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UC Davis officials announced Friday they had reached their goal to raise $1 billion from more than 100,000 donors through its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Campaign for UCD.
The accomplishment of raising $1 billion was achieved more than one year ahead of the original December 2014 end date. The Campaign for UCD is now scheduled to conclude on May 31, 2014.
"This is an exciting day for our university and shows the enormity of what can be accomplished at UCD when we work together as one team," said Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi. "This achievement would not have been possible without the involvement of our entire university community and the generosity of a very large network of strong supporters. I am thankful to each and every one of them for helping us reach our goal."
To reach the $1 billion goal, the university received gifts and pledges from 102,600 donors.
n California residents donated more than half of the $1 billion total.
n Within California, the largest amount, $148.9 million, came from Santa Clara County residents. Sacramento County residents donated $59.6 million and Yolo County residents donated $53 million.
n Donations came from all 50 states; $44 million from donors in New York and $38 million from donors in Washington state.
n International donations totaled more than $34.5 million from 60 countries; $12.2 million came from Japan and $5 million from the United Kingdom.
Many UCD supporters, including longtime UCD philanthropist Margrit Mondavi, joined the university in celebrating the $1 billion goal being reached.
"When you give, it does feel better than receiving. It's something that's a legacy, a legacy for the future and for the students that are going to come out of Davis," Mondavi, co-chair of the Campaign Cabinet, has said. "It is a school that is visible and is beautiful ... it is a great university."
Being a comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Campaign for UCD counts all gifts and pledges to every college, school, department and program across the university - including the UCD Health System. It also includes grants awarded to the university by philanthropic organizations and nonprofit foundations. Initial fundraising efforts for The Campaign for UCD began in July 2006. The campaign publicly launched in October 2010. Since then, and over a period of three years, UCD has raised over $400 million from about 30,000 donors during one of the nation's most significant recessions since the Great Depression.
"This achievement of raising $1 billion from more than 100,000 donors shows that a culture of philanthropy is alive and well at our university," said Shaun Keister, president of the UCD Foundation and vice chancellor of development and alumni relations. "It is a milestone worthy of celebration, but it does not mark the end of The Campaign for UCD. Today, our $1 billion goal has become a reality thanks to you. Imagine what more we can do for our students, faculty, staff, patients, programs and this great university with your continued support."
When the university reached its $1 billion goal, donors had directed their funds to support the following areas:
n $135 million for student support
n $48 million for endowed chairs and professorships
n $462 million for student and faculty scholarship, research and instruction
n $211 million for patient care
n $108 million for university environment and capital projects
n $40 million for unrestricted giving to support emerging opportunities
The single largest commitment during the campaign was a $100 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a nursing school at UCD.
"The creation of this school has brought tremendous value to the community and the state by preparing the next generation of healthcare leaders," said Heather Young, associate vice chancellor for nursing and founding dean for the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. "It is just one of the hundreds of achievements our university has realized during the past seven years that would not have happened without philanthropy and visionary partners."
Having successfully raised $1 billion, UCD is now among the top 2 percent of higher education fundraising programs in the United States.


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Associated Press News Executive Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
John Daniszewski, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
Daniszewski became AP's vice president and senior managing editor for international news in 2009 after three decades as a reporter, editor and correspondent who has been on assignment in more than 70 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. He is responsible for more than 500 editors and reporters in some 100 bureaus outside the United States producing coverage from some of the most complex and challenging news-gathering environments.
Daniszewski played a central role in AP's opening of the first Western news and photo bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2012, and the Yangon, Myanmar, bureau earlier in 2013 — the first return to that country by a Western news agency after decades of strict military rule.
He worked for the Los Angeles Times from 1996-2006, serving as bureau chief in Cairo, Moscow, Baghdad and London. In 2001, he covered the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and he stayed in Baghdad throughout the U.S. invasion and the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. He was part of a team that won an Overseas Press Club award in 2007 and that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist that year for coverage of Iraq's descent into civil war.
Daniszewski began his journalism career as a stringer for the AP while an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the AP staff in Philadelphia in 1979 and later worked in Harrisburg and on the national and international editing desks in New York. In 1987, he was assigned overseas to Warsaw, Poland. There he covered the revival of Solidarity and the end of Communist rule. In 1989, he was shot and wounded in Timisoara, Romania, during the uprising against Nicolae Ceausescu's communist regime. He later covered wars across the former Yugoslavia, including the siege of Sarajevo.
In 1993, he became AP's bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa. He led the AP's coverage of the election of President Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid before leaving in 1996 to go to the Times. He returned to AP as international editor in 2006 and was named a managing editor the next year.
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I was wondering if anyone has done or has heard of anyone doing PPC to raise money for charity and how successfully it was?
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There are two things where Google (*) can help here:
1. Google Grants - "Google Grant recipients use their award of free AdWords advertising on Google.com to raise awareness and increase traffic." Free PPC sounds good, right?
2. Google Checkout for Non-Profits - "Google Checkout for Non-Profits is a fast, convenient donation process that helps you attract more donors and increase online giving to your organization – and you can use it to process donations by charging credit or debit cards for free until 2009."
Other companies possibly have similar systems and of course what you achieve with these tools depends a lot on the usual work involved with attracting relevant traffic and getting it to convert.
(*) I hope this isn't too much "advertising" -- I wasn't aware of these programs before I joined Google but I think they're good enough to mention here.
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I've never read about Google Grants before. Interesting!
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Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe
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I first made this cake in my junior high home economics class. I've changed the recipe through the years to make the cake a little richer, and the icing is my own invention. —Katarina Greer, Victoria, British Columbia
Recommended: 25 Light Chocolate Dessert Recipes
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- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- Grease a 13x9-in. baking pan; line with parchment paper. Grease the paper; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with water and milk, beating well after each addition.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack. Discard parchment paper. Cool cake completely.
- For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar and cocoa until smooth. Beat in enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Transfer cake to a serving platter. Spread with chocolate frosting; decorate with vanilla frosting. Yield: 16-20 servings.
Originally published as Chocolate Fudge Cake in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p244
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Reviewed May. 5, 2012
"cake tasted great, however removing the parchment paper was a disaster, part of the cake fell apart. I think next time I would use a 9" springform pan instead. The cake was also do delicate that I lost a bit of it while frosting it. Might have to play around with the ingredients a bit next time but it did taste great!"
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"great recipe, i doubled it in size for my daughters birthday. i added extra confection sugar in the frosting, and a block of cream cheese.thanks for the recipe, just made it tonight after work."


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SCOTTS VALLEY -- The Slawinski Auction Co. turned into a museum on Saturday with dozens of people filing into the showroom to eye ancient Asian art pieces collected by the late George Ow Sr.
Several hundred valuable Asian antiques owned by the former real estate investor, who died in 2004 at age 84, will be sold at auctions that take place Sunday and Monday. The collection was available for public viewing on Saturday.
Word of the Ow art auction drew local folks curious about the Santa Cruz man's immense collection of vases, bowls and paintings created hundreds of years ago, many from his native country of China.
"I've lived in Scotts Valley pretty much my whole life and I've heard about the Ows," said Felton resident Kathy Hopping. "There's a little bit of history here. I think it's neat to see what he had."
A successful real estate career allowed Ow to amass a vast array of Asian art spanning 3,000 years of Chinese, Korean and Japanese history. After his death, Ow's family boxed up the thousands of antiques and stored them under the house until calling the Slawinskis this past summer.
Mary Clifford of Marina visited the auction house on Saturday, carefully viewing porcelain bowls behind a glass counter. She said she'll also be at the auction on Sunday, possibly putting in a bid if the price is reasonable.
"I just came to look," Clifford said. "I've lived in Europe and Japan. This is one place you can get some extraordinary art work at relatively cheap prices. You just never know what you'll find."
Highlights include a Shang Dynasty bronze wine vessel estimated to have been made around 1600 B.C. and a Neolithic clay pot.
Auction house owner Bob Slawinski said he's received several phone calls and emails from interested buyers. He's been busy providing condition reports on pieces to help potential buyers craft bids.
While some pieces are expected to fetch many thousands of dollars, Slawinski said you never truly know an item's value until it's on the auction block.
"The true appraisal is what someone is willing to pay for it," he said.
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Being original, when presenting and promoting technology products online, is getting harder and harder. We've already seen flashy websites, exciting animations and amusing video explanations, therefore coming up with concepts and presentations that impress us at first sight has become a sort of "mission impossible". But there's another way to "exploit" the online environment to promote, for example, mobile phones. It's called consistency, and to me it means creating Web experiences where the features of the site, and not only the copy, deliver the message about the characteristics of product.
A good example in this direction, it's the site for the new Palm Centro recently launched by Sprint. The agencies, Perfect Fools together with Goodby Silverstein & Partners, haven't done anything special, simply, they have applied the idea of "multitasking", which is the device main characteristic, to the interface as well as to the advergame featured on the site and even (but this was simple) to the URL (moreyous.com).
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Tenuous circumstances in new releases 'Mud,' 'Twilight Zone'
This week we begin on an island.
For lack of a better analogy, Mud may be this year's Winter's Bone — a relatively small but excellent film, and one destined for further acclaim and awards. Jeff Nichols wrote and directed this flavorful mixture of mystery, coming-of-age story and violent thriller.
Matthew McConaughey plays the title character, a feral outcast hiding on an isolated island in the Mississippi. Two boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), stumble onto Mud's hiding place. In return, he regales them with tall tales, boasting of his many girlfriends (including Juniper, played by Reese Witherspoon) and of all the men looking for him.
While the two youngsters doubt his gab, they discover that Mud has great reason to hide out. Eventually, the boys must decide whether to help their strange new friend or to heed their better judgment.
Nichols weaves a variety of elements to create suspense and an ever-present element of danger. He has also created a roster filled with characters worthy of acquaintance.
The DVD comes in all formats, includes commentary with Nichols, a 12-minute "making of" featurette, and a seven-minute featurette on the characters and the cast. Finally, the release includes a six-minute segment on the film's shooting in Arkansas, and a brief look at the snakes used in the film.
Seconds -- "Reborn" has a different meaning in this chilling 1966 psychological thriller from director John Frankenheimer. Seconds is now being released in Blu-ray by the Criterion Collection.
After his now classic political thrillers The Manchurian Candidate and Seven Days in May, Frankenheimer took David Ely's novel to render the story of a middle-aged man, Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph), faced with the possibility of leaving his boring middle-class existence and becoming a completely new man, i.e., reborn. Contacted by a secret organization headed by a grandfatherly figure (Will Geer, soon to be TV's Grandfather Walton), the dissatisfied bank executive undergoes extensive medical procedures to turn him into a younger man, Tony Wilson, played by the ever-stoic Rock Hudson.
Re-situated from Manhattan to Los Angeles, the new man struggles to fit into his new persona, that of a successful artist. But even the attention of a beautiful yet mysterious woman (Salome Jens) fail to satisfy Mr. Wilson. Before long, he yearns for his former life, a possibility not favored by the secret organization.
Frankenheimer teams with legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe for a succession of beautifully rendered scenes, filled with stark and evocatively shaded lighting, perfectly composed individual shot and scenes reminiscent of German Expressionism.
With Jerry Goldsmith's haunting score, sound and visuals create chilling scenes of Kafkaesque angst and dread.
Not rated, 107 minutes. The new remastered Blu-ray offers: a 19-minute featurette titled "A Second Look," a 14-minute interview with Alec Baldwin on the film, 13 minutes of analysis with films scholars Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance, and 10 minutes of archival footage of Frankenheimer appearing on the 1965 TV program Hollywood on the Hudson. Plus: a 16-page companion booklet with an essay by film scholar David Sterritt.
Wise Guys -- By 1986, director Brian DePalma had already fashioned a career with productions of stylish violence (Scarface), Hitchcock remakes (Dressed to Kill), creative horror films (Carrie), and derivative thrillers (Obsession).
But in Wise Guys, for some reason, he tried his hand at mobster comedy. This clunky piece of satire stars Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo as two neighbors and lifelong friends who languish near the bottom of the local mob hierarchy.
When they cost their boss (Dan Hedaya) a small fortune, the boss secretly instructs each one of them to kill the other. Chaos ensues.
DePalma shows no hand at orchestrating comedy, with actors yelling at each other, mugging, taking pratfalls, and all while dodging bullets or suffering beatings. The blend never blends as it would later in films such as Analyze This.
Rated R, 91 minutes. Available from the Warner Archive Collection as a manufactured-on-demand disc.
The Spitfire Grill -- Lee David Zlotoff's 1996 film follows a predictable path of redemption but does so with an authentic sense of humanity.
Alison Elliott plays Percy Talbott, who's finishing up her time in prison for manslaughter. Afterward, prison officials help her find a menial job in Gillead, Maine, at the Spitfire Grill, run by local treasure Hannah Ferguson (Ellen Burstyn).
Before long, Percy has become a town favorite, proving invaluable to Hannah and the grill. But Hannah's nephew Nahum (Will Patton) feels his inheritance threatened and tries to drive Percy away, even after she befriends Nahum's wife, Shelby (Marcia Gay Harden).
Zlotoff's story delivers the expected redemption, but not before some third-act surprises that prove Percy's mettle and solid character, while also revealing her troubled past.
Rated PG-13, 116 minutes. Available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Zombie Massacre -- In this week's zombie entry, the writing and directing team of Marco Ristori and Luca Boni go nuclear.
When a government bacteriological program goes awry, a small town fills with zombies. A military squad embarks on a mission to enter the town and set off an atomic bomb inside a nuclear processing plant. What could possibly go wrong?
Not rated, 90 minutes. The DVD contains a 42-minute "making of" featurette and a storyboard prologue to complement the storyboards.
And, finally, from this week's TV arrivals:
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season Note to teenage girls: The Twilight Zone has nothing to do with vampires or lovesick teens. Instead, it was a popular TV series in the 1960s, created and mostly written by Rod Serling, surely one of the most original minds ever to work in television.
This fourth season shows no slack-off from Serling's previous three. This collection serves up 18 episodes on five episode-only discs (no frills here). The episodes run around 52 minutes — about twice the episode length of those in earlier seasons.
The fourth season continued to draw impressive guest stars, including Robert Duvall, Burt Reynolds, Bill Bixby (the original Incredible Hulk), Dennis Hopper, Ann Jillian, Anne Francis, James Whitmore, James Best, George Grizzard (taking a dual role in the clever "In His Image"), and many others. The season also featured some of the best-known segments from the series: "Death Ship," "He's Alive," "I Dream of Genie," "The New Exhibit," "On Thursday We Leave for Home," and others that remain fresh and chilling.
Not rated, about 15 1/2 hours.
Also available Tuesday on DVD: Oblivion, On the Road, The Place Beyond the Pines, To the Wonder, West of Memphis.


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These are the types of games that if you weren't there you can't understand. I don't say that as a snob or trying to make light of those of you that couldn't get to the fieldhouse because of jobs, live elsewhere or any other legit reason. But there was electricity in the air from the moment I walked through the entrance till the time I left out the tunnel.
It's almost impossible to put into words how into it this crowd was. Between Reggie being in the house & it being the Knicks the place was ready to erupt all night long.
Can we all put a wooden stake in the heart of the idea that the people of central Indiana won't support the Pacers? I don't know where we stand for the season but I'm telling you give the fans good teams to watch with marquee matchups and we can pack the fieldhouse like any arena in the NBA.
This is like the 3rd or 4th great crowd in a row. Now I don't know how many discount tickets are being given out so I guess I need to hold off on that part but overall I think it's safe to say that the entire "we hate the Pacers" attitude that did legitimately exist for about 3 or 4 seasons is dead and gone.
There were some Knicks fans in attendance but you know what, for the most part, they never bother me. Unlike scumbag Bulls fans or the jock sniffing front runner fans (you know the ones that show up one week wearing LeBron then next game with Durrant and then Bryant, etc.) Knicks fans are usually both loyal to their club and generally understand the game.
I can respect Knicks fans; I have no use for front runner fans & pretty much despise Bulls fans.
But this isn't about them this is about Pacer fans and our love for our hero's of the arena.
This was a game that probably only Uncle Buck & I would like. This was an old school grind it out war in the paint where offense was hard to come by and the team that fought the hardest was going to win. And fight our Pacers did, they fought on the perimeter and they fought on the interior often times against much larger and certainly more experienced opponents.
To score on the Indiana Pacers you absolutely have to hit any mid range shot you get that is even close to open, if you don't you then are going to be relegated to shooting three point shots or if you have a creative point guard who can score you might be able to get something going via dribble penetration but it won't be easy.
Frank has that system so locked in place and the players know where to be on every single play that we give you about 2 open shots to work with and if you can't hit them you better pray for long rebounds because our guys are going to get them if you don't.
Yes they were missing Mello, so what. You play who you play and it's not our fault that Anthony couldn't not resist the urge to chase down Garnett after the game. That's on him and frankly he hurt his team by not letting that go.
But do I think he would have made a difference? Sure he would, he is a monster of a scorer. Raymond Felton would have helped them as well and for that matter Iman Shumpart would probably be helpful as well. But then again so would a healthy Danny Granger helped us, a non-sick George Hill (*kudos to him for playing with Bronchitis) and a not back spasm Roy Hibbert.
Why did the Knicks lose? Yes Paul George, yes great defense. But they lost because our backups stepped up and filled their roles and theirs did not. Ian Mahinmi came in and pretty much decimated the Knicks in the 4th quarter and Jeff Pendegraph hit them like the German blitzkrieg over Poland. In other words they weren't expecting it, weren't ready for it and could do nothing to stop it.
Sure J.R. Smith had stats but frankly he probably shot them out of the game at the end as well. As soon as the refs. stopped falling for his running into our big men and flopping to the ground to draw a foul he was pretty much screwed and resorted to horrific jump shot after horrific jump shot.
Also while I'm here let me make this statement. Steve Novak needs to get down every day and thank God that the three point line exists because if it weren't for that he would be doing what he is really qualified to do and that is clean truck stop toilets. Never have I seen 24 more useless min. played in a game.
Anyway I have this game taped so I will go watch it and listen to what they have to say about our team & I'm sure Paul George. I have a feeling that as a Pacers fan I will be thrilled but as one of the few remaining Danny Granger fans I will probably be sad.
Let's just do grades again tonight.
Paul George: A+
God of the fieldhouse. Two way player the likes of which we haven't seen, probably ever. I'm telling you once he starts getting fouls calls going his way he is going to be breathing some rare air company wise. I'm not going to go over board yet but to say that he won't be in that top tier level of players would not be accurate. I love Danny Granger & I still absolutely believe they can work together but I'll just go ahead and say that Paul & more importantly Frank should not change the focus of the offense when Danny comes back. Paul is legit. No his trade value will probably never be any higher not because he won't improve but because right now I honestly think you could demand Dwight Howard for him. Maybe not straight up but I bet you could make a package deal and the Lakers wouldn't even flinch. Here is the stunner, I would. In other words I don't make that trade now. That is how good I think Paul can ultimately be.
David West: B
Old thick power forwards from N.Y. were giving him fits tonight. Couldn't get to the spots on the floor he wanted and once again was struggling from the field. However tonight he stepped it up on the defensive end and was eating lots and lots of space on the floor & had a couple of blocks and at least 2 other deflections. We aren't going to win a lot of games with him not hitting double figures but that just tells you how strong our team is. He's generally our best scorer and we still won the game with him only getting 6.
Roy Hibbert: Incomplete
I'll give Roy the benefit of the doubt like I did Hill the other night. Dude was legitimately in pain and we could see him trying to loosen up to get on the floor. Still having trouble scoring and his back limited his mobility tonight but if nothing else you have to give him full credit for going out of the game on one hell of a block. In fact that and the previous steal score from Paul George turned this game around and sealed the win for us.
Lance Stephenson: A-
People may not realize this but he was our second leading rebounder tonight (Paul being # 1) and several of his rebounds were not of the pick the ball up off the floor variety. He was in there battling with the trees and in one sequence ripped the ball out of Tyson Chandler's hands. I really love the way that he plays within the confines of the game because that tells me how far he has progressed since he has come into the league. Sure there is still some Rucker Park in there but it only appears after he has done 2 or 3 great things during a game. Also was second on the club in assists (again Paul was # 1) and shot 50% from the field including a 3 pointer. That 2010 draft is really paying dividends to the Pacers franchise.
George Hill: Incomplete
Still sick. Get's a very solid A for effort though as not everybody would try and play through that. He did a good job of controlling the ball and still defended at a high level but definitely you could tell his shooting and in particular his penetrating were off.
Ian Mahinmi: A+
Somebody kept tweeting me during the game about how good Kurt Thomas was looking & how good Camby was looking (the tweeters name is very similar to a South American country) but amazingly ceased tweeting me by the end of the game. Of course my damned phone didn't work in the fieldhouse (poor reception) so I could never reply. So I will take this time to ask, hey how'd you like Mahinmi now? As I said before I don't really like Green or Augustine but I've known since the pre-season that Ian was a great pick up for us and well frankly you have to say that he probably at the very least secured this win for us. His defense of the pick and roll tonight was actually better than Roy's because of Roy's back. But in general I think he does as well as Roy does on most nights in the P n R anyway.
Jeff Pendegraph: A+
Yes Jeff Pendegraph. I know I was as stunned when he came in as you were but he not only didn't hurt the club he actually contributed to the success on the floor. Yes the grade is way too high for what he really did but remember I base my grades also on expectations and Jeff just came in and knocked it out of the park. He didn't grab many boards but I'm telling you he jarred a lot of bodies.
Tyler Hansbrough: B-
Tyler set a screen on Steve Novak so hard that it knocked him from white to translucent. Of course this made me smile as I think Novak is the world's biggest albino turd. Anyway take away another horrific shooting night, good God 1-8, and you will find that he spent his night as an agent of chaos causing the Knicks to scramble, dive and attempt to fight for everything when he was on the floor. He made Stoudemire look like he was 6'4" and 130 when they were both going after the ball in the second quarter, in fact I figure he would pull up lame and hobble off to the bench to avoid the embarrassment of being worked over by Tyler. Not great number from him but I'm telling you he certainly had an impact on the game.
Gerald Green: B-
My God this guy loves the three point line. Thankfully he did actually hit a very big three off of that Roy block but up until then he had missed them all. He is what he is and I've just had to come to grips with it. Some nights he's going to look good other nights not so much. I think getting Danny back will help him some because he can then play with another shooter so he won't be given the green light to chuck up shots all of the time. Oh well I'm making it sound like he sucked tonight and he didn't. He helped out on the boards and while I don't think he blocked a shot I am pretty sure he altered an attempt by Copeland.
D.J. Augustine: C
Didn't help, didn't hurt. In fact it was kind of like he wasn't there. But he didn't hurt so that is a big bonus.
Frank Vogel: A+
I normally don't grade Frank but that defense was so tight that I have to give him some love here. The only thing I think he is going to need to think about is dressing McGuire over Plumlee. If Roy is having back spasms I think having Miles available is a good idea.
I once again can't tell you how great the fieldhouse was tonight. I mean playoff feel and everything. It was great to see Reggie Miller in the house I just wish we could have done something to recognize him for his hall of fame induction. I know they showed the video and all and I also understand he was there as a professional commentator so it would not be appropriate. But maybe he can come home for a game where we can do this properly for him some day.
Also I will give Knicks fans one small credit. Yea I would probably be pissed off as well if I were them and Haywood Workman was assigned to work a game in which the giant intro screen shot clearly has video of him bowing to Reggie in his Pacers uniform vs. the Knicks. I think its great myself but I could see where that might upset them.
Ok now enough of this self control, from here below I will be speaking in Pirate hyperbole and I'm not ashamed to do it.
Dear NBA and NBA bandwagon fans.
Up yours. We be th' Pacers an' we care nay fer yer pathetic superstars who jump from one team t' another chasin' titles wi' the'r shipmates as tho they be chasin' lasses o' loose morals.
Our team be built, nay bought.
Nobody demanded t' come here t' Indiana but once they be here nobody wants t' leave. This be a family an' like any family we be havin' had our struggles, but our time be now. Nay longer will we allow ye t' push us around nay longer will ye come in an intimidate us wi' yer athletic firepower. We be havin' fire power o' our own an' more than enough athletes t' compensate.
We be havin' th' best young coach in th' entire world (that's starboard I spake 't) an' we probably be havin' th' best overall staff o' coach's in th' game.
We fear nobody.Ok enough Pirate talk.
People when you are rolling like this and another team was standing on the tracks there can only be Aerosmith to tell us about it.


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Haven't done one of these in 4 months and the weather was nice. I could have swore my form looked way different until I videotaped it!
In these I wasn't focusing on anything except the "feel" of the disc, gripping hard with my index & middle fingers, and throwing with a limp arm for the whip feel.
What I noticed...
- My elbow isn't out hardly at all, probably from the limp arm.
- Not real close to the chest at times.
- Delay using my hips more. All my good distance throws seem to be on the right hand corner of the football field (sometimes landing on the track).
- Throw a lower line instead of throwing them all like they are gonna S like my roadrunner (the purple disc).
Am I on the right track? I want to fix what I can before trying to start using my arm more.
Also, there was a nice tailwind yesterday afternoon so gotta drop at least like 20-30ft from half of these.
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Johnson happy with slider in Thursday's start
PEORIA, Ariz. -- With each start he makes this spring, Josh Johnson has a fairly specific agenda that he wants to follow.
On Thursday against the Brewers, it was using more of his slider, a pitch that, when balanced against his low- to mid-90s fastball, has been a plus pitch for him at times during his career.
Of the 60 pitches he threw in four innings of an 8-0 loss to the Brewers, six were sliders, which rates as the most he's thrown in any of his three outings this spring.
"I wanted to get that thing a little more locked in," he said. "I threw some good ones … a front-door slider to a righty and a back-door to a lefty. It was pretty good."
Johnson allowed one run on two hits in four innings -- his longest start of the spring -- and walked one with three strikeouts.
Johnson also threw 13 changeups and one curveball and only needed eight pitches to get through his last inning. He'll likely throw in upwards of 75 pitches his next time out.
"I have got no complaints," Johnson said. "I'm feeling good, feeling strong. I stayed tall and used my leverage."
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I think this helps the Colt's.
I'll give a 6th or 7th round pick for him. I like Sorgi and all, but I would rather have Leftwich as a backup. He can just sit on our bench for cheap and get healthy
He will be a great pickup for anyone who snags him. The Jags are giving up on him too soon.
i would think that atlanta, detroit and even minnesota would be all over BL
This is the darkest timeline.
I don't even any really needs him right now. No one seems to need a quarterback at the moment besides Kansas City and Atlanta.
I've been a tough critic of his, but he can still succeed if he placed in a good situation. His mechanics and footwook are atrocious and he still needs to adjust his game to running other formations other than the shotgun. That's why he needs to go back up a vested veteran on a playoff caliber team for a season, so he can work on his game and won't be set up to fail if he has to play...This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
if he's not traded, i would think he could be more interested in your scenario. but tradewise i would think that with the lions and falcons having kitna and harrington leading the charge that teams would be interested in getting a guy like BL - especially detroit with a guy like mike martz running the offense.
This is the darkest timeline.
Kitna isn't bad. He'll probably do pretty well under Martz himself. Of course Atlanta could use him b/c Harrington isn't the answer.
I think Minnesota could use him. Not sure about Jackson there... but who knows.
KC likes Huard and Croyle, but Leftwich could fit there.
Even Miami b/c after Trent Green... no one.
Houston will probably wait on Schaub.
Chicago seems to feel good about Grossman.
Alex Smith seems to be coming around for SF
I'm sure a team will take a shot, or maybe just bring him in for insurance, but Leftwich should get a solid situation somewhere
I bet he lands on the Falcons or a sleeper place could be the Bears.
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Fast starts equal rattled opponents for Oregon
EUGENE, OR - 6-0 and second ranked Oregon has started fast in games this season, out-scoring opponents 112-19 in the first quarter. The Ducks credit their preparation for the fast starts.
"Just being prepared, minding our Ps and Qs," said senior linebacker Michael Clay. "It's important especially in our league to have a fast start. You don't want to play from behind. The offenses and defense are too good in our league. So, fast starts are definitely one thing we pride ourselves on."
Head coach Chip Kelly likes how his players respond to the coaches' game plan.
"I think they really do believe in our plans each week," said Kelly. "That's kind of a by-product of it, being able to get out to a fast start I think puts the other team on its heels a little bit."
Jumping out to an early lead can put pressure on the opposition.
"You make someone stressed out, they're going to make more mistakes," said junior strong safety Brian Jackson. "You make people worry about things, they start forgetting how to carry the ball correctly and interceptions happen that way. That's exactly what we want to happen. We come up on them fast and we make them feel like they don't know what to do."
Thursday night's game at Arizona State will be the second for the Ducks away from Autzen Stadium this year. As a program Oregon has won11 straight away from Eugene.
"If you're going to be a great football team, you've got to be able to win on the road," said Kelly.
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If you tried to log in to TwitPic or Twitter using a Google Chrome browser lately, you may have encountered a problem.
Google had been displaying malware warnings whenever visitors try to access either TwitPic or a site that relies on the service, although direct links and embedded images still work. In its latest tweet, TwitPic said Google had just removed the block.
The problem was first flagged in the US but users in Australia were also getting the warning sign at least until lunchtime Monday when searching for TwitPic on Google via Chrome. Search results display the warning "This site may harm your computer". If users still clicked on the site's link it displayed a warning page with the suggestion to "return to the previous page and pick another result".
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HOISINGTON - Engines will once again roar as drivers try to drive through the mud at the fourth annual Mud Run at 1 p.m. on June 1 in Hoisington, south of the railroad track on the east side of U.S. 281. It will be held in conjunction with the Kansas Mud Racing Organization.
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The Great Bend Kansas National Guard armory should escape unscathed the round of federally mandated National Guard furloughs announced Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, said Sharon Watson with the KNG Public Affairs Office.
Travel writer Matt Bates of Scotland and Lisa Weigt, International Program director for Kansas/ Oklahoma Travel and Tourism recently toured Barton County.
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Barton County Administrator Richard Boeckman offered his biweekly update on the activities of various county departments during the County Commission meeting Monday morning. Highlights included:
Barton County Historic Society is celebrating the 60th anniversary of organized drag racing in the Golden Belt with a new exhibit and a car show during its open house this Saturday.
In the early 2000s, like so many up and coming children of the prairie, Ellinwood native J. Basil Dannebohm, had the bright lights of the city shining in his eyes.
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High schoolers may get a few extra zs next year thanks to a proposal approved at the USD 428 board meeting Monday night. But not for teachers. Board members approved a series of late starts for the high school during the 2013-2014 school year that would give teachers the time they need to collaborate, but take away two hours of student contact time a month
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Enrique Santacana became the new Region Manager, ABB North America and president and CEO of ABB Inc.08/01/2007
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Invensys has completed the acquisition of Cimnet. This acquisition is now being fully integrated into the Wonderware software business unit of Invensys.08/01/2007
Oil & Gas SCADA Market to Reach $1 Billion Plus
Over the next five years, the worldwide market for SCADA systems for the oil & gas industry is expected to grow at a growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%.08/01/2007
Good Control Room Alarm Management Still a Challenge
Read about how process industries resolve the issue of operator overload, human error and organizational accidents.08/01/2007
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Recently there have been a spate of product introductions of wireless networks that let you incorporate anything and everything into your control system: hazardous gas sniffers, man-down and personnel location services, other RFID feeds, intrusion alarms, safety shower alarms, and more.08/01/2007
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Lafayette Police Officer Richard "Ricky" Rees Laid To Rest Today
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — The funeral for the Lafayette Police officer who was killed while riding his motorcycle over the weekend started at 10 a.m. this morning.
Funeral services for Richard "Ricky" Rees were held at the Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers on Bertrand Drive.
Rees had two children, 18-year-old Anna Rees and 17-year-old Jacob Rees.
"Anna and Jacob had a relationship with their dad that was more than that of a parent and his children," the obituary stated. "He was their best friend."
According to his obituary, Rees was the youngest of twelve children. He was nicknamed "Slick Rick" because of his ability to charm everyone he met.
Here is the video of today's procession
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Teurlings Catholic High School, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, or the charity of your choice.
Rees was driving his Harley Davidson motorcycle Saturday on Highway 3000 when he went off a sharp curve and into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Iberville Parish coroner.
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"All of us at Rishi Tea are extremely honored by these awards," Joshua Kaiser, founder and tea buyer. "Everything from our vigorous cupping and tea selection to our devoted blending team, our dear friends in Asia that cultivate our teas to our amazing customers' continuous support made this all possible. Our journey from the leaf to the cup means so much more with this validation by our peers in the tea industry. Thank you to all!"
The teas that took home top honors include Bao Zhong (Green Oolong Tea category), Golden Needle (Yunnan category), Organic Fair Trade Earl Grey (Earl Grey category), and Organic Fair Trade Darjeeling Estate Select (Darjeeling category). For a full list of winners and to purchase the teas, visit Rishi Tea's website.


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Bringing its health and prescription services as close to college students in its home state as possible, Walmart revealed plans to open a retail pharmacy in a new, scaled-down Walmart store on the campus of the University of Arkansas. The pharmacy, which will open in January, will replace an in-house pharmacy operated since 1984 by the university's Pat Walker Health Center.
The pharmacy will offer extended hours to meet the needs of students and will be open to students, faculty and local community residents not affiliated with the university, according to Walmart. "Students, faculty, staff, visitors and community members will be able to access a complete retail pharmacy, as well as a variety of groceries and other items when Walmart on Campus opens," the company reported Monday.
"We are excited about the opportunity to partner with the university and to bring a great place for the students and the surrounding community to purchase prescriptions and other items," said Keith Keltner, associate marketing manager at Walmart. "This is Walmart's first store of its kind. I think it's a really good fit."
The Pat Walker Health Center Pharmacy will close Dec. 20 and is currently informing patients about their options to move their prescriptions to the new pharmacy on campus or to another pharmacy. Mary Alice Serafini, the center's executive director, said she and her staff anticipate "a close working relationship with the Walmart on Campus.
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Topic: Final Goodbye to My Sister-In -Law, A Christian Example for my Kids
Hi, Helen,
Thanks to be a good Christian example for my 4 kids. Even though you could not speak,the 2 tiny drops of tears from your left eye after my daughter's prayer at your hospital beside shown that you were with us during the prayer, and I knew you truly felt and heard that your good effort to teach my kids to know God for the past 20 years was not in vain.As I saw the stream of Church members who came to visit you, I realized they were also came to say the final goodbye for the same reason as you had taught their kids to become good Christians too.
Thanks for letting me into your life as one of your brother-in-Law;thanks for trusting in me as the medical person that have the privilege to serve you and thanks for letting my wife and kids to have opportunities to share their individual, personal and final thoughts and prayers with you before your departed.
No words from me can express the deep sorrow and understanding I felt about your CCA journey except I know you just went before me earlier on the same journey.
May your soul now at peace and join your parents to sit on the right side of God and enjoy heavenly peace.
God bless.
HX: 58 yrs. young female, mother of two sons;love to cook and eat ;felt ill at Thansgiving dinner on Nov. 2010 ;dark brown urine;later jaundice.
Diagnosed on Jan.2011 as Stage IV extrahepetic cholangiocarcinoma with mets to omentum.
Start treatment at OSU by Dr. SAAB with Gemzar+Xeloda+Avastin with good results especially on the abdominal omentum carcinomatosis which almost completely disappear after the first CAT scan; Unfortunately the regimen had to change due to the side effect of "colon perfolation" of Avastin.
MK2206 clinical trial was suggested after several months of Gemzar and Xeloda regimen which did not help that much on the cholangiocarcinoma and ovarian and liver mets started to develop.Stents had to put in every 2 months to relieve the bile blockage. I suggested to her at this point to try the standard regimen of Gemzar+Cisplatin first before the MK2206 since it is so new(phase 1 clinical trial and only 3 patients in the study)and the GEM/CIS may help to control other mets like ovarian cancer.
She did talk to the doctorfor further advice,but he said to her"you can always come back for the other chemo"; Well , then she decided not to miss this chance and started the clinical trial on MK2206 ( cell pathway targeted therapy agent); CA19-9 improved substantially but hyperglycemia(side effect of MK2206)developed and therefore MK2206 had to be stopped after 2 month.
I did at this point ask them to get 2nd opinions for radiation and medical oncology from Mayo,but she is too weak and lost the fighting spirit.
By this time , the other metastasis of the liver,ovary and the peritoneal carcinomatosis continued to grow aggressively without other form of treatment; The last proposed chemotherapy by the doctor was FOLFOX .
But she was to weak to do the whole regimen;she did only the 5FU 48hour pump once and she could not tolerated it .
She did not havethat much pain at the last stage of her journey;she developed sepsis,DVT and swelling of both legs and had to be admitted to the hospital 3 weeks ago.She could still talk to people and the doctors in the first part of the hospital stay;to receive 2 stents for the failing kidneys.
Due to the growth of the 2 ovarian cancers pressed against her intestine.she could not absorbed anything thru nutritional tube feeding;DNR is requested by her and her family;comfort care like oxygen and iv fluids were provided.
Our family is fortunate enough to communicate with her for the last 5 days;the last word my wife heard from her was "coffee" and my wife got some and use the little sponge to put some warm to touch coffee on her lips.
Three days later;most of her organs stopped working except her heart and her mind;she finally transferred to the Kobacker hospice care.(I highly recommended this facility if you are in Ohio.)
During the hospice stay;her eyes were closed most of the times; her blood pressure continued dropping until it could not be measured even by hand held BP measuring device;the heart rate continued to go higher trying to keep to maintain the blood pressure;the lower parts of the body was cold and the forehead as well.
Finally this morning, she passed away at the age of 58. she endured this horrible ,inhumane,brutal and cruel disease courageously for 15 months.
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Coincidentally or not, many dancers have names that aptly project an image of lightness and grace. And this cuts across many disciplines of dance, from toe to tap, and across generations as well. As with all artistic children, we have to wonder how much influence the parents who chose their creative baby names had on their offspring's vocations. Is it serendipitous that ballerina Allegra Kent was given a name that projects such a quintessentially dancer-like image? But hold on–before we jump to conclusions, you'll see that half of the dancers shown chose their own terpsichorean names.
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Would MLB Teams Want Wladimir Balentien Back?
You might remember Wladimir Balentien from his age 22-24 seasons, when he hit a combined .221/.281/.374 for the Mariners and Reds, or his age-25 season, which he spent with Triple-A Lousville because he was blocked by the barely passable bat of Austin Kearns. Then again, you might not, because your brain has space for only so many baseball players, and Balentien didn't make much of a case for inclusion.
He's making a much stronger case today. Now 29, Balentien is having an insane season for the Yakult Swallows in the Japanese Central League, where he's spent the past two-plus years. He's hit .339/.463/.826 with 51 homers in 100 games, and with over 30 games to go, he's a near-lock to break the single-season record of 55 held by Sadaharu Oh, Tuffy Rhodes, and Alex Cabrera, assuming he stays healthy and gets pitches to hit.
Balentien led the league in homers in each of his first two seasons in Japan, but it took much less eye-popping totals—31, both times—to do it. He happened to arrive just in time to experience two extremely anomalous offensive years, thanks to a less lively ball that was introduced in 2011.
This year, the old ball (or something similar) has been restored, and Balentien's bat has responded. However, his big numbers aren't purely the product of inflation—scoring has simply returned to pre-2011 levels, not reached new heights. And no one else in the league is within 15 homers of him, other American exports included.
The question, then—aside from "Will he hit five more homers?—is this: How good is Balentien's bat, really? No major league team wanted him three years ago, at least not at the price he commanded from the Swallows. None wanted him last winter, when Yakult inked him to a three-year, $7.5 million contract that runs through 2016. Would anyone want him now, if he were available?
I asked a Pro Scouting Director whether Balentien's NPB line suggests to him that he could hit in the States, and whether the industry would be any higher on his abilities after seeing him mash in Japan than it was before he went there. Sam Miller and I discussed his response in detail on our podcast today, so if you're the sort of person who'd like to listen to the two of us talk, you can put on your headphones and stop reading right now. If you're not, I want to share the answer with you anyway:
Ultimately, this is almost certainly a hypothetical scenario, since Balentien is under contract and making good money through age 31. But it's interesting to note that at least one scouting exec in a position of power still sees Balentien as a borderline big leaguer, even after his historic NPB season. That might seem surprising, since as Sam pointed out, anyone would give a player with Balentien's line a chance if he'd posted the same stats against roughly equivalent Triple-A talent. And it's possible that Balentien is a better player than he was in his early to mid-20s—he's walked more than he's struck out this season, though that might reflect opposing pitchers' fear more than anything else. But the specter of Rhodes, who could hardly hold a roster spot in the big leagues before becoming a star in Japan, might still be too strong to make Balentien's power outburst believable to those who've seen him look like a marginal talent in the majors.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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He's in his prime and that's a ton of HR. Would it be so hard to see him follow Napoli's production who's timely hits have made him acceptable in Boston?
Aug 30, 2013 03:18 AM
Wladimir Balantien is the type of thing that makes me want to start following NPB occasionally. Seeing fun cast-off names turn into real players is exciting to me for some reason.
Aug 30, 2013 07:45 AM
Coming back to the U.S. is not just making an adjustment in competition. Colby Lewis, a pitcher, is a terrible example, because pitchers coming back to MLB have the advantages of:
Aug 30, 2013 09:53 AM
Tuffy Rhodes highlight was 3HR opening day with Cubs.
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Slow Cooker Spicy Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos (or Tostadas) with Avocado Salsa
(Makes about 8 tacos or tostadas; recipe created by Kalyn)
I used my Crock-Pot 3-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker to make the chicken in this recipe. You will need a slow cooker that's close to this size.
Ingredients for Spicy Chicken:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut in half lengthwise (about 2 lbs. boneless chicken)
1 cup mild or medium tomato salsa (homemade or from a jar)
1 tsp. onion powder
1 can ( 4 oz.) diced green chiles, not drained (Anaheim chiles)
1-2 T Cholula hot sauce, or other Mexican hot sauce of your choice
2 T fresh-squeezed lime juice
Avocado Salsa Ingredients:
2 medium or large avocados, diced into small pieces
3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
For Lettuce Wrap Tacos:
2 large heads iceberg lettuce, washed if needed
For Tostadas:
8 medium-sized flour tortillas (use whole wheat or low-carb tortillas for South Beach Diet)
chopped tomatoes (optional but good)
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A quick tour of 45th Assembly District candidates' websites shows something interesting: Two candidates feature big photographs of themselves with Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.
There's Jeff Ebenstein shoulder to shoulder with a smiling Yaroslavsky, with the headline "Standing Strong with Zev." There's Andra Hoffman shoulder to shoulder with Zev, in front of a U.S. flag.
Apparently candidates want the implicit approval of Yaroslavsky, whose district covers much of the same area of the San Fernando Valley as AD 45. But whom does Zev actually endorse among the 11 candidates in the Sept. 17 special election to succeed Bob Blumenfield, now an L.A. city councilman?
Well, nobody.
Yaroslavsky spokesman Joel Bellman said the supervisor usually doesn't make official endorsements in local races.
"I think people understand, when he stays out, it's because he wants to be able to work with whoever is elected," Bellman said.
Meanwhile, what sorts of photos do some of the other candidates feature on the websites? Matt Dababneh shows himself with Rep. Brad Sherman, for whom he is district chief of staff. Susan Shelley has a nice picture of herself with a horse. Damian Carroll shows himself with his family. Elizabeth Badger shows herself talking with potential voters.
If you're paying attention to endorsements from current elected officials, Hoffman displays the biggest list, including 10 Assembly members, four state senators and two local members of Congress.
The Daily News has made a dual endorsement in the AD 45 race, urging voters to send Dababneh, a Democrat, and Shelley, a Republican, into a runoff, which would be held Nov. 19.


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When I wrote last December about Mayor Tom Henry's desire to improve the visibility of George Ganiere's sculpture of Wayne on horseback by moving it from Freimann Square to the nearby Courthouse Green at Main and Clinton streets, I considered the topic interesting from an historical and aesthetic standpoint but not all that controversial.
True, some members of the Courthouse Preservation Trust didn't like the idea of cluttering up the small park just east of the Courthouse. But otherwise the proposal seemed pretty innocuous: just $100,000 or so to move the statue a couple of blocks.
Within a couple of weeks, however, almost every other news outlet in town had chased the story, this newspaper editorialized about it and pretty soon letters of opposition and even outrage came pouring in. Some, including the National Park Service, wanted to protect the integrity of the park's original design; others objected to glorifying a man whose name lives on only because he was very good at subjugating Indians. Most, however, simply objected to "wasting" the money. So I suppose it's Big News that Henry seems not to have been deterred by the unexpectedly large and negative reaction.
Friday morning, two employees of GME Testing of Fort Wayne were at the corner of Main and Clinton, drilling deep into the soil to determine whether the ground is solid enough to support the weight of the statue, which was dedicated in Hayden (now Nuchols) Park on Maumee Avenue in 1918 before moving to Freimann Square in 1973. That's necessary because when Courthouse Green was developed about 13 years ago, remnants of some the buildings that had been there were simply buried, creating a potentially unstable base for such a heavy sculpture.
The final results aren't in, but the initial results seem encouraging – at least if you think Wayne should move.
"Nothing but dirt," GME employee Guy Johnson said as he inspected the pile of dark soil the bit brought to the surface.
So unless something changes it appears likely that Henry – normally a cautious politician – will ignore public opinion and move the statue to an intersection used by 40,000 vehicles every day. After which there will be a renewed flurry of complaints about spending $100,000 from an annual city budget of more than $170 million.
Petty? Perhaps. But I've been thinking about this – always a dangerous thing – and I'm not so sure.
Just last week, after all, I tried to illustrate the folly of Washington's budget-sequestration fight by pointing out that the federal government was encouraging people to apply for "forgivable" housing loans of up to $15,000 just one day before $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts were to take effect, supposedly ending life as we know it.
Both cases reflect the same uncomfortable reality: Government spends so much of our money, often unwisely or even frivolously, that the issues involved are simply too big to comprehend. So we tune them out, until somebody finds a way to simplify the complex.
That, I think, is what has happened in the great Anthony Wayne debate. It's not the money or even the politics, it's the principle: That $100,000 could be spent on something else, probably something far more important.
I still like the idea of moving the statue, but I can hardly object to the principle, since I've resorted to it myself.
But don't feel too sorry for the politicians. They, too, often use small and easily understood examples when trying to make big, complicated points. Consider:
Faced with the need to cut the $711 million executive office budget by $24 million, what does President Obama ostentatiously eliminate? Public tours of the White House. Nobody can truly comprehend $16 trillion in national debt, but the disappointment felt by people who had planned to visit the White House is universally understood.
That's precisely why, according to numerous press reports, officials have been ordered to make the cuts as noticeable as possible. Nobody's going to support a tax increase so the administration can give the new Islamist government of Egypt $250 million, as it did this week, but not even cold-hearted Republicans want to see children cry.
It would be nice if more people paid attention to the big stuff; this nation needs another tax increase like it needs another hole in the head. But Fort Wayne should count its blessings that, so far, it's escaped with just a hole in the ground.


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SOTA Toys writes in with an update on their 11-inch tall Super Street Fighter IV JURI resin statue first announced back in February (read our story HERE). In addition to a standard edition statue of the video game champion, two exclusive editions will be released. These include a SOTA Exclusive Juri (pictured above) dressed in an alternate orange costume and a Puzzle Zoo Exclusive Juri (pictured below) featuring an LED light-up eye that mimics her embedded high-tech weapon system.
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Smooth Money Gesture brings improv rock to Alma
July 12, 2012
The original drummer referenced a newly built road in Alaska that made it easier to get around. He said, "that was a smooth money gesture." That is how we came up with the name -very random, but it somehow stuck.
The heart of the band, bassist Dan Diminico and guitarist Doug Diminico, grew up playing around the Boston area. Dan moved up to Alaska and Doug followed and that is when they officially started Smooth Money Gesture. About six years ago, they decided they wanted to move back down to the "lower 48," and Nederland seemed like the right place to relocate the band. They moved down and that is where they've been ever since.
High energy, improvisational rock – but that is a generalization. There are elements of funk, blues, jazz, Latin, calypso, bluegrass and reggae in every set we perform.
Haha … if we had to compare SMG to a breed of dog, SMG would definitely be a Rottweiler: loud, very vocal, intelligent, intense, but relaxed when they need to be. And you have to agree that they are some of the best looking dogs on the planet. Those are all characteristics that you can find in SMG's band members and their music.
We actually performed a show at the Boulder Theater entitled "Smooth Money Gesture plays The Band: A Tribute to Levon Helm." It couldn't have been more spot on. Like The Band's songs, our songs have a lot of structure with strong vocals and lyrics, but we always create sections in our songs that could transition into a deep, funky and/or intense jam.
Well, these days it is rather easy to set yourself apart from the majority. Any Joe Shmoe can grab a computer and some software for making beats and they're a superstar. We bring that classic rock sound. We've been on tour for most of 2012 and it seems like everywhere we go, someone says, "You guys would have been superstars back in the '60s and '70s." As mentioned before, our songs come with strong vocals, lyrics and instrumentals that send you back to the era of Hendrix, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Santana, etc. You can feel the passion anytime you listen to an SMG album, or catch an SMG show.
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Too many to remember… Nowadays, most of our crazy experiences are due to the converting of our bus to a veggie oil-powered bus. We've had countless nights on the road where we'll wake up to whoever is driving saying, "We're at McDonald's boys; let's get that veggie oil!"
Foot tapping, booty shaking, body swaying, head banging …[our music is] geared towards feeling good.


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Paying the Price — An Ector County Game Warden concluded an investigation started in August of 2003. The investigation involved an individual who videotaped himself killing a mallard duck and shooting at mourning doves, mockingbirds and killdeers at the Odessa Country Club at Mission Dorado. He then posted the video on the Internet. The individual was filed on for hunting without landowner consent and hunting from a motor vehicle on a public road, both Class A misdemeanors. The subject pleaded nolo contendere to the offenses and was assessed fines of $1,500 plus court costs, 10 days in the Midland County Jail, 80 hours of community service to be determined by TPWD, and two years hunting license suspension. The case was prosecuted by the Midland County District Attorney's office.
'Dreamcatcher' Gets Caught. — Recently, a Reeves County Game Warden received a call from the Pecos Police Department in regard to a suspect in possession of feathers in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Pecos. The warden responded to the call to find the person was collecting bird feathers to make "dream-catchers." The suspect was in possession of more than 20 protected nongame species' feathers. The suspect had no identification or any documentation to prove who he was, but stated that he was a resident of Alabama. After a search of the vehicle with the help of other officers, a bag of marijuana was found. The suspect was charged with possession of protected nongame species parts. Pecos officers charged the suspect with possession of a controlled substance.
Everything's Coming up Roses, Or Meth — On Christmas Day, a Wichita County Game Warden received a call from a local rancher about a suspect who was possibly stealing some anhydrous ammonia. The rancher stated they had just hired the suspect and that he was down by the barns around the anhydrous nurse tanks. The rancher had gone to see what the suspect was doing and observed an air tank and some fittings in the back of the suspect's truck. When the man pulled out onto the public road, the warden stopped him. He claimed he was getting the anhydrous for his father's rose garden. He said it made the roses bloom three times per year. When asked if the roses were blooming in the dead of winter, he did not have an answer. The subject was arrested on 3rd degree felony charges of transporting chemicals in an illegal container. Cases are pending.
Snagging Not Fish But Fines — On New Years Day, Wichita County Game Wardens watched eight suspects fishing on a local lake. The suspects were in three boats in the middle of the lake and fishing with silver spoons with treble hooks, using a jigging type of motion. What was suspicious was that the suspects were catching large flathead catfish. While watching the suspects through spotting scopes, it was noted that the fish were being hooked in the sides and fins. These fish were balled up in a deep hole in the lake, and the subjects were snagging the fish with the treble hooks. As night fell, the suspects came back to shore one at a time and loaded up and left the lake. Once the dust had settled, 16 citations had been issued for possession of illegally taken wildlife and 27 flathead catfish had been seized. Estimated live weight of the seized fish was more than 500 pounds. Fines will total more than $8,800.
Poaching an Endangered Species — A Matagorda County Game Warden received a tip concerning someone abusing wildlife recently and the resulting investigation uncovered one dead brown pelican. The individual was fishing from the bank in West Matagorda Bay and confessed to luring the bird with his fishing bait until it got close enough that he could "whack it on the head with a stick." The Justice of the Peace "whacked" the violator with a $584-fine, and a very large civil restitution fee is probably pending since the bird is on the state's threatened species list.
Advice if a Deer Ends up in Your Home — Jan. 8, a Montgomery County Game Warden received a call from a woman near Conroe. She explained that a doe deer had been entangled in a small fence in her backyard. She had gone outside, leaving her door open, to see if she could help the deer. The deer freed itself then entered her home through the open door. The warden suggested that she open all of her doors, get out of sight and that the deer would find its way out of the house on its own. She didn't want to do that and contacted a Wildlife Rehabilitator. The wildlife rehabilitator said he would lasso the deer then take out of the house. The rehabilitator roped the deer around the neck and things didn't go well. The house was demolished from the struggle and the deer died in the process.
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