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LAHORE: The Punjab government has ordered different market unions to take concrete measures to stop the sale of laptops in open markets by the beneficiary students of Punjab chief minister's Youth Initiative program.
It was earlier reported that the free laptops given to students as part of the youth program by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were being sold online as well as at Hafeez Centre in Lahore.
As a step to control the act, the Lahore police have been deployed in the markets known for the resale of free laptops. Hafeez Center, the biggest market for laptops in Lahore is also being monitored by the police.
Shopkeepers said that the police often follow the person who enters the market with a laptop of any brand.
A shopkeeper at Hafeez Center, dealing with laptop accessories, told The Express Tribune that he had been strictly told by the market president not to buy any laptop of the scheme in any case, and anyone found doing so would be dealt strictly with by the union and even an FIR might be registered against the shopkeeper.
"Since the intimation, no one is ready to purchase those laptops. However, students come here regularly for Windows installation as the laptops are given with Linux based operating system by default, which is not common here and no one knows how to operate the system with Linux," he said.
He admitted that few free laptops were being purchased by different shopkeepers but the exchange happened in the very initial days and no one is ready to purchase the laptop now.
Police teams, he said, are visiting the market regularly to find any student or shopkeeper involved in the act. This has added fear and a wave of frustration among the shopkeepers as police teams often interrogate even if any student comes to reinstall Windows in their laptops, he said.
President of Hafeez Center Shahid Bhatti however showed his ignorance of any such order issued by the Punjab government or any other department. He said that out of the 140 shops in Hafeez center that deal in laptops, no one was reported to be involved in such activity.
He further said that several students visit the center daily to install Windows operating system and they often ask for the price of the laptop, but not a single laptop provided by the Punjab government has been purchased till date.
Punjab government spokesperson Senator Pervaiz Rasheed told The Express Tribune, "We have heard such news regarding the resale of laptops in different markets, however we haven't receive any complaint through our own sources."
Rasheed said he believes that students will never sell their laptop which was given to them in their honour.
"We also condemn such news in which this perception is being imaged that the Punjab government is trying to prove the students as thieves. The students have signed an affidavit of not selling the laptops in the open market, and we believe they will fulfill the commitment," he added.
Rasheed, however, said that despite all such assurances, anyone who is found selling or purchasing the laptop of the scheme anywhere will be preceded in accordance with the law.
Crack down! Hahahaha, i like free entertainment provided by our politicians
Are the police going to be deployed on the internet as well? What about if someone sells thier laptop to a friend? I don't believe for one second that they can effectively ensure people don't sell them on….How will they monitor it?
This Laptop iniative has turned into a laptop fiasco…just like most scams, sorry, I mean schemes by PML-N.
Lmao !!
This scheme has turned into a nightmare.
One should realise what the present situation in the country is. Imagine a household in sheer economic depression where even running a monthly budget is not possible. Tell me what would be the option of a family member in such a financial situation and a shiny laptop sitting in their home. This is a slap on the face on these families by policy makers in Punjab Govt. Althu i strongly disagree with Benazir Income Support Fund (teaching how to catch a fish is better than feeding them fish), but at least (if corruption is taken out) it still helps the Purchasing power of a family, and is much better than this laptop distribution fiasco.
:) sheer waste of money. instead of providing free laptops, punjab govt should have used the money for opening a technology centre like place in the province for these students. wonder y our governments don't think??? what are sooooooo many advisors for??
@Pakistan politics: Western countries cannot stop corruption and cheating among students, so will they stop this practice in Pakistan? In Canada many students falsify applications for university loans and grants claiming they are poor and instead use the ill gotten money for cars and personal items. This is bad for taxpayers when this money is only supposed to be used for studies at university or college.
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All the free laptops have Linux OS? LOL. This is what happens when daggas meet technology. So now all students are running around getting Windows os and MS Office installed on their systems to make the laptops useful. Sharif clan's trail of farce continues!
Instead of creating employment opportunities our rulers are looking for cheap projection. They are diverting public funds towards useless schemes. These rulers have are behaving like Mughal emperors and have no sense and no visionRecommend
This "laptop scheme" reminds me of late Shah Iran's Grand Plan of building cities with new construction & free allotment of houses for poor. Sadly without solid provision of infrastructure & governance which shocked the leaders when they found later__ the occupant of new houses were actually the rich locals who bought the houses from the poor who needed money and were happy with their life the way they were living already. No wonder such ideas always happen to leaders who are not properly advised by the properly educated & qualified advisers. I see there are tons of them here in ET's blog of readers' "advisory" responses here, ha ha!
Some people are terribly un-informed about Linux. Linux is just as useful and in many cases more useful than windows with microsoft office. It is sad that in the Land of Muslims, people are resorting to software piracy rather than use free software such as Linux and Libre Office (instead of MS Office).. Pakistan should have the biggest base of Linux and Libre Office users but it does not as we would rather use illegal copies of microsoft software then spend some time learning about the free alternatives !!! There are good alternatives for most windows popular programs (e,g. Gimp for adobe photoshop, Libre Office for MS Office, Xournal & Occular for PDF support and annotating, Mendeley and Zotero for research citation management, R and Rstudio for statistical analysis). Also "Wine" can run many windows programs in Linux that may not have a replacement.. Pakistanis please joint he open-source movement and give up software piracy..
On what basis you claim that installing Windows would make Laptops useful. Windwos is more of a headache in my experience. Laptops came with Ubuntu OS which is quite user-friendly and I have been running it for 3 years without even a problem. I installed it 3 years back and its still running today as it ran 3 years back.
I totally agree with you. It's morally and ethically wrong to use pirated softwares. We should pay for the softwre and if we cannot pay then we should spend some time learning the open source alternatives and its not even hard to learn. With Ubuntu OS, the learning curve has dropped steadily.
I have been running mostly Ubuntu OS, Fedora and OpenSuse for like 3 years and never had a problem. Infact when i bought a new laptop, the first thing I did was to remove windows 7 and install Ubuntu. I don't use windows anymore and I really feel free now.


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A man was airlifted to hospital after he was found on the railway line with a burnt foot.
The British Transport Police (BTP) were called to the line close to Witham station after a report of a man on the tracks at 11.50am today.
Essex Police officers were also in attendance.
A BTP spokesman said: "The 29-year-old man was taken to the Royal London Hospital by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service to be treated for burns injuries to his foot.
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to RV2 is easy push the limits like last week ...hahaha
ahhh the million dollar man! Oh yes and villopoto is in there too right?
lappers should be banned
So he was not on the edge, NICE still more in the tank!!
Don't you want to go and grab that dumb kid in the background pulling faces, waving & picking his teeth and smack him over the head with a Vans shoe.
Good interview Weege.
Yes Rob, stay cool RV!
That was a great interview. It's nice when these guys don't go into interview mode and actually respond to questions like normal people.
the difference is when Poto got on the 2012 bike,before that he was getting beat by CR & Rd concistantly outdoors right...so glad he didn`t start thanking
all his sponsors. Wouldnt ya rather see the rest of the racing as oppose to the winner riding off the track, & the sponsor speach on the podium. I mute it @ that point and check out monster energy girls.
Trucker RV had the points lead before he got the 2012
Trucker, it is not about frames, suspensions, or stickers it is about rider. RV is the best motocross rider in the world there fore he owns all the championships.
villopoto at unadilla was when he got on 2012, from there on he and his steed have went together like pbnj, the bike just suits him alot better then the 2011, hes riding this 450 like a 250 on steroids hes staying lower, cornering faster, starting better then everyone, he has the best setup without a doubt, when u combine those things u have a winning package, he may not win them all but he will be in the top 3 each week. THE GINGER IS THE MAN TO BEAT
Great interview Weege. RV is an animal a ton of confidence...I am calling Reed winning, and a crazy battle between RV and JS for second. This race always turns out weird.
Fat kid @ 2:27. Best Part.
What's with the Fat Kid in the background. Does his fat mama not have any control over her kid?
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The 8-5 Denver Broncos are on a winning streak, but some wonder if it's because they're not playing elite teams. This Sunday marks a game most Broncos consider a true test, the Patriots.
Broncos see Patriots as big barometer
Denver Broncos
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They're 7-1 since
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''Yeah, well, we need to prove it to ourselves,'' star cornerback
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And so, the AFC East-leading Patriots are feasting on opponents, putting up an AFC-best 31 points a game.
That kind of firepower means the AFC West-leading Broncos' notoriously slow-starting offense will have to keep pace, and given New England's defensive shortcomings, this game could turn into a shootout.
Only twice have the Broncos piled up points since Tebow took over in October. They put up 38 at Oakland and 35 at Minnesota. But six times they've failed to even score 20 points with Tebow starting.
That's why so many see this game as the Broncos' best barometer yet.
The Patriots have the pedigree the Broncos used to have when they, too, were a perennial playoff team. But Denver hasn't punched its ticket to the postseason party since losing to Pittsburgh in the AFC championship game following the 2005 season.
''Obviously New England has been a team that's been in the playoffs for the last decade or whatever. So they've got a lot of players who've been there,'' Broncos pass-rusher
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The Broncos have long been Brady's bugaboo, beating him five times in six tries, including a 27-13 win on Jan. 14, 2006, when Bailey returned a game-changing interception 100 yards, helping hand Brady his first playoff loss and ending New England's 10-game postseason winning streak and a shot at an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title.
''Considering how much they won the previous years, they were pretty much unbeatable,'' Bailey said. ''To get a play like that and to change the game, to get a win against a team like that, yes, it's a special moment.''
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This game doesn't hold nearly as much significance, but in many ways it's the most intriguing matchup at Mile High in years.
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''What makes them so tough is their size,'' Bailey said. ''I can keep up with them with my feet, but it's just the pushing and the shoving and the ball placement. It's tougher when you have a quarterback like Tom Brady, because he puts the ball where nobody else can get it.''
Then, he might have to chase around Welker, the 5-foot-9 dynamo who's putting up big numbers himself.
''It's like night and day, but they're all productive,'' Bailey said. ''We've got some tools that we're going to use and hopefully they work.''
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With the game scoreless and seemingly heading towards extra-time, Babalj swooped on an some sloppy Thai defending for the decisive goal on 81 minutes.
Australia, who lost to Thailand on penalties in the final a year ago, clinched their second AFF under-19 Championship in three years.
The Australians appeared the more likely early on in the contest with Mathew Leckie and Mustafa Amini having first-half chances saved by Thai keeper Wasan Narsuan.
Thailand's best chance arrived on 63 minutes but Pattana Sakjoho's shot was narrowly off target.
Then on 81 minutes, Babalj came to the fore, pouncing on Narsuan's failure to deal with a cross which created panic in the Thai defence with a poor clearance falling to the Melbourne Heart youngster who pounced for the winner.
"It would not be a final if it was an easy game," Australia coach JanVersleijen said after the match.
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Queensland Half Marathon
Nevertheless, I gave it all I had. My average pace gradually slowed through the whole race and I finished with an averge of 4:27 per K and a time of 1:34:16. Not that bad cosidering the week I had had. I did pass Geoff along the way. I think the humidity, and it was humid, may have been giving him a bit of trouble.
I wasn't able to stay for the presentations and didn't find out until this morning that I came third in my category (M55-59). That put a smile on my face.
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- Scott said...
A third place is great, congratulations. "Fast Eddie" and "Speedy Geoff" at the same event. It doesn't get better than that.
- 5:59 pm
- Robert Song said...
You may have only come third in your category but there is no one better than you at playing down your expectations.
Good run under the circumstances. - 10:33 pm
- Tesso said...
Congrats on the podium finish Eddie!
Lucky you didn't hang around, after that stomach ailment a punch in the belly from one of your co-bloggers may have been disasterous. - 11:37 am
- Ewen said...
Nothing wrong with bronze Eddie!
I would have liked to have seen speedygeoff's face when you cruised on past. He certainly had a bad day at the office. I think some niggling injuries are to blame. - 8:19 pm
- Peterhorse said...
Podium finish..woohoo!
Back to 10 days ago when you were tlaking about feeling flat and unmotivated, i just noticed the heading in your blog "I love running". Can't change that hey. Well done mate. - 8:53 am
- Clairie said...
Well Done Eddie. Can't believe you were running that fast and still had time to high five and cheer all us slowies on.
You're a gold winner in my books. - 2:36 pm
- Horrie said...
I know it wasn't one of your quicker performances. But another gutsy one and a well deserved age group placing. Well done Eddie.
- 7:53 am
- Luckylegs said...
Fabulous! Congratulations & hugs on your 3rd place...what a thrill! I'm so pleased for you, Eddie!
- 5:08 pm
- IHateToast said...
catching up...
i think you can't complain for that time after that week! if it wouldn't get squished, i'd have mailed you a cupcake! - 7:12 pm


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AussieSheila said:And they say players are fickle......how about the fans????
He can't get a game at City so we (not I) welcome him back with open arms.
Sometimes it must be hard to be a paying supporter.
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Loading... Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Game Series, No. 2) (original 1986; edition 1988)by Orson Scott Card
Work detailsSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1986)
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I started reading this book when I was a kid, after I finished Ender's game, but it didn't appeal to me. I'm glad I decided to give it a second chance, because this time around, I thought it was really good. The tone and atmosphere of the book are very different, I find. Ender is an adult, and is in a completely different situation now. He is no longer being controlled and no longer in school. Speaker for the dead deals with tolerance, truth and cultural (racial) differences. The characters are well developed. You can understand how they came to make the decisions that they do (which is important, because that is part of what the book is about). This not only goes for the human characters, but also for the piggies. Perhaps especially for the piggies. I very much like the way the biological mysteries are presented, and how the answers make everything clear. Partly I think there is some simplification going on: everybody has clear reasons for what they do, whereas in real life, I think things tend to be a bit more muddled. On the other hand, this is part of what Ender does as a speaker. He takes the muddle of everything and structures it so people can understand. Quite possibly, not even the person he speaks for would have known enough to be able to tell their own story: it is difficult to be impartial about yourself, and we are probably the most muddled about things that come close. But if the speaking is good, than that person would have resonated with the clarity Ender gives things. That clarity also permeates the book. Even though the subjects can be emotional, they are presented in a rational way. This makes it possible to lay the book aside, but doesn't take away from its allure. As a matter of fact, I happened to finish the book at 3 am in the morning (on a friday night, fortunately). If it had been a weekday, I could have put the book away, but since it wasn't, I didn't want to. Reread this after 10 years and it´s still great, mainly for the fascinating questions it poses about humanity vs. "the other." The plot is complicated but well-handled and very inventive. The scenes with the Piggies, especially towards the end when Ender meets them, are powerful, and I wish there had been more of them. My only real gripe with the book is ideological: Card never entertains the idea that perhaps exponential population growth and technological developement are not the be-all end-all of human (and alien) evolution. It´s hard to tell if this apparent belief is due to personal feeling or just to the late-80s/early-90s climate in which he wrote it. Better even than Ender's Game! Philosophical, religious, and extremely interesting personal interaction. There are many places where this could have turned into an action-adventure space opera; the cry for the help of a super-hero, the second human/alien contact and the "prime directive", the brutal slaughter of the innocent scientists, the threat of planet-wide annihilation, and more. But Card relates these events from the point of view of individuals in life-changing emotional scenes. I have to read more! After reading Ender's Game and falling in love with everything but its last chapter, I was hesitant about reading Speaker for the Dead. After the awesomeness of Battle School, did I really want to read a whole book that was spawned from that jarringly philosophical ending? I'm glad I did, because I'm almost ready to say that Speaker totally kick Ender's Game's butt. I abandoned all the rest of the plans I had for the evening to read this in one sitting. There aren't any armies of children or exciting battles, but Ender uses his classic get-into-everyone's-heads tactics and helps a colony unravel the mysteries of its citizens and an alien species that kills two of the colony's anthropologists. My only regret is that I didn't read this series earlier. I don't think of myself as a science fiction fan and I never specifically LOOK for science fiction books, but I find that I frequently DO enjoy them (Ready Player One and The Eyre Affair jump to mind as recent SF faves). On a long road trip, Ry brought Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead to listen to while we drive. I enjoyed both. We did not finish Speaker on the drive and I was engrossed so I came home to pick up the book and finish. The transition from listening to reading this novel was a bit rough because the names were not spelled the way I had imagined and that slowed me down. Once I got adjusted, I couldn't put it down. I recommend that if you read this book, you do not read it without having read Ender's Game first. Ender's Game has a much simpler plot but includes some important background for understanding Speaker for the Dead. no reviews | add a review Is contained inEnder's War by Orson Scott Card Beyond Ender's Game: Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card ContainsHas the adaptation
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0812532570, Mass Market Paperback)Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:23:32 -0400) In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker of the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening, again, humans die. And it is only the speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery, and the truth. -Back cover.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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Erik, you are absolutely right the writers, photographers and citizens that can have their own website, search engine optimize the content, reach a global audience and build a community should develop their own site. As you 80% of blogs out there have an audience of one.Let's address the misconceptions and mistakes in this answer. Do most blogs have a small to non-existent audience? Absolutely. Then again, most blog are not intended to be anything more than outlets of self-expression. And when marketing and exposure is the intent, clearly you need to do work to get more of an audience, particularly an audience that can respond in a way that turns into more work. Or you might be looking for an audience, in which case you want to focus on your connection to them as the primary thing, not the connection to some publication or site.
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The new program is about building a personal brand, writer's portfolio and citizen journalism. We try very hard to help users make money by teaching them how to promote their material (and promoting it ourselves). Also, we're bringing in partners that will sponsor the top writers. Passionate and quality writers can build great momentum and earn money. We're driving 2.7 million visitors to our site each month. Even though we say "the money you make depends on how well you do", for a lot of writers it's not about the money. It's about writing and sharing their opinions.Now, let's assume $10 cost per thousand for advertising. That's at least $27,000 a month in revenue, or $324,000 a year. That's actually not a huge amount for a business, but, still, it's a business, not a charity. But it is trying to position itself as a place that will "promote" what writers do. You might as well create your own site and work to develop an audience that's interested in you, rather than grabbing some tiny percentage of whatever the site's overall traffic is.
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A full personal interview page at Pageonelit.com PageoneLit.com and AuthorsPressReleases.com with your photo, bio, book summary, short book review, etc...This is a one time fee for long range promotional goals. Note: Your interview page will stay up forever. Note: Your interview page will stay up forever. This is your interview page to market your book as you like. Plus AuthorsPressReleases.com & Books-and-Authors.netThe claims seem to be accurate, and lord knows book authors want sales. But you're in business to get exposure and results, not to waste money, so let's get beyond the surface for a moment. Here's how Writers Digest described the site:
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They want everything for nothing. They wouldn't go for five seconds without being paid, and they'll bitch about how much they're paid and want more. I should do a freebie for Warner Brothers?Or for Demand Media or any of the writer mills? This makes me so angry that I want to grab writers by the collar and slap them repeatedly until the dazed look leaves their eyes and they get mad. Get mad at me first if that helps, but then get mad at those big corporations that are conning you and get mad at yourselves for letting them. That's all this is, a giant con job from the companies that writers are actually doing something valuable. And they are -- something valuable to the companies and to the rich people that start them and invested in them.
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Detroit Red Wings right wing Daniel Cleary (71) and Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone (26) battle for position in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
2013-10-10 22:37:00
DETROIT - The Phoenix Coyotes were looking for a bounce-back game, and they got it.
Michael Stone's goal with 4:47 left broke a tie, and the Coyotes beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Thursday night.
Phoenix was coming off 4-1 and 6-1 losses at San Jose and the New York Islanders to begin a five-game road trip.
"We figured out what we have to do to be in a hockey game," said Mike Smith, who made 28 saves.
Derek Morris and Antoine Vermette both had a goal and an assist, and Mikkel Boedker also scored for Phoenix.
Stone fired a slap shot from the right point that went through teammate Martin Hanzal's screen and caromed in off the far goal post. It came 2 seconds after a Coyotes power play ended. Stephen Weiss, who received a hooking penalty with 6:49 left, had just come out of the penalty box.
"Got an opening and a chance to shoot," Stone said. "(Mike) Ribeiro mad a great pass, and I got a screen in front from Marty Hanzal.
"To respond the way we did after two ugly ones is the way to go."
Vermette added an empty-net goal in the last minute.
Joakim Andersson and Jonathan Ericsson scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 35 shots. Andersson and Ericsson had goals 53 seconds apart early in the second period to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead.
"I didn't think we played very well," Red Wings right wing Daniel Cleary said. "It wasn't a very good game defensively, and we didn't spend enough time in their zone.
"That's two games in a row that we haven't looked like us."
Detroit lost 4-1 at Boston on Saturday night.
The Coyotes also dominated in the faceoff circle, winning 46 of 70 draws.
"Our faceoffs were really strong," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "There's always little things that you want to tweak."
Andersson, Detroit's third-line centre, addressed the faceoff situation.
"They are known to be good faceoff guys, a couple of them, but we have to be better than we were tonight," he said. "I don't know what the stats are, but that's how I felt.
"We knew those two guys (Hanzal, Vermette) are real good on faceoffs. We have to dig in better next time."
Andersson put a rebound over Smith's shoulder 5:07 into the second period to tie it 1-1. It was the first goal of the season for the Red Wings' third line, which also features Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi.
Ericsson's floating shot from the right point found its way into the net at 6:00.
But Boedker made it 2-2 by scooping up a loose puck and putting it in just 1:04 later.
Morris opened the scoring just 2:21 in when his slap shot from the right point got past Howard after Vermette beat Stephen Weiss cleanly on a faceoff.
NOTES: Phoenix D Rostislav Klesla made his season debut. He opened the season on the injured list because of a concussion and whiplash sustained during the preseason. ... Detroit LW Patrick Eaves, on long-term injured reserve with a sprained left knee ligament and sprained left ankle, said he should be available to play on Oct. 26. ... Phoenix RW David Moss is from Detroit and played at the University of Michigan. ... Red Wings RW Daniel Cleary played with the Coyotes in 2003-04.
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College Receives First Annual Positive Action AwardThe Classified Personnel Council selected the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as the first recipient of the Positive Action Award. The award recognizes a group, unit or department that has significantly contributed to State Classified Employees at Colorado State University through systemic change. The focus of the award is on efforts that create a supportive work environment that fosters employees' performance. The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is a "very deserving recipient of this award," stated the award notification from the Classified Personnel Council. The notification also stated, "In a time of budget restraints, increased employee workloads, and management disincentives, the College has moved forward in efforts to communicate with employees and enhance their work environments. Mary Ann Valdez, Assistant to the Dean and Dr. Lori Kogan, Assistant Professor in Clinical Sciences, led an effort to learn more about the concerns of the College's state classified employees by structuring initial and follow up surveys, analyzing the results and communicating them to the College community. "With the support of Dr. Lance Perryman, Dean of the College, the College is now creating actions to start addressing concerns raised in the survey responses. Work has started on offering increased training opportunities, providing feedback for supervisors and offering employee appreciation activities. "The 'can do' attitude exemplified by the College clearly earns the CPC Positive Action Award for 2006 and should 'set the standard' for the rest of the University." |


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To the Editor: In the controversy over the Clinton pardons, we should recall the first President Bush's pardoning of Caspar W. Weinberger, the former defense secretary. The Bush pardon makes the Clinton pardons pale by comparison.
January 31, 2001, WednesdayEquality, Not Tolerance
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THE GENESIS OF JUSTICE Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice That Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Law. By Alan M. Dershowitz. Warner, $25.95.
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To the Editor: Alan M. Dershowitz (''Baseball's Speech Police,'' Op-Ed, Feb. 2) criticized Major League Baseball for suspending John Rocker, arguing that Commissioner Bud Selig should have announced his support for freedom of speech and said that any player's opinions did not reflect the opinions of the league.
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To the Editor: Re ''Baseball's Speech Police'' (Op-Ed, Feb. 2): John Rocker plays well, but he has damaged baseball by his behavior.
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To the Editor: Though I applaud Alan M. Dershowitz's defense of the ''spirit'' of free speech, he fails to place the John Rocker incident in a proper perspective (''Baseball's Speech Police,'' Op-Ed, Feb. 2).
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BANGOR — Police in Maine are seeking two men from Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the deaths of three people whose bodies were found in a burning car in Bangor.
In this file photo, police investigate a vehicle that burned before dawn Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, off Target Industrial Circle in Bangor, Maine. After the fire was extinguished, three bodies were found inside the parked car. All three bodies had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Bangor Daily News, Gabor Degre)
Bangor Police Lt. Timothy Reid said Monday that 31-year-old Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, R.I., and 34-year-old Randall "Ricky" Daluz of Brockton, Mass., are considered armed and dangerous. WZON reports that they've been indicted on murder and arson charges.
The burning car, which had Rhode Island license plates, was discovered early on Aug. 13 in a Bangor parking lot.
Reid disclosed that the three victims had been shot before the car was set afire.
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In the FS2002 config file, I changed "terrain_extended_levels" from 1 to 4 and left everything else alone. I'm not sure what it did, but it appears to have made the scenery clearer and to have cut down on the "catch up". Perhaps some one can tell me what's happening. I picked up the hint from Flight Sim Gateway. Is there a feature here which discusses improving graphics?
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It seems to me we are hell-bent on destroying our rivers...yesterday the Commission voted to allow a developer to build mansions on Bessey Creek only 25 feet from the shoreline...everyone else had to adhere to 75 feet when they built there....these are the same folks who say they love the river, save our river, our river is sooo important for our economic health, they have campaign postcards with their pictures on the river they profess to love....until their friends need more profit, then they vote to eliminate our shoreline protections. Very discouraging.
Thanks for being there Jackie. To be clear, Commission Chair Sarah Heard, and Commissioner Anne Scott voted for the river.
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Cleveland Indians: 10 Players That Won't Help The Indians Win The World Series
By (Correspondent) on December 28, 2010
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As sportswriter Bill Simmons would put it, the Indians are in life or death territory, as in whenever an Indians fan dies, you count back to see if they got to be alive during the last World Series win. Since that last win came in 1948, there are far too many Indians fans dying before they get a chance to see their team on top.
With that in mind, the Cleveland Indians need to be doing everything possible to win the World Series. Rebuilding is a necessary part of this, but the current Indians roster is littered with players that aren't going to help the Indians get back on top.
Only Chicago Cubs fans have suffered longer than Indians fans. To prevent this suffering from going on any longer, the Indians need to go into this rebuilding process 100 percent, make some bold moves and get the fans what they want, a World Series.
Note: Projections for players came from Baseball-Reference.com's similarity scores. Similarity scores compare a player's statistics to all other MLB players from all time, allowing us to see what they will likely become. This is not an exact science, but it is a projection. Just because a player is not projected to do well does not mean they can't defy the projection, though it is unlikely. This list is based off of these assumptions, which could be wrong, but likely are right.
Grady Sizemore
even healthy, it is unlikely that Grady Sizemore will help the Indians win a World Series
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Grady Sizemore is only 28, but after the last two years, he seems much older. The injuries he has battled in these past two years have cost him over a season's worth of games and threaten to derail his career.
Sizemore should be back healthy for 2011, but that only helps the Indians so much. The Indians are aiming to be competing by 2012 or 2013, and it is unlikely that Sizemore fits into those plans very well.
The Grady Sizemore situation has become a catch-22 for the Tribe. If he does not bounce back well from the microfracture surgery he had on his knee, then the Indians are on the hook for $16 million between 2011 and 2012, far above what a rebuilding team would like to pay.
If Sizemore is back to his All-Star form from 2008, it could make sense for the Indians to trade Sizemore and keep gaining prospects. Sizemore will be a free agent after the 2012 season, probably a season before the Indians are ready to compete again. Either way, healthy or not, Grady Sizemore will not help the Indians win the World Series.
Travis Hafner
Even though he is still productive, Travis Hafner will not help the Indians win the World Series
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Contrary to public opinion, Travis Hafner is still a productive player. Though he is not playing as well as he did from 2004-2006, in 2009, Hafner achieved an OPS+ of 120 and an on-base percentage of .355. In 2010, Hafner improved again, boasting an OPS+ of 131 and an on-base percentage of .374.
While Hafner is still productive, he's suffering from a power outage. In 2006, he led the league with a .659 slugging percentage. Since then, Hafner only has only slugged .438, making him far from worth $39 million over the next three years (2013 is a team option with a $2.75 million buyout).
As with Sizemore, Hafner is making far too much money for far too little production for the rebuilding Indians. Plus, Hafner will turn 34 in June, making him a horrible fit in the Indians' youth movement. Another team could find him useful though. Since his on-base percentage remains high, he can still help a competing, high payroll team as a part-time DH and pinch hitter.
While a trade of Hafner would serve mostly as a salary dump, the Indians would be able to accomplish two things. First, they would be able to save some money in the present to spend on a contender down the road. Second, they would surely get at least one prospect back in a trade, helping the Tribe out in the future.
While it would be nice to think that Travis Hafner can regain the elite form he showed from 2004-2006, that is probably a pipe dream. A much more certain thought is that Travis Hafner will not help the Indians win the World Series.
Fausto Carmona
Despite his stellar 2007 season, Fausto Carmona will not help the Indians win the World Series
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In 2007, Fausto Carmona finished fourth in the Cy Young Award voting and seemed primed to lead the Indians for years to come. Sadly, Carmona has struggled with consistency since. Fans and management have been holding out hope that Carmona will regain the ace form he had in 2007, but it is time to move on from that thought.
Carmona's first five seasons project him more in the vein of Jason Schmidt and Gavin Floyd, not CC Sabathia or Cliff Lee. Odds are that Carmona will top out as a number two or three starter. For those still holding on to 2007 and the thought that Carmona can become an ace, it is time to move on.
Despite his early struggles, CC Sabathia's ERA+ never dropped below 100, the league average. Fausto Carmona's on the other hand, has three out of his first five seasons. Starting pitching is always in demand, so the Indians should sell Carmona high coming off of an All-Star season to a pitching desperate team. A desperate team should give the Tribe at least two decent prospects in return for Carmona.
With a contract calling for $6.1 million in 2011, $7 million in 2012, $9 million in 2013 and $12 million in 2014, Fausto Carmona will soon be paid like an ace. Since he probably won't become one, the Indians need to get that salary off of their books. If he were an ace, Fausto Carmona could help the Indians win their first World Series since 1948. Since he's not, he won't.
Jayson Nix
Jayson Nix is not the sort of player that will lead the Indians to the World Series
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Jayson Nix made a huge impression with the Indians after he was acquired from the Chicago White Sox. Unfortunately, this "breakout" was more than likely just a flash in the pan.
Nix is being considered for the third base job because the Indians like his bat. Nix is far from an adequate defensive third baseman, so his bat needs to more than make up for his bad defense. With this, what the Indians are thinking is anyone's guess.
The ability to control the strike zone is the biggest indicator of success. The ability to control the strike zone is measured by strikeout-to-walk ratio and on-base percentage. Nix fails miserably in both categories.
Last year, during his "breakout" with the Tribe, Jayson Nix struck out 75 times and had only 13 walks. In addition to that, Nix's on-base percentage was only .283. While his slugging percentage gave him an adequate OPS, the low ability to control the strike zone predicts a major crash this year.
Jayson Nix will not help the Indians win any games in 2010, let alone down the road when they are ready to compete again. The Indians are fooling themselves if they think he will help them win the World Series and might as well see if someone else can help them as opposed to wasting more time with Jayson Nix.
Luis Valbuena
Like Jayson Nix, Luis Valbuena will not lead the Indians to the World Series
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Like Jayson Nix, Luis Valbuena is not the answer at third base. After his first three major league seasons, Valbuena only has an OPS+ of 74 and an on-base percentage of .289. These stats do not project well for a major league career.
The biggest nail in the coffin for Valbuena's big league credentials was his 2009 campaign. In this season, Valbuena boasted an OPS+ of 90, slightly below average, and had a WAR (wins above replacement) of 1.2 on offense. His defense, however, cost the Indians 1.2 WAR, leaving Valbuena's total WAR at zero.
Since in his best season, Valbuena literally was not worth any more wins than an average replacement, it can be said that he IS the average replacement. Seeing as average players are a dime a dozen, there is no reason to believe that Luis Valbuena will help the Indians win a World Series.
Austin Kearns
Despite the Indians bringing him back for 2011, Austin Kearns will not help the Indians win the World Series
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After trading Austin Kearns to the Yankees at the trading deadline for the fifth best prospect in the Yankees farm system Zach McAllister, the Indians brought Kearns back for 2011. No matter how cool gaining a good prospect for only losing two months of Austin Kearns is, Kearns is another player that won't help the Indians win the World Series.
Though Austin Kearns is a decent player, he is not what the Indians need at this point in time. For his nine year career, Kearns has an OPS+ of 104, just over league average. Kearns also has 15.6 WAR (wins above replacement), a good number, but again, not great.
Since he will be 31 in May, Kearns is not the sort of player that will help the Indians compete down the road. The Indians would be better served seeing what Michael Brantley and AAA outfielders Nick Weglarz, Ezequiel Carrera, Jerad Head and Matt McBride can offer. These players could be around for the Indians winning the World Series, but Austin Kearns will not.
Shelley Duncan
Shelley Duncan, like Austin Kearns, is not the future of the Indians
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Shelley Duncan is in the same boat as Austin Kearns in terms of age. Duncan will be 31 on Opening Day and really does not fit into the Indians youth movement. While Duncan is mildly productive, he is not going to help the Indians get to the promise land.
While Duncan is 31, he only has 422 plate appearances at the major league level. In those plate appearances, Duncan has only registered an OPS+ of 96 and a .306 on-base percentage. Duncan has decent pop in his bat, but with a low on-base percentage, he is unlikely to be useful as he ages.
Shelley Duncan obviously does not fit into the Indians in the long-term. With this, it makes no sense to give him at bats in 2011. The Tribe needs to find out what their outfield prospects can handle, because they are the future. Shelley Duncan is not the future and won't help the Indians win the World Series.
Trevor Crowe
Trevor Crowe may not be old, but he won't win the Indians the World Series
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Another outfielder like Grady Sizemore, Austin Kearns and Shelley Duncan, Trevor Crowe won't help the Indians win the World Series. Crowe is only 27, but he seems to have already reached his highest point.
Offensively, Crowe has been nothing special in his first two major league seasons. With a .295 on-base percentage, a 74 OPS+, and 112 strikeouts to only 40 walks, Crowe has not shown the ability to control the strike zone at the major league level. He may be an effective defensive outfielder, but he is far from being a starter.
Trevor Crowe is the consummate fourth outfielder, great defense with no offense, which makes him useless long-term to the Indians. As they proved with the Austin Kearns and Shelley Duncan signings, fourth outfielders are easy to find cheap. The Indians would be better off not wasting any more time with Crowe and moving on to players who might actually win them a World Series.
David Huff
Despite early promise, David Huff won't help the Indians win the World Series
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After he led the Indians with 11 wins in 2009, the next logical step for David Huff seemed to be establishing himself as a mainstay in the big league rotation. Instead, Huff went 2-11 in 2010 and was banished back to AAA.
Looking closer, Huff never had a chance to succeed. With only 1.36 strikeouts per walk, an ERA+ of just 70, and a shockingly high 1.611 WHIP, the 11 wins in 2009 were more luck than skill.
In addition to those poor stats, Huff's WAR in his 2009 "breakout" season was -0.6. After 2010, Huff literally has cost the Indians 2.2 wins above a replacement level player in his brief career.
While there will be rotation spots up for grabs in the spring, the Indians will be much better off not giving one of them to David Huff. He is not one of the pitchers that will lead the Indians to a World Series.
Matt LaPorta
While it is early, things do not look great for Matt LaPorta's career
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Putting Matt LaPorta on this list may seem like a stretch, but there are serious concerns about LaPorta's long-term viability for the Tribe. He may only be 25, but his first 162 games with the Indians have been far from impressive.
LaPorta at this point in his career only has an OPS+ of 91, an on-base percentage of .307 and a WAR of 0.4. His OPS+ and on-base percentage point to a player overwhelmed at the major league level, and the WAR is indicative of a reserve level player.
Since he was the key prospect in the CC Sabathia trade, much is expected out of Matt LaPorta. At this point, he is not projected to do very well, and thus not help the Indians win the World Series. He could be a late bloomer, but players typically are what they are by this level. The Indians obviously hope differently, but it is likely that Matt LaPorta won't help them win the World Series.
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Horsforth roundabout traffic solutions could cost £2.8m
7:00am Monday 14th October 2013 in News By Annette McIntyre, Reporter
A £2.8m package of improvements is being put forward to help ease traffic problems on a heavily congested roundabout.
The proposals for Horsforth roundabout have been put forward by Leeds City Council and are expected to be approved by the authority's Executive Board in December.
The proposed scheme will involve putting traffic signals at the roundabout to help regulate traffic flow. Part of the cost of the work will come from the developers of the former Clariant Works off Calverley Lane.
If the scheme is approved work will start next summer.
Horsforth councillor Brian Cleasby said: "Horsforth roundabout is where both the busy A65 and outer ring road meet and at peak periods there can be long tailbacks. It is a key commuter route into Leeds as well as to the airport and improvements have long since been called for by myself and road users alike."
"Executive Board is set to consider the scheme in December and I am sure that they will welcome these much needed improvements to our road network."
The scheme was also welcomed by Horsforth councillor Dawn Collins.
She said: "I have been campaigning hard to get the problems of the Horsforth Roundabout resolved by using money from the developers of the Clariant site. If the proposal to add additional lanes and traffic lights around the roundabout is approved by the council in December, it will be great news for local people. By using the developer's money and contributions from the Council and the Integrated Transport Authority, the ambition is that the scheme would be completed before all the houses are built."
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I have to drop the car at Reynella tomorrow for a service. With 4 hours to kill, I thought I'd go for my first ever ride in the southern hills.
My intended route is from Reynella to Clarendon via Piggot range Rd, onto Kangarilla and Mclaren Vale via McLaren Flat Rd, down to Willunga and up Willunga hill, turn left at the top and head towards Meadows, turn left at Dashwood Gully Rd to head back to Kangarilla and Reynella.
Can anyone provide comment on the route or suggest better roads to use?
The Muddies are doing a similar ride tomorrow morning check the events page
Muddies ride will probably be too early for a car service drop off. But check out the route might add some ideas of roads to go on
Your route looks sound have a great ride up Old Will :-)
Similar circuit, but some more quiet roads:
Panalatinga Rd from Reynella, up Coxs Hill Rd to Piggott Range Rd to Clarendon. After Clarendon, right into Bakers Gully, onto Blewitt Springs and McLaren Vale, then Willunga. From top of Willunga Hill, left along Range Rd (shame to miss the views), right into Pottery Rd, then left onto road to Meadows - back via Kangarilla and Clarendon to Reynella.
Thanks everyone, unfortunately the Muddies ride is too early for my mechanic. Brian I'll definitely be checking out the views.
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Celtel to rebrand to ZainCeltel International, a leading mobile telephone service provider across Africa could be in a major re-branding strategy before the end of this year. The move could see the company drop the Celtel brand and adopt a completely new identity - Zain. The new name is used by celtels parent company MTC Group in other nations except the African market. MTC group says the re-branding is meant to re-invent the regional brand into a global brand. We have a new single global brand for all our operations, Dr Saad Al-Barrak, MTC's deputy chairman and chief executive officer, said recently. Experts described the new logo as too dark and moody. The re-branding process has reportedly begun in Kuwait and is expected to spread to other MTC-branded operations in the Middle East then Africa.
Tourism Event Ends in South Africa
South Africas largest tourism fete closed earlier this week in Durban city. INDABA, an annual tourism exhibition showcases Southern African tourism products and services for international travel trade. Exhibitor categories include accommodation, tour operators, game lodges, transport, online travel, media publications and industry associations. Outdoor exhibitors included transport, camping and safari companies.
EALA Seating in Nairobi
The 6th session of 2nd EALA (East African Legislative Assembly) is currently holding its seating in Nairobi. On its agenda is the actualization of the benefits accruing to joining the East African Community. Ratification of the common markets protocol will is also feature on the agenda to ensure that the majority East Afriacns feel the benefits of joining the EAC. The meeting is being held after a delegation of regional ministers wound up a trip to China whose aim was to learn from the Chinese experience in infrastructure development and to garner support and partnership. The two week's meeting will see the legislators implement budgetary allocations to facilitate its operations.
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