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I don't think I have ever posted here and I have been a member since 2003. I can usually get my answers just searching this forum but not this time. I want to get my kids started in RC's but I'm not sure which Redcat to puchase. I want to try Redcat because of the price point, you can't beat it and parts seem to be fairly easy to obtain.
Anyway, my kids are 12,10,9 and 6 but this RC is not for the 6 year old. He will have to use his Toys R Us rc for now. I'm looking to find something fun to bash and race in our yard. Sometimes on the lawn and other times on our homemade track we are building. The track will be a basic track to run 1/10th,1/8th or 1/5th scale. I have an electric plane and a Nitro MBX5 so I can go either way for a power source. I was thinking of the Caldera SC 10e 1/10th, the 1/8th scale is over budget right now. I love the price and at 2 bills I could get two and they could take turns. I have also thought of the Vortex SS nitro and buy 3. I just don't know if three nitros are worth the headache with kids and I don't do pull starters. So if I can't purchase back plates and use on my bumpbox, then the vortex is out. My price point is around 400 or 450. Any thoughts here would be greatly appreciated.


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SPS: Secure Payment System
The Secure Payment System (SPS) is an application that allows government agencies to create payment schedules in a secure fashion; with strictly enforced separation of duties.
This application also allows staff at Federal Program Agency (FPA) locations to securely certify and submit schedules to the Fiscal Service over the Internet.
There are two different types of users that are required and responsible for a FPA to submit schedules through SPS.
- The Data Entry Operator (DEO) creates or imports a schedule and submits the schedule for certification.
- The Certifying Officer (CO) examines the schedule for content and accuracy. Upon verification, the CO will then certify the schedule, which will result in the schedule being submitted to the Fiscal Service for disbursement.
For the most recent SPS installation CD, contact the Kansas City Financial Center.
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- Note to SPS Users – November 2016
- Note to SPS Users – System Access
- Note to SPS Users – October 2015
- SPS Important Notices (updated February 23, 2015)
- Schedule Upload 440 File Format for GWA
- Technical Note 16: Formats And Edit Criteria
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WASHINGTON — Is all this NSA secrecy necessary?
In the aftermath of the revelations that the National Security Agency is sweeping up vast amounts of telephone and Internet records, Google and Facebook are calling for the government to reveal more about how they operate secret surveillance programs.
The call by the tech giants for less secrecy is spurring a broader debate about whether the intelligence community is remaining unnecessarily opaque about some of its operations.
Former government intelligence officials and experts are divided on whether keeping such programs cloaked in secrecy is vital to their effectiveness, and whether the NSA revelations have undermined the effectiveness of those programs in the future.
"I think there are legitimate issues to be raised about how much more leg can be shown ... to facilitate public debate and a debate in Congress," said Paul Pillar, a former chief counterterrorism analyst for the CIA. "But the main risk and damage that's been caused in these leaks is in hurting the cooperation and confidence between private sector companies that are involved and the government agencies."
Citing classified documents leaked by former NSA contract employee Edward Snowden, The Washington Post and Guardian newspapers reported last week that the FBI and NSA had access to data of major U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs.
Under growing criticism from users, Google and Facebook on Tuesday asked the Justice Department to allow them to disclose information about national-security requests for data in its transparency report.
Critics of secrecy say would-be terrorists certainly already know what's going on, leaving little reason to keep Americans totally in the dark about what sort of information it's collecting.
By all indications, the top terrorist minds of this generation — Osama bin Laden and Anwar Awlaki — were fully aware that U.S. intelligence officials were closely monitoring their telephone and internet activity. Bin Laden went into a virtual electronic shutdown after escaping U.S. forces during the battle of Tora Bora in late 2001. And the Yemen-based terrorist and Internet provocateur Awlaki went to great lengths at the end of his life to obscure his digital footprint.
"I'm not sure what kind of advantage an adversary gets when we say, 'Hey, we're collecting a lot of phone and e-mail records,' " said Philip Mudd, a former FBI and CIA counterterrorism official.
But some intelligence analysts and government officials say keeping such programs cloaked in secrecy is vital to their effectiveness. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said recent disclosures about the NSA phone and e-mail operations damaged national security, without providing specifics. And on Wednesday, NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander said that the surveillance programs had helped thwart "dozens" of terrorist attacks.
"Our ability to discuss these activities is limited by our need to protect intelligence sources and methods," Clapper said. "Disclosing information about the specific methods the government uses to collect communications can obviously give our enemies a 'playbook' of how to avoid detection."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that the Internet surveillance program, known as PRISM, was helpful in catching Afghan-American Najibullah Zazi, who pleaded guilty in the 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subway, saying he had been recruited by al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
The break in that case came, according to court documents and testimony, when Zazi e-mailed a Yahoo address seeking help with his bomb recipe. British authorities had been monitoring that address.
"It's the rogue actor, the random guy like the New York subway bomber, that is now going to act differently," said James Lewis, director of the technology and public policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The non-professional will now be more cautious about how he acts."
Susan Landau, author of Surveillance or Security?:The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technology, counters that government has the right to protect algorithms, the specific mathematical formulas the NSA uses to process and analyze the data. But the public is entitled to know the kinds of data collected and how its use can be restricted to prevent abuse of law-abiding citizens, she said.
"We really need to discuss how this meta-data should be handled under the law," Landau said. "What data is collected and what the minimization rules are for that data."
In the recent past, Congress has shown little appetite for making public even the general outlines of the government's surveillance programs. Last year, three disclosure proposals were offered by Democratic Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, but were defeated by the House Judiciary Committee.
History has shown that clandestine snooping techniques can be revealed without undermining the ability of the intelligence community to continue to use the programs, said U.S. intelligence historian Matthew Aid.
For example, In 1971, journalist Jack Anderson revealed that hidden in the U.S. embassy in Moscow was a radiotelephone interceptor that was listening in on calls by the Kremlin leadership. Anderson was immediately condemned by the U.S. government for the disclosure of the surveillance program, code-named Gamma Guppy.
Despite the fact that Gamma Guppy had been compromised, the Soviet leaders continued to use this insecure form of communication. And the Gamma Guppy intelligence continued to roll in, said Aid, who wrote about the episode in his book The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency.
In fact, nearly a year after the revelation, intelligence officers learned vital information through the surveillance project that played a crucial part in how the Nixon administration negotiated with the Soviet Union on the SALT Treaty.
It wasn't until 1973 that the Soviets began installing jamming equipment around the U.S. embassy to try to prevent the Americans from intercepting Kremlin calls.
"If history teaches us anything," Aid said, "the immediate claims by senior intelligence officers that severe and irremediable damage to the U.S. intelligence community are usually overstated."


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God made us his 'Khalifa' i.e. vicegerent on earth. In chapter 2 God relates a very interesting conversation with Angels regarding our role in this world.
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُواْ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاء وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: "Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not." (2:30)
The term 'vicegerent' is defined in the dictionary as "someone appointed to exercise all or some of the authority of another, esp.. the administrative powers of a ruler." Our appointment as "vicegerent on earth" is a very powerful one, and sounds daunting if you look at it in this way.
Most of us fail to recognise this responsibility and most importantly the potential we have to fulfil this responsibility.
The verse also highlights our weaknesses that, Angels warned God, would hinder us in fulfilling this responsibility. We know well, how to do mischief and bloodshed on earth.
The verse made me think how well informed the Angels were, about this new creation and it's characteristics. The second part of their statement that "whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" hints to the fact that they were also very disappointed by this appointment and were probably expecting themselves to be given a chance.
But there was something they missed out on. The role probably required a lot more than just praises and glorification. The verse ends with God's response: "I know what ye know not." – mention of the term "Knowledge" and that is exactly what got us in this role.
Among us there are many who represent our weaknesses and we see this in wars and destruction all around us but at the same time we have this amazing potential to do God's work on earth. That mean a lot.
Everything that happens on Earth is within our remits, even the natural disasters I would think. If we are God's vicegerent on earth, are we doing justice to this role? why are we subservient to the wrath of the earth? Something to think about!


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"I hold myself to a very high standard because I feel that it is my responsibility to help my students learn and achieve. In order to accomplish that, I need to be the very best that I can be," Marrocco says.
Marrocco's high standards for herself and her students have been recognized – in October she was named the 2012-13 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year.
A fourth-grade teacher at Edward J. Patten Elementary School in Perth Amboy, Marrocco chairs the School Leadership and Staff Development Committee, serves as an educational leader for her district, has helped to revise curricula, and has assisted in the development of a district-wide lesson plan format.
In 2009, she completed her master's degree in educational administration and supervision at Kean University while simultaneously completing the work necessary to earn National Board Certification in reading and language arts literacy.
Marrocco, a graduate of East Brunswick public schools, decided in the sixth grade that she wanted to be a teacher after participating in a career course. After determining that she wanted to work with children, she researched careers in medicine before selecting education.
Marrocco began her career as a first-grade teacher at Edward J. Patten Elementary School in Perth Amboy, where she continues to teach today. She noticed that some of her students had an "S" next to their names. Always curious – and unafraid to ask questions – she asked her principal what that designation meant. When she learned that it indicated that Spanish was their dominant language, she threw herself into learning more about their needs as learners.
What she found was that every child in her class benefited from the strategies used to reach these learners: exposure to strong visuals, providing prior knowledge, and using organizers.
As a result of her work with her Spanish-dominant learners, Marrocco became interested in sheltered language instruction, which provides grade-level instruction while promoting English language proficiency. Marrocco even signed up for a weeklong training at Kean University on sheltered instruction to improve her skills.
"I realized from the training that I was doing a lot of the things they recommended already," Marrocco says. "I felt more confident by having the training reaffirm my instincts."
Eventually, Marrocco's principal selected her to teach a class of sheltered language students. For five years, Marrocco taught the sheltered language class; three years ago, she began teaching fourth grade.
Throughout her 10-year career, Marrocco has pursued opportunities to improve her skills as a teacher. She credits the close-knit community at Patten with helping her succeed as an educator.
"There's a really strong community at the Patten School," Marrocco says. "Although I've only ever worked in this school, in this district, when visitors come here they say it feels like a family. We all work to fulfill our vision for our students by providing them with strong academics as well as the emotional and social skills they need to be well-rounded people. As a staff, we all work to model that behavior for them."
Marrocco pursued National Board Certification because she believed it would be another important step in helping her to improve as an educator. She knew that the process would be a challenge, particularly since she was pursuing her master's degree at the same time.
"People warned me that it's typical to fail National Board Certification the first time. But I was very motivated to succeed. Since it is a nationally recognized program I knew it would help me become a better teacher."
Marrocco continued to work full-time at Patten while she pursued these dual goals. She attended late classes at Kean University on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. On Saturdays, she worked on graduate school assignments and on Sundays she worked on National Board Certification projects.
"The National Board Certification process really made me question every decision I made in the classroom. Now, in my role as a teacher leader, I'm sharing that with my co-workers," Marrocco says.
Marrocco's training has helped her address the many educational challenges facing teachers but it also helped her deal with the unique situation caused by Superstorm Sandy.
Like many districts across the state, Perth Amboy suffered damage and displacement as a result of the storm. The district was closed for two weeks as a result of Sandy and fall break. This allowed the district time to repair damage to some of the schools; many Perth Amboy families were still without power.
Once school resumed, Marrocco made it a point to give her students an opportunity to talk about Superstorm Sandy.
"Many of our students were feeling anxiety, stress, fear, and when that happens, they can't learn," Marrocco says. "Every morning in our classroom we hold a morning meeting. The first week after the storm the morning meeting was all about the hurricane. I asked them how they prepared for the hurricane, what happened during the storm, and what did they see in their community. For example, we had a community clean-up day where more than 1,000 people volunteered to help clean up the waterfront. We needed to move past the scary part and focus on the way people came together to help one another."
Marrocco brought in character education and asked students what they could learn about people working together and what they could learn from their experience of being afraid.
"As educators, we need to give our students strategies and tools to help them deal with their fear because this isn't the only time they're going to feel this way. We need to help them learn to manage their fear."
Marrocco is very interested in brain-based research. She worked with Quantum Learning over the summer and she believes it has helped her focus on how children learn and how the brain responds to stress and anxiety.
"During my sabbatical, I hope to bring those topics into the forefront to help us address cognitive development and ways to promote student learning and teacher efficacy."
"I've learned some incredible strategies to make students spend more time on task and to develop critical problem-solving skills. Using these strategies, students take more control over their learning and teachers act as facilitators. This is easier with older students, but it can be done in early elementary classrooms, as well."
"I'm trying to create a classroom environment where it's okay to take a risk; it's okay to try something and have it not work out."
Despite this goal, Marrocco has been modeling nothing but success for her students over the past few years.
As the New Jersey Teacher of the Year Marrocco will receive a rental car, E-Z Pass, $5,000 to help cover additional travel costs, a $500 clothing allowance, staff support, and a commemorative ring from NJEA, one of the primary sponsors of the state Teacher of the Year program. SMART Technologies is donating a complete SMART Technologies classroom to Marrocco's school and is providing the necessary training to effectively implement the new materials. Educational Testing Service (ETS) provides funding to the teacher's school district that enables the Teacher of the Year to take a sabbatical leave from January through June.
"It's bittersweet to leave the classroom for the ETS-sponsored sabbatical," Marrocco says. "I'm so lucky to represent teachers in New Jersey and all these amazing educators, but it's so hard to leave my students."
"I struggle with the title of Teacher of the Year because I don't consider myself the best," Marrocco says. "I consider myself someone who loves what she does and is always striving to be better. I have never hesitated to ask other teachers for help."
When it came time for Marrocco to inform her students that part of the honor of being the N.J. Teacher of the Year was a six-month sabbatical that would take her away from them, she used the school's character education model to explain that this opportunity would force her to step outside her comfort zone.
"I told my students that this year will force me to step completely outside of my comfort zone," Marrocco says. "My comfort zone is this school and this classroom. But when you step outside your comfort zone, that's when real learning happens. As your teacher, I can't tell you to step outside of your comfort zone and then not do it myself."
Despite her reluctance to leave her students and her colleagues and friends at Patten, Marrocco is excited about the opportunities she will have as the Teacher of the Year.
"I'm very excited that I will get to meet the president," Marrocco says. "When my family found out, they were so excited that a Marrocco would get to meet the president. Now they're arguing over who gets to be my guest at the White House!"
In addition to meeting the president, Marrocco is eagerly anticipating the opportunity to talk to future teachers. She wants to share her experiences so teachers will be better prepared to face the realities of the classroom. Hopefully, they will develop the kind of relationship that Marrocco has established with her students.
Despite her well-documented determination to succeed, Marrocco gives all the credit for her achievements to her students. "I tell my students: 'you are the reason that I got this award.'"
Kathy Coulibaly is an NJEA associate director of communications. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Atlantic – Bernadette Daley teaches business and computer technology at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood.
Bergen – Susan Toth teaches physical education and dance at Tenafly Middle School.
Burlington – Kimberly Murray teaches chemistry at Lenape Regional High School.
Camden – Sandra Carro teaches basic skills at Oaklyn Public School.
Cape May – Shelley Forsman teaches language arts at Upper Township Middle School.
Cumberland – Stacey Musey teaches biology at Vineland High School North.
Essex – Indira Bailey teaches art at Bloomfield Tech High School.
Gloucester – Susan Barry teaches English and Shakespeare Studies at Clearview Regional High School.
Hudson – Kristine Nazzal teaches ESL and Language Arts at Union City High School.
Hunterdon – Mary Woods teaches English at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.
Mercer – Angeline Sturgis teaches ESL at Eldridge Park School in Lawrence Township.
Middlesex - Lauren Marrocco teaches fourth grade at Edward J. Patten Elementary School in Perth Amboy.
Monmouth – Amanda Galante teaches technology at Red Bank Regional High School.
Morris – Thomas Koehler teaches veterinary science at the Morris County School of Technology.
Ocean – Nancy Evans teaches gifted and talented at Drum Point & Osbornville Elementary Schools in Brick Township.
Passaic – Mary Duffy teaches fifth grade at Marshall Hill School in West Milford Township.
Salem – Cherie Lower teaches third grade at Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School in Woodstown-Pilesgrove.
Somerset – Cynthia Sobreyra teaches Spanish at Hillsborough High School.
State Facility – Bonnie Yates teaches special education at DCF Atlantic Regional School in Egg Harbor Township.
Sussex – Vincent Stracquatanio teaches science at Vernon Township High School.
Union – Sarah David teaches social studies at Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School in Springfield.
Warren – Daniel Cullen taught special education at Warren Hills Regional Middle School. He recently became the assistant principal at Stillwater Township Elementary School.


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SLU (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) has four faculties: the Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science, the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agriculture Sciences, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and the Faculty of Forest Sciences. A total of 3 200 people are employed at the University and 3 300 undergraduates and 800 postgraduate students are enrolled at SLU.
The Institutional Repository Epsilon
The library at SLU saw the advantages of electronic publishing early on. Since 2003 all doctoral theses are published electronically and since 2007 it's also mandatory to publish all undergraduate theses electronically. At the end of 2006 the SLU Library started publishing other kinds of publications as well, for example articles, conference papers, book chapters and reports. The electronic publishing was managed by the library in the EPrints based platform Epsilon, which the library set up in the beginning of the 2000s. Various Open Access (OA) initiatives were of course a contributing factor to the development of electronic publishing at the library.
Today 6300 full text documents are published within Epsilon, in the Epsilon Open Archive and the Epsilon Archive for Student Projects (the previous database Epsilon Undergraduate Thesis Archive closed for new deposits in Nov 2009 and is now a part of Epsilon Archive for Student Projects). Publications are the main output of a university and making these publications visible and accessible to all who are interested in or need information on the subjects covered by SLU is what has motivated the development of Epsilon.
Epsilon is increasingly being discovered as a useful tool for researchers, students and the university administration. Open Access publishing is made all the more important by the explicit goals of SLU to be a part of and interact with different research communities and the surrounding world. Many departments today are discovering the advantages of publishing new and older report series in Epsilon. It provides long term preservation and allows different paths of dissemination that have been established through the years within the Epsilon system. The latest developments are direct results of the interest for OA and electronic publishing that has come from SLU employees at different departments.
Experience has shown that support of these individual initiatives is beneficial when it comes to building knowledge and good examples for others at the university to follow. Seeking cooperations with researchers, departments and administrative staff is necessary to make sure that the archive is developed in a way that meets the wishes and demands of its users.
The work with Epsilon is integrated into the work the library puts into OA and today, when most Swedish research funders demand OA, it's very important to provide support and inform the researchers about publishing strategies that meet the demands of the funders. At the SLU Library we have created a group that handles both the institutional repository and more general issues on OA. This group also belongs to a larger function called Scientific Communication & Evaluation since broader issues on scientific communication and metrics are affected by the establishment of different OA initiatives.
We are one of 14 partners involved in an EU financed project called VOA3R (Virtual Open Access Agriculture & Aquaculture Repository: Sharing Scientific and Scholarly Research related to Agriculture, Food, and Environment.) By taking part, alongside other universities, in the development of new tools for communication of research we hope to contribute to a wider dissemination of SLU's output, and at the same time increase the knowledge within the library about scientific communication. It is important to take part of different kind of forums (e-mail lists, projects, and working groups) so that new knowledge and developments can be implemented in the infrastructure of the repository. A recent membership in COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) is one example of that ambition.
>Tomorrow – Challenges
We'll continue to push the development of electronic publishing at SLU forward. Getting more researchers to see the benefits of Epsilon and developing the services in a way that satisfies the needs of our users are the main challenges that we are faced with. The communicative landscape in science is changing rapidly and the library has to make sure that technical and metadata developments can be of high quality and implemented quickly. That is a prerequisite for user's trust in Epsilon.
Being able to access research data (data sets) of a publication is much talked about right now, for example among research funders. This is a challenge that we have begun working with at the library, in collaboration with the SLU archive department. Interesting future possibilities are opening up as more and more processes within research can be communicated and the SLU library (together with our different partners) will work to create a solid infrastructure for the everyday needs of the researcher and the communication with the surrounding world.


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The Highlanders recorded their first victory over the Blues at Eden Park in a decade after hanging on for a crucial 27-20 win.
The Highlanders recorded their first victory over the Blues at Eden Park in a decade after hanging on for a crucial 27-20 Super Rugby win.
The southerners also managed to bag the all-important bonus point that gives their play-off hopes a major boost as they move into provisional sixth place on the overall standings on 44 points.
But the men in green were made to work overtime for only their second win in Auckland, as the hosts launched a fiery last-quarter fightback. Behind 27-6, Blues props Tevita Mailau and Tony Woodcock went over to give the home side a chance to level the match in the dying stages.
However, just like they did against the Bulls a week ago, the Highlanders managed to hang on for the win as the Blues slumped to their 11th defeat of the season.
The Blues hit the front first courtesy of a Gareth Anscombe penalty before opposite number Chris Noakes leveled the scores with a three-pointer of his own.
The visitors took the lead, which they never relenquished, when centre Tamati Ellison dotted down his own kick-ahead that began with hooker Andrew Hore snaring a turnover from the other end of the field.
The Blues conceded a second try in the 35th minute after Hosea Gear finished off a slick backline move, taking an infield pass from winger Kurt Baker who had broken down the right-hand touchline. Noakes duly converted from far out and the Highlanders went into the half-time sheds with a nine-point (6-15) buffer.
The Highlanders started the second half in the same fashion they ended the first, through another Gear try. This time it was Ben Smith who Gear had to thank after a damaging break by the full-back ended with the former All Black wing in the corner.
The Highlanders bagged their bonus-point try on the 60-minute mark when Blues hooker James Parsons' throw from a defensive line-out went straight to Adam Thomson, who found no one between him and the line.
The flank didn't need a second invitation and dived over for the softest of tries and the match looked to be wrapped up at that stage until a yellow card to Highlanders centre Phil Burleigh for a professional foul sparked a late Blues comeback.
Mailau first powered over when the Blues were a man up, and then Woodcock crossed the whitewash three minutes from time. But it was too little too late for the home side.
The scorers:
For Blues:
Tries: Mailau, Woodcock
Cons: Anscombe 2
Pens: Anscombe 2
For Highlanders:
Tries: Gear 2, Ellison, Thomson
Cons: Noakes 2
Pens: Noakes
Blues: 15 Hadleigh Parkes, 14 David Raikuna, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Michael Hobbs, 11 Sherwin Stowers, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili/Luke Braid (c), 7 Luke Braid/Daniel Braid, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Liaki Moli, 3 Tevita Mailau, 2 James Parsons, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Angus Ta'avao, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Daniel Braid/Peter Saili/Daniel Pryor, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Ma'a Nonu, 22 Lachie Munro.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kurt Baker, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Phil Burleigh, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nick Crosswell, 7 Tim Boys, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Hoani MacDonald, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Ma'afu Fia, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (c).
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Josh Bekhuis, 19 Scott Fuglistaller, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Kenny Lynn.
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)


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Located on the northeast corner of Johnston City, this 35-acre lake includes a paved boat ramp for fishing, walking path, and campground. Only electric motors and canoes are permitted. You will find largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, and channel catfish in this small reservoir. Pedal boat rentals are available from July-September.
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This semi-private, nine-hole course features a historic three-story clubhouse, surrounded by Lake Moses. Host of the annual Benton Gold Cup, the course also features a well-stocked pro shop, driving range, rental clubs and carts, and a golf pro on site.
Full-service campground with pool, pavilion, grocery shop, RV supplies and laundry available. Modem hookups. Shopping, golf, Rend Lake water activities (1½ mi.), 20 shaded tent sites.
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A private, family-oriented RV campground with 120 sites from tents to huge recreational vehicles. Peaceful, wooded setting close to all the activities at Rend Lake.
Visitors can canoe from Riverside Park in Murphysboro to Rattlesnake Ferry in LaRue Pine Hills.
Anchoring the eastern end of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, our winery offers you "The Romance of Italy in the Hills of Southern Illinois". We are open year-round, 7 days a week, to provide great Illinois wine. Please join us for wine tasting, a variety of hearty sandwiches, soups, pizzas, and snacks, as well as wine-alternatives such as beer and non-alcoholic beverages. Come enjoy our large indoor seating area and two beautiful outdoor terraces that overlook our vineyard and the rolling countryside.
Right in the middle of Energy you will find Bruce Park. A nicely manicured 8 acre park with trees, pavilions, ball diamonds and soccer fields. The park is a great place to take your family on an outing or for your kids to participate in local sports. While you are there, take a look at the military memorial. There is also a monument with the bell from a schoolhouse that stood on the site.
Located 1.7 miles west of Illinois Route 148 on Grassy Road just south of the Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge. Waterfowl hunting on 960 acres. Guides available. One of the top three harvest clubs in the southern Illinois quota zone.
A retreat center and summer residential camp with 1 and 2 week summer sessions for 2nd-8th graders just 2 miles southeast of Rend Lake.
This beautiful Carterville park includes a community center, baseball field, skate park, walking path that surrounds a fishing pond, volleyball courts (sand), playground, pavilion, gazebo, and memorial garden. Ballfields and shelters can be reserved.
Located in the Shawnee National Forest, this 1,750 acre lake has 40 miles of shoreline, a maximum depth of 60 feet, and 10hp limit on boat motors.
A 10-mile trail on the west side of Cedar Lake from north to south. Encircles Little Cedar Lake.
Located between Marion and Carbondale, this 18-hole, semi-private par 70 course features lush zoysia fairways and a practice area with target greens. Crab Orchard made Golf Digest's 2008/09 "Best Places to Play" list.
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is located primarily in Williamson County, with small extensions into eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois. At almost 44,000 acres and with three lakes (Crab Orchard, Little Grassy, and Devils Kitchen,) endless opportunities abound for watching wildlife, hiking nature trails, photography, swimming, fishing from the bank or by boat, and hunting. Four seasonally operational campgrounds are open from April-October and offer full hook-up, water, electric, or non-electric sites. Refuge staff and volunteers at the visitor center welcome visitors and sightseers 7 days a week from 8am-4:30pm. Visitor activities such as guided hikes, bald eagle tours, and monthly F.U.N. programs help connect families with the diversity of flora and fauna that Southern Illinois has to offer. The Refuge provides many opportunities for wildlife-dependent outdoor recreation for the nature lover in us all.
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Locally owned sporting goods store opened in 1980. Specializes in hunting and fishing accesories, apparel, and much more. Find decoys, ammunition, and archery supplies all in one stop.
The DuQuoin State Fairgrounds are located in the heart of Southern Illinois. A State owned facility, hosts several major events each year, including the annual DuQuoin State Fair. Grounds are open to the public year round.
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Egyptian Hills Campground & Marina
Eastern side of Lake of Egypt. Facility offers full service, boat rentals, restaurants, bait, tackle, guide service, launching and RV rentals.
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Opened in 1986, this indoor rink is open seasonally from August to May. Public skating sessions are the main attraction but the rink is available for private parties as well. Large arcade, snack bar and Skate Shop on site.
Kids will enjoy three huge bouncers, two in-ground trampolines, and an awesome jungle gym with a ball pit and a 16-foot slide. Also offers dance, cheer, tumbling, wrestling, and gymnastics classes.
The lush vegetation of the 2,430-acre Ferne Clyffe State Park, located near the small town of Goreville, hides the fact that directly below the soil, a vast area of rock formations exists. The two main areas for rock climbing include Big Rocky Hollow and the Cedar Bluff areas. Cedar Bluff offers both traditional and sport climbing, including several short, but difficult, routes in the class 12 to 13 range that appeal to experienced climbers. Other routes include top-rope access and solid anchors that appeal to new climbers.
Stop on by and enjoy the friendly, peaceful atmosphere. Spacious shaded sites. See an abundance of wildlife. Also available: wireless internet, L-P gas fill, dump station, large pull through, 31 full hook-up sites, 12 pull through sites, (20, 30 and 50) amps available. Public access to: city park, lighted walk path, shower house, laundry facilities/handicap accessible. Cabin rentals available.
Frankfort Community Aquatics & Activities Center
Located at the West Frankfort City Park, this newly built indoor 25-meter six lane pool is open to the public; classes and activities available, handicap accessible, lifeguard on site, open every day.
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Merry Christmas to all...
Getting ready to go to Menard's to buy some replacement "flicker" bulbs.
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
I'm watching Lazy Town with my son.
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
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Merry Christmas to all...
Eating breakfast.
Posting here and looking for earrings....
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Watching 'Shrek Forever'...
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- St. Luke ii.
Been trying to untangle Christmas lights for the past hour.. argh!
Thinking about going to two local Christmas events today. The church is hosting the annual Christmas Boutique and an historical home is hosting a Victorian Christmas celebration!
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Srilanka headed to cause a upset here.
Srilanka headed to cause a upset here.
Should be a tight one - SLs best players are both out and while the run rate looks comfortable it can climb quickly. England are still favourites on the betting sites
Yep 142-1 to 153-4 and RRR over 6. Might not even be close now
Yeah, they crumbled a bit. 5 down now.
Kaushalya making a good run for it.
Too many wickets though. Got an open end now.
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The Cricket Web Podcast - episode 23 out now
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Brilliant knock by Kaushalya.
Shocking over.
10 off 8.
Rasangika gone. 10 off 7 now.
Good over for England.
Not sure they should have taken a single last ball. 9 needed off the last over and tailender on strike.
Surely cant give Gunn the last
Single off the first ball, bollocks. Need to get Kaushayla out now.
And next ball dropped.
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Saying goodbye: they come, they go
Robin Brownlee
February 27 2010 08:22PM
Sooner or later, everybody moves on. That's true in every walk of life and it's no less so with players in the NHL or for those of us who make a living reporting about them.
Players come. Players go. Be it through trades, free agency or retirement, that's the way it works. Players know it. I know it. I've lost track of exactly how many players have walked out of the dressing room door, as well as those walking in, in the years I've covered the Edmonton Oilers, but it's in the hundreds.
Somewhere along the line, I can't remember when, I began making a habit of trying to spend a little time with a player I believed or knew was on the way out for one reason or another -- whether the player knew it or not. Some time to talk away from the glare of the scrum. To shoot the breeze. To have a laugh and remember when. Essentially, it's my way of saying goodbye and good luck without actually saying it.
With the NHL trade deadline looming Wednesday, I had that talk with Ethan Moreau this morning.
I was waiting for Moreau to finish treatment on Ken Lowe's table 30 minutes or so after everybody else had left the dressing room today when I started thinking about how long he'd been here.
I sure didn't think it would be parts of 12 seasons and 637 games. When Moreau arrived on March 20, 1999 with the Chicago Four -- Moreau, Chad Kilger, Dan Cleary and Christian Laflamme -- I saw him as a throw-in as part of the deal. Kilger was the keeper. Cleary was the steal.
With all of them long gone, I long ago learned better about the guy who has worn the captain's "C" here since it was passed along to him Oct. 2, 2007 by Jason Smith.
"Sorry to keep you waiting so long, man," Moreau said after escaping Lowe's clutches and emerging from the back. "What's up?" What's up, indeed, I thought. Like Moreau didn't know. "You're the last one left," I said. "By a long time," Moreau smiled.
So began the obligatory interview all reporters do with the deadline approaching. Mostly, though, we just talked. I kept thinking how, a few years back, Moreau was so good on a line with Todd Marchant and Mike Grier. I thought about how he scored 20 goals in 2003-04 and about how so much has changed for him and the Oilers since then.
I thought of the time years ago when I went over to Moreau's house to do an interview about the joys of fatherhood after the arrival of his son, Trey, during a rehab from shoulder surgery. Proud papa. At the time I remember thinking, this is a good man. I still feel that way.
Moreau's performance, or lack of same, has been talked about and written about every which way over the past couple of years, so I'm not going to cover that old ground at length here.
Moreau's leadership has been questioned. He's been criticized for taking stupid penalties. He makes too much money. Fans have been calling for him to be run off for a long time. Trade the bum. Make him go away.
Much of the criticism is warranted. Most of his flaws, while real, I'd argue, have been magnified by this team's abysmal results since the Stanley Cup run of 2006. While Moreau is very much the same blood-and-guts guy he has always been, minus a step, fans have a right to their opinion. It comes with the territory.
I didn't ask Moreau today, at least on the record, if he agrees with the critics that it's well past time for him to move on, or if he'd prefer to be traded by the deadline Wednesday. If that would be better for him and the Oilers. That's like tossing a player a grenade. Besides, I know the answer.
I suspect fans who want Moreau gone will get their wish sooner than later. Good men come and go. That's the nature of the business. As he shook my hand today, I thought again how Moreau is one of them. A good man.
-- Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
February 27 2010, 08:31PM
"Hey boys, Brownlee's been chattin me up lately."
"Uh-oh. You know what that means, right?"
"No, what?"
"Umm.... you might wanna start packing your bags, pal. I think you're outta here."
As an Oiler hater, I can say I respect Ethan Moreau and his time here. The guy has been a class act, and he is the epitome of what you want in a hockey player, as far as character goes. The past year or so has been rough on his resume, but I tell you this Oil fan - maybe you can do without Ethan Moreau the hockey player (or at least this past years version anyways), but Ethan Moreau THE PERSON will be heavily missed.
He represents the end of an era. If I'm not mistaken, he was brought in by then GM Glen Sather. He leaves with Steve Tambellini as GM now. In between, we all know who the man in charge was. In my opinion, more than any other player, Ethan Moreau represents the Kevin Lowe era the best. And that's not a bad thing... thats a good thing.
Ironically, both men have received more than their fair share of criticism in recent years, but both should be held in high regard in Oiler history.
Ethan Moreau... good luck, man.
Now, back to hatin the Oil...
*mean mugs bingofuel, Wanye, ronaldo, all past/present/future Ogdens, jeanshorts, thee MENACE to society, my boi Arch and every other ON-Citizen/Scientist/Librarian/cableguy/rigger that looks my way*
**Dakin, you're cool**
February 27 2010, 11:02PM
It'll be dealt with in March.
That's what Brutus said
February 28 2010, 06:43PM
I guess I should elaborate. Your article wasnt so melodramatic, its just the commenters here practically holding a candlelight vigil for the career of Ethan Moreau.
I take the article as you summarized, being, its time for him to go, and the human side of the business, which is the character of the player in general.
I don't feel the need to mourn the Oilers trading of him, because a)like EVERYONE here, I don't know him, so I can't pretend to feel some sort of player-fan connection to the guy, and b) he isn't that good of a player.
Its seems very pretentious to me, that people who don't know the guy (commenters) can sit here and act as if he's cured cancer, or been more than what most hockey players should be, and that is charitable, hard working, and professional.
His character is completely irrelevant in the business of hockey
I am good friends with a player on the team,who will probabley not be here come Wednesday. I have met some of the players on the team off the ice because of this relationship and out of the hockey enviroment,some of the players are great and they are geniue people who really make you feel good,there are others on the team who will not give you the time of day,but I am not going to come to some Oilers fan site and say that so and so is a jerk or start name dropping.Not all the players on this team donate their time to charity and not all of them are geniue good people off the ice which to me says alot about their character.
Nice article Brownlee.
It is time but always feels odd when a long-timer moves on. Good luck Ethan, thanks for the years of service.
February 28 2010, 09:02AM
The one thing we are all guilty of as fans is critizing the players performance on the ice,If we take a look at what some of the players contribute off the ice, we would not be so critical,guys like Moreau contribute alot and give up their free time.That will be missed by the community and the organization.Someone like Fernando is a class act both on and off the ice,to continue to battle through his disease and not give up shows alot about his character,I wish the players leaving all the best and hope the ones that we are replacing them with will contribute as much off the ice as they do on the ice.
February 27 2010, 08:34PM
He was a good soldier for us, but sadly its time for the Oil to move on. Good luck Ethan!
I used to be a huge Moreau fan.
I definitely can't say that now, but I do remember watching him play in his prime and thinking the Oilers needed more players like him.
I still do feel that way today, the Oil still need more players like Ethan Moreau in his prime.
February 27 2010, 10:34PM
He bled for this team, he broke for this team.
He endured highs and Low(e)s
This week he may go out a goat.
But he will be remembered as what he was, blood, guts and grit.
Go win that 7th game.
Great article Mr. Brownlee.
Oh and Rosscreek? Flames SUUUUUUUUCK!
February 28 2010, 08:06AM
Nice article Robin, sometimes we are guilty of forgetting the human side of the game and just see a player, his paycheque and the fact that his better days are most likely behind him.
February 28 2010, 08:57AM
Whats with the melodrama up in this ma??
Its rare that NHL hockey players are referred to as something other than great people (see:Phaneuf, Avery, the 1970's Philadelphia Flyers)
Sure, he could be a great guy, but that matters not one iota. If you're a fan of the team, you cheer for the jersey, and whatever the management of that team does to improve the team
You can only date "really nice girls", but years later, you realized you only wined and dined a bunch of lecherous sea donkeys.
February 28 2010, 09:49AM
I guess I should elaborate. Your article wasnt so melodramatic, its just the commenters here practically holding a candlelight vigil for the career of Ethan Moreau.
I take the article as you summarized, being, its time for him to go, and the human side of the business, which is the character of the player in general.
I don't feel the need to mourn the Oilers trading of him, because a)like EVERYONE here, I don't know him, so I can't pretend to feel some sort of player-fan connection to the guy, and b) he isn't that good of a player.
Its seems very pretentious to me, that people who don't know the guy (commenters) can sit here and act as if he's cured cancer, or been more than what most hockey players should be, and that is charitable, hard working, and professional.
His character is completely irrelevant in the business of hockey
February 28 2010, 04:41PM
"His character is completely irrelevant in the business of hockey."
That statement shows how little you know.
And, while I'm at it, how do you know that some of the people commenting here haven't seen or experienced Moreau's generosity and commitment to this city off the ice? It's entirely possible, given all the appearances he's made and charitle undertakings he's been a part of that somebody here has first-hand experience.
Hey, I'm not going to argue the fact youve likely forgotten more about this game than I know, but do you honestly expect me to believe Tambellini's decision to trade, or not trade, Ethan Moreau is in any way affected by his character?
Georges Laraque was, if not still is, the best ambassador, most involved, and loyal community guy the Oilers have ever had, but his willingness, or unwillingness to do his job, or ability to do it well lead to him leaving, not his character.
In the game of life, Moreau has been an incredible contributor to many causes, however, I dont see that being in Tambellinis thought process when considering the make up of his hockey team.
And hey, I'm just playing devils advocate for the sake of good discussion, if someone has a personal story of Moreau that has left an impression, great, post away. I just don't see its relevance in his potentially being moved is all
February 28 2010, 04:42PM
Edit: Laraque left because of NMC, supposedly, so factually, I should edit, but fact remains, Lowe wasnt willing to give it, because of Laraque's expendability
Good bye Ethan.
I hope that you will remember us fondly and not be too bitter about all us folks calling for your head this year.
I was happy when you were named captain, and happy when you won the Clancy. I had a choice of signed ball caps and reached for yours.
I hope you win a cup. Too bad it couldn't have been here.
I know you have to go, but I am happy that some people (mouth berathers excluded) can take a minute to appreciate a good man.
Good bye and good luck.
February 27 2010, 09:09PM
nerd reacharound props for brownlee!
February 27 2010, 09:23PM
Oh no you didn't.
*returns thunderous stink eye*
February 27 2010, 09:25PM
All it takes is 1 late book, my friend...
*Just kidding. I think you're solid.*
It's too bad how things have turned out with Moreau. He's been a great soldier during some lean years, but I guess that's pro sports; when you're done it's really obvious.
A good man. A good leader. A good bye.
February 27 2010, 10:32PM
he had, and still has heart just doesnt fit in with this franchises plans for the future. i hope he goes and wins a cup
February 27 2010, 10:32PM
This is unrelated, but maybe when Don Rickles is in town for his gig at River Cree, they should see if he's interested in an available GM position with the local hockey team.
Just imagine his press conferences. I'd PPV just to see him and Brownlee go toe-to-toe...
February 27 2010, 10:34PM
we should be able to give props for an article
February 27 2010, 10:35PM
just a suggestion...
LOL... good ol' Gene Principe tells Teemu they had good Finnish tonight.
February 27 2010, 10:58PM
Khabi's had his day in court correct? Any news on him?
@Robin Brownlee
LOL. Seems the guys all know where to get the scoop. I'd guess the only guy gettin as much action in there as you is Matty...?
*that sounded a lot dirtier the second time I read it... oh well*
**Nice article, btw*
uh doesn't trading players involve 2 teams? Is there another GM dumber than Tambo that would trade for Ethan?
February 27 2010, 11:05PM
@Robin Brownlee
Thanks Robin, plus I see in the other article now that Arch says hes been upgraded to an extreme DUI ... I don't know much about the yanks legal system but to me that can't be good. I have a buddy from new york that just got sent to jail for 6 months because he hit a tree with his car, and he wasn't drunk or anything...
I'd ask TLP but hes a big poo head and I don't want to talk to him.~
I had a little sit down with Fernando as well . . . second time in a few days he asked me what I'm hearing. Guys are eye-balling me like I'm a Revenue Canada agent or something.
Oh... and so? What are you hearing?
Great article Robin, nice to see an article that goes beyond the "Moreau sucks".
There is no doubt in my mind that Moreau's expiration date with the Oilers has come and gone. His play the last two years has drove me crazy but I think the community will miss him.
A friend of the family had a 10 year old boy that developed brain cancer a couple of years ago. He was a huge Oiler and Eskimos fan, so through the Stollery and Make a Wish foundation he was able to meet a number of members of both teams. Ethan and Steve Staios both spent a lot of time with him, custom painted his radiation helmet and had his whole family over to their house a number of times. Unfortunately he lost his battle this December. Ethan and his whole family came to the funeral inspite of it being a game day and told his dad that they were going to try to win the game for him. That was the Toronto game, the only one they won for like a month.
Personally I hope they trade him to a contender that goes on to win the Cup.
February 27 2010, 11:50PM
That's what Brutus said
History burn! That hurts
February 28 2010, 02:48AM
Ethan Moreau : Probably one of the classiest players to play for this organization. Good Luck.
@ RossCreek
Whilst you have made one positive reference to Ethan. You have stayed your welcome, now Piss off!
Oh yeah, that's right Flames Nation has next to no followers...
His ability on the ice is what it is. These "overpayments" to these players I think are the beginning of the end in terms of their contribution to the team and relationship with fans/media.
The prism through which they are viewed changes IMO because of the $$ they are making. Higher (unrealistic?) expectations from fans, media etc. Good for them though to set themselves/family up financially. Up next, Horcoff and Gilbert.
Good luck to Moreau if he goes, I really wish they had won game 7 in June 2006.
February 28 2010, 07:47AM
uh doesn't trading players involve 2 teams? Is there another GM dumber than Tambo that would trade for Ethan?
can we get a negative props thing put on this interweb site?
maybe an idiot tab?
February 28 2010, 08:01AM
@Matt Henderson
Extreme DUI - conviction means jail.
February 28 2010, 08:03AM
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Our Father whom art in Vancouver, hockey be thy name. Thy will be done, the GOLD will be won, on ice as well as in the stands. Give us this day, our hockey sticks, and forgive us our penalties as we forgive those who cross check against us. Lead us not into elimination but deliver us to victory. In the name of the Canadian hockey team, AMEN! GO CANADA GO 3.15 ontario, 4.15 nova scotia
A good man indeed! Not every day you can use the word selfless to describe an athlete.
Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Ethan sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
Also, nothing Old can stay. Get rid of everyone over 30 not named Lubo.
This team is horrible and the fan base wants to find the easy solve. Last year it was the Coach. This year the Captain. It's like there is some sort of magic fix that will turn this team from a bottom dweller to a contender. Somehow, it's one individuals fault that this team sucks.
Unfortunately, the truth is that the players on this roster are not good enough to be a contender and no one person will change that with his presence or removal. If we traded Moreau straight up for Ovechkin, this would still be a bad team.
February 28 2010, 09:42AM
Moreau has been a good Oiler. He has fought and bled for the team. (In fact I remember he had a fight during his first game here.) I expect that he will be traded, which will be good for him and for the team. I have nothing but good to say about him, but it is time for major changes, and he is part of the equation. What I find reprehensible is how some fans choose to demonize Ethan and a few other players like Horc. They took the money that they were offered. Hey, who wouldn't. Good luck Ethan. I'll cheer for you to be successful wherever you end up.
"Let's put that bum on waivers!" -So has said many ON commentors... (You know who you are.. yet you remain strangely silent on this thread...)
Thanks Robin for putting some flesh and blood on the ongoing personnel debate.


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The Brumbies underlined their Super Rugby title credentials with a commanding 29-10 victory over the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
The Brumbies underlined their Super Rugby title credentials with a commanding 29-10 victory over the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
The tournament leaders comprehensively outplayed the Sharks, outscoring their hosts four tries to one, and stretched their lead at the top of the overall standings.
They are now the only side in the competition yet to taste defeat and showed they will be the team to beat in 2013 after another impressive performance.
Whilst the tourists could only manage three points in the second half, the damage had already been done in the opening forty minutes and headed into the half-time sheds 26-3 ahead – leaving the Sharks with a mountain to climb.
The Australians showed no sign of jetlag and started in stunning fashion as Jake White's troops raced to a 12-0 lead in as many minutes when Jesse Mogg opened the scoring with a try in the corner, before Joe Tomane added his name to the scoresheet – both set up by bull-dozing number eight Fotu Auelua.
Christian Lealiifano was succesful with one out of the two conversions.
There was finally some respite for the hosts at the end of the first quarter when the visitors were penalised for not rolling away allowing Patrick Lambie to slot over the ball from bang in front.
But the men from Canberra continued to soar in attack and Matt Toomua was next to cross after more slick handling and superb recycling in the lead-up.
With five minutes remaining to the interval, the Brumbies secured their bonus-point try when their forwards emphatically overturned a scrum and Toomua floated a fine pass over to Henry Speight on the right to dot down in the corner.
That rounded off a superb opening showing and left the home crowd in shock as their side trailed by 23 points.
The visitors again began with some intent after the restart and twice turned down the chance to kick at goal, instead opted to set-up line-outs.
But the Sharks slowly clawed their way back, eventually scoring their only try when Ryan Kankowski picked up and carried over following a spate of penalties conceded by the Australians inside their own 22.
The Brumbies' first points of the second half eventually came from a Lealiifano penalty after Kankowski was punished for an illegal tackle and they continued to control thereafter until the final hooter sounded.
The scorers:
For Sharks:
Try: Kankowski
Con: Lambie
Pen: Lambie
For Brumbies:
Tries: Mogg, Tomane, Toomua, Speight
Cons: Lealiifano 3
Pen: Lealiifano
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Francois Steyn, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Keegan Daniel (c), 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Cobus Reinach, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.
Brumbies 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Fotu Auelua, 7 George Smith, 6 Ben Mowen (c), 5 Sam Carter, 4 Peter Kimlin, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Scott Fardy, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Clyde Rathbone.
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This year's deadline for applications is Friday, Nov. 1.
"With these grants, the National Park Service is honored to help preserve the stories and historic sites of fellow Americans who endured a shameful chapter that our nation must never forget," said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. "With the help of Congress, this important program continues to help preserve vital testimony – in words, images, scholarship and places – to the need to guard our constitutional rights against injustice, prejudice and fear."
This is the sixth year in the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, which Congress established in 2006. In the previous five years, Congress assigned more than $12 million in grants to 107 projects in or involving 18 states and the District of Columbia. The president's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 calls for $3 million more for the program.
Japanese American Confinement Sites grants are awarded to eligible groups and entities – non-profit organizations, educational institutions and state, local and tribal governments – for work to preserve confinement sites and their histories.
The program aims to preserve and explain the places where Japanese American men, women and children – most of them U.S. citizens – were incarcerated after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Congress has authorized that up to $38 million in grants can be awarded over the life of the program, with funds appropriated annually. Grant money can be used to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair and acquire historic confinement sites. The goal is for present and future generations to learn of and gain inspiration from the sites and the people who were held in them.
For fiscal year 2013 (Oct. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013), the National Park Service distributed 24 grants totaling nearly $2.7 million, Grant-winning projects over the past five years have been undertaken in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC, and Wyoming. Although many projects are tied to single, specific locations, some also range across multiple sites and are conducted from other places and states.
The program requires applicants to raise project funds from other sources to "match" the grant money, which is awarded in a competitive review. Successful grantees must match $1 in non-federal funds or "in-kind" contributions to every $2 they receive in federal money. Matching funds can be raised and spent during the grant period and do not have to be "in the bank" when a group applies for a grant. Applicants also can receive up to two grants a year.
More than 50 historical locations are eligible for grant-funded work. They include the 10 War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps that were set up in 1942 in seven states: Granada (Amache), CO; Gila River and Poston, AZ; Heart Mountain, WY; Jerome and Rohwer, AR; Manzanar and Tule Lake, CA; Minidoka, ID, and Topaz, UT. Also eligible are more than 40 other locations in 16 states, including civilian and military-run assembly, relocation and isolation centers.
Of the 10 WRA sites, three are now units of the National Park Service (Manzanar National Historic Site, Minidoka Internment National Monument, and Tule Lake National Monument) and five are National Historic Landmarks (the Rohwer cemetery, and the Granada [Amache], Poston, Topaz and Heart Mountain camps).
Grants can be for a variety of uses, including design and construction of interpretive centers, trails, wayside exhibits and other facilities; oral histories and site-history research; school curriculums on internment history; and purchase of non-federal land at five of the sites (Jerome and Rohwer, AR; Honouliuli, HI; Topaz, UT, and Heart Mountain, WY).
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Hedge-fund manager John Paulson's $900 million Gold Fund posted an 18% decline last month, whacked by the tough month for gold and related equities, Kelly Bit of Bloomberg News reports:
The $900 million Gold Fund, which invests in bullion- related equities and derivatives, is down 26 percent this year, Paulson & Co. said yesterday in a client update obtained by Bloomberg News. The firm's Advantage funds also fell in February after the metal and related stocks weakened as signs of economic optimism curbed gold demand.
Paulson is the single biggest owner of the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), the popular gold exchange-traded fund. Last quarter, his hedge funds held onto positions in gold miners such as Anglogold Ashanti (AU), Barrick Gold (ABX), Novagold Resources (NG), and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM).
The story details performance in Paulson's merger-arbitrage and Advantage funds, too:
Paulson Partners and Paulson Partners Enhanced, the firm's merger-arbitrage strategy with $5 billion in assets, increased 0.5 percent and 1 percent last month, respectively, and 3.8 percent and 7.2 percent in 2013.
Paulson's Advantage Plus and Advantage funds, which seek to profit from corporate events such as takeovers and bankruptcies, fell 4.7 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively, in February, bringing this year's losses to 3.5 percent and 2.5 percent.
The Advantage funds lost 19 percent and 14 percent, respectively, in 2012 after Paulson made bets on a worsening European sovereign-debt crisis and that gold stocks would rise. In the second half of last year, Paulson, 57, gradually eliminated the Europe-related wagers, he said in the year-end letter.
Paulson, who became a billionaire in 2007 by betting against subprime mortgages before the housing collapse, posted record losses in 2011 when he made wrong-way bets on a U.S. economic recovery.


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Joan of Arc
IntroductionJoan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine.
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Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made seven changes for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Treviso at Ravenhill.
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made seven changes for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Treviso at Ravenhill.
Paddy Jackson and Darren Cave are named in the backline, while Rob Herring, Declan Fitzpatrick, Lewis Stevenson and Mike McComish return to the pack.
Anscombe has also made three positional changes, the most notable of which sees captain John Afoa switch from tighthead to loosehead prop. It will be the first time that Afoa has started for Ulster at loosehead.
Andrew Trimble moves from outside centre to his more familiar position on the right wing, while Michael Allen switches flanks and will start at number 11.
Nigel Brady, Callum Black, Neil McComb and Ali Birch drop to the bench alongside Ricky Lutton, Paul Marshall, Niall O'Connor and Chris Cochrane.
"It is good to give the guys who are on the periphery of the international team some game time. We welcome them back and with the experience that they bring, they will only strengthen our side," said Ulster coach Mark Anscombe.
Meanwhile, Franco Smith has picked the same backline last Sunday against Munster, with the exception of Andrea Pratichetti, who is replaced by Luca Morisi.
Brendan Williams will play his 229th game for Treviso, just two less than Gianni Zanon, who is seventh in the all-time table.
As for the pack, Franco Smith again has selected some players released by Italy, with Robert Barbieri and Dean Budd as flankers.
Captain Corniel Van Zyl and Valerio Bernabò are confirmed at lock, with tomorrow's match being Bernabò's 50th appearance for Treviso.
In the front row, hooker Franco Sbaraglini starts with props Alberto De Marchi and Lorenzo Cittadini.
Ulster: 15 Ricky Andrew, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Stuart Olding, 11 Michael Allen, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Robbie Diack, 7 Mike McComish, 6 Iain Henderson, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Lewis Stevenson, 3 Declan Fitzpatrick, 2 Rob Herring, 1 John Afoa.
Replacements: 16 Neil Brady, 17 Calum Black, 18 Ricky Lutton, 19 Neil McComb, 20 Ali Birch, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Chris Cochrane.
Treviso: 15 Brendan Williams, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Gideon La Grange, 11 Giulio Toniolatti, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Christian Loamanu, 7 Filippo Giusti, 6 Dean Budd, 5 Corniel Van Zyl (c), 4 Valerio Bernabò, 3 Jacobus Roux, 2 Giovanni Maistri, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Pedro Di Santo, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Marco Filippucci, 21 James Ambrosini, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Tommaso Iannone.
Date: Friday, February 29
Kick-off: 19:05
Venue: Ravenhill
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Paul Haycock (Ireland), David Keane (Ireland)
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The main concern when he began the study, says Kato, was that they simply wouldn't have a long enough data record to detect any trends. Small changes occurring over a large area can have a big impact on climate. But the smaller the change, the longer the data record needs to be to make sure that the change is real. At the time Kato and his colleagues began their study, Terra's sensors had only accumulated four years of cloud and energy balance data, spanning 2000-2004; Aqua, launched later, had only collected data between 2002-2004. Although he suspected four years of data would be a bare minimum—and probably not enough—Kato figured if the change in the Arctic was dramatic enough, they just might be able to find it.
With those doubts lingering in the back of their minds, Kato and his colleagues began processing, mapping, and analyzing the satellite data. Snow and ice extent data came from a series of microwave-frequency remote sensors nicknamed SSM/I, flown on a series of Department of Defense meteorological satellites. Cloud data came from NASA's MODIS, and energy budget data came from CERES.
The goal was to create, in essence, a virtual map with three layers that could be laid on top of one another: sea ice and snow, clouds, and albedo. The scientists divided up the Arctic and Antarctic (60-90 degrees North and South, respectively) into a grid in which each box was a bit smaller than 100 kilometers by 100 kilometers. Team members wrote computer software that sorted the satellite observations—usually multiple observations each day— into their appropriate grid box and merged them. Computers continued churning through the data, turning daily observations into monthly averages for the four-year period. Once the virtual maps were complete, the team could test whether changes in the sea ice and snow layer of the virtual map were matched by changes in the maps of clouds or albedo.


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Men and Women React to Stress Differently
Stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life. Between our careers, family, kids, relationships and other factors, we are a tense bunch. So why do you want to talk it out after a bad day but your husband just wants to retreat to the garage and never discuss it? It's not just to annoy you! Researchers have recently shown for the first time that men and women actually react to stress in different ways due to our biological and evolutionary differences.
Everyone's response to stress involves three hormones: cortisol, epinenphrine, and oxytocin. Both men and women release cortisol and epinephrine when under stress. Cortisol decreases the effectiveness of the immune system while both cortisol and epinephrine raise blood pressure and circulating blood sugar levels. The key to our different reactions is oxytocin, which counteracts the production of cortisol and ephinephrine, promoting relaxation and nurturing. While both men and women produce oxytocin, women are thought to produce much more oxytocin than men.
Researchers now believe that this difference in response is related to women's evolutionary role of caring for offspring. Most people are familiar with the "flight or fight" response to stress, but it appears that only men feel this impulse, whereas women feel what researchers call a "tend and befriend" response. If evolutionary woman had taken flight or fought back when faced with danger, it would have put her offspring at risk and possibly reduced her reproductive success. Instead, it was in her best interest to react by protecting herself and her offspring ("tend") and bonding with other members of the group, most likely women ("befriend"). Studies of rats as well as humans have shown that when stressed, females prefer to be with others, especially other females, while males prefer to be alone.
This research, published in the July 2000 issue of Psychological Review, was conducted by Dr. Shelley Taylor, PhD, professor of psychology at UCLA, and her colleagues. They arrived at their conclusions by reviewing evidence from research with nonhuman animals, neuroendocrine studies, and human-based social psychology.
Previous studies on human stress response have been conducted solely on men because scientists believed that the monthly fluctuations in hormones experienced by women would create stress responses that varied too widely to be considered statistically valid. As a result, the differences between men and women's responses to stress have been a mystery until now. Yet, according to Dr. Taylor, this distinction is "one of the most robust gender differences in adult human behavior."
However, scientists believe that both sexes take into consideration social context that may elicit a different stress response. For instance, psychologist Nancy Collins, PhD, has found that there is no gender difference when studying how often husbands and wives seek support from their most intimate companions - each other. And longer term stressors, such as hunger, don't elicit the same gender-distinct responses either. Evolutionarily speaking, it makes more sense to "tend and befriend" when food is scarce and to work together for the good of the whole rather than isolate.
So the next time you've had a bad day and your husband or boyfriend heads in the opposite direction just as you gear up to dish, don't take it personally. He's just wired that way!


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Section 630 - Protection of Streets, Heavy Engines and Machines
Section 630:00. Heavy Equipment; Permits. No person shall drive, haul or propel nor cause to be driven, hauled or propelled, any machine engine or conveyance of any kind, except automobiles having rubber tires, over, on or across any paved street, alley or public place in this municipality, if any wheel of such machine, engine or conveyance shall have lugs on the outside or circumference of the same which come in contact, or if any such wheel is provided with anything except a smooth and uniform surface to come in contact and which does come in contact, with the paving of any such street, alley or public place; provided, however, that in case it is necessary for any such machine, engine or conveyance to cross any paved street or alley in this municipality, permission to cross the same may be had and obtained by the person owning or operating such machine, engine or conveyance obtaining the consent of the City Engineer to so cross such street or alley under the supervision of the City Engineer and upon providing and laying down planks under the wheels of such machine, engine or conveyance as shall be directed by the City Engineer.
Section 630:05. Damage to Streets. No person shall drive, propel or haul, nor cause to be driven, propelled or hauled, any machine, engine or conveyance over, on or across any paved street, alley or public place in this municipality which shall cause injury or damage to the paving on such street, alley or public place.
Section 630:10. Penalty. Each and every violation of any of the terms or provisions of this ordinance shall be a penal offense. In addition to the foregoing, each and every person who causes any damage to be done to any paved street in this municipality contrary to the terms of this ordinance shall be liable in a civil action for the amount of such damage and the costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees to be fixed in amount by the court, such damages to be recovered in the name of the City of Owatonna.