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Terrorists – justifier Rashid Khalidi has a "new" book – yet he's the same old "average Arab racist"
Rashid Khalidi (on c-span 2, books) (Author: 'Sowing Crisis') wants us to believe that Islamic republic of Iran is "not" linked to the terror organizations: Hamas, Hezbollah and that these groups have "legitimate" concerns.
Desperate as he is to act as if he's on a 'research' row and making a show of someone who's really "looking at the region from a broader angle", he did talk at first quite smoothly, dancing around and mentioning "other" problems we the USA have (supposedly) created in the region, like Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran (no, he didn't mention Carter's role in indirectly overthrowing the Shah, that led to the current Islamofascistic totalitarianism), you almost thought that Rashid might really be an academic, in the real sense of the word.
But as an average Arab Muslim "academic" he can never escape his burning Arab-racism against the Jews, though polishing his way to the maximum, he had to come to his essential venomous point, all in all, his punch line is really, the same old hateful cliche theme, "It's all Israel's fault", especially towards the end, when he was asked some questions, you could see how he was "lit" as if by a switch that turns on the Arab "moderates" hatred flames – they can never seem to resist, and fall into it each and every time.
To his credit, most Arab propagandists are less patient… you don't have to wait even that long to see their outbursts.
It was a small room, filled by either Arabs, or the gullible, one Arab "American" journalist is even a brazen open Jihadists-Hamas-Hezbollah supporter, none has asked about his propaganda statement that Iran fears Israel's nukes – as a "reason" for why they might be pursuing nuclear weapons, no one has asked the obvious: Did (democratic) Israel ever threaten to wipe out (oppressive) Iran like the Islamic fascist genocidal Republic did? or did Israel ever attack Iran like Iran attacked Israel via Hezbullah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad?
Never mind his Pro-Jihad statement defending Hamas, Hezbollah, portraying them as "political" movements with "concerns", and no one was refuting him – pointing to the true nature of these Jihadists that openly declare their real goal – to erase Israel.
Never mind his Pro-Jihad statement defending Hamas, Hezbollah, portraying them as "political" movements with "concerns", and no one was refuting him – pointing to the true nature of these Jihadists that openly declare their real goal – to erase Israel.
If you were to turn in towards the end, all you could hear is repeated word "occupation", more than a few times… (as you know), all crimes under the sun are all washed by this excuse, used by the children of Arab immigrants, (that have invaded the land of Israel – "Palestine," since the 1800's), and is being heard by him, as by any Arab "journalist" like a spiral.
Khalidi's New Book and Old Story
Solomonia Archive: Columbia Watch: Rashid Khalidi On the other hand, this is Rashid Khalidi, and he does represent Columbia … .
Rashid Khalidi's Appointment at Columbia University…
Jan 20, 2009 … Hamas's Academic Cheerleaders [incl. Hamid Dabashi, Rashid Khalidi, Fawaz Gerges, Joseph Massad, Muqtedar Khan, Mark LeVine, et al.
Camera-Ready Victims [incl. Rashid Khalidi]: Hamas practices human sacrifice; the world shrugs. – Campus Watch.


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Relative contribution of sexual and asexual reproduction in Lysimachia terrestris
Evans, Rodger
Hillier, Kirk
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Lysimachia terrestris (Myrsinaceae) is one of few species within the genus Lysimachia known to asexually reproduce via bulbil formation. It is unknown if pollination and subsequent fruit and seed production inhibits or reduces bulbil formation in L. terrestris. To examine whether there is a tradeoff between asexual and sexual modes of reproduction in this species, populations were investigated in Middleton and Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Impact upon bulbil production was monitored through application of pollinator exclusion bags prior to anthesis to modify pollination and fruit set. Treatments comprised zero, two, six, twelve, or all flowers, being left open to pollinators to determine if a threshold number of pollinated flowers alters the number of bulbils formed. Counts of the number of bulbils, flowers, fruits, seeds and infertilized ovules were analyzed among treated plants. Using light and scanning electron microscopy techniques, fruit and bulbil development were also examined. Results suggest that bulbil formation is limited, but not restricted by seed production. Additionally, investment in sexual reproduction was observed to be larger at the Middleton location. There is anecdotal evidence of the presence of a specialist pollinator, Macropis nuda (Hymenoptera: Mellitidae), but none were observed. These findings provide new insight into the conditions influencing bulbil yield in L. terrestris and the ecological roles of both asexual and sexual reproduction.
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10-Mar-2014 Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching, and have I got some fun in mind for you all! Watch the forums, follow the Facebooks and tune in regularly for details. In the meantime, RKoL Prizebot could sure use your help collecting Tequila and Tequila-based items for the give-away. Thanks a ton!
Well, after talking about it for seemingly forever, I have finally swapped out the keyboard in my laptop, so at least my chatting will be improved. Now to get going on that new broadcast rig....
If you're going to be within a reasonable distance of Central New York this [October?], consider joining the stanleys and others for some fun! [UPDATE] The meet is looking for a new weekend. If interested, please cast your vote at the event page.
26-Jul-2012 Held an impromptu bump contest to celebrate my second DJversary. Congratulations to Joy & Grizz who split a 22M meat prize!
08-Apr-2012 Hey, What has two thumbs and is starting his fifth decade ex-utero? This Guy! Join me 7-10p for good music and fun times. You may even win something if you can figure out what all of the songs I play have in common. Congratulations to TheGrinningGoblin won, figuring out all the songs were BillBoard #1's for every year I've been around.
22-Feb-2012 Well, it's been quite a while since I've updated this. The stanling is fast approaching the one-year mark. It seems like forever ago and yesterday at the same time that he joined the streams. I really feel like I should do some sort of MEAT show for today, being Ash Wednesday and all. Not this Saturday, but for March 3rd, I'd love to do an "electric" show. Gmail me track suggestions with electricity, spark, lightning and the like and lets see what we can come up with. Please be sure to include your username. All suggestions will be put into a drawing to win... something.
Speaking of Khaaaan, you may notice that his tequila shelf has been getting steadily more crowded. Come May 5th, all of that will be added to the stash tat RKoL Prizebot is holding for the Great Cinco de Mayo Give-Away. Catch as many different DJs as you can so you can hear all of the promo tracks and better your chances of winning! We're getting close to enough tequila to get that Bodyslam added to the stash, and if a few more swords get coughed up, we might even see some Radio Maracas in there!
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Guess the Requests Currently lacking a regular show, listeners are encouraged to send in as many requests as they like during the show. If something said in chat inspires a song or block to be played, that will count as well. [Only one will count toward the Saturday Roll-Off] With 20 or 15 minutes left in the show, I'll announce how many requests were played. You'll have a designated amount of time to send your guess of which tracks were requests to KHAAAAN. The person with the most correct answers wins! Chatbot will roll in the case of ties.
What's in the Can? That's right, this game, first brought to RKoL by GroktheMad has been resurrected! On a Friday night, get enough people to ask me to do it, and join in the game to see if you can guess what's in the can. Rules: Enter by kmail; send in the specified number of questions per person (human being, not player) per entry period (usually one song). Each person that is the first to identify any given item in the can wins something nice (food or booze). Once all of the items are identified, there will be one last round of entry, where you must kmail me ALL of the items in the can, and some characteristic of ONE item that I specify. This last round, just like the others, is open to EVERYONE. Chatbot will roll from all of the correct entries and the winner will typically get 1 million meat! (or something from KHAAAAN's display case) NOTE: This game requires AT LEAST 5 participants in the opening rounds, or it will not be run to completion for that show, so consider getting some new people listening to the streams and participating in the games.
Request Roll-Off Every show starts new eligibility to get on the Roll-Off List. You get on the list by sending in a request. That's all it takes. (You're welcome to make as many requests as you like, but only the first one during a show counts) A list is "full" when it has 11 names, and a new list and new eligibility, begins. When my Saturday show rolls around I'll ask chatbot to start rolling among those on the list, and the last player standing will receive an RBC and some meat, food n' booze, plus whatever else KHAAAAN chooses to include.
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I'm working on getting my library posted on-line somewhere. Two weeks.
Shit, I swear I had this posted some time ago. I now have my library posted online, such as it may be. Yes, there are double, and even triple entries. Deal with it. Please don't pick something that clearly should not be in the list. I'm working on culling out the stuff that shouldn't be there. Anywho here it is: my library
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YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. - Camping with the military means a constant hum of idling armoured vehicles, enough diesel fumes to last a lifetime, and a bag and bucket for a toilet.
Most troops are without cellphone contact for a month, but they got a 10-minute call on a satellite phone for Valentine's Day. Throughout the day, soldiers took their turns, seeking out the forest edge, voices soft and faces suddenly relaxed.
Photographer Ryan Jackson and I embedded with a platoon of the infantry for two nights on the training exercise Arctic Ram.
We stayed in a 10-man tent hidden in the woods 37 kilometres outside Yellowknife. As temperatures dropped to -21 C overnight last week, each soldier took his or her turn on stove duty, manning the Colman double-burner to keep the heavy, rubberized canvas tent warm enough for a good sleep. Double sleeping bags helped. The troops put one thick, down sleeping bag inside another, then wrapped the whole thing in a waterproof, canvas bivy bag and laid it on a thin mattress on the hard-packed snow.
It got crowded when they hung the insoles of the boots to dry on the cord along the ceiling, but all the assault riffles stay outside where they won't get damp and rust.
Most troops supplemented their army kit with their own mattresses for warmth and they had other tricks. Sgt. Joe Stefanko bought an $8 computer fan in downtown Yellowknife, attached a 12-volt battery and mounted it above his bed.
"I use that to blow the heat back down," said Stefanko, posted with military communications.
I stayed warm with thick down parka lent by a great friend, and hot pads in my mittens to warm my fingers after taking notes.
Hot food helped. At the forward operating base they kept threatening to cut down to one hot meal a day, but while we were there we still had three. The mess hall was heated and lit, and had a canteen where soldiers could buy cigarettes, chew, and chocolate bars.
We got rations for one lunch. They took 30 minutes to heat from frozen rather than the 10 minutes usually required in Afghanistan, but they were hot and tasty when done. I had cabbage rolls, and brought an extra ration – Thai chicken – back to Edmonton.
The worst part of camp were the toilets. Guys peed outside into a five-gallon pail that freezes and were trucked out when full.
For everything else, there's the toilet tent. Tear open a bag, spread it over the top of a bucket, do your business, then seal the bag and throw it out. Each bag has specially packaged with a wad of toilet paper and a (frozen) sanitary wipe.
The other odd thing was trying to get information. So much of it seemed to come through back channels, soldiers telling soldiers about a friend who knew one of the Petawawa guys, the fictional enemies. Other soldiers heard rumours of a helicopter crash.
It happened Monday. We didn't get details until Wednesday when we were back at the temporary headquarters. It turns out no one was injured but a helicopter severed the main power line running into Yellowknife. The city went dark and residents have been warned to expect rotating blackouts for 10 days as crews found parts in the south.
The best part of camp was the northern lights – absolutely amazing.
The first night they were a steady green glow like the stroke of a paint brush from one side of the sky to the other. The second night, when I left the tent to pee before crawling into my sleeping bag, they were green, red and yellow, and moving like a light shower of rain when it caught a gust of wind and scattered across the road.
I probably stood on the road for 20 minutes by myself, watching and thinking about a children's story I once read where the Inuit called these lights the spirits of their ancestors. I tried to listen for the whistling sound they make, but either they weren't calling my name this time or the hum of the diesel generators drowned them out.


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UN staffer missing on Israel-Syria border
A member of the U.N. peacekeeping force charged with monitoring the cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops on the Golan Heights is missing, the United Nations said Monday.
U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey would not say whether the missing person was a military or civilian member of the international or local staff.
"We can confirm that a staff member is not accounted for and we are in touch with the relevant parties to determine what has happened," del Buey said. "We have no further comment at this time."
Austria, Croatia, India, Japan and Philippines are currently contributing military personnel to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force, known as UNDOF, according to the website of the U.N. Peacekeeping Department. It does not list the nationalities of civilian staff. The total force is comprised of around 1,150 people.
The U.N. force was established in 1974 following the 1973 Yom Kippur war to monitor the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces and maintain the cease-fire. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and Syria wants the land returned in exchange for peace.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned of escalating military activity along the Israeli-Syrian border as a result of the intensifying Syrian conflict, which has gone on for two years and cost more than 70,000 lives.
In December, Ban accused the Syrian government of serious violations of the 1974 separation agreement and called on both countries to halt firing across the cease-fire line. He also cited numerous clashes between Syrian security forces and opposition fighters in the disengagement zone.
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It's been eight days since Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli directed the province's power authority to eliminate large renewable-energy projects from the feed-in-tariff program and design a competitive procurement process that will get the best deal for ratepayers. We knew this was coming, as Chiarelli said as much in a speech a couple weeks earlier. What we didn't know is that the energy minister would direct the power authority to let Ontario Power Generation bid for these large projects (see page 3, third paragraph of directive).
This is a major policy shift, and I'm surprised it hasn't received any coverage in the mainstream Ontario media. OPG is a crown corporation. Under its 2005 agreement with the Ontario government, "OPG will not pursue investment in non-hydroelectric renewable generation projects unless specifically directed to do so by the Shareholder." Instead, OPG's mandate has been to maintain its fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric fleet of generation, and pursue new large hydroelectric projects. The reason for this restriction was to limit OPG's clout in the marketplace and give independent power producers a chance to establish a foothold in the generation mix. The decision to let OPG bid for all large renewables — including wind and solar — is significant for a number of reasons:
- This is getting close to what the Ontario NDP said it will do if elected. According to the NDP's energy policy, "We will maintain the feed-in-tariff for small and community-based projects" and "for new larger projects we will move towards public ownership" through OPG. The Liberal government isn't proposing complete public ownership of large renewables, but it is letting OPG bid for some ownership in a competitive process. Could this be part of a compromise that won it NDP support for the provincial budget?
- Independent power producers, I would imagine, aren't very happy about this. They will assert that they can't compete against a giant like OPG that just happens to have the government in its corner. Is it a fair fight? Maybe not. But will it get the best deal for ratepayers? Presumably, yes.
- Having OPG compete for renewables will create more opportunities to develop renewable resources in remote areas, and to partner with aboriginal communities. OPG has experience in this area, and many private developers are too risk-averse to go into these markets. They prefer to go after the low-hanging fruit, even if the orchard isn't located in the best area.
- Letting OPG compete in renewables could turn the Power Workers' Union into an ally over time. Right now, renewables mean competition with union jobs. The PWU doesn't like that — the fact that jobs at coal-fired power plants are being phased out and there is a significant threat to nuclear jobs as well. Renewables could be a path to save OPG jobs.
- On that note, could letting OPG get into large renewables also be a signal that the province under this government is going to abandon efforts at building new nuclear reactors?
- Finally, as a crown corporation, OPG can be directed to do things that other private developers would never take on — such as experimenting on a large scale with energy storage technologies, and being a test bed for energy innovation coming out of the province. Indeed, it would be interesting if OPG was directed to set aside a certain percentage of profits for R&D and to support pilot projects.
So that's why I think this latest government directive is significant and should get more attention. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but my gut tells me no. I've long argued that OPG should be able to compete for large renewable energy projects. It's something the Society of Energy Professionals, a shareholder in the nuclear business of Bruce Power, has called for since at least 2007. Many will complain, and for good reason. If a giant like OPG is to compete for these projects, how do we make sure it's a fair competition? Will the process be transparent? Reasonable questions, but not a reason to not do it.


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Last Call Before Ottawa
There is lots of things I would like to do. Will see how much of them I can do. But it is going to be a good experience to actually look from the inside even if it is just for a day. I am really excited to see a number of guys. Reggie Evans, Demar DeRozan and Jarrett Jack at the top of that list. That is just 3 of 9 new faces that are on this roster. In all honest it will be like going to an amusement park and trying to go on all the rides. I would love to talk with everyone. However that is no doubt impossible in just 1 day. I'll do my best that is why I put up the poll so you guys can help guide me. Demar DeRozan is winning at the moment. I will give the poll a look before I head out the door so you can vote and have your say.
I have not been around NBA players in many years. It is an experience when you get a chance to meet an NBA player. The first think that blows you mind is how tall these guys are. I remember the first time I saw Vince Carter. Now I knew he was taller than me but it was really amazing to see it face to chest. I never have met Chris Bosh or Andrea Bargnani but I did meet Alonzo Mourning and him sitting on a chair was the same height as me.
Anyway I am pretty excited and I admit a bit nervous which is rare for me. Doing interviews on the phone 1 on 1 is a much different animal from doing them in scrums with other media folks around of bigger stature than me. However I look forward to it and hope I can get some good from this experience.
Anyway wish me luck and if I can figure out how to make my computer work from Ottawa that is where the next Dino Nation Blog will be written from in a hotel room in Ottawa. Not being the most tech savvy person on planet earth it might not. But let's hope I figure it out. One way or the other I will share my experience with you all be it sooner or later.
Talk with you Friday.....Hopefully.
The Biggest Question is Still The Same.
What seems pretty clear is Bosh is happy with all that Bryan has done in rebuilding this team. It is also clear that Bosh plans on having a huge year. He was put in a ton of work for this season looking to cash in. I still think that deep down Bosh would like to have success here as opposed to elsewhere. I think Bosh takes a lot of pride in the fact that he is "the Franchise" player in Toronto. People who have covered the team for years were commenting that Bosh looks bigger. He says himself that he has added 15 to 20 pounds and it is all muscle according to media folks. That is a change from a few years ago when Bosh had seemed to be resigned to the fact he could not get bigger. A change in training and promise of a max contract can be motivating to say the least.
The hamstring injury that Bosh suffered back in Texas doing wind sprints is said to be minor. However as it has always been both Bosh and the Raptors are being very careful about making sure he is 100% before he hits the floor. It is not ideal that he misses this time. The Raptors need to gel together rather quickly as the schedule that they will see early on is challenging to say the least. However if everything sticks to the schedule we have been told Bosh should be ready to roll in a week or two and in the time he is not on the floor it allows Jay Triano to get to know some of the toys he has on his roster. Amir Johnson is likely the guy that gets the most out of this in terms of extra floor time.
Raptors are already have on practice in the books up in Ottawa and Matt Devlin Twittered that defense was the major focus. I think everyone feels pretty confident this team can score the basketball. Jay Triano's task will be to improve it defensively and get this team to battle on the boards. These are things that have been lacking in Toronto not just last year but for many years. Not since the K.O era has this team played defense to a high level. The problem was they did it at a cost to having any offense at all. The personal on paper seem like a group that can answer the challenge defensively and that will be a major key. Bosh himself showed he can be a solid defender in playing for team U.S.A last summer.
Raps will be bringing in a guy on a one day contract with a possible extension to a two day contract. He use to be a high school football player and has size but he is only 6 feet tall. However he likely will not be playing anyway so it really doesn't matter.
The Dino Nation Blog is GOING TO TRAINING CAMP. I am that 6ft ex-football player and will be heading up for training camp on Friday for both sessions. Not sure if I will be around for the scrimmage on Saturday will see. I thank the Raptors for the opportunity. As you may have figured they do not just let anyone come to cover the team. So I see it as a privilege and one I hope to take it advantage of. Hopefully this can be a start of working with the Raptors more. But like everything with the Dino Nation Blog we will take it a step at a time and enjoy the journey. So if the blog is a bit screwed up this week that is the reason why. I have a lot of personal things to take care of in order to make this trip possible. But also a thanks to all of you that read the Dino Nation Blog...I work hard to do more for all of the great folks that read this thing as much as I do for myself.
Happy Media Day Dino Nation
It is like the first day of school and there are lots of new kids in this class for the Raptors. I would place the over under on questions about Bosh's Hamstring at 137. Bet on the over. Questions about Hedo's health as well no doubt. Lot's of how do you like Toronto questions for all of the new guys. It can be a lot of the same old stuff. However with so many new faces at least you have a number of folks giving different answers. But the real point is this day marks the start of basketball being back and that alone is reason to get excited.
So check back with Dino Nation Blog for updates right here throughout the day. Also hoping to have a guest at some point after all the fun at the A.C.C is do
The first update of many today I would imagine. Raptors have a Live Chat going on Cover It Live which should be familiar to you folks. It is scheduled to start @ 12:30 and here is the link to it. The Game Plan will be broadcasting live from Media Day at the ACC on the Fan 590 starting at 2pm with Eric and Jack. Also Matt Devlin is now on Twitter (@RaptorsDevlin) and says Raptors T.V will have a wrap up of the day at 6pm. So those are some of the things you can check out if you want to be a part of Media Day.
Fan 590 broadcating on the Net from 1-2 pm from Media Day
Info over load as all of this goes on trying to tweet info for folks @dinonationlog so check that out and feel free to use DNB Chat over on the right.
Well that is about it for Media Day looks like, my head hurts from all of that info. May have a guest later on today and will chat about it all. If not I will do a summary of it all tonight or tomorrow. Also will let you know some exciting news shortly.
Long Wait Almost Over
That concludes you re-cap of the players that were here last season at this time. Everyone else is new and that will be the story through the entire pre-season. The 9 new faces this off-season and how they all fit together with this team's core. The one player you will likely not see a ton of is Hedo Turkoglu. He just came off playing in Eurobasket and did have a slight injury there. But that is not expected to be an issue. What will be is the fact that in the last calender year Hedo has probably played the most basketball of his professional career. Much like in football we never saw much of T.O in the pre-season the same might be said for Hedo. However the Raptors know what they have in him and ideally you would like to see him play a lot but it is more important that he is ready for when it matters. Add Chris Bosh to that list as well as Doug Smith reports that CB4 has tweaked his hamstring.
The Raptors enter this camp with 4 of 5 starting spots pretty much locked in stone. Calderon, Bosh, Bargnani and Turkoglu should all be hearing their names called at the opener on October 28th. The one spot in the air is who will be the starting shooting guard. But even that seems to be decided as long as Demar DeRozan looks ready. Triano suggested that it makes sense for DeRozan to be a starter. He compared Marco Belinelli to a guy like Eddie House for the Celtics. Someone that can play with the second unit and score points. Ben Gordon played a roll like that with the Bulls for a number of years and actually won a 6th man of the year award. Bryan Colangelo said at his best Belinelli should be a contender for that award this year.
Jarrett Jack will be the back up for Jose and you can also expect to see the 2 on the floor together. Triano suggested using some aspects on the Princeton Offense. That is the main system that Eddie Jordan will use in Philly. Jordan only wishes he had point guards to level of Calderon and Jack to run it.
For everyone else...D is the key. Reggie Evans will lead that charge of defense and rebounding. Helped by Rasho Nesterovic, Amir Johnson and Antoine Wright and anyone else that cares to join the party. So it should be fun to watch and see how it all comes together.
Lots of time to talk about it so we will leave it there for today. After all it's Friday and the weekend. As always you can catch me on CJLO on Off The Bench at 12:15am listen on CJLO.com.
10 Keys To Victory
1. Chris Bosh is putting up career type numbers. After all it is his contract year unless we all get shocked by a contract extension before the season. The key numbers to watch will be rebounds and assists. If those numbers are on the rise things should be going well. Points wise if he can average 20-25 points as he has done in the past that should be good enough. Also if we see a rise in blocks and steals along with an overall better defender that will mean more than adding a point or 2 to his scoring average.
2. A new and improved Jose Calderon. What does that mean? It means a better effort on defense. No one is every going to convince me Jose will ever be a great defender but if he could just be average or a bit better i'd be happy. On the offensive side it will be the challenge of Jay Triano to convince his point guard to take more risks and push the basketball. Triano did a great job in helping develop Steve Nash. If he could make Calderon a little more Nash like on offense the results would be dramatic.
3. No more Mr. Nice Guys. Reggie Evans must lead the charge to make it clear that this is not the same warm and fuzzy Raptors. A more aggressive attitude is required. This team is going to be challenged in terms of rebounding. They also need a major improvement on defensive side of the ball. A group of this basketball team have to take on that role of defense first and offense second. For those guys on the fringe of the rotation want minutes just play D, Grab some boards and make a hard foul and time will be yours.
4. Development continues for Andrea Bargnani. He showed signs of the start of a post game and the ability to be a decent defender. A more inside and out type of offensive approach along with a bit more desire to defend and rebound. If you see Andrea blocking a shot and grabbing a board and scoring the odd basket in the paint those are all good signs. We all know Andrea can shoot it but he needs to show that he can do more. He starting doing that last year and must continue down that path.
5.Better than .500 after November. The start of the Raps schedule is extremely challenging. If this basketball team exits November with anything north of .500 record wise this will be a huge sign that Raptors will indeed be in play for home court advantage. It is a month full of playoff teams from both the East and West will make it a challenging month to say the least.
6. Hedo Turkoglu's gas tank. After a run to The Finals and Euro Basket will the Raptors key off-season acquisition have a healthy and productive year. Managing minutes and expectations will be key. Hopefully Hedo can have enough PIZZA POWER...to last all the way through the season. He is going to be key you have to figure in the Raptors offense.
7. If part of number 2 happens it will help this man most of all. Demar DeRozan is dunking the ball in transition and does not look out of place on defense it will mean big things for his rookie season. I know he has been working on his shot but the more dunks he can have as opposed to shots the better. Not just for him but all of the Raptors. If Demar is getting dunks it will mean the Calderon and Jack are being effective at pushing the ball and the defense is playing better. So to rip off a Bill Walton line...Throw it Down YOUNG MAN..Wait he says big man but whatever...Dunk IT and MAKE SOME POSTERS.
8. Jay Triano has a impact and establishes a rotation quickly. I mentioned how tough the schedule will be early on and that is the challenge for Jay Triano. He will not have the luxury of many games to experiment during the season. He also has to ride this squad to push the ball and to be accountable on defense. Jay has proven to be effective in using his plays after time outs to some success. Those are just a few things of the many that will be challenges for Jay in his first full season as head coach of the team.
9. Jarrett Jack and the bench will not have to do much to be better than last year. However the added depth this squad has must contribute and play a role. If they can you can afford to give Calderon, Turkoglu and Bosh time to rest. If you can reduce the minutes those 3 have to play night in and night out it will be a benefit in several ways. The first and most important is less wear and tear on all 3. Also it will give them a chance to max out there effort when they are on the floor. If they are all playing 30-35 minutes a night and able to go 100% that will be huge. If you have to have Bosh playing close to 40 along with Hedo that is not going to be a good situation in the long run. In terms of Jack he offers a defensive option if Jose is not getting it done on that end of the floor.
10. Less Help and more responsibility. Jack Armstrong always likes to say that "Help" is the weakest word in the defensive vocabulary. If you don't hear people yelling that word it will be a good sign. The overall defense and how they work as individuals is going to be key. This basketball team should have no trouble scoring points. What will be the deciding factor is can they get stops down the stretch of games. If they can that may be the best sign of all for the Raptors as a whole.
So that is some things to look for over the pre-season schedule and start of the season. DNB RADIO is kind of in limbo at the moment as my work schedule is conflicting with it and I may have to look for a new time and day to do the show. Perhaps Monday might be an option but will see. The Yahoo League is full for Fantasy and if you want in for our ESPN League just send me an e-mail you would like an invite sent to. E-mail me at email@example.com or give me a shout on Twitter @dinonationblog.
Looking Back On 15 Years
It was sad that Damon's time with the Raptors was not as long as you might have hoped for and should have been. Damon would never have the success or fame that he did as a Toronto Raptor. In that first season the Raptors also had one of the Michigan's "Fab 5" in Jimmy King. He would not do as well as his college team members in the NBA. Webber, Rose and Howard all had longer and more successful careers. But at least my Michigan Wolverines will always be an answer to a trivia question. Jimmy King would be the first of many second round picks that would not work out so well for the Raptors. That first Raptor team also had John Salley who these days is known for The Best Damn Sports Show but was of course part of championship teams with Pistons. There was the Big O aka Oliver Miller who I think is easily the largest Raptor is history. Zan Tabak, Alvin Robertson, Carlos Rodgers and many others are names that we all may remember from those early days.
Like any expansion team it was a group of misfits.The uniforms with the big red Dino and purple all over fit that nicely. Still they were our misfits and there was something to that. So many names have rolled through on this squad over the years. Jerome Williams is one that will always stick out for me. He was not part of those early days. However the story of him jumping in his truck and driving from Detroit to Toronto is a blizzard is a story I will never forget. I have had to meet him a couple times back in early 2000's and he was just a great person and fun loving guy. Still is for that matter. Morris Peterson is another guy I have met in person. The fact I am a Michigan fan and he went to Michigan State would make it hard to love him normally. But he was also a pretty great person and I actually was able to connect with him based on where we both lived. He was from Flint, Michigan and I am from Hamilton. The connection is an event that happens between the 2 cities called the CANUS Games. It is an event where the two cities complete in various sporting events, basketball among them. Moe P is a fan favourite for lots of people and is I believe the longest serving Raptor in terms of games played.
Like I have said I was a Hornets fan prior to the Raptors. So to see Dell Curry and Muggys Bogues play for the Raptors was a personal treat for me. Bogues was just flat out fun to watch play the game. If you ever have met him you could never believe that a guy that small could play in the NBA. He looks like he could be one of the players kids. When it comes to Dell he was just one of the best shooters to ever play the game. Who knew that his son shooting baskets on the Raptors floor would years later be doing it during games starting this season.
Any look back at the Raptors has to give a mention to Charles Oakley. He in a lot of ways made this franchise grow up. His no nonsense approach and his bombastic comments and style was great. Oakley even long after he was gone would be a symbol of toughness that was lacking in future teams. He was not afraid to stand up to anyone from Vince Carter to the league itself. Charles Oakley was his own man and I think that is one of the reasons people respect and love him.
Raptors have had the good fortune to have some quality people covering them over the years as well. John Saunders of ESPN use to call Raptor games and of course Chuck Swirsky. Not to mention the may folks that we have had as guests here. Jack Armstrong, Paul Jones and Eric Smith. Leo Rautins also has been there from the start. I may not be a fan personally but he has been here from the start. You also have Doug Smith who has been on the Raptors beat from day one as well on the print side.
But when they right the story of this franchise be it 10 years from now or 50. Two names will be in that history for sure. Vince Carter and Chris Bosh. They are the 2 multi-time all stars that this franchise has produced. Many people still hate Vince Carter to this day. However there is no way not to mention him when you talk about the history of this team. He was truly amazing in those early days. He did things that people looked at with true amazement. Shaq gave him a nickname of half man and half amazing and he truly was. There was a time when Vinsanity was just that. If he made that 3 pointer in Philly who knows how the story might have changed. He more than anyone before him or after made the Raptors truly relevant to the U.S media.
Bosh on the other hand has grown into the role. He slowly has developed from a rookie will lots of potential to a top player in the league. He was the star player on the first and only Raptors Division Title winning team. It is, as I have said many times, been a pleasure to watch him grow. Looking forward to hopefully the best season ever this year.
That just scratches the surface of my memories of this team. What are your memories of this Raptors Franchise? Share some in the comments, be it a player a game or whatever.
Fantasy B-Ball And More.
Fantasy Fix
Speaking of on paper kinda. Fantasy Basketball season is here. I have set up a league on Yahoo and there are only a few spots left as I did want to give everyone that played last year a chance to sign up again. They have had enough time now so if you want in the league id # is 134183 and password is dnb4life . I also have set up an ESPN Keeper league. If you would like to play in that please email me an e-mail that I can send you an invite to the league. My e-mail is email@example.com drop me a line there and I will invite you to that league. People have told me they have had trouble finding the ESPN League so that is why. But it is called Dino Nation Blog and has same password as the Yahoo league above. The Mock GM league we have going on PASPN has been a lot of fun and a very active and great group. That is what I hope for these leagues as well. The goal in having these leagues is to allow you as a reader to have fun and interact with not just me but a number of other great fans like yourself. If we fill these leagues I will consider starting other leagues if there is demand for it.
Heard some interviews on Fan 590 on the Got Game show with Zack Cooper on the upcoming basketball video games. Both NBA LIVE and 2K10 look like they will be promising. I am a big fan of the sports video games and even though I am in my 30's and am far past my gaming prime I still enjoy them.
It is a lot better playing video games than with guns. Just ask Delonte West on that. I put this out on my Twitter but in case you do not follow me @dinonationblog . I have a friend in Spain that sent me this little video of Jose Calderon who I take it was doing some broadcasting for Euro Basket. Despite it being in Spanish. But here it is none the less.
So Leo and Jack go down Jose can fill in on the broadcast. I think we would all prefer seeing him on the floor. So that is a little bit of this and that to start the week.
Not A Lot Left To Say
Still that does not take away the excitement that the season is rapidly approaching. The fact Bryan Colangelo has been so busy has really made the summer fly by to be honest. It seems like years ago that the Raps were playing out the string and winning games that honestly did not matter. Well starting on October 28th they will matter again. To be honest in this pre-season even though they do not matter in theory, it will be important for the Raptors. Once the schedule came out it became pretty clear the Raptors better be ready to roll from the start this season. If you took last year's squad and gave them this schedule they would be hard pressed to find a win in the first month. Even an easier game for the Raptors vs Memphis has got a little more challenging thanks to the addition of Allen Iverson.
If our recent poll means anything, it seems most will be watching both Demar DeRozan and Marco Belinelli close this preseason. Colangelo saying that Marco Belinelli has the potential to be a 6 th man of the year raised some eyebrows indeed. While for those who saw Demar DeRozan in summer league they walked away impressed. Marco may get a chance to meet with the Toronto Media, as he is expected in town ether today or tomorrow. He will also get to see his buddy Andrea who in back in Toronto. The gang is slowly assembling as the days till training camp grow shorter.
What will be interesting is if we will have NBA Refs to start the season. Yesterday the NBA Officials unanimously reject the latest contract offer from the league. Even though we all may have are beefs with the Refs from time to time. However with the odd exception they are the best of the best. If you watch any amount of NCAA basketball you will truly understand just how good they are. If we start the season with some form of replacement officials it will be eye opening. Here is all the labour details from The Star via the Associated Press.
This also brings to mind that after next season the Players Union and the NBA are preparing to go to war. So enjoy the NBA while it's here because the early signs for the next CBA negotiations are not looking positive at all. But it is very early to say what will happen and I hope that all sports leagues learned for the mess that was the NHL Lockout that wiped out an entire season. That being said when money gets involved people sometimes lose any common sense and do not think logically. I do have faith that David Stern is smarter than Gary Bettman and will find a way to make a deal. But that is still 2 years away and things can change as we are starting to learn in terms of the free agent frenzy that we are suppose to see next off-season.
So that is about all I have for you today. I do apologize for not having DNB Radio this week but I have to work as we do. But hopefully this conflicts will not come up very often.
Tweak and Tweets
Camp is just 2 weeks from tomorrow can you believe it? It is going to be a long 2 weeks I think. It has been a summer full of tweets and Ustreams and lots of change around the league. I just wonder when someone is going to stand up to David Stern? When he brought in a dress code I was convinced that some player would challenge that. An Iverson or a Ron Artest but it never happened. Now people being able to express themselves through social media is being questioned. This at the same time the league is starting to allow team to advertise on jerseys. Sure it is just practice uniforms for now but we all know it will not stop there right? How can you on the one hand turn players into billboards and on the other not allow them to express themselves. It really does not seem right. When is the NBA going to have a true rebel that challenges all of these things? The answer may be never as they all make far to much money not to play ball...to play ball if you get what I am saying.
The NBA has a good thing going with the whole Twitter craze. I was not surprised or shocked that Stern is looking to regulate it. I am actually surprised it took this long. However maybe I am being a bit hypocritical because I want to take away the choice of players playing for their country or not. However the NBA Players will just do what they have been told it seems. Unlike Alex Ovechkin who recently told the NHL that regardless of if they are going to the Olympics in 2014 he is. That takes some guts and pride in your country to do that. If the NBA is ever going to get out from under the thumb of David Stern it will take a major star like a Kobe or Lebron to do it. They are not likely to take any stands to save Twitter or anything else for that matter. In the case of Lebron it is much more of an issue that a video of some college kid dunking on you does not see the light of day. While Kobe has spent to much time restoring his image after his problems in Denver years ago. Not to mention there is no Kobe or Lebron on Twitter..at least not the real ones.
ESPN also sent out a memo about Twitter for their employees as well. Twitter is a cool thing and just like all things people are doing their best to screw up a very simple idea that has been successful. I have no idea if Twitter will be a fad, trend or it is here for good. But what I do know is when people are trying to regulate what people can and can't say that is not something I approve of. What happened to the concept of freedom of speech? Surely you don't give that away when you sign an NBA Contract do you? I watch basketball because of the personalities of these athletes just as much as I do for their jaw dropping skill and talent. I do not want to watch robots play the sport and David Stern needs to stop trying to regulate every aspect of his players. It is just putting out a corporate image that is fake.
You may think that this is a little nutty going off about Twitter. However it is just making a point that where exactly do these things end? Things have changed and thanks to the internet athletes are going to have there own say weather Stern likes that or not. I doubt Twitter will make it in the NBA's next CBA but players after all the dollars and cents are taken care of should take a stand for some of their personal rights.
I am still on Twitter @dinonationblog and happy to say nobody is telling me what I can or can't say for now. To quote Public Enemy...Fight the Power. Even if it is in 140 characters or less.
DNB Takes A Pause For A Day
It is important to keep the passion we have for sports in some kind of perspective. It is great that sports can bring us all together though. Sports do have a roll in life. In the week that would follow 9-11 the entire sports was gone. When sports came back it served as a way to get back to some kind of normalcy. Sports brings joy to people and hopefully in some small way this blog is part of that.
It really seems only right to leave talking about sports on this day to the side. Take this day to reflect on just how lucky we are to be here. There are thousands of people who on this day lost their lives. Let's not let by time passing, let us forget what was a truly tragic event that all of us lived through and experienced. The Raptors, The NBA and the sports world will still be here tomorrow.
I am grateful to have got to know so many great people through doing this blog. I wish each and everyone of you my best wishes. I think of this place as not just a basketball blog but as a community of people. If anything good came from the events of 9-11, it may be that we all realized that we are part of a larger community. May all of you that take time out for me be safe and well. Let's hope we never have an event such as this in our lifetimes again.
DNB Radio Thursday
You every had a week where you feel that you are 10 miles behind? That pretty much describes this week for me. You would think in the off-season that it would not be so busy. However it has been for whatever reason. However just like the mail (At least for 6 weeks) DNB Radio will hit the air @10 pm. A.I has God tell him to go to Memphis? D.D has landed in T.O. Season is fast approaching and that mean fantasy b-ball. Those are some of the things that might come up. I won't say God told me to do DNB Radio, but hopefully he gives me the skill and talent to make it good for all of you. There have not been much in terms of callers last few weeks. However you are always welcome to give us a shout at (347) 994 2767. If you can't afford the long distance call to NYC try coming back to Dino Nation Blog and use DNB Chat as I will check in on there during the show. So here is the link to episode 6 of DNB Radio that starts at 10pm every Thursday.
So please tune in if you are able to and if not you can check out the show right here on the site under the DNB Radio section on the right hand side of the site. So is DNB Chat as well.
Air Canada Flight 10 Has Landed
Will Demar DeRozan be a Vince Carter or an Allen Iverson? Long way to go on knowing that one. But what I think we do know is we have a very talented well adjusted young man that seems to have his priorities in order. Air Canada Flight 10 has touched down in Toronto and the quest to get his crown begins.
What The Raps Have Under The Christmas Tree?
The blog has been having some technical issues that came up over the weekend. I am not sure if the problems are fixed yet or not. But if they come up again I will get them all ironed out before the season gets going. Let's hope they will not resurface. I am far from a technical genius here. If you signed up for the Mock GM league the draft goes tomorrow at 7:15 pm (Toronto Time). Just wanted to say thanks to all that are taking part in the league. It seems that folks are really enjoying it. We will also have a more traditional fantasy games coming later as the season approaches.
Canada Qualifies
This marks the first time Canada will be going to the World Championships since way back in 2002. In that tournament they finished a disappointing 13th. It will be interesting to see if Canada will have a Red Rocket on board for Turkey next year. Matt Bonner who as most know married Canadian and has a Canadian grandparent, has expressed interest in playing for Canada internationally.
The tournament does continue on as Canada will play in a Semi-Final today vs Brazil. Canada did play tough against Brazil in an earlier match-up. You can catch the Game on the Score at 11pm on tape delay. But the true mission for Canada has been accomplished in qualifying for the Worlds. It may not have been pretty at times but they don't ask how you got something accomplished just if you did. Well Canada did and congratulations to them on that. You could see all of the joy from these guys when that final whistle blew and it was great to see. Let's face facts not a lot of folks pay attention to the basketball in this country. You would hope in qualifying for the Worlds and perhaps adding a Matt Bonner will start to make people wake up and take notice.
Despite having a few of the games on tape delay, full marks to The Score for showing these games for the folks that do care. No other network stepped up and The Score has the past 2 years when Canada tried to qualify for the Olympics last year in Greece and again here with Canada trying to make it to the Worlds. The Dino Nation Blog is also a blog that does it's best to support Canada Basketball and will continue to do so. Sure I may not agree all the time with what has gone on with the program. But I care about it and that is what they need more of. People caring and giving coverage to this program and team. So congrats to Canada Basketball and please make sure to say hello to Raptors Hedo Turkoglu when you are visiting his country next year.
CB Where 4 Art Thou? (in 2010)
Ok first off, the fact ESPN has over 50 so called "experts" or as they refer to in the article as observers is truly scary. Second and more important it is critical to understand that ESPN has a bias and agenda in this stuff. They need to hype up the 2010 draft class because they have made it into this huge deal. It seems that James and Wade may end up going no where so why not Bosh to move. Not sure they counted on Bryan Colangelo being so successful at his make over of the Raptors. ESPN is in the rumour spreading and selling business. If 2010 free agent class turns into what this blog predicted as the basketball equivalent of Y2K it makes ESPN look BAD. So the fact 49 of their 52 folks see Bosh on the move is hardly shocking. To be honest, I read it and yawned loudly. It is really the same old thing. But honestly what really does ESPN know about the Raptors? They do cover so many of our games don't they? Sure they have one of our former players in Jalen Rose (also Mark Jones brother of Paul Jones). Jalen guaranteed that not just Bosh but James would end up being Knicks. I am pretty sure it is not a money back or satisfaction guaranteed prediction. However maybe it should be given that ESPN charges people for their "Insider" info. How they are able to pull that off is pure genius to me. It is proof that P.T Barnum was right when he said "there is a sucker born every minute". It pains me to point out this next fact to ESPN and all the suckers..opps I mean NBA ESPN Insider subscribers, but you may be dead wrong AGAIN.
It seems that here in Toronto an article in the Globe and Mail (Via Real GM) is painting a different picture. Bosh if you recall I believe in July had stated, what most knowledgeable folks already were aware of, that he would in fact play out his contract and opt out to become a free agent. This was hardly a newsflash. However an economic outlook for the league as a whole that is grim, combined with an off-season that was truly remarkable from Bryan Colangelo may have opened minds and doors. Bosh who once said that considering an extension was not an option has now left the door open to at least listen about one. Does this sound like the move of a man ready to bolt faster than the Jamaican sprinter out of Canada. It sure does not sound like the guy who has been counting the days till he can escape being in exile here in the far off land of the Great White North.
Now listening and signing are two complete different things. However when you consider that it was not even an option and now it is that is progress. What will ESPN do if the poster child for making 2010 relevant signs with the Raptors. Pray the Cavs and Heat fail most likely. I have said all along that based on all that we all have observed Chris Bosh to me seems happy to be a Raptor and happy to be in Toronto. The only thing he has ever wanted is to be able to win and have a team around him that is capable of doing that. So for as much as it is about dollars and cents it is about winning to with Chris Bosh. There are lots of teams that would gladly pay him top dollar to come play for them. However Chris has always said for him it is about winning. I have no reason to suggest it is not.
The outlook should Bosh amazingly sign an extension would be drastically different in some ways. This team and Bosh would not have the distraction of the Bosh Free Agent Circus coming to town everywhere the Raptors played on the road. It would allow this team to be focused on Bosh's main goal to win. It would also add to the summer in which Bryan Colangelo has made the impossible become possible. Bosh is spending time in Africa right now so it is not like this will happen tomorrow or next week. But the fact we are even having a conversation that it could blows my mind.
However, no matter if he does or doesn't the fact remains that I truly believe that Bosh as he said years back wants to be part of the solution here in Toronto. I also think Chris likes to have "his own" team and is not just going to change jersey's for the sake of it. You can make all the fake arguments you want about media exposure and all of the rest. However the truth is Chris Bosh has a pretty sweet deal being the best player on the only team in a country. I think he understands that and gets what that means.
He saw what it was like when Vince Carter checked out and what has happened since. I don't think Chris Bosh wants to go out like that in Toronto. The day may come when Chris is no longer a Raptor but it seems that a lot of signs point to it not being as soon as everyone thinks or hopes in some cases.
Does anyone have an answer to the question that is our title? Yup, one guy and that is Chris Bosh. He has made it no secret he is not a fan of the constant 2010 questions and if he signed and extension all of those questions would go away. It seemed like something that was never possible even a month ago. However now there is a small light to think...MAYBE. If not it really is not the end of the discussion. The only thing fans here can do if it doesn't is cheer this guy and make him feel wanted and needed. He still is, despite all the changes this team has made, the best player on it. If you are going to boo Chris Bosh this year at anytime..pause take a breath and think about it for everyone's sake.
If Steve Nash can sign with a Suns team that shows very little promise going forward. Is it really so crazy for Bosh to do the same with a team that seems on the right track? I truly personally hope this is not the end and just a new beginning. It has been a pleasure to watch Bosh mature and grow as both a player and a person. It has been a privilege and a joy and not one that I am will to give up. Not that I get to have much say in it. Wait maybe I do.
We had a poll of our staff here at Dino Nation Blog and 1 of our 1 basketball observers thinks that Chris Bosh will remain a Raptor. That is free of charge by the way for all of you wonderful readers of the Dino Nation Blog. That means about the same as what 50 + people think at ESPN...Nothing. Only Bosh knows or will decide and that is the bottom line cause CB4 said so? If you want Chris Bosh to stay in Toronto give me a hell yeah?
Camp Will Be Coming Soon.
So welcome to September. Hard to believe but by the end of this month the Raptors will be opening up training camp. The word on the street is that the Raptors will be returning to Ottawa to hold camp at Carleton University again. It will be a whole new crew from last year though. It is going to be a very exciting and interesting time once this collection of players Bryan Colangelo has brought together hit the floor.
So with that being said 10 things I am looking forward to this Pre-Season.
#10- Finding out who and what Sonny Weems is all about.
#9- Seeing how B.C refers to this group. I am guessing it will not be best team he has had in Toronto.
#8- Jack and Calderon playing on floor together. How will that work?
#7- Will Andrea take more steps forward? Want to see what he has got.
#6- Who has the Wright Stuff? Is it Wright or Belinelli or both?
#4- Reggie Evans battling and being tough...Bringing Back that Old School Oakley Ethic.
#3- A healthy Jose Calderon what can he do?
#2- Heir Canada starts his journey to take his crown. Demar DeRozan has me excited
#1- C B 4...The biggest season of his career and hopefully not his last.
Now for something that I am not looking forward to all that much. Canada taking on Argentina in the FIBA tournament. After the 2 games on the weekend I have lost all my passion for Canada and their chances to make it to World Championships. Games versus Argentina, Brazil and Dominican Republic all will not be easy. However I am stick to my plan to live blog the games. Canada tips off with Argentina at 4pm on The Score and I will be kicking off the Live Blog @3:45. So make sure you come back here and check it out. Canada could use your support. In addition so could I because it is not easy Live Blogging when there are not people there adding there 2 or even 3 cents to things.
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A gazetteer is a list and description of places, such as villages, towns, cities, and may also mention neighborhoods, cemeteries, sizes of population, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. It can be used to locate the places where your family lived. It usually includes only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. The place names are generally listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has produced an excellent gazetteer that is available for free online:
- Tennessee Place Names and Post Offices: Introduction and Index Lists of post offices in Tennessee and their dates of operation will be helpful to genealogists and historians hoping to identify the location of a particular place name. Users should be aware that the county listed in TSLA's guide is the county in which the post office was located at the time of its creation. Later changes in county boundary lines may have affected the home county of that post office. This list is based on records at National Archives listing postmaster appointments from 1832 to 1971 (see National Archives microfilm publications M1131 and M841).
Additional guides to place names in Tennessee include:
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- Adams, Louis A. Adam's Directory of Points and Landings on Rivers and Bayous in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. (includes Tennessee) New Orleans : W.L. Murray, 1877. Digital version at Internet Archive.
- Fullerton, Ralph O. Place Names of Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Department of Conservation, Division of Geology, 1974. FHL film 928174 item 2; book 976.8 E2f. The record is arranged alphabetically by county, then alphabetically by place. Included is the quadrangle of each place.
- Easton Morris' Tennessee Gazetteer 1834 and Matthew Rhea's Map of the State of Tennessee 1832. 1834. Reprint, Nashville, Tennessee: Gazetteer Press, 1971. FHL book 976.8 E5m. The record contains a general description of the state, an alphabetical list of places, a map, and a list of government officials.
- Tennessee Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Co., 1989. FHL book 976.8 E7t 2004. Provides topographical maps.
- Tennessee Geographic Names: Alphabetical Listing. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey, 1985. FHL book 976.8 E2u. The record includes the name of each place, type of feature, county, coordinates, elevation in feet, source, and map.
- Tennessee State Geological Survey. The Resources of Tennessee, Vols. 5 and 6. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Geological Survey, 1916. Free digital copy. Lists rivers and land descriptions by county.
- Tennessee State Geological Survey. The Resources of Tennessee, Vols. 7-9. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Geological Survey, 1918. Free digital copy. Lists rivers and land descriptions by county.
- Switzer, John Albert. Water-power; Doe River, Tenn. Nashville, Tennessee: Baire-ward Printing Co., 1914. Free digital copy. Shows maps and descriptions of waterways through middle and east Tennessee.
How did your ancestor find the correct destination out West? Quite possibly they had a copy of Brown's book:
- Brown, Samuel R. The Western Gazetteer or Emigrant's Directory, Containing a Geographical Description of the Western States and Territories, viz. The States of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi: and the Territories of Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Michigan, and North-Western. Auburn, N.Y.: H.C. Southwick, 1817. Digital versions at NIU Library Digitization Projects and World Vital Records ($).
Finding Aids[edit | edit source]
For more place-finding aids for Tennessee, see the Tennessee Maps article. The United States Gazetteers article contains additional sources and information on gazetteers. See the Tennessee Archives and Libraries article for facilities with regional collections which might include gazetteers. Tennessee gazetteers are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
External Links[edit | edit source]
- The University of Tennessee Map Services: Gazetteers Links to national and international gazetteers


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Gee throws eight shutout frames to top Fish
NEW YORK -- Sitting on eight shutout innings and 110 pitches, Dillon Gee gave it his best crack. He wanted to pitch the ninth. He asked manager Terry Collins. The answer was no.
And so ended Gee's best start of the season, an eight-inning blanking of the Marlins in a 4-0 victory on Sunday at Citi Field. It was enough. Gee is slowly earning back his manager's trust while reclaiming his status as one of the steadiest pitchers in baseball.
"He got us to where we wanted to get to," Collins said, "That was pretty much the end."
Gee did more than that, allowing only three hits in the longest outing by any Mets pitcher this season. On a day -- like most days -- when the Mets needed a bullpen breather, Gee felt stronger in the eighth than he did earlier in the game.
It was apt, then, that he struck out two of the final three batters he faced, breezing through his final inning after struggling through the previous two. He walked a pair of batters in the sixth and allowed singles to the first two men he faced in the seventh, but he generated double plays to escape both of those jams unscathed. He finished with six strikeouts and four walks, lowering his ERA to 2.88 while winning at Citi Field for the first time since August.
Yet those numbers tell only a fraction of the story. Over his last three starts, Gee is 2-1 with a 0.86 ERA, recovering from some early season hiccups much quicker than he did a year ago.
"It was one of those good days," Gee said. "I just try to go out there each time it's my turn and do the best I can and get as deep as I can, and give us a chance to win. … As long as we win at the end of the day, I'm a happy guy."
Two external factors worked to Gee's advantage on Sunday. First, the Mets played standout defense behind him, with Daniel Murphy and David Wright robbing hits from the Marlins in the first and fourth innings, respectively. Wright's play in particular drew rave reviews from his teammates, who watched him range into foul territory and make a sliding over-the-shoulder basket catch near the fence.
Second, Gee pitched much of the day with a comfortable cushion. After Lucas Duda doubled home the Mets' first run in the second inning, Wright added an RBI double in the fifth. Chris Young followed with a two-run homer off New York native Tom Koehler, who needed 109 pitches -- one fewer than Gee -- to complete five innings.
"Gee was on his game, and he was throwing strikes with his two-seamer and wasn't letting up," Marlins first baseman Garrett Jones said. "We just couldn't get the ball rolling."
Sensing the game was still in doubt, Collins warmed up workhorse relievers Scott Rice and Carlos Torres in the ninth, and used Torres to close out the game. Those were outs that Gee would have liked to have recorded, though he understood the decision.
Earlier this season, Gee pitched well against the Nationals, Reds and Angels, only to allow critical middle-innings runs in all three games. That dented Collins' trust in him just a bit, prompting early hooks in his next two outings.
Sunday's hook was not early by any means, considering that Gee had not exceeded 110 pitches in an outing in nearly two years. But it was nonetheless an opportunity that later in the summer he may have received.
"That is my only goal every time I take the mound -- to try to go as deep as I can in the game and give us a chance to win," Gee said. "I'm happy when that happens, and we won today, so I'm happy."
The Mets have been happy more often than not this season, thanks in large part to a rotation that, if anything, has exceeded its lofty expectations. Mets starters posted a 2.49 ERA during this 10-game homestand, winning six times despite an offense that hit .200 and averaged 3.2 runs per game.
Next up is a two-game series in Philadelphia, followed by four games in Colorado and three in Miami. Given other context, those games might have seemed daunting to the Mets, but so far this season, this is a different team.
"The only way to become confident is to get some wins under your belt," Wright said. "It's impossible to beat your chest and walk with a little pep in your step when you're not winning. But when you get a few series wins under your belt, you beat some good teams, you start taking care of business at home, you kind of gain that confidence. And I think that shows on the field.
"Instead of hoping we're going to win, we expect to."


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Prime-time debates aren't just for presidential hopefuls anymore.
As previously announced, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly will go head-to-head this weekend in Washington in a debate that's been labeled The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium. After the snoozefest that was the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Wednesday night, let's hope the two cable pundits can liven things up a little bit. (There's no word on whether Big Bird will be a topic of discussion.)
Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly to debate live in Washington
CNN contributor E.D. Hill will moderate the sold-out event, which will take place at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The debate will be streamed live online at www.therumble2012.com. Viewers must pay $4.95 to access the stream, with a percentage of the revenue going to charity.
Both men said they've enlisted the help of debate coaches: Stewart is being helped by Stephen Colbert (and "a chicken"), while O'Reilly has tapped the services of a professor.
O'Reilly appeared on The Daily Show Thursday to promote his new book, Killing Kennedy. He and Stewart bantered back and forth about their upcoming face-off, with Reilly quipping that his next book was going to be titled Killing Colbert and Stewart responding, "You're so going down on Saturday."
"I think it's going to be fun," Stewart said. "I think we're going to have a substantive discussion."
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UC Santa Cruz's Science Hill Grove Felled
The last UC Santa Cruz treesitter surrendered to campus police Saturday, moments before a chainsaw-wielding crew began to level the redwood grove they had occupied for 402 days.
"We knew they were getting ready for an extraction, so we had been preparing," said Jennifer Charles, who had been the designated media contact for the protest.
In the end, when "about 90 police in riot gear" and the commercial tree-cutters appeared Saturday morning, only one treesitter was left in the branches, Charles said. He came down of his own volition, to be promptly booked on charges of trespassing, disturbing the peace and violation of a court order, she said.
The tree-clearing crew cleared the last platforms occupied by the treesitters and then set to work felling 48 century-old redwoods and 11 oaks on the site designated for construction of a new biomedical facility.
The tree-clearing crews didn't need to resort to the scaffolding used to clear the last redwood at UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium, where a longer arboreal occupation ended Sept. 9 after police were able to mount a structure that reached to within a dozen feet of the top of that groves tallest redwood.
Charles said the protest, mounted in opposition to plans in the Santa Cruz campus Long Range Development, didn't end with the treesit on Science Hill and the arrest of Scott Poshian the moment his feet touched earth Saturday.
"We're all going to continue fighting together to prevent the expansion in our own different ways," she said.
The university's plans will be going to the Local Agency Formation Commission in the spring.
The university's announcement Saturday was terse, beginning: "Construction preparation activities began earlier this morning on the Science Hill site that will be home to the new Biomedical Sciences building


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We regret to inform you that the Toy Machine demos that were schedule:
May 26th at Sunsports.
May 28th at Skateshack.
May 30th at 4seasons.
May 31st at Rampage.
Have been cancelled. The Toy Machine team has run into some serious and unpreventable problems.
Toy Machine will be coming back your way either later in the year or next year for sure. We can ensure you that next years demos will rip twice as hard.
Thanks for your understanding and support.


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PHOENIX (June 6, 2003) -- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Steve Owens and Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that Valley Refining, LLC, has agreed to pay more than $75,000 for violations of state air pollution control laws. The company operates a petroleum transmix facility in El Mirage, AZ.
According to the settlement agreement, the company admits having operated the facility with an expired air pollution control permit; failing to properly test and operate the vapor recovery system / thermal oxidizer that resulted in uncontrolled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) being emitted into the atmosphere; and failing to submit a vapor recovery operating plan.
"The Attorney General's Office is very serious about pursing violations of our state's air pollution control laws," stated Attorney General, Terry Goddard. "These types of emissions have a significant impact on respiratory problems and it is up to DEQ and our office to safeguard and protect Arizonans' health."
Director Owens said that although the company cooperated with ADEQ's investigation, the violations clearly warrant the penalties.
"This company's lack of diligence in operating its facility led to significant, unnecessary air emissions," Owens said. "It is one thing to cooperate after-the-fact, quite another to take responsibility for operating a facility properly in the first place."
The violations began to surface during an annual inspection of the facility in February 2001, when inspectors determined that the vapor collection and processing system was not working properly. In March, ADEQ issued a notice for that violation, which allowed VOC emissions to escape into the atmosphere.
Despite reporting that the situation had been corrected in April, Valley Refining disclosed in June 2001 that it had not yet made the necessary repairs. Officials estimate that 29.9 tons of uncontrolled VOCs were released to the atmosphere during the 18-month period between January 2000 through June 2001.
During that time, ADEQ officials also learned that the company was planning to sell the facility and had been operating it on an expired air quality permit.
The company entered into an order of abatement by consent in August 2001 and agreed to operate the facility in compliance with the terms of the order until the issuance of an air quality permit. In September 2001, the facility was sold to Equilon Enterprises LLC which complied with the provisions detailed in the order until the proper air quality permit was issued in June 2002.
Owens praised the work of the Attorney General's staff in resolving this case.


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Event: A workshop sponsored by the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and local partners to assess the current landscape of regional, state, and local (RSL) nanotechnology initiatives.
Date and Location: The workshop was held at the Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, on May 1-2, 2012, with optional site visits to nanotechnology facilities on April 30th, 2012.
Themes: Principal themes addressed in the workshop will include: a) the current landscape of U.S. RSL nanotechnology initiatives and their health; b) current Federal resources available for RSLs; c) RSL best practices, business models, and opportunities for partnering; and d) the role of nanotechnology RSLs in future U.S. economic growth and job creation.
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Stevens Engineering Education Helps Physician Alumna with Patient Diagnosis and Treatment
The number of known diseases that affect the human population is astronomical, and more are being discovered every day. For a physician working to diagnose and treat a sick patient – especially one who presents with uncommon symptoms – extensive training and education can only get him or her so far.
Stevens alumna Corina Kellner Schoen (B.E., '05) – an Ob/GYN resident physician at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. – says the analytical thinking she was taught as a Biomedical Engineering major at Stevens is what gets her the rest of the way.
"There is a lot of knowledge that one needs to care for patients, but occasionally you will run across one who doesn't fit the typical model," she said. "These cases need to be reasoned out. Thinking them through in a logical, step-wise fashion – similar to how one would approach a design problem – will get you where you need to go."
Always science and math oriented, the Levittown, N.Y. native who loved building things grew up debating whether she wanted to become a doctor or an engineer. Schoen chose Stevens over an Ivy League acceptance, initially drawn to its renowned engineering undergraduate program and eventually sold by the full tuition scholarship she was granted.
"I knew that if I wanted a good engineering degree that I could put into practice, I should go Stevens," she said. "I've also always been a logical thinker, and education that modeled that way of thinking made earning my degree easier and more interesting."
By studying Biomedical Engineering, a new program at the time, Schoen found a way to unite her two childhood passions.
"It gave me an advantage to bridge the gap between design and application," she said.
At Stevens, Schoen was involved in a wide array of extracurricular activities. A member of the women's lacrosse team and Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, she also found time to serve as an Orientation leader, Admissions tour guide and SGA president. Off campus, she volunteered for the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps, where she met her future husband, Stevens alum Matthew Schoen ('97), The couple had their first child, daughter Rosemary, in September.
The favorite courses for the current affairs hobbyist were American Foreign Policy and International Politics, but academically Schoen was focused on the sciences, excelling in her Biomedical Engineering courses as she pursued the career she was born to do.
After graduation, Schoen took the next logical step and began the pursuit of her M.D. at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ).
Today, she is finishing her training in general obstetrics, after which she plans to pursue a Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, a field which specializes in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies.
Looking back, Schoen remembers Stevens as one of the best experiences in her life, thanks to the wonderful education and rich campus life. But she says the greatest gift Stevens gave her was teaching her how to think, not what to think.
"In that respect, I feel I am much better prepared than most to be a physician," she said.


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Suggested response, following Dan's correction: ---------------------------- Dear Jimmy Re. your comment http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webont-comments/2003May/0003.html I'd like to try to clarify some aspects of the OWL and RDF design, by responding to some of the points in your message: >>I've been reviewing OWL, and a strange idea occurred to me. In rdf, >>"blank nodes" are distinct resources. However, the "thing" that they >>are describing is undefined [1]. Er..that is rather a nonstandard way of putting it and may be misleading. They do not identify any particular thing, true; but its not that they are describing a particular undefined thing, more that they are noncommittal about what the thing is. Think of a blank node as being like the words 'something' or 'someone' in English. If you say, "Joe wrote #foobar" then you aren't exactly contradicting or denying the claim "Joe wrote something", you are just saying more about it. Notice that it would be a logical mistake to conclude from "Joe wrote something" that there was a special 'blank' thing called "something" that Joe had written. >>The following is an example: >> >><rdf:Description> >> <dc:creator>Roy G. Biv</dc:creator> >></rdf:Description> Something has Roy as its dc:creator, ie Roy wrote something. OK. >>However, using OWL, I could identify the resource by identifying a >>resource which is the same as the blank one: Well, the locution "the blank one" isnt strictly correct, as there isnt a single 'blank one'. Better to say, you could find out more about the resource that you were previously unable to identify with precision. For example, you might discover later what it was that Joe wrote, and add that information to your OWL knowledge, and then be able to draw more useful conclusions (about Joe, for example). In general, you might find out anything: for example, you might go through finding out that it was a book he wrote (but you don't know which book) , that the book that he wrote had a co-author called Bill J. Hickory (you still don't know which book) and later that Bill J. Hickory is the author of only one book, called "The perils of Ruth" - now you know what book Joe wrote. Only the last stage would enable you to replace a blank node with an actual name. >><rdf:Description> >> <owl:sameIndividualAs rdf:resource="#foobar" /> >> <dc:creator>Roy G. Biv</dc:creator> >></rdf:Description> >> >>However, the meaning of the above statements is equivalent to a >>"non-blank" node describing "#foobar", as in: >> >><rdf:Description rdf:about="#foobar"> >> <dc:creator>Roy G. Biv</dc:creator> >></rdf:Description> Right. In other words, if you already know what it was that Joe wrote, it is kind of redundant to also say that he wrote something. The two forms above are roughly like saying in English Joe wrote something which was #foobar and Joe wrote #foobar which amount to saying the same thing, in effect, since you can infer either of them from the other. >>One could theoretically define the identity of all objects in that >>manner. Not sure what you mean. Certainly, it would be possible to take any OWL triple (Using Ntriples notation): ex:foo ex:Property ex:baz and replace it with _:x ex:Property ex:baz _:x owl:sameIndividualAs ex:foo and the two are equivalent. And since they are, the second form is kind of confusing (not wrong, but confusing) since one might easily think, when reading it, why didn't they just write the first one? The chief utility of owl:sameIndividualAs is not for writing out facts like the above in a more long-winded form, but for being able to *conclude* - infer - that two names are names of the same individual (eg because they are both values of a functionalProperty applied to the same thing, or both subjects of an InverseFunctionalProperty with the same value). And since this kind of inferring is so useful, it would be a mistake to deprecate it. >>However, that would be confusing. Should identifying blank >>resources with OWL, instead of RDF, be depreciated? >> >>I think that having two mechanisms for identifying a resource is "messy" It might be messy, but such mess is useful. The central idea of OWL on the SW is to support useful inferences, and inferring new facts is inherently messy in this sense because you can't always pre-guess *how* exactly the facts are going to be generated. Often it is best to allow for alternative ways to the same conclusion because one of them might be easier to find than another, or some of them might be impossible to use in some circumstances. >>and makes the grammar combination of RDF+OWL inconsistent. It doesn't make the grammar inconsistent. There is some redundancy, but as I explain above, this kind of messiness is actually useful, even essential, in an inferential language. OWL is highly redundant in this sense: often the 'same' thing can be said in many different ways. >>Except for >>different ranges, owl:sameIndividualAs (range=resource) and rdf:about >>(range=string) mean the same thing. The extra syntax seems redundant. I think there is a slight category mistake here. rdf:about is part of the RDF/XML syntax; it isn't a property in itself: rather, it is what attaches a property to the subject of a triple (or triples). So it doesn't really have a range in the RDFS sense. sameIndividualAs, on the other hand, is a genuine property, which can be used not only to attach a name to a blank node but also has many other uses, since it can be used to express identity between URIrefs. >>If rdf:about was an actual property, then the two concepts could be >>combined. I see what you mean, but this would allow the 'combining' to be done only in this particular use case, which is not the primary intended use for owl:sameIndividualAs (and not really a very interesting use case, in fact); and only in the XML syntax, which is only one of the possible concrete syntaxes for RDF. And moreover, this *would* make the RDF grammar inconsistent, since rdf:about would then have two incompatible uses (as your example below illustrates, in fact.) >>Furthermore, if the property-as-attribute abbreviation for >>rdf:type was applied to rdf:about as well, then the abbreviated syntax >>would be identical to the 1999 xml-serialization syntax [2]. However, >>this would still allow the equivalent owl:sameIndividualAs >>representations, such as the below example: >> >><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> >><rdf:about rdf:resource="urn:publicid:-:W3C:DTD+HTML+4.01:EN" /> >></rdf:Description> >> >>The above seems much more intuitive than the OWL version: >> >><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> >><owl:sameIndividualAs rdf:resource="urn:publicid:-:W3C:DTD+HTML+4.01:EN" >>/> >></rdf:Description> >> >>Or even: >> >><rdf:Description> >><owl:sameIndividualAs >>rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"/> >><owl:sameIndividualAs >>rdf:resource="urn:publicid:-:W3C:DTD+HTML+4.01:EN"/> >></rdf:Description> >> >>Just an idea [3]. In sum: owl:sameIndividualAs is basically the OWL version of equality. You point out (correctly) that there is little point in writing things like 'x property baz and x = foo' when you could just as well write 'foo property baz'; but the moral isn't to forbid or deprecate the use of equality, which has many other uses as well as this rather redundant way of expressing a simple fact. ---------- In view of the above, are you still interested in pursuing your suggestion? Thanks. Pat Hayes -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell email@example.com http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes firstname.lastname@example.com for spamReceived on Friday, 30 May 2003 19:06:41 UTC
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