew tomatoes in those beds for the first time, including three plants of my favorite green zebra tomatoes.
Improvements to the garden area continued in late 2010 when I added a new fence, another herb bed along the fence, a shed for tools, and converted my garden to drip irrigation with weed barrier/gravel around the beds for the whole garden area. I'm excited about these improvements and can't wait for gardening 2011!
having a container garden, which was a mixed success. The next two years I didn't have a garden (sob) and had to get produce from the farmers market.
this fantastic new garden, completely enclosed to keep out the critters, and I could not be more grateful of excited to start gardening again!


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The first big week of earnings season is finished, on a shortened week, and the market is still standing tall. The S&P 500 just finished the week above 1500 -- a significant milestone, as it hadn't closed above that level since 2007. The Dow, meanwhile, is within a stone's throw of a new all-time high.S&P 500 Source: StockCharts.com View Chart » View in New Window »
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Bale has fingers crossed for award
Spurs winger Gareth Bale hopes he is voted Player of the Year by his fellow professionals after returning from injury to play a central role in the club's crucial 3-1 win over Manchester City on Sunday.
Bale produced a superb ball with the outside of his left foot to create the equaliser for Clint Dempsey before wrapping up the points with a dinked finish over the top of Joe Hart.
That goal was his 23rd of the season and Bale, who is also nominated for the Young Player award, is the odds-on favourite with the bookmakers to win a second PFA gong of his career having also won the vote in 2011. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday night.
"It's massive. It's great for your peers to vote for you," Bale told the club's official website. "Hopefully I do win. To be nominated is fantastic and fingers crossed."
The victory kept Spurs within touching distance of the top four with five games remaining - one of those being at fourth-placed Chelsea. And Bale was in no doubt about the significance of their fightback.
"We knew it was a massive game and the lads showed what we have in the team - a lot of character," Bale added. "It was a fantastic turnaround. As soon as we scored the first everyone had that belief and confidence, the fans raised the noise and gave us that belief to go forward and thankfully we were able to score two more.
"We need to keep that character, team spirit, and togetherness in to the last five games and push for our objectives this season."
Of the injury which had kept the player out for two weeks, he said: "My ankle was all right. It was touch and go whether I was going to play but I got through it okay. It was a bit sore maybe in the first half but I got more confidence in the second half. It's just about managing it and carrying on."
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One Direction Go Global in '1D3D' Trailer
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One Direction's Morgan Spurlock-directed 3D concert film is approaching fast. Those of you Directioners who can't wait? There's a teaser!
Spurlock agreed to shoot the movie mostly out of curiosity: "These guys have gotten so huge in such a short amount of time," he said. "Why?"
The trailer doesn't reveal too much in terms of answers, but let's be real: you already know why you love them.
We see the guys prepping for music videos and performances and interacting with screaming Directioners. There's also some confessional-style footage featuring Zayn Malik, who was rumored to be considering leaving the group, tells the camera, "As a group, we're stronger than if there were five people by themselves." (That's comforting, right?) In a separate scene, Liam Payne affirms that the guys are tight: "I always wanted a little brother. Now I've got four of them."
The film seems to be moving quickly, as the band only recently came back from Tokyo — and a lot of the trailer footage is of the band in Japan. In one quick clip we see them learning to bow (cute!).
'1D3D' is due to hit theaters on Aug. 30, 2013. Get ready, Directioners!


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The history of China is as rich and strange as that of any country on earth. Yet for many, China's history remains unknown, or known only through the stylized images that generations in the West have cherished or reviled as truth.
With his command of character and event - the product of 30 years of research and reflection in the field - Spence dispels those myths in a powerful narrative. Over four centuries of Chinese history, from the waning days of the once-glorious Ming Dynasty to Deng Xiaoping's bloody suppression of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Spence fashions the astonishing story of the effort to achieve a modern China. Through the ideas and emotions of its reformist Confucian scholars, its poets, novelists, artists, and visionary students, we see one of the world's oldest cultures struggling to define itself as Chinese and modern.
©1990 Jonathan D. Spence (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"To understand…China's past there is no better place to start than Jonathan D. Spence's excellent new book." (New York Times Book Review)
"Monumental…History that is always lively, always concrete, always comprehensible." (New York Times)
"Rich and dramatic…A pleasure to read, as well as being immensely informative." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Great Read, Difficult Chinese"
I would certainly recommend this book as it is both comprehensive and concise. Spence does a great job at covering China's history in a easily digestible read.
Nothing out there really compares to Spence's tome, but to supplement this history, Arthur Smith's 19th and 20th century writings cover Chinese culture and society from a more humanistic perspective. Together, the reader will get a good feel for China.
Chinese pronunciation is difficult for a non-native speaker and the reader's attempts, while noble, fall short of the mark. For those who speak Mandarin, the Chinese pronunciation is annoyingly incorrect making it difficult to follow the narrative when it comes to places and names. It's a struggle, at best. However, for non Mandarin speakers, this may not be a problem.
"An undisputed classic"
This book is epic, narrative history at its absolute best, as it traces the history of China from the time of the late Ming until the present day. In its best moments, it evokes the likes of Edward Gibbon, as we follow the rise and fall of the larger-than-life personalities, from the Chongzheng Emperor to Deng Xiaoping, that dot the historical landscape of the Middle Kingdom. This is one of those rare historical tomes that I would recommend to anyone, regardless of whether one's interest in Chinese history is professional or casual, and regardless of one's level of scholarship. In short, this is a classic of Chinese history, and even, dare I say, a classic of narrative history.
The performance is solid as well, but has some serious problems. Although the reader never lost my attention, his pronunciation of Chinese names is inconsistent and, more often than not, incorrect. The audible edition is nonetheless worth spending a credit on, and comes highly recommended.
"The narrator doesn't know how to pronounce Chinese"
I really looked forward to the book, but the narrator is so awful I felt as though it was a total waste of time. I am not a Chinese speaker but have a rudimentary knowledge of the language and pronunciation - enough to cringe every time he tried to pronounce any Chinese names or words. Awful!!
I couldn't really continue listening after a few hours.
Not one that related to anything Chinese.
Unfortunately no. . ..
Don't buy this is you have the slightest idea of how to pronounce anything Chinese. I really can't comprehend why the narrator was hired to read this book!
"Excellent book, lazy narrator"
This is a classic textbook on early modern and modern Chinese history. I've very happy to see it finally appearing in audio form, and I hope there are more on the way.
I have one complaint: The pronunciation of most of the Chinese names is so wrong that the reader might as well be making up random noises. For example, "zhou" is pronounced "joe," not "zoo," and it matters because "zhou" appears in the names of most Chinese geographic locations outside Beijing and Shanghai. It would take 10 minutes for the reader to learn the absolute basics of how to pronounce Chinese names. By being too lazy to take those 10 minutes, the next 20? 30? hours of audio lose much of their value for any listener who hopes actually to learn something.
Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard, standard performance is sub-standard, and sub-standard performance is not permitted...
"Great scholarship read by unctuous buffoon"
A different reader
Chiang Kai-shek, a balanced treatment.
Davidson combined his self-satisfied, precious English with self-confident, odious Chinese pronunciation. When quoting from a document, he slipped into a sing-song chant one might use in reading off the contents of fortune cookies.
I respect Professor Spence and his work, but the reading is more suitable for a skit on Saturday Night Live. Perhaps Davidson was chosen by some of Spence's academic rivals, or perhaps this is some sort of elaborate joke.
"Fascinating book; horrible narration"
From Jonathan Spence definitely.
Davidson, never
Anyone who would bother to spend the hour or two it takes to learn basic pronounciation of pinyin Chinese. His butchering of the names, places and words makes it impossible to listen and impossible to remember anything
I want to return the book. The narrator messes up Chinese so much the text become unintelligible.
"Great History, Lazy Reader, Needs Update"
New reader, if there is an updated version. History through 70's is solid, but needs perspective of 25 years since 1990 for better interpretation of '80's. And reader should be fired for failing to attempt reasonable pronunciation! Come on! How hard is it to say Dung for Deng or Joe for Zho or Chou (as in Zho Enlai)? Other Audible histories have had names clearly re-read into the text to get them right. And for heaven's sake, someone told him that the Hungarian leader executed in '56, Nagy, was pronounced "Nahge" (which he read correctly) so it couldn't have been that hard. His butchering of almost every name really hurt my ears. It was tolerable -- if a constant irritant -- when I recognized the person through the mangled pronunciation, but lost me countless personages I might have gotten had I heard the name correctly, or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof.
I had Spence for Chinese History at Yale in the spring of 1972, a very exciting time to be studying it! He was amazing, then at the beginning of his career. And late Ming and Qing materials are reminiscent of the course and solid. Because the names were so butchered by the reader, the 20th century was much harder to follow.
Too lazy to get correct phonetic pronunciations. And the emphases he often placed were wrong, showing he clearly did not have a very strong understanding of what he was reading.
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Friday, September 22, 2017
FSH Estradiol
FSH is <1 and estradiol was on one test <5 this time 21. 7. I am 56. is there a problem here with the pitiutary gland/
Lab tests are one piece of the whole puzzle. This is a difficult question to answer without knowing your whole history and doing an exam. I would make an appointment with your physician to discuss the results in detail.
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A MAJOR celebration of ongoing efforts to clean up Burnley's town centre waterways will take place next weekend.
Supporters of the Ribble Rivers Trust's interventions on the Rivers Calder and Brun are planning outdoor theatre, a multi-media presentation and live music under the banner of 'The Big Splash'.
Already the Urban River Enhancement Scheme has seen a number of changes to the two rivers, beginning with new fish passes where they converge at Calder Vale Bridge and similar ladders in the likes of Thompson Park and Queen's Park.
Another major project saw narrow river channels, carrying the River Calder past Holden Street and Elizabeth Street, widened to give migrating fish a fighting chance of spawning further upstream.
Earlier this year Burnley Youth Theatre staged a series of auditions for a huge open-air production, featuring spirit puppets and water dragons.
The final performance took place in April but trust officials were so impressed that they will be hosting a repeat showing in the town centre as part of the day, which will take place from 11am to 3pm on St James Street.
Neil Ashworth, URES project assistant, said: "I was surprised at just how quickly and creatively the young people welcomed and embraced the activities.
"Their enthusiasm was fantastic and infectious and Burnley Youth Theatre left the group wanting more."
Workshops have also been held at the town's central library for youngsters to make, decorate and name their own fish, which will all be contenders in the town's first-ever 'fish race' on the River Brun.
Young people who have been taking part in Undercurrents, offering free film-making, visual arts, creative writing and photography workshops, will also unveil a 'surprise' piece of work, crafted for the occasion.
The URES, backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has been running in Burnley since 2011 and has won through to the finals of a TV competition to find the nation's favourite lottery-backed environmental scheme.


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What You'll Need: scriptures, GAB 9/GAK 105: Abraham Taking Isaac to Be Sacrificed, GAB 57/GAK 230: The Crucifixion, printed coloring pages, coloring tools.
You can also choose to download the pdf of LESSON 06 for easy printing. If you download, please leave a comment here on what you like about this lesson. Note: GAK vs GAB pictures explained here.
Opening Song: Follow the Prophet - Verse 4 (PCS #110)
Before we came to Earth we lived in Heaven with our Heavenly Father. He is the father of our Spirits. As our father, He knows what is best for us. He knows what good things we need and what trials we need to help us grow. We should always trust Him. Sometimes the Lord commands us to do difficult things, but if we trust in Him everything will always turn out just like it should.
We are going to talk about a story from the Bible about a Prophet named Abraham who trusted in the lord.
Sarah overheard his words and laughed because she and Abraham were so old. But later Sarah and Abraham learned that the men who had come to their home were really heavenly visitors, and the prophecy was fulfilled. Sarah did have a son and they named him Isaac, which means rejoicing. The loved their son very much.
- How do you think Abraham felt about having to kill his son, who he loved so much?
- Do you think it would be hard for Abraham to obey the Lord?
He began his journey to the mountain early in the morning, taking Isaac, two young servants, a donkey, and wood for the burnt offering. On the third day of the journey, Abraham left the two servants and the donkey, saying that he and Isaac would go farther to worship.
(show GAB 9/ GAK 105: Abraham Taking Isaac to Be Sacrificed)
Because Abraham was willing to obey, the Lord promised that he would have many descendants and that his family would bless all nations.
When we hear the story of Abraham and Isaac it reminds us of Heavenly Father and how difficult it was for Him to send His only son, Jesus Christ, to earth when He knew Jesus would be killed.
(show GAB 57/GAK 230: The Crucifixion)
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Activity: Abraham and Isaac Coloring Page
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The 49ers were scheduled to meet free agent defensive end John Abraham after the longtime Atlanta Falcon met with the Seattle Seahawks on Friday, according to USA Today's Mike Garafolo.
Abraham, 34, was cut by the Falcons last week.
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio said the free agent is also slated for visits with the Tennessee Titans and New Orleans Saints.


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Monday, September 25, 2017
Kidney Diseases
Kidney Problems - Next Steps?
I have a congenital defect of having one kidney. It was injured during hysterectomy surgery. I had constant stents for 5 years. I found a doctor who said he could fix it. He took a lot of my bladder and made me a new ureter. It is connected through the bottom of my bladder so I have urinary reflux. My potassium is usually low (3.3), My BUN is 30, my creatinine is 1.9-2.1. What is next for me?
Low potassium could result from renal losses. This can be corrected with potassium supplements. There are other potential causes of low potassium such as medications and excess losses in the stool. Kidney function is not normal. The goal would be to prevent further deterioration. If you have hypertension or diabetes these need to be controlled. You need to avoid medications that could harm your kidneys such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). An example of this is ibuprofen, but there are many others. You should check with your doctor to determine if the reflux is a factor in your kidney function and if surgical correction is indicated. You should see a nephrologist for further input about the particulars of your case.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Agency for International Development recently released its new Strategy on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance. The strategy's overarching goal is to support the establishment and strengthening of inclusive and accountable democracies to advance freedom, dignity and development around the globe.
"Over the past 20 years, we have made significant and lasting contributions to democratic progress around the globe," said USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. He added: "Yet at the same time, we have seen the global trend toward democratic governance slide backwards in some regions. Today we are working to address these challenges through the use of innovation and partnership."
The strategy reaffirms and reinvigorates USAID's two decades of leadership in the field of democracy, human rights and governance. Since the early 1990s USAID has promoted political freedom as an integral part of development, supporting both the democratic participation of citizens and the democratic accountability of governments. The new strategy highlights the centrality of participation and accountability to the achievement of human rights and democratic governance.
As the largest bilateral donor for global democracy, human rights and governance programs, USAID has a long history of supporting human rights throughout its development work. However, for the first time, USAID is elevating human rights as a key objective in its development approach and emphasizing the core rights pertaining to the security of the person as well as the expansion of rights to women, persons with disabilities, LGBT persons, indigenous persons, and ethnic and religious minorities.
The strategy recognizes that democracy, human rights and governance serve as a foundation for all aspects of development, from the prevention of conflict to the advancement of social and economic progress. Indeed, to achieve President Barack Obama's goal of eliminating extreme poverty in the next two decades, USAID is working to address the underlying causes of such poverty: the denial of rights, weak and corrupt institutions, political and economic exclusion, and the absence of participation and accountability in governance. Therefore USAID will work with its field-based missions and partner organizations to integrate participation, accountability and rights across all its development sectors—including health, food security, climate change and economic growth.
USAID's new strategy is being introduced at a complex moment in global affairs: the Arab Awakening and Burma's historic transition proceed alongside a continuing democratic recession. According to Freedom House, freedom in the world has declined for seven straight years. As part of this negative trend, civil society organizations in many countries are facing increasingly hostile governments that have imposed laws and regulations constraining the fundamental freedoms of speech, association and assembly.
In its new Strategy on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, USAID commits to supporting civil society in restrictive countries. Through this strategy, and initiatives such as the Grand Challenge for Development Making All Voices Count, USAID is leveraging technology in its democracy, human rights and governance work, tapping mobile phones, web technologies and social networks to enable citizens to be heard and governments to respond.
USAID is one part of a multifaceted U.S. Government effort to protect human rights and promote democratic governance. Therefore USAID will implement its new strategy by coordinating closely with other U.S. agencies, recognizing that support for democracy, human rights and governance is vital to the achievement of U.S. national security.
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BOISE, Idaho ― After being sued by an environmental group five years ago, the issue of air quality became front-and-center at DeRuyter Brothers Dairy in Outlook, Wash.
So, when a voluntary monitoring program began in the area, DeRuyter was one of 12 farms that signed up.
"It worked out really well," Genny DeRuyter told those attending the Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium on Wednesday.
"I was startled when I finally got my report card (from the people who came out to the farm to evaluate best-management practices related to air quality)," she said. "We had a score in the mid-90s ― that's a passing grade of 'A.'"
The DeRuyters appreciated knowing they were doing the right thing after being caught off guard by the activist lawsuit ― a suit that was later dropped.
At Wednesday's symposium, the monitoring program in Yakima County, Wash., in which the DeRuyters participated, was one of the solutions discussed.
What distinguished the Yakima County program was the collaborative effort between dairy producers, scientists and air-quality regulators. Those groups got together and worked out a program where producers could learn how to mitigate air-quality issues without the threat of a regulatory hammer hanging over them. Likewise, the regulators learned more about the challenges facing dairy farmers.
As one regulator put it, he's a mechanical engineer who started off not knowing anything about cow manure.
Several speakers at the symposium referenced software programs that model ammonia and other emissions from dairies and how those models can be a valuable educational tool.
Producers can plug different management scenarios into the model to see how those affect emissions, pointed out Bill Salas, president of Applied Geosciences, developer of the Manure-DNDC model.
A 3,400-cow dairy could potentially cut ammonia emissions by 50 percent, according to the simulation model, by lowering crude protein in the ration, flushing manure versus scraping it, manure injection versus surface application, and other do-able practices.
The models have gotten more accurate over the years. In fact, estimates from the Manure-DNDC model were compared to actual emissions from five barns (using sensing devices), and there was a high correlation between the two.
Besides Manure-DNDC, there is DairyGEM, Integrated Farm System Model and several others that can be downloaded from the internet free-of-charge.
As the science of air emissions gets better, there will be less guesswork and ambiguity for producers. It takes the issue out of the realm of emotion, points out Kevin Abernathy, director of regulatory affairs for the Milk Producers Council, a California-based dairy farmer organization. Yet, environmental activists would rather keep it emotional, he added.
That goes back to a point made by Washington State dairy producer Genny DeRuyter in her presentation Wednesday.
She said the activist groups don't like the idea of dairy farmers working with regulators to find solutions. "They would rather see us have our names splashed in the newspaper saying we are guilty of something."


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 10/8 Kentucky women's basketball team looks to get back on the winning track when it travels to Arkansas on Thursday, Feb. 7 for an 8 p.m. EST matchup with the Razorbacks in Bud Walton Arena. The game can be heard live on the UK IMG Sports Radio Network with Neil Price.
Fans can also follow the UK Hoops team on Twitter at @UKHoopCats and use #UKHoops to comment on the game.
A tough February awaits the defending Southeastern Conference champions as five of their last seven regular-season league games are on the road.
"We have a tough game ahead of us Thursday night in Fayetteville," UK Hoops Coach Matthew Mitchell said. "It's always a challenge to go against Arkansas. They're very well-coached. They have always been tough to prepare for and this season's no different. (It will) Be an important game for us to try to bounce back, get back on the winning track and we'll certainly have to play well to do that."
The Cats (19-3, 7-2 SEC), currently tied for second place in the SEC standings with Georgia and South Carolina, are coming off a tough 75-71 loss to No. 14/13 Georgia on Sunday in Lexington. Despite leading by eight points with 5:37 to play, Georgia outscored the Wildcats 16-4 in the final five minutes. UGA also shot 51.7 percent in the second half, while holding UK to just 35.5 percent. The loss snapped UK's school-record home winning streak at 34, giving the Cats their first home loss since Feb. 7, 2011. Four players scored in double figures led by senior guard A'dia Mathies (Louisville, Ky.) and redshirt sophomore point guard Jennifer O'Neill (Bronx, N.Y.) with 18 points apiece. Junior forward Samarie Walker (West Carrollton, Ohio) posted her second consecutive, seventh season and 10th career double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 boards, while junior center DeNesha Stallworth (Richmond, Calif.) had 10 points, her 19th game this season in double figures. She also charted a career-high five steals and hit a career-high two 3-pointers.
Overall this season, Mathies leads UK and ranks second in the league (conference games only) in scoring, averaging 18.2 points per game. The preseason SEC Player of the Year currently ranks in the top 10 of 12 career lists at UK, including third in steals (286) and fourth in scoring (1,772).
In the front court, Stallworth and Walker are giving Kentucky a dynamic inside presence this season. The duo combine to average 22.7 points and 14.8 rebounds per game and both are shooting over 50 percent from the floor.
Mitchell is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Wildcats. He ranks third on UK's all-time wins list with 133 and his winning percentage (.696) is first. He is just one win away from tying Sharon Fanning at No. 2 on the all-time wins list and five wins away from tying Terry Hall (138 wins from 1980-87) as the all-time winningest coach in UK Hoops history.
The Razorbacks are 15-7 overall and 3-6 in the SEC after splitting a pair of games in the Magnolia State last week. Arkansas opened with a win last Thursday at Ole Miss, marking just the second victory for the Razorbacks in Oxford in program history. Senior Sarah Watkins dropped in a career-best 28 points leading Arkansas to the win. The Razorbacks fell at Mississippi State despite a double-double from senior Quistelle Williams and 15 points from Watkins.
Overall, Watkins, a 6-foot-3 senior post player from Germantown, Tenn., leads three players in double-figure scoring, averaging 13.0 ppg. Keira Peak and Williams follow with 10.5 ppg apiece.
Tom Collen is in his sixth season at Arkansas. Previously the head coach of Colorado State and Louisville, Collen has a 108-73 (.597) record at Arkansas, and an overall coaching record of 325-143 (.694).
Thursday will mark the 30th meeting between the programs. UK leads the all-time series 16-13. However, the Wildcats trail 9-3 in road games vs. Arkansas. UK is looking for its first win in Bud Walton Arena since Feb. 7, 2010.
UK has won 10 of the last 11 meetings with Arkansas, including last year's game in Lexington, 84-72. The lone loss in that stretch came on Jan. 6, 2011 in Fayetteville with the Razorbacks winning 78-67.


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Why is She on Antibiotics for Weeks?
My friend keeps getting lung infections, almost 2 times to 3 times a month and she has asthma. What would cause a lung infection that bad that she is on antibiotic for weeks?
There are many possible causes for recurrent respiratory infections. In patients with asthma, the infections may trigger asthma flare-ups or exacerbations. Because asthma can be associated with increased secretions in the airways, asthma may make it more difficult to clear an infection, and it is possible that having asthmatic airways could thus predispose someone to recurrent or persistent episodes of infection.
Patients who have recurrent or persistent lung infections may have other problems, including but not limited to immune deficiencies, chronic bronchitis, smoking-related lung disease, structural abnormalities of the airways, or infections which are not being completely treated with the antibiotics that are being prescribed. Your friend's doctor should be able to discuss these possibilities with her in detail and evaluate for them if necessary.
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West Virginia American Water officials have made public a new and somewhat more detailed defense of the company's decision not to shut down its drinking water intake pumps immediately following the Freedom Industries chemical spill in January.
Water company officials included a 13-page report on the matter as part of their opening round of prepared testimony, filed with the state Public Service Commission on Wednesday. Under pressure from numerous citizen complaints, the PSC is investigating how West Virginia American responded to the spill of MCHM that contaminated drinking water supplies across the region.
The new West Virginia American testimony also makes clear a central problem the region faced when the spill occurred: Drinking water for 300,000 residents in Charleston and the surrounding counties comes from one source, and the water company has for 40 years had no alternatives to draw on during such emergencies.
"The Elk River is the sole source of raw water to the plant, and the company did not have any workable options to consider on an emergency basis for temporary or permanent alternative sources of raw water following the Freedom Industries spill," water company engineering manager Brett Morgan said in his testimony to the PSC.
Morgan was one of three West Virginia American officials whose prepared testimony was submitted Wednesday during the first round of testimony in the PSC's spill investigation. In PSC cases, parties file prepared testimony first, and then lawyers cross-examine the other side's witness during a formal hearing, scheduled in the spill investigation for Oct. 7-9.
Commissioners had ordered West Virginia American to file prepared testimony to address a number of issues about the spill, including a "detailed description" of who was involved in and who made the decision not to close the Elk River plant intake, and a "description of the alternatives for water treatment or alternative or supplemental sources of treated or finished water that were considered by [the water company] after it became aware of the MCHM spill."
Regarding alternative water supplies, Morgan told the PSC that the distribution systems served by the Elk River plant and West Virginia American's Huntington water treatment facility "are interconnected to support service in eastern Cabell and Lincoln counties." But, Morgan said, "Even if we had unlimited production capacity in Huntington (which we do not), the Huntington distribution system is not capable of transporting a significant amount of water to the Kanawha Valley system.
"We have a limited number of interconnections that allow the company to help other, smaller utilities, to meet their needs," Morgan said. "None of the smaller utility production facilities, alone or in the aggregate, could have begun to replace the [Kanawha Valley Treatment Plant] in terms of treatment capacity, nor could the transmission and distribution pipelines that connect these systems hydraulically support the flow of water into (as opposed to from) the Kanawha Valley system," Morgan told the commission.
On the issue of why West Virginia American didn't close its Elk River intake system, West Virginia American President Jeff McIntyre has said the issue is the question he has "been most frequently asked" in the months since the chemical spill that affected 300,000 residents in Charleston and surrounding counties.
In previous interviews and public appearances, McIntyre has said closing the Elk River treatment plant would have quickly depleted water needed for firefighting and sanitation. Getting the entire regional water treatment and distribution system back up and running could have taken more than a month, McIntyre has said.
The water company's new testimony to the PSC describes the decision not to close the plant as one that was "based on the company's familiarity and experience with the complexities of the Kanawha Valley system." West Virginia American says that a "consensus was reached" with the state Bureau for Public Health, which regulates drinking water providers, that shutting the plant "would have deprived the public" of water for sanitation and firefighting "for a considerable period of time."
"We had no way, at that time, to determine or estimate the duration of the chemical spill or resulting plume that would affect the water treatment plant," testified Billie J. Suder, manager of water quality and environmental compliance for West Virginia American. "Shutting down the plant, losing the system, then re-starting it, would have been a prolonged, difficult process, keeping customers out of water for any use for a substantially longer period of time than the actual period that the 'do not use' order was in place."
In his prepared testimony to the PSC, West Virginia American's Morgan says that he was questioned by U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators about the decision not to shut down the water plant.
At the board's request, Morgan prepared a report to "more specifically quantify" how long it would take to restart the water system and "to illustrate the complexities in restoring the system," said water company spokeswoman Laura Jordan.
Morgan's report, dated Feb. 25, says that on the day of the chemical spill, the Elk River plant was providing customers with more than 42 million gallons per day of treated water. That compares to the plant's average of about 28 million gallons per day and its capacity of 50 million gallons per day, according to Morgan's testimony.
The water company's Kanawha Valley system is large and complex, with 1,900 miles of distribution lines and more than 100 storage tanks. In all, the system's storage capacity is 38.5 million gallons, according to Morgan's report. But on the afternoon of Jan. 9, the system had only about 17 million gallons stored, the report said.
"The system was not operating normally due to record cold temperatures earlier in the week," Morgan said in his report. "The system was stressed from leaks and abnormal customer usage. This abnormal usage is due to allowing water to run in the customer's house to keep pipes from freezing. This phenomenon is frequently seen in winter and WVAW actually encourages customers to take this precaution."
On the day of the spill, the downtown Charleston area -- including hospitals, government buildings and major businesses -- had less than 6 million gallons of water stored, Morgan said. If the system had been shut down, that area would have run out of water in a little more than three hours, the report said. Some tanks in that area were already empty that day, meaning some customers would have lost water service "almost immediately," the report said.
Morgan's report says that West Virginia American would not have been able to begin turning the system back on until at least 10 a.m. on Jan. 12, when MCHM testing at the plant intake showed non-detect results.
The report mentions numerous potential problems in restarting the water distribution system: safely restarting pumps that would be operating with no discharge pressure, which can overheat motors; clearing air from distribution pipes, probably by systematically opening hydrants; and likely having to repair many pipes that could have broken while empty during cold temperatures.
"Developing a timeline to perform the above functions and restore the entire [Kanawha Valley System] is a difficult task," Morgan said in his report. "A major difficulty is that this feat has never been attempted, according to the most experienced personnel within WVAW. I know it has never been done during my 28-year career."
Morgan said that, if the company were able to repressurize 42 miles of pipe per day, working seven days a week, it would take 45 days to complete that part of the task. If eight booster stations per day could be brought back on line, completing work at all 120 booster stations would take 15 days, Morgan said in his report.
"Since most of the above work could be accomplished concurrently, a minimum 45-day schedule to complete would be estimated," the report said. "This is 45 actual work days and is very optimistic."
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A Chinese child sits amongst a pile of wires and e-waste. Children can often be found dismantling e-waste containing many hazardous chemicals known to be potentially very damaging to children's health.
The rate at which these mountains of obsolete electronic products are growing will reach crisis proportions unless electronics corporations that profit from making and selling these devices face up to their responsibilities.
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I made my very first Matzo Ball Soup yesterday. In the crockpot.
I called my friend Jennifer and she talked me through how to make the broth and Matzo dough--she's not gluten free, but after a lot of googling and texting to confirm my hard-core journalistic researching I figured out what I should do.
[insert Crush voice from Finding Nemo] I SO TOTALLY ROCK.
This is a 2-day process, or at least a really, really full day process. First we're going to make the homemade chicken broth/soup.
The Ingredients
serves 6-8
3 pounds bone-in chicken parts
2 onions, peeled, cut into quarters
6 cloves garlic, peeled with cloves intact
1 cup baby carrots
3 ribs celery, cut in large chunks, leaves okay
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
1 tablespoon kosher salt
12 cups water
1 package gluten free matzo ball mix, or make your own (recipe below)
gluten free matzo balls
makes 8-10 or so
1/2 cup finely ground almond meal
1/2 cup potato starch
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons dill
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening (Crisco)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Use a hand-held or stand mixer to blend the ingredients together to form a dough. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before using in soup.
The Directions
Use a 6-quart slow cooker. Place the chicken into your slow cooker. I used chicken quarters, and did try to take as much of the skin off as I can (because of my weird issues). Add vegetables and seasoning. Pour in a bunch of water (4 cups per pound of chicken)—be careful, your pot will be quite full. Cover, and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours. Unplug the slow cooker, and let it sit for 3 hours, or until the meat is cool enough to handle.
Remove meat from pot, and discard the bones. Scoop out the vegetables and set aside. Some people prefer their matzo soup to be simply broth, some like chunks of meat and vegetables—it's up to you. I decided to get rid of the onion and celery (the garlic kind of melted into a paste), but kept the chicken and carrots.
Strain the broth through a cheesecloth or fine-mesh sieve to remove the peppercorns and extra bits. Return the broth to the slow cooker.
Plug the cooker back in and cook on high for 2 hours. While the broth is reheating, mix the matzo dough (if using packaged matzo, prepare according to the written instructions).
|Homemade matzo dough. Don't handle it too much; you want it light and fluffy
|the matzo balls bounce when you poke them with a spoon!
The Verdict
I must admit, since I've never had this soup before, I don't have anything to compare it to. But we liked it. The five in my family ate every last smidgen in our bowls, and I packaged up a little tupperware to send home to my mom and grandma. I really liked the dill flavor. Everytime I cook with dill, I'm reminded more and more that it's such an under-utilized herb in my pantry. I hope you enjoy this soup--I look forward to making it again and again in the years to come.
Thank you to Jennifer, for holding my hand (AGAIN)!
other recipes you might like:
chicken and dumpling soup
apple dumplings
honey cake
sweet mustard roast
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The 15th Ani-Com Hong Kong show is less than 24 hours away and Hot Toys will be there offering fans exclusive 1:6th scale pre-order figures. Those that pre-order these special edition figures at the event will receive an exclusive accessory not to be found on the standard release.
One of Hot Toys' ACHK pre-order exclusives comes as a big surprise that will please many fans: THE CROW. Based on the book of the same name by James O'Barr, The Crow's story follows Eric Draven, portrayed by Brandon Lee - son of the legendary Bruce Lee, who is revived from the dead to avenge his own murder as well as that of his fiancée by a gang of thugs. Hot Toys is presents the 1:6th scale Eric Draven Collectible Figure from this visually stunning and critically successful film.
The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Brandon Lee as Eric Draven in the movie. It features newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed outfit, accessories and figure stand.
The 1:6th scale Eric Draven Collectible Figure special features:
Release Date: Q1-2, 2014
- Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Brandon Lee as Eric Draven in The Crow
- Approximately 30 cm tall
- Slim body with over 30 points of articulations
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Duquesne Athletic Fund to Sponsor Golf Event at TPC Sawgrass
Jan. 19, 2014
The Duquesne Athletic Fund announces that its inaugural Vinnie Vaccarello & Patsy Crisafi Memorial Golf Invitational will be held on Monday, March 24, 2014 at the legendary Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Featuring one of the most photographed holes in the world, the famed 17th "Island Green," the Stadium Course allows golfers to experience access usually reserved exclusively for PGA Tour professionals. Home to the Players Championship, the course is ranked 10th among best resort courses by Golfweek and 44th among America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses by Golf Digest.
This exclusive event honors the late Vinnie Vaccarello, defensive standout for the Dukes from 1985-1988, and his friend and colleague, the late Patsy Crisafi. Both men were Pennsylvania natives, successful entrepreneurs and avid sportsmen who were based in the Jacksonville area and known for their generosity. Proceeds will benefit the Vinnie Vaccarello Football Fund, providing resources to help Duquesne's two-time NEC co-champions compete for more titles.
Details and registration forms for the TPC Sawgrass event may be found in this brochure.
The Sawgrass outing is the first of two events supporting the Vaccarello fund in 2014. The second annual Vinnie Vaccarello Memorial Golf Invitational at Valley Brook Country Club in McMurray, Pennsylvania is scheduled for Monday, October 6. In addition, the Duquesne Athletic Fund will hold its traditional spring outing at the Pittsburgh Field Club on Monday, May 12 and its fifth annual event at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier on Monday, September 22.
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The LSU women's basketball team seeks to bounce back against New Orleans in its final nonconference game of the season at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Doors to the arena open at 1 p.m. and the first 500 in attendance will receive free Lady Tiger New Year's Eve celebration hats.
The Lady Tigers (8-4) suffered a 76-70 loss at Florida Gulf Coast on Friday in Fort Myers, Fla.
The Privateers (1-12) have lost 10 consecutive games and recorded their only win of the season Nov. 20 over Arkansas-Monticello, 68-58. LSU leads the all-time series with UNO 21-5, and the Lady Tigers have won the past six. UNO has not defeated LSU since March 1, 1993.
LSU's balanced scoring attack features four double-figure scorers, led by Theresa Plaisance, the SEC's top scorer at 18.1 points per game.
Plaisance scored a team-high 19 points in 27 minutes at Florida Gulf Coast before fouling out with less than nine minutes to play.
Following her eighth double-digit game in her past nine contests, freshman Danielle Ballard has taken over second on the team in scoring 14.3 points per game.
Ballard is tied for the SEC lead in freshman scoring with Tennessee's Bashaara Graves.
Junior guard Jeanne Kenney ranks among the top six in the SEC in assists at a team-high 4.4 per game.
As a team, LSU continues to shine offensively, having produced five consecutive 70-point games. The Lady Tigers are posting 73.8 points per game and shooting 44.3 percent.
UNO enters the game after consecutive losses to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, including a 63-54 defeat Friday at Lakefront Aerna.
Senior guards Keri Thomas and Meche'le Thomas lead UNO at 12.3 and 9.1 points per game. Fogelstrom is the top rebounder at 8.3 per game, followed by Amber Clay (5.7).
The game will be carried on the LSU Sports Radio Network on WBRP-FM, 107.3 in Baton Rouge.
Following Monday's game, LSU will prepare for its Southeastern Conference opener as Ole Miss comes to Baton Rouge for a 7 p.m. tipoff Thursday.
It will be the first of five SEC contests for the Lady Tigers in January.
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(b) Concurrent impairments. If you have two or more concurrent impairments which, when considered in combination, are severe, we must also determine whether the combined effect of your impairments can be expected to continue to be severe for 12 months. If one or more of your impairments improves or is expected to improve within 12 months, so that the combined effect of your remaining impairments is no longer severe, we will find that you do not meet the 12-month duration test.
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