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Florida head football coach Will Muschamp released this statement regarding the NCAA's decision on Shariff Floyd:
"I'm angered, disgusted and extremely disappointed that Sharrif will have to miss two games,'' Muschamp said. "In my opinion Sharrif is getting lumped into what is bad about college athletics. As we indicated in the statement Saturday night his issue was not related to sports agents, University of Florida boosters or his recruitment to Florida or anywhere else. Sharrif is what is good about college athletics – his life is about survival, struggle, disappointment and adversity.
"I have recruited kids that did not know where they would sleep that night or what they would eat. Growing up, Sharrif was one these kids. Sharrif's life is also about triumph, honesty, integrity, determination, perseverance and character. The NCAA stated that he received preferential treatment; there is nothing preferential about his life. He grew up with only his great grandmother and still sends her Pell Grant money so she can pay her bills. How many kids do you know that would do that? I know one – Sharrif Floyd.
"I want to make it clear that this issue is not about sports agents, Florida boosters or his recruitment to Florida or anywhere else. The issue is about his survival and the only reason the NCAA, the SEC and the University of Florida were aware of these issues is because Sharrif brought them to our attention last February. He came forward because, as I said before, he is honest and because of his integrity.
"The toughest day that I have had as a head football coach at Florida was the day that I had to tell Sharrif that he could not play in our game vs. FAU last week. I took away part of his family. He had tears in his eyes and said "What have I done wrong?" I told him he did nothing wrong. It wasn't any easier to tell him today that he would be missing Saturday's game. I have two sons at home- if they end up like Sharrif I will consider myself a successful father. "


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Telenity, a leading provider of next generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks, announced today the appointment of Mr. Aydin Kendir as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Product Delivery, and Mr. Feyyaz Atalay as Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Aydin Kendir comes back to Telenity and will head Telenitys global Sales and Product Delivery teams including pre-sales, sales, program management, product delivery and customer support. Placing increased focus on global customers, partners and alliances, Aydin will support the companys global expansion strategy. He will report directly to Dilip Singh, CEO at Telenity.
With over 15 years of industry experience, Feyyaz Atalay also comes back to Telenity and will lead the EMEA sales team to identify and drive targeted areas of growth in the region such as direct customers, partnerships and distribution channels, as well as drive the development and execution of Telenitys EMEA corporate strategy. He will report directly to Aydin Kendir.
We are delighted to have Aydin and Feyyaz join our team. They both bring a wealth of experience to Telenity and they will be key contributors in building stronger partnerships with channels, alliances and customers, said Dilip Singh, CEO at Telenity. We see tremendous demand for our converged services solutions globally especially service creation and delivery, location, integrated messaging and advanced services, including video ringback tones and video mail. With Aydin and Feyyazs expertise and strong industry relations, we will continue to aggressively grow our presence in global markets.
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|September 2, 2000, 08:24 AM
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My brother in law is suggesting that we plan to go moose hunting in a couple of years; Would a .50 BMG rifle like the Maadi-Griffin be suitable for such a hunt? I just bought the plans, and could have it finished by then.
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|September 2, 2000, 08:43 AM
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You could use it but it's a bit of an overkill.
|September 2, 2000, 09:53 AM
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ArmySon: Would it be? I was figuring on using the .30 saboted rounds; Stewart warns that the use of the full sized bronze bullets wears out your barrel in short order.
Actually, though, I was more concerned about legalities, hunting regulations. This trip is still in the planning stages, and neither of us even has a firearm suitable for moose hunting yet.
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|September 2, 2000, 10:45 AM
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The legalities of assembling the rifle are beyond this particular forum.
Hunting with a .50 is (AFAIK) legal everywhere. Somebody out west introduced a bill trying to outlaw the .50 for elk.
IMHO, it's sort of a waste. My understanding is that moose are fairly close range targets. If your going to use a .30 bullet, you might be ahead dollar wise getting a good rifle. Additionally, the saboted bullet should be selected with care as the velocity may over stress the bullet. (4000 fps?) I would think hard about a Barnes X bullet myself.
|September 2, 2000, 12:56 PM
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Having acquired an incredible amount of knowledge and expertise in the hunting of the mighty moose from TV and the huntin'zines, it seems to me that the comment about close range has merit. The majority of all meese seem to be shot within 100 yards.
Modern loadings in the .45-70 seem to me to a rational approach. "Big" .30s with heavy bullets also are commonly accepted.
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|September 3, 2000, 02:13 AM
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Where are you going moose hunting? That really depends on whether its legal there or not. In Idaho, the gun can't weigh more than 16 lbs, that includes the scope, clips, sling, bullets, and everything, can't be a rim-fire, and it also can't be a set-gun. But in alaska the only restrictions are no rim-fires, and no set-guns, so as long as you can carry it, bring a friggen cannon!! We just got home from moose hunting about 1/2 hour ago. I took my .375 H&H and my dad carries a .338 win mag. We also took the .22-250, for black-dot shots Yes, most shot's are within a hundred yards, and putting the sneak on them is about as challenging as sneaking up on a farm-yard cow, but the stuff they live in is thick undergrowth, and nearly un-penetratable. they can walk 5 yrds, and lay down, and you'll never see them again. Hence the .22-250. If they're more than a couple hundred yards, and only in a small clearing, they'll be gone before you get there, so ya shoot them in the neck, and then go get them. (this is all in theory, so far, we've shot them with nothing less than a .338) But a guy we knew offed one with a .22, yes a bit light, but that's all he had. "I shot 'em in the back of his head, an' his legs went limp like wet noodles." I think a .50 will be plenty enough gun. you won't be carrying it though will you? mostly spot and stock, or spot and snipe?? Good luck
|September 3, 2000, 07:25 AM
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Gizmo99: Actually, I've already checked the legalities of building it where I live, and that's no problem. As for hunting with it being legal everywhere, I wish! (Or maybe I don't.) Can't use ANY rifle on deer in the lower half of Michigan; Have to use a shotgun with deer slugs. Some nimrods in the legislature think that's safer in populated areas... Like there aren't populated areas north of their stupid line, and expanses of nothing south of it!
Actually, I agree that the Maadi-Griffin might not be the best choice for hunting moose, but it's what I've got the plans for, and am looking for an excuse to build.
We're looking at Montana, by the way.
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|September 3, 2000, 08:05 AM
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To my knowledge, hunting with rifles is not legal everywhere. In Iowa, if I remember correctly, it is illegal to hunt with any rifles, only shotguns, and in some rare cases, pistols are allowed. Black powder is an exception to the rifle rule as long as it's a muzzle loader or a pistol.
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|September 3, 2000, 05:33 PM
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There are lots of places where rifles are not permitted. We have a few here - shotgun only or what ever.
I am aware of minimum calibers - .24 in my home state of Tennessee for instance. "Maximum" calibers don't seem to be a problem. Yet.
|September 4, 2000, 01:39 AM
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While I would love to rifle hunt, I understand why it's illegal in states like Iowa, where most hunting is done in farm country, which has too many houses around and too many roads to be safe with rifles.
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|September 4, 2000, 11:28 AM
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I think you'll be cursing the day you were born if you ever have to drag 30 pounds of rifle through a swamp looking for moose. Are you going to try and shoot that thing off the shoulder or do you figure you'll just find them out in a pasture where you can just set up a bipod?
You're not going to hunt in the lower 48 because you can go through your whole life without ever being drawn for moose. You can try Canada but I doubt they'll let you in the country with a .50 bmg.
That leaves Alaska where toting a rifle that size through muskeg and "hippy-heads" and alder jungles is ....not going to be much fun.
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|September 4, 2000, 11:57 AM
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> That leaves Alaska where toting a rifle that size through muskeg and "hippy-heads" and alder jungles is ....not going to be much fun.
Toting any rifle through alder jungles is not much fun IMO!
Hippy-heads? I know what you mean but we called them something different. Pulled a groin muscle walking over a field of them once. Snow was just deep enough where you couldn't make out where they were. You'd be on top of one then then next step you'd wouldn't be. Try that w/o snowshoes while carrying a pack... better yet... don't!
|September 5, 2000, 10:58 AM
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I always used that other name too, just because it was the only thing I knew to call them. If you call them "tussocks", people just say, "huh"?
I'm more comfortable with "hippy-heads" than the standard term.
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, these things are little grass topped hummocks about the size of a human head and spaced 6-8" apart. Some areas, like SW Alaska have thousands of square miles of these little ankle busters which can't really be appreciated until you are packing 80 pounds of meat over them for miles at a time.
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|September 5, 2000, 11:36 AM
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If they're 6-8" apart, you're lucky. Alot of the time they're right next to eachother and you have to watch every step you make to keep from landing a foot in-between them, and falling up to you're hip in water, or busting your leg. You also can't watch for game as well if you have to divirt all your attention to these so-called "hippie-heads"
|September 5, 2000, 11:44 AM
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50? Are you afraid your moose is going to be driving an armored car?
Seriously, while the .50 has legitimate use as a long range sporting arm.. the there is a HUGE difference between SHOOTING a moose, and hunting one. Your shot will likely be up close and personal (within 100 yds)
A solid 375 H&H magnum by CZ is more than up to the task, as far as busting brush and breaking bones.
|September 5, 2000, 04:12 PM
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let alone the catcalls back at camp when everyone knows you touched off a round and missed!
|September 5, 2000, 04:36 PM
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A couple of my friends are transplants from Maine. Two used to guide moose hunts. They commented that a .30-30 or a 30-06 was all most brought along- or needed to bring along.
|September 5, 2000, 10:50 PM
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Whenever a buddies of mine ask me is this caliber or that caliber enough to kill a moose, bear, elk, etc, I ask them this question, "What did people use before modern rifles were invented to take big game?"
|September 6, 2000, 02:20 AM
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As I understand these matters, the hard part is finding your trophy bull. After that you just hike in and shoot him at fairly close range. Moose aren't deer. They don't bolt off at the first sign of humans. In Los Anchorage and nearby trails I've walked right next to moose hundreds of times. Most of the time they just stand there like cattle. Of course, from time to time they will decide to have some fun and bolt *toward* the trail monkeys. When that happens, just jump into the devil's club and you'll be fine. Other than the inch-long thorns in your flesh.
|September 6, 2000, 12:00 PM
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Yes, moose aren't as skittish as deer, but city moose, and the ones you'll be hunting, are two different animals. "los anchorage" mooose see people everyday. last spring we had a cow and calf eating our newly planted garden. Out came the wristrocket, and a well planted steel ball on her rump sent her stampeding away, with babies in close pursuit. And last winter a young bull moose decided the best place for him to lay down was on Tudor road (busy road right in town) this worked out fine till an impaciant motorist decide he would just drive closer honking till the moose left. The moose started to get up "good, it's working" It then charged the car and careemed into the front of the car mashing the h*ll out of it. The motorist was then pleased to see that it worked, the moose waltzed into the woods unfazed. While wild moose can be stalked, fairly close, exspecially in the thick stuff they live, don't expect to just walk up to thirty yards and plink them. Unlike their cousins in anchorage, the wild ones ahve to avoid predators.
|September 7, 2000, 01:48 AM
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Gotta agree with the Doc. Bull moose aren't deer, but they're sure as hell not like hunting cattle. You can screw your self out of a moose very easily. Most shots are under 100 yards and I'd hate to be the one toting a .50 BMG out of the bush. I've killed several with my 30-06, 1 with my bow and hope my next one will be with a spankin new 45-70.
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|October 2, 2000, 03:29 PM
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Forget Canada.... You can't legally own one of those, let alone hunt with it....
Our recipe in Northern Quebec, as far as moose is concerned, is pretty much anything in the 27 to 30 range, 300 Win Mag being considered almost overkill, and anything over it a laughing matter....
Shoot whatever you feel comfy with, light enough to drag all day...
|October 3, 2000, 04:47 AM
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Not a moose marauder, few here in Md. But, recalling Col Askins, the 30-30 is probably the round that's killed the most moose.
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That don't make it the best round. I read somewhere that most of the grizzlies killed in the states was with 30-30's. It isn't the best cartridge, but it's what the settleers and the indians had when the West was being won, and that's what they used. Moose aren't incredibly tough, or strong willed like a grizz, they die as easy (size comparably) as a deer, but you also want to shoot them with a size comparably bullet.
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Jane McLeod: Cold doesn't deter broccoli
May 15, 2011
Steamboat Springs — Long, cold springs; cloudy, cool summers; or short, crisp falls — with one or all three, there's broccoli.
The vegetable prefers a cool growing season. If temperatures consistently climb to blistering hot levels, it will bolt into flower stalks that bloom and go to seed before gardeners can pick them.
Because of broccoli's aversion to high heat, it is planted in climates similar to Northwest Colorado in early spring so that it will mature before much of summer's heat.
Usually, broccoli is grown from seedlings transplanted into a garden. When the seedlings are 5 to 6 inches tall, or six to seven weeks old, they can be set out, two or three weeks before the last expected frost. The seedlings will tolerate a frost, but not a hard freeze. If a freeze is coming, cover the young plants and maybe even hold a few seedlings back to try again.
If gardeners sow broccoli directly into a garden and thin the plants later, they can be sown a month before the last frost.
When planting seedlings, space them 15 to 18 inches apart. Set them an inch or two lower in the ground than they were in their pots, firming the soil around them and watering them well.
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Keep an eye on nighttime temperatures and keep a sheet ready. Fertile soil allows for closer spacing, but too-close spacing will result in more side shoots and smaller main heads. Extra enrichment, such as fish emulsion, only is needed if you are trying to hasten maturity to beat the heat.
Basic ingredients for growing successful broccoli include fertile soil to begin, proper drainage but steady moisture, a good mulch to retain moisture and full sun.
Some shade only helps later in the summer heat, but gardeners also can add a shade cloth to retard bolting.
With a tree-like shape, broccoli plants, as vegetables go, don't use a lot of space. But the plant roots will spread, and although the plant itself will only reach a height of just more than 2 feet, it will produce a lot of broccoli.
After the big center cluster — basically, an immature flower head — is trundled off to the kitchen, side-shoots develop in the leaf axils that can be harvested, as well. Some broccoli varieties even tout that they produce lots of side-shoots.
Most varieties mature in about 60 days, but they must be harvested immediately or the center head, which will be smaller than seen in stores, will quickly open into yellow flowers.
This show of yellow flowers happens quickly and is slightly mortifying to a vegetable gardener, because it means that the plant's production is over and a feast of broccoli has been missed — so keep up with the picking.
Harvest broccoli by cutting the stalk or stem several inches below the head with a sharp knife.
A very rich source of vitamins and nutrients, broccoli has more to offer nutritionally than just about any vegetable we consume. Raw or cooked — but steamed, not boiled — the health benefits of broccoli are too many to mention.
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A controversial scene of the movie involving Angel Locsin and Angelica Panganiban stirs an online controversy after the successful release of the movie, "One More Try."
The top-grossing movie "One More Try" have some intense scene that according to some moviegoers were really realistic even during the shooting of the film.
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During the emotional scenes of the movie both actress were getting intense with each other, especially during the cat fight scenes wherein Angel and Angelica slapping and hair-pulling that looked more real and both actress were hurt.
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Apps are the newest guests invited to the season's nuptials.
After all, engaged couples often have to hit the ground running to ensure that everything goes smoothly before the big day. The tab for the average American wedding tops $28,000, according to wedding website The Knot, making it the grandest shindig most people will throw in their lifetimes.
Figuring out the budget, the venue, the food, the dress and the guest list takes great attention to detail that can stress out even the most seasoned wedding planner.
Now, there's an app for all that.
From brainstorming to timing, couples can rely on an increasing variety of technological resources in the digital age. While the apps don't replace wedding planners, they do make it easier for savvy brides and grooms to organize their celebrations with less help.
Visit the following websites to download the apps – many are free, though some require subscriptions.
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• First at the party, The Knot (theknot.com) has been the go-to website for brides-to-be for years. It allows couples to upload personal webpages and gift registries, search for ideas from others' weddings and download templates.
• Brit Morin – Silicon Valley's answer to Martha Stewart – recently launched Weduary (weduary.com), a website featuring customizable tools that allow couples to build their own sites to post photos, logistics and stories. Morin founded Brit + Co., which provides do-it-yourself solutions for the tech-savvy generation.
Stories abound of people meeting their potential mates at friends' weddings, and Weduary leaves little to chance. Somewhat like Match.com and other online social sites, Weduary provides ways for like minds to meet. A special section lists all the singles and friends you might have in common. If someone looks intriguing, just click the "flirt" option to see if the feeling is mutual.
The site also allows couples to bypass the frequent etiquette dilemma of how to broadcast gift registries without seeming greedy.
• Remember when hosts left disposable cameras at each table? Guests who download the Wedding Party app from the Apple Store can drop off those candid smartphone shots that a photographer might miss.
The site also includes place cards that tell guests how to connect by entering the names of the bride and groom. Before the big day, couples can upload pictures and bios of the wedding party.
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Each package comes with 200 instruction cards for guests who participate. Guests can use photo filters such as "Antique" and "Vignette" to improve their choices.
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Prohibit window focus stealing in KDE
During KDE start lots of programs are loading but usually I begin to work in the konsole rightaway. However as it starts I need to enter commands to start applications, enter passwords for KDE Wallet and so on.
Other programs that start up steal the focus of the window I currently work with. That is extremely annoying to me as I have to enter passwords multiple times because I don't know where I was interrupted by typing it.
Does anyone know how to disable focus stealing in KDE at all?
The easy way, like I prefer it : "Start with an empty session" :
'kcontrol' > KDE Components > Session Manager >> "Start with an empty session"
and take care that 'HOME//.kde/Autostart' is empty.
Or if you want to have things not used currently to start, change focus :
'kcontrol' > Desktop > Window-Specific Settings >> "..Disable focus stealing.."
> > "New" or "Modify" ...
I tried to set rules here and I also set "Disable Focus Stealing" to extreme. According the manual this should disable focus stealing at all and the user must select windows manually. However this seems to have no effect. kwallet pops up, did not get the focus but the application (for example konsole) I used before loses the focus and when I was typing at the moment the new window popped up, some typing gets lost. Same happens when you start an application that takes quite some time to load and you want to work in the background with another app. As soon as the first application is loaded, it is put to front. And don't to speak of the annoying progress bar windows of kontact when it fetches mails every now and then. I don't want to get bugged by this. But I don't find any entry in KDE how to prevent this.
I liked the olden days where there was only a shell...
"I liked the olden days where there was only a shell..."
So why in the first place have anything to start at all ???
Then "Start with an empty session" and no "Autostart" would
be like "the shell days"
If I want to use shell only, I simply run my machine in runlevel 3. However one has to run corporate software, want to browse the web in a fancy way, want to read pdfs and so on. So usually everyone has multiple applications open when working with the pc. Thats the reason why there are such things as multitasking.
I have multible applications open most of the time too, and
so using 6 desktops in KDE. It will sometimes happen that a
pop up message from e.g desktop 4 will appear on my workplace
at desktop 2. But that is more dependent of the running
application itself and not the window manager.
There could be ways in the applications to avoid it.
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Entropic Communications of San Diego slightly beat Wall Street analysts' projections for earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter.
The maker of chips for the connected home posted sales of $89.8 million and earnings of $7.8 million, or 9 cents a share, excluding certain charges.
Analysts on average had forecast sales $88.6 million and earnings of 8 cents per share, excluding charges.
Entropic makes chips that go into set-top boxes and other cable and satellite TV equipment. Its core technology allows for whole home DVR via coaxial cable lines -- meaning a show recorded on the DVR in the living room can be watched on the TV in the upstairs bedroom without having to move the DVR.
The company said it is benefiting as more cable and satellite pay TV providers begin offering Internet Protocol video delivery in the home. The company makes chips used in equipment used to deliver IP-based video. It also sees an potential growth as more companies add high-definition televisions.
Entropic reports results both under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes charges such as non-cash stock based compensation and certain costs related to two recent acquisitions.
On a GAAP basis, the company posted net income of $400,000 for the quarter, or break even.
"Momentum continues to build around the connected home market and we saw solid design-win traction during the quarter," said Entropic Chief Executive Patrick Henry. "All and all it was a solid quarter."
Looking ahead, Entropic expects fourth quarter revenue of $89 million to $92 million and net income of 8 cents a share, excluding charges.
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Soft budgets and local borrowing regulation in a dynamic decentralized leadership model with saving and free mobility
This paper considers a simple dynamic decentralized leadership model with local borrowing and regional productivity enhancing investment. The central government is benevolent but cannot commit. The local governments strategically act while accounting for the ex post motive of the central government. We then investigate inefficiency in the subgame perfect equilibrium. We analyze the effect of central control on local borrowings. It is revealed that the central control is of no use. The model is extended to the case with residential mobility which gives different policy implications.
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- Timothy Goodspeed, 2002. "Bailouts in a Federation," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 9(4), pages 409-421, August.
- Velasco, Andres, 2000. "Debts and deficits with fragmented fiscal policymaking," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(1), pages 105-125, April.
- Jonathan A. Rodden & Gunnar S. Eskeland (ed.), 2003. "Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262182297, July.
- Caplan, Arthur J. & Cornes, Richard C. & Silva, Emilson C. D., 2000. "Pure public goods and income redistribution in a federation with decentralized leadership and imperfect labor mobility," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(2), pages 265-284, August.
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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Masterpath Inc, Temecula, CA, USA
MasterPath fits the definition of a cult, and has been destructive to many of it's followers and their families. Followers of Gary Olsen mistakenly attribute spiritual growth to MasterPath, believing he has given them access to their own soul. Olsen's followers are explicitly taught that he is the living master, and the "word made flesh". In other words, he claims to be the current Jesus Christ. Several of the reviews on this site come from people who actually believe Gary Olsen is God incarnate. Therefore, their credibility should be seriously questioned. Anyone looking for more information can simply Google Masterpath and find extensive information on this cult, including the experiences of former followers who were close with Olsen. It should also be noted that Olsen does not believe in or support any charitable or humanitarian causes, because karma is always fair. This philosophy extends to people wiped out by famine, war, and even the September 11 attacks. Olsen is well known for his fear mongering about bird flu in 2006, when he instructed his followers to stockpile and prepare for the coming apocalypse. This is a cult led by a megalomaniac. Current followers who are very happy with their experience are certainly entitled to devote their lives to MasterPath. The same way Marshall Applewhite's followers were entitled to love him as their savior...and were joyed and elated to be following him to outer space through suicide. MasterPath is just more spiritual manipulation of the worst kind. Period.
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When I heard McCain talk about (among other measures) new high-tech border control with advanced radar and drones, my heart sank. We've been here. In 2006, Congress threw a ton of money at a high-tech fence. Five years, $1 billion, and a pathetic 53 (out of 2,000) miles later, Janet Napolitano canceled the program as a complete failure.
That was predictable. And some of us who predicted it were pleading for something much cheaper and simpler: a prosaic, low-tech fence. The kind built near San Diego (triple-layered) that resulted in an astounding 92 percent drop in apprehensions, or like the Israeli fence built along the West Bank that has reduced terrorist infiltration to practically zero.
There's a reason people have been building fences for, oh, 5,000 years. They work.
The current Senate proposal must be improved, either in the Senate or by the House. It's not complicated. Build the damn fence. And give "probationary legal status" to the 11 million — not on the day the bill is signed but on the day the fence is completed. Have the president drive in the golden fence post at Promontory Point II and sign the amnesty right there. Great photo op.


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Sneijder rejects new Inter deal
Wesley Sneijder has rejected a new contract extension following talks with Inter Milan on Monday, saying he will not sign while he continues to be left out of the first team.
• Inter: No Sneijder contract breach
• Blog: Winless run ended
Sneijder, 28, has found his game time at Inter limited this season and there has been speculation that he would need to agree a new deal on reduced terms in order to return to the fold.
Coach Andrea Stramaccioni, however, has insisted that the omission of the Netherlands international is "nothing to do with his contract".
Inter administrator Rinaldo Ghelfi and technical director Marco Branca met Sneijder and his agent, Soren Lerby, at the club's Milan headquarters to try to resolve the issue, however.
Sneijder said he wanted to be playing again before putting pen to paper.
"At this moment in time, I have no reason to sign," he said. "How can I accept a new contract under these conditions when I am not even playing?"
Lerby told reporters after the meeting that "in these circumstances he will not sign", suggesting that the club had asked him to take a pay cut.
As he left the talks, Sneijder told reporters: "I don't really have the desire to speak. Something will be released later this afternoon. I've always been happy at Inter."
However, the former Real Madrid man's remark seemed at odds with a statement made by Branca, who said soon afterwards: "We're pleased because the meeting went well, especially for Inter.
"We will have to review [the situation] with Wesley anyway. His statement? I don't know."
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Odd Little Weather BubblePosted by: John in General, Jefferson City Montana, Montana, tags: Jefferson City Montana, weather, Weather Report
The Weather Report V.S. Reality… The weather report says we are supposed to get less than a half inch of snow. It has reported this for a couple of days. It has been snowing steadily, but lightly, for over the past 24 hours and we now have close to a half a foot, not a half an inch. Click on a picture to see a larger view.
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About Svaroopa® Yoga
Svaroopa® Yoga is a healing and restorative style of Hatha yoga that reaches into the spine to create a deep release of tension held in the body, mind and spirit.
Svaroopa Yoga uses precise alignment and props to release these core muscular tensions from your tailbone all the way up through your neck and head. Each pose is spoken about in terms of "the angles and alignment that provides core openings", rather than in terms of "poses to be learned".
Swami Nirmalanada Saraswati (formerly Rama Berch) is the creator of Svaroopa ® Yoga. You can read more about her at http://www.svaroopayoga.org/rama-berch.asp
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Graphics: 6.8
Gameplay: 6.3
Sound: 5.7
Control: 6.1
Replay Value: 5.5
Rating: 6.2
Publisher: THQ
Developer: Blitz Games
Number Of Players: 1 Player
When it comes to games designed for kids, for some reason, the developers just don't put as much effort into the production. Every once in a while, we get something halfway decent, like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, but for the most part, games geared towards a younger demographic often fall far short of the mark. One of the most popular kids shows in recent memory, "Spongebob SquarePants," vaulted into the interactive entertainment world some time ago, and with a somewhat surprising level of fluffy fun. And thanks to the show's continued success, it's no surprise that we'd see another installment; Spongebob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab. The first one on the PS2, Battle for Bikini Bottom, was moderately successful and actually worth playing for fans of the show. Is the sequel another solid title?
The graphics are an interesting mix of cel-shaded and nicely detailed visuals, combined with a lot of vibrant color and a significant dose of artistic appeal. The only problem is that it's still far behind the better graphical presentations on the last-generation console, and there really isn't a lot to crow about. Despite a good attempt by Blitz Games, there are too many imperfections and flaws throughout, although the awful camera (discussed later) exaggerates a lot of the problem. We also can't really agree with the very industrial style, which is a bizarre choice because it's basically the opposite of the undersea world depicted in the cartoon. In the end, you're looking at a diverse palette with a few high points, but for the most part, it's hardly anything spectacular.
But at the very least, the graphics are better than the sound, which suffers from plenty of imbalance issues, repetitive and annoying character catch phrases, and a surprisingly unfunny script. The voice actors aren't bad, but the writing doesn't seem to retain the same hilarious tone often found in the show, which is a definite drawback. The soundtrack is okay, despite being ultra-bouncy, but it often drowns out the voices and rarely changes significantly. The effects work well for this action/adventure title, but they quickly become just as monotonous as the soundtrack; both will eventually grow tiresome within a few hours. There are some comical tidbits ("I break through paper walls like…paper") but overall, we had anticipated much better sound. After all, this category is key when recreating a cartoon as a video game, and it just didn't gel.
The gameplay is…somewhat strange. As we pointed out in our graphics description, the designers apparently didn't want to use the actual cartoon environment, and instead implemented a very modernized above-water playground full of mechanical do-hickeys and gizmos. Granted, there isn't much to the show besides Spongebob's pineapple, Squidward's house, Patrick's rock, and the Krusty Krab, but it still makes very little sense to produce a game with this kind of atmosphere. That being said, everything you do is easily accomplished and relatively entertaining, regardless of whether you're running for your life as Plankton, racing as Spongebob, or battling your arch-villain as Patrick.
You'll play as the three aforementioned characters in separate missions, beginning with Spongebob, moving on to Patrick, and culminating with Plankton. In each, you'll be doing very different things, especially with Plankton, which turns the game into a fairly straightforward and fast-moving 2D side-scroller, and actually provides a minor challenge. This is in stark contrast to Spongebob and Patrick's missions, as neither is even remotely difficult. Both aquatic buddies have similar moves, all executed with the simple press of a button; attack, dash, jump, and one special move (swinging on anchors with Spongebob's stretchy arms and Patrick's super…er…blowing ability). Both can double-jump as well, and you'll progress through a series of areas that has you solving simple puzzles, whacking the snot out of mindless enemies, and playing fetch for the sake of the objectives.
Spongebob alternates between finding parts and upgrades to his racer – 3D platforming – and actually racing in his first scenario; neither of which should give you even the slightest problem. In fact, if you even get hit, you probably just weren't paying attention, and we have no idea how you'd even lose the race. Presumably, if you hit every single obstacle there was, you might not make the checkpoint, but unless you're very young (or have some kind of horrible muscular problem), you really can't lose. The platforming is equally simple and very obvious, and unfortunately, the Spongebob missions are found lacking more so than either Patrick's or Plankton's. At least there's slightly less hand-holding and a more wide-open area in Patrick's section, which makes the game marginally more interesting.
The objectives for each mission are silly and don't really make much sense…but then again, they don't really have to. But in this particular case, we believe a game more closely associated with the show (perhaps we could play through a few well-known episodes?) and more recognizable to fans would've been advisable. There's something to be said for attempting to create an entirely new world without "stealing" anything from the cartoon, but why make a game that only vaguely feels like the television show? The designers should realize they're creating a game that will almost exclusively cater to Spongebob fans, so merely taking three characters and putting them in an almost entirely foreign world doesn't cut the mustard.
And speaking of the characters, where's the rest of the crew? Mrs. Puff and Gary make cameos, but what about Mr. Krabs and Squidward? Where'd they go? We do miss seeing them in this installment, but even so, the entire game is solidly produced and flows with an easy yet quickly-moving pace. There are some fun mini-games to play, and a great option called Free Play – it allows you to replay any level you like, whenever you like – so it's not like you'll run out of things to do. In fact, even though you could probably finish the entire game in four or five hours, as far as children's game go, this one's fully loaded. There isn't a whole lot of fan-oriented extras, though; probably a by-product of Blitz Games' odd determination to avoid the Spongebob water world.
One major issue we must point out- the camera is barely functional. It's supposed to be a free-roaming camera in the fully 3D levels, but it usually only succeeds in accomplishing erratic zoom-ins, spins, and angles. Sometimes, you can't move it at all and you find yourself staring at some obstacle that takes up the entire screen. Other times, it seems sluggish and unwilling to cooperate. It's not so much of a crippling problem that ruins the gameplay, but it can be very frustrating, and all in all, it's a poorly implemented feature. But at least the character control is better, and much more consistent.
It's too bad there was never much beyond the most basic of maneuvers, but the fact remains- just about anyone can pick it up and play the whole way through with little difficulty, and still have fun doing it. Fans should be content (to a point), and while avid/hardcore gamers shouldn't bother with this one unless they're really giant Spongebob fans, kids should get a kick out of it. One of these days, they might get around to developing a children's game that can stand on its own merits without relying on fanservice to deliver a quality experience. There are far too many shortcomings in Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab to make it a very good game, and they're all technical and control flaws that could easily be ironed out with a bit more effort. Oh well…at least it was fun for a while.


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MFA FinancialDividend Yield: 9.60% MFA Financial (NYSE: MFA) shares currently have a dividend yield of 9.60%. MFA Financial, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in residential agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The company has a P/E ratio of 10.82. The average volume for MFA Financial has been 2,477,400 shares per day over the past 30 days. MFA Financial has a market cap of $3.1 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are up 18% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. TheStreet Ratings rates MFA Financial as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- MFA's revenue growth trails the industry average of 10.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 0.3%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
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- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. When compared to other companies in the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry and the overall market, MFA FINANCIAL INC's return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $48.27 million or 32.17% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
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"Budget" build AR project
I guess nothing in these times can really be considered "budget", but all things considered, I think I'm doing okay.
Here's the project that I'm working on now.
$130 - Mega Arms Lower
$60 - PSA LPK w/ MOE grip (no fire control unit)
$FREE - Standard GI fire control system (left overs from Geissele upgrades)
$56 - UTG Mil-Spec M4 stock assembly (buffer tube, buffer, spring, stock)
$25 - Aluminum quad rail (M4 style)
$490 - PSA 14.7'' M4A1 Hammer-Forged Upper w/ pinned A2 flash hider
$761 - TOTAL so far...
The only thing I have left to get is the BCG and a carry handle. Those BCG's are impossible to find... but I'm keeping my eye out. Figuring I should be able to finish it for around $900 or just a little over. In the mean time, I'm just going to be running it dedicated to my CMMG 22 conversion kit.
Just waiting on delivery of the upper and it'll be ready to go. I kind of like that I'm keeping this one pretty much basic M4 style. Not a fancy rail, not a fancy stock or anything.
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Part of my fanfic 100 attempt
Prompt: Death
Matt pushed open the front door with his shoulder. In one hand he clutched a bag of groceries, and under the other arm balanced a bunch of roses, a surprise present for Christie.
He was surprised (and somewhat disappointed) not to find Christie making dinner in the kitchen. Recently his girlfriend had taken to experimenting with various foods, and Matt had to admit that some of the combinations and concoctions hadn't been half bad. "Chriss?" he called questioningly. Maybe she'd had to run to the store. "Chriss, are you home, baby?"
There was no answer.
Matt put the shopping away and headed upstairs to shower and change. As he crossed the landing he heard a movement in the study. He paused in the hall and listened. He heard the sound again.
"Chriss is that you?"
A muffled sob was the only response.
"Christie, are you okay?!" Panicking, Matt rushed into the room.
Christie was curled into a ball in her desk chair and tears were pouring down her face.
Matt took her in his arms and held her close. "Chriss, what happened?"
Christie's fingers hovered of the keyboard hesitantly. She had planned this moment well in advance, thought it through from every angle. As she had turned on the computer and watched the screen load she had known what she would have to write. Yet still she hesitated, prolonging the inevitable moment. She shouldn't waste this precious time, couldn't afford to, but she was ignoring her warnings and deadlines to savour these last few moments. She didn't want to type the words.
Taking a deep breath Christie steeled herself for the emotional pain and shock that she knew were to come, regardless of her mental preparation. It was time to type the words which would lead a loved one to their doom.
Christie held her grief in while she typed.
She didn't think she'd be able to type the words, but they came out surprisingly easy, and she hated herself a little bit for finding it a relief to type them.
She managed to type the whole passage without breaking down, and she even proof read it. She wasn't smiling, but she wasn't crying yet.
She tried to forget about what she'd done as she attached the file to an email.
"Hi Bethany, how're you?" she typed. She was being too jovial, she realised.
Tears began to pour down her face as she continued her email. It felt wrong to be writing such a cheerful message when she was sending such distressing news.
"And great news, I finally finished!"
But it really wasn't great news, Christie thought as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
By the time she pressed send the tears were running freely down her cheeks.
She curled up into a ball and let the grief wash over her.
It seemed like an age that she sat there, trying to let the moment pass, when strong arms wrapped around her and pulled her close.
"Chriss, what happened?" Matt asked.
She buried her head against his shoulder and just cried. No tears fell any more, her eyes had run dry, but she sobbed anyway.
After another eternity he pulled away from her to look her in the face.
"Christie, you had to tell me what happened."
Chriss reached up and wiped the tears away from her face with the sleeve of her sweater. "I didn't want to kill him, but I just had to. It couldn't have worked any other way."
Matt blinked. He tried to work this over in his mind.
"Jerry, I killed him."
Try as he might Matt simply couldn't remember a Jerry. He thought for a moment. "Do you need any help hiding the body?" he asked very seriously.
Much to his surprise, after just a few moments' silence, Matt's girlfriend burst into fits of giggles.
"I didn't actually kill someone, Matt!" she spluttered. Her tear stained face was lit up with a smile. Matt just sat in confusion. "He's a character in Wary City…the comic?"
Matt didn't look any less confused. "So why are you crying?"
Looking down ashamedly she blushed the brightest shade of pink Matt had ever seen. "It just hurts a lot to lose him I suppose. He was one of my favourite characters."
Matt couldn't help himself from grinning at her. "You're an idiot."
"It's true! I bet Beth cries too!"
"No, she won't, she's not as much as a flake as you."
"You're mean."
"You're stupid."
As she hugged him again Chriss's computer beeped to alert her to the fact that she had a new message. She extracted herself from his embrace to read it.
I cried all the way through reading it. T_T
How did you manage to write that? Jerry was the character you were most proud of!
I'm gonna sob all the way through the scene as I draw it. Though I think any tear stains on the artwork could add to the scene…
Great writing as always. I'll draw it when I'm finished with my current draft. I'm actually ahead of schedule. Maybe you should try to do the same…for once. :P
Send my love to Matt
Love you lots
She knew Matt had been reading over her shoulder. "Told you so," she said simply.
Christie seemed to have recovered from the fictional demise, so Matt stood up and stretched. However when he turned back to his girlfriend she was scowling.
"Did you really think I'd killed someone?"
He ran his hand through his hair as he always did when he was nervous. "Well you were very upset."
She didn't seem impressed.
"No, I didn't really think you'd killed someone."
She smirked. "I'm glad. Because I really don't want to have to return the favour of helping to bury the body when you finally flip and kill someone."
Faking that he was hurt Matt frowned. "You wound me with your words! You could have said if I kill someone, and not when."
"You'll crack and kill Sandra one day."
"That's what I need a girlfriend for; to keep me sane." He grabbed her around the waist. "Speaking of which, she's been sending me annoying messages all day. From what I can tell you seem to have finished your latest piece of writing. I'd say now is the time to help me stay sane. What do you think?"
She giggled happily.
"I'll take that as a yes," he said, and gently kissed her.


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Photo gallery: Colonial church emerges from waters of falling Mexican reservoir
Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. But in recent days, he also has been ferrying curious passengers out to see the remains of a colonial-era church that has emerged from the receding waters.
A drought this year has hit the watershed of the Grijalva river, dropping the water level in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir by more than 80 feet.
It is the second time a drop in the reservoir has revealed the church since it was flooded when the dam was completed in 1966. In 2002, the water was so low visitors could walk inside the church.
"The people celebrated. They came to eat, to hang out, to do business. I sold them fried fish. They did processions around the church," Mendoza recalled during a telephone interview Friday.
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The remains of a mid-16th century church known as the Temple of Santiago, as well as the Temple of Quechula, is visible from the surface of the Grijalva River, which feeds the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, because of the lack of rain near the town of Nueva Quechula, in Chiapas state, Mexico.
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The church in the Quechula locality was built by a group of monks headed by Friar Bartolome de la Casas, who arrived in the region inhabited by the Zoque people in the mid-16th century.
David von Blohn | Associated Press
This is the second time the Temple of Santiago is visible because of a lack of rain. In 2002, the water was so low visitors could walk inside the church.
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The church is 183 feet long and 42 feet wide, with walls rising 30 feet. The bell tower reaches nearly 50 feet above the ground.
"The church was abandoned due the big plagues of 1773-1776," said architect Carlos Navarete, who worked with Mexican authorities on a report about the structure.
It depended on the nearby monastery of Tecpatan, founded in 1564. Navarrete believes that based on architectural similarities, it is the work of the same builder at very nearly the same time. Its importance was derived from its location on the King's Highway, a road designed by Spanish conquistadors and still in use until the 20th century.
"At that time we still found the wood from the chorus loft and the roof beams," he said. "Also a large ossuary of the victims of the plague that depopulated the area."
"It was a church built thinking that this could be a great population center, but it never achieved that," Navarrete said. "It probably never even had a dedicated priest, only receiving visits from those from Tecpatan."


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Thousands of Floridians facing foreclosure will get a chance to mediate their way out of their mortgage mess.
In a court order announced Monday, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince directed state judges to shift future foreclosure cases to "managed mediation."
Mediation involves trained third-party negotiators refereeing disputes between lenders and homeowners. The single sessions generally last less than three hours and cost $750.
Mediation aims to unclog circuit courts jammed with record-breaking foreclosure caseloads. Judges have dubbed mediation the "off-ramp strategy" to divert court traffic.
"Theoretically, it will help resolve cases sooner and in doing so help us to move cases along," said Pinellas-Pasco Chief Judge Thomas McGrady, who tallied about 23,000 pending foreclosures cases in his two counties.
According to the court order, Florida has piled up more than 450,000 pending foreclosure cases. Based on new filings in November, about 13 percent of those properties were in the Tampa Bay area. In Hillsborough County, each of the 11 civil circuit judges is handling close to 2,000 foreclosure cases.
"The crisis continues unabated," Quince said in the court order.
Mediation is far from a cure-all. It affects only homesteaded residential properties. For the most part, the program is not retroactive to existing foreclosure cases.
The Collins Center for Public Policy, a Miami nonprofit, has run mediation for three of the state's 20 judicial circuits. With the adoption of statewide mediation in the next couple of months, the organization is making plans to expand to Tampa Bay and said it has the staff to do so.
Collins Center president Rod Petrey noted that only half of the homeowners earmarked by the courts for mediation followed through. Homeowners have right of refusal. But of the homeowners who did respond, 65 percent reached settlements with their lenders, Petrey said.
"Very few of the deals have involved principal reduction," Petrey said. "It's interest rate reduction, easier terms and postponed payments."
Mediation managers must schedule sessions no earlier than 60 days and no later than 120 days after a foreclosure suit is filed. After attending mandatory foreclosure counseling, homeowners should bring tax forms, pay stubs, bank statements and credit reports to mediation.
Lenders have to pay the $750 fee, but can recover the money if mediation fails and the foreclosure proceeds.
The origin of the court order was a recommendation this summer by the Supreme Court's Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases.
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Kevin Garnett: Nets Can't Just Keep Talking, Action NeededNovember 21, 2013
Kevin Garnett and the Brooklyn Nets are searching high and low for a way to turn their disappointing season around. Based on what KG told Roderick Boone of Newsday, it's safe to rule out "calmly discussing the problem" as a solution.
Per Boone, Garnett said:
You are going to have some tough times and it's important to stay together. More importantly, excuse my French, but the hell with all the talking. You can come out and there needs to be more applied at this point.
We are talking to each other and are keeping each other upbeat and all that. But at some point, it's just talk, and then you have to come in and actually do some of the things that we are talking about as a team.
French excused, KG.
The Big Ticket's language (and frustrations) are totally understandable. Really, it's a wonder he could avoid a few more four-letter words after his team dropped a 95-91 contest to the Charlotte Bobcats on Nov. 20.
The Nets are reeling. Beset by injuries and playing poorly on both ends, it's hard to see a way out of the hole they've dug for themselves. Granted, Brooklyn still has 71 more games to sort out its issues, but with Garnett looking like a shell of himself, Deron Williams unable to stay on the floor and Jason Kidd looking more overmatched every day, it's difficult to be hopeful.
According to KG, though, the time for hope—and especially talk—is over. It's going to take action to get the Nets back on track.
What's particularly scary about that proposition, though, is that so few of Brooklyn's players seem to be up for the challenge. Andray Blatche was the team's leading scorer against the Bobcats, notching 25 points on 14 shots as KG attempted just a pair of field goals in 21 minutes.
Paul Pierce was 3-of-11 from the field. Williams played 13 minutes before rolling his ankle. The list goes on.
In the end, it's probably a good thing the Nets are done talking. They're playing terribly; it's that simple. There's really nothing left to say.


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I think you would do well with a trip to a good neurologist. I know you said you saw a neuro-ophthalmologist but a few things don't fit and I am not quite certain what is going on with these symptoms you are describing. The good news is that you had an MRI and it was clear. I think you probably should be evaluated for other less apparent neuro disorders. You did mention autoimmune disease and sometimes these types of diseases can cause what you are describing. A good neurologist can do an EEG, cerebrovascular testing and some other testing. Please keep in touch with me at no charge and let me know how you make out.
[Q: For Dr. Trace]The whites of my eye are always red to some degree or another. It's the larger main capillaries, so the look is more of red squiggle lines rather than a look of pink color. When it gets worse, it tends to be more so in the area between the iris and inside corner, and at that stage is has an irritating feeling.Wetting drops don't help, and Naphazoline Hydrocloride .03% just helps the red partially. Sometimes after these drop wear off, it seems to be even worse.So my question is:1. My first preference would be to not have to artificially force blood vessel constriction with drops, but to solve what's causing them to show red in the first place. Is there something non-pharmacological I can do, perhaps systemically like diet, to prevent them from getting red in the first place? My friend's eyes are white as a sheet of paper!2. Is there something more effective and longer lasting than Naphazoline Hydrocloride .03%? OTC or prescription? Is there a negative to using such drops?
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There are a number of causes of red eyes but the most likely causes of what you are describing are either allergy or sun exposure. Allergy tends to be more diffuse and 360 degrees around the iris so you are probably describing what we call pingueculitis. Pingueculitis is the result of sun exposure. The skin of our eyes can't "wrinkle" as it ages or is exposed to sun, rather the elastin breaks down and the tissue grows red and irritates easily.
If the irritation is chronic, an anti-inflammatory drop is necessary. Sometimes if the redness is severe, we ophthalmologists will describe a steroid drop, but if the inflammation is mild, you can buy an over the counter drop and treat it yourself.
naphcon a is an antihistamine and vasoconstrictor - not an anti-inflammatory. Anti-inflammatories go by the name of Alaway or zaditor. They are used to treat allergy but their mechanism of action is based upon allergic inflammation, not histamine.
So I would try to use an over the counter anti-inflammatory agent first. If the redness doesn't go away, then i might see the eye doc and get a short course of corticosteroid drops followed by the OTC anti-inflammatories for maintenance.
Finally, there is nothing I know of diet wise to treat this. Also, naphcon-A is notorious for causing rebound redness when it wears off. And the anti-inflammatories I am talking about are non-steroidal (NSAIDS) so they have very few side effects unless you have an allergy to motrin or aspirin.
Hope this answers your question.
awesome, it was very useful to know they are non-steroidal and how they differ from the naphcon A I had used before. So the Alaway should not build a dependency or have rebound?
I think it would help if I improved my lubrication as well, since they tend to be a little dry (which of course gets worse with computer work due to less blinking) (I had lasik about 15 years ago). I tried Thera Tears, but they just make things blurry for 10 min then wear off. I tried another sample that says "liquidgel" on it, but it's thickness makes vision blurry as well. Visine "Dry Eye Relief" worked better than those [has Glycerin, Hypromellose, and Polyethylene glycol 400]. Should I get another bottle of that, or is another OTC better?