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Ukraine: The European frontier
- Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2017 09:24
- Category: Uncategorised
- Written by Valerii Pekar
Curated by Valerii Pekar, the blog offers regular analyses on the developments in Ukraine. Pekar, a former member of the National Reform Council and a co-founder of the Nova Kraina Civic Platform, provides an insider perspective on the ins and outs of Ukraine's politics, society and economy, as well as the effects of the ongoing war in Donbas and events in the annexed Crimea.
Blog posts
Why the reforms in Ukraine are so slow?
19 July 2017
At first glance, the main reason for the slow pace of reforms in Ukraine is the lack of political will. However, if we delve deeper, we will see that it is the lack of institutional capacity that slows down reforms even when political leaders push them.
New generation for the new country
23 May 2017
Two different generations coexist in Ukraine with different values and views of the country's past and future. In 2017, the post-Soviet system is striking back. Experienced bureaucrats are often sabotaging the changes which sooner or later could relieve them of their previous power.
How to overcome corruption in Ukraine
28 April 2017
Ukraine is currently considered one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. Some argue that this is just a perception, as Ukraine is also one of the most transparent countries in Europe, ever since it established an unprecedented openness of public data and private data of public servants (known as "e-declarations"). Furthermore, corruption in Ukraine has been brought into focus since the Revolution of Dignity (EuroMaidan), which had a clearly pronounced anti-corruption orientation. Nevertheless, corruption in Ukraine remains high both subjectively and objectively; therefore discussions on how to overcome it are much more productive than discussions about whether it is as high as may be perceived.
Managing Ukraine's revolutionary lifecycle
10 April 2017
An early election would return some of the EuroMaidan idealists to high office, and extend the moderate reform period. This is exactly what is needed given Ukraine's current position in the revolutionary lifecycle. The alternative is terrifying.
The story of a blockade: Lessons from the hybrid war
24 March 2017
One of the strange features of hybrid war is trade across the frontline. Only recently, different groups have begun to block railways used to deliver coal and other cargo across the frontline, which so far has brought mixed effects.
Civil society in Ukraine: A sled dog, not a watchdog
6 March 2017
Civil society organisations in Ukraine go far beyond their traditional roles. Western policy makers should not ignore this fact, as it could lead to disappointing results in internal and international affairs.
What should be the West's strategy in Ukraine?
14 February 2017
To conduct a successful Ukrainian policy, the West has treat Ukraine as an adult, not a child. Today the West chides and reproaches, makes threatening gestures at times, but in the end forgives the pranks and gives a candy. Adults sign contracts and demand their fulfilment. This would be a much more rewarding strategy.
An offer to surrender
16 January 2017
The surrender of Ukraine would not save thousands of lives, as Pinchuk argues, but would lead to the escalation of war and, in return, more suffering, more deaths and more damage. Moreover, it would create a dangerous precedent of a violent redrawing of European borders for the first time since the Second World War, the long-term consequences of which would not be hard to guess.
Ukraine in 2016: A brief summary
09 January 2017
If you ask an average citizen in Ukraine about the progress of reforms in 2016, you will most likely hear that nothing has changed. According to many, over the past year there has been little improvement when comparing the population's high demands and expectations with the actual results. However, a closer look at the reforms might prove the opposite.
A voice from Ukraine: Let us make drastic changes
21 March 2016
Today, Ukraine is as key element of European security as it was 800 years ago, when Mongol hordes attacked Europe and were stopped by our country, which subsequently bled and struggled for many centuries afterward. Chaos is coming from the East again. Leaving Ukraine alone today means huge problems tomorrow.


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Pneumoconiosis is the general term for lung disease caused by inhalation and deposition of mineral dust, with asbestosis more specifically being pneumoconiosis caused by asbestos inhalation. (See Etiology.)
The word asbestos is derived from Greek and means inextinguishable. The term refers to a group of naturally occurring, heat-resistant fibrous silicates, the fibers of which are long and thin (length-to-diameter ratio >3) and either curved or straight. The curved fibers make up serpentine asbestos (chrysotile is the prime example), and the straight fibers make up amphibole asbestos. (See Etiology and Workup.)
Several different types of amphiboles (ie, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, actinolite, crocidolite) have been recognized. Chrysotile is by far the most common type of asbestos fiber produced in the world and accounts for virtually all asbestos used commercially in the United States.
The production and use of asbestos increased greatly between 1877 and 1967. In the 1930s and 1940s, scientists recognized a causal link between asbestos exposure and asbestosis. In the 1950s and 1960s, researchers established asbestos as a predisposing factor for bronchogenic carcinoma and malignant mesothelioma. (See Epidemiology and Prognosis.)
Patient education
Inform patients of the work-related causes of asbestosis (see Medical Care). For patient education information, see Bronchoscopy.
The incidence of asbestosis varies with the cumulative dose of inhaled fibers; the greater the cumulative dose, the higher the incidence of asbestosis. Experts estimate a 1% risk of developing asbestosis after a cumulative dose of 10 fiber-year/m3.
All types of asbestos fibers are fibrogenic to the lungs. Amphiboles, particularly crocidolite fibers, are markedly more carcinogenic to the pleura. Fibers with diameters smaller than 3 micrometers are fibrogenic because they penetrate cell membranes. Long fibers (ie, >5 micrometers) are incompletely phagocytosed and stay in the lungs, setting up cycles of cellular events and the release of cytokines.
The initial inflammation occurs in the alveolar bifurcations and is characterized by the influx of alveolar macrophages. Asbestos-activated macrophages produce a variety of growth factors, including fibronectin, platelet-derived growth factor, insulinlike growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor, which interact to induce fibroblast proliferation.
Oxygen free radicals (eg, superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxy radicals) that are released by the macrophages damage proteins and lipid membranes and sustain the inflammatory process. A plasminogen activator, which is also released by macrophages, further damages the interstitium of the lung by degrading matrix glycoproteins.
Individuals probably differ in their susceptibility to asbestosis based on respiratory clearance and other unidentified host factors. People who smoke have an increased rate of asbestosis progression, likely due to impaired mucociliary clearance of asbestos fibers. [1]
As there is some continuing uncertainty about the mode(s) of action of asbestos in the genesis of diseases, an expert group proposed cooperative action by diverse scientific disciplines to address such issues as terminology, mineralogy, test materials, and experimental models. [2]
Antinuclear antibodies
Exposure to amphibole asbestos fibers is linked to the production of autoantibodies. Moreover, a study indicated that asbestos-related abnormalities occur more often in individuals who test positive for antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) than they do in persons who test negative for them. The study was conducted on the population of Libby, Montana, where mining, transportation, and processing of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite caused increased risk of asbestos-related pleural and lung diseases. [3]
Serum samples showed that the majority of persons sampled were positive for ANAs. It was also found that the risk of developing pleural or interstitial abnormalities was more than 3 times greater in the ANA-positive individuals than it was in persons who were ANA negative. [4, 5]
Sources of asbestos exposure
The risk of asbestos exposure in the United States occurs mainly through the processing, manufacturing, and end-use of asbestos.
Manufacturers commonly use asbestos in the following products:
Products containing asbestos cement - Pipes, shingles, clapboards, sheets
Vinyl-asbestos floor tiles
Asbestos paper in filtering and insulating products
Material in brake linings and clutch facings
Textile products - Yarn, felt, tape, cord, rope
Spray products used for acoustic, thermal, and fireproofing purposes
Occupations associated with asbestosis include the following:
Insulation workers
The risk of uncontrolled removal of sprayed-on asbestos was highlighted, in a study of 2 workers, by the presence and persistence of asbestos fibers and bodies in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of these workers even after several months. [6, 7]
Another study, published in 2012, provided a detailed assessment of the health hazards of exposure to asbestos-containing drywall accessory products. [8]
Occurrence in the United States
Asbestos consumption (per capita) peaked in 1951, declined gradually until 1971, and fell rapidly thereafter. No reliable information exists regarding the number of people presently at risk of asbestos exposure in the United States and in other countries. Since the early 1940s, as many as 10 million workers in the United States may have been exposed to asbestos. In 1972, reports estimated that 250,000 persons were at risk. By the 1980s, the number of active asbestos miners and millers had fallen to a few hundred.
Strict regulation (eg, prohibition of asbestos sprays in buildings, controls on the level of asbestos fibers in the air) has drastically reduced the risk of asbestosis development. However, persons who have been previously exposed to asbestos continue to be at risk for asbestosis and other asbestos-related diseases. [9]
International occurrence
Bans on asbestos use are in place in several countries, including Australia, Japan, South Africa, and the nations of the European Union; use is restricted in the United States and Canada. However, trends in developing countries and countries that are emerging as economic powers indicate an increasing problem with asbestos-related diseases. [10] These shifts in the global epidemiology have prompted a call for a global ban on asbestos. [11, 12, 13]
The following complications can result from asbestos exposure:
Pulmonary hypertension
Cor pulmonale
Right-sided heart failure
Progressive respiratory insufficiency
Progressive respiratory insufficiency
See the list below:
The risk factors for developing this complication are as follows:
Cumulative amount of asbestos inhaled
Degree of dyspnea
Cigarette smoking
Combined pulmonary and pleural involvement
Honeycombing visible on radiographs
High number of neutrophils, eosinophils, and fibronectin in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid
A higher risk of lung carcinoma has been found in patients with asbestosis. Patients with asbestosis are also at risk for malignant mesothelioma and carcinomas of the upper respiratory tract, esophagus, biliary system, and kidney.
People who smoke are likely to develop chronic bronchitis and obstructive airway disease and are prone to respiratory tract infections. Moreover, people who smoke are at high risk for the development of bronchogenic carcinoma because asbestos and tobacco smoke are synergistic in carcinogenicity. Individuals who both smoke and are exposed to asbestos are several times more susceptible to the development of lung carcinoma than are individuals who have neither exposure. [14]
Some studies show that asbestos exposure alone, without a smoking history, increases the risk of lung carcinoma 6-fold. Asbestos exposure also increases the risk of developing malignant mesothelioma and cancers of upper respiratory tract, esophagus, kidney, and biliary system.
In addition, a meta-analysis of several studies of women who were occupationally exposed to asbestos found sufficient evidence for a causal association between asbestos exposure and ovarian cancer. [15]
Concomitant diseases
Asbestosis may coexist with other asbestos-related diseases, including calcified and noncalcified pleural plaques, pleural thickening, benign exudative pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis, and malignant mesothelioma of the pleura.
Airway obstruction
Ameille et al found no causal relationship between airway obstruction and asbestos exposure. Their study evaluated lung function in persons (n=3660) with previous occupational exposure to asbestos. [16] No significant correlation was shown between pulmonary function parameters and cumulative asbestos exposure.
Asbestosis-related mortality
Study of mortality trends in the United States has shown that, while deaths from other pneumoconioses are declining, deaths from asbestosis are increasing. Further, the death rate is not expected to decrease for several years. One model predicts 29,667 deaths from 2005 to 2027. [17]
Estimated annual years of potential life lost before age 65 years attributable to asbestosis totaled 7267 in the years 2001-2005 and represented a significant increase from 1968-1972. [18]

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There are so many reasons for the Nets' recent rise from the ruins to a place of prominence for a second-half playoff push. But if you want to pinpoint one reason, go with defense.
And if you want to pinpoint one special defender lately, go with Kevin Garnett.
What loomed as possible calamity — the loss of Brook Lopez to a broken foot — instead got Garnett back playing center and, as with all things except the Knicks' defense, it took time to gain cohesion. Lopez last played Dec. 20, but in the New Year, the Nets are 8-1. Garnett has played in seven of those games, resting twice, once on a back-to-back game in Toronto, which is the team's lone defeat in January.
"It's progressed a lot," Garnett said of the defense that has him anchoring the middle. "The reason we're winning — people pay attention to the points that are being put up — but we have to get stops. Between the two styles of play, or phases of play since the new year, it's been just that, a focus on defense."
The improvement has been impressive. Before January, the Nets surrendered 102.4 points and 45.8 shooting percentage per game. But in the last nine games, those numbers are 92.2 points and 42.6 shooting percentage.
The Nets will require more focus Friday when the 25-19 Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki invade Barclays Center. Nowitzki has been typically solid, among the league's top-15 scorers with a 21.1 average, shooting 47.9 percent.
"Dirk does a lot of different things than I do. We're two totally different players. Dirk came in a little after me," said Garnett, who checked off some of the great power forwards he and Nowitzki have competed against.
"It was a crazy era for 4s. In a lot of [ways] we're similar when it comes to approach, when it comes to our craft, work ethic, but we're two totally different players," Garnett said. "Dirk does a lot of things on the perimeter, his shot is one of the best to ever play the game. … I have a totally different realm of things, but both respectable, both great bodies of work, both are great players."
After the Mavericks, Garnett and Paul Pierce face an enormously emotional game Sunday when they return to Boston, where they won a title.
Garnett said he and Pierce, who missed practice Thursday with an illness, have not really discussed the return.
"We watched when [Clippers coach] Doc [Rivers] went back and thought it was special. We've been there when other players have come back," Garnett said. "But we haven't talked about it."
Garnett has gone through a return before — his return to Minnesota (he didn't play his first game back there because of injury) after his trade to Boston. Suffice to say there were no warm, fuzzy feelings for the team that drafted him in 1995, and traded him in July 2007.
The Timberwolves were not committed to winning, Garnett believed, so he accepted the trade to Boston.
"I was going through some ailments of my own when I went back," he said. "I didn't know the kind of response [I'd get]. I was filled with a lot of anger.
"I didn't like the way I left Minnesota. It was up until I had a personal conversation with Kevin McHale that I started to release and let some of those flaws and bad times go and started to focus on positives. I'm [normally] a positive person. I don't like to dwell on negativity. It was [after that] that I started to let some of that go.
"The people in 'Sota have always been great to me. I've always had a special place in my heart [for them], Boston as well," Garnett said. "Special places in my heart I'll always hold for life."


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Usage: Pinning Moss Onto Foam Bases
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Wide in Width: Other
Surface Treatment: Electro Galvanized
Metal Wire Drawing: Cold Drawing
Status: Hard State
Thickness: Metal Thick Wire
Packaging: 1kgs/box or 2.5kgs/box, then 10kgs/carton
Productivity: 2 tons/week
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December 25, 2014
December 24, 2014
My First Calendar Ripping
While searching around Amazon I took a look at the book that Dave the Cardboard Junkie recommended in our latest episode of The Trading Card Preservation Society about the Topps Star Trek card set from 1976. That led me to another book put out by Topps about the Mars Attacks set. And that led me to this:
Sure, this calendar is only good for another week but I bought it for the great art that is included on each month's calendar. Plus, you get a few bonus Mars Attacks cards for only $2.00 with Amazon Prime. Here are the cards that were included with my calendar.
They all have the green border variation and A4 is definitely my favorite. If you happen to have any green bordered cards from the 2012 Mars Attacks set I'm still working on that variation set.
Sure, this calendar is only good for another week but I bought it for the great art that is included on each month's calendar. Plus, you get a few bonus Mars Attacks cards for only $2.00 with Amazon Prime. Here are the cards that were included with my calendar.
They all have the green border variation and A4 is definitely my favorite. If you happen to have any green bordered cards from the 2012 Mars Attacks set I'm still working on that variation set.
December 21, 2014
Straight Ca$h Homie!
I'm visiting family in Minnesota and Wisconsin for the holidays and during our happy hour lunch at Neumann's in North St. Paul I noticed this little sign behind the bar. They only accept cash and use Randy Moss to remind you of this fact.
They are of course referencing this famous clip of Moss after he had to pay a $10,000 fine for pretending to pull his pants down and "moon" the Green Bay Packers fans. You can hear Joe Buck get all indignant about it in the final seconds of this clip.
They are of course referencing this famous clip of Moss after he had to pay a $10,000 fine for pretending to pull his pants down and "moon" the Green Bay Packers fans. You can hear Joe Buck get all indignant about it in the final seconds of this clip.
December 20, 2014
The Trading Card Preservation Society Podcast Episode #3 Part 2 Is Live!
Episode #3 Part 2 of the Trading Card Preservation Society is out now! Things get a little loopy at the end as we were recording until about 2am! In this episode Dave the Cardboard Junkie and I talk about 2015 Topps Stadium Club, damaged Topps Heritage High Number sets, the My Little Pony Trading Card Game, Dave busts a 2012 Topps factory set. We also cover the December New Release Calendar and attempt to answer listener Q and A! Thanks for listening and Colligere Omnia which is Latin for "Collect All Things."
You can find the podcast on iTunes HERE, Stitcher HERE, and Libsyn HERE. You can also download this episode directly right HERE. You can find our RSS feed HERE.
Here are a few cards we talk about over the course of the podcast:
Here are a couple of Tony Gwynn cards we talk about:
My best unexpected autograph pull from a pack was a 2008 Topps Stadium Club Josh Hamilton "Beam Team" autograph. :
You can also listen to the new episode below:
December 17, 2014
December 16, 2014
Packer Favorite Barty Smith Autograph
For a long time in my collecting career I looked at "Through-The-Mail"/"In Person" autographs with disdain and instead favored "Certified" autographs put out by the major card companies. But as I've matured as a collector I've come to appreciate that some of the players that intrigue me most are never going to have a "Certified" autograph from Topps or Panini. Barty Smith is such a player. He was was the leader of the Packers running attack on those mid-to-late 70's teams when the Pack struggled to get to .500.
That blue signature is almost neon blue.
That blue signature is almost neon blue.
|1978 Topps #349 Barty Smith Autograph
December 15, 2014
Keith Olbermann On Sy Berger's Passing
Keith Olbermann gave Sy Berger a fitting obituary on his show today and he covered a lot of ground in this six minute piece including his love of the 1967 Topps Tom___Reynolds card. And as a bonus Keith seems to be wearing a suit the color of Topps chewing gum.
December 14, 2014
Twin Duos
I love the "duo cards" from the 1950's and 1960's Topps sets and I try to make it a habit if I come upon one in my searching through dime boxes to set it aside. In my "recent Twins" pile at my desk I noticed that I had a few duo cards that I had accumulated through trades and random pickups.
I really love this card not only because of the powder blue Twins jerseys but that these two guys are some of the best players ever from the Twin Cities. Winfield was born in St. Paul in 1951 and Hrbek was born in Minneapolis in 1960.
|1983 Fleer #633 Mr. Vet and Mr. Rookie Dave Winfield and Kent Hrbek
From everything I've ever read Hrbek and Kirby Puckett seemed to great friends and after Kirby died in 2006 Kent gave some heartfelt quotes to the media.
|1993 Upper Deck #50 Teammates Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett
I totally missed the fact that Lew Ford returned to the majors in 2012 for the Orioles after parting ways with the Twins in 2007. The 2007 season would prove to be White's last season in the majors as well.
|2006 Topps #647 Twin Fundamentals Lew Ford and Rondell White
|2011 Topps Heritage #351 Twin Terrors Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer
December 13, 2014
My New Richard Kiel Autograph
The announcement of the new James Bond movie "Spectre" has me even more excited than the new Star Wars trailer. I had been hoping that the Daniel Craig series of Bond films would eventually lead to Spectre and the super villain Ernst Blofeld but with all the copyright problems with the character it wasn't clear if that would ever be able to happen.
Now that we seem to have Blofeld taken care of, now we just need to find an updated version of Jaws! Since Richard Kiel's passing in September I've been looking for a copy of Kiel's autograph from the Topps 75th set from last year and I finally pulled the trigger on an eBay auction a couple of weeks ago.
The reverse side reminds us that Topps put out a Moonraker set in 1979 which has some pretty remarkable cards, like a parachuting Jaws, Jaw biting through a steel cable, or James Bond undercover! I even opened a pack way back in 2008 which was one of the first pack rippings I posted on my blog.
December 12, 2014
Episode #3 Part 1 of the Trading Card Preservation Society Is Available For Download
Here's Part 1 of another 3+ hour episode we had to split in half! In Part 1 Dave the Cardboard Junkie and I discuss our Black Friday purchases, Donruss factory sets, Panini's problems with relics, our first ever book review about a book featuring Topps Star Trek cards, a closer look at 2014 Topps Dynasty, and Hammer Films DVD collection. Look for Part 2 next week!
You can find the podcast on iTunes HERE, Stitcher HERE, and Libsyn HERE. You can also download this episode directly right HERE. You can find our RSS feed HERE.
December 11, 2014
Did I Get Anything Worth Mentioning? 1993 Topps Football Edition
Packs with four different increasingly lower price tags? Now that's what I'm talking about! These packs look to have begun life at an Eckerd Pharmacy and then were marked down three more times. They even survived seven years past the Eckerd Pharmacy brand itself which was bought out by Rite Aid in 2007. I picked these three out of a quarter a pack box at an Atlanta card show a few weeks ago and let's see if I got anything worth mentioning.
I pulled one Packer from the group but what a Packer he was going to be. Terrell was the Packers 1st round pick in 1992 and during his first season he became the youngest player in NFL history to return a punt for a touchdown. Like I've said, before everybody's got a record.
|#384 Terrell Buckley
While I have been collecting baseball players from around my hometown Eau Claire, WI like Andy Pafko and Jordan Zimmermann I have overlooked some local NFL players. Tim Krumrie was born in Eau Claire and played high school football in the small town of Mondovi. I remember it was such a big deal around town when Krumrie made it to the Super Bowl with the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII and I really need to get my Krumrie Needs List together.
|#358 Tim Krumrie
It's always cool to pull a Joe Montana card from a pack. It must have been fun to be a Chiefs fan during those two seasons he led the team.
|#340 Joe Montana
One of my gold cards turned out to be Chuck Cecil who had played with the Packers in the previous four seasons from 1988-1992. So this card gets included with my other Cecil Packer cards even though he's a Cardinal on the card. The rules are the rules.
|#506 Chuck Cecil Gold
December 10, 2014
The Trading Card Preservation Society Is Now On Stitcher
I'm happy to announce that you can now find The Trading Card Preservation Society on Stitcher. Here is our Stitcher home page.
You can also find the podcast on iTunes and through our Libsyn page as well.
Our RSS feed is: http://tradingcardpreservationsociety.libsyn.com/rss if you prefer that method.
We should have a new episode of the podcast this week barring any new technical problems!
Packers + Sandwiches = The Perfect Packers Card
Along with having the typically awesome set of logo stickers, the 1981 Fleer football sticker set also has two cards per team highlighting the offensive and defensive stats of each team. Both cards feature shots from games against the Bears...
but the defensive card combines two of my favorite things, Packers and Sandwiches to make an all-time great card of the Green and Gold.
Here's the reverse of each card. So many great stats like the Packers kicked 24 extra points during the 1980 season or that the defense gave up 75 field goals over the course of the season. That averages out to more than four and a half field goals per game which seems insane right?
December 7, 2014
Sepia Tone Semi-Stars
Greetings and salutations Dear Reader! Today we have a few Salutation Exhibit cards from the 60's. I can't remember exactly where I picked these up but I think it was the 2013 National in Chicago. The cards in this set could be purchased from vending machines and are known for their irregular size and salutation and autograph on each card. Choo Choo offers us "Best Wishes" on one of my favorite Coleman cards.
Some of these cards had stats on the back sometimes in red and sometimes in black. These are some very very detailed stats and I particularly love that Choo-Choo played with the Indianapolis Clowns, who were a baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters, during the 1957 season.
Other than Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette is my favorite Milwaukee Braves-era pitcher. He famously won a game against Harvey Haddix in which Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings.
On the reverse side you find black-colored statistics and you learn that "Lew" Burdette's first name was really Selva.
These last two are personal favorites of mine, Ken Hubbs and Earl Battey. Battey played catcher for the Twins from 1961 to 1967 and was a 5-time All-Star over his career. Hubbs was a former Rookie of the Year second baseman for the Cubs who died in a plane crash in 1964. I've been trying to find all of Ken's cards and this is one of the few non-Topps produced cards out there.
December 6, 2014
Common Genius: 1971 O-Pee-Chee #76 Ted Savage
A couple of weeks ago I completed a trade with Off Hiatus Baseball and some of the cards I sent to Tony L were from 1971 O-Pee-Chee. I selfishly held back one card however as I loved it too much to part ways with it. Sorry Tony, but I had to do it. Just take a look at the reverse side of Ted Savage's #76. I have always loved the different backs for O-Pee-Chee vs. Topps cards but the floating head that seems to smash through the back of the card like Kool-Aid Man brings it to the next level of greatness.
Even disregarding the back, Ted's base card is one of my favorites and has just about the most amount of players you can get on a single card that isn't a team shot. I'm seeing parts of six Brewers on there.
|1971 O-Pee-Chee #76 Ted Savage Back
Even disregarding the back, Ted's base card is one of my favorites and has just about the most amount of players you can get on a single card that isn't a team shot. I'm seeing parts of six Brewers on there.
|1971 O-Pee-Chee #76 Ted Savage
December 5, 2014
We've Got A Couple Questions For You
Hopefully by now you've had a chance to check out the first two episodes [plus a bonus mini episode] of The Trading Card Preservation Society podcast that Dave and I have been putting. We will be recording Episode #3 soon and we need some fresh questions for us to answer in our Q and A segment. We'll take questions on anything trading card/pop culture related so please leave a good question and you will probably be made famous on the podcast.
Since You're Probably Never Going To Open A Box Of Topps Dynasty Here Are Some Videos Of People Doing It
Seeing how Topps asks you to pay around $300 for a single card in a single box of 2014 Topps Dynasty it's most likely that you'll next get the chance to buy let alone own one of these cards so I've posted a collection of Dynasty boxes being opened by YouTuber Cards Infinity.
If you enjoy a little schadenfreude with your tea I don't believe any of these cards would come close to recouping the retail price of a new pack...and yes, I know that is not the point of card collecting but still how can a Roberto Alomar card hope to accomplish that.
If you enjoy a little schadenfreude with your tea I don't believe any of these cards would come close to recouping the retail price of a new pack...and yes, I know that is not the point of card collecting but still how can a Roberto Alomar card hope to accomplish that.
December 4, 2014
Topps High TEK Is Finally Here
Dave and I talked about our hopes for how great the new Topps High TEK would be in Episode #2 of our podcast, The Trading Card Preservation Society, and now that it High TEK has finally hit the streets we can get a chance to see for ourselves.
Here's a case break from YouTube Cardsinfinity.com. Boxes are opened and the packs are ripped around the 2:05 mark. Like the cards or not, you have to agree they are the cards with the busiest designs you'll find in 2014.
Here's a case break from YouTube Cardsinfinity.com. Boxes are opened and the packs are ripped around the 2:05 mark. Like the cards or not, you have to agree they are the cards with the busiest designs you'll find in 2014.
November 27, 2014
Don't Forget MST3K Turkey Day 2014 Is Today
Don't forget MST3K Turkey Day 2014 is today. It starts at 12pm ET and I've searched around but I haven't found a schedule for what's showing when. Fingers crossed for The Giant Spider Invasion! You'll be able to view the stream from the YouTube post below.
November 26, 2014
Episode #2 Of The Trading Card Preservation Society Podcast Is Available
The newest episode of The Trading Card Preservation Society is available now. In this 2+ hour episode you get to hear Dave the Cardboard Junkie and I talk about the return of Barry Bonds to baseball cards, the very old stickers of 2014 Topps Supreme, and the problems of buying cards site unseen. In pop-culture we have Marvel's Phase 3 films, Garbage Pail Kids, and Doctor Who cards. And as always the release calendar and your Q and A.
Keep your ears peeled at the two hour, two minute mark in which Dave, the biggest Braves fan I know, predicts that Jayson Heyward will be traded to the Cardinals.
November 25, 2014
I Highly Recommend Crackin' Wax's Post On Topps Bunt
I'm a couple of days behind on Crackin' Wax's post on Topps Bunt and I couldn't agree more with Topher's thoughts on the app. And I'm not totally against "freemium" games as I play both The Simpsons:Tapped Out and Family Guy:The Quest For Stuff nearly daily but the idea o f trading collecting virtual cards is some marketing person's dream. Whenever I see posts promoting Bunt I'm reminded of the Mean Girls meme:
November 23, 2014
COMC.com Black Friday Deals 2014
CheckOutMyCards.com is having another Black Friday sale and you can get free shipping when shipping 10 or more items. If you are really ambitious and ship more than 100 cards in November then you can get a $5.00 store credit for Cyber Monday. They claim to have nearly 10 million cards listed so there are a lot of great things to find even if their search and listings are often messed up. [For example, a basic search for "Andy Pafko" returns non-Pafko cards]. All this trouble is due to Beckett severing their relationship with COMC earlier this year after COMC claims they failed in buying the site. So if you aren't a fan of Beckett, spend some money at COMC this Christmas.
November 22, 2014
A Sticker Autograph For The Ages
About five years ago I wrote a little post about Bill Madlock and how in my mind he only played for the Pirates. In reality he spent time with six teams and being a great player [the only player to win two batting titles for two different teams...that four total, two for each team] it makes sense that more than one team claims him as part of their legendary history. It's that idea plus the horrible scourge that sticker autographs are that gives us this monstrosity from 2005 Donruss Signature Series:
I found this particular card on eBay and with a little more searching you find that Bill personalized each autograph some way either talking about his batting titles, MVP award, or just writing down the name of a team he played for.
Donruss only made one design with Bill in the Pirates uniform and so you get cards that both Pirate and Cubs fans don't want to own.
November 21, 2014
Trading Card Preservation Society Mini Episode Is Live! Dave's Review of Bela Lugosi's Ape Man
It's three week since Halloween so what better time to release a Trading Card Preservation Society mini episode featuring Dave the Cardboard Junkie's review of Bela Lugosi's Ape Man. This was originally recorded during our Episode #1 recording session but we edited it out of that episode because of time considerations.
But now we've taken that review and combined it with clips from the film for an audio and visual extravaganza!
You can download the mp3 version HERE. Find us on iTunes HERE and you can also find/download all our episodes from our libsyn page as well HERE.
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Look for a brand new, nearly two hour long episode of the Trading Card Preservation Society on Monday!
November 20, 2014
Pearl Jam Would Have Been Even Bigger If They Kept The Name Mookie Blaylock
Poor Mookie Blaylock. He could have been one of the most famous players in NBA history if he just let that little band from Seattle keep their original band name. Life has recently turned very hard for Blaylock, who lived in the Atlanta area. He was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for vehicular homicide when he killed a woman in a car accident in 2013.
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Four winners of a competition from Social Network site All2gethr.com are being flown on a private jet to New York on an all expenses trip. After the usual brief introductions the 4 are given a game to play by the mysterious voice from All2gethr.com which involves some very exposing questions about each of the winners proving that Big Brother really is watching your every move across the Internet. With a series of twists and turns that drive the story forward, Panic Button takes some of the best bits from modern day horror/thrillers and throws them into the mix – we find out the results…
After leaving her young daughter safely at home with gran, Jo (Scarlett Alice Johnson – Adulthood) gets on board the luxury private jet with the rest of the lucky winners heading to New York. The mix of personalities makes for some uncomfortable times with the in-your-face Dave (Michael Gibson – Cemetery Junction) taking advantage of the free drinks to make him even more annoying and hassle the other girl on the plane, Gwen (Elen Rhys – Torchwood) and the quiet, level-headed Max (Jack Gordon – Primeval).
To help pass the time of the flight and as a welcome distraction from Dave's overbearing personality, the competition runners and Social Networking site All2gethr.com provide a game for the group to play. After accepting the standard terms and conditions, the first round kicks off with a mysterious voice coming from the planes' speaker system asking each question. What feels casual and relaxed at first soon takes a dark turn for the worse as the first round of questions embarrass each member of the group with some very personal secrets.
As the game progresses, the uneasy atmosphere catapults into overdrive as the group realise that they are not headed for New York and they have been set up by the mysterious voice. Trying to escape while in a private jet with no outside communication causes panic to set in and the darker side of each of the group comes out as they are given lifelines to save their loved ones from torture and death by performing certain deeds.
At first Panic Button feels like it is going to be fairly mundane and another run-of-the-mill modern horror/thriller. But the different personalities of the cast as well as the back-stories of each being slowly revealed to fill in the gaps keeps you drawn in to the plot. There's a considerable nod to the Saw franchise with the calm and mysterious voice who is the overseeing mastermind behind everything but with some new and original twists on the whole 'Big Brother' and being watched.
Because Panic Button is mostly filmed aboard the private jet, the captive spaces add to the sense of panic, fear and desperation that is carried over from the actors to the audience – the helplessness that is put on each when they see live footage of their loved ones captured and being tortured when they get questions wrong from the quiz provides another layer to the story by bringing factors outside of their own immediate safety.
All in all, Panic Button exceeded our expectations – a well written story that deserves to be amongst some of the best modern day thrillers. Granted, Panic Button will not appeal to everyone and some may find some of the violent scenes a bit too extreme but everything is done in relation to the story and not at all gratuitous. Panic Button is our PlayEject sleeper hit of 2011 so far…!
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There's this crazy boost of energy you get from moving to a different city and starting a different job. I joined the Guardian's vocal choir just a couple of weeks ago. Did sewing lessons and can now mend torn pants. Figured out how to do reverse bridge and leg curls on a yoga ball, just because. Taught myself enough Spanish to read El País and enough Tyke and Manc to understand my Northern English housemates.
Energy is good, though. Here's how an OpenNews fellowship like mine works: work on whatever with whoever, learn anything, and talk about it wherever. It's the sweetest gig ever invented, but it's also a bit of a brain melt. When the 2013 fellows got started the most commonly asked question was "So I get to do whatever I want? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?" (First world problems, tell me about them.)
So what have I been doing these past few months as a fellow? For starters, all sorts of funky little side projects. I've written a tool do do literate programming in Python, wrote my own blogging engine, spent a week researching how reproducible research can help journalism. Learned about design thinking from IDEO and about programmable media from Mark Boas.
But there's really one dream that I'm trying to turn into something real this year: track every big news website out there, so we can answer all kinds of wild questions about how the news industry really works.
I want to be able to see how news websites are different (or secretly the same), how news has changed over the years and how readers have responded. Are we less interested in international news than we used to be? What's the ideal length for a piece of breaking news? What technologies does the New York Times use, what technologies did they use five years ago? How fast do different news websites load? What was the BBC's homepage like two months ago? Do people come to news sites through the front door, through search or through social? How much of journalism is still original writing anyway, how much is PR?
You know how professors in media studies will often have armies of students cut out articles from newspapers and put them in tidy little categorized piles to answer questions like "How often does the work of female journalists reach the front page?" It's really messy and cumbersome but right now it's the only way we have to get a sense of what the media is really like. What we need is the grown-up version, with less unpaid labor and more computers. We need it, and we're building it.
Various people have been doing bits and pieces of this kind of data collection and news analysis. And now I get to add my own bits and pieces, something I've wanted to do for years, so, yeah, I guess I'm quite chuffed.
We're starting really small and are tackling the easiest questions first: which news organizations produce the longest and which ones the shortest articles, that sort of thing. But who knows, eventually we might even be able to tackle the question of how to measure the impact of journalism.
But enough about me and more about you. I bet you have an idea like that. Something you've wanted to do for years that could make the news industry a little bit smarter and more au courant. Or you've always wanted to do something meaningful with your coding chops, not write the next enterprise back office whatever. You know what you want to do but you're not doing it. You want do something that matters but you're not. Frustrating, yes?
There's something you can do. Apply to become a 2014 OpenNews fellow. It's the best decision I ever made, and it will be the best decision you've ever made too.
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Service: Pass but slow
Score: 6/10, 7 if you don't order red meat with beets for entree and main...
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Overall taste is minimalist and focus on the natural flavour of the ingredients...AH likes biota but we're 50/50 at this stage.
Meats were not sous vide'd (if that's even a phrase) which was nice but whilst they weren't tough they weren't not juicy, certainly not "melt in your mouth" like the waiter promised...we get juicier meat cooking in our oven. Too much hazelnut soil on the lamb overpowered all the other flavours.
Almond milk tasted too asian bit a bit off in places within the tofu. Stone fruit was much better.
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Today's scandal is the latest in a series to rock Newcastle United.
Toon stars have a history of shameful off the field antics.
Fuelled by mega bucks and booze four of them were sent home from a club trip to Spain in disgrace in November after a night out ended in mayhem.
The Chronicle exclusively revealed how Kieron Dyer, Craig Bellamy, Andy Griffin and Carl Cort were sent home from the trip to Costa del Sol. Dyer was believed to have been fined two weeks wages - #50,000 for his antics.
And between the four of them the players are said to have clocked up fines totalling #180,000.
Furious club bosses packed the four on to a flight home after they snubbed a dinner in honour of club president Sir John Hall.
Instead, it was claimed, they hit the bars in plush resort of San Pedro Alacantara, near playboy hotspot Marbella.
The team were staying at the #250-a-night Westin La Quinta resort in San Pedro Alacantara, near Marbella, ahead of an exhibition match.
After training the players were given the afternoon off most of them headed for the golf course but Dyer, Cort, Bellamy - three of the players involved in the latest fracas - and Griffin decided to take some free time.
They were supposed to attend the dinner but missed the function, and the team photo call.
At the time Ken Goody, who has known Dyer since he was 10 and at Ipswich's academy, urged the midfielder to make headlines for his performances on the field.
"He was a shy boy. At Ipswich he was fine. It's probably the fame and the money to blame now.
"Ipswich is not a big city club and he could go about his business. Possibly in the big city lights there is more fame. I think he has the character to bounce back.
"I would tell him to come to his senses and show the people of Newcastle and England what he can do."
Andy Griffin also found himself in the headlines for the wrong reasons after he was involved in a punch-up with French winger Laurent Robert at the club's training ground just before the trip.
Under the spotlight Carl Cort also hit the headlines on Christmas Eve for the wrong reasons.
The injury-prone striker was slung out of a Tesco store after a trolley-rage bust up at a Tyneside store.
Cort and his wife were involved in the ugly scenes after being accused of queue-jumping at a check-out.
Police were called to the Tesco Extra store, at Kingston Park, in Newcastle, after a furious row erupted when customers complained that the United star had pushed in.
After the incident, Tesco chiefs banned Mrs Cort from the store for upsetting customers.
Eyewitnesses said Mrs Cort began abusing another couple who'd asked them to go to the back of the queue as dozens of shoppers looked on.
As Mrs Cort flew into a rage, a store manager alerted security and called the police.
One customer who saw the bust-up said: "It was incredible. Carl Cort's wife was shouting, screaming and swearing at the top of her voice.
"She was shouting: `Don't you know who I am?' and swearing at people. It was disgusting.
"Mr Cort did nothing to stop his wife. He just stood there, packing their shopping.
"The shop was heaving. People were patiently queuing six and seven deep at every one of the 40-or-so checkouts.
"People queuing at till number three stood to one side so other shoppers could get by with their trolleys. But Cort and his wife just walked past them and up to the till.
"One woman accused them of queue-jumping and pushing-in. But instead of going to the back, Cort and his wife unloaded their stuff onto the conveyor belt and ignored them."
A shouting match then developed.
The customer added: "The checkout lad got into a right state. He was shaking with fright and pushed the alarm button. Seconds later there were Tesco security guards rushing down the aisle.
"A store manager had to stand in between Cort's wife and another woman. They were in each other's faces.
"There were several Tesco staff trying to sort the row out. It was like something out of a Christmas panto. Then the police turned up.
"Cort and his wife had gone outside. His wife was there, with two or three other women.
"The security men had to escort the other shoppers to their car.
"The manager then told Cort and his wife they were not welcome at the store, and that they shouldn't come back."
Soccer bad boy Dyer is infamous for his off-field antics.
The hotheaded midfielder has been involved in a string of headline grabbing scrapes, which have driven mild-mannered Bobby Robson to distraction.
Despite becoming a father for the first time in October 2000 with childhood sweetheart Josie Jefferson, Dyer has been linked with a string of women.
His romance with Page Three girl and ex Miss Great Britain, Leilani Dowding, dwindled after only three weeks even though they jetted off on holiday together.
In July the player was banned from driving for two months and fined #1,000 after he was clocked speeding at 104 mph on the A1.
The court heard he had been visiting his 11-month-old baby son Keir in his home town of Ipswich and was returning to his Newcastle flat when he was stopped just before midnight near Leamside, Durham.
He said he had become distracted while listening to commentary of his hero Tiger Woods winning the US Open.
After the hearing, Dyer commented: "What can I say? I'm a Tiger Woods fan."
And in April, a 56-year-old man was taken to hospital after an accident between his Vauxhall Cavalier and Dyer's car. Both drivers were breath-tested but the results were negative.
In November 2000, Dyer was at the centre of a police probe after another trip to the Sea nightclub ended in violence.
Legal clerk Rhaynor Gibbs, 22, claimed she suffered a broken arm after being forced from the back seat of a car by a woman attacker and punched to the ground.
The 21-year-old England midfielder was a front seat passenger in the car being driven by another man, when Miss Gibbs and a girlfriend got into the back seat thinking they were getting a lift home.
But a brawl allegedly broke out when two other women also got into the back seat and Miss Gibbs and her friend were turfed out.
The car then drove away from the scene leaving Miss Gibbs lying in agony with a broken arm.
After the Chronicle exclusively revealed detectives in Newcastle's West End had launched an investigation, the alleged attacker voluntarily contacted police.
And after quizzing Dyer and the alleged attacker, police decided to take no further action.
The revelations came after manager Robson issued a stern warning to Dyer in the summer of 2000 about his behaviour. He was given the dressing down after a shocking expose of holiday sex and drink antics was revealed when it was claimed he made blue movies with soccer pals Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard while staying in Cyprus.
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Monthly field trips are held around the Toronto and Awaba areas for the purpose of water quality monitoring in a joint venture with Lake Macquarie City Council.
The 2013 dates are:
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|3 April
|8 May
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|7 August
|11 September
|16 October
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These days are compulsory for the following students:
• full-time second year Environmental Diploma
• full-time first year Environmental Cert 4 & Diploma
• full-time second year Chem/Forensic Diploma
Other students (eg Chem Cert 4) can also join, but it must be a full commitment. A unit of competence – Assist with fieldwork – will be added to your record if you complete the minimum requirements for the field days.
Second year students (both courses) are required to prepare the necessary materials and equipment on the Tuesday afternoon (1.30 pm) before the field day.
The meeting point for the start of each day is the corner of High and Elford Sts, Toronto – see below.
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How to get there
Students are asked to make their way to the site via one of the methods indicated below:
• your own transport to the meeting point by 9:15 am
• meet Graeme outside the back entrance of Building E; the bus departs promptly at 8.30 am or be ready to follow the bus in your own car.
For the first trip it is would be best to be on the bus or to follow the bus.
What to bring
For the day you will require:
• Appropriate dress (i.e. wet weather gear)
• Change of clothes
• Food and water
• Writing equipment
• Items as mentioned in class
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Divella - Campetti (400 gr)Shortbread cookies with Honey.€2.20
Divella - Grottoli (400 gr)Shortbread cookies with Chocolate Chips.€2.20
Divella - Croccanti (300 gr)Whole wheat Biscuits, with cocoa and hazelnuts.€2.20
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Pavesi - Petit Pavesi (500 gr)Petit Pavesi are the classic dry biscuits used for breakfast in Italy! Crunchy…€2.40
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Balconi - Rollino al Latte (6x37gr)''Rollino'' brioche filled with milk cream and covered with chocolate milk.€2.50
Balconi - Cappuccino Roll Max (300gr)Maxi Roll brioche filled with Cappuccino cream.€2.50
Ferrero Tronky Multipack (90 gr)Ferrero Tronky is a crunchy wafer filled with cocoa cream with grain hazelnuts.€2.60
Mulino Bianco Cuor di Mela (300 gr)Mulino Bianco Cuor di mela is a delicious biscuit with apple jam and little…€2.70
Matilde Vicenzi - Millefoglie d'Italia Classiche (125 gr)Here you have the classic version of millefoglie: crunchy puff pastry sticks…€2.70
Matilde Vicenzi - Millefoglie d'Italia Glassate (125 gr)These puff pastries are coated with a fine sugar icing, the most popular and…€2.70
Matilde Vicenzi - Millefoglie d'Italia Minisnack Nocciola (125 gr)These are delicous puff pastry rolls filled with hazelnut cream. They are…€2.70
Matilde Vicenzi - Millefoglie d'Italia Bocconcini al latte (125 gr)The most classic italian puff pastries in a new and tasty version: millefoglie…€2.70
Mulino Bianco Abbracci (350 gr)Mulino Bianco Abbracci biscuits are like two biscuits in one: you can taste…€2.80
Mulino Bianco Rigoli (400 gr)Mulino Bianco Rigoli biscuits are made with milk and honey. Perfect for your…€2.80
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AdoramaPix collages come in a number of a different formats. As a result, the mounting options for collages will vary depending on the material you have it printed on:
If you have your collage printed on paper, all of the standard mounting options for paper prints will be available to you.
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Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Singita is honoured to be opening Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House in late 2019 in Rwanda, an extraordinarily beautiful, small country where more than one third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas live in the high-altitude cloud forests of Volcanoes National Park.
The presence of Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House on the park border will help to improve the function of the buffer area between agricultural plots and the habitat of the estimated 320 mountain gorillas that find sanctuary here.
Besides gorillas and golden monkeys, there is much to see and explore, from the Afro montane forests of Nyungwe National Park and primordial Lake Kivu to the vibrant and sophisticated capital city, Kigali.
Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House are located on a breathtaking, isolated but contained 178-acre piece of land right on the edge of Volcanoes National Park.
The opening of Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House puts gorilla trekking within easy reach and gives guests the option of combining a visit to Rwanda with a classic safari at Singita's private concession on the Serengeti plains in Tanzania. Singita Serengeti is home to six unique lodges and camps set in distinctive parts of the vast 350,000-acre private concession.
Experience the ultimate East African safari by combining
Singita Kwitonda Lodge with Singita Serengeti.
Set within a landscape of wetlands and lush meadows, there will be eight suites and a four-bedroom villa linked by volcanic rock pathways to a central lodge. Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House will be built to embody the spirit of Rwanda and offer a tribute to the lodge's namesake – Kwitonda - a great silverback gorilla whose legend lives on in Rwanda and was known for his humility and gentleness.
Fundamental to the design is treading lightly on the land and therefore sustainability is at the core of the construction project. The architects and interior designers are selecting locally sourced and produced materials for walling, ceilings and surface finishing.


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Nothing shuts down the debate like relaying third-hand stories about some conservative calling somebody a ni**er. Accuse now, ask questions later.
We live in a world where a "minority student" can put a noose in a university library, and students cite the incident as evidence of racism and start demanding race-based goodies as compensation.
You've read the news stories. According to reports, Tea Party protestors called Congressman John Lewis a ni**er last weekend as he and other lawmakers walked through the crowd. Is it true? Has the allegation been corroborated? Andrew Breitbart is offering a cash reward for proof.
And he's upped the ante.
Breitbart's offered to donate $10,000 to the United Negro College Fund for proof that someone used the epithet. I wonder if UNCF would accept the cash.
If the story's true, surely someone will come forward on sheer principle alone, right?
Hey, I've had a blast guest-blogging for Michelle's 50 zillion readers. A top-notch blogger, she always brings her A-game. And you're a gracious audience.
In your spare time, check out my blog, La Shawn Barber's Corner, where I cover culture, faith, and politics. And follow me on Twitter @La_Shawn.
Rest easy this weekend, everybody. 😉
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Cultural Studies is an international journal which explores the relation between cultural practices, everyday life, material, economic, political, geographical and historical contexts. It fosters more open analytic, critical and political conversations by encouraging people to push the dialogue into fresh, uncharted territory. It also aims to intervene in the processes by which the existing techniques, institutions and structures of power are reproduced, resisted and transformed.
Cultural Studies understands the term 'culture' inclusively rather than exclusively, and publishes essays which encourage significant intellectual and political experimentation, intervention and dialogue. Special issues focus on specific topics, often not traditionally associated with cultural studies, and occasional issues present a body of work from a particular national, ethnic or special tradition.
The journal represents the truly international and interdisciplinary nature of contemporary work in cultural studies, and since its inception in 1987, has reflected the discipline in becoming ever more global in scope and perspective(s).
differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies first appeared in 1989 at the moment of a critical encounter—a head-on collision, one might say—of theories of difference (primarily Continental) and the politics of diversity (primarily American). In the ensuing years, the journal has established a critical forum where the problematic of differences is explored in texts ranging from the literary and the visual to the political and social. differences highlights theoretical debates across the disciplines that address the ways concepts and categories of difference—notably but not exclusively gender—operate within culture.
International Journal of Cultural Studies
International Journal of Cultural Studies (IJCS) is a fully peer reviewed bimonthly journal edited by John Hartley and now indexed by ISI – Impact Factor pending. Promoting theoretical, empirical and historical research representative of international perspectives on cultural and media developments across the globe it explores the globalisation of the field and the study of the impact of globalisation on local cultural practices and media ecologies.


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5 Best Ways to find a Rehab in Columbia County, WI
1. Discover Rehab Goals
Each addiction treatment center in Columbia County has different areas of specialty. This is the reason you need to choose a center that will help you achieve your goals and meet all your needs for recovery. To this end, you need to realize the substances and behaviors that you need to achieve recovery from, discover underlying issues causing your addiction, and choose a rehabilitation center that can meet all these needs.
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The entropy change for an irreversible process in a closed system can sometimes be determined by calculating the entropy change for a reversible process in a system that is not closed (that is, a system that exchanges heat with something else). If the initial and final states are the same in both cases, the change in entropy must also be the same.
Consider an ideal gas that experiences a slow isothermal expansion. This is a reversible process - a slow isothermal compression would return the system to its initial state. Knowing the initial and final states for the expansion, we can calculate the heat transferred. Since everything takes place at one temperature the change in entropy is easy to find.
This is a reversible process, but it is not a closed system because heat is added - that's why the entropy goes up.
Let's say a free expansion takes place instead of an isothermal expansion, but the system ends up in the same final state. This is an irreversible process, and it's a closed system because no heat is exchanged. There's no way to calculate an entropy change directly, but we know it has to be the same as that for the isothermal expansion.


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On a typical dentist visit, you don't necessarily see the results of the work that was done. This may be one reason why you may not feel very good about dental visits in general. It doesn't have to be this way. Feel better about your dental visits with these ideas.
Schedule Your Visits to Coincide With Something Fun
Most people will attend a dentist visit and then go home or back to work. This doesn't leave you much to look forward to.
Consider coinciding your dentist appointments with something fun. That way, while you're in the chair getting a cavity filled, you can think about how much you are looking forward to getting together with your girlfriends afterward. Or, you can think about what great seats you got for the hockey game tonight. Make it a practice that every time you schedule a dentist appointment, you also schedule something fun for that same day or night. Soon, you'll begin to associate dentist visits with a positive experience.
Network at the Dentist's Office
A dentist visit is usually considered downtime. After all, you're not at work making money, and you're not at home getting the laundry done. A dentist appointment can feel like you didn't accomplish a thing, even though your teeth will be better off.
The next time you're at the dentist office, plan to make connections. Figure out a way to network with the staff, fellow patients, or even neighboring workers in the office building. Bring your business cards, or make conversation with fellow mothers with small children to arrange possible future playdates. Make it a goal to come away with something more than a filling.
Get Something Nice Done for Yourself
If you're at the dentist to get your teeth cleaned or have a teeth planing, there isn't really anything great you can come away with that will add to your self esteem. This can leave you feeling like you spent time and money with nothing to show for it.
Why not get something nice done for yourself that you can see in the mirror? Indulge in a professional teeth whitening session or ask about your potential benefit for cosmetic dentistry. When you make your smile brighter, your whole attitude about visiting the dentist will change.
Everyone knows that dental visits are necessary, but when you use these ideas, you will feel that they are more than necessary. They will add so much more to your life and the way you look and feel about yourself.
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Bryan's 11th-inning homer gave Harvard the win in game two (Gil Talbot).
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Utilizing the long ball to push past Brown, Harvard baseball earned a series victory with a Sunday sweep of the Bears, 4-3 and 7-6 (11), on Sunday afternoon at Murray Stadium.
Harvard (16-20, 5-11 Ivy) tallied four home runs in the twin bill, each coming from a sophomore: John MacLean, Patrick Robinson, Patrick McColl and Trent Bryan. McColl tallied a team-high three RBI in the two games, while Robinson tallied four hits. Simon Rosenblum-Larson and Kevin Stone, also sophomores, posted dominant performances against the Bears (12-21, 5-11 Ivy) on the mound as well.
Game One: Harvard 4, Brown 3
Rosenblum-Larson had a career-best day on the mound, striking out 11 over six innings while allowing just three hits and one run. The right-hander recorded the first seven outs via the punchout. MacLean, Robinson and senior Josh Ellis tallied two hits apiece, with MacLean providing his second jack of the season.
Singles from McColl and senior Matt Hink jump started the offense in the second, and MacLean put Harvard on the board when he reached on an error one batter later. Bryan doubled home MacLean later in the inning to give Harvard a 2-0 advantage.
MacLean ripped a long home run over the wall in left center in the sixth inning, extending the advantage to 3-0 with his second shot of the season. Brown responded in the bottom half with its first run of the game, making it 3-1.
Robinson connected on a double in the seventh, plating Ellis to regain Harvard's three-run cushion. Brown added two in the bottom half, but freshman Kieran Shaw was solid in relief to close the game and earn his second-career save.
Game Two: Harvard 7, Brown 6 (11 Innings)
Harvard tallied three homers in game two, including an 11th-inning shot by Bryan that gave Harvard the win. Robinson pounded his league-leading ninth homer of the season, which is tied for the seventh-most in a single season in program history, while McColl tallied his fifth, which ranks sixth in the conference in 2017. Stone tossed eight innings for the third-straight outing, striking out three against two runs while scattering eight hits. Shaw earned his first-career win in relief.
Robinson gave the Crimson the lead in the opening frame with a bomb over the left field wall. The advantage was pushed to 2-0 in the third after sophomore Ben Skinner scored on an error.
Brown pulled one back in the seventh, but the Crimson immediately responded with a three-run home run off the bat of McColl, scoring Robinson and Skinner from the corners. Brown tallied one more in the bottom half to close the Harvard lead to 5-2.
Bryan scored in the ninth after a hard hit ball by Skinner forced a Brown error, giving Harvard a 6-2 advantage, but Brown's offense exploded in the ninth for four runs to send the game to extra innings.
Sending the Crimson bench into jubilation, Bryan belted his second home run of the season over the wall in left center, giving Harvard a 7-6 lead heading to the bottom half. Shaw tallied the final three outs, including a pair of strikeouts, to earn the win.
Harvard travels to UMass Lowell for a midweek clash on Wednesday, April 26. First pitch is set for 5 p.m., and will be broadcast on AmericaEast.TV.


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Dangel and Madison Publish Innovators, Esq.
IPI Executive Director Stephanie Dangel and Faculty Director Michael Madison recently co-authored a law journal article, titled Innovators, Esq.: Training the Next Generation of Lawyer Social Entrepreneurs, that outlines a strategy for a building a law school-based program of training for new lawyers interested in careers practicing and supporting social entrepreneurship. The article was published


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How to Reform Pakistan Police ? - A New USIP Special Report
Reforming Pakistan's Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure: Is It Too Flawed to Fix?
USIP, Special Report by Hassan Abbas, February 1, 2011
•An efficient, well-functioning police service is critical to counterinsurgency as well as counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan, now and in the future. At the same time, the police force must also address rising crime rates and a deteriorating law-and-order situation, among many other tasks.
•The capacity of the Pakistan Police Service to deliver on all these fronts is severely diminished by political manipulation, the lack of forensic services, inadequate training and equipment, corruption, and weaknesses in the judicial sphere. Disconnect and lack of coordination between numerous kinds of policing and intelligence organizations are major hurdles on the path leading to collective strategizing.
•Upgrading the existing police system as the central law enforcement institution in the country cannot occur in isolation, however. Instead, it must be part of an overarching restructuring of the total law enforcement infrastructure, including a reform of the criminal justice system and the stripping of politically motivated amendments from the Police Act of 2002. Both traditional and innovative reforms would be expected to bear fruit in this arena. With a high degree of public consensus on the need for far-reaching law enforcement reforms in Pakistan, there is political space to make tough, reform-oriented choices. Pro-reform circles within police are also gaining strength.
About the Report
An effective police force is critical to countering insurgency. In Pakistan, an understaffed and underequipped police force is increasingly called on to manage rising insecurity and militant violence. This report evaluates the obstacles to upgrading the existing police system and recommends traditional and innovative reform options, including major restructuring of the total civilian law enforcement infrastructure, without which the police force cannot be effectively improved. Because Pakistan's police capacity has direct implications for the country's ability to tackle terrorism, the United States and its allies would realize counterterrorism dividends by helping law enforcement efforts through modern training and technical assistance.
Professor Hassan Abbas holds the Quaid-i-Azam Chair at the South Asia Institute of Columbia University and is a senior adviser at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. His previous papers on the subject of police reforms in Pakistan were published by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the Brookings Institution (both in Washington, D.C.) in 2009. He is also a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society, New York, where he is director of the Pakistan Study Group, which is developing "Pakistan 2020: A Vision for a Better Future and a Roadmap for Getting There."
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About Jaclyn Lafer
I have a history in theatre, comedy and storytelling, all of which are profoundly valuable in the therapy room. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and in working toward that degree have extensively researched children, childhood and curiosity. What I have learned is that all wisdom lies in the questions, and it is a profound experience to become comfortable in the space of what is not known.
My Areas of Focus:
- Childhood
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- Family Dynamics
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Zach Parise did what he was brought to the Wild to do. Score. In the playoffs.
Parise's goal early in the third period Sunday, May 5, gave the Wild a 2-1 lead over the Chicago Blackhawks. It was his 22nd playoff goal in 64 games.
After the Blackhawks tied the score late in the third period, the Wild won 3-2 in overtime on Jason Zucker's goal and cut Chicago's lead in the best-of-seven series to 2-1. Parise's teams are 13-6 in playoff games when he scores.
Here is Parise …
On whether the win took a tremendous weight off the Wild: "It's better than being down 3-0. I think our effort level was better. Our competitiveness was a lot better. We got the result we wanted. We can enjoy it for a little bit."
On whether the difference from the first two games was playing at home or knowing things were desperate: "Probably a combination of both. We understood if we want to make this a series we had to be much better than in the second game. The building was awesome. You could tell in warm-ups there was a little bit of electricity in here."
On how demoralizing it was when the Blackhawks tied the score: "That sucked. But it didn't matter how we got there, whether the whole period was tied 2-2 or they got one late. You can't let that bother you. I think that was a little bit of the message between the third period and overtime."
On his backhanded goal in front of the net: "Charlie (Coyle) did a good job getting in there on the forecheck. I didn't know that he knew I was there. He made a really nice pass in front of the net. I just wanted to get it upstairs. I've done enough trying to get it through (Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford) on the ice. I figured I'd try to go upstairs once."
On the Wild being less aggressive with a 2-1 lead: "I think we almost did get a little too passive. You kind of go into protect-the-lead mode. I think we did a little of that."
On whether the Wild are fully in playoff mode: "I think (this game) was closer — certainly closer than the second game. I still think we can take it to another level, but I think that was much better than the first two."
On whether some Wild players still are learning what it means to be in playoff mode: "Could be. I remember my first year. You've got to go through it and you've got to experience it to know what it's about. Some of these guys have only played three playoff games, but a good sign is we got better from the first two (playoff) games."
On playing at Xcel Energy Center: "The energy in the building was awesome. When we got that winning goal, it was so loud, it was great."
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Medicaid Redesign
Health Committee Report, Oct. 2, 2017 The following is a copy of the statement sent by Bonnie Lynch, President, LWVKY, to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services in response to the call for comments re the state's plan to ask CMS for a #1115 waiver. Granting of the waiver would allow the state to restructure our current Expanded Medicaid program. The text of this letter was released to the media on 08/10/2017.
The League of Women Voters of Kentucky
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson
Secretary, Cabinet for Health & Family Services
Commonwealth of Kentucky
The League of Women Voters of Kentucky (LWVKY) wishes to comment on the state's plan to redesign our current Medicaid program, including the Expansion, into a system now known as Helping to Engage and Achieve Long Term Health (HEALTH).
We are especially concerned that the components of the HEALTH plan—as detailed in the updated and annotated #1115 waiver request to CMS—may not be in keeping with established National and state League positions.
The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that a basic level of quality health care at an affordable cost should be available to all U.S. residents. Other health care policy goals should include the equitable distribution of services, efficient and economical delivery of care, advancement of medical research and technology, and a reasonable total national expenditure level for health care.
Statement of Position on Health Care, as Announced by National Board, April 1993 and supplemented by concurrence, June 2016. (http://lwv.org/content/health-care)
At our own State Conference on April 13, 2013, League delegates approved a recommendation that members "monitor the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Kentucky, insisting on transparency, oversight of contracts, and accountability in order to maintain the focus on the equitable distribution of health services."
Note that, at both the National and state level, League members are concerned about the "equitable distribution of services."
If the waiver is approved, it is our understanding that the restructured Medicaid/HEALTH program will impose premium and community engagement requirements on persons already doing all they can to cope with insufficient income, transportation problems, and/or few employment opportunities–especially in rural areas. We also question the harsh penalties to be levied on those who fall behind in premium payments or fail to report a change in income within a comparatively short time frame. The "lock-out" periods could impact those with chronic illness, patients who need ongoing treatment or medications.
LWVKY does applaud the recent state initiatives that will tighten regulation of payments to the managed care organizations (MCOs) who direct the delivery of Medicaid services. Such "oversight of contracts" and call for accountability are in keeping with our position.
We urge all who are working on the state's proposal to protect access to care, to facilitate compliance by eligible enrollees, to keep the "equitable distribution of health services" uppermost in their minds.
Yours respectfully,
Bonnie Lynch
President, League of Women Voters of Kentucky
Hopkinsville, KY 42240


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. businesses stepped up investment spending in August despite the upheaval caused by bitter political fighting in Washington, and some economists raised their forecast for economic growth for this quarter.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending, increased 1.1 percent after falling 0.2 percent in July.
That was well above economists' expectations for a 0.3 percent rise and suggested that businesses, sitting on about $2 trillion in cash, had not responded to the recent financial market volatility by curtailing investment.
"If we were in a recession we would expect to see business orders for capital goods plummeting and they are not," said Richard DeKaser, an economist at Parthenon Group in Boston.
The solid rise in investment spending, which was accompanied by a 2.8 percent rise in shipments of capital goods, prompted some economists to raise forecasts for third-quarter economic growth.
JPMorgan lifted its GDP growth forecast to an annual rate of 1.5 percent from 1.0 percent, while forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers raised their projection to 2.1 percent from 1.7 percent.
Shipments of civilian capital goods orders excluding aircraft go into the calculation of gross domestic product.
"While we don't yet know the split between how much went to domestic versus foreign buyers, this almost certainly implies another solid quarter for capital equipment spending," said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
Stocks on Wall Street initially rose on the data, but gave up gains to trade flat ahead of an audit of Greece's finances to decide whether the nation gets more aid to avoid bankruptcy. Prices for Treasury debt fell, while the dollar rose broadly.
Extreme volatility in financial markets, as politicians in Washington fought over budget policy and Europe struggled to come to grips with its debt crisis, has knocked confidence and raised the risk of a new U.S. recession.
But businesses are showing some confidence in the recovery.
Tech companies, including Intel Corp, International Business Machines Corp and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, this week said they would collectively invest $4.4 billion in facilities developing a new generation of computer chips in New York State.
And last week General Motors Co, the largest U.S. automaker, announced it would invest $2.5 billion in its domestic plants after reaching a labor contract accord.
While businesses are investing in machinery, they have been cautious on hiring. Nonfarm employment failed to grow in September for the first time in a year.
"Poisonous political dialogue and the attacks on business led people to be predictably very cautious, not investing, not wanting to hire," said Blackstone Group chief Stephen Schwarzman at the Lincoln Center Dialogue breakfast series. "The general uncertainty has basically frozen the economy."
Although business spending plans point to continued growth, the report also confirmed a slowing trend in manufacturing.
Overall orders for durable goods — items ranging from toasters to aircraft meant to last three years or more — dipped 0.1 percent after a 4.1 percent jump in July.
Orders were held back by an 8.5 percent drop in bookings for motor vehicles — the largest decline since February last year. Economists, however, blamed the fall on the seasonal adjustment to account for the rollout of new models, which normally happens in August.
The drop in orders, which are quite volatile from month to month, came despite a 23.5 percent rise in orders for civilian aircraft.
Boeing received 127 orders for aircraft, according to the plane maker's web site, up from 115 in July, with Delta Airlines placing an order for 100 planes.
Excluding transportation, orders also slipped 0.1 percent after rising 0.7 percent in July.
But outside of transportation and primary metals, which fell 0.8 percent because of weak commodity prices, details of the report were relatively strong.
Orders for machinery edged up 0.1 percent, while computers and electronic products, capital goods and electrical equipment and appliances rose solidly.
Other details of the report were also supportive of growth, with unfilled orders posting a healthy increase — indicating factories will keep busy for a while.
In addition, inventories advanced to a record high of $365.3 billion. While that should support third-quarter growth, analysts worried businesses might find themselves with too much stock and could cut back on orders, hurting the fragile economy.
"Unwanted inventory growth is the stuff that turns business expansions into recessions and we are seeing total inventories build at a pace relative to new orders that seems not to be by design," said Steve Blitz, a senior economist at ITG Investment Research in New York.
Additional reporting by Scott Malone in Boston and Ben Klayman in Detroit; Editing by Neil Stempleman


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The Future of Yo! D101
Hello everyone after much thought and discussions, we at Yo! D101 have decided to change from being a general interest blog to an anime blog. This is a new evolution for us, but its something we know we are passionate about and can do, which will also be much easier for us since we love anime so much and want to meet like minded people. We will be talking about everything anime, manga and gaming 😍😍😍.
There will be changes to the blog to reflect this but we hope you stay with us as we evolve and grow. 😊
20 something year old, spending a lot of free time watching anime, playing video games, reading manga, sometimes meeting new people and learning game Dev.
Loves battle shounen, slice of life, comedy, horror or anything that has an interesting plot.