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A's write a script good as 'Moneyball'
Forget the movie about these Oakland A's. Already been done and, besides, Brad Pitt has moved on to other things.
No one would believe this anyway, even if it came from a Hollywood script.
The events that unfolded on a sun-splashed afternoon Wednesday in Oakland should never have happened -- they shouldn't have had a chance to. Once they did, there was no way even Hollywood could imagine this ending.
Win a division when you've got the lowest payroll in the majors and a starting rotation filled with rookie pitchers? Finish it off with a three-game sweep of the mighty Texas Rangers to grab the lead in the AL West for the first time in 162 games?
Do it by rallying from a four-run deficit to tie, only to be handed the lead all nicely gift-wrapped by Josh Hamilton?
Keep this up, they may start removing some of those green tarps from the empty seats at the Coliseum. Heck, they may even force the ownership of the A's to stop coveting that new stadium all the way out in San Jose.
I know one thing. It will take a brave gambler to bet against these A's somehow finding a way to cap it all off by making their way to the World Series.
Speaking of which, could it somehow be possible? A Bay Area World Series for the first time since 1989 -- only this time without the big earthquake?
The A's had just celebrated two nights earlier, with a whipped cream pie to the face of manager Bob Melvin and a clubhouse party the likes of these youngsters had never experienced before. Making the playoffs for the first time since 2006 should have been good enough, but the kids just didn't know when to quit.
So they celebrated even harder less than 48 hours later, after beating Texas 12-5 to cap a run from 13 games back to capture the AL West title and become the most improbable $59.5 million payroll division winners you'll ever see.
Let Texas experience the nervousness that comes with a one-game wild card playoff. The A's like their chances in a longer series, no matter who is in the other dugout.
And why not? Since the first of July, this team has been winning two out of every three games it played. That's the best mark in baseball, made even more remarkable by the fact Las Vegas oddsmakers who usually know a few things about talent had the team at 100-1 odds at the All-Star break to win their division.
"We've enjoyed every step of the way," said first baseman Brandon Moss. "There was never any pressure on us. We were supposed to lose 100 games."
This wasn't a "Moneyball" team, nothing like the clubs that Billy Beane put together with smoke and mirrors and little money celebrated last year with Pitt playing the general manager's role on the big screen. It was more of an accidental contender, never expected to play a starring role in a division that featured the Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels with Albert Pujols.
Beane had traded away the team's top two starting pitchers and its closer for a collection of prospects and castoffs. Despite the signing of Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes, it looked like the A's were trying to build a team for a few years down the road, when team ownership hoped they would be playing in a new stadium in San Jose.
"We wanted to create a team that had a chance to get better from the first day forward. That was the expectation we set," Beane said before the game. "We just didn't know where we were going to start from. In fairness, maybe we were a little further ahead when we started than maybe anybody anticipated."
There were five -- count 'em five -- rookies in the starting rotation. Another pitcher -- Sean Doolittle, who gave the A's an inning of no-hit ball Wednesday -- was a first baseman until he was converted in the instructional league last year.
Moss and center fielder Coco Crisp provided the veteran leadership every team needs, but this was a team that relied on raw youth, with 19 different rookies playing a part during the season, including 12 pitchers.
They didn't know they weren't supposed to win. When they began doing it, it became contagious.
The Rangers had the great players, the big payroll and the huge expectations. The A's had players who did whatever it took to become a great team.
"No one was into numbers," Melvin said. "It wasn't about themselves. It was all about the team."
The party began when Crisp caught the final out, and seemed like it would never end. A raucous sellout crowd that had been on its feet since the middle innings may have been late getting on the bandwagon, but now they had no intention of jumping off.
The A's battled their way through the hangover of the party less than 48 hours before to win two more games and escape baseball's sudden-death wild-card game. They'll need to overcome another hangover and go on the road to keep their magical season alive.
It's not "Moneyball" or even "Moneyball, the Sequel," but for the real life Oakland A's, it could be even better.
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What's behind this insanity? A commentator on Zero Hedge says this: 'You, like many Americans, still believe that people make a difference in American politics - elect the right bloke and things will change for the better.
The undeniable fact is that your government has been taken over by others who don't even recognise the people of America as anything other than enemies of the state. No one in America will reach the presidency who has not been vetted deeply by these folks. And if by some VERY remote chance someone did get through the screen, they would be instantly marginalised or assassinated - as was Trump.
You have lost your country. Face it.'
Reminds me of what Alexander Solzhenitzyn wrote in '200 Years Together'.
'You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the 'Russian Revolution.' It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people.'
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August 08, 2013
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Philanthropic Society Los Angeles (PSLA), a support group of Children's Institute, Inc. (CII), hosted the 2nd Annual Watts Back To School Giveaway to provide much-needed educational resources and support for children, pre-school age to 12th grade. Fall is the season when most families take the purchase of backpacks and other school supplies for granted, but not so for families living in one of Los Angeles' most challenged communities. Thanks to major support from PSLA, Mattel and nearly 20 other sponsors, the event benefited approximately 5,000 children and their families who receive services from CII—a nationally recognized organization that helps children and youth severely affected by community and family violence.
In addition to receiving filled backpacks, attendees learned about good nutrition and healthy cooking through demos and snacks from the Watts Healthy Farmers Market, and received useful community information from event partners.
"Providing the resources that children need to start school better prepared is exactly what Philanthropic Society Los Angeles strives to achieve," says PSLA president Rochelle Gores Fredston. "We're reaching children who need this support the most."
Major event sponsor Mattel was joined by the following supporters: Ted Watkins Park, Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, Parks After Dark, Watts Healthy Farmers' Market/SEE-LA, Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center, K.I.D.S., Herbalife, LA Galaxy, Office Depot via Feed the Children, 99¢ Only Stores, Plum Organics, Baby2Baby, Activate, Cory Martin Events, Caruso Affiliated, Scholastic, Accessory Innovations, Planet Sox, Handcraft, New Era, LA Party Rents and Centro Latino for Literacy.


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Board of Directors
Front Row: Ginnie Cooper (former board member), Michael T. Sillerman, Kevin Young, Cheri Fein, H. Bruce McEver. Back Row: Katharine (Wendy) Larsen, E. Ward Smith, Linda Earle, Jamie Stern, Myra Shapiro, Penny Barr.
Not Pictured: Adrian Ellis, David Grubin, Elizabeth Kandall, Robert Kissane, Frank Platt, Nicholas Potter, Siobhan Reardon, Margo Viscusi.
Board of Directors
Robert Kissane, Chairman
Nicholas F. Potter, President
Linda Earle, Vice President
Siobhan Reardon, Treasurer
Adrian Ellis, Secretary
Margo Viscusi, President Emerita
Frank C. Platt, Vice President Emeritus
Penny Barr
Cheri Fein
David Grubin
Elizabeth Kandall
Katharine (Wendy) Larsen
H. Bruce McEver
Myra Shapiro
Michael T. Sillerman
E. Ward Smith
Jamie Stern
Kevin Young
Poets Advisory Committee
The board and staff salute our Poets Advisory Committee.
During the early 1980s, a "think-tank" convened by Elizabeth Kray and Stanley Kunitz, which included a great number of poets from across the aesthetic terrain, discussed poets' needs in this country. Their conversations led to an articulation of the future organization's most basic goals—the nurture of poets, the creation of dialogue and community, and greater access to and visibility for the art.
Legal documents for the founding of Poets House were approved in 1985 and public programming began in 1986. Elizabeth Kray formally established a remarkably diverse group of poets during those early days of the organization. They suggested programs and advised on the building of a library. Their germinal energies and care, and the combined efforts of so many friends and poet practitioners over the years, has helped the Poets House library to become one of the most inclusive poetry collections anywhere, with programs reflecting the entire breadth of the art. We praise this original Poets Advisory Committee, and mourn the loss of those of our dear friends who can only be with us in spirit.


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Clinician Thoughts
It's been a while. Yadda yadda yadda. Won't be cross-posting this to Facebook; this is mostly for me to write my current thoughts and handwriting will take too long and require too many hand cramps. Today's supervision topic was about how I was feeling with clients and work and if those feelings were a result(…)
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Wikipedia version The TL;DR (too long; didn't read) version of that parable is that there was a son who wanted his inheritance early. He squandered it away and went back to his father for forgiveness. I share this parable to reflect and to acknowledge my good service today. One of my clients drew the(…)
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n. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. I have very strong principles, or at least I attempt to adhere to them quite strongly. When I fail to uphold them, I feel as if I have failed. That I(…)
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Reflections for March 2nd
*This is lengthy and really just typing this for my therapeutic benefit. I'm not even going back through to edit! It's so interesting to see the connections when I reexamine things. It's like watching a movie several times and discovering something new each time. Yesterday, we had a discussion about my parents and some of(…)
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n. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Some of the great things about empathy is when it can lead to having compassion for others and to applying that in order to create a safe space for others. Empathy can help reduce arguments, create teachable moments for all ages, and build connections(…)
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Head Space
Once in a while, or many whiles, our heads get into a funk. Mine gets into a funk. It's sometimes hard to distinguish what's a real funk and what's a funk that I can push through. Are you close to the finish line and can muster up some strength to get you past it? Or(…)
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Our anniversary is coming up and I was thinking of gifts to commemorate our time together. I thought about getting him a gift that would let him know that I would wait for him to be ready. Ready for what? For everything that social norms has been suggesting we do: settle down, get married, have(…)
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Kudos to me!
Recently, I had a client tell me how ze (gender neutral pronoun) applied some of the coping skills learned in therapy. I had to pinch myself to stop myself from feeling emotional because I was so happy for this client! This is a client that struggled a lot with worrying and overthinking. In our previous(…)
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How does love become unconditional? Or is love always unconditional? If you love with conditions, then is it really love? For me, I know that I will love my family unconditionally. Despite how much I dislike mother and her … everything, I know that at the end of the day, I will still love her.(…)
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PureDWTS Season 16 Post Elimination Media, Numerology Prediction Correct, And More
We have lots of fun post Dancing With The Stars Season 16 elimination interviews and media to share with you this morning, but, first we'd like to commend reader @DonaMadrina. She nailed it in her Numerology Report that she sent to us for the new Zodiac post this season. She made us a graph in gif form so we could take a look at this again….
Amazing, isn't it? GOOD JOB DONA!!xxx
With that said, I'd just like to comment how much I loved last night's finale. I think my only complaint of the whole night (like many others) was Zendaya's flat shoes. 😯 Other than that, it was so cool seeing Sharna and Andy's phenomenal Mad Hatter Lady Gaga Jazz number again. What's more, they made it a huge dance production. And how about Dorothy Hamill and Kristi Yamaguchi's dance with Henry and Sasha? What a "moment" that was. I also loved the performances by Wynonna (what a powerhouse), PSY (I'm so addicted to that crazy song and dance production now. lol), and Pitbull. A night to remember for sure!! More in Heidi's Spoiler post and comments. You can also download all the music from the night in John's new Music post here.
Ok, so let's get right to some elimination interviews with Access Hollywood. Derek and Kellie, Aly and Mark, and Jacoby and Karina reflect on the season and how happy they are for this experience. Sorry, there isn't anything posted for Val and Zendaya (yet anyway?)….
E News has a wrap up on the night and some interviews as well here.
And thanks to Kaitlyn showing us their location, below are the On The Red Carpet interviews…..
Let's hope ET Online has some interviews posted shortly too.
Also, stay tuned to Pure Derek Hough as Miss Heidi will have a full mega wrap up there with Kellie and Derek including more articles and interviews for what you don't see here.
Ok, more in a bit!!! 😉
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kwgtexas necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 339 diseños de 80 diseñadores freelance.
There is no recession when it comes to government spending. We provide leads, training and practical help (e.g. proposal writing; help with certifications and vendor applications) to our clients who wish to do business with public agencies.
Public agencies procure everything you can think of from the obvious (e.g. construction services, office supplies) to the not-so-obvious (e.g. sewing supplies, promotional gifts).
Pursuing public work is very overwhelming to most business owners. There are literally thousands of places to look for opportunities. Most businesses don't know where to look or have time to look. Also, they are often overwhelmed by the red tape and paperwork involved.
"Bid" is the term commonly used to in this industry (i.e. I am "bidding on" a government contract")
"Simple" is to convey the intent of my business: to make the public bidding process less complex and a lot easier. I want my clients to breathe a sigh of relief or know that I'm helping them open the door into new areas.
Also, because construction companies bid on public projects and they must use minority and women-owned trades to complete large projects, I find those opportunities, too.
I've been called a sales rep, a writer, business partner, and a lead source. All are accurate.
I am not limited to any specific industry. Any business or non-profit that wants to win contracts with public agencies is potentially a customer. We are not limited to a specific geographic territory either. It generally helps that the business be at least 2 years old. We target the CEO or decision maker within the companies we target.
Most of my clients are small or medium sized businesses. Some have tiptoed into the public realm before and maybe won a contract or two. Others have thought about the opportunities with public agencies, but have never had the skill set or desire before I came into the picture.
With the exception of my creative design clients, most of my clients are conservative as a whole. Think "government", "construction", and "auditing" … yet think "public relations" and "creative design" to add a bit of spice.
I will also be partnering with government agencies, school districts, non-profit agencies who wish to obtain better pricing for their bids. Also, I am discussing partnerships with associations & small business development centers which focus on economic development and rural assistance.
I am also partnering with major corporations who sell directly and through reseller channels (Office Depot, for example).
Therefore, the logo must appeal to buyers (public agencies), sellers, and my business partners.
• Simple, clean, elegant, modern yet timeless.
• I'd open to seeing designs with the name BidSimple OR my business name all in lower case (bidsimple).
• I am drawn to rich earth tones (chocolate browns, mossy greens, mustard yellow). I also love retro 70's colors.
• Open to seeing a logo in patriotic colors although I'm not a huge fan of primary colors.
• No more than 3 colors total.
• Must appeal to both men and women, both creative types and very conservative people
• No template looking logos!! Fresh ideas only.
• We would like to express that public opportunities are available to all industries.
• Font must be legible (no goofy script and not too small)
• Visually balanced
• Preferably can be reproduced on a white or colored background
• Ability to reproduce in all sizes
• Looks good on a fax, business card, flyer, or on a billboard
• Vector and eps file format
• Able to resize it at any size without distortion
Business Card:
• I would love a truly unique business card … one that will cause people to really look at the card both front and back, rather than throwing it into their purse or pocket without a second glance.
• "unique" meaning something other than a 2 x 3-1/2 standard size.
• Maybe something that looks like a sealed label because, in my world, sealed bids are normally required. (This is just an idea. Please don't think that I won't love other designs because I definitely will!!). I really liked the designs here, for example: http://99designs.com/contests/24578
• However, on the flip side of things, I don't want to have to pay a freakin' fortune to have the business cards printed, so I'd like to see some standard card designs as well. I do feel the logo in and of itself should get someone's attention, plus the printing could be done in a portrait style fashion, rather than the standard landscape as well.
• I envision printing on front and back of the card. On one side, just the logo and maybe some basic contact information. On the flip side, listing:
Kim Whitley-Gaynor
Office xxx-xxx-xxxx
Cell xxx-xxx-xxxx
Fax xxx-xxx-xxxx
Then along the bottom, side or top:
bid leads .. proposal writing .. training .. HUB & vendor applications
It doesn't have to be in the above order. It doesn't even have to be all on one line
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Fence is a software created by Stardock that helps organize icons/files in your Windows's desktop. Basically what a user can do is to create a "fence" (kind of group) and associate icons of your choice into it. The fences are blocks that does not enlarge/shrink according to the number of icons/files you put there, but instead the size are determined by the user themselves. Thus, no matter how many icons/files you have, it will still look like it's very well organized ;)
For someone like me who loves to put everything in desktop (who doesn't?), Fence is a must-have-tool. Quite often I put something that I would need immediately, but most probably wouldn't be for long in the desktop. Fence help he organize it so that in the future it is very easy to find find and remove them. Another nice thing that I like: Fence does not separate the icons in different fences to actual different directories, so it does not mess up the files location.
Fence is free, and if you want more features, they have a paid version for it as well.
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For teams seeking to trade for a starting pitcher, the White Sox can offer one from Column A and one from Column B.
Lefty John Danks appeals to high-revenue teams – he will get a raise from $6 million in his final year of arbitration, then hit free agency.
Righty Gavin Floyd, on the other hand, fits nicely for low-revenue clubs – he is signed for $7 million next season with a $9.5 million club option for 2013.
The White Sox are drawing interest in both pitchers, major-league sources say. Whether they trade one, both or neither likely hinges on the trade offers they receive. …
Will the Sox trade Danks or Floyd, or let Mark Buehrle go? At least they brought back Jason Frasor…
Jon Heyman tweets the Rangers "are believed interested" in Danks.
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Funeral for Lyric Cook planned for Dec. 29
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The funeral for Lyric Cook will be held Dec. 29 in Cedar Falls, more than three weeks after her body and the body of her cousin, Elizabeth Collins, were found in a wooded area.
The Des Moines Register reports the service will begin at 2 p.m. at Heartland Vineyard Church.
Elizabeth was 8 and Lyric was 10 when they vanished while bike riding in Evansdale on July 13. Their bodies were found Dec. 5 in a wooded area, about 25 miles from where they were last seen.
A memorial service for Elizabeth was held Dec. 13.
No arrests have been made in the death of the girls. Capt. Rick Abben of the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office says local, state and federal investigators are following leads in the case.


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John B. Schuerholz Park
John B. Schuerholz Park is the official home of the Towson University Tigers' baseball team.
Dedicated on April 29, 2001, the facility is named in honor of John Schuerholz, a 1962 Towson graduate and former baseball player. A Baltimore native and a member of the Towson Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a three-sport standout for the Tigers, earning all-conference honors in baseball and soccer.
Schuerholz has had a long career as an Major League Baseball front office executive, and he was the driving force behind the project, providing the lead gift and serving as the chairman of the fund-raising drive. More than 125 college baseball fans, including 50 former Tiger players, contributed toward its completion.
The project, which involved a major renovation and expansion to the existing baseball facility, was completed in mid-April 2001. Included in the project were permanent seating, a press box, a concessions area and restroom facilities.
With seating for 500 spectators and a fully-functional press box, Schuerholz Park is located in the heart of the University campus at the corner of Towsontown Boulevard and Osler Drive.
One of the more unique features about Schuerholz Park, with its distinctive mixture of beige and reddish brown brick work, are its dimensions; 312 feet down the left field line and 302 feet down the right field line. However, the deepest part of the ball park is right centerfield, which is 424 feet from home plate. The power alleys are 373 feet in left center and right center.
The playing surface of the field is natural grass.
About John Schuerholz
Schuerholz Park is named in honor of Mr. Schuerholz and his father. Honored as Towson's Alumnus of the Year in 1986, he was the general manager of the Kansas City Royals from 1981 to 1991 and led the Royals to the world championship in 1985. He joined the Braves organization in 1991 and led the Braves to the 1995 World Series title. In 16 years as the Braves' general manager, Atlanta won a record 14-straight divisional titles as well as six National League pennants and one World Series. He has served as the organization's president since 2007.
John Schuerholz throwing out the first pitchSoon after graduating from Towson, Schuerholz began a career in professional baseball. After teaching at a middle school for three years, he joined the Baltimore Orioles as an assistant in 1966. In 1968, Schuerholz joined a new expansion team, the Kansas City Royals. He joined the Royals for the 1969 season, their first season in baseball.
In 1970, he was named as the Royals' assistant farm director, and he was promoted to farm director in 1975. He became the Royals' director of player procurement and development in 1976 and was promoted to vice-president for player personnel in 1979. In 1981, the Royals named Schuerholz executive vice-president and general manager, a position he held for 10 years.
During his tenure in Kansas City, the Royals won their only World Series title, two American League pennants and six divisional championships.
In 1991, Schuerholz joined the Atlanta Braves and directed the Braves' 14-year run of unprecedented success. Since 1991, the Braves have the best record in the major leagues, and they won a major league-record 16 straight divisional titles and six National League pennants. The Braves won the 1995 World Series, beating Cleveland in six games.
He was honored as the Major League's Executive of the Year in 1985, an award he also earned with the Braves in 1991. Schuerholz is the first baseball executive to be the general manager of world championship teams in both the American League and the National League.


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kathies necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Katherine Stull Inc.
We are a production company with 10 programs currently on PBS daytime - we do only how-to/craft programs such as; Beads Baubles and Jewels (beadsbaublesandjewels.com) Hands On Crafts for Kids (craftsforkids.com) Quilting Arts. (quiltingartstv.com) scrapbook Memories (scrapbookmemoriestv.com) These are national programs with a niche audience for the particular craft. We like a fun, clean look - contemporary color palette.
women 25-55 - scrapbooking attracts young mothers first and then all ages. Scrapbooking (photos) and keeping track of your family pictures is a huge market.The audience is PBS viewers. The current program is Scrapbook Memories - we are renaming as Scrapbook Soup - to capitalize on the trend of adding mixed media, paper crafting to scrapbook projects. The show will become more of a mix of ideas and projects - varied locations, varied media, varied guests - a "soup"
Logo- Scrapbook Soup
need Jpeg image, layered, unrasterized - one version with background and one type only, need font
color - 3 color max.
Love the idea of looking down into a bowl of soup - but need to see the bowl, needs to be a little more creative than just a bowl and letters
Cleaner the better - not cluttered
No clip art
Show colors are open - like brights, new set has lots of pink and red and black accents
scrapbookmemoriestv.com - shows old logo
See file for our working logo
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Business is about productivity and maintaining a competitive advantage. To do this, business needs qualified workers.
Highly Qualified, Motivated and Dependable Workers Want to Work for You
After an assessment of Beth's special technology needs by VR, she attained her college degree by accessing the needed technology through VR. From there, Beth acquired her law degree and is now a corporate banking compliance attorney helping the company expand its diversity initiatives nationally through linkages with the VR program.
Unable to read due to a significant learning disability, Michael was assisted by VR while in high school with in-school accommodations and a VR school-based job coach as he achieved certification in his chosen career field of brick masonry. Although he feared he would never work due to his disability, Michael is not only competitively employed with a major home improvement store, but he was recently awarded "Employee of the Month" with glowing praise from his supervisor.
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2005
Hiring people with disabilities adds value to your business and will attract new customers. Disability is not inability. The president's position is that he "will not be satisfied until every American who wants to work can find a job." (White House, Office of the Press Secretary, 2005). Make a sound business decision, gain a competitive advantage and use this guide to increase your potential to hire people with disabilities.


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Follow Friday - 17 Dec 2010
My recommendations this week. As usual, I normally pick one or two good posts from my week's readings, or left from the prior week! Hope they are useful or at least interesting to you, as well! If it is your first visit, even better! ;-)
Again this week, I'd like to thank Randy Seaver for bringing this excellent blog post to my attention:
"How I Got Here - The Path to Becoming a Family Historian" by Marian Pierre-Louis
This is worth reading, no matter your situation, as a tribute to family influences and as a reminder of our responsibilities to your children, their children, etc.
A quote from Marian's post:
"My message to you is be an example for your children or grandchildren. Don't force them to learn family history but consistently live your life so that you model in all your actions and interactions the importance of family history. I would argue that that is one of the most effective ways to encourage future generations.'
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SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean President Moon Jae In, who just concluded his third meeting with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year - has painted a picture of peace on the Korean peninsula.
Addressing North Koreans on Thursday, the South Korean President Moon Jae In delivered a speech to an audience of some 150,000 people in Pyongyang, and told the crowd, "We had lived together for five thousand years but apart for just 70 years."
Speaking to the "citizens of Pyongyang, fellow Koreans," Moon said, "Here, at this place today, I propose we move forward toward the big picture of peace in which the past 70-year-long hostility can be eradicated and we can become one again."
According to reports, the crowd cheered wildly as Moon Jae In addressed them in Pyongyang, expressing hope of a better future.
In his speech, the South Korean leader pointed out that he and the North Korean leader "had agreed to measures that would completely eliminate the fear of war and the risk of armed conflicts on the Korean Peninsula."
The speech, which came on the final day of the summit, came after the two Korean leaders took a symbolic step toward peace, traveling outside the capital to visit Mount Paektu, which is the famous and revered volcano.
The mythical mountain, which is the highest point on the Korean Peninsula is situated along North Korea's border with China and reports pointed out that it is featured in South Korea's national anthem and various North Korean propaganda material.
Standing in front of Heaven Lake - a lake in the caldera of the sacred volcano, the two leaders posed for photos along with their wives.
The speech by Moon Jae In also came a day after the two leaders released a joint declaration, in which they vowed to pursue peace, establish new communication channels and develop new economic ties.
Further, at the end of the summit, Moon Jae In said that he would pass along Kim Jong Un's messages for the U.S. and the Trump administration.
According to the South Korean president, the message that his North Korean counterpart wants to deliver to the U.S. is aimed at speeding up the process of denuclearization.
A summary released by the Pyongyang Press Corps noted that Kim Jong Un wants the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Pyongyang to hurry the denuclearization process, as part of which North Korea aims to set up another summit with Trump "as soon as possible."
A report in South Korea's Yonhap News Agency noted that Moon Jae In is expected to meet Trump in New York next week.
He would reportedly be visiting New York to attend the UN General Assembly.
Meanwhile, in reaction to the comments made by the two Korean leaders, Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News, "The relationship between Chairman Kim and President Trump is good. I talk to my counterparts there with some frequency. It doesn't get reported. I'm glad about that; I'm glad we're able to keep that quiet. And so we're making the progress that we need."


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OXFORD, Mississippi - Five decades after his death, William Faulkner still draws literary pilgrims to his Mississippi hometown, the "little postage stamp of native soil" he made famous through his novels.
Oxford inspired the fictional town of Jefferson that was a frequent setting for his stories, and it's commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nobel laureate's death Friday with several events that include a tag-team reading of his novel, "The Reivers," beginning about daybreak.
Roughly 25,000 people a year visit Faulkner's antebellum home, Rowan Oak, which is now owned by the University of Mississippi. The author's meticulous handwriting appears on the walls of his downstairs office. Using pencil, he outlined events of his 1954 novel, "A Fable."
William Griffith, the Rowan Oak curator since 1999, said writing was a "demon-driven" task for Faulkner.
"You're going to hear about the agony and the sweat and the difficulty and the compulsion," Griffith said. "You're not going to hear anything about how great it was, how relaxing and beautiful it was. None of that. He just did what he had to do to get it done."
Oxford's lure is similar to that of Key West, Florida, for fans of Ernest Hemingway and Salinas, California, for devotees of John Steinbeck.
"I've just always wanted to see this," Lisa McDanels said as she and her husband toured Faulkner's home. "You think, `Oh, he walked here.'"
The two-story Greek Revival home was built in 1848, and Faulkner bought it in 1930. It sits a mile from the town square, but feels isolated because it's encircled by woods - oaks, magnolias, cedars, dogwoods and honeysuckle. Griffith said the home retains its character, with one important addition - climate control.
Faulkner added central heating in the 1930s but scorned air conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach the 90s and stifling humidity. In "The Reivers," a character groused, "there are no seasons at all any more, with interiors artificially contrived at sixty degrees in summer and ninety degrees in winter, so that mossbacked recidivists like me must go outside in summer to escape cold and in winter to escape heat."
The day after Faulkner died, his wife, Estelle, had a window-unit air conditioner installed in her upstairs bedroom.
Ole Miss bought Rowan Oak in 1972 from the Faulkners' daughter, Jill. The house was renovated from 2001 to 2003, and central air conditioning was added.
Faulkner was known for sitting on the square to observe Oxford's small-town comings and goings. In 1997, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth in nearby New Albany, Oxford dedicated a Faulkner statue in front of its own City Hall. Now, tourists snap photos by the life-sized bronze.
Faulkner and his wife are buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, north of the square, and fans pay tribute by pouring bourbon on the gravesite.
Donald Kartiganer, professor emeritus of English who held the Faulkner studies chair at Ole Miss, recalled taking Salman Rushdie on a private tour of Rowan Oak in 2006. When Rushdie saw Faulkner's writing table and typewriter, his voice fell into hushed reverence and he asked if he could sit there. Kartiganer said yes.
"He sits down and he puts his hands, not touching the keys, just sort of hovering over them, the way you would if you were in the vicinity of a holy relic," Kartiganer recalled. "Then he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the smallest digital camera I've ever seen and says, `Would you take my picture?'"
Mississippi Arts Commission director Malcolm White compares Faulkner's posthumous fame to that of another north Mississippi native.
"He's like Elvis," White said. "He's never been bigger than he is today."
English professor Jay Watson, Kartiganer's successor as Faulkner specialist, politely disagrees with White's assessment. Even during Faulkner's lifetime, he was recognized as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th Century. But, Watson concedes Faulkner is more appreciated in Oxford these days.
"Oxford didn't start coming around to him until after he won the Nobel Prize" in 1949, Watson said. "Before then, most people in Oxford just thought he was somebody who was making Oxford look bad. But after he won the Nobel, all the sudden, he was kind of making Oxford look good, because he was this small-town native son who won the most distinguished award in literature."
Locals saw Faulkner as an oddball who'd be so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he'd often walk past people he knew without exchanging pleasantries. Faulkner went to Canada and trained as a Royal Air Force aviator, but never saw combat because World War I ended before he completed training. Nonetheless, Watson said, Faulkner would walk around Oxford in a flight officer's uniform, complete with a cane and sometimes with a limp, and tell people he'd been wounded in a plane crash, which wasn't true. Because he acted like a dandy, locals nicknamed him "Count No-Count."
The local newspaper, The Oxford Eagle, is publishing essays this year from people who remember Faulkner. In one, J.W. "Jay" Mitchell, who grew up in Oxford, recalled being on the square with friends and making fun of the writer.
"I remember one day, 1952 or `53, me and a few friends decided to walk by Mr. Faulkner, one at a time, and holler, `Good morning, Mr. Faulkner,' or `How are you?,' knowing that he would not answer," Mitchell wrote. "After we passed him, we would circle around and get in front and repeat our taunting again. He acted as if we were not even there.
"There he was - head held high, with a swagger stick under his arm, wearing his English riding pants, knee-high leather boots and tweed jacket.
"Move forward over 50 years and ask me if I feel proud of this," Mitchell wrote. "People, some of us didn't know what we had in our midst. (I will take this opportunity to apologize.)"
Griffith said he came into the curator's job with a respect for Faulkner's prose but not as a "super fan." When he was growing up in Illinois, an English teacher assigned him to read "As I Lay Dying," and he protested with an essay called, "As I Die Reading."
"I remember arguing, telling her that I'd never thought about Mississippi and I'm quite sure I'll never go to Mississippi," said Griffith, who has since re-read the book several times.
Griffith said when the teacher heard he'd been hired at Rowan Oak, she told one of his relatives: "`I hope he knows karma is a real thing.'"


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A federal appeals court gave a Georgia death row inmate a temporary last-minute reprieve because doctors changed their minds and now believe he's mentally disabled, but his legal battle to avoid lethal injection could be an uphill climb.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued a stay less than an hour before Warren Lee Hill was set to die. In a 2-1 decision, the judges said more review of the doctors' statements was needed. Still, Hill faces strict requirements to get his case reconsidered.
"If this were easy, it would have been picked off months ago and not at 6:30 (Tuesday) night," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. "The fact that it was so late, I think, means that it's going to be a hard fight. But the 11th Circuit said at least there's some way that he could still prevail."
Hill was one of two Georgia inmates scheduled to die this week. The planned Thursday execution of Andrew Cook was also halted.
Lawyers for both Cook and Hill argued in filings before the Georgia Court of Appeals that the state would violate the law by using pentobarbital in executions without a prescription. The government called the claim frivolous and challenged both rulings.
Prosecutors also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the 11th Circuit's order halting Hill's execution on the mental disability claim.
Hill was sentenced to die for the 1990 beating death of fellow inmate Joseph Handspike. Hill used a board studded with nails and bludgeoned Handspike while he slept, authorities said. At the time, Hill was already serving a life sentence for the 1986 slaying of his girlfriend, Myra Wright, who was shot 11 times.
The dissenting opinion from the 11th Circuit illustrates why the fight could be difficult for Hill.
Circuit Judge Frank Hull said Hill has already brought up his claim in federal court and can't do so again. The judge also faulted Hill's lawyers for waiting until the last minute to bring up the new evidence even though one of the doctors approached them to say he wanted to reconsider the case in July.
Georgia passed a law in 1988 prohibiting the execution of mentally disabled death row inmates, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that the execution of mentally disabled offenders was unconstitutional. But Georgia also has the strictest-in-the-nation standard for death row inmates seeking to avoid execution, requiring them to prove their mental disability beyond a reasonable doubt.
Most states that impose the death penalty have a lower threshold, while some don't set standards at all.
Hill's lawyers have long claimed he's mentally disabled and therefore shouldn't be executed.
Last week they released new sworn statements from the three doctors who examined Hill in 2000 and previously testified he was not mentally disabled.
In their new statements, the doctors wrote they were rushed in their evaluation at the time, they had acquired additional experience and there had been scientific developments in the intervening 12 years. All three wrote they now believe Hill is mentally disabled.
"In other words, all of the experts - both the state's and the petitioner's - now appear to be in agreement that Hill is in fact mentally retarded," the 11th Circuit judges in the majority wrote.
The state questioned the doctors' credibility, saying they hadn't seen Hill in person since 2000. The government also cited IQ tests and argued that family members described him as "the leader of the family" and "a father figure" before his trial. He was not in special education classes and served in the Navy, where he received promotions, the state argued.
The 11th Circuit set a period of up to 30 days for the two sides to spell out their arguments.
Dieter said Hill has new evidence, but he's not contending that it proves his innocence, but rather that he's mentally disabled.
"If you can prove that you're in a class that the Supreme Court has excluded from the death penalty, it's like proving your innocence," Dieter said. "I think one thing DNA and all the innocence cases have taught us is that sometimes there just is new evidence that ought to trump procedural bars."


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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the bonesnapper is a type of monster.
Publication historyEdit
The bonesnapper first appeared in White Dwarf #6 (April 1978). The bonesnapper appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[1]
The bonesnapper appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990).[2]
The Bonesnapper appeared in the AD&D Module N1: Cult of the Reptile God (1982)
A bonesnapper is descended from the dinosaurs, a small carnivorous beast about 5 feet in height that decorates its lair with human jawbones.
Other publishersEdit
The bonesnapper appeared in the Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.[3]
- ↑ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
- ↑ Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). "Tome of Horrors". Necromancer Games. pp. 28.
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Lady Flames blanked by No. 1 Redhawks in ACHA DI semis
March 15, 2014 | Newark, Del.
Liberty University's road to its first ACHA Division I women's hockey National Championship was blocked by top-ranked Miami (Ohio) University, which snuffed the Lady Flames' attack in a 1-0 semifinal setback, Saturday afternoon at Fred Rust Arena in Newark, Del.
When senior defenseman and captain Courtney Fischer's second wrist shot from the top of the right circle glanced off the post with a minute left in regulation, Liberty's last best chance at netting the equalizing goal was extinguished by the Redhawks, who are making their first Final Four appearance.
"We had the heat on and we had them scrambling, but just couldn't get it done," Lady Flames Head Coach Paul Bloomfield said. "They're pretty discouraged right now, because we had our chances. We were coming back but just ran out of time."
After avenging its only shutout loss of the season with a 3-0 triumph over Adrian College in Friday's third round of pool play to advance to the Final Four for the second year in a row, the Lady Flames were sent to Sunday's consolation game with their second shutout defeat.
They will face third-seeded Rhode Island, a 2-1 loser to No. 2 Massachusetts in Saturday's second semifinal, Sunday at 9 a.m. in a battle for third place.
Miami dominated the early action and scored the game's only goal on its second power play with 3:11 left in the first period.
"They outplayed us the first period," Bloomfield said, noting it took a while for Liberty to warm up, playing its fourth game in three days. "We had a slow start and they are a really quick team in transition. Unfortunately, we weren't used to playing on an (Olympic-sized) ice patch."
Redhawks sophomore defenseman Morgan McGrath scored the golden goal off an assist from freshman center Katie Augustine, an ACHA DI first-team selection who scored the game-winning goal for Team USA against Japan in the bronze medal game of the World University Games in Italy in December.
"There was a scrum in front of the net and the puck bounced out and the girl had a chance to shoot it through the crowd," Bloomfield said. "The puck bounced out and we just didn't cover. We weren't in the right spot at the right time. I don't know if (junior goalie Chantal Lischynski) saw it or not. There was a lot of traffic in front of the net."
Lischynski and Miami senior goalie Dana Lovin, who posted her fifth shutout of the season after entering the tournament with a 1.39 goals-against average and a 0.94 save percentage, each made 19 saves as the Redhawks outshot the Lady Flames, 20-19.
Liberty turned the momentum in its favor in the second period and created plenty of pressure in the third, but could not capitalize on three power-play chances — two back-to-back late in the second period and one midway through the third.
"We started coming back, played a really strong second period, and had them scrambling in the third," Bloomfield said. "I felt like the game could have gone either way."
He said this year's tournament features tremendous parity and the Lady Flames, seeded seventh, were as strong as any of the top six.


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In response to reporting late to spring training, Justin Morneau said that he wanted some additional rest before hitting the regular season grind -- one in which he semi-jokingly said won't contain back-to-back days off until the All Star Break. After consecutive seasons in which his production went south in the second-half of the year (2009's injury notwithstanding), the Twins have to be considering how to handle Justin Morneau's playing time to ensure he's at full-strength in the latter portion of the schedule. Sitting him more frequently in the first-half may be a sound option in order to lengthen his effectiveness. However, that replacement probably won't be Jim Thome. Ron Gardenhire excused Thome from the defensive drills this spring in order to curtail the risk of injuring the big man's often injured back.
When the Twins signed baseball's last 20-game loser in Mike Maroth, the bar was set low for him. He would bide his time at Rochester and fill out the rotation in the International League while attempting to demonstrate he still could retire major league hitters. On the surface, his Puerto Rico winter league numbers look appealing (3-0, 2.60 ERA), his 15/13 K/BB ratio in his small sample of 34.2 innings does not project well. Topping out a 83-mph in 2007, his last foray in the majors, Maroth throws a mixture of breaking and off-speed stuff to keep his baby soft fastball from being obliterated. As such, he's a high contact pitcher that relies on his defense to convert the outs behind him. With Brian Duesning, Anthony Swarzak and Jeff Manship ahead of him on the depth chart, Maroth in a Twins uniform With a 16.2% strikeout percentage against lefties (versus 9.5% strikeout percentage against righties) in his career, if he can retire left-handed batters at a decent clip in the first-half of the year, Maroth might be a candidate to assume the Ron Mahay role towards the end of the season.
Kelsie Smith tweeted that Jose Mijares took a Jason Kubel line drive off of his throwing forearm during live batting practice on Sunday. (While Mijares's health is the focal point of this story, I'm impressed that Kubel, a lefty not known for his same-sided hitting abilities, lined a shot off a very overpowering left-handed pitcher). Although Mijares went down after the incited, he walked off the field on his own and is expected to being okay. In an ESPN.com article, an unnamed scout said "left-handed hitters have no chance against him." Last season, Mijares held lefties to a .193 batting average while striking out 27% of the total population faced.
Danny Valenica has dedicated himself to improving his defense, talking extra infield practice before games while playing in Puerto Rico, but he is still fairly raw in his plate approach and fielding. In truth, he's a Nick Punto or Brendan Harris injury away from being called into service. In camp on Sunday, Valencia was tasked with facing an improved Francisco Liriano. Says Kelly Thesier, who was watching the match-up, Valencia just shook his head after a few fastballs and said "unhittable".
SOOZE's query regarding Brian Duensing's probability of making the team in '10 prompted ESPN.com's Rob Neyer to comment. Neyer's take? Don't get too attached. Yes, at 27-years-old, Duensing's opportunities to latch on are thinning. Yes, it's hard to expect the sustained performance over the course of 30 starts like he did in his nine in '09. Liriano's re-emergence has made Duensing's climb that much more difficult but the lefty has a better track record than Neyer's citation of record and ERA (two of the worst statistics to use for future performance, by the way). Although his strikeout numbers are fairly muted, in the past three season, Duensing's FIP has been decent and is a groundball-oriented pitcher (50% GB in the minors, 45.5% in majors).
According to Susan Slusser, the Oakland A's beat writer, pitcher Brett Tomko signed a minor league deal with the A's but received a comparable offer from the Minnesota Twins before ultimately deciding to remain in California. After being released by the Yankees in July following several bad stints out of the bullpen, the A's picked him up and used him as a starter. In six starts, Tomko was 4-1 with a 2.95 in 36.2 innings with a 22/6 K/BB rate. His success in Oakland coincided with a paring back of his changeup and an increased use of his split-finger. Even so, at 37-years-old in 2010, the chances of him repeating those numbers in a bigger sampling are slim.
Fellow TwinsCentric members John Bonnes and Nick Nelson were on the AM1500 with Darren Wolfson for an hour on Sunday discussing some of the pressing Twins topics. On the subject of the prodigal Jacque Jones, Wolfson provided some insight from last year's spring training when Wolfson was covering the sport for CBS and Jones was in camp with the Reds. Said Wolfson on the show: "He's done." It is hard to believe that Jones could bounce from being finished in the majors to making enough progress in the Mexican and Independent Leagues to return to form.
Former Twins catcher Chad Moeller gives his reflections on catching two of the organization's top pitchers in the past two decades: Johan Santana and Brad Radke. Moeller caught the duo in 2000 and was really only their receiver for roughly 300 hitters between the pair, so his insights probably are not that particularly insightful. The life-long backup catcher caught in the Twins organization from 1996 (after he was drafted in the seventh round following an ACL tear in his last college game) until being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in March of 2001. You have to credit Moeller for carving out a decent niche as a backstop caddy and collecting a steady paycheck despite being unable to hit his weight (210) from 2004 to 2009 (.209).
Speaking of former Twins, according to a New York Post article on baseball's code, back in a 2006 Twins-Red Sox match-up at the Metrodome, center fielder Torii Hunter took a hack at a 3-0 fastball in spite of a 8-1 Twins lead. In order to avoid an all-out beanball war, after the game Ron Gardenhire dragged Hunter to a laundry room to meet with Sox manager Terry Francona to explain that the unspoken infraction was due to Hunter's "inattentiveness" rather than attempting to run up the score (or pad his stats).
After playing host to a significant number of teams in the spring, Florida's numbers have begun to dwindle as government-financed complexes in the Arizona desert have lured away teams in recent years. With the Phoenix-area constructing new facilities on a seemingly annual basis, the numbers between teams in the Grapefruit League (Florida) and the Cactus League (Arizona) is now 15-15 between the two states when it was 22-8 in favor of Florida as recently as 1998. The likelihood that the Twins relocate any time soon is minimal. In addition to a strong presence of Minnesota residents that either vacation or retire in the Fort Myers area, the franchise has spent almost every winter conditioning in Florida since 1936 (with the exception of the World War II years).
At the risk of reporting something that will potentially detract from the TwinsCentric Viewing Party at Major's in Apple Valley on March 13, the Twins and Target Corporation will also be opening Target Plaza outside of the new ballpark on the same date.


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Hi, im a newbye on java programming and i've been experimenting with netbeans ide and i succesfully make a little chat. I've been using SSL without knowing really good how it works but everything went ok. Today was the great day, the chat was fully functionable with a pretty good stability and even can handle private messages on different windows.. time to test!
But if i try to run directly the code from the this folder.. the server isn't capable of connect. I thought it could be that the jar can find the key of the SSL connection, but don't know where to store it or that's not the problem... :S
Any clue of what are the steps i must follow to find my problem?
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Tony Stewart sprint car wreck leaves young female driver injured
Tony Stewart took the blame for a wild sprint-car accident Tuesday night at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park that has left a young driver hospitalized with a back injury.
Stewart tried to make a pass on a restart in the middle of a three-way battle for third. Several cars were involved, and 19-year-old Alysha Ruggles' car went airborne after it hit the wheels of another car.
Ruggles was later taken to a local hospital by her mother, according to the track's Facebook page. Her father finished fifth in the race, according to the (Rochester) Democrat and Chronicle.
An updated statement on the track Facebook page indicated Ruggles has a fracture in her back.
"The brace has helped stabilize the fracture, and Alysha is up and walking around," the track said in its statement.
Stewart was not injured in the race, which was for winged sprint cars with 360-cubic inch engines on the half-mile slightly banked dirt oval.
"I have never seen anything this bad in a sprint car race, I don't think, or this many cars being taken out in one wreck," driver Mike Stelter told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "At least Tony Stewart manned up and said he caused the wreck.
"He tried to put the car where it didn't belong. He said it was his fault for trying to force the issue, I guess is a good way to say it."


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iancanton wrote:
cairnswk wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:In regards to Southland, even if it is in a corner, it seems hard for me to say it is equally valuable as Auckland and Wellington, it seems worth more.
Andy, i kinda agree about Southland, i think it's worth +4 - it has 8 territories, 3 of which are natural borders, and 1 of those is a black plane being able to be assaulted from 4 other terrs, effectively giving it 7 bordering terrs that can attack it.
my main point of reference is classic north america, which has one more region, but is attacked by only 3 bonus zones instead of 5. i agree that all 3 borders being connected is not enough advantage to reduce the bonus by 1, so +4 (excluding the tiki) is appropriate.
OK. that's agreed. +4 for Southland.
cairnswk wrote:Before i go further, and i appologise to any who has already suggested it, does anyone want to split Canterbury...re-exmaing the regions now it is simply too large.
What about a split Ashburton-Mt Hutt and Selwyn?
if u want to split canterbury into north and south, then that's the logical place to do it.
OK, i'll do that and see what the bonuses are.
by the way, i really dislike the mouths of the rivers being closed off instead of running into the ocean.
yes, that will be fixed in graphics one i discover how to do it in Illustrator easily with the gradient tool
btw ian, i am asking you to re-examine the sea link Whanganui to Coromandel...
previously Gillipig proposed this link
For gameplay reasons Northland and Auckland held together needs to have 3 borders! Otherwise in 1v1 games it'll only be about who can hold those bonuses. I suggest making a dotted connection between Whangerei and Coromandel.
so my question is...should this link still be removed on the above...?


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It is not enough to just like Nicki Minaj, you have to pick sides as well. Minaj's fanbase has its own spectrum of pop ideologies: at one extreme are the hip-hop fanatics that speak of the glorious mixtape heydays; at the other pop conservatives staunchly defending her club hits; and cowering somewhere in between are those that like her R&B jams. That's not really true of course, there are no summits where fractions of her supporters meet to try and work things out. But even so, it seems like we're stuck in a stalemate when it comes to Minaj, tirelessly rehearsing arguments about these schisms. Not even she is taking the distinctions all that seriously: "Nicki, Pop! Only thing that's pop is my endorsement ops".
Can we talk about Minaj's Grammy Award's performance for a second? It takes the opening track of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 'Roman Holiday', and dramatizes it into a ridiculous, badly acted, rap-opera re-enactment of that Exorcist scene. Obviously the whole thing was, with its breakdancing clergy and levitating Roman Zolanski (her 'twin brother', keep up), not quite as weird as it wanted to be but undeniably fun. That is exactly what the first few tracks on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded are. Even if the alter egos of the Zolanski family (the Limey mother, younger sister and prodigal son Roman) are becoming less and less characters and more an excuse for weird vocal inflections and an occasional change of pitch, they are still a joy to hear.
For an international chart-topping album to open with possessed carol singing ("Oh come oh ye faithful / joyful and triumphant / I am Roman Zolan-sk-i") is quite something. Even more unexpected is the line on the following track 'Come on a Cone'. In an epiphany of sorts, Minaj cuts the music and, like an X Factor audition try hard, wails "Put my dick in your faceee ye-e-yeah". Other than these few tracks, there is barely enough of Mr Zolanski to merit the album's subtitle. Which is shame as a half-Russian, closet homosexual man, with an oppressive homophobic mother is about an interesting choice of rap persona as they get. It certainly raises more gender and sexuality issues than a single review could tackle. Thankfully even when the 'character' is dropped, Minaj, mostly, doesn't let up: taunting opponents (more often then not Lil' Kim) to the Juke beat of 'Stupid Hoe' and tearing up the road with the battle cry of 'HOV Lane'.
With the array of producers on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, the backing instrumentals have a multiple personal disorder of their own. It's an odd mix of sparse, radar blips ('Beez In The Trap'), gunshots and snares ('Roman Reloaded'), Euro pop ('Starships') and trashy electro ('Pound The Alarm'). Minaj has always been about dressing-up, much like the Barbie doll that she has adopted as her icon, and here she dons almost every musical style of contemporary pop that there is. Surprisingly this works, but only with songs are as eccentric and excessive as Minaj. So when 'Pound the Alarm' commands you in its over-the-top robo-female voice to do as the song title asks, you almost feel obliged to comply. 'Starships' is the successor to 'Superbass' but somehow with even more sugar. Perhaps the only exception to this rule is 'Champion', a slow burner dedicated to a lost nephew and single mothers, the only convincing heartfelt moment on the album.
Those songs that don't succeed don't really have Nicki Minaj in mind. 'Whip It' is like a pastiche of Rhianna with all the faux S&M, euphemisms way past being subtle, and even trademark "na na na"s. On a similar note, 'Sex in the Lounge' is beyond awful, as well as being the most uninteresting and timid choice of location for intercourse in the whole history of RnB sex songs. Worst yet are the dreary 'serious' numbers like 'Young Forever' and 'Marilyn Monroe'. 'Automatic' – about a Nicki-bot that malfunctions and dances out of her control – will make you wish someone would find her darn reset button.
Pink Friday: Roman's Revenge begins with Mrs Zolanski ordering "Take your medication Roman, you need to know your station Roman, some alterations on your clothes and your brain". Are we meant to read this as an allegory for Minaj herself, placed in straightjacket and denied artistic control? It's obvious from the more absurd moments of Pink Friday: Roman's Revenge that Minaj doesn't fit that clichéd narrative. She does as she pleases, and she could have defined herself by her weirdness, but chooses instead to experiment with a number of other pop (excuse the wanky term) tropes. Pink Friday: Roman's Revenge isn't bad because of Minaj's cross-dressing it is bad because she often tries on some very banal, characterless outfits.
5Adam Bychawski's Score


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This creamy pumpkin soup is delicious as an easy weeknight meal or an elegant starter soup for your holiday dinners!
I'll just be right out with it – this pumpkin soup is the best soup I've ever made! It's creamy, velvety smooth and delicious with a pile of tasty toppings like chopped bacon, sour cream, herbs and a few fresh shavings of Parmesan cheese. Or, heck, leave out the toppings and enjoy it as-is. You'll love it!
I've made it as an easy weeknight dinner with a salad and garlic bread (great for dipping!), and also as a fancy schmancy Thanksgiving starter. This scrumptious soup would be right at home on any Christmas dinner table, too. It's a great make-ahead meal on its own, or something delicious to start holiday guests' meal off on the right foot… just remind them to save their appetites!
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Creamy Pumpkin Soup
Yield: Makes 4-5 servings
① 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
② 1/2 tsp. salt
③ 2 cups pumpkin puree
④ 1/2 cup chopped onion
⑤ 1/2 tsp. chopped fresh thyme
⑥ 1 clove garlic, minced
⑦ 6 whole black peppercorns
⑧ 1/2 tsp. freshly ground ginger
⑨ 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
⑩ 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
4-5 pieces cooked bacon, chopped
Freshly grated Parmesan
Sour cream
In a large pot, combine ingredients 1-10 and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, uncovered.
Using a food processor or blender, puree soup in small batches (1 cup at a time). Or, use an immersion blender to blend right in the pot. Return soup to pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Remove from heat and stir in heavy cream.
Pour into serving bowls. If desired, top with chopped cooked bacon, Parmesan and/or sour cream.
Adapted from AllRecipes.com


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Press Forward, Saints
31243, Hymns, Press Forward, Saints, no. 81
1. Press forward, Saints, with steadfast faith in Christ,
With hope's bright flame alight in heart and mind,
With love of God and love of all mankind.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. Press forward, feasting on the word of Christ.
Receive his name, rejoicing in his might.
Come unto God; find everlasting light.
3. Press on, enduring in the ways of Christ.
His love proclaim thru days of mortal strife.
Thus saith our God: "Ye have eternal life!"
Text: Marvin K. Gardner, b. 1952; based on 2 Nephi 31:20. © 1985 IRI
Music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1985 IRI


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