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The federal government has awarded Minnesota $45 million to serve as a model testing site to lower taxpayer costs and improve the quality of care for Medicaid patients.
Medicaid is a joint federal-state safety net program, which provides health care for low-income and disabled people and children. The "innovation grant" is part of the federal health care overhaul.
The director of the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center, Richard Gilfillan, said Minnesota stood out for its work in coordinating care, most recently for patients with diabetes and depression.
"We were impressed by the work that had been done, the thoughtfulness of the approach that they were describing going forward and the long history of that engagement," Gilfillan said.
State Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said the funding will help health care providers statewide better coordinate care for patients through health information technology; increased workforce training and development; and engaging communities in improving their health.
"I don't think this grant means we change the direction we're going in Minnesota," Jesson said. "But I do think it enables us to beef up our health care infrastructure so we can get where we're going faster ... better health at a lower cost."
The state project is projected to improve care and lower cost for nearly 200,000 Medicaid enrollees in Minnesota by 2016.
The Minnesota project is a joint effort of the state's human services and health departments.

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WELLINGTON, Carbon County — Once the last words were written and the manuscript had been proofed and dropped into the mailbox, Carla Kelly felt an overwhelming obligation to pay her respects.
Clutching a handful of long-stemmed white roses, the 65-year-old author of more than two dozen romantic and historical novels hiked up to the Scofield Cemetery to visit "her guys" and reflect on the short lives lived by 200 fathers, uncles, nephews and sons.
Seeking out the gravesites of several men whose stories provided background for key characters in her latest book, "My Loving Vigil Keeping," she knelt to drop a rose upon each one.
"It was a gut clench to see the same death date on so many tombstones," she says. "So much time has passed, but these guys deserve to be remembered. May 1, 1900, is a date I'll always carry with me."
The May Day explosion in the Winter Quarters coal mine near Scofield killed 200 miners, from a 14-year-old boy who died with his arms wrapped around his father to dozens of Finnish immigrants who'd ventured to Utah hoping to improve their fortunes and futures.
At the time, the tragedy was the nation's worst mining disaster (today it is fifth on the list), leaving hundreds of small children fatherless and cleaning out mortuaries of coffins from Logan to St. George.
Kelly, who recently moved to Wellington from North Dakota with her husband to retire near friends, had heard about the disaster years ago while doing research for another writing project. She always thought the calamity would make a compelling backdrop for a novel. So when she learned that her new home was a quick drive from the old Winter Quarters site, she dived into research as soon as the dishes were unpacked.
Looking through old photos at the Western Mining and Railroad Museum in Helper, "I was touched by how many families were affected by the disaster," she says. "Just about everybody in that mine was related. The promise of America meant so much to them, and in an instant, their hopes vanished."
Hoping to share that loss with a new generation that has likely never heard about the Winter Quarters tragedy, Kelly met me for a Free Lunch of Greek salad and lemonade a few days before her book hit store shelves.
A petite woman with an engaging smile and short, dark-blond hair tucked neatly behind her ears, she says she undertook the Winter Quarters project because "I wanted to let miners know that I was thinking about them and always will."
"Coal miners are unsung heroes," she says, "but nobody in Utah ever thinks of miners when they turn on a light. It's such hard work and these guys all hope for something better for their kids. Even though mining is much safer today, it will always be dangerous. Every time these workers go into a mine, they're risking their lives."
The disaster in Winter Quarters happened when blasting powder accidentally ignited coal dust, causing a chain reaction. Poisonous gas called "after-damp" then flooded into a connecting mine, smothering the miners.
"It happened on a day they called Dewey Day, a celebration of America's victory over the Spanish in Manila," says Kelly. "The men were only planning to work half a day because there was going to be a dance that night. Instead, the day was spent with survivors going in to bring out their dead comrades."Comment on this story
Opening a file full of photos showing grieving immigrant families and rows of coffins lined up neatly inside the mining town's schoolhouse, she pauses in silence. After months of research, she feels as though she knows David Evans, Levi Jones, Robert Hunter and many of the other men who ventured inside the mine that May morning.
"It happened so long ago, but it's still heartbreaking," she says. "I'm glad I can play a small part in keeping their story alive."
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Cathy Free has written her "Free Lunch" column since 1999, believing that everyone has a story worth telling. A longtime Western correspondent for People Magazine, she has also worked as a contributing editor for Reader's Digest.


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Dinner Tonight: Sausage stew with apple and spinach
Choose good quality, meaty pork sausages for this forgiving stew. Once browned, they simmer in stock flavoured with sage, bacon, onions, carrot and celery with the occasional surprise of sweet, juicy apple. Spinach and parsley give you your greens, add potato too if liked or serve with crusty bread.
Serves 4
Prep: 25 min
Cook: 60 min
75g smoked streaky bacon
1 tbsp vegetable oil
250g onion
1 tsp chopped or dried sage
500g pork sausages
200g celery heart
2 russet or cox eating apples, 200g
400g carrots
750ml chicken stock
150g young spinach
Squeeze of lemon
25g flat leaf parsley
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Grey is right! While much of The Grey is set in snow, the prevailing color (and tone) of the 2012 thriller is grey. There's not much sunlight in The Grey; when it's daytime, the skies are (you guessed it) grey, reflecting how cold and miserable it is. And the feel of the movie is grey—neither light nor dark, but rather a cold melancholy.
The Grey stars a somber Liam Neeson as John Ottway, a worker with an oil drilling team in Alaska whose primary duty seems to be killing wolves in the area so the drillers can proceed with their work. As the movie starts, Ottway is writing a suicide note to his wife and has a gun barrel in his mouth. Yes, it's that kind of film.
While he doesn't go through with it, trouble finds him anyway when the plane the crew is flying home on crashes in a blizzard … and a pack of wolves surround the stranded men.
Things get pretty ugly from there, and the killings and despair are interspersed with heartfelt, somber conversations and Ottway's flashbacks to his life with his wife. The Grey gets downright spiritual at times as Ottway reflects on philosophic questions of life and death as his apparent doom looms close by—in fact, it was marketed to religious groups, although its rough language and explicit violence certainly don't make it very friendly for family viewing.
As directed by Joe Carnahan (who also made 2010's The A-Team reboot), The Grey is a bleak, harsh, sobering viewing experience—terrifying at times, moodily reflective at others. It's not one to put on if you're looking for an upbeat, entertaining night in the home theater. And the Blu-ray version, finely produced though it may be, will not provide dazzling color or visuals for optimal high-def viewing. But, if you're open to affecting drama and have a taste for nature-bred terror, you may find this to be a stirring and memorable film.Buy The Grey (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) on Amazon


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Wax or pluck. The one and only time I've ever tried threading was on my upper lip, and I was about in tears before I was out of the chair. Never again LOL!
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Extraordinarily high leaf selenium to sulfur ratios define 'se-accumulator' plants
White, Philip J., Bowen, Helen C., Marshall, B. (Bruce) and Broadley, Martin R.. (2007) Extraordinarily high leaf selenium to sulfur ratios define 'se-accumulator' plants. Annals of Botany, Vol.100 (No.1). pp. 111-118. ISSN 0305-7364
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Background and Aims: Selenium (Se) and sulfur (S) exhibit similar chemical properties. In flowering plants (angiosperms) selenate and sulfate are acquired and assimilated by common transport and metabolic pathways. It is hypothesized that most angiosperm species show little or no discrimination in the accumulation of Se and S in leaves when their roots are supplied a mixture of selenate and sulfate, but some, termed Se-accumulator plants, selectively accumulate Se in preference to S under these conditions.
Methods: This paper surveys Se and S accumulation in leaves of 39 angiosperm species, chosen to represent the range of plant Se accumulation phenotypes, grown hydroponically under identical conditions.
Results: The data show that, when supplied a mixture of selenate and sulfate: (1) plant species differ in both their leaf Se ([Se]leaf) and leaf S ([S]leaf) concentrations; (2) most angiosperms show little discrimination for the accumulation of Se and S in their leaves and, in non-accumulator plants, [Se]leaf and [S]leaf are highly correlated; (3) [Se]leaf in Se-accumulator plants is significantly greater than in other angiosperms, but [S]leaf, although high, is within the range expected for angiosperms in general; and (4) the Se/S quotient in leaves of Se-accumulator plants is significantly higher than in leaves of other angiosperms.
Conclusion: The traits of extraordinarily high [Se]leaf and leaf Se/S quotients define the distinct elemental composition of Se-accumulator plants.
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|Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010)
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|Angiosperms, Astragalus (Plants), Brassica, Plants -- Assimilation, Selenium in agriculture, Sulfur in agriculture
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|Annals of Botany
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|July 2007
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|pp. 111-118
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Year in Review
Remember the fear and trepidation that accompanied the coming of the year 2000? Millennialists ran around like Chicken Little, selling us on bottled water and canned tuna, promising disaster.
It turns out they were off by a year.
As it happened, 2001 was Hell Week. Leading up to Sept. 11, there was the tanking economy, petty divisiveness and lurid scandal. Since the morning of Sept. 11, there's been all that plus terror, war and fear.
The year began shakily. There was the inauguration of a new president with whom few felt at peace; the fight over his attorney general; and early skirmishes over energy policy, stem cell research and the environment.
There was an energy crisis in California, though Angelenos were saved from the worst of it, in no small part due to the foresight of David Freeman.
There was the second intifada in Israel that began the previous year and shows every sign of continuing into the next. It wove itself in and out of the world's larger war: Americans and Israelis bonded over their common enemy, but America left Israel out of the anti-terror coalition. Many in the rest of the world pointed fingers at Israel as a source of the problem, and the finger-pointing, as our cover story reveals, has quickly transformed itself into the threat of anti-Semitism.
The intifada in Israel has made its recession much worse: tourism there is down to something less than a trickle, hotels are closing, not only is no one going to Israel, many Israelis are leaving.
Here in Jewish Los Angeles, the turmoil and bad news came Ali-like, in rapid-fire body blows. We seemed eager to add to the sense of general unrest.
There was the furor that erupted when Rabbi David Wolpe reviewed the scientific evidence for the Exodus story from the pulpit, just before Passover. By late fall, we would be nostalgic for the bloodless rancor of that debate.
Last month, more bad news. The Jewish Federation slashed 30 positions, citing the economic downturn. The Jewish Community Center system faced imminent collapse, and Jewish Los Angeles was suddenly faced with the prospect of losing much of a 70-year-old system that has served the needs of generations.
As the year wound down to a close, two Jewish militants were arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting to use explosives against a mosque and an Arab American congressman.
I'd like to believe the news couldn't get any stranger this year, but to paraphrase Jack Palance in "City Slickers," the year ain't over yet.
To be bright about things, the days following Sept. 11 looked truly bleak. We reeled awaiting the next attack with a certainty that the millennialists of Dec. 31, 1999, could only envy.
Things had fallen apart, including perspective. Optimism seemed an early casualty of terror. It is now, believe it or not, just three months later.
The evidence of hard times is everywhere. But the other shoe hasn't dropped, and the president whose competence we questioned has led much of the world to victory over those who harbored terrorists, and over at least some part of a terrorist network. The success hasn't gone unrewarded: in a poll released earlier this month, 82 percent of American Jews said they approved of Bush, pretty much mirroring the percentage of Jews that voted against him in 2000.
Even the JCCs look like they have a shot at rescuing themselves. Their leaders and members have devised a plan for a short-term solution, and are now facing the challenges of the long-term.
And in case you missed it, Wolpe published an article in the December issue of Moment magazine titled, "We Were Slaves to Pharoah in Egypt."
Of course, that's what he had been saying all along: The Exodus happened, just not the way we expected.
Then again, few things ever do.
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There are certain special circumstances of the edp audit which make it different form other manual audit which make it different from other manual audits. These are discussed in brief below:
• Absence of audit trail – In the computerized accounting and processing it is possible that there may not exist the proper working sequence that is available in a manual accounting system. As a result it may pose serious hindrance for the checking of the auditor. For example, in a manual accounting the purchase vouchers are first entered in the purchase book then the entries are posted to the ledger.
From ledger accounts the trail balance is made. Trial balance makes the base for the preparation of the profit and loss account and the balance sheet. In an edp accounting, the data may be available in the final stage only after being entered in to the system. An auditor may fine only the end figure to verify, without getting the intermediary records. This makes his job of verification little difficult. Manipulations might have been done in the records that may be difficult to detect.
• Chances of manipulations – the records kept on computer are more vulnerable to manipulations. Best were the days when the accounting was done in the bounded books. Any changes in such records were noticeable immediately. Neither the figures could be changed, nor any pages of such records could be removed.
Now in an edp accounting figures as well as pages could be changed with the stroke of a finger. Moreover such after changes are not visible at all. Therefore the auditor should be very careful while checking the computerized accounts. It should be kept in mind that it might contain manipulations.
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FOLSOM — The Division I Delta River League's first 18-hole tournament of the season was Wednesday at Empire Ranch, a par 71 golf course in Folsom.
St. Francis, one of the dominant girls golf teams in the entire Sac-Joaquin Section, was dethroned by Pleasant Grove, which finished first with a 390. The Troubadours took second, posting a 400, followed by Oak Ridge with a 440 and Ponderosa with a 496.
Sheldon, a team that was in search of a coach late in August, had to forfeit and Folsom was unable to field a team this year. The lack of teams will hurt the remaining squads as fewer teams and individuals will qualify for postseason play.
"In previous years, our score would have been low enough to win or at least take second," Oak Ridge coach Tony Diaz said about Wednesday's tournament. "Unfortunately we are in a league that has two of the top teams in the area — for two teams to shoot 400 and lower is unbelievable.
"Pleasant Grove and St. Francis have amazing teams and are the teams to beat right now, but I know we will compete and try our best to win the upcoming dual matches and league tournaments."
Shivani Sharma led the Trojans with an 82. Beomyun Han was right behind her with an 83. Carolyn Almeida fired an 87, followed by Julia Bulotti, 88; Breanna Baker, 100; and Erika Schiff, 114.
Ponderosa's Makenzie Shivers and Maggie Nuttal came in with a pair of 94s, followed by Sabrina Platt with a 97; Holly Martin with a 102; Emily Olander, 103; and Sarah DiMaggio, 108.
Medalist honors went to Pleasant Grove's Danielle Covery and Sarah Debnekoff, who both shot 74. St. Francis' Ashley Noda and Pleasant Grove's Brittany O'Bryant finished with a pair of 75s.
"Overall I felt we did amazing — especially being a young and inexperienced team," Diaz said. "To have four members of the team shoot in the 80s is wonderful. The girls are working hard and improving daily.
"I'm very proud of our team and our captains — senior Julia Bulotti and junior Beomyun Han — who lead by example. Julia shot her best nine-hole score of 41 against Union Mine, and her best 18-hole score in the league tournament in her last two outings. Shivani and Carolyn also had personal best scores in the league tournament."


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Backlist Book of the Month - Tony Hillerman's Skinwalkers
July 20, 2012
I envy you if you've never read a Tony Hillerman novel. You can still look forward to the thrill of discovering his stories for the very first time. I was living in Rome when I read my first one. Starved for the English language, I found a small library of left-behind paperbacks, which included several books in Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police series. I picked up Skinwalkers. I was hooked!
Hillerman's mysteries are set in the 4-Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona. His lush descriptions of this harsh, but beautiful landscape bring it to life so vividly that the setting is as strong an element in the novels as his characters. Navajo Tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn, skeptical of Navajo tradition, and Jim Chee, new to both the police force and his responsibilities as a Navajo shaman, reflect the author's deep respect for the land and the native people.
Skinwalkers follows Leaphorn and Chee's investigation into an attempt on Jim Chee's life and several gruesome murders on the reservation. Is it witchcraft or simply homicide? This intense, page-turner isn't the first book in the series. It won Hillerman the Agatha Mystery award for best novel in 1988 and is the first to feature both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as main characters. All of the novels work as stand-alones, but if you prefer to read them in chronological order, check out The Blessing Way first.
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I ate lunch today at Turkey Grill on Bleeker and
MacDougal -- contrary to their name they do not serve
grilled turkey, instead I had a homemade chicken
Adana sausage, very good! The presentation is standard
fast-food restaurant, the sausage is served on a plate
with pita bread, iceberg lettuce, sliced onion and
tomato, and a plate of french fries (which seemed a
little excessive -- also they were not good fries).
This was the "platter", which cost $6.50. For a little
less you could get the "sandwich", which is the same
thing but smaller servings of everything, and inside
the bread. And no fries.
Anyway -- the sausage was extremely tasty and very
fresh. I'd go back there in a second. It's a good area
for middle eastern fast-food restaurants -- either
MacDougal or Sullivan, just north of Bleeker, has got 2
or 3 top-notch felaferias(?).


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Type: Improvement
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Priority: Major
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See the discussion at http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Serializing-Closures-td5015137.html
Closures are serializable, but the "owner", "delegate" and "thisObject" objects may not be serializable. The idea is to provide a method which returns a copy of the current closure with the above fields nullified.
A "rehydrate" method should be provided to offer the inverse operation.
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Following the discussion, I'm only committing the "limited" solution which allows to nullify owner, delegate and thisObject but will blow if any other closure field is not serializable.
Current implementation sets non serializable members to null and offers an optional map parameter when rehydrating.
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There is something interesting to discuss here. I have an implementation of dehydrate/rehydrate for closures which allows setting null the (owner,delegate,thisObject) and rehydrate a closure by specifying those in a single method.
This works even in case of closures referring another closures, like in this example:
class Controller { // not Serializable def action = { 'Hello' } def action2 = { action() } // call to other closure } def ctrl = new Controller() def a2 = ctrl.action2.dehydrate() def bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream() bos.withObjectOutputStream { it << a2 } byte[] arr = bos.toByteArray() def rehyd new ByteArrayInputStream(arr).withObjectInputStream(this.class.classLoader) { it.eachObject { o -> rehyd = o } } ctrl = new Controller() // assert new instance rehyd = rehyd.rehydrate(ctrl, ctrl, ctrl) assert rehyd() == 'Hello'
Now, the next example won't work:
class X {} def x = new X() def cl = {x} def dehyd = cl.dehydrate() def bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream() bos.withObjectOutputStream { it << dehyd }
It will fail because it references an outer variable. Internally, the compiler generates a field for the closure class, referencing class X. This class is not serializable, so the field serialization of the closure will fail. As a workaround, one could write this:
class X {} def x = new X() def cl = {x} def dehyd = cl.dehydrate() dehyd.@x = null def bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream() bos.withObjectOutputStream { it << dehyd }
But apart from not being user friendly, it beats the concept of "dehydrate" which is to allow closure serialization. We have several possibilities here:
1. make dehydrate iterate on the closure properties, and if a property is not serializable, nullify it
- rehydrate would then take an optional parameter, a map, which allows setting the "missing" properties after deserialization
- possibly, if a closure has another closure as a field member, we could recursively dehydrate them, but rehydrating would be a little more complex process
2. make dehydrate throw an exception in that case
I don't really like the idea of a method which wants to make things serializable to fail with an exception if a non serializable member is found (why do this with owner, ... then ?). But as I did not have the need for closure serialization like you did, perhaps you could give us your opinion on that ?


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Process Improvement and Knowledge Sharing in Small Software Companies: A Case Study
Process improvement, knowledge sharing and management are challenging issues for small software companies. In this paper, the experiences of three small software business organizations, one Research and Development (R&D) -project team in hotel business using Taimi-tool to support process improvement and knowledge sharing were studied and analyzed with grounded theory. The findings of the case study show that systematic process improvement is not very familiar to small software companies. Modeling and writing down processes are considered old-fashioned, too strict and rules given from above. Process improvement does not fit in to the self-image of an innovative, agile and flexible software company.


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Putting three of Renaissance-era Italy's greatest minds in the same room for a spirited debate on art and politics sounds like a great idea for a play ---- and a couple of scenes in The Old Globe's "Divine Rivalry" bear that out ---- but the colorful comedy is no masterpiece.
The play by political columnist Michael Kramer and dramaturge D.S. Moynihan has some zinging interplay between ruthless 16th-century political strategist Niccolo Machiavelli and rival Florentine artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti, and there are wonderful nuggets of historical insight sprinkled throughout the story. But the two-hour play has too much exposition (any script that needs a historical film prologue and a post-show epilogue may be biting off more than it can chew), three characters are begging for more development, and director Michael Wilson's production is whimsical but tonally uneven.
Kramer spent two years researching the surprising but true story behind "Divine Rivalry." In 1504, at the urging of his ambitious young chancellor Machiavelli, Florentine statesman Piero Soderini commissioned Leonardo, 52, and Michelangelo, 29, to paint epic Florentine battle murals in the great room of the city's government seat, the Palazzo Vecchio. The two artists were bitter foes and the murals were never completed, but "Divine Rivalry" imagines the fireworks that might have erupted between the two as they worked side by side (and even suggests an act of sabotage).
The play's best and most thoroughly developed character is Machiavelli, played with canny, motor-mouthed zest by Sean Lyons. Machiavelli could (and should) have a play all to himself. Instead, the calculating author of "The Prince" is reduced to hatching schemes, lurking in shadows and orchestrating not only an artistic bonanza for Florence, but also a secure position for himself in the state's political future (he would fail on both counts). An interesting idea the playwrights suggest is that Machiavelli courted Leonardo da Vinci in hopes of securing the designs for the artist's inventive war machines. The script captures Machiavelli's self-absorption, dishonesty and manipulative nature, though sometimes the character is too self-aware.
Despite his underwritten character, Euan Morton steals the show as Michelangelo. Eaten up with self-loathing over his homosexuality, Morton's penitent sculptor boils with intensity and bristles defensively when compared unfavorably to Leonardo. His is the most fascinating and authentic of the four performances onstage. And again, Michelangelo could fill a play by himself.
Miles Anderson, the star of the Globe's past two Shakespeare Festivals, returns for a surprisingly comic performance as Leonardo da Vinci, the script's most problematic character. As written, he is kooky, foppish and materialistic, with none of the inspiration or passion that made him one of history's greatest artists and inventors, and under Wilson's direction, he's one-dimensional and cartoonish. Anderson gives Leonardo a casual arrogance and mad-scientist vibe that's amusing, but doesn't seem to fit his age or the period.
The only time these artist characters truly come to life onstage is when they're talking about art ---- particularly their needling criticisms and grudging compliments of each other's work. The two scenes where these exchanges occur crackle with energy and insight.
Also a problem is the bland, blustering character of Soderini, an aging dilettante who is easily outmaneuvered by Machiavelli. David Selby gives the character some gravitas, but he seemed to struggle on opening weekend with some of his lines, giving the character less authority than this statesman should possess.
The show's design elements are hit and miss. Jeff Cowie's scenic design (paired with some evocative projections by Peter Nigrini) imaginatively and playfully suggest the story's multiple locales and the artwork of the period (lighting designer Robert Wierzel creates a monumental shadow image of Michelangelo's David that looms over the two artists). But David C. Woolard's costumes range from luxurious (for Soderini) to cartoonishly cheap-looking (Leonardo's costumey pants and purple cape).
Michelangelo and Leonardo never finished their murals. One was started, then ruined, and the other never got past the sketching-in stage. That could be said as well for "Divine Rivalry." The characters and plot have the beginnings of a theatrical work of art, but it feels a long way from completion.


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Camden Hills splits court battles with visiting TigersWindjammer boys secure fourth straight win, Camden Hills girls struggle
Rockport — With the midway point of the regular season approaching, the Camden Hills boys and girls basketball teams appear heading in different directions following a home doubleheader against Gardiner Saturday, Dec. 29.
The Windjammer boys have rattled off four straight victories and are among the top teams in Eastern Class B, while the Windjammer girls have lost three straight after starting the season 3-0.
In Saturday's games with the Tigers, the two schools split the contests, with the Windjammer boys picking up a 61-51 win, while the Windjammer girls fell 83-46.
The following is a recap of both Dec. 29 contests:
Boys basketball
Camden Hills 61, Gardiner 51
At Rockport Dec. 29, the Windjammers dug out of a first-quarter hole and rallied to dispatch of the defending regional champions with a 10-point victory. Gardiner led 14-11 after the first eight minutes, while Camden Hills rebounded to take a 28-23 edge into the locker room at halftime and extended that advantage to 48-33 after three quarters.
Chandler Crans pumped in 19 points to lead the 'Jammer attack, while Colin Morse chipped in 17; Connor Hart, 13; Weston Bryant, four; Alex Crans, three; Jayson Kuhn and Connor Graffam, each two; and Joe Chamberlain, one.
For Gardiner, Brad Bailey tossed 15 points, while Tyler Jamison added 12; Jensen Orweiler, eight; Logan Hallett, Brad Weston, Dennis Meehan and Trevor Austin, all three; and Zach Chaput and Josh McKelvey, both two.
The 'Jammers were 18-of-34 (53 percent) from the free-throw line, while the Tigers 10-of-19 (53 percent).
In the Maine Principals' Association Heal Point Standings for Eastern Class B, Camden Hills (5-1, 16.2037 points) is fourth, while Oceanside of Rockland/Thomaston (6-1, 21.6049 points) is first in the 19-team region. The top 13 teams qualify for the playoffs.
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Girls basketball
Gardiner 83, Camden Hills 46
At Rockport Dec. 29, the Tigers pulled away early in the third quarter and roared to a 37-point victory over the host Windjammers. Camden Hills led 19-16 after the first quarter, while Gardiner rallied to take a 42-27 halftime lead. The Tigers then blew the game open, outscoring the hosts 25-0 in the third quarter to take a 67-27 lead heading into the final stanza.
Jordan Knowlton netted 19 points — all in the first half — for Camden Hills, while Megan Legage added 10; Macy Buck, five; Annie Young, four; Hannah Wincklhofer, Eliza Boetsch and Rachel Pease, all two; and Maddie Bowman and Bekah Hilt, each one.
For Gardiner, Kelsey Moody tossed in 18 points, while Kylee Granholm and Ally Day each added 12; Taylor Banister, 11; Camden Cone, six; Savannah Vinton-Mullens and Harley Tomberlin, both five; Abby Dunn, four; Morgan Carver, two; and Kelly Macomber, one.
The 'Jammers were 13-of-19 (68 percent) from the foul line, while the Tigers were 14-of-21 (67 percent).
In the Maine Principals' Association Heal Point Standings for Eastern Class B, Camden Hills (3-3, 3.2407 points) is ninth, while Presque Isle (8-0, 24.6296 points) is first in the 19-team region. The top 13 teams qualify for the playoffs.
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Burdisso: Win will change season
Roma defender Nicolas Burdisso believes that the struggling club could turn their season around with a win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
Roma need to overturn a 3-2 aggregate deficit in the second leg - having conceded three goals in 12 first-half minutes - and travel to Ukraine on a high after rising to sixth in the Serie A table following the sacking of coach Claudio Ranieri last month.
"I have faith because we are Roma and we cannot forget this," Burdisso said. "At the Olimpico we played the game, apart from those ten minutes.
"However, this could be the breakthrough we need. If we play a good game and win then everything will change. A win would mean the last few months will be different for us."
Roma skipper Francesco Totti is also confident his side can win against the odds.
Speaking on his official website, Totti revealed: "I have faith in light of our game in the Champions League. It will be vital to stay calm and try not to concede. There is plenty of will to progress in the Champions League."
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Search Engine Objectivity
(This is a guest post from Professor Mark R. Patterson of Fordham Law School. As someone who has participated in panels on antitrust with Prof. Patterson, I thought our readers would be interested in his perspective. –Frank Pasquale.)
"Search is inherently subjective: it always involves guessing the diverse and unknown intentions of users. Regulators, however, need an objective standard to judge search engines against."
The two claims above, from an essay by James Grimmelmann, are at the center of the conflict over regulation of search engines. Some argue that Google is a powerful gatekeeper for competing firms' access to customers, so that it must operate in an objective or neutral manner to preserve a level competitive playing field. Those who make this argument necessarily assume that we can assess objectivity or neutrality in this context. Others, like Grimmelmann, support the first statement above, arguing that there is no objective, neutral means of assessing search results, so that there is no way to regulate search engines.
The European Commission (EC), having investigated Google's practices and concluded that there are "competition concerns," is apparently on the pro-regulation side, because it is entertaining proposed commitments from Google to address those concerns. (The U.S. F.T.C. conducted its own investigation and closed it without action, concluding that there was insufficient evidence to support the claim that Google's practices lacked a legitimate business justification.) Google proposed a first set of commitments to the EC in April, but the Commission received "very negative" feedback from a market test of those commitments, so it asked Google for an improved proposal. Last month, Google proposed a second set of commitments. This new proposal was not put to a market test. Instead, the EC sent private inquiries to the complainants in the case and other market participants. Nevertheless, the proposal was leaked, and it offers much food for thought.
Google's second proposal throws light on the two sides of the search-engine debate. One of the EC's four concerns is "[t]he favourable treatment, within Google's web search results, of links to Google's own specialised web search services as compared to links to competing specialised web search services." Google's proposal would address this concern by displaying what it calls "Rival Vertical Search Sites" near Google's own results. The critical question, of course, is which Rival Vertical Search Sites? Here is where it gets interesting. The choice of sites to be displayed is to be based on an auction, with each rival's bid multiplied by its "position-independent predicted click-through-rate (pCTR)," i.e., a prediction of the percentage of those viewing the link who click on it, corrected for the position of the link on the page (because more prominent locations get a greater percentage of clicks). The pCTRs would be "calculated using solely a machine-learning regression model that will rely only on objective and verifiable explanatory features and will follow standard industry practices for such models as described in the scientific literature."
Google has no doubt made an "objective and verifiable" proposal in response to EU competition law's rule that even conduct that is prima facie abusive may be permissible if it has an "objective business justification." But what does the proposal tell us about the two statements in the epigraph above? Maybe Google's proposal is evidence against the search-is-subjective position, and shows that effective regulation is possible. Or maybe it shows no such thing. Maybe Google's offer says nothing about the feasibility of regulation, because maybe pCTR is actually an ineffective, even if "objective," means of addressing the competition problem with which the EC is concerned. That is, maybe the pCTR approach is objective, but would be an ineffective remedy because it does not provide a level playing field. (There are also objections to Google's proposed remedy because it requires rivals to pay for their placement as Rival Vertical Search Sites, but here my concern is only with the pCTR mechanism.)
What do we want from a remedy, assuming that Google's conduct poses a competition problem? Does a remedy need to be objective? In what sense? Certainly not in the sense that it is universally agreed to be the best, or even a good, remedy. Few remedies in antitrust, or at least few behavioral remedies, would satisfy that criterion. But "objective" does not mean "correct." Instead, it means "not influenced by personal feelings or opinions." Google's offer seems to satisfy that definition. Is that enough?
The offer could at least allow the Monitoring Trustee provided for in the proposal to assess whether Google is complying with its commitments, because the Trustee would receive information about the how the pCTR mechanism works (though the proposal is not very clear regarding how much information Google would be required to provide). In that sense, the objectivity is of value, because it provides some degree of transparency, though only for the Rival Vertical Search Sites remedy, that at least allows the Trustee to determine whether Google is complying with its commitment.
The objectivity of the proposed remedy does not, however, tell us (or the Trustee) whether the remedy is correct in some other sense. In that respect, it is not clear that the EC asked the right question in its inquiry to market participants regarding the proposal: "In your opinion, is this mechanism objective, neutral and non-discriminatory or can it be subject to manipulation?" The pCTR approach could be "objective, neutral and non-discriminatory" but still not deliver the most appropriate and relevant results. Sites can produce click-throughs, and thus presumably high pCTRs, without being sites that consumers really want to visit. We all have clicked on sites that turn out not to serve our purposes. That is why Google uses a Quality Score in its AdWords advertising program, yet the proposed remedy does not include such a quality measure (though it does include two different, somewhat odd "quality-protection thresholds"). Nevertheless, the proposal states that "[t]he sole purpose of the machine-learning regression model shall be to calculate the pCTR as a means to evaluate the expected quality of a particular Rival Link."
Regardless of whether the pCTR is a good approach to ranking, though, the very fact that Google has offered it as one raises interesting possibilities. For one thing, it should allow the Trustee to compare Google's pCTR rankings to Google's organic results. If the pCTR approach produces rankings that are very different from the organic results, that should raise concerns. The difference in the organic results might suggest that Google itself finds the pCTR rankings inadequate and corrects for their flaws. In that case, the remedy would arguably be shown to be inadequate, even on Google's terms.
However, it is unclear whether, if the remedy were inadequate, the Trustee would have the authority to improve it. The proposal states that "[t]he Commission, upon advice from the Monitoring Trustee, may require changes to the detailed mechanism for calculating pCTRs or to the level of the quality-protection thresholds, if these elements . . . , without objective justification, discriminate against or exclude Rival Vertical Search Sites." But it is not clear that changes to the "detailed mechanism" would be sufficient. It could be that the pCTR mechanism is fundamentally inadequate. The commitments should provide for the possibility of more extensive changes, or even termination, if the Trustee concludes that the pCTR mechanism is unsatisfactory.
Suppose, though, that the pCTR ranking matched Google's organic results fairly well. Would that show that it is a good ranking approach? Not necessarily. The organic results might not be a satisfactory benchmark, because even if the pCTR rankings produce poor results, Google might use a similar approach in its organic results. After all, the sites at issue are Google competitors, so there seems no particular reason why Google would object to those competitors being downgraded in the organic results as well as the remedial proposal. If that happened, would we know? Maybe we wouldn't have to. There may be ways in which the Trustee could use the data to provide valuable information, even if the remedy is inadequate.
First, presumably the Trustee could apply the pCTR approach to Google's own sites and compare their rankings to Google's rivals'. If the pCTR of rivals' sites is better than Google's own, then if the pCTR ranking is a valid one, the rivals' sites presumably deserve similar prominence in Google's display, perhaps even without having to pay for that placement. It would be awkward, it seems, for Google to simply respond that the pCTR approach is invalid, since it provided it and stated that it was intended to reveal the "expected quality" of sites. At the least, Google should have to offer an "objective justification" for displaying sites with higher pCTRs than its own sites' pCTRs less prominently.
Second, perhaps we could rely on the market, as those who object to regulation of Google often argue. Not everyone clicks on sponsored links, either to Google's own sites or to its rivals'. Some look only to the organic results. Google might therefore be unwilling to provide poor organic results, so that it might in fact be appropriate to rely on similarity between the pCTR rankings and the organic results as an indication of Google's neutrality. This might not be true, as suggested above, because Google might be willing to allow its organic results to deteriorate, with the idea that doing so could just push consumers to the sponsored results. But the Trustee should be able to assess that possibility by comparing clicks from the organic results and from the sponsored ones. Moreover, if sponsored clicks predominate, the suggestion in the previous paragraph, of comparing the relationship of the pCTRs of Google and its rivals to the display of those sites, would be all the more important.
The fundamental point here is that Google has offered an objective ranking system, and by doing so has presumably represented it as one that is reasonable. It is not perfect, of course, and maybe it is not even good, but it provides a benchmark from which to develop techniques for evaluating search rankings. It provides such a benchmark because Google's proposal of the mechanism would make it difficult for Google to simply reject comparisons based on it. It would still be perfectly valid for Google to explain why any comparisons to the pCTR benchmark were invalid, but those objections should start from the basis that the proposal itself is objective and neutral. In that sense, the proposal moves the ball forward, and it moves it forward in the direction favored by those who argue that regulation of search engines is feasible.
All this depends, of course, on the effectiveness of the Monitoring Trustee. For the proposal to provide value, the Trustee must receive sufficient information to make assessments like those suggested above. The Trustee also must have the authority to make these sorts of assessments and to force changes, perhaps significant changes, to the remedial proposals, or even to conclude that the commitments as a whole are inadequate to address the Commission's concerns. The proposal presents some concerns in these respects. The Trustee's powers appear to be limited to monitoring Google's compliance with the proposed commitments, rather than to exploring the validity of those commitments. The proposal explicitly states that the Trustee "shall have no decision-making powers or powers of investigation of the kind vested in the Commission" and that "the Monitoring Trustee's functions shall not include the power to review or resolve individual complaints relating to the ranking of websites in Google's Search Results." In this respect, the proposal may be unsatisfactory.
These evaluations could be performed by private parties, of course, if the pCTR model were made public, but the proposal, not surprisingly, does not contemplate public disclosure. Some value is certainly lost if only the EC and the Monitoring Trustee are privy to the results of any evaluations of this kind. But it is also true that in novel circumstances like this, there is considerable value in the opportunity for enforcement authorities to gather information about alternative means of evaluating possibly anticompetitive practices by search engines. Although competition law recognizes the importance of non-price competition like that for the quality of search results, the law has few techniques for assessing the effectiveness of such competition.
In sum, Google's proposed commitments offer an "objective" remedy. It may or may not be an effective remedy, but the fact that Google has proposed it can be taken as accepting it as a valid starting point for considering alternative ways of evaluating the validity of search results. To advance beyond that starting point, though, the EC should require Google to allow it a reasonable scope for evaluating the validity of the remedy, rather than just providing for a narrow monitoring of whether Google is complying with it. If Google's proposal provides that scope, it will go at least some way to providing the Commission with what Grimmelmann says it needs, "an objective standard to judge search engines against."


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Recently, the House passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including a provision that the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) worked on that pertains to minority and women-owned small business data collection.
Americans face the worse financial crisis since the Great Depression. According to the Minority Business Development Agency, capital access remains the most important factor limiting the establishment, expansion of minority-owned businesses. When minority-owned firms are hampered in their growth, the U.S. loses a significant economic engine. When our government fails to provide adequate capital access to our minority firms, we end up failing to build a stronger economy.
The regulatory improvements made to small business data collection would facilitate enforcement of fair lending laws and enable communities, governmental entities, and creditors to identify business and community development needs and opportunities of women-owned and minority owned small businesses. Furthermore, the regulation would require financial institutions to collect ethnic and gender information on small businesses. This important data will help us examine the needs for minority and women business owners and help identify areas where discrimination may exist.
"If we are to fully realize an American recovery then we must also help our minority counter parts recover as well," said Rep. Mike Honda, chair of CAPAC. "Asians have the highest rate of business ownership among all minorities, but still face substantial barriers when it comes to capital access. Systematic discrimination has incurred partly due to the lack of data. The small business data collection provision is crucial in helping policymakers shed light on areas of need."
"Promoting a lasting economic recovery depends upon ensuring every business can reach its full potential," said Rep. Judy Chu, chair of CAPAC's Economic Development Taskforce. "This provision helps minority and women-owned businesses to overcome the systemic barriers and discrimination they so often face."
Source: http://chu.house.gov/2010/07/dodd-frank-wall-street-reform-act-includes-provision-for-minority-and-women-owned-small-business-dat.shtml


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Located in Kraków, Conrad Hotel offers accommodation with free Wi-Fi, tea/coffee facilities and a flat-screen TV with cable. The hotel has a sauna and a hot tub. Free private parking is available.
The rooms of the Conrad Hotel all feature a classic interior design. Each is painted in bright colours and has furniture in warm colours, which includes a work desk. The private bathrooms have a hairdryer. The hotel has a restaurant serving European cuisine and specialising in Greek dishes. There also is a café bar on site. There also are 2 spaces available in the underground garage for an additional fee.
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Start Curry at more than $13mil a season!! - NYpost
Isiah has to be crazy....
Right now Curry is worth about $6mil max.
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
very happy this trade was rejected i know we need a big man and im very fond of Curry but Sweets & Timmy for them? That disgusts me and furthermore scares me knowing well have these expiring contracts and Isiah mite use them like this...(then again it was for a quality big man) but that was too much..
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
I agree 100%!! Isiah was willing to give him 13m a year?!? No one in the league was willing to give him more than 4, just for 1 year, and Isiah has to be the one GM that goes over the top! It's like the same ol' story over and over again!! It is trully scary to think that he would waste TTs expiring contract and sweets on Curry!!! I think this is a sign of things to come and it makes me worried that he will bring in more stupid contracts like a Malik Rose or a health risk like Curry, where we would be capped out with a guy sitting on the bench, just like Houston! Why can't he just be patient and wait to see who is available around the trade deadline?!? Does he really have to make a move just to make a move....Originally Posted by NYKnicks15
The NYpost now has it that Isiah was willing to give up a 1st rd pick but now Paxson wants a player like Lee or Ariza.
If Isiah gives up Ariza, I will have to walk up to him in the tunnel in the garden and bitch slap his dumb ass...
It always seems that Paxson plays tough and freakin' isiah always folds in to meet his demands
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
I swear to god........if isaih duz give up ariza i will join u starr but i will not only ***** slap his ass...i will criple him........
yea paxson also says he was NEVER offered a Tim & Sweetney package to begin with..and said even if so it wouldnt work salary cap wise..
expect a deal of David Lee & Mike Sweetney FOR Eddy Curry to go through by Monday, i think Isiah will give in and give that (which i love Sweetney but Id rather keep timmy than david lee..
if he gives up Ariza which i dont think he is stupid enough to do not only will i come all the way from Virginia back home to New York to join you I'll slap Larry Brown's senile self for good measure and David Stern for letting the trade go through..
man you gotta love knicks fans
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
chicago is supposedly interested in our young players such as trevor ariza and david lee. and for eddy curry? now i know isiah wouldnt give up one of our prized possessions and possibly the next face of our franchise. like in the other post, tim thomas and mike sweetney for eddy curry is ridiculous. i have faith in thomas and sweetney that they'll both have very productive numbers this year. yes we need a center, but eddy curry doesnt fill those shoes. im content with our team so far and im pretty sure hardaway/rose/taylor/possibly thomas will be shipped out soon for another center.
October 1
New York Post (registration required): "The Knicks and Bulls continued serious discussions yesterday about a sign-and-trade for Chicago free-agent center Eddy Curry, sources said."
October 1
Chicago Tribune (registration required): "Eddy Curry's agent continues to pursue a sign-and-trade for the Bulls' center, and apparently he will keep pushing for it right up to Monday night's deadline for qualifying offers."
October 1
Chicago Sun-Times: "Eddy Curry's agent continued to lobby Friday for Bulls operations chief John Paxson to accept a trade offer from the New York Knicks, a team one source said wouldn't require Curry to take a controversial DNA test."
October 1
Daily Herald: "The team spent the week trying to trade Curry, according to a league source. But dealing the restricted free agent will be difficult."
I kno these newspaper rumors arent always true.. But its hard to deny if 4 or 5 different articles say the same thing. IMO i hope this trade doesnt happen cuz i bet that thomas will offer him like a 15 mil contract fer 2 yrs or something like that
Quuuuuuuentinnn Richarddsonnn
imagine if we do get curry and he averages 17 ppg 9rpg 1.5 bpg and 1spg
Eddy Curry is a good, solid player and he would be a nice addition to the Knicks. However to give up Trevor ariza would be just another classic Knick move. We have a player that could be a real star, both offensivly and defensivly. Eddy Curry is also not worth 13 M a year, especially with his heart problems. If we trade expiring contracts, and good players to get him IT IS NOT WORTH IT. I hope Isiah realizes this and stops letting the Bulls b**ch us around.
i knew it. i called it. i told you all, check my previous post.
chicago is too stingy, i knew they would want way too much for curry.
and i knew that isiah would be willing to vastly overpay curry to get him.
im glad it didnt happen, but i knew it wouldnt all along.
Careful now guys about the 13million!
It actually is real good smarts on Isaiah's behalf... it's called front-loading the contract, that appeals to Curry with his heart situation, it helps the bulls take one of our contracts (Timmy), and it helps us because we get Curry whose heart actually sounds like it is good.
Of course Curry isn't worth 13 mill per season, but Isaiah won't pay him that, this is just like the Hawks giving Joe Johnson 20 mill for the first year. The 13 mill is great for us cap wise, because it mean a large chunk our his salary is paid in the first year, and this year our cap is already shot, so who cares but Dolan.
If the Bulls take Timmy and one of our first rounders, I'd finally say that the Mohammed trade worked not to bad, let's see:
Mohammed, Timmy, late first rounder 2006 for Curry, Malik Rose and Lee (not that bad)
What i like is that we loose Timmy (SF - we have too many: helps Q and Ariza)
We solve our PF position with Curry
Starting 5:
Marbury: 6'2 (Nate)
Crawford: 6'5 (Houston)
Q: 6'6 (Ariza)
Curry: 6'11 (Sweetney)
James: 7'1 (Frye)
That lineup is MUCH better than: Marbury, Q, Timmy, Sweets, James
I think if Isaiah can pull this deal off, WE WIN BIG TIME!!!!!
It would be great to get Curry, but I just read that the reason they're shooting the deal down is b/c instead of a pick 1st round pick next year, they want Ariza or Lee.
For some inexplainable reason, Isiah isn't parting with either. I completely understand not wanting to give up Ariza, but David Lee is another question. I would give him up in a heart beat to get a legitimate center.
If the trade goes down (TT, Sweets & Lee), the starting 5 should be
1 - Marbury (Nate)
2 - Houston (Crawford)
3 - Q (Ariza)
4 - Frye (Rose)
5 - Curry (James)
A. If Larry Brown has confidence in Houston, then we should too. Crawford is too erratic and hoist's up too many shots to be thrown into the mix with Steph & Q.
B. Curry is a legitimate post player. He commands double teams when he is on the block. James should not be a starter! In 16mpg last year James was only able to muster 4pts & 3rb per. Those are nut numbers of a starter.
C. No one on this team can rebound. Frye should be the starting 4 just by default. I've read numerous articles on how would be the ideal PF for NY. He has a decent J to set up the pick & pop w/ Steph. He's athletic enough to take it to the hole to finish on a pick & roll w/ Steph. His one-on-one D needs work, but his help-D is supposed to be a strength. With Curry's big body in the post, he should be able to get some easy putbacks and grab some boards. There won't be too much pressure for him to come in and be a focal point since he would most likely be the 5th option. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, he is exactly the type of player that Brown likes to have on the floor, long & athletic!
I agree, if Houston is 100% healthy, LB will definitely start H2O over Crawford.
I would play Curry at PF though, with James at center


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Pittsburgh, April 29, 2014—Power management company Eaton today announced an ongoing public awareness campaign focused on educating the public about the dangers of counterfeit electrical products. The program, in partnership with the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) for the second consecutive year, is taking place during National Electrical Safety Month in May.
The program is intended to ensure a fundamental understanding surrounding electrical safety, build awareness among key audiences about counterfeit products and the dangers they pose in residential and industrial settings, as well as their adverse economic impact. Included in ESFI's campaign resources is an illustrated fact sheet that provides consumers with tips on avoiding counterfeit electrical products.
"Electrical safety is a key component of Eaton's power management mission and our anti-counterfeiting initiative is an important part of this effort," said Tom Grace, brand protection manager, Eaton's Electrical Sector Americas. "Each year counterfeiters become more and more sophisticated, so our continued efforts to raise awareness of the proliferation and dangers of counterfeit electrical products has become more important."
Eaton and ESFI will collaborate through social media efforts to share electrical safety tips and facts, including the dangers of counterfeit electrical products and how to avoid and identify such products. Follow the conversation on Twitter using #anticounterfeit and #NESM.
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Motor Image Pilipinas, the authorized distributor of Subaru in the Philippines recently concluded the 2015 Subaru Palm Challenge Philippine Face-off with its final leg held at Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City early this month.
Only 200 slots of the original 300 registrants were made available by the hopeful participants with the goal to be the last man standing. A mix of young and old ranging from the youngest who was 18 and the oldest at 69 took the test of mental and physical strength. A good mix of experienced and familiar faces joined this year's Subaru Palm Challenge including the 7-time winner, Alex Neblasca who proved to be, yet again, the toughest and outlasted all other participants finishing with a time of 13 hours 9 minutes and 33 seconds.
The winners from Cebu and Davao will now be joined by the top eight (8) winners from Manila for the Regional Finals on November to be held at Singapore. The 2015 Philippine Team will now consist of the following.
The 2015 Subaru Palm Challenge Philippine Face-off Manila leg's 8 winners are as follows (in order starting from the challenger with the longest time):
Alex Neblasca (seven time regional participant) Juan Furiscal Jr., Francisco Gomez, Alec Ebuen, Juntie Torres, Dan Angelo Villacorza, Oshwald John Carbonell, Marcus Leui Pagcaliwangan.
Cebu Leg Champion Donn Michael Yap (back to back Cebu leg champion)
Davao Leg Champion Gilber Hamo-ay
Of the top 10 winners of the Manila leg, 9 winners were able to bring home Php 10,000 each and exclusive Subaru merchandise; while the last man standing, Alex Neblasca won Php 20,000 cash prize, exclusive Subaru merchandise. Neblasca also had the longest time among all leg winners which gives him the privilege to bring a plus one in the Singapore regional challenge.
The 8 winners from Manila along with the Cebu and Davao leg winners will compete this November in Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, Singapore against challengers from around Asia such as Singapore, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Should the last man standing from the Subaru Challenge 2015 come from the Philippines, a grand prize of a brand new Subaru Forester 2.0i-L worth Php 1,398,000 will await them upon their return to the Philippines.


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I photographed this Drake Hooded Merganser during a trip to Kellogg Bird Sanctuary located in Michigan. I was photographing this guy swimming around a small pond feeding with other waterfowl when he suddenly decided to do a wing flap for me, the only one that he did while I was there photographing him. The green water colors is a reflection of some of the foliage surrounding the pond.
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French Ambassador Says Hit-and-run Suspects Won't Face Trial in Israel
Lee Zeitouni dies after being hit by car allegedly registered to Claude Isaacs and driven by Eric Roubbi, as she crossed a Tel Aviv street; they both fled to France hours after.
The French ambassador to Israel told a Knesset committee on Tuesday that the two French nationals accused of killing a young Israeli woman in a hit-and-run accident last September will not be extradited to stand trial in Israel.
Lee Zeitouni, 25, died after being hit by a car that was allegedly registered to Claude Isaacs and driven by Eric Roubbi, with Isaacs as a passenger, as she crossed a Tel Aviv street. The two men fled to France hours after the incident. Lawyers for Roubbi and Isaacs have said the men are willing to face up to their responsibilities but fear they would not receive a fair trial in Israel.
Speaking to a special session of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, ambassador Christophe Bigot said a French law passed in 2004 prohibits the extradition of French citizens to any state that is not a member of the European Union. When asked why Roubbi and Isaacs had not been taken into custody in France, Bigot said Zeitouni's family had not filed a formal request, through the Israel Police, to arrest the suspects.
"We know where they are and where they live," Bigot said, adding, "We understand the frustration and the emotions, but it's a legal procedure."
The ambassador emphasized that the justice and law enforcement agencies of both countries are cooperating closely on finding a way to bring Isaacs and Roubbi to justice.
Attorney Yitzchak Blum, of the Attorney General's Office, told the Knesset committee that the case is still under investigation. He said the principle of judicial immunity barred him from revealing whether Israel will file an extradition request.
"The aim is not to arrest them, but rather to see to it that they receive a significant punishment," Blum said.
The Israel Police representative at Tuesday's session cited the media gag order in declining to discuss details of the case.
In a statement, the international department of the Attorney General's Office said France had supplied information related to the case in response to requests from Israel, and that the department's deputy director had been in France to speak to officials there.
"In contrast to various reports," the statement added, "Israel and France have an extradition convention and an effective extradition relationship. However, France does not extradite its citizens."
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But anyways, we can't judge who was the best player for pretty much at least 5 years in my opinion. Who knows if someone will have fallen off by then?
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Boston Federal US prosecutors have announced terrorism charges against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, outlining a chilling plot in which the man and his brother allegedly used low-grade but deadly explosives timed to detonate a block apart.
As he lay seriously injured in a Boston area hospital,
The toll from the two blasts, according to court documents and interviews on Monday, could have been far higher. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, who was killed on Friday after a firefight with police, had a home-made arsenal of explosives. Some law enforcement officials said the brothers were planning more attacks.
The pair also apparently had no escape plan. The FBI found in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's college dorm room what appeared to be the same black jacket and white hat he wore on the day of the attack, according to court documents.
As the legal machinery began moving, the rituals of recovery continued in Boston. Near the marathon finish line, where three people were killed and more than 200 injured, residents and office workers poured out of buildings on Monday for a moment of silence at the same time the blasts occurred one week ago.
The criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, filed in US District Court in Boston, ended a debate over how one of the first successful terrorist attacks on the US homeland since September 11, 2001, should be handled. Some congressional Republicans had insisted Tsarnaev should be designated an "enemy combatant", which would enable the government to charge him under the laws of war in a military commission or to hold him indefinitely.
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"We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice," Carney said at a news briefing.
Investigators have been eager to question Tsarnaev but have said he is unable to speak because of his neck injuries. It was unclear on Monday whether he has been able to provide any information.
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New information also emerged about Tamerlan's earlier brushes with the law.
Authorities confirmed they are investigating whether the elder brother may have been connected to a triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, in September 2011, prosecutors said. The Boston Globe reported that Tamerlan was friends with one of three people found dead in an apartment on the afternoon of September 12.
Meanwhile, court records in Cambridge, Massachusetts, showed that Tamerlan was arrested on charges of assault and battery in July 2009 after slapping a girlfriend. The incident occurred at his apartment on Norfolk Street after an argument between him and Nadine Ascencao over another woman, according to the incident report. The records indicate that the case was dismissed about six months later.
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The Georgia Municipal Association and Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police have lent their support to Athens-Clarke County's plea for the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn a decision that would open a 15-year-old murder investigation to the Athens Banner-Herald.
The Georgia Court of Appeals sided with the Banner-Herald in a case that demanded police release the investigative file for the murder of Jennifer Stone, which the newspaper contends is no longer an open investigation and therefore not exempt from Open Records law.
The newspaper sued nearly two years ago, after the Athens-Clarke Police Department rejected a request to review records concerning the murder of Stone, a 22-year-old University of Georgia student who was raped and strangled in her Hull Street apartment in April 1992.
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