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After Erick Green knocked down a jumper midway through the first half to give Virginia Tech a seven-point lead Thursday night, forcing a timeout from Virginia coach Tony Bennett, Cavaliers guard Joe Harris shared a few quick thoughts with assistant coach Ritchie McKay.
Green's shot gave Tech its largest lead of the game and brought the Cassell Coliseum crowd to its feet. While Bennett talked about avoiding defensive breakdowns during the timeout, Harris' pulse never raised a beat.
"Coach McKay came over to me and was like, 'Settle down'" Harris said. "I looked at him and was like, 'It's a long game. We've got nothing to worry about.'"
His assessment was dead on.
Just moments after his composed reply to McKay, Harris nailed a 3-pointer to ignite a 24-2 run that helped lead U.Va. to a 74-58 victory at Tech, which didn't get much of anything offensively outside of a career night from Green. It was U.Va.'s third consecutive win in Blacksburg, and its fourth win in its last five outings against Tech.
Green scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds. He was 11 of 18 shooting from the floor, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range. No player in the ACC has scored more points this season in a game than Green's 35.
U.Va. (13-5 overall, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) got a career-high 18 points from freshman Evan Nolte, who started for a second straight game in place of the injured Darion Atkins. Harris chipped in with 17 points.
Though his team is known for its defense, having surrendered less than 50 points in eight games and entering Thursday's game with the nation's second-best scoring defense (50.6 points per game), Bennett's shooters were the catalysts against Tech.
"We just try to take good shots," Bennett said. "When you shoot it like that, that helps. We're not a great offensive team. I don't pretend to be, but I want us to be a great team that executes and gets as good looks as possible…We try to play to our strengths. That gives us the best chance. If that means we're scoring 50, 60 or 70, we're going to take what the defense gives us."
During U.Va.'s enormous run, Harris had a trio of 3-pointers and Nolte added two of his own. Nolte made 5 of 9 shots from 3-point range for the game, while Harris connected on 4 of 6 from distance.
"I don't really view it as a challenge," said Nolte of his expanded role. "I kind of view it as coming in and playing the same way as I played when I was coming off the bench. Now, it's just more minutes.
"It was the same kind of offense (against Tech). We tweaked it a little bit a couple weeks ago, so I really like that now, but (Thursday night) we just got the open guy the shot."
U.Va. shot 51 percent from the floor, while Tech made 44 percent of its shots. U.Va. knocked down 47.8 percent of its 3-point shots (made a season-high 11 shots from 3-point range on 23 attempts).
Green did his part on the offensive end, but his teammates didn't provide much assistance. Taking Green out of the equation, Tech (11-7, 2-3) was 8 of 25 from the floor.
No other player on Tech's roster contributed more than Jarell Eddie's nine points. He missed his first seven shots from the floor. Tech's Robert Brown, who entered the game averaging 10.2 points per game, was held scoreless on 0 of 3 shooting.
"If your shot's not falling, so what?" Green said. "Play defense. Rebound. Get a steal. Everybody is caught up in scoring. If it's not your night, you've got to do something else. That's what great players do. I think that some of these guys – we've got to realize, man, if your shot's not on, you've got to do other things besides score the ball."
U.Va.'s run helped it jump out to a 34-25 halftime advantage. In the second half, its lead would never fall under eight, but Tech squandered a few chances to grab some momentum.
With U.Va. leading 49-37, Tech's Joey van Zegeren took a feed from Green on a rare Hokies fast break and sailed in for a one-handed jam with 10:32 left, but van Zegeren's high-flying play was negated when he was called for a charge. U.Va.'s Doug Browman drew the foul, much to the chagrin of the home crowd.
Two minutes later, Tech trailed 52-42, but it had possession and a chance to cut the deficit to single digits. Instead, C.J. Barksdale lost control of the ball under the basket and turned it over.
Nolte hit a 3-pointer on the other end to push U.Va.'s lead to 55-42 with 7:54 remaining. U.Va.'s lead never got under 11 points the rest of the way.
"I liked what I saw of (Nolte)," Bennett said. "He's a smart player. He didn't shoot it well in the last game (against Florida State), but he did some other things. (On Thursday night), he was in rhythm and his shot was dialed in."
While Nolte was the brightest of U.Va.'s freshmen, the Cavaliers also got significant contributions from fellow freshmen Justin Anderson, who had 11 points, a team-high six assists, one turnover and three steals in 24 minutes off the bench, and Mike Tobey, who had 10 points on 5 of 5 shooting.
Anderson was also mixed into the plans as a change of pace and length option against Green, who was primarily guarded by Bethel High graduate Jontel Evans. Browman and Teven Jones also tried to check Green, who scored 21 points in the second half.
"He made a couple moves and got his shot," Bennett said. "He really can shoot over – even shot a little over Jontel, but Jontel is usually a little more physical in there. I was concerned with (Green) getting his rhythm, because he can just rise up, fade back a little bit and his touch is so good. There were some concerns, and that's why we thought we might have to go with a bigger guy on him."


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[UPDATED 08/04/2011] FDA has determined that, at this time, the evidence regarding recombinant human growth hormone and increased risk of death is inconclusive. In its analysis of the SAGhE study, FDA identified a number of study design weaknesses that limit the interpretability of the study results. FDA also reviewed the medical literature, as well as reports from the Agency's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS). These additional data sources did not provide evidence suggestive of a link between recombinant human growth hormone and an increased risk of death.
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BACKGROUND: Recombinant human growth hormone is a protein that is manufactured to be nearly identical to the main form of the naturally occurring human growth hormone. This hormone can stimulate tissue growth, linear growth (height), and protein, carbohydrate, lipid, and mineral metabolism. It has approved indications in both the adult and pediatric populations. In the United States, recombinant human growth hormone is used in the pediatric population to treat short stature due to growth hormone deficiency (including idiopathic [of unknown cause] growth hormone deficiency), Turner syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, short stature homeobox-containing gene (SHOX) deficiency, chronic renal insufficiency, idiopathic short stature and children small for gestational age. Recombinant human growth hormone, also known as somatropin [rDNA origin] injection, is marketed under the following brand names in the United States: Genotropin, Humatrope, Norditropin, Nutropin, Nutropin AQ, Omnitrope, Saizen, and Tev-Tropin.
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text: Roundhill - New Forest Camping In The Forest (27 reviews) from £16.10 2 people sharing Contact Us Book It Images Map Select Section Overview A spacious campsite from which to enjoy the forest An award-winning, spacious heathland campsite, Roundhill has plenty of room to let you enjoy the freedom of the forest. Wildlife; including donkeys, cattle, horses and ponies, graze freely around the campsite. Adult and junior fishing permits are available for Hatchet Pond situated close to the campsite and are available from mid-June. In addition there is always access to the forest's numerous cycle and footpaths. There is even a separate field which can accommodate large groups of up to 60 campers, ideal for rally bookings. Nearby attractions include the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and the remains of the Cistercian Abbey founded in 1204 by King John. Facilities Roundhill - New Forest has the following facilities on or around the site. 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EA82 Engine Swap help
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:18 PM
I'm planning on getting the car and swappin it with mine. Both are Hitachi carbbed, cept his has PS and mechanical fan. (Both wont be going back on my car)
Since I've never done a EA82 swap, I'm wondering if there is any special tools I'm going to need.
Also Time involved in this project, and any other advice anyone might have.
I posted before about compression testing the motor and no one answered about how many PSI each cylinder should be. 120 PSI?
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:29 PM
No special tools needed.. 14mm deep for the motor mount nuts..plenty of masking tape and a sharpie for marking vacuum lines..10,12,14,15 and 17mm sockets and wrenches, and you can take apart most of the car..
You didn't mention the method you were planning on using to lift the engine.. I have done it a couple of ways.. using a cherry picker (engine hoist) is my preferred way(duh).. but I have also done it by having one person on each side of the car grab a head and yank.. cherry picker is easier..
Heres a pic of an EA82T fresh out of the car.. notice in the pic, that on the car, everything north of the bumper has been cut away for ease of removal from a wrecked car
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:29 PM
Having just completed an ea82 swap, here' what I can tell you. The only special tool needed was a clutch alignment tool. If you are leaving the clutch and flywheel on that engine, you don't need it. Just take your time with it, and mark everthing that you disconnect. As for time, I would budget a weekend for it, since this is your first time, and you may run into problems. If everything goes well, you could do it in a matter of hours though.
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:32 PM
thats should give me enough clearance. I was pulling on the front today and moved it 1/2 inch so that should come easy.
I was going to have a few guys to lift the motor out. What about putting a jack underneath the engine on blocks and hten just jack the engine up until the heads are above the front frame spars?
Or I could get a actelyne torch and just cut our a groove in the front to slide the engine straight forward
As for the vacumn lines, they are all coming off.
its going to be a de-emissioned EA82
And the clutch is supposed to be good on the donor car so I'll prolly put that in to
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:49 PM
For the swap-well it could go well with the right tools or helper it could go by in a matter of a few hours to most of the day.All depends on you.Not trying to offend you,we've all had our first time and that first time now seems to have taken forever when you look back.
Lots of swaps go well when you lift the intake but don't detatch any of the hoses or cables *other than* what goes to the valve covers and the metal pipe at the back of the intake,yank the longblock out,and drop the new one in,then re-set the intake.
If you don't like the carb/fuel delivery you have now then swap the whole thing out being carefull to tag the fuel lines and anything that might confuse you.ALWAYS assume you will have to leave the job and not get back untill your memory has faded.Nothing worse than wondering if you screwed up.
Disconnect battery
remove radiator,fans,alternator,any A/C or P/S **(You can just put the P/S pumpaside aswell as the A/C**There's no reasonto disconnect either.The A/C can sit up on the driver's side shock tower,and the P/S pump off to the passenger side.The intake can sit where the spare tire goes.
Now you are looking at plenty of room to work.
Disconnect the exhaust from the heads and from the mount near the tranny.It's ok to let it hang but best to prop it slightly so no stress on the joints,etc.
Remove the nuts (one on each side-14mm) that secure the motor mounts to the crossmember.
If you have an engine crane and want both the engine and tranny out then you can do it in one shot.Keep them together.
Otherwise,remove the 4 nuts securing the tranny to the bellhousing on the engine.You also have the pitching stopper which by now you've probably gotten to.It sits up top and is shaped like a dog bone-sort of....
OK,get your buddy or even smarter,get your hoist or crane or lift,whatever,and pick that engine out.
Things to consider when you have your next engine sitting in front of you and easy to do work on:
Flywheel resurfaced if manual
main seals
oil pan gasket
complete front of engine re-seal(main,cams,oil pump,water pump)
new clutch-if manual
good motor mounts
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things.The boys will be by to correct me or chip in soon.
Good luck,you can do it!!
Posted 21 February 2004 - 11:52 PM
Make it much easier to yank the engine with the rad. support cut out.You'll figure it out,but cut the rad. support near each headlight from top to bottom on a slight angle going towards the center of the car.....you'll see.
Posted 22 February 2004 - 12:38 AM
As for the rebuilding stuff someone mentioned, I wont be doing that. The donor engine is a temp engine while mine gets rebuild.. new lashers, gaskets
Posted 22 February 2004 - 03:35 AM
took me 3 days and I could not have done it without this forum.
Nothing really complex about it, just tedious wrenching. I think I could do it again in 3 hours.
Soak exhaust bolts with PB Blaster. ON mine, they were really rusty and I nearly rounded them off.
I got scared putting it in myself, all these vacuum lines and electric wires but if you do it several times I suppose it is not that hard.
Posted 22 February 2004 - 08:44 AM
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Posted 22 February 2004 - 01:11 PM
No 22 or 21 mm is needed for engine swap?
Posted 22 February 2004 - 01:33 PM
Originally posted by torxxx
No 22 or 21 mm is needed for engine swap?
22mm 6-point socket (or 7/8") and a long 1/2" ratchet is nice for the front crank pulley bolt, so you can rotate the engine to align the torque converter bolts on AT-equipped cars. Also nice for doing timing belts or oil pump reseal.
Posted 23 February 2004 - 10:34 AM
jack up the TRANNY so that the motor mount studs come out of their hole. do tha same for installation
the ENTIRE FRONT CROSSMEMBER< MOTOR< TRANS< SUSPENSION, can be dropped as one unit. but you have to get the car up in the air to drag the whole thing out.
same can be done to install, i installed my crossmember, lower control arms, 5spd trans and ej22 as a built unit into my 87 wagon
i left the struts, axles, and brake lines hang on the car from the strut tower, just disconnected the tie rod and ball joints
if you pull all that, disconnect the parking brake cables from the lever, and let them come out with the frame
Posted 24 February 2004 - 12:05 AM
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Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat-trick as Aston Villa thrashed Sunderland 6-1 on Monday to give themselves real hope of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League.
The victory saw Villa pull five points clear of the drop zone with three games left to play.
FA Cup finalists Wigan Athletic, who have a game in hand over the Birmingham-based club, are now in greatest danger of joining already relegated Queens Park Rangers and Reading as one of the three clubs demoted from England's top flight.
The defeat halted Sunderland's revival under Italian manager Paolo di Canio and the loss was compounded by the sending-off of Stephane Sessegnon.
It left the Black Cats as one of three clubs on 37 points and completed a miserable round of matches for the northeast after Sunderland's archrivals Newcastle United were hammered 6-0 at home by Liverpool on Saturday.
"It was a fantastic atmosphere, the crowd have been brilliant since I've been here," Villa manager Paul Lambert told Sky Sports. "I'm delighted for them because they come in their thousands to watch us. It's great credit to the players and staff, that was a massive performance and a big win for us. I thought Christian Benteke getting man of the match was always on the cards, but I thought Matty Lowton was fantastic."
Di Canio said Sunderland had paid the price for letting their standards slip following wins over Newcastle and Everton.
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Ron Vlaar opened the scoring for Villa with a long-range screamer that had too much pace and power on it for Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
However, barely 60 seconds later, in the 32nd minute, Sunderland equalized when leftback Danny Rose crowned a superb move, exchanging passes with Craig Gardner and Danny Graham, then hitting a well-struck shot.
At a rainswept Villa Park, Lambert's youthful side responded to the setback in the 38th minute when the unmarked Andreas Weimann turned in Matthew Lowton's cross.
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Di Canio said Sunderland would appeal against a decision which, if not overturned, would rule the forward out for the rest of the season.


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Someone I talked to, who had been driving by and pulled into the building's rear parking lot, said he heard the wandering man tell police he was Jesus.
If the man was in fact dealing with a mental disorder, he'll hopefully be taken to, or returned to, somewhere he can get help.
The whole incident was over in less than an hour and the newsroom was back to its usual self. But hours later, there still was a white robe along the side of Lynn Boulevard.
As a reporter, you usually have to get out of the office, into your car and drive to where news is happening. But sometimes, apparently, the news comes to you.


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Lifton Co-Sponsors Sweeney One Year Fracking Moratorium
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D/WF-125) announced her support today of another year-long moratorium of hydraulic fracturing in New York State. Lifton, a longtime critic of "fracking," is co-sponsoring Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman Robert Sweeney's bill that would extend the moratorium on drilling through June 1st, 2013.
Lifton and other supporters of the bill believe that this will allow for a more thorough, unrushed analysis of the implications fracking could have on New York communities.
"Despite industry claims to the contrary, I still have grave concerns about the ability for drilling to be done safely in New York. The fragmented SGEIS process has not adequately grappled with fracking's implications for public health, waste water treatment and a large number of other glaring issues," said Lifton. "We only get one chance to get it right on this, and with blowouts, spills, and other accidents being known to occur, I still see it as much-too-risky an activity to allow in New York."
In addition, Lifton will continue to push for home rule, which would allow local governments to decide for themselves whether hydraulic fracturing should be allowed in their communities. Her local control bill passed the Assembly last session.


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November 8, 2011 > Training for the Unemployed
Displaced workers need to acquire workforce skills that employers require. Currently, the displaced worker in the East Bay has limited options and resources available. This target group of people who need training services the most are impacted the most.Gibson Gates Workforce Training School (a nonprofit organization) offers unemployed individuals an affordable, realistic, eight-month program. Ten different non-clinical (administrative support) healthcare certificates include various entry-level positions such as Receptionists and Billing and Coding Clerks.Admission applications, assessment and orientation are scheduled at the school - 600 G Street, Room 16, Union City, CA on November 15 at 10 a.m. Classes begin January 13, 2012.Gibson Gates does not discriminate against students or applicants on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin. For more information see www.gibson-gates.org.


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DNA testing seeks to ID Vietnam veteran remains
DNA testing seeks to ID Vietnam veteran remains
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri gravesite honoring an American crew whose plane crashed during the Vietnam War is being unearthed in an effort to identify the remains buried beneath the single tombstone.
Work began today to open the gravesite at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery near St. Louis. The site has held the remains of some but not all of the 10-man crew for more than four decades.
The crew's plane went down over a mountain jungle in Laos on Feb. 5, 1969. It took three months for search crews to find scattered skeletal remains.
DNA testing will be done to determine whose remains were buried at the Missouri cemetery, and whose were left behind.
The Air Force says each crewman who is identified will be given his own burial site.
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Mod parent up. Does anyone with half a clue think that the workers hanging around a street corner at 6am looking for construction bosses to pick them up are LEGAL? Who's kidding whom here?! They're not checking documents now, and that's a legal requirement already. They think that the existence of a database will somehow make people care any more?
It will, once they've extraordinarily renditioned the first couple of offenders, or shipped them to Gitmo, or just disappeared them.
If that ever happened, it would be time to start voting with the rope and lamppost rather than with the ballot box.
But white-collar and legal workers will be more likely to be checked through the database. And in the wrong hands, the database could be used to enforce a blacklist of people not allowed to work for various reasons.
Unlikely to be that extreme -- then 90% of all Americans would be on the list and employers would have to hire illegals to take up the slack!
s/could be/would be/
Has there ever been a case of a government database which hasn't been misused? If this law passes, it's only a question of how many are going to get burned, not whether it's going to happen.
I wonder how many politicians or their spouses employ illegal household help. As they say about glass houses and stones...
Feature creep, anyone? Will this database just do a yes/no answer, or will employers be able to eventually request a background report, list of previous checks and jobs, etc... If this is merely a yes/no answer, it's somewhat acceptable, but anything more is not ok. Furthermore, will this just increase the use of fake
You know, this may be being implemented with the best of intentions (stopping illegal workers, etc), but do we really want to give the government an easy way to "flip a switch" (or bit) and make it impossible for any one person to earn a living?
It's funny you should say that because according to the book I'm reading at the moment [wikipedia.org], this was precisely the method used to control low-level thought criminals by the Stasi in the former East Germany.
Say something indiscreet in public? Mysteriously you'd lose your job and no matter how hard you tried you just couldn't get past an interview for even the most unskilled job.
Say something indiscreet in public? Mysteriously you'd lose your job and no matter how hard you tried you just couldn't get past an interview for even the most unskilled job.
That's already happening with the no-fly list. A Princeton professor who gave a televised speech criticizing Bush's constitutional overreach found himself on the no-fly list afterwards. A guy who wrote a book called "Bush's Brain" about Karl Rove found himself on the no-fly list [dailykos.com] afterwards. 20 Wisconsin peace activists suddenly found themselves on the no-fly list [commondreams.org].
The no-fly list is even being used to harass opposition political party members. Senator Ted Kennedy [washingtonpost.com] suddenly found himself on the no-fly list and had a lot of trouble getting himself off the list. The head of the TSA had to call him personally and promise to take him off the list before his troubles ended. In the same article, it talks about employees of the ACLU also ending up on the list.
Giving the government more secret and anonymous "lists" to deny people rights is not an invitation to abuse, it's a guarantee of it. The fact that systems like this from previous fascist governments are being implemented in modern-day America is one reason that people are arguing that America is on a well-planned transition to fascism. [guardian.co.uk]
This is total bullshit. Someone hiring illegal immigrants is committing a crime, if the immigrants are in the database, what's the difference?
If the government was serious about stopping immigration they would crack down not on the immigrants but on the companies hiring them, but of course, they don't want to stop their friends from making big bucks. The immigrants wouldn't come if nobody could hire them.
The same hypocrisy happens here in the EU. The right-wing politicians score big time with the pub
You know, this may be being implemented with the best of intentions
So they'll claim. I'm quite certain that the intentions are anything but good.
This isn't just a "don't fly" list, and I suspect that in its initial incarnation it wouldn't have the same
There's one of your "intentions" right there. The Bush administration has never regarded due process as anything but a bothersome obstacle in its quest for unfettered power.
If not this government what about the one that is elected five years from now? Nine?
The only thing I have is a copy John Smith's SS card that may or may not be real along with his W-4 that I have no way of verifying
It just sucks being held criminally liable to verify something that I can't verify
You know that you CAN verify [ssa.gov] if an SSN is ligit and if it belongs to that person right? You also know that you are supposed to have a new employee fill out a I-9 [uscis.gov] form, which includes instructions on verifying employment eligibility, right? Look at it and hit page 3. Assuming all you have is an SSN card and a drivers license (typical for new hires) then you can verify that the SSN is ligit through the SSA. If your new hire thinks ahead (I did) they will bring their passport and save you the trouble.
Either way, it's pretty easy to verify that somebodies SSN isn't fake and that they can legally work. The tools are there for those that want to use them. The problem is that the people hiring illegals don't care.
oh, i see...
"This bill brings us closer to an immigration system that enforces our laws and upholds the great American tradition of welcoming those who share our values and our love of freedom," President Bush said in his radio address on Saturday.
Roman Kingdom (753 BC - 510 BC)
Roman Republic (509 BC - 44 BC)
Roman Empire (44 BC - 369 AD)
I think an analogy can be made between the Roman Republic and the US up until the mid-50's or so. However, this also suggests that the current nation is more like the Roman Empire, where taxes are high, the rich get richer and the poor poorer (and the middle class being squeezed more and more into the later group), and the people have less and less input into the national government every year. The military gets squeezed, and will be unable to respond when it needs to.
The decline of the Roman Empire was a gradual process. After thriving for hundreds of years, the Empire was begun to fail by 369 AD for a number of reasons.
'Nuff said.
The Christians set fire to Rome
Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry at my nation getting pushed around by your barbarian overlords. At least have some way to stop
What is the US National Debt now? $3 Trillion?
There is no way we can stop illegal immigration without finding and punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Atleast for the immigrants you could say, they are poor, uneducated, they have nothing to lose and all they are trying to do is to feed their family by working instead of stealing. But most employers of illegals, are rich, educated, they have a lot to lose if caught, and they are undercutting their competitors who employ legal workers. They are the ones who trigger the race to the bottom.
People who oppose such data bases should suggest alternatives by which this "race to the bottom" can be avoided and employers of legal status workers are not unfairly undercut by others who employ the illegals.
Strawman argument. Check citizenship/work permit after the decision to hire has been made.
People who oppose such data bases should suggest alternatives by which this "race to the bottom" can be avoided and employers of legal status workers are not unfairly undercut by others who employ the illegals.
Report the competitors you suspect of using illegal labor
"As currently structured, Basic Pilot does not detect duplicate active records in its database," John Shandley, the company's senior vice president of human resources, told politicians. "The same Social Security number could be in use at another employer, and potentially multiple employers, across the country."
In a recent statement about the bill, the White House maintained that the proposal will allow for "unprecedented" information sharing among federal and state agencies, and that Homeland Security will be able to receive "information on multiple uses of the same Social Security number by more than one individual."
I see a huge potential problem with this. In order to detect duplicate employment employers will have to report that an employee is working with them and also report when an employee quits or is fired. Imagine moving across the country to a new job only to find that they can't employ you because your previous employer forgot (either genuinely or maliciously) to report that you had stopped working for them, so the system sees you working on the other side of the country and determines that you must be using fraudulent credentials.
Also, what about those people who simply need to maintain two jobs?
Also, what about those people who simply need to maintain two jobs?
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Huskers Look for Fourth Straight Win
Game 11: Central Michigan
Game Date: Dec. 20, 2011
Tipoff Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Bob Devaney Sport Center
Capacity: 13,595
2011-12 Record: 7-3
Head coach: Doc Sadler
Record at Nebraska: 96-74 (6th year)
Record at Division I: 144-92 (8th year)
Career Record: 264-131 (14th year)
2011-12 Record: 5-6
Head Coach: Ernie Zeigler
Record at Central Michigan: 69-96 (6th year)
Career Record: same
Television: Statewide on NET-1 (Ch. 12)
Play-by-play: Larry Punteney
Color: Andy Markowski
Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network (including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln; KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha; KRVN 880 AM in Lexington)
Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Color: Matt Davison
Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com
Satellite Radio: None
Huskers Look for Fourth Straight Win
The Nebraska men's basketball team closes non-conference play on Tuesday evening, as the Huskers take on Central Michigan at the Devaney Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and tickets for the matchup are on sale for as little as $5 by visiting Huskers.com, calling 800-8-BIGRED or at the Devany Center Ticket Office Tuesday evening beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday's game is the second of two games televised statewide on Nebraska Educational Television (NET-1 and NET-HD) with Larry Punteney and Andy Markowski on the call. The game will also be available to out-of-state viewers on BTN.com (subscription required).
Tuesday's Nebraska-Central Michigan game will also be carried across Nebraska on the 30-station IMG Husker Sports Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison on the call. The game can also be heard on Huskers.com and season audio packages are also available for purchase on the Huskers' App for your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The Huskers are 7-3 on the season and will look to take a four-game win streak into the Christmas break before opening Big Ten Conference action against nationally ranked Wisconsin on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Nebraska returned to action following final exams and struggled before pulling away late in a 60-46 win over Alcorn State on Saturday. Senior Toney McCray keyed the Huskers to victory, scoring a career-high 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor and adding a season-high seven rebounds. McCray, who made his first start of the season against Alcorn State, has been a solid performer in December, averaging 13.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game over the Huskers's last four contests.
The Huskers needed a spark from the senior guard, as Nebraska was without two of its top three scorers (Jorge Brian Diaz and Dylan Talley) against Alcorn State because of injuries. McCray and junior forward Brandon Ubel combined for 33 points and 15 rebounds on Saturday, while Ubel is averaging 9.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in the Huskers' three-game win streak.
Central Michigan (5-6) comes to town following a 59-52 loss at Iowa State on Sunday afternoon. CMU, which has taken on Temple, Minnesota and Iowa State in the last three weeks, was led by Trey Zeigler's 19-point, five-round effort, but shot just 38 percent, including 4-of-24 from 3-point range. Zeigler, who has come off the bench for the last three games, averages 17.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game to pace three CMU players who average double figures.
Number of 20-point games by Huskers in the first 10 games. That tops Nebraska's entire 2010-11 total of five in 32 games. Toney McCray became the third Husker to record a 20-point game this season when he had a season-high 20 points and seven rebounds against Alcorn State.
Senior Brandon Richardson will make his 100th career appearance on Tuesday against Central Michigan.
The last time Nebraska faced a team from the Mid-American Conference, a 67-59 win over Eastern Michigan on Nov. 29, 2003.
Behind a season-high 20 points from Toney McCray, the Huskers held off a pesky Alcorn State squad, 60-46.
McCray, making his first start of the season, hit 9-of-11 shots from the floor and added a season-high seven rebounds, as Nebraska picked up its third straight win. Alcorn State was within 40-39 after a JaMichael Hawkins' 3-pointer with 8:54 remaining before the Huskers finally seized control with a 13-0 run to get some breathing room. Caleb Walker's dunk off an alley-oop from Bo Spencer ignited the run, as Nebraska held Alcorn State scoreless over the next 4:42 to build a 14-point lead. Nebraska got the ball inside, as Ubel, McCray and Walker combined for 11 points in the surge while using strong defensive pressure to force several Braves' turnovers.
The Huskers eventually led by as many as 16 before cruising for a 14-point win, as NU held its third opponent to under 50 points.
Brandon Ubel and Bo Spencer joined McCray in double figures, as Ubel finished with 13 points and eight rebounds, while Spencer chipped in 11 points and did not commit a turnover in 30 minutes of action.
Nebraska, which was playing without two of its top three scorers because of injuries, struggled to find the range in the first half, shooting 30.8 percent from the floor in the opening half in holding a 23-21 lead. Nebraska used a 5-0 run to take a 13-8 lead before the Braves ran off six straight points to take a 14-13 lead on Hawkins' jumper. The Huskers would eventually regain the lead at 17-16 on a McCray 3-pointer and led by as many as five points, at 23-18, before Xavian Rimmer's 3-pointer made it a two-point game at the break.
The Huskers seemingly took control early in the second half, as Ubel and McCray helped the Huskers run off six straight points to build a 31-25 lead on McCray's jumper. Alcorn State answered right back with a 5-0 run before Spencer's basket with 14:08 left put NU up 33-30. It remained a one-possession game until Brandon Richardson's 3-pointer with 9:29 left made it 40-36 before Hawkins' 3-pointer quickly took the lead back to one point.
Ken McDonald led Alcorn State with 16 points as he hit 8-of-15 shots from the floor, while no other player finished in double figures.
Under sixth-year coach Ernie Ziegler, the Chippewas are 5-6 on the season following a 59-52 loss at Iowa State Sunday afternoon. The Chippewas have played a challenging early-season schedule, including the Great Alaska Shootout as well as games at Temple, Minnesota and Iowa State before taking on the Huskers.
Ziegler, who was an assistant at Pittsburgh and UCLA before taking the Central Michigan job, has a relatively young team with a freshman and two sophomores among the team's top six scorers. Zeigler's son, Trey, is the team's leading scorer, pacing the Chippewas in both scoring (17.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg), while coming off the bench in the last three contests. Trey, who chose to play for his father at CMU, turning down offers from UCLA, Michigan and Michigan State among others, averaged 16.3 points per game as a freshman and was one of just 18 collegiate players selected to participate in the Kevin Durant NIKE Skills Academy in the offseason. Freshman Austin McBroom averages 11.2 points per game and has hit 21 of 42 3-pointers, while sophomore guard Derek Jackson is the third CMU player in double figures, averaging 10.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per contest.
Tuesday's matchup is the first meeting between the Huskers and Chippewas, and the Huskers are 16-5 against schools from the Mid-American Conference. It is the Huskers' first contest against a MAC member since a 67-59 win over Eastern Michigan on Nov. 29, 2003. Central Michigan is the fourth first-time opponent on Nebraska's 2011-12 slate (Rhode Island, Wake Forest, Florida Gulf Coast).
While Nebraska returned four starters from a team that won 19 games last season, the loss of point guard Lance Jeter was a significant one. An All-Big 12 performer, Jeter led the Huskers in both scoring and assists in 2010-11.
Luckily for the Huskers, they already had a veteran point guard on the roster, as senior Bo Spencer sat out last season after transferring from LSU. He has been solid early on, averaging a team-high 16.1 points along with 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game.
Spencer has reached double figures in eight of NU's last nine games, including four 20-point performances. He had his best offensive game of the year at Creighton on Dec. 4, pouring in 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting and adding five rebounds. Spencer led Nebraska to a win at TCU on Dec. 10, hitting 7-of-12 shots, including four 3-pointers in NU's 69-57 win.
At USC on Nov. 14, he had 22 points, including the tying basket in overtime and the go-ahead bucket in double overtime, and also tied a personal best with seven rebounds. Against Rhode Island on Nov. 20, he had a season-high 23 points while shooting 8-of-13 from the floor, four assists and three steals. Against South Dakota State on Nov. 26, Spencer had a career-high eight assists along with 18 points and six rebounds.
Spencer had 11 points and played a steady floor game against Alcorn State, as he did not commit a turnover in 30 minutes of action. It marked the third time in his career - and first since March 4, 2010 - where he played at least 30 minutes and did not commit a turnover.
Before coming to Nebraska, he started two seasons for the Tigers, averaging 14.5 points, 2.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game in 2009-10. Spencer showed the ability to get to the basket, putting up 11 games of at least 28 points, including a 28-point effort against Western Kentucky and back-to-back 25-point contests against Kentucky and Tennessee.
In his LSU career, he reached double figures in 45 of 93 career contests, including 21 times as a junior. Spencer was the starting point guard on LSU's Southeastern Conference championship squad in 2008-09, as the Tigers reached the second round before falling to eventual champion North Carolina.
Junior center Jorge Brian Diaz has been a steady presence for the Huskers throughout his three-year career. The 6-foot-11 center is one of two Huskers in double figures, averaging 10.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. His average after nine games is ahead of his career bests in points, rebounds and blocked shots, but did not play vs. Alcorn State and will likely not play in Tuesday's game because of a foot injury.
Offensively, he has been in double figures in five of NU's nine games and is second on the squad with 14 offensive rebounds. In his career, Diaz has 36 career games in double figures and now ranks 56th on Nebraska's career scoring list with 725 points.
Defensively, he tops the Big Ten in blocked shots and his 23 blocked shots is more than one Big Ten team's entire season total entering this week. Diaz, who has 102 career blocked shots became the ninth Husker to record 100 blocks with this three blocks at TCU.
He tied his career high with five blocks in the one-point win over Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 7, joining Illinois' Meyers Leonard as the only Big Ten players with two games with at least five blocked shots this season.
Diaz enjoyed one of the best offensive games of his career against Oregon on Nov. 23, finishing with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, six rebounds and three blocks. He had eight of his points in a 22-7 run to help the Huskers erase a 15-point deficit before succumbing in the final minute. It was his third career 20-point effort and first since his freshman year.
Diaz has been steady on offense, scoring at least eight points in all nine games, including five double-figure efforts. He nearly recorded a double-double against No. 22 Creighton on Dec. 4 with 10 points and seven rebounds while also blocking a pair of shots. He turned in a strong effort at USC on Nov. 14 when he nearly recorded a double-double with 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots in a career-high 43 minutes. He also played a major role in holding USC's Dewayne Dedmon to four points on 1-of-6 shooting. Against South Dakota in the season opener, he finished with 11 points and a career-high five blocked shots, which equaled the highest single-game blocked shot total in the last six years.
Throughout his career, Diaz has been a scoring threat, as the 6-foot-11 junior is only the third Husker returnee to average in double figures under Sadler, joining Aleks Maric and Ryan Anderson in 2007-08. He is now 275 points away from the 1,000 point mark and could become just the 15th Husker to reach the 1,000-point plateau in three seasons.
After a slow start, Toney McCray has regained his 2010-11 form. The 6-foot-6 senior missed a significant part of the summer after surgery on his feet and a toe injury the week of the exhibition game put him out of action for nearly a week, forcing him to play catch up during the first month of the season.
McCray is making up for lost time in recent weeks, averaging 12.7 points per game on 63 percent shooting over the last six contests after averaging 3.8 points per game on 38 percent shooting in Nebraska's first four contests. He comes off his best game of the year, totaling season highs in both points (20) and rebounds (seven) while hitting 9-of-11 shooting. McCray is now sixth in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (57.8) while also hitting 44 percent from long range.
Earlier this season, McCray had three straight games where he tied or set season highs, including 15 points and five rebounds at No. 22 Creighton on Dec. 4. He had 12 points in Nebraska's games against South Dakota and Wake Forest.
McCray may have made his biggest contributions from the foul line in the win at USC on Nov. 14. A career 61 percent shooter from the line entering his senior year, McCray hit four clutch free throws at USC - two in the final minute of regulation and a pair with 2.8 seconds remaining in overtime - for his only points of the night - in NU's 65-61 double overtime win.
After a slow start offensively, junior Brandon Ubel has raised his level of play in the last month. The 6-foot-10 forward has averaged 8.6 points per game on 53 percent shooting in his last seven games after totaling just seven points in his first three contests. He began the stretch with a career-high 15 point performance against Oregon on Nov. 23 and added 12 points and eight rebounds in the win over South Dakota State on Nov. 26. He had one of the best performances of his career against Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 7 when he had a career-high 11 rebounds and 10 points for his first career double-double. At TCU, he led Nebraska with eight rebounds and added six points, including a key offensive rebound and putback to give Nebraska the lead for good. He also had 13 points and eight rebounds in the win over Alcorn State.
Over his last three games, Ubel is averaging 9.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game and is the first Husker since Aleks Maric in 2008 to grab eight or more rebounds in three consecutive contests.
While his offense has picked up, Ubel has been a consistent rebounder, averaging a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game to rank seventh in the conference, well up from his 3.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
Ubel's recent efforts were reminiscent of last year when he closed the year playing his best basketball, averaging 10.0 points on 58 percent shooting and 6.3 rebounds over the Huskers final four games - all against postseason teams. Those numbers were well above his 2010-11 season averages of 6.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per contest.
One area where the Huskers have been proficient is at the free throw line, where Nebraska's 76.2 percent rate leads the Big Ten and is 14th nationally in the latest NCAA stats.
It is on track to be one of the best seasons in school history, as only three Husker teams have shot over 75 percent since 1948. The 1967-68 team was third nationally when they hit a school-record 76.5 percent from the line.
Nebraska has shot 75 percent or better from the line in six of the last eight contests, hitting an impressive 78.6 percent from the line in that stretch. Nebraska has shot 80 percent or better in four of the last seven games, including 15-of-18 shooting at TCU.
The Huskers have been at their best in the clutch, hitting 85 percent (35-of-41) from the line in the last five minutes of games this season.


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Video LazyHusband Smart Phone App Compliments Your Wife for You (Video) 190
Tim: Ethan what are we looking at here?
Ethan: Well, the app is called LazyHusband, and what it is is the wife comes home and she asks how do I look, and you pull out the app and say, "You look amazing today."
Tim: You look amazing today. What were you inspired by?
Ethan: Well I come home and I am resting, and my mom she has like 20, 30, or 40 dresses, she goes into her room, tries them on, and comes to me; I am playing on a phone not really caring, she asks, "How do I look?" I say, "You look amazing," not even looking. And she does this a couple of times, and I realize, I hold in my hand a smart phone. So I hold it over my head, with my video, and then I go "You look amazing" and a couple of other phrases, and I hold those above my head and I play them instead of actually answering.
Tim: So there must be a pretty good market of lazy husbands out there?
Ethan: Yes, there is.
Tim: Are you just launching this out now?
Ethan: Yes. We are launching at South By Southwest.
Tim: Okay. What sort of tools did you use in creating it?
Ethan: We are using Twitter Bootstrap, Phonegap, and we are also using a lot of W3 Schools, and stack overflow. I learnt to program JavaScript with the help of my dad, and Codeacademy.com.
Tim: Did you find Codeacademy to be a pretty useful course then?
Ethan: I found it really useful.
Tim: Are you making money from your app?
Ethan: Yes, it is 99 cents.
Tim: Alright.
Ethan: It is on Android, iPhone, and Kindle.
Tim: What about desktops?
Ethan: No.
Tim: So what other apps are in your future?
Ethan: We have LazyWife and LazyKid coming up. We also have a bunch more features for Lazy Family in store, and one of our next app is Bargument which allows you to create a Wikipedia page that is completely fake, to prove arguments at bars, so that you are right and the other person is wrong.
Tim: So Apple has an age limit. How did you get around the age limit for being such a young app developer?
Ethan: My dad made the account.
Tim: Okay. So in a sense he is your employee in that way.
Ethan: Yes, yes.
Tim: Is it a family enterprise overall, both your parents are involved?
Ethan: Yeah, my mom is really supportive, my dad helps me if I am stuck, and I do most of the bulk of the programming.
Tim: If somebody is also younger than the average developer who wants to get started at it, do you have any good advice for them?
Ethan: For every hour that you spend coding, you are going to spend at least seven hours debugging. And Stack Overflow is your friend.
Tim: How many hours did you spend in creating this app overall?
Ethan: I don't have an estimate, I don't really know, but I think it is around 12 weeks that I spent building it. We had a lot of betas.
Tim: Do you have a lot of friends who are in your age bracket who are also developing?
Ethan: No. I actually have one friend who programs in I believe Ruby.
Tim: Okay. The fact that your app is targeted towards lazy people, there should be one for lazy employees. And you want to do this for your life? Do you see programing as a job option?
Ethan: Yes I do either programing or computer building.
Tim: What do you expect in the future of hand held apps?
Ethan: A lot more and a lot cooler stuff.
Tim: Are you ever without a phone on you?
Ethan: In the pool, in the shower. And that's it.
Ethan: Then there are phrases, recordings.
Tim: And if I can hold that right by my mike, let me have you activate some of the phrases _____3:51.
Ethan: It easily starts recording, and then you start.
Tim: Can you play a few of the phrases you've got like "You are beautiful"?
Ethan: [Plays app] "You look amazing today.""It is beautiful.""She's better than that.""She's better than that.""You don't look a day over 30."
Tim: These are great. Okay.


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are we sure he is a future MLB? looks more like a WILL
Unfrozen Caveman Linebacker Recruiting
With apologies to Black Heart Gold Pants. And all of you.
This space has remarked on how deeply uncomfortable linebackers coach Mark Smith appears in all photos before. In this he is the opposite of Tim Hardaway's photogenic appeal.
This here is a Mark Smith keeper from Michigan's latest trip to Colerain:
Unfrozen Caveman Position Coach is confused and frightened by this camera business
Colerain is LB commit Joe Bolden's school, FWIW. I like to think his recruitment went like this:
Ladies and gentlemen of the Bolden family, I'm just a caveman. I don't know much about this modern world of yours, but I do know how to hunt and eat wild game. As your position coach I will teach you to hunt and eat the king of game: man. Did you know man is the sweetest of all mea—
Well… what Mark's trying to say is that Michigan's unmatched tradition and the superior technique coaching you will receive make Ann Arbor the best place for you. He is not talking about killing and eating your opposition, except—and I want to make this explicitly clear—in a metaphorical sense.
I am 100% sincere about eating the still-beating hearts of opposing running backs.
Together we will suck the marrow from the bones of the Midwest.
[two hours later, just outside of Dayton.]
I told you good cannibal-bad cannibal would work.
This modern contraption frightens and confuses me!
When we get to Wormley's house, I get to be the unfrozen caveman.
The sweetest of all meats. …
All meats.
Well… you're probably right. You've got that bit down. And that says something coming from me.
You have to put the two of them together. One is Joe, the other is Bolden. Together...? They're unstoppable.
The Hoke double point never fails to deliver.
of fast LBs that attack the line with reckless abandon and arrive with a bad attitude and utter disregard for their bodies. The only ones better are those who like to hunt and eat their kill, metaphorically speaking, and before the whistle, of course. I also prefer them dressed in Maize and Blue.
(Unlike 2 out of 3 Hokies...)
I'd pay to see that.
Nice break in the middle of a work day to happen upon this. Very funny.
I couldn't stop laughing "The sweetest of all meats. …"
Hahaha well done, unlike Mark Smith's preferred style of running back heart. Also, Ferrigno isn't exactly the worlds most camera-friendly human, either:
I know this will add zero to the discussion, but the amount of amusement I got from this small skit compelled me to comment and give it 2 thumbs up. Well done, and when I need another laugh, I will read it again. It has to be good for several or 6 readings.
In the most literal sense!
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and to the poster who talked about the photogenic nature of another position coach I say...do we have any that look good in front of a camera? I guess Brady when he is pointing. Maybe Montgomery and Mallory, but that would be about it. The rest seem to be of the aged and balding variety...NTTAWWT.
We don't need no stinkin' prettyboys. We're MEN.
Dirty, ugly, sweaty, smelly, (bald), MEN.
The last thing we need is a photogenic staff. GERG probably wasted countless hours per year doing his hair. Mattison just puts on his cap and is ready to go. Baldness = efficiency.
First the message board posts about 'A Modest Proposal' this morning and now a post with undertones of 'The Most Dangerous Game'... I feel like I'm back in 11th grade English and I LOVE IT.
He had never slept in a more comfortable bed, Joe Bolden decided.
That was TREMENDOUS.
Though at least one of those "weellllll"'s should be an "I don't know....". We know it wasn't a real transcript, because there wasn't one "tremendous."
I love how Hoke's sentences all start with "Well,". It's a running joke in our house. Watch any interview with Hoke and count how many times he starts off with "well".
You are not alone.
LOVED the Tremendous thrown in the middle there.
Well, that was tremendous.
please advise.
The best part is where Bolden says he's "in" with eating the still beating hearts of opposing RBs. I mean other than the Epic Hoke Double Point of Victory.
This makes me miss the fake chat room diaries we had at one point. I don't remember who wrote them but they were always fantastic.
R.I.P. Phil Hartman
Your 3-3-5 defense scares and confuses me...
A "Pokemon"!
Did not see that quip coming. Top notch!
I swear for years any time I brought up the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer skit from SNL i was looked at like I was an alien. Thanks for being That Guy (not the Gruden variety) with me.
My close friends from home and I will toss out a "I'm just a caveman," every once in a while, but it doesn't get you anywhere with a general audience.
great job! a nice way to brighten this gloomy weathered day in northern Illinois. Thanks. Metaphorically speaking of course.
...I was starting to feel Mark Smith out there in the recruiting process with Joe Bolden, and what I mean by that is he's a football coach. He's unorthodox sometimes but he's a tremendous football coach and an example of him being a football coach is when he knifed in and tackled Joe's desire for raw meat. That's a football coach aggressively displaying his cannibalism and being physical at the point of attack....
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Delaware North Chef's Meatballs a Hit at New Meadowlands Stadium
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Dec. 29, 2010) – When it comes to New York-New Jersey foods, it's hard to look past a good old-fashioned Italian favorite – the meatball. New Meadowlands Stadium Executive Chef Eric Borgia, a native of the region, thought the same thing when developing menu items with a hometown feel for New York Jets and New York Giants fans.
Jay-Z's 40/40 Club and Delaware North Companies Announce Airport Partnership
Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, has entered into an agreement with Jay-Z's 40/40 Club that will bring the exclusive sports bar concept to select airports across the United States.
With snow on the way, it's time to play at Wuksachi Lodge
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif., November 18, 2010—The Wuksachi Lodge, nestled in the center of Sequoia National Park, is the ideal place for Californians to enjoy winter snow without the typical ski resort congestion.
Delaware North Companies Hosting Global, Regional Food and Beverage Suppliers at Trade Show in Buffalo
Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service founded and headquartered in Buffalo, will play host to more than 120 global, national and regional suppliers this week at its annual corporate food and beverage summit.
Orioles Select Delaware North Companies For Food, Beverage And Retail Partnership
The Baltimore Orioles and Delaware North Companies Sportservice today announced a 12-year partnership in which the global hospitality management company will provide food, beverage and retail merchandise services at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts Begins Search for Chief Operating Officer
Delaware North Companies, one of the world's leading hospitality and food service providers, announced today it has begun a search for a new chief operating officer for its parks and resorts division.
Delaware North Sportservice Serving Fans a Slice of Texas and More for First World Series at Rangers Ballpark
ARLINGTON, Texas (Oct. 28, 2010) – Delaware North Companies Sportservice is set with a beefed up staff and lineup of favorite Texas dishes and more, so Rangers fans can savor the first World Series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Concepts by Acclaimed Chefs Morimoto and Wolfgang Puck Approved for LAX
LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2010) – Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, one of the world's leading airport food and retail providers, announced that it was awarded a coveted food and beverage concession contract to operate concepts by celebrity chefs Masaharu Morimoto and Wolfgang Puck at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The concepts—proposed as part of a joint venture with partner Marbella Food Services—were approved by the Los Angeles City Council today.
Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services at Ft. Lauderdale / Hollywood International earns ISO 14001 Registration
Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services is believed to be the first airport concessionaire in the United States to achieve International Organization for Standardization (ISO) registration for its environmental management system.
Delaware North Ranked with Top Hotel Companies
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Oct. 1, 2010) – Less than 20 years after entering the world of hotel management and only nine years after purchasing its first hotel, Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, a division of the $2 billion-plus global hospitality and food service leader Delaware North Companies, is again included in Hotel & Motel Management's annual ranking of top hotel managers.


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"He was looking around a lot today (during the work.)
"He's not even tired.
"He loves taking a bath. He'll take one for an hour if he could. He's a good boy. He doesn't have the shank over his nose, it goes underneath. I mean as big as he is, that's amazing."
"He's changed quite a bit from the time he was a three-year-old. He's matured a lot, he's put on a lot of muscle, put on weight and he's gotten taller. He's just stronger and smarter.
"We might school him (in the paddock later this week) but we'll see how the weather is.
"We're going to let him tell us what he needs to do, from here on out.
"Hopefully, we'll get some dry days on the track.
"You could have washed him up and dried him off already today. He's not even tired. He's already cooled out (when he went to the wash rack.)
"He's very kind for a (fully intact) horse. He wants his space but he's not out to hurt anybody. On Saturday afternoons though, he'll start to throw everybody around! But he has so much class; as soon as we get everything on him and start walking over he just relaxes, he knows it's game time then.
"I've worked a horse in the afternoon before; usually, for different reasons though. Sometimes it's because you want to gear 'em up or to show them a different track. But, most of the time it's to set them up so that they understand in the afternoon it's time to get ready. I would have rather have worked him in the morning, but this was good."
FINN GREEN, RACING MANAGER, MUCHO MACHO MAN: "I thought the work was really good; exactly what we wanted. He was several off the rail and he went easy, he was playing around actually. He was very, very happy.
"We decided to work him during the races today, but we were considering it as an option yesterday and the day before. The people here at Santa Anita have been so kind to us and Rick Hammerle and Dennis Moore have helped us a bunch with this. Dennis is unbelievable with what he's been doing with the track, or more so what he hasn't done with the track has been more important. That's what really has helped it.
"Working him like this is almost good because at this stage he knows his routine and getting him (or any athlete) out of their comfort zone can keep them on their toes and will help them progress even more so. Just like a soccer coach, he coaches for a college, North Carolina, or maybe Virginia I think . He has his players in their position all season, then when it's time for playoffs, he switches them up completely and it elevates everyone's game. It makes you think and keeps you on your toes if it's something new.
"I think Nick (Petro, the exercise rider) had a hold of him on the turn but he was also looking around a lot, just playing a bit."
NICK PETRO, EXERCISE RIDER FOR MUCHO MACHO MAN: "He galloped out really well today. We did the half in forty-eight and a minute and one and change for the five-eighths, I think. He went really good today, I'm very happy with it. He loves this track and he loves the weather too. It was fast and the track was in great condition."
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Quote from: baglady on November 10, 2011, 03:54:07 PM(I prefer my friend's term for such weather: "precrapitation.")I am SO stealing this one!
(I prefer my friend's term for such weather: "precrapitation.")
Someone might name their daughter Salmonella.
Quote from: Bijou on November 13, 2011, 02:09:50 AMSomeone might name their daughter Salmonella.There was a local newspaper article on twins who were ill, called Sam and Ella. It referred t them as Sam and Ella right through the article. Why oh WHY not refer to them as Ella and Sam? Surely someone realised how it sounded?
Pellagra's the actual disease, though, right?
A friend's son used to work with a girl whose name was pronounced "Sha-theed". I'm sure her parents meant well, but they should've re-thought the rather unfortunate spelling... Sh!the@d (with obvious character substitutions!). Poor kid.
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May 14, 1925 - February 1, 2013
Eagle Grove, Iowa | Age 87
Marvin Joseph "Bud" Willie, the son of Walter and Catherine (Meier) Willie, was born May 14th, 1925 in Doland, South Dakota. He graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1943 before serving in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII as a pilot.
On June 22nd, 1949, Bud was united in marriage to Beverly Jean Olson at Eagle Grove. He was a farmer and a truck driver, working road maintenance for Wright County until retiring in 1991. Bud was lifelong resident of Eagle Grove where he was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Bud was also a member of the Central States Teamsters Union and Wright County Employees Union-Secondary Road Employee Association.
Bud passed away peacefully, on Friday, February 1, 2013, at Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt at the age of 87 years. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Beverly on August 13, 1978; two infant children, Mark and Mary; sister, Virginia Anderson and a twin brother, Eldon "Ole" Willie.
Surviving are his four children: son, Michael J. Willie of Eagle Grove, son, Don S. Willie of Eagle Grove, daughter, Debra J. Townsend and husband Doug of Portage, Indiana and daughter, Gia M. Boyer of Eagle Grove; five grandchildren, Anthony Townsend (Patricia) of Waterloo, Mark Willie of West Des Moines, Megan Myers (Shannon) of Festina, Zachary Boyer of Waverly and Bailey Boyer of Eagle Grove; two great grandchildren, Aubrey Townsend and Kasey Myers; and five brothers and sisters, Lois Filipek of Redfield, S.D., Dennis Willie of Hackensack, N.J., Ben Willie (Dorothy) of Iowa City, IA, Frances Trout (Richard) of Elkhart, IN, and Robert Willie (Darletta) of Ralston, NE.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, February 4, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Eagle Grove with Father Nils Hernandez officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. with a Rosary/Vigil Service at 2:30 p.m. at Foust Funeral Home in Eagle Grove. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Eagle Grove.
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Monday, January 02, 2006
Walking the Walk vs Talking the Talk
This year, due to a number of reasons, one of which was sub-par coaching at every level, Michigan had its worst season since 1482, losing to, in my estimation, four teams with less talent on the field than UM. Thus far, Lloyd hasn't had much to say about this abortion of a season, but I hope it goes without saying that no one involved in the program is happy about it or considers it acceptable. Yet here we are, five days after the latest debacle, and we've heard nothing, seen no action to address the problem.
In the meantime, Miami goes 9-3 this season, which would have been considered mana from heaven in Ann Arbor, and today they fired their assistant head coach, their offensive coordinator, their RB coach, and their LB coach. That's two days after their joke of a bowl game. Now it bears mentioning that some of these dismissals seem off base: The RB Coach Don Soldinger, for example, was the RB coach in the mid 80s for a number of great RBs, then became head coach of a local high school, where he turned them into a national powerhouse based on the strength of a bunch of NFL caliber... RBs. Then he went back to Miami, produced about 5 more pros and gets fired. Probably the wrong call. It seems clear in this case that the pink slip probably SHOULD have gone to Larry Coker, who is 400 years old, won a National Title with an NFL caliber team assembled for him by Butch Davis, and since then has steadily worsened the program.
Point being: While I am NOT in favor of or suggesting baseless firings, a la Frank Solich two years ago or Tyrone Willingham last year (though both seemed to have worked out just fine for the time being), I do think it's important to demonstrate a willingness to move forward and correct problems. Miami made it very clear with their immediate firings that 9-3 is not acceptable for their program. If 9-3 is not acceptable for Miami, a program which has tradition that goes all the way back to the 1980's, then why is 7-5 seemingly acceptable for Michigan, which has tradition back to the 1880's? Because if we're not going to take action, if we're not going to make some sort of public movement towards rebuilding the program, that's what we're saying: 7-5 is proud Michigan football. Lloyd promised the changes last year, and it turned out he was just talking the talk.
So when are we going to walk the walk?
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Well in defense of Lloyd on this one, I don't want him to make some sort of grandstanding move, as this Miami move reeks of. But at the same time, I'm not going to be happy with the status quo either. Perhaps we're waiting to make our move because the new DC we want is coaching today? A guy can dream, can't he?
- January 02, 2006 3:36 PM
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Great post, Loef. I also recall Lloyd saying that. And yet, nothing changed (at least for the better).
Being in charge means having to make tough decisions, even if one of them is to replace a friend on the staff who's not cutting it.
- January 02, 2006 11:22 PM
Quibble: Last year, Lloyd did nudge Bill Sheridan out the door and then hire Stripling away from MSU. Of course, most of us were expecting a little more.
How about removing the guy who coaches the linebackers? (Hint: he's also the DC).
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SATURDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- The spring allergy season is off to an early start and allergy sufferers need to take action to prevent symptoms, an expert says.
"If you start after the symptoms are in full swing, it's much harder to stop the allergic reaction than to prevent it from the beginning," Dr. David Rosenstreich, director of the allergy and immunology division at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, said in a center news release.
Symptoms of seasonal allergies, commonly referred to as hay fever, include itchy eyes, nose and throat; sneezing; stuffy or runny nose; tearing up; and dark circles under the eyes.
"In the early spring, trees are the first to start producing pollen as soon as they start budding, and it creates major problems for people with allergies," Rosenstreich said. "The symptoms people experience often resemble a common cold, but, if it happens every year at this time, it's most likely allergies."
In addition to medications, lifestyle changes can help relieve hay fever symptoms. These measures include:
"There's no reason for people with allergies to suffer," Rosenstreich said. "As long as you take the proper precautions, you should be able to enjoy the outdoors and make the most of the warm weather."
About 35 million Americans have allergies, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
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The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting sobriety roadside safety checkpoints and safety belt roadside checkpoints this weekend.
The sobriety checkpoint will be held Friday on State Route 122 at the 1.1 mile marker in Lincoln County.
The safety belt roadside checkpoint, set for Saturday, will be held on U.S. Highway 231 at 20.5 mile marker in Lincoln County.
Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others every year in the United States. Troopers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. Troopers will target those who operate a vehicle while impaired and take corrective actions for other violations observed while ensuring the protection of all motorists.
Recognizing the danger to unbelted vehicle occupants, troopers will target those who operate a vehicle while unbelted and take corrective actions or other violations observed.


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Saddam Hussein has 48 hours to get out -- or Iraq will see an invasion led by the United States.
The warning came this evening in a speech to the nation by
President Bush.
He warned that if Saddam and his sons don't leave -- the U-S and
allies will wage war. He wouldn't say when that would happen --
saying only that it would be ''at a time of our choosing.''
And he had a message for the people of Iraq -- telling them,
"The day of your liberation is near.''
Bush said the U-N Security Council hasn't lived up to its
responsibilities -- so ''we will rise to ours.''
He said there's a ''broad coalition'' ready to enforce what he
called the ''just demands'' of the world.
Bush said no one can believe that Iraq has disarmed. And he said
it won't disarm -- as long as Saddam is in power.
His speech came hours after the U-S, Britain and Spain abandoned
efforts to get the U-N Security Council to approve a new resolution
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Lincoln - Jordan Hooper produced her first double-double of the season with game highs of 12 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 18 Nebraska to a 64-39 women's basketball victory over Temple on Sunday at the Devaney Center.
With the victory, Nebraska improved to 2-0 on the season while the Owls slipped to 1-1.
Hooper's 14 boards and 10 rebounds from sophomore forward Emily Cady helped the Huskers outwork the Owls on the glass, 53-40 for the game. Temple came to Lincoln after outrebounding perennial Big Sky Conference power Montana, 48-31, in Philadelphia on Friday night.
"We really did some good things on the boards today, especially 23 offensive rebounds against the kind of size and length that Temple has," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "I thought we gave a really good effort today. We need to improve on a lot of things, but our effort was definitely there today. That's a good win against a good basketball team."
In additon to a plus-13 rebound margin, Nebraska was plus-12 (22-10) in the turnover department against Temple. Those two stellar performances allowed NU to attempt 71 fields goals compared to just 49 for the Owls. Possessions played a big part in the game, as the Huskers won by 25 points despite shooting just 32.4 percent (23-71) and just 7-of-29 (24.1 percent) from three-point range. The Huskers also hit just 11-of-19 free throws (57.9 percent).
Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., produced the 18th double-double of her career while adding three steals and NU's first two assists of the game. She hit just 4-of-19 shots from the field, including 3-of-11 threes.
Brandi Jeffery, a sophomore guard from Vacherie, La., produced double figures for the second time in her second straight start, finishing with 10 points, four rebounds and two steals, while going just 3-of-9 from the field.
Senior point guard Lindsey Moore gave the Huskers three players in double figures with 10 points and three assists, while going 4-of-8 from the floor.
Nebraska received contributions across the board for the second straight game, including eight points, seven rebounds and two assists from sophomore forward Hailie Sample.
Freshman guard Sadie Murren added eight points of her own to go along with two boards. Murren scored all eight of her points in a decisive 17-3 Husker surge that covered just 3:37 late in the first half. Murren hit a pair of three-pointers and both of her free throws in the span, while Moore capped the run with NU's final six points to turn a 14-6 NU lead into a 31-9 edge with 3:50 left in the first half.
Nebraska led 36-17 at the half, as Hooper finished with eight points and nine boards, including a buzzer-beating jumper at the end of the half. Temple got no closer than 16 points the rest of the way, while NU's lead grew as large as 64-35 in the final minute. NU continued to pull away despite shooting just 27.8 percent in the second half, including 1-for-15 from three-point range.
Cady added five points to go along with her 10 rebounds, while fellow sophomore Tear'a Laudermill pitched in five points of her own, including a three, to go along with a game-high four steals for the Huskers. Sophomore forward Katie Simon contributed four points on perfect shooting, while freshman guard Rachel Theriot pitched in two points to go along with a game-high five assists.
Nebraska's swarming defense held the Owls to just 16-of-49 shooting (32.7 percent), including an 0-for-8 effort from long range. Temple also hit just 7-of-16 free throws (43.8 percent).
Erica Covile led the Owls with 10 points and six rebounds off the bench, while Sally Kabengano added eight points and nine boards. Senior center Victoria Macaulay, who produced 21 points and 16 rebounds in Friday night's win over Montana, was held to just six points and five boards.
Nebraska concludes its three-game season-opening home stand by playing host to Northern Arizona on Friday at the Devaney Center. Tip-off between the Huskers and Lumberjacks is set for 7:05 p.m. with free live audio coverage on Huskers.com. A live video stream also will be available to subscribers on HuskersNside.


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UNDP helps CEC to develop Training StrategyMar 4, 2014
UNDP supported the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan (CEC) in developing a training strategy. Under the framework of the project "Enhancing Electoral System and Processes in Turkmenistan" jointly implemented by the CEC and UNDP, an international consult worked with CEC to conduct training needs assessment, develop a comprehensive Training Strategy and provide support in establishing training capacity at the CEC. A series of consultations have been conducted with representatives of CEC, political parties, public organizations and national mass media to discuss the development and integration of long-term training strategy to meet the training needs of election commission members at velayat, city, etrap, and district levels, as well as to enhance the knowledge of local observers on the issues of preparation and holding the elections.
A round table with participation of the representatives of CEC to discuss the organization's training strategy based on international experience and national practices was facilitated by Ms. Renata Lapti, UNDP International Consultant. The round table provided opportunities to identify and discuss the main priorities of CEC staff training strategy, development of methodological materials, training programmes and modules on preparation and organization of elections on a multi-party basis. Methods for cooperation of CEC with political parties, public organizations and national mass media, as well as enhancing the capacity development activities in regional and district election commissions for preparation and organization of elections have also been in the focus of discussions. A special emphasize was on the application of international experience in implementation of informational and educational activities in the course of electoral campaigns. The discussions highlighted the importance of raising awareness on elections legal aspects among public at large, including school and university students.
Mr. Allaberdi Ussayev, representative of CEC, mentioned that "The Round table helped the participants to get familiarized with best practices of EU and CIS countries on the issues of training of elections commission staff. The training methods and approaches form the main part of the CEC's long-term training strategy. The training strategy is also to help to raise awareness among citizens, especially young, on legal aspects, effective cooperation with political parties, public organizations and use of Internet-resources."
"Enhancing Electoral system and processes in Turkmenistan" Project is jointly implemented by the UNDP Turkmenistan and the CEC of Turkmenistan with financial support of the British Embassy in Turkmenistan. The project aims at supporting the country's sustainable development in the processes of its democratization, especially in the field of elections.
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