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'''Attracting Reluctant Male Readers'''
'''Attracting Reluctant Male Readers'''
An alarming number of adolescent boys are being labeled "reluctant readers." We want them to read, how do we make that happen? Two Chicago-area authors, who double as public and school librarians, discuss ways to move boys to the "eager reader" category. The presenters represent populations (gay and African-American) that are traditionally under served. Attendees will receive information on sure-fire titles, proven strategies, and on-line resources to help match students with books and services.
An alarming number of adolescent boys are being labeled "reluctant readers." We want them to read, how do we make that happen? Two Chicago-area authors, who double as public and school librarians, discuss ways to move boys to the "eager reader" category. The presenters represent populations (gay and African-American) that are traditionally under served. Attendees will receive information on sure-fire titles, proven strategies, and on-line resources to help match students with books and services.
== Programming & Outreach ==
== Programming & Outreach ==
Revision as of 12:03, 31 October 2012
- 1 Conference News
- 2 Registration, Travel and Hotel Information
- 3 Shuttles at ALA Chicago
- 4 Roommates
- 5 Convention Center Information
- 6 YALSA Programs & Ticketed Events
- 7 Young Adult Literature/Readers' Advisory
- 8 Programming & Outreach
- 9 Research & Best Practices
- 10 Youth Participation
- 11 YALSA Online at Conference
- 12 YALSA in the Exhibits
- 13 YALSA Office Area & Staff On-Site
- 14 Other Events of Interest
- 15 Chicago Information
- 16 Tips for Making the Most of Conference Once You're Home
Conference News
Click on "Conference News" above for general information about attending an ALA conference, including tips on finding funding for attending the conference. For specific, up to date information about the ALA Conference beyond YALSA's slate of programs and events, please visit the ALA Annual Conference Website.
Registration, Travel and Hotel Information
- Bundled registration for ALA Annual and ALA Midwinter will open on Sept. 1.
- United Airlines is offering special meeting discounts for attendees of the ALA Annual Conference. Simply call the United Special Meeting Desk at 800-521-4041 and refer to Meeting ID Number 500CR to receive a 2-10% discount off applicable fares, including First Class. If you purchase your ticket at least 30 days prior to travel, you will receive an additional 5% discount. This special offer applies to travel on domestic segments of all United Airlines, United Express, TED and United code share flights (UA*) operated by US Airways, US Airways Express and Air Canada. There are no fees to use the 800 number. International attendees will receive a 10% discount off the lowest applicable fare (excluding First Class), or a 15% discount off the fully refundable, unrestricted coach fare when they call their local United Airlines reservation number and refer to meeting ID number 500CR. An additional 5% discount will apply when tickets are purchased at least 60 days in advance of your travel dates. Discounts apply to United and Lufthansa (code share) flights. You can also make your reservation online at www.united.com, using ALA promotion code 500CR (click on "More Search Options" to enter the code).
- Consider staying with local Chicago residents who are renting out futons and private bedrooms. They have individual reviews too.
Shuttles at ALA Chicago
A free shuttle will run from McCormick Place to many of the official ALA hotels.
Looking for a roommate for the symposium? Leave a message looking for someone in this space. Please include your contact information!
Convention Center Information
- Location: The 2013 ALA Annual Conference will be held in Chicago's McCormick Place convention center at 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr. This is a pretty huge convention center, so be sure you know where your meeting rooms are, or you could waste a lot of time wandering around.
- Maps: You can access the web for maps and floor plans of McCormick Place at www.mccormickplace.com (click on Facilities, then Floor Plans).
YALSA Programs & Ticketed Events
Below are the YALSA programs for ALA's Annual Conference. Information about ticketed events is forthcoming.
Young Adult Literature/Readers' Advisory
We Go Together: Pairing the latest non-fiction for teens with fiction titles. Non-Fiction--not just for research any more. Join us for this fun-filled session focused on the latest and greatest non-fiction for teens (& tweens). Participants will get a look at recent "must know" non-fiction titles to recommend in the library/classroom, as well as fiction titles to pair with each book. Participants will take away an annotated bibliography of suggestions, as well as a good foundation for recommending and book-talking non-fiction to teens.
Attracting Reluctant Male Readers An alarming number of adolescent boys are being labeled "reluctant readers." We want them to read, how do we make that happen? Two Chicago-area authors, who double as public and school librarians, discuss ways to move boys to the "eager reader" category. The presenters represent populations (gay and African-American) that are traditionally under served. Attendees will receive information on sure-fire titles, proven strategies, and on-line resources to help match students with books and services.
Programming & Outreach
Maker Nation: Providing STEM Programming Through Partnership Learn how Allen County Public Library partnered with the non-profit organization TekVenture beginning in 2011 to offer innovative programming on topics related to science, technology, engineering, math, and design for patrons age 12 and up.learning about specific programs and how they were done.
I have heard of the FabLab that is being built at a library in New York State at Fayetteville Free Library but our program will talk about offering similar programming through partnership. TekVenture has located their Maker Station in the library's parking lot and we are offering over 50 workshops and demos during summer 2012 on 3D printing, CNC routing, CNC milling, and many other topics.
Beyond Crafts: Digital Literacy and New Media Programs for Students It is important that youth services librarians include new media programs on their calendars next to traditional arts and crafts, gaming, and anime clubs. This presentation is designed to give them basic knowledge of new media projects and resources as that relate to digital literacy. Projects discussed will include light animation, robotics, sand animation, claymation, engineering, and digital photography, among others. Sample budgets and hands on lessons will be included.Skills Relating to Digital Literacy Instruction.
The topic presents youth programming through nontraditional examples that incorporate digital content creation and engineering. It focuses on these projects as they relate to wider education initiatives like STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).
20 Programs Under $20 Creating quality teen programming on a budget can be challenging, but not impossible. We'll present 20 programs that cost $20 or less. With every program discussed, a guide detailing all aspects will be available so that participants can execute the programs on their own.They will have 20 programs that they can execute at their libraries for teens.
With budgets for programming being cut all over the country, we've come up with twenty programs that can be presented at libraries for under $20 a program. We include outlines for all of our program and links we use, and will have a lot of our activities and props available for participants to try out. This way, participants will have hands-on experience with the programs and all the instructions for executing them at their libraries.
Dynamic Duos: Collaboration between School and Public Library Systems School Teacher-Librarians and Children's/Teen Librarians in public libraries have much to offer each other -- experience, skills, resources, audience -- but realizing a successful collaboration can be more difficult than it seems. This session will explore collaboration from both sides, giving you the know-how to really take advantage of your colleagues (in a good way). We'll present the results of a national survey looking at successful collaborations, and present multiple models of mutual support. Improve every aspect of your library services from your collection to programming while doing less work and having more fun!Participants will understand the benefits of collaboration between schools and public libraries and begin to develop a seamless user experience for patrons of the two library systems.
The presenters rapport as well as their knowledge of the subject makes the presentation interesting and entertaining. They draw from data collected by the presenters in a nation-wide survey. Handouts provide simple suggestions for librarians just beginning to reach out to other systems. Participants will have opportunities to share their own experiences around school and public library collaboration.
Research & Best Practices
Maintaining Teen E-Collections: Selection, Weeding, and Access How do you build the best e-book collection for teens? What about weeding e-materials, do you have to do it since the materials don't take up physical space? What happens to discovery of materials when the catalog is filled with old and new items? There are a lot of questions that need to be answered when it comes to e-collections. In this session you'll have the chance to brainstorm with others the best way to answer these questions so to build the most successful e-collections possible for the teens in your community.Understand the importance of maintaining an e-book collection for teens.
Each of the table facilitators will start the small group discussions with a provocative question on the topic of building e-collections for teens. As a result participants will not just hear from others about the best ways to develop these collections but will have an opportunity to be a part of an active discussion in order to better understand and develop their own ideas for developing these collections.
Youth Participation
Generation Us - Intergenerational Programs That Build Community Are your teens frustrated with busy work, yearning for more meaningful volunteer experiences? Want to create a more positive community perspective of your adolescent patrons? Ready to utilize that wonderful teen energy to create events that are both fun and developmentally enriching? Dawn Rutherford, Teen Coordinator for Sno-Isle Libraries (WA) and Sara Paschal, Teen Librarian for Tacoma Public Library System (WA) will share some of their greatest intergenerational programming successes, and give you the tools you need to make them happen in your library! Learn about running terrific volunteer programs such as Book Buddies and Tech Coaching, how to host gaming programs that will bring seniors and Millenials together, and creating other innovative events that will build community, good will, and 21th century literacies.Thorough understanding of the developmental benefits of intergenerational programs.
I believe this is a topic that has not been touch on very much in YALSA presentations, but is an area rich for exploration. We are prepared to share experiences on a wide range of successful activities, provide a wealth of supplementary materials that will enable librarians to begin planning such programs immediately, and suggest strategies to incorporate the 40 Developmental Assets in the planning. While much has been heard about big Washington State library systems like Seattle Public and King County have made contributions to Teen Services, there are also fantastic work being done by mid-size library systems in the region, too. Together Sno-Isle and Tacoma Public represent a wide range of patrons including those from suburban, rural and challenging urban communities.
Empowering Youth Through Junior Friends' Groups and Socially Conscious Programming The program would focus on using Junior Friends groups as a means to empower teens. Jr. Friends allow for the growth of leadership, responsibility, activism, and increased positive interaction w/peers and the community at large. Socially Conscious programming addresses the needs of teens, specifically minority teens in ways that help them to feel empowered and overcome obstacles.A greater sense of what Junior Friends groups can do, for both the library and teens.
I will focus on the use of Junior Friends groups that address not only community service but also in using the Junior Frieds to promote diversity and celebrate it through their programming. Socially Conscious programming again addresses diversity and the need to empower our youth regardless of their backgrounds. The appeal is ulitmately universal, but instead of the middle America look I've seen in the past, the audience will see and hear experiences from suburban youths of color.
YALSA Online at Conference
YALSA in the Exhibits
- YALSA will have a member booth in the Exhibit Hall. It will be inside the ALA Membership Pavillion.
YALSA Office Area & Staff On-Site
YALSA Staff at Conference
Other Events of Interest
Chicago Information
Hello, Chicagoans! Please feel free to add information here that may be of interest to visitors.
General Tourism Resources
- www.choosechicago.com/ALA2009 (your one-stop shop for information about things to do, shopping, restaurants, transportation, maps, weather and more)
- City of Chicago's official tourist info web site
- What Chicago Neighborhoods are Safe? (from an April 9th column in the Chicago Reader)
Chicago Museums
A Philip Randolph/George M. Pullman Museum [1]
Adler Planetarium [2]
American Bar Association Museum of Law [3]
Art Institute of Chicago [4]
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture [5]
Beverly Arts Center [6]
Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design [7]
Chicago Children's Museum [8]
Chicago Cultural Center [9]
Chicago Historical Society [10]
DuSable Museum of African-American Art [11]
Field Museum [12]
Glessner House Museum (just half a mile north & west of the convention center) [13]
The History Makers [14]
International Museum of Surgical Science [15]
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum [16]
Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago [17]
Museum of Contemporary Photography [18]
Museum of Science and Industry [19] (See museum offer at top of this section)
Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences [20]
Newberry Library [21]
Polish Museum of America [22]
John G. Shedd Aquarium [23]
Spertus Museum [24]
Things to Do
- The Chicago Reader is a free weekly newspaper and website that provides restaurant, theater, film and art reviews as well as other information about what's going on in the city.
- Windy City Times -- GLBT web site and newspaper with news, info and events
- MetroMix chicago is a web site with reviews and listings of restaurants, clubs, theater, movies, music, and events. It also has a calendar of events for each day.
- Yelp Chicago is the Chicago outpost of the popular user review site, with reviews of hotels, restaurants, shops and venues.
Dining After 10:00 pm (recommended by The Chicago Tribune)
AVEC http://www.avecrestaurant.com/
Bijans Bistro http://www.bijansbistro.com/
Blue 13 http://www.blue13chicago.com/
Cafe Iberico http://www.cafeiberico.com/
The Grafton Irish Pub and Grill http://www.thegrafton.com/
Grand Lux Cafe http://www.grandluxcafe.com/
La Madia http://www.dinelamadia.com/
Millers Pub Restaurant http://www.millerspub.com/
Potters (In the Palmer House)http://www.potterschicago.com/
Sunda http://www.sundachicago.com/#/menus/
Vertigo Sky Lounge http://www.danahotelandspa.com/rooftop-lounge/index.cfm
Gluten Free
Adobo Grill (Gluten Free Menu Available) http://www.adobogrill.com/oldtown/menu.aspx?s=65
Venus http://www.venuschicago.com/
Vinci http://www.vincichicago.com/menu.aspx?s=62
Weber Grill http://www.webergrillrestaurant.com/locations/locationsintro.html
Wildfire Chicago http://www.wildfirerestaurant.com/locations
Vegetarian and Vegan
Alice and Friends' Vegetarian Cafe http://www.aliceandfriends.com
Chicago Diner http://www.veggiediner.com/wp/
Green Zebra http://www.greenzebrachicago.com
Karyn's Cooked http://www.karynraw.com
Kramer's Health Foods Cafe http://chicago.menupages.com/restaurantdetails?restaurantid=19433
New Life Vegetarian Restaurant and Juice Bar http://www.happycow.net/reviews.php?id=3597
Lakeside Café http://www.lake-side-cafe.com/index.html
Chicago Guides and Links
Chicago Tribune presents: Obama's Chicago See Chicago from Obama's point of view, including the places he lived, worked and played. http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-obama-chicago-htmlstory,0,506256.htmlstory
Restaurant, Nightlife, and Event reviews Metromix http://chicago.metromix.com/ Yelp http://www.yelp.com/chicago
Chicago Reader restaurant guide http://www.chicagoreader.com/cgi-bin/rrr/form.cgi?/
Chicago's official tourism site: http://www.explorechicago.org
Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. Explore each and every one! http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods.html http://www.dreamtown.com/neighborhoods/chicago-neighborhoods.html http://neighborhoods.chicago.il.us/ http://www.chicagoneighborhoods.cc/
- Check out Chicago's Trip Planner for the fastest way to get to your destination using Chicago's public transportation. The Trip Planner includes information on busses and trains. If you'll be using the CTA bus to get around, keep an eye on the Bus Tracker to find out when it'll be at your stop.
- There is a free trolley that runs along the Magnificent Mile to downtown and even to Navy Pier. For more information, visit the web site.
Tips for Making the Most of Conference Once You're Home
- Write up a summary of what you learned at the conference and share it with your supervisor. Offer to present a session or workshop on a particular topic to your co-workers.
- Organize any materials that you collected at the conference. Share the information with co-workers, as appropriate.
- Make a list of the new things you learned at the conference and write down one strategy for each idea that outlines how you'll incorporate what you learned in your daily work.
- Follow up with any vendors of interest who offered special discounts at the conference.
- Follow up with any new contacts you made at the conference by sending a brief email and/or labeling and filing any business cards you collected.
- Visit http://presentations.ala.org to view and/or download any materials you may have missed from some of the programs at the conference.
- Distribute any books, ARCs, or other materials you collected at the conference to your Teen Advisory or Book Discussion groups.
- Send thank you notes to anyone who helped support your travel to the conference.


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Starting Position: Holding the TRX handles in each hand, turn yourself to face the anchor point. Stand with one foot ahead of the other and both feet facing forward. Maintain this foot position throughout the exercise. Brace your torso by contracting your core/abdominal muscles. Pull your shoulder blades down and back.
Gently lean backwards. Shift your body weight over your back leg while straightening your elbows positioned at chest height. Do not allow your wrists to bend. Palms face inward. Concentrate on keeping your shoulder blades pulled back and down. Do not let your shoulders roll forward. Keep your head and spine aligned, and avoid any sagging in the low back.
Upward Phase: Exhale and slowly bend your elbows, pulling your entire body towards your hands. Your elbows should move towards your sides and remain close to your body. Think about pulling your elbows closer to your ribs. Keep the wrists in the neutral position. Your torso should be rigid, with your head and spine aligned. Avoid any sagging or aching in your low back or hips.
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True Confessions
Robin Brownlee
March 20 2009 09:52AM
Faster than oil companies have gouged us again with a four-cent increase at the gas pumps to mark the first day of spring, optimism over the Edmonton Oilers playoff chances has grown in leaps and bounds after Thursday's 8-1 laugher over the feeble Colorado Avalanche.
And why not? Just as sure as Shell, Petro-Can and their big oil bully brethren slap on a dry latex glove, ignore the lube and probe our wallets, the cakewalk in Denver has hopes high.
Like I said last week, I suspect the Oilers are destined to snag one of the final two playoff spots in the Western Conference and put the brakes on a two-year stretch out of the post-season in spite of themselves (please send Brownlee is an idiot e-mails to email@example.com if you must).
But, even if they don't, these first 70 games have reinforced some notions I had when this season began, dispelled others and provided a revelation or two along the way.
Upon further review...
Dwayne Roloson has more fight in him than any goaltender I've seen in a long time and he's hands-down the Oilers MVP.
I had Roloson pegged as a grossly over-priced back-up to Mathieu Garon in October, but he's blown that out of the water with 26 straight starts and a stretch drive that defies his birth certificate.
"We know what we've got in here," Roloson told me before the team hit the road. "We know what we can do. I try not to read the papers or get caught up in what other people think. My job is to play."
Roloson isn't the best technical goaltender. He isn't blessed with ridiculous reflexes or remarkable physical tools. But he competes like hell and has as much brass as anybody on this team. One more year, please.
Craig MacTavish won't be fired between now and the start of training camp next September, but I don't see him behind the bench next season.
I can see MacTavish stepping away and taking another position, or leaving the team altogether. He's a competitive, dedicated coach, but he's aging, and fast, before our eyes.
- I'm not convinced Tom Gilbert is as good as his numbers, 4-36-40, because he's fattening up on second assists, but I've got no doubt he could help GM Steve Tambellini land a proven top-six forward via trade this off-season. Who could Tambellini get for Gilbert and Robert Nilsson?
- Sam Gagner is better suited as a centre than on the wing, preferably on the second line, so for crying out loud, (memo to whoever is coaching this outfit) leave him there. With his first NHL hat-trick in Colorado, Second-Half Sam has 13 points in his last eight games. Come to think of it, the way he's playing, Sam reminds of me of Henri Richard of the 1957 Montreal Canadiens.
- Tambellini needs to get out from under Dustin Penner's contract, either by trade or buy out. Penner's gone from 29 goals with Anaheim in 2006-07 to 23 last season. He has 14 this season. PDP is going to settle in as a 17-20-goal scorer long-term. He's not worth $4.25 million a season.
- Roloson's dogged determination aside, there's a pretty good chance the Oilers have knackered Jeff Deslauriers with the way they've mishandled him. Even with Garon gone, Deslauriers hasn't started since Nov. 30.
Grumpy old men
Did anybody out there hear Nick Kypreos and Doug MacLean of Sportsnet whining about what they considered an over-the-top goal celebration by Alex Ovechkin, who scored his 50th in a 5-2 win over Tampa Bay?
"I would have given him a shot," sniffed Kypreos, perhaps best-remembered by NHL fans for lying face down unconscious in a puddle of his own blood after he got KTFO by Ryan Vandenbussche.
Kypreos and MacLean, who made his mark by making the Columbus Blue Jackets the laughingstock of the league during his tenure as GM before getting sacked, didn't like it that Ovechkin dropped his stick on the ice, then treated it as if it was too hot to pick up. "I'd have just given him a shove," added MacLean.
Who, exactly, appointed Don Cherry, he of the double-breasted jackets made of Christmas wrap, Kypreos and MacLean the No Fun Police?
One more thing...
I'm guessing Ales Kotalik doesn't read OilersNation and I haven't introduced myself to him in the dressing room yet, but he's pretty much shoved my own words up my backside, hasn't he?
Tuesday I wrote: "When I look a Kotalik, I see a big version of German Titov, a pretty good player who did nothing in Oilers silks when they acquired him from Pittsburgh at the deadline in 2000. Titov chipped in four assists in the seven games he played with Edmonton and then, thankfully, moved on."
Since then, Kotalik scored the winning goal in a shootout against St. Louis at Rexall Place and scored a goal and added three assists in the romp over the pitiful Avalanche.
I've written stupid things before. I'll write them again.
-- Listen to Robin Brownlee every Thursday from 4 to 6pm on Just A Game with Jason Gregor on TEAM 1260.
March 20 2009, 09:59AM
""I would have given him a shot," sniffed Kypreos, perhaps best-remembered by NHL fans for lying face down unconscious in a puddle of his own blood after he got KTFO by Ryan Vandenbussche."
OMG Classic
March 20 2009, 10:09AM
Im hopin for a Draft Day splash from the puppet and his master this year.
is that more than a gut feeling about MacT stepping away? It does look like Dorian Gray finally looked at his picture, but is vanity the only cure for the 8 year itch that is Craig MacTavish?
"Who, exactly, appointed Don Cherry, he of the double-breasted jackets made of Christmas wrap, Kypreos and MacLean the No Fun Police?"
Lol Christmas wrap, very nice.
Congrats to Alexander the Great, the haters can all suck it.
Ovechkin's celebration was no more over the top than Jagr or Selanne throwing their glove up in the air and pretending to shoot it down. The media should be relishing another 50 goal season by one of the brightest stars in the NHL but because Cherry stirred up this BS a while back people are now pissing and moaning about it. Ridiculous.
However, Kypreos would have alot of experience watching the other team celebrate while he is on the ice, so perhaps he knows more than I.
Book The Parade! with the way the Oilers have gone this season it wouldn't be suprising to expect the score to read 8-1 Chicago tonight...and Kypreos is an idiot can't stand watching him, can anyone say MacT the next "Assistant President of Hockey Operations" shh, no one is supposed to know
March 20 2009, 10:22AM
@ dw: It's ridiculous that some people want to take the fun out of game and mute the pure joy displayed by somebody like Ovechkin. Hell, it was a milestone goal, not a meaningless empty-netter in Game 23 of the season.
Same with the noted duck hunting celebration by Selanne several years back. I talked with Teemu about that goal during a trip to Anaheim a few years ago and while he admitted in hindsight the celebration was over-the-top, it was a spur of the moment thing. Personally, I loved it, but that's because Selanne, for all his talent and accolades, was a team guy first, not a look-at-me type.
It's a matter of taste, I guess, and as an old schooler I tend to err on the side of "act like you've done it before," but there are goals and there are BIG goals.
March 20 2009, 10:23AM
You're sure about Kotalik? Some skill, yes, but I'm still not sold.
Just how bad are Penner's practice and workout habits, but he's getting the job done on the ice.
March 20 2009, 10:24AM
I meant: "Just how bad are Penner's practice and workout habits? Because he's getting the job done on the ice."
I rather see OV celebrate than Kypreos sliding feet first into Grant with the intent to knock him out of the series, he's a real piece of work, on the Oil, RB I still say Mact thinks this is his lineup for the playoffs, I don't see Storts finding his way back in the lineup with the team starting to go. As for Red-Ox on the third line he might just be a good fit there his pass to Pies was great. Hemmer didn't get any points but he did set up Souray in close and was the player to start the first PP goal. And the guy on HF that SUGGESTED Hemmer might be wanting a trade give your head a shake, all he says are good things about playing here. If the 1st line start finishing this team could suprise a team the Sharks are ripe again this year.
Kypreos embarrased himself with that rant last night. Get over it Nick! The whole, "That's not how you should celebrate a goal in the NHL" routine makes them look even older and stuffier than they actually are. God forbid someone in this league demonstrates that they have a personality.
Also, kudos Robin for admitting Kotalik made you put your foot in your Mouth. You hear a lot of reporters say "I told you so" when they are right about something, but not usually the other way around. Speaking of which, a few of my buddies and I were dissing Horcs last night as he put in the game winner. I love when the Oil shut us up like that.
Big game tonight. Any word on the starting goalie? Can someone go wake up Mac T and ask him for me?
March 20 2009, 10:27AM
@ David Staples: I'm not saying Kotalik is a keeper, but I wrote him off as somebody who'd do next-to-nothing in the stretch drive, as was the case with Titov. Four points in one game, even against the stiffs in Denver, is more memorable than anything Titov did while playing out the string in Edmonton.
March 20 2009, 10:37AM
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"I would have given him a shot," sniffed Kypreos, perhaps best-remembered by NHL fans for lying face down unconscious in a puddle of his own blood after he got KTFO by Ryan Vandenbussche.
HAHA YES! Man, I thought his skull was going to burst out of his face last night. He was SOO angry. He looked like Arnold in Total Recall when he falls out the window onto the surface of Mars in that dream.
Why was he so enraged? Was it because he barely scored 50 goals his entire career? And Ovie has done it three times?
I've written stupid things before. I'll write them again
Stuff like this is why I love getting my news from here instead of the MSM.
And I don't agree with you on Gilbert. With Gilbert, Grebeshkov, Visnovsky, Smid and Souray (crap that was hard to type) I think the Oilers have a league class defensive core, especially if Peckham takes the next step. I think O'Sullivan may fit the need on the top line (fingers crossed) and there may be free agent pick ups out there who can fill a second line winger. Unless of course we properly use our PDP in a consistent role there, instead of trying to fit-square-peg-round-hole grinders on the top lines (ie Pouliot or other possible scoring wingers in the system).
March 20 2009, 10:41AM
Upon further research Kypreos didn't even reach the 50 career goal plateau. Mystery solved!
March 20 2009, 10:42AM
"That's sick!"
"Holy crap"
(Youtube comments on Ovechkin's 50th goal)
"That's sick"
"Holy crap"
(Youtube comments on Kypreos getting speedbagged by Vandenbussche)
March 20 2009, 10:46AM
And as for Don Cherry, I suppose he has earned the right to complain ever since he won the ... oh wait, he hasn't won anything...never mind. STFU old man!
FFS, if Mac isn't fired (or step down) after they either miss the playoffs, or lose in 4 or 5 games in the first round, put me on suicide watch man. I can't take it any more! ;)
Chaz wrote:
Kypreos embarrased himself with that rant last night. Get over it Nick! Kypreos can't get over himself....
The funny thing would be, once kypreos gave him a shot, the next shift Ovie would plaster him into the boards, and probably, just for fun score again. The guy is GOLD. He is great for the no fun league, and, as much as they want, he is the new face of the GAME.
Gagner has been good, real good. I was totally wrong, all over this kid, like why is he still getting thrown out there game after game....then....I realized, god forbid, Mact was right....the kid is GOOD, REAL GOOD.
March 20 2009, 10:57AM
@ Librarian Mike:
he did win the Jack Adams award.
I love Don Cherry, but you need to take him with a grain of salt. He mostly says it like it is and rarely apologizes for what he says. In a politically correct world its a nice break once a week.
He was dead wrong about Ovechkin. Honestly though, I dont understand how he can call out anyone on issues of style.
March 20 2009, 10:59AM
Milli wrote:
I was totally wrong, all over this kid, like why is he still getting thrown out there game after game….then….I realized, god forbid, Mact was right….
He employed the ol, throw him in the deep end to teach him how to swim technique. I'm also torn up at the fact that MacT was right in getting Gagner to play a tougher, more checking role at the beginning of the season, because his game looks like it's really starting to round off, and he's going hard to the corners and the front of the net. DAMN YOU MACT AND YOUR BACKWARDS LOGIC THAT SOMETIMES FINDS A WAY TO WORK OUT!!!!
Hey Chaz, sorry for the misquote, still trying to figure out how this works...
Penner with 0 points, I didn't see the game, did he play?
March 20 2009, 11:04AM
Librarian Mike wrote:
"Wow" "That's sick!" "Holy crap" (Youtube comments on Ovechkin's 50th goal) "Wow" "That's sick" "Holy crap" (Youtube comments on Kypreos getting speedbagged by Vandenbussche)
Wow, that's sick! Holy Crap!
@ Nickler: No problem. I long ago stopped using the "Quote" function as I too had trouble with it. The "reply" function is about as high-tech as I like to get.
March 20 2009, 11:10AM
jeanshorts wrote:
He looked like Arnold in Total Recall when he falls out the window onto the surface of Mars in that dream.
Haha...love that movie. "T-twwooo wu-wweeeeks"
March 20 2009, 11:18AM
@ Chaz: To quote someone, just highlight the part of their post you want to quote and then click on the quote button. It will say the persons name and their quote.
Travis Dakin wrote:
To quote someone
Thanks Travis. It works! I just doubled my Oilers Nation skill set. Time to clebrate with an early lunch.
March 20 2009, 11:20AM
Travis Dakin wrote:
To quote someone, just highlight the part of their post you want to quote and then click on the quote button. It will say the persons name and their quote.
Dude! I totally didnt know about the highlighting part, i was just hitting quote. learning is fun!
Quote "Craig MacTavish won't be fired between now and the start of training camp next September, but I don't see him behind the bench next season".
Most depressing thing I have ever read!
@ David Staples:
How about this:
The Oilers Brass should have a meeting with Penner this offseason and give him some tangible, set in stone fitness/ conditioning goals... make the excpectations very clear... Failure to meet these standards will result in a one way ticket to Springfield. Make it clear to Dustin that he will NEVER be recalled and will play out his entire contract in the AHL (Why should the Oilers subsidize Penner's salary if he were to be claimed on recall waivers?) I know it's easy for me to spend Katz's millions on a dud in the AHL but... this plan would either motivate Penner, or shed us of his cap hit. Heck, there is even a tiny faint chance some other organization would claim Penner on the way down. Personally; I like Penner. I still hope he will have a bounce back season under a new coach... That said, it is up to Penner to show some real commitment moving forward.
March 20 2009, 11:44AM
@ Chaz: @ Archaeologuy: See how I am replying to you guys with no quote? I just hit the reply button. Simple.
And that is my good deed for the day.
March 20 2009, 11:46AM
@ Travis Dakin: Travis Dakin wrote:
@ Chaz:
@ Travis Dakin: @ Archaeologuy: Travis Dakin wrote:
And that is my good deed for the day.
@ The Towel Boy:
I don't think I get it.
@ Travis Dakin: Now you are just showing off...
March 20 2009, 11:53AM
@ The Towel Boy:
ahahaha DAMN YOU you SONOFABITCH!
I burst out laughing at work, which is nothing out of the ordinary, but I always have to make up some lame excuse that makes it look like I'm not wasting all my time on everything other than work.
March 20 2009, 11:56AM
@ The Towel Boy: HAHA well played.
I'm not as convinced as RB that buying Penner out is the best option.
If the team is willing to send Penner to the minors to open his 4.25 mil in cap cpace, that's one thing, but buying him out seems like a bad idea, since it costs you 2/3rd of his salary anyways (saves the team 4.25 mil vs burying him in the minors), but cost 8.5 mil in cap space spread over 6 years. Plus you still have to replace Penner.
March 20 2009, 12:15PM
I still say that Penner isn't as bad as everyone says he is and that 14 goals isn't the work of a $4.25 million dollar player but it also isn't AHL level contributions either. Mind you where in the hell is Satan these days?
I can't wait to see who is declared Star and Goat next year for everyone....
Enough of next year. Bring on next game!
*searches wildly for money to bring to party tonight*
Site improvement request.... when you click on a link, can you script it so it opens a new window - sometimes the back button does not apply and you lose your spot on ON.....
Maybe this is more Kypreos' style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LFbNB8hCCU&NR=1
I watched a few Kypreos videos on youtube, he was nothing but a punching bag.
If you are going to send Penner to the minors, can we please send Lowe down as well - seems fair, since the moron in the mirror is partly to blame for this debacle of biblical proportions... it seems that the Horcoff signing (overpayment) is even worse from a cap hit and dollar per point.
Deep Oil wrote:
Site improvement request…. when you click on a link, can you script it so it opens a new window - sometimes the back button does not apply and you lose your spot on ON…..
I just CTRL-click on most websites to be sure. that opens the link in a new tab.
March 20 2009, 12:27PM
Wanye Gretz wrote:
I can't wait to see who is declared Star and Goat next year for everyone….
Next year it'll be the seven million dollar man, Mr. Shawn Horcoff.
As for the star, my vote's going to the coach, if it ends up being someone who didn't play for the Oilers in the 80s.
I just reread that and realized how impossible it is...so, instead the star will be Patty O.
@ Deep Oil: Or click on with by pressing the mouse wheel down
Deep Oil wrote:
If you are going to send Penner to the minors, can we please send Lowe down as well - seems fair, since the moron in the mirror is partly to blame for this debacle of biblical proportions… it seems that the Horcoff signing (overpayment) is even worse from a cap hit and dollar per point.
Who care if it make Lowe look bad the devils did it to that Russian (can't remember his name) and he has scored a ton of goals, but I do agree with Chris lay down the law and if Penner doesn't meet expectations send his ass to Springfield, if he does I can see PDP having a good year.
@ Deep Oil: The Horcoff debacle of a contract will get plenty of 'air-time' next year here on the 'Nation. 7 million for face-offs and 15 - 20 goals is a lot of coin. He's valuable but not that valuable.
March 20 2009, 12:43PM
@ shakey:
Have you ever noticed that Horcoff in interviews has that same "i swear i parked my car here" expression on his face that MacT has on the bench.
Just remember; it's not really fair to blame a player (IE: Horcs, Penner) for signing an inflated contract. Lowe is the only one who should answer to that.
@ Archaeologuy: I don't know if there is anyone that has that 'where the f**k did I put my keys' look like MacT. I'm waiting for a bird to fly into his mouth when he's doing his stag party doll impression.
March 20 2009, 12:47PM
shakey wrote:
7 million for face-offs and 15 - 20 goals is a lot of coin
while the term 7 million often comes up, referring to the cap hit of 5.5 makes more sense because at the end of the contract 2 and 3 million doesnt look so bad either
@ junglehawk: You're right but it is the number that is going to be used when people start complaining about his lack of production. Assuming that it carries over from this year. Not hoping, just assuming.


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Ahead of the final interval before the Heineken Cup Pool run-in, the Top 14 continues as Toulon look to keep hold of their cushion at the French summit.
The league leaders face Racing-Metro on Sunday after a round that sees Biarritz hosting Agen on Friday before five tasty fixtures dominate Saturday.
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Stade Francais vs Bayonne
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Grenoble vs Castres
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12 Bordeaux-Bègles 18
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Biarritz know that anything other than a win would dent their slim hopes of making the play-offs when they run out to face Agen. BO sit eleven points off the top four and came worryingly close to being worse off than that when they squeezed past Mont-de-Marsan last week.
Team news sees a strong backline of Lesgourgues, Peyrelongue, Brew, Traille, Baby, Ngwenya and Balshaw that will be hunting the bonus point. Agen meanwhile name Ben Seymour at fly-half as they look to bounce back from a disappointing 40-6 loss at Racing.
Kick-off: 20:50 (19:50 GMT)
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant referees: Cyril Lafon, René Bordeneuve
Television match official: Philippe Bonhoure
Clermont v Montpellier
Parc Des Sports Marcel Michelin
One of the matches of the weekend sees the yellow machine face off with Montpol at Parc Des Sports Marcel Michelin, with both teams entering in red hot form following Round 14. Clermont demolished Bayonne 48-3 while Montpellier beat Stade Francais 54-16 with consummate ease in two results that sent a quiet message to the other play-off contenders.
Alex Tulou, Giorge Jgenti, Juan Figallo and Agustin Creevy are all out for the visitors this week though which enhances ASM's favourite tag this Saturday. Clermont meanwhile are boosted by the return to training of dynamic France loosehead prop Thomas Domingo.
Kick-off: 15:00 (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Assistant referees: Sébastien Clouté, Benoît Escoubet
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Stade Francais v Bayonne
Stade Charlety
As mentioned, these two were on the receiving end of two hammerings in their most recent outings so victory is all the more critical at Stade Charlety. It's tenth versus eleventh on Saturday and Bayonne are boosted by the return of Joe Rokocoko and Manu Ahotaeiloa.
Stade Francias no doubt realise that Heineken Cup qualification is now down to whether their Amlin Challenge Cup form continues as domestically they continue to struggle.
Kick-off: 18:30 (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Sébastien Minery
Assistant referees: Flavien Hourquet, Sébastien Hebert
Television match official: Hervé Dubes
Perpignan v Bordeaux-Begles
Stade Aimé Giral
USAP are missing hooker Guilhem Guirado and fly-half James Hook with respective shin and shoulder injuries as they look to bounce back from a dismal showing in Toulon. Scotland's Al Strokosch and former Gloucester team-mate Luke Narraway are included.
Bordeaux-Begles fell to Grenoble in the last round but that is not embarrassing by any stretch of the imagination and they may fancy their chances of a big upset at Aimé Giral.
Kick-off: 18:30 (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
Assistant referees: Salem Attalah, Laurent Breil
Television match official: Gilles Cogne
Grenoble v Castres
Stade Lesdiguières
It hasn't been the greatest build-up to a game for Castres as reports that Rory Kockott was eager to leave for Racing-Metro were countered by Castres, who stated "this player has a contract to remain with Castres for another year if the club qualifies for the Heineken Cup".
Kockott is absent this week as he is in South Africa for the wedding of his sister while the club are also missing Romain Teulet with a wrist injury. Grenoble meanwhile sit sixth in the standings and enter following victory over Bordeaux-Begles at this same venue. Victory, with Montpellier tackling Clermont in the Auvergne, would move Grenoble fifth but they enter without key duo Valentin Courrent and Anthony Hegarty in what should be a tight game.
Kick-off: 18:30 (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Laurent Cardona
Assistant referees: Adrien Descottes, Akim Hadj Bachir
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier
Mont-de-Marsan v Toulouse
Stade Guy Boniface
It was difficult not to feel sorry for Mont-de-Marsan last week after they fell by a solitary point at the hands of Biarritz. That negative must now be pushed to one side however as next up come Toulouse, who showed they are streetwise on the road after defeating Castres 18-16.
This could be seen as an ideal fixture for Toulouse before getting back into a Heineken Cup Pool campaign that was hit by defeat at the Ospreys. Guy Noves' outfit face Treviso next week on French soil and have been boosted ahead of that game by the return of Luke McAlister. Openside flanker Thierry Dusautoir and wing Yves Donguy are both doubts.
Kick-off: 20:40 (19:40 GMT)
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
Assistant referees: Christophe Berdos, Thomas Dejean
Television match official: Eric Gonthier
Toulon v Racing-Metro
Stade Mayol
With their Heineken Cup Pool all but in the bag, undoubtedly the team of the European season thus far will meet Racing. Toulon demolished Perpignan last week by a scoreline of 46-13 and will be eager to build momentum at Felix Mayol before the visit of Cardiff Blues.
Bernard Laporte has recalled Fred Michalak, Nicolas Durand and Jean-Charles Orioli in what is a strong 24-man squad which includes Jonny Wilkinson, Matt Giteau and Steffon Armitage. Racing enter confident against the leaders after hammering Agen last week.
Kick-off: 21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Pascal Gaüzere
Assistant referees: Patrick Pechambert, Laurent Sclafer
Television match official: Laurent Valin


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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
I worked a lot along side of ACORN in New Orleans after Katrina when the insurance companies were royaly screwing black families that had lived in the same home sometimes for 7 generations. The lower 9th Ward was literally torn apart and its residents were bussed all over the country tearing apart what was once a very tight knit community. Outside of the federal agency that employed me to go down there and some compassionate National Guard, ACORN was the only group working down there to preserve this community while its residents were spread out all over the eastern half of the country.
According to WIKI:
ACORN members across the country, particularly in the Gulf region, have organized fund-raising and organizing drives to ensure that victims of Hurricane Katrina will receive assistance and will be able to return to affected areas. ACORN's home clean-out demonstration program has gutted and rebuilt over 1,850 homes with the help of volunteers. The ACORN Katrina Survivors Association formed in the aftermath of the storm is the first nationwide organization for Katrina survivors and has been working for equitable treatment for victims. Displaced citizens were bused into the city for the New Orleans primary and general elections. ACORN says its Housing Services have helped more than 2,000 homeowners affected by the storm and is an official planner working with the city on reconstruction.
As far as O'Keefe's antics:
Also from WIKI (since it is midnight but also accurate)
On December 7, 2009, the former Massachusetts Attorney General, after an independent internal investigation of ACORN, found the videos that had been released appeared to have been edited, "in some cases substantially". He found no evidence of criminal conduct by ACORN employees, but concluded that ACORN had poor management practices that contributed to unprofessional actions by a number of its low-level employees.[97][98][99][100] On March 1, 2010, the District Attorney's office for Brooklyn determined that the videos were "heavily edited"[101] and concluded that there was no criminal wrongdoing by the ACORN staff in the videos from the Brooklyn ACORN office.[102][103] On April, 1, 2010, an investigation by the California Attorney General found the videos from Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino to be "heavily edited,"[9] and the investigation did not find evidence of criminal conduct on the part of ACORN employees.[9][89] On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its findings which showed that ACORN evidenced no sign that it, or any of its related organizations, mishandled any federal money they had received
Yet the conservative low information crowd love O'Keefe.
Re: This really erked me this weekend...
Still playing the race card, heh Galen. We're not talking Katrina here. It's contributions to the housing bust.
So where do you think all these hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and contributions from America's
financial institutions went.
In fact, intimidation tactics, public charges of racism and threats to use CRA to block business expansion have enabled ACORN to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and contributions from America's financial institutions.
Over the last seven years, Congress gave earmarked grants worth millions of dollars to ACORN, explicitly for their assistance in low-income housing. The original Dodd proposal for the bailout would have made millions more available to ACORN through the Housing Trust Fund, a slush fund Democrats established this year to support even more "community organizing" along these lines.
So, were you working with ACORN when the FBI
raided their offices for voter fraud like registering names like Mickey Mouse and members
of the Dallas Cowboys in 22 states.
I guess you'll say the AP did a hatchet job on this piece too.
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Largest class of people effected by the housing bubble bust? Whites.
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
And where did I suggest that whites weren't the most "effected"(sic)?
Nice projection though. It reinforces the structure of my argument that conservative are mostly interested in making the housing crisis a race issue. My premise is that the deregulation of the banking/securties market is the cause while your premise is the open lending to minorities caused the crisis. Sure you try to couch it in this language of it not really being about minorities but more about government making it easier for minorities that caused the problem but your language continues to be coded (whether you are aware of it or not) with innuedos of race. When I blame the problem on the stripping of a government regulation that had been around for 70 years effectively regulating the mortgage business then all of a sudden, I am "race baiting". How does that exactly work? Projection my friend. You want this to be about race so you call it out as soon as you can with no mention of race on my part. Interesting.
You might want to check your projection as the truth of the matter is that we are all influenced by race. It is our projections that give us hints of our own racial prejudgements and it becomes our responsibility to learn from them. That is, if we want to be as least affected by race as possible.
Is that from the White House web site or Dr Maddow?
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
It's not Galen's fault. It's inherit problem with Liberals, they just re-brand the same talking points or... reuse the same speeches.
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
Frankly, anyone lending money should be discriminatory. Otherwise how do you ensure that you can get that money back?Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
If you don't believe me just study the legislation, paying attention to the dates and synching it with the dates of the bubble and crash. Its pretty simple.
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
The "CRA" was basically done away with in the 90's when it was rewritten (by Clinton) to close the "mortgage gap".
As part of it, for the first time banks were required to show results in a five part lending test. In order to meet the criteria of the test banks had to alter their lending practices to meet the needs of borrowers with less money or a lower credit rating.
And another classic Galen move is to inject claims of racism to get it off topic (see below)
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
It should be in every high school in every state IMO.
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Re: This really erked me this weekend...
Now, I'm not so naive to think that there were not banks and lenders who WERE being racist and discriminatory towards giving minorities a big mortgage loan, but not all of them.
If you can't afford a mortgage then you shouldn't even be trying to take it out and if a bank determines that your financial status is not suitable to have the responsibility of a mortgage, then as a lender that should be their right.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.


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October 29, 2013
A man who reportedly had been trying to break into his ex-girlfriend's residence was tased by a Grass Valley Police officer after he told the officer he had a gun, then reached toward his waistband.
Patrick Donald Webb, 23, initially drew a response from Nevada County Sheriff's deputies at about 12:30 a.m. Friday when they were called to a Greenhorn Road residence, said Sheriff Keith Royal.
A man from the 15000 block called 911 to report that his son was drunk and was yelling and screaming and causing a commotion, according to dispatch reports. Webb reportedly was angry because his father would not take him to town.
"He was trying to take the keys to the vehicle," Royal said.
Webb was gone when deputes arrived and reportedly had walked away with no shoes or shirt.
At 1:15 a.m., a woman from the 200 block of Sutton Way called to report that Webb, her ex-boyfriend, was trying to take the screen off a window to get inside her apartment.
When a Grass Valley Police officer arrived, Webb was at the front door and was belligerent and non-compliant, said Police Sgt. Steve Johnson.
Webb then turned to face the officer but refused to put his hands up and move away from the door.
"He said, 'I have a gun,' and started to reach back toward his waistband," Johnson said.
The officer tased Webb, but the suspect reportedly continued to fight. He was eventually taken into custody, and a search revealed he did not have a gun, Johnson said.
Webb was taken to the hospital for medical clearance and then booked into county jail on suspicion of felony resisting arrest and violating probation. He is being held in lieu of $10,750 bail.
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Usually the leaf buds, or scion, are collected while the fruit tree is dormant in the winter.
leaf Van Boven, Tom Gilovich, and their collaborators have shown that doing satisfies us more than having does.
I cut a pattern out of tissue paper that rustled and crinkled like an autumn leaf.
So, for example, Nissan this year cut the sticker price of the leaf to $28,000—a reduction of $6,400, or 18 percent.
A lot of us Republicans are having trouble getting the leaf blower started.
A dreadful storm is on the main, and our ship is like a leaf in the winds.
She turned a leaf, and a face smiling under a coronet looked at her.
It blew ennui away as effectually as a storm whirls away a leaf.
Tears were in Marjorie's eyes, and she trembled like a leaf.
A ladle-full is handed out to each man, who receives it on his leaf.
Old English leaf "leaf of a plant; page of a book," from Proto-Germanic *laubaz (cf. Old Saxon lof, Old Norse lauf, Old Frisian laf, Dutch loof, Old High German loub, German Laub "foliage, leaves," Gothic lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off" (cf. Lithuanian luobas, Old Church Slavonic lubu "bark, rind"). Extended 15c. to very thin sheets of metal (especially gold). Meaning "hinged flap on the side of a table" is from 1550s.
"to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
An appendage growing from the stem of a plant. Leaves are extremely variable in form and function according to species. For example, the needles of pine trees, the spines of cacti, and the bright red parts of the poinsettia plant are all leaves modified for different purposes. However, most leaves are flat and green and adapted to capturing sunlight and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. They consist of an outer tissue layer (the epidermis) through which water and gases are exchanged, a spongy inner layer of cells that contain chloroplasts, and veins that supply water and minerals and carry out food. Some leaves are simple, while others are compound, consisting of multiple leaflets. The flat part of the leaf, the blade, is often attached to the stem by a leafstalk.
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of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isa. 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Lev. 26:36; Isa. 34:4; Jer. 8:13; Dan. 4:12, 14, 21; Mark 11:13; 13:28). The fresh leaf is a symbol of prosperity (Ps. 1:3; Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 47:12); the faded, of decay (Job 13:25; Isa. 1:30; 64:6; Jer. 8:13). Leaf of a door (1 Kings 6:34), the valve of a folding door. Leaf of a book (Jer. 36:23), perhaps a fold of a roll.


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Kelly Clarkson will be playing a special concert for the students of Wilson Central High School this spring.
Wilson Central won the concert through State Farm's Celebrate My Drive contest, which put the schools in charge of collecting commitments for safe drivers. Wilson Central was the top vote getter in the large school category, and will receive $100,000 grant as well.
"State Farm is proud of Wilson Central High School's efforts to generate excitement among students, faculty and the entire community to make safe driving commitments and have positive conversations about teen driver safety," said State Farm Agent Jeff Gannon. "Our goal is to celebrate the joy of getting a license and encourage young people to be safe on the road."
Mt. Juliet High School also performed well in the contest, and came away with a $25,000 grant.
Both schools were awarded checks at pep rallies Friday.
Gannon was unsure of the date for the Clarkson concert, but it should be in the spring.


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Skip to comments.FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist "sleeper cell" linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar
Posted on 04/20/2013 5:27:35 PM PDT by rjbemsha
The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist sleeper cell linked to the Boston marathon bomb brothers.
Police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack.
More than 1,000 FBI agents were last night working to track down the cell and arrested a man and two women 60 miles from Boston in the hours before Dzhokhars dramatic capture after a bloody shootout on Friday.
A source close to the investigation said: We have no doubt the brothers were not acting alone. The devices used to detonate the two bombs were highly sophisticated and not the kind of thing people learn from Google.
They were too advanced. Someone gave the brothers the skills and it is now our job to find out just who they were. Agents think the sleeper cell has up to a dozen members and has been waiting several years for their day to come.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Once again we have to go to Great Britain to find out what is happening in America.
Anyone, anyone who thinks these two punks could pull this off by themselves is in Denver!
Why Denver ????
Damn....I said there were only 9 in the cell.
Almost always.
I hear the ringleader lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. /s (maybe)
America media, its time to wake up.
Why Denver? The Pot summit?
Cause they are all stoned out of their mind liberals...lol
Pot festival I assume.
You get more than 9 and a couple of them are apt to act prematurely...
I was thinking the same thing. Also, to get relevant photos and content deemed to sensitive to publish, you have to go to foreign papers.
This must be the Tea Party link we've been expecting.
Try as I might, I just can't figure out why they would they would want to throw bombs and kill US citizens.
It's a mystery.
It just makes no sense.
You're right about that, too.
Anybody with an IQ above 90 could have done the same thing.
This was hardly a technical accomplishment.
The "training" was the brain washing to go out and jihad.
The American news media is still trying to pin this on conservatives and covers for Islam which is the cause of the bombings
It is called Islam
I blame it on the bossa nova.
No doubt they were celebrating like hell after the election.
I hope that Dzhokhar wakes up soon and starts talking. My guess is this will be how he avoids the death penalty...
If he talks he will be safest in prison.
The cell, in all likelihood, is long gone and deep underground. They probably went their separate ways weeks or months ago. The two brothers were merely the trained, financed and equipped designated hitters for the cell- cutouts and martyrs.
Woot! Way to go FBI guys! Don't quit! Get them all.
Might I suggest they try Brigham and Womens Hospital?
I take it you are unfamiliar with the defintion of the word "sarcasm?"
Not only Skills big fella just try to accomplish this deed of terror as a student for one let alone married with a 3 yr old daughter.
Diive a Mercedes and be a big shot!
Money follow the money!
Not all of us. Some are very conservative ccw holding solid citizens who hate what is being done to our beautiful state...
Wait.....Nappy Napalitano already said this bombing was an isolated incident. This story has to be false. /SARC
Beslen type of attack next. They are pissed and they want to hurt us.
Again Proven: You have to go outside the US to get serious reporting on the US (in this case, London's Daily Mirror). The reporters here, and especially the editors, are all cowed by the Democrats.
but the news media is giving what for the motive , tax day?
above all , the news media want to say that Obama couldn't have let a terrorist act happen . but it did happen and the media will cover it up
I asked some average low info voter today what he thought the motive was and he said " bored teenagers" I guess that's one of the messages the media is implanting in people's minds
Ten bucks says that all 12 are located within a half mile of Harvard Square.
"Agents think the sleeper cell has up to a dozen members and has been waiting several years for their day to come.
Their day will come; I don't think they'll like it.
"Heads On Pikes!"
"Agents think the sleeper cell has up to a dozen members and has been waiting several years for their day to come.
Their day will come; I don't think they'll like it.
"Heads On Pikes!"
The White House is still looking for the Tea Party Youtube video that made them do it.
This part is astonishing:
"US Government officials have said the brothers were not under surveillance as possible militants. And an FBI statement said the matter was closed because interviews with Tamerlan and family members did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign. But now they believe the pair, who emigrated to the United States from Dagestan about a decade ago, were part of a terror cell."
So the billions of dollars we give these officials to protect us now consists of asking the suspect and his family if they are terrorists and if they say no..case closed?
Good God...what is going on in our government? We need to immediately suspend every single Muslim and foreign born employee in our government until this is sorted out!!
From the head on down.
And I'll betcha more than just those two brothers were there at the Marathon that day.. I still think they should further investigate 'the coach' and 'old man in down jacket with beanie cap on (pushing a cart or stroller)', to name a few (including possible funding by Al-Harbi).
Is the Daily Mirror a reputable publication, or is it a rumor rag like the NY Post was earlier in the week?
Perhaps the FBI can catch them sleeping tonite at the Menino Mosque and Terrorist Travel Lodge right there in Boston.
I think they would be well-served in rounding up all the grinning little bastards in that photo of the jihad picnic where they are holding the green Saudi flag. (which seems mysteriously to have disappeared from the threads)
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American boy band, Mindless Behavior's new CD All Around the World released this month, and we got to talk to 17-year-old Ray Ray, 17-year-old Prodigy, 16-year-old Princeton, and 16-year-old Roc Royal about their new album, their upcoming movie, and other details about their personal lives.
Q: You guys have a new look. Have you totally changed your style?
Princeton: Well, MB is very fashion forward, but personal styles, we are branching off into, you know, UK clothes. We went overseas for a little while so we got to see what their style was like and we're just incorporating it with MB's style. And we're growing up so we want to give a little feel of how we're maturing.
Q: Tell us about the 25-city tour you're going on. How will it be different from the last one?
Ray Ray: Well, basically on this tour we're going to have way more songs. We're going to perform some songs from the second album, a lot more energy and more choreography. The choreography's getting a lot harder, a lot better because of Dave Scott and because of the way our songs are. So our dance moves are maturing with us.
Q: Why did you guys pick "Keep Her On The Low" as your first single?
Princeton: We wanted "Keep Her On The Low" to be the first single because we didn't have any singles out and we thought that was a great record and it was very catchy. And basically, "Keep Her On The Low", the conflict is when you find that one girl and you have a chance to be with her and everybody else wants to go with her, you gotta keep her on the low.
Q: Who was your first celebrity crush?
Prodigy: Mine was Keke Palmer.
Q: Did you meet Malia and Sasha Obama when you performed at the Kids' Inaugural Concert?
Prodigy: Oh yea, definitely. It was actually our second time meeting them because they wanted us to also perform at the Easter Egg Roll in 2010 if I'm not mistaken. So we also did that, and it was an honor to also do the kids' inauguration.
Q: Tell me about your movie, All Around the World.
Prodigy: I think it was fun because we got some clips of us in London and in the States, and it was just fun. After a while it started feeling like cameras wasn't even following us because it just became like it was just normal. Like, I forgot cameras was following us because the people behind the cameras are funny, which is Steve and Cooper. So we kind of became friends with them, and like, everybody was hanging out except there's cameras around. So it was just all natural.
Q: What is your favorite school subject?
Roc Royal: I like math a lot. It was actually a challenge for me at first and now I'm starting to get the hang of stuff like that. I'm on to algebra now, Algebra 1 actually.
Prodigy: My favorite subject would be science because I like to learn about different planets and stuff. I just think that's cool. When I used to be in regular school I used to love doing the science experiments.
Ray Ray: Math is my favorite subject, you know, because I'm a Capricorn, and Capricorns, we're all about money. [Laughter] We love money, so that's why I think I love math.
Princeton: Uh, I'm actually not a math person. I've always been into English because I love writing poetry.
Q: What is the best book you ever read?
Roc Royal: I would have to say Frederick Douglass for now. I'm actually reading it right now and it's pretty good.
Prodigy: I also gotta say Frederick Douglass because I actually just finished that book.
Q: What is your favorite food?
Roc Royal: My favorite food is Mexican food. I like me some burritos.
Ray Ray: Yeah Mexican food, but my favorite overall is tacos.
Prodigy: I gotta say I like Chinese food.
Princeton: I love Mexican food because I'm half Mexican, and that's all I eat at home.
Q: What would a perfect day would be for you?
Ray Ray: A perfect day for me is shopping with a beautiful girl in New York or London, or just chilling on a nice beach like Bahamas or Belize. I really like the islands. I like the free mindset, so I would like to be free and just, you know, be wild.
Q: What other performer do you look up to most?
Prodigy: I have to say Michael Jackson because I've been a big fan of his ever since I was two years old performing in my living room to all his music. I had all his music videos and the movie, Moonwalker. I had all of it. I was just a big Michael fanatic.
Q: What is your most unusual talent?
Princeton: Unusual talent. I am very, very flexible. I do yoga, so out of nowhere I do the splits and stuff like that.
Q: What is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?
Princeton: Well, a lot of embarrassing things end up happening to me in the group, like falling on stage and getting my hair pulled by fans. Like that's embarrassing at times. Oh, we were on the #1 Girl Tour and the first show, we had these slides. When I slid down, I slid like pretty much off the stage. And then the second show, I ripped my jacket. Wardrobe malfunction. [Laughter]
Ray Ray: I don't usually get embarrassed. If something just happens, it happens. It's like, "Whatever."
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Emery High senior wrestler Zack West won the 220 pound weight division at the Utah State 2-A wrestling championship tournament held last weekend at the Maverik Center in West Valley City in conjunction with the other state championships. West led the Spartans to a seventh place team finish.
Delta High School won their sixth straight state wrestling title and 34th overall. The past five titles came in the 3-A ranks but the Rabbits were placed in the 2-A ranks this season because of declining enrollment. Delta scored 260 points and was followed by last season's 2-A champion and fellow Millard County school, Millard High with 218 points. North Sevier with 187 points, Beaver with 137 points, South Summit with 126 points and North Summit with 110 points all finished ahead of Emery. The Spartans scored 100 points.
Emery took nine wrestlers to the tournament and five of them won their opening match and eventually placed. In addition to West, Matt Mecham and Ryan Cox also made it to the championship match but they lost that match. Mecham went up against a 2-time returning state champion from North Sevier in the title match and lost that one while Cox went against a Delta wrestler and Ryan lost that one in overtime. Cox's match was controversial as the Rabbit wrestler was awarded two penalty points, one right at the end of the match, because the referee insisted that Cox was stalling. Needless to say that call irritated some people.
West opened with a pin over a Manti wrestler, then decisioned a Millard wrestler 6-3 and pinned a South Summit wrestler to advance to the title bout. West defeated a Delta wrestler for the title.
Cox, at 145 pounds, also defeated a Manti wrestler to open the tournament, he followed that pin with a decision over a South Sevier wrestler and another decision over a Millard wrestler to get to the title bout.
Mecham, at 160 pounds, pinned another Manti wrestler to start the tournament, followed up with a decision over a Millard wrestler and a fall against a San Juan wrestler to get to the title match.
David Bird at 126 pounds placed fourth and McKoy Christiansen at 120 pounds placed fifth to be the only other Spartans to win a match at the tournament. Also wrestling for the Spartans in the Maverik Center were Cole Stoddard at 113 pounds who went as an alternate, Justin Jennings at 126 pounds, Hunter Hatch at 170 pounds and Duncan Thomas at 220 pounds.


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