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While there may have been added build-up to Toronto FC's regular-season opener due to a Week 1 bye, fans waiting to get a look at the rebuilt side will have to wait a bit longer to see their Designated Player trifecta in action together.
US national team midfielder Michael Bradley and English international Jermain Defoe are set to go in Saturday's road match against the Seattle Sounders, but Brazilian striker Gilberto was left at home as he continues to recover from a quad injury.
Still, there's still plenty of intrigue for the nationally televised match at CenturyLink Field (4:30 pm ET; NBCSN, TSN/RDS2 in Canada), and Gilberto's absence opens the door for former MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario, another TFC newcomer, or Andrew Wiedeman to start at striker.
Homegrown midfielder Jonathan Osorio, set to start in the middle alongside Bradley, said the mood in the locker room is electric heading into the first game of the season.
"I think, especially this week, we started to get excited," Osorio said. "The locker room is very excited. It's the first step on Saturday and we cannot skip that step. We have to go through Seattle and play our game and try to get the three points."
De Rosario is the likely choice up top for head coach Ryan Nelsen, although Wiedeman has been practicing with Bradley and Defoe earlier in the week.
"It's a very winnable game for us," Wiedeman told MLSsoccer.com. "We would have loved to play on the opening week, so it's tough that we had a bye, but we're all really excited to get out there and play and show what we've done in the offseason."
Facing Seattle is never a small task, made even more difficult this season with the center back pairing of Chad Marshall and Djimi Traoré.
"[The Sounders] have a great backline," Wiedeman said. "They have two real big center backs. With those big guys, you can't really post up on them because anything that comes in there, they're going to win. You have to try to find those little pockets, that half-yard of separation and get your space."
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Whoever gets the start at striker, they'll like benefit from the playmaking abilities of Defoe, who has already made a favorable impression with his new teammates.
"[Jermain] is a very intelligent player," Wiedeman said. "His movement is amazing, actually. It makes it real easy to play with him, he's always finding good spots, and technically he's second to none. The way he strikes the ball; his touches are first class.
"His release is pretty remarkable. He just gets the shot off so quick. There's not much back swing, he just punches through it but he gets so much pace on it."
Osorio believes that beating Seattle would make an important statement to the rest of the league.
"We've got to set the tone and let teams know that we're here and we're for real," Osorio said. "We have a lot of hype around our team so teams are definitely gunning for us to beat us and prove that maybe we're not one of the top teams. But, on the other hand, we're trying to prove we are."

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text: Our daughter (Age 3)has the same problem. When she sleeps, especially in the summer; even when the room is cool she will sweat. Like your daughter it seems to especially affect her hair. She wakes up whether it be from a nap or night time sleeping with sweat soaked hair. It is extremely smelly sweat also! Reminds us of raw hamburger. It is so bad that when she sneaks onto our bed during the night it will wake us up and we have to spray air freshener in the room to disguise the smell. If we bath her the night before she will need one in the morning to get rid of the smell and sweaty hair. We brought her to the DR. for this and they told us it was normal. That all children sweat. She also saw a developmental pediatrician for speech issues and we mentioned the problem to her. She didn't seem to think it was a problem either. If you find out anything different please let me know.


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WASHINGTON — TV's hot, glaring lights. A flurry of hostile questions. And the pressure to react quickly without stumbling.
That's what Dana Perino faced daily as press secretary for the last Texan in the White House, a routine that brought on fewer jitters than her stint on Jeopardy! at a special taping in the nation's capital.
"In my last job, I could figure out what you all were going to ask," she said of her work for former President George W. Bush. "In this one, I have no idea."
That pre-show anxiety was shared by others on the "Power Players" edition, a lineup pulled from Washington's oft-combustible mix of media and politics.
In Dallas, the charity match will air at 11 a.m. Monday through Friday on KTVT-TV (Channel 11).
Host Alex Trebek, taking the show to DAR Constitution Hall, said politicians don't perform any better or worse than regular contestants. It all depends on the category.
"Some are bright and do very well; some are bright and don't do well," he told reporters at last month's taping.
Backed by an Abraham Lincoln statue, white columns and a giant American flag, Trebek ran the players through rehearsals, firing questions — er, make that answers — that not surprisingly had a healthy dose of history and government.
The 15 contestants included New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Fox News' Chris Wallace, CNN's Anderson Cooper, comedian Lewis Black, NBC's Chuck Todd, Dr. Mehmet Oz and former NBA star (and all-time leading scorer) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
"Probably all of us on the stage have a repository in our minds for useful and useless information," said Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary.
Friedman compared it to a "journalistic Hunger Games," the wildly popular book and movie. "I just want to be there: a survivor at the end."
The winner in each round gets $50,000 for charity and the runners-up $10,000.
In the practice sessions, Abdul-Jabbar was among the most popular, judging by audience applause as he repeatedly nailed the answers.
Pitted against Perino, now a Fox News commentator, and CNBC anchor David Faber, he jumped out fast, even hitting the "Daily Double" category of "Quotations."
"Andy Warhol predicted that in the future, everyone would be famous for this long."
He got it right — "What is 15 minutes?" — boosting his bankroll to $15,600.
"Final Jeopardy," accented by its familiar jingle, asked for the landmark that's "277 miles long, as much as 18 miles wide, 6 million years old and at a given time, temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees."
Perhaps influenced by the locale, Abdul-Jabbar wrote, "What is the Potomac River?" The correct response was the Grand Canyon, giving Perino the victory.
Trebek later said Jeopardy! has a broader purpose than simply rewarding those who know arcane facts.
"It's a show that tries to encourage a love of learning and a curiosity about everything in life. And if we can achieve that, then we will be very happy because we will consider ourselves a success."


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i'm currently working on a site [url]http://www.freewebs.com/coloradoddr[/url], aka Colorado DDR. its mainly intended for DDR fans in the state of colorado, but anyone who plays is welcome. its still under constucion, but you are welcome to come and see whats up so far. i plan on having it finished "When its done". yeah, i know. that is really old. come, take a look and tell me what you think. (send me a PM back here on bungie) i'm probably going to put a forum up sometime this summer, but there is a chat room for now. i'm also working on a version list. i have every thing except the arcade versions up. i'm also thinking about adding a guest book (once freewebs lets me). like i said, the site is intended for any DDR fan in the state of Colorado, but any DDR fan is welcome any time.
I can't. I just plain stink at it.
wtf? i play it just fine. i'm 14, and i can kick SOME ass at DDR. and btw, your sig is diturbing. [Edited on 6/10/2004 10:04:51 AM]
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This scene, from the first part of "The Bachelorette" finale, which aired last night, is so painful to watch. Desiree Hartsock, the 27-year-old contestant who won audience hearts as the runner-up on last season's "The Bachelor," clearly does not see the Brooks Forester's honest admission coming, and appears completely caught off-guard.
Des tells Brooks that he's the only one of the final three contestants who she loves, and informs him that "you're breaking my heart," to which he answers "I know I am."
If this is just part one, what do you think the end of the finale holds?


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UPDATED (Aug. 27): The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said Tyler Lee McNeil was located safe and unharmed in Burke County on Tuesday.
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Lincoln County Sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 15-year-old who, it is believed, may be in the Burke County area.
Tyler Lee McNeil, 14, of Hilltop Road in Lincolnton, was last seen at his residence on Aug. 22 around 11 p.m. When he left home, he was wearing orange and gray tennis shoes, camouflage pants and a light blue t-shirt. He is 5-foot-3 and weighs around 170 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes.
McNeil recently moved to the Lincolnton area and is believed to possibly be in or around Morganton, Granite Falls, Lenoir or Sawmills.
Anyone with information about the teen's whereabouts is asked to contact the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at 704-732-9050, the Lincoln County Communications Center at 704-735-8202 or Crime Stoppers at 704-736-8909.
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The newest high school in San Diego County will welcome its first students a little less than a year from now, but it already has a principal.
Bonsall New Tech High School is scheduled to open its doors for the 2014-15 school year on the same Lilac Road campus as Sullivan Middle School, and last month, the school board hired a local man, Tim Heck, to run both schools side by side.
Heck is just about as local as it gets: He moved to Fallbrook as a teenager in 1986, graduated from Fallbrook High School in '90 and served part of his seven years in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton — during which time he lived, of course, in Bonsall.
When Heck climbs into his car each morning to go to work, his 13-year-old son, Shawn, must climb in beside him, because they both go to Sullivan — father to the school office, son to first period. Shawn will be one of Heck's first ninth-grade students when the long-awaited and much-debated school opens next autumn.
The Bonsall school board unanimously approved Heck as the new principal on Aug. 16.
After leaving the Marine Corps two months before the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, Heck went to work for a Fortune 500 company as a warehouse manager.
"The corporate environment was very different than the teamwork I had come from in the military," he recalled. "So I decided that the corporate world was not where I wanted to be. I wanted to go back to a life of service."
While he decided what to do next, he began coaching track and field at Fallbrook High, alongside a man named Marty Hauck, one of the town's most beloved educators. Hauck had coached him during the late 1980s, and now he became a mentor at a crucial time.
"We had many conversations about working with kids, and after speaking with him, I decided I was going to go back to school for my teaching credential and a master's degree. That's what really pulled me into education," Heck said. "It was Marty Hauck who really showed me that my future was in education."
Five years later, Hauck died of a heart attack on campus, stunning the tight-knit cross-country team and the town at large.
But Heck's trajectory was set.
By the time he sat down to interview Bonsall Superintendent Justin Cunningham for his dissertation, he'd already watched his son come up in Bonsall's schools.
"I knew Bonsall was a strong district, but I didn't really know the superintendent, or his vision, until I interviewed him," Heck recalled. "It was well over a year after I interviewed him that this position became available — when I saw it posted, read the job description and looked at this New Tech model, I said, 'This is for me.' "
Reversing the roles, it was Cunningham's turn to interview, and Heck fit the bill.
Now the two men have their work cut out for them: Bonsall New Tech High School will be the first of its kind in Southern California.
The closest "New Tech" school is in Napa, and Heck explained the concept to me as a specialized campus where students learn to use technology the way it is used and will be used in the job market. Problem solving and critical thinking become prized outcomes rather than extracurricular activities — or so the marketing goes.
"When you look at the nature of education, there hasn't been a new framework since 1998," Heck said, referring to the system of standardized benchmarks still in use on most campuses. "We're well into the 21st century; it's time that we catch up to what the market needs.
"Every student is going to have a laptop or an iPad, some technology to access instant research capabilities, textbooks online, different programs," he said.
The high school Heck has been hired to run is carved out of territory that was previously his alma mater's, and the tension between the adjacent Bonsall Unified and Fallbrook Union High School districts was not something that seemed to worry him.
"Fallbrook High School is a great institution," he said, "and they're a comprehensive high school — it's just a completely different program. We're going to have some students here at Sullivan who want that comprehensive high school experience. There's no animosity. But if there's a student really looking at what it means to be college- and career-ready in the 21st century, then this is the school for them."
As of Sept. 13, there were 554 students at Sullivan, including most of the kids who will make up next year's first freshman class. (Between 100 and 125 new enrollees are expected during each of the four years that it will take to reach full capacity, along with five to six new teachers per year.)
"The long-term plan is that there will be a completely separate high school campus," Heck said. "But we're going to grow the high school here concurrently with Sullivan Middle School … and then, once the new high school is completed, the high school will move and any facilities that have been added here will revert back to Sullivan Middle School."
In the office, Heck is all business — a retired Marine Corps captain, remember. But his eyes lit up when I asked how he feels about landing a job on the ground floor of a hometown high school.
"This is perfect," he said. "I'm very excited to be here. It takes me less than 10 minutes to drive here, and I don't want to live anywhere else. I couldn't be happier."


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Gage Davis is hoping to follow down a similar path.
The Bolingbrook High School senior recently became the first player to commit to IPFW coach Tony Jasick in the class of 2014.
"He's 6-foot-3 with about a 6-6 wingspan, he's really long," Raider coach Rob Brost said. "He's athletic and can get to the rim and finish."
That all sounds good to Mastodon fans, but Brost wasn't finished with the accolades.
"But his best attribute is that he can really score the ball."
That's a skill that Davis has done better with each passing year under Brost.
"His game has become much more diversified over the past year or so," Brost explained. "He was always a good shooter (Davis connected on nearly 40 percent of his 3-point shots as a junior), but now he can do things off of the dribble, off the bounce, and his mid-range game has improved.
"Those things have really changed his game from just being a shooter to now being a scorer."
Brost has sent a number of players to the NCAA Division I level; including a recent guard (Ben Moore) to Southern Methodist and Davis' classmate Prentiss Nixon is getting high-major looks.
Because of that depth, Davis averaged just under 10 points per game last season, but he admits to wanting to do more on the floor this season.
"I'll do whatever it takes," Davis said. "I can score, but if I need to get assists, I'll do that or if I need to rebound, I'll do that."
He wants his skill set to continue to evolve and said working on his ball-handling and strength are his priorities over the next 12 months in order to prepare for college basketball.
Brost said that focus and drive is carrying over off of the court, as well.
"Gage is a great kid off of the court," Brost said. "He's done a great job for us, really leading by example. Obviously, his play speaks for itself, but in particular the last year or two, he's really made improvement in the way that he leads by example in doing the right things both on and off of the floor, and in the classroom, as well."
All of those characteristics is why Davis had multiple Division I offers (Northern Colorado, Eastern Illinois, Chicago State, among others), and was still being looked at by "Missouri Valley and Horizon League" programs, according to Brost.
The IPFW coaches have recruited other Raider players in the past, and those experiences resonated with Brost.
"I have a strong relationship with (Jasick and IPFW assistant Jon Coffman), and now with (recently hired assistant Ryan Sims)," Brost said. "I really trust those guys and they go about things the right way.
"I deal with a lot of coaches, we've had several high-major players, and a lot of schools aren't like those guys. I really respect what they are doing there and I'm proud to send one of my players there."
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TAMPA — In a tense, physical game Friday, Jesuit's fast-paced tactics were more effective than Steinbrenner's attempts at creative passing and ball control in a 3-1 victory.
"We played at very good pace in the first half but lost it in the early part of the second half," Jesuit coach Bob Bauman said. "Steinbrenner is a good team, but I felt we let them back in the game. We need to find our sense of urgency. At the beginning of the year, we had it."
Jesuit (17-3) took the lead 12 minutes in on a corner kick. The ball went to forward Tyler Hartlage. His backheel got past the goalkeeper to midfielder Joseph Metzger, who made it 1-0.
Steinbrenner (8-3-1) got back into the game in the second half when Jesuit misplayed a free kick, allowing the ball to bounce around in the box. Defender Austin Renz got to the loose ball to put it into the net.
But Jesuit got two goals from Brett Durrance from there. The first came as a result of midfielder Christopher Conlon bringing down a long pass with his chest and into the path of the Durrance, whose finish was partially blocked by the keeper before rolling into the net.
On his second, the junior beat two defenders then the keeper with a low shot into the corner.
"A couple times, they got through our defense because we had some mistakes in the midfield," Bauman said.
"We only had one more shot than they did. This game showed us some of things we still have to work on."


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What's hot: A couple of major kingfish tournaments are scheduled for this month, and the kings are showing up in better numbers to oblige. Along with a handful of giant bull redfish, Joe Lowery and his group caught a couple of 20-pound kings over the weekend. Slow trolling large whitebait and greenbacks in the "parking lot," an area 5 to 6 miles off Blind Pass in 26 to 30 feet, produced a couple smaller ones. We caught two kings Saturday and lost a few others while mackerel fishing off St. Pete Beach. Anchored over patchy hard bottom 11/2 miles off the beach in 20 feet has produced outstanding mackerel fishing.
Technique: There is no substitution for live chumming. Because of their fast, slashing nature, kings and macks prefer their baits to be moving and frisky. The best way to incite a bite is a handful or two of crippled baits tossed behind the boat and dancing on the surface.
Tips: As water temperature inches toward the preferred 70s, look for action to increase. The stage is set for a productive fall run.
Jay Mastry charters Jaybird out of St. Petersburg and can be reached at (727) 321-2142


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Here are the Alfred Hitchcock elimination game rules:
[updated for voting changes]
1. Vote once per day for - a) your favorite(s) from the master's most celebrated feature films.
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2. Add 3 points to the movie(s) you enjoy the most
{please let us know at the bottom of the page which movies you added and subtracted from}
3. We play by Amazon time, with days starting at Midnight as usual: one vote per person each day.
4. All are welcome to vote and talk here about Hitchcock movies. Other chat which is off topic is allowed, but any talk about other posters in an uncivil and disrespectful way will result in voting privileges being revoked. That goes for everyone. Do not bring personal grudges or other nasty baggage here.
(note: I've included all the the master's films that are listed on IMDb as having been voted on by 2,000 people or more; no shorts, no incomplete features, no TV)
Thank you, and have fun!
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The Winners so far (to be updated regularly)...
1. 'The Birds' (1963)
2. 'Psycho' (1960)
3. 'Vertigo' (1958)
4. 'Rear Window' (1954)
5. 'The Lady Vanishes' (1938)
6. 'Young and Innocent' (1937)
7. 'North by Northwest' (1959)
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Hillview-Adeytown is a designated place located on the Northwest Arm of Trinity Bay, just south of Clarenville in Newfoundland, Canada. It consists of the unincorporated communities of Hillview and Adeytown, and had a population of 307 in the Canada 2006 Census.
Adeytown (formerly called Lee Bight), like Deep Bight, Piston Mere, Maggoty Cove and Forster's, was founded in the 1850s and 1860s as a small logging operation and, with the building of the Newfoundland Railway, it grew as the demand for lumber was at a peak.
Around 1865, Edward and Pasco Adey came to Lee Bight (later Adeytown), from Hants Harbour with the intention of logging. By 1870 a water powered sawmill had been built, one of several in the Northwest Arm in Trinity Bay at the time. The first (Methodist) school in Lee Bight was reported in 1883 with 16 students taught by a Miss Mary Mayo. Miss. Mayo had split her time at the Lee Bight School and the half at the Deep Bight school nearby.
In the early 20th century Adeytown had closed its Methodist school and shared one with Caplin Cove. By 1911 Adeytown had 2 sawmills and a church along with the school shared with Caplin Cove and about 30 people were living there for the 1911 Census. At the height of its economic boom in 1921 Adeytown had become a full logging town with 7 sawmills operating, also by this time there was 38 residents living in Adeytown.[1]
As of September 13, 1966 the Adeytown Post Office closed and in 1970 the school was closed and students were bussed to Deep Bight for Elementary School and Clarenville for High School.
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We know Justin Timberlake has the moves, and the comic timing he's shown on SNL and movie comedies. Now he's going to show he's got the muscle too. In Time is a sci-fi thriller about a world where aging stops at 25, but once you're 25 you have to buy more time to continue living. Timerblake plays a poor man who goes on the run when he can't buy any more time for himself. At a press conference during San Diego Comic-Con, Timberlake shared his thoughts on In Time.
The Themes of In Time:
Justin Timberlake: We talked about the idea that we're all searching for the fountain of youth so to speak. What would happen if we through science could actually achieve looking young and living forever? What [writer/director] Andrew [Niccol] so brilliantly created with that was the juxtaposition of obviously the risk of overpopulation. For lack of a better term, the establishment dehumanizing us by regulating our lives and making time the currency, that when you turn 25, a year on your body clock starts. You're made aware of how much time you live.
The character of In Time:
Justin Timberlake: I fell in love with the young man that he was, an ordinary person being put in extraordinary or fantastical situations. He wakes up every day, lives in a slum, is kind of an everyday man but poor. He's got 23 hours on his body clock so only has a day to live, the hypothesis being how would you function, how would you live and those types of extenuating circumstances, to have to beg, steal, borrow, even kill maybe to stay alive. So that's what attracted me.
The Future is really now:
Justin Timberlake: I think that Andrew has an uncanny sense and ability to use a medium like the films that he writes and directs to. He does them in such a smart way, that's what I love about this film. Here is an anti-hero who in turn is forced to become a hero and we live through him in this world. The bigger part of the picture is that everything we describe, those are all the causes of how this movie gets started. The effect is that society has been split into two halves. There's no middle class. I do think it is in the Zeitgeist and that's not far off.
The action of In Time:
Justin Timberlake: I feel like we're just describing him as a writer. The other thing that he does that is so amazing to me is that as a director, he has an ability to create a thrill ride. In the midst of that, he has the ability to create a thrill ride and this movie's really thrilling. It stays a few steps ahead of you the whole time and doesn't give you a chance to catch your breathe.
Justin Timberlake kickin' ass:
Justin Timberlake: It gives a different physicality to a performance. I'm from Tennessee and it's no secret, we like to shoot guns. That's pretty cool. I was excited because I feel like this movie in particular I feel like is my type of action character to play because he is thoughtful and it's a very intimate. While it is thrilling, I feel like this movie is very performance driven and an intimate experience as well. You always want to get under a character's skin but it's fun to drive cars really fast and shoot guns and not get arrested for it. So that was fun for me.
Justin Timberlake At Comic-Con:
Justin Timberlame: As long as I keep my limbs I'll be happy. I think that any time you create something that's a little bit left of center or a bird of a different feather, that's what I love about Comic Con. It's my first time here and I'm excited to be here because a movie like this is intense, it's thrilling but it says a lot. You need an experience like this to sit down and talk about it. We're really excited to be here. I love movies like this because I want to go to the theater and discover. I think that while what you're presenting is an obstacle, it's also at least we don't have the pressure of existing comic books that tell us what we have to do. I would feel probably way more nervous about that. I have some friends who are about to do that, I just worked with recently, and I'm every excited for them but I know that they're probably very nervous too. In a way, that's exciting for us that we are coming in with original material. We do have something that is a little bit different so I'm excited about it.
Justin Timberlake, ladies man:
Justin Timberlake: I have a clause in my contract that says if you put someone as beautiful as Amanda [Seyfried] in a movie, I have to fall in love with her. It's a thriller that happens to have a lot of different elements.
Justin Timberlake, geek:
Justin Timberlake: We all got some geek in us. I'm into video games. My favorite comic books when I was a kid were Archie comics. I think that's probably apparent in my mission to make you laugh.


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Now that the draft is done, we can begin to assess the Colts' chances for 2009. As always, a million unforeseen things can happen to elevate or derail the season, so instead of sweeping projections, let's look as the key areas that need to improve on offense for this team to take it to the next level:
IF the offensive line stays healthy, they should get the practice time and continuity necessary to improve on a dismal 2008.
BUT if key members struggle with injuries, especially Saturday and Ugoh, the Colts will struggle to win double digit games. Charlie Johnson played well at left guard last year, but his stint at left tackle was abysmal. Mario Williams almost killed Manning in the fourth game with CJ blocking. Ugoh comes under a lot of heat from Colts fans, but his return to the line up in the Tennessee game marked the first time in several weeks that Manning had decent protection. The long winning streak started the next week against the Patriots.
We said the resigning of Saturday was one of the most difficult front
office choices Polian has faced in years. Without him, the Colts would
not make the playoffs in 2009. However, he is a 34 year old center
with knee problems, and his health can't be taken for granted.
IF Mike Pollack develops into a legitimate player worthy of a second round pick, the Colts run game will improve by a half yard per carry at least.
BUT if the right side of the line (including Diem) doesn't improve, neither Brown nor Addai will be be effective. Last year, the Colts averaged 4.91 adjusted line yards per carry when they ran around the left end. That was good for 9th in the league. When running around the right end, they averaged 2.91 ALYPC good for 31st. As you look at the chart, the Colts RBs averaged over 4 ALYPC when running in every direction…except to the right. If you want to know why Addai 'struggled' last year, you can basically trace the entire problem to the right side of the line. The pick of Brown ensures the Colts will have an explosive pair of runners in the backfield. The A/B Switch (Addai/Brown, do you like it? I'm trying it out) will be devastating deep into to games as long as they can at least threaten to run right.
IF the young TE corps learn the offense and stay healthy, the Colts should return to a highly efficient mix of the pass and run.
BUT if Santi, Tamme, and Robinson continue to battle injuries and miss key assignments, don't expect Indy to run an elite offense on the field. While it sounds like 4th round pick Collie might eventually become a Stokley-esque slot man, it's not realistic to expect more than 10-15 catches from him next year. If the Colts are going to have a top flight offense, it's going to mean a lot of two TE sets. That means one of the three young TEs needs to become Ben Utech. The second TE has to have pass catching ability (which Tamme is rumored to have), but also must be an effective run blocker as the Colts love to run all their plays out of one base formation.
IF Christensen and Metzelaars can handle their impending promotions by providing fresh enthusiasm and insight, OR the Colts figure out how to keep Moore and Mudd, the offense will look familiar.
BUT if they are merely the latest examples of the Peter Principle, new Coach Jim Caldwell will have extra burdens on him during his first year of coaching, and the impact could be felt on the field. The Colts are stacked with young linemen. If Metzelaars can't coach them up as well as Mudd did, 2009 will be at least as big a struggle as 2008. In terms of play calling, I can buy that Manning could always just take over and do whatever he wants anyway. But there is a lot of administrative work involved with running an offense that Christensen will have thrust upon him. Maybe he'll be outstanding, but there are no guarantees. Jumping from wide out coach to O.C. without even a full offseason to prepare is lot to ask of anyone. Fans should be prepared for consequences.
IF Jim Caldwell has the same kind of stones that Dungy had, the 2009 Colts will continue to go for key fourth downs, and sustain key drives.
BUT if Caldwell won't leave his offense on the field when he needs too, the Colts will lose games. Perhaps the single biggest mistake a coach can make is to punt of fourth and short. It's been shown in numerous places that 'going for it' generates more points from almost every spot on the field than punting does. Over time, Dungy became very aggressive on fourth downs, and the Colts were difficult to stop because of it. Caldwell must have the kind of confidence in his offense Dungy did, or the Colts will lose a lot of close games they used to win.
There are other issues (Manning's health, Gonzo's ability to play outside, finding a third WR) that I don't consider worthy of discussion, primarily because they aren't truly in question. We all know that if 18 gets hurt, the Colts are screwed. I have yet to see anyone argue that Anthony Gonzalez won't be effective outside, so I'm not going to waste time defending what everyone suspects anyway. The Colts don't need a third WR to run their offense well. Basically, the 2009 offense boils down to massive questions on the offensive line and coaching staff. As a fan, we can choose to have confidence that the IFs won't become BUTs, but everyone should keep their eye on this issues first and foremost as training camp and the preseason unfold.
Tomorrow we'll look at the defensive IFs and BUTs.
Well, I'll be darned. Will you look at that. Who's that team leading the NL Central? I hope it lasts.
Kuharsky puts Moala on the hotseat. Good choice. Fans are expecting a lot from the rookie.
He's utterly, totally insane. And no, I don't mean Oehser.
Again with the Oehser. This time on Caldwell.
Explain this logic to me:
Defense: The Reds rank next to last in National League fielding. But
the defense, particularly in the outfield, is much improved. The Reds
have seven outfield errors. Darnell McDonald and Chris Dickerson have
five between them.
Wait, if the Reds have 7 OF errors in just 30 some games, and the principle left fielders are to blame for 5 of them, in what possible way has the OF defense improved? Stuff like this makes me sick, because it's a swipe a Griffey and Dunn. It's fine to not like how Dunn played D, but at least the press in Cincinnati should be honest that the new guys have been HORRIBLE. The Reds problems the last few years weren't on Dunner. That sentence I quoted doesn't even make sense. I welcome any one to explain it to me.
It's official. They retired. I wish them all the best. More on this to come.


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In the, for example, 'Internet' section of the KDE menu, I'd have 'Mozilla,' which would, however, be displayed as 'Web Browser (Mozilla).'
Within KDE Menu Editor it would be called 'Mozilla;' KDE adds the words 'Web Browser' so is it possible to remove those extra words? I see no ability to do so in Menu Editor, apart from simply re-adding the items (obviously that would take too long to re-add every single item). :cry:
Yes it's possible to remove them. What you are seeing is the item name with the description. Simply go into the Control Center, then Desktop, then Panels. Under the Menu's tab, you'll see 3 listings: Name, Name (Description), Description (Name). Just choose the Name option and Ok it and you should be golden. Let me know if you have any problems or questions!
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The heated debate on medical marijuana wafted into Vallejo City Hall on Wednesday night, where Solano County officials sought input from residents on whether dispensaries should be allowed in unincorporated areas.
Answers were mixed among the roughly two dozen people who attended. Some opposed dispensaries outright. Others felt the hot-button issue is best left to cities to handle. And some said rural areas of the county -- away from residents and urban crime problems -- would be best suited for dispensaries.
"I think it might be an additional burden on Vallejo," said Vallejo resident Katy Miessner, who objected to the idea of allowing dispensaries in the unincorporated area near Lemon Street and Benicia Road -- one of several spots county officials are studying. Miessner said cities, not the county, should have the final say on where and how dispensaries should operate. Allowing dispensaries within unincorporated pockets, she said, might impact cities in ways they wouldn't be able to control.
"We need to be able to control those businesses," said Miessner, a City Council candidate. "I prefer our citizens being able to go to our city council and discuss any impacts ... it's something that is so new and needs a lot of regulation and oversight ... I think it's something that needs to be here in this town and not the county."
Another Vallejo City Council candidate, Liat Meitzenheimer, who serves on Vallejo Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Coalition, said properties along Benicia Road within the unincorporated county should be ruled out.
"I know that there have been a multitude of alcohol (retailers) that have opened up there ... ," Meitzenheimer said. 'That would be one additional issue that they have in that area."
The outreach meeting -- one of five being held around the county -- followed the Board of Supervisors' decision in July to consider regulating dispensaries as an alternative to banning them. The current temporary ban is set to expire on July 29.
Among Wednesday's attendees were the two county supervisors who represent Vallejo, Erin Hannigan and Linda Seifert, who have supported the plan. Supervisor Jim Spering, who has voiced concerns about the plan also attended. .
The board directed county officials to draft an ordinance that would regulate medical marijuana operations, including where and how dispensaries could operate and rules for cannabis cultivation, fees and taxes.
In drafting the proposed ordinance, county officials will consider minimum set-backs from sensitive locations such as schools and churches. State law prohibits dispensaries within 600 feet of schools; county officials, however, are proposing a 1,000-foot buffer.
Safety provisions, parking, design and appearance standards and safe handling of materials also will be considered.
County officials plan to return to the board in December with the results of the public-outreach process. A draft ordinance isn't expected to be reviewed until early next summer.
County officials at the meeting, however, said it's far too soon to know what the board's final decision will be.
"I want to note right up front the issue of medical marijuana and its location in communities is one that many communities in California have really struggled with over the last number of years," said Bill Emlen, director of the county's department of resource management. "A lot of it has to do with the fact that the relationship between federal law and state law regarding medical marijuana created some disconnects that made it hard to manage how its handled in California."
Since California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana 17 years ago, local jurisdictions have struggled to determine where and how dispensaries should be allowed to operate. For various reasons, including conflicts between state and federal law, every city in the county expect Vallejo has banned dispensaries. Meanwhile, Vallejo city officials say they are researching dispensary regulations in other communities in preparation for a citywide public outreach process expected to begin in the next few months.
Doug Darling, of Vallejo, said he'd prefer dispensaries to be placed in rural areas such as Cordelia and Birds Landing -- which are also under consideration.
"As you consider doing what you're doing ... I would hope you could leave Vallejo out of the picture possibly until we get our own problems under control," Darling said.
Fairfield resident Mo Kaid, a medical marijuana proponent, urged county officials to find a suitable location for dispensaries so patients can avoid buying the drug on the black market.
"There has to be safe access," said Kaid, adding he was speaking on behalf of two unregulated Vallejo dispensaries. He declined to say which ones. "You can't be pushing paraplegics and people in wheelchairs either to not get their meds or onto the black market ... so if you don't give us a spot to do that ... all this black market stuff is going on."
Vallejo resident Lyndon Lafferty, a former California Highway Patrol officer, however, said all medical marijuana operations should be banned.
"It's against the law, period," Lafferty said. "A stoned culture is counterproductive to our culture and society in general."
Three more outreach meetings are scheduled to be held next week in Dixon, Fairfield and Winters. For information, go to www.solanocounty.com/medicalmarijuana or call 784-6765.
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This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more at IBABuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.
Nov. 16
On Wednesday evening, you might have seen teachers standing at various Oakland intersections holding thank-you signs. Those were meant for everyone who supported Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative.
The measure's success at the polls spared California school districts billions of dollars in midyear cuts. It's also opened the door to renewed contract negotiations between two groups that have long been at odds: Oakland Unified School District and its teachers.
That's right: A new teacher contract could be in OUSD's sights for the first time in — could it be? — nearly seven years. (The last mutually agreed contract, made in 2006, expired in 2008. The district unilaterally imposed a contract in 2010.)
Today, the Oakland Education Association's bargaining team sits down with representatives from the Oakland school district to talk about each side's contract proposals and ask clarifying questions.
"With the passing of Prop. 30, and with a $33 million reserve, the district is in a stable enough position to compensate their personnel, teachers and all of their workers," said OEA President Trish Gorham.
The OEA is asking for a 4 percent boost to the pay scale, much lower than the 20 percent the union called for in January 2008. OUSD's proposal calls for revamping teacher evaluations (based on "multiple student learning outcomes"), establishing a career ladder for outstanding teachers, and giving individual schools more of a say in the composition of their staff.
It seems both sides left plenty of room for negotiation, perhaps after watching the last attempt at reaching agreement go nowhere. As Gorham said, "Both proposals are short on specifics."
Twice-monthly sessions have been scheduled for the next three months, with Kei Swensen, a Sankofa Academy teacher, chairing the negotiations for the teachers.
Is it reasonable for teachers to hope that those nine scheduled sessions will be enough? "I think we will be very close to an agreement in three months," Gorham said.
Nov. 15
I mentioned a few months ago that I was working with photojournalist Alison Yin on a project about childhood asthma and its disproportionate impact on families in Oakland and elsewhere along the Interstate 880-80 corridor. It's a project for The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism.
Now we have some help! I'm happy to announce the names of our three reporting interns, who will be producing stories and videos for the project with a grant from Annenberg: Pamela Tapia, a recent McClymonds High School graduate; and Pearl Joy Balagot and Henry Jean-Philippe, both from Fremont High School.
Their adviser for the project will be Lisa Shafer, and I'm sure they'll get some support from Nadine Joseph, a writing coach who advises the McClymonds journalism club.
We met with them yesterday, along with some other McClymonds and Fremont high school students, who shared their stories about asthma and helped us brainstorm ways to reach students and families with the finished projects.
My favorite piece of advice came from Breannie Robinson, a no-nonsense Mack student-athlete (basketball star), who had asthma as a child.
After listening to us go back and forth about Twitter, Facebook, video screenings, newsletters and other ideas, she offered us this tip: "Make it interesting."
Well said!
If anyone has an idea for the interns — someone you know with a story to tell about asthma or an issue you feel needs attention — please share it, either on the blog or to me, at email@example.com.
Congratulations, Pearl, Henry and Pamela. I can't wait to read (and watch) your work.


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Morning - today is that start of a new challenge at I love Promarkers. The sponsor is Little Miss Muffet and the theme is Girls Birthday. I have used an image called Swings and Slides Tea for Three
I glued a green stripy button to the card and used some twine to tie a charm to the card. Finally I added some co-ordinating Doodlebug Enamel dots and a resin butterfly.
I used these promarkers and flexmarkers to colour the image -
Skin - Usual
Hair -Buttercup, Pineapple crush, Sleigh Bells & Raw Sienna.
Grass & Lush Green
Cloud Blue sky.
Carmine, Baby Pink & Cocktail Pink,
Orchid, Spring Lilac & Purple,
Sky Blue & True Blue,
Burnt Sienne
Warm Grey 2, 3, 4 & 5
I hope you like this card and how I have used the image. Now lets see your creations over at the challenge.
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Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Little Girls Tea Party
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Discover History in Macetown
A trip to Macetown is the perfect mix of adventure and history.
Macetown is a regular backcountry haunt for hikers, mountain bikers, horse parties, and 4WD vehicles. The abandoned gold settlement is the lost twin of thriving Arrowtown and while the buildings are long gone you can easily wile away a few hours picnicking and visiting the old mines, batteries, and ruins further up the valley.
Access is via the Big Hill walking track or along a 4WD road along the river valley from Arrowtown, located 20 minutes from Queenstown. The track is 15km each way so if you are walking or biking allow plenty of time or camp overnight. There are several quite deep river crossings so if you're self-driving make sure you have an appropriate vehicle for the conditions. Alternatively, sit back and enjoy a guided tour from one of the 4WD tour companies – they know the rivers like the back of their hand and have some great stories to tell.
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Queenstown, New Zealand, is the Southern Hemisphere's premier four season lake and alpine resort. Surrounded by majestic mountains and nestled on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown's scenery is inspiring and revitalising.
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VERONA, ITALY – Illasi Valleys, the first association of companies in the Province of Verona focusing on territorial marketing, has been created. Fifty-two companies from the wine and olive oil, hospitality and manufacturing sectors have joined forces collecting assets totaling 520,000 euro which will be used to develop tools to promote local hospitality, increase visitors to the area, and to share the benefits between all members.
The association was formed under rulings set out in law 33 of 2009 and subsequent modifications. This law was a bold move by the legislator to foresee lean legislation allowing different types of companies to legally unite to undertake specific projects. The Illasi Valleys network focuses primarily on internationalization, research, innovation, and marketing of the area.
The network has given itself the ambitious objective of increasing international visitors to the area to 122,000 visits per year in the next 4 years. For this to happen, the project has involved all the companies in the area that are looking to improve and expand their activities and maintain the excellence the area is known for. The network is currently composed of 52 companies although 10 more members are due to join by the end of 2012. Even though the members vary greatly in terms of their mission and structure, each participates equally. Members range from restaurants to farms, from producers of local products to hospitality (relais, country house, holiday homes), and also include artisans, retailers, travel agencies, and transport providers.
The freedom granted by this legislation has been used to create a model of governance which is extremely Anglo-Saxon with a clear separation between ownership and management. The contract has a high degree of flexibility and safeguards the association. Membership requires a significant level of initial trust from each member which is then balanced out by a clear limitation of corporate risk. Each member is required to undersign an investment of 10,000 euros to be paid in 4 equal yearly installments. This guarantees a constant flow of funds for the network to use to efficiently use funds made available through public subsidies and above all, to generate profits which will then be reinvested either directly or by supporting investments made by the members. Any support given to members is made on an equal basis.
The little-known area in the Province of Verona covers approximately 300 km2. The area includes the alpine foothills and three valleys which then open onto the Po valley. Many well-known brands of wine and olive oil that export their products internationally are located here. The area covers 11 villages: Colognola ai Colli, Cazzano di Tramigna, Illasi, Lavagno, Mezzane di Sotto, Tregnago, Badia Calavena, San Mauro di Saline, Rovere Veronese, Velo Veronese, Selva di Progno.
By basing the network on the analysis and management of strategic information for the development of the area, the network has promoted the creation, implementation and continuous modifications of a local social economic accounting system which is innovative and which reproduces the circularity of commercial relationships across the whole area as well as external flows in direct cartographical and econometric correlation with the urban and rural environment.
The project includes important partnerships such as those with the Department of Economics at the University of Verona, the Banco Popolare and Antonveneta. The latter having given a very significant contribution with a loan on future installments for a total of 125,000 euro allowing the project to attain its objectives earlier than initially planned. A network of international brand ambassadors located in various countries has also been created and a contract with US tour operator TourCrafters has been signed. The network is currently focusing on increasing the number of visitors to the area coming from Northern Europe and the US.
The expected budget for 2013 is ambitious. The resources available, which in the last official document available totaled 465,000 euro, should arrive at 1,200,000 euros.
Against forecasted investment of 374,020 euro, the network should receive 187,650 euros of subsidies from European and regional funds which will be used for training and investments in geolocalization (the construction of the georeferenced website is in partnership with Dwi S.p.A di Enzo Cavazzola). The revenues generated are estimated to be 387,000 euros for 2013.
A total of 125,000 euro has been allocated for the training of local staff to improve hospitality and communication.
Developments programmed for 2013 include collaboration with Emozione 3, a partnership with other national and international tour operators and the activation of an E-commerce website. Furthermore, partnerships with the Dutch Consulat in Verona and the Chambers of Commerce for the Netherlands and India have been signed creating important contacts with Asian and Northern European countries.
One of the main activities in the last months of 2012 and 2013 is the participation at international tourism events such as BIT in Milan, ITB in Berlin, TUR in Gothenburg and the Gourmet Festival in Rheingau. Illasi Valleys will also be a partner of the final of the Italian Rally cup, "Due Valli" and the Euposia Challenge wine competition.
"The network is expanding with important partnerships and collaborations so that in 2013 many of the ambitious objectives that were set out at the beginning of the project will be reached. The feedback is positive, this new entity has generated a lot of interest and is already becoming a model case-study, a great example for other areas to follow," said Bernardo Pasquali, promoter and manager of the project along with Mirko Meneghelli and Paolo Ianna.


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He was stopped in Arizona in his car for being brown.
The officer said, Prove that I should let you stay in town.
Prove to me that you belong here in the USA
Or boy, Ill have you on a bus and gone from here today.
The brown man looked right at the cop and gave a pleasant smile.
He said, To tell my storys gonna take a little while.
My people walked from Asia fifteen thousand years ago.
They were the very first so theres no entry stamp to show.
They filled the continent clear down to Argentinas tip
Over several thousand years, on foot, thats quite a trip.
When my people came they saw the giant mammoths roam
And now the mammoths are extinct but this is still our home.
We were the Anasazi, the Navahos, the Utes,
The Mayans and the Aztecs, all these are in my roots.
We were here when Coronado and Cortez came riding through,
Here before the English and the French arrived and grew.
Here when Meriwhether Lewis and Bill Clark came to the west,
Here when thousands more came out to occupy the rest.
And finally when we learned that you had come to take it all,
We fought you til there wasnt anybody left to fall.
You were just too many and our people were too few
But we fought you for our homeland. Dont you think that you would too?
And though you stole this land, we won some battles on the way.
The date grandpa shot Custer down we celebrate today.
You sent us smallpox blankets and you slaughtered buffalo
And we survived Conquistadores down in Mexico.
And now youve passed a law that says we brown folks dont belong;
And there shall be no amnesty, but whats the greater wrong?
The native children, women, men, your soldiers starved and slew
Or folks who waded past a line to grow good food for you?
Well, well survive your bigotry, no matter what you do,
Weve been here fifteen thousand years. Now tell me, who are you?
©June 2010 Stephen Baird


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text: Joe Harrington wrote: >Responding to Robert Kern: > >I'm using "package" to mean a single, binary installation file, not a >python importation object. > > > >>Since IPython should always be available without scipy (I claim), >>we're always going to have two packages. >> >> > >That's true of almost the entire contents of SciPy. > There is a difference I think. I am a fan of the single integrated package concept, but mainly in terms of numeric algorithms. There are many dependencies between packages that make distributing them individually more difficult. Even with our division of "base" libraries from the ones that depend on them, we still have some unresolvable dependencies. For example, the polynomial.py module (part of scipy_base) depends on linalg if you want to use its roots() function. Developing SciPy as an integrated set of algorithms makes development easier in many respects and it provides a full set of tools to the end user. Both good things. Plotting and IPython don't have the same sort of dependencies and therefore can easily evolve separately. This makes the main advantage a ease-of-use for the end user issue. I think we might solve these things more effectively in other ways as Robert has mentioned. My thoughts on plotting have obviously changed because we develop Chaco (and other tools) outside of SciPy. Coupling them makes less sense from a development standpoint. Doing it over, we might have chosen to keep gplt, plt, and xplt outside of SciPy (xplt's setup.py script is something like 1000 lines...), but it isn't that big of an issue. I think that rolling Matplotlib or Chaco or IPython or other semi-orthogonal tools into SciPy is probably not that beneficial right now. They all evolve at different paces. Also, some have target audiences that might not want all the other tools. So, I'd vote for having a download next to SciPy's download on the website for all of these tools instead of putting them in the same repository. On the windows platform, we will continue to distribute a Python Enthought Edition that bundles all of these up into a single download so the windows people don't have to gather them all together for a single-click install. For Linux, there is still some effort in getting all the packages assembled. eric >Remember that >Windows users have a much harder time installing packages than Linux >people, so fewer packages is much better. Likewise, not all Linuxes >have YUM or APT. In the long run, I think we'll have our independent >set of small packages (the core of scipy, Numarray, LAPACK, ATLAS, >Ipython, Chaco and/or matplotlib, Envisage, scipy-doc, the various >application packages, etc. etc.) and one or more "umbrella" packages. >The RPMs and DEBs of the umbrellas may be contentless sets of >dependencies that cause YUM/APT to get the needed packages, but for >Windows they may be actual monolithic files with all the content in >them. Other platforms will follow one or the other model. > > > > >>IPython is not, in its current form, a good library. It will be >> >> > >For ASP, I only ever talk about the long term since so much is in flux >in the short term (graphics, Numarray/numeric, etc.). If Ipython >needs to be outside of scipy for a while due to a faster release >schedule, that's fine. Matplotlib is in the same boat. I didn't get >the impression from Fernando that this was the case, however. > >I think we agree that inside of python it is good to have modularity >visible. I just want to make it (optionally) invisible in the >installation process. > >--jh-- > >_______________________________________________ >Scipy-dev mailing list >Scipy-dev at scipy.net >http://www.scipy.net/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev > >


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What's the story Matt Pinfield 120 Minutes
Ah man you haven't heard of Matt Pinfield? What's wrong with you? You must of been really stoned in the 90's or your're from Canada. The music industry in the world of DJs and VJs was pretty much catered and curated by him all the way from with his early College Radio days in the mid 80's to today. If there is a up and coming act Uncle Matty knows about them — no researcher tells him. He just listens and literally gives them a spin. One of those place was the old Melody Bar on French Street in New Brunswick, NJ. He was involved with music from his early days on 99.7 on WRSU as the youngest DJ ever on the air, to 106.3 WHTG Program Director down the Jersey Shore, and recently was on the now format changed RXP in NY. The Music Business is relentless indeed so what's one to do? Companies buy companies without though of any cultural repercussions.
"It's about going past the mainstream and showing you that there was other great music out there that you might not know. And always presented with passion, rather than hipster cynicism." – Uncle Matt nj.com
The bad news he's off the radio right now but still somehow the good news for the music industry is that he's back in a big way nationally and globally for that matter on MTV2 at 1-A-freaking-M in the morning but then streaming on the hive when-ever we want. What makes him a sonic alternative music godfather is he really gets so much respect from bands from Oasis to the Foo Fighters to all the up coming indies because they themselves found influence in the bands he picked out of the record bin and spun. It's not fake and it's not an act. He's a real music fan in the same way Jack Rabid is. He reads the liner notes, knows the record producers, seen the bands live countless times, knows their history and has interviewed just about everybody there is to know I think.
His presence on MTV2 is the one thing that is right today,even though NY radio is a total horrible fucking mess right now; is that Uncle Matt is now hosting 120 minutes again . Not the current faux-reality MTV bullshit but a monthly show where they show some pretty "edgy" music that's not your run of the mill auto-tuned boring-ass pop or whatever it is that is being played in clubs these days. The stress of it all and rewards have made his life a disastrous roller-coaster for sure dealing with his own demons through the years but in this debut episode he plays videos by bands we've been talking about recently here on the RS Blog like Joy Formidable and Black Angels and he also digs in the vault with something off The Bends where we see Thom Yourke as a punk. So tune-in the last Saturday of every month for 2 hours of rock history and check out some new stuff.
Alternative Playlist circa 80-90's for Junkies & Alcoholics:
Cigarettes & Alcohol MP3 by Oasis from Definitely Maybe (1994)
That's Entertainment MP3 Jam cover by The Wonder Stuff off Never Loved Elvis (1991)
Aneurysm MP3 Live Nirvana cover by Local H (1997)
Beetlebum MP3 by Blur s/t (1997)
I Am One MP3 by Smashing Pumpkins from Gish (1991)
Flavor MP3 by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Live Tuscon
Related Junk:
The Sorry Kisses vs The Joy Formidable
ALBUM REVIEW: If only you were brain dead Black Angels
Liam Gallagher gives a rare extended interview to The Rock Show RXP
STORY: Matt Pinfield brings '120 Minutes' back to television by my pal Tris McCall on NJ.com
Read the retard comments on Brooklyn Vegan's 120 Minutes piece. The kids today have no respect for their shit music they take for granted.


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Seaman Recruit Kala Lowe of Garrettsville graduated from the United States Coast Guard boot camp in Cape May, N.J., on Nov. 15.
Lowe completed eight weeks of intensive basic training at Tracen Cape May Training Center.
Lowe received her E2 fireman apprentice rank while in training. Following five days home on leave, Lowe will be stationed at United States Coast Guard Station New York in Staten Island, N.Y.
Lowe is the daughter of Scott and Stacy Nottingham and a 2013 graduate of James A. Garfield High School.


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Ethics Commission Meeting December 2, 2008
At the 21st meeting of the Commission in 2008, the Commission issued the following advisory opinions:
A.O. 2008-61 to Colonel Brenden P. Doherty, Commissioner of Public Safety and Superintendent of State Police, who also serves as a member of the Criminal Justice Policy Board, opining that he need not recuse from voting as a member of the Criminal Justice Policy Board to approve spending allocations performed by the Public Safety Grant Administration Office, notwithstanding the fact that that agency falls under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety.
A.O. 2008-62 to Sharon B. Rysk, a former social caseworker in the Long Term Care Unit within the Department of Human Services, opining that she is not prohibited from working as an independent contractor with an attorney whose practice consists of filing medical assistance applications on behalf of his clients with the Department of Human Services, notwithstanding the fact that she would be assisting the attorney with the preparation of the applications, provided that she does not have direct contact with, or represent the clients, the attorney, or anyone else, before the Department of Human Services for one year subsequent to her separation from public employment.
A.O. 2008-63 to Christopher Wilkens, a member of the Narragansett Town Council, opining that he is prohibited from voting on an amendment to the Narragansett Zoning Ordinance, given that he owns two properties within the district that is the subject of the amendment.
A.O. 2008-64 to Charles W. More, a member of the Richmond Planning Board and the Richmond Rural Preservation Trust, opining that he is not prohibited from simultaneously serving in both positions.
A.O. 2008-65 to James F. Berard, former Assistant Director of Infrastructure and Operations in the Division of Information Technology, and former Associate Director of Managment Information Systems in the Department of Corrections, opining that he is not, after one year of separation from state service, subject to the post-employment restrictions found in the Code of Ethics.
A.O. 2008-66 to Gerard A. Galvin, Esq., the Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Newport, who in his private capacity is an associate attorney at the law firm of Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes and Galvin, P.C., opining that while he would be prohibited, along with the other members of his firm, from representing private clients before the Newport Municipal Court, that the Code of Ethics does not prohibit the petitioner or other members of his firm from representing clients before other Newport boards and courts before which he does not represent the City as the Assistant City Solicitor, and over which he exercises no authority or control, such as the City Council, Zoning Board, Planning Board, Probate Court, and Board of Tax Appeal.
The Commission continued the matter of In re: Edward J. Moy,Complaint No. NF 2008-12 to the December 16, 2008 meeting.
Discussion was had of Jason E. Ferrell v. Frank Caprio, Jr., et al., U.S. District Court C.A. No.08-378S, William V. Irons v. Rhode Island Ethics Commission , Superior Court C.A. No. 07-6666, and Joseph S. Larisa, Jr. v. Rhode Island Ethics Commission, Superior Court C.A. No. 08-7325 .


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When I saw the headlines, I thought they were a conspiracy of caricatures. I am talking about how all of the "Italy Dampens" and "Italian Woes" stories that dominated the headlines this weekend.
It was as if:
1. Nothing good had happened at all.
2. The Germans and French have only been focused on Greece when the real issue is Italy.
3. When they focus on Italy, the real issue will be Spain.
These were cartoons because, of course, these articles had to be written. Did anyone expect "Looks Like They Are Now Also Getting Closer to Solving Italy" headlines? These articles might as well have been written by short sellers who were anxious to put the genie back in the bottle.
Now, let me give you the requisite boilerplate. I have acknowledged that the problems involving sovereign bonds and French, German, Italian and Spanish banks are currently insurmountable -- but the key word is "currently."
Remember, the issue here is and has always been about who can take the hit. We've learned, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- two amazingly stark private capital trashings in the U.S. -- that you can force the hit for certain.
But what matters is: When the hit is taken, can enough institutions survive to keep the economy going? We can't have all the banks go under without a severe recession getting triggered. The longer this goes on, the less of a hit many institutions are going to take, because they can offload the bonds at losses and still live to play again.
For example, every time you question Societe Generale, which is the most questionable because of its well-known aggressiveness, you hear the bank could write down its whole sovereign bond portfolio without a problem because they have so many good equity holdings to sell.
That's cool.
I am saying, though, that if SocGen could have the time to sell some of those equity holdings and raise cash, it wouldn't be in the rumor mill every minute. The deal last week allows time to spread out the losses and raise capital.
Now, mind you, if capital isn't raised and equity isn't sold and the Chinese don't come in and the International Monetary Fund screws up and gross domestic product falls off a cliff, then we are in terrible shape. I am just saying that what happened last week minimizes the likelihood of such a sour outcome.
Already, just by dragging everything out so far, the U.S. money market institutions were able to drastically cut back their exposure. That's terrific. Plus, the credit default swap figures I've been seeing of late are showing a big decline in coverage.
That's what happens when people close out positions and take the hit. Things get better.
The headlines are right. There are woes beyond Greece. No one ever said there weren't. This idea -- that it's suddenly revelatory that Italian bond yields have risen -- is incredible to me. Of course, the bond vigilantes are out everywhere. They are coming here now, too.
Just be aware that sometimes good things do happen.
Remember, last I looked we are not seeing the Dow at 6500. It's almost 6000 points higher. Those points happened when Italy and Spain and Greece were in trouble.
So, when the market dips on this "news," remember that many funds need the breather to get in.
I bet they'll take it.


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Palwaukee Municipal Airport has a new name. The Wheeling, Ill. airport is now called Chicago Executive. Palwaukee started in 1925 and grew into "the most important reliever airport in the country," according to the new chairman of the board, Kevin Dohm. A United Airlines pilot, Dohm pointed out that the airport is only eight miles from O'Hare and 20 miles from Chicago's business district. "It's location, location, location," he said, "and we have it." The name was changed, he said, "because we need to tell everyone who we are and where we are."
Dohm noted that the field continued to grow through the 1940s, and in 1953 it was bought by the Priester family. In the Priester's 33 years of ownership, the airport improved, adding a 5,000-foot hard-surface runway, while the FAA added VOR, ILS and a control tower. In 1986, the Priester family sold the field and it became a municipal airport. Additional land around the airport is being added to the complex.
The local community actually likes the airport and local politicians support it, said Dohm. Last year, it handled 160,000 operations. It has 300 based airplanes.


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OZET Lottery No. 3
- Title : OZET Lottery No. 3
- Artist: Mikhail Oskarovich Dlugach Designer Ozet-Trud i Tvorchestvo Printer
- Accession: TD1990.58.6
- Country: Soviet Union Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Date: 1930
- Dimensions: Inches 41-1/8 28-1/8, Centimeters 104.5 71.4
- Collection: Object
- Category: Posters and Printed Ephemera
- Collection Theme: War and Political Propaganda
- Subject: Communism/Socialism , Agriculture , Industry , Laborers/Workers , Figurative , Propaganda
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- Tags: War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description: Ink on paper poster depicting a large numeral three (3) containing scenes of industrial and agricultural workers within it; in the background is a map of Birobidzhan. Translation as follows: "Lets give to the third OZET lottery. 3 million to develop the land and to involve the new masses of the Jewish poor into the industrial process". [OZET: Russian government Society for the Promotion of Jewish Settlement, 1925]


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BARBARA Wilkins had a right royal surprise when she discovered the identity of one of her rescuers after injuring her foot while climbing Mt Snowdon.
Mrs Wilkins, 72, was left in agony and unable to walk when she trapped a nerve in her foot on Wales' largest mountain.
After her companions called the emergency services from a cafe halfway down from the 3,560ft summit, she was airlifted off the mountain by a helicopter rescue team.
It was only when she was back firmly on the ground that she was informed that the helicopter pilot was none other than Prince William. "I was so surprised, I had no idea it was him because he had a visor covering his face the whole time," said Barbara, who had been visiting Wales with her husband Jeffrey, 74, two cousins from Canada and a couple of friends from Minchinhampton.
"To begin with, one of the rescuers called Dickie came down from the helicopter to check everything was okay with me," she said.
"My husband was strapped up first and winched into the helicopter and then the winch came back down and I went up with Dickie.
"We were both put into our seats and strapped in so we knew someone was flying the helicopter but we couldn't see who it was because he was wearing a visor and uniform.
"It could have been the Queen for all we knew. It was only when we got off the helicopter that a crew member told us who it was."
The dramatic rescue took place on August 31 - the day before the party was due to leave the small village of Llanberis, where they had been staying. In hindsight, Barbara said she thought she may have been a little 'optimistic' in trying to scale the mountain. "None of us had ever been up Snowdon before so we all wanted to do it. We got a train up to the top but it was more difficult coming down than I had expected," she said.
"Although I feel a bit stupid I wanted to share my story because Llanberis Mountain Rescue do such a good job helping ordinary people, including two old codgers who thought they knew better.
"We have already sent them a donation and we hope that others will donate too."


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Hay River won't be pulling services to communities like Enterprise, the Hay River Reserve, and Kakisa after all.
"(The department) got back to us with a bunch of thoughts," said Mayor Andrew Cassidy.
"And we're happy with their understanding of how serious this is."
After a special meeting April 1, mayor and council decided they were satisfied with the progress made by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) on their demands as stated in a letter from last fall.
That letter threatened to stop providing water and sewage treatment, as well as emergency services, to the communities if MACA didn't return $300,000 a year in block funding, as well as take steps to correct what the municipality feels is an inherently flawed funding formula. While the former hasn't happened, the formula has been under review and local government it counting that as a victory.
"The outstanding issue is the block funding," said Cassidy, adding that although there isn't a mechanism to pay the town's demands from past years – now amounting to more than a half-million dollars – there are "extraordinary" funding options for the municipality if the review of the formula finds that it had been unfair to Hay River.
In the meantime, the administration will be sending MACA a bill for the services the town provides that are outside its mandate.
"Our argument isn't with the communities, it's with MACA," said Cassidy.
"The issue isn't with the delivery of services, it's with the funding we're getting to do it."
Cassidy said that the idea to bill the department had come up last summer, but mayor and council felt the territorial government would not take a simple invoice seriously enough. He argued that the letter threatening to cut off services was necessary to bring MACA to the table.
"It was a serious letter. We discussed it and we were going to follow through with it," he said.
"But at the end of the day, this is a much better approach."
MACA deputy minister Tom Williams told The Hub this would be the first time a community sent the department a bill for services, but that they would review any correspondence coming from the municipality.
"There's always been some debate with the way we fund the 33 communities in the NWT," he said.
"But we try to keep it fair and equitable."
Williams did note that Cassidy is part of the panel reviewing the funding formula, set to have its third and final meeting later this month.
The group, drawn from politicians and administrators from communities in the territory, will present its recommendations to the department, from which they will have to go through both the legislative assembly and cabinet before they are implemented. Williams said he hoped to see changes to the formula produce tangible results for communities in the 2015-2016 budget.
"Regional centres in the past have argued that they provide services to surrounding communities at their own cost," he said.
"But that brings a lot of economic benefits that aren't necessarily reflected in the municipal budget."
Cassidy was quick to agree with this sentiment and reiterated that the town's beef had not been with the surrounding communities, but rather with the funding formula itself and how it had been applied to Hay River.
"It's not us versus the other communities," he said. "We don't want to penalize them for relying on Hay River at all."
-Sarah Ladik


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JERUSALEM (Sep. 22)
Violence erupted in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem over Yom Kippur and continued on Thursday.
A Palestinian youth was killed Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, and at least 13 others were wounded in clashes with Israeli troops.
An Arab man suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities was stabbed and seriously wounded in Nablus.
Continuing disturbances were reported Thursday, mainly in the Nablus area. Initial reports said at least three residents, and perhaps as many as 12, were wounded in clashes with the as Israel Defense Force and were hospitalized locally.
The clashes followed a report that said dozens of Palestinians marched double-file through Nablus, carrying portraits of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and waving Palestinian flags.
Because all activity was suspended in Israel for the Day of Atonement, thousands of Palestinians with jobs in Israel stayed home.
All residents of the administered territories were barred from entering Israel proper as of Tuesday afternoon, several hours before the holiday began.
Meanwhile, the IDF's judge advocate general announced Thursday that manslaughter charges will be brought against four soldiers of the elite Golani Brigade in connection with the death by beating of an Arab resident of the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
The case involves a recent incident in the camp during which soldiers were stoned by Palestinian youths.
The soldiers broke into homes to make arrests and beat the occupants. The father of one family died later.
The soldiers claimed they acted in self-defense, but the judge advocate general ruled there was sufficient evidence to try them on criminal charges.
In another development, the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, admitted this week that Awad Hamdan, 23, a Palestinian prisoner who died in custody two months ago, suffocated while under interrogation.
The official statement was given to lawyer Felicia Langer, who is representing the victim's family — but only after the Supreme Court intervened.
Earlier, the Shin Bet refused to reveal the cause of Hamdan's death on grounds that it would disclose the agency's methods of operation.
Langer said she would appeal to the high court again for more details. She wants to know just how Hamdan suffocated and whether he received prompt medical treatment.


text: 2009/1/26 Hanni Ali <email@example.com>: > Yes fair point, but when it's a empty list and new elements are replaced > with a new list instance it's fine, especially as [[]]*100000 is > significantly faster than [[] for i in xrange(100000)] as I was previously > doing. In this case, why do you put a list in it in the first place ? You could put None, and it would be safer ;) > In fact I think that's partly answered my question [[]]*x must create a list > of pointers pointing at the same list. Rather than [[] for i in > xrange(100000)] which must create a list of new separate lists instances. > Hence the significant difference in speed. > > Hanni I agree. Less memory allocations and initialization, thus more speed. Matthieu -- Information System Engineer, Ph.D. Website: http://matthieu-brucher.developpez.com/ Blogs: http://matt.eifelle.com and http://blog.developpez.com/?blog=92 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieubrucher


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Is There Really A Big Red Love Van? [VIDEO]
A question we get asked a lot is…"Is there really a Big Red Love Van?" Every weeknight at 5:20, Dom and I head out to another great live rock show.
Here's a video from '08 of us almost not making it in to the venue. Maybe I should have saved playing Guitar Hero for some other time. See ya tonight for Guns 'n Roses!