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With the news today that forward Alexander Semin had signed with the Carolina Hurricanes and the report that the Red Wings are out of the running for Shane Doan, much has been made of Detroit general manager Ken Holland's summer inactivity.
I'm on record as saying that I don't think you can call a summer in which you sign Mikael Samuelsson and Jordin Tootoo and Jonas Gustavsson and have $11 million in cap space remaining a successful summer. Reasonable, perhaps, as it appears the available players just didn't want to come to Detroit. Not successful.
There is an argument that going after Semin or Doan is counterproductive because the Wings' holes are on defense, not forward. As of right now, the team has six defensemen on the roster and 15 fowards, before signing restricted free agent Justin Abdelkader.
Let's take a look at a possible set of forward lines...
Gustav Nyquist - Pavel Datsyuk - Johan Franzen
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Damien Brunner
Danny Cleary - Darren Helm - Mikael Samuelsson
Drew Miller - Justin Abdelkader - Todd Bertuzzi
Jan Mursak - Cory Emmerton - Jordin Tootoo
Patrick Eaves
More important than actual lines here is where each player fits in the depth chart. That's why I'm throwing a healthy dose of optimism in there, with both Nyquist and Brunner panning out and fitting into the top six.
Send Brunner to Grand Rapids and slide Samuelsson up if you want, either way I think this shows that the Red Wings have about six forwards that you can actually define as "top six" and not just "players who happen to play on the top two lines."
Signing Semin or Doan would give Detroit one more of those. Why is that a good thing?
There are no more top defensemen on the free agent market. Detroit already has enough bottom-pair defensemen, adding one more of them doesn't help. As Holland has already suggested, if the Wings want actual help on their blue line they'll need to trade for it.
Dealing forward depth for defensive help seems like a perfect fit for this team. The problem is that you're not going to see a deal of Emmerton and Miller and Mursak for a Keith Yandle. No one is going to deal a top defensemen for a bunch of third- and fourth-liners, even a whole line of them.
To make a deal for a top-four defenseman, you'll have to include a top-six forward. Do that with this lineup and suddenly you're pretending that Todd Bertuzzi belongs next to Pavel Datsyuk again, and I say that as someone who likes Bertuzzi.
Signing a top-six forward gives the Wings the option of including Johan Franzen or Valtteri Filppula in a deal for their new defenseman. It gives them flexibility that they don't have right now.
The Wings' forward depth in its current form does not help them in bringing in a defenseman. All it does is push Brunner and Nyquist to Grand Rapids because they can be sent there without losing them, and then you have both Bertuzzi and Samuelsson in the top six and still no addition on defense.
Maybe the new CBA will make certain players available but as of right now, with no top-six forwards available to sign and the free agent market dried up, I don't think the Wings have what teams will want for a top-four defenseman.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Rene Hanebutt fired away from outside and Angie Braziel was devastating inside.
The combination was more than Oklahoma could handle Wednesday night, as No. 7 Texas Tech captured its 12th straight victory 93-69. It's the Lady Raiders' best start since the 1993-94 season.
Hanebutt scored a career-high 30 points, including a school-record seven 3-pointers, and Braziel chipped in 25 points inside and pulled down 11 rebounds.
"I really had a good rhythm tonight," Hanebutt said. "I felt that if I had the opportunity to shoot it, chances are it was going to go down. We really came out in the second half with a different focus. That was the difference in the ball game."
Texas Tech (13-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) also got 10 points and 11 rebounds from Cara Gibbs.
Stacey Dales led Oklahoma (6-6, 0-2) with 28 points. Phylesha Whaley, who entered the game averaging 19.3 points, finished with nine. The Sooners shot 43 percent from the field to 51 percent for Tech.
The Lady Raiders' lead was 55-42 lead with 10 minutes to play when Hanebutt made two free throws to start a 12-4 run. She hit consecutive 3-pointers that opened up a 70-49 advantage with 6:29 remaining.
"Texas Tech was terrific in the second half," Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said. "I thought we played very well in the first half. In the second half, we looked like a young basketball team. Texas Tech looked like a team that had gone to the NCAA tournament many times."
Oklahoma cut Tech's 34-31 halftime lead to one after Dales' basket 53 seconds into the second period. Tech responded with a 19-6 run, and the Sooners couldn't get back into the game.
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a relatively new treatment for major depression that is being investigated by a number of scientists across the world. At the current time, the FDA has only officially cleared TMS for a single indication: treatment-resistant depression. rTMS, as a generic procedure, has not been approved by the FDA. Rather, a specific device that performs TMS, the NeuroStar, was cleared by the FDA in Oct. 2008 for clinical use in treatment-resistant depression.
rTMS is an outpatient intervention which could be an option for individuals diagnosed with major depression who have not-responded to trials of antidepressant medications at an adequate dose and duration. In clinical trials, individuals had been treated with an average of five medication treatment attempts, one of which was at an adequate dose and duration. rTMS has not been thoroughly studied for people who have failed two or more adequate trials of antidepressants or for people who have not been on antidepressants. rTMS is not indicated for individuals who have bipolar disorder, depression with psychosis or individuals with a high risk of suicide.
Each session of rTMS consists of a session lasting approximately 40 minutes conducted in an outpatient office using a specific technology. The procedure, given daily, occurs over a four-to-six-week period. The rTMS device sends magnetic pulses to the frontal left side of the brain which generates weak electrical currents. These magnetic pulses are similar to what one would experience in getting a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of their brain.
The theory of the treatment is that the resulting electrical currents activate neurotransmitters implicated in the symptoms of depression—serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. Studies have shown that the frontal left side of the brain is an area that can be underactive in individuals with major depression, hence the rationale for the site of the stimulation.
In a randomized, controlled clinical trial with individuals who had not adequately benefited from prior antidepressant medication, patients treated with rTMS experienced a significantly greater improvement in symptoms than patients treated with placebo. In an open-label trial, which is most like real-world clinical practice, 54 percent of individuals treated with rTMS experienced a significant improvement in symptoms. While these studies suggest that rTMS may be quite beneficial, other studies have suggested otherwise—that rTMS may not have a substantial benefit as opposed to placebo treatment.
TMS requires no anesthesia or sedation, has a low rate (about 5 percent) of discontinuation due to adverse effects (most commonly headache) and has no systemic side effects—as opposed to oral antidepressant therapy which can be associated with sexual side effects, weight gain, nausea, constipation or dry mouth. Medical devices such as pacemakers or metal objects in one's head prevent the use of rTMS. Seizure risk can be raised by rTMS yet it has not been frequently shown to cause seizures in individuals without an underlying seizure disorder. As this is a newer treatment, there are no long-term studies of the effects of rTMS. Another important consideration is that rTMS may not be covered by medical insurance in some cases and can be expensive if coverage is not part of the health plan.
Like all new treatments, doctors are still sorting out best uses for rTMS as well as its potential downsides. At this time, there is no evidence to support the use of "maintenance treatment" with rTMS once the initial episode of treatment is over. Researchers and doctors are also trying to better assess when and if rTMS can be an alternative to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) which has more treatment intensity and side effects. It is safe to say we have more to learn about this intervention. Academic medical centers are most familiar with this intervention and may conduct research studies on rTMS. Individuals interested in this—or any other new treatment—are encouraged to review any emerging information from research and clinical practice with their doctors.
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Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. His life changes when an otherworldly crisis forces him to awaken spiritual powers from his long-forgotten birthright. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet.


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It possesses 462 horses (gelding or mare), among which more than 90% is French breed. The horses are arranged by their robe according to a strict formation layout.
It's main mission is to ensure the security of the high authorities (president, prime minister, ministries, Senat and the National assembly) The "Garde républicaine" has other missions such as keeping order in the woods surrounding Paris (like the Bois de Vincennes) or during big events. Occasionally they patrol in the streets of Paris.


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Is Science an Ideology?
Our last issue contained two articles on the philosophy of science: an analysis of the works of Khun and a review of Feyerbend' Agains Mood. Mike Fuller continues their debate about science, philosophy, & truth.
To defenders of science, like Karl Popper, the claim that science itself might be prey to distortion, prejudice and ideology is anathema. To people who believe like Paul Feyerabend that science is "just another ideology", the common belief that science is a neutral and objective body of knowledge is an indication of just how great an ideological grip it has on people's minds.
Science and Pseudo-Science
Popper's famous distinction between science and pseudo-science (or ideology) depends on his equally famous principle of falsification. Quite simply, he argues that if a theory is in principle open to being disproved or 'falsified' by the facts of the world, then it is scientific. If it is not open to being falsified by the facts of the world, then it is pseudo-science, ideology.
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An intercultural union under Christ
I stood in the corner of a Sunday school room last week, praying with nine other bridesmaids over my best friend Kayla. Her hair was curled, her dress was fastened, her music was playing, and an African groom was waiting for her at the end of the long church aisle.
Dressed in traditional Ethiopian garb for the occasion, we each stretched our hands out to touch Kayla and asked God to create the kind of wedding that would honor Him. God answered us. The ceremony displayed a very particular truth: that intercultural union, under Christ, can be one of the most beautiful things in the world.
All morning the bridesmaids had been looking at each other incredulously and saying, "Can you believe it's today? Can you believe she's getting married?"
Kayla had spent years planning her wedding, and we all knew it. She wrote down the details of the momentous day sometime in adolescence, listing her attendants, her colors, her location, and her menu. Beside the list item "Groom", she wrote: "He is insignificant in the grand scheme of things."
As you might imagine, Kayla's priorities have shifted since the adolescent list, and the groom's identity matters very much to her now. In fact, the groom's identity made the wedding an extraordinary intercultural celebration. Brown people as well as white filled the church, and the wedding day divided itself evenly into expressions of American and Ethiopian custom.
In keeping with Ethiopian tradition, the groomsmen had picked Kayla up at her home that morning. They filtered into the living room, clapping loudly and singing traditional Ethiopian marriage songs. The bridesmaids came down the stairs one by one to greet them, Kayla coming last. As the room filled with the song and the groom glimpsed his bride for the first time, kissed her head, and began to dance with her, we found ourselves strangely moved. Many of us cried, knowing that such a moment could never be repeated. We felt rich just because we had witnessed it.
Kayla first felt compelled to the mission field during our teenage years. After some wrestling with God, she left for Ethiopia at the age of 18. She opened a medical clinic there. She had left America with a firm intention to bind up wounds wherever she went. She loved Ethiopia, and she loved its people.
But Kayla had been warned of the potential difficulties of intercultural marriage, and was determined not to fall in love. Obviously God had other plans for her. She soon learned that He had not called her to avoid difficulty. He had called her to great difficulty with great joy. And after many years of waiting, He had led her to the right man.
Of course, when you put on a wedding band, your relationship to yourself profoundly changes. You belong to someone else. In Kayla's written vows, which were read in English then translated into Amharic, she promised her groom that she would never think of him as less because he was different. She borrowed the words of Ruth: "Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God."


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Teacher will review concept of place value. Teacher will explain rules to place value bingo. Rules are as follows: 1. Listen when number is being called out. 2. Each student will draw a number card and read it aloud. After reading the number aloud they will call out each digit and what place it is in. (ex. one hundred seventeen, one in the hundreds place, one in the tens place, and seven in the ones place) 3. Place markers over digits in correct columns.
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The Carrollton Main Street Program wishes to thank the volunteers and its sponsors for making the 2009 Carroll County River Sweep a success. The event drew more than 200 people to cleanup the banks of the Ohio River.
The Carrollton Branch of River Valley Financial Bank would like to say thank you to Cee Cee Downey and her Fun Zone Inflatables for making our first Relay for Life Carnival a big success.
The children enjoyed the time, the weather cooperated and our community came forth.
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The 2009 Trimble County Relay for Life is complete and was a huge success.
A big part of this success is the participation of the Trimble County community and the involvement of organizations and individuals who gave of their time and money to support a worthy cause.
A large part of this success belongs to the Relay team captains and the team participants, who spent hours raising money and setting up campsites to call awareness to this disease that touches everyone.
Recently, I was crowned your 2009 Miss Carroll County Fair and I cannot express my gratitude enough towards the local support that I have received. I would like to thank all of the individuals that have sent warm wishes my way. I would also like to thank pageant director Jill Sachleban and the entire fair board for their hard work and dedication every night of the fair and the events leading up to it. Thank you to all the local sponsors for making our fair a success. This year was great!
I have a son who will be going into the fifth grade at Cartmell Elementary next year. He currently enjoys playing for the school basketball, and for parks and rec. soccer and he also ran for the middle school track team. Although he has also played baseball in the past and enjoyed that as well. He has always been an excellent student. This was the first year for grades and he made honor roll all year. I am a very supportive parent who believes school and education comes first and sports later. My son has always been able to handle both.
My plans for the future, it seems, are all for naught.
I received in the mail a letter that says, basically, that the world will end in 2012. Of course, there is no return address or signature to identify the writer/sender. All I know is it was mailed from Louisville 40231.
But shoot. I had a lot of big plans for 2012.
The Worthville Volunteer Fire Department would like to express our thanks to everyone who helped make this years Turkey Dinner on May 16 a great success.
We had a wonderfully enjoyable time and we hope that all those that joined us can say the same. More than 500 members of our community came out to show their support and enjoy the day with our volunteers and their families.
Also, a very special thank you to our local businesses for their support and donations. Without which it would have been very difficult to accomplish.
While the Ohio River is such an important part of life in Carroll County, we often take it for granted.
The river is the reason we have many of the industries in our community that provide jobs for local residents and for those throughout the region. It is also one of the reasons that the county attracts so many tourists to the area each year.
On Saturday morning, the Ohio River will be the focus of a large group of volunteers who will hit the riverbanks to rid it of debris and garbage that collects through the year as the river levels rise and decline.
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Well, I've been working on variations of how to do this sort of thing and, at least in Inkscape, have ended up a two pronged approach. Take the layer, and both blur it, and break it up by composing with high frequency noise (This is roughly a "mask" operation), then multiply both with the background.
In Inkscape, I assemble all that as a Filter Effect and apply it to the top level layer for all the "ink". It should be possible to replicate the steps in a raster editor though.
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The Presentation Sisters came to Slovakia in 1992 and up to ten sisters from Ireland have served there at the one time. There are currently eight sisters from the two Irish provinces; they are engaged in a wide range of ministries.
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Our mission statement in Slovakia expresses our hopes and dreams for our Mission here:
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A Word about Slovakia
Slovakia is a new state in Europe populated by old national groups. The majority of the 5.3 million inhabitants of the Slovak Republic are Slovak (86%). Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority (11%), and are concentrated in the southern and eastern regions of Slovakia. Proportionately, Slovakia has the highest population of Roma in the region, estimated at around 500,000 people. Other ethnic groups include Czechs, Ruthenians (or "Rusins"), Germans, and Poles. Recent and unregistered immigration has been mainly from the poorer Eastern European countries, with significant Russian, Ukrainian, Serb and Bulgarian groups concentrated in the larger cities.
Christianity was first brought to the region in its Eastern form in the 9th century by the Slavic missionary activity of Saints Cyril and Methodius. From the 11th until the early 20th century, present-day Slovakia was under Hungarian rule, and became a predominantly Catholic territory. The Slovak national revival was begun in the 19th century by intellectuals seeking to revive the Slovak language and culture.
The formation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 following World War I satisfied the common aspirations of Czechs and Slovaks for independence from the Habsburg Empire. On November 17th, 1989, a series of public protests known as the "Velvet Revolution" began, including the much celebrated fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989, which led to the downfall of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, which began in 1948. In 1992, negotiations on the new federal constitution deadlocked over the issue of Slovak autonomy, and in the latter half of 1992, agreement was reached to peacefully divide Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. On January 1st 1993, the Republic of Slovakia came into being. In Sept 1992 the New Slovak Constitution was passed stating in its preamble that:
We, the Slovak nation, mindful of the political and cultural heritage of our forebears, and of the centuries of experience from the struggle for national existence and our own statehood, in the sense of the spiritual heritage of Cyril and Methodius and the historical legacy of the Great Moravian Empire, proceeding from the natural right of nations to self-determination, together with members of national minorities and ethnic groups living on the territory of the Slovak Republic, in the interest of lasting peaceful cooperation with other democratic states, seeking the application of the democratic form of government and the guarantees of a free life and the development of spiritual culture and economic prosperity, that is, we, citizens of the Slovak Republic, adopt through our representatives the following Constitution….
Presentation Sisters in Slovakia
This was the background and historical situation that the Presentation Sisters, in the footsteps of Nano Nagle found, when the new mission to Slovakia started in 1992. Sr. Rita Carberry came to research the possibility of a new foundation in Eastern Europe just as communism had fallen and a whole generation of Slovaks paid a price in blood for their fidelity to the church under Communism, what Pope John Paul II called on Sept. 12th 2003 Banska Bystrica, on his Papal Visit to Slovakia, the "bleak regime of not so many years ago". As symbols of that sacrifice, John Paul II beatified on 14th September, a Greek Catholic bishop, Vasil Hopko, and a Slovak nun, Sr. Zdenka Cecilia Schelingova, calling them "radiant examples of faithfulness in times of harsh and ruthless religious persecution." Both died after being incarcerated and tortured in the 1950s. Both have harrowing stories.
Hopko, one of two Eastern-rite Greek Catholic bishops in Slovakia at the time of the Communist rise to power in 1948, spent 13 and a half years in prison for refusing to accept the forced dissolution of the Greek Catholic church. During those years he was beaten during interrogations, not allowed to sleep for long periods, forced to walk continually for hours, and put on limited rations of food and water. The experience took its toll, and when Hopko was released in 1964 he suffered deep psychological trauma. He died in 1976, after seeing the Greek Catholic church restored to legal status during the "Prague Spring" of 1968. An autopsy revealed that Hopko had been slowly poisoned in prison; his body had a level of arsenic 1,000 times above normal tolerance levels for a human being.
Schelingova's story is similarly dramatic. While working as a nurse, she attempted to help six priests escape from a hospital where they were sent to recover from interrogations before being shipped off to jail. The plot was discovered, and Schelingova was arrested on February 29, 1952. Her captors believed she had an accomplice and were determined to beat the name out of her. They began by kicking her, then threw her into a vat of freezing water. As she was on the point of drowning, they removed her, then threw her back. Two men then dragged her by the hair to another room, where they stripped her, bound her arms, and put her on a pulley that lifted her off the floor. They beat her savagely with clubs until she lost consciousness. The process repeated itself several times until the officials were satisfied that Schelingova had no accomplice to name. She was released on April 7, 1955, and died on July 31 at the age of 38.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Hopko and "Zdenka," as the Slovaks call her, is how ordinary their experiences were for the generation of Catholics that came of age in the 1950s. Many historians believe the Slovak "church of the catacombs" suffered the fiercest persecution of any in the Soviet block. Local historians say some 102,000 Slovaks were victimized under 40 years of Communist rule. The years before the birth of Nano Nagle in 1718, were also full of risk and suffering, where religious convictions were tested and persecution was both political, social and economic under the Penal Laws. Her faith was born and tested in the fire of her day, just as the Slovak people suffered for their faith and today celebrate it proudly and freely. Nano Nagle saw all things from the viewpoint and lens of faith and that is also a strong characteristic of believers in Slovakia. They value their faith history and struggle and now proudly and openly celebrate Church holidays and feastdays, with processions, vigils and pilgrimages. Mass attendance is high as is participation in parish events and liturgy.
Today, the work begun in 1754 - when Nano Nagle opened her first school for the education of the young, who had no access to education in Ireland at that time - continues here with the same basic vision. Her work was an outward response to her rich inner life of prayer and reflection. The growth of her schools eventually led to her founding the Presentation Order on Christmas Eve 1775. This was the culmination of her journey to ensure the continuation of her work after her death and her desire at all times to empower people to live with dignity and freedom. Just as Nano Nagle saw that education is a powerful means of empowerment, the first ministry of the Presentation Sisters in Slovakia was the teaching of English both formally in Catholic and State schools and informally where parents and children visited us privately for lessons to help better their lives and educational opportunities. This continues today to be one of our ministries and is continually developing as new needs arise. It is also a powerful means of evangelization and developing contact with a wide range of people. As time went on, other sisters joined Sr. Rita and with the learning of the difficult Slovak language as a parallel ministry at all times, other areas of need arose. Visitation of homes and invitations to share something of our life story and spirit have always been a cornerstone of the mission in Slovakia. In some ways we are a bridge between two worlds, where we listen to the many painful experiences of people and their communist past and they in turn hear the Presentation story and both give each other some light and at times some of the forces of darkness are given space to be acknowledged and with time to no longer prevail. The Presentation story speaks to many people in Slovakia very powerfully and as Richard Rohr says challenges and supports people in their relationship with God because "What we know about God is important, but what we do with what we know about God is even more important".
To find out more about our Ministries in Slovakia click here.
Visit the website of the Presentation Sisters in Slovakia click here.


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what should i expect? am i going to be charged? will it appear on my CRB that an allegation of theft was made against me? i just need any infromation that may be helpful, like i said, i have never been to a police station and the whole thing is just daunting
My job requires an enhanced CRB, so would appreciate what the DBS stands for? In the worst case scenario, were he to claim that he saw me take the phone, would that change the direction the case will proceed? Does he need evidence to this effect? The PC said something to the effect it comes down to his word against yours so we need to hear your side.
What happens when i arrive at the station? should i require a solicitor? Can i go in without a solicitor, but if i feel overwhelmed by the questioning, ask for one? When you say it depends on how credible his allegation is? Can you provide some scenarios to illustrate a credible scenario?
Thank you! Where can i find a solicitor? sorry to ask, i have never needed one.
I am in Reading. Berkshire, and how much do you estimate it would cost?
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Yes…. It's one of my favorite personal trainers, Rob Riches, showing y'all how to grow your back muscles so you can achieve that flared V-shape torso that every man tries to achieve.
But in this video, Rob actually takes his time going through his back workout, and spends a good 15-minutes hitting his back muscles with a variety of exercises using both weights and machines.
If you are serious about growing your back muscles to be as big as the muscle boys and fitness movels you see on the covers of fitness magazines, then definitely take a few moments to watch this clip.
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The cat's out of the bag.
After two years of wild anticipation, massive media coverage, various rumors, meetings, summits, and behind-the-curtain discussions, LeBron James has sealed his fate for the next several seasons, and he'll be spending them in the merciless sun of Miami, Florida, with the Heat.
But that's not all. The King is joining forces with the two next-best players on the market this summer, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who will also be putting their talents on display in South Beach. With one of the most star-studded teams trios in the history of professional sports, this basketball team is redefining the term "superstar."
With no doubt, this squad has the potential to be one of the greatest of all time. Putting together three players who do nothing but dominate on the hardwood could yield fantastic results. Each of these guys can beat essentially any defender one-on-one, assuring remarkable offensive efficiency for the Heat. Moreover, all three guys are capable of hitting the big shot, so crunch time will be more like lunch time in Miami. Further, still, Wade and James are widely considered solid defenders, and Bosh is halfway decent, so, assuming they put in the effort, they won't be giving up many points, either. I foresee many games with astronomical scoring margins.
Since the rumors that LeBron would, in fact, go to Miami began to surface, they were immediately paired with reviews of how they gelled together on the USA National Team in the 2008 Olympics, and that they did. James, Wade, and Bosh sliced, diced, and scored with ease as the team went on to win the Gold Medal in those games, putting their various talents together in a memorable synergy.
Still, there are countless looming concerns that could render this team one of the most disappointing ever.
The most concrete qualm with this scenario is the lack of talent that will fill out the roster. With these three sizable contracts, the Heat have no choice but to fill out the rest of the team with minimum-salary veterans, per NBA rules. Will the overwhelming talent of the Big Three outweigh the palpable ineptitude of the rest of the players on the roster? They have no real point guard (unless Mario Chalmers qualifies) or center yet, and those are, arguably, the two most positions in the lineup. Will Pat Riley be able to scour the market for players who can fill the roles at least somewhat decently? It's a fair question. The team will also be astoundingly shallow, and Eric Spoelstra is going to have to try his hardest to keep two of the Big Three on the floor at all times to avoid being completely overwhelmed by other teams' superior second units.
Then there are the possible problems that could arise with injury. Sure, any key player on any team could go down with a health problem, but with the Heat, the talent is so concentrated, that if one (or, god forbid, two) of them goes down, it could cause major problems with the team's production, as someone would have to fill the void — and it's entirely possible there won't be anyone capable of doing so on that team. They'd better invest some good money in the training staff, because it seems like Wade, at least, misses some number of games every season.
Furthermore, there's the looming question of compatibility. Yeah, they looked good playing together on Team USA, but this is a different scenario. In international competition, preoccupations with money, fame, stats, and alpha-male status are all put on hold for the good of winning in representing the country. In the NBA, without that patriotic passion, the more nitpicky concerns begin to arise. Will the guy who's getting paid less handle it well? Who's going to get the ball in key situations? Who will get the most possessions? Who will pass the ball? Who will be the leader? Will winning be the ultimate concern for these guys, or will superstar tendencies take over?
The other argument that people cite in support of this trio of legends is in reference to the 2008 Boston Celtics. "Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce came together to do it. Why can't these guys?" they say. But realize that this is not the same thing at all. Garnett, Pierce, and Allen all filled different roles. Pierce was the multitalented get-the-ball-in-the-net guy, Allen was the shooting-and-slashing guard, and KG was the tenacious defender, rebounder, and opportune post scorer. Furthermore, their collective egotism certainly wasn't enough to blow you out of the room like that of the group on Miami. Those guys got it. I'm not sure these guys will.
And moving beyond either of those comparisons, there's still just the conception of how it will work on the court. Take this into consideration. The median pace factor (number of team possessions per game) last season was 95.0. John Hollinger's usage rate tracks the number of possessions that a player uses per 40 minutes. Last year, James, Wade, and Bosh all played about 40 minutes a game, and you can expect that to stay about the same or go up in the coming season. Last year, the usage rates for Bosh, James, and Wade were 25.9, 32.2, and 33.2 respectively, for a total of 91.3 possessions per 40 minutes. And that still leaves eight minutes unaccounted for! And that's without including the other nine (or more) players on the roster. Clearly, there just isn't enough time for each of them to get his fill.
Accordingly, these guys are going to have to tone down their scoring in order to make it work, and I'm not sure that can happen. If it doesn't, the results could be catastrophic. They'll haul totally inefficient shots early in the possession to get more looks, and the team will struggle overall.
All that said, they might get all the chemistry right and take it on to the court and dominate with ease. But combining Bosh, James, and Wade on the same team on the same court could end up being a very dangerous proposition.


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Debt Limit Now Becomes Focus
Government shutdown hits one-week mark
October 8, 2013
WASHINGTON — A possible national default loomed closer on Monday as the partial government shutdown lingered, rattling markets in the U.S. and overseas....
Let's get back to work, DEMOCRITS.
Harry Reid, the Republican-controlled House has PASSED and sent to YOUR Democrit-controlled Senate TWO, TWO, TWO debt ceiling-lifting bills. BRING THEM UP FOR A VOTE, PASS THEM, AND END YOUR DEMOCRIT EXTORTION and DEMOCRIT REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE OR EVEN DISCUSS with responsible, reasonable Republicans.
The ball is in YOUR COURT, Democrits. STOP THE GAMES, HARRY AND BARRY. DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR AMERICA FOR A CHANGE, DEMS.
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Next China will tell Obama to step aside and let Vladimir Putin show the putz community organizer how REAL men handle government.
The little girly boy golfer is wallowing in his own excrement from his idiotic games playing.
Chicago thug politics is childish on a national scale.
STOP CAMPAIGNING, MAN UP and LEAD, Mr. President.
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" Debt Limit Now Becomes Fiasco "
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The lamb duck is flapping his wings, but he really doesn't want to fly.
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Perhaps the biggest of the big lies is that the government will not be able to pay what it owes on the national debt, creating a danger of default. Tax money keeps coming into the Treasury during the shutdown, and it vastly exceeds the interest that has to be paid on the national debt.
Even if the debt ceiling is not lifted, that only means that government is not allowed to run up new debt. But that does not mean that it is unable to pay the interest on existing debt. Thomas Sowell
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"We now know that the tea party is primarily about postures aimed at undercutting sensible governance and premised on the delusion that Obama's election victories were meaningless. Its leaders abandon these postures as soon as their adversaries stand strong and the poll-testers report their approach is failing. This will give pause to anyone ever again tempted to follow them into a cul-de-sac."
Shutdown: The tea party's last stand By E.J. Dionne Jr., Published: OCTOBER 06, 8:37 PM ET Washington Post Goodbye Teahooligans!!
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(Cough Cough) Coughy, SENSIBLE government is $17 TRILLION in {censored} debt????
More than the entire GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) of the COUNTRY?
WTF is wrong wid U, Boi???
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Wvcoffee, is the "sensible governance" the traffic cones placed to stop drivers from parking on the side of the road to view Mount Rushmore, or is it the barricades placed to stop Vietnam veterans from visiting the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial? The Democrit definition of "sensible" is almost as funny as their definition of "governance."
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"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can't pay its own bills. ... I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit."
— Then Freshman Senator Barack Obama, floor speech in the Senate, March 16, 2006
The Debt was $8.279 Trillion when he said that, LESS than half of what he wants to raise it to!!!
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Obamacare referendum, Part II
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the ohio county airport is still open.
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Maybe we will get down to the facts now, after two weeks of Obama trying to impress each American that its personally important to them that he spend us into bankruptcy while spending our futures for his voter blocs. This is all about continuing to incur massive debt for government that does not serve us well. While Obama tells us the Tea Party is going to take way your parks, he is at the same time funneling billions into his meaningless Islamic wars in the Middle East, all of which have failed. He spent more in Libya over the summer than it cost to the run the US Post Office, and Libya hates us. If you pay attention, and most don't, his goal is to transfer what you make to those who don't work or are not citizens. That is his constituency, not you and your family. When Bush was in power, Obama was voting against raising the debt limit and making speeches againsts what he is doing right now. Now sit up and do the rich guy rant and get weepy as you were told to do.
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We have a Republican Gerrymandered shut-down. Republicans have 53.8% of House seats but Democrats out-earned 2012 Republicans by 1.17 million votes. Democrats won 50.59 percent of the two-party vote but Republicans hold a 234 to 201 advantage.
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We have a Republican Gerrymandered shut-down. Republicans have 53.8% of House seats but Democrats out-earned 2012 Republicans by 1.17 million votes. Democrats won 50.59 percent of the two-party vote but Republicans hold a 234 to 201 advantage.
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American Bubbas are still trying to make Obama a one-term president.
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"American Bubbas are still trying to make Obama a one-term president."
You're almost right, the give-me crowd has proven that anyone can be elected President, the "bubbas" would like to see this president serve at least one-term as a leader instead of a Chicago bully.
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WaterBuffaloWhiner "Democrats won 50.59 percent of the two-party vote"
Impressive majority you had there, Buffaloed. I'm sure you think that half-percent win was a landslide. LOL No wonder you think your Choomer in Chief had a mandate to take over 20% of the US economy. And to launch illegal wars in Libya, Pakistan, and Syria. And to increase the National Debt by 70% to pay off Barry Obribery's base of Wall Street cronies, union bosses, welfare queens, and illegal aliens.
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Here are some handy phone numbers for the government shutdown:
Social Security: 1-800- WEE-BROK
Medicare: 1-800-DTH-PANL
Obama: 1-800-PRO-GOLF
1st Lady 1-800-BIG-BUTT
Joe BIDEN 1-800-JOE-BLOW
Harry Reid 1-800-OLD-FART
John Boehner: 1-800-SAY-WHAT
US Treasury 1-800-NOO-MONY
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Whatsoever a nation sows, that shall the nation also reap.
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wonderwhy the fractured party of no, can't see how ridiculous they have become? Sad they refuse to accept what the majority of this country wants..........
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In terms of George W. Bush, the nation's debt limit was raised 7 times during his time in office (Bush was President from January 20th, 2001 to January 20th, 2009).
Here are the increases that were signed into law during his time as President of the United States:
P.L. 107-199 June 28th, 2002 New Limit: $6.4 trillion Increase in Limit: $450 billion
P.L. 108-24 May 27th, 2003 New Limit: $7.384 trillion Increase in Limit: $984 billion
P.L. 108-415 November 19th, 2004 New Limit: $8.184 trillion Increase in Limit: $800 billion
P.L. 109-182 March 20th, 2006 New Limit: $8.965 trillion Increase in Limit: $781 billion
P.L. 110-91 September 29th, 2007 New Limit: $9.815 trillion Increase in Limit: $850 billion
P.L. 110-289 July 30th, 2008 New Limit: $10.615 trillion Increase in Limit: $800 billion
P.L. 110-343 October 3rd, 2008 New Limit: $11.315 trillion Increase in Limit: $700 billion
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wonderwhy you haven't shared the name of the insurance company that saved you so much money?
Have you become one of those "greedy right-wing extremists" that don't care about anyone but yourself?
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In modern history, Ronald Reagan oversaw the largest number of debt ceiling increases, and George W. Bush approved a near doubling of the borrowing cap during his two terms in office. Congress has tinkered with the debt ceiling, the statutory limit on amount of money the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its legal obligations, a grand total of 78 times since 1960 - 49 times under Republican presidents and 29 times under Democratic presidents.
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Clueless, the House ALREADY VOTED to RAISE BARRY BANKRUPTER'S DEBT CEILING. TWICE. To 100% of the level REQUESTED by Barry Bankrupter. All Republicans want in compromise for funding 100% of the debt ceiling raise Barry "Irresponsible, unpatriotic" Obankrupter asked for is a few months delay in the individual mandate of the Obamascam tax, which would match the delay in the employer mandate OBAMA HIMSELF approved, and which would allow the Obamascam Administration time to fix the EPIC FAIL of a "non-shovel ready" enrollment website that's embarrassing his "legacy" signature "achievement."
Barry Obankrupter, the ball is on YOUR green. Sink that putt and SIGN EITHER BILL the House sent to your Democrit Senate to END THIS OBAMAMESS.
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nutter- your insults are nothing but just that.....insults. I am paying less per month. You don't like it? I could care less.......
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I think it was good that you brought along your own IT expert! HAHA! Hope it is fabulous! Steve is doing very well. Can't wait to hear all about it! Koko...Tell Sue we miss her, too!!
Welcome to Open Tunings
In this first entry, it is the night before going to Austin for the South by Southwest Festival. At this point we have only a rough idea of which of the 1,700 bands to try to see. It all begins tomorrow, Wednesday, afternoon with the Conqueroo Showcase at Mother Egan's on 6th Street. Afternoon showcases are sponsored by recording companies and promoters to feature the artist they represent. Very relaxed settings...
Tomorrow night the fun begins.
Thanks to Steve Piper for hosting this week's show. Steve is an excellent guitarist who can be seen accompanying many artists in town, also with Watkins and the Rapiers and the Crandalls. He is at his best, though, doing his originals solo on guitar in a quiet listening room.
While I'm wandering the streets of Austin Wednesday night, everyone in Rochester has the great chance to see Margaret Explosion at the Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 to 9:30.
I'll be checking back each day to enter glimpses of the scene in Austin. Let me know what you think!
Say hi to the Margaret Explosion for me, and check out The Refrigerator, their unparalleled, multidimensional virtual space at:
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Band to SEE
I just want to make a suggestion of a band to definently check out while at SXSW: O'Death
Check them out at www.myspace.com/odeath
One of the guys (gabe darling) grew up in rochester. You won't be dissapointed if you get a chance to catch them.
They will also be coming to Rochester April 1st.
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I would recommend that you try to check out the Felice Bros. They are somewhat Rapieresque.
Big Daddy Watkins
feelin' not so orange
You missed a humiliating basketball experience yesterday. Have fun and start posting!
Sorry to see the orangemen lost. Oh well, saves us the pain.
He'll get posting -- and I asked Katy to post her reviews too -- but I refused to sit in the hotel while he posted to the blog instead of going out to see music! As it was we were working on 5 hours of sleep most nights! Great fun!
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I was honored to be able to fill in for Scott on Open Tunings--it was great to be part of a community who value sincere and heartfelt musical expression. Thanks to him for his devotion and hard work!


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The second-ranking Democrat in the Senate expressed concern Thursday over the ultimate effectiveness of the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention effort, becoming the highest-ranking member of the president's party to publicly question the administration's efforts to help struggling families.
The administration announced in March that its initiative, the Home Affordable Modification Program, will begin in several months to help unemployed homeowners and those who owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth. The unemployed are eligible for temporary relief from monthly payments; underwater homeowners are eligible for reductions in mortgage principal.
In a Senate hearing, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that he's "concerned that these changes don't go far enough to help unemployed and underwater homeowners."
"Under the current plan, servicers may still have more incentive to foreclose rather than to modify mortgages, and many borrowers will still find that default may be easier than staying underwater," the Illinois Democrat said. "These changes won't be implemented until the fall, and may be too little, too late."
Research shows that underwater homeowners are much more likely to default on their mortgages than similar borrowers who have positive equity. In fact, the more underwater homeowners are, the more likely they are to fall behind on payments, default, or to walk away from their mortgage debt completely. That's why so many groups -- consumer advocates, homeowners, members of Congress and mortgage bond investors -- have called for a more robust principal reduction effort by Treasury.
"[W]e have heard from servicers that whenever principal reduction is included as a component of the modification, even at the same debt-to-income ratio, the outcome is more sustainable," said Richard H. Neiman, New York state's chief bank regulator and a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel, a federal bailout watchdog. "This highlights the importance of incorporating broad principal forgiveness into foreclosure mitigation programs."
HAMP is part of the administration's $75 billion effort to stem the rising tide of foreclosures.
An April 14 report by COP found that more than three-quarters of homeowners who have had their monthly mortgage payments reduced under HAMP owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth. Citing data through February, over half of the roughly 170,000 distressed borrowers who had gone through the program were seriously underwater, meaning they had negative equity of at least 25 percent, the report notes. In other words, for every $1.00 their home was worth, they owed at least $1.25.
The average homeowner who's received a five-year modified mortgage under the administration's plan had negative equity of about 35 percent prior to the program, according to the report. After modification, that burden actually increased for the average homeowner, who is now underwater by more than 43 percent.
Durbin asked Geithner about that. Geithner dodged the question. The Treasury Secretary did note, though, that the modifications lead to lower interest rates for borrowers, which results in lower payments. Still, that doesn't address negative equity, which is what Durbin asked about.
Yet the watchdog's report actually understates the problem, the report notes. Its figures are for first-lien home mortgages only. Debt owed on junior liens, like second liens and home equity lines, isn't part of that calculation. The Obama administration estimated last April that "up to 50 percent of at-risk mortgages currently have second liens."
"If junior liens were to be included, the percentage would be significantly higher," the report notes. "The continuing deep level of negative equity for many HAMP permanent modification recipients makes the modifications' sustainability questionable; even with more affordable payments, deeply underwater borrowers may remain tempted to strategically default or may be compelled to because core life events, such as death, divorce, disability, marriage, child birth, job loss, or job opportunities necessitate a move."
Geithner pointed to the roughly 230,000 homeowners who now have lower monthly payments as a result of the program, and the 1.4 million homeowners who have been offered the opportunity to have lower monthly payments.
By comparison, last year lenders foreclosed on more than 2.8 million homes, a record, according to real estate research firm RealtyTrac. The firm estimates three million homes will get foreclosure notices this year; more than one million of them will be repossessed by lenders.
Kevin R. Puvalowski, deputy Special Inspector General in the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, another federal bailout watchdog, said Treasury has fallen short in its promise to help struggling homeowners.
"[U]ntil Treasury fulfills its commitment to provide a thoughtfully designed, consistently administered, and fully transparent program, HAMP risks being remembered not for catalyzing a recovery from our current housing crisis, but rather for bold announcements, modest goals, and meager results," he told Durbin's subcommittee.
Neiman said that "the stories we hear point to a clear need for a Homeowner's Advocate, or ombudsman, within Treasury. Treasury's currently offered email address is not doing the job."
Geithner predicted "a lot of hardship and pain still ahead" for homeowners.
"Foreclosure prevention is not just the right thing [to] do for suffering Americans," Neiman said, "but it is the linchpin around which all other efforts to achieve financial stability revolve. We cannot solve the financial crisis without dealing with the root of the problem: the millions of American families who are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure."


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And Gleeks, we are back in action over here on the GLEE front! Last night was the first new episode in the last 5 weeks. "The Role You Were Born To Play", jumped us right in to the world of the Broadway music "Grease" with auditions for McKinley's High's new musical. The show explored some deep themes as well as threw us some amazing one liners. It explored the cast at McKinley finding themselves throughout the auditions and focused on them and them alone, leaving New York behind for an episode. Blaine is still remorseful for what he uncharacteristically did to Kurt (I'm still not over it), and isn't afraid to show it. His rendition of "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was staged like a mix of the actual "Grease" with a little bit of "Across the Universe" thrown in and I kinda loved it.
Arty asks Finn to help him direct "Grease" and then calls in Mercedes and Mike Chang to be the vocal coach and choreographer, bringing some old faces back. I've decided that our buddy Finn really needs to grow some backbone. He's stuck in this rut that he can't get out of. I get it, you failed at the army, you lost your girl and you want to give up, but just stop feeling sorry for yourself already. Oh and since when did Arty become so funny? He's always been fairy witty, but I'm loving the slightly new direction his character is going, with all of his dead pan jokes that make everyone but himself uncomfortable! That's my kind of funny!
Wade "Unique" Adams was on it last night as he teamed up with Marley to deliver a little P!nk action with her song "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" as he and Marley auditioned for the roles of Rizzo and Sandy. You gotta root for the underdog and Unique seems to have that in spades! You go girl!
"The Glee Project's" winner Blake Jenner made his first appearance as Ryder, a football dude who likes to sing classic rock (remind you of anyone?) and he was awesome! I'm glad he won and I can't wait to see where his character ends up going. Yes, the similarities between his character and Finn are very noticeable, but I have a feeling that he's got something up his sleeve and I can't wait to see what it is. That "Juke Box Hero" duet between Ryder and Finn was awesome! I loved the total 80's feel and who doesn't also love looking at some classic Juke Boxes?
Jake and Marley are not together and who knows if they will be, she seems to have a thing for Ryder and Kitty won't get her claws out of Jake, so that one is up in the air. Though now that I think about it, I think a Ryder/Marley pairing would be adorable, but a part of me still wants to see Jake and Marley happen. There hot headed competition leads them into a battle for Danny and Sandy after Kitty and Jake audition for "Grease" out of spite and jealousy with Neon Trees' "Everybody Talks". It brings them all together on stage in a "Born To Hand Jive" dance and sing off, so Finn and Arty can make their final decision.
And things got weird for Emma and Mr. Schue when she decided not to go to Washington with him, but they worked it out! All I can say is, thank God they didn't break up too, right? Oh and Schue asked Finn to take over Glee club while he's gone for 4 months, after seeing him stand up to Sue when she didn't want Unique to play a female on stage. Which was a whole other mess, but lucky for us Finn stuck to his guns and we will get to see what happens when Wade takes the stage as Rizzo. Oh and Ryder landed Danny to Marley's Sandy, so we shall see if love blossoms under the heat of the stage lights.
In a slightly non climactic cliff hanger we still don't know if Finn decides to take over Glee club, but I sure hope he does and that he gets out of this funk before he drives me crazy.
I'll see you back here on Wednesday as I give you the low down on next week's musical numbers!


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Mine does it...and I'd say that almost all the MB-D11s have some "wiggle" however whether a person notices it or not is another question.
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Wind sends tree crashing onto Florence home
High winds Tuesday sent a large spruce tree crashing onto a Florence home.
No one was home during the crash. Homeowner Gretchen Bigelow said she thought it was a joke when she heard the news.
"I got a text message from my fiancé saying that the fire department called and said the tree had fallen on the house, and I thought he was joking," said Bigelow.
50 mile an hour wind gusts snapped the tree in two, and the top half came to a rest covering three quarters of the home.
"From inside there's actually a branch going through my roof inside," said Bigelow. "Then I just noticed, in my bedroom, there's a long crack all the way down the side of my bedroom, so all that will have to be replaced, and I'm sure there's multiple holes."
Firefighters said, despite the damage, the house was structurally sound.
"I am a little nervous, the fire department said it was safe, but I'm still not sitting on that side," said Bigelow. "I'm kinda on the other side of the house. I don't know if I really feel that safe until the guys come out and fix it."
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The greatest gift England/Britain has given to the world was certainly not the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution, sporting codes, nor even English law, it was the idea of fairness.
To use a sporting metaphor: fairness is those policies and practices which optimise the stability, strength and skills of the whole team, and thereby its ability to withstand the attacks of its opponents. Thus fairness is essentially pragmatic: a team in which a few are privileged above the many will fail.
The English legal system is the expression of fairness in law.
Fairness is also the moderation of a team's behaviour when winning towards other teams – this aspect of fairness characterised the attitude of the Allies towards Germany after WWII in contrast to Russia's rape and rapine in eastern Germany.
The Geneva Convention was an example of this kind of fairness. Again pragmatism was involved – if an army treats its enemy badly it will find the war more difficult.
It was unfairness that generated the Peasant's Revolt, Magna Carta, the Civil War, the Chartist movement etc. – these were all reactions to unfairness which culminated in parliamentary democracy.
It was fairness that got rid of slavery and eventually mitigated the impact of the Industrial Revolution. It was fairness that gave medical help to wounded soldiers, pensions to old people, education to children etc. and led to the establishment of the Welfare State.
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Oceanside English learners have ways to go
OCEANSIDE -- In Oceanside, as in the rest of California, English learners and the teachers who work with them have much work ahead of them to satisfy the federal government's requirements that they perform at grade level in math and English.
By the 2013-14 school year, 100 percent of the nation's English learners are expected to be proficient or performing at grade level under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which hold schools accountable for academic progress.
But state test results released earlier this week show that the vast majority of English learners in Oceanside and California aren't performing at anywhere near that level.
On average, about 10 percent of English learners were at grade level or proficient in grades two through 11 in Oceanside for the school year that ended in June. By comparison, about 11.6 percent of English learners statewide were proficient in English in grades two through 11 -- the grade levels that the California Department of Education's Standardized Testing And Reporting, or STAR, test examines.
The North County Times reviewed STAR scores in math for grades two through seven, because students in higher grades can take a variety of different math courses in any given year, including, for example, geometry, algebra 1 and algebra 2. In grades two through seven, an average of about 19.5 percent of English learners in Oceanside were proficient in math, compared with about 28.3 percent of English learners statewide.
Although STAR examines knowledge in such subjects as U.S. history and earth science, educators pay special attention to performance in math and English because those subjects are considered by many as essential for success in college and jobs that require higher skills.
The STAR exams are also used to measure whether students are at grade level and meeting state standards and the federal government's requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Under U.S. law, schools getting Title 1 federal money for low-income students can be slapped with federal sanctions -- ranging from the forced hiring of new school staff to allowing students to transfer to more successful campuses -- if they repeatedly fail to show yearly test score gains.
Schools also can be penalized if groups of students that have historically performed at lower levels academically -- Latinos, blacks, English learners and students with disabilities -- don't show annual progress in meeting federal targets. By the 2013-14 school year, all students, including English learners, will be required under No Child Left Behind law to be proficient or at grade level.
In Oceanside, the most recent STAR data, when compared to the 2004-05 school year, show mixed progress among English learners.
A slightly higher percentage of English learners in Oceanside were proficient in English in 2005-06, but a significantly lower percentage of that group were performing at grade level in math from grades two through seven than a year earlier. In Oceanside, 10 percent of English learners were proficient in English compared to 8.3 percent the previous year. In math, about 19.5 percent of English learners were proficient in grades two through seven on the 2005-06 STAR exam. But 29.8 percent of English learners were proficient in math the previous year.
Michael Hargrove, the district's director of assessment, said Wednesday that improving test scores among English learners remains a challenge for the district.
"Helping our English learners to become proficient in English is a very important goal for us," Hargrove said. "It's something we take very seriously because a significant part of our population is English learners."
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Synchronizing Music Files and PodCasts From iTunes to S60 Phones
A couple of weeks ago, I have discussed how to synchronized music files from Windows Media Player to some latest N-Series phones, such as Nokia N91 and N80. Today, I will show you how to synchronize from Apple's iTunes in Windows operating system to your S60 phones.
Before we continue, I have to give pre-warning that you cannot synchronize protected files downloaded from iTunes Music Store. Why? This is because all S60 phones does not support Apple's FairPlay DRM system. What can we synchronize then? You can still synchronized non-protected files, such as MP3 files, and your PodCasts subscription.
What do we need to synchronize music files and podcasts from iTunes to S60 phones?
- First we need S60 phones that can be connected to the PC asUSB mass storage. Most of the newer S60 phones, such as Nokia N71, N80 and N91, can be connected as USB mass storage. You can check whether you phone support mass storage or not very easily. Plug-in your phone to the PC. If you see a dialog that has "Mass Storage" option (or "Data Transfer" in some other phones), then your phone is on the list…
- You need also a large memory card, such as 1 GB or 2 GB. Of course, nothing prevents you to use small memory card.
- Next you need Apple's iTunes. I assume that you must have iTunes installed on your PC now because you are reading this blog….
- The last thing is the most important one, i.e.iTunes Agent. It is an open source project that enables us to synchronize any USB mass storage device with iTunes.
Now let's start:
- Connect your S60 phone to the PC as USB mass storage.
- Run iTunes Agent. You should be able to see iTunes icon in Windows task bar (near clock).
- Open Windows Explorer and create a new file in the root folder of your memory card. Choose a unique name, for example "iTunes_N73″. This file will be used by iTunes Agent to recognize your S60 phone. You can choose any name.
- Now we have to configure iTunes Agent so that it recognizes your S60 phone. Right click iTunes Agent in the Windows task bar and select Preferences menu.
- Click New button to create a new device.
- In the Name box, enter any name that you want.
- In the Synchronize pattern box, choose the directory structure you want to have, i.e. iTunes, Artist Folder or Flat.
- In the Music folder box, choose the directory you want to store your files. If you don't choose anything, like in my example, it will be stored in the root directory.
- In the Recognize by folder/file box, enter the unique file name that you have created in the previous step. In my example, it is "iTunes_N73″.
- In the Associate with playlist box, enter the playlist that you want to synchronize with your S60 phone. In the example here, I use the same name as my device name, which is "Nokia N73″. You can, of course, create your own playlist from iTunes and change it again later from this dialog.
- Now you are ready to synchronize. Copy your music files or podcasts to your playlist. As I said earlier, you can copy your files to any playlist you want. Just remember to change the preference in the iTunes Agent.
- To start synchronization, right click iTunes Agent and then select Synchronize devices menu.


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Castle Gates proudly presents this rare and unique: THIS IS A PRIVATE RESERVED AUCTION FOR KATE! Antique Silver Ottoman Islamic Ring ! You are bidding on a rare Antique Silver Ottoman Islamic ring with ornate islamic inscriptions on the silver behind the stone. The silver filigree work is impressive, adding to the mystery of this beautiful gem! This beautifully decorated ancient ring is in excellent condition considering its age and conditions of discovery. The shank of this impressive ring is ornately decorated with a roped filigree design with a centered glass stone behind of which contains detailed islamic script upon silver. Ancient rings, from those examples that have survived, prove to be a trove of imagination and variation. In ancient days, a ring distinguished an individual in ways that other forms of jewellery did not. Rings represented the language of social code and portrayed one's standing. Under the Empire, a ring was considered a privilege of military distinction (in Roman times) and of Betrothal or Promise (in the Byzantine to Medieval periods). During all of the ancient past, rings signified a position of dignity and at times represented the owner of the ring as if he were actually present (the seal ring). we have a wonderful example of Islamic art; a window into the past. It is unfortunate that the "popular" jewellery of today is manufactured by production lines with no significance or importance. All too many jewellers of today suffer with such a lack of imagination forgetting that soulful individuals will accent their lives with their jewellery for many years. Guaranteed Authenticity! This item is guaranteed to be authentic and as described. We are honest sellers who stand by our guarantee with a 100% refund. We believe in a fair (and enjoyable) auction experience. A fine addition to your collection! Item: Ancient Silver Ottoman Islamic Ring Provenance: Archaeological find in the Balkans Material: Silver (high grade), glass Weight: 4.86g Size (modern approximate): 9 US/19mm Period: 1860AD-1890AD Ottoman/Islamic Condition: Excellent; the glass has been polished to regain transparency, RING HAS BEEN CURSORY POLSIHED & CLEANED Please check shipping availability before bidding. Please first request clearance to bid if you have had any negative feedback within the past 12 months or have a feedback score of 10 or lower. Please understand that we regret having these policies, but they are necessary to prevent fraudulent, malicious non-paying bidders which have become an unchecked problem on EBay of late. We wish you the best of luck. -CG Bid with confidence: We are members of Square Trade! FORGERIES/FRAUDS: Castle Gates will not tolerate forgeries or replicas passed off as authentic. We are archaeological investors whose interests are in archaeological sites, individual explorers and shipwrecks; purchasing whole collections from individuals, estates, auction houses, museum discontinuance, governmental sales and metal detecting individuals/clubs throughout the world. We are always open to new avenues of acquiring items of archaeological interest. We research each of our antiquities for authenticity, provenance, material and likelihood of finding a particular item given the conditions of discovery. If you are unsure if an antiquity is authentic, we would be happy to give you a free professional opinion; just include the specifics with your inquiry. If you would like an official opinion; Sotheby's, Doyle New York and Christie's professional auction houses have been very kind to us. References: Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery . Editor: Hugh Tait. Published: 30 April, 1989 British Museum Press European jewellery 1840-1940 from the collection of the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim by Fritz Falk Publisher: Antique Collectors Club 2005 The Jewellery of Roman Britain by Catherine Johns UCL PRESS (August 15, 1996) An illustrated Dictionary of Jewel...


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