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Report: players, owners holding make-or-break meeting on Tuesday?
Monday's smaller scale labor meeting adjourned shortly before 4:00 PM EST after a session that lasted 4.5 hours. David Stern and Adam Silver said that Monday's meeting was to "set the table for (Tuesday's) meeting."
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: To quote the MJ bio flick: 'This Is It'.
NBA players and owners are meeting on Tuesday to discuss a solution to the now three month lockout which has brought the business of basketball to a halt.
Apparently, the players are bringing in the big guns. Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, and Amar'e Stoudemire are expected to attend.
While the owners are talking tough, with Commissioner Stern saying the players need to make further concessions with respect to Basketball Related Income and system issues like the hard cap.
Bottom line: it should be interesting.
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NLT Study Bibles For SaleThe Bible, God's Holy word, is the number one best seller of all time. The New Living Translation is a easily readable form of modern English. It started out as an effort to revise The Living Bible, but the project evolved into a new English translation from available texts in the original languages. Some stylistic influences of The Living Bible do remain.
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Kurt Nimmo
February 15, 2011
Now that establishment Republicans have managed to steer the Tea Party into the political Borg Hive and run off the real patriots, it is time to get the neocon total war agenda back on track.
Rep. Michele Bachmann: Just another tool for the neocon mass murder agenda.
Minnesota's Michele Bachmann, like Alaska's Sarah Palin, likes to pretend she is at the center of the Tea Party movement. She talks loud and long about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Last week Bachmann voted for an extension of the Constitution-busting PATRIOT Act.
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"Today I voted for a temporary extension of three legal authorities in the Patriot Act," Bachmann wrote on her Facebook on February 8. "This vote was not for a full reauthorization of the Patriot Act. As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I look forward to briefings and reports from our intelligence community that will help us develop longer term solutions as we protect our nation against international terrorism."
"Today's vote was for a ten-month extension of three provisions that would have expired later this month," she posted on her House page. "These provisions maintain the flexibility that our intelligence community needs to monitor terror suspects and protect our country against international terrorism. As a mother of five and a foster mother to 23 children, I voted for these authorities so that our laws keep pace with the evolving threats posed by terrorists."
As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, it is fair to assume Ms. Bachmann is a tool for the CIA and the Pentagon and buys into their phony war on manufactured terror.
But then she always was a dupe for the neocons. Michelle Bachmann was so enamored with the war criminal George W. Bush, she felt compelled to hug and kiss him after his State of the Dis-functional Union teleprompter speech a few years ago.
Bachmann kisses war criminal and neocon tool George Bush.
The Bachmann-Palin neocons in Tea Party camouflage are going to take us down the same road as Bush – the same road followed unswervingly by Obama.
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The globalist puppet masters need world war in order to sell their snake oil of globalist government and a return of serfdom to the masses.
Bachmann is on the Order Out o Chaos gang's team.
The question is… does she even realize it?
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With a highly charged presidential election and several closely fought questions on the ballot, nearly twice as many Marylanders voted early this year than in 2010. And with long lines and waits at several early voting centers, lawmakers are talking about opening more in 2014.
At the close of the polls Friday night, 430,573 Marylanders – 11.65 percent of eligible voters – had cast ballots through five days of early voting. That was nearly double the six-day standard of 219,601 set in the gubernatorial election of 2010, the state's first experience with early voting.
Del. Sandy Rosenberg, a Baltimore Democrat, says he will file legislation to open more centers and extend early voting through the Sunday before Election Day.
State Sen. James Rosapepe, a College Park Democrat, plans a bill that would allow elections officials to open as many centers as needed to keep wait times down to 15 minutes or less.
"Democracy delayed is democracy denied," Rosapepe said in a statement. "I've heard repeated complaints from my constituents about the long lines and waiting times of over two hours to vote at the small number of early voting locations available across the state."
The state opened 46 early voting centers, including at least one in every county.
"Voters, Democrats as well as Republicans and Independents, want the opportunity to exercise their right to vote without unjustified delays," Rosapepe said. "Clearly some of the delays were caused by the hurricane, but not all of them."
Early voting had been scheduled to run from Saturday through Thursday. As Hurricane Sandy approached, Gov. Martin O'Malley ordered voting centers to close on Monday and Tuesday. But he later added another voting day on Friday, and extended hours at the polls.
Elections officials say adding more days would not be possible because poll workers need time to transition to the regular Election Day vote next Tuesday.
The last day of early voting was also the busiest: 107,385 voters cast their ballots on Friday.
Turnout was steady throughout the early vote. The weakest day – 55,947 on Sunday, with the storm bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard – was stronger than the strongest day in 2010.
Marylanders are casting ballots not only for president but also on same-sex marriage, in-state tuition breaks for students brought to the United States illegally as children, an expansion of casino gambling, a new congressional map and other issues.
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Places Discussed
(Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature)
New Orleans
The Louisiana city in which the Kowalskis live adds to the tensions inside the apartment. New Orleans just after World War II but before air-conditioning was a hot and humid place to live. Windows had to be kept open, which adds to the noise and sense of overcrowding in the Kowalski apartment. The apartment is in the French Quarter, known for incessant activity day and night. Noises of all sorts, from trains to cats to prostitutes to street vendors, constantly intrude upon the tiny space. Rowdy neighbors, also with their windows open, increase the sense of invaded privacy. Furthermore, music and vulgar merrymaking emanate from neighborhood bars. Indeed, the life outside is so much a part of the life inside that Tennessee Williams calls for a transparent wall so that outside images and activities may be seen through the apartment wall at crucial moments. Stanley, whom Williams describes as a "richly feathered male bird . . . a gaudy seed bearer," loves the turbulence, and he contributes to it at every opportunity. Blanche, the essence of cultured southern womanhood, is flabbergasted by the endless clamor of New Orleans. Stella, the bridge between the two, is caught between her attraction to the crude and exciting vigor of Stanley and his New Orleans and her loyalty to Blanche and her background of old South gentility.
Kowalski Apartment
The entire action of the play takes place in and around the apartment of Stella and Stanley Kowalski, recent newlyweds. The two are from opposite backgrounds. Stanley is a working-class former army sergeant, who now works for a tool supply company. Stella is from Laurel, Mississippi, where her family for generations owned a large plantation outside town. The days of family wealth have gone, hence Stella's journey to New Orleans to seek her fortune, where she meets and falls in love with Stanley, a man with little income.
Located ironically on a street called Elysium Fields (heaven), the apartment consists of a small kitchen area, a small bedroom area, and a bath. It is located near the railroad tracks in a poor section of the French Quarter. Blanche Dubois, Stella's older sister, comes for a visit and is given a daybed in the kitchen. A curtain is hung between the kitchen and the bedroom area. All three must use the same bath. When it becomes obvious that Blanche's visit will be a long one, tensions erupt, especially over the space occupied by Blanche's luggage, which symbolizes to Stanley Blanche's superior attitude to people with a less privileged background. To worsen matters, Blanche is addicted to taking long baths, especially as an escape when Stanley is at home, much to Stanley's emotional displeasure and genuine physical discomfort.
Desire Street
New Orleans in all its earthiness and quirkiness is so much a motivator in the play that the work's very title comes from a streetcar that ran along Desire Street. Williams also uses two other actual place names when he has Blanche say she was told to "take a streetcar named Desire, transfer to one called Cemeteries and get off on Elysian Fields." This reciting of place names ironically contains the whole story of the play. It is the city of New Orleans, however, with its French Quarter's permissive attitude, that drives Blanche and Stanley to the cultural war that ends in sexual brutality and tragedy.
Belle Reve
Blanche and Stella grew up at Belle Reve, a lovely, graceful antebellum plantation, fronted with white columns, whose name means "beautiful dream." Located outside Laurel, Mississippi, it is the antithesis of the brawling, urban French Quarter. The two places serve as emblems of the irreconcilable and tragic conflict between Stanley and Blanche. Blanche comes to tragedy because she cannot give up "Belle Reve," and Stella contributes to Blanche's agony because she chooses Stanley's New Orleans over Belle Reve.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
In this Centennial Year, we invited students to share a photo that best represented CAFES or demonstrated what CAFES meant to them.
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The winners were announced at the Annual CAFES Awards Banquet on Wednesday, April 24th.
This picture is the school's first foal of the year, just moments after she was born. To me, it symbolizes new experiences and the awe of new life.
I chose this photo to represent CAFES for one because it represents agriculture being a production animal, which many of the programs are involved with. This photo also represents us students, as we may be looking back on our pasts, but we are moving forward into our futures through this college and not letting anything stop us from reaching our goals.
I chose this photo to represent CAFES because it shows the little things that are taken for granted from the outside population, that a majority of students are going to school for. We work hard as CAFES student to grow, amek, and produce things needed for people to survive. It's nice to appreciate the little things that take years to learn about, grow, and sell to consumers who do not always appreciate those things.
I chose this photo because my education in CAFES is preparing me to go further with my dreams than I had expected. This is a photo from the 2013 Destination service-learning trip to Moab, Utah. My friends and I who have taken classes within CAFES were especially prepared to share knowledge of plants, restoration, wildlife, wildfire, and then environment that enriched our experience even more.
$100 for 1st place
$50 for 2nd place
$25 for 3rd place
Judges decisions are final.
Paul Kivlin
Paul is currently a Nutrient Management Specialist with UW-Extension but a professional photographer in a former life. His images have appeared in science and natural history publications and he continues to exhibit and sell his work at various art shows, including the Phipps Gallery and their Healing Arts Program.
Justin Luther
Justin is an Assistant Professor of Animal Science in CAFES and a 2000 Agricultural Education graduate of UW-River Falls. His area of interest is reproductive physiology. He spends a significant amount of time traveling in the Midwest region sharing his expertise in artificial insemination with producers, and his livestock judging skills with youth programs and county fairs.


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Wheew! You just finished your first film (or script.) It was a lot of work and you're proud of your new baby, but what now. We might expect our feature to appear at the AMC with twinkling lights; we might expect that an A list star, one who has the power to get a film made like Johnny Depp, will be calling to do our script.
Well many filmmakers/ writers are under the false impression that by entering a lot of festivals they can get their film magically sold. The fact is only a small percent of films at the film festival find distribution and even with distribution, there's no guarantee that your film will see theatrical release. There's also a limited number of festivals for screenwriters to showcase their wares and really get someplace with that script. We only hear about the big ones that sell just because they are so few and far between. I mean, when was the last time you heard about a film going to Sundance and languishing there? True, getting there is half the game, but it's only HALF.
It's important, therefore, to have a producer's rep, one who has long standing relationships in the industry, to pull execs into your screening or to get the A listers to read your material. There are only a few good producer's representatives around and Page Ostrow of Ostrow and Company is one of them.
Working as an assistant director in Hollywood North (Toronto), Page's talent was quickly identified and, because she speaks a number of languages, was asked to sell world territories for distinguished distributors like Graham King. It was a time when presales of films were plentiful. ( In fact, sometimes 90% of the film budget would be provided by such sales. Sadly, this is no longer. ) Realizing that Independent Films needed help, Page saw an opening, a job that, before that time, had not existed, that of Producer's Representative. "Unlike good wine, films do not age well with time. If you're not selling the same year your released, it's more difficult to sell."
She tells of one film Juvies, a Mark Walberg film about youngsters in the criminal system, which made the rounds for two years. The producers, themselves, had brought it several times to HBO, but the subject matter made it a difficult sale. Page, however, had a great relationship with HBO and favors films with a social meaning. She called in some favors and within a few weeks the film had a deal that far exceeded the expectations of the filmmakers. "Even if the distributors or networks aren't crazy about one film that I represent, they know that I have other films they do want. So I have the leverage to make a deal whereas the filmmakers might not."
Checking her site, I found that Ostrow and Company has films playing on every network and all over the world. Her success rate is phenomenal and for that reason, she is worth every penny of the retainer that she charges.
"It's a lot of work to prepare some of these films and many filmmakers forget to dot their I and cross their t's. They don't get proper releases from their actors or music. They can't properly deliver their film. Sometimes there are just too many cooks in the kitchen. They have great ideas but can't understand what their film is worth. We might make a deal and the film maker becomes greedy and demands far more than the film demands. Other times, the filmmakers are just not professional and don't make themselves available. I worked very hard on one film deal only to have the producers not return my calls. The deal was a 48 hour window and so the contract was lost.
"Many people feel that because they are creatives and starving artists they shouldn't have to pay anything for the privilege, but unless we charge an upfront fee, we end up working for nothing in cases where, as above, the filmmaker doesn't have his film ready for show. Sometimes, the filmmaker can be unrealistic in their expectations and will refuse to make the deal that we have found for them. " The later event is usually sorted out with the first consultation.
In every case described, Page was able to get the filmmakers more than they expected and quicker because "I know most of the Hollywood execs. I have relationships with them and know their families. They expect only the best from me. Distributors are out for themselves and will not always get the filmmaker the best deals. We are out for the filmmaker and make sure that they are paid what they deserve. We are great at collecting the monies owed.
"A lot of filmmakers forget to include P and A (print and advertising) in their budget. This is a big mistake. It is no longer a trend for distributors to pay this. You, the producer, have to plan on marketing fees for your own film. The fee for a producer's representative comes out of this budget."
You get what you pay for, however, and if you want one of Page's trainees to handle your work, it will cost you less than if you ask her. Retainers go from $5,000 to $15,000 (payment plans taken) depending on who you want. For all the work they must do, this comes out to less than $2/hour!! This fee, however, buys their help for the life of the movie. A lot of people have now copied Ostrow and Company's style, but unlike some producer's reps who will only guarantee you a year or so, or who might even, themselves, go out of business before the license on your film is expired, Ostrow and Company is there for the long haul. Once one license goes out, Page and her company works to find another home for the film shortly after.
The company will also read screenplays and can, at times, find you funding or an A list star interested. The initial consultation of $325 gives you not only their reading and their notes, but an hour interview with Page, herself, as she guides you in the right direction for your film. They can also find funding for films stuck in post production.
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Slight Breeze Shatters Ken Griffey Jr.'s Femur
CINCINNATIAlthough Ken Griffey Jr. had nearly recovered from a broken hand sustained while playing with his children in December, his rehabilitation came to a sudden halt yesterday when a gentle 2 mph breeze wafted across his leg, shattering his femur in three places. "I knew it was broken right when that breeze hit me," said Griffey, who was walking from his sports therapist's office to his car in order to drive to his daughter's piano recital at the time of the injury. "These things just happen. If I would have known a breeze like that was coming, I never would have left the house." Reds manager Jerry Narron has stated that, upon Griffey's return to the Reds, he will be fitted with a personalized protective bubble to be worn for the remainder of the season.


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Enjoy high-quality audio and video--as well as advanced network functions--with the AVR-1613 Integrated Network AV Receiver from Denon. Using this 5.1-channel home theater receiver, you can listen to Internet radio or play music from your iTunes library on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or computer. A built-in decoder supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio formats, while an intuitive graphical user interface makes the receiver easy to operate.
Powerful, theater-quality surround sound for Blu-Ray, 3D, game consoles, internet radio, and more.
Receiver operates as a music server and is compatible with SiriusXM Radio, Pandora, and Apple's AirPlay.
Network functions to play Internet radio or digital music files
Wireless streaming of your iTunes music with Apple's AirPlay technology
Decoder supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio formats
Five HDMI inputs including one on the front to connect mobile devices
Built-in Audyssey technologies tailor audio to environment
Front panel USB input offers direct digital play for iPod, iPhone, iPad, and USB drives
Intuitive GUI with large, legible characters and Setup Assistant
Vibration-resistant design for improved sound quality
Two-year warranty (One-year warranty on Refurbished model)
Ethernet and five HDMI inputs for added connectivity.
Five discrete channels.
The AVR-1613 Integrated Network AV Receiver allows you to enjoy not only powerful surround sound through a 5.1-channel home theater system, but also a variety of advanced network capabilities, like listening to Internet radio and playing music files stored on your PC.
The AVR-1613 supports services like SiriusXM Internet Radio, Pandora, and Flickr as well as Apple's AirPlay technology, allowing you to listen to music content from the iTunes library on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, PC, or Mac. The receiver is DLNA 1.5 certified and compatible with PCs running Microsoft Windows 7.
Each of the AVR-1613's five 75-watt channels is powered by its own discrete circuit. This allows the receiver to reproduce original sound more faithfully than conventional models, which use integrated circuits.
The AVR-1613 supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio decoding for Blu-ray.
The AVR-1613 features 3D pass-through technology. By connecting a 3D Blu-ray disc player and a 3D TV to the receiver, you can have a 3D home theater system with exceptional high-definition sound and video.
This receiver features a simple and straight design concept implemented in the signal paths to contribute to optimal audio and video playback. The signal paths are as short as possible to keep degradation to a minimum.
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Setup Assistant guides you through the initial setup.
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The AVR-1613 features a full package of Audyssey audio technologies for optimal sound quality. Audyssey Dynamic Volume offers real-time volume adjustment, while Audyssey DynamicEQ improves your system's surround effects during low volume levels. Audyssey MultEQ automatically sets speakers to suit your room's listening environment and the speakers' characteristics.
The AVR-1613 receiver offers an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) with large, easy-to-read characters. The new "Setup Assistant" prompts you through the initial setup, making it a breeze. Using any of four quick-select buttons, you can preset volume level and surround mode for the sources you most frequently use, so they're ready to play each time with the press of a button. The receiver comes with a simple remote control that runs on two AAA batteries (included).
The receiver measures 5-15/16 by 17-3/32 by 12-61/64 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 18 pounds, 1 ounce.
The AVR-1613 Integrated Network AV Receiver is backed by a two-year warranty, subject to the full warranty terms and conditions. (One-year warranty on Refurbished model)
The AVR-1613 features five HDMI inputs, including one on the front, to easily connect mobile devices like a camcorder or tablet and immediately enjoy videos, photos, and music.
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'Nashville' TV Show 2012 Commercial – What's the Song?
With a name like 'Nashville,' ABC's new fall drama about the country music industry in Music City is expected to have an awesome soundtrack. And a new promo leading up to the show's debut didn't let us down. Can you name the song — from a Tennessee-based group, of course — that's playing in the background of the new 'Nashville' commercial?
If you're a fan of the Civil Wars, you probably recognized the award-winning duo's tune, 'If I Didn't Know Better,' playing as the soundtrack to the 30-second teaser promo. And might we add that the haunting song about falling for a lover (even when you know better) looks like the perfect companion to this drama-packed new series.
In 'Nashville,' Connie Britton (of former 'Friday Night Lights' fame) portrays Rayna James, a 40-something mother who is being forced to work with Juliette Barnes, a younger up-and-coming singer played by Hayden Panettiere (who previously starred on 'Heroes'). The tension between Jaynes and Barnes is not just music-related, though. 'Nashville' will show viewers the complexities of how women compete, especially in show business.
Following a big sweep at the Grammys in early 2012, the country-tinged and endlessly popular Civil Wars are on a short break while singer Joy Williams takes time to bond with her new baby, who was born in June 2012.
'Nashville' premieres on ABC on Oct. 10 at 10PM ET.
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Trade deadline winners and losers
It didn't happen on deadline day, but Jake Peavy to Boston was the biggest deal of the summer. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
After all of that buildup, the final hours before the July 31 trading deadline were underwhelming, to say the least. Only four trades went down, two of which were little more than footnotes.
As noted in our live blog, that's down from 12 deadline deals last year, 10 in 2011, 14 in 2010 and eight in 2009. Expanding the scope of consideration to cover the final week before Wednesday's deadline, only 12 deals went down.
In short, the trade deadline ain't what it used to be, due to the addition of the second wild card in each league, changes in the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement, and increasing traction of analytical methods in front offices. Though it amounts to no more than a coin-flip game, the second wild-card slot convinces mediocre teams they at least have a chance of going to the postseason, and therefore shouldn't sell or do anything that's perceived as waving the white flag. The CBA adopted in the winter of 2011 changed free agent compensation rules such that players traded in the final year of their contracts no longer yield draft picks to the teams they leave behind. The more analytical bent of front offices has led teams to focus on retaining their (mostly) home-grown young players via long-term extensions instead of building through free agency, which is increasingly seen as a sucker's bet. As such, teams are placing increasingly higher values on prospects and players under club control.
Thus, when it comes time to make a deal July 31, where before a team might aggressively trade away a passel of prospects for a bat, a starter and a reliever knowing that at least some of those players might net supplementary first-round picks even if they don't help win a championship, teams realize a typical addition may not mean more than an additional win or two over the final third of a season. Such a trade might have an impact for a sure-fire contender with a legitimate chance at a division title but may only bump up the chances of a longshot getting to play a single extra game by only a few percentage points. When weighed rationally against the savings to be had by holding onto a player for the remainder of his club-controlled years, that simply may not make sense.
With all that in mind, here's a look at this year's winners and losers, with an eye not just on what happened Wednesday, but what happened this entire month, since new CBA rules that put limits on international signing bonuses also made them tradeable commodities as of the July 2 signing date, leading some teams to open for business early.
Teams who got their shopping done early
Forget waiting until the last minute. As far as the best starting pitchers on the market went, the Dodgers traded for Ricky Nolasco on July 6. They've since gotten four starts with a 3.13 ERA, four starts that might have been made by Mat Magill, Ted Lilly or some other replacement-level stiff. The Rangers traded for Matt Garza on July 22 and he's given them two strong turns that would have been taken by something on the order of their organization's 10th best starter given all of their injuries. Alfonso Soriano, acquired by the Yankees last Friday, bolstered a wheezing offense with a huge four-hit game Sunday, including the game-winning hit.
CORCORAN: Jake Peavy trade immediately solidifies Red Sox rotation
By moving early, not only did those teams get some of the few impact players who moved this month, they raised the prices on the remaining alternatives to the point they became prohibitive in some cases. No doubt even the teams that got their relievers Monday (Rays, Tigers and Braves) or participated in Tuesday's three-way swap (Red Sox, White Sox and Tigers) spared their general managers some last-minute anxiety.
Teams who have filled needs from within
At the moment, nine players from the Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects list — the Cardinals' Shelby Miller and Trevor Rosenthal, the Pirates' Gerrit Cole, the Rays' Wil Myers and Chris Archer, the Braves' Julio Teheran, the Reds' Tony Cingrani, the Dodgers' Yasiel Puig, and the Rangers' Martin Perez — are rookies playing key roles on contending teams. Before the year is out, the Rangers' Jurickson Profar, the Orioles' Kevin Gausman and the Diamondbacks' Tyler Skaggs may sharpen their games and do so as well. It's not as though rookies helping out contenders is a foreign concept, or that those guys would have all been trade fodder in years past, but with the exception that latter trio, the success of each aforementioned player prevented their teams from needing to fill gaps from outside the organization — many of those gaps created by injuries to players such as Chris Carpenter, Alex Cobb, Johnny Cueto, Matt Harrison, Matt Kemp and James McDonald. With the free agent market drying up and restrictions placed on amateur talent acquisition, prospects have more value than ever. Blocking them with aging veterans or squandering them for rent-a-players makes no sense. Let them play.
Boston Red Sox
They needed rotation help, they were never all that heavily involved with Garza or Nolasco. They found the Phillies' asking price for Cliff Lee to be exorbitant, potentially costing them at least Xander Bogaerts or Jackie Bradley Jr., not to mention some $70 million in future salary commitments. They wouldn't bite, and Tuesday night did very well to acquire Jake Peavy. With one 30-start season since the start of 2008, durability isn't his strong suit, but the skills are still there, and to get him — and a low-end reliever, Brayan Villareal — they sold especially high on slick-fielding shortstop Jose Iglesias, who won't ever replicate that torrid 165-PA run (.403/.455/.517) in his career. They're not likely to miss any of the three other prospects they parted with, either. The pitchers who have patched the rotation beyond their current front four and the injured Clay Buchholz have delivered a 5.63 ERA across 16 starts. Peavy is a significant upgrade on that, one who could be the difference between a division title and a wild-card game.
Chicago Cubs
By my count, the Cubs have made eight trades this month, shedding Jim Hendry-era relics Soriano and Carlos Marmol, adding almost a million dollars in international bonus money in hopes of signing top international prospect Eloy Jimenez (though that deal remains unconsummated) and getting an impressive five-player haul for Matt Garza. They've saved some money and added talent, though they didn't gain as much of either as they might have had they moved Nate Schierholtz, David DeJesus or both.
Baltimore Orioles
If they didn't get the bat they needed to fill their DH slot, they didn't overpay, either, and throughout the month, they managed to add a fair bit of pitching in the form of Bud Norris, Francisco Rodriguez and Scott Feldman. None of them is a game-changing move, but all of them fit into general manager Dan Duquette's aggressive buy-in-bulk philosophy. All are inexpensive and Norris still has two years of club control remaining. There's reason to be concerned about the impact of Norris' flyball tendency in Camden Yards and the AL East in general, but his track record of missing bats (8.4 strikeouts per nine in his career, though just 6.4 per nine this year) is better than any of the current O's starters, and he buys time for the likes of Gausman and Zach Britton to find their footing. They didn't give up a whole lot in struggling pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop (for Feldman), infielder Nick Delmonico (for Rodriguez), outfielder L.J. Hoes (for Norris), A-ball lefty Josh Hader and a competitive balance draft pick, which means they still have Gausman, Dylan Bundy and Jonathan Schoop -- their three top 100 prospects coming into the year.
Teams looking for position players
It says something that Soriano was the closest thing to an impact bat dealt this entire month, though someday the Cubs' Mike Olt and the White Sox Avasail Garcia may hit in the middle of their respective lineups. For all of the rumor-milling, Marlon Byrd, DeJesus, Raul Ibanez, Kendry Morales, Justin Morneau, Mike Morse, Alexei Ramirez, Alex Rios, Carlos Ruiz, Schierholtz, Chase Utley, Michael Young and so many others all stayed put, perhaps because the perception of scarcity drove asking prices into the stratosphere. Meanwhile, the position players with major league experience who changed hands on Wednesday amounted to Hoes (0-for-4 in the majors for his career), Astro-turned-Royal Justin Maxwell (.222/.311/.419 career) and the offensively inept Twin-turned-Dodger Drew Butera (.182/.230/.263, bad enough to be the second-worst hitter of the past 20 years). The moral of the story is to build your lineup over the winter, because the midseason trade market is a lousy place to find a middle-of-the-order bat or anything more than a patch — and good luck getting that for a reasonable price.
Arizona Diamondbacks
No deadline day deal was as big a puzzle as the one that sent Ian Kennedy to the Padres for lefty reliever Joe Thatcher, Double-A righty reliever Matt Stites, and a compensation pick. With a 5.23 ERA (and 4.57 FIP), Kennedy is having a lousy year, but he was a rotation stud for the team from 2010-2012, averaging 208 innings with a 3.55 ERA (115 ERA+) and 8.0 strikeouts per nine, and placing fourth in the NL Cy Young balloting in the middle year while helping the team win the NL West. He's making just $4.265 million, with two more years of club control and despite the prospect of his delivering more than 450 future above-average innings for the team, they valued the 50 or so Thatcher might give them before he reaches free agency — as well as the other two prospects — more highly. That makes very little sense even if it's part of the cultural purge that swept through the team this past winter. This is a pitcher who at worst is on a tier with Nolasco and Garza, minus the pending free agency.
While the Snakes may use the excuse that they have Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy on the way back from the disabled list, both of those pitchers have similar ERAs (4.66 for Cahill, 5.00 for McCarthy) without missing nearly as many bats, and neither is as durable. Even with Skagg and Archie Bradley as coming prospects, they already have abundant proof in the former's rough introduction to the majors that the transition to readiness isn't automatic. Beyond that, while Thatcher may help, this is a team whose late-game righties — J.J. Putz, Heath Bell, David Hernandez and Brad Ziegler — screamed for an immediate upgrade or two, and whose entire outfield has hit a cumulative .256/.317/.383, with all five principals slugging .411 or below while playing in a hitters' park. In short, general manager Kevin Towers missed a golden opportunity to improve a contending team that's just 24-28 over the past two months.
Philadelphia Phillies
They had some of the market's most tradeable commodities in pending free agents Ruiz, Utley and Young, a worn-down farm system, the game's third-highest payroll ($159.6 million) and a 1.2 percent chance of making the playoffs given their 48-56 record and −74 run differential — and yet Ruben Amaro Jr. stood pat even after losing both Ryan Howard and Ben Revere for extended lengths of time. Some of it was understandable. Utley, Young, and Lee all have partial or full no-trade clauses, and the latter has $70 million remaining on his deal. But mostly, Amaro waited too long to confront the reality that the Phils aren't contenders, let sentiment prevent him from making tough calls, and overvalued an expensive closer (Jonathan Papelbon) who sounds as though he'd rather be elsewhere. Maybe the Phils get something done during the waiver period given the salaries Papelbon and Young are carrying, and maybe they sign Utley to a reasonable extension that lets him retire a Phillie, but the bottom line is they did nothing to improve their team this month, and they're the worse for it.
Seattle Mariners
After the Phillies, no team had more attractive pieces to be dealt than the Mariners, who had corner bats galore in Ibanez, Morales and Morse, plus back-end starter Joe Saunders and lefty reliever Oliver Perez. All will be free agents at the end of the year, and none will be worth a qualifying offer to net a draft pick. Yet until the last 24 hours before the deadline, it didn't sound as though general manager Jack Zduriencik had any intention of moving anybody. And on Wednesday, only discussions with the Orioles over Morse and Perez rose above the din. With a 15-9 record this month, Jack Z didn't want to break up the band, but he's deluded if he thinks even a .500 finish is valuable enough to supersede the ongoing youth movement.
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The smackdown between Bill Gross and Jeremy Siegel continues, this time with Twitter as the venue.
"Siegel food fight point is this: BOTH stocks & bonds will return much less than historically. Get used to it. Work hard for the money," Gross (right), PIMCO's co-CIO, tweeted Friday morning.
In related news, John Bogle, founder of Vanguard, told Bloomberg in a separate interview he agreed with Gross that investors should expect lower long-term returns than average returns produced over the last century. He said pension funds are unrealistic in targeting 8% returns.
"Pension funds are dreaming about a bubble that isn't going to return," he said. "On the other hand, buy-and-hold investing is never dead."
Friday's donnybrook was a continuation of Thursday's controversy. Responding to a comment made by Siegel on Wednesday that he doesn't know economics, Gross said Thursday that "Professor Siegel is getting a little nasty here. Yesterday I was praiseworthy, but it seems like gloves are off."
"It sounds like Prof. Siegel hasn't even read my piece, let alone understood it," Gross continued. "I said as well the cult of bonds is dead. When bonds yield 1.75% for investment-grade bonds, then it's difficult to turn that into a 5%-10% return going forward … If he wants to argue against that, and talk about Dow 5000 and bear and bull markets, then he's welcome to, but he's pushing at windmills in my opinion, and he belongs back in his ivory tower. There, backatcha!"
The piece to which Gross referred was his monthly commentary for August, in which he said the "cult of equities is dying" and compared their long-term returns to a Ponzi scheme, something with which Wharton's Siegel (left) disagreed.
"I love to hear that equities are dead," Siegel said. "Whenever you hear in the media that equities are dead that's usually the start of a huge bull market. I looked back 200 years and found returns in the 19th century for equities were the same as the twentieth century. To say the recent bull market run was a freakish period is simply not supported by the data."


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UMBC opens its 11th season of America East Conference play on Friday, March 28, when the Retrievers host Stony Brook at UMBC Stadium. The opening face-off is set for 7:30 p.m. Live video streaming is available on www.umbcretrievers.tv and the game will be broadcast with Gary Stein and Kevin O'Neill on the call.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: SR A Matt Gregoire recorded career highs in goals (6) and points (8) and SO linemate Nate Lewnes added a career-best five goals as UMBC (4-4) defeated Mount St. Mary's, 17-7, at Waldron Family Stadium on Saturday.The 17 goals and 12 assists recorded by UMBC were season-highs and the most goals since a 17-16 win over Albany on April 21, 2012. Gregoire, who leads the team with 26 goals and 29 points, has scored all of his season's goals in the last seven games. He recorded UMBC's first six-goal goal since Scott Jones scored six times versus Vermont on April 6, 2013. Entering the week, he was sixth nationally with 3.63 goals per game.
Red-shirt FR G Connor Gordon is ranked ninth in the nation with 12.00 saves per game.
UMBC is 7-3 in ten previous America East Conference openers and has won its last two. The Retrievers' all-time record in ten previous seasons of league play is 39-13 (.750) and UMBC is 22-4 (.846) at UMBC Stadium.
SEAWOLF UPDATE: Stony Brook (4-5) held an 11-8 lead after three quarters, but St. John's outscored the Seawolves, 5-0, in the final period to claim a 13-11 win Saturday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. Four Stony Brook players had two goals apiece, including SO M Chris Hughes, who added two assists. Stony Brook was 5 of 5 on extra-man chances, scoring five man-up goals for the first time since 2007 at Denver. SBU, which is ranked third nationally in man-up offense, has not won nor lost multiple games in a row in 2014.
SO A Brody Eastwood leads the Seawolves with 26 goals on the campaign. SO A Matt Schultz (14-18-32) and S M Chalen Rogers (12-20-32) are tied for the team lead with 32 points apiece. Three netminders have earned decisions for SBU this season. FR Hayden Johnstone got the start vs. St. John's and made 10 saves.
LAST YEAR'S RESULT/ALL-TIME SERIES: Pat Young broke a 12-all tie by scoring with 2:39 remaining and visiting UMBC won a critical America East Conference contest, 13-12, at defending champion Stony Brook at LaValle Stadium on April 13, 2013. The game featured ten ties before Young took a feed from senior A/M Joe Lustgarten and buried a shot from nine yards out.
Nate Lewnes led a balanced UMBC attack with two goals and two assists. Young and Gregoire each scored two goals apiece for the visitors. Phil Poe won 18 of 29 draws, and the visitors outshot the hosts, 47-23.
UMBC leads the all-time series, 12-7, and snapped a three-game slide to SBU with the 2013 victory. The Seawolves have won the last two meetings at UMBC Stadium and are 4-5 in nine previous Baltimore contests.
WHO'S UP NEXT: UMBC plays its first league road game of the campaign when they travel to Binghamton for a contest with the Bearcats on Sunday, April 6. The opening draw is set for 2:00 p.m.


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Are 'Teen Mom' & '16 And Pregnant' Making People Pro-Choice? New Study!
A new study shows that Americans who have seen these MTV shows are more likely to believe that abortion should be legalized. What do YOU think?
Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant may not only be entertaining, but could be influencing some Americans' political opinions! Reports on a poll done by the Public Religion Research Institute present some interesting facts behind the correlation between these MTV shows and the abortion issue. What's your stance?
"Americans who have seen MTV's shows Teen Mom or 16 and Pregnant are significantly more likely than the general public to say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases (65% vs. 56% of the public) and to say that having an abortion is morally acceptable (48% vs. 40% of the public)," a reporter from Feminists of Choice quotes from the Public Religion Research Institute's study.
Although Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant don't necessarily discuss the issue of abortion openly and vehemently, the reporter adds that instead, they "may have helped Americans recognize just how difficult a choice parenthood can be — and how vital it is that other choices be accessible as well."
When other young women or men see these girls and single moms in not-so-ideal situations, struggling to stay afloat while supporting not only themselves but their families, their view on parenthood changes.
But what we need to remember is that as enjoyable as these shows are to watch, it is not as enjoyable for the people you are watching. And with Amber Portwood's alleged suicide attempt this week and Jenelle Evans' 30 day stint in rehab, this point is truly apparent.
A writer from Slate explains, "The shows themselves have real social benefits, but starring on these shows can be pretty terrible."
"We hold up 'fallen' women as cautionary tales so that others will know not to follow their wanton paths," she adds. "But being propped up as the fallen woman is never very much fun."
It's interesting that Teen Mom is helping promote reproductive rights and views, but we must remember that these girls are sharing their real-life stories and are obviously feeling the effect of sharing their experiences, while dealing with the fame that comes with it.
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Our Geo Quiz comes straight out of the news this time: a massive cyclone is battering northeastern Australia. Cyclone Yasi went ashore in a state that's known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. The storm is impacting a part of the state that's to the north of areas hit by massive flooding recently. What's the name of the Australian state battered by Yasi?
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April 20, 2015
The letters of the Greek word for fish, "Ichthus," are the first letters of the Greek phrase for "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior." Accordingly, people use a fish symbol to distinguish themselves as Christians. Fish represent fertility and renewal of life. Just as fish are born in water, Christians are born in the water of baptism through Jesus, who wishes all of us to be fishers of men.


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My first contribution for this month is "Birria de Pollo", for those familiar with Birria you wondering, "What Birria made with chicken?" Well don't knock it til' you tried it!
Check out what it's all about at the link below and tell me what you think :)
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Tiger 21's cohort of ultrawealthy investors increased their private equity allocations by three percentage points in the first quarter, up from 19% in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The group's latest asset allocation report said private equity had risen by 12 points from a low of 9% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Tiger 21's more than 200 members across North America maintain investable assets of more than $19 billion. Their asset allocations are tracked quarterly.
Key findings in the first quarter report:
- Public equities declined to 23% from 24% in the fourth quarter
- Real estate fell to 19% from 21% in the previous quarter
- Hedge funds rose to 8% from 7%
- Fixed income (14%), cash (12%), commodities (1%) and currencies (0%) remained unchanged.
"Private equity investments have always been a favorite of our members—who largely come from entrepreneurial backgrounds where they were actively involved in running companies," Michael Sonnenfeldt, Tiger 21's founder and chairman, said in a statement.
"It is not that private equity is a better alternative for all investors than public equity. Both public and private equity have seen increasing allocations as our members slowly wade back into increased equity exposure reflecting a cautiously optimistic view."
Sonnenfeldt said the findings seemed to indicate that the majority of members who had built private companies were going back to "what they know best," and were more focused than they were before 2008 on "keeping things simple."
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And you thought Buffy the Vampire Slayer was out of surprises. Think again! On the very last page of the latest issue of the Buffy Season Nine comics (issue 5), a big fat bomb was dropped! Warning: Spoiler ahead!
Turns out our favorite teenager from Sunnydale is preggers! The very last image of Buffy had her holding up a pregnancy test with a positive sign. Only one question remains now, who's the Daddy? Knowing this series it's either sky sex with Angel, or immaculate conception. Our money is on the immaculate conception. Place your bets below.
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Actor Rob Lowe, currently on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" tweeted earlier today that current Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will retire.
How did he come across such information? "His people."
Lowe, an admitted Colts fan, said last month on Rich Eisen's podcast that he's friends with team owner Jim Irsay, so the information may have some credibility.
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Manning, arguably the greatest quarterback of this generation, had three surgeries on his neck to repair a serious nerve ending injury following the 2010 season. He did not play a game this season. His father, former NFL star Archie Manning and father of Giants quarterback Eli Manning, told ESPN on Monday that his eldest son is "just biting and scratching and trying to get healthy.''


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MEDINA, Ohio, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that it has acquired Kirker Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer of nail care enamels, coatings components and related products for the personal care industry. Based in Paterson, New Jersey, Kirker has annual sales in excess of $100 million. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to be accretive to earnings within one year, were not disclosed.
"Kirker will operate as a stand-alone company within our RPM2 business group and continue to provide its customers the same level of outstanding service and innovation to which they are accustomed. Through our many companies, RPM has among the broadest coatings technologies in the world, and Kirker will be able to access these technologies to bring even more innovation to the personal care industry," stated Frank C. Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief executive officer. "We're proud to have Kirker's management team join RPM."
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Chicago has a new rising star and Perez Hilton already called dibs on him.
Chicago native Ethan Boroian caught the blogger's eye while auditioning on Simon Cowell's show X-Factor.
"Not only can he sing, but he's sooooo dreamy," Perez Hilton wrote on his blog on Saturday.
For the audition, the 19-year-old Boroian chose to sing Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody."
Before his performance, Boroian tweeted he was "crazy nervous."
After his TV debut, the singer is now all over the web. His Facebook page has almost 3,000 fans, he has over 2,000 followers on Twitter and his MySpace page is constantly updated with news and pictures.
His musical background includes a lot of blues and jazz, especially after his first band, "Jona's Basement," broke up in 2003. He's currently living in England and studying at the Royal Holloway University of London.
We sure hope to see Boroian succeed and come back home soon. We're sure Perez would appreciate having him on this side of the ocean.


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MANCHESTER — The Furniture Masters are pleased to present "Three Women: A Contemporary Approach to Furniture Making," an exhibition of studio furniture by Vivian Beer, Lynn Szymanski, and Leah Woods, three talented female furniture makers working here in the Granite State. The exhibition will be on view at the Furniture Masters' Gallery, located at 41 South Main St., through April 9. An opening reception will be held on Feb. 15, 5-7 p.m.
"The works these three women have created are stunning examples of the best studio furniture being made today," NH Furniture Master and Gallery Director Ted Blachly notes. "They are technically sophisticated and delightfully sculptural. As an organization of professional furniture makers, the Furniture Masters believe it is important to showcase the great work being produced here in New England and beyond. All three of these women have impressive resumes and have exhibited their work nationally. The fact that they have studios and work here in the Granite State gives us cause to celebrate with a showing of their work in our gallery."
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Vivian Beer — The evolution of Beer's work is intimately tied to her research and exploration of the techniques, industrial processes and cultural associations of metal. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine, Beer grew up in a rural setting and developed hand skills as a part of everyday life. She went on to study sculpture and the history of metal working within fine art. She was introduced to the history of decorative arts while working as a production blacksmith and fell in love with contemporary design while in graduate school. Beer has chosen metal for its rich symbolic meaning in each realm. "It can function alternately as ornament, structure, and seduction in the guises of jewelry, sculpture or muscle cars. My most recent work builds on all of these associations. I employ visual cues culled from mass culture and excerpt processes from industry and patterns from the decorative arts to create handmade, one-off objects that manifest the nostalgia of history, the speed of progress and the memory of the human hand."
Lynn Szymanski — Szymanski has been working with wood for over twenty years, following in the footsteps of her grandfather whose tools she still uses daily. Originally trained in architectural millwork, she attended San Diego State University in 1997 to study furniture design with Wendy Maruyama. After receiving her MFA, she moved to the New Hampshire Seacoast where she has exhibited nationally, taught students of all ages, and advocated for arts education. In 2009 she received the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Artist Advancement Grant, an award which allowed her to embark on a new direction in her work. "Inspired by the Modernist language of simplicity, my work focuses on small details, imperfection and nuance," Szymanski notes. "I strive to bring the ordinary and overlooked to the fore by using the traditional methods and materials of the craftsperson to create simple forms embedded with contemporary ideas about memory and history." She resides with her husband in Rollinsford, NH near her studio in the Salmon Falls Mill.
Leah Woods — Woods received her MFA in Woodworking/Furniture Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000. While in school she became passionate about the process of designing and building one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture, and this has remained her focus. Although Woods has designed and built a range of furniture, over the last several years she has begun concentrating on the expression of a few specific ideas in her work, specifically concepts relating to surprise, mystery, and expectation. Woods explores the integration of these ideas with the forms and functions of cabinets, desks, and seating to create unexpected, provocative environments. She is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of New Hampshire.
For additional information on the Association or individual masters, please visit www.furnituremasters.org or contact Lori Ferguson, (603) 566-6368; firstname.lastname@example.com


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The state legislature is supposedly contemplating "pension reform" this week. Whether lawmakers pass a bill or not, know this: at best, whatever changes they make will be modest, and are unlikely to save money or deal with California's real problems.
The starting point is Gov. Jerry Brown's well-intentioned package, which seeks to curb the worse pension abuses and to impose some order on local governments, which is where the real problem with excessive compensation, including pensions, is in this state. Democrats will water that down, if they do anything at all.
But even these changes won't do much to roll back excessive compensation; pensions are a major form of excessive compensation in government, and a particularly dangerous form because they are deferred compensation. Many governments don't put enough money today to aside to cover tomorrow's costs, which is why unfunded liabilities run into the tens of billions, and perhaps hundreds of billions.
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So how will you know when we have true pension reform? When the two problems at the heart of the pension problem are addressed. Unfortunately, those two problems are little understood. They are:
1. Law enforcement. The worst pension abuses are among law enforcement, both at the state level (with prison guards) and at the local level, with police and fire. Cops and firefighters are so popular that touching their compensation is very difficult; indeed, unions for law enforcement have been successful, both in collective bargaining and via in the law, in baking in unsustainable salary and benefits, including pensions.
Law enforcement officers are able to retire very young, exacerbating the problem. So fixing pensions means taking on this powerful political force. And if you read the fine print on Brown's plan (and virtually every other pension reform), you'll see that cops and firefighters are exempt from many of the changes.
That can't work. So how will you know when pension reform has finally come? When you walk into a police station, and all the cops at the desks are 65.
2. Pension envy. The problem of pensions is not merely compensation. It's one of fairness. Private sector workers no longer have pensions in most cases, and their retirements are insecure. So why, they ask, should we foot the bill for pensions for public workers?
Answering this question is as important as cutting back government employee pensions (and other unsustainable compensation).
And that answer is to provide all citizens with the same level of pension protection that public workers get.
That's right -- public pensions for all. And yes, that could be expensive -- if we give everyone the same pensions that public employees currently enjoy.
But we can't. And we shouldn't.
Instead, expanding pensions to private workers should be part of a pension reform that reduces the amount of and risk of public employee pensions down to a sustainable level -- so sustainable that everyone could be let in.
This means assuming much lower rate of returns than pension funds in California currently do (north of 7 percent). And it means demanding contributions from employees and employers that cover the real costs of pensions.
So that's pension reform -- when you and the old cop you see at the station can commiserate about your pension, because you have the same one.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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While its not possible to actually build an impossible structure with LEGOs, it might be possible to create a structure that (when viewed from the appropriate angle) would recreate the illusion. We already proved this many times, but if you are new to this site – be sure to check LEGO tag. You'll quickly realize Henry Lim wasn't the first individual with an idea to reproduce M.C. Escher's works in LEGO, but can his results be among the best? This is where you come in to share your views. In September 2005, Henry was commissioned by the Hong Kong Science Museum to sculpturally recreate a series of Maurits Cornelis Escher lithographs. It was important that there should be no photographic manipulation involved – the impossible objects should be approximated via optical illusions. It took Henry about a month to build (and rebuild with glue) all four sculptures.
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If there was any doubt what people in the Valley thought about the Barbours and the death penalty, our posting on the D.A.'s decision to file aggravating circumstances should clear up what they think.
Spoiler alert: the people of Central PA want it.
Many of the comments (in the just 20 MINUTES since it's been up) voice support, in case the more than 100 "likes" left any doubt.
There are several issues with this decision, though, many that have nothing to do with what the alleged murders "deserve."
Read more tomorrow in the Daily Item and check dailyitem.com for updates.


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Hmmm. How do you get a 0 on d d20? Somehow I don't think that worked.
This is a test to see how to use this.
* Ambergon rolls some dice *
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* Basic attack on K1 *
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Deadlocked: Mistrial declared in murder trial
After listening to five days of testimony and deliberating for 13 hours, the jury in the murder trial of Alvin Lee "Butch" Morris today remained evenly divided 6-6 about his guilt in the 1988 murder of Roger Lee Shifflett, and Judge Cheryl Higgins recused them and thanked them for seven long days of service in Albemarle Circuit Court.
"The jury is firmly deadlocked," they wrote in a note to the judge that she read in court at 12:45pm. "We have agreed we feel further deliberations will not change the situation."
It's now up to Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford whether she'll retry the 21-year-old case. "I have not decided what to do, and will talk to the family," she said.
Morris, his wife Barbara, who is the widow of the slain man, and their family and friends left after the mistrial through a side door.
The Shifflett family seemed more upbeat today than last night, when they learned a mistrial was possible, but they declined to comment as they exited the courthouse.
"Obviously everybody was pleased," said defense attorney Dana Slater, speaking for her client. "We were hoping for a not-guilty verdict, but a deadlocked jury was not unexpected."
Nita Irvine, a longtime friend and coworker of Barbara Morris at Stone-Robinson Elementary, was present the entire seven days of the trial. "Both Butch and Barbara, their faith is strong," she said. "They're confident the Lord's working."
And if there is another trial, Irvine vows to be there.
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1- Allow me to correct you please, for you know nothing about what you speak of. Half think he is guilty. The magic word there is THINK. Not one member of the jury was present at the time of the shooting.
2- What is this "little bit shy" BS? You don't have any idea where the other half stand. To quote you from above, perhaps the other half KNOWS he is innocent.
3- Whether he is tried again or not, he is now known as a murderer for the rest of his natural life. His character and reputation are tarnished beyond repair....forever. Just like people still think and announce freely that O J Simpson is a murderer after the jury returned a "not guilty" verdict against him.
My best advice is this.... if you don't like the criminal justice system in America, supposedly the best in the world, pack up and move to one of the foreign countries where they behead people for next to nothing.
Did the murderer (whoever) commit the perfect crime? Well, obviously he/she most certainly did. The local police haven't been able to solve it. Don't blame my ramblings. :)
Free Butch Morris! Free him now! The new States Attorney is doing a witch hunt with no evidence. A cigarette butt, Butch seen driving the former store owners truck is shy evidence to hang someone 20 years later. What about that Chevy seen at the store early one morning? What about the other mysterious store murders in Cville and Albemarle Co over the years. Gosh, here we have a supposed great America City/County with a elemetary SA chasing old cases. If she had REAL evidence, then it would be worthwhile. Boy I can't wait for the next election when she is up again. Sorry for the loss for the Shifflett family. Good folks looking to solve a loved ones horrible life taking...What a pitiful loss f a good man. But, Butch aint the guy... go chase real leads and hang real perps.
WestberleleyFlats, take note that I said "supposedly". Many people seem to think we have the best criminal justice and legal system in the world. It's not perfect, but it is a pretty good system overall.
I certainly don't think it's the best in the world. While the vast majority of cops are good, honest, decent and hard working individuals, the other other 3% to 5% of thwe loose cannons just ruins the entire process. And the police chiefs and sheriffs allow these loose cannons to roam the streets day in and day out. I can hardly wait to get up each morning and read about what these idiot loose cannons have done in the last 24 hours. Laughter is the best medicine. I chuckle every time I read the "bad cop" news lately.
Who thinks that the U.S. has the best criminal justice system in the world?
Despite the rambling of discraced x-sheriff deputy, this is a pretty understandable thing. Half know he is guilty, half are just a but shy of being able to convict. Is he guilty, most likely, did he commit a perfect crime??? We will see
quote: "I can hardly wait to get up each morning and read about what these idiot loose cannons have done in the last 24 hours. Laughter is the best medicine. I chuckle every time I read the ââ?¬Å?bad cop" news lately."
Here's my chuckle for today. It was waiting in my e-mail this morning. They go out on duty, arrest people for DUI, then out comes the drugs and alcohol as soon as they go off duty!
July 15, 2009
Fort Myers Officer Arrested for Florida DUI
Declares arresting officer is part of KKK.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department was conducting a sobriety checkpoint early Saturday morning when they noticed a vehicle turn into a parking lot just before the traffic stop. Suspecting that the motorist was trying to avoid being checked for driving under the influence in Florida, officers went to investigate.
They found Leon Young, an officer with the Fort Myers Police Department, had bloodshot eyes and talked with a ââ?¬Å?thick tongue". The officers noticed alcohol on his breath and a green leafy substance on his shirt that they suspected was marijuana. Canine deputies arrived on the scene and detected narcotics in the air, but no marijuana was found in the vehicle. Young refused to submit to a field sobriety test and just asked to be taken to jail. He later agreed to perform field sobriety tests and was subsequently placed under arrest for suspicion of Florida DUI.
When asked to take a breath test to check blood alcohol content, Young declared that the arresting officer was a member of the Klu Klux Klan, the arresting deputy's father was a member of the KKK and that he would not take a breath test.
A spokesperson with the Fort Myers Police Department expressed disappointment, adding that it was not the type of conduct expected from its officers. Young has been placed on administrative leave pending a criminal investigation and an internal affairs investigation.


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Developer: Sonic Team
Data: 2001
The world can be a confusing and dungerous place, especially when there are two of you! Sonic must face the new, villainous hedgehog Shadow but you choose how the story unfolds - you can be a hero, or make friends whis the dark side! In The most thrilling Sonic Adventure ever Created there are 6 playable characters, new movies to master, over 30 challenging stage and 3 different 2-players game - will you save the world or conquer it? Online function are currently available in these countries, subject to change at any time.


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so onto tonights card which was real fun to make.i have used a primark bag for all the backing paper and some of the wording.
so i am entering this into the following challenges:
1.passion for promarkers=week 72=recycled.
2.papertake weekly=happy birthday bloghop=pick your fav challenge from the last 3 years, i chose sketch 45 from 27th july 2010 and rotated it :)
products used are:
white card.
primark bag :)
buttons from stash.
alphabet letter stamps for the cool wording.
whiff of joy image.
promarkers used are:
skin=blush,sunkissed pink,coral.
hair=pastel yellow,mustard,raw sienna.
jeans=pastel blue,cornflower,china blue,midnight blue.
jacket and polo neck=cocoa,walnut,black.
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Vintage Christmas Collection
Viewer Comments
I absolutely loved this webisode and these cards are gorgeous. I just received my moneysaver pack and can't wait to get started. I love the Gingerbread card, but in reading the directions it says to "trace the corner treatment" but I don't see a pattern for this. Where can I find this pattern?
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
I'm so sorry, looks like this was missed. We will get it uploaded right away.
Your webisodes are so fabulous. Would appreciate your doing something with snow scenes and chickadees. Little tired of holly and red birds. thans.
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
you will see some chickadees in a new little stamp on Friday. Hope this helps.
Love the beautiful cards and scapbook pages. Love your producys and plan to make lots of purchases.
You both do such a great job....I love all your wonderful ideas. Great Job!
Now I have to decide, do I use the vintage Santa papier tole from this webisode or do I make the snow globe flower soft cards from earlier in the week or . . . ? Decisions, decisions! I am having way too much fun watching and shopping! Thanks!
These cards are super sweet and fabulous. When working with the smooch, can you color in a section, let it dry and recolor to intensify the color?
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
Yes you can do that!
These cards are beautiful
so many pretty cards, not sure when I'll find the time to make all the cards I have seen this week or where I'm going to get the money to buy all the supplies I want. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas, keep them coming.
The Gingerbread Dazzles were part of the personal shopper so I had a chance to use them before the webisode. The varied sizes of the red jewel dazzles fit into the holes on the trim of the roof, windows and doors. It was a nice touch. I love my bling.
I belong to the bi-monthly stamp kit. I'm wondering if the Christmas stamp set in the super saver will be coming in the kit. I don't want to order the set and end up with two. The link for upcoming kits has not been updated in a while.
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
No you won't be getting that stamp in your kits. Good question!
Love those Episodes...Teresa's Card's are so beautiful,thanks for sharing ...
How do you attach the clear sheet items to the card? I love these webisodes!! Have ordered everything!
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Good question and I'm sorry we didn't discuss it in the webisode. There are a couple of ways, vellum glue works as does glue stick. I put the adhesive under the printed parts of the transparency so they don't show. Hope this helps
Today you have out done yourselves. These cards are beautiful and not hard to make. Gotta have this!!!!
how wonderful and how beautiful. just lovely ideas. can't wait to try them out and send them out too.
I tried to download the free sheet and can't seem to find it on the website. I typed in natures watercolor in the search engine and it didn't bring it up. What exactly do I have to do to be able to find the sheet.
Thank you so very much.
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
The free downloads are on the product page and are in a black box. They do not show on the quick view so that might be the problem. Nature's Watercolors is available now and Vintage Christmas will go up next month. I'll show it on a video that comes with The Scoop--our free email newsletter. If you don't get it, you can sign up at the top of the homepage (free newsletter) at PaperWishes.com. I hope all this helps.
What a great webisode. Love the vintage Christmas papers! And Teresa's cards are fabulous, as always. Oh, and Paulette and Ann....try to have a little fun while you are working! :o) I love the camaraderie between the two of you.
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Event Pokémon are Pokémon that are distributed during events. Before the advent of Wi-Fi in Generation IV, these special Pokémon were usually given out by direct trade at Nintendo promotional events or sometimes found in bonus material such as discs. The majority of these events were held in Japan, with few making it to other countries. From 2009, Pokémon and Key Items needed to access Event Pokémon could be delivered by Wi-Fi; this made it much easier for players around the globe to get their hands on rare Pokémon. In Generation V, this has extended to the Dream World.
Event Pokémon have a special OT and ID number indicating their authenticity and usually a special promotional Ribbon from Generation III onward. In Generation IV, most event Pokémon are distributed in Cherish Balls, special Poké Balls that exist solely for event distribution. Event Pokémon are usually desired because they are hard or impossible to find in the games, holding a rare item, and/or know at least one special move that would otherwise be impossible to have via leveling up, TMs, HMs, move tutors, or even breeding.
Generation I
|Ash's Pikachu
Generation II
|Shiny Suicune
|Shiny Entei
|Shiny Raikou
|Shiny Pichu
Generation III
Available on wi-fi at various times during 2010 depending on location. Given out at Gamestop (USA) between February 27 and March 13, 2010. It was at level 5 and knew the moves Wish, Confusion, Rest, and Draco Meteor. It also had a classic ribbon. If you trade it into HeartGold or SoulSilver the special Poké Walker course, Edge of Night Sky, becomes available.
Generation IV
Generation V
- Victini (Wi-fi)
Until the 27th of April 2011, the Liberty Pass was distributed to Black and White games via Mystery Gift. The pass allowed access to Liberty Garden, where you could find Victini in the basement of the lighthouse.
- Zorua (In-game)
When you transfer Celebi over from the Generation IV games, you will be able to find two characters in one of Castelia City's gates. When you talk to the character with Celebi in your party, Celebi will pop out of its Poké Ball and Zorua will change from its illusion. The trainer for Zorua will give you it as a gift due to how well they played together. It is at level 10 and it knows the moves Leer, Scratch, Pursuit and Fake Tears.
- Zoroark (In-game)
When you transfer a shiny Raikou, Entei or Suicune to Black and White, and go to Lostlorn Forest, you will find a Pokémon matching one of the beasts that you didn't transfer over. If you send over Raikou, you will see Entei. Send over Entei and you'll see Suicune and send over Suicune and you'll see Raikou. When you attack, you'll see that it is in fact a Zoroark. This is the only way you can capture Zoroark. It is at level 25 and it knows the moves Fury Swipes, Faint Attack, Scary Face and Taunt.
- Eevee Evolution (Online)
From March 28 - May 5, 2011, completing the minigame "Play to Befriend a Pokémon" on the Pokémon Fun Zone unlocked an Eevee evolution of your choice for you to befriend in the Dream World at a later date. The evolution was released on the Global Link site on May 19, with the promotion currently set to end on July 19. However, a large number of players have been unable to receive their Pokémon due to bugs.
- Kanto Starters (Merchandise/online)
Japan only. On September 10, 2010, a book called Pokémon Peer was released. This book, containing interviews and features from the various game developers, also contains a unique password. These passwords, once entered into the Global Link, will give access to the Kanto Starters who have abilities that differ from normal.
- Secret Egg (Direct trade (USA), Wi-fi (Japan))
Japan and USA only. These eggs contain a game counterpart of either Ash's Pidove, Cilan's Pansage or Iris' Axew. These were distributed through wi-fi in Japan, but are only available through direct trade in American Toys 'R' Us stores from April 27- May 31.
- Mewtwo (Mystery Gift, USA.)
To celebrate the one year anniversary on February 12, 2012 they put out a Mewtwo lv 70 knowing Psystrike, Shadow Ball, Aura Sphere, and Electro Ball.
- Rayquaza Wifi (Japan)
There is a wifi event for a shiny rayquaza. This Rayquaza has to do with the new Pokémon game in Japan (Nobunga's Ambition) Very little is known for now, but that it is coming to Japan and eventually to the USA.
- Zoroark (Outside game Event)
This Zoroark was available in Toysrus stores across the US From September 18 to 25 of 2011. There is really nothing special about it, except its caught with a Cherish Ball and knows the move: Snarl(a special move that a Zoroark cant usually learn.).
Generation VI
- Torchic (Wi-fi)
This Torchic could be obtained via wi-fi from to . It had a special ability and was holding Blazikenite, the only known way to get that Mega Stone. But with the newest unveiling of Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire it is possible to obtain it in-game.
- Diancie (Serial Code)
Given out at Gamestop (USA) between October 27 to November 16, 2014. It is at level 50 and knows the moves Diamond Storm, Reflect, Return, and Moonblast. It also had a wishing ribbon. If you trade it into Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire it will activate an event to get her Mega Stone: Diancite.
Generation VII
- Shiny Tapu Koko
This exclusive Pokémon is currently available via Mystery Gift for Sun and Moon


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The federal government has just announced a $130,000 contribution toward the Cumberland County project the Age of Sail Heritage Museum at Port Greville, Nova Scotia. It will allow for the completion of the Wind, Waves and Tides exhibit building.
The press release says that "The completed facility, which will resemble a ship's hull, will provide room for additional exhibit displays, storage of artifacts and genealogy research, as well as more space for workshops and community meetings".
The museum first opened in 1994, and it highlights the history of Parrsboro Shore communities along the Minas Channel of the Bay of Fundy with an emphasis on the area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage.
It hosts a museum in an 1854 church, local blacksmith shop from the Wagstaff and Hatfield shipyard, as well as the Port Greville Lighthouse circa 1908, and a boathouse. Local genealogy and research material are also available.
The website is http://www.ageofsailmuseum.ca/default.htm