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- Scholarship as a conversation
- Research as inquiry
- Format as process
From conversations on Twitter, Andy Burkhardt made a great post about how he has implemented "Research as inquiry" in his instruction. These practical examples are so helpful in understanding such a theoretical framework. Since I have been pushing research as conversation, or "Scholarship as conversation," in my own teaching, I thought I would share what I have done as well (for reference, I wrote about my initial thoughts on the new draft framework in a previous post).
Credit course and scaffolding
We have since paused our for-credit courses at the library, but in the last two sessions, I scaffolded research as conversation throughout the semester. I started off with introducing the concept, then made greater analogies to other modules, and in the end, had students create a short, animated video or comic strip (or script if they were not feeling visuals) illustrating a facet of research as conversation. (And this course is where we initially started using digital badges, as a side-note).
Searching online communities
In the fall, I had two additional opportunities of note to use scholarship as conversation, but also the other two threshold concepts. In a course in the UA's new eSociety program, my colleague, Leslie Sult, and I collaborated with the instructor to develop an in class activity and assignment. Students were researching a current event in a variety of formats/online communities (social media, local news, national/international news, news blogs, etc.), and the instructor wanted her students to do some critical thinking in groups to evaluate information and think about bias and point-of-view. I came up with the worksheet below, and we wound up having some great conversations as each group presented on their resource (YouTube and Twitter were especially interesting):
And additional questions we asked to coincide with the worksheet, after a brief lecture on related issues was delivered, included:
- Open versus closed community: impact? E.g., Facebook closed vs Twitter open – algorithms on Fbook and Google search when signed in (stay in the echo chamber)
- Primary versus secondary sources: what is the difference and when might you use either?
- How are messages changed/altered when they are retweeted or shared? Is anything lost? (like playing telephone), how do you account for this in searching? How do you know what part of the message is accurate? Methods for this
- Search strategies and tools: hashtags, groups, slang, memes, etc.
- Trolling: how does it affect communities and how might it change your search strategy?
- How do you know if someone is trolling a group or a topic discussion? Does trolling have significance in your search? Should you seek it out or ignore it?
- Back to whose voices are heard? What might the effect of being in the "echo chamber" do to whose voices you hear personally? What search strategies could you use to get out of the echo chamber?
The learning outcomes based on the instructor's course learning outcomes in conjunction with Leslie's and my goals for library instruction were the following:
- Engage in a focused process of inquiry within an assigned online community in order to articulate the ways in which online communities function across contexts in contemporary life
- Strategically access and evaluate information via search in an assigned online community in order to recognize various perspectives including rhetorical, philosophical, historical, sociological, and psychological viewpoints
- Develop insight into the ethical aspects of information creation, use, access, and durability in order to be conscious of many group-related issues and practices relative to the use of computing technologies to facilitate group collaboration
Student athletes and avoiding plagiarismWhen working with student athletes later in the semester, I more literally included scholarship as a conversation into my instructional design for a session I collaborated on with the Director of the athletes' writing center and my colleague, Niamh Wallace. I started the session talking about the process of research to frame positive uses of citations (how they help a conversation) and the negative effects of plagiarism, accidental or not (how they harm a conversation). To illustrate the concept in their minds first, I read them Burke's Unending Conversation Metaphor that I slightly adapted to more modern language they could relate to. I asked them to close their eyes and....
Imagine that you enter a party. You come late. When you arrive, others have been there long before you, and are engaged in a heated discussion, a discussion too heated for them to pause and fill you in. In fact, the discussion had already begun long before any of them got there, so that no one present is qualified to retrace for you all the steps that had gone before. You listen for a while, until you decide that you get the gist of the argument and join in. Someone answers; you respond; another comes to your defense; another aligns against you, to either the embarrassment or gratification of your opponent, depending on the quality of your ally's assistance. However, the discussion is endless. It's getting late, so you have to take off. And you leave, with the discussion still vigorously in progress.Marisa (Director of writing center) incorporated a short lecture on how to write well when using other people's ideas, and as a hands-on activity had students write about their thoughts based on what we had presented to them (having them cite us). Then, using game design for this session, the theme was the "Citation Olympics," and we had students compete in groups for prizes as they learned content. Our format was introduce concept > practice > compete in the Citation Olympics at the end. Each module was a "sport," essentially. Here is a copy of the PPT we used to guide the session for a better idea (though much detail still gets left out from not including lecture notes).
Workshop on avoiding plagiarism for student athletes from Nicole Pagowsky
Anyhow, thought it might be helpful to share, and I hope to see how others have been teaching these concepts to gain a better understanding of how the new framework can be put into practice.
Anyhow, thought it might be helpful to share, and I hope to see how others have been teaching these concepts to gain a better understanding of how the new framework can be put into practice.

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Arsenal bounces back at West Ham
Theo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal fought back to win 3-1 at West Ham and halt a three-game winless run in the Premier League.
With three Barclays Premier League matches in six days before facing rivals Tottenham in the FA Cup, anything but victory in east London would have been a huge blow for the Gunners. It was a task Arsene Wenger's men responded to manfully, recovering from going a goal down against the run of play to triumph 3-1 at Upton Park.
This was not a victory without worrying moments, though, with Carlton Cole making the most of a Wojciech Szczesny mistake to put the Hammers ahead moments into the second half. It began a spell of pressure that belied West Ham's insipid first-half display, but it was brought to an abrupt end when Walcott's shot somehow evaded Adrian.
The England forward then headed home three minutes later to turn the game on its head, with substitute Podolski wrapping up victory on his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury in August. The result saw Sam Allardyce's men slip into the drop zone and makes the January reinforcements promised by co-chairman David Sullivan look increasingly important.
West Ham had begun the match at an impressive tempo, but they were struggling to cope with the visitors on the counter. Arsenal's first chance came after seven minutes when Santi Cazorla, the only change from the side that faced Chelsea, ended a fine break with a shot James Collins did well to block.
There was no respite for the Hammers, though, with Bacary Sagna floating in a right-wing cross moments later and Olivier Giroud somehow failing to make contact. Wenger's side again came close in the 15th minute, with Adrian, playing ahead of Jussi Jaaskelainen, denying an impressive, if peculiar, Cazorla header from the edge of the box.
Arsenal counterpart Szczesny also had to be alert in the early stages to claw away a Mark Noble free-kick that had been floating into far corner. It was the Hammers' only chance of note until the 25th minute, when Diame burst forward on his own to unleash a long-range drive – rare respite for the struggling hosts.
Arsenal were remaining patient as they looked to turn their dominance into the opening goal, with Walcott coming close with a cushioned volley from a delicious Aaron Ramsey ball. Cazorla saw a left-footed drive drift just over as the visitors continued in the ascendancy, before Giroud somehow failed to make it four goals in three appearances against the Hammers when miscuing when put through on goal.
As if things were not already tough enough for the east Londoners, Allardyce was forced into a defensive reshuffle seven minutes before half-time after Collins sustained an injury. Unsurprisingly, the changes did little to stem the Arsenal tide.
Ramsey continued to prove a threat, Mikel Arteta flashed a half volley inches wide and then Giroud somehow missed the a drive cross from Kieran Gibbs. Arsenal should have been home and hosed by this point, yet their inability to score saw them behind less than a minute into the second half.
A tame Noble effort looked simple for Szczesny, yet the Arsenal goalkeeper inexplicably fumbled allowing Cole to slot home. It was a shocking goal to concede and one that seemed to boost West Ham. After Per Mertesacker saw appeals for handball, the visitors were caught napping at the back and Matt Jarvis forced Szczesny into action.
It did not stop there either, with Joey O'Brien heading wide after meeting a fine Diame ball from the right. Moments later Cole came closer still, meeting a fine Razvan Rat cross and prodding just wide under pressure.
Having recovered from the initial shock, Arsenal began to settle again as the match entered the final 30 minutes and only a goal-line clearance prevented Cazorla leveling. Adrian did fantastically to deny Mesut Ozil soon after, with the Spaniard recovering well having fumbled Cazorla's initial strike as the visitors upped the ante.
The former Betis goalkeeper atoned for that error, but paid for another costly lapse in the 68th minute. Walcott cut in from the right and unleashed a hopeful strike that slipped through Adrian's grasp, perhaps after taking the slightest deflection on its way through.
Three minutes later the match was turned on its head. Podolski, brought on after Ramsey took a knock, swung in a fine cross from the left and Walcott ghosted in to power home a header from close range. It was quite the impact by Podolski in his first appearance since Aug. 27, but looked like he would be denied a goal on his return after a good attempt was denied by Adrian.
There would be a goal for the German, however, as Giroud held up the ball for him to bury a strike into the bottom corner to put the game out of sight. Nicklas Bendtner, another substitute, put just wide as Arsenal threatened a fourth, but fortunately for West Ham it never arrived.
The Associated Press was used in this report.


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How you can say there is no internal Fault line that was used to wage this kind of insurgency? There was a fault Line. Justice system in Malakand Division has a very disturbing history. Till 1970s Pakistani system (Civil courts etc) were not there but Qazi system was there since centuries and PEOPLE of Malakand had no problem with that system. When judicial system of Pakistan (with which I also have many issues) was introduced there people rejected it because only thing it was not providing was JUSTICE but DELAYS. Then instead of correcting it or making courts responsible for making quick decisions FCR of FATA were extended to this area. People rejected it again. In 90s two Pakistani DEMOCRATICALLY elected governments introduced Nizam-e-Adal Regulations (In 1996 & 1999) but those were not implemented despite the promises. By 1999, people were literally out of control and began to got violent.Taliban were not there till this time but nevertheless a social and political active Fault Line in society was created. What we are seeing currently now is extension of this fault line which is jolted whole Pakistan.
Military Operations:
Well military operations are always an integral part of any counterinsurgency operation but if too much force will be used and too frequent force will be used insurgents will get used to it and they and their sponsors (US + India) will tell them how to adapt new tactics in response to military operations. Military must only be used when and where local people start realizing that insurgents are using their popular demand to fulfill some other agenda. NAR-2009 was a well calculated move by Government and Army and it also started to show its impact but delay in implementation has once again provide an opportunity to the insurgents (Talibans) to fool locals to get support.
Military operation was due in Swat and Bunner and I support current operation and hope Pakistani Army will show its real wrath to enemies of Pakistan. But I only has issue with the timing of initialization of this operation. Mr. Hallboruk was here along with Mullan when operation was launched. This again provide an excuse to the political parties in opposition and many other peoples to say that this operation was launched on US pressure.
I think intelligence is weakest area so far in all this counterinsurgency operation in Pakistan. Till now it would be great if Pakistan had captured or killed some real high value target like Muslim Khan or Fazalullah. This could had provide a much boost to forces and this could also prove a lethal moral blow to Taliban terrorists.
Media Wing:
I am sick of this ISPR guys now. I really have no idea what the hell they are doing? There must be some documentaries or at least some sort of web site to tell the nation about what is ACTUALLY happening on ground there in Swat and Bunner. Pakistan Army killed 21 suicide bombers during these operations but did out media pay any regards to military. NO; and they will never because army is not gonna pay them. Question is what those people are doing to whom army is paying every month (ISPR). A strong media management is more than CRITICAL in order to get support for forces from nation and tell the masses with whom Army is fighting.


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La Balance perfects sweet, savory
Classic French dishes and dessert treasures pulled together to near perfection
La Balance, a new French restaurant in the Cinco Ranch portion of Katy, is one of those establishments that reveals itself slowly rather than in one big, well-polished bang.
The faceted flame of light captured in a wine-glass stem might make you gaze upward to the boxy cascades of crystals that give this modest dining room its soft glow. They don't look like they were purchased from Chandeliers R Us.
And, in fact, they were not: Each arrow-straight string was hand-hung by a relative of the two men who put the place together, piece by piece, without so much as a single investor, chef Jose Hernandez and his front-of-the-house general, Manuel Atenco. That alone is remarkable in the city's frenzied restaurant market these days.
You might give a cursory glance to the lit pastry case that squats, somewhat out of place, to one side of the dining room. But a closer look reveals small treasures of a breathtaking excellence: a piercingly tart passionfruit tart swathed in furls of soft, singed meringue; a chocolate truffle that pulls your palate into a deep, dark vortex.
At first blush, the menu doesn't announce itself as anything different from the usual French suspects, either. Snails, steak frites, boeuf Bourguignon, the inevitable salmon and scallop dishes. Yet as you eat your way through this cautious document you realize the precision and discipline at work: the eloquent sauces; the beautiful plating; the long, melting braises; the impeccable pan-sears.
How did the garlic aioli with these hand-cut french fries acquire its ravishing fluffy texture and roundness of flavor, you might find yourself wondering, dipping into it again and again just to make sure it's as good as you think it is. And how did this deep-golden butternut squash soup arrive at the exact lively point of balance - the "La Balance" of the restaurant's title - between savory and sweet? Its interest level never flags, from the first bite to the last.
Such skill is all the more impressive considering chef Jose Hernandez made his mark in Houston as a pastry chef, first and foremost. The Mexico City native, who learned his trade at French hotel restaurants there, arrived from New York with chef Philippe Schmit to open Bistro Moderne in 2004. After it closed in 2007, he went on to posts at Aries, Gravitas and Kraftsmen Bakery.
After a two-year stint working back in New York for chefs Fabio Trabocchi and Laurent Tourondel, Hernandez returned to Houston to launch the pastry program at Philippe. From there, he went to avant garde Triniti as its founding chef de cuisine, working with Ryan Hildebrand on both sides of the aisle and establishing the pastry program as one of the city's most interesting.
At his own restaurant in Katy, Hernandez puts it all together: the sweet and the savory, the old-school French classics presented in a gently modern way.
It's tempting to say his little restaurant means Katy dining has come of age, but that depends on whether the affluent Cinco Ranch clientele will support this jewel in its midst. Four months in, weekend dinners are crowded, but weeknights and even the lovely Sunday brunches can be sparsely populated. Inside-the-Loop Houstonians have not, for the most part, discovered that La Balance is well worth the drive.
That should change. Hernandez's menu seems made for our chilly season. At the moment, there's something so right about popping these exceptionally tender snails with their haunting anise note of pastis buoying the hot garlic butter; or devouring a brass casserole of boeuf Bourguignon in long-braised short-rib form, its modest bath of red-wine reduction pulling meat and enoki mushrooms and carrot and pancetta all together into a darkly earthy whole.
Pork tenderloin cooked to a medium-rare pink at its heart appears with a marvelous heap of warm smoked-potato salad and a winy Bordelaise sauce rounded out by sweet-tart plum. Like the buttery, almost sherried vin jaune sauce that comes with a plump sausage-stuffed quail, this Bordelaise is so good that I found myself wishing for more of it. The contemporary plating style Hernandez uses confines sauces to swooshes or smears (or islanded drops), but he is such an accomplished saucier he could charge for sauceboats on the side. I'd gladly pay up.
I could spoon up the tart froth of hollandaise he uses on his brunch-menu eggs Benedict as if it were soup, I am not ashamed to say. It's a rendition of this warhorse that transcends cliché. Hernandez's duck dish has the same effect on me: with its tart, winy huckleberry sauce and its clever cabbage roll on the side, the slices of rosy breast take on new interest.
So do mussels Provencal that use Kalamata olives to add a brooding, briny note to a white-wine broth touched with tomato and garlic. It's subtle and different from any other version in town. Add well-made frites and that exceptional garlic aioli for full-bore mussel heaven.
Hernandez has a judicious touch with seafood in general, from his dewy halibut with cauliflower puree and brown butter, to the remarkably tender, springy lobster that inhabits a Cobb salad variant sparked with bacon and avocado.
An occasional idea may miss the mark, but it does so in an interesting way. Both foie gras preparations on the menu - seared or terrine - are daring and nicely executed. But the buttery-textured terrine is overmatched by a sweet pistachio sauce, to the point that its savor suffers. And the same holds true of the seared version, perched on lovely house-baked brioche: Its combo of orange marmalade and elegant bittersweet chocolate sauce turn out to be simply too sweet to let the foie gras shine.
"If this were dessert, I'd think it was fantastic," said a shrewd friend of mine as he puzzled over the chocolate and orange imbalance. He had a point.
The actual desserts here are far more of an attraction than they are in the usual Houston restaurant. A log of satiny hazelnut mousse gleams with dark chocolate, escorted by an oval of gentle caramel ice cream and translucent teardrops of tart passionfruit sauce. Squares of the softest angel food cake cavort with almond brittle, fresh strawberries and a cylinder of white chocolate mousse, with an oval of invigorating strawberry gelato nearby.
A dessert called Le Mafer appears as a square of velvety mousse layers: coffee and milk chocolate on a base of soft almond biscuit, with a shower of nut brittle adding textural interest. A small chocolate soufflé that requires 12 minutes' cooking time is the unflinching essence of the deepest bittersweet chocolate - with a little pitcher of hazelnut nougatine anglaise to sweeten things up for those so inclined.
Me, I could bask in that fine-textured bittersweetness unmediated.
La Balance was opened on a shoestring (for awhile there was no sign on its strip-center storefront), and the sketchy wine list is an unfortunate reflection of that. I hope with time and success it'll be able to broaden the selection to include more interesting medium-priced French wines from more interesting producers.
The by-the-glass choices don't live up to the food right now; Macon Lugny les Charmes and Entre Deux Mers may be agreeable in a bargain-shelf way, but Hernandez's food demands more. To that end, feel free to pester Atenco to see if he has any wines stashed away. I ended up with a fine curranty 2009 Chateau Anthonic Medoc one evening; and a very nice Chateau des Labourons Fleurie on another.
The service under consummate pro Atenco is welcoming and efficient, although younger staff are still on a learning curve about the food and may serve an array of French cheeses without telling you what's in front of you.
Do not leave without taking a prize or two home from that pastry case near the front door. I watch like a hawk in hopes that the little passionfruit meringue tarts will reappear, although I will settle for the delicate small lemon cheesecakes or the ethereal salted caramel macarons. And if you see tiny squares of sugared fruit jellies, snap them up. They are a pure, riveting display of Hernandez's growing skills.
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La Balance Cuisine
3 stars
Location: 20680 Westheimer Parkway No. 10, Katy; 281-206-7974
Hours: L: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Saturday; D: 4:30-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday; Brunch 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday
Credit cards: All major
Prices: starters $7-$18; entrees $14-$26; desserts $7-$9
Must-orders: Duck with cabbage and huckleberries; boeuf Bourguignon; pork tenderloin with plum Bordelaise and smoked potatoes; lobster salad; quail with vin jaune sauce; chocolate soufflé
Reservations: Recommended on weekends; walk-ins welcome
Noise level: quiet to moderate
Website: labalancecuisine.com


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Every year, millions of people find themselves craving a vacation from greater Los Angeles. Many of these people don't want to cross state lines or climb mountains or contend with deserts, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, redwoods, Gold Country or Mickey Mouse. Which leaves them facing this question: San Francisco or San Diego?
Or, as some people would phrase it: Think or swim?
It is a per-capita fact that one city has more surf shops and the other has more college graduates. But there's more to this choice than that.
One of these cities gives you reliable sun, a world-class zoo and kid-friendliness, accompanied by the occasional reminder that the 1982 film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was based on a true story.
The other city doesn't seem to care as much about your kids, but it will feed, entertain and edify you with such verve and sophistication that you'll barely notice the arctic breezes.
One is forever winning popularity contests, but the other is cheaper, has less crime and attracts more than twice as many overnight guests countywide.
One gave us "The Maltese Falcon," the other gave us Tony Hawk.
One is the cradle of hippiedom; the other is a major Navy port. (See stories online.) One is four times as densely occupied as the other, yet when it comes to hotels, they're almost dead even -- 226 in one city, 225 in the other.
One city has Balboa Park -- no, check that. Both have Balboa parks. But can you guess which Balboa Park once harbored a nudist colony? One has the Golden Gate Bridge; one has the Coronado Bridge. One points north to Marin County; one points south to Mexico. One has Market Street -- wait, both have Market streets. San Diego's is longer, and San Francisco's is scarier.
One city has a winning football team, and one has the 49ers. Both have losing baseball teams (if you count up the last three seasons), and both teams play in retro-flavored downtown ballparks near water's edge.
So if you're a weekend tourist, which is better?
I hereby submit that from dusk to dawn, San Francisco is better. Well, except from November through March, when it can get cold enough to frost your Irish coffee.
I further submit that from dawn to dusk, San Diego is better. Especially if you get outdoors a lot or you're a kid.
Oh, but San Francisco will be better July 22 to 25, when 126,000 Comic-Con people will clog downtown San Diego. And San Diego will be better Sept 19 to 23, when 45,000 people gather at San Francisco's convention center for the annual Oracle OpenWorld information technology conference.
To arrive at this richly nuanced answer, I made fresh visits to each city and weighed the data with absolute objectivity and seriousness, except for the parts that I goofed around with, which follow. Your results may vary.
Getting there
San Diego: To reach downtown S.D. from downtown Los Angeles, you'll probably drive. It's about 120 miles south, two hours on a great freeway day, four hours on a rotten one. Expect a round-trip gas bill of $36 if you get 20 miles per gallon and pay $3 a gallon. If you take Amtrak, it's a little less than three hours and $29 per adult each way.
San Francisco: From downtown L.A., drive north about 380 miles (round-trip gas bill: $114), six hours at best. Or you could fly, probably paying $100 to $200 for an LAX-SFO round trip. Amtrak? Too slow and complicated.
Getting around
S.D.: Sprawl with a pretty face. The San Diego Trolley takes you from downtown to Mission Valley or the border, but to reach the beach, you'll probably be driving. Taxi licenses? 1,222.
S.F.: Cable cars, BART, the Muni system and 1,432 licensed taxis working an entire city that's about 7 miles by 7 miles, give or take.
S.D.: Despite the great fish tacos, S.D. is rarely counted among the planet's best cities for eating. For 2010, the Forbes Travel Guide (which recently swallowed Mobil's influential restaurant-ranking operation) deemed 58 S.D. restaurants worthy of ranking. One got four stars, and one got five -- Addison, at the Grand del Mar hotel.
S.F.: Is always popping up on somebody's list of world's best restaurant cities. For 2010, the Forbes people deemed 125 S.F. restaurants worth ranking. Nine got four stars, and one received five: the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton.
The city as a muse
S.D.: Inspired Max Miller (who wrote the gritty 1932 novella "I Cover the Waterfront") and must have somehow influenced Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), who lived here about 40 years. Tom Waits ("San Diego Serenade"), Frank Zappa and Blink-182 played in their first bands here, and Jewel and the Stone Temple Pilots got big breaks. At the movies, it was either the set or inspiration for "Top Gun," "Traffic," "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Fast Times." On television, "Simon & Simon."
S.F.: Inspired Dashiell Hammett's detective novels (including "The Maltese Falcon"), Douglass Cross (who wrote the lyrics to "I Left My Heart . . . "), and many classic-rock performers, including the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Santana. At the movies, it was the set for "Dirty Harry," "Bullitt" and "Milk." On television, "The Streets of San Francisco" lingers in memory.
The college crowd
S.D.: The U.S. Census said that, in 2008, 40.7% of residents 25 or older had bachelor's degrees. San Diego State counts about 27,500 undergrads; UC San Diego counts about 22,500 and University of San Diego (a private Catholic university) counts about 5,100.
S.F.: The U.S. Census reported that, in 2008, 50.3% of residents 25 or older had bachelor's degrees. San Francisco State reports about 24,000 undergrads, UC San Francisco reports none (its more than 4,000 students are all grad students in medical subjects) and University of San Francisco (a private Catholic university) counts about 5,500.
The international crowd
S.D.: 25.5% foreign-born, by count of U.S. Census, 2008.
S.F.: 35.6% foreign-born, by count of U.S. Census, 2008.
The LGB crowd
S.D.: It's not just the Hillcrest area. One UCLA study in 2006 estimated gays, lesbians and bisexuals amounted to 6.8% of the city's population (source: the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, UCLA School of Law).
S.F.: It's not just the Castro. That 2006 UCLA study estimated that gays, lesbians and bisexuals amounted to 15.4% of the city's population.
What travelers say
S.D.: Eighth place in the 2009 Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice Award for favorite U.S. city, just behind Savannah, Ga., just ahead of Boston. Facebook travel fans as of mid-January: 56,858.
S.F.: Winner of 2009 Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice Award for favorite city in the U.S. Facebook travel fans as of mid-January: 123,908.
What travelers do
S.D.: In 2008, the county hosted 15.2 million overnight visitors and 15.9 million more day-trippers.
S.F.: In 2008, the city/county hosted 5.93 million overnight visitors and 10.5 million more day-trippers.
S.D.: San Diego's average high, year-round: 71. Average low: 57. About 9 to 10 inches of rain yearly. Yet locals know to expect June gloom. By one analysis of weather since the 1950s, May and June are the cloudiest months of the year.
S.F.: San Francisco's average high is 63, the average low 51. About 20 inches of rain yearly.
S.D.: The FBI's 2008 uniform crime report shows 6,047 violent crimes and 40,365 property crimes among 1.3 million residents.
S.F.: The FBI's 2008 uniform crime report shows 6,744 violent crimes and 36,301 property crimes among about three-quarters of a million residents.
The conventioneer factor
S.D.: Down south, 2010's three biggest conventions will be the annual Comic-Con July 22-25; ASR Trade Expo, an Aug. 14-16 gathering of sports apparel retailers (20,000 expected); and the Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 13-17 (36,000 expected).
S.F.: To the north, there's Oracle OpenWorld, Sept. 19-23; Semicon West for semiconductor equipment and materials people, July 13-15 (25,000 expected); and the Winter Fancy Food Show of the National Assn. for the Specialty Food Trade, Jan. 17-19 (19,000 expected).
S.D.: Once, this was Nixon country. But in 2008, San Diego County voted 54% to 44% for Obama-Biden over McCain-Palin. In fact, with its larger population, San Diego County delivered more than twice as many Obama votes as San Francisco County.
S.F.: Liberal nirvana. Barack Obama got 84% of presidential voters in 2008.
Lay of the land
S.D.: 1,256,951 residents (and growing) in the city's 324 square miles, said the U.S. Census Bureau in 2006. That's more than 3,800 people per square mile. (Countywide census figures from 2008 show 3,001,072 people in about 4,200 square miles.)
S.F.: 744,041 residents (and shrinking) in 46 square miles, said the U.S. Census Bureau in 2006. That's more than 16,000 people per square mile. (The city and county of San Francisco share boundaries.)
S.D.: In the city, 225 hotels and 37,425 rooms, by count of hotel trade analyst STR. In the first 11 months of 2009, the average room rate was $130.97.
S.F.: In the city, 226 hotels and 34,417 rooms, by count of hotel trade analyst STR. In the first 11 months of 2009, the average room rate was $147.46.
What's this on my hotel bill?
S.D.: Hotel tax is 10.5% if you're in a lodging with fewer than 70 rooms, or 12.5% if you're in a city hotel that's larger.
S.F.: Taken together, hotel taxes and a new "assessment" add up to 15% or 15.5%, depending on location.
What's that out in the water?
S.D.: On Coronado (an isthmus, not an island), a grand old hotel has held hundreds of guests at a time since the late 19th century. Annual number of tourists: more than 2 million.
S.F.: On Alcatraz, a gloomy old prison held hundreds of inmates at a time from the late 19th century until 1963. Annual number of tourists: 1.35 million.
Big green
S.D.: Balboa Park, 1,200 acres, includes the San Diego Zoo, more than a dozen museums, the Old Globe theater complex and a big, old, brown, wooden Botanical Building. There's also a butterfly habitat in Zoro Canyon that was a nudist colony during the Panama California Exposition of 1935.
S.F.: Golden Gate Park, 1,017 acres, includes the California Academy of Sciences, the De Young Museum and a big, old, white, wooden Conservatory of Flowers building. Also two windmills and a bison paddock.
Kid stuff
S.D.: The San Diego Zoo and the rest of Balboa Park. The Wild Animal Park in Escondido. SeaWorld San Diego. Legoland in nearby Carlsbad. The New Children's Museum downtown. All that tourist stuff around the Embarcadero. A 2008 study found that 19% of the county's hotel guests were traveling with children.
S.F.: The California Academy of Sciences and the rest of Golden Gate Park. Cable cars. The Exploratorium. The San Francisco Zoo. All that tourist stuff around Fisherman's Wharf. A 2004 study found that 8.7% of hotel guests were traveling with children.
S.D.: In Balboa Park, you find the S.D. Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Timken (Old Masters), the Mingei (folk art) and museums of natural history, man, science and aviation. Beyond, there's the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (in La Jolla and downtown), the Maritime Museum's waterfront Star of India, said to be the world's oldest active ship.
S.F.: The S.F. Museum of Modern Art, the De Young, the Legion of Honor and the Asian Art Museum get attention, but dozens more museums include a Jewish Museum, Cable Car Museum and Cartoon Art Museum.
S.D.: In the county, 70 miles of shoreline. Perhaps 150 surf shops, about 90 golf courses. The county's inland mountains often get snow (Julian), the desert gets wildflowers (especially Anza-Borrego Desert State Park) and there's four-wheeling in the dunes (especially Ocotillo Wells).
S.F.: Almost 30 miles of shoreline. Surf suitable for wetsuits. Fewer than 10 golf courses. Forty-three hills, by the visitor bureau's tally. Mt. Tamalpais and all the glories of Marin County await at the north end of Golden Gate Bridge.
Performing arts
S.D.: S.D. Symphony, S.D. Opera, the Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse.
S.F.: S.F. Symphony, S.F. Opera, American Conservatory Theater. (And across the bay, there's the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.)
Night life
S.D.: One entry on Esquire magazine's Best Bars in America list: the Bar at the Red Fox Steakhouse on El Cajon Boulevard. One entry on Beeradvocate.com's "Top 20 Beer Bars in America" list: O'Brien's American Pub on Convoy Street.
S.F.: Nine entries on Esquire magazine's latest Best Bars list: 21 Club, Alembic, Bourbon & Branch, Cantina, Tommy's Mexican Restaurant, Toronado, Tosca Cafe, Vesuvio, Zeitgeist. One entry on Beeradvocate.com's "Top 20 Beer Bars in America" list: Toronado.
Weird celebrity history
S.D.: After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp came here to buy real estate and saloons. In the 1930s, a local kid named Ted Williams caught on with the city's minor league baseball team, then went on to the majors.
S.F.: Ansel Adams, as a child of 4, broke his nose in the great earthquake of 1906. In the 1930s, a local kid named Joe DiMaggio caught on with the city's minor league baseball team, then went on to the majors.
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1. pertaining to a cauda.
2. situated more toward the cauda, or tail, than some specified reference point; away from the head.
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Pertaining to the tail.
Synonym(s): caudalis [TA]
[Mod. L. caudalis]
caudal/cau·dal/ (kaw´d'l)
1. pertaining to a cauda.
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adj. Anatomy
a. Of, at, or near the tail or hind parts; posterior: the caudal fin of a fish.
b. Situated beneath or on the underside; inferior.
2. Similar to a tail in form or function.
cau′dal·ly adv.
toward the distal end of the body or an inferior position.
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2. situated more towards the cauda, or tail, than some specified reference point; toward the inferior (in humans) or hinder (in animals) end of the body. See also posterior.
caudal anesthesia
a type of regional anesthesia in which the anesthetizing solution is injected into the caudal area of the spinal canal through the caudal end of the sacrum and tail. It affects the caudal nerve roots, and renders the cervix, vagina and perineum insensitive to pain.
caudal cervical instability
see wobbler syndrome. Called also caudal cervical malformation-malarticulation.
caudal cervical malformation/malarticulation
caudal cervical instability (see wobbler syndrome).
caudal fold test
the single intradermal (SID) fold tuberculin test for tuberculosis.
caudal impression of liver
the renal impression.
caudal sheath
part of the maturation process of spermatid to spermatozoa; a caudal sheath of microtubules develops at the caudal edge of the head cap. Called also manchette.
caudal tailfold
when the cow's tail is lifted there are two, rarely a single central, folds of skin from the edges of the ventral surface of the tail to beside the anus. The site of injection and a control for the single intradermal test. See also caudal fold test (above).
caudal tract
usually refers to the tubular part of the female genital tract.
caudal vena cava
see vena cava.
caudal vena caval thrombosis
thrombosis of the caudal vena cava arises from a hepatic abscess. The commonest result is the subsequent shedding of emboli and the development of a chronic pulmonary disease often terminated by massive pulmonary hemorrhage and bleeding to death through the mouth and nostrils. Others suffer a chronic course with anemia, dyspnea and persistent cough and are euthanatized because of cachexia and prolonged distress.


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If you are giving books as gifts this year or just trying to promote holiday reading, check out these free printable holiday bookmarks. You can give them out as prizes or gifts for students, include them along with book gifts, stuff them into stockings, use them as gift tags, or have them delivered by your resident elf.
these and nine other holiday-themed bookmarks.
Christmas bookmarks from Activity Village. This printable would be perfect for a library activity center.
If your students love telling corny jokes as much as mine do, you'll want to hop over to Nyla's Crafty Teaching to get this (and 11 more) cute, holiday joke bookmarks.
If you're looking for more, try these four free Christmas bookmarks I found last year or these holiday character bookmarks that can also stand in as tree ornaments or stick puppets.


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Freemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. Some have accused Masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. Instead of trying to understand "the Brotherhood," and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. For their part, Masons have deepened their traditional reticence in the face of these accusations, preferring to present themselves as an ordinary social club—which they are not.
This book contains a correct exposition of Masonry as a school of thought. The most important unifying influence among Masons is their philosophy—which can be best described according to such terms as "materialism" and "secular humanism." But, it is an errant philosophy based on false suppositions and flawed theories. This is the basic starting-point from which Masonry must be criticized.
It is necessary to point out from the start that such criticism is important, not only to inform non-Masons on the subject, but also to invite Masons themselves to see the truth. Of course, Masons, like everyone else, are free to choose for themselves, and can adopt whatever worldview they wish and to live in accordance with it. This is their natural right. But, others also have a right to expose their errors and to criticize them, and this is what this present book attempts to do.
We follow the same approach in our criticisms of other communities as well. Like the Jews for example. This book, in part, also deals with the history of Judaism and offers certain important criticisms. It must be pointed out that these have nothing to do with anti-Semitism or "Judeo-Masonic" conspiracy theories. Indeed, anti-Semitism is alien to a true Muslim. Jews are a people that at one time had been chosen by Allah and to whom He sent many prophets. Throughout history they suffered much cruelty, even being subjected to genocide, but they never abandoned their identity. In the Qur'an, Allah calls them, together with Christians, the People of the Book, and enjoins Muslims to treat them kindly and justly. But, a necessary part of this justice is to criticize the errant beliefs and practices of some of them, to show them the path to true righteousness. But of course, their right to live according to what they believe in and desire is beyond question.
Global Freemasonry sets out from this premise, and investigates critically Masonry's roots, as well as its aims and activities. In this book, the reader will also find a summary of the history of the Masons' struggle against the morality of theistic religions. Freemasons have played an important role in Europe's alienation from religious moral values, and in their place, founding of a new order based on the philosophies of materialism and secular humanism. We will also see how Masonry has been influential in the imposition of these dogmas to non-Western civilizations. Finally, we will discuss the methods Masonry has used to help establish and perpetuate a social order based on these dogmas. Their philosophy and the methods they use to establish this philosophy will be exposed and criticized.
In examining the atheist, Darwinist and materialist philosophy of Freemasonry, quotations from Masons' own reference works have been included. The reason for the inclusion of these expressions, which are incompatible with respect for Allah, the prophets, angels, holy scriptures and religious moral values, is that they represent important evidence revealing the true face of Freemasonry. Surely Allah, His holy messengers, the angels, holy scriptures and all spiritual values are beyond the expressions employed in such extracts.
It is hoped that the important facts related in this book will be a means whereby many, including Masons, will be able to look at the world with better awareness.
After reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many subjects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors.


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Parental Assistance Information Centers (V-D-16)
This program establishes school-linked or school-based parental information and resource centers that provide training, information, and support to parents, and to individuals and organizations that work with parents, to implement parental involvement strategies that lead to improvements in student academic achievement.
The research overwhelmingly demonstrates that parent involvement in children's learning is positively related to achievement. Further, the more intensively parents are involved in their children's learning, the more beneficial the achievement effects. This holds true for all types of parent involvement in children's learning and for all types and ages of students. Researchers also have found that the schools with the most successful parent involvement programs are those which offer parents a variety of ways to participate.
WHAT'S NEW--The No Child Left Behind Act
Focuses on What Works
- Requires grantees to use at least 30 percent of their awards to establish, expand, or operate Parents as Teachers,Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, or other early childhood parent education programs. Because parents are their children's first and most influential teachers, these programs help train parents in positive parenting skills, and provide the information and support that parents need to give their child a solid foundation for school success.
Reduces Bureaucracy and Increases Flexibility
- Authorizes centers to assist schools in meeting the Title I parental involvement requirements, developing school improvement plans, and coordinating family involvement initiatives.
Focuses on Academic Standards
- Emphasizes assisting parents in participating effectively in their children's education so that their children will meet state and local academic standards.
How It Works
The U.S. Department of Education awards competitive grants to nonprofit organizations and consortia of nonprofit organizations and school districts to establish school-linked or school-based parental information and resource centers. Grants are to be distributed to all geographic regions of the United States. The first $50 million of the amount appropriated is to be used for parent information and resource centers. Any amount above $50 million is to be split evenly between the parent information and resource centers and the local family information centers.
Key Requirements
Organizations or consortia receiving assistance under this program report annually on:
- The number of parents who receive information and training, disaggregated by minority and limited English proficient status.
- The types of training, information, and support provided.
- The strategies used to reach and serve parents who are minority, limited English proficient, or have limited literacy skills.
- The parental involvement policies and practices used by the center and an evaluation of whether the policies and practices are effective.
- The effectiveness of the parental involvement activities of districts and schools on student achievement.
How It Achieves Quality
Each organization or consortium submits to the secretary of education information on the effectiveness of the parental involvement activities that districts and schools are carrying out that lead to improved student and school academic achievement.
How Performance Is Measured
The performance of the program is measured through the annual data reported by grantees.


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Right, about time I got a trip report done I suppose. Can't believe it's already been a week since we were in the Phantasialand hotel, trying to sort food!
Haven't taken many photos and what I did take were on a phone so don't expect great quality!
Day 1 – Walibi
Started with a 1am alarm in order for me to get my half 2am coach to Bristol Airport. It was a weird feeling having breakfast while my housemates were still up and considering heading to bed!
Coach trip to airport went smoothly and caught my 6:20 flight to Schiphol no problem. Only hitch was that the self-check-in machine didn't want to work for me so had to queue for the only working machine! One positive of getting a flight at stupid o'clock was of getting to fly into the sunrise!
After finding my way through the huge airport that is Schiphol, I got to the meet point to find no-one I recognised. It was at this point I realised I had to set my phone up for roaming before I left so was completely out of signal. Eventually, someone I was recognised (Owain/Ploddish) turned up and we found the group together. I then opted to follow Sue to the hire car to find we had to get a shuttle bus to a location near(ish) the airport. Hire car was gained without too much faff and we were soon on our way to Walibi Holland!
Once at the park (and through the adventure that was getting to the overflow carpark), first impressions of the park were quite good and liked the pink fountain outside.
First ride was Xpress: Platform 13 which had an awesome queue line. I had heard stories of the queue line being more of a walkthrough attraction than an actual queue and it lived up to expectations. Unfortunately, other than the launch and first inversion, the ride was average at best. Good way to end my almost yearlong coaster drought though. (6/10)
Next up was the boomerang, Speed of Sound. The on-board music definitely helped this one but it is still a boomerang at the end of the day. (4/10)
The kiddie coaster Drako was done next. Not much to say really, one and done though. (1/10)
Next up was what everyone was waiting for, Lost gravity! This being my first modern Mack, I had a lot of expectations and I'm glad to say it lived up to them! First drop and airtime hill was fab and I always completely forgot about the dip before the MCBR. Wasn't expecting the huge difference the wings seats made, makes the first drop even better! Queue line was also great and didn't know the vibrating stairs existed until we were on them! (8/10)
While waiting for everyone to get off, I went and got my only souvenir of the trip, the mug from the €5 unlimited tea/coffee refills offer! Not great quality tea but definitely needed after getting up at 1am!
(Pictured on my desk at home after I got back)
After Lost Gravity, it was time for El Condor. Being the first SLC, I'd heard a lot of bad things about this and unfortunately, they turned out to be true. While not headbanging style rough, it just jerked about everywhere and at various times, sounded like it was going to fall apart! I knew it wasn't going to be great when it was bumpy leaving the station! (4/10)
Rapids were up next which had a funny design of boat, making them completely flexible. Allowed for a much greater level of wetness though than conventional rapid boats. I was in Richards boat so was fun watching him shout whenever any drop of water came near him! (6/10)
After navigating the parks really odd layout, we eventually made it to Goliath. Although it was only my 2nd proper hyper coaster (after the big one), I still felt it was lacking in many places, most noticeably the middle section with the giant helix. First drop and bunny hills were fun though and the whole ride was noticeably better in the back. (7/10)
(taken from Haunted Holidays queue) (Just noticed they've doubled up one of the supports as a mobile phone tower! Quite clever that…)
Robin Hood was up next. I am still trying to get my head round whoever thought it was a good idea to put Vekoma and Wooden Coaster together! Rough, airtimeless and rather uninspired layout. Still good enough for me to consider a reride though. (5/10)
Lunch break happened and most people (including me) ended up at the kebab place in the food court. It was quite nice but way overpriced for what it was and left me wanting more. Due to that, I got some chips to go with it (again overpriced) which was a decent sized portion and I mentioned to get free mayo! That did lead to getting my hands covered in mayo though when trying to reach the bottom chips from the container.
After lunch, the group split and I joined the group doing the mazes. I did every maze except the clinic and thought all of them were great. The theming in all of them was fantastic, especially the mine scene in the villa. A lot of jump scares were had from lots of unexpected positions. Think my favourite was the guy jumping out the Christmas tree in Haunted Holidays.The scare zones dotted around the park were also fab and very atmospheric, especially the pirate one and Game Over.
Once all mazes were done, the group reunited for some night rides on Goliath and used the free fast pass for Lost Gravity. Night definitely improves both rides but it had started to rain while we were queueing for Goliath so I spent most of the ride trying avoid the rain flying directly into my face.
After all that, there was a lot of faff since some of the group wanted to leave but some (including me) wanted to stay till the end. This took a while to sort and more faff was had when we realised we lost a member of the group! It soon turned out that he'd left with some of the group to head to the hotel without telling anyone.
Once that was sorted, me, sue and a few others opted for 1 final ride on Xpress. While still not brilliant, the ride is definitely improved at night. At some point, I took this photo of the big wheel over the main stage but can't remember when so leaving it here.
After Xpress, we left the park to head to the hotel but there was a huge queue to leave the carpark and then there was a road closure on the way! We eventually made it to the hotel for the night where I virtually immediately crashed out after being up for over 24hrs!
Overall thoughts: Ok park, wouldn't rush back but Halloween event is fantastic. Best atmosphere yet! (7/10)


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Environmental Enforcement
Environmental Enforcement protects humans, wildlife and the environment by responding to violations of environmental law. Environmental laws are there to protect our health and well-being, as well as our enjoyment of natural areas. There are rules governing how individuals, governments and companies can use natural resources, land, and common resources (such as air and water). Sometimes, these laws are broken, either deliberately or by accident. Environmental Enforcement officials monitor this system.
One responsibility of Enforcement officials is to help contain hazardous and non-hazardous spills, leakages, and other violations. If the offender does not take proper action to contain spills, or does not report an accident, Enforcement officials can issue fines or even arrest or sue the offender.
Other Enforcement officials protect something specific, such as a wildlife refuge, a protected wilderness area, or a wetland. They may enforce provisions of the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and other legislation.
The Academic Requirements
Environmental Enforcement is a relatively new field, so there aren't many academic programs devoted strictly to it. It is, however, an important component of many types of environmental majors, including environmental health, forestry, wildlife conservation, and environmental law.
Students interested in the field should learn about environmental laws and statutes, and how they are enforced at the national and local levels. Students will learn about the history and ethics behind environmental laws as well.
Here are some courses that we've seen:
- Environmental Law Enforcement Theories and Principles
- Resource Policy and Law
- Natural Resources and Public Relations
- Criminology
- Philosophy of Law
- Environmental Ethics
- Law and Legal Systems
- Environmental Policy
- General Biology
- Introduction to Fish and Wildlife
- Environmental Chemistry Testing and Analysis
- Environmental Conservation Outdoor Recreation Law
- Principles of Terrestrial and Aquatic Biology
Professional Outlook
Environmental Enforcement officers work with local, state and Federal agencies, or non-profit groups, to look for and correct environmental legislation violations. Traditionally, this has meant that officers monitor a potential violator (say, a power plant) and fine the company if they do violate the law. However, in today's economic climate, many states lack the funds to properly monitor all potential violators. Instead, many state environmental agencies have decided to work with companies to help them come into compliance without assessing penalties. It is hoped that companies will realize the economic benefits of compliance and voluntarily fix problems. For more information on this debate, please read http://progressiveregulation.org/perspectives/environEnforce.html.
Since there are many different branches of environmental enforcement, there are many different career paths one can pursue. Wildlife officers may work in forests, parks and other natural areas to monitor the protection of wildlife. These officers often work outside, and they may work with law enforcement officials to catch criminals, such as poachers.
Those monitoring pollution may tour plants, record and analyze data, collect samples, and present their findings in reports and conferences. This is a good field for environmental scientists and technicians. Although monitoring jobs require technical and scientific knowledge, most employers provide specific on-the-job training for your particular duties.
Some Environmental Enforcement professionals work in other countries, helping foreign environmental ministries establish sound enforcement policies.
Here are some job titles that we've seen, including some of the organizations that offer them, all of which included a requirement for experience in Population Studies:
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Population (Brown University)
- Environmental Enforcement Officer, (Hackney)
- Assistant Attorney General - Environmental Enforcement and Asbestos Litigation (Environmental Bureau of Chicago)
- Criminal Investigator/Special Agent, (US EPA)
- Special Agent, (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Conservation Scientists and Foresters
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, "DNREC's Environmental Enforcement Activities," 2004
- Environmental Protection Agency, Jobs
- Finger Lakes Community College, AAS degree in Natural Resource Conservation: Law Enforcement
- Gumtree, Jobs Page
- Illinois Attorney General, Job Posting
- International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
- Regional Environmental Enforcement Associations
- University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Minor in Environmental Law/Enforcement
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, Jobs


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Suicidal thoughts are quite common, and even people living good lives can experience them now and then. For many, suicidal thoughts are fleeting considerations, following which they bounce back to their everyday sense of self.
Others are haunted by these thoughts on a regular basis. The risk of committing suicide is increased for a person who begins to think often on how to do it.
Experts say the causes of suicide are varied. Suicide is associated with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mood and personality disorders, depression, sleep deprivation, work failure, and drug abuse. Another cause cited across all the suicide-prevention websites is the feeling of helplessness.
This feeling of being helpless (overwhelmed, trapped, and unable to cope) appears to be a universal emotional experience among people with either fleeting or persistent thoughts of suicide. According to MedicalNewsToday.com, suicidal thoughts tend to arise when people "are no longer able to cope with an overwhelming situation, which could be financial, the death of somebody they love, breaking up, or a devastating, debilitating illness."
An inner weakness in our psyche, one that goes largely undetected, produces the tendency for some people to collapse into helplessness. This weakness is sometimes felt quite acutely even by people coping with just everyday routine matters. We don't need to be facing life-or-death situations to experience this debilitating weakness. [Read more…]


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|Type of business
|Downtown, Vice City
VAJ Finance is an office building located in Downtown Vice City in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories renditions of Vice City.
The building is designed with a relatively unconventional U-shaped profile, and features an open plaza area in the ground level, centered around a poorly-textured globe. In addition, the rooftop of the building features a helipad, which can only be access from the air.
The plaza of the building is prominently featured in in GTA Vice City during "Recruitment Drive", serving as the location where Tommy Vercetti recruits Candy Suxxx, who is working as a prostitute, for as an actress for the pornography industry.
- GTA Vice City
- One rampage: In the doorway in the south part of the ground floor of the building.
- One hidden package: On the stone column of the statue on the ground floor of the building.
- "VAJ" might be a reference to a slang term for a vagina, "vag".
- The street in front of the building features parking meters that can be knocked over by a car for money in GTA Vice City.


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Miami Heat
LeBron James' late three-pointer, Ray Allen's 18 points helps Heat beat Grizzlies
At this point in the season, the Heat will take a win any way it can get it.
Miami has been stuck in neutral lately after only winning three of its past nine coming into Friday night's matchup with the Grizzlies. Heat center Chris Bosh observed that regular-season wins are sort of treated as routine on the outside, but he made it clear, they still have some meaning.
"Winning's still special to me and it needs to be to everyone here," Bosh said. "We're not going to play perfect games, we have to accept. If we're in a dogfight, we're in a dogfight, [we] just [need to] find a way to win."
For four quarters Friday, the two teams slugged it out and went toe-to-toe at the AmericanAirlines Arena in a playoff-style contest with gritty defense. Ultimately, Miami got one more bounce than Memphis in a 91-86 victory.
"When you play against a big team like this that can defend well, you have to be able to work the game and you have to manage all the emotions that go on with it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We were able to keep it close enough and went a run at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, we played our best basketball of the game on both ends."
It was a contest in which LeBron James did not steal the headlines early, only taking two shots in the first quarter and entering halftime with only two points. James admitted he is still battling the back issues that kept him out of Wednesday's game against Boston.
However, it was the reigning MVP who put the game on ice with a three-pointer with 24.8 seconds left. Ray Allen added a dunk with 14.1 seconds remaining.
The two teams have such contrasting styles of play and that showcased itself on the court. The Grizzlies dug in their heels and attacked the paint to the tune of 58 points. Miami relied heavily on its shooting prowess and hit seven three-pointers and only scored 34 points in the lane, many of those on floaters and jumpers from below the foul line.
Spoelstra said before the game he wanted his defense to be aggressive and physical with Memphis, and the Heat took it to a new level. Miami did a decent job at denying the ball from entering the hands of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph near the hoop. However, the Heat big men also picked up 11 fouls attempting to stifle Memphis down low.
But when it mattered most in the fourth quarter, Miami poured its heart out to deflect rebounds away or strip them away. Spoelstra certainly noticed the improved effort after a uneasy beginning.
"You don't go up against a frontline like that very often," Spoelstra said. "The way the game started with the offensive rebounds, I thought we were going in the wrong direction. In the fourth quarter, there were some great team rebounds and team efforts even if we didn't get it.
"That's what you have to do against the physicality."
Allen led the Heat with 18 points, and his shooting once again stole the show. He hit several clutch shots and continued his recent streak of good shooting night. Allen is averaging more than 18 points per game in his past five contests. Spoelstra said Allen understands the playoffs are approaching, but Bosh argues the streak is the result of the Heat starting to get Allen more looks.
"We're involving him a lot more, getting him some looks at the basket and putting him in a position to make plays," Bosh said. "It's working out for him really well.
"He's playing very well, we just have to catch up with him and, hopefully, before the season's over we can all be on the same page."
Randolph proved troublesome all night in the post with his size and ability to make jumpers with a hand in his face. He ended with 25 points and was dominant on the glass with 14 rebounds.
The Heat attempted to double team him later in the game and forced the ball to leave his hands earlier in the possession. Yet, Randolph continued to make the circus shots he has become known for over the taller defenders like Bosh. James said you may not be able to stop the shots where he doesn't jump, but it takes a team to help out and limit Randolph's effectiveness.
"He's a load," James said. "He's unbelievable with his hands, he's unbelievable anticipating where the ball is going to go. It's about carving out space and being proactive instead of reactive with him. It's a team effort."


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Week of May 6-12, As Told By Numbers
Weekly installment of the week that was, as told by the statistics from the baseball games themselves.
Brett Pill had 31 RBIs entering the week, an RBI number held in envy by the rest of the PCL as he was atop the leaderboard. Six games later, and Pill increased his RBI total to 47 RBIs after driving in 16 runs over the week. That is over 2.5 RBIs per game. If Pill only had his RBIs from this past week, he still would rank third on the Grizzlies.
Instead, Pill is leading all of baseball in RBIs, drawing affiliated baseball to drool over his gaudy RBI count. That includes Minors and Majors. The highest total in the MLB (though May 12) is Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers with 40. Pill had 40 midway through last Thursday's (May 9) game.
Kensuke Tanaka had six stolen bases entering the week, which were tied for the most on the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies second baseman then went on to steal 5 bases (in as many chances) to bump his season total to 11. His 11 stolen bases are tied for the third-most in the PCL (through May 12).
Tanaka has already nearly matched the Grizzlies' 2012 stolen base leader, Skyler Stromsmoe and his 13 steals.
Tanaka also had 13 stolen bases in all of 2012 with the Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan. The infielder has stolen as many as 34 stolen bases in a season (2010) during his career. He did have his 2011 season cut short due to a fracture in his left foot, which affected his 2012 campaign and ability to steal bases.
Heath Hembree entered the week tied for second in the PCL in saves, and he left the week as the league lead dog. The right-hander was a perfect 4-for-4 in save opportunities, although some of those saves were easier than others.
On May 10 at Nashville, Hembree entered the bottom of the 12th inning of an already long game (there was a one hour, 13 minute delay in the first pitch). The Grizzlies took the lead in the top half of the inning, but Hembree promptly allowed back-to-back singles to lead off the bottom half followed by a walk to load the bases. With the pressure turned up, Hembree locked in by striking out two and inducing a fly out to end the game unscathed.
In his other three outings during the week, Hembree did not allow a hit over 2 2/3 innings. (He did allow an inherited runner to score on May 7, but the run crossed home plate via a sacrifice fly. One cannot blame Hembree completely for doing what he was asked to do: get an out).
The Grizzlies finished the week on a three-game winning streak, and those three wins were not automatic wins either.
Each win in the three-game winning streak was of the come-from-behind nature. On May 10 at Nashville, the Grizzlies scored two runs in the top of the first — only to have that advantage evaporate when the Sounds tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom half of the first and later score one run in each the fourth and sixth innings. No fear, though, as the Grizzlies scored two runs in the seventh that forced extra-innings. The game turned out to be the longest for Fresno this season, but the wait was worth it as they walked away with a 5-4 win in 12 innings.
In the first game of the Memphis series on May 11, the Grizzlies shook off an early-game offensive slumber by breaking out for six runs in the sixth-inning. Pinch-hitter Chris Dominguez capped the frame with a three-run home run.
The next day, on May 12, the Grizzlies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. For the second time in three days, however, the Grizzlies allowed their opponent to flip the Grizzlies' advantage into a 4-2 lead of their own. The Grizzlies rallied by scoring two runs in the seventh to force extra innings (as they did two days earlier). The only difference in the May 12 game compared to May 10: the Grizzlies scored more than one run in extra-innings. On May 12, the Grizzlies made sure there was no hope for their opponent as Fresno scored three runs in the 11th inning of an eventual 7-4 win.
Chris Heston went 2-0 in his two starts this past week despite posting a 6.55 ERA (8er, 11.0ip). Welcome to the PCL. He did strike out 13 and walk two. The right-hander is fifth in the PCL in strikeouts with 42 through May 12.


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FOOD- THE DISH- Scratch and sniff: <i>Flavor</i> arrives, Stafford returns
"People seem to like its timeliness with regard to the growth of the local food movement," says Flavor magazine publisher Melissa Harris.
"People seem to like its timeliness with regard to the growth of the local food movement," says Flavor magazine publisher Melissa Harris.
Yes, there's a new flavor in town, but it won't be stimulating your taste buds as much as your brain. It arrived a little later than she planned, but publisher Melissa Harris' new magazine, Flavor, hit the stands last month, and it already has local foodies talking.
Glossy, about 55 pages, and packed with information about the Piedmont region's local food scene, Flavor, Harris hopes, will be "the place where you look for all things about sustainable agriculture and the local food movement."
That would include a regular column by Polyface Farms owner Joel Salatin, called Rebel with a Cause, musings on Malt Whiskey and fresh tomatoes, a feature on Charlottesville's own Carpe Donuts, wine reviews, lots of recipes, a winning essay from an eighth-grader on why we shouldn't take food for granted, and much more.
In the Fall, Harris says, she plans to put together a 36-page wine section, and although the magazine is quarterly now, she says she'll go monthly in 2009. In Charlottesville, the mag's available at places like Whole Foods, IY, Rev Soup, at any of the area's wineries and B&Bs; info is also available on the updated website, flavormags.com.
What's the reaction been so far?
"We're already been getting letters to the editor," she says. "People seem to like its timeliness with regard to the growth of the local food movement."
Indeed, we're chock-a-block with farmers markets, CSAs, wineries, and restaurants and stores committed to offering locally grown and raised food. And what better place than the Dish to get the skinny on the goodies that make us plump? Still, our food scene is big enough for a little more flavor, even the monthly glossy kind.
Custom crush: Winemaker returns to his roots
On August 2, famous local foodie Philip Stafford and his business partner, Michael Shaps of VA Vino fame, unveiled their new winery, Virginia Wineworks.
"The winery opening is a return of sorts to my Charlottesville roots," says Stafford, whose wife, Martha, recently opened the Charlottesville Cooking School in the Meadowbrook Shopping Center.
Stafford and Sandy McAdams (Daedalus Bookshop founder and resident genius) opened the C & O Restaurant in 1976, and in 1979 Stafford opened the Market Street Wine Shop. Eventually, Stafford moved to New York City to operate a wine import and distribution company. Stafford says he met with Shaps at C'ville Coffee about a year ago, and that's where the idea for Virginia Wineworks was born.
"Must have been strong coffee," he quips.
Why a winery?
"They relate to my ties to Charlottesville," says Stafford. "I think grape growing and winemaking have a great local benefit to a community, to my family– I have two young children, and I want them to see something being made."
And his own ambition?
"I think I can make a good wine at a good, affordable price," he says. "It's like cooking, which I also love– good ingredients and attention to detail."
The winery will be unique in at least one aspect, as Stafford and Shaps plan to be Virginia's first and finest "custom crush" facility.
"This means that if you wanted to make wine, we would either do it for you or instruct you in the process," explains Stafford. "We plan to do custom crush for individuals who want to experience winemaking in a hands-on way, and also for other grape-growers who don't have the facilities or equipment to make their own wine."
Visit the Winework's website at michaelshapswines.com, call 434-923-8314, or email email@example.com for information about tastings and tours.
Tapas alert!
The owners of Si Tapas, the trendy tapas restaurant in Richmond's Fan District, say they hope to open their Charlottesville location in the old Starr Hill Restaurant & Brewery space on West Main the first or second week of September. Stay tuned!
All this food news was first reported online. Check it out at readthehook.com/food/


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Author Notes: My grandmother (yes, I'm mentioning my grandmother again) used to cook her ever-present, giant ham by sticking it in the oven and pouring ginger ale over it every once in a while, as if it had won the Super Bowl. I decided to use a bottle of Matilda beer, a lovely fruity malty ale made here in Chicago, by Goose Island, with maple syrup for some extra sweetness. You'll probably have to special order the rind-on cut; I had a hard time getting one in Chicago, a.k.a Meatland. Strange. The ponderously long cooking time was inspired by The River Cottage Meat Book, a book that I find charmingly revolting. —EmilyNunn
Food52 Review: WHO: ENunn is a writer in Chicago.
WHAT: A tender pork shoulder that is the definition of "slow and low" -- it cooks for 18 hours!
HOW: After mixing up the fennel and garlic marinade, the roast goes in the oven and requires little work save some intermittent basting.
WHY WE LOVE IT: Whether you love crispy skin or falling-apart meat, this showstopper has something for everybody. —The Editors
Serves: up to 8
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 hrs 35 min
pounds bone-in, skin on pork shoulder (up to 8 pounds for more servings)
tablespoons fennel seeds, toasted, crushed
pieces garlic cloves, crushed
tablespoons kosher salt
cup olive oil
teaspoon cayenne pepper
teaspoon black pepper
cup grade b maple syrup
big bottle of Matilda, or another malty fruity ale
teaspoons malt vinegar
- After allowing the meat to come to room temperature, use a sharp knife to score the skin, making 1/2 inch stripes over entire surface. Preheat oven to 450. Toast fennel seeds in a skillet over medium heat, until fragrant (3 minutes); crush using mortar and pestle, set aside. Place garlic and salt in empty mortar mortar and grind together to make a paste. Slowly add olive oil, then sprinkle in cayenne, black pepper, fennel.
- Rub about 1/3 of the paste over the skinless side of the meat, then place skin side down on a roasting pan in lower third of oven. Cook for 30 minutes. Meanwhile stir the syrup and vinegar into the remaining paste.
- Turn the oven down to 225. Carefully flip the shoulder (use a clean towel), then use a rubber spatula to spread the remaining paste over the shoulder, pushing it into the scored skin.
- Return to oven and cook for 18 hours or longer (you can put it in the oven at bedtime and leave it in until you serve it as an early supper the next day, which is what I did; I just turned it all the way down to 150 for a couple of hours late in the afternoon), pouring 1/3 of the bottle of beer over it at several intervals, and basting with the drippings 2-3 times. Seriously. Before serving, turn up the heat to 450 for ten minutes if the skin is not crispy enough. Put it on a platter, and let people pull off pieces, like wild animals. They will fight over the skin.
- Serve with my Fresh Fennel and Red Pepper Chow-Chow (under "condiments"), and mashed sweet potatoes with apples. Leftover pork, Chow-Chow, and spicy mayo sandwich on ciabatta: very good idea.
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This is written with the complete newb in mind, so there are lots of pictures.
OverviewIf you have bricked your Wii or have a severe issue that is causing things not to work correctly, you may benefit from using the NAND formatter. This really should be your LAST option after all else fails, as there are some downsides/side effects.
Side effects
Although the NAND formatter is a great tool and can fix pretty much any software issue, there are some side effects.
After using the formatter, the file permissions on the NAND are not as they were originally from Nintendo. This generally isn't an issue, but if you are trying to format your Wii before sending the console to the Big N (not something I support, you voided the warranty by choice) they could possibly see this and reject your claim. Also Any Region Changer doesnt like these new permissions and will give you an error - ISFS_SETATTR -102.
If you wanted to region change a Wii that has been NAND formatted. You would need to reformat the Wii and create a setting.txt with the new region.
Formatting and Base System Menu 4.1 Installation
This guide assumes you have bootmii already installed as boot2 (you can do this with bootmii/IOS but its not recommended). If your Wii is bricked and bootmii ISN'T installed you need to follow Streamlinehd's guide, which is found here:
If you aren't capable of doing this or do not have the equipment, both me and Erikie can do this type of work (for a fee I should point out).
You CAN use this guide if you have bootmii as an IOS, but if anything goes wrong you won't be able to recover your Wii without a NAND programmer (or sending it to someone with one).
Now to the guide...
First, you will also need these files, download the right pack for the region of your Wii:
Click + to show download links
Other regions are to follow.
You also need the setting.txt creator.
The NAND formatter does have the option to read your existing setting.txt from the NAND, however if there is something wrong with it and you use it, you will still have a broken system. So, this tutorial covers creating a new setting.txt file using the above tool to cover all the bases.
Format your SD card and extract the pack you downloaded first from above onto your SD card.
The run SettingEdit and you will see this:
Select the correct Area for your Wii (matching the pack you downloaded above).
Edit the Model to match your region, which will be RVL-001(EUR) or RVL-001(USA) for most people here.
Leave both DVD and MPCH as the defaults.
Enter your Serno (serial number).
Select your Video mode and Game region (again, matching the pack you downloaded).
Once done, you should end up with something like this:
Now press Save and save it to the root of your SD card, make sure it is named "setting.txt".
When you are asked about encrypting the file or not you can press yes or no, the NAND formatter will detect which format it is in and encrypt it if required.
Put the SD card into the Wii and power it on, you will be welcomed with the Bootmii screen:
To navigate the bootmii menus, use the power button to scroll and reset to select. Scroll to the last option and select it to get into the NAND backup/restore section:
Select backup (first option):
Press start to begin, the NAND backup will complete in around 5 minutes:
Press any button to return:
Select the last option to return to the main menu and select the 3rd option which looks like an SD Card:
Scroll down to "NANDFO~1.ELF"
Once you start the formatter, it will greet you with the startup page, press A to continue (gamecube pad):
The formatter will now ask if you want to use the setting.txt from NAND or from the SD card, press B for SD card
The formatter will now display the serial number it read from within the setting.txt on the sd card, confirm this is correct and then press A and installation will start.
Once the installation has completed, the Wii will reboot.
You need to resync your Wiimote at this point, then you will get the setup just like when you first bought your Wii. Select your country, TV settings and name you Wii as normal.
Once the Wii has booted, you will just see the disk channel ONLY:
Installing the rest of the IOS's and Channels
You now need to insert a game with system menu 4.1 for your region:
(if you do not have a game with 4.1 on it or your disk drive is broken, skip to the next section)
Let the update run:
Once the update has completed, the Wii will reboot and you will have the full system menu:
Your Wii is now repaired/unbricked or what ever else was wrong in the first place. You can now softmod the Wii or do whatever else you intended to do.
If you do not have a game with 4.1 or your drive is broken
Thanks to streamlinehd for the below pack and instructions.
This pack is for use with the Nand Formatter for those of you who don't have an official game disc with SM 4.1. Loads via cBoot2, BannerBomb2 or HBC - Pack includes all standard IOS, MIOS, BC + Priiloader + DOP-Mii. Pack is configured to auto load IOS36 which is installed by the formatter.
MMM_IOS Pack_CB2_BB2.zip
Extract contents to freshly formatted SD card
Load MMM (CB2, BB2, HBC)
Choose Wad Manager
Choose to install all wads (press 1)
Make sure everything installs successfully
Install Priiloader (optional but recommended)
Choose App Manager -> Priiloader and the installer will start.
good to see this being launched for many of the new comers. thz.
Why do you have erikie's guide from Wiihacks linked here?
copy/paste as krafter (i think?) asked me to paste it over here. I did no error checking :P
so can i reformat the nand on my wii with this if i was using 4.3U before it was bricked? and will it just bring it back to 4.1u?
i tried it anyway and it worked lol i had bootmii already installed, im not sure if it was boot 2 or not(friends wii) but i dont have a disc and dont know how to load mmm, id appreciate it if u could tell me how, thanx in advance
nevermind i found out lol thanks again though


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South Dakota State's Spring Football Game Cancelled
Saturday's South Dakota State spring football game has become a causality of our late winter weather.
The conditions at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium are unplayable for Saturday afternoon. The continued wet weather has forced the Jackrabbits to hold several of their workouts indoors this season.
South Dakota State opens the regular season at home, Saturday, August 31st, against Butler.


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To the extent that he can reason at all, Donald T. Sterling must be staring at his vaulted ceilings these days and nodding grimly at the confirmation of what he always believed.
Winning is overrated.
As the NBA's Biggest Loser, Sterling was the incarnation of Herb Tarlek, the skirt-chasing ad salesman on "WKRP In Cincinnati," except that Tarlek had no business touch. Sterling was the leisure suit in the league's closet. His Clippers lost an average of 57.4 games in one 10-year span, played in the forlorn Sports Arena, and were a perfect tonic for visitors who had suffered a Laker air attack the previous night.
Sterling kept general manager Elgin Baylor through an epoch of shanked draft picks. He fired coaches more often than he changed cufflinks, and one of them, Bill Fitch, had to sue him to get his full pay.
Other owners were thankful for Sterling and a little envious, too, because he wasn't entrapped by the lure of winning. He cut corners on salaries and kept making money. He never budged from L.A. despite David Stern's frequent suggestions that he move to the nice new arena in Anaheim, with a hoop-hungry market. Turned out, he was much more savant than idiot.
So when he fired Baylor, and Baylor sued him for discrimination, and all kinds of vile things came into the public record, it didn't really matter.
When he was cited for very overt racial discrimination against the tenants of his apartment buildings and all those details emerged on the way to a settlement, that didn't matter either.
The league thought it was fine, and no player suggested a boycott, and Sterling, who didn't talk to newspaper folk, kept bolstering the newspaper industry with his advertisements to himself, and his NAACP awards.
The Clippers were high satire back then.
Billy Crystal was always there, if only to make people ask, "What's Billy Crystal doing here?"
Benoit Benjamin was a 7-foot tribute to disinterest. The front office agreed to trade Danny Manning to Miami for Glen Rice, but Sterling, claiming he had just dreamed Manning had led the Clippers to a championship, scuttled the deal with Manning en route to the airport.
Those who did not care enough to come were entertained by Ralph Lawler, then and now the consummate play-by-play man, and Bill Walton, as Himself. One night Washington's Hubert Davis was torching the Clippers from everywhere, and Walton rumbled, "Ralph, the Clippers should realize that Hubert Dagis is right-handed. And probably will be, the rest of the game."
Then it changed. Sterling became one of three sporting tenants at the glorious new Staples Center. He wound up with basketball people who knew what they were doing. They picked Blake Griffin first-overall, and after the usual knee injury that signified Clippers luck back then, Griffin finally played, and showed he was not Darius Miles or Lorenzen Wright or Michael Olowakandi.
Money cascaded. The Clippers built a beautiful training center (as the Lakers were sharing a building with the Kings). Chris Paul arrived. Winning arrived. Doc Rivers arrived. And now Sterling wasn't the mascot anymore.
It was no longer funny when Sterling upbraided his players from midcourt. It was no longer just a sad commentary when Sterling balked at paying for an assistant coach's prostate cancer surgery.
And when Sterling said pretty much the same things about minorities as he always has, except in a surreptitiously recorded conversation with one of the many loves of his life, you know what happened next.
Shelly Sterling won the right to sell the Clippers to Steve Ballmer. Sterling still has a lawsuit pending against the NBA, which stripped him of the team, and he will hold onto this rope as long as he can, but it looks as if he will finally be hurt by his instincts.
Adam Silver, who followed Stern as commissioner, might win the Nobel Peace Prize for ejecting Sterling, but he had little choice. The other owners were united, and the players were threatening a boycott, and any free agent who did consider the Clippers would probably be ostracized. And the corporate sponsors, who didn't exist in the Sports Arena days, weren't happy.
New Clippers CEO Dick Parsons warned the jurors last week that Rivers and Paul might well leave the club if Sterling is still the owner. Parsons said that would be a "disaster."
Rivers was the leader he is expected to be when the Sterling tape emerged during the Clippers playoffs. But it might be just a bit disingenuous for Rivers and Paul to express shock here.
They must have known that Sterling was capable of saying 'black people smell and attract vermin," as he did in the housing discrimination trial. They must have known that Sam Cassell, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette had told Baylor that Sterling would bring women into the locker room and encourage them to look in the shower "at those beautiful black bodies."
They took Sterling's money anyway.
We've all heard that L.A. will not tolerate a loser, but we tolerated Sterling. We all know Stern's ferocity when dealing with the players' union, but he enabled Sterling. The league tried to punish him for leaving San Diego and coming to L.A., but when he threatened a major suit, it backed down. He never was worth the trouble.
Maybe the Clippers will win the 2015 NBA championship and Silver can present the trophy to Ballmer or Mrs. Sterling. Donald always wanted that moment for himself. But that would have required too much winning, and winning had its own high price.