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> How can I describe the statement that "their very existence depends on" science in any other way when humans DO exist in many places without these "scientific†advances and obviously have for many millennia? Because much of what they depend on IS science, science being the accumulation of accurate information about the environment and the ability to apply it. Not simply book learning. Science was used by the Mesopotamians and so on. Even primitive hunters are using "science" to create the best weapons, to thoroughly know their prey, to perfect their techiniques in killing and preserving the food. As far as surviving without science, I never said nor meant that nobody would survive without it, but the majority of people leaving in developed countries depend on it for survival. They wouldn't last very long if placed in a situation where they had to use their own wits to survive. And remember what happened to the native americans when the whites came. Most died of small pox.* * *You still haven't shown any study where small cell hives were compared to large cell hives to see which survive better. Even if the mites reproduce somewhat less in small cells, these colonies could still succumb to mite collapse.If you were seriously ill and you were offered the choice of a treatment that had been through extensive clinical trials with documented results -- or a new untested treatment, -- which would you want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on?Given such a choice, I wouldn't take a folk remedy even if it were free. Is that being conservative, or skeptical? All I am asking for is proof in the scientific sense; it isn't my fault if you can't find any and bring it here. * * *Recently I pondered how feral bees were able to survive in the wilds longer than hived bees, and I thought it could have to do with their swarming, which creates a break in the brood rearing cycle. So I searched and found a study where hives were set up in two groups in one location. One group was managed the regular way, the others were not supered and allowed to swarm.The first year, the swarmers had much fewer mites in the fall. The second year, the mite levels were about the same in both groups. That is the sort of study I am talking about, one that actually demonstrates the effect of the proposed treatment.* * *Finally, I started this thread to talk about techniques OTHER than small cells. I have already read all the stuff at Bee Source, I read most of it 5 years ago. If it works, fine. I am interested in management techniques that people can use on regular hives without special equipment; ones that eveyone can try.Herve Abeille
I started this thread to talk about techniques OTHER than small cells.
I have wondered the variations to use excluder. I use it very seldom and in foraging hives at all. However professional use it. It fastens nursing operations, I suppose. ME:I regard the queen excluder as a personal preference. They have good and bad points. They keep the line between the brood nest clear and this can be a good thing. When you take the honey supers off, it is very handy to know that there is no brood and no queen wandering around in there, especially if you blow the bees out or use bee escapes. Sometimes, especially in a poor honey flow, or with a weak colony, they will prevent the bees expansion upward. Hives can be managed without them, of course. Maybe you will get more honey and more brood this way. If you fume the bees down, or brush them off, you don't have to worry so much about the queen being up.Moving brood above the excluder is a good plan to alleviate crowding in the brood area. BUT! be sure to check back in a week to make sure they don't raise a queen up there!Better still, use the brood to make nucs. If you are making splits on a regular basis, you are not understanding the basic principle of beekeeping as taught by Langstroth, Brother Adam and so on.Herve Abeille
Does this prove that the odds are not 50/50? No it proves my sample was too small to be statistically valid. ME:It also proves that if you depend on chance or "luck" you can never know what the outcome will be. That's why the coin toss is used, you have no way of knowing the outcome. Personally, when I set up a new hive, I want the outcome to be better than 50/50 that it will survive, so I look for methods that have been shown to work in the majority of cases. Now here is an interesting article that will further separate us, no doubt:! EXCERPTED !from:Beyond ABC and 123: The Inhandig Tribal School in Malaybalay CityBy H. Marcos C. Mordeno / MindaNews / 12 February 2006MALAYBALAY CITY -- Want to learn weather forecasting without the aid of satellites, or wildlife hunting and healing with the use of herbs and prayers alone? Then come to the Inhandig Tribal School, a largely self-help school where the subjects taught revolve around the traditions and practices of the Bukidnon, one of the seven tribes in Bukidnon province.The lessons also include reading, writing, and sanitation. But for the most part the students – children as well as grown-ups – get to learn about who they are and where they came from, an approach that seeks to promote ethnic pride and identity.* * *Apart from or as an extension of her being a shaman, Bae Inatlawan is also a healer, an expert in the indigenous ways of curing illnesses with herbs and prayers. Years of practice and experience have honed her ability to know which plants can cure certain diseases. But she says she never extracts the medicinal parts of these plants without first offering a prayer.This is the beauty of Bukidnon culture. Nothing happens without a ritual or prayer; the people are in constant communion with Magbabaya (Supreme Being) and the spirits that influence the conduct of their earthly affairs."I have never taken any medicine from a pharmacy,†declares the diminutive female chieftain, as if to emphasize the excellent curative properties of forest flora and the prayers that accompany each healing ritual.It can thus be said that in this obscure spot on earth faith and science converge.* * *In addition to its recreational activities, the school, through Datu Matun-an Federico Docenos, trains the students in the ways of the tribe when its members were still leading a hunter-gatherer existence -- wildlife hunting and trapping, honeybee collection and fishing. These activities are collectively called panlagutum, i. e., they are only done whenever food is scarce or when the farmers are still waiting for their crops to be harvested.Panlagutum exemplifies the need to learn the past as a weapon of survival. And there could be no better way for the Bukidnon tribe to learn its past than through the tribal school and the unique lessons of life that it teaches. ME:While I admire Bae Inatlawan, and her FAITH, I could never brag that I have never been to a pharmacy. I currently have two conditions that could lead to my premature death and both of them are being treated by expensive pharmaceuticals. Why do I use these chemicals? Because the odds are if I don't I will die from one or the other of these conditions. If I wanted to prove my FAITH in nature, or God, or herbs, I could forego such treatments. However, I have children and I feel obligated to stay alive at least until they can support themselves without me. So for me, SCIENCE and PROOF trumps FAITH. For someone else it may be the reverse. But it is a big world and there is room for more than one point of view.Herve Abeille
if you blow the bees out or use bee escapes.
Sometimes, especially in a poor honey flow, or with a weak colony, they will prevent the bees expansion upward.
Moving brood above the excluder is a good plan to alleviate crowding in the brood area. BUT! be sure to check back in a week to make sure they don't raise a queen up there!
Better still, use the brood to make nucs. If you are making splits on a regular basis.
To make nucs means to raise queens very early. I do not split hives. It destroyes yield. I try to make towers. To keep stong hives as moderate seems to be good and it means that I must raise queens as early as possible. I have just learned from MAAREC sites that best hives swarm first :P ME:Pardon my saying so, but you haven't been paying attention to what I have been saying, Finsky. I know the messages have been fast and furious, and some overly L O N G.But to recapitulate, Langstroth pointed out that one can pull brood out of hive at regular intervals WITHOUT hurting the colony. It's just like giving blood (like I said). It won't be missed if it's done right.Not only that, but pulling brood in spring inhibits the swarming impulse, and you can certainly raise queens then ... The bees are doing it! It's called artificial swarming by some; or making increase by others.Like I said already, you can pull brood and make strong nucs (4-5 frames) and let them raise their own queen. Maybe not the best plan, but a good one. If the queens are no good, replace them later.
Langstroth pointed out that one can pull brood out of hive at regular intervals WITHOUT hurting the colony. .
She emphasizes that while cell size is a clear indication of Africanization, these bees do not necessarily exhibit the fierce behavior normally associated with this bee type. Even bees with cells as small as 4.7 mm were not always extremely defensive.
This small cell seems to be endless debate. Just when it has finished it starts from it's very beginning.I know, Finsky. I started this forum to talk about something else, but they followed after us. Evidently they only read stuff from Bee Source. There are other sources. Example:From: Ahlert Schmidt Subject: Natural comb cell sizeFebruary 17, 2002, 6:25:35 AMI would like to comment on bee cell size again. In Germany there has been beekeeping on natural combs for over five hundred years using skeps and there are still some apiaries using that technique. So there are bees that never have seen foundations for hundreds of generations. The cell size of combs constructed by these bees is still between 5.3 and 5.4 mm (805 cells per square decimeter) comming close to 5.37 mm which is the average of cell size for normal combs in Germany.See for instance F. Gerstung: Der Bien und seine Zucht. 7. Auflage 1924; or: Zander and Weiss: Handbuch der Bienenkunde Volulme 4; Verlag Eugen Ulmer 1964 (first Edition 1921).
derbeemeister - All I am asking for is proof in the scientific sense; it isn't my fault if you can't find any and bring it here.


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I seem to recall Harbaugh being asked a couple of weeks ago if he had talked to Coach Pagano. He politely noted he had not spoke to him since his illness, which surprised me a bit.
Today when asked about hin at his press conference, he talked about the football team, and the coaches in general but did not talk about Pagano specifically. He seemed to deflect the question and talked about the Indy team.
I have never heard him talk negatively about the Coach, but I was somewhat surprised that he did not seem that close to Pagano.
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John harbaugh on chuck pagano 'he's one my closest friends in coaching its phenomenal'
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You're making something out of nothing, sorry
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Thanks guys. This makes me feel better. It is unlike Harbaugh to be like that, but his answer did surprise me a little bit.
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Given Harbs' mastery of coach speak, I wouldn't be surprised if the OP is right. He is hard to read sometimes, but notice he said "one of my closest friends in coaching." It would seem weird to me as well that you wouldn't talk to someone who is such a great friend while they are battling leukemia.


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I imagine traditional tree....hmmm. It has to be big, huge Unfortunately in the first house we lived we didn't have space for huge tree but I was happy with the one we had. I tried to make it look nice. Then when we move to another house and with time we bought (actually last year) new tree. litlle bit bigger and it looks the way I picture ideal tree. I love all kinds of ornaments speciallly in red or golden but I also like wooden ornaments or crystal.Over the years I started to put real pinecones which make my tree looks much natural
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The goal for the 2014 Canisius College men's lacrosse team is a simple one – play every play to its fullest.
Just two years removed from the program's second MAAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, a young Golden Griffins squad just missed qualifying for the conference tournament last season, falling in the last day of the regular season to the eventual champion in a contest where the winner advanced and the loser went home. The Griffs got off to a slow start in the contest and couldn't fully recover to just miss out on the chance to defend their title.
In 2014, 16th-year head coach Randy Mearns wants the Griffs to just focus on one play and winning each shift one at a time and the rest will fall into place so Canisius can once again reach the pinnacle of the conference.
"Our goals are more simplistic to start this season," Mearns said. "We want to win every shift. If things don't go right, we have to have the mental toughness to not worry about it and just focus on the next play.
"If we do all the things necessary to be successful and win every shift, odds are we will be successful in the end. Lets just take care of the little things and control what we can control. It's not that we haven't talked about playing for or winning a conference championship – that's an overall goal. We just know for us to reach that level – and we are capable of doing it – we need to make sure we are doing everything we can on and off the field throughout the year."
To fulfill its mission of another MAAC Championship, it starts with the five captains selected to lead the team – Kevin Collins, Adam Donner, Tim Edwards, DJ Giacobbo and Alex Govenettio. The five captains don't have to look far for successful examples of strong leadership as the Senior Class of 2012 willed the team to a championship two years ago after missing out on three-straight conference tournaments.
"In 2012, that senior class decided amongst themselves that they were going to put in all the hard work and the effort to be successful," Mearns said. "They won a ring at the end of the day but our underclassmen that were a part of that team have now decided to make that same commitment. We didn't make the conference tournament last year, which we hosted. The day after the season ended, our returners made the commitment and dedication to not have that feeling again. They just do so much work on their own outside of practice because they want to reach that level again."
The effort and commitment is there for this season and the good news for the Griffs is that the talent is also there. A year after having to replace 16 seniors – including 75 percent of the scoring, 3-of-4 starting defenders and the starting goalie – Canisius returns most contributors from last season and the established chemistry to go along with a talented freshman class has Mearns excited for the 2014 campaign.
"A lot of our players last season were freshmen and sophomores and they really went through a big learning experience," Mearns said. "There is nothing like going through a year and battling through the adversity of a Division I season. You now fast-forward a year and everybody is another year older, a year strong and a year wiser. We play with so much more chemistry. They know each other's strengths and weaknesses and their tendencies. Now the challenge as a coaching staff is to fine tune what that chemistry looks like and define the roles of our personnel.
"I think this team is our most talented. It's still unproven but it's the most talented and athletic team we've ever had. With all the experience that our returners received last year and you then have a talented freshman class to also tap into, we are really excited about the season."
A season after having to replace all three starting attackmen – who combined to total 89 goals and 32 assists in 2012 – Canisius has the luxury of returning four contributors from 2013, including two that made the conference's all-rookie team.
Juniors Cody Gould and Austin Romantic both moved into starting roles last season and were joined by sophomores Vince Gravino and Billy Jacobbi.
"We are still young at the attack position with mainly juniors and sophomores," Mearns said. "They have grown so much from last season in terms of athleticism, stick work and the understating of our systems. They are all so athletic that they can also play midfield if we need them to. They had a year to work on their chemistry and can provide a variety of different looks. Our job as coaches is to really just manage that."
Romantic and Gravino played throughout the season, while Jacobbi replaced Gould in the starting lineup after Gould missed the final eight games with an injury. The four combined to total 54 points, 40 goals and 14 assists in their first significant year at the collegiate level.
"Vince Gravino and Billy Jacobbi both had terrific freshman seasons and were rewarded with MAAC All-Rookie honors," Mearns said. "Vince had a great statistical year. He can create his own dodge, has good vision and is a big, strong kid. He is so much better than a year ago and put up some pretty good stats then. So, we're excited to see how he ups his game this season. For a freshman, Billy brought some pretty good confidence and smoothness to our right-handed attack spot. He can dodge and is quick and shifty. He has pretty good vision and is not afraid to take the ball to goal.
"Austin Romantic is the leader of our attack and was really the quarterback of the position last year. He has very good footwork and his athleticism is up from a year ago. We didn't really utilize him enough last year in letting him dodge but we have taken the leash off him a little bit, which will help balance our offense. Cody has worked on his change of direction and his change of speed. He has always had good range and has come back with a vengeance after a tough season in 2013. He is going to be a player that we are going to count on contributing."
Adding depth to the unit is junior Sam Connors in addition to freshmen Nick Binnert and Adam Huber.
"All three are really good but don't necessarily have the experience, especially with the two freshmen," Mearns said. "They add some depth for us and are going to play this year. They're skilled enough and have great vision."
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The midfield position is led by junior Tim Edwards. In his first two years, Edwards has earned all-conference accolades in each season, totaling 71 points. The good news for Canisius fans is he doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon.
"One man doesn't make a team but one guy can be the leader and that is Tim Edwards," Mearns said. "He has the will and the heart to win. He proves it in everything that he does. With that, he is the guy that has gotten the pole since the third game of his NCAA career. For us, it's now about who do we have surrounding him that can help expose the opponent's defense. Its not just the Tim Edwards show, as much as he is capable of making it that."
The Griffs don't have to look far for the desired balance. Junior Brandon Bull appeared in all 13 games last season with 16 points and 12 goals, while Tim's brother, freshman Jeff Edwards, joins the team this season and reminds the staff a lot of the 2012 MAAC Rookie of the Year in Tim.
"Brandon continues to play with phenomenal confidence and has continued to work on his field lacrosse IQ," Mearns said. "He is really coming into his own and understands the game so much more now. He is a guy that can do some pretty amazing things.
"Jeff has almost the same fundamentally sound game as Tim. They just do a lot of the same things and they do them very well and at a high level. Jeff already plays with confidence. He is phenomenal athlete and has great stick skills, range, vision and lacrosse IQ."
Rounding out the position will be senior Cody Soberanes, junior Jake Giarrano and sophomores Jimmy May and Nick Tuttle.
"Last year, we were maybe one midfield deep and that second midfield was kind of more of a time management group," Mearns said. "We feel that we have a second and maybe third group this season that can really play. They can score and they can run the offense just as well as the first group so we won't miss a beat with them in the lineup."
Five players will compete for time at the defensive midfield position this season in senior Dylan Knopfke, sophomores Patrick Gilman, Mac Tomkinson and Mike Vavonese and freshman Lewis Vacarro.
"All five of our defensive midfielders have really adapted to the mindset of being defense-first players," Mearns said. "Dylan Knopfke and Mac Tomkinson are more lockdown defenders, while Patrick Gilman, Mike Vavonese and Lewis Vacarro can also mix it up offensively. They are concentrating on understanding the defensive side of the ball in terms of angles and different slide packages but can also provide some offense for us too."
Leading the way at the long-stick midfielder position is senior Kevin Collins. In his two seasons with the Griffs, Collins has totaled 34 ground balls and eight caused turnovers to go along with three goals.
Adding depth to the position is junior Alex Chernosky, sophomores Brendan Barren and Conor Reilly and freshman Paul Burich.
"We're really excited about our long-stick midfielders, especially with Kevin Collins leading the way," Mearns said. "Kevin is one of our fastest players. He came back this year and has just owned the position. We can also funnel him down to close-defense at times when needed.
"Brendan Barren is now as sophomore and has put in a ton of work on his game. He got a lot of playing time last year and we are looking for him to build on that this season. Paul Burich is a terrific athlete and is very proactive. He is big and can stretch an opposing offense for us. Alex Chernosky is also looking really good and continues to work on his game every day, while Conor Reilly is maybe our best takeaway player."
Another unit where the Griffs have the luxury of returning all of its contributors from last season is at defensemen. DJ Giacobbo, Adam Donner and sophomore Rich Stapleton had a season to gel together last year and continue to expand on that chemistry in 2014.
"We return all three starting defensemen from a year ago," Mearns said. "It's a group that played together for the first time last season. It took a little time to develop in front of a new goaltender but we liked what we saw as the season wore on. Their chemistry and communication is just phenomenal now."
Donner received Preseason All-MAAC honors after collecting 18 ground balls and a team-best 11 caused turnovers last season. Giacobbo battled through injuries to total 15 ground balls and eight caused turnovers in just eight games, while Stapleton collected MAAC All-Rookie Team accolades after recording 17 ground balls and six caused turnovers in his freshman season.
Junior Colby Wehner rounds out the position and according to Mearns, can fill in without the unit seeing any drop in level of play.
Anchoring the defensive unit is set to be junior netminder Alex Govenettio. As a sophomore, Govenettio saw his first action as the team's top netminder and is looking to expand on that experience during his junior campaign, especially with a familiar unit playing right in front of him.
"Alex has so much more confidence this season in communicating with his defense," Mearns said. "Last year was his first year with also a whole new defense unit playing in front of him. He maybe didn't have the confidence to direct a guy to slide or play a certain type of defense. He has that now and his development and experience of going through last season will prove to be very beneficial for him this year.
"To win, you have to have good goaltending. If Alex plays with poise and composure and does a good job directing traffic in front of him, it just makes the whole defensive unit that much better. We have a lot of confidence in him and are excited to see what he can do as a junior."
Sophomore Jeff Wilson will push Govenettio for playing time this season after redshirting during his rookie campaign.
"It's a great goaltending tandem that we have," Mearns said. "They continue to push each other and challenge each other. That is a good problem to have as a coach."
The one position where the Griffs were really hit in graduation is at the faceoff X. Mike Moran was named the 2013 MAAC Faceoff Specialist of the Year after ranking sixth nationally and first in the conference with a .614 winning percentage.
To replace the graduating Moran, the Griffs expect to use a committee of players in Brandon Bull, Tim Edwards, Jeff Edwards, Brad Thomas and Mike Vavonese.
"Mike Moran was our guy for the last two years and was one of the best at the country in getting his team the ball," Mearns said. "How do you replace that? We are probably going to go more by committee. We have five guys that we can point to who each bring something different to the table. We have a variety of different matchups that we can utilize depending on who we are facing off against.
"Tim Edwards was phenomenal at faceoffs in high school but we chose not run him out there with Mike Moran to save him from some that of grinding. Brandon Bull is another faceoff player in his own right and had a lot of success in British Columbia. Add in Jeff Edwards and you have three of our better offensive players and we'll have to figure out how to manage that. Mike Vavonese and Brad Thomas have also shown that they are more options that we can count on."


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96.81. Allocations; State Controller audits 1993–2001. Notwith-standing any other provision of law, the property tax apportionment factors applied in allocating property tax revenues in a county for which a Controller's audit conducted under Section 12468 of the Government Code between July 1, 1993, and June 30, 2001, determined that an allocation method was required to be adjusted and a reallocation was required for prior fiscal years, are deemed to be correct. However, for the 2001–02 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, property tax apportionment factors applied in allocating property tax revenues in a county described in the preceding sentence shall be determined on the basis of property tax apportionment factors for prior fiscal years that have been fully corrected and adjusted, pursuant to the review and recommendation of the Controller, as would be required in the absence of the preceding sentence.
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I am working as a volunteer teaching adult learners. What type of activities and teaching strategies motivate a student to feel the need to communicate in class?
I have several students who are still reluctant to participate in conversational activities. I think they now feel safe to speak up on occasion, but they don't seem to be motivated or feel any NEED to speak, so they both tend to sit back as more silent learners, except when forced to participate in paired or small group exercises.
I have worked to find topics that interest them. What teaching strategies or types of activities will create a need for them to get involved?
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The Nats: Ready to deal?
A year ago at the non-waiver trade deadline, the Washington Nationals hit the jackpot, trading a reliever, right-hander Matt Capps, for a potential All-Star, catcher Wilson Ramos.
Might history repeat?
Numerous teams are calling on the Nationals' two top relievers, closer Drew Storen and setup man Tyler Clippard, as well as a lesser right-hander, Todd Coffey, major league sources said.
The Nats are listening on Storen and Clippard, but will trade one of them only if they can improve long-term by filling a specific need, according to one source with knowledge of the club's thinking.
The team's No. 1 goal is to add a center fielder, preferably one who could bat leadoff. Potential targets include the B.J. Upton of the Tampa Bay Rays, Michael Bourn of the Houston Astros, Colby Rasmus of the St. Louis Cardinals and Denard Span of the Minnesota Twins, sources said.
A reliever alone – even one as good as Clippard or Storen – probably would not be enough to bring back a center fielder. The Nats, though, also are getting calls on second baseman Danny Espinosa and shortstop Ian Desmond, sources said.
The team will not trade Espinosa, a candidate for National League Rookie of the Year.
Desmond could be another story.
The Nats, if they traded Desmond, would be selling low; his .580 OPS is the worst in the NL. Club officials also are reluctant to give up on Desmond, whom they view as an improving defender, emerging leader and hitter capable of hitting .280 with 12 home runs and 70 RBI.
However, another dynamic is in play.
Some club officials would like to move Espinosa to short and promote Triple-A second baseman Steve Lombardozzi to play second, sources say.
Lombardozzi — the son of former major league infielder Steve Lombardozzi — has a combined .815 OPS at Double-A and Triple-A.
Desmond, who turns 26 on Sept. 20, ultimately could evolve into a super-utility man for the Nats. But several contenders are weak at short, and few quality players are available at the position.
The Baltimore Orioles just signed J.J. Hardy to a three-year extension. The New York Mets appear unlikely to trade Jose Reyes.
Desmond, even with his offensive regression, would qualify as an upgrade for teams such as the Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers.
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Start with the parent.....if they are going to let their kids use paintball guns, which are also/can be dangerous..the parent should have to get some kind of training, whether it be classroom, or from someone who has shooting experience.
Maybe I am just old but I was told never to point a gun at anyone. I just was talking to a anti gun person, who told me how bad guns are, but on Sat. he take his sons to a paint ball field and tell them to have fun, and go shoot someone. How can we tell kids to be safe and follow the gun safety rules when people go out and shoot at each other for fun?
Start with the parent.....if they are going to let their kids use paintball guns, which are also/can be dangerous..the parent should have to get some kind of training, whether it be classroom, or from someone who has shooting experience.
That's just hypocritical. Idiots in this world still surprise me.
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Um let me see. Paintball Gun.... Real gun. Totally different.
The only time you shoot a paintball Gun is on the field whenever everyone is geared properly. Do not shoot at people who aren't playing or animals or anything that shouldn't be shot. Have been playing paintball for 10 years. Please don't try to associate this to idiocy.
Wow, awesome post OP.
You know the very start of your post says it all. When I got my first handgun (i've had shotguns and rifles all throughout the years) sometimes if I trusted a friend I might show it to them. One of the first things they would do is point it at someone. CONSTANTLY when I am around even the smartest intelligent people I find they are ridiculously stupid when it comes to proper handling and care of weapons.
Another hypocrisy I see alot are the same people who are okay with you shooting people virtually a la video games or films are the ones who are also against guns and for gun control. So its okay to virtually kill people but you want to take my right away to own a gun because inside your a psychopath?
Don't get me wrong I like video games and action movies too. But as a psychology student, I feel that many of these anti-gun nuts are P R O J E C T I N G their insecuirties onto responsible gun owners. In other words, the fear they feel from guns is the fear that THEY will do something. I guarantee you these anti-gun folks are all pretty unstable folks themselves who if they did have a gun they would do something evil. Thats what is the most unsettling fact to me.
So honestly you are telling me that none of you played Cops and Robbers when you grew up? None of you had a rubber band gun that you shot at your friends?
I find it somewhat gratifying that it isn't just the anti's that are unable to tell the difference between real and fantasy. Some kind of balance there.


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WBC Pre-Professional Gold medalist Julia Anne Conway. All photos by Siggul/Visual Arts Masters
It seems like international ballet competitions are everywhere this summer. While the Jackson and Varna IBCs are just around the corner, over 120 dancers descended upon Orlando, FL, last week for the eighth annual World Ballet Competition. Ranging in age from 9 to 24, the competitors represented 22 countries, as well as 22 states from the U.S. In addition to medals, cash prizes and job offers, participants were eligible for scholarships to numerous summer intensives and year-round programs. The United States was well represented in the winners' circle, with four American dancers sweeping the female pre-professional division.
The All Stars of Dance gala topped off the event on Saturday night, in which competitors danced alongside an eclectic roster of professionals, including a rousing performance of Balanchine's Tarantella by New York City Ballet's Daniel Ulbricht and Boston Ballet's Shelby Elsbree. The gala also featured Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's JoAnna Schmidt, Colorado Ballet's Abigail Cotter and State Street Ballet's Meredith Harrill in a new ballet choreographed by Viktor Plotnikov, along with performances by Cuban international guest artists Rolando Sarabia and Venus Villa, Momix Dance Company and Metropolis Productions aerial company.
Here's the rundown of winners from the professional and pre-professional divisions:
Female Professional Medalists (ages 18–24)
Gold: Jin Zhang (China)
Silver: Nina Barcelos Fernandes (Brazil)
Bronze: Claire Rathbun (USA)
Male Professional Medalists (ages 18–24)
Gold: Lang Ma (China)
Silver: Jorge Lopez Barani (Cuba)
Bronze: Kota Fujishima (Japan)
Female Pre-professional Medalists (ages 14–17)
Gold: Julia Anne Conway (USA)
Silver: Madeline Gardella (USA)
Bronze: Caitlin Rosalie Field (USA); Jessica He (USA)
Male Pre-professional Medalists (ages 14–17)
Silver: Jin Chang Gu (China)
Bronze: Austin Acevedo (USA)
Pas de Deux Medalists (ages 14-24)
Gold: Maria Clara Marinho Coelho and João Pedro de Jesus Sampaio Machado (Brazil, pictured below)
Silver: Nina Barcelos Fernandes and Davi Chagas de Carvalho (Brazil)
Bronze: Maine Kawashima and Masahiro Haneji (Japan)
Click here for a full list of medalists and scholarship winners.
American Ballet Theatre's Cassandra Trenary seems to have it all—not only is our June/July 2016 cover star a dazzling soloist at ABT, she has a sunny, down-to-earth personality and a life-saving hero for a husband. But her first year in the company had its fair share of disappointments—in fact, she almost left dance altogether to pursue acting.
In May, the National YoungArts Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships and mentorship to aspiring performing artists, brought Trenary (herself a 2011 YoungArts winner) and ABT artist in residence Alexei Ratmansky together for a salon-style discussion. Together they talked about critical turning points in their careers, as well as the challenges of navigating the dance world as a young professional. Below are exclusive excerpts of their interview—we hope their words inspire you as much as they inspire us!
There's still time to enter YoungArts's national arts competition for a chance at scholarships, workshops and more. Click here for information on how to apply.
As a teenager, Adrian Durham studied at his local ballet school in Lake Charles, Louisiana. "I was one of three or four guys training there, and there were no male teachers," says Durham. "Most of my partnering experience came from rehearsals for performances." But after he began training with the male scholarship program at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in 2014, he experienced a sea change. "It challenged me mentally, physically and emotionally, because it's such an intense program," he says. Now 20, he is preparing for a professional career with an integrated set of tools: ballet technique, physical strength and partnering skills.
Men's ballet technique classes have been available for decades, especially at summer intensives and urban ballet schools. Yet programs designed specifically for male dancers, often offering full scholarships, have been rarer—until now, that is. Training that allows boys to separately explore their skills, above and beyond a supplement of double tours en l'air and pirouettes à la seconde at the conclusion of a mixed class, can literally give young men a leg up as they aspire towards a dance career.
To watch Irina Kolpakova coach Swan Lake is to witness a true artist at work. Although long retired from the stage, the American Ballet Theatre ballet mistress still possesses a commanding presence and an instinctive artistic spirit.
"Don't think about your shape when you first see Siegfried," she tells principal Isabella Boylston during rehearsal for Odette's Act II entrance. "This is not 'port de bras.' This is 'Don't touch me!' " Kolpakova demonstrates, transforming instantly into the Swan Queen. Her eyes sparkling and alive, every inch of her diminutive stature swells with a palpable energy capable of reaching the highest ring of the balcony.
Call it stage presence, call it the "it" factor, some dancers just have a natural ability to draw people in and change the atmosphere around them. Stage presence can carry a dancer to a higher artistic realm. It's the final piece of the puzzle, the emotional heart of a performance that can bring an audience to tears. Without it, even the best choreography risks falling flat.
Last fall, Diana Vishneva shocked her NYC following when she announced that she would give her final performance with American Ballet Theatre on June 23, 2017. The Russian-born dancer has been part of ABT since performing in Romeo and Juliet as a guest artist in 2003, and has held the title of principal dancer with the company since 2005 in addition to her principal role with the Mariinksy Ballet. Throughout her time with ABT, which she spoke about in the below video for The New Yorker, Vishneva has danced as a guest artist with Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and Berlin State Ballet.
Karen Kain is internationally renowned as a performer and as the National Ballet of Canada's artistic director. The former NBoC principal always carries herself with the grace and sophistication of a true leader. However, in this 1976 clip from Giselle, the distinguished ballerina is convincingly naïve and bewildered in her interpretation of the mad scene.
Kain conveys Giselle's innocence at the start of the scene with pure, unaffected gestures and facial expressions. Then, after Albrecht betrays her, her eyes stare unfocused into the distance as if she's in a trance. Although this scene is mostly acting, Kain dances dreamily to the musical motif at 5:30 and conceals her technical strength in order to show the character's frailty. It takes a true ballerina to perform this heartbreaking and beautiful role, and with performances like this and her lifelong commitment to the art form, Kain proves that she is an extraordinary one. Happy #ThrowbackThursday!
If you, like many of us here at Pointe, wish you could have seen Royal Ballet star Zenaida Yanowsky's retirement performance on June 7, you're in luck. The Royal will screen a recording of it in select movie theaters across the U.S. starting Sunday, June 25. (In many cities, it will be screened on Tuesday, July 11.) The program includes three works by the company's founding choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton: The Dream, Symphonic Variations and Marguerite and Armand—the latter of which stars Yanowsky and Roberto Bolle. You can also catch other Royal favorites like Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Steven McRae, Akane Takada and Yasmin Naghdi. Make sure to bring tissues!
To find dates, times and theaters near you, click here.
Choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning has a different kind of vision for her Chamber Dance Project. Though she relocated the project-based company from New York City to Washington, DC several years ago, her focus remains on creating collaborations between classically-trained ballet dancers and other contemporary artists to share in intimate venues with live music. This summer, the artistic director brings together dancers from Cincinnati, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Washington Ballets for a condensed period of time. The company's 2017 season show titled Ballet Brass & Song opens this weekend, and features works by Jennifer Archibald, Jorge Amarante, and a world premiere by Coburn Bruning herself. We caught up with her last week to hear more about her company's mission.


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Public input being sought on Lake Apopka North Shore Land Management Plan
St. Johns River Water Management District staff have completed a draft plan that addresses management of Lake Apopka's north shore area over the next 10 years.
Public input is being sought on the draft plan through Dec. 20, 2012. Input can be submitted by emailing JoAnna Emanuel at email@example.com.
The Lake Apopka North Shore Land Management Plan is designed to provide a road map for the District and its partners as they proceed with restoration of the 20,000 acres of the north shore area. The plan focuses on land management activities and is not part of the lake restoration plan.
The plan addresses:
Water resource protection
Restoration activities
Partnerships in ecotourism and recreation
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The District Governing Board will consider the plan at its Jan. 8, 2013, meeting in Palatka.


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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger says that English clubs' early exits from the Champions League this season should serve as a major wake-up call.
Arsenal were knocked out by AC Milan on Tuesday despite a rousing comeback at Emirates Stadium, while Chelsea are 3-1 down after the first leg of their tie against Napoli.
Earlier in the season, Manchester United and Manchester City both failed to qualify from the group stages and Wenger says it indicates that other European leagues are starting to grow in strength.
With that in mind, he says it could be crucial to claim a top-three place in the Premier League and thus avoid a Champions League qualifying tie.
"Of course [it is a wake-up call] - if you look at the results of Man City and Man United at home this season, you would think that they were the two teams who would manage to go through easily. It is difficult," Wenger said.
"For any English team it is difficult [if you finish fourth]. Where before it was just a formality to qualify, now it is not. With Udinese we had two hard games, they are a top team in Serie A."
Wenger believes the intensity of the domestic fixture list could be the reason why many of England's top clubs have failed to shine in Europe this season.
"We played on Sunday against Tottenham and it was a massive game for us. Then all of the players go away and they play on Wednesday night in their countries," he said.
"Then they come back on the Friday and you go to Liverpool on Saturday morning. Then on Tuesday night you play a decisive game in Europe. To survive with that is very difficult.
"Maybe because in England every championship game is a complete commitment, we suffer a bit more in the decisive Champions League games."
Despite his concerns, Wenger would not be in favour of cutting the size of the Premier League to help reduce the workload.
"I wouldn't go that far because it would be an easy excuse and you would really kill a country that is football orientated with two more clubs out of the league," he said.
"[When] they made it only 25 players in a squad, it was detrimental to the quality. It creates a lot of jobless people, it stops clubs taking a gamble that could sometimes be a help and I felt that was a very bad decision.
"I would not like to see the responsibility shifted somewhere else, though. We are in the clubs and we have to fight with it.
"When it goes well it goes well, this season did not go well. Maybe the clubs have to up the quality of their game."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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A Study of Tocilizumab in Comparison to Etanercept in Participants With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
This study has been completed.
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This randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multicenter study will evaluate the rate of cardiovascular events with tocilizumab in comparison to etanercept in participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Participants will be randomized to receive intravenous (IV) 8 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) tocilizumab every 4 weeks or subcutaneous 50 milligrams (mg) etanercept weekly, with or without non-biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD).
|Rheumatoid Arthritis
|Drug: Etanercept Drug: Tocilizumab
|Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Clinical Outcomes Study to Evaluate the Effects of IL-6 Receptor Blockade With Tocilizumab (TCZ) in Comparison With Etanercept (ETA) on the Rate of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
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MedlinePlus related topics: Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Time to First Occurrence of Cardiovascular (CV) Events Adjudication Committee (EAC) (CV-EAC) Adjudicated Event, Defined as a Composite of CV Death, Non-Fatal Myocardial Infarction, and Non-Fatal Stroke [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 4.9 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time to First Occurrence of Expanded Composite Endpoint, Defined as a Composite of CV Death, Non-Fatal Myocardial Infarction, Non-Fatal Stroke, Non-Elective Coronary Revascularization Procedures, and Hospitalization for Unstable Angina [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 4.9 years ]
- Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious AEs (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 4.9 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Etanercept
Drug: Etanercept
Participants will receive 50 mg etanercept subcutaneously weekly until switch to another RA therapy or up to 4.9 years.
|Experimental: Tocilizumab
Drug: Tocilizumab
Participants will receive 8 mg/kg tocilizumab IV every 4 weeks until switch to another RA therapy or up to 4.9 years.
Other Name: Actemra
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants with moderate to severe RA of greater than or equal to (>=6) months duration
- Inadequate response to at least one non-biologic DMARD
- Positive for Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and/or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies at screening
- Have C-reactive protein (CRP) greater than (>) 0.3 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) at screening or at the baseline visit
- Swollen joint count (SJC) >=8 (66 joint count) and tender joint count (TJC) >= 8 (68 joint count) during screening or at the baseline visit
- History of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or presence of one or more additional CHD risk factors, including current cigarette smoking, hypertension, low High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, family history of premature CHD, diabetes, presence of extra-articular disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis
- At the time of randomization, will have discontinued infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, or certolizumab for >= 4 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major surgery (including joint surgery or coronary revascularization) within 8 weeks prior to screening or planned major surgery within 1 year of study start
- Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than RA
- History of or current inflammatory joint disease other than RA
- Current or recent (within past 3 months) evidence of serious uncontrolled concomitant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease (myocardial infarction, revascularization, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or acute coronary syndrome)
- Current or previous (within the past 2 years) evidence of serious uncontrolled concomitant pulmonary (including obstructive pulmonary disease), renal, hepatic, endocrine (including uncontrolled diabetes mellitus) or gastrointestinal disease
- Uncontrolled disease states, such as asthma or inflammatory bowel disease where flares are commonly treated with oral or parenteral corticosteroids
- Pre-existing central nervous system demyelinating or seizure disorders
- History of diverticulitis, diverticulosis requiring treatment or other lower gastrointestinal tract conditions that might predispose to perforations
- Current liver disease as determined by the investigator; a history of asymptomatic elevations in liver function tests (LFTs) is not considered an exclusion
- Active current infection or history of recurrent bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial or other infections, including but not limited to tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial disease, hepatitis B and C, and herpes zoster, but excluding fungal infections of nail beds
- Any major episode of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV antibiotics within four weeks of screening or oral antibiotics within two weeks prior to screening visit
- Active tuberculosis (TB) requiring treatment within 3 years prior to baseline
- Latent TB diagnosed during screening that has not been appropriately treated
- Primary or secondary immunodeficiency (history of or currently active)
- Moderate to severe heart failure
- Evidence of active malignant disease, malignancies diagnosed within the previous 10 years (including hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, except basal cell carcinoma of the skin that has been excised and cured), or breast cancer diagnosed within the previous 20 years
- Breast feeding mothers
- History of alcohol, drug or chemical abuse within the 6 months prior to screening
- Participants with lack of peripheral venous access
- Participants with a history of allergic reactions to latex
- Previous treatment with non-tumor necrosis factor (non-TNF)-inhibitor biologic therapy
- Treatment with any investigational agent within 4 weeks of screening visit
- Treatment with any cell depleting therapies within 1 year of baseline
- Treatment with IV gamma globulin, plasmapheresis or Prosorba column within 6 months of baseline visit
- Immunization with a live/attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to baseline visit
- Any previous treatment with alkylating agents, such as cyclophosphamide or chlorambucil, or with total lymphoid irradiation
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01331837
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2010-020065-24 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|April 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|November 1, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
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text: I just returned from watching the ballet Don Quixote. Many pieces of the music reminded me of old figure skating performances. Obviously a very overused music, but it's a wonderful music for skating. I hope you remember those performances and programs. I don't remember what year they skated in, with the exception of Petrenko (88,89) and Yuka Sato (93 &94), so I have left out the years and competitions. I hope that won't pose a problem. Question: Which Don Quixote performance did you like the best? Short or long does not matter. ETA: You can pick two performances.


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Well ,.. I've had this Resign kit for a while and just started working on it. Here are some beginning pics of it.
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|When it comes to administration of WebSphere environments, I (and many others) am a big fan of scripting. In my view, any administrative action you carry out with frequency > 1 is ideally suited for a script. The downside to not using scripts (longer configuration times, inconsistent configurations, isolated expertise) is simply too steep in most cases. I also realize that simply saying that you should script is not enough. For some, the learning curve can be a bit daunting. Quite frequently, I talk about our samples gallery or provide posts with embedded scripts in the hopes that I can help flatten out this curve a bit.
|While these samples can certainly help to speed up your scripting efforts for certain use cases, they are more or less helpful for solving tactical challenges when scripting. If you and your company are embarking down a strategic path that includes beefing up your administrative scripting capability, I would strongly suggest you look at a resource a few of my colleagues pointed me at recently.
|The resource I am talking about is the wsadminlib.py package referenced here. This python script file is a collection of hundreds of methods that carry out common WebSphere Application Server administrative tasks. The authors carefully constructed these methods with clear method and parameter names. The result is a script resource that can become the foundation for your custom-crafted administrative scripts.
I recently downloaded the wsadminlib.py script and began constructing WebSphere CloudBurst script packages to utilize it. To say I am impressed would be an understatement. This file makes so many tasks so incredibly simple. Take for instance the creation of an SIBus. That's just a simple call like the following:
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How about associating a shared library with an application or application module? Another one-line call:
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by Darth Tater, Feb 15, 2011.
...Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the forum... YouTube - Jaws Theme Song
Brad Penny is available if anyone is looking for another starting pitcher....
His misleading last name makes him sound like he is worth more than he actually is. On a positive note, it looks like Pujols may be pulling out of that terrible slump and may no longer be waiver wire fodder. @ Bill: Oh, by the way, nothing personal, but I plan to change the settings by removing all categories that you are doing well in. @ the rest of the league- So you don't need to make any adjustments. I couldn't find any categories he was good at. @ Jammer-I was messing around with the settings [STRIKE]to screw Bill over [/STRIKE]looking to see where I could [STRIKE]give myself every advantage possible[/STRIKE] make improvements and I accidentally deleted your team from our league. Rest assured, I'm working on the problem. As always, I am here to work for you guys. Please send any suggestions or concerns you may have to the following: ireallydontgivearatsass.com Fondly, Your Commissioner from Hell. Have a nice day
@ Billiam Have you noticed that any time a pitcher gets a strikeout or a batter gets a hit, that you and I race to the waiver wire to pick him up? I think we need to slow down with this nonsense or we will run out of moves by mid-June...ok, you go first...
My lineup is now set for the entire season.
I see how it is, "If you can't beat 'em, delete 'em". Well, I'm flattered.
Ladies and gentleman, I present to you...Bill Laimbeer's first round draft choice. The same guy that he was making fun of me for passing up... and this was before todays o fer was figured in... Albert Pujols - St. Louis Cardinals - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Damnit. I knew I should have made fun of Laimbeer's Pujols more while I had the chance. He's baaaaaaaack.
You act surprised, Potato Head.
The 12 Steps For Piston Forum Fantasy Baseball Owners Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction to fantasy baseball - that our lives had become unmanageable Step 2 - Came to believe that a team greater than ourselves (Darth Tater's) could drive us to insanity Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our draft choices over to the care of the computer Step 4 - Made a searching inventory of the best players available and used up all of our waiver moves only halfway through the season. Step 5 - Admitted to the league, to ourselves and to other owners the exact nature of our losses Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have The Commissioner remove all these defective owners like Woody Step 7 - Humbly asked Rascoe to remove Laimbeer from the league Step 8 - Made a list of all persons (e.g. Jammertime ) we had harmed, by kicking their butts and became willing to make amends to him...NOT. Step 9 - Made direct assaults at such people wherever possible, especially when to do so would injure their teams Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it...Not happening. Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our batting averages and ERA's. Step 12 - Having a championship trophy posted on the forum as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our fantasy leagues.
Darth, That is a really impressive list that you made. You must have invested a significant amount of time into it. It is very clever and witty, as well. Your contributions to this forum are immeasurable.
Billiam, whatever E.F. Hutton IS...you are NOT. = I spent a lot of time working on this [STRIKE](by my calculations at least 8.5 minutes)[/STRIKE] and I'm sure it shows. I never take shots at you. When I talk about your fantasy teams it is merely to offer constructive criticism because it is obvious that you struggle to reach even mediocrity...time and time again. My feelers are hurt right now. Don't you ever have anything positive to say about my work? Maybe I'm being a bit hard on you. I just looked at the standings and I see why you are hurting. Do you need a hug from the league? Your Commissioner (from HELL). Have a nice day.
FYI Boston -Locstah Phillie-Darth Toronto-Jammer Seattle-Rascoe Texas-bezeach Cincinatti-Bill Lame Washington-Lame Jr. St. Louis-aurora Chicago -my friend Shane Kewenau-Hitafreethrow
Was Shane in our basketball league (Darth's Friend)?
Hey, Bill. Why did you dump Pujols? Was it because of the slump or did [STRIKE]the Commissioner from hell?[/STRIKE] push a wrong button? I think you gave up on him too early. He seemed to be pulling out of it. I've got a number 8 waiver so I'm going to take a flier on him. I figure that should be good enough. Have a nice day. You know you are going to run to our fantasy homepage to check to see if I really did it. You KNOW you will!
Don't scare me like that. I just ran to the fantasy homepage to check to see if you really did that. Actually, my 12th round pickup, Curtis Granderson, has more home runs (6) than Albert Pujols (5) right now.
LOL. Pujols has a lot more than my first pick, Votto, but he is doing well. I would do the same thing again. :nerd2: I really love my team. My pitching staff is awesome on paper even though they suck in real life. I always have one or two guys screw everything up in a given week. My hitting had been awesome too...except when I play Lame Jr., like this week. Then I get his best and I do my worst. I like all of my players. I guess my best picks were Starlin Castro in the later rounds and Tabata in the middle. I'm killing myself on the wire. I'm not Tatering. Just trying to balance my lineup but I am using all my moves early. Half of them have been picking up and dropping the same 3 or 4 guys over and over.
Correction....make that 6 home runs for Pujols....
This is helpful. Thanks Tater. Just an FYI, I reported this post and asked an admin if they could add it to the 1st post in this thread. I know that I'll want to refer back to it a number of times throughout the season, and with the amount of talking you guys do, it'll get lost amongst the pages of posts in no time.
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Gee! Do those qualify as Cooked Up Charges?
Man Charged After Gun Hidden in Oven Goes Off, Injuring 2 Boys
Saturday, March 22, 2008
CHICAGO Chicago police say two children were injured when a loaded handgun hidden inside an oven discharged when the stove was heated for cooking.
Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Smith of Chicago has been charged with two counts of endangering the life of a child.
Police spokesman Marcel Bright says Smith apparently had hidden the gun in the oven.
The injured children's sister was cooking Friday afternoon when the gun went off. A 4-year-old boy is in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the leg. His 12-year-old brother was struck on the forehead by a fragment from the gun. He has been treated and released.
Smith, a convicted felon on parole, also was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
It was not immediately clear if Smith was represented by an attorney.
Gee! Do those qualify as Cooked Up Charges?
I think I remember an epispde of Mythbusters where they did the same thing. Well, aside from the felony, the 4 year old, and the resulting charges that is.
Myth: An oven door can stop bullets. BUSTED. The oven door failed to stop .38 caliber rounds, .357 magnum rounds, and shotgun shells. The only exception was that the .22 caliber pistol rounds were unable to pierce the steel part of the oven door.
Myth: Bullets can explode with lethal force if they are stored inside a hot oven. BUSTED. The Mythbusters placed a .22 caliber, .44 caliber, and .50 caliber bullet inside an oven. All of the bullets exploded once the oven was hot enough, but none of them were able to penetrate the oven. Without a gun barrel to contain and direct the propellant gases, the bullets did not develop enough speed to pierce the glass or steel portions of the oven. The cartridge casings actually caused more damage than the bullets.
Myth: A gun can fire a bullet with lethal force if stored inside a hot oven. CONFIRMED. The Mythbusters placed a loaded .38 caliber revolver inside a hot oven pointing towards the oven door. Once the temperature was high enough, the gun automatically discharged and sent the bullet out of the oven, which could potentially kill anybody who happened to be standing in front of the oven.
Myth: Bullets thrown into an open fire can explode with lethal force. BUSTED. The Mythbusters dropped a box of bullets with varying calibers directly into an open fire. While many of the bullets immediately discharged, it appeared that none of the bullets could be lethal. Like the oven test, most of the damage was being dealt by the cartridge casings, which could not travel fast enough to be lethal. However, they determined that the bullets could cause many non-lethal injuries.
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Tia had won an exclusive JG competition to quiz the boss - and asked him questions including what the best piece of advice was that he could give to somebody with aspirations of becoming a footballer in the future.
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Marina Halac, the David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business and Economics at Columbia Business School, was recently awarded the Elaine Bennett Research Prize.
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MTGE Investment Corp. ("MTGE" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MTGE) announced on March 10th that its Board of Directors has elected Steven W. Abrahams to the Board effective immediately. MTGE's Board of Directors now consists of five members, including four independent directors.
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President Obama's second term in office began on Inauguration Day, January 21st, and the list of policy challenges facing his administration is daunting. Aside from the difficult task of addressing the nation's economic woes, the president and his administration will also deal with the increasing complexities of global climate change, a rapidly changing energy market, entitlement and tax reform, healthcare reform, and the repercussions from the still simmering "Arab Spring." Throughout this month, we will solicit the viewpoints of a variety of HKS faculty members to provide a range of perspectives on the promise and pitfalls of The Second Term.
We spoke with Joseph Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management about healthcare policy issues confronting the president in his second term.
Q:What are the top priorities for a second Obama administration in the area of healthcare policy?
A:First, successfully implementing the Affordable Care Act. Second, over the longer term reducing the rate of growth of health care costs, especially federal costs, while preserving access to high quality medical care for beneficiaries of federal programs, especially Medicare and Medicaid.
Q:What will be the potential challenges/roadblocks in the way of implementing those top priorities?
A:Successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act poses both substantive and political challenges. Readers, especially Medicare beneficiaries, may recall the operational problems of Medicare Part D in its first few months of operation in early 2006. Implementing the Affordable Care Act is much more challenging, even if the country were not divided on its merits and many Republican governors and legislators opposed to it. Getting individuals to comply with the mandate by purchasing health insurance, to use an Exchange, and to manage the logistical problems of individuals who will move back and forth between a Medicaid policy and a private policy are some of a host of daunting issues. And the Republican House of Representatives may try to block funding for implementation of certain parts of the Act.
Health care costs have risen at rates well above the growth of GDP and federal tax revenues for decades; going forward this will necessarily stop in some fashion, although what the mechanisms will be is speculative.
Q:Where do openings/possibilities for compromises exist in those areas?
A:The Administration might decide to delay implementing the Affordable Care Act in some states for a period of time. Both parties bases seem dug in on Medicare and Medicaid; compromise there is more difficult, though there is some agreement between the Administration and the Republican Congress on expanding the role of managed care in Medicaid.
Q:Are there lessons that a second Obama administration can draw upon from the first administration, or from history, when constructing its healthcare policy over the next four years?
A:We have not had legislation on the scale of the Affordable Care Act since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. At that time there were large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress and a Democratic administration. Medicare was an entirely federal program. But not all states participated in Medicaid immediately. The Administration might look to the Medicaid example, since it seems to me highly likely that if the Affordable Care Act is implemented in all states in 2014, there will be a number of untoward incidents that will not serve the Administration well.
The rate of growth of health care costs are an extremely difficult problem both substantively and politically. I am skeptical that much will be done in the next four years.
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"I am skeptical that much will be done in the next four years," writes Newhouse.
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