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2013-14 EOB NBA Division Previews: Northwest Division
Can anyone challenge the Thunder in the Northwest Division? Probably not. But who's second best, and can it produce three playoff teams?
Our team-by-team win predictions | Podcast: East over/unders | West over/unders
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Cream of the Crop: Oklahoma City Thunder. They've owned this division the last three years. And they will continue to own it. Yes, they lost their third-leading scorer for a second straight season. Yes, Russell Westbrook is coming off knee surgery and will miss the first 4-6 weeks of the season. Yes, there are questions about their bench.
But none of those things will prevent them from winning their division, and probably by a wide margin. The question is: Can they wrap up the Northwest by late March?
Here's the thing with the Thunder this season: Kevin Durant just turned 25. And he's getting anxious. Last season, he went into otherwordly levels of efficieny, shooting 50-40-90 while nearly leading the league in scoring. Where is he going next? He's shown the ability to become more of a playmaker and he'll need to be with the absence of Westbrook. The Thunder have the world's second best player, and when you hold that crown to LeBron James, it's like being the world's best player in most other eras.
The Thunder will need production from some unknowns like Jeremy Lamb and maybe rookie Steven Adams. But Reggie Jackson proved to be a more than capable player in Westbrook's place in the postseason, and if he continues to blossom, they may have another bench star in the making.
Sitting Pretty: Denver Nuggets. After the Thunder, it's kind of a mess. I have no idea what to make of the Nuggets. This is a team that won 57 games last season and lost their best defensive player, their coach, their GM and their best scorer is coming off an ACL injury.
Last season, they were a trendy upset pick in the West, but after bowing out to the Warriors and the upheaval of the offseason, perception has changed about them. They've now become the "if" team in the division. If Ty Lawson can be the man, if JaVale McGee can start realizing his potential, if Kenneth Faried can continue to grow, if Danilo Gallinari can come back strong, if J.J. Hickson can help inside -- if the answers to those questions are yes, then the Nuggets can win 50 games.
If the transition from George Karl to Brian Shaw doesn't go smoothly and Lawson isn't capable of running the show in a halfcourt style and McGee flames out and Faried doesn't excel in this system and Gallinari isn't the same -- then it could be trouble.
So as you'll see, I've got them picked for 39 wins, which puts them fourth in the division. But at the same time, they could prove to be a playoff lock by December. I'm so confused.
On The Cliff: Portland Trail Blazers. It's hard not to look at the Blazers and see them improving drastically this season. This was a team that while they finished 33-49, they were 25-25 on Feb. 8 and squarely in the playoff conversation. On March 22, they were 33-36 and still in it. But they lost 16 straight to finish the season which probably was a product of their historically horrific bench finally catching up to them.
They've taken steps to rectify the second unit, adding C.J. McCollum in the draft, Dorell Wright and Mo Williams in free agency, and Thomas Robinson and Robin Lopez via a trade. They have the Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard coming back to improve on his stellar debut season, they have an All-Star power forward in LaMarcus Aldridge and they have an outstanding 3-and-D guy in Nicolas Batum.
The pieces appear to be there, but it's hard to know how players will respond in their second seasons and there are trade rumblings around Aldridge. The Blazers could win 50 games and reach a seed as high as six. Or they could fizzle and finish 10 games under .500. Hard to figure right now.
Waiting in the Tall Grass: Minnesota Timberwolves. Does anyone remember how the Timberwolves were kind of good during the 2011-12 season, and before Ricky Rubio's knee injury, were in the playoff conversation?
They were even competitive last season despite going 31-51, even with Kevin Love's injury problems and Rubio slowly regaining form.
Now Love is healthy, Rubio looks fantastic, they added a terrific wing scorer in Kevin Martin, Nikola Pekovic is turning into an elite big and they've got J.J. Barea as their jitterbug bench pop.
Isn't this a playoff team?
The problem with the Wolves is that they haven't been able to prove anything yet. While Love can be one of the five most productive players in the league, he hasn't really won yet. Same goes for Rubio and Pekovic. Rick Adelman is one of the best in the business so having him in charge counts for something and while the Wolves look dangerous, they may not be entirely there yet.
Dead Meat: Utah Jazz. It's going to be a rough season in Utah. The front office finally pulled the plug on the Al Jefferson-Paul Millsap frontcourt, relieving the log jam that's held up Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter's development. The Jazz are going with a youth movement type of thing and while there are nice pieces in place -- like Gordon Hayward and Alec Burks -- their bench is atrocious and they don't currently have a point guard because of Trey Burke's injury.
It will be a struggle for Utah to win 30, unless Favors and Kanter are better than expected and Hayward shows he can be a featured player. And even still, that probably only means 35.
Division MVP: Kevin Durant. You know, if you wanted to get cute with this, you could say Russell Westbrook. You know, considering how the Thunder stumbled in his absence last postseason and how that clearly illustrated Westbrook's importance to the team.
But that's making the assumption they wouldn't have struggled the same way without Durant if the roles were reversed. So we're going with "Pick the best player" rule, and that's Durant. Do you want me to gush? Because I can. Nah, I'll just leave it at this: He's pretty good.
Division ROY: Trey Burke. The Northwest has unfortunately already been bitten by the injury bug with both Burke and Portland's C.J. McCollum set to miss the beginning of the season.
But Burke will have the most significant role and was a trendy pick by a lot of people to win the actual Rookie of the Year, before he was injured. He's not going to miss that much of the season and assuming he can get his feet under him, he could have a pretty nice season.
Dark horse candidate? Steven Adams. He's looked outstanding in the preseason and while it's unlikely he'll supplant Kendrick Perkins as the starter in OKC, he could see 20-25 minutes a game anyway. And at the rate he was scoring and pulling in rebounds, that could be good enough for an 8-and-8 average, which would be pretty impressive.
Projected finish:
1. Oklahoma City Thunder 56-26
2. Minnesota Timberwolves 44-38
3. Portland Trail Blazers 43-39
4. Denver Nuggets 39-43
5. Utah Jazz 27-55
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FRANK J. OTERI:So, now for the loaded question, which is the theme of this month's edition, what constitutes intellectual property in a creative work? Everybody who plays music, to some extent, is borrowing. When you're playing on a piano or a violin, chances are you didn't build that piano or violin. So you're dealing with someone else's sound world already, unless you're Harry Partch and build your own instruments, you're already dealing with borrowed sound. Now in the pop music world, there's been this outcry of people who are older than the hip-hop generation. They say, "these hip hop people are not playing music, they're just stealing other people's music, they're just taking riffs off of James Brown records and Funkadelic records. They are not playing these riffs themselves. They're just stealing."
CARL STONE:Well, it's a big jump from saying that by using a violin you are somehow treading on the intellectual property of another person is similar to the debate that's currently going on about sampling. Although I would accept the point that when you pick up a violin or play a piano you are accepting a whole range of assumptions about music which are inherent in the way those instruments work, and to an extent the way they have functioned in musical culture up until this point. But the debate over sampling, which has been an historical practice over hundreds of years, has suddenly become acute because of changes in the way we deal with originality versus copies. In digital theory, there's no qualitative difference between a copy and an original.
FRANK J. OTERI:Well certainly in older times, composers based masses on bass lines derived from Gregorian chant melodies and popular song melodies like "L'Homme Armé." Bach and others wrote quodlibets based on other people's music, and Bach also arranged Vivaldi concertos for solo organ, and it would all become his.
CARL STONE:It would become his.
FRANK J. OTERI:And Vivaldi didn't get a dime.
CARL STONE:And no one questioned that it was Bach's music and not Vivaldi's. Maybe with the arrangements there might be some fuzziness, but if a Bach or a Brahms doing his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn," or when Berg used Bach. There are countless examples, Bartók, Dvorák, the list goes on and on.
FRANK J. OTERI:But people would say, and I get into these discussions a lot with jazz musicians, they would turn around and say, well O.K., they are taking this music because jazz soloists who are a big part of the jazz tradition take popular standards or take other people's melodies and then create their own improvisations with that. But they would say these hip-hop guys are crossing a line here because they are not just taking someone else's melody, or a chord progression, they are actually taking the recording.
CARL STONE:They are taking the recording.
FRANK J. OTERI:They are taking the performance.
CARL STONE:They are taking the performance; they are taking the sound. But it's a logical extension of what people in jazz were doing and what Bach was doing. It's just that now you can do that and it is intellectually a perfect extension of what was going on 300-400 years ago. I think it's become fuzzy again because of the lack of any qualitative distinctions in a recording, and so there are certain issues about performance rights and so on, but if you want to question the integrity of the compositional act of using some other musical material as a starting point, I think the defenses are there, and not just in the music world. Let's look at the visual art world if you want to see countless examples, and not just the 20th century, I mean the 20th century is full of them. The perfect example to me would be the Rauchenberg piece "Erased De Kooning."
FRANK J. OTERI:Yes.
CARL STONE:As you know it's a piece where he actually took a drawing of De Kooning's and applied a gum eraser to it. So I don't think anyone could argue that that remained De Kooning's piece and only De Kooning's piece. It became a Raushenberg piece.
FRANK J. OTERI:But there's also the thin line, there's this wonderful Jorge Luis Borges story about a man in the 20th century who re-writes Don Quixote word-for-word, and it's the exact same book, but it's not the same book. It's another book because it's written in the 20th century and therefore the context is different.
CARL STONE:Sure and I think Cage would subscribe to that as well, as a cheap imitation or just his postulate that a recording of a Tchaikovsky symphony is not a Tchaikovsky symphony, it's not a piece of orchestral music but it's actually a piece of electronic music.
FRANK J. OTERI:I will dare say that the second time you've listened to the Tchaikovsky Sixth Symphony is not the same as experience as the first time you've listened to it, or the third or fourth.
CARL STONE:That's true but that gets us into a whole other discussion, which I get asked about because I use a lot of repetition in my music, and I have my own pet theories about repetition and so on, and the fact that I think repetition, and I talked about this with my school chums at CalArts, that there is no such thing as true repetition in so far as each time you hear something that is repeated it is conditioned by each previous repetition. It's a kind of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in music. And so given that, yes, the repeated act of listening causes an evolution which changes every time.
FRANK J. OTERI:Now to get back into the notion of intellectual property and your work. You create music that's mostly derived from samples…
CARL STONE:That's true.
FRANK J. OTERI:And it doesn't sound anything like what it originally was in most cases.
CARL STONE:It may at some point in the course of the piece but at another point I would dare say it sounds very different. And that's sort of a model of what my music is about. It's taking something that's familiar and making it unfamiliar.
FRANK J. OTERI:Now have you made it a practice to get permission to use this material…
CARL STONE:A lot of the music that I use has actually been in the public domain, at least the music, maybe not the performance. And there are certain practical barriers to getting clearances on every sample that I've ever used. In a piece like Mom's which contains over 250 samples, as a practical matter it simply isn't possible to get clearances on all of them. They are so short anyway, and they are, frankly, under the radar. In another case, my CD Mom's which has the piece Mom's which I just mentioned also has a piece Shing Kee where the entire work is derived from a very very short sample of Akiko Yano, a Japanese pop singer, singing Schubert in English. Yes, that small thing becomes the basis of an entire piece of music and so it's reasonable to get a clearance for that. I think in my case the constraints are only one of practicality and not that I don't want to make any acknowledgment or give just do to any musician or composer.
FRANK J. OTERI:Is there a line? When is it not fair?
CARL STONE:This is something that is obviously a matter of great debate that I don't have an answer to. There are some people who take a position that all information wants to be free and the concept of intellectual property rights is unfair and outdated, and to hell with it all. And there are others who I think take a view that is closer to mine, which is that we cannot deny that art and music which uses materials of others is an important part of the world we live in. We have to find some way for artists to be able to create work without being constrained by laws that if not wrong are at least obsolete in a digital era. And that's where I think we stand now. We are on the threshold of a very different world due to digital technology, and for better or for worse copyright law is very far behind in this regard.

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3See some friends, plan a holiday or start a new hobby. This will help you recover your normal daily routine.
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Oct. 31, 2009
How Many Nights
How many nights
have I lain in terror,
O Creator Spirit, maker of night and day,
only to walk out
the next morning over the frozen world,
hearing under the creaking snow
faint, peaceful breaths...
bear, earthworm, ant...
and above me
a wild crow crying 'yaw, yaw, yaw'
from a branch nothing cried from ever in my life.
It was on this day that Martin Luther (books by this author) published his 95 Theses in 1517, an event that led to the Protestant Reformation. He was protesting corruption within the Roman Catholic Church, and he was particularly upset by the selling of indulgences, which the Church was doing to raise funds for restoration work on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Luther's initial goal was not schism nor even confrontation; he was operating more in the mode of muckraking (a tradition that would become popular centuries later). Luther was hoping that his statements would shame the Church into mending its ways.
In Thesis # 86, Martin Luther posited: "Why does the pope, whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build the basilica of St. Peter with the money of poor believers rather than with his own money?" But the selling of indulgences was the iceberg tip of a deeper theological issue: a debate over the doctrine of Justification, and its role in salvation. The Roman Catholic Church's position was that man could not be saved by faith alone; good works must accompany the faith. And at the time, buying indulgences to save one's soul and help achieve salvation in the afterlife counted as something somewhere between good works and spiritual insurance.
Luther insisted that this was wrong, theologically so, because only God could grant salvation. The pope could not, Luther said, and the practice of selling and buying indulgences was harmful to Christianity because the false assurance misled people from being faithful Christians. His language grew stronger over time, and he wrote: "All those who consider themselves secure in their salvation through letters of indulgence will be eternally damned, and so will their teachers."
There were attempts at mediation and counseling by the Vatican, but slowly a virulent confrontation between Luther and the pope developed. Luther was called to Rome and asked by the pope to recant 41 of the sentences from his writings, including some from the 95 Theses, or else he would be excommunicated. He refused and grew increasingly outspoken. He proclaimed: "The Roman Church, once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of brothels, the kingdom of sin." He was excommunicated, declared a heretic and an outlaw. He was a hero of many German townspeople.
And it was on this day just 10 years ago — in 1999 --- that Lutheran and Roman Catholic clerics signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. It's an 8,000-word document that aims to explain misunderstandings and resolve differences over the very doctrine that was at the heart of the Protestant Reformation. The document's preamble states that the two churches, Lutheran and Catholic, "are now able to articulate a common understanding of our justification by God's grace through faith in Christ." The document is not all encompassing when it comes to clearing up issues about Justification. It disclaims, but does say that no one will be excommunicated over the issue of Justification anymore.
It's Halloween, one of the oldest holidays in the Western European tradition, invented by the Celts, who believed Halloween was the day of the year when spirits, ghosts, faeries, and goblins walked the earth. The tradition of dressing up and getting candy probably started with the Celts as well. Historians believe that they dressed up as ghost and goblins to scare away the spirits, and they would put food and wine on their doorstep for the spirits of family members who had come back to visit the home.
It's the birthday of the poet John Keats, (books by this author) born in London (1795), who was just starting his career as a poet in 1818 when a series of brutally negative reviews of his first two books appeared. And then, that same year, Keats learned that his brother was dying of tuberculosis. Keats spent the last few months of 1818 taking care of his brother, who died a few weeks before Christmas. In the wake of his brother's death, Keats moved into a duplex with a friend, and in the other half of the duplex lived a beautiful 18-year-old girl named Fanny Brawne, who became the love of his life. He declared his love to her soon after they met, but he decided not to marry her until he'd secured his reputation as a great poet. John Keats, who said, "Poetry should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."
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A critical partner in the University of North Carolina Tomorrow initiative is the Scholars Council. Made up of faculty from across the UNC system, the Scholars Council will provide expertise and guidance to the University of North Carolina Tomorrow Commission and leadership team at UNC General Administration.
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Lille lace, bobbin-made lace made since the 16th century in the town of Lille, formerly in Flanders but now in northwestern France. It was notable for its very fine net background, with a hexagonal mesh in which the thread was twisted, rather than plaited. The net was often scattered with small square dots. Patterns were of conventional curving flowers and scrolls. Lille lace was much sought after at the end of the 18th century.
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A frustrated Bryan McCabe claims he is not ready to bail out on his duties as the player rep of the Maple Leafs.
But seeing him fight to maintain his composure while discussing the plight of the National Hockey League Players' Association yesterday, it could be just a matter of time before he feels enough is enough.
"I'm not going to jump off the bus quite yet," McCabe said yesterday, attempting to keep his boiling emotions in check. "But the bottom line is, it's been a long year for everyone.
"To tell you the truth, I'm sick of the whole thing."
Tired of being kept in the dark throughout the ugly 10-month lockout by the NHLPA's hierarchy, McCabe unleashed his sentiments during a conference call Wednesday night that dealt with the new contract of incoming union boss Ted Saskin, one reported to be worth about $2 million US per season.
One pressing question brought up during the discussions was why Saskin's nomination as the executive director did not come from the entire 35-member executive board as dictated by the union's own bylaws.
Players on the call finally gave Saskin the green light during a phone vote, a process McCabe took issue with.
"All I asked for was to have some time to confer with my teammates before casting a vote," McCabe said.
"It would have been nice to get their input."
But it was not to be.
"Ted's been with the (NHLPA) a long time. He's a great guy, probably the right guy for the job. My only issue is the lack of communication there has been through this whole thing."
While a source told The Ottawa Sun that McCabe voted against Saskin, the veteran Leafs defenceman would not confirm which way his verbal ballot went.
"Obviously, I can't relay everything," he said. "But I was vocal through the whole thing. There were a lot of guys who expressed their opinions."
This is not the first time that player reps have complained about being kept out of the loop by the union's grand poohbahs. Many were caught completely off-guard back in December when the union tabled a proposal to the NHL that included an across-the-board 24% rollback of player salaries, an idea that eventually was adopted as part of the new collective bargaining agreement between players and owners.
"We weren't allowed to vote on that (in December). Now they do want my vote and I couldn't even discuss the situation with the 30 guys in our dressing room," McCabe said.
"I don't want to create waves. There was a vote, it passed, and now I just want to move ahead and play hockey."


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Child support. Employers may be required to electronically receive child support withholding orders and medical support withholding orders. On employers' consent, other state agencies may send administrative orders electronically. (Ch. 61, L. 2011)
Minimum wages. For 2012, the inflation-adjusted minimum wage increases to $7.65 an hour, from $7.35.
Payment of wages. Beginning July 20, 2011, legislation clarifies that employees must be paid within five business days after the end of the pay period. Legislation also clarifies that employees can't be disciplined for failing to sign up for direct deposit.
Employers may mandate payment by plastic paycard if they've offered employees direct deposit and employees have rejected that offer. Employees who are paid by paycard are entitled to one free withdrawal per pay period, but not more frequently than once a week. Employers must provide employees with a list of all fees associated with their paycards. Employers may furnish employees who receive their pay electronically (i.e., by direct deposit or paycard) with electronic pay statements. (Ch. 193, L. 2011)
Unless withholding is to satisfy a debt, employers cannot withhold wages under an employee's written authorization past the date specified in the agreement. (Ch. 153, L. 2011)
For paycheck deductions made after Oct. 1, 2011, public and private employers cannot make recurring deductions from employees' pay for political or nonpolitical purposes without their written or electronic consent. Employees excluded: Public safety employees, including peace officers, firefighters, corrections officers, probation officers and surveillance officers who are employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state. Employees must renew their consent annually. If employees have multiple deductions made from their checks after Oct. 1, 2011, employers must obtain statements from recipients indicating that the payments aren't used for political purposes, or statements showing the maximum percentage that's used for political purposes. The attorney general will provide model employee authorization forms.
Employees who resign membership in the organization for which deductions were authorized must notify their employers of the resignation; authorization for the deductions will then be considered rescinded. Employers have one pay period to process the rescission. A $10,000 civil fine per violation will apply to employers that knowingly make deductions without employees' consent and to recipients who provide inaccurate statements. (Ch. 251, L. 2011)


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Earlier this year I made a big move, back towards home from Asia, where I had been for the last half decade. An operation like that is enough to set anyone on edge, but what really set me off about it was trying to keep my kicks protected.
Any dyed-in-the-wool sneaker junkie knows that his treasures aren't going to mean the same thing to the average cat, but watching the movers intended storage method for my kicks crossing an ocean had me losing it. In general, they were extremely careful. Artworks were wrapped a half-dozen times in paper before being individually crated. Hell, during the unpack I found takeout menus that had been wrapped, and even a single empty pack of cigarettes that was wrapped twice.
But my kicks? They were being pulled off their custom shelves and piled into cardboard boxes. They ended up being stored for travel properly, but it did demonstrate their relative value, and need for proper care.
I, like a lot of you, have always been pretty OCD about the care of my grips. I have more than my fair share of toothbrushes, magic erasers, and cans of compressed air in the closet, waiting for an accidental brush with a rainy day. And customized pairs from the likes of SBTG and Art Force 1 that I polish like Faberge eggs.
Since I've come back I've been looking through the shoes I had on ice while I was away, and it's a beautiful thing. Pairs of fishscales from the first Oki-ni collection, Japanese denim Italia's, chrome Kukini's, old-skool Blazers.
But, embarrassingly, I still haven't set up proper storage in my new place for them. There's pairs of Filippa K desert boots stacked on boxes next to AF1 Barkley Olympic mids, and it looks foolish. Like a shoe tornado hit.
What I need is a Quiver.
Read the rest of the article after the jump.
What I need is a Quiver, which, according to my dog-eared copy of 'Where'd You Get Those', rusty from thumbs, bleeding at the seams, is "your arsenal of shoes. Like a medieval marksman kept his arrows in his quiver, an urban shoe hound kept his collection in a quiver."
So, basically, a dedicated storage area. But the stories from some of these OG sneaker-heads makes their Quivers seem almost religious. More a shrine than a closet.
For example, Fabel's Quiver: "I stuffed newspapers in suede shoes every day after I took them off. It'd keep them puffy so they wouldn't cave in. Then I'd wrap them in plastic and put them in the shoebox. Then I'd put the shoebox in plastic just in case there was ever a leak in the closet. It was my version of a ghetto incubator."
I'm not sure I can get down like that. Plus, these semi-converted factory buildings just don't have the closet space. I've been looking at friend's solutions, and I can't get down with giant tupperware under the bed, or having them all laid out somewhere like little model swoosh worlds.
Just the other day, though, I found my perfect solution. Banks of vintage lockers from a torn-down elementary schools. Each cubby holds one pair up to size 12 perfectly. Two banks will hold 60 pairs. Fresh coat of paint to make sure there's nothing to affect the kicks and it's good.
Considering the problems with weight/maneuverability I'd love to know what you all use for your 'quivers.' Hit me up in the comments section.
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Happy Hanagan
PAUL HANAGAN has been named as Richard Hills' successor as retained rider for Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum.
Gold said that Hanagan will still be given the opportunity to ride Fahey's horses, when possible
Angus Gold, racing manager to Sheikh Hamdan, said: "Having been such an integral part of the very successful Richard Fahey team for so long I know that Paul will be a tremendous asset to our team."
Gold said that Hanagan will still be given the opportunity to ride Fahey's horses, when possible.
Paddy Power have eased Paul Hanagan to 3-1 joint-favourite from 5-2 to be champion jockey. Richard Hughes has been shortened to 7-2 from 5-1.
Grandouet will not run in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Nicky Henderson's five-year-old gelding will not recover in time for the two- mile feature on March 13 after having undergone surgery on an infected hind fetlock joint.
Norfolk trainer George Prodromou has been disqualified for eight years after a BHA corruption inquiry into the running and riding of two horses in his care.


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Banteay Chhmar Videos of Ancient Khmer Temple
Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia — These Banteay Chhmar videos allow readers to experience the remote Khmer temple — one of the most intriguing ancient shrines in Cambodia because much of the site remains hidden, 800 years after it was built. This includes thousands of square feet of detailed bas-relief carvings that remains buried, unseen since the stone walls collapses centuries ago.
The Cambodian government is working to have Banteay Chhmar listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, like the Angkor Heritage Park and the Khmer temple of Preah Vihear. Three partners supporting the efforts of the government and local authorities are the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), Community Based Tourism (CBT) and Heritage Watch International.
Andrew Marino, an educator with extensive Asian experience, is now working for Heritage Watch International teaching English to CBT workers at the site. He also maintains the Visit Banteay Chhmar website and posted these two videos produced by Agir Pour le Cambodge and Global Heritage Fund respectively. The films give viewers worldwide a chance to experience this unique and remote temple, as well as understanding more about the restoration and community development efforts underway.
Banteay Chhmar Videos on Community Based Tourism
The legendary history of Banteay Chhmar and a look at how the local community-based tourism (CBT) group is beginning to offer temple tours, homestays and educational activities including traditional music, silk weaving, bird watching etc. Originally supported by Agir Pour le Cambodge (APLC) the CBT is now supported by Global Heritage Fund (GHF) which is conserving the temple.
Banteay Chhmar Videos by Global Heritage Fund
An overview of the Global Heritage Fund's (GHF) conservation project of the Banteay Chhmar Temple in Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia. The 12th century Angkorian temple bears startling bas-reliefs of Angkorian-era life and Bayon-style face towers similar to those found at Bayon Temple, near Angkor Wat.
RELATED Banteay Chhmar LINKS
Banteay Chhmar 1937 – George Groslier's 1937 account of this ancient Khmer City
Banteay Chhmar – Working to Save Another Angkor Wat
Banteay Chhmar – Official tourist and traveler information website


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There are a variety of different things you should know about accident legislation if you're about to be going to court. It is important that you do lots of things from day one and that you have accessibility to the right car accident lawyer. Keep reading to learn more concerning every one of this.
When in a vehicle crash, list exactly what happened as soon as you are protected to do so. As an example, exactly what you were doing when it happened, how you are harmed, what damages there is to your vehicle, what damage there is to the various other auto, and what you assume created the crash or just how the other motorist was at fault.
Just what a personal injury instance comes down to is that was negligent in inducing the crash. That is the individual that will certainly wind up paying the bills of the various other victim. Legal obligation has the tendency to fall onto the lap of anybody driving carelessly, or an individual who didn't fix a trouble which caused the injury of an additional.
When battling a personal injury case, an attorney will certainly have lots of curve balls thrown at him. That suggests that only a lawyer with an extensive history in the field of car accident legislation will certainly have the ability to be successful at trial. If you are concerned with geology, you will probably claim to study about california personal injury attorneys. Seek an attorney with bunches of encounter behind him.
Check out all forms carefully before filing to prevent possible delays. One typo or incorrectly filled in area of a type can have an impact on your case. Check out all files completely, consisting of the fine print, before allowing them from your hands. Inspect that names are correctly led to, as well as all dates are accurate. Make sure you additionally keep duplicates of every document yourself.
Submit a record with the police. Submitting a cops report will give you an official method to record names, date, and time of the event, in addition to the get in touch with information of various other involved events. In a lot of cases, this will be your official document of just what occurred. This authorities record will certainly additionally be important evidence needs to your instance visit test.
One of the most typical kinds of accident claims include injury from a malfunctioning item. Visit california work injury law firm to study the inner workings of it. Products on the market are needed to be risk-free for use, when it can be shown an item is not the maker could be held responsible. You as well as your lawyer have the responsibility of proving the item is not safe.
Bring all of the required documents to your first consultation as this is extremely important for your personal injury lawyer to develop a strong case. Make copies of each of these records also, as you will certainly wish to have one simply in instance. This places you in the most effective location to join your legal representative as well as win.
Never ever sign something without the suggestions of your lawyer. When you are dealing with an insurance firm the very first point, they will likely do is obtain you to settle with them on terms that benefit them. To make certain that you do not obtain duped by them, make certain to have your legal representative review everything you are asked to execute.
When you are taking into consideration whether to employ a particular injury legal representative, ensure you ask concerns regarding their previous case history. The number of wins as well as losses have they had? If they have a past history of only getting little settlements, or losing a great deal of cases, then they probably are not the legal representative for you.
Attempt making use of the Internet to locate an accident attorney. You could quickly search in your area on numerous databases, organization internet sites, and also online forums. You can also search for regional lawyers that specialize in certain niches like car mishaps. These sources can offer you with detailed lists of lawyers in your area, as well as some even include their website web links.
You could have to hire an injury lawyer if you are involved in a crash. If you do, ensure you consult with professional organizations in the area to guarantee that the legal representative is qualified to represent you. These companies will likewise understand if there have actually been any sort of ethical or lawful troubles related to the firm you are thinking about.
If you decide to handle your own injury claim, you have to ensure you have the appropriate identification and address of the person entailed. If you do not, there is a possibility that your situation will certainly be thrown out of court. Car Accident Lawyer is a striking library for further concerning the meaning behind it. The cops report is an excellent location to locate this information.
Do not attempt to file a car accident case without the assistance of a wonderful attorney. There are a lot of points to find out about accident regulation for you to navigate with everything without a specialist. If you intend to win the money that you should, you should absolutely find a certified legal representative.
If you are seeking a lawyer to represent you in a car accident instance, you ought to attempt to get a recommendation from your state bar association. I discovered work injury lawyer by searching the Boston Guardian. Make sure to do some checking although they referred you considering that there may be something in their past history that the state bar has actually not revealed to you.
Hopefully you're currently much better prepared to discover the best injury legal representative and have everything ready when it's your day in court. You should remember every little thing you've read to make sure that you could be able to victory your instance. Remain on your toes, as well as go ahead as well as get going now..
There are a variety of different things you should know about accident legislation if you're about to be going to court. It is important that you do lots of things from day one and that you have accessibility to the right car accident lawyer. Keep reading to learn more concerning every one of this.


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Sen. Burr, Rep. Miller visit Unifi plants
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and U.S. Rep Brad Miller (D-NC) visited the facilities of Greensboro-based yarn maker Unifi as part of the "Hill to the Mill" campaign designed to give lawmakers a better understanding of innovation and investments in textile manufacturing.
Burr toured Unifi's (NYSE:UFI) Repreve Recycling Center in Yadkin County while Miller visited the company's Madison plant in Rockingham County.
"We were honored to have Senator Burr and Congressman Miller visit our plants and see the investments we are making in new products and technology in an effort to support U.S. textile jobs," said Tom Caudle, Unifi's vice president of manufacturing, in a statement. "We thank them both for taking time to discuss the state of our business and our concerns about pending legislation."
Unifi provided Congressman Miller with a petition signed by 1,305 textile workers that opposes a pending Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement that is expected to be introduced in early September. It is feared that the agreement will result in the loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S.


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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2002. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1.
Thallus: squamulose squamules: scattered to adjacent or slightly overlapping, up to 10 mm wide (but usually smaller), c. 0.3-0.6 mm thick, roundish to lobate, appressed throughout or with ascending margins and saucer-shaped or variously wavy, often with somewhat raised edges upper surface: dark brown or red brown, rarely paler, dull, smooth or slightly roughened upper cortex: c. 40-60 µm thick; epinecral layer lacking or very thin medulla: white, prosoplectenchymatous, thick (more than 100 µm), composed of irregularly interwoven hyphae with very few globose cells; algal layer: c. 100 µm thick lower cortex: abruptly delimited from medulla, composed of conglutinated, perpendicular hyphae (thus cells in distinct vertical columns 40-90 µm high); the lowermost cells: with a conspicuous black pigment lower surface: black throughout, naked where free from the substrate, the remaining part fixed with a dense hyphal weft; rhizohyphae: 6-7.5 µm thick, hyaline or slightly brownish in proximal parts Perithecia: broadly pyriform, normally not bulging the lower side of the squamules, with colorless walls; periphyses: 40-50 x 2.5-3.5 µm asci: cylindrical, 70-90 x 12-15 µm, 8-spored ascospores: uniseriate, ellipsoid, c. 14-18 x 6-8 µm Pycnidia: marginal, prominent as black globular knobs conidia: bacilliform, 5-7 x 1-2 µm Spot tests: all negative Secondary metabolites: none detected. Substrate and ecology: soil, mosses and debris, arctic-alpine World distribution: northern and high-mountainous regions of Europe, Asia, North America, the Venezuelan Andes Sonoran distribution: Arizona and southern California. Notes: A very distinctive species that is hardly to be confused with any other Placidium species due to its very characteristic lower cortex that is made of conglutinated, angular (not rounded) cells in distinct vertical columns and contrasts sharply from the filamentous medullary tissue. The construction of the lower cortex is similar to that in Dermatocarpon but less strongly conglutinated.


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The Soul's Mark: Found
by Ashley Stoyanoff
Verdict: While this classic vampire-human love story could have been no more than another Twilight- style tale of possession, Stoyanoff takes care to create both an innovative backstory for the creation of vampires as well as a believable and entertaining romance.
The Soul's Mark, by Ashley Stoyanoff, is a fresh take on the classic fantasy story, but with revitalized interpretations of the mysterious world of vampires and witches.
The tale of Amelia Caldwell begins when this recently-orphaned teenager wins a full-ride scholarship to Willowberg, a university in a small town of the same name that would become her "new start at life." There, Amelia comes to live with her new pseudo-family, a group of "stunningly gorgeous" but incredibly warm and welcoming twenty-something year olds. Over the next few weeks Amelia learns not only that her new roommates are vampires, but also that she was brought into their world to finally meet her soulmate, Mitchell, who, it is revealed, is also a vampire. On her journey to come to terms with her new life, Amelia discovers much that is surprising about herself, as well.
The many conflicts with which Amelia must contend are not limited to the spell-casting and blood-sucking variety. While she is discovering herself as a member of the supernatural community, she is simultaneously dealing with very real, very human issues. One of these is the overwhelming sense of loss she has continually been battling with since her parents' tragic deaths. At the end of the novel, Stoyanoff creates a poignant scene in which Amelia comes to terms with her parents' deaths and must choose between seeing them again in another life or staying with her new family in this one. Amelia's mother tells her,"It's never goodbye…The body may die, but the soul never does. We'll always be here." This heartfelt message to not dwell on the past, but instead to look to the future is one that might resonate well with the young adult reader as he/she leaves childhood and begins life as an adult.
Another human conflict Amelia has to face is that of a confusing relationship with her soulmate, Mitchell. While Amelia does love Mitchell, he can be too overprotective and clingy, which she hates. In the end, she takes charge of her life and reveals herself as his equal. Amelia's ability to overcome this problem might connect with many young adult readers dealing with similar issues.
Stoyanoff's writing style is clean, without being stripped of description. Aside from a few grammatical errors, the pages flow smoothly. Stoyanoff also does a skillful job of creating suspense, with use of flashback at the very beginning and by letting the reader discover the supernatural world along with Amelia.
While this classic vampire-human love story could have been no more than another Twilight- style tale of possession, Stoyanoff takes care to create both an innovative backstory for the creation of vampires as well as a believable and entertaining romance.
Overall, though The Soul's Mark takes place in the often used supernatural setting, the characters are fresh, the plot is compelling, and the themes it encompasses may appeal to many young adult readers. Unlike many novels of its kind, it balances deeply emotional issues with the ever-exciting supernatural, creating a well-balanced and enjoyable read.
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South Dakota Was Just Kidding About Justifiable Homicide Of Abortion Providers!
The South Dakota bill expanding the definition of justifiable homicide to protect an unborn child is, well, dead. And it looks like we can thank the national shitstorm over the fact that it appeared to legalize the killing of abortion providers. Good job, everyone!


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With Jay Ratliff gone, Dallas Cowboys' DeMarcus Ware says he and L.P. Ladouceur are the 'Last of the Mohicans'
IRVING — It has been slightly more than two years since Jerry Jones handed Jay Ratliff a five-year, $40 million contract with a guarantee of $18 million.
Two sacks and 67 tackles later, Ratliff is gone. Does this represent the worst contract the owner has agreed to in his time with the Cowboys?
"Well, if I had a legal pad and could show you all the decisions I've made ever, it's not the worst one I've ever made," Jones said.
Part of Thursday at Valley Ranch was spent talking about Ratliff's release. Defensive end DeMarcus Ware came into the league in 2005 along with Ratliff and long snapper Louis-Philippe Ladouceur.
"When you talk about just the business of the game, things happen for certain reasons, reasons that I don't know," Ware said. "You've just got to keep playing. He came in with me, and I feel like me and LP, we're the 'Last of the Mohicans' here.
"I know Jay well. He's going to end up with another team because he's a great player like that."
Tight end Jason Witten agreed.
"I've got a lot of respect for him," Witten said. "I was here when he came in as a late draft pick and worked for everything he ever got and developed himself, worked himself and willed himself into a really good football player.
"I hope he gets healthy, and I know he still has some football left in him and can play at a high level."
If he does, it won't be with the Cowboys.
"I look at Jay, his life, how he evolved into an All-Pro football player," Jones said. "That's great. And frankly, to this juncture, he has had a really successful pro career.
"We regret that it's ended on any sort of sour note."


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How to Compare Food Storage Apples to Apples
There are lots of different food storage companies out there. How do you compare the food storage options apples to apples?
I recently overheard a friend say that it didn't matter where you got your food storage – it was all the same. Wow! I didn't say anything at the time but I have to respectively disagree. We've collected a few tips that you can use but also collected some tips that food storage companies use to try and trick people when comparing food storage supply kits.
Calories per day
One of the best ways to compare food storage is by comparing how nutritious your food storage is. After all, that's the whole point of food storage – keeping you healthy and running in a stitch. The average person needs between 1,300 and 2,400 calories per day to maintain health. Children usually need between 1,000 – 2,000 calories per day.
|How many calories do I need?
Children (ages 2 – 13)
Female Adult (ages 14 +)
Male Adult (ages 14 +)
1,000 – 2,200
1,800 – 2,400
2,200 – 3,000
If a company doesn't advertise how many calories are in their food storage items, it's probably because it's not very flattering. You'll also see companies make it very difficulty to find nutritional information about products on their websites. We have seen a variety of companies that sell kits with calorie counts as low as 500 calories per day! That's the equivalent of eating a single Big Mac from McDonalds for your one meal a day!
Other companies will try and stuff their long-term kits with filler calories like sugary drink mixes or crackers in order to bump up the calorie count. Be sure that you get a variety of foods in your kit so it will be worth eating when the time comes. Some products on the market only come with 10 meals. Imagine eating just those 10 meals over the course of a year – that would get old pretty quickly.
Dehydrated vs Freeze-dried
Many times, companies will compare a kit of dehydrated foods with a kit full of freeze-dried items. This is a little misleading.
Dehydrated items typically have a shelf-life of 10 – 20 years and they typically require some a longer cooking time (increased fuel requirements too).
Freeze-dried foods typically have a longer shelf-life of 20 – 30 years and require less cooking and fuel. Some are great straight from the can like our fruits and veggies.
Don't be fooled when a company claims a better price when they're really comparing apples and oranges.
The Ready Store offers dehydrated kits, freeze-dried kits, or mixes of both.
Food sources
Most companies are hesitant to share where their food is grown. Be sure that your food is coming from a reputable place and that the company isn't cutting corners by purchasing food from cut-rate growers from locations of the world with bad track records of safety and quality.
Your food storage will typically come in three different types of packaging: pouches, #10 cans, or buckets.
Mylar pouches. Most meals inside of a mylar bag pouch will last 15 – 25 years.
#10 cans. Food inside of #10 cans will typically have a shelf-life of 10 – 30 years depending on whether the food is dehydrated or freeze-dried. Make sure that your cans are sealed correctly. Read our post about what to look for with #10 can sealings.
Buckets. When purchasing a bucket of food storage, your best option is to have the food come inside of an air-tight bucket with a Mylar bag inside that bucket.
Oxygen absorbers. It's important to have an oxygen absorber inside of your bag or can. Make sure that the absorber is high quality and will help preserve your food. Some companies advertise that they will flush the food with nitrogen before they package it. An oxygen absorber will work better.
What the nitrogen flushing companies aren't telling you is that they include an oxygen absorber because in the end that is what works best. Companies, like Oregon Freeze Dry – parent company of Mountain House, that have been in the business for almost ½ a century, have dropped nitrogen flushing altogether for 02 absorbers because they get the job done.
Shipping & additional costs
While many companies have comparable prices, don't forget about the shipping costs. They need to be added into your overall purchase price. Some companies require tax to be paid on all orders. With The Ready Store, only customers from the Beehive State are required to pay sales tax.
Bad Apples: What NOT to look for when comparing food storage
While there are many things that you should look for in a food storage supply, there are also many things you don't need to worry yourself about. Here are a few examples:
Number of cans
The number of cans in a food storage kit can be misleading. How much do they fill each can? What are the cans full of?
If you're getting as much nutrition and food out of less cans, then you're not losing anything besides storage space.
Saratoga Farms fills their cans and buckets, on average, 20-30 percent more than other competitor's brands. This saves you precious storage space.
A lot of companies that skimp on the amount of food in their kits will typically highlight their serving count instead (like we mentioned above). Even when you're comparing serving counts, be careful. Some servings vary by size (1 cup vs ⅓ cup) or preparation (dry serving vs prepared serving).
Weight of the kit
Freeze-dried foods weigh considerably less than dehydrated foods. A kit that has a lot of dehydrated foods will weigh more but have a shorter shelf-life.
More than anything, supply kit weight should only be considered when determining shipping costs. However, not all companies charge by weight.
What questions do you have?
We try really hard to provide you with a quality product that you and your family will enjoy. We also want to help you understand your purchase and be as transparent as possible. If you have any questions, please let us know and we'll try and answer it!
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'T he Emperor,/ his bullies/ and henchmen/ terrorize the world/ every day,/ which is why/ every day/ we need/ a little poem/ of kindness,/ a small song of peace/ a brief moment/ of joy." My mom introduced me to this poem ("What We Need," by David Budbill). I like it because it represents the state of the world and much of history. The powers that be have made such turmoil and unrest in the world, but if you have something to make you happy each day, however small that thing may be, your world doesn't need to be in conflict. To start out every day with a moment of joy or peace or kindness would make the rest of the day better.
I believe that poetry will continue to be a significant form of literature as long as people recognize that both the message and the means are equally important. If you take a poem out of its original form and make it into a paragraph or a sentence, it loses so much of its power. Such is the beauty of poetry: the way you write it affects the final result at least as much as the words you write it with.
Another favorite poem of mine is "A Boy Named Sue." You might recognize it as a Johnny Cash song (and you're not alone; I was startled when I found this out), but it was written by Shel Silverstein. You have to love this poem for its audacity. It's a clever (if somewhat cruel) idea, to name your son "Sue" because you know you won't be around to raise him and you know he would "have to get tough or die." With that kind of all-American logic, if somebody were to set it to music, it would sell millions of copies. Oh, wait...-- Kyle Landau, Carlsbad H.S.
P oetry is a mode of expression in which the writer becomes a sculptor of words and thoughts. At age ten, I became mesmerized by poetry. The inspiration came from reading famous pieces and learning how to interpret them. Reading poetry often triggered ideas and thoughts that I soon transferred onto paper, thus beginning my passion for writing. One of the first poems I wrote was a list of wishes, each asking for the healing of what I felt to be the world's worst problems. Although I did not have an accurate perception of global issues at that age, I felt a great deal of sympathy and decided to compose a poem to express my feelings. The piece is entitled "A World of Wishes" and reads: "I wish magic pollen from golden flowers would sprinkle on the Earth and make nature grow healthy. I wish the bright sun would light a smile on everyone's face. I wish the sound of musical instruments would bring harmony and grace to heaven and Earth. I wish a beautiful tree would grow special magic to stop all drugs. I wish a giant hand would slap all wars out of sight."
Although this poem did not follow a particular format and the writing was not impressive, its tone had an element of innocence and immaturity. At the time, I felt peace was the only solution to every problem.
Although I was young, I still considered myself a poet. A true poet can be anyone of any age gifted in the lyrical perception of language. With that said, my favorite poem is not written by Maya Angelou or Robert Frost, but by a young peacemaker named Mattie J.T. Stepanek. His piece struck me as innocent and heartfelt. Coincidentally, his words mirror my thoughts on this genre. The poem is entitled "Duties as Designed" and states, "The job of the poet is to give birth to the words that give breath to expressions of the essence of life. The job of the poet is to leave stains of the storms yet echo laughter of the light that is seen from the soul. The job of the poet is to weave ashes of yesterthoughts into silhouettes that rise gently on the horizon of dawning hope. The job of the poet is to create and to capture and to spirit and to script the pulse of life." -- Nichole Naoum, West Hills H.S.
W ithin the realm of poetry, I connect with song lyrics. I've resolved to never be that dark-clothes-wearing, eyeliner-addicted teenager who walks down the street hugging her iPod, but there is one lyric in one song that, the first time I heard it, caught me off guard and brought me to tears. "Then looking upwards/ I strain my eyes and try/ to tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites/ from the passenger seat as you are driving me home/ "Do they collide?"/ I ask and you smile/ With my feet on the dash/ the world doesn't matter."
Those are a few lines from a song called "Passenger Seat," written by Ben Gibbard and performed by his band, Death Cab for Cutie. It's a simple song, and it's slow.
I'm pretty sure that once I pass the age of 25 and gain some real responsibility in my life, the song will do nothing but remind me of "the old days" in high school. And once technology surpasses the age of cars and dashboards and delves into the age of hovercraft transportation, the song will be somewhat meaningless. But it's the specificity, the imagery, of the song that reminds me of every nighttime car ride home I've had from a friend.
Car rides, for teenagers, are so much more than just point A to point B; they're independence, awkward silences, blasting your favorite song, being alive, and feeling immortal. And when I play this song, I am put in that moment. I'm in a car, with the window down, wondering if my friend will get pulled over for breaking curfew, if he can see me smiling in the backseat through his rearview mirror, wondering when we'll be able to go on a food run, wondering what will happen when he goes off to school in the fall. When I can relate to lyrics such as these, I'm not ashamed to be that music-addicted teenager. -- Amanda Cormier, Westview H.S.


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2011, R, 106 min. Directed by Evan Glodell. Starring Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes, Vincent Grashaw.
REVIEWED By Marc Savlov, Fri., Aug. 12, 2011
As I write this, London is burning, Japan is irradiated, and Rick Perry is on the verge of formally announcing his presidential intentions. In short, the Apocalypse – or something more secular, and therefore worse – is ramping up to run us down, kind of like the Toecutter's retro-futuristic biker gang in George Miller's Mad Max or the Humungus' motley crew in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. "You can run, but you can't hide," spieled the Mohawked leatherman Wez in the latter, which is about as apt a description as you're likely to find of the testosterone-and-Max-fueled friendship at the heart of the hellaciously original Bellflower. Southern California slackers Woodrow (writer/director Glodell) and Aiden (Dawson) are fixated (well past the point of normalcy) on Miller's post-apocalyptic, Eighties-era scenarios. Inseparable geek buds, they've actually DIY'd the crude 'n' rude mechanics of the death of humanity, including a fully functioning flamethrower and a storm-black '72 Buick Skylark with "Medusa" painted on the side (and exhaust-pipe flamethrowers for extra conflagrational fun). Enter Milly (Wiseman), a spunky blonde who meets Woodrow during a drunken cricket-eating contest. What was once a bromance as sure and solid as death itself begins to fray as sort-of-fearsome Woodrow and totally fearless Milly evolve into a couple and threaten to leave Aiden behind. Or, at least, that's what seems to be happening, for a while.
Glodell's film is chopped and cut much like the Medusa and the hypermasculine personal mythologies of Aiden and Woodrow. The film's timeline is jangled, its characters are unreliable but oddly sympathetic, and the whole hot mess is drenched in borderline-nauseating, supersaturated yellows and greens, evoking a world that's sliding off the edge of sanity and into a some weird, homoerotic dream state with an epic stratumj of emotional metal fatigue. Call it mumbledoom. All three leads are righteously believable (if not all there), and there's no argument surrounding Bellflower's sheer, inexhaustible badassness. Glodell created the film's distinctive, hazy look by homebrewing his own camera rigs and attachments, and the result is a film that looks like no other in recent memory. Replete with occasional moments of grunge on the lens and other clear indicators of its ultra-indie origins, Bellflower is not perfect, it's post-perfect … which is exactly the way reality feels right about now. (See "Things That Make You go Boom," August 12, for an interview with Evan Glodell.)
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Anne Ratner's daughter remembers coming home as a child seeing her mother working with a group of ladies in the living room. They were planning ways to raise money for needy families.
For much of her century-long life, Mrs. Ratner devoted herself to improving the lives of others.
She was instrumental in opening the EyeMobile, which serves low-income children at the Shiley Eye Center, and she established UCSD's Ratner Children's Eye Center in 1995, which not only helps children in the U.S., but trains doctors from around the world. As a volunteer and philanthropist, she supported the arts and sciences in San Diego along with Jewish organizations and communitywide causes.
"She was a gracious, humble woman determined to make a difference in the world," Said Dr. David Granet, who holds the Anne F. Ratner Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology and is director of the Ratner Children's Eye Center.
Mrs. Ratner died of natural causes Nov. 9 at her home in Point Loma. She was 100.
She was born Jan. 2, 1911, in Russia to Sam and Ethel Moder, who immigrated to the United States with her as an infant and settled in San Diego in 1923.
She graduated from San Diego High School and worked for attorney Bill Evans Sr. as a legal secretary. One day, a dashing young man saw her running to catch a streetcar, as the family story goes. Abraham "Abe" Ratner, owner of Ratner Clothing Co., was smitten, and he sent his sister to her home as his emissary. The couple wed in 1931 and were married for 61 years, first living in Kensington and later moving to a house they built in Point Loma.
"She cared deeply for her community," said her granddaughter, Lisa Foster, a San Diego Superior Court judge.
She was a founding member of the San Diego Opera and served on the executive committee of the San Diego Symphony board of directors, becoming an honorary life member of the board.
"When she worked with others on a project, she made everyone feel important, like they were part of her family," said longtime friend Ann Campbell, director of strategic planning at the San Diego Opera.
Mrs. Ratner was a subscriber to the opera for 46 years and rarely missed a symphony performance. She was known for taking her grandchildren and great-grandchildren for backstage tours after an opera performance to stimulate their interest. "It was important to her to pass on her love of the arts to the next generation, and that meant not just her family, but the whole community," Campbell said.
She was known as a matriarch of the Tifereth Israel congregation in San Carlos, where she and her husband endowed the Abraham Ratner Torah School and where she founded the Sisterhood at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. After World War II, she helped resettle refugees from Europe.
"For her, it was not just about material generosity; she volunteered and helped out. Even when she was sick, she made sure the alter flowers were taken care of," said Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal.
As a founder of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Federation, she served for many years on the executive committee and was named the committee's first honorary life member. The Anne Ratner Award was created in her honor by the federation in 1989 to recognize women who show exemplary dedication to the San Diego Jewish Community. "She believed strongly that Jewish people should be involved not just in the Jewish community, but in the greater community," Foster said.
Mrs. Ratner was a founding member of the Women's Auxiliary of Salk Institute. The Salvation Army Door of Hope named her a Woman of Elegance in 1968, and she and her husband were honored by Meals on Wheels in 1986. She supported scholarships at UCSD and established a fund for breast cancer research and stem cell research. She was honored posthumously with the Chancellor's Medal of Honor, one of the highest awards from UCSD.
"She was open-minded and willing to entertain new ideas," Foster said. "She was curious about the world up to the end, reading newspapers and watching the news."
Even before it was popular, she saw the value of exercise and walked everyday on the bay at Shelter Island with her golden parasol.
Anne Frances Ratner is survived by one daughter, Pauline Foster; seven grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services have been held. The family suggests donations to Tifereth Israel Synagogue or the Ratner Children's Eye Center at UCSD.


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Tulsa junior Ryan Pore scored twice, including the game-winner on a free kick in overtime, to help the Golden Hurricane defeat Missouri Valley Conference rival and No. 3 seed SMU, 2-1.
''The upper right corner is a spot I like and I always try to go there,'' Pore said of the free kick. ''I saw them putting players over on that side, so I hit the ball pretty hard and they didn't stop it.''
VirginiaÆs Ryan Burke made three saves in the penalty-kick tiebreaker as the Cavaliers advanced past New Mexico after a 1-1 draw.
Senior Matt Bly lifted under-manned UCSanta Barbara over UNC Greensboro with the gameÆs only goal four minutes into overtime. Bly finished after Ivan BecerraÆs deflected shot fell to him. Despite losing defender Neil Jones to a second yellow card in the sixth minute, the Gauchos outshot UNCG, 10-5 in the game.
Maryland outshot visiting Creighton, 17-8, but needed penalty kicks to resolve a scoreless draw. Senior goalkeeper Noah Palmer helped the Terrapins advance by making a diving save on Vince OdorisioÆs attempt.
IndianaÆs Josh Tudela headed in a Brian Plotkin corner kick in the 42nd minute and the Hoosiers thwarted Boston College, 1-0.
Round of 16
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Nov. 26
Wake Forest 2 (Curfman 16, Valentin 24) Virginia Commonwealth 2 (Oduro 7, 66) (VCU advances, 7-6 on PKs)
UCLA 1(Enfield 73) St. JohnÆs 2 (Schmid 41, Kelly 60)
Virginia 1 (Barlow 15) New Mexico 1 (Grange 28) (Virginia advances on Pks, 6-5)
SMU 1 (Smith 61) Tulsa 2 (Pore 67, 107)
Nov. 27
UNC Greensboro 0 (OT) UC Santa Barbara 1 (Bly 94)
Duke 3 (Videira 11, Kramer 83, Camp 84) Ohio State O
Maryland 0 Creighton 0 (Maryland advances, 5-4 on PKs)
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Super ghetto last minute Halloween costume, to wear with my friend Cristina, who was an adorable Fionna! Best Roommate Renee/Umister lent me a wig and I fucked around with some cheap clothes from Kmart (including the Most Unflattering Shorts in the Universe) and made a crown. I really want to make Princess Bubblegum's normal outfit someday, too!
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Here is a sequence of continued fractions: $$X_1=1, \quad X_2 = {1 \over 1+1}, \quad X_3 = {1\over\displaystyle 1+ { 1 \over \displaystyle 1+ 1}}, \quad X_4 = {1\over\displaystyle 1+ { 1 \over \displaystyle 1+ { 1\over 1 + 1}}} ,...$$ Notice that $$X_{n+1} = {1\over 1 + X_n}.$$ Now suppose that this sequence tends to a limit $L$ as $n\to \infty$ then put $X_{n+1}=X_n=L$ and prove that $L =\phi - 1 = {1\over \phi}$ where $\phi$ is the Golden Ratio, the positive solution to the equation $x^2 - x -1 = 0$.
Prove that $$X_n={F_n\over F_{n+1}}$$ where $F_n$ is a Fibonacci number from the sequence defined by the relation $F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_n$ where $F_1=1$ and $F_2=1$.
Hence show that the ratio of successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence $${F_{n+1}\over F_n}$$ tends to the Golden Ratio as $n\to \infty$.


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I thought we had made headway when I was interviewed by a trade magazine about blogs and their importance, or lack of, with garden centers.
Looking at an internet site put on by the same people who publish the magazine, I was excited to see an article with this teaser, "Consider this: You now have ways to communicate with your customers that will boggle the mind ... at least until next year, when the new ways will render the current mind-boggling ways obsolete. That's how it is with technology, and, as we noted last month, it's a challenge you must address to stay competitive". I could'nt wait to see the article, since I thought that maybe some up to date advice for small and medium sized garden centers was forthcoming.
Do you know what the cutting edge is according to the magazine? Watch more television! Yes, the answer for garden center owners is to watch the Saturday morning garden shows and be ready when the customer comes in filled with ideas. This way I can respond knowledgeably about what "so and so" said, and offer products that tie into that shows ideas. We are supposed to be able to speak to customers, as the article continues in their "native tongue that being the dialect of the six or seven garden shows that she watches. This way I will be able to respond when "your customer will be coming in talking about 'this great idea I just saw on television', you will have a jump on the competition when you can say, 'yeah, and we have (fill in the blank) that will make it work for you.'"
This is well meaning advice, if just a little dated. I don't know about other garden center owners, but I do not have customers coming in talking about these shows. If they are watching them, they are not saying anything. I have a feeling that the local Home Depot probably gets the majority of these kinds of customers, since they sponsor, along with the other mass merchants, most of these shows.
My impression with this advice is, while it's not unwise to keep an eye on the garden shows, it's foolish to watch them all. Some are boring, others are marketing tools for the sponsors, and others are not about our unique region. These shows are aimed at a mass audience in the middle, the middle the mass merchants own. I believe as an independent garden center you need to reach the edges. People who might watch one or two of these shows, but are looking for something other than the mass appeal these shows have. The only hope for the independents is to be aware of mass media, and then figure out how to circumvent it with your own targeted media, to get you message out. Why would I want to emulate the mass media/merchants when they already own that turf, and I couldn't possibly compete. I need to get my unique message out to the customers who will respond, and watching television is not going to do it.
Finally this gem from the magazine. "Even if you have a regular e-mail system in the works or a state-of-the-art Web site that shouts, 'my garden center is on top of it, technologically 'there's still no substitute for knowing your customer. She'll let you know what she' s thinking every time she sets foot in the store" (or on her blog!)
Small and medium size garden centers are fighting for a small piece of the gardening pie, and the advice we get is watch Saturday morning television to get to know our customers better. Yikes!