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Today on O&A, we start today's show talking about the 25th year of Metallica, we watch the video of Anthony Weiner getting called out at a campaign stop. We discuss Metallica at the Apollo tickets and Pearl Jam's town hall in Seattle.
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Many children and teens will need immunizations and checkups before they head back to the classroom this year.
MPR's medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg spoke about what to expect during these appointments with Tom Crann of All Things Considered. Hallberg is a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota and medical director of the Mill City Clinic.
An edited transcript of that interview is below.
Tom Crann: In broad categories, what brings kids in for these back-to-school visits?
Dr. Jon Hallberg: It's basically a school requirement. And it doesn't matter if they're starting elementary school, they're starting kindergarten or they're going off to college, they've got forms that need to be filled out. And it's just sort of an obligation that the parents need to fulfill, and we need to do our part as well.
Crann: Are there things here that are legally required, certain milestones where the shots have to be proven?
Hallberg: That's probably the biggest thing. Schools want to know that kids coming in are up to date on their immunizations. In fact, the paperwork we get is pretty standard. We go through it and we enter each and every immunization they've had since birth. There are certain numbers of those shots that have to be given. And if they aren't [given], we have to check off a box that the child is not up to date...
Or there is an opt out. Parents can be conscientious objectors about immunizations, and that's OK, they just have to fill out a certain section of the form indicating that.
Crann: How are these visits different from the normal visits, especially earlier in the child's life?
Hallberg: From the time a child is born, [visits are] really about the growth of this new little human being. Is this child growing appropriately? We're giving a lot of immunizations and getting them set. We're also asking questions about nursing, and what are they eating, and how are they sleeping and toilet training as they get older, a lot of advice and counseling and really pretty careful attention to their growth.
As kids get older, by the time they start entering into school, they're certainly growing, they're certainly developing but things are kind of slowing down a little bit, at least on some levels. The regularity of shots starts to decrease, they sort of space out.
Crann: Kids in school with allergies and asthma, is this part of the back-to-school visit?
Hallberg: It sure is. Aside from the shot part, the biggest reason we do this is to alert school officials, and school nurses more than anyone else, what the kids have that might result in a medical emergency. That's one of the things we have to fill out.
The biggies would be food allergies, asthma, maybe migraine headaches... And in the case of asthma, we have really good ways now of keeping track of kids, and we're almost obligated to do this in good clinical practice. We create an asthma action plan. And we have that in the clinic and the school will have that because there are times when kids have a flare up of something and the preventive medications haven't worked... They need to get something to help them breath or to stop the migraine or to treat an allergic reaction.
Crann: The school nurse would have this on file and their normal doctor would have it on file?
Hallberg: That's right. And they also would have the medications, where we write things [like that] a child can self-administer certain medications. It's really important that they're able to do that.
Crann: What's your advice here to parents to make these visits as productive and efficient as they can be?
Hallberg:The biggest thing is that parents will often come in with [forms] often completely blank, nothing is filled in.
My biggest plea on behalf of healthcare providers across the nation: when you bring your kids in for these visits, to fill out as much as you can. So much of it is really about the student, the student athlete, the parent's signature.
It will just make things go so much faster if they look through this and actually read the paperwork before they present it to us.
Interview transcribed and edited by MPR reporter Jon Collins.

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College football teams often must replace their leading running back from one season to the next. But usually, they're not trying to replace a guy that's been one of the most productive running backs in school history.
But this coming year, that's precisely what the Utah Utes will attempt to do.
Gone is John White IV, who rushed the ball 534 times over two seasons for 2,560 yards and 23 touchdowns. Both years at Utah he averaged 4.8 yards per carry. During his junior season he carried the team on his 5-foot-8 back, and over two seasons he was a complete back for the Utes.
Now where will the production come from?
Here are four names that are ready to take on the challenge of becoming the next running back at the University of Utah.
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York is the opposite of John White IV. He is a big, bruising downhill runner. He showed glimpses of brilliance last season. He was probably the only bright spot against Arizona State. That was a disastrous game, but York carried the ball only 13 times for 86 yards.
He looked like the next big thing to hit the Utes until another injury derailed him. Injuries have hindered his growth in the Utah program thus far and that continued this spring. He had a bout with turf toe throughout most of spring practices but showed in the spring game that he can be that No. 1 option at running back.
While Radley is on the all-name team, he is also going to see major playing time. This spring while York was on the shelf, Radley was at the very least splitting the first-team reps with Bubba Poole. Many days, he was getting the majority of the reps. Radley is thus far a seldom-used running back, having only 15 career carries.
He is much more similar in frame to White, standing a similar 5 foot 8. He is the quickest, shiftiest back of the four. He is strong enough to run between the tackles and quick enough to get to the corner as well. He is a good receiver out of the backfield and that is sure to be a prominent part of the offense with Dennis Erickson calling the plays this season.
Poole might be the most unknown of the four running backs — but certainly not for a lack of talent. James was splitting the first-team reps in the spring with Radley. Poole has a very upright running style and is very fast. He is much bigger than Radley at 6 foot and almost 200 pounds.
One of the most impressive things about him is the way he catches the ball out of the backfield, which would give the Utes a chance at splitting him out wide in certain circumstances. If you match him up with a linebacker, that is a mismatch in the Utes' favor.
Williams is a big, bruising back. He is the kid on the team that the coaches call a "football player." He was asked to put on some weight last year to be a fullback. Now it has been asked of him to lose the weight and fight for the running back spot. When the coaches talk about him they smile. He does whatever is asked of him. When he gets the ball he is patient, yet powerful. One of the best compliments said about him this spring was from head coach Kyle Whittingham when he said: "He always gains positive yardage."
He isn't as fast as the other three, but he does everything really well. He runs between the tackles, runs outside, catches the ball, pass protects and never goes down on first contact.
There are four more names that will be in the mix this fall, players that signed with the Utes this spring: Dre'Vian Young, Troy McCormick, Devontae Booker, and Marcus Williams.


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From the 1850s to the 1920s, there was a massive migration of children in America. More than 250,000 orphans, mostly from big east coast cities, were sent by train to the towns and farms of the Midwest.
Thousands came to Minnesota to start a new life with families they had never met. Some were matched with families ahead of time. Others were paraded in front of crowds and chosen by families on the spot.
Many pairings took place at St. Paul's Union Depot. This Thursday night and Sunday afternoon, the newly renovated depot will host a multi-media performance about the children who rode the "orphan trains," featuring writer Alison Moore and musician Phil Lancaster.
All Things Considered Host Tom Crann talked with Moore about the history of those trains.
• Click on the full slideshow above to see some of the children who traveled on the "orphan trains."
TOM CRANN: Were all the children riding these orphan trains pre-matched with parents?
ALLISON MOORE: Only the children that came from the New York Foundling Hospital. These were Catholic children matched with Catholic families...They told those children, "You are going to your real parents. You have just been here in New York for a little while, but now you're going home."
CRANN: And if they weren't pre-matched, what was the process like? When they got off in St. Paul, did the Children know they would get a family?
MOORE: The Children's Aid Society, which was more of a free-for-all, actually began what we call the "placing out" system. Their system was merely to post handbills two weeks before hand, or an article in the newspaper. People interested would show up on the platform to meet the train. Children would be lined up and chosen at random from a line.
CRANN: Wow. In our age, that seems impossible to believe.
MOORE: It does. Especially since many siblings were separated that way.
CRANN: What was going on out east where there were so many orphans that they were able to ship them like this?
MOORE: One big reason was Ireland. The great potato famine. So many people were coming into New York destitute and ill. There was an estimated 30,000 homeless children living on the streets in the mid-1800s.
CRANN: I'm wodering if the interest in taking in the children was greater here in the Twin Cities or in this area for any reason.
MOORE: I think a great number of the children from the Foundling Hospital came to this area. And so I'm having to guess that there was a very strong Catholic connection here. The priest would have been contacted by the Sisters of Charity in New York saying, "Find people in your parish who would be willing to take a child. Interview them. Make sure that they are of sound character and that they will promise to raise them Catholic."
CRANN: From your research, take us to Union Depot or another place like it on a day when one of these trains would have arrived. What must it have been like?
MOORE: Pandemonium, I would think. Certainly you could imagine the confusion of the children, and the matrons who looked after them on the train, trying to herd them all into a space where they could be orderly, and cleaned up and looked at.
And then imagine an entire station full of people going to work or going home and some people knowing about these children coming, but many people just being attracted by the crowd that surrounded them. We have heard many stories of people who say, "I didn't know the train was coming. I just went over to see what was going on and I ended up taking two children home."
CRANN: That would happen?
MOORE: It would happen.
CRANN: I imagine for some children who weren't matched well — or at all — that these stories weren't all happy.
MOORE: There's no way they could have been. It went on for too long. I tell people it's like foster care today. What are the odds there? You're going into the homes of strangers.
The people who started this movement were hoping for the best and sometimes the best did happen, I think certainly in the situations where people who were childless came to find a child they cherished. And I've met orphan train riders themselves who said things like, "My life began the day I stepped off that train because the people who took me, chose me.
CRANN: What do you think the legacy of the orphan trains is?
MOORE: I think that a society is often judged — or should be judged — by how the children are treated and by what is done with unwanted populations. And I think we will be judged by this now that the stories are coming out. We can say, "Well, it was the only thing going at the time," or "It may have been the best thing." But it was certainly a difficult journey. [The train organizers] believed that the ends justified the means. I think that's something we still do in America.
Note: The "Riders on the Orphan Train" presentations at Union Depot are both sold out. The performers will also make a presentation at the 53rd annual Orphan Train Conference at the St. Francis Center in Little Falls, Minn. on Saturday, Oct. 5.


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Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort was selected as the location for the cover photo of the October issue of Coastal Living Magazine.
The scenic cover was staged and taken on the beach at Sandestin by Julia Rutland, Coastal Living's senior food and entertainment editor. The photo features glowing sea-inspired carved pumpkins sitting on the sugar white sand and the beautiful Emerald Coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the background.
This issue of the magazine also includes an inside, two-page spread of a lineup of creatively carved pumpkins, an image that was taken on Sandestin's Horseshoe Bayou dock at sunset by award winning photographer David Hillegas. The photo captures the still water and the calm, coastal beauty of the area.
In celebration of the October issue, Ms. Rutland will have a special magazine autograph signing on Saturday, October 6 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM at Sandestin's Baytowne Marina Grille.


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Apple plans to open a bigger retail store at Bellevue Square this Saturday, moving to a new location in the mall. They're hosting a grand reopening ceremony on Saturday at 9:30 a.m., giving away T-shirts to the first 1,000 guests. (What, no Miley Cyrus tickets like when Microsoft opened its store at the mall?)
The new store will be in a different location, presumably no longer within spitting distance of the Microsoft store which opened in 2010. An Apple representative declined to tell us exactly where the new store is located, so I guess you'll have the joy of wandering the mall on Saturday morning trying to find it. Redmond Patch speculates that it could be next to Papyrus where renovation work is ongoing. (Update: We're told the store will be at 213 Bellevue Square, up one floor and to the left of the current location).
Anyway, all of this chatter about a new Apple store, got me wondering: When is Apple going to open in downtown Seattle? The iPad and iPhone maker already has a store at University Village, located across the parking lot from the Microsoft Store.
But we've heard rumblings for months now that Apple has been scouting locations in the downtown core. One real estate source tells us that Apple is considering space in Westlake Center, where Nordstrom Rack moved to much fanfare earlier this year.
Stay tuned. Apple fanboys and fangirls in the "206" may just have to keep hitting the University Village store for a bit longer.


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Unlike most student borrowers, Ann Marie Gorden got all her student loans in the private market through Sallie Mae. Only recently did she realize that interest rates on her loans vary – from 4.5 to 9.75 percent – and that nearly $64,000 of the debt charges interest of at least 8.375 percent. Ms. Gorden tried to consolidate at a lower rate but was denied.
In her first job, Gorden made $28,000 a year. She lived at home and went without health insurance so she could make her $700 loan payment each month, which covered just the interest.
Now she lives in Boston, makes $45,000, and pays $1,200 a month.
"At 18 years old, you don't really know what you're getting yourself into," says Gorden, who wishes more advice had been available then. "Those last two years, I was approved for over $60,000 – for a 20-year-old, without a cosigner, with no job, no sense of a future job – and they just gave it to me."
Still, Gorden would not trade her education at an expensive private school. "I could have gone to a state school," she says, "but the experience was so much different."


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You will probably hear a lot of euphemisms regarding conditions on day three of the Billabong Pro, J-Bay, but if you sift through the superlatives you'll realize the conditions were below average. J-Bay's track record over the past couple years has clearly had a huge influence on the powers that be, who seem hell-bent on getting the early rounds of this contest out the way as soon as possible. The result was a day utterly devoid of any tight or meaningful tussles, but the usual suspects will be happy to have survived the ordinary conditions without incident.
Fanning, Irons, Burrow and Parkinson will advance onward to Round Four, and they look (Slater's form not withstanding) to be well on track for a finals appearance.
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Taj trounced Neco Padaratz. Andy didn't have to do much to get his scores and the result he wanted. Parko may has well have been surfing the heat on his own, and Mick Fanning made light work of South African wildcard Shaun Payne in an utterly one-sided confrontation.
With two and a half days of surfing required to complete the event at first light this morning, it seemed logical to complete the remainder of the Second Round heats and then wait for two decent days, among the nine remaining in the waiting period, to finish the event. The day did begin with picture-perfect walls reeling down the point, but it soon became clear that while the conditions may have looked great, the strengthening devil wind made negotiating the long walls a hellish experience.
The real shock for many came when Round Three was given the green light, despite the strengthening onshore winds. At first, however, it seemed like a great call, especially after Joel Parkinson ran amok in the Round's first heat, but conditions got worse before they got better and J Bay only showed a hint of it's potential during the evening glass off.
Despite riding a wave that would have easily won most other heats on the day, before the siren, Joel Parkinson shrugged it off, paddled back out and demolished the next wave he saw. Executing a series of silky-smooth turns, Parko, rang up a 9 point ride and then followed that up with a 7.83 to finish with an identical heat score to his first round tally: a 16.83. Trent Munro was the unlucky chap left in the wake of Parko's destructive form, and floundered in combo-land with little hope of finding a wave that could ever produce the scores he needed. Such was the case for many of the other match-ups, the results of which, were decided by single waves that offered enough to post a decent score.
Taj Burrow found one such wave in his heat to dismiss Neco Padaratz with almost double his combined score. So too was the fate of Royden Bryson who was unable to find anything worth surfing in his heat against Danny Wills. Wills seems to have a special connection with Jeffreys Bay, and the wave showed as much by supplying him with the only decent wave of the heat; a cleverly surfed 8.67.
South Africa's Travis Logie was in sublime form, and his aggressive backside attack made fellow compatriot Greg Emslie look a little ordinary. Logie's great year continues with another guaranteed ninth place. He'll hope that he can improve on that by overcoming Danny Wills in the next round.
Adrian Buchan, who had to deal with the bumpy lineup twice during the day, disposed of Josh Kerr and then Jeremy Flores in clinical fashion. "Ace" Buchan's deadly backside attack will be a force to be reckoned with during the business end of the competition. His loose, critical hacks were the envy of the goofy-footers on the beach and the pride of his mother who was in the crowd watching. Mrs. Buchan said what was clearly evident on her face as she waited for her son outside the competition area: "I'm so proud!"
Buchan will meet up with Taj Burrow in the fourth round and could make things difficult for Burrow in his hunt for the elusive title.
Average scores marked the remainder of Round Two's heats. Occy fell to Mick Campbell, who has looked solid, but ultimately did just enough to squeak through. Rookie, Josh Kerr, may feel a little aggrieved with the scores he received for some adventurous and entertaining surfing.
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Today I told my first-grade daughter that she has a dentist appointment coming up later this week. Her response? "Yay! I love going to the dentist!"
Why does she look forward to something that should otherwise inspire indifference or even dread? That's simple. She looks forward to the "treasure box" at the end of the appointment. And she knows she's allowed to pick two things out of the box, not just one.
The prizes in that hallowed treasure box are cheap: rings with fake jewels, temporary tattoos, colorful string bracelets, simple plastic animal figurines. That doesn't matter. It's more about the anticipation of the reward for good behavior, and then the thrill of the selection process as she takes her time rifling through the box. She may toss aside those prizes the very next day, never to pay attention to them again, but that's okay. They served their purpose.
Does this simple reward mechanism work only on kids? Of course not. We never really grow up when it comes to enjoying the fun factor associated with rewards and freebies. Their motivational impact doesn't really wear off. The prizes need to change of course, as a plastic ring no longer cuts it for us, but the prizes don't need to be all that much more than a plastic ring.
I think back to all the medical conferences I've attended and recall the lines that formed at booths that offered free t-shirts in exchange for personal contact information. The t-shirts weren't even that nice, and we're talking about physicians in the 1%.
I laugh at the long line that forms outside of the Baskin-Robbins during their "free cone day" in a neighboring town. The town is one of the wealthiest in the country. Many of the parents waiting in line with their kids could afford to buy the entire shop, forget a single cone. So why bother to line up? It's fun. There's the anticipation factor, and the enjoyment of that experience with everyone else waiting in line. And then there's that selection process to look forward to...what flavor?
I get that feeling myself when I go to my credit card company's online rewards mall to redeem points. Hmm...which gift card am I going to choose? Banana Republic, Williams-Sonoma, Barnes & Noble? I could just get cash back, but that's kind of boring, and then the cash might simply go towards paying a bill. A Williams-Sonoma gift card, on the other hand, is much more fun. The key here is luxury over utility, and the ability to choose.
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Three people were killed when a plane crashed while trying to land at the Lakeland Airport in Vilas County. It happened about 7:20 p.m. Thursday.
Rescuers found the craft about a half-mile southwest of the airport, which is located near Arbor Vitae.
There were no survivors.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
FAA officials said the single-engine plane was thought to be a Cirrus SR22, and it apparently took off from Milwaukee.
Pat Rowe of Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport did not know if the flight originated there or stopped at Mitchell from another location.
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Just before the finish of the Belmont Stakes, it hit Jose Valdivia Jr.
"A couple of strides from the wire I thought to myself 'Oh my god, I'm going to win the Belmont.'"
The 37-year-old rider, who has ridden on New York's and Southern California's circuits for 17 years but remained known only to the horseplayers who play those tracks, had never even had a mount in the race before. But on Saturday, he rode 24-1 outsider Ruler On Ice to victory to secure his spot in triple crown history.
In a bit of irony, the Belmont featured the first seven finishers from the May 7 Kentucky Derby. Ruler On Ice was entered in the Derby but did not run because he did not have enough graded earnings to get into the field.
The 1 1/2-mile race featured a lot of drama just after the break. Preakness winner Shackleford expectedly went to the lead but near the back of the pack, jockey John Velazquez nearly fell off Derby winner Animal Kingdom when they clipped heels with another runner. Velazquez stayed on but Animal Kingdom ended sixth.
Ruler On Ice raced for the first mile just to the outside of Shackleford while another longshot Stay Thirsty raced near the rail. The positions were unchanged at the top of the stretch but at that point, the toll of the triple crown finally got to Shackleford leaving Ruler on Ice and Stay Thirsty to battle it out in the stretch. Brilliant Speed made a run around the outside and did end up third but the advantage was clearly with the front-runners who got away with the first six furlongs in a leisurely 1:14 2/5. Ruler On Ice prevailed by three-quarters of a length in 2:30.88.
"You just got be part of it to win the race," Valdivia said. "I heard other guys smooching and starting to ride at the top of the stretch and I was sitting with lots of horse in second,"
"He ran just unbelievable," trainer Kelly Breen said. "He was training great all week."
The $51.50 mutuel was justifiable for a horse who really should have his own Air Miles card. A son of Roman Ruler, Ruler On Ice debuted at Monmouth last summer, broke his maiden at Delaware Park, finished second in an optional claimer at Aqueduct, won an allowance race at Parx (formerly Philadelphia Park), was third in the Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico, and last start was second in the Federico Tesio at Pimlico. Hardly a resume of a Belmont winner.
It was the first triple crown race winner for Breen as well. The 42-year-old New Jersey native did have a horse in the Derby, seventh-place finisher Pants On Fire.
Runner-up Stay Thirsty did look to gain on Ruler On Ice a couple of times in the stretch. A win could have given jockey Javier Castellano a second longshot winner on the day after he rode C.S. Silk to win the Just A Gam Stakes two races earlier.
Derby runner-ip Nehro finished fourth followed by Shackleford, Animal Kingdom, Mucho Macho Man, Santiva, Monzon, Master of Hounds, Prime Cut, and Isn't He Perfect.


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Spurs general manager R.C. Buford had an entire language from which to choose descriptions for his latest first-round pick, UCLA forward/guard/Swiss army knife Kyle Anderson.
The first one he went with was "winner." The second was "interesting."
That's high praise coming from Buford, who has helped sustain the most consistent run of success in NBA history while routinely unearthing gems, either late in the draft or via the free-agent scrap heap.
It should go without saying that it's far, far too early to guess whether the Spurs have pulled off another heist with either Anderson, who won't be 21 until September, or Serbian swingman Nemanja Dangubic, picked up in a swap of second-rounders to join their haul of "draft-and-stash" prospects in Europe.
What we do know about Anderson:
1. Neither the Spurs nor virtually any other observer expected him to be available at the 30th spot. Not only was he higher on their board — Buford, of course, would not say exactly where — but Anderson (6-8, 230) was picked to go higher in all 12 mock drafts I studied leading up, with an average position of around 20.
2. He's a versatile player who would seem to fit their offensive system to a T. He shot 48.3 percent on 3-pointers while earning praise as perhaps the best passer, not only accurate but creative, in the entire draft. Should those skills translate to the NBA, surely the Spurs can figure out how to work around his weaknesses.
And they are several, with his marginal athleticism leading at least one observer to predict he'll struggle guarding NBA point guards, shooting guards AND small forwards. (A heck of a trifecta, there.) We also can't be sure what the Spurs will look like by the time Anderson could be ready to play a major role, what with so many key pieces — Duncan, Ginobili, Popovich, perhaps even Kawhi Leonard — who could be gone.
But, at the moment, high-IQ players who can do a little bit of everything are just what they're looking for.
The comparison you've probably already heard, and will continue to hear leading up to training camp is Boris Diaw. Not only does Anderson have a comparable — not identical, but comparable — game with the passing and multi-positional utility, his 13.4 body fat percentage was among the worst among this year's draftees.
At least two of the aforementioned mocks cited his similarity with Diaw, while another quoted an anonymous coach that described him as "a great Don Nelson player" who will need a creative coach to reach his full potential. Popovich is more demanding on defense than Nelson ever was, but he's show elements of his former boss' inventiveness in concocting the fluid, motion-based system in which the Spurs have thrived in recent seasons.
If Anderson can figure out how to survive on defense — and a wing span of 7-3 should help offset the plodding foot speed that earned him the nickname "Slo Mo" — the rest of his game presents intriguing possibilities.
* His shooting improved dramatically between his freshman and sophomore seasons, from 44.7 percent to 48.0 on 2-pointers and 21.1 percent to 48.3 percent on 3s.
* His rebound percentage of 15.5 in two seasons would be above average for an NBA power forward.
* His assist percentage of 28.0 in two seasons would have approached the NBA's top 20.
A handful of some of the better lines from his sophomore season: 21 points, 15 rebounds, five assists against Arizona in the Pac-12 tournament; 22 points, seven rebounds, 11 assists against Colorado; 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists against USC; 28 points, seven rebounds, seven assists against Utah; 17 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists against Arizona State; 15 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and five steals against Duke; 13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, two steals and three blocks against Morehead State.
Of course, Anderson did this against college competition, so there's no guarantee it will carry over to the NBA. But, as Buford noted, the sheer breadth of skills makes for an interesting prospect. Summing everything up, this is a player who can do a lot of things well, and that kind of player could scarcely have asked for a better team to break in with than the Spurs.
"Watching the Spurs since last year's playoffs I can tell how well they share the ball," Anderson said on Thursday. "Everybody gets everybody involved and I think that's one of my best attributes coming into this league. I think I can fit into the offense really well once I get to learn it.
"That's somewhere you want to be, where it's very business related. It's an amazing feeling. I think I can fit into the system. I'm going to work my tail off this summer and just find my spot out there and be a great teammate."
On to Dangubic, who joins a cast of 10 Spurs prospects who spent last season toiling in Europe.
As illustrated yesterday, the majority will never see stateside given their age or contract situations. But, at 21, Dangubic's best years are in front of him. Two things that immediately stand out among the limited scouting material are his size, at roughly 6-8 in shoes, and the 34-inch vertical that allows him to play well above the rim.
He's also a mediocre shooter, having converted just 28.5 percent of his shots from long range last season with Mega Vizura of the Serbian and Adriatic Leagues. Get that cleaned up, and Dangubic would appear to have solid potential as a smart role player who can contribute on both ends. Otherwise it's a safe bet we won't be seeing him in San Antonio any time soon, if ever.
That won't be the case with Anderson, whom we'll get an immediate chance with the Las Vegas summer league (July 11-21) to see whether he'll be able to defy the odds and crack the deepest rotation in the NBA.


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EU foreign ministers asked the European Commission to draw up plans to impose sanctions on capital markets, defence and sensitive technologies including in the energy sector. It is the first sign that the EU is moving to US-style broader punishment, known as level 3 sanctions.
Ministers are a long way from deciding to implement the plan. However, the EU has been carrying out simulations to examine the impact of level 3 sanctions.
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Braves dive in for B.J. Upton, make the first big splash
NEW YORK B.J. Upton is on his way to Atlanta, while Andy Pettitte is staying in pinstripes.
With the winter meetings only days away, baseballs offseason began to heat up Wednesday with a pair of moves involving potential closers: Ryan Madson joined the Angels, and Jonathan Broxton remained with the Reds. Hours later, the Braves made big news.
Looking for a new center fielder and some right-handed pop, Atlanta found both in Upton, who had 28 homers and 31 steals for Tampa Bay last season. The fleet-footed free agent agreed to a $75.25-million, five-year contract, a deal finalized Thursday.
Uptons deal is the biggest free-agent contract of the offseason so far and the largest in Braves history.
Pettitte, meanwhile, will return for another season with the New York Yankees. Feeling strong at age 40, the veteran lefty completed a one-year deal worth $12 million. Mariano Rivera reportedly signed a one-year deal worth $10 million.
Federal mediation fails to bring two sides any closer
Date: Thursday, Nov. 29.
Day: 75.
Last Negotiations: Thursday, Nov. 29, with federal mediators in New Jersey.
Next Negotiations: No negotiations have been scheduled.
Games Lost: 423 (all games through Dec. 14, plus the New Years Day Winter Classic and All-Star weekend).
Communication breakdown: A second consecutive day of meetings between the NHL, the players association, and federal mediators ended without any progress Thursday.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement the presiding mediators concluded that the parties remained far apart, and that no progress toward a resolution could be made through further mediation at this point.
No further meetings have been scheduled, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered the union a meeting of just owners and players without any leaders from the league or players association. The union was mulling the proposal but hasnt gotten back to the NHL with an answer yet.
What We Missed: An 11-game schedule was wiped out, including a visit by the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings to Detroit to take on the Red Wings. Detroit, an Original Six team, has the third-most Cup titles with 11, trailing only Montreal (23) and Toronto (13). Los Angeles, which entered the NHL in 1967, earned its first last season.
Earthquakes Wondolowski wins the MLS MVP award
NEW YORK San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski was voted Major League Soccers MVP on Thursday after scoring 27 goals to tie the season record set by Tampa Bays Roy Lassiter in 1996.
The 29-year-old received 91 percent of MLS club management votes, 97 percent of media votes and 71 percent of player votes for a combined 259 percent.
Thierry Henry of New York Red Bulls was runner-up with a combined 14 percent, and Graham Zusi of Sporting Kansas City was third with 7 percent.
In other awards Wednesday:
Jimmy Nielsen, Sporting Kansas City, Goalie of the Year.
Federico Higuain, Columbus Crew, Newcomer of the Year.
Two majors, Olympic gold: Serena is Player of the Year
LONDON Serena Williams was named the WTAs Player of the Year after winning major titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and claiming gold at the London Olympics.
Williams, who has won 15 Grand Slam singles titles and four Olympic gold medals, was 48-2 over the final seven months of the season.
It is the fourth time Williams has won the award, which is voted on by international tennis media. She also was named Player of the Year in 2002, 2008 and 2009. Only Steffi Graf (8) and Martina Navratilova (7) have won the award more than Williams.
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The University of East Anglia announced this week that 50 personal letters and four postcards exchanged between J.D. Salinger and friend Donald Hartog were donated to the school. The letters reveal that Salinger preferred Burger King, enjoyed Niagara Falls, and admired tennis player Tim Henman.
One year ago, readers around the world mourned the death of the novelist. The reclusive author published four highly influential titles: The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Nine Stories (1953), Franny and Zooey (1961), and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963).
Below, we've collected GalleyCat posts about the influential novelist. Share your memories of the novelist at the #salinger hashtag.
An entrepreneurial eBay seller claimed to have Salinger's toilet in possession and listed it up for auction.
A signed, first-edition, copy of Catcher in the Rye was auctioned off to benefit the Cure for Cancers charity.
Two Salinger biographies were announced in 2010. Author Kenneth Slawenski published Salinger: A Life this week. Hollywood director Shane Salerno is planning to release an 800-page book and a documentary.
When actress Brigette Bardot expressed a desire to buy the film rights to Salinger's short story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Salinger reacted positively. According to a note that was up for auction, Salinger told filmmaker Hubert Cornfield that, "I see my novel [Catcher in the Rye] as a novel and only as a novel."
The J.D. Salinger estate reached a settlement with Fredrik Colting, the author behind 60 Years Later–Coming Through the Rye.


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If you are a user of the Dell Streak 5 tablet, you will like that a new update is available for you. Dell released the official update to Gingerbread for the Streak 5 tablet this week. The official Gingerbread ROM is available for the tablet right now and it is a 155MB update. Apparently you need to have stock recovery version 350 installed on the tablet.
The update is available free on the Dell site right now. StreakSmart reports that a change guide should be coming shortly. While the Streak 5 is getting its official update to Gingerbread, owners of the Streak 7 hoping for some ICS love on their tablets will be disappointed. Dell has officially confirmed that there will be no ICS update offered.
The question was asked on the DellCares twitter account and along with the answer was a link to the DJ_Steve video showing ICS running unofficially on the Streak 7. Dell discontinued the Streak 7 earlier this month so no official update to ICS isn't much of a surprise for most of us.
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text: On 11 Oct 2007, at 4:49 am, Dan Piponi wrote: > Maybe this is the wrong point of view, but I think of defaults as > impementations that are meant to be correct, but not necessarily the > best way of doing things, leaving you the option to provide something > better. The example of tanh in the report (page 106) shows that this view cannot be sustained. As an algorithm for computing tanh, it cannot be defended, producing NaN in a vast range of cases where 1.0 is the easily obtained correct answer. > For the case of power series as an instance of Num, using > 4*atan 1 gives me the wrong thing as it triggers an infinite > summation, whereas I'd want pi to simply equal the constant power > series. So if you have a default for pi in Float, you still have to provide your own definition for power series. Without a default for pi, you have to provide your own definition for power series. It doesn't sound as though providing a default makes anything worse. One alternative would of course be to simply provide a definition with say 64 digits, to be rounded as appropriate by the compiler. That would be as accurate as 4*atan 1 for Float, Double, and Complex based on them, even for 128-bit floats.


text: Hey guys, I'm running a small clinic tomorrow about bass playing for bassists and guitarists. I was called last minute to do this, but so far I do have a plan and a good drummer to collaborate with. Just for fun and to have something interesting to share with the group, what is a one-liner nugget of wisdom you would share with a group of aspiring bassists? I'd like to collect these, make a list, and share it with the group. And of course tell them where I got the advice from and encourage them to check out tb and participate in this awesomely supportive community of bassists. I'm looking for wisdom from all areas of bass playing, simple as they may be... for example things having to do with: Learning your instrument Locking in with drummers Getting a good sound Being a supportive player Learing song forms Learning the blues Knowing how to navigate a chord chart/notation/roman numeral theory Being punctual, personable, and a team player Practice techniques/methods


text: on this combo: 331 short block ported world products sr heads 1.7" rockers typhoon intake which cam would be better: Crane 2030 or Comp XE274HR? i'm a little worried the duration on the crane will hold the 331 back. fwiw .... Crane makes a kit with this cam, springs, retainers and locks for $254 With Comp stuff (no kit) it would cost $393


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The race for softball player of the year was too close to call. The cameras they use at the end of the Kentucky Derby to determine the winner wouldn't have helped here.
On one hand, there's Mattie Fowler. The Canyon del Oro senior standout, who is headed to Nebraska next season, hit .569 with 17 home runs, 22 doubles and 91 RBIs.
She was also one of three CDO pitchers, compiling a 14-0 record with seven saves. She had a 0.85 ERA and 74 strikeouts, leading the Dorados to the 4A-I state title.
With those numbers and CDO's state championship, she seemed like a lock for player of the year.
Then there's Yvette Alvarez. She starred at Sahuarita and lifted the Mustangs to the 4A-II crown.
Like Fowler, Alvarez was also a big slugger, with 19 home runs. She added 81 RBIs and batted .483 for the state champs.
But Alvarez's real value was in the circle.
The Pima Community College commit struck out 305 hitters in 191 1/3 innings. She went 30-4 (the team went 32-4) and compiled a staggering 0.66 ERA.
Fowler and Alvarez both deserve to be honored today.
They both led their teams to state championships. They both performed well in the biggest games. They were excellent in the circle, in the batter's box and in the dugout as team leaders.
Alvarez and Fowler are both players of the year.
It was a similar competition in baseball, but I was able to get down to one player.
Like Alvarez and Fowler, Catalina's Robby Pearson led his team to a state championship. He hit .542 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs.
He was also a star on the mound, picking up six wins with a 2.11 ERA.
He earned two complete- game wins in the 4A-II state tournament and struck out the final six batters he faced in the Trojans' semifinal win over powerhouse Phoenix Greenway.
Is Pearson the top college or pro prospect in Southern Arizona? No. That's Salpointe Catholic's Joe Serrano, who almost certainly will be selected in this week's Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The Arkansas-bound slugger set a Southern Arizona record with 69 RBIs and hit .541 with 11 homers.
He also played every inning at shortstop for the Lancers, who went 1-2 in the 5A-I state tournament.
But Pearson's value to his team was unmatched. He pitched, hit and fielded his team to its first state championship since 1967.
This season, he was the best player around.


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Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
abandonment by spouse
my 51 year old husband left myself and our daughter (13) after 14 years married 6.What are my rights legally? He left me with nothing but what is in this rented house. He wants to join a motorcycle gang and be free. Midlife crisis. We have no money and I do not know what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: abandonment by spouse
You have rights. Would you like to file for divorce? Please contact me if that is the case.
Re: abandonment by spouse
Unfortunately, the question, "What are my rights?" is just too big a question to be answered in this forum. You may have many rights. If you file for divorce and keep majority time share ("custody"), which sounds likely, you'll be entitled to child support. In some parts of Florida, you've been married long enough to be a good candidate for permanent alimony. You're probably also entitled to half the "marital property," which may include retirements and pensions.
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"When it comes to money, everybody is of the same religion." - Voltaire
Most people would agree that they want to make and have money, but very few people would agree to the level of risk they are willing to take on to make that money. Therefore, risk must be the first issue you address when you are looking at choosing your investments. (For more insight, see Determining Risk And The Risk Pyramid.)
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In this article, we'll show you why the Sharpe ratio can help you determine which asset classes will deliver the highest returns while considering its risk.
The Sharpe ratio is designed to measure a unit of reward for each unit of risk taken. Let's take a look at this simple ratio in more detail.
Sharpe Ratio Dynamics
The Sharpe ratio, developed by Nobel Laureate William Sharpe, is designed to measure how many excess units of returns an investor can achieve over the risk-free rate for each unit of risk taken.
Thus, the Shape Ratio measures the risk/reward value of investors' assets class choices beyond the U.S. Treasury.
Let's take a look at the efficient frontier chart below to better illustrate the concept of risk, return and the Sharpe ratio.
|Figure 1: Efficient Frontier - if you plot all the investment choices that you have at your disposal - stocks, bonds and portfolios of stocks and bonds, etc. - on the chart above, the resulting chart will be bounded by an upward sloping curve known as the efficient frontier.
Return Dynamics
Without taking on risk, you can achieve a level of return as indicated on the chart by the risk-free portfolio, the U.S. Treasury.
To achieve an additional X percent of return, you will need to take Z level of risk. Portfolio A represents your risk and return payoff. The Sharpe ratio of Portfolio A can simply be defined as X divided by Z. Portfolios B and C will deliver a higher level of returns should you choose to take additional risk beyond Z.
Unlike portfolio B and C, portfolios A' and A'' will deliver a higher level of returns for the same level of risk Z. Thus, A'' is preferable to A' and A' is preferable to A. The Sharpe ratio of A' is defined as X+Y divided by Z.
Therefore, the Sharpe ratio of A' is higher than that of A. Given the same level of risk Z, it can be concluded that any portfolio providing X plus additional returns should be considered superior. The additional achievable returns will be limited by the efficient frontier. Applying this same methodology, we can also presume that Portfolios B and C are superior if their Sharpe ratios are shown to be higher to that of A. (To learn more, check out Understanding The Sharpe Ratio and The Sharpe Ratio Can Oversimplify Risk.)
Breaking Down the Sharpe Ratio
A common mathematical definition of the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio is the excess returns of the portfolio over the risk-free rate divided by the portfolio's standard deviation.
Here is an illustration of the Sharpe ratio in the same efficient frontier chart:
|Figure 2
It can be concluded that for a given level of risk (sp), Portfolio A can achieve a higher Sharpe ratio by following the blue arrow toward the efficient frontier or, for a given level of return (Rp), Portfolio A can also achieve higher Sharpe ratio by following the red arrow toward the efficient frontier.
Sharpe Ratio and Risk
The charts and the formula demonstrate that the Sharpe ratio penalizes the excess returns by adding of risk as defined by standard deviation. The standard deviation is also commonly referred to as the total risk. Mathematically, the square of standard deviation is the variance, Markowitz's definition of risk. (For further reading, see Understanding Volatility Measurements.)
So why did Sharpe choose the standard deviation to adjust excess returns for risk and why should we care? We know that Markowitz defined variance as something not to be desired by investors. Variance is defined as a measure of statistical dispersion or an indication of how far away it is from the expected value. The square root of variance, or standard deviation, has the same unit form as the data series being analyzed and is such more commonly used to measure risk.
The following example illustrates why investors should care about variance:
An investor has a choice of three portfolios, all with expected returns of 10% for the next 10 years. The average returns in the table below indicates the stated expectation. The returns achieved for the investment horizon is indicated by annualized returns, which takes compounding into account. As the data table and the chart clearly illustrates below, the standard deviation takes returns away from the expected return. If there is no risk, zero standard deviation, your returns will equal your expected returns.
|Expected Average Returns
|Portfolio A
|Portfolio B
|Portfolio C
|Year 1
|Year 2
|Year 3
|Year 4
|Year 5
|Year 6
|Year 7
|Year 8
|Year 9
|Year 10
|Average Returns
|Annualized Returns
|Standard Deviation
|Figure 3
|Figure 4
Risk and reward must be evaluated together when considering investment choices; this is focal point presented in modern portfolio theory. In a common definition of risk, the standard deviation or variance takes rewards away from the investor. As such, the risk must always be addressed along with the reward when you are looking to choose your investments. The Sharpe ratio can help you determine the investment choice that will deliver the highest returns while considering its risk.
To learn more, read Modern Portfolio Theory: An Overview.


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text: This comming Sat the 8th in Corona is the 909 Chop for HAMBERS... not the official HAMB chop cus I am toooo old I guess hahah! We are choppin and maybe channeling my 32 pickup unless I buy this 30 before then heheh! Any of you metal fabsters on the area who want to come are welcome. The FoMoCo crew are the prime fabsters for the day but all are welcome. I will have beers and bbq fired up for the drunk n hungry. Please give me a rsvp so I can plan for the food. The shop is fairly large so there is room for all... Talk to you laterS and see you there! blake


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I feel sleepy.
I feel like January has come and almost gone whilst I have been somewhere else.
I guess that's not a bad thing though, January is a hard month. Dark, cold, bleak.
Today is sunny though, and I am thankful for that.
I just have a couple of things on the go, and almost finished.
Yet another Shawl. I love this pattern. It's on my Ravelry page. This is my fourth one I've made. I really fancied a butterscotch colour to go with jeans and white shirts. I think this one will get a lot of use. Each one i've made has been very different. Using different sized hooks, yarn and just continuing with the pattern until I get the desired size is great. Can you have too many shawls? Probably. But I have a couple more colours I'd also like made in this pattern.
Still on the 'cover up' theme.......another scarf is on the go. Last year I was given some heavenly yarn. It was called Grace by Louisa Harding. It was a mix of silk and wool. It was COMPLETELY DREAMY, in the loveliest of shades. I really wanted to find the perfect pattern to use it with. It has taken a while. I have made a few scarves in the run up to, and during the cold snap, but I wanted something quite luxurious.
I have been making block motifs to create a lovely long wrap around scarf. I had a lovely motif book that I wanted to try out. I chose 4 designs. I love them, but, boy do they take an age to do. Complete and utter concentration is needed. Well, it is for me anyway. It will need blocking too (which I loathe doing). I think I will love it though. I do think however, that the beauty of each motif might get slightly missed when the scarf is all crumpled around my neck.
It will feel soft and luxurious and i'm pleased with the prettiness of the blocks. Perhaps the blocks would be shown off better in a throw form, but I won't be making one, not with the levels of concentrations needed to do each one. That really WOULD take me forever!
I'll pop back in when they are done and if I can get some pics taken in decent light.
Roll on spring......


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August 21, 2008
Information technology has the potential to restructure medical care in ways that can solve many of these access problems, while reducing costs and improving the quality of care. Already, entrepreneurial providers are creating services outside the third-party payment system that allows patients to pay directly for access to physicians or nurses electronically or by telephone, says Devon Herrick, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Consider the example of TelaDoc Medical Services, a phone-based medical consultation service that links physicians, patients and health plans across the country. The service is not intended to replace primary care providers, but it allows patients who are away from home to obtain less expensive and time-consuming treatment by contacting a local physician, rather than visiting an emergency room or expensive urgent care center.
- An individual enrollee pays $35 for each consultation (compared to an emergency room visit costing an average of $383), and the service is available around the clock.
- For efficiency, medical records are digitized and placed online, allowing medical personnel access from anywhere in the country.
- TelaDoc guarantees a physician will return the call within three hours or the consultation is free, but customer surveys show that most calls are returned within 30 to 40 minutes.
- A physician returns a patient's phone call within 30 minutes (or less) 50 percent of the time.
- Seventy-five percent of patient calls are returned within one hour.
- Eighty-eight percent of those who used the service reported they saved time and money compared to a traditional office visit or a trip to the emergency room.
A recent analysis by the consulting firm Mercer found that 97 percent of users rated the service good or outstanding, and 98 percent said they would use it again.
Source: Devon Herrick, "Physician Care and Telemedicine," National Center for Policy Analysis, Brief Analysis No. 624, August 21, 2008.
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DUBLIN MEET DUBLIN: Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti had a good excuse for missing his town's big St. Patrick's Day parade and festival last week. He was doing the same events in Dublin, Ireland, along with other mayors from other Dublins in America.
Sbranti got an honored place walking in the big Irish parade alongside Dublin mayors from Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The mayors also made a joint visit to Dublin's famous Guinness brewery along with the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland.
Sbranti, who paid for the four-day trip out of personal and campaign funds, called it the trip of a lifetime to soak up Irish culture and history and visit Bray, Dublin's sister city.
But he acknowledged that he hit one diplomatic rough spot. "They gave me a bad time," Sbranti recalled," for rooting for Italy in the televised rugby game between Italy and Ireland."
Junkyard or gemyard?: Eyes are always trained on the never-dull Richmond Councilman Corky Boozé, especially since news broke that the city is demanding that he clean up a junk-strewed property to which he is linked.
The city's attorneys say 22 Carlson Blvd. is a public nuisance and is being maintained in violation of a court order. Boozé disputes their conclusions but does concede that his metal fence is peppered with bullet holes.
Boozé holds a business license for "auto towing, storage, repair, restoration/painting and sales."
The Eye has taken several peeks at the 28,000-square-foot lot. There's a lot of rusty chassis there, but it doesn't appear that any "restoration" is on the agenda. On Thursday, The Eye went on a reconnaissance mission, acting on tips that Boozé was on site hauling away rust buckets ahead of an inspection.
Instead, The Eye spotted Boozé, who appeared to be giving City Prosecutor Trisha Aljoe and a code enforcement officer a guided tour of his yard, which resembles a 21st-century version of Sanford and Son's Salvage. The Eye couldn't decipher the conversation, but Aljoe appeared nonplused.
In an email statement, Aljoe said she has "confirmed that the responsible parties are actively abating the violations. … We will continue to closely monitor and conduct compliance inspections on an ongoing basis until all violations have been abated."
ABOVE AND BEYOND: At the 2013 Orinda Citizen of the Year dinner March 15, Master of Ceremonies Steve Glazer and others spent the evening giving reasons why Pat Rudebusch was awarded by voters with three terms on the school board, and why she was worthy of the annual "Citizen" honor. Some reasons were based on true history; some, for comic effect, clearly weren't. Others blurred the line.
One example of the latter was that Rudebusch once took part in a school board meeting while on a vacation in Paris, calling in at what was an ungodly hour in Paris, eight hours later than Pacific time.
"And to satisfy the requirements of the Brown Act," the open public meeting law, "she kept the door of her hotel room open," Glazer joked.
He also presented a David Letterman-style list of reasons why some people didn't vote her in any of her elections. One reason: "She wants to put high-rise schools in downtown Orinda." In a city where building heights are a topic of lively, at times divisive conversation, this got a big laugh.
CHANGING THE TONE: After 31 public employees who were displeased with their current contracts had bombarded the Contra Costa County supervisors earlier this month with complaints about salaries and benefits, a soft-spoken female accounting manager stepped to the microphone and changed the tenor of the room.
First, she explained calmly, it's never wise to underpay an accountant, because an accountant is in a position to make sure all the numbers add up.
Second, she wished the supervisors wisdom in satisfying the needs of all the unhappy people in the room.
"God help you," she said, "you have a big responsibility. I've been praying for you."
Chairman Federal Glover, under withering attack until then, smiled warmly and said he'd be thankful for any divine intervention.
Staff writers Denis Cuff, Robert Rogers, Sam Richards and Tom Barnidge contributed to this column.


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Well apart from violating their own T&Cs by charging me days before my item was despatched, the item I ordered wasn't mailed until 7 days after I placed the order. Given that I then had no choice of mail provider I then had to swallow the obscenely priced cost for 2nd class delivery...?!
Given that most online retailers can outstrip this performance without even trying I don't think I'll be reusing. Which is a shame as I often buy from the Megastore.


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FLORIDA CITY, Fla. - Florida City residents trapped a long Burmese python in a barbeque grill and called authorities for help Thursday.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's venom unit responded at Gateway Estates, 35250 SW 177 Ct.
"Residents trapped it," said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita Jr. on Twitter.
The snake is about 12 feet in length, and will be turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Piedrahita said.
Jason Leon, of Palmetto Bay, killed the record holder -- about 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds. He cut off its head after it coiled around him May 11, 2013, in Florida City.
The Burmese python, an ambush predator, is an invasive species native to Southeast Asia. The constrictor threatens coyote populations in the Florida Everglades.
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Stop thinking in terms of wants; state must spend only on needs
After reading our local editor's summation of the current budget debacle in Sacramento ("It will hurt Del Norte," April 2), it is easy to assume that his solution to the problem is the only one that makes sense for Del Norte County. It is, however, filled with the usual fuzzy thinking that has plagued California's financial state for decades. Since 2003 every budget projection has bled red ink. After passage of the tax hikes that the legislators are currently bickering about, the state's deficit ballooned to over $20 billion. The following year another nearly $6 billion and counting was added.
It seems that California's legislators have difficulty understanding that when you run a deficit budget, you need to stop thinking in terms of what you want to spend money on and simply focus on those things that you need to spend money on. The same is true at the local level.
Since the government no longer has the realistic ability to borrow
its way out of trouble and history has shown that raising taxes, as in
2009, does not instantly decrease the next year's budget deficit, it is
difficult to understand why the proposal such as the editor has offered
is even under consideration. It may cushion the financial blow that Del
Norte County is sure to sustain for the next six to 12 months, but it is
merely delaying what will surely be a far larger blow in the very near
As difficult as it may appear, the state's Republicans are offering
an opportunity to the state as a whole to reduce its dependence on
government services, before the inevitability of even larger deficits.
As the private sector economy has all but vanished over the past 25
years, we in Del Norte County have jumped on the tax fund bandwagon with
both feet. Well-paying government jobs exist where none existed 50
years ago and we now live at the mercy of state budgets and their cuts.
Perhaps it is time, maybe even past time, for the county to stop hoping
for quick fixes and start looking further down the road. It might be a
good time to take a second look at what government has done to inhibit
private enterprise at both the state and local levels and loosen the
noose a bit. The increased activity could provide the tax revenue that
the state needs as a temporary fix and give it time to grapple with the
even larger problem of over-spending.
Samuel Strait
Crescent City
Touched by sensitivity in column about the raising of family's boat
I just read the March 30 Michele Thomas column, "Raising of the
vessel Stormy," and was touched by the writer's sensitivity.
Thank you for documenting the raising of such a special vessel and
thank you for heeding the request of the young man not to publish the
photo of his dad crying. You are an honorable writer in doing so.
In all things important, be well.
Peggy Rourke-Nichols
Arnold, Calif.


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Iranian and Bahraini press reports have given contradictory accounts of an economy agreement reportedly signed during a visit by Bahrain's Trade Minister Ali Saleh Abdullah al-Saleh to Tehran.
While the Bahrain Tribune newspaper reported that the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the fields of banking, joint investments, and other sectors," the Iranian news agency (IRNA) said that the Bahraini minister declined to sign the deal, saying "he had to consult his government for certain paragraphs comprised therein."
Al-Saleh, according to IRNA, asked to put off the deal to a later date, but stressed that its postponement would not affect the achievements of his visit to Tehran.
The Bahraini minister arrived in Tehran on Monday with a large economic delegation and met Tuesday with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, said the Tribune.
Khatami was quoted by IRNA saying that "the development of friendly relations between Iran and Bahrain is an important support for the security of their two countries and their political relations."
"Nothing can be more important and have more influence on the stability and security of the region than the collaboration and understanding of the countries in the region," he added.
Bahrain normalized relations with Iran in 1996.
The Gulf state had accused Tehran of being behind troubles in the country, where a Sunni ruling family governs a mainly Shiite population – Albawaba.com
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This is a series that runs every Monday, to help familiarize you with some of Penn State's top recruits. Each player will be a recruit (Class of 2013 or 2014) who holds a Penn State scholarship offer and one that I feel has a good shot of becoming a Nittany Lion.
I'll admit, WR Tyler Boyd was not originally my planned Recruit of the Week. However, news out of the Rivals 5 star Challenge over the weekend in Atlanta bumped him into this week's slot.
Penn State commit Christian Hackenberg was the quarterback for Boyd's Northeast squad and hauled in three touchdown's in the first 7-vs-7 game with him on Sunday. On top of that, reports emerged that Hackenberg was spending a lot of time with the Clairton, PA wideout over the weekend and Boyd may visit Penn State this coming weekend to work out with Hack.
Tyler was offered by Penn State at the February Junior Day and hosted Penn State wide receiver's coach Stan Hixon at his high school in May. He holds offers from Michigan State, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, Pitt and Notre Dame, among several others.
On his highlights, he is shown playing running back, wide receiver, defensive back and returning kicks, all at a high level. He is being primarily recruited as a wide receiver and could be that slot guy in O'Brien's offense that everyone is looking for.
It's worth noting that Tyler's friend and teammate, Titus Howard committed to Pitt on Sunday and admitted that he would begin recruiting Boyd.
Tyler Boyd
6'1" 170 pounds
Scout.com: **** (Scout actually ranks Tyler as a Safety- 13th in the country)
Rivals.com: **** (5th ranked player in PA)
247Sports: **** (8th ranked player in PA)