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An important part of the offseason is approaching, as teams must decide if they will be tendering contracts to their salary arbitration-eligible players by Friday night. For those unfamiliar with the process, players have three years of arb eligibility after their first three seasons in the majors. If a team tenders them a contract, they'll receive a moderate raise–either through an agreement between the player and the team, or in a hearing where an arbiter chooses either the team's or player's suggested salary. Players that are non-tendered become free agents. The Pirates have eight players that they'll need to deal with this week: Neil Walker: 1st arb year | 2012: .280/.342/.426 | 2012 salary: $500k | MLBTR projected 2013 salary: $2.9 million Walker will obviously get a contract. The question with him is if (or when) extension talks will heat up. The Bucs control Neil's rights through 2016 so there is certainly no rush to get anything done, but there was some chatter about it when Andrew McCutchen got his extension last year. Since there isn't much pressure to lock him up yet and his price should be very reasonable this year and next, I wouldn't expect anything soon unless Walker agrees to an incredibly team-friendly deal. At around $3M for this season, the Pirates will be getting very good value from him. Gaby Sanchez 1st arb year | 2012 (w/ Pirates): .241/.323/.397 | 2012 salary: $483k | 2013 projection: $1.8 million Sanchez was recently listed as part of the upcoming Pirates Caravan, essentially tipping off the fact that he will be tendered a contract. That's fine with me; a lot of people didn't seem to like Sanchez, but he did a decent job in his role as a platoon/bench guy after coming to the Bucs this summer in exchange for Gorkys Hernandez and a compensation draft pick. He didn't show too many signs of returning to his 2011 All-Star form, but as a bench bat and/or a guy to start occasionally against lefties, he's perfectly adequate. If he figured to cost more in this role, his status would be more in doubt, but at less than $2 million keeping him around is very reasonable. James McDonald 1st arb year | 2012: 12-8, 4.21 ERA | 2012 salary: $503k | 2013 projection: $3 million McDonald will have a very interesting case. The Bucs will tender him, since you can't just give up on a guy that was one of the best pitchers in the league for half a season. His remarkable downfall in the second half will make for plenty of debate regarding his salary, though. If he comes out of the gate pitching as horribly as he did late in 2012, his future with the team will be in serious doubt. Whether or not he can turn it around will be one of the major keys to the Bucs' season in 2013 (his success and failure pretty much matched the team's in 2012), but for something around $3 million it's worth the risk with his sky-high potential. Garrett Jones 2nd arb year | 2012: .274 /.317/.516 | 2012 salary: $2.25M | 2013 projection: $4.4 million Jones is in line for a very solid raise after an very good year in 2012, but the Pirates will happily pay for his power. Jones' future was moderately unsure last year at this time, but now he's the Bucs' definitive cleanup hitter. 27 homers and a solid .274 average will do that–at least in this lineup. No debate here, GFJ will be back. Chris Resop 2nd arb year | 2012: 1-4, 3.91 ERA | 2012 salary: $850k | 2013 projection: $1.3 million Resop is probably the most debatable case of the bunch. We know what he is at this point: a fairly decent middle reliever, not great, not bad. He's not really a high-leverage late-innings guy unless he's on a hot-streak, and while he's a strike-thrower, his strikeouts were down quite a bit in 2012 (5.6 per 9 innings compared to more than 10 each of the previous two years). I'm indifferent on whether the Bucs should tender him or not; it would be fine to pay an OK reliever a little over $1 million, but similar pitchers shouldn't be hard to find at a similar (or better) price. Charlie Morton 2nd arb year | 2012: 2-6, 4.65 ERA | 2012 salary: $2.45M | 2013 projection: $2.6 million Remember this guy? Morton fell out of the picture early in the season when he went down with an injury and underwent Tommy Johnsurgery. He won't get much of a raise because of the injury (and relatively poor performance before the injury), but he'll still probably cost the Bucs more than they'd like. Throw in the fact that he probably won't be ready to go until around June and it's almost a sure thing the Pirates will non-tender Morton. If you're a big fan of Charlie (as I am), don't fret…I'm guessing that he will recognize this and sign a more reasonable deal with the Pirates. He implied as much the other day in this Post-Gazette feature, and I'm assuming the Pirates would be up for something like that. I think Ground Chuck will be back in black and gold unless some other team throws a ton of money at him for some strange reason. Joel Hanrahan 3rd arb year | 2012: 5-2, 2.72 ERA, 36 SV | 2012 salary: $4.1M | 2013 projection: $6.9 million Hammer will be tendered, but now you can start to see why some people have been calling for the Bucs to trade him during the last few years. He'll be expensive this season–and while he's very good, closers are only so valuable (especially the way Clint Hurdleuses Joel) and are often unpredictable. Hanrahan will be a free agent after the season, and while you might think about an extension…it would not be wise for a financially challenged club to commit close to $10M/yr for a reliever, no matter how good he is. I'm sure Neal Huntington will look to shop Joel this winter, but his value isn't all that high any more for the reasons I just stated. Unless some team is willing to give up multiple years of a very useful big league player for one year of Hanrahan (which would shock me), the Pirates will pay Joel his $7M or so this year, send him away at the deadline if they're out of it or part ways at the end of the season. I suppose there's a chance the Bucs could figure out a one year deal to keep him around for 2014, but even that doesn't seem likely. Jeff Karstens 3rd arb year | 2012: 5-4, 3.97 ERA | 2012 salary: $3.1M | 2013 projection: $3.8 million There has been a ton of talk around the blog/twittersphere about how the Pirates are going to non-tender Karstens, but I'm not really buying it. That's partially because I think it would be crazy to let him walk. Karstens has been very solid over the last two seasons. When healthy, he belongs in the middle of any rotation in the league, and $4M or so would be an extremely reasonable price for a year of his services. The issue, of course, is his health. Karstens missed a lot of time in 2012 and was essentially ignored at the end of the year after insisting he was healthy enough to make a start in Milwaukee when he clearly was not. All indications are that he's fine now, but I guess his overall durability is a concern. Still…unless there's something wrong with his arm/shoulder that we don't know about, I'll be very upset if the Bucs don't roll the dice on his health (I don't think it's that big of a gamble, really), because it's going to be essentially impossible to replace him on a very thin and expensive free agent market. Honestly, though, I don't think there's much to the rumor that the Bucs will non tender Jeff. It mostly seems to be stemming from a vague quote from Neal Huntington towards the end of the season that doesn't really seem to mean much beyond the surface. (In fact, it looks to me like more of an attempt to drive down arb price rather than indicating a non-tender). Rob Biertempfel wrote that he "is not expected" to be tendered a contract, but he also said the same thing about Garrett Jones last year. Dejan Kovacevic has also been indicating that Karstens will be non-tendered, but it looks to me like that's just based on his opinion of the front office rather than any inside info on the subject. Hopefully, logic will prevail…I think it will. - Again, the deadline for these decisions is Friday night at midnight. The 2013 salary projections are from MLB Trade Rumors and have been fairly accurate in the past. PHOTO: Charles LeClaire-US PRESSWIRE
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Supporters of sport in Levenmouth are continuing to work towards a funding goal to improve facilities as well as the area's health and fitness.
Representatives from East Fife FC and others in Kennoway are working on plans which they hope will secure a share of around £350,000 from Fife Council, to go towards the provision of 3G or 4G artificial pitch surfaces and a general improvement in sporting facilities across the spectrum.
The money was identified in this year's Council budget settlement "to help achieve aspirations and local priorities".
At Bayview, the objective was to make East Fife FC the country's best community club, while Kennoway Sports Association (KSA), and the local primary school, want to upgrade the sporting surfaces at Langside Drive and also Cotlands Park.
The groups have until October to form a business plan, followed by recommendations from the Levenmouth area committee – and agreement for funding made by the executive committee in January.
KSA chairman Bob McPhail said it had been working closely with the school and there was a need for such facilities in Levenmouth, which had produced talented sportspeople. Everybody wanted a good surface to practice on, ideally with floodlights, he said, because of dark nights and the high costs of hiring halls.
The facilities will be managed and operated by the local organisations, with no ongoing revenue costs to the Council.
Other sources of funding would be looked at, while local councillors wanted the investment to affect more than one area in Levenmouth if possible.
Among other criteria, the Council wants any proposal to show a partnership approach and give at least 50 per cent of available usage over to the community in a typical week, as well as showing how this use would be administered.

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Adams delighted with defensive duo
The experienced centre-halves were on top of their game as the Sky Blues gained a superb win over their local rivals.
'Richard Shaw and Ady Williams were magnificent,' said Adams after James Scowcroft and a Joleon Lescott own goal gave his side the points.
'The 11 I picked wouldn't have been my first-choice side but we needed change it and bring in as many fresh legs as we possibly could.
'Richard Shaw is 37 years old and he's played three-and-a-half games in eight days, and that tells you volumes about the man.'
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The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) announced the completion of a three-year, sustainable landscape restoration of the Crane Estate's "Grand Allée†located on Castle Hill – a National Historic Landmark – in Ipswich. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of talented staff, community partners, donors, and volunteers, The Trustees were able to carefully remove and replant more than 700 deteriorating, overgrown trees; reinvigorate an underground, rainwater collection cistern for sustainable irrigation; and restore the beautiful, classical sculptures lining the undulating, half-mile-long, "front lawn†of the Crane Estate. Since 1949, when the Crane family gifted Castle Hill to The Trustees, the Allée has become a popular and impressive backdrop for open-air concerts, weddings, historic house and landscape tours, community events, a children's summer camp, and other recreational activities held year-round at the Crane Estate. Now, this signature landscape feature once again sweeps to a panoramic view of Cape Ann and benefits from a healthier, more sustainably managed landscape.
The Grand Allée is the only known, designed landscape of its size and kind still in existence in North America – and one of only a few remaining worldwide – combining grand scale with decorative arts. It is one of the largest landscape features created by renowned Boston landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff, who is best known for his design of Colonial Williamsburg and the Charles River Esplanade. Shurcliff modeled the dramatic design after the beautiful Italian and French gardens of Renaissance Europe.
The restoration project was completed in memory of David Crockett, a former member of The Trustees of Reservations' Board of Governors and Ipswich resident whose tireless efforts on behalf of Castle Hill and the Crane Estate were critical in preserving this property. His commitment to the care of the Crane family's extraordinary gift to The Trustees set the standard by which the property has been – and will continue to be – privately managed for the public to enjoy. The photo below shows the area circa 1930.
Caring for the 2,100-acre Crane Estate property is ongoing. Over the years, The Trustees have conducted extensive restoration of other interior and exterior features of the Great House and surrounding landscape features on Castle Hill, including the Bowling Green, which was awarded $50,000 from The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express Partners in Preservation program. The Allée restoration effort, however, represents one of the broadest, most expansive restoration and fundraising efforts ever undertaken on the property. In 2010, The Trustees launched a $2 million dollar campaign to restore this historically significant feature and welcome additional donations to complete the project. All donations are being matched by a generous donor, making individual support go twice as far. To donate, please visit http://www.thetrustees.org/alleeproject.


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There's still a year to go before Election Day, but the Minnesota governor's race is already on. That became increasingly apparent to me Thursday, when I had the opportunity to visit with two candidates — one from each party — over the course of a couple of hours. I'll write today about the first person I visited with; a subsequent post will be about the second.
Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2002, and before that was in the state House for eight years. Bakk is currently the chair of the Senate Tax Committee, and he touted his knowledge of Minnesota fiscal and economic issues during our roughly 30-minute phone conversation.
"As I travel across the state in the governor's campaign, very often someone will come to me and say, 'You probably understand the budget situation better than anyone. … I bet it's the deficit, isn't it?' But we have a very, very poorly performing economy.
"What I understand better than the other candidates is you cannot raise taxes enough to eliminate the deficit. … You need to have a combination of some additional tax revenue and some additional cuts … but not just those two."
Bakk told me such an approach is needed based on "terrible" revenue numbers that are "$200 million below what was forecasted." He added, "The economy is getting worse, not better, despite what you hear."
The DFLer who has already gotten the endorsement of Dist. 22 Sen. Jim Vickerman has first-hand experience with a bad economy. A lifelong carpenter and union leader, Bakk found himself without work during the 1981-82 recession and ran out of unemployment and health insurance for his then-young family.
"When you go through that, you never forget it," Bakk said. "I'm just a Democrat that believes the most important thing to people is on Friday, they have a check."
Bakk said the next Minnesota governor — Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, as everyone who follows and doesn't follow politics in this state knows by now, is opting not to seek a third term next November — will need to have an innovative approach and work hand-in-hand with all sides.
"The state has some really serious financial challenges, and there are going to be no easy solutions to this," he said. "The next governor is going to have to be somebody that has built relationships … and is able to work with both labor and business, and work across the aisle.
"The current tone at the Capitol is intense partnership, and I would argue that that's the tone Tim Pawlenty has set."
A few short hours before I spoke with Bakk, Pawlenty announced his proposal of a constitutional amendment to limit state spending. Under the plan, spending in Minnesota's two-year budgets could not exceed revenues raised during the previous biennium. Bakk questioned the proposal, yet was open to hearing Pawlenty present his plan before the Senate Tax Committee and said he planned to send a letter to the governor inviting him to appear before the group of lawmakers.
Bakk also said he has also asked Pawlenty to call a special session so that lawmakers can get a head start on financial matters, specifically a new bonding bill.
"There's a lot of public infrastructure that we can work on," Bakk said. "My point is, why then would we wait until February before we start talking. … Considering the job situation in the state, why wouldn't we pass it (bonding bill) earlier and get projects in the queue?"
When summing his up his qualifications to be governor, Bakk looked lastly to his professional experience — but not as a politician in St. Paul.
"Carpenters are problem solvers," he said. "Minnesota has some really serious problems. I would argue that we need governor that thins like a carpenter."


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SoHi wrestlers stop Nikiski
The visiting Soldotna wrestling team registered a 41-39 dual meet victory over Nikiski Thursday.
The Bulldogs had a sizable lead early in the meet, but the Stars scored the last 30 points of the meet for the victory.
Soldotna 41, Nikiski 39
103 -- L. Penhale, Nik, p. J. Ison, 0:44; 112 -- A. Delago, Nik, won by forfeit; 119 -- J. Huhndorf, Nik, p. J. Torwick, 4:53; 125 -- T. McCaughey, Nik, won by forfeit; 130 -- J. Mazurek, Nik, p. S. Foster, 2:43; 135 -- J. Tumbaga, Nik, dec. Tachick, 9-6; 140 -- B. Goracke, Sol, p. J. Wicker, 4:57; 145 -- J. Kauffman, Sol, t.f. J. Boye, 18-3; 152 -- A. Lorenzo, Nik, p. TJ Stone, 2:53; 160 -- C. Goracke, Sol, p. R. Grimm, 1:01; 171 -- J. Howarth, Sol, won by forfeit; 189 -- M. Vasile, Sol, won by forfeit; 215 -- S. Whitmore, Sol, p. K. Chancey, 2:31; HWT -- J. Brantley, Sol, won by forfeit.
Delta skaters top Nikiski
The visiting Nikiski hockey team suffered a 6-1 loss Thursday to Delta Junction.
Peninsula Piranhas to hold tryouts
The Peninsula Piranhas Swim Team will hold tryouts Monday at 5 p.m. at Kenai Central High School. Those interested in trying out also can register at that time. For more information, call the pool at 283-7476.
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Last push for health care law
White House lawyer tells court to respect a "judgment of policy"
Published 11:13 pm, Wednesday, March 28, 2012
WASHINGTON — A top Obama administration lawyer Wednesday offered a last-ditch appeal to Supreme Court justices not to overturn the sweeping health care law by telling them Congress made a "judgment of policy" they should respect.
Quoting the Constitution's preamble, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said the law helps "secure the blessings of liberty" for more than 40 million uninsured people and frees them from worries over bankruptcy if a loved one gets a cancer diagnosis. Congress "made a judgment maybe they were right, maybe they weren't," he told the justices at the conclusion of the third and final day of arguments over the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as "Obamacare."
"This was a judgment of policy that democratically accountable branches of this government made by their best lights," Verrilli said. "And I would urge this court to respect that judgment."
Paul Clement, the lawyer for the 26 states (including Texas) challenging the law, responded: "It's a very funny conception of liberty that forces somebody to purchase an insurance policy, whether they want it or not." Virtually all the states have Republican governors.
Verrilli's plea came a day after conservative justices roughed him up in questioning about whether the law's mandate requiring everyone (with few exceptions) to have health insurance falls within the constitutional power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
The law's supporters were in a panic that a poor performance by Verrilli might cost them the signature legislative achievement of President Barack Obama's first term. It prompted the White House to issue a statement Wednesday backing Verrilli.
To uphold the law, the administration needs one of the court's five conservative justices to join the four hardcore liberals. Court handicappers viewed Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy as possible votes to uphold the law.
But that possibility was in doubt Tuesday when Roberts and Kennedy, who is generally viewed as the court's most likely swing vote, questioned whether the health care law would open a Pandora's box of unrestricted congressional power over people's lives.
Opponents of the law said they believed after Tuesday's session that the odds were in their favor.
"I think new lines will be drawn by the Supreme Court limiting congressional power," said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who attended all three days of arguments.
On Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the administration remains confident that the court will uphold the law.
One court watcher, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California's Irvine School of Law, commented that "Kennedy asked hard questions of both (sides in the case), but seemed to clearly realize that health care is different and that the individual mandate does have a substantial effect on interstate commerce."
Earlier Wednesday, the justices examined the question of whether the rest of the health care law can stand if they strike down the mandate and whether the law's expansion of Medicaid to help insure the uninsured is unduly coercive to the states.
Clement argued it would be better to give Congress a clean slate than to make it fix a law that hinged on the mandate.
"If you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone," said Justice Antonin Scalia, the court's leading conservative. A contrary view came from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal, who said it was better to "salvage" the law than conduct a "wrecking operation."
Kennedy and Justice Samuel Alito said they were concerned over what might happen without the income generated by the mandate, which is projected to cover half the total cost. The remainder of the law, if left standing, could create a huge deficit. Kennedy asked if the court could impose that kind of unintended risk on Congress.
Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, who is defending the law, told the justices: "I think this court's function is to look at the text and structure and the legislative history. not a financial balance sheet, which doesn't appear anywhere in the law."


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At the end of May 1381, the 14-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign.
Within two weeks the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded London, led by a former soldier, Walter Tyler, and the radical preacher John Ball, demanding freedom, equality, and the complete uprooting of the Church and state. They believed they were rescuing the King from his corrupt ministers and that England had to be saved. And for three intense, violent days, it looked as if they would sweep all before them.
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying its central figures.
It is an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently powerless.
©2015 Melvyn Bragg (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton
"History enlivened by a novelists imagination"
I had only a hazy knowledge about the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 led by Wat Tyler, but knew that it was triggered by a Poll Tax levied on all to pay for Richard II's foray into European Wars. Melvyn Bragg has enlivened the historical record with his imaginative conjuring up of the day-to-day interactions of the main players in the dramatic events of the period. It is surprising how near the rebels were to over-throwing the government and it appears that only their supine devotion to Richard II reversed the tide of insurrection. Sadly, Richard II was not worthy of their respect.
The story contains long passages of political and religious discourse that could be tedious but the author's strong character development, lively style of writing, and the excellent narration make it a worthwhile listen.
"A Novel"
A historical novel on a part of history I knew nothing of. Pleased I read/listened. Narrator was appropriate and one of the best in the business. Read/listened before a talk by the author, who disappointed by largely recounting the novel without development. The novel was much better than the talk.
"An Extraordinary Period in History Brought to Life"
I had not read the print version.
I love the entitled, influential Joan of Kent.
The narrator is superb and a joy to listen to.
I purchased this audio book after hearing the author interviewed on History Extra podcast. This tale brings to life a period of time I was not familar with in English history, and the extraordinary characters that populated it.
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The first image of Ben Affleck as Batman has been released by moviemaker Zack Snyder.
The director tweeted the photo of the new Caped Crusader as he shoots the sequel to the 2013 Superman film in Detroit, Mich.
Affleck will make his debut as Batman in the film, opposite Man of Steel's Superman Henry Cavill.
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Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is an advocacy organization that promotes attention to and Federal funding for the social and behavioral sciences. It serves as a bridge between the academic research community and the Washington policymaking community. Its members consist of more than 100 professional associations, scientific societies, universities, and research centers and institutes. In its many activities, COSSA:
- Represents the needs and interests of social and behavioral scientists;
- Educates federal officials about social and behavioral science;
- Informs the science community about relevant federal policies;
- and Cooperates with other science and education groups in pursuit of common goals.
The Law and Society Association is a founding member of COSSA. LSA's Executive Director, Susan Olson, sits on COSSA's Board of Directors. Visit the COSSA website.
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Testimony of Howard Silver, Executive Director, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), to the House Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee. Honorable Frank Wolf, Chairman. March 21, 2013.


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Date: 7/31/2013
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Mark Wood is back with his magic and fun show. Each child will receive a balloon animal at the end of the performance. Location: Bellbrook Presbyterian Church. Registration is required.Library: Winters-Bellbrook Library [info]
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Before Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas broke up back in May, the two recorded a special Christmas duet. The song was filmed for an appearance the Jobros made on Demi's hit Disney Channel show, Sonny with a Chance.
We know they aren't together anymore, but these two definitely had chemistry! Wonder if Joe will be visiting Demi over the holidays?


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This is a reference to Heinlein's advice that you could evoke a futuristic air by casually throwing out details like "the door dilated", as if such things were nothing to really notice.Subtrope of OurDoorsAreDifferent.-----!!Examples:[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Anime & Manga]]* The doors on the industrial ship in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell: Innocence'' don't make any sense. They consists of four squared panels fixed to two hinges on each side of the doorframe at middle height which are tilted sideways and into the walls. However, it [[RuleOfCool looks quite cool]] when Batou charges through the corridors and every 15 meters one of these opens just a split second before he reaches it. [[/folder]][[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': The sections of the air duct system on the starship ''Nostromo'' are separated by dilating hatches.** This makes sense assuming that their intended purpose is to regulate air flow through the ship and not to be pressure-tight in case of a hull breech.* PlayedForLaughs in the film of ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'', when Barbarella is wearing (little more than) an animal-skin suit with a long tail and the tail gets trapped in the closing iris.* The doors on the Death Star in ''Franchise/StarWars''. [[AttackAttackRetreatRetreat "Close the blast doors! Open the blast doors!!"]]* A bizarre aversion in ''Film/TronLegacy''. The interior of [[spoiler:Flynn's]] house in the Grid has obviously visible hinges and door knobs on all of the doors, such that they wouldn't be out of place in a regular modern house. This, of course, is taking place in the entirely virtual world where CoolButInefficient is king. Even stranger when compared with the AsceticAesthetic design of the rest of the house. In particular, the windows stand out, as they are not made of a solid substance, but instead seem to be SomeKindOfForceField, marking a pretty stark contrast with the doors.* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':** In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', the ''Enterprise'' halls were designed with various decorative pipes along the ceilings. Problem was they often led to walls with doors that opened upward...** Amusingly averted in the 2009 reboot of ''Film/StarTrek''. Whereas the Star Trek universe does other things (see below), the Starfleet facility on Delta Vega has a normal exterior door with a panic bar.* ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks'' has doors that swing into the sides. However, for some reason, that's just not absurd ''enough'', and one of the doors has to open with a ''pressure sensor''. Said sensor is located ''three metres away'', and elevated by about a foot, meaning that it was ''utterly useless'' to the Dalek inhabitants.[[/folder]][[folder:Literature]]* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/BeyondThisHorizon'' had a dilating door. There was probably one in ''Literature/{{Friday}}'' as well (it said "the door contracted").* James White was fond of this in his ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' books, even having a speech about what kind of doors there are in the universe. Essentially, doors can open through hinges, slide in or out, open up or down, dilate clockwise or counterclockwise, or create a quantum-physics manipulating field around themselves so that every atom of a person can pass through without hitting the atoms in the door. The person making the speech went on to say that no civilization in the universe was known to be advanced enough to use the last option, and if any were ever to be encountered, [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens "we will be sure to be very polite."]]* Ships in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' are 'living metal'.* Creator/SamuelRDelany's ''Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand'' had "the door deliquesced". Parodied in Creator/DavidLangford's [[http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/drabbles.html first drabble]].* G. Martynov's ''Starfarers'', a fairly average late day InterplanetaryVoyage novel, features [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Sufficiently Advanced]] HumanoidAliens from the [[ScienceMarchesOn planet Phaeton]], who used the disintegrating-and-rematerializing doors in their spaceship.* OlderThanRadio: In Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheSleeperAwakes'' "And then came a strange thing; a long strip of this apparently solid wall rolled up with a snap, hung over the two retreating men and fell again."* A biotech version from ''Tk'tk'tk'' by David D. Levine. The protagonist is a human salesman on a planet of insectoid aliens, so the squicky reaction one has reading it matches his own.-->''Walker pressed through the labia of the shop entrance into the heat and noise and stink of the street.''* This sort of doorway is also explored by Creator/MichaelMoorcock in ''Literature/TheElricSaga''. Elric must enter the perilous '''[[FreudianSlipperySlope Pulsating Cavern]]''', which has a certain ''organic'' quality to it...* Flint of Outworld, a modern caveman in Piers Anthony's ''Tarot'' series, is unimpressed by the inner world's (that have modern tech) dilating door, comparing it to the anus of a defecating dinosaur.* ''Literature/ConsiderPhlebas''. When Bora Horza Gobuchul gets ThrownOutTheAirlock on an alien spacecraft, the airlock just turns inside out.[[/folder]][[folder:Live-Action TV]]* Franchise/StargateVerse:** The defensive iris used on the titular gate of ''Series/StargateSG1''. Arguably, this can be justified because the alien gate didn't come with a convenient slot to allow sliding a solid metal door over the event horizon. But then they completely forgot to explain where the iris disappears to when open and where the presumably complex mechanism for operating it is. By ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', they just had a more prop-friendly generally-invisible ForceField to use in case of "Unscheduled Off-World Activation."** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': Inside the Wraith Hiveship are organic doors inside folds into the walls automatically when someone comes near them.* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':** On the original ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' they did everything possible to make the doors interesting -- except for having it descend into the floor (that was too expensive).** The later series increased the budget. Of note are the [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Deep_Space_9_airlock.jpg airlock]] [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:DS9_airlock_interior.jpg doors]] on ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', which look like gears with windows attached to mechanical arms and roll sideways.*** This design was homaged/copied on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.** On the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The First Duty", the Academy dorms have doorknobs and hinges. Probably to [[ToothbrushFloorScrubbing give the cadets more things to polish]]. * ''Series/DoctorWho'':** The series has far, far too many "dilating doors" to list here, but special mention goes to a door in "Day of the Daleks" which curls up toward the ceiling in a slow, sinister fashion.** "The Ark in Space" also features a sliding door that almost takes the Fourth Doctor's arm off. "I'm rather attached to it," he said.** And, of course, out of universe the classic series TARDIS interior doors qualifies -- they were supposed to swing open or closed with the push of a button, but (like many of the show's mechanics) rarely functioned correctly. The new series solved this by doing away with the interior doors entirely. * In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', on ''Serenity'', the doors to the crew quarters were these elaborate swinging ladder/door combination things. Quite space-efficient, if a bit easy to lock from the wrong side. (And not wheelchair-accessible, although the guest quarters were.) Still quite modest for this trope, since all the doors on the ship are opened by hand. The guest quarters have perfectly ordinary, manual sliding doors, again a matter of saving space.* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', the main characters are compelled through an elaborate series of variously opening doors and into the screening room. Well, Cambot is. The audience never sees the other characters during the door sequence; they might be going into the theater through a side door. And this might just be a shout-out to the opening and ending sequences of ''Get Smart!''* The doors to personal quarters on the eponymous ''Series/BabylonFive'' open by rotating clockwise. They have been known to fall on cast members. Others open like modern automatic doors, sliding to either side. Those doors are actually quite clever, as they're held up by electrical power when open and are closed by the ArtificialGravity produced when the station rotates, with no need for a motor to close them. In the event of a hull breach or life-support failure, the doors would slam shut on their own without any active safety system required.[[/folder]][[folder:Tabletop Games]]* In ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', spaceships could have iris (dilating) doors.[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* The doors in ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' have a variety of opening animations, from just two panels sliding vertically apart, up to to six-part dilating doors, and several in between.* The ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series is an excellent example given that pretty much every door needs to be shot to open. Sometimes they require multiple shots. Sometimes they [[LockedDoor need missiles]].** This is explained in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' games as being a method of bypassing the door's normal opening mechanism; you're basically lowering a weak shield that's there to keep wildlife (or you in the case of stronger ones) out and the doors are opening automatically (presumably there's a more peaceful manner of opening the doors). The ones that need missiles explicitly have a blast shield (which disappears after being removed the first time) on them for extra security. Some areas of ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' have doors which lack the shields and just let your straight through when you approach.** Most other doors and hatches in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' are pretty complex as well. Rarely do they simply slide open - there are often many interlocking parts and convoluted mechanisms going on, ''especially'' on the [[EternalEngine Pirate Homeworld]] in ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption Corruption]]''. Some even require [[EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning spinning the Morph Ball]] to operate.* Although ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' usually does fine with normal sliding doors, the Cavern level features iris doors. And yes, it ''is'' a pain in the ass when the door takes 5 seconds to open while you're fighting a horde of 20 enemies in your back...* The Vaults from the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series are sealed behind doors in the form of enormous steel cogwheels that are rolled along a track by a mechanical arm and then slid shut.** Parodied in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' in the Mechanist's Lair where the main entrance is a ridiculously complex set of doors that take easily couple of minutes to open entirely. It's also a ShoutOut to ''Series/GetSmart'' and/or ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', being exactly the same as one of the doors in both those series' famous door sequences.* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'': Quite a lot of the doors in the Black Mesa Complex do this vertically and horizontally.** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' introduces Combine doors, which look like a ton of scrap metal held in place, and each piece individually slides out of the way when the door is opened.* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Most Covenant and Forerunner doors are like this. Covenant doors beep before they open though. The Flood-overrun ''High Charity'' in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' has sphincter doors similar to ''Prey''.* [[{{Squick}} Sphincter]] and other doors from ''VideoGame/Prey2006''.* In the future part of ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', the doors open vertically with the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' sound.* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' features a variety of oddly opening doors, ranging from the relatively boring two part doors that slide sideways to ridiculously complex systems of interlocking bars that unlatch and slide apart.* ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' has a cave with doors that look like [[{{Squick}} giant sphincters]]; however, this is Justified since [[spoiler:the "cave" is actually the fossilized corpse of an EldritchAbomination]].* Spoofed, of course, in Season 3 of ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]]'', where the doors on Skun'kape's ship dilate, slide in, and even tilt in -- from opposite sides!* The doors in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are made of layers of interlocking parts.* Doors in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' open upwards, primarily due to limitations of the engine. (When the source code was released, a routine for horizontally sliding doors was found to be DummiedOut with the comment "ABANDONED TO THE MISTS OF TIME!!!") "Polyobjects" from the version of the engine used in ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' and later source ports can be used to make doors that actually imitate real-world door behavior.* The BUILD engine used by ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior'' allows for a fair variety of doors, including ''Doom''-style vertical ones (including variants which open down or split in the middle), sliding doors, hinged ones (technically just rotating a sector 90 degrees around a pivot sprite), and a couple of more esoteric ones which involve making wall surfaces shrink away to nothing as the door opens (called "Star Trek doors" in the level editor documentation, and a variant which combines that with the aforementioned split vertical door), used for curtains and in alien levels.* Despite the HighFantasy-esque setting, doors in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' are surprisingly complicated, mechanically speaking. Many dungeon doors are round, and when pushed in, roll out of the way through some mystery of technology.* ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'''s arboretum has a door that 'grows' open and closed and is made of metal plants.* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'' has doors that fold up, rotate and vanish in the [[spoiler: alien city]].* In ''VideoGame/PlanetSide 1'''s [[UndergroundLevel Core Combat caverns]], the [[AdvancedAncientAcropolis Ancient Vanu facilities]] all feature large round doors which vanish when approached, then re-materialize. The doors in human facilities such as the bases and towers feature sliding doors which split along the center. Vehicle bay doors in the Tech Plants slide into the ground when a vehicle leaves the vehicle pad. * Some towns in the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games, especially from Generation 3 and onwards, have either automatic doors for even civilian houses or, in cases like ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Pokémon Black Version's]]'' Opelucid City, thin blue film that fades away into the air (in other words, a ''diluting door'') upon entering, then rematerializes after passing completely through. However, if the setting is old-fashioned, even in more recent games, then the doors are built strictly as hinged boards the way most are in the real world, such as in Sootopolis City (themed on Mykonos, Greece) or White Forest.* ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'':** The hatch between the Central Control Chamber and the Main Breaker Room is composed of six triangular pieces that can either be inserted and removed straight-on, or rotated into position to provide the standard iris effect. Which method is used appears to be up to the {{AI}} or computer that happens to be in control at the time.** The doors intended for human use slide into the walls or [=floor/ceiling=] just like modern automatic doors. However, the locking mechanisms consists of pieces of one side which will rotate into the other side in full view of everyone. For the test chamber doors, when they're fully locked, the mechanism completes the Portal 2 logo.[[/folder]][[folder:Web Comics]]* Subverted in [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100116.html this strip]] from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' when Bob is surprised that alien doors have doorknobs.* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', the forest-dwelling light elves make use of a magical version of this trope, formed from living, moving wood that spirals open.[[/folder]][[folder:Western Animation]]* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'', the kids go to Symmetria to find Ava. The building they encounter has a round door with four holes in it, mounted into a wall with four holes in it. By default, the holes don't align, but every once in a while, the door rotates so that they do align briefly. The trick to getting through is to jump through ''while it's moving''. Nobody gets stuck in it, but it's just asking to happen. Good thing those kids are fairly nimble...* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', the doors in the police station are a semi-complex pattern of sliding metal slats. Justified, because the main body of the police force are trained [[ExtraOreDinary Metal Benders]], and it's their powers - not mechanisms -- that move the doors around. Most of the other doors in the series are traditionally hinged or manually slid doors.[[/folder]][[folder:Real Life]]* Likely inspired by the human eye. The iris is a naturally evolved mechanism for opening and closing, and probably the only biological example of a "door" that doesn't invoke {{Squick}}.[[/folder]]----


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Are you as pumped as I am to see 42, the new movie about Jackie Robinson?
Earlier this week I got to attend a White House event with Michelle Obama, Harrison Ford, Jackie's widow Rachel (who looks amazing at 90), writer/director Brian Helgeland, and Chadwick Boseman.
Boseman plays the baseball legend; Ford plays the man who signed him to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey.
In the State Dining Room were high school students from around the country, several of whom got to ask questions.
My own interview with Rachel Robinson appears in the current issue of AARP the Magazine, and she'll also be my guest next week on the Movies for Grownups Radio Show:
For Rachel, the movie has been a lifelong labor of love. "We've been trying to get the film done," she says, "since Sidney Poitier could've played Jackie!"
Here's my videoblog of the White House event:
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Support county-wide recycling
Published 7:00 pm, Monday, February 16, 2009
County-wide recycling is closer to becoming a reality for Huron County after last week's Huron County Board of Commissioners meeting. That's good news for people who care about the environment — but even better news for people who care about the economy.
While some have criticized the idea of creating a recycling program because it could be too expensive — especially during these dire economic times — the money spent on the project will stay in the county, helping our residents who need it most.
Plus, Huron County Corporation Counsel Stephen J. Allen said the project could be funded legally using tipping fees paid by landfills, if the fees are first routed through the Huron County Economic Development Corporation (EDC).
Allen said Thumb Industries is seeking other funding, but will not ask for more money from the county.
Thumb Industries plans to begin collecting paper products and then expand into other areas, such as extruded polystyrene foam (Styrofoam), tin, glass and scrap metal. We hope the company also chooses to include batteries, which are toxic to the environment and often improperly discarded.
While the project is moving along, it's not yet finalized. Residents who are interested in the success of county-wide recycling can support its passage by contacting the commissioners at (989) 269-8242, email@example.com, or by attending a meeting, which are held at 9 a.m. on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month.


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When a student leaves the school for any reason, he or she must be signed out by the parent/guardian at the main office. This is necessary for the purposes of attendance for the child but also is necessary for emergency purposes.
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Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for all member countries.
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Continued spatial segregation undermines labour-market performance and reinforces disparities in access to essential services and economic opportunity. As South Africa continues to urbanise, it needs policies that support a better location of affordable housing and improved transport provision.
With Africa's population set to double by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the continent more competitive and to increase people's living standards, according to the African Economic Outlook 2015, released at the African Development Bank Group's 50th Annual Meetings.
This report examines the relationship between SMEs' management of intellectual assets, innovation and competitiveness.
With 22% of the national population (11.2 million inhabitants), the Gauteng city-region is the largest and richest region in South Africa, contributing to one-third of national GDP. The area encompasses a series of connected cities, including Johannesburg and the national capital of Tshwane (formerly Pretoria), that function as a single, integrated region. Gauteng has been South Africa's growth engine: for every additional 1% growth in population in the province, 1.6% is added to its contribution to national growth, implying higher productivity than in other parts of the country. Nevertheless, the city-region's growth potential is constrained by deep socio-economic challenges, including high unemployment (26.9%) and low productivity growth. Its rapid demographic and economic development has also reinforced the spatial segregation instituted under apartheid.
Against the backdrop of South Africa's achievements since the fall of apartheid, this Review evaluates measures to position economic development policy and to confront economic inequality in Gauteng. The issues of adequate housing as a catalyst of economic development and a vehicle for socioeconomic integration, transport mobility and public service delivery are examined in detail. The Review also assesses the economic growth potential of the manufacturing and green sectors, as well as governance issues, focussing on the potential of intergovernmental collaboration in advancing a cross-cutting regional approach for Gauteng.
This working paper reviews 10 in–depth case studies of urban projects proposed and operating within the realm of Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Environment Working Paper No. 29.
OECD Territorial Reviews: Cape Town, South Africa, aims to provide a detailed diagnosis and solutions for improving the competitiveness and governance of the Cape Town metropolitan region.
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What has been the BEST baby gift you've ever received?
Now, what has been the best baby gift you have received? I would have to say my glider rocker that my mom got me. I have many comforting memories wrapped up in that thing. I always soothed and comforted my baby girl and held her close while rocking her.
This one's tough, we've gotten a lot of great gifts. Maybe the stroller from my MIL? I love it, and it gets a lot of use.
The rock and play sleeper my best friend bought me. I thought it would be a total waste of money but I am SOOO glad I kept it. I am also very thankful for the crib my mother in law bought for us.
My handmade bedding and rag quilt my Aunt and cousin made to match my Dr. Seuss theme!
I would have to say the crib we got from friends of ours. We couldn't afford the one we really wanted and they gave us one that was very similar to the one we wanted.


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Formula One is no stranger to spying
Alan Baldwin | July 12, 2007 11:20 IST
As McLaren team boss Ron Dennis explained at the British Grand Prix last weekend, there is a clear dividing line between what is generally considered acceptable and what is evidently illegal.
"I remember with great amusement locking another team's aerodynamicist, who was measuring and photographing parts of our bodywork, into the back of our truck," Dennis recalled of one past incident.
"And you could say that was over the limit.
"Equally, many photographers are commissioned to take detailed photographs of other people's cars -- and we take detailed photographs of other people's cars," added Dennis.
"And that is probably within the accepted practices in grand prix racing.
"There are unwritten limits to which everybody should adhere and clearly these (latest allegations) exceed all previously known occurrences."
The case involving McLaren's chief designer Mike Coughlan, suspended last week after a house search found a significant quantity of confidential Ferrari [Images] technical information, has been the talk of the paddock.
There have been allegations of sabotage, denied by former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney who has also rejected suggestions that he and former Benetton colleague and fellow-Briton Coughlan were acting together.
The courts will unravel the full story but, whatever the outcome, few if anyone in Formula One will have been surprised by data leaking from one team to another.
"You cannot stop it. As long as human beings are around, it will always be there," former champion Niki Lauda said of paddock espionage.
"These things happen, in big car manufacturers and everywhere. It's logical."
The last such incident happened in 2002 when Ferrari took legal action against two of their engineers who had moved to Toyota, whose subsequent car aroused suspicions.
Earlier this season, Spyker principal Colin Kolles presented a Red Bull document to try and demonstrate the illegality of that team's car.
Formula One is a sport where people have been known to start rumours just for fun, to see how long it takes before the whispers come full circle. There is a constant exchange of information.
At the Canadian Grand Prix [Images] some years ago, then team boss Eddie Jordan related how he had been given a digital photograph of a race engineer's sheet taken by somebody peering down from the Paddock Club above.
The Paddock Club is an exclusive area reserved for VIPs, sponsors and special guests.
In those days, teams covered up their race cars and erected screens in front of the garages to keep out the photographers' lenses.
But there is little teams can do when designers and top technical staff are headhunted other than impose a period of 'gardening leave' before they start their new jobs.
"You cannot un-invent things," said Dennis. "People move with all the knowledge and inevitably that knowledge is going to appear, sometimes with great perfection and accuracy, on other grand prix cars."
The classic case of that occurred in 1977, when ex-Shadow employees founded Arrows.
Their car was built in a mere 60 days but hit trouble when Shadow chief Don Nichols claimed the A1 was nothing more than a copy of his DN9 -- both designed by Tony Southgate.
The High Court found in favour of Shadow and Arrows had to come up with a replacement, which they did without even missing a race.
Perhaps the most bizarre case, however, was one that apparently involved real spies.
In 2001, Renault technical director Jean-Jacques His revealed that the company's system had been hacked into and final designs for that year's Formula One engine tampered with.
The Frenchman blamed former members of the East German Stasi secret police.
Formula One: The Complete Coverage


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On June 4, 2008, Governor Paterson issued Executive Order No. 6: Ensuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Contracts for Personal Services. The Executive Order aims to ensure that agencies enter into such contracts only after considering whether State employees can practicably meet the same needs by providing services of the same or better quality at an equivalent or lower cost.
In particular, Executive Order No. 6 requires that agencies report information regarding Qualified Personal Services Contracts (QPSCs) to a Task Force and on their agencies' websites. A QPSC is any new, renewed, or amended State agency contract with any non-State entity pursuant to State Finance Law §163 or §136-A, under which:
- The contract was approved on or after August 4, 2008;
- The agency believes that a majority of the costs of the contract are attributable to compensation of the contractor's personnel; and
- The agency can reasonably anticipate it will incur costs for the personnel service component of $1 million or more over any twelve-month period.
DCJS will make available any contract listed below upon request, for which the agency may charge a reasonable cost for copying.
Below is information regarding all Division contracts that meet the criteria described above:
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|Reasons for Entering into Contract
|Keane, Inc.
|Unisys Corporation
|Unisys Corporation
|Unisys Corporation
|Science Applications International Corp


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New Hampshire's per gallon tax on gasoline and diesel is going up 4.2 cents July 1. According to Americans for Prosperity, New Hampshire's economy will pay a price.
Tom Thomson of Orford was among the protestors the conservative group brought to a Hooksett gas station.
Thomson: The power to tax is the power to destroy. By passing Senate Bill 367, we will at best damage the New Hampshire advantage, and worse see businesses suffer and or close; and that equals loss of jobs.
New Hampshire's gas tax has not gone up since 1992. Despite the 23 percent tax increase, New Hampshire's tax on gas and diesel will remain the lowest in the region. The money raised by the increase will help the state pay for road maintenance and the widening of I-93.


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Thanksgiving day appetizer
Cranberry Delight Spread
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese softened
2 TB frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 TB sugar
Zest of 1 orange
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup finely chopped dried cranberries
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans, optional
Garnish with small mint leaf, optional
1. In small mixing bowl beat cream cheese, orange juice concentrate, sugar, orange peel, and cinnamon on medium speed until fluffy.
2. Stir in cranberries and pecans. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Garnish as desired. Serve with crackers. Makes 12 servings.
Can use Ocean Spray Craisins and fresh orange juice
Yummmm.. That sounds wonderful.
Darlene, I might add that to my already ridiculously large menu! :wink:
Thanks Darlene, I'm having company this weekend, I just may try that!
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NOTHING TO SAY - ANGRA Taken from Holy Land Album May 7th, 2003 Hi folks. My name is Eduardo Kepczynski and this is my 3rd tab ever. I had expend many hours listening to this song and trying to play it. I?m sure it?s not perfect, but it wa (xguitar.com)


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5/01/2010 12:24pm, #21
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Lebell is sharing with you Teh Anti_Dickle technic.... Just incase, someday, you ever meet a naughty shaolin monk who has Teh Re4l deadly Iron_Penis. You'll need this vicious defense application to survive.
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Chinaboxer is trying to make Wing Chun work with all he can do.
I will try staying upright and move towards/under my opponent the next time I get to grapple. I got some practice in this from tai chi push hands. I think this can work.
5/01/2010 6:13pm, #24
5/01/2010 6:39pm, #25
Reinventing the wheel out of vanity and pride rather than necessity, is the first step of the bullshdofication process.
5/01/2010 9:59pm, #26
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Well, I see the point of the drill...sensing movement, pressure, etc. But, like mentioned, it does not really address what an actual shot would be like...or even a bad shot preceeded by a head butt, haymaker, or any number of ways an altercation may start. I don't really want to bash starting from chi sao, since it is a drill and within the context of wing chun, it makes sense I guess. But, at the very least he should address what has already been mentioned...dropping levels, etc. Drills should have some basis in reality.
I kept wanting to see a drop shoulder throw as the defender was leaning in and stretching out those arms ;)
What really bothers me in general, not just with this video, is when I see people step outside their area of expertise. Mastery in one area does not mean mastery of all areas. People need to humble up and admit what they do not know, rather than teach what they don't know, but pretend they do. I see it a lot now with BJJ guys putting out leg lock videos that are just horrible, or are obviously rip offs of other videos in which an educated eye can see they don't really know what they are doing (but a noob will be fooled). It's like OK, cool, you have a black belt, but that does not make you an expert in leg locks. Just an example. I would never put out a rubber guard video or WC video, etc.
The only anti-grappling and anti-wrestling is to learn how to grapple and wrestle.
OK, my rant is over.One of the best Bullshido investigations ever written: http://www.bullshido.org/David_Kujawski_Investigation
"disgruntled ex student who couldn't hack training with Dave and his material and opted out (could be called pussied out) of training to go to Sambo" - Mor Sao
5/02/2010 1:44am, #27
He went from rational guy with some CMA ideas to this video. You can see it slowly degrade in the threads as well.
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I wounder what'll happen when Chinaboxer gets his BJJ Black Belt. A BJJ blackbelt who does wing chun?
5/02/2010 9:13am, #29
5/02/2010 9:33am, #30
1. I had always thought that "anti-grapple" was a term made up on Bullshido to mock TMA arts that don't address grappling in their curriculum based on the faulty assumption that will power alone will keep one standing when the other guy wants to take the fight to the ground.
2. I too have used the groin bite like Lebell. I'm not sure what I actually bit, but it did get a much larger guy off of my chest and avoided a savage beating.


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Phantom of the Opera
06 Phantom of the Opera!
April 19th and 20th! (We spread our tickets over two days to avoid conflicts!)
Ticket sales:
Tickets $10, limit 2 per 2006 ID
Tickets are FIRST COME FIRST SERVE and will be sold on the following days WHILE THEY LAST:
Monday 4/11 from 8 - 9 AM in LOBBY 10!!! This early booth is so we are fair to everyone.
And in the STUDENT CENTER:
Mon 4/11 from 11 AM - 4 PM
Tues 4/12 from 12 AM -4 PM
Wed 4/13 from 12 AM - 3 PM
Class of 2006 Sweatshirts and Girl's Shorts will be available at the Tuesday and Wednesday booths.
Please note that SEATING IS ASSIGNED based on the order that you buy your tickets. If you want to sit next to certain people, then you should BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE SAME TIME.
-When and where is the show?
You may choose to attend one of the following shows:
7:30pm on Tuesday, Apr. 19
7:30pm on Wednesday, Apr. 20
Both shows will be at The Opera House in Boston, located on 539 Washington Street in Boston.
The show will begin at 8:00, but it is STRONGLY suggested that you get there earlier.
=======Information regarding the night of the show=======
Doors to the theatre open forty minutes prior to curtain. Latecomers arriving after the curtain has gone up will be held in the outside theatre lobby and seated at the discretion of the theatre manager at the appropriate point in the performance. Please be aware that there is also a seating hold at the start of Act Two.
No photography or recording of any kind (audio or video) is allowed in the theatre. Smoking is not permitted in the theatre building.


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A few weekends ago, we enjoyed a hearty dinner at Kabob & Curry in Providence. Located on Thayer St. next to Nice Slice, this cozy Indian restaurant offers freshly prepared dishes at welcoming prices. On Sundays, you can enjoy their brunch buffet for less than $11 (never-ending Naan bread, Tandoori chicken and Rice pudding highlight this feast). This night however, we ordered from their dinner menu and anxiously awaited a spread of simmered lamb, vegetable samosa and delicious mango Indian milkshakes.
The dining room can easily be described as confined, cozy, and even cramped. We didn't mind. In all honesty, it added to the ambiance. If close quarters is not your thing, simply head upstairs to the main dining room. There is plenty of space up top. Ok, the service was, well, sub par. The waiter seemed bored, unenthused and at times non-existent. Fortunately, we hear the staff is known to be very friendly and eager to please.
Mango Lassi ($3)
One of the highlights of the night, seriously. It's a great complement to any Indian dish as the sweetness counteracts all of the fiery spices. Order the Mango Lassi and make everyone at the table jealous because they ordered water like wussies.
Vegetable Samosa ($3)
Think overstuffed turnovers lightly fried to a crisp. The filling was a puree mixture of seasoned potatoes and peas. If you're looking to play it safe when choosing an appetizer, their vegetable samosas are the way to go.
Lamb Garley ($4)
The Lamb Garley was easily our favorite appetizer. We were presented with a plate of dumplings generously packed with minced lamb and a blend of cumin, curry and other spices. One of the greatest values on the menu. For under $5, it's a great appetizer to share with others (if you're into that sort of thing). The filling was a bit dry, but other than that, it's an excellent way to start your meal.
Chicken Xacuti ($13)
We have a winner folks! Tender, moist chunks of chicken nestled gently in a molten pool of coriander, fennel and coconut paste. We would have liked a little more heat in this dish but we're picking hairs here.
Lamb Roganjosh ($16)
Looks can definitely be deceiving when it comes to Indian food (as seen in main picture above). For this particular dish, it's all about the blend of Kashmiri spices…which will make your taste buds break out those infamous Bollywood dance moves. An aromatic dish with an orchestra of flavors. Authentic Indian cuisine at its finest.


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Chad health news releases and feature stories
3 November 2015
Health assistance to millions in violence-afflicted Lake Chad Basin hampered by lack of funding
Violence continues to devastate the lives and health of the millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin – an area covering north-east Nigeria and parts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The World Health Organization (WHO) and humanitarian partners are appealing for urgent funding to cope with profound health challenges in the sub-region.
8 December 2006
In Chad, refugees and residents face health and security crisis
The withdrawal from Abéché in eastern Chad of non-essential United Nations staff, including those working for the World Health Organization (WHO), has left refugee and displaced populations and local communities facing a potential health crisis. The UN was forced to withdraw many staff from Abéché following a rebel attack on a warehouse and staff in the past 10 days.
31 August 2004
Health update for Darfur, Sudan and Chad
The main health concerns facing displaced people in Darfur and their host communities include: malnutrition, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, hepatitis E and conflict-related trauma. The possibility of outbreaks of communicable diseases is particularly elevated. This is due to risk factors including limited amounts of potable water, low standards of environmental hygiene, declining nutritional status, and low vaccination coverage.


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Possible Spoilers
So, i'm weird when it comes to anime. I find it very hard to enjoy most of it, though the ones i have fully watched i enjoyed (DBZ, Bleach, Death note, Naruto, FMA Brotherhood).
I was recomended Fairy Tail a while ago and i looked it up online and it didn't look like something i'd enjoy. But i started watching it the other day when a friend said he started too, i've really got into it. Been watching it constantly for the last couple of days, it's awesome!
I have a few problems with it, but overall it's great and everyone should look into it if they haven't already.
So anyways, thought i'd create a little thread as a discussion or w.e :P
I've just started the Tower of Heaven Arc and i'm hoping it'll be good, i'm sure it will :P
Also, normally i hate the little annoying pets, but Happy is awesome! I think it's the sarcastic comments that make him pro!


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With the auspicious Chinese New Year just around the corner, I decided to pull out this #ASOS red mini skirt from my closet to give you some mix and match outfit ideas. (Please click HERE for more outfits.) The color red in Chinese culture means good luck and happiness. Therefore we wear anything red during this festive holiday. I tried to incorporate as much red in my ensembles (if you can tell) Hope you like my outfits!
Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse lovies!
xoxo Leah
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EIGHT out of 10 British Muslims are opposed to military action in Afghanistan, a poll says.
The ICM survey showed 57 per cent disagree with Tony Blair's assertion that the action is not a war against Islam, while 34 per cent agree.
The poll found the majority agreed that the hijacked airliner attacks on September 11 were unjustifiable. ICM interviewed 500 British Muslims by telephone.
British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said today the bombing of selected military targets in Afghanistan would continue until Osama bin Laden is found.
"We are certainly not giving up on going after Osama bin Laden and if the Taliban regime in the south continues to protect and harbour him certain target bombing on military targets will continue," Mr Hoon said.
"But obviously any success by the Northern Alliance taking ground certainly denies Osama bin Laden hiding places so our campaign of pressure has been successful but it will need to be sustained."
Hoon said it may not be easy to prise bin Laden from his hiding place in Afghanistan but he believed someone within the Taliban would hand him over.
"I recognise that there are mountainous areas of Afghanistan where he may seek to hide out but I am confident we are denying him space to hide and I am confident ultimately that someone will give him away," he said.


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Free Projects
Tutorial Tuesday - Glass Fringe Necklace8:00 AM
I know St. Patrick's Day was last week, but I'm Irish and love the color green so, I wanted to keep the celebration of green going with this necklace design! This time I am using Soft Flex beading wire as a design component. This project appears to be complex but, it is easy and great for any beader. Only skill required is crimping. For crimping help, please visit our webpage, All about Crimps.
(5) 5mm Square Silver Bead Frames
(16") Silver Chain
(2") Adjustable Chain (optional)
(10) Silver Jump Rings
Cut Soft Flex Beading Wire into approximately a 10" length. String bead frame and take one end of the wire around to make a circle and back through the first bead frame to create a loop. Wiggle this first bead frame to one side of the wire leaving about 1.5" tail on one end.
Using the longer wire tail string your next bead frame and circle around the frame and back through to create the second loop. Continue stringing bead frame and making a loop until all 5 frames are complete.
Once your bead frame section is complete, use your chain nose pliers to attach the glass rectangles to the beading wire loops with jump rings. You have a little wiggle room to get the bead frame spacing the way you want before crimping. Take a moment to adjust any frames if necessary.
Using your crimping pliers, crimp one side as close to the bead frame as possible. You may use the Regular Crimping Pliers or Universal Magical Crimper to secure the crimp. I choose to use the Universal Magical Crimper as it makes a small 2mm bead out of the tube. For regular crimping instructions, click here. For magical crimper instructions, click here. Trim off the excess wire close to the crimp.
Kristen Fagan is a multi-passionate creative and a graphic designer for Soft Flex Company.
Her favorite stone is Turquoise and she can't bead without Bead Stoppers. Learn more about Kristen and her creative passions online at KristenFagan.com. You may write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Prof. Henk Volberda
- Fellow ERIM (since 1999)
Henk W. Volberda is a professor of strategic management and business policy at the Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
His work on strategic renewal, coevolution and new organizational forms has led to an extensive number of published articles in academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Decision Support Systems, European Business Forum, European Management Journal, European Management Review, Global Strategic Management, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, International Studies of Management & Organization, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management,Long Range Planning, Management Science, Omega, Organization Development Journal, Organization Studies and Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal and Technology Analysis & Strategic Management..
He is the author of "Building the Flexible Firm: How to Remain Competitive" (Oxford University Press 1998) and "De Flexibele Onderneming: Strategieen voor Succesvol Concurreren" (Kluwer 2004) both of which received wide acclaim. A book he co-wrote with Tom Elfring, Rethinking Strategy (Sage, 2001), was awarded the ERIM Best Book Award. His latest book is entitled Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization and was published in April 2011 and is used as Strategy textbook in many European top business schools. He recently wrote "Innovation 3.0" that is already in its second edition.
Professor Volberda has received multiple awards for his research on organizational flexibility and strategic change. He is the recipient of the NCD Award, the ERASM Research Award, the Erasmus University Research Award, the Igor Ansoff Strategic Management Award, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Strategy Award, the Erim Impact Award and 2005 and the SAP Strategy Award.
For his work on alliance capabilities conducted together with Ard-Pieter de Man and Johan Draulans he received the Dutch ROA Award 1999 (best consultancy article). His research on absorptive capacity and internal networks conducted together with Raymond van Wijk and Frans van den Bosch received an honorable mention in the McKinsey/SMS Best Conference Paper Prize.
Professor Volberda is Professor of Strategic Management & Business Policy and also director of Knowledge Transfer at Rotterdam School of Management. Moreover, he is Scientific Director of INSCOPE: Research for Innovation, a research consortium involving Erasmus University, Maastricht University, University of Twente and TNO.
He is director of the Erasmus Strategic Renewal Program and program director of ERIM. He has worked as a consultant for many large European corporations.
He is a member of the editorial boards of Long Range Planning, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Management Executive, and Maanblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie (MAB). He is a member of the editorial review boards of the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Strategy and Management, Organization Science and Organization Studies.
Professor Volberda has been a visiting scholar at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and City University Business School in London.
He obtained his PhD in Business Administration Cum Laude from the University of Groningen..
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This program is unmusical. And they're not even trying to hide their lack of body awareness and in-between connection it's almost funny.
Ultimately the medal is more about what they are as skaters and dancers than about their programs. Even if they have the best programs in the world -- they don't anyway, W/P already have superior programs as they did last season, does their "Humanity in Motion" performance deserve gold in the free skate at 13 Worlds? Nope. -- they are not the ice dancers in the world regardless of what bucketloads of 10s on components want me to believe.


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The Language of Love
by: Allen B. Saxe on March 19th, 2014 | 16 Comments »
American culture needs to develop a new language to describe relationships of love and commitment. Husband and wife are too narrow. Partner too broad. Boyfriend and girlfriend focus on young unmarried people.
For gays and lesbians they have had to rely on the use of "partners" or if gay, "husband," or if lesbian, "wife." I feel these are temporary terms as we struggle to find more fitting terms.
This is not just an issue for same sex couples. It is also an issue for heterosexual couples in committed relationships that are not traditional marriages.
My sister-in-law Jacquie and Srulik are in a committed relationship. However they have not married in a religious ceremony or civil ceremony.
When my sister-in-law once referred to Srulik as her partner, she saw either puzzlement or astonishment in the reactions of others. Was Jacquie now a lesbian? To use husband and wife might confuse people who might respond, "So when was the wedding?" or "So why were we not invited to the wedding?" We need to do better.
"Partner" has never reflected the love and commitment that these relationships deserve.
I suggest that we turn to the Jewish tradition of Song of Songs.
Song of Songs is accepted as the most superb book of love poetry. Our ancestors may begin to help us. Maybe by looking at our past, we can create a future.
In Song of Songs, there is no use of "husband" or "wife." We hear "Tell me, my love, where you feed your sheep," "how fine are you, my lover, what joy we have together," "I choose you from all others," and "Come with me, my love, come away."
"My lover" today often refers to a relationship outside of marriage. "My love" is pretty good.
However, the most quoted line in Song of Songs is "I am to my beloved as my beloved is to me." Beloved in this sense can be assigned to a committed relationship without regard to sex or gender, race or ethnicity or religion. This may be a way to start.
Tikkun readers are encouraged to share their preferences.
We will all be enriched as those who have sought marriage equality create new ways to express love and commitment.
Allen B. Saxe is a retired professor of anthropology. His beloved is Jessica Schorr Saxe. They live in Charlotte, NC.


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Students - Types of Rooms
Incoming students are mainly accommodated in College residences at Trinity Hall. Applications from Leaving Certificate students will be accepted once CAO offers have been made in the middle of August. Non EU students may apply as soon as they have an unconditional offer of a place on a degree course and have their TCD student number. Please visit our Apply for a Room page for further information.


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In more than seven years with the Medford police force, Tiko chased down suspected robbers, sniffed through grass for a missing finger, dog-paddled in the swift Rogue River to help catch a fleeing suspect and wrangled with a wanted man who tried to poke out his eye.
In more than seven years with the Medford police force, Tiko chased down suspected robbers, sniffed through grass for a missing finger, dog-paddled in the swift Rogue River to help catch a fleeing suspect and wrangled with a wanted man who tried to poke out his eye.
In return, the German shepherd who served for the last time Saturday as a Medford police patrol dog received praise and sometimes a cheeseburger.
A case of spinal arthritis and general old age have forced 10-year-old Tiko into retirement, said his handler, Medford police Officer D.J. Graham.
"He's too old," said Medford police Deputy Chief Tim George. "He has some nagging injuries. The vet has said it's time.
"It's time for Tiko to relax and enjoy retirement."
In one of his most glorious moments on the force, Tiko plunged into the Rogue River in summer 2001 to help apprehend a wanted man from California who was accused of stealing vehicles and shooting at California Highway Patrol officers, Graham said.
The suspect jumped into the river to escape police, and Tiko followed him.
"He ended up swimming around the suspect for 10 minutes while California Highway Patrol dropped officers from helicopters to pick up the suspect," Graham recounted.
Tiko later won a Class A Merit Award for his bravery from the city of Medford, Graham said.
Last year, a suspect hiding in a crawl space in Central Point attacked Tiko when the dog entered the space to try to drive the man out. The suspect tried to throttle Tiko and to stick his thumb into Tiko's eye. Tiko bit the suspect's arm, sending the man to the hospital. Tiko sustained a minor cut on the side of his eye, which didn't keep him from returning to work.
In April, Tiko helped search for a severed thumb in the grass near Target at Crater Lake Highway. A man lost the thumb when another man bit it off during a late-night brawl.
As late as July, Tiko helped nab a suspect who fled on foot after allegedly robbing a Dutch Brothers coffee stand on South Pacific Highway.
"There is a lot of running and jumping involved in the work," George said. "The dogs need to have good hearing and eyesight. With all of those things, we don't want to do damage by pushing him further."
Tiko has lived with Graham since Tiko came to Medford from the Czech Republic at the age of 13 months. He was one of five police dogs on the Medford force.
Tiko plays with Graham's two sons and curls up in the laundry room to sleep at night. His longtime rival is the neighbor's cat, who enjoys tantalizing him from a rooftop perch overlooking Tiko's kennel.
Despite all the terror Tiko has inspired in fleeing suspects, he is hungry mostly for affection, Graham said.
"He loves to be petted and touched," Graham said. "He just wants to spend time with people."
Graham in the next month will be assigned a new patrol dog who will fill Tiko's position. Because Graham doesn't have room for both dogs, another officer and dog trainer, Reimer Wulff, will adopt Tiko.
"I have mixed feelings," Graham said. "I'm excited to get the new dog. At the same time, I'm sad to see Tiko go.
"He has always worked hard for us. He's done everything I've asked him to do."
After Tiko's last shift Saturday, some police officers and their spouses sent him off with a retirement party. One of the wives served Tiko a feast of biscuits and gravy, bacon, ham and sausage.
"He had never been exposed to anything like that before," Graham said. "He loved it."
Reach reporter Paris Achen at 776-4459 or email@example.com.