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Don't Tread on Me is a group of ACTUAL American patriots who are apposed to and resist any form of tyranny over the mind of man and are committed to saving our Freedom, Personal Liberties and restoring & returning to the principles of the constitution for th
Don't Tread on Me is a group of ACTUAL American patriots who are apposed to and resist any form of tyranny over the mind of man and are committed to saving our Freedom, Personal Liberties and restoring & returning to the principles of the constitution for the united states of America. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The group itself is not allied with or a member of ANY particular political party and welcomes all who share a common interest or concern of the present state of our Republic and the direction it is headed.
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas Jefferson
We define Liberty as ;
1. right to choose: the freedom to think or act without being constrained by necessity or force
2. freedom: freedom from captivity or slavery
3. basic right: a political, social, and economic right that belongs to the citizens of a state or to all people ( often used in the plural )
We believe in the constitution, THE WHOLE CONSTITUTION as it was written. Not just bits and parts to forward an agenda as other groups on FC do and it's members accept as normal and just.
That being said You are welcome to post what you please (news articles, opinions etc.) with no opposition from the groups admin. HOWEVER let it be known just as you are free to exercise you right of freedom of speech, other members or posters also share the same right to agree, oppose, debate and in some cases argue your opinion. This is just a fact of life when 2 or more gathered in human interaction...
*** Please keep this in mind, If someone angers you to the point of threatening bodily harm, they are a free citizen just as you are and in most cases not your enemy. Try focusing that anger and energy at the tyrants forcing you to pay unjust and excessive taxes, sending our troops into endless and unjust wars, nation building, world policing, forcing an unwanted health care bill, printing paper money out of thin air, spending and spending and spending all while slowly stripping you of your freedom and personal liberty in the name of keep you safe...I don't know about anyone else but for me personally i am very confident in my own ability to protect myself, my family and my property. Not a bunch of power hungry lawyers posing as our representatives..THAT'S YOUR ENEMY FOLKS...***
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About 15 million working-age adults lost their jobs and health benefits between 2008 and 2010, and a majority of those—57 percent—became uninsured, according to a new survey by the Commonwealth Fund.
Of those who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs, about 72 percent reported not filling prescriptions or seeking the health care they needed because of costs.
Meanwhile, about 70 percent of adults earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level ($44,700 for a family of four) who lost their jobs and health benefits became uninsured, compared with about 42 percent of those at or above 200 percent of the poverty level. And just 8 percent of lower-income workers continued their coverage through COBRA after being laid off, compared with about 21 percent of those with higher incomes who chose COBRA.
"Clearly, COBRA subsidies made a big difference for millions of unemployed people who had no other option for affordable health insurance coverage," said Michelle Doty, vice president at the Commonwealth Fund and a co-author of the report, in a news release. "As the economy continues to struggle to recover, extending those subsidies would assure that workers, particularly those with lower incomes, could maintain their health insurance."
The report concluded by saying that the full implementation of last year's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2014 means that workers who lose their jobs will not also become uninsured. But the authors recommended that policymakers "will need to help bridge the gap to 2014 for the millions of people who are unable to find jobs."
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ECO FUR GRAFFITI: Fur Crimes
Neozoon, is the singular form of a species of animal introduced to an area by humans. It is also the name of a artist who is re-populating urban areas with animals made from old fur coats. We've seen this striking kind of graffiti before from Inhabitat favorite
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The broad scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act provides seemingly endless opportunities for debate. The fact that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. later this year (a case out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit involving worker classification) on the heels of its ruling in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. (a retaliation case on appeal from the 7th circuit) underscores the fact that the law in this area is still evolving.
There are, nevertheless, four parts to the law that every employer must remember: faith, liability, statute of limitations, and anti-retaliation.
Employers who are charged with violating the FLSA, either in a private suit by an employee or in a suit instituted by the Department of Justice or Department of Labor, must remember the two "good faith" defenses that are available under the FLSA. The liability defense insulates an employer from liability for failure to pay minimum wages or overtime compensation if the employer proves that such failure was in good faith, in conformity with and in reliance on certain writings issued by the DOL, or a DOL practice or policy. This defense requires (1) considering what a reasonably prudent employer would have done in the same circumstance and (2) that the employer have honest intentions and no knowledge of circumstances that should have made him/her aware of any FLSA violations.
The FLSA's second "good faith" defense provides employers with a full or partial defense to liquidated damages (but still requires the employer to pay unpaid wages). Under this defense, courts retain discretion to withhold some or all of the statutory liquidated damages award when the employer shows that the failure to pay was in good faith and that the employer had reasonable grounds for believing that not paying was in compliance with the FLSA. Often, this defense requires the employer to show that he/she consulted an attorney, attended DOL seminars, or studied DOL publications.
Liability under the FLSA can attach to both the employer as an entity and the individual members of the management team (such as corporate officers). Therefore, employers need to be particularly careful when dealing with FLSA issues such as overtime or employee exemption. While liability does not attach to individuals in all jurisdictions, it does in some—and in those jurisdictions, any individual who is held to be an "employer" can be jointly liable (along with the business and any other individuals) for back pay, liquidated damages, attorneys' fees, penalties, or any other costs.
Pursuit of individual defendants in FLSA cases is increasing as the economy remains sluggish, because often, the business being sued is on the verge of insolvency and money is more easily available from the individuals than from the company.
Statute of Limitations
The FLSA has two separate statute of limitations provisions.One requires FLSA violation claims to be brought within two years of the alleged violation; while the other requires them to be brought within three years if the violation is found to be willful. The statute of limitations is a technical defense for violations, and it has been used as a defense as recently as last year. In Orellana v. Cienna Props., the violations were time-barred and the plaintiff had no case. Therefore, it is important for employers to keep careful and accurate records of employee payments, work schedules, and time off. That way, if a violation is alleged, the employer may more easily determine is the statute of limitations will provide him/her with a defense.
The FLSA's "anti-retaliation" provision is perhaps the most powerful part of the statute for an employee because, in some jurisdictions, a violation of this provision permits punitive damages. When enacting the FLSA, Congress sought to encourage employee-initiated complaints. Thus, the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision makes it unlawful for any employer to discharge or discriminate against any employee in any way simply because the employee has filed a complaint or participated in any proceeding related to the FLSA. Remedies for retaliatory firing include reinstatement, compensatory damages, promotion, unpaid compensation, liquidated damages, attorney's fees, fines, and (in some jurisdictions) punitive damages.


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Ah, another road game. That to, in the Eastern Conference. Exactly what the Jazz needed. Not.
If you don't remember the Nets, let me mention a name. Devin Harris. No good? How about this? That was at the ESA. This will be in New Jersey. The Jazz suck on the road. The Nets are 4-7 at home (8-4 on the road). This could get ugly. Like most of the other recent Jazz games.
Links & Things & stuff like that…
- Brook Lopez, the Nets rookie, seems to enjoy yelling a lot (see picture above, and other pictures if you image-search "Brook Lopez"). Channeling his inner Booze? Of course, the Nets don't want that. Because if that continues, he'll probably end up injured soon. Maybe now, or maybe after he stabs the Nets in the back and walks off to join some other team.
- If the Nets are looking ahead to Friday (like that post), the Jazz might have a small advantage.
- Oh, speaking of Booze… the not-really-a-surprise of the night. Booze is still out. On the other hand, AK will play, which is good. I think. The comments there… people really seem to be getting sick of Booze. One went so far as to mention a Booze & Okur for Dirk the Jerk deal (ha!), and then a Miles, No Knees & Fesenko for Ron Artest deal. I'd jump on the second deal in a half second. The issues being that
1. Miles can't be dealt (at least not in a package deal) and
2. (and more importantly) the Rockets aren't run by idiots.
Someone else mentioned a Booze for Eddy Curry & picks trade, which would still probably not work for various reasons.
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Scarecrow : Trailer from the 1973 film Scarecrow. Director - Jerry Schatzberg Writer - Garry Michael White Starring - Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch and Eileen Brennan.
The films of Jerry Schatzberg, particularly the key works he directed in the 1970s, have been undervalued in the eyes of many critics who, in their survey of American cinema have elevated other directors to iconic status. (He is not alone – Michael Ritchie is another director richly deser...Read More »
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Submit sites that deal with Ancient Philosophy in general or broad strokes.'Ancient philosophy' is the conventional title, in Europe and the English-speaking academy, for the philosophical activities of the thinkers of the Graeco-Roman world. It includes a succession of philosophers who operated over a 1,000-year period from the middle of the first millennium BC to the middle of the first millennium AD - from Thales and the earliest Pre-Socratics to late Neoplatonists and Aristotelian commentators, such as Simplicius and Philoponus. Later thinkers in Europe (e.g. Scotus Eriugena) are normally assigned to the category 'medieval', as are Arabic philosophers such as Avicenna and Averroës. Contemporary philosophers from other cultures (e.g. Confucius, Buddha) are also not included.
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I failed a urinalysis and I recently figured out that people in headquarters have been talking to each other about it, when only a few are supposed to know. I was told by my commander a few months ago that since it was part of my medical records that it stays confidential. Since this confidentiality was broken I was wondering what options that opens for me.
I am currently deployed, the test was administered eleven months ago, still within the statute of limitations. They eventually brought it up after I got in country. I flew to meet a defense lawyer but my commander did not do any of the paperwork. I flew back to my base and heard nothing of the situation for about two months. I am now hearing about it again and am inquiring about the confidentiality. I have talked to you before on here and told you about the medical journal that I found that can clear me of these charges. I already know what I need to for that though. I am just wondering about the confidentiality. You helped me out last time and I just wanted to thank you.
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text: I went to the Cycle Show at Earls Court in London at the weekend and there on the Airnimal stand was the Carry Me bike. For 259 pounds they have the single speed, and for an extra 100 pounds you can have a two speed model, with a schlumph type arrangement in the bottom bracket. All in all a very neat bike, and according to Airnimal they will be in the country and available in a week or two.


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The phone is ringing, and I don't recognize the number,
All Caller ID says is, "NAME UNAVAILABLE".
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These people are outright going against the Do Not Call List which would make me more apt to believe they are out to SCAM and Steal from Senior Citizens instead of actually being a legitimate business. They are just RoboDialing..Report them and Warn any elderly people to IMMEDIATELY HANG UP.
we received this call this afternoon nov 28th 2012- we were not available- but saw number on our caller ID- we assume it was spam- we are on do not call list but some how they get through- no name came up- we called the number and it said sorry mailbox is full. how do we stop all this annoying mess????!
Finally was able to be home when they called. I held on through the recorded message and pressed 1 to speak with someone. "James" answered and said the company was called 'Senior Emergency Care'. As soon as I asked to be removed from their list, he hung up. They have called my house 20 times in 1 week, not counting previous weeks. Just finished filing my complaint with the DNC registry, not that it will do any good.
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text: Posted October 14, 2011 If the uniforms don't matter, then why is there so much emphasis on them or the helmets? Because the players have pride in the way that they look. Anyone who has ever put one on knows that feeling of pride and respect that you get and they know that it definitely means something. It's the same way for some fans. Because it's a way that the fan can identify or connect with their favorite team. Wearing your team's jersey is a part of our culture. Some might not like it, but it is a true. Because the team is identified through the uniforms. The players market themselves, but it is usually through some display (or representation) of the uniform. I don't get the whole hipster approach of bashing anyone who thinks that the uniforms don't matter. To some people, they do. If the uniforms don't matter to you, then it won't matter if/when they change them. Until then, some of us would like to know if there is going to be a change, some of us like to speculate on the change, some of us like to create examples of ways that they could change the uniforms. For the record, I think the uniform will not change. Just the swoosh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Images: Soldiers, NFL players team up against brain injuries [Image 3 of 4]
Photo by Sgt. Justin A. Naylor
Sgt. 1st Class James Knower, a platoon sergeant with 2nd Stryker
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i want a brazilian butt lift and want to know how safe is it for a 40 year old woman who has had 3 c-sections.my last one was a year ago.i cant shake this belly fat and my butt is gone and i look mis-shaped with hips and thighs..big belly and no butt..help!!
Brazilian Butt Lift - Safe for 40 Year Old, 3 C-Sections?
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Brazilian Butt lift will improve your figure
I think its reasonable to combine liposuction of the tummy, flanks and other areas with a Brazilian Butt lift. I would not recommend combining a BBL with a tummy tuck- the positioning during recovery would be challenging and would likely compromise the result of the BBL.
Web reference: http://www.seattleface.com/html/fat_grafting_body.php
Safety and Proper Age for Brazilian Butt Lift
While I do not like the term Brazilian Butt Lift, the merits of this fat transfer to the buttocks technique are high. Transferring the fat to the buttocks is beneficial in augmenting and shaping the buttocks. In addition it is a great complement to other techniques such as tiummy tucks. In your age, it is a phenomenal procedure because once your liposuction the fat and shape the curves of the body, then transferring it to the buttocks comlpletes the entire body sillhouette. I really focus on the whole body three dimensionally and always hate to throw precious fat away. It should be used whenever possible because it contains stem cells and augmenting deflated tissue is a very powerful rejuvenative technique, whether it is the buttock, hips, or face. Your surgeon will determine the type and looseness of your skin to see what type of skin tightening procedure is also needed along with the buttock lift.
Web reference: http://www.ghavamiplasticsurgery.com/buttock/buttock-augmentation-by-fat-transfer-beverly-hills.html
Buttock augmentation
Absolutely. The main issue, that I have encountered, is whether there is enough fat. The more the better!
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Brazilian Butt Lift and Age
you are 40 years young! What's much more important than age is your overall health status (past medical history) as well as your anatomy. Based on a formal evaluation, your board certified plastic surgeon will determine your treatment plan.
Candidate for Brazilian Butt Lift
If you are otherwise in good general health, it sounds as if you would be an excellent candidate for this procedure. IT is quite likely that you would benefit from a mini tummy tuck as well
Web reference: http://www.bodysculptor.com/body-surgery-chicago/brazilian-butt-lift/
Brazilian Butt enhancement
Your general health is the most important factor. If you are healthy for general anesthesia and are cleared for surgery after, complete history and physical exam. blood work, electrocardiogram , and cleared by your internist, then you can go ahead.
You have multiple options. Liposuction and brazilian butt. or Abdominoplasty and Dermis fat graft to buttocks for buttock enhancement
Buttock augmentation in a 40 year old
If you have had multiple pregnancies and have loose abdominal skin, you may need a tummy tuck at the same time as your buttock augmentation. This will allow the fat from your lower abdomen to be used (instead of discarded) for your buttock augmentation. This procedure can take about five hours so you need to have medical clearance from your primary care physician (EKG, labs, etc) prior to surgery. Staying overnight at an aftercare facility is also a good idea to help in your recovery.
One of the most difficult parts of the recovery is the position; meaning you must avoid sitting for about two weeks to prevent injury and trauma to the newly transferred delicate fat cells. You can sleep on your side and sit with pillows under your thighs to minimize trauma to the fat.
Best wishes,
Dr. Bruno
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Not too old for Brazilian Butt Lift
Your age of 40 most certainly does not preclude you from considering a Brazilian Butt Lift, also known as fat injections to the buttocks. The real question is not age but whether your anatomy and expectations qualifies you for the procedure. Do you have enough fat to harvest to do the procedure? Is the size and anatomy of your buttocks likely to be improved with fat injections? Is the size that fat injections can achieve with your buttock shape and size to start with going to be acceptable to you? Is the risk of poor fat injection take acceptable? These are the important questions not age.
Brazilian butt lift is a safe operation
A Brazilian butt lift is a safe and effective procedure that can improve the contour of your butt and pleasingly increase its size. We have perform this procedure in patients of all shapes and ages. In your case, it would be important to evaluate the abdomen hips waist flanks and lower back to determine if there is enough tissue present to create the result that you are looking for. Many of our patients have this procedure either with or before an abdominoplasty if they have skin laxity or if they wish to improve the C-section scar. Your best bet is to closely work with a board-certified plastic surgeon that has great deal of experience in body contouring techniques such as liposuction, Lipo contouring, fat grafting, Brazilian butt lifts, and tummy tucks. They will be able to evaluate you to determine if liposuction of the abdomen and flanks is all that is necessary or if that you would benefit more by combining this procedure with a tummy tuck.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Protecting Wisconsin's Waters: Better Oversight of Development is Necessary to Prevent Runoff Pollution
From the Sugar River south of Madison to the Lake Michigan shoreline, the excess flow of runoff pollution into Wisconsin's waterways has led to serious water quality problems, including impaired drinking water quality, degraded wildlife habitat and uncontrolled sewage overflows. These problems extend downstream, from contamination in the Great Lakes to the dead zone that forms every year at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
In 2002, the state took a major step toward solving these problems by adopting a set of the nation's strongest stormwater regulations. The regulations set limits on runoff from roads and developed areas and require nutrient management plans for agricultural land.
However, developers are not fully complying with the law. To improve the health of Wisconsin's waterways, the state should strengthen its oversight of development projects. Polluted runoff degrades thousands of streams, rivers and lakes in Wisconsin.


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While it is true that most Dungeons and Dragons campaigns start in a tavern, not all do, and even in those the character of the environment can play a huge influence on the flavor of the campaign.
Design an environment: tavern, village, town, setting that launches a fantasy role playing campaign. In this context, fantasy can include any genre including science fiction and horror. This environment should include one or more maps, descriptions and any supplementary information required to begin play. The nature of the on-going campaign should be left generic for others to benefit from your creation, although hooks to future adventures can be present.


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Flash flooding likely from Sandy
Hurricane Sandy will soon be roaring up the East Coast, and it could hit Northeastern Pennsylvania in a big way.
Though experts don't expect the Atlantic storm to affect the area until Tuesday, the National Weather Service is warning that "flash flooding is extremely likely" and "record river flooding is possible" for New Jersey, the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and the Lehigh Valley.
Tom Clark, the chief meteorologist at WNEP, wouldn't rule out some small stream and street flooding for Northeastern Pennsylvania due to leaves clogging storm drains, but he said a repeat of last year's Susquehanna River disaster was unlikely because of its current low levels.
He predicted north winds of 35-45 mph and heavy rain squalls in the area on Tuesday to go along with temperatures in the upper 40s to middle 50s.
Wednesday could be a wet and windy one also, he said.
The Emergency Management Agency of Luzerne County is reviewing equipment and taking a "wait-and-see" approach to a storm that is several days away and could still veer out to sea, said Steve Bekanich, the agency's director.
"Depending on what weather station you watch, different people are giving different opinions on what the storm is going to do," he said.
The agency will be receiving daily updates from the National Weather Service and will issue information to the public if the storm is going to impact the area, Bekanich said.
The power company PPL Electric has added crews to its emergency response team and put it on "high alert." The utility has also canceled vacation time for its operations staff next week, according to a press release from the company.
Customers experiencing power outages should report them to 1-800-342-5775 or www.pplelectric.com/outagecenter.
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Being rewarded is a powerful extrinsic motivator. One of the best rewards is recognition for a job well done. Providing these opportunities for rewarding students throughout your course can keep students motivated and create a map of what they can learn.
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Crime Index
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Crime Index is composed of selected offenses used to gauge fluctuations in the volume and rate of crime reported to law enforcement. The UCR Crime Index was first recommended to the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in the report Uniform Crime Reporting: Report of the Consultant Committee (September 1958). This recommendation was accepted by the FBI and the term Crime Index first appeared in Crime in the United States, 1960.
The offenses selected to make up the Crime Index were the Part I crimes—the violent crimes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. These crimes were considered by experts of the time to be the most serious and the most commonly reported crimes occurring in the Nation. The UCR Program created the Modified Crime Index to include arson, which was added to the Program in 1979 by congressional mandate. The definition of these offenses can be found in Appendix II of this report.
National Volume, Trends, and Rates
Nationally, the 2002 Crime Index, with an estimated 11,877,218 offenses, rose by less than one-tenth of a percent when compared to the 2001 Index. Five- and 10-year trend data showed that in 2002 the Crime Index was 4.9 percent lower than the estimate from 1998 and 16.0 percent below the 1993 estimate. The Crime Index for 2002 was comprised of 12.0 percent violent crime and 88.0 percent property crime. The offense of larceny-theft accounted for the greatest part of the Crime Index, 59.4 percent. Murder, the least often committed crime in the Index, contributed slightly more than one-tenth of a percent to the total.
The Crime Index rate, which reflects the number of Index offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, for the Nation was 4,118.8. Two-, 5-, and 10-year trend data indicated that in 2002 this rate represented a 1.1 percent decrease over the 2001 Crime Index rate, a 10.9 percent drop from the rate in 1998, and a 24.9 percent decline from the estimated rate for 1993. (See Table 1.)
Community Types
The UCR Program defines three community types: Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), cities outside the MSAs, and rural counties which are discussed in detail in Appendix III of this report. MSAs are comprised of a central city of at least 50,000 people, the county in which the city is located, and any other adjacent counties with solid economic or social links to the central city and county. In 2002, 80 percent of the U.S. population lived within an MSA. MSAs as a community type posted an estimated Crime Index rate of 4,409.1 offenses per 100,000 people. Cities outside the MSAs, accounting for 8 percent of the Nation's inhabitants, experienced a Crime Index rate of 4,524.0. Rural counties, with 12 percent of the country's population, had an estimated Crime Index rate of 1,908.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. (See Table 2.)
Regional Offense Trends and Rates
The UCR Program divides the Nation into four regional areas: the Northeast, the South, the Midwest, and the West. (A map depicting the regions and divisions of the United States is presented in Appendix III.) The characteristics of the 2002 Crime Index in the regions of the Nation were as follows:
The Northeast
The Northeastern Region, which comprised 18.8 percent of the Nation's population, accounted for an estimated 13.2 percent of the Crime Index offenses committed. This reflected a 3.2 percent decrease in offenses compared to the 2001 estimate. This region experienced an estimated rate of 2,889.0 Crime Index offenses per 100,000 in population. In 2002, this was the lowest rate of occurrence among the four regions. (See Tables 3 and 4.)
The Midwest
The region of the Midwest, home to 22.6 percent of the U.S. population, had an estimated 21.3 percent of the Crime Index offenses committed, a 1.9 percent decrease from 2001. The Midwest had an estimated Crime Index rate of 3,883.1 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. (See Tables 3 and 4.)
The South
The South, with 35.8 percent of the country's inhabitants, was the region with the most population. Accordingly, it also had the highest volume of Crime Index offenses, an estimated 41.1 percent. This was a 0.1 percent rise in offenses compared to the 2001. The rate of Crime Index offenses per 100,000 individuals in the Southern region was 4,721.9, the highest estimated rate among the regions. (See Tables 3 and 4.)
The West
The West, with 22.8 percent of the population of the United States in 2002, registered an estimated 24.4 percent of Crime Index offenses. A two-year trend (2001-2002) showed a 3.3 percent increase that was the largest increase among of the four regions. An examination of the Crime Index rate showed 4,418.8 offenses per 100,000 people. (See Tables 3 and 4.)
Population Groups: Trends and Rates
Population groups in the UCR Program are comprised of city designations, aggregated by population, plus suburban and rural counties. Nationally, cities as a whole experienced a 0.5 percent decrease in offenses making up the Crime Index. A review of the Crime Index within population groups in 2002 revealed that cities with populations 250,000 to 499,999 had the largest decrease at 1.8 percent. Slight increases in the Crime Index occurred in both cities with a population range of 100,000 to 249,999 (0.8 percent) and cities with 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants (0.6 percent). Both suburban and rural counties counted increases in the Crime Index of 1.0 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively. (See Table 12.)
Collectively, U.S. cities reported a Crime Index rate of 5,047.2 offenses per 100,000 persons. The Nation's largest cities, those with populations of 250,000 and over, had the highest rate, 6,243.3 per 100,000. Among city agencies, smaller cities—those with a population of 10,000 to 24,999—reported the lowest Crime Index rate of 3,837.2 per 100,000 persons. Suburban counties had a rate of 3,047.4 Crime Index offenses per 100,000 individuals and rural counties, a rate of 2,054.8. (See Table 16.)
An offense is cleared by UCR standards when an arrest is made and charges have been brought against the arrestee. A clearance by exceptional means can also be made when the offender has been identified and located and there is enough evidence to support an arrest, but conditions beyond the control of law enforcement preclude arresting, charging, and prosecuting the offender. Additionally, if an offender under the age of 18 is cited to appear before juvenile authorities, the UCR Program accepts that incident as cleared by arrest, even though a physical arrest may not have occurred. (More information about clearances can be obtained in Section III of this report.)
In the United States in 2002, 20.0 percent of all Crime Index offenses were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Within those offenses, 46.8 percent of violent crime and 16.5 percent of property crime were cleared. Murder, the most serious offense in the Index, had the largest percentage of offenses cleared (64.0 percent), and burglary had the smallest percentage of cleared offenses (13.0 percent). (See Table 25.)
Clearances and Juveniles
Of all the Crime Index offenses cleared in 2002, 18.0 percent involved only persons under 18 years of age. (According to UCR guidelines, any clearance that involves both adults and juveniles is listed as an adult clearance.) A study of clearances among juveniles revealed that persons under age 18 accounted for 11.9 percent of violent crime clearances and 20.3 percent of property crime clearances. In 2002, as in previous years, the single offense that demonstrated the largest percentage of clearances involving juveniles was the Modified Crime Index offense of arson at 43.0 percent, followed by the Crime Index offense of larceny-theft at 21.2 percent. (See Table 28.)
Total Arrests
The Nation's law enforcement made an estimated 2,234,464 arrests for Crime Index offenses, including arrests for arson, in 2002. This represented an estimated 16.3 percent of the total number of arrests made. (See Table 29.) The arrest rate for Crime Index offenses was 788.4 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. This figure reflected a violent crime arrest rate of 217.9 and a property crime arrest rate (including arson) of 570.5 arrests per 100,000 persons. (See Table 30.)
The Nation's four regions experienced the following arrest rates for Crime Index offenses per 100,000 persons: the West recorded an arrest rate of 871.9; the South posted a rate of 790.0; the Midwest reported a rate of 777.2; and the Northeast had a rate of 658.5 arrests per 100,000 population. (See Table 30.)
A review of arrests within UCR population groups revealed that the Nation's largest cities, those with more than 250,000 inhabitants, recorded the highest arrest rate for Crime Index offenses at 1,069.9 per 100,000 persons. Smaller cities, those with a population range of 10,000 to 24,999, reported the lowest Crime Index arrest rate among city agencies at 791.6 per 100,000 inhabitants. Suburban counties had an arrest rate of 528.7, and rural counties had a rate of 413.2 Crime Index arrests per 100,000 individuals. (See Table 31.)
Arrest Trends
A comparison of 2002 arrests to the previous year's arrest figures for all Crime Index offenses showed a slight increase, 0.2 percent. Five- and 10-year trends presented a decline in arrests of 11.1 percent and 22.2 percent, respectively. (See Tables 32, 34, and 36.) Within the Crime Index, property crime arrests during 2002 increased 0.6 percent, and violent crime arrests declined 0.8 percent in comparison to arrests in 2001. Property crime arrests in 2002 were 12.5 percent lower than the 1998 figure and 25.2 percent below the 1993 number. Five- and 10-year trends for violent crime arrests also showed decreases of 7.3 percent and 13.4 percent, respectively.
By gender, arrests of females for Crime Index offenses increased in 2002 by 0.8 percent when compared to figures from the previous year. At the same time, arrests of males declined 0.1 percent. Violent crime arrests within the Crime Index demonstrated a 0.8 percent decline in arrests for both males and females. Property crime, however, experienced a 1.2 percent increase in the arrests of females and a 0.3 percent rise in the arrests of males. (See Table 37.)
A review of 2002 data by age of arrestees revealed that, although arrests of adults for Crime Index offenses in 2002 rose 1.5 percent over the previous year's arrests, arrests of juveniles fell 3.5 percent. (See Table 36.)
Adults accounted for 74.3 percent of all arrestees of Crime Index offenses in 2002 and juveniles, 25.7 percent. (Based on Table 38.) Males accounted for the majority of Crime Index offense arrestees at 72.9 percent. (See Table 42.)
By race, 65.5 percent of arrestees were white, 31.9 percent were black, and 2.5 percent were other races (Asian or Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaskan Native). An examination of violent crime arrest data showed that 59.7 percent of arrests were of white individuals, 38.0 percent were of black persons, and 2.3 percent were individuals of other races. Property crime arrests were distributed as follows: 67.7 percent were white arrestees, 29.6 were black, and the remaining 2.7 percent were other races. (See Table 43.)
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Crime Index
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Crime Index Offenses
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Regional Crime Rates 2002
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In case you haven't noticed, the World Cup is being held in Brazil this summer.
Alongside the sporting elements, a huge variety of cultural events are being planned with a host of British tastemakers picking up on Brazil's dance community.
Bass Culture is bringing a number of Brazilian artists over to the UK, with a special collaborative event being planned for this weekend (May 3rd) at the Roundhouse in London.
Elsewhere, Gilles Peterson has gathered some of the nation's musical greats for his new 'Brasil Bam Bam Bam' studio project which is due to be released this summer.
Now Boiler Room are turning their attention to Brazil. The renowned streaming channel are planning a series of events, beginning with a special three hour set from DJ Marky.
One of Brazil's most vital selectors, DJ Marky will host the set live and direct from his Sao Paolo apartment, surrounded by a record collection which has breached the 20,000 mark.
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Cape Verde has limited natural resources, with the ocean as probably the largest. Cape Verdeans rely on the ocean for food, drinking water, salt, and transportation. Family members who have emigrated to other countries in search of work send remittances to relatives remaining behind. Most food and goods in markets are shipped to Cape Verde from abroad.
Since the country is made up of islands, travel between islands is very important. Close islands have ferry service, which helps spread goods throughout the islands.
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WWOZ would like to thank all of our new & renewing members, show hosts, musicians, volunteers, staff, engineers and food donors for what we hope will prove to be a highly successful Fall Membership Drive! You're all helping to guard the groove and helping us bring you the music and culture you love. Bravo, 'OZ Nation!
Check out our photo highlights (below) of all the exciting performers and guests, hardworking staff and volunteers, and delicious food from each day of the drive!
Musicians: Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band, Big Daddy O, Naughty Professor .
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New York, NY, 10002
The 2015 Presenters Consortium grant was awarded to 3 venues to present New Yor-Uba. We will be debuting and performing a newly CMA-comissioned work in June of 2016:
June 10 Vision Festival NYC
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New Yor-Uba will perform a newly commissioned work in June of 2016 at the D.C. JAZZ FESTIVAL and at the VISION FESTIVAl in NY.
New Yor-Uba had numerous performances in March-May of 2015, including concerts at The Kennedy Center, Dizzy's Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Egg Performing Arts Center in Albany. Dates to come l nclude the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Dizzy's and more.


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Jordan Elway is in her third season as an assistant coach for the Regis women's lacrosse team in 2011-12. Elway played most recently at Denver University for one season and graduate with a degree in spanish in 2009. She scored five goals in her one season at DU before a knee injury cut her career short.
Elway, the daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and former Denver Bronco John Elway, began her collegeiate lacrosse career at Division I Virginia University. She lettered once in 2006 where she scored two goals helping the Cavaliers to a 15-4 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Elway graduated from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colo. where she helped lead the Bruins to back-to-back state championships in 2003 and 2004. Elway's Cherry Creek teams were in the state finals also in 2002 and again in 2005 falling to Kent Denver in each of the championship games.
She coached the varsity II girls's Lacrosse team in 2008 and 2009 at her alma mater Cherry Creek High School. She was also a varsity I assistant coach, helping lead Cherry Creek to win the 2008 Colorado State Championship and a 2009 state runner-up finish.
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Second, e-sampling offers a way to respond to some of today's most difficult market challenges: lost field coverage, a growing population of hard-to-see and no-see physicians, and highly competitive new category introductions. Even for well-resourced launch brands, it is difficult to rapidly achieve awareness and meet targets. One top-10 pharma director of sales operations estimated that 50 percent of doctors won't prescribe without samples—and that it can take four months to get samples into the hands of 95 percent of targeted physicians. E-sampling is a potential solution to that problem.Finally, e-sampling will permit pharma companies to optimize sampling. This is partly a matter of improving sampling efficiency—a nearly universal brand goal, given budget pressures. But there are other issues, including the high cost of over-sampling and the dangers of revenue cannibalization. (It is generally believed that in heavily sampled brands, 30 to 60 percent of samples go to patients who would otherwise purchase the drug.) The few companies that have invested in sample optimization have seen some early gains, but they feel their ability to influence change is still limited; e-sampling could change that.
There are approximately 250,000 primary care prescribing physicians in the United States. But roughly 80 percent of doctors are either not covered by a sales rep, are no-see doctors, or have recently lost sales force coverage. Pharma companies have an interest in maintaining relations with each of these groups, and e-sampling can play a key role with each of them (see "Physician Segmentation").
Non-covered By focusing on non-covered MDs as a supplement to sample distribution by the sales force, marketers can drive revenue in this underserved market with a pull-based sampling system.
Lost-coverage E-sampling can help protect loyalty and share of writing by maintaining consistent and guaranteed sampling levels.
Hard-to-see This group includes doctors who can be seen only by appointment or in limited time windows, plus geographically remote doctors. For these physicians, online sampling can prevent sample shortages that open the door to competing brands.


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Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines served as a principal in the Chicago Public
Schools for seventeen years. Prior to that, she worked as
a teacher in Chicago Public Schools for over 14 years. It
is her love of children and knowing that educating young people
is a way to provide them with opportunities they would not have
otherwise that drives her career, and personal life choices.
Even while serving as a Marketing Manager for Gillette and Liquid
Paper from 1976 to 1984, she owned and operated three Day Care
Centers. This was her way of continuing to be involved in the
lives of children.
In 1996, she became the business manager for her son, Common's,
music company Senseless Music, Inc. In addition to being
his business manager, she also works closely with his foundation,
and is the president of his new company Hip Hop Schoolhouse, which
published his first children's book and other educational
materials for children in the fall of 2005. After retiring from
principalship in 2005, she realized that her work with children
had not ended, but just begun. Dr. Hines continues to work to
improve the lives of urban youth by becoming more involved with
the Common Ground Foundation, mentoring new principals, and working
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|Release Date: December 02, 2011
|Running Time: 99 mins.
|MPAA Rating: NC 17
|Box Office: $4,000,304.00
|Genre: Drama, Foreign
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Summary:Brandon is a handsome and successful New Yorker who spends his days and nights navigating a reckless terrain of sexual obsession, on an inevitable path towards self-destruction. Surrounded by a constant assault of beauty, glamor and desire, he finds himself at a crossroads when his wayward sister, Sissy, comes to crash at his sleek Manhattan apartment. As Brandon struggles to deal with his life of excess, his constant quest for numbness is an escape from both his present and his past.


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Palm Springs Film Festival: Sonny Bono's Baby Celebrates Sweet 16
by Brandon Judell
The first six days of the 16th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSFF) were a washout -- weather-wise. A dry sidewalk was not to be tread on. Consequently, you were forced into indoor activities such as watching films. Happily, PSFF offered a superb slate: 190 films from 65 countries, including 79 premieres (13 World, 44 U.S., and 22 North American). Additionally, 41 of the 50 flicks up for the Best Foreign Oscar made up part of these offerings.
That the films were choice should be no surprise to those who've followed the career of PSFF's executive director Darryl Macdonald. Here is the man who founded both the Seattle and Hamptons film festivals, and he ran Seattle for 29 years. Also present was Carl Spence, who serves here as director of programming, his same title in Seattle. Call the duo the "High-Culture Mavens," a pair bent on civilizing a low-culture terrain. They're succeeding blissfully.
To understand Palm Springs, note that arch-conservative Sonny Bono, who started this festival, is still considered a god here. You can even sit next to a life-size bronze statue of him midtown. That the new mayor, Ron Oden, is both black and gay, is still a shocker to many residents. As the septuagenarian volunteer-driver who picked me up at the airport noted, one or the other might be more palatable to the community than both simultaneously.
Then there was the opening night gala for "Coach Carter," held at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. The main exhibits there are furniture carved by B-movie actor George Montgomery. Yes, this is George's dining room table. Over there is his Queen Anne hutch. The attendees were joyful to mix with the minority actors of the film and the real Coach Carter among what looked like a Macy's showroom.
But after that night, there was no reason to complain about anything except the gales. Take January 8th's Awards Gala held at the Palm Springs Convention Center. There were more stars there in one evening, on stage and off, than most festivals have in their lifetime: Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jean Simmons, Howard Shore, Kevin Spacey, Lynne Redgrave, Virginia Madsen, Alexander Payne, Bill Condon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Kirk Douglas, and even Bryce Dallas Howard. Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart was the emcee. Well, that you could complain about.
Linney noted: "At the end of the day, it's really all about people, and it's all about the experiences. And I have been deeply, deeply blessed over the past few years, particularly working with Bill Condon, one of the great human beings on the earth."
Neeson was more subdued: "I'm a big believer in film festivals. They are the force of the industry. They celebrate excellence, but more importantly they are events where creative ideas are shared that would have gone unexplored."
Payne, who collected the Director of the Year award, let loose with: "I am proud of being an American director, and I get inspiration from films not just from the '70s, which was the Golden Age of film, but also from our great tradition of filmmaking going back to the silent days. I also want to say that I think that our films are going to get better the next few years."
The night before there had been a party at Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner's former love nest for the world premiere of Raymond De Felitta's crowd-pleasing "The Thing About My Family," starring Peter Falk and Paul Reiser, who also wrote the screenplay. This often funny, slightly sentimental father/son road trip has the two leads searching for the female head of the household (Olympia Dukakis), who's absconded. It's more fun than "Meet the Fockers."
After the SRO screening, Reiser graciously said: "Thank you. Up to now we've just been playing it for four friends at a time in our house. This is so much nicer. So much more efficient than going door to door."
Less efficient is John L'Ecuyer's "Prom Queen." This Canadian effort is based on the true story of Marc Hall, who wants to bring his boyfriend to his high school prom. The teen leads are quite fine as is the screenplay. It's the direction and the two performances from "Kids in the Hall"'s David Foley and Scott Thompson that bash this well-meaning enterprise.
One of the fest's true highlights was Davide Ferrario's delicious comic romancer, "After Midnight" (Italy). This tribute to "Jules and Jim," early Goddard, Buster Keaton, and film in general is never less than clever. It's tale of a forward young woman in a fast food restaurant who is loved by both a car thief and the night watchman at the Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy.
Sergio Castellitto's "Don't Move" (Italy) is not only a shocker because it showcases Penelope Cruz acting up a storm in Italian, but because this also might be her best performance. She's so good here, one viewer gasped, "Now I see what Tom Cruise saw in her." Castellitto also stars in this soap opera of an affair, portraying a surgeon whose car breaks down in an impoverished neighborhood. There he rapes a young woman (Cruz) who lets him use her telephone. That's only the start of an 'amore' that keeps on destroying.
Director/writer/screenwriter Ligy J. Pullappally is a former Chicago divorce lawyer who read an article about a lesbian committing suicide in her birthplace of Kerala, India. That inspired her to create a film, the beautifully-wrought "The Journey," about two high school girlfriends who fall for each other, creating a scandal that shocks both their family and neighbors. Happily, there's no suicide here.
Shot on 35mm with the dialogue in Malayalam, Pullappally knows her feature will have a tough time earning a profit: "My film doesn't have songs and dances so it's not something that distributors feel confident about. Also it's very much a female-oriented story whereas in Kerala, the first question I always had when I was making this film was, 'Who's your hero?' And when I said that there's no hero in my film, it's like a cast of almost all women with some subsidiary roles for a few men, people were like really appalled by that. Like it's so out of the norm. Also there's the lesbian subject matter."
One of the best films here, one that might make several best film lists at the end of the year, is Dennis Gansel's "Napola." Imagine "The Dead Poet's Society" meets Nazi youth. This image might seem incompatible but it works beautifully. The stunningly handsome Max Rienelt, if you like blond Aryan types, plays an impoverished young boxer invited to enroll in the elite National-Political School-the Napola of Allenstein. He thinks this is the chance for a solid future. He doesn't realize that the Nazis want to turn him into a fighting machine without a soul. Spectacular acting, directing, cinematography, and screenplay simply overwhelm any obvious moments here.
Q. Allen Brocka's "Eating Out," however, is more forced than farce. A highly attractive cast with highly uneven skills are forced to play often irritating characters. Plot: Straight boy with gay male roommate falls for straight girl with gay male roommate. How does he win her over? He makes believe he's gay. Yes, nothing is believable here, yet everyone involved must be given credit for producing the most erotic, bisexual dirty phone call ever depicted in cinema.
Moving from the flawed to the flawless is what happens with Eytan Fox's masterful "Walk on Water" (Israel). Here a straight Mossad assassin must play tourist guide to a gay German to capture the young man's Nazi grandfather. Complex in how it handles political matters, it's equally funny, sexy, and wise.
In biz news, rumor has it that the American remake rights have already been bought for Erik Van Looy's "The Alzheimer Case" (Belgium). See the original. It can't be improved. This smashing crime/revenge caper has an aging assassin trying to kill the people who hired him to murder a young girl. His problem is that he's suffering from Alzheimer's and his memory is going. To help him in his cause, he takes on a police detective played by an actor being billed as Belgium's Brad Pitt. The film is an edge-of-the-seat thriller.
Then there's Ljubisa Samardzic's companionable "Goose Feather" (Serbia). Filled with sing-along bawdy folk tunes, lush cinematography, and a transporting sense of the land, the story takes place in the former Yugoslavia between 1914 and 1921. The hero, back from the war, is prevented from marrying his first love. This causes him to leave town, drink, drink, and drink some more until he winds up engaged to a rich man's daughter with a limp. Brave in that its main character isn't exactly likable, the director noted to me "This is a film without an ending because life has no ending." Samardzic, who spoke little English, got more press coverage than any other unknown director thanks to the unending efforts of Marc and Marla Halperin and their Magic Lamp Distribution Services LLC. They were everywhere pushing the bird.
Other films of note: Dominique de Rivaz's Bach bio, "Jagged Harmonies" (Germany); Gianni Amelio's magnificently acted "The Keys to the House" (Italy) about a reunion between a father and the disabled son he never met before; and Arsen Anton Ostojic's Tarantino-influenced "A Wonderful Night in Split" (Croatia). Several tales of drugs, murder, and suicide taking place simultaneously on New Year's Eve are revealed to us one after another. Coolio co-stars, but the director and cinematographer are king here.
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Malaysian Interaction Culture Association president Adamms Chooi, organiser of the 2014 Ipoh City Nite Ride (left), shaking hands with Harun after the launch of programmes for Ipoh's 26th anniversary.
IPOH Datuk Bandar Datuk Harun Rawi said he needed more time to learn and understand the work process involved in heading a city council.
Harun, in replying to recent claims that he should be more approachable and go down to the ground to meet with the people, said as as district officer for Larut, Matang and Selama before, he only had to deal with the management and development of rural areas.
He said that he was still learning the ropes on how to deal with matters based on his new role.
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"I still need time to learn before I know the right thing to say," he said during a get-together session with the media at his official residence recently.
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"As I am new, I need to focus on the meetings in order to gain a more thorough understanding on the many matters arising before making decisions," he said.
"If I am unavailable, the media can still contact the city council's public relations officers, who will then relay the messages to me," he added.
The session was organised by the city council to provide an opportunity for Harun to interact and be better acquainted with members of the local press.
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During the session, it was also announced that Ipoh would be celebrating its 26th anniversary on May 27.
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Ilya...what's the answer?
Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 2:28 PM ESTOK It looks almost certain that Ilya is leaving Atlanta, and there are only a handful of teams that are mentioned, and yes Boston keeps getting mentioned. (remember he likes having Savard as his center) So guys, if he is re-signable, what is the price you would pay for him and what is your best trade offer to Atlanta?
I say if he wants to come to Boston then it's 8-8.5M per and the trade is this. Bruins 1st Rd pick (not Toronto's) Ryder, Wideman and a prospect (Hamil, Colbourne or Caron). To me that's the best scenerio for the Bruins.
I am sure Atlanta asks PC for this deal: Ilya for Toronto's first pick, Wheeler and Kreicji. I think it's a mistake to make this deal if I am PC.
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 2:56 PM ESTPaulmend if we can get Kovy. for Wheels Krejci and TO's first oh definetly but will he sign with the Bruins and how much $ we may have to let players go in the off season to sign him long term ie We can trade Chara in off season for a first and prospects and find what d men we can get through FA in the summer.
Lucic Savard Kovy (this will be our first line for long time)
Paille Bergeron Ryder
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 2:58 PM ESTIf he signs a contract extension.....
i would give them
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 3:00 PM ESTI dont believe Kovalchuk could be resigned with Boston unless one of Thomas, Chara or Savard were sent packing. Remember Lucic and Rask need new contracts....that being said, Ilya is DEFINITELY gone from Atlanta at the deadline.
That means best case scenario Ilya comes just for the playoffs. To secure him, it will take an impact player, picks, and some incidentals. Is it worth it?
Wheeler, Wideman, Boston 1st round pick, Boston 2nd round pick, Sturm, Ryder and Hamill/Caron/etc
I believe it would look something like that. One smart move that fans would tear up over might be to include Bergeron in the deal instead of one of the others. This would free up room for Boston and make it more appealing to Waddell in Atlanta.
Most likely Ilya moves to a team with more depth than Boston, aka Chicago. As Bob Mackenzie at TSN reports, They could move Barker, Sharp, Bolland, Ladd, maybe a guy like Brouwer, all sturdy NHL regulars that wouldnt impact Chicago in the slightest. They would stilll have Campbell, Seabrook, Keith and more on the blueline, Kane, Hossa, Toews, Ladd, Kovalchuk and more on offense...
Wadell has to sell any deal to the suits in the press boxes, and he simply cant do that with picks and prospects. As Bob reports, he must bring back solid regular NHL players.
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 3:59 PM ESTIt is oficcial that the trashers will be trading Kovy but not to the Bruins as i said before so peeps please forget about him:
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 4:07 PM ESTI can see how you might be able to do it if he signs in Boston, as part of the trade, for a Crosby-like $8.5M cap hit - so probably a loooooong term. It might work in terms of salary assuming a stable cap, but you wouldn't have any flexibility in case of injuries, and you'd only be able to re-sign Chara next year if he's willing to take the same money. Both are big ifs, especially if he has a good year next year. People will take a run at signing him. Still, it might, might have some legs. If the Bruins get him for some mixture of Krejci-or-Bergeron and Wheeler (so between $6-$7.5M against next year's cap) and picks, and they can sign him to that extension, they've only added a net salary cap hit of about $1.5M (assuming Wheeler will be able to ask something close to $3M).
(incidentally, dhitch probably knows that both Rask and Lucic have new contracts. Stuart and Wheeler are currently the most significant off-season contracts to deal with.)
Say it's Bergeron and Wheeler gone, plus the Leaf pick. Boston would have to replace Morris and Begin as UFAs and Boychuk and Stuart as RFAs, plus add another forward to replace the extra player sent to Atlanta. Assuming that they can get Boychuk and Stuart for modest raises, they'd probably have to sacrifice a Morris-level vet for an entry-level defenseman. Add Marchand and Caron in the forward spots and you're at about $58M. That's close. Buy out Ryder and you're at about $57 with another entry-level replacement. Buy out Wideman too and you're at you're at $55.5M assuming you sign someone slightly above entry-level to replace him.
Unless the Cap starts going up again, this would be the gist of the team for a long time - though you'd lose any of the young players who proved something because you'd never be able to fend of RFA signing sheets. But making it work and winning a cup don't look like the same thing to me. I don't know if that second line can score enough to put them over the top. It looks to much like the prime Neely-Oates-Moog-Bourque years - loved those guys, but there was always one team that was just slightly better because they had more support for their superstars.
Anyway, if you do it, next year the roster might look like this:
[rough numbers from memory]
Lucic-Savard-Kovalchuk 17M
Sturm-Krejci-Marchand 8M
Paille-Sobotka-Caron 3.5M
Bitz-LoVecchio-Thornton 2M
Chara-Alexandrov 8.5
2M Dman-Stuart 4 (assuming a raise for Stu)
Hunwick-Boychuk 3 (assumes a raise for JB)
Thomas 5
Rask 1.4
Total for Roster ~$52.4M
Dead Money
Ryder - $1.3M
Wideman - $1.5M
Total With Dead Money ~$55.2M
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 4:46 PM ESTThe following players/picks should be used to get Kovalchuk
-Caron (Bruins will be deep at Center without him for a long time to come)
-BOS 1st round pick (Bruins already have the TOR 1st pick)
-Any other pick after the 1st round pick (Next year's draft is supposed to be not very deep anyways)
-Wheeler or Colborne (Wheeler was great last year, but has not played well this year. Colborne may be NHL ready in 2 years-could replace Wheeler, if he's traded)
-Wideman (In any deal with Atlanta, the Bruins have to make them take this guy, he's costing the team right now)
-TOR 1st round pick (I'd take Kovalchuk over Hall/Seguin/Fowler but only if he'd sign an extension)
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 6:23 PM ESTAtlantas D and goaltending is brutal and the TSN story is speculation at best. sooo 1st of all you dont trade Krecji. Atlanta if they trade Kov will rebuild and want an impact player, so give them Chara and Bos 1st pick plus a prospect. remember atlanta gets alot less at the rade deadline or when the season ends
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 6:37 PM EST
Make that deal, Wally, and you score more AND lose more. Never ever trade a defenseman for a forward of equal calibre - or even close. Remember Savard for Chelios? Stupidest trade the Habs ever made.
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 7:21 PM ESTWhat do we think about offering Timmy?
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 7:59 PM ESTNo way Thomas goes to a non contender with his ntc, Why would he want to go to a crumbling franchise and a team thats rebuilding? The Bruins would be a lot better off trading the unproven Rask as his play has been under par for a month now his numbers rising while playing the weak teams. The only way they make a trade for kovie is picks and prospects, As everyone knows he will be in Russia next year as they can offer any amount for his services and the Bruins or any other team cant. The Bruins need a decent winger for Savard and while it would be great to get him from Atlanta a smaller deal for a different player is way more likely!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 8:44 PM ESTAccording to TSN the price is two roster players, two prospects and a draft pick.
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 8:48 PM ESTyour all craz y kovy is 1 of top 5 players in the game now maybe top 3 if you have a shot to get him do it...who cares about about the draft picks who might not even be hall/sequin even if it was i rather have a signed kovy next 5 yrs then hope these kids become stars bs are not rebuilding they got a shot with kovy at the cup
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 8:50 PM ESTSavard for Chelios would have been mega different if it had been 10 years earlier, but Mon ruined him for his scoring. Though Mon got the cup and Chel had to leave Chi to get it.
We are looking for a goal scorer and Kov is it, I would sooner trade Z than Berg or Krej too much upside for them, but we would need a quality D somewhere.
I see Kov being primarily 1 player with prospect and pick with a player to be named later and that player to be dependent on how far the Bruins go with him and also if he signs back with the B's. As a rental noone is going to sell the farm, but Atlanta is going to want 1 roster player for sure, they have goaltending and they need D, but they do not want to spend money that they are not banking.
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/22/2010 9:45 PM ESTif chicago is serious thats where he is going. living here it and following the hawks it seems unlikely.
if atlanta is smart they will want kjallmerson from the hawks. one of the most under rated players in the league. he's an RFA at end of year.
if i'm altanta i'm asking for krejci, hunwick and 2 first round picks. i'm sure atlanta will want the option of taking the higher selection in this years draft or passing and gambling toronto finishes worse next year. similiar to the guerin trade years ago.
the problem here is were stuck with wideman, ryder and sturm. if PC can get kovalchuk and unload 1 of these players in the process then he's GM of the year.
i think were better off dealing wideman for a rental. forward, D, waterboy, who cares and going after kovalchuk in the off season.
i'd rather pay kovalchuk 9=10 mil then frolov 5mill. (you laugh, some dumb team will do this, probably the rangers).
Re: Ilya...what's the answer?
posted at 1/23/2010 8:05 AM ESTI really dont think atlanta will get what there asking for and no one especia;;y the Bs will give up so much future unless the deal includes him signing and they can give away 2 money guys like wideman and ryder..Otherwise as someone mentioned trade these 2 guys somehow for rental player and hope kovi is available after the season.


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