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John Wall's looking better than Derrick Rose did two years ago. He's actually exceeding the hype, which is remarkable.
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John Wall's looking better than Derrick Rose did two years ago. He's actually exceeding the hype, which is remarkable.
There are a couple of really nice looking shooting guards at the top of the mock drafts; Oklahoma's Willie Warren and Ohio State's Evan Turner.
Warren is an athletic, undersized (6'4") SG with a powerful build, in the Dwyane Wade/Tyreke Evans mold. Draft Express has aggressiveness and assertiveness as two of his strengths so Brandon Rush he aint.
Turner is much taller, being listed at 6'7", and has been compared to Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill. He's always been a very versatile player, but this season he's taken it to an absurd level, averaging 19/11/6 with 3 combined steals/blocks a game. In the seven full games he's played in this season, he's recorded a triple-double in two of them. To put that in perspective, fairly historic Ohio State had one triple-double, total, in their entire history prior to this season. Needless to say, Turner's skill-level is off the chart, with the potential for greatness in the NBA. That's the good news. The major (bad) news on Turner is that he's recently suffered a severe spinal injury (fracture) and is out for at least two months. For a team that's had so much bad luck with injuries, that may be too bothersome to overlook, but damn is he talented.
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Cole Aldrich or bust. Just joking, but I really want him. He's tough, he can rebound, and with his size he should eventually be a very good back to basket scorer.
I will join those in fantasizing about high-impact players we will never get before our inevitable win streak in March and April that bumps us down to the 12th pick once again.
Luckily, Evan Turner will likely have some time this college season to show what he can do.
Anyone have a thought on this year's Dirk poser, Donatas Motiejunas? He'll probably be a top 10 pick if the draft were held today. I love Roy, but we're going to need another center to play a large number of backup minutes even if Roy ends up being our starter. I don't see Donatas as that guy though, he's far from an enforcer and probably won't ever be a mean player. We need another mean player in the front court. I appreciate the utility of a guy like Troy, but you need 2 or 3 mean players with him in a big rotation.
I feel bad saying this with the season still being pretty young but hey, let the speculation begin...does anyone else realize that we're currently holding the 6th worst record in the league? Last year's bottom feeders out west are limping along around .500 which puts us lower in the standings than I'd suspected.
Beat me to the punch! It's already time for the '10 draft speculation. I too worry about the irritating finishing kick which knocks us down to the crummy 10-13 pick territory. But the season is roughly a quarter over already and we may be in the running for a top 5 pick. Evan Turner (OSU) is/was very interesting, and Ed Davis (UNC) and Derrick Favors (G Tech) project very well. I personally don't think there will be any NBA greatness in the cards for Willie Warren (OK), Cole Aldrich (KU), or Aminu (WF). But this draft, my friends, is all about JOHN WALL, JOHN WALL, JOHN WALL. Damn, this guy is good! Forget Blake Griffin, if not for the 19 year old rule, Mr. Wall would have been the 1st pick in last years draft! There just aren't that many "can't misses" out there, but in the absence of a major injury, John Wall will be a franchise player, perennial All-Star, and 1st ballot Hall of Famer. He's got the size and speed of a healthy D. Rose, the passing of C. Paul, and the leadership qualities of J. Kidd. I've been following the hype for a year and a half and when I've watched him play over the past year, he thrives against top notch competition. Surprisingly, he actually lives up to the hype. Oh, for the #1 pick this year.
Ezram Lorbek
Is this the guy that lit it up at the Worlds this last fall?
I know he isn't a draft pick for this year, but he played very very well this late summer against NBA caliber players. I'd assume he'll come over next year?
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Yes! I've been waiting for this thread for a while now. I really enjoyed last years.
A couple players I really like so far:
John Wall- obviously
Ed Davis
Derrick Favors
Evan Turner
Hopefully I can catch a couple games for each of these guys and give some thoughts on them. In the meantime, I look forward to reading everyone's analysis.
Someone with some athleticism.
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Watched plenty of his games, not really a Dirk poser, his jumpshot is good for a bigman but he's not lighting it up from perimeter, he really has a very sweet post game actually. Basicly skill wise he's extremely good, defence so-so, athelticism is good, but really needs to be locked up in the weight room because he could rival anthony randolphs thinness, which prevent from finishing some of his good moves. Not sure about about his mental makeup, has shown some signs of not playing well if he gets frustrated and has to carry a team in youth championships. He's really starting to get good minutes in the italian league and playing well lately. Oh and i see no way he becomes a center ever, he's a prototypical pf.
He will probably end up taking McRoberts' spot (I can't see a scenario right now where we would resign McBob) and try to work his way into the rotation from there.
McBob's already signed for next. Yes, it's partially unguaranteed, but it's cheap, cheap, cheap, and we only have 12 players under contract, so he'd have to start hanging out at Club Rio not to have that picked up.
As to Lorbek, we currently are already almost $5mm over the projected luxury tax threshold for next season with those 12 players. Unless we're able to clear space (a lot of it), or he's willing to play for the league minimum rookie scale (about $500k), I find it extremely unlikely that he's coming over.
(Not that I expect him ever to come over at all.)
So if they are 5 million over next year luxury tax with 12 guys, doesn't this make you think they are going to try like crazy to move at least one of their big contracts, instead of wait until the offseason where it's truely an expiring. I know it's splitting hairs about the timing of it. But it seems there is a huge financial advantage to let go of one of those chips now for basically nothing buy a contract that expires at the end of THIS year.
I was thinking along these lines, to clarify. Murphy makes around 11 million or so. Trade him for 2 guys one making 7 who expires this year and one making 4 million who is maybe longer term.
Not trying to make this a trade checker type thing, it just seems they will really really HAVE to move someone now (before the trade deadline) and I think I lost sight of that, if that is correct?
We have a close family friend who is tight with David Morway. From what he's said, management's view on McRoberts is completely different than what JOB seems to think. Of course, whether or not he's telling the truth is far from a given.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
As long as they think they have a shot at the playoffs, they will not do any salary dumps. I am sure that they believe that it is crucial to their survival to be competitive now and find a way to get back into the playoffs and get people into Conseco. Many around here may not agree with that, but they aren't hemorrhaging millions of dollars a year.
If things look bleaker come the first of the year (keep in mind, we were 11 games under .500 on 1/1 this year), then you might see a fire sale to avoid the tax next year. My suspicion is that they'd prefer to move TJ before moving either Troy or Jeff, but I can't gauge how desperate they'll be.
More importantly, tons of other teams are going to be either feeling the squeeze themselves or trying to preserve their shrinking 2010 cap space. It will be hard to find a trading partner who will be willing to take on salaries. The only people that think moving one of our big contracts is easy are the people who don't have to make it happen.
EDIT: But this isn't really a conversation that should be held in the Draft thread.
Prior to Turner's unfortunate injury I'd have said there was a pretty big drop off after the top 3 of John Wall, Derrick Favors, and Evan Turner. Hopefully, he gets back to full health.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Evan and I grew up playing basketball together. He'll be back earlier than the eight weeks they've predicted. They are being cautious.
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this thread got started a little earlier this year...so far favors and wall look like the clear #1 and 2 picks for next year. Kinda like rose and beasley from 2 years ago. I am of the belief that we desperately need a great pick this year in order to bring danny some help. Every good team out there right now has benefited from a high picks (whether it be lebron, wade, melo, paul, duncan, and the list goes on). We haven't had a real high pick in over a decade and its about time. Aldrich reminds me of a bulkier andris beidrins which i wouldn't mind having. Cousins from kentucky is also a hoss, dude must weigh 280. I dunno its a little early but those are the standouts so far
If he can't shoot the 3, O'Brien can't use him next year.
If you don't count the draft night trade for Bender in '99, the last time the Pacers drafted in the top-10 was in 1989 when they took George McCloud 7th.
For the record, last year's thread was started November 28th.
If we do pick in the top 10 this year, I don't know that TPTB can continue their "low risk, low reward" picks they have become famous for making. I think we need to swing for a guy with star potential, which is obviously easier to do picking in the top 10. I just know I will be incredibly sick to my stomach when we take Cole Aldrich 6th overall.
Thanks for starting this up, I am pretty clueless when it comes to college kids. Who is the best PG in the draft? Besides Wall of course, and not a ballhog SG in a PG body kind of PG, but a real pass first type floor general.
I was checkin out nbadraft.com yesterday and they had 0 pass first PGs in their whole mock draft, and very few PGs at all (john wall excluded).
From what you guys are saying it seems like the top 3 picks will be great players and after that is pretty meh. Here's to the number 5 pick!
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By John Holler
Sometimes, the second time is the charm.
A month after voting down a five-year year contract to remain part of the Tri-County Regional Forensics Crime Laboratory, at the July 17 meeting of the Wright County Board, the commissioners reversed themselves — approving a shorter Joint Powers Agreement, but maintaining the same funding formula.
By a 3-1 vote, the board approved the new JPA, but revised a section to include that the funding formula for the cost-sharing provision will be subject to re-evaluation by the member county boards on April 1, 2015. The decision came as a relief to Sheriff Joe Hagerty, who said the enhanced functions of the forensics lab are needed and will be a boon to the county.
"The lab has yet to be certified for DNA testing, which is critical," Hagerty said. "In order to get the professionals we need to get DNA certification, they have to have some sense of confidence that the lab will have long-term security. That was why we were looking for a five-year agreement. This agreement is shorter, but is necessary for getting the people in place that we need for certification."
When the forensics lab agreement was rejected by a 3-2 vote, Commissioner Pat Sawatzke questioned the funding formula. While he made it clear he has no problem with the work done by the lab, his issue remained the funding mechanism — which is based solely on population, not usage of the lab. Wright County hasn't used the lab as often as the other two member counties, yet is paying a significant portion of the operating cost because of its population.
When told by Hagerty that the county can send more items that it currently ships off to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Sawatzke said it would defeat the purpose of the lab and would be little more than padding the numbers and wasting the time of the professionals in charge of analyzing the evidence sent to the lab on things that aren't currently being sent there because it is effectively irrelevant.
"Nobody up here has spoke against the lab," Sawatzke said. "But the funding formula isn't fair. Simply sending more stuff to their lab (to increase usage) is government at its worst."
Sawatzke made an analogy that Wright County's participation in the lab is like buying a hamburger. The county is currently paying three times the price for that hamburger and by simply overusing the facility is buying something that isn't needed. Board Chair Rose Thelen used a different analogy, comparing the county's participation to being members at a health club.
"If you and I were both members of a health club," Thelen told Sawatzke, "and you used it seven days a week and I used it three, we would still pay the same amount. I see where you're coming from, but this is a compromise agreement we all can live with."
The first time the JPA extension came to a vote, it was voted down 3-2, with Commissioners Sawatzke, Thelen and Dick Mattson voting against the extension. With Thelen clearly changing her mind on the compromise agreement and Mattson not in attendance due to illness, the second time was the charm — the motion passed by a 3-1 vote with Sawatzke voting against the proposal.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's the same bad deal we had before," Sawatzke said. "The only difference is that is shorter."
Hagerty, however, said that the extension would be valuable for law enforcement, because, once DNA certification is reached, the ability to get quick responses to DNA evidence and potentially prevent crimes in the future.
"Having DNA certification will be a game-changer," Hagerty said. "I'm glad we got this approval, but now the pressure is on to get certification up and running. While we don't use the lab as much as we're paying for —I agree with Pat on that — once we get DNA certification and can send evidence there, we can quickly get the type of hits that will get criminals off the streets faster and potentially lock up someone who could commit more crimes if there is a delay in identifying who a suspect is. Once we have DNA certification, it changes the whole ballgame for us."
In other items on the July 17 agenda, the board:
IN a related matter, Commissioner Jack Russek said he would remain the county board representative on the regional crime lab advisory board. When the matter was voted down in June, a frustrated Russek announced his immediate resignation as the board's representative. When the matter was put on a board agenda earlier this month, no action was taken because Russek was recovering from hip surgery and wasn't at the meeting.
SET the budget committee of the whole schedule. It is as follows: Tuesday, Aug. 7: Presentation of the draft 2013 budget (10:30 a.m.); Information Technology (11 a.m.); Sheriff/Corrections (11:30 a.m.). Thursday, Aug. 9: Assessor (9 a.m.); Court Administration (9:15 a.m.); Auditor-Treasurer/Elections (9:30 a.m.); Planning & Zoning (9:45 a.m.); Recorder (10:30 a.m.); Attorney (10:45 a.m.); Court Services (11 a.m.); Human Services (11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.). Monday, Aug. 13: Parks (9:30 a.m.); Extension (10:30 a.m.); Veterans Service/Civil Defense (11 a.m.); Surveyor (11:30 a.m.). Thursday, Aug. 16: Economic Development Partnership (9 a.m.); Soil and Water Conservation District (9:15 a.m.); Fair Board (9:45 a.m.); Historical Society (10:30 a.m.); Initiative Foundation (10:45 a.m.); Non-Departmental (11 a.m.); County Board/Building Care and Maintenance/Administration (11:15 a.m.); Road and Bridge (1:30 p.m.). Time was also allocated, if needed, for a second hearing on human services following the Aug. 21 board meeting and road and bridge following the Aug. 28 board meeting. The final draft budget and levy will be reviewed after the Sept. 4 board meeting.
AUTHORIZED the administration department to solicit quotes from insurance companies for employee life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage. Every five years, by state statute, counties must put out competitive bids for insurance plans. The plan year begins March 1, 2013. The deadline to receive quotes is Aug. 28 and the recommendations will be presented to the county board at its Sept. 18 meeting.
APPROVED signatures on union labor agreements with the assistant county attorney's association and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 49.
SET a bid opening for a trail and sidewalk project in the City of Montrose as part of the Safe Routes to School program for 9:30 a.m. at the Aug. 14 county board meeting.
APPROVED a request from the City of Buffalo to use the west county courthouse parking lot Saturday, Sept. 8, for a display area for a classic car show in town that weekend.


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Topic: My husband is so sick
Dear all,
I've written before, but not frequently so I will tell you a bit about our case:
My husband was diagnosed at 40 with CC, sent to Mayo Clinic for treatment
Accepted into the LT program and completed all of the standard pre-transplant regimens (brachy, 5FU, etc). At LT (41), there was a lot of cancer, deeper than they would've liked so to get a clean margin, they did a whipple. He recovered really well from both LT and whipple.
At the 8 month post LT appointment (age 42), it was shown that his CA19-9 level and the CT that the tumor had returned to the BT and in the liver, I think. The tumor is around the portal vein, etc. and was already starting to push on this and cause slight blockage of blood flow. He was doing less well at this point in time, but still functioning at about 50% or so.
Mayo said the next treatment would be chemo, if he wanted it, but that time was most likely limited (they did not want to put a time frame on his life, of course). "Less than a year" was mentioned, but so was 6 months... it wasn't clear, plus we all know these are just stats.
They did not do a PET scan, only a chest CT- which showed no tumors. No other scans have been done to date.
We opted for chemo in our home city, 4 hours from Mayo for logistics, etc. He is on a Gem/Cis combo (standard) where he gets a treatment once a week for two weeks and then has a rest week (1 cycle) and then starts again for cycle 2. After his 2nd Cycle 1 treatment, his H/H was so low, he ended up in the hospital needing transfusions and his WBC was also danger low. Once CBCs started up, he was released.
Chemo was halted for an extra week of rest but then resumed. He just finished the 2nd treatment of round 2 last Friday.
His CBCs are all very low, as before, but his kidney, liver, bili are all doing very well. BP, pulse all that is fine. No temps this time. Aside from the neutropenia, you'd think he was a healthy guy...until you look at him...
We are waiting for the next doctor appointment to have the tumor marker results and maybe a scan (if results are positive)... in the mean time I am really questioning the benefit of the chemo right now (at this stage).
Since begining the chemo he has gone from overall health of 50% to about 10% (IMHO) in a rapid amount of time. He sleeps most of the time and when not sleeping, he has a blank and vacant stare that he says he cannot control- he is in an "unexplainable fog" in his words. He still eats well and BM are regular, but he does have constant diarreah (sp). He feels all that he loves to do has been taken from him. He has had problems with sight loss and given systane to help rehydrate. He drinks lots of water. TV, books, playing with our son, talking... have all stoppped.... he's like a ghost walking around the house, and it's so hot outside he cannot go out.
I am so worried about him and wonder what could be causing this other than the chemo (e.g. other tumors they haven't found).
I am mad about the chemo treatment because it's put him in a stupor and his quality of life is in the toilet.
I feel like we are just "waiting for the end" because it has to be better than this, and then I feel guilty.
Basically, everyone feels lousy- sad, depressed, hopeless, and I don't know what to do to break the cycle.
For those of you that have gotten to this stage during treatments... any advice? Any pearls of wisdom? Actually, it helped me just to share this with others.
Thanks for reading.


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Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Butternut Squash
Bacon. That was the one word Hubby gave me when I asked him what he wanted to see in my week of butternut squash recipes.
So I set out to find a bacon and butternut recipe. Once I saw this picture on Tastespotting, there was no question. Duh, everything wrapped in bacon is amazing. Since Hubby suggested it, he offered to cook this recipe for me. It does require a bit of time to ensure the bacon gets cooked all the way through.
All the turning and brushing with the syrup really paid off. The bacon has a great sweet and spicy flavor. And you get a lovely sweet and salty combo when you take a bite because of the bacon. Basically, this is awesome. It would make a great appetizer year-round.
I had to make some modifications to the recipe based on what I had in the house. I didn't have any sage, so I used oregano. And we were short on maple syrup so I subbed some honey for half of what the recipe needed. Be sure to check out the original recipe to see how it was originally written.
One Year Ago: Crockpot Cranberry Pork Roast
Two Years Ago: Depths of Fall Butternut Squash Pie
Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Butternut Squash
Yield: 3-4
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup honey
1/2 Tbsp dried oregano
1 jalapeno chile, seeds and placenta removed.
1 tsp Kosher salt
1/2 tsp black pepper cracked or ground fresh
1 lb butternut squash Cut into 1 in x 4 in sticks (that weight is post-processed)
1/2 lb bacon About 18-20 half-slices
Bring maple syrup, honey, oregano, and jalapeno just to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and continue to simmer for 10 minutes.
For the butternut squash, preheat oven to 425F. Split each squash transversely at the beginning of the bulbous area where the seeds begin. Peel and cut the seedless end into 4-5 inch long sticks that are roughly a square inch thick. Wrap each squash stick with a half-strip of bacon and place on a wire rack nested in a pan (to catch the ensuing greasy mess). Season with the salt and pepper blend to taste.
Roast for 15 minutes, remove from the oven and brush liberally with the maple glaze. Roast for another 15 minutes, taking care to brush on more glaze at the 7.5 minute mark and finally as the squash comes out of the oven. Let rest 5-10 minutes before serving. Garnish with any additional maple glaze.
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12 Responses to "Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Butternut Squash"
I would never think to serve bn squash this way! Clever!
omg this looks fabulous. I love the spicy, sweet sauce! I am making this for Thanksgiving apps!
Ok, now THIS is the way to get my husband to eat squash!
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what a fabulous idea 🙂
Bacon makes everything better!
This looks amazing! I did something with acorn squash and bacon this weekend, but this looks infinitely better! Maybe I'll try it for Thanksgiving.
What a delicious way to serve up squash! This looks amazing.
Well I've never tried squash wrapped in bacon before….maybe I'd be singing a different tune? I've never met anything covered in bacon that I didn't like..
Squash wrapped in bacon..Sounds yum and am sure it will be a hit at my place…
Yum! I had prosciutto on hand, so I used strips of that.. I did some with crushed red pepper flakes rather than jalapeño .. My family preferred without the pepper-they thought it just tasted better that way…I tried all ways and it is just a yummy, flexible recipe! Thanks!


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Dimension X: When Eras Collide
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Hi everybody! I came up with a fantasy booking idea which I thought was pretty interesting and I had to document it. I've actually been trying to move out of the realm of fantasy booking and focus on other blog topics in the world of WWE/TNA. However, with Extreme Rules shaping up, I couldn't sit on this any longer. I'm expecting complaints about the use of certain guys and there will be a big glaring absence of a certain upstart trio. It's just entertainment for those who choose to read it. *thanks by the way* So let's start with…
Extreme Rules: In the main event of Extreme Rules John Cena retains the WWE in his match with Ryback. Dolph Ziggler wins the WHC Ladder Match against Del Rio and Swagger. Brock Lesnar defeats Triple H in their steel cage match. Sheamus goes over on Mark Henry and The Big Show beats Randy Orton. All the feuds carry over to…
Payback: Ryback tries to seek "payback" on John Cena from Extreme Rules, but Cena retains. Alberto Del Rio is looking for "payback" from the cash in on Raw, however Dolph manages to get the W and leave WHC. It is enough to merit a rematch for ADR at the next PPV. Y2J and Randy Orton get their "payback" with singles victories over Fandango and The Big Show. Also, Sheamus continues his roll by defeating Mark Henry and concluding their feud. *Side Note: Payback, huh? This reeks of the corniness of WWF circa 93-94 and is perfect for the PG Era. It will do 5,000 more buys over the June 2012 PPV and all the guys on the fourth floor will pat each other on the back for coming up with best PPV concept yet. But I digress…*
Money In The Bank: John Cena is still the WWE Champion and Dolph Ziggler is still WHC. Because of his recent success, Sheamus gets to make a decision. He can either face Jack Swagger at MITB and the winner gets a WHC match at Summerslam or Randy Orton and the winner gets a WWE title match at SS. He chooses to face Swagger. This leaves Orton to face Cena for the WWE title. It is built up as face vs face encounter, differing from their storied battles in the past. However, Brock Lesnar has other plans. He attacks Orton, injuring him badly. Paul Heyman conveys Brock should be #1 contender because of what he did to Triple H. The MITB match goes to the Big Show instead. Cena retains and Ziggler finishes his feud against Del Rio still WHC. In the ladder matches, Y2J finally wins the match he created and has the WHC briefcase. In the feel good story of the year, Kofi wins the WWE Title briefcase. Sheamus becomes #1 contender for the WHC by beating Swagger.
Summerslam: Brock Lesnar finally gets his WWE Title shot and his rematch against John Cena. He wins the title and injures John Cena, knocking him out for 8 weeks. Sheamus wins the WHC title from Dolph Ziggler.
Night Of Champions: Brock Lesnar is the new WWE Champion. Heyman states since Cena and Orton injured and the Rock is gone, there are no suitable opponents for Lesnar…until he is interrupted by CM Punk!! Heyman can't believe it. Punk is back with a slighty more face attitude and he wants a shot at Brock. They have a match at NOC but it is marred in controversy because of interference byRandy Orton. Sheamus continues his feud with Dolph Ziggler and their rematch is a dogfight. Sheamus retains and is still the WHC…until Y2J cashes in his money in the bank and defeats Sheamus!!! Y2J is your new WHC!!!
Hell In A Cell: CM Punk is mad because Randy Orton interfered in his title match. Orton feels he still has a title shot coming to him from back before Brock injured him. They'll settle it in a #1 contenders match at HIAC (not in the cell though). Heyman said Brock will take the night off because he knows nobody on the roster wants to face Brock in the Cell…except for Kofi Kingston!!! Kofi comes out and cuts a promo about how hard it is to get noticed and how hard it is to get in the main event and title picture. With the Punk/Orton match and the eminent return of John Cena, he can see the writing on the wall. He'll be left behind until he takes a stand, so he decides to cash in for a big time match with Brock…in the Cell! On the Youtube pre-show, we get the surprise return from the Rock *it is in Miami*. The Rock is standing backstage with Triple H, acting more like the heelish movie star from 2003. The Rock says he heard Brock was talking trash about him and wants a shot. Triple H says if he wants a shot he has to earn it. The Rock says if he'll earn it by beating CM Punk for the third time and if the Game ever wants Rock in a WWE ring, he'll put him in the match. Triple H says its Orton's match and Rock tells him he has to make a decision. Triple H takes Orton out of the match which infuriates Orton. He interferes in the Punk/Rock match, causing a no decision. Y2J retains in a rematch with Sheamus, and in the feel shitty about your position in the company story of the year, Kofi becomes the second man to unsuccessfully cash in MITB when he is destroyed by Brock Lesnar and is put out for A YEAR!
Survivor Series: The night after HIAC, Raw opens with the return of John Cena. He blasts Triple H for screwing Orton out of his title shot and letting Lesnar run roughshod on the roster. Guys like him, Orton, Punk and Kofi who have been working hard for years get shafted for guys like Triple H, Brock, and and Rock. Triple H says "those guys" draw all the fans and if his generation is mad about it, they should do something about it…at Survivor Series. He does want another shot at Brock so it will be a classic 4-on-4 elimination tag, Triple H's guys vs Cena's guys. The survivors from the winning team face Brock in a TLC match next month. Triple H recruits the Rock, and Y2J who is looking to once again unify the title like he did 12 years ago. Also he gets the Big Show, who is also looking for a title shot. Cena gets Orton, Punk and Sheamus who is looking for another shot at Y2J. John Cena is the Sole Survivor and will face Brock at TLC. Even though Brock is the champ, he sits this one out. A lot of his dates are getting eaten up. J
TLC: This PPV is headlined by the rubber match between Brock and Cena. Cena wins the match.*so that'd be like his 14th world title?* Y2J wins a match against Randy Orton who finally gets his World Title shot *Yeah, I know it was a WWE title shot before, but I'm using WWE logic here J*
Royal Rumble: Brock exercises his rematch clause and gets one more shot at Cena despite being down in their series 2-1, however Cena retains. Y2J continues his roll as WHC by defeating CM Punk in a WM rematch. The surprise of the night, however, is The Miz winning The Royal Rumble.
Elimination Chamber: Cena comes out on Raw the night after Royal Rumble, and says he might be done with Brock Lesnar but he is not done with Triple H. Triple H told him at Survivor Series, if he was mad about the big names stealing the spot light he should do something about it. The locker room has taken a stand and is stepping up at Wrestlemania. He challenges Triple H to get his seven biggest aging stars and once again pit his team against Cena. If Cena's team wins, all the old guys are gone for good. They'll end the era, only for real this time. Triple H accepts but says if his team wins, whether he is champion or not, Cena is fired and gone for good. Cena agrees. Triple H then tells Cena at the Chamber it will be 3 guys from each team in the Chamber. Whichever team wins the Chamber gets to choose who faces who in the best of seven series at WM. However, Cena cannot represent his team in the Chamber because he will be defending the title against Triple H. Triple H is tired of Cena's disrespect and before he fires him after WM, he's going to take the title at EC. He recruits Y2J, Brock, and Big Show for his chamber team by telling them each they will get the WWE title match at WM if their team wins. Cena gets Orton, Punk, and Sheamus to represent him in the Chamber. Orton and Sheamus agree, but Punk holds out until Cena agrees to put Daniel Bryan on the Cena's WM team. Cena agrees and it is a good night for the PG Era as Cena beats Triple H and his team wins the Chamber.
The Build Up: The Raw after the EC opens with a meeting between Triple H's team. They are all upset because they figured out they were all promised the same title shot and now their careers are all in jeopardy because they agreed to join his team. Triple H points out they lost so it doesn't matter, but he had a plan all along. He tells them not to worry and to leave everything to him, at which point HBK comes out in a surprise return. He offers his services to Triple H, who politely declines. He tells Shawn it's not his fight and he got himself into this, so he'll get himself out. Later on Triple H is negotiating with The Rock. He needs The Rock on his team because he is a legend and he beat Cena and Punk. Triple H promises The Rock if he joins the team and they win, he will be WWE Champion after Triple H fires Cena, however if Cena's opponent wins the title from Cena, his hands are tied. The Rock takes the chance and joins the team. John Cena also hits the recruiting trail. He is seen talking to the Miz. John Cena says he respects that Miz won the Rumble and beat him at WM 27. He wants Miz on the team and tells the Miz he earned it. At first the Miz is tentative. Cena rejected him when he wanted to be on his Summerslam team against the Nexus. He could just as easily use his rumble win for a shot at Cena and mess up his whole plan. Cena reminds the Miz he's never been WHC and it's the only title he's never held. He lists off all the guys Y2J has beat since becoming WHC. Miz can be the guy to finally beat him. Miz buys into it and joins up with Cena.
Announcement of the Matches: The six announced members of Team Cena are Standing in the ring with the five announced members of Team Triple H. Cena says coming up with the matches was a team effort and they're ready for a battle. Their first order of business was "the boss" Triple H. It was their turn to boss him around and they order a match between him and Daniel Bryan! Second, Miz won the Rumble so he'll get his World Title shot against Y2J. Next, they know Brock likes to fight so they pit him against the fighting Irishman Sheamus. The next guy is the Big Show. He's a giant and Cena says when his opponent heard he'd be facing a giant he just said "Feed Me More!" and Ryback comes out revealing himself to be the seventh member of Team Cena. Cena stares down The Rock and says he didn't forget about the 3rd generation superstar. They have 3rd generation superstar of their own and he just happens to be a legend killer, Randy Orton! He then looks to Triple H and tells him to reveal his last two team members so they can get on with it. Triple H tells Cena he actually played it pretty smart, but even though they get to pick the matches, Triple H gets to pick his team members, and the 6th member of the team is Stone Cold Steve Austin! Austin comes out and Cena's team huddles up. Of course they come to the conclusion he will face CM Punk. That leaves just John Cena. Triple H says Cena is the champ and when it's all on the line, there is only one man he can face, The Undertaker!!!
Wrestlemania: After an opening battle royal featuring everyone else on the roster not involved in this storyline, the best of seven series begins with…
Brock Lesnar vs Sheamus: Brock Lesnar wins this knockdown drag out battle to give Triple H's team the early 1-0 lead.
WHC – Y2J vs The Miz: In an amazing, high paced, back and forth battle, The Miz scores the victory and his first WHC, evening the series 1-1.
Ryback vs The Big Show: Ryback shows impressive feats of strength but it is not enough to overcome the veteran giant. 2-1 Team Triple H.
Triple H vs Daniel Bryan: Triple H is feeling good going into his match with Daniel Bryan. If he wins, they take a commanding 3-1 lead with arguably his 3 heaviest hitters to go. However, Daniel Bryan pulls off the incredible upset on the grandest stage and evens things up. 2-2
The Rock vs Randy Orton: In the weeks leading up to Wrestlemania, Cena motivates Orton. Cena tells Orton he knows what it takes to beat the Rock. The Randy Orton who lost to Jericho at TLC and was on the losing team at WM 29 isn't going to be able to do it. He needs to become the Legend Killer, The Viper, and The Apex Predator again. He needs to become the guy he battled in 2009. He strikes a nerve with Orton and Orton pulls off another amazing upset. 3-2 Cena
Stone Cold vs CM Punk: Team Cena is one win away from victory with two matches to go. It doesn't come here, as Stone Cold wins this dream match to even the series and send it to match 7!
John Cena vs The Undertaker: It all comes down to this. If Cena wins he is still the WWE Champ, he ends the streak, and he sends all the guys on team Triple H packing for good. If The Undertaker wins, he is the champ, the streak continues, and Cena is fired! If you think I'm going to write the end of the streak, you're crazy. Taker wins and Team Triple H wins!
Now…The Undertaker is WWE Champ, the part timers are all safe and John Cena is fired!
Where do we go from here? Should it be continued? Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed.


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MAITLAND, Fla. — Fresh tomato supply chain leaders are sharpening food safety programs and auditing protocols with a goal of cutting foodborne illnesses linked to their product.
Members of the industry representing Florida, California and other states are meeting to tackle issues dealing with growing and distribution practices. The Feb. 1-2 meeting at the Florida Tomato Committee and Florida Tomato Exchange headquarters comes as the entire produce industry awaits a Food and Drug Administration produce safety rule.
Audit fatigue, or numerous audits grower-shippers' customers often require, remained central in discussions.
"How many standards can you audit to?" asked Billy Heller, chief executive officer of Pacific Tomato Growers Ltd., Palmetto. "Audit fatigue within our group at all levels is unbelievable. We have customers coming behind other customers checking the other audits because they each have their own specs.
Ed Beckman, president of the Certified Greenhouse Vegetable Producers Association of North America, Fresno, Calif., said the debate should be about how tomato food safety metrics reflect science. Beckman, until recently president of Fresno, Calif.-based California Tomato Growers, said the industry seeks collaboration with the FDA and the U.S, Department of Agriculture throughout the audit process.
"This is not growers and customers sitting in a room and defining what our future is," Beckman said. "We don't simply pull a number out of the air and throw it in that document and say it's good.
"... This about bringing people together, sharing ideas, sharing our frustrations with existing audits, auditing and trying to come back with a solution that meets everyone's needs in a single audit that is based on science."
Michelle Smith, senior policy analyst with the FDA, discussed the produce safety rule and how it should affect the fresh produce industry.
Smith said the final leg of the rule remains down the road, and may allow for three months of comment — longer than other agency rulemaking.
"What you're doing is important," Smith said. "The other part of our process is to recognize what people are currently doing and take that into consideration when thinking about the kinds of requirements we want to propose.
"I don't have a crystal ball to say what the rules will look like," she said. "A number of groups like the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement have committed down the road to look at their provisions and reconcile when necessary with the rule when finalized. What you are doing is a great example of helping to move things forward."
During the meetings, growers and buyers discussed customer expectations, additions to the standards and issues such as commingling at repacking operations.


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By CHRISTOPHER BRICE
Your Voice ContributorÂ
For the overwhelming majority of Americans, if they did not read or watch the news, the fact that our nation has been at war for over a decade would come as a surprise. That is one of our nation's greatest blessings and challenges.
Members of the United States Armed Forces represent only about one half of one percent of the U.S. population. I consider myself extremely fortunate to live in a country where men and women CHOOSE to put themselves in harm's way defending our country, and do it so courageously and professionally. While these soldiers and their families make huge personal sacrifices, my family and I enjoy the benefits of the peace they assure. However, that dichotomy gnawed at me in the early 2000's as war in the Middle East escalated and endured. My father and father-in-law both served in the military. What kind of example was I setting for my kids? Can citizens of a democratic society make and influence good public policy decisions if they are so detached from such a significant an instrument (our armed forces) of that policy?
For our country to remain strong and our democracy vibrant, our citizenry need not all actively serve in the armed forces, but we all need to engage, appreciate and offer service to those that do. We all have time, talent and treasure we can direct toward supporting our troops.
As I made my commitment to provide support for our soldiers, it was apparent that many people felt the same way, but like me, they struggled to identify how to match their benevolence with beneficence. How does one tackle what appears to be an overwhelming amount of need? The answer lies in scale. That may start with something as simple as thanking soldiers they pass on the street for their service. It might mean donating whatever they can to a great organization like USA Cares or the USO. It might mean a school "adopting†a battalion of soldiers and their families. This is what I did with my friends at Kentucky Country Day. The relationship with 1st Bn, 5th Special Forces Group at Ft. Campbell continues to this day. Whether it is care packages to soldiers overseas, birthday cards to the children of soldiers, or having soldiers and their families visit Louisville for a Bats game, all of these little things are deeply appreciated by the soldiers and their families.
In reality, civilians get back far more than they give in these relationships. They are inspired and awed by the integrity and humility of these soldiers. I have also found that our soldiers and their families are not looking for help; what they value most is the feeling that they are appreciated and connected to civilians. One of the best ways to do this is invite them to share their professional talents with your organization. Soldiers have done everything from reading stories to kindergarteners to discussing geopolitics with AP students at KCD.
For adults, I have seen no organization better tap the talents of our soldiers than Leadership Louisville. Experienced soldiers possess exceptional skills in leadership, management and team-building. These are extremely talented people, deeply trained and literally battle-tested. For the past two years, Northwestern Mutual has sponsored programming for Leadership Louisville's Ignite program to spend a day at Ft. Knox to receive a crash course in leadership and teaming from some of the best and brightest officers in the country. Both the Ignite members and the officers benefit from the exchange and sometimes even form enduring friendships.
Leadership Louisville recognizes the value of this type of programming and is committed to facilitating more interaction between our friends at Ft. Knox and the Louisville community. As our military begins a formal downsizing, it is more critical than ever for Americans to embrace our soldiers. Now is the ideal time to encourage veterans to apply for jobs at your company and for all of us to give veteran-owned/operated companies special consideration when buying products and services. By recognizing the unique value proposition that veterans offer, you can do some good for this special group of Americans and for our country; you will do well for yourself and your organization, too.
Christopher Brice is chief marketing officer, Northwestern Mutual. A native New Yorker and young teacher back in 1992, Chris moved to Louisville after graduate school at Duke University to teach and coach at Kentucky Country Day School for what he anticipated at the time would be a brief tenure in the city. Meeting the former Sarah Wilder changed all of his plans. In 1994, Chris began working in the private sector in sales and marketing positions. In 2000, he returned to KCD as Assistant Head of School. Chris joined Northwestern Mutual – The Kentucky & Southern Indiana Group as Chief Marketing Officer in 2009. Chris has volunteered extensively in the youth services sector of the Louisville community. Chris's volunteer efforts are now focused on supporting the soldiers and families of our Armed Forces. Chris, his wife, Sarah, and their two children – Lilly and Wilder – are all proud Louisvillians.


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Twospotted spider mite is an occasional pest of both corn and soybean in Iowa that is exacerbated by dry conditions. Most parts of Iowa are considered abnormally dry right now, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb. Soil moisture conditions this spring are similar to the last drought that hit Iowa in 1988; the same year Iowa experienced a statewide outbreak of spider mites.
Spider mites generally reach economically damaging levels in late July or early August when conditions are favorable for their growth. However, twospotted spider mite can start building populations in June during years with early-season temperatures greater than 85°F, humidity less than 90 percent, and low moisture levels. These are ideal conditions for the twospotted spider mite, and populations are capable of increasing very rapidly. Twospotted spider mites have been reported by several crop consultants in southwestern Iowa this week.
A hand magnifying lens is recommended to scout for the minute (< 1/60 inches long) twospotted spider mites. They can be mistaken for specks of dirt to the naked eye (Photo 1). Twospotted spider mite larvae have six legs and nymphs and adults have eight legs. Mites can be removed from collected leaves by shaking the leaves onto a white piece of paper and then looking for moving mites. Twospotted spider mites are typically a cream or green color when feeding on corn or soybean. They can also be an orange to red color when conditions are unfavorable for their growth.
Twospotted spider mites begin feeding on the bottom of the plant and move to the top as the plant's health deteriorates. Although they lack wings, twospotted spider mites disperse with the wind to move from dying plants to areas with healthy plants. Therefore, it is important to scout healthy areas of an infested field that are downwind from damaged areas. Early symptoms of twospotted spider mite damage will appear as small yellow dots or stipples on the lower leaves of the plants. Prolonged feeding will cause the infested leaves to turn completely yellow, then brown, and eventually the leaf will die and fall from the plant. The webbing is visible on the edges and underside of leaves and is an indication of prolonged colony feeding (Photo 2).
There are not established economic thresholds for twospotted spider mites in corn and soybean, but scouting for initial infestations is very important to avoid yield loss. Twospotted spider mite is capable of reducing soybean yield by 40 to 60 percent when left untreated; drought-stressed plants could experience even more yield loss.
Organophosphates are the recommended insecticidal chemistry for twospotted spider mite control. Examples include dimethoate and chlorpyrifos. These products may not kill the eggs, thus a treated field should be scouted 7 to 10 days after application to determine if a second application is necessary. As always, refer to the label for the appropriate rates and re-entry intervals. Pyrethroid insecticides should not be used to control twospotted spider mites as they are not as effective and can actually flare populations. Under dry conditions, foliar treatments are recommended when plants have substantial stippling or leaf-yellowing and spider mites are active (Photo 3). Because a naturally-occurring fungus can control populations, treatment of twospotted spider mites may not be required when temperatures drop below 85°F and humidity levels are greater than 90 percent for an extended time. Mites that are infected by the fungus will appear brown and will not move on the piece of paper used for scouting.


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At some point in the future, Mike Hopkins will get the opportunity to coach the next generation of Syracuse Orangemen. For now, as he waits, he'll have to settle for coaching Kyrie Irving, John Wall and Jeremy Lin.
Hopkins was named Monday, along with former Toronto Raptors coach Jay Triano, as co-coach of the USA Basketball Select Team that will compete in training camp against LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the U.S. senior national team.
"I'm so excited, I can't tell you. It's such an amazing thing," Hopkins told Sporting News on Monday. "I get to go to grad school for a little while."
Hopkins has been involved with USA Basketball for more than a decade, first serving as a court coach at dual trials in 2001 for American entries in the World University Games and U-22 World Championships. In 2010, he was an administrative assistant along with Duke assistant coach Chris Collins for the U.S. team that claimed gold at the FIBA World Championships.
The team Hopkins and Triano will coach includes: Ryan Anderson (Orlando Magic); DeJuan Blair (San Antonio Spurs); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Derrick Favors (Utah Jazz); Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs) and Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).
A former Syracuse player, Hopkins has been an assistant coach with the Orange since 1995 and has been the program's lead recruiter for more than a decade. He has had an arrangement to become SU's next head coach for five years, and has declined several opportunities to become a head coach at other colleges, most notably at Charlotte.
Hopkins has waited a while to become a head coach, and this gives him a chance to scratch that itch with some high-level talent. But, he said, "I never look at things like that. Coaching is coaching. I think the biggest thing for me is constantly feeling like I'm getting better and learning, learning new techniques, how to manage, how to motivate. The basketball piece is the fun side, easy side. I think the other things are what separates people."
Hopkins said he gained a great deal of knowledge from observing U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski and chairman Jerry Colangelo during the 2010 World Championships.
I've been at Syracuse under coach Boeheim. I played for a great high school coach (Gary McKnight of California's Mater Dei). I think the greatest thing with USA Basketball was the commitment to excellence," Hopkins said.
"Everybody was just at the highest level, from the secretaries to the people doing the travel. They do an amazing job of making everybody feel like a real part of it. It's like a family, and you take a lot of pride in that.
"Nate McMillan is a defensive genius. Jay Triano is a great coach. How their people did things was amazing, and being around great players. And they were all amazing people. Guys like Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose – are you kidding me? Russell Westbrook. These guys, you have a meeting and they're coming in 45 minutes before. You see how much pride those guys with USA Basketball have, how much pride they take in it. You're just exposed to a whole different world."


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by Dawid Liwer
Translated by Rita Ratson
Donated by Erin Einhorn
When we write about trade and industry we are refer to the Jewish participation, since all of the founding work in developing the trade and industry in our city was almost completely carried out by the Jewish population. Beginning with large trade companies, wholesale and retail businesses, up to and including very small industries, was for the most part in Jewish hands.
Initially, in the years before the outbreak of the Second World War, there were Christian wholesalers, who existed thanks to the large support of the Polish government organizations, which were interested in repressing Jewish trade.
The import and export of various materials to Poland passed through Będzin
through to other countries and back. There are no exact figures in official
sources on the participation of the various sections of the population in the
trade development of our city. Therefore, in order to receive information on
how particular economic branches developed in our city, we made use of
information that was passed on by word of mouth, which were recalled more or
less in detail, relating to the economic development of Będzin.
Będzin was amongst the first five cities in Poland, in which the Jewish population was stable and increased steadily, through the sturdy economic foundations of the city, in which Jews had built and developed a major trade and industry. Będzin had achieved her particular Jewish character due to the fact that it always had a large Jewish majority. The following table shows the growth of the Jewish population from 1789 to 1939, and the percentage of the city's general population (according to M. Kantor-Mirski, Z. Lesczynski and other sources).
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In 1897, 80% of the population was Jewish, in 1921 there was only 60% and in 1931 it fell to 44%; at the same time the total population of Będzin grew threefold in the period from 1897 to 1939. The reduction in the percentage was the result of the politics of the Polish administration, which favored the pure Polish population. This meant that the administration had skillfully raised the Polish percentage there.
In 1931, Będzin was amongst the top ten cities of Poland, by virtue of the
number of Jewish citizens and in 1937 she was already amongst the top seven
cities in Poland.
It is quite amazing to recall that the industry was founded completely by the Jewish enterprising spirit and skill without significant capital and without assistance from the Czarist and later also the Polish governments. Jewish youth, who had come from Bet Hamidrash, for whom the Bet Hamidrash was their public university, founded an entire industry the coal industry (which was not in Jewish hands). There were only a few Jewish coal miners, and the Jews transported and distributed the Zaglembian coal to distant Russia and also beyond the borders of the country so that by the year 1935 coal export reached was 35% of the entire production, which came to approximately 7½ million tons.
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In the same manner, Jewish industry helped develop not only coal mining in Zagłębie, but also the large plants belonging to the families Potok, Szajn, Fürstenberg, as well as the tens of smaller iron and metalworking plants. Jews built large limekilns, screw and nail factories, zinc and paint factories and so on.
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by Abram Gold
Translated by Rita Ratson
Donated by Erin Einhorn
Over 50 years ago, the population of Będzin was almost entirely Jewish. The city was laid out from the water mill to the peasant gate on Kollataja Street that led to Dabrowa. If it weren't for the church on the hill in the old market place, and the ruins of the royal castle of Kazimierz the Great one would be able to say, that in those years that Będzin was a purely Jewish city. It was not easy to make a living. One did everything to earn a precious piece of bread and because of this, there was no shortage of teachers in the city, who made an effort to get as many children as possible of businessmen who barely managed to keep their head above water into their cheders. Every four-year-old boy studied with a teacher (someone who taught the youngest children); where they learned the aleph-bet and Hebrew, and then later they attended cheder, where they learned Pentateuch [traditional Yiddish version of the Torah] and Talmud. The aspiration of every father and mother was for his or her child up to be a rabbi's assistant, a wise person or a cantor if he had a good voice. Parents purchased less food in order to collect the money necessary to give their children a proper education.
The cheder teachers were known in the city by their nicknames. My teacher was called Kalman Katlass, another: Nuchem duck, a third one Lajbisz with a broad beard. What did the cheder look like at that time? The entrance was straight in from the street into the house. A barrel of water stood on one side that Ephraim the water carrier had brought from the pump in the old market. From time to time the Rebbetzin [Rabbi's wife] sent the pupils out to bring back a pail of water. We happily carried out the Rebbetzin's wishes we also rocked the baby, shopped for her food in various stores, and other errands anything apart from having to sit at the Rebbe's table in fear. At the door stood a pail of dirty water, which we called the slop pail. Then there was an iron oven and a long table with two large benches where we, the Gentile boys (as we were called by the Rebbe) used to sit and study. The next room served as a room for the members of the teacher's household. The teacher used to have a helper, a strong young man, who used to go round and pick up the children every morning. He used to pick them up, a few children at a time, on his shoulders, in his arms and by the hand.
The teacher and his assistant taught the pupils the aleph-bet from a prayer book, while holding a wooden pointer and yelling loudly in our ears, demanding that we remember the letter and when our poor frightened soul did not allow us to remember the aleph-bet, the child received a real beating; and so many marks were left on the children. After about two years, when we completed the Torah in Hebrew, we progressed to the cheder, where we learned Chumash (Pentateuch traditional Yiddish version of the Torah) and the first part of the Talmud. Despite this, the teachers did not earn enough to make a living and so their wives had to do whatever they could to help earn more money. They sold baked foods and so forth. During the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkoth, the class lessons ended and the teachers went from house to house to find new pupils. We did not learn worldly subjects in the cheder, apart from Russian, which was ordered by the Czarist government. Every child had to learn, by heart, the Czar's oath. On every Russian national holiday or birthday of one of the Czar's court, we went to the school and said prayers in honor of the Czar (for his good health) and for his friends and court.
When we were older, we stopped listening to the Rebbe, we went on to yeshiva or traveled on our own to learn in the Bet Hamidrash. Children from more worldly homes and families were able to continue to study in Wroncberg's synagogue, which at the time had already become a reformed school, made up of three classes in which they learned all sorts of subjects. This particular school was one of the best. Students from the whole region came to study there; if their parents were capable of paying the tuition for them. Hebrew was studied in Ashkenazi, the bible and the director, Mr. Wroncberg, taught grammar. He was a good Hebrew teacher and Talmudist. There was a different teacher for German and Russian; a private teacher taught Polish, because the Russian government forbade it. The teacher for Russian was a Gentile. Later on a relative of Wroncberg from Warsaw arrived. This teacher, Jehoszua Rapaport, taught thousands of students in Będzin up until the Holocaust period.
Also Szlomo Sabatke, born in Slomnik, one of Wroncberg's mentors, was an excellent teacher and extraordinary Hebraist. He began working independently some years later and opened a school of his own with great success.
In the school we were educated to have a national spirit; we learned about the origins of our holidays, not only the religious ones, but also the national ones. There also was a teacher, Iszajahu Jakob, who spoke Hebrew very well. He ran his school in the art house in the new market. His wife had a boarding school for Jewish children from Lithuania and Russia who used to study at the Russian school of Będzin, Komerceskioje Ucilisze [commercial junior high school] in Rubin Street in Nunberg's house.
In 1905, a Polish marketing school was founded, in which a small group of students from very worldly circles, studied. They had to go to school on Shabbat, as well. There was a school in Jechiel Wajner's house where Jewish students studied to be writers. They studied in the Russian language. They wrote petitions to the government. Girls from the level of society studied additional subjects and also a little Yiddishkeit in the two public schools belonging to Szmul Judl Rozenes in Zukerman's house and in Majer Lemel Sendiszew (died in Israel) and Blimele Sendiszew's house. When two Polish high schools for girls were established, managed by two women (Kszimowska and Ceplinska), both teachers gave up the schools and became storekeepers.
M. L. Sendiszew immigrated later on to Erez Israel together with his family. His son, Moszele, fell during the incidents of 1936-1939.
Girls from wealthier homes continued to study with Mrs. Mandelkorn. In Będzin
there were quite a few young men from Russia, who studied in our city because
of the many restrictions in their native towns. There, young men suffered a
great deal because of their ethnic background. They gave lessons in private
homes to the families' children. They wore special school uniforms with brass
buttons and special caps, because in the religious circles they were regarded
as Gentiles. They were welcomed by the enlightened families, who were seeking
worldly education and to become acquainted with foreign languages. Yiddish was
regarded as non-kosher. The language embarrassed secular people, not aware of
the fact that the greater portion of the city's population spoke Yiddish though
reading a Yiddish book was forbidden. Those who read a Yiddish book were
regarded as a model to be emulated. It took a long time till it was
accepted that Yiddish was a language and it worked against the assimilation
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"Conviction" game hero gets some color...
Sam Fisher Painted Prototype
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NECA has released a new image of their Sam Fisher action figure showing the Splinter Cell: Conviction game hero painted. As announced with our look at the prototype last month (see our story HERE), the Sam Fisher figure will include in-game weapons, a removeable flak jacket and a pair of his iconic trifocal goggles (pictured below in prototype form). According to NECA, the figure will feature ample articulation including insert molded ball-hinged elbows, torso that can hunch or go straight and DCU-style hips like NECA's Dead Space Isaac action figure. Sam Fisher is slated for release this October priced at a SRP of $14.99.
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Develop scalable, secure, and high-availability software using J2SE and J2EE technologies;
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Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications and track and report user activity through Mixpanel integration;
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Shrimp and Wasabi (or Dijon) Deviled Eggs
(Makes 10 deviled egg halves, recipe created by Kalyn)
6 eggs (use eggs at least a week old if possible)
2 tsp. wasabi paste, use more or less to taste (I used 2 tsp. wasabi powder mixed with 4 tsp. water)
1/4-1/2 cup small frozen shrimp, thawed (I used 1/4 cup but next time I'd use more)
4 green onions, green end thinly sliced (save white ends for another use)
3 T mayo or light mayo
1/4 tsp. Vege-Sal (optional, or use just a pinch of salt)
While eggs boil, first thinly slice green onions, then finely mince about 2 T of them, leaving the rest for garnishing the finished eggs. Check to see if shrimp is thawed (you can microwave on low for a few seconds if needed.) Finely chop shrimp.
Put 3 T mayo into a small bowl, then mix in wasabi paste, a small amount at a time, tasting after each addition, until it is as spicy as you'd like it. (You can substitute Dijon for the wasabi if you prefer.) In a larger bowl, mash egg yolks with a fork. Then mix 2 T finely minced green onions, chopped shrimp, mayo-wasabi mixture, and Vege-sal or salt into mashed egg yolks.
Discard 2 egg white halves (I nearly always have at least one egg that gets mangled!) then arrange the other egg white halves on a cutting board so they're ready to be filled. Use a rubber scraper to transfer the egg yolk mixture to a small plastic bag or piping bag. Cut off the tip of one corner if using plastic bag, then squeeze the egg yolk mixture into the egg white halves, until all the mixture is used. Garnish each egg with some of the thinly sliced green onions, and serve.
Eggs will stay good for a day or two in the refrigerator.
South Beach Suggestions:
Deviled eggs like this are a great choice for any phase of the South Beach Diet, or any other low-carb eating plan. South Beach would recommend light mayo but other plans might prefer full-fat, so take your choice on that!
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NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered off Dellin Betances in the eighth, Trevor Bauer allowed just two hits in 6 1-3 innings and CC Sabathia exited with an injury as the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 4-3 on Andy Pettitte Day in the Bronx on Sunday.
Carlos Santana homered off Sabathia for the Indians, who have won five of their last six games at Yankee Stadium. Sabathia departed in the third inning with right knee pain.
Lindor's homer, the rookie's second blast in two games, came moments after Carlos Beltran hit a game-tying double off reliever Bryan Shaw (2-2) in the seventh.
Lindor became the first left-handed batter to homer off Betances (6-3), who...


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Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the SPRING initiative, a partnership aiming to accelerate economic empowerment for girls. The project, with initial funding of $29 million, will help businesses bring products to market that enable girls to learn, earn, invest and save. The announcement commemorates International Day of the Girl, celebrated each year on October 11 to promote the rights of girls and address the unique challenges they face.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant to the Administrator for Food Security Tjada McKenna will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, October 14-16, to participate in the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium as part of the 2014 World Food Prize events.
Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it will partner with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to support the newly formed Global Partners' Working Group on School-related Gender-based Violence. Through this $400,000, two-year grant, USAID will work with UNICEF to combat school-related gender-based violence at all levels. By working to defeat this barrier to girls' education, the program will enable more girls to contribute to their families and societies, a critical step toward ending extreme poverty.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development partners announced today they aim to invest an additional $50 million to save the lives of mothers and newborns in developing countries. USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah made the announcement at the annual Grand Challenges Meeting at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, joining the Government of Norway, the Gates Foundation, and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in the new pledge.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah today launched the Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development with a call to innovators around the world to submit ideas focused on improving the tools used by frontline healthcare workers in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. The initial focus of the Challenge, as announced by President Obama on Sept. 26, is to generate pioneering solutions to improve the personal protective equipment (PPE) and tools used by healthcare workers battling Ebola. Shah detailed the initiative today at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wash.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today more than $3 million in new fellowships to support graduate students at six leading U.S. universities. Through the U.S. Global Development Lab's Expand the Research and Innovation (RI) Fellowship Program, USAID and Arizona State University, Rutgers University, The University of Notre Dame, University of California-Berkeley, University of Chicago, and the University of California-Davis will work to support cutting edge science and technology research that addresses development challenges.
In Seattle on Oct. 7, the Administrator will attend the annual Grand Challenges Meeting for Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development. Grand Challenges partners include USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Administrator Shah and partners will address the next phase of Grand Challenges.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will travel to Atlanta October 2 to participate in the annual Catalyst Conference where he will talk to the faith community about USAID's mission to end extreme poverty around the world by 2030 as well as USAID's response to global crises like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Administrator Shah will engage in a question and answer session with Catalyst Conference Director Tyler Reagin on the main stage at 10:15 a.m. EDT.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Global Health Ariel Pablos-Mendez is in Cape Town, South Africa through October 3 for the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. The conference focuses on cutting-edge research that addresses the development of people-centered health systems.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg will be in Liberia September 30 through October 2 as a part of a U.S. Government delegation led by Department of Defense Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict Michael Lumpkin. The delegation is meeting with local officials, aid organizations, and staff coordinating the U.S. Government's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
We commend Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah on the formation of a government of national unity, which offers a decisive way forward for the Afghan people.
GE Africa (NYSE: GE) and the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced 22 winners in the second round of their Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge. Selected from nearly 300 applicants, each winner will receive a grant of up to $100,000 to support the deployment of off-grid solutions that put renewable resources
to work to power increased economic activity.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced up to $90 million in funding over five years for education programs in Lebanon and Jordan, in support of the No Lost Generation Initiative. The funding will go toward strengthening the school systems, the education curriculum and social cohesion for Lebanese and Jordanian communities, and the Syrian refugees they are hosting.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $10 million award to the UN World Food Program to provide food assistance to close to 220,000 people most severely affected by drought and coffee rust in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Secretary John Kerry and USAID Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein announced the U.S. Government support at a meeting with the three foreign ministers in advance of the UN General Assembly.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today awarded Kansas State University a $50 million grant to establish a Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification. The grant supports USAID's agricultural research and capacity building work under Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative.
The United States, United Kingdom, Swedish, and Australian Governments, in partnership with Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, announced today the launch of a new $200 million Global Innovation Fund (GIF) headquartered in London at the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Countdown event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Speaking together, UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah outlined the ambitious global vision and scope of the new Fund, which will invest in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world. The Global Innovation Fund uses a venture capital-like approach to investing in a wide range of social innovations, drawing on the success of the industry to discover and support innovative ventures that have the potential to scale across the developing world.
Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new report by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) partner TRAFFIC. "This report provides critical insights into often violent and complex trade networks that will help countries target their law enforcement efforts. Wildlife trafficking not only endangers rhinos, elephants, and many other wildlife species, but also threatens national and international security as well as local livelihoods," said Eric Postel, Assistant Administrator at USAID.
Washington, DC - L'Agence des Etats-Unis pour le développement international (USAID) et la Fondation Rockefeller ont annoncé aujourd'hui la décision du Gouvernement suédois d'engager des fonds d'un montant de 50 millions de dollars pour le Partenariat mondial pour la résilience et le lancement du Global Resilience Challenge (Défi mondial de la résilience) lors du Forum Frontiers in Development de l'USAID.
Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $50 million commitment by the Swedish government to the Global Resilience Partnership and the launch of the Global Resilience Challenge at the USAID Frontiers in Development forum.
The City of Dakar announced today its plans to issue the first non-sovereign-backed municipal bond in all of Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. The $41.8 million bond, backed by a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Development Credit Authority bond guarantee, will raise funds for the construction of a marketplace for more than 3,500 street vendors
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Troubling Doubling at SchoolMath brain teasers require computations to solve.
Read the little poem and answer its question if you can.
The number of girls who do wear a watch
is double the number who don't.
But the number of boys who do not wear a watch
is double the number who do.
If I tell you the number of girls in my class
is double the number of boys,
Can you tell me the number I teach? Here's a clue:
More than 20; below 32!
HintThe sum of number plus its double must be a multiple of 3.
The number of boys must be a multiple of 3 (3, 6, 9...) so that it can be split in the ratio of 2:1 (no watch:watch).
The number of girls is double the no. of boys (6, 12, 18...)
So the totals can only be 9, 18, 27...
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In the six decades he's been choreographing, Paul Taylor has never shied away from dark themes. Even his funnier works often have sinister undertones; he has tackled war, violence of all kinds, rape, incest and death.
But Taylor, now 82, can also convey sheer joy and lightness of being through dance like few others. And it was that lighter quality that the company emphasized as it launched its annual New York season at Lincoln Center on Tuesday evening.
The program was a celebration of old and new. It included the oldest work in the Taylor repertory, the wonderfully bizarre "3 Epitaphs," and the newest - his 138th piece, to be precise - the folksy and pastoral "Perpetual Dawn."
Taylor's musical choices have always been as crucial as the dances themselves, and for the 1956 "3 Epitaphs" the budding choreographer, still in his 20s, chose early New Orleans jazz, the music played at weddings and funerals in the south. To that score, he set five peculiar creatures gyrating across the stage, dressed head-to-toe in dark gray unitards (designed by the late artist Robert Rauschenberg) with reflectors beaming from their heads and hands.
The weird costumes bring several interpretations to mind: Are these characters wayward sperm from an old Woody Allen movie? Especially graceful coal miners? Actually, the lumbering movements suggest something more like futuristic cavemen.
Five years after "3 Epitaphs" Taylor created "Junction," also performed on Tuesday night. It was the first time he had used a Baroque score, in this case Bach cello suites, and that became one of his signatures: setting modern movement to centuries-old music, and exploring the relationship.
The newest work, "Perpetual Dawn," continues the exploration. Also set to a Baroque composer, Johann David Heinichen, it depicts young people in country attire, perhaps in a field, experiencing love for the first time. Eleven dancers - six men, five women - join together, fall apart, join again. The body language is partly classic Taylor - one arm outstretched in an upward arc, leading the body to the side - and partly not: At one point, two women break briefly into the Charleston.
Michelle Fleet was lovely as a young woman who experiences some loneliness while the others unite in couples. As in many of Taylor's works, the veteran dancer Michael Trusnovec commanded attention, as did the ebullient Heather McGinley.
The evening ended with the 1995 "Offenbach Overtures," a foray into pure comedy and clowning to the spirited music of the 19th-century French composer Jacques Offenbach. Here, buffoonish soldiers mixed with coquettish can-can dancers. The adventures included a woeful struggle between a dancer and her wayward hat, and a comic duel involving four men during which some unexpected feelings developed. At another point, two of the men seemed to make obscene gestures at each other.
All in fun, of course. His darker themes aside, Taylor knows how to have a good time.
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Got somethin' AWESOME from Heli88 in a trade: pretty much a toy holy grail from when I was little. Never hunted it down 'cause I had no idea what it was called or what toyline it was a part of.
It's from a line called Pocket Power where everything they made fits on a card. Pretty much most of the line was vehicles 'n such with some dart or squirt guns thrown in (and I think an anti-air gun). This was the ONE item that was an action figure, though: Glo-Bones! He's pretty much the BEST THING EVER. Super articulated (for the time), cool accessories, and he fits on a friggin' CARD! On top of that, he glows! So on my list of things that are awesome, he's got three: Skeleton, glowing ability, and fits in my pocket. I thought he might be one of those things that was WAY cooler in my child mind back in the day, but it turns out he's JUST as cool as I always thought he would be! So cool to get a bascially pristine one nowadays.
Beyond that, just some standard stuff:
Out Christmas shopping for the neice and nephew and found these two; first ones I've seen! I was looking for them for a bit, but I kinda gave up. Good things come to those who wait! I didn't necessarily want them both, but I found 'em and figured: what the heck. Ended up liking the comic colored one a little better. Who knew?
BAM, found this at Target! So glad this one came out! I was thinking of getting Thunderwing, but I really didn't like 'em. I found out that he would eventually be repainted as some black 'n red guy and figured I'd wait for him. THEN they go and say it might be canceled...but here he is! Snapped 'em up as soon as I saw him and I don't regret it. It's a really cool figure!


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I have been playing for just a few months now and I must say I think have a new addiction. Anyways I started off with the Innova DX starter set with 150g Leo/Shark/Aviar P&A but now I'm trying to establish a basic bag with limited molds that I will stick with for about 6 months as I work on my form/technique. I have been limiting myself to playing with just midranges and putters but I will be working drivers over the next month.
Distance Drivers:
174 Pro Wraith
165 DX Wraith
172 Star Boss(over hand/utility disc)
Fairway Drivers:
175 Pro Leopard
174 Champion Leopard
177 ESP Buzzz
177 Star Shark
180 DX Roc
173 Classic Roc
175 KC Pro Aviar
175 DX Glow Aviar Putt and Approach
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It's FEEL GOOD Friday and words can't express the excitement I feel! But one thing is for sure, Anthony Hamilton's new album….owwwwww!!!! "Back To Love" sums it all the way up! This album truly illustrates the vicissitudes of love – reality at it's best. With his soulful, yet charismatic voice and vintage style, "I just can't get enough"! It's so easy to put this album on repeat and listen to it for hours at a time. I confess, I haven't listened to anything else since I played it the first time.
Mr. Hamilton's heartfelt lyrics in, Back To Love, encourages the passion between he & his lover to be rekindled and re-inspired. Another title track, he sings about his mistakes and fear of losing the BEST.THING.EVER.! I was listening to this song and was like is that Babyface I hear in the background? And WAS! This song is absolutely beautiful! My favorite is Best Of Me for so many reasons! *smile*
Everyone should go out and get this album TODAY! You can also get it here. There's something about feel-good music. It gets no better than that!
Have a Fabulous Friday!!! :)


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5th pedestrian hit by vehicle in less than a week in Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Another pedestrian has been hurt in a crash, this one around 8 p.m. Wednesday on Oildale Drive near Roberts Lane.
This marks the fifth pedestrian crash in less than a week in Bakersfield. Three of the crashes were fatal.
The California Highway Patrol said a 60-year-old man was hit by a Honda Civic while he crossed the street. The man, whose name was withheld, reportedly suffered serious injuries.
Other crashes since Friday:
A woman died after being hit by a car in central Bakersfield, the Kern County coroner's office said late Tuesday. Police said the woman, identified by the coroner's office as Kimberly Felice Berry, was crossing the street when she was hit by a Mazda sedan driven by a 20-year-old man.
A pedestrian died Monday after he was hit by an SUV in central Bakersfield. The crash happened around 9 a.m. when 63-year-old Timothy Walker was crossing Union Avenue near 9th Street.
A 28-year-old Bakersfield woman was hospitalized Saturday after being hit by a car while crossing California Avenue, just west of Union. Police said Jessica Thompson stepped in front of a Nissan sedan as the driver was westbound on Union making a right turn onto California.
A Tehachapi woman, 60-year-old Neva Yribarren, was killed Friday afternoon when she was hit by a truck in Oildale. The truck's driver made a turn at the intersection of Merle Haggard Drive and McCray Street and struck the woman in the crosswalk, the CHP said.