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by Claudia Bordo
Ok, so the weather outside is no longer frightful, but shopping is still delightful.
So get out of bed, you shopaholics, get out in the crisp fresh air and check out these fine shops. Chestnut Hill shops like these need you! 1. CW Journeys: Traveling to exotic places and experiencing different cultures is a great adventure and a huge opportunity for growth.
At CW Journeys, owners Charlie Weston and his wife, Aliki, are seasoned travelers, well equipped to advise their clients. They specialize in trips to Europe, Africa, the Antarctic and the Galapagos Islands. Cruising is always a great way to vacation. All you can eat, fun destinations, nightly entertainment and the whole time you're being gently rocked. CW Journeys won awards from Conde Nast in 2003 and 2004. For a customdesigned trip, brochures, questions or advice, stop in and see Charlie and Aliki at 8431 Germantown Ave, Monday to Friday, 10 to 5 p.m., or make an appointment. 215-242-4242, email@example.com
2. Delphine Gallery: This elegant shop in the heart of the Hill is owned by two very talented ladies.
Vickie Spangler is a gemologist, and Deborah Weiner's specialty is stones. Both are jewelry appraisers.
Together they have over 50 years experience. At Delphine Gallery you will find beautiful estate and designer jewelry, including pins, rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
They have exquisitely enameled crystal trinket boxes and hand-etched wine glasses. Vicki and Debbie also feature the fabulous art work of water colorist Sara Steele. Let them evaluate your gold, as these ladies have built a trust with the community and have many loyal customers. Stop in and browse here, you will be impressed.
8435 Germantown Ave., 215-248-3855, www.delphinegallery.net 3. The Philadelphia Print Shop: This amazing shop is a gem in our neighborhood. On the Hill for 27 years, owners Don Cresswell and Chris Lane share a passion and love for their work. They participate in 16 major antique shows each year, and Don has been an appraiser on Antiques Roadshow for the last 11 years. Their collection consists of over 20,000 antique maps and prints including illustrations of flora and fauna beautifully rendered and often hand-colored by famous European and American artists. These aesthetic images are produced by lithography, etching and mezzotint and are notable for their visual delight and historic value. Also available here are book binding, paper conservation, old travel posters and even cool ties with maps of Philadelphia, or of the world. Whether you're a collector or looking for a distinctive gift or just curious, you will find this place fun and fascinating. Hurry in to 8441 G!
ermantown Ave., 215-242-4750, www.philaprintshop.com 4. George T. Hobe: This place is so interesting because owner George Hobe has filled it with fabulous antiques and 18th, 19th and 20th century paintings. You can find toy soldiers made from lead, beaded antique handbags, figurines, lamps, tables and skillfully crafted pottery from 1880 to 1930 and much more. George finds some of his treasures at local estates, and two or three times a year he goes to Paris to shop. Buying antiques in a wonderful investment. Even if you're not an antique lover, you will still find George and his shop delightful. Stop in and browse, and you'll see what I mean. 8407 Germantown Ave., 215-247-5733.


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"The Hunger Games," the much-anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular young-adult novel about a post-apocalyptic teenage death match, grossed a staggering $19.7 million during midnight screenings Friday, Reuters reported.
The science-fiction drama, released by Lions Gate Entertainment, ranks seventh on the list of all-time midnight screenings, just one notch below 2009's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
"Hunger Games," which stars relative newcomer Jennifer Lawrence (a 2010 Oscar-nominee for her breakout performance in the rural noir "Winter's Bone") also scored the highest midnight gross for a non-sequel title in modern movie history, according to The Wrap.
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The fantasy flick will be the biggest hit yet for Lions Gate Entertainment, a successful independent film and TV distribution company responsible for genre favorites like the "Saw" franchise as well as the Michael Moore documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11"

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I am in love again today. Clyde you are just precious. And we all can see your sweet face would melt a heart of stone.
Lucky little guy to have such a wonderful home and you picked your people very wisely I see. Way to go Clyde!
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What's doing at The Dutch, our favorite Soho restaurant? Chef Andrew Carmellini is making cold winter nights all better with his Monday night Fried Chicken Dinner offering: a special three-course meal guaranteed to satisfy you, with the intriguing option of pairing flights of whiskey by the ounce.
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West Coast Premier of : "WITH A KITE"
by Adam Boozer and Davey Blair
*with guest narration by Richard Branson
Davey and Adam will be flying out to Hood River as special guests for this epic movie premier, so be sure to put this on your calendar, because this is something special for the Hood River kite community.
Hosted by 2nd Wind Sports, Naish Kiteboarding and Andrews Skylight Theater
6pm showing will be all ages
8pm showing will be for 21 and over
Tickets will be $10
*A percentage of the ticket proceeds will be donated directly to KB4C and their Camp Koru programs
The best kite movie ever, Pizza, Beer, Davey Blair, and raffle shwag from your favorite shops and brands in Hood River, what more reason do you need?
Here is the newest teaser for the film :
The film was shot using the new RED Epic and Phantom Cameras, and includes many locally based riders living in Hood River who will be in attendance to help promote and support the premier night.


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When I was at the cigar shop on Sunday, I tried to ignore everyone. I had a lot of writing to do, so there wasn't much time to fuck around. But, when this happens, someone usually says something so stupid that I have to respond. I tend to regret it.
Sunday, the conversation turned to the situation in Houston, specifically what rednecks were saying in television interviews. For some reason, I piped up with my father's line, "You know, Bush does have his hurricane machine. He controls the weather."
Big mistake.
One smoker, who is something of a B-list celebrity, looked at me as a kindred spirit and said, "You know about that, too?"
Oh, fuck.
He went on to explain that the government has had a weather-controlling contraption since the 1930s and sugggested that I look into HAARP. No, I will not provide a link. I did a quick Google search while sitting in the shop and found a website. I began to read it to the crowd. I was not able to keep a straight face … the material was pure idiocy.
Meanwhile, my newfound comrade-in-arms nodded approvingly. when I finished, he said, "See, I'm not into conspiracy theories. This is real."
I concurred, "It's on the internet. It must be true."


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Welcome to the Texas Tech Polo Club! Come visit us at the barn on Farm Road 1585 just south of Lubbock!
Sep 2, 2013 - Rush party date MOVED
Hey all,
We have moved our rush party to Sept 14th to avoid conflict with the Tech SFA game this Friday.
Aug 27, 2013 - Welcome Back Red Raiders
Hello everyone,
It's time to kick off our fall 2013 season with our annual polo rush party! Come join us on September 7th (Saturday) as we have a bbq, we will play a polo exhibition game, and you can come out and ride our club horses.
If you're intrested in finding a new and exciting club, please come and visit our barn for our party. We are a riding and polo club, so if you have no horse riding experience or don't wish to learn polo, that's fine because we'll teach you to ride some of the several horses we have at our barn.
More info to come, but if you have questions about joining the club, please contact:
Kelsey Kostrzewa (secretary) 2146083411
Elliot Sewell (president) 2146767876
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Five ways Blackhawks can extend series vs. Kingsby Shawn P. Roarke / Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks will have history and confidence on their side when they try to win three games on the run to escape a mess that has them on the verge of losing the Western Conference Final and forfeiting the opportunity to defend the Stanley Cup they won last June.
They begin the quest in Game 5 on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings at United Center (8 p.m.; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).
The confidence comes from that championship run and all the hurdles that had to be cleared to party with the Cup for the second time since 2010. In fact, much of Chicago's core group this time around was on the ice in Philadelphia with the Cup four years ago and at TD Garden last June when two goals in 17 seconds turned a potential Game 7 into a victory celebration.
They know how to win and know what it takes. They also know they have not delivered that effort since Game 1 of this series.
The history also comes from last year's championship run, which almost wasn't after a second-round scare from the Detroit Red Wings. The underdog Red Wings lost Game 1 convincingly then won three straight to put the Blackhawks on the brink of elimination.
This year's Western Conference Final has followed the exact same path. Chicago, as the favorite, was the dominant team in Game 1 but has been second-best for the past three, outscored 15-7 during the losing streak.
But the Blackhawks found a way to survive, eventually winning the series against the Red Wings in overtime of Game 7. Now they must follow that treacherous path again if they want to continue to entertain hopes of being back-to-back champions.
They know the task will be even more difficult. These Kings are better than last year's Red Wings and they are playing at a higher level than the Kings team that lost to the Blackhawks in five games in last year's Western Conference Final. Los Angeles has already claimed bragging rights against the favored San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks.
But the Blackhawks know they are a good team; they are champions. They believe they can get back in this series and eventually win it.
If they do, here is how it is likely to happen:
1. Be special
The Blackhawks are losing this series because they are losing the battle on special teams in a lopsided manner.
After opening the series with an 0-fer in Game 1, the Kings are 5-for-10 on the power play. What makes that conversion rate even more shocking is it came against a Blackhawks team at the top of its penalty-killing game in the first two rounds.
Chicago also can't offset the damage being done by Los Angeles when it gets power-play opportunities of its own. After scoring a power-play goal in each of the first two games, Chicago has gone 0-for-9 and blown several opportunities to seize momentum by being ineffective with the man advantage. Overall, the Blackhawks are 2-for-13 for the series.
"That's a big part of the series," said Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook, who plays on the penalty kill and power play. "We haven't been scoring on the power play, so we want to keep the goals-against down and it seems like they're taking a pretty good pace right now on the power play, so we've got to find a way to be better on that."
2. Protect the house
All four goals the Kings scored in a 4-3 victory in Game 3 on Monday came with at least one Kings player, if not more, standing right in front of the net. The Kings are scoring on deflections, tips and stuff plays, not by blowing past the Blackhawks.
The Blackhawks are not putting bodies on the Kings when they crowd goaltender Corey Crawford, trying to take away his vision. It has worked brilliantly. In Game 4, defenseman Jake Muzzin scored the game-opening goal on the power play with a hard shot from the point. On the play, Kings forward Jeff Carter was less than a foot away from Crawford and completely blocked his ability to track the shot.
The Blackhawks know they have to do a better job of protecting Crawford and clearing the traffic around his crease.
3. Draw the line
Chicago was an elite team in the faceoff circle during the regular season, winning 52 percent of its draws.
But the Blackhawks have been far less effective in the playoffs, especially against the Kings. In the four games, Chicago has never won the majority of the faceoffs. If you don't win the faceoff, you don't possess the puck. If you don't possess the puck, twice as much energy must be expended getting it back.
The Blackhawks have won 109 of the 243 faceoffs in this series.
In particular, the Blackhawks must find an answer for Kings center Jarret Stoll, who has dominated the faceoff circle throughout the series, even though he is most often matched against Jonathan Toews, Chicago's main weapon. Stoll has taken 99 faceoffs this series, winning 56.
4. Go fetch
Perhaps the biggest problem for the Blackhawks when it comes to generating sustained offense is the inability to establish and maintain pressure in the attacking zone. Their cycle, which wore down the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild in the first two rounds, has been absent for much of this series.
The Kings have neutralized the chip-in game of the Blackhawks by winning almost all the battles for 50-50 pucks. So the Blackhawks either turn over the puck at the attacking blue line when attempting to carry it in or they lose it when the Kings are the first ones to claim the dump-in from the neutral zone.
"I think it's just our desperation," Chicago forward Bryan Bickell said. "I think we need to be more desperate and win those board battles. We need to keep it simple, I think. Some plays, we're trying to make the next play, which I think the first play would've been the better play. If we keep it more simple and win those battles, I think we have a good chance."
5. Have fun
The Blackhawks can do nothing about the position they find themselves. They did, or didn't do, the things which have landed them on the brink of elimination.
So all of that needs to be put in the past. All of their energy has to be focused on the task at hand, which is to win Game 5 and force a Game 6 in Los Angeles. Then they can start the process all over again and see where it leads.
"We have to play our game; we've got to go out there and lay it all on the line and let the chips fall where they may," Seabrook said. "At the end of the night, we hope to have a victory and, hopefully, we're flying back to [Los Angeles] and talking to you guys in [Los Angeles]. That's our focus right now.
"Like I said, the guys were upbeat and excited for the game tomorrow, so we're just going to get some rest, get some food back in us and be focused for [Wednesday] morning to try and get this thing going here."


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Jumu'ah prayer only.
General Information
An initial small building was purchased in 2001, and later a larger facility was bought and converted to meet the needs of the Islamic community in this town. The current facility at 2433 North 12th street was established in 2010. This is the first Islamic Center in this area.
Services: Jumu'ah Prayers
- Name: Islamic Center of Quincy
- Type: Mosque
- Address: 62301,, 2433 N 12th St, Quincy, IL 62305, USA
- City/Locality, State: Quincy, Illinois
- Established: Unknown
- Madhab (School of thought): Sunni
- Language Services: English
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New Jersey Governor Says Boardwalk Fire is '95 Percent' Contained
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the massive fire that destroyed part of an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk in two towns is 95 percent contained.
Christie said Friday it could take days to extinguish "hot pockets" at the scene.
Firefighters are continuing to pour thousands of gallons of water on the smoldering remnants of the massive fire. Officials are counting the cost of once again rebuilding a walkway that had been wrecked less than a year ago by Superstorm Sandy.
About 100 firefighters remain on the scene, and heavy equipment is poised to move in and start poking through the rubble once firefighters extinguished the last burning pockets.
Authorities say the fire that raged for eight hours had destroyed about five blocks of boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights and has leveled 32 businesses in Seaside Park alone.


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Dave, one of our customers new to my old hometown of Baltimore, reports that his print arrived and he loves it--he also sends wishes that we weather the Economic End of days, which made me laugh. It is so good to hear from the world. We got a beautiful message from Benita from Anchorage, Alaska: "May Amun Ra walk between you and all darkness in your path." My personal favorite was a thank you from one of our customers Brandon in Utah, who got the gemstone bracelet bonus, he tells me that it is now one of his favorite possessions. That means so much to me.
In fact, I did send some of you jewelry IOUs since we got so many orders, I was a bit swamped and didn't want to delay the shipments. So there are many who will have the bracelets coming under separate cover. A new year surprise... I put myself through college without student loans with my gemstone jewels, so it is a return to my roots...I made the necklaces for Tori's Beekeeper tour, here is a photo of her modelling one of the three designs we sold on that tour.
To celebrate getting all the prints shipped, Drew took me to see the movie I have been hearing so much about, a film from Sweden, "Låt den rätte komma in" or "Let the right one in" in English. A little trivia, the title refers to a Morrisey song... If it is playing near you, go see it. I can't stop thinking about it. It is haunting and gorgeous....take a look....


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What Legend Videobombed This Routine Interview?
This TV interview in Brazil got an unexpected cameo from a beloved figure.
Nothing seems out of the ordinary in this piece until we see a man dressed as Jack Sparrow emerge in the background with neither the reporter nor the man being interviewed realizing it.
Is there a real Jack Sparrow or is this some bizarre prank Johnny Depp is playing to celebrate being taken off the market?
Whatever the answer, it's certainly "ahoy" to behold.


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It's a kind of high-tech intelligent product used in modern reproductive medicine with the combination of computer image processing technology and advanced artificial intelligence technology. It can be used for automatic identification of sperm and automatic tracking of sperm movement, finish the analysis for a number of parameters in conformity with the WHO international standards fast and take comprehensive quantitative analysis of sperm activity and static characteristics. It is suitable for clinical semen detection, providing an important scientific basis for male fertility.
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Can filter out all kinds of impurities which are different from sperm to ensure the accuracy of test.
Scatheless detection can ensure the sperm's natural motion state and monolayer sampling.
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Advanced morphological analysis software, clearly and intuitively colorful picture.
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Sperms density, survival rate of sperms, the movement locus of sperms, and distribution curve of sperms movement
Average speed, total number of the sperms, total numbers of motile sperms, survival rate of the sperms in the curvilinear motion of sperms
Average speed, total number of the sperms, total numbers of motile sperms, survival rate of the sperms in the rectilinear motion of the sperms
Average speed, total number of the sperms, total numbers of motile sperms, survival rate of the sperms in the average path motion of the sperms
Graded speed of sperms motion: the survival rate of A rapid motion forward, B slow motion forward, C non travel forward, D hyperslow or motionless of the sperms
The side-way amplitude of sperms, sperms wing, whipping frequency of sperms, the rate of rectilinear motion, total number
Linear speed, average speed of motion, the sperms' number of linear motion
Technical Parameters
Maximum of the detected sperms: 1000
The range of detection speed: 0-180µm/s
The frame number of picture: 0-75
Resolution of particle diameter: 0-150µm/s
The analysis time: 1-5 seconds or longer
Group number of collected images: 1-15 groups
Applicable magnification of microscope objective lens: 10x.20x.25x.40x
The displayed content of sperm detection system is no less than:
Distribution curve of static sperms,
The features data of semen and statistical analysis data from all the main functions, 3) sperm dynamic trajectory curve,
Display various sperms motion speed and energy isarithmic map of sperms,
Case information for management such as patients' name;
The output content from sperms detection system is no less than:
The main technical data of sperms,
Sperm dynamic trajectory curve,
Analysis and determinant histogram
Case information for management such as patients' name
Subjective examination items:
Other ingredient of semen-- epithelium, hematid, leucocyte
Number of teratosperm—number of head teratosperm, number of tail teratosperm, number of body teratosperm, number of mixed teratosperm
Rate of teratosperm
Sperm appearance, viscosity of sperm
Sperm volume, dilution ratio
Scent of sperm, sperm extraction method
Sperm PH value, date and time of sperm extraction
Continence time, basic data of patient
System features
The actual clinical demand of grass roots is taken into consideration during the design process. Simple and rational structure, stable property and friendly human-computer interface for intuitive and easy use; the operators can get hold of operation method without being trained. The manual inspection adopts quantitative criteria that can reduce the knowledge pressure of inspectors, which is the epic change in the inspection method.
High intelligence, automatic inspection, analysis and scaling can guarantee the accuracy of test data under any enlargement ratio and provide the comprehensive test data for sperm quality objectively, accurately and scientifically.
Overall and intuitive data image testing and analysis, rich test data and overall analysis data; 34 items of semen index can be detected; 3 kinds of speed distribution statistical chart; high detecting speed and the detection and analysis could be finished in no time, which can greatly reduce the labor intensity of workers. Pollution can be reduced efficiently; strong operability; counting function on screen display which can display the test data in real time; the repeated verification of test result is clear; neat design of printed report forms can make the diagnostic result easy to check out.
With the database function; the test result is stored in the system hard disk, which can be inquired, adjusted and printed; advanced method is provided for clinical science study and teaching; strong extended function which can apply to analysis and test on biological properties such as corpuscle or colon bacillus etc, as well as special industries such as animal or animal husbandry.


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The Building & Infra Technology club's mission is to introduce our members to key players, particularly with BE or foreign EPC's, Architects & developers.
Thanks to our network, we foster and facilitate the networking and the sharing of experiences within our business ecosystem.
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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Whatever Floats Your Boat: The Outcome
As the boat slipped into the water, Zachos declared it a "dry boat," but just in case, the kids wore life preservers and were equipped with sponges to clear out any water that might seep in. Czukas accompanied the boat out on the lake in a kayak, staying close at hand in case of emergency. They were joined on the water by Merrit and Zachos in a canoe.
The kids had built a fine boat, but their rowing skills still needed some work.
Zachos explained that the students had chosen the kind of boat they wanted to build. The boat they chose--flat at both ends--is variously called a punt or a pram or a flat-bottomed skip. It is the type of boat, Zachos explained, that might be built from the leftover wood of another, bigger boat and be used to row out to the bigger boat.
The Sloop Club plans to continue the boat-building project in the fall, but it will be up to the kids to decide if they want to build another boat or trick out this one--painting it and giving it a name. On the subject of a name, Zachos said there was a long list of possibilities, one of which seems especially appropriate: Water Bender.
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I am a volunteer for Hudson Reads and the middle schoolers I dealt with are totally jealous of the older kids working with the Sloop Club -- so to those who make the Sloop Club go: good show and keep it up!ReplyDelete
Congratulations floaters ( boaters)
Yahoo Sloop Club!ReplyDelete
Wonderful accomplishment! Congratulations Kids and Skilled Sloop Clubbers.ReplyDelete
Captain (saint) Nick, is a good man and master craftsmen. Why would city leaders restrain 25 equally good, citizen volunteers from doing exactly the same thing?ReplyDeleteReplies
If only city rule allowed for the continuous (pre)historic use, Captain Nick and crew would have built a Sloop Shack by now...Delete
The historical use city shore is local parents and grandparents, teaching their children "the ropes," one on one, not in Loco Parentis.Delete
Our "kids" are now Nick's age with little Navigators of their own. They have been removed from city shore, to be replaced by "docent" surrogates.
Giffy, get your game on...
Such a wonderful story!!ReplyDelete
Go Nick! Turning us all into shipwrights.ReplyDelete
Suggested bumper stickers:
"Make Boats!"
"Punt it!"
"Got Boat?"
Congratulations Nick and kids. You've come a long way and it's good to see thenfruition of all your hard work.ReplyDelete


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Many school board members and other citizens mistakenly believe that union membership is required for all teachers working under a collective bargaining agreement. The truth is that there is no statute that requires teachers to either become union members or pay union dues in the absence of a contractual agreement between a school district and union called the "union security clause."
The union security clause, if included in a collective bargaining agreement, is what forces school employees to pay union dues. School boards who agree to such a clause become union financial enforcers, often by agreeing to fire any employee who fails to pay dues money. This arrangement allows the two major teacher unions, the NEA/MEA and the AFT/MFT, to take over $800 million per year from the country's teachers without their voluntary consent.77
Union security clauses undermine union accountability by forcing teachers to financially support the union whether it has earned their support or not. Employees working under a collective bargaining agreement with a union security clause fit into one of two categories: full union members or "agency fee payers." Agency fee payers are those employees who decline to join the union but are required to pay a "service fee" (or "agency shop fee") to the union for the costs of collective bargaining representation services.
The statute governing union security agreements expressly affirms that dues or service fee payment is not a mandatory condition of employment, but it does not preclude school boards from negotiating a dues or service fee provision if they choose.78 In practice, most school districts require their employees to pay dues or a service fee and provide that the money be involuntarily deducted from the paycheck of any employee who fails to pay.
Dues and service fees in most districts presently average two percent of the negotiated base minimum of each teacher's salary: A teacher with a $30,000 base salary must therefore pay $600 annually in local, state, and national union affiliate dues.
Compulsory unionism for public school employees brought about by union security clauses has had profoundly negative effects on school districts. It has lowered teacher morale and professionalism79 which in turn has hurt student achievement in the classroom. A 1996 study conducted by Harvard professor Caroline Hoxby found that, "Teachers unions increase school inputs but reduce productivity sufficiently to have a negative overall effect on student performance.80" Hoxby also discovered that in addition to having lower student achievement, unionized districts also suffer from higher student dropout rates.81
Currently, every teacher contract in Michigan includes a union security clause whereby the school district agrees to act as the collection agent for union dues. Most districts additionally act as union recordkeepers by transmitting payments to the local union and often separately to state and national affiliates.82 Standard language in over 500 current contracts further provides that
In the event there is a change in the status of the law, so that mandatory deduction from wages pursuant to the paragraph above is prohibited, the employer, at the request of the Association, shall terminate employment of a bargaining unit member that refuses to authorize deduction of the representation benefit fee…. The parties expressly agree that failure of any bargaining unit member to comply with the provisions of this Article is just cause for discharge from employment.
In other words, even if involuntary dues deduction is prohibited by a change in law after the contract is bargained, the school board still agrees to fire any employees failing to pay union dues.
However, dues-paying teachers have constitutionally protected rights to
pay only those costs directly attributable to collective bargaining and negotiations which provide a direct benefit to them;83
object to the amount of agency shop or service fee required; and
have that amount reviewed by an impartial decision maker.84
School districts have an independent responsibility to inform their employees about their rights, but a significant number of current contracts do not mention these rights. More than twenty collective bargaining agreements do not even inform teachers of their right to refrain from becoming full dues-paying union members by choosing instead to pay only an agency shop or service fee.
With few exceptions, those contracts that do advise teachers of the right to object limit teachers' means of protecting those rights. Over 150 collective bargaining agreements contain a standard notification clause as follows:
Pursuant to Chicago Teachers' Union v Hudson, 106 S. Ct. 1066 (1986), the Association has established a "Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures-Administrative Procedures." Those administrative procedures (including the timetable for payment) apply only to non-Association bargaining unit members. The remedies set forth in those procedures shall be exclusive and, unless and until such procedures (including any administrative or judicial review thereof) shall have been availed of and exhausted, no dispute, claim, or complaint by an objecting bargaining unit member concerning the application and interpretation of this article shall be subject to the grievance procedure set forth in this Agreement.
This notification clause requires agency fee payers with dues disputes to exhaust internal union-controlled procedures-procedures established by the very union they are opposing-before the matter can be heard in other administrative or judicial forums. Only a small number of the collective bargaining agreements reviewed even provide the terms of the "Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures."
The May 1998 U. S. Supreme Court decision, Air Line Pilots Association v Miller85, has established that nonunion agency fee payers have the right to settle their dues disputes in the forum of their choosing, regardless of whether or not they have exhausted the internal union-controlled procedures. The Court held that when a union attempts to bind an agency fee payer to a dispute procedure not of his choosing, it frustrates his ability to exercise his constitutional rights and he is therefore free to pursue an impartial decision maker.
The Miller case may have legal implications concerning the validity of teacher contracts that compel exhaustion of a union-controlled dues dispute process. Please see Section 2 on page 42 for a discussion of the Miller decision. Unions also frequently specify narrow time periods during which employees may resign their membership. If an employee were to challenge this practice in court, it would likely be ruled unconstitutional.
Some current collective bargaining agreements mandate that the amount of the service fee paid by agency fee payers be the same as full membership dues. This is in direct violation of U. S. Supreme Court decisions which provide that objecting employees can be forced to pay only those charges directly attributable to collective bargaining.
Unions often negotiate contract provisions that require new (probationary) employees to immediately apply for full union membership-usually within thirty days of their start date-despite the fact that probationary employees receive only limited representation protection. The agreement in at least one district requires this application to be made within the first week of employment. No contracts, however, specify that the application is required at the time the employee ceases to be on probation.
Unions also frequently specify narrow time periods during which employees may resign their membership in favor of becoming agency shop or service fee payers. Unions may also limit the times when they will accept payment of service fees. If an employee were to challenge these practices in court, they would likely be ruled unconstitutional.
Almost every collective bargaining agreement stipulates that dues will be automatically deducted from employees' paychecks from year to year, while those who object to this deduction must renew their objection annually. These provisions have the effect of limiting the number of objectors by making the act of objecting more burdensome.
Although PA 117 of 1994 requires unions to obtain annual consent from individual employees for the deduction of political action committee contributions, unions are unwilling to allow members that same latitude of choice over the dues themselves. Teachers must expressly agree each year to every other payroll deduction, but they are denied that right when it comes to union dues. Conversely, employees must annually notify the union in writing when they wish to be agency shop or service fee payers.
1. School boards should negotiate union security clauses out of their collective bargaining agreements.
The coercive and unfair nature of such clauses negatively affects school employees' morale, productivity, and professionalism and, ultimately, student achievement. Eliminating them would ameliorate these problems and return more money to the paychecks of hardworking teachers. Unions that excel in representing their members will have no difficulty attracting and keeping the voluntary support of those members.
Teachers themselves should explore all their options for representation. Members of unaffiliated independent teacher unions pay dues as low as $40 per year while enjoying the same rates of pay and benefits as those who are required to support state and national affiliates through higher fees. These independent teacher unions typically have the resources to provide the same membership services as the affiliated unions, including liability, legal representation, and professional negotiating.
2. If the school board chooses not to eliminate the union security clause, it should change the agreement to reflect the board's refusal to serve as union collection agent and recordkeeper.
The school funds spent on these functions could be better directed toward education. Districts themselves can also be held liable under the Weaver v University of Cincinnati court decision (discussed in further detail in Section 2 below) for the amount of any dues illegally collected from employees. Some districts' contracts wisely provide that the school board will not be a party to whatever collection action the union may pursue to collect either dues or service fees.86
School boards should uphold the rights of employees and protect themselves from liability by inserting language that protects from termination teachers who fail to pay union fees. Language that accomplishes this is found in a few existing agreements and specifies that "the payment of the service fee is a condition of employment: provided, that the non-payment of the service fee shall not cause the discharge of any teacher.87"
3. If the school board chooses not to eliminate the union security clause, it should ensure that any negotiated contract language affords the maximum constitutional protections to agency fee payers, including not binding them to an unfair, union-dominated dues dispute procedure.
Agency fee payers (nonunion employees) who object to the amount of the service fee they are compelled to pay are entitled to have their objections heard before an impartial decision maker. School boards should protect the rights of agency fee payers by inserting language into the appropriate area of the union security clause as follows:
Pursuant to Chicago Teachers' Union v Hudson, 106 S. Ct. 1066 (1986), public employees who object to the payment of union dues have a right to pay for only direct collective bargaining costs through the payment of an agency or service fee. Objecting fee payers have the right to have their objections heard by an impartial decision maker and to have their fees held in escrow until such dispute is resolved.
The Hudson decision is discussed in Section 2.
4. If the school board chooses not to eliminate the union security clause, it should avoid bargaining contract provisions that needlessly limit or restrict employees' freedom to resign from the union.
The "just cause" standard and the resulting due process proceeding for employee discipline or discharge is a burdensome and time-consuming process for districts that wish to remove ineffective, unproductive, or even criminal teachers from the classroom. Provisions that restrict employee resignation from the union to a limited time period, such as one month out of the year, are constitutionally suspect and susceptible to legal challenge. The MEA represents to its membership that withdrawal of membership and designation for payment of the agency fee can only occur during a narrow window period annually each August. This restriction has not been found to be constitutionally valid.
5. If the school board chooses not to eliminate the union security clause, it should avoid negotiating any language that requires the service fee paid by objecting nonunion employees to be the same as the amount of full union dues.
Such requirements are in direct violation of U. S. Supreme Court decisions that hold that agency fee payers who object can be compelled to pay only those charges directly attributable to collective bargaining representation.


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I have a VPS in the USA running Ubuntu. I want to setup something similar to http://www.usvideo.org Basically, USVIDEO is a DNS service that allows Canadians to access American content like Hulu, Netflix, NBC, and etc (restricted by geographical IP).
Here is how I think USVideo does it:
- Clients (PS3, XBOX, PC) specifies the DNS server(s) as specified on USVIDEO.org's website.
- If the DNS request is a video/audio site such as Netflix or Pandora, forward the request to a proxy. Otherwise, for all other requests, forward it to a different DNS server.
- If the specific video/audio URL is requested, return the address of the proxy server, which in turn relays traffic to the destination video/audio domain via the U.S. gateway so that it appears that the access is coming from a U.S. IP address.
- Once the DNS request has passed the U.S. IP address check, their proxy server steps out of the loop and lets the video streaming site contact you directly to start the video stream. This trick relies on the way that the video streaming sites check the country of your IP address once up front, but don't actually check the country of the destination IP address while the video is streaming.
What is elegant about this solution is that a VPN Tunnel is not required to bypass geographical IP checks from certain websites. All that is required on the client side is to specify the DNS server (the VPS). If a certain site is geographically locked, just forward the traffic to a proxy, and that's it. These sites can be specified in the DNS entries, or perhaps in the proxy service to redirect the DNS request to its own proxy.
I believe what I need to setup something similar is Squid Proxy, IPTables, and DNS. What I need help is how to exactly approach this? Would Squid Proxy be setup as a transparent proxy?


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Appaloosa Branch Library
Wide arrays of environmental designs and products for the Appaloosa Library have been submitted for LEED Gold certification. Formerly used to accommodate overflow parking for Rawhide, most of the site has been restored with native vegetation that includes transplanted cacti and trees salvaged from the old lot. Building materials were selected to reduce the heat island effect, and to make use of locally produced products. Building design includes locations for collecting recyclable materials to minimize garbage that needs to be transported to landfills. Additionally, 93% of construction waste materials were recycled. An interactive flat screen monitor placed in the lobby displays the real-time operation of various systems, including energy consumption and solar energy generation. It can also provide historical trends, as well as generate alarms or alerts under certain conditions.
Developer: City of Scottsdale
Honorable Mention: Flagstaff Courtyard by Marriott
Developer: The Summit Group


text: Over 70 per cent of the path of Israel's so-called "separation" wall runs inside the West Bank's borders [EPA]A poll of Jewish Israelis published last week in Ha'aretz newspaper created headlines round the world with its findings of support among the public for discriminatory policies. Some greeted the survey's results as vindication of claims made by critics of the Jewish state; others pointed to what they said were flaws in the methodology and how the statistics were being presented. There is, however, no need for such a poll in order to reach the conclusion that Israel is guilty of apartheid: The facts speak for themselves. Firstly, a clarification about terminology. To talk about Israeli apartheid is not to suggest a precise equivalence with the policies of the historic regime in South Africa. Rather, apartheid is a crime under international law independent of any comparison (see here, here, here, and here). As former UN Special Rapporteur John Dugard put it in the foreword to my first book: "It is Israel's own version of a system that has been universally condemned." It is impossible to understand this "system" without remembering that its foundations were laid by the ethnic cleansing that took place in the Nakba. With the establishment of Israel in 1948, up to 90 per cent of the Palestinians who would have been inside the new state were expelled, their properties confiscated, and their return prevented. As these refugees were denied citizenship and their right to return ignored, Israel passed legislation to open up the new borders to Jews everywhere. The Cafe - The enemy within? Thus the only reason why Israel, a so-called "liberal democracy", has a Jewish majority at all is because of the forced - and ongoing - physical exclusion of Palestinians from their homes. From 1948 to 1953, 95 per cent of new Jewish communities were established on expelled Palestinians' property. The amount of land belonging to Palestinian refugees expropriated by Israel's "Absentee Property Law" amounts to around 20 per cent of the country's total pre-1967 territory. Rearranging demographics Today, around one in four Palestinians with Israeli citizenship are "present absentees", their homes and land confiscated. By the mid-1970s, the average Arab community inside Israel had lost around 65 to 75 per cent of its land. Since 1948, over 700 Jewish communities have been established inside Israel's pre-67 borders - but only seven for Palestinian citizens (and those in order to concentrate the Bedouin population in the Negev). Over the decades, the Israeli state has sought to "Judaise" areas of the country deemed to have "too high" a number of Palestinian citizens compared to Jews, particularly the Negev and Galilee regions. One strategy in the Galilee was to establish mitzpim (Hebrew: "look out") communities whose goal, according to a Jewish Agency planner, was to "keep Arab villages from attaining territorial continuity and attract a 'strong' population to the Galilee'." Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Bedouin citizens live in dozens of "unrecognised villages", mainly in the Negev (though "non recognition" is not restricted to the south). They suffer from home demolitions and a lack of basic infrastructure. A serious new threat is the Prawer Plan, with planned mass evictions threatening up to 70,000 with forced relocation and the destruction of their villages. This planned ethnic cleansing is driven by the sort of anxiety Shimon Peres expressed to US officials in 2005, when he worried that Israel had "lost" land in the Negev "to the Bedouin" and would need to take steps to "relieve" the "demographic threat". A senior official in the Jewish Agency in 2003 explained a new Judaisation initiative on the grounds that "the birthrate of the Bedouins and Arabs in the Galilee is much faster than the Jewish" and thus "we are quickly losing our majority there". Another element in this regime of ethnic privilege is admissions committees, which operate in around 70 per cent of Israeli towns and permit (or deny) residency on the basis of social "suitability". By "rejecting applications" from Palestinian citizens, the committees "have notoriously been used to exclude Arabs from living in rural Jewish communities" (Human Rights Watch). Their role is now legislated for in around 42 per cent of communities, and those supporting the law were not shy to express their motivations. MK Israel Hasson (from the "centrist" Kadima party) said the law's purpose is to "preserve the ability to realise the Zionist dream in practice", while MK David Rotem (from FM Lieberman's party Yisrael Beiteinu), said Jews and Palestinians should be "separate but equal", affirming that "Israel is a Jewish and democratic state, not a state of all its citizens". Separate but separate Israel's institutionalised racism has serious consequences even for Palestinians' choices about who to marry. In January, the High Court - a forum praised by "liberal" defenders of Israeli apartheid - upheld a law severely restricting Israeli citizens' ability to live with spouses from the West Bank and Gaza. In the majority opinion, Justice Asher Grunis wrote that "human rights are not a prescription for national suicide" - referring to the "demographic" spectre that haunts apartheid regimes. Israel's unwanted citizens Kadima MK Otniel Schneller praised the decision for "articulat[ing] the rationale of separation between the peoples and the need to maintain a Jewish majority and the [Jewish] character of the state", linking this to the formulation "two states for two peoples". Ironically, this slogan of Zionist "moderates" (yes, it's all relative) echoes the rhetoric of Apartheid South Africa's politicians, who warned that "either we must follow the course of equality, which must eventually mean national suicide for the white race, or we must take the course of separation". The room for dissent is limited. In 2007, Israel's internal security agency the Shin Bet stated it would "thwart the activity of any group or individual seeking to harm the Jewish and democratic character of the state of Israel, even if such activity is sanctioned by the law". In 2008, the agency's then-chief told US officials that many of the "Arab-Israeli population" are taking their rights "too far". Israeli law provides for the banning of electoral candidates who deny "the existence of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people", and proposed bills can be rejected on the grounds that they undermine "Israel's existence as the state of the Jewish people". While the Ha'aretz survey shocked some, it should not come as a surprise: Such views often emerge in similar polls. Examples in recent years include over half of Jewish Israelis saying marriage to an Arab is "equal to national treason", 78 per cent of Jewish Israelis opposing Arabs joining the government, 62 per cent of Jewish Israelis encouraging the emigration of Palestinian citizens, and 36 per cent of Jewish Israelis being in favour of revoking the voting rights of non-Jews. Such results are entirely expected when you look at the discourse propagated by Israel's leaders. PM Netanyahu, as finance minister in 2003, described Palestinian citizens as a "demographic problem", while in 2009, the current Housing Minister declared it a "national duty" to "prevent the spread" of Palestinian citizens. In 2010, the chair of the Knesset's "Lobby for Housing Solutions for Young Couples" stated that "it is a national interest to encourage Jews to move to" places where "the Arab population is on the rise". When Ehud Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem, he considered it "a matter of concern when the non-Jewish population rises a lot faster than the Jewish population". The same racist logic is behind the kinds of warnings issued by PM Netanyahu that "illegal infiltrators" - non-Jewish African refugees and migrants - could threaten the country's existence "as a Jewish and democratic state". In other countries, this is the language of the fringe far-Right; In Israel, to discuss the "threat" posted by Palestinian citizens and other non-Jews is routine. Race-based policies And what of Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories, under military rule for 45 years? In Jerusalem, constantly touted by Israel's leaders as the country's "eternal" capital, Palestinian residents in the illegally annexed East face planning restrictions, home demolitions, discrimination in municipal services, and the community-shattering Apartheid Wall. Speaking to BBC's Hardtalk in July 2011, Mayor Barkat openly confirmed that he seeks to maintain a Jewish majority in the city - imagine if the mayors of London, New York or Paris stated that Jewish residents must not rise above a certain proportion. There are over 300,000 Israeli citizens living in West Bank settlements (plus 200,000 in East Jerusalem), a network of colonies among a Palestinian population without citizenship. Palestinians' freedom of movement is controlled by a bureaucratic "permit" system, enforced by some 500 checkpoints and obstacles. The vast majority of the Apartheid Wall, 700km in length and 70 per cent completed or under construction, lies inside the occupied West Bank. The illegality of this de facto annexation was confirmed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in their 2004 advisory opinion. Palestinians denied access to water In 60 per cent of the West Bank ("Area C"), Palestinians must apply for building permits from Israeli occupation forces; yet according to a 2008 UN report, 94 per cent of applications are denied. Building illegally means demolition. In 2011, Israel demolished 620 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank, part of what the EU has called a "forced transfer of the native population". Meanwhile, cranes and diggers are put to work in thriving, illegal, Israeli settlements. Israel also exploits the West Bank's natural resources, such as its "discriminatory" control of water access and usage: Palestinians, over 80 per cent of the population in the West Bank, are restricted to 20 per cent of the water from the main underground aquifer. Human Rights Watch have called Israel's regime in the West Bank a "two-tier system" where Palestinians face "systematic discrimination" (the same terminology they have used to describe policies inside the pre-67 borders as well). The Gaza Strip, home to some 1.7 million Palestinians a majority of whom are refugees, is blockaded by the Israeli military behind perimeter fences and "buffer zones" (including at sea). Restrictions on movement began in the early 1990s, with an intensified siege being implemented in 2006-'07. Until today, Israel blocks almost all exports from the territory, and pursues what it calls a "separation" policy for the purpose of cutting off Gaza from the West Bank. In March, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) described Israel's violations of the right to equality in unprecedented terms. Noting "segregation between Jewish and non-Jewish communities" and a lack of "equal access to land and property" inside Israel's pre-67 borders, CERD found a regime of "de facto segregation" in the West Bank severe enough to prompt a reminder of the "prohibition" of "apartheid". Across the whole of historic Palestine - Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip - the State of Israel rules over around 12 million people whose rights and privileges are determined on a discriminatory basis. Millions more are excluded from the country all together (because they are Palestinian). It is a regime intended to maintain the domination of one group at the expense of another. It is apartheid. Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ben WhiteBen White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. Politics US & Canada Israel South Africa United States


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Asthma is more common these days than it used to be. The good
news is it's also a lot easier to manage and control.
Since more teens have asthma, you're probably used to seeing people take a break from sports to use an inhaler or take a moment after school to test their airflow with a peak flow meter. But even though asthma is a part of so many people's daily lives, there are times when they can feel annoyed or frustrated at having asthma — just as they get annoyed or frustrated by anything else.
Different people have different reactions to the ways that asthma affects their lives. For example, some worry that they might have to avoid all physical activities — even those approved by their doctors — and miss out on fun. Others go to the opposite extreme, denying they have asthma at all and maybe forgetting or refusing to take the medications that can control it. Still others find that asthma is a convenient excuse to get out of chores or gym class.
If you have asthma and don't want it to have control over
you, take control first.
The best tool for controlling asthma is something your doctor gives you called an asthma action plan. Following all the steps described in an action plan allows people with asthma to enjoy daily activities just like everyone else.
Your asthma action plan offers you the best protection against potentially dangerous (not to mention embarrassing) episodes — such as having an asthma attack at a party where people are smoking.
Unfortunately, people may not always stick with their plan for lots of different reasons. Maybe they forget to take medications. Perhaps they don't completely understand why they're supposed to take certain steps or medications. A few might feel embarrassed about checking their airflow or using an inhaler in front of others. And some may mistakenly think they don't need medicine after they start feeling better — putting them at risk for potentially dangerous flare-ups.
Here are some simple steps that can help you get around these common problems:
Using a management plan to deal with asthma is good for more than your health. Getting used to following an asthma action plan can give you the discipline to stick with a plan and succeed in other areas of life as well


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Letter to the Senate urging an override of the President's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6331)
July 16, 2008
Dear Senator:
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA), we urge you to vote to override the President's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6331). This bill will result in much improved access to affordable, high quality medical care and pharmaceutical services in rural and urban areas. Votes associated with this issue may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.
We were pleased that both the House and Senate passed this important legislation, which would:
- Delay for 18 months a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare physician fees scheduled to take effect on July 1 and increase payments by 1.1 percent. Many physicians already turn away Medicare patients because reimbursement rates for some services are so low they do not cover the cost of providing them. In fact, nearly half the medical groups that participate in Medicare are accepting fewer Medicare patients or have stopped accepting them altogether, according to a recent survey conducted by the Medical Group Management Association. Reducing reimbursements even further will increase the number of physicians refusing to treat Medicare patients. In addition, physicians are considering steps such as laying off staff or postponing purchases of needed technology that could compromise the quality of care.
- Protect seniors and disabled citizens from marketing fraud and abuse by salespeople working for private Medicare plans. Specifically, it would ban abusive marketing and sales practices in Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs.
- Expand rural health care programs. In so doing, the bill will improve access to affordable, high quality medical care in underserved areas.
- Reduce copayments for mental health services from 50 percent to 20 percent. Too many Medicare beneficiaries are unable to afford the higher copayments associated with behavioral health treatment for illnesses such as depression and anxiety. NEA recommends reducing the copayments for behavioral health treatment so they are on par with medical services.
- Cut payments to private Medicare Advantage benefit plans, which currently receive payment at a rate 13 percent higher than traditional fee-for-service providers. In doing, so, the bill alleviates the cost of this special deal to taxpayers and beneficiaries.
We are very disappointed that the President has vetoed this bill. We urge Congress to stand by this important legislation by overriding the President's veto.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody, Manager of Federal Advocacy


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HOUSTON – Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear will see a very familiar face when he looks down the sideline on Sunday (9 pm ET; Galavision).
His counterpart this weekend will be Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer, who served as an assistant in Houston under Kinnear from 2006-10. Unsurprisingly, the pair developed a bond that transcends the soccer field.
"I think [our relationship] went past professional in about a week," Spencer told MLSsoccer.com by phone Monday. "He's probably the closest thing I've got to a brother."
When asked about his relationship with Spencer, Kinnear echoed his former protégé's sentiments.
"I think we have a great relationship on and off the field," Kinnear said. "We enjoy each other's company on the bench and anywhere else for that matter."
Kinnear and Spencer worked together to build the Dynamo's early success, highlighted by back-to-back MLS Cup titles in '06 and '07. In addition to the success with the first team, Spencer led the Dynamo reserves to the championship in '08 and, in the process, refined his skills as a game-day decision-maker.
Spencer left the Dynamo in the middle of '10 to take the Portland head coaching position and now has the young expansion club exceeding expectations for its first MLS season. It didn't take Spencer long to credit his time in Houston for the success.
"Dominic definitely helped me with the inner-workings of Major League Soccer off the field, with things like learning how to work with the salary cap," Spencer said. "But the most important thing is the thing the fans don't see, which is the way Dominic works on the field on a day-to-day basis. His management is second to none."
On Sunday, Spencer will lead the Timbers into Robertson stadium, marking his first return to Houston since he took over in Portland. With his feelings towards his former club, it is understandable that Spencer expects the trip to bring up a lot of emotions.
"To be honest, I still feel very strange watching the team play on the field and on television and not being a part of it," Spencer said. "They're the first result I look for every weekend—it's going to be a hard thing for me coming [back]."
Still, despite their relationship, both will be out to lead their club to victory when they meet for the first time as coaching adversaries.
"I was happy for him when he left, but missed him all the same," Kinnear said. "His team's putting together some good results as of late. While we get along great, come Sunday, we'll both want the same thing."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on twitter at @Dynamoexaminer.


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Staying active can help improve your mood during the bitter cold season
With more people feeling down during the bitter cold winter, there are ways to improve your mood.
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"Even if it's just walking to the grocery store or walking to a local deli, they do less of that," said Christopher Martell, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. "So, in that regard, people can become more vulnerable."
Martell said most people are just feeling down, and getting some sun and exercise can help.
When it's this cold, people can get creative by using artificial sunlight at tanning salons such as Inch by Inch or Ultimate Tan.
"Looking at the numbers last year there were probably around 20 people a day, now it seems like 25, 30 people coming in," said one worker at Inch by Inch.
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"It's another freezing day, better actually to make yourself get up, have your breakfast at the regular time as if you would on a beautiful spring day," he said.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum: Skip the line
Visit the popular 9/11 Museum in New York City. Avoid hour-long lines with prebooked tickets. You'll receive a timed ticket of admission for the museum and perhaps you'll also wish to visit the 9-11 Memorial before or after.
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- Admire the 9/11 Memorial with the two reflecting pools formed in the footprints of the original Twin Towers
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The Story of Loss and Recovery
The 9/11 Museum serves to explore the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11's continuing significance.
The memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.
The museum displays monumental artifacts linked to the events of 9/11, while presenting intimate stories of loss, compassion and recovery that are central to telling the story of the 2001 and 1993 attacks and the aftermath. It also explores the global impact of 9/11 and its continuing significance.
The museum also has web-based interactive timelines chronicling the events of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, September 11, 2001 and the nine-month recovery effort at ground zero. The timelines use images, audio and video as well as first-person accounts that are part of the 9/11 Museum's permanent collection.
How does it work?
When you book your tickets, choose a time that suits you, you can book every half hour on the hour. Please arrive at the museum 30 minutes before your time.
How do I get my tickets?
Since the tickets are timed and need to be issued with your name, booking number and time it might take up to 48 hours before you receive the actual e-ticket by email. Just print out your ticket and bring it with you to the 9/11 Museum.
Where is the memorial and the museum located?
The memorial and the museum are located at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Visitors can currently access the Memorial at the intersection of Liberty Street and Greenwich Street, at the intersection of Liberty Street and West Street and at the intersection of West Street and Fulton Street.
How much time should I expect to spend at the memorial and museum?
An average visit takes approximately two hours.
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ROCHESTER — The Division I boys basketball tournament starts in one month, which means the Spaulding High School team is short on time if it wants to figure out how to finish a game against a quality opponent.
Unbeaten Manchester Central offered the Red Raiders a lesson in finishing Tuesday night at the Rochester Community Center. In beating Spaulding, 47-37, the Little Green closed out the contest on a 17-2 run over the final 6:22.
"We were trying to force things and that ended up being turnovers for us," said Spaulding star forward Dominic Paradis of his team's late-game meltdown. "We should have been looking for the best shot. I don't think we were doing that."
Central stayed atop the D-I standings at 12-0, while the Red Raiders had a five-game win streak snapped in slipping to 10-2.
"We had some opportunities in the fourth quarter, but we just didn't take advantage," said Spaulding coach Tim Cronin. "We had that lead, but we just couldn't put them away. And then they got rolling."
Spaulding broke a 30-all tie to start the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Nick MacGregor 30 seconds in, which turned out to be the team's only basket of the frame.
Dominic Paradis followed with two free throws at 6:36 to widen the gap to 35-30.
Central guard Dawson Dickson, who netted a game-high 22 points, drained a 3-pointer of his own — his fifth — to cut the lead to 35-33.
After several empty possessions by both teams, a pivotal point in the game reared its head when Central coach David Wheeler was assessed a technical foul after a Spaulding turnover, and was made to sit in his chair for the remainder of the game.
"Our team responded well to that," Wheeler said. "I was asking another official what the call was and he called a technical foul from the other side of the court. I have no idea what happened."
With just over five minutes to play, the Red Raiders had two foul shots and the ball. Paradis made one and Spaulding promptly turned the ball over.
Central ended the game on a 14-1 run, including 10 of 10 from the foul line over the final 3:55.
From that technical, Spaulding finished the game shooting 0 for 7 from the floor and had five turnovers.
"I thought the defensive intensity went up," Wheeler added. "We pressured the ball a little bit more and got some turnovers. Off the turnovers we got some pretty good looks."
Troy Pelletier, the lone senior in the Little Green lineup, led the finishing surge with eight of his 17 points, including a perfect 6 of 6 from the foul stripe. He had 15 second-half points after netting just two in the first 16 minutes.
Dickson and Pelletier scored 26 of their team's 30 second-half points, and accounted for 39 of their 47.
It was anybody's game for the first three and half quarters in a physical, sometimes contentious game.
Spaulding led 8-7 after the first quarter and the Red Raiders were up 19-17 at the half. It was tied at 30-all after three quarters.
Paradis was the only Red Raider in double figures with 11 points, but he made just one basket. MacGregor added seven points and Anthony Ciccotelli scored six points off the bench in the first half.
"It's definitely disappointing, but we're going to learn from this," Paradis added. "We're going to bounce back next game."
Pelletier guarded Paradis and every time the Red Raider star drove, a second Central player was there for the double team.
"We pinched the dribble," Wheeler added. "We've been practicing that for a couple of days."
Cronin noted that the Red Raiders have a tough stretch coming against top tier teams like Merrimack, Bishop Guertin, Nashua South and Manchester Memorial.
"If we want to go anywhere in the tournament, these are teams that we are going to play," Cronin said. "We've got to do a better job. Offensive execution is a big priority for us."
Spaulding hosts Bedford Friday.
Manchester Central, 47-37
MANCHESTER CENTRAL (47) — Dickson 7-3-22, Pelletier 5-6-17, Hanson 2-0-4, Makris 0-2-2, Guillermo 0-2-2, Plentzas 0-0-0, Madra 0-0-0, Kelly 0-0-0, Duffley 0-0-0. Totals: 14-13-47.
SPAULDING (37) — Paradis 1-9-11, MacGregor 3-0-7, Ciccotelli 3-0-6, Fogg 2-0-5, Connelly 1-1-3, Nevejans 1-1-3, Leahy 1-0-2, Bellio 0-0-0, Gray 0-0-0. Totals: 12-11-37.
Central (12-0) 7 10 13 17 — 47
Spaulding (10-2) 8 11 11 7 — 37
3-pointers: C-6 (Dickson 5, Pelletier); S-2 (MacGregor, Fogg).


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Michelle Obama Visits Grimaldi's, Prefers NYC Pizza to Chicago?
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Grimaldi's in Brooklyn yesterday with her two daughters. The New York Times's City Room blog quotes their server, Ralph Harajda, as saying, "They loved everything," he "I think they said it was better than Chicago pizza."
Of course, the Chicago Tribune had to confirm this, and there they quote Harajda as clarifying his statement: "No, what she said was, 'It's the best pizza, and I'm from Chicago.' She liked the pizza very, very much. They were pleased."
Of course, it's been reported here on Slice that the Obamas' favorite pizza can be found at Italian Fiesta Pizzeria in Chicago. But it seems that Italian Fiesta may be Mrs. O's fave and that the Pres just went along with it. The case could be made that President Obama's favorite pizza is at Pi Pizzeria in St. Louis.
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ratiopharm Ulm competed in the EuroCup last season for the fourth consecutive season and sixth overall. As always, it had new and interesting players ready to stand out, such as Javonte Green and Dwayne Evans. Ulm won four of its five regular season home games and captured a road win against Germani Brescia Leonessa to qualify fourth in its group with a 5-5 record. Once in the Top 16, Ulm opened with a home win against Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt, but three consecutive losses prevented the German powerhouse from reaching the playoffs. An early exit in the German Cup - against Skyliners in the Round of 16 in early October - left Ulm to focus on both the EuroCup and the German League. Ulm was sixth in the German League regular season with a 22-14 record and returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence, but lost to ALBA Berlin in the quarterfinals. Ulm knows the EuroCup better than most and will try to take advantage of that to challenge for even better results.
ratiopharm Ulm has emerged as one of Germany's best-known clubs across Europe as it prepares for its fifth straight EuroCup campaign. Ulm is not the first elite basketball team in the city; predecessor SSV Ulm 1846 was competitive for decades and won the German Cup in 1996. SSV folded in 2001 and ratiopharm Ulm was founded right away. Thomas Stoll and Andreas Oettel bought SSV's license to start competing in the German second division. The team, which has always been sponsored by pharmaceutical giant ratiopharm, was promoted to the German elite in 2006 after a 29-1 season. By 2008, Ulm made it to the German League playoffs. Robin Benzing became its signature player in 2009-10, but Ulm finished in the bottom half of the league. Everything changed for the better when Coach Thorsten Leibenath and center John Bryant came together and took Ulm to a second-place finish in the 2011-12 regular season. Ulm swept New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig and s.Oliver Baskets Wurzburg in the playoffs to reach the finals against Brose Baskets. Alas, the fairytale run finished with Bamberg winning the title. Ulm enjoyed a great EuroCup debut season, in which it reached the quarterfinals and also the German League semifinals and German Cup final. Bryant was chosen to the 2012-13 All-EuroCup First Team, too. The club returned to the elimination rounds in the 2013-14 EuroCup before losing to Hapoel Jerusalem in the eighthfinals on point difference. Ulm reached the German League semifinals in the 2014-15 season and advanced past the regular season in the EuroCup in both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns. After reaching the 2016 German League finals, Ulm's 30-2 record the following season saw it finish the German League regular season in first place for the first time before falling 3-2 to EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the playoff semifinals. After missing the German League playoffs and the EuroCup Top 16 in 2018, Ulm bounced back last season. The team collected eight wins in the EuroCup and was one victory away from reaching the playoffs. Ulm returned to the German playoffs, but ALBA Berlin stood in its way in the quarterfinals. This season Ulm starts a new era with head coach Jaka Lakovic, who replaces Thorsten Liebenath after eight seasons leading the club, and will be eager for be competitive from the start.


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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KTLA) — A judge found true on Monday that a 12-year-old boy committed second-degree murder when he shot and killed his white supremacist father.
32-year-old Jeff Hall, a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement, was shot at point-blank range with a .357 Magnum while he slept on the couch in May 2011.
His son, who was 10 at the time, confessed to the murder on videotape.
Prosecutors argued that the boy shot his father to keep him from leaving his step-mother.
They said that the boy's violent tendencies went back to kindergarten, when he stabbed a teacher with a pencil.
The prosecution's case was bolstered by the boy's younger sister, who testified that he told her he was planning to shoot Hall days in advance.
The defense maintained that the boy grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive environment, where he learned that violence and killing were acceptable.
Riverside Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard had to determine whether the boy knew what he was doing and if it was premeditated.
In juvenile court, there is not a "guilty" or "not guilty," but instead findings of "true" or "not true."
In issuing her finding in the case, Leonard acknowledged the boy's history of abuse and neglect, but said, "This was not a naive boy."
Leonard said that the child "knew what he was doing was wrong at the time of the crime," citing statements he made in the first 24 hours after the shooting, before getting an attorney.
Sentencing in the case is scheduled for February 15. The boy, who was tried as a juvenile, faces up to 11 years in juvenile detention. His attorney says he plans to appeal.


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20 Years Later: The Best of Nas' "Illmatic" with Miss Info
The year was 1994 and the rap scene was in the middle of a full transformation when Nas' debut album, Illmatic, came across the desk of The Source Magazine's intern, Minya Oh. The young intern, better known these days as Miss Info, was assigned to review the album and immediately after hearing it, crowned the album with the prestigious honor of 5 Mics.
Speaking of the iconic album, Miss Info states "Illmatic represents the best that hip-hop can be, alongside one of the best judgments I ever had the honor to make, and all the special memories of a wide-eyed, un-jaded time in New York City life." Twenty years later, in celebration of the album's anniversary and re-lease, Illmatic XX, Complex Magazine and Miss Info take a trip back down memory lane to share some of her most memorable moments from Illmatic.