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Army major killed in copter crash
May 24, 2012
NEW DELHI: AnArmy pilot
was killed and another injured when their Cheetah helicopter crashed near the Bhim post, at an altitude of around 6,000 metres, in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region on Wednesday morning.
Major Chandrashekhar Singh and his co-pilot, Major Amit Mahendroo, had just taken off from the Bhim post on the northern glacier around 11.15 am when their Cheetah crashed barely 400 metres from the helipad. "Major Singh died on the spot while Major Mahendroo was subsequently evacuated to Leh and then to Chandigarh with head injuries,'' said an official.
The ageing Cheetah and Chetak helicopters have been flying in the Siachen region for over 25 years to provide logistical support and "air maintenance'' to Army troops deployed in high altitude areas ranging from 10,000 to 23,000 feet.
The Cheetahs continue to be used to service forward locations, including outposts in Ladakh and Kashmir Himalayas, and for "patrol and reconnaissance missions'' along the Line of Control. The armed forces for long have been waiting to induct 197 new "light utility'' helicopters for high-altitude and other operations but the project has already been scrapped twice.


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Already over 15m people live in local authorities which are adopting or have adopted this policy. Most importantly, through democratic debate those communities have decided that "20's Plenty Where People Live". And it is those same communities who have then changed their behaviour to drive slower in residential streets and where people walk and cycle.
20's Plenty for Us is a 'not for profit' organisation and now have 400 local campaigns around the country and many of our most iconic cities in the UK have already adopted a 20mph limit for most of their streets.
We quite simply campaign for 20mph to become the default speed limit on residential and urban streets. This can be done on most streets without the need for any physical calming and we accept that on some streets it may be appropriate to have a higher limit based on the road, vulnerable road users provision, etc. But any limit above 20mph should be a considered decision based on local circumstances.
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BUS PASSENGERS face a half-mile walk to the John Radcliffe hospital after a new dedicated service stops short of the entrance.
Stagecoach announced last week it will begin running the S7 service between Carterton and Headington from Monday, July 28.
It followed a campaign launched in May last year by councillors and residents, who said it took up to two-and-a-half hours to get from Witney to the county's main hospital.
But the service will only stop in Headley Way, Headington, leaving passengers up to half a mile away from the hospital.
Enid Huttel, 87, who has lived in Witney since 1977, uses a walking stick and said it would be a difficult journey.
She said: "I don't relish the walk up Headley Way. It's no good just dumping people like me that far away when we can't walk it.
"A bus service is essential for people like me to get to the various hospitals and we don't necessarily go to one hospital. I go to the Nuffield and Churchill as well as the JR."
Witney resident Heather Stanbridge, 82, said: "I can definitely see it would be a problem to people who have difficulty walking.
"It should go to the hospital and it seems rather ludicrous that it doesn't. About 70 to 80 per cent of people are on that bus to go to the hospital."
West Oxfordshire District Council member for Witney Central, Andrew Coles, and Witney South and Central county councillor Laura Price lobbied the county council and Stagecoach for the S7 service. Mr Coles, who has been a bus driver for 10 years, said he was pleased with the service but felt it did not go far enough.
He added: "We're a little bit disappointed that it doesn't completely meet our objectives. We're very hopeful that this is just the start and we can persuade Stagecoach in the long run to go to the hospital.
"This is the first stage of what we hope will be better connections, to not just the JR but other hospitals like Nuffield and Churchill.
"There's an awful lot of workers at the JR who live in West Oxfordshire so the bus could also alleviate congestion on the A40, which is a massive problem."
Stagecoach business development manager Karen Coventry said the company hopes to expand the hours and frequency of the service in the future.
She added: "We are not currently running the service into the hospital due to the congestion we are experiencing with other services on the site of the JR."
- CHANGES will also be made to Stagecoach's S1, S2 and S3 services.
- There will be more S1 journeys to and from Carterton at rush hour, while there will be a more frequent service leaving Witney Market Square in the morning and a new 8.36am service from Eynsham to Oxford.
- New double-decker services will replace minibuses from Carterton to Witney at 7.40am and 8.40am as part of changes to the S2 service. The S2 will no longer stop in Minster Lovell or Tower Hill in Witney, which will be served by the S7, but will stop by the A40 slip road by Minster Lovell.
- Daytime frequency between Oxford and Woodstock on the S3 will increase from every 30 minutes to 2every 0 minutes and there will be a new journey from West Street in Chipping Norton at 8.10am and Charlbury at 8.25am.
- For details visit stagecoachbus.com
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Almost got two tickets today... one for having too much people in my car because my friends car broke down and I decided to be nice and pick them up. The other one was when my friend ran out of my car while waiting for a red light, started pulling off his clothes and screaming at the top of his longs "I am ugly and I am proud" the police saw him come out of my car and questioned my sobriety. I got off with a warning, my friend on the other hand not so much. He wouldnt stop running from the police and yelled "fck the popo".
Yeah, it was a long but funfun night
on the brighter side I saw Green Lantern and it was awesome if you dont think about the comics at all, and I'm going to read before I fall asleep.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Almost got two tickets today... one for having too much people in my car because my friends car broke down and I decided to be nice and pick them up. The other one was when my friend ran out of my car while waiting for a red light, started pulling off his clothes and screaming at the top of his longs "I am ugly and I am proud" the police saw him come out of my car and questioned my sobriety. I got off with a warning, my friend on the other hand not so much. He wouldnt stop running from the police and yelled "fck the popo".
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
so im suppose to be skating right now...but somehow forgot my board at work... I dont even know how I forgot it. So im just gonna type whatever comes to mind right now since I dont want to kill the fun for my friends. Playing music and watching my friends have fun is something I love doing. Music can set the mood for any moment and right now everyones loving dubstep. I'm also talking to this guy I like and might just have the courage to ask for his number. we shall see.
The thing is though I still have feelings for someone else. We used to talk like crazy. I would skype with her, call her on the phone, text, even email her when I was stuck in class, but now its like none of those past couple of months have ever happened. I told her I liked her and that I'm okay with just being friends, and she was genuinely happy with that...or so she told me. She would text me sometimes and we would keep it going all day, but I think its my pride that wont let me text her unless she texts me first. I want to talk to her, I love talking to her but sometimes I get the feeling shes just using me to kill her boredom. I know other people like her and have a better chance. Im just a filler for when shes bored. that hurts the most.
I miss telling her good morning and she would tell me good night. I miss that one last text message or phone call that put a smile on my face right as Im about to fall asleep. She would always send me a good morning text eventually too and it was just perfect.
I think Im just goint to stay forever alone and watch people be happy from afar. it doesnt hurt as much and life is simple that way.
hahahaha my friend just ate shit right now trying to jump off a railing, I should go help him but I dont want to move and someone else is already helping him lol. im horrible.
Feel Good Drag by Anberlin is a song that I will always love
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Midnight part 2
I talked to a few of my friends today and they made me feel a hell of a lot better than I did in my last post. Tonight is officially a full moon and I must say Im loving it. I'm on the country side of the island right now and its nothing but the moon and clear skies. I wish I could see the stars more though, but this will work. I'm really happy to know that I wont lose my friends if I vent to them, I just hope they can do the same to me.
My friend has cancer right now and I try not to go to her to vent anymore, and she realized that and confronted me 20 minutes ago about it. She's watching me type away and just feel better about myself. Her treatments are going well, shes almost done and should be rid of the cancer soon. I hope she gets better soon, I dont want to lose another loved one because of cancer.
I have another friend whos joining the airforce in september and I'm going to miss her like crazy.
Just going to my school, it seems like all the friends I make are in the army, airforce or marines. Im so proud of what theyre doing with their lives, but it just makes me feel so mundane to only be working at small restaurants.
My family... I dont know what to think about them right now. Just going to take it one day at a time and whatever happens, happens.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Midnight skating sessions with my friends is something I always look forward to when its a full moon, but this month I dont really feel like skating. I am currently sitting on a bench watching my friends skate, seeing their faces makes everything better. My friends are my rocks and the people I depend on the most, and I hope they feel the same way about me. Tonight though or today I dont know if I want to open up to them, everything just feels perfect. Its summer, Im going to Alaska next week, no school, friends, family, and work is even fun, but the thing is I think too much when Im around them. All I can think about is will they help me and not look at me differently? I lost one of my best friends because I told her I was bisexual, I lost a friend because I told her that her boyfriend was cheating on her, I lost a friend because she decided to listen to the rumors and not the truth that came out of my mouth. I've lost friends when I shouldnt have, Ive lost friends who I still wish I had. None of them know about my blog, sometimes I wish they did so they know whats going through their minds. Im the mother in our group of friends, a mom is suppose to be strong and not have to break down infront of everyone. But if they ask "what's up?" and we're alone. I deff might break down and just let everything come out. I know I can depend on them and I love them for it.
I dont know, i'll probably pick up my apex soon and start skating, it always helps when I have my moods like this. Maybe I'll be more calm and be able to talk to everyone. we'll see
nightnight or morning
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Pissed off
I am so fcking pissed at my grandpa right now. I know my parents might get a divorce, I know my parents don't talk to each other, they don't sleep in the same room, they don't do ANYTHING together. but you know what? they love us and no matter how fcked my mom can be sometimes and my dad I love them too. they fcking love each other they just don't show it. my dad wears his wedding ring all the time, he invites her out of the house and tries. my mom may not do the same, but i think shes just mad at him because he switched jobs. but it doesn't mean she wants to divorce them over it. I get that love fades. I understand that people do get divorces. I understand that maybe down the road my parents will get a divorce. I get that. but my grandpa thinks I don't understand that, he thinks I'm oblivious to everything that is happening around me. fck I cant tell him that my parents love each other I cant yell at him for telling his thoughts about my parents in front of my sisters. They are part of this but what the fck are they gonna do? they shouldn't be involved in it yet. my grandpa just doesn't know shit right now. I can probably talk to him but i have no patience to talk to him. My grandpas deaf and for me to try and argue with him about all of this would just piss me off even more. ffffcckkk
I'm mad right now because my grandpa reminded me of all of this. My parents love my sisters and I enough to stay together and they will deal with each other. For us. I wish my parents would find love, but that would mean a divorce and honestly i don't want our family to break up.
I want my family together. I already lost my grandma and my great grandma in one year. I don't want to lose my family. this is so not cool what so ever.
I'm selfish. I'm pissed. I'm hurting.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Im reading Bound by Darkness by Alexis Morgan and listening to my Ipod and let me just say my Ipod is just in sync with the book. I just couldn'p but laugh at how ironic it was.
With me and my friends we have a thing. As soon as we're all in the car and ready to go, we grab the drivers ipod put it on shuffle and, whatever song comes on first it will tell us how our adventure will be like. Usually its pretty accurate and makes the adventure even better knowing that someones ipod could predict the future. That is honestly one of the weirdest superstitions that my friends and I have but its okay. Theyre my family and I love them like I love my real family...sometimes hahaha.
its 1234 am right now and lifes pretty good. Working almost everyday so that I can have more shopping money in for Alaska and book money for the fall semester. Getting a lot better on my longboard. One of my cameras is still out of commission but I should be able to pick it up soon :]
anyways I'm going to keep on reading and listening to music until I fall asleep and repeat the same schedule tomorrow. nightnight hope who ever is reading this nonsense is having a great day and enjoying the little things in life.
The songs that were playing by the way were:
Just a dream by Nelly. Just a dream (cover) by Sam Tsui and Christina Grimmie. Just a kiss by Karmin also another cover... hmm looks like my ipod wasnt on shuffle haha
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
There's a big difference between needing something and wanting something.
Example: I always want coffee before work but never really need it.
I want his number, dont really need it I just want it lol
good night
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Friday, June 3, 2011
I.am.falling.for.him. it sucks a lot. I'm trying really hard not to like him, but everyday I talk to him I find something more that I like. bbllaahh. So again in my life I start to fall for someone who doesn't live in the same state and whos in the military and hes haole. *sighs*
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Momma's Boy
|Momma's Boy
The Cage Fighting arena.
|The Ballad of Gay Tony
|Adriana Yanira Lopez
|Cage fighters, Mr. Santo
|Luis loses the match, Santo is killed before match.
L.C. Cage Fighters opens
|Corner Kids
|Unlocked by
|I Luv LC
Momma's Boy is a mission in The Ballad of Gay Tony. It is given by Luis' mother, Adriana Yanira Lopez.
Luis learns that his mother, Adriana has amassed a debt after losing her job and has turned to a shady loan shark named Mr. Santo. Santo is pleasant with Luis' mother, but when alone with Luis, threatens to burn her house and belongings. Mr. Santo creates a plan to fix an underground fighting match with the L.C. Cage Fighters - a group Luis was affiliated with before his prison term - and earn a hefty sum off the betting, enough to pay off the debt. Although wary of the loan shark, Luis reluctantly agrees.
Santo will walk Luis to the ring's entrance, which is in an alleyway one block south of his mother's house. Luis gains free entry into the fighting area for this mission. The player will then receive an overview of the fighting area, and the betting booth outside the ring, which can be visited once the mission is completed. As the match begins, the player will receive the standard tutorial for melee combat as he is fighting. The right shoulder button is changed from cover to taunt, and Luis can punch fighters against populated walls to get help from the crowd.
Luis is instructed to kill the first two fighters: the first fighter is a bulky chef, and the second is a muscular ruffian. Santo will tell Luis to take a dive against the third fighter, who is a scrappy hobo that has fought him in the past. Should Luis proceed to take down the third fighter, Santo will take him into the alley and pull a knife on him, and Luis will be able to kill him. If he takes the dive, Santo will acknowledge his mother's debt as paid and never physically show up again.
Secondary objectives
|Target score
|Time taken to complete the mission.
|Player damage
|Damage attained by the player.
|Crowd helped
|Use the crowd to hold an opponent for easier attacking.
|Counter finish
|Use a counter attack to knock out an opponent.
External Links
- Momma's Boy (86% Complete) mission on youtube (losing cage fight).
- Momma's Boy (100% Complete) mission on youtube (winning cage fight).
After Completion
Should you take a dive in the third round (allowing Santo to live), a call later in the game will indicate Santo is still social with Luis' mother, but she no longer owes him any money. Luis will be able to return to the fighting scene to brawl for cash and the Bear Fight achievement for a $100 entry fee, or spectate the fight and bet money on other fighters for a $50 entry fee. Luis's mother's next mission, Corner Kids, will be unlocked.
This mission doubles ammunition of Luis's weapons.
Also after you win or lose, Mrs. Lopez's reaction will be negative.
- The player will not be able to use Luis' cellphone while fighting Santo. This is probably due to being unable to use it during cage fights, and is still in effect during Santo's fight. It is unknown if there is any trick to counter the glitch.
- The 3rd fighter that Luis fights has a resemblance/looks similar to MMA fighter/street fighter, Kimbo Slice.


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January 30, 2012
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NCTE Raises Its Voice to Protest Tucson, Arizona, Book Censorship
URBANA, IL – Over two dozen organizations speak in one voice today to oppose the removal of seven books from the Mexican American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). The National Council of Teachers of English joins them (read the joint statement below). Kent Williamson, NCTE executive director, notes, "It's unacceptable for state and local officials to deny students a rich and diverse curriculum presented under the guidance of qualified teachers."
The TUSD board ordered removal of the books after State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal threatened to withhold 10% of the state's funding for the Tucson district, citing a 2010 Arizona law. In his determination, and despite a program review to the contrary, the Superintendent ruled that the Mexican American Studies Program "contained content promoting resentment toward a race or class of people." This law is currently being challenged in the courts. Now, though, students in Tucson have been both deprived of classroom texts and forbidden to learn about certain topics.
Through its Anti-Censorship Center, NCTE works on dozens of book challenges a year, continuing its century of support for the students' right to read and for teachers' expertise in choosing the materials that best serve the curriculum and their students.
The National Council of Teachers of English, with 35,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
JOINT STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO BOOK CENSORSHIPIN THE TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJanuary 30, 2012
The undersigned organizations are committed to protecting free speech and intellectual freedom. We write to express our deep concern about the removal of books used in the Mexican American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District. This occurred in response to a determination by Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal that the program "contained content promoting resentment toward a race or class of people" and that "materials repeatedly reference white people as being 'oppressors. . . ' in violation of state law." The books have been boxed up and put in storage; their fate and that of the program remain in limbo.
The First Amendment is grounded on the fundamental rule that government officials, including public school administrators, may not suppress "an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." School officials have a great deal of authority and discretion to determine the curriculum, the subject of courses, and even methods of instruction. They are restrained only by the constitutional obligation to base their decisions on sound educational grounds, and not on ideology or political or other personal beliefs. Thus, school officials are free to debate the merits of any educational program, but that debate does not justify the wholesale removal of books, especially when the avowed purpose is to suppress unwelcome information and viewpoints.
School officials have insisted that the books haven't been banned because they are still available in school libraries. It is irrelevant that the books are available in the library – or at the local bookstore. School officials have removed materials from the curriculum, effectively banning them from certain classes, solely because of their content and the messages they contain. The effort to "prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, [or] religion" is the essence of censorship, whether the impact results in removal of all the books in a classroom, seven books, or only one.
Students deserve an education that provides exposure to a wide range of topics and perspectives, including those that are controversial. Their education has already suffered from this political and ideological donnybrook, which has caused massive disruption in their classes and will wreak more havoc as teachers struggle to fill the educational vacuum that has been created.
Book-banning and thought control are antithetical to American law, tradition, and values. In Justice Louis Brandeis's famous words, the First Amendment is founded on the belief:
that freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth; that, without free speech and assembly, discussion would be futile; . . . that it is hazardous to discourage thought, hope, and imagination. . . . Believing in the power of reason as applied through public discussion, [the Framers] eschewed silence coerced by law. . . . Recognizing the occasional tyrannies of governing majorities, they amended the Constitution so that free speech and assembly should be guaranteed.
The First Amendment right to read, speak, and think freely applies to all, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, or national origin. We strongly urge Arizona school officials to take this commitment seriously and to return all books to classrooms and remove all restrictions on ideas that can be addressed in class.
American Association of University ProfessorsCary Nelson, President1133 19th St., NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20036; 202-737-5900; email@example.com
American Booksellers Foundation for Free ExpressionChris Finan, President19 Fulton St., Suite 407, New York, NY 10038; 212-587-4025; firstname.lastname@example.com
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of ArizonaAlessandra Soler Meetze, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 17148, Phoenix, AZ 85011-0148; 602-773-6006; email@example.com
Antigone BooksTrudy Mills and Kate Randall, Owners411 N. 4th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705; 520-792-3715; firstname.lastname@example.com
Arizona English Teachers' AssociationJean Boreen, Executive SecretaryNorthern Arizona University, English Department, P.O. Box 6032, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032; email@example.com
Arizona Teachers of English to Speakers of Other LanguagesCraig Lefever, PresidentP.O. Box 881, Yuma, AZ 85366; email@example.com
Association of American PublishersJudith Platt, Director, Free Expression Advocacy455 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001; 202-220-4551; email@example.com
Association of American University PressesPeter Givler, Executive Director28 W. 36th St., Suite 602, New York, NY 10018; 212-989-1010; firstname.lastname@example.com
Atalanta's Music & BooksJoan Werner, Owner38 Main St., Bisbee, AZ 85603; 520-432-9976
Authors GuildPaul Aiken, Executive Director31 E. 32nd St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016; 212-563-5904; firstname.lastname@example.com
Center for Expansion of Language and ThinkingDr. Kathryn F. Whitmore, PresidentThe University of Iowa, N275 Lindquist Center, Iowa City, IA 52242; 319-335-5434; firstname.lastname@example.com
Changing Hands BookstoreGayle Shanks, Bob Sommer and Cindy Dach, Owners6428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283; 480-730-0205; firstname.lastname@example.com
Comic Book Legal Defense FundCharles Brownstein, Executive Director255 W. 36th St., Suite 501, New York, NY 10018; 212-679-7151; email@example.com
Freedom to Read Foundation, an affiliate of the American Library AssociationBarbara M. Jones, Executive Director50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 312-280-4226; firstname.lastname@example.com
International Reading AssociationRichard M. Long, Ed.D., Director, Government Relations444 N. Capitol St., NW, Suite 524, Washington, DC 20001; 202-624-8801; email@example.com Language AssociationRosemary G. Feal, Executive Director26 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10004-1789; (646) 576-5102; firstname.lastname@example.com and Plains Independent Booksellers AssociationLaura Ayrey, Executive Director8020 Springshire Dr., Park City, UT 84098; 435-649-6079; email@example.com
National Association for Bilingual EducationSantiago Wood, Ed.D, Executive Director8701 Georgia Ave., Suite 611, Silver Springs, MD 20910; 240-450-3700; firstname.lastname@example.com
National Coalition Against CensorshipJoan Bertin, Executive Director19 Fulton St., Suite 407, New York, NY 10038; 212-807-6242; firstname.lastname@example.com
National Council for the Social StudiesSusan Griffin, Executive Director8555 16th St., Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 301-588-1800, ext. 103; firstname.lastname@example.com
National Council of Teachers of EnglishMillie Davis, Senior Developer, Affiliated Groups and Public Outreach1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801; 217-278-3634; firstname.lastname@example.com
National Council of Teachers of MathematicsKichoon Yang, Executive Director1906 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191-1502; 703-620-9840; firstname.lastname@example.com
National Education AssociationMichael D. Simpson, Assistant General Counsel, NEA Office of General Counsel1201 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-822-7035; email@example.com
National Youth Rights AssociationAlex Koroknay-Palicz, Executive Director1101 15th St., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005; 202-835-1739; email@example.com
PEN American CenterLarry Siems, Director, Freedom to Write & International Programs588 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; 212-334-1660, ext. 105; firstname.lastname@example.com PEN Center USAAdam Somers, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 6037, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 323-424-4939; firstname.lastname@example.com
People For the American WayDebbie Liu, General Counsel1101 15th St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20005; 202-467-4999; email@example.com
Reach Out and ReadAnne-Marie Fitzgerald, Senior Director of National and State Programs56 Roland St., Suite 100D, Boston, MA 02129; 618-455-0600
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.Carol Hampton Rasco, President/CEO1255 23rd St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037; 202-536-3500
Society of Children's Book Writers and IllustratorsLin Oliver, Executive Director8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; 323-782-1010; firstname.lastname@example.com Spark Teacher Education InstituteEducational Praxis, Inc.P.O. Box 409, Putney, VT 05346; 802-258-9212
Student Press Law CenterFrank LoMonte, Executive Director1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209-2275; 703-807-1904; email@example.com
TESOL International AssociationJohn Segota, CAE, Associate Executive Director for Public Policy & Professional Relations1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 550, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-518-2513; email@example.com
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[Note: I wrote this while I was at The Gathering of the Juggalos over the weekend, but I couldn't post it until now, because internet access was spotty at the Gathering, where we stayed the entire time. Unlike *some* media outlets who shall remain nameless, who left to sleep in nice hotels with their perfumed heads on ivory pillows every night. I'll have lots of much better pictures – we had professional cameras, these are just my iPhone pictures – and accounts of more specific events to come.]
Among the Jugs
I eventually hope to fashion this report into one, coherent story, our journey into the heartland of darkness, to explore this most peculiar tributary of Americana, distinguished by extreme love of clown rap, but for now, I wanted to get out to you what I could in bits and pieces, even if it's not complete or even particularly coherent. So judge this writing on a curve. Understand, making words good takes a fair amount of brain power, and under these circumstances, mine's about as spotty as the wifi.
As I type this, it's 8:30 am Friday morning and I'm sitting on an ice chest in front of the bathroom, the last horizontal space in the RV not taken over by sleeping dudes. I've woken up too early from metabolized alcohol – the booze rooster, I've heard it called. Last night I slept about 75 yards from a massive stage (pictured, above) where groups called I believe Calico and Dark Lotus played until at least 5:30 am. What sleep I did get was on a twin-sized rubber mattress in a rented RV, shared with Matt Lieb, who's 6'6″, only one of two Jews taller than 6'5″ on this trip. There are six of us in this rented RV, and none of us have showered, as we made the difficult choice of electricity over water at the available RV hookups. At about 4 am, we prepared for sleep, Lieb with a towel over his side of the bed in lieu of blankets, me with some extra 3X-size FilmDrunk shirts I luckily decided to bring at the last minute. We'd just finished a debate over whether noise-canceling headphones or big balls of crumpled up toilet paper stuffed in the ears would be our best bet for sleeping amidst the unrelenting din of horror rap and had just laid down to attempt sleep, when, from onstage, a rapper (Calico, I believe) delivered the line "I'm kinda jealous of my dick sometiiiiiiiimes…"
We pause for a second, both briefly attempting to let it slide, as we've learned that it's impossible to point out all the surreal and ridiculous things going on around us if we want to get anything done – and what we'd like to get done is witness more surreal and ridiculous things, obviously – but it's like trying to hold in a sneeze. We both break into uncontrollable laughter, and sleeping seems even more unlikely.
So ends night one of our Juggalo Vision Quest 2013, at the 14th annual Gathering of the Juggalos.
After a plane ride to Chicago next to a giant clammy Principal Belding in suspenders with what I would describe as a moderate case of halitosis, we arrived at our hotel outside O'Hare. Dinner of buffalo wings at Shoeless Joe's Sports Bar, my stomach's baptism by fire.
The next morning, it was a short eight hours inside the RV, with a couple pit stops, at the biggest Wal Mart I've ever seen outside Champaign, and a gas station with McDonald's attached. At the former, we procure $500 worth of food, beer, energy drinks, packs of Newports (these as prison currency in case we have to barter our way out of a jam), and jorts. I opt for the nine-dollar jeans, which I will cut into jorts myself, rather than the $11 denim that comes pre-jorted. Ben points out at that because my scissors cost $8, we actually lost $6 on the transaction. This is why he handles the financials.
After a detour through some sketchy non-highway roads that either shortened our trip by an hour or lengthened it by two, depending on whether you ask Laremy The Deputized Navigator or his critics in Tall Tale Productions' trail car, we finally hit Cave-in-Rock, Illinois at sunset, just a stone's skip over the Ohio river from Kentucky.
The sun just beginning to dip behind the trees as we hit town, we take a wrong turn through the tiny ("quaint", even) downtown. We turn back the proper way, away from downtown, and toward, presumably, the Hogrock Campground, site of this and the last seven Gatherings of Juggalos. The festival started at a convention center in Novi, Michigan in 2000 and kept moving until finally settling on Hogrock to avoid getting hassled by the authorities. There's only room for one car on the bumpy road, and trees crowd the unlined asphalt at both sides and sometimes overhead, blocking out a lot of what sun there is left. It finally starts to sink in just how far out in the middle of nowhere we are. It's hard to believe this deserted road will take us towards people, let alone a massive gathering of them, but it's all very exciting. On the way, we pass two separate scrums of Sheriff's cars, who seem to be waiting just up the road to arrest people. They eye us as we pass, but don't stop us.
Finally the road opens up and we see a clearing on our left, with a giant grass and dirt parking lot with ferris wheels in the distance. We pull in, driving the RV through tent cities and people sitting in lawn chairs, our eyes as big as dinner plates. I don't want to overstate it and have you think I'm gilding the lily here, and anyway this was our entire reason for the trip, but somewhere between the tree-lined road and pulling into Hogrock, the culture shock absolutely slaps us in the face like a wet washcloth. The excitement evolves to include a moderate tinge of panic. Suddenly there are real, human Juggalos everywhere, walking before us at sundown, the whole place verdant and enshrouded in the light mist of a post-midday thunderstorm, giving the whole place a Jurassic Park vibe. Only, you know, with braids and hatchetman tattoos instead of teeth and scales.
As we wait to pick up our press passes – which come with yellow lanyards and say "PRESS" on them in giant letters, yet another thing branding us as interlopers – I stand next to the RV and start smoking our Newports (one of the few things I can do to feel like I'm blending). In a record scratch, we've become extremely conscious of our outsider status. Every single thing about us seems to scream "NOT JUGGALOS," from our haircuts and clothes to our press badges to our lack of visible tattoos to the rented RV with a puppy decal in the window. That the golden retriever decal was there seemed awesomely kismet at the rental place, but now it just feels like it's waving "hi, boys!" with two hands in preparation for a wedgie. What I wouldn't give for that dog to be a skull. A guy with clown makeup walks slowly by next to a girl in either a filthy bra and underwear or a bikini (it's too dirty to tell). His make up includes a scar going vertically down his face bisecting his right eye, which is fitted out with a white contact lens that blocks out the pupil and iris, giving the illusion that he's been perfectly blinded like a horror movie villain. The only part of their conversation I catch is him telling her "Yo, but I thought we had something."
We climb back inside the RV to try to find our campsite, rolling slowly through what feels like hostile territory. Part of the hostility probably stems from the fact that Mike from Tall Tale Productions (Jew Tower number two, our 6'7″ documentary director, a former minor league baseball pitcher) is walking alongside the RV filming exteriors. At this stage, the Juggalos don't seem too stoked on cameras. A guy throws his body against the side of the RV and yells "F*CK OFF!", amidst numerous icy stares and middle fingers. We realize we've been driving with the RV's interior lights on this whole time, illuminating our terrified faces. "Turn it off, turn it off!" someone flails when we realize, in genuine fear.
Lieb says it feels like we're driving through an Iranian protest in Argo. I can't disagree. We're not finding where our campsite is supposed to be, and the security staff, through an apparent combination of laziness and a non-existent training process, aren't much help.
"Do you know where the Big Balla camp site is?" we ask a big guy with a crew cut.
(long shrug, drag on cigarette) "Ya got me, bro."
We drive a little further, and stop to ask directions from some people standing outside an RV of their own. Lieb approaches, still wearing his yarmulke, which he still seems committed to wearing the entire weekend (he doesn't wear one normally). Wearing the yarmulke seemed like an assholey move at first (though a funny idea a few days ago), but in a way I can't explain, it actually makes him look less of an outsider than the rest of us. And at the very least, it's probably a beating deterrent, since that would now involve a hate crime.
A skinny kid of about 20 with his long dark hair in braids tells us exactly where we need to go, calling us "my ninjas" about 12 times along the way and seeing us off with "head back this way if you want to smoke some bud together later, my ninjas."
He was really nice. We don't quite feel welcome yet, but definitely less terrified. I think we're safe as long as we don't use the cameras much.
We hunker down in camp and consult our schedule. Much to my chagrin, we've arrived too late to see The Neden Game, a Juggalo dating game named after their slang for vagina, which is also a song. "The Neden Game" is a song, I mean, "Neden" is apparently slang for vagina. I asked a guy how Neden came to be vagina slang and he just shrugged. We listened to the song on the way here, whose lyrics include Violent J talking about pulling a woman's titties down below her waist, letting go and watching them slap her in the face; and Shaggy 2 Dope wooing a woman by telling her he can't believe how fat she is, and if she lost some weight she'd look like Riki Lake. I have to admit I thought the Riki Lake line was decently funny.
So instead we celebrate our arrival inside the RV and grab some road beers to take to the main stage. We walk across the infamous drug bridge to get there, which isn't much of a bridge, just 10 yards or so over a brown creek, but definitely has some drugs. The sellers sit on chairs and coolers, advertising their offerings with cardboard signs and shouting their wares like newsies into bullhorns. Yes, actual bullhorns. Supposedly there are some designer drugs, but I see mostly weed, molly, and Adderall. Though with our camera guy trailing, I'm wary of staring too hard at people doing illegal stuff. Not that drugs feel illegal here, nothing does. It's part of the appeal, obviously, and it does appeal to me.
On the way to the main stage we pass through the carnival rides. There's a double ferris wheel called a sky wheel, a tea cups-type ride that was called "The Scrambler" in my childhood at the Big Fresno Fair, a tilt-o-whirl, and one of those rides that spins a circular swing set. As I look over at the swing set, two heavy-set guys undo their harnesses while the ride's still going and bail, hitting the ground chest first in the mud and skidding towards the metal barricades. One guy, holding a giant green plastic, Vegas-style souvenir margarita cup stands up first, drunkenly embracing his friend before they both stagger off laughing.


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It's hard to know how accurate these kind of deep stats are - but this is not - can't be - just a physical thing. There is no way that someone just loses their ability to play a position that badly.
I think the general decline has to do with coaching and, in a negative sense, either not working as unit or team. An optimist might say that that's just going on because of a new scheme, adjusting to it, etc. But the new scheme was supposed to be easier than the old one . . .
Who knows what is valid here - but I think this does show that the 'old' idea that you build a team from the lines is as valid as ever. I would happily take a dominant O and D line over any upgrade at the skill spots. Next to a QB, a great line is the next most important thing to make everyone else on the field look better.


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Sorry I took forever to write up this episode's show notes. I was finishing off my last seminar paper, which has already been handed in. So now I can concentrate on
Well, what did you think about our new intro? Ms. B and Rock-Star Husband rock, eh? And for some reason, I just sounded so chirpy doing the welcome.
What's on/off our needles?
- Cashyie:
- Red My So-Called Scarf (FO)
- Another MSCS in Wolle Rödel "Arizona"
- Cashyie's own design Mittens (FO)
- Montego-Bay Treber Scarf (FO)
- Knitted Fibre Optic Lamp
- Ms. B:
- Malabrigo Hanami Stole (frogged - anyone want the yarn?)
- MariSilk Hanami Stole (FO)
- Firestarter Socks
- Secret Project
- "Stripes Moony The Pink" Baby Sweater
- Elemm:
- Mystic Waters Shawl
- Firestarter
- Secret Project (same one with Ms. B)
- Mohawk (FO)
- Koolhaas (FO - went to Minemma)
- I've got quite a bit on my spindles. Plus, I got new spindles from Butterfly Girl Designs! I've been spinning the lace-weight single...which is already done and now I'm knitting it up into the Flower Basket Shawl.
- Snicker yarn still on my Turkish Cross Spindle
Belated Happy Birthday to Mike from Socktopus (not the yarn shop)!!!
Life in Germany: What do we think is weird in Germany?
- Ms. B thinks that when they have construction going on on a building and they put a ginormous poster with the picture of the building on the scaffolding. Also, take aways, especially Chinese take aways here come in styrofoam box with sealed foil on it.
- I think that the Schwäbische Kehrwoche (German Wiki link, for English, try this one) itself is kind of funny.
- Cashyie had people moving her furnitures around when they came over to her place for a party. But she finds it sweet that Germans would go the extra mile for you.
Also Q&A from Katia & KylieMac: When do you consider yourself an expat and not a tourist?
- Ms. B feels that she feels like an expat when she first moved in to her apartment with Rock-Star Husband here in Munich.
- Apparently, I'm neither and expat nor a tourist anymore, but more like an immigrant....although I could still be booted out any time.
- Cashyie feels like a European anyway, growing up in the multicultural Canada....even in Canada, she already feels like an expat.
Wollmeise colourway names:
- Suzanne
- Pfauenauge = Peacock feather
- Tiefer See = Deep Lake
- Pfefferminz Prinz = Prince Peppermint
- Vergissmeinnicht = Forget Me Not
- Am kalten Polar = At the cold polar
- Gemütlichkeit = cosiness
- schrecklich = awful, appalling
- fürchterlich = horrible, dreadful
- übermäßig = excessive, excessively, exceedingly
- Frühstück = breakfast
- ausgezeichnet = excellent, distinguished, "kick-ass"
- What's the weather in Germany like comparing to our home countries?
- For me, coming from Thailand, we got only humidity and the three seasons we have are: Hot, Hotter and the Hottest. :-p
- For Ms. B, she used to live in Seattle, so she likes the mild temperature all year round.
- Cashyie talks about the extreme temperatures....especially the fact that you can really shock freeze your exposed skin in the matter of seconds! Scary!
- What about German food?
- I eat everything! Love all food! And someone at work asked me seriously whether I've tried the cow udders. *urgh*
- Ms. B doesn't like German food that much...especially those jelly sausages. Weird meat stuff just freaks her out....and she thinks that Germans aren't very big on veggies, it's all about meat, potatoes and bread. ;-)
- Cashyie pretty much likes everything, too.
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We were just about to close when I blabbered about my prospective boyfriend. ;-p And I know you're listening!
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How to Be Perfect (It's Not What You Think!)
The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn't think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried. But I tried – day after day I would give it my best shot. And day after day I would fail.
This was very frustrating for me because I really wanted to obey God and please Him. I wanted Him to be proud of me. So I was relieved and encouraged when I finally understood what Jesus meant when He said we should be perfect.
Matthew 5:48 (AMPC) says it like this: You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect.
You see, when you become a Christian, you begin a lifetime journey of continually growing in right behavior. And throughout my life, I've had a lot of growing to do.
Overcoming What Stunts Your Growth
If you've heard my testimony, you know that I was abused by my dad during my childhood – sexually, verbally, emotionally and physically. As a result, I thought I was a worthless piece of trash. I felt unloved because I was used. And when my mom didn't help me because she didn't know what to do, I felt abandoned. I also felt guilty, like it was partly my fault.
All of this mess put reproach on me. Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. I was angry, insecure, controlling, suspicious of others and hard to get along with. I was miserable and wanted to change. God revealed to me that I couldn't do it in my own strength. Neither can you.
It doesn't do any good to accept Christ as your Savior and then try to change yourself. The first step to successfully begin growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character is to really understand who you are in Christ. It is vitally important to know this before you try to change your behavior because apart from God, we can do nothing.
Also, God doesn't expect you to do it on your own. He will never ask us to do something without giving us the ability to do it.
When we are born again, He puts His righteousness in our spirit. At this point, it's like a seed and needs to grow for us to really experience the fruit of it. We have to learn to live inside out. What I mean by this is we have to learn how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit little by little, obeying His direction for our life, and progressively, our behavior will change.
Proceed with Caution
The Holy Spirit is our helper and counselor who guides us into the truth. One way He does this is by convicting us of sin. Conviction is not usually thought of in a positive light, but it's actually a wonderful gift God gives us because without it, we won't grow in our relationship with God.
Don't let a bad attitude or the devil steal the blessing of godly correction in your life. Conviction happens when the Holy Spirit lets us know in our heart that we're doing something wrong. It's the warning signal to stop, repent and turn around. Like the yellow light is the caution signal in traffic, conviction from the Holy Spirit is the caution signal in our life. And when we feel it, we should rejoice and thank God for helping us do what's right before Him.
As you grow in your walk with God, you'll notice that you become more sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit when you have wrong behavior. There are things I'm convicted about now that twenty years ago I wouldn't have ever considered wrong.
I've also had times when I felt like I couldn't get away with anything! Have you ever thought, I can't do anything. Every time I turn around, I'm doing something else wrong? We need to be careful when we have these thoughts and feelings because the gift of conviction can become condemnation to us if we let it.
Don't let a bad attitude or the devil steal the blessing of godly correction in your life. The truth is, whatever God tells you to do is for your benefit and because He loves you. And although we're all in the process of growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, God loves and accepts us as we are right now. We are made right with God through Jesus Christ


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There is a meat mobile hanging over our sink now! After posting about my homemade pancetta, my aunt told me that she remembers Grandma hanging slabs of Chinese bacon (lop yuk) above the kitchen sink. I had never heard of Chinese bacon, although in retrospect I must have eaten it since it is a popular ingredient in joong. My aunt has been experimenting with different recipes, and she was kind enough to send me the recipe she used for her latest batch of bacon. Now, we have our very own pork belly meat mobile hanging above our kitchen sink. Unlike the pancetta, no curing salts is used. Instead, the marinade is salt, brown sugar, Chinese whiskey, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce. Once the meat is dry, I'll store it in the refrigerator. The soy sauce makes this bacon black, which is a little unsettling.
For Chinese New Year, I had some friends over and we all assembled joong and potstickers. What is joong? It's a mixture of sweet rice, mung beans, ginkgo nuts, Chinese bacon, Chinese sausage, salted egg yolks (which I am totally making next), and more all wrapped up in bamboo leaves and boiled for hours. While getting ready for the folding fest, the boy researched how to fold the joong since he's usually better at that stuff than I am (the photo above is his work). Our first folding attempt just looked wrong to me because it was a rectangular packet. When I did my own research afterwards, the reason it looked "wrong" was because each region has its own way of folding joong. My family folds joong into the pyramid shape, shown above.
To eat joong, you unwrap the bamboo leaves and dig in. Our second batch of joong we filled with untraditional fillings, like sweet brown rice and black rice. It wasn't as sticky as when you make it with white rice, but it still held its shape well when unwrapped.
We've also been making more beer and more beer muffins. In the carboys, we have a chestnut brown ale and coffee and coconut stout. Our fake Guinness turned out good, despite forgetting to add barley in the mash. The boy is using an old milk crate as a brewing stand, and it is a really good idea! I hardily have to do anything now. We have two gallon carboys going at the same time now - the second carboy is simply a gallon jug that came with apple juice. The boy brews 2 batches at a time now. I thought it would be great challenge to limit our beer consumption to what we brew. The boy thought that was a horrible idea.
The spent grain and applesauce muffins are still a treat. The boy made the last batch, and they turned out much better than mine since he actually put all the sugar into the batter. I always insist on cutting the sugar by half, but that does make the muffins less moist.
The boy also made a batch of carrot pickles. When he asked me how I made the last batch of Mexican carrot pickles, I couldn't remember, but fortunately I posted my recipe on my blog. I'd forget most of the stuff I do if I didn't record it somewhere!
This is not quite a food topic, but it is made of edible ingredients: the oil cleansing method. It sounds absolutely crazy, but I've been washing my face with a combination of castor, olive, and avocado oils. Other blogs have much to say on this subject, and I can tell you that after using this cleansing method for a week, my face feels great! I was braced for breakouts and oily skin, but I actually had to use less castor oil and add more avocado and olive oil because the first few days my face was too dry. Also, this is the best makeup remover I've used, and all this for a mere fraction of the price of the fancy face products I used to buy.
There are so many recipes out there for DIY natural body care products. I'd love to hear of recipes that you've used with success!


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The announcers will be the same and the enthusiasm for Hope College sports over the radio airwaves as strong as ever, but beginning with football this fall the game day action will be heard on FM 92.7 The Van instead of WHTC-AM 1450.
WHTC has been the flagship broadcaster of Hope College athletics since the 1950s. Both WHTC and The Van are owned by Midwest Communications Inc.
"After several decades of broadcasting Hope football and men's and women's basketball on WHTC we feel the time is right to move the broadcasts to our FM station 92.7 The Van," said Kevin Oswald, general sales manager. "This move will give our broadcasts a larger coverage area which will be beneficial to Hope College and its fan base and to the advertisers who support Hope sports on the radio and on-line."
"Hope College values its long-time relationship with the staff of WHTC," said Tom Renner, associate vice president for public and community relations at Hope. "There are few colleges who have the type of relationship Hope enjoys. The opportunity to expand the coverage area via 92.7 is exciting."
"This change affords WHTC, The Van and Hope College the opportunity to establish an even stronger relationship for years to come with Hope Sports programming now appearing on both stations as well as all games being streamed on the Internet," said Brent Alan, program director.
"I am also extremely excited to bring Hope Sports to our FM station, as listeners have been asking for a better signal at night when WHTC tends fade out in areas further away from our tower. With Hope Sports on 92.7 The Van we can now give a clearer signal to all areas up and down the lakeshore from Grand Haven to South Haven and East to Grand Rapids."
WHTC's commitment to Hope College will remain strong with fan favorites such as the Hope Sports Report weekday mornings at 7:17 a.m. and the Hope Sports Roundtable on Friday mornings continuing to air on WHTC.
Announcers Ron Wetherbee and Jerry Klomparens will be mikeside again this coming year, beginning Saturday, Sept. 5 for the football opener at Illinois Wesleyan University.


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However, there are some quick bits I want to do before I hibernate for 30 days.
-The Freddy Sanchez Signing: To be honest, I like it. I was deftly afraid the Giants were going to sign Sanchez at eight million per year because he would have satisfied the clauses in his contract had he not been hurt. Problem was though, he was hurt and he didn't deserve the eight million. That being said, even in his short, injury-plagued second-half last year, Sanchez still looked good, and I honestly believe if healthy, he could have helped us get into the playoffs. He was hitting well, was a great fit defensively and really seemed to mesh on this Giants roster. If he's fully healthy next Spring Training, I certainly believe he can have a big impact next year, and will be worth the six million per year for the next two years (and will help Giants fans forget all about Tim Alderson).
-Juan Uribe's status as a Giant: For all those Uribe fans, it looks like Uribe is most likely going to be gone next year. GM Brian Sabean in the Giants' Sanchez signing news release claimed that with the Sanchez signing, Uribe is most likely going to test the free agent waters, and with that being the case, he will probably get paid much more than he deserves. I like Uribe as much as the next guy, and wish he could start at shortstop for this team, but he's typically a low OBP guy and with a roster full of those kinds of guys, I think the Giants can afford to cut Uribe loose. Thanks Juan. You gave us some great memories in 2009! Best of luck. (And for the record, I'm not being sarcastic here).
-49ers, Sharks and Warriors: I know this is a Giants blog, but I want to make some quick notes one the other Bay Area Sports teams sans the Raiders:
- As improved as the 49ers look, they won't make the playoffs. The offense still isn't complete, and while their defense is good, when you're opponent consistently has an advantage over you in time of possession by 10 minutes or more, than chances are, you're going to lose, despite how good your defense is. I think Singletary is the right man for the job. I do think they are the best team in the NFC West. However, the tough schedule, and the inconsistency on the offensive end is going to doom this team down the stretch.
- The Sharks on the other hand look to be declining. After years of coming so close to the cup, I seriously think the Sharks are in for a slow descent down a slippery slope the next few years. I think they will make the playoffs this year (simply because of the talent of Thornton and Marleau alone), but they won't go beyond the second round and I wouldn't be surprised if they actually miss the playoffs next season.
- The Warriors are a wreck. Don Nelson doesn't know what he's doing. Stephen Jackson's greatly on the decline and he's being a team cancer, and the team still doesn't have a point guard who can effectively distribute. Neither Stephan Curry or Monta Ellis is the answer at point. I think the Warriors have a talented team, and I think if they get a new coach, and get rid fo Jackson they will be greatly improved, but they are a tough team to watch next year. As sad as this is to say, I wouldn't be surprised if the Sacramento Kings finish better than the Warriors this year. They're this year's Washington Wizards.


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Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP has hired longtime litigator Philip Kessler as partner.
Kessler, 66, is best known for defending the University of Michigan in the U.S. Supreme Court case against the university's affirmative action policy.
In 1995, the university rejected the college application of Jennifer Gratz, a white student from metro Detroit. She filed a case against the school in 1997. After several appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the school's policy in 2003.
However, the school's use of affirmative action was later struck down by voters in 2006, which is under review by the Supreme Court, again.
Prior to joining Honigman, Kessler had been a partner for Thompson & Knight LLP in Detroit since 2011. Before that, he had been an attorney and partner at Butzel Long PC beginning in 1972. He served as Butzel chairman from 2006 to 2010.
Kessler brings with him a stable of clients in numerous industries, including automotive, advertising, health care, pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate and manufacturing, Honigman said in a news release.
He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers' board of regents and on its executive committee and is a fellow of The International Society of Barristers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Kessler also serves as a trustee, secretary and executive committee member of the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Kessler earned his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and a bachelor's from UM.