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Happy New Year Thrasherville and welcome to the middle of the season. Hopefully everyone out there had a great time ringing in 2011 and I truly wish everyone the absolute best in the coming year. Today brings with it the hopes and possibilities of what can be…as well as college bowl games a-plenty and the NHL Winter Classic in Pittsburgh.
By the way, speaking of today's much-anticipated matchup against the Pens and Caps…in case you haven't heard, it has been moved back to 8:00 tonight because of weather issues.
What today also marks is the exact middle of the 2010-11 Thrashers campaign. Yesterday's lackluster 3-1 loss to the worst team in the NHL was game number 41 of the season and tomorrow afternoon's tilt in Montreal begins the first game of the final 41. So naturally, today is the perfect time to mark just where this Thrashers team is currently, what they have done so far and look ahead to the possibilities of the next three-plus months.
We wake up this morning… possibly grabbing for a package of Alka-Seltzer and/or ice pack… to find the Thrashers with a record of 20-15-6. If they were simply to duplicate this effort in the second half of the season, they would wind up with 92 points and a playoff spot. All things considered, they are at or above where most of us though they would be and we can all be happy for that…despite their 1-4-1 record in the final six games of 2010.
However, as defenseman Ron Hainsey puts it, "It's been a hard month, as hard as any I've seen since I became a pro. We battled through it and came out pretty well".
"We're pretty proud of what we've done so far".
The Thrashers are in third place in the Southeast Division, three points behind both Tampa Bay and Washington. However, they have played three more games than the Lightning and two more than the Capitals. Atlanta is eighth points above fourth place Carolina, however the Canes have played but 36 games.
The Thrashers are in seventh place overall in the Eastern Conference, tied in points with the New York Rangers but having played three more games. The Montreal Canadians are a pair of points behind them and have two games in hand. So tomorrow's game shapes up to be a pretty important one for both Le Thrash and Habs.
Atlanta has netted 127 goals so far this year. That is only one fewer that the Flyers' and four fewer than Colorado and Detroit, who lead the NHL in goals scored. They still give up a concerning amount of goals, however…122 goals against so far is fewer than only the amount surrendered by the Avs and Edmonton.
The Thrashers are taking an average of 30.8 shots on goal per game and allowing 34.4, which are 14th and 28th in the league respectively. Atlanta has a 20.9% effective power play so far, (9th) and they are killing off 80.8% of the opposition's man advantage situations, (18th).
Leading the way almost all season long has been defenseman Dustin Byfuglien. He leads the team in goals scored, 15, assists, 25 and overall points, 40. To top it off he's also +6 and has played in all 41 games for the Thrashers. 5 of his goals have been game-winners, 5 have been of the power play variety, 12 assists have also come while on the man advantage and his 162 SOG also lead the Thrashers.
The Buffinator has quickly become the heart and soul of this new-look Thrashers squad and has endeared himself to the fans with his play. To me, he's been the MVP of the first half of the season.
Right behind Big Buff in scoring is captain Andrew Ladd and fellow defenseman Toby Enstrom, both with 31 overall points. Ladd has done that with 12 goals and 19 assists while Toby has 7 goals and 24 helpers.
As for Ladd, the Thrashers are 13-6-3 since he was named team captain back on November 18. Is it just a coincidence that the team seamed to take off right after that announcement? I don't think so.
Fresh off his first ever NHL career shootout victory, Ondrej Pavelec is now 13-8-4 for the year with a very tidy .935 SV% and 2.11 GAA. Given the amount of goals and shots allowed by this team, those numbers are even that much more impressive. Opie also has a pair of shutouts to his credit, both coming a week apart back in November against the Caps and Habs.
A win in Montreal tomorrow would equal his career best of 14 wins in a season set last year playing in 42 games, starting 40. He's played in just 27 games this season and has started 25.
Opie would be my second choice as MVP, just a fraction of a hair behind Byfuglien. However, if he performs at the same level from here on out, don't be stunned if he winds up as this team's Most Valuable Player.
Who is the Thrashers MVP for the first half of the season?
Total Voters: 255
The +/- leaders for this team are Bryan Little, +12, Brent Sopel, +10 and Eric Boulton who is a +7. Ron Hainsey, Chris Thorburn and Byfuglien are each a +6.
Brent Sopel has blocked 60 shots this year, Enstrom 85, Ron Hainsey and Johnny Oduya have both knocked down 82.
Your hits leaders are Evander Kane with 73, Buff with 69 and Jim Slater with 59.
As for the men behind the bench, it's certainly clear that for the most part these Thrashers have taken what coach Craig Ramsay and associate coach John Torchetti have been teaching and applied to their games. These coaches deserve a great deal of credit for where this team finds itself. There is still much work to be done, mind you…see also the past week and a half or so of play…but when viewed in the context of the initial three months of this season, I don't of too many that can be upset with what has gone on here.
And finally, I haven't offered up any "report cards" per se on this Thrashers team this season. I figure this course will be determined solely on a "PASS/FAIL" basis. They either make the playoff or they don't. Therefore, no letter grades are necessary this time around.
That being said, if I were to give them a mid-term evaluation…I would say they are well on their way to "PASS".
January 1st, 2011
11:21 am
January 1st, 2011
11:28 am
Rawhide – I don't think 92 points will be enough to earn a playoff spot. I would like to see the Thrashers with at least 94 points; meaning they will have to better their performance in the second half (which should be doable with a lighter schedule).
January 1st, 2011
11:33 am
Toby Enstrom. He is the guy that allows Buff to push up. He is the guy who makes the best breakout passes on the team. He is the foundation of the powerplay. He may not get the headlines but if the Thrashers had 1 player that other GM's covet right now, my guess it will Toby.
January 1st, 2011
11:34 am
I have liked the play of Buff, Toby, O.P., and Bryan Little. Ladd started out well but seems to have faltered as of late. I hope he makes a good comeback in the second half of the season. I can't believe Hainsey is a +6. He is normally a – player.
Overall, I'm with you. It's a toss-up between O.P. and Buff for the mid-season MVP. I'll have to give it to Buff due to his leadership. He seems to be the heart and soul of this team.
January 1st, 2011
11:37 am
Tom – Enstrom is a good choice too. Very solid defensively, with great puck handling skills, an awesome skater and a good shot (now that he shoots more!).
January 1st, 2011
11:44 am
"How do you like me NOW?"
January 1st, 2011
11:46 am
Pavs as MVP for me, no question.
January 1st, 2011
11:49 am
Hi Bill – Happy New Year to you and yours as well. Halfway through the season, I say you've earned an "A" for running the fan blog. Thanks for all you do. You've got my MVOIP award vote (Most Valuable Off Ice Player)!
As far as my MVP vote – I have to go with Ondrej. I think his play has kept us in a lot of games we would otherwise have lost. Factor in his recovery from the opening night all the way to top-5 goalie and I think he gets the nod as the MV player.
As far as the team MVP vote, I give that to Buff. From the first photos of him in a Thrasher jersey (remember your concerns about his Cup day wearing a Thrashers jersey?), he has been a player for the team, the fans and the city. I don't recall seeing a player that seemed as sincerely proud to be a Thrasher, and he's given us all a player we can rally around, we can cheer for and we can expect solid performances along with a routine highlight or two.
Let's hope the schedule relief in 2011 (compared to December) gives us fresher legs and solid victories again. Further, let's hope all the other teams wilt when their schedules pile up on them.
Thanks to the other bloggers for keeping this NC Thrasher Fan "in the loop"! Happy new year to all and GO THRASHERS!
January 1st, 2011
11:58 am
Voted for Buff, but couldn't argue against Pavs either
January 1st, 2011
12:03 pm
Toby Enstrom, period end of story. Does what is required of his position and much more, my favorite defenseman on Earth at this point. I'm not an all-star guy per se, but if he doesn't get there this time it'll be criminal.
January 1st, 2011
12:09 pm
Interesting question, but really there is only one choice. Were it not for Enstrom, Byfuglien wouldn't be able to free-lance as much offensively, thus his impact wouldn't be nearly as great as it has been so far.
Were it not for Ladd's leadership, this team may never have gone on the run it did when it went 12-2-2 in November and December.
Little has played well but often disappears from sight (just less than half of the games so far he has been pointless) and has only one game winning goal.
For me, there is only one choice, and that's Pavelec. Particularly in the light of the fact everyone doubted his abilities, except for perhaps Ramsay and Dudley, this guy has kept the Thrashers afloat. From Nov. 13 to Dec. 30, there were only two games in which he started that Atlanta didn't have an opportunity to win (Dec. 23 at Boston and Dec. 28 at Pittsburgh). That's 18 of 20 starts in which he played well. That's pretty darn impressive. He's 4-0 during that time when facing 40 shots or more. He has help the team earn 30 points in 25 starts, while Mason has earned 16 points in 16 starts.
Pav will equal his career season high with his next win. His save percentage and GAA is vastly improved over last year and he is a much more confident goalie. Other players like him and he gives the team all of the credit for his victories. The shoot-out win also should help his confidence in those situations.
If I had told you in late September that he would allow just 54 goals in his first 25 starts of the season, you would have all told me I was crazy.
No other choice…great job by Ondrej!
January 1st, 2011
12:29 pm
I have to go with Opie at this point, BlogMaster. But HR Buffinstuff would be a close #2. What I like most about this team is that a legitimate argument can be made for a handful of different players. Pavs, Buff, Toby, Ladd, even Lits.
A genuine team effort going on out there.
If the "P" in MVP stood for "person", I think coach Ramsay could be considered as the MVP.
January 1st, 2011
12:31 pm
OP. He gets pucks slapped at him from all over, and he keeps the team in the game almost always. More shots at him than shots at opposing team is reason i say OP.
January 1st, 2011
12:59 pm
Coach Ramsay is amazing. If the Thrashers make the playoffs he is a leadpipe synch for coach of the year.
January 1st, 2011
1:00 pm
op is amazingly the team mvp
January 1st, 2011
1:12 pm
I love Buff, but i gotta go with pavs
January 1st, 2011
1:13 pm
January 1st, 2011
1:19 pm
Merry New Year….Hah…Hah…….Hah…Hah
Beef Jerky?
January 1st, 2011
1:26 pm
January 1st, 2011
1:30 pm
PAVS! Then Toby and Buff.
January 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
First of all, isn't it nice to have a choice of players who are serious contenders for MVP? A conundrum we've not had before–a choice of effective, aggressive, spot on players. I agree with most, actually, I voted for Pavelek, because he has saved the night many a time, although Buff can't be ruled out with his quiet confidence and feel for the game as it proceeds, and I agree with Toby, if he weren't playing his best game ever then Buff couldn't go forward as he does. Like I said, what a quandary who is best! I'll take this problem any day!
January 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
1) Pavelectric, in a landslide. His stellar play has made his D-men better and more confident.
2) Rammer – this man has made this group of players believe they can win and he has helped instill in all of them that they can contribute offensively. Without these players buying in early and going after it in the first month, they never would have overcome Mason's shaky goaltending while Pavs was "recuperating".
3) Big Buff – he validated management's belief in him that he could be not only a capable D-man, but do it as part of a top pairing in a fashion where he is a legitimate scoring weapon everytime he touches the puck. Obviously he isn't as effective without Toby by his side but he is really the only player we have who can change a game with his booming shot and ability to freelance.
4) Dudley – for having the balls to let Big Buff play his "natural" position AFTER he was a gameIchanging force at forward on a Stanley Cup winning team. Also, just about every personnel move he's made has paid dividends. However, in retrospect, I'd gladly give back Eager for Reasoner and wouldve overpaid Mad Max to play two more years on our top line. We could use his ability to create space and put a defense on their heels without being nearly as bad a defensive liability as Ilya Kovalchuk.
January 1st, 2011
2:55 pm
Honestly I can not pick one and I will tell you why – It took a lot to get here. #17 Shows his true colors after telling us he wanted to stay doing pretty much what was the best thing he ever did as a member of this team – he left it. I liked Anderson but new blood and fresh ideas were needed, it was time that a "Coaches Coach" was back at the helm as there was no one specific player to base a team around anymore. Anyone who listened during the playoffs last year heard me say I liked Chicago to go all the way – so bringing in a sizable amount of their championship team (as well as a coach too) brought a little of the "Western Conference Grit" that most teams in the East sorely need and don't have. Colby and C-Mac must have thought they would miss going to the Waffle House so they ended up in Toronto where fresh waffles will literally fly their way.
We all had nervous excitement as this season has started. We saw a lot of new faces – and we wondered how long the holdovers from Thrashers Past (Kane, Bogey, Opie, Toby, etc) would take to adjust to yet another coaching style. Completely underwhelming pre-season is had.
Opening night Opie passes out and it looks to take the breath of the team away just seconds into their new season then something amazing happens – for the first time in a long time we see a team take our breath away! These past 41 games have shown that anyone can be the hero (Stewart and Boulton with hat tricks? Opie playing as if that knock to the head has him believing that he is now Neo and playing in "The Matrix" (as a side note did anyone ever think Mason would become the Backup Goalie??), Felix and Oscar, er Buff and Toby making other teams see something new from the Thrashers, a offense minded defense.
Its just too hard to pick.
If anyone is still reading then know that I am proud of all fans who are turning new faces on to the Thrashers – the Game against Boston was the only packed house I have been in since the first season where there were many many more Thrashers fans than the opposition. Just goes to show you – a TEAM effort has done for the Thrashers what it did for the Falcons. The Falcons may rise up but the Thrashers leave teams Black, Blue and taken advantage of. With a little bit of rest coming we should see them head back to what we know they can do and I hope to debate with you all who to pick for "Regular Season MVP" because I honestly think we will also be debating a "Playoff MVP" for the first time.
Hope you all have a wonderful New Year and a restful weekend. We've got outdoor hockey tonight!
January 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
RON HAINSEY! no one else comes close
January 1st, 2011
3:50 pm
Since my computer went bonkers before I could properly celebrate the first FIRST of 2011 and before I could give my MVP pick (grumblegrumblegrumble)….
I think Pavelec has to be the MBP of this team so far. As many games as he's won/stolen for us this season, it's also becoming painfully obvious that this team would be in much different shape if we were relying on Mason on a regular basis.
Buff would have to be a close second. A true offensive defenseman, I think Buff is what Bogosian wishes he could be.
January 1st, 2011
7:06 pm
It all starts in goal….Pavs=MVP
January 1st, 2011
7:49 pm
Though the MVP candidates are all great choices, I'm going to vote "Other" and go with a blue collar type. The non-skilled player who epitomizes the way Coach Ramsay would like for all his players to play – listening Bergfors? – is Chris Thorburn. I really liked what I saw last season and this year he has continued to grow and step up his game. Chris Thorburn is becoming one Hell of a Hockey Player.
January 1st, 2011
7:58 pm
January 1st, 2011
10:42 pm
considering he has finally earned the right to wear #31 it has to be Pavs….
January 2nd, 2011
12:52 am
From Game 42 on, the MVP of our team must be our "depth." If Atlanta cannot maintain the "balancing act," it won't be successful. We cannot ask Pavelec to steal games, night after night. We cannot ask Toby Enstrom to log 24-26 minutes a game, without it taking its toll. We cannot expect Byfuglien to save the day, everytime we get to overtime.
Our team wins … when all four lines contribute and our blueline chips in. That's our recipe for success, coupled with responsible defensive play in the neutral zone and our defensive zone.
But, you've asked to name someone, specifically, for the mid-season MVP. I'll agree with the blogmaster … that Dustin Byfuglien has made the biggest impact. He might be the soul of our team. Or, at least the "glue" of it. Honorable mention to Captain Andrew Ladd, as my 2nd choice. I like Pavelec 3rd. And Enstrom 4th. But really, is there a 'wrong' answer, at this point? We've got good contenders for the honors.
January 2nd, 2011
4:38 am
Why is there even any discussion? It's Pavelec all day every day-for all the evidence you need, look at the record while he was out and the record once he returned. Any lingering doubt? Watch the tape of our last win. Kid straight stole those two points.
January 2nd, 2011
4:42 am
I also like what Cornbread has to say about Thorburn-dude has been nothing short of inspirational-he gives every thing he's got every shift he's out there-if/when he gets better at elevating his shot dude's gonna be a real asset. I like to think of him and Slater as our (potential) Maltby guys…
January 2nd, 2011
9:49 am
I'll go with Malarchuk. He is the unseen, unheard and unsung hero.
January 2nd, 2011
10:08 am
I voted for Byfuglien and have forgiven him for that awful penalty against the Lightning. Pavelic a very close second. tough call as the Thrashers would be in horrible shape with either one out of the lineup.
On another note, when Rawhide asked if we were getting worried in a previous column, with the loss to NJ and the Canes much stronger play lately, yes, I'm getting worried. Even more so since Roloson just went to the Lightning. He has stolen some games for the Islanders this year, most recently against the Red Wings and the Lightning before that. Goalie problem solved in TB and they gave up nothing. Yzerman GM of the year so far.
January 2nd, 2011
10:30 am
Pavs has played great, but your MVP can't be a guy that has only played in 25 of your 41 games.
No brainer, it's Buf. The club goes as he goes . . . Ladd is a close 2nd, the day he was named captain was the day this group turned into a team.
January 2nd, 2011
10:37 am
Nope, if you vote for Buff, you've overlooked the guy who has made it all possible – Enstrom.
January 2nd, 2011
11:02 am
Tony C – I love Thorby's work ethic too and he's become one helluva defensive forward but if his shot was gonna improve it woulda happened by now. He's what, 28 y/o?!
Its tough not to pick Big Buff but look at all of the 1-goal games we've been in. Yes, Buffy has 5 GW goals but he's usually responsible for 1 or 2 others in a game due to his sloppy defensive play. Enstrom has saved his butt in transition countless times this year. I guess that leaves Andrew Ladd but he's run out of gas over the last three weeks. Its time to split up he and Pevs. Go back to Ladd-Little-Bergie/Thorbs/Antro.
BTW, when Antro gets off IR, we'll need him to be our 2nd half MVG. Most Valuable Giant.
January 2nd, 2011
11:42 am
January 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
"Nope, if you vote for Buff, you've overlooked the guy who has made it all possible – Enstrom."
Oh, of course you're right, I forgot how good our d has been all the years that Enstrom has been making his d pairing mate a better player, silly me!
January 2nd, 2011
12:56 pm
and of course that was Enstrom last year in the Stanley Cup finals making Buf the force he is, what was I thinking!
January 2nd, 2011
12:58 pm
I would have said Buf as he won us many games, but that was the first quarter of the season it would have been Buf or Ladd. If you just did a mvp for the 2nd quarter I would say not Buf or Ladd forsure, Buf has lost us games and has not been good at all despite scoring some goals still, Ladd has been invisible. Pavs was great but has been a little shaky lately. I think Little does not get enough credit, he is are best defensive forward by FAR. One of the hardest workers, and made Kane and Stewart better when they played with him.
I would say in order the best choices…… Pavs, Buf, Little, Enstrom, Ladd.
January 2nd, 2011
1:51 pm
I'm in favor of league expansion. The first players I'd like to see on the "Shriveling Diques" are Sweedee Slowdeenee and Charmin, that should test whether they truly support hockey.
January 2nd, 2011
3:08 pm
Yep, Cormier can stay!
January 2nd, 2011
3:39 pm
Happy new year Roseau, MN,..Buf came through,……again.
January 2nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Let's Compare a previous MVP with this season's first half MVP.
Buff: Leads the NHL with 6 GWG (tied for first with Stamkos). Leads all defenseman in points and goals.
Kovy: League worst -28.
Remember that we traded New Jersey's first rounder from the Kovalchuk trade to Chicago for Byfuglien.
January 2nd, 2011
5:01 pm
I see Enstrom attempted to validate Red Light's comments on this blog. And validate he did. But Big Buff will get all the credit cuz he can wind up and hammer a puck 100 mph. Anyway, good to see Peverley respond to the line shake up. He set up Stewart about half a dozen times, but Stewy just doesn't have any hands…sigh. Anyway, Pevs was very good today and he undressed Gill and Price on his goal. Guess who made the "give and go" go….yeah, that tiny Swede again. But he's not any good. And hardly deserving of 26+ mins / game. Enstrom is really elevating his game this year. I give him a bit of a pass last year after getting his face rearranged by Martins Karsums blindside hit. Toby is playing without fear again and he should be credited with Ladd's goal at the end of the 2nd. Yet Buffy gets the # 1 star for one shot. Figured the Montreal media would see that Pavelec was #1, then Enstrom (or vice versa) and then some Hab (Plekanec?). Anyway, big win that they can savor and build on while resting on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale. The boys do need some R&R and perhaps the extra day to rest will help vs FLA on Wed.
January 2nd, 2011
5:23 pm
Buff does not get those game winners if Pavs doesn't do what he does….Atlantas Valuble Player====.AVP which ===== PAV.
January 2nd, 2011
5:42 pm
Great point Midfield-he[Marlachuk]'s clearly helped O-P reach another level, but still, it's the kid executing-let's not forget this is the 1st season we've even had someone on staff who's sole responsibility is netminder development/coaching. Makes you wonder what could've been ….
January 2nd, 2011
6:10 pm
SmoothE-not necessarily talking about his shot, moreso his accuracy and shot placement. Specifically, the ability to lift the puck over the goalie from a close-range area.
He is who he is-a role player who can kill penalties and provide some energy while chipping in offensively from time to time.
I don't believe he's going to suddenly develop a laser-like slapper, but certainly he has shown (gradual) improvement in his decision making and overall play…the way Ramsay rewards effort with TOI, I don't think it's beyond belief that Thorburn will be able to gain the confidence to improve his in-close shot.


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The competitive struggle for liquidity has now extended beyond individuals and institutions to nations and to governments, each of which endeavors to make its internal balance sheet more liquid by restricting imports and stimulating exports by every possible means, the success of each one in this direction meaning the defeat of someone else. Moreover, each country discourages capital development within its own borders for fear of the effect on its international balance. Yet it will only be successful in its object in so far as its progress toward negation is greater than that of its neighbors.
We have here an extreme example of the disharmony of general and particular interest. Each nation, in an effort to improve its relative position, takes measures injurious to the absolute prosperity of its neighbors; and, since its example is not confined to itself, it suffers more from similar action by its neighbors than it gains by such action itself. Practically all the remedies popularly advocated to-day are of this internecine character. Competitive wage reductions, competitive tariffs, competitive liquidation of foreign assets, competitive currency deflations, competitive economy campaigns—all are of this beggar-my-neighbor description. For one man's expenditure is another man's income. Thus, while we undoubtedly increase our own margin, we diminish that of someone else; and if the practice is universally followed everyone will be worse off. An individual may be forced by his private circumstances to curtail his normal expenditure, and no one can blame him. But let no one suppose that he is performing a public duty in behaving in such a way. The modern capitalist is a fair-weather sailor. As soon as a storm rises, he abandons the duties of navigation and even sinks the boats which might carry him to safety by his haste to push his neighbor off and himself in.
Unfortunately the popular mind has been educated away from the truth, away from common sense. The average man has been taught to believe what his own common sense, if he relied on it, would tell him was absurd. Even remedies of a right tendency have become discredited because of the failure of a timid and vacillating application of them. Now, at last, under the teaching of hard experience, there may be some slight improvement toward wiser counsels. But through lack of foresight, and constructive imagination the financial and political authorities of the world have lacked the courage or the conviction at each stage of the decline to apply the available remedies in sufficiently drastic doses; and by now they have allowed the collapse to reach a point where the whole system may have lost its resiliency and its capacity for a rebound.
Meanwhile the problem of reparations and war debts darkens the whole scene. We all know that these are now as dead as mutton, and as distasteful as stale mutton. There is no question of any substantial payments' being made. The problem has ceased to be financial and has become entirely political and psychological. If in the next six months the French were to make a very moderate and reasonable proposal in final settlement, I believe that the Germans, in spite of all their present protestations to the contrary, would accept it and would be wise to accept it. But to all outward appearances the French mind appears to be hardening against such a solution and in favor of forcing a situation in which Germany will default. French politicians (and in candid moments American politicians may confess to a fellow feeling) are conscious that it will be much easier for them, vis-a-vis the home political front to get rid of reparations by a German default than to reach by agreement a moderate sum, most of which might have to be handed on to the United States. Moreover, this outcome would have what they deem to be the advantage of piling up grievances and a legal case against Germany for use in connection with the other outstanding questions created between the two countries by the Treaty of Versailles. I cannot, therefore, extract much comfort or prospective hope from developments in this sphere of international finance.
Well, I have painted the prospect in the blackest colors. What is there to be said on the other side? What elements of hope can we discern in the surrounding gloom? And what useful action does it still lie in our power to take?
The outstanding ground for cheerfulness lies, I think, in this—that the system has shown already its capacity to stand an almost inconceivable strain. If anyone had prophesied to us a year or two ago the actual state of affairs which exists to-day, could we have believed that the world could continue to maintain even that degree of normality which we actually have? This remarkable capacity of the system to take punishment is the best reason for hoping that we still have time to rally the constructive forces of the world.
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A downtown intersection was closed for about 30 minutes Saturday after a car driving the wrong way on West Patrick Street crashed into the Frederick County Courthouse.
Sgt. Greg Gautney of the Frederick Police Department said the driver of a Pontiac four-door sedan apparently failed to negotiate a curve in the 100 block of West Patrick Street, hit a tree and a fire hydrant, and then drove into a wing of the building at about 5:50 p.m.
Alexandra Penate, 20, of Hyattsville, was listed in critical condition late Saturday after being flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
In the moments after the crash, Penate was fluctuating in and out of consciousness and at times became combative, Gautney said.
The crash occurred as police were responding to a report of a fight involving women at the GetGo gas station in the 1000 block of West Patrick Street.
Gautney said employees of the gas station said one woman involved in the skirmish raced off from the store. Moments later, police responded to the crash just outside their headquarters, which is attached to the courthouse.
The courthouse and the gas station are a little more than a mile apart.
Police believe the woman who crashed her Pontiac into the building is the woman who drove away from the Golden Mile business at a high rate of speed.
Alcohol is suspected of being a factor in the crash, Gautney said.
A police officer collecting evidence at the crash scene pulled at least one clear alcoholic beverage bottle from the car for a drink called a mojito.
Based on damage to the woman's car, a Pontiac G6, her vehicle may have hit other cars between the gas station and the courthouse, police said early in the investigation.
They confirmed at least one occupied vehicle was hit in the area of West Patrick Street and Norva Avenue. No one was injured, Gautney said.
Police believe it was at this point that Penate began driving in the wrong lane of traffic.
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How to Fix a Squeaking Bed Frame
Three Methods:Initial AssessmentCheck Your MattressRepair Your Bed Frame
You may have noticed that your bed has become squeaky or creaky because of age, climate changes, or various other reasons. Read on to learn how to make your bed quieter and perhaps even safer!
Method 1 of 3: Initial Assessment
1Try to determine the cause of the noise. If the noise occurs mostly at one time of the year, or during certain weather conditions, it may be climate related noise. If the noise occurs year-round, then it may be a result of the bed loosening up over the years. (Although new beds sometimes squeak as well, this is usually a result of the fasteners holding the bed together not being properly tightened).Ad
2Try to locate where the squeak is coming from. Finding the corner that is making noise can generally make fixing the squeak a lot easier. However, it may be coming from more than one location.
Method 2 of 3: Check Your Mattress
Many people blame their bed frame for squeaking noises, when the problem is often linked to their mattress. Try these simple steps before beginning any major repairs on the bed frame.
1Check that the mattress is centered on the bed frame. Uneven weight distribution can often result in squeaky noises.
2Rotate the mattress. Again, balancing the weight distribution on the springs can often make a huge difference. Mattress manufacturers often recommend that you periodically rotate the mattress anyway to ensure even wear and tear.
3Place an object underneath the mattress. A piece of plywood or hardcover book is usually most appropriate for this. The added pressure may not remove the squeaking entirely, but will certainly reduce it.
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1Find out the material your bed is made of. This will determine what your next action should be.
- If the bed is made of metal, tightening the fasteners holding the bed together may solve the problem. This is a relatively simple job of finding out the size of the bolt and nuts, getting a wrench and tightening them up. A quick shot of lubricant (such as WD-40 or petroleum jelly) can be very helpful in reducing any squeaking noises.
- If the bed is wood, tightening the fasteners may not be an option. Many older beds are held together with nails instead of bolts and the board that is causing the issue may be split, making it very difficult to tighten. In any event, an application of lubricant such as WD-40 will go a long way to silence the bed. Although some people do not believe that a lube made for metal will work on wood, it will do more than you might suspect.
2Do a thorough final inspection of the bed frame. This should be done periodically even after the repairs, regardless of whether your bed frame is wood or metal. Sometimes a 'new' squeak may be the only clue that the bed itself is loosening and could possibly fail at some point. If a bed frame looks like it might be becoming weak in one corner, you could either attempt to reinforce it or replace it.Ad
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- Most times it's not the frame that makes noise, but the box spring. A simple fix is putting a piece of wood between the mattress and the box spring. Plywood works as well, but it only comes in 4'x8' pieces. If you don't have a truck, a cheaper alternative is to pick up some 1"x6"-6' fence boards and place them on the slates of the box spring.
- If the bed frame is unbalanced, it may squeak as you move in bed. Look for a balance problem, such as an uneven floor or a damaged leg. Some bed frames may also contain hard plastic wheels at the corners and plastic standouts in the center of the frame. Overtime, this arrangement may distort the balance of the bed frame if the bed is on a soft surface such as a carpet. Removing the center standout and adding another type of support (i.e. a couple of books and a jar lid) may help.
- Go for the most affordable approach first and you might spend a couple of dollars at most. If that fails, go for the more drastic repairs.
- Bed frames sometimes do need to be replaced. Squeaks may be the first sign that time is taking its toll, or they may just be in need of tuning. Generally, if a bolt continues to back out and loosen itself, you may only need to replace the bolt, which will cost about 50 cents. If the holes that the bolts go through are worn, this would indicate it may be time to rework or replace the frame. Keeping the bolts tight will greatly increase the life of a metal frame because the bolts can't ream out the holes as easily.
- If there are rollers on the frame, turn the middle wheels the opposite corners.
- When using spray lubricant, you should apply enough to cease the squeaking, but it should be used sparingly. It usually takes far less than a half ounce of spray lubricant to stop a simple squeak.
- Be careful when tightening bolts to use the proper wrench. An adjustable wrench may do the job, but it can also easily round the corners off the bolt and nut. If the corners are severely rounded, you may not be able to remove the bolt without filing new flats onto the side of the head. This is an undesirable task that can be easily avoided by finding a wrench that snugly fits the bolts.
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If you are a character on the average show on The CW, you're probably between the ages of 16 and 30 and supermodel gorgeous. And the odds are pretty good that you're a vampire, a monster hunter, a superhero, a mutant with superpowers or an alien from outer space — and you're caught up in some sort of high-drama soap opera.
It's just what happens on the network that targets viewers in their teens and 20s.
"That is what works for us," said CW president Mark Pedowitz, who describes the shows as "high concept/fantasy meets serialized drama."
"High concept" is TV speak for an idea that can be easily communicated — not necessarily an idea that is highly intelligent or highbrow. The CW's newest series, "Star Crossed" (Monday, 8 p.m., Ch. 30), is a high-school soap opera about the romance between a human girl and an alien boy, one of the survivors of a huge spaceship that crash-landed on Earth.
The new show — sort of "Romeo and Juliet" meets "Alien Nation" — will join The CW's two vampire series ("Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals"), its two series about mutants ("Beauty and the Beast" and "Tomorrow People"), its show about monster hunters ("Supernatural") and its superhero show ("Arrow").
To say the network has an affinity for this kind of thing would be an understatement.
"We look for those type of shows," Pedowitz said.
Sci-fi teen soaps aren't all that easy to find. And you have to make some allowances for the fact that the aliens look like every other supermodel-gorgeous person who has a few alienlike, tattoo-looking facial birthmarks.
Never fear, there is a sci-fi explanation for why aliens look so much like us.
"We don't delve hugely into it," said executive producer Adele Lim, "but we hint at a common ancestor."
You could say that science fiction and fantasy are in the DNA of The CW. They were certainly in the DNA of UPN and The WB, the two defunct networks that merged to form The CW in 2006.
UPN launched with the premiere of "Star Trek: Voyager" and aired sci-fi series like "Star Trek: Enterprise," "Jake 2.0," "Level 9" and "The Sentinel."
The WB had an extensive history with fantasy and sci-fi — "Angel," "Birds of Prey," "Charmed" and "Roswell," just to name a few. Both Superman (in the form of "Smallville") and "Supernatural" transitioned from The WB to The CW when the network launched in 2006.
The WB's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (which moved to UPN for its sixth and seventh seasons) is almost a template for much of what The CW airs now — serialized, ensemble-cast drama featuring young-adult characters and supernatural elements.
Not only is the The CW airing the Green Arrow-adaptation "Arrow," but it's developing another series centering on comic-book superhero the Flash.
"We want to expand upon the DC universe," Pedowitz said. "We think they have rich characters that we can use."
And not only is "Supernatural" a virtual lock to return for a 10th season in the fall, The CW is developing a spinoff.
We don't know who will be in the shows, but we can count on them being young and extraordinarily good-looking.
"Well, we don't think it's just about them being pretty and handsome," said "Star Crossed" executive producer Adele Lim. "A big part of it for the aliens was that they be relatable to us."
Well, we all want to be young and good-looking, right?
You could argue that The CW is more committed to science fiction and fantasy than even the Syfy Channel, which is replete with hokey ghost-hunter and reality competition shows.
"Star Crossed" executive producer Josh Appelbaum said CW executives have been "incredibly supportive" of his team's efforts to "dive into science fiction."
"There's always a romantic component to it and there's the high school and all that stuff," he said. "But [CW execs] kept pushing us, and we were thrilled to go deeper and deeper into the science fiction. Where did they come from? What was the reality of that planet? The different factions within the [aliens], really understanding their culture. And then, as the season goes on, really dissecting and questioning — was it a crash landing? How did why really did they come here?
"So for the sci-fi fans, we'll be touching on things like that and a lot more things I think they'll get a kick out of."
And there's more sci-fi to come on The CW. On March 17, the network will launch "The 100" — a series set 97 years after a nuclear holocaust rendered Earth uninhabitable. The surviving humans have been living on a space station, and as the series begins, 100 incredibly gorgeous young criminals are sent back to the planet to recolonize.
"I think what we're doing is a hard sci-fi show on broadcast television," said executive producer Jason Rothenberg. "There's not a lot of it out there right now."
Except on The CW.
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Knights at Valley Forge Christian College Classic
It has been a tough season thus far for the Knights, and when they seemed to be finding their way, another problem rears it head. This weekend, at the Valley Forge Christian College Classic, Dylan Genung suffered an injury in the second game of the weekend, and he saw no more action for the remainder of the tournament. And when a team that is just finding its way looses their point guard, it is a set back.
KCU fell on Thursday to Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College from Oklahoma, 83-75; on Friday they lost to Lincoln Christian University of Lincoln, Illinois, 85-73; and they dropped a game on Saturday to host Valley Forge Christian College, 80-68.
Over the weekend, the Knights were led by Caleb Ford, who had 84 points and 29 rebounds. Ace Puckett had 34 points, and 25 boards, as well as 5 assists and a team-high 9 steals. Tyler Farley dropped in 32 points, and he had 12 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Adam Hopkins had 22 points and 6 assists. Genung had 17 points, 4 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals, despite playing only the first game and about 5 minutes of the second game.
The Knights record moves to 1-8, and they will be in action next on Tuesday, December 3, against Alice Lloyd College, at 8 PM in Grayson.


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How to Earn More from Your Current Job (Without a Raise or Promotion)
Published on - January 30th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
This is a guest post from Lily of The Honest Dollar, a great new personal finance blog.
The most common ways to increase your salary are to get promoted or to negotiate a raise. But promotions don't come along often, and negotiating a raise may or may not result in a salary increase. So what do you do when you want to make more, but you're between promotions and raises? The good news is that you're not out of options. The bad news is that you'll need to get creative and may have to use a little elbow grease.
Low Effort, High Reward
401(k) match. Perhaps the easiest way to get your employer to give you more money is to contribute to your 401(k), if your employer offers a match. A 2007 Hewitt Associates survey [PDF] reports that 98% of employers put some money into 401(k) plans, and two-thirds provide matching contributions. According to Hewitt, the most common type of match is 50% of employee contributions up to 6% of pay. This means that if you make $60,000, then contribute $3,600 to your 401(k), your employer will kick in $1,800. That's free money that should never be left on the table, if you can help it.
Employee referral rewards. Most companies have employee referral programs, where an employee recommends a candidate and earns a bonus if the referral is subsequently hired. This is an effective way for firms to discover great candidates without paying exorbitant headhunter fees. But referral programs are not always well-publicized. Check with your HR department to see if a program exists and what the rewards are for referrers, then consider submitting a few referrals. Tread carefully, since referring a bunch of people who are not qualified to work at your company will reflect negatively upon you.
High Effort, High Reward
Ask for a better 401(k). Maybe your 401(k) doesn't offer enough choice to fully diversify your retirement savings. Maybe the only investment options carry high fees. Maybe you have to pay fees to the 401(k) administrator. If your 401(k) plan is unreasonably awful, it may be time to speak up and ask for a change; SmartMoney offers a few tips to lobby for a better 401(k). While this does not directly increase your income, it puts your money to work more efficiently. High fees can cost you thousands of dollars by the time you're ready to retire, and bad investment options can cost even more.
Improve your skill set. Even if your company didn't give you a raise this year, the best way to score one next year is to make yourself indispensable. One way to do this is to constantly improve your knowledge and skill set. This can mean taking training classes offered by your employer, seeking additional certification in your industry, or even getting an advanced degree. The good news is that some employers are willing to pay for education. Large companies may have established tuition reimbursement programs. If you're willing to do the paperwork and put in the study hours, you can get a graduate degree at a huge discount. [J.D.'s note: Even small companies can have tuition reimbursement programs. At the box factory, we'll pay for one class per term. Nobody ever takes us up on it, though.]
Non-Cash Rewards
Ask for non-monetary rewards. Bankrate.com notes that it's difficult to negotiate hard benefits, or "employment areas defined by statues and tax deductions [including] health benefits, pension plans and 401(k)s, stock options, insurance programs, tuition reimbursement and day care." However, employers have more leeway when it comes to non-regulated benefits and rewards that don't necessarily require a large and lasting cash outlay, like a raise would. For example, consider asking for an extra week of vacation or a flexible work arrangement where you can telecommute once a week. After all, time is money, and getting more free time (especially free time with family or friends) can be a lot more valuable than a meager raise.
Volunteer within the firm. There are many ways to contribute to your company outside of excelling at your job. Join the recruiting team and participate in school events and interviews. Offer to write a company blog. Even organize the firm holiday party. These volunteering gigs may not have immediate or monetary rewards, but they will expand your in-firm network outside of your department. This might create career opportunities that would not otherwise have been available, and it doesn't cost you anything but your time.
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Taking advantage of all your company has to offer will require some effort on your part. In the short term, your paycheck may not get bigger, but you may be making more money nonetheless. On a $60,000 salary, in a single year:
- You can get $1,800 by getting the maximum 401(k) match if you company matches 50% of employee contributions up to 6% of salary.
- You can get $1,500 for referring a candidate who is later hired by your company. (Payouts vary, but the number seems reasonable given going rates in technology, nursing, and chemical engineering.)
- You can get $11,000 more out of a 401(k) contribution of $10,000 this year if you manage to lower your investment cost by 0.5% per year for the next 20 years by convincing your company to cover administrative fees or offer lower cost funds.
- You can get $5,000 in tuition reimbursement. Of course, you also get the benefit of additional education and accreditation.
- You can get the equivalent of $1,200 in salary if you get one additional week of paid vacation.
- You can get priceless career opportunities by expanding your network through volunteering opportunities within your firm.
Taken together, those are over $20,000 in non-salary benefits. Opportunities vary at every company, but you won't get a dollar if you don't try.
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Fantastic ideas. People often overlook these and fail to "manage" their own job benefits, thinking that the job of human resources.
The section on volunteering is spot on. By doing this one thing, you'll increase your network and potentially help get yourself noticed by others in the organization.
Thanks again for having me, J.D.!
I am constantly amazed by people who don't take advantage of their 401ks. You have to remember that not only do you sometimes get a match, which is free money, but that is pretax!
Lower your tax liability and get free money? How does that not make it onto every bodies radar?
I agree on the 401k conundrum. I also don't know why more people are driving into work instead of trying to telecommute. This is a great benefit and makes for a better quality of life for most people.
I participate in our 401k right up to the match, then I contribute to Roth IRAs with any additional retirement money. THe match is great, but after that the tax-free withdrawals in retirement are worth missing out on the pre-tax deductions up front.
Wow. The company I work for makes millions every year but still treats the place like a small business. Were lucky to not have to pay for our coffee in the breakroom! Our 401k is 25% of the first 4% contribution of each paycheck, so if I made $500 a week and contributed 4% (which is $20) they would contribute 25% of the $20 bucks which is $5 bucks. Sucks!
The 401K company match is the best way to get those retirement accounts flowing. Then fully fund your ROTH!
Just make sure you don't save too much for retirement and focus on building up those taxable accounts too so you can enjoy some of that money before you retire!
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How about a discussion on our "benefit elections".
My company offers, Long/short-term disability, two dental plans, life insurance, health insurance, legal help, flexible spending accounts, etc all for a fee.
Sometimes, I feel like it's a waste of money to "elect" many of these options.
I take the health, dental, disability, and ignore all the rest. The life insurance is only good for as long as I am an employee. I have term outside of the company benefits.
Also, I claim one extra dependent on my W-4. This gives me a light raise and limit's my interest-free loan to Uncle Sam.
Cheers, Ian
I have an additional suggestion for bringing home more money from your existing job. Where I work, and presumably many other places, when we go on a business trip our meals are covered by a daily allowance. I get a fixed amount for each day I'm gone regardless of how much I actually spend (only true for food; not for rental car, hotel, or other big costs). On a trip last year to Washington DC I got around $60 per day for food and incidental expenses. I used half of that amount and still ate very well. At the end of a week long trip I had an extra $150 to take home. On another trip to New Jersey, rather than save the extra food money, it was enough to buy an extra plane ticket for my wife to join me on the trip. She had never been to NYC, and we were right across the tunnel and a quick bus ride into the city. She got a nearly free vacation out of the deal. This does not work for everybody but for some it can be a nice source of "Found Money."
Great ideas.
In our part of the world we do not have the 401′s etc, but the idea of tuition reimbursement, volunteering etc are equally applicable.
These are great ideas. They also remind us of reasons besides just salaries to be thankful for the jobs we have. Benefits such as 401k programs that employers offer are expensive. I think that employees that truly believe they are fortunate tend to be the ones that advance and get raises. A grateful attitude is noticeable by employers and is usually rewarded.
I wish my company offered tuition reimbursement, I would be well on my way to a master's degree. Or probably just working towards degrees in topics I find interesting.
If only I knew about tuition reimbursement when I was going to school.
My company offers no match but if it did I would take advantage of it. I still contribute a little bit to my 401(k) and more to a Roth IRA.
Lily: I always enjoy your posts, and this was a good one!
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Ian – I totally agree that one should pick and choose which benefits to elect. Some benefits (like additional insurance beyond the basic package offered) still require employee contributions, and it makes no sense to put money in if it's not something you need. I used the W4 trick as an intern because the IRS was treating me like I'd be making $50,000 for a year when I was really only making $10,000 for the summer. However, I'd be careful about claiming credits or dependents you don't actually have. You run the danger of under-withholding, which may result in a tax penalty. Sometimes the math still works out, though.
adfecto – I know a few companies that offer perks like these. My company pays up to $25 for dinner when employees work late. However, I'd probably clear big-ticket expenses (like a flight for your wife) with Accounting or whoever's in charge of expenses first. Sometimes this is acceptable – for example, a client meeting where the clients will be bringing spouses. But I've know people to get in trouble for "embezzling" per diems and travel allowances that they don't use. Every company treats these expenses slightly differently, so it's worth a call to Accounting to see if keeping the extra is legit.
Jeff – I think a good attitude is definitely key to a good work experience, and I hope my article opens some people's eyes. However, I hope workers don't get too grateful and complacent with what they get. For most companies, there's always room for improvement.
Everyone else – Thanks so much for reading my article!
Heh, I'm in a union, but the same kind of advice applies: read your contract, and make sure you're taking advantage of every clause that applies to you. For example, we have disability pay with our health insurance–and you can get it for pregnancy and birth-related disability. One of the women here has horrific nausea in the first trimester, and can take a few weeks off to deal with it because she gets the disability pay.
We can also sell back sick days and vacation days under some circumstances–and then invest that money.
Tuition reimbursement sounds like a great idea, but every company I've worked for says that they reimburse for classes that are applicable to your current job. I'm a legal secretary looking to finish my business degree, so does anyone know how I might still take advantage of the benefit with that limitation? My company already provides extensive in-house technology training, so that's not an option.
A big item that is missing is flexible spending accounts and dependent care accounts. I'm shocked how many educated people do not take advantage of these. Now, major chains like CVS and Walgreens even mark on your receipt which items count towards your FSA.
You can set aside an amount of money, pre-tax for health expenses. So, if you have a five dollar co-pay, you can pay that pre-tax, rather than post tax.
A big item that is missing is flexible spending accounts and dependent care accounts.
Eh, my husband has a medical FSA. One year we used it. It took a total of 65 hours of my time over the course of the year, plus $30 in photocopying and postage, to recover the money because of the onerous procedures required by the manager of the FSA. We decided the minimal net savings was not worth the frustration.
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Hmm. most of these aren't options where I work. I don't know too many people that do have them. I think you need to do an article about how many of these benefits are disappearing and what to do about it. I wouldn't be surprised if paid vacations become a thing of the past in the next 5-10 years.
I don't think these benefits are disappearing. In fact, benefits like employee referrals and flexible work arrangements are on the rise. Companies realize that they can get better quality candidates (ones that are likely to do a good job and stick around, once hired) if they seek referrals. They are also becoming more receptive to flex time as telecommunication technology improves and work/life balance becomes a bigger concern. 401(k) match, in particular, is on the rise. What makes you think benefits like paid vacation are going away?
Basically because everything I've read regarding studies done over the last few years says that overall, benefits are on the decline, as well as 401k matching. Some of the articles I've read said that there was growth in benefits in some particular industries but that again, overall, benefits were on the decline. This dovetails (unfortunately!) with my own experience as well as everyone I know. I don't of anyone who's benefits have increased and my friends are from a wide range of industries.
I don't know if vacations are going away but I wouldn't be surprised. It would be different if the job market was better. Trying to get a different job these days is sort of like trying to sell your house! Maybe I'm wrong about all this, I hope so…
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Relaxed, yet refined, Simple Chic isn't afraid of a few wrinkles. Mix found pieces with fresh linen and natural materials with a wash of color. For the thrill of the hunt and the rush of a deal, shop vintage and thrift. For those who prefer new, here are 5 chairs that fit the look.
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1. Antibes Linen Armchair, Graham & Green, £1695
2. Jamine Chair, Lillian August, $1548
3. Old Hickory Tannery Burlap Bergere Chair, Horchow, $2619
4. Butterfly Beige Linen Folding Chair, Overstock, $240.29
5. Deconstructed English Roll Armchair, Restoration Hardware, $1095
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In regards to #4, if this is "chic" then I've been mislead my whole life.
#5 looks so comfy, but when I went to their website I see that it looks like someone hauled it out of a dumpster. I do not wish to fork out $1000 for the dumpster look. I still like the overall style though.
#4 is chic? Looks like a camping chair.


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Association Agreement Initialed Between Ukraine, EU
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Ukraine got one step closer to the association with the European Union as the Association Agreement between the two parties was initialed in Brussels today. The representatives of Ukrainian and European negotiating delegations have put their initials on the select pages of the political and economic parts of the document.
The Association Agreement creates a framework for cooperation and stipulates establishing closer economic, cultural, and social ties between the signees. Moreover, Brussels officials expect the document to promote the rule of law, democracy, and human rights in Ukraine.
The preamble of the Association Agreement reflects the support of Ukraine's European choice by the EU. The Union recognized that Ukraine belongs to European identity and practices European values.
The 170 page political part of the Association Agreement regulates Ukraine - EU relations on the political level. The European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle previously stated that the Association Agreement norms would set Ukraine onto the course of reforms in accordance with the European legislation. It would help achieve Ukrainian ambitions for mobility and modernization of the public services.
Additionally to the political part, the Association Agreement features the 180 page of the economic part, as well as 1350 pages of appendixes.
The economic part of the document concerns the introduction of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. It covers all trade-related issues, regulating the questions of competition, customs, energy, intellectual property, public procurement, services, and sustainable development. The provisions are set to improve investment climate in Ukraine and help develop business cooperation between the two regions.
After initialing, the full text of the Association Agreement would have to be translated into Ukrainian and languages of EU member states. The next stage of the association process would be to sign the agreement. Following that, 27 parliaments will ratify the document. The concluding part of the association will be the subsequent implementation of the Association Agreement.
After 21 rounds of negotiations over the Association Agreement, Ukraine and the EU finalized the negotiating process on December 19, 2011. Association talks between Ukraine and the EU started on March 5, 2007.
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Gerard deals with Frank's death, and something strange happens.
As it turns out, Frank did make it out alive.
As soon as the scent of smoke hit his nostrils, he bolted from the motel room without his shirt or belt. "Fire!" he yelled as he went. "FIRE!"
Frank fled from the motel without looking back. He swerved around the red Acadia and ran down the road. He thought he might have heard someone calling his name, but it was so faint he ignored it.
Eventually he had run out of breath and had to stop, but by then he had made it to the end of his street. Amazed at what a human could do with an adrenaline rush, he walked slowly back to his motel room with a stitch in his side. Thank God he hadn't taken his sneakers off.
It wasn't until he had flopped back onto his bed that Frank realized that he could have run to Gerard's apartment.
'He wouldn't care,' Frank told himself firmly. 'You were with a client, right outside his apartment! He wouldn't want to see you!"
Frank got up and went to his dresser. He pulled open the front drawer and looked at the two pieces of clothing tucked and folded neatly inside. Without thinking, he put on the white shirt and blue jeans. He stared at himself in the mirror.
"Thank You For The Venom," he read aloud. "Too bad it didn't kill me."
Exhausted from the day's events, he went back to his bed. Frank wrapped himself up in the comforter he had bought for himself and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Gerard was in shock.
No amount of crying or screaming could convince him that he had watched Frank burn to death inside that motel a week ago. No fucking way.
He had heard that three people had died in that fire; two males and a female. The report hadn't given any names.
'Two males,' Gerard kept thinking. 'And Frank can't be one of them. No fucking way.'
Wanting to forget what he saw, Gerard turned to booze as an escape from reality. For three days, he'd come home so drunk that he couldn't even spell his name.
But that fire still burned in his mind. That roaring inferno that had taken Frank away from him.
No. Fucking. Way.
When alcohol didn't help, Gerard found himself writing poems. All of them had to do with that horrific day, the day he lost someone he loved. There was one that Gerard had tried to make into a song, but he couldn't get past singing the first two lines without breaking down all over again.
So it was on a very windy Thursday afternoon that Gerard decided to take a ride in his old silver Subaru. He drove with his sunglasses on, even though it was cloudy. He didn't want anyone to see the red puffiness in his eyes.
He didn't know where he was going. Gerard just let his hands steer him wherever he needed to go without really feeling it. He supposed this was what it was like being the tin man from 'The Wizard of Oz.'
Gerard had driven into a part of town that he didn't go into very often. It was an area known for its abundance of druggies and...
And prostitutes.
Gerard slammed on the breaks, the tires squealing in protest. He ran a shaky hand through his hair and took off his sunglasses, unable to stand wearing them any longer.
"Damn," Gerard said softly. "Oh damn."
Has this been Frank's corner? Had he stood there, waiting to be picked up by some scumbag looking for a quick fuck? Was this where he had waited before being burned to death in that motel?
No fucking way.
Frank was standing with his hands shoved in his pockets when the car screeched to a halt beside him. He stood there for a while, debating on wether or not he should get in. Then a wind blew with so cold that Frank almost died on the spot.
'Nope,' he decided. 'I'm not staying out here. Fuck that.'
Frank yanked the door open and slid inside, breathing a small sigh of relief as the heat surrounded him. Vanilla-scented air-freshener added to the cozy effect.
He had barely enough time to begin to contemplate his strategy for this client when the unthinkable happened.
Frank's heart stopped. 'It's just an old client,' he told himself. 'You are not going to freak out. You've had tons of clients, and this one just decided to come back for more. You will not freak out.'
Very slowly, Frank turned his head to meet his client.
Greenish-hazel eyes stared back at him, wide with shock and surrounded by skin red from... crying?
No. Fucking. Way. You are having a hallucination. You will soon come out of it and find yourself freezing your ass off outside. You are not in a car with Gerard Way. You are not-
Gerard crushed his mouth against Frank's, effectively cutting off any other thoughts.
Gerard flinched violently when his door opened and a person climbed in. He was about to order them out of his car when he saw who it was.
Short, black-haired, beautiful Frank.
Oh. My. God.
Gerard heard Frank sigh, a sound that he wanted to replay for the rest of his life.
Frank was alive. Frank wasn't dead. Frank was in his car.
"Frank?" he heard himself ask. His voice was weak, just like his knees.
Gerard saw Frank's posture go rigid. After what seemed like forever, Frank slowly turned his head to face him. His green eyes were huge in his pale face.
Oh my shit.
Losing any control he may have had before, Gerard lunged forward and kissed Frank with all the strength he had. The other man felt so wonderfully solid and real.
Frank was alive. Frank wasn't dead. Frank was alive!
All the loss and sorrow he had felt went into the kiss, along with the month of longing that he had spent before the fire. It was passionate and messy, but it was real.
Gerard felt Frank's lips moving with his own and felt a rush of happiness. Frank was kissing him back! Frank did want him!
The cold metal of Frank's lip ring soon warmed under Gerard's body heat, and Frank changed the kiss by sucking gently on Gerard's lower lip. Oh God, that was amazing.
The two finally ran out of air and had to separate. Both men were breathing heavily, with twin blushes and passion-filled eyes.
After what seemed like an eternity, Frank spoke.
"Please tell me I'm not being paid for this."
"Hell no," Gerard growled before melding his mouth to Frank's again.
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Forthcoming: Gender Shadow Report on Haiti Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In recent weeks, Haitian government officials and global stakeholders representatives have worked to draft a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) to serve as a blueprint for Haiti's reconstruction. Although the PDNA is comprised of eight themes: governance, productive sectors, social sectors, infrastructure sectors, territorial development, environment and disaster risk reduction, economic analysis and cross-cutting sector (including gender, youth, culture, social protection, etc), only one theme (cross-cutting sector) peripherally addresses gender.
Women's full participation and leadership in all phases of the reconstruction of Haiti (as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and other internationally recognized standards) requires that a gender perspective be integrated into ongoing discussions and planning. The majority of Haitian women are members of grassroots communities whose voices and perspectives are equally critical to integrate into all aspects of the new National Action Plan for Haiti.
Therefore, a broad coalition of women from diverse backgrounds working both on the ground in Haiti, in grassroots communities, and within the international arena has resolved to produce a Gender Shadow Report to be released prior to the Haiti Donors' Conference to be held at United Nations Headquarters on March 31, 2010.
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Thimphu, Bhutan—For Namgya Dolma, the modernization of Bhutan's financial system cannot happen too soon. The Lungta Handicrafts shop manager in Thimphu said the lack of ATMs, credit card authorization systems, and other international financial systems hurts the country's tourism businesses. She has to e-mail credit card information to a bank in neighboring Nepal to get clearance, a process that can take 2 to 3 days. And that is only for Visa cards; she has yet to find a way to get clearance for MasterCards.
"Some of our customers want to buy so many things," she said. "They are piled up on our counter. Then they take out their MasterCard, and we can't process it, and they have to put it all back. We lose those sales."
"It's difficult for us to do business," she said. "We still have a very old-fashioned financial system in Bhutan. We have to run a cash business and our foreign tourist customers don't travel with a lot of cash."
Traditionally, banks in Bhutan have never been very customer-friendly. They have generally served a few large customers and left others by the wayside, according to officials.
An ADB-backed financial services project is helping open up the country to financial services such as credit card use by tourists. But that is only part of the program's much broader mandate.
"Banks and financial institutions never went to the doorstep of the customer," said Eden Dema, chief of the Financial Institution Supervision Division of Bhutan's Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), the equivalent of its central bank. "The customers had to come to the banks. There was always a firewall between the customers and the banks, and there was little the RMA could do about it."
The US$13 million ADB-supported Financial Sector Development Program was designed to improve governance, promote a better investment climate, and encourage private sector participation. Among its other achievements, the program helped build the capacity to license new banks.
"We tried everything to break the ice between the banks and customers, but we couldn't succeed because it couldn't be done through regulations," Dema said, noting that the RMA was primarily a regulatory agency. "It required that the banks be proactive. It wasn't a regulatory issue, it was a customer service issue."
The program helped the RMA bring in new players to boost competition in the banking industry.
In 2008, with support from the ADB-backed program, it granted licenses to two new banks and one new insurance company.
"After we gave the approval in principle for these two new banks, we immediately saw changes in the existing banks," Dema said. "They felt the oncoming competition and we saw mobile banking, we saw increased customer services, we saw a menu of new services being offered to attract customers."
"This is just the tip of the iceberg," she said. "Once the new banks start operations, the financial changes we will see in terms of services offered and quality of customer service will be much more than what we are seeing even now."
The licensing of new banks is just one part of a farreaching ADB program to modernize the finance sector. ADB's assistance to the finance sector has included four loans totaling US$21 million. ADB helped prepare a finance sector development strategy that was incorporated into Bhutan's Ninth Five-Year Plan and has helped the country develop its capacity to manage project financing and risk appraisal. The RMA has increased its ability to evaluate bank license applications, while ensuring legal compliance and consumer protection.
Although Bhutan has enjoyed a high rate of economic growth, based primarily on exporting power to neighboring India, it remains a country with a small, underdeveloped economy. The government and ADB are working together to boost private sector development, diversify the economy, and create jobs. A key constraint on improving the economy is entrepreneurs' limited access to finance.
"We have seen that some financial institutions have too much of an appetite to offer credit but they do not have the funds to offer credit," said Dema. "We have seen others who have too many funds to offer but no appetite to extend credit. They traditionally only lend to a few clients, not to entrepreneurs and new businesses."
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While ADB helps build a credit information system that will further enhance the use of credit and lending, Dema said the results of ADB's program are already evident.
"Lending is already increasing," she said. "On average, we have seen a 28% growth year on year over the last 5 years."
"Development of the country's financial sector will improve access to finance, diversify existing financial services, and provide a conducive business climate overall," said Chia-Hsin Hu, an ADB finance sector economist.
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 129
- Fat: 5.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.5g
- Protein: 1.4g
- Carbohydrate: 21.1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Iron: 0.5mg
- Sodium: 26mg
- Calories from fat: 38%
- Fiber: 2g
- Calcium: 13mg
- 2 (0.3-ounce) packages sugar-free black cherry-flavored gelatin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce
- 1 cup ice water
- 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Combine gelatin and boiling water in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add cranberry sauce and ice water, stirring well. Add pineapple and pecans; stir. Cover and chill 4 hours or until set.
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The degree of Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa) was conferred upon Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley AM at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning graduation ceremony held at 9.30am on 16 April 2010.
Deputy Chancellor, it gives me great pleasure to commend Kenneth Frank Charles Woolley to you for the award of Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa). Ken Woolley has distinguished himself as one of the legends of Australian architecture, a passionate advocate for his profession and a distinguished alumnus of this University.
Ken was educated at Sydney Boys High School and studied architecture at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1955 with first class honours, the University Medal, Sulman Medal and Stephenson Turner Medal. Early in his career he designed, with colleagues, a number of innovative buildings of remarkable quality including the Chemistry School and the award winning Fisher Library at this University, and the urbane high-rise State Office Block in Phillip St, sadly now demolished.
The remarkable aspect of Ken's approach to architecture is that each building is a unique achievement, perfectly crafted to blend with its physical and social context. His major works include:
- The Town Hall House offices of the Council of the City of Sydney and the refurbishment of the nearby Queen Victoria Building
- The Park Hyatt Hotel at Campbell's Cove
- The Australian Broadcasting Commission's Radio and Orchestral Centre in Ultimo
- The Exhibition Hall, Sports Hall and Hockey Stadium at the Homebush Olympic and Showground complex
- The Arc glasshouse and the Pavilion Restaurant in the Royal Botanic Gardens
- The Control Tower at Sydney Airport
- Major extensions to the State Library of Victoria
- The Australian Embassy in Bangkok, plus
- Over 3,500 Pettit and Sevitt merchant houses built in the '60s and '70s that are are loved by their owners like vintage cars, and are the subject of an exhibition in the Powerhouse Museum.
These buildings and many others have been awarded the highest honours the architectural profession can bestow. Ken Woolley was awarded the Royal Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1993 for his outstanding contributions to Australian architecture and was inducted as a Member of the Order of Australia in 1988. In the words of Emeritus Professor Peter Webber, former NSW Government Architect:
"The architecture of Ken Woolley is memorable because of the integrity of its structure and form, its exquisite refinement of detail and materials, and its urbanity. Woolley has never been hostage to stylistic ideology, he has never been captive to the dogma of the Modern Movement or obscure Post-Modern rhetoric. Every one of his buildings responds sensitively and creatively to its particular context, and superbly relates to its neighbours and the broader environment. Only rarely are their architectural forms visually assertive, and only when their cultural or spiritual purpose embodies values which justify distinctive expression."
Like all great architects, Ken Woolley is not afraid to initiate debate on major urban design issues. He recently published a design for a large opera theatre at Bennelong Point, built under the gardens of Government House as a practical alternative to an official, extravagant proposal to gut and rebuild the existing opera auditorium. He is also to publish a book on the history of the Opera House that will be a rigorous, dispassionate examination of the political, architectural and engineering decisions that shaped it and will lay bare some of the myths of its creation.
Deputy Chancellor, Ken Woolley is an outstanding alumnus of this University who has applied the highest intellectual standards to the practice of his professional art, and who has enriched this nation with his works, and his unwavering search for rigour and truth in architectural discourse. I heartily commend him to you for the degree of Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa).


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Concert by the Pacific Symphony: "Rite of Spring Turns 100"
Saturday, June 8, 2013
[with live simulcast]
Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Rite of Spring(part of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for Rite of Spring)
Started by pherank , May 30 2013 06:17 PM
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Posted 30 May 2013 - 06:17 PM
Posted 30 May 2013 - 06:28 PM
It's great that they're simulcasting this: it gives a lot more opportunity to celebrate.
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