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Bucs prospect Glasnow fans 11 in Class A win
Right-hander Tyler Glasnow, the Pirates' No. 2 prospect, threw six scoreless innings and struck out 11 batters Tuesday, as Class A Advanced Bradenton defeated Dunedin, 1-0.
Glasnow, ranked No. 22 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 100 Prospects list, held Dunedin to four hits and two walks on 96 pitches. His 11 strikeouts were his second-highest total of the season, trailing only his 12-strikeout game May 28 at Tampa.
The Marauders scored the lone run of the game in the first inning. Adam Frazier hit a leadoff single and scored on Jordan Steranka's two-out base hit.
While it wasn't much, it was all the run support Glasnow needed to pick up his third consecutive victory and improve to 7-4. In 16 starts this season, he has a 1.64 ERA and has struck out 97 batters and walked 41 in 82 1/3 innings. He leads the Florida State League in ERA and, despite missing the first three weeks of the season due to a back injury, ranks fourth in strikeouts.
Teddy Cahill is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @tedcahill. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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We as American,
lay, priests, religious — all are obliged to stop, to think, to speak
out against this unacceptable manifestation, this cruel manipulation.
I am, like many French citizens, an
admirer of Pope Francis and I support the editorial on why America
should rejoin the Paris Accord on climate change.
This editorial errs, as does 'Laudato Si', by presuming the claim that climate change is caused by man-made gases is based on solid science. It is not. None of the alarmist predictions based on this premise have happened. The earth has been warming irregularly since the last ice age.
Thank you, Father, for reminding us that "Practicing self-truth spills over into our work, family, government and church, generating the strength needed to fight today's falsehoods and dishonesties."
On the blog New Liturgical Movement, Peter Kwasniewski lamented what he termed "spiritual illiteracy" among many Catholics. Who can argue? I think most Catholics, myself included, feel they have an inadequate knowledge of the faith.
The passing of my dear friend Sister Teresa Mitchell at the Carmel in Eugene leaves the world a darker place. She always reminded me of one of my favorite flowers, the daffodil — a bright and cheerful spot in the gray cold of spring.
We can argue that being a good Christian is all about getting to the next life and attaining salvation. Yet, Jesus clearly focused on how we treat each other in this life.
Without a witness, there is a possibility of euthanasia. This omission in the Oregon law eviscerates the flaunted safeguards, putting the entire population at risk of exploitation by the medical-industrial-complex, organ traffickers and predatory heirs.
Bob's whole mode of being has given witness to this message. What needed to be done was always possible in this context. He unhesitatingly set himself to the task at hand.
Most of us, outside of party affiliation pull, prayed for a gentle ending to this two-year nasty presidential race, which was shameful with regard to the behavior of the contestants, their advisors and some of their followers.
To see Father Michael Pfleger of Chicago wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt came as no surprise — other than why the Sentinel chose to print it.


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Pesticides are commonly found in our daily environment. Food, drinking water, and the home are common sources, and dietary sources are the most common exposure source for infants and children, according to the authors of the study. This study found that organophosphates—specific chemicals found in some pesticides—were more likely to be higher in the urine of children who were diagnosed with ADHD (119 out of 1,139 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey).
The Environmental Protection Agency states that children may be at particular risk from pesticide exposure because their developing brains are sensitive to such exposure and because many of their activities are closer to the ground, where pesticides are found. The study authors also point out that children have less detoxifying enzymes to clear pesticides from their system compared with adults. Because of this increased risk it is important to find ways to reduce and minimize children's pesticide exposure. Here are a few tips:
Keep in mind that while the authors of the study suggest an association between pesticides and ADHD, they cannot prove from this study alone that pesticide exposure is the cause.
(Pediatrics 2010;125:e1270–e1277)
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I may have an overactive thyroid; can I still breastfeed my baby?
An overactive thyroid gland, also referred to as hyperthyroidism or Graves' disease, is an important health concern. Thyroid disease is serious as the thyroid controls the body's metabolic processes. According to the LLLI BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK (BAB), any breastfeeding mother with thyroid disease should be under the care of a doctor who is supportive of her desire to breastfeed.
Diagnosis of an overactive thyroid can usually be based on the mother's symptoms as well as a simple blood test. On occasion, radioactive testing is used to diagnose thyroid problems. If radioactive testing is recommended, the mother can ask her physician if the test could be postponed or another, non-radioactive test, be substituted.
If the radioactive test is used, temporary weaning is recommended. "The length of time the mother needs to suspend breastfeeding will depend on the type and dosage of radioactive materials used for the test" (BAB). Radioactivity of breastmilk declines over time, and frequent milk expression will help the mother eliminate the radioactivity from her body more quickly. This milk must be discarded and not fed to the baby. (Frequent milk expression will not hasten the elimination of other drugs from breastmilk.) For pumping information see LLLI FAQs about pumping.
Contact a La Leche League Leader for the most up-do-date information about the time period needed to sufficiently clear radioactivity from breastmilk.
Some medications for overactive thyroid are not concentrated in human milk and result in minimal doses to the breastfed baby If a mother is taking thyroid suppressants, she will need to tell her baby's doctor so the baby can be monitored for thyroid levels. Weaning is usually not necessary. If a doctor insists on weaning, the mother is encouraged to seek a second opinion before weaning. When temporary weaning is recommended, it is important to be sure the risks and benefits have been fully evaluated. If you have questions about the medications you are taking, contact a La Leche League Leader.
If radioactive compounds are used to treat an overactive thyroid, temporary weaning is necessary. The mother will need to pump and discard the milk during this time. Before a mother resumes breastfeeding, her milk must be checked for radioactivity. Your local LLL Leader will be able to share more information and offer support.
Contacting an LLL Leader in your area or attending a meeting will help you cope with this. To find a Group near you, call 1-800-LALECHE or look at our LLL Web Page Index.
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Ricky Rubio made his season debut on Saturday night and wasted no time dazzling fans and teammates alike. Come Tuesday, though, he will have to pump the brakes and sit out the second game of a back-to-back Florida trip.
Rubio will play against the Orlando Magic on Monday in his second game since having knee surgery on March 21, then miss Tuesday's game against the Miami Heat.
The Minnesota Timberwolves don't want to push their star point guard too hard too soon. Rubio is playing on a limit of about 18 minutes per game and will not play the second game of back-to-backs.
Rubio wanted to suit up against the defending NBA champion Heat, but he understands he has to be cautious after suffering tears to the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments of his left knee last winter.
Asked about his desire to play in Miami, Rubio said, "Yes, of course, but I have to follow the rules," according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
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Rubio said he felt few aftereffects from his Saturday performance, in which he had eight points, nine assists and three steals in Minnesota's 114-106 overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Rubio sat out the extra period as the Wolves outscored the Mavericks, 12-4, but it wasn't by choice, he said.
"I kept asking give me an extra minute at least but they didn't want to," Rubio said. "They did it right."
Minnesota has not decided how long it will remain on this preventive track with Rubio, but the Wolves can be sure he'll keep pushing for more playing time.
"It's hard, and I told them it's going to be hard to keep doing that for a long time," Rubio said. "I can accept for a couple days, but I just want to play as many minutes as I can. ... Let's see how I feel after three or four games with limited minutes and see if we can move forward."


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The Senate Vikings' stadium bill cleared another committee today (April 24), edging the stadium initiative closer to anticipated
up-or-down votes on the Republican House and Senate floors.
Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, saw her stadium legislation clear the Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee on a voice vote.
"There were no negative votes," said Committee Chairman Geoff Michel, R-Edina, heralding the action.
"I think it's part of our (state) brand," said Michel in committee of the Minnesota Vikings.
Rosen's bill has one more stop, the Senate Finance Committee.
From there the bill could go directly to the Senate floor.
Not that all of the actions in the jobs committee pleased Rosen.
In addition to amendment by Sen. Ted Lillie, R-Lake Elmo, to include funding in the bill for the proposed St. Paul Saints ballpark in downtown St. Paul — an amendment the senator withdrew — Sen. James Metzen, DFL-South St. Paul, successfully amended the bill to direct charitable gambling revenues to pay down the City of St. Paul's debt on the St. Paul Rivercentre.
"Saint Paul should be in the mix," said Metzen.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said he was only "asking for fairness."
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak indicated he believed St. Paul should be considered.
"We will not succeed by dividing folks," said Rybak.
But Rosen indicated in committee the provision wasn't "doable."
She only first learned of the St. Paul amendment last night, she later explained.
In committee she spoke of such additional costs as "emasculating" the state's general fund.
The City of St. Paul will be addressed in the bill, but Metzen's amendment needs to come out, explained Rosen.
"A lot of this can be sorted out in conference committee," she said.
Vikings' stadium front man Lester Bagley said having additional projects added onto the stadium bill was a concern.
"This is a fragile deal," he said.
But Michel argued the fact others are trying to hook into the bill suggests the legislation is gaining momentum and people sense it.
Other aspects of the Senate stadium bill were discussed.
Labor officials, such as Minnesota State Building & Construction Trades Council President Harry Melander and Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson, testified to the timeliness of the initiative.
Melander, who said unemployment in the building trades hovers around 20 percent, styled proposed stadium construction as "a generational opportunity."
"The project is a great example of public/private partnership," said Knutson.
Mortenson Construction spokesman Ken Sorenson spoke of the benefit of stadium construction on minorities, saying as much as 30 percent of the company construction workforce could be minorities.
He suggested constructions crews could be on the site of the new stadium at the Metrodome working on utilities as soon as early next year.
A good deal of committee time focused on the charitable gambling provision at the core of the stadium bill.
Dayton Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans explained the electronic pull-tabs and bingo provisions in the bill as generating some $66 million more in charitable gambling profits and capturing the state an additional $59 million in tax revenue a year.
That would bring the total state charitable gambling revenue take $96 million, Frans explained.
In answers to questions, Frans — asked to judge the financial strength of the electronic pull-tab and bingo provision on a scale of one to ten — graded it as above five.
It's probably an eight, he said.
Greg Carey, of the bond company Goldman Sachs, also styled the proposal as solid — providing two times the needed bond debt coverage, he explained.
But King Wilson, of Allied Charities of Minnesota, was more tentative.
"I don't think we're there yet," he said of finding a charitable gambling solution his organization could support.
"I think we're heading in the right direction," he said.
Bagley, speaking after the hearing, indicated that while the recent visit of National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to the State Capitol was helpful, the momentum the stadium bill has gained was won in the last 48 hours with the committee successes.
That's all important, he explained.
Bagley indicated the team is working House members for the expected stadium floor vote.
Every time the stadium bill goes into a committee the team assumes it's starting at zero votes and works from there, he explained.
Bagley suggested the final floor votes will be close.
"It's going to be a tight vote," he said.
Rosen's bill is expected to be taken up by the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday (April 25) morning.
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Even the most optimistic city leaders admit numerous hurdles remain in L.A.'s bid to bring back professional football and revamp the Los Angeles Convention Center.
But as officials and Anschutz Entertainment Group executives gathered downtown Wednesday at a ceremony to sign off on and celebrate the project deal, those concerns seemed far off. The mood was upbeat, and the gathering festive.
Despite the lack of a team, the proposed sale of AEG by its parent company and another possible lawsuit over the stadium, city officials believe they've shown they have the political commitment to bring the National Football League back to Los Angeles.
"We're closer than any time since the Rams and Raiders left this great town," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said.
The event at the Los Angeles Convention West Hall, which would be demolished and relocated to make way for the stadium, celebrated the signing of a 1,000-plus page financial agreement between the city and AEG, which spells out the terms of the public-private partnership to build the stadium.
Under the agreement, the city will issue bonds to pay the $314 million cost of the new convention center hall. The bonds will be repaid through a variety of means, including a special tax imposed on AEG's stadium and L.A. Live site.
AEG cannot start construction on the stadium until it has signed a lease with an NFL team.
At the ceremony, Villaraigosa praised city negotiators, casually mentioned a recent meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and shrugged off news of a possible second lawsuit pertaining to the stadium.
"That's expected," Villaraigosa said of legal threats. "A project of this magnitude, there is always going to be a lawsuit."
Continuing its resistance to the stadium, a group of downtown residents plans to file a lawsuit challenging AEG's environmental impact report for the stadium project and the City Council's approval of the report, Becky Dennison, co-director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network, wrote in an email this week.
At the council hearing Friday when the EIR was approved, numerous speakers complained the city wasn't doing enough to ensure AEG reduced the project's negative effects on air quality and traffic.
The Play Fair at Farmers Field Coalition is also part of a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 292, which was special legislation passed for AEG that expedites any lawsuits challenging the project. The coalition wants AEG to establish a multimillion-dollar trust to fund low-incoming housing.
AEG president Tim Leiweke, the project's chief architect, dismissed opponents and expressed confidence that the project will come to fruition.
"There are those that don't support this. I call them `cavemen' and `cavewomen,' Leiweke said. "But I'd like 100 percent of the people to like our project."
He added: "We're going to get a team, and we're going to get this stadium built. We promise."
Legal challenges aside, much of the city's work on the stadium is finished in the short term.
"The deal is structured so once it is approved, the work is really on AEG," said Miguel Santana, the city's chief administrative officer. "It's really up to them to find a team and put the pieces in place."
But city planners will continue to refine designs for the public spaces around the convention center and stadium.
On Wednesday, Villaraigosa responded to criticism that the city should have spent more money and time on the new convention center hall design. Some architects have called for a redesign and criticized the way the hall extends 1,000 feet over Pico Boulevard.
"We have to protect the taxpayers," Villaraigosa said, explaining why more costly designs weren't considered.
Now, city officials say, it's up to AEG to find a team. With their work over the last two years, they believe NFL officials know there is political support in L.A. for a team to return.
"Everyone is really optimistic," Santana said. "There is a lot of momentum."


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St. Louis Bakers Footwear Group Inc. said Tuesday its CFO Lawrence Spanley Jr. will retire in February. Charles R. Daniel III, currently controller, will replace him and take the title VP of finance and principal financial officer. Spanley spent 16 years at Bakers Footwear.
Also on Tuesday, the company said its fiscal third-quarter loss widened on lower traffic and weak boot sales.


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It's National Dairy Month, and what better way to celebrate than to remember one of Texas Tech University's most iconic buildings: the Dairy Barn.
Built in 1926, the Dairy Barn is one of the four original campus buildings. In the beginning, the barn had enough land around it to house a dairy cattle herd. Though empty now, the barn originally had milking facilities for 40 cows, calf stalls, feed rooms, a chiller and an office.


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Our Create Now event on Dec. 11, 2012 was an exciting time for all of us. As a way to inspire #CreateNow conversations with you up until the event, we launched our #CreateNow Sweepstakes on Twitter. From Nov. 15, 2012 through Dec. 11, 2012 we held random drawings daily for five lucky winners who participated in the #CreateNow conversation. For those of you who participated in our #CreateNow Sweepstakes, we wanted to extend a special thanks to you! Congratulations to all the winners below who were lucky enough to win Create Now messenger bags – we hope you're enjoying them!
On the day of the event we had even bigger prizes to giveaway – Adobe MAX passes and 1-year Creative Cloud memberships. Congratulations to our two Adobe MAX Pass winners, @txelks and @presycemedia, and our two 1-year Creative Cloud membership winners, @TheGreatDanaJ and @JimHoltan!
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Scott Salyer, former owner of Monterey, Calif.-based SK Foods LP, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of racketeering and price fixing.
Salyer, 56, entered his plea March 23 before U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento, Calif.
Court documents and a news release from U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner outlined details of the plea agreement.
According to the agreement, Salyer encouraged broker Randall Rahal to pay bribes and kickbacks to purchasers for SK Foods customers Kraft Foods, Frito-Lay and B&G Foods from 2004 to 2008, in pursuit of preferential treatment. The buyers were Robert Watson of Kraft; Richard Wahl of Frito-Lay; and Robert Turner of B&G.
Salyer also admitted to ordering former employees Alan Huey and Jennifer Dahlman to falsify tomato paste grading factors.
SK Foods lied about its product's percentage of natural tomato soluble solids, mold count, production date and status as organic, according to the agreement.
Salyer also admitted discussing an illegal target price agreement with other sellers of tomato paste. He induced a co-conspirator to agree to withdraw an offer made to a customer at a lower price, according to the agreement.
The plea deal secures a sentence of four to seven years. Otherwise Salyer could have faced maximum penalties of 20 years in prison for racketeering and 10 years for price fixing, plus fines up to $1.25 million. The former chief executive officer is scheduled to be sentenced July 10 by Karlton.
"The Antitrust Division has made antitrust enforcement in the agriculture sector a priority," Sharis Pozen, acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, said in the release. "The division is committed to continuing to work with its law enforcement partners to crack down on illegal price fixing conspiracies that affect products used by consumers in their everyday lives."
"Corruption in any form is despicable, but when such occurs within the food industry, it erodes public trust in products and threatens the industry as a whole," Herbert Brown, special agent in charge of the Sacramento field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in the release.
Salyer's guilty plea is the 11th in an investigation begun in 2006. He was arrested by FBI agents Feb. 4, 2010, at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport as he returned to the U.S. from London. At the time, prosecutors described him as a flight risk.
A federal grand jury indicted him the same month. He was released from jail in September 2010 but remained confined to his Pebble Beach home under court supervision.
SK Foods declared bankruptcy in 2009 and was later purchased by Olam International.


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Structures are beginning to take shape on the 4.3-acre lot on the corner of Fry and Hickory streets, where Cool Beans is the lone occupant. It's all part of the Sterling Fry Street project, which is redeveloping the lot to be a mixed-use space that will include apartments, retail space and a parking garage.
The project is scheduled to be complete by August 2012 and so far it's on schedule, said Brad Dinerstein, executive vice president of Dinerstein Cos.
The parking garage, which faces Oak Street, is 40 percent done and will be the first part of the development that will be completed by the end of the year, he said.
The framing for building one, which faces Fry Street, is expected to wrap up in the next month and will be complete in June. After building one is framed, framing will begin on building two, which faces Welch Street, and it is expected to be complete by July.
"Leasing has already begun," Dinerstein said of both the retail and residential spaces.
The apartment complex will have 194 units with 614 beds and is geared toward students.
"We anticipate this to be a student deal to serve UNT," he said. That's why the development company decided to rent the apartments by the bed.
Student housing works best that way if tenants only have to worry about their rooms, Dinerstein said.
The development company has a leasing office set up on the corner of Fry and Oak streets for people interested in leasing an apartment.
Besides the residential units, there will be 10,500 square feet of retail space.
"Retail sparked a lot of interest," Dinerstein said. "It's going very well."
There are six to seven potential retail spaces in the development, most of which are expected to be food-type businesses, said Alex Payne, principle broker with the Axis Realty Group, which is handling the retail side of leasing.
The realty group has already begun speaking with potential retail tenants and hopes to have some leases confirmed in the next 30 days.
"I certainly have a very long list of perspective tenants contact us," Payne said. "It's been that way even before there was a sign of construction."
He expects there to be two restaurants with patio space on the corner of Fry and Hickory streets next to Cool Beans.
There's been a void in that area, he said, and it will be good to fill it.
"And I think it will only serve to benefit the other businesses in the area," Payne said.
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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2004-11-26
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November 26, 2004Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary
TimeFather Edward Hopkins, LC Luke 21:29-33Jesus taught his disciples a
lesson. "Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.
When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and
know that summer is now near; in the same way,
when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom
of God is near. Amen, I say to you, this
generation will not pass away until all these things have
taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away.Introductory Prayer:Lord Jesus, I believe that
you are truly and especially present in the Sacrament of
the Eucharist. I trust that your Body and Blood can
more than fill me. I love you Lord, for giving
me the total gift of yourself. Help me to fully
possess your Kingdom.Petition: Grant me Lord, a deeper and more
active faith in the Eucharist.1. Reading the Signs. Christians from
the very start were taught to read the signs. Since
the Kingdom of God is an invisible reality, it can
only be sensed in this world through signs. These signs
are read by faith. When the things of this world
begin to fade away, then we know that the Kingdom
of God is near. But if we do not have
faith, this Kingdom will come upon us unsuspecting and unprepared.
Am I learning to read the signs? How about the
signs in the Eucharist?At the celebration of the Eucharist, the
candles remind us to approach only with faith; the Penitential
Rite recalls our unworthiness and the need to throw ourselves
into the hands of Gods mercy; the readings tell us
to listen to Gods word in order to know his
will; the gifts brought forward at the offertory represent our
lives and workin short, our very selveswhich we offer God
for him to bless, sanctify and unite with Jesus sacrifice;
the Eucharistic prayer expresses thanksgiving for all of Gods blessings,
especially for those of faith and salvation; the consecration of
bread and wine signify the Incarnation of the Son of
God who enters our world to share our lives, but
most especially to suffer, die and rise for our redemption.
At this moment in the Mass, there is something more:
what is signified is also made present in reality: The
Mass makes present the sacrifice of the cross (Ecclesia de
Eucharistia, 13). Not only is his saving action made
present but he himself also becomes present: a substantial presence
whereby Christ, the God-Man, is wholly and entirely present (EE,
15). The Eucharistic acclamation, which follows the consecration, symbolizes our
faith in the presence also of the mystery of the
resurrection which crowned his sacrifice (EE, 14). Finally, our union
with God, the final objective of our lives and reason
for his sacrifice, is both signified and realized in Holy
Communion, a foretaste of the fullness of joy promised by
Christ (EE, 18).2. Until All These Things Have Taken Place.
Our Lords words were realized already in the lifetime of
his followers with the fall of Jerusalem in the year
70 AD. And so it is that in the life
of every Christian, the kingdom of material realities passes, sometimes
swiftly, at other times slowly. What is left is the
interior life of each person, with what we have accomplished
for God and others, primarily through the virtues of faith,
hope and love and the degree of establishment of Gods
Kingdom of grace in our soul. How does such a
marvel come about within our own poor hearts? It is
by following the Way of the Crosswith Christ, step-by-step, blow-by-blow,
with each decision of faith and lovethat the kingdom is
built. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground
and dies
(John 12:24).3. My Words Will Not Pass Away.
Everything passes but the word of God. Everything we hold
and cling to that is of this world will vanish.
The virtual stripping away of all that a dying person
had once securely held on tofamily, home, health, freedom to
move and reasontestifies to this. Yet our one eternal possession,
by faith, is our relationship with him who is the
Way, the Truth and the Life. When all is gone,
his words, promise and love continue to live on in
us.Even before we leave this worldor it leaves usthe words
of Christ show their permanence. The Church has received the
Eucharist from Christ her Lord not as one gift
however precious among so many others, but as the
gift par excellence, for it is the gift of himself,
of his person in his sacred humanity, as well as
the gift of his saving work. Nor does it remain
confined to the past, since all that Christ is
all that he did and suffered for all men
participates in the divine eternity, and so transcends all times
(EE, 11). How radically do I cling to the eternal?
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal
life, and I will raise him on the last day(John
6:54).Dialogue with Christ: Lord, open my eyes in faith to
your presence in my life, most of all to that
presence that is most real, full and enduring: the gift
of your Body and Blood. Increase my faith so that
I seek and find you in this Blessed Sacrament. May
the fullness of your presence help me to let go
of all that I inordinately cling to with my heart.
I want to seek and find you each day with
more and more faith and love.Resolution: I will spend 15-30
minutes before the Eucharist reviewing the meaning of each element
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I'm leaning toward using "fulfillment" for nirodha.
Meriam-Webster wrote:ful·fill
2 a : to put into effect : execute
b : to meet the requirements of (a business order)
c : to bring to an end
d : to measure up to : satisfy
I especially like (c) and (d) as they relate to the dhamma. Anybody see anything wrong with this word? What are some of your personal favorite translations?


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The chanting translation on VRI website doesn't seem to be the literal translation of the morning chants by SN Goenka.
http://www.vridhamma.org/uploadedfiles/ ... ishweb.pdf
They seem to start off with some other sutta chanting before getting to the sutta itself. I am not sure.
Does anyone have the entire translation of his morning chants?


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TWO new learning support classrooms equipped with the latest technology have opened at Sheldon School.
They are part of a new £440,000 facility which was unveiled last Friday after months of building work.
An amplification system records the teachers' commentary so pupils can play it back alongside the PowerPoint presentation after the lesson.
The rooms also have the quietest computers available to avoid their hum being amplified by a hearing aid.
Kim McKenna, staff governor and senior teaching assistant, said: "This will make a real difference to the learning support faculty and the pupils who are taught here."
Sheldon School teaches eight children with hearing impairments and is the designated school in North Wiltshire for them.
The acoustic equipment is being trialled in the new facility and may be extended around the school, firstly to the sixth form centre.
Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham Duncan Hames opened the extension, which also comprises a new and improved reception area for pupils and visitors, and an office and three treatment rooms for the nurse.
Wiltshire Council provided £40,000 towards the learning support facility.
Head teacher Neil Spurdell said the school had chosen to allocate £400,000 to the project itself because it knew that the improvements would significantly enhance the environment for so many at Sheldon.


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Rating: 3 stars
Address: 5616 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, Naples district
Phone: 562-987-4000
Address: 210 E. 3rd St., Long Beach, downtown
Phone: 562-491-2100
Information: www.michaelspizzeria.com
Cuisine: Hailed by the Zagat Survey as the Best Pizza in Southern California, this dynamic duo of siblings of Michael's on Naples, offers a wide selection of perfect pies, along with a fair sized menu of tasty side dishes — a taste of the more upscale Michael's in a comfortably casual space.
Hours: Lunch and dinner, every day.
Details: Beer and wine. Street parking. Reservations not taken.
Prices: Appetizers, $4-$11. Pizzas, $9-$17.
Cards: MC, V.
There was a time when SoCal was a dreadful place to eat pizza. It was a landscape of soggy cardboard topped with watery sauce and rubber cheese. The English muffin pizzas I made at home were better than the Piece o' Pizza pies I ate out there.
And then, everything changed. We turned into a realm where the bread improved by leaps and bounds. Where cheese and beer became artisanal. And where pizza became a culinary destination: Brave New Pies in a Brave New World.
Leading the charge were such high power, megawatt names as Pizzeria Mozza, Stella Barra, 800 Degrees, Settebello and more — all of which are admirable, even excellent. But they aren't the top-rated pizzerias in the past few editions of the Zagat Los Angeles Restaurant Survey (of which I'm the longtime editor). At the top of the pie is Michael's Pizzeria, an offspring of Michael's of Naples, with its first branch on 2nd Street and a newer branch on 3rd Street in downtown Long Beach.
Is Michael's Pizzeria indeed home to the best pizza in Southern California? Well, it all depends on what your frame of reference is.
I grew up in the Bronx, at a time when pizza places were run by soldiers who had fought World War II in Italy, where along with dodging bullets, they discovered a wonderful creation of dough topped with sauce and cheese, cooked at high heat in a platform oven. They opened pizza joints in their hometowns when they got back, which is why the pizzeria in my neighborhood was called Three Sarges; that's who ran it.
For me, a great pie is eaten by the slice, folded in half, with orange oil dripping onto your plate (if you're eating sitting down)or onto your pants (if you're eating on the move). Compared to that, what they serve at Michael's is an elevated creation — a next generation pizza for a new generation of diners. This is a fork-and-knife pizza, though you certainly can eat it with your hands. It has a more substantial crust than I grew up with. It has more substantial toppings. It's a wonderful pizza. But it does involve a certain amount of reconsideration.
The basic pizza — the Margherita — is a thing of aesthetic beauty, a culinary object of desire. The crust could easily be served nearly naked, topped with nothing more than some olive oil and maybe a little garlic. The tomato sauce is delicate, understated. The mozzarella is made in house; a proper mozzarella, rather than the stretchy rubbery cheese I grew up with that was fun to play with. This is a pizza that demands respect, even honor. I doubt it's as good as this in Naples, Italy.
The pie variations are exotic, but not extreme. The anatra e provola is topped with duck confit, smoked mozzarella and caramelized onions. The caprino e carciofi is made with pesto, baby artichokes, fingerling potatoes, mozzarella and goat cheese. The vongole has Manila clams, corn and Calabrian pepperoncini. There are half a dozen "white" pizzas as well, topped with ingredients like ricotta, figs, squash blossoms and pistachios. There are rolled and folded calzone and rotolini, which in some places might be it. But there's more.
The "more" runs to a selection of five cheeses (four from Italy, one from California), six cured meats, five salads and five "cast iron" dishes, served steaming and smoking, in oval pans — roasted duck with farro and figs, mozzarella with smoked prosciutto, Neapolitan lasagna, eggplant parmigiana and fennel sausage with tomatoes and peppers — just like in New York's Little Italy. I should mention the artichoke and burrata antipasti, which are two of my favorite things in the world served together. And gelato and sorbetto to finish it all off. Even if the pizza weren't near as good, this would still be a great restaurant. Los Angeles may have the names, but Long Beach has the fame.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I know this isn't a suggestion, but as it is a quasi-technical question about the site I thought this would be the most appropriate place to ask:
I noticed on Ben's (and other's) profile page that he is in the 'Alumni' group. Alumni of what? This is just me being idly curious I suppose, but what is the Alumni group for?


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Ellsbury plays field in Minor League contest
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury played in his second Minor League game in as many days on Wednesday, playing five innings in center field and reporting no issues.
Ellsbury played in a Class A game against a Pirates' squad at the Himes Complex in Tampa, Fla., going 1-for-4 with a walk. Ellsbury has not played in a Grapefruit League game since March 14 due to a sore right calf.
"I think it went very well," Ellsbury said. "Pleased with the results, pleased with how everything felt, couldn't ask for more. I did a little bit of everything."
Manager Joe Girardi said that it was "comforting" that Ellsbury was able to play the outfield. Ellsbury had only batted on Tuesday because of soggy conditions at the complex.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters that Ellsbury will play in another Minor League game on Thursday, and he could play for the big league squad on Friday against the Marlins at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
"I think he will be ready [for Opening Day], as long as he's feeling good and he's healthy," Cashman said.
Also in that Minor League game, Yankees closer David Robertson allowed a run on two hits in two-thirds of an inning, striking out two.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Miami-based Fullei Fresh plans a Sept. 10 launch for its beet sprouts, typically used as a steak garnish, for foodservice and retail.
It's the company's ninth sprout product. To coincide with its introduction, Fullei Fresh will provide the whole line with new labels and tamper-proof packaging, spokeswoman Olivia Wong said.
"There's been so much bad press on sprouts," Wong said. "We have a new product, so it's time to give them some positive spin. We haven't had any recalls and we're very strict on food safety and quality assurance."
Foodservice will be the main buyer for beet sprouts, she said, but Fullei Fresh also sells to Whole Foods Market and to distributors serving other retailers.
The reddish-purple sprouts are a specialty item owner Manny Wong encountered on a trip to Dijon, France.
"It's very rare," Olivia Wong said. "Not too many people have it."
They will be offered in eight 1.5-ounce containers per case. Buyers and consumers can use a snap-on lid for storage after they've broken the seal. Pricing has not been set. Typical shelf life is three weeks, according to the company.
The eight prior sprout products that will appear in the new packaging include: organic alfalfa and clover; broccoli in organic and conventional; organic clover; conventional alfalfa, washed; crunchy mix; sunflower; and snow pea.
The new containers can be hung as well as stacked.


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Concert benefits LightHouse for Blind
Longtime Los Altos residents Steve Gill and his daughter, Anne, have scheduled "'The Song Is You': Kern (Jerome) and Cahn (Sammy) Go to Hollywood," the 13th annual Benefit Concert for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Menlo School's Spieker Ballroom, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton.
Los Altos resident Mollie Thompson and former Los Altos resident Linda Jordan will join Anne and Steve at this year's tribute to composers Kern and Cahn. The concert will also feature seven alumni of Menlo School and three Menlo faculty members.
A $15 donation is requested. Seating is first come, first served.
For more information, call Steve or Nancy Gill at 948-4648.
MROSD schedules January hikes
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has scheduled two hikes Thursday:
• "Tafoni Trek," 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at El Corte de Madera Creek.
• "Winter in the Watershed," 10 a.m. to noon at Picchetti Ranch.
For reservations, directions, a complete list of hikes and more information, call 691-1200 or visit openspace.org.
Local artists display work at museum
The Los Altos History Museum's contemporary art exhibition, "Los Altos – Moving Art Forward," runs through March 23.
The project celebrates local artists with a juried exhibition in painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
The display complements the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's off-site exhibition, "Project Los Altos: SFMOMA in Silicon Valley," scheduled to run through March at various venues across the city.
The Los Altos History Museum is located at 51 S. San Antonio Road. Admission is free.
For more information, visit losaltoshistory.org.
Homestay program needs host families
The International Student Placements program at Foothill and De Anza colleges needs host families for international students.
The program has placed students with local families for more than 20 years.
Host families are asked to provide a private or double bedroom and share meals and kitchen privileges. The arrangements start in August and end in June.
Hosts are paid between $825 and $1,000 per month.
'One Warm Scarf' campaign continues
Los Altos resident Sandy Goldstein continues her annual "One Warm Scarf" campaign to help the area's homeless residents. She collects used hats, gloves and scarves to ease the winter chill.


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8th Class Result 2013
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The Physics Department is located in the state-of-the-art Fondren-Jones Science Hall. The Fountainwood Observatory houses our large research-quality reflecting telescope, donated to the Physics Department by Max Allen, a local engineer and builder who was also an amateur astronomer.
This Meade LX-200 with Schmidt-Cassegrain optics and a 16" primary mirror has a digital CCD camera for taking digital images that can be viewed and processed on a computer. Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes reflect incoming light several times inside the telescope before it finally is focused in the eyepiece. Light enters the far end of the tube via a Schmidt lens, is reflected off a focuser mirror to a secondary mirror, then is reflected in a more tightly focused beam to the eyepiece.
This combination of refracting and reflecting technology yields terrific image quality, yet lets a telescope with an extremely compact tube have a very high focal length. Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes are extremely portable, and their closed designs make them rugged and reliable. With wide apertures compared to their minimal overall lengths, they produce some of the clearest, most colorful images available and have great contrast if the internal optics are of high quality.
The department conducted the Solar Ultraviolet Monitoring Program at Southwestern (SUMPAS) from 1994-2001 to monitor solar UV-B Irradiance. SUMPAS produced seven years of data and making it the most comprehensive study of solar UV-B conducted in central Texas. Some of the important results of the program were published in the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), vol. 107, number D22, ACH17-1 through ACH 17-7, for November 2002.


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Virginia 2013 legislative session begins
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia General Assembly opened Wednesday with bills on transportation funding, guns, teacher pay and uranium mining on the horizon, but rallies outside focused solely on the contentious issue that dominated last year's session - abortion.
Before the 46-day session's noon opening, hundreds of anti-abortion activists gathered on Capitol Square to celebrate last year's passage of hotly contested legislation requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion. Among the bills anti-abortion activists are backing this session is one to grant the full legal rights of personhood to a fetus.
Victoria Cobb, president of the conservative Family Foundation of Virginia, urged supporters to stop legislators as they arrived for the session to thank them for voting for the ultrasound bill. The legislation last year prompted protests, including one in which 30 abortion-rights supporters were arrested, and was the subject of ridicule and parodies on television shows.
"It is our pro-life legislators who need to hear from you. They have been the subject of intense criticism," Cobb told supporters, many wearing stickers saying "Abortion Hurts" or "Unborn Babies Feel Pain."
Meanwhile, dozens of abortion-rights supporters staged their own demonstration a few yards away, carrying signs saying "Keep politics out of the exam room" and "We're baaack."
Led by a woman shouting through a megaphone, the protesters chanted: "When women's rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!"
Those activists are supporting legislative efforts to repeal the ultrasound mandate.
"Last year, a group of legislators, most of whom were men, passed legislation that forces women to have an unnecessary and expensive ultrasound prior to an elective procedure against the woman's will and against the better judgment of her physician," Democratic Sen. Ralph Northam of Norfolk said in a statement. The physician is sponsoring the repeal bill. "The last thing that we need in Richmond is legislators interfering with a woman's personal medical decisions," he said.
Sen. Mark Herring, D-Loudoun, also is sponsoring a bill to repeal the strict abortion clinic regulations previously mandated by the General Assembly. Critics say the requirement that clinics meet the same building standards as newly constructed hospitals could put most abortion providers out of business.
Other matters that will compete for lawmakers' attention include Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposal, unveiled on the eve of the session, to eliminate the state's gasoline tax and replace it with a less-than-a-penny increase in the state sales tax. The proposal is one of five components of a five-year, $3.1 billion transportation funding plan.
Lawmakers also will consider the Republican governor's plan to give teachers more money but less protection against being fired.
In addition, guns are expected to be an issue in the aftermath of last month's Connecticut school shooting, and legislators will weigh a proposal to lift the state's ban on uranium mining.
The assembly won't adopt a new two-year budget until 2014, but will make adjustments to the current spending plan.


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Splash Returns to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
New display features former world record blue catfish
ATHENS—It's often said that fame is fleeting, but that does not apply to Splash, the former world record blue catfish caught from Lake Texoma January 16, 2004, by Cody Mullennix of Howe.
This week the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) unveiled a new Splash display featuring a full-size fiberglass replica of the fish and her complete skeleton, which was assembled and prepared for display by personnel at the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Natural History Collections at the J.J. Pickle Research Center.
Mullennix donated Splash to TFFC, where she remained on display and starred in the daily dive show until her untimely death in December 2005. Part of the display documents the cause of her death, an old injury, which was discovered during the reconstruction of her skeleton.
After her death, microscopic examination of the growth rings in her otoliths (ear bones) revealed that Splash was about 25 years old when she died.
At 121.5 pounds, she was the largest blue catfish ever caught to that time and held that record until a 124-pound fish was caught from the Mississippi River in 2005. Splash is still the Texas state record blue catfish.
Jessica Rosales, ichthyology collection manager at the Texas Natural History Collections, is proof of the old adage "Be careful what you wish for—you might get it."
"Having assisted in putting together a fish skeleton for another exhibit, I was itching to take on one of my own. And for some reason that I cannot now remember or fathom, I thought bigger would be better," Rosales said. "Enter Splash. Huge catfish = very excited ichthyology collection manager!"
Rosales and coworkers spent many hours preparing Splash for display. The first step was removing as much flesh as possible by use of scalpels and knives. Next the skeleton was placed in a closed container populated by 10,000 dermestid beetles, a kind of insect that is very good at removing all traces of flesh from bones.
Altogether, Rosales estimates, she spent 100 hours working on the project over a period of about a year as other duties permitted. "Once I got her skeleton back, some bones were still really greasy, and some still had flesh that the beetles didn't eat," she said. "I spent a few hours running the bones through ammonium hydroxide baths and attempting to remove the remaining flesh with forceps. After the bones were as clean as I could get them, it was time to put her back together."
After many painstaking hours with a hot glue gun and photos of Splash taken before the work began, Rosales had a skeleton ready for display. Only a few very small bones and fins are missing. The results of her remarkable skill and patience can now be seen in the new Splash exhibit at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
During her brief residence at TFFC Splash increased visitation by 43 percent and attracted thousands of adoring fans who delighted in watching her delicately take chicken quarters or fish from the diver's hand during dive shows. More than 700 people attended a birthday party given in her honor on the anniversary of her arrival at TFFC. They enjoyed a life-size birthday cake decorated to resemble Splash, and 133 children brought hand-made birthday cards. "You are my idol," one said. Many others simply said, "I love you."
Splash is survived by thousands of descendants in Lake Texoma.
She is remembered by thousands more.
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is at 5550 F.M. 2495 in Athens, which is 75 miles southeast of Dallas. The center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5.50 for adults, $4.50 for seniors and $3.50 for children ages 4 through 12. For more information and directions call (903) 676-2277 or visit tpwd.texas.gov/tffc.
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The almost two months that we've had this competition running have flown by and the doors close on Spar for the Spurtle this Sunday night (7/22). That means you still have time to think of an idea and film your 3 minute-or-less video this weekend. I've been asking folks around the mill what they would enter if they could and many of us truly don't know. It's no easy task to come up with one of these ideas, so we've made a great little inspiration board on Pinterest to spark your creativity. In the meantime, entries are rolling in and here are some of my favorites from the last couple of days. As another reminder, I have no say in who gets to come to Portland.
Summer Savory Porridge from Anne of Apron Strings– this one has cheddar, chives, tomatoes AND bacon!
Creamy Eggnog Oatmeal from Jonathan (I love his enthusiasm!)
Finally, this video deserves some serious props. I don't know who entered it, but they really went above and beyond on the video portion (plus, I happen to fancy rum balls).


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Seems to clear up a few things. Interesting read here.
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Seems to clear up a few things. Interesting read here.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
Well I guess that settle's it...................................As for Tinsley, well, I met with Larry Bird earlier this week and here's what he had to say: "Jamaal will not be on our team this year."
Good for Mike Green & Pete Campbell for continuing their playing careers. Bird is right about Tinsley he is a very good player and wil benefit whomever he is traded to.
To me......I do not doubt that Tinsley will be gone....one way or another......I'm just questioning how they will move him without buying him out ( which they say they will not do ).
The matter of how it's going to be done is what leaves me dumbfounded.......I am not as confident in how they will move Tinsley as they are.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Hence, the reason to hold off on giving him a new contract now. Either way, Granger stays. It's just a matter of how much financial flexibility the Pacers will have when it matters - next season.
Is he saying that if we extend Granger now.....that his 2009-2010 salary will push us over the SalaryCap limit ( hence a possible reason not to extend him now ) without giving us a chance to sign any 2009 FAs?
Whereas if we don't resign him now.....thus being under the Salarycap...we can then sign some FA and then try to sign Granger as a FA even if we are over the Salarycap?
I'm totally guessing here....but if extending a player now would likely push us over the Salarycap next offseason before any FA are signed......for any team that doesn't have copious amounts of Salarycap space ( which would likely be the majority of teams nowadays ), wouldn't this be a deterrant for teams to extend players contracts earlier as opposed to waiting til they become RFA?
If so...I would think ( for the benefit of the Players Associations that want to get extensions now instead of hoping for getting a payout later as a RFA ) that there would be some CBA rules to prevent this from happening. I would think that if a player was extended this season, that their starting contract would only count after any FAs are signed ( assuming that they go over the SalaryCap ).
To me...something doesn't make sense regarding his statement. I wouldn't think that extending Granger now would affect our ability to remain under the Salarycap next season...thus affecting our ability to pursue any FAs.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Nice to know that Bruno still tours the message boards. When he says, "the Pacers have been under a bit of scrutiny lately for what they have not." only leads me to believe this because no one other then us on a few different boards even care to notice.
One thing that I found disturbing was Larry Bird's overlooking Europe as a player in the Restricted Free Agent market. Bird thru Bruno just rolled out, "Why not, wait" "He'd be a restricted free agent, meaning the Pacers would be able to match any offer for him." Before, I was patient with this thinking everyone was just jumping the gun due to "negotiation", but if that is any hint of their plan with Danny, it is hard to over look Europe has the possibility of being a factor.
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...Still "flying casual"
"Given Bird's ability to stir up some serious trade value for Jermaine O'Neal, and given his quiet confidence about moving Tinsley, you have to believe he knows something he just isn't ready to discuss."
Does this mean there is a pretty much completed deal in place for JT?
Bird does go on to say that they are still talking to teams, though, so I'm not really sure, but this sounds like Bruno's not so subtle way of telling us that something is done, but it just isn't in stone or it involves pieces that can't be moved yet or the teams involved are trying to make it a bigger deal.
Pure conjecture on my part, but still.
Theoretically (if Sham Sports is to be believed) the Pacers would have $51.5 million on the books after this season, including the cap holds for Granger and Jack, who would both be restricted free agents. Assuming a moderate increase in the cap from this year to next, it would likely be around $60 million. This would give us about $8 million to sign free agents. Owning the Bird years on Granger and Jack would allow us to exceed the salary cap to resign those two players. If we resigned Granger now, his cap number for next year would jump from about $3.2 million (the qualifying offer we'd have to make to ensure his RFA status according to Shamsports) to $10 million or whatever we signed him for. This would mean that we'd have no cap space to sign any FA's. It's a gamble because we're letting Danny become a RFA and giving some other team that wants him a chance to make a huge offer that we'd have to match.
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"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
The other thing about the Granger, and I know you all just don't want to say it, but if he gets injured this next season and you extend him now. That's a franchise altering thing. Look at Shaun Livingston now.
Yeah, I've mentioned and thought in the past that maybe Larry has a "deal in his pocket" if he can't get something better then what he has in hand. By the way they've been talking, it's hard to fathom mngmt. not having something ready to roll when they wanted to.
...Still "flying casual"
Sorry...I'm still confused here.....which could be a result of how I am interpreting what is being stated.
I understand that as a RFA next offseason...that we can resign Granger to any contract...even if we are over the Salarycap AT THE TIME of the signing. What I don't understand is IF we give him an extension now....whether his 2009-2010 Salary would count towards the Salarycap once the 2009 FA period starts.
I thought ( like you ) that giving Granger an extension ( much like signing him as a RFA ) would not affect whether our ability to sign a FA or not....but based off of Bruno's statement....it seems to contradict that.
When I read Bruno's statement:
If we extend Granger now, his 2009-2010 contract immediately counts towards the 2009 Salarycap ( as Bruno puts it...."our cap space would vanish" ) when the FA period starts.....likely pushing us over the Salarycap threshold.....thus defining whether we will be below or above the Salarycap limit at the start of the 2009 FA period and therefore affect whether we can sign a FA or not.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
OK...Here's how I understand the Pacers cap situation for next summer (sources are Shamsports and Larry Coon's CBA FAQ).
Guaranteed Salaries: $41,778
Includes guaranteed contracts of Murphy, Dunleavy, Ford, Tinsley (or his replacement), Rush, and Hibbert, as well as Player Option for Travis Diener
Cap Holds: $39,255
Rasho $12,600 (150% of this year's salary)
Foster $8,250 (150%)
Baston $3,409 (150%)
Granger $6,989 (300%)
Jack $6,008 (300%)
Graham $1,074 (130%)
McBob $925 (130%)
Cap holds count against the cap for FA signing purposes, but don't count against the tax or anything else. Therefore, the Pacers "Cap Number" entering next summer's FA period would be $81,033.
Here's Coon's explanation of why:
However, they can (and we expect that they will) reduce that cap number by renouncing the rights to some of these players. (If they renounce the rights to the players, they could only re-sign them (a) if they had cap room or (b) to a minimum contract. They could "sign-and-trade" the player using the Bird rights, but they could not use the Bird rights any longer to just sign him.)31. Why do free agents continue to count against a team's cap?
It closes another loophole. Teams otherwise would be able to sign other teams' free agents using their cap room, and then turn their attention to their own free agents using the Bird exceptions. This rule restricts their ability to do that. It doesn't close this loophole completely -- for example, in 2005 Michael Redd's free agent amount was $6 million, even though the Bucks intended to re-sign him for the maximum salary. By waiting to sign Redd last, the Bucks were able to take advantage of the difference by signing Bobby Simmons. Had they signed Redd first, they would have had no cap room to sign Simmons.
It seems obvious that they'd almost certainly renounce Rasho, Baston, Graham, and McBob, reducing their cap hold by $18,008. However, that still leaves $21,247 in cap holds related to Jeff Foster, Danny Granger, and Jarrett Jack.
Therefore, assuming that, they'd have a "cap number" of $63,025 with 7 players under contract, and retaining the rights to the three I mentioned. The cap (at 5% growth) would probably be somewhere around $61-62 mm. (These numbers, BTW, completely ignore the holds for our 1st rounder, which would probably be about $2mm, and our MLE, which would be about $6mm).
So, how do they maximize their capspace for next summer, and what would that figure be?
By my calculations, the lowest "Cap Number" the Pacers could have would be about $50,000, leaving them $11 to $12mm below the cap. However, to do that, they'd have to renounce the rights to everyone except Danny.
If they were to renounce everyone except Danny and JJ, they'd be at around $56mm, but then the MLE cap hold would kick in and probably put their "cap number" over the cap.
They could re-sign JJ sooner (extension this summer or new contract early next summer) and probably save $1-2mm, which would likely negate the MLE caphold and leave them at $7-8mm under the cap. Let's say they did that...after signing Danny and a $7mm FA, they'd probably look like this:
Guaranteed: $41,778 (7 Players)
Danny: $ 9,000 (Conservatively 6/68, 1 player)
FA: $ 7,000 (1 player)
JJ: $ 4,500 (Conservatively, 1 player)
1st Rounder: $ 1,600 (1 player)
Total $63,878 on 11 players, roughly $11mm left under the tax to sign the last four. I guess it's do-able, but who are we going to get for $7-$8mm? If we let everybody go, who's the $11mm prize that's gonna sign with the Pacers? What if somebody offers Danny a higher contract?
It seems like an awful big crap shoot to me.
I have the suspicion that the Pacers are actually just being "cautious". I kinda think they wanna see one more year before they pony up for Danny. The idea of "maximizing cap space" is kind of convoluted, and not as productive as some might believe. Honestly, unless we want to completely gut our team next summer (which we might), we aren't going to have any real cap space.
I guess that's an OK strategy, but I'm not overly comfortable with it.
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Regardless of what we do, he counts for about $2.4mm against the 2008-2009 salary cap. This is the amount of his rookie contract for this year.
If we were to sign Danny to an extension this summer, then his 2009 FA "Cap Hit" would be the amount of the first year of his extension, his 2009-2010 salary. Let's say we gave him 5 year extension, starting at $9mm and growing at 10.5% (max raise). He would be on our cap at $9mm for 2009.
The mistake I think Bruno (and others) are making is the belief that Danny will count as $0 against the cap for 2009 until we re-sign him. However, to close the loophole that would allow teams to sign a whole bunch of FA's, then go way over the cap signing their own players, the league CBA puts cap holds for a team's FA's, as explained in my post below. For a guy coming off his rookie contract (4th year), it's 300% of his last year's salary.
The only way Danny would count as $0 against our cap would be if we were to renounce his Bird rights. I don't think anyone...well, anyone with any intelligence...would believe that to be a prudent or desirable course of action.
A note on Shamsports: The amount in Red in the 2009 column for Danny and JJ is the "qualifying offer". This IS NOT a cap hold. It is the one-year amount that would have to be offered to those players in order for the Pacers to retain right to match. If the Pacers did not offer at least that, they'd effectively renounce their rights making the players UNrestricted Free Agents.
Count, is your real name David Morway?
IF we extend him now and he ( for example ) will count as $9 mil in 2009-2010...does that mean that at the start of the 2009 FA period...our Salarycap will be set at $50 mil instead of $41 mil ( assuming that we renounce Granger and let him become a RFA )?
If that is the case.....that makes a huge difference. I know that in the end....regardless of whether we extend Granger or resign him as a RFA....that there will be so much $$$ that TPTB are going to want to spend....it's just a matter of how we spend the $$$ and how we acquire the players that we have.
I know that for RFAs like Granger and Jack that we have the right to match any offer they get.....but what about our UFAs like Foster, Rasho, Baston and McRoberts?
I know that in the end...that it's entirely up to the UFA to choose where he goes....but I wasn't sure if the CBA gives the team that currently owns his contract any advantages to resign that player over other teams.
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I saw this on the mobile today but it's too much of a pain in the butt for a long response like this would take.
And I knew Count would be all over it.
Not only do you keep potential resignings on the cap till you pass on them or sign them, you also keep your MLE, MinE and TE(s) on the books as holds till you officially renounce them (or Bird rights - go beyond what other teams can offer).
So for most teams in the park of the cap already there is more financial leverage available by just staying over the cap.
If you aren't WAY under the cap then just don't bother discussing it. This idea that the Pacers are almost in the FA market is 100% wrong. They aren't.
What they are is broken into enough moderately reasonable deals and expirings to be back in the dealing market over the next few years. Nothing they have done so far has really targeted getting into the FA market, and that's just as well because nearly all the worst contracts in the NBA stem from the overpriced FA market.
The only thing I know about the upcoming season is that Count is far-and-away the favorite for the PD Forum MVP award.
Thank you for the explanation.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
I wish.
The key advantage over most teams, though, is the Bird rights...the ability to go over the cap to sign them. We lose that advantage, however, if we renounce their rights.
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Disney continues to impress me with their re-released Blu-ray+DVD Combo packs of older, fan-favorite films. This go-around, fans have two new 3-Disc Special Edition sets to pick up: 1996's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and 2002's direct-to-video The Hunchback of Notre Dame II as well 1998's Mulan and 2004's direct-to-video Mulan II.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 Movie Collection
A pair of musical movies brought together in one set, the complete tale of the Disney's Hunchback, Quasimodo, as he discovers friendship and love are presented here for the first time in blu-ray hi-def. The pair of films are obviously based on Victor Hugo's original 1831 classic of the same name and reinterpreted here to create this family-friendly musical for all ages to enjoy. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (whose previous collaboration was Disney's 1991 award-winner Beauty and the Beast) and featuring the voice talent of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Jennifer Love Hewitt and others, this pair of films is complimented further by the brilliant music of composer Alan Menken (who also composed Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin). Unfortunately, like those previously mentioned Disney masterpieces, neither The Hunchback of Notre Dame nor its direct-to-video sequel had the spark which captured the audience's attention or dollars.
While neither of the films here are terrible - and the first feature impressive music and animation, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is simply a more serious story than the more successful Disney films of the 1990s. In fact, the type of bullying seen here will probably make some parents question whether to show the film to their young children as it can be hard to explain. That said, the film's story is classic and, with a re-written ending to leave the film on a happy note, the original leaves the character's open for a sequel. Unfortunately, the sequel, while not terrible, isn't that good either. It features primarily the supporting characters from the first film, reuniting Quasimodo with his gargoyle friends. While the sequel was really unnecessary, it does provide our non-hero Quasimodo a love interest in the form of circus performer Madellaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who replaces Esmeralda (Demi Moore) from the first film.
The original film obviously features the better animation, music and production value. While both films here feature solid video transfers (the original in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the sequel in 1.66:1 aspect ratio), the sequel is limited by its source material. Likewise, while both feature DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 tracks, the sequel again falls short compared to the first. That's to be expected when comparing a theatrical film to a direct-to-video production.
As for bonus material, the 3 disc set includes the original film's audio commentary with co-directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale as well as film producer Don Hahn; who present a somewhat engaging and fun look at the making of the movie. Likewise, a 28 minute "The Making of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is also included here and features Jason Alexander, who discusses voice acting, animation, production and more. Lastly, there is the song "A Guy Like You" sung in various languages as a part of the 3-minute "Multi-Language Reel. As for the sequel's bonus features, it includes a 5-minute "Behind the Scenes" featurette focusing on star Jennifer Love Hewitt. A short 3-minute "A Gargoyle's Life" features an animated poem entitled "It's Not Easy Being a Gargoyle" as well. Sadly, there is nothing new or unique included here.
Overall, for fans of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this 3-Disc Special Edition is a welcome addition to the home video library. Presented in impressive hi-def with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio, this is the only place to find this film in hi-def and is sure to look and sound great in one's home theater.
Mulan 2 Movie Collection
A Chinese folk tale retold in classic Disney fashion, Mulan tells the tale of a young girl who takes her aged father's place in battle when he's drafted to fight for the Imperial army. Disguised as a man, Mulan and her friendly dragon Mushu must survive battle and adversity in order to successfully defend their nation. Of course, her gender is revealed and she's banished, but that doesn't stop her from becoming a hero when she saves the Emperor, honoring her family and proving she's just as capable - if not more so - than any man around.
At its heart, Mulan is the ultimate animated "girl power" Disney film. Nowhere near is the routine "Princess" film that Disney has the habit of releasing; instead, Mulan features a young girl seeking to protect her father from certain death, willing and able to endure the hardships of war and gender persecution to boot. And let's not forget she also saves the Emperor and restores her honor at the end. Wow...what's a girl gotta do, huh?
It doesn't get any better for the women's movement in Disney's film library than Mulan. And yet Mulan and it's less lauded sequel lacked the draw to be a mainstream fan-favorite like Cinderella, Snow White or Beauty and the Beast...and that's just sad as it speaks to gender roles and society's perception of such. Or maybe it just speaks to the quality of the film. Either way, Mulan didn't do nearly as well as it should have. Personally, there's nothing cooler than a girl who'll hang with the guys and clash swords with the baddies in order to ensure she's not only keeping her family safe, but defending her nation too.
The original Mulan - directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook with voice acting by Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, George Takei and Pat Morita - is a much more impressive and engaging film than the sequel, which was directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland with voice acting by Lucy Lu and Sandra Oh and many of the original cast. The sequel tells a new tale of Mulan and her beau, former Lt, now General Li Shang, as the pair escort and protect three princesses on a secret mission for the Emperor. Again having to shrug off the sexist concept of per-arranged marriages, Mulan must help ensure the trio of princesses aren't forced to marry men they don't love while wrestling with Shang's proposal and Mushu's jealousy. As if a girl doesn't have enough problems, right?
Both films' video and audio is impressive with Mulan presented in 1.66:1 aspect ratio and the sequel in 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The colors on both are bright, sharp and clear; though the sequel - as with The Hunchback of Notre Dame II - is limited by the source material, which is less impressive than the original. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 tracks on both provide plenty of impressive listening entertainment. Dialogue is clear, sound effects are plentiful and dynamic. Again, the sequel can't compare to the original theatrical release however, but that's to be expected.
As for bonus material, the 3-disc set features a solid variety across both films, including an audio commentary with producer Pam Coats and directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook on the original Mulan which delves into the film's concept, creation, voice acting, music and cast of characters. The set also includes a good amount of deleted scenes (7 from Mulan, 4 from the sequel) and behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring the film's design, animation and more. The set also include 6 music videos featuring celebs like Christinia Aguliera, Stevie Wonder, 98°, Attomic Kitten even Jackie Chan.
Of all of the Disney animated features, Mulan - with its "girl goes off to war" storyline - is the film which has the most to say about a woman overcoming gender restrictions in order to be all she can be. Maybe that sounds sexist or too much like the US Army's old motto...or maybe society is still trying to overcome gender roles still. After all, the US military only recently allowed women into combat occupational specialties and Mulan, with its fourteen hundred year-old story, tells us - in no small way - it's about time society - and all of us - catch up.
Both The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 Movie Collection and the Mulan 2 Movie Collection are available now on blu-ray hi-def wherever fine home video is sold.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry raised more than a few eyebrows when his campaign floated the idea that there might be better "time management" agenda items than flying around to an endless series of primary debates. Speaking as one of the people who has to watch – and write about – all of these dog and pony shows, I admit that I had a bit of sympathy for the concept. But it drew a lot of additional fire on his campaign, and now it seems that we'll at least be seeing Rick at some of them.
Rick Perry plans to participate in at least five more presidential primary debates, his campaign said Saturday, dismissing speculation that the Texas governor's lackluster performances so far would lead him to skip future Republican debates.
Perry, who has struggled through parts of his first five debates, will attend all of the events currently scheduled in November as well as a December debate, his spokesman, Ray Sullivan, told The Associated Press…
"Shoot, I may get to be a good debater before this is all over," Perry joked during a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Friday.
There is probably a middle path here, and at this point it looks like Perry may be sharp enough find it. Bailing out on the debate circuit entirely was never a viable option, since it would have been taken as a sign of total retreat and defeat, but it's important to remember that he never actually said he wasn't doing any more. The original quote from the campaign was that they were going to, "evaluate each debate as it comes and take each one on its own merits."
That seems to be the smartest move, at least in general. There are clearly too many debates on the docket at this point, and they suck up a ton of the candidates' time. (A commodity which is arguably even more important than campaign cash.) Perry seems to be best at retail politics and wants to be out meeting community leaders in the early states, pressing the flesh and taking his case directly into people's living rooms as much as possible. But some of the debates will be critical – particularly the ones taking place in the early primary states. The national audience may not be tuning in to these performances in large numbers yet, but the most motivated, likely voters in each state (who are obviously the folks you need to win over) will be watching the one which takes place in their own back yard and addresses the issues specific to their community.
So where will Perry be appearing? The five listed ones include South Carolina and Iowa, which are pretty much no-brainers to RSVP for. There's also one in Washington, D.C. which doesn't meet the "local impact" criteria, but will probably be a better national draw just for the venue. The last two, though, are in Arizona and Michigan, which are rather curious. Arizona, despite some not very veiled threats from Jan Brewer, looks like it still won't go until the end of February and Michigan – while an important state in the general – is tentatively slated for the same day. For all we know, the race could be effectively over by then if somebody doesn't score some early body blows on Romney coming out of New Hampshire.
Still, if Perry picks his battles wisely, he should be able to hit enough of the debates to deliver the most bang for the buck while avoiding charges of "running away" and leaving himself enough free time for retail politicking. Plus, he's getting out in front of the insinuations, telling reporters that he's not a bit worried about debating Obama next fall. I'd have to say this is a smart call at this stage, and his campaign looks like it's recovering nicely from what could have been a death blow to his chances.


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