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Writer: With Josh Hamilton possibly on way out, signing Melky Cabrera could be a 'win-win' for Rangers
Josh Hamilton's future with the Rangers is as uncertain today as it was in February, when both sides decided to put negotiations "on the back burner."
But signs aren't pointing to a long-term deal for Hamilton to stay in Texas, and if the slugger does leave for another team, the Rangers will be left with a big hole to fill in their lineup.
To help ease the loss of Hamilton's offensive production, the Rangers might turn to Giants OF Melky Cabrera, says ESPN's David Schoenfield.
"With Hamilton possibly on his way out and Nelson Cruz in decline, the Rangers need to rearm in the outfield, although moving Ian Kinsler there is a possibility with infield prospect Jurickson Profar ready for the majors," Schoenfield wrote. "The Rangers could take advantage of what will likely be an underrated asset because of his suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs and sign Cabrera to a one-year deal with a club option for 2014."
Cabrera was in the midst of a career year in 2012, hitting .346/.390/.516 with the Giants, when MLB suspended him 50 games after he tested positive for testosterone. To make matters worse, Cabrera then tried to cover up his crime by creating a website for a fake product he claimed caused his positive test, though MLB officials quickly figured out the ruse.
As a result, Cabrera likely went from a star looking for a four- or five-year deal to a major question mark who will likely have to settle for a one-year contract.
And while Schoenfield didn't predict the terms of his projected deal between the Rangers and Cabrera, former Reds and Nationals GM Jim Bowden estimated that Cabrera will earn $7.5 million on a one-year deal this winter.
Not only would Cabrera help fill the offensive void left by Hamilton's possible departure, but Schoenfield says it would help solve some of the team's defensive inefficiencies, too.
"Signing Cabrera would allow the Rangers to play defensive whiz Craig Gentry more regularly in center and let David Murphy handle regular designated-hitter duties in place of the Veteran Formerly Known As Michael Young," Schoenfield wrote. "It's a win-win situation for both parties."


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Deeplinks Blog posts about NSA Spying
We now have the first decision from a court of appeals on the NSA's mass surveillance program involving bulk collection of telephone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, and it's a doozy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in ACLU v. Clapper holding that the NSA's telephone records program went far beyond what Congress authorized when it passed Section 215 of the Patriot Act in 2001. The court completely rejected the government's secret reinterpretation of Section 215 that has served as the basis for the telephone records collection program.
When is a government rule not a rule? Making that question difficult, when it should be simple, seems to be the government's leading strategy in a hearing this week in Twitter Inc.'s lawsuit challenging the government's squelching of its transparency report. Twitter wants to provide a closer look at how often federal agents are demanding private user data for surveillance, and part of its suit fights back against the government's rules on what it can and cannot publish. But the Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Oakland to dismiss portions of Twitter's lawsuit because, it says, the rules the government cited in denying Twitter the ability to be more transparent aren't really rules. They're more like guidelines, the agency says. If you're having flashbacks about ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' and a certain Captain Barbossa, you're not alone. More on that later.
A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has reintroduced the USA Freedom Act. The bill is an attempt to rein in the intelligence community's "Collect It All" strategy, and passing USA Freedom is a first, small step in the right direction. However, it has serious faults that should be addressed.
What If the Director of National Intelligence's Mission Statement Reflected the Values of a Free Society?
Updated April 2, 2015
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in 2004 to serve as central authority for intelligence activities in the United States. To illustrate its mission, several years ago the agency created a poster outlining a series of eight goals that the agency believed would lead to "the most insightful intelligence possible."
Unfortunately, this list of goals, which is still in use today, does not include language related to privacy, civil liberties, or the Constitution.
So what if the ODNI's official mission statement reflected the ideals of a free society as opposed to just the goals of a spy network? Here's our rewrite, with the underlined text representing our proposed additions to the text:
There's some good news coming from the White House today that deserves repeating. Reuters is reporting that Ned Price, a spokesman from the President's National Security Council, has unequivocally stated:
If Section 215 sunsets, we will not continue the bulk telephony metadata program.
Section 215 of the Patriot Act is the authority that the NSA, with the FBI's help, has interpreted to allow the U.S. government to vacuum up the call records of millions of innocent people. It expires on June 1.
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'you are a great man on earth'
The Time of my Life...
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'In 2004 I did something different. Without a shred of emotion I shrugged off the house, the job, the car and the bike. I shrugged off everything. Shortly after I bought a cheap one way ticket and flew over the equator with a pounding heart and a burning desire to live a different life, one of randomness. The rest is right here, in these pages.
Along the way I've experienced things I couldn't possibly have prepared myself for, things I didn't even know existed. And along the way of course, I've met some incredible people - simple everyday randoms like me following their own dreams, and the occasional diamonds that have changed the course of my path forever.
I've also met someone else. This is 'his'-tory.
- Scott Woz (2009)
Where am I now? - Kep, Cambodia
Firstly, here's a big cheery beery Happy New Yeary toast to you all from southern Cambodia!
Where has the time gone??
It's been a looooong while since I posted the last update, I know, but it's all been for good reason, and now that I've re-established myself in this new, exciting, challenging and unpredictable location with endless opportunities, I'll be slowly filling in the blanks that have seen me through the back end of 2009, from Vietnam and Burma to Thailand and through Cambodia. As and when I get the chance of course. There is after all, a lot to do here.
Right now I have very little internet access (just a weak signal through my mobile) so I can't send anything sizeable, just a few frequent one-liners. On the rare occasion that I do venture into civilisation I'll try and post more (including pics) but for now, all I can say is that things are... unique.
So where am I? I'm in the Krong Kep province of southern Cambodia, living in the jungle, near the coast, without electricity or gas and blissfully free from commercial consumerism. I'm living on a constant supply of fresh organic food among the gibbons, the crickets, the cobras, the swaying palms, the millions of birds and billions of stars. This is simplicity at its finest and the perfect package of peace and quiet. And once again I'm surrounded by wholesome people. The Khmers really are a delightful bunch, and to be at the heart of things with an endless amount of opportunity just within reach is a wonderful privilege.
So for now I'll leave things there and get back to unfolding the story. Just trust me when I say that going to sleep every night under a blanket of brilliant stars while the bats clown around in the moonlight is just magnificent. And waking up to the call of gibbons at sunrise is an experience I simply cannot put into words right now. So yeah, big big grins for 2010.. :)
(1st January 2010)
- Sunrise over 'The Remarkables', Queenstown, New Zealand.. (5:30am)
Where have I been up to now? - Just crossed the Australian continent by motorbike and clocked up almost 30,000 back-breaking kilometres through 87 towns and cities. This was after returning to New Zealand to finish the wonders of the north island, also by bike. Before returning to New Zealand I took a lengthy jaunt around Spain, Portugal and a highly spontaneous roadtrip across California and Nevada with some randoms..
For a bit of background info and to find out how all this crazy madness started, click here!
Or you might want to start from the very beginning, in Staffordshire, England.
I've got a long way to go yet, and it would be great to hear from you along the way. Please feel free to post your comments, drop me a line or sign the guestbook.
..until then crack a coldie and grow a grin!
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admiring your life...
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hi, im new member here
oh~ so many wonderful scene u hv seen!
i saw a singapore pic, i wonder if u ever go to my country- Malaysia. bcz Malaysia is d only way to go singapore by bike.
jz email me if u interest to travel here, im a nature guide in Malaysia National Park(130million years old rain forest).
Mate you rock!!
I fly to explore SEA in August and thought I was being adventurous by dropping everything and taking off for a month.
Then I discover your blog and your life and you've blown my socks off! You rock mate. You really do.
I don't know many people that have the courage to do what you're doing with your life. Most people save all their life and then, when they're too bloody old to enjoy it, take a trip to see the world. Instead you're living it all now.
I take my hat off to you!!
You're living my dream!!
I have traveled to a little over 15 counties and people here think that I'm so well traveled but I know I'm not! Wish I could get away and do what you're doing. Great Pictures! My camera is only 5 megapix but I need to upgrade. Keep doing what youre doing because hey we only live once in this lifetime.
Envy, admiration, thumbs-up... You are living my dream which I never even tried to turn into reality. Not brave enough I guess. Instead I will watch your steps and keep dreaming.
i mean me,i just traveled countries like san fransisco california,paris,seoul new mexico and some parts of Asia where my cousins are stayong,i don't really enjoy mostly traveling alone but i cant imagine traveling by yoursel can be fun too and trying to discober new things like you
Your pics are amazing! I'm just starting up my own blog :)
I am leaving my home in Canada in one month (OMG) to go to teach English in Taiwan! I'm super excited but also quite freaked out, your blog is totally inspiring and comforting. Thanx!
It's been a pleasure meeting you Mr. Woz, albeit relatively short. We'll have to make up for that shortly, and share a Chang, a Saigon 222, a Biere Laos, shiiii....whatever we can scrape up.
The big bald Canadian,
im following your footsteps.. i havnt reached my 19th birthday yet and ive been to 13 countries.. living the dream! keep on going.. Photos are incredible!
Loving the blog, i have just started my own, its still in the beginning stages, but yours is super, its a great read and inspiration
I love these photos so much! Want to be a tramp like you one day, "shrugged off everything" and "dying on the top of "Kilimanjaro".
I was 19 last year and travelled and volunteered in South America for 5 months, I seriously cannot wait until I finish university and do what you're doing! So incredibly jealous of your adventure but I can't wait to be doing the same. Inspirational
Despite only reading your first entry, I feel completely supported by a stranger who's doing exactly what I'm set out to do in 10 short months. I just spent a month in Mexico, traveling up/down the Pacific coast. I met some locals and saw how they live - jungles, concrete walls, holes for doors and windows, and all in an open concept!! climbing up winding stairs past massive tropical trees only to reach a tree house is exactly how i want to be living. I live in vancouver, bc right now, where life seems to be perfect. clean, rules, structures, the works - my desire: make my life simple and only own things that I need. My own blogs arent as entertaining as yours, although when I read them, they are. Bon voyage!!


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Skip to comments.Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz
Posted on 03/22/2013 11:05:49 PM PDT by 444Flyer
A bright meteor briefly outshined the lights of New York City Friday evening (March 22), according to reports by witnesses who used Twitter and the Internet to report sightings of the fireball streaking over a broad stretch of the U.S. East Coast.
"Strange Friday night a meteor passed over my house tonight!" wrote one New Yorker writing as Yanksmom19.
The first fireball sightings came at about 8 p.m. EDT (0000 March 23 GMT) and sparked more than 500 witness reports to the American Meteor Society. Reports of the meteor flooded Twitter from New York, Boston and Washington, D.C.
"The witnesses range from along the Atlantic Coast ranging from Maine to North Carolina," Robert Lunsford, the society's fireball coordinator, wrote in an update. "This object was also seen as far inland as Ohio."
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They say it happens more frequently than we know, and that it is only getting noticed more due to the one that hit over Russia. But I think if that were true, we'd still have people taking photos of these things and posting them up.
Even I've been seeing shooting stars, and I've never seen them before. And not because I'm looking for them now, either. This meteor is more impressive than what I saw, of course.
Makes me wonder if some collision somewhere in space sent a bunch of chunks of large rocks our way.
This one does look and sound particularly dramatic in appearance. This report described it as, "A meteor that looked like an immense ball of fire streaked across the sky up and down the East Coast Friday night, astounding viewers throughout Massachusetts and beyond with its tantalizing tail of colored flames."
Well thats just great! Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis? This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back. If we die—well—thats what happens anyway.
Might be a mountain headed into the sea sometime in our near future eh?
Darn, I really made a mistake buying that Guidance System from China. I had D.C. as the Primary Target and NYC as the Secondary.
Well, back to the drawing board, ho hum.
When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!
Up AND down? That truly would be astounding.
Goozer, my kinda guy. Well, he tried to clean up New York but he met his match in the Democrats up there.
Well, I don't know, but that doesn't look like a meteor to me. It looks more like a contrail.
I wonder how many of these "meteors" are satellites that have finally died and left their geosyncrowhatever orbits?
The security cam videos make it clear this wasn't a jet contrail.
"Might be a mountain headed into the sea sometime in our near future eh?"
It better hurry up. I'm dying away here with my workload.
I'm talking about the posted image, not any videos.
Over Washington? This proves there is no God. because God wouldn't have missed.
It looks like a Chinese ballistic missile to me. :-)
Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.
Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
So what you are essentially saying is that asteroids we can't see and don't know are there, cannot collide and fragment in a path our orbit takes us?
Wow. Thank God. For a moment there I thought that might be a problem. But since it's not and we know all trajectories and locations of every solid chunk of matter in the universe, I'll go back to bed now.
Talk amongst yourselves....
You know what it could be? Past-life experience intruding on present time. Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world. We could be on the verge of a four fold crossrept. A P.K.E. surge of incredible even dangerous proportions.
Wow. I got to get some sleep, I'm dying.
Wait a minute.
I've worked up an appetite!
I'm getting a midnight snack.
Pass the salt!
I think it's just the Heaven's Gate folks showing off.
The NORKs will take credit and make a video and have a parade with some missiles driving by Kim Yung Fatso.
JOURNALIST: No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space.
No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets and yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us.
At midnight on the twelfth of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile, starting on its way. And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars - bright green, drawing a green mist behind it - a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet.
"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said. "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but still they come!"
JOURNALIST: Then came the night the first missile approached Earth. It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common, and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there: a cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot... and with faint sounds of movement coming from within. Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing, and Ogilvy feared there was a man inside, trying to escape. he rushed to the cylinder, but the intense heat stopped him before he could burn himself on the metal.
"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said. "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but they still come!"
"Yes, the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said. "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but they still come!"
It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...
It was amazing.
I was video taping a high school Lacrosse game at the time, but of course it was half time and the camera was off...story of my life.
At 22,000+ miles out they are so far and so fast that they will never come back. By comparison the space station is only 263 miles up. It experiences tiny atmospheric drag and must be occasionally boosted or it will eventually fall. The GS sats carry an amount of reserve fuel so when they get old they can be boosted out even further, out of the way, to a trash orbit. It would take a hugh amount of fuel to slow them down enough to fall back to earth, seriesly ;-).
Men In Black, The Sequel?
Twenty-nine comments and nobody's mentioned the REAL cause of this: GLOBAL WARMING ?
"The only thing that could cause an increased incident of meteors is if somehow there is more debris everywhere, not just here."
No, that is quite wrong. Increased incidence of meteors colliding with the Earth do occur periodically and occasionally. Periodic meteor showers occur on a periodic and often well known schedule as the result of the rocky debris in the orbital pat of a current or past comet intersects with the Earth on its own orbital path. Occasionally the debris from the collision of asteroids or meteors, usually in the outer Solar Systems such as the asteroid belt, Jovian planets, or the Oort Cloud sends debris on a new orbital path into the inner Solar System. When the orbital path of the Earth and the debris happen to intesect at the same time, we can see an increased number of meteors. Some increased frequency of encounters with meteors and asteroids is random.
Some people are wondering if Frisay's meteor is related to the lare meteor over Russia recently? The answer is definitely a no. Thier directions of fall were very different and indicate thay came from totally different regions of space. Their appearance in Earth's skies so close together in time are simply random happenstance. If the two meteors had come from the same direction and region of space, then they could have possibly been related in origin. In this case, however, they are definitely not related in origin in space.
Very dangerous situation, with a large population on an Island. A meteor such as this might be the force that makes it tip over.
My wife and I saw it over the Mass Pike last night about 8:00 or so. At first I thought it was a military jet in trouble it was moving so fast. Then it began to break up an it was clearly a meteor. It was amazing
For the record, without regard to the inaccuracy at the source, this was absolutley, positively, 100%
NOT a "meteor".
If we diewellthats what happens anyway...
Jesus is coming. Better get ready. http://patburt.com/
In a related story a strange object was seen landing near
Grover's Mill New Jersey.....
The Super's gonna be pissed!
I'm relieved - I was worried about Klendathu
"The only thing that could cause an increased incident of meteors is if somehow there is more debris everywhere"
Not true. There are definitely areas of space that are more dusty than others. Right now we are passing through the galactic plan of the Milky way which is definitely more dusty.
"At 22,000+ miles out they are so far and so fast that they will never come back. "
Geosynch satellites are at the tipping point. That is inside of geosynch, satellites fall to earth, and outside, they spin off to space.
The moon is slowly going out to space.
but yes, with a tiny boost, the geo synch satellites will go out to space.
"At 22,000+ miles out they are so far and so fast that they will never come back. "
Geosynch satellites are at the tipping point. That is inside of geosynch, satellites fall to earth, and outside, they spin off to space.
The moon is slowly going out to space.
but yes, with a tiny boost, the geo synch satellites will go out to space.
If the fireball was seen from Maryland to Boston, that must have been a BIG chunk of rock.
OK, who brought the dog?
I have been suspecting that what the Earth has been seeing for a while is like an ancient collision that did the equivalent of sending a shotgun blast of objects in our general direction.
An interesting point about such collisions is that while the Moon is about 27% the size of the Earth, this does not count Earth's atmosphere. With the atmosphere, the Earth is a substantially larger target for space objects, larger by say a 50 to 100 miles thick atmosphere.
NASA does monitor Moon impacts of objects over 1 pound.
Some are, but they are generally easily distinguished from meteors because meteors are so much faster than re-entering satellite debris.
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The agreement was developed after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
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West Des Moines City Manager Greg Sparks says the cities probably would seek bomb squad support from the state if they leave the Des Moines group.
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Full-time Training CentreThe purpose of FTC is to enhance the long-term objective of identifying, selecting and developing a group of athletes with the ability or potential for qualifying for the 2014 FIVB Championship, the 2016 and the 2020 Olympics, as well as performing well in the 2013-2016 quadrennial. The full-time training centre focuses on graduated CIS/CCAA athletes to prepare them for international level of training and eventually competition.
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Involvement of the FTC athletes in the community
In the last few weeks, the athletes of the Full-time Training Centre (FTC) in Gatineau supported the Volleyball Canada Development Model. Through the initiative of the National Volleyball Month (NVM), they proudly represented our volleyball promotion strategy in the region. To learn more about the objectives of NVM, click here.
Upon their return from Argentina in early October, the FTC athletes welcomed players from École des Lacs High School, from La Pèche, during one of their practices. In mid-October, male athletes played exhibition games with the Universities of Winnipeg and Waterloo at the Gatineau Centre. At the end of October, FTC athletes visited more than 250 senior players in the Franco-Ontarian tournament which was held at the Cité Collégiale in Ottawa. Twenty four French-speaking teams from Ontario participated in this tournament, which ended with a demonstration of the FTC athletes in the evening. These athletes formed two teams and played three game sets in front of the spectators.
Thierry Lavigne, the tournament director and physical education teacher at Franco-Cité, is pleased with the success of the event. "I think the event on Saturday night was a great success. The event was an opportunity for young athletes from across the province to observe and meet international volleyball players and see what the next level is. We are very pleased to partnerup with the Full-time Training Centre.. Young people were able to enjoy the event and it was clear the next day that the activity had marked the young athletes. A big thank you and we look forward to working with you again. "
During the months of November and December, the FTC guys will be equally involved in the community. They will open their doors to the community on November 2nd & 30th and on December 21st. On those dates, they will play inter-squad matches at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau. Admission is free. With these matches, local youth will discover what the Full-time Training Centre is all about and will have the opportunity to admire the athletic prowess of these national players.
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Remembering Juliano Mer-Khamis and His Theater of Hope and Resistance in Jenin
Young Palestinian men mourn the death of Juliano Mer-Khamis (poster) outside The Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank a day after unknown gunmen killed the actor and director in his car. (photo: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images)
"I have no hope for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at least not in my lifetime. You ask for political, practical, local hope. Like it's going to be solved. Jews and Arabs are going to kiss each other and hold hands and go to the beach. This is not going to happen. I have hope as a human being, yes. Oh I have big hope as a human being. I believe in humans. I believe that people are good."
—Juliano Mer-Khamis
In a land splintered by contested physical borders and deep wells of distrust, Juliano Mer-Khamis described himself as "100 percent Palestinian and 100 percent Jewish." The 52-year-old actor and activist was slain last week in Jenin, where he ran The Freedom Theatre, an arts program and cultural center for local youth in Jenin Refugee Camp.
The son of an Israeli-Jewish mother and a Palestinian-Christian father, Juliano Mer-Khamis refused to choose one identity over the other. As an adult, he kept a residence in Haifa, on the Israeli side, as well as in Jenin. Even his funeral transcended borders; pallbearers carried his casket across the Jalama checkpoint from Israel into the West Bank so that Palestinian mourners could participate.
A Palestinian woman mourns during the funeral procession of Juliano Mer-Khamis on April 6, 2011 on the Israeli side of the Jalama checkpoint. (photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
In 2006, Juliano Mer-Khamis described his work with The Freedom Theater as a kind of artistic intifada:
"…we believe that the strongest struggle today should be cultural, moral. This must be clear. We are not teaching the boys and the girls how to use arms or how to create explosives, but we expose them to discourse of liberation, of liberty. We expose them to art, culture, music — which I believe can create better people for the future, and I hope that some of them, some of our friends in Jenin, will lead … and continue the resistance against the occupation through this project, through this theatre."
Mer-Khamis was a controversial figure who seemed to be a clear-eyed realist about his life and work. In fact, he embraced this. "Lucky me," he told PBS' Need to Know.
"To be a theater and not controversial, then you should go open a clinic. Or be a dentist. We are a factory for controversy. We are the factory of ideas, of arguments of disputes. We are the factory where people should not like it. Otherwise, what are we doing here?"


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Who should play with Kessel and Bozak?
Blake Murphy
August 11 2013 11:19AM
Like it or not, there's a strong chance that the Toronto Maple Leafs enter 2013-14 with Tyler Bozak manning the pivot on the top line alongside Phil Kessel. The Leafs Nation has beaten to death why that's not the optimal situation, but it's high time the focus turns to making the best out of a bad situation.
So, if Bozak and Kessel are on the top unit, who should be the winger alongside them?
The two pimrary options are Joffrey Lupul, Kessel's running mate in 2011-12, and James van Riemsdyk, his primary winger from 2012-13.
Lupul did nothing to lose the job, if it were ever his definitively. He simply got injured and when he came back, played primarily with Nazem Kadri on an effective second unit. The argument in favor of Lupul on the top line would be the immense success he found with Bozak and Kessel in 2011-12, while any argument against him starts with his durability and moves quickly to how successful he was off the top line. If the line-up is meant to optimize the entire group, perhaps Lupul and Kadri as a pair is best for the team.
van Riemsdyk didn't look too out of place, either, although in an admittedly small sample size last year. The key issue with dropping van Riemsdyk would be the uncertainty of playing him with relatively new linemates (he played almost exclusively with Kessel in the regular season), although he showed a bit of chemsitry with Kadri in a short playoff stint.
Another way to look at it, though, is who can get the most out of Kessel? WOWY analysis can be helpful in this regard, showing how Kessel did with and without each linemate in the past two seasons.
It's clear that Kessel played better offensively with Lupul than with JVR. Defensively, the difference is smaller but still apparent. The Corsi numbers speak even more to this, showing a strong preference for the Kessel-Lupul pairing over alternatives.
The discussion could end there, but it's worth looking at Lupul's WOWYs as well -- since Kessel is still slightly better with van Riemsdyk than without, perhaps bumping Lupul to a line with Kadri can maximize the entire roster.
Interestingly, Lupul has been best with Kadri and basically the same player otherwise. Of course, some of Lupul's strong performance comes from some extreme on-ice shooting percentages and, in the case of the Kadri pairing, a still small sample. However, this indicates that Lupul may be less succeptible to the effect of linemates on his scoring, though his Corsi numbers drop off without Kessel (it's difficult to strip that out from usage changes).
Your preference between Lupul and van Riemsdyk likely comes down to whether you'd prefer to maximize all lines or the top line. There are arguments in favor of both and there's no way to know the overall impact until games start counting.
Randy Carlyle can play around with the new lines in training camp -- and he will, with new faces in the fold -- and it's unlikely he's made a choice given that Kessel split time equally between Bozak, Kadri, Lupul and van Riemsdyk in the playoffs. My initial guess would have van Riemsdyk on the top line and Lupul pairing with Kadri to spread the scoring around, leaving the Daves (Bolland and Clarkson) as a more defensive-minded unit.
There's also the possibility that Clarkson gets a nod with Kessel and Bozak, but it's unclear how Clarkson would transition to the left side. His ability to get to the net and draw defenders could be helpful if he can manage the switch.
And finally, there's the Colton Orr option.
Interesting Data. Why not go with:
Kessel - Kadri - Lupul
JVR - Bozak - Clarkson
Interesting Data. Why not go with:
Kessel - Kadri - Lupul
JVR - Bozak - Clarkson
Because, as nearly all stats comparisons have shown, Bozak is a 3rd liner without Kessel. If you're not playing Bozak as #1 centre, you should really give the #2 job to Bolland, who has filled that role before on occasion in Chicago (albeit temporarily), and let Bozie be a checking C with Kulemin & McClement.
That said, I wouldn't get too worked up about any hypothetical preset lines. Like most coaches with most teams, I suspect that the Leafs under Carlyle won't have many 3-player lines. There will be pairs (Bozak-Kessel, Kadri-Clarkson, Bolland-Kulemin) with a third winger TBD based on the need for each individual game. Against the Pens, you might see Lupul on the top line; against Boston, JVR or (if he gets his game back) Kulemin, to give Kessel more room against those big D-men.
@Neil B
Sound Logic. What about:
Kessel - Kadri - Lupul
JVR - Bolland - Clarkson
I agree, getting worked up on lines isn't incredibly productive, but seeing how that is the title of this article, I think it's a fitting place.
Sound Logic. What about:
Kessel - Kadri - Lupul
JVR - Bolland - Clarkson
I agree, getting worked up on lines isn't incredibly productive, but seeing how that is the title of this article, I think it's a fitting place.
Kadri is a bit of a shift-disturber; he needs someone riding shotgun that can cash the cheques his mouth is writing. In other words, someone who is less important to the team that can step in to keep Kadri from missing too many 5 minute stretches of the game. Clarkson can do that. Unlike Orr, he can also skate well enough to keep up, and is not a liability in the attack zone--in fact, he's a decent shooter. So, if you're looking to assign lines, I'd suggest keeping Clarkson & Kadri together.
If a Lupul-Kadri-Clarkson line works, then that takes a lot of the pressure off Bozak to be a #1.
You, Sir are a moron the Leafs need a really good first line center. And desperately.
August 11 2013, 10:13PM
More like, Who should play with Kessel and Kadri. Don't care as long as the Super-Sniper and the Amazing-Passer are on the same line.
You, Sir are a moron the Leafs need a really good first line center. And desperately.
I believe the line is:
"You, sir, are a mental case. -B. Bunny"
August 12 2013, 04:45PM
@Neil B
I agree, I think the Kadri-Clarkson combination may be the decider. I can see Lupul doing very well on this unit, which suggests a good JVR fit with Bozak and Kessel. Like running 2 No. 1 lines.


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Like traffic at the end of rush hour, the future of C-470 appears to be clearing up.
On Feb. 7, the C-470 Corridor Coalition Steering Committee — made up of representatives from Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties as well as the Highlands Ranch Metro District and cities of Littleton, Lone Tree and Centennial — voted 7-0 to toll any new lanes along the 13-mile stretch between Interstate 25 and Kipling Street.
The coalition has been studying different options to finance the addition of one or two lanes in each direction since 2011 and began a heavy dose of public outreach last summer. Other options included the implementation of sales or property tax increases within a to-be-determined taxing district as well as tolling all the lanes.
"The public was divided on tolling (the new lanes) and sales tax," said Roger Sherman, chief operating officer with consulting firm CRL Associates, in reference to a recent survey done by Hill Research Consultants. "What's interesting is when you start to go head to head and weigh each potential funding option separately."
The public opinion poll, which was sent out near the end of 2012 to a random sampling of citizens in areas of impact in Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, made two things clear — citizens were not in favor of property tax or tolling all lanes.
"Our citizens have been very clear that in no way will they support a toll on the existing lanes," said Douglas County Commissioner Jack Hilbert, chair of the C-470 coalition, before adding that "property tax is a four-letter word in Douglas County."
When it came to the possibility of raising sales tax, steering committee members were not shy about voicing their concerns. There was also a consensus that there was not enough support to pass a sales tax once a district was drawn.
"It becomes very difficult to say 'let's tax this group of people and not others,'" said Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning. "Lone Tree is really a retail hub. Many people come to shop there. I think we see it as a competitive issue having a retail tax here that we (wouldn't) have in other locations, just outside the boundary."
Another issue with sales tax, Hilbert said, is that it would take an additional two to three years to get the expansion started, something that could happen in early 2014.
"There are still questions that have to be answered, issues that need to be discussed," Hilbert said. "The next question is one or two lanes (in each direction) and that has not been finalized yet. But I think it's good that we can begin to move forward now."
The difference in cost is estimated to be $230 million for one lane in each direction and $350 million for two lanes. The fees for express lanes are expected to cost somewhere between 30 and 40 cents per mile.
Hilbert made it clear that once all the analysis is done, any of the steering committee members may withdraw their support if the analysis does not support their decision. One of the concerns, as voiced recently by Highlands Ranch Metro District Board Member Nancy Smith, has been who would be responsible for paying for project if the tolls collected do not cover construction costs.
Whether CDOT would help with those costs or not is unknown at this time, but CDOT Commissioner Edward Peterson suggested that he was hopeful the department would able to "provide substantial amounts of assistance" toward the project.
The coalition will meet next at 10 a.m. March 7 at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9900 Ranch Road, to discuss the timeline for the process and begin making plans for an environmental study.


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SAFETY NET: How to Recognize and Report Suspicious Activity
An interesting Supreme Court ruling, (Terry v. Ohio, 1968), defined suspicion to the law enforcement community as, information which is sufficient to cause a reasonable law enforcement officer, taking into account his or her training and experience, to reasonably believe that the person to be detained is, was, or is about to be, involved in criminal activity. The officer must be able to articulate more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch' of criminal activity." (L.Ed.2nd 889, 909)
In short, recognizing suspicious activity comes down to experience, judgment and common sense. Civilians are not held to the same standard as the law enforcement community.
Suspicious behavior can be defined simply as strange behavior. For example, a person walking down the street looking into the windows of parked cars in an area that has been the target of car thefts. The person's behavior is not illegal, but circumstances surrounding the behavior give cause for a normal person to become alert.
A person's conversation may also be suspicious. An example of suspicious conversation: You are about to enter a building that requires you to use an access card. A stranger attempts to walk into the building with you, without swiping. When you advise the person to please swipe, they answer by stating that they lost their card months ago. This conversation should cause a person to become suspicious.
Law enforcement, given enough time and information, have the capabilities to respond to and react to reports of suspicious behavior before the activity evolves into criminal conduct and someone is victimized. Reporting the behavior immediately gives law enforcement the opportunity to investigate the behavior to determine if the suspicious person is, was, or is about to be, involved in criminal activity.
Waiting to report the suspicious person or incident may give the person the time necessary to commit a crime and successfully flee the area.
When reporting the suspicious person or incident it is imperative to provide a description of the incident, the person and their behavior.
When providing a description of the suspicious person, start at their head and work toward their feet, noting anything that is particularly striking, such as tattoos, glasses, unusual hair or clothing.
As soon as safely possible, contact the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. You can call 314-977-3000 or text a summery to CRIMES (274637), (text STOP 274637 to cancel). Text HELP to 274637 for HELP. Message and data rates may apply.
Before providing a description, as calmly as possible, give your name; present location and a brief description of what happened; if anyone was injured; and if medical assistance is required. Then, describe the suspect according to:
- Name (if known)
- Race
- Sex
- Age (Approximate)
- Height
- Weight
- Hair (color and style)
- Eyes (color)
- Glasses (frame — wire, round, color, etc.)
- Beard or mustache
- Unusual features (a limp, an unusual gait or an unusual speech pattern)
- Visible marks or scars, tattoos, missing teeth etc.
- Clothing (visible garments — hat, coat, shirt, trousers, shoes, etc.)
- Weapon (knife, pistol, shotgun, etc.)
- Direction/manner of escape (foot or vehicle)
- Vehicle description (make, model, color license plate)
- Was something taken?
Although you may not be able to provide every detail about person, your description may lead to an accurate identification of the individual at a later time.
The safety and security of the Saint Louis University community is a shared responsibility. Your vigilance and willingness to work with DPSEP helps ensure that SLU will remain a safe environment to learn, work and visit.


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By Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report
Mississippi has become the latest state to consider whether school districts should be held financially responsible when students arrive at college unprepared.
State lawmakers likely will vote on two bills this session that would require public school districts to front the costs if their graduates require remedial courses that help them improve basic skills in the state's community colleges.
More than 40 percent of Mississippi's community college students need such remedial courses, which cost the state an estimated $35 million in teacher salaries, classroom space and other expenses last year.
Sen. Nancy Collins, R-Tupelo, introduced one of the bills in this month, and also proposed ending state funding of remedial education classes. Sen. John Polk, R-Hattiesburg, introduced the second bill with nearly identical measures.
Advocates of the new measures say increased accountability could prompt Mississippi's low-performing K-12 systems to improve. But several experts say it could penalize high schools, particularly those in high-poverty areas.
"You need to somehow take into account the difficulties that high schools have," said Thomas Bailey, director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. It's a "very simplistic notion" to blame the need for remediation on the secondary school system.
The proposed bills would require university and community colleges to report the high school and school districts of every student receiving remedial education to the state. State agencies would then determine the cost of remedial education for those students and withhold school district funding.
Opponents say it makes no sense to take money away from current high school students to pay for students who already have graduated. But Polk, the state senator, says schools should not graduate students that are unprepared.
"Who else do you hold responsible but the person or the entity that graduated the student?" Polk said.
A lack of alignment between high school graduation and community college admission standards is the real issue that needs to be addressed, said Kay McClenny, director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin.
"Ultimately, what we need to have is not finger pointing and rock throwing across the fence of various segments of education, but really much better collaboration," she said.
The two bills likely will come up for discussion sometime in the next two weeks, according to Polk.
The bills come at time when Mississippi is considering ways to improve its public school system. The state's students consistently perform near the bottom on standardized tests; in 2011, students in 44 other states outperformed Mississippi's fourth-graders on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Only 62 percent of students graduate from high school within four years and with a regular degree, according to United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings.
Nationally, about 50 percent of undergraduates and as many as 70 percent of those entering community colleges are placed in remedial courses.
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet based at Teachers College, Columbia University.


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Kevin Pollak has taken over the internet – won't someone stop him, please…? Having started as a stand-up comedian, and then clearly when no one was looking, becoming an award-winning dramatic actor, Pollak decided three years ago he needed to capture yet another creative flag. This time around, he would forge new ground in the now wildly popular world of creative content online. Within six weeks of the launch of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, his weekly live streaming one-on-one talk show made famed Column One on the front page of the Los Angeles Times: http://tinyurl.com/lhrap2
Often averaging two hours with film directors like Jason Reitman, Christopher Guest, Jane Campion, James L. Brooks and John Landis (who has the record length at two hours and fifty-two minutes) as well as tv & film stars like Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Billy Bob Thorton, Virginia Madsen, Neil Patrick Harris, Matthew Perry, Lauren Graham, Ed O'Neill, sports legends like Sugar Ray Leonard and, of course comedians like Jim Gaffigan, Eddie Izzard, Dana Carvey, Craig Ferguson, Nick Swardson and Demetri Martin, not to mention luminaries like Henry Winkler, Martin Mull, Harry Shearer and FRED WILLARD! Oh, and Weird Al Yankovic, too!
March 15th will mark 3 years since the show started and if you'd like to watch it live, the show streams live every Sunday at 3pm, PST, at http://www.KevinPollaksChatShow.com and then seen and/or heard on iTunes, and now the entire library and all new shows are available on hulu.com at http://hulu.com/Kevin-Pollaks-Chat-Show.
Oh, but Kevin wasn't done with the interwebs… Oh hell no. After becoming so well known for his Christopher Walken impression, that he's listed 1st (out of literally hundreds) when you Google the sentence: "Christopher Walken impression," Kevin launched a comedy podcast called Talkin Walkin. Yep. It's Kevin speaking only as Walken for an hour about life and the cornucopia of crap that fills it. Joining Kevin each week is an actor and/or comedian friend. This podcast can be heard on iTunes as well as the site: http://TalkinWalkin.com.
Kevin's latest 1 hour stand-up comedy special, "The Littlest Suspect" thrilled new fans and old alike this past year on tv and is now available on iTunes, Amazon.com and at http://KevinPollak.tv, where Kevin's tour dates are listed as well.
As an actor, Kevin has co-starred in almost 70 films, including "A Few Good Men," "Casino," "The Usual Suspects," and most recently in Kevin Smith's "Red State" and next in "Columbus Circle," which he also co-wrote with the film's director George Gallo ("Midnight Run") and then co-stars in Rob Reiner's "The Magic of Belle Island" with Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen.
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P&D ACE Hardware in Green River hosted "Ladies Night Out" on Oct. 3. There were three mini classes: How to operate power tools with Widge Quarnberg, how to wire an electrical outlet with Kay Williams, and plumbing questions answered by Juan Lovato. Refreshments were served and a lot of fun prizes given out.
As each lady reached the check-out counter, her order was checked out and then she chose an envelope from the wall, inside was an additional discount from 10 percent to 100 percent. Yes, one lucky lady received her purchases completely free. This lucky lady was Beth Seager.
Everyone also won a door prize, solar lights, pliers, door mats, ladders, flashlights and many more great prizes.
They also had a grand prize drawing, a new drill and Zina Willard won the grand prize.
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The Utah Department of Transportation visited Castle Dale for an informational meeting for mayors, county commission and interested citizens.
Danny Page welcomed everyone to the meeting and showed the UDOT website which contains a lot of traffic and road information as well as information about the programs which UDOT operates. The webcams show roads throughout the state and the condition of those roads can be viewed. You can also download the UDOT app to get traffic information at your fingertips.
One program that is working well is Zero Fatalities. Fatalities in region four which includes Emery County has decreased by 12 percent this past year compared to 8 percent statewide. The region has seen a continuing decline in fatalities during the past four years. There's the Don't Drive Stupid campaign and programs that educate elementary age students on the dangers of construction zones and the truck smart program which educates new drivers on the dangers of driving around big trucks. Young drivers don't pay enough attention to trucks and can get into accidents when they don't respect truck traffic.
Last year on Memorial weekend and July 4th weekend there were no fatalities and holiday weekends are known for being deadly on the highways, but fatalities are being reduced due to education and more seatbelt wearers. Eighty-nine percent of fatalities occur on dry roads.
Other safety elements installed which help reduce fatalities in region four include: 38 miles of rumble strips and 40 miles of widened shoulders. Fourteen miles of guardrail, 38 miles of cable barrier and 291 crash attenuators (cushions.) Thirty-two miles of wildlife fence and 83 deer escape ramps. The cable barrier between lanes decreases cross over accidents. In analyzing data where accidents with fatalities occur, three-fourths of the time, there's been a highway departure. Forty percent of fatalities were not properly restrained in the vehicle. UDOT does research on areas of highway which have high accident rates. They look for ways to bring more safety to Utah's roadways.
UDOT has worked with Emery County on sidewalk projects and will continue to do that. One project for this spring is the repaving on I-70 from Sinbad to the break test area. Another project will be Green River to Floy. These will be 24 hour projects. The I-70 improvements have been a long time coming.
Currently 139 projects are being advertised. These road projects help strengthen the economy of the state of Utah. In addition to the work for construction companies there are consultants, engineers and other workers involved.
UDOT said they will continue to look at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street in Castle Dale where several accidents occur. Brad Giles, Castle Dale city councilman said the intersection is the site for many fender benders and near misses. With the post office, pharmacy, convenience store all in the vicinity as well as anyone traveling up Center to the high school, it's a very busy intersection."
The UDOT worker said Wellington was able to get a stoplight and they didn't meet the traffic volume numbers either, so something may be able to be done. Coal truck traffic is high through Castle Dale and the bridge just south of Castle Dale is inadequate. Giles requested there be four lanes around that corner.
UDOT works on a five year project plan. If funds aren't available for projects then they are pushed back another year. UDOT has pockets of money to help with various projects. They have off system bridge money that can be applied for. If a bridge serves a city and needs work then the city can apply for money. There is money for non-motorized improvements to trails and pathways. Safe routes to school had funds for sidewalks around schools, but the program was recently eliminated.
Nick Jones from LTAP said they sponsor trainings throughout the year. These include certifications, flagging classes, road scholar, signage. They are also available to do safety studies at intersections or around curves.
Another item to be aware of is if the project is a Buy America project then all materials that go into the project must come from American manufacturers.


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Just prior to the Emery County Fair, the Museum of the San Rafael hosted the Shirley Venus memorial coloring contest. Artist Joseph Venus and his wife Shirley, are Utah artists whose work has been featured in the Museum many times. Shirley recently passed away and this coloring contest was held in her honor.
The Venus' have published five educational coloring books for young people which depict their artwork. The Museum selected a page from one of the books and this was what the children who entered the contest were to color.
The entries were divided into age groups and the winners were: ages 10-12, Justine Fielder of Castle Dale won first place and was awarded a cash prize of $20; ages 7-9, Cassie Barr of Salt Lake City won first place; and in the 5-6 year old age group, Nikki Jensen of Phoenix, Ariz. won first place.
Joseph Venus came to the Museum at the conclusion of the coloring contest to judge the entries and award the prizes. All of the Venus coloring books are available for purchase at the Museum of the San Rafael.


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Put the pedal to the metal in this buckle-accented casual boot from Qupid. The slouched look of the Reactor-06 will add some serious edge to your casual ensemble.
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Utah was among the 15 states that participated in the 27th annual National 4-H Forestry Invitational from July 23- 27. This was Utah's first trip to the Invitational.
The event was held at West Virginia University Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp and Conference Center near Weston, W.V.
The International Paper Company Foundation and the Cooperative Extension Service sponsored the invitational.
Representing Utah was Cade Whittle of Ferron, Caleb Jones of Huntington, Jacie Fasselin of Elmo, and Whitney Jensen of Castle Dale. The team was chaperoned by Gaylene Conder of Ferron and Randy Jones of Huntington.
Illinois won the event. Virginia and Arkansas placed second and third respectively. Elizabeth Shiley received the high-point individual award. Second place was given to Meghan Mullins of Virginia, and third place went to Zach Beever of Illinois.
The Joe Yeager leadership award was given to Chad Barclay of Pennsylvania. This award is presented to the individual who demonstrated excellent communication, management, decision-making and interpersonal skills.
Students compete for overall team and individual awards in several categories. Events included a forestry written exam, tree identification, tree measurement, compass and pacing, insect and disease identification, topographic map use, the Forestry Bowl and forest evaluation.
4-H is a youth education program operated by Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state land grant universities. More than five-and-a-half million young people participate in 4-H, and nearly 100,000 are part of the 4-H Forestry Program.
The Emery County 4-H Forestry Team appreciates Mike Kuhns, Professor and Extension Forester with the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University, Darren McAvoy, Editor of Utah Forest Facts, Joel Frandsen, State Forester and Director, UTSAF, IMSAF, Hal Lemon, Roger Barton, Dave Hinkins and the San Rafael Soil Conservation District and the International Paper Company Foundation for their generous support.
The International Paper Company Foundation was created in 1953 as a philanthropic grant-making organization. It addresses educational and civic needs within the business communities of International Paper. The Foundation also supports organizations where employees actively volunteer.
For more information on the National 4-H Forestry Invitational, contact Dr. Robert Hansen at (570) 265-2896 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Northern Illinois has finalized its 2010 non-conference football schedule, with a September 25 game at Minnesota closing out the four-game slate that includes the season opener at Iowa State (Sept. 4), a meeting with North Dakota (Sept. 11) in Huskie Stadium and a game at Illinois (Sept. 18). NIU Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced the 2010 schedule Wednesday as the 2009 Huskies prepare to open the season at Wisconsin this Saturday.
"We are very pleased to complete our 2010 non-conference schedule at such an early date this year," Compher said in a news release. "Many variables go into the scheduling process nowadays and it's challenging to get a good balance, but with an in-state opponent in Illinois, trips within our region to Minnesota and Iowa State as well as a home game versus North Dakota, we're pleased with this line-up."
This will give the Huskies only five home games in 2010 but three games against BCS schools.
After opening the season at Minnesota in the Metrodome a year ago with a narrow 31-27 loss, Northern Illinois will play the Golden Gophers at their new on-campus home, TCF Bank Stadium, in 2010. The stadium opens this year.
Northern Illinois and Minnesota will meet for the third time as the Huskies continue to schedule regional games versus Big Ten opponents. Last October, NIU announced the 2010 game with Illinois as the intra-state foes will meet for just the fourth time ever, and for the first time since 2001. Including this year's contests at Wisconsin and Purdue (Sept. 19), the Huskies will have played 10 games versus eight different Big Ten teams since 2000.
Next year's game between Northern Illinois and Iowa State will close out a three-game series which began in 2003 with the Huskies' 24-16 victory over the Cyclones at Huskie Stadium and saw Iowa State triumph by a 48-41 score at home in 2004. The final game has been rescheduled several times.
Northern Illinois and North Dakota will play for just the second time, and for the first time as Division I opponents as the teams last met in 1965. The Fighting Sioux are in their second season as a Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) program and open their 2009 campaign at Texas Tech.


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I found some words, that really touched my heart..
ALL IS WELL by Henry Scott-Holland.
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I, and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other, that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me and if you want to, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect,
Without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was;
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you,
For an interval,
Somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.. little Jessy..
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
I'm so shocked to see this thread(and that it's already so old.) I never knew she had problems with her health. On the forum I saw very upbeat responses and topics from her and I enjoyed interacting with her on several of them. I hope she is happy, wherever she may be.
@SilverBells, I can't imagine what it's like to lose a parent. I hope your dad found peace and happiness. My condolences to you and your family.
Death is such a horrible thing... I lost my Grandad on Halloween a few years back now, due to cancer.
"Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?"
So true...
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"Do not stand at my grave and weep" by Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend kris kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky.
Don't stand underneath when they fly by.


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(September 06) Today we're celebrating . . . Labor Day
Labor Day (US)
The first Monday in September is an annual and national tribute to the contributions that US workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of the country.
Labor Day is generally observed with parades, speeches, barbecues, and picnics. The day has also become the unofficial end of the summer season with many colleges, secondary and elementary schools beginning classes immediately after the Labor Day weekend.
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Barbara N. Butler, age 81, a resident of Harrisburg, passed away peacefully 8:13 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Barbara was born on June 1, 1932, in Eldorado to the late Ben and Mae Simpson Newton.
She was married to Richard Pearcy and later married Delmar Butler Nov. 6, 1987, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 16, 2001.
Barbara was a member of the Eldorado Church of God and a retired licensed practical nurse.
She is survived by three daughters, Nancy (Stephen) Hise, Judy Maloney and Patty Davis, all of Harrisburg; five grandchildren, Jason (Jeannie) Hise, Tera (Chris) Wangler, Miles (Elizabeth) Maloney, Heather (Benji) Wiggins and Aaron Shackelford; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Barbara was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend.
She was preceded in death in addition to her parents and husband by two brothers and seven sisters.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at the Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills. The Rev. Jarred Barton officiated. Burial was in the Sunset Lawn Cemetery in Harrisburg. Visitation is from 9 a.m. to the service time on Thursday.
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After a number of releases with support from names like Mikix the Cat, Angel Stoxx, Trockensaft, Umek, Dubfire and many more, Dark & stormy brings us a new EP. As suspected, he delivers full force with this new Ep Dance to This out on Metamimetic Records.
While sticking to his roots and maintaining his signature Tech House and Tropical sound, Dark & Stormy adds a more accessible element to the lead track "We're Gonna' Have a Good Time" which is a all out party tune for ANY occasion. Harkening back to the days of parachute pants and bad hair, this 90's house stomper brings the heat with a great mixture of 90's house, Tech House and Hip House.
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