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And you will never see more excitement in the garden than kids discovering their first recognizable pumpkins. Except in the case of worms and frogs. Those are WAY exciting.
Granted we missed Halloween, but these are sugar pumpkins and we intend to cook them into pumpkin pie. YUM! 🙂 Next up, our first tomato. More


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TROY -- The campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute experienced a tense afternoon as police and school officials struggled to piece together details surrounding an apparent explosion in a dumpster.
The "explosion," outside a student apartment complex on Beman Lane, turned out to be a soda bottle containing an unknown substance, police said.
According to police, an unidentified maintenance worker cleaning the grounds discovered the bottle lying unattended alongside a dorm building. When he attempted to throw it in a dumpster it "popped," spraying him with an unknown liquid.
The worker was rushed to Samaritan Hospital as Troy Fire Department HAZMAt crews, RPI Public Safety Officers, and Troy Police converged on the site and began an investigation.
Troy Police Capt. John Cooney said the worker reported no visible smoke or flame attached to the explosion.
"The worker was exposed to the liquid in the bottle," Cooney said. "He was immediately transported to Samaritan hospital where the injuries, if any, appear to be slight."
In a statement released Tuesday evening, Cooney said that the victims are believed to have not suffered injury.
A spokesman for RPI said the school was working with police and fire officials to secure the area and investigate further.
"We have temporarily evacuated the Rousseau residence building while the HazMat team completes its investigation," said RPI spokesman Mark Marchand. "We will provide further information as it becomes available."
Police said they discovered items, including transistors and circuit boards, in rooms within the building but do not think they are related to the soda bottle.
"The items of interest to investigators are limited to the soda bottle only," Cooney said. "Items examined in the interior of dorm were safe and not related to incident."
Students were nearby, gathering in small groups as a forensic HazMat team removed the items from the dumpster and began the process of decontamination in two small pools set up alongside the dumpster.
Cooney said all precautions were being taken given that the substance was still unknown at the time and that the investigation into the incident continues.
In his later statement, Cooney also said that a preliminary examination of the bottle's contents indicated that an exothermic reaction between the chemicals occurred, causing the bottle to burst upon being handled.
The campus was host to another incident involving chemicals last month, when a 21-year-old student committed suicide by using household chemicals in a nearby apartment.
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Gast not fazed in advance of first start
ST. LOUIS -- Left-hander John Gast looked the least bit frazzled as he held his first media session on Monday, following news that he would be coming to St. Louis to make his Major League debut. He seemed unconcerned, too, about nerves surfacing between now and Tuesday's start.
The steady professional climb that Gast has made since being a sixth-round selection out of Florida State in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft will culminate with his start against the Mets. Gast, who is temporarily taking Jake Westbrook's place in the rotation, earned the promotion after opening the Triple-A season with 32 scoreless innings.
"I obviously started pretty well," Gast said. "It's been unbelievable so far. Just another year of getting better and executing more and more, a higher percentage of the pitches."
The results were much improved over Gast's introduction to Triple-A competition the year before. The same level he dominated this April proved a struggle for him at times in 2012. He finished with a 5.10 ERA and .286 opponents' batting average in 20 Triple-A starts last year.
"I'm a lot more confident, I would say," Gast said. "And the fact of having played in that league the year before and being able to build off of it and going off of those experiences last year."
Even the task of assimilating into a new clubhouse on Monday wasn't all that daunting, Gast said, because he spent much of Spring Training as a participant in big league camp. That time also allowed manager Mike Matheny to get a better look at a pitcher who wasn't necessarily a standout in the box scores the year before.
"He just continues to improve," Matheny said. "Obviously, he had a very good April, and hopefully he can keep building on that here. He's been just a quality pitcher. He's got a good arm and knows how to pitch. He's smart."
Among those expected to be at Busch Stadium for Gast's debut will be his parents, who are traveling from Florida for the occasion.
"I'm just basically trying not to get too hyped up," said Gast, who has been assigned No. 64. "Maybe when I get here tomorrow, that's probably when [the nerves] will start kicking in, when I go out there and start playing catch. That's probably when it'll hit me."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Buffalo Soldiers to Commemorate Black History Month in Austin, San Antonio
AUSTIN — In recognition of February's designation as Black History Month, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Buffalo Soldiers will pay homage to the 19th century African-American military unit's unique heritage through living history programs this month.
The Buffalo Soldiers, who got their name from the Plains Indians because the African- American soldiers' hair to them resembled bison fur, were former slaves and freedmen who comprised the 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments formed in 1867 after the Civil War. They were reputed to be fierce and skilled fighters and served at frontier military posts from Texas to the Dakota territories to help with the westward expansion of the Unites States.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is hosting Buffalo Soldiers Day from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9. The soldiers will set up their base camp at the Institute of Texas Cultures in downtown San Antonio, and display artifacts and tell stories about the Buffalo Soldiers.
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Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus
An exhibition curated and organized by Eyebeam, Not An Alternative, and Upgrade! NY
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, in collaboration with Upgrade! NY and Not An Alternative, is pleased to present Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, an exhibition which examines models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism.
Re:Group proposes that with participation now a dominant paradigm, structuring social interaction, art, activism, the architecture of the city, and the economy, we are all integrated into participatory structures whether we want to be or not. The exhibition showcases work that subverts existing systems or envisions new alternatives to the ways in which individuals can take part, or choose not to take part, in social and cultural life. Read the two curatorial statements here.
Re:Group features work by thirteen artists, designers, hackers, activists, and collectives exploring both the potential and limitations of participation, networked collaboration, and distributed labor. From the "crowdsourced" projects Ten Thousand Cents and White Glove Tracking to the tactical media art of The Yes Men and Ubermorgen, from the urban interventions of John Hawke and The Institute of Infinitely Small Things to the open platforms of Ushahidi and MakerBot - the exhibition represents a diverse range of critically and socially engaged work that rethinks the institutional practices within urban planning, civil engineering, transportation, industrial design and production, relief work, and the news media.
Re:Group opens to the public on Thursday, June 10, 2010, with a curators talk at 5PM and a reception at 6-8PM. The curators talk will be moderated by Beryl Graham of UK-based new media curatorial research institute CRUMB.
Please note: The public opening is preceded by a benefit & private viewing on Tuesday, June 8, 6:30-9:30PM. For ticket information, go here.
The opening week continues with a "Breakfast with the Artists" reception & talk on Friday, June 11, 10AM-12PM, moderated by Re:Group curators and featuring exhibiting artists The Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Christopher Robbins, Takashi Kawashima, John Hawke, and Giana González.
View the full list of related public programs, including workshops and talks throughout the summer.
Re:Group will include a full complement of public programs, organized as part of Eyebeam's annual Summer School program. Eyebeam Summer School offers a lively mix of master classes, free public lectures, hands-on workshops and skillshares, and youth programs. View the complete schedule of activities here.
The exhibition not only presents completed work through gallery installations, but also functions as a platform for new collaborative work. Through workshops, master classes, and discussions led by the exhibiting artists, the processes and methodologies behind the work are opened up to gallery visitors and invited communities, providing an opportunity to extend and reinterpret the artists' ideas in new and unexpected ways.
Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus is curated by Upgrade! NY, the New York node of the international network, Upgrade!, founded in 1999 by media artist Yael Kanarek. The curatorial team is Eyebeam program manager Paul Amitai, writer/activist Marco Deseriis, Beka Economopoulos and Jason Jones of Not An Alternative, Eyebeam education coordinator Stephanie Pereira, and designer/educator Mushon Zer-Aviv.
Giana González - Hacking Couture
John Hawke – Orange Work - Mandatory Minimum–We Have Moved!
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things - Corporate Commands
Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima - Ten Thousand Cents
Steve Lambert and Packard Jennings - Wish You Were Here! Postcards from our awesome future
MakerBot Industries - MakerBot
Christopher Robbins - Work Projects Administration 2010
Christopher Robbins, John Ewing, and Carmen Montoya - Ghana Think Tank
Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth - White Glove Tracking
Ushahidi - Crisis Map of Haiti
Ubermorgen - [V]ote-Auction
The Yes Men - GOOD COP 15
YoHa (Harwood, Yokokoji) - Social Telephony Files
Curated and organized by Eyebeam, Not An Alternative, and Upgrade! NY
Produced and sponsored by Eyebeam
Curatorial team: Paul Amitai, Marco Deseriis, Not An Alternative, Mushon Zer-Aviv
Curatorial assistant: Joanne Cheung
Exhibition design: Not An Alternative and Paul Amitai
Brochure and environmental graphic design: Not An Alternative
Technical management and installation: Marko Tandefelt
Exhibition installation and construction: Nicholas Fraser, Kory Hellebust, Titania Inglis, Takayuki Ito, Not An Alternative, Jamie O'Shea
**On Thursday, June 10, Eyebeam also opens a new Window Gallery exhibition, SADbot, a solar powered, interactive drawing machine by Dustyn Roberts and Ben Leduc-Mills. SADbot is on display through Saturday, July 24.
People: Aaron Koblin, Beka Economopoulos, Ben Engebreth, Christopher Robbins, Evan Roth, Giana Gonzalez, Graham Harwood, Jason Jones, Joanne K. Cheung, John Ewing, John Hawke, MakerBot Industries, Marco Deseriis, Maria Del Carmen Montoya, Matsuko Yokokoji, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Not an Alternative, Packard Jennings, Paul Amitai, Steve Lambert, Takashi Kawashima, The Institute for Infinitely Small Things, The Yes Men, Ubermorgen, Ushahidi, YoHa
Research: Open Culture, Urban Research
Tags: Not An Alternative, Upgrade!
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With a score of 31 (Them) to 10 (Us), Thursday's preseason game between the San Diego Chargers and the Seattle Seahawks was not a win for the home team. As for the Qualcomm Stadium match between the fans and the NFL's new security rules, that was more of a draw.
According to new National Football League public safety measures that just went into effect at stadiums across the country, fans must now limit their carry-in baggage to one see-through plastic or vinyl bag and one small clutch no bigger than 4½ x 6½ inches. No backpacks, no seat cushions and no hiding your giant cache of neon gummi worms.
So how did it go? From the lovers ("It's about time!") to the loathers ("This is stupid!"), here is a look at how Qualcomm's first-day guinea pigs took one for the team.
Pregame Preppers: Tickets? Check. Cellphone? Check. Keys, gum, eyedrops, driver's license and cash, all packed in a one-gallon Ziploc-style bag for maximum security efficiency? Done and done. Stefanie and Denis Peterson of Orange County saw the security warning when they checked the Chargers website for directions to the stadium, and again when they printed out their tickets. Which is how they ended up on the trolley with all their necessities in one regulation-friendly bag and no safety worries in their heads.
"Obviously, I'm more comfortable with my big bag, but I can do without it," Stefanie said. "You never really know what anyone is carrying, so it's nice they're taking precautions. I'm just glad I knew about it before I came."
It's in the bag: For the convenience of the uninformed and/or unprepared, members of the Ace Parking, Elite Security and Chargers staffs were handing out free plastic bags throughout the parking lot and near the stadium entrances. But for $5, you could buy a vinyl Chargers logo tote bag that was $4.95 cheaper at the Q than it is online. Season-ticket holders got the bags for free. Non season-ticket holder Casey Ranger of San Diego thought it was worth paying for. Even if it meant the world could see her children's diapers.
"Not being able to bring in a diaper bag sucks, but this is a good deal for five bucks," said the mother of 4½-year-old Kailyn and 2-year-old Riley, packing her just-purchased bag with blankets, baby wipes, keys, glasses, water bottles, hand sanitizer, sunflower seeds and diapers. "I would never carry a clear purse on a daily basis, but if this is the only way to bring stuff in, that's fine. If people are offended by looking at diapers and baby wipes, that's on them."
When he first heard about the new security rules, Casey's husband, Brandon, wasn't sure he liked them. When he realized that his wife had whittled down her cargo to one bag, he reconsidered.
"There's an advantage for the husbands," Brandon said. "Now we don't have to carry all their luggage around."
Hell in a handbag: There didn't appear to be total security-line chaos on Thursday, but there were snafus. There was some confusion about eyeglass cases (OK? Not OK?), and whether you could empty the contents of a purse into a plastic bag and then put the empty purse into the bag. On Friday, the Chargers' office clarified that eyeglass cases can't be bigger than clutch-purse size, and empty purses must be left in the car or at the free bag check in the parking lot.
And despite the Chargers' best intentions — the emails to ticket-buyers, the Facebook page updates, the website warnings, the signs posted at the trolley stops, the $5 bags and the free ones — some people still made it all the way to the security lines with bags they couldn't bring into the stadium. Many of those unlucky fans were women, and they were not happy.
"You cannot take your purse in at all. No fanny pack, no nothing," one perturbed purse-owner could be heard shouting into her cellphone. "You can only bring in these see-through bags. That's just stupid."
From her post in the bag-check area, Emily Hill of the Chargers remained optimistic. Unlike some other teams, the Chargers were giving fans a free place to check their bags until after the game, and fans seemed happy that it was there. That was the hope, anyway.
"We thought we would have a lot more people complaining about it, but I think they understand," said Hill, a ticket-sales rep who was a bag ambassador for the day. "Purses are the main thing. People think a clutch bag of any size is OK, and then they get to the front and they have to come back here."
Tracy Blevins of Lemon Grove was one of those people. She loves the Chargers, but after leaving her treasured Coach purse in the bag-check tent, her game face was starting to slip.
"It's ridiculous. I didn't hear anything about any of this," said Blevins, looking with dismay at the bagged contents of her purse, including a rainbow lollipop she bought at Big Lots. "I hope they don't say I can't take my sucker in. Maybe I should eat it now so I won't have to worry about it."


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Maybe it is only fitting that just prior to Memorial Day, one of the county's most visible fighters for the veterans passed away.
Joe Milliner, himself a prisoner of war, never gave up the fight to find his son, who has been missing in action since the early 1970s while in combat in Vietnam.
Anyone who would listen - and even a few government officials who wouldn't, knew that Milliner would never stop in his pursuit to locate his son and any other American listed as missing in action.
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Texas Youth Target Shooting Gala Event Set June 21
DALLAS — Young target shooters from across Texas and their families are invited to spend a day of fun and competitive target shooting during the first annual Texas Youth Invitational June 21 at the Elm Fork Shooting Sports complex.
The day-long festivities will include competitive shotgun clay target shooting for youth ages 9-18, regardless of experience, and a host of fun target related activities and other outdoors related events and exhibits. The non-profit Youth Target Foundation is producing the event, in cooperation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Scholastic Clay Target Program, Texas 4-H Shooting Sports and a host of sponsors.
Similar events will be planned at ranges throughout Texas in the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009.
The Texas Youth Invitational will feature a 100 target, five-stand sporting clays competition, where shooters test their shooting skills at clay targets resembling bird or small game hunting scenarios, such as a flushing quail or a passing dove. This competition will serve as an official event for the Texas 4-H Shooting Sports and the Scholastic Clay Target Program and features a Lewis-based scoring system providing additional trophy award opportunities.
"This event partially represents the efforts of a new statewide coalition of shooting sports programs, ranges, agencies and organizations coming together to provide even more opportunities for getting youth involved in the outdoors," said Steve Hall, education director for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Top Texas ranges like Elm Fork in Dallas, and youth shooting sports programs such as 4-H, the largest of its kind in the country, and the Scholastic Clay Target program, a program aimed at getting more schools and youth groups involved in the shotgun sports, are combining their efforts to introduce thousands more to fun, healthy, lifelong outdoor pursuits."
As one way to accomplish the goal of the coalition, a new kid's clinic will be held for first-timer shooters, who can then compete on an abbreviated rookie course.
"Our motto for this event is 'No Kid Left Indoors,'" said Jeanie Almond, event coordinator and founder of the Youth Target Foundation. "We're making this a fun, family-oriented event with everything from clay target shooting to fly fishing instruction and dog handling exhibitions. Any kid that shows up and wants to shoot will not be turned away."
There will also be an opportunity for young shooters to pair up with an adult shooter of their choosing for a Pro Kid/Pro Am adult team competition to help raise funds for future youth target shooting events and programs.
"In this event, the kid gets to select the adult they want to shoot with and earn tickets they can use toward merchandise raffles," said Almond. "We're also inviting disadvantaged youth from Big Brothers, Big Sisters and the Exodus Foundation to participate."
In addition to the shooting events, attendees can try their hand at pellet gun shooting, archery and a variety of free fun games.
Competitors will be treated to a free wild game harvest and barbecue dinner prepared by the Dallas Woods and Waters Club.
Registration sign-in will be held Saturday, June 21 at 7:30 a.m. followed by a mandatory safety orientation at 8:15 a.m. The shoot starts at 8:30 a.m. Registration fee is $75 and includes Sporting Clays Five Stand, BBQ Dinner and awards, including drawings for merchandise and shotguns to be given away. Practice rounds and games cost $10 per round. Concessions (breakfast and lunch) will be available at the range. Additional dinner tickets for non-competitors cost $10.
Registration and more information about the event is available online at www.elmfork.com/nscaevents or by calling (972) 556-0103.
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For past year I have had brown spots in my mouth on hard palette, and on inside of checks, get new ones, so far about 12 in various places in mouth ...... No Dr I`ve seen can give me a cause...other than possibly systmic. The spots do not hurt, look like dark freckles
Well you may be correct in your assessment of what is occurring.
These "brown spots" may be freckles or ephelis and related to melanin pigmentation.
There are a number of other possible causes and as your primary care providers mentioned that may be related to systemic disorders such as Peutz-Jegher's syndrome, McCune Albright syndrome (variant of fibrous dysplasia) or Addison's disease.
Other possible explanations may be related to some medications, or excessive melanin activity (melanocytic nevi, or melanocanthoma although these lesions appear almost black in color and not brown).
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Dating can be a complicated feat that sets heads spinning through over-thinking and over-doing things in a bid to impress, writes Shaniqua Benjamin.
But according to dating coach Hayley Quinn, dating is all about simplicity, specifically in the early stages.
She says dates should be short and sweet, lasting about 45 minutes to an hour and recommends meeting at a landmark to avoid awkward waiting scenarios.
She also says that first dates should always be somewhere with an outside space, like the Southbank.
The coach says an outside environment or activity keeps things more interesting and relaxed especially during summer – dinner dates should be saved for later once you are more relaxed in each other's company.
Tenpin bowling or a walk through Crystal Palace Park are not bad ideas.
The man should make a simple plan, because any huge gestures put on too much pressure, but he should compliment the woman so that it feels like a date.
Quinn says: "Women should have a good attitude and be playful and friendly; tell your date that you like his choice to make him feel good."
However, the most important element of dating is to just be you.
Quinn says: "Be true to yourself, because it's not about impressing everyone."
She also says: "People do not want to feel like they are being judged or interviewed, so relax rather than jumping into interrogation mode; talk to your date like they are a friend."
But dating should not just be for people who are starting their relationship – it should be an integral part of long-term relationships too, she says.
She says: "Have a date night of the week.
"It's just nice to get out of your normal home environment.
"It keeps the romance alive.
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Bored with your pure white kitchen? Try adding a dose of light — or bright — color to liven up your favorite room.More
"The dining chairs and kitchen stools are a typical bamboo Chippendale style, but in high-gloss lacquer they're surprising," designer Jesse Carrier says of a kitchen in a Florida house. "It's like they're candy-coated." The yellow glaze for the walls was inspired by the backsplash tile by Popham Design. The kitchen cabinets are original, but the countertops were updated with Caesarstone quartz. The warm patina of Circa Lighting's Goodman Hanging Lamps in antique brass adds contrast to all the bright colors.
The blue candlesticks that inspired this East Moriches, New York, kitchen designed by Beth Martell and Enda Donagher are standing near Kohler's double sink, fitted with Rohl's Modern Architectural faucet. Alma chairs and counter stools by TK Collections. Billiard light by Ann-Morris Antiques.
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In Spain Coca-Cola has launched the multiplayer advergame "Summer Battle" to support its online marketing effort through the official site www.cocacola.es. The Summer Battle has been created by BetyByte, I didn't test it because you need to download it and install it. Of course it doesn't work with Mac. A part from the fact it doesn't support Apple, which isn't actually a big problem, I'm not sure that requiring people to download and install the game is a smart move. Of course this gives you the chance to great a better game but, at the same time, I believe you loose several potential users that don't want to waste time installing it or fear the installation could bring problems to the computer.
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JHC BnG! I think that once that it was apparent that Lance had made an additional large leap forward this season, coupled with the continued delay in Danny getting back on court, nearly all of us "Grangerites" agreed that it would be far better for the team to continue the status quo once Danny did return.
But let's get real. Granger is not playing "spot" minutes; he is a rotational player and the first wing off the bench. He starts when either wing is not available. Now it would be correct to state that Granger plays spot minutes at the backup PF position, primarily when Scola is in foul trouble or when Vogel needs a defender with a lot more versatility / mobility than what Scola brings to the court.
To say that Granger is a "little" better than OJ is such a blatantly inaccurate statement to such a degree that it might cause other posters to begin to question the many enlightening, exceptional posts that you contribute. From my opinion, it wasn't just Danny's return that limited OJ's minutes. I believe OJ was playing himself out of the regular rotation before Danny even returned.
He has been awful this road trip. If Solo or Orlando or Sual had been playing like this, they would have lost that rotation spot for the time being. I see no reason to treat him any differently than those 3 guys. Sure, he gave a lot to us over the years, but except for Granger Vogel has shown that he plays the best player at that time, not the player that is payed the most. Don't see why he is not doing it here. Yes, when Granger is playing well he is better than those 3 guys, but when he's been as bad as he has been this road trip, I don't see a reason to not try out Sual, Lando, or even Cope.
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Danny fans want to make it seem like he is having some impact on the court when honestly Danny has been giving us close to nothing offensively.
Are you saying that Granger has had NO IMPACT to the court when he's played?
Are you saying that Granger has had a very limited impact on the court when he's played?
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Not really, it took Orlando a month of poor play to lose his spot. Vogel isn't one to change the line-up very quickly, most coaches aren't. He certainly isn't going to change it just because of a few bad games.
Granger has had a big impact so far off the bench. He's the scoring element of the bench.
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The last I checked our bench scoring was up 6 ppg since Granger returned. And for those who think he looked bad for the past 2 games, yes his scoring is down but he also wasn't getting the minutes. Granger's defense has been been better then Paul's or Lance's for the past 2 games.
January has actually be PG's lowest scoring month, yet our team is scoring more. Wonder if the nearly 9ppg from Danny has anything to do with that...
To sit there and say Danny just hasn't had an impact is ridiculous. He's clearly made our bench better. And thats even with his poor shooting so far.
Why weren't we scoring 100 during PG's bad stretch? PG's string on bad games started Jan 1st, notice the Pacers didn't score 100 again until he got out of his funk versus the King. Is that a coincidence?
Danny hasn't made anything better, he even admits he has been struggling lately.
Danny Granger on Struggles Since Return: 'There's a Big Mental Road Block'
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...tal-road-blockThe left knee, the one I had problems with, it's continually getting better. But right now, there's a big mental road block, honestly, because I hadn't pushed off the thing the way I wanted to in the last year and a half. So coming back from that — even though it is stronger and it is healed — I've got to get over some mental hurdles.
And why are you posting that article? What does it have to do with anything? That Danny isn't 100%? Well yeah, we kinda knew that. But that doesn't mean he isn't helping. He's better than OJ, Rasual or Solo who were playing in his place.
Since his return, the Pacers have been doing a better job in 2nd quarters. Our bench usually plays longer in that period, so it makes a good case for Danny since he's a backup forward for the team.
Sure, he's not scoring as he used to be. But he's not attempting as much as before. And yeah, he's passing more and feeding his teammates for better scoring opportunities. So it's no surprise that his addition coincides with improved bench play.
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Also we scored 104 tonight with PG struggling and no starter scoring 20+.
This started because someone posted a stat stating that the Pacers have been scoring 100 points more often since Danny returned so the fact Danny is struggling offensively is proof Danny has nothing to do with it. It has more to do with PG playing better along with us playing weaker teams since the return of Danny.
There is a reason Danny didn't return during the LAC, SA, OKC stretch he would have been embarrassed out there, he came back when we started playing weaker teams.
that's because Danny dropped 60 points tonight..he really put the team on his back tonight
And it also makes sense to get multiple 100-point games with addition of Danny. It's just simply saying we replace 2 or 3ppg from OJ/Solo with at least 8ppg and an assist or 2 from Danny while assuming PG as the constant 20+ppg scorer that he is capable of.
It's hard to shoot yourself into game shape when you have plenty of competent help.
I see DG passing off a lot more now, and he should.
Otherwise he'd be stupidly shooting like 4 for 21!
None the less it will take him a little longer to regain his form.
Food for thought... it is harder to play more "good" teams, when we are so damned good...
No one is saying Danny is the saving grace to this team, or that this team even needed one honestly. But he has made this team better at both ends of the floor. To sit there and deny it is laughable. Our strength of schedule is what it is. And its gonna stay the same the rest of the year http://regressing.deadspin.com/heres...ule-1502304453. The East just sucks, SOS is kinda stupid this year because of it.
And Danny isn't struggling offensively, he's struggling shooting. He has been moving the ball very well on offense and has shown comfort operating from the perimeter and the post.
When someone post a stat saying...
How is that not making it seem like Danny alone made the difference?In the 25 games prior to Danny Granger coming back, the Pacers scored 100+ 4 times, 110+ 1 time, and gave up 100+ points 6 times.
In the 18 games since Granger's return the, the Pacers have scored 100+ 10 times, 110+ 4 times, and gave up 100+ points only twice.
Our bench has been significantly better since Danny returned. No one can dispute that as it is supported by every possible statistical evidence.
Why is the bench better? Because we have simply added one more offensive option. Teams still have to respect Granger's 3 point shooting. And they cannot get away by putting a small player on him either because he has exhibited the ability to punish a smaller defender in the post. He's also passing pretty well and contributing to the offensive flow. Even when his shot is off he still commands respect. Orlando and Solo didn't command respect on the offensive end.
That's why the bench has been playing better ever since Danny returned. Every player helps to make the team better.
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After England sneaked the Ashes 2-1, they have now been soundly beaten 2-0 by Pakistan. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If Warne don't get you then Shoaib Akhtar and Danish Kaneria must. I wonder what Al Qaeda will make of that.
All very catastrophic. Until you turn your mind to a real catastrophe. To put all of the above in perspective, spare a thought for cricket in Zimbabwe, a grain of sand through which to see the chaos of the world out there. A year or two ago, there was a great exodus of international cricketers from Zimbabwe, but they were mostly white guys, with only the occasional black man involved. The Mugabe regime had no problem calling them a bunch of racists and Uncle Toms.
But just over a week ago, the new Zimbabwe captain, the impeccably black Tatenda Taibu, and a thoroughly gutsy cricketer by the way, having already expressed his extreme displeasure at what was happening to Zimbabwean cricket, and having lead another huge player rebellion, by the new multi-coloured lot, remember, resigned:
"I've resigned from Zimbabwe cricket as a whole," Taibu said from Harare on Thursday.
"I've had problems with the way Zimbabwe cricket is being run for the past few years," said the 22-year-old, the youngest captain in Test cricket history when he took over in May 2004.
Maybe that was what decided that Mugabe regime that something had to be done. Basically, a couple of Mugabe-ites had been given Zimbabwe cricket to "run", i.e. ruin, loot, etc., and the Mugabe regime (i.e. Robert bloody Mugabe) decided that they had to stop, or would at any rate make good scapegoats for what even they (Mugabe) now saw as a problem. So, the Zimbabwe equivalent of the men in big raincoats went round at 4 am to arrest the two miscreants. But, they had been tipped off and had fled.
Cricket people are complaining about the uselessness of cricket's global governing body, the ICC, in this matter. But you cannot really expect the ICC to sort out Zimbabwe cricket. The problem is not cricket in Zimbabwe, the problem is Zimbabwe.
Nevertheless, cricket, by dramatising so publicly the horror story that is Zimbabwe now, may actually be contributing something:
John Stremlau, professor of international affairs at South Africa's Witwatersrand University, said the Zimbabwe Cricket meltdown could become the catalyst for a much broader internal revolt.
"Inflation is more than 400 per cent, the US dollar to the Zim [Zimbabwe dollar] is running at 1 to 100,000 [on the black market] and everything's been criminalised and linked to the survival of the Zimbabwe cabal," he said.
"The mystery is when the tipping point will come and it'd be an interesting footnote to history if it was the flap over the cricket team."
Yes it would. The sooner Mugabe is tipped, alive or dead, into the bucket of history the better, and nobody is going to be particularly choosy about what tipped him. If cricket can help to see off this monster, good for cricket.
If that happens, then maybe the apparently myopic policy of other cricketing countries just carrying on playing with whatever cricketers Zimbabwe put into the field against them will have been justified, sort of. Results are what matter when you are dealing with something like Mugabe, not your mere conscience. Had cricket quarantined itself from Zimbabwe, this latest fiasco could not have happened, because any cricket problems in Zimbabwe would (a) not have attracted nearly so much outside attention, and (b) would have been blameable by Mugabe on outside interference.
Had Taibu not had the chance to prove himself to be the formidable cricketer and personality that he is, his resignation would not have counted for much. As it is, it just might count, as Professor Stremlau says, for rather a lot.


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Workers have removed the nuclear fuel from both units at San Onofre and notified federal regulators, a step that effectively terminates Southern California Edison's license to operate the nuclear power plant, utility and federal officials said Wednesday morning.
"We will notify them that they are no longer authorized to operate the reactors," said Victor Dricks, spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal agency charged with assuring the safety of nuclear power plants.
The procedural step means that Edison or a successor would have to apply for a new license to restart San Onofre, a process that has never been tried in the U.S., Dricks said.
Opponents celebrated the milestone. "Millions of people have dodged a bullet to see this reactor finally gone," said Damon Moglen, strategic analyst at Friends of the Earth, a national environmental group that argued the plant was unsafe.
Edison shut down San Onofre's two reactors in January 2012 after radioactive steam escaped from a leak that developed in tubes inside a steam generator. On June 7, Edison CEO Ted Craver said the closure would be permanent, citing the high cost of maintaining the plant while the utility awaited permission to restart the plant's Unit 2.
When both units were operating, San Onofre produced enough power for about 1.4 million homes. The next step is to "decommission" and dismantle the plant, a process expected to take decades and cost up to $4 billion.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co, which owns 20 percent of the plant, has filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which manufactured the steam generators that exhibited premature wear. Edison has filed a claim that triggers mediation under its contract.
Both utilities have informed investors to expect losses if state regulators hold them partly responsible for San Onofre's costs. But the utilities have also asked to recover their costs from utility consumers.


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Nineteen-year-old Vesha Gilbert's toothache had become so unbearable, she ended up where no one wants to be: Sitting in a dentist's chair, cringing at the thought of having her decayed back molar pulled.
"I'm scared, but I'm glad I'm here," she said. "It feels like somebody's knocking me on the side of my mouth with a hammer, like, constantly, and it goes in and out like every five seconds." Gilbert had rushed to an urgent care clinic for relief from her throbbing mouth, but doctors there couldn't do anything, except send her to the dentist to have her tooth pulled.
Gilbert is not alone. Last year, Coloradans with dental complaints went to emergency rooms 39,000 times - even though they could have been pain-free if they had simply stayed on top of regular cleaning and maintenance, according to the Colorado Dental Association.
Making it worse, E.R. visits for dental problems cost $350 to $650, far more than a routine visit to the dentist, according to a Colorado Public News price survey. And usually, the physicians can't fix the tooth. They treat the infection and pain - and then send patients to a dentist.
Gilbert said that she, of all people, should never have ignored her teeth. She has dental insurance through her job at Wal-Mart, and her mom is a dental hygienist.
"My mom always told me, and I was like ... 'Mom, you know I'm grown, so ... I was just being careless, I guess, not brushing and flossing." Vesha says she wasn't willing to give up sweets to save her teeth. Instead, she's giving up a tooth.
Other patients who end up in the E.R. have no dental insurance and can't afford to pay a dentist out of pocket, so they ignore tooth decay until it's too late.
Numbers from the latest Colorado Health Access Survey, conducted by the Colorado Health Institute, show that 40 percent of Coloradans do not have dental insurance. The same percentage skipped going to the dentist last year.
Findings from the telephone survey of 10,352 households include:
Sixty percent of people over age 65 have no dental insurance. (Medicare doesn't cover dental care.)
More than half of the Hispanics surveyed have no dental insurance. And 55 percent of Hispanic kindergartners in the state were found to have a cavity, compared to 32 percent of white children.
For many rural Coloradans, often there is no dentist nearby.
Denver Health Medical Center's Director of Emergency Medicine Dr. Chris Colwell said toothaches have become common in his E.R.
"We, as the last resort, are seeing something pretty much every day, and almost every shift during the day," he said.
Colwell says many of the patients he sees are on the weekends, when many dental offices are closed. He cited one patient who came in on a Sunday morning with infected gums, and no cash.
"The dentist wanted money up front," Colwell said. So the man waited, and finally had to go to the E.R.
Ignoring gums and teeth can lead to much more serious problems than a mouthful of pain and plaque, said Katya Mauritson, oral health unit director for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
"Last year, in another state, a healthy 24-year-old man went to the E.R. with tooth pain and he didn't have medical or dental insurance," Mauritson said. "He wound up only being able to fill the pain pills because that's all he had money for. And then he wound up dying," as the infection progressed to a brain abscess, she said.
Because people usually can't see dental disease until it worsens, it is often called a "silent epidemic." Prevention is key, says Ken Peters, president of the Colorado Dental Association. "We can't drill our way out of this issue."
Annual visits to the dentist also may catch early signs of nutritional deficiencies and even detect the presence of some cancers, the CDA said.
Dr. Louis Sullivan, a former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is on a personal campaign to improve dental health and stop the unnecessary visits to E.R.'s, which reached 830,000 in 2009 and cost well over $100 million nationally. "We have a major problem that can be preventable. We need to turn this around."
Recently, officials have begun to act. State programs have helped get many low-income children insured.
Gov. John Hickenlooper recently called dental health one of the state's "ten winnable battles." He has proposed adding funds for coverage of some adults on Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income people.
Last year, a bill to provide dental care to pregnant women on Medicaid had bipartisan support, but died in the year-end fight in the legislature over civil unions.
With millions of taxpayer dollars covering many unneeded emergency room visits for toothaches, dental health is beginning to move off the back burner.
Vesha Gilbert says after this painful and expensive experience, she'll be regularly flossing and brushing - and listening to her mother.
"I'm glad I'm taking care of this so that I can go back to work because a toothache keeping you from working ... that's horrible," she said.
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Centre Family Dentistry
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Premier Dental Care
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Eagleridge Dental
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Kimberly Suter DDS
Sterling, $164, 970.522.2622
Keith Messersmith DDS
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Cortez Dental Associates
Cortez, $75, 970.565.4702
Neal Fenton DDS
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Sunrise Dentistry
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Alternative to ER Care:
Emergency Dental Care USA Centennial $100 to $400 303.569.8269
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Southwest Memorial Hospital
Cortez, $500, 970.564.2130
Craig Memorial Hospital
Craig, $450, 970.826.3125
Mercy Regional Med Center
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Calf numbers in 2012 were at the lowest numbers in 64 years, in part due to drought, rising feed costs and increased land values.
These issues will be addressed Sept. 12-13 at UNL's Cow-Calf Efficiency Symposium.
To honor his late wife, Caroline, who died about three years ago, Kenneth Eng has donated a total of about $2 million to three universities to fund research on how to increase cow efficiency in times of limited feed resources.
Along with UNL, the foundation has granted money to Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State University.
The 2012 calf crop was estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3 percent from 2011. This is the smallest calf crop since the 33.7 million born during 1949, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
UNL research focuses on increasing the cattle herd by expanding use of corn residues as feedstuff.
Nebraska currently uses only about 10 percent of available corn residues.
"If we could use another 10 or 15 percent, that would have a dramatic impact on the amount of cows that we could produce in Nebraska," said Larry Berger, the head of the animal science department at UNL.
Increasing the nation's herd size is not without its challenges.
"Part of the challenge is that the feed resources that have traditionally been used to support the cow industry are going more toward grain production," Berger said. "A portion of the land that was used to raise forages is being used for corn or soybean production rather than hay or forage production."
Berger said that the choice to raise grain instead of forages in an economic one, as grain prices have been high. The result is that hay and grazed forage prices have increased dramatically.
At the symposium, UNL experts will present research on the nutritional effects of feeding cattle corn residue.
"What we're trying to figure out is 'can we utilize corn residue when we would normally use hay?'" Berger said. "Can we supplement the nutrient deficiencies in corn residue?"
Pre-registration is $100 and it costs $125 at the door. Current animal science students from UNL, OSU and Texas A&M can attend the symposium for $25.
Several hotels are within walking distance of the event. To register, go to http://go.unl.edu/cowcalfsymposium.
The symposium will be at the Embassy Suites, 1040 P St., Lincoln, just a block from the UNL's City Campus.
The symposium is sponsored by the Dr. Kenneth and Caroline Eng Foundation.
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TEACHERS from schools across the town walked out yesterday as part of a national day of strike action by the National Union of Teachers.
The strike affected many secondary and primary schools, with some having to shut entirely while others were only open for certain year groups.
While some parents vented their frustration at the inconvenience caused by the action, those on strike argued it was vital for the long-term future of education.
Many Swindon strikers headed to Bristol to join thousands of other union members in a rally and march.
Among them was Tracy Mason of Crowdys Hill School, who said she was pleased with the turnout and hoped the Government heard the message.
She said: "I think it has been a good day and we got a lot of support from passers-by, with people tooting their horns. It was good to speak with other teachers and discuss the situations at other schools.
"The turnout was very good, especially as there were several other protests in the region.
"I think we did send the right message across and I hope the Government is listening. I hope we have the support of parents because it is for their children we are fighting."
Also at the rally was Ian Hamilton, a maths teacher at Isambard School, who said the strike was a battle which needed to be won. "This is not a day off. We are losing a day's pay and have come down to Bristol to make our point," he said.
"This is a fight we have to win to ensure the standards remain high for the next 20 or 30 years. We want qualified teachers coming into the profession and for that we need to ensure there are good conditions, pay and pensions.
"We are fighting on the side of parents because things cannot continue as they have been."
However, many parents were furious at the decision as for some it meant they had to miss a day of work to look after one child, despite others having to go because their school was open to certain year groups.
The day was part of an ongoing campaign which also saw strike action in Swindon take place last October. Then, the union was joined by the NASUWT, but due to talks that union pulled out of the latest action.
Swindon North MP Justin Tomlinson said: "I was very disappointed that the NUT members chose to strike, especially when the NASUWT decided not to join in because they felt the talks had been progressive.
"It has caused great inconvenience to parents and further more it denied many children a day of education. The changes are vital to ensure that the very best teachers progress up the pay scale."


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The Kansas City Royals need starting pitching, even after acquiring Ervin Santana from the Los Angeles Angels.
The Royals' rotation ranked 26th in the majors with a 5.01 ERA in 2012. And their best starter, right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, is seeking a big-time raise in free agency. Kansas City, after committing $12 million to Santana, could be hard-pressed to sign Guthrie or someone in his price range.
As a result, the Boston Herald reports, the club is listening to offers on its top position players, including first baseman Eric Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas, outfielder Alex Gordon and DH Billy Butler. The Royals even appear willing to dangle super prospect Wil Myers, who Baseball America named its minor league player of the year after he annihilated Class AA and AAA pitching in 2012.
One possible trading partner for Kansas City, the newspaper speculates, is the Tampa Bay Rays. Unlike the Royals, the Rays have a surplus of quality starters but need more offense. The team is listening of offers on James Shields and Jeremy Hellickson.
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CHICAGO — The economy, the government, food costs and sales volume are the top four challenges facing restaurant operators, according to a restaurant industry tracking survey from the National Restaurant Association.
The restaurant industry is projected to reach $660 billion in sales in 2013, moderate growth over last year and the fourth consecutive year of real sales growth, said Hudson Riehle, the association's senior vice president of the research and knowledge group. Riehle gave the "State of the Foodservice Industry" at association's Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show May 20.
He noted that the industry employs 13.1 million people among the 980,000 restaurant locations in the U.S. Some 47% share of the food dollar goes to restaurants, which keeps the industry thriving, even though consumer confidence has not been as robust as in previous years.
"The government is the biggest inhibitor of growth in consumer confidence," Riehle said.
Yet, research shows that 93% of consumers like to go out to restaurants. Hot initiatives for 2013, rated by chefs, are related to local sourcing and kid's nutrition.
Among the expo exhibits, about two dozen produce companies competed for attention to show their goods. Michael Boggiatto, president and general manager of Boggiatto Produce Inc., Salinas, Calif., said chefs are trying to differentiate themselves with produce variety, whether that be red corn, different colored beets or baby vegetables.
"A fast-food chain is really interested in our Iceberg Babies, because they see it as something different—out of the box," he said. "It's not enough to change the décor in the restaurant. Now you want to change the menu so you're not serving the same old fare all the time."
More than 62,500 people registered for the conference, according to the restaurant association. Adding a third exhibit hall brought extra floor space for the 2,100 exhibitors, nearly 40% of which were new.
"On the exhibitor side, the most substantial sign of growth was demonstrated by the opening of a third exhibit hall, North Hall, Level 1. This additional hall housed more than 400 exhibitors and was a hotbed for innovative products from up-and-coming exhibitors and well-known brands alike. With the additional third hall, exhibit space totaled more than 579,000 square feet, a 6.8 percent increase over 2012, with more than 2,100 exhibiting companies, nearly 40 percent of which were new."
Howard Schultz, chairman, president and chief executive officer for Starbucks, addressed several thousand attendees at the keynote session "Transforming Companies for the Future: Balancing Profit with a Social Conscience" on May 19. He said when he visited his first Starbucks in 1981, there were only four stores. He joined the company in 1982 as director of retail operations and marketing and gradually worked his way up. Now there are more than 19,000 locations in more than 60 countries, which are run with a social conscience — a view that led him early on to offer employee healthcare coverage and company stock options.
"Success is best when it's shared," he said.
Schultz said that with the current lack of apt leadership in Washington, it's up to the industry to take whatever responsibility it can to do the right thing for employees and communities.
After he left his CEO position in 2002, "a disease" changed the way the coffee chain was managed.
"Success was measured and rewarded the wrong way, by comp store sales," he said. "In the 2007 financial crisis, the bloom was off the rose. Our comps went negative."
He returned as CEO and immediately gathered all the managers in one location to align values and expectations.
"A brand is built by experience and the people," he said.
The experience had fallen because the coffee was widely made incorrectly. He closed all the stores for retraining.
"It was truthful. We were bad. But we would return to our heritage and exceed expectations."
He follows the path of innovation, not line extensions.
"Have curiosity. See around the corners," Schultz said. "You can't embrace the status quo as an operational procedure."
Also at the convention, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain spoke to a crowded ballroom of attendees giving his thoughts on food and chefs colored by his travel experiences.
A lineup of other celebrated chefs conducted cooking demos, including Cat Cora, the first female Iron Chef, first female inducted into the American Academy of Chefs' Culinary Hall of Fame, cookbook author and founder of Chefs for Humanity.


text: I copy pasted from AR15.com **Do NOT credit me for this, I am merely the messenger.** ETA: This originally appeared on SCOTUSBlog, author unknown. On November 20, 2007 the United States Supreme Court made a historical decision regarding Constitutional Rights. The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, being the first case successfully appealed to the Supreme Court based on the Second Amendment since the flawed and unresolved case of US v. Miller circa 1939, had the result of shocking the political landscape across the nation. In May of 2007, the DC Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that had favored the 1976 ban on handguns in the city. The city appealed to the en banc court in the hopes that they would reverse the appeals decision. This did not happen. The en banc court upheld the appeal decision based on Second Amendment grounds leaving the District of Columbia in an unenviable position. This set the stage for the resulting appeal to the United States Supreme Court. From this point on precedence was being set. The court, unable to reach a satisfactory outcome during the first discussion regarding cert, tabled the issue until a meeting could be arranged with all parties involved. This meeting took place on the morning of November 20, 2007. During this gathering, the Court clarified the question for simplification to the issue and in doing so, broadened the question setting the stage for a far reaching decision. The initial appeal from the District of Columbia was based solely on the perceived right of the city to restrict the ability of the citizens to possess handguns of any type. Along with this was the perception forwarded by the District of Columbia that the Court was overstepping the Constitutional bounds of law based on the District being a Federal property and not a state. The initial plaintiff in the case, Mr. Heller responded not with a request for denial but with a separate appeal requesting that the lower court ruling be upheld, and that the Supreme Court define both the sentence and meaning of the Second Amendment. In response to the dual appeal, the Supreme Court gathered with the parties of the case and formulated a single Constitutional question that would satisfy the underlying issue at hand. Taking three sections of law covering registration of handguns, carry of unlicensed handguns, and mandatory storage and disassembly of long guns, the Court expanded the scope of the case. This expansion has set the stage for a Constitutional ruling that will either result in the incorporation of the Second Amendment under the Fourteenth Amendment or a flurry of challenges to the validity of the remainder of the Bill of Rights. The thought behind this is based on the controversy surrounding the two stances on the Second Amendment. One being the "Collective Rights" stance put forth by various scholars and special interest groups. The theory behind this stance is that the "militia clause" dictates that the right is held by the States rather than the individual due to the perceived control of militia activity by the States. The counter argument is the "Individual Right" stance. This stance is based upon the phrase "The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." If the Court upholds the latter argument, the end result will be a dramatic change in the basis of firearms laws nationwide. It would not be unreasonable to expect all restrictions on firearms based on function, physical characteristics, place of origin, or caliber to be ruled unconstitutional. This would leave the Government severely restricted in the ability to regulate or prohibit access to almost all types of small arms and other weapons covered under the Second Amendment. Should the Court overturn the lower court ruling based upon the formulation of the question and the appeal by the District of Columbia, then the fundamental understanding of the language of the Constitution is challenged. The definition of "The People" will be changed leaving open the likely possibility that all rights enumerated in the Amendments of the Constitution being revisited in the Courts. Such a decision would affect the entire Bill of Rights and thousands of laws protecting the citizens of the United States. This is a key issue that must be addressed by the Supreme Court leaving their options very limited in scope. Given the possible crisis such a ruling would create, it would be very likely that the court will find unanimously for Heller upholding the meaning of the People in the Constitution. The phrasing of the question brought forth by the Court suggests that the status of the Second Amendment will be addressed as well. Incorporation as a civil right under the Fourteenth Amendment would resolve many post decision issues that would arise from this case. Case law dating back more than a century and a half would reinforce incorporation of the Second Amendment as the proper and correct approach. This would also rectify the unresolved issue left in US v. Miller (1939) where the decision and remanding back to the lower court for clarification has left the issue unanswered. While District of Columbia v. Heller is fundamentally a Second Amendment case, issues such as right to privacy, freedom to assemble, freedom of speech, and others are all at risk with this suit. Political ramifications aside, the security of the nation may rest on the decision the Court hands down as well due to the current threat of terrorism. On the political front, this case will also have an impact on the validity of sections of law such as the Hughes Amendment (US 18 Section 922 (o)) based on Interstate Commerce. It will also prohibit the ability of State and local governments to regulate firearms to a great degree. Documentation from the era of the founding of the United States suggests that control of arms was a critical factor in the revolution as much so as taxation without representation was. The question must be asked, as repugnant as the possibility may be, will the citizens respond with violence should the Court find in favor of the District of Columbia? While it may seem unthinkable, the possibility must be addressed due to the fervor and deep passion involved with the issue of the Second Amendment. Another reason this is important is that should violence result from a poor decision by the Court, would this leave the nation vulnerable to unforeseen adversaries? Again, as distasteful as this may be, it must be addressed by the Court. The possibility of the Court taking notice of enforcement actions by the Government is high due to questionable cases such as US v. Weaver (1992), US v. Wrenn (2005), US v. Kwan (2007), and US v. Stewart (2003) where the basis of the arrests brought forth a question of violation of constitutional rights. Other factors that must be considered are actions taken against citizens with questionable justification. An example of such a controversial instance would be the standoff between Federal Agents and David Koresh along with his followers. In US v. Kwan, question of the legitimacy of the evidence brings forth a crucial question of objectives and conduct by the Government. That the Court may allow this to weigh in on their decision may be of great concern to some parties in the United States Government but will be a landmark of the legal system to the average citizen. Given the latitude the Court has when referencing documentation and other cases, the likelihood of any of these cases or similar cases being a key component to the decision is very great. The post decision repercussions regarding this would be far reaching and paramount to the future conduct of the Government when dealing with the citizens. In conclusion, the District of Columbia v. Heller case, without the controversial aspect of the other plaintiffs who were found to be without standing in the lower court, will be one of the most important cases to ever come before the United States Supreme Court. The ramifications of the decision to be handed down sometime in the year 2008 will affect the nation in many ways that are separate from the issue of the Second Amendment. This decision may impact the international scene as well due to the world wide trade of arms and technology and the continuing efforts by international organizations to create a monopoly on force of arms. How this decision will impact the ability of the enemies of the United States to operate within its borders is unknown but history has shown time and time again that an armed populace secure in the ability to use arms in the defense of self and community have always been a detriment to crime and criminal abuse by a government. With warmest regards- The Ghost of Thomas Jefferson


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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Vikings officials and public authorities are at odds over how to squeeze a baseball field into a stadium designed primarily for football.
The Star Tribune reports the impasse threatens to delay a project already facing tight deadlines. The newspaper says it also appears to be an early test of just how accommodating the Vikings will prove to be.
The Gophers and other college and prep baseball teams hope to play early-season games in the shelter of the new stadium.
But the Vikings hope to put seats as close to the field as possible as they wedge a baseball diamond into a gridiron rectangle.
Baseball coaches say the biggest problem is the plan puts the right field foul line and power alley about 20 feet too close to home plate.
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Water slides, wave pools and towering zip lines are being proposed for Escondido's Kit Carson Park.
A veteran amusement park developer presented city officials with a plan last week to build a water and adventure park on 9 vacant acres in the northeast corner of Kit Carson Park.
City officials said the park would bring tourists to Escondido, create about 300 jobs for teens and give local children a healthy option for play and exercise.
The park, which would be called Hawaiian Falls, would feature wave pools, water slides and geysers during warm months. It would have climbing walls, rope courses and 70-foot-tall zip lines in colder months.
"This could be a home run in my mind," City Councilman John Masson said.
The developer, Harvest Family Entertainment of Texas, agreed Wednesday to revise an initial request that the city pay about $250,000 per year to subsidize the park.
Harvest chief executive David Busch said company officials would soon present a new financial proposal where the city would break even.
"It has to be a win/win," Busch told the City Council's economic development subcommittee during a one-hour presentation Wednesday.
Busch also said company officials might take over the nearby Escondido Sports Center and skatepark, which don't generate nearly enough revenue to cover the city's costs.
Mayor Sam Abed, who serves on the economic development subcommittee with Masson, said Harvest cutting the city's losses on some existing Kit Carson recreation programs would make the company's water park proposal more appealing.
He also praised the park as potentially a key amenity for Escondido.
But Abed urged Harvest officials not to return with a proposal requesting city financial subsidies. He said Escondido could donate land, but not money.
The proposal Harvest initially presented Wednesday required Escondido to pay 80 percent of the estimated $13 million cost to build the park. In return, the city would receive 5 percent of the park's estimated $5 million in annual revenue, or about $250,000.
City Manager Clay Phillips said the city has explored selling revenue bonds to raise its share of the construction costs, roughly $10 million. He said the city's annual payments would be about $500,000 on those bonds, $250,000 more than the city's projected share of revenue.
Abed said Harvest must either lower the city's initial investment or increase the city's share of revenue.
"We would be happy to break even because of the benefits to the city," Abed said. "But we need a financial model that doesn't cost the city any money."
Phillips said he was confident the city and Harvest could reach a financial pact agreeable to both sides. He said the key risk for the city was the possible failure of the park. Busch, who has built and operated 22 water parks nationwide since 1973, said the city had nothing to worry about.
"If we thought there was a chance we would fail, we wouldn't do this," he said. "We're taking a risk as well — $4 million."
Abed said he was worried Escondido's water park could face financial struggles similar to The Wave in Vista.
But Greg Yost, Harvest's director of development, said the annual losses of $500,000 to $700,000 at the Vista park were because it's too small.
The Vista park is 2.5 acres; the park proposed for Escondido would be 9 acres.
"They don't have room for enough guests to cover their debt service," Yost said. "You need a minimum of 8 acres."
The county's other water slide park, Aquatica San Diego, covers 33 acres in Chula Vista. It was previously known as Knott's Soak City.
Yost and Busch said Escondido officials should also consider significant boosts in hotel tax and sales tax revenues that the park could bring to the city. Harvest estimates it would sell more than $1 million per year in concessions.
Harvest officials said they also plan to take over the Kit Carson amphitheater, just south of where the water park is proposed. They said the amphitheater would have live entertainment seven days a week if the water park gets built.
Company officials said the park could open about nine months after a deal is reached with the city, possibly as soon as spring 2014.
Barbara Redlitz, the city's planning chief, said the park could face some environmental hurdles because the site includes some habitat areas that have been designated as open space.
In addition, the site could face other problems because it's near three schools, including San Pasqual High, and residences.


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Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato Appetizers
Our monthly cooking club met to honor the Oscars. We decided that everyone should bring an "Award winning" recipe. I happen to enjoy watching the competitive cooking/baking shows on TV and immediately thought of the Pillsbury BakeOff. I went to the website to find a recipe. I decided on this appetizer because I love goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes. This recipe won the BakeOff appetizers division in 2004 and is delicious. Everyone really enjoyed it.
I did use the new Pillsbury Recipe Creations instead of biscuits. I also didn't read the directions properly and used a regular sized muffin pan instead of a mini muffin pan. So I just doubled the amount of filling it calls for.
Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato Appetizers – from Pillsbury
1 (12-oz.) can Pillsbury® Golden Layers® Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits – I used the new Crescent recipe creations
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 oz. (1/2 cup) crumbled goat cheese
1/4 cup chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried onion flakes – I used onion powder
1 teaspoon dried pesto seasoning – I used fresh parsley
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 375°F. Separate dough into 10 biscuits (I cut the dough into 12 pieces); separate each evenly into 2 layers, making 20 dough rounds. Press each in ungreased miniature muffin cup.
In small bowl, mix mayonnaise, goat cheese, tomatoes, onion flakes and pesto seasoning. Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons mayonnaise mixture into each dough-lined cup. Sprinkle each with Parmesan cheese.
Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 16 minutes or until golden brown (Mine baked for exactly 10 minutes). Remove from muffin cups. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
I'm entering this in Joelen's Tasty Tools event for April. She's featuring muffin pans this month!
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These look amazing and what a great entry to this month's Tasty Tools! Thanks for your submission! 🙂
Ooohhh….I love sun dried tomatoes & goat cheese, I'll have to try these.
Wow! Delicious!!!! I'm totally gonna have to make these!
I am a sucker for sundried tomatoes and basil. And I host a lot and this looks like a great app to have. Thanks,
These look cute and delish! You've turned me into a big fan of goat cheese. So mild and tasty!
So glad you're starting to like goat cheese Steph – I live on it since it's easier for me to digest than cow's milk cheese.
love this! i am a vegetarian and i married a carnivore (www.cooking4carnivores.com) and i am always looking for ways to sneak him vegetables. i think a little spinach in these would do the trick. thanks for the idea!
These look wonderful! I love goat cheese…yum!
This looks great – I love all the ingredients!


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Muskingum University students were also in attendance.
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The Giants have signed quarterback Curtis Painter, one of 13 players inked to reserve/future contracts.
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Rochester Americans General Manager Jody Gage announced today that the team has released eight players from their 2004 training camp roster. The players are goalie Greg Hewitt, forwards Nathan Gilles, Mark Langdon, Nathan Martz and Craig Soke, and defensemen Mike Jarmuth, J.P. Morin and Jeff State.
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AUSTIN — Already off to its worst conference start in 37 years, Texas now will have to try stopping its slide without its leading rebounder.
Jonathan Holmes broke his right hand while chasing after a loose ball during the first half of the Longhorns' 73-67 loss at Oklahoma on Monday night. The defeat dropped UT's Big 12 record to 0-5, marking the first time it has lost its first five league games since 1976.
The Longhorns (8-10 overall) announced there is no timetable for Holmes' return, but that he hasn't been ruled out for the entire season. After Monday's game, Holmes told the Austin American-Statesman he expects to be sidelined for three to six weeks.
Holmes, a sophomore from Antonian, is averaging 7.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game this season, and has started all 18 of UT's games. With him out of the lineup, the Longhorns could turn to fellow sophomore forward Jaylen Bond, who is returning to full-speed after battling a foot problem for much of the past three months.
The Longhorns host Texas Tech on Saturday at the Erwin Center.
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First-year coach Karen Aston's team is 7-10 overall and 0-6 in the Big 12, and its eight-game losing streak is the longest in program history.
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When I took my first economics class in college, I was disappointed.
Instead getting to talk about interesting things, like why some people have a knack for making money and others have a knack for losing it, I was confronted with an endless array of theories and graphs.
One of the things I did take from the class was the concept of supply and demand — basically, the idea that prices will rise when supplies are limited.
However, that concept seems to be lost on many of the people I deal with.
Here in mid-August, Class III milk futures prices are skyrocketing due to the prospect of tightened supplies due to the drought — a classic case of supply and demand at work.
In the Aug. 14 edition of our daily newsletter, Dairy Herd Network, we ran an article on how Canadian consumers are flocking to the United States to buy milk because milk is cheaper here. Some of our readers — in the reader comment section — wondered aloud if this means U.S. milk is under-priced. A Canadian by the name of "Conlee" chimed in, "If the American dairymen want to get paid more for their milk, then they just need to cut production down. The market is flooded with milk and so it's no wonder it's worthless and so volatile. That's why in Canada we have a supply management system. If you restrict the amount of milk being produced, then you guarantee a higher milk price. It's simply supply and demand."
For months, I have been an advocate of the legislation now in Congress (which has been approved by the U.S. Senate and the House Agriculture Committee) that would provide insurance to dairy producers to protect the margin between milk price and feed cost. Most everyone can agree with that. Yet, the legislation has become somewhat controversial because it contains an element of supply management. The supply management aspect would only kick in during tough economic times when the margin between milk price and feed cost is really tight. There is continuing dissent in the industry over this feature.
Despite the fact the U.S. Senate and House Ag Committee have given approval to the margin insurance concept — yes, with an element of supply management thrown in — I still hear from people who haven't given up on alternative proposals.
I just don't understand it. Supply management in the tempered form now before Congress would help support dairy prices when it's needed the most — when margins are tight.
Let's stick with the time-honored concepts that have served businesses for years, including supply and demand.


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Rapper DMX has been arrested after he was caught driving without a licence in South Carolina.
The hip-hop star, real name Earl Simmons, was booked for the traffic offence at the Spartanburg County jail in the early hours of Wednesday.
He went before a judge at 6am local time and was released shortly after paying a fine, reports FOX Carolina.
DMX tells the station, "I could have just paid the money right there on the spot. Basically it was just five hours wasted for nothing. I don't have a court date or a court appearance."
The Party Up (Up in Here) hitmaker has been in and out of jail in recent years, but announced last year he had devoted his life to God and become a church deacon.
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SOME OF THE first Dungeness crabs of the season arrived in Marin Thursday afternoon at the Loch Lomond Marina dock in San Rafael as the commercial crabbing season started along the central California Coast.
"The crab we have look really good, but there might not be a lot of them this season," said crabber Nick Krieger of Bolinas whose "Sarah M." delivered a payload of the crustaceans to Loch Lomond. "It is all cyclical. We had some smalls ones we have had to throw back too. But we should have enough through the holidays."
A price for crab has yet to be set, said Keith Fraser of Loch Lomond. "We have to count all the crab first and get the price," he said. "But we will have them."
Dungeness crabs generally prefer cooler northern and central California waters and are uncommon south of Point Conception near Santa Barbara. They are usually found on sandy or sand-mud bottoms at depths of less than 300 feet.


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