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Happy Thursday!
It's a (semi) Happy Thursday for me, because the bad news is that Andy Roddick suffered his annual collapse last night at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows. My alcohol consumption during the match was at an all-time high. As soon as Tipsarevic went up 0-40 on A-Rod's serve to close the 2nd I knew something bad was happening.
BUT…it isn't all bad news. For example, if you happened to poke over to MASN2 last night, you might have seen something more awesome than even WWE can offer…
For the record, Gaby Sanchez's clothesline > Edge's spear.
Let's see what everyone has to say…
1. The AP's David Ginsburg says Orioles got to Jon Lester early, but Red Sox rallied to win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards
When the Orioles scored four runs in the first inning against Jon Lester, I thought to myself (and asked on via Twitter @WNST) if anyone had a weather report for hell. I was assuming freezing rain myself.
Sadly, Jon Lester turned back into Jon Lester at some point, and the Orioles bullpen that has been very good as of late turned back into the Orioles bullpen that wasn't even a little bit good for stretches this season. Mark Hendrickson and Alfredo Simon were about as good as…Mark Hendrickson and Alfredo Simon.
(Edit from GMC: That's not really fair. Mark Hendrickson was good for the vast majority of the season. But that doesn't really help my point, so I won't mention it.)
Remember August? August was really good for the Orioles. Maybe if we can find a Hot Tub Time Machine we could go back to then…
2. The AP/WNST.net offer numerical evidence of loss
The good? Felix Pie had a pair of doubles and Adam Jones had a double, 2 RBI and scored a run. Also, Ty Wigginton went 2-3, scoring a run and driving in another.
The bad? While Jake Arrieta gave up just 3 earned runs on 6 hits and didn't walk anyone, he was also pulled after 5 innings after having already thrown 95 pitches.
You don't want to look at the numbers. Instead, check out Hope Dworaczyk. This will be much more fun. Thanks, The Smoking Jacket!
3. WNST.net's Ryan Chell says O's called up Brandon Snyder, Nolan Reimold, Robert Andino
And for some reason, Reimold was in the lineup last night facing Jon Lester. Luke Scott was not.
(Edit from GMC: I know there was a "reason". Spare me.)
Word is that Chris Tillman, Rick VandenHurk and Troy Patton are going to follow this group. If this doesn't sell tickets for Sunday afternoon against the Rays, I'm not sure what will. In fact, I'm pretty sure Rick VandenHurk bobblehead night will be September 15th.
It will be good to see these guys on the field a little bit for the next few weeks, at least for as much as I'll actually be watching. My guess is that I won't really be watching that much. I've got tennis for the next 10 days and college football starts tonight. You really think I'm going to bother with baseball?
4. WNST.net's Drew Forrester says Birds playing games in September that 'almost' matter
I don't think "almost" is an appropriate term here. I think the more appropriate term is "sorta."
The fact is, the Orioles are 34 games behind the Yankees in the AL East. They're not even in the REALM of "almost."
But there are some things about this September that make it "sorta" meaningful. Extending a good month into a strong close to the season helps in changing the culture in Charm City. Having a good month and then tanking again anyway makes fans think to themselves "same old Orioles."
It's "sorta" meaningful. The games are completely irrelevant in terms of baseball, but the end of the season could help in trying to cultivate a dead baseball environment in this area.
To REALLY change the baseball environment in this town, a team would have to win THROUGHOUT the season. Not just for a month-or even two.
5. The Sun's Dean Jones Jr. says Joel Guzman crushed 32nd home run for Bowie Baysox in win over Altoona Curve on farm
And before we move on from the Orioles, a few things.
-The Birds and BoSox wrap their 3 game series with a rubber match tonight at OPACY. Brad Bergesen faces Daisuke Matsuzaka, first pitch is at 7:05pm and the game can be seen on MASN.
-Adam Jones was forced to leave last night's game with back pain still stemming from being hit by a Gavin Floyd pitch last week. It still doesn't appear to be a long-term concern, but it's still an issue a week removed.
-Multiple reports (including MLB.com) say David Hernandez is about a week or so away from returning. That's good news. But you already knew that.
6. WNST.net's Glenn Clark says Ravens placed Mike McLaughlin on IR to make room for Josh Wilson on roster
And if he hadn't ended up on IR, the practice squad would have been the other possible destination for McLaughlin. He was an undrafted LB out of Boston College who the Ravens decided to move to FB-which he hadn't played since high school. He was AT BEST a longshot to make the roster, but will buy himself some time to continue developing over the next year now that he's on IR.
Of course, if the Ravens were going to make room on the roster for someone-I sorta wish it had been Izabel Goulart. Thanks, Guyism!
7. BaltimoreRavens.com's Ryan Mink says Ravens' game tonight big for bubble guys like Prince Miller, Demetrius Williams, David Reed
I will admit that I'd still be a bit surprised just to see Demetrius Willliams on the field tonight. I know he returned to practice this week and is sort of a "bubble" guy, but it looks more and more like he almost HAS to make the roster-and there doesn't seem to be anything smart about playing a roster guy with a bad ankle on a terrible carpet.
Prince Miller's road to the roster got much longer when the Ravens acquired Josh Wilson. Not only does Wilson give the Ravens necessary depth at CB, but he could free up Chris Carr to return punts. Miller will get the chance tonight, but Carr could very well end up being the guy in the regular season. Reed could be in trouble as well-as it looks like he's behind both Williams and Marcus Smith on the depth chart.
8. National Football Post's Aaron Wilson says Troy Smith fighting for final roster spot
And you will see PLENTY of the former Heisman Trophy winner tonight. As I've said throughout the week on AM1570, expect 4 quarters of Smith tonight-similar to how John Beck went 4 quarters against the Atlanta Falcons last year.
Before we move on from the Ravens, a few things…
-The Ravens and St. Louis Rams get together at Edward Jones Dome tonight. Kickoff is at 8pm and the game can be seen live on WBAL11 locally. I'll be joining Thyrl Nelson at 12:30 pm on "The Mobtown Sports Beat" and Rex Snider at 4:30 on "The Afternoon Drive" to preview the game.
-Did you miss Rams color analyst (and former Super Bowl champion) D'Marco Farr with Drew Forrester this morning on "The Morning Reaction" on AM1570 WNST? Make sure you head over to the BuyAToyota.com Audio Vault here at WNST.net today to check it out. Some other stuff you can hear in the Audio Vault includes…
- Brian Billick (Former Ravens coach and WNST part owner)-who joined Drew this morning to discuss his "man crush" on Aaron Rodgers (didn't he have a man crush on another QB from Cal?) and all things NFL
- Mark Mravich (SI NFL Editor)-who discussed the SI NFL Preview Issue with Drew, including Peter King's choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers to reach the Super Bowl
- Paul Azinger (former PGA Championship winner)-who discusses his new book "Cracking the Code" with Drew-a book about being the captain of the 2008 Ryder Cup winning US team
- Peter Schrager (FoxSports.com)-who joined Drew to preview College Football season, which starts tonight.
It's all in the Audio Vault. Get there today, and as always-YOU'RE WELCOME!
9. D1scourse's Patrick Stevens picks Navy to beat Maryland 31-24 Monday at M&T Bank Stadium
I haven't decided exactly what my pick will be just yet (I'll announce it tomorrow), but my guess is that I'll end up picking the Mids by at least 10 points myself.
Speaking of the number 10, here's a picture of Arianny Celeste from Maxim via NextRound.net….
10. TowsonTigers.com previews tonight's season opener at Indiana Hoosiers
If this was Villanova or another good CAA team, the conference would have a real chance to score a major upset. However, it is not-so I'll take IU at about a 31-6 clip.
The game can be seen live on the Big Ten Network. Matt Devlin, Derek Rackley and Stacy Paetz are on the call.
And finally, I leave you with this.
Via Deadspin, here's a photo of Joakim Noah golfing. That's all you need to know.
Flexing my mic muscles since 1983…


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Jeff Codallo Receives Red Cross Certificate
Kudos to Jeff Codallo for recently completing the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Instructor Course. This authorizes him to instruct and make presentations on International Humanitarian Law for the Red Cross.
On August 12, 1949, the four Geneva Conventions in their current form came into being. Now adopted by every nation, these laws place basic limits on how war is waged – protecting civilians, wounded and sick combatants, and prisoners of war. They are the cornerstone of international humanitarian law and are forever linked to the Red Cross. Want to learn more? Ask Jeff!
Jeff is shown here (far left) with his IHL classmates and Red Cross Instructors


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iKeepAtive is a fitness scheduling app, designed primarily to help users schedule their workouts and integrate with the system calendar to make sure you do them. The application also has Calories tracking, diet tracking, and daily portrait tracking. The user interface is presented in a simple, 5-view design. It also includes BMI, BMR, and TDEE calculators.
schwinn810 allows you to extract data (tracks, laps, points, and waypoints) from a Schwinn 810 GPS sport watch with a heart rate monitor. It can optionally feed points to gpsbabel to convert data into other formats like TCX, GPX, and KML. A standalone converter for TCX with split-lap and heart rate data is provided. It should work on any platform as long as there is a driver for the CP2102 USB-UART bridge from SiLabs and python-serial.
wger Workout Manager is a Web application that can manage your workouts, group them into schedules (A>B>C), and export them as PDFs or iCal files. It helps you keep a log of the weights lifted in the different exercises as well as your own body weight and can also create and manage your diet plans.
iRelief is an app that provides a breath control training for the user to practice controlled training techniques, while providing bio-feedback on the user's training data. Using photoplethysmographic techniques and the iPhone's camera, iRelief is able to measure the heart rate and calculate Heart Rate Variability (HRV) just by placing the user's fingertip on the camera lens. The HRV is a measure taken by the beat-to-beat interval of the user's heartbeat, which based on existing research, increases as we inhale and decreases as we exhale.
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|1) Commercial Real Estate, 2) Mortgages, 3) Real Estate Development, 4) Trusts and Estates, 5) Probate, 6) Guardianship, 7) Conservatorship, 8) Real Estate Title Examination and 9) Real Estate Finance
|University of Alabama (B.A., 1962; LL.B., 1964)
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Anthony Ciasulli is a senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's Real Estate Practice. Mr. Ciasulli represents both developers and lenders in connection with commercial, residential, industrial and resort real estate.
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16 U.S. Code § 460n–5 - Regulation of area; violations and penalties
Such national recreation area shall continue to be administered in accordance with regulations heretofore issued by the Secretary of the Interior relating to such areas, and the Secretary may revise such regulations or issue new regulations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. In his administration and regulation of the area, the Secretary shall exercise authority, subject to the provisions and limitations of this subchapter, comparable to his general administrative authority relating to areas of the national park system.
Any person who violates a rule or regulation issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
1976—Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(4), as added Pub. L. 94–458, struck out provisions relating to arrest powers of superintendent, caretakers, officers, or rangers of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had."
She also had a colorful performance of her hit "22" – starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red balloons.
Justin Bieber also performed – twice – and was also a multiple winner with three awards, including top male artist, social artist and the fan-voted milestone award, beating out Swift and Bruno Mars.
Bieber performed with will.i.am and solo when he sang "Take You" in leather pants, a leather vest and a black shirt that had one sleeve, as blue laser lights beamed.
Miguel, too, had a show-stopping performance, though he seemed to kick a fan when he jumped over the crowd while singing his hit "Adorn." The R&B singer seemed to have landed part of his body on one woman, who walked away, and kicked another, who held her head low.
Maroon 5 and fun. were also nominated for 11 awards and walked away with one win each in pre-telecast announcements. Gotye and Rihanna had the second-most wins with four awards each.


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Home owners could be blocked from carrying out minor improvements to their houses if they refuse to also make their houses more environmentally friendly, it has been reported.
Under "green" measures proposed by the government residents could be denied permission to replace windows and boilers or putting up conservatories unless they agree to carry out other work, such as loft or wall insulation, according to the Daily Mail.
The proposals, aimed at reducing the UK's carbon footprint, would hike up bills by 10%, the newspaper reports.
Those struggling to meet the extra cost could borrow cash under the Coalition's Green Deal scheme, repaying the amount through an extra charge on energy bills, it claims.
Officials at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) told the newspaper the measures, which are under consultation, would be "mandatory" unless homes already had a high energy performance rating.
The new rules would come into force from April 2014 if approved, the Mail said.
Homeowners wishing to replace a boiler or build a conservatory will have to notify their local authority, which can then tell them to carry out other works as a condition of receiving approval.
Measures listed in the Whitehall plans include loft or cavity insulation, hot water cylinder insulation and draught proofing, according to the Mail.
Conservative MP Tim Yeo, chairman of the Energy and Climate change Committee, criticised the plans.
He told the newspaper: "If people are spending their own money on a new boiler compulsory intrusion is not appropriate.
"Encouragement or information about the scheme is justified, but it should be made an absolute requirement to have builders inside your home."
An DCLG spokesman told the newspaper: "The reason we have picked these particular efficiency measures is because they are the cheapest and most effective in terms of making the money back in energy savings.
"This is a consultation and we have highlighted potential problems to encourage responses on how this may affect the public."
The Green Deal, a £14bn scheme backed by the private sector to insulate all of Britain's homes within 20 years, begins in October.
Homeowners will be able to borrow £10,000 to carryout the work and pay it back through their energy bills for up to 25 years.
A DCLG spokesman said later in a statement: "When a householder decides to change their boiler they would simply be also be asked to make other energy efficiency improvements to help reduce the cost of rising energy bills so their home is warmer and cheaper to run - typical savings could be as much as £150 a year, which is real help to hard-pressed families.
"If a household does choose to go ahead, the Government's Green Deal is there to help them carry out their improvements in a way that means they do not have to pay any upfront costs."


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Isobel Redmond says she is 'satisfied' she has the confidence of the party to lead the Liberals to the 2014 election.
"I am delighted to be re-elected as the leader," she told a press conference.
"Can I also thank the people of this state, for the support they've shown, particularly over the past week."
Ms Redmond earlier survived a leadership challenge by Martin Hamilton-Smith, 13 votes to 12.
When asked whether retaining the leadership by just one vote demonstrated party confidence in her ability, she replied "a win's a win."
"A vote of one is still a win ... Tony Abbott became leader of the Liberals on one vote.
"Today marks a line in the sand for the Liberal party ... we need to get rid of a very bad government in this state and we intend to move forward from here," she said.
Ms Redmond said she was looking forward to working with her newly elected deputy, Steven Marshall, who ousted Mitch Williams.
"We've never had any qualms or any quarrels between us and I look forward to working with him," said Ms Redmond.
"I am more than satisfied the party will lock in behind the new leadership team"
Does a one-vote win show the party's faith in Ms Redmond?
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Mr Hamilton-Smith congratulated Ms Redmond on retaining the leadership.
"I think we all need to move on now," he said when he emerged from the party room after the ballot.
"I will honour the decision, I will respect the decision of my colleagues ... the decision has been made and I look forward to the election."
Mr Hamilton-Smith, Member for Waite, also vowed to step aside from Cabinet.
Ms Redmond replaced Mr Hamilton-Smith as leader in 2009.
Member for MacKillop Mitch Williams has lost the deputy leader position to his challenger, Member for Norwood Steven Marshall.
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Route 6 traffic accident kills 1, injures 5
A two-vehicle traffic accident on Route 6 east of Kane Monday afternoon killed one person and injured five.One passenger, Bertha M. Ginnery, age 80, died in the crash as Thomas A. Ginnery, age 76, of Oil City, was reportedly driving the green 1995 GMC Safari van. According to police, the accident involved the van traveling eastbound and a westbound blue 2007 Ford Explorer. Police said the van "for unknown reasons" crossed the double yellow center lines and entered the westbound lane of travel and into the path of the westbound vehicle.Both operators attempted to "counter steer" to avoid a collision, "but in doing so steered into each other, causing a head-on collision," police said.The front right seat passenger in the van was "killed upon impact," police said. The operator of the van sustained "major injuries," police said. The operator was transported from the scene by ambulance and then flown by medical helicopter to UPMC Hamot in Erie.See full article by purchasing the Dec. 13 edition of The Kane Republican.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" series.
The Triple-A Iowa Cubs said Tuesday the series will start in Des Moines on July 18. The Americans and Cubans will then play two games each in Omaha, Neb., and Durham, N.C.
The U.S. and Cuba resumed play at the collegiate level last year in Havana after a 16-year hiatus. This year's series will be the first on American soil between the two nations since 1996.
The 24-man American roster will be announced on June 30. The team will be coached by Jim Schlossnagle of TCU.


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Can anybody help translate the note on reverse of this cover (at left) ?
An 1868 cover to Rawalpindi, India (now Pakistan) from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania oval "Sea Post Office" backstamp and Rawal Pindee arrival, forwarded to Murree with arrival backstamp and manuscript due.
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Step one: elect a communist POTUS.
Its so artfully done, and so diabolical, that one can picture secret seminars in subterranean Wall Street meeting rooms, guiding young business recruits in the proven process of taking an extra share of wealth from the middle class. Their presentation might unfold as follows:
1. Boost productivity while keeping worker wages flat.
The trend is unmistakable, and startling: productivity has continued unabated while wages have simply stopped growing. Improved technologies have reduced the need for workers while globalization has introduced the corporate world to cheap labor. In effect, the workers who built a productive America over a half-century stopped getting paid for their efforts.
Paul Krugman suggests that a sharp increase in monopoly power is another reason for the disparity. As John D. Rockefeller said, Competition is a sin. That certainly is the rule of thumb in banking and agriculture and health insurance and cell phones. Yet despite the fact that low-wage jobs are increasingly defining the American labor market, apologists for our meager minimum wage claim an increase will worsen unemployment. So it remains at $7.25. A minimum wage linked to productivity would be $21.00 per hour.
2. Build up a financial industry that has no maximum wage.
This is where the money is. In 2007, before the financial crisis, a Harvard survey revealed that almost half of the schools seniors aspired to careers in finance. The industrys share of corporate profits grew from 16% in 1980 to an astonishing 45% in 2002.
And theres no limit to the earning potential. Hedge fund manager John Paulson conspired with Goldman Sachs in 2007 to bundle sure-to-fail subprime mortgages in attractive packages, with just enough time for Paulson to collect other peoples money to bet against his personally designed financial instruments. He made $3.7 billion, enough to pay the salaries of 100,000 new teachers.
3. Keep accumulating wealth created by the financial industry.
Experienced schemers have undoubtedly observed that over the past 100 years the stock market has grown three times faster than the GDP. The richest quintile of Americans owns93% of such non-home wealth.
In the last 25 years, only the richest 5% of Americans have increased their share of non-home wealth, by the impressive rate of almost 20 percent.
In just one year, the richest 20 Americans earned more from their investments than the entireU.S. education budget.
4. Tax yourself as little as possible.
The easiest and least productive way to make money holding on to investments is also taxed at the lowest rate. In addition to the capital gains benefit, tax ploys like carried interest, performance-related pay, stock options, and deferred compensation allow hedge fund managers and CEOs to pay less than low-income Americans, and possibly evennothing at all.
The richest 400 taxpayers doubled their income in just seven years while cutting their tax rates nearly in half. U.S. corporations can match that, doubling their profits and cutting their taxes by more than half in under ten years. The 1.3 million individuals in the richest 1% cut their federal tax burden from 34% to 23% in just 25 years.
5. Lend out your excess money to people who can no longer afford a middle-class lifestyle.
As stated by Thom Hartmann, The Takers own vast wealth, and loan it out at interest to everybody from students to governments.. Overall, Americans are burdened with over $11 trillion in consumer debt, including mortgages, student loans, and credit card liabilities.
Wealth has largely disappeared for the middle- and lower-income classes. More than $7 trillion has been lost in the decline of home prices since 2006. Young college graduates have an average of $27,200 in student loans, and the 21-35 age group has lost 68% of its median net worth since 1984, leaving each of them about $4,000. Median net worth for single black and Hispanic women is a little over $100.
So were hanging on by the frazzled thread of debt that indentures us to the rich and makes it harder and harder to fight back against the theft of our middle-class wealth. As we struggle to support ourselves, the super-rich remain on the take, driving us ever closer to the status of most wealth-unequal country in the world.
Step one: elect a communist POTUS.
As a squarely Middle-Class person, lets see......
Productivity =/= Wage Rates for a reason. It's what it takes to do the work that sets it's value, not how productive it is.
For example, if we set wages based only on productivity, many Teachers would not make much, and would face vastly higher standards and testing of their students to see, in quantifyable fact, how "productive" their teaching has been.
How would you feel if I told you that I would set YOUR "maximum wage"?2. Build up a financial industry that has no maximum wage.
What right does a State have to tell free individuals how much they can make?
And what is your solution to the supposed problem? Disallow the Fincnace Industry and Stock Market? Confiscate the Wealth for Redistribution?3. Keep accumulating wealth created by the financial industry.
I'd also ask why this matters to you, how much welath someone else has? Them having that wealth did not take wealth from you, did not limit your freedom to work or earn wealth, did not bar you from finance yourself, and did provide a large portion of teh tax total provided to he Govt.
So other than base "they have more than me, boo hoo" jealousy, whats the problem exactly?
Tax everyone as little as possible.4. Tax yourself as little as possible.
The fact this is even controversial is a bit scary.
Actually, the easiest and least productive way to make money is to collect social welfare benefits and tax credits.The easiest and least productive way to make money holding on to investments is also taxed at the lowest rate.
Investments actually work harder and have a far greater impact than any welfare recipient does working (or not).
And if they didn't lend money, they'd be forced to by the State. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.5. Lend out your excess money to people who can no longer afford a middle-class lifestyle.
Mr. Hartmann is a Communist in everything but name, and feels that all wealth should be collectivised, all labor forced into Unions, and all workers provided an extensive list of social services free of charge, except you know that 100% tax rate thing. The man is as much a Stalinist as there is.
As a midde class person, I don't fee "cheated" by any of these things.
If I want more wages, I earn them by changing employment to better alternatives in better areas, by aquiring additionals chooling or training, and by the excellence of my work. And it's worked thus far, my wages are far in excess of my fathers, and my own in my youth.
I don't care how much other make, it's none of my business, and it doesn't come from me.
I don't care what percentage of total wealth my "wealth class" posesses. It's irrelevant to me on a day to day basis, and an acedemic, not real world, argument. I care what I posess, and how I earn it.
I want taxes on everyone to be a little as possible, to provide only the base required spending the Govt. should be doing. Hint, yes it does nclude a social safety net, but no, nothign close to what our Federal spends today.
And finally, as I've said many times, I believe in a flat tax or a consuption tax. Under Flat Tax, all wages, regardless or source, are taxed at the same rate. Under consumption, no wages are taxed, only non-vital purchases, and all at the same rate. I'm all for equal taxation for everyone. and I mean everyone, the growing percentage who are net recipients of tax money, and pay no net taxes, cocnern me far more than the rich paying the vast majority of taxes trying to keep a bit more of what they earned.
Get ready for the world of robotics taking on lower and lower skilled work. Worldwide demand for workers is going to be crushed. Unskilled middle class wages will be gone. This is not a conspiracy this is the reality of technology and economics. It will impact workers in Ohio and Shanghai.
The private sector pays the going rate(many more college graduates today then ever) more people to pick from. The government sector pays allot more because they just raise taxes to pay for it. These are my observations from a HS graduate.
Krugman has become more dooshbag partisan than economist.
The middle class is actually under extreme attack from the governments rising tax burden.
State, local and federal taxation to pay for benefits and other entitlements not available to the true middle class is driving the middle class down.
Case in point: Obamacare alone is likely to double the average cost of health insurance premiums. Sure, part of that is passed on to employers, but they simply make up for it by reducing payroll one way or another. So not only are the middle class forced to pay more, but their merit increases and bonuses drop. That is, if they're lucky enough to keep their job.
What better way to fund a program while claiming it doesn't raise taxes?
It's not that liberals are stupid it's that they don't care who knows it.
Politics Lesson: Teleprompters make lousy leaders.


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NASA's New Asteroid Mission Could Save the Planet - Yahoo! News
So in theory that asteroid is going to come close to the earth in 2025. They want to ram it and move it further away from earth.
But what happens when they knock it and then they knock it closer to earth?
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The world ends in 2012 anyways! It wont matter!
"Official Chiefs Crowd / Historian/Correspondent / Ambassador"
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." ~Vince Lombardi~
The updated Hollywood says it ends in 2012! How could the movies contradicte themselves? Im so confused now! Gonna have to have a beer and contimplate on it!
Its all going to work out after all Captain Kirk will be saveing the earth in the 23rd centray.
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The Edge completes lineup for One Night Stand
Press Release – The Edge
The Edge One Night Stand line-up at Auckland's Logan Campbell Centre on 13 March has now been completed.
Ruby Frost and Kidz In Space join headliners FUN. and already announced support Kids of 88 on a bill that is sure to be the most high octane pop show of the Summer.
Having taken their quirky, melodic hooks and vintage pop to the top of the charts worldwide, FUN. bring their live show to Auckland for the first time. The New York trio's album Some Nights is multi-platinum around the world and they are set to star at the Grammy Awards in LA this weekend as well as Auckland in just over a month's time.
Ruby Frost's 2012 debut album Volition has set the young Auckland alt-pop princess on a supernova trajectory. The album was produced by American synth maven Chris Zane and debuted at #5 in the local charts. Drawing on a wide palate of influences, from Björk and Michael Jackson to Air and Fleetwood Mac, Volition brought her songs to life in a neon tumult of beats, polished pop melodies, samples and sequins. Onstage Ruby Frost's striking pastel hued hair and sparkling fashion ensembles will bring all the passion of great performance to the Edge One Night Stand.
When they first emerged, stiff and synthetic, in early 2008, everything Kidz in Space did was shrouded in absurdist mystery. They claimed, semi-convincingly, to be from another planet with a sound that melded the best of chart pop (the production) and hip hop (um, the rapping) in a manner so effortless as to sound somewhat alien. Their television debut saw them in what at first glance looked like spacesuits we quickly realised were totally home-made.
Newly re-armed with Ashley Hughes' superb transition from rapper to singer and the addition of drummer Ben Barter, Kidz in Space are now a fully fledged power pop machine that threatens to ignite the Edge One Night Stand.
New songs and old, hits are pouring out of these Kidz, just like Ruby, the other Kids (of 88) and the FUN. boys, all promising – as we keep saying – to make this a night to go down in history.
Do. Not. Miss. Out. We don't want to be responsible for your tears. Tickets selling FAST at Ticketmaster now.
CRS and The Edge present One Night Stand
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Wednesday 13th March 2013
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217 Green Lane West, Epsom, Auckland
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Daniel Sullivan, president of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation, announced that Giant Oak has been selected its 2009 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — During what turned out to be a big weekend for Bison athletics, the women's rowing team won its sixth-consecutive Patriot League title and the men's lacrosse team won the regular season title and right to host the league tournament.
The rowing team won the crown Sunday morning on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., beating Navy and earning Bison head coach Stephen Kish his fifth career and third consecutive Patriot League Coach of the Year citation. The varsity eight was named Boat of the Year for the sixth straight year. || Read the full story
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If you would have told Jenny Trahan she was going to be a teacher six years ago, the then-manager at Best Buy wouldn't have believed you.
If you would have told Jenny Trahan she was going to be a teacher six years ago, the then-manager at Best Buy wouldn't have believed you.
Not only is she now a certified teacher, she is one of five finalists for 2014 Louisiana Teacher of the Year.
Trahan, a sixth-grade math teacher at Oakshire Elementary School in Houma, was selected to be a finalist after an extensive application and interview process. Trahan will find out if she won the state title tonight.
"I feel like I'm dreaming," Trahan said. "I didn't even expect to win the award for Oakshire, and now I'm in the Top Five."
Trahan, who earned her degree in business, completed an alternative teacher certification program and has been teaching for five and a half years. She has spent her entire tenure at Oakshire, she said, but she has only taught middle school math for one year. Before making the jump to sixth grade, Trahan was teaching third grade.
"Most people thought I was nuts when I wanted to go to middle school," she said. "But it's always been my dream to teach math all day, and my heart has always been in middle or high school."
Trahan, who describes herself as a creative educator, said her teaching philosophy is centered on the "Three R's: rigor, relevance and relationships."
She strives for a certain level of difficulty, makes the lessons applicable to the students and observes how each student learns.
"I figure out the right prescription," she said. "The goal is to take the student and have them working for you, but also working for themselves."
To do this, she relies on innovation.
"I don't use a textbook; I don't think they opened it all," she said. "My whole lesson, from beginning to end, is done on an interactive board."
Students use the board to manipulate and work out math problems in different ways, she said. This way every lesson becomes a game.
"It helps create a picture for their learning," Trahan said. "If we're doing Algebra, for example, I might create a puzzle that they have to solve versus them doing worksheet after worksheet."
When students are able to see a problem in a new way, it helps them understand it, she said.
"They realize there's a purpose," Trahan said. "It clicks: 'I can do it here for a test and make an A, and I can use this for the rest of my life.'"
And it's clicking for the majority of the students who took Trahan's course.
On the iLEAP, an annual exam given to students in third, fifth, sixth and seventh grades to test their knowledge in math, science, social studies and English language arts, 87 percent of her students scored basic or above. Fifty-two percent scored at the advanced or mastery level, she said.
"Their success blew me away," she said. "This was my first year teaching it, and to see what they did, it brought tears to my eyes."
Starting this year, nominees for the award had to present their students' performance scores as part of their application packet.
In addition to the scores, the teachers had to submit multiple essays about their teaching philosophy, style and the Common Core curriculum, a new rigorous set of state classroom requirements that will go into full effect in the fall. They also had to make a 20-minute video that showed them in the classroom.
"It was lengthy and a lot of work, but at the same time, I'm glad I did it," Trahan said. "It makes you a good teacher to slow down and reflect."
As a new teacher, she said, it was inspirational.
"I had to think about how I got here and tell them in 500 words or less," she said.
She credits a lot of her success to her "Oakshire family," who helped her adapt and kept her motivated, and to her students, who "wanted this as bad as (she) did."
Oakshire Principal Dawn Fleniken said the school is thrilled Trahan is a finalist.
"She is a tremendous teacher," Fleniken said. "She took a non-traditional route, but I think that helped her in a lot of ways. She works very hard every day to make sure every student's needs are met."
Terrebonne Parish is fortunate to have teachers like Trahan, Fleniken said.
No matter what happens tonight, Trahan said, she is thankful she has had the experience. She has grown as an educator, created a network with four outstanding teachers and represented south Louisiana.
"It's so surreal. Top Five in the state? That's crazy," she said, with a laugh. "I'm nervous, a little bit, but this has been a humbling and amazing experience."


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Spain's position as the greatest side ever witnessed in international football can no longer be questioned after La Roja claimed an historic third consecutive tournament triumph with victory over Italy in the final of Euro 2012.
The Spaniards claimed their first crown in 44 years when they won the European Championships in 2008 and followed that with success in South Africa two years later to secure their first ever World Cup.
They can now boast to have won three out of the last three competitions, with a comprehensive win over a tired Italy ensuring Vicente Del Bosque's side are etched into the footballing tapestry for all eternity.
David Silva gave Spain the lead inside the first quarter of an hour and the result never looked in doubt from thereon in as Jordi Alba doubled the advantage four minutes before the interval.
Fernando Torres stole in late on to ensure even further history was made by becoming the only player to score in consecutive finals and Juan Mata netted on his first appearance of the tournament to complete a nigh on perfect evening in Kiev for Spain.
Accusations of boring football have followed Spain around during their time in Ukraine and Poland, but there was no evidence of this against Italy as Del Bosque's men deployed their tika-tika style to perfection.
The opener was vintage Spain, with Cesc Fabregas - starting at the summit of a packed midfield - being found expertly by Andres Iniesta on 14 minutes before standing up a cross for Silva to add the finishing touch with an uncharacteristic header to complete a fine move.
Not to be outdone by his Barcelona teammate, Xavi combined wonderfully with Jordi Alba to create the second; piercing the Italian defence with a trademark through ball, which Alba busted a gut to latch onto and slide past Buffon.
Spain's dominance was aided by a lacklustre performance from Italy, who clearly displayed the effects of three games in seven days following their victories over England and Germany respectively.
Over exertion in recent days was even more evident in the second half when Thiago Motta, who had replaced Riccardo Montolivo only moments earlier, suffered a hamstring injury which left Italy with only ten men on the pitch, having used up their allocation of substitutes.
Despite their man advantage, Spain were not prepared to go for the juggular but rather attempt to pass the Italians into submission, although possession statistics failed to tell the entire story.
Torres added a third late on when he cooly finished after another killer pass from Xavi, while the Chelsea striker turned provider for his clubmate Mata to leave Italy facing the heaviest defeat in European Championship finals.
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TROY, Ala. -- Jordan Williams scored 25 points, hitting 7 of 9 3-pointers, as hot-shooting North Texas edged Troy 63-61 Saturday night.
The Mean Green (10-18, 5-12 Sun Belt Conference) shot 77.8 percent in the second half (14 of 18) to deny Trojans coach Don Maestri his 500th career win.
There were 16 lead changes and 12 ties. After Troy took a 54-51 lead, Jordan Williams dunked to spark a 9-0 run.
The Trojans climbed back to 62-61 on Deonata Jethroe's layup with 1:20 to go, but he missed the ensuing foul shot. After Troy's Hunter Williams missed a jumper, Alzee Williams added a free throw for the Mean Green.
Jeff Mullahey missed a 3 at the buzzer to send Troy (11-16, 6-10) to its third loss in four games.
Hunter Williams scored 21 and Jethroe had 10 points and 10 rebounds to become the first Trojan with a double-double at Trojan Arena.
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There are more questions than answers in the Ruffing home Monday afternoon, almost 24 hours after Joseph A. Ruffing died at Halifax Health Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the back.
DAYTONA BEACH —There are more questions than answers in the Ruffing home Monday afternoon, almost 24 hours after Joseph A. Ruffing died at Halifax Health Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the back.
"I have no idea why anyone would shoot my son," Ruffing's father, Bill said. "I am just as stumped as you are."
Bill Ruffing said he has been on an emotional train ride since Daytona Beach police came knocking on the door of the Oak Tree Circle apartment Joseph Ruffing shared with his father and his father's fiancee, Tammy Board, in the predawn hours Sunday morning.
After asking if he had a son named Joseph Ruffing, the officer said police had found his body and he had been shot and was at the hospital, Ruffing said at the apartment as he paced back and forth and dragged on a cigarette.
The 28-year-old was shot in the 1000 block of South Nova Road near Forest Glen Boulevard while riding his bicycle Sunday morning about a block away from where he lived in the Nova Glen Apartments, the police report said.
Bill Ruffing admitted he didn't know a great deal about his son's life outside the apartment.
"He was a grown man, we didn't pry into his life," he said, adding about all his son did was work.
"He would work and come home, that was it," Board said. "We would do puzzles and play cards."
Neither Board nor Bill Ruffing said there were ever any angry knocks on the apartment's door and they never heard any raised voices during the victim's telephone conversations in the about two years he lived with them.
"That is why this is such a shock," Bill Ruffing said.
"Joey was a good person, who always put himself second," Board said recalling the time (Joseph) asked if he could bring her something from the store and she asked for a donut. She said he rode his bike to the Dunkin Donuts and brought back a whole box. "He was a good kid. A very kind-hearted kid."
She described the trio as a "normal family that did normal family things."
Joseph Ruffing worked at the Port Orange Olive Garden restaurant, about a seven mile bike ride. A woman identified as the manager said Monday afternoon she could not talk about an employee and referred calls seeking information to a corporate spokesperson.
"He loved cooking," said Bill Ruffing, also a cook, said of his son. "That was his passion."
Ruffing said the only good thing about the shooting was doctors told the family Joseph Ruffing never felt anything prior to his death about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
He said it was comforting having family and friends around his son during his last hours.
Ruffing and Board said since Sunday morning's knock on their apartment door, they have heard nothing from the Daytona Beach police investigators working on Joseph Ruffing's case.
"All we know is what we have seen on television or read in the newspaper," he said.
Police Chief Mike Chitwood did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the status of the investigation Monday afternoon.
The initial report said officers arrived at the crime scene at 5:37 a.m. Sunday after a resident called about "a person laying on the ground."
The report states the man heard a single gunshot and saw Ruffing, who had not yet been identified, face down and his bicycle a short distance away.
"He ran back to get his cellphone and then went over to see if he could render aid while talking to the victim," according to the report. "He received no response."
Ruffing was shot once, the report states, and had entry and exit wounds in his stomach and back.
"It appears he was shot while riding his bicycle and either fell or jumped off," according to the report. "(He) tried to flee on foot, as he was about 30 feet away from the bicycle."
Investigators are trying to determine if Ruffing knew his assailant, or whether the shooting was random.
Ruffing has had run-ins in the past with police, but has not been arrested since 2007.


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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Anderson Puts Rangers On Brink ... What Will Torts Do Now?
Ottawa 2 New York 0
The Ottawa Senators are one win away from upsetting the heavily favoured top Eastern seed.
Let that butterfly flap around in your head for a while. Then prepare yourself what could be a nerve-shredding couple of games, because, despite all the celebrating going on by Senators fans, the New York Rangers aren't dead yet.
That last win can be a bastard.
It's important to remember that the Senators, despite putting 30 shots on the net, only got one by Henrik Lundqvist. The Swedish King once again played like a champ with a .966 save percentage and a number of highlight robberies. Thankfully for Ottawa, their own guy was even better, which means he was absolutely perfect.
Craig Anderson has gotten downright nasty in this series and it looks like he might even be in the Rangers heads, if there's any room in there after god knows what John Tortorella has filled it with. The Blueshirts don't score much anyways but when you throw 41 pucks at a goalie and still lose the most important game you've played all year, it's going warp the mind of even the most hardened playoff vets like Brad Richards.
This series has been strange to watch because you see a Rangers team that has become so dogmatic in their defensive style of play that just one or two goals seems catastrophic to their fate. The Senators held a 1-0 lead off Jason Spezza's goal from the middle of the first right up until the last minute when Spezza again sealed the win with an empty-netter. The Rangers did look like they deserved a goal in that time but you never thought that either Richards or Marian Gaborik was going to take the game over.
The emotional push of the Rangers seems to come from their bench boss, Torts, but Ottawa's is spread around the lineup, whether it's Zenon Konopka again playing a critical role on faceoffs and the penalty-kill, or it's Spezza visibly shedding the weight of a whole city with a meaningful fist pump after his first goal of the series.
Even Ryan Callahan of the Rangers has been quiet since a great opening game at home. I'm hesitant to say that the Rangers are being held back by their total commitment to collapsing and blocking shots - it got them the Eastern crown, no small accomplishment - but Ottawa seems much looser out there and they don't tend to get down when something bad happens. They've gotten some questionable calls from the refs and go out and kill it off. Their power-play is absolutely brutal but they don't seem to go into a slump for the next few shifts like a lot of teams do.
After a regular season straight out of Fellini movie, the Senators have seen it all by now and the quietly efficient Rangers suddenly don't seem like such an unbreachable obstacle. It's as if the Senators don't get uptight because they know that someone will be the hero when they need it. It could be Kyle Turris, Erik Condra, Chris Neil... just go down the lineup right to the sixth defenseman. We've seen big plays from all of them.
You can't really say the same thing about the Rangers. Torts was chopping down the bench, sitting Artem Anisimov and playing Richards almost 25 minutes, about 4 more minutes than Spezza got in the game. Neil blew the hinges off the Rangers best player of the series, Brian Boyle, with a major hit in the second period and the big centre had to leave the game.
And the Senators have basically done all this without their heart and soul leader, Daniel Alfredsson.
Rumours are he may be good to go in Game 6 in front of the loudest fans of the playoffs. How much of a shot in the arm will that be for Ottawa? The Senators actually might have to rein themselves in a little so they don't go running around like adrenalin freaks for the first 10 minutes.
For all the excitement and hype Game 6 will have, the biggest hurdle remains the calm and collected Rangers who probably wouldn't change their game plan in any situation - unless Torts finally blows a circuit and chokes someone on the bench or begins swinging sticks at the fans. The Rangers coach has been completely under control so far but now that it's do or die for New York, expect him to play all his cards before this thing is through. A rousing, expletive filled pre-game speech may just be the start. As we learned from HBO, Torts knows words that even biker gangs wouldn't utter in each other's company.
The Senators could win this right away or they might not get another puck past Lundqvist. Both scenarios are completely possible and fans should be prepared for both.
Basically, hold on for dear life.
Black Aces Senators 3 Stars
1. Craig Anderson
2. Jason Spezza
3. Zenon Konopka
6 comments:
- Shiner said...
Torts next move? Looks like it will be to whine and whine and whine, shame them into giving Neil a suspension for making Boyle look stupid. Not liking the noise from the New York media.
- April 21, 2012 at 11:58 PM
It's about the matchup. I don't think this is a huge upset.
I like the Sens chances on Monday.
Advice to Brooksie: stay away from Torts, things are gonna get ugly.
- April 22, 2012 at 1:38 AM
Hey, just wanted to say: great blogging. I write over on Welcome to Your Karlsson Years, and I know how hard it is to put together a relevant 500-1000 words about the game in a timely way. This is always one of the first places I check after something meaningful happens. You always offer perspective. Also: Fellini reference! You don't get that shit on every Sens blog. Keep up the great work.
- April 22, 2012 at 2:10 AM
LONG time reader. First time posting.
Not to offer any well-thought out breakdown but to commend you on your blog.
I go to SC for the banter. To 6S and S7S for the recaps and analysis. I come here for the passion and the opinions that always make me remember why I am a Hockey fan beyond the +/-'s and the Corsi ratings.
You sir, understand hockey in both its simplicity and in its complexities.
Kudos to you - keep up the hard work as I am surely not the only anonymous to think likewise.
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Big Fun Correspondent Angie Pitre Pellegrin sat down with Jacob Vega, 17, son of Bobbie Jo Thibodaux and David Vega. The 17-year-old plays basketball at South Lafourche High School.
Jacob, you play basketball for South Lafourche. What position do you play?
I play a little bit of shooting guard. The way our system is we rotate positions a lot, so I'm all over the court. I mostly play shooting guard.
When did you start playing basketball?
I played Itty Biddy basketball at 4 at the Larose Civic Center. Then I went to the Cut off Youth Center to play Biddy Basketball. I played on the all-stars team every year from the age of 7 to 13. I've been playing basketball all together 13 years.
I hear you had some pretty exciting encounters lately.
Yea, we were playing against Westgate, and they had this one guard that thought he was hot stuff and pushing people around and stuff. He did that to my buddy, so I stepped up to him. He was dribbling between his legs and showing off, and I took the ball away from him. I've been playing with a knee injury and haven't played much, so when I got the ball away from him and scored two points on the play, the crowd went nuts, even the Westgate crowd. It was pretty cool.
In New Iberia, it was a bi district playoff game, and we were down by quite a bit, so the coach let us all play. After the game, this man, Mike Lopez, who said he played high school ball in New Iberia, college ball in Nebraska and some professional ball, came up to me and said he wanted to talk to me. He waited for me the entire time we were in the locker room. We talked for a while, and he continuously told me that I was an inspiration to him for playing basketball. He's an older Christian man and a good man and just wants to hang out, so we have plans to get together this summer.
What made you an inspiration to him?
I was born with one arm. I've overcome a lot of adversity to play basketball and even just to get by in life. I only have a left hand in a right hand world. I don't find this a disability, it's just a way to adapt in life. I have a sense of humor about it. One of my nicknames is Nubby.
Do you play any other sports?
I used to play football my sophomore year. I scored two touchdowns as a wide receiver and it was exciting, but I just love basketball. I played baseball when I was young, too.
Are you involved in any other extracurricular activities at school?
I'm part of Student Council, National Honor Society. I'm a distinguished service graduate. I'm a freshman mentor and my GPA is a 3.5. I'm a student aid, a library assistant.
What do you plan to do after you graduate from high school?
I plan on attending Nicholls State University, possibly for petroleum safety. I got a $19,000 scholarship as an honor student. I got $1,000 scholarship from South Lafourche Biddy Basketball. I coached Biddy Basketball and was a referee for Biddy Basketball. I am also considering education because I think I could succeed as a basketball coach. I haven't quite decided yet exactly what I am going to do.
Do you plan to continue playing sports?
I plan to play basketball in a men's league or something like that. The Cut Off Youth Center has a men's league. I'll play until I can't anymore just because I love the game.
What do you think is your greatest challenge?
Probably my greatest challenge in life was proving people wrong. I sort of became an inspiration just by being myself. The only thing to overcome was people trying to give me a hand when I didn't need one. I think I've succeeded in showing people that I can take care of myself.
What do you think is your greatest inspiration?
Other people that are truly disabled that can't take care of themselves, people that can't get around or those with no limbs. My little brothers motivate me too. I want to show them that they can do whatever you can put your mind to. My parents helped me to become the man I am today. My dad was really my coach from the time I was 4 until I was 13 in my last year of Biddy. We went all the way to nationals. Everything I did, he was there to be a backup for me and taught me how to play the game. My mom was at every game too. She would offer help, but when I refused, she would let me be my own person.
What message do you want to pass on to other high school kids with physical challenges?
Never give up and never put your head down. Make the best of every situation. Strive to prove people wrong when they see you as limited, and just do your best.
Q and A: Jacob Vega
Big Fun Correspondent Angie Pitre Pellegrin sat down with Jacob Vega, 17, son of Bobbie Jo Thibodaux and David Vega. The 17-year-old plays basketball at South Lafourche High School.


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These are all names you'll see at the Woodward Dream Cruise. One name many people do not see unless a driver pops his hood is Lingenfelter. Yet it's the brand on many of the engines that power the cars and trucks we see.
"We've always been a part of the Woodward Dream Cruise," said Kristen Lingenfelter. Kristen, who is married to the owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Ken Lingenfelter, oversees the Lingenfelter Collection and its line of novelty items and fashion design apparel, which will be available during the cruise.
The company, which has an engine facility in Wixom, was founded by John Lingenfelter, the race car driver who won 13 NHRA national event titles and had a tremendous knack for building fast engines. According to the company's history, Reeves Callaway contracted Lingenfelter to design and build the engine for the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette, in 1988. The result was a 355 CID twin-turbocharged EFI Chevy that produced more than 900 hp. Callaway's team assembled the Corvette. Then Lingenfelter put it to the test at the Transportation Research Center in Ohio. During its pass on the 7.5-mile oval, the Lingenfelter-powered Callaway Sledgehammer was clocked at a record 254.76 mph. John Lingenfelter went on to build engines for other cars, including one so fast it was pitted against a Blue Angels fighter plane.
During the semifinals of the 2002 Mazda NHRA Sport Compact World Finals in Ponoma, Calif., Lingenfelter lost control of his Cavalier and crashed into a concrete retaining wall. He died on Dec. 25, 2003, as a result of his injuries. He was 58.
Today, his legendary record of precision engineering continues under the direction of Ken (John's cousin) and the Lingenfelter production team. Being the legend he was, it's only natural that a following of fans would appreciate that in addition to its engine packages, superchargers and high-performance aftermarket components, Lingenfelter developed a line of fashion apparel and novelty items.
Visitors to the cruise will find everything from Corvette tees and embroidered baby blankets to unique designs like the speedometer T-shirt created by Johnny Fly. Prices are around $14 and $18.
"We have over 250 items in stock," said Kristen Lingenfelter, who follows the trade magazines to keep up with the latest trends in racing and automotive apparel. "Vintage is still a great look and bright colors are always popular. A lot of people like to match their apparel to their cars.
"We're just having fun with it."
If it's real fast cars you're looking to see, each year during Dream Cruise week the public is invited to check out the Lingenfelter Collection. The cars fill the family's 40,000-square-foot garage in Brighton. The visits (by appointment only) serve as a fundraiser for charity and provide the public with an opportunity to see the rare collection. Car buffs might also check out Lingenfelter Cars & Coffee events to benefit Gleaners Community Food Bank going on Saturdays through Sept. 20. Meeting rain or shine at Lingenfelter's North Engine Build Facility, 47451 Avante Drive, Wixon.
Look for Lingenfelter's display at Don Thomas Sports House at 690 S. Old Woodward Ave. in Birmingham or online at www.lingenfelter.com and www.thelingenfeltercollection.com. To make an appointment to view the Lingenfelter Collection, call Jackie Banfield at 248-486-5342, ext. 10.


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American Forces Press Service
May 19, 2008 - U.S. military volunteers brought a bit of joy into the lives of Iraqi children as they introduced them to a little-known sport at an Iraqi army base in western Baghdad, May 17. The volunteers brought tennis equipment for the children, bringing joy not only the young players, but also to the Iraqi and coalition servicemembers involved.
Ernie Rains, community coordinator for the Central Alabama Tennis Association, said he thought donating tennis equipment to Iraqi children might soften a harsh lifestyle. His gift was realized through the coordinating efforts of Air Force Chaplain (Maj.) William O'Sullivan, a Multinational Corps Iraq Joint Operations Center chaplain, who's also his friend and a fellow CATAC member.
"The idea Ernie thought up would enable us to connect with the local populace -- the folks who are distracted by the war," said O'Sullivan, 46, from Tampa, Fla., who serves in Baghdad.
Before teaching the sport to the children, the U.S. servicemembers volunteered their time to teach Iraqi soldiers, who welcomed the chance to learn the game and interact with their coalition counterparts.
"It was a good way for coalition forces to interact with Iraqis in a more casual environment," said Marine 1st Lt. Jessamy J. Buban, 25, from Black Diamond, Wash.
Iraqi soldiers usually don't have time for recreational activities, and when they do engage in sports, they usually play soccer or volleyball.
"For most of these guys, it's their first time playing tennis," an Army Special Forces master sergeant who was volunteering his off-duty time said.
Following the round of tennis, the volunteers were treated to a "hospitable lunch" by an Iraqi army civil affairs officer who coordinated the event for the Iraqi soldiers.
After lunch, the Iraqi children made their appearance on the court.
The excited children were noticeably more chaotic to teach than the soldiers, especially after the balls and rackets were passed out. The children were "just children," a point that struck home for many of the volunteers who were there.
"Kids playing games isn't something that changes drastically among societies," said Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron A. Carr, 35, from Denver. Carr, a father himself, couldn't help but notice how much the children reminded him of his own son at home, despite the cultural differences.
"We thought an introduction to tennis would bridge the gap culturally," O'Sullivan said. "We were right. When people get together, they can share a mutual joy over a sport. It's something all cultures have in common."
(From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)
Monday, May 19, 2008
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2008 Softball
Experienced Beavers expect great things in 2008
By: Amanda Bell, sports information intern
January 30, 2008
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Entering her second year as head coach for the Bluffton University softball team, Heather Bruder is looking forward to getting on the diamond. With a record of 14-17 overall and 9-6 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference last year, Coach Bruder's outlook for the season is high after losing only one senior to graduation. She is confident that the Beavers are ready to make another run at the conference championship after Bluffton gained valuable post-season experience with a couple of close losses in 2007.
Prior to the season, Coach Bruder and the team outlined a few goals for this year's team. "Making the post season tournament would be a great kick start for the program," stated Coach Bruder. "During the season, hitting above .300 as a team would be ideal." Bruder wants her players to always play with maximum effort in the non-conference games, which, she is confident, will put them in the right frame of mind once conference play opens. For the Beavers, winning the HCAC is an ultimate goal which would allow Bluffton to make its first regional appearance.
|The batters have to maintain discipline and control as advancing runners will be the key. "For teams to be successful you have to score more runs than your opponent," Bruder smirked. On the defensive side, "its not just about making the play, you need to be in the right position to make the play," Bruder remarked. The strength of this year's team, however, will be its pitching, as the top two starters from a year ago are back to put Bluffton in a position to be competitive each time they step on the mound.
Making up the Beavers' roster this season are three seniors, three juniors, three sophomores, and seven freshmen. "With three returning seniors from last year, leadership is going to be very important for the team again this year," Bruder commented. The returning seniors for the Beavers are outfielders Tonya Dean (Kettering/Kettering) and Gretchen Handley (Ashland/Ashland), as well as first baseman Amanda Harris (Greenville/Greenville).
With the strength of the 2008 squad coming from inside of the circle, the pitchers who gained a wealth of experience in pressure situations last year are junior Kellie Kenney (Toledo/Emmanuel Baptist) and sophomore hurler Brooke Babcock (Findlay/Findlay). Kenney finished last season with a 2.60 earned run average and 83 strikeouts, while Babcock completed the formidable one-two punch with a 2.86 ERA and 61 whiffs.
|With junior infielder LindsEy Miller (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) coming off an injury that slowed her last year, great things are expected in 2008. She is a very diligent worker and has continued to work hard after her injury to be prepared to step back onto the field. "Lindsay brings great enthusiasm, along with her great love and passion for the game," Bruder shared. Two freshmen that have been impressive in pre-season workouts are outfielder Mollie Brown (Fishers, Ind. /Hamilton S.E.) and second baseman Tiffany Buckmaster (Lima/Bath).
Recruiting is one of many things coach Bruder does to prepare her team for each and every season. Motivation is also a key factor, stressing the basic fundamentals of the game. "We may not be the most talented softball team, but we will be the best conditioned and the most prepared," Bruder stated.
Coach Bruder is expecting to witness the will to want to win and also the will to prepare to win from her team this season. It all starts now in the pre-season with conditioning and workouts. "You have to put as much in as you want to get out and you always have to expect great things!" explained Bruder.
|The Beavers will open up play against Muhlenberg on Monday, March 3. The two squads kick off the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Florida, at 9 a.m. Bluffton will begin its Ohio slate with a home doubleheader vs. Indiana Tech on Thursday, March 13, at 3 p.m. The Beavers jump into Heartland Conference action when they travel to Hanover on Saturday, March 22.


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The current economic downturn has forced a generation of Americans, many for the first time, to make hard choices and revise their expectations about the taken-for-granted prosperity of this nation. This recession has already caused many people, and we anticipate the numbers to grow substantially, to lose jobs and become unable to provide for their families' basic needs. Many of these people considered themselves middle class or held union jobs with good wages and benefits and thought they were immune to economic adversity. Although both the media and politicians have focused much attention of the effects of the recession on "ordinary Americans" this examination rarely sheds light on the impact on the poor.
Portrayals focused exclusively on the plight of ordinary Americans serve to erase both the persistence of poverty and the extraordinary affect of this recession on the over 37 million people with incomes below the official poverty line. Yet economists have predicted that this recession will have the harshest consequences for the poor, pushing many into "deep" poverty, destitution and homelessness. The stories of these individuals' plight remain mostly unheard.
As political scientist Murray Edelman has perceptively argued, during any time of "crisis" the government and other authorities will produce powerful narratives about villains and victims that serve to absolve responsibility and distort the causes of the problem. In the emerging social narrative about the crisis we are now facing we see this kind of simplification, and particularly, a real failure to recognize the conditions of not temporary but pervasive vulnerability that the poorest American experience. This allows politicians to speak of potential disaster and strategies for recovery without questioning the underlying conditions of inequality.
The history of poverty policy in the United States, as Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello eloquently recounts, is influenced by a strong impulse to make the distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor. The most recent wave of this dogma arouse as part of the growth of neoliberalism that began in the late 1970s. It reared its head in a variety of forms, including efforts by policy analysts to distinguish between the needy and the "truly disadvantaged" and as an attack on affirmative action programs. This impulse to sort the deserving/undeserving poor was ultimately the guiding principle behind the Clinton administration's efforts to "end welfare as we know it."
After the passage of the 1996 welfare reforms many poverty scholars lamented the dire consequences of eliminating the social safety net. We are now just beginning to understand how brutal a society without this safety net can be. As reported in a recent New York Times article, despite the increased joblessness and hard times, many states, even in the most badly stricken areas, are not providing more cash assistance to families. This holding-back of the welfare rolls is likely to be driven by the incentive structure built into welfare reform; states bear the cost of increasing their benefits and numbers and recipients are confronted with an obstacles course of requirements. Nothing about the system is geared to responding to urgent need or providing for the most vulnerable.
A timely example of how these incentives play out in times of budget cuts in seen in the proposed regulation changes for emergency housing in Massachusetts. This week it was publicized, that pending implementation on April 1, Massachusetts homeless shelters will deny services to persons who fail to satisfy a 30 hour per week employment requirement and save 30 percent of their income. This is one of eight regulatory modifications that will separate the deserving from the undeserving poor—by putting the "undeserving" out on the street. What is truly remarkable about these new regulations is their obliviousness to the realities of the current economic situation. Moreover, they have the effect of applying the same forms of regulatory deterrence imposed on clients of transitional assistance to those who seek temporary shelter. Even in more progressive political times, and as part of efforts to end homelessness by 2010, a more equitable distribution of resources looks like more punitive sanctions against the poor.
It is time to turn the tide of neoliberalism. Instead of asking why the poor don't work, we need to question the economic conditions, pre-existing the recession, that limit the possibilities of many Americans to lead productive lives.


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Our Heirloom Crib Bedding Set is truly of a timeless design. The intricate detail on the two-tone fabrics, in a rich gold color, lend the luxurious look you seek. The soft fabrics that make up the comforter, bumper, crib skirt, and sheet, make for a most comfortable sleeping experience. Perfect for your royal offspring, mom and dad will crave a bedding set with as much quality and design as this one!


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The Theory and Practice of the Six-Step Method in EFL and Its Transferability to Engineering Programmes
This paper outlines the theory of the six-step method developed by personnel in the Language and Learning department at Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman. The paper further illustrates the application of this method in teaching Project, Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking & Debate at Foundation level. The assumption in applying the six-step method at Foundation level is that, after repeated exposure, learners should be able to apply it in their engineering studies. The paper therefore discusses the transferability of this method both as a teaching and as a learning approach. Findings indicate that the six-step method in EFL context expects more from learners whose linguistic level is lower than it should be due to insufficient exposure to the target language. That is, the method works much better on the application level, where learners are expected to work independently (with the teacher taking a 'backseat') to accomplish a given task. Notwithstanding, the method encourages and fosters independent learning and the acquisition of soft skills. Furthermore, findings reveal that the transferability of the method to engineering programmes as a learning approach leans heavily on its application as a teaching approach.
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England boss Roy Hodgson could rest Jack Wilshere for Brazil friendly in June
England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted he could leave Jack Wilshere out of the summer friendly against Brazil.
Last Updated: 17/03/13 12:25pm
Wilshere is currently sidelined with an ankle problem which caused him to miss the Gunners' UEFA Champions League clash with Bayern Munich in midweek and has not been included for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro later this month.
Hodgson is aware of the need to manage the fitness of his players and said he would give due consideration to whether it was right to include Wilshere for the June match in South America.
Wilshere spent over a year on the sidelines with an unrelated ankle problem before returning to action earlier this season and impressed in a home friendly against Brazil last month.
Hodgson said: "You are asking me questions about the summer. At the moment, that (friendly) is a much lower priority than these two (qualifying) games.
"Who knows what the situation will be in the summer with players, but when it comes to the friendlies, I'm much more prepared to take in the wishes of clubs and to even give chances to other players.
"I think it is important when it comes to the qualifiers, the Manchester Uniteds, Liverpools, Chelseas, Arsenals, Tottenhams, I need them to be supporting England by releasing their players.
"If, for example, it was suggested Wilshere would be ill-advised to travel to Brazil, I would take that on board when the situation arises.
"But I've got no reason to believe that at the moment."
Hodgson is not concerned about the injury record of the midfielder.
He said: "It was a great blow to Arsenal and England when Wilshere missed 14 months with a fracture.
"But since then, the last two or three months, he has been playing regularly, played a lot of games.
"Unfortunately, he has taken a knock and the X-rays show he needs to rest and not take any further knocks on the ankle. That's how we've understood it.
"But I don't think it's fair to say he is always injured. Since he's been back from the long injury, he has hardly missed a game."


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A COALITION government would provide $35 million to seek a cure for type 1 diabetes, which afflicts 122,000 Australians including 20,000 children.
Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong auto-immune disease that usually occurs in children although it can be diagonised at any age. It is one of the most common chronic diseases in children.
A Coalition government would give $7 million a year for five years for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Clinical Research Network to fund extra patient trials locally and overseas and take a nationwide approach to diabetes research.


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On "The Ed Show," Ed Schultz interviewed former Reagan advisor- slash- Bush 41 policy advisor Bruce Bartlett about the tea party as well as your favorite hypocrite and mine, Sen. John McCain. See: "Secret decoder ring decrypts behavior" of GOP v. Obama! Hint: Blatant hypocrisy #Bergdahlzi.
Let me put it this way: Bartlett didn't mince words. Or to put it another way, he showered us Dems with gifts. Bartlett blasted the hell out of "other Republicans," tea party "morons," and had a few words to say about Weather Vain (Added note: "Vain" is a pun, intended, hence the misspelling) McCain.
It was as if the heavens opened and dropped bundles of unadulterated vindication upon our aching Lefty Lib heads.
I may invite him to become a regular contributor to TPC. Oh, but I kid the rational Republican.
Ed and Former Reagan Advisor Bruce discussed how the GOP supported the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year, yet changed their tune to adhere to conservative talking points once he was released. McCain has been the poster boy for this political exercise, as you can see by the Rachel Maddow video at the link above.
Bartlett also stood by President Obama's decisions on the prisoner of war exchange, loud and clear.
And with that, here is another episode of Republicans Eating Their Own. The good part starts at about 2:27. A-a-and, we're off!
Bruce Bartlett:
[McCain] probably has his finger up in the air, looking around to see which way the tea party is blowing.
After the Vietnam experience, we all agreed that we must do more and do everything humanly possible to get all of our soldiers home who are captured, and we didn't ask questions about whether they were deserving or not. They're prisoners of war, they're American soldiers, they deserve to be brought home...
It's all been turned around now, because of the tea party. The Republicans in Washington constantly have their finger on the pulse of the grassroots, trying to figure out what they want, and how to pander to them.
But unfortunately, these people in the tea party are morons! I mean, they really are. They're stupid, they're ignoramuses, they have no idea what they're talking about, they're extremists, they're bigots.
Senator Thad Cochran... may very well lose his primary to some crackpot moron tea party person.
[Conservative Republicans] keep moving further and further to the right...
Fox-- which is essentially the Republican Party network, simply panders to the Republican Party line-- has an age 72 average viewing age. And so those people who make up the tea party are basically dying off.