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Is hybrid icing the answer?
Here is the definition of hybrid icing, according to NHL.com:
So would hybrid icing be the answer in this latest accident? If you look at the picture above, Fedun is clearly ahead of Nystrom by the time the two players are at the faceoff dots. Under the hybrid rule, the play would (or I say should) have blown dead and Fedun would have continued to have a promising year this year.
What about Kurtis Foster? He suffered a broken femur and had his career severely set back on an icing play as well. Here is a picture of him in a race for the puck, at the faceoff dot:
Again, by the hybrid rule, Foster is ahead (although at worst, it looks like a tie, which still blows the play dead). So yes, Foster should have been safe under the hybrid icing rule.
I am a little worried that guys will still get badly hurt under the hybrid rule, however. This will save several bad injuries though. So it's a step forward. But the rule states that if the defensemen is in the lead or it's a tie the play will be blown dead. What about the forwards? Have they had fair game for long enough that we don't care? It should protect them too, in my opinion. And will NHL referees be able to keep safety at the front of their minds while no injuries are happening, or will they eventually start to bend on this rule a bit?
I find this comment by Brian Burke disturbing as to why the NHL won't bring in no-touch icing, which is the answer to my questions above: "The race for a loose puck is an exciting play for our fans and we have to keep that play in" (in fairness, he went on to say "but we have to figure out a way to eliminate the injuries to the defensemen"). That statement says it all.
Is it a Nascar mentality that fans have? We are just dying to see that car smash up against the wall and watch bits and pieces flying into the stands? I don't know, personally as a fan, I'd rather see my favorite players still play here. I think hybrid icing will eliminate many of these injuries. But if the NHL really wants to take this seriously, they'll implement NO-touch icing. I predict with the hybrid rule, it will just give us another hot topic to talk about in a few years… but, at least it's a big step forward from touch icing.


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Hey, what are your favorite music videos that feature hot/buff/scantily clad guys?
Hey, what are your favorite music videos that feature hot/buff/scantily clad guys?
Found a vid of Domino Dancing:
For me, the one that comes to mind is "Quit Playing Games with My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys.
All I know is that guy who rides in the elevator with Natasha Bedingfield in her "Unwritten" video is smoking hot.
"Bet It Sucks To See My Face Everywhere..."
I always loved Olivia Newton John's Physical. Especially when at the end of it the guys go walking off together.
that is hot... so is their Being Boring video.Originally Posted by BenBrowdersArse
and it hurts with every heartbeat......
butterfly - crazytown
jeremy jordan - right kind of love or wannagirl
and it hurts with every heartbeat......
^^ saw the pet shop boys video . that was hot.
christina Milian- dip it low
Britney spears- oops I did it again, Dont let me be the last to know
L L cool J- Mama said knock you out
the guy at the end of mariah careys 'Honey' Video grrrrrrrrrr
destiny's child- Bugaboo
Britney Spears- Toxic
Salt and Pepa- Whata Man
Shania Twain- Man! I feel like a woman
Antonio Sabato Jr in "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson. Both of them are just HOTT in it.
Channing Tatum in "I Like That" by Mariah Carey.
There's other but those two came to the top of my head.
Must be Doing Something Right-A barechested Billy Currington
Britney-Dont let me be the last to know (Sexy shirtless manly man)
Take That-The video when there in the garage,that video made me realise i was gay....that said i dont fancy any of them)
TLC-Hands Up (Lots of sexy strippers)
Atomic Kitten-Ladie night (More lots of sexy strippers)
Geri Halliwell-Mi Chico Latino/Bag it up (Sexy pole dancers and Latin guys in nothing but tiny black trunks
Ill think of more lol
How about TLC's "Red Light Special"...I jacked off to all the naked guys in that video so goddamn much when I was a kid!!!!
gunther ding ding dong song
he looks for cock but no one gives it to him
The Britney "Don't let me.." Video made me soooooooooo horny. I putted mute. I only wanted to watch. What's his name anyway? Will he ever do us the favor of making some porn movies?? lol.
Kylie Minogue - Slow
LeAnn Rimes - Life Goes On (the hottest guy I've probably ever seen in a music video)
These are the 2 I can think of atm.
Maybe our Euro friends can help with the title, it was french and I can't remember, here goes:
The video has costumes from the 1800's and starts in a palace with a reception and the lead singer chic is with her friends checking out two guys. The guys leave and the girls follow, the guys end up at a pond and strip to swim. Nice asses on both, they get out of the water with frontal nudity (yeah) and the guys kiss.
Don't know the song or singer and I saw it like 5 years ago or so and was pretty hot.
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak - yum
The guy from Alanis' "Precious Illusions" video is pretty hot.
(Now if he would cut his hair and grew a goatee he would totally be my type lol)
His name is Jason Adelman. IMDB ProfileOriginally Posted by JumboJimmy
I saw this video too! I think its form the late '90. It was a french video, I think.Originally Posted by mark1111
Also there was a video from an american band that were famous in europe that had scenes with them showering. Anyone know their name?
"It's Like That"? That's Wentworth Miller.Originally Posted by RyanJ
Supermodel Christian Monzon in Pink - There You Go & Most Girls.
^^fuck he's hot...is he Latin?
he's American.Originally Posted by james1200
there is a gorgeous hot beautiful really do-able guy in Tina Cousin's video... Pretty Young Thing (click to watch)
and it hurts with every heartbeat......
kim wilde had a video out in the 80's with the sexiest guys! anyone remember it? i think it was called "do you really want me" that video made me so horny when i was a kid!
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Kylie Minogue - Slow
Madonna - Express Yourself
toni braxtons-feel so high
those sexy men coming out of the elevator, especially the man when he shows his pecs dancing and the hot blonde on the motor bike
Mariah Carey- My All
Shania Twain- You're still the one.
I know he's fully dressed, but the guy in the Evanesance song, "call me when you sober" drives me nuts. I'll put up with Amy Lee just to catch a glimps of him.
There are a million things I could have said, but nothing compares to what is in my head.
Celine Dion can be forgiven for her entire deplorable career thanks to this glorious, flesh-filled video. Gee, I wonder why he isn't really interested in Celine?
New Found Glory's "It's Not Your Fault" has a hot model named Teddy John from 8th and Ocean
In the video he starts out naked (not that you can see anything) from just hooking up and he dresses throughout the video.... hottt
Videos to add to your collection:
Kim Wilde 'Say You Really Want Me' (remix)(banned from MTV)
TKA 'Louder Than Love'
Martha Wash 'Give It To You'
New Kids On The Block 'Baby I Believe in You' (live) greatest hits dvd
Lisette Melendez 'Goody Goody'
Coro 'Fallen Angel'
Linear 'Sending All My Love'
Miguel Brown 'So Many Men'
Cover Girls 'All That Glitters'
Diana Ross 'Muscles'
There are some hot guys in the Written in the Stars video by Elton John & Leeann Rhimes.
Here's the actual video. If you watch closely towards the middle or the end, you get to see his crack. LOL
Can you guys watch it? It looks like a big, blank white space to me.
Mann Gegen Mann by Rammstein
The entire band, with the exception of Till Lindemann, is naked with only their instruments to cover their bits. There are also lots of naked body builders wrestling in the rain.
You can watch the video HERE.
War, War never changes...
britney spears - born to make you happy (who's that stud?)
Britney sure is popular...lol.
I like the guy in Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" video. I think he's Australian. Her "A Public Affair" album is terribly underrated, IMO.
^^^ That was great, lots of nice skin in that one.
I have been bleeding lust for the guy in the Leona Lewis video for Bleeding Love.
Unfortunately no skin but damn he does it for me.
Kylie Minogue (with Marco Da Silva) - All I See
NIN = Head like a hole.
too bad that was then, but its hot now..... still
interesting. id say:
britney spears : womanizer video
heart: all i wanna do is make love to you
TLC: red light special
Toni braxton: spanish guitar and you mean the world to me
so far thats all i can recall
Kylie Minogue's "All The Lovers" has some very hot guys in it. And some of them are kissing each other.

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Double Exercise DayOctober 30th, 2012 , by Suzanne
Our neighbors tell us we got five inches of rain while we were gone. I believe them! The grass seized the opportunity and went to seed. We returned home to find thigh high grass. Our yard could have inspired the words "amber waves of grain".
Because we live in the country, we do not have a manicured suburban yard. We encourage native plants, and most of the year we let the yard, except for the area right around the house, go wild. But thigh high grass is too much. It invites snakes and rodents to take up residence; and that is not acceptable! So, I've been mowing an hour or two every afternoon. It's good exercise.
Yesterday I got double exercise. I met my exercise partner at the fitness room in the morning to lift weights. In the afternoon I mowed. This morning I feel fit and strong.


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An unprecedented 32 million m² of shopping center space is currently under construction across the world, representing a 15% increase year-on-year (28 million m² in 2012), according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE.
Shopping center development activity is heavily concentrated in emerging markets, with China home to more than half of all the space under construction (16.8 million m²). Seven of the 10 most active development markets globally are in China. These include Chengdu (2.9 million m²) and Tianjin (2.1 million m²), with Shenyang, Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Hangzhou due to deliver over one million m² over the next three years………………………………………Full Article: Source


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA December 4, 2012 23andMe has received grants totaling $573,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support three projects that utilize 23andMe's unique web-based research platform. These include projects to better understand the genetics of allergies; to assess accuracy of new sequencing technologies in clinical applications; and to develop tools that will take advantage of the genotypic and phenotypic information in the 23andMe database to further accelerate the pace of human genetic research.
"These NIH grants recognize the ability of 23andMe's unique, web-based research platform to accelerate our understanding of human genetics," said Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. "23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public our more than 180,000 customers."
The first of the grants will support genome wide association studies (GWAS) to discover genetic factors affecting allergic disease risk, and to assess gene environment interactions, as well as treatment responses. Asthma and allergies are extremely common, affect one in five Americans, and represent a substantial public health burden. GWAS of complex traits with both genetic and environmental contributions such as allergies - are most effective when a large cohort is used in the study. The 23andMe research cohort includes more than 25,000 individuals reporting one or more allergies, more than 8,000 reporting an asthma diagnosis and more than 5,000 reporting having eczema. In addition, the 23andMe research cohort includes more than 100,000 individuals serving as controls.
Identifying genetic associations improves understanding of disease mechanisms in the body and can inform work towards improved diagnostics and treatments of allergic conditions.
"This grant will enable 23andMe to effectively partner with leading experts and researchers in the genetics of asthma and allergies," said Principal Scientist at 23andMe, David Hinds, Ph.D. "Top experts will work together and with our data set seeking to discover genetic variants associated with allergies and asthma."
23andMe will also be investigating error rates from next-generation sequencing technologies to help define data-quality metrics and technical specifications to support a sequencing-based Personal Genome Service. This project was informed by the June 2011 FDA Public Meeting, "Ultra High Throughput Sequencing for Clinical Diagnostic Applications- Approaches to Assess Analytical Validity." In this project, 23andMe will focus on the accuracy of technology used to sequence 150 exomes, including 50 new exomes sequenced for this project, and 100 whole genomes.
"Novel genetic sequencing technologies are emerging rapidly, and before they can be broadly adopted the accuracy of their results must be validated, whether viewed by a clinician or by individual consumers," said 23andMe Founding Scientist Brian T. Naughton, PhD.
Naughton, principal investigator for this project, will oversee sequencing of 50 exomes known to carry disease-associated variants. This project will work toward creating a pipeline for next-generation sequence annotation that combines stringent quality control based on genotyping array and Sanger sequencing data; manually curated data from human genetics literature; and computational analysis of variants of unknown significance.
Principal investigator Nicholas Eriksson, PhD. will lead the development of tools to expand the utility of the 23andMe database, which includes phenotypic and genetic data from more than 180,000 customers. This project will measure and improve the reliability of self-reported data, analyze and organize survey responses for hundreds of new traits, and will extract more robust data to demonstrate the feasibility of the web-based approach to studying a broad range of conditions. This effort will establish the foundation for development of new surveys and data collection tools to support longitudinal studies and prepare for the depth of genetic data associated with whole-genome sequencing.
"A research engine will enhance not only research outcomes from 23andMe efforts," said Dr. Eriksson, "but also the research value of the data for clinical and pharmaceutical partners to identify causes, diagnoses and treatments for genetically based conditions and accelerate the translational process of moving research discoveries to practical applications for patients."
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Duke Nukem Forever's multiplayer-expanding 'Hail to the Icons Parody Pack' will launch next week from October 11, developer Gearbox has announced. Next week will also bring patches with "various optimizations and bug fixes" for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions.
The Hail to the Icons Pack will be free to members of Duke Nukem's First Access Club, or $10 (800 Microsoft Points) for everyone else. It adds three new modes in the classic Freeze Tag, babe-holding Hot Potato, and free-for-all Hail to the King.
The pack also lovingly lampoons better games with the new maps '2Forts1Bridge,' 'Inferno' and 'Call of Duke.' The fourth map, 'Sandpit,' brings a taste of the ever-popular 'rats' style maps by shrinking Duke in a sandbox. Each map has its own new weapon too, including the N00b T00b and DFG.
According to Gearbox community manager and poet Chris Faylor, the Xbox 360 and PS3 patches will bring "reduced load times," while the 360 is also getting "improved texture streaming."


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Alastair Cook - Logistics In The Mountains Of Malawi
Several weeks ago we published the first in a series of posts highlighting the work of WFP Logistics Officer, Alastair Cook. It has been a while since Alastair worked in Malawi but we thought we'd bring attention to the situation in the country for our second post.
We provide you with an excerpt from Alastair's journal as well as a wonderful video that he created which documents the AIDS epidemic ravaging the country. AIDS, in addition to hunger, has had a devastating impact on Malawi but WFP is working to improve the situation.
Alastair took the time to record a first person account of the situation on the ground. Admittedly, his video is a bit difficult to watch but please be sure to read through the text to the end as Alastair closes on a positive note.
Kasungu district has over 200 schools but 44 have been targeted by the UN World Food Program (WFP) to be part of the School Feeding Program (SFP). My job will be to improve the facilities at these schools, in particular the kitchen and food preparation facilities. WFP has targeted schools as vital link in the battle to break this chain of poverty where a primary education can make a significant contribution. By providing a meal at school parents are encouraged to send their children to school and if the girls and orphans attend for at least 18 days a month they earn the right to take home a valuable 50kg bag of maize which is the stable diet in Malawi.
So going back to Chibisa School, the first of the 44 schools we plan to visit. My first vision was seeing a class of 97 small children sitting neatly under a large tree attentively listening to the teacher whose only equipment was a very old blackboard. They were all reciting after him their multiplication tables, their enthusiasm was easy to hear and already I was captivated by what I heard.
As I climbed out of our four-wheel drive vehicle and began to walk across the 50 metres of dust and in the centre of the school yard I saw a tiny tree, only a few centimetres tall, struggling to grow. Some caring person had also recognised this and placed some twigs around it as protection. At that very moment I realised that what I was looking at had a direct parallel with what I could hear, hope and optimism, the future of Malawi… at the moment Malawi could do with a lot more of this.
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Skip to comments.BEWARE The GOP is trying to slip us the Jebbie!
Posted on 01/18/2011 10:16:39 AM PST by Ummah Gummah
Need to Know January 18, 2011 Ahead of the curve! Lib writer praises Jeb Bush Posted by Staff Ezra Klein writes:
I think Jon Chait gets Jeb Bush very wrong here. When Bush says that "second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians" and that "second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups," he's directly answering a critique that has a lot of power among anti-immigration groups: that there's something different about this wave of immigrants as compared with previous waves of immigrants.
(Excerpt) Read more at lauraingraham.com ...
The libs are indeed "ahead of the curve" trying to stick us with the jebbie, who they feel is sufficiently liberal just in case but very likely to roll over like McVain did in 2008 for the Bama.
Apparently the jebbie is busy pandering to Latinos with "outreach" in Florida, trying to position himself for the GOP nomination in 2012.
I'd rather vote for Obama than the jebbie. Might as well get it over with. The jebbie would be just a slightly slower death, and more painful at that.
Unfortunately that one note is a doozey.
No Bushes.
The establishment knows if they have a candidate and the conservatives are split between 10, they will have the upper hand.
So a high percentage of second-generation Irish and Italians marry Hispanics?
I did not know that!.
There is. In the old days, you worked or starved. Which meant assmilation. Not anymore.
We were set up with GW because we were so sick of Clinton. No Bushes!
Jeb Bush cannot win the Presidency under any circumstances. You can bet on it.
I've had about enough of the Bushes. God bless them and all. The two Bush Presidents were ok, except 9/11 attach which W did a good job. They both gave in to often to the left. I realize you have to comprise at times and there is some give and take. But, W should have put his foot down more often and called Barney and Dodd on the housing collapse.
No matter what people think of Jeb, effective outreach to hispanics is extremely important. Otherwise we're leaving a vacuum where the Dem lies about Republicans being anti-immigrants (instead of just anti-illegal immigration) and anti-hispanic will burry us in the near term and the long term.
They slipped us the RINO McCain last time, praising him to high heaven right up to the nomination. We must not let them do this again. No more Bushes indeed.
Democrats want Jeb Bush for President? Oh yeah, that's president material. Shheesh!
Another Bush just because he's married to a Mexican?
But they might not like his other agendas just as they hated GW for his. lol
Too soon.
I've been Bushed enough;I want a real man who will abide by the Constitution and stand up to Dhimmicratts and the PC crowd.
if he's talking about illegals, nowhere is the word illegal or "undocumented" mentioned.
Stay Out Da Bushes!
In 1989, Bush the Elder became President. He was replaced by Clinton. Clinton was replaced by Bush the Younger. If all of the political punditry had been right in 2007, he would have been succeeded by Clinton's wife!!! Good grief!
So now after the Kenyan Marxist's interregnum, we would go back to...another BusH??? Are we kidding here?
Of course, a banana republic is better than a Marxist Worker's Paradise.
No more Clintoons.
No more Booshes.
No Jeb Bush...remember Terry Shaivo...
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In this program, David Plouffe, political strategist and author of The Audacity to Win is interviewed by Richard Wolffe, award-winning journalist, political analyst for MSNBC, and author of Renegade: The Making of a President. David Plouffe was not just the architect of the campaign that put Barack Obama in the White House; he also built a grassroots movement that changed the face of politics. After managing Obama's presidential campaign, Plouffe set up Organizing for America, a thirteen-million-strong group to continue the spirit and initiative of the campaign in everyday civic life.
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Process variability can have a dramatic effect on yield. This is especially true in the lithographic process where variability puts image fidelity at risk even when the operating conditions of the lithographic system (lithographic process window) are acceptable. To reduce the risk of silicon failure, avoid costly respins of both masks and silicon and safeguard time-to-market schedules, Calibre OPCverify detects lithographic errors or marginalities caused by process variability before the design goes to the mask or wafer manufacturer.
Calibre OPCverify, which uses silicon-proven simulation models from Calibre OPCpro, is the next generation of RET verification, providing high simulation coverage of the entire chip to ensure silicon-patterning success. The Calibre OPCverify pixel-based, dense simulation engine accounts for the effects of process variability using patented algorithms that define the conditions (dose, focus) that adversely impact pattern transfer. All Calibre OPCverify modeling capabilities have been thoroughly characterized for the most advanced process conditions in production, including immersion lithography. The rigorous model development and verification methodology used for the Calibre OPCverify tool allows it to satisfy the stringent requirements for both RET recipe validation and mask verification.
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"Verification of post-OPC output is critical to minimizing mask respins of million dollar mask sets, and avoiding time-to-market delays," said Hiroyuki Tsujikawa, Semiconductor Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. "Building on the Calibre platform for nanometer technologies has enabled Matsushita to develop a world-class process and gain a competitive advantage in delivering a wide range of System LSI."
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This is not alright, alright, alright — Matthew McConaughey will not return for a potential next season of True Detective.
"We won't be back for season two," McConaughey said backstage at the 86th Academy Awards. "Season one was finite. Eight episodes, that's the [end of conversation]."
The critically acclaimed HBO drama has gained a hefty following, premiering with 2.3 million viewers in January. McConaughey has especially been lauded for his portrayal of a Louisiana homicide detective alongside co-star Woody Harrelson. He also serves as the show's executive producer.
"True Detective, great writing," he added. "I read two episodes and I'm like, I'm doing this if you'll give me the role of Rustin Cohle, I'm in."
It was already widely speculated that McConaughey wouldn't be back for another season considering the show was conceived as an anthology. HBO has not yet confirmed a second season of the show.
McConaughey, who won the Best Actor Oscar Sunday for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, discussed the difference between working on an HBO drama and the indie movie that won him his award.
The season finale of True Detective — McConaughey's last episode — airs March 9.
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Since she is copying all top people, when I reply, I would hit "reply all" and let her know that you have talked to her repeatedly about the days you work and meetings. You have stated that you are more than willing to rearrange your schedule to come in on days that you normally have off, but you need advance notice as you usually have personal appointments arranged on the days you have off. Is there something you are missing in that she is constantly arranging meetings last minute on those days that you have scheduled off and that she has cancelled every meeting in the last month that she herself arranged?" How would you like to recitify this situation?Call her out on her own behavior, but in a way, that turns it around on her behavior and by being polite and trying to find a solution. I am sure others might be able to phrase it better than I could.But this lets the top people know the situation and that you are trying to do your best in handling it.
use phrases like"As you know, my approved work schedule is Tuesday through Thursday. Unfortunately, I cannot shift that to a different day without a least X notice; since it's 5pm on Thursday, I can't really rearrange the schedule for an early Monday meeting."And every time she cancels a meeting, email everybody and say, "I've removed that meeting from my calendar, as you requested. I am available X days/times. Because there seems to have been confusion in the past, I am not normally scheduled to work on Fridays and Mondays. I am willing to be flexible, of course, but I will need at least 36 hours' notice to rearrange my schedule."
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Skip to comments.Revisiting History: Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote?
Posted on 10/19/2012 12:02:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Right now the RCP Averages are showing an odd situation. Mitt Romney leads nationally by one point, but trails in the Electoral College by a 294-244 count. Moreover, electoral vote number 270 (right now, Wisconsin) favors President Obama by a two-point margin.
While I believe that an electoral vote/popular vote disconnect of this magnitude is unlikely, it certainly is possible that well see another split between the two, especially if the popular vote is decided by less than a point. If that happens, Americans will once again receive a civics lesson in how presidents are really chosen.
In particular, well be reminded of the four canonical instances where the electoral vote and popular vote went to different candidates: 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000. These are fairly well known to political junkies.
Far less well-known is that we should probably include a fifth such split: 1960.
Now, just to be clear, the argument that Richard Nixon should be credited with a popular vote win in 1960 doesnt rest on theories about dead people voting in Chicago or cows voting in Texas. It does rest on a fuller understanding of Southern voting history.
Before going further, credit where credit is due. This analysis isnt something I discovered on my own. Instead, it derives from a pair of articles published in PS: Political Science and Politics. The first, authored by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Brian Gaines, appeared in the March 2001 edition of that journal. The second, by George Mason University professor Gordon Tullock, appeared in the January 2004 edition. Even back in 1960, Congressional Quarterly concluded that it was Nixon, not Kennedy, who had won the popular vote, for the reasons that follow.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
I believe about 100,000 dead people came to his aid and pushed him over the top. Don't forget: he was a democrat!
Flawed assumption. We have 2 to 3 daily polls on the popular vote being done daily. State polls are far less frequent and more difficult to do. The electoral maps are based on the most current state by state data. The state by state data can lag by weeks.
The daily polls are indicating that the electoral vote map is about to change toward Romney.
Don't harsh my mellow, dude.
I'd get my dog to vote for Romney, but he doesn't have a driver's license, and Georgia requires voter ID. Maybe I'll take him to another state, where some lib judge has struck down voter ID, and let him vote. He certainly has more right than an illegal alien!
Lots of wishfull thinking type articles written by dems today. Obama is going to loose in a landslide - I told my husband last night that I think Romney wil get 365 electoral college votes and I am sticking with it!!!
RE: I believe about 100,000 dead people came to his aid and pushed him over the top.
Nixon losing might have been a blessing in disguise for him.
He might have been Lee Harvey Oswald's target in Dallas instead of JFK...
"Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. " Joseph Kennedy
In the 1997 World Series, Cleveland won games two, four, and six by 5, 7, and 3 points respectively. Florida won games one, three, five, and seven by 3, 3, 1, and 1 points respectively. Florida appropriately won the Series because they won more games than Cleveland, even though Cleveland outscored Florida by 44 to 37 overall. Games and elections have rules, and no sensible person would argue with an outcome that follows the rules.
Unfortunately, liberals are neither sensible nor decent; they want the rules rewritten after the fact. I expect them to riot if they win the popular vote but lose the election (they'll riot over any type of loss, but the popular vote excuse will be like the trashy movie in Libya, their justification for the violence that thugs initiate simply because they are thugs). Conversely, if they lose the popular vote but win the election, the split outcome will not concern them at all - hypocrites. Personally, I find the popular vote an interesting footnote to history, but I do not want that statistic considered at all in deciding the election.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Electoral Votes: 303
Pop. Vote: 34,227,096 (49.7%)
Richard M. Nixon
Electoral Votes: 219
Pop. Vote: 34,107,646 (49.5%)
Harry F. Byrd
Electoral Votes: PR: 15; VP: 14 / 1
Pop. Vote: 116,248 (0.2%)
Kennedy won Illinois by less than 9,000 votes out of 4.75 million cast, or a margin of 0.2%. However, Nixon carried 92 of the state's 101 counties, and Kennedy's victory in Illinois came from the city of Chicago, where Mayor Richard Daley held back much of Chicago's vote until the late morning hours of November 9.
The efforts of Daley and the powerful Chicago Democratic organization gave Kennedy an extraordinary Cook County victory margin of 450,000 votesmore than 10% of Chicago's 1960 population of 3.55 million, although Cook County also included many suburbs outside of Chicago's bordersthus barely overcoming the heavy Republican vote in the rest of Illinois.
I have a small condo in Florida.
If I were not an honest man, I'd be registered in both Florida AND Georgia. And my wife, too.
That's around the number I saw as well. Just before the 1980 election there was a documentary I saw that had two former democrat workers from Texas relating how they helped stuff at least a couple hundred thousand votes in Texas alone, working for the Johnson machine. They also knew that at least 100K votes were stuffed in Cook County IL, which was acknowledged by my late FIL who was a Teamsters member in IL at the time. The two Texas guys marveled at the fact that they didn't have time to do it right so they forged the ballot rolls in alphabetical order; they laughed and asked "who votes in alphabetical order?". Who indeed, besides the dead, illegals, cartoon characters, pets, and fictitious democrat party voters. Nixon won in 1960 but it was known that he refused to contest the election rather than plunge the nation into a Consitutional crisis. The JFK/Camelot myth was born of a stolen election.
Legally, YES, but thanks to Chicago's criminal underworld kingpin, Sam MoMo Giancana, in concert with JFK's criminal father, and all of the illegal Mexican voters, in south Texas, AKA LBJ voters, the final results included over 100,000 dead voters he was declared the Winner.. This is hardly news, maybe to this generation, but it was laughed at when it happened.. Really funny isn't it? UGH!
Didn't Daley hold off announcing the vote count until the rest of the country came he? He wanted to see how many votes JFK needed
His daddy bought him that election.
It was well known at the time, too! Lots of corruption in that administration. It WAS dysfunctional as well.
Former and now deceased Congressman Tip O'Neill admitted on the Phil Donahue show, well, no, he didn't 'admit' it, he was actully bragging that the Kennedy vote was bought by Joe Kennedy aided by the Chicago political machine.
Just take care of Florida for us! I really be shocked if Georgia is not the first state called after the polls close; and it WON'T be for 0bammy!
Unfortunately, I'm registered in Georgia.
I lived in Mayor Daley's WARD, in Chicago when this happened.. His Ward office was a block from my home and we kids, watched the backroom fill out new ballots, and destroy the ballots brought to the backdoor before burning them in 55gal drums in the alley..
Daley waited until he got a call from someone to start stuffing the ballot boxes and then announced the results.. I would swear to it on a witness stand and tried to tell the press and DA at the time, all to no avail..
I kept a copy of the complaint I tried to file at the time and have it still.. I never received a phone call, even after being told to STFU..
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My 86 Brat with 66K original miles
Posted 02 March 2005 - 10:58 PM
Many of you dont know me, but i've been around for awhile specially in the legacycentral network. Last year after "drewling" for this car for about 2 years, i finally puurchased my 86 brat from my neighbor. The car was sitting on the side of the house for about 5 years and not being used, till one day i decided to stop by this guy's house and ask him if he would sell the piece of junk to me. Well it turns out that is not a piece of junk, its all original and it sonly got 66K original miles. Offcourse living by the NJ shore the car is a bit rusty, so last summer i started my work, i cleaned the car out, got the wipers working again, some of the rust out, the engine running again, new exhaust, and many other things, so i put the car on the road again. After having fun the whole fall time and winter, she's now sitting in my drive way waiting for more repairs (starter and new tires with PUG 15" wheels). This spring she'll receive a paint job, originally she was red and crazy me decided to paint it black!!!! yikes! well its a great little car, i love subarus, I've only owned subarus, few audis too, but never gave up the subies. I currently own 4 subarus 93 legacy ss 85k miles, 90 legacy wagon 201K miles, 96 impreza 130k miles and my gem 86 brat EA 81 DR 4WD 66K miles. Well here is a link to the pics http://www.thawa.net/gallery/Neos-Cars.
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Nice Fleet! The Legacy looks really nice for its age, I like the hood scoop thing you got there, what is that? it do anything? Like the Impreza in the snow pic's too.
What hood scoop, thats the legacy Turbo, its got the scoop, the thing under the hood is a intercooler, the car is a menace, really fast.
Posted 03 March 2005 - 06:52 PM
The front half of that Brat is identical to my '84 wagon, but it is my understanding that the wagon bodies were redesigned in '85, with sharper corners and bigger headlights etc. Did Subaru keep that body style on the brat for a few more years?
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Posted 04 March 2005 - 12:14 AM
I just picked up a '92 Leg that looks just like yours, I'll try to throw some pics up.
Posted 04 March 2005 - 01:51 AM
yeh the brat/brumby stayed ea81 body style and never got the sharper corners of the ea82 and was made upto 1994. Oh yeh and there the previous gen body styles aswell.
They still had ea81s in them too i think. Now that would be a find - 1 '94 ea81!
Posted 04 March 2005 - 08:01 PM
They still had ea81s in them too i think. Now that would be a find - 1 '94 ea81!
Yup it is a ea81, yeah lets see pics!
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Grammys 2013: A 'Hunger Games' Grammy win as Katniss looks to Oscar
"The Hunger Games" stars Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth at the movie's world premiere. The black carpet event was at Nokia Theatre on March 12. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Link
Liam Hemsworth said he drew from the trilogy's second and third books "a little bit" to craft his performance of Gale. "It's nice to know what the character's full arc is gonna be," he told Hero Complex, "but as we're shooting the film, we're kind of sticking to the one script." (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)Link
Meeting a fandom devoted to a beloved book is nothing new for Toby Jones, who voiced Dobby in the "Harry Potter" films. He noted that compared to those loyal to the boy wizard, "Hunger Games" fans are "slightly older I think, to begin with – maybe. Just as intense. At the moment, very American." In "The Hunger Games," Jones plays games announcer Claudius Templesmith. (Matt Sayles/AP)Link
Amandla Stenberg, who plays District 11 tribute Rue, said of taking on the role of a fan-favorite character, "I think there was a pressure to make sure I stayed as true to the book as possible, and I hope fans really like it." The 13-year-old can probably rest assured that she's gained some fans, as she said of the premiere, "I wasn't expecting it to be this crazy. To think that people are screaming because of me is, like, an 'Oh my God' moment." (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Link
Isabelle Fuhrman, who plays District 2 tribute Clove, has read "The Hunger Games" 13 times. "I am a true fan. If I was not here [walking the carpet], I'd be either across the street or in that pit with everyone else," she said. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Link
Dayo Okeniyi, who plays District 11 tribute Thresh, said, "I'm still getting used to that whole experience" of fans screaming his name. "I had to make up an autograph, like, a couple months ago." (Chris Pizzello/AP)Link
Actor Jack Quaid finished reading the book about a month before the film's production began. "It was this crazy, cool imaginary world on paper, and then about a month later, there it was. I could touch it. It was exactly how I'd imagined it," said the actor who plays District 1 tribute Marvel. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Link
The female-dominated crowd at the premiere was full of Effie Trinket fans who repeatedly yelled "We love Effie!" Some made a poster that read, "Tri-Delta loves Effie." The actress playing the character, the escort for District 12 tributes, wore a bright orange dress to the premiere. "I really wanted an Effie-esque look tonight. I'm very inspired by her love of color," Elizabeth Banks said. (Mark Davis/Getty Images)Link
Alexander Ludwig, who plays District 2 tribute Cato, poses with fans at "The Hunger Games" premiere. (Chris Pizzello/AP)Link
Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson smile for a sea of photographers. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Link
Is this a sign of good things to come for "The Hunger Games" franchise?
"The Hunger Games" took home a Grammy on Sunday night for "Safe & Sound," a song on the film's popular soundtrack. The honors went to Taylor Swift, T. Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams in the category of song written for visual media.
Now you might be thinking, "Hey, I watched the Grammys. I don't remember that." That's because the honor was given out before the show began on CBS. Many fans found out via Swift's tweet:
The win comes as "The Hunger Games" and its star are on a roll.
Jennifer Lawrence (who stars as Katniss Everdeen, of course) has been cleaning up this awards season, racking up dozens of nominations and lead actress wins for her performance as a young widow in "Silver Linings Playbook." She is considered a favorite heading into the Oscars on Feb. 24, but has already made her mark. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to receive an Oscar nomination for lead actress. And let's not forget that she actually has two Oscar nominations for lead actress. (She was also nominated for 2010's "Winter's Bone.")
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," the second installment in the blockbuster franchise based upon the wildly popular trilogy by author Suzanne Collins, hits theaters in November.
Expect box-office expectations to run high for "Catching Fire."
"The Hunger Games," the first installment of a cinematic glimpse into a dystopian future where children are made to battle to the death, pulled in over $686 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo, making it one of the most successful movies in Hollywood history. Do you think the second movie will surpass the box-office success of the first?
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J.D. Bowman, 92, of Hickory, died May 9, 2012, at Frye Regional Medical Center.
A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2012, in the chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Hickory. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.
Charles Timothy Watson, 53, of Newton, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at his residence. The Watson family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Cremations in Newton.
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2003-04 Women's Basketball
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Franklin College downs Bluffton 87-30
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February 4, 2004
BLUFFTON , OHIO - The Bluffton College women's basketball team (1-19, 0-9 HCAC) were defeated by the Franklin Grizzlies (16-4, 7-2 HCAC) 87-30.
Leading the Beavers on the night was senior Lindsay Bacon (Troy/Troy) with 13 points and five rebounds. Freshman Tanya Rickenberg (Defiance/Paulding) posted six points. Sophomore Karin Schaller (Jenera/Arlington) knocked down five blocks for the game.
The game was a tough one from the beginning as Bluffton went down 8-0 and tried to make a comeback before the half. The halftime score was 45-10 in favor of the Grizzlies. The Beavers doubled their point total in the second half by connecting shots for 20 points. In the end the final was 87-30 in favor of Franklin College .
Turnovers hurt Bluffton as they committed 34 for the evening to Franklin 's six.
Lindsey Roberson led Franklin with 15 points. Jenny Cramer and Kindra Moorman posted 10 points each for the Grizzlies.
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ForumsThird-Party ApplicationsUsing Toodledo with Appgio ToDo and Outlook
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Hello All
New to this forum. I have been using Appigo's ToDo for the last few years on my iPod Touch. I also use Outlook 2010 (POP3 mail server) on my Windows Desktop PC. With Appigo's Appigo Sync conduit, I have had no problems doing bi-directional syncs between ToDo and Outlook tasks. Now I hear that Appigo is no longer going to support their sync conduit; so, no more direct syncing between iTouch and Desktop (or, I just don't update my ToDo app any more!).
Is there a way, using Toodledo, to do bi-directional syncing between my iTouch and my Windows desktop?
I'm not worried about my email since I can get it on the iTouch without using any other app. I'm not worried about my Calendars and Contacts since they automatically sync when I sync my Touch. It's just the Tasks that I need to have on both my handheld and my desktop, with the ability to sync them whenever I want/need to.
Any help anyone here can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I'm a bit surprised to hear about this. Seems like Appigo are pushing people towards their Todo Pro paid service.......
You could use Toodledo as an intermediate, first using an outlook - Toodledo sync tool to get tasks in/out of outlook. I use a tool called Toodlesync by (I think) Climate Dragon, which is out of support, but works well.. There's a link to the kit in here somewhere. I've been running like this for years with no complaints. Then you can get Todo to sync with Toodledo. Other sync solutions are available.
If exchange is an option for you, you could look at the Appigo exchange sync tool.
Incidentally, although I have used Todo in the past, I found that once I'd made the move to Toodledo, the Toodledo IOS app was a more flexible alternative to Todo and this quickly became my app of choice on both iPhone and IPad. The Toodledo web interface is quite good too :-) I consider Toodledo to be the hub for my tasks, with outlook, iPhone and IPad and web being interfaces to that data.
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Brake bleeding fiasco.
Posted 30 March 2010 - 02:33 PM
So I went to bleed them, looks pretty easy. I doused the bleeder screws for about half an hour in PB blaster, one of the rear ones (drum) went nice, the other the bleeder snapped off But whatever, I'll just do a disk swap (bratman is selling me the bits).
The bit that really annoys me is that the front left one was really rusty and my socket just rounded the head off. The bleeder screw is still in there though, how should I proceed? Obviously I'll need a new bleeder screw, but how should I get the old one out without damaging anything any worse?
I think the situation can be salvaged if I do the right thing.
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I was wicked tempted to use vice grips, but figured I'd hold off until I got some advise. Thanks. I'll go out and see what happens ... I have a very nice pair of grippy vice grips. Wish me luck!
good quality Vise Grip, maxed to the highest pressure force it will go. Do not use cheapy off brand vise grip, you want the real deal here. Spray some more pb blaster, clamp that sucker on, and hope it will grip to loosen it.
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I got it with the vice grips! Kinda squashed the crap out of the bleeder screw, but whatever, it'll come out. Napa is ordering two for me, so I'll just replace both in the front tomorrow when I get the parts.
When I pull the bleeder screw all the way out, what's going to happen? ... I'm not going to have a torrent of brake fluid, am I?
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Why cap it? why not just immediately screw the new one back in?
when you unscrew it, you need to cap it off with a rubber or plastic plug of some sort ASAP. Moisture and brake fluid mixing is not good, need to keep it sealed from the moisture in the air, fluid will dribble out but the cap will stop it..
Posted 30 March 2010 - 04:47 PM
why of course, put the new one in when you take out the old.
Posted 30 March 2010 - 04:51 PM
it said you were waiting til tomorrow for the napa ordered ones to come in.
why of course, put the new one in when you take out the old.
Cool, I should have mentioned that I didn't actually take the bleeder out, I just got it to turn. So I assumed that since it turned 2 turns it would come all the way out, so I screwed it back in.
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All-New PowerBooks, Web Browser Featured at Macworld 1095
The 17" model is 1440x900 resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, G4/1GHz, SuperDrive, GeForce4 440 Go/64MB, and all the same ports, with the addition of line in and FireWire 800 (in addition to FireWire 400). It is less than 1" thin, and 6.8 lbs., and has fiber-optic lightning for the keyboard activated by ambient light sensors. It will be available next month for $3,300.
The 12" version is 4.6 lbs., and is smaller than the iBook in every dimension. It's 1024x768, G4/867, GeForce4 420 Go/32MB, and is AirPort-ready ($99 extra). It is $1,800 for a combo drive model, $2,000 for a SuperDrive model, and will be available in two weeks.
Both models sport the new AirPort Extreme (802.11g), which is 54Mbps, up from the 11Mbps of AirPort (802.11b). The base stations and clients are fully compatible with the old AirPort, handle 50 users, and support both wireless bridging (to extend the range by adding more stations) and can act as a USB printer server.
Jobs also introduced Safari, a new Mac OS X browser based on the KHTML rendering engine from KDE (and Apple will publish changes they've made to it). There's nothing especially great about it -- it's a web browser -- except that, unlike most other browsers, it is expected to be fast and work properly, as well as be fully integrated into Mac OS X. The web is a killer app, but pretty much all web browsers suck; Apple hopes to give us something that doesn't suck in Safari. It is a free download for the beta, starting today. This story was posted using Safari. W00p.
iPhoto 2 has been revamped, with iTunes integration (access to playlists, tracks, even searching) for slide shows; one-click enhance of photos; a retouch brush; archiving to CD/DVD; and more. iMovie 3 has added chapters, the "Ken Burns Effect" (panning through still images), and precise audio editing. iDVD 3 has added a ton of quite cool themes, which will look great the first few times you see them.
They are -- along with iTunes -- bundled with all new Macs beginning January 25 as "iLife". All but iDVD will be freely available online, contrary to previously published reports. The entire bundle of four apps will be available for retail purchase for $50.
For sale today at $99 is another new app, Keynote, which is the presentation software Jobs has been using for over a year for his own presentations. It includes all sorts of flashy features like textures and Quartz-powered 3D transitions, and can import and export PowerPoint, as well as export to PDF and QuickTime. It has an open file format (using XML).
Jobs also introduced Final Cut Express, a stripped-down version of Final Cut Pro, for $300, and noted other prominent third-party software recently released for Mac OS X: QuickBooks, Director, and DigiDesign Pro Tools (later this month). He noted that the number of native apps for Mac OS X jumped from 2,000 to 5,000 in 2002.
Meanwhile, the number of users of the OS went from 1.2 million to 5 million last year, and he expects the number to jump to 9 or 10 million in 2003.
Update: 01/07 19:37 GMT by Jamie (also posted with Safari): And thanks to the several Slashdot readers who pointed out a great but unannounced product: X11 (aka the X Windows System) for Mac OS X. It's in Public Beta right now. Great to see this, an Apple-supported X is greatly needed. I don't know why Jobs didn't at least mention this, it would have gotten quite the round of applause I'm sure.


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Sometimes I get a hankering for a hot bowl of soup for lunch and nothing but homemade will satisfy me. Only a quick and uncomplicated soup will do, one that can be ready in a half an hour.
This curry corn soup fills the requirements nicely.
It's fast, flavorful and super delicious.
Naturally sweet and succulent corn is paired with spicy curry powder giving it an earthy sweetness that is followed by a warm creeping heat in the back of your throat that slowly makes its way to your belly.
Curry powder is a mixture of up to twenty warm and aromatic spices including turmeric, chili powder, black pepper, coriander, cumin and ginger. I chose this in keeping with my resolution to use a wider variety of spices and was reminded just how much I love it, even if my family insists they don't. My Dad said he followed his nose to the kitchen, without telling him what was in it, he ate and liked it, easily guessing curry powder…Maybe I've lured him over to my side?
In any event, you can make this as chunky or as smooth as you would like, and use regular milk or coconut milk, whatever you have on hand or prefer, with good results.
Naturally sweet and succulent corn is paired with spicy curry powder to make an easy but flavorful creamy soup.
- In a large sauce pan or soup pot saute onion in olive oil over medium-low heat until tender. Add garlic and saute until fragrant. Mix in curry powder and season well with salt and pepper, cook 2 to 3 more minutes.
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2006-07: Played in 15 games in 2006-07...sidelined for the Evansville game with strep throat...scored in a career-high four points in a career-best seven minutes at Cleveland State...played a career-high seven minutes and notched his first collegiate field goal in Butler's win over UIC...grabbed one rebound in three minutes against Cleveland State...saw first collegiate action as a reserve at Tulane...played five minutes and had one rebound in Butler's opener at Tulane.
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Naas is perfectly situated for both Golf and Horse Racing facilities with Palmeston PGA just minutes down the Road, and the Naas Racecourse right across the road.
Maudlins House Hotel is located next door to Odeon Cinemas (formally called Storm Cinema
The restaurant is located in the old house of the hotel, divided into four separate rooms, offering larger groups semi private dining, keeping the character of the old building with many of its original features. Each room of the dining room has its own fireplace.
The lounge is a new addition keeping in tone of the old house. It's a perfect place to relax and unwind with a drink of your choice from beer, to wine or perhaps a cocktail or two.
All rooms have their own en-suite bathroom, with a heated mirror.
The hotel offers conference rooms with most in the 1st floor of the old house offering light and airy rooms. Each room is equipped with projector screens and flip charts.
We do have a 48hour cancelation policy. All children under the age of 18 must be with a responsible adult at all times. All persons under the age of 18 cannot be in the lounge after food service has finished in accordance with Irish alcohol laws. The hotel is a non-smoking hotel; however we do have smoking areas available.
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Longtime West Dundee Trustee Andy Yuscka describes himself as a quiet guy who listens first and then speaks. He has been involved with village government for 14 years and has never once missed a board of trustees or liquor commission meeting.
In a race to fill the village president spot for which Larry Keller has decided not to seek re-election, resident Chris Nelson argues it's his passion that will best serve the community.
Yuscka and Nelson are the lone candidates in the race. Yuscka said he has learned a lot from Keller's calm demeanor and solid leadership over the years. With three trustee positions up for election and an ongoing search for an appointee to replace Becky Gillam, who resigned to serve on the Kane County Board, Yuscka said he could provide some continuity.
"I would like to lead and promote that stability on the board and be a guide for the future to the new trustees," Yuscka said.
Nelson is more concerned with the future of the community, seeing the need for aggressive action to save an eroding tax base. But he said he's not advocating change for change's sake.
"I'm not looking to be disruptive," Nelson said. "I'm proud that I can contribute and I think that extra energy is needed for the challenges that we're going to be facing in the next few years."
While Yuscka doesn't see any "gloom and doom" in West Dundee's future, Nelson emphasized a concern for the need to bring new businesses to the village and increase foot traffic downtown.
The mayoral bid is his first foray into public office but Nelson said public service is something that has always interested him and he has felt a longing to get back into it.
Nelson worked in municipal government in Sycamore, Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg early in his career then left for a job with Comcast about 10 years ago. Nelson is the manager of government and regulatory affairs and has been to hundreds of municipal board meetings on behalf of his employer.
Yuscka has worked for Lawrence Foods Inc., in Elk Grove Village for 41 years. He has lived in West Dundee since 1993. Nelson has lived in the village since 2005.


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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose solidly in October, helped by improvement in the job market and record-low mortgage rates.
The increase along with a jump in homebuilder confidence this month suggests the housing market continues to recover.
The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales rose 2.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.79 million. That's up from 4.69 million in September, which was revised lower.
The sales pace is roughly 11 percent higher than a year ago. But it remains below the more than 5.5 million that economists consider consistent with a healthy market.
As the economy slowly recovers, more people have started looking to buy homes or rent apartments. Prices are steadily climbing, while mortgage rates have been low all year. At the same time, rents are rising, making the purchase of a single-family home or condominium more attractive.
"Altogether, the report is encouraging," said Michael Gapen, an economist at Barclays Capital. "Our view is that housing is in a recovery phase," he added, though it will be restrained by limited credit and modest job gains.
The Realtors' group said Superstorm Sandy delayed some sales of previously occupied homes in the Northeast. Sales fell 1.7 percent there, the only region to show a decline. Those sales will likely be completed in future months, the group said.
The median price for previously occupied homes increased 11.1 percent from a year ago to $178,600, the Realtors' said.
A decline in the number of homes available for sale is helping push prices higher. There were only 2.14 million homes available for sale at the end of the month, the lowest supply in 10 years.
Prices are also benefiting from the mix of homes being sold. Sales of homes priced at $500,000 and above have jumped more than 40 percent in the past year. Sales of homes and condominiums that cost less than $100,000 fell 0.6 percent.
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A Decision Analysis to Assess the Value of Prostate Cancer Screening: A Shift in Focus from Prostate Cancer-specific Mortality to Distant Metastasis-Free Survival
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: October 30, 2012
Presenter: Arie Dosoretz, MD
Presenter's Affiliation: Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the 2nd leading cause of cancer death. Prostate cancer screening has been performed using a non-invasive blood test, prostate specific antigen (PSA)
- The precise magnitude of over-diagnosis associated with any screening and treatment program is difficult to determine, but estimates from the 2 largest trials (US Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) and European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)) suggest over-diagnosis rates of 17% to 50% for prostate cancer screening. These studies did not report on the effect of screening on the development of subsequent metastatic disease.
- The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended against PSA screening for prostate cancer, given the indolent nature of the disease and the potential for treatment related harm
- The authors created a decision analytic model (Markov model) to calculate the quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) associated with screening men for prostate cancer with annual PSA testing in order to provide further guidance on screening and treatment decisions
Materials and Methods
- A state transition Markov model was constructed to compare QALE in men with and without annual PSA screening
- The model used US life-expectancy tables, sensitivity/specificity and true positive/negative values of PSA screening and rates of GI/GU toxicity reported in randomized control trials.
- Men entered the model at age 65 and exited after 25 years
- For the initial model, the authors assumed that patients who screened positive presented with clinically localized, low-risk prostate cancer and received radiation treatment with IMRT
- In men not screened for prostate cancer that presented with localized disease, the authors also assumed that the patients presented with clinically localized, low-risk prostate cancer and received radiation treatment with IMRT
- The model was then revised and enhanced to account for multiple health states, to run the model more often than yearly and to include intermediate and high risk patients
- Probabilities associated with diagnosis and treatment responses as well as the utility values for different health states including living with distant metastatic disease and living with long-term treatment related adverse effects (genitourinary, gastrointestinal and sexual dysfunction) were derived from validated prospective studies
- Annual PSA screening resulted in greater QALE compared to no PSA screening, producing 13.7 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) vs. 13.24 QALYs, respectively
- The benefit of PSA screening on QALE decreased with increasing age
- One-way sensitivity analysis revealed that the model is most sensitive to the probability of developing metastatic disease. If the 10-year probability of developing metastatic disease in the unscreened group was below 4.9%, no screening became the preferred strategy
- As the risk of distant metastasis increases, screening has more benefit. However, the benefit of screening decreases as toxicity of treatment increases
- Using the enhanced model, the authors found that patients screened would have a 3.1% risk of developing distant metastatic disease, while the unscreened patients would have a 8.5% risk of developing distant metastatic disease
Author's Conclusions
- The authors conclude that annual PSA screening resulting in improved quality-adjusted life expectancy, with the exception of men with a very low risk of developing metastatic disease
- The decision analysis suggests that the morbidity associated with a higher risk of developing metastatic disease outweighs the possibility of developing long-term treatment-related adverse effects when 65 year old men with average life expectancy and low-risk disease are treated with IMRT
- The authors conclude that future decision-making analyses should account for individualized utilities and the economic costs associated with prostate cancer screening and treatment
Clinical Implications
- In May of 2012, the USPSTF recommended against PSA screening, as a category D recommendation for all men, regardless of age, race, family history, etc. This general recommendation derived from 2 large screening trials (PLCO and ERSPC) and has been controversial.
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. The screening mechanism for detecting prostate cancer is non-invasive, however these studies indicated that PSA screening results in unnecessary diagnosis-related (over-diagnosis) and treatment-related (over-treatment) morbidity due to the generally indolent nature of prostate cancer
- Despite the frequent cases of over-diagnosis and over-treatment, prostate cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in men and is a very heterogenous disease. While the majority of patients present with indolent disease, there is a subset of patients (particularly African American males and men with family history of aggressive prostate cancer) who have aggressive disease. These patients will suffer from the USPSTF decision as their prostate cancer will only be detected after they become symptomatic from their disease
- The authors present intriguing data from a decision analytic model that accounts for unnecessary treatment-related morbidity and ultimately demonstrates a benefit to PSA screening by decreasing the risk of developing distant metastatic disease
- The previously published studies (PPLCO and ERSPC) did not evaluate the impact of PSA screening on the development of distant metastatic disease.
- With the development of this analytic model, other questions can be evaluated and additional factors such as baseline sexual or urinary function can be taken into account to determine the value of PSA screening in patients with poor vs. adequate baseline function. Additionally, this model assumed that patients would be treated with IMRT. This model can be furthered to evaluate the impact of screening if a patient were to undergo other modalities of treatment such as surgery or brachytherapy.
- While this model is hypothesis generating, the data is limited by the theoretical nature of the model. Information generated from analytic models is dependent on the accuracy and robustness of the data input. Varying the input can drastically change the outcomes of the model. Additionally, the models do not account for unmeasured confounders.
- Nonetheless, this data provides some basis for the need to re-evaluate the role of PSA screening in men.
- At this time, despite the prostate cancer nomograms and risk stratification models, we are unable to predict for aggressive disease and are unable to effectively identify patients at high risk for developing distant metastatic disease. Until predictive markers for developing distant metastatic disease are available, PSA is all we have to detect potentially aggressive prostate cancer. Decisions to discontinue screening should be made only after careful risk-benefit discussion between a patient and his physician and healthcare team.


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"I'd love to move to Vermont and start a company here," the snowboarder from Saratoga, N.Y. sighed as we shared a chairlift in Stowe.
That was nine years ago. Chris Kaiser, who went on to found Vermont Peanut Butter, moved to Stowe in 2005, started making peanut butter in his kitchen, and by the summer of 2011 had expanded into a plant in Waterbury. After the facility was wiped out by tropical storm Irene, he rebuilt and is now selling his all-natural nut butters internationally. Kaiser has become a Vermontrepreneur.
What makes a Vermontrepreneur? It's hard work, creativity, resiliency, and a dedication to quality. It's also an ethic about life and work and giving back. Vermontrepreneurs measure profits in ways accountants could never calculate. Yet according to the Census Bureau, they are less likely to fail than those in neighboring states.
"Vermont is very good at growing companies. We're like a greenhouse," said Joe Fusco, vice-president at Casella Waste Systems and an advisor at the University of Vermont's new Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA program (SEMBA).
What is Vermont doing to help grow its entrepreneurs?
* Prizes for plans: You can win as much as $25,000 (as well as more than $45,000 in pro bono services) in LaunchVT's 2014 business plan competition. And Strolling of the Heifers offers nearly $90,000 for plans in the farm/food sector.
• Skill building: Take game design at Champlain College or earn a new Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA from the University of Vermont. State colleges such as Vermont Technical College and Community College of Vermont also offer practical programs ranging from cheesemaking to sustainable design, search engine optimization to manufacturing.
• Seed money: Fresh Tracks Capital (proud venture parent to Vermont Teddy Bear, Mophie, EatingWell and others) is interviewing its next potential entrepreneurs. Its annual Peak Pitch event, to be held at Sugarbush on March 6, involves "chairlift" pitches. And consider Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), named one of the top 11 university-based incubators in the world. Last, the Vermont Economic Development Authority provides loans to new and emerging companies.
• Big capital: For those with a big idea, Vermont's EB-5 program has provided access to more than $300 million in capital and generated thousands of jobs.
• Growth incentives: The Vermont Employment Growth Incentive (VEGI) rewards companies for growing businesses and jobs here. By 2016, VEGI will have generated more than 6,145 jobs with an average compensation of $57,641.
• Workforce training: The Vermont Training Program helps pay up to 50 percent of training costs for employees in qualified businesses. In 2013, VTP helped train more than 3,850 Vermonters, who went on to improve their wages by 13 percent.
• Government contracting: Vermont's Procurement Technical Center (PTAC) has helped Simon Pearce sell $5 million worth of fine stemware to U.S. embassies worldwide, and Darn Tough put its socks on U.S. soldiers' feet. In 2013, Vermont companies received 519 contracts worth $73,822,954—nearly double last year's figure.
Thanks to these programs and others, we've seen seedling companies grow into Ben & Jerry's, Dealer.com, Commonwealth Dairy, Biotek, Logic Supply and others. Is your company next? To learn more about how to start or grow a business, visit the Department of Economic Development's website, ThinkVermont.com.•
Lisa Gosselin is Commissioner of Vermont's Department of Economic Development.


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IUCN will be participating in the Abu Dhabi International Environmental Film Festival 2013 from the 20th - 25th April 2013
The Abu Dhabi International Environmental film festival seeks to promote public understanding of the environment through animated pictures as there is a scarcity of cultural festivals or films dealing with environmental issues. The Festival presents a variety of long and short films of various types; features, documentary and animation from around the world.
Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan the Chairman of Festival Boards Of Trustees announced that "the idea of this event has emerged from the responsibility of everyone towards our planet, where all of us have known the dangers of environmental challenges facing human beings today and at the future.These dangers are aggravated by many unreasonable acts.
In face of these climate disasters such as Global Warming & Climate Changes, we have to take our responsibilities to reinforce the public awareness through the most effective means: Arts & Media." He added that ADIEFF aims to promote the idea of the importance of saving our environment to make the earth a better place to live.
Different organizations will participate in various sections of the Festival competitions, to include all types of movies, across more than 12 major activities during the festival over the course of six days, with the presence of more than 500 individuals concerned about environment from different countries all over the world.
IUCN will be an active participant; applying for the short movie competition along with screening more than 4 movies during the festival.
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A 25-year-old Lakeland man was found not guilty Thursday of killing his ex-girlfriend's new lover.
BARTOW | A 25-year-old Lakeland man was found not guilty Thursday of killing his ex-girlfriend's new lover.
Richardo Jones is expected to be released from the Polk County Jail, where he has been in custody for more than a year.
A jury spent about four hours deliberating before acquitting Jones of first-degree murder in last year's death of Lucus Kelly, 26, of Lakeland.
The jury did find Jones guilty of misdemeanor trespass for going into his ex-girlfriend's apartment. Circuit Judge Donald Jacobsen ordered that Jones be released with time served on that count.
After the verdict was announced, his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Amy Thornhill, told The Ledger that Jones plans to reconnect with his two children and find a new job.
"The jurors did their duty," she said.
Prosecutors accused Jones of killing Kelly after finding him in bed with Jones' ex-girlfriend, Courtney Wilkes.
A string from Wilkes' shoe had Kelly's DNA on it, according to court testimony. This string also had other DNA on it, but Jones could not be matched or excluded as the source.
A ligature mark on Kelly's neck was consistent with the shoestring. Kelly's belt also was recovered in the bedroom and had been broken.
During closing arguments, Thornhill said it was not reasonable to think Jones in a "murderous rage" took the time to unlace one of Wilkes' shoes to use the string as a weapon.
"That's absurd," she said.
She suggested two alternate theories of how Kelly died, and placed the blame on Wilkes.
She said Wilkes might have accidentally killed Kelly while she was choking him during sex.
She also suggested Wilkes might have been jealous that Kelly was contacting other women and strangled him.
Thornhill argued Wilkes then contacted Jones to come over to her apart�ment.
"That makes sense," she said. "That fits with the evidence."
Wilkes testified during the trial and told jurors that she still loves Jones and has visited him in jail and spoken to him on the telephone. They have two children together.
Assistant State Attorney Ashley Krieger dismissed the defense's theories as unreasonable.
"It's possible, but it's imaginary and forced," she said.
Krieger argued Jones had a motive to commit murder because he was upset that Wilkes broke up with him in February 2012 to date Kelly.
She said Jones got into a physical confrontation with Wilkes about a week before the killing, and Kelly intervened when she yelled for help.
Jones was court-ordered to not have contact with Wilkes.
During the early morning hours of March 24, 2012, Kelly was staying at Wilkes' apartment on Crystal Grove Drive in Lakeland.
Wilkes testified that they drank some wine together, had sex and went to bed.
She testified that she awoke when Jones punched her shoulder and was standing over her.
"This is what you get for (having sex with) somebody else," she said Jones told her.
Wilkes testified that she got out of bed, grabbed her cellphone and ran out of the apartment.
She said she thought Jones would hurt only her, and she didn't see what happened to Kelly.
Courtney Wilkes said she called 911 and Kelly's sister, who lived nearby, to report what happened.
Her younger brother, Joshua Wilkes, testified he was asleep on the couch in the apartment when he heard a "thud" and woke up.
He testified that he saw Jones dragging Kelly's body toward the living room. He said he pretended to stay asleep because he was scared.
Courtney Wilkes said she returned to the apartment and saw Jones driving away. Kelly's mother and sister also testified that they arrived at the apartment and saw Jones leave the apartment.
Jones was arrested after driving south on U.S. 98 on the wrong side of the highway and crashing into a semi-trailer truck.


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DEKALB — When the ball is in the air, Northern Illinois senior safety Jimmie Ward believes it belongs to him just as much as to the receiver.
"Somehow, some way, I make a play," Ward said.
Ward not only has five interceptions, tied with Oregon State's Steven Nelson for the most in the nation, he has returned those interceptions 88 yards.
It's almost as if he is playing offense even when he's on defense.
Just don't tell him that.
"I have never played offense in my life," Ward said. "I hate offense."
"Coaches have tried to put me on kickoff returns. I refuse to do it. They can put me on special teams, but not anything that has to do with offense. The only time I want the ball is a turnover on defense."
Even when he was a kid, Ward never wanted to play offense.
"It makes me unique," he admitted. "When I tell people, I get no response. Everybody just smiles and stares. It's awkward."
But for someone who doesn't want the ball in his hands, Ward finds a way to take it away whenever No. 23 NIU (7-0) most needs him to do so. Ward saved the Huskies' BCS hopes in their very first game when his interception at midfield in the final two minutes set up NIU's game-winning field goal against Iowa.
"He runs fast. He hits hard. And he knows where to be when he needs to be there," coach Rod Carey said. "That's about as perfect a safety as you can have. He's just all over the field."
"He makes big plays down the stretch when we really need them," fellow safety Dominique Ware said. "He gets to the ball in situations where you wouldn't think he could. He's just amazing."
A year ago, the 5-foot-11, 192-pound senior from Mobile, Ala., was known mostly for his tackling. He had three interceptions, but it was his 65 solo tackles, fifth in the Mid-American Conference, that made him first-team All-MAC.
Ware has always loved to tackle. Tackling, and fast food, are what attracted him to football in the first place
"The only reason I started playing was I wanted cheese fries and my dad said, 'I'm not going to buy you no cheese fries unless you go out and play for the park.' After I got a sack or an interception, I always got cheese fries. They put me at defensive line my first year as a 9-year old. Then I got moved to linebacker. My junior year in high school, I went to safety. I had my tackling down, but then I needed to know how to cover."
Although Ward says "I've always been undersized," he doesn't play like it.
"He may not be that big, but he's one of the hardest hitters on our team," quarterback Jordan Lynch said.
He may be too physical to play offense.
"One time they put me on punt returns and I scored the first time they put me back there," Ward said. "But I was too aggressive. Instead of them tackling me, I tried to tackle them. My second time, I tried to run two people over. I fumbled the ball. I should be outrunning defenders, but I'm out there looking for contact."
He might have been looking for contact, but he wasn't sure he wanted to find it.
"I like to tackle and I like to hit," Ward said. "When I hit people, I don't know how it feels, but I see the reaction on people's faces. I don't want to feel like that. So that's another reason I refuse to play offense."
Ward didn't want to be a receiver even when he played on the same team in Mobile as A.J. McCarron, the quarterback of defending national champion Alabama. Ward just wants to be the best all-around safety he can possibly be.
"A lot of smaller defensive backs are finesse guys who just want interceptions or to knock down passes," he said. "I want to tackle. I want to pick off passes. I want to block punts. I want to do it all.
"Just not offense."
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PRINCETON – National Take Back Day on Saturday was a success for CPASA as they collected more than 250 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs at locations in Princeton, Buda and Wyanet.
CPASA project coordinator Dawn Conerton described it as an "awesome, beautiful day.
"It was pretty steady all day long. We had about 50 to 60 people stop by," she said. "The people all seemed really interested in what we were doing."
The Take Back Day collection was added to the ongoing P2D2 drop-box accumulations. The two collections together totaled 1,543 pounds, according to Conerton.
Saturday was the community's sixth opportunity in three years to get rid of any expired, unused and unwanted drugs. Since CPASA's first P2D2 drop-box went up in July 2010, the program has collected 4,343 pounds of drugs.
CPASA volunteer Terry Madsen said it's a lot of drugs off the street and out of the water supply.
"It was one of the largest single collection days," he said about Saturday's event.
Madsen volunteered at the drive in Princeton and said a constant flow of cars drove through the Princeton Police Department as fellow volunteers from the Bureau County Health Department, PPD and CPASA met people at their cars to collect the drugs.
At the end of the day, CPASA was able to fill a fish tank full of pill capsules
Madsen said a large collection of drugs was brought in from a pharmacy that recently closed and from a physician's office that had been exposed to the recent flooding.
Madsen explained the importance of the drug collection.
"Old drugs that are taken through self-diagnosis can cause a lot of problems. Drugs in medicine cabinets are available for theft, and we know locally and nationwide that drugs are sometimes taken and used by kids at parties … the results can be life threatening" he said.
While some people have been known to flush unwanted drugs in the sink or toilet, Madsen said it's been scientifically proven that they can get into the water supply and traces of drugs have been found in rivers and lakes. The safest way to rid of the drugs is through the take back day events and the ongoing P2D2 drop boxes located in various areas in Bureau and Putnam counties.
Madsen confirmed more drop boxes are on their way, and some will accept narcotic drugs. Area pharmacies are also collecting unwanted prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs, but they will not accept narcotics.
Madsen commended Conerton and the CPASA team for their efforts in bringing awareness to the ongoing P2D2 collection program. Through hard work and campaigning, the awareness and collection has increased greatly in the almost three years of its efforts.
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