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Maybe it's the other way around, I would say it's more likely that economic success causes immigration, and therefore diversity.
you see the following:
The paper argues that there are strong links between estimates of genetic diversity for 145 countries and per-capita incomes, even after accounting for myriad factors such as economic-based migration.
That's impossible. Immigration is the only cause of genetic diversity in humans.
That's impossible. Immigration is the only cause of genetic diversity in humans.
No, it isn't. War, for example, is traditionally a huge cause of genetic diversity (after conquering a place, soldiers would often... well, rape the local women, to be frank, and even in a less-extreme scenario often slept with the more willing local women as they traveled). There is a reason there were often massive population booms after an invading army swept through a country. Any traveler has a possibility of spreading diversity, even if they aren't immigrating, and genes will spread across borders slowly over time even if the population remains relatively stationary.
War of conquest is a form of immigration.
Yeah, I should've RTFA. The Nature headline misleadingly talks about prediction but there is no mention of that in the article, just pointing out common patterns between economic and genetical data. It's hard to tell what exactly the paper claims without reading it.
I recommend you read this article: Correlation is not causation : The Internet Blowhardâ(TM)s Favorite Phrase
The correlation phrase has become so common and so irritating that a minor backlash has now ensued against the rhetoric if not the concept. No, correlation does not imply causation, but it sure as hell provides a hint.
By that logic we should get rid of the Pythagorean theorem, it's become too common and irritating. Could it be that the reason so many people point this out is because it's true?
On Slashdot, they point to it because they have seen others doing it being rewarded with a +5, insightful. It's nothing but trite meme regurgitation, highly correlated with not having read or understood TFS. Hell, it's almost as if the hurry to be the first one to post it caused them to miss the story. But meh, what do I know. A 1:1 correlation of ignorance and early posting of 'correlation is not causation' does not imply causation. It does, however, imply stupidity.
Could it be that the reason so many people point this out is because it's true?
No, the reason why so many people point out "correlation is not causation" is because it's a convenient way to dismiss inconvenient correlations. In other words, it's a way to play stupid while pretending to be scientific and logical. Which is what's causing the backlash, too.
Indeed, but it's worth adding that it doesn't necessarily provide useful clues of the causal chain that it hints to, if any.
For example, one possible explanation that I can draft off the top of my head without being an expert and without having RTFA, is the following:
Oh, come on, Slashdot! I'm not allowed to use an ordered list in my comments?
You are, but their POS stylesheet hides the numbers. If, for example, I "Disable Styles" in Safari 6's Develop menu, your list magically becomes numbered - the page looks completely like ass, but at least the fucking ordered lists are numbered, not just ordered. At least as I read, for example, the HTML 4 section on lists [w3.org], "visual user agents" should "number ordered list items". I guess a stylesheet are supposed to be able to override any aspect of presentation in the spec, but it's still really bogus to
There's a lot of possible answers mixed in everywhere.
1. As you say... success encourages immigration
2. Perhaps genetic diversity allows different strengths from various genetic backgrounds to manifest themselves.
3. Perhaps there is a high tie in with culture and genetics... and different cultures interacting and mixing their ideas produce innovative results
4. Perhaps history is accounted for the spread of empire and the mixing that occurs there is also a cause for prosperity. When the British mixed with th
In an open letter, the group said that it is worried about the political implications of the economists' work: "the suggestion that an ideal level of genetic variation could foster economic growth and could even be engineered has the potential to be misused with frightening consequences to justify indefensible practices such as ethnic cleansing or genocide," it said.
Well, I guess scientists had better go back and un-invent and un-discover any empirically verifiable or useful thing they may have invented or discovered that has the potential for misuse.
This and very much this. It's hard to imagine a marriage between genetics, a real science and economics - something that tails astrology and is just one jump ahead of homeopathy as a 'science'.
You will never get anything useful out of it. Economists should not be allowed to pretend to read hard science papers. It will just give them airs.
Fair point, it's just disappointing that nobody thinks of this while participating in DARPA projects and other "defense" related work.
Replace "economic" with "academic" and water down the list of indefensible practices; you have our modern college admission policies, and the same people furious over studies like these advocate the hell out of practices like that.
I thought we already determined that humans were as stupid as Monkeys when it came to economics and assessment of economic risk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_santos.html [ted.com]
The stupidz. Itz in ur geenz.
Monkeys are smarter than us in some cases:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/video-income-inequality-enrages-monkey/261374/ [theatlantic.com]
It's ok for genes to predicate athletic ability, but not other abilities or behaviours?
Obviously our genes influence other behaviours. The small minded might not like that, but that's the way it is. Those who cry "racism" do a diservice to humanity in general - the bell curve applies to all populations, and the distribution of genes within a population is widely distributed. Studying how those genes interact is a good thing!
Yeah, Genes don't necessarily determine behavior, but they can play a big part in encouraging behavior.
My brother has genes for both a lean, athletic build, and ADHD, therefore he plays soccer due to his genes both giving him an advantage and a desire to run off steam.
I have a gene for very fair skin. I sunburn quickly, therefore my behavior is influenced towards wearing long sleeves or staying indoors on bright sunny days.
I know all living things including humans are just big, complex chemical and physica
Yeah, and origin of silicon is supposed to determine the frequency of a processor made of it.
Some things are KNOWN to have no dependence either observed or possible, and people like you should shut the fuck up instead of talking about them.
Some things are KNOWN to have no dependence either observed or possible, and people like you should shut the fuck up instead of talking about them.
So... genetics is known to have no influence on behavior? I'd definitely like to see that research. Or by "known" do you mean "not actually known but held by people so they appear not to be racist"? On the contrary, I can say that it very much is known that genetics will have an influence on behavior. People born with more testosterone will be more aggressive, people with dopamine dysfunctions tend to have certain psychoses, etc., and such things can be cause by genetic traits. Now, whether those traits can
So... genetics is known to have no influence on behavior?
There is no evidence for any of that in humans (who are not noticeably genetically diverse to begin with), and no proposed mechanism for such influence other than handwaving.
Many mental illnesses (edge case examples of behavior) have known genetic components.
I got a bad case of pyromania from my dad. My mom forced him to never mention his bomb making youth to us as kids. But was he ever happy when I came to him looking for the ingredients to make nitroglycerin. Once I got there on my own he was able to tell me his stories. He also told me that nitrocellulose was much much safer then nitroglycerin.
You're absolutely right.
However, I'd caution that predicting athletic ability is a little easier since you can trace the genes directly involved in making a person able to do physical labor. Genetics almost certainly affects just about everything in some form, but the effects are much more indirect in cognitive skills, and direct genetic factors could be completely overwhelmed by other factors.
That said, I also agree that we should not let racism shut down what is, in effect, an empirical truth: people hav
Yes, genes influence intelligence and behavior, but environmental factors have a much larger role. Not so with atheletic ability.
It's just a coincidence that almost all champion boxers grew up poor?
So what you're saying is that all or at least the majority of Olympic athletes came from or were closely related to a long line of people who specialised in the same sport?
I'm gonna need a link there, champ.
Africa, really? I would think that would have been America. The melting pot of the world and all that. Essentially, racial lineage diversity is a result of migration and trade. When people have a reason to move vast distances and intermingle with other cultures, births can become of such activity.
Sorry, but this is yet another modern version of Eugenics being pushed in to your face. Just like "using DNA to determine future criminals" and "Detecting psychopaths by Tweets".
The people working on these papers expressing opinions like this are dangerous and should be locked up. Yes, it's that simple and yes, the propaganda they are spreading is extremely dangerous. If you don't understand the danger, go read a fucking history book and see what happens when people are convinced that genocide or racial superiority are good things.
Education and Society dictate a persons capabilities. If a person has a good education and ample opportunity, they tend to work for the betterment of the society they received their education in and have the opportunities in. If a person lacks education, how can they better society? If a person has education and no opportunity, what choice do they have other than harming society to survive? (And to usurp any stupid arguments you may have regarding farmers not needing education or some such, you are wrong. Farmers need to know how to be farmers, and need to know how to be content to be the best farmer possible. That requires as much education regarding society as a rocket scientist requires, but of course lacking the sciences required by the rocket scientists.)
This is basic sociology and psychology, with countless historical examples showing both sides of the argument. Hell, Socrates discussed the same thing in "The Allegory of the Artisan" (go read Plato's "The Republic" you lazy bastards!) well over 2 thousand years ago. It's not new, yet we still fall prey to the rhetoric of evil greedy people.
Education and Society dictate a persons capabilities.
Do you have any supporting evidence of this other than a naive "I wish it were like this so it must be so!"
Want to throw out decades of research that support genetic influence of behavior on such diverse issues as alcoholism, personality disorders, etc...
A simple search of scholarly articles will give you plenty of studies conducted on identical twins raised in diverse social and economic situations, that have a genetic predisposition towards specific behaviors.
According to your point, if I had the right education, in the right society, I could be a NFL linebacker, correct?
Naw, hell we have never ever had educated functional societies. History has never recorded anything for us to review, it's all just delusion based just like Carnegie Melon and Rockefeller tell us right?
Sarcasm aside, there is a tremendous amount of research backing my statements. If what I stated was false, we would never have seen a successful black person in America. It would have been impossible, because social opportunity and education would have no bearing on their abilities to move within society.
The people working on these papers expressing opinions like this are dangerous and should be locked up.
People shouldn't be locked up just for having opinions. In fact, on the scale of dangerous ideas, these papers are nothing compared to what you just wrote in that quote.
The people working on these papers expressing opinions like this are dangerous and should be locked up.
I think they would argue it's not opinion but data.
Facts are sometimes repugnant to our worldviews, but it must be our worldviews that are adjusted in response to facts, not denying the facts.
I have no idea whether or not the paper in question IS factual or whether it's flawed. Just pointing out that this is an incorrect response.
"The people working on these papers expressing opinions like this are dangerous and should be locked up. "
Let me get this right: You want to put someone in jail for something they might be able to do because it may allow other people to be put in jail for what they might be able to do.
For advocating and spreading propaganda supporting eugenics, society should be demanding they be locked up.
The authors of the paper come right out and say that they are not arguing for a genetic *cause* to the correlations they measure.
Rather that since genetics and culture are both transmitted along family lines, that genetic diversity within a country is a useful proxy for cultural diversity, and that certain degrees of cultural diversity correlate with improved economic performance.
This has nothing to do with eugenics, and everything to do with a more quantifiable way to study the effect of culture clashes on a country's economy.
Only one of those 3 propositions is correct :
* infinite growth is possible is a finite world
* economics is a science
* Duke Nukem Forever has been released
Only one of those 3 propositions is correct : * infinite growth is possible is a finite world * economics is a science * Duke Nukem Forever has been released
I had no idea DNF had been released!
Don't tell me there's not a genetic component to any of this, because there is. Women are less greedy, less warlike, less anti-social, more responsible, more cooperat
Note: I do not condone slavery or appartheid as a form of politics, but it is just a theory for the results
Maybe what the researchers have found (given the history of humanity) is that in a country with several ethnics groups you can have a ruling elite that concentrates capital and act as a whole to keep their privileges, and an oppressed, cheap workforce without rights to be used as a source of "profits"
That said, anyway it probably is just a structural development; Great Britain and Germany in XIX centur
Air is water with holes in it.


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(SportsNetwork.com) - The hangover from losing in the 2012 NFC Championship Game carried over in a major way for the Atlanta Falcons last season.
The Falcons went 13-3 and won the NFC South title, and it was Super Bowl or bust the following year. Well, the 2013 campaign was a total bust for the Falcons as evidenced by a lowly 4-12 finish.
Atlanta is hoping last season was just an aberration and enters 2014 on a clean slate with high expectations. One of the biggest reasons for Atlanta's demise was the foot injury to Julio Jones, perhaps one of the best wide receivers in the game today.
Jones played only five games and finished with 41 catches for 580 yards and two touchdowns, one year after hauling in a career-high 128 passes for 1,198 yards and 10 scores. Jones' absence seemed to have an effect on quarterback Matt Ryan, who also had to deal with lingering injuries to veteran wide receiver Roddy White. White appeared in 13 games, grabbing 63 balls for 711 yards and just three touchdowns.
Head coach Mike Smith was happy to see both Jones and White back on the field.
"I thought it was very good. You guys saw it. He was running routes very well," Smith said of Jones late last month. "I thought the timing between he and Matt (Ryan) were good. You know we have a plan or prescription that we're going to try and stay by for the first couple weeks and make an evaluation after that. It was great to see Julio back on the field and when you looked on the other side and saw 84 (White) out there, I know not only me, but I think the quarterback and the whole coaching staff was excited about seeing both those guys."
The loss of Jones and the ineffectiveness of White in 2013 opened the door for Harry Douglas, and he helped Ryan with a team-best 85 receptions for 1,067 yards and two scores. Tight end and future Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez came back for one more year and played in all 16 games, finishing with 83 catches for 859 yards and a team-high eight TD receptions. Gonzalez retired at season's end.
Atlanta, which averaged 12 wins per season the previous three years and has made the postseason four times since 2008, will not be headed to another four- win campaign. However, the Falcons could miss out on the playoffs and possibly finish last in the division with New Orleans still on top and both Carolina and Tampa Bay improving.
Falcons head coach Mike Smith has turned the franchise around and is hoping his team has enough depth to stay fresh for another grueling fall and winter. Smith's team started 2-9 last season and had one of the worst defenses in the NFL, finishing 21st in passing yards allowed (243.6), 27th in points allowed (27.7) 28th in total yards (379.4) and 31st against the run (135.8).
Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan got some new faces in the fold and lost a familiar one when starting linebacker Sean Weatherspoon suffered a season- ending Achilles tear during a workout in June. Weatherspoon started 36 games over the last three seasons, but has missed 12 due to injury over the last two. The 26-year-old has accumulated 290 tackles, eight sacks, two interceptions and 15 passes defensed over 47 career contests, all with the Falcons.
The Falcons are hoping that expectations aren't too high this season and they'll be able to fly under the radar and make a splash in the NFC once again. It will be a daunting task because the NFC is much like the Western Conference in the NBA with talented teams across the board.
Not only does Atlanta have to deal with the NFC South, but there are two to three contenders in the other three divisions, including defending Super Bowl champion Seattle. The Falcons emerging as a wild card team seems far-fetched right now, but anything is possible.
2013 RECORD: 4-12 (4th, NFC South)
LAST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE: 2012 (lost to San Francisco in NFC Championship Game)
HEAD COACH (RECORD): Mike Smith (60-36, seventh season)
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR: Dirk Koetter (third season)
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR: Mike Nolan (third season)
KEY ADDITIONS: OT Jake Matthews (first round, Texas A&M), QB T.J. Yates (from Texans), TE Bear Pascoe (from NY Giants), G Jon Asamoah (from Chiefs), G Gabe Carimi (from Buccaneers), DE/DT Tyson Jackson (from Chiefs), NT Paul Soliai (from Dolphins), CB Josh Wilson (from Redskins), CB/KR Javier Arenas (from Cardinals), S Dwight Lowery (from Jaguars), KR Devin Hester (from Bears), LB Pat Angerer (from Colts), WR/KR Eric Weems (from Bears)
KEY DEPARTURES: RB Jason Snelling (retired), FB Bradie Ewing (to Jaguars), TE Tony Gonzalez (retired), G Garrett Reynolds (to Lions), OLB Stephen Nicholas (free agent), ILB Akeem Dent (to Texans), CB Asante Samuel (free agent), S Thomas DeCoud (to Panthers)
QB: Ryan (4,515 yards, 26 TD, 17 INT) was sacked a career-high 44 times last season under an offensive line that was a complete disaster. The 17 INTs were also a career-worst, but he did manage to find enough time to surpass the 4,000-yard passing mark for a third straight year. The 26 touchdown passes were the lowest for Ryan since he had 22 back in 2009. Ryan, who threw 32 TD strikes in 2012, struggled without Jones for the last 11 weeks of the season and it cost Atlanta. Jones, though, is back healthy to team up with White, and also Douglas is back as the No. 3 receiver. Gonzalez is now an NFL analyst and Ryan will miss his big tight end target. But after what was considered a fluke down year in Atlanta could turn into something promising in 2014.
The team acquired quarterback T.J. Yates in a deal with Houston in June as a backup.
RB: Steven Jackson didn't impress in his first season with Atlanta, amassing a career-low 543 yards on 157 carries in 12 games. The veteran Jackson was a major disappointment as a replacement for Michael Turner, who at least knew how to find the end zone when close enough. Jackson did have six rushing touchdowns, but also entered 2013 with eight straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Jackson turned 31 in July and has more than 2,500 carries on his resume, numbers that suggest his better days are in the past. Jackson averaged 45.2 yards per game and 3.5 yards per carry for the Falcons, whose ground attack fell woefully short of expectations with an NFL-worst 77.9 yards per game.
The Falcons still have Jacquizz Rodgers (332 yards, 2 TD) and drafted Devonta Freeman out of Florida State as a safety valve. Getting the run game going will only help Ryan and the pass attack.
WR: Jones (580 yards, 2 TD) caught 41 passes before his season and the team's came to a crashing halt. It just goes to show how important Jones' play-making skills are, and Ryan will be the first two attest to that. With his ability to stretch the field and raw talent, Jones and White are arguably the best wide receiver tandem in the league. White (711 yards, 3 TD) hopes to be at full strength this season, but players at this level usually don't go a full season without a few bumps and bruises. White had posted six straight 1,000-yard seasons and recorded at least seven TD catches five years in a row. White had also played all 16 games in his first eight seasons. He posted 43 catches for 502 yards with 26 first down receptions, and two touchdowns in the final five games last season. White also recorded three consecutive seasons with 90-plus receptions and 1,200-plus yards from 2010-12.
Douglas (1,067 yards, 2 TD) should expect his number to dip from a year ago with Jones and White healthy.
TE: Gonzalez (859 yards, 8 TD) traded his cleats for a microphone, leaving the Falcons' tight end spot vacant. Atlanta did bring in Bear Pascoe this offseason in hopes of keeping that position competitive, but he's replacing a legend. Pascoe joins the Falcons after spending his first five NFL seasons with the New York Giants, primarily as a blocking specialist. The 6-foot-5, 265-pounder appeared in 66 games and started 32 during his tenure with the Giants. The 28-year-old has totaled just 38 catches, 12 of which came last season, for 333 yards and one touchdown during his pro career.
Tight end coach Chris Scelfo doesn't have much to work with here. Levine Toilolo played in all 16 games last season (3 starts).
OL: The Falcons stayed put in the NFL Draft and added a need player in offensive tackle Jake Matthews out of Texas A&M. He is expected to start in Week 1 versus New Orleans.
The Falcons needed to bolster their weak offensive line, which is why Ryan was sacked a career high and the running game suffered tremendously. Lamar Holmes will play right tackle, while guard Jon Asamoah was signed to play guard, joining guard Justin Blalock and center Joe Hawley. Atlanta brought offensive line coach Mike Tice on board along with Wade Harman to get the very best out of this unit. Veteran Gabe Carimi spent 2013 with Tampa Bay and will most likely fill in at guard. The offensive line needed the most help this past offseason and Atlanta did its best to shore up the front.
"I think our offensive line has done a really nice job during the OTA period as well as during minicamp," Ryan said. "From a communication standpoint, we've got a few changes from what we've done around here in the past and those guys are working through those changes. I think one of the big things that Mike (Tice) preaches is communication at the line of scrimmage. You can hear those guys talking a bunch and making sure they're on the same page."
DL: Defensive end Osi Umenyiora (47 tackles, 7.5 sacks) had a so-so first year in Atlanta and said this is the best defensive team he has ever been on. He appeared in all 16 games and has learned from the best in Hall of Famer Michael Strahan. The Falcons just hope he stays productive as he gets older because they need to add pressure on the other QBs in the NFC South such as Drew Brees and Cam Newton.
Kroy Biermann played in only two games because of an Achilles injury and the defense needs him at full strength in order to stay competitive this season.
Malliciah Goodman and Stansly Maponga are returning for their second seasons, while Jonathan Massaquoi (46 tackles, 4 sacks) hopes to have an even bigger role in 2014.
Free agents Tyson Jackson and Paul Soliai were added to the mix, while talented rookie DT Ra'Shede Hageman was drafted in the second round and hopes to bolster a line that finished tied for 29th with 32.0 sacks last year. Hageman will learn under Jonathan Babineaux (42 tackles, sack) and Corey Peters (46 tackles, 5 sacks) on what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
LB: Weatherspoon (38 tackles, INT) will be missed for the season and the Falcons will just have to rally around their wounded leader. Paul Worrilow (127 tackles, 2 sacks) stepped up in Weatherspoon's absence and was a monster on the field, playing in all 16 games with 12 starts. He added more muscle to his frame and hopes it will come in handy at the middle linebacker spot.
Joplo Bartu (85 tackles, 3.5 sacks) is looking to build on his second season with Atlanta and made 13 starts last season, seeing action in all 16 games.
The Falcons were able to bring linebacker Pat Angerer into the nest this offseason and he played in 11 games (nine starts) for the Indianapolis Colts last season, recording 63 tackles, 0.5 sacks and an interception. Tim Dobbins was added for depth, an area Atlanta struggled with last season on both sides of the football.
DB: Free safety Thomas DeCoud jumped ship to rival Carolina this offseason and had 65 tackles in 15 games. His toughness and veteran leadership will be missed, but the Falcons have to move on. William Moore (85 tackles, 2 sacks) led the secondary with three interceptions last season and should have another Pro Bowl season. Atlanta added veteran safety Dwight Lowery as DeCoud's replacement and he is coming off an injury-shortened 2013 campaign in which he sustained a season-ending concussion just three games in. He started 20 games for the Jags over the previous two seasons.
Safety Dezmen Southward and cornerback Ricardo Allen were drafted in May.
Desmond Trufant (70 tackles, 2 INT) and Josh Wilson are the starters at the corner spots with second-year man Robert Alford penciled in as the third corner. Also, Javier Arenas was signed in the offseason. Wilson started 16 games with the Washington Redskins in each of the past three seasons and has made 81 starts over a seven-year NFL career. Wilson had personal bests of 93 tackles, two sacks and an interception in 2013.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Falcons strengthened their special teams by signing dangerous return man Devin Hester in March. Hester, who was released by the Bears earlier this offseason, is the NFL's all-time leader in punt return touchdowns (13) and total kick return touchdowns (18). Hester's 19 overall return scores are tied with Hall of Famer Deion Sanders for the most in regular-season history. He left Chicago as the franchise's all-time leader in total return touchdowns, punt return touchdowns, punt return yards, kickoff return yards (5,504), total kick return yards (8,745) and second in all- purpose yards (11,632).
As a receiver, Hester had 217 receptions for 2,807 yards with the Bears. Kicker Matt Bryant made 24-of-27 field goals last season and was 5-for-5 from 40-49 yards.
Punter Matt Bosher averaged 46.6 yards per punt on 68 tries and landed 26 inside the 20-yard line. Josh Harris will handle long snapping duties.
COACHING: Smith was one of the more consistent and successful coaches in the league before last season's anomaly. He hopes added depth, draft picks, veteran additions and players returning from injury can get the Falcons back to NFL relevance. Atlanta's .625 winning percentage under Smith is the highest in team history over a six-year period.
Offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter gets a healthy Jones and White to work with again, but the loss of Gonzalez is huge. Also, Koetter must find a away to resuscitate the running game.
Mike Nolan's defense received plenty of criticism, so we'll see how that unit responds this season.
The team fired defensive line coach Ray Hamilton and hired former player Bryan Cox as his replacement. Also, Tice came in to replace the fired Pat Hill and Paul Dunn.
THE SKINNY: The Falcons have to stay healthy and improve in some areas, in particular running the football. Jackson is nearing the end of his career, but still has a strong chance at making an extended run toward the playoffs if all goes well. Ryan proved he can stare in the face of adversity and still achieve success statistically. However, stats don't equate to wins and neither does a porous defense. Atlanta is hoping it can bounce back to its playoff level of 2012 and compete for a coveted wild card spot because the likelihood of winning the division is slim.

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A state audit revealed millions of dollars of questionable spending at Nashville Electric Service.
The spending was on travel, gift certificates and other purchases, all at the expense of NES customers.
NES administrators are promising change after the audit.
From no-bid contracts to the purchase of a Babies R Us gift certificate on a company credit card, the audit lists numerous issues at NES.
Some of the people who committed the acts are still on the job tonight.
The audit left NES ratepayers surprised and pretty angry.
"That's highway robbery, that's what it is," said NES customer Janet Tucker.
"I want to spend it too," added customer Emma Pearman. "I want to have fun on Amazon."
The audit found several issues, many pertaining to purchases on NES credit cards.
The company's vice president/chief information officer was using the card and setting up multiple accounts on eBay and Amazon, and sold NES surplus items without his superiors' knowledge.
While he said other purchases were all for NES business, auditors said he couldn't show them any documentation and they actually had to call the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for help getting information.
"This individual provided us with a lot of misinformation," said Jim Arnette with the Tennessee Comptroller's Office. "He was very uncooperative and we do know that he was co-mingling business accounts and personal accounts."
Tonight that CIO is still on the job and NES President/CEO Decosta Jenkins defended some of his actions.
"He felt that he was saving money," said Jenkins. "He circumvented policy, but he felt he was saving money. We didn't find any evidence of misappropriation."
In addition the audit found employees made personal purchases on NES credit cards, including alcohol, while traveling.
Auditors also uncovered $17 million of contracts that weren't bid out for cable, and it seemed to be tailored for one specific company.
NES said they have made changes, but that the cable they bought held up during the flood and ratepayers should look at that.
"We should have had it so that more than one bidder could bid it, and that's a mistake on my part, but the cable did work," said Jenkins.
The findings were turned over to the district attorney for review.
Late this afternoon, District Attorney Torry Johnson released this statement.
"There were indications of internal policies and procedures that were violated and poor documentation of spending. While some of the practices were questionable from a business perspective, none of that rose to the level of criminal activity."
As for disciplinary action, Jenkins declined to indicate what kind of punishment the CIO faced, but did say he was still on the job.
The audit said NES paid one manufacturer and its distributor more than $17 million in the last eight years for electric power cable that was not properly bid.
NES paid Kerite Company more than $13 million and its distributor, Utilicor, more than $4 million since 2005 for electric power cable, according to the state comptroller's office.
The audit also says a company credit card was improperly used by a utility company's vice president/chief information officer.
Reviewers found the vice president commingled personal and business accounts when making purchases on eBay and Amazon.
Many of these accounts were established in the name of NES. The vice president also established a PayPal Extras MasterCard in his name using an NES procurement card as collateral.
The same vice president admitted to selling surplus NES items on eBay without authorization or knowledge of his supervisor.
Other issues revealed in the audit include:
Jenkins said at a news conference they are already taking actions to remedy these problems.
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UNESCO Meeting to Support a National Law on Disability Rights in Indonesia
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Organized by the UNESCO Office in Jakarta, this meeting will offer the opportunity to discuss a draft law on disability, bringing in Disabled People Organisations' (DPOs) voices to the drafting process, and mobilizing the Chamber of representatives (DPR) to gauge Members of Parliaments' support to disability rights.
During this meeting, which will gather no less than 150 participants at the eve of the International Day of People with Disability (December 3), UNESCO will present the result of research on current legal framework and propose recommendations to the draft law.
Several key areas will be more specifically addressed such as:
• The existing policies in related to the rights of persons with disabilities in Indonesia and its compatibility with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which Indonesia has recently ratified;
• The lack of data and its effect on planning programmes and other mechanisms to support persons living with disabilities in Indonesia;
• The existing definitions of disabilities and its compatibility with the UNCRPD with particular focus on sectoral laws in areas such as: education, access to services, healthcare, employment.
Amongst the main expected results of this meeting are:
• a broad consensus among all stakeholders on a draft national Law on Disability Rights in line with the principles of the UNCRPD
• a better identification of the existing legal framework which are not in line with the principles of the UNCRPD, and the recognition of the need to amend them.
Since April 2013, UNESCO's Office in Jakarta has started a special project to build the capacity of Indonesian institutions that work or have some responsibility with regards to the rights of persons with disabilities. It is being co-implemented with ILO, UNFPA and WHO, with funding from the UNPRPD.
Given UNESCO expertise and previous work, this programme focuses on the right of access to education, the right to participation especially in social life and in the formulation and implementation of risk reduction strategies.
It also supports participation and civic education of youth living with disabilities through:
• Supporting a new generation of youth leaders within organizations dealing with persons with disabilities;
• Supporting youth civic engagement, and citizenship for youth living with disabilities;
• Supporting initiatives towards an inclusive education.
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I serve on the board of United Way, so I am prejudiced about the outstanding work it does in the community. You will be, too. The United Way, in partnership with Charlotte County Human Services and the Charlotte Community Foundation, just completed a year-long community needs assessment. This fact-filled document will be a road map for all of us.


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The Jazz will likely only have 10 healthy bodies available for action in tonight's season opener. Marvin Williams (Achilles) and Brandon Rush (knee) have returned to practice but aren't able to participate in full scrimmages yet.
"Im definitely excited just to get up and down the court with the guys, going for contact," said Rush, who had knee surgery in January after injuring his ACL in the second game of the 2012-13 season with Golden State. "Its been a year since Ive been able to do some stuff like that. I feel like I did pretty great."
The Jazz will also be without backup center Andris Biedrins, who tweaked his ankle in Monday's practice. Rooke point guard Trey Burke gave away hundreds of tickets to the Boys & Girls Club, but he won't play in his first NBA game as he's recovering from finger surgery. Forward Jeremy Evans remains out with rotator cuff issues.
The Jazz haven't announced timetables for any of the players' returns.
"The training staff told me not to push it too hard, take it day by day," Rush said. "Don't rush anything, just be comfortable."
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Anna Marie Lukavsky, age 93, of Washington, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at the United Presbyterian Home following a lengthy illness.
Mass of the Resurrection will be held 10:30 am Saturday January 9, 2010 at St. James Catholic Church with Fr. Paul Appel officiating. Visitation will begin noon Friday at the Jones – Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 � 8:00 Friday evening. Catholic Daughters Rosary will be held at 5:00 pm Friday at the funeral home. Prayer services will be held at 5:30 pm Friday at the funeral home. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. A memorial has been established to St. James Parish. Online condolences may be sent for Anna�s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com.
Anna was born August 1, 1916 in West Branch, Iowa the daughter of William P. and Alice C. (Hughes) Harbit. She graduated from Springdale High School in Springdale, Iowa. Anna was united in marriage to Edwin Leo Lukavsky on April 7, 1937 in West Branch. She was a homemaker and also worked for Iowa City Domestic Services and the United Presbyterian Home.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church where she was active in the Altar and Rosary Society. Anna was also a member of the Catholic Daughters. She was a former member of the Y Women and the Walnut Women�s Club. She enjoyed playing Pinochle, sewing, crafts, making candles and ceramics. She enjoyed traveling and collecting cardinals, bells, and teddy bears.
Anna is survived by her eight children, including daughter, Helen Kurtz of Brighton, Iowa; daughter, Shirley McGraw of Bridgeton, Missouri; son, Kenneth Lukavsky of Holt, Michigan; son, Robert Lukavsky and wife Janet of Laverne, California; daughter, Marjorie Schrock and husband Devon of Washington, Iowa; daughter, Ruth Barnhart and Mario Salazar of Iowa City, Iowa; daughter Joyce Scranton and husband Paul of Ankeny, Iowa; son, Dennis Lukavsky and wife Diane of Waukee, Iowa; one daughter-in-law, Barb Lukavsky of Washington, Iowa; 32 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Donald Lukavsky, three grandsons; three brothers, Robert, Daniel, and John Harbit, and four sisters, Maude Waters, Alice Schneider, Gertrude Feldman, and Pearl Cole.


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There are about a dozen of these sorts of threads already but eh.
Anybody been keeping up with the new Brickforge release? They seem to have done a lot of "stealth" releases in the last 6 months. Including Convention exclusive accessory "kits". I was going to post a bunch of "highlight" images but their stupid code maker is a piece of junk on flickr and I didn't want to fight with it. Have a direct link to their stream instead.
Suffice it to say, lot of cool stuff. Also, anybody hit Lego.com recently? Series 8 Minifgs are up, as is a new Marvel set for weird penis/Doc Ock/Iron Fist. And new Ninjago! And new Lego Friends for those who like that stuff... And Star Wars. And a new Lego Minifigure surfing set? Sadly Lego images are not really postable either... Eh. Whatever. Just go look! Oo, the minifig presentation boy comes with a DSM!
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Pesto is an Italian sauce traditionally made with pine nuts, olive oil, garlic, salt and fresh basil using a mortar and pestle.
All kinds of variations have sprung from this recipe including ones with different nuts and in place of the basil ingredients like arugula, artichokes, red peppers or spinach. The possibilities are endless.
This version uses meaty, toasted walnuts along with the more traditional ingredients. I like my pesto thinner than most, if you like a thick paste than cut down on the oil.
To keep your pesto sauce a vibrant green briefly blanch the basil leaves in boiling water then plunge into ice water. This step adds only a few extra minutes to the overall prep time but will prevent your sauce from turning color. If you don't mind the murky color change then skip this step, it makes no difference in the overall flavor.
Pesto sauce is good on so many thing aside from pasta! Use it in place of butter, mayonnaise or mustard to rev up your sandwiches (I love it on grilled cheese), burgers, bruschetta and quesadillas.
Drizzle it in soups, over cooked chicken, shrimp, fish, meat and vegetables. Use it as a sauce for pizza, on eggs, as a dressing for pasta salad, mix it into your mashed potatoes, or make a vinaigrette for green salads.
Or just eat it with a spoon! It's that good.
A fresh, raw sauce made with basil, walnuts, garlic, parmesan cheese and olive oil.
- Blanch basil leaves in boiling water for 30 seconds, remove and immediately plunge into a large bowl of ice water. Drain and dry well on paper towels.
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- Add all ingredients to the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt. Store tightly covered in glass jar in refrigerator up to 1 week.


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To the editor:
The Town somehow has set up a committee to examine the question of beach, public alcohol and sales expansion. Three appointed members are business associates of beach, alcohol-selling businesses, having vested interests in expanding their income. How can these members not have a conflict of interest?
Council has options to correct this. Among them are asking those with conflicts of interest to resign, Or Council could make these committee members non-voting. Their views can be heard, but they cannot vote on anything the committee approves for recommendations to Council.
Committee member conflicts of interest have happened before. Years ago, I sent a public letter to the Mayor about a Town committee member's business conflict of interest, essentially the same as today's problem. In time, that committee member resigned. A formal conflict of interest complaint was filed with the state of Florida. The state concurred and sanctioned! The saga made the local press
Council also needs to re-look at the committee's four business majority representing 16 properties versus the three town resident members, representing 6,900 town residents. How come?
For some time, Council has struggled to make decisions on the COP proposed ordinance. Simply put, Council needs individual business property data showing: 1) Current alcohol selling measured areas; 2) The past beach intrusions both in depth and measured area; and 3) The ordinance's proposed expansion areas measured for each property.
Recently, the LPA Chairperson sent to Council her excellent, independent research report with data clarifying the extent of the previous business beach intrusion problems. This report shows: 1) Fewer business intrusions into the Environmentally Critical zone than reported; 2) For the old intrusions, much less depth & area of intrusion than feared.
The LPA Chairperson's report now gives a data supported basis tor: 1) Limiting COP expansion to only the downtown zone; and 2) Making any COP changes there quite limited. The report also provides a data basis for considering all business issues in the EC areas..
A final thought. Varying property rules have been highlighted as a problem. The proposed rules are incomplete. Further, any new rules need to be made unchangeable in some fashion. Otherwise, the underlying legal structure can allow many future different property rules, like in the past.
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Wrapping Up the Pac-12 and Looking Ahead to 2015-16Posted by Andrew Murawa on April 16th, 2015
The National Championship game is now more than a week behind us and the Final Four is almost two weeks back. Stanford's "magical" NIT run ended 14 days ago and Arizona's loss to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight, capping off the last meaningful Pac-12 action of the season, is nearly three weeks ago. With Arizona State's coaching vacancy filled and early-entry and transfer season fully in swing, that means it is well past time to put a bow on the season and begin to think about what comes next. Below, we'll review each Pac-12 team and offer up grades on each team's season. We'll also take a look at what could be around the bend the next time college basketball rolls around.
Arizona (A-)
The goal all year long was a Final Four. Wrapping up some unfinished business and all. Well, that goal was left incomplete. Business is still pending. Still, you're not going to see me come down too hard on the Wildcats. While their three regular seasons losses were all suspicious in nature, their Elite Eight loss to national runner-up Wisconsin was just one of those things that happens between great teams. Sean Miller's postgame press conference after the Badgers shot a 105.0 percent eFG in the second half was one long extended verbal shrug, a "what can you do?", a "sh– happens." Arizona ended its season playing its best basketball, some of the best basketball being played by any team in the nation. The Wildcats just happened to lose to one of maybe two or three other teams that were capable of playing better. We have to tack a "minus" onto that well-deserved "A" simply because I would guess Miller and T.J. McConnell and Stanley Johnson and all the rest would agree that the overall result of the season was tinged with some disappointment. Without a doubt, though, the Wildcats were the best team in the Pac-12. And were it not for Buzzsaw Badger, they might still be celebrating in Tucson.
What's next: McConnell is out of eligibility. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Brandon Ashley have said they're forgoing their remaining eligibility to pursue NBA careers, a decision Johnson is likely to make as well. But this is Arizona. And this is Sean Miller. The 'Cats will be fine. Kaleb Tarczewski and Gabe York will return and take on bigger roles. Sophomores Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Dusan Ristic will be relied upon to take big steps forward. Boston College transfer Ryan Anderson and junior college transfer (and 2014-15 redshirt Kadeem Allen) will jump right in. And then there's a recruiting class featuring Allonzo Trier, Ray Smith, Justin Simon and Chance Comanche (ESPN top-100 recruits, all) that may not even be finished yet. Yeah, don't cry for Miller and his Wildcats; they'll be back. Read the rest of this entry »


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A day after their demoralizing 100-99 overtime loss Friday night to the Chicago Bulls, the Celtics were still lamenting the game's critical play.
With the Celtics ahead by 2 points and 12.1 seconds left in regulation, Rajon Rondo inbounded the ball to Paul Pierce, who gyrated with the ball as Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler of Chicago converged on him. Butler tried to tie up Pierce from behind, and Pierce brought the ball in front of him, only to have officials rule that Noah tied him up from the front.
Pierce came out with a swollen lip, no foul call, and a jump ball with Noah. Noah won the jump, and Chicago's Marco Belinelli came up with the loose ball. Belinelli had the ball knocked away in the key, only to have Kirk Hinrich gather it and hit the tying jumper with 2.1 seconds left.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he will send a video of the play to the NBA office for review. He believes Pierce was fouled, and even if he wasn't, Rondo was standing directly in front of official Marc Davis signaling for a timeout.
"Of course he was fouled, there's no doubt about that," Rivers said. "And I also thought, if you watched it, Rondo absolutely called a timeout. It's clear. He was literally an inch away from Marc Davis's face and did it twice and then you could see Sean Corbin's hand go up for a jump ball.
"It was clear, in my opinion, he was fouled, No. 1, and No. 2, we got the timeout and it wasn't called.
"If you watch it, [Davis] couldn't see the play because Rondo was in his face. Maybe he was looking around. Maybe that happened, honestly, because their job is to look at the play."
Asked whether it was the 7-foot Noah or the 6-foot-8-inch Butler who tied up Pierce, Rivers said, "I know Butler tied him up and the film shows that. And then Noah reaches in afterwards, and what they were saying was they didn't call that one they called [Noah's]. And I said, 'If that's true, then he was fouled five times.'
"It's was absolutely Butler, in my opinion."
The Celtics have had trouble with Davis over the past few years. He was the official who ejected Rondo for making contact during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series against the Hawks last spring.
Rivers said the Celtics cannot ask the league not to assign Davis to their games.
"You can request, but it ain't gonna happen," Rivers said. "I think, knowing commissioner [David] Stern, you'll get him the next game.
"The officials you're talking about, I think they have run-ins with other guys, too. I can tell you the Chicago people probably felt the same way going into the game.
"I hope there's never any grudges being held. It is a human game and you do know that, but I hope it's not. I think our league is better than that."
No time to take it easy
The Celtics head out on a two-game road trip to face Detroit and Cleveland, teams that were a combined 24-56 going into Saturday.
But the Pistons have given the Celtics trouble recently, beating Boston twice in five days last year and then by 20 in November at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
This season has been filled with losing streaks for Detroit. The Pistons lost eight consecutive games to begin the season and also have a six-game losing streak. But since then, they have put together some impressive wins — over Miami, Milwaukee (twice), and Atlanta.
"They've beaten some good teams; look at who they beat," Rivers said. "They were struggling and then they started playing better. In this league, you've got to play everybody.
"New Orleans beat Chicago in Chicago, they beat us in Boston. This is the NBA, and I think people get caught up in records. Those guys are all really good on every team, and if you don't play well, you are going to lose."
Hip still bothering Bradley
Avery Bradley played injured during Wednesday's 90-78 loss to the Hornets and missed Friday's loss to the Bulls with bruised ribs. After not feeling any improvement Saturday, Bradley underwent more X-rays, which were negative.
He accompanied the club to Detroit and is questionable for Sunday's game.
"He just plays hard, and guys like that are going to get injured," Rivers said. "That's fine by me. It really is. I want him to play the way he plays.
"He'll probably get better at it as his career goes on and have less and less [injuries]. [Cleveland's Anderson] Varejao gets hurt all the time. He plays hard. There are a group of guys — Kirk Hinrich is one of those guys. He's always in the scrum.
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BOSTON (AP) - It's not much of a beach day on this Fourth of July along the mid-Atlantic coast and the Northeast, as Hurricane Arthur makes its way north.
Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore are being warned about potentially dangerous rip currents and forecasters say the storm could also bring periods of heavy rain and gusty winds. There's been some flooding in Cape May and other coastal areas of south Jersey.
The National Weather Service has issued a flurry of advisories for New England, including flash flood watches and warnings with up to 6 inches of rainfall possible in some areas.
A hurricane warning has been issued for the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Cod, with Arthur centered 145 miles southwest of Nantucket at last report.
But the weather is already clearing in North Carolina's Outer Banks, which had a five-hour encounter with Arthur overnight. State emergency officials say more than 40,000 people lost power and floodwaters buckled part of a state highway on Hatteras Island. Gov. Pat McCrory says officials hope to have the road and the bridge to Hatteras open by the end of the day tomorrow.
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Data management and protection software vendor Sanbolic this week unveiled an enhanced version of its Melio software that the company said allows customers to turn commodity hardware into scalable, hybrid flash-hard-drive storage solutions.
The new version 5 of the Melio software, named Melio5, allows customers to develop a data management and application management platform that is infrastructure-agnostic, said Momchil "Memo" Michailov, co-founder and CEO of the Waltham, Mass.-based software developer.
The increasing adoption of public clouds has service providers looking more and more to commodity hardware for developing storage platforms, Michailov said.
[Related: 15 Hot Storage Products For Virtualized Data Centers]
"We now enable customers to use the same commodity server, hard drive and flash storage to run their cloud across physical and virtualized environments with any hypervisor or cloud," he said.
Large public cloud providers like Facebook and Google have already proven that commodity server and storage hardware with their 20 percent to 30 percent margins can compete well with more well-known hardware from larger vendors, which come with 60 percent margins, Michailov said.
"Legacy storage vendors are breaking customer economics," he said. "That's verified by public cloud vendors who provide services using commodity hardware."
Using Melio5, solution providers can start with an IBM 3630 dual-processor server with 48 GBs of memory and 24 TBs of hard drive, and add a 2-TB flash memory card and the software to get a 26-TB node with a cost of about $33,600 that provides 850,000 IOs per second (IOPS) of storage performance, Michailov explained.
Up to 2,048 such nodes can be connected together in a solution that, in theory, scales to 18 exabytes of capacity, he said.
"We provide linear scale-out," he said. "With three servers, you get three times the capacity and three times the performance. And you can scale the number of servers or the capacity independently. For more performance, add nodes. For more capacity, add hard drives. For more performance, add SSDs."
Adding Melio5 to commodity hardware enables the storage nodes to not only scale out, but to be configured with RAID levels 0 through 60 while providing advanced snapshot capabilities, quality-of-service guarantees for particular files or workloads, replication, and the ability to tier storage volumes across flash, SSD and hard-drive storage, Michailov said.
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The Oakland Press (http://www.theoaklandpress.com)
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Thoreau had his pond.
That's where he did his best thinking.
Plenty of runners – especially members of the Stoney Creek Running Club – would probably say they do some of their best contemplating at the idyllic Stony Creek Metropark in Shelby Township.
"Personally, for me, running is a huge stress reliever," said Michelle Sebaly, president of the club. "It keeps the blood pressure and blood sugar levels down. Your heart is a muscle, and it keeps your heart in good shape."
Why not have a heart and sign up for the 43rd Annual Stony Creek Distance Run which will be held on Thursday, August 7, at the park? The event includes a one-mile fun run for the kids, a 5k run, a 5k walk and a 10k run.
Proceeds go to Special Olympics Michigan. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Athletes are given continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness and athletic skill, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The Stony Creek Distance Run course, no matter what distance you chose, will have its own Walden-like atmosphere. The course begins at the Eastwood Beach area. From the grass it meanders onto the trails in the woods. From there, runners emerge onto an asphalt bike path before heading back onto the trails and then to the grass and the finish line near the beach.
It's the sort of course that Thoreau himself probably would have taken a liking to. That is, unless the writer's penchant for civil disobedience would have taken him so far off track he would have wound up on Sheldon Road.
Sebaly has been a member of the running club for about 20 years. She ran track at Brookville High School in Ohio but then hit the brakes due to job obligations as a flight attendant with TWA.
She rediscovered running after marrying her husband, Greg, who was from Michigan.
"I did it to lose weight," she recalled, laughing. "I also did it to socialize and meet people. I didn't know anyone when I moved from New York to Michigan."
Since, she has done the Detroit Free Press International Marathon twice and run more than 30 half marathons as well as many other events.
The Stony Creek Distance Run is part of Run Macomb, which operates under the umbrella of the Macomb Health and Fitness Foundation, a non-profit organization whose objective is to promote healthy lifestyles throughout an individual's lifetime.
The Let's Move races held in Mount Clemens earlier this summer were designed to support this initiative. So were last Saturday's Go For The Gold run at Riverbends Park and the Romeo2Richmond race.
"Since this race is being put on by runners, it will be very organized," promised Sebaly. "It will be very runner-friendly. It doesn't matter if you do five-minute miles or walk a 20-minute mile. It will be a very nice event and the money goes to Special Olympics Michigan, a great cause."
Participants will get a tech running shirt. Popsicles will be waiting at the finish line. So, too, will be a raffle where numerous gift certificates will be handed out. Included among the participating businesses will be the Hansons Running Shops, Towne Square Pizza, Firehouse Subs, Bordines, Main Street Bicycles, and Total Health Systems.
"I've met some of the most wonderful people running. I have formed some long-term friendships. It's kept me in good shape. I love both the competitive and social part of running. With the club, we've become sort of a family," said Sebaly.
For more information on the 43rd Stony Creek Distance Run visit www.stonycreekdistancerun.org
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Denver vs. Tampa Bay
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Here's a scary thought for NFL quarterbacks, running backs and defensive coordinators: Von Miller remains a work in progress.
And no, we're not talking about that whatchamacallit end zone dance he unveiled after returning an interception 26 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Broncos' 31-23 victory over Tampa Bay Sunday afternoon.
Miller — a leading contender for NFL defensive player of the year - swears he has improvements to make.
"I still feel like I have a long way to go," he said. "I feel like I have taken some steps and some strides. But I know that if I keep working with my teammates, we are all capable of getting a lot better."
So far this season, Miller, last season's defensive rookie of the year, has 15 sacks (including one Sunday) and 52 tackles. His interception, as well as his touchdown, were firsts for his burgeoning NFL career.
A naturally quick and powerful pass rusher, one of Miller's goals this season was to increase his field awareness, particularly when he drops back in pass coverage. His teammates have seen marked improvement.
"He's 'The Beast,' " defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson said. "He's a multidimensional guy. He can rush the pass, cover the pass and play the run. Whatever you think Von Miller can't do, stop it. He can do it."
Miller's assessment of his pass defense?
"I think I have taken steps, but nothing too drastic though," he said.
His first career touchdown was aided by pressure from Mitch Unrein, who hit Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman just as Freeman released a pass. That made Miller's catch and return a pretty simple play.
"It was a basic zone drop," Miller said. "I think Josh saw me at the last second and I was able to get my hands on it. The guys did a great job of blocking for me and I was able to take it to the house."
Freeman said he tried to sneak the ball past the agile Miller.
"(Vincent Jackson) was basically running a go route and I thought I had a window to stick it in there, but it just didn't play out," Freeman said. "Those pick-sixes, from a momentum standpoint, are tough to overcome."
Miller's score increased Denver's lead to 28-10.
Veteran cornerback Champ Bailey was thrilled to see his defensive mate get in the end zone, but he couldn't resist teasing Miller.
"He had a chance for one earlier, against New England. It hit him right in the hands," Bailey said. "But he caught this one, so I guess he's getting better."
The Broncos' defensive game plan centered on stopping talented Bucs rookie running back Doug Martin, then force Freeman into throwing when he had to, not when he wanted to. They accomplished their mission, limiting Martin to 56 yards on 18 carries for a 3.1-yard average. He entered the game averaging 4.8 yards per carry.
"I have to give respect to the Denver Broncos," Martin said. "They did a good job of containing our offense, for the most part."
Miller came away impressed by the rookie.
"He's a great running back and he does all the things you want a back to do," Miller said. "He's aggressive, but also patient, and then he hits the hole fast. He's tough to bring down, but I thought we did a pretty good job on him."
As for the first end zone dance of his NFL career, Miller said: "I don't have a name for it. I was just trying to show some emotion. I was pretty excited to get into the end zone."
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Von Miller's credentials for NFL player of the year:
** 15 sacks, third in the league
** 24 tackles for loss, second in the league, already eclipising his 19 from last season
** An interception return for a touchdown Sunday
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A young family of five are picking up the pieces after their home was the only major property loss in this week's NSW bushfires.
Geoff and Nicole McKenzie have lost everything except the clothes on their back and what items they could squeeze into the boot of their car after the bush fire at Mount Forest Road destroyed their home on Tuesday.
The family, Connor, 8, Tyler 6 and Elizabeth, 2, had moved from Nowra to the 30 acre property about 20 minutes from Cooma on Mount Forest Road Carlaminda six months ago.
"We were looking for a bit of space. A country change. Some peace and quiet," Mr and Mrs McKenzie said.
They had owned the property for just over a year. They had a shed, two caravans and a shipping container set up on the property and were planning to build a house there.
Now all that stands is an empty shell, ash and a generator that survived the blaze.
"We are gutted. It is not so much the shed. It's the possessions that we have lost.
"Like my great grandfather's war medals and Christmas presents the kids just got," Mr McKenzie said.
The family fled their home on Sunday afternoon when a bush fire started in the area.
Mr McKenzie said they could see the fire two properties away. When it was safe, at about 6pm, they packed the car with clothes and important documents, drove to town and stayed in a motel.
"We couldn't get out before that," Mr McKenzie said.
"When it cleared we got straight out.
"When they started the water bombing it became a bit more serious."
On Tuesday morning Mr and Mrs McKenzie drove to Pambula to drop the children their grandmother's house, while they went out to the fire and watch it from a neighbour's property.
"The wind was just crazy out there," Mr McKenzie said.
"It was swirling around."
With crews defending the property throughout the day, the couple decided to come into town about 5.30pm for dinner when it looked like their home would be safe. After dinner they received a call from a neighbour who told them the news.
"We went up there but couldn't see because of the smoke," Mr McKenzie said.
Mrs McKenzie said she was too upset to look.
"It was all gutted. All gone," Mr McKenzie said.
"We put all the more important stuff in the shipping container but it blew apart."
The couple went back to their property on Wednesday morning to have a closer look.
They described what was left as an "empty shell" and "ash".
"The odd thing is the generator out the back survived, out of everything," Mr McKenzie said.
"The hardest part is telling everyone. As soon as you try to say anything the tears swell up," Mrs McKenzie said.
Despite the loss, Mrs McKenzie said they still planned to build at the property.
"We will be back," she said.
For now, the family is staying at a motel and have been offered accommodation at the Cooma Martial Arts Centre by Sensei Jim McDonald.
There is a kitchen, laundry and bedrooms for the family to stay.
Sensei McDonald is also organising an appeal for the family, to help them get back on their feet.
Details are still being finalised but in the meantime Sensei McDonald said donations such as food were welcome. To make a donation call Sensei McDonald on 0419993449.


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Given that it sounds like you were the one who escalated to DirectBoss level, I think coworker is a little justified in feeling attacked. She got it from Complainer, DirectBoss and you. Personally, I think you should have stayed out of it from the beginning by telling Complainer to talk to coworker herself, or DirectBoss.
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The lights are on
Do you like Star Wars? are you a megafan who feels strongly about a particular movie or character? or are you just into the starfighters and lightsabers?. Whatever category you fall into, you'll find something here.
At the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas today, Disney and Lucasfilm revealed that beginning in 2015 with Star Wars: Episode VII, a new film set in the galaxy created by George Lucas will be released each summer
J.J. Abrams' Episode VII will come first in the summer of 2015 and will be followed every summer after with another new Star Wars movie, alternating between the standalone films we've heard about and the new trilogy that begins with Episode VII.
My general reaction
As for what those standalone films will be -- among the rumored projects have been a Yoda flick, young Han Solo adventures, a Seven Samurai-type Jedi film -- nobody knows. What do you think?
Wednesday, April 17 of the year 2013.
Carbonite confirmed to be a short 11-year old cosplaying girl.
My world is shattered.
This will either be great or horrible. Or maybe both. You never know, the standalones could be amazing and the trilogy awful or vice versa.
Sa kyr'am Nau tracyn kad, Vode an.
*squeaky voice* I'm eleven and a half! *stomps foot*
The first thing that popped in my head: "So, Activison is making Star Wars now?" I know, it's a bit extreme, but I'm really dubious as to whether this is a good idea.
@Darth-Carbonite: Pretty much what I thought. I don't think this will turn out well. The word over-saturation comes to mind.
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Oxfam reaction to GAVI Alliance replenishment announcement for vaccine funding
Mohga Kamal-Yanni, Oxfam senior policy adviser, said: "Oxfam is delighted that GAVI has raised more than $4bn to vaccinate children against killer diseases.
"Now that donors have given GAVI the funds it needs, it has a responsibility to help the most children possible. That means taking further action to push down the prices it pays to pharmaceutical companies and ending the conflict of interest that results from some of those companies having seats on GAVI's board."
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We don't have the money
This should be a potential free agent that the Jets can look for. He is talented, has some pass rush ability, and a good motor. I live near Baltimore, and have been watching him all season. SAM LB/DE for the Ravens.
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We don't have the money
I think we are going to be stockpiling cap room to make a run in 2014.
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Like him but think there are a lot more pressing areas to spend our money on.
Sorry John there is a reason Reggie Mckenzie drafted his Brother in law Tony Bergstrom. Hope Bergstrom can finally do something for the Raiders . Hope he has a tape of Paul doing some weird things.
Seriously I think this is the type of guy a lot of team will be targeting .
No thanks. We've overpaid for mediocre pass rushers before (Pace, Calvin). Those guys are fine if you already have Von Miller or Damarcus Ware and need some complementary pieces. We need Miller and Ware first.
Note that despite their title, the Ravens' pass rush was pretty mediocre.
I rather go after Connor Barwin, hes coming off of a 3 sack season but is really athletic and has 10+ sack potential.
There was a nice article on our cap situation by Jason, he had the Jets under the cap by $29 mil.
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Then asking holmes to either waive his injury claim and get released and finding a team to sign him for 2mill dollars 30 days before he can start working out from this months surgery. Or getting him to convert 4 mill of this years guaranteed salary to 2014 but not guaranteeing that 4mill next year. Kind of far fetched, don't you think?
The deal with Harris just pretty much guarantees that he would see the same money that he is scheduled to receive in 2014 although it will be spread over two years. Nothing really in it for him, but nothing unreasonable from a money point.
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If we can somehow make it through 2013 and a bad season and resign Revis (big IF), we'll be in great position for 2014.
We can have another spending spree in FA and probably another good draft and we'll be back in contention.
The team still has the guys in place to make a run at a championship, especially on defense.
But as far as holmes contract goes it was a stretch, totaling ignoring that he is getting his 2nd lis franc surgery and having the assumption that he would give up 4 mill of salary to a future year that was not guaranteed after having surgery from which the prognosis is not the best.
The proposed Harris deal is dangerous IMO for jet fans for this reason. A large proportion of fans on this site believe Harris no longer has the athleticism to drop into coverage. The Jets can live with this because Davis
will be the ILB dropping back when the jets go nickle. However if Rex does not return after 2013 and the new coach goes 4-3 harris will then be a overpaid 2 down run stuffer locked into a contract for two more years. Rather than cutting him in 2014 offseason and saving 5mill on the cap
Jason IMO was just too optimistic with the scenarios regarding those three players. No offset guarantees for holmes, No reasonable value for Harris foregoing FA, as he gives him a SB but cuts his 2014 salary by almost as much. Now fans are quoting this 29 mil figure as if it is reasonably obtainable while not impacting the 2014 cap. The jets can get to 29 mill no problem in 2013, Do the sanchez deal as he laid out but give him an extra million for an incentive to do so. Guarantee Harris 5 mill salary in 2014 and guarantee the what you cut of holmes 2013 contract in 2014.
There you go - 29 mill to spend this year.
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SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 14, 2013) – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the new AMD FirePro S10000 12GB Edition graphics card, designed for big data high-performance computing (HPC) workloads for single precision and double precision performance. With full support for PCI Express 3.0 and optimized for use with the OpenCL compute programming language, the AMD FirePro S10000 12GB Edition GPU features ECC memory plus DirectGMA support allowing developers working with large models and assemblies to take advantage of the massively parallel processing capabilities of AMD GPUs based on the latest AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. AMD FirePro S10000 12GB Edition GPU is slated for availability in Spring 2014.
The AMD FirePro S10000 12GB Edition graphics card is a compelling solution for a variety of scenarios:
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"Our compute application customers asked for a solution that offers increased memory to support larger data sets as they create new products and services," said David Cummings, senior director and general manager, Professional Graphics, AMD. "In response, we're announcing the AMD FirePro S10000 12GB Edition graphics card to meet that additional memory demand with support for OpenCL and high-end compute and graphics technologies."
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The current AMD FirePro™ S10000 graphics solution with 6GB of GDDR5 memory has received great acclaim. For example, the University of Frankfurt's Institution of Advanced Studies use of the card with the SANAM supercomputer ranks in the top five on the Green500™ List as one of the most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputers powered by graphics processors.
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Hey guys -
I just got (2) 12" Kenwoods (4 Ohms) and a 600W Kenwood amp (stable to 2 Ohms). I wanted to know if it would be better for me to wire these subs in Parallel or Series. I thought Parallel because I can take the 4 Ohms from each and make it into 2 Ohms. Is this true? And would this be better? And how would I do it if so?
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