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Hello people of the internet!!! On today's 'Monday Memos' we're going to talk about a new show that we're all going to want to check out on Netflix. If you have ever read the novel 'Thirteen Reasons Why' by Jay Asher then prepared to get really excited! In 2011 Universal Pictures purchased the rights to make 'Thirteen Reasons Why' into a film starring Selena Gomez. On October 29th (of 2015) it was announced that this book would instead be made into a 13 episode miniseries that will be executive produced by Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey, and Kristel Laiblin (who has also served as a producer for films such as The Man with the Iron Fists, In Time, and Children of Men). I'm not 100% sure if Selena will still star as the lead character Hannah Baker, but I'm sure we'll find out soon so I'm excited to find out. Personally I am a HUGE fan of this book, so I'm excited to see this miniseries. This is the latest book to get a film/TV release, following other Young Adult novels such as: Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games, The Divergent Trilogy, The Fault in our Stars, and the TV show Eye Candy, among many others. It's really cool to see our favorite stories get a breath of fresh air by coming to life on the big and small screen, and I'm really excited to see which of our favorite novels will be added to this list next. So now let's discuss the plot a little bit (and don't worry there won't be any huge spoilers).
The story revolves around the aftermath of the suicide of a high school girl named Hannah Baker. We follow the story through the eyes of a shy guy named Clay Jensen who is surprised to find a box of 7 cassette tapes from an anonymous person. He listens to the tapes and finds out that Hannah is narrating the tapes. On these tapes she explains that there are 12 people & 13 reasons that are responsible for her committing suicide. She says that each of the 12 people must pass the tapes along to the next person, otherwise someone else will release a second set of the tapes to everyone at their school. This is definitely a really interesting story that will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions. The book ends with giving the audience a lot of really good life lessons, but do so in a very realistic non-preachy way. I am so excited that this book is getting more attention, and I am interested to see where Netflix takes this story.
Hello people of the internet!!! On today's 'YouTube Wednesday' we are going to discuss the 2015 'MTV Movie Awards'. The show was hosted this year by comedian/actress Amy Schumer, who definitely made this year's award show a memorable one. The show began with a hilarious series of skits which showed Amy as a character in some of the biggest movies of the year. These skits included the movies: 'Pitch Perfect', 'Divergent', 'The Fault In Our Stars', and 'The Hunger Games'. There were a few more hilarious jokes about the shows on MTV, and the fact that MTV has TV shows now instead of just playing music videos all day. Amy also made some really funny jokes about actor/comedian Kevin Hart's release of non-stop movies lately, and Hillary Clinton finally giving the announcement we've all been waiting for…she's the newest member of One Direction (just kidding, but wouldn't that be awesome?!?). So now that we've discussed the opening of the show, then let's move on to the awards. Ready? Ok, let's go!
Awards (I only choose a few awards to talk about because I didn't want y'all to be here all day, so y'all can check out the complete list of winners here MTV Movie Award Winners):
Best Action Hero (this award was announced before the show began):
Dylan O'Brien 'The Maze Runner'
Now even though we don't really need to explain why 'The Maze Runner' deserves this award (even though the competition was VERY stiff) but one reason would definitely be that the film grossed over $340 million worldwide, since its' release in September of 2014 (not bad for a movie that had a budget of $34 million). With the success that this film would already have because of the success of the book series (which the movies are based off of), and Dylan's popularity because if his role on Teen Wolf, there was never a doubt that this movie would do extremely well.
Best Female Performance:
Shailene Woodley 'The Fault in Our Stars'
Ok we all know why Shailene won this one! I mean Hazel and Gus are still playing with our emotions, and wow that movie is such so amazing and intense. This was the first in a LONG line of awards Shailene would win last night, and honestly she definitely deserved this one.
Trailblazer Award:
Shailene Woodley
Honestly right now it's a good time to be Shailene Woodley. In the past few years she's been an action hero in the Divergent series, a teenager who's world gets turned upside down when her mom "leaves" her and secrets start coming out, a love struck teenager battling cancer (thanks again John Green for giving us an ending we'll never recover from), and so many other memorable characters. It's obvious that this is just the beginning of Shailene Woodley's Hollywood takeover, and I don't know about y'all, but I am SOOOO excited to see what her next project will be.
Generation Award:
Robert Downey Jr.
I think we can all agree that Robert Downey Jr. has such an interesting story due to his tremendous film success in the 80s & early 90s, followed by his comeback in 2003. Most of us probably know him for his work in Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, The Avengers, and so much more! Now of course we also know about his past with drug and alcohol addiction, but I think that the fact that he was able to bounce back and become such a respected actor (because honestly that's not an easy task to pull off), is a real testament to his talent.
Best Kiss:
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort 'The Fault In Our Stars'
Ok honestly I think we would've all been mad if anyone else won this award because Gus and Hazel are #relationshipgoals, they just are. This couple made us laugh, cry, question our place in the universe, and learn a lot of really big words, so of course they would win best kiss. I mean they were just too cute, I just can't y'all…you just gotta love Hazel and Gus.
Best Male Performance:
Bradley Cooper 'American Sniper'
I think that it's definitely so much harder for an actor when they have to portray a real person verses a fictional character, so Bradley Cooper certainly showed us his acting chops with this film. In American Sniper Bradley Cooper portrayed U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, and the fact that this film grossed over $540 million worldwide with a $58.8 million budget (which made it the highest-grossing film of 2014 in the United States), shows that audiences just fell in love with Bradley Cooper's work in this movie. When this film came out EVERYONE wanted to see it, so I don't think we were surprised that he walked away with this win.
Comedic Genius:
Kevin Hart
With movies like: 'Think Like A Man', 'Ride Along', 'About Last Night', his stand-up act (and honestly so much work that I would have y'all here all day), we are all very familiar with how funny Kevin Hart is. All amazing comics have their moments when they just rule comedy, and right now is definitely the era of Kevin Hart. So prepare because apparently "if he sees his shadow then we get 6 more months of Kevin Hart movies", thanks for the tip Amy Schumer.
Movie of The Year:
'The Fault In Our Stars'
Ok if Hazel and Gus are #relationshipgoals, then 'The Fault In Our Stars' is definitely #moviegoals, because this film is just so utterly perfect. I mean like I said before, this movie made us feel all of our emotions at once, and then made us question everything about life. I mean I read the book so I knew what was going to happen and this movie still made me cry at the end (I'm still not ready to talk about that ending y'all, it's just too soon). I think that this movie is definitely the movie of the year, and now we just have to wait and see how John Green's latest book turned film 'Paper Towns' does (I know, I know, we're all super excited!).


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It's November 1st, the World Series is over, and the GM meetings are just around the corner. You know what that means, don't you? Hotstove season, babies. Every year, once the Jays are mathematically eliminated, the Hotstove pretty much becomes the next "big thing" I look forward to. And here we are.
On to the aforementioned quick-hitters:
Ooooh.....the drama! The intrigue! Will he or won't he? What do you think he'll do, Blue Jay fans? Any guesses? (end sarcasm)
The Jays first major offseason move has come to pass, as the club has exercised the 2009 option on Rod Barajas. Oh, right - sorry - sarcasm mode ended. In all seriousness, it`s a pretty good situation for the Blue Jays, as the presence of Barajas behind the dish, on a one-year deal, will help the club bridge the gap until top catching prospect JP Arencibia is ready to handle the starting job. At least, I would hope that`s the plan....
Just what in the fuck is it in the water these days that has Blue Jays fans jumping from the CN Tower over the club's fate next season? So, the Rays make the World Series, and automatically the Jays are reduced to a guaranteed fate of a 4th place finish in '09? Nope, I'm not buying it. I'm just not. You want predictions? Well, I've got some predictions for you: Scott Kazmir will be good for maybe 15 starts next season, Evan Longoria will go through a sophomore slump, BJ Upton still won't "get it", and David Price will show why very few players make the jump to the big leagues one year after being drafted. Yes, the Red Sox will find a way to finish with 90+ wins, but the Yankees, despite spending an obscene amount of money this offseason, will disappoint.
Oh, and the Blue Jays? Yeah, OK - the rotation, as currently constructed, scares the piss out of me. There's Doc, who's an animal, obviously....and Jesse Litsch, who makes a fine #4 or #5.....and a whole lotta ?? (question marks). But the offense? Why can't the offense improve? Full seasons from Young Adam Lind and Sniderman (if he breaks camp, that is) won't help? A healthy Vernon Wells won't make the team better? And how about the guy everyone seems to have forgotten about - Aaron Hill. His presence won't improve the lineup? Don't get me wrong - Joe Inglett did a great job filling in, but he 's not going to get you 15 HR and 40 doubles like Aaron Hill can. And what about the massive boners everyone was sprouting about the work Team Cito did with the hitters? We're forgetting about that now?
And finally, let's not forget that JP Ricciardi (the other JP) knows the club needs a push, there's a little payroll room to kick around (maybe more than we think? Hmm?)....and, oh yeah, the little matter about a new incoming President and his job being on the line....
Here's to hoping Ted Rogers bounces back from his latest medical scare. Details are sketchy at the moment, which is usually ominous, but let's hope for the best.
Why is everyone kicking my ass over the idea of inquiring about Billy Butler? Once a top hitting prospect, he seems to have fallen out of favor with Royals management, and word on the street (OK, from Keith Law) is that he could probably be had for relatively cheap. A 22 year old, still getting his feet wet player who was once hailed as a having .300-25 HR potential isn't attractive? In short, fuck you guys!
Owning up, I can see how my longings for an incentive-laden contract to lure Pedro back to the AL East seems, well, insane. But something tells me he'd love to shove it up the Red Sox (and his daddies, the Yankees) ass one more time, and maybe, just maybe, he can coax another year out of that shoulder. I'd never sign the guy to a massive base contract.....but a one year incentive-based deal? Why not? Who'd he be blocking? A probably not ready Brett Cecil? My guy Rick Romero? If nothing else, it'd be an exciting gamble...


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KDE.org Relaunched for Software Compilation 4.4
The KDE web team is pleased to announce a major redesign of the KDE.org frontpage and buzz.kde.org, just in time for the pending release of our updated Workspace, Application and Development Platform compilation. The redesign is the result of many hours of work by artists, coders, writers and testers. Keep reading to gain some insight into the people and processes behind the retooling.
As many people are already aware, KDE recently underwent a shift in marketing and promotion vocabulary. These changes combined with many orphaned and out-of-date pages on the existing KDE.org website were a major topic of discussion at the KDE Marketing Meeting last November in Stuttgart. Once a branding strategy had been agreed upon (KDE is the organization or community, which produces Workspaces, Applications, and a Developer Platform), a site navigation was discussed which can accurately relate this information about the community to new or returning visitors.
During initial mockups, it was discovered that there was an aborted attempt to update KDE.org already in the KDE source repository from two years earlier - this previous attempt was never completed, but some of the framework was already in place to reuse, so work got underway immediately. Now after several months of work, many mockups lay on the cutting room floor, and the final site is ready, aside from a few tweaks still pending.
The Web Team
A major, high traffic website like KDE's should not be left without updates for long periods of time, as the interested web developers get stuck in content maintenance mode, and soon lose interest. Occasionally, a refresh is required simply to revitalise the Web Team. So, briefly and in no particular order, the KDE community would like to acknowledge the current Web Team, many of which have had a few too many short nights since November:
Nice, very nice. It was time to refresh the KDE.org homepage and it is just wondurful, grat job guys. :)
By Julien Humbert at Mon, 2010/02/08 - 9:58pm
Rough edges
From clicking around a little, I found a few broken links in the menu. Gives 404s. Do you want such errors reported or do you already have the knowledge, and in such cases where do you want errors/bugs reported?
As it is, in the menu Community ->About KDE the folowing entries fail ->KDE e.V. Foundation, ->History and ->Awards
By Morty at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:54am
Wow it's fantastic
Really good job!
By Pascal d'Hermilly at Mon, 2010/02/08 - 11:31pm
Great effort guys!
Couple of quick questions:
Should we really have the Documentation link so high under the Support menu? Or even there at all? Many docbooks are horribly incomplete and out-of-date (the prominently linked User Guide and FAQ are dated 2005, and the Plasma one is dated 2008) and Userbase seems a far better place to send people to for now, at least until the docs site can be cleaned up a bit.
Will we be changing the look of other sites like the wikis, dot, bko and docs to match? I must confess I quite like them as they are, but we should probably be consistent?
By odysseus at Mon, 2010/02/08 - 11:45pm
Really nice!
I like it a lot, both the new website and the new look of KDE desktop. Now the only thing left is to exchange the terrible default sound scheme (the piano sounds).
By SP at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 12:02am
Huh, great Job - this is really well done!! All the awesomeness in one place!!
By Nicolas Dietrich at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 12:11am
Excellent redesign
And much needed! It looks very good and much better laid out.
By Lindsay Mathieson at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 1:04am
Some bugs
Website does not work good on 800 pixel wide systems (netbooks anyone?) Shrinking the text size did not help, looks like there are fixed size layouts or graphics.
Due to the menu being at the top, the text starts "very late" in page, so that you have to scroll a lot (yes, the forums have the same layout, and the same problem), the large paragraph spacing adds to that.
By christoph at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 2:34am
Try webkitpart for konqueror
Yup it's a bit sluggish with khtml, but it flies with webkitpart.
Honestly the new site is jaw dropping!
By bliblibli at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 9:41am
Opera and Konqueror both
Opera and Konqueror both. It is all the text, it has an almost invisible white outline using css text-shadow. CSS text-shadow was never supposed to be used for an entire site, and wasn't optimized for it. Now KHTML has new optimizations for text-shadows in trunk though.
Safari uses OS X native shadow rendering calls, making it faster. Webkitpart hasn't implemented text-shadows yet, making it blindingly fast by doing nothing ;)
By carewolf at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 2:08pm
It's Dion Moult :) - not Doin Moult!
There are some compatbility issues with some browsers (IE, yes, yes) and hopefully these will be ironed out over the next few days.
By Dion Moult at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 3:09am
fixed ;-)
By Jos Poortvliet at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:41am
You guys did an amazing work here, congratulations! Wonderful design!
By Edney Matias at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 5:27am
Fancy eye candy. But I couldn't find a link to the SC roadmap (for example a link to http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Schedules/KDE4/4.4_Release_Schedule would currently be helpful) - I think a lot of KDE users come to kde.org to check when the next release / RC / beta is due.
While I was looking for a link to a roadmap, I also noticed that there isn't a search field which could (maybe) have helped me find it.
Hope those two things will be added soon.
By Patrick at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 5:59am
Free Software
I'd suggest linking the phrase Free Software (for example on the download page) to Free Software definition.
And/or substitute it for Free/Libre Software.
Cheerio and keep up the good work!
By Ivan Čukić at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 9:11am
Great work
Really great work.... I really like the new design.
Thanks for all your time!
By TheGreatGonzo at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 9:15am
I love it !
By BogDan Vatra at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:13am
It looks fresh, lucid, really
It looks fresh, lucid, really beautiful. Nice job guys and girls :)
By Bobby at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:27am
Well done KDE community!
I like the new web site a lot, it is as well designed that I have been navigating through almost all the links to enjoy it!
But, there is one BUT ... I have realized that almost all the screeshots of the apps are updated with the new look and feel of KDE SC 4.4, but there are some not updated.
Anyway, incredible and necessary modification for the KDE webpage!
Congratulations KDE members!
By Poldark at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:53am
feel free to help
feel free to send proper screenshots to us! send to kde-www mailinglist (@kde.org) plz.
By Jos Poortvliet at Wed, 2010/02/10 - 1:01pm
Looks great indeed! It took
Looks great indeed! It took me a few seconds to find the popping out navigation, but I guess that one makes sense as well and will not form any usability issue.
I believe there is a small typo in the main text though:
(or my English is off)
By Thijs at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:55am
fixed by someone ;-)
fixed by someone ;-)
By Jos Poortvliet at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 11:50am
Opera - Scrolling is sluggish
Don't know why... but scrolling in Opera (10.10) is sluggish... also some rendering errors occur like the head picture vanishing after scrolling....
By thomas at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 11:35am
The new layout looks great, a huge improvement over the old site. Thanks to the www team!
By Sascha Peilicke at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 12:09pm
Look awesome!
I read about this on facebook last night and when I checked the new site, I thougt I was dreaming... looks awesome!
However, there are some issues:
These two issues create a quite nervous feeling about the site.
By Robin at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 12:39pm
I think the new design looks really great. However it would not hurt to make the elements a bit lighter. I mean, http://www.kde.org/media/images/footer1.png is 1.3MB! Not everyone is on DSL. Frankly this is way too heavy.
By Med at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 1:33pm
being fixed as I type this
It is being fixed now, we forgot that one :).
By pinheiro at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 2:04pm
Don't forget the header graphic
That one is just shy of 1 Mb as well.
By Charles Hill at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 4:28pm
dates on announcements and news
Like the new site - looks good.
One of my pet peeves though is no dates on announcements and news. I hope you can get dates on these items.
cheers, Jd
By Jim at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 6:13pm
Great… Takes about 2 minutes to load. Why didn't you just write it in Silverlight to make it even more unusable?
By Candid Dauth at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 6:46pm
Yes and no
I like the overall look of the site, but I'm far from convinced by the navigation system. I nudge my mouse over, and it unfolds (filling half the content area on a laptop), then doesn't go away again until I click Toggle Menu.
Specifically, I'd suggest that what appears on mousing over should disappear on mousing out, and that the content of the page should stay still, not slide up and down.
By Thomas at Tue, 2010/02/09 - 10:56pm
good look
i like the redesign of the page, but as people stated before there are some things, which might get better:
- the picture with the navigation is far to big, so the text (the interesting information) are only reachable by extensiv scrolling with a netbook
- the new navigation on the top is not performing well
- all at all the page is quite slow (using opera right now) - I was always impressed by the old one loading a lot faster than most of the other pages I use out there... sometimes less is more ;)
just my 2 cents & thanks for your work!
By lotman at Wed, 2010/02/10 - 12:26am
i wouldn't say it's slow -
i wouldn't say it's slow - it's dog slow :)
By richlv at Wed, 2010/02/10 - 3:22pm
To be brutally honest...
To be brutally honest, it looks really amateurish. KDE has access to many good designers and UI experts. I do not understand, how did you guys manage to frack up your web so badly and make it look like every other garbage pile (aka blog) out there.
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The Farmingdale State men's soccer team fell to the visiting U.S. Merchant Marine Academy today, 1-0, in a non-conference matchup in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams now stand at 1-6, while the Mariners remain undefeated at 4-0-1.
In a scoreless first half, Farmingdale was outshot 7-1 with two saves by junior goalkeeper Ricky Meschkow (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage). The second half featured 11 shots by the Mariners and four from the Rams, with the game-winner inching over the line at 64:41. The goal was awarded to Merchant Marine sophomore forward Cody Kessler (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem Central), assisted by sophomore defender Kurt Olsen (Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day).
Meschkow left the game in the second half due to an injury, but made six saves in defeat, while the Mariners' Gary Poulin (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) made two saves for the win. Senior goalkeeper Ray Levan (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) made two saves in his twenty minutes played for Farmingdale.
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2014 ACM Honors Host, Presenters + Performers Announced
The 2014 ACM Honors are less than a month away, and now they've announced one hunky host, and several presenters and performers.
The 8th annual ACM Honors will take place on Sept. 9 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which means they're right around the corner. The awards are a series of acknowledgements that keep on going even after the annual awards show is over. The non-televised awards will be hosted by none other than Jake Owen. That means it's sure to be a party -- but the fun doesn't stop there!
There are a whole lot of fun performers that will take the Ryman stage, including Dierks Bentley, Shawn Camp, Kelly Clarkson, Hunter Hayes and Lady Antebellum's front woman Hillary Scott. Lee Ann Womack, Dwight Yoakam, the Oak Ridge Boys and 'Nashville' stars Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen will also take the stage -- among others.
Although the performer list is already full of talent, it still doesn't stop there. Kenny Chesney, the Oak Ridge Boys' Joe Bonsall, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Brenda Lee, the Swon Brothers and Pete Fisher -- the general manager of the Grand Ole Opry -- will present awards during the evening.
Recipients of the ACM Honors include Carrie Underwood, Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts and Merle Haggard among several others. A list of the ACM Honors recipients are here.
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I get a lot of e-mails about various projects VO has been working on. I thought it was time for an update on some of them.
- There was a problem with the first batch of the 650b fenders. The manufacturer bent them to fit 700c wheels; oops. So they are making a second batch right now and we should see them in 3-4 weeks. Since it was a "do-over" I decided to change the profile and make a copy of the old Lefol "Le Paon" or "Zeppelin-style" fenders in a 52mm width. These should be very cool!
- The VO polished stainless steel fender samples have arrived and look great. We've not yet ordered a production run. I wonder if we'll soon have too many models.
- The roller cable hangers are, or are almost, in production. We hope to see them in 3-6 weeks. They are light enough that they can be air-freighted.
- The Maxi Car-style hubs we tried to have made hit too many snags and so we've sidelined the project.
- The VO bottle cages also hit some snags and we've moved the project to another factory. I'm hoping they will arrive by spring.
- We have the seat post sample and it looks pretty good, but for one small detail. I want to see a sample from another factory before we order them.
- We have heard nothing about the fillet brazed stems from Nitto recently, but I trust they will eventually get to them.
- Toyo has been very very busy and our production frames have been delayed and delayed. I was told we might have them by May, but sometime in summer is probably more realistic. I will meet with them soon.
- The city bike frames will probably be delayed as well. It's simply beyond our control; the factories that make the best stuff are just swamped.
- The VO aluminum and rubber expandable bar plugs were a disappointment and require a re-design. That's the way it is sometimes.
- Our Jos/Spanninga lights and dynamos will arrive in a week or two.
I plan to go to Taiwan, and possibly Japan next month and try to facilitate some of these projects and research a few others.


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Yates High: Still running up the score
As if it weren't enough to keep running and pressing so it could score a state-record 170 points in a 135-point squeaker over Lee High, Houston's Yates High boys basketball team cemented its reputation as the worst sports in the world Jan. 20 in its failed attempt to get a 12th straight game with more than 100 points. Nothing was at stake except looking more badass to move up from a lowly No. 3 in the USA Today Super 25 national high school ranking, but Yates played the fourth quarter as if it were down 20 points instead of up 20.
From the Houston Chronicle:
Scoring six points with 1:30 remaining in a basketball game may sound like an attainable goal, but for Yates, it was mission impossible.
Unable to log its 12th 100-point plus game for the season, the Lions, ranked No. 3 in the nation on USA Today's Super 25, had to settle for a 94-64 win over Westbury Wednesday night at Barnett Stadium. …
With less than three minutes to go, [Brandon] Peters broke away for a crowd-pleasing, 360-degree dunk to push the Lions' total to 84.
From that point on, Yates employed a strategy of their own: immediately foul on the inbounds play. Westbury went to the free-throw line seven times in that span, giving the Lions plenty of opportunities to pad their point total to triple-digits, but missed shots and broken plays tripped them up as the clock wound down.
I couldn't imagine being more bush-league than merely running up the score on a hapless team for a state record, but Yates coach Greg Wise clearly has an imagination far more active than mine. Fouling to stop the clock so you can get 100? What, does everyone in the crowd get a chalupa if you hit triple digits?
I applaud the professionalism of Westbury coach John Howie, who had his team play hard as if it were a real basketball game in those last 90 seconds. I would have been tempted to make a mockery of a mockery, say by having my team stand around and let Yates score, or intentionally clanging free throws, or having me, a la Slap Shot, run around the court and strip down to my skivvies.
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Eric Nystrom raised $30,000 for charity with his strip for the Quad City Flames in 2008, and guaranteed himself a place on the short list to play Ned Braden in any Slap Shot, ugh, reboot.


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Leading the free world certainly has its challenges. But facing the ladies of "The View" for a political discussion? That's downright scary.
But on Tuesday's episode of the ABC talk show, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama took on Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd and, yes, even outspoken Republican Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
In one segment of the show, Barbara asked Michelle to describe her husband's personality, noting that "we hear aloof, cold, unemotional."
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"He's very loving. He's very giving. He's very open," the first lady gushed. "He's funny. I'm funnier. But we understand that!"
The couple even recounted their first date back in 1989, eating ice cream outside a Baskin Robbins in Chicago. Barack asked Michelle if he could kiss her for the first time, and adorably she said yes. (There's now a plaque there to commemorate the occasion.)
In another lighthearted moment, the president described daughters Sasha, 11, and Malia, 14, "spinning around" backstage and reenacting the "Hannah Montana" movie at the Democratic National Convention. He quipped that he walked out on stage "thinking about Hannah Montana."
Barack does late-night, hangs with Jay-Z
But the ladies of "The View" also asked the tougher questions. Like how would the country fare if Republican opponent Mitt Romney were elected? Barack diplomatically replied that America is strong enough to survive any leadership, but "the American people don't want to just survive, we want to thrive."
As for whether the FLOTUS will ever be following in her hubby's footsteps? No way. She answered that question laughingly, saying, "It takes a lot of patience to be the president of the United States, and I'm not that patient!"


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By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Dec. 3, 2008 - As headlines scream news of an economic recession, a Defense Department team is heading to the Pacific Northwest tomorrow to help drive home the point that financial readiness is a big part of mission readiness. Fort Lewis, McChord Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Bremerton in Washington state will host the next in a series of Financial Readiness Challenge events.
The program brings financial experts to military bases, where they present seminars and one-on-one sessions to help servicemembers and their families better manage their finances, explained Navy Cmdr. Dave Julian from the Pentagon's new Office of Personal Finance and Transition.
The events have been received "very, very well" at bases that have hosted them in the last month, Julian said, with participants calling the information they received practical and worthwhile.
Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., offered the first all-day session, which consisted of general discussions about budgeting, spending and savings. Participants who wanted individual assistance also got the opportunity to meet with financial experts to discuss their situations.
Larry Winget, a best-selling author and television personality known as the "Pitbull of Personal Development," was a featured speaker.
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., hosted another major program, expanding the offerings to two days that included a Saturday. One session used games and other fun activities designed to introduce military children to the concepts of saving money and spending responsibly.
Although every installation's program is tailored to its specific priorities and needs, all build on what Julian calls the "pillars of personal financial readiness." These are:
-- Establishing and maintaining a good credit record;
-- Living within one's means and resisting the "buy now, pay later" mentality;
-- Establishing a routine savings plan that includes an emergency savings fund;
-- Planning for the future through a Thrift Savings Plan or Savings Deposit Plan;
-- Investing in Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and other insurance plans critical to financial security;
-- Borrowing, when necessary, with lower-percentage loans offered through military aid associations and base banks or credit unions;
-- Taking advantage of discounted tickets, gear and services offered through morale, welfare and recreation activities; and
-- Recognizing that seeking financial counseling won't cause a security clearance to be lost or denied -- but that getting buried under in debt could.
Julian said the economic downturn that's devastated many Americans hasn't hit most military families quite as hard. That's largely because servicemembers have secure full-time jobs, commissary and exchange privileges, free medical care and cash for housing if the military doesn't provide it.
"But military families aren't immune to what's going on in the economy," he said. "They are feeling the pinch just like everyone else."
The Financial Readiness Challenge events don't replace the free financial counseling and other services installations already provide, Julian noted. They augment those services. "We're an additional resource to help them reach out to servicemembers and their families," he said.
The goal, he explained, is to help them cope with the financial crisis so they don't face financial hardships that ultimately can become a readiness issue.
Worrying about whether they are going to be able to pay their bills or are about to lose their homes distracts troops from concentrating on the mission. That can put them and their buddies at risk, Julian said.
"We want to keep our men and women overseas, especially the ones in harm's way, concentrating on the mission at hand and the important tasks they have to accomplish, rather than their financial situation at home," he said.
Additional Financial Readiness Challenge event are slated for Fort Belvoir, Va., Jan. 24; Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., Feb. 23; Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., week of Feb. 25; San Diego region, Calif., week of Feb. 25; Norfolk, Va., Feb. 25; and Fort Polk, La., March 7.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We provide a variety of high-end hosted application clustering, networking technologies, and professional services.
Our company name is stodgy, boring, and surprisingly uninformative given its length: Capital Equipment & Logistics, LLC. We've done business thusfar as the equally ill-conceived "CapEquiLog" about which the most common question is "What is that? French?"
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Barack Obama's Waterloo
[Black Star News Editorial]
The Republicans were right. The healthcare reform bill --which finally passed-- would become President Barack Obama's Waterloo.
The only problem was that they didn't know that Mitch McConnell & co. would be in Napoleon's boots.
The bill will eventually allow the more than 32 million Americans who currently don't have coverage to be able to afford health insurance. Thousands of Americans die each year through lack of coverage. In a sane country healthcare coverage should be
a matter of human rights.
Most importantly, the bill will begin to control the abuses of the insurance industry. It's unregulated and it acts like an insatiable
vampire. Abuses include refusal to extend policy for people with "pre-existing conditions" or denying treatment to policy holders once they become sick or dropping their coverage. Some companies enjoy 500% superprofits.
Low income people will benefit from the expansion of Medicaid. And by requiring almost all Americans --and legal residents-- to obtain coverage, a large pool from which private insurers can also draw from will also be created. Young Americans can remain on their parent's coverage up to age 26 immediately, even before near universal coverage kicks in.
So all the nonsense about a "government takeover" and "ObamaCare socialism" should now be put to rest. The Republicans were essentially exposed as a party that would stop at nothing to retain the current status quo, where many of the lawmakers continue to parrot lines passed down from the insurance industry, in return for big money.
They resorted to ugly tactics that brought back memories of some of the worst days of the 1960s during the marches and protests that paved the way for Civil Rights legislation when progressive Americans were attacked, beaten or killed. The so-called "Tea Party" acted as the Republican party's storm troopers; members -disrupted healthcare reform debates at Town hall meetings starting last summer. They succeeded in stifling open discussion --to examine the merits or lack thereof of
healthcare reform with some showing up with weapons.
The gatherings were reduced to witch hunts where some nasty Tea Party members displayed ugly banners demonizing President Obama with racist slurs. This past weekend anyone who still lived on fantasy island got to see Tea Party members at their best. They gathered in Washington, D.C., before the votes with signs that read "Kill, The Bill!" (hint, hint) and hurled racist slurs at a Black member of Congress and a gay slur at Rep. Barney Frank. One can only imagine what they might have done had the Police not been there; or had they encountered the Black lawmakers in the middle of night somewhere.
For the Republican party it never really was about healthcare reform.
What's really at stake is the soul of America. Will we build an America of the future --health care and decent jobs and education for all-- or retain the status quo? Americans answered that question when Obama was elected president.
The Republican party leadership still has some wild fantasy about turning back the clock to "the good old days" to paraphrase Glenn Beck. That's wishful thinking. The majority of Americans --Blacks, Whites, Latinos and Asians-- especially the young, are ready for the new dawn.
"Speaking Truth To Empower."
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Singer Adam Lambert will be the toast of the upcoming Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards after landing a top honor.
The star has been unveiled as the recipient of this year's Davidson/Valentini Award, which is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media professional who promotes equality for the LGBT community.
A spokesperson for the organization states, "Adam Lambert's continued success as one of the world's best-selling pop stars shows LGBT people that they can be themselves and make it in a mainstream industry that many feel unfairly rejects them."
Lambert follows in the footsteps of past honorees, including comedienne Sandra Bernhard, actor B.D. Wong, and "Precious" director Lee Daniels, and he'll receive the prize during the ceremony in San Francisco on May 11.


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Education Nation rolls into Detroit
W.K. Kellogg Foundation joins forces with NBC News to bring Education Nation to Detroit
Starting Friday, March 22, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will join with NBC News and Local 4 to bring the education broadcasting initiative, Education Nation, to local communities in
READ: Help stuff our Education Nation bus
Based in Battle Creek, Mich., WKKF is proud to support the summit in its home state, and help engage communities on important education issues affecting vulnerable children and families. In Michigan, WKKF invests in its priority places of Battle Creek, Detroit and Grand Rapids, as well as in organizations throughout the state.
The grantmaking foundation is working closely with NBC News and its local news affiliate, WDIV Local 4, to provide a platform to share some of the education challenges faced by vulnerable children and families, spotlight community-led education efforts underway and showcase promising approaches and programs. Education Nation Detroit will include in-depth panel discussions and interviews on the importance of early childhood education, school choice and workforce development, as well as interactive teacher and student town halls. For more information about Education Nation "On-the-Road" visit www.educationnation.com.
What: NBC News Education Nation Detroit Summit, supported by WKKF
Who: Sterling Speirn, president and CEO, WKKF
Carla Thompson, vice president – program strategy, WKKF
Chelsea Clinton, special correspondent, NBC News
Rehema Ellis, chief education correspondent, NBC News
Rhonda Walker, anchor, WDIV Local 4
Where: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E. Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
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Last month I managed to visit the medieval village of Cordes-sur-Ciel near Toulouse, France. This fortified town on top of a small hill was built in 1222 by Raimon VII, the count of Toulouse.
A steep hike rewards one with great views on the surrounding vineyards. Even though it can be quite touristy at times, there are plenty of photo opportunities for the travel photographer.
The image above of two very old doors, takes one back in time and gives a good impression of what the village looks like!
To me this is an image screaming to be converted to Black and White...
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Nikon D800 with Nikkor 24-70 2.8
ISO400, 38mm, f5.6, 1/80s
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More of images of the region can be found in my new "Toulouse" gallery.
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(CNN) — U.S. officials believe Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials told CNN.
U.S. and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel most likely conducted a strike Thursday or Friday, both officials said. This is when the United States collected data showing Israel was flying a high number of warplanes over Syria's neighbor, Lebanon.
CNN was first to report news of the strike.
One official said the United States could not confirm the data it had collected represented the warplanes that conducted a strike.
Based on initial indications, U.S. officials said, they do not believe Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace to conduct the strikes.
Both officials said there is no reason to believe Israel targeted a chemical weapons storage facility. The Israelis have long said they would strike at any targets that prove to be the transfer of any kinds of weapons to Hezbollah or other terrorist groups, as well as at any effort to smuggle Syrian weapons into Lebanon that could be used to threaten Israel.
The Lebanese army website listed 16 flights by Israeli warplanes into Lebanon's airspace from Thursday evening through Saturday morning local time. And an Israeli surveillance plane entered Lebanese airspace on Friday and left Saturday morning, it said.
The reported incursions provoked a condemnation by Lebanon's president, Gen. Michel Sleiman, the official National News Agency reported.
"Sleiman considered such violations as a continuation of the threatening policy adopted by Israeli enemy officials against Lebanon," it said.
The Israeli military had no comment. But a source in the Israeli defense establishment told CNN's Sara Sidner, "We will do whatever is necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from Syria to terrorist organizations. We have done it in the past and we will do it if necessary the future."
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Wayne County executive defends Prosecutor Office cuts
Robert Ficano says Wayne County Prosecutor Worthy is overspending budget, but she says cuts endanger public safety
DETROIT – A budget battle between Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy could mean potential courtroom chaos.
Last week, 26 employees at the Prosecutor's Office were laid off. That included 22 attorneys, three investigators and a clerical position.
Worthy argues due to the cuts her office won't have enough people to handle all the cases. Ficano doesn't agree with Worthy's warning.
"At this point I think it's a scare tactic," the county executive said.
However, the Prosecutor's Office insists the bottom line is there are not enough people to handle all the cases.
Read more: Wayne County prosecutor says cuts endanger public safety
"The biggest loser in this case are the citizens," said legal expert Todd Flood. "When you think about this, you have cases that need to be investigated and prosecuted that are sitting in the back log."
No one from the Prosecutor's Office was available to comment on Monday. However, courtroom insiders tell the Local 4 Defenders they are concerned. They say there are simply not enough people to handle and cover cases regarding domestic violence, and even traffic court dockets could be cut.
Ficano defends the cuts.
"(Worthy) was given a budget and she is overspending her budget right now. The moves that we're making in our department is within our budget," he said.
However, Ficano has come under fire for allegedly using more county money for his personal protection.
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Hideaway, natural sanctuary, adventure playground: Our reporters pick their favorite hotels for 2018
The Peninsula Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand
The sun is shining, the birds are cheeping, I land a punch. My straight jab elicits a weak smack from the plastic pad in front of me, barely loud enough to register. "Again!" bellows Kritsarat Chalermthongchai, 45, looking unimpressed. The man with the long name is a former boxing champion and my trainer. I have come to the Hotel Peninsula Bangkok to learn Thai kickboxing in a Muay Thai crash course. Who was it said that travel should be educational? So I jab long and short, high and low, kicking from the side, from the front, with my knee and with my foot. When the lesson is over I stagger to the bench, exhausted. Later, in the whirlpool in the spa, realization gradually dawns on me: I really only pack a punch with a pen.
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Huus Gstaad
Saanen, Switzerland
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Moritz Herrmann
Memmo Príncipe Real
Lisbon, Portugal
The sweet scent of Pastéis de Nata still adheres to our fingers as we leave, heading to the squares where Fado singers croon, their audiences perched on crooked steps, listening with rapt expressions. The Calçada Portuguesa, the Portuguese pavements, wind in front of us like slippery carpets of black and white stones. Best to keep your eyes on the ground! The highlight of the day is the terrace of the Memmo Príncipe Real hotel, which hangs above the Bairro Alto like a swallow's nest. We sit here, gaze over the city and the winding lanes and applaud ourselves for making it up here.
Emily Bartels
Hurawalhi Island Resort
Take a guess: How many islands belong to the Maldives? An astonishing 1196. Each island is fringed with fine sand and green palm trees, behind which lie stylish havens for wealthy guests. However, the uncontested star here is the Indian Ocean. So, let's dive in and snorkel with marine biologist Lisa Bauer who looks after around 400 manta rays for the Hurawalhi Island Resort. These friendly giants, as much as five meters across, glide through the water like extraterrestrial Frisbees. I paddle alongside them and then resurface, feeling high and thoroughly enchanted, full of elation at this synchronized swimming. Later, in the underwater restaurant – yes, they have one of those here – I gaze dreamily through the glass. Blue is a warm color.
Adrian Pickshaus
Il San Pietro Di Positano
Positano, Italy
Positano is a place whose beauty placated even a man who named his masterpiece "The Grapes of Wrath." In 1953, John Steinbeck wrote about this picturesque little town which clings attractively to the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast: "Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone." OK, I'll go – thanks for the tip, John. The most magical view of this pastel-colored cluster of houses is from Il San Pietro, the family-run hotel opposite the town. George Clooney was here recently. I wonder if he left any notes?
Adrian Pickshaus
Burg Schlitz
Hohen Demzin, Germany
I'm not a good hunter, possibly because I have never been hunting and can't shoot. But on my way up to Schlitz Castle, through 250 hectares of private grounds, I have a vision of myself on a horse, picking off the local wildlife. Deer! Stags! Rabbits! I don't care what I shoot as long as it's tasty. Regrettably, the hunting season is over and so I blow the smoke off my imaginary shotgun and seek solace elsewhere – in a carriage ride through the forest, in the general grandeur that pervades the hotel, and in a four-course meal in the Crest Hall which I devour with sighs of contentment. I eat everything, down to the last few crumbs: I may not be a hunter, but I am an excellent gatherer.
Moritz Herrmann
Hanging Gardens Of Bali
Bali, Indonesia
Everyone is raving about the pool, calling it the best, the most spectacular. Truth is, you come to the Hanging Gardens of Bali expecting a combination of expanse and magnificence. The resort is an architectural masterpiece, built in the middle of the jungle in a steep valley with a view of Bali's longest and most holy river, the Ayung. There are 44 bungalows spread over a good three hectares. We enjoy pampering at the spa, take a Balinese cookery class. At the nearby Dalem Segara temple we receive a "Balinese Blessing". Even happier than before, we swim our lengths of the perfect pool.
Franziska Klün
Nosy Ankao, Madagascar
The color palette that greets us wouldn't seem out of place at a Versace show: turquoise water, lush green palms, brilliant white sand. As the helicopter lands on the private island of Nosy Ankao we savor the freedom of being a long way away. We saw manta rays from above; whales are expected soon. And, yes, the sea turtles are back, and there are more than 70 000 indigenous plant species here. The newly-opened Miavana Resort is a natural paradise. I inhabit a villa, a glass cube that looks like the lair of a particularly style-conscious Bond villain, and I leave it only to play Robinson Crusoe outside.
Ulf Lippitz
An active holiday in the sunshine or snowy fun on the slopes? Those who dislike the cold will be lured by exotic destinations such as Thailand. However, around 13.5 million Germans prefer a (skiing) holiday with snow and crisp mountain air.
City break or trip to the Tropics? While the first weak rays of the sun struggle to pierce the thick clouds over Central Europe, Lisbon is basking in a very pleasant 20 degrees Celsius. If you prefer it 10 degrees hotter, head to the Maldives.
The long break: Most Germans take their annual leave in the summer. 57 percent want relaxation and time to unwind – ideally on a beach in southern Europe or somewhere in Germany.
Gray, windy, wet? the best way to avoid fall is to head for exotic destinations like Bali or Madagascar. Before the rainy season starts in November, the sun shines up to eight hours every day.
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Kinect Not Courting Core Gamers Yet
by imp on Jun.18, 2010, under games
After quite the lull, Microsoft has resumed their
Natal Kinect proselytization. They seem laser focused on marketing it to the casual and non-gamer markets. Adding ESPN content isn't but certainly not directly related to gaming, but some overlap exists. The launch lineup contains nothing for the "core" audience, otherwise known as "us."
Supressing the initial urge to scoff creatively, there really is no surprise here. Regardless of how MS may strain to differentiate its product from the Wiimote, the fact remains that a major source of user input is given by moving. Therefore, control schemes that work for "motion gaming" should translate. So we get a bandwagon full of fitness games, "$console_name sports" games, (shudder) party games, with a few kart racers thrown in. What may be more interesting to some are the dance titles that determine how well you execute your gyrations. But that's not what gamers are looking for. The voice- and motion-activated interfaces are undeniably futuristic and enhance the doodad's sex appeal, but won't sell many units. They need to be a pleasant side effect of a must have game peripheral.
Perhaps this is another instance of not being in the target audience. Maybe Microsoft doesn't want gamer support for Kinect. They certainly aren't catering to us. Seeing that almost everyone is pegging the stand-alone price at $150, they may well need us on this one. That's $150 if you've already got a 360 on the premises. The potential casual gamer that has yet to purchase a Wii or might be lured by a machine with prettier games, more internets, and fancier controllerless gadgestration is looking at a likely $400 price tag (there seems to be no new Arcade model (good riddance), so it may become unavailable eventually). If MS wants Kinect to achieve ubiquity, and they are so, so jealous of the Wii's, they'll need a decent adoption rate by their install base.
The crowd at Sony's press briefing cheered when at the price announcement for the Move controller. It will only set you back $50. The cheering stopped abrubtly a moment later with the follow up that the PlayStation Eye (required for Move) at another $50. Throw in a navigation controller for $30 and you're most of the way to Microsoft's "exorbitant" price. Take the time to notice that a lot of demos use two Moves and think about multiplayer games and $150 starts to smell a lot better.
Notably absent from this year's E3 was the most compelling Natal demo from last year, Milo. I've been having fever dreams in which I interact with NPCs this way, where a shooter villain reacts to my facial expressions or verbal outbursts. The most powerful application of this technology could be its use in conjunction with existing controls. Of course the launch titles aren't exploring this, but developers will. Unless there is some technical imposition which makes the two control schemes mutually exclusive. The most compelling utilizations of this tech may be invisible ones, but the opening act needs to be flashy.
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The use of CRAs as a tool to generate more tax revenues for the benefit of city governments goes against their original intent and purpose.
First of all I would like to compliment Derek Catron and The News-Journal for a well-written and objective article about community redevelopment agencies.
Some may remember me as the person who started a citizens group, Citizens Against Redevelopment, that successfully went up against DeBary officials and their hired consultants who were attempting to create a massive CRA that covered almost all of DeBary's business sector and quite a bit of its older residential areas. In the beginning, a few of us raised questions stemming from an article by The News-Journal's Bob Koslow, describing what the board, mayor and council had been very quietly proposing.
I personally am against CRAs in almost all cases except where there truly is blight. The use of CRAs as a tool to generate more tax revenues for the benefit of city governments goes against their original intent and purpose. It is true that the U.S. Supreme Court (disappointingly) fell short of declaring the use of eminent domain unconstitutional, pertaining to CRAs and economic development, but at the same time, the court gave each state the power to greatly limit their use.
It's easy to walk through many of the current CRA areas and say, "Look how wonderful and beautiful the landscaping, fountains, streetlights, etc., are." But at what cost, and were there other ways of achieving similar results without borrowing millions of dollars and taking away property rights?
Many people don't know that often city governments restrict zoning in areas prior to actually implementing a CRA, in order to keep out any development that doesn't agree with their vision of what the the area should look like — hence creating blight by having dozens of empty buildings.
You probably have seen those empty buildings and think, "Why doesn't someone re-open that place, it's such a great location?" In many cases people have tried, only to be told no by the city zoning board or council.
The county government is now opposed to CRAs after giving the green light to many over the years. The county is seeing a shortage of tax revenues due to the high cost of CRAs. If CRAs were as profitable as their proponents claim, the county would have no problem allowing more of them.
I say Volusia residents, no matter what city they live in, should be very aware of all the ramifications in the use of CRAs. I believe that the majority of DeBary residents are glad their city didn't borrow millions of dollars which now would be hard to pay back after the economy collapsed.
So, over 50 percent of the voters chose Barack Obama for president, but it was certainly not a mandate. Could it have been a misinformed vote, as writers have tried to tell us in the recent election of the Volusia County chair?
Yes, some conservatives are bitter and make inappropriate comments. Not me. And if Democrats/liberals are getting pained because of these comments, they need to get over it as well. There are just as many ridiculous and unsubstantiated comments flowing from the lips of the left — research it.
The partisan division, as I see it, starts from the top. We do not have a leader, despite all the accolades that have been thrown his way. He wants a massive tax increase and minimal spending cuts. Why? He and his cohorts do not want to understand that we must stop this borrowing and spend less. Let's ask liberals what would happen if they did not control their spending and it far exceeded their income. They could borrow and eventually end in bankruptcy. Is this where our country is headed?
We need cooperation and compromise in our divided Congress. But this does not mean the minority rubber-stamps whatever the majority proposes. A good example of this is the monstrous $60 billion disaster relief bill for the Hurricane Sandy victims, passed by the Democratic Senate and sent to the House. Luckily, a vote was delayed for several reasons, one being that funding for other victims was included in the Senate proposal by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his buddy colleagues.
Take a look at the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by Congress at the last possible hour. Who were the winners and losers? Who was finally in charge of that fiasco? Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Reid and House Speaker John Boehner!
Ormond Beach
The News-Journal's editorial of Jan. 22 proclaimed that "Obama's (inauguration) address provides little hope on critical issues."
Actually, the address forcefully articulated policy approaches to many critical issues that Congress has failed to responsibly address: Climate change, sustainable energy, immigration reform, gun control, equal pay for women, equality under the law for all Americans including "our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."
Nevertheless, The News-Journal's bottom line was that "Obama didn't demonstrate a sense of urgency about the deficit, the national debt and the cost of entitlement programs." Given the alternatives for addressing the problem of deficits, The News-Journal appears to consistently stand behind continuing preferential tax treatment for the 2 percent, notwithstanding the consequences to the rest of us and, in particular, the least among us. At a time when inequality in wealth is greater than at any time since before the Great Depression, will The News-Journal ever proclaim "Enough?"
Ormond Beach
Editor's note: The News-Journal urged Republicans to concede to Obama on the top tax rates, in return for meaningful action to reduce the long-term cost of entitlement programs.
It is a new day and a hopeful new year.
In all I heard and watched at the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama on Monday, the one theme that rings true is our need to collaborate in bringing about a nation representing all our people.
Nonpartisanship on immigration reform, education reform, investment in our infrastructure and smart energy, and gun control are all on the agenda, to ensure the future for our families and the continuation of a democratic society.
No matter what we are individually, we are and need to be the United States of America, if we are to preserve this very special place in which we are privileged to live.
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|Maydestone - 1001 15th Street, Sacramento, CA 95614
Next week the Preservation Commission will consider nominating the Maydestone Apartments to the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1910, the building will be eligible as an important element contributing to the urbanization of Sacramento in the early 20th century and as an excellent representative of Mission Revival design in Sacramento.
Last year the building finished up rehabilitation at a cost of $7.2 million which restored the building in accordance with the Secretary of Interior's Standard of Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings.
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Walter Stern is associated with Capital Group Companies, Inc., a large investment management firm. He is Vice Chairman and a Director of Capital International, Inc. He also serves as Chairman Emeritus of the New Perspective Fund and the Emerging Markets Growth Fund, both global funds. Additionally, Stern has responsibilities for following financial and political developments in New York and worldwide.
Prior to joining Capital in 1973, Stern was a Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Drexel Burnham & Co. in New York, where he was responsible for research, institutional sales and investment management.
Stern received a bachelor's degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from Williams College and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard University. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Director and Advisory Board member of the The American Committee on Foreign Relations, a member of the Board of Visitors of the Monterey Institute and a member of the CFA Center Advisory Council. He is a past Chairman of the Institute for Chartered Financial Analysts and the Financial Analysts Federation; he recently retired from the Board of Temple-Inland, Inc.
Stern is Chairman Emeritus of Hudson Institute and Vice President of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He serves on a number of other charitable and public policy boards.


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Spirits were high Friday as shoppers crowded Apple stores across the country — some capping a week-long camp-out, some braving an autumn chill and all eager to get their hands on the new iPhone 5.
"I feel like a million bucks," Rigine Gomez told NBC 6 South Florida after waiting in line for his iPhone in South Beach, Fla.
"I felt like LeBron James or Kobe Bryant walking in there," Julian Diggs told NBC 5 Chicago after emerging from a Chicago Apple store with his own prize.
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Diggs was the first customer there to snag a phone, after he earlier turned down a $500 bid for his spot in line from other Apple fans who didn't have the fortitude to camp out, as he had since Tuesday, NBC 5 Chicago reported.
That process is part of the fun, a woman who had staked out a spot outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York for eight days told NBC 4 New York.
"It's not about just the phone. It's about participating in an Apple tradition, the Apple tradition of camping out," she said.
She was one of many shoppers worldwide who had staked out their spots for days in lines snaking around stores, all to snag the iconic new smartphone.
Just outside Hartford, Conn., Jason Maloney credited his hammock with helping him get four hours of sleep Thursday night, NBC Connecticut reported.
He and thousands of others outside stores from New Haven to Silicon Valley had struggled to keep warm and comfortable as they counted the hours to Friday's launch. In South Beach, Apple employees had handed out umbrellas to shoppers braving rain.
Keeping warm wasn't as hard in the days-long line in Pasadena, Calif., where Martin Gijzemijter, visiting from the Netherlands, had made himself at home with the help of an armchair, a lamp and a table festooned with a vase of flowers, NBC 4 Southern California reported.
"Sleeping out here ain't no joke," said another man in line there, Salvador Zendejas. "I'm an Apple freak."
And while Diggs became the first to claim an iPhone in Chicago Friday after he turned down a $500 bid for his spot in line, the market for a spot in line was alive and well in Washington, D.C., where a pair of friends accepted over $300 for their spots, NBC 4 Washington reported.
Spots in line outside a Boca Raton, Fla., store were somewhat cheaper and could be had in exchange for supporting a charity, NBC 6 South Florida reported. Thanks to some members of the Florida Atlantic University chapter of fraternity of Delta Tau Delta, a $50 donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation could buy an iPhone seeker a spot.
The smartphone went on sale in the U.S. and Canada Friday morning, hours after its launch in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Britain, France and Germany. It will launch in 22 more countries a week later.
Analysts have estimated Apple will ship as many as 10 million of the new iPhones by the end of September.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Among the first people in the world to get their hands on the new smartphone were those in Australia, due to the time difference — and NBC Bay Area reported that among them was none other than Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Already in Australia to speak at a technology forum, Woz got his phone after securing the first spot in line outside an Apple store down under. He checked in on Foursquare saying, "In line for the first iPhone 5's in the world!" from an Apple store in Chermside.
In Hong Kong, the first Apple customers were greeted by staff cheering, clapping, chanting "iPhone 5! iPhone 5!" and high-fiving them as they were escorted one-by-one through the front door.
The iPhone 5 is thinner and lighter than its predecessors, and it has a taller screen, faster processor and updated software and can work on faster "fourth generation" mobile networks.
It has become a hot seller despite initial lukewarm reviews and new map software that is glitch prone. Apple received 2 million orders in the first 24 hours of announcing its release date, more than twice the number for the iPhone 4S in the same period when that phone launched a year ago.


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Nailing Down Mount Whoredom
One of the mysteries of great importance that Boston 1775 has poked through is the term "Mount Whoredom," used by British officers in 1775-76 to describe a promontory west of Boston Common. That area became the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Beacon Hill.
As Christopher Lenney and I tracked down, there was a landmark of the same name in greater London, near the Royal Artillery training ground. So was that name brought across the Atlantic by the British officers themselves? Or was it local?
Recently a Boston 1775 commenter alerted me to this entry in the diary of Judge Samuel Sewall back in 1715:
Monday, Augt. 8. Set out at 11. at night on Horseback with Tho. Wallis to inspect the order of the Town. Constable Eady, Mr Allen, Salter, Herishor Simson, Howel, Mr John Marion. Dissipated the players at Nine Pins at Mount Whoredom.So Bostonians were referring to Mount Whoredom many decades before the Revolution, and it was already a site of iniquity—of sorts. On this night the worst behavior the Puritan authorities found was "Nine Pins." (Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!)
Benjamin Davis, Chairmaker, and Jacob Hasy were two of them. Reproved Thomas Messenger for entertaining them.
I'll also quote a letter from Samuel Blachley Webb to Silas Deane, dated 16 Oct 1775:
in my last I mentioned the building the flat Bottom Boats which are now almost compleated and the men are daily exercising in them, such as learning to Row—paddle—land & clime a precipice & form immediately for Action,—they behave much beyond expectation,—this exercise will be of great service if ever we land on the shore of our Enemies, which it seems they much fear as they have hall'd up another Frigate in the Bay back of Mount WhoredomThis amphibious-landing training came a few months before my earlier example of American commanders using the term. Finding additional examples from 1775 will show the name to be even more established in America.
So what's the full story of Boston's "Mount Whoredom"? Was that hill:
- named for a similar hill near London? (London certainly has a livelier night life than Puritan Boston.)
- the inspiration for naming the hill in London? (The Boston usage is documented earlier, after all.)
- named after a common term for a red-light district throughout the British Empire? (In that case, there should be more examples out there.)


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The term exoduster generally refers to the thousands of African Americans that left the South for Kansas after the end of Reconstruction in 1877, rather than live under repressive white supremacist state governments. Yet theirs was not the first noteworthy black exodus into the state. Having entered the Union as a free state in January 1861 after years of bloody conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, Kansas became a natural refuge for Missouri slaves early in the Civil War. With the collapse of order in Missouri during the late summer and early fall of 1861, a number of the state's slaves had a chance to escape to freedom in Kansas. This phenomenon was noted in the November 8, 1861 issue of the New York Times, reprinting an October 3o article from the Leavenworth Conservative. It read in part:
Slaves began coming into camp as soon as LANE [referring to Gen. James Henry Lane] left Westport. Not a day passes without a practical exemplification of the lie that "the slaves are contented." A Black Brigade consisting of over 150 recent chattels came out of Missouri on Friday last — they are well-mounted and have a good supply train. Their untimely departure has created no little excitement in the districts they are engaged in bleaching out. LANE continues to give "vouchers" to such owners as are proved to be Union men, stating that such a slave, valued at so much, was "lost by the march of my Brigade."
A few days ago the General called claimant and claimed before him, and asked the latter, "GEORGE, do you want to go back with your master?" To which he replied, "No, Gen'l, I never goes back;" and darkey was sent to camp, while disgusted "Secesh" went to his farm a madder and cheaper (by $1,000) man.
The flight of Missouri slaves to Kansas proves yet again a great truth of emancipation in the Civil War. When the opportunity arose for slaves to free themselves by fleeing many did so. Certainly favorable circumstances needed to arise such as the arrival of the Union army in the vicinity, or in the case of Missouri slaves, civil disorder and free territory emerging nearby. So while the slaves did not free themselves, they often were active players in achieving their freedom, and one common action they took in that regard was flight. Fortunate slaves, such as those at Port Royal, South Carolina, in November 1861 effectively had freedom handed to them by the Union army when it arrived. Other slaves took a more active role in their own liberation by fleeing, often at considerable risk, to where they might be free. Such was the case with hundreds of Missouri slaves in Fall 1861.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1861/11/08/news/southern-kansas-movements-of-gen-lane.html


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January 2, 2012, 2:18 p.m. Updated: 4 January 2012, 12:00 a.m.
Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to have managed care companies provide services for those with developmental disabilities is raising concerns.
Gene Kean, a Lawrence resident whose sister is cared for at Lakemary Center, said he believes the quality of her care would be sacrificed by the proposed changes.
"If the state gets away with this, it appears some very important functions of local care decision-making would be taken away from those who have the daily intimate knowledge of what is best for their clients," Kean said.
Brownback and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer want to overhaul Medicaid, which is the state and federally funded health program for those with disabilities, the elderly and low-income residents.
It's one of the largest expenses in state government, accounting for nearly $2.8 billion in spending. About 350,000 Kansas residents are covered by Medicaid.
Brownback wants to contract with private managed care companies to handle the program and call it KanCare.
The Brownback administration has promised that KanCare "will improve coordination of care and services to achieve better outcomes and long-term savings without reducing benefits or eligibility, while safeguarding reimbursements for providers."
The administration says that the proposal will reduce growth in Kansas Medicaid spending by 8 percent to 10 percent.
But organizations that care for those with severe disabilities say that managed care companies aren't familiar with the long-term needs of their clients, some of whom require round-the-clock attention.
Under the proposal, those with developmental disabilities may be forced to change the support staff that they have depended on for years, they say. Most states that have gone the managed care route for Medicaid have excluded the developmentally disabled from those changes.
Bill Craig, president and chief executive officer of Lakemary Center, said, "We have severe doubts that it is workable." Lakemary Center serves more than 500 adults and children in northeast Kansas.
Craig says he has no problem turning to managed care for health care expenses, but he said the long-term supports needed by those with developmental disabilities should be "carved out" of Brownback's plan. People are starting to make their wishes known in this area. Last week, a meeting on the issue in Lenexa drew about 300 people.
Craig said his position had nothing to do with "preserving our organizations." He said, "Many of us are parents. My 32-year-old son, with severe disabilities, I want to know that after I'm gone that he will not be downgraded to lower quality services than he already has."
Kean said he thought that over the years Kansas had been a model in providing services for those with disabilities. "Why do we have to go backwards?" he said.
This story was first published Dec. 24 at ljworld.com, homepage of the Lawrence Journal-World. A condensed version appeared in the Jan. 4 Shawnee Dispatch.
Originally published at: http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2012/jan/02/governors-plan-managed-care-raising-concerns/


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