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Martin St. Louis called it "a crime."
Tim Taylor said the NHL messed up by not scheduling a rematch much sooner.
Dan Boyle figured tonight's game was too long in coming.
Tonight at the Saddledome, some 33 months since the 2004 Stanley Cup final series, the Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning will meet again.
It's a travesty, caused by the NHL's ridiculously unbalanced schedule, which the Lightning players had no problem calling a big disservice to fans.
"We should have played against them the following year," said Boyle, the Tampa defenceman, after yesterday's practice at the 'Dome.
"The teams that play each other in the finals should play the first night, I think, like the NFL does. It's too bad to wait three years to see a certain team."
The clash won't change the fact Tampa Bay ended up victorious in the thrilling seven-game series, nor erase the disappointment from the Calgary side, but even the Lightning players believe the night will have a little extra oomph.
"We've marked this game on our calendar for quite a while," Taylor said. "It's gonna be an exciting game for the fans to see these two games on the ice again.
"It's been so long but it's a big game. Both teams are trying to find their way before the playoffs start and get some momentum."
If they needed any reminders Flames fans haven't forgotten, Boyle pointed out he and his mates received plenty over the past couple of days.
"We're meeting people in the streets and they're talking about the Cup year," said Boyle, whose squad arrived Thursday. "I'm sure the fans will be excited."
While Calgary's team has had a major overhaul, the Lightning have had plenty of changes, too.
The Flames have only eight players from that squad, one of whom, Matthew Lombardi, who didn't play in the final due to injury, and have morphed into a more offensively gifted squad.
Tampa continues to boast 10 players from its run, including the big trio of forwards, Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards and St. Louis.
Still, the Lightning did say farewell to No. 1 goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, defencemen Pavel Kubina, Jassen Cullimore, Darryl Sydor and Brad Lukowich and forward Cory Stillman.
Time and the salary cap prevented the champions from icing a team that could have been a contender for a few seasons.
"Yeah, with the lockout year, we lost a few guys under contract for that year," Boyle said. "A guy like Lukowich was my defence partner. It sucked.
"I guess the core of our team is still here but our third and fourth lines and our goaltenders are different, so (tonight's game) is gonna be a bit of a different feel for them."
As much as the return engagement could be billed as Game 8 for the 2004 final, it's really just an inter-conference clash in March.
More importantly, for both teams, is the points on the line.
Calgary is in a tough battle with Vancouver and Minnesota for first place in the Northwest Division, and looking to hold off the hard-charging Colorado Avalanche.
The Lightning sit a couple of points back of the Atlanta Thrashers in the Southeast Division, holding down sixth spot in the East.


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Spray Foam Insulation is Bad
Bad is maybe a loaded word. But don't use TigerFoam, HandiFoam, and
all other 2-part builder-applied foams. Also, don't use contractors who
use Dow FrothPak, which is the same type of foam but in addition to
small builder packages is sometimes blown from trucks in large volumes.
All these use refrigerants as blowing agents. They release 7-15 lbs of
refrigerants (typically HFC's) for each 600 sf (board foot) package.
The Global Warming Potential (CO2 equivalency) of these refrigerants is
around 1500-2000, which means that those (nominal) 10 lbs are equivalent
to about 7-10 TONS of CO2 release. That will counteract at least the
majority of your CO2 reductions resulting from better insulating.
This is a scandal that needs to be exposed. Until/unless we regulate
carbon emissions, there are no regulatory tools to apply (the
manufacturers changed from CFC's and HCFC's as blowing agents to avoid
Ozone/Montreal Protocol problems).
As green contractors in Brooklyn we regularly research the green building
claims of companies that supply us with green building products. We find that
a lot of our time is used in researching insulation since it is key to any good green
brownstone renovation.
So what foams should you use?
"Good" PU foams are blown using a proportioner with heated hoses in a
truck, and water is the blowing agent. Even the little one-part PU foam
cans from Home Depot, etc, are powered by isobutane or other simple
hydrocarbons with relatively low GWP.
There are some substantial differences between the various SFP products.
Particularly, and never acknowledged by these companies, the consumer
2-part kits have horrendous greenhouse-gas-equivalent implications.
Specifically, these kits are "blown" with refrigerants that are mixed
into each of the 2 parts, typically R-134.
Compared to most uses of refrigerants (air conditioners, refrigerators,
heat pumps), this is a VERY DIFFERENT kind of use. Never mind the
occasional leak in an AC system, these refrigerants are expected to be
expelled into the atmosphere 100% during the normal use of the product.
An average size "builder's kit" of 2-part foam might provide 600 board
feet. This requires about 5 gallons each of parts A and B. Due to the
trade secrecy firms invoke to avoid stating problematic ingredients, it
is difficult to determine how much R134a is in that 10 gallons, but it
would appear to be between about 7 and 20 lbs.
The Global Warming Potential of R-134a is 1300, so that 7 lbs is equivalent to
approximately 9000 lbs of CO2 emissions. Which is nearly half of the
per-capita total CO2 emissions for an American citizen. And to be
clear: 600 bf doesn't nearly insulate a house, though in general people
do not use these kits to do an entire house, just spot sealing.
The exception to this last point is the Dow Froth Pak, which is available
up to 300 gallon tanks, enabling people to get into the spray polyurethane
foam business without plunking down $20k+ on a proportioner.
Hopefully if you've followed this far, you can see where this is going.
As a side note, the small cans in Home Depot are very different: they
are single-part, and blown by propane or isobutane (GWP = 1), so their
global warming contribution is negligible.
Estimates of R-134a were culled from Material Safety Data Sheets, with
some interpolation and extrapolation necessary. Text by Keith Winston.

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Experts plumb cap-and-trade bill in search of bottom line
Looking for a price tag on the massive House climate and energy bill? Good luck.
Conflicting financial analyses abound. Some predict the measure will bring financial ruin, others say it will actually save money for most Americans.
Economists estimate costs using mathematical models. But in trying to predict the future, they struggle to account for variables -- such as how rapidly technology advances, how fast the economy grows, or how quickly consumers install more efficient water heaters and compact fluorescent light bulbs.
"This is not physics, you cannot prove it," said Frank Ackerman, senior economist with the Stockholm Environment Institute at Tufts University. "It's a matter of arguing about what do we think are reasonable assumptions about the future."
So with the sweeping legislation moving toward to a floor vote, it is unlikely that anyone will know the real bottom line. And lawmakers ultimately will vote on some combination of constituents' wishes, ideology and experts' educated guesses.
Legislation from Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) numbers almost 1,000 pages, containing scores of new policies and programs that require government or businesses to spend money. Some of those costs will be passed on to consumers.
Drawing the most attention is the bill's plan to cap carbon emissions and create a marketplace where businesses buy and sell permits for emissions of greenhouse gases. Those who oppose that cap-and-trade system claim it will lead to higher costs for consumers and businesses. Those who want action on climate change tout studies predicting smaller costs.
Even the most credible cost estimates potentially have weaknesses, economists said, because they try to answer complex economic questions. The Congressional Budget Office, as it works on determining the cost of the bill, needs to project how often businesses might act in the early years of the plan to avoid paying penalties later. And in crunching numbers on potential cost savings, CBO must estimate how consumers might respond to efficiency incentives they have not been offered before.
Predicting costs in the later years of the plan is even tougher, requiring projections of savings using technologies that don't yet exist. The legislation stays in effect through 2050 unless a subsequent Congress changes it.
"The further out in the future a number is, the less confidence there will be in it," said Robert Stavins, director of Harvard University's environmental economics program. "We have to price it out to 2050. It's sensible to estimate the costs. But some of the numbers that are less far out in the future are going to be more reliable."
Stavins added, "It's sort of like the weather. One hour out, [forecasts] are very reliable. The further out you go, the less reliable they are."
For government watchdogs, the inability to determine costs is troubling.
"Unfortunately, Congress has a bad track record of underestimating the cost of new policy proposals," said Steve Ellis, vice president at Taxpayers for Common Sense. "When you look at the budget deficit, it is particularly important that we don't lowball the cost."
A credible price tag is crucial so that people can "say it's either worth it or it's not worth it," said Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan group.
"People are tying to figure out how long will it take, how much will it cost and how much difference will it make," Schatz said.
Democrats and Republicans have accused each other of skewing estimates on the bill for political purposes.
Republicans cite a 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology study that examined a cap-and-trade bill from then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and estimated that permits sold through it would generate $366 billion in 2015. Republicans divided that total by American households and produced an average cost per household of $3,128 per year. Just Tuesday, former senator and Virginia Gov. George Allen announced his plan to lead a citizen effort against cap and trade and cited a monthly consumer cost drawn from that MIT study.
Democrats and economists say Republicans are using the MIT numbers irresponsibly because they fail to consider the benefit of rebates that Americans could receive from carbon-emissions permits that the government would sell at auction. Republicans counter that there is no guarantee that auction money would go back to Americans.
Democrats and environmental groups cite other studies, including a recent Union of Concerned Scientists report that looks at the effect of action on climate change. That study, however, does not specifically analyze the Waxman-Markey bill.
The research from the Union of Concerned Scientists examines the effect of changes that are significantly more aggressive than what ended up in the Waxman-Markey bill that passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Union of Concerned Scientists projected that energy efficiencies created as part of tough policies by 2030 would save households an average of $900 a year and businesses a combined $130 billion annually.
The cost of cap and trade should not be looked at in isolation, argued Eben Burnham-Snyder, a spokesman for Markey, who is chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
"It's a carbon cap that is combined with a whole bunch of other cost-containing, technology-promoting, consumer-protecting, job-creating policies," Burnham-Snyder said. A requirement that utilities generate a portion of their electricity from renewable energy, he said, will drive innovation and cut the cost of the program overall.
And energy efficiency requirements and standards for buildings and appliances will lead to more conservation, he said.
In terms of the carbon cap, Burnham-Snyder said, there are protections built in to contain costs for consumers. Backers of the bill also are pushing the idea that the costs of inaction are too high because carbon is warming the planet.
Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee disagree.
"Democrats don't say how much Waxman-Markey's cap-and-trade plan costs, but they do say with great conviction that it costs less when you deduct other things in the bill that they can't say the cost of, either," said Lisa Miller, spokeswoman for committee Republicans. "The last guy who told me that one wore plaid pants and worked on a used car lot."
"In fact, we think their costs add up to at least $128 billion over 10 years," Miller added, "not including the 13 instances of authorizations for 'such sums as may be necessary,' which amount to 13 blank checks. And if the cost of inaction is so tragically enormous, why are 85 percent of CO2 emitters getting a free ride on the status quo bus?" (In the early years of the cap-and-trade program, 85 percent of the carbon allowances would be given free to industry.)
Economic studies likely will play little role in how lawmakers vote, said Jerry Taylor, senior fellow and energy analyst with the libertarian Cato Institute. Lawmakers, he said, are probably more interested in polls showing voter support or opposition to climate change policies.
"You can explain basically everything a politician does on an attempt to maximize voter support in the next election. Period," Taylor said. "The numbers that are being offered and the studies that are being thrown around, that's ammo, these are talking points. These are good rationale used by the politician to do what he wants to do anyway."
Getting it wrong
Projections for other sweeping policy changes have missed the mark.
In 2003, when Congress narrowly approved a prescription drug benefit for Medicare, costs were estimated at $633.5 billion for 2004 through 2013. Two years later, the Bush administration dramatically increased estimates, projecting costs of $1.2 trillion for 2006 through 2015. The administration also said cost savings could shrink the net price to $720 billion.
All those numbers were wrong.
The latest estimate from the 2009 Medicare Trustees Report puts the cost for the 2004-2013 time frame at $377.7 billion, about 40 percent lower than even the early estimates.
When Congress debated what became the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, both industry and the government overestimated the cost, said David Hawkins, director of National Resources Defense Council's climate programs. He worked as assistant administrator for air, noise, and radiation at U.S. EPA from 1977 to 1981, during the Carter administration.
"The industry estimates were the highest," Hawkins said. "The EPA estimates were lower, but still higher than it turned out in reality."
Early estimates showed that cutting sulfur dioxide emissions to comply with the Clean Air Act would cost utilities $4 billion to $5 billion annually, according to a 1997 Economic Policy Institute briefing paper. But costs shrank due to technological advancements and a switch to lower-sulfur fuel. Utilities actually saved at least $150 million in 1994 through steps taken to comply with the new law, EPI said, citing other research.
When estimating the cost of new policy, Hawkins said, industry and government often underestimate how quickly technology will catch up. And experts are crunching numbers for policies that do not exist.
"The analysts look at what's on the shelf," Hawkins said. "Almost by definition, when you have a major new policy that's being proposed, what's on the shelf is not what's actually going to be used in the real world."
And, he said, analysts have an incentive to overestimate.
"The analysts fear criticism for underestimating the cost," Hawkins said. "It's much less risky to overestimate. If you're wrong, you have good news to deliver."
What is more useful than trying to find the cost of a policy is comparing one proposed policy to another, Stavins of Harvard said. Disparate groups are likely to come up with similar answers, he said, when asked to determine the cost of reducing carbon emissions 17 percent by 2020 versus 20 percent in the same time period.
Pricing permits
All estimates make assumptions, economists said, and groups with a bias often pick the assumptions that best suit the outcome they want.
Studies that want to show enormous costs, for example, might assume little growth in technology 40 years out, said Ackerman with Tufts. Studies that want to show a lower cost for the program might assume fast adoption of low- and no-cost solutions. There are credible ways, he said, to predict how technologies will improve over time, such as looking at the rate at which prices for wind and solar power have dropped.
Credible studies need to look at both the potential costs to consumers in the form of higher prices and also the revenue from the cap-and-trade program, said Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on government programs affecting low-income households.
The Waxman-Markey bill progressively tightens the cap on carbon. As that happens, the cost of buying permits to emit carbon will increase, Stone said. That means more revenue will be generated, he said, that government can rebate or spend to help taxpayers.
"The real impact on consumers is what's the difference between what comes out of their pockets" in the form of higher energy costs "and what do they get back" from rebates or government programs, Stone said.
"Yes, these policies will raise the price of using dirty energy," Stone said. "But they will also have a number of mechanisms that will return money to consumers."
But consumers also pay as taxpayers. And the Congressional Budget Office, in a letter to the Energy and Commerce Committee's ranking Republican, Joe Barton of Texas, noted that carbon permits would be both a benefit and a cost to the government.
While the permits would generate money, businesses that would have to buy the permits would have less taxable revenue, CBO wrote. If some of those permits are given for free -- as is proposed in the early years of the legislation -- that would offset the tax loss, CBO said.
In the case of a cap-and-trade plan, one of the most important numbers to determine is the cost of allowances for emitting carbon. Disparate groups have priced those permits at numbers as low as $12 per ton of carbon emitted, up to a $30 to $35 per ton range. Pricing those allowances is difficult, Stone said, until the policies become law.
"The allowance value will be what it is," Stone said.
Waiting for CBO
Lawmakers are looking to CBO's cost estimate for the Waxman-Markey bill. The estimate will need to put a price on those carbon-emission permits.
CBO in an April report said to price the cost of climate policies, it will look at estimates for greenhouse gas emissions in the absence of new policies, and at the likely price of fossil fuel energy sources. It would then look at how quickly households and businesses would respond to rising electricity prices. That would include the development of energy efficiency measures.
And, CBO said, it would examine market forces that would affect the price of the emissions allowances, including any subsidies firms would get for reducing emissions, the ability to earn an allowance in one year and use it in another, and the extent to which they can purchase credits for emissions reduction projects such as tree plantings.
In analyzing the cost of the Waxman-Markey bill, CBO will synthesize several other economic models, including those used by EPA, the Energy Information Administration and the Joint Global Change Research Institute; one created by Stanford University and EPRI (formerly called the Electric Power Research Institute); and MIT's emissions prediction and policy analysis (EPPA) model.
CBO's estimate will then factor in specifics of the Waxman-Markey bill, such as the ability to bank allowances. The bill allows companies to take steps to reduce emissions in any year, and then bank that and use it in any other year of the program. That means CBO will have to estimate the rate at which companies will act early on to prevent future costs.
Climate policies now under consideration likely would push up electricity and fuel prices, Ackerman with Tufts said. The question that is difficult to answer in advance, Ackerman said, is how flexible the economy will be in adapting to changes in energy prices. But there is 40 years of history, he said, to look at for guidance. Even when energy prices have surged, he said, the economy mostly adapted.
"It's not possible to exactly know what the costs are, but you can look at some of these studies and know what the costs aren't," Tufts' Ackerman said. "We know that the projections of enormous [economic] losses from relatively small cost changes must be wrong."
In the 1980s, energy prices did affect the economy, Ackerman said, but there were other contributors to the recession during that period. But in the earlier part of this decade, he said, the economy grew steadily even as energy prices rose.
Some of that growth was unsustained, built on the housing bubble, he conceded. But, Ackerman said, "if higher energy prices were an immediate deal breaker, then you couldn't have had any economic growth at a time of higher energy prices."
A goal of climate policy, Ackerman said, is to make it expensive to use fuel that emits greenhouse gases in order "to encourage people to make substitutions." The choices industries, individuals and the government make after that, he said, will help determine the cost of the policies.
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==Discussion of Generation IV==
The Physical-Special split introduced in Generation IV as well as the introduction of powerful items such as the [[In-battle effect item#Choice Scarf|Choice Scarf]], [[In-battle effect item#Choice Specs|Choice Specs]], and [[In-battle effect item#Life Orb|Life Orb]] made competitive battling far more advanced and popular. This was also increased due to the [[GTS]] increasing the chance of finding a Pokémon with [[Pokérus]] and EV enhancing items for a specific stat being introduced also made it far easier to EV train a Pokémon, which added another dimension to competitive battling as EV training is no longer as painstaking as it was before. Due to these additions this generation is widely praised by competitive battlers. The GTS also paved the way for the [[Masuda method]] through the transaction of foreign Pokémon, and this in addition to the [[Poké Radar]] made it far easier to acquire [[Shiny Pokémon]].
After Diamond and Pearl, Platinum continued improving the series, adding a new {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|IV}}, as well as introducing many new additions to the games (such as VS sprites and animated battle sprites for certain important NPCs, such as [[Gym Leader]]s and [[Rival]]). Platinum is also an important part of the series' continuity, as the storyline of the game is referenced in {{game|Black and White|s}}, showing where [[Generation V]] is placed on the timeline. The overall generation introduced many characters, some of whom play notable roles during the following generation. HeartGold and SoulSilver brought older and newer players back to the Johto region with improved graphics and sound and other additions to the storyline and characters.
===Sinnoh thematic motif===
The theme of this generation is history of the universe, and myths and legends. The three starters' evolutions have references to myths and legends in themselves-- for example, Torterra is based on the legend of {{wp|world turtle}}, Empoleon has references to the god {{wp|Poseidon}}, and Infernape is based on {{wp|Sun Wukong}}. This also reflects on its legendary Pokémon, as Arceus is the literal creator of the universe and created the rulers of time, space and anti-matter, who are Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, respectively. All three of them are involved in Sinnoh myths, as are Uxie, Azelf and Mesprit: the embodiments of knowledge, willpower and emotions.
Some standard Pokémon are also connected to myths and legends, such as Drifloon and Drifblim that in folklore are said to take children and people to the Underworld and Spiritomb who is said to be made up of 108 spirits.
Some towns still preserve their history and myths. Celestic Town is said to be present since the beginning of Sinnoh, and has a shrine that dates back to ancient times, as well as a cave painting. Some other examples are the Solaceon Ruins, which contain Unown and is said to be as old as the ruins of Johto; the Snowpoint Temple, which was created long ago to contain Regigigas; Eterna City, which contains a statue of Dialga/Palkia; Floaroma Town, which was said to be a wasteland long ago, but then was transformed into a beautiful landscape by Shaymin; Mt. Coronet; and the Spear Pillar. Canalave City houses the first Pokémon library, which transcribes many of the legends of the region. Sinnoh was meant to establish the origin of the Pokémon universe and be more mysterious and historic than other generations.
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The fourth generation of Pokémon games, sometimes called the 3D generation by fans due to the fact that it contains the first main series (i.e. non-spinoff) games to use 3D graphics, is the fourth set of Pokémon games released.
Like Generation II followed from Generation I, Generation IV follows from Generation III, although it is unlike Generation II in that it is not a direct sequel (Hoenn is inaccessible in all Generation IV games). Like previous generations, Generation IV focuses on one main region across three games, the Sinnoh region featured in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum on the Nintendo DS, released in 2006 and 2008 (and 2007 and 2009 outside Japan). Also like Generation II, the Generation IV games retain much compatibility with their Generation III counterparts, though in a different manner, and introduce many new Pokémon which are related to those of the previous three generations.
Much like Generation III remade the Generation I games, the Generation II games also received much anticipated remakes in the form of HeartGold and SoulSilver, and through details revealed in the five main games, Generation IV is thus known to be contemporaneous with Generation II, occurring three years after Generation I and Generation III. Like all generations, the handheld games are joined by several games on the Wii, specifically, Pokémon Battle Revolution and My Pokémon Ranch.
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- Every player character in all Generation IV games has a Wii in his/her room, referencing its status as the current Nintendo console during the generation. Previously, in Generation III, Brendan and May had Nintendo GameCubes in their rooms, Red and Leaf had an NES, and Red in Generation I had a Super Nintendo.
- Generation IV is the only generation that is compatible with the generations before and after it, as it can connect to Generation III games through Pal Park and Generation V games with the Poké Transfer.
- Generation IV is the first generation where level 1 Pokémon are legally obtainable, outside of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.
- Generation IV is, so far, the only generation to have all its games released in the spring in North America and in the fall in Japan.
- Generation IV is the longest Pokémon generation in Japan, falling only 10 days short of being four years long.
- Generation IV introduced the largest number of evolutions for Pokémon of previous generations.
- Generation IV introduced the least amount of Pokémon that are unable to evolve, with a total of 5.
- Generation IV introduced the largest number of legendary Pokémon, with 13*. Prior to the introduction of new forms for legendary Pokémon in Black 2 and White 2, Generation IV introduced the most form-changing legendary Pokémon, with 3.
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Felix Salmon of Reuters and Catherine Rampell from the New York Times discuss the big topic of the day -- the fiscal cliff. Hard to avoid. Rampell says "it's a mess, whatever it is...we just want it to pass." But both Rampell and Salmon aren't panicking about the prospect of toppling over the so-called fiscal cliff come January.
"If they manage to fix it at any point over the year, I think we'll be okay. There's nothing taxmagaddenish" says Salmon. Rampell points out the payroll tax cut could be something Americans see hit their wallets pretty quickly.
When it comes to how the fiscal cliff could affect Wall Street, Rampell says "the markets are just going to react to politicans." And about those politicians? Salmon wonders if the politicans will learn to "grow up now" after Tuesday's election results.


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ATLANTA - It has been more than three months since Hank Aaron announced his intention to take on a greater role with the Braves and with Major League Baseball. And in that time, the former slugger has not made any public appearances on behalf of the team or the league.
But behind the scenes, Braves president Terry McGuirk said Aaron is gradually taking a more active role within the organization. McGuirk said earlier this week that Aaron, who retains the title of senior vice president, started attending senior-level management meetings in August.
"He wasn't regularly coming to those, but he is now," McGuirk said. "I think that was the first step, getting involved in those meetings."
Top team officials - including McGuirk, general manager John Schuerholz, assistant general manager Frank Wren and members of the team's business, marketing and legal staff - meet about once a month. Last month, McGuirk said Aaron was involved in discussions on topics ranging from stadium entertainment to player personnel.
"I asked Hank beforehand if that's the level he would like to participate on, and he said yes," McGuirk said. "I don't know that I can call on him full-time, but we can call on him most of the time."
Aaron has held the senior vice president title since 1989, but has not been involved in the day-to-day operations of the team. When Liberty Media officially became the new owner of the Braves on May 16, the team held a press conference in part so Aaron could discuss his new role.
Aaron said his primary focus would be working with MLB to increase the number of blacks in baseball by promoting the sport to children. But those efforts appear to have been slower to develop.
Aaron could not be reached for comment Tuesday. But MLB has not announced the creation of any diversity programs tied to the Atlanta legend, and a league spokesperson could not offer any specifics.
"Hank will be working with Major League Baseball on something," the spokesperson, Silvia Alvarez, said. "But we're not ready to talk about details."
Since the initial press conference in May, Aaron has mostly stayed out of public view. McGuirk said Aaron was uncomfortable with the constant questions about Barry Bonds breaking his all-time home run record. And it showed.
Aaron mostly declined to speak about Bonds, used a taped video message to congratulate the San Francisco slugger on breaking his record and was not at Turner Field when the Giants played the Braves in mid-August. Aaron also was not present at the Braves' Hall of Fame luncheon the day after the Giants left town, instead using a video message to congratulate 2007 inductee David Justice.
Could we see more of Aaron now that the fervor over Bonds has passed?
McGuirk said the two have talked over lunch about his ongoing involvement with the team. But McGuirk and MLB commissioner Bud Selig are only offering their ideas. The rest is up to Aaron.
"Let's put it this way," McGuirk said. "If Hank chose in the next year to hold himself out for more public appearances and more public responsibility, he would get it in a second. It's just a matter of Hank holding his hand up and saying, 'I now have the time to do that, and I'm willing to do that.'"
Renteria working toward return
Edgar Renteria took outdoor batting practice Tuesday for the first time since going back on the disabled list. And the shortstop was optimistic about returning this weekend.
Renteria, who has been sidelined by a right ankle sprain, will be eligible to return on Friday against Washington. Manager Bobby Cox said Renteria has been running well, but was reluctant to set a date for his return.
"I don't know about Friday," Cox said. "That might be early."
The Braves want to be cautious with Renteria after he re-aggravated the injury during his first at-bat after coming off the D.L. on Aug. 22, which forced him to go back on the D.L. But Renteria seems ready to come back whenever the team gives him the OK.
"I feel much better now because I've had more time," he said. "We'll see what happens."
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What does Inhibition mean?
Definitions for Inhibitionˌɪn ɪˈbɪʃ ən, ˌɪn hɪ-
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Inhibition.
Princeton's WordNet
inhibition, suppression(noun)
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
the quality of being inhibited
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
"the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance(noun)
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
(Chem., Biochem.) The reduction in rate or stopping of a chemical or biochemical reaction, due to interaction with a chemical agent.
Origin: [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
the act of inhibiting.
a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.
Webster Dictionary
the act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo
a stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc
a writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal
Origin: [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Inhibition in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Inhibition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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Design Week Portland starts today, and Made & State is teaming up with seven local designers and shopkeepers to create a celebration of American interior design at the The Janey apartments. Kicking off with a launch party on Wednesday, Oct. 9. they will be transforming the building's patio, along with three units into environments that reflect each firm's aesthetic. Then on Saturday, Portlandia stylist Amanda Needham will be curating a fashion trunk-show set in the Domestic apartments featuring all American-made brands. AND on Sunday there will be a pop-up shop stocked with the housewares featured in the showcase. Participating brands include Beam & Anchor, Bright Designlab, Fieldwork Design, Fig Studio, Jennifer Fowler Interiors and JHL Design. Get full event details here.
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. spoken Disapproval ;1n Petro
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'Understanding With-Anies
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. 'Other Circles Put Little Hope In
, Breach . In Neaotiations and
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LONDON, January" iAo
r ciatcd PrcM)f ' Recognition
..to the Lcnine government in Rus
.' sia ty Great Britain and the other
'.'Western nations.may .be tior .
'sult of the most recent de iop
imriitM in the Ruso-German peace
; negotiations is the assertion pub
; :Hshe4 by the! Daily Chronicle thu
rrnbrning. ' It apparently puts full
i' 'Jait'h 'in the disappointment and
' Resentment reported to have been
i 'generally manifested uv Petro-
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.A statement of the policy of the
Entente of an extremely demo
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to - Petr'ograd,. the ' Chronicle
points . ou tVr v(vA I
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and may jrecetve the recognitioi
y that has previously; been vainly
. v'.iougiiL Ambassador Buchannan
,!s now homeward bound and will
perhaps be replaced by some.dip
lomat who will be found more in
sympathy.' and to better under-,
stand the Russian revolutionary
' ideasj .
;vj'.. .-V, ""OTHERS DOUBT. '
i in other circles no feeling of
optimism has been reported from
Petrograd fcl'lne Unfavorable re
ception there of the peace" terms
offered by . the Central Power
V., upon the return of the delegates
; (romthe Brest-Litovsk confer
' ence. The news had been already
.J discounted and" was fully expect
' ' d,U claimed, t had not been
y.ijy .'i'i-'beHeved at any ''time that any
( -'.: itermsWhich would be offered to
the oisheviki would meet with
general satisfacti4n from a polt
'ticat faction that is divided and
unsettled As to home policies. The
It. "ii ;'; y 'v1 opinion prevails and was freely
f i k '' nud 1at ' nipht that when
: the . appointed ; time comes the
conference will be resumed.
' General and outspoken dissat
isfaction with the. peace proposals
offered by Germany and its allies
was expressed Jn the despatches
.. 1cfiCej1Yc4.rpm Petrogrsd , yester
day. Trotsky ' was reported to
have been bittefln his denounce-
ment of thent and the press to be
unanimous , in r condemntion of
Germany which had, they said,
thrown off the mask of sympathy
r and evidently has no desirfor a
- rDemocritic Fea(' such as the
.ojsheviki proppM. ,.
Bfor tk ntrI kommitte of tbi
Morkmet' sad BoldieVi eoumsil Trot
iky U rport4 to have referred to the
.terms offered fcjrpoerltioAl peaea
proposaU". The codoeil,. ta foreign
r wlniater and other fiolihevikl leaden
were reported ai to' be rn open oppoai
tlon to the propoaali. .It was aaid that
even the extreme radlonle were aroui
v ed and. ould aot advoeate the pay
7 , ing of tuoh. a prioe for peace.
' The halt In the vegotlattona, iodiea
tloae that Germany wotid flatly refuae
,.' l'etrogred'e offere and a euggestion that
. ' the eonference.be retnmed In Stock
holm led to eome talk if an setlve re
;'.iewal of the war by Kul but with
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.' JLONDON, Jannarr 4 AmoelftteU Preaa) riatchee from Berlin, by way
ef Ameterdam, report the eeiioue innem of Imperial Chancellor you Herttiug, the
Uavarian who eoeoeeded to hie high ofllenly a, few monthe ace.
itta ii.timaM.t (n th ilwit li that th rtorti of h vhejleeJlor 'a illueee
!retwrnut on th( sr round of hiehynivl
lleaeing the reit luitag Uu
eome time M a, mietake.
It ia etated that hie
tne-Haicr deairee a reappoint.. ,. f ..
Say Nqnbjfiaf
that the aviator of, the AuiUro German force are eoutinuing their bombarding
raid againet opea town, the bomb killing many noncombatante but securing no
military advantage te the'raidere,' who avoid a mnch a pomiMc any contact
with the. airmen of the Allien and who ter (War of any military ntatiou where
there are anti aireraft defease, i-V " V 'i S "
yeeterday the Hun flyer nought out the henpltal baee at ('nHtelfranc-o and
Veneto, two town close together, about' twenty miles northwent of Venice. Here
two boapitals, flying the Bed Oro, wereS mal the target of the bombs, both
hospital being hit. A number of nureaVand 'attendant were wouuded and
eighteen patient were, killed in their bids., .
There Wa no infantry fighting of qnequnue ba any front yesterday, but
heavy artillery duel were fought in France, Belgium and Northern Italy, the
fleroeet cannonading taking place aloag the Aitfne front.
Decline Plan To Let
Alone Vote On Suffrage
WASHINGTON, Jnury 4 (Asso
ciated JPrese) Suffrage leader gath
ered here to wind up their campaign
for the enactment of a constitutional
ameudment providing for national suf
frage for women, the vote en which
will be take in the hou oa Thurs
day, ere opposing vigorously the ug-
rstion of Consressmaa Clara or rior-
that the whole question or aatiouai
suffrage for women be uif to a voie 01
the women of the nation at a special
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r,Te.tiffTaiM etatA that thii
out tielar ' 'deeUlorl which
can be
reached through- a constitutional
amendment and that no constitutional
action could be legally baaed upon the
result of such a plebiscite. '
NEW YOBK January i--(AHot iat-
ed Pre) The seventh Hungarian war
loan haa been closed, the result teing a
complete disappointment to the govern
ment at Budapest. , x issue w ior
eight billion kronen, about, one billion
six hundred million dollar..- Towards
thi the total subscription were less
thau three billion kronen, or about
1600,000,000. ' ,.
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WASHINGTON, January 9 (Asso
ciated Pres)3t 1 reported here that
hOOO employee of the big Edlsoa plant
at East Orange, New Jersey, are idle
a the result of the-coal shortage, but
there ' will' be'
Monday,. .
ujrjily. probably br
fH""tuiu.' tl4 he n iaticHuuJeU " ut
JorUy tiailiieetoutlon'iivoaice ha been, regarded fo
place la yanted by. tlie Kaiitcr for von Hut-low, whom
..-,;! ;
4 tAeeociated rceteitaUhe from Italy etate
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Attorney For I. W. W. Defendants
' Withdraws Not Guilty Pleas
CHICAGO, January 4 (Associated
Press)- Pleas of nof guilty, previoui
ly entered; for 106 alleged member of
the Industrial Worker of the World
charged with variou activities which
wete., Intended to hamper the ' United
HUte lu It conduct of the war were
withdrawn ' yeeterday by George Van
derveer.'.'' '
Aipcrlng before Judge LAndia ye-
' withdraw the previous plea and to
I adont new nracedure for the defense.
i i . . . .
I Permission having been granted and
the ; withdrawal catered vaoderveer
made eerie of motion. Ia aixty-aev
ea. ease be demanded bills of parti
rular,'ia eighty-three he filed demur
er and in twenty-four instances he en
tered plena of abatement. In a number
of Instance more than one motion wa
made for one individual defendant.
It aeem to be the intention of the
defense to fight the case upon techni
WASHXNOTOir, January i (As
sociated Pr) The house yeeter
day paaeed on third reading the bin
taking la the Philippine National
Ouard and the Philippine Be out a
part of the army of the United
States and mustering 87,000 enlist
ed rmplrioi , into the national
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Result of Invest
gations of Lack
of Proper. Equ
pment and Arm
ing of Soldiers Suggests New
' Position; ' ) If,;
InvestlaatorsOeclare They Are
Readv To LhunchVrtd Push
Forward Whatever Legislation
h Required By Program."'
WASHXNOTOWj January , 4-(Aeao-ciated
Preee) Creation f S ew eab
lnet position may rwutt from he ro
veetlgation that IS ela d. by the
aenru coimnittee on military affairs
ef Uic condition evrretmAlng the fail
are to hare an ample "apply ef clothing
In readineM for the United State edl
dicra. Members of the eommlttee said
last night that) )hey were prepared te
Uaneh ant urge, the legislation necea
u tA eraata a ' ecretry of muni.
tlon." The u of nek eablnet
official, they said, would gtve kin com
plete charge of sB was materiel and
the purcnaautc ei inenv- . . , v: . p ?
Mnnator Chmmbrtlaifl ia the ahaJrman
of the . eommitteet on. military affair
whirh l eonduetieg the inreetijiailon
of the affaira of tli miltary of the H
Uon at home d4n France. Thi U
veetigatioa ia covering the queetloa of
arme, munition abd equipment wbieh
of eouree included' uniform! and -other
clothing. .XvV-i '.. '
Complainta Com faat
1 Boon after, tb Opening of .tbe pree-
nxtt M-KMuit !oaercu ,. Ovrnor
.aj.tr thamhorlwuewnd Muair that f
iI Guerd troop at)
.4 'tKji.
thn ' Oregofi National
Mineola. Lone Island,, a! part
Rainbow Division, were Jiving In- tente
without floor end ,n a reult there
wak considerable Ulnea Including eemS
pneumonia among tnem." ,"- ':
aaid that . from -all. ovef ' theuntty
where cantonments were located there
had comet complaint ef lnsomcient
clothing and equipment. - Not one can
tonment, he affirmed ws adequately
supplied and equipped.-tie. wea ioiu
the men were wearing Jilfht summer
under-elothlntf 'and Utere was even a
shortage ef blaaktfta... . .
TjBTatsgatioa Ordered
Following the .aasertio th sen
ste eqmmittee on .military affair or
dered n sweeping 7 and- - non-partisan
tock taking of war affair aad the war
department' activities; ;.Thia waa done
motion of rtcnsior seea or jan-suun
who said I "I regret the epirit of
congreee which haa been foe many
months to ahift all responsibility upon
the President and to heap all burdens
upon him. It us wash onr hand or
the responsibility and say thai during
the ; war the government consist of
th President and hi adviser.
Hneh is not the eae. We cannot
escape these responsibilities.". .
Congress Crittciaed." f. 1 ' :
Crosier oaa Diamea eoagress ior
slowness in appropriating the money
needed for arme and munitions. Others
have placed similar 'responalbllit.es on
congress. It is claimed that depart
ment heads were forced to crowd Ave
wears activities into few month.
The investigation he developed in
th eommlttee feeling of thi respon
sibility and a recognition ef tne
tremendous reiponsiDiuiie tna n"'
rested upon a few men and wakened
members of Mis committee 1 io the
necessity of dividing ; neh , responsi
bilities and if necessary to create new
positions and new portfolios to Co so.
To create urh new cabinet posi
tion will, it is claimed, be. taking a les
sen from the other allies ia what fhey
have learned rrom tneir longer
perieuee in the warfare.
Danger of Shortage of Grain For
Planting To Produce Nor
mal Crop Is Shown
WASHINGTON, January 4 -(Assoei
ated Press)- Prompt action to protect
the seed (apply of th country I es
sentlal if there in to be a normal pro
durtion of food and feed eropti during
I!) IS eoosres was told yesterday by
KoDrescntative Houston. He asserted
that the tendenry 1 to utllU all of
4 he food and freds without regard to
the preservation of a sufllrieat supply
of potstoe and grains for pUntiug
when the planting season come
Representative Houston seeks so ap
nrouriation in the urgent deficiency bill
for the purchase of seeds aad their
sab to the farmer of tb country at
eoati . .. ' 1
ONLY CLASS ONE MEN TOM$m
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British Must Bear Strain
Until Sons of
Pick Up the
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Sir Erio Geddes Tells British
Workmen That Russian Crisis
Throws Heavier, Burden Upon
Army Which Must Be Reinforc
edCompulsory Rationing Is
Another Change Imminent
JX)NIX)N, January 4 (Aeeoelatel
Pnss) Until the American. Army is
oa the fighting line - in force, Uh-cat
Rri'ain will have to make further "se
rif ires nd go iii to ber mnnitlon w,.ts
and roal mine for mora men to fill the
rduks at the front, according to a tte-
Ueddvs to the dolegntiun representing !
at number of trade unit na. , I
I he Kussinu crisis and the armistice
that has resulted iu Germany end Aus
tria being free to pour a million and a
half new troops nd a great uamber ef
guns into h. r western . position in
t'runce and Belgium, have, eomp'etely
altered the ositiiu formerly aasnmed
by the British government in respect
to munition worker, miner aad other
engaged In what haa heretofore been
listed as essential war work at home.
Promises which the government ha
mcde to men engaged ia these Indus
trie have now to be recalled.
Ontil Balances Restored .
- Vntil the balance on . th Western
front has been again equalised by the
arrival ef the maia American force,
British workmen will have ie Join the
fighting nnite aad help hold the line.
America, Mid Blr Eric, 1 performing
nirraelee in prepcrin2 he armle for
L active, service,' bnt there had not yet
tee time for tsf wmenenn ' strentn
.tef l
Wlllt'lililll. I u-
"I W been, Great BriUie. must bear
the fnrttef (train: .':- .i1
of the war nfflee te one ef the first rs
milt of. the eaetern debacle e' bf ' anV '
noaneed. '. Another -change ..-of fa,r
reaching consequesee was announced
in the house of 4mmoa. .by Lord
Rhondda, the food adrmnistratot, ,
All to Jam Alike ; ' v
In . speech he warned the , nation
that eonipulwry rationing Would be ef
fcetive soon, although he mitigated
hi announcement ' by ; atating . that it
Great Britain Has Gone As Far
As Possible Without Pop-
. ular Mandate 1
IXJNUON, January 4 (Aasoeited
Press) There will be no iurther re
strietione pnt upon the liquor traffic of
Great Britain until some ' mandate
comes from the people themselves, ys
Premier Lloyd Georie, in a reply to a
communication urging that the govern
ment atill further restrict the traffic in
Th government ha gone to the fur
thest length it I able to go says the
Premier. It nee restricted tne tram
to the utmost of it power and ha ef
fected .reduction in the manufacture
and consumption of intoxicants to an
extent that would be declared unbe
lievable if suggested before the war.
Any further action that 1 to be tak
en will be UWea only after the comnet
of th people haa beea obtained, he
tated.- -
MARFA, Tex,' January 4 (Asso
ciated Press) for the second time in
ten day Mexican bandit have crossed
the line and raided the Orite Ranch.
Thia ia the aame ranch which wa
raided on Christmas Day and was fol
lowed by a dash across the line by
United States force and Texas ran
gers, who killed a large numoer oi me
band. .
Retribution on this second force cf
bandit will.be sought.
1 1 .
WASHINGTON, Jnury 4 (Ao
tiiated P rasa) I th New Tear' mes
sage of greeting sent by the Serbian
minister of foreign affairs to Secretary
of State Lansin-. the opinion is ex
pressed confidently that complete vic
tory for the Allies is now assured, with
the United Btatce taking up the cauito
Of th right.
Uncle Sam
SIR ERIC GEDDES, Bri
tish minister of munitions,
who announces munition work
ers may be called to colors.
wa. not te be taken from hi word
that th food sit notion wa nlamtibg.
Th eompuleory rwtinning Was a step
taken ia ndvaac of the time when, it
would be abaolotely aeceseary, sad a i
preeautleuMry jneaatir. fer BrTlsg
the fod- supply aad te Insure-an ejult-al.U?Ufti''ti"thr!e'i'l'H:!V--l-Lord
KhondOu stute.U that beM
ready; with plus to eommaodeef all tie
enttle in the country If neeeneary. He
stated -also that he war in favor of a
ystorn of subsidised commuaal kitch
en, where the food ; of communities
feeuld be prepared economically and by
means, of which there eould be a guar
antee, that all' were being equally
served.).-. , ; ' ' '
It wa ' announced yesterday that
hereafter every Tuesday - must be ob
served throughout London as a "meat
lew dar " aad that in the trovincee
I each Wednesday must be meatless.
Travel Must Give Way To
FreightAgreement With La
bor Is Reached By McAdoo
WASHINGTON, January 4 (Asso
ciated, Press) To i relieve the railroad
congestion nnd expedite the movement
of fuel. and s-overnment supplies and
needed provisions, huadred of passen
ger train are to be withdrawn by the
direction Of the director of rsllToad.
The plan to take Off sleeping ears and
to thne enforce day travel, however, is
meeting with much opposition.-
After a throe hour' conference yes
terdny with hends of the four railway
brothorhood, Director General McAdoo
of the federalised railway said that a
definite agreement ns to all relations
between railroad labor and the gov
ernment management will be announced
oon, mere will oe n genemi reau
justment of passenger schedule.
WAtfHINOTON, January 4 (Asso
ciated Press) More detailed state
ments of what had been accomplished
by the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris
were issued yesterday from the depart
ment of state. Commenting on the
work Secretary loosing said:
"The resultsof the Paris conference
are gratifying to this government.
They indicate that the conferees were
iuspired by the desire to secure mu
tually helpful agreements that will
ereatlv Inorease the effeetiveneHs of
the efforts agaiust Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The statements review the results of
the thirty day conference and it ac
complishments but give few details that
had not been previously published by
the press- of the country.
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HAN FRANCISCO, January J (As
sociated Press) The senteuce of Wil
helm von Brincken, former attache of
the consulate here and involved in the
Hindu conspiracy rase, ha beea post
poned until January 12,
Million Physically;;;
Fit For Service ;
Boys Register: vVhcn
, They Ctome ol Age
11 liill rases
I ManasawJ
WASHINGTON, January 4
(Associate! , Press)
The extreme importance attached
to the work , of the registration
boards in the classification of. the
men registered as . eligible for
further drafting into' the army
was made plain in s statement to
congress, made yesterday by Pro
vost Marshal Crowdef, in. charge
of the. draft, work,. statement
made for the purnosc pf; report
ing upon the progress of the draft
land of the plans now held by the
administration.;- ,v.'r.';'. ' , '
In thia report. General Crowder
expresses for the first time a a
definite promise the aim of tVo
C-rvrernment Tint t t'' ' r " '
Juty om) i.i.m oi tin ci
other, than '-'those-', to. be. listed as
Class t, in thi new Questionnaire.
The. provost marshal estimates
that this class will furnish at least
one million more men physically
fit for active). service, from anions
whom will ; be drawn the next
draft to.entef the training camps
and which will provide also the
third draft, if that be necessary.
The , report recommends legis
lation that wilt add to this class
automatically all those who have
reached the age of majority since
June 5 last and that those who
reach the age of twenty-one here
after1, during the period of the
war, bVadded to the class as they
become available." -i
Class 1 is intended to list those
who may be best spared, from the
general business"', of th'e nation.
According to the Questionnaire it
will include the following: ,
Single men without dependent
relatives. J, V.,V. -
Married men, with pr without
children, or father pf motherless
children,. who has habituajly fail
ed to support his family.
Married men dependent on w;ife
for support. . ;",,,,;, '
Married men, with or without
children, or father pf motherless
children i men not usually engar-
ed.' ':family'6Upporter'by,,Iacoii,ie ,
independent of his labors
Unskilled farm laborers, j .
Unskilled industrial laborers.
Registrants by-jpr in respect of
whom no deferred classification
is claimsd ' prmade. ' ' :
Registrants who fail to submit
Questionnaire and In respect of
whom no dc(ef,r'ed.clasiificaUon)
is claimed or made. .. : ; f .
All registrants not included in
any other division pf; the Ques
tionnaire schedule, ,.V
OBER-AMMERGAU BADLY Wv
OENOA, January 4 ( Associated!
Press) A eriou enrthquake is report
ed to bare yesterday shaken Ober-Am-morgan,
the city, made fumous by th
annual rendition of the Passion play.
Th upper valley oi the Leon Itiver is
also eport4 te ,ave uffvred everely.
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Motorola has taken to Twitter in response to one of the many Ice Cream Sandwich related update questions and offered up a rough estimate in terms of when we will begin seeing Android 4.0 come available for their existing devices. And in short, it looks like anyone that may be waiting — still has some time left. According to Motorola, they plan to release an update schedule "6 weeks after Google releases the final version." In other words, if you want to find out if and/or when your Motorola Android device is going to get Android 4.0 then you need to wait until Google makes it public and then wait another 6 weeks. And then from that point you will likely be waiting for a while longer while Motorola does their thing with testing. Bottom line, if you are a current device owner waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich — you have some time before that notification will show up on your device.
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I love the design of your blog! Wow 17! I feel so old when I got married now ha!ReplyDelete
food looks so tasty!! :)ReplyDelete
Haha this was a great post! I loved that you shared a part of Pakistani culture. I love learning about other peoples' backgrounds! Filipinos are the same way with loving food and getting a good career in the medical field!ReplyDelete
I love reading post where people share their background and lives and all with others and I enjoy learning about others cultures. What's rishta? And this would actually piss me off b/c if I had to have my parents or anyone set me up for an arranged marriage I'd be mad. Isn't that what you have to do? What if you're not ready at age 17 to be marriage? What if you don't want to get married just yet? What if you dont want to be a doctor? It's your life isn't it?ReplyDelete
Hey Areeba, I am a regular reader and I just ♥ your blog and Noor's too.:)ReplyDelete
It's a nice post and in India also things are just the same;) But they just don't stop at - Round Rotis and Perfect cup of Tea - they just flatly tell you to *Cook* nicely or No One will Merry You.:) No doubt Food is The Most Important part of Our lives.:)
Love this! I faced the same questions growing up! What sucks is that they never go away as you get older...I'm now married and have a seven month old and the constant question I get is, "when are you having the next one?!!!" HAHA. Never ends!ReplyDelete
This is great! I have the same issues - sometimes my roti has ears! Ahaha great post,ReplyDelete
Love your style of writing the reality. It make me almost about to laugh but truth to be told I just dont want to laugh that badly in front of colleagues. Great Post! :)ReplyDelete
Hahaha you're so hilarious girl. Pakistanis are way too interfering. I don't even plan to get married- BOMB DROPS.ReplyDelete
Your blog always makes me happy ^^
Hahaha you're so hilarious! This is why I missed you. That food/tea looks great too.ReplyDelete


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Six Nations: Brian O'Driscoll won't get hung up on the scrum
Captain Brian O'Driscoll wants Ireland not to spend too much time dwelling on the problems they have had in satisfying referees as to the legality of their scrummaging.
Once more the scrum was a problem area for Ireland in their Championship match against Italy last weekend.
But O'Driscoll advised: "You just can't get too hung up on it." And pointing to the bigger picture as seen by a man who lines out well away from that particular setpiece he suggested: "There are plenty of other aspects of our game that we've to crack, particularly from a back line point of view.
"Obviously it's a great attacking platform if you can get a good scrummage but it has been so up in the air the last while that you have to work hard on other aspects of your game and you practice them during the week — like your counter-attack, your phase-play, because you can't be guaranteed the scrum ball is going to come to the No 8's feet and you're going to be able to play off it."
Admitting that it has been "a bit frustrating from our point of view" the Leinster ace was philosophical about the scrum situation.
"There's not much we can do about it — just keep hammering away and ensuring that the scrum ball we do get is put to good use," was his reasoning.
He was refreshingly blunt, too, in his assessment of the mistakes of which Ireland were guilty in Rome, refusing to hide behind the excuse that the Italians' suffocating tactics had been responsible for a rash of lax handling and sloppy passes. He doesn't expect the French to be any less aggressive.
"A huge amount of the errors were just down to individuals. Sure, there was a bit of pressure put on — like the ball lost in contact — but at the same time the guy in possession has to look after the ball; it's of the utmost importance," O'Driscoll said matter-of-factly.
"When you know you're not going to score yourself it's about trying to recycle and make sure you score off the next phase or the one after that.
"We didn't do that. We probably lost our patience and tried to score a bit early at times, and maybe thought we were getting over the line when we weren't.
"It's individual responsibility for holding onto the pill and definitely that's something we have thought about — collectively and individually — this week." Stressing that there was no need to lambast players for mistakes, the captain said: "They know themselves. I know myself the couple of errors that I made."
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You're standing in a long line, stuffy and warm under fluorescent lights. Piped-in elevator Christmas music mingles with the whines of a kid tugging at a woman's sleeve; she scolds; a person in front of her cranes her neck toward the cashier to complain. No one's listening.
And somewhere not far away, a beleaguered Santa Claus looks at his watch and counts silently how many days are left till it's all over.
It isn't a pretty scenario. But before it gets to this, consider that in Athens, we're lucky, because there are better ways to shop.
From the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation's 8th annual holiday market to Big City Bread's fifth annual holiday market, there are dozens of arts and crafts sales not only offering a chance to get unique and cool stuff for the people on your list, but keeping you out of the stressful super store glare. Amid the cheerful company of artists you're sure to find a good gift.
Not to pick favorites, but warming my hands over crackling fires and sipping cider in Big City Bread's courtyard each year has become one of my favorite holiday traditions.
And speaking of favorite holiday traditions, Athens' holiday season officially kicks off tonight with the event I like best of all - the Christmas parade.
Winding its way under downtown's twinkling trees, with floats and bikes and marching bands, people on horseback and little kids in Santa hats, the parade offers one night when we can forget our differences and wave to all our neighbors in this great town of ours and share smiles at our little futures marching proudly by.
It's the best night to start off the best time of the year.
Today 4
Downtown Athens Christmas Parade: 7 p.m.
Friday 5
Lorrie Morgan Christmas Show: 8 p.m., Classic Center, (706) 357-4444
Saturday 6
''All Day and All Night''
An interactive multimedia installation by Kit Hughes, opening reception at 8 p.m. at ATHICA
Sunday 7
Eighth annual Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Holiday Market: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (also Saturday), OCAF Center, 34 School St. in downtown Watkinsville; $3, (706) 769-4565 or visit www.ocaf.com
Monday 8
Christmas Hoot: 8-10 p.m., Athens Steam Company
With The Solstice Sisters, mystery guests performing Caribbean Christmas Music and a caroling sing-along led by Tommy Jordan
(706) 208-0985 for more information
Tuesday 9
Athens Choral Society's Holiday Concert
Final night of the performance, featuring Robert Campbelle's ''Born This Day'' and solos by Sara Braucher, Jennifer Rehder and Melanie Powers, 8 p.m., Seney-Stovall Chapel, 201 N. Milledge Ave.
Wednesday 10
Fifth annual Athens Holiday Market: 4-9 p.m. in the Big City Bread courtyard, at the corner of Meigs and Finley streets. Continues through Friday with 35 local artists; (706) 543-1187
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, December 4, 2003.
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Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke - Episode 236 - April 10, 2013
In the April 10 Episode of Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Gunjan's father informs about the wedding proposal that he received for Gunjan from his family friend. Mayank and his family return to the Garg residence after Charu withdraws the case she filed against them. Gunjan further announces her approval of the wedding proposal to the family. Rachana and Shail try to understand Gunjan's intention for her approval by questioning her.Serial: Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke
Telecast Date: 10th April 2013
Episode Number: 236
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Beethoven - Two Short Sonatas, Opus 49
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Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Robert Taub. Schirmer Performance Editions. Softcover Audio Online. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.296696).
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ISBN 1423427246. 9x12 inches.
Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as professional pianists. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by renowned artists/teachers, these publicatons provide an accurate, well-informed score resource for pianists. Ludwig van Beethoven is renowned for his large-scale, innovative piano sonatas and concertos, and these works hold a prominent and lasting place in the concert repertoire. Presented in this volume are two short sonatas, Opus 49: Sonata in G minor (No. 1, 1798) and Sonata in G Major (No. 2, 1796). Favorites of many piano teachers, these sonatas are appropriate for intermediate level pianists and are edited and recorded by noted Beethoven scholar and concert pianist, Robert Taub.
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text: Main Content Senate Bill 0396 (2011) rss friendly link printer friendly Friendly Link: http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2011-SB-0396 Public Act 220 of 2011 (Effective: 11/15/2011) Find this PA in the MCL Sponsors Randy Richardville - (primary)Mike Nofs (click name to see bills sponsored by that person) Categories Higher education: private schools; Higher education: governing boards; Businesses: nonprofit corporations; Higher education; private schools; charter of Albion college; revise composition of board and liability of trustees and other persons. Amends sec. 2 of 1857 PA 72 (MCL 390.702); adds secs. 1a, 7, 7a, 7b & 7c & repeals secs. 4 & 8 of 1857 PA 72 (MCL 390.704 & 390.708). Bill Documents Bill Document Formatting Information [x] The following bill formatting applies to the 2011-2012 session:- New language in an amendatory bill will be shown in BOLD AND UPPERCASE.- Language to be removed will be stricken.- Amendments made by the House will be blue with square brackets, such as: [House amended text].- Amendments made by the Senate will be red with double greater/lesser than symbols, such as: <<Senate amended text>>. (gray icons indicate that the action did not occur or that the document is not available) Documents Senate Introduced Bill Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes. As Passed by the Senate As Passed by the Senate is the bill, as introduced, that includes any adopted Senate amendments. As Passed by the House As Passed by the House is the bill, as received from the Senate, that includes any adopted House amendments. Public Act Public Act is a bill that has become law. Bill Analysis House Fiscal Agency Analysis Analysis as Reported From House Committee (10-26-11)This document analyzes: SB0396 House Committee Summary (10-18-11)This document analyzes: SB0396 Senate Fiscal Analysis COMMITTEE SUMMARY (Date Completed: 6-8-11)This document analyzes: SB0396 FLOOR SUMMARY (Date Completed: 6-13-11)This document analyzes: SB0396 History (House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE) Date JournalAction 5/24/2011SJ 45 Pg. 772REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 6/9/2011SJ 52 Pg. 1448REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 6/9/2011SJ 52 Pg. 1448COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT 6/9/2011SJ 52 Pg. 1448REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 6/21/2011SJ 56 Pg. 1544REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) 6/21/2011SJ 56 Pg. 1544PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING 6/22/2011SJ 57 Pg. 1561PASSED ROLL CALL # 326 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 6/22/2011HJ 59 Pg. 1524received on 06/22/2011 6/22/2011HJ 59 Pg. 1527read a first time 6/22/2011HJ 59 Pg. 1527referred to Committee on Education 10/19/2011HJ 83 Pg. 2440reported with recommendation without amendment 10/19/2011HJ 83 Pg. 2440referred to second reading 10/27/2011HJ 87 Pg. 2491read a second time 10/27/2011HJ 87 Pg. 2491placed on third reading 11/1/2011HJ 88 Pg. 2511read a third time 11/1/2011HJ 88 Pg. 2511passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 440 Yeas 109 Nays 0 11/1/2011HJ 88 Pg. 2511returned to Senate 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2481GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2481ORDERED ENROLLED 11/10/2011SJ 91 Pg. 2561PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/9/2011 @ 3:05 PM 11/29/2011SJ 92 Pg. 2626APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/15/2011 @ 3:16 PM 11/29/2011SJ 92 Pg. 2626FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/15/2011 @ 3:56 PM 11/29/2011SJ 92 Pg. 2626ASSIGNED PA 0220'11 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT


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Now that the second presidential debate is over, there is only one left before the general election and the nation's economic woes are crying out for solutions.
The second debate has come and gone, and there were no knockouts; the focus remained on the economy and no earth-shattering solutions were put forth. Many people were surprised that the bailout/rescue bill, initially snubbed by the House of Representatives with a large number of Republicans revolting against "their" president, passed the second time in the House. That President George W. Bush initiated the bill apparently was sufficient reason for the first failure. Lawmakers in both parties (except Rep. Barbara Lee) remembered the big lie that hoodwinked them into voting for the invasion of Iraq—the Weapons of Mass Destruction that were never found; connecting Iraq with 9/11 that was never established; soldiers being greeted as liberators; and the over 5 years and almost $1 trillion being spent on a war of choice. And people still wonder why the House did not readily accept the President's word that he needed $700 billion to shore up the nation's economy.
THE ECONOMY/THE EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT of 2008
When the bill reached the Senate, Senators Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden voted for the bill and when it returned to the House, it was passed the second time around. It seemed rather strange that the initial 3-page bill requesting $700 billion turned into a 100-plus page document when it reached the Senate and when it got back to the House, it had been morphed into a 400-plus bill for $840 billion, which the House then passed.
Now the global markets are falling and the "rescue" bill does not appear to be doing what the President said it would do—and the Congress has been hoodwinked again.
The economy is the focus of the presidential campaign with Obama jostling to put forth some bold solutions and McCain trying to dodge the economic bullet and change the focus of the campaign.
If real change comes from the bottom up then help the homeowners (particularly) in foreclosure, the retirees with 401Ks in jeopardy, and those at the base, so that they will properly form the foundational support—the bottom of the pyramid is its base and forms its basic foundation.
Once again, Obama has successfully tied McCain to the failed economic policies of President Bush. Obama is clearly pointed out that the nation spends $10 billion per month in Iraq—that should be use for domestic purposes—while ignoring the Iraqi surplus of about $80 billion. Prior to the Wall Street crisis, McCain boldly stated, "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" echoing Bush's sentiments. McCain also admitted, "Economics is not something I've understood as well as I should have, and one of the differences between me and Senator Obama is that he wants to continue this spending spree." When Bush came into office, there was a surplus in the treasury. Now the deficit is in the trillions and McCain has voted with Bush over 90 percent of the times.
Governor Sarah Palin has been trotted out as the McCain "attack dog" focusing her personal attacks on Obama. The Republicans have showcased her as an expert on energy. During a report on the energy crisis last week, Alaska had the highest gas prices in the nation. Palin is the governor of Alaska.
A shout from a crowd of her supporters has directed the word "terrorist" to Obama. Also at another Republican rally, there appeared to be a voice from the crowd shouting, "kill him" again referring to the Illinois Senator.
However, what the country has to be concerned about is that Palin's model for a vice-president is Vice President Dick Cheney. Her executive experience of stone walling an executive investigation in Alaska makes her a combination of Bush and Cheney. The country is trying to get away from the Bush/Cheney policies and the McCain/Palin ticket is the flipside of the Bush/Cheney Republican coin.


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Thanks Gail, hope you did not get lost in the tunnel......
What a beautiful puzzle, Catherine. As always, your puzzles are among my favorites. I've been solving some very old ones of yours, some more than a year old. I went through my bookmarks and got it down to 50 pages. I found some nice treasures of yours in there.


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Vietnamese wonderkid Cong Phuong makes J2 League debut with Mito Hollyhock
May 8, 2016 | Japan, Southeast Asia | | Photo : Mito Hollyhock|
Vietnamese forward Nguyen Cong Phuong has made his highly-anticipated J2 League debut with Mito Hollyhock in a match against Giravanz Kitakyushu on Saturday.
The 21-year-old player came off the bench in the 87th minute when his side was 1-0 down and didn't have enough time to make an impact.
However, Mito Hollyhock did manage to equalize in stoppage time thanks to a goal scored by Japanese striker Hiroki Bandai.
Previously, Cong Phuong broke his collarbone in a match against UAE in the 2016 AFC U23 Championship in January. The injury kept him out of action for four months.


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North American stock futures immediately turned higher after the U.S. reported a blowout jobs number, with 288,000 net new jobs created in April versus expectations of 210,000 and the unemployment rate surprisingly plunging to 6.3 per cent.


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XMOS introduced an Ethernet-based LED Tile Reference Design Kit. The kit helps digital designers to rapidly develop LED tile systems using daisy chains of Ethernet scan boards. All requirements are implemented entirely in software, which is available on an open source basis as a royalty free download. The XMOS LED Tile Reference Design Kit is available immediately for $349.
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The San Diego State men's soccer team is unbeaten no longer. TheAztecs lost 2-1 at Oregon State on Friday, their first loss of theseason and their first loss as a member of the Pac-10.
The Aztecs (7-1-2, 1-1-1) were unable to hold a 1-0 halftime lead. Heath Creager scored in the 37th minute after Raul Bautista knocked a header behind the Beavers' defense.
Oregon State (6-2-4, 2-0) answered in the 65th minute when Ryan Johnson scored off a crossing pass from Robbie Findlay. The game-winner came at the 81:53 mark. Findlay fed Brett Gardner, who broke the tie with a header.
The Beavers have a nine-game unbeaten streak.
SDSU women lose
San Diego State's women's soccer team lost 1-0 at Wyoming in theMountain West Conference opener for both teams. The Cowgirls(5-3-3, 1-0) broke a scoreless tie in the 83rd minute whenChristina Best scored on a deflection off an Aztecs defender.
The Aztecs (8-6, 0-1) got five saves from goalie Cat Burson.
Toreros shut out
The University of San Diego men's soccer team lost 2-0 at hometo Santa Clara in West Coast Conference play.
Kelechi Igwe and Hector Guzman scored for Santa Clara (8-2, 2-0). Lance Friesz made five saves for the Toreros (5-2-1, 1-1).
USD wins in volleyball
The USD women's volleyball team rolled past visiting Portland30-19, 30-19, 30-19. The Toreros (12-2, 2-1 West Coast Conference)got 14 kills from Kristen Carlson. The Pilots (3-11, 0-2) got 12digs from Murphy McClenahan.
Comet is honored
Palomar College water polo player Shauna Gibbs was honored as the Pacific Coast Conference co-athlete of the week in women's sports. Gibbs, a Carlsbad High alumna, had five goals in an 11-7 victory over Grossmont. San Diego City volleyball player Kelly Kaiser shared the honor.
Early 'Madness'
The USD basketball teams will preview their seasons with a watered-down version of Midnight Madness on Oct. 14 at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Midnight Madness began in basketball-crazy schools when teams would practice at midnight on Oct. 15, the first day the NCAA allows teams to practice.
The Toreros' version will be more of a skills exhibition starting at 8 p.m., including 3-point competition and a slam-dunk contest.
Murphy ousted
USD senior Emma Murphy lost her first-round match in the main draw of the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships tennis tournament at Pacific Palisades.
Murphy fell 6-2, 6-0 to seventh-seeded Kristi Miller of Georgia Tech on Thursday.
Murphy and Lauren Perl failed to escape the qualifying bracket of doubles earlier in the week. Toreros players Jenny Brown and Helene Lindstrand also were eliminated in doubles qualifying.


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The equivalence of bundling and advance sales
We show that a monopolist's problem of optimal advance selling strategy can be mathematically transformed into a problem of optimal bundling strategy if four conditions hold: i. consumers and the firm agree on the probability of the states occurring, ii. the firm pre-commits to the spot prices to be charged in the advance selling stage, iii. consumers are risk-neutral, and iv. consumers and the firm do not have time preferences or when they do have time preferences, they discount future at the same rate. The result allows both researchers and practitioners to apply the insights from the well-developed vast literature on bundling to advance selling problems. In particular, we show that advance selling is more profitable than spot selling when consumer valuations across the states are independent or negatively dependent or positively dependent up to a point. We furthermore illustrate the effect of advance selling on the spot prices and consumer welfare: When the firm offers advance selling discounts, sets higher spot prices, so consumers who do not buy in advance are worse off due to the firm offering advance selling discounts. We extend our analysis to the cases of more than two states and competition only in one of the states. We also show how advance selling can be used as an entry deterrence strategy.
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