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The opportunity to visit an old & abandoned cemetery that holds up to confederate 14 soldiers took place today. This cemetery is referenced in Mary Ann Messick's book, History of Baxter County: Centennial Edition. I recently spoke with Capt. Jeff Lewis of the Baxter County Sheriff's Department, and he gave me the name of the family, Eugene & Theresa Reed, who owns the farm and the plot of ground the fallen soldiers are buried. I have had the pleasure to get to know Eugene & Theresa. A few weeks ago, I visited with Eugene, and he graciously took me to place referenced.
In Mary Ann Messick's book, she says there were 14 Union soldiers that were buried here in 1864. I began looking though all the records available, and I didn't come up with a thing. Next, I went back to the year of 1862 and found something that worked as a springboard into what really happened. It is referenced in the Official Reports as the "Skirmish at Mountain Home."
|Wiggins Battery, Arkansas
Horse Artillery
standing at the head of the Confederate Cemetery.
On October the 16, 1862, the Union Cavalry of 250 men came through Mountain Home and raided the surrounding prairie farms & families of Rapp's Barrens or Tolbot's (Talbert's) Barrens. They stole at least 50 horses, 5 wagons, and plenty of provender. They also captured Major John Woodward Methvin, C.S.A., of the Arkansas 27th, Company A, at Col. Casey's house. Later that evening, they evacuated the area at 8 p.m. and moved out of town. They traveled a few miles out of town on Old Military Road and on to the prairie of Tucker Flats or Tucker Barrens. Today, we would call this section of road "Tucker Cemetery Road." About 2 o'clock a.m. on the 17th, at least 40 men of the Arkansas 27th approached the rear guard in an attack. In the melee, the Confederate lost 10-14 men in the battle and 25 were captured and take to Missouri.
I am currently working on the full story and timeline, and it will be published on this blog soon.
Today, along with the men from the Wiggins Battery, ArkansasHorse Artillery, and members of the Baxter County Historical and GenealogicalSociety, we went for a group visit where the slain had fallen.
John Crane dressed in Union Blues keeps guard over a few good Rebels.
It also should be noted, he was not too happy to don his Blues, but he graciously obliged.
Kevin Bodenhamer approaching at rear guard of an unsuspecting soldier.
A few people showed up with metal detectors & spades. Even though it has been more than 152 years since this skirmish, we did have a hope of finding some metal fragments. For the hour or two we spent, we only found remnants of wire, tin, and nails. Nevertheless, it was good to see the sight again. When looking over this rolling prairie, it is hard not to look back with admiration to the time when men would dedicate their lives for the values they held dear…even unto death.
I would still love to think those values are still lodged in the hills and prairies of our Ozark's History.
Group picture with Eugene Reed (center), the Wiggins Battery, and myself (left).


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Mohegans elect Army veteran chair of eastern Connecticut Tribal Council
UNCASVILLE >> A U.S. Army veteran has been elected chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Council in eastern Connecticut.
The Day of New London reports that Kevin Brown of Montville was elected Monday to lead the council that oversees the nearly 2,000-member tribe and its gaming enterprises. He retired from the Army as a colonel in 2011 after 24 years.
Brown took an oath of office as a council member and was elected chairman by the nine-member body. He succeeds Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum.
Tribal members elected Brown the council in August.
The 48-year-old Brown said he sees no new gaming projects beyond those already planned.
In addition to Mohegan Sun, the tribe's Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority operates Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and manages Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.
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Why the Markets Misread Bernanke
The Federal Reserve chairman's news conference a week ago was widely seen as a signal that the Fed is preparing to wean the economy off easy money. Not so, Capital columnist David Wessel argues. Photo: AP.
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... the ... stock and bond markets have been rocked after burning keys press conference last week suggested ... well something he suggested ... that ... the Fed would pull back on bond buying lots ... our markets putting words in his mouth that he didn't really say David Wessel think so David good morning ... morning ... so ... live Markets mis read ... Denver Nanking ... well I think Denver Nanking the lot of words into the system last week at his press conference on Wednesday ... and it was in that the market for words into his mouth is just a listen to one set of words ... decided he was hawkish decided that ... time the band was going to start pulling back on its bond buying in might even raise interest rates sooner than had been expected ... and it ignored the parts where the Fed chairman ... was pretty down mission said yes ... we are going to begin to wind down of bond buying but were very dependent on what happened to the economy and by the way we're not raising short-term interest rates for a long long time ... when you make ... we just that Paul beanie on sat in his argument is that ... the market is a misreading the said section diverse that the Fed is misreading ... the market when you make of that ... I stuck in a marriage counselor ... so look ... I think that ... all three are free to understand why the market does what it does ... in this case the market moved a lot ... on on a message from Ben Rene Kyi that I think the market misunderstood ... with one ... point two ... maybe the Fed should of been so surprise that the market did this after all ... rates have been extraordinarily well for a long time ... we know love there's a bit of froth in the markets ... in my column I point out that things were so giddy The Rwanda of all places was borrowing tenure money for six point eight seven five percent ... mean that studies to be kind of crazy it's the only grade a corporate ... borrowers and be able to borrow a ... so I'm ... the market may have been mispriced may have been ... tied to factored into much of all the troubles that we've seen ... and it was to prevent he became the excuse to move things too ... I'm ... approaching something closer to normal done so ... that the Fed was definitely surprised by the market ... so that suggests that though the Fed hadn't done all his homework ... and understanding where the market wants is the Fed it's really interesting you mention one day is just the latest it strikes me is the latest sign that ... we are seeing a lot of froth in the market Richard Fisher said look of a thirty year ... bond rally that can continue is the Fed ... almost in a box at this point because ... you have ... a market in the marketplace effectively making bets ... all and that ... what people call in you mention QE Infinity that they can never actually step back ... well um ... I don't think so I mean first of all I know there is some financial fraud to say there's a lot of things is overstating the evidence ... the prom is we're very sensitive to and for good reason as we saw that old drop can lead to a lot of froth and could lead to catastrophe ... secondly people been saying the Fed is in a box inside came to Washington in nineteen eighty seven ... so here's the deal ... the Fed has done extraordinary things bought is buying eighty five billion dollars ... of bonds a month it says is gonna wind that down there's no reason to doubt that the Fed is serious about winding it down ... or they'll be able to wine at home ... and insisted to that provided the economy gets better I think the interesting dynamic is if rates have gone up so much to mean the thirty year mortgages that this week was something like four point six percent to get a thirty year mortgage fixed rate ... if rates are going up so much that might actually serve as a break down the economy and that will lead the Fed to rethink its plans but was in the box they have a lot of flexibility ... they do have to worry about two different things one is financial stability ... and one is slow growth and low inflation and ... balancing those is tough ... but I don't think they're in a box it's a balance ok David Wessel thank you and everyone should check out your column this morning thank so


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One step closer to passing the Child Nutrition Act
Last year, a big the Slow Food USA was Time for Lunch, a campaign to get good, clean, and fair food into U.S. schools. (Slow Food Seacoast championed Time for Lunch in its 2009 National Day of Action event: preparing and planting salad gardens at Dover High School. Read the recap on our blog!) Late yesterday, the Senate passed theRead more


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For new pediatric care center, CHOP lands its largest gift ever: $50 million
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received its largest gift ever. The $50-million donation is going toward a big building with big ambitions.
"This is going to be a facility that others will come from around the country and around the world to study as the ideal outpatient pediatric experience," said Stuart Sullivan, CHOP's chief development officer.
Sullivan is talking about the newly named Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care.
About the building
Currently under construction, the colorful 12-story outpatient center will bring a plethora of services under one LEED Silver roof.
The $425-million building — set to open in late 2015 — will be named after the Buerger family, which runs the Coventry Group. The financial services company based in Fort Washington, Pa., buys life insurance policies from individuals and sells them as investment products.
Reid Buerger, 37, joined the hospital's board of trustees last fall.
"We are incredibly appreciative to the Buerger family," said Sullivan. "It's a transformational gift for the children that we treat."
The facility will feature top-of-the-line systems. Among other things, it will also feature an expansive roof garden on the fifth floor for both rehab opportunities and fresh air.
Sullivan says the center was designed with one thing in mind: The children who will go there to receive complex care, often for multiple appointments per visit.
"This building will put the patient at the center of the experience," Sullivan said, "and we look at that in terms of technology, in terms of the design of the building, in terms of just the aesthetics."
Initial announcement
The building is located on the site of the former Civic Center, across from the main CHOP building in University City. This is the first time CHOP has announced the project, although the steel frame of several floors is already in place.
Sullivan says it's the single largest project CHOP has ever undertaken, from a cost perspective.
"We've spent the better part of a decade designing this building and looking at other institutions and other hospital buildings around the country, and taking best practices from those buildings and then putting them in place with ours," Sullivan said.


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The map above is the basic route I will be following when I make my journey across these United States. You can click on any of these maps to enlarge them. I will leave Akron on June 15th and arrive in Knoxville later that day where I'll meet up with my dad and my sister. Then my dad and I will head for Dallas a little bit later. Maybe the next day. Maybe two days after. Maybe three. We don't know yet.
In order for me to make it to any venue that might want to have me, the venue would have to be able to schedule the talk for sometime after June 17th and definitely before the first week of July is over. We'd need to coordinate with the people in Las Cruces in case there's any conflict. And you'd have to be somewhere on or at least not too far off the route you see on the map above.
This may not work out at all. The time frame is short. It's really hard to say with these things. But if you're interested in trying, please send me an email at email@example.com.
I'm specifically looking for speaking gigs or one-day retreat type things. I probably can't accept your kind offer to meet up for coffee. I would consider places that might offer me a couch for the night, though we'd have to see if that kind of thing would work out with the schedule and what-not.
People in the comments section seem concerned about the new website, especially its comments section. I'm talking to the guy who is doing all the tech stuff about various options. I do like the free-form feel of the current comments section in principle. But in actual practice, it often just gets screwy in there. What I'm hoping to do is have some kind of free-form area of the new site where people can post whatever they like as well as an area where people who actually want to discuss serious stuff can go. I'm not sure if this will be possible or not. That's what most of the discussion last night was about.
Personally, the comments section can get very taxing for me. I don't think a lot of the commenters understand that I am an actual human being just like them. The mean nasty hurtful stuff does actually hurt me sometimes. If I were Rush Limbaugh or Howard Stern and I got paid big money to be the target of abuse by strangers, that would be a different matter. Or if I felt there was some way in which my being a punching bag helped the dharma somehow, that would also be different. Or even if I were just a guy who enjoys arguing with people... But I am none of these things. And other people get abused in there as well. It's really sad. So the comments section as it stands now often devolves into a big, depressing energy suck that has no value at all for me. Sorry to say this. But it's the truth.
It's not always that way. In fact sometimes it's really good and stimulating. But as it stands now it's just too prone to running itself into spasms of stupidity. I want to find a way to allow a good, stimulating space for real conversations to happen that I can involve myself in, while simultaneously having another section where people can go nuts. I would probably never even set foot in the go-nuts section .
I started moderating the comments section on the last post and all kinds of people are sending in comments screeching about "censorship" and "the truth." Look, folks. It's just the comments section of a blog. There's nothing in the Constitution guaranteeing you the right to vent in there. Please just try to relax a little. Maybe do some zazen instead. Or if you want a blog to vent on, start your own. It's easy and it's free. No one will stop you. No one will censor you or moderate you.
According to Blogger's statistics, over 52,000 comments have appeared on this blog since it started. Fifty two thousand! My God. That's a lot. A lot of people have used this space as a way to broadcast their opinions. And a lot have abused the privilege. The comments section of this blog is so notorious that Tricycle magazine singled it out in a piece called Dharma Wars about the way Buddhist blogging often gets out of hand. And they were right to do so. Some of what's gone on in the comments section of this blog is really shameful and embarrassing.
I have really done a lot to allow for an open forum. And it has come at a cost to me in headaches and heartaches. So please understand why the new website will be different in this regard.


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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Domari Gypsies carve out niche in Jerusalem
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Decades of conflict have sliced this region down the middle. But Amoun Sleem is one of those whose identity cannot be carefully placed on either side of the Green Line. "Palestinians feel different from me. But Israelis consider me Palestinian," she explains. I am neither – but am stuck in the middle between the two!"
Sleem is a
, an ethnic group of Gypsies who arrived from India, via Persia, in the 6
century. About two million are scattered around the Middle East, with twenty thousand living in Israel and the West Bank.
And although most Domari have integrated into the local Palestinian society – most are Muslim and all speak Arabic – they still preserve their distinctive culture.
Older Domari, for example,
their own language. They still make a unique kind of vibrant jewellery. Domari also have their own cuisine, which includes
, a type of fermented yoghurt found throughout central Asia, and have distinct surnames.
Sleem does much to protect this culture herself. In 1999, she founded the
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem
, dedicated to spreading public awareness about the rich history of the Domari people. For her part, Sleem grew up huddled together with about seventy other Domari families in the shadow of the Al-Aqsa mosque, in the heart of Jerusalem's old city.
But if preserving cultural heritage is an important part of Sleem's work, it is secondary to the centre's educational mission. "We face a lot of discrimination," she explains. "The children feel different in schools from the other Palestinian students, and are even discriminated against by the teachers. So they run away and do not finish their education."
This kind of discrimination is epitomised by the term
, the everyday Arabic word for the various itinerant groups that live around the Middle East. For most Arabs,
conjures images of banditry and immorality.
"This is very insulting to us," says Sleem. "I have heard this word being used against me since I was born. But we are Domari, not
!" For their part, Israelis refer to the Domari as
Given these problems, Sleem's work is vital. "We help the children with the subjects they find difficult at school: English, Arabic." And because many Domari adults also can't read or write themselves, "we are here to take the place of the parents. To give the children the help they need to learn," adds Sleem.
The Society also holds workshops for Domari women, where they learn useful crafts, including sewing. "We try and give Domari women different kinds of skills. Right now we're running a catering course. This helps them be more independent," Sleem says.
Still, despite the good work Sleem and her colleagues do, difficulties remain. Like all Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, the Domari are permanent residents and not citizens of Israel, and despite being entitled to social security, the community suffers from neglect when it comes to municipal and educational services.
A related issue is that some Domari are embarrassed to ask Sleem and her centre for help. "Many Domari, for example near Nablus and Ramallah, hide their identity," Sleem explains, for fear of being discriminated against.
Nonetheless, Sleem is confident about the future of the Domari people. New links with gypsies in Europe – 'Domari' and 'Roma' are cognate, after all – help spread their story to new audiences. A
Domari organisation has been set up in the Netherlands
, for example.
"The Domari have lived here for hundreds of years. We have history and roots in this country," says Sleem.
"People should realise that our culture is very rich with many good things. We are the same as everybody else – and everyone is welcome to learn about our culture. We open our hands to neighbours, and to friends."
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Now You Can Upload Multiple iPhone Photos to Facebook at Once
Photo uploading just got a whole lot easier for users of Facebook's app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Facebook released version 5.1 of its iOS app on Monday, which lets users upload multiple photos to the social network simultaneously.
Previously, photos had to be uploaded one at a time, or in batches through Facebook's designated Camera app [iTunes link].
In addition to improved photo uploads, U.S. users can also now send real Gifts through the mobile app, a feature Facebook began rolling out on the web in late September. Messenger has also been improved so that you can access your contacts more easily: Simply swipe left anywhere in the app to see who's online. Those whom you message most now appear at the top of your Favorites.
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FRISCO, Texas — Led by a David Ferreira brace, 2010 MLS Cup runners-up FC Dallas had no trouble toppling defending champions Colorado Rapids 3-0 at Pizza Hut Park on Friday night.
Dallas center back Ugo Ihemelu scored the third.
The much-anticipated rematch between the Western Conference rivals was physical from the first whistle, but as the first half wore on, FCD began to possess the ball and attack with through flanks, a style resembling their successful form of last season.
Colorado entered the match having scored eight goals and conceded two in their first three games, but the opening stanza saw that trend changed.
Reigning MLS MVP Ferreira, targeted by opposing teams and limited in his creativity through Dallas' first three games of the season, finally managed to find space to receive the ball and thrust forward, resulting in utter success for the home side.
Dallas began taking aim on the Rapids net midway through the first 45, when Ferreira and his Colombian compatriot Fabian Castillo each fired shots on goal in the 22nd and 23rd minutes, respectively. However, it was Ihemelu who, in the 26th minute, found back of the net.
After winger Marvin Chavez centered a cleared Ferreira corner kick, the ball landed in front of an unmarked Ihemelu inside the six-yard box. The former Rapid then proceeded to tap it in to give FCD the lead.
Unfortunately for Chavez, Eric Avila would have to replace him minutes after assisting on the goal after receiving a cut above his left eye on the play.
The Rapids, who had been dominant in their first games of 2011, were backed up in their own third by a dominant Dallas and struggled to gain any possession.
Dallas would add to Colorado's woes in the 40th minute. Still in full attack mode, Castillo, in only his second MLS career start, threaded a pass through the Rapids backline and onto the path of a streaking Ferreira, who then finished with a cheeky chip to the right of goalkeeper Matt Pickens.
The Colombian international celebrated his goal by taking a baby pacifier out of his shorts and placing it in his mouth in honor of his wife's pregnancy.
As the second half began, the FCD offense picked up right where it left off.
Just 25 seconds into the second 45, FCD captain Daniel Hernandez one-timed a pass through the Rapids defense to a running Avila, who then launched a cross across the six-yard box and to a wide-open Ferreira. The Colombian finished it off with a diving tap-in for his second of the match.
The Rapids didn't threaten much, but their best chances came in the second half. In the 54th minute, Caleb Folan tried to get his side on the board with a blistering shot from long range that skidded wide of Kevin Hartman's goal.
Then, with 17 minutes to go, second half sub Quincy Amarikwa got on the end of a Brian Mullan cross from the right flank, but his header also went wide.
FC Dallas now begins a two-game swing in the Pacific Northwest, stopping in Portland on April 17, followed by a showdown against Vancouver six days later.
Colorado, meanwhile, face a quick turnaround. They will travel to Rio Tinto Stadium to face Real Salt Lake on April 13 in the first leg of the Rocky Mountain Cup.
Scoring Summary:
DAL -- Ugo Ihemelu 1 (Marvin Chavez 1) 26
DAL -- David Ferreira 1 (Fabian Castillo 1) 40
DAL -- David Ferreira 2 (Eric Avila 1, Daniel Hernandez 1) 46
Misconduct Summary:
DAL -- Andrew Jacobson (caution; Reckless Tackle) 13
COL -- Sanna Nyassi (caution; Persistent Infringement) 19
COL -- Caleb Folan (caution; Reckless Foul) 33
COL -- Anthony Wallace (caution; Reckless Tackle) 52
COL -- Omar Cummings (caution; Reckless Foul) 81
COL -- Drew Moor (caution; Reckless Tackle) 84
DAL -- Daniel Hernandez (caution; Dissent) 90
Colorado Rapids -- Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Anthony Wallace (Tyrone Marshall 63), Joseph Nane, Jeff Larentowicz, Jamie Smith, Sanna Nyassi (Brian Mullan 46), Omar Cummings, Caleb Folan (Quincy Amarikwa 61).
Substitutes Not Used: Andre Akpan, Scott Palguta, Wells Thompson, Steward Ceus.
FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Ugo Ihemelu, George John, Brek Shea, Marvin Chavez (Eric Avila 30), David Ferreira, Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Jacobson (Eric Alexander 70), Fabian Castillo, Milton Rodriguez(Ruben Luna 66).
Substitutes Not Used: Ricardo Villar, Bobby Warshaw, Chris Seitz, Maykel Galindo.
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee's Assistants: Joe Fletcher; Anthony Vasoli
4th Official: Armando Villarreal
Weather: Clear and 86 degrees
Attendance: 12,261


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#RSL's Nick Rimando beats out two NFLers, an NHLer, a golfer and a rodeo star for the Utah Sports Commission's Male Athlete of the Year.
Got to meet one of my little hero's today. @Sam_Gordon6 http://instagram.com/p/YLsgiSKY1n/
Congrats to keeper @NickRimando for taking home some much deserved awards. I'm glad he's keeping for my team. #RSL
KREIS on @ESPN700: "3 home games, we need 9 points" ... get tix now for Chivas, LA and VAN, #RSL Nation - keep the sellout streak alive!
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Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Rimando wins 2 Governor's State of Sport Awards
RealSaltLake.com: Horton: Rimando off to a red-hot start
RealSaltLake.com: Rimando up for Save of the Week
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LEHI, Utah – Real Salt Lake have had, unquestionably, a stellar first half of their season. The team that served as the doormat of the league prior to winning the MLS Cup last year appears to have elevated itself to elite status.
Accompanying RSL's rise to the top is the team's climb in many statistical categories. Not only are they on pace to eclipse numerous team records, but the players have had some significant individual accomplishments as well.
Although all is a pretty shade of pink for Real Salt Lake, the team still has a lot to accomplish and the second half of the season will likely be much more grueling and difficult than the first.
Record Setters
The team currently holds the most points it has ever seen at this mark of the season with 30. In fact, according to Elias Sports Bureau, RSL and the LA Galaxy are the only two teams to have eclipsed that number by the midway point over the last four seasons.
However, what may be a bit more astonishing is that RSL are on pace to reach 60 points at the end of the league campaign, which would shatter their record for most points by 20. A dramatic improvement, no doubt, and one that could help propel the team to the coveted Supporter's Shield if they are able to maintain that pace.
In addition, the team is also on pace to score 56 goals. The team's previous best was 45 in 2006, but that was in a 32-game season. Last year, RSL were a potent offense at home and led the league in total goals, but their output was hindered by a lack of scoring on the road. This season, the story has been a different one, as RSL have dramatically improved away from home.
But perhaps the greatest improvement and contributor to RSL's excellent form has been the defense, which has taken a huge step forward. If RSL maintain the pace at which they are allowing goals, they would give up 22 for the season, besting their previous best of 35 allowed in 2009.
League Standings and Stats
Although they have been living much of this season in the shadows of the LA Galaxy, who started off tremendously, Real Salt Lake have begun to close the gap between the two. RSL find themselves at the pinnacle of the league, or close to it, in many statistical categories.
While they are still six points behind the league-leading Galaxy, RSL currently sit at the top of the league in goals scored with 28, and are second in in goals allowed with 11. This gives them the second best goal differential at +17, just one behind LA.
One area where they have fallen off in is in shots taken. They are tied for fifth in a category that, over the last two seasons, they have led by a wide margin. However, it could be a sign that that they are either generating better chances and or just doing a better job of finishing.
Individual Accomplishments
RSL have seen some noteworthy individual accomplishments that have been symbiotic with their outstanding team play.
Of course, Robbie Findley's inclusion on the World Cup roster was a significant development for the team and the player, and his starting position in three of the four World Cup matches the US played was just icing on the cake.
Meanwhile, back home, teammate Nick Rimando had been busy distinguishing himself. First, he joined the exlusive club of keepers with 100 career victories. Then, he earned the MLS Player of the Month Award for June after going with a complete shutout for the month (3 games). Finally, his shutout streak, currently at 498 minutes, is just 50 minutes away from earning him 3rd place on the all-time list.
What's more, striker Alvaro Saborio, in his first MLS season, earned a MLS Player of the Month recognition (May) along with two Player of the Week nods.
The Second Half
While everything has been stellar to this point, there may be roadblocks in place that could hinder RSL's performance over the second half.
For one thing, it's a long season and teams that often started on a strong note begin to sputter as mid-summer approaches.
However, perhaps the biggest thing going against Real Salt Lake's is their participation in CONCACAF Champions League. This will yield a brutal schedule and mind-boggling travel arrangements over a two-month stretch from mid-August to mid-October. RSL will have six additional matches during this period, three of them on the road in foreign lands, as they may travel to Panama, Honduras and Mexico City.
Can Real Salt Lake maintain their pace despite these obstacles? Only time will tell. But for now, they can take a moment to savor what they have accomplished.


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After the first of the year the Kitsap County commissioners will either have a new board chairman or they won't.
The board elects its own chairman, with the choice usually agreed upon prior to the meeting. While there is no mandated order, the board has followed a south-central-north rotation for the past few years.
Central Kitsap Commissioner Josh Brown, who took office one year ago, was scheduled to immediately become chairman, but switched with North Kitsap Commissioner Chris Endresen.
Circumstances changed when Endresen resigned to take a job with Sen. Maria Cantwell.
After Brown emerged victorious from a grueling residency trial, he gained enough political experience to serve as chair.
The rotation schedule places North Kitsap Commissioner Steve Bauer, who took office in July, next in line for the chair. Bauer said he feels qualified to serve as chair, but doesn't have a strong feeling about the position one way or another.
Brown, who is currently out of town, was characterized by staff as "not caring" about the position.
South Kitsap Jan Angel favors keeping the rotation intact, and said she probably would not serve as chair.
Angel served as chair in 2003 and 2006, with the position due to rotate to the South Kitsap position in 2009. This job may fall to a newly elected commissioner, since Angel has announced that she would not run for a third term.
More recently, however, she has hinted she may revisit that decision.
"I will probably run for something in 2008," she said. "It may be for commissioner or something on the state level. I expect I will make an announcement about what to do sometime in January."
The chair of the board presides over the meetings, and usually does not initiate motions. He or she speaks for the board when a singular voice is required, and performs more ceremonial duties than the other members.
The chair is also in charge of declaring a state of emergency.
The matter is due to be addressed at the regular board meeting, to occur at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Commissioners' chambers in Port Orchard.


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People who volunteer their time at least once every six months are significantly healthier than people who don't, according to researchers at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium.
What isn't clear yet, they say, is why.
In the study of health records of more than 40,000 European citizens, researchers suggested a variety of reasons that could explain the pronounced differences in self-reported health between people who volunteer and those who don't.
For example, they say:
- Volunteering may promote self-esteem and social integration.
- Volunteering may increase physical and cognitive activity, which protects against both physical and mental decline.
- People who volunteer may benefit from the release of "caregiving-related hormones," including oxytocin and progesterone, which help regulate stress and inflammation.
- People who volunteer may be wealthier than those who don't, and higher incomes are associated with better health.
The health difference is substantial
People who volunteer are as healthy as non-volunteers who are five years younger, the researchers explained.
"This association is comparable in size to the health gains of being a man, being five years younger or being a native" compared to being a migrant, said Ghent University researcher Jens Detollenaere.
Researchers examined records from the European Social Survey conducted in 2012 and 2013. Respondents reported their own assessments of how healthy they were in response to the question, "How is your health in general?" They were asked to choose from among five responses ranging from "very bad" to "very good."
Nevertheless, the relationship between better health and volunteerism was clear and unmistakable, even after researchers factored in other circumstances – age, gender, education level, migrant status, country of origin and religiosity – related to people's healthiness.
Study about the health benefits of volunteering
Many researchers have examined the ways volunteering is linked to well-being. Among them:
A 2015 British study found that able-bodied people who volunteer live longer than those who don't.
A 2016 study, also out of Great Britain, discusses the ways student volunteers benefit from volunteering and what motivates them.
A 2015 study published in the Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation examines the ways that disabled people can find meaningful and appropriate volunteer opportunities.
Many employers, including Providence, encourage their employees to volunteer their time to worthwhile organizations. We have an internal site that lists many opportunities to give back to the community. Employees are invited to sign up.
America's Charities, which promotes workplace volunteerism, says an employee volunteer program can save employers up to $6,000 per employee because it:
- Reduces turnover
- Keeps employees engaged
- Provides recognition for volunteers and the employer
"Investing in employee volunteer and skills-giving programs is good business sense," America's Charities says.


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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad finds himself increasingly isolated as Syria's neighbors break their silence to join an international chorus of criticism over the worsening violence.
In the latest signal of regional displeasure with the Syrian authorities, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu traveled to Damascus today to deliver a stern warning that Ankara has "run out of patience" with the harsh crackdown that has left more than 2,000 dead since the uprising began.
While Turkey has taken the lead in speaking out against Syria's handling of its internal crisis, Arab countries have broken their silence for the first time to express disapproval of the ongoing violence.
But the increased regional pressure on Damascus may not yield immediate results, analysts say. Over the past decade, the Syrian regime has rarely succumbed to external pressure and instead has earned a reputation for deftly playing off one side against another.
"The regime will try and stretch out the conversation as long as they can. You can't try and divide your neighbors if you stop talking to them," says Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Meanwhile, Damascus could let PKK members out of their jails," he adds, referring to the Kurdish group struggling for autonomy in southeast Turkey, which has been designated as a terrorist group by Turkey, Syria, and Western nations. (Editor's note: The original version misquoted Mr. Tabler.)
On Tuesday, as India, South Africa, and Brazil joined Turkey in sending representatives to Damascus to push for an end to violence, Syrian tank assaults killed another 30 people, according to the opposition-run Syrian National Organization for Human Rights.
Saudis decry Syrian 'killing machine'
On Saturday, the Gulf Cooperation Council – a regional bloc that includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – expressed concerns over the "mounting violence and the excessive use of force which resulted in killing and wounding large numbers."
On Sunday, the Arab League called on Syria to "immediately halt all acts of violence."
The most significant criticism, however, came from Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah describing the Syrian regime as a "killing machine."
"The future of Syria is between two options: Either it chooses wisdom willingly or drifts into the depths of chaos and loss, may God forbid," he said, adding that the Saudi ambassador to Damascus was being withdrawn for consultations.
The unusually frank Saudi criticism appears to have been provoked by the escalating death toll as Syrian security forces launched offensives against the cities of Hama and Deir ez Zour over the past week, which also coincided with the beginning of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan, traditionally a period of fasting and piety.
The Saudi condemnation of the violence has opened the door for a tougher stance from Syria's Arab neighbors who, until now, have been generally reticent in speaking out. Bahrain and Kuwait were quick to follow the Saudi lead, recalling their own envoys to Syria on Monday.
Syria maintains that its security forces are fighting against foreign "saboteurs" and terrorists. It contests the figure of 2,000 casualties and points to the death of hundreds of security forces as evidence that it faces more than a peaceful civilian uprising.
An Iraqi politician openly voices disapproval for the first time
While the Gulf states have taken a lead in pressuring Damascus, Syria's immediate Arab neighbors are more hesitant. Jordan has remained quiet throughout and Iraq has yet to voice a united view on Syria.
In May, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called for reforms to be implemented but stopped short of voicing disapproval of the crackdown. Iraq's Shiite community, to which Maliki belongs, views with unease the potential emergence of a strong Sunni administration to replace Assad's regime, which is composed mainly of Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
On the other hand, Iraq's Sunnis, especially those living in the Al-Anbar province, the inhabitants of which share strong tribal ties with the population of eastern Syria, have voiced support for the uprising. And Osama al-Nujaifi, Iraq's Sunni parliamentary speaker, on Tuesday became the first leading Iraqi politician to openly voice disapproval of the Assad regime's handling of the uprising.
"We call for an end to all nonpeaceful activities, and what is happening in Syria, the shedding of blood and the oppression of freedom, is condemned and unacceptable," he said.
Lebanese government alone in supporting Assad
Although the struggle in Syria is chiefly one between repression and aspirations of freedom and dignity, it is impossible to disentangle it from the complex web of sectarian identities and loyalties that shape the country. The Syrian opposition is dominated by the Sunni community and the regime by Alawites, instantly lending the unrest a sectarian edge.
That sectarian split is mirrored in Lebanon, which lives under the shadow of its powerful neighbor. The Lebanese government, which is mainly composed of allies of the militant Shiite Hezbollah, has become a lone voice in the region in continuing to officially support the Syrian regime.
Last week, Lebanon, which currently has a seat on the United Nations Security Council, distanced itself from a statement issued by the council condemning Syria's use of force against the protesters. The decision drew strong criticism from Lebanese opposition groups, some of which have organized demonstrations in support of the Syrian people, including one yesterday in Beirut.
"Lebanon cannot disassociate itself from the open massacre being committed in its closest fraternal country," said Saad Hariri, a former prime minister and leader of the opposition Future Movement. "But Lebanon's president, government and institutions should instead disassociate themselves from adopting the policies of oppression that the Syrians are enduring."


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Ex-Barack Obama Administration $82 Billion Auto Bailout Czar Steve Rattner has a bit of a problem telling the truth.
What Rattner does not have is a problem with the Jurassic Press Media calling him on his serial flights of factual fancy.
Former Auto Czar Contradicts Docs: (Claims) Obama Admin Not Behind Delphi Pensions Scandal
Obama's Former Auto Bailout Czar Is Rewriting History
So is that $19.4 billion lost before the bankruptcy - plus $23.6 billion lost after the bankruptcy? For a whopping total taxpayer auto bailout loss of $43 billion?....
This is the same Steven Rattner who late last year reportedly paid a $10 million Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fine and accepted a two-year ban from associating with broker-dealers or investment advisers. For an alleged "pay-to-play" New York stat pension fund kickbacks scheme he orchestrated after leaving Washington and his Czar-ship.
Just this week he sat down for an interview with Reuters TV. Matthew Goldstein - Reuters' Editor, Wall Street Investigations - graciously provided him an open channel (get it?) to spout several things about bailed-out General Motors (GM) that are fundamentally untrue. Bereft, of course, of any follow-up veracity analysis.
Don't worry about it, Mr. Goldstein - we've got this. Here are some relevant Rattner transcript excerpts - interspersed with actual facts and examination provided by us. Because Mr. Goldstein wasn't providing any.
Mr. Rattner:
"I don't think any of us fully anticipated the entrenched nature and the lack of a rapid-fire quick response kind of management culture."
GM losing billions and billions of dollars year after year throughout the last decade-plus didn't clue you in to that possibility? Those entrenched losses and the looming bankruptcy didn't point at least in part to an entrenched, sloth-like management mindset?
Where was your due diligence in examining GM - before handing them $50 billion of our coin?
Back to Rattner:
"But ironically the real problems that GM are having today are the opposite of the problems that put them into bankruptcy in the first place."
Totally untrue. Rattner, Obama and Company went out of their way to preserve large swaths of GM's pre-bankruptcy problems.
A single dominant factor — the United Auto Workers union's extortionate contracts with GM — prevented the carmaker from either reducing its work-force costs or making its products more efficiently. And its hidebound management didn't help.
President Obama's unique (GM bailout) contribution was effectively to nationalize the company, seeing to it that the federal government violated normal bankruptcy processes and legal precedent to protect the defective element at the heart of GM's troubles: the financial interests of the UAW.
More Rattner:
"It's the problems in Europe...."
Totally bogus. GM Europe (Opel) has been losing billions and billions of dollars year after year throughout the last decade-plus - it is not a new phenomenon.
And why is GM still straddled with Opel?
Overlooked is that the value-destroying, cash-sucking disaster that is GM Europe was packaged and ready for sale to new European buyers in 2009 before the new Obama GM Board of Directors slammed the brakes on the deal, throwing GM into its current value free-fall.
In fact, the decision to not sell the Opel operations (which has not been profitable for more than a decade) in 2009 after GM cleared bankruptcy was the very first major decision of the new Obama Board. Had Opel been sold, GM stock would be much higher than it is today.
More Rattner:
"Would it be nice if (GM) sold a few more (Chevy) Volts? Sure. But the Volt is irrelevant to the profit-loss line of General Motors."
Sure it is - because We the Taxpayers have subsidized the living daylights out of this auto abomination.
Obama's $5 Billion Gives Electric Vehicles a Slow Jolt
And then on top of that we cut a $7,500
bribe incentive check to every purchaser.
Government Motors has outsourced the Volt losses - to Government. To us.
And when Government Motors isn't outsourcing its losses to Government - they're selling cars to it.
Government Motors Inflates Sales by Selling to...the Government
More Rattner:
"Would I like (GM) to have more cutting edge products? Yeah. But, but is this company or the industry going back to the days of crazy incentives and over-bloated inventories on dealers' lots? No."
Well, the Volt is allegedly a cutting edge product. Is GM offering "crazy incentives" to sell them?
'Record' Volt Sales? Not Really -- GM Counts $159 Leases for an $89,000 Car
Well, Mr. Rattner, that sounds pretty crazy.
"Over-bloated inventories on dealers' lots?"
GM Shuts Down Chevy Volt Production Again
Best Sales Since 2007 Overshadowed by GM's Unsold Pickups
One reason is dealership lots...are overstocked with trucks.
And in harmonic convergence of "crazy incentives" and "over-bloated inventories on dealers' lots":
GM Could Be Forced to Offer Discounts on Big Pickups
It has a four-month supply, and it wants to reduce that to three months worth by the end of the year, according to the News. That means it may turn to discounting to unload the trucks....
And on, and on, and....
Good thing we were here to pick up Reuters' and the rest of the Press' considerable Steve Rattner slack.


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This blog entry has been written by the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record (HER) and is about the current archaeological work taking place in the centre of Warwick at Northgate Street by Archaeology Warwickshire.
Introduction to the site:
The site (see plan below) is one of those fairly rare opportunities for archaeological work to take place within the centre of an historic county town such as Warwick. The area being examined is set between Northgate Street, the confusingly named Northgate Street South and the Butts, across an area that was previously occupied by large brick County Council buildings. The offices at the Butts used to be the home of the County Archaeological Information and Advice team (consisting of the Warwickshire HER and Planning Archaeology) the Archaeology Field Team (Archaeology Warwickshire) as well as the Ecology Service and the Warwickshire Habitat Biodiversity Audit. You will be pleased to know we were all re-homed within offices in Warwick (although for some reason not necessarily with the same amount of space!).
The frontage along Northgate Street and the buildings along Northgate Street South are being retained and it is the area behind this that has been cleared and where the archaeological work is taking place.
Seeing part of the old offices being demolished as development work started was an interesting experience particularly as the two 'pavilion ends of the buildings at The Butts were retained (being a listed building), leaving old doorways leading to nowhere and leaving part of our old offices being used as a site office for the excavations.
Archaeological Process
Archaeological work, of course, never just happens and there is a process that has taken place that has got to the point of the site being excavated. This site is particularly complicated being in the centre of an urban setting and being surrounded by historic buildings which are to be retained. Much of the discussions and work related to the historic buildings (which are mostly listed) have been carried out by representatives from English Heritage, Warwick District Council Planning Officers, Conservation Officers, the developer, the owner and others.
Regarding the archaeological side, once proposals were brought forward for the site to be developed, then the Planning Archaeologist at Warwickshire County Council was contacted and discussions took place to agree a programme of works at the site. This process would have involved consulting the Warwickshire HER to help inform the background to the site, although because the site was our old home and in the centre of Warwick it is one of those sites that we had a fairly good grip on the site background to some extent already.
Once a programme of archaeological work was agreed then this was started once the site had been cleared of above ground buildings. The archaeological work initially consisted of trial trenches in selected areas across the site and then led to full area excavation across those parts of the site where archaeology survived that would be impacted by the development.
While archaeological work is being carried out the site is monitored periodically by the Planning Archaeologist.
History of the site and Archaeological Progress So Far
Prior to the recently demolished 19th century militia building and the 20th century council offices the site was occupied by the rear gardens of the fine town houses of Northgate Street. Archaeological evidence for this period has been found in the form of substantial stone drains and garden features which may tie into those illustrated on the board of heath map of 1851.
Pottery and other domestic rubbish of this date has been recovered. Prior to the town houses being built in the early 1700s we know from documentary sources that there were thatched, timber framed dwellings along Northgate street, which were burnt down during the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Currently evidence is being investigating that may date to this catastrophic event. The area has produced archaeological features from the entire medieval period – conquest to the reformation. Notable finds include a wooden box which could date back to the 15th century; It was too degraded to lift in one piece and had only survived to be identified as a box due to the mineralisation of the wood by the rusting iron bands which enclosed it. A coin believed to date to the short reign of Edward VI was also found.
Sealed below a layer of brown, sandy soil are a series of earlier features. Will these turn out to date to the 1100 year old (this year!) Saxon Burh of Warwick? We can't wait to find out!
Different parts of the site have been excavated over the last few weeks and the excavation is not over yet! One of our members of staff went up St Mary's Church Tower (adjacent to the site) to get some spectacular images of the site.
Post Excavation – What Happens?
Once the archaeological work on site is complete then a series of post-excavation processes takes place. This will involve finds processing, preparing an archive for deposition with the Warwickshire County Museum and the writing and submission of an archaeological report to both the Planning Archaeologist and the HER.
Once the archaeological report is approved then the HER is updated with information about the archaeology and history of the site, this information on the HER can then be accessed and used for further archaeological work that may take part as part of the planning process in the area, or by members of the public or local researchers interested in the history and archaeology of the area. It may even be used by academic researchers looking at particular periods, themes or areas for their research.
As you can see archaeology and particularly the way the HER is involved is very much a cycle of information, especially when it comes to commercial archaeological excavations as part of the planning process such as this one at Northgate Street. Information from the HER is provided and consulted to inform and help with the process at the beginning and then information is fed back into the HER once the archaeological work has taken place and the planning side has finished.
End Note
I hope you have enjoyed this blog entry and found it of interest. Feel free to contact the Warwickshire HER with any questions you have about this site or any archaeological or historic site in Warwickshire.
I would like to thank the following people for their help with this blog entry:
- Caroline Rann (Project Officer, Archaeology Warwickshire)
- Anna Stocks (Planning Archaeologist, Archaeological Information and Advice, Warwickshire County Council)
- Giles Carey (Assistant Historic Environment Officer, Warwickshire HER)
- Stuart Palmer (Business Manager, Archaeology Warwickshire)
Thank you all!
Ben Wallace
(Historic Environment Record Manager)


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The Seven Dwarfs of Menopause arrived at my door without
warning: Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful and
All-Dried-Up.....One by one they crept into my own private cottage in
the woods and started to take over my life.
The first to arrive was Itchy. I developed this itch on my
right calf that was so irritating, I wanted to scratch the skin right
off my body.
Then Bitchy came to my door. No longer was my PMS contained
to one or two days a month--it felt like constant PMS. Then I would
swing from Bitchy to weepy. For Goodness sake, what was wrong with me?
Ding-dong......It's the middle of the night and Sweaty has
crawled into bed with me. Oh, yes, Sweaty brought embarrassing hot
flashes and introduced me to night sweats where it seemed as if a faucet
had been attached between my breasts.
Of ! course Sweaty brought about Sleepy because I was tired
all the time. I would wake up so many times in the night and not be able
to get back to sleep.
Bloated crept in slowly. My once-svelte figure got thick
through the middle section, even though I was following my weight-loss
program that had worked so well for so many years!
I can't quite remember when Forgetful arrived, but one day
my brain stopped working. I considered myself a pretty focused woman
until Forgetful came and I could not keep a coherent thought in my
brain. Am I getting Alzheimer's? I wondered.
Last, All-Dried-Up slowly encroached upon my happy marriage.
This was probably the most unpleasant of the dwarf family. Sex was no
longer on the top of my list.....or on my list at all. My husband would
give me that knowing look, and I would think,........ "Frankly, I'd
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As internet connections have sped up and data transfers become more secure and reliable, so an industry has built up offering online data storage on remote servers.
iDrive for Mac is one such offering. It adds to the basic storage service by bundling a software client for your Mac that manages your backup requirements by setting things like a backup schedule and targeting which files to save.
There are two flavours of iDrive for Mac: Basic and Pro. With the Basic package you get the local client and 2GB of storage for free. The Pro packages start from $5 (£2.50) a month and jumps your storage space to 150GB. Further packages increase the storage amount and cost with top-end business packages available up to 500GB.
First Mac outing
The company behind iDrive, Pro Softnet, has been providing similar packages to Windows users for a while, though this is its first Mac offering. All data transfers are done under the umbrella of 128-bit SSL encryption during transmission and 256-bit encryption during storage.
There are advantages and disadvantages to backing up your data to online remote servers instead of local drives. The advantages centre around security and remote access. If your data is away from your house or office then your sharing options for other Macs – perhaps owned by colleagues or, indeed, yourself – open up nicely.
Also, should your Desktop hard disk fail, not an uncommon occurrence, you know that somewhere there is a professionally run data bank covering your back.
Faultless layout
Where iDrive triumphs is the clean, very Mac OS X looking client. It is a faultless display and very easy to use. This is the kind of work that wins Apple Design Awards, in fact, when its window was on-screen next to iTunes, a lazy mouse click mistakes one for the other.
Inside iDrive, your HD is mapped in a Finder-like list of folders with checkboxes besides them. Listed in the left-hand panel are your folders, which have expanding drop arrows letting you drill down into the folder contents. You can select whole folders to back or individual files.
An indicator bar along the bottom of the client shows you how much storage is available, and a right-hand panel shows you what's backed up and currently sitting in your iDrive in more detail.
Backing up is a speedy process: the first backup took quite a while, but future backups are all incremental. So as changes are made, they are backed up as you go, rather than having to perform a full rewrite, saving you a lot of time.
It is a superbly simple tool to use, and there were no lock-ins in the structure of the app that push you toward grabbing more storage at a higher monthly rate. Our music folder was the default folder to be backed up, but we changed this in the settings so it didn't eat up the 2GB space by itself.
Syncing and integration
Two questions should be in your mind: how is this different to a MobileMe's iDisk; and what are the syncing options for additional Macs and the iPhone and iPod touch.
On the first point, iDrive gives you less integration than an iDisk with OS X. iDrive for Mac isn't an Apple product, so there isn't the seemless blending with the iLife suite, and you can't drop files into your iDrive inside a Finder window. On the second point, sadly there are no syncing options at all. iDrive is simply a straightforward backup solution.
We were also a little annoyed to find iDrive does not offer cross operating system compatibility between Windows and Mac. This means you will need a separate iDrive account for any Windows machines you have.
On the whole though, iDrive impressed us with its elegance and ease. As a simple backup solution, without the added sophistication of syncing data, it works very well. We definitely recommend that you give the free 2GB package a spin to see if it fits your needs.


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My favorite thing in basketball, besides a bunch of other stuff, is the triple double. It should come as no surprise that Kobe Bryant had one. The future Hall of Famer scored 22 points, grabbed 11 boards, and handed out 11 dimes. In addition, he had 3 steals and a three pointer. The points are not shocking, as he is averaging 26.9 per game, but this is his first time in double digits for either assists or rebounds. Still, we know Kobe is capable of explosive statistical performances, and he is still a beast of the hardwood…which was the name of a porn I filmed in 1993.
George Hill – 7 points, 6 assists. His points came on 2 threes and a free throw. I wonder if George Hill drinks Sprite, too.
Roy Hibbert – 4 offensive rebounds, 4 defensive rebound, 6 points, 2 blocks, 6 turnovers. He has only reached double digit rebounds three times this season, which is not surprising; in five pro seasons, he has never seen greater than 8.8 RPG.
Gerald Green – In 18 minutes, he managed 5 points, 4 rebounds, a block and an assist. He's really only an option in deep leagues, like, so deep that you are at risk for getting the bends when you close your browser.
Ronnie Brewer – Had a run where he was scoring in double digits, but has gone back to standard points, this time 8 with 6 boards and 2 assists.
Jason Kidd – Only had 3 points, 2 assists and a steal, although he did play with a fresh pair of Frankenstein stitches to the head. I mention Kidd because he has been averaging 3.1 APG and 1.9 SPG
J.R. Smith – He was in last week's Buy/Sell as a Single Selled Organism, but last night he went for 13 points (1-3 from downtown), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a block. Well, you know what they say, sell high (when the value is high, not when you just smoked a joint).
Raymond Felton – He tallied 11 points, 8 assists, a steal and a three. He has been averaging 6.3 assists per night,
Hedo Turkoglu – He is having his hand recasted and will miss an additional month. What is the sound of one hand clapping? Hedo Turkoglu.
Jameer Nelson – Nelson, on the other hand, returned to action and missed 5 three pointers. He did, however, dish out 9 assists.
Glen Davis – If you asked me to name every starter in the NBA, I would only name, like, 20 players because I am not a real person, I am a Bichon Shih-tzu hybrid (this is how I type the updates). However, presuming I was legitimate, I feel like I'd still forget Glen Davis. I think the problem is, for every night he gives you 16 points and 12 rebounds, he'll give you 8 points and 3 boards (as on November 9). Also, he plays for the Magic, that's the biggest thing.
Jose Calderon – He accumulated 9 points and 18 assists, but sadly did not have 27 steals or 36 blocks (he had 1 each).
Linas Kleiza – He played 26 and a half minutes but only had 12 points and 5 rebounds. He attributed his performance to Lucy stealing his blanket.
Omri Casspi – Hey, here's a guy we haven't discussed in a while. I wonder how his cupboard is? Anyway, he played 13 minutes and reached 5 points, 2 boards and a block.
Tristan Thompson – He grabbed 8 offensive rebounds (13 total) to go with 2 assists, a block and 14 points. I don't know if you're an ass man, but I don't mind some T.T.
Gerald Wallace – Was a major non-factor, taking 3 shots (making 2) and grabbing 1 board while dishing out 3 assists.
Kris Humphries – He finished with 6 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. He's what some people wanted Roy Hibbert to do this season.
Joe Johnson – He missed 9 of 10 shots but still finished with 10 points thanks to 8 free throws. He also had 3 assists.
DeMarcus Cousins – Hey, look who showed up for 29 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists. 2 steals and a block. Hint: It wasn't John Salmons. Second hint: It was DeMarcus Cousins. Third hint: There is no third hint. If you took my advice and drafted Cousins, he has not lived up to expectations, but the season is still young. Of course, if you took my advice, you drafted Cousins over Andrew Bynum. Considering Bynum now has problems in both knees, he won't be back until at least January. The moral of the story is to listen to me, even when I'm wrong, or covered in someone else's blood.
Marcus Thornton – The good: He made 3 threes. The bad: he took 10 three pointers. The ugly: .255 3P% this season.
Harrison Barnes – After his Barnes raising performance on Friday, he finished with 12 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals on Sunday.
Festus Ezeli – The Warriors had some Festus-ing wound at Center that only had 5 points, 5 rebounds, a block and 16 minutes as a starter.
Richard Jefferson – Left the game with a strain after only a few minutes on the Court and a field goal. Those 2 points are half of his per game average. He should take his time coming back.
Russell Westbrook – He scored 30 points with 7 assists and 5 steals. Yahoo has him ranked 79th even though he is averaging 19.6 PPG, 1.2 3PG, 8.5 APG, and 1.3 SPG. If someone in your league believes rankings over logic, make an offer.
Kevin Martin – Seems I can't stop talking about him. He was 5 of 7 from behind the arc and had 23 points total off the bench. Thabo Sefolosha started and finished with 5 points total.
Rajon Rondo – He had 12 points, 10 assists and 6 turnovers. He has not had fewer than 10 assists all season, and has hit 20 twice. He's also had 4 or more turnovers 6 times. I projected him at 11.9 APG and 3.9 TPG. Thus far he is at 13.5 APG and 3.3 TPG. I don't know what that means except that as I was typing this, he passed me the ball and I made a lay up.
Brandon Bass – He keeps starting, yet somehow the Celtics are still over .500. Last night, he had 6 points and 2 rebounds.
Jared Sullinger – He grabed 5 boards to go with 16 points. No word on what Jared's Black Friday sale will offer.
Jason Maxiell – He keeps plugging along with 15 points, 6 rebounds, an assists, a steal, a block, and a twinkle in his eye.
Kyle Singler – He made his 3rd start and concluded the game with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a three pointer.
Rodney Stuckey – After missing a game for illness, he returned from the bench to score 9 points with a rebound and an assist in 21 minutes.
Carlos Boozer – Not a great game, tallying 4 points, 3 boards and nada else.
Joakim Noah – He played 41 minutes and had 16 points, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, a steal and a block. He's been good for about 15/9 on the season.
Nate Robinson – With 3 of 6 from behind the arc, he led his team with 18 points from the bench, along with 4 assists and a steal.
Damian Lillard – My future boyfriend had 16 points, 3 steals and 3 assists.
Nicolas Batum – The greatest player in NBA history made 5 of 10 from downtown to finish with 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers.
Ronnie Price – In 20 minutes, he had 10 points, 5 assists, a steal and a three. There is nothing to see here. This is not the droid you are looking for, Mickey Mouse.
Jeremy Lin – He finished twice as any assists (10) as points (5), but he still kept his turnovers in check (only 3). He's only had 4 turnovers twice this season, and never more than 4. The Knicks would look foolish for letting him go if they weren't doing so amazing.
Omer Asik – Last night was only his second time all season not reaching double digits in rebounds. He finished with 9, plus 8 points and 2 assists. I was into him before it was cool. Tell your friends.
Darius Morris – Started on the Lakers and played over 31 minutes, but when you are on the court with guys like Gasol, Howard, Bryant and Whirled Peas, it's not surprising he only finished with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. It doesn't matter anyway, as he'll go back to the bench when Steve Nash returns.
Dwight Howard – He had 3 blocks and is ranked 4th in the league in blocks. In addition, he had 28 points and 13 rebounds. To be fair, he went 6-12 from the free throw line and is shooting at a .500 clip.


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Ever wanted to be an astronaut? You're in good company: For many people, space represents the unexplored, a place free from boundaries. And space flight represents the extreme of human experience.
So it's not surprising that many of us harbour a burning passion to boldly go where few have gone before. But the selection process is extremely tough – there are thousands of applicants for every training place, and even if you make it onto a programme you're far from guaranteed a ticket to orbit.
Still, some make it – here's our beginner's guide to joining them.
1. Be born in the right country
Enthusiasm for space spans the globe: countries from Azerbaijan to Vietnam have their own space initiatives. But only a few - the US, Russia, western Europe and China - have credible programmes for crewed space flight, and they are open only to their own citizens, barring occasional gestures of international goodwill.
But don't be deterred if you happen to have been born in the wrong place. It's only in the past decade that astronauts and cosmonaut have been joined by taikonauts, and India has recently announced it's on the lookout for its first "vyomanauts". So your chances are getting better - although it's also true that some programmes, such as the UK Space Agency's have stopped recruiting.
Right now, other options are limited. Although some firms are already seeking crew members in anticipation of commercial space flight, it's still government-backed programmes that offer the surest chance of a trip to space. Not surprisingly, NASA sets the standard here: It has put more people into space than any other country. So the rest of our guide is based on what NASA thinks it takes to become an astronaut: the other programmes won't be all that different.
2. Get yourself educated
The first spacemen might have been distinguished more by their grit than their learning, but today's astronauts are a more educated bunch. Would-be astronauts at NASA need, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in science - preferably engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. In fact, the typical astronaut also has a master's degree: two out of five have a doctorate. You also need to have three years of relevant professional experience.
Strong academic credentials aside, NASA's roster are a motley crew. Previous astronauts have included a NASCAR driver, a magician and even a weightlifter.
3. Get into shape
You need to pass a basic medical exam just to be considered as an astronaut. NASA requires that both your near and distant vision is 20/20 (or correctable to 20/20 by surgery). Next, your blood pressure shouldn't exceed 140/90, measured while you're sitting. And finally, you must be between 160 and 190 centimetres tall. If you make it through, you'll also have to pass a series of fitness tests - though NASA is a little coy about divulging exactly what standards you'll have to reach.
If you haven't been fazed by anything so far: congratulations! You've got all you need to apply to be an astronaut with NASA. All you need to do now is beat the other hopefuls to win a place on the training programme - but be warned, things only get tougher if you succeed.
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Brent Weedman knew he had a spot in Bellator's next tournament. The problem is that he didn't want it.
"I have turned my back at 155 (pounds) at this point," Weedman told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "Just because you can make the weight doesn't mean that you should make the weight."
Weedman (20-8-1 MMA, 6-3 BFC) returns to the welterweight class tonight when he meets Marius Zaromskis (19-7 MMA, 3-1 BFC) at Bellator 86, which takes place at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. The fight is part of the Spike TV-televised main-card that follows prelims on Spike.com.
After falling short to a bigger opponent in the Season 5 tournament's opening round, the 28-year-old fighter found some measure of success against smaller opponents at 155 pounds. He bested J.J. Ambrose and Thiago Michel in the following season's competition.
World-class trainers lent their services to make the weight drop more bearable. But after losing to Rick Hawn in the Season 6 finals, Weedman decided the strain wasn't worth it.
However, he wasn't sure whether Bellator had plans to use him in the next lightweight tournament. Previous season finalists are generally guaranteed a spot, but he didn't want to interfere if the brackets had already been set.
"If they would have said they really need me at 155, I would have had to go back to the drawing board and do what needed to be done," Weedman said.
But the promotion said he had a future in the company whether he fought at lightweight or welterweight, so the switch was easy.
The decision is already paying dividends to Weedman's health. He cut just 2 1/2 pounds to make the 171-pound limit for the event's weigh-ins.
He hadn't touched a weight in seven years of professional fight training, but he now has a strength and conditioning coach, as well as a nutritionist, to ensure he's not overpowered by bigger fighters in this season's competition.
"Instead of cutting 30 pounds with them, I'm just going to be a stronger, more athletic, powerful athlete," Weedman said.
It's Weedman's fourth attempt to take home $100,000 in guaranteed tournament winnings for surviving the eight-man field. It's the second for Zaromskis.
Former DREAM champ Zaromskis is well-known for his flashy striking skills, but Weedman said he's undergone another big change in the way he prepares for a fight.
"I've been spending six or seven years trying my damnedest to be a sport kickboxer," he said. "I had to finally wake up and look at myself in the mirror and [say] that's not who I am at my core. If you would have asked me on the street, 'What's your martial art,' I would have told you Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It's what I love.
"I'm coming into this fight not training like a kickboxer, but training like a mixed martial artist and bringing a more complete game plan."
One thing that isn't changing is the way Weedman fights.
"In a tournament like this, it's win or go home," he said. "You conserve yourself, and (if) you lose the fight, well, you just reserved your energy to sit around another eight months and hope that you make it into another tournament. I don't believe in that kind of fighting."
For more on Bellator 86, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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An Estimate of Residential Energy Savings From IECC Change Proposals Recommended for Approval at the ICC's Fall, 2009, Initial Action Hearings
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has established ambitious goals to improve the energy efficiency requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for residential buildings. DOE has established near- and long-term goals of 30% and 50% energy efficiency improvements, respectively, compared to the 2006 IECC.
This report presents DOE's approach to calculating residential energy consumption for the purpose of estimating energy savings attributable to improvements in the code. This approach is then used to estimate the national average energy savings, relative to the 2006 IECC, resulting from the proposed improvements DOE submitted and supported for the 2012 IECC. DOE estimates a total reduction in energy use of 30.6% for the projected requirements of the 2012 IECC as compared to the 2006 IECC, assuming the use of the primary compliance option that involves standard-efficiency equipment. Were the high-equipment efficiency option used, the projected savings would be 0.9% higher, at 31.5%.


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House prices increased modestly in March but the positive figures are unlikely to mark the beginning of a strong upturn for the market, Nationwide has said.
The 0.5% increase, which marked the third monthly increase within four months, left the average home costing £164,751.
Meanwhile, the three-month-on-three-month measure of house prices, which is regarded as a better measure of the underlying trend, also showed a modest rise of 0.6% in March.
But Nationwide found little cheer in the figures and warned that prices were likely to move modestly lower through 2011.
Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said: "The outlook remains uncertain but, all things considered, this is unlikely to mark the beginning of a strong upturn in prices. The economy entered a soft patch at the back end of 2010, and there have been few signs of a strong bounce-back.
"The jobs market remains challenging and Nationwide's Consumer Confidence Index suggests that sentiment has fallen to an all-time low in recent months."
Mr Gardner said demand is likely to remain fairly soft and a rapid increase in the supply of properties also appears unlikely.
He added: "With the economic recovery expected to remain sluggish, the most likely outcome is that the property market will follow suit, with low transaction levels and prices moving sideways or modestly lower through 2011."
Annual house price inflation returned to positive territory in March, increasing 0.1%, which compared favourably with a 0.1% drop in February.
The Nationwide's poll is the first house price survey to report on the housing market in March.


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Happier Than a Billionaire in Costa Rica, a video featuring Nadine and Rob Pisani, is a total FLUFF piece- pure and simple. The much watched YouTube video, 'Happier Than a Billionaire in Costa Rica' is nothing more than a propaganda piece, a 28-minute infomercial geared to folks thinking about relocating to Costa Rica.
But before you get your panties in a twist, my rebuttal has nothing to do with Nadine and Rob personally. As a matter of fact they seem like great people and I know they had nothing to do with the editing, although they probably should have. Anyway, don't take my word for it, watch it for yourself. Can you spot all the fluff and sugar-coating.... I hope so. And after, watch my rebuttal to see why I have such a problem with it. ENjoY!
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Shootout on the West Side
Evidently, OCD or an attached unit interrupted some gangbangers on the way to a hit. A gun battle ensued and two bad guys are dead along with a third wounded. Hopefully, he dies too. A cop was wounded in the hand and our wishes go out to him for a speedy recovery. We pray he doesn't lose too much meat or mobility in his hand and can be on the street again shortly.
Good job all around.
UPDATE (just prior to publication): Channel 7 is reporting that the officer lost his middle finger as a result of this shooting. No word on whether it was his gun hand or non gun hand, but again, our thoughts and prayers go out to him. We've known at least 3 nine-fingered coppers in our careers, so hopefully we won't be missing this officer from the streets for too long.


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) - Rising interest rates could slow the pace of home price appreciation unless incomes rise, Citigroup housing analyst Will Randow said in a report Friday.
This could actually be a good thing, according to the analyst.
"We believe that slower home price appreciation likely is healthy, compared to the recent 13% YoY jump in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, as fast moving home prices could ultimately create another housing bubble (i.e. overvaluation) if interest rates did not respond as a governor," he said.
Interest rates have moved rapidly over the past month after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may begin to wind down its massive bond- purchase program later this year, though it will keep short-term interest rates low until 2015.
Over the past month, the 30-year mortgage rate has risen from 3.35% on May 2, to 4.46% as of June 27.
The speed of the move has caught market participants by surprise and raised concerns about the sustainability of the nascent housing recovery, which has been fueled by rock-bottom interest rates.
Randow notes that despite the rise in interest rates, from a historical perspective, housing affordability is "still in good shape." He estimates mortgage rates need to rise to 6% to 7% before the family home price-to-income ratio is in parity with the 15-year average.
However, he does expect rising interest rates to dampen affordability levels. A 1 percentage point increase in mortgage rates would require $1,500 more in annual median family income to not impact housing affordability, assuming a 20% downpayment, according to the analyst. Or incomes need to grow 2% for every 1 percentage point rise in mortgage rates.
In the absence of a rise in incomes, affordability will likely take a hit, slowing the pace of home price appreciation.
Randow already sees signs home price gains will moderate in the next few months. Existing home inventory is already up 15% year to date and with rising prices, more upside-down homeowners are returning to positive equity and will be in a position to sell. So inventory will likely pick up in the coming months, cooling home prices.
-- Written by Shanthi Bharatwaj in New York.
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Linear transducers are used to measure movement in a straight line. Unlike current transducers, which convert current into another type of electrical signal, linear transducers convert displacement into an electrical signal that's proportional to the amount of displacement.
How do linear transducers work?
Linear transducers are made up of a circular cluster of primary and secondary windings with a separate circular core that passes through the middle. The primary windings are triggered with an AC supply to produce a magnetic field. This then creates a signal in the secondary windings.
Uses for linear transducers
Linear transducers are designed to perform in very cold temperatures, harsh environments, and under high vibration and shock levels. Their robustness means that they are suitable for use in power turbines, hydraulics, automation, satellites and many other applications.
A major advantage to using a linear transducer is that you can achieve high precision in dimensional measurements, meaning that they're also suitable for applications where accuracy is key, like construction and electronic circuitry.


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