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The Lifeboat in Greymouth is about so much more than coffee …
Wilding & Co.
Below is a case study from a New Zealand Social Enterprise. To learn more about Wilding & Co., visit their website.
Who are Wilding & Co.?
Wilding pines are introduced pine trees that grow 'wild' and uncontrolled in New Zealand. Wilding & Co contain invasive wilding pines through the production of beautiful household products like handcrafted, organic, shelf-stable fragrances, soaps, and cleaning products. By making use of resources otherwise wasted, they offer a common sense alternative to reduce further negative impact.
Their wildcrafted Fir oil is distilled in Queenstown, deep in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Made by hand, these products are infused with fragrant oils sourced from these wildings.
This original approach offers a positive, self funding 'eco-logical' model for managing our most valuable environments.
What Problem Are They Trying to Solve?
Pines grow up to 20 times faster here in New Zealand than they do in their native North America, and are suffocating over 1.4 million hectares of our public and private land. Pines are a serious environmental pest and are costing many millions of taxpayer dollars every year to control. The toxic spray used to control them is itself a hazard, and we need a smarter solution.
How Does Their Model Work?
Michael Sly and Matt Molgat from Queenstown turned that problem on its head and came up with an idea to create value from these pine pests by turning them into high value products – in this case essential oils. The revenue from sales of these oils self-funds the ongoing removal of the pines.
To enable this Wilding & Co. have:
- Built a unique and proprietary vacuum distillation unit, which is mobile and can be taken to the source of wilding infestation.
- Had their Douglas Fir essential oil certified as the finest of it's kind in the world. This oil sells for $6 per gram.
- Secured a multi-million dollar export contract with Do-Terra for many thousands of kilograms of oil over 4 years.
What's Their Scale and Impact?
The Wilding & Co. business model has a virtually unlimited supply of free raw material, and is selling into a global market worth $2.7m / day. As such the scalability of the social enterprise is limited primarily by the need to secure capital to scale operations, and the importance of scaling in a managed way to maintain efficient operation and quality products.
Wilding & Co. are planning to scale to process 20,000kg of biomass per day. That's equivalent to 500,000 Christmas-tree sized wildings a year.
Recently Wilding & Co has built a relationship with an international customer that can consume enough oil to match the size of the wilding problem in New Zealand.
How Can You Get Involved?
Communities could self-fund the continued containment of wilding pines, if locals, businesses and visitors alike used Wilding & Co. products. This local nuisance could be turned into a global opportunity. Wilding & Co. would like your support and you can help them make a difference by adding your email to their newsletter sign up on www.wilding.co.
Want to find out more?
Check out Wilding & Co.'s website.
Below is a case study from a New Zealand Social Enterprise. …
This video tells you a bit more about Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust, a social enterprise from Waikato working to improve our environment.


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Have you heard of the Blueberry Files? The wonderful Kate is a food blogger and major food enthusiast who has written a couple of books about food in Portland called Portland Food: The Culinary Capital of Maine and her newest book available in July 2015 called Distilled in Maine: A History of Libations, Temperance and Craft Spirits . Um, that is SUPER exciting! Well, we gave Kate a box to play with one week and she shared with us, the deliciousness that she created with her organic goodies from Casco Bay Organics!!! Woohoo!! A big THANK YOU to YOU Kate for trying us out and writing a little something about your experience!!! Have a look and browse around her website to see what she has been up to!
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Job Description:
Location: 601 Northeast 107th Street, Miami Shores, FL, USA
Director of Aquatics and Day Camp Director
Independent school located in a suburb of Miami seeks a professional swimming coach to help facilitate the Miami Country Day Aquatics Swimming Program. Miami Country Day Aquatics is a growing program with competitive swimming, a water polo club, a master's team, a swim lesson program and an interscholastic swim team. This multifaceted role involves teaching and coaching all levels within the USA & USMS Swimming Clubs, serving as the Aquatics Director for Miami Country Day Camp (summer-only), and coaching on the Interscholastic Swim Team staff. This position is important for maximizing enrollment, producing a rewarding educational experience for all swimmers, and ensuring that the overall aquatics program is aligned with the School's mission.
- Abide by the American Swimming Coaches Association Code of Ethics, the USA Swimming Code of Conduct, the FHSAA rules and regulations and MCDA policies and procedures.
- Plan, prepare, and conduct team practices in accordance with the curriculum and supporting the philosophy and direction set by the Head Coach.
- Prepare swimmers to participate in swim meets and attending them as scheduled by the Head Coach.
- Teach proper stroke technique and developing structured workouts.
- Assist the Head Coach with the development and implementation of the parent education program by creating blog posts and helping with monthly information sessions on various swimming topics (e.g., why swim meets are important, long course vs. short course training).
- Coach practice groups as directed by the Head Coach.
- Communicate well with staff, parents, and swimmers.
- Assist with year-round pool rentals, special training camps, and other unique events at the MCDS Aquatics Center.
- Act as Day Camp Aquatics Director responsible for creating and implementing age-appropriate swim curriculum for Miami Country Day Camp.
- Follow all safety and emergency procedures as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
- Lead weekly swim tests for Miami Country Day Camp.
- Manage and help select a seasonal aquatics staff for Miami Country Day Camp.
- Provide supportive leadership for MCDS Auxiliary Programs' staff.
- Provide administrative support for USA Water Polo Team and Learn to Swim Program, as well as USA Swim Team and Interscholastic Swim.
- Ability to recognize problems and resolve on the spot.
- Work in a fast-paced, stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to set goals, create plans, and convert plans into action.
- Exhibited leadership skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Additional language skill is preferred.
- BA/BS Degree
- Required Certifications:
- Lifeguard Training (American Red Cross)
- CPR (American Red Cross)
- First Aid (American Red Cross)
- AED Training (American Red Cross)
- Safety Training for Swim Coaches
- ASCA Level 2 Clearance
- Membership in USA Swimming
- Previous professional experience with an aquatics program.
- A genuine love for teaching children.
- Ability to relate to staff and members.
- Administrative experience in dynamic fast-paced environment.
- Must work well with varying age groups of children.
- Previous experience with leading a swim lesson program a plus.
- Must be able to work outdoors in extreme heat conditions for long periods of time.
- Must be able to lift 35 lbs.
12-month exempt employee contract plus full benefits package.
Evening and weekend hours as necessary.
The above describes the general nature and level of work. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required as they are ever changing in a dynamic work environment.
How to Apply
If interested, please submit a letter of intent explaining why you are the right person for this job and current resume to Ms. Ria Maxwell, Dean of Faculty/Director of Human Resources at [email protected] Please be able to provide transcripts for most recent degree earned.
Contact Information
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Colorado Leaders Clash Over How To Spend Extra Money
Colorado voters were in a generous mood last November, approving a state constitutional amendment that guaranteed a significant jump in spending on public schools over the next 10 years.
Now, state lawmakers are hashing out the details, and conflicts have emerged between Democratic and Republican priorities.
The Senate, which for the first time in 40 years has a Democratic majority, approved a bill last week for spending the new money that would give a lot of flexibility to school districts.
But Gov. Bill Owens and many of his Republican lieutenants in the legislature want to see some of the money dedicated to class-size reduction and other specific spending proposals.
As the House of Representatives takes up the bill, the battle has been engaged.
"I think this will be peaceably resolved, but it's going to take about six weeks," said Phil Fox, the deputy executive director of the Colorado Association of School Executives and a veteran education lobbyist in Denver.
Amendment 23, as the ballot measure was called, requires the state to increase funding for public schools at the rate of inflation plus 1 percent over each of the next 10 years. The amendment also establishes a state education fund separate from the general fund, with dedicated annual contributions of one-third of 1 percent of the revenues from the state's income tax. The fund is expected to accumulate $4.58 billion over 10 years.
Lawmakers are hashing out the implementing legislation for the amendment, which will establish many important details about how and when the extra money for schools is spent.
Differing Over Details
Senate Bill 82, sponsored by Senate President Stan Matsunaka, a Democrat, would carry out the requirements of the constitutional amendment, such as the creation of the state education fund. But it also would set up an "education reform council" to oversee the education fund and make recommendations for distributing Amendment 23 money to districts.
The bill also would require districts to write six-year plans for spending their extra money on low- performing schools and on students who perform below state academic standards.
Sen. Matsunaka has said it is important to give districts flexibility in spending their Amendment 23 funding, based on the principle of local control, which is bedrock in Colorado government.
Gov. Owens, however, has called for making class-size reduction the top priority in implementing Amendment 23. He called at one point for dedicating the entire 1 percent increase over the rate of inflation for lowering class sizes. But he has also called for spending some of the money on new textbooks and all-day kindergarten for students at risk of failure.
"I ask this General Assembly to pass responsible, targeted increases in education funding that will actually help the children, though not necessarily the administrators," the governor said during his State of the State Address last month. Supporters of Amendment 23 "didn't say, 'Give us these dollars and we'll just pass them along to fund business as usual,'" he argued.
In a setback for Mr. Owens and Republican legislators, the Senate on Feb. 2 defeated a proposed amendment to SB 82 offered by Minority Leader John Andrews that would have required districts to spend part of their Amendment 23 money to reduce class sizes. The vote was 20- 13, with three Republicans voting with the Democratic majority.
Another Republican senator's proposal that some of the money be spent on textbooks was ruled out of order. In a final reading, the Senate voted 26-9 on Feb. 5 in favor of Sen. Matsunaka's bill.
Lobbyists for the governor have expressed their dismay with the Senate's action, and they have suggested they may have a better chance of getting what they want from the House, which is still under Republican control.
Meanwhile, school groups in the state favor the Senate bill, which would give them greater flexibility in setting spending priorities.
"Everybody thinks class-size reduction is a worthy goal," Mr. Fox of the school executives' association said. "The question is, do you pay for it out of Amendment 23, or out of other sources?"
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Jobless Claims Tick Down to 2008 Levels
John Shipman has economic news driving markets on Thursday, including initial jobless claims, November's producer price index and upbeat news from Fedex.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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I think you know to John's point ... we start off with a very positive rush right after Thanksgiving ... I'm remains to be seen do we get a second rescue me and I think all in all turn out to be a positive ... shopping season for retailers and for the macro coming as a whole ... but you're not a game changer in and of course ... some worry that you'll get ... a hell of a slightly bigger drop in consumer spending in January is ... also to sober up after a day after really you know the the splurging a little bit feeling more confident and policies in concert with Jobs pictures can be key to that tonight it's encouraging to see jobless claims fall but we need to see stronger job growth the other side and as I thought I would wonder how much the better people thinking what don't hiring during the holidays right now I'm I'm ... a ... Democrat we tell the new year ... and he now Ruth really focusing on interviewing right now with that then maybe just an epic a lot of job seekers have that not true and in you that maybe some some hesitation of our companies to lay people off ... on ... your apps in it ... um lot of back to the use of seasonal factors ... and ... some food ... very low but we also think another factor is the U S economy to double its order growth is a little stronger than ... some of data ... because now people will want expect the Reserve to comment ... and do another round of the season and we're not growing so rapidly is to say this is sustainable and are on our own ... and yet it's probably from the police in the next couple months ... to prevent a significant for me ... which really is a great point to what I think that's maybe some points on the market yesterday is this the year coming of the expectations of Kiwi three write ... posts that the Fed meeting on Tuesday ... so um ... you know when you saw the dollar strengthened heroic weekend and then I think in some of its because of what's happening in Europe thinks of it is sort of disappointed that the Fed ... didn't ... necessarily in that it's gonna start Kiwi three


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|Fake Peace NGO Awards Medal to Warmonger
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|China Uncensored Staff
On 27th Oct, the Chinese communist mouthpiece, China News, published a story that stirred up Chinese netizens again.
Another fake award to promote the 'greatness of China' and to brainwash Chinese citizens . (screenshot)
The news read; The former state council member and Minister of National Defense Chi Haotian, (also the director of the Law of National Defense Draft Commission.) was awarded the medal of "World Pioneer for Harmony". Mr. Chi received the medal from the head of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Mr. Sha Zhukang, a Chinese national. The award was nominated and awarded by by the "World Harmony Foundation".
The medal shown in the photo was engraved with the symbol of the United Nations.
What is the "World Harmony Foundation"? Chinese netizens searched and shared the results widely on Chinese websites:
The organization was announced as being a subsidiary of the United Nations, but their website has no corresponding sites in English, or other languages.
The registered office is in a commercial building in Beijing, not in New York, and the chairman is Liu Fan (Frank Liu), who owns a perfume company registered in Xiaman, China. But Frank Liu claims he is the CEO of an American company and that he had successfully organized 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Spring festivals ( New Years Parties) for the United Nations.
Chinese netizens also found that there are two "World Harmony Foundation"s: Fan Liu (Frank Liu) is the chai man of whf-foundation.com while Qiu Shengyun and Tong Jie are the chairmen of whf-foundation.org. The interesting part is that the two foundations share the same logo, the so called lucky bell, and have the same successful events listed, but with different office locations..
Now let us have a look at this Chi Haotian
As the head of China's National Defense Commission, Chi had made quite a few astounding statements in the last few years:
In March 2008, Chi said: "(we) rather let no grass grow on Taiwan, and we will still need to liberate Taiwan!" (meaning no grass will grow after a nuclear attack)
'Liberate' Taiwan?
Chinese have been told for decades since 1949, that Taiwanese people, and all people in capitalist countries, live in misery,and we need to liberate them. (editor's note)
Another speech by Chi Haotian on China's "mission", Started with:
"Comrades, I'm very excited today, because the large-scale online survey on sina.com that was done for us showed that our next generation is quite promising and our Party's cause will be carried on. In answering the question, "Will you shoot at women, children and prisoners of war," more than 80 percent of the respondents answered in the affirmative, exceeding by far our expectations."


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Dobama Presents Powerful American Premiere of Dror Keren's On The Grill
Professional Equity House Theatre
by Kevin Kelly
In the playbill, Artistic Director Nathan Motta explains 'that he saw the original production of ON THE GRILL at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv in 2016. After experiencing the play, he wanted our community in Cleveland to experience it as well. He found that his experiences as an American in Israel were encapsulated in the play. There were so many aspects of the show that seems so relevant to what is happening now in our country". It took three years, but the decision to produce the American Premiere, and share this story, turns out to be a brave and incredibly successful endeavor.
Everything is ready for the Israeli Independence Day party at the home of Rochale (Juliette Regnier*) and her husband Zvika (David Vegh*). The lawn has seen better days and so has the family. Their grown son Mordi (Andrew Gombas*) is home from Berlin for the holiday and he's brought an unexpected guest, his girlfriend Johanna (Emily Viancourt+). Grandmother Gizela (Dorothy Silver) is frail and attended to by her newly hired Sri Lankan caretaker Raja (Arif Silverman*). As neighbors come to visit, such as Tirtza (Rocky Encalada+), whose son Gilad (Nicholas Chokan+) is on deployment, neighbor Avinoam (Michael Regnier), and an old flame Alona (Olivia Scicolone+), news broadcasts on the television keep everyone on edge. As smoke from the barbecue circles in the air, fighter jets circle in the sky. And as food is passed, drinks poured, and the good old songs were sung, conflicts are reignited that cannot be ignored.
The arc of this play is sublime. It starts out like any other grill out. This one just like us, celebrating Independence Day. Issues that are slowly introduced into the story of these characters are not far removed from the high stakes that permeate our country at this time. Within in the first moments of the play, we are introduced to the words "immigrant" and "border". I know for myself, those words were triggers. The story continues as it slowly brings you in the conversation as an observer, but emotionally you are triggered by the issues they address about war, and division, and how the self-sacrifice of those who join the fight, affect everyone without much choice.
Everyone is this cast kicks ass.
Gombas turns in a remarkable performance. His arc is heartbreaking to watch on so many levels, and he delivers on every emotion. Entering the party, he is able to slowly unveil his damaged soul and physical well-being. We watch as different triggers begin to tear away his smile. Whether it be overhead jets, distance bombs, family tension or regrets, or prescribed equalizers, Gombas reacts viscerally and emotionally connects with all of us. This enables the audience to feel like they are moving closer to the stage as a quiet observer, and closer to an emotional electrical tower of damaged humanity. I am such a huge fan of this and all your work.
As the parents of Mordi, Vegh and Juliette Regnier are perfect. Together they traverse the grill out like season veterans of entertaining. We find in both of them the strength that lies within many couples who face reality with unrelenting positivity, and the will to live. That is how societies sustain their relevance. They do it with subtle strength. Vegh is the father we might all want. I personally could see some bowling in the future, along with a shot and a beer. He created a father that is so down to earth, able to believe without generous helpings of loud justification. And most of all, the devout love of family. Those qualities are honed and become so important to some incredible moments in the play. Ms. Regnier is a force to be both enjoyed and reckoned with. What a powerful pitch-perfect performance. She is the protector of intention and family. She creates a neighbor and mother you want to visit by ensuring a welcome and safe place. In one of the strongest moments of the play, she delivers a speech that is an anthem of a father's love, which literally shifts the energy of the evening to demand that you are emotionally alert. Oh my, it is powerful and truthful. My tear ducts also became alert. I wished my father was alive so I could hug him. We children do have problems, and sometimes we forget our parents are affected just as much as we are. Sometimes they just have to wait, until someone brings us into focus. Ms. Regnier, you are magic.
As the story unfolds, we have two love interests that bring their own superior touch to their roles. Viancourt, as the beautiful German girlfriend, is strongly effective throughout. The play requires a quieter presence, but, not an unimportant one. She is associated with a country of damaged repute, she is the new girlfriend coming to meet the family for the first time, she ends up meeting the ex, and she ends up patiently holding fast by her boyfriends' side without fear, in a less than normal situation. This is done with a polished performance. Quiet strength and resolve are beautiful characteristics, and in this case, strongly executed. Scicolone comes into the scene with an outgoing air. She handles the new of meeting the new girlfriend with relished restraint and does a fantastic job of maneuvering among some conflicting emotions. I really enjoyed how she managed to find that line of reacting to a family that once was, still connected, but also riding that awkward ex-thing. Her face was a creative palate of very good character intention. Both ladies held their cards close to their hearts while eyeing the pot in the middle of the table, or should I say, backyard.
Michael Regnier offered much to the evening's pace and enjoyment. He is the neighbor that is essential to every occasion. Adding mirth when necessary, and also, asking the questions that either lead a conversation or cause others to move on quickly. His gift to the evening was the connection to those around him with his adept character choices that seemed to show he exists in real life, not just an armchair character for mechanical artistic reasons. Encalada and Chokan give this play an aching reality, heartwarming reunion, and a conclusion that seems it will never have a defined ending. Encalada gives us a worried and scared mother having to deal with one of the worst realities of war. Having your son or daughter choose to defend your country is a noble act, but to be a mother or father watch your child leave to an uncertain fate is unbearable for some. She gives Tirtza a groundedness that is so effective. We can feel how awaiting word on a loved one becomes a parallel universe that your conscious body and mind are forced to live in. She nails it. Chokan is charming as hell as he enters the fray. Emotions run high, and for some wonderful moments, what surrounds or fly over the gathering is lost in happiness. His interactions with everyone is a delight, whether it being over loved by mama, making other people feel better, or reconnecting with old friends. He also can deliver reality with a professional precision. Allowing us to see the character and the important realities that are at stake. Great stuff.
Silver gives Gizela the honor and pride she deserves by surviving. From the Holocaust to Israel. Her monologues that open and close the show, are gentle stories and thoughts that open up the envelope of this play, and then gently close the envelope at the end. Done with such care. Her interactions with the family are centering, and through adept acting choices, have the power to bring the heat down to at least a simmer. She situation allows us to recognize families taking care of their elderly parents. Silver is divine. Silverman gives Raja a charm and wit that helps keep things lighter. His devotion to Gizela is palatable, and when he puts down his foot about what is good or not to keep her healthy, we see the undercarriage of his protective. will. He is fun, caring, and also, he gets a chance to remind everyone that skin tone doesn't dictate "approximately" where you live. When you think of it, some people care more about what valley their wine comes from, then what country an individual comes from.
There are so many themes that permeate this piece. I can tell you that the trigger words "border", "immigrant", and the discussion of military conflicts, are still with me. What we saw, what we felt, and what we were left with, are the result of two mega influences. Playwright Keren has written and delivered an emotional punch to our realities. A geographical olive branch to our own pain. Letting us know that we are not alone. While we bring to the surface these painful realities through theatre, those words can inspire change and empowerment. Thank you for sharing this story. It's a damn good play.
Then we come to Director Leighann Delorenzo. This production guided by her hand and vision, that includes collaboration with the technical artists, the producing elements, the numerous translations to make the words work in English, and finally, the transference to the actors. And with that process and collaboration produces a stunning result. The pace is perfect. The characters developed to be alive and relatable. With your direction, you have proved that American audiences will be able to understand, be triggered by, and find compassion and passion in this work. BRAVO!
Scenic Designer Laura Carlson Tarantowski showed up again with her professional touch. Lighting Designer Marcus Dana served up great looks, and car lights that actually looked like the car turned around. Sound Designer Jeremy Dobbins did an exemplary job. The overhead jets and distant bombings were far too real. Costume Designer Inda Blatch-Geib brought her A game, and the looks were all on point. Technical Director Kirsten Nicole brought all the elements together with professionalism. Stage Manager Jenna A Fink called a great show.
Cleveland Stage Alliance
*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
+Equity Membership Candidate
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Through July 8
7:30 pm Thursdays
8 pm Fridays
8 pm Saturdays
2:30 pm Sundays
Run time: 90m (no intermission)
Content Advisory: Adult Themes, Adult Language
$29-$32 Reserved Seating
(216) 932-3396
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Dobama Theatre
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Cleveland Heights, OH 44118


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I finished 2 cork wreaths a couple of weeks ago, so I have a little tutorial for you.
Supplies needed:
* Wreath form
* Lots of wine corks
* Hot glue sticks
* Glue gun
I found this 13 inch wreath form at the Dollar Tree - they had about 3
different sizes of these and I got the medium size one. My
brother-in-law is a winemaker and years ago, he gave me 2 huge bags of
unused corks. I think I gave one of the bags to a friend and have only
gotten through about 1/3 of the other bag (even after making this
wreath, it made only a small dent in the bag).
1) See how the twigs (vines? what is that called?) on here are twisted
around? I just followed the twisty pattern and started gluing away. The twigs were thin & round and since the corks are round also, it was hard to get them to stick really good. You can start by gluing one of the corks to the twig, and then gluing the next cork to the previous cork AND the twig.
2) I made sure to start each row at the same spot, because at the end of each row, there wasn't enough room for one last full size cork, so I left the space empty - I wanted the empty spaces to be all in the same part of the wreath. I figure that I can either leave the space and cover it with the ribbon that will be used to hang it, or try to cut some of the corks to fit in the space (I have tried cutting corks before and it's a PITA).
Here's what it looks like after I finished gluing. You can see at the
top, the bit of space and it's more obvious on the back.
3) Since, in the past, it was
such a pain to cut the corks with a knife, I decided to try using my
handsaw and miter box and it worked like a charm, so I was able to get
those spaces filled in.
4) Next, I made these felt flowers. I used the video tutorial on this Home Stories A to Z post.
It was super easy. I even made a jute flower just by wrapping it the
jute in a circular motion (that went on the other cork wreath I made and
unfortunately I didn't get a picture before I gifted it).
And here is the final product:
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wreathapalooza Part II
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M.E. Sprengelmeyer. Remember him? I've written about him quite a bit. Most famously, according to M.E., on my blog last year when I recounted how the Sky News Sunday Agenda program wound up with him as a guest political commentator during the 2008 US elections when the well-known Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne, declined our invitation (last year's post: http://wp.me/p1Ytmx-w).
As Washington correspondent for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, M.E. wrote some wonderful analytical pieces about the 2008 US presidential election campaign, including a historical multi-media series called Unconventional Wisdom (http://bit.ly/mz6gQb). In the series, he picked and interviewed the most compelling person from each of the ten previous Democratic National Conventions, who could offer lessons for Barack Obama and Denver, the site of the 2008 party gathering. "Wonderful," I emailed M.E., "you should put it in for a Pulitzer Prize." He replied quickly: "I don't believe in awards for journalists."
M.E. has gone on to bigger (some might say smaller) and better things, after management axed the Rocky Mountain News, fulfilling a life-long dream to buy his own newspaper, the Guadalupe County Communicator, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. He's also the editor, chief reporter and photographer, columnist, distributor and publicity agent for the community paper – which is destined to win as many awards as the Rocky Mountain News. (Sorry, M.E., but you're just going to have to live with the description.) But I agree with M.E. on his dislike for awards for journalists.
Okay, you say, why then do I spruik the upcoming inaugural Kennedy Awards and judge them (http://kennedyawards.com.au/), as well as act as an occasional judge for the Walkley Awards, annually for the Channel Nine Camera Awards, and just about any journalistic prize going. That's easy to answer – I judge them because after 40 years as a journalist, I believe it's time for me to give something back to the profession. And the reason I stopped submitting entries for journo awards is that I found them to be a bit too political. I felt some of my entries were rejected because the other entrants worked for networks that were always winning awards – and I worked for a commercial station. I was warned about this, but I said surely not. I was wrong. Eventually, I decided that I should produce or report or write stories that needed to be told – and if I was prevailed upon to submit an award, I'd think about it long and hard. The last entry I put in for a journo's award (a UN Media Peace Prize) was a 1997 story about Australian businessman Joe Gutnick and his bid to rebuild the Jewish enclave in the volatile West Bank town of Hebron to double the number of settlers. I didn't think we'd win, but I submitted it because the reporter, Janine Perrett, had done a magnificent job on the road, interviewing Shimon Peres, the former Israeli Prime Minister; Benjamin Netanyahu, the then (and future) Prime Minister; and Jibril Rajoub, PLO Security Chief, as well as local Jews and Palestinians. Janine wanted me to enter it for the Sunday Program team, so I did, as the producer. But we didn't win. This time I was right. (And yes, I have to admit there is a distinct possibility that we didn't win the award because the story wasn't the best entry. That goes for every award entry I submitted – although I did win a couple of UN Media Peace Prize citations in the early 80s for stories on human rights and Amnesty International.)
So why am I a judge and a supporter of the Kennedy Awards? That's also easy to answer. Some of these prizes are for journalists who would normally never receive awards. There's the Cliff Neville Award for Best Team Player, named after a friend and producer, who was one of the backroom journos for the Nine Network's Sixty Minutes. He was on the phone when a story went wrong, or one of the staff on the road got sick or arrested; he fixed up visas, came up with ideas and he never looked for kudos or awards. It was all about getting the job done and making Sixty Minutes the best current affairs show on television. It was often said of Cliff that he was the glue that held Sixty Minutes together – in other words, the best team player.
Another prize for unsung heroes like Cliff is the Les Kennedy Award for Mentoring. The overall Awards are named for Les, a legendary crime reporter for Fairfax and News Ltd, who developed contacts by going out to meet them and drink with them and break stories, but this particular prize is named for his mentoring skills – he helped every journalist he knew, and even some of us Old Farts. We remembered him as a cadet and reporter who listened to us in the News Ltd building in Holt St and the Evening Star down the road, and now we were listening to him. He was a great crime reporter, but his mentoring is a legacy we should all remember!
The other reason I am backing the Kennedy Awards is the quality of the judging, from former News Ltd CEO John Hartigan to Allan Hogan, founding executive producer of the Sunday Program, former supervising producer of Sixty Minutes, and ABC foreign correspondent; and senior broadcast journalist, Ellen Fanning, who's also hosting the gala ceremony on August 10. All the judges will read every word, watch every frame, click on every online link, listen to every radio grab and look at every illustration with objectivity. No politicking here. Every entry will be judged on its merit. It's a shame the Kennedy Awards weren't launched earlier in my career – I might have entered (and lost!).
And, of course, in this year of massive job losses in the industry, it will be nice to celebrate journalism, and give us a chance to explore ways to use new technology to create more openings in the media. There might even be jobs for Old Farts, who can shoot, edit, write their own stories and publish them online, though we'll probably need a bit of mentoring from young journalists and editors!
PS My apologies for using the personal pronoun "I" so much in this post. It's just that it had to be personal to explain why I (there I go again!) stopped submitting entries!


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This is not meant as a treatment protocol rather as a nutritional supplementation protocol.
How do I take intraMAX?
Hold the product in your mouth for a minimum of 60-seconds before swallowing. After swallowing, sip away at 8 to 10 ounces of bottled SPRING water. You may eat food no less than 30-minutes before or after your dosage. Do not take medications, caffeine, or other supplements within two hours of taking intraMAX. For best results, use intraMAX or intraMIN for six days and then take the seventh day off and repeat.
The Less is More Protocol
Start the first six days with:
Do this protocol for six days (seventh day off, i.e. Sunday)
The person then starts into The General Maintenance Protocol and after two months or so into The Detox Protocol.
The General Maintenance Protocol
Monday: 1/2 ounce two times per day
Tuesday: 1 ounce two times per day
Wednesday: 1/2 ounce three times per day
Thursday: 1/2 ounce two times per day
Friday: 1 ounce two times per day
Saturday: 1/2 ounce three times per day
Sunday: off
The Chemically Sensitive Protocol
Monday: 1/4 ounce two times per day
Tuesday: 1/2 ounce two times per day
Wednesday: 3/4 ounce three times per day
Thursday: 1/4 ounce two times per day
Friday: 1/2 ounce two times per day
Saturday: 3/4 ounce three times per day
Sunday: off
The Detox Protocol
It is best to not start with this protocol, rather evolve into it after having taken a month or two with The General Maintenance Protocol. You may do this once a year as a basic detox, or twice a year as a maintenance detox, and or three times per year if you have some health issues that you feel you need to address in this manner.
This supplementation protocol will help to pull toxins out of the body so expect numerous reactions such as skin rashes, headaches, tiredness, constipation, diarrhea, and any other thing that is out of the ordinary. All these things will pass within either minutes, hours, or a few days; regardless you must be aware that some of these things may occur.
intraMAX® 30-Day Detox Protocol
intraMAX® 45-Day Detox Protocol
Day -- Amount
(2 days) 1-2 -- 1/4 oz. 2x daily
(3 days) 3-5 -- 1/2 oz. 2x daily
(3 days) 6-8 -- 1 oz. 2x daily
(4 days) 9-12 -- 1 oz. 3x daily
(9 days) 13-21 -- 1 oz. 4x daily
(4 days) 22-25 -- 1 oz. 3x daily
(3 days) 26-28 -- 1 oz. 2x daily
(2 days) 29-30 -- 1 oz. 1x daily
31+ -- See general maintenance protocol
Take Sundays Off
Day -- Amount
(5 days) 1-5 -- 1/2 oz. 2x daily
(5 days) 6-10 -- 1 oz. 2x daily
(5 days) 11-15 -- 1 oz. 3x daily
(15 days) 16-30 -- 1 oz. 4x daily
(5 days) 31-35 -- 1 oz. 3x daily
(5 days) 36-40 -- 1 oz. 2x daily
(5 days) 41-54 -- 1 oz. 1x daily
46+ -- See general maintenance protocol
Take Sundays Off
The Athletic Protocol
One tablespoon before an event and one tablespoon after an event. It is not unusual for the dosage to be one ounce before the event and one ounce after an event. Another variant is one ounce or one tablespoon after an event. Adapt this protocol to the athlete's needs.
The Stress Protocol
This is The Maintenance Protocol with an added ounce or tablespoon sometime in the afternoon from 2 to 6 PM. This is for those particular days that you anticipate or are experiencing stressful situations and feel the need for extra supplementation. This can also apply to menstruation days.
The intraMIN Topical Spray Protocol
Put four ounces of unflavored intraMIN into a clean plastic bottle and keep refrigerated when not in use. Spray on dermatological conditions such as sunburn, acne, psoriasis, eczema, bruises, and varicosities. Can be sprayed onto the scalp and into hair and then massaged in. Can also be spritzed onto the face and neck (will not harm the eyes).
The intraMIN Soaking Protocol
Soak gauze in unflavored intraMIN and apply to osteo or rheumatoid arthritic joints for at least 15 minutes with at least two hours off before repeating. This can be done throughout the day and night as often as needed.
Protocol Exceptions
Diabetes: unflavored intraMIN, one ounce, thirty-minutes after each diabetic medication. Introduce flavored intraMAX when patient's blood sugars begin to stabilize. Dosage: one tablespoon in AM and one tablespoon 30-minutes after each diabetic medication: one extra tablespoon around 5 PM.
Fibromyalgia: begin with the Less is More Protocol with intraMAX. Evolve into The Detox Protocol and then into The Stress Protocol. In conjunction use unflavored intraMIN as a topical spray or in a gauze to soak into the trigger points: it can stay on as long as needed.
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"The MBA opened new routes for me to grow as a leader"
STT is the leading news and picture agency in Finland. As Business Manager of STT Viestintäpalvelut, Heidi Ekdahl is in charge of all STT's business with corporate and NGO customers. Her responsibilities include for example leading strategy and sales, and consulting customers in media communication. A long-time STT employee, Ekdahl was promoted to Business Manager during her MBA studies.
Ekdahl is a seasoned professional in journalism and media analytics. She decided to pursue an MBA to gain broader and updated business proficiency. "I had reached a stage in my career where I felt it was time for me to thoroughly challenge the way I think, and learn leadership skills that would benefit me in decades to come. I was not looking for fast wins, but for sustainable growth on my own career path," Ekdahl says.
"An MBA is a large investment of time and money, and I critically compared various alternatives. I chose Aalto MBA because it gave me the impression of being a very open minded studying environment with just the right mix of startup-mentality and academic twist. Its 'triple crown' accreditation was also an important consideration for me," she adds.
Ekdahl describes the MBA as a remarkable professional leap. When asked to name modules that she found most beneficial, she mentions service business design, leading change, and managing innovation.
"I've always believed that businesses should concentrate on leading people, not numbers. It was invigorating to learn more about how leading competence, motivation, and engagement can impact business results," Ekdahl emphasizes.
"The MBA gave me the opportunity to reflect on challenges in my own work and gain insight from completely new business cases. My business thinking is now more structured, and I am even better equipped to support my own customers' success and help them see how extensively media communication can serve their organizational goals," she affirms.
Ekdahl admits she was positively surprised by how much she gained from her studies. She brings up group work as one of the most fulfilling parts of her MBA experience.
"I especially enjoyed challenging my own thinking with talented individuals coming from very different professional and cultural backgrounds, building common ground and solving problems together. The confidential peer support among students was highly stimulating, it kept me motivated throughout my studies," she says.
"The personal development process was also very beneficial: it gave me tremendous insight from day one. I gained very important tools that fit my personality, my strengths and weaknesses," Ekdahl adds.
Ekdahl gained immediate benefits from her MBA, as she started her new job already during her studies – but more importantly, she highlights the MBA as a turning point: the beginning of her personal growth as a professional.
"The MBA opened new routes for me to grow as a leader. I now realize the importance of maintaining continual dialogue, building trust and creating synergies to build innovative thinking and find new business opportunities," she asserts.
"I recommend the Aalto MBA program to anyone who is ready to throw away their prior professional assumptions and challenge themselves in a passionate manner. You must be devoted to transforming yourself. If you are considering an MBA, I encourage you to go for it now. There is no point in waiting for the right moment, because that day will never come. If you are motivated enough, you will find the time."


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This Cabbage Roll Soup is a hearty, healthy and delicious dinner…and it tastes just like cabbage rolls! Ready in 1 hour!
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Well here in Alberta it turned from summer into fall overnight. One minute the air smelled like sunshine and lazy days, and the next it was all fall leaves and routine, but honestly I'm ready for it. We had an amazing and busy summer, but now I am craving routine, sweaters, brown nail polish, shoes with socks, all things pumpkin, and fall comfort food.
I'm also finding myself in a nesting mode of sorts. I think it's due to back to school jitters and the fact that I now have two kids in junior high, and I've been worried about the transition to a new school and all the stuff that comes with teenagers. Le sigh. So I cook and bake to calm my worries. Last week I made zucchini loaves, chocolate zucchini cake, monster cookies, chocolate chip cookies, bran muffins, hamburger soup and this cabbage roll soup. See what I mean? Nesting. But at least the freezer is stocked.
Anyway, I've been wanting to make a cabbage roll soup for so long, and I finally made one, and I have to say this soup is delicious! It tastes just like a cabbage roll, but without all the fuss of having to roll them in cabbage.
I think one of my most favourite things about this soup is the fact that is has a little bacon in it, which adds such a nice smoky flavour to the tomato base. That and the fact that it's loaded with delicious ingredients…ground beef, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic, bacon…mmmmm, all the makings of cabbage rolls.
I served our cabbage roll soup with a homemade braided pumpkin bread. A perfect fall dinner, and comfort food for stressful days.
Cabbage Roll Soup
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
This Cabbage Roll Soup is a hearty, healthy and delicious dinner…and it tastes just like cabbage rolls! Ready in 1 hour!
- 1 1/2 – 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 large onion (chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 carrots (finely chopped)
- 6 – 7 cups chopped green cabbage
- 6 slices of cooked bacon (chopped finely)
- 2 – 10 oz cans beef consomme
- 1 – 28 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 – 5 oz can of tomato paste
- 2 1/2 cups plain tomato sauce (basically 1 – 23 oz can)
- 2 cups water
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 2 leaves bay
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 3/4 cup uncooked long grain white rice
- salt & pepper to taste
- In a stock (soup) pot, brown the ground beef with the onions, garlic and carrots.
- When the beef is cooked, drain any excess grease.
- Return the pot to low-medium heat, and add the chopped cooked bacon. Cook for about 1 minute.
- Add the chopped cabbage and cook for about 2 minutes more.
- Add the remaining ingredients: consomme, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, sugar, rice and salt & pepper.
- Simmer for 35 – 40 minutes (or until the rice is tender).
- Enjoy!
This soup will thicken over time, so you may want to add more water or a water/consomme mix.
- Category: Soup
Inspired by Spending With Pennies
I hope you try this soup and love it too!
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Want more soups? Here are more great recipes!
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Value my Business
You will reach a point in your business cycle when you need to ask "who can value my business" .
Can my accountant value my business? Can my bank manager value my business?
Will the fact that the valuation may involve other partners or spouses colour who should value my business. For example, will the close relationship I have with the accountant cause the other stakehoders to be suspicious of impartiality if my accountant is chosen to value my business?
Would it be better if we decide to find an outside expert to value my business, someone who has no prior relationship with the owners of the business. Of course if the valuation is required by a bank or by the family court then they will require me to appoint an outside expert to value my business rather than someone who may have a perceived conflict of interest should they perform the business valuation.
The best party to value my business is a valuer who is dedicated to business valuation. Not someone who dabbles in business valuation when they are not engaged in property valuation and not someone who is an accountant who attempts to value the business without knowledge of the current market sales evidence for my industry.
It follows that the best person to value my business is a member of the Business Valuer Network who is located in my city, has local knowledge and national support, someone who has acess to Australia's largest sales data base, someone who has ten years experience in business valuation and someone who can visit the premises of my business, receive a personal business briefing from me and who can value my business in a professional manner.


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Pipe Smoke Beard Oil | 1 oz
Beard oil is all you need to tame an unruly beard - say goodbye to beard frizz and flakes! This beard oil is a nostalgic trip back to childhood - sweet pipe tobacco and cedar, with a hint of vanilla. Everyone loves this scent.
Jojoba oil is structurally and chemically very similar to our skin's oil, making it ideal for adding moisture to the skin and hair.
Avocado oil is high in vitamins A, D & E and Omega-3 fatty acids. It deeply penetrates for even more beard conditioning benefits.
Instructions: Apply daily to a clean, dry beard. Put 2-3 drops of oil in the palm of your hand, then rub hands together to distribute the oil (use more for a larger beard). Brush palms down the sides of your beard, then down the front. Bring both hands up through the bottom of your beard, then use fingertips to apply to your 'stache. Use a comb to evenly distribute the oils.
Listing is for 1 bottle of beard oil (1 oz).
Ingredients: Jojoba oil, avocado oil, fragrance


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Bloomberg is making a jackass out of himself.
For the first time since 2001, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg registered to vote as a Democrat — a move that may herald a presidential run in 2020 under that party's banner.
The billionaire philanthropist, 76, posted a photo of himself re-registering on Wednesday, writing that Dems provide "the checks and balances our nation so badly needs."
The businessman-turned-politician had famously abandoned the Democratic Party in 2001 to run for mayor as a Republican — a switch he mostly made to enhance his then long-shot chances in a race that was crowded with left-leaning candidates in a historically blue city. After his surprise win, he went on to serve for three terms — engineering a one-time exception for himself to get around the two-term cap — and in 2007 he broke with the Republican Party to register as an independent.
Speculation swirled at the time that Bloomberg was leaving the GOP to set himself up as a third-party presidential candidate in 2008.
The same presidential rumors arose in 2016, but Bloomberg stayed on the sidelines of the race, endorsing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee who went on to lose to Donald Trump.
Since 2013, Bloomberg has funded and created numerous charities, some with political leanings such as Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit he started and largely finances that aims to foster gun control laws in the U.S.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg said he had been a Democrat for almost all his life — and it was time to return to the fold.
"At key points in U.S. history, one of the two parties has served as a bulwark against those who threaten our Constitution," he wrote. "Two years ago at the Democratic convention, I warned of those threats."
Two months ago, reports surfaced that Bloomberg was ready to wade back into politics again — as a challenger to Trump if the Republican runs again in 2020.
"I'm working on this Nov. 6 election, and after that I'll take a look at it," he told The New York Times last month.
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He also added that "it's impossible to conceive" running as a Republican.
"That's not to say I'm with the Democratic Party on everything, but I don't see how you could possibly run as a Republican," he told the newspaper. "So if you ran, yeah, you'd have to run as a Democrat."
Bloomberg vowed earlier this year to spend $80 million to help the Democrats take control of the House during the critical elections next month. He said last week he would give $20 million to the main Democratic Senate super PAC, according to The Washington Post.
"Republicans in Congress have had almost two years to prove they could govern responsibly. They failed," he said in June.
The deadline to register to vote in New York State is Friday.


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Oh round one, you sure did take our museum-loving hearts for a wild ride. We watched with anticipation as competing Must-see-ums fought for their life by rallying fans and supporters from across the province. The results are in:
In our Houses of History bracket, Dalnavert Museum rolled up in true Victorian fashion to secure its spot in our sweet sixteen, up against the strong and resilient spirit of the Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead.
In the Industry and Manufacturing category, wildcard choice Pioneer Village Museum flexed its muscles and made it into our next round, preparing to take on the northern might of the Snow Lake Mining Museum.
Again in the Military Museums bracket, wildcard selection Hillcrest Museum proved that it can hold its own and continues on in the competition against the popular Commonwealth Air Training Museum.
Keeping things rolling with the Planes, Trains and Automobiles category is The Gimli Glider Exhibit, which will attempt to fly high above the locomotive power of the Miami Railway Station Museum.
Meanwhile, the Treherne Glass Bottle Buildings will attempt to claim the title of most eclectic museum in Manitoba against the fascinating (and very bizarre) Sam Waller Museum in the Cool & Quirky category.
The Mennonite Heritage Village is feeling on top of the world after crushing the competition of round one in a landslide - but how will it size up against Churchill's prized Itsanitaq Museum?
In the Pioneer Museums category, it's village against village as the Arborg Multicultural Heritage Village attempts to overthrow the Minnedosa Museum & Heritage Village.
Last but not least, the ancient marine reptiles of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre will see if they can survive in the tall grass prairie of the Living Prairie Museum.
There's not a moment to spare: the sweet sixteen round starts now!
Houses of History
Industry and Manufacturing + wildcard
Military Museums + wildcard
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Cool & Quirky
Cultural Museums
Pioneer Museums


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In the first quarter of 2019, Leonardo was awarded the opportunity to provide the Warsaw Metropolitan Police Headquarters with a Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) system. This system allows voice and data transmission through a web-based control center via 24 re-transmission stations working in the LAN network, connected by microwave links.... Read more
(Shortly after being interviewed for our blog, Mr. Fay passed away unexpectedly. It came as a surprise to all of us who knew him. He was one of, if not our biggest and best, advocates, he truly loved the LMR industry and was well respected throughout it. Our condolences go out to the Fay family as well as his family of colleagues at Applied. May he rest in peace.)
As a company that strongly values ongoing research and innovation with regards to our LMR technology, we are always looking to our customers and colleagues for honest feedback on Leonardo's products and services—as well as for their industry insights.... Read more
Whether you've realized it or not, you've probably seen Land Mobile Radio systems in use right before your own eyes—by your utility company, a public safety responder, or perhaps within your own organization. But if you're new to your industry or haven't yet dealt with LMR systems, it can be a tough concept to grasp.... Read more
The core tenets of reselling in the LMR space are changing more rapidly than the supporting technology. Growth and new revenue opportunities for LMR value-added resellers are diminishing as large manufacturers place restrictions on the equipment they allow resellers to sell, set increasingly difficult targets to be met and take away revenue opportunities that exist in support services.... Read more
Reseller success in the LMR industry relies on your ability to differentiate yourself from your competition. Diversifying your solution offerings from more than one manufacturer reduces your risk and increases your ability to provide innovative solutions to your customers.... Read more
http://leonardocompany-us.com/lmrFor mission-critical and critical-infrastructure professionals, the ability to communicate is not optional. Lack of or reduced communications slows emergency response and system restoration activities. Critical communications systems need to be designed to work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without fail, under the best and worst conditions (especially during natural or man-made disasters). As it was once famously said, "Failure is not an option!"... Read more
Whether your aging LMR system is facing obsolescence or a merger is driving a need for one common communications system, you're likely not going to buy analog again
Digital LMR systems offer increased capacity plus features like call priority, call forwarding and ambient listening.
But if you've worked with an analog system for a long time, you likely have some concerns about the transition to digital.... Read more
Resiliency for your two-way radio communications isn't just about enhancing your
daily operations – it's about being able to communicate during man-made or natural disasters. If your LMR system is aging, are you confident you'll have complete connectivity when your team truly needs it?
A contemporary LMR solution that can be paired with open systems is the best way to achieve full resiliency and ensure first responders have connectivity that's built for public safety and critical infrastructure users.... Read more
You are likely familiar with LMR systems based on proprietary technology, where a
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The technique of using lacquer for handicrafts and decorative items in the households has a long tradition in Vietnam since it was introduced from China centuries ago.
Western paintings and techniques were introduced in Vietnam by the French, in particular after the establishment of the Fine Art University: ╔cole des Beaux Art dÆIndochine in Hanoi in 1925. The traditional lacquer technique which was earlier used for handicraft and decorative household items, was now applied to paintings, creating a new art form. The first lacquer paintings were quite traditional in expressing scenes of natural beauty from the country. Later, lacquer paintings were created to promote socialistic and communistic values. However, since Vietnam became more outward looking in the 1980-90Æs, young artists have explored and reinvented the old art form and put it in a new, contemporary context to create highly innovative and interesting paintings.
Each artist has different ways of using lacquer to produce paintings, and some details are only known to the artist himself. However, there are common features of lacquer paintings, which are described below in order to introduce Vietnamese contemporary lacquer paintings to a larger audience. The traditional process as described below, is used by artists such as Trinh Tuan, while others like Dinh Quan use a modified technique.
1. The wood/board
The artists buy the boards ready-made from suppliers. They come in a variety of sizes. The core of the board is made from plywood. One layer of lacquer is applied to the plywood, left to dry, and thin cotton cloths soaked in clay are attached to both sides of the plywood. After the cotton/clay mixture dry up, the board will be smoothened and polished. This process will be performed five times. Layers of black lacquer are then applied, and the board is left to dry and then polished. Hence, the final product appears as a piece of black board, very smooth and durable. It consists of several layers, is very resistant, and will not crack due to fluctuations in temperature or humidity.
2. The lacquer
Lacquer is a clear sap coming from any of six species of trees growing in Vietnam. The lacquer liquid will be mixed with various natural or artificial dyes to produce the basic colours the artists want. Several shades of red colour e.g. are extracted from a naturally occurring red mineral (cinnabar?).
3. Other materials
Several other materials may be used to make lacquer paintings, the most common being egg shell ¢ for white colour, and gold and silver leaf. A range of other materials may also be used, such as shells, sand, etc.
4. How to make the painting
It is a long and arduous process to make a lacquer painting. It may take several months, depending on the specific technique of the artist and how many layers of lacquer s/he includes.
One example may be like this: First, the design of the painting may be drawn with chalk on the board. White colour will be added through the use of egg shell. A pattern is carefully carved out in the board. Minute pieces of clean egg shell are glued to the cavities, and the surface is then made smooth. Clear lacquer is applied, left to dry and the pattern is then polished (Figs. 1 + 2).
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By NoontimeSports.com
WORCESTER, Mass. – With another week of college basketball in the books, it is time to unveil this week's Worcester Area College Basketball Association (WACBA) honor roll, including our players and rookies of the week.
Men's Player of the Week: Patrick Bradanese (Sr.) Anna Maria (Billerica, Mass.): Bradanese averaged 24.5 points and 6.0 assists per game in a 2-0 week for Anna Maria. He scored a career-high 30 points while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor in the AMCATS win against Suffolk on Saturday. Earlier in this week, he scored 19 points and dished out seven assists in Anna Maria's 87-78 win over Mount Ida. Overall, Bradanese saw a 42.9 percent success rate from the floor.
Men's Rookie of the Week: Karl Charles (Holy Cross) Fr. (Piscataway, N.J.): Charles had 20 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and two assists in the Crusaders' victory over Army, for his first career double-double. He converted a three-point play with 1:46 left in the Army game to give Holy Cross the lead for good, and added two free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining to put the game away. Charles also scored seven points at Colgate, while making 83.3 percent of his free throws on the week.
Women's Player of the Week: Kelly Carey (Jr.) Assumption) (Long Beach, N.Y.): In a 1-0 week for the Hounds, Carey posted a team-high 18 points on 6-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc as the team defeated Pace for its second straight win. Carey also added one rebound and two assists in the win.
Women's Rookie of the Week: Britt Herring (Fr.) Worcester State (W. Brookfield, Mass.): Herring averaged 13.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks in a 0-2 week for the Lancers. In the 65-50 setback to Bridgewater State, Herring was just two rebounds shy of a double-double, scoring 10 points and tallying eight boards (four offensively). She also had a game-high five blocks against the Bears. In the 78-51 loss to Framingham, Herring netted a team-high 17 points and 12 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Overall this week, she shot 45 percent from the field.
Honor Roll:
Malachi Alexander (Holy Cross), Jr. (Bowie, Md.): Alexander finished with a season-high 20 points, six rebounds and three steals in the Crusaders' victory over Army. He scored 14 of his points against the Black Knights in the second half, as Holy Cross rallied from an eight-point deficit to win. He also added seven points at Colgate, while making 55.6 percent of his field goal attempts on the week.
LK Metz (Fr.) Anna Maria (West Yarmouth, Mass.): Metz averaged 7.5 points per game in just 17.5 minutes per game off the bench in a 2-0 week for Anna Maria. He shot 3-for-4 in both games to shoot at 75.0 percent on the week. In addition, Metz added seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals over the two games.
Gustave Koumare (Sr.) Nichols (Harlem, N.Y.): Koumare led the Bison to a pair of wins last week to keep them on top of the conference. He opened the week with a 23-point, five rebound, four steal, four steal effort in a win over Salve Regina, then racked up 14 points, eight assists, seven rebounds, and two steals in a win over Wentworth. For the week, he averaged 18.5 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, 6-0 assists per game, and 3.0 steals per game.
Paul Brooks (Jr.) Worcester State (Arlington, Mass.): Brooks averaged double-double figures of 15.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week for the Lancers. He registered a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds in the 69-66 setback to Bridgewater State, and then had another of 18 points and 12 rebounds in the 70-58 victory over Framingham State on Saturday. Overall this week, Brooks went 59.1 percent (13-22) from the field in 56 minutes of play.
Clyde Niba (Sr.), WPI (Atlanta, Ga.): Niba averaged 17 points as the Engineers improved to 15-2 overall with a pair of victories last week. The senior totaled 22 of his game-best 28 points in the first half of WPI's 79-57 road win at Wheaton. Niba drained 11-of-18 shots from the floor, including a trio of 3-pointers. Earlier in the week in a dramatic 67-66 win over Clark, he had tallied six points in limit action due to foul trouble but converted a key tradition 3-point play with less than three minutes to go before fouling out.
Ama Biney (Soph.) WPI (Worcester, Mass.): Biney amassed a team-best 12 points while adding six rebounds, three assists and three steals in a hard-earned 63-57 road win Saturday afternoon at Clark.


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A non-governmental organisation, Nation Builders, has launched a project dubbed " Help a Child Read " at the Archbishop Amissah Memorial School at Duakor, a fishing community near the University.
The project is aimed at inculcating the culture of reading into school children to improve learning outcomes. As part of the launch, Nation Builders donated assorted reading books to the school. Nation Builders, established by some undergraduate and M.Phil students of the University of Cape Coast, is also expected to expand the project across schools in the Central region.
The Pro- Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, who launched the project, commended the Nation Builders for the unique initiative and called on stakeholders to give support to the project to achieve its aim. Touching on the philosophy underlying Nation Builder's activities, he said, " there is one thing I find and that is "Changing the Mindset of Ghanaians".
According to him, Ghanaians had developed a mindset of self-centeredness, sectionalism, tribalism and partisanship, and asked Ghanaians to do away with such negative tendencies. Rather, he called on Ghanaians to have a positive mindset towards the nation by exuding the values of patriotism,selflessness,voluteerism and nationalism.
Prof. Oduro noted that the spirit of volunteerism among Ghanaians, especially the youth, was gradually dying. He advised that" If the school system can help reactivate this spirit of volunteerism among our younger ones then reading becomes a crucial thing we need to invest in." "Without reading, children would find it extremely difficult to read and understand the issues the media project on television", he emphasized.
Prof. Oduro stressed that reading was critical to national development irrespective of the job or profession. He said children must be encouraged to read books to enable them to build themselves morally, spiritually, physically,socially and mentally towards nation building.
The Pro- Vice-Chancellor said:" Children should read books that would help them develop spirit of cohesion, co-existence and volunteerism. He advised parents to discourage their children from indulging in acts that were inimical to the development of the nation, especially "things that are divisive by nature".
The patron of Nation Builders, Mr. Stephen Doh fia, in a remark, said reading was one of the habits of serious students, hence the huge investment by education stakeholders. He called on the public to support the reading agenda, noting that " education experts have said that, there is a strong correlation between reading and academic performance". He advised parents, teachers and other stakeholders in education " to encourage and guide children to read, doing this will help our country to grow and develop."
The Headmaster of the School, Mr. Justin Ekor, thanked Nation Builders for the gesture. He assured the leadership of Nation Builders that the books would be put to good use to enable the pupils to read wide. He appealed to benevolent individuals and organizations to come to the aid of the school to put up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Center.
Hardworking pupils of the school were awarded for their academic performance. The pupils also entertained the audience with poetry recitals.
A non-governmental organisation, Nation Builders, has launched a project dubbed " Help a Child Read " at the Archbishop Amissah Memorial School at Duakor, a fishing community near the University.


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MANILA — A mayor in the Philippines known for parading drug suspects through his town was fatally shot during a flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning, the police said.
Antonio Halili, the mayor of Tanauan City, about 40 miles south of Manila, was shot in the chest by a gunman and died immediately, the police said. The gunman remained at large.
"Mayor Halili is a staunch ally of the president in the war on drugs," Harry Roque, a spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte, said in a brief statement. "He was a great mayor. This is such a loss."
Mr. Halili was the fourth mayor killed during Mr. Duterte's war on drugs, which has drawn fierce condemnation from rights groups for extrajudicial killings of thousands of drug suspects.
But the other three mayors who were killed were on the president's list of 150 Philippine officials — including mayors, judges and police officers — who were accused of being involved in drugs. They were killed over the last two years in alleged shootouts with the police. One of them was killed while in jail, after he reportedly pulled a gun on officers conducting a search of his cell.
Mr. Halili gained notoriety when he seized on Mr. Duterte's tough antidrug rhetoric, ordering his police force to round up drug suspects and parade them around Tanauan City in a "walk of shame" campaign in which they wore placards saying they were drug offenders.
The practice alarmed local rights groups, who accused the mayor of employing a cheap political gimmick instead of prosecuting the accused through the legal system.
Mr. Halili also led the Mayor's Anti-Crime Group, a civilian vigilante organization that helped lead the fight against drug trafficking.
Investigators were trying to determine who was behind the attack.
"It appears that the gunshot was from a sniper," said Chief Edward Carranza, the regional police superintendent. He added that the gunman could have been hiding in a secured area near City Hall while carrying out the shooting.
"Crime scene investigators are securing the position that the gunman may have used," he said.
In an interview with Reuters in 2016, the mayor said that in cracking down on the nation's drug trade, the Philippine police were going after the "small fry to frighten the people" instead of going after big drug traffickers.
While the government initially welcomed Mr. Halili's antidrug effort, he was later singled out by the national police on its list of "high value targets" as an alleged protector of drug syndicates. He had denied the allegations, and in 2016 sought to clear his name with the police.
"Everybody has a reason to be afraid because it's now the police who are in control," he said in the 2016 interview. "If you are the mayor, and if somehow your views differ from the police, they will create a story, say you are into drugs and go after you and kill you. What can you do?"
Panfilo Lacson, a senator who was previously the country's police chief, said the government should impose stricter firearms control measures to stem the rising tide of killings.
"The killings of priests, prosecutors, former and incumbent officials in broad daylight and in full view of the public can only suggest brazenness," he warned.
Recently, however, Mr. Duterte has drawn fierce criticism from civil liberty advocates by proposing that all village officials be armed with handguns and enlisted in his war on drugs.


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The 1924 NCAA football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were both unbeaten at season's end, with the Fighting Irish winning the Rose Bowl contest 27-10. The Penn Quakers were retroactively awarded a national championship by Parke H. Davis.
Red Grange's Illinois team upset Michigan. The Illini were upset by Minnesota, which in turn was upset by Vanderbilt. Fred Russell's Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football dubs 1924 "the most eventful season in the history of Vanderbilt football." Centre claimed a southern title in its last season of national relevance, upsetting Wallace Wade's first SoCon champion Alabama team. Alabama would not lose another game until 1927.
September 27 California with a 13-7 win over Santa Clara. Dartmouth beat Norwich College 40-0. Southern Methodist University (SMU) beat North Texas 7-0, and Alabama opened with a 55-0 win over Union College of Tennessee.
October 4 Missouri opened its season with a 3-0 win at Chicago, the Maroons' only loss of the season. Notre Dame opened its season with a 40-0 win over Lombard College. Stanford beat Occidental College 20-6, and California beat St. Mary's 17-7. Army beat St. Louis 17-0, Yale beat North Carolina 27-0, and Dartmouth beat Montreal's McGill University 52-0. Alabama won at Furman 20-0. SMU beat Trinity College 14-3
October 11 Notre Dame beat Wabash 34-0. Stanford beat the Olympic Club 7-0 and California defeated Pomona College, 28-0. Army beat Detroit's Mercy College, 20-0 and Dartmouth beat Vermont 38-0. In a battle of Bulldogs, Yale beat Georgia 7-6. Missouri defeated Missouri Wesleyan College 14-0 (MWC was closed in 1930). Chicago beat visiting Brown, 19-7. Alabama beat Mississippi College 51-0. In a Friday game, SMU beat Austin College 7-0
October 18 At the Polo Grounds in New York, Notre Dame beat Army 13-7, the Cadets' only loss for the season. In his column the next day, sportswriter Grantland Rice dubbed the Notre Dame backfield (Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden) in his column of October 20, writing "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below."
In other games, Yale and Dartmouth played to a 14-14 tie. Stanford defeated Oregon 28-13, while California beat the Olympic Club 9-3. In Birmingham, Alabama beat Sewanee 14-0. SMU beat Texas 10-6. Missouri won at Iowa State 7-0, and Chicago defeated Indiana 23-0.
October 25 Notre Dame beat Princeton 12-0. In Columbus, Chicago and Ohio State played to a 3-3 tie. At Portland, Oregon, Stanford had a more difficult time than expected in defeating Idaho, 3-0, while California beat Washington State 20-7. Army beat Boston University 20-0, Dartmouth beat Harvard 6-0, and Yale defeated Brown 13-3. At Atlanta, Alabama recorded another shutout, beating Georgia Tech 14-0. SMU and Texas A & M played to a 7-7 tie in Dallas. Missouri beat Kansas State 14-7.
November 1 California and USC, both unbeaten and untied with records of 5-0-0, met at Berkeley, with California handing the Trojans their first defeat, 7-0. Notre Dame beat visiting Georgia Tech 34-3 Stanford beat Santa Clara 20-0 and California beat visiting USC 7-0 Army and Yale played to a 7-7 tie. Dartmouth defeated Brown 10-3. SMU stayed unbeaten with a 6-0 win at TCU. Missouri suffered its first defeat, a 14-6 loss at Nebraska. Chicago beat Purdue 19-6.
Alabama registered its 8th shutout in a 61-0 win over Ole Miss at Montgomery. To that point, the Crimson Tide had outscored its opposition 215-0.
November 8 Notre Dame won at Wisconsin 38-3 In a game at Berkeley, Stanford beat Utah 30-0, while in Seattle, California was tied by Washington. Army beat visiting Florida 14-7, Dartmouth beat Boston University 38-0, and Yale beat Maryland 47-0 SMU was tied at Arkansas 14-14. Alabama gave up its first points in a 42-7 win over visiting Kentucky. Missouri won at Oklahoma 10-0. Chicago and Illinois played to a 21-21 tie.
November 15 Notre Dame beat Nebraska 34-6 Stanford beat Montana 41-3 and California beat Nevada 27-0 Army and Columbia played to a 14-14 tie, and Yale beat Princeton 10-0. In New York, Dartmouth closed its season unbeaten with a 27-14 win over Cornell. Alabama was defeated by Centre College, 17-0, in a game at Birmingham. SMU and Baylor played to a 7-7 tie in Dallas. Missouri beat Washington University (of St. Louis) 35-0. Chicago beat Northwestern 3-0.
November 22 In Chicago, Notre Dame beat Northwestern 13-6 Stanford (7-0-0) and California (7-0-1) were both unbeaten going into the final game of the season, played at Berkeley. The teams played to a 20-20 tie, with Stanford getting the bid to the Rose Bowl; California hosted a postseason game against Penn for New Year's Day Yale closed its season unbeaten with a 19-6 win over Harvard. Chicago and Wisconsin played to a scoreless tie.
On Thanksgiving Day, November 27 Alabama beat Georgia 33-0 in Birmingham. Missouri beat Kansas 14-0, and received an invitation to play USC at the Los Angeles Christmas Festival (where it would lose, 20-7)
Notre Dame closed its season in Pittsburgh on Friday, November 28, with a 40-19 win over Carnegie Tech. In the Army–Navy Game, held in Baltimore, Army won 12-0 On November 29 SMU and Oklahoma State played to a 13-13 tie, giving the Mustangs a season record of 5 wins, no losses and four ties.
Notre Dame had the Four Horsemen; Stanford had Ernie Nevers. Neither team had lost a game in 1924 and they met in Pasadena before a crowd of 52,000. The Stanford Indians took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter after Murray Cuddeback's field goal. In the second quarter, Elmer Layden ran for one touchdown, then scored another after picking off an Ernie Nevers pass and returning the interception to give the Irish a 13-3 lead at halftime. Stanford closed the gap to 13-10 in the third quarter with a pass from Ed Walker to Ted Shipkey, but lineman Ed Hunsinger scooped up a fumble from an attempted Stanford punt return to give Notre Dame its third touchdown. In the last quarter, Stanford was stopped eight inches from the goal line. Layden picked off another Nevers pass and returned it 70 yards for the final score, with Notre Dame winning 27-10.
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I already went over my (admittedly vague) definition of a Sleeper and Bust in the Defensive Line version of this article, but it's worth revisiting. A sleeper is someone who will significantly outperform their draft position, allowing you to improve your team at other positions, while a bust is someone who will essentially do the opposite.
Linebackers tend to bust less frequently than their front-seven counterparts (unless you don't know your league's rules!), so they are typically safer picks. This also allows you to wait on them, as well as take more risks than you would on linemen. They also provide solid sleepers, as high-volume tacklers are not always household names in the same way that the top sack masters are. For instance, the casual fan would never guess that Chad Greenway put up the same amount of points as James Harrison and DeMarcus Ware combined in 2012.
So don't fall prey to the big names just because they get to the QB, and don't disregard your team's weak-side LB just because Adrian Peterson burned him last year. Here are 2013's LB Sleepers and Busts:
Jerrell Freeman – I'm very high on Freeman this year, for reasons discussed here. I also want to point out that his ADP has him as the 25th LB off the board, which is insane value for 2012's LB9, who is not dealing with any injuries. He's also going after the top 3 busts listed below, so you can laugh to yourself as another owner drafts Clay Matthews and does his ridiculous sack dance while Freeman is still on the board.
Perry Riley – Another LB who I discussed in my LB rankings, Riley is prime for a breakout in 2013. His current ADP has him as LB 32, right behind Elvis Dumervil. For context, Dumervil's best season was 60 points worse than Riley's 2012, where he racked up 56 assists, some of which should turn into solos. Targeting Freeman and Riley as your starting LBs allows you to reach a little bit for guys like JPP or Mario Williams.
Demario Davis – As we get closer to the season he'll be less and less of a sleeper, but Davis still presents a huge value at his current ADP of LB40. I suspect he'll surpass Stephen Tulloch, Jo-Lonn Dunbar, and Terrell Suggs, among others, within the next two months, and with good reason. Bart Scott is gone, leaving David Harris as the only established tackler left in Rex Ryan's front seven. I'm higher on Harris than most, but it would not be surprising for Davis to take over as the LB to own in North Jersey this year.
Brad Jones – With Desmond Bishop moving over to Lake Minnetonka, Jones steps in opposite AJ Hawk to anchor the Packers D. Jones held his own in the second half last year, racking up 8+ tackles in 7 of his last 9 games. I'm not completely sold on Jones or Hawk providing LB1-2 numbers this year, but for someone not going in the top 40 LBs, Jones is well worth a flier later in drafts.
Mychal Kendricks – To be honest, Kendricks has never been on one of my teams before, mostly due to the way he spells his name. I feel like he either needs to spell his first name as Michael or his last name as Kendrix, but he can't keep it status quo. Personal grudges aside, after a solid rookie year, Kendricks should break out in 2013. There are a lot of question marks in the Philly defense this year – Do they have the personnel for a 3-4? Is Trent Cole getting traded or cut? Is Patrick Chung not Asian? – but the Kendricks/DeMeco Ryans combo in the middle is not one of them. I like Kendricks ceiling more, so he's the one I'm targeting.
Martez Wilson –BIG PLAY LEAGUE ONLY ALERT! When Victor Butler went down with a torn ACL in June, Wilson was left as the sole pass rusher opposite Will Smith and Cameron Jordan. Speaking of Will Smith, doesn't Martez Wilson sound like the perfect villain name for Bad Boys 3? I'm thinking Dwyane Wade steps in for Martin Lawrence (because he's dating Gabrielle Union and let's face it, Martin is past his prime) and Javier Bardem plays Martez Wilson, former undercover cop gone rogue. Why is no one else excited about this? Anyways, Wilson could threaten double digit sacks in Rob Ryan's scheme, so he should be on your radar late in big-play league drafts.
Von Miller/Aldon Smith/Clay Matthews/Elvis Dumervil – To misquote the great thespian Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson from his WWE days, "Know your rules, and shut your mouth!" It's as simple as this with these guys: If your league does not provide a big boost for sacks (and to a lesser extent, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries), they will not be nearly as valuable as they are in big-play leagues. Miller will provide tackles on top of his big-play stats, but he has yet to top 55 solos or 14 assists in his two years so far, and finished as LB38 in ESPN "standard" scoring despite 18.5 sacks in 2012. He's currently going as the second LB off the board in 2013. Number two! Well if you take him over James Laurinaitis, Navorro Bowman, or dozens of other guys, then you'll be the one feeling like Number Two. Aldon Smith is currently LB10, Matthews is LB19, and Dumervil is LB31, while I rank Smith at 42 with Matthews and Elvis outside of my top 50. In big-play leagues, it's a different story. But if you're playing with a 3:1 sack to tackle ratio or less (which is the majority of the IDP leagues I've ever played in), then steer clear of these big names.
Bruce Carter – I went over my infatuation with all men named Bruce in the DL version of this article, but it appears that it does not apply to IDP leagues this year. Carter racked up 70 total tackles in 2012, but 38 of them (including 32 of his 51 solos) occurred in the 5 games after Sean Lee was lost for the year. Well Lee is back this year, and despite Dallas's move to the 3-4, Carter will take a back seat to his fellow 'backer. I like Bruce as a backup LB in 2013, but relying on him for weekly production, as his LB23 ADP currently indicates, is a risky proposition.
Daryl Washington/Karlos Dansby/Kevin Minter – I know I'm using the slash lines a lot for the busts, but it's just easier to kill multiple birds with one stone for some of these guys. Has anyone actually ever killed even one bird with a stone before? Let alone two? Unless the birds flew into a massive, transparent stone like they do to the windows at my office, I don't understand that phrase. Speaking of birds, the Cardinals LB situation is going to be an IDP mess this year. Daryl Washington was an absolute stud in 2012, finishing at LB2 overall. Then he did as much damage to his career as any player this side of Aaron Hernandez. A 4-game suspension due to a substance abuse policy violation followed by a domestic abuse took D-Wash from a top 10 IDP pick, to someone who is borderline undraftable. The Cards responded by taking Minter in the 2nd round and picking up Dansby after he was let go by Miami. On their own, each of these guys has IDP value, but all together? Things get complicated. Early on, Dansby should put up the best numbers. If and when Washington returns, he should take over as the top option, with Minter coming along as the season progresses. But if Washington misses more than 4 games? Or Minter struggles to make the transition to the NFL? Or if Jasper Brinkley impresses during training camp? That's just too many questions for me to spend a draft pick on, so I'm likely going to avoid the situation completely.


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DALLAS — Carmelo Anthony scored 15 of his 19 points in the first quarter to jump-start the Knicks' 92-80 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
DALLAS — Carmelo Anthony scored 15 of his 19 points in the first quarter to jump-start the Knicks' 92-80 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
New York led by as many as 19 points and held off a second-half rally that pulled the Mavericks within six. The Knicks went 2-1 on a four-day trip through Texas.
Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Mavericks, who lost their fourth consecutive home game. Their previous low score had been 87 points twice this season. The Knicks had allowed a season-low 78 in a victory at Chicago on Dec. 11.
Anthony scored six points during a 12-0 run in the first that gave the Knicks a 24-13 lead. He also led New York with four rebounds, three assists and two steals in the quarter. He finished with seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and a blocked shot.
Kenyon Martin scored six points in a 1:13 span early in the third quarter that gave New York a 58-39 lead. Filling in after starting center Tyson Chandler left because of illness, Martin had 10 of the Knicks' 15 points in the quarter and finished with a season-high 14.
Anthony didn't score in the second quarter, but New York outscored Dallas 23-18 to lead 52-35 at the intermission.
The Mavericks shot 36 percent (13 for 36) from the field in the first half and were 0 for 8 on 3-pointers. Dallas missed 8 of 17 free throws, including four by Nowitzki. He was 3 for 7 from the field and 5 for 9 from the foul line to finish with 11 points and seven rebounds in the half.
The 35 points were the Mavericks' fewest in the first half this season. The Hawks held them to 34 in the second half of an 88-87 loss at Atlanta Nov. 29.
The Mavericks rallied from the 19-point deficit at 58-39 with an 18-7 run that reduced New York's lead to eight. The third quarter ended 67-57.