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Torrington parents disappointed after city officials skip meeting on school concerns
TORRINGTON >> A meeting with public school administrators and representatives from the state requested by Torrington parents to discuss concerns about the school district was held Tuesday night. But no one from the district showed up.
"It's disrespectful for them not to come to a meeting they both said they were going to come to," said Heather Fisher, a parent who organized the meeting, referring to Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Kloczko and Board of Education Chairman Ken Traub. "There is no reason they shouldn't be here."
Fisher sent out a mass e-mail in December inviting fellow parents, Kloczko, Traub, state representatives, Mayor Ryan Bingham, state education officials, the media and the Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC) to come together and discuss the issues concerning the Torrington Public Schools system.
Back in January, Fisher sent out an agenda with concerns parents wanted to address and receive more information on. The agenda included special education, safety, communication, Board of Education Policy 7025 that involves community residents volunteering at the school, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), Common Core State Standards, which are national academic standards for students and what they should know throughout each grade level K-12, Torrington goals, secondary education review and realignment, three year sustainable budget and review and edit of policy bylaws and school performance index scores (SPI) that evaluate how well schools perform on standardized tests.
Half of theses items, Fisher said, could not be discussed because school administrators did not attend.
Torrington parent Lisa Dombroski said school administrators should have participated in the meeting.
"People were here because of collaboration and communication with the district. Parents are disappointed they weren't here," Dombroski said.
Rather than focusing on issues and concerns with the school, it turned into more of an informational meeting where parents learned what resources are out there to help advocate for their children.
Despite the no show from city officials, some representatives from the state did attend. Two representatives from the Connecticut Parents Student Teacher Association (CTPTSA) explained to the group of parents about what the PTA does and the difference between PTO and PTA.
"We came to give information and what we are," said CTPTSA representative Don Romoser.
Torrington parent Virginia Cianciolo said she was disappointed the school didn't attend, but thought the meeting was very helpful.
"I have concerns with special education and the PTO at Forbes. (School administrators) could have answered a lot of our questions.
Also in attendance at the meeting was a representative from FAVOR inc, a statewide family advocacy center located in Rocky Hill Connecticut.
Patricia Gaylord, a family system manager at FAVOR said her job is to make parents voices heard.
"We strengthen the family voice at the table," said Gaylord. "I am here because they (parents) are concerned citizens. I have picked out community leaders (at the meeting) and will bring them to the table and make their voices heard (to organizations such as the board of education, local interagency service teams at the local, state and federal level."
A parent representative from CPAC also attended the meeting who provided resources for parents to advocate for their children.
"I think it (the meeting) went well. Parents were very receptive, there are a lot of wonderful resources to advocate for their children with disabilities, CPAC is a main source to go to."
Fisher said the meeting was resourceful.
"Items that were discussed not a lot people asked questions but got a lot of information to them," Fisher said.
At the end of the meeting, Fisher said there will be another meeting in a month or two and hopes that more public officials will attend.
"It's an ongoing community meeting and I'm hoping more people show up," she said.
Reach Nikki Treleaven at (860) 489-3121 ext. 324


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Clay County homeowner wants out of foreclosure nightmare | News
MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- Four years ago, Casi Bronson bought her home in Middleburg, then she lost her job during the economic downturn and she eventually lost her home.
"I have a small child. This is the only home he's known it was a very emotional day for us," she said.
Bronson said for 18 months, she tried to get a loan modification and finally the bank denied her, forcing her into foreclosure. It turned her dream of home ownership into a nightmare.
"I usually come by once a week just to check up to make sure everything is okay," she said.
In November, she moved out before the property was scheduled for sale, and then the sale was canceled without notice.
"I was not notified of that until a week and a half after the fact," said Bronson.
Bronson said it was discovered that she was never given the opportunity for mediation. She said she called the bank and was told the only way they can help is if she moves back in.
Bronson said she was also told that she may be liable for what happens to the property until the case is resolved.
"Vandalism or anything that takes place is at the owner's expense," she said, "and I am considered the owner.
Bronson said her foreclosure nightmare has left her very confused.
"Where do we go from here? Does this continue on with my name being on the home and it being vacant," said Bronson. "What do I do next? What do I need to do? And I can't get any answers."
What can she do to end this nightmare? Attorneys Chip Parker of Parker -Dufresne and Lynn Drysdale of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid are looking into the case.
"This looks like a case of Dual Tracking," said Drysdale. "The left hand did not know what the right hand was doing."
"This is an all-too-common occurrence," said Parker. "We may be able to assist her."
Court records show that Bronson was her own attorney during this complicated process and that did not help. Now she rents and waits to see if she will get out of her foreclosure nightmare.
"Would I like to live in my home? Of course I would," said Bronson.

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What is a caregiver?
A caregiver provides assistance in meeting the daily needs of another person. Caregivers are referred to as either "formal" or "informal." "Formal" caregivers are paid for their services and have had training and education in providing care. This may include services from home health agencies and other trained professionals.
"Informal" caregivers, also called family caregivers, are persons who provide care to family or friends usually without payment. A caregiver provides care, generally in the home environment, for an aging parent, spouse, other relative, or unrelated person, or for an ill, or disabled person. These tasks may include transportation, grocery shopping, housework, preparing meals, as well as giving assistance with getting dressed, getting out of bed, help with eating, and incontinence.
If you fit the description of a family, or "informal" caregiver, you are not alone. According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), estimates of 44.4 million Americans provide care as "informal" caregivers to people ages 18 years or older.
The majority of caregivers are women with the average age of 46; however, 39 percent or 4 in 10 men are also caregivers. It is also a myth that most of the elderly are cared for in nursing homes in the US; rather most long-term care is provided by family and friends in the home.
The National Alliance for Caregiving and United Hospital fund, in a landmark study, Young Caregivers in the U.S., estimate approximately 1.4 million children in the US ages 8 to 18 are providing care to an adult. About 400,000 of the 1.4 million children are between the ages of 8 to 11. These child caregivers are comprised of 48 percent boys and 51 percent girls. their responsibilities may range from bathing, dressing, assisting with mobility, preparing meals, dispensing medications, communicating with medical staff, as well as maintaining their school work.
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Caring for an ill, aging, or disabled person can be a rewarding experience. However, depending on the level of care required and other demands on the caregiver's time and energy, it can also become an overwhelming responsibility. When this occurs, it may be time to explore other home health care options, such as hiring a private caregiver. Here are some questions to ask yourself when considering a private caregiver:
- How much time is required to help care for the individual at home? Is this likely to increase or decrease over time?
- What skill level is necessary to provide the best care for the individual at home?
- Are family members and friends capable of providing the necessary care without any one individual become overburdened?
- How does the ill, aging, or disabled individual feel about having a private caregiver assist with his/her care? Is he/she comfortable with the idea of a private caregiver? Does he/she understand the caregiver's need for care assistance?
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- What services would be required of the caregiver? (Try writing a job description outlining exactly what would be expected of a caregiver.)
- Is the individual employed by an agency or organization licensed by the state?
- What specific services will the caregiver provide, and will these services match your job description?
- Will the patient's Medicare pay for the service? If not, determine exactly how services will be paid.
- What are the qualifications of the person or persons rendering care?
- Will the same person or persons always be available, or will it be necessary to adjust to many different caregivers?
- Does the agency or organization offer flexibility, making care available on weekends, at nights, and on holidays, for example?
- How does the agency or organization ensure that its employees treat their patients and patient families with respect?
A report from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) revealed an increase in the participation of "informal" caregivers to provide care for older persons with disabilities and a decrease in the use of paid "formal" caregivers. As a result, there is growing concern about the well-being of the "informal" caregiver. The National Family Caregiver Support Program can offer help and support in such areas as chore services, education and counseling.
The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and the HIP Health Plan of New York released a brochure at a White House conference on Aging called Care for the Family Caregiver: A Place to Start. This brochure is a good place to begin your journey.


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Entity Extraction using Oracle Text was introduced with the 188.8.131.52 release of the Oracle Database. It's not a particularly well-known feature, so I thought I'd make some notes on how to use it.
Please note that Entity Extraction uses some third party technology "under the covers" which is deliberately disabled in 184.108.40.206. If you run these examples in 18.104.22.168 (or 126.96.36.199 when it's out) you will receive a "feature not generally available" message. The functionality can be re-enabled, but only by contacting Oracle Support so they can run some checks on whether your applications will be affected by the replacement of this third party technology in the next major release.
Entity extraction is the capability to identify, and extract, named entities within a text.
Entities are mainly nouns and noun phrases. They include names, places, times, coded strings (such as phone numbers and zip codes), percentages, monetary amounts and many others.
The ctx_entity package implements entity extraction by means of a built-in dictionary and set of rules for English text. The capabilities can be extended for English, or for other languages, by means of user-provided add-on dictionaries and rule sets.
Let's look at a very simple, basic example.
Let's assume we have a clob containing the text:
New York, United States of America <p>
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed by 5% yesterday on news of a new software release from database giant Oracle Corporation.'
We will use ctx_entity.extract to find all the entities in the CLOB value. (For now, we won't worry about how the text got into the clob or how we provide the output clob - that's all in the examples if you want to look).
Entity extraction requires a new type of policy - an "extract policy" - which allows you to specify options. For now, we will create a default policy, thus:
ctx_entity.create_extract_policy( 'mypolicy' );
We can then call extract to do the work. It needs four arguments: the policy name, the document to process, the language, and the output clob (which must have been initialized, for example by calling dbms_lob.createtemporary).
ctx_entity.extract( 'mypolicy', mydoc, 'ENGLISH', outclob )
outclob contains the XML identifying extracted entities. If we display the contents (preferably by selecting it as an xmltype so it gets formatted nicely) we will see:
<entity id="0" offset="0" length="8" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<text>New York</text>
<entity id="1" offset="150" length="18" source="SuppliedRule">
<text>Oracle Corporation</text>
<entity id="2" offset="10" length="24" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<text>United States of America</text>
<entity id="3" offset="83" length="2" source="SuppliedRule">
<entity id="4" offset="113" length="8" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<entity id="5" offset="0" length="8" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<text>New York</text>
That's fine if we're going to process it with an XML-aware program. However, if we want it in a more "SQL friendly" view, we can use XML DB functions to convert it:
select xtab.offset, xtab.text, xtab.type, xtab.source
from xmltable( '/entities/entity'
PASSING xmltype(outclob)
offset number PATH '@offset',
lngth number PATH '@length',
text varchar2(50) PATH 'text/text()',
type varchar2(50) PATH 'type/text()',
source varchar2(50) PATH '@source'
) as xtab order by offset;
which produces as output:
---------- ------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
0 New York city SuppliedDictionary
0 New York state SuppliedDictionary
10 United States of America country SuppliedDictionary
83 5% percent SuppliedRule
113 software product SuppliedDictionary
150 Oracle Corporation company SuppliedRule
Hopefully that's fairly self-explanatory. Each entity found is listed with it's offset (starting point within the text), length, text, entity type, and source (how it was found). The entity "New York" is identified as both a City and a State, so it appears twice.
If we don't want all the different types of entity, we can select which types to fetch. We do this by adding a fourth argument to the "extract" procedure, with a comma-separated list of entity types. For example:
ctx_entity.extract( 'mypolicy', mydoc, 'ENGLISH', outclob, 'city, country' )
That would give us the XML
<entity id="0" offset="0" length="8" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<text>New York</text>
<entity id="2" offset="10" length="24" source="SuppliedDictionary">
<text>United States of America</text>
Next let's look at creating a new entity type using a user-defined rule. Rules are defined using a regular-expression-based syntax.
The rule is added to an extraction policy, and will then apply whenever that policy is used
We will create a rule to identify increases, for example in a stock index.
There are many ways to express an increase - we're hoping to match any of the following expressions:
climbed by 5%
increased by over 30 percent
jumped 5.5%
So we'll create a regular expression which matches any of those, and create a new type of entity. User defined entities must start with the letter "x", so we'll call our entity "xPositiveGain":
ctx_entity.add_extract_rule( 'mypolicy', 1,
'<rule>' ||
'<expression>' ||
'((climbed|gained|jumped|increasing|increased|rallied)' ||
'( (by|over|nearly|more than))* \d+(\.\d+)?( percent|%))' ||
'</expression>' ||
'<type refid="1">xPositiveGain</type>' ||
Note the "refid" in there. This tells us which part of the regular expression to actually match, by referencing a pair of parentheses within it. In our case, we want the entire expression, so that's the outermost (and first occurring) parentheses, so that's refid=1.
This time, it is necessary to compile the policy before we can use it:
Then we can use it as before
ctx_entity.extract('mypolicy', mydoc, null, myresults)
The (abbreviated) output of that would be
<entity id="6" offset="72" length="18" source="UserRule" ruleid="1">
<text>climbed by over 5%</text>
Finally, we're going to add another user defined entity, but this time as using a dictionary. We want to recognize "Dow Jones Industrial Average" as an entity of type xIndex. While we're at it we'll add "S&P 500" as well. To do that, we create an XML file containing the following:
<value>dow jones industrial average</value>
<value>S&P 500</value>
Case is not significant in this file, but note how the "&" in "S&P" must be specified as the XML entity "&" - otherwise the XML would not be valid.
This XML file is loaded into the system using the CTXLOAD utility. If the file was called "dict.load", we would use the command:
ctxload -user username/password -extract -name mypolicy -file dict.load
Again we need to compile the policy using ctx_entity.compile. Then when we run ctx_entity.extract we will see in the output:
<entity id="6" offset="72" length="18" source="UserRule" ruleid="1">
<text>climbed by over 5%</text>
<entity id="7" offset="43" length="28" source="UserDictionary">
<text>Dow Jones Industrial Average</text>
Here's some example code so you can try it yourself. It uses SQL*Plus bind variables, which don't work too well in SQL Developer - if you really don't like using SQL*Plus, you'll need to convert it - perhaps put the whole thing into a PL/SQL procedure and use PL/SQL variables instead of SQL*Plus variables.
Download link (right-click and "Save As" on most systems): entity_extraction.sql
I have a question I created a table with 2 fields ID int and ENTS clob in comercio.entitites table, after that I used this plsql
cursor ACTUALIZA is SELECT COD_NOTICIA,CONTENIDO_NOTICIA FROM COMERCIO.T_NOTICIA WHERE FECHA_NOTICIA>=TO_DATE('01/11/2013','DD/MM/YYYY') AND FECHA_NOTICIA<TO_DATE('27/01/2014','DD/MM/YYYY')+1;
myresults clob;
for REG in ACTUALIZA loop
ctx_entity.extract('ctxsys.PLT01', REG.CONTENIDO_NOTICIA,NULL, myresults,'xPol,xBank,xEnt,xEst,xPrv,xCanal');
insert into COMERCIO.entities values(REG.COD_NOTICIA, myresults);
When It finished my comercio.entities table is full and how can I use this select:
select xtab.offset, xtab.text, xtab.type, xtab.source
from xmltable( 'COMERCIO.ENTITIES'
PASSING xmltype(ENTS)
offset number PATH '@offset',
lngth number PATH '@length',
text varchar2(50) PATH 'text/text()',
type varchar2(50) PATH 'type/text()',
source varchar2(50) PATH '@source'
) as xtab;
I dont understand how it shows information
cold you please explain about the select to the xml result after we used ctx_entity.extract?
The SELECT uses XMLTABLE to convert a string of XML (as output by the entity extraction function) into a SQL table format. So you can view the output as though it was in a table. You don't need to do that - you can just look at the original XML if you prefer.


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Chris Cornell on Soundgarden's Approach to Next Album: 'It Goes From 0 to 60 Really Fast'
Soundgarden's 2014 includes plenty of touring, but at some point the band will make the decision to move on to a new record and when that happens, Chris Cornell feels comfortable that it will move pretty swiftly.
During a recent interview with Los Angeles radio station 106.7 KROQ hosts Kevin & Bean (as seen above), Cornell says he expects that the new album will come about organically. He explained, "I think at this point it's one of those things that's just going to start to naturally happen. It's a little bit of a cycle now, because we're doing promotional tours. We haven't been in a studio writing, but because everyone brings song ideas in, it goes from 0 to 60 really fast. All of a sudden everyone will have 2 things, and that's 8 songs you have to work on, and already you're well into making an album, and that could happen tomorrow."
The band released the 'King Animal' album in 2012 after a lengthy split, but Cornell is confident that they're back in the groove of recording a disc together. He adds, "We've made a lot of albums, how do you make the next one, and what is your reason for making it? You've got to do something else. We've always got to reach. But having said that, we always naturally do that anyways."
To check out more of the interview, which includes talk of their summer tour and the band's long term longevity, watch the full KROQ video above or check out written excerpts from the piece at this location.


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This Woman's Work offers a string of memories that explores Julie Delporte's experience of womanhood. Throughout the book, the Montreal artist challenges gender assumptions and looks at how rape culture and sexual abuse has shaped her life and the world of women around her. In cursive writing and coloured pencil drawings, This Woman's Work is a personal and contemplative inquiry into feminity and feminism in the #MeToo era. Delporte's previous work includes the book Everywhere Antennas, for which she was nominated for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award.
When you can read it: March 5, 2019
Toronto artist Michael DeForge collects his Instagram comic Leaving Richard's Valley in book form, following the fates of Omar the Spider, Neville the Dog and Ellie Squirrel as they risk the wrath of a beloved, but tyrannical leader in order to save a friend. When exposed, the three friends are kicked out of the only home they've ever known and make their way to the big city for a fresh start. Leaving Richard's Valley won the Slate Book Review and Vermont's Center for Cartoon Studies's Cartoonist Studio Prize for best web comic in 2018.
When you can read it: April 2, 2019
Seth's Clyde Fans illustrates the quiet desperation of two brothers struggling to keep their family's increasingly irrelevant business afloat. As homes adopt air conditioning, selling oscillating fans proves challenging — and less than fulfilling — for Simon Matchard, who struggles to shake off his dutiful brother's criticism. Seth, who hails from Guelph, Ont., has contributed to publications like The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine and twice won the Doug Wright Award for best book.
When you can read it: April 23, 2019
Guy Delisle creates a series of charming and funny nonfiction comics inspired by his experiences with fatherhood. With stories of trying to persuade his son Louis to play video games instead of doing homework and forgetting his daughter Alice at a stationary store, Delisle offers a guide to the many mistakes he's made as a parent. This is the third and final instalment in Delisle's irreverent parenting series, which also includes The Owner's Manual to Terrible Parenting and A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting.
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In case you missed the live-blogging of the whole gripping experience yesterday, the NFL owners elected Roger Goodell their new commissioner yesterday, making him the third commissioner of the league in the last 46 years. (We can't believe that's true, by the way; there have been more popes, for crying out loud.)
Goodell immediately becomes the least craggly NFL commissioner of all time, barely edging out Elmer Layden, who had some boyish pluck to him as well.
Goodell better be good; the deal the NFL and the players just signed can be opted out of in 2009. By the way, we enjoy this picture immensely. Nothing the least bit awkward about two grown men helping each other hold a football whatsoever.
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The 1415 Girard Street Cooperative was established in 1950 to secure permanent affordable housing by converting a rental building into cooperative homeownership. In 1992, with the support of the Development Corporation of Columbia Heights (CDC), the cooperative was restructured and the units were renovated and sold to new owners. Subsequently, inadequate property management, deferred maintenance and changing demographics helped to push the cooperative toward financial insolvency. Now due to revitalization, the community has become more popular and housing prices are soaring. Last year, the cooperative received pro-bono legal assistance from the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, who in turn, assisted in identifying a new management company. In an innovative partnership possible because of our unique ownership structure, City First Bank and its affiliate, City First Enterprises, teamed up to provide financing. City First originated a $490,000 bank loan and an additional $535,000 in the form of a recoverable grant, was provided by City First Enterprises. The funds were used to refinance an existing loan and to renovate vacant units for sale on the open market. The City First financing allows the cooperative to continue operations, balance and diversify its ownership, bring in much needed revenue to the cooperative to support its operations and preserve 20 units of owner occupied affordable housing.


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The tragedy of gun free zones
By Dr. Michael S. Brown
An anti-gun story by J. Portner, an assistant editor at Education Week, recently appeared in the Washington Post under the title, "Loopholes Allow Guns in Schools".
The well known federal law against bringing guns within 1,000 feet of schools does not apply to police officers, citizens with a license to carry a concealed weapon, or in some cases, to school employees. Although the author could not cite any cases where this had resulted in a death or injury, the premise was that this violates the spirit of the law and is somehow wrong.
Like many other alarmist articles on guns and schools, the obligatory reference to Columbine was used to heighten the sense of panic in the reader, despite the fact that the Columbine example tells us nothing about the behavior of armed adults. The article is short on logic, but provides a good example of the visceral fear of guns and distrust of gun owners that is deeply felt by many writers in the elite media.
In spite of the fact that mass murders are very rare, Americans have been force fed innumerable images of these terrible crimes. Each media feeding frenzy includes a call for more laws. But do laws prohibiting guns in certain places really prevent Columbine-type tragedies? In a word, no.
A striking paradox is associated with these mass murders. They are much more likely to occur in areas that have been designated as gun free zones. Post Offices were the first buildings associated by the media with mass shootings, in this case by disgruntled workers who were said to "go postal". The fact that guns were prohibited in Post Offices was well publicized.
Office buildings, hospitals, convenience stores, TV studios, chain restaurants and day care centers have all been targets of crazed killers intent on running up a large score of victims before they finally kill themselves. All of these enterprises prevent employees from arming themselves, even if they have a state-issued license granting them that right.
Schools became popular targets for young mass murderers in the mid 1990s, around the time that the Gun Free School Zones act of 1994 was enacted. This law and similar local laws were targeted at gang related violence, but had the unfortunate consequence of making schools a more attractive target for disturbed teens who wanted to end their own lives with a dramatic killing spree.
In 1999, John Lott and William Landes published an extensive statistical study of multiple shooting incidents. They showed that mass shootings occur less often in areas where responsible citizens are allowed permits to carry weapons discretely.
Have you ever heard of a mass shooting in a police station, at a pistol range, or at a gun show? Suicidal mass murderers may be insane, but they are not necessarily stupid. They always select a soft target for their final acts of violence. This principle also applies to many other types of crime.
Some corporate managers are aware of this situation and resist pressure to put up the "no guns allowed" sign. Even if company policy prevents employees from being armed, it is a mistake to publicize that fact.
This is not a new concept. A classic case occurred in the late 1970's in the Washington D.C. area. A pizza delivery driver was fired after he drove off a robber with his handgun. After this was publicized, the area manager made the mistake of announcing on television that the drivers were all unarmed. The company was then plagued by a wave of robberies until the policy was changed, at which time robberies dropped dramatically.
The emotional reaction of the gun haters after a mass shooting is that we must further tighten the gun laws. Even if this response makes some people feel good, reality tells us that it isn't the best answer.
Expecting a deranged, suicidal individual to honor a law prohibiting guns is sheer utopian fantasy. Creating and publicizing a gun free zone will, in fact, increase the chances of the kind of tragedy we seek to prevent.
How many of us, no matter how much we hate guns, would be willing to put a sign stating, "We have no guns here", on our home? Common sense tells us that this is an invitation to criminals. This same simple concept applies to schools and other public places.
Some people will always have an unreasonable fear of weapons and a desire to impose their will on society. We must not let their phobia cloud our thinking. Exploiting our school children and putting them at risk to promote a misguided political agenda is criminally negligent.
Dr. Michael S. Brown is an optometrist who is a member of Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws at www.keepandbeararms.com/DSGL
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>you don't want to put 9v directly on the pinThis means don't connect 9 volts to any arduino digital or analog input pin>the maximum is 5 volts for a board that is running on 5 volts!The maximum voltage you should connect to these pins is the voltage powering the controller chip (usually 5 volts)>If you want to measure 9v you would use a voltage divider. The method called a voltage divider is used to measure more than 5 volts>The value you read will always be 5v divided by 1024 but if using a divider ( say with two equal value resistors to divide the voltage in half) 1024 would equal 10 volts.If you use a voltage divider to divide the voltage in half (using two equal value resistors) then the maximum value from analogRead will actually be 10 volts ( you get 5 volts on the pin because you have given 10 volts into the voltage divider and that has divided the voltage in half)
i got a 9V pin i audrino board so i can take a 9v output rite??


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Bermuda, that British overseas territory in the North Atlantic, took a big hit in 2012 and 2013 when Carnival and Holland America elected to stop cruising there.
Bermuda wants them back.
The government passed a bill this month that may do the job. While in port, ships will be allowed to open casinos from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. instead of only when ships are in international waters. Cruise lines will pay licensing fees.
Legislators believe the effect on the local economy will be minimal as most passengers return to ships by 9 p.m. and aren't spending locally.
This follows another big break for Bermuda. Norwegian chose to send its new mega-ship Breakaway to the idyllic island in its inaugural season, and its Dawn ship also sails there from Boston.
Bermuda's also on the itinerary for two other lines. Celebrity's Summit will continue seven-day sailings from Cape Liberty, a port in New Jersey, from where Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas will also cruise to Bermuda. Fleet mate Grandeur of the Seas will be back, too, sailing from Baltimore, Md.
Quantum of the Seas, Royal's feature-laden, new-generation ship, will replace Explorer on the Bermuda run in 2015. Having another mega-ship visit will help the island rebound from the big hit.
And I have a suggestion for Holland America: Create a modest Canadian connection to Bermuda. This line's summer seven-day cruises between Boston and Montreal will continue in 2014. How about taking a few cruises from the 2015 schedule and turning them into a "Bermuda triangle" — Montreal to Bermuda to Boston, with a few Canadian ports along the way?
Pack some warm clothes if you plan to cruise on the Viking Star in winter 2015 (although there is a dome that covers the main pool). Viking calls December, January and February its winter months, and the Star will be sailing from Mediterranean home ports Barcelona (mainly) and Rome. Temperatures will average 14 C, although a bit warmer at some of the transit ports to the south.
It had been expected that Viking would bring its first ocean-going vessel to the Caribbean for winter. Instead, the Star will spend its entire first year in Europe. Viking has many inclusive features — shore excursions, wine, beer, soft drinks and special coffees with meals and free Internet.
Another bonus of "winter in the Med" is missing waves and waves of tourists in the more popular spots. Two separate overnights are scheduled on each eight-day and 15-day cruise.
Expedition cruising is becoming a bigger part of Silversea's business.
Having just concluded a major refurbishment, the Galapagos Explorer 11 is now sailing as the Silver Galapagos, a sibling for Silversea's current expedition ships Silver Explorer and Silver Discover, which will be launching next March.
Extensive renovations have been in progress for months to bring Galapagos up to the luxury line's standards before the launching ceremony in late September. As the name implies, this ship will sail (seven-day cruises) in the archipelago of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Phil's Pick of the Week
This Viking Star's winter 15-day cruise (Mediterranean Explorer) includes lots of overnights. The cruise starts with an overnight in Barcelona, then it's on to Toulon, Monte Carlo, Corsica, Tuscany, Naples, Sicily (Trapani), Sardinia, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia before returning to Barcelona.
Starting price: $3,849 per person based on double occupancy. The line is also offering discounted airfares from several Canadian cities.
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Each Wednesday, we gather together to be equipped for the work of ministry. Each Wednesday begins with a family meal at 5:30. Then at 6:30 we break out into different ministry opportunities.
Classes available for this semester:
- Community Bible Study – The Book of James
- Ladies' Transformation Study – Found in Him by Elyse Fitzpatrick
- Friday Morning Ladies' Bible Study – The Book of James (using Beth Moore study)
- Men's Book Study – Conversations about Jesus: Man to Man
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Got a Holiday Meat Question? Ask Mark Pastore of Pat LaFrieda Meats
We've already presented you with our complete guides to buying, storing, and cooking Prime Rib, Holiday Hams, and Leg of Lamb, but we're sure that you've still got tons of questions to ask.
Well we've teamed up with Mark Pastore of Pat LaFrieda meats, one of the biggest names in the business to answer any questions you might have about holiday roasts, or about the LaFrieda business in general.
Just leave your questions in the comments below and we'll pick a half dozen or so of our favorites. Next week, we'll be back with video responses and demos from Mark Pastore himself to get you the answers you need.
This is a guy who habitually stores a half million dollars worth of beef in his aging room. He knows a thing or two about meat, so let the questions fly.
By the way, LaFrieda recently launched their home delivery online store, which means that you no longer have to head out to the restaurants to get a taste of their amazing meat.
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How do you get a long-suffering but little-known slice of Africa on the White House agenda and onto American TV screens? George Clooney knows how.
Humble, self-effacing and dressed for safari, the Hollywood star and former Sexiest Man Alive was in the scruffy, straw-hut capital of Southern Sudan on Saturday to draw attention to the region's weeklong independence referendum.
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The vote, which begins Sunday, is likely to create the world's newest nation. Clooney is working to help the region avoid a backslide toward war.
In picking a cause and roughing it in a developing country, Clooney is hardly alone. Celebrities are shining their star power on the poor, the war-weary and the disaster-prone more than ever.
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"Our job is trying to keep this on the front burner of the news," Clooney told The Associated Press. "I'm the son of newsman. I understand how hard it is to keep stories on the front of news, and sometimes entertainment and news can be meshed together if you do it properly."
Clooney has had two meetings with President Barack Obama on Sudan and has persuaded reporters from outlets like NBC, CNN and Newsweek to focus on the country. He says he doesn't know how much his efforts help, but that every bit counts.
"It's important as any other individual in the country or in the world to engage in life and in the world," he continued. "You know, a celebrity is absolutely no different. I wasn't a celebrity my whole life. I was an individual citizen for most of it, an unemployed citizen for a lot of it. … I don't forfeit that just because I've happened to get lucky in my career."
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Whether it's Sean Penn in Haiti, Ben Affleck in Congo, or Angelina Jolie's work in more than a dozen countries, stars are bringing attention to those in need. Bono, U2's lead singer, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his aid work in Africa.
There's even a website dedicated to the merger between Hollywood and helping. Look To The Stars lists more than 2,300 celebrities and 1,600 charities they support. Myrlia Purcell, who along with her husband began www.looktothestars.org in 2006, said stars bring recognition to a cause, which can be a boon for non-profits with tight budgets.
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"Just imagine someone comes up to you on the street and says, 'There's a man around the corner giving out food to homeless people. Come and help.' How many peopleare likely to stop what they are doing to go hand out food? Now imagine that the man helping out around the corner is George Clooney," Purcell said.
The aid organization World Vision has gotten celebrity endorsements from Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, actor Hugh Jackman and former first lady Laura Bush. The group's Rachel Wolff said dramatic disasters like earthquakes can bring in quick donations, but that slowburn crises — like in Sudan — need help from celebrities like Clooney.
"He can do a lot of good just with his own celebrity, his own influence," she said. "And I think what differentiates Mr. Clooney and Angelina Jolie is they couple that with serious conversation with politicians and stakeholders, so they take it to the next level."
Affleck began going to Congo in 2007 and directed a short film called "Gimme Shelter" about the crisis. The director and actor told the AP after a trip there last year that he was insecure about getting involved at first because of how little he initially knew. He's since studied up, and in November appeared on a panel on Congo alongside Sen. John Kerry and the State Department's top official on Africa.
Clooney and Sudan activist John Prendergast helped launched the Satellite Sentinel Project, which will track troop movements in real time in Abyei, a north-south border region where the biggest threat of a return to conflict exists. The two wrote that they want to cast a spotlight on the hot spots on the border to help prevent Darfur-like atrocities.
"We are the anti-genocide paparazzi," Clooney told Time magazine this week in another attention-grabbing interview.
Clooney's meetings with Obama were a way for the actor to get Sudan on the front pages and for the White House — which has been deeply engaged on the independence referendum — to show it is active on the issue. And the 49-year-old actor hinted that he'll be back to Sudan.
He said there are two tricks to bringing attention to a cause. The first is to pick one.
"And the second thing is to create a constant drumbeat, to keep doing it," Clooney said. "You can't just dip your toe in it and get out, you have to constantly come back and do it.
"Bono sort of led the way in terms of really being informed on the specific issue. Brad and Angie do it well, Matt Damon, I have a lot of friends who do it pretty well and really get involved. I see Ben Affleck doing it in the Congo now more and more. I find that people who pick a cause and stick to it, get to know something about it."
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Little League, Big Players
When officials of Rockland County in New York State decided to allocate the use of county sports fields to baseball teams in the Orthodox "Little League" as part of services due to local residents, they included professional umpires in the package. One of these umpires, who also officiates at games of non-Jewish Little League teams, was recently reported as commenting on the difference between the two leagues.
At those other games, he said, there are frequent violent clashes, not only between the players of the opposing teams but even between the fathers who are spectators. What a pleasure, he concluded, it is to umpire a game in which the players are so well behaved!
It may also be assumed that there is no trouble between the fathers who are probably using their free time to study Torah rather than watch their children play.


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Standardised on May 29th 1931 as the regulation Army Air Corp intermediate flight jacket the Type A-2 was produced up until the middle of 1943, and saw service until the end of the war and beyond.
Throughout its 12 years of production a multitude of companies were involved in its manufacture. Although having the same specifications to work from, each manufacturer had their own house-style, and thus slight variations exist between them.
As a company that specialises in reproducing this particular style, one will notice we offer several different models of the A-2 in our range, each of them emulating, in some way or another, all the subtle differences that can be found on originals. Some are direct reproductions of actual makers (which can be found in our 'Original Makers' category), and others, such as the model advertised here, are of our own branded design and produced to our own house-style.
Cut and shape vary between originals, offering slightly different fits respectively. The model offered here is one that will appeal to those who prefer the slimmest of fits in this regard. The 'Eastman A-2 Slender' is slightly narrower in the trunk and sleeve circumference than any of our other models, providing a leaner looking garment that lends itself very well to the contemporary silhouette, whilst maintaining total authenticity.
Made from a stunning, veg-tanned Horsehide, in Seal-Brown shade, with plenty of grain feature, it is produced exactly to all the official military specs expected from a high-end reproduction of this genre.
Available in sizes: 36 - 44.
The Eastman A-2 Slender has made its debut appearance in the short-film music video 'TIME TO DANCE' by 'THE SHOES' starring Jake Gyllenhaal. See the official video on YouTube at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9wnawn7xQ
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Measure your chest over a T-shirt; it is helpful to get someone to do this for you. Do not inflate your lungs, just relax and stand with your arms out. The tape measure should be run around your chest right up under your arms and held snug, but not tight - this is your chest measurement.
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National Security Letters: Help!
by Susan Basko, esq.
Someone delivers a document of many pages to your home or office. It does not look like anything you've ever seen before. It says you or someone else is under investigation by some Department of the U.S. government and that you must cooperate. It also says that you are ordered not to tell anyone about the letter or its contents. You are alarmed and afraid, likely terrified. Congratulations, the government has just treated you to a National Security Letter. Here's a few things to know:
1) You can always show the letter to a lawyer. The letter says you cannot disclose it to anyone, but that does not include that you cannot show it to a lawyer. In fact, you should show it to a lawyer so they can help you understand what it is and what it means. The lawyer is also under the gag or nondisclosure order and cannot reveal the letter to the press or public. It is good to have someone else know about the letter, and legally, you cannot tell anyone, not even your spouse, that you received the letter, or anything about its contents. So, show it to a lawyer.
2) National Security Letters include a gag order, also known as a nondisclosure order. The recipient is supposed to tell no one about the letter or about what is being investigated. They are not even supposed to tell that they got a Letter. The National Security Letter may go into rather extreme detail, for many pages, listing off what it means by "don't tell anyone."
3) A National Security Letter may be issued to a person or to a company. The most likely sort of companies are those that deal in internet communications or finances. Larger companies are more likely to have a lawyer on staff and to be familiar with the Letters. Individuals or small companies that receive a National Security Letter are more likely to be baffled and frightened by the letters.
4) A Judge in the Federal 9th Circuit (California, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Nevada, Arizona) has ruled the gag orders unconstitutional, but has given the government time to gets its act in order. We'll see what happens. As of now, recipients of a National Security Letter must comply with the gag order.
5) National Security Letters can be used by many federal government agencies. In some instances, the main purpose in using a letter seems to be the gag order, rather than the investigatory portion. In other words, the letters appear to be used to shut people up. Sometimes this may be a valid purpose. It helps, in assessing a letter, to judge whether the purpose appears to be more investigatory or more to keep the person from going to the media or to the public about a particular topic.
6) A National Security Letter is supposedly issued for purposes of investigating terrorism or topics of concern to national security. "National security" has become a broadly-used term that can mean almost anything involving the public or the government. The governmental agencies are now issuing a huge number of National Security Letters. That's a lot of intrusion into peoples' lives with no judicial oversight.
7) If a National Security Letter requires its recipient to hand over information, that information is supposed to be non-content. For example, if the letter is demanding email information, it is only supposed to be asking for who was contacted and when, not the contents of the emails. Content-based materials are supposed to require a subpoena or warrant.
8) To send a National Security Letter, the government agency does not need probable cause or to go before a Judge, as is the case with a subpoena or warrant. This makes National Security Letters much more of a fishing expedition and opens them wide for abusive use. The letters are seen as stepping stones to creating probable cause.
9) National Security Letters contain a gag order that may be the main purpose of the letter. If you worked for a government agency and were investigating something sensitive, and if you had an easy tool where you could order everyone involved to keep quiet, would you use it? Likely so.
10) Tens of thousands of National Security Letters have been issued each year since they were instituted. The Letters are considered by many to be abuses of Constitutional rights.
11) A National Security Letter has 4 main parts. First, it will tell which agency is investigating. Many U.S. agencies have been given authority to send National Security Letters. Second, the Letter will tell who or what is being investigated. It may be the recipient, in which case the main purpose is likely to gag the person from speaking privately, publicly, or to the media about the topic or about the letter. Or the letter may state that someone else is under investigation and may demand that the recipient hand over the requested information about that person, company, or organization. Third, the letter will state what materials, if any, must be handed over. Fourth, there will be a detailed gag or nondisclosure order. If this is highly detailed, then the recipient may assume the main purpose of the letter is to force the recipient to keep quiet because an investigation is ongoing.
12) A National Security Letter has the force of law. For example, if the recipient talks to people or to the media about the letter, the recipient can be charged with a crime. Likewise, if the recipient fails to comply with the demand for information, the recipient might be jailed. This is very important to know.
13 ) If you plan to violate the demands of the Letter, discuss first with a lawyer. Several business owners have closed down their services rather than compromise the future privacy of their clients. One such business owner is Ladar Levinson of Lavabit, an encrypted email service. It is believed that Lavabit received either a National Security Letter or a secret subpoena. Rather than comply, he closed the service. He was immediately threatened with jail, but it is dubious the government could force him to keep running his business so they could use it to spy on people. You can read Mr. Levinson's letter about this HERE, or below:
My Fellow Users,
I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what's going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.
What's going to happen now? We've already started preparing the paperwork needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an American company.
This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States.
Ladar Levison
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
Ladar Levison
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
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CHeck out the crossfit weekend warriors site for more information: http://www.crossfitweekendwarriors.com
CrossFit Weekend Warriors is FREE and open to the public: The class is held every Saturday at 10am at CrossFit SoCal, Mission Bay Park or another TBD location. Please check the website for details on the whereabouts of our next class. Come as often as you like. There is no obligation to join the gym.
Please come on in: There is no need to sign up or pre-register for the class. However, feel free to contact us if you have any questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
No experience necessary: We have new comers every week, so we scale the workouts from beginning to advanced and everywhere in between. Most people use Weekend Warriors as a way to get introduced to CrossFit. It is a great way to try it out before committing to our intro classes.
What to bring: 1. A water bottle. We do have a drinking fountain, but often it is nice to have your own bottle and use the fountain for refills. 2. Athletic clothing. Wear the flattest sneakers that you own. Something like Converse All Stars or Vans work great. There are a number of shoe companies that make minimalist running shoes, too. 3. A small towel. We get sweaty! You may want to dry off afterwards. We have cubbies and lockers for you to store your stuff.
What to expect: If it is your first time, you will be asked to sign a waiver. Then, a CrossFit Level 1 certified coach will be taking you through a warm-up, demonstration of the exercises used in the workout, the workout (3,2,1…go!) and a cool down stretch. If you are interested in learning more about CrossFit, there will be time following to chat with one of our coaches about Fundamentals classes.
Bring your kids: We have a great room for kids to play and hangout in while you are working out. The room has a large flat screen tv, Blue Ray player and plenty of toys for your tykes. We welcome teenagers to join their parents during the workout!
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|340 kW/462 PS
|Power combined (kW)/Power combined (PS)
|5,0 s
|Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h with Sport Chrono Package
|253 km/h
|Top speed
|1.983 mm
|4.918 mm
Power unit
Engine layout
Front engine
Number of cylinders
Fuel grade
84.5 mm
89.0 mm
2,995 cm³
Power (kW)
250 kW
Power (PS)
RPM range maximum power
5,300 - 6,400 r/min
Max. torque
450 Nm
RPM range maximum torque
1,340 - 5,300 r/min
Power Electric Motor (kW)
100 kW
Power Electric Motor (PS)
Power Electric Motor NAR (hp)
134 hp
Torque Electric Motor
400 Nm
Power combined (kW)
340 kW
Power combined (PS)
Power combined NAR (hp)
455 hp
Torque combined
700 Nm
Max. output per liter (PS/l)
113.00 PS/l
Fuel consumption combined
3.2 - 3.1 l/100 km
CO2 emissions combined
74 - 70 g/km
Emission standard
Euro 6d-TEMP-EVAP-ISC
Particulate filter
Electricity consumption combined
18.5 - 17.6 kWh/100 km
NOx emissions
31.1 mg/km
Electric driving
Electric Range WLTP (EAER) - model range
32 - 36 km
Electric Range WLTP City (EAER City) - model range
33 - 38 km
Electrical top speed
135 km/h
Driveline layout
Automatic transmission
8-speed Tiptronic S
Chassis and suspension
Front axle
Aluminium multi-link front axle
Rear axle
Aluminium multi-link rear axle
Power steering
Six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers at front, discs internally ventilated, Four-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers at rear, discs internally ventilated
Stability program
Vehicle stability system
Wheels front
8.5Jx19 ET 47
Tires front
Wheels rear
9.5Jx19 ET 54
Tires rear
Top speed
253 km/h
Acceleration 0 - 160 km/h
11.5 s
Acceleration 0 - 60 mph with Sport Chrono Package
4.7 s
Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h with Sport Chrono Package
5.0 s
In-gear acceleration (80-120km/h) (50-75 mph)
3.2 s
Terrain features
Max. clearance between ground and water-sensitive parts (steel suspension)
250 mm
Max. clearance between ground and water-sensitive parts (air suspension, off-road ride height)
280 mm
Slope angle, front/rear (steel suspension)
25.2 - 22.1 °
Slope angle, front/rear (air suspension, off-road ride height)
27.5 - 24.4 °
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18.7 °
Ramp break over angle air suspension (highest level)
21.3 °
Max. ground clearance (steel suspension)
210 mm
Max. ground clearance (air suspension, normal level)
190 mm
Max. ground clearance (air suspension, off-road ride height)
245 mm
4,918 mm
1,983 mm
Width (with mirrors)
2,194 mm
1,696 mm
Drag coefficient (Cd)
0.34 cW
2,895 mm
Front track
1,680 mm
Rear track
1,673 mm
Unladen weight (DIN)
2,295 kg
Unladen weight (EU)
2,370 kg
Permissible gross weight
3,030 kg
Maximum load
735 kg
Rear luggage compartment (with seats folded)
1,605 l
Trunk capacity
645 l
Fuel tank
75 l
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On so many levels Earvin 'Magic' Johnson is a hero to me. Although I have never met the man my observations of him through media have played a role in shaping my identity. It is for that reason that I sincerely hope that Mr. Johnson, someone that I look up to and admire for his significant contributions to athletics, business, media and philanthropy does not take an active role in buying the Los Angeles Clippers basketball franchise.
Several days ago a recording was leaked of an alleged conversation between Donald Sterling, current owner of the Clippers and V. Stiviano his former girlfriend, in which the man on the tape makes racially discriminatory remarks. The voice on the tape goes on to say that he would prefer that Magic Johnson wouldn't come to any Clippers games. Since the tape became public and accusations of current and past racist remarks and behavior by Sterling surfaced there has been an outcry from fans for a response from the league and others.
Media outlets are reporting that a group of investors led by Johnson has expressed interest in purchasing the franchise. Unless Johnson was already in the market to buy into another professional sports team and this unfortunate incident has been laid at his feet as the perfect opportunity to do so, I think this is a bad idea and the wrong way to address racial discrimination and pursue structural change in professional sports leagues.
Magic Johnson and his partners buying the team would not address the root issue and in some ways would reward Mr. Sterling. Isn't it Sterling that would be making an immediate profit and living off the residual income of the well invested money for years to come while Johnson and his team were still working to recoup their investment?
If people are really angry about the comments allegedly made by Donald Sterling then those comments and the sentiments behind them should be confronted. Selling the team to Johnson & Co. doesn't achieve the goals of demanding the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the other professional leagues to have a more serious dialogue around franchise ownerships or creating higher benchmarks and timelines for teams to have more people of color as owners, major investors, stakeholders and front office staff.
I would much rather see Sterling fined or penalized in a way in which, maybe he would continue to make money, but a percentage of the team profits from tickets, licensing and other agreements, would go directly to funding proven organizations that tackle racial justice and wealth inequality in the United States. That would be a slam dunk. Mr. Johnson just buying the team would be more like taking two free throws – there is an opportunity for a miss. The NBA doesn't need to miss this one.


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Getting on the point not blabbering too much, this post is about the farewell programme organized by the Juniors! We were invited there with a proper formal get up and as saree isn't really cup of my tea, I chose to wear Bakkhu and made it my personal look of the day!
This is it lovelies! All thanks to our juniors and teachers, We had a bombastic moment! I am surely going to miss these good fellows during a lifetime journey! Also don't forget to hype my look here! I will be back pretty soon till then stay classy! Stay chic!
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Maddon Celebrates his Fifth Thanks-Mas Celebration
It is an event where velocity and speed are measured with sweat and muscle instead of a JUGS gun. It is a combination of the holiday celebrations that within the last five years has been a welcome relief from the cold harsh realities that face this region. The warmth and comfort surrounding the gathering is not only felt from the heat of ovens and stenos but from the laughter and compassion shown by one of the Tampa Bay area's biggest hearts.
This holiday season, Maddon and his every increasing band of Merry Men and Women will again assemble at the kitchens deep within the confines of Tropicana Field on Monday to begin the preparations on their annual Italian holiday feast of providing hundreds of portions of authentic Maddon inspired classics such as his Mother Beanie's succulent meatball recipe and home made pierogies.
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Doesn't seem like it has only been five seasons since Maddon came to the Rays as their Manager and instituted this ever increasing holiday fest that has grown in size, importance and is a highly anticipated event by the community and the Rays each Winter. Over the past four celebrations, Maddon and his Rays elfs have helped feed over 3,000 Tampa Bay citizens who might be struggling or displaced by the region's economic struggles. Each year you can see Maddon enthusiastically orchestrating both the kitchens and the serving area like a conductor on the podium.
"Thanksmas" can actually be found in the Urban Dictionary as " a non-religious holiday observed by friends, not family who are unable to be together for either Thanksgiving or Christmas." What could be more appropriate this time of year than getting together with co-workers celebrating the past years successes and failures along with the invitation of great food.
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Everyone in the kitchen last year had that style of Rays Santa hat upon their head. Was a great bit of seasonal accent, and a great collectible.
I got to tell you, the meatballs and his homemade marinara were super, but the home filled pierogies with clarified butter also just seemed to melt down into your stomach like velvet pillows.
Great to see the Rays have a figurehead who is showing the community love during the off season.
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Aww that's really nice of Joe Maddon. What a wonderful time of year. And I like his hat. I have a Yankee Santa hat.
It is one of many small innovations and ideas that have crept out of Maddon's cranial cavity and taken the Rays Republic by storm.
But his eye towards charity and unity in this community is so far above the bar. Giving back to the community because of the blessing that have come to you sounds inspirational when spoken to the masses. But taking that first step and reaching out with your hands open shows the honesty and passion to make words into actions.
For that you gotta love Joe.
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Really great job by Maddon to initiate the program to help others in the community at this time of year. Says a lot about his character.
I love Maddon more now! Wonderful event with great causes. I love the picture of the Turkey with the glasses to resemble him.
What a fantastic tradition! Maddon and the Rays really give back and it's lovely to read about. This is a big part of why I love MLBlogs – I might never learn about neat stuff like this going on in other parts of the country otherwise.
I was talking with a friend who played on the Angels team before Maddon came to Tampa Bay and he told me Maddon was very "giving" and truly feel blessed by the success he has found within the game.
So glad he decided to do this also, because this time of year can be the worst for people less fortunate and without relatives or loved ones near.
Great to see the Rays skipper remember his humble beginnings and treats this area to the food of his youth.
Rays Renegade
Now THIS is the sorta thing one needs to hear about during the offseason. Good job, Maddon!
Maddom and his band of merry Rays workers are in the kitchens right now at Tropicana Field getting ready for his first stop at 5 pm today.
It does warm the cockles of your heart to hear this kind of generous adventure in the cold harsh winds of Winter.
But since it is the season of giving, I might have another couple "feel good" stories up my sleeves for the next few weeks.
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Congrats on Number 2 my friend. You've written the best blog on MLBlogs for a long time and I love seeing you get your due. I always appreciate when you visit the Rant as you always have something positive to say or a little tidbit of history to share with me and my readers. Keep it roll'n as I see big things for you in the future. Happy Holidays my brotha…"D"
I always try and throw a few curveballs of my own during my posts. It has become a bit of my style to try and find things people would not know unless they popped up my blog.
Always fun to find the odd and unusual so I can throw it up for everyone to (hopefully) enjoy.
Glad I can give you some Rays stuff you might never see if you did not pop up MLBlogs.com
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Thank you for that glowing compliment, but I believe we have all gotten better with time.
You know I come to your slice of the baseball world because I like your style. The wisdom is just a extra pickle on the side of the triple cheeseburger (lol).
Not sure about the future, but I will keep writing as long as I have a WiFi access somewhere.
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One year after the passing of Michael Jackson, stars share their memories with Access Hollywood about where they were when of the King of Pop died.
Usher, who was a longtime friend of the singer, told Access he remembers being in shock when he heard the news.
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"It seemed like the world stopped…like our hero had taken a fall," he recently told Access.
Rosie O'Donnell remembers experiencing a tranquil moment when she found out Jackson had died, telling Access, "I was in Miami. I was on the boat. It came on the radio and I remember I looked up and the skies literally parted and there was a huge rainbow."
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Lenny Kravitz was across the Atlantic when he found out.
"I was on stage in Scotland and I was coming off and getting ready to go back on for the first encore and my stage manager told me that Michael had a heart attack but nobody knew if he was dead or not, but he was at that point," the rocker recently told Access. "Michael was the most amazing performer and he was really truly blessed with a lot of gifts and I'm glad I got the chance to know him and work with him."
Melissa Etheridge happened to be in Jackson's home state when he passed.
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"I was in Indiana, where he was born, and I was on tour with a bunch of friends and each of them started getting texts and kind of laughing [thinking,] that's gotta be a joke," the singer recalled. "Then we turned on the news and saw that he died and each of us felt like there was a piece of our pop culture…of our history, of something we knew and grew up with, being stopped."
Adam Lambert told Access that Jackson's death shut down a day of rehearsal for the "American Idols Live" tour.
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"The title of King of Pop, I don't think that could be taken from him," Adam said. "I don't think anybody has come close to that and I don't think anybody ever will."
Many of the singer's colleagues and celebrity fans also remembered him via Twitter on Friday.
"1 year ago 2day we lost the greatest entertainer that was and will ever be…Michael Jackson…he will be missed but never forgotten. RIP MJ," Justin Bieber Tweeted.
Funny man Marlon Wayans, wrote, "Its been exactly 1 year since we lost MICHAEL JACKSON & I am still grieving. This planet misses ur energy. U R & always will B loved MJ."
Diddy echoed his peers, Tweeting, "Can't believe its been a year without the legend… He lives on forever in our hearts + spirit!! RIP MICHAEL!!!"
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An Indonesian court upheld a death sentence for a British woman convicted of smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine onto the resort island of Bali, a court official said Monday.
The Bali High Court rejected an appeal from Lindsay June Sandiford, 56, who was convicted in January by a district court and sentenced to face a firing squad, said court spokesman Makkasau. The decision on her appeal came last week, and Sandiford has 14 days to appeal to the national Supreme Court, said Makkasau, who uses only one name like many Indonesians.
Sandiford was arrested last May when 3.8 kilograms (8.4 pounds) of cocaine was discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened to hurt her children.
Prosecutors had sought 15 years in prison for Sandiford, but the court surprised many by issuing a death sentence.
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