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May 11, 2018, 7:04 pmLloyd PierceTeam, Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks will announce Lloyd Pierce as their new head coach per ESPN's Marc J. Spears.
The deal is for a reported three years with a team option for the fourth. Pierce spent this season as an assistant to Brett Brown in Philadelphia and has spent time with the Grizzlies, Cavs and Warriors. He was noted for his player development which the Hawks will surely need as they look to develop their young guys.
Source: Marc J. Spears on Twitter
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August 22, 2019, 3:27 pmKemba WalkerPG, Boston Celtics
Team USA has named Kemba Walker, Marcus Smart and Donovan Mitchell as captains for the FIBA World Cup.
Congratulations to Mitchell, Walker and Smart on the tremendous honor of being named captains for the USA men's team. This won't have any impact on their upcoming fantasy seasons, but it is a major accomplishment nonetheless. Team USA has an exhibition rematch against Team Australia on Saturday.
August 22, 2019, 12:25 pmIsaiah CanaanPG, International
Isaiah Canaan has signed a contract with the Shangdong Heroes of the Chinese Basketball Association.
The veteran journeyman played for the Suns, Wolves and Bucks last season, appearing in 30 games total. Canaan will be looking at a more prominent role and payday overseas as he attempts to build his value back up before trying to latch on to a team towards the end of the year. Canaan is off the fantasy radar.
Source: Zhang Duo on Twitter
August 22, 2019, 11:58 amPatty MillsPG, San Antonio Spurs
Patty Mills put up 19 points, three assists, two steals, a block and three 3-pointers in Thursday's international exhibition between Team Australia and Team USA.
The Boomers figure to be one of the chief threats to the Americans in the World Cup and put forth a competitive effort in today's exhibition. Mills has typically been a steady, late-round fantasy option for deep-league play but that may change this season as the Spurs will need to mix in both Derrick White and Dejounte Murray in the backcourt. Chris Goulding tied for the team lead in points, also scoring 19 while hitting four 3-pointers in 22 minutes off the bench.
August 22, 2019, 11:54 amMyles TurnerC, Indiana Pacers
Myles Turner put up 15 points and 14 rebounds in Thursday's exhibition win over Team Australia, shooting 6-of-8 from the floor with a 3-pointer.
Turner didn't get any blocks but we know that last year's league-leader can rack those up in a hurry, whether he's getting them in international competition or not. Look for another early-middle round season out of the talented big man. Kemba Walker led Team USA with 23 points in the 102-86 win.
August 21, 2019, 6:26 pmTrevon BluiettPF, Utah Jazz
Trevon Bluiett and Juwan Morgan sign with the Jazz in the hopes of one day playing in an NBA game.
Bluiett was on a two-way contract with the Pelicans last season while Juwan Morgan played for the Jazz in the 2019 Summer League. They will both compete for a roster spot in training camp but neither is a guarantee to make the final roster. They both have yet to see the court in an NBA game and can be ignored from a fantasy perspective until that day comes.
Source: Tony Jones on Twitter
August 21, 2019, 5:25 pmZach CollinsC, Portland Trail Blazers
Zach Collins (ankle) began daily contact workouts on Monday and is on pace to head into training camp fully healthy.
Collins is heading into what could be a breakout season as he is likely to start at the power forward position. In the 2019 playoffs, the Gonzaga product blocked a shot in 11 of the 16 games including three games in which he blocked three, four and five respectively. Collins has averaged around 33% from distance throughout his career which is exactly what he shot in the postseason (7-21). If he is able to improve from long range and plays starters minutes, Collins is a can't-miss player. It's far from a guarantee though as the 21-year-old has never finished with standard-league value. It does seem like Collins will be ready for training camp barring a major setback.
Source: The Athletic
August 21, 2019, 10:34 amCory JosephPG, Sacramento Kings
Nick Nurse said that reports of Cory Joseph missing the FIBA World Cup are "incorrect".
Nurse added that he spoke to Joseph on Wednesday and that the guard has his flights booked to China. Joseph was in Canada's camp at home earlier this month, but did not make the trip to Australia and has missed the past four exhibition games. The situation has become a little bit murky but Canada Basketball keeps holding out hope that Joseph will rejoin the team before they depart for China, which doesn't happen until Monday.
Source: John Casey on Twitter
August 20, 2019, 10:33 pmTyronn LuePG, Los Angeles Clippers
Shams Charania of The Athletic is reporting former Cavs championship-winning coach Tyronn Lue has agreed to join the Clippers as their top assistant coach to Doc Rivers.
The Lakers and Clippers rivalry continues to heat up. Lue was very close to a deal with the Lakers in May to become their head coach, but the sides couldn't reach an agreement. Lue now joins Kawhi Leonard as another person to spurn the Lakers this offseason.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
August 20, 2019, 10:28 pmPJ TuckerSF, Houston Rockets
P.J. Tucker says he is optimistic about signing a contract extension soon.
The 34-year-old 3-and-D wing hopes to extend his deal with the Rockets, but a potential extension wouldn't begin until his age-36 season. Houston has him under contract for two more seasons at this point, so they may not be motivated enough to get something done this offseason. However, a maximum Tucker extension would only have him in the $10 million per year range. Even as a 37-year-old, that could be a great deal if he can keep up his current production. Tucker remains a sneaky source of threes and steals late in fantasy drafts or off the wire.
Source: Kurt Helin on Twitter
August 20, 2019, 6:11 pmJaylen AdamsPG, Milwaukee Bucks
The Bucks officially announced the signings of guards Jaylen Adams and Rayjon Tucker on Tuesday.
Adams and Tucker have their work cut out for them in their bid to claim a roster with the big club, as the Bucks have a reasonably deep guard rotation. Adams and Tucker are more than likely competing to get playing time in the G-League this season and can be ignored in fantasy.
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Plans to close two courts in West Yorkshire will hurt victims and witnesses according to the police and crime commissioner.
Mark Burns-Williamson said the difficult experience of going to court would be made even harder if Calderdale and Wakefield Magistrates' courts are closed, and has written to the Ministry of Justice to oppose the plan.
The closures would mean the only remaining criminal courts in West Yorkshire courts would be in Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield.
Mr Burns-Williamson, said: "I disagree with these planned closures. Victims and witnesses come first in my Police and Crime Plan but by reducing the number of courts available you reduce their access to local justice.
"Going to court can be a difficult experience for victims and witnesses – by denying local access in this way the Government would make it even more difficult for many people.
"If the courts in Calderdale and Wakefield close then where would a victim or witness local to those buildings go? A trip to Bradford, Leeds or Huddersfield could be expensive and time consuming and put people off going through the criminal justice system.
"These proposals would be on top of painful cuts that have been taken already from the legal aid budget. These cuts already restrict the access ordinary hard working people have to justice. By cutting the number of courts available the situation would be made even worse and for the first time in living memory major areas such as Wakefield and Calderdale will not have a court.
"The current court set-up is a sensible one because it mirrors the model of five policing districts used by West Yorkshire Police and helps ensure close partnership working with the police and other partners.
"By removing the Calderdale and Wakefield courts there will be a situation where, for the first time in a long time, there will be some policing districts without a court.
"I know we can and must do more with new technology to make the court process more efficient but that should be for the benefit of victims and witnesses. Closing these court buildings does not help local access to justice for our communities and I really hope the MOJ reconsider viable alternatives to their current proposals."


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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.6 Cape Town Jun. 2009
GVT shifts duty of care to underpaid public sector doctors
Chris Bateman
Doctor ignorance of legal strike requirements coupled with an infuriating and way overdue salary hike had a lethal outcome in April two pregnant mothers and one of their infants died in strike-hit public hospitals.
All three deaths, a mother and one of her twins at the Odi Primary health care centre near Pretoria and a woman whose uterus ruptured at the Mafikeng Hospital, happened during a 'go slow' and a wildcat (unprotected) strike by doctors at these respective institutions. The illicit industrial action ran from 16 to 28 April, when the remaining strikers agreed to return to work and use recognised bargaining channels in future in return for the downgrading of their dismissal notices to final written warnings.
The labour court on 24 April granted the Gauteng health department an interdict against their doctors striking during formal negotiations. SAMA's angry representatives refused to rule out future strike action if the 'intransigence and delays' by the health department's negotiators continued unabated and led to a formal dispute.
The DoH narrowly averted a legal strike by meeting an agreed 29 April deadline for tabling new pay schedules on the controversial and long-overdue Occupation-Specific Dispensation (OSD), claiming SAMA's back-payment demands were 'budget breaking'.
Dr Phopi Ramathuba, deputy chairperson of SAMA's public sector committee, who initially distanced herself from the wildcat strike, warned that failure to speedily bring doctors' salaries closer to other State professionals' income (50 - 75% higher) could lead to a devastating surge of emigration overseas and/or to the private sector.
'If this government cared about its own people, they would be worried about the number of doctors who've left since July 2008 (the original OSD implementation date) and 172-bed hospitals managed by just two doctors when they have 30 doctor posts,' she said.
She said the health department and the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) were quick to threaten or punish doctors when they fought for salaries enabling them to deliver essential and professional services, but did little to help them deliver these. 'Before they talk about court orders let them deal with issues like (the DoH) refusing to sign a minimum service level agreement with us, the lack of vital equipment and the HPCSA nailing doctors when two of them carry out an operation that requires four risking their careers to save a life. The HPCSA is supposed to protect patients but selectively turns a blind eye on government. Some State hospitals routinely run illegally by failing to meet minimum service levels,' she added.
The new DoH offer proposes pay hikes starting at between 0.02 - 5% in the first year, rising to between 18% and 22% in the second year with top-up increases thereafter. Details of the ensuing 'top ups' and back payments to July 2008 were unclear at the time of going to press but interns were not included in either set of proposed pay schedules. Ramathuba declared her negotiating team unhappy with the new offer and said SAMA's private consultants were costing it before member input was gathered and demands were retabled.
DoH takes 'hypocritical high moral ground'
The department 'must know we won't stop anyone from striking again if they don't agree. If the Hippocratic Oath doesn't affect me when I move overseas or to the private sector, why must it affect me when I strike? Working conditions are not just about doctors, they're about the patient environment. They must rather dismiss all 14 000 public sector doctors, all of whom will strike if SAMA leads. How much are those people who are telling us not to strike earning?' she asked.
The April wildcat strike spread from the Medunsa-linked George Mukhari Tertiary Hospital in the Tshwane Metropole (over 300 doctors comprising over 80% of staff complement) and Mafikeng Hospital (50 doctors), to other major hospitals in Gauteng, the Free State and Limpopo. George Mukhari and Jubilee hospitals held out the longest.
It could not be established if there were any further deaths among the thousands of patients whose care was compromised. Consultants conducted solo ward rounds, already stretched nurses staffed ICUs and high care facilities and ambulances were diverted. Admissions and 'walk-ins' were referred to non-striking hospitals or given follow-up appointment dates.
An HPCSA spokesperson said they had received no complaints at the time the SAMJ went to press but promised to 'immediately investigate' should any health departments provide a duty roster in the relevant mortality cases. The national health department said the striking doctors, 'owe the nation an explanation for their conduct'.
SAMA promised to defend any members who might face professional conduct enquiries in spite of the 'premature' and unprotected strike having severely embarrassed them at the negotiating table. SAMA also launched a patient and doctor damage-control exercise, appealing to the national public works and health ministers and their deputies to intervene with Gauteng and North West Province health authorities to prevent the imminent mass firings of doctors and the subsequent collapse of affected hospitals.
Strike quantum
Izindaba estimates that at least a fifth of the 6 000 public sector members of SAMA heeded the strike call by the disaffected and newly formed 'Forum of Doctors for the Occupation-Specific Dispensation (OSD)'.
Participants were mainly juniors, consisting of interns, community service doctors and medical officers but a significant number of registrars and some consultants joined. The juniors were incensed at being ignored in the health department's first tabling of its OSD salary schedules. The disaffected 'Forum' grew out of cell phone 'Mix It' and Face Book networking that quickly mushroomed across four provinces with many seniors bemoaning what one termed 'disrespect and undue pressure' exercised by some strikers.
Professor Sam Monokoane, head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Medunsa, said it could, 'never be right to abandon patients and put their lives at risk'. He and his fellow consultants managed to avoid any maternal or fetal deaths at George Mukhari, 'rising to the challenge and performing caesarian sections on an emergency basis'.
'All our registrars, MOs and interns were on strike care was compromised. No doctors were monitoring patients in the labour ward, ICU and renal unit. The antenatal clinic was cancelled, while Pretoria Academic and Kalafong hospitals were flooded with patients turned away by us,' he said.
Monokoane noted that with isolated strikes, 'frustration levels just go somewhere else', but added 'we lay the blame squarely on government. They've failed our doctors and failed the public. There is a basic incompetence and lack of will to effect what is good for our society'.
Across the board State doctors face a volatile mix of harsh working conditions, faulty and missing vital equipment, long working hours, staff shortages, salaries way below equivalent public sector professions and 'lunatic' salary anomalies within the sector itself. Many see their bureaucratic support staff as often incompetent, unhelpful and sometimes even hostile. This provided the gunpowder for what irritated SAMA negotiators initially saw as the 'trigger happy' forum.
How to lever seemingly endless prevarication?
The sparks were SAMA's cancellation of an eagerly awaited protest march on 16 April in support of its demands at the Public Service Co-ordinated Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and the prior distribution of the first salary schedules the DoH tabled. The irony was that the health department had just speeded up the tabling of an 'improved' offer to a week earlier than SAMA's 29 April deadline, accepted 'stand-alone' negotiations with public sector health care unions and agreed in principle to backdating increases to July 2008 (pending negotiations on phased implementation because of budgetary constraints).
The department's human resources chief, Dr Percy Mahlati (a former SAMA Secretary General), publicly committed his department to the 29 April deadline, bemoaning the 'unprofessional conduct' of the striking doctors and their lack of industrial relations nous.
Muthei Dombo, a leading figure in SAMA's 'OSD Road Show' that toured the country in February, painstakingly outlining the proposed new salary tables to doctors, for once partially agreed with him, as did Ramathuba (both on the lack of IR nous). They confirmed that members had unanimously rejected the first schedules, voting in principle to strike should negotiations fail. However they stressed that this was within the context of proper industrial relations procedure, with SAMA the only legally recognised bargaining representative for doctors.
Logistics however forced SAMA to keep putting the protest march date back, eventually to beyond 16 April, a date after which municipalities refused protest march permission because of election pressures. Frustrated doctors at George Mukhari Hospital, denied this avenue of expression, lit the fuse with an initial 'sit in' that rapidly escalated into a full-blown wildcat strike. Mukhari Hospital registrar, Bikwani Siwele, angrily told Izindaba at the time that 'SAMA have dropped us and no longer represent our interests'.
Strikers talk
Speaking during a picket outside Mukhari's gates, Siwele, who identified himself as the national deputy chairperson of the forum, said that unless the health department dealt directly with them, the strike would continue, regardless of an official notice for them to return to work immediately or face dismissal.
'We took this stance soberly knowing this would come at some stage. Right now our demands have not even been tabled so how can we be intimidated by this notice? We want to see what they table in the bargaining chamber and see if it represents doctors' interests as a whole. SAMA has no right to dictate to us on what we must do, they have failed us,' Siwele added.
He told Izindaba at the time that the forum was 'taking legal advice' on their action, a comment that prompted Ramathuba to describe the strike as ill-considered and 'displaying major ignorance of the required procedures'. She was referring to the requirement for the official declaration of a dispute when talks break down and the notice of intention to strike, plus the existence of a minimum service level agreement (MSLA) (or putting in place alternative measures to protect patients).
An MSLA is required before essential service employees can strike. This places the onus on doctors to ensure there are processes in place to avoid harm to patients, something that serves the health department and to which the striking forum took major exception.
Said the forum's Siwele: 'If we tell government we're going on strike, they must put in place a contingency plan. It's not our responsibility. Don't admit patients if you know they won't have proper care. With industrial action you cannot sit on the fence you can't be half pregnant.'
Malatji denied that the three deaths were a result of the forum's strike. 'It's a result of the government's action. They should be protecting the very same poor people. They were supposed to resolve our issues nine months ago.'
Cape Town specialist and SAMA's Western Cape Chairperson, Mark Sonderup, who has been involved in salary negotiations with government for several years, said doctors put the MSLA on the PSCBC agenda 'years ago'. 'The employer dragged his feet so much so that when public servants went on strike in 2007, we declined invitations to join because this wasn't in place. It serves the department's purpose not to have an MSA'.
He said the 'degree of intransigence' by the health department in protracted negotiations was unacceptable. 'Sure, you don't expect a magic wand you can't turn the Titanic around but you must want to miss the iceberg!'
Some nurses earned more than the doctors they worked with after provincial health departments chaotically and erratically introduced the OSD for them in December 2007 (six months late amid tens of millions of rand in overpayments). Departmental officials said much of the doctor OSD delay was because they wanted to avoid a repeat of this drama and were therefore creating national 'implementation norms'.
As for the forum, the longer the strike continued, the more furiously they paddled upstream. Appeals to the ANC's Health Desk, other health care unions and even Cosatu resulted in shoulder shrugs and fingers pointed down-river to SAMA and the PSCBC. Finally, they gave up paddling and submitted to the current.
One senior manager at George Mukhari confided that it was a 'deep irony' that the OSD a recruitment and retention tool nearly had the exact opposite effect. 'If you fire 300 doctors at one hospital how do you replace them? It takes us 3 - 6 months to replace one! How do doctors air their grievances when the legal process fails them? This is an eye-opener for government to review legislation so that disputes around essential services are speedily and legally resolved. If you want to call us essential and professional, treat us as such.'


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The voters at a southeast Washington polling place were all dressed alike: orange jumpsuit, white shoes. And when they finished voting, they went back to their cell block, not back to work.
Still, voting inside the D.C. Jail looked a lot like voting at precincts around the country.
"What's your name, sir?" poll worker Arlin Budoo said as an inmate sat down at a table in front of him last month during one of two voting days.
The man gave his name and precinct. Budoo flipped through a stack of absentee ballots, found the man's and handed it over. He explained how to darken circles on the ballot to record a vote.
"Remember to vote both sides of the ballot," Budoo said.
While it seemed ordinary, the voting that went on at the D.C. Jail and a facility where women are housed next door is unique. Most states and the District of Columbia bar prisoners serving time on a felony conviction from voting. But inmates awaiting trial or serving a sentence for a misdemeanor, an estimated 700,000 people nationwide, are allowed to vote as long as they aren't barred by a past felony conviction.
Most states, however, don't actively help these people vote, said Marc Mauer, the executive director of The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based group that advocates for sentencing reform and alternatives to prison.
"In the vast majority of jails there's absolutely nothing being done to make that happen," Mauer said.
There are exceptions. Jails in San Francisco register prisoners to vote and coordinate voting by absentee ballot. More than 300 ballots were delivered to prisoners there this year, said Nick Gregoratos, the prisoner legal services director.
Maine and Vermont, the only two states where prisoners never lose the ability to vote, also help inmates cast absentee ballots.
"For the guys that are incarcerated having any voice is hugely important," said Wilhelmina Picard, the director of corrections education in Vermont who also oversees voting.
The District of Columbia, meanwhile, has been making an effort to help prisoners vote for the last several years. This year, 88 men voted at the D.C. Jail. That's a fraction of the facility's some 1,700 inmates and a tiny number when compared with the approximately 267,000 residents who cast ballots in the last presidential election.
But, like many voters, inmates still had to wait in line on the first day of voting Oct. 24.
On the third floor, more than a dozen men stood along a corridor, flipping through paper voter guides also sent to residents. They sat down to vote in three available chairs. Pat-down searches went on periodically in the background. Inmates working kitchen jobs rolled carts by with boxes of lunch. Every once and a while someone shouted to get a guard's attention and to have a sliding door unlocked.
As prisoners completed their ballots, poll workers made sure they placed them in a series of two envelopes used for absentee voters, signing over the flap on the second one.
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I need to find some information about to brothers from Pennsylvania.
The eldest was Jimmy (Jerome or Jeremiah) middle initial C., the other is Abraham C.Kilmer.
They came to MN around 1880 and Jerry became a logger, after loosing his leg started delivering mail by horseback.
Abraham went on to marry Anna Olson, born in Sweden, and came to MN as a child. They had 14 children, one of which was my grandfather Arthur Leslie Walter Kilmer.
Does anyone have to brothers that left together from home?
Abraham Carl Kilmer born abt 1862 PA
died 10/14/1939 Aitkin County, MN
Jerry born abt 1850 PA
died 5/10/1934 Aitkin County, MN
on census records they list mother born in New York and Father in Pennsylvania
Anybody know any information on where these two tie into the PA Kilmers?
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Shea Weber and Alexander Edler never belonged in the same sentence.....unless it was trading Edler as part of an insanely large package going to a Nashville team that wasn't sure they were going to get Weber re-signed.Betamax wrote:The scuttlebutt on twitter via Botchford is that Edler is very reluctant to waive NTC. And given his sub-par season, it really is a sub-optimal time to try to trade him. I think a huge priority would be to assemble a Coaching Staff that has worked with developing Elite Level D-men. It's kinda funny to say it now, but just a couple of years ago, there was glimpses that Edler could crack into the rarified air of being a true No. 1.
With that in mind, two candidates stand out: John Stevens (the alleged chosen one by former GMMG before allegedly being pursuaded by the powers that be to go with Torts) and his help in developing Drew Doughty and the new available Trotz with Shae Weber.
Edler doesn't have a full NMC or NTC as far as we've been told. Probably has to submit a list of X number of teams that he will or won't accept a trade to. The Canucks should just request that list and if he doesn't provide it then he's non-compliant with the contract he signed.
Seriously though, "very reluctant" what kind of ass-hat do you have to be if you want to stay with a team where the management wants to move you and the fans want you gone? I think it says he's a comfy fellow who likes Vancouver and doesn't care about winning because he's content to lose as long as he gets paid to live where he wants to live.
Btw Beta.....I can't find where you got that opinion from Botchford's Twitter.


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California lawsuit pits teacher-protection laws against right to good education
On Feb. 11 in California Superior Court in Los Angeles, Beatriz Vergara, 15, testified to enduring a string of bad public school teachers.
A sixth-grade math teacher allegedly slept in class. A seventh-grade history teacher allegedly told Latino students they would "clean houses for a living." And a seventh-grade science teacher called female students "stick figure" and "whore," Beatriz told the court.
Beatriz, her 16-year-old sister, Elizabeth, and seven other students say bad teachers denied their right to equal access to a quality education under the California Constitution. Their case, Vergara v. California, is attempting to overturn teacher-protection laws in the state that the students' lawyers say make it nearly impossible to fire "grossly ineffective" teachers.
The nonprofit group Students Matter, which promotes access to quality education, filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs. The group was founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.
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Should Vergara prove victorious, states such as California – whose constitution contains language that establishes a right to quality education – will be particularly vulnerable to lawsuits. Even states without such language in their constitutions won't be off limits to litigation.
"Sometimes litigation is the only route," said Eric Lerum, the vice president of national policy for StudentsFirst, an education-reform group led by former District of Columbia schools chief Michelle Rhee. "In states where it looks as though changes are not going to happen through the legislature, you may have to force action."
Minnesota is one state to watch. Lerum said the state passed a litmus test that made it a possible target for court cases. StudentsFirst gives Minnesota a D for its education policies. The state, according to the organization's "policy report card," relies too much on seniority, as opposed to classroom performance, when making decisions about teachers. Seniority factors into pay, dismissals and placement of teachers.
Lerum isn't the only one analyzing the lawsuit landscape. According to Sandi Jacobs, the vice president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington-based research group that tracks teacher policies, it's likely there are groups across the country that are working behind the scenes to build cases challenging teacher tenure laws.
Jacobs, who testified for the plaintiffs in Vergara, expects to see litigation over the seniority practice of LIFO, or "last in, first out" – the last teacher hired is the first fired in bad economic times or when student enrollment declines. Jacobs said many states had work to do in ensuring that it was the best teachers, not just the most senior, who remained in classrooms.
"Performance should be what matters most," said Jacobs. "We should make sure we are not laying off effective teachers if there are ineffective teachers we could be laying off. Basing decisions solely on seniority without any consideration of teacher performance isn't putting students' needs first."
Only 18 states require districts to include performance as a factor in layoff decisions, according to a recent report by the National Council on Teacher Quality. Ripe for litigation are 10 states in which seniority must be factored into layoff decisions: Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin and California, which has become the test case.
At stake in California is a tenure system that grants teachers permanent status after 18 months, a layoff system based mainly on seniority and a sometimes slow, costly system for dismissing teachers.
The two California teachers unions defend teacher-protection laws, created in the early 20th century to prevent teachers from arbitrary dismissal. The plaintiffs' lawyers contend that teachers no longer need these special protections because state and federal laws now protect all workers from discrimination and unfair dismissal.
Relying on the courts to declare teacher-protection laws unconstitutional is necessary, the students' lawyers said. They argue that the legislative process takes too long, while children in public schools – the poorest of whom disproportionately have the least experienced, most ineffective teachers – suffer.
"The problem would never be remedied if it were left to the California Legislature," said Marcellus McRae, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers in the Vergara case. "Its track record hasn't been great. How long are public school kids supposed to wait for the legislative process to decide they can have their constitutional rights?"
Defendants in the case, the two California teachers unions, charge that it's an attempt to knock down the teacher protections that rich entrepreneurs see as obstacles to their goal to run schools more like businesses.
"Millionaires see this as a war on teachers," said Joshua Pechthalt, the president of the California Federation of Teachers. "They want to use the idea of market forces to make teachers compete with each other. They think competition and the incentive of merit pay will make teachers better. But that's not how it works."
Business-minded reformers have argued that teachers who fail to bring their students to grade level, as evidenced by test scores, should be let go. Teacher-protection laws – which have been challenged with mixed results in state legislatures, on school boards and through ballot initiatives – are seen as an impediment to holding teachers accountable for learning.
Linda Darling-Hammond, a professor of education at Stanford University who testified for the defense, counters: "It's hard to argue that teacher-protection laws are the reason we have a big achievement gap. We have a big achievement gap because we have a big opportunity gap, which has been caused by a big funding gap."
She argues that if those behind the case were really concerned about equity they would take on unequal school funding, especially given that some school districts in California were receiving four times as much funding as other districts – until a law passed last year increased funding for districts with high-needs students.
California's per-pupil spending has traditionally ranked near the bottom nationally.
McRae agrees that teacher protections aren't the only problem in schools. Unequal funding, poverty and myriad other issues play into the quality of education.
"This case just happens to have a scalpel on one of those problems," he said. "It doesn't mean we don't stand with you in saying it would be great to address all the problems."
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit education-news outlet affiliated with Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Friday, October 5, 2007
On the Street….. Very Well Cut Suit, Parisn
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also: hello you handsome devil.
Beautiful suit! What a wonderful cloth and pattern. The purple and grey work well together. Single-breasted suits with peak lapels are uncommon, though I think they are making a comeback. Note the high collar, working buttons on the cuff (2 left unbuttoned), 3-buttons rolled-to-2. The tie and pocket square combo are a bit too 'matchy matchy' for my tastes. Wonderful photo, Scott.
ever since liaigre combined violet leather with wenge (how's that for fussy design reference?), i've been obsessed with purple as a neutral. it's amazing.
and this . . . a great example.
It's nice to see the continuation of the theme, "Long-haired men in suits."
However nicely the suit is cut (and rightly so since it is bespoke), I do not like the five button cuffs or the pattern of the suit. If one were to expensive and trouble of obtaining a bespoke suit, a more versatile fabric would seem like a better idea.
I find the unbuttoning of the sleeve buttons to be a little tacky.
Very very nice, love the use of the working sleeve buttons and his crazy hair keeps it from being too stuffy. The purple check is great also.
I also like the colour as well, and the way the pocket square is folded.
I love the purple details
Well done sir!
The book matches the pocket square, tie, and stripes.
I really hope that was on purpose.
I love how he stands so casually, yet the pattern of his jacket and trouser line up perfectly. Smooth.
Hello, Chanel!
The fabric is the winner here as well as the button hole detail at the cuff (love how the first b/hole is bigger then the rest).
& the 2.5 button stance is also very nest coupled with the peaked lapels.
Well done..
The suit is indeed nice, but the look is marred by the loose tie knot, too-high (and stiff) collar, and–I must say this, the hair and dinky soul-bush.
I don't think suits absolutely require short haircuts, but they do demand well-coiffed locks.
So everything the guy is trying to do below is countered by what's happening on top.
everything about this is perfect to me, and i don't even like the elements, but the comination, the fit, and and really the true beauty of this man comes foward amazingly. Flawless personal style!
I'm all for the dandyish aspect of an oversized purple windowpane plaid on a suit nice enough to have five (count 'em five) operational cuff buttons. Now if we could only push his tie up just a speck and send him to see the fellows at "barbiere" on that side street in Milan, then this gent would really be on to something.
charming and sophisticated.
I love how his hair contrasts with the style of the suit!
Cloth and cut are perfectly chosen for his expression and face. His face looks a little world-weary, while his hair long and wild. This carries amazingly into the suit, which is, at the same time, both classic and crazy
Dang, that's one heckuva suit!
Colour combination of grey-mauve-pink is sublime.
And the pattern that lines up between the jacket and pants – that must be intentional, no?
That suit is just sooo good!
I've been following this blog for well over a year. I've never felt the need to actually leave behind a comment (perhaps selfishly, I've always been perfectly happy to take from the brilliancy of Scott's vision rather than try to contribute to it). However, recently (past six months), I feel that The Sart's followers have been attempting to change this blog into something that it is not and should not be. So many leave behind comments about what they "don't like" or "don't get" or some aspect of the subject that just absolutely ruins the whole look. Such myopia masquerading as style expertise. Really, it's such fashion fascism and it is so tiresome. I don't believe that Scott has ever claimed this site to be a collection of individuals who have achieved fashion perfection. These photos are about the moment, the mood, and yes, the clothes; the inspiration found in a flash of color here, the cut of fabric there and the joie de vivre that is revealed when the cloth not merely covers the body but reveals the soul.
i love it when men are not afraid of color. great photo!
I find that suit to be charming in every way. I love the pattern and colour choice of it – purple and grey I never would have thought it. The plaid pattern too is just lovely. Although his collar, at second glance is a titch too sharp and starched, it needs to be soft. I like the five buttons on his cuff. I like how he stands so casual but his suit matches up – accident? I love the touch of the pocket square. Overall – fantastic suit.
ah, he's a famous stylist from Tokyo, I saw his stying of several actresses in fashion magazines. Never seen him in suit like this before but he pulls it off quite well. the purple and grey combination feels Ralph Lauren, I thought it would be difficult for people with black hair to pull it off but it works for him!
Nice look, but I'd only leave the cuffs unbuttoned if they were stuffed with a billowy sleeve… or lace.
"Parisn"? I can see those frozen margheritas talking : )
wow.just plain wow.
I think this is one of the strongest expressions of personal style done within a very conventional format (grey suit, white shirt, tie) that I think I have ever seen. Outwardly conventional, but very radical within that structure. I love this gentleman's look!
He just looks wonderful. The suit is exquisite and the colour is marvelous. His elegant yet relaxed face combined with his long hair is very striking. He looks confident , kind and elegant. What a beautiful combination.
I like what Jeff said about viewing through Scott's vision– it resonates for me.
Are we all so much about "like" and "don't like"? I know we are all grateful for a chance to see style and fashion and color and people (of all sorts, blessedly) through Scott's eyes.
BRAVO for two years of pleasure and inspiration and cultural insight!
this is pretty much perfect.
This is a bold look, but I love the way he anchors it with a limited color range (just purple, gray and white) – he keeps it looking serious and fashion-forward at the same time.
Dear Gents with working buttons:
Button them.
I love the precise way the pattern is laid out for the lapels.
The purple accents and his hair make this.
I like his look. I do think the collar on the shirt is too high and too hard and the knot on the tie too loose. I also like the flow of the hair. I'd also leave only one or noe of the sleeve buttons open. Two undone seems excessive. And the use of purple.
He is Tomoki Sukezane, a Japanese Stylist (not a parisian). His works are mainly published in various Japanese fashion magazines such as Men's Non-No.
I like it when men wear what is usually classified as "feminine" colours such as purples and pinks. In a way, I think it's more masculine?
Cheryl Marie Cordeiro
Absolutely beautiful suit, but the unbuttoned cuffs are a little pretentious. Love the purple in the pocket square and tie though!
OK, there's "like" and "dont like" with absolutely no support for one's opinion, and there's like it because….or dislike it on account of….
The former isn't enlightening; the latter can be.
Perhaps what some posters are really objecting to is a certain never-is-heard-a-discouraging word sycophancy that sometimes rears its head in the posts. In re these comments: there's no there there.
Love the suit and the fit. Colors are phenomenal. I didn't like the hair until I clicked to see the bigger picture. It looks like planned randomness; it works with his look.
mmmmm, yummy in all respects.
This is the definition of personal style!
It's a well-made suit with a total flare in cut and fabrication. It manages to touch all the necessary bases with fitting well and proportion, while also adding some interest with the very noticable details like color and texture.
It helps that he's a fox, too. The Chanel folder is just over the top.
That's a very nice suit. I like the functional buttons and the choice of leaving two unbuttoned.
Elegant, he has sense of detail whit unbuttuning sleeve.He has de style whit his lonf hair
This is a Tom Ford suit. Note the first buttonhole on the sleeve is a tad longer than the others — you'll find this on Tom Ford suits and overcoats. The model is the "slim-cut" as opposed to the regular — it's three button as opposed to two (though as you can see the lapel rolls to the second button). I have a couple of these suits and waiting for completion of the third.
thank you Jeff! You have spoken to something that was on my mind for quite a while. Word up.
leaving the cuffs undone on purpose is not cool. is there really a need to announce that those are working buttonholes?
Is he Tomoki Sukezane? I wonder he is Japnese famas stylist.
The suit and shirt are made to measure by Tom Ford, the accessories are ready made Tom Ford.
I think I regognize him from the Burberry Black Label backstage camapign video with Mathias Lauridsen
Amazing!! Amazing Matchnig…
Of course he know very well how to match when man are in suit….
but wish hair style is more….um…well..
I want to try to do like him hopefully!!
Purple is fabulous and grey my favourite, especially for suits. Also, this shot alone should close the debate about long hair with suits. This long-haired gentleman looks fantastic. Thank you for this wonderful shot.
Great look,classique et très beau.


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Verbum Eccles. (Online) vol.33 no.1 Pretoria 2012
Biblical principles as an answer to the African people's questioning of witchcraft
David K. Semenya; Rantoa Letsosa
Department of Practical Theology, Unit for Reformed Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Witchcraft is still an enormous and serious issue in African culture. The media, including the entertainment component (e.g. African Magic programmes on satellite television), portray witchcraft as an issue that needs to be addressed. Witchcraft has in a sense been integrated into the system and context of the Nigerian community because most of the programming originates from this country. The same can be said of the South African milieu. It would be remarkable to read a tabloid such as the Daily Sun without at least one reference to witchcraft. Between 1994 and 1996 several hundred people were killed in the Limpopo Province on suspicion of witchcraft, to which the response from the Christian sector was diverse and varied. De Vries (2010:35) argues that Christians believe that upon becoming a member of this faith, witchcraft is powerless; yet there are indeed Christians who consider bewitchment possible, despite a belief in God. This being the case, the question that arises is, 'What does the Bible teach in this regard'? The most compelling evidence for the existence of witchcraft is its mention in both the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT). Although all Christians read the same Bible, the interpretation of its teachings on witchcraft differ greatly. This article has attempted to identify, from a historical-grammatical exegetical point of view, a number of biblical principles on witchcraft that could be set as guidelines for addressing witchcraft-related matters and to obtain a clearer picture on Scripture's teachings regarding witchcraft. (This topic has also been explored from a meta-theoretical perspective in a follow-up article.)
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The warmth of home envelops customers as they enter The Olde World Quilt Shoppe in Phoenix, Arizona. "We included warm floors, granite countertops, a four-poster bed, and a fireplace with a mantel so people would feel as comfortable here as they do in their own houses," Dee Grantham says. A 10-foot-long antique table—the centerpiece of the shop—is ideal for spreading out a project or sampling fabrics for a quilt.
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From left: Joellen Corrao, Whitney Erickson (co-owner), Jordan Grantham, Dee Grantham (co-owner), and Cheryl Miller.
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Delivering the Goods
Selections from Colonial Williamsburg's fabric collection line the walls of the Design Studio at WILLIAMSBURG At Home which turned in a strong performance during its first full year of operation in the College Corner Building on Merchants Square.
THE PRODUCTS DIVISION delivered record results through marketing high-quality, Williamsburg-inspired merchandise, extending the WILLIAMSBURG brand, and enhancing the guest experience.
Direct marketing (which includes catalog and web sales) revenue grew 8 percent from 2004, led by e-commerce, which grew by 38 percent. Record volume and revenue were achieved during the busy holiday direct-marketing season.
Design Studio revenue increased 70 percent over 2004. A new costume rental location opened in April at the Visitor Center, and by year's end the costume rental business was up 125 percent. The consolidated Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum shops ended the year 37 percent above 2004.
Licensing agreements were signed with Obeetee, Foreside, Artland, Earth Elements, and Vista Alegre and a fresh-flower program was launched with Teleflora.
A new public relations firm helped develop a strategic communications plan that delivered media coverage, as well as a New York City product launch and press event. In addition, the division strengthened trade show visual merchandising, created trade advertising, and delivered cross-marketing campaigns with licensing partners.
The division established templates for local and regional advertising, created synergy between catalog, web, and retail messages, and tested direct mail in support of specific stores. It also introduced sweepstakes and special events and supported local and regional business with newpaper advertising.
Manager of visual merchandising Owen Sharman (right) talks with guests during the New York introduction of the 2006 WILLIAMSBURG Home Collection at the Central Park Boathouse. The September event included media representatives, guests, and Colonial Williamsburg licensees.
A guest inspects a selection of fine rugs during the New York event. Themed "The Age of Exploration," the event included a dramatic image of three sailing vessels that was taken from a historic map in the Foundation's collections and a series of oversized nautical graphics and boat docks that set the scene and served as a backdrop to the products.


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Brittney Nichole Gallaway, 25, of Hillsboro struck a 2011 Toyota sedan driven by Brenda Lynn Hiebert, 56, of Hillsboro with a 2005 Chevrolet sedan owned by Aaron Wayne Gallaway after Hiebert failed to yield at an intersection at 1:04 p.m. April 15. Both drivers were taken by ambulance to Hillsboro Community Hospital.
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Sonja R. Maddox, 72, of Lincolnville flipped her 2000 Jeep sport-utility vehicle at 8:30 p.m. April 13 after losing control on a curve. She was injured but unable to call for help until the next morning.
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Trinity J.G. Snyder, 31, of Marion flipped his 2002 Chevrolet pickup at 6:35 a.m. April 14 after losing control when he tried to pull over to rest. No injuries were reported.


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Table Hopping – March 2012
"Family Meals"
The Golden Ox
1600 Genessee Street
Kansas City, MO 64102
Bill Teel and Steve Greer, the owners of the Golden Ox, have preserved this landmark in an untouched, frozen in time, kind of way. You sense the history of the days when the cattlemen would roll in from the Livestock Exchange and order the steak named after our own city. Pay a visit to one of the last true steakhouses in Kansas City. The value for a family is that your starter and side dishes are included in the price of your entrée. No a la carte to worry about here. Get the 12 oz. Kansas City Strip, side salad and a stuffed baked potato for $29. DINE: on Friday nights, when the Ox offers delicious all-you-can-eat fried shrimp for only $22, with soup/salad and a side of your choice.
425 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111
Owner, Erika Koike, opened her first restaurant, One Bite Japanese, in south JoCo, but she soon realized she needed to reach a more diverse and urban audience. Sama Zama, which means "varied" in Japanese, is her new location in Westport. Her exposed and distressed brick walls and streamlined Asian décor seems much more of a fit on Westport's new restaurant row. The menu is basically the same as One Bite, with a few additions. Get her Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen (dine-in only) for $13. Try the Classic Okonomi Yaki, $12. Layers of crepe, egg & meat topped with Asian sauces. BRING: Friends and family in to dine, tables can be pushed together and these Japanese small plates are meant to share.
4010 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite D
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 216-7682
When your parents own the building where Westport Coffeehouse and Theater is located, and you happen to want to open a burger and beer stand . . .you call it luck. Michael Ptacek, is the lucky owner of the new Green Room Burgers & Beer located around the back of the Westport Coffeehouse with plenty of parking on the side of the building. Focusing on local ingredients for his burgers and hand-cut french fries, he also has his eye on keeping his food value priced, perfect for families. GET: the Classic Cheeseburger for $5 or the 4010 for $7 that has sliced avocado, thick-cut bacon, jalapeno slices and mustard. A basket of fries, perfect for sharing is only $6.
616 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
Zach Marten and Bret Springs both had ties to KC and restaurant experience when they inked the first franchise deal with the owner of Coal Vines in Dallas to open on the corner of the Country Club Plaza. With a sweet location and delicious New York style pizza, cooked in their namesake coal oven, they already have much to offer a hungry family. But consider this place for brunch, as well, served Sundays from 11 am – 3 pm. With an interesting selection of breakfast items, pizzas and salads there is something for everyone. YOU: must order the Captain Crunch French Toast with whipped cream and fresh strawberries at brunch. It sounds crazy, but you will enjoy the nostalgia and the flavor of this absolutely unique breakfast item.
1724 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 252-1575
Frank Gazella Jr. and Andrew Misak are the co-founders and managing partners of Pieroguys Pierogies. As students at the University of Kansas, these two food entrepreneurs realized that although the Polish delicacy, pierogies, were popular on the east coast, no one had ever heard of them in Kansas. So, they put together a business plan and opened their first retail & wholesale location in the City Market. Now, they have inked a deal to take over the old Dog Nuvo space in the Crossroads, hoping to gain more of a late-night crowd for their cheese and potato-filled dumplings. You'll spend around $5 for a half dozen of these delicious dumplings. USE: your fingers, Pierogies are the perfect finger foods for little fingers, making them family friendly.


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I just installed Apache 1.7.4 on Windows 7. It shows running in XAMPP. When I browse LOCALHOST I get the "I'm ready" default index.html. The only problem is that this is not the default index.html in the XAMPP path (I edited to say "I'm not ready"). Also, I cannot see a list of files/folders when I fully qualify the localhost path (e.g. LOCALHOST/STORE_EXC).
If I stop Apache through XAMPP, and restart, I see "Start Apache Port 80". Now I can view a directory of files/folders when browsing with a fully qualified localhost name as expected in the XAMPP path, but just typing LOCALHOST in browser now gives me an index.php file and not the index.html file that I expected.
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George Avery is an assistant professor of public health at Purdue University. In today's Daily Caller, Avery rebuts claims that the Obama health plan would improve public health:
The idea that health care contributes significantly to population health is both intuitively appealing and untrue….
In fact, federal "reform" often hurts the public health system. Both public health and health care experts have criticized Medicare and Medicaid, enacted by Congress in 1965, for changing the focus of health care practitioners from prevention to treatment….
Requiring all Americans purchase health insurance, which the current bills hope to do, would not address the underlying socio-economic issues at the root of most public health problems….
Indeed, access to health care can help individual patients, but can also aggravate some public health problems…. High rates of surgical intervention increase the risk and spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA.
Avery is the author of the Cato Institute briefing paper, "Scientific Misconduct: The Manipulation of Evidence for Political Advocacy in Health Care and Climate Policy."


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The interest rates for accounts in Swiss francs will remain unchanged.
UBS is lowering the interest rates it pays on euro deposits in response to the further sharp fall in long and short-term eurozone rates. The downward interest-rate trend is continuing, reflecting the weakness of the economy, expectations that any recovery in growth will be only gradual, and the limited risk of inflation in Europe.
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Eh, it's fine. 'Less serious Jews who will eventually get it together'. To be clear though, for extra irony, my mom is for all intents and purposes a Jew in name only - she's the opposite of spiritual or into any of it, goes to synagogue when my dad says it's a responsibility (for funeral services and high holidays only, really). My parents almost got divorced about 10 years ago when my dad was starting to become more religious, wanted to make the kitchen kosher, and my mom refused.LaserGuy wrote:Just going back to this, what do your parents think about secular Judaism? Is their problem that you can't have morals without religious practices, or you can't have morals without God?
But I don't think there's any real ire towards less religious Jews. I don't think they'd recognize the term 'secular Jew', and just instead think 'that person is a Jew who doesn't go to services regularly'.
Probably not, because, and I loathe to say, they'd consider them Jewish first, 'black people' second. I've had a pretty horrifying conversation with my mom wherein she said the reason the Cosby show was so good was that it was about black people 'not being black'.LaserGuy wrote:Likewise, on the issue of racism, do they have similar feelings toward, say, the Ethiopian Jewish community?
I absolutely recognize that this is who they are, and they don't want to change their minds, and I recognize that that is at least one thing we have in common. I do think one of the issues is that they're only consuming Fox News and alt-right media, which, given that Fox News is about the furthest to the left news they consume, makes me think we simply live in realities with different facts.KnightExemplar wrote:Going back to my "Matrix" example, you're basically saying shove a red-pill down their throat. That's simply not going to work, and is instead only going to lead to a more frosty relationship.
Valid.Weeks wrote:As Zamfir said, one kind of owes some slack to the people who raised us. Just a little, though.
Heh, i've always loved this religious double standard - homosexuality is unnatural! Whats that, it happens in nature? Uhh, homosexuality is bestial!KnightExemplar wrote:Been there, done that. Animals don't have souls and therefore don't have morality. It helps explain the gay penis fencing from Bonobos or gay dogs humping each other (which is immoral in their view of course, but its not a problem for animals to behave like that)
The goalposts, they just keep moving.
Hilariously these political divides are pretty well documented then too. Oh humans. We are so dumb.CorruptUser wrote:How come civilizations managed to exist and societies managed to have laws and rules prior to Jesus? After all, there WAS a Rome that managed to keep from tearing itself apart until long after the Pope showed up.


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DENVER, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- DeMar DeRozan celebrated his selection to the Eastern Conference All-Star team by scoring 19 points Friday and helping Toronto hold off Denver 100-90.
The Raptors scored only one point over the final 7:44, but still managed to win their third in a row. It was the opener of Toronto's five-game western trip that lasts through Feb. 7.
DeRozan had missed two games with an ankle injury and during that time he was announced as one of the reserves for the All-Star Game. It will be his first appearance in the contest.
He scored 40 points against Dallas and 34 against Philadelphia before suffering the injury against the Los Angeles Clippers last Saturday.
DeRozan made just 6-of-17 from the field, but hit 7-of-8 from the foul line. Terrence Ross pitched in 18 points and both Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas contributed 13.
Toronto took a 99-75 lead with 7:44 to go on a basket by John Salmons and then managed only one point the rest of the way.
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Just like the years fly by as we age, it's hard to believe it's been 75 years since Social Security was first created. And for many Americans of all generations, and of all ethnic backgrounds, Social Security is a lifeline. To fully celebrate
by Catherine Georges (NNPA) – Just like the years fly by as we age, it's hard to believe it's been 75 years since Social Security was first created. And for many Americans of all generations, and of all ethnic backgrounds, Social Security is a lifeline. To fully celebrate this historic anniversary, we need to recognize the program's importance and its value for future generations. Social Security is without a doubt the most successful government program in history. In fact, 53 million Americans get benefits, and a vastly larger number are protected if tragedy strikes. Social Security checks put food in the refrigerator, and shoes on people's feet. They help people repair their homes, buy medicine and pay for utility bills. However, for a great many households, Social Security is the only source of income. That's why it's more critical than ever to ensure the future of Social Security is solid. For African-Americans in particular, the time is now to ensure that the program stays strong so it can continue to provide the lifetime guaranteed benefits that people depend on. The average retirement benefit from Social Security is around $14,000 –but for Africans-Americans, and due to income levels and varying financial situations, average benefits are lower. For example, in 2008, the average annual Social Security income received by African-American men 65 and older was around $13,000, and $11,000 for African-American women. Among African- Americans receiving Social Security, 28 percent of elderly married couples and 54 percent of unmarried elderly persons relied on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income. Furthermore, a recent research released by Brandeis University and Demos, a public policy organization, finds that older African Americans face widespread financial insecurity during retirement, a trend accelerated by the current economic crisis. So how do we ensure Social Security remains viable for older Americans while at the same time stays strong for our children and grandchildren? First, we need to find ways to reduce the nation's debt, without harming Social Security. Unfortunately, some of our country's lawmakers are considering Social Security cuts to help reduce the federal budget deficit. This is wrong and unfair. Social Security has not contributed one dime to the deficit. We need to remember that these benefits help families pay their bills. We need to keep our priorities in order. Next, we need to address the long-term solvency of Social Security. We will need to make some careful changes to put Social Security on stable footing for the long haul. This will require some gradual adjustments to revenues and benefits. But we need to make the right changes, so basic protections endure. We need to make sure we maintain adequate guaranteed benefits, especially for those who need them the most. Finally, Social Security faces a challenge of confidence. For too long, the public has heard that benefits won't be there when they need them. This pessimism is harmful and off base. It's time for people to get the facts. Social Security is not going bankrupt. Without any changes at all, Social Security can continue to pay 100 percent of promised benefits until 2037 and more than 75 percent of benefits after that. But that is not good enough, especially for the people who need Social Security to make ends meet. Overall, any changes to Social Security should preserve the basic "earned right" character of the program and its fairness, including progressive benefits that are helpful to lower-income workers. Changes must always protect the most vulnerable. Finally, those who pay into Social Security should be able to count on benefits, adjusted for inflation, for as long as they live. We want to celebrate more historic anniversaries for Social Security in the future. By keeping this great program strong, we can make sure that will happen.
Copyright 2010 NNPA Catherine Georges is a member of the AARP board of directors. For more information on the health care law, go to www.aarp.org/getthefacts.


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Just Soccer
This is an amazing game that will help you make the best out of your FREE time. Why waste your sacred and limited spare minutes playing bad games. The arcade game gives you 10 chances to make a GOAL! Your success dependsg on the speed of the "swipe" or "flick", orientation and location.
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Use all your skills to make 10/10 goals and if you achieve it you will get an amazing BONUS to your score.
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Mad Men fans will remember that Season 4 ended with Don proposing to Megan and Joan secretly pregnant with Roger Sterling's baby. But Jon Hamm let it slip in a recent interview that Don and Joan hook up in the upcoming season — or, at least, he wants you to think that they might! He said:
"The Don/Joan dynamic is something that we do explore [this season], and don't take this the wrong way, but we do explore as the show goes on. They have worked together for a long time, they know one another very well and I'll leave it at that."
Well, that vague promise definitely worked on me. Here's hoping.
Jon Hamm Hints at Don/Joan Romance [The Insider]