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Giant Malamute Facts and Fallacies
Are Giant Malamutes and MacKenzie River Huskies really Malamutes or a specific breed all their own? You wouldn't believe the flack I've taken over this page because many Giant Mal Breeders are out to SELL a product...
I have heard of larger Malamutes being marketed as Giants or Mackenzie River Huskies to sell them, but they are typically just oversized Malamutes. Some people have even called Riggs' a "giant" - and his mom is all of 60 lbs! (he's not) I have also heard that there are specific strains of "Malamute" that are part wolf, various mixes or have rare colors and coats just to make them sound more appealing to the public wanting something "different". Would you advertise "incorrect, too large dogs, many with incorrect coats in odd colors, bred only for size with no regard for temperament or health, possibly mutts!" and expect to sell them? "Giant" is a promotional angle used by some people to justify what they like and are selling. Many are AKC registered, but the AKC only registers dogs - it doesn't dictate the breeder must follow any ethics, standards or guidelines except that the dog is a "purebred" (only other AKC registered Malamutes are in the pedigree). There is a market for "giant" Malamutes just as there is a market for anything and I really think people who breed only for size are doing a great disservice to all Malamutes. I'm not saying people don't want and like them. I'm not even saying they shouldn't be bred. Only that structure, health, and temperament is too important to choose only ONE characteristic (size) to breed for. Just as any kind of "giant" in nature is likely to have more health problems and shorter life span than the norm related to abnormal size, so will a giant Malamute. You may get lucky and have good temperaments and health, but huge is still not what a Malamute is supposed to be. People who breed for size are changing the dog (perhaps they ARE making a new breed in a way) from what it was. I'm not saying this is right or wrong but just the way it is. People who breed white Malamutes (which is an allowed color) have the same problem - to get white they give up other things - so it's hard to find an exceptional "white". Is it worth it? Who knows? If you get a healthy and sound one you probably think so, if not...
Are the dogs in the movie Iron Will Giant Malamutes? I was told the original Malamutes where bigger than most are now, but people wanting to "Show" bred the size down.
I saw Iron Will and if I recall, all of the dogs in it belong to a well known and respected breeder and aren't giants. I was informed by someone recently, that there was a at least one giant in the movie, but I haven't been able to verify this. Several were "woolies" (longer hair). The breeder of most of the dogs in the movie breeds dogs to the AKC standard size and is well-respected among other Malamute breeders. The original Malamutes were actually even much smaller than you see today - probably slightly bigger than a typical Malamute Siberian. Giant and "too big" is a recent thing. Years ago in the 30's when Malamutes were first recognized as a breed there were 2 strains - Maloot and Kotzebue from those respective areas of Alaska. Maloots were larger with better front assemblies but too long of leg, Kotzebues were smaller and more compact with smaller ears and "classic" heads - NEITHER tended to be over 95 lbs. for a male. A Kotzebue male tended to be about 70-85 lbs (females 50-65), and a Maloot male about 85-95 lbs. Since then the two lines have been crossed and somewhere along the line the perception that bigger is better took hold and now you see even show Malamutes which are supposed to be in that range, but are much bigger.
Others took that to the extreme and created the giants. A giant wouldn't have survived in the arctic - Malamutes had to be very strong for their size and consume little resources (food). A simple fact is that a big dog would eat too much and tire too easily when pulling. They were only as big as they absolutely HAD to be to do the job required. Oftimes you'll see how some of the giant Malamutes are fantastic weight pullers - however, the Malamute is really supposed to be an endurance dog - pulling heavy loads for long distances. Weight pulling (though a great sport) is pulling very heavy loads for very short distances (about 15-30 feet). If you look at old photographs of the Byrd expedition dogs and earlier, you'll notice they aren't huge. The Inuit lived on a starvation diet themselves, so had little extra to give their dogs.
In the summer. The dogs were often abandoned on an island and hunted for survival - those that were too big and slow at catching prey DIED. Also they were a freighting dog - when the Inuit wanted to move, they would pack up their belongings on big sleds and help the dogs pull them to the next stop. They weren't meant to be massive "weight pullers", and haul giant weights for short distances. It wasn't a competition or even necessary. They were just helpers pulling the family belongings over miles and miles of terrain. If a family got too hungary over the winter they ate the dogs and pulled the sled themselves. Therefore, it also made no sense to have one big dog vs. several small dogs as I've seen stated. If you had to eat a dog to survive - at least you still HAD a couple of dogs to breed for the future - if you only owned one and had to eat it, you would be out of luck. Giants and the oversize dogs you see in the show ring today are a modern development.
Does size have anything to do with temperament?
Have you ever met a nasty small dog? A nasty big dog? Then you know, size has nothing to do with temperament - careful breeding and raising does. A good temperamented dog can be ruined by a stupid owner just as easily as a great owner can get a dog and do nothing wrong and end up with a bad disposition. Size has nothing to do with temperament. Actually, if you have to deal with a Malamute with an onery temperament - wouldn't you rather it be the one that doesn't outweigh you?
Are show dogs just "fluff" with no brains?
Any dog can be fluff with no brains - but reputable breeders work hard to retain characteristics the Malamute originally had to survive in the arctic, even if they show. Many breeders sled their dogs regularly and test those characteristics - I wouldn't call that fluff. But even those of us that rarely sled, and have couch potatoes, do work hard to retain the temperament, coat, and characteristics necessary for survival. A correct coat is waterproof and dense, but not necessarily the cotton-candy fluff coat you sometimes see on a show dog. Nor is it long and wooly making the dog appear bigger than it is - though many people like that look and it sells! A reputable show breeder tries to retain correct size (that's NOT giant folks!), and that "heart" that makes a dog WANT to pull a sled thousands of miles. Heart is also what makes a show dog love showing and play to the crowd! A show dog doesn't need intelligence to prance around the ring, sure, but to be a good sled dog it does. One qualification is that the true sled dog temperament is very hard to live with. Our best sled dogs would be Superman, and previously Star and Shadow, all test your patience at every turn which may be one reason there does seem to be a "dumbing down" of Malamutes in general. An intelligent dog is not easy to live with because often they out-think their owners. That is one reason it takes a very special person to own a Malamute.
If you compare a Malamute to a draft horse, then they should be huge shouldn't they?
The AKC standard says size should not outweigh the ability to do the job. Not wanting to put actual limits on size and eliminate a potentially good dog, the breed club decided to allow all sizes, with preference for those closest to the "ideal" size stated in the AKC standard. The ideal size is NOT Giant sized. However, just as there are many varieties of draft horses - some larger than others - it is the same with Malamutes. Just because one draft horse is bigger does not make it better. Malamutes are a draft dog and should be strong, and substantially built, and tireless regardless of size. Comparing them to draft horses (vs. race horses) is helpful to a novice trying to visualize the general differences between Malamutes and Siberian Huskies - it does not mean they must be huge above all else. Also, if you ask people that sled regularly, the'll tell you big dogs don't last - it's the more standard sized ones that are their most enduring sled dogs - the big ones tire sooner.
Some breeders brag their dogs are never "inbred"? Is this good or bad?
One line of reasoning is that dogs that are never "inbred" are "one of a kind". Think about it - EVERY dog is one of a kind! All you do when you outcross at every turn is lose consistency of type (that look that says THIS is a Malamute). You end up with a mish-mash of genes, with a hodge-podge of traits. That can be a good thing - or not. Would you like to have some idea of how large your dog will be full-grown? It's temperament? It's color and look? Then perhaps hodge-podge is not for you. Mutts are a hodge-podge of traits and though they can be great dogs, beautiful and healthy - sometimes they are not what was expected. Outcrossing is no guarantee of anything. A careful linebred breeding program can eliminate bad genetic traits - there is no elimination when you outcross - you are getting everything - the good and the bad. So, I guess it depends on what you are looking for - a consistent, predictible experience knowing what it's likely to look like and what it's health and temperament is likely to be - or a surprise. Some people like surprises, some don't. Which are you?
I have searched the internet and am REALLY confused - everyone says Malamutes are something different. How do I know who to believe?
An easy way to tell is: Are they trying to sell you a dog (and tell you nothing about their bad qualities)? Then of course they are going to sugarcoat the breed and all it's wonderful characteristics to make the sale. They will breed for what sells (if it helps, darker and larger dogs tend to be more popular with inexperienced Malamute owners than lighter and correct sized dogs for some reason). If a breeder has litters constantly available, they need to sell them to make room for more puppies (and ring up more sales). They don't care if what they say is marginally true or even a lie - they've got your money. Those are the breeders I would definately stay away from and question what they are telling me. Also, put the most stock into reputable organizations such as the AMCA (Alaskan Malamute Club of America) and Rescues. They aren't trying to sell you a puppy, only educate you. They see the fall out from irresponsible and impulse puppy sales. Personal sites (including this one) are one persons' viewpoint so try and determine if sales or education is their goal. They can be very helpful, give you good solid information, but with knowledge probably limited to the lines or types of dogs they own or know personally. Then there are the "brag sites" - typically all they want to do is impress you, not educate you. In all, you must make your own decision at to the "type" of Malamute you want. Choose your breeder and style wisely - he will be with you for many years!


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VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin has begun laying down tracks for the group's much-anticipated new album with producer Glen Robinson (VOIVOD's "Nothingface", TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Piccolo Studios in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The drummer recently started a blog about the studio work that includes studio updates, tidbits and photos. The following is Away's newest entry:"Day 4 - January 7th, 2006: I tracked number 8 and number 9 today. Both are really heavy. Number 8 is sort of like the DEAD KENNEDYS and number 9 is a speed-metal piece, with an insane kick-drum pattern. The song was so intense to perform, it took me 13 takes to cut it! I was actually getting a bit frustrated when Glen [Robinson, producer] said, 'OK, we got it'. "Sam Dunn and his crew filmed the whole thing. They also interviewed Snake [vocals], Glen and I. They'll be filming again all day tomorrow. "Everybody should check out Sam's witty documentary 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'. "Alright, two to go tomorrow and then it's Snake's turn." This is the first album in the band's 20+ year career that will not feature founding guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour working alongside his bandmembers in the studio. D'Amour died August 26, 2005 in a Montreal hospital from complications of advanced colon cancer. In order to record the album Away — along with singer Denis "Snake" Belanger and bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted — are utilizing all of the guitar parts that Piggy had recorded for the record on his laptop with ProTools before his death. VOIVOD's as-yet-untitled new album should surface sometime later this year on The End Records in North America.
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text: The American Institute of Architects's 2014 Top Green Buildings\nThe American Institute of Architects announces the winners of its annual sustainable-design awards\nDesigned by Texas-based AD100 firm Lake | Flato Architects—with interiors by Orcutt | Winslow—this medical center for students at Arizona State University garnered LEED Platinum certification by reducing its energy usage to 49 percent below the standards set by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers.\nBy recycling water, employing a solar-powered water-heating system, and minimizing storm-water runoff, this Holst Architecture–designed residence and temporary shelter for the homeless (a centerpiece of Portland's social program) earned a LEED Platinum distinction.\nAlong the north Brooklyn waterfront, Kiss + Cathcart, Architects created a city-block-size public space, with playgrounds, sports fields, and a maintenance facility topped with a verdant roof. There, a solar trellis provides a significant portion of the building's energy resources.\nA sorely needed renovation of a General Services Administration office building led the team at SERA Architects (in collaboration with Cutler Anderson Architects) to re-clad the 1970s structure, giving it a sleek façade and energy systems that include rooftop photovoltaic panels and rainwater collection.\nThe new Law Center at the University of Baltimore, designed by Behnisch Architekten and Ayers Saint Gross, employs passive techniques to minimize energy use. Broad windows, for example, allow daylight to stream in, reducing the need for artificial illumination in the space.\nFor a 50-year-old philanthropic organization in Silicon Valley, EHDD provided a new, LEED Platinum–certified headquarters that is, at 49,000 square feet, the largest net-zero energy-certified structure in California, producing more energy than it uses via a rooftop solar array.\nCreated for the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) at the State University of New York's Syracuse campus, this LEED Platinum–certified building by Architerra produces more energy than it uses. The excess electricity powers four adjacent ESF buildings and provides 65 percent of the campus's annual heating needs.\nVisitors to the Sustainability Treehouse, designed by the architecture firms Mithūn and BNIM, ascend to learn about the various levels of the forest, from ground to tree canopy—all in a structure designed to have the least possible impact on the environment. Solar panels and two wind turbines provide all of the tower's energy, while a large cistern and cleansing system collects rain for its water needs.\nBorder entry points generally aren't paragons of high design, but Snow Kreilich Architects aims to change that at the Warroad, Minnesota, U.S. Land Port of Entry, by building with sustainably harvested cedar, using 22 percent recycled material, and helping reconstruct nearby wetlands in the process.\nRetrofitting a 1918 landmark courthouse for the 21st century, design firm Westlake Reed Leskosky, in tandem with the Beck Group, restored interiors and exteriors while adding new features, such as a solar-power system and energy-efficient lighting.


text: Our Houston Texans lead the Jacksonville Jaguars 10-3 at halftime. Jacksonville will recieve the ball to begin the second half. I think our Texans have played a very good first half, but are still making a few mistakes. The following is what I believe our Texans need to do in order to have some more success in the second half and pull out the small upset and big win... -Play a little cleaner on offense. We have showed alot of good things offensively so far in the first half this game. However, we are having a little difficulty running the ball, not doing a terrible job at it, but certainly a few more bigger run plays would help. Also, Carr is getting some balls knoecked down at the line, but I look for him to clean this up in the second half. -Continue Solid Defensive Plays. Each week this defense continues to play pretty solid, and the same is holding true the first half this game. We are getting turnovers on defense as well, something very good to see (2 interceptions.) Hopefully we can continue to contain David Garrard, continue to make some keys stops and we have a good chance in this football game. -Continue to play disciplined. For the most part so far, a pretty clean game from our Texans penality wise. This is crutail on the road. I look for us to stay focused in the second half and not make silly, small penalties that cost us. We have done a good job of playing clean so far. Hey, if we do those things listed above and continue to play hard in the second half of this football game, we could sweep Jacksonville, and start off the second half of the season with a W, also get some momentum coming home. Long way to go, but we are playing pretty solid so far, let's see if we can maintain it. GO TEXANS!!!


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A 22-year relationship ended Tuesday when the City Council unanimously voted to dissolve its Sister City Committee.
Though that vote officially terminates the city's sponsorship of the program, Carlsbad's long-standing relationship with its two "sister" communities in Futtsu, Japan, and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, will continue, program supporters vowed.
They've recently formed a new nonprofit organization called Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors, and they're seeking donations.
"We're all anxious to hit the ground running," Jacquie Thye, the Ambassadors' president, told the council at Tuesday night's meeting.
Earlier in the day, Thye said the new organization is off to a good start.
"We now have a website and a post office box, (so we have) everything but employees or money," she joked.
The group's website is: www.carlsbadambassadors.us
The idea of linking the world's communities in sister relationships to promote cultural understanding, peace and economic opportunities dates back to an initiative put forward by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. Carlsbad established its first sister city relationship in 1988 after representatives from Futtsu asked for the pairing. In 1991, Karlovy Vary became Carlsbad's second sister community.
About 700 communities in the United States have sister city relationships with towns around the world, the Sister Cities International organization's Web site states.
However, the trend these days is for sister city programs to be separate, independently financed entities rather than city-sponsored programs, said Peter Gordon, Carlsbad's cultural arts office manager. Carlsbad officials discovered this several years ago when they were looking for ways to trim city expenditures, he said Tuesday.
The city's nonscientific poll of U.S. sister city programs found that upwards of 75 percent didn't have city sponsorship, he said.
At its peak, Carlsbad was spending $6,000 to $9,000 a year on its sister city networking efforts. Last year, the city cut that to $3,000 and encouraged program supporters to break out on their own.
The city has been impressed with how well they've done, Gordon said, adding "they've gotten their nonprofit status in record time."
While Carlsbad isn't budgeting money for the sister city program in the coming fiscal year, city leaders still plan to be involved in the sister city functions. For example, they will be on hand to greet visiting mayors from their sister towns, Gordon said.
Last year, officials from Carlsbad's partner city in Japan came for a visit. And, several years ago Carlsbad High School students did a joint photo exhibit with teenagers from the Czech Republic, Thye said.
Organizers of the new ambassador group hope to establish a third sister city relationship, preferably with a town that's known for its golfing, she said.
Call staff writer Barbara Henry at 760-901-4072.


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Emirates Diving Association was hugely supportive and helpful to Shark Guardian as we prepared for, and organised, our 12 day school tour in Dubai. On Wednesday 5th of February they also organised an event for all their members plus the general public. Around 140 people attended the event at VOX cinema in Mercato Mall and it was a fantastic night. Shark Guardian now have a new Shark Guardian Dive Center plus many new friends and important contacts from this event.
An event for Emirates Diving Association (EDA) members
Reema Al Abbas, Projects Manager at EDA, was our main helping hand and ensured the night went smoothly. Reema also organised our first school event at VOX on the Monday the 3rd for the DUNEHA home school group. It really was very special presenting in a cinema with an amazing huge screen and high tec sound systems.
A warm welcome and positive vibes for the future
Around 140 people attended the EDA event with locals, ex-pats and even members from Abu Dhabi attending. Executive Director Ibrahim Al Zu'bi gave a wonderful welcome speech and introduction. After the event there were lots of questions and positive feedback. Ibrahim rounded off the night with a nice thank you speech and suggested that this could be the start of a 'Shark Link' for the EDA and its magazine. He was also keen to learn more about Thailand eShark and how this could work in the UAE.
New friends and great to meet contacts
Shark Guardian enjoyed meeting many of the people who have helped make the Dubai trip a success. These include Marine Scientist and Shark Researcher based in Dubai, Rima Jibado. We were able to clarify from Rima that there are actually 30 shark species now known to inhabit UAE waters, rather than the 28 confirmed prior to our visit. These 28 are on the posters which we were given by IFAW to donate to schools. The children absolutely loved them since they bring home the closeness of sharks to local countries.
A new Shark Guardian Dive Center
Shark Guardian will soon be announcing our new Shark Guardian Dive Center in Dubai. We are really pleased to have a new center on board and look forward to using this connection to help sell merchandise to raise much needed finds for our charity, as well as help organise future tours in Dubai and The UAE.
Thank you!
Thanks again to all involved in the planning of this evening as well as VOX cinemas for hosting the event. Thank you to everyone who attended – was great to chat to many new people and we look forward to meeting you all again.


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Is this the end of Crist's political life? | Nov. 4
Redistricting could help Crist
With all due respect, Adam Smith's article about the political future of Charlie Crist errs in speculating how the passage of Amendment 6 will affect who represents the citizens of Pinellas County in the U.S. House.
The Florida Constitution will now mandate that congressional districts be contiguous, compact and, where feasible, must take into account city, county and geographical boundaries without regard to race.
The article contends that Florida's 10th Congressional District is a "swing" district, despite sending C.W. Bill Young back to Washington in 21 straight elections over 40 years. The article also claims redistricting will make the 10th "more Republican."
The reality of the current congressional map shows this to be anything but true. The district is already as Republican as it can be. Capitalizing on the unfortunate remnants of St. Petersburg's segregated past, Republican leaders have drawn the current boundary to slice out the minority and lower-income neighborhoods, forcing them to vote with Tampa's District 11.
This strategy, known as "packing and cracking," has packed the county's black and left-leaning voters across the bay into Tampa and ensured only one of the two districts goes to the Democrats.
The passage of Amendment 6 cannot do anything but shake up the dynamic. If the amendment ends up in practice as intended, the 10th will include the minority and lower-income voters among their true neighbors. The result might mean the political end for the aging Rep. Young — and a second chance for the energetic Gov. Crist.
Michael E. Levine, Gulfport
Redistricting amendments
No more backroom deals
It was no surprise to see that as soon as these two amendments were approved by a wide margin, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami. Being well acquainted with Miami's sordid politics, I can well understand his haste. Were it not for the "jigsaw puzzle mutation" of Diaz-Balart's district, the people in this area of Miami would likely have elected someone else.
Drawing districts is difficult and contentious, but most Americans (including me) certainly prefer that any dispute be ultimately settled by the courts. The people's rights must not be impaired or undermined by backroom deals. These amendments are a good start and fall squarely within the spirit and intent of our Constitution, as well as the Voting Rights Act.
Tony Gonzalez, Spring Hill
Election 2010
Recklessness repudiated
According to most reports, Republicans won the Nov. 2 elections, but consider this: Polls taken prior to the election indicated that voters trust Democrats more than Republicans. How then could there have been such a Republican sweep?
When voters chose Democrats by such a large margin in two previous elections, Democrats did exactly what they do best. They spent recklessly, tried to be all things to all people with someone else's money, and believed that they had been given a mandate to do just that.
The Republican landslide was definitely a repudiation of Democrat recklessness, rather than an overwhelming desire to support Republicans.
The lesson for Republicans is: Do not become overconfident and abuse the newfound opportunity. Elected Republicans have an opportunity to prove that they can be trusted to govern our country, not just spend recklessly.
Also, they must respect all of us even though they may feel they owe a great debt to the few who financed their campaigns.
In Florida, Republicans have a unique opportunity. With so much control, the opportunity to abuse power will be ample. However, you will be watched much more closely as a result of your power. With all of the past irregularities that were exposed during the just-ended election cycle, you should know that every action and deed will be watched closely.
To all elected Republicans on the local, state, and federal level, this is your opportunity to show genuine respect for your office and to your constituents. Otherwise, you will sign the death warrant for the Republican Party. That will give Democrats another chance to fail us, since there is no alternative political party well enough organized to replace either party.
Robert Hagaman, Homosassa
Election 2010
Who's to blame?
A recent article quotes state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, as saying, "It's remarkable (Florida Democratic chairwoman) Karen Thurman hasn't resigned by now. There needs to be new leadership of the party." Has American politics degenerated to the level of professional sports, where coaches are fired when their teams fail to perform to some lofty level?
The poor showing by the Democrats in Tuesday's election was due to two major factors, neither of which had anything to do with Thurman's leadership. First, the Democratic candidates who chose to run for office possessed credentials that were mediocre at best. Second, the Democrats were running against severe headwinds resulting from two years of incompetent Democratic leadership in Washington. Thurman wasn't responsible for either of these problems.
Firing Thurman because of the losses by the Democratic candidates in Florida would be like giving a professional football coach a roster made up entirely of fifth- and sixth-round draft choices and then firing him because the team didn't win the Super Bowl.
Alfred T. Barnard, Beverly Hills
Election 2010
Voters will be watching
Now that the elections are over and the Republicans have gained some of their lost power back, perhaps they will stop being the party of "no" and actually do something for the country instead of sitting on their hands and stonewalling every piece of legislation and appointment that comes from the White House.
We, the people, don't really care what your political party is. We want the problems in this country fixed, and our congressmen/women are paid to do that. If they don't, we'll try to get someone in the job who can. We're watching you.
Victor Carr, Largo
Light rail
Waste of money
A high-speed rail from Orlando to Tampa is a crazy idea and a waste of taxpayer money. The jobs created in the construction of a rail system are only temporary jobs and not the permanent ones that are needed for long-term growth.
The example of the Tri-Rail system in South Florida should tell us that Florida is not going to accept public transportation as an alternative to their cars. Trains and public transportation are necessary when people are willing to use them as an alternative to cars, but this area is not at that point.
Tampa needs to attract clean, well-paying jobs by attracting light industry.
N.D. Havemann, Valrico


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The news on injured outfielder Cameron Maybin couldn't be much better.
The report on outfielder Kyle Blanks, however, is troublesome.
Maybin, who has missed 87 games with wrist and knee injuries and was thought to be out for the season, spent the weekend with Single-A Lake Elsinore. Though he didn't play in a game, he took batting practice, ran the bases, and shagged balls in the outfield.
"Nothing was game speed, but everything felt good at Lake Elsinore," Maybin said Monday. "The wrist is good to go. The knee feels great. So I'm headed to the Pacific Coast League. I'll play, and see if I'm durable."
Maybin will join Triple-A Tucson for a rehab assignment, starting with an eight-game road trip to Memphis and Nashville. The Padres will evaluate his status then.
Maybin has played in just 14 games, with 51 big-league at-bats, this season.
"It has been a crazy year, but I'm truly excited to get back on the field," Maybin said. "I need to be smart and honest, but I want to play."
Blanks also wants to play, but a sore Achilles' tendon has kept him out since July 12.
"It's bothersome, sore," Padres manager Bud Black said. "The doctors looked at him today and said it would be a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if that means he'll play in a big-league game in two weeks or if it means he can put on his spikes.
"Honestly, I don't think he'll be in the lineup in two weeks."
Black reflects on Reds trade
A season-and-a-half removed from the trade that sent pitcher Mat Latos to the Reds and netted the Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso, catcher Yasmani Grandal and pitchers Edinson Volquez and Brad Boxberger, Black reflected on the deal.
"This will be long lasting for both clubs," he said. "Cincinnati got a pitcher who has helped them. And we got four players who will help us in the long term."
Quentin sits
Carlos Quentin, who was 10-for-34 with 10 RBIs on the recent road trip, was a late scratch Monday with what Black said was a "slight tweak" of his left knee.
"He did it on a swing," Black said. "We thought it would be best to stay off it for a day and give Mark Kotsay some at-bats. There is no need to push Carlos through this."
--Despite off days Thursday, Monday and Aug. 8, Black said he plans to keep the starting rotation of Volquez, Eric Stults, Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross and Sean O'Sullivan in order and not skip anyone's turn.
--Chris Jones, longtime general manager of the Padres' Single-A affiliate in Lake Elsinore, has left the organization to take a job as the general manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. Jones is a Texas native and graduated from Houston's Bellaire High.
--Shortstop Pedro Ciriaco, who helped the Padres when Everth Cabrera was hurt before being designated for assignment and claimed by Kansas City, was outrighted by the Royals, then re-signed by the club as a free agent. Black had hoped the Padres could keep Ciriaco in the organization as an insurance policy.
--Outfielder Hunter Renfroe, the Padres' first-round draft pick in June, is 12-for-27 over his last six games for short-season Eugene, pushing his average to .352.


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With Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary being released to stores this week, Microsoft has decided to promote both the revamped first person shooter and the 10th anniversary of the Halo game series with an interesting new web site. It's called the Halo Living Monument and it invites Halo fans to join in its creation.
The web site features a 3D rotating representation of Master Chief, the main character in nearly all of the Halo shooter games, all decked out in his Spartan armor. Microsoft is letting Halo fans upload pictures from their various Halo experiences. Those pictures are then placed on locations on the 3D model. Anyone who visits the web site can scroll over the 3D model.
Microsoft has also released a new live action trailer, shown below, to promote both the web site and the new Halo 10th anniversary game. If you upload a picture to be placed on the 3D model, that image appears in the same trailer when you watch it on the official site.
Halo is certainly the game that made the original Xbox game console a hit for Microsoft, especially here in the US. The Halo fan community, encouraged by the game's original developer Bungie, is one of the deepest and most well organized in the game industry. Hey, we wouldn't have had the Red Vs Blue series of Machinima shorts if it were not for Halo.


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UConn Move On to MSG Despite Struggling To Find Its IdentityNovember 18, 2009
The UConn Huskies Men's basketball team will move on to the semi-finals in the NIT Season Tip-Off with a win last night against the Hofstra Pride, 76-67. But even with three wins in a row, this UConn squad is continuing to worry Husky fans.
For the past three games, the Huskies have struggled to get consistent play out of anyone on their team. They have some major issues that they need to address:
1. Rebounding - Last night, not only did Hofstra out-rebound Connecticut 39-35, but 16 of them were offensive rebounds. That's coming after a game against Colgate where they were also out-rebounded.
The big men need to step up their game. Oriakhi had another double digit rebounding night, but he cannot be the only one getting boards on this team. The guards seriously need to start boxing out. Pride guard, Nathaniel Lester had 11 rebounds all by himself, 5 of them offensively.
2. Perimeter Defense - UConn let William & Mary light it up in the second half from three last Friday. Then they let Colgate shoot 50 percent from three on Monday.
Last night Hofstra hit five three pointers in succession to pull ahead by nine with 9:10 left in the second half. UConn needs to close in on their men when they're puling up for three. They also need to get back on defense because many shot behind the arc have come in transition.
3. Post Offense - It was difficult to watch last night as the UConn big men hurled up shots in the paint only to get their own rebound until they scored or the other team got the rebound. The big men need to step up their game offensively and start playing smarter in the post.
When you get double teamed or can't find an opening to shoot, kick it back out to the guards. In return, UConn will be able to go to the post more and not rely so much on their guard play.
Now to look at the positives. During their first two games, UConn struggled from the free-throw line shooting only 54 percent. Last night they drastically improved by hitting 30-36 free-throws.
Although they struggle along the perimeter at times, they have been great in every other category on defense. At times their defense is stifling and they wither force the turnover or get the blocked shot. Hofstra only shot 32.9 percent from the field.
Certain players are also continuing to impress. Dyson has obviously been the best player over the past three games. Although he struggled to get it going last night, he came through down the stretch and drew a charge late in the second half that sealed the win for UConn.
Stanley Robinson also has played well although sometimes inconsistent. Against Colgate he went on a tear and scored 18 points. He followed that performance with a 15-point effort lat night and has filled up the stat sheet over the first three games.
Hopefully it will only be a matter of time before other players start coming into their own and this team can find its identity. They are going to need to get things figured out for their next match-up against LSU next week and a potential game against Duke in the NIT Tip-Off Championship.


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For a February game against a non-Division I opponent, Eastern Kentucky's game against Crowley Ridge Tuesday night was full of relevance. The win moved head coach Jeff Neubauer into second place in all time wins for Eastern Kentucky.
And just as important, the game gave dunking sensation Marcus Lewis another chance to show off this skills. This time, it's on a breakaway, and while Lewis doesn't get as much air, he makes up for it with the spin.
And it's not just the slam that's impressive. Check out the pass to save the ball from going out of bounds.
Eastern Kentucky would beat Crowley Ridge 97-31.


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Hello All,
I have recently had a Mommy Makeover (Breast lift/aug and Tummy Tuck with Hernia repair). I read a very good post about ten things to know about surgery/recovery and thought it may be good to share my most important things.
1.) Choosing a doctor:
This was a mission for me. I know everyone says that you should look for a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. I did look at a lot of them and ended up going with someone who wasn't certified. Why did I make that choice? Because I had a bad hernia that needed to be fixed. He was the only one in all my consultations (about 15 in total BCPS) to tell me what I already knew about my hernia and why it needed to be prepared. The other doctors I'd seen were oblivious and also had no idea how to work with my insurance company so that I'd get reimbursed for the hernia repair. In further investigation of him, I found that as a general surgeon, the majority of his prior surgeries were abdominal surgeries and also that many insurance companies won't pay a doctor that has Plastic Surgeon attached to his title and will insist that the hernia repair come from a general surgeon. He also did an excellent job on my friend's Mommy Makeover three years prior. It was just an added bonus that his cost was about $3000 cheaper than all of my other quotes. So my advice to you is to talk to many, look at their results, talk to references (they can be the people you see waiting for their follow up appointments if you don't know any personally), and look into their medical history to see if they have a clean record. In the end, be patient (because you can't turn back after it's done) and go with your gut.
Get a lot of exercise, eat healthy (PROTIEN!), drink lots of water and take multivitamins. DO NOT SMOKE!!! Doing so will really interfear with your healing. It could also cause complications. If you have smokers cough, you will really suffer. After a tummy tuck and muscle repair the LAST thing you want to do is cough or sneeze. OUCH! The better in shape you are, the easier your recovery will be. I am a witness. I am one month post op and attribute my continuing recovery to that. Also, because I was read in a lot of places that Vitamin E is not good to take before surgery as it can thin your blood, I discontinued my multivitamin two weeks before and two weeks after just to be on the safe side. Have your recliner or where your going to be sleeping ready to go before you get home. If you are like most, you'll be coming home the same day as surgery. Preparing that was the best thing I did because the first day was a bad word. Shave your private parts. It is not fun to let someone else do it while prepping you for surgery. Buy some old lady house dresses that open from the front. They are inexpensive, comfortable, easy to put on/take off, and are easy to clean (you never know what stains (blood/secretions could come out and get on your clothes). Do your best to get your meds before surgery. My doctor's office wouldn't give it to me before surgery. I had to wait for my husband to bring me home and then he had to wait two hours for the medicine. It would have seemed like the longest time in my life, but I still had pain pills from my c-section and used it to hold me over until I could take them. It is good to also have Neosporin on hand to use on your insicion/drain openings to help them heal. You don't need to use a lot. No matter how scared you are, stay positive and understand that the operation is only the first step in your Mommy Makeover. I purposely didn't post any before or after photos because I believe that it will take a year before I really see the results I want to see. It takes a while for the swelling to completely subside and even longer for the scars to completely heal, flatten and lighten. When I hit one year, I'll post my pics. Until then, I plan to update my recommendations as they arise throughout the year.
Post Surgery:
For me, the first few days where the most difficult. Don't expect your beginning results post op to look like the end results. If you get your breasts done, they are going to look BIG due to swelling, so be prepared. It really hurts to try and use your stomach muscles. If someone is helping you get up, don't pull on their arms to assist you. Have the person get behind you and push your back until you're in an upright position. Then you can use your legs to stand up. If you are laying down and need to get up on your own. Bend the leg that you're going to put on the floor first towards your chest. Put your hand that is on the same side under your leg then use your leg muscles to lift you up instead of your stomach muscles.
Be prepared for your stomach feeling tight and it being difficult/impossible to stand up straight. When explaining how it feels, I say it feels like someone ironed my skin to my stomach. At one month, I feel like my skin has adjusted for the most part, but I have this feeling still in my upper abdomen. It eases daily.
Eat healthy and avoid salt. I have read that you should also stay away from refined sugars, but I suffered from low blood sugar for a couple of days so I had to eat some. I did replace with real fruits as soon as I could. DRINK WATER ALL THE TIME. Just keep a water bottle near you. After my TT, I wasn't hungry and didn't eat/hardly drank for two days. One the third day, I felt like my lights were going to go out, I called the doctor and he told me that it sounded like I was dehydrated and possibly hypoglycemic. I started drinking lots of water, Gatoraid, got some sugar in my system and started to feel much better. The water also helps A LOT with the swelling.
The swelling that you have in your stomach will last a while so it is very important to stay away from sodium. Also, you want to have some cocobutter on hand. I had no stretchmarks, but noticed some creeping up below my navel where I had the most inflammation. I also noticed that my skin was dry. The skin needs to be moist to adjust to it's new position. Plus, you don't want to end up seeing stretchmarks when your skin deflates. Where your compression garment. Don't spend a million dollars, Walmart sells one for $15 that will go toe to toe with any of them Get the one that opens at the breasts and goes to the knees.
Keep your scars clean and dry. Don't lift anything too heavy or strain yourself. You don't want your scar to move too much and create more scar tissue. Remember that just because your scar has closed, doesn't mean that it's healed. You'll see what I'm saying when your scar seems to burn from the inside months later. That is why it looks worse before it gets better. Your scar at 4 months will appear a lot worse than when you'd first gotten your surgery. Prepare yourself because this can add to your depression post op. You need to keep a "This too shall pass" attitude. I have had a number of scars and have healed very well. When I had my c-section, my scar faded so much that you had to search for it to find it. I was breastfeeding and didn't want to use any creams in fear that it would effect my milk someway. So I lived by making sure to take my vitamins daily, massaged the incision regularly and didn't put any pressure on it by lifting anything too heavy too soon. This is also why it is important to sleep in a lawnchair pose. My bed is so much softer than my couch and it takes more effort to get out of. I found that after 3 weeks, when I tried to sleep in my bed, I could feel my TT incision pulling on the sides and it was uncomfortable. If it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't, so back to the sofa I went.
Steristrips really help. My scar had closed, but I was still very sore at the ends (about two inches in). I got some surgical tape from Walgreens, put it on the edges and the pain quickly subsided. I think the less your incision moves, the faster/better it will heal.
Massage REALLY improves the appearance and healing of scars. Your scar is on the inside as well as the outside. As soon as your scar has no soreness when you touch it, start massaging. For your breasts, it is important NOT to start massaging too soon. I was so uncomfortable, I did that and think I almost busted a stitch. Wait a couple weeks. Youtube has some great videos for this. Massage makes is more difficult for scar tissue to build up. The scar will be flatter and fade better with massage. DON'T SLACK UP ON IT!!!
Get Silicon Sheeting!!! It works wonders!! Before I start, I'd like to say that I have a history of scars healing well. Everyone is different. However, Silicon Sheeting is the first line of defense for burn victims and other deep scars by doctors. Oleeva sells a good one for your TT that is reusable (they all are really) and fits over your whole scar from hip to hip for about $100. ScarGaurd sells them also and are less expensive, but they the longest strips are only 8 inches and you'd have to buy two. You'll probably save about $30 if you go this route. ScarGaurd also sells an inexpensive silicone sirem for about $30 dollars. After surgery I noticed that certain areas of my scars where healed/closed faster than others. I started applying this to those areas and I am seeing results. The other areas that are still healing/closing like where I had my drains and you can't cover that up with the long strip until that heals. You probably won't believe this, but I part of my scars on my breasts have lightened up considerably. I am really starting to see results on my TT scar as well. I can only what imagine what it will look like after a year.
If you are having muscle repair, listen up. You are going to feel that for a long time. They have tightened your muscles and your muscles have to adjust to having stitches in them. They have to heal also. SNEEZING IS A B!$(H! When you have to sneeze or cough, place your hands, with your fingers pointing downwards on your stomach/pressing just above the navel and push in a little. This will help reduce your pain. Everymorning expect to feel tight like you worked out the day before and are really stiff. After two weeks, I started walking (at a snails pace), doing my pilates breathing and that has really helped. Massaging my stomach has also helped a lot. I do a little light massage on my stomach and smooth out the hard parts in the middle. That is why you should eliminate crunches from your work out routine. Crunches will make your stomach ball up in the middle and your stomach will not look flat. Yoga/Pilates help you strengthen your core and tones the muscles by lengthening them. It is really good to find a real Yogi instructor. After my twins, when I was 130 lbs overweight, I walked everyday and went to a really good Pilates instructor (much better then the Pilates class at the gym). My stomach was in my lap and in six months it was all the way up again. Pilates works wonders. I'm a witness.
Also purchase some numbing cream. You can also get this at the pharmacy. As the swelling goes down, your skin may be sensitive in some areas. This will ease the pain from bruising also. I find that the skin all over my abdomen and my chest (especially where my anchor lift scars are underneath) are still very sensitive and sore.
Lastly, just remember RECOVERY IS A LONG PROCESS. You will be taking off of work for about two weeks but it will take longer to get back to your old self. I am a month out and I still can't handle a lot of cleaning. I can't lift anything too heavy. I am very lucky that I work remotely and there is nothing that requires any physical activity other than typing on a computer and talking on the phone.
I hope my post has helped someone and I'll update in a couple months!
Almost Four Months Post Op
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This leads me to today's post, Raw Manuka Honey. This stuff is a dream come true. As I mention above, I have been having a problem with my "T" healing completely one month post op on both sides (a little more on the left). I just knew as long as my TT scar was taking to feel completely closed, that my breasts should have closed. I can't even measure how small the openings are/where but I knew they should have healed. I had been putting Neosporin on them in that area from day one and it seemed to help somewhat, but it just wasn't working anymore. It was like I came to a standstill. When I texted my PS, I sent him a pick and he told me to use Neosporin. But I had read about Manuka Honey and all of it's benefits. I put some on a piece of guaze w/surgical tape and put it on the areas that still were taking forever. In one night, the little pinhole I had under my right breast had closed and I could see a big difference in the left. I had one more area that was very close to healing where my drain was, and that sealed right up. I think it helps because more than Neosporin because it debrides the skin gently and takes out all the icky stuff that's slowing things down. I think I am going to be good in a couple of days. I hope somebody reads this and puts Raw Manuka Honey on their necessity lists.
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I haven't updated my post in while so I thought I'd check in. I am healing pretty well. I am a little irritated with the stitches in my breasts. They are supposed to dissolve, but it is taking a while. But, they look beautiful. My TT scar on the ends has still been a little annoying from time to time. I find I feel it pulling if I am sleeping on my side the wrong way. I saw my PS recently and he said that he didn't like the way my scar was healing in my BB and TT and said he might want to inject keritol (?) in it. My BB doesn't look bad to me; no worse than I expected (as I read it is difficult to get right often times). My stomach looks amazing, so I'm not too pressed about it. As for my TT scar, he said that it isn't kelioding but a kin to it so he wants me to use Mederma to see if that helps. I don't see my scars healing any differently than any thing I read or from any other scar I've had. I have to do some research in to Keritol and see if I would want to do that or not. I've heard that it changes your skin a little and the scar doesn't look right all the time. Plus, from everything I have read, at six months is when the TT scar looks its' worse and then starts to lighten up over the next six months.
During my visit, I saw my pictures that they took of me the morning of my surgery. I must say, what a difference. I am very happy I decided to get a lift, am happy with my breast size and my stomach looks so much better. I didn't even think the doctor did lypo on me, but they showed me the fat they sucked out from where the doctor did lypo on my sides above my hips. I had no bruising really, so I wasn't sure if he'd even done it. I am still planning to wait until a year post op before I post pictures, but I am very excited to see that day. I have been exercising and have lost about 12 lbs since my surgery and have done quite a bit to lift my butt with exercise; just now seeing the backside results (Thank you Jesus!). At almost 41, I wasn't sure if I could do it. I am so happy with my results, I don't see myself stopping short of my plan to be in great shape by May, 2013.
One Year Post Op
Well it has been a year. I am getting ready to post my pictures soon. I am still very happy with my surgery. My only problem is a boil or something I have right on my nipple. I have to go back to my doctor to see what the deal is. I am not really 100% satisfied with my bb scar because it is dark, but I'm heard that it will lighted up soon. I am seeing a little progress. My scars are starting to lighten up too.
I have to say that tt scar was the most difficult part to recover from. I am just now to the point were I can't feel it pulling on the sides. I read that a tt is the biggest plastic surgery that you can have, but I didn't understand it until I did it. I am so lucky that I work remotely and didn't have to go to work. They say you can go back to work in 2 weeks, but that is some bull as far as I am concerned. I would advise anyone to do their best to rest up for a month. It takes several months for you to fully heal. But, it was worth it to me.
I found my doctor through a friend's referral. I was very hesitant to use him, because he is not a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Also, his price seemed so much lower then the other doctor's that I'd seen, it kind of scared me. I didn't want to go to a chop shop. But in my investigation of him, I found that he's a general surgeon, but has spent the majoritiy of his career doing abdominal surgeries. I had a very bad hernia due to my pregnancy with twins. It was way past the normal diastasis that comes with pregnancy. I knew that I needed to fix it before I ended up with back problems or it became larger. I also knew that is should be covered under my insurance. Dr. Bass was the only doctor that even noticed my hernia and to tell me everything I already knew about it/why I should repair it. He even knew how to work with my insurance company so I would get reimbursed for that part of my surgery. Many plastic surgeons don't work with insurance companies at all, are unfamiliar with the process and flat out don't want to help in fear that the insurance company will renig and won't pay (as they have the right to change their minds at anytime; even after the procedure has been performed). His office didn't come with a lot of the frills I'd seen at the other offices, but I am very happy with my results and saved about $3-4000 compared to the other doctors in my area.


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Having read the title of this article you probably want to raise your hand and ask: "Hey! What's that about? What unsafe can there be in driving in summer – the season when the road condition and the visibility are very good?" Well, this question is already also the answer. The point is that most of people take it for granted that driving in summer is safe. Probably very few people are aware of the fact that there are more car accidents in summer as compared to winter.
How is it at all possible? This is due to a number of factors which will be described in details in the remaining part of this text. Note that even if you are living in a place where there is little to no winter (like Texas) or little to no summer (like Anchorage) you might still find the topics mentioned in this article useful.
How to make safer summer holiday trip
So, where does the problem lie? One of the major issues related to summer on road (not only in the context o safety) is increased traffic. This is closely related to holiday season. Many Americans go on holidays by car, don't we?
The other thing is that going on holidays or even on a short weekend trip usually means long driving of at least a couple of hours. This is very different from our usual usage of the car to simply go shopping or to get to the office. Since most of us aren't used to this kind of driving, we often do commit errors which can result in quite bad consequences. Those errors are often related to fatigue. This is generally recommended to take frequent breaks. What does it mean? Experts say that a short break every second hour is a minimum. This is also a good idea to have another driver with us in the car and share driving duties.
As always, it is also highly recommended to inform someone from our friends or relatives about our plans when we plan driving long way. This can really help in emergency situations.
On top of that, when winter comes we hear everywhere around us: "The winter has come. It is dangerous. Be careful. Slow down. Etc." So we are careful. We do slow down. And we do follow all those other guidelines aimed at increasing safety on the road in winter. And the winter finally goes, summer comes (I've skipped spring to make it simpler, especially that it usually takes just a couple of weeks at maximum in the place where I live) and then… We sigh from relief. We say: "At last". And we feel like master and commander of the road. Should we? I don't think so. At least as long as the safety is concerned. Therefore please resist any temptation of breaking the speed record you might have. The old proverb says that the slower you go to further you will be. Wise and true.
Prepare car for driving safe in summer
We should also remember about preparing our car to summer when the winter is over. This includes checking the technical state of the car, especially when it comes to the light, brakes, and the wipers. We should also exchange the wheels and the windshield washer fluid. What is worth underlining here is that although many people believe that the winter windshield fluid can be equally well used during summer, this is not fully so, because the winter fluid contains alcohol which quickly evaporates in higher temperatures which in turn deteriorates the quality of the fluid. Finally, the level of the coolant should also be examined.
The next thing worth keeping in mind is that summer means the need for special tire care. This is because of the additional stress related to higher speeds and higher temperatures as well as longer trips. Although most of us remember about ensuring that tires are properly inflated, there are also other guidelines to follow that are often skipped or ignored. This includes but is not limited to checking the tires for visible signs of wear or damage, checking the tread on tire and not overloading the vehicle. Please remember that tire failure can result in a very serious injury. Ensure also that you don't confuse the recommended inflation pressure which you can find for instance in the manual with the maximum inflation pressure.
Accident risk increase by insufficient attention
The last thing to underline here is that many accidents are caused by insufficient attention. This is therefore critical to avoid distractions. In order to increase your chances of reaching the destination safety and without issues don't use your cell phone while driving, don't eat nor drink while driving, don't clean the windows while driving, don't play with your radio too much while driving and most importantly: do focus on driving while driving.
Moreover, summer is a good season for fresh-drivers, seldom-drivers, and even those without permission to drive. They all risk increase. Not only for themselves but also for the other users of the road. Summer also means motorcycles and bikes on the road and as much as I like them, they rather don't contribute to the overall safety.
Having said all the above, driving in summer can be a real pleasure. All we need to do is to ensure that this pleasure is safe.


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A new policy and research organization has opened shop in
the Buckeye State. Innovation Ohio (IO) bills itself as a "nonpartisan
organization dedicated to promoting public policy that moves Ohio ahead without
leaving some of its people behind." The organization is led by former deputy
chief of staff to Governor Strickland, Janetta King. Though most of its work
thus far has been published anonymously, IO relies on Stephen Dyer, a former
Democratic state representative for at least some K-12 education policy
research. Dyer pushed Strickland's ill-fated evidence based model of school
funding through the House two years ago, and, in part as a reward for his
effort, lost his House seat in November.
As state and local leaders wrestle with the Ohio's daunting
budget deficit and languishing economy, and as educators struggle to improve
their schools, advocacy groups like IO are a welcome addition to the state's
policy debate. Ohioans only stand to benefit when more policy partisans are
publicly debating important issues. In this regard, IO proved valuable last
week by pressing the Kasich administration to be more forthright and
transparent about funding amounts local school districts will receive under its
budget proposal.
Aside from that instance, however, the reports and analyses
produced by IO – at least those relating to K-12 education policy – have been
less than stellar. They've billed themselves as serious researchers and garnered
ample media attention (see here and here
for examples) because they are a simple foil to the new governor and General
Assembly. But upon analysis, IO's work appears to be hastily produced,
including egregious errors or inaccurate conclusions from the data.
Take two examples, IO's debut report, Ohio
Teachers and Collective Bargaining: An Analysis and last week's Analysis: Kasich Budget Transfers $567
Million More For Public Schools to Private and Failing Charter Schools.
Teachers and Collective Bargaining: An Analysis.
We previously shared the flaws in IO's collective bargaining
IO, relying on two
years' worth of data showing average wages for teachers in Ohio, finds an average drop in annual wages of 3.8
percent. Without exploring the cause behind this (which could easily be that
the makeup of Ohio's teacher pool changed, specifically that it got "younger"
and therefore cheaper). A number of school districts offered early retirement
buy-outs last year. Regardless, IO announced that the drop in annual wages was
evidence of dramatic cuts to wages and evidence of the "extraordinary financial
sacrifices" that teachers have faced.
Further, the report
mistakes correlation for causation. Taking a basic trend seen in two years' of
data (average wage drop) it then claims that collective bargaining – or its
absence – is the cause of those
observed trends. Using several frightening if-then statements, it attempts to
make the case that if Ohio eliminates collective bargaining for teachers it
will lead to salary increases, spending volatility, and uncertainty for
Rather than relying
on actual state or national achievement data (NAEP) to evidence claims that
removing collective bargaining will harm student achievement, IO used Education Week's annual state rankings,
which thematically vary year-to-year and incorporate all kinds of non K-12
variables like "adult outcomes." That the report doesn't rely on achievement
data to make claims about student achievement is simply odd.
Finally, IO uses one Race to the Top reviewer's flattering
comment about Ohio's application as evidence that the state's current teacher
evaluation and accountability systems are sufficient. Using a single anecdote
as proof (and it took nearly a full page of the eight-page report) is using a
criminally low threshold for evidence.
Kasich Budget Transfers $567 Million More For Public Schools to Private and
Failing Charter Schools.
IO's recent charter
school funding report is no better. It claims that charter schools and Ohio's
voucher program (EdChoice) are consuming an inordinate amount of state revenue
at the expense of financially-strapped traditional public schools. It puts
forth an astounding (and inaccurate) assessment that "it costs [Ohio], on
average, more than twice as much to educate a student in a charter school than
a traditional public school."
It's common knowledge
that charters in Ohio make do with
fewer public dollars than their district counterparts.
Research by disinterested experts concurs; see the aptly named Ball State
University study Charter School Funding: Inequity
Persists. Based on the findings in that report, a child living in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD)
arrives with a backpack of cash worth about $13,016 (using 2006-7 figures),
representing the total taxpayer contribution of that child's education. That
backpack actually contains two wallets. One represents federal and state
dollars ($8,190); and the second contains local resources, including receipts
from property, local sales tax and other local tax revenues ($4,085). If
that child then leaves CMSD for a local charter school, the backpack that
accompanies her move is considerably lighter,
because the local money stays with the district. The child takes only the state
and federal dollars into the charter school, totaling about $8,200. Further,
charter schools receive no taxpayer money for school facilities.
In similar fashion to its
collective bargaining report, IO's lambasting of charter schools draws from a
lot of assumptions and leaps of logic, with few or no accompanying footnotes,
facts, or figures. For example, it "projects that by FY 13, the Kasich budget
would transfer an additional $567.7 million to private and failing charter
schools" but doesn't explain where that figure comes from. IO puts forward the
claim that "charter schools have experienced a 1285
percent increase in funding since 2001 compared with a 25 percent increase for
traditional school districts."
This arresting
statement is accompanied by a similarly spectacular graph in the report. This,
too, is explained, if vaguely and briefly, in a footnote, which states that
"traditional public schools have seen almost zero increases" since FY 2004, the
first year after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature was
making a sufficient, good-faith effort to adequately fund the state's schools.
A more logical explanation behind the surge in charter funding is that charter
enrollment grew dramatically over the decade and the 1285 percent figure
represents a commensurate increase in the number of students in charters
(instead of the notion that, as the report insinuates, the same cluster of charter schools received that much more money over
the decade).
The report lacks
precision and accuracy in several important areas. On countless occasions, it
sets up a false dichotomy in the state's K-12 budget between traditional
district and charter schools, failing to remind readers that charter schools
are still public schools serving public school students and participating
fully in the state's accountability system. It assumes that growth in the
charter sector will continue at the exact same rate as over the last decade
(and uses this to inform financial "projections"), but doesn't explain how
researchers arrived at that assumption. It lumps charters into a broad
category, claiming that they are "failing," "less accountable," and
Lest IO appear to be
behind on its own research, it should realize that Ohio has the single most
rigorous charter accountability system in the nation, and actually forces
closure of chronically underperforming schools in a manner that other states
are trying to replicate. Further, not all charters in Ohio are failing and some
are in fact leading their communities in student achievement. In Cleveland and
Dayton, the majority of the top-performing schools are charters. Finally,
contrasting charter schools – which are centered in Ohio's urban areas and
therefore serve a fundamentally different population of kids, to district
schools statewide (serving all income groups) is a really shoddy comparison by
any standard of research.
Innovation Ohio is a welcome addition to the expanding body
of public policy research shops and think tanks in Columbus. It has the
potential to expand the marketplace of ideas in the Buckeye State and make the
conversation less divisive or at least more interesting. But until IO focuses
more on the issues and data and less on its preconceived outcomes, it's
difficult to take the organization or its analyses seriously.
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Klaus Barbie's French lawyer said here that the Nazi war criminal was dangerously sick and that the French authorities are voluntarily depriving him of medical assistance to prevent his trial from taking place.
The lawyer, Jacques Verges, charged in a local radio interview broadcast in Lyon that the prison authorities "are doing their best to obtain either Barbie's death or to bring him to a point where he will be intellectually unable to defend himself and testify at his trial."
Barbie, who served as gestapo chief in the city of Lyon during the Nazi occupation of France, is scheduled to go on trial early next year on charges of crimes against humanity.
Several former resistance fighters have charged that the government is reluctant to put Barbie on the stand lest he compromise former resistance leaders suspected of having caused the arrest and ensuing death of France's war-time resistance leader Jacques Moulin. Verges' interview is the first time the authorities are charged with trying to bring about Barbie's death.
France's penitentiary administration and the governor of the Saint Joseph Prison in Lyon, where Barbie is detained, have denied the allegations. The prison governor said in a statement that "Barbie is regularly examined by first-rate specialists. "He added that many ordinary citizens would be delighted to enjoy the same high-quality medical service."
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Over the last ten years, Mexico City has become a thriving hub of artistic activity. A daring young generation of artists has developed a new vocabulary that embraces non-traditional materials as well as video, photography, and performance, with a love of conceptual art. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), presents Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City to explore the work of these significant and creative young artists.
Unlike recent surveys of Latin American art or regional overviews of art from Mexico, Escultura Social focuses on art that combines popular culture with a conceptual style that can be humorous, macabre, and imaginative in pushing the boundaries of art. This exhibition is not defining a "movement" or looking at a panorama of artists working in Mexico, instead, it includes innovative work made primarily in the last two years that has had a significant impact outside of Mexico by artists who formed a community in Mexico City and have often collaborated on projects together.
Escultura Social is curated by MCA Assistant Curator Julie Rodrigues Widholm who based the show's theme on German performance artist Joseph Beuys's idea of social sculpture, which she translated into the Spanish as escultura social. The exhibition includes site-specific, performative, and ephemeral projects in addition to videos, photographs, and installations. The complete list of artists includes: Maria Alós, Carlos Amorales, Julieta Aranda, Gustavo Artigas, Stefan Brüggemann, Miguel Calderón, Fernando Carabajal, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Dr. Lakra, Mario Garcia-Torres, Daniel Guzmán, Pablo Helguera, Gabriel Kuri, Nuevos Ricos, Yoshua Okón, Damian Ortega, Fernando Ortega, Pedro Reyes, Los Super Elegantes, and the architect Fernando Romero.
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The Dallas Police Department has issued a retraction on an arrest it publicized on Twitter Sunday due to a major error — it reported that Aqib Talib, forrmer Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback, who is now with the Denver Broncos, had been arrested. The problem was, he hadn't been arrested. It was his brother, Yaqub Talib.
#BREAKING CORRECTION – Yaqub Talib 31yrs old was arrested. My apologies to Aqib Talib. Original information reported was incorrect.
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 29, 2014
Starting at 9:53 a.m., Lieutenant Max Geron, who is responsible for media relations for the Dallas Police Department, issued the following tweets:
.@dallaspd arrest Denver Bronco Aqib Talib for public intox after he was throwing bottles causing a disturbance. Talib was danger to self — Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 29, 2014
…and others. Talib was intoxicated in a club causing a disturbance.
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 29, 2014
#BREAKING Talib was arrested at about 1:45 this morning after being escorted out of Club Syn in 1200 block of Main St. #NFL — Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 29, 2014
#BREAKING Talib was taken to the Dallas Marshall's detention center where public intox prisoners are held and processed. #nfl
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Numerous media outlets ran with Geron's tweet. After all, Talib has had a number of run-ins with the law throughout his seven seasons in the NFL, including assaulting a St. Petersburg cab driver while he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and assault with a deadly weapon, which was later dropped due to witness credibility.
But did anyone try to get in touch with Talib's agent, Todd France to verify the arrest?
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio spoke to France. He said that it was Talib's brother, Yaqub, who was arrested and is still in custody. In fact, the Broncos star cornerback was still in bed, according to France.
While an apology was issued by the department, it's troubling that there would be this type of communication breakdown between law enforcement and a public information officer, particularly when a PIO has readily-accessible police reports.
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We can condemn Russia, and multiple African countries, for their growing oppression of LGBT people. And we should.
It's interesting that both Russia, and African countries, claim gay rights as a foreign influence. Interesting, and disingenuous. American Christians are committing a new type of colonialism, exporting their culture wars to Africa, France, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Actually, it's not all that new. Missionaries have been instrumental in colonialism for centuries. "Christians are a dark force in Africa".
About Africa - "To many Africans, homosexuality and gay rights come from the West. But the West's truly awful gift to the continent was homophobia, which the Africans then adopted as their own."
And about Russia - "In recent years, the Kremlin has deliberately been encouraging reactionary prejudices and sentiments."
What is missing in these stories? There has been active involvement by right wing, hate-mongering gay-obsessed American christians, in fueling hate outside the US, in Africa, and in Russia.
Scott Lively claims credit for both the Ugandan and Russian antigay laws, and has lobbied for both. Despite currently being chaged with human rights violations, Lively continues to promote antigay Russian activity. It's not just Scott Lively. And who is funding him?
In addition, Lively is considered instrumental in promoting African oppression of LGBT people.
Please pardon my links. Some of them are not the best. I prefer original sources, when I can find them. The most important thing, that I want to express here, is that whenever possible the influence of American Fundamentalists in Africa, Russia, and Eastern Europe, is a form of cultural colonialism and should be stated as such.
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When Greg Ballard, the Republican Mayor of Indianapolis took office in 2008, he was already talking about cricket. Ballard, a retired Marine was convinced that cricket presented an opportunity.
Now, you can get all the USA Cricket updates via Facebook. Also follow us on Twitter via @dreamcricket
Greg Ballard's public support of cricket began soon after his election as Mayor of Indianapolis in 2008. Ballard, a retired Marine was convinced that cricket presented a unique opportunity to his city. "I want to establish the North American Cricket Tournament," he told a reporter from The Indianapolis Star in 2008. "We could create it," he said, "It would be ours."
"I don't know the rules," he said. "I just know it's huge around the world."
Pic (Right): Mayor Greg Ballard (second from right) seen here with USACA President Gladstone Dainty, former CEO Don Lockerbie and former Indy Parks Director Stuart Lowry. [File photo from 2009 - courtesy USACA]
Ballard walked the talk. By Fall of 2009, the Mayor was in discussions with USACA regarding his city's plans for cricket. By 2011, the cricket field at S. Post Road was seen hosting the Mayor's Challenge Cricket Tournament. Following his reelection last year, Mayor Ballard has reiterated his support for the sport.
Cricket was on the agenda during Mayor Ballard's second trip to India over the past several days. The Mayor met with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari, a competent cricketer who captained Hyderabad U-22 and South Zone Universities teams during his playing days. On April 14, he toured Hyderabad Cricket Asscoiation's ICC approved Test facility in Uppal - the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. Hyderabad is Indianapolis' sister city.
In an interview with The Times of India newspaper, Ballard said, "Cricket is not exceptionally strong in the U.S. right now. I aim to change that."
"When people around the world think of cricket, I want them to think Indianapolis," the Mayor told TOI.
When plans for the cricket field were first announced in 2009, Indianapolis was just a remote outpost on USA's ever expanding cricket map. But things have changed since.
Pic (Right): Cricket has a 20 year history at Purdue. Pictured right is a Purdue360 flyer promoting a cricket demo.
At the university level, Indiana and Purdue both have had active cricket clubs. Purdue is serious about the sport and has a hard ball cricket team that plays in the Midwest Cricket Conference. Purdue University Cricket Club's Natraj Iyer Memorial Indoor League has sixteen teams playing in 2013.
Local corporates, Eli Lilly and Co. and Dow Agrosciences, both sponsor tournaments. And thanks to the efforts of USYCA's Indianapolis chapter, the Indiana Cricket Association, over 230 schools have been introduced to cricket. "We are expanding this game in Indiana," Jatin Patel, President of Indiana Cricket Association said. "We are leading the nation."
In 2009, after USACA had its board meeting in Indianapolis, then CEO Don Lockerbie and President Gladstone Dainty met with city officials. Following his meetings, Lockerbie told DreamCricket.com: "Mayor Gregory Ballard has made the development of an international sports park a major initiative for his Parks Department, with the likelihood of the main iconic feature of the park, an ICC recognized cricket stadium and ground." Lockerbie was referring to the Post Road Community Park, which in its new avatar is called the World Sports Park.
Unlike Broward County's $70M cricket stadium, which has been in the news recently following Lauderhill Mayor's letter alleging lack of support by USACA, the facility in Indianapolis is far easier on the wallet. The $5.8 million facility draws on the RebuildIndy Infrastructure fund and will feature other international sports such as hurling, rugby and lacrosse, thus giving it a better chance at success.
If the Mayor's continuing support for cricket bears fruit, the project will further enhance Indianapolis' reputation as a sports mecca. The city of 1.7 million is already the home of the Indy 500, which is billed as the greatest spectacle in racing. Indianapolis serves as the headquarters for USA Track and Field, USA Diving and USA Gymnastics. The city is also home to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the governing body for high school sports.


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There is gnashing of teeth in England today over the General Synod of the Anglican Church voting to reject the ordination of women bishops within the body of the English church.
Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, has stated that the Anglican Church, through this vote, has "lost a lot of credibility" with the general populice of Britain and the world. He feels that the Church of England is out of step with the sentiments of the wider world.
He is correct, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Shouldn't the church, any church body, get its ruling structure from the God they claim to worship? What does He say in the rule book for Christians, namely the Holy Bible?
Firstly, it is obvious that when Jesus set up the leadership of the early church, He chose 12 Apostles all men. Apostle Paul, directed by the Holy Spirit, set up the early church leadership structure by appointing bishops in the churches and one of the qualifications was that they were to be the "husband of one wife."
This is found in I Timothy Chapter 3, and also in Titus Chapter 1. These qualifications make it obvious the bishops were all men. Apostle Paul also stated specifically that in church government, women were not to exercise authority over the men as stated in I Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 12. This is not a putdown of women.
It is just the system or the order of authority that God ordained. In church government, Apostle Paul made it very plain in 1 Corinthians Chapter 11, Verse 3 that "the head of every man is Christ, the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God."
We are all under authority and the ultimate authority is God the Father. The church is not a democracy and to try to make it one is to destroy it, because it usurps God's own authority and replaces it with the ever-changing traditions of men.
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In reply to: What are ND's 5 biggest limitations & 5 biggest advantages? * posted by Bruno95
What do you mean by that?
What does deep institutional commitment look like?
It would be ludicrous to think that ND had winning national championships anywhere on the radar screen when it hired Davie and Willingham. Nor do I believe such aspirations were paramount when ND hired Weis and Kelly. Those points will do for starters; I have to leave for an appellate argument now.
We know that Holtz was a great coach. What were the institional differences between then and now that helped him to succeed?
The impact became clear in 1994. The administration overreacted to criticisms of incidents such as tunnel fights with Miami in 1988 and USC in 1989, and started reining in Holtz soon thereafter. Ultimately, ND forced Holtz out altogether and replaced him with an assistant who had no realistic hope of leading ND to a national championship.
Jenkins has been an improvement over Malloy, but we're not back to where we were under Hesburgh.
Maybe nobody in the administration or athletic department knows how to determine who would excel and how to recruit that person.
I think personally somebody like you ( I mean that sincerely) would do a way better job. You know the exact criteria, significant head coaching experience at the NFL or power conference level and coaching philosophy that is mandatory here to excel.
Were the academic entrance requirements looser under Holtz 1986-1993 than they are today?
Was the academic load once they got to ND looser from 1986-1993 than it is today?
Did ResLife run a looser ship with athletes from 1986-1993 than it does today?
Would Holtz's players from 1986-1993 have been suspended for the same shenanigans that kept those 5 guys off the field this season?
Anything else?
I know there are some things today that show more commitment than 1986-1993, such as training table and the Gug. But those things might be a wash if all the other schools have improved in those areas as well.
is more than just admission. Some kids just want to major
in football and parties. Why go to ND where you have to
take 12 hours of real classes plus summer school while you
can go to USC Michigan or Ohio st and take one class in ballroom dancing
or golf to stay eligible?
They have national programs, nice facilities, and a ton of dough too,
without the pain of college level coursework.


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