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I'd take Tyler anyday over McBob. I hope he can be signed for a reasonable contract and remain a Pacer.
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It's funny, watching the game I felt like Nelson, JJ and Afflalo absolutely killed it offensively--yet they only scored 14, 14, and 15 points. (with JJ not playing for much of the 4th)
Even though we played badly offensively, we still managed to shoot 44%, which most nights is a W for us all the way.
The game was just decided by the 3pt line where they made 12 on 57% shooting while we made 2 on 12%.
Bottom line--they were on FIRE from deep, and we couldn't throw it in the ocean..and that was the game.
I put the majority of this loss on Hibbert, he should dominate a team with little interior presence. The rest of the problem appeared to be fatigue and bad offense toppled with bad passing and shooting. Again, when the offense gets into a funk like this and a team as weak in the paint as Orlando, Hibbert has to step up and keep the offensive pressure going, but he doesn't have the physical ability to do so. Very sad to see him decline from last year when he gets paid so much.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Combine that with the fact that we had to run and gun just one night before, due to the Bobcats Full Court Pressure Defense. We just looked tired. Physically and mentally. Not to mention chasing Reddick and Afflalo around the court as they ducked in and out of traffic. Perfect storm for disaster.
Many of the passes that were intercepted were careless mental mistakes caused by extreme fatigue we wouldn't have typically made. Great Point though
I do agree with you there.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
You forget that for the Pacers that is an unacceptable excuse, while if in Indy we beat a decent team who had the same circumstances it is simply proof we've been lucky.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I can't think of a team in the league that wouldn't be vulnerable to an offense shooting nearly 60% from 3 without being able to score at will themselves, and that certainly doesn't describe the Pacers offense.
I will say, though, this is a game where having Danny would have made a HUGE difference to the offense.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Hopefully when Danny's back we have him or Paul on the floor at all times so our offense should never be completely lame.
Pacers - please release him and get a vet WHO CAN BRING CONSISTENT OFFENSE!
Let's sing another song boys!
this one's grown old and bitter,
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
He has a shooters mentality. I also get upset that he's not hitting 3's and wish he'd shoot more coming off screens and drives. Then like Quinn says shooters shoot. Thus Green shoots. His 3 are usually good shots, but he's going thru a stretch where he just can't hit the red side of a barn. It's frustrating to watch him miss 3 after 3.
OTOH, no one complained when he was shooting 3's proficiently. Hopefully, it will even out.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
So, when does Frank start catching heat for his boring, anemic offense?
The pace, I guess, is what bores me. Too many isos, not enough ball and player movement.
McDud isn't even better than the rookie Nicholson. It wasn't McDud who started in the place of the injured Bass.
2013 stats
Nicholson 15 MPG... 7.6 PPG... 52% FG... 79% FT... 3.2 Reb... @ 1.418 mil
McDud 17:30 MPG... 4.3 PPG... 42% FG... 83% FT... 3.6 Reb... @ 3.135 mil
Tyler 16:23 MPG... 6.5 PPG... 43% FG... 72% FT... 4.3 Reb... @ 3.055 mil
I can truly say I have never missed McDud being a Pacer, nor do I feel he's better than Hans. Then I won't cry if Tyler isn't here next year either. At these stats for both, it won't be hard to find a b/u PF.
Oh btw, it would be nice if the forementioned PF could at least get 1 reb for the Magic last nite. Isn't that what a PF is suppose to do?
I know this is a weak argument but it kind of goes along with Uncle Buck's number of games in limited nights thought.
To us this was just another game, a game that was one of many in a limited time frame.
However I have a sneaky suspicion that this game has been circled on Orlando's calender since we ousted them from the playoffs last season. In other words this was a statement game for them and to us it was just a game.
Like I said weak excuse but I think it is there nonetheless.
I'm not really worried about this loss other than the fact that it is a loss & we are really going up against some top notch teams here in the next few weeks so that w/l record may not look as snazzy as it does now in a few weeks.
BTW, I know I should be a bigger person about this but I just hate Glenn Davis & his childish antics. When he did that stupid dance after he got the ball to rim in I wanted West to elbow him in the back of the head when he was bent over. What a punk.
This is some really strange cherry picking to try to make an argument, but more than anything I can't believe this McNickname thing is still a thing.
follow me @TruenoPanda - lets talk Pacers!
You can count on a couple to three games a year where the other team hits everything from outside and wins by default.
The shoe will be on our foot just as many times.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I love the great "D" the Pacers play, but I wish they had a better offensive game to go along with it. You have to score points to win if you don't it makes it hard to win. This team as of right now IMO can't win a 2 series in the playoffs. They don't have enough offense to do it against good playoff teams.
Hopefully, things will change when Granger starts playing. If he can't bring an offensive punch to this team, this team won't go far in the playoffs unless another player or 2, Hibbert, Stephenson, Green, or Augustin game picks up.
I'll say it now that this coming draft and off season is paramount to where this team will be going in the future. The Pacers next game is the halfway of the season, and some players need to pick up their game or find their game. A half season is plently long enough to get their act together. No excuse of not having a training camp or not enough games played to get things sorted out. It's time for some to grab a hold of their boot straps and pull themselves up for their sake but more importantly for the sake of the TEAM. You know the name on the front of the jersey you wear. IOW, do the job you are being paid to do with no excuses!
However, last night was different and I had the same type of feelings you did. West was right there next to him and for a split second I wanted West to knock him to the floor. But then I was glad he didn't. Wish the refs had called a T on Big baby though. Still wish West would have done soemthing to him while making it look accidental.
I hadn't even thought about the Magic having this game as a big game because of the playoffs, the Magic are so different now it slipped my mind.
I call what Davis did taunting. Obviously, the refs didn't consider it taunting. Stephenson, IMO, has been given a tech for doing much less.
Besides, Jameer, Redick, and Baby, none of Orlando's contributors last night were even on the Magic for the playoffs last year. I doubt the fact that we eliminated them last year played any role at all.
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If you do have to program the remote, the bottom of the remote features an IR reader. You point the remote you want to record there and setup the name of the command through the web interface. The eye to record IR commands sits on the bottom of the remote, opposite of the IR transmitter. Now what makes the Harmony 680 really cool is that you can assign any command to any key easily through the web utility. Each button has a dropdown box next to it with a list of commands and you can assign it to. Using a web interface to setup the remote makes it a whole lot easier than trying to do it with the remote itself.
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Cynics say the main reason Congress has jumped all over recent Washington scandals is political -- including the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
If the political goal is to ding President Barack Obama, it's not working.
A trio of recent polls -- CNN/ORC, Gallup and Rasmussen -- shows public perception of Obama is holding steady or has bumped up a tick.
But Congress is nothing if not persistent.
The House Ways and Means Committee called Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on the carpet May 17. He's out of that job in early June. Also testifying that day was J. Russell George, the man in charge of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration investigation into the questionable tax-exempt processing.
Now two more committees take their turns at the IRS.
Senate Finance hearing
Miller and George will be on the other side of Capitol Hill today, May 21, as members of the Senate Committee on Finance get to ask their questions.
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, for whom Miller took over when Shulman left the top IRS post last November, also will testify before the Finance Committee.
House Oversight Committee hearing
On Wednesday, the witnesses trek back to the House.
Miller gets a pass on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.
No such luck for George, though. He'll be back before lawmakers, as will Shulman.
Two new faces will also answer Oversight members' questions: Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary at the Department of the Treasury, and Lois Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations at the IRS.
Lerner is the person credited -- or blamed, depending on your point of view -- with making the IRS tax-exempt review process public. On May 10, while answering questions following remarks to an American Bar Association audience, Lerner apologized for the application scrutiny by some IRS personnel in her division.
Many both inside and outside the beltway have questions as to how much Lerner knew and when she knew it. Some lawmakers have called for her to resign, too.
So you might want to tune into C-SPAN or watch the Oversight Committee's online streaming of the hearing May 22. There could be fireworks.
Not a full cynic
Now, about the question of whether the IRS situation deserves to be called a scandal: Call me a half-cynic.
I worked in Washington, D.C., for 20 years. I've seen folks from all across the political spectrum try to make partisan hay when the sun shines on their particular parties or positions.
So I am not surprised that there are some who want to keep pounding on the IRS and the White House, regardless of the eventual final findings, until Election Day 2014.
But I also believe that some U.S. Representatives and Senators really do just want answers, regardless of where they lead, that will help fix this particular problem at the tax agency and prevent future ones.
Personally, I believe this IRS situation is a case of a huge bureaucracy where some of its employees were in over their heads in handling a sensitive issue. When all is said and done, Miller probably will have some company on the IRS unemployment line, but I don't see a grand conspiracy.
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Murder in a LabMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Detective Wingate was called to Lab Tech Industries to investigate a murder. Lying on the floor of Lab D was Violet Robinson, dead from an apparent gunshot to the head. There were two drops of blood on her right shoe, her lab coat was missing one button, and the latex glove on her left hand had one small tear; but other than that, nothing seemed too noteworthy about the body. A small puddle of blood around the entry wound and a decanter on its side at the workstation were the only things out of place in the otherwise spotless laboratory. Lab supervisor James Bensen had found her at 7:42 am.
Upon arrival of the CSI team, Detective Wingate directed his attention to the employees that had worked with Violet the evening before. Each was interviewed separately from the others.
James Bensen was the first to be taken to the employee lounge for interrogation.
James: "I worked with Violet in Lab A last night for about 45 minutes. We completed our assignment, and she left. I assume she went back to Lab D where she usually works. That was at like 6:00 o'clock. I swear I didn't see her again until I came in this morning and found her laying there dead."
Detective: "When did you leave last night?"
James: "I left around 8:07 after my shift ended. I thought I was the last one out. The lights were all off."
Detective: "Why were you in so early this morning if you'd worked so late last night?"
James: "I am filling in for Adrian this week. She's our boss, and she's on vacation until Friday. I'm responsible for opening and closing the lab each morning and night. I can leave in between if I want, but we've been making some pretty important breakthroughs in endocraniological disorders; and I didn't want to miss any of it. If you have helped work on a project that has a major break-through, it can make your career."
Detective: "Do you guys always wear your lab coats and masks?"
James: "Yes. We must maintain a perfectly clean environment or our work could be contaminated by outside influences. We don't take them off unless we're in the employees' lounge or have exited the building."
Next, Detective Wingate spoke with Meggy Riddle, a janitor for Lab Tech Industries.
Detective: "Tell me what happened last night."
Meggy: "I had been cleaning in Lab D earlier in the evening, but when Violet started getting territorial around a project, I left. That was at maybe 7:15 or so. Dean went in after that, and I saw them arguing; at least I think it was Dean. I went to Lab F, which is kitty-corner from D, so I couldn't see perfectly. I cleaned in F until about 7:50 then cleaned G until 8:00 and left for the night. When I walked by the other labs, only Dean and James' lights were still on. They're in A and B. I was sure Violet had already gone home."
Detective: "How was Violet territorial?"
Meggy: "She got all weird about me being near her endocraniological diatrope testing. She started getting snotty, so I left. She and I don't get along very well, but that's no secret around here. She doesn't get along with most everyone."
Detective: "Tell me about the argument you witnessed between Violet and the other individual."
Meggy: "I could see them arguing through the window. Violet got so mad she picked up a heavy decanter and tried to hit him over the head with it. He stepped back, and she ended up missing. Then he just blew her off and went down the hall toward his lab. When he came out the doorway and turned to go down the hall, that's when I saw him, and I'm sure it was Dean."
When Dean Falcone was interviewed by Detective Wingate, he was adamant that he had not set foot in Lab D.
Dean: "I worked from 3:00 to a little after 8:00 without a single break. I didn't work with Violet last night and didn't even talk with her other than to say hello when I passed her once in the hall. I was never in Lab D. I don't know what Meggy is talking about. When I left, only James was still here."
Detective: "I heard you and Violet sometimes butt heads."
Dean: "Only because she gets so possessive about the projects. She thinks she should get all the credit in a major discovery. I have argued with her a lot, but not since last week; and certainly not last night! I swear it."
When the CSI completed their investigation of the crime scene, they called to tell Detective Wingate that Violet's prints were found on the decanter in Lab D. The decanter was otherwise clean. Was Meggy telling the truth about the confrontation between Dean and Violet? Detective Wingate didn't think so and ordered the arrest of Meggy Riddle. Why?
HintReview what Violet was wearing and Meggy's explanation of the previous night's events.
AnswerViolet was found dead wearing latex gloves, which tend to be worn exclusively in the lab because they can't risk compromising their data. Her fingerprints would not have been found on any laboratory equipment. Detective Wingate suspected that Meggy had obtained the decanter from the employee lounge where Violet would have handled it without gloves on. Meggy placed the decanter in the lab after shooting her and turned off the light. She then concocted the story about Dean in order to make him look like the killer.
The motive was not entirely clear, but Meggy did seem very knowledgable about Violet's work considering she was in a very different line of work.
A search warrant of Meggy Riddle's apartment turned up the gun and silencer believed to have been the murder weapon. The trial is scheduled for next fall.
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American League Division Series: Detroit Tigers (88-74) vs. Oakland Athletics (94-68), best-of-5
The Tigers have been ticketed for the postseason since they signed Prince Fielder last offseason. The Oakland Athletics never were expected to make it. Both clubs arrive on a roll, having won eight of their past 10 games. But only one team gets to roll on.
1. How much will strikeouts hurt the A's? Oakland hitters led the majors in strikeouts. Tigers pitchers broke the franchise record for strikeouts, led by the majors' top strikeout pitchers: Game 1 starter Justin Verlander and scheduled Game 4 starter Max Scherzer.
But all these K's figure to affect the length of the games more than the outcome of the games. Despite striking out once every 4.2 plate appearances after the All-Star break, the A's still led the majors in runs and homers in the second half. One reason: They walk a lot, too, finishing third behind the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the AL.
2. How much will a lack of playoff experience affect the A's? Four players in Oakland's projected Game 1 lineup have played in a total of 39 postseason games. Fielder and Miguel Cabrera together have played in more.
Still, the A's have two factors in their favor: They are famous for their loosey-goosey clubhouse; and, unlike the Tigers, they aren't worried about fulfilling great expectations. But even if they are cool enough to brush off the enhanced pressure and increased scrutiny that comes in the postseason, the A's have to deal with unfamiliar distractions.
"Tickets, travel, hotels, picking up people at the airport," Tigers manager Jim Leyland says. "It does get a little draining if you're not careful. We've educated our players on that."
3. How much will the A's pitch around the Triple Crown winner? There is little doubt that having Fielder batting cleanup aided Cabrera's efforts to win the Triple Crown.
"Oh, they still walked Miggy," Verlander says. "They just weren't able to walk him as much." Cabrera's walks decreased to 66 this season from 108 in 2011 even though he played 161 games both seasons.
But expect the A's to pitch around Cabrera more than most teams. Fielder went 2-for-27 against Oakland this season. Cabrera went 14-for-29 with 14 RBIs in helping the Tigers take the season series, 4-3.
PHOTO GALLERIES: AL contenders' top moments | NL contenders' top moments
1. CF Austin Jackson: Raised his average 51 points to hit .300 for the first time
2. LF Quintin Berry: Was 21-for-21 in steals but had only a .255 OBP after August
3. 3B Miguel Cabrera: Triple Crown winner is hitting .282 in 28 postseason games
4. 1B Prince Fielder: Hit career-best .313 with more walks (85) than K's (84)
5. DH Delmon Young: Led team last postseason with five homers
6. RF Andy Dirks: Hit .322 in 88 games; might hit second vs. right-hander
7. SS Jhonny Peralta: Averaged dropped 60 points to .239 after a stellar 2011
8. C Alex Avila: RBI total dropped from 82 last season to 48 this season
9. 2B Omar Infante: Acquired for defense but made nine errors at second
RHP Justin Verlander: Went 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two starts vs. A's
RHP Doug Fister: Finished strong with 2.77 ERA in his last six starts
RHP Anibal Sanchez: Had a 2.43 ERA in his last six starts
RHP Max Scherzer: Had 231 K's but has sore shoulder, ankle
RHP Jose Valverde: Blew five saves this season after going 49-for-49 in 2011
1. CF Coco Crisp: Is 8-for-22 in his career vs. Verlander
2. SS Stephen Drew: Hit .250 with five homers in 39 games after trade
3. LF Yoenis Cespedes: Rookie slammed 23 homers with an .861 OPS
4. 1B Brandon Moss: Hit 21 home runs in 84 games
5. RF Josh Reddick: Led club with 32 homers and 85 RBIs but hit .242
6. 3B Josh Donaldson: Took over after Brandon Inge injury; hit .290 after break
7. DH Seth Smith: With 14 homers, was one of eight A's with at least 10
8. C George Kottaras: Platoons with right-handed-hitting Derek Norris
9. 2B Cliff Pennington: Better with glove, bat (.276 to .194) at second base than short
RHP Jarrod Parker: Posted a 2.61 ERA at home, 4.64 on road
LHP Tommy Milone: Had a 3.09 ERA in two starts vs. Tigers
LHP Brett Anderson: Healthy after oblique injury
RHP A.J. Griffin: Struggled in three of his past four starts
RHP Grant Balfour: 17 straight saves since returning to the role in August
Offense: The A's led the majors in runs and homers in the second half but don't have Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, "who have to be the game's best 3-4 tandem," Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost said this week. Edge: Tigers
Rotation: Brett Anderson's return boosts Oakland, but Detroit has four veterans who all pitched well in September. The Tigers also have the game's best starter, who can go twice on regular rest if series goes distance. Edge: Tigers
Bullpen: Al Alburquerque's return was big for Detroit, but Oakland sends strong arm after strong arm. Ryan Cook and Grant Balfour are a dynamic duo. Edge: A's
Defense: This was expected to be the Tigers' weakness, and it was. The A's have arguably the strongest defensive outfield in the postseason. Edge: A's
Bench: Ryan Raburn's injury hurts Detroit's depth. The A's employ so many effective platoons that it is difficult to tell the regulars from the reserves. Edge: A's.
The A's are on an amazing run, but the Tigers appear to be peaking at the right time. They also have Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. Tigers in four.
LINEMAKERS: MLB wild-card odds and predictions
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MAN AND SUPERMAN Plays Irish Repertory Theatre; Previews Begin April 26
Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group are joining forces to present a co-production of Shaw's masterpiece, MAN AND SUPERMAN to be performed at the award-winning Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street), as part of Irish Rep's 24th Season and GTG's first-ever "Shaw New York" festival, with previews to begin April 26, prior to an official press opening May 6. GTG's artistic director, David Staller, will direct his adaptation of this remarkable comedy, performed with its rarely seen "interior play" DON JUAN IN HELL.
MAN AND SUPERMAN is generally considered to be one of Shaw's comedic masterpieces. The story involves the simple premise of a man, Jack Tanner, determined not to marry his ward, Ann Whitefield, who is equally determined to land him. Ann chases Jack from London, across the channel, into the mountains of Spain, and even to Hell and back (in the famous dream scene of DON JUAN IN HELL). The play has not been given a production in New York in twenty-five years.
The cast of MAN AND SUPERMAN includes Janie Brookshire, Jon Fletcher, Jonathan Hammond, Laurie Kennedy, Max Gordon Moore, Paul O'Brien, Margaret Robinson, Brian Sgambati, Zachary Spicer, and Tony Award-nominee Brian Murray (previously seen at Irish Rep in CANDIDA,
GASLIGHT, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT and DA).
The production features set design by James Noone; lighting design by Kirk Bookman; costume design by Theresa Squire; sound design by M. Florian Staab; and hair and wig design by Robert-Charles Vallance. Production stage manager is Elis C. Arroyo. Assistant stage manager is
Arthur Atkinson.
This production of MAN AND SUPERMAN is also part of GTG's larger vision of this country's first Shaw festival, to be called "Shaw New York," running this spring at various venues in Manhattan (to be announced). The festival, which will be an annual event, includes a Shaw Symposium featuring critics, academics and actors discussing the play; as well as concerts featuring music Shaw had championed as "modern music" while he was a music critic (Brahms, Wagner, Bartok,
Dvorak, etc); and a reading of one of GTG's commissioned new plays. For more information, visit www.projectshaw.com
David Staller is founder/artistic director of New York's Gingold Theatrical Group, the company that produces the monthly performance series PROJECT SHAW, now in its seventh sold-out year. He is the first person ever to direct performances of all of Shaw's 65 plays and is a frequent international lecturer about all things Shaw. GTG is devoted to presenting work about Human Rights. Staller has directed across the U.S. and internationally, including last season's acclaimed production of Shaw's CANDIDA at the Two River Theater Company. With GTG he has created educational programs at Baruch College and at Lighthouse International for inner-city teens, exploring the Shavian precepts of the power of the individual.
Co-founded by Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly and Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, The Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS. The mission of the theatre was and remains to bring works by Irish and Irish American masters and contemporary playwrights to American audiences; to provide a context for understanding the contemporary Irish American experience; and to encourage the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures. Ms. Moore and Mr. O'Reilly recently received the 2011 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from Irish American Writers & Artists, Inc.
Performances of MAN AND SUPERMAN run April 26-June 17 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues): Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $55 and $65, and are available by calling 212-727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org.
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The self-admitted "father" of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is driving another nail in the coffin of his "bastard child." But this time he has other House chairmen and subcommittee chairmen working with him.
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who heads the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who heads the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, ordered their Republican investigative staffs to review the performance of the much-maligned TSA.
Mica does not disguise his desire to eliminate the TSA in its present form and return to a lean, risk-based, adaptive agency responsible for analyzing intelligence, setting security standards and overseeing the nation's transportation security structure.
"Unfortunately, the TSA has strayed from its security mission and mushroomed into a top-heavy bureaucracy that includes 3,986 headquarters staff, making $103,852 per year on average, and 9,656 administrators in the field," he said. He noted that the agency has 65,000 employees and has spent $57 billion on numerous operational and technology failures.
"While we are safer today than we were 10 years ago, this is largely thanks to the vigilance of American citizens and passengers, the actions of flight crews and armed pilots, the addition of hardened cockpit doors and the assistance of foreign intelligence agencies," Mica continued. "After 10 years, we cannot continue to rely on luck. It is time for reform."
According to Issa, the agency has become "a backwards-looking dinosaur that seeks employees through pizza box advertising and struggles to detect actual terrorist threats." The House investigators uncovered more than 25,000 security breaches in U.S. airports since 2001.
The report, entitled "A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform," was released in mid-November at a press briefing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The probe found that the agency suffers from mismanagement and failure.
"From the top down, the TSA is a troubled agency," the congressional staffers said. "The TSA and its Administrator are buried within the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], along with 21 other agencies. Turnover in the position of TSA Administrator has been excessive, and too little priority has been placed on naming a new administrator when the position has become vacant."
Mica wants to remove the TSA from the Department of Homeland Security and relocate it to the Department of Transportation. The report said the House Transportation Committee is preparing new legislation to reform TSA in accordance with the findings of the investigators, including an audit by a "qualified outside organization."
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Mica is about as disingenuous as they come.
After spending most of his adult life sponging off taxpayers in Congress, he didn't know how bureaucracies "work" and that they ALWAYS "stray from ... [their] mission[s] and [mushroom] into ... top-heav[iness]"? Gimme a break!
You can't reform TSA anymore than you can reform rats. ABOLISH IT. End its war on the American people.
Wimpie (not verified)
December 3, 2011 - 1:18pm
Just as supposedly every passenger is at some risk of terrorist attack, if every passenger were also subject to a backscatter screening, then the actual risk of deaths by cancer means the machines are "deadlier than the terrorists." (-Bruce Schneier)
Remember - You have the RIGHT to OPT-OUT! Use of the scanner is OPTIONAL - Check the TSA website. Don't take a chance on Cancer.
Remember - Government said Agent Orange was safe.
They said x-ray shoe scanners were safe.
They said Thalidomide was safe.
They said Asbestos was safe.
They said body scanners were safe.
Get the message. Scientists estimate 100 deaths per year from body scanners. But the number may be more as some have estimated the dose at 10-20 times what the government is telling. Nobody knows for sure.
How many people have terrorists killed on airplanes since 9/11 and before body scanners? How about NONE!
Barry (not verified)
December 3, 2011 - 8:14pm
Do not stand for Mica's plans to grow his private army of jack-booted thugs. Say no to Mica's plans to let his private army strip search your kids. Say no to his plans to subvert your constitutional rights.
Remember Nazi Germany? They started by creating private army's that were not subject to established laws. That is already happening in the private Screener program. Screeners are are exempted from many of the laws that affect you and me.
Mica started the program, he was in power as the TSAgrew, now he wants to privatize his army and exercise total control as the suprreme commander. He is a very dangerous man.


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DETROIT - The Michigan Democratic Party elected a new party chairman during a convention in Detroit Saturday. Lon Johnson was officially elected as the new chairman shortly after Mark Brewer announced that he was withdrawing from the race. The UAW issued this statement in response:
"The UAW congratulates Lon Johnson on his election as Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP). The UAW is committed to building a stronger party that reflects our values and diversity to win Democratic victories for Michigan's working families by building a broad, large coalition across the state and across many constituencies. The UAW is committed to working with Lon Johnson and the MDP in building a stronger party.
The UAW commends Mark Brewer for his years of dedicated service in leadership of the MDP for the past 18 years. We thank Mark for his courageous leadership in making sure the MDP remains united as we prepare for the fight in 2014 to protect all of Michigan's working families."
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Elton John recorded with Queens of the Stone Age this week.
John appeared on "Chelsea Lately" on Thursday with Dave Grohl, who played drums on the record.
John was down the street in a San Fernando Valley studio recording a ballad with Englebert Humperdinck, after which he traveled three blocks for the Queens of the Stone Age session.
"I went down and sang with him and then drove three blocks, in the Valley, I went from Engelbert to Queens of the Stone Age," said John, who will lead a tribute to Levon Helm Sunday at the Grammys. "Which was, you know, a bit of a mind-(expletive)."
John said he doesn't often record with other acts because they simply think he'll say no, but pointed out that he played on Alice in Chains' 2009 album "Black Gives Way to Blue."
Grohl joked that John had certain expectations when he walked in the door.
"You were like, 'All right, what do you have, a ballad for me?'" Grohl said, rolling his eyes. "And we were like, 'No, we don't have a ballad for you today, at all.'"
Grohl said that he barely saw John during the session, because the band practically had him set up in a closet, to which John quipped "That time you were out of the closet."
According to Rolling Stone, along with Grohl and John, Trent Reznor, Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears and original bassist Nick Oliveri have also contributed to the upcoming Queens of the Stone Age album, which should be out later this year.
MARILYN MANSON COLLAPSED ON STAGE: Marilyn Manson collapsed on stage Wednesday night during a show in Canada, according to TMZ.
The shock rocker was playing his "Beautiful People" in Saskatoon during an encore when he stopped singing, turned to the side, and fell over.
The crowd was supposedly confused at first, as the band kept playing. Everyone realized it was serious when stagehands rushed in to aid Manson.
There were reports Manson vomited on the stage, but it's unclear from the footage TMZ obtained..
E! News said the singer was eventually helped off the stage and was treated by an EMT. Manson later said he had the flu and went back to his hotel to rest.
EVERYONE MIGHT WANT TO WEAR HELMETS FOR THIS ONE: The San Francisco Giants are teaming up with Metallica to host Metallica Night on May 3 at AT&T Park.
They're playing the Dodgers that night. It's probably safe to say some alcohol will be consumed.
The band will perform the National Anthem, the Giants will give away hybrid Metallica-Giants hats, and Metallica-flavored entertainment will be featured throughout the game.
Is this a good time to mention that three of the four members of Metallica pretty much grew up in L.A.?
Well, they're here now, so that's what counts.
Special event tickets for the game go on sale at 8 a.m. Feb. 9, according to the Metallica website. The special event ticket package includes the limited edition Metallica/Giants hat and a portion of the ticket sales will be donated to the Bill Graham Foundation, which provides grants in the area of music, the arts, and education, while also supporting social work, environmental protection, and spiritual and compassionate projects in our community.
MINDY MCCREADY SENT TO TREATMENT: Mindy McCready has been committed by a judge to a treatment center for a mental health and alcohol abuse evaluation.
McCready has been dealing with the apparent suicide of boyfriend David Wilson in January, and now she's reportedly getting the help her family believes she needs.
E! News reported her two children were removed from her care by the Department of Human Services, and she was ordered into treatment at an emergency hearing on Wednesday by a Cleburne County Circuit Court judge in Arkansas. She'll be there for up to 21 days.
"Mindy needs to get help and we all care and love her and we want her to get the right help so she can move on. She is in a bad state right now, depressed and unhappy. It is not good," a source close to the singer told the website right after her children were removed from her care.
A second source told E! News the 37-year-old singer admitted during the hearing that she was drinking too much alcohol in trying to cope with the passing of Wilson, whom she has called her "soul mate."
Wilson died from a gunshot wound Jan. 13. Authorities believe it was a suicide, though they're still investigating. When asked on "Dateline" whether she was involved in his death, McCready said "Oh my god, no. Oh my god, no. He was my life. We were each other's life."
McCready hasn't had the easiest of lives. According to the Huffington Post, in 2005, her ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he beat and choked her. The singer has attempted suicide multiple times, struggled with addiction, and in 2007 was charged with battery and resisting arrest after a fight with her mother.
In 2011, McCready fled with her son in the middle of a custody battle. She got her son back in December and things seemed to be turning around for her, until Wilson's death.
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1587: Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1862: The Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island, N.C, ended in victory for Union forces led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
1904: The Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur.
1910: The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
1922: President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.
1942: During World War II, Japanese forces began invading Singapore, which fell a week later.
1963: Members of the Baath Socialist Party overthrew Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel-Karim Kassem, who was executed the next day.
1968: Three college students were killed in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, S.C., during a civil-rights protest against a whites-only bowling alley.
1971: NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.
1973: Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Sen. Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C.
1989: An American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into a fog-covered mountain in the Azores, killing 144 people.
1993: General Motors sued NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that 1973-to-87 GM pickups were prone to fires in side-impact crashes. (NBC settled the lawsuit the following day and apologized for its "unscientific demonstration.")
2003: The chief U.N. arms inspectors arrived in Baghdad for a new round of crucial talks with Iraqi officials. In a jab at major U.S. allies, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a security conference in Munich that countries such as France and Germany that favored giving Iraq another chance to disarm were undermining what slim chance existed to avoid war. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched in support of 9,000 oil workers fired for leading a two-month strike against President Hugo Chavez.
2008: Scotland Yard investigators concluded that Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died on Dec. 27, 2007, as the result of a bomb blast, not a gunshot, a finding disputed by Bhutto supporters. Latina Williams, a 23-year-old nursing student at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, shot and killed two other students and then herself.
2012: Washington state lawmakers voted to approve same-sex marriage. Kyle Dyer, an anchor for Denver station KUSA-TV, was seriously injured when she was bitten in the face by an 85-pound Argentine mastiff while conducting a live studio interview on the dog's rescue from an icy pond.
Composer-conductor John Williams (81), newscaster Ted Koppel (73), actor Nick Nolte (72), comedian Robert Klein (71), actress Mary Steenburgen (60), author John Grisham (58), rock singer Vince Neil (Motley Crue) (52), retired NBA player Alonzo Mourning (43), actor Seth Green (39), actress Karle Warren ("Judging Amy") (21).
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More than 420 milk quality, mastitis and udder health researchers, dairy producers and dairy industry partners attended the National Mastitis Council (NMC) 53rd Annual Meeting held Jan. 26-28, in Fort Worth, Texas. The event upheld its tradition of offering a platform for international discussion and sharing research on milk quality innovation and expertise.
As in the past, the 2014 event continued to hold global appeal. In addition to a large contingency of U.S. representation, approximately 28 percent of the 2014 attendees represented 23 different countries other than the United States.
"NMC is committed to growing and continuing engagement on a global level," says Dr. John Middleton, NMC president. "Our annual meeting is a testament to our international commitment to mastitis control and quality milk production."
Discussions at this year's meeting included analytical approaches to managing mastitis, treatment and non-treatment approaches to control mastitis, and global milk quality updates. The featured symposium focused on technologies for mastitis detection and management with topics on molecular diagnostics, PCR-based tests and automated milk differential cell count. In addition to these sessions, attendees had the opportunity to take 11 different short courses. More than 60 percent of the meeting attendees enrolled in these additional learning opportunities.
Rounding out this year's agenda was a technology transfer session where researchers shared cutting edge information and solutions for the future of mastitis control. Fifty posters were presented for review and knowledge sharing.
All of the sessions offered attendees an opportunity to network, discuss global milk quality challenges and share valuable experiences with others who are interested in quality milk production. Participants at this year's meeting also had the opportunity to earn continuing education credits.
"The goal of NMC is to deliver relevant and timely information on mastitis and milk quality to a diverse audience. This year's program did just that and brought together a group of international speakers to share their perspectives and experience," says Middleton.
The National Dairy Quality Award winners, NMC scholars and the NMC Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control were recognized during an awards luncheon on Jan. 28.
Receiving top recognition in the National Dairy Quality Awards were: Randy and Kathy Bauer, Faribault, Minn.; Donald Beattie, Holton, Mich.; Gordon Dick, McBain, Mich.; Duane and Janet Molhoek, Falmouth, Mich.; Sean Quinn and Melissa Murray, Greenwich, N.Y.; and Dennis and Doris Tubergen, Ionia, Mich. Judges select top dairy producers to receive this honor based on quality milk production indicators, such as somatic cell count, bacteria count and mastitis incidence, along with milking routine, systems of monitoring udder health, treatment protocols and strategies for overall herd health and welfare.
The 2014 NMC Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control was awarded to Tom Herremans from IBA Inc. This award, in its third year, is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., and recognizes an NMC member for sustained contribution to mastitis prevention and control through research, extension or education, clinical practice or service to producers.
For the seventh consecutive year, the National Mastitis Research Foundation (NMRF) awarded travel scholarships to four outstanding graduate students to attend the NMC Annual Meeting. This year's NMC Scholars were Anneleen De Visscher, Ghent University, Belgium; Paige Gott, The Ohio State University, Ohio; Aine O'Connell, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin; and Nicole Steele, Massey University, New Zealand. NMRF initiated the NMC Scholars program to support the development of mastitis research and milk quality professionals from around the world.
To support the NMC Scholars Program and the work of the NMRF, a "Minute to Win It" fundraising event was hosted at the annual meeting. About $2,000 was raised for the NMRF and will be used to host future graduate students as the council continues to grow.
NMC thanks its annual meeting sponsors who contributed to the program's success. Diamond sponsors were Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., DeLaval Inc., GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. and Zoetis. Platinum sponsors were Central Life Sciences, Ecolab, Inc., Elanco Animal Health, IBA Inc., Land O'Lakes, Inc. and Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. Gold sponsors included A & L Laboratories, Inc., Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc., Alltech, BouMatic, Foremost Farms USA and Hypred. Silver sponsors were ABS Global, Inc., Ambic Equipment Limited, Dairy Farmers of America, Fight Bac / Deep Valley Farm, Inc., Grande Cheese, ImmuCell Corporation, McLanahan Corporation, Merial Ltd., Merck Animal Health and Udder Tech, Inc. Sponsoring this year's milk break was Oak Farms Dairy.
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UPDATE: 3.49pm
A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue service said a boy, described as under 10-years-old, threw a plastic container of horse manure at the engine.
The appliance was undamaged and the four crew members were reported as unharmed.
Alison Kibblewhite, head of risk reduction at South Wales Fire and Rescue, said: "We have a fire crime department to look at the evidence and have CCTV on all our fire engines.
She added it was the fourth attack on fire crews from South Wales Fire and Rescue this year, after 16 attacks were recorded last year.
"We've had two prosecutions this year following incidents of abuse. Objects are sometimes thrown or people shout verbal abuse."
UPDATE: 10.27am
FIREFIGHTERS were attacked by people throwing manure at them when they tried to rescue a trapped horse last night.
Firecrews were called to the incident at Peterstone on Wentloog Road at 9.55pm.


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The noise you hear in the video is my daughter criticizing my throw
Seriously, any feedback on my throws would be great. Two out of the three throws are around 300. The one with the XS I shanked a little bit.
1) The first video is me throwing a XL and XS. The angle is out to the left and back.
2) The second video is me throwing a gazelle. The angle is the "traditional" one where the camera is right to the side of me.
There's a couple of things I notice when I compare my throwing technique to others.
1. I don't keep my shoulders parallel during the pull through. This causes me to throw hyzer.
2. I don't get enough hip and torso action.
3. I'm "strong arming it."
4. I'm not keeping my eyes on the target. I'm keeping my head away.
5. I'm a chubby guy who could lose some weight.
These are some of the things I've noticed about my form. I would like some feedback. Thanks.


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As gang violence reaches new heights in cities other than Salinas — Seaside, Soledad and Greenfield — Seaside police held a meeting Wednesday to teach residents more about that city's estimated 250 gang members.
Following a presentation at the Oldemeyer Center by Monterey County Gang Task Force Sgt. Brian Cupak, who told a packed audience about recognizing the region's predominant gangs, Seaside police Cmdr. Bruno Diaz delved into the details of the city's gang issues.
The recent spike of gang crime in the city "has to do with respect," Diaz said. "That's why you have seen recent violence."
He said police have seen no evidence linking those shootings to the drug trade, although he and Cupak agreed that gangs in general depend on drug sales, robberies and other crimes for their survival.
Of the city's 26 gang "incidents" this year, 10 occurred in September and October, Police Chief Vicki Myers said.
The police response has been 17 arrests and an ongoing series of searches aimed at collecting evidence and intelligence, she said.
During a question-and-answer period, one audience member said the perception among some residents is that recent arrests have focused unfairly on Latino gangs to the exclusion of other ethnic groups.
Diaz responded that Seaside has become "a primarily Hispanic city" in recent years.
"We have learned that the Norteño gang has become very active in Seaside," he said, adding that police also served two search warrants on suspected Crips members this week.
"It's not that we're targeting Asians, Hispanics or blacks," he said. "We're targeting individuals committing crimes."
He said the city's most prominent gangs in order of numbers are Norteños, Sureños and Crips, and added that firearms were seized during a recent raid on a very small group of suspected members of the Oriental Boyz gang.
Some in the audience questioned whether Diaz's estimate of about 100 Crips members in the city is too high, because that gang's numbers have diminished dramatically in Seaside during the past three decades.
Myers said gang crime is also being seen in the Peninsula cities of Marina, Monterey and Pacific Grove and that it's not exclusive to Seaside.
As if to drive home the point, shortly after the meeting adjourned a be-on-lookout alert was issued over police radios for a Marina teenager who was expelled from school Wednesday for fighting. Dispatchers said he was armed with a knife and threatening to seek revenge on rival gang members because a friend in Seaside was murdered several months ago.
Myers stressed that law enforcement plays only one part in the classic triad of response to gangs — prevention, intervention and suppression. The other components, she said, are up to residents.
The number of youths involved in gangs around the nation has increased dramatically, Myers said, and in that respect, "we as a country and as a community have failed."
Seaside resident Jesse W. King Jr. said one community group has made a big difference.
Transitions for Recovery and Re-entry Inc. helped open his eyes and make him aware of the damage he has caused the residents of his city, he said.
King was paroled from prison in 2010 after 14 years.
"I'm ashamed that what I've done has caused others to follow suit," he said.
Thanks to his parole officer and help from Jacqueline Simon, president of the Peninsula-based transition program, he said, "I want to give back. And I feel the youth will listen to me.
"I'm going to do that, whatever I have to do, to save this community and the youth."
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Spring has sprung again!
Please note the new widgets to the right in the sidebar. I will be putting some interesting and entertaining videos through the "toddyblog player". Click the green play button>
The first video is "Simulation Orchestrations" which I created from various UNE CSP video clips. Music is running throughout. The next one is from the University of Wisconsin's Accelerated BSN program. Very interesting. More videos will be coming!
Also under that widget is an RSS feed from award the winning wired.com site and a hit counter below that….
Now that we are stationed on two floors, Cynthia and I keep getting our exercise running between them! After a terrifically busy semester we've got some good data and experience to work with for future improvements to the labs and structure of our administration. Mostly we've got to keep fine tuning our organization so that as a two person program we make processes easier while the simulation use hours go up. Eventually we'd like to digitize our log-in process as well as the evaluations and confidentiality forms. For now we are still using pen and paper and asking folks to fill the required forms out before and after simulations. Of course, in the big picture we see going to an entirely full featured data management system which allows all the data we are generating, sending and receiving to be housed in one place that can be accessed from anywhere. My hope is that in a year or so we'll be implementing this type of hardware /software combination for the betterment of all the programs we work with and for the Clinical Simulation Program(CSP).
- The sun came out right after I took this shot.
Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) donated an anesthesia machine and monitor to us (MNA Program and CSP) in April. And we thank them! Once I get it all rigged up and connected to the METI HPS rack and it spits out the right numbers, we'll have two independent simulated OR rooms. The picture below shows that once you start a bigger project like this you might as well fix a bunch of other ticks that have cropped up. As you can see that means changing out speakers, putting on a new chest skin, checking connections etc.
Several simulations this year have included actors and actresses (faculty and staff mostly) playing key roles during a case. As part of this growing sim-trend we've had screaming, emotional wives, uncooperative, inebriated interns and as below…bad guy boyfriends who shake babies and intimidate nursing students!
With more space to work with the MNA program can now host more anesthesia equipment vendors during their " Difficult Airway Days". The room that students are in (in the picture below) can house the whole MNA class as well as four anesthesia machines, room for SimMan, a SMARTboard, fiber-optic scope setup and storage spaces.
The MNA program also launched it's first pediatric scenario using the SimBaby. The case was based on a very scary situation that a former student went through. The case gave students a feel for dealing with a baby in distress while doing so in a safe environment where they could reflect and learn. Running this scenario has opened the door for more anesthesia baby simulation ideas in the future.
The Dental Hygiene Program used simulation to teach proper procedures and protocols for emergencies in a dental clinic. Students dealt with patients that were not easily manageable and some that had medical conditions that had to be considered before treatment.
The Physician's Assistant program used the Laerdal Heartcode ACLS system through the CSP to study, test and become certified ACLS providers. The system provides students with case scenarios on an interactive CD ROM that is similar to a video game. After they pass the cases and make the right decisions they come to the lab to do their skills tests. Forty-plus students got their ACLS cards via Laerdal and the AHA. Pretty cool…….
There are quite a few plans for the summer. Mostly we'll be upgrading our labs with new headwall systems and I'll be installing AV connections in two more rooms.
Thanks for "listening".
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WECHES, Texas — A decision by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 2003 to purchase 291 additional acres of East Texas hardwood bottomlands and pine forest to add to 368-acre Mission Tejas State Park about 20 miles east of Crockett has begun paying dividends.
Spanish artifacts dating to the late 17th century, including musket balls, trade beads and part of a spur, were excavated recently by an Austin archeological firm at three different sites in the new park section. TPWD archeologist Todd McMakin reported those findings to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its January meeting.
The artifacts, McMakin says, represent tangible evidence of a Spanish presence in connection with a Nabedache Caddo village mentioned in the historical accounts of early Spanish explorers visiting the province of Texas. Historical accounts of Spanish missionaries and soldiers who visited east Texas at the turn of the 17th century mentioned the existence of a large Indian village on San Pedro Creek just upstream from its confluence with the Neches River.
"It's always been thought that a Spanish mission might have been located in or near the state park property, but we haven't talked much about the Europeans' association with the Caddos other than to tell how the Spanish were driven out by the Indians," McMakin says. "Now, the new discoveries give us this tie between nearby Caddoan Mounds, where the early Caddos lived, and the later Caddos, who lived in this large Nabedache village."
McMakin, who coordinates TPWD's East Texas Cultural Resources Program, explains that Caddo ceramics found in 1994 during excavations conducted by Stephen F. Austin University in the older portion of Mission Tejas State Park provided evidence that the Nabedache Village may have been partially located within the park. That discovery piqued the interest of the TPW Commssion several years ago, especially Commissioner Philip Montgomery, who championed the purchase of the additional acreage.
"The interpretation that's currently at the park will remain," McMakin says, "but we hope to add more interpretive signage when funds become available. We may place signs along the trail overlooking the flood plain describing the large Caddo village and enhance interpretation, adding the tie-in to Caddoan Mounds and use a timeline mentioning the earlier Caddos, the Spanish who came to the area and what occurred after their arrival."
TPWD operates Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site, just up State Highway 21 from Mission Tejas. The site was home to the Early Caddos, who built the temple mounds between A.D. 700 and A.D. 1300. The extensive ceremonial center marks the southwestern-most outpost of the sophisticated Great Mound Builder culture that covered North America's eastern woodlands for 2,500 years.
In 1934, the federal Civilian Conservation Corps constructed a commemorative log structure replicating the first Spanish mission in Texas — San Francisco de los Tejas — established in 1690 by Spanish soldiers and missionaries sent to convert the local Native Americans to Christianity. Over the next few ill-fated years, a succession of epidemics, droughts, floods and increasing Indian hostilities led to the Spanish abandonment of Mission Tejas.
The original park site was operated by the Texas Forest Service which deeded the property to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1957. Mission Tejas State Park fronts State Highway 21, which roughly parallels the route of historic El Camino Real. A small portion of the Old San Antonio Road also exists within park boundaries. The old roads served as a major artery during Spanish colonial times for travel into Texas from Mexico and Louisiana.
Mission Tejas State Park ( 936-687-2394) is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Monday. Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site (936-858-3218) is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
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From the candy to the costumes, Halloween is a fun-filled time for kids and parents alike. But it can pose dangers to young revelers.
To help make this year's festivity a trick-free treat, follow these simple safety tips:
Take these quick and easy precautions to help your little ghosts and goblins have a hauntingly happy and safe Halloween.
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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The streets of Jackson Heights will be filled with pride this weekend as the borough comes together to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community.
On Sunday, elected officials as well as supporters and members of the LGBTQ community from throughout the city will gather for the 22nd Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival hosted by the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee.
Celebrating the accomplishments of the global LGBTQ community, the theme for this year's event is "A World of Pride." The theme will also emphasize the need to continue the attention on the struggles that still have to be addressed in regards to human rights, according to organizers.
Grand marshals for the parade include Queens council members Daniel Dromm, one of the founders of the parade in 1993, and Jimmy Van Bramer, who was the first elected official in the borough to get married after New York legalized same-sex marriage. Manhattan council members Corey Johnson, Rosie Mendez, Brooklyn Councilman Carlos Menchaca and Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres will also join the procession.
"Our grand marshals reflect how far we have come to be integral in our government, community and our visibility," Queens Pride co-chair Chris Calvert said.
Melissa Sklarz, president of the Stonewall Democratic Club, will also be honored during the event for her leadership and as a transgender member of the community. Founded in 1986, the Stonewall Democratic Club is the first citywide LGBT Democratic organization in New York City.
The parade kicks off Sunday at noon at 84th Street and 37th Avenue and ends at 75th Street. The festival also begins at noon with about 100 vendors along 37th Road from 74th to 77th Street, performances and family-friendly entertainment.
For more information on the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee visit www.queenspride.org.


text: I don't think this has been posted. Why in the world does everyone cry about being out rebounded, and give up 2nd chance points, when we have one of the best rebounders in the NBA and he get the privilege of setting on the bench. And don't come up with he is foul prone, so what at least he would get a bunch of those rebounds. Now every one jump on I am use to it LOL


text: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Baylor College of Medicine ranks first in Texas and No. 19 in the nation in research funding from the National Institute of Health to medical schools. Seven departments rank in the top 20, including the number one ranked Department of Human and Molecular Genetics. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Ranked in the top 10 percent of Biological Science schools in the 2017 U.S. News and World Reports Best Graduate Schools Rankings. Institutional Diversity Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community. World's Most Innovative Universities Baylor College of Medicine ranked among the top 100 most innovative universities in the world by Reuters. Baylor filed 178 patents from 2008 to 2013 with a 32.6 percent success rate.


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Bradley Walker wrote:I have a rack unit.
Digitech 2120 into a Carvin TS100. I use a Johnson J12 control pedal to control the Digitech head. Basically, it is the louder, more capable, refined, tube version of my Johnson M150 combo.
After changing the Digitech 2120 preamp tubes to 1960's Sylvania's I have to say I quite pleased with it. The tone is so sweet now. The Carvin unit runs off of 4 EL 34 tubes for the power stage, it has JJ tubes in it. I am interested in seeing how it will sound once I change the 12ax7's over to the Sylvanias also.
Hey Brad, without taking too much time - can you tell me something about the 2120? I've read a little online, but it's out of production, so not a ton of updated info. Is it like an effects unit/amp modeler? Or is it like some of the amps that have a tube pre-amp and then model amps on top of that? I saw a couple videos with folks using it and it looks pretty cool.


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Family torn apart by suspected drunken driver files $45M claim against Seattle
Published 7:12 am, Wednesday, August 14, 2013
A family that was devastated by a suspected drunken driver earlier this year in Seattle's View Ridge neighborhood says the city is partly to blame.
The family of Dennis and Judy Schulte has filed a $45 million claim against Seattle, arguing the city failed to supervise Mark Mullan.
Prosecutors say Mullan was drunk on the afternoon of March 25 when his pickup plowed into the Schulte family as they were crossing the street.
Dennis and Judy Schulte were killed in the wreck, and their daughter-in-law and her newborn baby were severely injured.
Dennis and Judy had just moved to Seattle from Indiana to be near the young family. Judy was an English teacher and guidance counselor who had led a campaign in local schools against drunken driving. Dennis was a retired teacher and coach.
Court records show Mullan was arrested five times for DUI before the deadly March 25 crash. At the time of the crash, he was on probation for a DUI conviction and should not have been driving without an interlock device on his truck.
In their claim against the city, the Schulte family says the city "failed to properly monitor and supervise" Mullan.
"Had the city of Seattle properly supervised Mr. Mullan and enforced the terms and conditions of his probation, the March 25, 2013 collision would not have occurred," the claim reads.


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A Salinas urologist whose practice is under federal investigation has accepted a public reprimand by the California Medical Board over a botched surgery.
The board and state Attorney General's Office had sought suspension or revocation of Dr. Aytac Apaydin's license. The stipulated agreement avoids any interruption of the doctor's practice at Salinas Valley Urology Associates, though he is required to complete a medical records-keeping class within 60 days of the order's effective date, Jan. 25.
Under the agreement, Apaydin conceded that he left a piece of wire in a patient's bladder and kept inadequate records of the man's care. According to the accusation filed in August 2011, the man complained to Apaydin about severe pain and urinary bleeding for eight months before a doctor in Arizona discovered and removed the wire.
Medical records later revealed that Apaydin had signed as reviewed a CT scan report identifying the foreign object just two weeks after the surgical procedure in which his laser cut a wire, leaving a piece in the man's bladder. According to the accusation, Apaydin said he had reviewed the report but failed to notice the finding regarding the "high-density tubing" in the bladder.
Apaydin had "communications consultant" Tony Seton respond to a request for comment. Seton confirmed the case's outcome, which is posted on the state board's website. Apaydin's attorney, Thomas Still, declined comment.
Apaydin is co-owner of Salinas Valley Urology Associates, which is currently under federal investigation. According to sources who said they've been interviewed by agents with the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General, the inquiry focuses on whether doctors affiliated with the clinic are overbilling or otherwise illegally profiting from their treatment referrals.
The Inspector General's Office has confirmed the investigation but declined to detail its scope. It is unclear whether the case of "patient J.P.," as detailed in the state's accusation, is related to the federal investigation.
The disciplinary action marks the second state board reprimand of Apaydin in five years. He was publicly reprimanded in 2008 for altering a patient's records and failing to warn him of the side effects of Lupron.
While public reprimands are the most common and least serious of disciplinary actions by the state board, spokeswoman Jennifer Simoes said, they represent a minor violation of the law.
They are also relatively uncommon. According to the board's 2011-12 annual report there were 6,923 complaints against the state's 126,483 physicians. Investigations were open in only 1,577 and, of those, only 610 were referred to the Attorney General for civil action. Of those, 121 ended with public reprimand.
Though the disciplinary action is not effective until Jan. 25, Simoes said it is final.
"We don't post things on (the website) unless there is a final decision," she said.
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