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Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:34 AM
Sugarcoated (5,055 posts)
We need government to protect us from the rich
It's something my husband says in response to the conservative argument that government is bad. It makes sense to me.
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Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:45 AM
Capt.Rocky300 (1,005 posts)
1. The first duty of government.......
"The first duty of government is to protect the powerless against the powerful." Code of Hammurabi, 1700 B.C.
Response to Capt.Rocky300 (Reply #1)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:16 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
4. +1,000.
Response to Capt.Rocky300 (Reply #1)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:22 PM
BlueCaliDem (15,379 posts)
26. + 2,000 eom
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:47 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
2. In fact
Rich couldn't be rich without government allowing them to rob and enslave others and protecting their stolen property, while those robbed are hungry and homeless.
Response to tama (Reply #2)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:29 AM
ReRe (10,593 posts)
6. All wealth is derived from....
labor. I don't know who said it, but it stuck to me.
Response to ReRe (Reply #6)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:43 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
7. Adam Smith and Ricardo
But according to Marx the historical materialist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism):
Contrary to popular belief, Marx does not base his LTV (Labor Theory of Value) on what he dismisses as "ascribing a supernatural creative power to labor", arguing in the Critique of the Gotha Program that:
Response to tama (Reply #7)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 04:52 AM
ReRe (10,593 posts)
12. Thanks, Tama....
.... but I think that's a little too much info for me. I checked the links out, but found too many run-on sentences and terms I was unfamiliar with. What do I have wrong in my equation? Should it be "all wealth is derived from labor and natural resources"? And if so, is that called Marxism or Capitalism? Or is it both? (I'm not being smart with you...I'm truly confused.)
Response to ReRe (Reply #12)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 05:36 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
13. Let's go with common sense, then :)
Let's suppose there's a farmer village, and the people tend the fields and share the crop as a co-op. The crop is at the same time blessing of nature and their work on the field. Without land, plants, water etc. their labor would not produce anything, and if they don't take care of the field in sustainable way but use unsustainable farming methods that make the field unproductive, they will starve. (That's what Marx says is wrong with Smith and Ricardo Labor Theory of Value, it excludes ecosystem/natural resources from the theory).
Next, suppose the farming village has a good year and lot of surplus, and a villager says that he can take the surplus and trade it with other villages for the good of all his fellow villagers. On his route he meets a group of bandits who threaten to take the bushels of grain and his life, but the trader suggests them that they make him their leader and he will lead them to his village where they will get surplus of the fields every year instead of just this time, if they make him the leader of the village and act as his personal army to make others obey.
So then the trader villager becomes de facto owner of the whole village, with help of bandits, making others work for him as his slaves and servants, leaving them only enough to eat so they can keep on working the field, giving more to the bandits and trading the surplus for bigger house for himself, more and better weapons for the bandits, etc. etc.
Now that the villagers no more control their common land and what land and their labor produce, they don't care anymore about farming with good methods that preserve the land fertile, and can't stop the owner boss cutting down the woods for his house etc. so erosion starts to make the land less fruitful and produce less, and as the owner boss keeps demanding more and more as his share, the villagers and their children start to starve.
Owner boss who is not stupid but smart in his way - while not a wise man - sees the situation and asks some young villager slaves to join his army so they can conquer neighbor villages and their fields, make the people there their slaves, and live well again (until their greed cause more erosion, they need to conquer more and more, rinse and repeat)
So it begins, and continues, until there is no more land to conquer, no more oil to burn, no more other free peoples and commons to turn into slaves... which is more or less the current state of civilization and capitalism.
Response to tama (Reply #13)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 07:21 AM
ReRe (10,593 posts)
16. That was stunning!
You sort of remind me of Buckminster Fuller in Critical Path.
The "big stick"-no carrot philosophy, aka capitalism. No?
I'm out of here for the night. Thanks for that explanation.
Response to tama (Reply #13)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 02:04 PM
Ghost Dog (15,504 posts)
28. Excellent.
Thanks, tama.
Response to tama (Reply #7)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 05:47 AM
FrodosPet (5,169 posts)
14. The labor theory of value is confusing to me.
For labor to have value, it must be in the production of something needed or desired. Without a market for the product or service being produced, labor has no natural value deriving from mere existence. You can spend a lot of time digging a hole in the ground and filling it back up, but if no one wants a hole dug and refilled, it has no value.
As for the role of the investor: Generally, labor needs tools to be usefully and efficiently performed. Those tools may be a hammer, a wrench, a pencil, a computer, a microphone, whatever. It often needs raw materials and/or components. It needs someone to convince the potential customers to buy their whatever from YOUR enterprise as opposed to someone else's enterprise. It usually requires some form of transportation for some or all of the materials, finished product, and/or required labor. It frequently needs accounting, payroll services, someone who understands the legal requirements of the various levels of government, etc. When multiple individuals are involved, it needs someone to direct everyone's energies towards a common goal. And ultimately, it needs a source of funding to provide all these things before payment is ever received from the customer(s).
To do this without capitalism strikes me as extremely challenging. Simple math says income has to exceed outgo, otherwise finite resources (money and material) will be exhausted. Capitalism provides an incentive to make those resources available by trading ownership equity for them. Another forms of incentive is interest from loans. And then finally, there are gifts and subsidies. Unfortunately, gifts and subsidies have a limit of the provider's available resources, which are not being replaced, much less incentivized.
The biggest part of socialism and the labor theory of value that I have had trouble wrapping my head around is how to provide an incentive to resource providers absent either ownership equity or profitability from lending. Altruism is good for the warm and fuzzies, but falls apart once the available balance hits zero.
Response to FrodosPet (Reply #14)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 08:40 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
17. It is confusing and complex
Again, from wikipedia:
Contrary to popular belief, Marx does not base his LTV on what he dismisses as "ascribing a supernatural creative power to labor", arguing in the Critique of the Gotha Program that:
Labor is not the source of all wealth. Nature is just as much a source of use values (and it is surely of such that material wealth consists!) as labor which is itself only the manifestation of a force of nature, human labor power.[26]
Here Marx is drawing a distinction between exchange value (which is the subject of the LTV) and use value.
Marx uses the concept of "socially necessary abstract labor-time" to introduce a social perspective distinct from his predecessors and neoclassical economics. Whereas most economists start with the individual's perspective, Marx starts with the perspective of society as a whole. "Social production" involves a complicated and interconnected division of labor of a wide variety of people who depend on each other for their survival and prosperity.
"Abstract" labor refers to a characteristic of commodity-producing labor that is shared by all different kinds of heterogeneous (concrete) types of labor. That is, the concept abstracts from the particular characteristics of all of the labor and is akin to average labor.
"Socially necessary" labor refers to the quantity required to produce a commodity "in a given state of society, under certain social average conditions or production, with a given social average intensity, and average skill of the labour employed."[27] That is, the value of a product is determined more by societal standards than by individual conditions. This explains why technological breakthroughs lower the price of commodities and put less advanced producers out of business. Finally, it is not labor per se, which creates value, but labor power sold by free wage workers to capitalists. Another distinction to be made is that between productive and unproductive labor. Only wage workers of productive sectors of the economy produce value.[note 4]
What you are talking about in first paragraph is exchange value, digging a hole and filling it can have various use values for the digger that cannot and need not be exchanged as market commodity (but at the same time necessary requirement for production of commodities of exchange value, e.g. if the digger is digging to stay sane and healthy).
I'm not suggesting that anyone accepts Marx' economic theories uncritically, but he has many deep insights, as well as limitations - especially from contemporary view. Neoclassical and Austrian school theories are not worth discussion IMO, just bonkers.
As for your second paragraph, it's a long litany of things you say are needed, but are they all really? For what? Consumer capitalism is master of psychological manipulation to create artificial needs. Assuming that highly technological civilization is what we really want and desire (as society as whole and not just to make some capitalists and bosses more fat and happy) which is a big if, that obviously requires a complex distribution of labor. What is much less obvious is that it requires oligarchic capitalist investor class with profit motive of private greed. Soviet Union, what ever it was, was able to defeat Germany while relocating the whole war industry and the first to send people in outer space without capitalist investor class with motive of private profit.
To do this without capitalism strikes me as extremely challenging. Simple math says income has to exceed outgo, otherwise finite resources (money and material) will be exhausted. Capitalism provides an incentive to make those resources available by trading ownership equity for them. Another forms of incentive is interest from loans. And then finally, there are gifts and subsidies. Unfortunately, gifts and subsidies have a limit of the provider's available resources, which are not being replaced, much less incentivized.
Natural resources are indeed finite, money is not finite and it is not a resource but a cultural artifact. Money is created of and as numbers and number theory contains infinities, and exchange value of those numbers is quite complex social issue that cannot be looked at separately from the whole of the social system.
Incentive of monetary interest does not and cannot create any natural resources available to the market or for use value, and certainly not create resources more than finite planet provides, but it does two things, neither of them nice: it requires the monetary system to grow exponentially ad infinitum and it creates artificial scarcity of commodities, as they can be under capitalist class system acquired only by money and money can be acquired only by selling labor to the owning class. Feodalistic slavery has been replaced by much more devious wage slavery, not to mention gift economies of native tribes.
How to provide an incentive to resource providers absent either ownership equity or profitability from lending.
In other words, how to guarantee that labor of primary producers (+ Mother Nature) keep on feeding and providing secondary and tertiary producers and purely parasitical financial classes? Especially without forcing them to do so with threats of various forms of violence? That is a fair question for urban populations, and Marxist theory and socialism does not offer full answers to solve this conflict. Altruism and human compassion are very likely the only hope that you have, and Makhno's peasant anarchists feeding starving urban populations out of pure altruism during the Russian Revolution, thousand of community gardens popping up in rust belt cities like Detroit, Occupy Sandy etc. etc. - when financial balance sheet hits zero and goes under - give good empirical foundations for hope.
Response to tama (Reply #7)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 11:06 AM
jwirr (39,215 posts)
23. Nature - like oil and coal? without the labor to extract them they are useless.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 02:48 AM
zentrum (5,547 posts)
3. Every democratic institution we have...
...since the beginning of recorded history, arose to protect the poor and the many from the rich.
The rich, as a group, seem unable to self-limit. Ever.
Response to zentrum (Reply #3)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:17 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
5. That's why people have to get involved, not run from it.
Response to zentrum (Reply #3)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:54 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
9. First you have to ask
how there came to be rich men, through what kind of political processes and institutions.
Most native tribes - whose members are very equal and make decisions collectively ("horizontal democracy" is what it's now called) actively suppress the desires of their members to become "big men" who consider themselves more important than others, who don't need to support themselves and their families when they are able to do so but make living by making others work for him.
Most of the recorded history is about imperialistic civilizations conquering, destroying and enslaving democratic native societies. Native American societies were and are very democratic and equal, at least compared to European invaders and their institutions.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:53 AM
AtheistCrusader (31,449 posts)
8. Check the net worth of the house and senate and get back to me.
Foxes guarding the henhouse comes to mind.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 04:30 AM
SamKnause (8,381 posts)
10. Protection
Our government has failed miserably !!!!
They are now enablers.
We have no one to protect us.
The Supreme Court sold us out.
Our politicians sold us out.
Our military brass sold us out.
The majority of our media sold us out.
Corruption and greed have infested every aspect of our lives.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 04:31 AM
cyclezealot (4,802 posts)
11. You hit the nail on its head.
Always has been that way. First of all, we need democracy to assure a majority controls the Government and that government looks after its people. With our convulted form of representative government they do their best to prevent that. (Just like , if we don't like the election result, lets disenfranchise those we don't like. ) Or from our post colonial era, only the rich could vote or today's congressional gerrymandering.
. Without that assurance of representative democracy, those banksters who screwed over farmers during Shay's rebellion also controlled the government. That is why our "Founding Father's " developed a system to do their best to call those farmers 'factions' and allow their "Faction " to control the government and the poor they were screwing over.
Some things never change. As an example , during most of America's historical financial crisis' , it was the banksters and speculators brought down the economy , whether it was in "Long Recession" of 1873 or 2008.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 06:30 AM
Mothdust (133 posts)
15. what the rich really want I think
Is to have the life depicted in the great Disney film, Mary Poppins! A beautiful orderly home filled with servants, maids ,nannies, & chimminy sweeps. The likes of us would have to become the servants to stay alive, warm, and clean. The rest would become bird women. There's a lot going on in that film when you really think about it : )
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Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:02 AM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,513 posts)
18. Amen.
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Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:36 AM
Recursion (50,978 posts)
19. I don't want free stuff, I just fear corporations more than the government right now
I inadvertently started a Twitter shitstorm when I said that, but it pretty much sums up how I feel
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:42 AM
99Forever (14,524 posts)
20. Not meaning to be snide...
... but if you or your husband know of a place where this is how it actually works, please let me know and I'll head there immediately.
'Cuz from what I can see, the rich here, own the government, lock, stock and barrel.
Response to 99Forever (Reply #20)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 12:33 PM
Sugarcoated (5,055 posts)
25. It's never been perfect, but the government was keeping the playing field much more level
Reagan, et al, began to chip away at it, deregulating, union busting, etc. Propaganda that government is bad. Glass-Stegal Act overturned. The Idiot Son's eight years of fucking us. It's a constant battle, but I think people are waking up and realizing they have to participate, or yes, the corrupt will prevail.
Response to Sugarcoated (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:53 AM
KharmaTrain (31,706 posts)
21. Define "Rich"...
is this someone who has an income over $250k a year? 500k a year? 1 million? Or how about assets? Do we then codify this? Obviously I doubt there's any way our elected and paid-for "public" officials will ever do this, but the point is that "rich" is a vague term that depends on who is using it. To someone with $1 million, they see someone with $10 as "rich". It's all perspective.
What the government does is protects us all with a level playing field...or it should...
Response to KharmaTrain (Reply #21)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 12:24 PM
Sugarcoated (5,055 posts)
24. I take it to mean people like that coal baron who didn't follow the rules to keep those men alive
two years ago and then said he'd fire people if Obama won. The Wall Street guys who tanked the economy. Mitt Rmoney. I guess any level of "rich" can screw people if they don't follow the laws that the government passes and try to get away with it, but a majority of the plutocrats, for the most part, follow the laws or there are consequences.
Response to Sugarcoated (Reply #24)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 02:02 PM
KharmaTrain (31,706 posts)
27. We Need A Stronger Judiciary...
You're referring to Arnold Murray...a first class robber baron and who has the blood of many a coal miner on his hands. Sadly this dirtbag is able to use his wealth to buy justice...prevent his crimes from being investigated or brought to trial. His hold is so complete that few will dare to challenge him. I agree that this bastard needs to be brought to justice and his greed reigned in, but it's not his wealth that creates his power, it's the other way around. His business practices need to be investigated. Maybe some intrepid Attorney General will try.
My point is that "rich" is thrown around with no real definition other than a general "someone who has more money than me". My thing is not to tax the rich more as much as make sure that they pay what they actually should. There's no reason someone like a Willard can pay 13% (and I still believe he paid far less than that) while you and I pay more with far less income and assets. There's the inequality that needs to be addressed...
Response to KharmaTrain (Reply #27)
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 12:15 PM
Sugarcoated (5,055 posts)
29. There's a special place in hell for Arnold Murray and pigs like him
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Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:56 AM
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Washington, DC — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today sent the following letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, urging him to bring immigration reform back before the Senate for debate at the earliest opportunity. Republican opposition may have derailed reform once, but the American people are calling on their government for action. Democrats remain committed to the comprehensive reform needed to secure our borders, and fix our broken immigration system.
The text of the letter follows below.
April 12, 2006
The Honorable William Frist, M.D.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader
S-230 The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Bill:
I am writing to urge that you bring the immigration bill back before the full Senate at the earliest opportunity. In my view the Senate should resume the immigration debate immediately after we complete work on the supplemental appropriations bill.
The peaceful, dignified rallies across the country earlier this week underscore the need for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. Our current immigration system is broken. We must strengthen border security, create legal mechanisms for American companies to hire essential temporary employees and allow the 11 million undocumented workers in the United States to come out of the shadows.
Last week, Senate Democrats twice voted to move forward on such a comprehensive immigration bill, but not a single Republican backed our efforts. Your own position was very confusing. Initially, you set a deadline for the Judiciary Committee to report a comprehensive bill to the full Senate, but after the Committee met that deadline you insisted that the Senate instead take up your bill modeled on the harsh enforcement-only bill passed by the House last year. You then said you favored comprehensive reform, but when Chairman Specter offered the bipartisan committee bill as an amendment you voted against my motion to consider that approach in a timely fashion.
It was especially baffling when you voted against your own cloture motion on the Hagel/Martinez substitute amendment last Friday. The only reason to file cloture is to limit debate and amendments, so it was illogical for you to file cloture and then complain that Democrats were not allowing a sufficient number of amendments. In any event, we were in an unusual procedural posture in which a successful cloture vote would have simply placed the Hagel/Martinez amendment before the Senate for further amendments.
Your decision to defeat your own cloture motion delayed the Senate's consideration of immigration reform for no apparent reason. I can only conclude that you had second thoughts about Hagel/Martinez after right-wing members of your caucus made known their strong opposition to it.
Similarly, President Bush's support for comprehensive immigration reform seemed to wilt in the face of right-wing opposition. The President expressed general support for the Hagel/Martinez compromise, but to my knowledge made no effort to persuade Republican Senators to forego weakening amendments. We cannot achieve comprehensive immigration reform in the absence of presidential leadership.
Immigration reform is vital to America's national security. I look forward to the Senate resuming this important debate in the very near future.
Harry Reid

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How is your weekend going? Mine is going great so far!
But first up I'd like to thank you all for the lovely comments I received on my last post about my blanket progress. So much encouragement! You are all so gorgeous, thank you for taking the time to comment, I love reading them (who wouldn't when you are all so nice!). There were a few questions about the blanket and types of yarns etc, so next time I post an update I will try to include more technical info for you all.
But anyhoo, I went for a fossick the other day at The Vintage Shed in Tyabb, and I have to show you what I found! (This place is fantastic if you are into mooching around all things old and wonderful, lots of clothes, furniture, household stuff, just about anything and everything, if you are in Melbourne and like op shopping, it is well worth a visit, it is only 5 minutes from here, lucky me!)
Yep, this special little 1960's retro table and the gorgeous vinyl chairs that match. I am very happy with this purchase.!! In excellent condition, it is just what I have been looking for to go next to our sunny window........
.....the perfect spot to catch some late afternoon rays and lose yourself in Harry Potter.....
This used to be where I had my 2 sleepy hollow chairs, but I like a bit of change, so now it is my pretend-I'm-sitting-in-a-funky-cafe spot, still great for crocheting, but now a good spot for breakfast and lunch too! Happy, happy, happy!!!!
........It's a pretty dreary day here weatherwise, so the mowing plans have been shelved, and I think I might get a bit of day time hooky action in, which is always nice! The boys are all happily occupied, so it might just have to happen!
Have a great weekend everyone........talk soon!


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Summer conditioning in college football has come a long way.
It used to simply involve a group of players getting together for some running or pass skeletons.
Not anymore.
While the workouts are still considered "voluntary" under NCAA rules, they are essential to keeping the players in top condition during the time period between the start of summer school and fall camp.
They have also become highly regimented affairs where the players lift weights, run sprints and engage in agility and quickness drills under the watchful eye of the strength and conditioning coach.
At South Carolina, that man is Mark Smith, whose association with head coach Steve Spurrier began in 1998 when he was named Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Florida.
After a tumultuous first summer in 2005 marked by the reluctance of some players to participate in the conditioning program, the first two weeks of the second summer program has been fairly uneventful.
In other words, unlike this time last year, the players as a whole appear to have bought into the belief that if they follow Spurrier's lead USC will become a consistent winning football program.
"All scholarship players are here," Smith reported. "The attendance is better this year. Everybody has done a good job. The players are closer. They encourage each other, push each other more than they used to. When a guy gets tired, you see other guys trying to pick them up."
Last summer's workouts were lightly attended, much to the displeasure of Spurrier, who revoked some scholarships and engaged in a war of words with the High School Coaches Association.
Not so this year.
The comfort level has increased dramatically for the players as Spurrier's second season as USC head coach approaches. The Gamecocks were 7-5 last season and participated in a bowl game for the first time since 2002.
"The guys know what to expect," Smith said. "We're farther along than we were last year. Just looking at the way they can move and the way they can run. We've come a long way with their physical body makeup. But we've still got a long ways to go."
One of the keys to a successful summer conditioning program, Smith says, is convincing the players that the work they put in now will pay off in the fourth quarter of a tight game this fall.
"You try to emphasize the point to them that the harder they work now, it's going to pay off later when the fourth quarter comes around," Smith said. "They have to keep pushing and fight through the tired feelings they may have."
In addition to nearly perfect attendance, the attitude among the players has greatly improved this year as well.
"I can't really single one guy out because we've had a lot of guys make a lot of progress," Smith said. "The attitude has been a lot better. It's a lot more upbeat. Having success last year was a big thing. The guys see that if they work hard and do the right things, they'll be successful."
The players lift weights four days a week and run four days per week, Smith said. They have the weekends off before starting the process over early Monday morning.
The weight lifting schedule for each player depends on his summer class schedule. Each session lasts between 45 minutes and one hour, Smith said.
Weightlifting periods are currently held each day at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
When the incoming freshmen report to campus in early July for the second session of summer school, a 1 p.m. block will be added to the weightlifting schedule.
And when they in a few weeks, Smith suspects they will have a surprise waiting for them.
"Guys coming from the high school level really don't know what to expect," said Smith, who claims Spurrier is tougher on the players than he is. "Once they get here it's kind of a shock to them. After a while, they get adjusted and go on from there."
While the incoming freshmen are not yet participating in the summer conditioning program, Smith provided each of them a workout program a few weeks ago.
"They can follow along with what we're doing here so they can keep pace at home," Smith said. "We let them know what needs to be done and how they should approach it."
An indication of the team's improved strength is the increased number of players who can lift 400 pounds.
"We have a few people who can do it," said Smith, who warned that the amount of weight a player can bench press does not indicate how good of a football player he will be.
"People should understand that the bench press does not have a lot to do with football," Smith said. "You need to be strong up top but your lower-body strength and your explosion down low is far more important. Football is a lower-body game. You need to be strong up top but you need to be just as strong or even stronger down low."
Syvelle Newton, who suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in late October, is lifting weights alongside his teammates during the latter stages of his rehabilitation.
Newton, who caught 27 passes for 297 yards and rushed 21 times for 152 yards before his injury, is expected to be at full speed when fall camp opens on Aug. 5.
"He can't do everything but he's come a long way," Smith said. "He's on schedule to probably be back with us at the start of camp."
All-American wide receiver Sidney Rice, eager to improve on last season's historic numbers, has become bigger, stronger and faster as a result of the conditioning program, Smith said.
Quarterbacks Blake Mitchell and Cade Thompson have progressed physically, a necessity since Spurrier's offense rarely provides maximum protection and exposes the quarterback to constant physical contact from rushing defenders.
"Blake has done a tremendous job," Smith said. "He had a great winter workout last winter, and he's working real hard this summer and doing everything we've asked."
The coaches hoped Thompson, who played well in the spring game, would add about 15 to 20 pounds of muscle to his 175-pound frame during the off-season.
"He needed to get bigger and stronger but he's working and attempting to do that," Smith said. "It's going to take him some time."
Tommy Beecher has also participated in summer conditioning, a strong signal the redshirt freshman from Concord, N.C., intends to remain at USC after reports of a transfer swirled around him a month ago.
The players focus on the legs and lower body on Monday, upper body on Tuesday, lower body on Wednesday and return to the upper body on Thursday.
The running schedule is just as regimented. Sessions take place early in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The players are required to report to the site at 5:30 a.m.
"We have days where we do more conditioning runs (sprints), and then there's days where we work on speed and agility and change of direction and things of that nature," Smith said.
The running sessions take place either on the Bluff Road practice fields (one day a week) or at the Indoor facility across from Sarge Frye Field.
The distances for the sprints range between 50 and 100 yards.
Under NCAA rules, Smith and his staff of three full-time assistant strength coaches supervise the workouts. The USC coaches are prohibited from contact with the players during the workouts.
Defensive tackle Stanley Doughty, who weighed as much as 330 pounds last season, was told by the coaches he had to lose weight in order to see substantial action this season.
Doughty remains a work in progress.
"He has to lose weight. He's working at that," Smith said.
Defensive tackle Matt Raysor has also lost weight, Smith said, and is approaching the figure the USC coaches set for him when fall camp opens.
One of the most common mistakes college players make is the failure to appreciate the role that excellent conditioning, obtained only through endless sprints, plays in having success on the football field, Smith says.
"Kids really don't know how much running they have to put forth to get their bodies in shape," Smith said. "A lot of guys will stay in the weight room and lift. But they won't do the running. You've got to be able to run because if you can't run it doesn't matter how strong you are."
Smith spent several days this spring in Charlotte observing how the Carolina Panthers of the NFL operate their strength and conditioning program.
Smith worked as the strength and conditioning coach for the Washington Redskins during Spurrier's two years as head coach.
He has combined his own knowledge with his professional experiences to form the current strength and conditioning program for the Gamecocks.
"I've tried to put together a program that will be suitable to accomplishing what we're trying to accomplish here," Smith said.
With all the talk in recent months about the need for new facilities at USC, the new football facility underneath the South stands at Williams-Brice Stadium provides Smith with everything he needs to perform his job, including a state-of-the art weight room devoted strictly to football.
"We have a nice, big facility and we have everything we need to get the job done," Smith said.
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2009 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 25th Anniversary Edition
When most people think of classic or antique cars, vehicles like the Ford Model A and Chevrolet Camaro come to mind, but the official definition of a classic is any vehicle that is at least 25 years old. Joining the silver anniversary club, Chrysler single handedly created the minivan craze by introducing the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager back in 1983 for the 1984 model year. Besides creating the segment, the Dodge Caravan has continued to shape the minivan market by creating must have conveniences such as dual sliding side doors and fold flat second- and third-row seats.
Assembled in Windsor, Ontario alongside the Chrysler Town & Country and Volkswagen Routan, the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan is available in three trim levels (Cargo Van, SE and SXT) with a starting MSRP of $23,545. Commemorating the introduction of its minivan, we were able to test out the 25TH Anniversary Edition package on the 2009 Grand Caravan SXT which comes with a base MSRP of $31,955, but this model was fully loaded giving it an as-tested price of $40,805. Although the segment is shrinking as General Motors and Ford Motor Company shy away from the minivan design, there is still a healthy amount of competition from Asian automakers such as the Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey, Kia Sedona and Nissan Quest.
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Exterior
As is the case with all minivans currently on the market, the Grand Caravan's styling is a case of function usurping form, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be done with a little style. As a matter of fact, Dodge's fifth-generation minivan offers one of the most innovative and accommodating interiors in its class wrapped in a body that easily looks better than its competitors and the jelly bean shaped Chrysler minivans (from 1996-2007) thanks to Ralph Giles. Not surprisingly, Giles is also responsible for other successful vehicle designs of the Chrysler Group including the 2005 Chrysler 300, 2005 Dodge Magnum and 2009 Dodge Ram 1500. Influences from these popular vehicles can be seen in design elements of the 2009 Grand Caravan such as the prominent crosshair grille and the square-shaped headlights. While the Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country continue to share most of the same design, the latest models offer identifiable front fascias, headlamps and grille designs that help give these two vans a more distinguishable look than ever before. For enhanced styling, the 25TH Anniversary Edition package gets unique styling thanks to a sportier front fascia, 17-inch, five-spoke aluminum two-tone wheels, chrome beltline trim moldings and a unique Mineral Gray Metallic exterior coloring.
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Interior
Unlike the Volkswagen Routan we drove just weeks ago, the Grand Caravan's cabin feels less luxurious due to the abundance of hard plastic on the instrument panel, but the Anniversary Edition package takes care of most of the cabin's remaining shortcomings. Although this $2,475 package only added a few exterior enhancements, inside is where the real payoff takes place. All the seats are covered in dark, perforated leather and feature high-quality seams with the first and second rows getting heated bucket seats. Even the floor mats add to the luxury-themed interior with 'Grand Caravan' embroidered into the front mats.
Dodge refers to the Grand Caravan as a 'family room on wheels,' and after a week behind the wheel of this fully loaded model, we're sold. From the dual screen rear DVD entertainment system to the 506-watt Infinity sound system, all that was missing was a sectional microfiber couch to make us feel at home. Our test vehicle also came with Chrysler's UConnect studios that adds Sirius Backseat TV (it comes with a one-year subscription) to the rear nine-inch screens giving rear passengers the ability to watch the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network. This entertainment system also includes dual input jacks, a power outlet and a standard two-prong 115-volt AC plug. In total, this Grand Caravan offers five power outlets and 11 cupholders. As much entertainment and fun available to the rear occupants, Dodge didn't forget about the driver either. For the driver, Dodge offers UConnect hard drive-based navigation that includes 20 gigabytes of memory dedicated to music storage plus it offers Sirius Traffic which finds alternative routes (when possible) when traffic is congested in certain areas. Finally, the Grand Caravan also offers thoughtful design elements such as an iPod jack located in the upper glove compartment, an umbrella holder next to the driver's seat and a small, rechargeable flashlight that stores in the rear cargo area.
One of the unique aspects of Chrysler's minivan duo is the trick Stow 'n Go seat system. While the middle-row seats manually fold into the floor boards (once the front seats are moved forward), the split rear bench seat on our test model had the ability to fold and tumble at the touch of a button as well as providing a tailgate feature that folds the whole seat backward to comfortably seat people at a party or tailgate. In addition to the power folding rear seat, this Grand Caravan also came with dual power sliding side doors and a power rear liftgate. With all of the seats up, there is considerable storage capacity in the floorboards, but with the seats all folded flat these vans can swallow up to 140.1 cubic feet of cargo.
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Performance & Handling
All 2009 Grand Caravan SXT models come standard with Chrysler's antiquated 3.8-liter V-6, but our test model thankfully came with the optional 4.0-liter V-6 adding more power, better fuel economy and noticeable refinement. Introduced in the Dodge Nitro, the Grand Caravan's optional ($630) 4.0-liter V-6 not only increases horsepower and torque to 251 and 259 lb-ft, respectively, but it also provides slightly better fuel economy than the other V-6s available in the minivan with EPA fuel economy estimates of 17 miles per gallon in the city and 25 mpg on the highway. To allow for the Stow 'n Go seating system, the fifth-generation Dodge Grand Caravan does not offer all-wheel drive.
Dodge claims that the Anniversary Edition package includes a sport-tuned suspension, but we felt no difference in ride quality compared to the Routan's 'German-tuned suspension.' The bigger V-6 does deliver instantaneous power to the front wheels for surprising acceleration that families will appreciate when merging back onto the interstate following repeated rest stop bathroom breaks. Despite the large area of window surface and the relatively steep windshield angle, Chrysler managed to engineer its latest minivan with reduced levels of noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) to make it smooth and quiet even at highway speeds.
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Safety
All 2009 Chrysler minivans received a quadruple five-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for both frontal- and side-impact protection and a four-star rating for rollover avoidance. As for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) assessment of the Grand Caravan, front and rear impacts got the minivan a Good rating, but the Marginal rear-impact rating prevented it from becoming a 2009 Top Safety Pick. The 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT comes with standard safety features that include six airbags (including side-curtain airbags for all three rows), power adjustable pedals, electronic stability program, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS and tire pressure monitoring system. Optional safety devices on this Grand Caravan include a backup camera, rear park assist sensors, blind spot detection and cross traffic detection.
Although minivan sales may be on the decline, this is still a lucrative and important vehicle segment for Dodge, and the fifth-generation Grand Caravan is an example of that. Just like the first Caravans to roll of the assembly line, the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan is full of family-friendly innovations, and it's easy to see why Dodge is the leader in minivan sales even after 25 years.
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E-mail brouhaha will come to a head sooner rather than later
TAMPA -- Things are about to get more tense at County Center.
Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan has pushed up a scheduled discussion of the e-mail snooping allegations swirling around the county's top three appointed officials. He wants the issue tacked onto the end of a transportation workshop scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Commissioner Al Higginbotham had scheduled the topic for discussion on March 17, the board's next regular meeting. Hagan clearly wants the matter resolved sooner than that.
What resolved means remains to be seen. But before he asked for the scheduling change, Hagan's office requested the county's contracts with County Administrator Pat Bean, County Attorney Renee Lee and Internal Performance Auditor Jim Barnes. The contracts include the provisions under which each may be terminated.
Bean, Lee and Barnes are the three county employees who report directly to commissioners. Last week, Barnes issued a report accusing someone in Bean's and Lee's offices of secretly going through large batches of his e-mails without notifying him. Some of the e-mails may have included information protected from disclosure, he said. Other e-mails related to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement inquiry also may have been pulled.
Bean acknowledged pulling e-mails but said she didn't read them. Lee says any e-mails her office pulled would have been in response to public records requests. Lee said Monday she is working on a formal response to Barnes' report.
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Course and Learning Management Evaluation Project Overview
02/08/12 - After the review and evaluation of the Request for Proposal (RFP) revealed very little difference in the final scores between Blackboard and Instructure (Canvas), the recommendation made was to move forward with a dual award. Both vendors have been notified of the award and contract negotiations are presently underway. Further information will be announced pending completion of the negotiations, which is targeted for March.
The current course management system, Blackboard, has been at use at The University of Texas at Austin since 2000. The majority of courses at the university utilize some aspect of Blackboard to provide course content, foster communication and/or assess student work. However, a survey conducted in May 2010 of university faculty, staff and students revealed that the majority of features are not being utilized. This suggests an opportunity for an improved alignment between the features offered and those used and desired by the campus community. In addition, it is important to ensure that the course management system is as efficient and cost effective as possible.
The goals of this project are to:
- Gather requirements from faculty, staff and students.
- Conduct a fair and impartial assessment of the LMS options available.
- Recommend a LMS that meets the stated business and technical needs of the university community while providing best value.
- Spring 2011 - Research and requirements gathering
- May 5, 2011 - First steering committee meeting
- June 17, 2011 - Steering committee meeting
- June 30, 2011 - Steering committee meeting
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AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days
Friday, July 19, 2013
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course
7721 Steam Corners Road
Lexington, OH 44904
Presented By: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days continues the two-wheeled portion of the schedule. History will flood the track and grounds and even be for sale with North America's largest motorcycle swap meet. Off-road racing occurs in a number of formats for the only time all year during this event.
Heading to Mid-Ohio?
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) construction plans may impact your travel through 2015. Follow this link information on the upcoming projects and detour routes
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Award Winning Leslie Uggams to Star in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's GYPSY, 7/10-20
According to The Courant, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Lesli Uggams will be starring as Mama Rose in the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's upcoming production of Gypsy. The production will run from July 10-20 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre.
Vincent J. Cardinal, the Artistic Director, stated: "We are honored and thrilled to have an artist of this talent and magnitude joining us at CRT to play this challenging and iconic role."
Click here to read the full article.
Uggams career has spanned both the stage and screen. Her most recent Broadway role was as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond (2005). Other Broadway credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), King Hedley II (2001), Anything Goes (1987), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and more. She has also starred in Off-Broadway's Thunder Knocking On the Door (2002), as well as Regional productions, such as Paper Mill Playhouse's Blue (2003). In terms of television, Uggams was a regular on Roots (1977), for which she recieved Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, among others.
With book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Gypsy was inspired by the memoirs of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee. The musical fable is a vibrant look at larger-than-life stage mother Rose, who thrusts her ambitions for show business stardom onto her daughters: June and Louise. Criss-crossing the country on the fading vaudeville circuit, the mother and daughters are accompanied by Rose's patient boyfriend Herbie. Family relationships are put to the test, culminating in Louise's surprising transformation into "Gypsy Rose Lee." This jewel of American musical theater boasts one show-stopping song after another-including "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Let Me Entertain You."


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Healing and Miracles follow this Ministry, for such a time as this.
The Potters Hand Ministy Inc P.O.Box 1385 Miller Place, NY 11764 (631) 474-0333
Call us and we will stand in agreement for you to receive your miracle. Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and forever. Healing is the children's bread. Let us eat daily of that living bread that Jesus
Christ makes available to us daily.
Do Good People Go To Heaven, can you really be good enough to earn the right to enter heaven.Please explain to me how we enter heaven by Grace and not by our works. Jesus God's Son did the work, lived the life for you and me. Evangelist Denis McCabe remembers when he thought that he wasn't a bad guy and was sure to go to heaven. Until the Lord spoke to him and said by whose standard are you going by mine or yours?
Power of God to heal the sick is part of Evangelist Denis McCabe's Ministry. Salvation, testimony of 9 months old baby fractured skull, brain damaged, Miracle healing. Potters Hand Ministry http://pottershandministry.org


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COOLMARE CLASSIC - Keeping up Appearances0:53
Darley mare Appearance arrives late to deny Red Tracer and fast-finishing Norzita in thrilling three-way finish to the Coolmare Classic at Rosehill.
ALWAYS regarded as one of the most competitive Group 1 races in Australian racing, the Coolmore yesterday lived up to its reputation with a memorable three-way struggle between Appearance, Red Tracer and Norzita at Rosehill.
In an exciting finish, Appearance burst between runners to score the narrowest of wins.
Trainer Guy Walter admitted Appearance has been underrated by everyone, including himself.
"She has flown under the radar most of her career," Walter said. "I think she has been very underrated, I admit even by myself, but now she is a dual Group 1 winner of the Myer Classic and the Coolmore Classic, and she also won the Keith Nolan Classic.
"I remember I didn't think she could win the Myer Classic but she proved me wrong that day and I said to myself I would never underestimate her again.
"She has now won five of her 12 starts including two Group 1 races; she is an outstanding mare."
Appearance ($11) gave Walter and jockey Blake Shinn a feature race double after they edged out a brave Red Tracer ($26) by a nose with a similar margin to Norzita ($7.50). Flying Snitzel was backed into $6 favouritism but could finish only eighth while Dear Demi ($7.50) was always well back and finished only 11th.
Shinn was like most on track - he wasn't sure if Appearance had arrived in time to collar Red Tracer.
"I wasn't sure if we had won," he said. "We had a great run throughout but inside the 300m she just lifted for me.
"The more I asked of her, the more she responded."
Shinn, who rode the Walter-trained Toydini to win the Phar Lap Stakes earlier in the day, said it was a "fantastic feeling" to win his first major for the trainer.
"I do most of the stable's riding, Guy and (wife) Wendy are great people and they have really stuck solid with me," Shinn said.
"The past 12 months have been a big learning curve for me, I have had to really knuckle down.
"The autumn carnival last year was pretty grim for me and it has taken a lot of hard work and the support of Guy Walter to be here today.
"You have to be prepared to cop the knocks in this game then work twice as hard to get back.
"I have worked so hard to get back and it means so much, my mum is here today and it's just unbelievable."
Appearance became the first mare to win the Myer Classic-Coolmore Classic double in the same season and gave Walter particular satisfaction as the mare is raced by Sheik Mohammed's Darley Stud.
"I am very grateful for the support I have from Darley," Walter said. "It probably stemmed from when they first brought some imported mares out from England through Ollie Tait then Henry Plumtree and they are a great team.
"We will take Appearance to the Queen Of The Turf Stakes in a fortnight and then the Doncaster Mile."
Appearance's stablemate Streama ran seventh with Walter believing the mare is also on target for the Doncaster Mile next month.
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Smith's Consumer Products has developed and registered a new brand under which the company will market its housewares offerings — KitchenIQ— in response to the recent cancellation of its 'Edgeware' trademarks by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
In its ruling in response to a complaint filed by Edgecraft, the TTAB panel determined that the 'Edgeware' brand was too similar to 'Edgecraft,' which had a pre-existing trademark . While the ruling resulted in a cancellation of the 'Edgeware' trademark the panel did not impose penalties nor did it require the company to make an immediate change.
In an interview with HOMEWORLD BUSINESS®, Smith's CEO Dan Glidden indicated the company determined that its best course of action was not to fight the TTAB ruling or drag out its use of the Edgeware brand, but instead to focus directly on clearing its brand issues, establishing its new brand and focusing on its customers.
"We disagreed with the decision and felt strongly about the use of the Edgeware brand, but we decided that the best thing to do was to keep our efforts focused on serving the needs of our customers," Glidden said.
The new brand is intentionally designed to move the company away from its historic concentration on edge-centric products and pave the way for a broader housewares presence. Glidden noted that the KitchenIQ brand is designed to have a dual meaning; one that plays to the traditional use of the term, the other serving as a kind of acronym.
"On the one hand it relates to the fact that we think customers are smart to buy our products," Glidden explained. "We also feel that this brand connects to the Innovation and Quality that defines each of our products."
He noted that the company is currently working to repackage and rebrand its existing product offerings and while a firm timetable has not been established Glidden indicated he expects to begin having newly branded product into the market by year's end.


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Characteristics of the tumor microenvironment or niche, and validated microRNAs and their target genes in the microenvironment. The tumor microenvironment is a complex scaffold of extracellular matrix and various cell types. In addition to tumor cells, an assemblage of distinct cell types, including endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and immune cells, as well as extracellular matrix molecules, contribute to tumor growth and progression. Tumor tissue is characterized by self-sufficiency in growth signals, which provides replicative immortality, and enables angiogenesis, cell invasion, and metastasis. The different cell types in the tumor can produce growth and antigrowth signals and respond to stimuli secreted by other cells. This creates a favorable microenvironment for tumor growth and spread. The influence of microRNAs on the tumor microenvironment is related to cancer progression. MicroRNAs are a critical component of the tumor microenvironment involved in invasion and metastasis of cancer cells. The deregulated expression of microRNAs in the tumor microenvironment could contribute to cancer proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. See text for more details.


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Santa Cruz State Junior Lifeguards
-Registration links will not be live until the above listed date and time-
Waitlists are done online! If the category you wish to sign up for is not present, it is full. Look for the same programs waitlist and go through the registration process for the waitlist. You will be notified by the Junior Lifeguard coordinator if a spot opens up.
There is NO priority registration for past participants. Demand is high and space is limited, so sign up early! Spots are limited and historically have filled up quickly. All Participants MUST register prior to Tryouts.
The deadline for Tuition Assistance/Scholarship Applications is March 1st, 2017.
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Junior Lifeguard Program Information
The Junior Lifeguard program is a unique and challenging aquatic program for young people. Goals of the JG program are to promote water safety and environmental awareness.
WHO: Boys and Girls - 6-15 years old (6-8 years old @ Rio Del Mar Only!)
WHERE: Manresa, Rio Del Mar, and Twin Lakes State Beaches
WHEN: All programs run Monday through Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
WHY: Develop Ocean Safety Skills! Learn about the local environment! Have fun!
Age Groups: Your age is determined by the age you are the first day of your chosen session.
C's: 9-11 yrs
B's: 12-13 yrs
A's: 14-15 yrs
2017 Program Locations and Dates:
Rio Del Mar State Beach (Platforms) (ages 6-15):
Session I - June 12- July 7
Session II - July 17- Aug 11
Manresa State Beach (ages 9-15):
Session I - June 12- July 7
Session II - July 17- Aug 11
Twin Lakes State Beach (ages 9-15):
Session I - June 12- July 7
Session II - July 17- Aug 11
Program Fees*:
Cost for one session: $400.00
* Additional charges will be added from active.com for processing fees
*Registration prices subject to change
About the Program:
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THE oft-maligned beast that is international rugby league has provided plenty of sparkling moments to offset the epic mismatches and record maulings.
New Zealand's last-gasp 20-18 win against England on the weekend in front of a huge Wembley crowd has put some gloss back on the international game and the Kiwis' rematch in the final against Australia should prove a willing contest.
Counting down towards Sonny Bill Williams v Paul Gallen and Shaun Johnson v Cooper Cronk on Sunday, we've taken a look at the greatest rugby league internationals in recent memory.
AUSTRALIA 26 v NEW ZEALAND 20, 1985: A match made memorable by perhaps the greatest stink in the history of rugby league. Australia's Greg Dowling and New Zealand's Kevin Tamati were going at it on the field, so the referee sent them to the bin for 10 minutes to cool down. But that's when the real fun started. Push and shove occurred as the pair left the ground and plenty of words were exchanged before Tamati exploded with an elbow. Fists flew, the crowd went wild and other players ran over to get involved.
AUSTRALIA 14 GREAT BRITAIN 10, 1990: The Brits were set to reclaim the Ashes for the first time in 20 years when Paul Loughlin scored an intercept try late in the match, yet winger Paul Eastwood missed a simple conversion to leave the score at 10-all. What followed was perhaps the most famous try in Kangaroos history. Australian halfback Ricky Stuart made a break and ran 70m before passing to Mal Meninga, who scored to force the three-Test series into a decider. Australia won the third match 14-0 to retain the Ashes. The second Test also featured an epic Kangaroos team try, scored by Cliff Lyons after a kick back infield by Andrew Ettingshausen.
AUSTRALIA 10 v 6 GREAT BRITAIN, 1992: The 1992 World Cup final was the culmination of a several-year international format and the match at Wembley set a new world record for a rugby league international of 73,631. It was a hard-fought match and Great Britain led 6-4 with only 12 minutes remaining. Then the Aussies struck for the only try of the match. Replacement back Kevin Walters threw a brilliant cut-out pass to put his Brisbane Broncos teammate Steve Renouf over for a try in the corner. The Kangaroos' defence remained resolute in the dying stages despite pouring rain and they held on for a fourth straight World Cup win. It was also a case of the Aussies breaking a hoodoo at Wembley, where they had lost three of their past four matches.
AUSTRALIA 22 v GREAT BRITAIN 18, 2003: The Brits were ahead 18-14 with less than 10 minutes remaining in the opener of a three-Test series. Then came some brilliance from the Kangaroos in the 75th minute. Swinging the ball to the left of the field, utility Craig Wing made a break and passed back inside for Darren Lockyer, who ran the remaining 15m to score untouched under the posts. With Lockyer having tied the scores, Craig Fitzgibbon kicked the easy conversion to hand Australia a 200-18 lead. Fitzgibbon then booted a penalty after Andy Farrell sent a dropout into touch on the full. The match set the scene for a fiercely contested series, though ultimately Australia prevailed 3-0.
AUSTRALIA 16 v NEW ZEALAND 12, 2006: The Tri-Nations final was a crowning glory for the great Darren Lockyer, who produced a repeat of his 2003 try-scoring heroics. The score was tied at 12-all with two minutes to go and Johnathan Thurston missed a field goal that would have claimed victory. Lockyer and Stacey Jones both missed field-goal attempts in the first period of golden point extra time. Then finally, after 87 minutes, Thurston dummied and broke the Kiwi defence. After a 50m run he found Lockyer on the inside, who was ankle-tapped but stumbled over for the winning try under the posts.
AUSTRALIA 20 NEW ZEALAND 34, 2008: The World Cup final will forever be remembered for Billy Slater's epic pass blunder. With New Zealand leading 18-16 with 20 minutes to go, Slater took the ball on his own 10-metre line and thought he could get on the outside of Manu Vatuvei. "The Beast" had other ideas, pushing Billy toward the sideline and the Aussie No.1 desperately threw the ball back infield. The pill ended up in the hands of Benji Marshall, who scored the try that guided the Kiwis to the Cup in the greatest of upsets. Australian captain Darren Lockyer was named man of the match before full-time.
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Stirling-based Black Wolf Brewery has launched a new limited edition Brazilian-influenced beer to coincide with the World Cup.
Futebol Lobo, which means 'football wolf' in Portuguese, is a blonde beer brewed with hints of Brazilian fruits - passion fruit and mango with citrus zest from oranges and limes - to give a crisp finish with an abv of 4.2%.
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The limited edition cask beer is the first offering from Black Wolf's assistant head brewer, 23-year-old Thomas McGregor, who studied brewing and distilling at Heriot-Watt University. Futebol Lobo will be available from early June in pubs and clubs across Scotland throughout the World Cup period, including selected Belhaven, Wetherspoons and other independent outlets.
Black Wolf has ensured that the beer will be easily identified on the bar with the design of a distinctive football motif pump clip in Brazilian colours featuring the Black Wolf head.
Andrew Richardson, director at VC2 Brands - the Stirlingshire-based company behind Black Wolf, commented: "We wanted to create a delicious, refreshing and fun beer for the World Cup that has a nod to Brazil but which really delivers on taste.
"This is a great beer to enjoy whilst enjoying the football with friends. Also ideal as a refreshing drink on hotter days, although this summer they are proving few and far between."
Black Wolf relaunched earlier this year with a new craft range of beers comprising Tundra - an elderflower-infused wheat beer, Florida Black - a stout, Big Red - a flavoursome red beer, Gold Digger - a crisp, fruity blonde beer, Rok IPA - a double hopped India Pale Ale and Coulls crisp and refreshing premium craft lager.
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If you haven't been to Kendall Square lately, the plaza outside the Marriott hotel has been getting a makeover: new benches, new grassy knoll, new paving—and tiles listing the seven inaugural inductees to the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame, which was unveiled Sept. 16. Steve Jobs was among those honored, in addition to Thomas Edison, Hewlett-Packard Cofounders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Genentech Cofounder Bob Swanson, Bill Gates, and Lotus Development Founder Mitch Kapor.
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The suite accommodations on the 2nd floor consist of a bedroom, separate living room and private bathroom. The bedroom has a double size bed and a dresser and closet for storage. The attached living room is furnished with a single size sofa bed which faces a large plasma flat screen television equipped with cable, as well as a mini-refrigerator and a microwave. The bathroom has a shower, sink and w/c. The suite has windows overlooking the street.
On the first floor, there is a kitchen that is shared amongst the guests of the house, equipped with a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and toaster. The kitchen opens to a deck, where you can relax or go down to enjoy the backyard garden.
Wireless Internet is available.
All suites have their own bathroom and private secure entrances!
The common areas are the kitchen and the rear deck.(You share nothing else!!)
WiFi and Netflix movies comes with the suite,and are free!
You can rent the individual suites, or you can rent the entire house!!
If you would like to rent the whole house please see our other listings!!
House rulesWe hope you have a great stay - we welcome you and look forward to having you enjoy the wonderful apartment and city that we call home :)
Keys: Automated check-in...late check-in OK!
We have digital locks, so after you book we will send you the entry codes. When you arrive you will just need to enter the code to gain entrance into the building and your apartment!
1)-Keep all doors locked when you enter & exit!
2)-No parties, illegal activities, or smoking allowed in our home!
3)-No visitors without prior approval from us!
4)-Be considerate…. respect the space and treat the dwelling as if it were your own home!
5)-Please turn off all lights and heat or air to conserve electricity when you are away from the apartment!
6)-Smoking is absolutely not permitted in the apartment, we are non-smokers!!
(You can of course go downstairs and outside on the back deck and puff away to your heart's content!)
7)-We ask that you wash and dry any kitchen items after use!
8)-Please clean up after yourself!
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Es gab keine Heizung und Klimaanlage.mal wars zu kalt dann zu warm.das Haus war bestimmt 100 Jahre alt und sah auch so aus.die suite war nur 20 qdtmt gros anstatt der beschriebenen 100
Wir waren mit der Unterkunft zufrieden. Es war sauber und mit vielen Geräten ausgestattet, komplette Küche, Bügeleisen.... Am besten fanden wir die große Terrasse, man konnte auch bei Regen draußen essen und die Eichhörnchen beobachten. Mit der U-Bahn 40 Minuten nach Manhattan. Steve war auch sehr nett.
our stay in this apartment was a réussite.Confortable, well equipped kitchen, lovely terrace to eat (an additional table would be welcome as there are three appartemants therefore the world sit.) 45 minutes by subway from central park, the report quality / price is excellent. Brooklyn very nice neighborhood (many carraibéen so french speaking ...) and all conveniences and shops nearby. possiblility of doing laundry on request, also including the air conditioning on request (surcharge).
notre séjour dans cet appartement a été une réussite.Confortable, cuisine bien équipée, terrasse très agréable pour manger (une table supplémentaire serait bienvenue car il y a 3 appartemants donc du monde a assoir).A 45 minutes en métro de central park, le rapport qualité/prix est excellent . Quartier de brooklyn très sympa ( beaucoup de carraibéen , donc parlant français ...) et toutes comodités et commerces à proximité. possiblilité de faire les lessives sur demandes , y compris aussi sur demande la clim (payante) .
The booking was really easy, and the reply from Steve the landlord was quick.
The Check-in is fully automated, and so easy and safe. The house is fully equipped, and with a great terrace.
The subway is nearby, with lines direct to Union Square, Times Square/Broadway and Central Park, and their are shopping opportunites nearby to.
We had a great stay at the house, and we were allow to borrow an extra appartment. Steve was so helpful
Our stay with Steve and Heather was nice, but not very large rooms were sufficient to have a place to rest from our daily excursions, quiet enough at night. The house was clean, we saw a few cockroaches, surprising city. Access to the rear garden is a plus. The area is popular and very friendly people cross (some from Haiti) have challenged regularly to exchange French words with us. We did never felt in danger while we were two women with two children. It takes between 30 and 45 minutes to reach Manhattan, but there are also many things to see in the neighborhood, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, and finally the rooms are well located.
Notre séjour chez Steve et Heather était agréable, sans être très grandes les chambres étaient suffisantes pour avoir un endroit où se reposer de nos excursions quotidiennes, assez silencieuses la nuit. La maison était propre, nous avons aperçu quelques blattes, rien d'étonnant en ville. L'accès au jardin à l'arrière est un plus. Le quartier est populaire et très sympathique, les personnes croisées (certaines originaires d'Haïti) nous ont régulièrement interpellé pour échanger des mots de français avec nous. Nous ne nous sommes jamais senties en danger, alors que nous étions deux femmes avec deux enfants. Il faut entre 30 et 45 min pour atteindre Manhattan, mais il y a aussi pas mal de choses à voir dans le quartier, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, et finalement les chambres sont biens situées.
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The place wasn't like in the pictures at all. We didn't enjoey being there, although we had basic things: water, blankets, heating we didn't like how the place look like. The kitchen was dirty and we found find the washig machine, there was a closet in the kitchen full of garbage. In the room things were clean but was cold and there was a bed under other we can't use. The door in the room was damaged, the sofa bed was too old and wasn't Confortable. The blackout was damaged too and we never met the host. The day we arrived a guy received us and show us the things but during the whole week nobody was there or contact us to check how the things were. The neiborhood wasn't to bad but it was far from everything. The Tv didn't work well.
Hi !!! I stayed there for 3 weeks with my little 1,5 year old son in May 2014...and what should is say? It was PERFECT. The location was great, a huge playground, 24h washcenter, a great deli, all just around the corner ! the house is located in the heart of flatbush...just a little walk of ten minutes to the subway with ELEVATOR. i loved it there because it was so nice an calm and cool...not the manhattan stress :-) buuut it tooks a longer time if u want to go to manhattan..but the subway line brings you straight there...also to fulton street, where you can shop sneeeakers :-)
when i flew back...i shed tears in the cab...i was incredibly sad leaving flatbush.
Steve and Heather were so nice and helpful!! WORDS CANT DESCRIBE! Sorry for giving my feedback this late, really want to say THANK YOU for your SUPPORT ( thx thx thx a million times :-)... Hope i soon have enough money to come back!
Wir waren mit der Unterkunft zufrieden. Es war sauber und mit vielen Geräten ausgestattet, komplette Küche, Bügeleisen.... Am besten fanden wir die große Terrasse, man konnte auch bei Regen draußen essen und die Eichhörnchen beobachten. Mit der U-Bahn 40 Minuten nach Manhattan. Steve war auch sehr nett.
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A driver was killed Saturday night after the car he or she was driving collided with a fuel-delivery truck on a rain-slickened Mission Valley road.
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Beamdog will have a playable version of upcoming RPG, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, at PAX Prime which is set to take place in Seattle next week.
At the convention, Beamdog's Cori Dickinson will have an iPad with Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition ready to play. Using an upgraded version of the Infinity Engine, Enhanced Edition includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, never before seen content including a new adventure, and three new party members: The Calishite Monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the Wild Mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.
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How was your week? Yesterday was one of those really awful days that you just have to push through, but today was so lovely that it completely made up for it. Hooray for good days! We also had a great week when it came to food, so many simple yet yummy meals!
Sunday – Extended family potluck, Hawaiian haystacks. Most of this was made by my parents and supplemented by my siblings, but here is a recipe you can try. For our part, we brought a watermelon. I love that summer means melon, there is nothing more summery and easy than a watermelon!
Monday – Pizza. When we make pizza I like to roll out personal size pizza so everyone can top their own. The funny thing is, if you give kid a plate full of veggies and tell them they can put whatever they want on their pizza, they will usually use everything on the plate! At least my kids do, even the spinach, and they eat every bite because they are so proud to have made their own dinner. We usually make some extra pizzas that we freeze so Marquis has some quick and easy meals to take to work.
Tuesday – Steak, baked potatoes and yellow zucchini. Yes, that is yellow zucchini, not yellow squash. I had never heard of it before, have you? This night I was going to get fancy and do a recipe I saw on Pinterest with the potatoes and zucchini, but we ended up needing something faster so I just quickly "baked" the potatoes in the microwave and sauteed the zucchini on the stove while Marquis grilled the steak outside.
Wednesday – Chicken stir fry. This turned out so yummy! This recipe is coming soon as a Skinny Mom post, I'll be sure to link to the recipe once it posts. Yum!
Thursday – Chicken and dumplings. Sometimes dinner plans change last minute. This night was supposed to be chicken pot pie, but around 5:00 I realized that I had forgotten to make the dough for the crust. That really needs to hang out in the fridge for awhile to be really yummy, so I changed to chicken and dumplings. Kind of the same thing, right? The recipe I used is here, although I used whole wheat flour.
Friday – Creamy pasta. When I was a kid, we used to cook an easy meal that was just noodles with a can of cream of soup thrown over the top. You could add chicken or tuna or veggies or cheese or whatever else you wanted in with it. This is apparently what I still reach for when I need a fast dinner and need to pull something out of my hat, except now I make my cream of chicken from scratch (great recipe here) and whole grain noodles (I like quinoa). I also added some cooked chicken and sauteed some more yellow zucchini to go on the side.
Saturday – Roasted chicken and fancied up veggies. The chicken was simply sprinkled with salt, pepper and a garlic seasoning that sounded good. Then I thinly sliced yellow potatoes and yellow squash (for real this time), tossed them in olive oil with salt and pepper and then layered them together in a pan. I then grated a little mozzarella over the top and baked it at the same time I was baking the chicken. Yes, this is the fancy thing I saw on Pinterest, I'm not sure if I succeeded, but it was yummy.