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Can Capital Income Taxes Survive in Open Economies?
Recent theoretical work has argued that a small open economy should use residence-based but not source-based taxes on capital income. Given the ease with which residents can evade domestic taxes on foreign earnings from capital, however, a residence-based tax may not be administratively feasible, leaving no taxes on capital income. The objective of this paper is to explore possible reasons why capital income taxes have survived in the past, in spite of the above pressures. Any bilateral approach, such as sharing of information among governments or direct coordination of tax rates, suffers from the problem that the coalition of countries is itself a small open economy, so subject to the same pressures. Capital controls, preventing capital outflows, may well be a sensible policy response and were in fact used by a number of countries. Such controls have many drawbacks, however, and a number of countries are now abandoning them. The final hypothesis explored is that the tax-crediting conventions, used to prevent the double taxation of international capital flows, served also to coordinate tax rates. The paper shows that while no Nash equilibrium in tax rates exists, given these tax-crediting conventions, a Stackelberg equilibrium does exist if there is either a dominant capital exporter or a dominant capital importer, in spite of the ease of tax evasion. While the U.S. , as the dominant capital exporter during much of the postwar period, may well have served as this Stackelberg leader, world capital markets are now more complicated. These tax-crediting conventions may no longer be sufficient to sustain capital-income taxation.
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Jordan to U.S.: Find New Formula for Restarting Mideast Peace Talks
Australian FM during visit to Jordan: Israeli settlement activity must cease because it undermines the effectiveness of the peace process.
Jordan urged the United States to come up with a new formula for restarting stalled peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Sunday that although Washington has abandoned its effort for a West Bank settlement freeze, U.S. officials were still trying to get the peace process moving forward.
Judeh declined to provide details and spoke in a joint press conference Sunday with visiting Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd.
Rudd said Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank "must cease" because it "undermines the effectiveness of the peace process."
The Palestinians won't resume negotiations without a full settlement construction freeze.
The U.S. now wants to return to indirect talks.
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a speech to the Saban Forum that Israel and Palestinians both bear responsibility for the failure of the short-lived direct talks that took place in September.
Neither leadership has "yet made the difficult decisions that peace requires. Like many of you, I regret that we have not gotten farther, faster," Clinton said. "Israeli and Palestinian leaders should stop trying to assign blame for the next failure and focus instead on what they need to do to make these efforts succeed."
The Obama administration announced last week that it stopped trying to get Israel to renew a freeze on West Bank settlement construction for three months, after a 10-month freeze expired on September 26.
Despite their disappointment with the U.S. for not solely blaming Israel for the collapse of the direct talks, the Palestinians are likely to participate in indirect talks. They said they'll make a final decision within a week.
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It was on this first trip to Africa, my nose pressed against the window of an aeroplane, that I first spotted Kilimanjaro, although it was to be almost a decade before a journalistic assignment to Everest introduced me to mountaineering.
The mountains draw me like no other landscape. There's a marked shift in my sense of well-being when I walk into the hills. Everest was one of the hardest things I've done in my life, but it was also the most enriching. And having scrambled over this particular hurdle I decided to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents (including Kilimanjaro) - a project which was the most fantastic excuse to travel the world.
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For young adventurers today, genuine 'firsts' are harder to come by. But the rewards are still valuable. Exploration always involves a personal first. Other people had been up those mountains, but I hadn't. Each one tested my physical and mental resolve. The feeling of community with my climbing companions, particularly on Everest, remains one of my most lasting memories. I live with the certain knowledge that I couldn't have climbed that mountain but for the two Sherpas who accompanied me. And then there is the joy of being in beautiful landscapes, away from the nagging demands of our time-cramped mercantile society. Such places offer time to reflect and revalue what matters in life, and that's worth more than getting there first.
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Written on: 07/02/2008
I find the Deauville very heavy and can easily be dropped when stationary. Bad engine vibration at high speed which causes discomfort to hands. This problem has improved since the bike has been run in. Pannier locking system difficult to operate and lids have to be slammed to close. The bike was bought new and I have travelled 4000km to date. Due to the relatively high weight for the engine size, petrol consumption seems high in city driving although for touring quite good.
The seat is very… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/01/2008 by ondis (1 review written)
Well, I have been riding motorbikes for 52 years without a break and I can truly say the Honda Deauville is one of the nicest and most sensible machines I have ever owned.I am only 5ft 4ins and I find it no problem at all in any way. It will filter through traffic with ease and then cruise all day at 75/95 mph on (the autobahn of course) the screen is well designed and keeps the rider warm and dry and big mileages in a day are no problem. When the bike press talk about this bike being dull and… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/01/2008
Bought the bike new and have just had its first service. Another 100cc on the engine would have been helpful especially on slow speed pulling. Generally happy with the bike although I get a shoulder pain when riding. This may be due to the handlebar height… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/12/2007 by tmarshall (1 review written)
I have had my NT700V Honda Deauville for 15 months and travelled over 22000 Kms. It is a fantastic commuter bike and very good tourer. I have toured up to Coffs Harbour from Bendigo (about 1500 Kms) and it cruised beautifully - sat on about 120 Kms on the highway and it had heaps in reserve. I have put it through its paces with a mate of mine who was on a new Honda Blackbird and had no trouble matching his pace or agility. I haven't had much experience with larger bikes, but I would strongly… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/10/2007 by macwilliam (1 review written)
New model with fuel injection is a big improvement on old bike (which I also owned). I noticed a big improvement in performance, particularly in mid range. All in all this is a good machine for day to day commuting… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/09/2007 by jud995 (5 reviews written)
Comfortable and keeps the weather off the rider.
Reasonably economical. I love it.
As a mature rider it suits me down to the ground.
Motorcycling in comfort… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/09/2007 by TD Richard (1 review written)
I'm a "born again middle aged biker, bought a S/H Bandit 600 in 2000 after 17 years without a bike. My previous bike was a CX500 which I loved, the Deauville is a descendant of this and I wanted one. The Bandit was a pain, carbs freezing up on cold mornings, and constantly needing niggling attention. When I got a plum job 20 miles away I decided to treat myself to a Deauville and I haven't been disappointed! Commutng to work is a doddle and 3 trips to Germany have been completed in comfort… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/07/2007 by Gray chap (1 review written)
The Honda Deauville (mine's a 650) is reliable, has low servicing and insurance costs, is easy on tyres and can cope with daily commuting and weekend tours/rideouts. If you are thinking of buying one take my advice and buy the following items which all make this mini-pan all the more useable through both summer and winter: -Tall screen(essential) takes the wind and rain up and over your visor not straight into your face which the standard one does. -Lower fairing protectors. These are… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/06/2008
I found this review helpful because I was interested in the comments on the lower fairing deflectors.
Written on: 29/12/2006 by Adrian Appleyard (1 review written)
I may not have a vast experience with motorbikes, but I do know when I like something and the Deauville I like.
I use this to go to work and back through slow moving traffic (about 20 miles round trip) that takes 60 mins by car and 12 mins on bike - no contest.
It also gives me pleasure at the weekend to cover some 100 plus miles radius from home, just because I can.
The wider rear luggage units are massive, but really very practical and the upper fairing hand/wind deflectors are a god send… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/11/2006 by gazza4457 (1 review written)
After my first review in May 2005, I have now owned the bike from new for just over two years, and I have a few points for the long term owner. I have noticed some piston knock after 12,000 miles / 20,000ks. I live in a country town and it takes about 40 seconds of slow riding and I am on a highway at the 100 KPH to work each day, and now the Honda NT650V Deauville motorbike is showing accelerated signs of piston wear. I am familiar with the noise, and I repair a lot of small engines, as I am a… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/02/2007
Failing fuel pump problems are well documented on a number of Deauville websites. Owners who have fitted capacitors report no extended life of the standard fit Honda fuel pump. Facet pumps are the recommended replacement for longer life (and they are cheaper) -- you'll need a Facet posiflow fuel pump 60104 with 2 x 10mm straight couplings and 2 metres of black fuel pipe, and it's a documented DIY job (follow the links on www.deauvilleuk.org). Parts are available from any number of internet sites.
Written on: 17/08/2009
The Deauville engine is an old design dating back to 1982 and earlier, and as such does not benefit from synthecis oils, a good mineral oil and frequent changes (every 4000 miles) is better for engine life. Piston slap is unheard of on any motorbike built since the 1980s and what he is hearing is the echo created by the fairing which amplifies all engine sounds. Fuel pumps are best replaced with the cheaper Facet pump.
Written on: 06/08/2009
I found this review very helpful because...the guy knows his bikes and engines.
Written on: 12/02/2007
Fuel pump info very helpful. I now have a further problem that is in fact a failed CDI module. The front cylinder no longer fires, and there is no power getting to the relay that drives the fuel pump, which indicates a failed CDI. This must be a Tuesday after a long weekend bike. I am now the proud owner of two different brands of bikes with failed CDI modules, and the other is a Kawasaki. It's no surprise to learn that both bikes CDI's are built by the same manufacturer in Japan.
Written on: 12/10/2006 by Motorbiker (3 reviews written)
I traded in a 2000 Triumph Sprint ST for a low mileage 2001 Honda NT650V Deauville which I chose in preference to the 2002 model as I didn't want the linked brakes of the newer bike. I've added a MRA Vario Touring screen, wind deflectors and heated grips (for winter riding), a fenda extenda to the front mudguard, a 42 litre Kappa topbox for added capacity and a power socket (to recharge my mobile). The result is an easy to ride motorcycle that keeps off the worst of the weather and does… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/09/2006 by anglosaxon (1 review written)
The Honda Deauville is a viable choice for motorcyclists requiring a bike with motorway and urban capabilities wrapped with a three quarter fairing in an attractive profiled shape. Not a bike for those who wish to flaunt their testosterone levels to the public or impress the ladies, but more in tune with those experienced 30/40 somethings who appreciate open spaces, having to compete with urban congestion or simply balmy summer Sundays cruising the country lanes with a sense of relaxed… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/02/2007
Thanks anglo, just bought a 1998 Deauville for all those reasons! Your review is bang on.
Written on: 21/08/2006 by ritesofspring (1 review written)
My other bike is a Yamaha FJ 1200 but at the moment I prefer the Deauville, much more relaxed almost soporific, I could do without the radiator leak though… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/08/2006
Prefering a Deauville over a FJ1200 as it is more relaxing is interesting. I remember going from an FJ1200 to a CX500 Euro and thinking it the worst mistake I had ever made.
Written on: 16/06/2006 by dorianxh (1 review written)
I went today on the 16th of June 2006 to test ride a 2000 model Deauville from Motoden Honda dealer in Shoreditch. The ride was only about 40 minutes in busy London traffic. I have ridden many scooters, cruisers, adventure bikes and finally the pan (ST1100 ABS/TCS) which I had to sell as I moved abroad for a while, so my previous experience gave me some good material for the comparison.
The Deauville was quite agile in traffic, I was able to squeeze through many tight gaps I could not… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/06/2006 by Coghland (1 review written)
2003 Silver Deauville, pet bike for pleasure riding only. 1st bike after 30 years (previous bike Yamaha 350RD).
Was considering cruiser 1st, (Harley Davidson etc) then after research bought the much more sensible and advanced Deauville.
I was restricted by a provisional licence and insurance on this, my return to biking bike. (2 year restriction in Ireland)
Great choice.
I'd say I will keep it until I get the licence & insurance sorted out then get a Pan or Goldwing.
Or maybe I'll just keep the… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/05/2006 by Snash43 (1 review written)
Excellent bike for commuting and shorter distance touring. I have now put 18,000 miles on the Honda Deauville and have only had one problem when the fuel sender blew (in the Blackwall Tunnel at rush hour!!) Fuel consumption never worse than 50mpg even when riding "enthusiatically". Recently fitted a tall screen which helps immensely on longer hauls, but it does confuse the raindrops, as they tend to hit my visor from the top and push downwards!!! Great at lower speeds as well, as I can now keep… Read Full Review
Written on: 19/03/2006 by Taff Evans (2 reviews written)
I find the Honda Deauville engine excellent, it has good torque, is smooth and powerful enough for English roads. On the continent it can run all day at a ton without getting out of breath. I have never got off it feeling stiff, even after a full day's riding. Fuel consumption is between 50 and 65 mpg, so 160 to 200 miles between top ups. The shaft drive is smooth and low maintenance. I have no problems with the weather protection available, I don't like looking through a screen so the… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/02/2006 by timson (1 review written)
I have just completed two years ownership of a Honda Deauville. Traded in my 'getting old' BMW K100LT and couldn't afford a new BM so went for something in my price range with shaft drive. Very happy with its all round ability. More than adequate for me with two up. Handling is fine (keep up with mates on bigger bikes). I know some of the very expensive brands have ABS but these 'combined brakes' have got me out of trouble on the odd occasion. I have ridden on club rides and with social… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/01/2006 by Pollik (1 review written)
Honda NT650V Deauville
Not much to add the good point/bad point listings. If you want a safe predictable ride, if you can put up with the panniers that you would not trust to hold anything you want to be sure of still having at the end of your trip and if you have a reliable trustworthy means of servicing the bike, then it is a bike worth considering. I added handlebar grip heaters and it becomes an all-weather bike (ice and snow is really all that keeps the bike at home).
Would I… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/12/2005 by hayhayjojo (1 review written)
I have owned a 2004 Honda Deauville NT650V since Feb 2005 with only 600miles on the clock. As a community nurse, 'Cruella' is perfect for town traffic, storage of medication and charts. Hasn't once failed to start hot or cold. Only mechanical intervention needed when some 'plum' left some glass in the road resulting in slow puncture which was plugged for a tenner. Good riding position and comfy for the mrs when we go off island. Can't say I'd get another when I trade in old one in a couple of… Read Full Review
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Triple play as a separate market? Empirical findings and consequences to broadband market definition
Double and triple play bundled offers are common phenomena in many national communication markets. However the overall market context, technological background of provision, the level of facility based platform competition and strategic role of the bundled offers seems to be different in national markets. There is clear challenge to the current European regulatory approach to broadband markets, which is treated as a separate market on its own. If there was a separate market for the bundled product, the whole market analysis and remedy system had to be adapted to this market reality. Testing the (triple play) bundle the market hypothesis is the logical and necessary first step to address this issue. We designed and conducted an empirical study supported by the Hungarian Competition Authority in order to address these questions. A special, situation adaptive questionnaire design was applied in order to get the possibly best informed and adequate stated preference reactions to a 10% price change. We used the cri ical loss test for market definition, testing whether there is a separate market for triple play bundles. Results indicates that the market definition question whether bundle has to or could be considered as a separate relevant market can be answered using well designed survey techniques. Many clues support the hypothesis that the triple play bundle in 2010 indeed was a separate relevant market.
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Infinity Funds
2008 2nd Quarter Performance Update
Infinity Dollar Trust Maximizer UITF
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A dollar-denominated fixed-unit investment trust fund that aims to maximize the returns of the investors by investing in a diversified portfolio of deposits and tradable investment-grade debt securities issued by the Philippine government and corporations. It is ideal for investors who are seeking for higher returns with exposure at relatively moderate price volatility and those with longterm investment horizon. Minimum placement amount is $10,000 with a minimum holding period of one hundred eighty (180) days. Trust fee is 1% p.a. based on the total market value of the Fund. Portfolio duration is more than five years.
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The Dollar Trust Maximizer posted an absolute year-to-date return of 3.0569% and year-on-year return of .0927%, net of taxes and fees while the Infinity Dollar Long Term Bond Fund had an absolute return of .1438% since its inception date as of end of the first quarter of 2008.
Have we seen the worst of this financial crisis? This question seemed to be at the back of every investor's mind as the market rooled into the second quarter of the years. First quarter corporate earnings came in with mixed results across different industries, with technology and commodity companies posting earning broadly better than forecast. On the other hand, bank, brokers and other financial institutions continued to report weak quarterly results and additional writedowns. Banks also embarked on an aggressive capital-raising campaign to replenish the witedowns their balance sheets had to absorb. The Federal Reserve again cut overnight interest rates by 25 bps at the April 30 FOMC, bringing the Fed funds rate to 2%.
A major development in 2Q08 was the accelerated rise in the prices of commodities, most notably crude oil. Oil futures traded at USD100/bbl at the end of March and went on to reach USD140/bbl by the end of June. Market watchers attributed the surge in oil prices to fund managers treating oil as an alternative asset class as they pursued excess returns, with stock and bond markets offering minimal, sometimes negative yields. There was still, of course, constant real demand from oil-dependent nations and industries. The rise in commodity prices sparked a global rise in medium-term inflation expectations. Inflation became the daily buzzword and concerns of runaway inflation would ultimately be the catalyst in the dramatic rise in bond yields witnessed in late 2Q08.
The resiliency shown by the ROPS during 1Q08 carried into April and May as the markets found comfort in low US interest rates, the Federal Reserve/JP Morgan rescue of Bear Stearns, and the abundance of cash on the balance of sheets of Philippine banks. The economic stimulus package approved by the US government was expected to take effect through 2Q/3Q08, diminishing concerns of a recession in the world's biggest economy.
All this positive sentiment, however, was neutralized when inflationary pressures began to surface in the midst of surging commodity prices. US inflation climbed to a 17-year high of 5% in June. Asian countries also reported multi-year inflation figures, with the Philippines printing 8.3% in April, 9.5% in May, and 11.4% in June. This prompted the BSP to raise its overnight borrowing rate by 25 bps to 5.25% at the June 5 Monetary Board meeting to temper inflation expectations.
Emerging market bonds were hit hard by the lingering inflation scare, with ROP prices falling by as much as 10% during the first three weeks of June. Indonesian sovereign bonds experienced a similar decline in prices. 5-year ROP credit default swaps widened from 237 bps at the end of March to 270 bps at the end of June. The market saw broad-based selling from offshore accounts as funds went underweight emerging market credit. Local accounts, awash with liquidity, supported the market as yields became more and more attractive and Philippine economic fundamentals remaining solid.
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It's one of the better press releases I've ever read:
Minneapolis, MN — Today a horde of gay barbarians descended upon Michele and Marcus Bachmann's "pray away the gay" clinic and demanded that Marcus come out and discipline them for their "deviant" behavior.
Marcus Bachmann, who conducts "reparative therapy" at the clinic intended to convert homosexuals, has said that gays are "barbarians who need to be disciplined." The horde requested to speak directly with Bachmann and experience some "discipline" for themselves.
The protest was organized by Nick Espinosa, who as far as I can tell, invented glitterbombing. (In this context, that means dumping a bag of glitter on a politician you think is homophobic, and not dropping a shot of goldschlager into a Red Bull and chugging it, but thanks, Urban Dictionary!) Bachmann himself wasn't at the clinic, although I don't think the results would have been any different if he'd been there.
Those of us reading along at home have plenty to discuss. Is this a valid form of protest? I'd say maybe, leaning towards no, only because I know how totally impossible it is to get a pound of glitter out of carpeting (story for another time). And yet, there is some weird peacenik justice in bedazzling your enemies, though it'd be a lot friendlier if they went around affixing boas to everyone or something.
The story makes an interesting compliment to another piece we're running today, arguing that liberals shouldn't call Marcus Bachmann gay (which they've been doing, since he is a little… that way). I'd argue that this is good old-fashioned protest, gay people targeting an anti-gay institution, not qualitatively different than conservatives protesting an abortion clinic. But I bet some of you disagree.


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Advancing Pro Bono through Accessto Justice Commissions
From the Chair
News & Events
Advancing Pro Bono through Access to Justice Commissions
By Steve Grumm, Director, ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives
Access to Justice Commissions are spearheading creative, and replicable, initiatives to engage all segments of the private bar in pro bono work that rewards lawyers while narrowing the justice gap.
Pro bono is a critical component in the legal aid infrastructure. Under–resourced civil legal aid organizations, still reeling from significant drop–offs in federal funding and Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA) revenues, rely on the private bar to supplement their work. Bob Glaves, executive director of the Chicago Bar Foundation, which funds the city's legal aid providers, offers, "Pro bono is an integral part of a comprehensive strategy to make our nation's promise of equal access to justice a reality. While it's no panacea by itself, the private bar can marshal tremendous resources and is a major partner in trying to narrow the justice gap. We encourage all of our grantee legal aid organizations to develop strong relationships with pro bono contributors from throughout the legal community." Indeed, more can always be done to encourage even more lawyers to perform pro bono work. But the sheer number and value of hours provided has been a huge boon to the legal aid community.
Meanwhile, Access to Justice Commissions (ATJCs) are state–based, blue–ribbon panels — composed of high–level leaders in the profession – which act on several fronts to improve the delivery of legal services to those on the socioeconomic margins.1 The ATJC concept is spreading rapidly. The first ATJC was founded in Washington State in 1994. Now, there are ATJCs in 27 states and in the District of Columbia, with 25 ATJCs having been founded since 2000.2 With 12 more states now using ABA–administered grant funding to explore the creation of an ATJC, there will likely be over 30 ATJCs within a year.3
ATJCs have had successes on numerous fronts in strengthening the legal–aid infrastructure and promoting equal justice. One of the foremost areas of success comes in the work of ATJCs to support pro bono. The reason for this is twofold. First, by dint of their membership and their close tethers to state high courts, ATJCs possess the clout to not only build awareness of ATJ issues but to facilitate concrete change. In Tennessee, for example, the high court has embraced the ATJC and its mission, and has appointed Justice Janice M. Holder as the Liaison to the ATJC. ATJC Chair George "Buck" T. Lewis says, "What has happened in Tennessee in the last five years demonstrates what is possible when the entire Supreme Court makes access to justice the number one priority."
Second, ATJCs sit at the center of many segments of our profession — the bench, the private bar, the organized (i.e. state and local) bars, as well as the legal aid and law school communities. Thus ATJCs bring these actors together around the issue of effectively delivering services to poor people. ATJCs foster dialogue about what the judges see as priorities in the courthouse, what the private bar needs to get engaged in pro bono, and where the legal aid organizations can lend their deep expertise to boost pro bono efficiency. Once needs are identified and plans formulated, ATJCs act. ATJCs are truly unique entities in representing all these interests and channeling them toward the goal of equal access to justice.
Let's take a closer look at just a few (replicable) examples of how ATJCs support pro bono:
Illinois: Practice Rule Amendments
It may not be the most glamorous approach to promoting access to justice, but small practice rule changes have allowed scores of lawyers to more meaningfully engage in pro bono. The Illinois Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission has been active in facilitating several recent state practice rule changes which allow for more pro bono participation. For instance, in April Supreme Court Rule 756(j) was amended to allow out–of–state attorneys to perform pro bono in Illinois as long as the attorneys are in good standing out of state. At the same time, the court amended a limited–practice rule for corporate counsel that will have the effect of allowing corporate lawyers with out–of–state licenses to perform pro bono in Illinois.4
Maine: Creative Community Engagement
The Justice Action Group, which functions as the formal ATJC in Maine, launched its "Lawyers in Libraries" this past May. On May 1, dozens of lawyers delivered presentations and offered brief counsel to attendees in 40 libraries throughout the state. Lawyers in Libraries and its pro bono volunteer force will facilitate similar programs in the future. The overarching goal, of course, is to proactively reach out to communities and individuals who will benefit from this exposure to legal resources.
Massachusetts: Building New Volunteer Communities
The program's first class included seven fellows; next year's class will nearly double, to 13 fellows. Susan Finegan, ATJC member and Chair of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Standing Committee on Pro Bono, is optimistic about the program's impact: "[T]he Fellows have provided vital legal needs by establishing lawyer–for–the–day programs in various courts, working with nonprofits on corporate governance, representing indigent clients in guardianship cases, and tackling issues involving bankruptcy, immigration law, land conservation, and community agriculture. Our long–term goal is to seek a culture shift in Massachusetts whereby all retiring lawyers will consider participating in the Fellows program, making a real difference for low income [clients]."
Tennessee: Empowering New Pro Bono Actors
The Tennessee Faith & Justice Alliance (TFJA), launched this past February, began with the recognition that many people who run into problems seek assistance first in their churches and faith communities before going to legal/social services providers. This is often so because those seeking help are unable to define the specific nature of their problems and may not know of the resources available to support them. Thus the Alliance is assisting congregations throughout the state in building an infrastructure to identify and help those with legal needs. The Alliance's pilot project was launched in partnership with the United Methodist Church (UMC). The UMC established a network of volunteer attorneys from within its own congregation to provide assistance to those in need. The goal is to grow the TFJA within other faith communities and to promote flexibility so that new projects can best accommodate their own needs.
Washington, DC: Recognizing Volunteer Contributions
Conclusion: ATJCs as Hubs for Building Pro Bono
Justice Holder in Tennessee observes, "Access to Justice Commissions can become the public face of access to justice efforts statewide, attracting more members of the private bar by creating a community or culture for access to justice efforts." And as exemplified above, ATJCs go beyond attracting and educating the private bar. ATJCs can drive pro bono innovation and build the pro bono volunteer base through advocacy on any number of fronts — from encouraging practice–rule flexibility, to engaging partners outside the legal community, to harnessing the expertise of what will be a large cadre of lawyers moving into retirement. As new ATJCs emerge in some states and existing ATJCs grow more sophisticated in others, they will comprise a national network to create and share new ideas and to engage even more pro bono advocates in the hard but rewarding work of achieving equal justice.
2 ABA Resource Center for ATJ Initiatives, Role of State Supreme Courts in State Access to Justice Commissions, January 2013, http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/legal_aid_indigent_defendants/ls_sclaid_atj_commissions_table.pdf
3 For more on the ABA Resource Center for ATJ Initiatives' Expansion Project, and our grant disbursements, see http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_aid_indigent_defendants/initiatives/resource_center_for_access_to_justice/grants.html.
4 Illinois Supreme Court, Order, April 8, 2013, available at http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Rules/Amend/2013/040813.pdf.
5 Massachusetts Court System, Press Release, "Access to Justice Commission Launches New Pro Bono Fellows Program," September 26, 2012, available at http://www.mass.gov/courts/press/pr092612.html.
6 District of Columbia Courts, Press Release, "D.C. Courts Chief Judges Publish 2nd Annual Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll," June 5, 2013, available at http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/documents/Honor–Roll–2013–Press–Release.pdf.
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No Time To Let Up
Buffalo, NY - The New England Patriots are hitting their stride at just the right time, displaying their usual December dominance and rolling toward what they hope is another 11-win season.
This time, however, 11 wins might not be enough.
Even if the Patriots win their regular-season finale at Buffalo on Sunday, they'll need some outside help to avoid being home for the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
Oddsmakers from Online Sportsbook Sportsbook.com have made the Patriots –6.5 point spread favorites for Sunday's game against the Bills. Current NFL Public Betting Information shows that 86% of more than 7,065 bets for this game have been placed on the Patriots –6.5.
The five-time defending AFC East champions are tied for the division lead with Miami, but they would lose the tiebreaker with the Dolphins, meaning that in order to capture another division crown, New England (10-5) needs the rival New York Jets to beat Miami later Sunday afternoon.
The situation could have been even more dire for the Patriots had Seattle not beaten the reeling Jets 13-3 last Sunday. A New York victory in that game would have all but eliminated New England from the division race, but instead coach Bill Belichick could now find his team's fate on the shoulders of former assistant and current nemesis Eric Mangini's club, which has lost three of four.
"I think, rather than being a fan here and a cheerleader, the best thing we can do is go out there and play good football on Sunday in Buffalo," Belichick said. "Without that, nothing else will matter."
New England can also earn a wild-card berth, but only if struggling Jacksonville defeats Baltimore Sunday. If the Patriots win and neither scenario plays out, they will join the 1985 Denver Broncos as the only 11-5 teams to miss the playoffs.
"We have no one to be frustrated with but ourselves," guard Logan Mankins said. "We lost five games."
New England (10-5) has weathered the losses to injury of reigning league MVP Tom Brady and several defensive starters, but has nonetheless come to resemble last year's 16-0 team recently, totaling 96 points the last two weeks in comfortable victories over Oakland and Arizona.
They thoroughly dismantled the AFC West champion Cardinals on Sunday, allowing only 45 total yards through three quarters en route to a 47-7 win. Not only did Sammy Morris and LaMont Jordan help the Patriots roll up 183 yards on the ground in snowy conditions, but quarterback Matt Cassel threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns without an interception.
"I've never played in the snow before," said Cassel, a Southern California native. "It was a lot of fun."
He may have to play in the snow again this week, with forecasts predicting a possible wintry mix for Sunday's game in Orchard Park, N.Y.
The Patriots have won three straight games even with Tedy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison and Adalius Thomas among their injured defenders. With starting safety James Sanders also out, Belichick tested rookie wide receiver Matthew Slater as a defensive back against the Cardinals.
With last Sunday's victory, New England moved to an NFL-best 23-2 in December since the beginning of 2003. The team has also won at least 11 games in five of the past seven seasons, all under Belichick, qualifying for the playoffs six times and winning three Super Bowls over that span.
Beating up on the Bills (7-8) has been a constant for Belichick's Patriots. They have won 10 straight and 15 of their last 16 against Buffalo, outscoring the Bills 150-40 in their last four visits to Ralph Wilson Stadium and holding them to 168 total yards in a 20-10 win in Foxborough on Nov. 9.
That game occurred in the midst of the Bills' dramatic second-half slide. After a 5-1 start, Buffalo dropped seven of its next eight games before finally rebounding with a 30-23 victory at Denver last Sunday.
The Broncos gained nearly twice as many yards as Buffalo, but the Bills won the turnover battle 2-0 and Fred Jackson's eight-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter broke a 23-all tie.
"Based on what Buffalo did (Sunday) on the road in Denver, I think that right there tells you how they're going to play," Belichick said. "They are a good football team."
Quarterback Trent Edwards returned for the Bills after a two-game absence due to a groin problem, replacing the struggling J.P. Losman and efficiently throwing for 193 yards and a touchdown.
The Bills may have to face New England without running back Marshawn Lynch, who aggravated a shoulder injury against the Broncos, and they may also be playing for coach Dick Jauron's job.
"Everybody reads the media and knows what's going on, and we know he's under a lot of heat," linebacker Kawika Mitchell said after last week's victory. "We wanted to win for ourselves and we really wanted to win one for him."
Top Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1992
NEW ENGLAND is 20-11 against the spread versus BUFFALO since 1992
NEW ENGLAND is 22-11 straight up against BUFFALO since 1992
20 of 32 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1992
Games over the last 3 seasons
NEW ENGLAND is 4-1 against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
NEW ENGLAND is 5-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at BUFFALO since 1992
NEW ENGLAND is 10-5 against the spread versus BUFFALO since 1992
NEW ENGLAND is 10-6 straight up against BUFFALO since 1992
9 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1992
Games played at BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons.
NEW ENGLAND is 2-0 against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
NEW ENGLAND is 2-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Player Injuries
(!) [QB] Tom Brady IR - Knee - 09/07/08
[CB] Jason Webster IR - Ankle - 12/03/08
[CB] Terence Wheatley IR - Wrist - 11/17/08
[FS] James Sanders missed last game, "?" - Abdominal - 12/14/08
[LB] Adalius Thomas IR - Forearm - 12/05/08
[LB] Eric Alexander IR - Hamstring - 11/21/08
[LB] Gary Guyton injured last game %27?%27 - Ankle - 12/14/08
[LB] Pierre Woods IR - Jaw - 12/13/08
[LB] Shawn Crable IR - Shin - 11/05/08
[LB] Tedy Bruschi injured last game, downgraded to expected to miss the rest of the season. - Knee - 12/09/08
[OT] Matt Light injured last game %27?%27 - Shoulder - 12/14/08
[RB] Laurence Maroney IR - Shoulder - 10/17/08
[S] Rodney Harrison IR - Knee - 10/21/08
[S] Tank Williams IR. - Knee - 08/09/08
(!) [QB] Trent Edwards is upgraded to probable - Groin - 12/17/08
[CB] Ashton Youboty IR - Foot - 11/07/08
[CB] Jabari Greer missed last game, "?" - Knee - 12/14/08
[DB] Dustin Fox missed last game, "?" - Groin - 12/14/08
[DE] Aaron Schobel IR - Foot - 12/07/08
[DE] Chris Ellis IR - Ankle - 12/06/08
[DT] John McCargo IR - Back - 11/29/08
[LB] Alvin Bowen is expected to miss the rest of the season. - Undisclosed - 11/08/08
[LB] Angelo Crowell IR - Knee - 09/04/08
[LB] John DiGiorgio IR - Knee - 10/20/08
[LB] Marcus Buggs IR - Ankle - 11/21/08
[WR] James Hardy expected to miss rest of season - Knee - 12/15/08
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I agree with food and water. I also take some tums and advil just in case.
Just put a limit on how, when and why questions to yourself
If the weather holds off, a 140-1500 miler solo will be my last long ride this year
I should point out that my response to Rowan was somewhat in jest. I do believe what he said is extremely appropriate, especially for the new long distance rider. No matter what, you have to earn your butt , so to speak. So ask away...
A lot of it is just experience and confidence, too. I think it's natural to have a moment of doubt on a long ride. After all, this isn't easy. But that feeling of satisfaction you get after the ride from being able to push through those difficult moments is a thing of beauty (and an important life lesson). The more you ride, the weaker the doubts become. After a while you will have pushed through so many difficult moments that none of them will phase you. You'll be able to say to yourself, "I've pushed through worse." If you're trying to break through a new barrier (a double century, for example), new doubts may arise, but the experience of pushing through doubts in the past will help.
So yes, experiment with your calorie intake and make sure you aren't running low. See what agrees with your body and what doesn't. It took me a while to figure all of that out. But don't be surprised if an extra 50, 100, 150 calories per hour doesn't solve all of your problems. Cycling isn't just physical exercise. It's mental, too.
I got this from a sports medicine Dr. who does research on triathletes.
"Of course, if you've been habitually popping ibuprofen through every event you've done and nothing's happened, nothing ever will...until you find you haven't peed after a race, start feeling sick and end up in the hospital, looking like a beached whale hooked up to dialysis. Then all those smokers and couch potatoes you thought you were better than are suddenly better off than you."
I assume that this is more the issue if you use them a lot. I'm sure once in a while probably isn't a big deal.
OP: In addition to the excellent nutritional advice given, I'll say this, just 'cause nobody else has.
I often fall into a bit of a funk while doing something really cool solo. A good example would be skiing- I am sometimes strangely bummed, when skiing alone, by mid-afternoon. I attribute it to just an amplified sense of loneliness brought about by how awesome the work of the day is, and how cool it'd be to share it with someone else.
I hope that made sense. I'm tired, off to bed. :)
The clue for me on how ibuprofen might not be so good for me was on PBP2003 when I had a particularly painful case of constipation, which was repeated on other, later rides when I was popping it quite often.
I rarely use it now.
I agree with other posters that the two important issues here are, in order of priority (1) eating well and (2) learning to accept negative thoughts and just let them wash over you and disperse. I am just posting to suggest that you can tape bananas, wrapped sub sandwiches and other food items to your bike's frame tubes besides carrying them in jersey pockets or a bike bag. Just don't put your taped up food items where your knees or other body parts will bump into them and cause annoyance. And if you use masking tape, it's easier to rip your food out mid-ride... someone with a duct taped banana is asking for trouble.
I've always have to fight negative thoughts and reactions to lactic acid buildup/muscle pains in most athletic endeavors I've participated in, from long distance swimming to alpine skiing, while hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail, and, of course, cycling! Dunno why that's my normal mental mode during exercise, but it is. Only happens when I'm trying to be athletic - never any other times. And I have never been able to "learn to live with it"!
My latest method to help me ride through them is fairly simple - boring but simple. I taped two strips of paper on my handlebars, one on either side of the stem. The left one has the word "Elephant" written on it. The right one has the word "Temporary" on it. Both are covered in clear tape to make them waterproof.
The two words reference things said here and elsewhere numerous times.
Elephant - you eat an elephant one bite at a time - right?!?!
Temporary - It's ALL temporary, feeling good, feeling bad, the boring, the ecstasy, weather, pain. Everything is temporary.
Since most of my rides are solo and I don't use music, audiobooks or other audio for safety reasons, I'm left to deal with whatever totally on my own. Recently, at the first hint of a negative (mental, pain, strain, whatever), I've been glancing at one or both of the two paper strips and "chant" the relevant saying (in my mind) like a yogi's "OM". Even on a relatively short ride today, I found myself looking to the strips for solace more than once. Got me through it... I totally dunno why.
Hard to imagine the tricks RAAM riders have to use to cover that distance! Definitely can't be as simple as this, though I've heard of semi-similar things (like "just ride to the next .... then I can quite/take a break/whatever").
Any time I thought of a 1200K as Twelve Hundred Kilometres ... or anytime I let myself think about the entire distance I had yet to travel (Eight Hundred and Fifty Kilometres) ... I just about packed it in and quit.
Instead, I thought about that day. Today, I will be cycling 70 km to the next town where I will stop for lunch. Well, 70 km isn't bad. I had done many 70 km rides in my training. The furthest I would let myself think ahead would be ... tonight I'll be in that town, where I will stop to sleep. But I didn't dwell on that thought too long because that was still some distance off.
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It worked, too
I think powders and concentrates make sense for high performance athletes, but for mere mortals regular food works fine on bike rides.
At the 600 km brevet last weekend I rode mostly on bananas. They're fully vegan compatible, I believe and fairly easy to find in convenience stores and food shops along the way. I just bought a bunch of about 5, broke them up into pairs and stuffed those into the jersey pockets. I'd eat one every half an hour or so. Once I finished the last one, I stopped at the next convenience store and bought another bunch. I had some other food too, but bananas probably covered at least 2/3 of my calories. Just can't go wrong with them in my opinion.
On a related note, Rule #6. ;)
Another thought, too.
Stop looking at the bike computer when you are starting to feel "negative". I know that it's needed for intermediate distances, but if it's a long stretch, there is nothing worse than thinking 10 minutes has gone by and looking down to see you've only done one mile.
Time just does seem to defy itself in those circumstances.
Of course, noting that your speed really is 6 miles an hour -- on the flats -- might lead you to conclude that you are on the way to bonking.
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Awesome-looking heatsink here, with three heat pipes running through the base and well spreaded out.
The heatpipes are soldered to a copper base.
Spring-loaded screws were chosen over traditional push-pin ones to secure the large heatsink.
The dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor, which has an operating frequency of 1.8GHz, 1MB L2 cache and supports single-channel DDR2 and DDR3 800MHz memory.
The GT218-based NVIDIA ION 2.


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Legal Question in Family Law in Missouri
Can an adopted 17 year old girl move out in Missouri?
Asked on 10/06/13, 9:15 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith
If she has her GED or high school diploma, or is evemancipated, she can move. The fact that she was adopted, doesn't change anything.
Good luck
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Couple to celebrate 60th anniversary
Glen and Betty (Ruggles) Mullikin were married on July 4, 1953, at the Methodist Church in Douds.
They have four children, Pat (Jeff) Swartzendruber of Urbandale; Ron Mullikin of Pea Ridge, Ark.; Dale (Lori) Mullikin of North Liberty; and Cindy (Brian) Blackburn of Bloomington, Ill. They have 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
A family celebration is planned in Little Amana.
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Money Moves
Long-term outlook leads to job satisfaction
by Ada Ng
"Any adviser looking for a quick fix that brings in a million dollar practice is not going to have a truly satisfying career. Building a rewarding practice as a financial adviser takes time and persistence," stresses Raymond Chan, senior manager—private clients, Tyche Group.
When Mr Chan joined independent financial advisory firm (IFA) Tyche Group in 2003, he was attracted by the long-term growth potential of the industry. "During that period, the industry was still in its infancy, where investors were less aware of the importance of a long-term and holistic approach to investing," Mr Chan notes. "This situation has presented tremendous opportunity for finance graduates like me to grow in the profession that emphasises trust, integrity and long-term constructive client relations."
Over the years, the industry has enjoyed robust growth with investors fast becoming more sophisticated in investment products and services. Such growth prospects have cemented Mr Chan's interest in the industry, along with his anticipation for another wave of growth in the market.
Mr Chan notes that the main objective of his job is to help clients to achieve long-term financial security by identifying a financial product portfolio. "Rather than push sell in-house financial products, we're independent from the products that we recommend, and therefore remain neutral when it comes to the choice of investment," he emphasises.
During the process of portfolio customisation, Mr Chan notes that it is critical to gain a thorough understanding of clients' needs, long-term financial objectives and risk appetite. "If you treat this as a profession and long-term career, then you're really moulding your clients' future," he says.
Gaining clients' trust is fundamental in developing a good portfolio, but it is a lengthy process that requires a great deal of persistence. Mr Chan says, "I find the greatest rewards of being in this profession are the trust and long-lasting relationships I can form with clients. It's a profession that is sustainable for life if you gain trust and confidence from your clients."
He adds: "By offer my clients analysis and advice, I help them to attain their goals and objectives, and at the same time, achieve my own job satisfaction."
While an educational background in business and finance would be an asset, Mr Chan points out it is critical for any financial adviser to take responsibility for their own development. "It's a profession that recognises your efforts in continuous learning and builds around solid work experience. So, you've got to take it as a long-term career, such that you would constantly update your market knowledge and professional skills to stay ahead," he advises. "At the end of the day, clients turn to us for professional advice. We shouldn't be moved by clients' emotions and we should always point out unbiased solutions."
Taken from Career Times 7 May 2010, A9
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Twitter opens door to Iowa operating room; is a way to keep family informed of status of loved ones' surgeries
Monna Cleary, of Lost Nation, Iowa, talks with Dr. Jerry Rozeboom at St. Luke's Hospital, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cleary agreed to let hospital staff post a play-by-play of her Monday surgery on Twitter, passing along real-time information from the operating room to her children in the waiting room and anyone else who wanted to read in. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Before 70-year-old Monna Cleary underwent a hysterectomy and uterine prolapse surgery Monday at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA, she gave the OK for hospital spokeswoman Sarah Corizzo to post a play-by-play of the operation on Twitter, a social networking site on which users post snippets of information up to 140 characters using cell phones or computers, according to a recent Associated Press article.
Outside in the waiting room, the tweets allowed the Cleary family to follow the progress of the surgery from anesthesia to recovery. One daughter-in-law was able to keep tabs from work.
"It's real time information instead of sitting and not knowing in the waiting room," says Cleary's son Joe.
"It made the time go by," says Cleary, who was joined by a brother, two sisters and a sister-in-law at the hospital. "We all feel it was a positive experience."
The AP reports Corizzo sent more than 300 tweets over more than three hours from a computer just outside the operating room's sterile field. Nearly 700 people followed the messages, with eight followers tweeting questions to Corizzo about the procedure and a Cleary family member commenting on how fascinating it was to follow the surgery.
The primary goal of the Twitter posts was education, Corizzo said, but it had the added benefit of keeping the family informed during surgery. It also helps to raise the profile of the hospital. The idea to follow the surgery on Twitter at St. Luke's evolved after a similar surgery was Webcast several months ago.
"A lot of people would like to go into the operating room and see what happens but don't want all the visuals and stuff," says Laura Rainey, another hospital spokeswoman. "This is a more gentle way to help inform patients and consumers."
This isn't the first instance of a surgery described on Twitter. Children's Medical Center in Dallas tweeted in May when a father donated a kidney to his son, and officials at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have tweeted about several surgeries since January.
According to Dian Luffman, a spokeswoman with Change:healthcare, a business that helps clients save money on procedures, hospitals using Twitter during surgery means that it's entering the mainstream, especially among the 20-and-30 somethings, and hospitals are attempting to build relationships.
Amanda Gillbret, whose husband and son were involved in the Dallas kidney transplant, said she appreciated being able to monitor her husband's surgery at another hospital while she was at Children's Medical Center with her son, AP reports.
"I felt like I was part of my husband's surgery and connected to what he was going through but was there with my son, too," Gillbret says. "It gave me a huge peace and it was just comforting knowing what was happening."
She noted that typically a person can sit for hours in a waiting room and maybe get two phone calls from the operating room. Through Twitter, she received updates every two to three minutes, and it helped family and friends who were not there stay up-to-date.
While the Detroit hospital has tweeted during several surgeries, neither the Cedar Rapids hospital nor the one in Dallas have immediate plans to do it again, but would be open to it if patients agree.
Cleary said she agreed to have her procedure posted on Twitter — but only after being educated to what tweeting was. During her surgery, Corizzo relayed tweets ever few minutes.
Examples of the more than 300 tweets from Cleary's surgery included:
-"Putting numbing medication where the incisions will be. Making first incision right now."
-"Right now doctor is cutting across some vessels & ligaments that connect the ovaries to the uterus."
-"Opening up the peritoneum right now," which led to a tweet questioning what the peritoneum is. Corizzo explained it is the sac that lines the abdomen.
The surgeon, Dr. Jerry Rozeboom, said he asked Cleary to participate because she is "very open, conversant and willing to be part of the education process.
"It was mostly a patient who I thought was open to helping other people learn about new technology and maybe helping other women in her situation," Rozeboom says.
Before the surgery, Rozeboom said no restrictions would be placed on what could be included, AP reports, but he made it clear that if it became a distraction or a complication arose, the tweeting would stop.
In her tweets, Corizzo detailed the robotic equipment used for the surgery and included photos that showed Rozeboom at the control panel of the equipment and an internal image showing stitches being put in place. She also tweeted about the causes and symptoms of the condition that led to Cleary's surgery. Once the procedure was done, Corizzo sent a final tweet to Cleary's family.
"She's doing great. She'll see you soon."


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Skins Host Rams
After getting through a tough early schedule, the surprising Washington Redskins know the challenge for them now is to remain focused.
They'll try for a fifth straight win Sunday and look to avoid a letdown when they host the winless St. Louis Rams, who will play their first game under new coach Jim Haslett.
Oddsmakers from SBG Global have made Redskins –13.5 point spread favorites (View NFL Football odds) for Sunday's game (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 74% of bets for this game have been placed on Redskins –13.5 (View NFL Football bet percentages).
Under first-year coach Jim Zorn, Washington (4-1) faced three NFC East road matchups in the season's first five games. After losing to the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in Week 1, the Redskins have responded with four straight wins, including two in a row within their rugged division.
Washington went into Dallas two weeks ago and handed the Cowboys their only loss, 26-24, before an impressive comeback last Sunday at Philadelphia. The Redskins fell behind by two touchdowns before rallying for a 23-17 win.
"He's got an offense that's moving and doing things well," Washington defensive coordinator Greg Blache said about Zorn. "I think the guy's done everything that could be asked of a head coach. You wouldn't ask anymore from a veteran head coach, let alone a first-year head coach."
After the emotional wins over the rival Cowboys and Eagles, it may be hard for Washington to get motivated for a three-game stretch which includes St. Louis (0-4), Cleveland and Detroit - three teams that have combined for one win.
"It's a one-week season," right tackle Jon Jansen told the Redskins' official Web site. "We have to focus on the Rams and concentrate on what they're doing. We need to make sure that we don't take any teams for granted."
It would be easy to take St. Louis for granted. The Rams replaced coach Scott Linehan with Haslett after a fourth straight loss, 31-14 to Buffalo two weeks ago before their bye.
Haslett, who compiled a 45-51 record in six seasons coaching New Orleans from 2000-05, knows he has a lot of work to do.
"We'll try to get my personality into them as fast as we can, if that's the way you want to look at it," he said. "I do like guys who are tough and hard-nosed and love to play the game."
While the Rams are struggling in all facets of the game, the offense under first-year coordinator Al Saunders has been particularly stagnant. St. Louis has scored the fewest points in the NFL, but Marc Bulger has been re-installed as the starter at quarterback after Linehan replaced him with Trent Green for the Buffalo game.
Bulger was sacked 11 times in his first three games, and has thrown for only two touchdowns.
"Certainly, it didn't start out the way we wanted," Bulger said. "But guys haven't quit, and we honestly still think we do have a chance in the division. Believe it or not."
Before Saunders came to St. Louis, he served for two years as Washington's offensive coordinator. Zorn has in effect replaced him, taking the unusual step as a first-year head coach of also handling the play-calling responsibilities.
It has seemed to benefit quarterback Jason Campbell, who never truly thrived under Saunders. In a division in which the other starting quarterbacks have all played in the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl or both, Campbell has held his own. He has been steady and efficient, and has yet to throw an interception in 153 attempts this year.
"Anytime that you are winning in the NFL and especially in this division, people start to talk about you," Campbell said. "One thing we have to do as a team is continue to understand that we must improve, because now teams are going to put that X on our back. That means everybody is going to turn it up a notch more when they play us."
Washington running back Clinton Portis has posted back-to-back 100-yard efforts as he gets ready to face the porous St. Louis defense. The Rams are allowing 166 rushing yards per game - second-most in the NFC.
The Redskins have won six of their last eight meetings with the Rams.
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[OT] Brandon Gorin IR - Shoulder - 08/18/08
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[TE] Randy McMichael expected to miss at least 8 weeks - Ankle - 09/30/08
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[CB] Justin King IR - Toe - 08/16/08
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[OL] Stephon Heyer is downgraded to doubtful - Shoulder - 10/01/08
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[LB] Phillip Daniels IR - Knee - 07/21/08
[CB] Shawn Springs is upgraded to probable - Calf - 10/01/08
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[DE] Alex Buzbee IR - Achilles - 09/04/08
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Geological Wine Tours project to launch in October
Responding to a trending interest in the connection between the geological foundation of Pacific Northwest vineyards and the region's world-renowned wines, WinesNorthwest.com (an 18-year-old online tour guide for Northwest wine country) is set to launch its Geological Wine Tours project on Sunday, October 12.
"The matter of place," observes Susan O'Hara, WinesNorthwest founder, "is pretty central to decision-making by Northwest winemakers, viticulturists and wine enthusiasts alike these days. That's pretty obvious when you look at the rapid growth in the number of sub-appellations in the Northwest over the past 10 years or so and the prices for grapes coming out of certain regions. You also find a lot more vineyard-designated wine labels reaching the shelves of wine shops, and consumers want to know more about the differences."
American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) define the boundaries and geological characteristics of distinct wine-growing regions, and winemakers sourcing grapes from specific vineyards within these regions are exploring relationships between selected vineyards and finished wines; how will specific locations affect flavor profiles, aromatics, the color and the body of wines grown there? Consumer interest is following.
"It's all about place," said Ken Wright of Ken Wright Cellars who focuses on producing vineyard-designate wines from the Willamette Valley. Wright was instrumental in organizing the six newest sub-appellations of the Northern Willamette Valley. "And nothing can show the differences of place like Pinot Noir!"
Wright's appreciation of sense of place led him to join WinesNorthwest in the first of its Geological Wine Tour which will focus on the Northern Willamette Valley and Pinot Noir wines. Wright will participate as one of the three wineries included in the tour, and he will meet with tour participants to discuss the area's geology and terroir and its impact on his wines. Wright will also present a comparative, guided tasting of some of his wines.
Sponsored by Banner Bank, the full-day Geological Wine Tour is designed to combine educational opportunities on the road, in the vineyard and at the winery with guided wine tastings presented by winery principles at three award-winning wineries in the Yamhill-Carlton and Ribbon Ridge AVAs… Trisaetum Winery, Elk Cove Vineyards and Ken Wright Cellars. The all-day tour, led by geology professor Scott Burns and author Rick Thompson, will follow a route that crosses over ancient flood plains and huge ripples left by the cataclysmic Missoula Floods that crashed through the Northern Willamette Valley at the end of the last ice age.


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A notebook which is capable of recharging itself via solar power? This has got to be a joke, right? Well, if it is, suffice to say Samsung has gone ahead and turned that very joke into reality, for the Korean electronics giant has just announced the availability of its new 10.1-inch 'mini-notebook' which is reportedly capable of doing just that. Seems like humankind's dream of achieving all-day computing on a single battery charge just got one step closer to fruition.
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360buy.com Partly Integrated with the Qianxun.com, Apparel Sellers Can Do Business at Both the Two Websites
One year and a half ago,360buy purchased Qianxun.com, the apparel B2C website of South Korea's SK Telecom. But since then no more was heard of about the Qianxun.com until the website launched a theme promotion today, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, i.e. the Chinese Valentine's day. This promotion is jointly launched by Qianxun.com and 360buy.com, making it possible for the clothing and shoes sellers on the 360buy's open platform to sell their goods on 360buy and Qianxun.com simultaneously.
Today Qianxun.com puts forth a promotion campaign in six categories including underwear, shoes, T-shirts, and handbags, under the theme of the " Chinese Valentine's Day" . Qianxun.com has rarely had such a large promotional activity. Since its acquisition by 360.com, the outside world had heard so little of the Qianxun.com that they almost forget all about it.
Clicking open the "special feature of brand handbags" on Qianxun.com's Homepage, people can see that the domain name will jump to the secondary category of 360buy.com, and the webpage of Qianxun has been connected with that of 360buy.com. there has been report concerning the in-depth integration of 360buy.com and Qianxun.com, saying that the clothing and shoes sellers on the 360buy's open platform has already been able to sell their goods on 360buy and Qianxun.com at the same time.
Previously being an apparel B2C website invested by South Korea's SK Telecom, the Qianxun.com was purchased by 360buy in March, 2010. And the revised Qianxun.com did not come back online until April 19, 2011. Currently there were a total of over 200,000 kinds of goods on sale at the Qianxun .com, most of which are fashionable goods like clothes and footware.


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BOKWANG PHOENIX PARK, South Korea (Feb. 16, 2017) – Parallel giant slalom riders competed in a successful test event for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games last week at Bokwang Phoenix Park Resort in PyeongChang. U.S. athlete Aaron "AJ" Muss (Rumson, NJ; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club) posted his career-best finish to-date, breaking into the top 10 with a seventh-place finish.
Conditions were perfect on the 560-meter course which had all the ingredients for a superb show. With steep parts and natural rollers as well as flat sections, riders got an excellent first taste of what to expect next February. In only his second year on the World Cup tour, Muss' seventh place was an impressive individual finish. Two years ago, Muss suffered a life-threatening, postoperative pulmonary edema after having routine shoulder surgery, but has recovered and has his sights set on an Olympic berth next year.
"It was an honor to represent my country and compete in the World Cup Olympic test event in PyeongChang," said Muss. "I was very pleased at being able to perform so well on the Olympic hill, and am really look forward to coming back next year given the chance. I have a ton of confidence going into the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and firmly believe I can bring home a medal."
Austria's Andreas Prommegger and Russia's Alena Zavarzina claimed victories in the men's and women's competitions. The alpine snowboard World Cup tour continues next weekend with a parallel slalom staged in Shukolovo, Russia on February 25th.
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As expected, Bruce Sutter is the latest member of the Hall of Fame, and the only one elected in the most recent balloting. In a year where no new candidate picked up more than 58 votes, Sutter stepped into the vacuum to add 56 votes for a total of 400, 10 more than he needed for election.
It's not fun writing that a guy shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. It's much easier to write that someone does deserve an honor, which is just one reason why most players see gradual rises in their vote counts over time. It's more enjoyable to talk about what a player's accomplishments were, what positive memories he created, rather than objectively compare him to his peers and to established standards. Because of this, much of the coverage of Sutter's election ignored his short career and his clear inferiority to another reliever on the ballot, and continued exaggerating his role in the use of the split-fingered fastball and the development of the closer position.
It remains true, however, that Sutter didn't have nearly the value that Rich Gossage did, and his edges over Gossage stem largely from usage patterns that were developed to protect Sutter from injury. In other words, to cover up a flaw, an area in which he was inferior to Goose. Save totals are the primary manifestation of this, but you can also see it in ERAs, where Sutter's lighter usage helped his numbers as compared to Gossage.
Over at ESPN.com, Rob Neyer did a chat session, and one of the questioners pointed to Sutter's having a Cy Young Award, whereas Gossage doesn't, as evidence of the former's Hall worthiness.
Have you ever actually looked at that award? Sutter took a fractured vote with 77 of a possible 120 points, and just 10 of 24 first-place votes. It was one of the lowest winning vote totals of the 12-team era. Moreover, Sutter benefited from one of the more ridiculous split votes of all time, as Astros teammates Joe Niekro and J.R. Richard finished 2-3 right behind him, sharing 13 first-place votes. Richard, however, was vastly superior to Niekro in every way that year, with a lower ERA (and RA) in more innings, a 313/98 strikeout-to-walk ratio (versus Niekro's 119/107), and eight more complete games than Niekro. Niekro's edge? A 21-11 record against Richard's 18-13, which was worth nine first-place votes to Richard's four.
Sutter's Cy Young Award is essentially the product of cluelessness among some voters in evaluating those two pitchers. If Richard gets proper credit, he wins the Cy Young Award, and a major part of Sutter's Hall of Fame case, certainly vis-à-vis Gossage, disappears.
What's galling is that Sutter is getting his Cooperstown pass in much the same way that he got that Cy Young Award: through a crack in a voting process. This is the most frustrating aspect of his election, and the one that calls the electorate into greatest question. What was acknowledged openly in the coverage of yesterday's voting results was the idea that Sutter benefited from the lack of qualified first-ballot candidates. With no new players to vote for (Orel Hershiser led the way with 58 votes, and only two new candidates, he and Albert Belle, will make it back for another year), the voters changed the question from, "Is this player a Hall of Famer?" to "Who is the best player in this group?" That's simply the wrong question to ask; this isn't the MVP award, where you're trying to determine a winner from among a field of candidates. This is the Hall of Fame, where the standards are set and it is entirely possible to have a year in which no one meets them.
If you look at the voting, though, you can see the shifted standard. Fourteen of the 15 returning candidates saw their vote totals rise in this election (Willie McGee being the understandable exception). The absence of new, highly-qualified candidates caused voters to lower their standards and drop votes on players who they normally would have ignored. That factor, and not some sudden collective reconsideration of Bruce Sutter's career, is what pushed him over the top.
I think this is a huge hole in the process. Being a Hall of Famer should be about being one of the greatest players of all time, and even if the various Veterans Committees have screwed that standard up permanently, we should at least look to uphold the standard in the initial balloting. By electing Bruce Sutter just because he was the returning guy with the highest vote total, and there was no one new to vote for, the BBWAA has sullied the process and the honor.
Some of the coverage of Sutter's election tried to spin it as a recognition of the value of relief pitching and the closer role. That's simply spin, and false spin at that. What, the first 16 years after Sutter's career no one thought closers were important, but after a season in which the World Champions basically picked theirs out of a hat each month, now everyone realizes how important they are? Please. Bruce Sutter is a Hall of Famer this morning because no clear-cut Hall of Famers retired after the 2000 season. His career looks no different today than it did yesterday, last week or last year. His election came due to a shift in a standard–not in how relievers are evaluated, but in how Hall of Fame candidates are.
If you think I'm off base, consider that most analysts, while praising Sutter, took pains to point out that none of the players who fell short is likely to be elected next year, when Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr. and Mark McGwire become eligible. This is an acknowledgement that electability, rather than being a function of performance and the Hall's standards, is instead a game where the rules change depending on the competition. It's a ridiculous notion, and that it's so openly discussed should be cause for considerable criticism of the voters.
The game, however, bodes well for a number of players other than Sutter. Gossage, Jim Rice and Andre Dawson all ticked up above 60% in the voting, an area which usually means eventual election. Now, it's likely that some of those gains are "soft," an artifact of the voting pattern I've been excoriating, but even so, I think Rice and Gossage will both find their way into the Hall in 2008, and Dawson in '09 or '10. In the three years that follow the '06 ballot, just one certain Hall of Famer comes eligible, Rickey Henderson in '08, and just one other viable candidate, Edgar Martinez in '10. When you consider what the '05 ballot, the Sutter election, means in terms of how the BBWAA approached it, I think you can also have hope if you're a supporter of Bert Blyleven and Jack Morris, based on their gains this year and the upcoming weak ballots.
Election to the Hall of Fame is baseball's highest honor, and the dispensation of that honor should be taken seriously. The standard has to be the Hall itself, the players in it (with a caveat for institutional errors over the years). With this election, the BBWAA turned the Hall of Fame voting into the MVP voting, where the standard is the players on the ballot. Among this group, Sutter had the most support going in, and for that, he was elected.
As I wrote the other day, in immortality, as in life, timing is everything.


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Bluetooth technology is the joint achievement of leading companies in the telecommunications and computer industries, Nokia being one of the founding members. It is one of the fastest growing de-facto standards in the history of telecommunications, blurring the boundaries between a number of different digital devices. Based on a low-cost, short-range radio link, Bluetooth enables fast and reliable wireless connectivity. When two Bluetooth equipped devices come within 10 meters of each other, they are able to establish a connection.


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Mauer eager to spend more time behind the dish
Mauer eager to spend more time behind the dish
Mauer, who has an 11-game hit streak, has seen plenty of action away from catcher this season, as he's made 20 starts at designated hitter and 14 starts at first base, while making 35 starts behind the plate.
Mauer said that with Justin Morneau healthy and playing first base, he's hoping to be able to make more starts at catcher.
"I think that's the best way I can help the team," Mauer said. "But situations like that arise where I can keep my bat in the lineup, that is a good thing."
Mauer, who was selected to be an All-Star for the fifth time in his career, has played in 72 of his team's 80 games this season.
He said he's happy he's been able to stay in the lineup this season after playing in just 81 games last year due to various injuries.
"I've had some things come up here and there, but I've stayed on the field a lot," Mauer said. "That was one of my big goals coming into the season, and I'm definitely proud of that. It's been a different year. Coming into this season, I didn't anticipate playing as much at first base. ... But things like Morneau's situation come into play. And I've always told Gardy [manager Ron Gardenhire] whatever he thinks is best, I'll give it my best. So it's meant playing more first base. But I think now I'll get back to catching and DHing and helping the team out that way."